Issue of New Shares

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BARONSMEAD VENTURE TRUST PLC

26 October 2017

Issue of New Shares pursuant to the Offer for Subscription

The Board of Baronsmead Venture Trust plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company has raised gross proceeds of approximately £18.2 million pursuant to the offer for subscription (the "Offer") set out in the prospectus published by the Company on 4 October 2017 (the "Prospectus").

New Shares issued under the Offer will be issued at an issue price of 94.80 pence and 19,228,312 New Shares in aggregate will be issued pursuant to the Offer. The issue price has been calculated by dividing the Company's latest published Net Asset Value of 91.90 pence as at 30 September 2017 by 0.97 in accordance with the pricing formula set out in the Prospectus.

Applications have been made for the New Shares to be issued pursuant to the Offer to be admitted to the Official List (with a Premium Listing) and to the London Stock Exchange for the New Shares to be admitted to trading on the Main Market. It is expected that Admission will occur and dealing will commence in the New Shares to be issued pursuant to the Offer at 8.00 a.m. on 31 October 2017.

As set out in the Prospectus the Company will carry out a second allotment of New Shares pursuant to the Offer on 15 November 2017. Shareholders and new investors who wish to participate in the Offer have until 12 noon on 15 November 2017 to return their completed application forms to the Receiving Agent. The Company will not utilise the over allotment facility in relation to the Offer.

It is expected that share certificates and tax certificates in respect of the New Shares will be issued to the relevant Shareholders on 2 November 2017.

Total voting rights

Each Ordinary Share has one voting right. Following the issue of New Shares pursuant to the Offer, the Company will have 203,352,997 Ordinary Shares in issue (of which 11,103,819 Ordinary Shares are held in treasury). The total number of voting rights in the Company will therefore be 192,249,178 and this figure may be used by Shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Definitions

Terms defined in the Prospectus have the same meanings in this announcement unless the context requires otherwise.

Further information

For further information please contact.

Michael Probin - VCT investor relations

Livingbridge VC LLP

020 7506 5796

Notes

This announcement does not constitute or form part of any offer to issue or sell, or any solicitation of any offer to subscribe or purchase, any investment in any jurisdiction, nor shall it (or the fact of its distribution) form the basis of, or be relied on in connection with, any contract therefor.

The issue and the distribution of this announcement and the Prospectus in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law and persons into whose possession any document or other information referred to in this announcement and the Prospectus comes should inform themselves about and observe any such restriction. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.