Interim Management Statement

RNS Number : 9181G

British Portfolio Trust PLC

09 February 2010

 



British Portfolio Trust PLC

Interim Management Statement

For the quarter ended 31 January 2010

This interim management statement relates to the quarter from 1 November 2009 to 31 January 2010 and contains information for that period unless otherwise stated. This statement is produced to provide information in accordance with the UK Listing Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Investment objective

The objective of British Portfolio Trust plc is to provide growth in capital and income through a policy of investing in UK listed companies.  Such equities will consist mainly of shares in FTSE 100 companies, but will also include medium-sized and smaller companies.

Portfolio

Top ten holdings at 29 January 2010 and percentage of total gross assets

	£	%
Vodafone	3,210,284	6.81
GlaxoSmithKline	3,199,638	6.78
BP	2,640,612	5.60
HSBC	2,638,646	5.59
Royal Dutch Shell "B"	2,605,112	5.52
BG Group	2,276,951	4.83
Unilever	1,586,894	3.36
Centrica	1,274,468	2.70
BAE Systems	1,210,447	2.57
Cobham	1,183,371	2.51

Material events and transactions

During the period 188,000 ordinary shares were purchased for cancellation and 995,000 ordinary shares were purchased into treasury.

On 20 January 2010 Mr N R Gold, a Director, purchased 20,000 ordinary shares in the Company.

Financial Performance to 29 January 2010

			% change
	3m	6m		1yr	3yrs	5yrs
Share price	5.93	23.42		40.79	-20.97	11.97
Net Asset Value	7.72	22.97		41.21	-20.65	9.69
Benchmark*	3.59	14.71		33.24	-7.17	30.20

Source: Datastream

Total return with net dividends reinvested and net of fees.

* FTSE All-Share Total Return

Financial position at 29 January and 8 February 2010

		29 January		8 February
Total gross assets		£47,171,452		£46,371,577
Net assets		£44,415,413		£43,641,877
Share price		127.5p		125.5p
Net asset value1		132.47p		130.16p
Discount3		-3.8%		-3.6%
Gearing  4		0.3%		2.1%
Historic Dividend Yield		4.0%		4.1%

¹ Debt at book value

²Debt at market value

 Net asset values are calculated and announced daily.

³ The discount is the difference between the share price and the NAV (debt at book value) per share expressed as a percentage of the NAV per share.

⁴ Actual gearing - net of cash.

Company Information

Launch date		2001
EPIC		BPO
Year end		31 October
Report and Accounts		Final posted January, half-yearly posted June
AGM		February
Dividends		September and March
Price Information		Financial Times, The Daily Telegraph,  www.allianzgi.co.uk

Investor information

Further up to date information, including Net Asset Values and share prices, and the latest available factsheets and portfolio information, is provided on the Manager's website, which can be accessed via www.britishportfoliotrust.co.uk.  Investor Services can be contacted on 020 7065 1407 and information can also be obtained from the Manager's helpline on 0800 317 573.

By order of the Board.

British Portfolio Trust PLC

155 Bishopsgate

London EC2M 3AD
9 February 2010

 

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