Octopus Aim 2 Regulatory News (OSEC)

26 Jan 2006 11:31

Close IHT AIM VCT PLC26 January 2006 Close IHT AIM VCT plc ("the Company") Directors Dealings Following the commencement of dealing in the 'A' Ordinary Shares and the 'B'Ordinary Shares, on 25 January 2006, the Company received notification on 25January 2006, of the following purchases of Shares on initial allotment by theDirectors of the Company ; Keith Mullins 50,000 'B' Ordinary Shares, AndrewRaynor 20,000 'A' Ordinary Shares and Christopher Holdsworth Hunt 51,500 'B'Ordinary Shares. The price paid for the Shares was 100p. The announcement on 24 January 2006 regarding the initial allotment, extensionof the Offers and eligibility for the initial dividend is shown below; "The Board of Close IHT AIM VCT PLC is pleased to announce that on 24 January2006, 3,133,767 'A' Ordinary Shares and 8,126,550 'B' Ordinary Shares wereallotted under the current Offers for Subscription at 100p per share. Up to25,000,000 'A' Ordinary Shares and 22,000,000 'B' Ordinary Shares are beingoffered to the public under the Offers, subject to an aggregate maximumsubscription of 25,000,000 Shares. Initial Dealings are expected to commence on 25 January 2006. The Board hasresolved that all the 'A' Ordinary Shares (ISIN code GB00B0JQZZ80) and 'B'Ordinary Shares (ISIN code GB00B0JR9G02) in this first allotment will rank forthe first interim dividend. All further allotments will not rank for thisdividend and will be subject to separate ISIN codes until the said shares aretrading ex-entitlement for the first interim dividend. The Board of Close IHT AIM VCT plc has resolved to extend the 'A' Ordinary Shareand 'B' Ordinary Share Offers for Subscription up to 10am Wednesday 5 April2006. Accordingly, the last time and day for receipt of applications for 'A'Ordinary Shares and 'B' Ordinary Shares will be 10am on Wednesday 5 April 2006,on which day the Shares will also be allotted. The Offers will close earlier if fully subscribed." 26 January 2006 Further enquiries: Andrew Buchanan Close Investment Limited (Manager) Tel. 020-7426 4000 Ken Fleming Brewin Dolphin Tel. 0141 314 8114 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange