Downing ONE VCT plc
Interim Management Statement
for the three months ended 31 December 2013 (Correction)
The Interim Management Statement announcement released by the Company at 11:39am today incorrectly stated the record date for the forthcoming dividend as 24 February 2014. The correct record date is 21 February 2014.
The full corrected text of the announcement is as follows:
In accordance with Rule 4.3 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the UK Listing Authority Downing ONE VCT plc presents an Interim Management Statement for the three month period ended 31 December 2013. The statement also includes relevant financial information between the end of the period and the date of this statement.
Merger
On 12 November 2013, the merger with Downing Absolute Income VCT 1 plc, Downing Absolute Income VCT 2 plc, Downing Income VCT plc, Downing Income VCT 3 plc and Downing Income VCT 4 plc (together "the target companies") completed. On that date, all the assets and liabilities of the target companies were transferred to the Company and new shares issued to the target company shareholders.
Performance
14 Feb 2014 | 31 Dec 2013 | 12 Nov 2013 | |
(Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | |
Pence | Pence | Pence | |
Net Asset Value | 100.5p | 99.6p | 100.4p |
Dividends paid or declared in the period
On 29 November 2013 the Company declared an interim dividend of 2.0p per share for the year to 31 March 2014, payable on 28 March 2014 to Shareholders on the register at 21 February 2014.
Unaudited investment portfolio summary at 31 December 2013
Valuation | % of portfolio | |
£'000 | £'000 | |
Accumuli plc * | 2,878 | 3.9% |
Baron House Developments LLP | 2,695 | 3.6% |
Cadbury House Holdings Ltd | 2,457 | 3.3% |
Mosaic Spa and Health Club Ltd | 2,437 | 3.3% |
Tracsis plc * | 2,429 | 3.3% |
Vulcan Renewables Ltd | 2,415 | 3.3% |
Ludorum plc * | 2,410 | 3.2% |
Inland Homes plc * | 2,215 | 3.0% |
Universe Group plc * | 2,184 | 2.9% |
Anpario Group plc * | 1,859 | 2.5% |
Subtotal | 23,979 | 32.3% |
Other venture capital investments | 46,145 | 62.2% |
Total venture capital investments | 70,124 | 94.5% |
Cash at bank and in hand | 4,060 | 5.5% |
Total investments | 74,184 | 100.0% |
All investments are unquoted unless otherwise stated.
* Quoted on AIM
Investment additions during the three month period ended 31 December 2013
Portfolio's acquired on Merger
Cost £'000 | |
Downing Absolute Income VCT 1 plc | 12,185 |
Downing Absolute Income VCT 2 plc | 13,476 |
Downing Income VCT plc | 8,819 |
Downing Income VCT 3 plc | 16,013 |
Downing Income VCT 4 plc | 7,033 |
57,526 |
Investment additions
Cost £'000 | |
Future Biogas (SF) Limited | 97 |
Kidspace Adventure Holdings Limited | 166 |
Norman Broadbent plc | 137 |
Sprue Aegis plc | 50 |
Vulcan Renewables Limited | 115 |
Other additions in the period | 42 |
607 |
There have been no material additions between the period end and the date of this announcement.
Investment disposals during the three month period ended 31 December 2013
Cost | Market value at 1 April 2013 * | Disposal proceeds | Gain/(loss) against cost | Total realised gain/ (loss) | |
£'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | |
Quoted | |||||
Accumuli plc | 35 | 49 | 80 | 45 | 31 |
EG Solutions plc | 8 | 8 | 7 | (1) | (1) |
Pennant International Group plc | 77 | 77 | 80 | 3 | 3 |
Photonstar LED Group plc | 44 | 44 | 43 | (1) | (1) |
Savile Group plc | 27 | 27 | 31 | 4 | 4 |
Unquoted | |||||
Kidspace Adventures Limited | 59 | 59 | 59 | - | - |
Redmed Limited | 45 | 45 | 45 | - | - |
Retallack Surfpods Limited | 131 | 131 | 131 | - | - |
426 | 440 | 476 | 50 | 36 |
*After accounting for purchases in the period
Since the period end, the Company has disposed of a number of investments, receiving total proceeds of £1.36 million.
Changes to share capital
Share consolidation
On 12 November 2013 the Company's Original Ordinary Shares were consolidated such that 0.713 New Ordinary Shares were issued for every 1 Original Ordinary Share.
Shares | £'000 | |
Original Ordinary shares of 1p each (converted on 12 November 2013) | 19,592,490 | 196 |
New Ordinary shares of 1p each converted from Original Ordinary Shares | 13,969,445 | 140 |
Share issued under the merger: | ||
To shareholders in Downing Absolute Income VCT 1 plc | 13,032,095 | 130 |
To shareholders in Downing Absolute Income VCT 2 plc | 13,683,040 | 137 |
To shareholders in Downing Income VCT plc | 9,693,818 | 97 |
To shareholders in of Downing Income VCT 3 plc | 16,356,585 | 164 |
To shareholders in of Downing Income VCT 4 plc | 7,859,815 | 78 |
Shares bought back and cancelled | (701,953) | (7) |
As at 31 December 2013 | 73,892,845 | 739 |
Between 1 January 2014 and the date of this announcement the Company purchased 440,000 Ordinary shares for cancellation.
Offer for subscription
On 8 January 2014, the Company launched an Offer for Subscription seeking to raise up to £20 million by the issue of further Ordinary Shares.
Material events
Other than described above, there were no material events during the period from 1 October 2013 to 31 December 2013 or in the period from 1 January 2014 to the date of this announcement.