FIDELITY SPECIAL VALUES PLC - INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT FOR THE QUARTER
ENDED 30 NOVEMBER 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 from an actively
managed portfolio of "special situations" investments consisting primarily of
the securities of UK listed companies.
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 increased by 2.92% (debt at par), against a 6.78% return for the
benchmark.
- the share price increased by 3.18 %
- The Board and Managers continue to believe that investment in equities will
produce strong returns for shareholders over the long term.
- the main portfolio changes are detailed in the top ten holdings below.
Actual gearing exposure was 118.65% on 30 November 2010.
Material transactions
- during the period no shares were repurchased for cancellation and there have
been no repurchases since the quarter end.
Material Events
26 October 2010 - Sharon Brown appointed as Chairman of the Audit Committee.
Financial results announced.
Annual report published.
AGM held on 15 December 2010.
Additional Information
Details of the Company Dealing Information
Fund Manager: Sanjeev Shah Listed: London Stock
Exchange
Enquiries: 08457 100 456 Broker: Cenkos
WWW Address: www.fidelity.co.uk/its Price Quoted: Financial
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 Date: 17 November 1994 Reuters Code: FSV.L
As at 30 November 2010 As at 17 SEAQ Code: 51079
January 2011
Ordinary Shares In 56,938,896 56,938,896 ISIN: GB0003325106
Issue:
Share price 9.53% 9.26%
discount to NAV:
Total Assets: £337.1m £367.6m Registered
Office:
Beech Gate
Total Net Assets: £337.1m £367.6m
Millfield Lane
Lower
Actual Gearing 118.65% 117.38% Kingswood
Exposure:
Tadworth
Surrey KT20
6RP
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
Industry Analysis As at 30 As at 31 Largest 10 As at 30 As at 31
(% total assets) November August 2010 Holdings (% November August 2010
2010 total assets) 2010
Financials 30.1 29.8 HSBC Holdings 7.1 5.6
(UK Reg)
Consumer Services 24.7 24.6 Vodafone Group 6.4 6.1
Health Care 9.9 11.0 Glaxosmithkline 6.2 5.8
Industrials 9.4 9.0 Lloyds Banking 5.4 5.0
Group
Telecommunications 7.6 7.3 British Sky 3.6 3.6
Broadcast
(BSKYB)
Technology 5.6 5.8 Astrazeneca (UK) 3.6 4.4
Oil & Gas 5.0 4.3 London Stock 3.6 2.8
Exchange Group
Consumer Goods 2.9 2.5 BP ** 3.3 -
Other 3.0 2.7 Logicacmg 2.8 2.8
Cash 1.8 3.0 Sainsbury (J) 2.7 3.2
British Land * - 2.8
Total 100 100
* Not currently in the top 10 holdings
** Not in the top 10 as at 31 August 2010
Performance Record (total return %)
Price at Quarter to Quarter to 1 Year to 3 Years to 5 Years
30 30 November 31 August 30 30 to 30
November 2010 2010 November November November
2010 (p 2010 2010 2010
ence/share
)
NAV (debt at 593.04 2.92 1.34 9.06 6.19 35.81
par)
Ordinary Share 536.50 3.18 0.38 1.27 6.20 26.69
price
Benchmark 6.78 1.72 11.52 -2.30 24.54
Index
As at 17 January 2011 the Company's NAV per share was 646.91p (debt at par) and
the Company's share price was 587.00p per share.
Standardised Performance (total return %)
30/11/2005 30/11/2006 30/11/2007 30/11/2008 30/11/2009
30/11/2006 30/11/2007 30/11/2008 30/11/2009 30/11/2010
NAV 19.1 7.4 -29.7 38.6 9.1
Ordinary Share 15.4 3.4 -30.2 50.2 1.3
price
By order of the Board
Rebecca Burtonwood
For and on behalf of FIL Investments International
Company Secretary
18 January 2011
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: Datastream as at 30 November 2010. 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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