Edge Performance VCT PLC Publication of Prospectus and Circular (1518Y)

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RNS Number : 1518Y

Edge Performance VCT PLC

18 February 2013

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND OR SOUTH AFRICA OR ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE SAME COULD BE UNLAWFUL. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OF SECURITIES FOR SALE IN ANY JURISDICTION, INCLUDING IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND OR SOUTH AFRICA.

Edge Performance VCT plc (the "Company")

Publication of Prospectus and Circular

Prospectus

The Company has published a prospectus dated 18 February 2013 (the "Prospectus") for the Company's offer (the "H Share Offer") for subscription for up to 5,000,000 H shares of 10 pence each in the Company ("H Shares"), together with an over-allotment facility of a further 15,000,000 H Shares. The issue price under the H Share Offer is the net asset value per H Share most recently published by the Company prior to the relevant date of allotment under the H Share Offer, divided by 0.95. The issue price is payable in cash in full on subscription.

The H Share Offer opens at 8 am on 19 February 2013 and is expected to close at 5pm on 5 April 2013 for investors seeking tax relief in the 2012/2013 tax year and at 3pm on 14 June 2013 (unless previously brought forward or extended by the Directors) for investors seeking tax relief in the 2013/14 tax year.

The Prospectus has been approved by the UK Listing Authority and will be available shortly on the National Storage Mechanism of the UK Listing Authority at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

Circular

The Company has also published a circular to shareholders dated 18 February 2013 (the "Circular") in relation to:

   --       the H Share Offer;

-- the Company's enhanced share buy-back offer to holders of C Shares in the Company, as set out its tender offer document dated 18 January 2013 (the "Tender Offer Document");

-- the approval of a new offer agreement between the Company and Edge Investment Management Limited ("Edge Investment Management") in relation to the H Share Offer;

-- the replacement of the investment management agreement and the administrative services agreement between the Company and Edge Investment Management; and

   --       the proposed cancellation of the Company's share premium account,

and including notices of a general meeting of the Company, and separate class meetings of holders of C Shares, H Shares and I Shares, to be held on 21 March 2013.

The Circular has been approved by the UK Listing Authority and will be available shortly on the National Storage Mechanism of the UK Listing Authority at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

Copies of the Prospectus, the Circular and the Tender Offer Document can be obtained, free of charge, by request from the Company at 1 Marylebone High Street, London, W1U 4LZ, or may be downloaded from the Company's website at www.edge.uk.com/edgeperformancevct.

For further information please contact:

The City Partnership (UK) Limited, Company Secretary: 0131 243 7210

Edge Investment Management Limited, Investment Manager: 020 7317 1300

This information is provided by RNS

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