Interim Management Statement

Elderstreet VCT plc Interim Management Statement for the three months ended 30 September 2008 In accordance with Rule 4.3 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the UK Listing Authority, Elderstreet VCT plc presents an Interim Management Statement for the three month period ended 30 September 2008. The statement also includes relevant financial information between the end of the period and the date of this statement. Dividends paid or declared in the period On 26 August 2008, the Board declared proposed dividends in respect of the year to 31 December 2008 as follows: Ordinary Shares 3.0p per share 'C' Shares 24.0p per share Both dividends were paid on 26 September 2008. Performance 30 September 30 June 31 December 30 June 31 2008 2008 2007 2007 December 2006 Pence Pence Pence Pence Ordinary Shares Net Asset Value 81.3 88.5 81.9 81.9 76.1 ("NAV") Cumulative 43.0 40.0 36.5 35.0 31.5 Dividends Total Return * 124.3 128.5 118.4 116.9 107.6 'C' Shares Net Asset Value 54.4 83.4 90.4 102.5 98.6 ("NAV") Cumulative 30.0 6.0 4.5 4.5 1.0 Dividends Total Return * 84.4 89.4 94.9 107.0 99.6 * (NAV plus cumulative dividends paid since launch) Investment portfolio summary at 30 September 2008 Movement since Ordinary Pool Cost Valuation 30 June 2008 £'000 £'000 £'000 Ten largest investments by value Wessex Advanced Switching 56 2,668 Products Limited - Snacktime plc Quoted on AIM 1,500 1,789 (548) Baldwin & Francis 690 1,719 (Holdings) Limited - Oldbury Aluminium Alloys 1,275 569 Group Limited (706) Smart Education Limited 1,229 1,058 358 Lyalvale Express Limited 915 1,027 - The Engine Group Limited 600 725 - Fords Packaging Systems 83 542 Limited - Wecomm Limited 604 517 - Mears Group plc Quoted on AIM 264 324 15 Subtotal 7,216 10,938 (881) Other venture capital investments 4,696 2,009 (54) Listed fixed income securities 2,652 2,645 57 Total 14,564 15,592 (878) Movement 'C' Share Pool Cost Valuation in period £'000 £'000 £'000 Ten largest investments by value Smart Education Limited 174 118 40 Servoca plc Quoted on AIM 140 117 (10) Wecomm Limited 121 103 - Oldbury Aluminium Alloys 100 45 Group Limited (55) Interquest Group plc Quoted on AIM 100 91 (18) Melorio plc Quoted on AIM 100 84 4 Snacktime plc Quoted on AIM 125 80 (31) AngloINFO Limited 79 79 - Infoserve plc Quoted on AIM 60 34 5 Lanchon Holdings Limited 2 2 - Total 1,001 753 (65) All investments are unquoted unless otherwise stated. Investment additions during the 3 months ended 30 September 2008 Cost Ordinary 'C' Shares Shares £'000 £'000 £'000 Alterian Group plc 282 251 31 Nucleus Cash Trust 26 26 - 308 277 31 There have been no additions since the period end and the date of this report. Investment disposals during the 3 months ended 30 September 2008 Market value at Gain/(loss) Total 1 January Disposal in period realised Cost 2008 * proceeds against cost gain £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 Alterian Group plc 157 157 151 (6) (6) MediaSurface Group plc 823 274 823 - 549 980 431 974 (6) 543 * adjusted for additions if applicable Changes to share capital Ordinary Shares of 'C' Shares of 5p each 5p each Shares £'000 Shares £'000 As at 1 July 2008 20,836,307 1,042 1,488,078 74 Shares bought back and cancelled (20,000) (1) - - As at 30 September 2008 20,816,307 1,041 1,488,078 74 During the period end the Company bought back 20,000 Ordinary Shares of 5p each for cancellation. General Meeting and Separate Class Meetings On 29 October 2008, a general meeting and separate class meetings of the Ordinary and C Shareholders took place and approved proposals to convert the C Shares into Ordinary Shares on 31 October 2008. Material events Other than described above, there were no material events during the period from 1 July 2008 to 30 September 2008 or in the period from 1 October 2008 to the date of this announcement. ---END OF MESSAGE--- This announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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