Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 4025S

British Smaller Companies VCT PLC

23 September 2014

 



British Smaller Companies VCT plc ("the Company")

Purchase of Own Securities and Total Voting Rights

23 September 2014       

The Company announces that on 22 September 2014 it purchased 306,685 ordinary shares of 10 pence each at a price of 88.9 pence per share. These shares will be held in Treasury.

If these shares had been purchased prior to the quarter ended 30 June 2014, the Net Asset Value per ordinary share of the Company at that date would have been unaltered at 102.0 pence per ordinary share.

The Company's issued share capital now consists of 65,520,783 ordinary shares of 10 pence each with voting rights. In addition, the Company holds 3,006,322 ordinary shares of 10 pence in Treasury.

The above figure 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.

In addition, in accordance with DTR5.6, during the month of September 2014 the Company has only repurchased the shares detailed in this announcement. Therefore, the total number of voting rights and number of shares held in Treasury as at 22 September 2014 are as stated in this announcement.

23 September 2014

For further information, please contact:

David Hall                                  YFM Equity Partners Limited      Tel:  [phone]

Gillian Martin / Emily Watts        Nplus1 Singer Advisory LLP          Tel:  [phone]

 

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