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   ProVen Growth & Income VCT plc 
 
   Interim Management Statement 
 
   for the three months ended 31 May 2020 
 
   ProVen Growth & Income VCT plc (the "Company") presents an Interim 
Management Statement for the three month period ended 31 May 2020. The 
statement also includes relevant financial information between the end 
of the period and the date of this announcement. 
 
   Performance 
 
 
 
 
                                                          Unaudited    Audited 
                                                            31 May    29 February 
                                                             2020        2020 
                                                            Pence       Pence 
Net Asset Value per share ("NAV")                              56.2          58.6 
Dividends paid since class launch (originally as 'C' 
 Shares)*                                                      64.4          64.4 
Total Return (NAV plus dividends paid since 'C' Share 
 class launch)                                                120.6         123.0 
 
 
   * 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 2 July 2020, the Company announced a final dividend for the year 
ended 29 February 2020 of 1.75p per share. Having received approval at 
the Annual General Meeting of the Company on 10 August 2020, the 
dividend will be paid on 28 August 2020 to Shareholders on the register 
at 7 August 2020. 
 
   Investment portfolio summary at 31 May 2020 
 
   Portfolio summary 
 
 
 
 
                                                 Valuation 
Venture capital investments                       GBP'000 
Sannpa Limited (t/a Fnatic)                          6,718 
ContactEngine Limited                                5,120 
Mycs GmbH                                            4,913 
Dryden Holdings Limited                              4,760 
Infinity Reliance Limited (t/a My 1(st) Years)       4,191 
Zoovu Limited (t/a Smart Assistant)                  3,997 
Thread, Inc.                                         3,723 
Papier Limited                                       3,150 
Our Path Limited (t/a Second Nature)                 2,800 
Written Byte Limited (t/a DeepCrawl)                 2,788 
Other investments                                   35,806 
                                                    77,966 
Cash at bank                                        48,131 
Other net current liabilities                          165 
 
Net Assets                                         126,262 
                                                 ========= 
 
 
   Quoted investments are valued at the closing bid price at 31 May 2020, 
discounted where appropriate. 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 31 May 2020 
 
   Investment additions 
 
 
 
 
                              GBP'000 
Commonplace Digital Limited     1,500 
Luxury Promise Limited          1,350 
Sannpa Limited (t/a Fnatic)       772 
Thread, Inc.                      421 
 
                                4,043 
                              ======= 
 
 
 
   Investment disposals 
 
   There were no investment disposals in the three month period ended 31 
May 2020. 
 
   Investment activity from 1 June 2020 to the date of this announcement 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                              GBP'000 
ContactEngine Limited             125 
Social Value Portal Limited     1,500 
                                1,625 
                              ======= 
 
 
   Investment disposals 
 
 
 
 
                                                              Gain     Realised 
                                Market            Disposal   against     gain 
                  Cost    value at 1 June 2020    proceeds    cost     in period 
                GBP'000         GBP'000          GBP'000    GBP'000    GBP'000 
MEL Topco 
 Limited (t/a 
 Maplin)*             -                      -          34        34          34 
Chargemaster 
 plc*                 -                      -          74        74          74 
 
                      -                      -         108       108         108 
                =======  =====================  ==========  ========  ========== 
 
 
   * Disposal proceeds represent contingent proceeds. 
 
 
 
 
                                                            Ordinary 
                                                             Shares 
Changes to share capital                                 of 1.6187p each 
As at 1 March 2020                                           200,137,231 
Shares bought back during the 3 months to 31 May 2020          (111,270) 
Shares issued during the 3 months to 31 May 2020              24,518,370 
As at 31 May 2020                                            224,544,331 
                                                        ================ 
 
 
   In the period from 1 June 2020 to the date of this announcement, 
1,282,530 Ordinary Shares were repurchased and subsequently cancelled. 
 
   Material events 
 
   In light of the evolving situation regarding COVID-19, the Board of 
ProVen Growth and Income VCT plc (the "Company") carried out a review of 
the portfolio and announced on 23 March 2020 that the unaudited net 
asset value of the Company was 54.6p per share. This was based on the 
unaudited net asset value of the Company as at 20 March 2020. 
 
   Other than the matters described above, there were no material events 
during the period from 1 March 2020 to 31 May 2020 or in the period from 
1 June 2020 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 
 
   -End 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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