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RNS Number : 2291Z

TP5 VCT PLC

16 September 2015

ANNOUNCEMENT RE INTERIM DIVIDENDS AND WINDING-UP CIRCULAR

Interim Dividends

Following significant further realisations from the VCT qualifying portfolio, the Board is pleased to announce that it has approved an interim dividend of 9.5 pence per ordinary share and 6.5 pence per B share. The ex-dividend date for these dividends will be 24 September 2015 and the record date 25 September 2015. The dividends will be paid to shareholders on 2 October 2015.

Winding-up

A circular explaining the proposal for the solvent winding-up of the Company and the actions which are required for its implementation has been posted to shareholders today, together with a notice of the general meeting of the Company to be held at 3p.m. on 15 October 2015 at 18 St Swithin's Lane, London EC4N 8AD (the "General Meeting"). The winding-up is conditional on the approval of the resolutions to be put to the General Meeting (the "Resolutions").

The prospectuses that were issued by the Company on 12 September 2008 and 24 August 2009 envisaged that the Company's strategy would be to dispose of or realise investments and distribute proceeds to shareholders so that an exit could be achieved after the end of the five year VCT holding period.

The Company has now realised the majority of its investments and distributions have been made or declared to the ordinary shareholders and the B shareholders, totalling in aggregate over the life of the Company 95.472p for the ordinary share class and 91.7p for the B share class (including the interim dividends to be paid on 2 October 2015).

The Board is, therefore, now recommending that the Company be placed in voluntary liquidation with the intention that further funds will be returned to shareholders by way of a capital distribution by the liquidators. Assuming shareholders accept the Board's recommendation to wind-up the Company, no further audited financial statements or half yearly reports will be issued by the Company and the shares will be de-listed. However, further information about the proceeds of the winding-up will be sent to Shareholders in due course.

If the Resolutions are passed, this will result in the cancellation of the listing of the ordinary shares and B shares of the Company on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority, which is expected to take place on 16 October 2015, and the Company's ordinary shares and B shares ceasing to trade on the London Stock Exchange.

Expected Timetable

 
 Notice of General Meeting                 15 September 2015 
 Deadline for receipt of Proxy Forms       3 p.m. on 13 October 2015 
 Suspension of the listing of the Shares   7.30 a.m. on 15 October 
  on the Official List                      2015 
 General Meeting                           3p.m.on 15 October 2015 
 Expected date of cancellation of the      8.00 a.m. on 16 October 
  listing of the Shares on the Official     2015 
  List

A copy of the circular has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

Enquiries

For further information, please contact Claire Ainsworth or David Burton at Triple Point Investment Management LLP on 0207 201 8989.

This information is provided by RNS

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