ProVen VCT plc: Interim Management Statement
ProVen VCT plc
Interim Management Statement
for the three months ended 31 May 2019
ProVen VCT plc (the “Company”) presents an Interim Management Statement for the three month period ended 31 May 2019. The statement also includes relevant financial information between the end of the period and the date of this announcement.
Performance
| | Unaudited 31 May 2019 | Audited 28 February 2019 |
| Pence | Pence | |
| Net Asset Value per share (“NAV”) | 81.2 | 82.2 |
| Dividends paid to date* | 63.75 | 63.75 |
| NAV plus dividends paid to date | 144.95 | 145.95 |
*Dividends paid represent dividends paid since the consolidation of 5p Ordinary Shares into 10p Ordinary Shares in October 2012. Prior to this date, the Company paid dividends totalling 113.95p on the 5p Ordinary Shares.
Dividends paid or declared
On 31 May 2019, the Company announced a final dividend for the year ended 28 February 2019 of 2.5p per share. Having received approval at the Annual General Meeting of the Company on 3 July 2019, the dividend will be paid on 19 July 2019 to shareholders on the register at 21 June 2019.
Investment portfolio summary at 31 May 2019
Portfolio summary
| Valuation | |
| Venture capital investments | £’000 |
| Infinity Reliance Limited (t/a My 1st Years) | 5,635 |
| Zoovu Limited | 5,345 |
| Poq Studio Limited | 4,679 |
| Monica Vinader Limited | 4,232 |
| Litchfield Media Limited | 4,198 |
| Mycs GmbH | 4,084 |
| Rapid Charge Grid Limited | 3,991 |
| Access Systems, Inc. | 3,500 |
| Festicket Limited | 3,248 |
| Thread, Inc. | 2,872 |
| Other investments | 29,559 |
| Total investments | 71,343 |
| Cash at bank | 56,106 |
| Other net current liabilities | (4,489) |
| Net Assets | 122,960 |
Quoted investments are valued at the closing bid price at 31 May 2019, discounted where appropriate. Unquoted investments are valued at fair values established using the International Private Equity and Venture Capital Valuation Guidelines.
Investment activity during the three month period ended 31 May 2019
Investment additions
| £’000 | |
| Sannpa Limited (t/a Fnatic) | 1,029 |
| Mycs GmbH | 534 |
| 1,563 |
Investment disposals
| | Cost | Market value at 1 March 2019 | Disposal proceeds | Gain against cost | Realised gain in period |
| £’000 | £’000 | £’000 | £’000 | £’000 | |
| Skills Matter Limited* | 32 | - | 32 | - | 32 |
| 32 | - | 32 | - | 32 |
*Loan note repayment.
Investment activity from 1 June 2019 to the date of this announcement
There were no investment additions in the period from 1 June 2019 to the date of this announcement.
Investment disposals
| | Cost | Market value at 1 March 2019 | Disposal proceeds | Loss against cost | Realised loss in period |
| £’000 | £’000 | £’000 | £’000 | £’000 | |
| 7digital Group plc | 1,101 | 4 | 1 | (1,100) | (3) |
| 1,101 | 4 | 1 | (1,100) | (3) |
| Changes to share capital | Ordinary Shares of 10p each |
| As at 1 March 2019 | 105,041,530 |
| Shares bought back during the 3 months to 31 May 2019 | - |
| Shares issued during the 3 months to 31 May 2019 | 46,313,896 |
| As at 31 May 2019 | 151,355,426 |
The Company issued 46,313,896 shares under an offer for subscription (the “Offer”) dated 11 January 2019. Full details of the Offer were contained in a prospectus (comprising a Securities Note, Registration Document and Summary), which was published on 11 January 2019. Following an allotment on 30 April 2019 the Offer was effectively fully subscribed and was closed to further applications.
In the period from 1 June 2019 to the date of this announcement, 600,000 Ordinary Shares were repurchased and subsequently cancelled.
Material events
Other than the matters described above, there were no material events during the period from 1 March 2019 to 31 May 2019 or in the period from 1 June 2019 to the date of this announcement.
Further information
Further information regarding the Company, can be found on Beringea's dedicated VCT website: or by contacting Beringea, the Investment Manager at or by telephone 020 7845 7820.
Beringea LLP
Company Secretary
Telephone 020 7845 7820
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