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Nick Leslau and Sandy Gumm, shareholders in LXi till LondonMetric purchased its fellow actual property funding belief (Reit) final yr, have offered 26.4mn shares at 178.7p a share. The sale, made through their car Prestbury Administration Holdings, quantities to £47mn.
Leslau and Gumm had been members of the Prestbury administration crew, as soon as liable for the funding administration of Safe Earnings Reit. Safe Earnings merged with LXi in 2022. Following the transaction, Prestbury’s shares had been topic to a one-year lock-up throughout which they had been unable to promote their shares. LondonMetric and LXi merged in March final yr, that means the shares had been topic to a different 12-month lock-up interval.
Following the sale, Leslau retains 26.4mn shares, a 1.3 per cent stake, whereas Gumm holds 351,640 shares. Each proceed to function non-executive administrators on LondonMetric’s board.
LondonMetric, a Reit specialising in triple web leases (the place tenants pay working bills for the property in addition to hire), has been on a merger spree lately, additionally shopping for up fellow Reit CT Property Belief. The previous reported a 102 per cent improve in pre-tax revenue at its half-year ends in November.
