Interim Management Statement

4 Feb 2008 16:32

Close Brothers Venture Cap Tst PLC04 February 2008 Close Brothers Venture Capital Trust PLC Interim Management Statement Introduction I am pleased to present your Company's interim management statement for theperiod from 1 October 2007 to 4 February 2008 as required by the UK ListingAuthority's Disclosure and Transparency Rule 4.3. Financial Position and Performance The Company's approximate unaudited net asset value (NAV) as at 31 December 2007was 112.19 pence per share. This is after accounting for a dividend of 5 penceper share which was paid on 4 January 2008. This is in addition to the dividendof 5p paid on 5 April 2007. Portfolio In the period from 1 October 2007 to 4 February 2008 Close Brothers VentureCapital Trust PLC have made two investments, both being in existing investments.These are as follows: Investment Existing/New investee company £'000s Churchill Taverns VCT Limited Existing 30GB Pub Company Limited Existing 5 Top Ten Qualifying Holdings (as at 31 December 2007) Holding Carrying Value £'000s Kew Green VCT (Stansted) Limited 9,392Country and Metropolitan VCT Limited 3,000The Crown Hotel Harrogate Limited 2,442Prime VCT Limited 2,100City Screen (Cambridge) Limited 1,698The Bear Hungerford Limited 1,660Chase Midland VCT Limited 1,600The Weybridge Club Limited 1,433The Place Sandwich VCT Limited 1,271Youngs VCT Limited 1,200 Material Events and Transactions As mentioned above, a dividend of 5 pence per share was paid on 4 January 2008. In the period from 1 October 2007 to 4 February 2008, your Company re-purchased244,546 Ordinary shares at a price of 102.5 pence per share. This represents0.68% of the total number of voting rights in the Company before thetransaction. These shares will be held in treasury. Buy-backs of treasuryshares during the period were transacted through Winterflood Securities Limited,a subsidiary of Close Brothers Group plc. There have been no further significant events or transactions that the Board areaware of which would have a material impact on the financial position of theCompany between the 1 October 2007 and 31 December 2007, and 1 January 2008 and4 February 2008. Information regarding historic and current financial performance and otheruseful shareholder information can be found on the Funds website underwww.closeventures.co.uk/Our Funds/Close Brothers Venture Capital Trust PLC. 4 February 2008 For further information, please contact: Patrick ReeveClose Ventures LimitedTel: 020 7422 7830 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange