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India Capital Growth Fund Limited 10 July 2006 India Capital Growth Fund FINAL 10.07.06 30 June, 2006 NAV Statement India Capital Growth Fund Limited (the 'Company') 10 July 2006 Net Asset Values The Company announces its net asset values per share as at 30 June 2006: Net asset value per share - undiluted 84.71p Net asset value per share - fully diluted 87.26p Progress Update The Market Environment During most of June Indian stock markets continued to fall, especially in small cap companies. However, the large cap BSE Sensex recovered sharply in the last week of June ending with a 2% gain over the month. The BSE Small Cap index ended the month down 15.8%. Table 1. Period BSE Sensex (% Change) BSE Small Cap Index (% Change) 10 May to 30 June -15.9% -31.4% 31 May to 30 June 2.0% -15.8% A key feature post 10 May (when the market peaked) is high daily volatility shown in Table 2 and Table 3 below. Table 2. Average absolute daily change BSE Average absolute daily Period Sensex (%) change BSE Small Cap Index (%) 1 Jan to 10 May 0.9% 0.9% 11 May to 30 June 2.6% 3.0% Higher volatility is expected to continue as uncertainty continues about the monsoon, forthcoming corporate quarterly results due mid July and rising interest rates. While the monsoon has so far been below average, earnings outlook for most companies remains intact despite rising interest rates. During June the Rupee strengthened against Sterling, moving up 3.53%. Since 1 Jan 2006 the Rupee has depreciated by 7.77% against Sterling. The Small and Mid Cap Portfolio Advantage has been taken of the market downturn in June with a focus on increasing the stakes in existing investments. As at 30 June the portfolio contained 29 listed small and mid cap companies across a broad spread of industry sectors. The portfolio is expected to be predominantly invested in small and mid-caps by the end of the year. Unlisted Investment On 6 July the first unlisted investment was completed, with an investment of INR 50 million (GBP 650,000, representing 0.9% of portfolio) in Infinity India Advisers Pvt Limited. Infinity is the first Indian film completion guarantee company, focused on the large domestic film industry and run by a team experienced in both movie production and finance. As this investment was made on 3 July it is not reflected in the 30 June NAV. Large Cap The large cap portfolio is unchanged from 31 May. The portfolio includes three large cap banks (9.6% of portfolio) which have continued to under-perform although they trade at an average Price to Book ratio of 0.87. It is believed that the banking sector offers an attractive exposure to the growing domestic economy and that the prospects for the banking sector (low NPAs, continued corporate and retail lending growth) remain sound. The two other large cap investments made during the first quarter of this year are Infosys (5.7% of portfolio) and Hindalco (3.4%). Both these companies have strong fundamentals and the investment was at prices that it is believed offer attractive upside. It is expected, however, that these will be sold as funds are deployed into the core small and mid cap portfolio. Summary of Holdings at 30 June 2006 by Size Category No. of Companies % of Portfolio Small and Mid Cap 29 46.9% Large Cap 5 18.7% Total Investments 34 65.6% Cash 34.4% Small and Mid Cap Holdings at 30 June 2006 by Sector Sector Summary % of Portfolio Engineering / Other Manufacturing 8.0% Housing & Construction 5.1% Auto Comp 5.9% Steel / Iron Ore 4.9% Textiles 3.9% Shipping 3.4% Sugar 3.0% Cement 2.4% Electricals / Lighting Systems 2.4% Agro Chemicals 2.3% Airlines 1.9% Hotels 1.4% Housing Finance 1.2% Other 1.1% Top 10 Holdings at 30 June 2006 Holding Sector % of Portfolio Infosys Large Cap IT 5.7% IDBI Large Cap Bank 5.4% Varun Shipping Shipping 3.4% Hindalco Large Cap Non-Ferrous Metals 3.4% Mahindra Ugine Auto Components 3.2% Mawana Sugar Sugar 3.0% JSW Steel Steel 2.9% Kirloskar Ferrous Auto Components 2.6% Bank Of India Large Cap Bank 2.6% Madras Cement Cement 2.4% 10 July 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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