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Seneca Growth Capital VCT Plc (the "Company")

21 October 2021

Net Asset Value ("NAV") Update

The Directors and the Investment Manager of the Company, Seneca Partners Limited ("Seneca"), have reviewed the valuation of the Company's investment portfolios.

B Share NAV as at 15 October 2021

The unaudited NAV per B share as at 15 October 2021 was 102.3p, an increase of 10.5p per B share from the audited NAV of 91.8p per B share as at 31 December 2020 and a decrease of 2.3p from the unaudited NAV of 104.6 per B share as at 30 June 2021.

The increase in B share NAV in the period from 1 January 2021 to 15 October 2021 was principally due to a net overall increase in the value of the B share pool's AIM quoted investments offset by the impact of the ordinary running costs of the Company. See table below for more details.

The decrease in B share NAV in the period from 1 July 2021 to 15 October 2021 was principally due to the softening in the share price of B share pool investee company, Polarean Imaging PLC ("Polarean"), in early October 2021 as a result of feedback from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that the approval of Polarean's New Drug Application for their drug-device combination product requires a number of technical and manufacturing issues to be addressed. Polarean's share price at 30 June 2021 was 92p and as at 15 October 2021 stood at 67p (compared to an original cost of 60p per share).

Full details in relation to the B share pool's investment portfolio as at 15 October 2021 are set out in the table below along with the movement in carrying value between 1 January 2021 and 15 October 2021:

 
                                                                              Movement 
                                                                            in the period 
                                                               Carrying       1 January 
                                                                value at       2021 to 
                        Equity    Investment    Unrealised     15 October    15 October 
                          held      at cost    profit/(loss)      2021          2021 
Unquoted Investments       %        GBP'000       GBP'000       GBP'000        GBP'000 
---------------------  ---------  ----------  --------------  -----------  -------------- 
Fabacus Holdings 
 Limited                     2.0         500              63          563               - 
---------------------  ---------  ----------  --------------  -----------  -------------- 
Old St Labs Limited          3.5         500               -          500               - 
---------------------  ---------  ----------  --------------  -----------  -------------- 
Silkfred Limited            <1.0         500               -          500               - 
---------------------  ---------  ----------  --------------  -----------  -------------- 
Solascure Limited           <1.0         500                          500               - 
---------------------  ---------  ----------  --------------  -----------  -------------- 
Qudini Limited               2.2         500           (200)          300               - 
---------------------  ---------  ----------  --------------  -----------  -------------- 
Bright Network (UK) 
 Limited                     1.7         234               -          234               - 
---------------------  ---------  ----------  --------------  -----------  -------------- 
Ten80 Group Limited          7.5         400           (200)          200           (200) 
---------------------  ---------  ----------  --------------  -----------  -------------- 
Total unquoted 
 investments                           3,134           (337)        2,797           (200) 
---------------------  ---------  ----------  --------------  -----------  -------------- 
 
                                                                                 Movement 
                                                                            in the period 
                                                                 Carrying       1 January 
                                                                 value at         2021 to 
                                  Investment      Unrealised   15 October      15 October 
                          Shares     at cost   profit/(loss)         2021            2021 
  Quoted Investments        held     GBP'000         GBP'000      GBP'000         GBP'000 
SkinBioTherapeutics 
 Plc                   1,982,107         317             833        1,150             714 
---------------------  ---------  ----------  --------------  -----------  -------------- 
Polarean Imaging Plc   1,644,070         986             116        1,102             116 
---------------------  ---------  ----------  --------------  -----------  -------------- 
Poolbeg Pharma Plc     7,550,000         755               -          755               - 
---------------------  ---------  ----------  --------------  -----------  -------------- 
Arecor Therapeutics 
 Plc                     188,053         425             290          715             290 
---------------------  ---------  ----------  --------------  -----------  -------------- 
Evgen Pharma Plc       5,000,000         400           (100)          300           (100) 
---------------------  ---------  ----------  --------------  -----------  -------------- 
OptiBiotix Health 
 Plc                     350,000         140              21          161            (39) 
---------------------  ---------  ----------  --------------  -----------  -------------- 
Abingdon Health Plc       78,250          75            (36)           39            (34) 
---------------------  ---------  ----------  --------------  -----------  -------------- 
Total quoted 
 investments                           3,098           1,124        4,222             947 
---------------------  ---------  ----------  --------------  -----------  -------------- 
Total investments                      6,232             787        7,019             747 
---------------------  ---------  ----------  --------------  -----------  -------------- 
 

B share NAV as at 30 September 2021

The unaudited NAV per B share as at 30 September 2021 was 108.4p.

Ordinary Share NAV as at 15 October 2021

The unaudited NAV per Ordinary share as at 15 October 2021 was 42.4p. This is an increase of 12.2p from the audited NAV of 30.2p per Ordinary share as at 31 December 2020 and is an increase of 3.4p from the unaudited NAV per Ordinary share as at 30 June 2021 of 39.0p.

The increases in Ordinary share NAV were principally due to increases in the value of the Ordinary share pool's AIM quoted investments in Scancell Plc and Arecor Therapeutics Plc.

Full details in relation to the Ordinary share pool's investment portfolio as at 15 October 2021 are set out in the table below along with the movement in carrying value between 1 January 2021 and 15 October 2021:

 
                                                                               Movement 
                                                                Carrying     in the period 
                                                                 value at      1 January 
                         Equity    Investment    Unrealised     15 October      2021 to 
                          held       at cost    profit/(loss)      2021       15 October 
Unquoted Investments        %        GBP'000       GBP'000       GBP'000     2021 GBP'000 
---------------------  ----------  ----------  --------------  -----------  -------------- 
Fuel 3D Technologies 
 Limited                     <1.0         299           (104)          195               - 
---------------------  ----------  ----------  --------------  -----------  -------------- 
Insense Limited               4.6         509           (388)          121               - 
---------------------  ----------  ----------  --------------  -----------  -------------- 
ImmunoBiology Limited         1.2         868           (868)            -               - 
---------------------  ----------  ----------  --------------  -----------  -------------- 
OR Productivity 
 Limited                      7.9         765           (765)            -               - 
---------------------  ----------  ----------  --------------  -----------  -------------- 
Microarray Limited            1.8         132           (132)            -               - 
---------------------  ----------  ----------  --------------  -----------  -------------- 
Total unquoted 
 investments                            2,573         (2,257)          316               - 
---------------------  ----------  ----------  --------------  -----------  -------------- 
 
                                                                                  Movement 
                                                                  Carrying   in the period 
                                                                  value at       1 January 
                                   Investment      Unrealised   15 October         2021 to 
                           Shares     at cost   profit/(loss)         2021      15 October 
Quoted Investments           held     GBP'000         GBP'000      GBP'000    2021 GBP'000 
---------------------  ----------  ----------  --------------  -----------  -------------- 
Scancell Plc           11,000,000         665           1,700        2,365             880 
---------------------  ----------  ----------  --------------  -----------  -------------- 
Arecor Therapeutics 
 Plc                      223,977         227             624          851             561 
---------------------  ----------  ----------  --------------  -----------  -------------- 
Total quoted 
 investments                              892           2,324        3,216           1,441 
---------------------  ----------  ----------  --------------  -----------  -------------- 
Total investments                       3,465              67        3,532           1,441 
---------------------  ----------  ----------  --------------  -----------  -------------- 
 

Ordinary Share NAV as at 30 September 2021

The unaudited NAV per Ordinary share as at 30 September 2021 was 43.5p.

Subsequent Events and Valuation Methodology

The Directors are not aware of any events subsequent to 15 October 2021 that would materially impact the Company itself or the value of the investments held.

For the purposes of calculating the unaudited net asset value per share, quoted investments are carried at closing bid prices and unquoted investments are carried at fair value (as at 15 October 2021, with fair value as determined by Seneca in the case of the B share portfolio and by the Directors in the case of the Ordinary share portfolio).

Further Information

This announcement contains inside information as stipulated under the UK version of the Market Abuse Regulation No 596/2014 which is part of English law by virtue of the European (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended. On publication of this announcement via a regulatory information service, this information is considered to be in the public domain.

For further information, please contact:

John Hustler, Seneca Growth Capital VCT Plc at john.hustler@btconnect.com

Richard Manley, Seneca Growth Capital VCT Plc at Richard.Manley@senecapartners.co.uk

 
 

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