TRANSACTION IN OWN SECURITIES
The Board of Foresight VCT plc ("the Company") announces that on 4 July 2017 the Company purchased for cancellation 1,243,958 Ordinary Shares of 1p at a gross price of 74.5p per share.
There are now 174,808,002 Ordinary Shares of 1p, 11,404,314 Planned Exit Shares of 1p and 32,495,246 Infrastructure Shares of 1p in issue.
TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS
In accordance with the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules sourcebook transitional provision 6, Foresight VCT plc advises that its capital consists of 218,707,562 shares, as follows:
| Class | Nominal value per share | Number of shares in issue | Voting rights attached |
| Ordinary Shares | 1.0p | 174,808,002 | 174,808,002 |
| Planned Exit Shares | 1.0p | 11,404,314 | 11,404,314 |
| Infrastructure Shares | 1.0p | 32,495,246 | 32,495,246 |
Foresight VCT plc does not hold any shares in Treasury.
Therefore the total number of voting rights in the Company's shares is 218,707,562 which may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Foresight VCT plc under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
The Company was satisfied that all inside information which the Directors and the Company were previously in receipt of had become publically available prior to the market purchase being completed. Therefore, the Company was not prohibited from dealing in its own securities.
For further information please contact:
Gary Fraser, Foresight Group: 0203 667 8100