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Mercia Northern VCTs reopen with larger offers
Mercia Asset Management PLC announced that the three Northern Venture Capital Trusts it manages will increase their 2025/26 offers for subscription by £10.0 million each, totaling an additional £30.0 million, bringing the combined offers to £80.0 million. This expansion, detailed in supplementary prospectuses issued on December 18, 2025, aims to fund growth businesses across the UK, leveraging larger investment limits announced in the UK Budget. The company, with approximately £2.0 billion in assets under management, noted strong progress in these fundraises despite a competitive VCT fundraising environment. Disclaimer*
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RNS 23 December 2025 Mercia Asset Management PLC ("Mercia" the "Company" or the "Group") Mercia managed Northern VCTs announce re-opening and increase in size of offers for subscription Mercia Asset Management PLC (AIM: MERC), the regionally focused, private capital asset manager with c.£2.0billion of assets under management ("AuM"), is pleased to note that the three Mercia managed Northern Venture Capital Trusts ("Northern VCTs"), which form part of Mercia's AuM, announced on 8 December 2025 their intention to increase their 2025/26 offers for subscription by a further £10.0million each (£30.0million in total). The combined offers for subscription now total £80.0million, with each Northern VCT issuing a supplementary prospectus on 18 December 2025. The Northern VCTs comprise Northern Venture Trust PLC (NVT), Northern 2 VCT PLC (NTV) and Northern 3 VCT PLC (NTG). Mark Payton, Chief Executive Officer of Mercia, commented : "We are pleased by the current strong progress of the Northern VCTs' fundraises and are grateful for the continued support of the Northern VCTs' shareholders, in what is a competitive VCT fundraising environment. The proceeds raised from the increased offers for subscription will be used to continue to back growth businesses across the UK, in line with each Northern VCT's investment mandate, and make use of the larger investment limits announced in the UK Budget on 26 November 2025." -Ends- For further information, please contact: Mercia Asset Management PLC Mark Payton, Chief Executive Officer Martin Glanfield, Chief Financial Officer www.mercia.co.uk +44 (0)330 223 1430 Canaccord Genuity Limited (NOMAD and Joint Broker) +44 (0)20 7523 8000 Simon Bridges, Andrew Potts, Harry Rees Singer Capital Markets (Joint Broker) +44 (0)20 7496 3000 Charles Leigh-Pemberton FTI Consulting +44 (0)20 3727 1051 Tom Blackwell, Thomas Lodge [email protected] About Mercia Asset Management PLC Mercia is a private capital asset manager focused on supporting regional SMEs to achieve their growth aspirations. Mercia provides capital across its four asset classes of venture, debt, private equity and proprietary capital: the Group's 'Complete Connected Capital'. The Group has a strong UK footprint through its 11 regional offices, extensive local adviser and personal networks, and university partnerships, providing it with access to high-quality deal flow. Mercia Asset Management PLC is quoted on AIM with the EPIC "MERC".
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