Interim Management Statement

ProVen VCT plc Interim Management Statement for the three months ended 31 May 2007 In accordance with Rule 4.3 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the UK Listing Authority, ProVen VCT plc presents an Interim Management Statement for the three month period ended 31 May 2007. 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 5 April 2007, the Company paid a second interim dividend in respect of the year ended 28 February 2007 of 15p per Ordinary Share. This dividend was paid to Ordinary Shareholders on the register at 23 March 2007. As a result of the dividends paid in the period, fees amounting to £699,000 were paid from the Company's Ordinary Share Pool (equivalent to 3p per Ordinary Share) to Beringea Limited and Downing Corporate Finance Limited under the terms of the performance incentive fee agreement. Performance Ordinary shares 31 May 28 February 31 August 28 February 2007 2007 2006 2006 Pence Pence Pence Pence Net Asset Value 92.7 108.3 133.9 111.3 ("NAV") Cumulative 68.2 53.2 22.2 18.7 Dividends Total Return * 160.9 161.5 156.1 130.0 * NAV plus cumulative dividends paid since launch 'C' Shares 31 May 28 February 31 August 28 February 2007 2007 2006 2006 Pence Pence Pence Pence Net Asset Value 94.8 N/A N/A N/A ("NAV") Cumulative - N/A N/A N/A Dividends Total Return * 94.8 N/A N/A N/A * NAV plus cumulative dividends paid since launch Quoted shares are valued at the closing bid price on 31 May 2007. Unquoted shares are valued at the 28 February 2007 valuation (unless there has been a material change) as adjusted for purchases, sales and material variations. Investment portfolio summary at 31 May 2007 Ordinary Share Portfolio investments Movement Cost Valuation in period £'000 £'000 £'000 Top ten venture capital investments (by value) Espresso Broadband Limited 2,048 5,332 - ILG Digital Limited 1,345 3,351 - Oasis Healthcare plc * 617 1,504 608 SPC International Limited 1,146 1,110 - Campden Media Limited 975 1,053 - Optima Data Intelligence Services Limited 900 900 - Gyro International Limited 652 865 Ashford Colour Press Limited 1,000 834 - Pilat Media Global plc * 173 588 (60) Cardpoint plc * 384 569 1 9,240 16,106 596 Other venture capital investments 5,426 1,343 (50) Liquidity funds 2,250 2,250 - Total 16,916 19,699 499 'C' Share Portfolio investments by value Movement Cost Valuation in period £'000 £'000 £'000 Venture capital investments Dianomi Limited 126 126 - * Quoted on AIM Investment additions during the 3 months ended 31 May 2007 Cost £'000 Ordinary Share Portfolio Coolabi plc 200 Eagle Rock Entertainment Group Limited 420 Optima Data Intelligence Services Limited 900 1,520 'C' Share Portfolio Dianomi Limited 126 After the period end the Company invested £650,000 in Heritage Partners Limited and £480,000 in Harmony Media Group Limited. Investment disposals during the 3 months ended 31 May 2007 Market value at 1 March 2007 Gain/(loss) Total Disposal against realised Cost proceeds cost gain/(loss) £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 Cardpoint plc 54 113 111 57 (2) Chiaros - retention release - - 33 33 33 Oasis Healthcare 53 86 141 88 88 107 199 285 178 119 After the period end the Company made the following further disposals: Gain/(loss) against Disposal proceeds cost Cost £'000 £'000 £'000 Cardpoint plc 384 555 182 Oasis Healthcare 617 2,080 1,463 1,001 2,635 1,645 Changes to share capital Ordinary 'C' Shares Shares of 5p of 25p each each Shares £'000 Shares £'000 As at 28 February 2007 23,310,016 1,165 - - Shares issued in period - - 14,620,454 3,655 Shares bought back and cancelled - - - - As at 31 May 2007 23,310,016 1,165 14,620,454 3,655 The Company issued 14,620,454 'C' Shares of 25p each during the period, under the terms of a prospectus dated 14 November 2006, at £1.00 per share. Issue costs thereon amounted to £804,000. Since the period end, the Company acquired 77,048 of its own Ordinary Shares for cancellation. Material events Other than described above, there were no material events during the period from 1 March 2007 to 31 May 2007 or in the period from 1 June 2007 to the date of this announcement. ---END OF MESSAGE---

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