NAV & Statistics and Performance Report

Herald Investment Trust PLC 6 April 2000 Herald Investment Trust plc announces that its Net Asset Value (NAV) at 31st March 2000 was £548.30m (excluding current revenue balances) representing an NAV of 660.9p per share. Allowing for conversion of outstanding Warrants, the fully-diluted NAV per share of the fund was 629.96p. The Basic NAV/Share cum income was 661.22p. The associated information schedule follows. HERALD INVESTMENT TRUST STATISTICS AND PERFORMANCE REPORT At At At Performance Performance inception 29-Feb 31-Mar since 29 since 16-Feb 2000 2000 Feb inception 1994 2000 (%) (%) Basic NAV (p) 98.7p* 732.6p 660.9p -9.8% +569.6% FTSE-100 3417.7 6232.6 6540.2 +4.9% +91.4% FTSE-All- 1717.8 2989.4 3110.6 +4.1% +81.1% share FTSE-Smallcap 2076.1 3336.0 3350.1 +0.4% +61.4% HGSC (ext cap gains ex 1750.0 2854.7 2798.0 -2.0% +59.9% I.T.) Share price 90.9p** 647.5p 631.5p -2.5% +594.7% Warrant price 45.5p 547.5p 527.5p -3.7% +1059.3% Premium/(Discount) to fully diluted NAV/share as at 31 March 2000 0.2% UK Equity Portfolio as a % of Shareholders' Funds at 31 52.8% March 2000 Overseas Equity Portfolio as % of Shareholders' Funds at 34.3% 31 March 2000*** ILG and cash net of loan as a % of Shareholders' Funds 12.9% at 31 March 2000 Number of Equity Holdings at 31 March 2000 237 *100p is shareholders' subscription price before launch costs of 1.3p **90.9p is CGT base subscription price for shareholders adjusting for warrants which were issued on a 1 for 5 basis. The CGT base for the warrant is 45.5p *** Includes 3 convertibles The NAV at 31/03/00 was £548.30m & the fully diluted NAV p/share 629.96p. The basic NAV p/share cum income was 661.22p. There are 82,961,686 shares currently in issue, and 4,845,663 warrants outstanding. This Report has been issued on behalf of Herald Investment Trust plc , and has been approved by Herald Investment Management Limited, its investment manager. Herald Investment Management Limited is regulated by IMRO. You should remember that past performance is not necessarily a guide to the future. Markets and currency movements may cause the value of shares, and the income from them, to fall as well as rise, and you may get back less than you invested when you decide to sell your shares. Warrants often involve a high degree of gearing so that a relatively small movement in the price of the security to which the warrants relate may result in a disproportionately large movement, unfavourable as well as favourable, in the price of the warrants. These figures are not audited.
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