Albion Development VCT PLC
Interim Management Statement
Introduction
I am pleased to present the Company's interim management statement
for the period from 1 July 2009 to 18 November 2009 as required by
the UK Listing Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rule 4.3.
Financial Position and Performance
The Ordinary shares'unaudited net asset value (NAV) per the
management accounts as at 30 September 2009 was £23.0 million (30
June 2009: £23.6 million) or 77.3 pence per share (excluding treasury
shares) (30 June 2009: 79.2 pence per share). This is after
accounting for a dividend of 4 pence per share paid on 25 September
2009 to shareholders on the register at 28 August 2009.
Portfolio
In the period from 1 July 2009 to 18 November 2009 Albion Development
VCT PLC has made the following investments:
Investment portfolio
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Investment | Existing/New investment | £'000s |
|--------------------------------+-------------------------+--------|
| Geronimo Inns VCT I Limited | New | 480 |
|--------------------------------+-------------------------+--------|
| Geronimo Inns VCT II Limited | New | 480 |
|--------------------------------+-------------------------+--------|
| Bravo Inns II Limited | Existing | 120 |
|--------------------------------+-------------------------+--------|
| CS (Greenwich) Limited | Existing | 79 |
|--------------------------------+-------------------------+--------|
| RFI Global Services Limited | Existing | 46 |
|--------------------------------+-------------------------+--------|
| Rostima Limited | Existing | 35 |
|--------------------------------+-------------------------+--------|
| CS (Brixton) Limited | Existing | 31 |
|--------------------------------+-------------------------+--------|
| Vibrant Energy Assessors | Existing | 30 |
| Limited | | |
|--------------------------------+-------------------------+--------|
| Mi-Pay Limited | Existing | 15 |
|--------------------------------+-------------------------+--------|
| City Screen (Liverpool) | Existing | 11 |
| Limited | | |
|--------------------------------+-------------------------+--------|
| CS (Exeter) Limited | Existing | 10 |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
Top Ten Qualifying Holdings as at 30 September 2009
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| Holding | Carrying Value £'000s |
|-----------------------------------+-----------------------|
| Evolutions Television Limited | 2,336 |
|-----------------------------------+-----------------------|
| The Weybridge Club Limited | 1,365 |
|-----------------------------------+-----------------------|
| Mears Group plc | 1,330 |
|-----------------------------------+-----------------------|
| Blackbay Limited | 1,041 |
|-----------------------------------+-----------------------|
| Peakdale Molecular Limited | 920 |
|-----------------------------------+-----------------------|
| CS (Greenwich) Limited | 693 |
|-----------------------------------+-----------------------|
| Droxford Hospital Limited | 673 |
|-----------------------------------+-----------------------|
| Kensington Health Clubs Limited | 641 |
|-----------------------------------+-----------------------|
| Consolidated PR Limited | 566 |
|-----------------------------------+-----------------------|
| The Charnwood Pub Company Limited | 549 |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
Material Events and Transactions
Cancellation of Share Premium Account
The Company has cancelled its share premium account by way of special
resolution at a General Meeting held on 28 October 2009. The share
premium account amounting to £3,290,805 will be cancelled on 25
November 2009 by order of the High Court and the Notice regarding the
cancellation was registered at Companies House on 4 November 2009.
Disposals
During the period from 1 July 2009 to 18 November 2009, GB Pub
Company VCT Limited repaid £45,610 of loan stock, and Peakdale
Molecular Limited repaid £27,780 of loan stock.
Re-organisation of pub portfolio
As a result of the consolidation of part of the pub portfolio, the
site management has been entrusted to a single management team.
Albion Development VCT PLC exchanged its shareholdings in Welland
Inns VCT Limited, Pelican Inn Limited and Novello Limited for
additional shareholdings in The Charnwood Pub Company Limited on 21
September 2009.
There have been no further significant events or transactions that
the Board is aware of which would have a material impact on the
financial position of the Company between 1 July 2009 and 18 November
2009.
Information regarding historic and current financial performance and
other useful shareholder information can be found on the Fund's
website under www.albion-ventures.co.uk/Our Funds/Albion Development
VCT PLC.
18 November 2009
For further information, please contact:
Patrick Reeve
Albion Ventures LLP
Tel: 020 7601 1867
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