The first allotment for the tax year 5 April 2015, of New Ordinary shares of nominal value 1 penny per share in Albion Technology & General VCT PLC (the "Company") under the Albion VCTs Prospectus Top Up Offers 2014/2015 (the "Offers"), (which was launched on 17 November 2014) took place on 30 January 2015.
Pursuant to the Prospectus, the Company offered a 1% discount on issue costs to existing shareholders and 0.5% discount on issue costs to new subscribers. The cost of these discounts is being borne by the Manager, Albion Ventures LLP. The Company has received applications for 1,185,345 New Ordinary shares at an issue price of 81.40 pence per share from existing shareholders and 565,178 New Ordinary shares at an issue price of 81.80 pence per share for new subscribers. The net proceeds for this allotment by the Company are approximately £1,396,000.
Application has been made to the Financial Conduct Authority for 1,750,523 New Ordinary shares to be admitted to the Official List and to the London Stock Exchange for the New Ordinary shares to be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's market for listed securities. The New Ordinary shares rank pari passu with the existing shares in issue.
The record date of the forthcoming dividend of 1.25 pence per share on 7 February 2015 was 16 January 2015, and as a result, the New Ordinary shares will not qualify for this dividend.
It is expected that admission will become effective, and that dealings in the shares will commence on or before 8.00 a.m. on 4 February 2015.
The Offers constitute separate offers made by each of the Albion VCT's which are participating in it. The Offers will remain open until 30 September 2015 unless they are fully subscribed before this date.
Following this allotment and in conformity with the provisions of DTR 5.6, we would like to notify the market of the following:
The Company's capital as at 30 January 2015 consists of 85,733,829 Ordinary shares with a nominal value of 1 penny each. The Company holds 5,665,070 Ordinary shares in Treasury.
Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 80,068,759, which may be used by shareholders 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 and Transparency Rules.
For further information, please contact:
Patrick Reeve
020 7601 1850
30 January 2015