Final Results - Year Ended 31 December 1999

Jupiter Int.Green Inv. Trust PLC 9 March 2000 Announcement of preliminary results for the year ended 31st December 1999. CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT The total assets of your Company rose by 19.7%, after adjusting for the conversion of Warrants, over the year to 31st December 1999. This compares with a rise of 21.2% by the FTSE All-Share Index and a rise of 28.2% by the FT/S&P Actuaries World Index over the same period. Net revenue after taxation for the period amounted to £1.08 million compared to £1.07 million last year. Your directors are recommending a final dividend of 2.6p net per Ordinary share making a total of 4.3p net, an increase of 2.4% over the previous year. The dividend is not completely covered by earnings therefore £149,000 has been taken from consolidated revenue reserves of £511,000. As at 31st December 1999 the combination of Ordinary shares, Zero Dividend Preference shares and Warrants stood on a discount over the underlying net asset value of 3.2%. Fears at the beginning of the year that recovery in Asia would take a long time, that Europe and the UK would suffer a period of stagnation, and that the US economy was overheating have all proved, twelve months later, to be groundless. World GDP is growing at one of the strongest rates for many years. The US economy has been expanding consistently since the early years of the past decade, and is still responding positively to the Federal Reserve's incremental interest rates increases. The countries of the Pacific Basin are in the process of solving their financial problems and regenerating their intra-regional trade. Japan is moving out of a prolonged recession helped by a series of fiscal reforms and corporate amalgamations. In the middle of these two great components of the world economy, Europe has created a third, which is now economically nearly as large, with the euro and the European Central Bank launched and a first year of political reform and corporate restructuring completed. Stockmarkets have mirrored these developments and ended the year at or near new highs. Inflation has been kept under control through constant productivity improvements and the Federal Reserve's policy of gradual tightening. At the same time, pricing power in any internationally competitive area of the world economy has suffered as never before thanks to currency reform and the expansion this year in commerce over the Internet. Towards the end of the year, the explosion of interest in Information Technology and Internet stocks, led to the outperformance of smaller companies relative to their larger counterparts. Historical models of valuing growth stocks versus cyclicals or equities against bonds have subsequently been questioned. Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) received a significant endorsement this year with the introduction of a new regulation requiring UK Pension Fund Statements of Investment Principles to disclose the extent to which social, environmental and ethical factors are taken into account in investment decisions. It is hoped that the regulation will encourage more investors to consider the wider implications of their investment actions. This may also stimulate companies to improve their social and environmental performances in order to appeal to these investors. By increasing the demand for SRI products and the supply of companies in which they may invest the regulation should have positive implications for your Company. Within this more favourable climate for SRI, your Company continued to develop the way it interacts with the companies in which it invests. In particular, it began to use the Jupiter Environmental Research Unit's increasingly structured system for encouraging improvements in corporate environmental and social performance. This should enable your Company to monitor, and thereby improve, the effectiveness of this 'engagement' process. As in previous years, a key focus of engagement during the year was the promotion of improved environmental disclosure through the publication of Corporate Environmental Reports. Your Company's promotion of environmental disclosure complements efforts by the Department of Environment, Transport and Regions (DETR) to initiate widespread corporate Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting. Guidelines on these Reports, published by DETR in June provide assistance with calculating emissions and should encourage more companies to make disclosures. Another high profile environmental issue that had an impact upon your Company in the year was the use of Genetically Modified Organisms in food. Although the Research Unit has monitored this issue for some time, the marked increase in public concern prompted the Company to revise its stated approach to investing in companies involved in the area. In essence this approach favours companies that adopt a precautionary approach, promote the use of traditionally grown crops, and provide consumers with information on the ingredients of their purchases. The new Millennium has started well. As at the end of February your Company's total assets have risen by 13.7% which compares favourably with a fall of 7.8% in the FTSE All Share Index since the beginning of the year. Looking forward strong economic growth and low inflation offer a benign backdrop for equities. Steady bond yields and renewed earnings momentum should support equity markets. MICHAEL HEATHCOAT AMORY 9th March 2000 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF TOTAL RETURN (Incorporating the Revenue Account) for the year ended 31st December 1999 1999 1998 Revenue Capital Total Revenue Capital Total £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 Gains/(losses) on investments - 8,353 8,353 - (341) (341) Revaluation of currencies - 1 1 - (5) (5) Income from fixed asset 1,452 - 1,452 1,601 - 1,601 investments Other income 111 - 111 66 - 66 Profit on dealings by subsidiary 9 - 9 8 - 8 ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ Gross revenue and capital gains 1,572 8,354 9,926 1,675 (346) 1,329 Management fee (226) (226) (452) (192) (192) (384) Other expenses (94) (94) (188) (89) (89) (178) ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ Net return on ordinary activities 1,252 8,034 9,286 1,394 (627) 767 before finance costs and taxation Interest payable on bank overdrafts (2) - (2) (12) - (12) ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ Return on ordinary activities 1,250 8,034 9,284 1,382 (627) 755 before tax Tax on ordinary activities (170) 31 (139) (312) 20 (292) ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ Return on ordinary activities 1,080 8,065 9,145 1,070 (607) 463 after tax Return attributable to equity 1,080 4,820 5,900 1,070 (3,686)(2,616) shares Return attributable to non- - 3,245 3,245 - 3,079 3,079 equity shares ______ _______ ______ ______ ______ ______ 1,080 8,065 9,145 1,070 (607) 463 Dividends payable to equity (1,229) - (1,229) (1,153) - (1,153) shareholders ______ _______ ______ ______ ______ ______ Transfer to/(from) reserves (149) 8,065 7,916 (83) (607) (690) ======= ======= ====== ====== ====== ====== Return/(loss) per ordinary share 3.83p 17.09p 20.92p 4.01p (13.80p)(9.79p) ======= ======= ======= ===== ======= ======= Diluted return/(loss) per 3.74p 15.97p 19.71p 3.88p(14.29p)(10.41p) ordinary share ======= ======= ======= ===== ======= ======= The Directors propose a final dividend in respect of the year ended 31st December 1999 of 2.6p net per Ordinary share. This dividend will be payable on 5th May 2000 to shareholders on the register on 24th March 2000. CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET as at 31st December 1999 1999 1998 £'000 £'000 Total assets 48,897 39,835 ====== ====== Net asset value per Ordinary share - undiluted 67.4p 52.0p Net asset value per Ordinary share - diluted 63.6p 47.9p Net asset value per Zero Dividend Preference share 103.6p 93.1p Net asset value per unit of one Ordinary share 171.0p 145.1p and one Zero Dividend Preference share The figures for the year ended 31st December 1999 do not constitute full accounts within the meaning of Section 240 of the Companies Act 1985. The figures for the year ended 31st December 1998 have been extracted from the full accounts for that year which have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies and which the auditors have issued an unqualified audit report. The directors report and accounts are expected to be posted to shareholders shortly and copies will be available from the registered office of the Company at 1, Grosvenor Place, London SW1X 7JJ. The Annual General meeting is to be convened for 28th April 2000. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED SECRETARIES
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