Interim Management Statement

Foresight 4 VCT plc Interim Management Statement for the Quarter Ended 30 November 2010 Foresight 4 VCT plc presents its interim management statement for the quarter ended 30 November 2010.  This constitutes the company's second interim management statement for the financial year ending 28 February 2011, as required by the UK Listing Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rule 4.3. The unaudited net asset value (NAV) per ordinary share as at 30 November 2010 was 113.0p (31 August 2010: 104.1p). The Board is not aware of any significant events or transactions between the date of the NAV and the date of publication of this Interim Management Statement. The number of ordinary shares in issue at 30 November 2010 was 31,962,265.  During the three months ended 30 November 2010 no shares were issued and 98,568 shares were re-purchased by the company for cancellation. Net assets at 30 November 2010 comprised the following:   £'000   % of Net Assets Unquoted Investments at fair value as determined by the Directors 27,557 76.3 Quoted investments at bid price 1,918   5.3 -------- ---------------- Total venture capital investments 29,475   81.6 Net Current Assets 6,647   18.4 -------- ---------------- Net Assets 36,122   100.0 -------- ---------------- Quoted investments are carried at bid price as at 30 November 2010.  Unquoted investments are carried at fair value as at 30 November 2010 as determined by the directors. During the three months ended 30 November 2010 the following significant investment transactions took place (all companies unquoted except where otherwise indicated): Follow-on investments: +---------------+----------------------------------------+---------------------+ |Name of Company|Business Activity |Amount Invested £'000| +---------------+----------------------------------------+---------------------+ |The Bunker |Secure data centres |400 | +---------------+----------------------------------------+---------------------+ |i-Plas Group |Manufactures building products from|399 | | |waste plastic | | +---------------+----------------------------------------+---------------------+ |Evance |Small wind turbines |299 | +---------------+----------------------------------------+---------------------+ |O-Gen Acme Trek|Manufactures and operates combined heat |293 | | |and power plants | | +---------------+----------------------------------------+---------------------+ |Closed Loop |Plastic bottle recycling |233 | +---------------+----------------------------------------+---------------------+ |Silvigen |Integrated biomass fuel solutions |41 | +---------------+----------------------------------------+---------------------+ |SkillsMarket |Online information exchange for the |39 | | |recruitment industry | | +---------------+----------------------------------------+---------------------+ |TFC Europe |Distributor of technical fasteners and |33 | | |spring products to a variety of markets | | | |including aerospace | | +---------------+----------------------------------------+---------------------+ |Amberfin |Image content processing and conversion |31 | | |software and equipment | | +---------------+----------------------------------------+---------------------+ |Adeptra |Automated interactive customer |21 | | |communications for call centres | | +---------------+----------------------------------------+---------------------+ |Land Energy |Wood pellet manufacture |14 | +---------------+----------------------------------------+---------------------+ Loan repayment: +---------------+---------------------------------------+-------------+--------+ |Name of Company|Business Activity |Original Cost|Proceeds| | | |£'000 |  | | | | |£'000 | +---------------+---------------------------------------+-------------+--------+ |Datapath |Computer graphics cards and video |82 |82 | | |capture hardware | | | +---------------+---------------------------------------+-------------+--------+ For further information please contact: Gary Fraser, Foresight Group:                        01732 471 800 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: Foresight 4 VCT PLC via Thomson Reuters ONE [HUG#1479991]
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