FIDELITY SPECIAL VALUES PLC - INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT FOR THE QUARTER
ENDED 31 MAY 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 from an actively
managed portfolio of "special situations" investments consisting primarily of
the securities of UK listed companies.
The Company's primary objective is measured by the total returns of the share
price over a 5 year period. The secondary aim is to make higher returns than
the competition and the market, as measured by the AIC UK Growth Sector and the
FTSE All-Share Index.
Benchmark
The returns are compared against cash returns and the benchmark, the FTSE
All-Share Index
Review of Period (total return)
During the period:
- the NAV increased by 23.4% (debt at par) and 26.18% (debt at market value)
against a 18.31% return for the benchmark.
- the share price increased by 31.16 %
-The Board and Managers continue to believe that investment in equities will
produce strong returns for shareholders over the long term.
- main portfolio changes are detailed in the top ten holdings below
Net gearing was 9.03% on 31 May 2009
Material transactions
- during the period no shares were repurchased for cancellation and there have
been no repurchases since the quarter end
Material Events
Half-Yearly report published
Substantial shareholder notifications:- Legal & General: 3.96%; FIL Limited:
37.86%
Additional Information
Details of the Company Dealing Information
Fund Mana Sanjeev Shah Listed: London Stock
ger: Exchange
Enquiries: 08457 100 456 Broker: Cenkos
WWW www.fidelity.co.uk/its Price Quoted: Financial
Address: Times
Copies of major
announcements and The Times
documentation relating to
the Company may be found The Daily
on the website Telegraph
The
Independent
Launch 17 November 1994 Reuters Code: FSV.L
Date:
As at 31 May 2009 As at 15 July SEAQ Code: 51079
2009
Ordinary 56,938,896 56,938,896 ISIN: GB0003325106
Shares In
Issue:
Share 4.4% 4.88% Registered
price office
discount
to NAV:
Total £296.5m £262.2m Beech Gate
Assets:
Millfield Lane
Loan: £27.0m £27.0m Lower
Kingswood
Total Net £269.5m £235.2m Tadworth
Assets:
Surrey KT20
6RP
Gross 10.0% 10.0%
Gearing :
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 28 Largest 10 As at 31 May As at 28
(% total assets) May 2009 February Holdings (% 2009 February
2009 total assets) 2009
Consumer Services 28.8 32.5 Astrazeneca 4.4 3.6
(UK)
Financials 27.7 23.2 HSBC Holdings 4.2 3.4
(UK Reg)
Industrials 11.4 10.9 Glaxosmithkline 4.1 3.7
Health Care 10.7 9.9 Vodafone Group 3.9 3.6
Oil & Gas 8.1 9.6 British Sky 2.9 3.7
Broadcast
(BSYB)
Technology 6.2 5..6 Pearson 2.8 3.5
Telecommunications 3.9 3.6 Royal Bank of 2.8 -
Scotland Group
**
Consumer Goods 1.3 1.4 Partygaming 2.8 2.6
Cash 1.1 2.4 London Stock 2.7 -
Exchange GP **
Other 0.8 1.0 Logicacmg 2.7 2.6
Royal Dutch - 3.0
Shell `A' (UK)
*
Total 100 100 Reed Elsevier * - 2.9
* No longer in top 10 at 31 May 2009
** Not in top 10 at 28 February 2009
Performance Record (total return %)
Price at Quarter to Quarter to 1 Year to 3 Years 5 Years to
31 May 31 May 2009 28 February 31 May to 31 May 31 May 2009
2009 (p) 2009 2009 2009
NAV (debt at 473.30 23.40 -7.39 -15.2 -5.1 50.50
par)
NAV (debt at 472.16 26.18 -7.44 -15.5 -5.2 -
market
value)
Ordinary 452.50 31.16 -5.61 -10.4 -6.1 41.6
Share price
Benchmark 18.31 -8.74 -23.7 -13.7 21.9
Index
As at 15 July 2009 the Company's NAV per share was 460.49 p (debt at par) and
459.57 p (debt at fair value) and the Company's share price was 438.00 p per
share.
Standardised Performance (total return %)
31/05/2004 31/05/2005 31/05/2006 31/05/2007 31/05/2008
31/05/2005 31/05/2006 31/06/2007 31/05/2008 31/05/2009
NAV 21.4 30.96 24.68 -10.20 -15.20
Ordinary Share 15.10 31.00 19.94 -12.59 -10.42
price
By order of the Board
Christopher Pirnie
For and on behalf of FIL Investments International
Company Secretary
15 July 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 31 May 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.
CB35937/0610.
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