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02 Aug 2017

Dragon Capital has 60.6% of Dragon Ukrainian following bid

Dragon Capital has 60.6% of Dragon Ukrainian following bid –  On 8 June 2017, in accordance with Rule 9 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers, Dragon Capital Investments announced its firm intention to make a mandatory cash offer for all of the Shares of Dragon Ukrainian Properties which the Dragon Capital Group did not […]

02 Aug 2017

Greencoat UK Wind tops up stake in Clyde windfarm

Greencoat UK Wind tops up stake in Clyde windfarm – Greencoat UK Wind PLC has entered into an agreement to make a further investment in Clyde Windfarm (Scotland) Limited, together with GLIL Corporate Holdings Limited, the infrastructure investment vehicle of certain local authority pension funds. As agreed at acquisition in March 2016, the Clyde Extension […]

01 Aug 2017

Land Securities pre-lets 21 Moorfields to Deutsche Bank

Land Securities pre-lets 21 Moorfields to Deutsche Bank – Land Securities and Deutsche Bank have exchanged a pre-let agreement for the bank’s new London headquarters at 21 Moorfields, EC2 on a 25 year lease.  The agreement is conditional on planning permission. Landsec has worked closely with Deutsche Bank on the design of a 564,000 sq […]

01 Aug 2017

Supermarket Income REIT buys a TESCO Extra

Supermarket Income REIT buys a TESCO Extra – Supermarket Income REIT has acquired a Tesco Superstore in Thetford, Norfolk, from M&G Real Estate for GBP43.2 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 5.35% or 5.55% after the next agreed RPI-linked rent review in December 2017. The purchase has been funded out of the equity proceeds […]

01 Aug 2017

Polar Capital Global Financials gets subscription shares exercised

Polar Capital Global Financials gets subscription shares exercised – it has announced that it has applied for the listing of 24,952,723 new ordinary shares of 5p each. It is expected that admission to trading will take place on 2 August 2017. Applications have been made following the exercise of the rights represented by 24,952,723 subscription shares to subscribe in […]

01 Aug 2017

LXi REIT fully invested looks to gear up

LXi REIT fully invested looks to gear up – The Board of LXi REIT has announced that the company has now fully deployed the net proceeds of its GBP138 million IPO since listing on 27 February 2017. They are also in solicitors’ hands on additional acquisitions which will fully absorb the GBP55 million debt finance to […]

31 Jul 2017

Aberdeen Emerging new dividend policy new fee

Aberdeen Emerging new dividend policy new fee – these measures are being implemented by the Board in recognition of current trends within the sector and to enhance and broaden the appeal of the Company to investors. Background The Board is pleased with the progress made by the Company in recent years with regard to revised management […]

31 Jul 2017

ICG Enterprise sells Standard Brands

ICG Enterprise sells Standard Brands – announces the sale of its investment in Standard Brands (UK) Limited, a manufacturer of domestic fire lighting products including Zip, the leading brand in the UK and Ireland. Standard Brands was the Company’s fifth largest underlying investment at 30 April 2017. The sale to SHS Group is subject to […]

31 Jul 2017

Marwyn investment Zegona sells Telecable

Marwyn investment Zegona sells Telecable – Directors of Marwyn Value Investors Limited welcome the announcement made yesterday by its investee company, Zegona Communications plc (“Zegona”) confirming the completion of the sale of Zegona’s Spanish cable business, Telecable to Euskaltel, S.A. The transaction has generated significant upfront cash proceeds and Zegona intends promptly to return up to […]