Portfolio Update

THE THROGMORTON TRUST PLC All information is at 30 NOVEMBER 2010 and unaudited. Performance at month end is calculated on a cum income basis One Three One Three Month Months Year Years Net asset value# 1.6% 23.1% 51.4% 27.7% Net asset value^ 1.6% 23.1% 51.7% 21.9% Net asset value^^ 2.0% 19.8% 43.0% 15.0% Share price -2.1% 16.6% 46.4% 22.9% Subscription share price 4.3% 193.9% - - HGSC plus AIM (ex Inv Cos) -0.2% 12.5% 23.4% 0.3% # NAV prior to costs of repaying the debentures early ^NAV after costs of repaying the debentures early - undiluted ^^NAV after costs of repaying the debentures early - diluted Sources: BlackRock and Datastream At month end Net asset value capital only: 210.14p Net asset value incl. income: 212.80p Share price: 163.00p Discount to capital only NAV: 22.4% Subscription share price: 24.25p Net yield: 1.7%* Total assets: £135.5m** Gearing: Nil Ordinary shares in issue: 59,819,714*** Subscription shares in issue: 13,310,612 *Calculated using prior year interim and final dividends paid. **Includes current year revenue. ***Excluding 7,400,000 shares held in treasury. Ten Largest Sector Weightings % of total assets Oil & Gas Producers 10.4 Software & Computer Services 9.7 Electronic & Electrical Equipment 9.4 Mining 9.0 Support Services 7.9 Financial Services 7.2 Industrial Engineering 6.3 Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 4.5 Media 4.5 Technology Hardware & Equipment 4.3 ---- Total 73.2 ==== Ten Largest Equity Investments(in alphabetical order) Company Abcam Aveva Group City of London Investment Group Cove Energy Domino Printing Sciences Fidessa Hutchison China Meditech IQE Spirax-Sarco Engineering Western Coal Commenting on the markets, Mike Prentis and Richard Plackett, representing the Investment Manager noted: November was a relatively flat month for the Company but good relative to the benchmark index. The Company's NAV per share increased by 1.6% on a cum income basis, whilst the benchmark index fell by 0.2%. The FTSE 100 Index fell by 2.5%. The main positive contributors to our outperformance during the month, relative to the Company's benchmark, were all in the resources space: Western Coal, Bahamas Petroleum and Cove Energy. Western Coal announced that it was in discussions with Walter Energy, a US listed coal producer, to be acquired. Its shares rose by more than 40% after the announcement. Bahamas Petroleum shares also rose strongly as coverage of this small oil exploration company increased. It has extensive acreage in the Bahamas, just north of oilfields in Cuban waters. Run by Alan Burns, the founder of Hardman Resources, which was sold to Tullow Oil, we see this as potentially a very exciting company. Cove Energy announced its third major gas discovery offshore Mozambique, the Lagosta well which encountered 550 net feet of gas pay. The operator is Anardarko, who indicated that they believe the discoveries exceed the resource size threshold necessary to support a liquefied natural gas development. The largest negative contributor to relative outperformance was our holding in Fidessa, but this was only -0.24%, and there was no significant news on the company during the month. Outperformance during the month was derived from both stock selection and sector allocation. Our overweight position compared to the benchmark index in mining stocks contributed to outperformance due to sector allocation. The CFD portfolio achieved a good gain during the month. This was entirely due to the short CFDs which performed well in a flat market, despite our being net long in the CFD portfolio. Activity during the month was limited. Following the approach for Western Coal we sold about 40% of our holding in order to avoid the position becoming too large. Latest information is available by typing www.blackrock.co.uk/its on the internet, "BLRKINDEX" on Reuters, "BLRK" on Bloomberg or "8800" on Topic 3 (ICV terminal). 16 December 2010
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