Foresight VCT PLC : Sale of Investment

Foresight VCT plc 26 October 2011 Conditional disposal of investment in App-DNA Group Limited The Board of Foresight VCT plc is pleased to announce that the Company has reached conditional agreement for the sale of its investment in App-DNA Group Limited to Citrix Systems Inc. Citrix Systems Inc is acquiring all of the equity in App-DNA Group Ltd for a total consideration of $92m, subject to completion adjustments. This would deliver Foresight VCT plc an initial consideration of £7.3m, compared to a last reported carrying value of £4.55m. This equates to an NAV uplift of approximately 10p per ordinary share and return of approximately 32 times the original cost of investment. In addition a further £0.9 million of escrow amounts, subject to various warranties, could be receivable by the ordinary shares of Foresight VCT over the next four years. It is anticipated that completion will occur in November 2011, once certain closing conditions have been fulfilled. The Board expects to update shareholders with further details, once completion has occurred. App-DNA is a leading specialist in Application Migration and Compatibility Software including App-DNA(TM) and AppTitude(TM) which it distributes to blue chip companies around the world. Foresight VCT plc made the initial investment of £0.5m in Camwood Limited in 2003, and App-DNA was subsequently demerged to focus on commercialising the software that had been developed internally. The Company's investment in Camwood Enterprises Limited is not altered by this transaction. Foresight Group LLP invested £771k, on behalf of Foresight VCT plc and The Income & Growth VCT plc, which will return up to £25m in total to the two funds on final completion. For further information, please contact: Gary Fraser, Foresight Group: 01732 471800 This announcement is distributed by Thomson Reuters on behalf of Thomson Reuters clients. The owner of this announcement warrants that: (i) the releases contained herein are protected by copyright and other applicable laws; and (ii) they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein. Source: Foresight VCT PLC via Thomson Reuters ONE [HUG#1557837]
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