Crown Place VCT PLC
Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights
Crown Place VCT PLC (the "Company") announces that, further to the Dividend Reinvestment Scheme (details of which were set out in the circular issued to shareholders on 26 February 2009), the Company allotted 641,404 Ordinary shares of 10p each (the "New Ordinary shares") in the capital of the Company on the 30 November 2015. The New Ordinary shares were issued at a price of 30.32 pence per Ordinary share, comprising the net asset value at 30 September 2015 less the dividend of 1.25 pence per Ordinary share.
Of the 641,404 New Ordinary shares allotted on 30 November 2015, an application has been made to the UK Listing Authority for the admission of 323,188 New Ordinary shares to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities and it is expected that dealings will commence on or before 1 December 2015. The New Ordinary shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing Ordinary shares in issue.
A further application will be made to the UK Listing Authority for the 318,216 remaining shares to be admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities. It is expected that dealings will commence on or before 8 December 2015. The New Ordinary shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing Ordinary shares in issue.
Following the issue of the New Ordinary shares, the capital of the Company as at 30 November 2015 consists of 120,464,471 Ordinary shares of which 11,595,410 Ordinary shares are held in treasury.
Therefore the total number of voting rights in the Company is 108,869,061 which may be used by shareholders or other persons as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules.
30 November 2015
For further information please contact:
Vikash Hansrani
Albion Ventures LLP
Company Secretary
Tel: 020 7601 1850