Foresight Technology VCT PLC
29 February 2000
FORESIGHT TECHNOLOGY VCT PLC
Cash Distribution
The Board of Foresight Technology VCT plc ('Foresight'
or the 'Company') announces that e-district.net plc, a
company in which Foresight has a 30 per cent. interest,
has today announced its flotation on AIM. The Company has
been valued at £149.7million and dealings are expected to
commence on 7 March 2000.
As part of this transaction Foresight has sold,
conditional only on admission of e-district's shares to
AIM, 6,623,030 shares at the placing price of 195p to
raise £12.39 million net of expenses.
The Board has decided to make a distribution of 100p per
share by way of a dividend, to all ordinary shareholders on the
register at the close of business on 10 March 2000,
payable on 30 April 2000.
In order to enable this capital profit to be distributed
the Board of Foresight will revoke the Company's
investment company status.
As a result of this distribution the hurdle on the
performance related carried interest arrangements will be
met and 1,960,324 new ordinary shares will be issued at
par to the parties entitled under those arrangements who
will also participate in this dividend to the extent of
38.85p per share.
In addition the Board is pleased to announce that the C
share offer closed on 28 February 2000 having raised £33
million.
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