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Lindsell Train Investment Trust PLC 15 December 2006 The Lindsell Train Investment Trust PLC As at 30 Nov 2006 Fund Objective To maximise long-term total returns subject to the avoidance of loss of absolute value and with a minimum objective to maintain the real purchasing power of Sterling capital, as measured by the annual average yield on the 2.5% Consolidated Loan Stock. Net Asset Value GBP 144.57 Share Price GBP 153.0 Premium (Discount) 4.8% Market Capitalisation GBP 30.6mn Benchmark (21/2% Con Ann Avg Yield +4.2%) +0.4 Source: Bloomberg; NAV-Lindsell Train. Share Price quoted is closing mid price. See Benchmark definition. Performance History (based in 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 YTD 2006 GBP) Net Asset Value TR% +3.2 -9.6 +3.1 +23.7 +16.5 +10.7 Share Price TR% +18.5 -19.8 -8.7 +20.6 +27.5 +20.9 Source: LTL and S&P Micropal. Performance years listed Jan - Dec. Launch date 22 Jan 2001. TR=Total Return (with dividends reinvested) *Source: Lindsell Train Ltd. Past performance is not a guide to future performance. The price of units and the income from them may go down as well as up. Investors may not get back what they invested. 2005 Performance Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Net Asset Value TR% +1.4 +0.3 +1.7 +0.2 +3.4 +2.9 +0.0 +0.2 +1.0 -1.5 +2.3* +2.9 Share Price TR% +8.6 +3.5 -3.4 +1.8 +2.6 +9.3 +0.4 -2.3 +2.4 -3.9 +1.2 +4.0 Source: LTL and S&P Micropal unless otherwise indicated. Performance years listed Jan - Dec. Launch date 22 Jan 2001. TR=Total Return (with dividends reinvested) *Source: Lindsell Train Ltd. 2006 Performance Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Net Asset Value TR% +0.9 +1.9 +1.2 -1.8 -2.0 +1.8 +1.7 +2.1 +3.2 +0.5 +1.1 Share Price TR% -3.0 +7.5 +1.5 +3.4 -1.5 -2.6 +3.2 +4.1 +5.7 +3.0 +3.6 Source: LTL and S&P Micropal unless otherwise indicated. Performance years listed Jan - Dec. Launch date 22 Jan 2001. TR=Total Return (with dividends reinvested) *Source: Lindsell Train Ltd. Past performance is not a guide to future performance. The price of units and the income from them may go down as well as up. Investors may not get back what they invested. Industry Breakdown % of NAV Bonds 17.8 Preference Shares 12.8 Equity - Media 12.0 Equity - Banks & Investment Co. 6.2 Equity - Leisure & Ent. 13.7 Equity - Food & Beverage 28.3 Equity - Consumer Goods 1.6 Equity - Internet 1.7 Investment Fund 19.7 Cash & Equivalent (13.8) Total 100.0 Source: Lindsell Train Top 10 Holdings % of NAV HBOS 9.25% Non Cum Pref Stk 12.8 Barr AG 10.5 Lindsell Train Global Media (Dist) 10.1 Diageo 7.8 Cadbury Schweppes 7.3 Wolverhampton & Dudley Brewery 7.0 21/2% Consolidated Loan Stock 6.9 Nintendo 6.7 Lindsell Train Japan (Dist) 6.2 US Gov Treasury 6.25% 5.6 Source: Lindsell Train Fund Exposure Bonds Prefs Equity Funds Cash % of NAV UK % 12.2 12.8 49.7 4.4 (14.1) 65.0 USA % 5.6 - 2.8 - 4.9 13.3 Europe (ex UK) % - - 4.3 - (2.3) 2.0 Japan % - - 6.7 5.2 (2.3) 9.6 Global % - - - 10.1 - 10.1 Total 17.8 12.8 63.5 19.7 (13.8) 100.0 Source: Lindsell Train Fund Manager's Comments We find ourselves short of new ideas or grand topics this month. This may be due to the hiatus that has descended on markets in recent weeks (although not the currency markets), as investors wait on further signals from the stuttering US economy. On the other hand, our lack of inspiration, may, more plausibly, be ascribed to our current monomaniacal focus on the business and stock price of Nintendo. I, for one, am mortified to think back on the hours spent over the last month trawling through garish and illiterate gaming web sites, hungry for any statistic, no matter how trivial, about Nintendo's DS and Wii consoles. Musician Frank Zappa once described rock journalism as 'People who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read.' Of all the sacrifices I have made for Lindsell Train Limited - the most alien and distasteful has to be that of orientating myself with the argot and thought processes of the average US game journalist. And yet, we feel well rewarded for our fact finding efforts. For instance, this week we learned that the 325,000 Wii consoles Nintendo sold in Europe in its first weekend made it the fastest selling home console in gaming history. Moreover, that same week, Nintendo sold 515,000 DS hand-held devices across Europe, which, according to the company, is the most any console across all formats has ever sold in a single week. The DS has now sold c14 million in Japan alone - in a population of 130 million - and shows no sign of slowing down. There seems to be no doubt that Nintendo has captured the imaginations of many gamers and, more important, many people who would not have previously thought of themselves as gamers. This is strengthening into a genuine cultural phenomenon, one that is global to boot. We expect Nintendo's stock, up 15.0% in November, to go crazy in 2007. Let us hope we have the acumen to exploit the impending excesses and not get carried away. Reed came closest to breaking Nintendo's spell in November, with a disappointing share price fall of 7.0%. This was in understandable reaction to yet another mildly disappointing trading update from the company - where one of its four divisions, Education, is struggling to grow. The punishment meted out to the shares seems severe relative to the size of the profit 'miss'. However, the Education unit was recently acquired by Reed's current senior management team and questions can reasonably be asked, therefore, about the credibility of that team's allocation of shareholders' capital. We continue to believe that the considerable growth and improving cash generation of the rest of Reed, 90.0% of the total, compensates us for this localised problem, but it is truly frustrating to see the shares back into the middle of a trading range established as long ago as 1996. Fund Manager Launch Date Denomination Nick Train 22 Jan 2001 GBP Year End Dividend Benchmark 31st Mar Ex Date: June The annual average yield on the 21/2% Payment: August Consolidated Loan Stock. The Board Management Fees Registered Address Rhoddy Swire Standard Fee: 0.65% Lindsell Train Investment Trust Donald Adamson Performance Fee: 10% of annual increase Springfield Lodge, Colchester Road Dominic Caldecott in the share price, plus dividend, Chelmsford Michael Lindsell above the gross annual yield of the 2 ESSEX CM2 5PW Michael Mackenzie 1/2% Consolidated Loan Stock. ISIN Secretary Listing GB0031977944 Phoenix Administration Services Limited London Stock Exchange Bloomberg LTI LN Disclaimer Risk Warning This factsheet is intended for use by shareholders of the Lindsell Train Investment Trust ('LTIT') and/or persons who are authorised by the UK Financial Services Authority or those who are permitted to receive such information in the UK. Any opinion expressed whether in general or both on the performance of individual securities and in a wider economic context represents Lindsell Train's views at the time of preparation. They are subject to change without notice and should not be construed as investment advice or investment recommendation. Past performance is not a guide to future performance and may not be repeated. The value of investments and income from them can go down as well as up and you may not get back the amount originally invested. Lindsell Train Investment Trust plc is an investment trust company listed on the London Stock Exchange. Investment trusts have the ability to borrow to invest which is commonly referred to as gearing. Companies with higher gearing are subject to higher risks and therefore the investment value may change substantially. The net asset value ('NAV') per share and its performance of an investment trust may not be the same as its market share price per share and performance. Issued by Lindsell Train Limited Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority 14 December 2006 LTL 000-041-9 Lindsell Train Limited 2 Queen Anne's Gate Buildings, Dartmouth Street, London SW1H 9BP U.K. Tel. +44 20 7227 8200 Fax. +44 20 7227 8299 enquiry@lindselltrain.com www.lindselltrain.com Lindsell Train Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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