FIDELITY EUROPEAN VALUES PLC - INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT FOR THE QUARTER
ENDED 31 MARCH 2012
Issued pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 4 of the Disclosure and
Transparency Rules
Objective
To achieve long term capital growth from the stock markets of continental
Europe.
Benchmark
FTSE World Europe (ex UK) Index
Review of Period (total return)
During the period:
- the NAV increased by 15.87% against a 9.84% increase for the benchmark;
- the share price increased by 15.09%;
- main portfolio changes are detailed in the top ten holdings below.
Gearing exposure was 105.82% on 31 March 2012.
Material transactions
- During the quarter 735,782 shares were repurchased for cancellation.
- Since the quarter end 75,000 shares have been repurchased for cancellation.
Material Events
Release of Annual Results for the year ended 31 December 2011. Annual General
Meeting held on 16 May 2012. All resolutions passed.
Additional Information
Dr R Niblett, a Director of the Company purchased 500 shares during the period.
Details of the Company Dealing Information
Fund Sam Morse Listed: London Stock
Manager: Exchange
Enquiries: 08457 100 456 Broker: Winterflood
Investment
Trust
WWW www.fidelity.co.uk/ Price Quoted: Financial
Address: its Times
Copies of major The Times
announcements and
documentation The Daily
relating to the Telegraph
Company may be found
on the website The
Independent
Launch 05 November 1991 Reuters Code: FEV.L
Date:
As at 31 March 2012 As at 16 May 2012 SEAQ Code: 51034
Ordinary 43,559,164 43,484,164 ISIN: GB0003375820
Shares In
Issue:
Share price 15.02% 14.84% Registered
discount to office
NAV:
Total Net £584.8m £523.9m Beech Gate
Assets:
Millfield
Lane
Gearing 105.82% 104.11% Lower
Exposure: Kingswood
Tadworth
Surrey KT20
6RP
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
Industry Analysis As at 31 As at 31 Largest 10 As at 31 As at 31
(% total assets) March 2012 December Holdings (% March 2012 December 2011
2011 total (%)
exposure of
the
investment
portfolio)
Financials 21.6 20.9 Nestle (Regd) 6.8 7.5
Consumer Goods 18.6 18.6 Sanofi 4.3 4.6
Health Care 13.4 14.0 Novo-Nordisk 4.3 4.3
B
Consumer Services 12.1 11.2 SAP 3.9 3.5
Industrials 11.1 11.1 Zurich 3.0 2.8
Financial
Services
Basic Materials 7.3 7.5 Saipem 2.9 2.9
Technology 6.6 6.3 UBS 2.9 2.7
Oil & Gas 5.2 5.8 Schneider 2.8 2.9
Electric
Utilities 2.6 2.6 Umicore 2.7 -
Telecommunications 1.5 2.0 Schibsted 2.6 -
Media Group
Royal Dutch - 2.9
Shell A (NL)
Swedish Match - 2.6
Total 100 100 36.2 36.7
Performance (total return)
Price at 31 Quarter to 31 1 Year to 31 3 Years to 5 Years to
March 2012 March 2012 March 2012 31 March 31 March
(p) (%) (%) 2012 (%) 2012 (%)
NAV (debt at 1327.39 15.87 -3.74 44.37 9.53
par)*
Ordinary Share 1128.00 15.09 -3.80 40.34 -0.19
price
Benchmark Index - 9.84 -11.38 39.80 -2.21
Standardised Performance (total return %)
31/03/2007 31/03/2008 31/03/2009 31/03/2010 31/03/2011
31/03/2008 31/03/2009 31/03/2010 31/03/2011 31/03/2012
NAV (debt at 0.6 -24.6 37.3 9.3 -3.74
par) *
Ordinary Share 0.8 -29.4 33.7 9.1 -3.80
price
Benchmark 2.3 -31.6 47.6 6.8 -11.38
Index
* NAV (debt at par) is quoted up to December 2011 when the bank loans were
repaid.
* As at 16 May 2012 the Company's NAV per share was 1,187.13 and the
Company's share price was 1,011.00p per share.
By order of the Board
Rebecca Burtonwood
For and on behalf of FIL Investments International
Company Secretary, 17 May 2012
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 31 March 2012.
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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