Interim Management Statement

JPMorgan Claverhouse IT PLC 28 April 2008 JPMorgan Claverhouse Investment Trust plc Interim Management Statement For the three months ended 31st March 2008 This interim management statement relates to the quarter from 1st January 2008 to 31st March 2008 and contains information that covers that period, unless otherwise stated. Financial performance - Cumulative Total Return * 1 month 3 months 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years Share price -7.9% -9.8% -14.5% 29.7% 107.9% 20.0% Net asset value -2.9% -10.3% -13.7% 30.6% 113.6% 35.8% Benchmark -2.1% -9.9% -7.7% 31.3% 98.7% 41.5% * total return with net dividends reinvested Source: JPMAM/Fundamental Data Financial position As at 31st March 2008 25th April 2008 Total assets £316.5m £336.0m Share price 465.0p 500.0p Net asset value 494.2p 529.7p Discount 5.9% 5.6% Gearing 107.2% 108.0% Share prices shown are closing bid Net asset values are shown with debt at fair value Source: JPMAM/Fundamental Data Material events At the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 10th April 2008, all resolutions were passed, including three special resolutions which allow the Company to repurchase its own shares, to disapply pre-emption rights on allotment of new ordinary shares and to adopt new Articles of Association. Peter Lilley retired as a Director of the Company with effect from the conclusion of the AGM. Material transactions Changes to share capital Ordinary Shares of 25p Shares in issue as at 1st January 2008 58,338,568 Shares bought back and cancelled 293,352 Shares issued - As at 31st March 2008 58,045,216 During the quarter, the Company made market purchases of 293,352 of its own shares for cancellation, representing 0.5% of the shares in issue at the beginning of the financial year. The Company has not issued any shares in this financial quarter. Portfolio Top ten holdings as at 31st March 2008 Stock name Sector Weight % Royal Dutch Shell Oil & Gas 8.2 BP Oil & Gas 5.6 Vodafone Telecommunications 4.4 Rio Tinto Basic Materials 4.1 HSBC Financials 4.0 Unilever Consumer Goods 3.1 BHP Billiton Basic Materials 2.8 BG Group Oil & Gas 2.5 Standard Chartered Financials 2.4 BT Telecommunications 2.4 Sector analysis as at 31st March 2008 Portfolio % Financials 28.0 Oil & Gas 19.1 Basic Materials 12.2 Consumer Goods 10.3 Industrials 7.4 Telecommunications 6.8 Consumer Services 5.1 Utilities 4.2 Health Care 4.1 Technology 0.0 Cash 2.8 Total 100.00 By order of the Board Jonathan Latter, for and on behalf of JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited, Secretary 28th April 2008 Registered office: Finsbury Dials, 20 Finsbury Street, London, EC2Y 9AQ Telephone: 020 7742 6000 This interim management statement has been prepared solely to provide information to meet the requirements of the UK Listing Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. Please note that up to date information on the Company, including daily NAV and share prices, factsheets and portfolio information can be found at www.jpmclaverhouse.co.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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