Portfolio Update

THE THROGMORTON TRUST PLC All information is at 31 August 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# 0.9% 10.1% 34.2% -8.3% Net asset value^ 0.9% 10.1% 34.2% -12.4% Net asset value^^ 0.7% 8.0% 30.0% -15.2% Share price 0.5% 4.1% 33.3% -11.4% Subscription share price 6.5% 2.5% n/a n/a HGSC plus AIM (ex Inv Cos) -0.2% 2.2% 13.8% -16.6% # NAV prior to costs of repaying the debentures early ^ NAV after costs of repaying the debentures early - undiluted ^^ NAV after costs of repaying debentures early - diluted Sources: BlackRock and Datastream At month end Net asset value capital only: 170.92p Net asset value incl. income: 172.83p Share price: 139.75p Discount to capital only NAV: 18.2% Subscription share price: 8.25p Net yield: 2.0% * Total assets: £106.4m ** Gearing: nil Ordinary shares in issue: 58,367,192 *** Subscription shares in issue: 14,763,134 *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 Software & Computer Services 11.2 Oil & Gas Producers 10.0 Mining 8.8 Electronic & Electrical Equipment 8.3 Financial Services 7.4 Industrial Engineering 7.3 Support Services 6.4 Technology Hardware & Equipment 5.4 Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology 4.7 Media 4.4 ---- Total 73.9 ==== Ten Largest Equity Investments (in alphabetical order) Company Abcam Aveva Group City of London Investment Group Domino Printing Sciences Fidessa Hutchison China Meditech ITE Group Rotork Spirax-Sarco Engineering Victrex Commenting on the markets, Mike Prentis and Richard Plackett, representing the Investment Manager noted: During August the Company's NAV per share rose by 0.9% on a cum income basis; this was ahead of the benchmark which fell by 0.2%. The FTSE 100 Index fell by 0.6%. From a stock point of view our holding in Encore Oil was the strongest contributor in the long only portfolio, rising by 42% in absolute terms during the month. This was due to the testing of the Catcher exploration discovery, and the successful drilling of an appraisal well on the Cladhan prospect. The Catcher find is increasingly looking like one of the largest in the North Sea in recent years. The Cladhan find also appears highly attractive. The most disappointing performer in the long only portfolio during the month was another oil exploration company, Serica Energy. Serica drilled the Oates prospect in the North Sea; hopes were high that this could be a success, but sadly this was not the case. From a sector point of view, our underweight positions in the travel and leisure, and support services sectors contributed to outperformance. Activity in the long only portfolio during the month was limited. We sold our small holding in Datacash following an agreed bid by MasterCard. We added a small holding in the recruitment group SThree following its recent share price weakness. The CFD portfolio continues to add value, with short positions in stocks in the support services sector proving profitable. 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). 15 September 2010
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