REG - Baronsmead Second VT - Issue of Supplementary Prospectus

Baronsmead Second Venture TrustAnnouncement

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RNS Number : 3454A  Baronsmead Second Venture Trust PLC  19 January 2024

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THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS AN ADVERTISEMENT AND NOT A PROSPECTUS.

Baronsmead SECOND Venture Trust plc

 

LEI: 2138008D3WUMF6TW8C28

 

19 January 2024

Issue of Supplementary Prospectus

 

Baronsmead Second Venture Trust plc (the "Company") and Baronsmead Venture
Trust plc (together, the "Companies") have today published a supplementary
prospectus (the "Supplementary Prospectus") in relation to offers for
subscription to raise up to £30 million in aggregate with the discretion to
utilise over-allotment facilities to raise up to a further £20 million in
aggregate (the "Offers" and each an "Offer").

 

The Supplementary Prospectus refers to the publication of the respective
annual reports and audited financial statements for the financial year ended
30 September 2023 by the Companies (the "2023 Report and Accounts"), certain
information from which is incorporated by reference into the Supplementary
Prospectus. Reference is also made in the Supplementary Prospectus to the
change to the first allotment date which was announced on 4 January 2024.

 

Copies of the Supplementary Prospectus and the 2023 Report and Accounts have
been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority and will shortly be
available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism, which is located
at:  https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

Copies of this Supplementary Prospectus, together with the Prospectus
(published by the Companies in connection with the Offers dated 24 November
2023) to which the Supplementary Prospectus relates, are available from the
following website:  http://www.baronsmeadvcts.co.uk
(http://www.baronsmeadvcts.co.uk) and on request by emailing:
baronsmeadvcts@greshamhouse.com (mailto:baronsmeadvcts@greshamhouse.com) .

 

For fundraising enquiries please contact Gresham House on 020 875 9851 or
email: wholesaledistribution@greshamhouse.com
(mailto:wholesaledistribution@greshamhouse.com) .

 

For VCT administration enquiries, please contact:

Baronsmead VCT Investor Relations

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7382 0999

baronsmeadvcts@greshamhouse.com

Notes

This announcement is an advertisement for the purposes of the Prospectus
Regulation Rules of the UK Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") and is not a
prospectus. This announcement does not constitute or form part of, and should
not be construed as, an offer for sale or subscription of, or solicitation of
any offer to subscribe for or to acquire, any ordinary shares in Baronsmead
Venture Trust plc or Baronsmead Second Venture Trust plc (together the
"Companies") in any jurisdiction, including in or into the United States,
Australia, Canada, Japan or the Republic of South Africa. Investors should not
subscribe for or purchase any ordinary shares referred to in this announcement
except on the basis of information in the prospectus (the "Prospectus") in its
final form, published on 24 November 2023 by Baronsmead Venture Trust plc and
Baronsmead Second Venture Trust plc in connection with the proposed admission
of new ordinary shares to the premium segment of the Official List of the FCA
and to trading on London Stock Exchange plc's main market for listed
securities (together with the Supplementary Prospectus). Copies of the
Prospectus and the Supplementary Prospectus are available for inspection,
subject to certain access restrictions, from the Companies' registered office,
for viewing at the National Storage Mechanism
at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)  and on the
Companies' website (http://www.baronsmeadvcts.co.uk
(http://www.baronsmeadvcts.co.uk/) ). Approval of the Prospectus and the
Supplementary Prospectus by the FCA should not be understood as an endorsement
of the securities that are the subject of the Prospectus and the Supplementary
Prospectus. Potential investors are recommended to read the Prospectus and the
Supplementary Prospectus before making an investment decision in order to
fully understand the potential risks and rewards associated with a decision to
invest in the Companies' securities.

 

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jurisdictions and persons into whose possession any document or other
information referred to herein comes should inform themselves about and
observe any such restriction. Any failure to comply with these restrictions
may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
This announcement does not constitute, and may not be construed as, an offer
to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to acquire or subscribe for,
securities of the Companies in any jurisdiction where such offer or
solicitation is unlawful or would impose any unfulfilled registration,
qualification, publication or approval requirements on either of the Companies
or Howard Kennedy Corporate Services LLP. The offer and sale of securities of
the Companies has not been and will not be registered under the applicable
securities laws of the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan or the Republic
of South Africa. Subject to certain exemptions, the securities of the
Companies may not be offered to or sold within the United States, Australia,
Canada, Japan or the Republic of South Africa or to any national, resident or
citizen of the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan or the Republic of
South Africa.

This announcement is not for publication or distribution, directly or
indirectly, in or into the United States of America. This announcement is not
an offer of securities for sale into the United States. The securities of the
Companies have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to
any national, resident or citizen of the United States. No public offering of
securities is being made in the United States. In addition, the Companies have
not been and the Companies will not be registered under the US Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended.

The information in this announcement is for background purposes only and does
not purport to be full or complete. No reliance may be placed for any purpose
on the information contained in this announcement or its accuracy or
completeness. The material contained in this announcement is given as at the
date of its publication (unless otherwise marked) and is subject to updating,
revision and amendment. In particular, any proposals referred to herein are
subject to revision and amendment.

This announcement does not constitute a recommendation concerning the
Companies or the Offers. The price and value of securities and any income from
them can go down as well as up. Past performance is not a guide to future
performance and prospective investors may not receive any return from either
Company. Before purchasing any securities of either Company, persons viewing
this announcement should ensure that they fully understand and accept the
risks set out in the Prospectus and the Supplementary Prospectus. Information
in this announcement or any of the documents relating to the Companies or the
Offers cannot be relied upon as a guide to future performance. Potential
investors should consult a professional adviser as to the suitability of the
Offers for them.

Howard Kennedy Corporate Services LLP, which is authorised and regulated by
the FCA, is acting only for the Companies in connection with the matters
described in this announcement and is not acting for or advising any other
person, or treating any other person as its client, in relation thereto and
will not be responsible for providing the regulatory protection afforded to
clients of Howard Kennedy Corporate Services LLP or advice to any other person
in relation to the matters contained herein.

Neither Howard Kennedy Corporate Services LLP, the Companies, or any of their
respective parents or subsidiary undertakings, or the subsidiary undertakings
of any such parent undertakings, or any of such person's respective directors,
partners, officers, employees, agents, affiliates or advisers or any other
person ("their respective affiliates") accepts (save where required by law)
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warranty, express or implied, as to this announcement, including the truth,
accuracy or completeness of the information in this announcement (or whether
any information has been omitted from the announcement) or any other
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electronic form, and howsoever transmitted or made available or for any loss
howsoever arising from any use of this announcement or its contents or
otherwise arising in connection therewith.

 

 

 

 

 

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