Investment Update

FORESIGHT TECHNOLOGY VCT PLC 20 September 1999 FORESIGHT TECHNOLOGY VCT PLC INVESTMENT UPDATE Foresight Technology VCT plc ('Foresight' or 'the Company') has to date, invested, or is committed to invest, approximately £7 million representing approximately 64 per cent. of its portfolio. The Company is delighted to announce some recent changes to, and developments within, this portfolio. Policy Master Group Plc is a leading supplier of software and services to the insurance industry with a trading facility on AIM. Foresight has recently realised its investment at a value of £360,000, representing a 100 per cent. premium on the cost of its original investment made in July 1998. Sapphire Group Limited owns the established 'Data Ease' family of computer database software products which have an international base of several hundred thousand users. Foresight's original investment, made in July 1998, was £1 million, of which £400,000 was in 10 per cent. unsecured loan stock with the balance in equity at a price of 41.5p per share. Sapphire Group Limited has recently completed a second round equity financing, with a third party, which values Foresight's investment at a premium of 80 per cent. on the original equity investment. SyNet Communications Limited runs an internet portal site providing an increasing number of facilities including on-line games, email, personal home pages and chat with e-commerce having recently been launched. The business has developed significantly and now has approximately 1.2 million registered users and generates about 61 million page hits per month. The management of SyNet Communications Limited are evaluating a number of methods to finance the continued growth in the business which includes the possibility of a flotation in due course. The Company and VCF partners, the Company's investment, advisers, are in the final stages of completing a further internet venture capital investment with an aggregate value of £1 million. Foresight intend to make further announcements as appropriate to ensure shareholders and warrantholders are kept up to date with developments within the venture capital portfolio.
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