Interim Management Statement

ProVen Growth & Income VCT plc Interim Management Statement for the three months ended 30 November 2009 In accordance with Rule 4.3 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the UK Listing Authority, ProVen Growth & Income VCT plc presents an Interim Management Statement for the three month period ended 30 November 2009. The statement also includes relevant financial information between the end of the period and the date of this statement. Dividends declared in the period There were no dividends paid or declared in the period or in the period from 1 December 2009 to the date of this announcement. Conversion of Ordinary Shares and 'C' Shares to New Ordinary Shares On 26 October 2009 the Company's C Shares of 5p each converted into Ordinary Shares of 1p each.  The Conversion was undertaken based on the conversion ratio produced by the relative net asset values per share of the Ordinary Shares and C Shares as at 31 August 2009, which was determined as 1.618728. Each Ordinary Share of 1p each then consolidated into approximately 0.617769 New Ordinary Shares of 1.6187p each. Following the conversion and consolidation, holders of one original C Share of 5p each now hold one new Ordinary Share of 1.6187p each and holders of one original Ordinary Share of 1p each now hold approximately 0.617769 new Ordinary Shares of 1.6187p each. Performance Ordinary Shares of 1.6187p ("New Ordinary Shares")   30 Nov 2009   Pence Net Asset Value ("NAV") 75.10 As New Ordinary Shares were first issued in October 2009, no comparative NAVs for New Ordinary Shares have been presented. 'D' Shares   30 Nov 31 Aug 2009 31 May 2009 2009   Pence Pence Pence Net Asset Value ("NAV") 93.0 93.4 94.2 Quoted investments are valued at the closing bid price at 30 November 2009. Unquoted investments are valued at fair values established using the International Private Equity and Venture Capital Valuation Guidelines. Investment portfolio summary at 30 November 2009 New Ordinary Share Portfolio investments by value   Valuation   £'000 Venture capital investments Espresso Group Limited 2,435 Fjordnet Limited 2,124 Charterhouse Leisure Limited 1,235 Donatantonio Limited 881 Eagle Rock Entertainment Group Limited 989 Overtis Group Limited 1,071 Lazurite Limited 969 Prelude Media Limited 965 Chess Technologies Limited 928 Path Group Limited 748 Other investments 3,018 --------------   15,363 -------------- Liquidity funds 2,500 -------------- Total 17,863 The 'D' Share pool did not hold any investments other than cash and liquidity funds as at 30 November 2009. Investment additions Investment additions during the three month period ended 30 November 2009     £'000 Fjordnet Limited   400 Overtis Group Limited   243 ---------     643 Investment disposals during the three month period ended 30 November 2009   Cost Market value Disposal Gain against Total £'000 at 1 Sept 09 proceeds cost realised gain £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 Ashford - Colour Press 68,888 68,888 68,888 - Dianomi - Limited 54,000 54,000 54,000 - ------------------------------------------------------------------   122,888 122,888 122,888 - - In December, Optima Data Intelligence Services Limited went into administration and has been treated as realised.  Other than that, there have been no investment additions or disposals from 1 December 2009 to the date of this announcement. Changes to share capital   Ordinary Shares 'C' Shares New Ordinary 'D' Shares  of 1p each  of 5p each Shares of  of 1p each 1.6187p each   Shares £'000 Shares £'000 Shares £'000 Shares £'000 As at 1 - 5,299,272 53 September 2009 6,789,560 68 19,690,936 984 - Shares issued - 226,229 2 during 3 months to 30 Nov 2009 - - - - - Shares bought (1) - - back during 3 months to 30 Nov 2009 (8,033) - - - (97,367) Shares converted 386 - - into New Ordinary Shares (6,781,527) (68) (19,690,936) (319) 23,870,353 Shares converted - - - into Deferred Shares - - - (665) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- As at 30 385 5,525,501 55 November 2009 - - - - 23,772,986 In the period from 1 December 2009 to the date of this announcement 18,366 New Ordinary shares were repurchased at a price of 63.5p per share. Material events Other than described above, there were no material events during the period from 1 September 2009 to 30 November 2009 or in the period from 1 December 2009 to the date of this announcement. [HUG#1373966]
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