FIDELITY ASIAN VALUES PLC - INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT FOR THE QUARTER ENDED
30 APRIL 2010
Issued pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 4 of the Disclosure and
Transparency Rules
Objective
The Company's objective is to achieve long-term capital growth through
investment in an actively managed portfolio of equities in the South East Asian
region (excluding Japan).
Benchmark
MSCI All Countries (Combined) Far East Free (Excluding Japan)
Review of Period (total return)
During the period:
- the NAV increased by 16.15% (debt at par) and 16.06% (debt at market value)
against a 14.74% return for the benchmark.
- the share price increased by 14.67%
- Gearing reintroduced during the quarter. The Board and Managers continue to
believe that investment in equities will produce strong returns for
shareholders over the long term.
- main portfolio changes are detailed in the top ten holdings below
Net gearing was 3.75% on 30 April 2010
Material transactions
Revolving credit facility of USD 15 million entered into on 3 February 2010.
USD 9 million drawn down on 12 April 2010.
12,188,212 subscription shares issued. The subscription price is 191 p per
share. The conversion rights attaching to the subscription shares are
exercisable from the last business day of May 2010 until the last business day
of May 2013.
Since the quarter end no shares have been repurchased.
Material Events
Publications of prospectus and introduction of subscription shares following
holding of General Meeting in March 2010. Half -yearly report published.
10,634 ordinary shares issued and allotted on 2 June 2010 with effect from 28
May 2010 following the exercise of conversion rights attaching to subscription
shares.
Additional Information
Details of the Company Dealing Information
Fund Mana John Lo Listed: London Stock
ger: Exchange
Enquiries: 08457 100 456 Broker: JP Morgan
Cazenove
WWW www.fidelity.co.uk/its Price Financial
Address: Quoted: Times
Copies of major
announcements and The Times
documentation relating
to the Company may be The Daily
found on the website Telegraph
The
Independent
Launch 13 June 1996 Reuters FAS.L
Date: Code:
As at 30 April 2010 As at 3 June 2010 SEAQ Code: 51094
Ordinary 60,942,501 60,953,135 ISIN: GB0003322319
Shares In
Issue:
Share 9.05% 11.23% Registered
price office
discount
to NAV:
Total £128.1m £124.6m Beech Gate
Assets:
Millfield
Lane
Loan: £5.8m £6.2m
Lower
Kingswood
Total Net £122.3m £118.4m
Assets: Tadworth
Surrey KT20
Gross 4.81% 5.23% 6RP
Gearing :
Net 3.75% 3.61%
Gearing :
The Company's net asset value per share is announced daily and may be found on
the Stock Exchange website www.londonstockexchange.com
Portfolio Breakdowns
Country As at 30 As at 31 Largest 10 As at 30 April As at 31
Analysis April 2010 January 2010 Holdings (% 2010 January
(% total total assets) 2010
assets)
China 29.8 26.8 Samsung 5.4 5.6
Electronics
Korea 22.9 25.2 China 5.1 4.9
(South) Merchants
Bank H
Taiwan 15.4 17.0 Hon Hai 4.3 4.4
Precision
Industry
Singapore 9.3 8.4 Tencent 4.2 3.7
Holdings
Hong Kong 8.0 16.3 Media Tek 3.3 3.7
Malaysia 3.1 2.7 Li & Fung 2.6 3.9
Indonesia 3.0 2.2 BYD `H' 2.4 2.3
Shares
Cash 1.0 1.4 Baidu ADR ** 2.5 -
Other 7.7 - Belle 2.1 -
International
Holdings **
Au Optronics 2.0 2.2
Hong Kong - 3.0
Exchanges &
Clearing *
Total 100 100 Swire Pacific - 3.0
A *
* No longer in the top 10 at 30 April
2010
** Not in top 10 at 31 January 2010
Performance Record (total return %)
Price at Quarter to Quarter to 1 Year to 3 Years 5 Years
30 April 30 April 31 January 30 April to 30 to 30
2010 (p) 2010 2010 2010 April April
2010 2010
NAV (debt at 199.84 16.2 5.7 61.5 51.7 159.3
par)
NAV (debt at 199.69 16.1 N/A 60.9 51.4 160.6
market value)
Ordinary Share 181.75 14.7 2.6 62.9 56.0 166.5
price
Benchmark 14.7 2.9 43.0 44.8 129.7
Index
As at 3 June 2010 the Company's NAV per share was 194.33p (debt at par) and
194.18p (debt at fair value) and the Company's share price was 172.50p per
share and 24.25p per subscription share.
Standardised Performance (total return %)
30/04/2005 30/04/2006 30/04/2007 30/04/2008 30/04/2009
30/04/2006 30/04/2007 30/04/2008 30/04/2009 30/04/2010
NAV 53.01 11.70 17.62 -20.15 61.54
Ordinary Share 52.17 12.21 21.35 -21.06 62.90
price
Benchmark 46.33 8.38 23.22 -17.83 43.02
Index
By order of the Board
4 June 2010
For and on behalf of FIL Investments International
Company Secretary
4 June 2010
Past performance is not a guide to future returns. The value of investments can
go down as well as up. For funds that invest in overseas markets, changes in
currency exchange rates may affect the value of an investment. Investments in
small and emerging markets can be more volatile than other more developed
markets. Source of performance: Fidelity and Datastream as at 30 April 2010.
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