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AberdeenΒ Income and GrowthΒ VCT PLCΒ (the Company)
Interim Management StatementΒ -Β Quarter ended 30Β NovemberΒ 2008
ThisΒ Interim Management Statement,Β for theΒ quarterΒ endedΒ 30Β NovemberΒ 2008, is provided in accordance with Rule 4.3 of the Disclosure and TransparencyΒ Rules of the UK Listing AuthorityΒ andΒ also includes relevant informationΒ in respect of the period from 1Β DecemberΒ 2008Β toΒ the date ofΒ issue.Β ThisΒ Statement has been prepared solely to provide additional informationΒ in orderΒ to meet the relevant requirements of the UK Listing Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, and should not be relied on by Shareholders,Β or any other party,Β for any other purpose.
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Financial highlights |
*The NAVΒ is unaudited andΒ reflects theΒ closingΒ bid priceΒ of quoted securitiesΒ atΒ 30 NovemberΒ 2008. Unlisted companies areΒ normallyΒ valued on a six-monthly basis and the NAV incorporates the Directors'Β valuationΒ of unlistedΒ investmentsΒ asΒ atΒ 31 AugustΒ 2008, adjusted for subsequent events where appropriate.Β
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InvestmentsΒ and disposals |
During the quarter endedΒ 30 NovemberΒ 2008,Β investmentsΒ totallingΒ Β£141,000 were madeΒ inΒ oneΒ unlistedΒ andΒ twoΒ AIM quoted companies and Β£729,000 was invested in listedΒ UKΒ government securities
DuringΒ theΒ same period, a combination of partial and complete disposals ofΒ one unlisted investment and fourΒ AIM quoted investments generated aggregate proceeds of Β£266,000 against cost of Β£203,000.Β
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There were no other material transactions during the period under review.Β
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Recent developmentsΒ |
BetweenΒ 30 NovemberΒ 2008Β and the date of this statement,Β investments totallingΒ Β£115,000Β wereΒ made inΒ oneΒ AIM quotedΒ companyΒ and one unlistedΒ company. DuringΒ the same post quarter-end period,Β disposalsΒ ofΒ a listedΒ UKΒ government security,Β oneΒ unlistedΒ investmentΒ andΒ twoΒ AIM quoted investmentsΒ generatedΒ aggregateΒ proceeds of Β£658,000Β against cost of Β£674,000.
Other than described aboveΒ and changes inΒ theΒ value of investments quoted on regulated markets,Β theΒ Board is not aware of anyΒ material events during the period from 1Β SeptemberΒ toΒ 30Β NovemberΒ 2008,Β or in the period from 1Β DecemberΒ 2008Β to the date of this announcement, which would haveΒ hadΒ a material impact on the financial position of the Company.
Issued on behalf of the Board
Aberdeen Asset ManagementΒ PLC, Secretary
7Β January 2009
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