RNS Number : 7732U
  Neptune-Calculus Income &Growth VCT
  19 May 2008
   
    Neptune-Calculus Income & Growth VCT plc - Interim Management Statement

    Interim Management Statement for the three months to 31 March 2008

    In accordance with Rule 4.3 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the UK Listing Authority, Neptune-Calculus Income & Growth VCT
plc presents an Interim Management Statement for the three month period ended 31 March 2008.

    The statement also includes relevant financial information between the end of the period and the date of this statement.

    Dividends paid or declared in the period
    No dividends were paid or declared in the period to 31 March 2008.

    Performance

                                  31 March 2008  31 December 2007
                                          Pence             Pence
 Ordinary Shares
 Net Asset Value ('NAV') *                 91.4              98.1
 Cumulative Dividends                       6.0               6.0
 Accumulated shareholder value*            97.4             104.1

 C Ordinary Shares
 Net Asset Value ('NAV') *                 85.5              92.7
 Cumulative Dividends                       2.0               2.0
 Accumulated shareholder value *           87.5              94.7

    * including current year revenue.
    * NAV plus cumulative dividends paid since launch.

    As at 30 April 2008, the NAV* of the Ordinary Shares was 93.1 pence and the NAV* of the C Ordinary Shares was 88.1 pence.

    Investment portfolio summary at 31 March 2008

 Ordinary Share Portfolio                         Cost  Valuation         Percentage of
                                                                          portfolio at 
                                                                          31 March 2008
                                                     £          £                     %
 Ten largest investments by value
 Neptune Quarterly Income Fund Income Units    439,047    535,221                  15.7
 The Neptune Income Fund Income A Class        435,453    491,237                  14.4
 Portland Gas plc Ordinary Shares*             160,052    260,940                   7.7
 Heritage House Group Limited                  212,062    212,062                   6.2
                    Ordinary Shares             28,070     28,070
                    Loan Stock                 183,992    183,992
 Cater Plus Services Limited                   175,000    175,000                   5.2
                    A Ordinary Shares            9,546      9,546
                    B Ordinary Shares            7,954      7,954
                    Preference Shares           40,833     40,833
                    Loan stock                 116,667    116,667
 RMS Europe Limited                            160,000    160,000                   4.7
                    Ordinary Shares             32,000     32,000
                    Loan stock                 128,000    128,000
 Triage Holdings Limited                       160,000    160,000                   4.7
                    A Ordinary Shares           16,000     16,000
                    Preference Shares          119,240    119,240
                    Loan stock                  24,760     24,760
 Epistem Holdings plc Ordinary Shares*         125,434    159,668                   4.7
 Mount Engineering plc Ordinary Shares*        150,000    158,571                   4.7
 Sport Media Group plc Ordinary Shares*        280,964    151,852                   4.5

 Subtotal                                    2,298,012  2,464,551                  72.5
 Other investments                           1,496,744    932,869                  27.5

 Total                                       3,794,756  3,397,420                 100.0


 C Ordinary Share Portfolio                       Cost  Valuation         Percentage of
                                                                          portfolio at 
                                                                          31 March 2008
                                                     £          £                     %
 Ten largest investments by value
 Neptune Quarterly Income Fund Income Units    810,000    790,261                  11.3
 The Neptune Income Fund Income A Class        825,000    763,964                  10.9
 Portland Gas plc Ordinary Shares*             290,475    474,180                   6.8
 Heritage House Group Limited                  424,124    424,124                   6.0
                    Ordinary Shares             56,141     56,141
                    Loan Stock                 367,983    367,983
 RMS Europe Limited                            340,000    340,000                   4.9
                    Ordinary Shares             68,000     68,000
                    Loan stock                 272,000    272,000
 Cater Plus Services Limited                   325,000    325,000                   4.6
                    A Ordinary Shares           17,727     17,727
                    B Ordinary Shares           14,773     14,773
                    Preference Shares           75,834     75,834
                    Loan stock                 216,666    216,666
 Triage Holdings Limited                       320,000    320,000                   4.6
                    A Ordinary Shares           32,000     32,000
                    Preference Shares          238,480    238,480
                    Loan stock                  49,520     49,520
 Pharmasmart Limited Ordinary Shares           250,000    250,000                   3.6
 Scottish & Newcastle plc Ordinary Shares      127,637    197,500                   2.8
 Sport Media Group plc Ordinary Shares *       345,000    186,630                   2.7

 Subtotal                                    4,057,236  4,071,659                  58.2
 Other investments                           3,616,589  2,824,818                  40.3
 Other fixed income investments                107,082    107,082                   1.5

 Total                                       7,780,907  7,003,559                 100.0

    * AIM traded

    Investment additions during the three months ended 31 March 2008

                                     Cost  Ordinary Shares  C Ordinary Shares
                                        £                £                  £
 Debts.co.uk plc Ordinary Shares  250,000           75,000            175,000

    There have been no additions since the period end and the date of this report.

    On 31 January 2008 Heritage House Group Limited repaid loan stock as follows:

    Total  Ordinary Share  C OrdinaryShare
                Portfolio        Portfolio
 £200,000         £75,000         £125,000


    Disposals since the period end and the date of the report

    On 29 April 2008, a consortium of Carlsberg and Heineken acquired Scottish and Newcastle plc.


    Percentage qualifying holdings

    The Company must be invested at least 70 per cent by value of its total investments in VCT qualifying holdings by 31 December 2008. As
at 31 March 2008, the percentage invested in qualifying investments was 61.84%.


    Changes to share capital

                        Ordinary        £  C Ordinary        £
                          Shares               Shares
 As at 1 January 2008  3,793,562  379,356   8,393,209  839,321
 Shares issued           264,797   26,480     289,961   28,996

 As at 31 March 2008   4,058,359  405,836   8,683,170  868,317



    The Company issued 42,477 Ordinary Shares of 10p each and 93,594 C Ordinary Shares at 10p each between 1 April 2008 and 4 April 2008, at
a price of 100.1p per Ordinary Share and 93.8p per C Ordinary Share.

    The total number of Ordinary Shares now in issue is 4,100,806 and the total number of C Ordinary Shares now in issue is 8,776,764


    Material events

    Other than described above, there were no material events during the period from 1 January 2008 to 31 March 2008 or in the period from 1
April 2008 to the date of this announcement.
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