Chrysalis VCT plc
Interim Management Statement
for the three months ended 31 January 2008
In accordance with Rule 4.3 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the UK Listing Authority, Chrysalis VCT plc presents an Interim Management Statement for the three month period ended 31 January 2008. The statement also includes relevant financial information between the end of the period and the date of this statement.
Dividends paid or declared in the period
No dividends were paid or declared in the period other than as previously reported.
Performance
|
|
|
31 January
2008 |
31 October
2007 |
30 April
2007 |
31 October
2006 |
|
|
|
Pence |
Pence |
Pence |
Pence |
|
Ordinary Shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Asset Value ("NAV") |
|
91.30 |
91.50 |
88.70 |
84.70 |
|
Cumulative Dividends |
|
13.45 |
13.45 |
13.45 |
10.45 |
|
Total Return * |
|
104.75 |
104.95 |
102.15 |
95.15 |
|
* (NAV plus cumulative dividends paid since launch) |
|
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| ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
'D' Shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Asset Value ("NAV") |
|
92.40 |
106.10 |
104.30 |
96.50 |
|
Cumulative Dividends |
|
1.25 |
1.25 |
1.25 |
- |
|
Total Return * |
|
93.65 |
107.35 |
105.55 |
96.50 |
|
* (NAV plus cumulative dividends paid since launch) |
|
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| ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
'E' Shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Asset Value ("NAV") |
|
95.80 |
95.30 |
95.00 |
95.40 |
|
Cumulative Dividends |
|
1.25 |
1.25 |
1.25 |
- |
|
Total Return * |
|
97.05 |
96.55 |
96.25 |
95.40 |
|
* (NAV plus cumulative dividends paid since launch) |
|
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| ||
Investment portfolio summary at 31 January 2008
|
Ordinary Pool |
|
Cost |
Valuation |
Movement
in period |
|
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Twenty largest investments by value |
|
|
|
|
|
Babel Media Limited |
|
1,705 |
2,936 |
- |
|
Precision Dental Laboratories Group Limited |
|
2,100 |
2,167 |
- |
|
ILG Digital Limited |
|
806 |
2,101 |
- |
|
Wessex Advanced Switching Products Limited |
|
699 |
1,426 |
- |
|
Centre Design Limited |
|
1,350 |
1,205 |
- |
|
Ultralon Holdings Limited |
|
950 |
950 |
- |
|
Triaster Limited |
|
758 |
921 |
- |
|
Mentorion Limited |
|
850 |
820 |
- |
|
Spice Inns Limited |
|
700 |
789 |
- |
|
British International Holdings Limited |
|
700 |
700 |
- |
|
Mentorion 2 Limited |
|
700 |
700 |
- |
|
Glisten plc |
Quoted on AIM |
149 |
693 |
(46) |
|
Ensign Communications Limited |
|
500 |
685 |
- |
|
RFTRAQ Limited |
|
325 |
680 |
- |
|
The Capital Pub Company plc |
Quoted on AIM |
505 |
555 |
(116) |
|
Optima Data Intelligence Limited |
|
450 |
450 |
- |
|
Zest Juice Limited |
|
450 |
450 |
- |
|
CPI Acquisition UK Limited |
|
300 |
300 |
- |
|
Planet Sport Holdings Limited |
|
250 |
225 |
- |
|
You Gov plc |
Quoted on AIM |
45 |
195 |
(81) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subtotal |
|
14,292 |
18,948 |
(243) |
|
Other venture capital investments |
|
3,426 |
1,082 |
(321) |
|
Listed fixed income securities |
|
4,868 |
4,879 |
37 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
22,586 |
24,909 |
(527) |
|
'D' Share Pool |
|
Cost |
Valuation |
Movement
in period |
|
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Investments by value |
|
|
|
|
|
Mentorion Limited |
|
50 |
59 |
- |
|
CPI Acquisition UK Limited |
|
50 |
50 |
- |
|
British International Holdings Limited |
|
50 |
50 |
- |
|
Mentorion 2 Limited |
|
50 |
50 |
- |
|
Rhino Sport and Leisure Limited |
|
50 |
50 |
- |
|
Spice Inns Limited |
|
50 |
46 |
- |
|
Hat Pin plc |
Quoted on AIM |
80 |
30 |
(75) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
380 |
335 |
(75) |
|
'E' Share Pool |
|
Cost |
Valuation |
Movement
in period |
|
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Investments by value |
|
|
|
|
|
CPI Acquisition UK Limited |
|
50 |
50 |
- |
|
Ultralon Limited |
|
50 |
50 |
- |
|
Zest Juice Limited |
|
50 |
50 |
- |
|
Optima Data Intelligence Services Limited |
|
50 |
50 |
- |
|
Spice Inns Limited |
|
50 |
46 |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
250 |
246 |
- |
All investments are unquoted unless otherwise stated.
Investment additions during the 3 months ended 31 January 2008
|
|
Cost |
Ordinary
Shares |
'D'
Shares |
'E'
Shares |
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Babel Media Limited |
100 |
100 |
- |
- |
|
Hat Pin plc |
125 |
125 |
- |
- |
|
Nucleus Cash Trust |
153 |
153 |
- |
- |
|
Treasury 4 ¼% 2011 Stock |
1,883 |
1,883 |
- |
- |
|
|
2,261 |
2,261 |
- |
- |
There have been no additions since the period end and the date of this report.
Investment disposals during the 3 months ended 31 January 2008
|
|
Cost |
Market
value at
1 November
2007 |
Disposal
proceeds |
Gain/(loss)
in period
against cost |
Total
realised
gain |
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Advance Media Information Ltd |
615 |
934 |
1,175 |
560 |
241 |
|
Nucleus Cash Trust |
2 |
2 |
2 |
- |
- |
|
Tellings Golden Miller plc |
75 |
30 |
48 |
(27) |
18 |
|
Treasury 4 ¼% 2007 Stock |
2,084 |
1,927 |
1,925 |
(159) |
(2) |
|
|
2,776 |
2,893 |
3,150 |
374 |
257 |
Since the period end, the Company disposed of a small holding in You Gov plc receiving proceeds of £48,000.
Changes to share capital
|
|
Ordinary Shares of
1p each |
'D' Shares of
1p each |
'E' Shares of
1p each | |||
|
|
Shares |
£'000 |
Shares |
£'000 |
Shares |
£'000 |
|
As at 31 October 2007 |
32,669,120 |
327 |
536,072 |
5 |
601,376 |
6 |
|
Shares bought back and cancelled |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
As at 31 January 2008 |
32,669,120 |
327 |
536,072 |
5 |
601,376 |
6 |
Since the period end the Company has bought back 351,150 Ordinary Shares of 1p for cancellation.
Material events
Other than described above, there were no material events during the period from 1 November 2007 to 31 January 2008 or in the period from 1 February 2008 to the date of this announcement.