Interim Management Statement
ProVen VCT plc
Interim Management Statement
for the three months ended 31 May 2007
In accordance with Rule 4.3 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules
of the UK Listing Authority, ProVen VCT plc presents an Interim
Management Statement for the three month period ended 31 May 2007.
The statement also includes relevant financial information between
the end of the period and the date of this statement.
Dividends paid or declared in the period
On 5 April 2007, the Company paid a second interim dividend in
respect of the year ended 28 February 2007 of 15p per Ordinary
Share. This dividend was paid to Ordinary Shareholders on the
register at 23 March 2007.
As a result of the dividends paid in the period, fees amounting to
£699,000 were paid from the Company's Ordinary Share Pool (equivalent
to 3p per Ordinary Share) to Beringea Limited and Downing Corporate
Finance Limited under the terms of the performance incentive fee
agreement.
Performance
Ordinary shares
31 May 28 February 31 August 28 February
2007 2007 2006 2006
Pence Pence Pence Pence
Net Asset Value 92.7 108.3 133.9 111.3
("NAV")
Cumulative 68.2 53.2 22.2 18.7
Dividends
Total Return * 160.9 161.5 156.1 130.0
* NAV plus cumulative dividends paid since launch
'C' Shares
31 May 28 February 31 August 28 February
2007 2007 2006 2006
Pence Pence Pence Pence
Net Asset Value 94.8 N/A N/A N/A
("NAV")
Cumulative - N/A N/A N/A
Dividends
Total Return * 94.8 N/A N/A N/A
* NAV plus cumulative dividends paid since launch
Quoted shares are valued at the closing bid price on 31 May 2007.
Unquoted shares are valued at the 28 February 2007 valuation (unless
there has been a material change) as adjusted for purchases, sales
and material variations.
Investment portfolio summary at 31 May 2007
Ordinary Share Portfolio investments
Movement
Cost Valuation in period
£'000 £'000 £'000
Top ten venture capital investments
(by value)
Espresso Broadband Limited 2,048 5,332 -
ILG Digital Limited 1,345 3,351 -
Oasis Healthcare plc * 617 1,504 608
SPC International Limited 1,146 1,110 -
Campden Media Limited 975 1,053 -
Optima Data Intelligence Services
Limited 900 900 -
Gyro International Limited 652 865
Ashford Colour Press Limited 1,000 834 -
Pilat Media Global plc * 173 588 (60)
Cardpoint plc * 384 569 1
9,240 16,106 596
Other venture capital investments 5,426 1,343 (50)
Liquidity funds 2,250 2,250 -
Total 16,916 19,699 499
'C' Share Portfolio investments by value
Movement
Cost Valuation in period
£'000 £'000 £'000
Venture capital investments
Dianomi Limited 126 126 -
* Quoted on AIM
Investment additions during the 3 months ended 31 May 2007
Cost
£'000
Ordinary Share Portfolio
Coolabi plc 200
Eagle Rock Entertainment Group Limited 420
Optima Data Intelligence Services Limited 900
1,520
'C' Share Portfolio
Dianomi Limited 126
After the period end the Company invested £650,000 in Heritage
Partners Limited and £480,000 in Harmony Media Group Limited.
Investment disposals during the 3 months ended 31 May 2007
Market value at
1 March 2007 Gain/(loss) Total
Disposal against realised
Cost proceeds cost gain/(loss)
£'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000
Cardpoint plc 54 113 111 57 (2)
Chiaros -
retention
release - - 33 33 33
Oasis
Healthcare 53 86 141 88 88
107 199 285 178 119
After the period end the Company made the following further
disposals:
Gain/(loss) against
Disposal proceeds cost
Cost
£'000 £'000 £'000
Cardpoint plc 384 555 182
Oasis Healthcare 617 2,080 1,463
1,001 2,635 1,645
Changes to share capital
Ordinary 'C'
Shares Shares
of 5p of 25p
each each
Shares £'000 Shares £'000
As at 28 February 2007 23,310,016 1,165 - -
Shares issued in period - - 14,620,454 3,655
Shares bought back and cancelled - - - -
As at 31 May 2007 23,310,016 1,165 14,620,454 3,655
The Company issued 14,620,454 'C' Shares of 25p each during the
period, under the terms of a prospectus dated 14 November 2006, at
£1.00 per share. Issue costs thereon amounted to £804,000.
Since the period end, the Company acquired 77,048 of its own Ordinary
Shares for cancellation.
Material events
Other than described above, there were no material events during the
period from 1 March 2007 to 31 May 2007 or in the period from 1 June
2007 to the date of this announcement.
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