Interim Management Statement

Elderstreet VCT plc Interim Management Statement for the three months ended 31 March 2010 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 31 March 2010.  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 No dividends were paid or declared in the period to 31 March 2010. On 30 April 2010, the Board declared proposed a final dividend in respect of the year to 31 December 2009 at 2.0p per Ordinary Share.  Subject to shareholder approval at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting, the dividend will be paid on 23 June 2010 to Shareholders on the register at 28 May 2010. Performance   31 March 31 December  2010 2009   Pence Pence Net Asset Value ("NAV") 76.1 76.7 Cumulative Dividends 46.0 46.0 Total Return * 122.1 122.7 * NAV plus cumulative dividends paid since launch Investment portfolio summary at 31 March 2010 Movement Ordinary Pool  Cost Valuation  in period   £'000 £'000 £'000 Ten largest investments by value Snacktime plc * 1,725 3,148 (305) Wessex Advanced Switching Products Limited 60 2,673 - Access Intelligence plc * 1,633 2,412 86 Fords Packaging Systems Limited 1,047 1,152 - Lyalvale Express Limited 915 1,027 - Smart Education Limited 1,473 1,003 - Baldwin & Francis (Holdings) Limited 690 770 - The Engine Group Limited 600 526 - Wecomm Limited 850 472 - AngloINFO Limited 328 328 - Subtotal 9,321 13,511 (219) Other venture capital investments 4,018 1,722 50 Listed fixed income securities 2,354 2,373 13 Total 15,693 17,606 (156) All investments are unquoted unless otherwise stated. * Quoted on AIM Investment additions during the 3 months ended 31 March 2010   Cost   £'000 Access Intelligence plc 500 Aconite Technology Limited 210 --------   710 After the period end the Company made one follow on investment of £200,000 in AngloINFO Limited. Investment disposals during the 3 months ended 31 March 2010     Market   value at   Gain/(loss) Total   1 January Disposal  in period realised Cost  2010  proceeds against cost gain   £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 BusinessMeetings ASP Ltd 12 - - (12) - Component Source Inc 250 8 8 (242) - ------------------------------------------------   262 8 8 (254) - There have been no disposals between 1 April 2010 and the date of this report. Changes to share capital   Ordinary Shares of 5p each   Shares £'000 As at 1 January 2010 23,287,887 1,164 Shares issued - - Shares bought back and cancelled - - --------------------- As at 31 March 2010 23,287,887 1,164 The Company issued 1,414,233 Ordinary Shares of 5p each between 1 April 2010 and 4 May 2010 under Offers for Subscription dated 1 December 2009, at a price of 80.4p per Ordinary Share. No shares have been bought back for cancellation since the period end. Material events Other than described above, there were no material events during the period from 1 January 2010 to 31 March 2010 or in the period from 1 April 2010 to the date of this announcement. [HUG#1417385]
UK 100

Latest directors dealings