Investment Company News

29 Apr 2014

British Land : BLND – disposals

British Land has sold two retail parks – The 250,000 sq ft St James Retail Park in Dumbarton (sold to Legal & General for £45.75m) and the 136,000 sq ft Cwmbran Retail Park (sold to UBS for £32.3m). The net initial yields on these transactions were 5.9% and 6.4% respectively. British Land said they are […]

28 Apr 2014

ICG Longbow : LBOW – results

ICG Longbow has released its first set of results, for the period ended 31 January 2014. At that stage the company had made eight investments, was 85% invested and the NAV per share was 98.79p. The earnings for the period were 1.29p per share – lower than anticipated at the time of the IPO – this […]

28 Apr 2014

Hg Capital : HGT – reinvestment in Visma

Hg Capital has bought a stake in Visma (a software and business process outsourcing company centred on the Nordic region) – acquiring a 31% stake for £405m. £40m of this will come from the Hg Capital Trust and the rest from Hg’s limited partnership vehicle, Hg Capital VII. The net effect of the transaction will be that […]

28 Apr 2014

Candover : CDI sells Innovia to Electra : ELTA

Candover has sold Innovia (a manufacturer of films for packaging and the substrate for polymer banknotes – they are working on the new £5 and £10 notes) for €498m. this was the last asset in Candover’s 2001 fund. Candover Investments (the fund) will get €12.8m of proceeds and €7.6m of carried interest from the transaction. […]

25 Apr 2014

Utilico Emerging Markets : UEM – abandons debt plans

Utilico Emerging Markets has consulted shareholders and decided not to proceed with its plan to issue long term debt and hold a continuation vote. It has instead extended a £50m bank borrowing facility it has with Scotiabank until April 2016.

23 Apr 2014

Foresight Solar Fund : FSFL – new solar plant

Foresight Solar Fund has announced that its 16MW Pitworthy plant is now connected to the grid and operational. Also RWE Supply and Trading will finance construction of Foresight Solar Fund’s 37MW Kencot plant and Foresight no longer plans to buy a plant in Deptford that was highlighted as a potential acquisition in the fund’s prospectus. […]

22 Apr 2014

Hansa Trust : HAN and Hansa Trust A : HANA – strategic update

Hansa Trust (which has two classes of shares – voting shares HAN and non-voting shares HANA) has announced that it is broadening its investment approach. Where, to date, it has mostly invested in UK equities and also has a stake in holding company, Ocean Wilsons, it will now also invest in other asset classes – […]

17 Apr 2014

ICG Longbow : LBOW – new loan and fund raising

ICG Longbow has made its tenth loan – £8m to Quay Hotels, secured against the Ramada Encore Hotel in Gateshead. With the deal concluded ICG Longbow would have invested slightly more than all the proceeds of its original issue. It has today issued 3.6m shares at 102p per share to cover the shortfall. Following the […]

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