Payment of Dividend and Allotment of Shares

RNS Number : 1851S

British Smaller Companies VCT PLC

12 July 2022

 

British Smaller Companies VCT plc (the "Company")

Payment of Interim Dividend and Allotment of Shares

The Company announces that on 12 July 2022 it paid an interim dividend for the year ending 31 March 2023 of 2.0 pence per ordinary share to shareholders on the register of members of the Company as at the record date of 10 June 2022 (the "Interim Dividend").

The Company further announces that on 12 July 2022 it issued and allotted 1,029,555 ordinary shares of 10 pence each pursuant to its dividend re-investment scheme ("DRIS") at a price of 83.7 pence per ordinary share to shareholders of the Company who elected to receive ordinary shares instead of the Interim Dividend. The subscription price of 83.7 pence per ordinary share was determined in accordance with the terms and conditions of the DRIS on the basis of the net asset value of 85.7 pence per ordinary share as at 31 March 2022 (adjusted for the Interim Dividend of 2.0 pence per ordinary share paid today).  As a result, 23 per cent of the Interim Dividend paid by the Company was re-invested in ordinary shares in the Company via the DRIS.

In this allotment Rupert Cook, non-executive Director of the Company, has been allotted 3,582 ordinary shares of 10 pence in the Company, which takes his total shareholding to 196,540 ordinary shares in the Company. In addition, persons of close association to Rupert Cook were allotted 548 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company, which takes their aggregate total shareholding to 23,550 ordinary shares in the Company.

In this allotment the employees and members of the Manager, YFM Private Equity Limited, have been allotted 2,254 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company, bringing their aggregate total holding to 383,817 ordinary shares.

Application is now being made for the ordinary shares which were issued and allotted as set out above to be admitted to the premium segment of the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's Main Market for listed securities, and dealings are expected to commence on or around 26 July 2022.

Following such issue and allotment the Company's issued share capital consists of 186,814,971 ordinary shares of 10 pence each with voting rights ("Voting Capital") and 19,309,711 ordinary shares of 10 pence each held in treasury.

The above statement of Voting Capital 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:

David Hall   YFM Private Equity Limited   Tel:  [phone]

Alex Collins    Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited  Tel:  [phone]

 

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