Interim Management Statement
The Income & Growth VCT plc (the Company)
INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT
For the quarter ended 30 June 2009
In accordance with Rule 4.3 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the UK
Listing Authority, The Income & Growth VCT plc presents an Interim Management
Statement for the quarter ended 30 June 2009. The statement also includes
relevant financial information between the end of the period and the date of
this statement.
NET ASSET VALUE AND TOTAL RETURN PER SHARE
Ordinary Share Fund S Share Fund
At 30 June At 31 March At 30 June At 31 March
2009 2009 2009 2009
Net assets attributable 25,993,224 £27,068,820 11,058,357 11,122,800
to shareholders
Shares in issue 34,946,257 35,055,303 11,806,467 11,806,467
Net asset value (NAV) per 74.38 p 77.22 p 93.66 p 94.21 p
share *
Cumulative dividends 20.45 p 20.45 p 0.00 p 0.00 p
paid to date per share
Total return per share 94.83 p 97.67 93.66 p 94.21 p
since inception (NAV basis)*
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* NAV per share includes 0.47 p 0.38 p 0.21 p 0.38 p
current year income of
SHARE BUY-BACKS and ISSUES
During the quarter the Ordinary Share Fund bought back a total of 109,046
Ordinary Shares at an average price of 46.63 pence per share.
NEW INVESTMENTS
The Ordinary Share Fund and the S Share Fund invested £389,703 and £169,483
respectively to support the MBO of Westway Cooling which was completed in June
2009. Based in Greenford, Middlesex, Westway specialises in installing,
servicing and maintaining high quality air-conditioning systems and associated
building services plant in the refurbishment and maintenance market.
DIVESTMENTS
Just after the period end, at the beginning of July, the Ordinary Share Fund
sold its investment in Tottel Publishing Limited, the specialist publisher of
legal and tax titles to Bloomsbury Group, earning a fourfold gain on the
initial investment of £514,800 and returning total proceeds of £2.05 million.
The net asset value at 30 June 2009 includes the impact of this transaction.
The Fund's original investment of £514,800 had already been reduced to £325,182
in March of this year when Tottel repaid 50% of the Fund's loan stock.
DiGiCo Europe Limited also made a partial loan repayment to the Ordinary Share
Fund of £142,804 at a premium of £10,634 in May 2009.
For further information, please contact:
Sarah Penfold, for Matrix-Securities Limited, Company Secretary: 020 3206 7000