Octopus AIM VCT plc
2 August 2018
Portfolio Update
The investment portfolio of Octopus AIM VCT plc (the "Company") as at 2 August 2018 is as follows (the valuations being the unaudited valuations, at bid price, as at 30 June 2018):
Investee Company | Sector | Book cost (£000) | Movement in valuation (£000) | Fair Value (£000) |
GB Group plc | Support Services | 715 | 6,245 | 6,960 |
Learning Technologies Group plc | Support Services | 1,185 | 4,655 | 5,840 |
Breedon Group plc | Construction & Building | 859 | 4,980 | 5,839 |
Quixant plc | Technology Hardware | 587 | 4,699 | 5,286 |
Staffline Recruitment Group plc | Support Services | 334 | 3,097 | 3,431 |
Yu Group plc | Utilities | 705 | 2,458 | 3,163 |
Mattioli Woods plc | Finance | 529 | 2,599 | 3,128 |
Brooks Macdonald Group plc | Finance | 746 | 2,264 | 3,010 |
Gear4music Holdings plc | Media | 557 | 2,314 | 2,871 |
Craneware plc | Software | 183 | 2,674 | 2,857 |
RWS Holdings plc | Support Services | 367 | 2,314 | 2,681 |
LoopUp Group plc | Software | 480 | 1,728 | 2,208 |
Netcall plc | Telecommunication Services | 308 | 1,824 | 2,132 |
FairFx Group plc | Software | 948 | 914 | 1,862 |
VR Education Holdings plc | Software | 1,080 | 756 | 1,836 |
EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc | Health | 931 | 786 | 1,717 |
Gooch & Housego plc | Electronic & Electrical | 472 | 1,242 | 1,714 |
Next Fifteen Communications Group plc | Media | 687 | 933 | 1,620 |
IDOX plc | Software | 353 | 1,252 | 1,605 |
Ergomed plc | Pharmaceuticals & Biotech | 1,440 | 120 | 1,560 |
Advanced Medical Solutions Group plc | Pharmaceuticals & Biotech | 757 | 776 | 1,533 |
Cello Group plc | Media | 895 | 595 | 1,490 |
Clinigen Group plc | Pharmaceuticals & Biotech | 935 | 485 | 1,420 |
Cambridge Cognition Holdings plc | Health | 601 | 797 | 1,398 |
DP Poland plc | Leisure & Hotels | 1,016 | 357 | 1,373 |
Adept Telecom plc | Telecommunication Services | 601 | 771 | 1,372 |
CityFibre plc* | Telecommunication Services | 1,025 | 307 | 1,332 |
Ixico plc | Pharmaceuticals & Biotech | 1,127 | 201 | 1,328 |
Restore plc | Support Services | 341 | 983 | 1,324 |
Vertu Motors plc | General Retailers | 1,265 | 58 | 1,323 |
Osirium Technologies plc | Electronic & Electrical | 1,350 | (31) | 1,319 |
Judges Scientific plc | Electronic & Electrical | 314 | 946 | 1,260 |
Abcam plc | Pharmaceuticals & Biotech | 537 | 664 | 1,201 |
Nasstar plc | Software | 481 | 605 | 1,086 |
appScatter Group plc | Software | 1,257 | (232) | 1,025 |
Brady plc | Software | 947 | 43 | 990 |
KRM22 plc | Equity Instrments | 681 | 306 | 987 |
Gamma Communications plc | Telecommunication Services | 488 | 473 | 961 |
Scientific Digital Imaging plc | Electronic & Electrical | 179 | 736 | 915 |
MyCelx Technologies Corporation | Oil Equipment | 1,470 | (574) | 896 |
WANdisco plc | Software | 145 | 750 | 895 |
Animalcare Group plc | Pharmaceuticals & Biotech | 306 | 585 | 891 |
Fusion Antibodies plc | Health Care Equipment & Services | 577 | 303 | 880 |
Access Intelligence plc | Software | 715 | 135 | 850 |
TLA Worldwide plc | Media | 807 | 40 | 847 |
Escape Hunt plc | Leisure & Hotels | 988 | (161) | 827 |
Beeks Financial Cloud Group plc | Software | 570 | 251 | 821 |
Popsa Holdings Ltd* | Software & Computer Services | 720 | - | 720 |
Nektan Limited | Software | 1,345 | (731) | 614 |
Velocity Composites plc | Industrial | 799 | (188) | 611 |
Maestrano Group plc | Software & Computer Services | 636 | (51) | 585 |
Iomart Group plc | Software | 268 | 290 | 558 |
Futura Medical plc | Pharmaceuticals & Biotech | 968 | (425) | 543 |
PCI-Pal plc | Support Services | 720 | (224) | 496 |
Microsaic Systems plc | Engineering & Machinery | 1,384 | (893) | 491 |
Vectura Group plc | Pharmaceuticals & Biotech | 498 | (30) | 468 |
Plastics Capital plc | Engineering & Machinery | 400 | 40 | 440 |
Omega Diagnostics Group plc | Health | 465 | (25) | 440 |
Maxcyte Inc | Pharmaceuticals & Biotech | 511 | (73) | 438 |
Mears Group plc | Support Services | 139 | 287 | 426 |
TP Group plc | Engineering & Machinery | 648 | (276) | 372 |
Diurnal Group plc | Pharmaceuticals & Biotech | 360 | (13) | 347 |
Enteq Upstream plc | Oil Services | 1,032 | (692) | 340 |
Sinclair IS Pharma plc | Pharmaceuticals & Biotech | 765 | (473) | 292 |
Tasty plc | Leisure & Hotels | 622 | (354) | 268 |
Haydale Graphene Industries plc | Chemicals | 598 | (340) | 258 |
Hasgrove plc* | Media | 88 | 132 | 220 |
Fusionex International plc* | Software | 282 | (164) | 118 |
Dods Group plc | Media | 203 | (99) | 104 |
Rated People Ltd* | Software | 354 | (267) | 87 |
Genedrive Plc | Pharmaceuticals & Biotech | 210 | (123) | 87 |
Midatech Pharma plc | Pharmaceuticals & Biotech | 600 | (537) | 63 |
ReNeuron Group plc | Pharmaceuticals & Biotech | 324 | (272) | 52 |
1Spatial plc | Software | 300 | (264) | 36 |
Location Sciences Group plc | Software | 763 | (754) | 9 |
Bond International Software plc* | Software | 2 | - | 2 |
Since 30 June 2018 there have been three new investments with a cost of £2,382,000.00 |
Since 30 June 2018 there have been no disposals |
Unless otherwise stated, all the investments set out above : |
1. are quoted on AIM or on the London Stock Exchange Full List: |
2. represent equity investments except in the case of Nektan which include investment via loan stock: and |
3. are in portfolio companies incorporated in the UK with the exception of: |
Nektan - Gibraltar |
Mycelx - USA |
VR Education Holdings plc - Ireland |
Maxcyte Inc - USA |
Breedon Group - Jersey |
Fusionex International- Jersey |
*Denotes private company |
Current Liquidity Investments
Investee Company | Sector | Book cost (£000) | Movement in valuation (£000) | Fair Value (£000) |
Octopus Portfolio Manager - Conservative Capital Growth | n/a | 10,450 | 512 | 10,962 |
Octopus Portfolio Manager - Defensive Capital Growth | n/a | 10,450 | 246 | 10,696 |
FP Octopus UK Micro Cap Growth Fund | n/a | 3,300 | 1,121 | 4,421 |
Money Market Funds | n/a | 4,307 | - | 4,307 |
For further information, please contact:
Suzanna Waterhouse,
Company Secretary
Tel: 020 3142 4957