British Smaller Companies VCT2 Plc Issue of Equity (8382D)
February 03 2015 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 8382D
British Smaller Companies VCT2 Plc
03 February 2015
British Smaller Companies VCT2 plc
Issue of Equity
British Smaller Companies VCT2 plc (the "Company") and British
Smaller Companies VCT plc are seeking to raise GBP30 million in
aggregate by way of offers for subscription ("Offers"). Full
details of the Offers are contained in a prospectus issued by the
Company and British Smaller Companies VCT plc on 20 October 2014
(the "Prospectus").
The Company announces that on 2 February 2015 it made the second
issue of ordinary shares pursuant to the Offers by allotting
2,893,324 ordinary shares of 10 pence each raising gross proceeds
of GBP1.7 million. These allotments were made in respect of valid
subscriptions received for the tax year 2014/2015 pursuant to the
Offers. In accordance with the pricing formula set out in the
Prospectus the new ordinary shares were allotted at offer prices of
between 63.25 pence to 66.23 pence depending on the adviser charge
(if applicable) and the number of shares issued pertaining to each
application.
Of the 2,893,324 ordinary shares allotted, 244,050 shares are in
respect of valid subscriptions received on or before 31 December
2014, which were not allotted in the Company's first issue of
shares pursuant to the Offers on 6 January 2015. The Net Asset
Value of 63.3 pence per share at 30 September 2014 was used to
calculate the number of shares allotted on 6 January 2015, but this
should have been reduced to 61.3 pence per share to account for the
interim dividend of 2 pence per share that was paid on 7 October
2014. The additional allotment is in accordance with the terms of
the Offers and ensures that these shareholders now hold the correct
number of shares. An explanatory letter will be sent to all
shareholders who will receive these shares. The remaining 2,649,274
ordinary shares are in respect of valid subscriptions received
after 31 December 2014 and on or before 30 January 2015.
Together the Company and British Smaller Companies VCT plc have
in total raised gross proceeds of GBP16.4 million under the offer.
After taking into consideration the costs of the Offers, this gives
net total proceeds of approximately GBP15.6 million. The Company
has raised net proceeds of approximately GBP6.3 million and British
Smaller Companies VCT plc has raised net proceeds of approximately
GBP9.3 million.
Robert Pettigrew, non-executive Director of the Company, has
been allotted 286 ordinary shares of 10 pence in the Company which
takes his total shareholding to 68,303 ordinary shares in the
Company.
Peter Waller, non-executive Director of the Company, has been
allotted 330 ordinary shares of 10 pence in the Company which takes
his total shareholding to 35,560 ordinary shares in the
Company.
Employees of the investment adviser, YFM Private Equity Limited,
have been allotted 902 ordinary shares of 10 pence in the Company.
Following this allotment, employees of YFM Private Equity hold
149,568 ordinary shares of 10 pence in the Company, and 443,663
shares across both VCTs.
Applications are now being made by the Company for the ordinary
shares which were allotted on 2 February 2015 to be admitted to the
premium segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority
and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for
listed securities, and dealings are expected to commence on or
around 16 February 2015.
Following the allotment of 2,893,324 ordinary shares, the
Company's issued share capital consists of 72,868,187 ordinary
shares with voting rights ("Voting Capital") and 1,910,022 shares
held in Treasury.
The above statement of Voting Capital 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 FCA's
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
The Offers remain open. A copy of the Prospectus was submitted
to the National Storage Mechanism and is available to the public
for viewing online at the following web-site address:
http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do. It can also be viewed on the
Company's website http://www.bscfunds.com.
3 February 2015
For further information, please contact:
David Hall YFM Private Equity Limited Tel: 0113 244 1000
Emily Watts Nplus1 Singer Advisory LLP Tel: 020 7496 3000
This information is provided by RNS
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