Final Results Revised

Preliminary Announcement Final Accounts of Blue Planet Financials Growth & Income Investment Trust Nos 1 plc for year ending 31 March 2007 Financial Record and Key Performance Indicators _______________________________________________________________________ As at 31 March 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 _______________________________________________________________________ Total assets less current 6,402 5,827 2,924 2,558 2,127 liabilities (£'000) Loans (£'000) (1,925) (1,923) (750) (750) (750) _______________________________________________________________________ Shareholders' funds (£'000) 4,477 3,904 2,174 1,808 1,377 Net asset value per share (p)# 32.86 28.76 16.08 13.31 10.10 Share price (p) - (Bid) 23.00 19.20 11.58 9.50 7.88 Discount (%) 30.0 33.2 28.0 28.6 22.0 Gearing (%)* 28.9 46.5 28.7 23.7 12.9 _______________________________________________________________________ Year to 31 March 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 Revenue available for 0 1 16 47 50 shareholders (£'000) Revenue Return per share (p)# 0.00 0.01 0.16 0.35 0.37 Dividend per share (net) (p) - - 0.225 0.34 0.36 Dividend yield on our shares (%) - - 1.94 3.58 4.57 Dividend yield on FTSE All 3.23 3.35 3.51 3.71 3.87 Share Index (%) Expenses ratio 3.38 2.95 3.27 3.64 3.87 - net basis (%)** Expenses ratio 2.29 1.72 2.35 2.53 2.61 - gross basis (%)*** _______________________________________________________________________ * Net debt as a percentage of shareholders' funds ** Net basis - Administrative expenses as a percentage of the average net asset value of the Company *** Gross basis - Administrative expenses as a percentage of the average gross asset value of the Company #Comparative per share data has been adjusted to reflect the 10 for 1 share split approved by shareholders on 2 August 2006 Portfolio Information ______________________________________________________________________________________ At 31 March 2007 Valuation % of (£) Portfolio 2007 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Equities 12,619 Blue Planet Global Financials Ireland 896,915 20.1 15,625 Bank Zachodni WBK SA Poland 740,818 16.6 74,940 Bank of Cyprus Ltd Cyprus 574,689 12.9 244,896 Bank Millennium SA Poland 473,729 10.6 624,098 Promstroibank St Petersburg Russia 459,863 10.3 19,565 Piraeus Bank SA Greece 335,924 7.5 33,882 Banco Nossa Caixa SA Brazil 246,106 5.5 1,217 Bank Przemyslowo-Handlowy SA Poland 210,637 4.7 169,167 URSA Bank Russia 199,440 4.5 300 DJ Euro Stoxx 50* Germany 143,125 3.2 2,823 Amagerbanken AS Denmark 98,606 2.2 5,256,667 Ural Siberian Bank Russia 86,816 1.9 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Total 4,466,668 100.0 ______________________________________________________________________________________ At 31 March 2007 the portfolio yield, as reported to the Association of Investment Trust Companies, was 1.7% (2006 - 1.7%). *Equities include put option Classification of Investments ______________________________________________________________________________________ At 31 March Investment Total Total 2007 Banks Insurance Companies Other 2007 2006 % % % % % % ______________________________________________________________________________________ Poland 31.9 - - - 31.9 12.1 Ireland - - 20.1 - 20.1 4.9 Russia 16.7 - - - 16.7 15.8 Cyprus 12.9 - - - 12.9 - Greece 7.5 - - - 7.5 4.8 Brazil 5.5 - - - 5.5 9.5 Germany 3.2 - - - 3.2 2.8 Denmark 2.2 - - - 2.2 2.2 France - - - - - 10.5 Austria - - - - - 10.4 Turkey - - - - - 8.3 Spain - - - - - 6.0 Norway - - - - - 4.9 Mexico - - - - - 4.8 Switzerland - - - - - 3.0 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Totals 2007 79.9 - 20.1 - 100.0 100.0 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Totals 2006 95.1 -- 4.9 - 100.0 - ______________________________________________________________________________________ Benchmark* 63.6 14.9 2.6 18.9 100.0 100.0 ______________________________________________________________________________________ *Our benchmark is the Bloomberg World Financials Index (sterling denominated). Chairman's Statement ______________________________________________________________________________________ Performance Your Company's share price made a total return of 19.8% over the year to 31 March 2007, and the Fund's net asset value ("NAV") made a return of 14.2% as it rose to 32.86p per share (or £3.29 per Share Unit). This contrasts very favourably with the fund's benchmark index, the Bloomberg Worldwide Financials Index, which made a total return in sterling terms of -1.0% over the same period. Over three years, the Share Unit has made a total return of 153.7% compared to a 51.9% return from its benchmark index. As was reported in the interim statement, the first half of the financial year, from March 2006 to September 2006 was a challenging period with a widespread market downturn in May and June. At the end of September 2006, the share price was down 8.3% from its previous year end figure. Once the markets stabilised in July/August 2006, your Company's share price made a good recovery. Towards the end of February 2007 a sharp sell-off in shares occurred again, meaning the share price has ended the financial year at 23p per share or £2.30 per Share Unit, off its highs of £2.82 per Share Unit. These prices are all bid prices and reflect the 10 for 1 share split which took place in August 2006. The market volatility in the first half of 2006 was largely due to a reduction in investor's risk appetite, as concern over rising interest rates in a number of major western economies and rising inflation in the US fuelled fears of a global economic slowdown. Again in 2007 the US economy has been causing unease due to problems in the mortgage market. This factor, in conjunction with the unwinding of carry trades, in which borrowings in yen are used to fund investments in economies with higher interest rates, and concerns in China over restrictions on domestic investing in Chinese equities, were the key triggers of the February downturn. Both of these sell-offs serve as a note of caution on how stocks, and particularly emerging market stocks, can be affected by events in the major economies, and especially by events in the US. We monitor the gearing used in the Fund closely, and are able to reduce this rapidly if economic and market events indicate this is desirable. Independent Rating of the Fund Even with the more difficult market conditions, the fund ranks highly against its peers. Trustnet is an independent company providing factual, unbiased assessments of fund's performance to private investors and Independent Financial Advisers. At the Fund's year end it was ranked 16th out of all 211 investment trusts analysed by Trustnet for NAV performance, and 24th out of 224 funds for share price performance over the three year period to the end of March 2007 in the conventional investment trust category. This equates to a 7.6% and 10.7% percentile ranking respectively. Over one year, the recent share price weakness means that the Fund has dropped down the rankings to the 18.3% percentile for share price appreciation over one year. Share Trading A number of investor queries have been received this year regarding the wide bid-offer spread (the difference between the price at which shares may be sold or bought), particularly for the Blue Planet Financials Growth and Income Investment Trust Number 1. Although the Blue Planet Growth and Income Investment Trusts numbers 1 through to 10 are each separate legal entities, to all intents and purposes each is identical and treated as a tenth of a single fund. The Blue Planet Financials Growth and Income Share Unit was created to trade the shares in the ten trusts as one unit. Internal analysis has shown that since inception the Financials Growth and Income Share Unit (Ticker: BPFU) has had more than 150 times the volume of trading and on average just 1/14th the spread of the No.1 Trust's shares. In other words, on a historical basis, it has been significantly easier to buy or sell the Share Unit and this has been accomplished at keener prices. Portfolio Your Company's investments have performed well over the past year. Figure 1 shows the geographical movements in the portfolio. As you can see the Fund has taken profits from some investments and withdrawn from a number of countries. Total profits in sterling from France were 35%, Austria 43%, Turkey 4%, Spain 30%, Norway 5% and Switzerland 37%. The changes in the holdings have been made in order to reposition the portfolio to capture the best growth opportunities in strong economies. In the past year changes have been more frequent as the gearing in the Fund has been adjusted to match the prevailing market conditions. With regards to geographic distribution, we continue to have a sizeable proportion of the fund invested in Central and Eastern Europe. Our two key markets in this region at the end of the financial year were Poland and Russia. The Company increased its investments in Poland. Poland's GDP growth was 6.1% in 2006, the fastest rate of annual growth since 1997, and in the first quarter of 2007 growth approached 7%. Domestic demand and exports have both been strong and inflation is moderate, although rising, at 2.5%. The Investment Manager visited Russia in June 2006 to meet a number of banks. Each of the banks reported rapid business growth in all sectors and particularly in retail banking. This is being fuelled by the very strong macroeconomic picture in the country, the strength of commodity prices, a significant increase in real household income and a surge in foreign direct investment. At the end of the financial year we held investments in three Russian banks. We sold our investment in Raiffeisen in Austria as its principal attraction was its banking operations in Russia, and we continue to think that direct investment in Russian banks is a better strategy to this end. Independent Rating of the Fund Trustnet is an independent company providing factual, unbiased assessment of the performance of funds to private investors and Independent Financial Advisers. The excellent performance of the Fund has led to it being ranked 1st out of 26 funds in the Equity Growth and Income Sector for NAV appreciation over one year and 3rd out of 28 trusts for share price appreciation over one year. Over the longerterm the NAV and share price appreciation are rated in the 1st quartile over both three and five years. This year an investment was made in Blue Planet's Global Financials Fund, listed in Dublin. At times during the past year there have been periods of market weakness. This is a hedge fund and thus is designed to provide protection in the event of a market fall. Your Company continued to invest in South Eastern Europe. Investments were made in Greece and Cyprus, both of which had GDP growth in 2006 of approximately 4% and banking sectors that are expanding rapidly. Profits were taken in the holdings in Turkey in the early part of 2006, as Turkey's current account deficit ballooned and consumer inflation and interest rates rose. Elsewhere your Company remained invested in Brazil, but the number of holdings was reduced to one as the previously fast rate of profit growth in Brazilian banks slowed and non-performing loans increased. We sold our investments in France, as revenues in retail banking in France declined considerably and political risks increased with the approaching elections. A fuller analysis of the portfolio movements is provided in the Investment Manager's Report. Figure 1 Portfolio movements 2006 to 2007 Country 2007 2006 Poland 31.9 12.1 Ireland 20.1 4.9 Russia 16.7 15.8 Cyprus 12.9 - Greece 7.5 4.8 Brazil 5.5 9.5 Germany 3.2 2.8 Denmark 2.2 2.2 France - 10.5 Austria - 10.4 Turkey - 8.3 Spain - 6.0 Norway - 4.9 Mexico - 4.8 Switzerland - 3.0 Our Warrants The price of our warrants rose by 27.7% over the year to a bid price of £16.35 for the Warrant Unit on the 31st March 2007. Over three years the warrant price has increased 1,322%. Shareholders can view the warrant price on the website of Blue Planet Investment Management (www.blueplanet.eu). The warrants are exercisable on 31st July or, if later, 30 days after the distribution of the Annual Report and Accounts in any year, up to and including 2010. Each warrant costs £1 to exercise and will entitle the holder to 10 shares in the corresponding Growth and Income Trust. As for the shares, considering the warrant in terms of a Unit, where a Unit represents one share in each of the trusts numbered 1 through to 10, then each Warrant Unit confers the right to subscribe to 10 Financials Growth & Income Share Units at a price of £10. Dividend The board has recommended that no final dividend is paid this year. As we highlighted in the interim accounts, there is insufficient revenue to support paying a dividend. The level of investment income received by your Company increased by 59% over the year. Unfortunately the costs that were set against that income also rose. As a result the revenue return per share was reduced to zero. The company continues to provide capital returns well above its benchmark. This year the capital growth of the share price was 19.8%, compared to a capital fall of 3.6% in its benchmark index, which was reduced to a 1.0% fall if dividends are included. However, we appreciate the importance of dividends to shareholders and plan to resume a dividend payment when it is possible to do so. Borrowings and Gearing Gearing for the fund is provided by a £750,000 fixed loan facility and a £1,175,000 revolving loan facility. The purpose of the loans is to fund the acquisition of investments in the expectation that the returns from these will exceed the cost of the loans. The level of gearing, net of cash deposits ended the financial year at 28.9%. This is considerably lower than the 46.5% level at the end of the previous financial year and the reduction reflects our concerns about rising levels of risk. The level of gearing was in the process of being reduced at the year end and subsequently gearing, net of cash, has been eliminated from the Fund. Generally, gearing beneficially affects the Company's NAV when the value of its investments are rising, but adversely affects it in periods when the value of investments are falling. Blue Planet Services and Price Information Sources Shareholders can view the Company's share price and additional information about the Fund on the website of Blue Planet Investment Management Ltd (www.blueplanet.eu) and the London Stock Exchange (www.londonstockexchange.com). To find the Company's share price on the London Stock Exchange website go to the Home page and type "BPFU" in the "Price Search" field. Our share price is also published in the Financial Times. Blue Planet Investment Management offers a Blue Planet Savings Plan to enable lump sum investments or regular savings. This is administered on their behalf by Lloyds TSB plc and may be obtained by completing and returning the form enclosed with these accounts or from Blue Planet by calling them on 0131 466 6666. Blue Planet has also arranged a low cost stock-market dealing service via Stocktrade. Full details of these services are in this annual report, and are also given on their website www.blueplanet.eu. Outlook Your Company has continued to make sound progress over the past year and the growth in the Fund's share price and underlying net asset value has outstripped its benchmark index. We aim to stay ahead of the markets in 2007, which we predict will be a more difficult year for equities. We are now locking in profits we have made in recent years, by selling investments and holding cash. This is in anticipation of the US economy going into recession in 2007 - an event which we believe will happen, and which will lead to substantial falls in stock markets throughout the world. This will provide your Company with great opportunities to buy stocks cheaply and we are positioning ourselves to take advantages of these opportunities when they come. In the US the housing market is in trouble. The current market is weak with median house prices starting to decline. The view going forward is even bleaker. Residential construction, which increased 80% between 2000 and 2005 is now consistently slowing. The rise in US house prices has tallied with a corresponding decline in the savings rate as individuals used their positive housing equity to fuel the consumer boom, resulting in a record trade imbalance in the US. As these gains evaporate consumers will need to return to more traditional means of savings, which will mean a significant reduction in consumer spending. The persistent inflation concerns mean that the Fed will not be able to respond quickly to the housing downturn by cutting interest rates, exacerbating the problem. A slowdown in the US will affect share prices globally and within the banking sector, banks with significant exposure to the property and unsecured lending sectors in the US and the UK (two very heavily geared countries) seem most at risk. Whilst we are confident about the future prospects for the banks and other financial businesses in which we are invested, we believe that it is prudent to hold large cash balances and to reduce our portfolio of equities to a few outstanding, well-positioned banks whose earnings growth will be little affected by a downturn, and wait for events to unfold. We believe that our approach of specialising in only the financial sector and running a relatively concentrated portfolio of well researched stocks is set to continue to deliver good returns, and we look forward to the future with confidence. I thank you for your continuing support and look forward to welcoming you to the Annual General Meeting on the 31 July 2007. Victoria Killay Chairman 30 May 2007 Investment Manager's Report ______________________________________________________________________________________ Portfolio Performance Analysis As has already been highlighted in the Chairman's Statement, the Fund's NAV made a total return of 14.2% over the year, as opposed to the Fund's benchmark index which fell by 1.0% in Sterling terms. The Trust's share price rose 19.8% over the same period. The outperformance of the fund has been achieved by a combination of sector specialisation, good predictive economic analysis, a rigorous investment process, sound asset allocation and discerning stock selection. Blue Planet Investment Management is a specialist financials only manager who achieves outperformance through specialisation. Our goal is to become the best manager of financial portfolios in the world. We back our investment process with our own money, and are the largest investor in all of our long- only funds. Asset Allocation Blue Planet Investment Management's investment process is top down. First, we identify countries with good economic prospects and acceptable levels of political risk. The economic backdrops in these countries are assessed in detail and ranked accordingly. The listed banks and other financial institutions in the highest ranked countries are then investigated. Capital is allocated to those banks and other financial institutions which we believe are likely to offer the best total returns over the long term. This process involves meeting with the senior management of companies in which we are contemplating investments. Where possible, we also like to meet with local Central Banks to discuss the economic policies being pursued in the countries concerned. Once we are invested in a company, we aim to meet regularly with its senior management to monitor its progress. Since the last year end we have visited financial institutions in India, Italy, Russia, Sweden and Ukraine. In addition, we had meetings in the UK with the management of many overseas financial institutions. At the year end Poland was our largest geographic holding. Poland's GDP growth was 6.1% in 2006 and it is expected to remain over 5% in 2007. It has made a strong start to 2007 with the first quarter GDP growth approaching 7%. Domestic demand and exports were both strong and are forecast to remain so. Inflation remained at a low level for 2006, although this has now risen to 2.5%. The labour market improved, with unemployment dropping from 17.6% in December 2005 to 14.9% in December 2006. Across the whole banking market in 2006 deposits were up almost 10% and loans up 33%, with mortgage loans increasing by more than 50%. Your Company holds investments in Bank Zachodni WBK, Bank Millennium and Bank Prezemyslowo-Handlowy. In Eastern Europe Russia was another key market. The Russian economy and the Russian banking sector are growing strongly. In a mid-year visit to the country, the eight banks visited by the Investment Manager all reported that business was booming. In 2006 corporate lending was growing at a rate of 30% per annum and retail loans at 80%. Retail loans had already grown by a factor of 12 from 2001 to 2005 and reached 19% of total bank loans. During Blue Planet Investment Management's visit to Russia, the best banks were identified and investments were made in Promstroibank St Petersburg, Sibacadembank-CLS and Ural-Siberian Bank. In March 2007 the Fund sold its investment in Sberbank. The initial investment was made in March 2005 and was added to several times. The revenue from the sale was 3.5 times the total investment costs, meaning that the share price had increased 350% from the average purchase price. During the year the Fund invested in banks in Greece and Cyprus in South East Europe. Greece enjoys one of the highest growth rates in the EU, at 4% in 2006. Between 1995 and 2003 Greece's sovereign rating was increased five times by Fitch. The country benefits from a strong financial sector. Your Company held an investment in Piraeus Bank S.A. This has subsequently been sold as we build up liquidity in anticipation of market weakness in 2007. The fund invested in Cyprus for the first time in January 2007. Cyprus is experiencing healthy economic growth and it is building its status as an international business centre, fuelled by a corporate tax rate of 10% and favourable double taxation treaties, especially with Russia. Your Fund invested in Bank of Cyprus. The Fund is no longer invested in Turkey due to a considerably weakened macroeconomic situation in the country after increases in both inflation and interest rates. The Fund made an investment in Blue Planet's Global Financials Fund, listed in Dublin, which has been added to during the year. A key motivation for this investment is protection against falling stock markets in 2007. As a hedge fund this investment provides an opportunity to benefit from periods of market weakness as well as market strength through its ability to take short positions. The fund remains invested in Brazil. Interest rates have been steadily declining in Brazil. They were at 16.5% at the end of March 2006 and ended March 2007 at 12.75%. Inflation also fell during 2006. The strong macroeconomic climate did not have as positive an affect on GDP growth as was hoped, which was at 2.8% for 2006, but credit growth remained strong and financial sector loans in Brazil increased 20% in 2006. The past few years of strong loan growth led to a rise in the levels of non performing loans in 2006, but as salaries rise and interest rates continue to fall this trend should not continue. Your Fund retained its investment in Nossa Caixa in Brazil. Elsewhere in Latin America profits were taken in Mexico because of concerns regarding the economic impact of a weakening US economy on Mexico and in anticipation of elections in 2006 in the country. During the year investments were also made in Sweden as the Swedish election result in 2006 gave power to Sweden's opposition, who have a reform and tax cutting mandate. However the rising concerns over an overheating in the Baltic State economies, to which all the major Swedish banks are exposed, and concerns about the markets in general, led to the Fund taking profits from these investments. There are a number of investments that your company took profits in this year. In Western Europe your Company realised the gains on its investments in France, as revenues dwindled in retail banking, and in Spain as concerns persisted regarding the over-supply in the housing market. 2005 was a very successful year for Investment Banks and the Fund had exposure via UBS in Switzerland and Deutsche Bank in Germany. In 2006, as conditions became more difficult, the profits from these investments were realised. Currency The fund is exposed to a range of currencies. The table below shows the percentage of the portfolio holdings in each currency and how those currencies have performed against the pound over the period in which the investments have been held in the Trust during the financial year. Currency % of equity Appreciation/depreciation portfolio in against £ for currency the length of time the currency has been held in the portfolio Euro 43.7% -2.8% Polish Zloty 31.9% -1.3% US Dollar 16.7% -12.9% Brazilian Real 5.5% -7.8% Danish Krone 2.2% -2.8% All the currency movements were negative, which reduced the performance of the shares denominated in these currencies when translated into sterling. The US dollar has been very weak in 2006. It is the currency in which our Russian shares are denominated. However, as the currency underlying these stocks is the Russian Rouble the US dollar currency fluctuations should be reflected by corresponding changes in the share price. The risks associated with this exposure to a range of currencies is discussed below. Risk Market risk arises mainly from the uncertainty regarding the future price performance of the equities held by your Company. This risk is magnified by the gearing that is used to bolster performance and the fact that the company is invested in a single industry sector. Being invested in a single sector exposes the Fund to the risk that the Financial Sector will under perform relative to other sectors of the market In mitigation of these risks the financials sector in which we are invested is the largest sector of the market, constituting approximately a quarter of the Bloomberg World Index. The prices of the individual securities held are monitored on a daily basis and the Board, which meets quarterly, imposes borrowing limits to ensure gearing levels are appropriate to market conditions. The securities dealt in are all listed on recognised exchanges and are readily realisable. The Fund also has the ability to use futures or options as a hedge against a fall in the market. At the year end the Fund had a put option on the DJ Eurostoxx 50 index. This position has subsequently been closed out. The Fund is exposed to currency risk, due to the range of currencies in which investments are held. The largest risk is in the Euro currency. The Fund Manager tracks currency movements on a month-bymonth basis and hedging is considered on an individual case-by-case basis. In the 2007 financial year there were short-term hedges in place for the US dollar, Polish Zloty and Turkish Lira. Credit risk arises from the exposure to non-delivery of an investment that has been purchased. The Company only buys and sells investment through brokers approved by Blue Planet Investment Management, and recognised to be of good standing and reputation in their home market. Review of the Top 10 Investments at year end ______________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Blue Planet Global Financials The Blue Planet Global Financials Fund, is an open-ended Cayman Islands exempted company. The Company listed on the Irish Stock Exchange on 31 March 2006. Its objective is to achieve a high level of capital growth by taking long and/or short positions in securities issued by or relating to banks and other financial institutions on a Worldwide basis. Shares are available denominated in Euros and US Dollars. The Blue Planet Global Financials Fund reported its first year end figures on 31 December 2006. The NAV price for the Class B EURO Restricted shares was €116.990 at the end of the company's financial year. Over the period since its launch on 31 March 2006, the Fund has returned 16.99% gross and 13.59% net. If annualised the net return of 13.59% would equate to an annual return of 18.12%. The fund's performance led it to be ranked as the second best performing hedge fund over six months to the end of December in the Euro Global Equity category in the Eurohedge magazine January 2007 edition. Investing in the Blue Planet Global Financials Fund provides your Company with the opportunity to take advantage of this fund's ability to make both strategic and tactical assets allocations that can profit from both rising and falling market conditions. Your Company has been invested in this fund since its launch. The size of its holding was increased in December 2007. Its total return for the 12 month period it has been held in the portfolio is 4%. Key statistics relating to this investment are given below: For the year ended 2006 2005 Change 31 December: Total Assets € 35.7m n/a - Cost:Income Ratio n/a n/a - Net Profit after € 2.8m n/a - Taxation Net Asset Value € 113.592 n/a - per Share (Class B Euro shares) Dividends per Share € 0 n/a - Dividend Cover n/a n/a - Return on Equity n/a n/a - 2. Bank Zachodni WBK SA Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. ("BZW") is a universal bank that provides a wide range of banking services. Historically its niche was business banking. BZW was formed as a result of a merger between Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. and Wielkopolski Bank Kredytowy S.A. on 13 June 2001. Concentrated mainly in the western part of Poland, it has approximately a 5% market share. Its major shareholder is Allied Irish Banks Group, who holds 70.5% of BZW's stock. In Poland GDP growth accelerated through 2006. The full year figure for GDP growth was 5.8%, reaching 6.5% in the final quarter of 2006 and 7% in the first quarter of 2007. The Polish banking sector has huge development potential. The penetration of residential mortgages, mutual funds and credit cards, as a percentage of GDP, are less than half those found in the more developed European Union countries. BZW has a highly regarded management team who have an aggressive expansion plan in place. The bank is developing its presence in large cities throughout the country and plans to increase its distribution network from 400 branches to 450 by mid-2008. In 2006 BZW increased its profits by 47%. Revenue grew by 24% as BZW sold more mutual funds and its brokerage business had a very successful year. Total loans at the bank grew by 22% in 2006, with mortgages increasing by 36%. Costs rose by almost 12% as personnel expenses increased. BZW's first quarter 2007 results continued on the same positive trend as their 2006 results. Net Income was up 49% as business continued to grow strongly in all areas, especially mutual funds and brokerage. BZW's cost:income efficiency ratio dropped below 50% for the first time, as revenues grew twice as fast as costs. We purchased this stock in August 2006 and increased our holdings in both December 2006 and January and March 2007. The total return for the part of the holding held since August 2006 is 45% in sterling terms. Key statistics relating to this investment are given below: For the year ended 31 2006 2005 Change December: Total Assets PLN 33.0bn PLN 29.3bn +12.6% Cost:Income Ratio 55.1% 61.4% -6.3pp Net Profit after Taxation PLN 758 m PLN 516 m +46.9% Earnings per Share PLN 10.39 PLN 7.08 +46.8% Dividends per Share PLN 6.0 PLN 6.0 0% Dividend Cover 1.7x 1.2x Return on Equity 23.7% 18.0% +5.7pp 3. Bank of Cyprus Ltd Bank of Cyprus is the largest bank in Cyprus and offers universal banking services to retail and corporate clients. Their banking operations are in Cyprus (46%), Greece (43%), UK and Australia and they are due to commence operations in Romania and Russia from 2007. Cyprus' GDP grew by 3.8% in 2006 having recovered strongly from a dip in 2002/3. Growth in corporate lending has jumped to 9% from 1-2% in 2004/5 and retail lending has accelerated to nearly 30% over the same period. It has low inflation and unemployment, a corporate tax rate of 10%, an educated workforce, strong legal and accountancy systems, and accession to EMU is projected for 2008. Due to double-taxation treaties with various countries, Cyprus is an established and growing international business centre, particularly for companies from Russia and South-Eastern Europe. Its international business accounts for almost half the bank's profits from Cyprus. The bank has a market share of 4% in Greece where it has a young network (120 branches). Another 70 branches are planned by the end of 2009, and growth in Greek profit is expected to accelerate rapidly as the network matures. In 2006, Bank of Cyprus achieved growth in net profit of 153% (following 88% growth in 2005) and set a target of 31% profit growth for 2007. The increase in 2006 was driven by strong revenue growth, good control of costs and an improvement in the quality of the loan book. The bank also published its strategy and targets for the next three years. The targets include: net profit growth of at least 25% per year, loans to grow at least 20% per year, and continued improvement in the cost:income, asset quality and return on equity ratios. They aim to have 20% of a significantly larger total loan portfolio outside Greece and Cyprus by 2011, and are interested in selected acquisitions in the Ukraine as well as Romania and Russia. Marfin Popular Bank hold 8% of the shares of Bank of Cyprus, purchased from Piraeus Bank SA in March 2007 and have indicated their interest in a possible merger. This is not likely to find favour with the Bank of Cyprus management who prefer to pursue their organic growth strategy. We purchased Bank of Cyprus for the investment portfolio in January 2007. The total return of the investment is currently 2% in sterling terms. Key statistics relating to this investment are given below: For the year ended 31 2006 2005 Change December: Total Assets € 25.2bn € 22.1bn +14.0% Cost:Income Ratio 46.7% 56.7% -10.0pp Net Profit after Taxation € 317m € 125m +153.6% Earnings per Share (diluted) 57.7c 24.9c +131.7% Dividends per Share 29.0c 12.0c +143% Dividend Cover 2.0x 2.1x Return on Equity 21.7% 11.9% +9.8pp 4. Bank Millennium SA Bank Millennium SA was founded in Poland in 1989. It is principally a commercial bank, but has four separate business lines, Millennium for retail customers, Millennium Biznes for small businesses, Millennium PRESTIGE for affluent customers and Bankowosc Predsiebiorstw for medium and large sized businesses. It offers core banking services, brokerage, investment funds, leasing services and pension and savings plans and is the fifth largest bank in Poland. Millennium bcp of Portugal increased its ownership share of Millennium at the end of 2006 to 65.51% from its previous 50% holding. Millennium has a strong organic growth strategy that is particularly focused on the retail sector. It is investing in a branch expansion and upgrading programme that began in 2006, and is due to complete in mid-2008. This programme will add 158 new branches to its network. The company is growing its market share of the mortgage market by capturing 14% of the new mortgage production in Poland. This has led its market share of the Polish mortgage market to increase from 7.1% at the end of 2005 to 9.7% at the end of 2006. Their total loan portfolio grew 56% over the year. Millennium's 2006 results showed an impressive 44% increase in net earnings per share over 2005, once the gain from the sale of its subsidiary PZU has been excluded from the 2005 results. The growth in business was achieved with a 12% increase in operating costs, as a result of the branch expansion and remodelling programme. Millennium anticipate that continued strong domestic consumption will drive performance in 2007, and that a slowing in the growth in the mortgage market in 2007 will be offset by an increase in corporate lending. Their first quarter 2007 results were excellent. Loans continued to grow strongly and their mortgage market share increased again, to 10.3%. Fees and commissions increased 47% year-on-year. Their expansion programme meant that costs increased 19% year-on-year in the first quarter. Without the expansion, costs would only have increased 5%. Overall net income was up 21%. We held Millennium in the investment portfolio throughout the year. We added to the holding during the year. The total return for the portion of the investment held for the entire year is 68% in sterling terms. Key statistics relating to this investment are given below: For the year ended 31 2006 2005 Change December: Total Assets PLN 24.7bn PLN 22.2bn +11.3% Cost:Income Ratio 67.7% 74.4% -6.7pp Net Profit after Taxation PLN 300.8m PLN 567.1m -47.0% (Underlying Net Profit)* (208.3m) (+44.4%) Earnings per Share PLN 0.35 PLN 0.67 -47.8% Dividends per Share PLN 0.17 PLN 0.54 -68.5% Dividend Cover 2.1x 1.2x Return on Equity 13.6% 28.0% -14.4pp (underlying Return on Equity)* (10.5%) (+3.1pp) * Underlying excludes gain of PLN 465m before tax on the sale of PZU in 2005. 5. Promstroibank St Petersburg Promstroibank St Petersburg ("PSB"), Russia's tenth largest bank, it is primarily concentrated in the St. Petersburg and Leningrad region. It controls 15% of the regional market, a share similar to that of Sberbank in its home region. PSB is mainly a corporate-oriented bank and as such has a small branch network, standing at 53 branches at the end of September 2006. Its share of the total retail deposit market is just 0.9%. The bank's shares are admitted to trading on the St Petersburg Stock Exchange and on the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange. It has been owned 75% by the OAO Bank for Foreign Trade (Vneshtorgbank) since the end of 2005. Vneshtorgbank is the 2nd largest bank in Russia after Sberbank, and is currently owned 99.9% by the Russian Federation Government. On the 22 September 2006 PSB agreed to a merger with Vneshtorgbank. Both PSB and Vneshtorgbank shareholders have approved the merger. Since this announcement PSB has traded based on the expected merger terms. VTB's announced IPO plan has fuelled PSB's minority demand for stock. VTB have an IPO scheduled for May 2007. This is to be undertaken first, before the merger proceeds further and the current swap ratio of 385 Vneshtorgbank shares per PSB share may be revised later this year and be re-submitted for approval in September 2007. Whilst PSB have a strong position in the northwestern Russia market and their standalone performance is good - PSB have issued their IFRS financials for the first nine months of 2006 and it shows net profits increasing 35% on a year- on-year basis - it is a bank with very little retail exposure, and its main attraction is the access it gives to Vneshtorgbank shares, which will undoubtedly be highly sought after in the current IPO. We have held this stock since October 2006 and in its five months in the portfolio has made a total return of 11%. Key statistics relating to this investment are given below: For the nine month ended : 2006 2005 Change Total Assets Rouble 152 bn Rouble 150 bn +1.3% Cost:Income Ratio n/a n/a Net Profit after Taxation Rouble 3,554 m Rouble 2,628 m +35.2% Earnings per Share Rouble 2.8 Rouble 2.1 +25.0% Dividends per Share Rouble 0.1 Rouble 0.1 0% Dividend Cover 28x 21x Return on Equity n/a n/a 6. Piraeus Bank SA Piraeus Bank SA ("Piraeus") is the fifth largest bank in Greece. They offer universal banking services to consumers and businesses in Greece and South Eastern Europe via a rapidly expanding network. At the end of 2006, they had 536 branches, of which 301 are in Greece and 235 abroad, and they also have the electronic banking network of Winbank. In 2006 Greek GDP grew by 4%. The fundamental engines of growth for the banking sector remain in place: it is one of the fastest growing economies of Europe, the banking sector is gradually being deregulated, and credit penetration is low versus other EMU countries. Outside Greece, Piraeus is active in Albania (estimated GDP growth for 2007: 6%), Romania (6%), Bulgaria (6.5%), Serbia (5%) and Egypt (6%), all of which are offer high credit and deposit growth from an underpenetrated base. They have also indicated interest in buying a bank in the Ukraine. In 2006, Piraeus published underlying earnings growth of 28%, driven by an overall growth of 31% in customer loans and good control of costs despite the increase in the number of branches. They outperformed the market in all loan categories, with growth of 31% in mortgage loans, 25% in unsecured consumer loans, 36% in loans to small businesses and 26% in loans to large corporate clients. Asset quality improved significantly, with the ratio of Loans in Default to Total Loans one of the lowest in the market. They remain well-capitalised and highly profitable. In the newly-published Business Plan for 2007-2010, they target a compound annual growth rate of 24% in net income and 26% in loans as well as further improvement in the profitability, cost:income and asset quality ratios. They aim to increase the return on equity invested in their international operations and to have 25% of profit coming from outside Greece by 2010, via continued branch expansion and selected acquisitions. We have held the stock since the start of the year and added to it several times. The portion of the investment held for the full year has made a total return of 31% in sterling terms. Key statistics relating to this investment are given below: For the year ended 31 December: 2006 2005 Change Total Assets € 30.9bn €23.5bn 31.5% Cost:Income Ratio 48.4% 57.9% -9.5pp Net Profit after Taxation €435m € 264m 64.8% (Underlying Net Profit)* (€337m) (27.7%) Earnings per Share € 1.66 € 1.33 24.8% (Underlying Earnings per (€1.28) (-3.8%) Share )** Dividends per Share € 0.64 € 0.50 28.0% Dividend Cover 2.6x 2.7x Return on Equity 29.0% 21.0% +8.0pp * Piraeus booked a gain on the sale of their stake in a joint venture with ING Group in the first quarter of 2006. ** underlying earnings per share fell due to the issuance of shares in 2006. 7. Banco Nossa Caixa SA Banco Nossa Caixa SA ("Nossa Caixa") is the third largest state-owned financial institution in Brazil in terms of total assets. It is based in the prosperous Sao Paulo region of Brazil and had 5.4 million customers as of the end of 2006. It is a multiple-service commercial bank that offers a wide range of financial products and it is the exclusive financial agent for the Sao Paulo state government. Its balance sheet has considerable scope to support the expansion of the loan book. Nossa Caixa made a Secondary Public Share Offering in October 2005. This was 10 times oversubscribed with 30.8 million common shares being sold. In July 2006 it was announced that there would be a further public offering. However this announcement was subsequently rescinded. This led to speculation that the bank may be sold instead to a strategic international investor. There has been no further developments on this front so far. During 2006 Nossa Caixa expanded its branches and service outlets to meet the demand it expected from the transfer of nearly 600,000 state public civil servant accounts, previously with Santander Banespa. These new accounts led to an increase in revenues in 2006. However the costs of the expansion to develop the infrastructure of the bank were high and had a negative effect on the banks recurring net income, which fell by 20% in 2006. At the start of 2007 Nossa Caixa held negotiations with the State of Sao Paolo to renew its contract to service the 1.1million public servant payrolls for the next five years. When the terms of the deal were announced in March they seemed disadvantageous to Nossa Caixa, as the total fee appeared high and the contract fee was to be paid upfront. In addition there are concerns that the public payroll contracts will be opened up to public tender at some point in the future and the validity of this contract might be called into question. This investment has been held in the portfolio throughout the Fund's financial year. The recent news from the company has been received very negatively by the market and has led to a sharp fall in the company's share price, which has resulted in the shares making a total return of -41% over the year in sterling terms. Key statistics relating to this investment are given below: For the year ended 31 2006 2005 Change December: Total Assets BRL 39.3bn BRL 33.4bn +17.8% Cost:Income Ratio 56.1% 54.0% +2.1pp Net Profit after Taxation BRL 454m BRL 766m -40.7% (Underlying Net Profit) (565m) (19.6%) Earnings per Share BRL 4.22 BRL 7.15 -41.0% (Note : 3-fold increase in shareholders) Dividends per Share 1.75 2.60 -32.7% Dividend Cover 2.4x 2.75x - Return on Equity 17.8% 33.7% -15.9pp 8. Bank Przemyslowo-Handlowy SA Bank Przemyslowo-Handlowy SA ("BPH") is the third largest bank in Poland in terms of assets, and is 71.03% owned by the Unicredit Group. It is currently in the process of being split into two parts. When Unicredito Italiano announced its merger with HVB in June 2005, the combined company, the Unicredit Group, majority owned both BPH and Bank Pekao. Unicredit indicated it intended to merge Bank BPH and Bank Pekao, provided that all necessary regulatory approvals were obtained. Unicredit reached agreement with the Polish authorities early in April 2006. As a result Unicredit will sell 200 branches of BPH, and related banking services operating under the BPH logo, through an international bidding process. The remaining BPH branches will be merged into Bank Pekao's network. It is expected that the sale of the 200 BPH branches will be completed in the second half of 2007, and potential bidders for BPH have already started their due diligence on the bank. The list of potential bidders is currently being whittled down to the most serious contenders. BPH had a strong financial performance in 2006. Revenues grew by 14% and profits were up 23%. Customer loans grew 12% and deposits by 11% in the year. The cost/income ratio reached a record low of 46.7%, setting a benchmark in the Polish market. BPH are positive about 2007. They see retail and corporate loans continuing to grow strongly (they currently have the 2nd largest market share in retail loans) and the pay rises in Poland fuelling retail deposits and loans. We held this stock throughout the Company's financial year. It generated a total return of 31% in sterling terms. The nature of the bank is about to be transformed dramatically, as the new BPH spun-off from Unicredit will have a new strategic shareholder. The leading contender is GE Money EMEA, part of the GE Group. Key statistics relating to this investment are given below: For the year ended 31 2006 2005 Change December: Total Assets PLN 64.8 bn PLN 57.9 bn +11.9% Cost:Income Ratio 46.7% 49.5% -2.8pp Net Profit after Taxation PLN 1,268 m PLN 1,027 m +23.5% Earnings per Share PLN 44.15 PLN 35.78 +23.4% Dividends per Share PLN 30.00 PLN 22.10 +154.0% Dividend Cover 1.5x 1.6x Return on Equity 19.4% 16.7% +2.7pp 9. URSA Bank (formerly Sibacadembank CLS) Sibacadembank CLS ("URSA Bank") was established in 1990. It has rapidly expanded over the past 16 years and is now a full service bank. It is partly owned by international financial institutions, and partly owned by the founders of the bank and management. Historically it was largely based in the Siberian Federal District which comprises 30% of Russian territory and has 21 million inhabitants. As of 1 October 2006 it had 153 branches and 260 ATMs. In 2006 it initiated a merger with Uralvneshtorgbank, a leader in the Urals Federal District. This was completed on 22 December 2006, and has considerably expanded the scope of the bank with Uralvneshtorgbank's 80 branches and 80 ATMs, and has led to the renaming of the bank to URSA Bank. This new combined entity is now one of the top 20 Russian banks. The Russian economy continues to surge ahead. GDP growth was 6.7% in 2006 and the current account surplus exceeds 10% With its vast population of 143m and its huge reserves of natural resources the underdeveloped banking sector, is, and will continue, to expand rapidly. URSA has released its 2006 IFRS financials which show that total loans increased 133% year-on-year in 2006 with retail loans increasing 136%, against a banking sector retail loan growth rate of 80%. Retail deposits increased 46% and corporate deposits increased 81%. Net profits increased 192% in the year. This increase is not reflected in the earnings per share figure as the number of shares in issue also increased in 2006. The bank is significantly outgrowing the market, and due to this rate of growth it is expected to follow its 2005 and 2006 share issues with a further share issue this year. The bank forecasts continued strong performance in 2007 when it plans to expand its range of retail products, place an emphasis on gaining business from small and medium sized enterprises and improve its cross selling to corporate customers, as well as continuing to expand the size of the bank through branch and ATM network expansion. We purchased our holding in the bank in January 2007. In its two months in the portfolio the shares total return was 1% in sterling terms Key statistics relating to this investment are given below: For the year ended 31 2006 2005 Change December: Total Assets Rouble 111.6bn Rouble 44.5bn +150.8% Cost:Income Ratio 48.3% 61.7% -13.4pp Net Profit after Taxation Rouble 1,464m Rouble 501m +192.2% Earnings per Share Rouble 1.38 Rouble 1.44 -4.2% Dividends per Share 0 0 Dividend Cover n/a n/a Return on Equity 31.6% 28.6% +3.0pp 10. Amagerbanken Amagerbanken was founded in 1903. Its head office is on Amager, an island off the coast of Denmark's capital city, Copenhagen. It is a small independent regional bank, with 27 branches, the majority of which are on either Amager or in Greater Copenhagen. In March 2007 it had more than 120,000 customers and 580 employees. It is a full service bank for both business and private customers. Its loan book is split 75% corporate and 25% retail. In 2006 Amagerbanken reported record profits. This was based on the volume of business increasing 27% in 2006 compared to 2005. Lending increased by 38%, and the growth was in both the corporate and the retail sector. There was also a significant increase in securities trading over the internet and custody services grew by a total of 26%. The bank predicts that overall lending will continue to grow in 2007, but that home loan activities will slow. They also see the positive trends in their securities operations continuing. We purchased our holding in the bank in April 2006. Despite its strong banking results, Amagerbanken's overall profits are heavily influenced by the value adjustments it needs to make, which are largely due to the bank's investment in Jeuden A/S. Amagerbanken holds approximately 10% of Jeudan's share capital and the value of this holding depends on trends in the financial market and on Jeuden's performance, which has unfortunately been poor for the first 3 months of 2007. In its eleven months in the portfolio the shares total return was - 17% in sterling terms. This holding has subsequently been sold. Key statistics relating to this investment are given below: For the year ended 31 2006 2005 Change December: Total Assets DKK 24.7bn DKK 18.5bn +33.5% Cost:Income Ratio 53.5% 55.5% -2.0pp Net Profit after Taxation DKK 502.9m DKK 431.3m +16.6% Earnings per Share DKK 45.6 DKK 39.5 +15.4% Dividends per Share DKK 7.8 DKK 6.4 +21.9% Dividend Cover 5.8x 6.2x Return on Equity 27.5% 30.4% -2.9pp Transactions Over the year, sales of investments realised £7.2m and purchases totalled £6.4m Blue Planet Investment Management Ltd 30 May 2007 Income Statement (incorporating the revenue account) 2007 2006 for the year ending 31 March 2007 Notes Revenue Capital Total Revenue Capital Total (£) (£) (£) (£) (£) (£) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Capital gains on investment Net realised gains on investments - 2,247,192 2,247,192 - 691,532 691,532 Unrealised (losses)/gains on - (1,480,561) (1,480,561) - 1,129,272 1,129,272 investments Exchange (losses) / gains - (98,697) (98,697) - (28,264) (28,264) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Net capital gains on investments - 667,934 667,934 - 1,792,540 1,792,540 Income from investments 147,686 - 147,686 94,980 - 94,980 Bank interest receivable 5,889 - 5,889 1,705 - 1,705 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Gross revenue and capital gains 153,575 667,934 821,509 96,685 1,792,540 1,889,225 Administrative expenses (86,228) (50,599) (136,827) (55,356) (23,997) (79,353) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Net return before interest payable 67,347 617,335 684,682 41,329 1,768,543 1,809,872 and taxation Interest payable (48,329) (48,329) (96,658) (28,442) (28,441) (56,883) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Return on ordinary activities 19,018 569,006 588,024 12,887 1,740,102 1,752,989 before taxation Taxation on ordinary activities (19,420) - (19,420) (11,925) - (11,925) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Return on ordinary (402) 569,006 568,604 962 1,740,102 1,741,064 activities after taxation _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Return per ordinary share -basic 2 0.00p 4.18p 4.18p 0.01p 12.83p 12.84p _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Return per ordinary share -diluted 2 0.00p 3.82p 3.82p 0.01p 12.10p 12.11p The total columns of the statement represent the profit & loss accounts of the Company. All revenue and capital items in the above statement derive from continuing operations. There were no recognised gains and losses other than those disclosed above. Accordingly a statement of total recognised gains and losses is not required. The Statement of Total Return together with the movements in reserves shown in note 5 comprise all changes in equity during the year. Comparative per share data has been adjusted to reflect the 10 for 1 share split approved by shareholders on 2 August 2006. Balance Sheet _____________________________________________________________________________ 2007 2006 at 31 March 2007 Notes (£) (£) (£) (£) _____________________________________________________________________________ Fixed assets Listed Equity investments* 4,466,668 5,780,791 Current assets Debtors 1,329,402 13,271 _____________________________________________________________________________ Cash at bank 628,964 108,814 1,958,366 122,085 Creditors: amounts falling due (23,189) (75,636) within one year Net current assets 1,935,177 46,449 _____________________________________________________________________________ Total assets less current 6,401,845 5,827,240 liabilities Creditors: amounts falling due (1,925,000) (1,923,129) after more than one year _____________________________________________________________________________ Net assets 4,476,845 3,904,111 _____________________________________________________________________________ Capital and reserves Called-up share capital 136,226 135,850 Share premium account 1,175,092 1,170,956 Other reserves Capital reserve - realised 2,956,042 906,475 Capital reserve - unrealised 122,207 1,602,768 Capital redemption 8,450 8,450 Warrant reserve 60,810 61,920 Revenue reserve 18,018 17,692 _____________________________________________________________________________ Shareholders' funds 4,476,845 3,904,111 _____________________________________________________________________________ Net asset value per ordinary 2 32.86p 28.76p share - basic _____________________________________________________________________________ Net asset value per ordinary 2 29.25p 25.74p share - diluted _____________________________________________________________________________ * Equity investments include a put option. Comparative per share data has been adjusted to reflect the 10 for 1 share split approved by shareholders on 2 August 2006. Victoria W Killay Chairman Reconciliation of Movements in Shareholders' Funds For the year ended 31 March 2007 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Share Share Capital Capital Capital Warrant Revenue Total capital premium redemption reserve- reserve- reserve reserve shareholders' reserve realised unrealised funds £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Shareholders' 135,850 1,170,956 8,450 906,475 1,602,768 61,920 17,692 3,904,111 funds at 1 April 2006 Proceeds of 376 3,476 - - - - 728 4,580 share issues Expense of share issue (450) - - - - - (450) Transfer from warrant reserve - 1,110 - - - (1,110) - - Return on ordinary - - - 2,049,567 (1,480,561) - (402) 568,604 activities after taxation ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Shareholders' funds at 31 March 2007 136,226 1,175,092 8,450 2,956,042 122,207 60,810 18,018 4,476,845 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ For the year ended 31 March 2006 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Share Share Capital Capital Capital Warrant Revenue Total capital premium redemption reserve- reserve- reserve reserve shareholders' reserve realised unrealised funds £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Shareholders' funds at 1 April 2005 135,850 1,168,746 8,450 277,541 491,600 63,374 28,271 2,173,832 Proceeds of share issues - 756 - - - - - 756 Transfer from warrant reserve - 1,454 - - - (1,454) - - Return on - - - 628,934 1,111,168 - 962 1,741,064 ordinary activities after taxation Dividend paid - - - - - - (16,895) (16,895) during the period Purchase of - - - - - - 5,354 5,354 treasury shares ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Shareholders' 135,850 1,170,956 8,450 906,475 1,602,768 61,920 17,692 3,904,111 funds at 31 March 2006 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Cash Flow Statement _________________________________________________________________________ 2007 2006 For the year ended 31 March 2007 (£) (£) (£) (£) _________________________________________________________________________ Operating activities Investment income received 132,534 90,859 Interest received 5,889 1,705 Investment management and (90,283) (46,078) administration fees paid Cash paid to and on behalf (4,820) (2,700) of Directors Other cash payments (38,337) (25,756) _________________________________________________________________________ Net cash inflow from 4,983 18,030 operating activities Servicing of finance Interest paid (95,450) (56,583) Taxation Taxation recovered 3,819 1,679 Capital expenditure and financial investment Purchase of investments (6,459,693) (3,604,477) Sale of investments 7,159,187 2,489,311 _________________________________________________________________________ 699,494 (1,115,166) _________________________________________________________________________ Cash inflow/(outflow) 612,846 (1,152,040) before financing _________________________________________________________________________ Equity Dividend paid - (16,895) Management of liquid resources Cash placed on deposit (1,147,893) (315,471) Cash withdrawn from deposit 1,147,893 314,181 - (1,290) Financing Proceeds from share issue 4,130 6,110 Loan advanced (18,278) 1,144,860 (14,148) 1,150,970 _________________________________________________________________________ Increase/(Decrease) in cash 598,698 (19,255) _________________________________________________________________________ Notes _________________________________________________________________________ 1.The financial information set out in this announcement does not constitute the Company's statutory accounts for the years ended 31 March 2007 or 31 March 2006 but is derived from those accounts. Statutory accounts for 2006 have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies and those for 2007 will be delivered following the Company's Annual General Meeting. The auditors have reported on those accounts; their reports were unqualified and did not contain a statement under s237 (2) or (3) Companies Act 1985. 2.Return and Net Assets per ordinary share _____________________________________________________________________________ 2007 2006 _____________________________________________________________________________ The return per ordinary share is based upon the following figures: Revenue return £(402) £962 Capital return £569,006 £1,740,102 Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue 13,607,375 13,559,850 during the year - basic Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue 14,880,840 14,381,850 during the year - diluted _____________________________________________________________________________ The difference between the basic and diluted number of ordinary shares is derived from the total number of warrants in issue multiplied by a factor based on the average price of the ordinary shares in the year and the exercise price of the warrants, as required by FRS 14. The net asset value per ordinary share is calculated on 13,622,600 being the number of ordinary shares in issue. Net asset dilution occurs from the potential exercise of the 255,590 outstanding warrants and is assumed only to take place if the net assets per share exceed the exercise price of £0.10. 3.The board have decided that no final dividend will be declared this year (0.00p - 2006). 4.The financial information set out in this announcement has been prepared on the basis of the accounting policies as stated in the previous year's financial statements, and are consistent with the current year's full financial statements which are yet to be published. The above figures relate to the No. 1 Trust but all 10 Trusts are identical. A unit comprises ten shares, one share in each of the Blue Planet Financials Growth & Income Investment Trusts Nos 1-10. For more information, please visit www.blueplanet.eu You can also contact the Company on 0131 466 6666 or by emailing info@blueplanet.eu
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