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ProVen Growth and Income VCT plc

Interim 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

 
                                                         Unaudited    Unaudited   Unaudited    Audited 
                                                         30 November   31 August    31 May    28 February 
                                                            2022         2022        2022        2022 
                                                           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 declared

On 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                     GBP'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

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

Investment disposals

 
                                                              Gain     Realised 
                               Market             Disposal   against     gain 
              Cost    value at 1 September 2022   proceeds    cost     in period 
            GBP'000           GBP'000             GBP'000   GBP'000    GBP'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

 
                                  GBP'000 
Dash Brands Ltd                         3,282 
Litta App Limited                         990 
Arctic Shores Limited                     459 
Commonplace Digital Limited               370 
                                        5,101 
                              =============== 
 

Investment disposals

 
                                                          Gain / (loss)     Realised 
                             Market             Disposal     against      Gain / (loss) 
             Cost    value at 1 December 2022   proceeds       cost         in period 
           GBP'000           GBP'000            GBP'000      GBP'000        GBP'000 
Firefly 
 Learning 
 Limited       857                        873        721          (136)           (152) 
               857                        873        721          (136)           (152) 
           =======  =========================  =========  =============  ============== 
 
 
                                                                Ordinary 
                                                                 Shares 
Changes to share capital                                     of 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 events

In 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 information

Further 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 LLP

Company Secretary

Telephone 020 7845 7820

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(END) Dow Jones Newswires

February 10, 2023 10:39 ET (15:39 GMT)

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