Interim Results

FLEMING CLAVERHOUSE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC 20 August 1999 Unaudited results for the six months ended 30th June 1999 The Directors of the Fleming Claverhouse Investment Trust plc today announce the Company's results for the six months ended 30th June 1999. In the six months since the end of the financial year on 31st December 1998, the Company's net asset value per share increased by 5.6% to 459.7 pence and the share price by 4.4% to 474.5 pence. These results compare with an increase of 10.2% in the Company's benchmark, the FTSE All-Share Index The revenue available for ordinary shareholders was £2,971,000, an increase of 36% on the revenue for the same period last year. The Directors have already declared a second interim dividend of 1.70 pence per ordinary share (1998: 1.45p). This is payable on 1st September 1999 to holders on the register at the close of business on 6th August 1999. For further information, please contact: Jonathan Latter Fleming Investment Trust Management Limited 0171 638 5858 THE FLEMING CLAVERHOUSE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC UNAUDITED FIGURES FOR THE HALF YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE 1999 1999 1998 £'000 £'000 REVENUE Income Franked dividends 4,170 2,878 Foreign income dividends 41 670 Scrip dividends 196 225 Deposit interest 8 4 Stock lending fees 3 - _____ _____ Gross Revenue 4,418 3,777 Less Management fee 357 274 Other administrative expenses 155 198 Interest payable 522 540 ______ _____ Return before Taxation 3,384 2,765 Less Taxation 414 576 _____ _____ Return available to ordinary shareholders 2,970 2,189 ===== ==== CAPITAL Income Movements on investments 15,824 42,636 Less: Expenses charged to Capital 1,634 1,512 ______ ______ Return before Taxation 14,190 41,124 Taxation 2 1 ______ _____ Return available to ordinary shareholders 14,192 41,125 ===== ====== Dividends per ordinary share 3.40p 2.90p Revenue return per ordinary share 4.76p 3.64p Capital return per ordinary share 22.73p 68.34p Total return per ordinary share 27.49p 71.98p At 30 June 1999 Total Net Assets (£'000) 288,470 277,739 Net Asset Value per Ordinary Share 459.7p 459.0p The above financial information does not constitute statutory accounts as defined in Section 240 of the Companies Act 1985. Statutory accounts for the year ended 31st December 1998 have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies.
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