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TP70 2010 VCT PLC

05 July 2012

TP70 2010 VCT plc

4 July 2012

Interim Management Statement for the quarter ended 31 May 2012

TP70 2010 VCT plc has pleasure in submitting its Interim Management Statement for the period ended 31 May 2012. This constitutes the Company's first Interim Management Statement for the year ended 28 February 2013, as required by the UK Listing Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rule 4.3.

Net assets at 31 May 2012 comprised:

 
                                                 29 February       31 August 
                               31 May 2012        2012              2011 
                               Unaudited         Audited           Unaudited 
                               GBP'000   %       GBP'000   %       GBP'000   % 
 VCT qualifying investments    5,665     75.9    3,800     50.5    2,500     32.3 
 Non VCT qualifying 
  investments: 
 GAM Trading 1.25XL            715       9.6     1,265     16.8    1,284     16.6 
 GAM Multi-Focused 
  Macro SP USD Open            -         -       -         -       1,081     14.0 
 GAM Multi-Systematic 
  Trading USD Open             -         -       -         -       319       4.1 
 Derivative                    997       13.4    1,032     13.7    1,125     14.5 
 Money Market Funds            -         -       900       11.9    900       11.6 
 Net current assets 
  (including cash and 
  cash equivalents)            83        1.1     535       7.1     532       6.9 
                               7,460     100.0   7,532     100.0   7,741     100.0 
                              --------  ------  --------  ------  --------  ------ 
 Net asset value per 
  share                        85.29p            86.12p            88.51p 
 

The reduction in net asset value per share for the quarter is explained by a GBP33,000 excess of expenses over income and a GBP39,000 loss on the Company's remaining GAM exposure.

Investment Activity

The Board is pleased to note that during the three month period the Company has made net VCT qualifying investments totalling GBP1.9 million, bringing the total invested to 76% of net assets. This means that the Company has satisfied the requirement of being 70% invested in qualifying investments a year ahead of its target date.

The investment portfolio can be analysed as follows;

 
                                                 Electricity Generation 
                                                 Solar    Anaerobic    Landfill   Total Qualifying 
 Industry Sector           Cinema Digitisation    PV       Digestion    Gas        Investments 
------------------------                        -------  -----------  --------- 
 Qualifying Investments 
  GBP'000                  1,000                 3,300    725          640        5,665 
------------------------  --------------------  -------  -----------  ---------  ----------------- 
 Qualifying Investments 
  %                        17.65%                58.25%   12.80%       11.30%     100.00% 
------------------------  --------------------  -------  -----------  ---------  ----------------- 
 Number of Companies       1                     10       1            2          14 
------------------------  --------------------  -------  -----------  ---------  ----------------- 
 

During the 3 month period the Company reduced its exposure in GAM Trading 1.25XL by GBP550,000 in order to make further qualifying investments. This leaves an overall exposure of 23% to a portfolio with a strategy comparable to that of GAM Trading, which with leverage equates to 46% of the Company's NAV being exposed to the performance of GAM Trading.

Material Events and Transactions

During the period no shares were issued and no shares were purchased by the Company for cancellation.

Further Information

For further information, please contact Claire Ainsworth or Chris Tottle at Triple Point Investment Management LLP on 020 7201 8989.

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