Statistics and Performance Re

RNS Number : 2764F
Herald Investment Trust PLC
08 January 2010
 


HERALD INVESTMENT TRUST


STATISTICS AND PERFORMANCE REPORT










 

At inception

 

At

 

At

 

Performance

Performance

 

16 February


30 November 2009

 


31 December 2009


since 

30 November

since inception

 

1994

 

2009 (%)

(%)

NAV (p) excl accrued income

98.7

p*

399.0

p

421.0

P

+5.5%

+326.5%

NAV (p) incl accrued income

N/A


398.6

p

420.9

P

+5.6%

N/A

FTSE-100

3417.7

 

5190.7


5412.9


+4.3%

+58.4%

FTSE-All-share

1717.8


2648.4


2760.8


+4.2%

+60.7%

FTSE-Smallcap

2076.1

 

2717.8


2776.9


+2.2%

+33.8%

HGSC + AIM

 

 







(capital gains ex I.T.)

1750.0

 

2771.6


2838.2


+2.4%

+62.2%

Benchmark***

98.7


149.4


157.7


+5.5%

+59.8%

Share price

90.9

p**

315.0

p

337.8

P

+7.2%

+271.6%

Discount to NAV/share as at 31 December 2009

19.8%

UK Equity Portfolio as a % of Net Assets at 31 December 2009****

66.0%

Overseas Equity Portfolio as % of Net Assets at 31 December 2009*****

37.9%

(Gearing)/Cash as a % of Net Assets at 31 December 2009******

(3.9)%

Number of Equity Holdings at 31 December 2009

231

*100p was the subscription price before launch costs of 1.3p


**90.9p is CGT base subscription price for shareholders adjusting for warrants which


  were issued on a 1 for 5 basis. 








***Benchmark(2/3 HGSC + AIM (capital gains ex I.T) and 1/3 Russell Technology Index in Sterling terms)


****Includes 4 convertibles and 1 warrants.


*****Includes 1 warrant.

******Gearing is debt net of fixed interest securities and net current assets. Cash includes fixed interest securities and net current assets.











The Net Assets Value at 31/12/2009 including current year income was £341.2m (£341.2 excluding current year income). 


There are 81,053,283 shares currently in issue.  









This Report has been issued on behalf of Herald Investment Trust plc, and has been approved by Herald Investment Management Limited, its investment manager. Herald Investment Management Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. You should remember that past performance is not necessarily a guide to the future. Markets and currency movements may cause the value of shares, and the income from them, to fall as well as rise, and you may get back less than you invested when you decide to sell your shares.




These figures are not audited and subject to revision when the income account has been finalised for the year.












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