Bluehone AIM VCT2 PLC
15 April 2008
Bluehone AIM VCT2 plc
Interim management statement
For the three month period from 1 December 2007 to 29 February 2008
Investment Objective
The Company's investment objective is to provide shareholders with a tax
efficient means of gaining long term capital growth and an attractive dividend
stream, primarily through investment in a diversified portfolio of AIM or PLUS
market traded companies and unquoted companies which anticipate a stock market
quotation.
Performance Summary
As at As at 30 November
29 February 2008 2007 Movement
Ordinary shares
Net assets £27.7m £27.9m
Net asset value per share 72.51p 72.76p (0.34)%
Share price 50.50p 57.50p (12.17)%
Discount to NAV 30.4% 20.97%
C shares
Net assets £2.7m £2.8m
Net asset value per share 89.94p 95.73p (6.05)%
Share price 92.00p 92.00p 0.00%
Premium/ (discount) to NAV 2.29% (3.90)%
For the three month
period ended 29
February 2008
Total return
Ordinary shares
Net asset value 1 (0.3)%
Share price2 (12.2)%
C shares
Net asset value 1 (6.1)%
Share price2 0.0%
FTSE AIM3 (2.8)%
1NAV total return = NAV + reinvested dividends; Source: F&C Asset Management
2Share price total return = mid to mid share price + reinvested dividends;
Source: Datastream
3Source: Datastream
Investment Performance
The first quarter of the year has seen the difficult market conditions
experienced towards the end of last year continue, with only some respite during
February. The markets are now showing many of the characteristics we last saw
during the 2001-03 bear market. Investors have continued to shun this end of the
market and share prices have fallen in individual stocks on little or no news,
but in anticipation of worse news to come.
Once again the FTSE AiM All-Share index has proved an unreliable benchmark for
what is actually being experienced by the majority of the companies on the
market as the index is supported by the larger resource stocks, a sector which
VCT's cannot generally invest in. The index fell by just 3.1% over the period,
however the resource sector which accounts for 17% of the market increased by
more than 10% over the period. This compares with the FTSE Small Cap (ex-IT)
index and the FTSE All-Share index which were down 7.2% and 8.2% respectively
and which reflect more closely what has been happening to smaller company
valuations generally.
The NAV per share of the ordinary portfolio decreased by 0.34% over the quarter,
from 72.76p to 72.51p. The portfolio was sustained by the strong performance
from Portland Gas which joined the market in January following its successful
de-merger from Egdon Resources. The value of the Portland Gas holding increased
by £2.8m over the quarter.
The NAV per share of the C share portfolio decreased by 6.05% to 89.94p. This
portfolio underperformed the ordinary portfolio due to its much smaller holding
in Portland Gas.
Share Capital Changes
In the three month period to 29 February 2008, the Company repurchased and
cancelled 150,000 ordinary shares at a cost of £76,500.
Investment Activity
Due to reduced liquidity and more difficult trading conditions across the AiM
market, there was very little portfolio activity over the quarter. No equity
purchases were made in new companies, however, follow-on investments were made
in K3 Business Technology and Clarity Commerce Solutions at a total cost of
£106k.
The shares acquired during the quarter were:
Ordinary Portfolio:
Company Date Cost (£'000) VCT status
New Investments
Total new investment 0
Follow-on Investments
K3 Business Technology January 32 Qualifying
Clarity Commerce Solutions February 74 Qualifying
Total follow-on investment 106
C Portfolio:
There were no purchases during the quarter.
Company Date Cost (£'000) VCT status
New Investments
Total new investment 0
Follow-on Investments
Total follow-on investment 0
Investment Realisation
Two companies were subject to takeover bids during the quarter, providing the
Fund with £1.63m of cash. The takeover of BBI by its largest shareholder,
Inverness Medical, provided £1.42m of liquidity after the holding was sold into
the market at a premium to the cash bid price. The total realised profit for
this investment was £994k. In January, the Board of Tellings Golden Miller
recommended a takeover approach from Arriva at 45p per share, realising profits
of £167,000 for the Trust.
Ordinary Portfolio:
Company Date Proceeds (£'000) Gain/(loss)
(£'000)
Knowledge Technology December 9 (27)
Egdon Resources January 76 72
BBI January 1,214 893
Tellings Golden Miller January 214 167
Knowledge Technology February - (1)
Total 1,513 1,104
C Portfolio:
Company Date Proceeds (£'000) Gain/(loss)
(£'000)
BBI January 201 101
Total 201 101
Top ten investment holdings - combined portfolio
Position as at Position as at Percentage of total
investments* as at 29
29 February 30 November 2007 February 2008
2008
Company
1 (-) Portland Gas+ 23.6
2 (2) Jelf 4.0
3 (6) Cambridge Sensors 3.3
4 (3) Vectura 3.1
5 (5) Bond International Software 3.0
6 (7) U4EA 2.9
7 (-) Build Store 2.0
8 (-) FDM 2.0
9 (9) Quadnetics 1.9
10 (8) Servoca 1.8
Total 47.6
Notes:
* Includes cash and interest bearing securities.
+ During January 2008 Egdon Resources de-merged and floated its gas storage
business under the name of Portland Gas. As at 30 November 2007 Egdon
Resources was 15.1% of total investments.
Sector breakdown - combined portfolio
(Including cash and interest bearing securities)
Percentage of total investments at Percentage of total investments at
29 February 2008 30 November 2007
Industrials 25.4 28.9
Oil and gas 25.2 15.1
Technology 18.0 19.4
Health care 9.8 15.8
Financials 6.4 6.6
Consumer services 6.3 9.4
Consumer goods 1.5 1.8
UK Government securities 1.1 1.1
Telecommunications 1.0 1.0
Net current assets 5.3 0.9
Total 100.0 100.0
Daily and key information
Further information regarding the Company, including daily net asset values
published since the end of the period and quarterly factsheets, can be found at
the Company's website www.bluehoneaimvct2.com
Year end: 30 November 2008
Dividends paid: Any interim dividend will be paid around September and any
final dividend in April. The interim dividends paid for the
year to 30 November 2007 were:
1.75 pence per ordinary share
1.0 pence per C share
In addition, a final dividend of 1.75 pence per ordinary
share has been proposed for the year ended 30 November 2007.
This was approved by shareholders at the Annual General
Meeting and will be paid on 30 April 2008 to shareholders
who were on the register on 28 March 2008.
Issued Share Capital: 38,146,588 ordinary shares of 10p each and 2,950,085 C
shares of 50p each
For further information please contact:
Robert Mitchell, Bluehone Investors LLP: 0207 496 8929
Sally Mills, Bluehone Investors LLP: 0207 496 8929
Scott Macrae, F&C Asset Management plc: 0207 628 8000
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