Conversion of Shares

Albion Technology & General VCT PLC Conversion of 'C' Ordinary Shares into Ordinary Shares Albion Technology & General VCT PLC announces the conversion of its 'C' ordinary shares into Ordinary shares as follows: In accordance with the Articles of Association, on 31 March 2011, the Company's 'C' ordinary shares converted to Ordinary shares on the basis of the net assets attributable to the Ordinary shares and the 'C' ordinary shares as disclosed in the audited accounts for the year to 31 December 2010 and in accordance with the calculation as described and approved by shareholders' resolution number 4 at the Extraordinary General Meeting on 8 December 2005.  'C' ordinary shareholders will therefore receive 0.7779 Ordinary shares for each 'C' ordinary share they currently own. At close of business 31 March 2011, Albion Technology & General VCT PLC's issued share capital consisted of 14,475,832 Ordinary shares and 36,678,643 'C' ordinary shares, both with a nominal value of 50p.  Albion Technology & General VCT PLC held 1,358,870 Ordinary shares and 2,323,567 'C' ordinary shares in Treasury. Following the conversion of 'C' ordinary shares into Ordinary shares, 28,532,316 new Ordinary Shares have been issued.  Therefore, as at 1 April 2011, Albion Technology & General VCT PLC's capital consists of 43,008,148 Ordinary shares with a nominal value of 50p each.  Albion Technology & General VCT PLC holds 3,166,372 Ordinary shares in Treasury. Therefore the total number of voting rights in Albion Technology & General VCT PLC is 39,841,776 which may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Albion Technology & General VCT PLC under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency rules. The newly issued Ordinary shares will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares in issue.  The Ordinary shares representing fractional entitlements will not be issued to 'C' shareholders but will be aggregated and sold in the market for the benefit of the Company.  Application has been made for the new Ordinary shares to be admitted to the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's Main Market for listed securities and it is expected that dealings will commence on 4 April 2011. Following the issue of the new Ordinary shares arising on conversion, the listing of the 'C' ordinary shares will be cancelled.  The new Ordinary share certificates will be despatched to shareholders by 30 April 2011. Albion Ventures LLP Company Secretary Albion Technology & General VCT PLC 1 April 2011 This announcement is distributed by Thomson Reuters on behalf of Thomson Reuters clients. The owner of this announcement warrants that: (i) the releases contained herein are protected by copyright and other applicable laws; and (ii) they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein. Source: Albion Technology & General VCT PLC - Ordinary Shares via Thomson Reuters ONE [HUG#1502747]
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