Schroder Income Growth Fund PLC
17 January 2008
SCHRODER INCOME GROWTH FUND PLC
Interim Management Statement for the Quarter ended 30 November 2007
The Board of Schroder Income Growth Fund Plc ('the Company') is pleased to
announce its first Interim Management Statement as required by the UK Listing
Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. This Statement is in respect of
the period from 1 September 2007 to 30 November 2007.
Investment Objective
The Company's principal investment objectives are to provide real growth of
income, being growth of income in excess of the rate of inflation, and capital
growth as a consequence of the rising income.
First Interim Dividend for the year ended 31 August 2008
The Board declared a first interim dividend of 1.60p net per share for the year
ended 31 August 2008, payable on 31 January 2008 to shareholders on the register
on 19 December 2007.
Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of the Company was held on 19 December 2007. All
resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting were duly passed.
Company Statistics as at 30 November 2007
Net Assets £154.3 million
Net Asset Value per Ordinary Share 223.26p
Share Price 194.00p
Discount to NAV (13.1%)
Number of Portfolio Holdings 33
Cumulative Performance to 30 November 2007
Performance over 3mnths 6mnths 1yr 5yr
Share Price (Total Return) (7.1)% (12.1)% (5.7)% 70.8%
Net Asset Value (Total Return) (2.3)% (7.7)% 2.4% 89.3%
FTSE All-Share Index Total Return 1.3% (3.1)% 8.5% 93.2%
All Performance Data Source: Fundamental Data.
Portfolio Information as at 30 November 2007
Ten Largest Holdings
Stock Name Sector Classification Market Value (£) Percentage of NAV
Royal Dutch Shell 'B' Oil & Gas 14,306,501 9.39
BP Oil & Gas 8,822,482 5.79
HSBC Financials 7,023,595 4.61
Astrazeneca Healthcare 6,902,788 4.53
Vodafone Telecommunications 6,793,741 4.46
GlaxoSmithKline Healthcare 6,809,476 4.47
Lloyds TSB Financials 6,007,043 3.94
Rexam Industrials 5,849,640 3.84
HBOS Financials 5,561,805 3.65
National Grid Utilities 5,177,454 3.40
Sector Allocation
Sector Percentage of NAV
Financials 24.81
Oil & Gas 14.99
Consumer Goods 12.42
Industrials 11.07
Consumer Services 10.31
Healthcare 8.89
Utilities 8.82
Telecommunications 7.43
Net current assets 1.26
Changes to Share Capital during the quarter ended 30 November 2007
Issued Ordinary shares of 10p each
As at 1 September 2007 71,687,343
Shares bought back and cancelled during the period 2,999,000
Shares bought for holding in treasury during the Nil
quarter
Shares already held in treasury Nil
Shares cancelled from treasury Nil
Shares remaining in issue as at 30 November 2007 68,688,343
Material Events or Transactions
There have been no other material events or transactions that have taken place
between 1 September 2007 and the date of publication of this Statement.
Company Information as at 30 November 2007
SEDOL Code 0791586
Sector Income and Growth
Launch Date March 1995
Financial Year End 31 August
Next Dividend Payment 31 January 2008
Next Ex Div Date 21 December 2007
Next AGM Date December 2008
Enquiries:
Louise Richard
Schroder Investment Management Limited
Company Secretary
Tel: 0207 658 6501
17 January 2008
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