Octopus Apollo VCT PLC - London-based investment firm - For the year ended January 31, posts a pre-tax profit of £31.5 million, up from £19.8 million the previous year. Net assets stand at £263 million at January 31, up from £168.2 million the previous year. Net asset value at January 31 stands at 50.2 pence, up from 49.2p at the same time a year prior. Total NAV return for the year is 13.6%, up from 12.7%. Proposes a dividend of 1.3p per share, unchanged from the previous year, bringing the total payout to 5.7p per share. In the previous year the payout totalled 2.3p. Over the year Apollo invested £55.7 million, comprising £40.8 million in eight new investments and £14.9 million of follow-on capital into its existing portfolio.

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