Prospectus • Oct 2, 2014
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If you are in any doubt about the action to be taken, you should immediately consult your bank manager, stockbroker, solicitor, accountant or other independent financial adviser authorised pursuant to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended ("FSMA").
If you have sold or otherwise transferred all of your Shares in Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 plc or Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 plc (the "Companies"), please send this document and accompanying documents, as soon as possible, to the purchaser or transferee or to the stockbroker, independent financial adviser or other person though whom the sale or transfer was effected for delivery to the purchaser or transferee.
This document, which constitutes a prospectus relating to the Companies, has been prepared in accordance with the Prospectus Rules made by the Financial Conduct Authority pursuant to Part VI of FSMA, and has been approved by and filed with the Financial Conduct Authority.
Each of the Directors of each Company, whose names are set out on page 38 of this document and the Companies, accept responsibility for the information contained in this document. To the best of the knowledge of the Directors and the Companies (who have taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case) the information contained in this document is in accordance with the facts and contains no omission likely to affect the import of such information.
Nplus 1 Singer Advisory LLP (the "Sponsor"), which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting as sponsor for the Companies in connection with the Offers and is not advising any other person or treating any other person as a customer in relation to the Offers and will not be responsible to any such person for providing the protections afforded to customers of the Sponsor (subject to the responsibilities and liabilities imposed by FSMA and the regulatory regime established there under) or for providing advice in connection with the Offers. The Sponsor does not give any representation, warranty or guarantee that the Companies will qualify as Venture Capital Trusts or that investors will obtain any tax relief in respect of their investment.
The whole of this document should be read. In particular, your attention is drawn to the risk factors on pages 14 to 15 of this document.
(Incorporated in England and Wales under the Companies Act 1985 with registered number 05206425)
(Incorporated in England and Wales under the Companies Act 1985 with registered number 05941261)
of Ordinary Shares of 1 pence each in Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 to raise up to £10,000,000
and
Ordinary Shares of 1 pence each in Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 to raise up to £10,000,000
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The existing Shares issued by each Company are listed on the premium segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority (UKLA) and traded on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities. Application has also been made to the UKLA and the London Stock Exchange for the New Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to the Offers to be admitted to the premium segment of the Official List of the UKLA and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's market for listed securities. It is expected that such admission will become effective and that dealings in the New Ordinary Shares will commence within 10 business days of their allotment. The New Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the existing issued Shares from the date of issue.
The subscription list for those Ordinary Shares which are being offered to the public under the Offers will open on 2 October 2014 and may be closed at any time thereafter but, in any event, not later than 12.00 p.m. on 2 April 2015 for the 2014/15 tax year and 12.00 p.m. on 30 September 2015 for the 2015/16 tax year, unless closed prior to that date. All subscription monies will be payable in full in cash on application. The terms and conditions of the Offers are set out in Part VI of this document followed by an Application Form for use in connection with the Offers.
Completed Application Forms must be posted or delivered by hand to Hargreave Hale Limited at 9-11 Neptune Court, Hallam Way, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY4 5LZ.
The distribution of this document or an Application Form in jurisdictions other than the UK may be restricted by law and therefore persons into whose possession this document comes should inform themselves about and observe any of these restrictions. Any failure to comply with any of those restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. Accordingly, no person receiving a copy of this document or an Application Form in any territory other than the UK may treat the same as constituting an offer or invitation to him to subscribe for or purchase New Ordinary Shares unless, in such territory, such offer or invitation could lawfully be made.
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| Summary | 4 |
| Risk Factors | 14 |
| Expected Timetable | 16 |
| Offer Statistics | 17 |
| Directors, Investment Manager and Advisers | 18 |
| What is a VCT? | 20 |
| PART I | 21 |
| A. Introduction | 21 |
| B. Reasons for the Offers | 21 |
| C. About the Companies | 21 |
| D. Dividend History and Policy | 22 |
| E. Returns on Previous Offers of the Companies | 23 |
| F. Share Buy-Back History and Management of Share Liquidity | 23 |
| G. Investment Policies of both Companies | 24 |
| H. Management of Investment Policy | 26 |
| I. Risk Management | 27 |
| J. The Offers | 27 |
| K. Investments of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 and Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 | 30 |
| L. The Directors | 38 |
| M. The Investment Manager: Hargreave Hale Limited | 39 |
| N. Management Remuneration and Expenses | 41 |
| O. Life of the Companies and Annual Accounts | 41 |
| P. VCT Status | 42 |
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| PART II | 43 |
| Taxation Considerations for Investors | 43 |
| PART III | 45 |
| Conditions to be met by Venture Capital Trusts | 45 |
| PART IV | 47 |
| Financial Information on the Companies | 47 |
| PART V | 50 |
| Additional Information | 50 |
| Definitions | 76 |
| PART VI | 80 |
| Terms and Conditions of the Offers | 80 |
| Guide to the Application Form | 85 |
| Terms and Conditions of the Adviser Charge Agreement | 89 |
| Application Form | i |
Summaries are made up of disclosure requirements known as "Elements". These Elements are numbered in Sections A to E.
This summary contains all of the Elements required to be included in a summary for the type of shares being issued pursuant to this Prospectus and the Companies being closed-ended investment funds. Some of the Elements are not required to be addressed and, as a result, there may be gaps in the numbering sequence of the Elements.
Even though an Element may be required to be inserted in this summary, it is possible that no relevant information can be given regarding that Element. In these instances, a short description of the Element is included, together with an appropriate 'Not applicable' statement.
| A | Introduction and Warnings | |
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| A1 | Introduction | This summary should be read as an introduction to this Prospectus. |
| Any decision to invest in the securities of the Companies should be based on consideration of the Prospectus as a whole by the investor. Where a claim relating to the information contained in this Prospectus is brought before a court, the plaintiff investor might, under the national legislation of Member States, have to bear the costs of translating this Prospectus before the legal proceedings are initiated. |
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| Civil liability attaches only to those persons who have tabled this summary including any translation thereof, but only if the summary is misleading, inaccurate or inconsistent when read together with the other parts of the Prospectus or it does not provide, when read together with other parts of the Prospectus, key information in order to aid investors when considering whether to invest in such securities. |
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| A2 | Consent for | The Companies consent to the use of this Prospectus by financial intermediaries. |
| intermediaries | The offer period within which any subsequent resale or final placement of securities by financial intermediaries can be made and for which consent to use this Prospectus is given commences on 2 October 2014 and closes at 12.00 p.m. on 30 September 2015, unless closed prior to that date. There are no conditions attaching to this consent. |
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| Financial intermediaries must give investors information on the terms and conditions of the Offers at the time they introduce the Offers to Investors. No financial intermediary will act as principal in relation to the Offers. |
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| B | Issuer | |
| B1 | Legal and commercial name |
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 plc and Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 plc (the ''Companies"). |
| B2 | Domicile / Legal form |
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 is a public limited liability company which is registered in England and Wales with registered number 05206425. |
| Legislation / Country of incorporation |
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 is a public limited liability company which is registered in England and Wales with registered number 05941261. |
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| The principal legislation under which each Company operates is the Companies Act 2006 (and regulations made there under) (the "Act"). |
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| B5 | Group description |
Not applicable. Neither Company is part of a group. |
| B6 | Material Shareholders |
All Shareholders have the same voting rights in respect of the existing share capital of each Company. |
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| / Differing voting rights / Control |
Save as set out below, as at 30 September 2014 (this being the last practicable date prior to publication of this document), neither Company is aware of any person who, directly or indirectly, has or will have an interest in its share capital or voting rights which is notifiable under UK law (under which, pursuant to the Act and the Listing Rules and Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the FCA, a holding of 3% or more will be notified to it): |
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| Company | Name | Number of Ordinary Shares |
Percentage of voting rights | ||||||
| Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 |
Hargreave Hale Nominees |
2,536,641 | 6.95% | ||||||
| Hargreaves Lansdowne Nominees Limited |
1,210,034 | 3.32% | |||||||
| Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 |
Hargreave Hale Nominees |
1,508,815 | 9.31% | ||||||
| Hargreaves Lansdowne Nominees Limited |
667,520 | 4.12% | |||||||
| HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited |
481,784 | 2.97% | |||||||
| B7 | Selected financial information |
Certain selected historical information of each Company is set out below: Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 |
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| and statement of any significant changes |
Audited financial statements for the period ended 30 September 2011 |
Audited financial statements for the period ended 30 September 2012 |
Unaudited half yearly financial statements for the six months ended 31 March 2013 |
Audited financial statements for the period ended 30 September 2013 |
Unaudited half yearly financial statements for the six months ended 31 March 2014 |
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| Total profit / (loss) on ordinary activities before taxation (£'000s) |
547 | 933 | 1,021 | 3,652 | 4,720 | ||||
| Net assets (£'000s) |
16,234 | 15,339 | 16,785 | 19,930 | 29,541 | ||||
| NAV per Share (p) |
61.14 | 61.35 | 63.76 | 71.87 | 85.42 | ||||
| Cumulative dividends paid per Share (p) |
23.00 | 26.50 | 28.25 | 29.75 | 32.00 | ||||
| Total return per share (p) |
84.14 | 87.85 | 92.01 | 101.62 | 117.42 | ||||
| The Company's Net Asset Value per Ordinary Share has risen from 61.14p as at 30 September 2011 to 71.87p as at 30 September 2013 and dividends of 10.75p in aggregate were paid per Ordinary Share during the three years ended 30 September |
| 2013. As at 31 March 2014, the Company's Net Asset Value per Ordinary Share (unaudited) was 85.42p. |
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| Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 | |||||||
| Audited financial statements for the period ended 29 February 2012 |
Audited financial statements for the period ended 28 February 2013 |
Unaudited half yearly financial statements for the six months ended 31 August 2013 |
Audited financial statements for the period ended 28 February 2014 |
Unaudited half yearly financial statements for the six months ended 31 August 2014 |
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| Total profit / (loss) on ordinary activities before taxation (£'000s) |
(402) | 312 | 566 | 3,427 | (1,134) | ||
| Net assets (£'000s) |
6,493 | 7,771 | 9,974 | 16,693 | 17,435 | ||
| NAV per Share (p) |
96.80 | 95.69 | 98.28 | 120.24 | 109.05 | ||
| Cumulative dividends paid per Share (p) |
21.00 | 26.00 | 29.00 | 31.00 | 35.00 | ||
| Total return per share (p) |
117.80 | 121.69 | 127.28 | 151.24 | 144.05 | ||
| The Company's Net Asset Value per Ordinary Share has risen from 96.80p as at 29 February 2012 to 120.24p as at 28 February 2014 and dividends of 15p in aggregate were paid per Ordinary Share during the three years ended 28 February 2014. As at 31 August 2014, the Company's Net Asset Value per Ordinary Share was 109.05p. |
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| B8 | Key pro forma financial information |
Not applicable. There is no pro forma financial information in the Prospectus. | |||||
| B9 | Profit forecast | Not applicable. There are no profit forecasts in the Prospectus. | |||||
| B10 | Qualifications in the audit reports |
Not applicable. There were no qualifications in the audit reports for Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 for the three years ended 30 September 2013 and there were no qualifications in the audit reports for Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 for the three years ended 28 February 2014. |
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| B11 | Insufficient working capital |
document. | Not applicable. Each Company is of the opinion that its working capital is sufficient for its present requirements, which are for at least the twelve month period from the date of this |
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| B34 | Investment objective and |
Each Company invests in a diversified portfolio of smaller companies in order to generate income and capital growth over the long-term. |
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| policy, including investment restrictions |
The principal investment objective of each Company is to maintain a diversified portfolio of Qualifying Investments, primarily being companies which are traded on AIM and have the potential for significant value appreciation. |
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| opportunistic basis. | Both Companies have secondary objectives, to boost the performance of each Company through targeted investment in equities which are Non-Qualifying Investments on an |
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| The primary purpose of the investment strategy of each Company is to ensure that the |
| Companies maintain their status as VCTs. To achieve this, both Companies must have 70% of all net funds raised from the issue of shares invested in Qualifying Investments throughout accounting periods beginning no later than 3 years after the date on which those shares are issued. It is likely that the Investment Manager will target a higher threshold of approximately 80% in order to provide some element of protection against an inadvertent breach of the VCT rules. Each Company's maximum exposure to a single Qualifying Investment is limited to 15% of net assets. |
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| Both Companies have additional Non-Qualifying Investments in UK equities and international equities through targeted investments made on an opportunistic basis or through an investment into the Marlborough Special Situations Fund. This will vary in accordance with the Investment Manager's view of the equity markets and may fluctuate between nil and 30% of the net assets of that class of share. The Investment Manager will invest up to 75% of the net proceeds of any issue of new shares of both Companies into the Marlborough Special Situations Fund subject to a maximum of 20% of the gross assets of each Company. The allocation between asset classes in the non-qualifying portfolio will vary depending upon opportunities that arise with a maximum exposure of 100% of the non-qualifying portfolio to any individual asset class. |
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| Each Company is subject to the investment restrictions relating to a Venture Capital Trust in the Income Trust Act 2007 and in the Listing Rules which specify that (i) the Company must, at all times, invest and manage its assets in a way which is consistent with its object of spreading investment risk and in accordance with its published investment policy; (ii) the Company must not conduct any trading activity which is significant in the context of its group as a whole; and (iii) the Company may not invest more than 10%, in aggregate, of the value of the total assets of the issuer at the time an investment is made in other listed closed-ended investment funds. |
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| B35 | Borrowing limits |
The Articles of Association of each Company restrict borrowings to 15% of the aggregate total amount received from time to time on the subscription for Shares of each Company; the current policy however is that investments will normally be made using the shareholders' funds and it is not intended that either Company will take on any long-term borrowings. As at the date of this document neither Company has any borrowings. |
| B36 | Regulatory status |
Each Company is subject to the provisions of the Act and UK law generally. Each Company is also a small registered UK AIFM for purposes of the UK AIFM Regulations 2013 and subject to regulation as such by the FCA. Each Company's Ordinary Shares are listed on the premium segment of the Official List and, as a qualifying VCT, each Company is subject to regulation by HMRC in order to retain such a status. |
| B37 | Typical investor |
The typical investor for whom investment in the Companies is designed is an individual retail investor aged 18 or over who is resident and a tax payer in the UK. |
| B38 | Investments of 20% or more in a single company |
Not applicable. Neither Company has any investments which represent more than 20% of its gross assets in a single company or group. |
| B39 | Investments of 40% or more in a single company |
Not applicable. Neither Company has any investments which represent more than 40% of its gross assets in a single company or group. |
| B40 | Service providers |
Hargreave Hale Limited ("Hargreave Hale" or the "Investment Manager") is a fund manager with approximately £3.9 billion under management (source: Hargreave Hale, 19 September 2014). Hargreave Hale has been managing investments in UK Small & Micro Cap companies for 16 years and VCTs for 10 years. It has a long established reputation that stems from its management of the Marlborough Special Situations Fund and the Marlborough UK Micro Cap Growth Fund. It has won numerous awards for its |
| management of these funds, most recently the 2012 Quoted Company 'Investor of the Year' Award. The Marlborough Special Situations Fund, in which both Hargreave Hale 1 AIM VCTs will invest, has returned 1,798.05% since Giles Hargreave took responsibility for it in July 1998. |
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| Hargreave Hale provides discretionary investment management and advisory services to both Companies in respect of their portfolio of Qualifying Investments and Non-Qualifying Investments. |
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| For each Company, the Investment Manager receives investment management fees equal to 1.5% per annum of the Net Asset Value of the relevant Company as well as a Performance Incentive Fee. Such appointments may be terminated on 12 calendar months' notice by either party. |
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| In line with normal VCT practice, a performance related incentive fee will be payable subject to certain criteria. This will be payable at the rate of 20% of any dividends paid to Ordinary Shareholders in excess of 6p per Ordinary Share per annum, provided that the Net Asset Value per Ordinary Share is at least 95p, with any cumulative shortfalls below 6p per Ordinary Share having to be made up in subsequent years. |
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| A maximum of 75% of the Investment Manager's annual fee (plus irrecoverable VAT, but excluding any incentive fee) will be chargeable against capital reserves, with the remainder of the Investment Manager's annual fee being chargeable against revenue. |
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| B41 | Regulatory status of Hargreave Hale |
Hargreave Hale is the investment manager of each Company and also provides administration, secretarial and custodian services. Hargreave Hale is registered in England and Wales as a private limited company under number 3146580. Hargreave Hale is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, with registered number 209741. |
| B42 | Calculation of Net Asset Value |
Each Company's Net Asset Value is calculated weekly and published on an appropriate regulatory information service. If for any reason valuations are suspended, Shareholders will be notified in a similar manner. |
| B43 | Umbrella collective investment scheme |
Not applicable. Neither Company is part of an umbrella collective investment scheme. |
| B44 | Absence of financial statements |
Not applicable. Each Company has commenced operations and published financial statements. |
1 1 July 1997 to 19 September 2014 source: Marlborough Fund Managers
| B45 | Investment The investment objective of each Company is, inter alia, to invest in a diversified portfolio portfolio of smaller companies in order to generate income and capital growth over the long-term. An unaudited summary of each Company's portfolio by reference to market value is set out below as at 19 September 2014: Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1: |
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| Asset Class | % of Net Assets | ||||
| Qualifying Equities | 80.1% | ||||
| Non-Qualifying Equities | 7.5% | ||||
| Fixed Income | 2.8% | ||||
| Cash | 10.1% | ||||
| Accruals | (0.5)% | ||||
| Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2: | |||||
| Asset Class | % of Net Assets | ||||
| Qualifying Equities | 62.6% | ||||
| Non-Qualifying Equities | 23.3% | ||||
| Fixed Income | 3.9% | ||||
| Cash | 10.4% | ||||
| Accruals | (0.2)% | ||||
| B46 | Most recent Net Asset Value per Share |
110.96p. | As at 19 September 2014, the unaudited NAV per Ordinary Share of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 was 79.89p and the NAV per Ordinary Share of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 was |
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| C | Securities | ||||
| C1 | Description and class of securities |
The securities being offered pursuant to the Offers are Ordinary Shares of 1p each in Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 (ISIN: GB00B02WHS05) and Ordinary Shares of 1p each in Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 (ISIN: GB00B1GDYS53) ("New Ordinary Shares"). |
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| C2 | Currency | Each Company's share capital comprises Ordinary Shares of 1p each. | |||
| C3 | Shares in issue |
Shares in issue at the date of this document (all fully paid up). | Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 has 36,473,134 Ordinary Shares in issue at the date of this document (all fully paid up) and Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 has 16,202,640 Ordinary |
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| VCT 2. | Assuming that the Maximum Subscription is achieved for each Company and that all allotments were made on the basis of the NAV per Ordinary Share as at 19 September 2014, the maximum number of New Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to the Offers is 12,078,753 for Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 and 8,697,164 for Hargreave Hale AIM |
| C4 | Description of the rights attaching to the securities |
The New Ordinary Shares will rank equally in all respects with each other and with the existing Ordinary Shares. |
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| C5 | Restrictions on transfer |
The New Ordinary Shares will be listed on the premium segment of the Official List and, as a result, will be freely transferable. |
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| C6 | Admission | Application has been made to the UK Listing Authority for the New Ordinary Shares to be listed on the Official List and will be made to the London Stock Exchange for such shares to be admitted to trading on its main market for listed securities. It is anticipated that dealings in the New Ordinary Shares will commence within 10 business days following allotment. |
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| C7 | Dividend policy |
Both Companies have well established track records of paying out tax free dividends to their Shareholders. The intention is to continue the existing policy of targeting a 5% distribution yield (referenced to the financial year end Net Asset Value per Share), although the ability to pay dividends will clearly be influenced by various factors, including performance. |
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| D | Risks | |||
| D2 | Key information on the risks specific to the Companies |
The Companies will invest principally in small companies with gross assets of less than £15 million prior to investment and this may limit the number of investment opportunities available to the Companies. In addition small companies generally have a higher risk profile than larger and they may not produce the anticipated returns. |
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| Past performance of the Companies and their investments is no indication of their future performance. The return received by Investors will be dependent on the performance of the underlying investments of the Companies. The value of such investments, and interest income and dividends there from, may rise or fall. |
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| Investments may be made in companies whose shares are not readily marketable and, therefore, may be difficult to realise. There may also be constraints imposed on the realisation of investments to maintain the VCT tax status of the Companies. |
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| The Investment Manager's ability to obtain maximum value from the investments (for example, through sale) may be limited by the requirements imposed in order to maintain the VCT qualification status of the Companies. |
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| Whilst it is the intention of the Directors that the Companies will continue to be managed so as to qualify as VCTs, there can be no guarantee that the VCT status will be maintained, which may result in adverse tax consequences. |
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| Changes in legislation concerning VCTs in general, and Qualifying Investments and qualifying trades in particular, may restrict or adversely affect the ability of the Companies to meet their objectives and/or reduce the level of returns which would otherwise have been achievable. The levels and basis of, and relief from, taxation are those available for the 2014/15 tax year and are subject to change. Such changes could be retrospective. Those shown in this document are based upon current legislation, practice and interpretation. The tax reliefs for future tax years are subject to change. |
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| The VCT legislation is subject to EU State Aid Risk Capital Guidelines. Renewal of the EU State Aid approval for VCT schemes is underway following publication of revised State Aid Risk Capital guidelines in May 2014. The conditions determining whether an investment of the Companies is a Qualifying Investment under the VCT rules may change and such changes could limit the types of investments available to the Companies. |
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| The conditions determining whether an investment of the Companies is a Qualifying |
| Investment under the VCT rules may change and such changes could limit the types of investments available to the Companies. |
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| | The Finance Act 2012 excludes the use of VCT funds raised on or after 6 April 2012 for the purchase by Qualifying Companies of shares in another company. This may limit the number of Qualifying Investments available to the VCTs. |
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| | The maximum annual amount that can be invested in an individual company per year is £5 million. This investment limit extends beyond VCTs and includes all other sources of State-aided risk capital. A breach of this limit may lead to HMRC withdrawing the Companies' status as a VCT with potentially adverse tax consequences, including the claw back of the 30% income tax relief from those investors who have not held their shares for five years. |
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| | In April 2013, the FCA published a policy statement on payments to platform service providers and cash rebates from providers to consumers (PS 13/1). These rules came into force on 6 April 2014. The FCA has raised the possibility of applying similar restrictions on payments to non-platform service providers but has not published any firm proposals on this to date. If the FCA were to introduce rules restricting payments to non-platform firms, this could have an impact on the demand for shares in the Companies. |
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| D3 | Key information on the risks specific to the securities |
| An investment into Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 and Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 should be for a minimum of five years. If a Shareholder disposes of their New Ordinary Shares within five years of issue they will be subject to claw back by HM Revenue & Customs of some or all of the 30% income tax relief originally claimed. |
| | Since the value of a VCT depends on the performance of the underlying assets, prospective Investors should be aware that the value of New Ordinary Shares, and the income from them, may go down as well as up. An Investor may not get back the amount originally invested. |
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| | It is possible for Investors to lose their tax reliefs by themselves taking or not taking certain steps, and Investors are advised to take their own independent financial advice on the tax aspects of their investment. |
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| | Although the existing Shares are already listed on the premium segment of the Official List and are admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange, and the New Ordinary Shares will be listed on the premium segment of the Official List and admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange, the secondary market for VCT shares is generally illiquid and Shareholders may find it difficult to realise their investment. An investment in the Companies should, therefore, be considered as a long-term investment. |
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| | The Finance Act 2014 includes a number of changes to the rules affecting VCTs. In particular, there is a restriction on income tax relief available on a subscription for shares in a VCT on or after 6 April 2014, where, the subscription and sale are within six months of each other (regardless of whichever happens first) or either the subscription or sale of the shares was conditional on the other. The rules can also apply to subscriptions or sales in a successor or predecessor VCT following a merger. The amount on which income tax relief is available is reduced by the amount of the consideration given for the sale. |
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| | The Finance Act 2014 also limits a VCT's ability to return share capital to an investor that does not represent profits made on investments. The restriction applies until the third anniversary of the end of the accounting period in which investment funds are raised. If the VCT infringes the restriction, it will have its approved status withdrawn. The restriction does not apply to funds raised on or before 5 April 2014 and will not limit the VCT's ability to pay dividends from realised profits; nor will they apply to funds used to redeem or repurchase shares or to assets distributed in the course of a winding up. |
| E | Offers | |
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| E1 | Offers net proceeds and expenses |
The Boards propose to raise up to £20 million in aggregate through an offer for subscription of New Ordinary Shares in each Company, comprising £10 million through an offer for subscription of New Ordinary Shares in Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 and £ 10 million through an offer for subscription of New Ordinary Shares in Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2. |
| The costs and expenses relating to the Offers will be 3.5% of gross funds raised by the relevant Company under the Offers, therefore costs and expenses of 3.5% (and the Adviser Charge, if applicable) will be deducted from the Investor's subscription. Assuming full subscription under the Offers, the total net proceeds of the Offers after all fees, are expected to be £9.65 million for Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 and £9.65 million for Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2. |
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| E2a | Reasons for the Offers |
The raising of further funds by way of the Offers is intended to create the following benefits: |
| and use of the proceeds |
provide the Companies with new capital for investment into small companies in accordance with the investment policy of each Company; |
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| attract new capital to both Companies that will help promote their long time viability, meet expenses and reduce the Ongoing Expense Ratios; and |
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| provide existing and new investors with the opportunity to invest into small companies through a tax efficient structure and with an award winning Investment Manager that has a long track record of successful investment into small companies. |
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| E3 | Terms and conditions of the Offers |
New Ordinary Shares issued under the Offers, the implementation of which are conditional on the Offer Agreement becoming unconditional and on the Resolutions being passed, will be at an Offer Price calculated by the most recently published NAV of an Ordinary Share (adjusted as necessary for dividends declared but not yet paid) at the time of allotment (to avoid dilution to Existing Shareholders), divided by 0.965. New Ordinary Shares will be issued at a 3.5% premium to the Net Asset Value per Share to make allowance for the costs of the Offer. Proceeds from each Offer will be invested in accordance with the investment policy of each Company. |
| E4 | Description of any interest that is material to the issue |
Not applicable. There are no interests that are material to the issue. |
| E5 | Name of persons selling securities |
Not applicable. No person or entity is selling securities in the Companies. |
| E6 | Amount and percentage of dilution |
If the Offers were fully subscribed, the existing 36,473,134 Shares of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 would represent 69.4% of the enlarged issued share capital of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 and the existing 16,202,640 Shares of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 would represent 58.3% of the enlarged issued share capital of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 (assuming, in each case, that all allotments were made on the basis of the NAV per Ordinary Share as at 19 September 2014). |
| E7 | Expenses charged to the Investor |
Costs and expenses of 3.5% (and the Adviser Charge, if applicable) will be deducted from the Investor's subscription. If an Investor's financial intermediary provides him with advice in respect of his |
| investment in New Ordinary Shares, such Investor may have agreed to pay an Adviser |
| Charge to such financial intermediary, which the Investor will be responsible for paying. | |
|---|---|
| If no advice has been provided by a financial intermediary to an Investor in respect of his application for New Ordinary Shares then Hargreave Hale will pay introductory commission to such financial intermediary at the rate of 1% on the value of successful applications submitted through them (or introductory commission of 0.5% plus trail commission). The introductory commission will be paid out of the 3.5% fee for costs and expenses. The introductory commission may be waived by intermediaries and reinvested on behalf of clients through an additional allotment of New Ordinary Shares. |
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Although the significant tax benefits available to Investors in Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 and Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 reduce the risk of the investment, prospective Investors should consider carefully the following risk factors. If any of the risks described below were to occur, it could have a material effect on each of the Companies' businesses, financial condition or results of operations. The risks described below are those specific to the Companies and all the material risks in respect of the New Ordinary Shares. The value of the New Ordinary Shares could decline due to any of the risk factors described below and prospective investors could lose part or all of their investment. This document does not constitute financial advice and prospective investors are recommended to consult an independent financial adviser authorised under the FSMA before deciding whether to apply for New Ordinary Shares under the terms of the Offers.
individual circumstances.
| Offers open | 2 October 2014 |
|---|---|
| Latest date for receipt of proxy forms for Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 GM |
10.00 a.m. on 5 November 2014 |
| Latest date for receipt of proxy forms for Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 GM |
10.15 a.m. on 5 November 2014 |
| GM of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 | 10.00 a.m. on 7 November 2014 |
| GM of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 | 10.15 a.m. on 7 November 2014 |
| First allotment | On or before 11 November 2014 |
| Subsequent allotments | Monthly |
| Admission and dealings expected to commence |
Within 10 business days of any allotment |
| Dispatch of Share and tax certificates | Within 15 business days of any allotment |
| Closing date for receipt of applications for investment in the Offers for the 2014/15 tax year |
12.00 p.m. on 2 April 2015 |
The closing date for receipt of applications is subject to the Offers not being fully subscribed by an earlier date. The Directors reserve the right to allot and issue New Ordinary Shares at any time whilst the Offers remain open. The Offers are not underwritten.
| Offer Price per Ordinary Share in relation to the relevant Company |
The price at which the Ordinary Shares in the relevant Company will be allotted will be calculated on the basis of the following formula (the "Pricing Formula"): |
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| The last Net Asset Value (adjusted as necessary for dividends declared but not yet paid) of an existing Ordinary Share in issue in the relevant Company as published by the relevant Company prior to the date of allotment divided by 0.965 to allow for issue costs of 3.5% calculated, in pence, to two decimal places. |
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| Therefore costs and expenses of 3.5% (and the Adviser Charge, if applicable) will be deducted from the Investor's subscription. |
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| Minimum subscription per Investor | The overall minimum subscription per Investor is £5,000 (and from this amount no less than £2,500 may be invested in each Company if the subscription is to be split equally or otherwise between both Companies). Applications in respect of less than £5,000 in aggregate will not be accepted. |
| Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 | |
| Maximum net proceeds of the Offer of Ordinary Shares* |
£9,650,000 |
| Maximum number of Ordinary Shares in issue following the Offer* |
48,551,887 |
| Minimum investment in the Company | £2,500 |
| Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 | |
| Maximum net proceeds of the Offer of Ordinary Shares* |
£9,650,000 |
| Maximum number of Ordinary Shares in issue following the Offer* |
24,899,804 |
* Assuming that the Maximum Subscription is achieved for each Company and all the allotments were made on the basis of the NAV per Ordinary Share for the relevant Company as at 19 September 2014.
Minimum investment in the Company £2,500
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 Sir Aubrey Thomas Brocklebank Bt. David Michael Brock Giles St George Hargreave
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 David Alan Hurst-Brown Philip Simon Cammerman Giles St George Hargreave
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A Venture Capital Trust is a company, broadly similar to an investment trust, which has been approved by HMRC and which subscribes for shares in, (or lends money to), small unquoted companies, including those quoted on AIM or certain ISDX (formally PLUS) markets. Under the VCT scheme, VCTs and their investors enjoy certain tax reliefs. The VCT scheme is designed to encourage investment in small unquoted companies. Individuals invest by holding shares in a VCT. The VCT invests in a spread of small unquoted companies, enabling investors to spread their risk, just as they do by holding shares in an ordinary investment trust.
A VCT has a number of tax advantages. The following is only a summary of the current law concerning the tax position of individual Investors in VCTs. Potential Investors who are in any doubt about the taxation consequences of investing in a VCT are recommended to consult their own independent financial adviser. A more detailed explanation of the tax implications relating to VCTs is set out in Part II.
The tax reliefs set out below are available to individuals aged 18 or over who subscribe under the Offers for New Ordinary Shares. Tax reliefs will only be given to the extent that an individual's total investments in VCTs in any tax year do not exceed the qualifying limit, which is currently £200,000. Investors who intend to invest more than £200,000 in VCTs in any one tax year should seek professional advice.
Income tax relief at the rate of 30% will be available on subscriptions for shares in VCTs up to a maximum of £200,000 in any tax year. Relief is limited to the amount which reduces the Investor's income tax liability to nil. This relief must be repaid should the shares be sold or otherwise disposed of within five years, other than in the event of death.
An Investor who subscribes for or acquires up to a maximum of £200,000 of ordinary shares in VCTs in any given tax year will not be liable to UK income tax on dividends paid by the VCT on those shares.
A disposal by an Investor of Shares (whether acquired by subscription for New Ordinary Shares or subsequent acquisition) in a VCT will give rise to neither a chargeable gain nor an allowable loss for the purposes of UK capital gains tax provided the sale is conducted at arms length. This relief is limited to disposals of shares acquired within the limit of £200,000 for any tax year. On the death of an Investor or a spouse who has acquired shares in a VCT within marriage, no capital gains tax or income tax will become payable by either the investor, their spouse or anyone inheriting the shares, as a result of the death.
Each Investor will be issued with a certificate which can be used to claim income tax relief, either immediately by obtaining an adjustment to their tax coding from HMRC or by waiting until the end of the tax year and using their tax return to claim relief.
Investors who are not resident in the UK, or who may cease to be resident in the UK, should seek their own professional advice as to the consequences of making an investment in VCTs.
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 and Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 are seeking to raise up to £10 million each through an offer for subscription of New Ordinary Shares. This will give investors an opportunity to subscribe for New Ordinary Shares and, subject to the satisfaction of relevant criteria, receive income tax relief of up to 30 per cent. in the 2014/15 and/or 2015/16 tax years (as applicable).
The new money will be invested by the award winning Hargreave Hale investment team which has a proven track record of investment in smaller companies. Most of the investments will be made in small Qualifying Companies which are listed on AIM.
Following the success of the 2013-14 offers in which £14.8 million was raised, the Companies have already invested £7.3 million in 22 Qualifying Companies. The Directors believe that in respect of both Companies, raising new capital will ensure that they have sufficient liquid funds to support their investment objectives of investing in both Qualifying Investment and Non-Qualifying Investment opportunities and reduce the Ongoing Expense Ratios whilst at the same time having sufficient resources to continue the Companies' dividend and share buy-back policies.
The two Companies have identical investment policies and are subject to the same VCT legislation. They have established investment portfolios of Qualifying Investments albeit with some minor differences. In particular, Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 has some larger companies in its portfolio and greater exposure to Qualifying Investments. Both Companies have the ability to invest in the Marlborough Special Situations Fund, which is run by the same team as the Companies, and has returned 1,798.05% 1 since Giles Hargreave took responsibility for it in July 1998.
Both Companies have a common dividend policy that targets a distribution of 5% of Net Asset Value annually. To improve liquidity, both Companies have established buy-back policies that have been buyingback Ordinary Shares at a 5% discount to the prevailing Net Asset Value per Share, thereby improving Shareholder returns on exit. The dividend and share buy-back policies are non-binding and are at each Board's discretion.
The raising of further funds by way of the Offers is intended to create the following benefits:
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 and Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 are existing Venture Capital Trusts. Both Companies are small registered UK AIFMs for the purposes of the AIFM Regulations 2013 and subject to regulation as such by the FCA. Both Companies share a common objective, namely to make tax-free dividend distributions from capital gains and income generated through investment in a diversified portfolio of Qualifying Companies. The Investment Manager will seek to enhance this return through targeted Non-Qualifying Investments in equities and fixed income where appropriate.
In both cases, the Investment Manager has already built an existing and diversified portfolio of Qualifying Investments. Both Companies met the HMRC guidelines for VCTs by the required date and have continued to do so since. The existing portfolios have a strong bias towards companies with a quotation
1 1 July 1997 to 19 September 2014, source: Marlborough Fund Managers.
on AIM, however, there are a limited number of investments in ISDX-quoted (formally PLUS) and private companies.
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 is an established VCT that was originally launched in August 2004 as the Keydata AIM VCT and on 30 September 2009 was renamed Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 plc. The fund raised £14.3 million through an Ordinary Share issue in 2004/5 and then a further £17.9 million in 2005/6 through a C share issue. The C shares were converted into Ordinary Shares on 8 October 2008 based on the audited Net Asset Value per Share on 30 September 2008. Hargreave Hale has been the appointed Investment Manager and custodian from the outset. £12.2 million was raised through subsequent offers between 2010 and 2014, whilst £5.2 million was raised through the 2012 enhanced share buy-back.
As at 31 August 2014 Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 was 95.72% invested in Qualifying Investments (as defined by the Income Tax Act 2007).
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 is an established VCT that was originally launched in September 2006 as the Keydata AIM VCT 2 and on 30 September 2009 was renamed Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 plc. The Company raised £4.6 million through an Ordinary Share issue in 2006/7. Hargreave Hale has been the appointed Investment Manager and custodian from the outset. £13.6 million was raised through subsequent offers between 2010 and 2014 whilst £1.7 million was raised through the 2012 enhanced share buy-back.
As at 31 August 2014 Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 was 88.10% invested in Qualifying Investments (as defined by the Income Tax Act 2007).
Hargreave Hale Limited (a company incorporated with limited liability in England under the Act with registered number 03146580 having its registered office at 9-11 Neptune Court, Hallam Way, Blackpool FY4 5LZ and telephone number +44 (0) 1253 754700) acts as custodian to the Companies and, in that capacity, is responsible for ensuring safe custody and dealing with settlement arrangements. Hargreave Hale Limited is authorised and regulated by the FCA.
Both Companies have well established track records of paying out tax free dividends to their Shareholders. The table below shows the cumulative dividend distributions paid to date to holders of Ordinary Shares. The yields listed are calculated with reference to the closing Net Asset Value per Share in the financial year to which the dividends relate.
| Financial Year |
Dividends Paid |
Year End NAV Yield |
Cumulative Total |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005/6 | 5p | 4.7% | 5p | First full financial year |
| 2006/7 | 5p | 4.8% | 10p | |
| 2007/8 | 5p | 7.6% | 15p | |
| 2008/9 | 2p | 3.1% | 17p | No final dividend was paid in January 2010 in respect of the financial year ended 30 September 2009 |
| 2009/10 | 4p | 6.4% | 21p | |
| 2010/11 | 4p | 6.5% | 25p | |
| 2011/12 | 3.25p | 5.3% | 28.25p | |
| 2012/13 | 3.75p | 5.2% | 32p | |
| 2013/14 | 1.75p | - | 33.75 | Interim dividend only, final dividend to be announced |
| Financial Year |
Dividends Paid |
Year End NAV Yield |
Cumulative Total |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007/81 | 4p | 4.1% | 4p | |
| 2008/9 | 5p | 5.2% | 9p | No interim dividend was paid in November 2008 in respect of the half-year ended 31 August 2008. |
| 2009/10 | 5p | 4.9% | 14p | |
| 2010/11 | 5p | 4.6% | 19p | |
| 2011/12 | 5p | 5.2% | 24p | |
| 2012/13 | 5p | 5.2% | 29p | |
| 2013/14 | 6p | 5.0% | 35p | |
| 2014/15 | - | - | - | Interim dividend of 2p per share was declared on 25 September 2014, payable on 31 October 2014. |
The intention is to continue the existing policy of targeting a 5% distribution yield (referenced to the Net Asset Value of each Company), although the ability to pay dividends will clearly be influenced by the underlying investment performance of the Ordinary Shares and the relevant Company's available reserves and cash resources, the Act and the Listing Rules. In good years, the Directors may consider a higher dividend payment; in poor years, the Directors may reduce or even pay no dividend.
Below is a table outlining returns as at 19 September 2014 to Shareholders of the Companies. The returns, which assume an initial investment of £10,000 are net of fees and assume a gross price paid of 100 pence per Ordinary Share in the financial year in which the relevant share was launched. When establishing the return net of tax relief, the calculation assumes a net cost to Shareholders of 60p per share for shares in Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 and 70 pence per share for shares in Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2.
| Tax Year | Company | NAV | Dividends | Total Return1 |
Return excl. Tax Relief |
Return incl. Tax Relief |
FTSE AIM All-Share2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004/5 | Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 (Ordinary Shares) |
79.89 | 33.75 | 113.64 | 13.6% | 89.4% | -30.0% |
| 2005/6 | Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 (C shares3 ) |
99.01 | 27.68 | 126.69 | 26.7% | 111.1% | -36.6% |
| 2006/7 | Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 (Ordinary Shares) |
110.96 | 35.00 | 145.96 | 46.0% | 108.5% | -34.1% |
Returns based on unaudited NAV of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT and Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 as at 19 September 2014.
Source: Bloomberg– from the closing value of the relevant index on 5 April of the year of issue of the relevant shares to 19 September 2014.
The C shares in Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 were converted into Ordinary Shares on 8 October 2008 at a ratio of 1.23935 Ordinary Shares for every C share held.
In order to improve the liquidity in the Ordinary Shares of both Companies, each Board has established
buy-back policies whereby each Company will purchase Ordinary Shares for cancellation. Over many years, Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 has consistently demonstrated its commitment to improving Shareholder liquidity through its regular share buy-back policy, which has seen it acquire 10,458,374 Ordinary Shares at an average discount of approximately 8% to the prevailing Net Asset Value per share. In the case of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2, the early Shareholders emerged from their five year lock-in in March 2012. As a result, Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 has only acquired 1,094,602 Ordinary Shares through its regular share buy-back policy.
With effect from 6 April 2012, the Companies have been buying back Ordinary Shares at a 5% discount to the prevailing Net Asset Value per share. The Directors believe that the reduced discount between the share price and the Net Asset Value per share improves Shareholder returns on exit. They also believe the current policy is one of the most attractive in the AIM and generalist VCT sector and will help attract potential investors who previously viewed the 10% discount as a deterrent to investment.
The 5% buy-back discount is non-binding and at the Directors' discretion. The Directors reserve the right to return to the previous policies of purchasing shares at 10% below Net Asset Value per share, or in extremis to suspend share buy-backs, if the policy places the Companies' cash and liquid assets under undue pressure or leads to instability within the Shareholder base.
Share buy-backs are subject to the Listing Rules, which may restrict the Companies' ability to buy Shares back. For example, the price will be limited by the Listing Rules to a maximum of 105% of the average market value of the Ordinary Shares over the preceding five business days.
The Boards intend to continue to publish the NAVs on a weekly basis. Shareholders are reminded that to benefit from income tax relief on their Ordinary Shares they should hold their Ordinary Shares for at least five years and if they dispose of their Shares within that period they are likely to lose their income tax relief.
The Company's investment objectives are:
The Company will have a range of investments in three distinct asset classes:
primarily be made in AIM companies, but the Investment Manager will also consider ISDXquoted (formally PLUS) companies and private companies that meet the investment criteria summarised below; and
vary in size from £50,000 to £1 million.
The Investment Manager will maintain a diversified and fully invested portfolio of Qualifying Investments, primarily in small UK companies with a quotation on AIM. The primary purpose of the investment strategy is to ensure the Company maintains its status as a VCT. To achieve this, the Company must have 70% of all funds raised from the issue of shares invested in Qualifying Investments throughout accounting periods of the VCT beginning no later than three years after the date on which those shares are issued.
Although VCTs are required to invest and maintain a minimum of 70% of their funds invested in Qualifying Investments as measured by the VCT rules, it is likely that the Investment Manager will target a higher threshold of approximately 80% in order to provide some element of protection against an inadvertent breach of the VCT rules. The Company's maximum exposure to a single Qualifying Investment is limited to 15% of net assets.
The key selection criteria used by the Investment Manager in deciding which Qualifying Investments to make include, inter alia:
The Investment Manager will follow a stock specific, rather than sector specific, investment approach and is more likely to provide expansionary capital than seed capital.
The Investment Manager will primarily focus on investments in companies with a quotation on AIM or plans to trade on AIM. The Investment Manager prefers to participate in secondary issues of companies that are quoted on AIM as such companies have an established track record that can be more readily assessed and greater disclosure of financial performance. Secondary issues are often priced at an attractive discount to the market price.
The Companies will have non-qualifying equity exposure to UK and international equities through targeted investments made on an opportunistic basis to boost the performance of the Company. This will vary in accordance with the Investment Manager's view of the equity markets and may fluctuate between nil and 30% of the net assets of the Company. The Investment Manager will also invest in gilts, other fixed income securities and cash. The Investment Manager will invest up to 75% of the net proceeds of any issue of new shares into the Marlborough Special Situations Fund subject to a maximum of 20% of the gross assets of the Company. This will enable the Companies to maintain their exposure to small companies indirectly, whilst the Investment Manager identifies opportunities to invest directly into small UK companies through a suitable number of Qualifying Investments.
The allocation between asset classes in the non-qualifying portfolio will vary depending upon opportunities that arise with a maximum exposure of 100% of the non-qualifying portfolio to any individual asset class.
It is not the Companies' intention to have any borrowings. The Companies do, however, have the ability to borrow a maximum amount up to 15% of the "Adjusted Capital and Reserves" amount (as such term is defined in the Articles of Association of each of the Companies), which is effectively the aggregate of the nominal capital of the Company issued and paid up and the amount standing to the credit of the consolidated reserves of the Company, less specified adjustments, exclusions and deductions. There are no plans to utilise this ability at the current time.
Hargreave Hale manages in total approximately £3.9 billion. The fund management team has approximately £2.5 billion under management, of which approximately £1.9 billion is invested in small companies, many of which are quoted on AIM. The breadth of the investment team, the scale of investment in small companies and the Investment Manager's track record and many years of investing in AIM and ISDX-quoted (formerly PLUS) companies help attract deal flow.
The investment team has regular meetings, typically 20 per week, with small companies, a number of which would be suitable for investment by the Funds. These relationships, along with the ability to coinvest alongside the other funds managed by the Investment Manager, should increase the quality and quantity of the investment pipeline.
In the 12 months prior to 31 August 2014, Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 made 24 Qualifying Investments, whilst Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 made 25 Qualifying Investments.
The Investment Manager monitors each investment closely and usually expects to meet with the management of investee companies twice a year.
As the values of underlying investments increase, the Investment Manager will monitor opportunities for the Companies to realise a proportion of the capital gain, and to make tax-free distributions to Shareholders.
The Investment Manager manages other funds that can invest in the same companies as Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 and Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2, including the Marlborough Special Situations Fund and the Marlborough UK Micro Cap Growth Fund. Therefore, in appropriate circumstances, the Companies will invest alongside other funds managed by the Investment Manager. When contemplating a co-investment, the Investment Manager will first consider factors such as the risk profiles and investment strategies of the participating funds, the size of the fund raising and anticipated allocations when deciding on how much each fund will subscribe for. Any scaling back of applications made by the Investment Manager for shares in investee companies, on behalf of the different funds it manages, will be pro rata to the amount originally applied for by each fund.
Where the Companies intend to invest in the same companies as other funds managed by the Investment Manager, any such investment must first be approved by those Directors of the Board who are independent of the Investment Manager, unless the investment is made either at the same time and on the same terms, or in accordance with a pre-existing agreement between the Companies and the Investment Manager. The Investment Manager will notify the Boards but will not require approval prior to the coinvestment if circumstances prevent full consultation.
Investments in AIM and ISDX-quoted (formally PLUS) shares will be valued at the prevailing bid price.
All other investments will be valued in accordance with EVCA guidelines.
The design of the structure of the Companies' funds, and their investment strategies, has been developed to reduce risk as much as possible. The key risk management features are detailed below.
The Offers are conditional on the Offer Agreement referred to in paragraph 9 of Part V becoming unconditional and not being terminated in relation to a Company in accordance with its terms. The Offers are not inter-conditional.
The Offers in respect of each Company are also subject to the passing of the Resolutions of the relevant Company. These include resolutions to give the Boards authority to allot Ordinary Shares under the Offers, including other than pro rata to existing Shareholders, and to extend the life of the Companies to 2021. If each of these Resolutions are not passed by the relevant Company then that Company's Offer will not proceed.
Investors are invited to subscribe an amount in pounds sterling rather than apply for a particular number of Ordinary Shares.
The minimum subscription per Investor is £5,000 in respect of the Offers (and from this amount no less than £2,500 may be invested in each Company if the subscription is to be split equally or otherwise between both Companies). Applications in respect of less than £5,000 in aggregate will not be accepted. The maximum investment which can be made in order to qualify for the personal tax reliefs available from a VCT is currently £200,000 per person per tax year. Applicants may make multiple applications under each of the Offers, provided that the investor guidelines for VCTs are followed. The Investor should take appropriate independent financial advice.
In the event that applications are received for New Ordinary Shares in excess of the Maximum Subscriptions under the Offers, the Directors reserve the right to exercise their discretion in the allocation of successful applications, although allocation will usually be on a first come first served basis.
The Offers will open on 2 October 2014, subject to the conditions set out above. The first allotment under the Offers is expected to be on or before 11 November 2014. Thereafter, the Directors reserve the right to allot Ordinary Shares at any time whilst the Offers remain open. In relation to each allotment, an announcement will be released by each Company through a Regulatory Information Service, including details of the number of New Ordinary Shares allotted in that Company and the relevant Offer Price for the allotment.
The closing date for the Offers in respect of the 2014/15 tax year will be at 12.00 p.m. on 2 April 2015. If the Offers are not fully subscribed at that time, the Directors reserve the right to allow the Offers to remain open for at least part of the 2015/16 tax year, but not beyond 12.00 p.m. on 30 September 2015.
The results of the Offers will be announced through a regulatory information service within 3 business days of the closing of the Offers. Dealings in New Ordinary Shares are expected to commence within 10 business days of the relevant allotments.
The price of the New Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to the Offers will be calculated by reference to the last Net Asset Value of an existing Ordinary Share as published by the relevant Company prior to the date of allotment. The New Ordinary Shares will be priced according to the Pricing Formula:
0.965
The Net Asset Value per Ordinary Share will be adjusted as necessary for dividends declared but not yet paid if the allotment occurs whilst the Shares are classified as ex-dividend.
The price will be calculated in pence to two decimal places. New Ordinary Shares will be issued at a 3.5% premium to the Net Asset Value per Share to make allowance for the costs of the Offers.
Monies which are not sufficient to buy one New Ordinary Share will not be returned to applicants but will be retained by the relevant Company and fractions of New Ordinary Shares will not be issued. The New Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to the Offers will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares of the relevant Company.
As at 19 September 2014, the unaudited Net Asset Value per Ordinary Share of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 was 79.89p, which would have resulted in an Offer Price of 82.79p per New Ordinary Share (79.89p divided by 0.965).
As at 19 September 2014, the unaudited Net Asset Value per Ordinary Share of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 was 110.96p, which would have resulted in an Offer Price of 114.98p per New Ordinary Share (110.96p divided by 0.965).
Application has been made to the UK Listing Authority and the London Stock Exchange for the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to the premium segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange. All New Ordinary Shares will be transferable and will rank pari passu in all respects with existing Ordinary Shares of the relevant Company.
In the case of Investors requesting share certificates, it is intended that definitive shares certificates will be despatched within 15 business days of allotment. Prior to despatch of definitive share certificates, transfers will be certified against the register. No temporary documents of title will be issued. Investors who wish to take advantage of the ability to trade New Ordinary Shares in uncertified form, and who have access to a CREST account, may arrange to have their New Ordinary Shares allotted directly to their CREST account, or subsequently to convert their holdings to dematerialised form in CREST. Share certificates may be registered directly to an Investor's nominee company and deposited to CREST, however, applications must be made in the name of the Investor, rather than that of the nominee company.
A typical investor for whom the Offers are designed is an individual who is a UK income taxpayer over 18 years of age with an investment range of between £5,000 and £200,000 per tax year who considers the investment policy as detailed in Part I of this document to be attractive and can accept the high level of risk associated with an investment into a VCT. Investment in a VCT will not be suitable for every type of Investor and should be considered as a medium to long term investment with a minimum holding period of
Before deciding whether to subscribe for New Ordinary Shares, Investors are strongly encouraged to consult an independent adviser authorised under FSMA and to carefully consider the suitability of an investment into the Companies in light of their personal circumstances.
As a consequence of the FCA's Retail Distribution Review, commission is no longer payable to financial intermediaries in respect of advised sales of retail investment products sold to retail investors in the UK. Therefore if an Investor's financial intermediary provides him with advice in respect of his investment in New Ordinary Shares, neither Hargreave Hale Limited nor the Companies will pay commission to his financial intermediary. Instead, the financial intermediary will need to agree an Adviser Charge with the Investor, which the Investor will be responsible for paying. The Companies can, however, facilitate the payment of an Adviser Charge on behalf of an Investor so that the Investor does not have to make a separate payment to his financial intermediary. If Investors require the Companies to facilitate the payment of any such Adviser Charge on their behalf they should complete the relevant sections of the Application Form, which incorporates the Terms and Conditions of the Adviser Charge Agreement.
If no advice has been provided by a financial intermediary to an Investor in respect of his application for New Ordinary Shares then commission will be paid by Hargreave Hale Limited (which will be paid out of the 3.5% fee received by Hargreave Hale Limited pursuant to the terms of the Offer Agreement). In this regard, introductory commission is being offered to authorised financial intermediaries at the rate of 1% on the value of successful applications submitted through them (or introductory commission of 0.5% plus trail commission). The introductory commission may be waived and reinvested through an additional allotment of New Ordinary Shares.
On 6 April 2014, the FCA introduced new rules on the way in which platform service providers are remunerated following its policy statement on payments to platform service providers and cash rebates from providers to consumers (PS 13/1). This Prospectus has been prepared so as to be compliant with the new rules.
From 6 April 2014, if an Investor makes an investment in the New Ordinary Shares via a platform service provider, neither Hargreave Hale nor the Companies will make any payment to such platform service provider unless such a payment is for pricing error corrections, administering corporate actions, research performed by the platform service provider and management information and/or advertising. The platform service provider will need to agree any Platform Charge with the Investor which the Investor will be responsible for paying. Neither Hargreave Hale nor the Companies will facilitate the payment of a Platform Charge on behalf of the Investor.
As at 19 September 2014, the unaudited NAV per Ordinary Share of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 was 79.89p.
The investment portfolio of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 as at the date of this document (the values being at 19 September 2014) is as follows (all of which information is unaudited). Save as indicated by any footnotes below, there has been no material change since 19 September 2014.
| Sector | Cost | (Unaudited) Valuation | (Unaudited) Valuation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying Investments | £000 | £000 | % | |
| Advanced Computer Software Group plc | Healthcare | 204 | 1,429 | 5.0 |
| Intercede plc | Information Technology | 247 | 1,395 | 4.8 |
| Cohort plc | Industrials | 716 | 1,111 | 3.9 |
| Flowgroup plc | Industrials | 577 | 1,018 | 3.5 |
| Pressure Technologies Corporation plc | Energy | 225 | 945 | 3.3 |
| Audioboom Group plc* | Consumer Discretionary | 87 | 841 | 2.9 |
| Abcam plc* | Healthcare | 67 | 837 | 2.9 |
| Idox plc | Information Technology | 135 | 738 | 2.6 |
| Hardide plc | Materials | 635 | 661 | 2.3 |
| K3 Business Technology Group plc | Information Technology | 270 | 657 | 2.3 |
| Craneware plc | Healthcare | 150 | 604 | 2.1 |
| TLA Worldwide plc | Consumer Discretionary | 300 | 566 | 2.0 |
| Vertu Motors plc | Consumer Discretionary | 600 | 560 | 1.9 |
| AnimalCare Group plc | Healthcare | 220 | 548 | 1.9 |
| MyCelx Technologies Corporation plc | Industrials | 300 | 514 | 1.8 |
| Kalibrate Technologies plc | Information Technology | 322 | 493 | 1.7 |
| Quixant plc | Consumer Discretionary | 160 | 487 | 1.7 |
| Mirada plc | Information Technology | 444 | 462 | 1.6 |
| TrakM8 Holdings plc | Information Technology | 133 | 454 | 1.6 |
| Microsaic Systems plc | Information Technology | 350 | 453 | 1.6 |
| EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc | Healthcare | 300 | 450 | 1.6 |
| ClearStar Inc | Information Technology | 449 | 433 | 1.5 |
| SiS Science in Sports plc | Consumer Staples | 240 | 411 | 1.4 |
| Porta Communications plc | Consumer Discretionary | 505 | 404 | 1.4 |
| Mexican Grill Ltd (A Preference Shares) | Consumer Discretionary | 185 | 396 | 1.4 |
| Premaitha Health plc | Healthcare | 263 | 371 | 1.3 |
| Egdon Resources plc | Energy | 158 | 319 | 1.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tasty plc | Consumer Discretionary | 288 | 314 | 1.1 |
| Fusionex International plc | Information Technology | 138 | 309 | 1.1 |
| APC Technology Group plc | Information Technology | 149 | 289 | 1.0 |
| Plastics Capital plc | Materials | 250 | 275 | 1.0 |
| ULS Technology plc | Information Technology | 221 | 274 | 1.0 |
| Instem plc | Healthcare | 298 | 272 | 0.9 |
| Tangent Communications plc | Information Technology | 400 | 256 | 0.9 |
| MartinCo plc | Financials | 225 | 236 | 0.8 |
| Reneuron Group plc | Healthcare | 368 | 228 | 0.8 |
| Belvoir Lettings plc | Financials | 301 | 225 | 0.8 |
| LiDCO Group plc | Healthcare | 220 | 220 | 0.8 |
| Get Lenses Ltd | Healthcare | 205 | 205 | 0.7 |
| Imaginatik Ltd | Information Technology | 250 | 194 | 0.7 |
| Everyman Media Group plc | Consumer Discretionary | 172 | 186 | 0.6 |
| Jelf Group plc | Industrials | 148 | 174 | 0.6 |
| WANdisco plc | Information Technology | 89 | 165 | 0.6 |
| Ilika plc*** | Industrials | 113 | 158 | 0.5 |
| Universe plc | Information Technology | 210 | 158 | 0.5 |
| Proxama plc | Financials | 105 | 155 | 0.5 |
| Nektan Ltd | Consumer Discretionary | 130 | 155 | 0.5 |
| Eagle Eye Solutions Group plc | Information Technology | 141 | 150 | 0.5 |
| Progressive Digital plc | Information Technology | 173 | 137 | 0.5 |
| Synairgen plc | Healthcare | 140 | 129 | 0.4 |
| Synety Group plc | Information Technology | 109 | 87 | 0.3 |
| Outsourcery plc | Information Technology | 650 | 83 | 0.3 |
| Sphere Medical Holding plc | Healthcare | 300 | 81 | 0.3 |
| Corac Group plc | Industrials | 185 | 80 | 0.3 |
| Verona Pharma plc | Healthcare | 127 | 66 | 0.2 |
| Redcentric plc | Information Technology | 214 | 65 | 0.2 |
| MoPowered Group plc | Information Technology | 301 | 57 | 0.2 |
| Corfe Energy Ltd | Energy | 50 | 50 | 0.2 |
| Mexican Grill Ltd (Ordinary Shares) | Consumer Discretionary | 21 | 44 | 0.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigantes Energy Ltd | Energy | 50 | 25 | 0.1 |
| Invocas Group plc | Financials | 169 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Infoserve Group plc | Information Technology | 200 | 1 | 0.0 |
| ------- | -------- | --------- | ||
| Total qualifying investments | 15,352 | 23,072 | 80.1 | |
| ------- | -------- | ---------- | ||
| Non-Qualifying investments | ||||
| Scottish Amicable Finance 8.5% 2049 | 256 | 285 | 1.0 | |
| Nationwide Building Society 7.971% 2049 | 242 | 256 | 0.9 | |
| Petrobras International Finance 6.25% 2026 | 247 | 258 | 0.9 | |
| -------- | -------- | -------- | ||
| Total – UK corporate bonds | 745 | 799 | 2.8 | |
| -------- | -------- | -------- | ||
| MFM Special Situations Fund | 276 | 289 | 1.0 | |
| -------- | -------- | -------- | ||
| Total – MFM | 276 | 289 | 1.0 | |
| -------- | -------- | -------- | ||
| FC Fund Managers Ltd | 300 | 300 | 1.0 | |
| BooHoo plc | 180 | 194 | 0.7 | |
| Horizon Pharma plc | 219 | 191 | 0.7 | |
| Quixant plc | 159 | 157 | 0.5 | |
| FDM Group Holdings plc | 115 | 142 | 0.5 | |
| Plethora Solutions plc | 149 | 140 | 0.5 | |
| Tarsus Group plc | 133 | 132 | 0.5 | |
| Reneuron Group plc | 104 | 124 | 0.4 | |
| Restore plc | 73 | 123 | 0.4 | |
| Synairgen plc | 102 | 99 | 0.3 | |
| Hydrodec plc | 100 | 96 | 0.3 | |
| Amerisur Resources plc**** | 62 | 58 | 0.2 |
| Mexican Grill (A Preference Shares) | 34 | 53 | 0.2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Eye Solutions Group plc | 44 | 44 | 0.2 |
| Helius Energy plc | 40 | 16 | 0.1 |
| Hardide plc | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| TrakM8 Holdings plc | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| APC Technology Group plc | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| WANdisco plc | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| ------- | -------- | -------- | |
| Total - non-qualifying equities | 1,818 | 1,871 | 6.5 |
| -------- | -------- | -------- | |
| Total – non-qualifying investments | 2,839 | 2,959 | 10.3 |
| -------- | -------- | -------- | |
| Total investments | 18,191 | 26,031 | 90.4 |
| -------- | -------- | -------- |
*300,000 Audioboom shares sold and 720,000 shares acquired since 19 September 2014
**This is an actual holding of less than £500
*** 50,000 Ilika Shares sold since 19 September 2014
**** 50,000 Amerisur shares acquired since 19 September 2014
| Equities: | 87.6% | Information Technology: | 31.8% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying Investments: | 80.1% | Healthcare: | 23.6% | |
| Non-Qualifying Equities: | 6.5% | Consumer Discretionary: | 17.0% | |
| Marlborough Special Situations: | 1.0% | Industrials: | 13.2% | |
| Energy: | 5.9% | |||
| Fixed Income: | 2.8% | Materials: | 4.1% | |
| Sovereign Debt: | 0% | Financials: | 2.6% | |
| Corporate Bonds: | 2.8% | Consumer Staples | 1.8% | |
| Total | 100.0% | |||
| Cash: | 10.1% | |||
| Net Accruals: | (0.5)% | |||
| Total: | 100.0% |
| 87.6% | Information Technology: | 31.8% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying Investments: | 80.1% | Healthcare: | 23.6% |
| Non-Qualifying Equities: | 6.5% | Consumer Discretionary: | 17.0% |
| Marlborough Special Situations: | 1.0% | Industrials: | 13.2% |
| Energy: | 5.9% | ||
| 2.8% | Materials: | 4.1% | |
| Sovereign Debt: | 0% | Financials: | 2.6% |
| Corporate Bonds: | 2.8% | Consumer Staples | 1.8% |
| Total | 100.0% |
As at 19 September 2014, the unaudited NAV per Ordinary Share of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 was 110.96p.
The investment portfolio of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 as at the date of this document (the values being at 19 September 2014) is as follows (all of which information is unaudited). Save as indicated by any footnotes below, there has been no material change since 19 September 2014.
| Qualifying Investments | Sector | Book Cost £000 |
(Unaudited) Valuation £000 |
(Unaudited) Valuation % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexican Grill Ltd (A Preference shares) | Consumer Discretionary | 277 | 594 | 3.3 |
| TrakM8 Holdings plc | Information Technology | 160 | 545 | 3.1 |
| Intercede plc | Information Technology | 91 | 513 | 2.9 |
| Hardide plc | Materials | 77 | 510 | 2.9 |
| Flowgroup plc | Industrials | 268 | 486 | 2.7 |
| Audioboom Group plc* | Consumer Discretionary | 50 | 479 | 2.7 |
| Advanced Computer Software Group plc | Healthcare | 68 | 477 | 2.7 |
| Quixant plc | Consumer Discretionary | 120 | 365 | 2.1 |
| Ideagen plc | Information Technology | 100 | 356 | 2.0 |
| ClearStar Inc | Information Technology | 360 | 347 | 2.0 |
| Lombard Risk Management plc | Information Technology | 92 | 293 | 1.7 |
| TLA Worldwide plc | Consumer Discretionary | 150 | 283 | 1.6 |
| Mirada plc | Information Technology | 266 | 277 | 1.6 |
| SiS Science in Sports plc | Consumer Staples | 160 | 274 | 1.5 |
| Mycelx Technologies Corporation Ltd | Industrials | 150 | 257 | 1.4 |
| AnimalCare Group plc | Healthcare | 100 | 249 | 1.4 |
| Kalibrate Technologies plc | Information Technology | 161 | 246 | 1.4 |
| Sanderson Group plc | Information Technology | 200 | 244 | 1.4 |
| Premaitha Health plc | Healthcare | 162 | 228 | 1.3 |
| EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc | Healthcare | 150 | 225 | 1.3 |
| Microsaic Systems Plc | Information Technology | 173 | 223 | 1.3 |
| Plastics Capital plc | Materials | 202 | 222 | 1.3 |
| Reneuron Group plc | Healthcare | 179 | 214 | 1.2 |
| LiDCO plc | Healthcare | 146 | 197 | 1.1 |
| Everyman Media Group plc | Consumer Discretionary | 172 | 186 | 1.0 |
| Electric Word plc | Consumer Discretionary | 185 | 179 | 1.0 |
| ULS Technology plc | Information Technology | 139 | 172 | 1.0 |
| Omega Diagnostics Group plc | Healthcare | 129 | 172 | 1.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porta Communications plc | Consumer Discretionary | 200 | 160 | 0.9 |
| Tristel plc | Healthcare | 79 | 157 | 0.9 |
| Fusionex plc | Information Technology | 69 | 155 | 0.9 |
| Get Lenses Ltd | Healthcare | 132 | 132 | 0.7 |
| MartinCo plc | Financials | 113 | 118 | 0.7 |
| Tangent Communications plc | Information Technology | 150 | 116 | 0.7 |
| Imaginatik plc | Information Technology | 150 | 116 | 0.7 |
| Belvoir Lettings plc | Financials | 150 | 112 | 0.6 |
| Synety Group plc | Information Technology | 134 | 107 | 0.6 |
| WANsico plc | Information Technology | 53 | 99 | 0.6 |
| Paragon Entertainment Ltd | Industrials | 200 | 97 | 0.5 |
| Ilika plc** | Industrials | 68 | 94 | 0.5 |
| Proxama plc | Financials | 63 | 93 | 0.5 |
| Eagle Eye Solutions Group plc | Information Technology | 85 | 91 | 0.5 |
| Nektan Ltd | Consumer Discretionary | 70 | 83 | 0.4 |
| Synairgen plc | Healthcare | 90 | 83 | 0.4 |
| Fulcrum Utility plc | Utilities | 100 | 75 | 0.4 |
| Mexican Grill Ltd (Ordinary Shares) | Consumer Discretionary | 31 | 66 | 0.4 |
| Clean Air Power Ltd | Industrials | 150 | 56 | 0.3 |
| Corac plc | Industrials | 125 | 53 | 0.3 |
| DP Poland plc | Consumer Discretionary | 77 | 48 | 0.3 |
| Sphere Medical plc | Healthcare | 150 | 41 | 0.2 |
| Outsourcery plc | Information Technology | 300 | 38 | 0.2 |
| Verona Pharma plc | Healthcare | 72 | 37 | 0.2 |
| Mopowered Group plc | Information Technology | 150 | 28 | 0.1 |
| Corfe Energy Ltd | Energy | 25 | 25 | 0.1 |
| Brigantes Energy Ltd | Energy | 25 | 13 | 0.1 |
| Total qualifying investments | ------- 7,498 ------- |
-------- 11,106 -------- |
---------- 62.6 ---------- |
|
| Non-Qualifying investments | ||||
| UK Treasury stock 2.5% 2024 | 121 | 118 | 0.6 |
| -------- | -------- | -------- | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total – UK gilts | 121 | 118 | 0.6 |
| -------- | -------- | -------- | |
| Nationwide Building Society 7.971% 2049 | 247 | 256 | 1.4 |
| Scottish Amicable Finance 8.5% 2049 | 154 | 171 | 1.0 |
| Petrobras International Finance 6.25% 2026 | 148 | 155 | 0.9 |
| -------- | -------- | -------- | |
| Total – UK corporate bonds | 549 | 582 | 3.3 |
| -------- | -------- | -------- | |
| MFM Special Situations Fund | 1,361 | 1,466 | 8.3 |
| -------- | -------- | -------- | |
| Total – MFM | 1,361 | 1,466 | 8.3 |
| -------- | -------- | -------- | |
| Advanced Computer Software Group plc | 162 | 238 | 1.3 |
| Cohort plc | 176 | 212 | 1.2 |
| Egdon Resources plc | 140 | 178 | 1.0 |
| FDM Group plc | 129 | 160 | 0.9 |
| FC Fund Managers plc | 150 | 150 | 0.8 |
| BooHoo plc | 125 | 135 | 0.8 |
| Crawshaw plc | 100 | 131 | 0.7 |
| Flowtech plc | 100 | 130 | 0.7 |
| Regenersis plc* | 135 | 126 | 0.7 |
| Restore plc | 72 | 120 | 0.7 |
| Vertu plc | 76 | 112 | 0.6 |
| Horizon Pharma plc | 124 | 108 | 0.6 |
| Abcam plc | 99 | 105 | 0.6 |
| Hydrodec plc | 100 | 96 | 0.5 |
| Plethora Solutions plc | 93 | 87 | 0.5 |
| Idox plc | 69 | 82 | 0.5 |
| Daily Mail & Gen Trust plc | 79 | 79 | 0.4 |
| Tarsus plc | 72 | 71 | 0.4 |
| Amerisur Resources plc**** | 62 | 58 | 0.3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reneuron Group plc | 41 | 56 | 0.3 |
| Synairgen plc | 52 | 51 | 0.3 |
| Eagle Eye Solutions Group plc | 44 | 44 | 0.3 |
| Telford Homes plc | 24 | 32 | 0.2 |
| 1 Spatial Group plc | 33 | 30 | 0.2 |
| Genagro Ltd | 22 | 26 | 0.2 |
| Learning Technology plc | 22 | 20 | 0.1 |
| Westmount Energy plc | 9 | 9 | 0.1 |
| Helius Energy plc | 20 | 8 | 0.1 |
| Mycelx Technologies Corporation Ltd | 8 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Mexican Grill (A Preference Shares) | 3 | 5 | 0.0 |
| TrakM8 Holdings plc | 2 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Flowgroup plc | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Microsaic Systems plc | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Ideagen plc | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Fusionex International plc | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Proxama plc | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| TLA Worldwide plc | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| WANdisco plc*** | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Paragon Entertainment Ltd*** | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| ------- | -------- | -------- | |
| Total - non-qualifying equities | 2,351 | 2,674 | 15.0 |
| -------- -------- |
-------- -------- |
-------- -------- |
|
| Total – non-qualifying investments | 4,382 | 4,840 | 27.2 |
| Total investments | -------- 11,880 |
-------- 15,946 |
-------- 89.8 |
* 300,000 Audioboom shares sold and 720,000 shares acquired since 19 September 2014
** 25,000 Ilika shares sold since 19 September 2014
*** This is an actual holding of less than £500
**** 50,000 Amerisur shares acquired since 19 September 2014
***** All shares (38,883) sold in Regeneris since 19 September 2014
| Portfolio Breakdown (by Asset Class) | Qualifying Investments by Sector (GICS) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equities: | 85.9% | Information Technology: | 36.3% | |
| Qualifying Investments: | 62.6% | Consumer Discretionary: | 21.9% | |
| Non-Qualifying Equities: | 15.0% | Healthcare: | 19.8% | |
| Marlborough Special Situations: | 8.3% | Industrials: | 9.1% | |
| Materials: | 6.7% | |||
| Fixed Income: | 3.9% | Financials: | 2.9% | |
| Sovereign Debt: | 0.6% | Consumer Staples: | 2.4% | |
| Corporate Bonds: | 3.3% | Utilities | 0.6% | |
| Energy: | 0.3% | |||
| Cash: | 10.4% | Total: | 100.0% | |
| Accruals: | (0.2)% | |||
| Total: | 100.0% |
Further information in relation to the investments can be found, in each company's most recent interim financial statements which can be downloaded at www.hargreave-hale.co.uk/fundmanagement/venture-capital-trusts/.
The Boards of each Company comprise three Directors, two of whom are independent of the Investment Manager. The Directors operate in a non-executive capacity and are responsible for overseeing the investment strategy of the Companies and ensuring high levels of corporate governance. Both Boards have a wide range of investment experience and are actively engaged in the management of VCTs. Whilst the Investment Manager operates under a discretionary fund management mandate, it will, where possible, disseminate an investment report for a proposed Qualifying Investment to the Boards for consideration before making an investment. The Investment Manager will not commit to an investment into a private company with no firm intention to float without the prior approval of the Boards.
After qualifying as a chartered accountant Sir Aubrey Brocklebank worked for Guinness Mahon from 1981 to 1986, initially in its corporate finance department before assisting in the establishment of a specialist development capital department. From 1986 to 1990 he was a director of Venture Founders Limited, managing a £12 million venture capital fund, which had been raised to invest in early stage ventures. He managed the Avon Enterprise Fund (a venture capital fund of £4.5 million, investing in approximately 20 companies) from 1990 until all investments had been realised in 1997. He is chairman of two other VCTs, Downing Planned Exit VCT 2011 Plc and Puma VCT 8 plc. He is, and has also been, a director of a number of companies, some of which are quoted on AIM.
David was, until July 1997, a main board director of MFI Furniture Group plc and managing director of MFI International Limited having been involved at a senior level in both MFI's management buyout and its subsequent floatation. He started his career at Marks & Spencer Group plc. He is currently chairman of Kitwave Limited, Episys Group Limited and Elderstreet VCT plc and is a non-executive director of Puma VCT 8 plc.
See below for Giles Hargreave's CV.
David worked for over 25 years in the investment banking industry starting as an investment analyst with Rowe and Pitman and becoming a partner of the firm in 1985. Following takeovers by SG Warburg and Swiss Bank Corporation and the subsequent merger with Union Bank of Switzerland, David worked in the corporate finance division of UBS Warburg. In this capacity, amongst his various duties, he was responsible for establishing a smaller companies business unit. He was a consultant to UBS from 1999 to 2002. David is presently a non-executive director of Anite Plc and also nonexecutive chairman of Foresight Solar VCT Plc.
See below for Giles Hargreave's CV.
Philip has over 20 years' experience in managing engineering and high-tech industries and has worked in both the UK and USA. He spent 30 years in the venture capital industry, playing a major part in the development of the YFM Group into the most active investor in UK SME's. He retired from all YFM Group business in April 2008 following its disposal. Philip has been responsible for a wide range of venture capital deals in a variety of industries including software, computer maintenance, engineering, printing, safety equipment, design and textiles. In addition to his directorship of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 plc, Philip is a non-executive director of Pressure Technologies plc, British Smaller Companies VCT plc and Howmac Ltd.
The Companies are managed by Hargreave Hale Limited, a fund manager with approximately £3.9 billion under management (source: Hargreave Hale, 19 September 2014). Hargreave Hale has been managing investments in UK Small and Micro Cap companies for 16 years and VCTs for 10 years. It has a long established reputation that stems from its management of the Marlborough Special Situations Fund and the Marlborough UK Micro Cap Fund, and more recently the VCTs. It has won numerous awards for its management of small cap funds, most recently the 2012 Quoted Company 'Investor of the Year' Award. In accordance with the investment policy, both Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 and Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 have made investments in the Marlborough Special Situations Fund, which has returned 1798.05% since Giles Hargreave took responsibility for it in July 1998.
The investments of the Companies are co-managed by Giles Hargreave and Oliver Bedford, with support from the rest of the firm's investment team together comprising a total investment team of 12. The investment team manages approximately £2.5 billion, of which approximately £1.9 billion is invested in small companies, many of which are quoted on AIM. The breadth of the investment team, the scale of investment in small companies and the Investment Manager's track record help attract deal flow.
Giles Hargreave is the chairman of Hargreave Hale. After leaving Cambridge in 1969, Giles began his career as a trainee analyst with James Capel before moving to Management Agency and Music Plc as a private fund manager in 1974. In 1986 he founded Hargreave Investment Management, which he then merged with Hargreave Hale & Co in 1988. In 1998, Giles took over as the fund manager of the Marlborough Special Situations Fund. He also co-manages the Marlborough UK Micro Cap Growth Fund, the Marlborough UK Nano-Cap Growth Fund, the Marlborough Multi Cap Income Fund and both VCTs. Giles heads up Hargreave Hale's investment committee and chairs the weekly meetings in which the team reviews existing and potential investments.
Oliver Bedford graduated from Durham University in 1995 with a degree in Chemistry. He served in the British Army for 9 years before joining Hargreave Hale in 2004. Oliver co-manages the Companies with Giles Hargreave and supports the other unit trusts through the investment committee.
George Finlay has been involved in institutional research and fund management since graduating from Oxford University in 1970. He joined Hargreave Hale in 1988 following positions at both Kemp Gee and GT Management. George, who specialises in 'Old Economy' and resource companies, enjoys a particularly broad mandate that allows him to unearth thematic plays and under-researched companies, often with an international dimension.
Guy Feld, a graduate of Oxford University, has over 20 years City experience in both fund management and broking. Guy joined the team as a research adviser in 2003 and has a particular focus on the technology sector and other "New Economy" and growth companies. Guy co-manages the Marlborough UK Micro Cap Growth Fund and the Marlborough UK Nano-Cap Growth Fund with Giles Hargreave.
Richard Hallett qualified as a Chartered Accountant at Ernst & Young in 1994 and subsequently joined Singer & Friedlander in 1995 as a small companies fund manager. He moved to Hargreave Hale in 2005 as a UK fund manager and now manages the Marlborough UK Multi-Cap Growth Fund, a small company institutional mandate and the Hargreave Hale IHT portfolio service.
Siddarth Chand Lall graduated from Edinburgh University with a Masters in Economics (Honours) in 2002. Sid is the lead-manager of the Marlborough Multi Cap Income Fund with co-manager Giles Hargreave. He also supports the other Marlborough funds in an advisory role. Formerly of DSP, Sid joined Hargreave Hale in 2007.
Michael's city career of more than 40 years has included roles at Phillips & Drew, Laing and Cruickshank, Merrill Lynch, Investec and Oriel Securities. At Investec he was involved in the flotation of companies including Fitness First and the IG Group. He joined Hargreave Hale in 2011.
David Walton, a graduate of Cambridge University, joined Hargreave Hale in January 2013. Prior to joining Hargreave Hale, David held fund management positions at M&G and Baillie Gifford, where he managed small and mid-cap European equity funds. David manages the Marlborough European Multi-Cap fund and is co-manager of the Marlborough UK Nano-Cap Growth Fund.
Jean Roche achieved a First Class MSc in Financial Mathematics from Dublin City University after graduating from the National University of Ireland, Galway, with a First Class double honours degree. She has more than 14 years' experience as a financial analyst including Morgan Stanley and Panmure Gordon and was named Europe's Best Retail Analyst by the Wall Street Journal in May 2013.
Eustace Santa Barbara, a graduate of Harvard University, joined Hargreave Hale from Close Brothers in December 2013 where he worked as both an analyst and fund manager. Eustace was appointed comanager of the Marlborough Special Situations Fund in September 2014.
Will Searle joined Hargreave Hale in September 2010 and works as assistant fund manager on the Marlborough European Multi-Cap fund. Prior to joining Hargreave Hale, he studied Accounting & Finance at Southampton University. He holds both the Investment Management Certificate and Investment Advice Diploma.
Joshua Northrop joined Hargreave Hale in September 2013 as a Fund Managers Assistant. Before joining Hargreave Hale, he studied Economics and Human Geography at University College London. He holds the Investment Management Certificate and is currently enrolled in the CFA program.
Hargreave Hale Limited provides discretionary investment management and advisory services to both Companies in respect of their portfolio of Qualifying Investments and Non-Qualifying Investments.
For Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1, the Investment Manager receives investment management fees equal to 1.5% per annum of the Net Asset Value of the relevant Company and a Performance Incentive Fee.
For Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2, the Investment Manager receives investment management fees equal to 1.5% per annum of the Net Asset Value of the Company and a Performance Incentive Fee.
The appointment may be terminated on 12 calendar months' notice by either party.
In line with normal VCT practice, a performance related incentive fee will be payable subject to certain criteria. This will be payable at the rate of 20% of any dividends paid to Ordinary Shareholders in excess of 6p per Ordinary Share per annum, provided that the Net Asset Value per Ordinary Share is at least 95p, with any cumulative shortfalls below 6p per Ordinary Share having to be made up in subsequent years.
A maximum of 75% of the Investment Manager's annual fee (plus irrecoverable VAT, but excluding any incentive fee) will be chargeable against capital reserves, with the remainder of the Investment Manager's annual fee being chargeable against revenue.
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1's annual report and accounts are made up to 30 September in each year and are normally sent to Shareholders in December of each year. It is the current intention of the Directors that the first report to be sent to Investors after the close of the Offers will be the audited annual accounts for the year ending 30 September 2015.
It is intended that Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 should have an unlimited life, but the Directors consider that it is desirable for Shareholders to have the opportunity to review the future of the Company at appropriate intervals. Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1's Articles of Association require the Directors to put a proposal to Shareholders concerning the continuation of that company at the annual general meeting in 2020 and, if passed, at every fifth anniversary thereafter. As there is a risk for new Shareholders under the Offers that if the continuation vote is passed in favour of discontinuance, they will thereby be deemed to have disposed within their five year holding period, it is a condition to the Offers therefore that prior Shareholder approval is granted to delay the continuation vote until 2021 and to adopt the new articles of association accordingly.
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2's annual report and accounts are made up to 28 February in each year and are normally sent to Shareholders in June of each year. It is the current intention of the Directors that the first report to be sent to Investors after the close of the Offers will be the audited annual accounts for the year ending 28 February 2016.
It is intended that Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 should have an unlimited life, but the Directors consider that it is desirable for Shareholders to have the opportunity to review the future of the Company at appropriate intervals. Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2's Articles of Association require the Directors to put a proposal to Shareholders concerning the continuation of the Company at the annual general meeting in 2020 and, if passed, at every fifth anniversary thereafter. As there is a risk for new Shareholders under the Offers that if the continuation vote is passed in favour of discontinuance, they will thereby be deemed to have disposed within their five year holding period, it is a condition to the Offers therefore that prior Shareholder approval is granted to delay the continuation vote until 2021 and to adopt the new articles of association accordingly.
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 and Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 have retained PricewaterhouseCoopers to advise on tax matters generally and, in particular, on the maintenance of VCT status. HMRC has confirmed that both of the Companies qualify as VCTs, PricewaterhouseCoopers will assist the Investment Manager in establishing the status of investments as Qualifying Investments and monitoring these investments and will report directly to the Board. In order to continue to comply with VCT requirements, both Companies must have 70% of all net funds raised from the issue of shares invested in Qualifying Investments throughout accounting periods beginning no later than three years after the date on which those shares are issued.
As at 31 August 2014 Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 was 95.72% invested in Qualifying Investments. As at 31 August 2014 Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 was 88.10% invested in Qualifying Investments (as defined in the Income Tax Act 2007).
The following is only a summary of the law concerning the tax position of individual investors in VCTs. Potential investors who are in any doubt about the taxation consequences of investing in a VCT are recommended to consult a professional adviser.
The tax reliefs set out below are available to individuals aged 18 or over who subscribe for Ordinary Shares under the Offers. Whilst there is no specific limit on the amount of an individual's acquisition of shares in a VCT, tax reliefs will only be given to the extent that the total of an individual's subscriptions or other acquisitions of shares in VCTs in any tax year do not exceed £200,000. Investors who intend to invest more than £200,000 in VCTs in any one tax year should seek professional advice.
Income tax relief at the rate of 30% will be available on subscriptions for Ordinary Shares up to a maximum investment in VCTs of £200,000 in any tax year. This relief is limited to the amount that reduces the investor's income tax liability to nil.
The effect of this relief for an investor subscribing £10,000 for Ordinary Shares is shown below:
| Value £ | |
|---|---|
| Initial investment | 10,000 |
| Less income tax relief at 30% | (3,000) |
| Effective net cost to investor | 7,000 |
Investments to be used as security for or financed by loans may not qualify for relief, depending on the circumstances.
Income tax relief is restricted if, within 6 months of the subscription for shares in a VCT (before or after), the investor has disposed of shares in that VCT.
(ii) Dividend relief
An investor who acquires in any tax year VCT shares having a value of up to £200,000 will not be liable to income tax on dividends paid by the VCT on those shares.
An individual who purchases existing VCT shares through the secondary market will be entitled to claim dividend relief (as described in paragraph (ii) above) but not relief from income tax on investment (as described in paragraph (i) above).
Relief from income tax on a subscription for VCT shares will be withdrawn if the VCT shares are disposed of (other than between spouses or in the event of death) within five years of issue or if the VCT loses its approval within this period.
A disposal by an Investor of Ordinary Shares will give rise to neither a chargeable gain nor an allowable loss for the purposes of UK capital gains tax. The relief is limited to the disposal of VCT shares acquired within the limit of £200,000 for any tax year.
An individual who purchases existing VCT shares through the secondary market will be entitled to claim relief from capital gains tax on disposal (as described in paragraph (b)(i) above).
The following tables show what an Investor would need to earn on a gross basis from both bank interest and taxable income from investments in bonds and equities to achieve the same equivalent net yield from a dividend distribution by a VCT. The yields detailed below, which are for illustration purposes only, are calculated with reference to the cost of investment net of the initial 30% income tax relief. In these illustrative examples, the price of the new shares is taken to be 100 pence, this will not be the case under the Offers.
(i) an additional rate taxpayer, with a marginal income tax rate on interest income of 45% and a marginal income tax rate on dividend income of 37.5%. After adjusting for the 10% tax credit, the effective tax rate on dividend income falls to 30.6%.
(ii) a higher rate taxpayer, with a marginal income tax rate on interest income of 40% and a marginal income tax rate on dividend income of 32.5%. After adjusting for the 10% tax credit, the effective tax rate on dividend income falls to 25.0%.
(iii) a basic rate taxpayer, with a marginal income tax rate on interest income of 20% and a marginal income tax rate on dividend income of 10%. After adjusting for the 10% tax credit, the effective tax rate on dividend income falls to nil.
| Income Tax Rate | Basic Rate (20%) | Higher Rate (40%) | Additional Rate (45%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| VCT Yield (assuming 30% income tax relief) |
7.1% | 7.1% | 7.1% |
| Equivalent Gross Interest Yield | 8.9% | 11.9% | 12.9% |
| Equivalent Gross Dividend Yield |
7.1% | 9.5% | 10.2% |
Equivalent Gross Yields based on a dividend distribution of 5% of NAV p.a.
The Companies will provide to each Investor a certificate which the Investor may use to claim income tax relief, either by obtaining from HMRC an adjustment to his tax coding under the PAYE system or by waiting until the end of the tax year and using his tax return to claim relief.
Investors not resident in the UK should seek professional advice as to the consequences of making an investment in a VCT as they may be subject to tax in other jurisdictions as well as in the UK.
No taxation will be withheld at source on any income arising from the Ordinary Shares and the Companies assume no responsibility for such withholding.
If a company which has been granted approval as a VCT subsequently fails to comply with the conditions for approval, approval as a VCT may be withdrawn or treated as never having been given. In these circumstances, relief from income tax on the initial investment is repayable unless loss of approval occurs more than five years after the issue of the relevant VCT shares. In addition, relief ceases to be available on any dividend paid in respect of profits or gains in any accounting period ending when VCT status has been lost and any gains on the VCT shares up to the date from which loss of VCT status is treated as taking effect will be exempt, but gains thereafter will be taxable.
The Companies have to satisfy a number of tests to qualify as VCTs. A summary of these tests is set out below.
To qualify as a VCT, a company must be approved as such by HMRC. To obtain such approval it must:
A Qualifying Investment consists of shares or securities first issued to the VCT (and held by it ever since) by a company satisfying certain conditions. The conditions are detailed but include that the company must be a Qualifying Company, have gross assets not exceeding £15 million immediately before and £16 million immediately after the investment, apply the money raised for the purposes of a qualifying trade within a certain time period and not be controlled by another company. In any twelve month period the company can receive no more than £5 million from VCT funds and Enterprise Investment Schemes, and any other European State-aided risk capital source. The company must have fewer than 250 full time (or equivalent) employees at the time of making the investment. VCT funds raised after 5 April 2012 cannot be used by a Qualifying Company to fund the purchase of shares in another company.
There is also a 'no disqualifying arrangements' requirement under which an investment will not be a Qualifying Investment if the investee company has been set up for the purpose of accessing tax reliefs or is in substance a financing business, although the Boards believe that these measures are unlikely to affect the Companies.
A Qualifying Company must be unquoted (for VCT purposes this includes companies whose shares are traded on certain ISDX (formally PLUS) markets and AIM) and must carry on a qualifying trade. For this purpose certain activities are excluded (such as dealing in land or shares or providing financial services). The qualifying trade must either be carried on by, or be intended to be carried on by, the Qualifying Company or by a relevant qualifying subsidiary (see below) at the time of the issue of shares or securities to the VCT (and at all times thereafter). A Qualifying Company must have a permanent establishment in the UK. A company intending to carry on a qualifying trade must begin to trade within two years of the issue of shares or securities to the VCT and continue it thereafter.
A Qualifying Company may have no subsidiaries other than qualifying subsidiaries, which must be more than 50% owned.
A relevant qualifying subsidiary must be a 90% directly held subsidiary of the company invested in, its wholly owned subsidiary, or a wholly owned subsidiary of a 90% directly held subsidiary.
A VCT must be approved at all times by HMRC. Approval has effect from the time specified in the approval.
A VCT cannot be approved unless the tests detailed above are met throughout the most recent complete accounting period of the VCT and HMRC is satisfied that they will be met in relation to the accounting period of the VCT which is current when the application is made. However, in order to facilitate the launch of a VCT, HMRC may approve a VCT notwithstanding that certain of the tests are not met at the time of application, provided HMRC is satisfied that the tests will be met within certain time limits. In particular, in the case of the test described at (d) under the heading "Qualification as a VCT" above, approval may be given if HMRC is satisfied that this will be met throughout an accounting period of the VCT beginning no more than three years after the date on which approval takes effect.
The Directors intend to conduct the affairs of the Companies so that they satisfy the conditions for approval as VCTs and that such approval will be maintained. HMRC has granted the Companies approval under section 274 ITA as VCTs. The Companies intend to comply with section 274 ITA and have retained PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to advise them on VCT taxation matters.
Approval of a VCT may be withdrawn by HMRC if the various tests set out above are not satisfied. Withdrawal of approval generally has effect from the time when notice is given to the VCT but, in relation to capital gains of the VCT only, can be backdated to not earlier than the first day of the accounting period commencing immediately after the last accounting period of the VCT in which all of the tests were satisfied.
Full audited financial information on the Company for the accounting years ended 30 September 2011, 30 September 2012 and 30 September 2013 and unaudited information for the half-year accounts for the six months ended 31 March 2013 and 31 March 2014 are available free of charge at the Company's registered office or can be downloaded at http://www.hargreave-hale.co.uk/fund-management/venturecapital-trusts/hargreave-hale-aim-vct-1/offer-documents-and-reports/
The annual reports for the years ended 30 September 2011, 30 September 2012 and 30 September 2013 were audited by BDO LLP of 55 Baker Street, London W1U 7EU. All audit reports were unqualified under the Act.
The annual reports referred to above were prepared in accordance with UK generally accepted accounting practice (GAAP) and the Statement of Recommended Practice 'Financial Statements of Investment Trust Companies'. The annual reports contain a description of the relevant Company's financial condition, changes in financial condition and results of operation for each relevant financial year, as well as further information in relation to the Company's investments, and are being incorporated by reference and can be accessed at the following website:
http://www.hargreave-hale.co.uk/fund-management/venture-capital-trusts/hargreave-hale-aim-vct-1/offer-documents-and-reports/
Where these documents make reference to other documents, such other documents are not incorporated into and do not form part of this document.
The information indicated below is incorporated by reference into this document (excluding such other information as may be included in those documents):
| Audited financial statements for the period ended 30 September 2011 |
Audited financial statements for the period ended 30 September 2012 |
Unaudited half yearly financial statements for the six months ended 31 March 2013 |
Audited financial statements for the period ended 30 September 2013 |
Unaudited half yearly financial statements for the six months ended 31 March 2014 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Page numbers | Page numbers | Page numbers | Page numbers | Page numbers | |
| Income statements | 25 | 28 | 5 | 33 | 6 |
| Statement of changes in equity | 27-28 | 30-31 | 7-8 | 35-36 | 8-9 |
| Balance sheets | 26 | 29 | 6 | 34 | 7 |
| Cash flow statements | 27 | 30 | 7 | 35 | 8 |
| Accounting policies | 29-30 | 32-33 | n/a | 37-38 | n/a |
| Notes to the accounts | 29-38 | 32-42 | 8 | 37-47 | 9 |
| Independent auditor's report | 23-24 | 26-27 | n/a | 30-32 | n/a |
| Audited financial statements for the period ended 30 September 2011 |
Audited financial statements for the period ended 30 September 2012 |
Unaudited half yearly financial statements for the six months ended 31 March 2013 |
Audited financial statements for the period ended 30 September 2013 |
Unaudited half yearly financial statements for the six months ended 31 March 2014 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Page numbers | Page numbers | Page numbers | Page numbers | Page numbers | |
| Chairman's statement | 4-5 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 4-5 | 2-3 |
| Investment Manager's report | 7 | 8-9 | 3-4 | 10-11 | 4-5 |
This information in the annual reports has been prepared in a form consistent with that which will be adopted in the Company's next published annual financial statements having regard to accounting standards and policies and legislation applicable to those financial statements.
As at 30 September 2013, the date to which the most recent audited financial statements of the Company have been drawn up, the Company had net assets of £19.9 million or 71.87 pence per Ordinary Share. As at 31 March 2014, the date to which the most recent unaudited half yearly financial statements for the company have been drawn, the company had net assets of £29.5 million or 85.42 per Ordinary Share.
As at the date of this document, there has been no significant change in the financial or trading position of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 since 31 March 2014 (being the date on which unaudited interim financial information was last published).
Full audited financial information on the Company for the accounting years ended 29 February 2012, 28 February 2013 and 28 February 2014 and unaudited information for the half-year accounts for the six months ended 31 August 2013 and 31 August 2014 are available free of charge at the Company's registered office or can be downloaded at http://www.hargreave-hale.co.uk/fund-management/venturecapital-trusts/hargreave-hale-aim-vct-2/offer-documents-and-reports/
The annual reports for the years ended 29 February 2012, 28 February 2013 and 28 February 2014 were audited by BDO LLP of 55 Baker Street, London W1U 7EU. All audit reports were unqualified under the Act.
The annual reports referred to above were prepared in accordance with UK generally accepted accounting practice (GAAP) and the Statement of Recommended Practice 'Financial Statements of Investment Trust Companies'. The annual reports and half-yearly accounts contain a description of the relevant company's financial condition, changes in financial condition and results of operation for each relevant financial year, as well as further information in relation to the Company's investments, and, together with the half-yearly reports referred to, are being incorporated by reference into this document and can be accessed at the following website:
http://www.hargreave-hale.co.uk/fund-management/venture-capital-trusts/hargreave-hale-aim-vct-2/offer-documents-and-reports/
Where these documents make reference to other documents, such other documents are not incorporated into and do not form part of this document.
The information indicated below is incorporated by reference into this document (excluding such other information as may be included in those documents):
| Audited financial statements for the period ended 29 February 2012 |
Audited financial statements for the period ended 28 February 2013 |
Unaudited half yearly financial statements for the six months ended 31 August 2013 |
Audited financial statements for the period ended 28 February 2014 |
Unaudited half yearly financial statements for the six months ended 31 August 2014 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Page numbers | Page numbers | Page numbers | Page numbers | Page numbers | |
| Income statements | 27 | 29 | 5 | 32 | 6 |
| Statement of changes in equity | 29-30 | 31-32 | 7-8 | 34-35 | 8-9 |
| Balance sheets | 28 | 30 | 6 | 33 | 7 |
| Cash flow statements | 29 | 31 | 7 | 34 | 8 |
| Accounting policies | 31-32 | 33-34 | n/a | 36-37 | n/a |
| Notes to the accounts | 31-42 | 33-44 | 8 | 36-47 | 9 |
| Independent auditor's report | 25-26 | 27-28 | n/a | 29-31 | n/a |
| Audited financial statements for the period ended 29 February 2012 |
Audited financial statements for the period ended 28 February 2013 |
Unaudited half yearly financial statements for the six months ended 31 August 2013 |
Audited financial statements for the period ended 28 February 2014 |
Unaudited half yearly financial statements for the six months ended 31 August 2014 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Page numbers | Page numbers | Page numbers | Page numbers | Page numbers | |
| Chairman's statement | 4-5 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 4-5 | 2-3 |
| Investment Manager's report | 7-8 | 8-9 | 3-4 | 10-11 | 4-5 |
This information in the annual reports has been prepared in a form consistent with that which will be adopted in the Company's next published annual financial statements having regard to accounting standards and policies and legislation applicable to those financial statements.
As at 28 February 2014, the date to which the most recent audited financial statements of the Company have been drawn up, the Company had net assets of £16.7 million or 120.24 pence per Ordinary Share. As at 31 August 2014, the date to which the most recent unaudited half yearly financial statements for the company have been drawn, the company had net assets of £17.4 million or 109.05 pence per Ordinary Share.
As at the date of this document, there has been no significant change in the financial or trading position of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 since 31 August 2014 (being the date on which unaudited financial statements were last published).
3.4.5 authorise the Company in accordance with Section 701 of the Act to make market purchases in connection with a tender offer;
3.4.6 authorise the Company in accordance with Section 701 of the Act to make market purchases of C shares and Ordinary Shares;
and to the exclusion of the existing articles of association;
(1) THAT, in substitution for existing authorities, the Directors be and are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised in accordance with Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act") to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares in the capital of the Company and to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in the Company up to an aggregate nominal value of £170,000 during the period commencing on the passing of this resolution and expiring on the first anniversary of this resolution (unless previously revoked, varied or extended by the Company in general meeting), but so that this authority shall allow the Company to make before the expiry of this authority offers or agreements which would or might require shares to be allotted after such expiry.
Provided however that the power conferred by this resolution shall be limited to the allotment of equity securities in connection with the offers for subscription of up to £10,000,000 of ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the capital of the Company (the "Ordinary Shares") pursuant to a prospectus issued by the Company and Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 plc on or around 2 October 2014 (the "Offers") and subject only to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may consider necessary or expedient to deal with legal or practical problems under the laws of, or the requirements of any recognised regulatory body in any territory.
Limited of 19 Cavendish Square, London W1A 2AW.
Section 551 of the Act;
(1) THAT, in substitution for existing authorities, the Directors be and are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised in accordance with Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act") to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares in the capital of the Company and to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in the Company up to an aggregate nominal value of £120,000 during the period commencing on the passing of this resolution and expiring on the first anniversary of this resolution (unless previously revoked, varied or extended by the Company in general meeting), but so that this authority shall allow the Company to make before the expiry of this authority offers or agreements which would or might require shares to be allotted after such expiry.
Provided however that the power conferred by this resolution shall be limited to the allotment of equity securities in connection with the offers for subscription of up to £10,000,000 of ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the capital of the Company (the "Ordinary Shares") pursuant to a prospectus issued by the Company and Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 plc on or around 2 October 2014 (the "Offers") and subject only to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may consider necessary or expedient to deal with legal or practical problems under the laws of, or the requirements of any recognised regulatory body in any territory.
3.21 At 30 September 2014 (being the latest practical date prior to the publication of this document) the issued fully paid share capital of each of the Companies is:
| Class of shares | Nominal value | Issued (fully paid) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | number | |||
| Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 | Ordinary Shares | £0.01 | 364,731 | 36,473,134 |
| Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 | Ordinary Shares | £0.01 | 162,026 | 16,202,640 |
3.22 The issued fully paid share capital of the Companies immediately after the Offers have closed (assuming the Offers are fully subscribed) will be as follows:
| Class of shares | Nominal value | Issued (fully paid)* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | number | |||
| Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 | Ordinary Shares | £0.01 | 485,519 | 48,551,887 |
| Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 | Ordinary Shares | £0.01 | 248,998 | 24,899,804 |
* using an Offer Price based on the NAV as at 19 September 2014
3.32 The ISIN and SEDOL Code of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 Ordinary Shares are GB00B02WHS05 and B02WHS0, respectively. The ISIN and SEDOL Code of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 Ordinary Shares is GB00B1GDYS53 and B1GDYS5, respectively.
Subject to any special terms as to voting on which any Shares may be issued, on a show of hands every member present in person (or being a corporation, present by authorised representative) shall have one vote and, on a poll, every member who is present in person or by proxy shall have one vote for every Share of which he is the holder. The Shares shall rank pari passu as to rights to attend and vote at any general meeting of the relevant Company.
The Ordinary Shares are in registered form and will be freely transferable. All transfers of Ordinary Shares must be effected by a transfer in writing in any usual form or any other form approved by the Directors. The instrument of transfer of an Ordinary Share shall be executed by or on behalf of the transferor and, in the case of a partly paid share by or on behalf of the transferee. The Directors may refuse to register any transfer of a partly paid Share, provided that such refusal does not prevent dealings taking place on an open and proper basis and may also refuse to register any instrument of transfer unless: it is in respect of a fully paid share; it is in respect of shares on which the relevant Company does not have a lien; it is in respect of only one class of share; and the transferees do not exceed four in number.
Each Company may in general meeting declare dividends in accordance with the respective rights of the members, provided that no dividend shall be payable in excess of the amount recommended by the Directors. The Directors may pay such interim dividends as appear to them to be justified. No dividend or other monies payable in respect of an Ordinary Share shall bear interest as against the relevant Company. There are no fixed dates on which entitlement to a dividend arises.
All dividends unclaimed for a period of twelve years after being declared or becoming due for payment shall be forfeited and shall revert to the relevant Company.
If any member or other person appearing to be interested in shares of either of the Companies is in default in supplying within 42 days (or 28 days where the shares represent at least 0.25% its the share capital) after the date of service of a notice requiring such member or other person to supply to the relevant Company in writing all or any such information as is referred to in section 793 of the Act, the Directors may, for such period as the default shall continue, impose restrictions upon the relevant shares.
The restrictions available are the suspension of voting or other rights conferred by membership in relation to meetings of the Companies in respect of the relevant shares and additionally in the case of a shareholder representing at least 0.25% by nominal value of any class of shares of the relevant Company then in issue, the withholding of payment of any dividends on, and the restriction of transfer of, the relevant shares.
On a winding-up any surplus assets of each Company respectively will be divided amongst the holders of its Shares according to the respective numbers of Shares held by them in the relevant Company and in accordance with the provisions of the Act, subject to the rights of any shares which may be issued with special rights or privileges. The Articles of Association provide that the liquidator may, with the sanction of a resolution and any other sanction required by the Act, divide amongst the members in specie the whole or any part of the assets of the relevant Company in such manner as he may determine.
Whenever the capital of either Company is divided into different classes of shares, the rights attached to any class may (unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of that class) be varied or abrogated either with the consent in writing of the holders of not less than three-fourths of the nominal amount of the issued shares of the class or with the sanction of a special resolution passed at a separate meeting of such holders.
Unless and until otherwise determined by either Company in General Meeting pursuant to Article 120 the number of Directors shall not be less than two nor more than ten. The continuing Directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their body, provided that if the number of the Directors be less than the prescribed minimum the remaining Director or Directors shall forthwith appoint an additional Director or additional Directors to make up such minimum or shall convene a General Meeting of that Company for the purpose of making such appointment.
Any Director may in writing under his hand appoint (a) any other Director, or (b) any other person who is approved by the Board of Directors as hereinafter provided to be his alternate. A Director may at any time revoke the appointment of an alternate appointed by him. Every person acting as an alternate Director shall be an officer of the Company, and shall alone be responsible to the Company for his own acts and defaults, and he shall not be deemed to be the agent of or for the Director appointing him.
Subject to the provisions of the Act, the Directors may from time to time appoint one or more of their body to be Managing Director or Joint Managing Directors of either Company or to hold such other executive office in relation to the management of the business of that Company as they may decide.
A Director of a Company may continue or become a Director or other officer, servant or member or any company promoted by that Company or in which it may be interested as a vendor shareholder, or otherwise, and no such Director shall be accountable for any remuneration or other benefits derived as director or other officer, servant or member of such company.
The Directors may from time to time appoint a President of a Company (who need not be a Director of the Company) and may determine his duties and remuneration and the period for which he is to hold office.
The Directors may from time to time provide for the management and transaction of the affairs of the Company in any specified locality, whether at home or abroad, in such manner as they think fit.
4.11.1 A Director who is in any way, directly or indirectly, interested in a transaction or arrangement with either Company shall, at a meeting of the Directors, declare, in accordance with the Act, the nature of his interest.
pension or life assurance scheme for employees or their dependants or, apart from membership of any such scheme, the payment of a pension or other benefits to him or his dependants on or after retirement or death.
A Director shall also retire from office at or before the third annual general meeting following the annual general meeting at which he last retired and was re-elected. A retiring Director shall be eligible for re-election. A Director shall be capable of being appointed or re-appointed a Director despite having attained any particular age.
Subject as provided below, the Directors may exercise all the powers of each Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and uncalled capital.
The Directors shall restrict the borrowings of each Company and exercise all voting and other rights or powers of control over its subsidiary undertakings (if any) so as to secure that the aggregate amount at any time outstanding in respect of money borrowed by the group, being that Company and its subsidiary undertakings for the time being (excluding intra-group borrowings), shall not without the previous sanction of an ordinary resolution of the Company exceed a sum equal to 15% of the aggregate total amount received from time to time on the subscription of shares of that Company.
At any time when either Company has given notice in the prescribed form (which has not been revoked) to the Registrar of Companies of its intention to carry on business as an investment company ("a Relevant Period") the distribution of that Company's capital profits (within the meaning of section 833 of the Act) shall be prohibited. The Board shall establish a reserve to be called the capital reserve. During a Relevant Period, all surpluses arising from the realisation or revaluation of investments and all other monies realised on or derived from the realisation, payment or other dealing with any capital asset in excess of the book value thereof and all other monies which are considered by the Board to be in the nature of accretion to capital shall be credited to the capital reserve. Subject to the Act, the Board may determine whether any amount received by the relevant Company is to be dealt with as income or capital or partly one way and partly the other. During a Relevant Period, any loss realised on the realisation or payment or other dealing with investments, or other capital losses, and, subject to the Act, any expenses, loss or liability (subscription therefore) which the Board considers to relate to a capital item or which the Board otherwise considers appropriate to be debited to the capital reserve shall be carried to the debit of the capital reserve. During a Relevant Period, all sums carried and standing to the credit of the capital reserve may be applied for any of the purposes for which sums standing to any revenue reserve are applicable except and provided that during a Relevant Period no part of the capital reserve or any other money in the nature of accretion to capital shall be transferred to the revenue reserves of the relevant Company or be regarded or treated as profits of that Company available for distribution (as defined in section 829 of the Act) or be applied in paying dividends on any shares in that Company. In periods other than a Relevant Period, any amount standing to the credit of the capital reserve may be transferred to the revenue reserves of the relevant Company or be regarded or treated as profits of the Company available for distribution (as defined by section 829 of the Act) or applied in paying dividends on any shares in the Company.
Annual general meetings shall be held at such time and place as may be determined by the Directors and within a period of six months beginning on the day following the relevant Company's accounting reference date.
The Directors may, whenever they think fit, convene a general meeting of a Company, and general meetings shall also be convened on such requisition or in default may be convened by such requisitionists as are provided by the Act. Any meeting convened under this Article by requisitionists shall be convened in the same manner as near to as possible as that in which meetings are to be convened by the Directors.
An annual general meeting shall be called by not less than twenty-one days notice in writing, and all other general meetings of a Company shall be called by not less than fourteen days notice in writing. The notice shall be exclusive of the day on which it is given and of the day of the meeting and shall specify the place, the day and hour of meeting, and in case of special business the general nature of such business. The notice shall be given to the members, other than those who, under the provisions of the articles or the terms of issue of the shares they hold, are not entitled to receive notice from the Company, to the Directors and to the Auditors. A notice calling an annual general meeting shall specify the meeting as such and the notice convening a meeting to pass a special resolution or an ordinary resolution as the case may be shall specify the intention to propose the resolution as such.
In every notice calling a meeting of a Company or any class of the members of a Company there shall appear with reasonable prominence a statement that a member entitled to attend and vote is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and, on a poll, vote instead of him, and that a proxy need not also be a member.
If within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting, if convened by or upon the requisition of members, shall be dissolved. In any other case it shall stand adjourned to such time and at such place as the Chairman shall appoint. At any such adjourned meeting the member or members present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote shall have power to decide upon all matters which could properly have been disposed of at the meeting from which the adjournment took place. A Company shall give not less than seven clear days notice of any meeting adjourned for the want of a quorum and the notice shall state that the member or members present as aforesaid shall form a quorum.
The Chairman may, with the consent of the meeting (and shall, if so directed by the meeting) adjourn any meeting from time to time and from place to place. No business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.
The Directors shall put an ordinary resolution to the annual general meeting of the Company in 2020 and, if passed, to every fifth subsequent annual general meeting, proposing that the Company should continue as a Venture Capital Trust for a further five year period. As set out in the Circular, a resolution is proposed to be considered at the Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 GM and the Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 GM that the continuation resolution to be put to Shareholders at the annual general meeting of the Company in 2020 is instead put to Shareholders at the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2021 and, if passed, to every fifth subsequent annual general meeting, proposing that the Company should continue as a Venture Capital Trust for a further five year period. If any such resolution is not passed, the Directors shall draw up proposals for the reorganisation, reconstruction or voluntary winding up of the Company for submission to the members of the Company at an extraordinary general meeting to be convened by the Directors on a date not more than 9 months after such annual general meeting. The Directors shall use all reasonable endeavours to ensure that the proposals for the reorganisation, reconstruction or voluntary winding up of the Company as are approved by special resolution are implemented as soon as is reasonably practicable after passing of such a resolution.
For the purposes of this, an ordinary resolution will not have been carried only if those members in person or by proxy who vote against such resolution hold in aggregate not less than twenty five per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company at such time entitled to attend and vote at such a meeting.
Holders of C shares are entitled to receive notice of, to attend, speak and vote at any General Meeting, pari passu, in such respect to the holders of Ordinary Shares. The holders of the Ordinary Shares and the C shares shall have the following rights to be paid dividends:
(a) The holders of the Ordinary Shares shall be entitled to receive in that capacity such dividends as the directors may resolve to pay out of the net assets attributable to the Ordinary Shares and from income received and accrued which is attributable to the Ordinary Shares.
3 No C shares are in issue and no C shares will be issued pursuant to the Offer.
(b) The holders of C shares shall be entitled to receive in that capacity such dividends as the directors may resolve to pay out of the net assets attributable to the C shares and from income received and accrued which is attributable to the C shares.
The capital and assets of the Company shall on a winding up or on a return of capital be applied amongst the ordinary shareholders pro rata according to the nominal capital paid up on their holdings of ordinary shares after having deducted an amount calculated by a defined conversion ratio.
CREST is a paperless settlement procedure enabling securities to be evidenced otherwise than by a certificate and transferred otherwise than by a written instrument.
6.1 As at the date of this document the interests of the Directors and their immediate families (all of which are beneficial) in the share capital of the Companies which (i) are or will be notified to the Companies in accordance with rule 3 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules ("DTR 3") by each Director; or (ii) are interests of a connected person (within the meaning in DTR 3) of a Director which are or will be required to be disclosed under DTR 3 and the existence of which is known to or could with reasonable diligence be ascertained by that Director; are or are expected to be as follows:
| As at 30 September 2014 (being the latest practical date prior to the publication of this document) |
After the Offers have closed* |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Company | Director | Number of Ordinary Shares |
Percentage of issued share capital |
Number of Ordinary Shares |
Percentage of issued share capital |
| Hargreave Hale AIM | Aubrey Brocklebank | ||||
| VCT 1 | 4,845 | 0.01% | 4,845 | 0.01% | |
| Hargreave Hale AIM | David Brock | ||||
| VCT 1 | 15,325 | 0.04% | 15,325 | 0.03% | |
| Hargreave Hale AIM | Giles Hargreave | ||||
| VCT 1 | 136,510 | 0.37% | 136,510 | 0.28% | |
| Hargreave Hale AIM | David Hurst-Brown** | ||||
| VCT 2 | 45,836 | 0.28% | 45,836 | 0.18% | |
| Hargreave Hale AIM | Philip Cammerman | ||||
| VCT 2 | 8,190 | 0.05% | 8,190 | 0.03% | |
| Hargreave Hale AIM | Giles Hargreave | ||||
| VCT 2 | 164,151 | 1.01% | 164,151 | 0.66% |
* assuming that the Maximum Subscription is achieved in relation to Ordinary Shares and that all the allotments are made on the basis of the NAV per Ordinary Share for the relevant Company as at 19 September 2014.
**includes 25,435 Ordinary Shares held by Jacqueline Mary Hurst-Brown. David Hurst-Brown also holds 24,952 shares in Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1.
6.2 As at 30 September 2014 (being the latest practical date prior to the publication of this document) and after the Offers have closed, the Companies are aware of the following persons who hold or will hold, directly or indirectly, voting rights representing 3% or more of the issued share capital of the Companies to which voting rights are attached (assuming that the Offers are fully subscribed):
| As at the date of this Document | After the Offers have closed | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Company | Name | Number of Ordinary Shares |
Percentage of voting rights |
Number of Ordinary Shares* |
Percentage of voting rights of the Ordinary Shares* |
| Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 |
Hargreave Hale Nominees |
2,536,641 | 6.95% | 2,536,641 | 5.22% |
| Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 |
Hargreaves Lansdowne Nominees Limited |
1,210,034 | 3.32% | 1,210,034 | 2.49% |
| Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 |
Hargreave Hale Nominees |
1,508,815 | 9.31% | 1,508,815 | 6.06% |
| Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 |
Hargreaves Lansdowne Nominees Limited |
667,520 | 4.12% | 667,520 | 2.68% |
| Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 |
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited |
481,784 | 2.97% | 481,784 | 1.93% |
* assuming that the Maximum Subscription is achieved and that all the Shareholders listed above do not subscribe for any shares under the Offers.
| Name | Current Directorships/Partnership Interests |
Past Directorships/ Partnership Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Aubrey Brocklebank | Aubrey Brocklebank & Associates Limited | Downing Distribution VCT 1 Plc |
| Downing Planned Exit VCT 2011 Plc | Grasshopper Management LLP (dissolved) | |
| Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 Plc | Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 Plc | |
| Puma VCT VIII Plc | Downing Distribution VCT 1 Plc | |
| The Classic 2CV Racing Club Limited | Legacy Associates Plc (in liquidation) | |
| Epiquestlive Inc | Octopus Second AIM VCT Plc (dissolved) | |
| Epiquestlive UK Limited | Pennine AIM VCT VI Plc (dissolved) | |
| NGS Corporation Plc | Puma VCT Plc (dissolved) | |
| Nationwide Gritting Services Limited | Puma VCT II Plc (dissolved) | |
| Puma VCT III Plc (in liquidation) | ||
| Puma VCT IV plc (in liquidation) | ||
| Top Ten Holdings Plc | ||
| Urban and Country Leisure Limited | ||
| Premier Fireserve Engineering Ltd (in administration) |
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| Premier Fireserve Ltd (in administration) | ||
| Continental Shelf 547 Limited (dissolved) | ||
| Continental Shelf 548 Limited (dissolved) | ||
| AB and A Investments Limited (dissolved) | ||
| The Media Vehicle Group Limited (dissolved) |
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| Innventive Property Holdings Limited | ||
| David Hurst-Brown | Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 Plc | Acuity VCT 3 Plc (liquidation) |
| Leadhall Bay Limited | Grove House Publishing Limited | |
| Foresight Solar VCT Plc | Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 Plc | |
| Anite Plc | Imagination Technologies Group Plc | |
| Keydata Income VCT 2 Plc (in liquidation) | ||
| Keydata Income VCT 1 Plc (in liquidation) | ||
| Woodham House Limited | ||
| Woodham School Limited | ||
| Nevin Energy Resources Ltd | ||
| Boyle Electrical Generation Ltd (in liquidation) |
||
| Burley Energy Ltd | ||
| Cooke Generation Ltd | ||
| Hughes Power Ltd | ||
| Spencer Energy Services Ltd | ||
| Withion Power Ltd (in liquidation) | ||
| Docherty Heat and Energy Distributor Ltd | ||
| Fastfill Plc | ||
Giles Hargreave Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 Plc Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 Plc Hargreave Hale Limited
| Hargreave Hale Nominees Limited | ||
|---|---|---|
| Progress Nominees Limited | ||
| Philip Cammerman | British Smaller Companies VCT Plc | British Smaller Companies VCT 2 Plc |
| Clarendon Fund Managers Limited | Connect Yorkshire Limited | |
| Clarendon Fund Nominees Limited | ||
| Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 Plc | ||
| Howmac Limited | ||
| N I Venture Partners Limited | ||
| Nitech Venture Partners Limited | ||
| Pressure Technologies Plc | ||
| Evince Technology Limited | ||
| David Michael Brock | Elderstreet VCT Plc | Jane Norman (Holdings) Limited (in administration) |
| Episys Group Limited | JN Group Limited (dissolved) | |
| Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 Plc | Ossian Retail Group Limited (dissolved) | |
| Puma VCT VIII Plc | Puma VCT Plc (dissolved) | |
| Park Regis Birmingham LLP | Puma VCT II Plc (dissolved) | |
| Puma VCT III Plc (in liquidation) | ||
| Puma VCT IV Plc (in liquidation) |
The business address of all the Directors is: Accurist House, 44 Baker Street, London, W1U 7AL.
7.1 In the financial year ended 30 September 2013, the total remuneration of the Directors from Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 was £48,000. From this, Giles Hargreave and David Brock each received £15,000 per annum (exclusive of VAT, if any), and Sir Aubrey Brocklebank Bt. received £18,000 per annum (exclusive of VAT, if any). Payments in respect of Giles Hargreave as Non-Executive Director were paid to the Investment Manager, Hargreave Hale Limited.
The Companies do not have any subsidiaries.
Under the Offer Agreement dated on or around 2 October 2014 and made between the Companies (1), the Directors (2), the Sponsor (3), and the Investment Manager (4), the Sponsor has agreed to act as sponsor to the Offers and the Investment Manager has undertaken as agent of the Companies to use its reasonable endeavours to procure subscribers under the Offers. Under the Offer Agreement, the Companies will pay the Investment Manager a commission of 3.5% of the aggregate value of accepted applications for Ordinary Shares received pursuant to the Offers.
Out of this fee, the Investment Manager will pay all other costs and expenses of or incidental to the Offers.
Under the Offer Agreement, which may be terminated by the parties in certain circumstances, the Investment Manager, the Companies and the Directors have given certain warranties and indemnities to the Sponsor. Warranty claims must be made by no later than 3 months after the second annual general meeting of the relevant Company following the closing date of the Offers at which Shareholders approve the relevant Company's accounts or by the date the relevant Company is subject to a takeover. The warranties and indemnities are in usual form for a contract of this type and the warranties are subject to limits of the lesser of (i) £10 million or (ii) the total proceeds of the Offers for the Investment Manager and in respect of the Directors one year's director fees for each Director. The Companies have also agreed to indemnify the Sponsor in respect of its role as Sponsor and under the Offer Agreement. The Offer Agreement may be terminated, inter alia, if any statement in this Prospectus is untrue, any material omission from this Prospectus arises or any breach of warranty occurs.
The City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the "Code") applies to all takeover and merger transactions in relation to the Companies, and operates principally to ensure that shareholders are treated fairly and are not denied an opportunity to decide on the merits of a takeover, and that shareholders of the same class are afforded equivalent treatment. The Code provides an orderly framework within which takeovers are conducted and the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers has now been placed on a statutory footing. The Takeovers Directive was implemented in the UK in May 2006 and since 6 April 2007 has effect through the Act. The Directive applies, inter alia, to takeovers of companies which have their securities admitted to trading on a regulated market in the EU or EEA.
The Code is based upon a number of General Principles which are essentially statements of standards of commercial behaviour. General Principle One states that all holders of securities of an offeree company of the same class must be afforded equivalent treatment and if a person acquires control of a company the other holders of securities must be protected. This is reinforced by Rule 9 of the Code which requires a person, together with persons acting in concert with him, who acquires shares carrying voting rights which amount to 30% or more of the voting rights to make a general offer. "Voting rights" for these purposes means all the voting rights attributable to the share capital of a company which are currently exercisable at a general meeting. A general offer will also be required where a person who, together with persons acting in concert with him, holds not less than 30% but not more than 50% of the voting rights, acquires additional shares which increase his percentage of the voting rights. Unless the Panel consents, the offer must be made to all other shareholders, be in cash (or have a cash alternative) and cannot be conditional on anything other than the securing of acceptances which will result in the offeror and persons acting in concert with him holding shares carrying more than 50% of the voting rights.
There are not in existence any current mandatory takeover bids in relation to the Companies.
Section 979 of the Act provides that if, within certain time limits, an offer is made for the share capital of either Company, the offeror is entitled to acquire compulsorily any remaining shares if it has, by virtue of acceptances of the offer, acquired or unconditionally contracted to acquire not less than 90% in value of the shares to which the offer relates and in a case where the shares to which the offer relates are voting shares, not less than 90%, of the voting rights carried by those shares. The offeror would effect the compulsory acquisition by sending a notice to outstanding shareholders telling them that it will compulsorily acquire their shares and then, six weeks from the date of the notice, pay the consideration for the shares to the relevant Company to hold on trust for the outstanding shareholders. The consideration offered to shareholders whose shares are compulsorily acquired under the Act must, in general, be the same as the consideration available under the takeover offer.
Section 983 of the Act permits a minority shareholder to require an offeror to acquire its shares if the offeror has acquired or contracted to acquire shares in either Company which amount to not less than 90%, in value of all the voting shares in the relevant Company and carry not less than 90%, of the voting rights. Certain time limits apply to this entitlement. If a shareholder exercises its rights under these provisions, the offeror is bound to acquire those shares on the terms of the offer or on such other terms as may be agreed.
The provisions of DTR 5 will apply to the Companies and their shareholders. DTR 5 sets out the notification requirements for shareholders and the Companies where the voting rights of a shareholder exceed, reach or fall below the threshold of 3% and each 1% thereafter up to 100%. DTR 5 provides that disclosure by a shareholder to the relevant Company must be made within two trading days of the event giving rise to the notification requirement and the relevant Company must release details to a regulatory information service as soon as possible following receipt of a notification and by no later than the end of the trading day following such receipt.
The following are the only contracts (not being contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business) which have been entered into by the Companies in the two years immediately preceding the date of this document or which are expected to be entered into prior to Admission and which are, or may be, material or which have been entered into at any time by the Companies and which contain any provision under which either Company has any obligation or entitlement which is, or may be, material to the relevant Company as at the date of this document:
under the 2013 Offers. Under the 2013 Offer Agreement, the Companies each paid the Investment Manager a commission of 3.5% of the aggregate value of accepted applications for Ordinary Shares received pursuant to the 2013 Offers.
Out of this fee, the Investment Manager paid all other costs and expenses of or incidental to the 2013 Offers.
Under the 2013 Offer Agreement, the Investment Manager, the Companies and the Directors gave certain warranties and indemnities to the Sponsor. Warranty claims must be made by no later than 3 months after the second annual general meeting of the relevant Company following the closing date of the Offers at which Shareholders approve the relevant Company's accounts or by the date the relevant Company is subject to a takeover. The warranties and indemnities are in usual form for a contract of this type and the warranties are subject to limits of the total proceeds of the 2013 Offers for the Investment Manager, and one year's director fees for each Director. The Companies also agreed to indemnify the Sponsor in respect of its role as Sponsor and under the 2013 Offer Agreement. The 2013 Offer Agreement may be terminated, inter alia, if any statement in the prospectus issued in relation to the 2013 Offers is untrue, any material omission from the prospectus in relation to the 2013 Offers arises or any breach of warranty occurs.
12.3 Under an offer agreement dated 5 November 2012 (the "2012 Offer Agreement") and made between the Companies (1), the Directors (2), the Sponsor (3), and the Investment Manager (4), the Sponsor agreed to act as sponsor to the offers in 2012 (the "2012 Offers") and the Investment Manager undertook as agent of the Companies to use its reasonable endeavours to procure subscribers under the 2012 Offer. Under the 2012 Offer Agreement, the Companies each paid the Investment Manager a commission of 3% of the aggregate value of accepted applications for Ordinary Shares received by that Company pursuant to the 2012 Offers.
Out of this fee, the Investment Manager paid all other costs and expenses of or incidental to the 2012 Offers.
Under the 2012 Offer Agreement, the Investment Manager, the Companies and the Directors gave certain warranties and indemnities to the Sponsor. Warranty claims must be made by no later than 3 months after the second annual general meeting of the relevant Company following the closing date of the 2012 Offers at which Shareholders approved the relevant Company's accounts or by the date the company is subject to a takeover. The warranties and indemnities were in usual form for a contract of this type and the warranties were subject to limits of the total proceeds of the 2012 Offer for the Investment Manager, and one year's director fees for each of the Directors. The Companies also agreed to indemnify the Sponsor in respect of its role as Sponsor under the 2012 Offer Agreement.
12.4 An agreement (the "Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 Investment Management Agreement") dated 10 September 2004 (as amended) between Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 (1) and the Investment Manager (2) under which the Investment Manager agreed to provide discretionary investment management and advisory services to the Company in respect of its portfolio of Qualifying Investments and Non-Qualifying Investments. This was amended by a deed of variation dated 13 October 2005 in relation to the previous offer of C shares (which have since converted into Ordinary Shares).
Under the agreement, the Investment Manager received fees (exclusive of VAT) equal to 0.9% per annum of the net asset value of the Company until the termination of the HH1 Investment Management Agreement, payable quarterly in arrears. The Investment Manager is also entitled to receive the Performance Incentive Fees and reimbursement of expenses incurred in performing its obligations. In respect of investments made in companies that are not quoted on AIM, the Investment Manager is entitled to charge expenses and initial management fees to investee companies that, without the Board's consent, will not exceed 1% of the value of the total investment by the Company (and any other investor to whom the Company syndicates any part of its investment) plus, in the case of periodical fees, £10,000 per annum (plus VAT, if applicable).
In line with normal VCT practice, a performance related incentive fee will be payable to the Investment Manager. This annual performance related incentive fee will payable at the rate of 20% of any dividends paid to Shareholders in excess of 6p per Ordinary Share per annum, provided that the Net Asset Value per Ordinary Share is at least 95p. The first payment of the performance related incentive fee was payable after 30 September 2007 and would be payable
provided cumulative distributions in the first three accounting periods exceeded 18p per Ordinary Share. Thereafter, a performance related incentive fee will be payable annually, provided the hurdles have been exceeded, with any cumulative shortfalls below 6p per Ordinary Share having to be made up in subsequent years before the incentive fee becomes payable. No performance related incentive fee will be payable unless the NAV per Ordinary Share is at least 95p.
The appointment may be terminated on 12 calendar months' notice by either party. No benefits are payable on termination.
12.9 The Offer Agreement, details of which are set out in paragraph 9 above, and the 2013 Offer Agreement and the 2012 Offer Agreement, details of which are set out at paragraph 12.2 and 12.3
above.
12.10 An agreement (the "Hargreave Hale Aim VCT 2 Investment Management Agreement") dated 8 December 2006 between the Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 (1) and the Investment Manager (2) under which the Investment Manager agreed to provide discretionary investment management and advisory services to the Company in respect of its portfolio of Qualifying Investments and Non-Qualifying Investments.
Under the agreement, the Investment Manager received fees (exclusive of VAT) equal to 0.9% per annum of the net asset value of the Company until the termination of the Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 Investment Management Agreement, payable quarterly in arrears. The Investment Manager is also entitled to receive Performance Incentive Fees and reimbursement of expenses incurred in performing it obligations. In respect of investments made in companies that are not quoted on AIM, the Investment Manager is entitled to charge expenses and initial management fees to investee companies that, without the Board's consent, will not exceed 1% of the value of the total investment by the Company (and any other investor to whom the Company syndicates any part of its investment) plus, in the case of periodical fees, £10,000 per annum (plus VAT, if applicable).
In line with normal VCT practice, a performance related incentive fee will be payable to the Investment Manager. This annual performance related incentive fee will be payable at the rate of 20% of any dividends paid to Shareholders in excess of 6 pence per Ordinary Share per annum, provided that the Net Asset Value per Ordinary Share is at least 95p. The first payment of the performance related incentive fee was payable after 28 February 2010 and would be payable provided cumulative distributions in the first three accounting periods exceeded 18 pence per Ordinary Share. Thereafter, a performance related incentive fee will be payable annually, provided the hurdles have been exceeded, with any cumulative shortfalls below 6 pence per Ordinary Share having to be made up in subsequent years before the incentive fee becomes payable. No performance related incentive fee will be payable unless the NAV per Ordinary Share is at least 95p.
The appointment may be terminated on 12 calendar months' notice by either party. No benefits are payable on termination.
12.12 Further to Keydata Investment Services Limited (the former administrator of the Companies) going into administration on 8 June 2009, under an agreement between Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 (1), the directors of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 at the time of its 2006 offer for subscription (Sir Aubrey Brocklebank Bt., Stewart Ford and David Hurst-Brown) (2), the Investment Manager (3) and Keydata Investment Services Limited (In Administration) (the promoter of that offer) ("KIS")(4), dated 29 September 2010, the Company agreed to the variation of the offer agreement entered into between those parties in relation to the above offer (the "2006 Offer Agreement") whereby KIS agreed to pay the Company the sum of £20,000 to (i) compensate to the Company in respect of any amount by which the Annual Running Costs exceeded 3.5% of its net assets on or before 29 September 2010, (ii) to compensate KIS for the loss of any annual commissions and performance incentive fees that would have become due to KIS under the 2006 Offer Agreement (iii) the Company to discharge all obligations of KIS to pay trail commissions that became due on or before 29 September 2010 and (iv) compensate KIS in full and final settlement of all sums due to be paid to KIS by the Company as at 8 June 2009 (being the date of the appointment of the administrator of KIS) under an administration agreement between KIS and Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 dated 8 December 2006, notwithstanding that that agreement was terminated by reason of the appointment of the administrator. KIS and Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 also agreed that the Company shall assume responsibility to pay the trail commissions referred to above in this paragraph on behalf of KIS. The Company also agreed to assume liability for all trail commissions payable after 29 September 2010, with KIS undertaking to indemnify the Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 and the directors against all claims resulting from inaccuracy of information provided by KIS to the Company, with the waiver of certain obligations of KIS under the 2006 Offer Agreement.
12.13 Under an agreement between Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 (1), and the Investment Manager (2), dated 15 December 2010, the Company agreed to the variation of the terms of the HH2 Investment Management Agreement referred to in paragraph 12.10 above with (i) the Investment Manager providing an indemnity in relation to Annual Running Costs of the company exceeding 3.5%. of the net assets of the Company with effect from 1 October 2010 and (ii) the annual management fee payable to the Investment Manager increasing to 1.3% of the net assets of the Company.
Other than the agreements, deeds and shareholdings referred to in paragraphs 12.1, 12.2, 12.7, 12.8 (in the case of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1) and 12.9, 12.13, 12.14 (in the case of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2), there have been no related party transactions relating to the Companies between 1 October 2010 (in the case of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1) and 1 March 2011 (in the case of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2) and the date of this document.
14.5 Each Board must be able to demonstrate that they will act independently of the Investment Manager. A majority of the Boards (including the Chairman) must not be directors, employees, partners, officers, or professional advisors of or to, the Investment Manager or any company in the Investment Manager's group or any other investment entity which they manage.
14.6 Neither Company will:
17.1 The (unaudited) capitalisation and indebtedness of the Companies as at 19 September 2014 was as follows:
| Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 (£'000) | Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 (£'000) | |
|---|---|---|
| Shareholder equity: | ||
| Share capital | 26,092 | 14,385 |
| Reserves | 2,729 | 3,356 |
| Total | 28,820 | 17,741 |
| Cash | 2,918 | 1,837 |
| Cash equivalents | - | - |
| Trading securities | 800 | 700 |
| Liquidity | 3,718 | 2,537 |
| Current financial receivable | 50 | 26 |
| Current bank debt | - | - |
| Current position of non-current debt | - | - |
| Other current financial debt | (179) | (68) |
| Current financial debt | (179) | (68) |
| Net current financial cash/(indebtedness) | 3,589 | 2,495 |
| Non-current bank loans | - | - |
| Bonds issued | - | - |
| Other non-current loans | - | - |
| Non-current financial indebtedness | - | - |
| Net financial cash/(indebtedness) | 3,589 | 2,495 |
17.2 All of the indebtedness of the Companies is unsecured and unguaranteed. The Companies have incurred no indirect or contingent indebtedness. Each Company has power to borrow under its respective Articles of Association, details of which are set out under the heading "Borrowing powers" at paragraph 4.14 above.
18.1 Each Board is accountable to Shareholders for the governance of each Company's affairs and is committed to maintaining the highest standards of corporate governance. Accordingly, each Board has adopted the Corporate Governance Code published by the Financial Reporting Council in June 2010 and reports against the principles and recommendations of this Code (the "Code"). Considering the principles detailed in the Code, the Boards believe that each Company as at the date of this document complies, save as disclosed below in relation to committees, with the provisions of the Code throughout the financial year (in the case of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 ended 30 September 2013 (as detailed on page 24 of its Annual Report and Accounts for the period ended 30 September 2013) and in the case of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 ended 28 February 2014 (as detailed on page 23 of its Annual Report and Accounts for the period ended 28 February 2014) which can both be downloaded at www.hargreave-hale.co.uk/fundmanagement/venture-capital-trusts/. These Accounts are incorporated by reference, as set out below:
| Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 Audited financial statements for the period ended 30 September 2013 |
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 Audited financial statements for the period ended 28 February 2014 |
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| Page numbers | Page numbers | |
| Corporate Governance Statement: | 24-28 | 23-27 |
| Departures from the Code: | 24 | 23 |
There are no governmental, legal or arbitration proceedings (including any such proceedings which are pending or threatened of which the Companies are aware) during the 12 months preceding the date of this document, which may have, or have had in the recent past, significant effects on either of the Companies' financial positions or profitability.
New Ordinary Shares by any financial intermediary which was given consent to use this document. The offer period within which subsequent resale or final placement of securities by financial intermediaries can be made and for which consent to use this Prospectus is given commences on 2 October 2014 and closes at 12.00 p.m. on 30 September 2015. There are no conditions attaching to this consent. Financial intermediaries may only use this document in the United Kingdom. Any financial intermediary that uses this document must state on its website that it uses this document in accordance with the Companies' consent at this paragraph 20.3. Financial intermediaries must give Investors information on the terms and conditions of the Offers at the time they introduce the Offers to investors. No financial intermediary will act as principal in relation to the Offers.
in relation to a number of other funds or accounts that may have similar investment objectives and/or policies to that of the Companies and may receive ad valorem and/or performance-related fees for doing so. As a result, the Investment Manager may have conflicts of interest in allocating investments among the Companies and other clients and in effecting transactions between the Companies and other clients. The Investment Manager may give advice or take action with respect to such other clients that differs from the advice given or actions taken with respect to the Companies.
20.14 The Directors of each of the Companies have noted that the Investment Manager has other clients and have satisfied themselves that the Investment Manager has procedures in place to address potential conflicts of interest.
Copies of the following documents will be available for inspection during normal business hours on any weekday (Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays excepted) at the registered office of each Company at Accurist House, 44 Baker Street, London W1U 7AL whilst the Offers remain open:
Dated: 2 October 2014
| "Act" | the Companies Act 2006 (as amended) |
|---|---|
| "Adviser Charge" | a charge due to a Financial Intermediary from an Investor in relation to the provision of advice and/or related services provided or to be provided by the Financial Intermediary to such Investor in connection with an investment in a Company which is agreed between the financial intermediary and the Investor in accordance with Applicable Laws |
| "Admission" | the admission of the New Ordinary Shares issued, and to be issued, pursuant to the Offers to the premium segment of the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange becoming effective |
| "AIFM" | means an AIFM as defined in Regulation 4 of the AIFM Regulations |
| "AIFM Regulations 2013" | The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/1773) |
| "Annual Running Costs" | means the running costs of the relevant Company and include the management fees payable to the Investment Manager (excluding any performance incentive fee), accounting and administration fees, as well as fees for directors, auditors, taxation advisers, sponsor, registrar, and the costs of communicating with shareholders; however, such costs shall exclude any VAT payable thereon (the payment of which is the responsibility of the respective Company) |
| "AIM" | the AIM Market operated by the London Stock Exchange |
| "Applicable Laws" | any law, regulatory requirement or other industry requirement which applies to the Financial Intermediary. For these purposes, a requirement includes rules, guidance or statements of good practice issued by the FCA, any regulatory body which the Financial Intermediary is expected to comply with |
| "Application Form" | the form of application for New Ordinary Shares under the Offers set out at the end of this document |
| "Articles of Association" | the articles of association of each Company in force from time to time |
| "Circular" | the circular to Shareholders issued by each Company on or around the date of this Prospectus convening general meetings to approve various proposals in connection with the Offers |
| "Companies" or "Funds" | Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 and/or Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 and "Company" or "Fund" means either one of them, as the context requires |
| "CREST" | the relevant system (as defined in the Regulations) operated by Euroclear |
| "Directors" or "Board" | the directors of each Company |
| "Disclosure and Transparency Rules" or "DTR" |
the Disclosure and Transparency Rules published by the FCA from time to time |
| "Equiniti" | Equiniti Limited |
| "EVCA" | the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association |
| "Existing Shareholders" | holders of Shares as at the date of this document |
| "FCA" | the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom and/or any successor or replacement body or bodies from time to time |
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| "Financial Intermediary" | means, in relation to an Investor, his financial intermediary as identified at Section 11a of the Application Form |
| "FSMA" | the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended |
| "Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1" |
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 plc |
| "Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2" |
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 plc |
| "Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 GM" |
the general meeting of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 to be held on 7 November 2014 (and any adjournment thereof) convened by a notice contained in the Circular |
| "Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 GM" |
the general meeting of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 to be held on 7 November 2014 (and any adjournment thereof) convened by a notice contained in the Circular |
| "HMRC" | HM Revenue & Customs |
| "ISDX" | ICAP Securities and Derivatives Exchange (formally PLUS) |
| "ITA" | Income Tax Act 2007, as amended |
| "Investment Manager" or "Hargreave Hale" |
Hargreave Hale Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the FCA |
| "Investor(s)" | subscriber for New Ordinary Shares under the Offers |
| "Listing Rules" | the listing rules prescribed by the UK Listing Authority |
| "London Stock Exchange" |
London Stock Exchange plc |
| "Marlborough Special Situations Fund" |
The Marlborough Special Situations Fund launched on 12 July 1995 being an authorised collective investment scheme as defined in FSMA |
| "Management Agreements" |
the agreement dated 10 September 2004 (as amended) between Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 and Hargreave Hale Limited governing the management of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1's investments and the agreement dated 8 December 2006 (as amended) between Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 and Hargreave Hale Limited governing the management of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2's investments |
| "Maximum Subscription" | the receipt of the maximum subscription monies under the Offer, being an aggregate amount of £10,000,000 in relation to Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1, and an aggregate amount of £10,000,000 in relation to Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 |
| "Net Asset Value" or "NAV" |
the value of each Company's assets and/or the relevant share pool, less its liabilities (divided by the appropriate number of shares in issue) |
| "New Ordinary Shares" | New Ordinary Shares in Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 and/or Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 issued pursuant to the Offer |
| "Non-Qualifying Investment" |
investments made by the Companies which do not qualify as Qualifying Investments |
| "Offer Agreement" | the offer agreement detailed in paragraph 9 of Part V of this document |
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| "Offer(s)" | any one or more of the offers for subscription by Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 and Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 as described in this document |
| "Offer Price" | the relevant offer price for the New Ordinary Shares in each Company as determined by the Pricing Formula |
| "Official List" | the Official List of the UK Listing Authority |
| "Ongoing Expense Ratio" |
the total costs of managing and operating each Company divided by its NAV (including VAT where applicable) |
| "Performance Incentive Fee" |
the fee payable to the Investment Manager, as described in paragraphs 12.3 and 12.9 of Part V of this document |
| "Platform Charge" | a charge due to a platform service provider payable by the Investor in return for the provision of the platform service which is agreed between the platform service provider and the Investor in accordance with Applicable Laws |
| "Pricing Formula" | the last Net Asset Value of an existing Ordinary Share (with an appropriate adjustment for any dividends declared and not yet paid if the allotment occurs whilst the shares are classified as ex-dividend) as published by the relevant Company prior to the date of allotment divided by 0.965 to allow for issue costs of 3.5% calculated, in pence, to two decimal places |
| "Prospectus" | this document |
| "Prospectus Rules" | as defined in section 73A(4) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, rules expressed to relate to transferable securities |
| "Qualifying Investment" or "Qualifying Company" |
an investment made by a venture capital trust in a trading company which comprises a qualifying holding under Chapter 4 of Part 6 ITA |
| "Regulations" | the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3755) |
| "Resolutions" | the resolutions set out in the notices for the Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 GM and the Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 GM (as applicable) |
| "Shareholder" | a holder of Shares |
| "Share(s)" | shares in the capital of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 and/or Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 |
| "Sponsor" | Nplus 1 Singer Advisory LLP, which is authorised and regulated by the FCA and is a member of the London Stock Exchange |
| "Subscription" | means the amount in pounds sterling that the Investor has subscribed for in Shares |
| "Terms and Conditions of the Adviser Charge Agreement" |
the terms and conditions of the adviser charge agreement in relation to the facilitation by a Company of the payment of an Adviser Charge to a Financial Intermediary on behalf of an Investor set out at pages 89 to 91 of this document |
| "Terms and Conditions of the Offers" |
the terms and conditions of the Offers set out in Part VI of this document |
| "Total Return" | the sum of (i) the most recent published Net Asset Value of that Share plus (ii) all dividends paid |
| "UK Listing Authority" | the Financial Conduct Authority acting in its capacity as the competent authority for the purposes of Part VI of the Financial Markets and Services Act 2000 |
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| "VCT" or "Venture Capital Trust" |
venture capital trust as defined in section 259 ITA |
irrevocably appointed and instructed to complete and execute all or any form(s) of transfer and/or any other documents in relation to the transfer of Issued Ordinary Shares to Hargreave Hale or such other person as Hargreave Hale may direct and to do all such other acts and things as may be necessary or expedient, for the purpose of or in connection with, transferring title to the Issued Ordinary Shares to Hargreave Hale, or such other person, in which case you will not be entitled to any payment in respect of such Ordinary Shares;
(xv) warrant that you are not under the age of 18; and
(xvi) agree that all documents and cheques sent by post to, by or on behalf of the Companies or Hargreave Hale Limited, will be sent at the risk of the person(s) entitled thereto.
(j) The Companies (after consultation with Hargreave Hale) may change their arrangements in respect of Adviser Charges and the availability and terms of commission payable through an announcement to the London Stock Exchange through a Regulatory Information Service Provider authorised by the FCA applicable to applications received on or after a specified date. The Company may also provide or publish one or more amended application forms to the Application Form set out in this document pursuant to which applications under the Offers will be accepted.
(k) Where commission is payable, Hargreave Hale will collate the Application Forms bearing the financial intermediaries' stamps and full address details and calculate and pay the introductory commission payable, and also calculate the trail commission payable by Hargreave Hale.
The Offers will open on 2 October 2014, subject to the conditions set out above. The first allotment under the Offers is expected to be on or before 11 November 2014. Thereafter, the Directors reserve the right to allot Ordinary Shares at any time whilst the Offers remain open.
The closing date for the Offers in respect of the 2014/15 tax year will be at 12.00 p.m. on 2 April 2015. If the Offers are not fully subscribed at that time, the Directors reserve the right to allow the Offers to remain open for at least part of the 2015/16 tax year, but not beyond 12.00 p.m. on 30 September 2015.
The results of the Offers will be announced through a regulatory information service within 3 business days of the closing of the Offers. Dealings in New Ordinary Shares are expected to commence within 10 business days of the relevant allotments.
Completed Application Forms together with the appropriate remittance must be posted or delivered by hand to Hargreave Hale Limited, 9-11 Neptune Court, Hallam Way, Blackpool, Lancashire FY4 5LZ.
The minimum subscription per Investor is £5,000 in respect of the Offers (and from this amount no less than £2,500 may be invested in each Company if the subscription is to be split equally or otherwise between both Companies). Applications in respect of less than £5,000 in aggregate will not be accepted. The Offer Price will be calculated by reference to the Pricing Formula (calculated in pence to two decimal places). Monies which are not sufficient to buy one New Ordinary Share will not be returned to applicants but will be retained by the relevant Company and fractions of New Ordinary Shares will not be issued. The New Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to the Offers will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares of the relevant Company.
In the case of Investors requesting share certificates, it is intended that definitive share certificates will be despatched within 15 business days of allotment. Prior to despatch of definitive share certificates, transfers will be certified against the register. No temporary documents of title will be issued. Dealings prior to receipt of share certificates will be at the risk of applicants. A person so dealing must recognise the risk that an application may not have been accepted to the extent anticipated or at all.
Investors who wish to take advantage of the ability to trade in New Ordinary Shares in uncertificated form, and who have access to a CREST account, may arrange to have their shares allotted directly to their CREST account, or subsequently to convert their holdings into dematerialised form in CREST. Share certificates may be registered directly to an Investor's nominee company and deposited to CREST, however, applications must be made in the name of the Investor, rather than that of the nominee company. Investors should be aware that New Ordinary Shares delivered in certificated form are likely to incur higher dealing costs than those in respect of New Ordinary Shares held in CREST. The Company's share register will be kept by Equiniti, Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex BN99 6DA.
To ensure compliance with the Money Laundering Regulations 2007, Hargreave Hale may at their absolute discretion require verification of identity from any person lodging an Application Form in an amount greater than £11,000 (or if the application is one of a series of linked applications, the value of which exceeds that amount). If within a reasonable period of time following a request for verification of identity and in any case by no later than 12.00 p.m. on the relevant date of allotment Hargreave Hale have not received evidence satisfactory to them as aforesaid, the Companies with the agreement of Hargreave Hale may, at their absolute discretion, reject any such application in which event the remittance submitted in respect of that application will be returned to the applicant at the risk of the person entitled thereto (without prejudice to the rights of the Companies to undertake proceedings to recover any loss suffered by them as a result of the failure to produce satisfactory evidence of identity). Applicants warrant that any information supplied to Hargreave Hale for the purpose of the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 is true and accurate.
Copies of this document and the Application Form are available until the Offers close from Hargreave Hale Limited, 9-11 Neptune Court, Hallam Way, Blackpool FY4 5LZ; and Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 and Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 (at www.hargreave-hale.co.uk/fund-management/venture-capitaltrusts/).
The following instructions should be read in conjunction with the Application Form, including the Terms and Conditions of the Adviser Charge Agreement (and shall be construed as being terms of the Offers). References in these instructions to Sections are references to Sections of the Application Form.
Insert your full name, address and date of birth and national insurance number in Block Capitals in Section 1. No joint applications are permitted. Applications may only be made by persons aged 18 or over.
If you wish to have your share and income tax relief certificates sent to someone other than yourself, please complete Section 3. Copy certificates will not be sent to you.
Insert the sums you are subscribing in Section 3. The minimum subscription per Investor is £5,000 in respect of the Offers (and from this amount no less than £2,500 may be invested in each Company if the subscription is to be split equally or otherwise between both Companies). Applications in respect of less than £5,000 in aggregate will not be accepted.
Please complete Column (1) if you require your application amount for New Ordinary Shares to be split equally on a 50:50 basis between each Company. Please complete Columns (2) and (3) if you wish your application monies to be applied other than on a 50:50 basis. In the event that all Columns (1), (2) and (3) are completed, Columns (2) and (3) shall be disregarded and you shall be deemed to have only completed Column (1).
Any New Ordinary Shares allotted to you will be in a registered form capable of being transferred by means of the CREST system. Investors who wish to take advantage of the ability to trade in New Ordinary Shares in uncertificated form, and who have access to a CREST account, may arrange to have their shares allotted directly to their CREST account, or subsequently to convert their holdings into dematerialised form in CREST. Investors should be aware that New Ordinary Shares delivered in certificated form are likely to incur higher dealing costs than those in respect of New Ordinary Shares held in CREST. The Company's share register will be kept by Equiniti, Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex BN99 6DA.
If you would like all future dividends to be paid directly into your bank or building society account, please complete the mandate instruction form in Section 5.
If you have any queries on the procedure for application and payment, you should contact Hargreave Hale Limited (telephone 0207 009 4937) or your normal financial adviser.
Please indicate whether you have received financial advice in connection with your application for New Ordinary Shares and proceed to Section 7 (in which case you will need to ask your financial adviser to complete Section 11 or 8 accordingly).
Commission is no longer able to be paid to financial intermediaries in respect of advised sales of retail investment products sold to retail investors in the UK. Therefore if your Financial Intermediary provides you with advice in respect of this application for New Ordinary Shares, neither Hargreave Hale nor the Companies will pay commission to your Financial Intermediary. Instead, your Financial Intermediary will need to agree an Adviser Charge with you which you will be responsible for paying. Hargreave Hale can, however, facilitate the payment of an Adviser Charge on your behalf so that you do not have to make a separate payment to your Financial Intermediary. The remuneration will be an Adviser Charge for advice provided to you in relation to the Companies and this charge will be withdrawn from the funds the Companies receive from you. This is what is meant by facilitating the payment of this charge from the Company and the facilitation service is subject to the terms and conditions set out in the Terms and Conditions of the Adviser Charge Agreement. You will need to discuss and agree the amount and method of paying any Adviser Charge with your Financial Intermediary.
The Adviser Charge is treated separately to your investment and will not attract any income tax relief. By way of example, you can apply to make an investment of £10,000 (Box A of Section 3) and pay an Adviser Charge of £200 (Box B at Section 7), which will require a cheque from you for £10,200 (Box C at Section 8).
Alternatively, you can submit a cheque for £10,000 (Box C at Section 8), of which £9,800 (Box A at Section 3) will be invested in new Ordinary Shares (and therefore attract income tax relief) and £200 (Box B at Section 7) will be paid to your Financial Intermediary as an Adviser Charge.
Payments of Adviser Charges on behalf of Investors will be paid by the Companies only in respect of the amount stated in Box B in Section 7. The Terms and Conditions of the Adviser Charge Agreement will apply. In addition, no payment will be made by the Companies unless the relevant application is successful and the Companies are in receipt of sufficient cleared funds from Investors in the amount set out in Box C in Section 8 (which must comprise an aggregate of the amounts set out in Box A and Box B in Sections 3 and 7).
If you require Hargreave Hale to facilitate the payment of any such Adviser Charge on your behalf please complete the third box in this Section 7 and specify the amount (in pounds sterling) of the Adviser Charge that you require the Companies to pay on your behalf in Box B in this Section 7. The Terms and Conditions of the Adviser Charge Agreement will apply and, by completing the third Box of Section 7 and signing the Application Form you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions of the Adviser Charge Agreement. You will also need to ask your Financial Intermediary to complete the relevant parts of Section 11.
Please note that the Adviser Charge that you are instructing Hargreave Hale to pay should relate to such advice or services provided to you by your Financial Intermediary in connection with the relevant Company only. Hargreave Hale will only accept instructions from you to facilitate the payment of the Adviser Charge from the Company to your Financial Intermediary by using Application Form unless it agrees otherwise at its absolute discretion.
The Terms and Conditions of the Adviser Charge Agreement are set out below and are important. You should take time to read them before you sign and complete Section 7 of the Application Form. If you are uncertain about any aspect of the Terms and Conditions of the Adviser Charge Agreement or how to complete the Application Form, you should discuss this with your Financial Intermediary or any other professional adviser acting on your behalf.
The total amount payable by you will be the aggregate of the amounts set out in Box A in Section 3 and (if applicable) the amounts set out in Box B in Section 7. Please complete this total amount in pounds sterling in Box C in Section 8. Payment by you must be in respect of this amount.
Your cheque or bankers' draft must be payable to "Joint Offer Account of the HH AIM VCTs" and should be crossed "A/C Payee". Receipt of your application will be acknowledged within a day of its having been received. Your cheque or bankers' draft must be drawn in sterling on an account at a bank, and must bear the appropriate sort code number in the top right hand corner. The right is reserved to reject any application.
Please quote your surname as a reference when making any electronic payment.
It is a term of the Offers that, to ensure compliance with the Money Laundering Regulations 2007, Hargreave Hale may at their absolute discretion require verification of identity from any person lodging an Application Form in an amount greater than £11,000 (or if the application is one of a series of linked applications, the value of which exceeds that amount).
If within a reasonable period of time following a request for verification of identity and in any case by no later than 12.00 p.m. on the relevant date of allotment Hargreave Hale have not received evidence satisfactory to them as aforesaid, the Companies with the agreement of Hargreave Hale may, at their absolute discretion, reject any such application in which event the remittance submitted in respect of that application will be returned to the applicant (without prejudice to the rights of the Companies to undertake proceedings to recover any loss suffered by them as a result of the failure to produce satisfactory evidence of identity). Hargreave Hale reserves the right to undertake electronic identity checks on applicants.
Applicants should make payment by their own cheque, banker's draft or by electronic transfer. Third party
payments will not be accepted.
The above information is provided by way of guidance to reduce the likelihood of difficulties, delays and potential rejection of an Application Form (but without limiting Hargreave Hale's right to require verification of identity as indicated above).
Please sign and date the Application Form in Section 10. The Application Form may be signed by someone else on your behalf, if duly authorised by power of attorney to do so. Any power of attorney pursuant to which the Application Form is signed (or a duly certified copy thereof) must be enclosed for inspection.
Intermediaries who wish to receive payment for applications from the Companies in accordance with this section should complete Section 11a and stamp it, giving their full name and address, telephone number and FCA number. Intermediaries will also need to arrange for signature by an authorised signatory at Section 11g to confirm that (i) the information provided by the intermediary is correct (ii) it acknowledges and agrees to the Terms and Conditions of the Adviser Charge Agreement (to the extent applicable) and (iii) if applicable, it agrees to the rebate of commission as indicated by it at Section 11d of the Application From.
The right is reserved to withhold payment to any financial adviser if Hargreave Hale is not, in its sole discretion, satisfied that the agent is so authorised.
Intermediaries should keep a record of Application Forms submitted bearing their stamp to substantiate any claim for payment. Claims for payment must be made and substantiated on submission of an Application Form.
If an Investor's Financial Intermediary provides him with advice in respect of his investment in New Ordinary Shares, the Investor may have agreed to pay an Adviser Charge to such Financial Intermediary, which the Investor will be responsible for paying. If this applies Financial Intermediaries should complete the second box in this Section 11b. The Companies may facilitate the payment of an Adviser Charge by paying it direct to authorised Financial Intermediaries on behalf of Investors. The remuneration will be an Adviser Charge for advice provided to the Investor in relation to the Companies and this charge will be withdrawn from the funds the Companies receive from the Investor. This is what is meant by facilitating the payment of this charge from the Company and the facilitation service is subject to the Terms and Conditions of the Adviser Charge Agreement. Further details are set out at Section 7 above.
If no advice has been provided by a financial intermediary to an Investor in respect of his application for New Ordinary Shares then authorised Financial Intermediaries should complete the first box in Section 11b.
If this applies Hargreave Hale is offering to pay introductory commission to authorised Financial Intermediaries at the rate of 1% on the value of successful applications submitted through them or introductory commission of 0.5% plus trail commission (as agreed between the intermediary and Hargreave Hale). Introductory commission will only be paid in respect of successful applications and only on the amounts set out in Box A in Section 3.
If Financial Intermediaries choose to receive introductory commission at the rate of 1% on the value of successful applications submitted through them they should complete the relevant box in Section 11c.
If Financial Intermediaries choose to receive introductory commission at the rate of 0.5% on the value of successful applications submitted through them plus trail commission they should complete the relevant box in Section 11c.
The introductory commission may be rebated by Financial Intermediaries and reinvested by them on behalf of their clients through an additional allotment of New Ordinary Shares (the rebate in each case may be in part or in whole in 25 per cent. increments).
If Financial Intermediaries choose to rebate introductory commission and have it reinvested in New Ordinary Shares on behalf of their client they should complete Section 11d as appropriate.
Financial Intermediaries will need to specify the percentage amount of introductory commission that they require to be rebated in Section 11d.
Send the completed Application Form together with your cheque or bankers' draft by post, or deliver it by hand (during normal business hours only), to Hargreave Hale Limited, 9-11 Neptune Court, Hallam Way, Blackpool, FY4 5LZ so as to be received no later than 12.00 p.m. on 2 April 2015 for investment in the 2014/15 tax year and no later than 12.00 p.m. on 30 September 2015 for investment in the 2015/16 tax year (unless the Offers are closed prior to that date).
If you post your Application Form you are recommended to use first class post and to allow at least two working days for delivery.
For the avoidance of doubt, references to "you" in these Terms and Conditions of the Adviser Charge Agreement shall be construed as references to the Investor.
2.1 In exceptional circumstances, the Company (acting through its agent or otherwise) may stop the payment of all or part of the Adviser Charge and the Company or its agent will endeavour to notify you as soon as possible of the action it has have taken. These circumstances include the following:
You should let Hargreave Hale know as soon as possible if you change your Financial Intermediary. In such circumstances, the Company will continue to pay any outstanding Adviser Charges to your Financial Intermediary unless you advise Hargreave Hale otherwise. If you wish the Company to pay the Adviser Charge to a new Financial Intermediary, you will need to contact Hargreave Hale to obtain a new Application Form. Hargreave Hale will only accept one Application Form for each new Financial Intermediary. Any such Application form will replace any existing adviser charge agreement which you have in place in relation to the Offers and the Company will no longer facilitate the Adviser Charge to your previous Financial Intermediary. On a change of Financial Intermediary, Hargreave Hale and/or the Company may provide details of the Adviser Charge paid under the Application Form to your new Financial Intermediary to the extent required to enable your new Financial Intermediary to provide you with advice and services in connection with your Shares and signing the Application Form is your consent to allow it to do so. However, you may still be liable to pay the Adviser Charge to your previous Financial Intermediary under the terms of your agreement or arrangement with them.
All instructions from you to pay the Adviser Charge will be treated as including any VAT where it is applicable at the rate prevailing at the time of the payment of the Adviser Charge and taking into account any changes to the rate of VAT howsoever occurring.
These Terms and Conditions of the Adviser Charge Agreement do not give any rights to any person other than you, the Companies and Hargreave Hale. No other person (including any Financial Intermediary) shall have any rights to rely on any of these Terms and Conditions. The Companies may amend or cancel these Terms and Conditions without reference to, or the consent of, any other person.
The Company or its agent may change these Terms and Conditions of the Adviser Charge Agreement if it has a valid reason for doing so, by giving you 30 days' notice in writing in advance.
These Terms and Conditions of the Adviser Charge Agreement will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising from these Terms and Conditions of the Adviser Charge Agreement.
Before completing this Application Form you should read the prospectus issued by the Companies dated 2 October 2014 (the "Prospectus") including the Terms and Conditions of the Offers. Definitions used in the Prospectus apply herein, unless otherwise stated. The Offers open on 2 October 2014. The closing date for the Offers in respect of the 2014/15 tax year will be at 12.00 p.m. on 2 April 2015. If the Offers are not fully subscribed at that time, the Directors reserve the right to allow the Offers to remain open for at least part of the 2015/16 tax year, but not beyond 12.00 p.m. on 30 September 2015. Please send this Application Form together with your cheque or bankers' draft, if appropriate, and proof of identity if required, to Hargreave Hale Limited, 9-11 Neptune Court, Hallam Way, Blackpool, Lancashire FY4 5LZ.
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| Title (Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms/Other): | Surname: | |
| Forename(s) in full: | ||
| Date of Birth (DD-MM-YYYY): National Insurance Number: |
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| Permanent residential address: | ||
| Postcode: | ||
| Email: | ||
| Telephone (work): | Telephone (home): |
| 2. ALTERNATE ADDRESS | ||
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| Please complete this section if you wish to nominate an alternative address, such as an accountant or financial adviser, for your share and income tax relief certificates. |
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| Title (Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms/Other): Surname: |
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| Forename(s) in full: | ||
| Company Name: | Reference: | |
| Address: | ||
| Postcode: |
The minimum subscription per Investor is £5,000 (and from this amount no less than £2,500 may be invested in each Company if the subscription is to be split equally or otherwise between both Companies). Applications in respect of less than £5,000 in aggregate will not be accepted.
| (1) Both Hargreave Hale AIM VCTs. (to be split equally) |
OR | (2) Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 | (3) Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 |
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| 2014/15 tax year | £ | £ | £ | |
| 2015/16 tax year | £ | £ | £ | |
| Total Investment (Box A) | £ | £ | £ |
Please complete Column (1) in the box above if you require your application amount for New Ordinary Shares to be split equally between the two VCTs. Otherwise, please indicate your investment into each Company in columns (2) and (3). We will endeavour to contact you if there is any uncertainty as to your intentions; however, by default we will assume that your application is to be split equally between the two VCTs and the shares are to be allotted in the tax year in which the application is received.
| You may choose to have your shares issued to you in certificated form (share certificates) or electronically (dematerialised) direct to your CREST nominee company: |
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| I would like to receive Share Certificate(s) registered in my name and sent to my home address. |
| I would like to my shares to be issued directly to my CREST nominee company (please complete the box below). |
| CREST Member Account ID: |
| CREST Participant ID: |
| Participant Name: |
| Participant Address: |
| Participant Point of Contact: |
| Participant Contact Telephone: |
| You can elect to have your dividends paid by cheque or transferred directly to your bank or building society accounts. Dividends paid directly to your account will be paid in cleared funds on the dividend payment dates. Your bank or building society statement will identify details of the dividend as well as the dates and amounts paid. Please note that dividends payable on shares registered to your CREST nominee company will be sent to your CREST nominee company. The Companies and their Registrar 'Equiniti' cannot accept responsibility if any details provided by you are incorrect. I would like to receive all dividend payments by cheque, sent to my home address. I would like all dividend payments to be made by bank transfer to the bank or building society account detailed below. Name of Bank/Building Society: Title of Branch: Account Name: Account Number: Sort Code |
5. DIVIDEND PAYMENTS |
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| 6. FINANCIAL ADVICE | ||
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| Please indicate below whether or not you have received advice from a financial intermediary in relation to your application for New Ordinary Shares. | ||
| I have not received any financial advice (please proceed to Section 8). | ||
| I have received financial advice (please complete Section 7 and ask your financial adviser to complete Section 11). |
| 7. ADVISER CHARGE | ||
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| Hargreave Hale cannot pay commission to your financial intermediary if you have received advice in relation to your application for New Ordinary Shares. However, the Hargreave Hale AIM VCTs can facilitate the payment of an Adviser Charge to your financial intermediary on your behalf. The Adviser Charge is treated separately to your investment in the Companies and will not attract any tax relief and accordingly any applicable tax relief will only be available on the amount specified in Box A above. |
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| Please indicate below whether or not you require the VCTs to facilitate the payment of an Adviser Charge. | ||
| I will not be paying an Adviser Charge to my financial intermediary. | ||
| I have made separate arrangements to pay an Adviser Charge to my financial intermediary. | ||
| I require the VCT(s) to facilitate the payment of an Adviser Charge to my financial intermediary (please complete Box B) and acknowledge and agree that the Terms and Conditions of the Adviser Charge Agreement shall apply. |
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| ADVISER CHARGE (BOX B) £ |
| 8. FINAL CONSIDERATION | |||
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The total consideration is the combined value of your application amounts (Box A, Section 3) and (if applicable) any Adviser Charge that you require the VCTs to facilitate on your behalf (Box B).
| TOTAL AMOUNT PAYABLE (BOX C = A +B) £ |
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| 9. PAYMENT OPTIONS | ||
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| Please indicate below your chosen method of payment. | ||
| I enclose a cheque or bankers' draft(s) drawn on a UK clearing bank for the amount specified in Box C above made payable to "Joint Offer Account of the HH AIM VCTs" |
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| I have instructed my bank to make an electronic payment to for the amount specified in Box C above (please quote your surname as a reference). |
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| Name of Bank/Building Society: | Royal Bank of Scotland | |
| Title of Branch: | Glasgow | |
| Account Name: | Joint Offer Account of the HH AIM VCTs | |
| Account Number: | 10565882 | |
| Sort Code: | 83-07-06 |
| 10. SIGNATURE | ||||
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| By signing this form I hereby declare that I have read the Prospectus and agree to be bound by the Terms and Conditions of the Offers, including (where applicable) the Terms and Conditions of the Adviser Charge Agreement. |
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| Signature: | Date: | |||
| 11. AUTHORISED FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES | ||||
| 11a. CONTACT DETAILS | ||||
| Name of Firm: | FCA Number: | |||
| Name of Adviser: | Address/Stamp: |
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| Email: | |
| Telephone: |
Please select one of the following to confirm whether or not you provided the Applicant with financial advice in relation to this application.
We did not give any financial advice to the Applicant (please proceed to Section 11c).
We gave financial advice to the Applicant (please proceed to Section 11e).
You may only receive commission if you have confirmed (through Section 11b) that you have not given any financial advice to the Applicant in relation to this application. You may elect to receive 1% introductory commission and no trail Commission or 0.5% Introductory Commission plus Trail Commission. The level of Trail Commission is to be agreed with Hargreave Hale and detailed in Hargreave Hale's Terms of Business. Trail Commission will be paid annually in arrears for 5 years post allotment.
I would like to receive Introductory Commission of 1%.
I would like to receive Introductory Commission of 0.5% plus Trail Commission.
| 11d. COMMISSION REBATE | |||||||
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| You may elect to rebate some or all of your Introductory Commission to your Client through the issue of additional New Ordinary Shares. Unless you indicate otherwise below, we will pay your Introductory Commission in full. Please select from one of the below boxes. |
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| I wish to rebate | 0% | 25% | 50% | 75% | 100% | of the introductory commission to the Applicant. |
The Hargreave Hale AIM VCTs can facilitate the payment of an Adviser Charge to you in accordance with the Terms and Conditions of the Adviser Charge Agreement described on pages 89 to 91.The Adviser Charge is treated separately to the Applicant's investment and will not attract any income tax relief.
Worked Examples:
| Please indicate below whether or not you require the VCTs to facilitate the payment of an Adviser Charge. | |||||
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| We will not be taking a fee from the Applicant in relation to this application. | |||||
| We have made separate arrangements with the Applicant for the payment of an Adviser Charge in relation to this application. | |||||
| We require the VCT(s) to facilitate the payment of an Adviser Charge in accordance with our client's instruction (as detailed in Section 7). |
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| 11f. PAYMENT OPTIONS | |||||
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| You can elect to have your Commission or Adviser Fee paid by cheque or transferred directly to your bank or building society accounts. | |||||
| Please send all payments by cheque to the address listed in section 11a. | |||||
| Please send all payments by bank transfer to the bank or building society account detailed below. | |||||
| Name of Bank/Building Society: | |||||
| Title of Branch: | |||||
| Account Name: | |||||
| Account Number: | |||||
| Sort Code: | |||||
| Branch Address: | |||||
By signing this form the Financial Intermediary confirms that (i) the information set out by it at Section 11 are correct (ii) it agrees to the Terms and Conditions of the Adviser Charge Agreement (to the extent applicable to it) and (iii) if applicable, it agrees to the rebate of commission indicated by it at Section 11d of this Applicable Form.
| Signature: | Date: |
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