Statistics & Performance Repo

RNS Number : 3522L

Herald Investment Trust PLC

08 January 2009

 

	HERALD INVESTMENT TRUST
PRELIMINARY STATISTICS AND PERFORMANCE REPORT
	At inception		At		At		Performance	Performance
	16 February		28 November 2008		31 December 2008		since  28 November	since inception
	1994						2008 (%)	(%)
NAV (p) excl current year income	98.7	p*	239.2	p	247.2	p	+3.3%	+150.4%
NAV (p) incl current year income	N/A		244.7	p	252.9	P	+3.4%	N/A
FTSE-100	3417.7		4288.0		4434.2		+3.4%	+29.7%
FTSE-All-share	1717.8		2134.0		2209.3		+3.5%	+28.6%
FTSE-Smallcap	2076.1		1784.4		1854.2		+3.9%	-10.7%
HGSC + AIM
(capital gains ex I.T.)	1750.0		1784.6		1804.3		+1.1%	+3.1%
Share price	90.9	p**	185.0	p	184.0	p	-0.5%	+102.4%
Premium/(Discount) to NAV/share as at 31 December 2008								(25.6)%
UK Equity Portfolio as a % of Net Assets at 31 December 2008***								61.6%
Overseas Equity Portfolio as % of Net Assets at 31 December 2008****								40.9%
(Gearing)/Cash as a % of Net Assets at 31 December 2008*****								-2.5%
Number of Equity Holdings at 31 December 2008								230
*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.
***Includes 3 convertibles and 2 warrants.
****Includes 2 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 31/12/2008 excluding current year income was £206.2m.
There are 83,408,123 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. These figures are not audited and subject to revision when the income account has been finalised for the year.

 

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