Temple Bar Investment Trust Plc
Interim Management Statement
For the quarter ended 30 September 2012
Objective
The Company's investment objective is to provide growth in income and capital
to achieve a long term total return greater than the benchmark FTSE All-Share
Index, through investment primarily in UK securities. The Company's policy is
to invest in a broad spread of securities with typically the majority of the
portfolio selected from the constituents of the FTSE 100 Index.
Material Events and Transactions
During the quarter to September 2012, Temple Bar achieved an NAV total return
of 7.4%. This compares with a total return of capital and income from the FTSE
All-share Index of 4.7%. Temple Bar's long term track record remains strong,
having delivered a share price total return of 219.4% over the 10 years to 30
September 2012 compared with a 135.7% return for the FTSE All-Share Index.
Equity investors currently seem to find a path of least resistance most
attractive and that entails going with the flow of central bank policies. This
has supported equity markets this year - an asset class rationalised by many as
cheap particularly when compared with bonds. However, we find it strange that
an asset class being openly manipulated by policymakers can be sensibly used as
a benchmark from which to judge the real value of other assets. We are
maintaining our value disciplines and focusing on the normalised profitability
of those companies which we are analysing. Consequently, we retain some
liquidity on the portfolio to take advantage of better opportunities than
currently exist.
An interim dividend of 14.65p per share was paid on 28 September 2012 to
shareholders on the register as at 14 September 2012.
Top Ten Holdings as at 30 September 2012
% total assets
Royal Dutch Shell 7.8
HSBC 7.2
GlaxoSmithKline 6.6
Unilever 6.3
Signet Jewelers 5.3
Vodafone 4.8
Travis Perkins 4.1
BT Group 4.1
AstraZeneca 3.8
Grafton Group 3.5
53.5
Financial Performance
Quarter to Half Year to
30 September 30 June
2012 2012
Total assets less current liabilities £639.28m £612.86m
NAV total return 7.4% 6.6%
Dividend yield 3.8% 3.9%
NAV per share (debt at book value) 955.58p 910.62p
NAV per share (debt at market value) 929.63p 885.28p
Price per share 956.00p 901.00p
Premium (debt at market value) 2.8% 1.8%
Premium/(Discount) (debt at book value) 0.0% (1.1)%
Benchmark NAV total return
FTSE All-Share Index 4.7% 3.3%
FTSE 350 Higher Yield index 3.0% 3.1%
Note: The directors are not aware of any significant events or transactions
which have occurred between the date of the financial information and the date
of publication, which would have a material impact on the financial position of
the Company.
The net asset value is published on a daily basis and other useful background
information on the Company including downloads of published documentation such
as previous Annual Reports and Monthly Fact Sheets can be found at
www.templebarinvestments.co.uk.
Company Information
Launch date 1926
Year end 31 December
Results
Final Announcement in February 2013
Interim Announcement in July 2013
Dividend payments March, September
Price information Published in the Financial Times
under `Investment Companies'.
Contact
Martin Slade
Investec Asset Management Limited
Woolgate Exchange
25 Basinghall Street
London EC2V 5HA
Tel: +44 (0)20 7597 1942
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