Total Voting Rights

31 Mar 2008 16:56

Close Brothers Venture Cap Tst PLC31 March 2008 CLOSE BROTHERS VENTURE CAPITAL TRUST PLC VOTING RIGHTS AND CAPITAL In conformity with the Transparency Directive's provisions we would like tonotify the market of the following: Close Brothers Venture Capital Trust PLC's capital as at 31 March 2008 consistedof 35,878,229 ordinary shares. Close Brothers Venture Capital Trust PLC holds244,546 ordinary shares in Treasury. Therefore the total number of voting rights in Close Brothers Venture CapitalTrust PLC is 35,633,683. The figure of 35,633,683 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, Close Brothers Venture CapitalTrust PLC under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency rules. 31 March 2008 For further information please contact: Company SecretaryClose Ventures Limited - Tel: 0207 422 7830 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange