Interim Management Statement

RNS Number : 9636W

Value and Income Trust plc

01 February 2013

 

Value and Income Trust PLC

Interim Management Statement

To the Members of Value and Income Trust PLC ('VIT')

This Interim Management Statement ('IMS') has been produced solely to provide additional information to Shareholders as a body to meet the relevant requirements of the UK Listing Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. It should not be relied upon by any other party or used for any other purpose.

This IMS relates to the period from 1 October 2012 to 31 December 2012 and contains information that covers this period and up to the date of publication of this IMS, unless otherwise specified.

Investment objective and benchmark

VIT is an investment trust whose shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange.  VIT invests in higher-yielding, less fashionable areas of the UK commercial property and quoted equity markets, particularly in medium and smaller sized companies.  VIT aims for long term real growth in dividends and capital value without undue risk.

Material events

An interim dividend of 4.00 pence per Ordinary share was paid on 4 January 2013 to shareholders on the register as at 7 December 2012.  The ex-dividend date was 5 December 2012.

The Board is not aware of any material events and transactions which have occurred between 1 October 2012 and 31 December 2012, or between 1 January 2013 and the date of publication of this IMS, which would have had a material impact on the financial position of VIT.

General description of Company's financial position at 31 December 2012

	31 December 2012	30 September 2012
Net asset value (with debt at market value) (pence)	240.92	231.80
Net asset value (with debt at par value) (pence)	270.48	262.26
Ordinary share price (pence)	183.00	181.50
Discount of Ordinary share price to Net Asset Value (valuing debt at market value) (%)	24.0	21.7

Net asset values are calculated with debt at par and debt at fair value (both excluding net income) and published monthly on www.londonstockexchange.com under TIDM/EPIC Code "VIN".

Summary of Portfolio

	31 December 2012			30 September 2012
	£m	%		£m	%
UK equities	111.5	70		106.0	68
UK property *	47.2	30		47.2	31
Cash	(0.3)	-		1.8	1
Gross assets	158.4	100		155.0	100

* VIT's property portfolio was revalued independently at 30 September 2012; fair value is established by professional valuation, on an open market basis, at the end of March and September each year.

Ten largest equity holdings as at 31 December 2012

	Investment		Value (£)	Proportion of Total Assets as at 31 December 2012 (%)
1	Rotork		9,162,000		7.1
2	Spectris		5,634,750		4.3
3	Babcock International		5,068,875		3.9
4	BT		4,622,000		3.6
5	Legal & General		4,368,000		3.4
6	Unilever		4,353,440		3.4
7	Vodafone		4,347,768		3.4
8	Glaxosmithkline		4,338,750		3.3
9	HSBC Holdings		4,269,540		3.3
10	Restaurant Group		3,869,000		3.0
	Total		50,034,123		38.7

Important Information

Please note that past performance is not necessarily a guide to the future and that the value of investments and the income from them may fall as well as rise.  Investors may not get back the amount they originally invested.

All financial information sourced from Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, as at 31 December 2012.

For Value and Income Trust PLC

Maven Capital Partners UK LLP, Secretaries

1 February 2013

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