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Hansa Investment Company

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Index
FTSE 250
ISIN
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Book status
2026 edition — current
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Company summary

Hansa Investment Company is a closed-ended investment company pursuing long-term capital growth through a concentrated portfolio of quoted and unquoted investments. It takes a patient, value-oriented approach and can hold significant strategic positions.

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Key activities

Investment in public and private companies, funds and other securities, with a flexible mandate that allows concentrated long-term holdings and opportunistic capital allocation.

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Key markets

Global equity and private markets, with investments selected on individual value and long-term return potential rather than benchmark weightings.

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Key drivers

Performance of major holdings, realisations from private investments, public equity markets, capital allocation, share buybacks and narrowing of the discount to net asset value.

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Key risks

Concentrated holdings, private-asset valuation uncertainty, illiquidity, poor performance by major investments, market downturns and a persistent discount to net asset value.

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Recent Developments

8 July 2026: Hansa declared a 2.0p dividend and continued implementing its post-reorganisation capital-allocation framework, including share buybacks intended to address the discount while preserving the long-term investment mandate.

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Dividend notes

Income is secondary to long-term capital growth. A 2.0p dividend was declared in July 2026, went ex-dividend on 16 July and is payable on 21 August. The Board generally limits dividends to the level appropriate for the company's investment structure.

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