Stock Exchange Announcement

GENESIS EMERGING MARKETS FUND LIMITED STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT The Directors of Genesis Emerging Markets Fund Limited announce the following results for the year ended 30th June, 2008:- 30th June, 30th June, 2008 2007 US$ US$D Total net assets 994,204,936 948,698,561 Net assets per Participating 73.65 70.28 Share Total income per 3.37 22.49 Participating Share Commenting on the results the Chairman has made the following statement: Year Under Review I have pleasure in presenting to shareholders the nineteenth Annual Report of the Genesis Emerging Markets Fund Limited for the year ended 30th June, 2008. Performance Volatile equity markets have made the first half of 2008 an uncomfortable period for investors, with the MSCI Emerging Markets Free Index falling 11.6% over the six month period. The Manager's Report on the following pages describes the environment in more detail and highlights some of the changes that have been made to the Fund's portfolio as a result. The Fund's net asset value (NAV) per share fell by 7.0% over the half year to 30th June, 2008 but when combined with the upward movement seen in the first half of the financial year this still left the net asset value per share up by 5.0% over the full year. This compares with the 4.6% increase in the MSCI Emerging Market Investable Markets Index over the same period. The Fund's discount to NAV has declined steadily through the last six months as markets have fallen, reaching around 8.1% at the end of June. Notwithstanding the negative stock market sentiment over the last eight months, the Fund has still delivered an annualised return for shareholders of over 32% over the last five years. The Board of Directors remains satisfied that the Manager's approach to investing in emerging markets is appropriate for the generation of long-term performance. In our opinion, therefore, the Manager's ongoing appointment is in the best interest of shareholders. The Board There were no changes to the Board during the year under review. Aloysius Colayco has announced his intention to retire from the Board at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting, and it is with regret that this has been accepted by the Directors. Over the many years that Mr. Colayco has served on the Board his knowledge of emerging markets in general, and his perspective on Asia in particular, have provided invaluable insight to his fellow Directors and to the Manager. On behalf of the Board, I would like to express my thanks to Mr. Colayco for his exemplary contribution, which will be sorely missed. In accordance with the Articles of Association and with regulatory requirements, Michael Hamson and Jeremy Paulson-Ellis offer themselves for re-election at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting (as detailed in the Notice of Meeting that accompanies this Report). I have no hesitation in endorsing their re-election to the Board. Outlook Risk does remain present for investors in emerging markets, especially that of an acceleration in inflation as a result of rising food and energy prices, along with the potential for policy errors in the monetary responses to this threat. That said, a number of factors (for example rising productivity and increasing trade between developing countries, as well as a high level of infrastructure development expenditure) are all helping to ensure that economic growth continues to be strongly positive in many of the markets in which the Fund invests even if growth rates have declined somewhat. The Manager's Report comments further on some of these points, and notes that more attractive opportunities have become available as company valuations have fallen during the past few months. Most importantly, the longer-term arguments in favour of investing in emerging markets remain in place, including a growing and more urbanised workforce, the potential for further increases in consumer expenditure, increasingly efficient banking systems and capital markets, and a steady realisation on the part of governments that their role should be to `enable' investment and corporate activity rather than `direct' it. We believe that this supports continued optimism on the outlook for the asset class, and we are confident that the Fund will continue to generate attractive returns for its shareholders over a reasonable timeframe. Annual General Meeting This year's Annual General Meeting will be held at Arnold House, St. Julian's Avenue, St. Peter Port, Guernsey at 10.00 am on 23rd October, 2008. Coen Teulings Chairman September 2008. Commenting on the results the Manager has made the following statement: Review The portfolio ended the 12 months to 30th June, 2008 up 5.0% even after a sharp 8.0% fall in the final month of the financial year largely unwound earlier gains. June was a bad month in most big Asian markets, with double-digit declines the norm, generally reflecting investor concern about stretched finances in energy-importing economies, as the oil price rose to ever increasing highs. Those governments that have been subsidising domestic energy prices are buckling under the financial strain, with the resulting sudden jumps in prices adding to the existing inflation pressures. The slowdown in global growth, which started last summer, is expected to continue through the second half of 2008, with only a gradual recovery during 2009. The IMF forecasts overall global growth to moderate from 5% in 2007 to 4.1% percent in 2008 and 3.9% in 2009 and it expects expansion in emerging economies to lose steam with growth in these economies easing to around 7% in 2008, from 8% in 2007. In China, growth is now projected to moderate from near 12% in 2007 to around 10% in 2008 and 2009. Despite the global slowdown, inflationary pressures are mounting across the emerging market world driven by the significant increases in commodity prices, above-trend growth, and accommodative macroeconomic policies. Monetary and exchange rate policies are generally loose despite accelerating headline price growth and some commentators expect that the underlying inflationary pressures could persist over the next few years. Although largely insulated from the direct effects of the credit crunch, and with, seemingly, few banks in emerging markets holding direct asset exposure to the US sub-prime borrowers, the current environment is challenging for many developing countries. Countries with current account deficits are facing currency pressure and/or higher interest rates with resulting macro-economic instability while their export sectors are seeing lower demand from US and European customers. After a half-decade of both high growth and low and falling inflation in emerging markets, we are now in a less benign environment and individual countries with weaker fundamentals may see more stress. The Portfolio's turnover for the twelve-month period ending 30th June, 2008 was 31%, marginally higher than in the previous financial year. By far the largest net increase in exposure was in China, with a rise from 2% to nearly 8% over the period. New positions were initiated in a number of stocks, notably China Resources Enterprise and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China ("ICBC"). Exposure was also increased in Mexico and South Africa through a combination of new positions and additions to existing holdings. On the sell side, the largest reductions were seen in Brazil and South Korea. In the former, the large holding in Vale was sold from the portfolio whilst in South Korea, a number of positions were cut back and SK Telecom was eliminated from the portfolio. From a sector perspective, the Consumer Discretionary and Staples sectors saw significant additions, a substantial portion of which was in Chinese retail, whilst the largest number of changes on both the purchase and sales sides was seen in the Financials sector. New positions were initiated in ICBC and Garanti Bank (Turkey) while Samsung Securities (South Korea) and Credicorp (Peru) were reduced and Continental Re (Nigeria) was sold. There were some large reductions in the Materials sector, namely Raspadskaya (Russia) and the sale of Vale, and exposure was also reduced in the Energy sector, largely through a reduction in MOL (Hungary). In recent months share prices in emerging markets have been much more volatile reflecting the more uncertain near-term environment and recent falls have begun to unwind some of the pockets of overvaluation in the emerging equity universe on which we have commented in the past. Against this, economic growth, although slower in a number of key countries, remains strongly positive and certainly above the likely levels in the more developed world. In addition most companies we meet comment that they are generally still seeing robust demand for their goods and services. Policy at Genesis remains unchanged and we continue to invest in underpriced companies identified through fundamental analysis. We are convinced the medium-term outlook for those companies included in the Fund's portfolio remains positive. Genesis Asset Managers, LLP September 2008 GENESIS EMERGING MARKETS FUND LIMITED STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT (continued) CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET as at 30th June, 2008 30th June, As restated 2008 at 30th June, 2007 $ $ ASSETS Financial assets at fair 997,994,926 943,670,957 value through profit or loss Amounts due from brokers 280,281 2,176,880 Dividends and interest 2,527,774 2,891,851 receivable Other receivables and 161,422 3,766,168 prepayments Cash and cash 3,800,435 20,418,085 equivalents TOTAL ASSETS 1,004,744,838 972,923,941 LIABILITIES Amounts due to brokers 1,744,050 11,716,433 Payables and accrued 1,576,299 2,116,791 expenses Bank overdraft 7,219,553 10,392,156 TOTAL LIABILITIES 10,539,902 24,225,380 TOTAL NET ASSETS 994,204,936 948,698,561 EQUITY Called-up share capital 270,633 270,633 Share premium 135,238,840 135,238,840 Capital reserve 821,937,433 799,245,983 Revenue account 37,918,530 15,103,605 Purchase of own shares (1,160,500) (1,160,500) TOTAL EQUITY 994,204,936 948,698,561 EQUITY PER PARTICIPATING PREFERENCE SHARE $73.65 $70.28 GENESIS EMERGING MARKETS FUND LIMITED STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT (continued) CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT for the year ended 30th June, 2008 30th June, 30th June, 2008 2007 $ $ INCOME Net change in financial 28,751,404 303,406,865 assets at fair value through profit or loss Net exchange losses (6,059,954) (80,681) Dividend income 45,184,609 17,774,451 Deposit interest 239,258 1,457,957 Miscellaneous income 151,577 5,021 68,266,894 322,563,613 TOTAL OPERATING (20,114,1438) (15,314,156) EXPENSES OPERATING PROFIT 48,152,751 307,249,457 FINANCE COSTS Bank charges (2,268) (1,753) Interest expense (581,449) (1,212,840) TOTAL FINANCE COSTS (584,077) (1,214,593) Taxation (2,062,299) (2,544,879) PROFIT FOR THE YEAR 45,506,375 303,489,985 RETURN PER PARTICIPATING PREFERENCE $3.372 $22.487 SHARE * * Calculated on a weighted average number of participating preference shares in issue of 13,496,306 (2007 - 13,496,306) GENESIS EMERGING MARKETS FUND LIMITED STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT (continued) CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY For the year ended 30th June, 2008 30th June, 2008 Share Share Capital Revenue Purchase Total Capital Premium Reserve Account of Own Shares $ $ $ $ $ $ Net assets at the 270,633 135,238,840 799,245,983 15,103,605 (1,160,500) 948,698,561 beginning of the year Movement in the - - 22,691,450 22,814,925 - 45,506,375 year Net assets at the 270,633 135,238,840 821,937,433 37,918,530 (1,160,500) 994,204,936 end of the year As restated for the year ended 30th June, 2007 Share Share Capital Revenue Purchase Total Capital Premium Reserve Account of Own Shares $ $ $ $ $ $ Net assets at the 270,633 135,238,840 495,919,799 14,939,804 (1,160,500) 645,208,576 beginning of the year Movement in the - - 303,326,184 163,801 - 303,489,985 year Net assets at the 270,633 135,238,840 799,245,983 15,103,605 (1,160,500) 948,698,561 end of the year GENESIS EMERGING MARKETS FUND LIMITED STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT (continued) CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS for the year ended 30th June, 2008 30th June, 30th June, 2008 2007 $ $ OPERATING ACTIVITIES Investment income 45,700,263 18,007,782 received Taxation paid (2,452,986) (2,544,402) Interest received 241,496 1,482,664 Operating expenses (20,862,060) (15,938,807) paid Purchase of investments (378,087,593)(220,218,452) Proceeds from sale of 348,075,787 255,885,195 investments Foreign exchange loss (47,472) (1,160) NET CASH (OUTFLOW)/INFLOW (7,432,565) 36,672,820 FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES NET (DECREASE)/INCREASE (7,432,565) 36,672,820 IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS Effect of exchange rate (6,012,482) (79,521) fluctuations on cash and cash equivalents (13,445,047) 36,593,299 Net cash and cash 10,025,929 (26,567,370) equivalents at the beginning of the year NET CASH AND CASH (3,419,118) 10,025,929 EQUIVALENTS AT THE END OF THE YEAR Comprising of: Cash and cash 3,800,435 20,418,085 equivalents Bank overdraft (7,219,553) (10,392,156) NET CASH AND CASH (3,419,118) 10,025,929 EQUIVALENTS AT THE END OF THE YEAR GENESIS EMERGING MARKETS FUND LIMITED STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT (continued) RECONCILIATION OF PUBLISHED NET ASSET VALUE ATTRIBUTABLE TO EQUITY SHAREHOLDERS TO THE IFRS EQUIVALENT 30th June Per 2008 Participating Total Preference Share $ $ Published Net Asset 999,154,562 74.03 Value Change from mid market (5,084,396) (0.38) pricing to bid pricing for investments Net Asset Value under 994,070,166 73.65 IFRS Equity share capital 134,770 Equity Shareholders' 99,204,936 Funds 30th June, Per 2007 Participating Total Preference Share $ $ Published Net Asset 951,666,480 70.51 Value Change from mid market (3,102,689) (0.23) pricing to bid pricing for investments Net Asset Value under 948,563,791 70.28 IFRS Equity share capital 134,770 Equity Shareholders' 948,698,561 Funds GENESIS EMERGING MARKETS FUND LIMITED STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT (continued) Notes 1. Accounting policies The Fund financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards. 2. Status of stock exchange announcement The financial information set out in this preliminary announcement does not constitute the Fund's statutory financial statements for the years ended 30th June 2008 or 2007. The financial information for the year ended 30th June 2008 is derived from the statutory financial statements for that year. The auditors reported on those financial statements; their report was unqualified. The statutory financial statements for the year ended 30th June 2008 will be finalised on the basis of the information presented by the Directors in this preliminary announcement following the approval of the financial statements by the Board of Directors. Whilst the financial information included in this preliminary announcement has been computed in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), this announcement does not in itself contain sufficient information to comply with IFRS. The Fund expects to publish full financial statements that comply with IFRS following the approval of the financial statements by the Board of Directors. For Genesis Emerging Markets Fund Limited HSBC Securities Services (Guernsey) Limited, Secretary 23rd September 2008 END
UK 100

Latest directors dealings