Interim Management Statement

RNS Number : 2176P

Value and Income Trust plc

12 July 2010

 



Value and Income Trust PLC

Interim Management Statement - three months ended 30 June 2010

To the members of Value and Income Trust PLC ("the Company" or "VIT")

This Interim Management Statement ('IMS') relates to the period from 1 April 2010 to 30 June 2010 and contains information that covers this period and up to the date of publication of this IMS, unless otherwise specified.

Investment objective and benchmark

VIT is an investment trust whose shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange.  VIT invests in higher-yielding, less fashionable areas of the UK commercial property and quoted equity markets, particularly in medium and smaller sized companies.  VIT aims for long term real growth in dividends and capital value without undue risk.

Material events

Following shareholder approval at the Annual General Meeting held on 9 July 2010, a final dividend of 3.8 pence per Ordinary share will be paid on 16 July 2010 to shareholders on the register as at 18 June 2010. The ex-dividend date was 16 June 2010.  All other resolutions put to shareholders at the Annual General Meeting were approved.

The Board is not aware of any significant events or transactions which have occurred between 30 June 2010 and the date of publication of this IMS which would have had a material impact on the financial position of the Company.

Ten largest equity holdings as at 30 June 2010

	Investment	Value (£m)	%age of Total Portfolio as at 30 June 2010
1	VT Group	8.1	8.0
2	Rotork	5.1	5.1
3	Royal Dutch Shell	4.2	4.2
4	HSBC Holdings	3.8	3.8
5	Glaxosmithkline	3.7	3.7
6	Vodafone	3.6	3.6
7	National Grid	3.2	3.1
8	Restaurant Group	3.2	3.1
9	Centrica	2.8	2.7
10	BT	2.6	2.6
		Total	39.9

General description of Company's financial position

	30 June 2010	31 March 2010
Net asset value (with debt at par value) (pence)	212.5	231.8
Net asset value (with debt at fair value) (pence)	194.1	218.3
Ordinary share price (pence)	155.5	169.0
Discount of Ordinary share price to Net Asset Value (valuing debt at fair value) (%)	19.9	22.5

Net asset values are calculated excluding net income and are published monthly on www.londonstockexchange.com under TIDM/EPIC Code "VIN".

Summary of Portfolio based on Total Assets less Current Liabilities

	30 June 2009		31 March 2010
	£m	%	£m	%
UK equities	84.7	59	88.6	56
UK property	48.0	39	48.8	40
Cash/(overdraft)	(0.1)	2	4.4	4
	132.6	100	141.8	100

All financial information sourced from Aberdeen Asset Management PLC.

Important Information

Please note that past performance is not necessarily a guide to the future and that the value of investments and the income from them may fall as well as rise.  Investors may not get back the amount they originally invested.

This IMS has been produced solely to provide additional information to shareholders as a body to meet the relevant requirements of the UK Listing Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. It should not be relied upon by any other party or for any other purpose.

For Value and Income Trust PLC

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, Secretaries

12 July 2010

Tel. [phone]

 

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