Interim Management Statement - 3rd Quarter Results

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Mobeus Income & Growth 4 VCT PLC

16 November 2018

 

Mobeus Income & Growth 4 VCT plc

("the Company")

INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT

For the quarter ended 30 September 2018

Mobeus Income & Growth 4 VCT plc presents an Interim Management Statement for the third quarter ended 30 September 2018.  The statement also includes relevant financial information between the end of the period and the date of this statement.

NET ASSET VALUE (NAV) AND TOTAL RETURN PER SHARE                                             

At 30 September 2018		At 30 June 2018
Net assets attributable to shareholders	£57.57 million	£57.21 million
Shares in issue	68,581,954	68,836,512
Net asset value (NAV) per share	83.95 pence	83.12 pence
Cumulative dividends paid	105.20 pence	105.20 pence
Cumulative total return per share (NAV basis) since inception	189.15 pence	188.32 pence

The NAV per share increased by 0.83 pence over the quarter, principally due to income returns.

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Investments during the period

The Company made one new investment and one follow-on investment into an existing portfolio company during the period.

On 13 August 2018, £0.44 million was invested into Rotageek, a provider of cloud-based enterprise software using data-driven technologies to schedule staff effectively and fairly.

On 28 September 2018, a follow-on investment of £0.91 million was made into Preservica, a seller of proprietary digital archiving software.  

Investments following the period end

On 9 October 2018, a follow-on investment of £0.70 million was made into Biosite, a provider of workforce management and security services.

On 10 October 2018, a follow-on investment of £0.34 million was made into Proactive Investors, a provider of investor media services.

On 19 October 2018, a follow-on investment of £0.06 million was made into MPB, an online marketplace for used photographic equipment. 

Realisations during the period

On 15 August 2018, the Company realised its investment in sparesFinder, receiving cash proceeds of £0.15 million.  The realisation represented a gain over the 30 June 2018 valuation of £0.15 million, but a realised loss over original investment cost of £0.10 million.

On 28 August 2018, the Company realised its investment in Fullfield, receiving cash proceeds of £0.64 million.  The realisation contributed to a return of 1.20 times the original investment cost, and an IRR of 5.0% over the seven years that this investment was held.

On 7 September 2018, £0.23 million cash proceeds was received from the sale of Hemmels Limited, a restorer of classic cars.  The sale represented a realised loss of £0.28 million on the original investment cost over the six months this investment was held.

On 18 September 2018, the Company realised its investment in Lightworks, receiving cash proceeds of £0.20 million.  The realisation contributed to a return of 21.7 times the original investment cost and an IRR of 57.2%.

Including preference share repayments of £0.06 million, net cash proceeds for the period amounted to £1.28 million.

SHARE BUY-BACKS

As announced previously, on 26 September 2018, the Company purchased 254,558 of its own ordinary shares at a price of 73.75 pence per share for cancellation. 

Following this purchase, the Company has 68,581,954 ordinary shares of 1 penny each in issue.

Please note that all of the above information is unaudited.

Other than as described above, there were no material events during the period and to the date of this announcement.

For further information, please contact:

Robert King, for Mobeus Equity Partners LLP, Company Secretary

020 7024 7600.

 

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