HONY.L Regulatory News (HONY)

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23 December 2015

Honeycomb Investment Trust plc

Admission to trading on the Specialist Fund Market of the London Stock Exchange

Honeycomb Investment Trust plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce the successful completion of its initial placing, raising gross proceeds of £100 million. It is expected that 10 million ordinary shares of the Company will be admitted to trading on the Specialist Fund Market of the London Stock Exchange at 8.00am today under the ticker "HONY".

ENQUIRIES

For further information, please contact:

Instinctif Partners

Mike Davies / Giles Stewart / Louis Supple020 7457 2051 / 020 7457 2025 / 020 7457 2831

Pollen Street Capital Limited

Lindsey McMurray / James Scott / Matthew Potter020 3728 6750

Liberum Capital Limited

Simon Atkinson / Chris Clarke / Joshua Hughes020 3100 2000

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Liberum Capital Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the FCA in the United Kingdom, is acting only for the Company in connection with the matters described in this announcement and is not acting for or advising any other person, or treating any other person as its client, in relation thereto and will not be responsible for providing the regulatory protection afforded to clients of Liberum Capital Limited or advice to any other person in relation to the matters contained herein.

Neither Liberum Capital Limited nor Pollen Street Capital Limited, nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, advisers or agents accepts any responsibility or liability whatsoever for, or makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the truth, accuracy or completeness of, the information in this announcement (or whether any information has been omitted from the announcement) or any information relating to the Company, whether written, oral, or in a visual or electronic form, and howsoever transmitted or made available or any loss howsoever arising from any use of this announcement or its contents or otherwise in connection with it.

This announcement may not be published, distributed or transmitted by any means or media, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, in or into the United States. This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, securities in the United States. Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The securities mentioned herein have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act and will not be offered to the public in the United States. The Company has not been, and will not be, registered under the US Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.