Annual Financial Report
British & American Investment Trust PLC
Annual Financial Report
for the year ended 31 December 2011
Registered number: 00433137
Directors Registered office
J Anthony V Townsend (Chairman) Wessex House
Jonathan C Woolf (Managing Director) 1 Chesham Street
Dominic G Dreyfus (Non-executive) London SW1X 8ND
Ronald G Paterson (Non-executive) Telephone: 020 7201 3100
Registered in England
No.433137
25 April 2012
This is the Annual Financial Report as required to be published under DTR 4 of
the UKLA Listing Rules.
Financial Highlights
For the year ended 31 December 2011
2011 2010
Revenue Capital Total Revenue Capital Total
return return return return
£000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000
Profit/(loss) before 2,587 (1,589) 998 2,146 (1,830) 316
tax - realised
(Loss)/profit before - (7,612) (7,612) - 2,927 2,927
tax - unrealised
__________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
Profit/(loss) before 2,587 (9,201) (6,614) 2,146 1,097 3,243
tax - total
__________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
Earnings per £1
ordinary share - 8.93p (36.80)p (27.87)p 7.16p 4.39p 11.55p
basic
__________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
Earnings per £1
ordinary share - 7.38p (26.29)p (18.91)p 6.11p 3.13p 9.24p
diluted
__________ _________ __________ __________ _________ __________
Net assets 23,430 32,198
__________ __________
Net assets per
ordinary share
- deducting
preference 54p 89p
shares at par
__________ __________
- diluted 67p 92p
__________ __________
Diluted net asset
value per ordinary
share at 20 April
2012 71p
__________
Dividends declared
or proposed for the
period
per ordinary share
- interim paid 2.7p 2.7p
- final proposed 4.7p 4.5p
per preference share 3.5p 3.5p
Chairman's Statement
I report our results for the year ended 31 December 2011.
Revenue
The return on the revenue account before tax amounted to £2.6 million (2010: £
2.1 million), an increase of 21 percent. Gross income amounted to £2.9 million
(2010: £2.5 million), marking a further increase in income levels after the
declines seen following the global economic recession of 2008/9. £2.7 million
of this amount (2010: £2.2 million) represented income from portfolio
investments and £0.2 million (2010: £0.2 million) from film, property and
other income. The increase in portfolio income arose from a growth in dividends
paid by core investee companies and a deliberate targeting of investment in
higher and special dividend paying companies.
The return before tax amounted to a loss of £6.6 million (2010: £3.2 million
gain), comprising a realised gain of £1 million and an unrealised loss of £7.6
million. This large unrealised loss reflected the negative performance of UK
equities in 2011 and a large drop in the value of our largest investment, Geron
Corporation, in the second half of the year, as discussed more fully below.
The revenue return per ordinary share was 8.9p (2010: 7.1p) on an undiluted
basis and 7.4p (2010: 6.1p) on a diluted basis.
Net Assets
Group net assets at the year end were £23.4 million (2010: £32.2 million), a
decrease of 27.2 percent. This compares to decreases in the FTSE 100 and All
Share indices of 5.5 percent and 6.7 percent, respectively, over the period.
This serious and unacceptable underperformance was caused by the large fall in
the share price of Geron Corporation, our largest investment, of 72 percent.
We have already reported on our dissatisfaction with the management of Geron
and its ill-advised decisions over the last year in previous reports. While the
share price declined by 22 percent in the first half, further significant falls
occurred in August, coinciding with general market falls at that time, and then
again in November when the company announced the discontinuation and sale of
its world leading regenerative medicine business. The managing director
comments in further detail on Geron and on developments in investment markets
generally over the period in his report which follows.
The net asset value per ordinary share decreased to 67p (2010: 92p) on a
diluted basis. Deducting prior charges at par, the net asset value per ordinary
share decreased to 54p (2010: 89p).
Dividend
We are pleased to recommend an increased final dividend of 4.7p per ordinary
share, which together with the interim dividend makes a total payment for the
year of 7.4p (2010: 7.2p) per ordinary share. This represents an increase of
2.8 percent over the previous year's total dividend and a yield of 10.9 percent
based on the share price of 66p at the end of the year. The final dividend will
be payable on 28 June 2012 to shareholders on the register at 1 June 2012. A
dividend of 1.75p will be paid to preference shareholders resulting in a total
payment for the year of 3.5p per share.
Investment Trust regulation
The new rules governing the operation and taxation of investment trusts have
been enacted with effect from 1st January of this year. These new rules
provide additional flexibility and certainty in many important areas of
investment trust activity and management and have been widely welcomed by the
industry. We similarly welcome these changes and acknowledge the important
contribution made by our trade association, the Association of Investment
Companies (AIC), in representations it made to government on behalf of the
industry.
Outlook
In the first quarter of 2012, equity markets in the USA and UK continued their
recovery, finally regaining the levels prior to the drop in August 2011. In the
USA, equity markets reached the highest levels seen since the global financial
crisis in 2007/8 and volatility levels generally subsided as investors'
concerns were alleviated by bold liquidity provision measures by the European
Central bank to address Eurozone government debt situation.
Nevertheless, many difficult and long term challenges face developed economies
over the coming months and years as over-indebted countries seek to reduce
national and private sector debt through austerity plans and increased
taxation. These policies will inevitably affect levels of growth which have
already been seen to be anaemic and less than might normally be expected after
a recession of the depth and duration recently experienced. Slightly better
than anticipated growth in the USA in recent months, however, has provided a
more optimistic tone which has underpinned the equity markets over the first
quarter.
There remain, however, significant risks to further progress from many
quarters, not least unquantifiable political risks given the large number of
elections scheduled in 2012 in the USA and in many major European countries.
The scope for populist dissent at this time and in the face of the severe
austerity measures being implemented by many governments could serve to derail
many of the remedial policies introduced by governments which have given
comfort to markets in recent months.
Against this uncertain background, we maintain our long-term and income
generating strategies that are primarily based on equity investment in the UK
and USA.
As at 20 April 2012, group net assets had increased to £24.8 million, an
increase of 6.0 percent since the beginning of the calendar year. This is
equivalent to 59 pence per share (prior charges deducted at par) and 71 pence
per share on a diluted basis. Over the same period the FTSE 100 increased 3.6
percent and the All Share Index increased 5.0 percent.
Anthony Townsend
25 April 2012
Managing Director's report
In the first half of 2011, equity markets continued the recovery from recession
seen in the previous year, albeit not as strongly. This upward trend was
interrupted in March by the Japanese earthquake, but its effect was only
short-lived, demonstrating the market's determination to continue forward. By
the end of the period, however, some retrenchment was seen and the market ended
up by only 2 percent at mid-year. This softening reflected growing concerns at
the structural imbalances built up in Western economies since the recession in
terms of debt and unemployment levels. These were deteriorating rather than
improving due to the relative weakness of the recovery and the impact of the
banking crisis which was preventing sufficient levels of credit reaching the
economy to support a stronger recovery.
These concerns were suddenly thrown into sharper focus in July by the
unedifying spectacle of a hopelessly divided US Congress wrangling over
national budget limits which threatened the prospect of a US government
default. Equity markets reacted very badly and collapsed by 15 to 20 percent
in a matter of days. This was followed by the first ever downgrade of US
government debt by a ratings agency. These events only served to remind
markets of the unaddressed sovereign debt problems in other leading Western
economies, particularly in the Eurozone, and as a result equity markets
remained flat at these lower levels for most of the rest of 2011. No help was
given to markets at this time by politicians who seemed unable to take a lead
in implementing policies to tackle these imbalances, and it was only by virtue
of the concerted action of central banks pumping large amounts of liquidity
into their respective economies and keeping interest rates in all currencies at
historical lows that equities did not decline further at this time.
In the last month of 2011, however, equities broke out and rose by over 10
percent as Eurozone politicians appeared to realise the seriousness of the
threat posed to the Eurozone by the sovereign debt crisis and finally took
decisive action by enlarging the emergency funds available to the zone's
indebted governments, having forced through political changes in Greece and
Italy. As a result, the equity market in the UK finished the year down by the
lesser amount of 6.7 percent and the index in the USA actually finished up on
the year by 10.7 percent.
As noted above in the Chairman's statement, our portfolio shrank by 27.2
percent over the year having been down by 6.7 percent at the half year. This
extremely disappointing performance was due almost entirely to the severe fall
in the market price of Geron Corporation, our largest investment, by over 70
percent in both US dollar and sterling terms.
Geron
We already reported in some detail in 2011 our serious concerns about
management actions and the likely adverse effect this would have on Geron's
valuation and perception in the market going forward. Unfortunately, all and
more of our fears were borne out during the year despite our have made face to
face representations to Geron's management on a number of occasions during the
year.
At the end of 2010, Geron unexpectedly announced a large and deeply discounted
share offering to finance the in-licensing of a new early phase cancer drug
technology which marked a departure from its core Telomerase based oncology
platform. Not long after, the long-serving and well-respected CEO suddenly and
without explanation left Geron and was replaced by the finance director with no
practical biomedical or CEO experience. At this point, the stock price which
had remained weak after the discounted equity issue fell further and we
requested our first meeting with Geron management to make our concerns known
and called for a change of leadership. During the first half of 2011, Geron's
market value drifted inexorably lower as it became clear to the market that the
new CEO was not adequately communicating the company's strategy and prospects
to investors and the industry, resulting in a fall of 22 percent. At this time
we made further representations to Geron about its leadership and communication
strategy and raised concerns that Geron's hitherto successful equity funding
strategy was being put at risk by the collapse in its stock price.
The general equity market collapse in August 2011, already referred to above,
placed further pressure on Geron's stock price. Some reprieve was seen in
September with the dismissal of the CEO and the appointment of a new and
experienced replacement who immediately announced a review of all Geron's
programmes. Within weeks, however, Geron shocked the market, the medical
industry and the world by closing forthwith its entire regenerative medicine
business, cancelling its world first embryonic stem cell trial in spinal cord
injury in mid-stream and exiting the business of which it was the acknowledged
world leader in order to divest the business in its entirety. Geron's stock
price reacted very badly, falling by 30 percent in a day.
Geron had taken this strategic decision in order to concentrate its resources
on its oncology business which it said was more likely to provide results and
value in the shorter term. It did not have the resources or the funding
capacity to continue with the regenerative medicine side of its business
because, as we had feared, its mismanagement over the past year had shut off
its ability to continue its equity based funding programme.
Thus Geron has found itself through its own actions in the position of having
to summarily discontinue one half of its business in which it was the
recognised world leader and which represented one of the most exciting and
potentially valuable medical technologies of the future. It has also chosen to
exit this business in the most inappropriate way by stopping the programmes
mid-stream halting a hard won, high profile and problem free clinical trial and
dismissing senior and technical staff, all of which will inevitably depress the
value Geron is able to obtain for this business from partners or acquirers.
As significant investors who had sought to warn Geron of its ill advised
actions over the last year, we are particularly aggrieved at these developments
which have resulted in such unnecessary value destruction to Geron and its
investors. As noted above, while we remain very enthusiastic about the
prospects for the remaining oncology business which has the potential to yield
significant returns to Geron, we will inevitably review the extent of our
exposure to Geron in the future once the regenerative medicine business has
been divested and its stock price more accurately reflects the value of its
remaining underlying business.
Outlook
As noted above, significant structural problems remain to be resolved and in
some cases even addressed in many leading Western economies. While a clear but
relatively hesitant recovery from the global recession and banking crisis has
been seen over the past two years, much of this has been fuelled by the
unprecedented credit easing activities of the US Federal Reserve, European
Central Bank and other central banks. The overhang of sovereign and retail
indebtedness in developed countries and the unwillingness of banks to extend
credit still has the potential to depress growth and impede the recovery
necessary to repair these imbalances. In addition, political risks also cloud
the outlook with the number of elections due to take place in 2012 and the
prospect of increased popular dissent in reaction to the severe but necessary
austerity programmes implemented by many governments.
It is hoped that the recently somewhat better than expected economic
performance in the USA together with sustained growth levels in China and other
leading developing economies will be sufficient to offset the downward pressure
placed on world growth by the structural problems currently being experienced
by European economies. At the moment, markets remain supported by multiple
years of unprecedented monetary stimulation which at some point must be
withdrawn. It is only at that point that it will become evident whether a
sufficient base of economic growth and stability has been achieved to allow
markets to return to their natural function of pricing underlying financial and
economic risks and prospects.
Jonathan Woolf
25 April 2012
Group income statement
For the year ended 31 December 2011
2011 2010
Revenue Capital Total Revenue Capital Total
return return return return
£ 000 £ 000 £ 000 £ 000 £ 000 £ 000
Investment income (note 2,934 - 2,934 2,489 - 2,489
2)
Holding (losses)/gains
on investments at fair - -
value through profit or
loss (7,612) (7,612) 2,927 2,927
Losses on disposal of
investments at fair - (1,395) (1,395) - (1,641) (1,641)
value through profit or
loss
Expenses (347) (194) (541) (343) (189) (532)
________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________
Profit/(loss) before tax 2,587 (9,201) (6,614) 2,146 1,097 3,243
Tax (4) - (4) (7) - (7)
________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________
Profit/(loss) for the 2,583 2,139
period (9,201) (6,618) 1,097 3,236
________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________
Earnings per share
Basic - ordinary shares 8.93p (36.80)p (27.87)p 7.16p 4.39p 11.55p
________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________
Diluted - ordinary 7.38p (26.29)p (18.91)p 6.11p 3.13p 9.24p
shares
________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________
The group does not have any income or expense that is not included in the
profit for the period. Accordingly, the 'Profit/(loss) for the period' is also
the 'Total Comprehensive Income for the period' as defined in IAS 1(revised)
and no separate Statement of Comprehensive Income has been presented.
The total column of this statement represents the Group's Income Statement,
prepared in accordance with IFRS. The supplementary revenue return and capital
return columns are both prepared under guidance published by the Association of
Investment Companies. All items in the above statement derive from continuing
operations.
All profit and total comprehensive income is attributable to the equity holders
of the parent company. There are no minority interests.
Group statement of changes in equity
For the year ended 31 December 2011
Share Capital Retained Total
capital reserve earnings
£ 000 £ 000 £ 000 £ 000
Balance at 31 December 2009 35,000 (4,807) 844 31,037
Changes in equity for 2010
Profit for the period - 1,097 2,139 3,236
Ordinary dividend paid (note 4) - - (1,725) (1,725)
Preference dividend paid (note 4) - - (350) (350)
________ ________ ________ ________
Balance at 31 December 2010 35,000 (3,710) 908 32,198
Changes in equity for 2011
(Loss)/profit for the period - (9,201) 2,583 (6,618)
Ordinary dividend paid (note 4) - - (1,800) (1,800)
Preference dividend paid (note 4) - - (350) (350)
________ ________ ________ ________
Balance at 31 December 2011 35,000 (12,911) 1,341 23,430
________ ________ ________ ________
Registered number: 00433137
Group Balance Sheet
For the year ended 31 December 2011
Group
2011 2010
£ 000 £ 000
Non-current assets
Investments - fair value through profit or loss 21,618 30,881
Current assets
Receivables 81 623
Derivatives - fair value through profit or loss 3,322 2,385
Cash and cash equivalents 122 509
__________ __________
3,525 3,517
__________ __________
Total assets 25,143 34,398
__________ __________
Current liabilities
Trade and other payables 80 760
Derivatives - fair value through profit or loss 1,633 1,440
__________ __________
(1,713) (2,200)
__________ __________
Total assets less current liabilities 23,430 32,198
__________ __________
Net assets 23,430 32,198
__________ __________
Equity attributable to equity holders
Ordinary share capital 25,000 25,000
Convertible preference share capital 10,000 10,000
Capital reserve (12,911) (3,710)
Retained revenue earnings 1,341 908
__________ __________
Total equity 23,430 32,198
__________ __________
Approved: 25 April 2012
Group cash flow statement
For the year ended 31 December 2011
Year ended Year ended
2011 2010
£ 000 £ 000
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
(Loss)/profit before tax (6,614) 3,243
Adjustments for:
Loss/(gain) on investments 9,007 (1,286)
Scrip dividends (7) (167)
Film income tax deducted at source (4) (7)
Proceeds on disposal of investments at 18,579 16,500
fair value through profit and loss
Purchases of investments at fair value (19,756) (15,701)
through profit and loss
__________ __________
Operating cash flows before movements in 1,205 2,582
working capital
Increase in receivables (155) (2,770)
Increase in payables 538 1,786
__________ __________
Net cash from operating activities before 1,588 1,598
income taxes
Income taxes recovered 1
-
__________ __________
NET CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES 1,588 1,599
__________ __________
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Dividends paid on ordinary shares (1,800) (1,725)
Dividends paid on preference shares (175) (350)
__________ __________
NET CASH USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES (1,975) (2,075)
__________ __________
NET DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS (387) (476)
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF
YEAR 509 985
__________ __________
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF YEAR
122 509
__________ __________
Purchases and sales of investments are considered to be operating activities of
the company, given its purpose, rather than investing activities.
1 Basis of preparation and going concern
The financial information set out above contains the financial information of
the company and its subsidiaries (together referred to as the "Group") for the
year ended 31 December 2011. The financial statements have been prepared on the
historical cost basis except for the measurements at fair value of investments,
derivative financial instruments and subsidiaries. The same accounting policies
as those published in the statutory accounts for 31 December 2010 have been
applied.
The information for the year ended 31 December 2011 is an extract from the
statutory accounts to that date. Statutory accounts for 2010, which were
prepared under IFRS as adopted by the EU, have been delivered to the registrar
of companies and those for 2011, prepared under IFRS as adopted by the EU, will
be delivered in due course.
The auditors have reported on the 31 December 2011 year end accounts and their
reports were unqualified and did not include references to any matters to which
the auditors drew attention by way of emphasis without qualifying their reports
and did not contain statements under section 498(2) or (3) of the Companies Act
2006.
The directors, having made enquiries, consider that the Group has adequate
financial resources to enable it to continue in operational existence for the
foreseeable future. Accordingly, the directors believe that it is appropriate
to continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the Group's accounts.
2 Income
2011 2010
£ 000 £ 000
Income from investments
UK dividends 2,119 1,968
Overseas dividends 506 10
Scrip and in specie dividends 7 167
Interest on fixed income securities 102 102
Rental income (PID) - 7
Property unit trust income 22 23
Film revenues 172 188
__________ __________
2,928 2,465
__________ __________
Other income
Deposit interest 1 1
Other 5 23
__________ __________
6 24
__________ __________
Total income 2,934 2,489
__________ __________
Total income comprises:
Dividends 2,632 2,145
Interest 103 103
Film revenues 172 188
Property income 22 30
Gain on foreign exchange 5 23
__________ __________
2,934 2,489
__________ __________
Income from investments
Listed investments 2,717 2,238
Unlisted investments 211 227
__________ __________
2,928 2,465
__________ __________
Of the £ 2,632,000 (2010 - £2,145,000) dividends received in the group
accounts, £2,060,000 (2010 - £ 1,525,000) related to special and other
dividends received from investee companies that were bought after the dividend
announcement. There was a corresponding capital loss of £2,183,000 (2010 - £
1,769,000), on these investments.
3 Earnings per ordinary share
The calculation of the basic (after deduction of preference dividend) and
diluted earnings per share is based on the following data:
2011 2010
Revenue Capital Total Revenue Capital Total
return return return return
£ 000 £ 000 £ 000 £ 000 £ 000 £ 000
Earnings:
Basic 2,233 (9,201) (6,968) 1,789 1,097 2,886
Preference
dividend 350 - 350 350 - 350
__________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
Diluted 2,583 (9,201) (6,618) 2,139 1,097 3,236
__________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
Basic revenue, capital and total return per ordinary share is based on the net
revenue, capital and total return for the period after tax and after deduction
of dividends in respect of preference shares and on 25 million (2010: 25
million) ordinary shares in issue.
The diluted revenue, capital and total return is based on the net revenue,
capital and total return for the period after tax and on 35 million (2010: 35
million) ordinary and preference shares in issue.
4 Dividends
2011 2010
£ 000 £ 000
Amounts recognised as distributions to equity
holders in the period:
Dividends on ordinary shares:
Final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2010
of 4.5p (2009:4.2) per share 1,125 1,050
Interim dividend for the year ended 31 December
2011 of 2.7p 675 675
(2010:2.7p) per share
__________ __________
1,800 1,725
__________ __________
Proposed final dividend for the year ended 31
December 2011 of 4.7p (2010:4.5p) per share 1,175 1,125
__________ __________
Dividends on 3.5% cumulative convertible preference
shares:
Preference dividend for the 6 months ended 31
December 2010 of 1.75p (2009:1.75p) per share 175 175
Preference dividend for the 6 months ended 30 June
2011 of 1.75p (2010:1.75p) per share 175 175
__________ __________
350 350
__________ __________
Proposed preference dividend for the 6 months ended
31 December 2011 of 1.75p (2010:1.75p) per share 175 175
__________ __________
The preference dividend for the 6 months ended 30 June 2011 was paid as a
dividend in specie.
The proposed final dividend is subject to approval by shareholders at the
Annual General Meeting and has not been included as a liability in these
financial statements in accordance with IFRS.
We have set out below the total dividend payable in respect of the financial
year, which is the basis on which the retention requirements of Sections 1158
and 1159 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 are considered.
Dividends proposed for the period
2011 2010
£ 000 £ 000
Dividends on ordinary shares:
Interim dividend for the year ended 31 December
2011 of 2.7p (2010:2.7p) per share 675 675
Proposed final dividend for the year ended 31
December 2011 of 4.7p (2010:4.5p) per share 1,175 1,125
__________ __________
1,850 1,800
__________ __________
Dividends on 3.5% cumulative convertible preference
shares:
Preference dividend for the year ended 31 December
2011 of 1.75p (2010:1.75p) per share 175 175
Proposed preference dividend for the year ended 31
December 2011 of 1.75p (2010:1.75p) per share 175 175
__________ __________
350 350
__________ __________
5 Net asset values
Net asset Net assets
value per share attributable
2011 2010 2011 2010
£ £ £ 000 £ 000
Ordinary shares
Undiluted 0.54 0.89 13,430 22,198
Diluted 0.67 0.92 23,430 32,198
The undiluted and diluted net asset values per £1 ordinary share are based on
net assets at the year end and 25 million (undiluted) ordinary and 35 million
(diluted) ordinary and preference shares in issue.
The undiluted net asset value per convertible £1 preference share is the par
value of £1. The diluted net asset value per ordinary share assumes the
conversion of the preference shares to ordinary shares.
Principal risks and uncertainties
The principal risks facing the company relate to its investment activities and
include market risk (other price risk, interest rate risk and currency risk),
liquidity risk and credit risk. The other principal risks to the company are
loss of investment trust status and operational risk. These will be explained
in more detail in the notes to the 2011 Annual Report and Accounts, but remain
unchanged from those published in the 2010 Annual Report and Accounts.
Related party transactions
The company rents its offices from Romulus Films Limited, and is also charged
for its office overheads.
The salaries and pensions of the company's employees, except for the three
non-executive directors, are paid by Remus Films Limited and Romulus Films
Limited and are recharged to the company.
There have been no other related party transactions during the period, which
have materially affected the financial position or performance of the group.
During the period transactions between the company and its subsidiaries have
been eliminated on consolidation.
Capital Structure
The company's capital comprises £35,000,000 (2010 - £35,000,000) being
25,000,000 ordinary shares of £1 (2010 - 25,000,000) and 10,000,000 non-voting
convertible preference shares of £1 each (2010 - 10,000,000). The rights
attaching to the shares will be explained in more detail in the notes to the
2011 Annual Report and Accounts, but remain unchanged from those published in
the 2010 Annual Report and Accounts.
Directors' responsibility statement
The directors are responsible for preparing the financial statements in
accordance with applicable law and regulations. The directors confirm that to
the best of their knowledge the financial statements prepared in accordance
with the applicable set of accounting standards, give a true and fair view of
the assets, liabilities, financial position and the profit of the company and
the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole and that the
Chairman's Statement, Managing Director's Report and the Directors' report
include a fair review of the information required by rules 4.1.8R to 4.2.11R of
the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, together with a description of the
principal risks and uncertainties that the company faces.
Annual General Meeting
This year's Annual General Meeting has been convened for Tuesday 26 June 2012
at 12.15pm at Wessex House, 1 Chesham Street, London SW1X 8ND.