Jupiter European Opportunities Trust PLC
Interim Management Review for the three months ended 31 August 2007
The Board of Jupiter European Opportunities Trust PLC (the "Company") is pleased
to announce its interim management review for the quarter ended 31 August 2007.
During the period from 1 June 2007 to the 31 August 2007, the Company's net
asset value per share fell by 0.5 per cent. to 223.52p, which compares with a
fall of 5.5 per cent.** for the Company's benchmark, the FTSE World Europe ex UK
Total Return Index over the same period. As at 30 September 2007 the net asset
value per Share had recovered to 230.45p, equivalent to a 2.6 per cent. increase
since 31 May. This compares with 1.1 per cent. decline for the Company's
benchmark.
Since the year end, under the authority granted at the last annual general
meeting, the board approved the issues of 200,000 Ordinary shares on 20 July
2007 at a price of 233.0p each and a further 400,000 Ordinary shares on 24 July
2007 at a price of 231.3p each. Both issues were made at prices which
represented a small premium to net asset value. The total proceeds of these
issues were £1,391,200.
Investment Manager's Report for the Quarter Ended 31 August 2007
European markets fell towards the end of July as markets began to worry about
the degree to which banks were exposed to subprime mortgage-backed bonds.
Indigestion in the financing of buyouts has weakened a key support for equities
as markets acknowledged that M&A deals would now be fewer and more costly.
Against this background the Company performed well with returns helped by a good
start to the Q2 reporting season.
Although European equity markets ended the month of August only slightly down,
it certainly didn't feel like that. In fact there was great volatility as the
possibility of a credit crunch came closer. The European Central Bank acted
early in an attempt to support money markets, but it was not until the middle of
the month that equity markets bounced strongly when the Federal Reserve cut its
discount rate by 0.5%.
Alex Darwall
Fund Manager, Jupiter Asset Management Limited
Total Assets as at 31 August 2007: £182,761,626
Shares in Issue on 31 August 2007: 81,764,723
Net Asset Value (p) Market Price (p) Discount
Ordinary Shares* 223.52 219.75 1.69%
Portfolio Distribution on 31 August 2007 Percentage of Total Assets
France 44%
United Kingdom 16%
Denmark 16%
The Netherlands 11%
Norway 8%
Switzerland 7%
Others 20%
Cash and fixed interest (22%)
100%
The Company's exposure to other UK listed investment companies was nil on 31
August 2007.
Top Ten Holdings on 31 August 2007
Company Country of Listing %
Novo-Nordisk Denmark 8.5
Geophysique France 7.9
Novozymes Denmark 7.1
Neopost France 7.0
Reed Elsevier The Netherlands 6.4
Euler Hermes France 6.2
Intertek Group United Kingdom 5.4
Johnson Matthey United Kingdom 4.8
Halfords Group United Kingdom 4.7
Essilor International France 4.5
62.5
Comparative Performance to 31 August 2007
1 Month % 3 Months 1 Year % 3 Years 5 Years Since Since Last
% Launch % Annual
Report %
Total Assets* (0.1) (0.5) 25.5 94.6 166.9 105.7 (0.5)
FTSE World Europe ex
UK Index (0.5) (5.5) 18.8 84.6 116.4 42.3 (5.5)
Ordinary Share NAV (0.1) (0.5) 29.1 104.3 196.0 136.1 (0.5)
Ordinary Share Price 0.7 (0.7) 32.8 121.4 209.5 116.5 (0.7)
*Adjusted for changes to share capital in September & October 2002, March &
April 2003, May & July 2007 and changes to amounts borrowed.
OBJECTIVE OF THE COMPANY
The objective of the Company is to invest in securities of European companies
and in sectors or geographical areas which are considered by the investment
manager to offer good prospects for capital growth, taking into account economic
trends and business development.
Availability of Monthly Fact Sheets
Monthly fact sheets for the Company are available for download from
www.jupiteronline.co.uk and by post or fax on request from the company
secretarial department.
The Company's Ordinary shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange and the
prices are published in the Financial Times and The Times under `Investment
Companies'.
The Net Asset Values of the Company's ordinary shares are calculated weekly and
can be viewed on the London Stock Exchange website at
www.londonstockexchange.com (under the heading `Market News').
For further information, please contact:
Richard Pavry
Director of Investment Trusts
Jupiter Asset Management Limited
rpavry@jupiter-group.co.uk
020 7314 4822
Jenny Thompson
Company Secretarial Department
Jupiter Asset Management Limited
jthompson@jupiter-group.co.uk
020 7314 5565
The Company's Registered office is at 1 Grosvenor Place, London SW1X 7JJ.
This interim management statement has been prepared solely to provide
information to meet the requirements of the UK Listing Authority's Disclosure
and Transparency Rules.
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