FIDELITY ASIAN VALUES PLC - INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT FOR THE QUARTER ENDED
30 APRIL 2009
Issued pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 4 of the Disclosure and
Transparency Rules
Objective
The Company's objective is to achieve long-term capital growth through
investment principally in the stock markets of the Asian Region (excluding
Japan)
Benchmark
MSCI All Countries (Combined) Far East Free (Excluding Japan)
Review of Period (total return)
During the period:
- the NAV increased by 24.19 % (debt at par) and 24.55 % (debt at fair value)
against a 21.19 % return for the benchmark.
- the share price increased by 18.47 %
- main portfolio changes are detailed in the top ten holdings below
Net gearing was 7.0% on 30 April 2009
Material transactions
During the period the Company repurchased no shares for cancellation.
Since the quarter end no shares have been repurchased.
Material Events
The half-yearly report of the Company as at 31 January 2009 was published in
March.
Substantial shareholder notification - City of London Investment Management
Limited announced a holding of 10.01% on 27 March 2009
Additional Information
Details of the Company Dealing Information
Fund Manager: John Lo Listed: London Stock
Exchange
Enquiries: 08457 100 456 Broker: JP Morgan
Cazenove
WWW Address: www.fidelity.co.uk/its Price Quoted: Financial Times
Copies of major The Times
announcements and
documentation relating to The Daily
the Company may be found Telegraph
on the website
Launch Date: 13 June 1996 Reuters Code: FAS.L
As at 30 As at 16 SEAQ Code: 51094
April 2009 June 2009
Ordinary Shares 60,942,501 60,942,501 ISIN: GB0003322319
In Issue:
Share price 9.8% 5.3% Registered office
discount to NAV:
Total Assets: £83.3m £84.9m Beech Gate
Loan: £7.4m £ 6.7m Millfield Lane
Total Net £75.9m £78.2m Lower Kingswood
Assets:
Tadworth
Gross Gearing : 9.9% 8.6%
Surrey KT20 6RP
Net Gearing: 7.0% 7.7%
The Company's net asset value per share is announced daily and may be found on
the Stock Exchange website www.londonstockexchange.com
Portfolio Breakdowns
Country As at 30 As at Largest 10 As at 30 April As at 31
Analysis April 2009 31 Holdings (% 2009 January 2009
(% total January total assets)
assets) 2009
Hong Kong 25.6 23.5 Taiwan 6.6 5.7
Semiconduct
Manufacturing
China 22 23.2 Samsung 5.4 5.0
Electronics
Korea 20.7 20.4 China Mobile 5.1 6.5
(South)
Taiwan 18.4 13.5 China Merchants 4.1 4.6
Bank `H'
Singapore 9.1 10.0 Media Tek ** 3.4 -
Malaysia 2.4 1.9 Tencent 3.3 3.0
Holdings
Cash 1.8 6.7 Amorepacific 3.1 3.1
New
Other - 0.8 Huabao 3.1 3.4
International
Holdings
Swire Pacific A 3.0 3.0
Hang Seng Bank 3.0 5.3
Hutchison - 2.9
Whampoa *
Total 100 100
* No longer in top 10 at 30 April 2009
** Not in top 10 at 31 January 2009
Performance Record (total return %)
Price at Quarter to Quarter 1 Year to 30 3 Years 5 Years
30 April to April 2009 to 30 to 30
30 April 2009 2009 31 April April
(p) January 2009 2009
2009
NAV (debt at 124.41 24.19 2.28 -20.1 4.9 73.7
par)
NAV (debt at 124.13 24.55 2.16 -20.1 4.6 -
fair value)
Ordinary Share 112.25 18.47 10.17 -21.1 7.5 79.1
price
Benchmark Index 21.19 9.88 -17.8 9.7 71.8
As at 16 June 2009 the Company's NAV per share was 128.25p (debt at par) and
128.01p (debt at fair value) and the Company's share price was 121.50p per
share.
Standardised Performance (total return %)
30/04/2004 30/04/2005 30/04/2006 30/04/2007 30/04/2008
30/04/2005 30/04/2006 30/04/2007 30/04/2008 30/04/2009
NAV 8.18 53.01 11.70 17.62 -20.15
Ordinary Share 9.49 52.17 12.21 21.35 -21.06
price
Benchmark 7.00 46.33 8.38 23.22 -17.83
Index
By order of the Board
Rebecca Burtonwood
For and on behalf of FIL Investments International
Company Secretary
17 June 2009
Past performance is not a guide to future returns. The value of investments can
go down as well as up. For funds that invest in overseas markets, changes in
currency exchange rates may affect the value of an investment. Investments in
small and emerging markets can be more volatile than other more developed
markets. Source of performance: Fidelity and Datastream as at 30 April 2009.
Basis: bid-bid with net income reinvested. Fidelity only gives information
about its own products and services and does not provide investment advice
based on individual circumstances.
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