ORA non-exec adds to stake

An ORA Capital Partners non-exec has invested more than £15,000 in the company.

James Ede-Golightly bought 19,176 shares for his SIPP at 80p each. This takes his stake in AIM-quoted ORA to 199,176 shares.

Cambridge graduate Ede-Golightly is a former analyst with Merrill Lynch and Commerzbank.

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ORA is an investment company specialising in taking significant stakes in developing companies. It has developed five main businesses: Nanoco, Oxford Advanced Surfaces, Tissue Regenix, Oxford Nutrascience and Obtala Resources. All of these are quoted on AIM. ORA also has a stake in broker Novum Securities.

ORA reported a fall in interim profit from £22.2m to £11.5m in the six months to July 2010. The net asset value fell slightly from £127m to £124.8m having bought back £13.7m worth of shares at 100p each.

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