Correction: ProVen Growth and Income VCT plc: Interim Management Statement

ProVen Growth and Income VCT plcInterim Management Statement for the nine months ended 30 November 2022

ProVen Growth and Income VCT plc (the “Company”) presents an Interim Management Statement for the nine-month period ended 30 November 2022. The statement also includes relevant financial information between the end of the period and the date of this announcement.

Performance

  Unaudited30 November2022 Unaudited31 August2022 Unaudited31 May2022 Audited28 February2022
  Pence Pence Pence Pence
Net Asset Value per share (“NAV”) 55.3 57.7 64.2 67.3
Dividends paid to date since class launch (originally as ‘C’ Shares)* 73.9 73.9 70.7 70.7
NAV plus dividends paid to date 129.2 131.6 134.9 138.0

* Dividends paid represents dividends paid in respect of the Original 'C' Shares between their launch in 2006 up until their conversion in 2009 and as Ordinary Shares since the 'C' Share conversion. 'C' Shares were converted into Ordinary Shares on a one for one basis in 2009.

Dividends paid or declaredOn 12 October 2022, the Company announced an interim dividend for the year ended 28 February 2023 of 1.5p per share. This dividend was paid on 2 December 2022 to shareholders on the register at 11 November 2022.

Investment portfolio summary at 30 November 2022

Portfolio summary

  Valuation
Venture capital investments £’000
   
Picasso Labs, Inc. (t/a CreativeX) 10,509
Luxury Promise Limited 10,263
Papier Ltd 5,566
MPB Group Limited 4,668
DeepCrawl Holding Company, Inc. 4,560
Social Value Portal Ltd 4,544
Been There Done That Global Limited 4,526
Infinity Reliance Limited (t/a My 1st Years) 4,004
Second Nature Healthy Habits Ltd 3,979
WS HoldCo, PBC. (t/a WiredScore) 3,629
Other investments 54,377
Total investments 110,625
   
Cash at bank 46,289
Other net current assets 3,296
   
Net Assets 160,210

Unquoted investments are valued at fair values established using the International Private Equity and Venture Capital Valuation Guidelines.

Investment activity during the three-month period ended 30 November 2022

Investment additions

  £’000
Gorillini NV (t/a Gorilla) 1,949
Doctify Limited 1,778
Plu&m Limited (t/a Plum Guide) 88
  3,815

Investment disposals

  Cost Market value at 1 September 2022 Disposalproceeds Gainagainstcost Realisedgain in period
  £’000 £’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Sealskinz Holdings Limited 3,116 3,116 3,882 766 766
Lupa Foods Limited* 99 128 128 29 -
  3,215 3,244 4,010 795 766

*Loan note disposal

Investment activity from 1 December 2022 to the date of this announcement

Investment additions

  £’000
Dash Brands Ltd 3,282
Litta App Limited 990
Arctic Shores Limited 459
Commonplace Digital Limited 370
             5,101

Investment disposals

  Cost Market value at 1 December 2022 Disposalproceeds Gain / (loss)againstcost RealisedGain / (loss) in period
  £’000 £’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Firefly Learning Limited 857 873 721 (136) (152)
  857 873 721 (136) (152)
Changes to share capital OrdinarySharesof 1.6187p each
As at 1 September 2022 292,033,361
Shares bought back during the 3 months to 30 November 2022 (2,198,874)
Shares issued during the 3 months to 30 November 2022 -
As at 30 November 2022 289,834,487

In the period from 1 December 2022 to the date of this announcement, 420,961 Ordinary Shares were repurchased and subsequently cancelled.

In addition, 1,204,204 Ordinary Shares were issued under the Company’s Dividend Reinvestment Scheme (“DRIS”) in relation to the dividend paid on 2 December 2022.

Material eventsIn February 2023, the Company agreed to the sale of portfolio company Aistemos Limited to RELX plc. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals and is expected to be completed during the first quarter of 2023.

Other than the matters described above, there were no material events during the period from 1 September 2022 to 30 November 2022 or in the period from 1 December 2022 to the date of this announcement.

Further informationFurther information regarding the Company, can be found on Beringea's dedicated VCT website: www.provenvcts.co.uk or by contacting Beringea, the Investment Manager at provenvcts@beringea.co.uk or by telephone 020 7845 7820.

Beringea LLPCompany SecretaryTelephone 020 7845 7820-End

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