FIDELITY SPECIAL VALUES PLC - INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT FOR THE QUARTER
ENDED 30 NOVEMBER 2011
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 return 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 total return from the
FTSE All-Share Index.
Review of Period (total return)
During the period:
- the NAV decreased by 0.10% (debt at par) against a 2.11% increase for the
benchmark.
- the share price decreased by 3.04%
- 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
Actual gearing exposure was 109.55% on 30 November 2011.
Material transactions
- during the period 510,000 shares were repurchased for cancellation and
300,000 shares have been repurchased since the quarter end.
Material Events
Financial results announced
Annual report published
AGM held on 15 December 2011
Additional Information
Details of the Company Dealing Information
Fund Manager: Listed: London Stock
Exchange
Enquiries: 08457 100 456 Broker: Cenkos
WWW Address: www.fidelity.co.uk Price Quoted: Financial Times
/its
The Times
Copies of major
announcements and The Daily
documentation Telegraph
relating to the
Company may be The Independent
found on the
website
Launch Date: 17 November 1994 Reuters Code: FSV.L
As at 30 November As at 13 SEAQ Code: 51079
2011 January 2012
Ordinary Shares In 56,018,896 55,718,896 ISIN: GB0003325106
Issue:
Share price 13.50% 13.73% Registered
discount to NAV: office
Total Assets: £303.1m £307.9m Beech Gate
Millfield Lane
Total Net Assets: £303.1m £307.9m Lower
Kingswood
Tadworth
Actual Gearing 109.55% 109.97%
Exposure: 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 30 As at 31 Largest 10 As at 30 As at 31
(% total assets) November August 2011 Holdings (% November 2011 August
2011 total assets) 2011
Consumer Services 28.1 27.5 HSBC Holdings 6.3 5.5
(UK Reg)
Financials 24.9 26.4 Glaxosmithkline 6.0 5.4
Industrials 10.4 9.1 British Sky 5.9 4.7
Broadcast
(BSKYB)
Health Care 7.8 8.6 BP 5.1 3.8
Oil & Gas 6.9 6.1 Ericsson 3.8 3.3
Telecommunications 6.0 6.2 Lloyds Banking 3.8 4.4
Group
Technology 4.6 5.0 Vodafone 3.7 4.7
Consumer Goods 3.9 4.1 Wolseley 3.5 2.4
Other 5.5 4.6 ITV** 2.9 -
Cash 1.9 2.4 Kingfisher** 2.8 -
Pearson* - 2.8
Total 100 100 J Sainsbury* - 2.4
* Not in the top 10 holdings as at 30
November 2011
** Not in the top 10 as at 31 August
2011
Performance Record (total return %)
Price at Quarter to Quarter to 1 Year to 3 Years to 5 Years to
30 30 November 31 August 30 30 November 30
November 2011 2011 November 2011 November
2011 (p) 2011 2011
NAV (debt at 541.02 -0.10 -14.19 -6.87 40.72 6.19
par)
Ordinary 468.00 -3.04 -14.61 -10.72 35.76 -1.97
Share price
Benchmark 2.11 -9.35 2.57 47.89 8.78
Index
As at 13 January 2012 the Company's NAV per share was 554.05p (debt at par) and
the Company's share price was 478.00p per share.
Standardised Performance (total return %)
01/12/2006 01/12/2007 01/12/2008 01/12/2009 01/12/2010
30/11/2007 30/11/2008 30/11/2009 30/11/2010 30/11/2011
NAV 7.4 -29.7 38.6 9.1 -6.87
Ordinary Share 3.4 -30.2 50.2 1.3 -10.72
price
By order of the Board
Rebecca Burtonwood
For and on behalf of FIL Investments International
Company Secretary
16 January 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: Datastream as at 30 November 2011. 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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