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Enhanced Buyback Facility

3 Apr 2013 16:54

UNICORN AIM VCT PLC - Enhanced Buyback Facility

UNICORN AIM VCT PLC - Enhanced Buyback Facility

PR Newswire

London, April 3

UNICORN AIM VCT PLC

Enhanced Buyback Facility

The Board of Unicorn AIM VCT plc ("the Company") is pleased to announce thatthe Company's enhanced buy-back facility as set out in the circular toshareholders of the Company dated 22 February 2013 ("Enhanced BuybackFacility") has now closed.

All correctly completed applications in respect of the Enhanced BuybackFacility (i.e. both shareholders' basic entitlement and, where elected,additional shares tendered) have been accepted in full and, as a result, therehas been no scaling back of applications.

The Company has today purchased 7,365,558 ordinary shares of 1 pence each("Shares") at a price of 108.5 pence per share and allotted 7,141,491 newShares at 111.9 pence per share pursuant to the Enhanced Buyback Facility.

The new Shares rank pari passu in all respects with the existing share capitalof the Company.

Application has been made to the UK Listing Authority and the London StockExchange for the new Shares to be admitted to the Official List and to trade onthe London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities. It is expectedthat admission will become effective and dealings will commence on or around 8April 2013.

As a result, of the buyback and allotment of shares undertaken today pursuantto the Enhanced Buyback Facility there are now 56,770,336 Shares in issue.

The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for thecalculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify theirinterest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FSA'sDisclosure and Transparency Rules.

For further information please contact:

Robert Brittain at Mobeus Equity Partners LLP (the Company Secretary) on 0207024 7600 or by email at unicorn@mobeusequity.co.uk; or

Chris Hutchinson at Unicorn Asset Management Limited (the Company's InvestmentManager) on 020 7253 0889.

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