ProVen VCT plc
Interim Management Statement
for the three months ended 31 May 2023

ProVen VCT plc (the “Company”) presents an Interim Management Statement for the three-month period ended 31 May 2023. The statement also includes relevant financial information between the end of the period and the date of this announcement.

Performance

   Unaudited
31 May
2023
Audited
28 February
2023
   PencePence
Net Asset Value per share (“NAV”)  64.365.5
Dividends paid to date*  80.7580.75
NAV plus dividends paid to date  145.05146.25

*Dividends paid represent dividends paid since the consolidation of 5p Ordinary Shares into 10p Ordinary Shares in October 2012. Prior to this date, the Company paid dividends totalling 113.95p on the 5p Ordinary Shares.

Dividends paid or declared
On 9 June 2023, the Company announced a final dividend for the year ended 28 February 2023 of 2.0p per share. Having received approval for the final dividend at the Annual General Meeting of the Company on 12 July 2023, this dividend will be paid on 4 August 2023 to Shareholders on the register at 7 July 2023. Payment of this dividend will reduce the NAV per share as shown above to 62.3p pence and increase dividends paid to date to 82.75p per share.

Investment portfolio summary at 31 May 2023

Portfolio summary

 Valuation
Venture capital investments£’000
  
Luxury Promise Limited8,294
MPB Group Limited7,027
Infinity Reliance Limited (t/a My 1st Years)6,090
Picasso Labs, Inc. (t/a CreativeX)5,306
Social Value Portal Ltd4,313
Utilis Israel Ltd (t/a Asterra)4,298
Access Systems, Inc.3,870
WS HoldCo, PBC. (t/a WiredScore)3,752
Cogora Group Limited3,359
Lupa Foods Limited3,268
Other investments53,968
Total investments103,545
  
Cash and cash equivalents60,239
Other net current assets361
  
Net Assets164,145

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 2023

Investment additions

There were no investment additions for the Company in the quarter.

Investment disposals

 



Cost
Market
value at 1 March 2023


Disposal
proceeds
Gain
against
cost
Realised
loss
in period
 £’000£’000£’000£’000£’000
Monica Vinader Limited5347,0376,3125,778(725)
Aistemos Limited1,8193,0933,0931,274-
 2,35310,1309,4057,052(725)

Investment activity from 1 June 2023 to the date of this announcement

There has been no investment activity for the Company from 1 June 2023 to the date of this announcement.

Changes to share capitalOrdinary
Shares
of 10p each
As at 1 March 2023247,113,415
Shares bought back during the 3 months to 31 May 2023-
Shares issued during the 3 months to 31 May 20238,116,540
As at 31 May 2023255,229,955

In the period from 1 June 2023 to the date of this announcement, 701,809 Ordinary Shares were repurchased and subsequently cancelled. On 6 July 2023, 2,878,511 Ordinary Shares were issued pursuant to the offer for subscription that opened on 19 October 2022. 2,878,511 Ordinary Shares were allotted at an average price of 68.0p, based on the latest net asset value of 65.5p per Ordinary Share, being the net asset value as at 28 February 2023.

Material events
Other than the matters described above, there were no material events during the period from 1 March to 31 May 2023 or in the period from 1 June 2023 to the date of this announcement.

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

Beringea LLP
Company Secretary
Telephone 020 7845 7820
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