Statistics and Performance Re

RNS Number : 5311L
Herald Investment Trust PLC
07 May 2010
 


HERALD INVESTMENT TRUST


STATISTICS AND PERFORMANCE REPORT










 

At inception


At


At


Performance

Performance

 

16 February

 

 

 

31 March 2010

 

 

 

 

30 April 2010

since

31 March 

2010 (%)

 

since inception

 

1994

2010 (%)

(%)

NAV (p) excl accrued income

98.7

p*

456.2

P

477.9

P

+4.8%

+384.2%

NAV (p) incl accrued income

N/A


456.9

P

477.9

P

+4.6%

N/A

FTSE-100

3417.7


    5679.6


    5553.3


-2.2%

+62.5%

FTSE-All-share

1717.8


2910.2


2863.4


-1.6%

+66.7%

FTSE-Smallcap

2076.1


2887.7


2960.8


+2.5%

+42.6%

HGSC + AIM









(capital gains ex I.T.)

1750.0


3077.0


3166.6


+2.9%

+81.0%

Benchmark***

98.7


173.7


179.0


+3.0%

+81.4%

Share price

90.9

p**

370.0

P

381.5

P

+3.1%

319.7%

Premium/(Discount) to NAV/share as at 31 March 2010

 

(20.2%)

UK Equity Portfolio as a % of Net Assets at 31 March 2010****

62.6%

Overseas Equity Portfolio as % of Net Assets at 31 March 2010

37.7%

(Gearing)/Cash as a % of Net Assets at 31 March 2010*****

(0.3)%

Number of Equity Holdings at 31 March 2010

 

219

*100p was the 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.








***Benchmark(2/3 HGSC + AIM (capital gains ex I.T) and 1/3 Russell Technology Index in Sterling terms)


****Includes 4 convertibles and 1 warrants.


*****Gearing is debt net of fixed interest securities and net current assets. Cash includes fixed interest securities and net current assets.











The Net Assets Value at 30/04/2010 including current year income was £386.2m (£386.3 excluding current year income).


There are 80,823,283 shares currently in issue. 

 







 

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 authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.   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.

 

 

 

 


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