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Share Name | Share Symbol | Market | Type | Share ISIN | Share Description |
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Sitka Health | LSE:STH | London | Ordinary Share | GB0030199391 | ORD 1P |
Price Change | % Change | Share Price | Bid Price | Offer Price | High Price | Low Price | Open Price | Shares Traded | Last Trade | |
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0.00 | 0.00% | 142.00 | 0.00 | 01:00:00 |
Industry Sector | Turnover | Profit | EPS - Basic | PE Ratio | Market Cap |
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0 | 0 | N/A | 0 |
SITKA HEALTH FUND VCT plc INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT FOR THE 3 MONTHS TO 31 OCTOBER 2007 To the members of Sitka VCT plc This interim management statement has been prepared solely to provide additional information to the shareholders as a body to meet the relevant requirements of the UK Listing Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, and should not be relied on by any other party or for any other purpose. This interim management statement considers the future of the fund and, as such, forward-looking assertions have been made by the Directors in good faith based on the information available to them up to the time of their approval of this report. This statement should therefore be treated with due caution due to the inherent uncertainties of the effects of both economic and business risk factors in considering forward-looking information. This interim management statement relates to the period from 1 August 2007 to 31 October 2007 and contains information that covers this period and up to the date of publication of this interim management statement. Our operations Sitka Health Fund VCT plc provides investors with a return by maximising the stream of dividend distributions from the capital gains and income generated from a diversified portfolio of investments. Our investment policy * To create a balanced portfolio of growth companies predominantly in the health sector * To invest in companies which have proven management and technology or business propositions which are protected by patents or know-how and where there are barriers to entry for competitors * Investments may include unquoted early-stage companies, those requiring development capital and companies raising money on AIM Performance summary As at As at Movement 31 October 31 July 2007 2007 Total net assets £15.78m £15.77m +£0.1m Net asset value 84.03p 83.80p +0.27% per share Share price 72.50p 72.50p Unchanged Discount to NAV 13.72% 13.48% -0.24% Dividend The Company will be paying an interim dividend for the year ending 31 January 2008 of 1.5p per Ordinary share to shareholders on the register at 9 November 2007. Progress during the period There was a 0.27% growth in net asset value per Ordinary share from 83.8p per share at 31 July 2007 to 84.03p per share at 31 October 2007. At 31 October 2007 the portfolio consisted of 20 companies diversified across the health sector and at different stages of development. Of these companies, 10 are quoted and 10 are unquoted. £326,452 was invested during the period from 1 August 2007 to 31 October 2007. A further investment of £750,000 was made on November 16 in Plum Baby Limited, a specialist organic baby food producer, together with Noble VCT plc which also invested £750,000. Further realisations of shares in Immunodiagnostics plc were undertaken during the quarter, resulting in the realisation of gains of £226,000. Top ten investment holdings as at 31 October 2007 Percentage of the fund's net asset value as at 31 October 2007 Amura Holdings Ltd (Osteoporosis 11.0 products) Inforsense Ltd (Data management 9.0 software) Onyx Scientific Ltd (Contract 5.4 research) Digital Healthcare Ltd (Diabetic 4.9 retinopathy diagnosis) York Pharma plc (Dermatology 4.9 products) Optasia Medical Ltd (Diagnosis of 4.1 bone disease) Biovex Ltd (Cancer therapeutics) 4.1 Delta Dot Ltd (Analytical 3.8 instruments) Omni Dental Sciences Ltd (Dental 3.2 products) Vectura plc (Inhaled drug 2.6 delivery) 53.0 VCT qualifying status The Fund continues to receive full HMRC approval and has already surpassed the level of qualifying investments needed to be made by February 2008 and 2009, in addition to meeting the other tests necessary for maintaining VCT qualifying status. Fundraising As mentioned in the Interim Report at 31 July 2007, the Board is aiming to increase the size of the fund by up to Euro2.5m, equivalent to £1.69m. Prior to this there will be an Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM") to extend the life of the Company to ensure any funds raised may obtain full VCT tax relief. The EGM is expected to take place in December and documentation relating to the fund raising will be issued in January. Further information regarding the Company, including monthly net asset values can be found at Noble Group's website at www.noblegp.com/nfm/npe/funds/sitka. For further information please contact : Gerard Tardy 0207 763 2200 Doreen Nic 0131 225 9677 120 Old Broad Street By order of the Board London EC2N 1AR Gill Nott (OBE) Director 28 November 2007
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