Electra Private Equity has announced the final results of its tender offer, details of which were set out in the circular to shareholders published by on 8 November 2016. The strike price is 4,650 pence and a total of 1,987,768 ordinary shares were validly tendered and, accordingly, all valid tenders will be satisfied in full. […]
EPE Special Opportunities has announced that it intends to commence purchasing its ordinary shares and that the transactions will be in line with the Company’s stated policy to pursue Share Buy Backs. The proposed Share Buy Backs will be funded by the Company’s cash reserves. The Ordinary Shares will be purchased by a wholly owned […]
JPMorgan Asian Investment Trust has announced proposals to change its discount management and dividend policy. The trust says that its board has been disappointed and concerned by the widening of the Company’s discount over the year particularly against the background of exceptional investment performance. The trust has a continuation vote at its AGM on 2 […]
John Laing Infrastructure Fund (JLIF) has announced that it has signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement with respect to an indirect 6% minority shareholding in the Intercity Express Programme Phase 1 (IEP) project, from John Laing Investments Limited. The Company says that the total consideration for the acquisition will be approximately £42.4m, which will be […]
Riverstone Energy has announced that it has sold its entire CAN$ 28m second lien loan (approximately US$ 21 million) interest in Canadian International Oil Corp (CIOC) to an affiliate of Kendall Family Investments, LLC. The consideration payable by the Kendall Family Investments affiliate reportedly reflects the par value of the loan. Riverstone Energy says that […]
Summit Germany has announced that it has sold a property located in Hamburg for a cash consideration of €14 million. It says that the property is a vacant office building, following lease expiry in September 2016, and that the proceeds from this disposal are in line with the last independent property valuation and will be used […]
The board of Ludgate Environmental Fund (Ludgate) and The general partner of Headway Investment Partners III L.P. (Headway) have announce that they have reached agreement regarding the terms of a recommended cash offer to be made by Headway for the entire issued ordinary share capital of Ludgate, which will be effected by means of a […]
Schroder UK Mid Cap Fund has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2016. During the period, the Company’s net asset value produced a total return of 6.5%, which it says compared to a total return of 8.6% for its benchmark, the FTSE 250 (ex-Investment Companies) Index. The trust’s chairman (Eric Sanderson) […]
Hibernia REIT has announced that it has agreed a new non-renewable six year lease with the Office of Public Works (OPW) at Harcourt Square, commencing in January 2017. The OPW will pay annual rent of €6.0m for the offices, car parking and ancillary facilities plus a one-off arrears payment of €0.5m. Hibernia acquired Harcourt Square […]
Epiris, the manager of Electra Private Equity, has announced the sale of Electra’s interest in Innovia Group, a manufacturer of speciality films and substrate for polymer banknotes. Innovia Group has been sold to CCL Industries in a transaction that places an enterprise value on Innovia of $1.13 billion. Espiris says that, based on current exchange […]