IMPAX ENVIRONMENTAL MARKETS plc
All information is at 31 March 2007 and unaudited.
DATA AND PERFORMANCE
Data Pricing & Performance
IEM MSCI Impax
Net World ET50
Share price Asset
(pence) 119 Value
Warrants (pence) 42.0
Total fund size GBP 236.5 Diluted NAV (pence) 116.08 n/a n/a
(m)
Market GBP 238.4 Premium/discount (%) +2.5
capitalisation
(m)
Management fee 1.0 Undiluted NAV 118.08
(%) (pence)
Established 22 February Performance*
2002
Fund structure Investment 1 month (%) +2.1 +1.5 +5.8
Trust
Number of stocks 82 3 months (%) +5.6 +1.8 +10.7
held
Exchange London 1 year (%) +5.3 +0.3 +4.1
Currency GBP 3 years (%) +75.1 +34.0 +72.4
ISIN number GB0031232498 5 years (%) +12.3 +9.5 +4.3
Sedol 3123249 Since launch +20.2 +16.7 +17.0
(22/02/2002) (%)
Reuters RIC code IEM.L
* Performance data is for undiluted
Bloomberg code IEM LN NAV.
TOP TEN HOLDINGS
Company Holding % Description Country
Itron 3.0 Meters & software US
LKQ Corp 2.7 Automotive recycling US
Chloride Group 2.4 UPS systems UK
High efficiency electric
Regal Beloit 2.3 motors US
Vestas Wind Systems 2.3 Wind Denmark
Gamesa 2.2 Wind Spain
Tomra 2.1 Reverse vending machines Norway
Abengoa 2.1 Bioethanol & recycling Spain
Vacon 1.9 Power electronics Finland
Kurita Water 1.9 Water treatment Japan
Total 22.9
PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS*
Geographical Company Size
North America 41% >£500m 56%
Europe 52% £100-500m 30%
Rest of the World 9% <£100m 13%
Sectoral Profitability
Energy 40% Profitable 91%
Water 27% Pre-Profitable 9%
Waste 33%
* of funds invested as of 31 March 2007
MANAGER'S COMMENTARY (March 2007)
The Company NAV was up 2.1% over the month compared with the MSCI
World, which rose by 1.5%, and the Impax ET50, which increased by
5.8% over the same period. In the broader markets, Autos and
Chemicals were the best performing sectors, with Healthcare and
Telecoms underperforming.
During the month, the UK government published a draft Climate Change
Bill, the first of its kind to limit greenhouse gases by law. Under
the bill, the UK's targets of a 26-32% reduction by 2020 and a 60%
reduction by 2050 will become legally binding, with a series of five
year "carbon budgets" to provide short term targets and to ensure
that the government is held to account. A new statutory body, the
Committee on Climate Change, will provide the UK government with
independent advice and guidance on achieving its targets and adhering
to carbon budgets.
In the water sector the US House of Representatives passed the Water
Quality Financing Act of 2007, which will authorize the Environmental
Protection Agency's Clean Water State Revolving Fund to the tune of
$14 billion for the next four years. The bill is intended to improve
wastewater utility infrastructure, which the EPA, the Government
Accountability Office, and the Water Infrastructure Network estimate
will require funding of $300-$500 billion over 20 years. Two other
bills, the $1.7 billion Water Quality Investment Act of 2007 and the
$125 million Healthy Communities Water Supply Act, were also passed
targeting improvements in combined sewer overflows and projects
designed to investigate alternative water sources.
In the waste sector the US EPA proposed to modify the definition of
solid waste rule to streamline regulation of hazardous secondary
materials. The proposed rule would provide for the recycling of such
materials as solvents and metals, saving $107 million a year from the
reduced regulatory burden and increased level of recycling. In the
UK, Chancellor Gordon Brown raised the standard rate of landfill tax
by £8 a tonne to £32 from April 2008. The tax will continue to rise
by £8 a tonne each year to 2010-11, further encouraging the adoption
of advanced waste and recycling technologies.
Stocks that contributed to the increase in the Company's NAV during
March included wind turbine manufactures Gamesa (Spain) and Vestas
(Denmark), up 25% and 19% respectively on the back of the bidding war
between Suzlon and Areva for Repower. Tanfield (electric vehicles
and powered access, UK) also gained 24% on anticipation of further
orders for its zero emission delivery vehicles. On the downside,
Verbio (biofuels, Germany) underperformed following a profit warning
attributed to rising feedstock costs, the scrapping of a tax credit
on B100 biodiesel, and pricing pressure caused by cheap Brazilian
ethanol flows into Europe.
Latest information available at: www.impax.co.uk/asset/iemdown.htm
24 April 2007
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