Date: 7 November 2014
On behalf of London Finance & Investment Group P.L.C.
LONDON FINANCE & INVESTMENT GROUP P.L.C. ("the Company")
INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT
This Interim Management Statement is made in accordance with Rule 4.3 of the UK
Listing Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules and covers the period
from 1st July 2014 to 31st October 2014.
Since the financial year ended 30th June 2014, the Company's net assets per
share, including investments at market value, have increased by 12.1% from
44.7p to 50.1p at 31st October 2014.
There have been no material changes to the Company's General Portfolio of
equities which currently comprises 28 blue chip stocks in the U.K., Europe and
the USA. The value of the General Portfolio decreased by 0.3 % compared to
falls in the Eurofirst 300 Index of 1.4% and in the FTSE100 of 2.9%. Over the
period the value of the Company's Strategic Investments increased by 14%,
represented by an increase in the value of Western Selection P.L.C. of 19 % and
Finsbury Food Group Plc ("Finsbury") of 10%.
On 29th October 2014, Finsbury announced that its shareholders had approved a
placing to raise £35 million gross in connection with the acquisition of the
Fletchers Group. We participated in this placing and subscribed for 1,000,000
shares at a cost of approximately £590,000 following which we hold 10,000,000
shares in Finsbury representing approximately 7.9% of its issued share capital.
The Company will announce its interim results for the six months ending 31
December 2014 during February 2015.
Enquiries to:
London Finance & Investment Group P.L.C.
Lloyd Marshall: 020 7796 9060
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