Interim Management Statement

Schroder Income Growth Fund PLC 17 January 2008 SCHRODER INCOME GROWTH FUND PLC Interim Management Statement for the Quarter ended 30 November 2007 The Board of Schroder Income Growth Fund Plc ('the Company') is pleased to announce its first Interim Management Statement as required by the UK Listing Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. This Statement is in respect of the period from 1 September 2007 to 30 November 2007. Investment Objective The Company's principal investment objectives are to provide real growth of income, being growth of income in excess of the rate of inflation, and capital growth as a consequence of the rising income. First Interim Dividend for the year ended 31 August 2008 The Board declared a first interim dividend of 1.60p net per share for the year ended 31 August 2008, payable on 31 January 2008 to shareholders on the register on 19 December 2007. Annual General Meeting The Annual General Meeting of the Company was held on 19 December 2007. All resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting were duly passed. Company Statistics as at 30 November 2007 Net Assets £154.3 million Net Asset Value per Ordinary Share 223.26p Share Price 194.00p Discount to NAV (13.1%) Number of Portfolio Holdings 33 Cumulative Performance to 30 November 2007 Performance over 3mnths 6mnths 1yr 5yr Share Price (Total Return) (7.1)% (12.1)% (5.7)% 70.8% Net Asset Value (Total Return) (2.3)% (7.7)% 2.4% 89.3% FTSE All-Share Index Total Return 1.3% (3.1)% 8.5% 93.2% All Performance Data Source: Fundamental Data. Portfolio Information as at 30 November 2007 Ten Largest Holdings Stock Name Sector Classification Market Value (£) Percentage of NAV Royal Dutch Shell 'B' Oil & Gas 14,306,501 9.39 BP Oil & Gas 8,822,482 5.79 HSBC Financials 7,023,595 4.61 Astrazeneca Healthcare 6,902,788 4.53 Vodafone Telecommunications 6,793,741 4.46 GlaxoSmithKline Healthcare 6,809,476 4.47 Lloyds TSB Financials 6,007,043 3.94 Rexam Industrials 5,849,640 3.84 HBOS Financials 5,561,805 3.65 National Grid Utilities 5,177,454 3.40 Sector Allocation Sector Percentage of NAV Financials 24.81 Oil & Gas 14.99 Consumer Goods 12.42 Industrials 11.07 Consumer Services 10.31 Healthcare 8.89 Utilities 8.82 Telecommunications 7.43 Net current assets 1.26 Changes to Share Capital during the quarter ended 30 November 2007 Issued Ordinary shares of 10p each As at 1 September 2007 71,687,343 Shares bought back and cancelled during the period 2,999,000 Shares bought for holding in treasury during the Nil quarter Shares already held in treasury Nil Shares cancelled from treasury Nil Shares remaining in issue as at 30 November 2007 68,688,343 Material Events or Transactions There have been no other material events or transactions that have taken place between 1 September 2007 and the date of publication of this Statement. Company Information as at 30 November 2007 SEDOL Code 0791586 Sector Income and Growth Launch Date March 1995 Financial Year End 31 August Next Dividend Payment 31 January 2008 Next Ex Div Date 21 December 2007 Next AGM Date December 2008 Enquiries: Louise Richard Schroder Investment Management Limited Company Secretary Tel: 0207 658 6501 17 January 2008 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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