13th Mar 2025 16:16
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Baronsmead SECOND Venture Trust plc
(the "Company")
LEI: 2138008D3WUMF6TW8C28
13 March 2025
EXTENSION OF THE OFFER
On 10 January 2025 the Company and Baronsmead Venture Trust plc published a prospectus (the "Prospectus") in relation to offers for subscription to raise up to £30 million in aggregate with the discretion to utilise over-allotment facilities to raise up to a further £20 million in aggregate (the "Offers" and each an "Offer").
The second allotment date in respect of the Company, as set out in the prospectus dated 10 January 2025, will be on Thursday, 3 April 2025. This will be the final allotment date in relation to the 2024/25 tax year.
In order to be allotted shares in the second allotment, the date that applications will need to be received has been extended to 4.00 pm on 2 April 2025. All Applications Amounts must be submitted via bank transfer and funds must have cleared before the date of allotment.
If the Offer is not fully subscribed by 3 April 2025, or is otherwise closed before this time at the discretion of the Board, there will be a third and final allotment on or around 1 May 2025 in relation to the 2025/26 tax year.
For further information please contact:
Baronsmead VCT Investor Relations
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7382 0999
Important Information
This Announcement is an advertisement for the purposes of the Prospectus Regulation Rules of the UK Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") and is not a prospectus. This Announcement does not constitute or form part of, and should not be construed as, an offer for sale or subscription of, or solicitation of any offer to subscribe for or to acquire, any ordinary shares in Baronsmead Venture Trust plc or Baronsmead Second Venture Trust plc (together the "Companies") in any jurisdiction, including in or into Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of South Africa, the United States or any member state of the EEA (other than any member state of the EEA where the Companies' securities may be lawfully marketed). Investors should not subscribe for or purchase any ordinary shares referred to in this Announcement except on the basis of information in the prospectus (the "Prospectus") in its final form, published on 10 January 2025 by Baronsmead Venture Trust plc and Baronsmead Second Venture Trust plc, in connection with the Offer. A copy of the Prospectus is available for inspection, subject to certain access restrictions, from the Company's registered office, for viewing at the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and on the Company's website (http://www.baronsmeadvcts.co.uk). Approval of the Prospectus by the FCA should not be understood as an endorsement of the securities that are the subject of the Prospectus. Potential investors are recommended to read the Prospectus before making an investment decision in order to fully understand the potential risks and rewards associated with a decision to invest in the Companies' securities.
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