Foresight VCT plc
26 October 2011
Conditional disposal of investment in App-DNA Group Limited
The Board of Foresight VCT plc is pleased to announce that the Company has
reached conditional agreement for the sale of its investment in App-DNA Group
Limited to Citrix Systems Inc.
Citrix Systems Inc is acquiring all of the equity in App-DNA Group Ltd for a
total consideration of $92m, subject to completion adjustments. This would
deliver Foresight VCT plc an initial consideration of £7.3m, compared to a last
reported carrying value of £4.55m. This equates to an NAV uplift of
approximately 10p per ordinary share and return of approximately 32 times the
original cost of investment. In addition a further £0.9 million of escrow
amounts, subject to various warranties, could be receivable by the ordinary
shares of Foresight VCT over the next four years.
It is anticipated that completion will occur in November 2011, once certain
closing conditions have been fulfilled. The Board expects to update shareholders
with further details, once completion has occurred.
App-DNA is a leading specialist in Application Migration and Compatibility
Software including App-DNA(TM) and AppTitude(TM) which it distributes to blue
chip companies around the world.
Foresight VCT plc made the initial investment of £0.5m in Camwood Limited in
2003, and App-DNA was subsequently demerged to focus on commercialising the
software that had been developed internally. The Company's investment in Camwood
Enterprises Limited is not altered by this transaction.
Foresight Group LLP invested £771k, on behalf of Foresight VCT plc and The
Income & Growth VCT plc, which will return up to £25m in total to the two funds
on final completion.
For further information, please contact:
Gary Fraser, Foresight Group: 01732 471800
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