FIDELITY SPECIAL VALUES PLC - INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT FOR THE QUARTER
ENDED 30 NOVEMBER 2008
Objective
The Company's objective is to achieve long term capital growth from an actively
managed portfolio of "special situations" investments consisting primarily of
the securities of UK listed companies. The Company is geared by the use of
fixed terms loans.
The Company's primary objective is measured by the total returns of the share
price over a 5 year period. The secondary aim is to make higher returns than
the competition and the market, as measured by the AIC UK Growth Sector and the
FTSE All-Share Index.
Benchmark
The returns are compared against cash returns and the benchmark, the FTSE
All-Share Index
Review of Period (total return)
During the period:
- the NAV decreased by 24.76% (debt at par) and 24.45% (debt at market value)
against a decrease of 24.84% for the benchmark.
- the share price decreased by 20.66 %
- the changes in the top 10 holdings are detailed below.
- The Board and Manager continue to believe that investment in equities will
produce strong returns for shareholders over the long term.
- During the period no shares were repurchased for cancellation, and there have
been no repurchases since the quarter end.
Material Events
Annual report published
AGM held on 11 December 2008
Additional Information
Details of the Company Dealing Information
Fund Manager: Sanjeev Shah Listed: London Stock Exchange
Enquiries: 08457 100 456 Broker: Cenkos
WWW Address: http:/ Price Quoted: Financial Times
www.fidelity.co.uk
The Times
The Daily Telegraph
The Independent
Launch Date: 17 November 1994 Reuters Code: FSV.L
Ordinary Shares In 56,794,503 SEAQ Code: 51079
Issue:
Share price discount 9.9% ISIN: GB0003325106
to Undiluted NAV:
Total Assets: £265.3 m
Loan: £35.0 m
Total Net Assets: £230.3 m
Gross Gearing : 15.2%
Portfolio Breakdowns
Industry Analysis As at 30 As at 31 Largest 10 As at 30 November As at 31
(% total assets) November August 2008 Holdings (% 2008 August 2008
2008 total assets)
Consumer Services 29.0 25.7 Vodafone Group 4.0 2.6
Financials 26.7 26.8 HSBC 3.6 4.3
Industrials 11.3 9.0 Pearson 3.5 3.0
Health Care 9.2 13.4 British Sky 3.2 -
Broadcast
(BSkyB)**
Oil & Gas 9.0 10.1 Glaxosmithkline 3.1 2.9
Cash & Other 6.5 6.6 Royal Dutch 3.1 3.3
Shell `A' (UK)
Telecommunications 4.0 2.6 Compass Group** 3.0 -
Technology 3.6 4.7 Astrazeneca 2.7 4.0
(UK)
Utilities 0.7 0.7 Reed Elsevier 2.7 4.1
Consumer Goods - 0.4 Provident 2.6 2.5
Financial
HBOS* - 3.0
Premier Farnell - 2.9
*
* No longer in the top 10 at 30 November 2008
** Not in top 10 at 31 August 2008
Performance Record (total return %)
Price (p) Quarter to Quarter to 31 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years to
30 November August 2008 to 30 to 30 30 November
2008 November November 2008
2008 2008
NAV (debt at par) 405.53 -24.76 -3.4 -29.7 -10.1 38.8
NAV (debt at market 404.29 -24.45 -4.2 -30.0 -10.2 -
value)
Ordinary Share price 365.50 -20.66 -8.8 -30.2 -16.7 26.9
Benchmark Index -24.84 -5.9 -32.2 -13.6 17.8
Standardised Performance (total return %)
30/11/2003 30/11/2004 30/11/2005 30/11/2006 30/11/2007
30/11/2004 30/11/2005 30/11/2006 30/11/2007 30/11/2008
NAV 19.80 28.88 19.11 7.38 -29.72
Ordinary Share 27.07 19.88 15.38 3.39 -30.16
price
FSV
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 November 2008.
Basis: bid-bid with net income reinvested. Fidelity only gives information
about its own products and services and does not provide investment advice
based on individual circumstances.
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