Albion Ventures
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
6 December 2012
The Board is pleased to announce the successful sale of its three cinema investments, realising net proceeds of £1,086,000, compared to book value of £971,000 at 30 September 2012, adjusted for loan stock repaid subsequent to that date, and cost of £521,000.
The three cinema investments comprised CS (Brixton) Limited, CS (Exeter) Limited and CS (Norwich) Limited and were sold today as part of the sale of the City Screen group to Cineworld Group plc.
As a result of the sale, Crown Place VCT PLC has, since its original investment in 2005, received a return of approximately 2.6x its investment including loan stock interest and other income and loan stock repayments received.
ENDS
For further enquiries, please contact:
Henry Stanford
Partner, Albion Ventures LLP
020 7601 1850