Interim Management Statement

Unicorn AIM VCT plc Interim Management Statement For the period from 1 April 2009 to 31 July 2009 Introduction The Company has prepared this Interim Management Statement (IMS) in accordance with the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the UK Listing Authority. The IMS covers the four month period ended 31 July 2009, together with relevant information up to the date of publication. Investment Objective The objective of the Company is to provide Shareholders with an attractive return from a diversified portfolio of investments, predominantly in the shares of AIM quoted companies, by maximising the stream of dividend distributions to Shareholders from the income and capital gains generated by the portfolio. It is also the objective that the Company should continue to qualify as a Venture Capital Trust, so that Shareholders benefit from the taxation advantages that this brings. To achieve this at least 70% of the Company's total assets are to be invested in qualifying investments of which 30% by value must be in ordinary shares carrying no preferential rights to dividends or return of capital and no rights to redemption. Performance Equity markets made strong gains in the period under review as confidence in a possible economic recovery gathered momentum and investors' appetite for risk improved. The FTSE AIM All-Share Index, driven by a substantial rebound in the value of Mining and Resource stocks, led the way with a gain of 31.3%, whilst the Hoare Govett Smaller Companies Index and the FTSE All-Share Index rose by 28.7% and 18.6% respectively. In the four months to the end of July 2009, Net Asset Values (`NAVs') increased by 14.2% in the Ordinary Share Fund, by 14.7% in the S2 Share Fund and by 12.3% in the S3 Share Fund. As at 31 July 2009 the unaudited NAV of the Ordinary Share Fund was 49.2 pence per share. The unaudited NAV of the S2 Share Fund was 66.2 pence per share whilst the unaudited NAV of the S3 Share Fund was 78.6 pence per share. Material Transactions During the period, the Ordinary Share Fund and the S2 Share Fund made VCT qualifying, follow-on investments in loan stock issued by Access Intelligence and Amber Taverns. The total purchase cost was £625,000 and the investments were allocated to each Fund on a pro-rata basis. The Ordinary Share Fund made non-qualifying purchases of Charles Taylor Consulting, Intelligent Environments, Sigma Capital and Universe Group at a total cost of £370,000. The Fund also made a partial disposal of Pilat Media realising proceeds of £99,000. A partial disposal of Abcam was made in both the Ordinary and the S2 Share Funds. In addition, following a redemption, the holding in Brookwell `B' Limited shares was reduced in the non-qualifying portfolios of the Ordinary and S2 Share Funds. The S3 Share Fund made a new VCT qualifying investment in Tristel at a total cost of £155,000. No other transactions took place during the period under review. Top 10 Equity Holdings at 31 July 2009 Ordinary Share Fund Percentage of Fund Abcam 13.5% Mears 7.4% Maxima Holdings 5.1% Mattioli Woods 5.0% Unicorn Free Spirit Fund 3.4% Supporta 3.0% Avingtrans 2.5% Robert Walters 2.5% Amber Taverns (Prefs) 2.3% Glisten 2.3% Total 47.0% S2Share Fund Percentage of Fund Abcam 13.8% Unicorn UK Smaller Companies Fund 11.6% Unicorn Mastertrust Fund 9.2% Cohort 7.1% Mattioli Woods 6.8% Maxima Holdings 4.8% Melorio 3.8% Amber Taverns (Prefs) 3.5% Zetar 3.1% Mears 2.7% Total 66.4% S3 Share Fund Percentage of Fund Unicorn Outstanding British Companies 10.8% Fund Unicorn Mastertrust Fund 8.8% Unicorn Free Spirit Fund 8.3% Unicorn UK Income Fund 8.2% Unicorn UK Smaller Companies Fund 8.0% Animalcare 7.5% Tracsis 6.2% Melorio 5.0% IS Pharma 4.1% Tristel 4.0% Total 70.9% Material Events Other than described above, there were no material events during the period from 1 April 2009 to 31 July 2009.
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