Statistics & Performance Repo

RNS Number : 8110M
Herald Investment Trust PLC
04 February 2009
 


HERALD INVESTMENT TRUST


PRELIMINARY STATISTICS AND PERFORMANCE REPORT










 

At inception

 

At

 

At

 

Performance

Performance

 

16 February


31 December 2008

 

30 January 2009

 


since 

31 December

since inception

 

1994

 

 

2008 (%)

(%)

NAV (p) excl current year income

98.7

p*

247.2

p

249.4

p

+0.9%

+152.7%

NAV (p) incl current year income

N/A


252.9

p

255.2

P

+0.9%

N/A

FTSE-100

3417.7

 

   4434.2


4149.6


-6.4%

+21.4%

FTSE-All-share

1717.8


   2209.3


2078.9


-5.9%

+21.0%

FTSE-Smallcap

2076.1

 

1854.2


1854.2


-3.9%

-14.2%

HGSC + AIM

 

 







(capital gains ex I.T.)

1750.0

 

1804.3


1795.6


-0.5%

+2.6%

Share price

90.9

p**

184.0

p

188.5

p

+2.4%

+107.4%

Premium/(Discount) to NAV/share as at 30 January 2009

(24.4)%

UK Equity Portfolio as a % of Net Assets at 30 January 2009***

62.1%

Overseas Equity Portfolio as % of Net Assets at 30 January 2009****

38.6%

(Gearing)/Cash as a % of Net Assets at 30 January 2009*****

-0.7%

Number of Equity Holdings at 30 January 2009

227

*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. 








***Includes 2 convertibles and 3 warrants.


****Includes 2 warrants.

*****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 30/01/2009 excluding current year income was £208.0m.


There are 83,408,123 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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