British Smaller Companies VCT2 Plc Issue of Equity (2965G)
March 02 2015 - 11:33AM
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RNS Number : 2965G
British Smaller Companies VCT2 Plc
02 March 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 March 2015 it made the third
issue of ordinary shares pursuant to the Offers by allotting
3,799,670 ordinary shares of 10 pence each raising gross proceeds
of GBP2.5 million. These allotments were made in respect of valid
subscriptions received on or before 25 February 2015, 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 and 66.23
pence per share depending on the adviser charge (if applicable) and
the number of shares issued pertaining to each application.
The net asset value ("NAV") used for the calculation of the
issue price on 2 March 2015 is 61.3 pence per share, being the last
reported NAV as at 30 September 2014 of 63.3 pence per share,
adjusted to take account of the interim dividend of 2.0 pence per
share that was paid on 7 October 2014.
Together the Company and British Smaller Companies VCT plc have
in total allotted shares giving gross proceeds of GBP23.2 million
under the Offers and, after taking into consideration the costs of
the Offers, this gives net total proceeds of approximately GBP22.1
million. Of the net total proceeds of GBP22.1 million the Company
has raised net proceeds of approximately GBP8.7 million and British
Smaller Companies VCT plc has raised net proceeds of approximately
GBP13.4 million. Including applications received after 25 February
2015 for the current tax year and those for the tax year 2015/2016
aggregate gross proceeds for both the Company and British Smaller
Companies VCT plc currently stand at approximately GBP25.5
million.
Applications are now being made by the Company for the ordinary
shares which were allotted on 2 March 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 13 March 2015.
Following the allotment of 3,799,670 ordinary shares, the
Company's issued share capital consists of 76,667,857 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.
2 March 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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