Interim Management Statement

Schroder UK Growth Fund PLC 06 September 2007 SCHRODER UK GROWTH FUND PLC Interim Management Statement for the Quarter ended 31 July 2007 The Board of Schroder UK Growth Fund Plc ('the Company') is pleased to announce its first Interim Management Statement as required by the UK Listing Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. This Statement is in respect of the period from 1 May 2007 to 31 July 2007. Investment Objective The Company's principal investment objective is to achieve capital growth predominantly from investment in UK equities, with the aim of providing a total return in excess of the FTSE All-Share Index. Material Events or Transactions There have been no material events or transactions that have taken place between 1 May 2007 and the date of publication of this Statement. Annual General Meeting The Annual General Meeting of the Company was held on 3 August 2007. All resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting were duly passed. Second Interim Dividend for the year ended 30 April 2007 The Board declared a second interim dividend for the year ended 30 April 2007 on 21 June 2007. A dividend of 2.0p net per share was paid on 31 July 2007 to shareholders on the Register on 6 July 2007. Company Statistics as at 31 July 2007 Gross Assets £280.10 million Net Asset Value per Ordinary Share 153.39p Share Price 145.50p Premium/(Discount) (5.15%) Number of Holdings 36 Net Gearing 12.51% Yield 2.30% Cumulative Performance to 31 July 2007 (Total Return in percentage terms) Performance over 3m 6m 1yr Share Price 2.5 8.2 20.7 Net Asset Value 1.3 10.5 16.7 FTSE All-Share Index -1.4 4.3 12.9 All Performance Data Source: Fundamental Data. Portfolio Information as at 31 July 2007 Ten Largest Holdings Stock Name Sector Classification Market Value (£) Percentage of NAV (%) HSBC Financials 17,686,933 7.37 BP Oil & Gas 17,530,777 7.30 Reuters Group Consumer Services 14,011,473 5.84 BG Group Oil & Gas 13,777,129 5.74 Rio Tinto Basic Materials 12,981,428 5.41 Vodafone Group Telecommunications 12,695,634 5.29 Invensys Industrials 12,579,046 5.24 Charter Industrials 9,566,929 3.98 Resolution Group Financials 9,215,715 3.84 BHP Billiton Basic Materials 9,089,118 3.79 Sector Allocation Sector Percentage of NAV (%) Financials 29.90 Consumer Services 22.59 Oil & Gas 18.34 Industrials 14.86 Basic Materials 10.80 Healthcare 5.53 Telecommunications 5.29 Consumer Goods 5.09 Utilities 2.42 Technology 2.12 Other net liabilities (16.94) Changes to Share Capital during the quarter ended 31 July 2007 Issued Ordinary shares of 25p each As at 30 April 2007 163,175,900 Shares bought back and cancelled during the period Nil Shares bought for holding in treasury during the 850,000 quarter Shares already held in treasury 5,799,000 Shares cancelled from treasury Nil Shares remaining in issue as at 31 July 2007 163,175,900 Company Information as at 31 July 2007 SEDOL Code 0791348 Sector Equity Investment Instruments Launch Date 25/04/1994 Financial Year End 30 April Next Dividend Payment 31 January 2008 Last Ex Div Date 4 July 2007 Next AGM Date August 2008 Enquiries: John Spedding Schroder Investment Management Limited Company Secretary Tel: 0207 658 3206 5 September 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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