Foresight VCT plc
Interim Management Statement for the Quarter Ended 31 March 2011
Foresight VCT plc presents its interim management statement for the quarter
ended 31 March 2011. Â This constitutes the company's first interim management
statement for the financial year ending 31 December 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 31 March 2011 was
101.2p following the reconstruction of the ordinary share capital detailed below
(31 December 2010: 55.5p). Â The unaudited net asset value (NAV) per Planned Exit
Share as at 31 March 2011 was 96.4p (31 December 2010: 95.5p). Â 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 31 March 2011 was 29,941,281 following
a reconstruction of the ordinary share capital on 1 March 2011. Â The total
number of Ordinary Shares in issue prior to the reconstruction was 54,004,889
(including 6,463,504 Ordinary shares issued as a result of the merger with
Keydata 1 VCT plc and Keydata 2 VCT plc on 28 February 2011) and the NAV of each
Ordinary Share was 55.44p. The reconstruction resulted in Ordinary Shareholders'
holdings being adjusted by a ratio of 0.554417986 per Ordinary Share held at the
close of business on 1 March 2011 resulting in 29,941,281 new Ordinary Shares
being issued.
The number of Planned Exit Shares in issue at 31 March 2011 was 6,179,833.
 During the three months ended 31 March 2011 no shares were issued or re-
purchased by the company for cancellation.
Net assets of the Ordinary Shares fund at 31 March 2011 comprised the following:
+-------------------------------------------------------+------+---------------+
| |£'000 |% of Net Assets|
+-------------------------------------------------------+------+---------------+
|Unquoted Investments at fair value as determined by the|Â |Â |
|Directors |23,443| 77.4|
+-------------------------------------------------------+------+---------------+
|Quoted investments at bid price | 5,310| 17.5|
+-------------------------------------------------------+------+---------------+
|Total venture capital investments |28,753| 94.9|
+-------------------------------------------------------+------+---------------+
|Net Current Assets | 1,549| 5.1|
+-------------------------------------------------------+------+---------------+
|Â |Â |Â |
|Net Assets |30,302| 100.0|
+-------------------------------------------------------+------+---------------+
Net assets of the Planned Exit Shares fund at 31 March 2011 comprised the
following:
+--------------------------------------------------------+-----+---------------+
| |£'000|% of Net Assets|
+--------------------------------------------------------+-----+---------------+
|Unquoted Investments at fair value as determined by the|Â |Â |
|Directors |3.777| 63.4|
+--------------------------------------------------------+-----+---------------+
|Quoted investments at bid price | 0| 0.0|
+--------------------------------------------------------+-----+---------------+
|Total venture capital investments |3,777| 63.4|
+--------------------------------------------------------+-----+---------------+
|Net Current Assets |2,181| 36.6|
+--------------------------------------------------------+-----+---------------+
|Â |Â |Â |
|Net Assets |5,958| 100.0|
+--------------------------------------------------------+-----+---------------+
Quoted investments are carried at bid price as at 31 March 2011 with the
exception of SmartFOCUS. An offer was received at 25.0p per share in April 2011
and as a result the investment has been valued at the offer price; the offer has
subsequently been approved by the Shareholders of SmartFOCUS at a General
Meeting of the company. Unquoted investments are carried at fair value as at 31
March 2011 as determined by the directors.
During the three months ended 31 March 2011 the following significant investment
transactions took place (all companies unquoted except where otherwise
indicated):
Ordinary Shares Portfolio
Follow-on investments:
+-----------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------+
| Name of Company | Business Activity | Amount Invested £'000 |
+-----------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------+
| Land Energy | Wood pellet manufacturing | 48 |
+-----------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------+
| Silvigen | Integrated biomass fuel solutions | 33 |
+-----------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------+
| SkillsMarket | Recruitment software | 13 |
+-----------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------+
Investment disposals / loan repayments:
+---------------+---------------------------------------+-------------+--------+
|Name of Company|Business Activity |Original Cost|Proceeds|
| | |£'000 | |
| | | |£'000 |
+---------------+---------------------------------------+-------------+--------+
|Ffastfill |Software services for financial|517 |415 |
| |services sector | | |
+---------------+---------------------------------------+-------------+--------+
|AppDNA |Application migration software |83 |83 |
+---------------+---------------------------------------+-------------+--------+
|Camwood |Application migration consulting |83 |83 |
+---------------+---------------------------------------+-------------+--------+
|Trilogy |Broadcast and defence communications |63 |63 |
+---------------+---------------------------------------+-------------+--------+
Planned Exit Shares Portfolio
New investments:
None
Investment disposals:
None
For further information please contact:
Gary Fraser, Foresight Group:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 01732 471 800
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