The Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd &lt;ADSA.S>(Adsteam) said it will subscribe to 30 mln shares in listed
British property developer, &lt;Markheath Securities Plc>, at 60p
each, subject to shareholder approval.
    The subscription, expected to take place in May, will give
Adsteam 49 pct of Markheath, Adsteam said in a statement.
    Adsteam's managing director John Spalvins will become
chairman of Markheath and two other Adsteam nominees will join
its board. "We hope that in time Markheath will become a
significant property and industrial company in the same style
as Adsteam," Spalvins said in the statement.
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