Interim Management Statement - CORRECTION2
Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT plc (the Company)
15 March 2013
CORRECTION - UNAUDITED INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT
Further to the announcement released earlier today, 15 March 2013 (Number
PRNUK-1503131120-37CE), there was an error with the record date reported in
connection with the interim dividend of 4p per share. The record date should
have been 2 April 2013 and not 28 or 27 March 2013 as announced. The dividend
payment date remains as 19 April 2013.
The full text of the announcement, including the above amendment is included
below.
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16 March 2012
CORRECTION - UNAUDITED INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT
Further to the announcement released earlier today, 15 March 2013 (Number
PRNUK-1503130935-9486), there was an error with the record date reported in
connection with the interim dividend of 4p per share. The record date should
have been 27March 2013 and not 28 March 2013 as announced. The dividend payment
date is 19 April 2013.
The full text of the announcement, including the above amendment is included
below.
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UNAUDITED INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT
For the quarter ended 31 January 2013
In accordance with Rule 4.3 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the UK
Listing Authority, Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT plc presents an Interim
Management Statement for the quarter ended 31 January 2013. The statement also
includes relevant financial information between the end of the period and the
date of this statement.
NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE
Ordinary Shares
31 January 2013 31 October 2012
Net assets attributable to £25,495,439 £24,578,189
shareholders
Shares in issue 24,560,210 24,767,305
Net asset value per 1p Share:
- Including current year income 103.81p 99.24p
- Excluding current year income 102.59p 98.46p
DIVIDENDS
No dividends were paid during the quarter.
The Board has today declared an interim dividend of 4p per share for the year
ending 30 April 2013, made up of 1.25p from income and 2.75p from capital. The
dividend will be paid on 20 April 2013 to shareholders on the register on 28
March 2013.
SHARE BUY-BACKS
During the quarter the Company bought back 207,095 Ordinary Shares of 1p each
at 69.75p per share.
INVESTMENT ACTIVITY
New investment
On 14 March 2013, the Company invested £1,056,416 (including £1,000,000 from
Fosse Management Limited, one of the Company's acquisition companies) to
support the MBO of Gro Group Holdings Limited, the market leader for baby sleep
time products in the UK and Australia.
Follow-on investment
On 18 February 2013, the Company invested a further £624,768 into Fullfield
Limited ("Motorclean"), using its acquisition vehicle, Almsworthy Limited to
support Motorclean's acquisition of Forward Valeting Services Limited, a
company with a similar business model in the UK car valeting market.
Realisations
A total of £636,499 (including any premiums paid) has been received in loan
stock repayments from portfolio companies during the quarter to 31 January
2013. Blaze Signs repaid £623,480 during the quarter, plus interest arrears of
£52,520 and Tessella Holdings Limited made a scheduled repayment of £13,019 at
the end of December.
No further divestments were made during the period.
Please note that all the information above is unaudited.
Other than as described above, there were no material events during the period
and to the date of this announcement.
For further information, please contact:
Robert Brittain, for Mobeus Equity Partners LLP, Company Secretary: 020 7024
7600