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Bluehone AIM VCT2 PLC

19 April 2011

Maven Income and Growth VCT 5 PLC

(formerly Bluehone AiM VCT2 plc)

Interim Management Statement

For the three month period from 1 December 2010 to 28 February 2011

Change of Manager and Investment Policy

In line with its strategy for improving investment performance, the Board appointed Maven Capital Partners as Manager with effect from 10 February 2011. At the General Meeting held on 30 March 2011, Shareholders voted to change the Company's investment policy to that set out in Part B of Section II of the Circular issued on 7 March 2011. The Company now aims to achieve long-term capital appreciation and generate maintainable levels of income by investing the majority of its funds in a diversified portfolio of shares and securities in smaller, unquoted UK companies and AIM/PLUS quoted companies which meet the criteria for VCT qualifying investments and have strong growth potential.

Change of Company Name

As indicated in the Circular to Shareholders issued on 7 March, and following the receipt of Shareholder approval for the change in investment policy, the name of the Company has been changed to Maven Income and Growth VCT 5 PLC with effect from 15 April 2011.

Performance Summary

 
                         As at 28             As at 30 
                         February             November 
 Capital return              2011                 2010   Movement 
 
 Net assets              GBP22.7m             GBP21.3m       6.6% 
 Net asset value per 
  share                     38.3p                36.0p       6.4% 
 Share price                22.8p                23.3p     (2.1)% 
 Discount to NAV            40.6%                35.4% 
 
                                         For the three 
                                          month period 
                                     ended 28 February 
 Total return                                     2011 
 
 Net asset value (1)                              6.4% 
 Share price(2)                                 (2.2)% 
 FTSE AIM(3)                                      9.1% 
 

(1) NAV total return = NAV + reinvested dividends; Source: F&C Asset Management

(2) Share price total return = mid to mid share price + reinvested dividends; Source: Datastream

(3) Source: Datastream

Market Background

Overall, conditions in the UK and global quoted markets remain challenging. Investors and businesses are cautious about the prospects for recovery, as they assess the likely medium-term impact of the Government spending cuts and tax changes on consumers.

High quality small businesses and their advisers face a continued scarcity of finance from traditional sources, which means that there are opportunities for generalist VCT managers to invest in good quality businesses at attractive entry multiples. Following the receipt of Shareholder approval for a change in investment policy, the Board has now decided to reduce the Company's reliance on AIM, by seeking to broaden the investment focus to include later-stage private companies capable of generating considerably higher yields than those available from AIM investments.

Investment Activity and Realisations

Investment into the portfolio amounted to GBP205,176 during the quarter.

The purchases during the quarter were:

 
 Company                   Date    Cost (GBP'000)       VCT status 
------------------------  ------  ---------------  --------------- 
 
 Amerisur Resources        Feb                 25   Non-qualifying 
 Optare                    Feb                 80       Qualifying 
 Resources in Insurance 
  Group                    Dec                 50       Qualifying 
 Armour Group              Feb                 50       Qualifying 
 Total purchases                              205 
--------------------------------  ---------------  --------------- 
 

After the end of the quarter, the new Manager made an investment of GBP240,000 in Glacier Energy Services Limited, which provides design, manufacturing and pipeline services to the Oil and Gas sector.

The sales during the quarter were:

 
                                      Proceeds   Profit / (loss) 
 Company                    Date     (GBP'000)         (GBP'000) 
-------------------------  ------  -----------  ---------------- 
 
 EKF Diagnostics Holding    Dec            428               173 
 VSA Capital Group          Jan            293              (18) 
-------------------------  ------  -----------  ---------------- 
 Total sales                               721               155 
---------------------------------  -----------  ---------------- 
 

The cash balance at the end of the quarter was GBP0.6 million or 2.8% of the asset value.

Top Ten Investments

 
     Position       Position                                    Percentage 
        as at          as at                                 of net assets 
  28 February    30 November                             as at 28 February 
         2011           2010   Company                                2011 
-------------  -------------  -----------------------  ------------------- 
            1            (1)   Cambridge Sensors                       6.5 
            2            (2)   Vectura                                 5.7 
            3            (3)   Datum International                     5.0 
            4            (5)   K3 Business Technology                  4.6 
            5            (4)   Quadnetics                              3.9 
            6            (7)   IS Pharma                               3.5 
            7            (8)   Egdon Resources                         3.4 
            8            (6)   Irisys                                  3.4 
            9           (11)   Ffastfill                               3.0 
           10           (16)   Infrastrata                             3.0 
-------------  -------------  -----------------------  ------------------- 
        Total                                                         42.0 
-------------  -------------  -----------------------  ------------------- 
 

Sector Breakdown (including cash and interest bearing securities)

 
                       Percentage of total   Percentage of total 
                            investments at        investments at 
                          28 February 2011      30 November 2010 
--------------------  --------------------  -------------------- 
 Technology                           26.8                  27.2 
 Industrials                          24.5                  24.3 
 Health care                          22.8                  25.8 
 Oil and gas                          11.8                  10.0 
 Financials                            3.7                   2.3 
 Basic materials                       3.7                   3.9 
 Consumer services                     2.4                   3.4 
 Consumer goods                        1.5                   1.2 
 Utilities                             0.0                   0.0 
 Telecommunications                    0.0                   0.0 
 Cash                                  2.8                   1.9 
--------------------  --------------------  -------------------- 
 Total                               100.0                 100.0 
--------------------  --------------------  -------------------- 
 

Daily Net Asset Values and Key Information

Further information regarding the Company, including daily net asset values published since the end of the period and quarterly factsheets, can be found at the Company's website www.mavencp.com/migvct5

Year end: 30 November 2011

Dividends paid: A final capital dividend of 1.0p per share will be paid on 28 April 2011 to Shareholders on the register on 8 April 2011.

Issued share capital: 59,277,137 ordinary shares of 10p each as at 28 February 2011

For further information please contact the Company Secretary on 0141 306 7400.

Maven Capital Partners UK LLP

Secretary

19 April 2011

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