Overview
Northern Investors is a private equity investment trust. In July 2011 shareholders approved a change in investment strategy, whereby the trust ceased making new unquoted investments and began an orderly realisation of the portfolio with a view to returning funds to shareholders through a series of tender offers over a period of several years.
Research History
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14 Jun 2017 2 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – June 2017
QuotedData investment companies roundup – June 2017 – is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of May 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. June Investment Companies Roundup Japan was one of the best places to be […]
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27 Oct 2016 1 min read
Quarterly investment companies roundup – Third quarter 2016
Q3 saw the market adapt to life post the UK’s EU referendum. Sterling continued to fall but most stock markets stabilised and discounts narrowed across most sectors. While the US election is dominating headlines, it does not seem to be having much impact on markets so far. q3-quarterly-roundup
News
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05 Sep 2017 1 min read
Investment Trust Insider on Northern Investors
This year’s summer lull is a bit busier than usual with Warehouse Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) publishing a prospectus and running around trying to raise £80 million to £150 million to buy a portfolio of multi-let urban warehouse estates. I have been occupied on a new guide for investors interested in listed private equity […]
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22 May 2017 2 min read
Northern Investors proposes capital return of £6.4m
Northern Investors is proposing to return a further £6.4 million to Shareholders, representing 257.5 pence for each Ordinary Share currently in issue, utilising the B Share Scheme that was approved by Shareholders on 19 January 2017. The company says that, under its proposals, Shareholders will receive 5.15 B Shares for each Ordinary Share held by […]
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07 Feb 2017 1 min read
All trust sectors bar one made money in ’16
UK Smaller Companies was the only investment sector to lose money in 2016 despite a turbulent political and economic landscape, new research has revealed. See more here
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15 Nov 2016 2 min read
Northern Investors plans £6m distribution
Northern Investors’ NAV rose 6.3% from 685.4p to 728.6p over the six months ended 30 September 2016. The share price rose by 33% to 845p, putting the shares on a premium of 16%. Including funds distributed through the March 2016 tender offer (GBP15.3 million) and the July 2016 dividend (GBP0.6 million), the total cash returned to […]
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20 May 2016 2 min read
Northern Investors makes progress with disposal programme
Northern Investors says that the orderly realisation strategy adopted by shareholders in 2011 has made significant progress over the past year, with a continuing reduction in the number of remaining holdings in the portfolio and significant further returns to investors. In March 2016 the company completed its fifth tender offer to shareholders, as a result of […]
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07 Mar 2016 1 min read
Northern Investors sells Control Risks
Northern Investors Company has announced the sale of its investment in Control Risks Group Holdings Limited for £7.3m in cash. The directors’ valuation of the investment in Control Risks for the purposes of calculating Northern Investors’ unaudited net asset value as at 31 December 2015, which was announced on 17 February 2016, was also £7.3m. […]
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11 Nov 2015 2 min read
Northern Investors on track for final liquidation by the end of 2017
Northern Investors has released its interim report for the half-year ended 30 September 2015. The company continues to follow its realisation strategy and, during the period, the number of holdings in the portfolio was reduced further from 15 to 12. Investment sales during the period generated total cash proceeds of £2.5m. The NAV per share […]
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01 Jun 2015 1 min read
Northern Investors down to last 15 holdings
Northern Investors, which is gradually selling off its portfolio and returning the proceeds to shareholders, has published results for the year ended 31 March 2015. Over the year the net asset value rose by 20.6% to 523p and they handed back £20m to investors in capital returns and dividends. The dividend is being increased from […]
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09 Feb 2015 1 min read
Northern Investors sells Kerridge and will return cash
Northern Investors has announced the sale of its investment in Kerridge Commercial Systems Limited to the incumbent management team backed by private equity funds managed by Accel-KKR. Kerridge provides integrated business software solutions for the distributive trades. Northern Investors has received cash proceeds of £16.38m. The directors’ valuation as at 30 September 2014 was £14.6m so the uplift is therefore […]
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06 Feb 2014 1 min read
Northern Investor : NRI – planning £14m tender
Northern Investors will return £14.1m to shareholders via a tender. Shareholders must apply to take part by 11am on 28 February, the tender will hopefully be approved at a meeting on 3 March and tendering shareholders will get their cash on or after 7 March
