Issue of Equity

RNS Number : 9201I

British Smaller Companies VCT PLC

31 March 2015

 



British Smaller Companies VCT plc

Issue of Equity

British Smaller Companies VCT plc (the "Company") and British Smaller Companies VCT2 plc have been seeking to raise £40 million in aggregate by way of offers for subscription ("Offers").  Full details of the Offers are contained in a prospectus issued by the Company and British Smaller Companies VCT2 plc on 20 October 2014 (the "Prospectus").

The Company announces that on 30 March 2015 it made the fourth issue of ordinary shares pursuant to the Offers by allotting 8,974,280 ordinary shares of 10 pence each raising gross proceeds of £9.1 million. These allotments were made in respect of valid subscriptions received on or before 24 March 2015, for the tax year 2014/2015 pursuant to the Offers. In accordance with the pricing formula set out in the Prospectus the new ordinary shares were allotted at offer prices of between 99.50 pence and 104.18 pence per share depending on the adviser charge (if applicable) and the number of shares issued pertaining to each application.

The net asset value ("NAV") used for the calculation of the issue price on 30 March 2015 is 96.3 pence per share, being the last reported NAV as at 31 December 2014 of 100.8 pence per share, adjusted for the interim dividend of 2.0 pence per share per paid on 7 January 2015 and the second interim dividend of 2.5 pence per share paid on 3 March 2015.

Together the Company and British Smaller Companies VCT2 plc have in total allotted shares giving gross proceeds of £37.8 million under the Offers and, after taking into consideration the costs of the Offers, this gives net total proceeds of £36.0 million, of which £22.0 million has been raised by the Company and £14.0 million by British Smaller Companies VCT2 plc.  Including applications received for the tax year 2015/2016 aggregate gross proceeds for both the Company and British Smaller Companies VCT2 plc stand at £40.0 million.  As announced on 24 March 2015, the Offers are now closed to new applications. The allotment for the 2015/2016 tax year will take place as soon as practicable after 5 April 2015.

Employees of the investment adviser, YFM Private Equity Limited, have been allotted 22,417 ordinary shares of 10 pence in the Company. Following this allotment, employees of YFM Private Equity hold 319,929 ordinary shares of 10 pence in the Company, and 488,228 shares across both VCTs.

Applications are now being made by the Company for the ordinary shares which were allotted on 30 March 2015  to be admitted to the premium segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities, and dealings are expected to commence on or around 15 March 2015.

Following the allotment of 8,974,280 ordinary shares, the Company's issued share capital consists of 88,828,064 ordinary shares with voting rights ("Voting Capital") and 3,225,333 shares 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.

A copy of the Prospectus was submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and is available to the public for viewing online at the following web-site address: http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do. It can also be viewed on the Company's website http://www.bscfunds.com.

30 March 2015

For further information, please contact:

David Hall                        YFM Private Equity Limited                      Tel: [phone]

Emily Watts                    Nplus1 Singer Advisory LLP                     Tel: [phone]

 

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