Final Results

Rights and Issues Inv Trust PLC 13 February 2007 Chairman's Statement 2006 turned out to be a reasonable year for equity markets. A 13.2% increase in the FTSE All-Share Index was a far stronger performance than had seemed likely earlier in the year. Smaller company progress was also very encouraging with the FTSE Small Cap index rising by 18.2% and FTSE Fledgling index by 17.1%. The Trust experienced a good finish to the year and shareholders funds rose by 24.4% to another new record of £83.0m with both long standing and more recent investments contributing. The net asset value of the capital shares increased from 2928.1p to 3669.8p and that of the income shares from 751.8p to 920.3p. These rises of 25.3% and 22.4% both substantially exceeded the performance of the FTSE All-Share Index. In 2006, the AIM content of the portfolio rose significantly from £3.3m to £14.8m and now represents 18% of shareholders funds. This warrants some explanation: There has been no change in your Board's healthy scepticism to AIM stocks but it does reflect the number of existing investments which have chosen to step down from a full listing to AIM. The twin forces of the onerous and expensive nature of the listing obligations and the burden that corporate governance poses for smaller companies means that this trend is set to continue. Your Directors have decided to raise the dividend to 43.5p per income share and 2.175p per capital share for 2006. This 7% rise exceeds the rate of inflation. Additionally, the supplementary capital dividend of 66p per capital share was paid on 2nd January 2007 and, barring unforeseen circumstances, the supplementary capital dividend for the current year will be increased by 4% to 68.6829p per capital share payable on 2nd January 2008. Discretionary Unit Fund Managers again produced record results with pre-tax profits of £500,000 and funds under management at 31st December were £65m. During the last ten years the size of the Trust has risen more than four-fold while the equity market has only seen a 60% increase. The task therefore for the Trust is to find new investments that will also produce good long-term performance. S.H.J.A.Knott Chairman Unaudited Balance Sheets Company Group To 31st December 2006 2005 2006 2005 £ £ £ £ Non-current assets Goodwill 0 0 65,191 65,191 Investments-Fair value through profit or loss 80,731,783 60,367,907 80,300,311 59,936,435 ----------- ----------- ---------- ----------- 80,731,783 60,367,907 80,365,502 60,001,626 ----------- ----------- ---------- ----------- Current assets Trading investments - - 409,726 514,272 Trade and other receivables 216,648 128,377 384,441 572,544 Current tax receivable - - - - Amounts due from group undertakings 613,038 555,759 - - Cash and cash equivalents 1,601,507 5,809,768 2,556,595 6,647,686 ----------- ----------- ---------- ----------- 2,431,193 6,493,904 3,350,762 7,734,502 ----------- ----------- ---------- ----------- Total assets 83,162,976 66,861,811 83,716,264 67,736,128 ----------- ----------- ---------- ----------- Current liabilities Trade and other payables 17,616 23,987 600,563 878,416 Current tax payable - - 91,437 140,984 ----------- ----------- ---------- ----------- 17,616 23,987 692,000 1,019,400 ----------- ----------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ---------- ----------- Total assets less current liabilites 83,145,360 66,837,824 83,024,264 66,716,728 ----------- ----------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ---------- ----------- Net assets 83,145,360 66,837,824 83,024,264 66,716,728 ----------- ----------- ---------- ----------- Equity Called up share capital 1,225,000 1,225,000 1,225,000 1,225,000 Share premium account 225,326 225,326 225,326 225,326 Retained reserves: Capital reserve 41,235,990 39,534,068 41,235,990 39,534,068 Revaluation reserve 38,134,169 23,624,240 38,134,169 23,624,240 Dividend equalisation reserve 2,324,875 2,229,190 2,203,779 2,108,094 ----------- ----------- ---------- ----------- Total equity 83,145,360 66,837,824 83,024,264 66,716,728 =========== =========== ========== =========== Net asset value per share Income shares 920.3p 751.8p Capital shares 3669.8p 2928.1p ========== =========== CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT For the year ended 30th June 2006 Year ended 31st December 2006 Year ended 31st December 2005 Revenue Capital Total Revenue Capital Total £ £ £ £ £ £ Investment income 2,008,203 - 2,008,203 1,891,490 - 1,891,490 Other operating income 750,360 - 750,360 859,838 - 859,838 -------- ---------- --------- -------- -------- -------- Total income 2,758,563 - 2,758,563 2,751,328 - 2,751,328 Gains/(Losses) on fair value through profit or loss assets 102,765 16,211,851 16,314,616 125,070 8,408,773 8,533,843 -------- ---------- --------- -------- -------- -------- 2,861,328 16,211,851 19,073,179 2,876,398 8,408,773 11,285,171 Expenses Investment management fee - - Other expenses 514,179 - 514,179 473,730 - 473,730 -------- ---------- --------- -------- -------- --------- Profit before tax 2,347,149 16,211,851 18,559,000 2,402,668 8,408,773 10,811,441 Tax 91,654 - 91,654 139,964 - 139,964 -------- ---------- --------- -------- -------- --------- 2,255,495 16,211,851 18,467,346 2,262,704 8,408,773 10,671,477 -------- ---------- --------- -------- -------- --------- The total column relates to the group's income statement Earnings per share Return per income share (p) 45.7p 164.8p 210.5p 52.4p 85.5p 137.9p Return per capital share (p) 68.3p 741.4p 809.7p 58.7p 384.6p 443.3p CASH FLOW STATEMENT For the year ended 31st December 2006 Company Group 2006 2005 2006 2005 £ £ £ £ Cashflows from operating activities Profit before tax 18,400,346 10,947,216 18,559,000 10,811,441 Adjustments for: (Gains)/losses on investments (16,211,851) (8,408,773) (16,211,851) (8,408,773) Purchases of investments (7,563,887) (11,934,175) (7,563,887) (11,934,175) Proceeds on disposal of investments 3,411,862 9,852,978 3,411,862 9,852,978 Movement in trading investments 0 0 104,546 (301,988) ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Operating cash flows before movements in working capital (1,963,530) 457,246 (1,700,330) 19,483 Decrease/(increase) in receivables (78,550) (368,922) 188,103 (216,262) Increase/(decrease) in payables (6,371) 7,569 (277,853) 656,155 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Net cash from operating activities before income taxes (2,048,451) 95,893 (1,790,080) 459,376 Income taxes paid 0 0 (141,201) (70,560) ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Net cash from operating activities (2,048,451) 95,893 (1,931,281) 388,816 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Cash flows from financing activities Dividends paid (2,159,810) (1,883,030) (2,159,810) (1,883,030) ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Net cash (used in)/from financing activities (2,159,810) (1,883,030) (2,159,810) (1,883,030) ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (4,208,261) (1,787,137) (4,091,091) (1,494,214) Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 5,809,768 7,596,905 6,647,686 8,141,900 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 1,601,507 5,809,768 2,556,595 6,647,686 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- The proposed final dividends are payable on 31st March 2007 to shareholders on the register as at 23rd February 2007 subject to approval by shareholders at the annual general meeting. Income Shares 29.50p (2005: 28.00p) Capital Shares 2.1750p (2005: 2.025p) The above release and full audited accounts will be available at the Registered office. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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