JP Morgan Mid Cap Invest Trust PLC
23 April 2008
JPMorgan Mid Cap Investment Trust plc
Interim Management Statement
For the three months ended 31st March 2008
This interim management statement relates to the quarter from 1st January 2008
to 31st March 2008 and contains information that covers that period, unless
otherwise stated.
Financial performance - Cumulative Total Return *
1 month 3 months 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years
Share price 2.5% -2.4% -25.0% 48.3% 197.7%
Net asset value 1.9% -6.0% -22.3% 44.5% 201.2%
Benchmark 0.0% -5.7% -13.6% 50.6% 193.0%
* total return with net dividends reinvested
Source: JPMAM/Fundamental Data
Financial position
As at 31st March 2008 As at 22nd April 2008
Total assets £176.8m £172.3m
Share price 528.0p 524.0p
Net asset value 619.2p 613.88p
Discount 14.7% 14.64%
Gearing 108.3% 107.19%
Share prices shown are closing bid
Net asset values are shown with debt at fair value
Source: JPMAM/Fundamental Data
Material events
There were no material events.
Material transactions
Changes to share capital
Ordinary Shares of 25p
Shares in issue as at 1st January 2008 27,159,380
Shares bought back and cancelled 855,200
Shares issued - new -
As at 31st March 2008 26,304,180
During the quarter, the Company made market purchases of 855,200 of its own
shares for cancellation, representing 3.15% of the shares in issue at the
beginning of the financial year. The Company has not issued any shares in this
financial quarter.
Portfolio
Top ten holdings as at 31st March 2008
Stock name Sector Weight %
Stagecoach Consumer Services 2.9
GKN Consumer Goods 2.9
Cookson Industrials 2.8
Hays Industrials 2.8
Charter Industrials 2.8
Intermediate Capital Financials 2.7
Aggreko Industrials 2.6
Petrofac Oil & Gas 2.4
GAME Consumer Services 2.4
Investec Financials 2.3
Sector analysis as at 31st March 2008
Portfolio %
Industrials 33.4
Financials 20.6
Consumer Services 20.1
Oil & Gas 9.8
Consumer Goods 7.2
Basic Materials 2.6
Technology 2.4
Utilities 1.6
Telecommunications 0.0
Health Care 0.0
Cash 2.3
Total 100.00
By order of the Board
Andrew Norman, for and on behalf of
JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited, Secretary
23rd April 2008
Registered office: Finsbury Dials, 20 Finsbury Street, London, EC2Y 9AQ
Telephone: 020 7742 6000
This interim management statement has been prepared solely to provide
information to meet the requirements of the UK Listing Authority's Disclosure
and Transparency Rules.
Please note that up to date information on the Company, including daily NAV and
share prices, factsheets and portfolio information can be found at
www.jpmmidcap.co.uk
This information is provided by RNS
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