Crown Place VCT PLC: Interim Management Statement
22 Maio 2023 - 9:17AM
Crown Place VCT PLC: Interim Management Statement
Crown Place VCT
PLC Interim Management StatementLEI Code:
213800SYIQPA3L3T1Q68
IntroductionI present Crown
Place VCT PLC (the “Company”)’s interim management statement for
the period from 1 January 2023 to 31 March 2023.
Performance and dividendsThe
Company’s unaudited net asset value (“NAV”) as at 31 March 2023 was
£96.1 million or 33.44 pence per share (excluding treasury shares).
After accounting for the second interim dividend of 0.79 pence per
share which was paid on 31 March 2023 to shareholders on the
register on 10 March 2023, the NAV has increased by 2.44 pence per
share (7.9%) since 31 December 2022.
On 2 March 2023, a NAV update was announced
following an external fundraising process at Quantexa at a
significantly higher valuation. The NAV at 31 March 2023 has
increased by 0.72 pence per share (2.2%) compared to the 2 March
2023 NAV update. This Series E fundraising round has now completed,
raising $129 million, and was announced by Quantexa on 4 April
2023.
Share issuesDuring the period
from 1 January 2023 to 31 March 2023, the Company issued the
following shares under the dividend reinvestment scheme:
Date |
Number of shares issued |
Issue price per share |
Net invested £’000 |
31 March 2023 |
1,077,920 |
32.72 pence |
333 |
Albion VCTs’ Top Up Offers A
prospectus Top Up Offer of new Ordinary shares was launched on 10
October 2022. The Board announced on 11 January 2023 that,
following strong demand for the Company’s shares, it had elected to
exercise its over-allotment facility, taking the total Offer to
£11.5 million. The Offer was fully subscribed and closed to further
applications on 10 March 2023.
During the period from 1 January 2023 to 31
March 2023, the Company issued the following shares under the
Albion VCTs’ Top Up Offers:
Date |
Number of shares issued |
Issue price per share |
Net consideration received
£’000 |
31 March 2023 |
17,882,171 |
33.60 pence |
5,858 |
PortfolioThe following
investments have been made during the period from 1 January 2023 to
31 March 2023:
Further investments |
£’000 |
Activity |
Proveca |
216 |
Reformulation of medicines for children |
Seldon Technologies |
154 |
Enabling enterprises to deploy Machine Learning models in
production |
Brytlyt |
24 |
GPU database software provider |
Symetrica |
7 |
Designer and manufacturer of radiation detection equipment |
Total further investments |
401 |
|
Top ten holdings as
at 31 March 2023
Portfolio Company |
Carrying
value£’000 |
% of net asset value |
Activity |
Quantexa |
16,936 |
17.6% |
Network analytics platform to detect financial crime |
Proveca |
4,308 |
4.5% |
Reformulation of medicines for children |
Radnor House School (TopCo) |
3,549 |
3.7% |
Independent school for children aged 2-18 |
Chonais River Hydro |
3,503 |
3.6% |
Owner and operator of a 2 MW hydro-power scheme in the Scottish
Highlands |
The Evewell Group |
2,740 |
2.9% |
Operator of women’s health centres focusing on fertility |
Oviva |
2,674 |
2.8% |
Technology enabled service business in medical nutritional therapy
(MNT) |
Runa Network (previously WeGift) |
2,131 |
2.2% |
Cloud platform and infrastructure that enables corporates to issue
digital incentives and payouts |
Threadneedle Software Holding (T/A Solidatus) |
1,977 |
2.1% |
Provider of data lineage software to enterprise customers in
regulated sectors |
Healios |
1,972 |
2.1% |
Provider of an online platform delivering family centric
psychological care primarily to children and adolescents |
Gharagain River Hydro |
1,960 |
2.0% |
Owner and operator of a 1 MW hydro-power scheme in the Scottish
Highlands |
A full breakdown of the Company’s portfolio can
be found on the Company’s webpage on the Manager’s website at
www.albion.capital/funds/CRWN.
Share buy-backsDuring the
period from 1 January 2023 to 31 March 2023, the Company did not
buy back any shares.
It remains the Board’s policy to buy back shares
in the market, subject to the overall constraint that such
purchases are in the Company’s interest, including the maintenance
of sufficient resources for investment in existing and new
portfolio companies and the continued payment of dividends to
shareholders.
It is the Board’s intention for such buy-backs
to be at around a 5% discount to net asset value, so far as market
conditions and liquidity permit.
Material events and transactions after
the period endAfter the period end, the Company issued the
following new Ordinary shares of nominal value 1 penny per share
under the Albion VCTs’ Prospectus Top Up Offers 2022/23:
Date |
Number of shares issued |
Issue price per share |
Net consideration received
£’000 |
14 April 2023 |
891,748 |
33.30 to 33.60 pence |
292 |
There have been no other material events or
transactions after the period end to the date of this
announcement.
Further information
The Company continues to offer a dividend
reinvestment scheme to existing shareholders. Details of this
scheme can be found at www.albion.capital/funds/CRWN.
Further information regarding historic and
current financial performance and other useful shareholder
information can be found on the Company’s webpage on the Manager’s
website at www.albion.capital/funds/CRWN.
Penny Freer, Chairman22 May 2023
For further information please contact:Vikash
HansraniOperations PartnerAlbion Capital Group LLP – Tel: 020 7601
1850
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