Final Results
JPMorgan Emerging Mkts Invest Trust
12 September 2007
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT
JPMORGAN EMERGING MARKETS INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
UNAUDITED FINAL RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE 2007
Financial Highlights
Total return to shareholders Total return on net assets Benchmark total return
+39.9% +41.4% +33.3%
(2006: +40.7%) (2006: +36.2%) (2006: +31.3%)
Chairman's Statement
It has been another excellent performance for JPMorgan Emerging Markets
Investment Trust over the last 12 months. The net asset value total return ('
NAV') was up 41.4% as against 33.7% for the Company's benchmark index, the MSCI
Emerging Markets Free Index. The share price total return at the end of June was
up 39.9% on the year.
The last 5 years have seen unprecedented growth in emerging market economies and
their stock markets, with the Company's benchmark rising 185%. JPMorgan
Emerging Markets Investment Trust has been well positioned over this period and
outperformed the benchmark and its peers by a large margin with the share price
total return rising some 280%. At the portfolio level, much of this
outperformance came from excellent stock selection.
This time last year, we cautioned that a period of consolidation after the
dramatic bull period of the last few years could be expected. It seems that
such a correction is now taking place and, because it has been somewhat delayed
in coming, the excesses built up in the market are creating more volatile and
uncertain market conditions than might otherwise have been the case. Some five
years ago, the perceived much higher risk associated with investment in emerging
markets would have meant that falls in those markets would have been
proportionally higher during such a correction. Today however, most of the
markets in which the Company invests are more solidly based. Consequently,
whilst we have seen a modest fall in our NAV and share price since the end of
June, it is not of a different order of magnitude from that seen in many
developed markets. We believe this is because most investors see emerging
markets continuing to offer higher growth potential while the risks are now much
lower than before. Hence, whilst world markets could be facing considerable
volatility over the next few months, JPMorgan Emerging Markets Investment Trust
is well placed for the longer term. We have the ability to invest worldwide, a
great strength, and we have a Manager in JPMorgan Asset Management that has the
resources and knowledge to identify solid undervalued stocks.
The Board remains very confident about the prospects for JPMorgan Emerging
Markets Investment Trust over the next few years.
Roy Reynolds
Chairman
12th September 2007
JPMorgan Emerging Markets Investment Trust plc
Unaudited figures for the year ended 30th June 2007
Income Statement
(Unaudited) (Audited)
Year ended 30th June 2007 Year ended 30th June 2006
Revenue Capital Total Revenue Capital Total
£'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000
Gains from investments held at
fair value through profit or
loss - 151,401 151,401 - 66,545 66,545
Net foreign currency losses - (650) (650) - (1,347) (1,347)
Income from investments 8,010 - 8,010 8,021 - 8,021
Other interest receivable and
similar income 45 - 45 467 - 467
Gross return 8,055 150,751 158,806 8,488 65,198 73,686
Management fee (4,500) - (4,500) (3,088) - (3,088)
Performance fee - (4,176) (4,176) - (1,338) (1,338)
Other administrative expenses (885) - (885) (656) - (656)
Net return on ordinary
activities before finance
costs and taxation 2,670 146,575 149,245 4,744 63,860 68,604
Finance costs (55) - (55) (12) - (12)
Net return on ordinary
activities before taxation 2,615 146,575 149,190 4,732 63,860 68,592
Taxation (458) - (458) (654) - (654)
Net return on ordinary
activities after taxation 2,157 146,575 148,732 4,078 63,860 67,938
Return per share (note 2) 1.96p 132.88p 134.84p 4.30p 67.34p 71.64p
Dividends proposed in respect of the financial year ended 30th June 2007
total 2.0p per share (2006: 3.65p per share) costing £2,206,000 (2006:
£3,594,000).
All revenue and capital items in the above statement derive from continuing
operations. No operations were acquired or discontinued in the year. On 11th
April 2006, the Company acquired assets amounting to £76.1m from F&C Emerging
Markets Investment Trust plc, following a scheme of reconstruction of that
company. Therefore the comparative figures only include the results arising from
that acquisition for the latter part of the year.
The 'Total' column of this statement is the profit and loss account of the
Company and the 'Revenue' and 'Capital' columns represent supplementary
information. The 'Total' column represents all the information that is required
to be disclosed in a 'Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses (STRGL)'.
For this reason a STRGL has not been presented.
JPMorgan Emerging Markets Investment Trust plc
Unaudited figures for the year ended 30th June 2007
Reconciliation of Movements in Shareholders' Funds (Unaudited)
Capital
Called up Share redemption Other Capital Revenue
Share capital premium reserve reserve reserves reserve Total
£'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000
At 30th June 2005 22,548 - 1,665 69,939 125,769 2,254 222,175
Adjustment to opening
shareholders' funds at
1st July 2005 to reflect
the adoption of bid prices - - - - (1,162) - (1,162)
Shares issued 5,027 71,052 - - - - 76,079
Net return from - - - 63,860 4,078 67,938
ordinary activities -
Dividends appropriated
in the year - - - - - (4,149) (4,149)
At 30th June 2006 27,575 71,052 1,665 69,939 188,467 2,183 360,881
Net return from - - - - 146,575 2,157 148,732
ordinary activities
Dividends appropriated
in the year - - - - - (1,655) (1,655)
At 30th June 2007 27,575 71,052 1,665 69,939 335,042 2,685 507,958
JPMorgan Emerging Markets Investment Trust plc
Unaudited figures for the year ended 30th June 2007
BALANCE SHEET (Unaudited) (Audited)
30th June 2007 30th June 2006
£'000 £'000
Fixed assets
Investments at fair value through profit or loss 511,914 360,069
Current assets
Debtors 1,386 1,021
Cash and short term deposits 925 2,553
_______ _______
2,311 3,574
Creditors : amounts falling due within one year (5,467) (2,576)
_______ _______
Net current (liabilities) / assets (3,156) 998
_______ _______
Total assets less current liabilities 508,758 361,067
Creditors : amounts falling due after more than one year
Provisions for liabilities and charges (800) (186)
_______ _______
Total net assets 507,958 360,881
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Capital and reserves
Called up share capital 27,575 27,575
Share premium 71,052 71,052
Capital redemption reserve 1,665 1,665
Other reserve 69,939 69,939
Capital reserves 335,042 188,467
Revenue reserve 2,685 2,183
_______ _______
Shareholders' funds 507,958 360,881
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Net asset value per share (note 3) 460.5p 327.2p
CASH FLOW STATEMENT
(Unaudited) (Audited)
30th June 2007 30th June 2006
£'000 £'000
Net cash inflow from operating activities 206 1,840
Net cash outflow from returns on investments and servicing of (55) (11)
finance
Net cash inflow/(outflow) from capital expenditure and
financial investment 526 (10,842)
Dividends paid (1,655) (4,149)
Net cash inflow from financing - 2,113
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Decrease in cash in the year (978) (11,049)
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Notes to the Accounts
1. Accounting policies
The accounts are prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 1985, United
Kingdom Generally
Accepted Accounting Practice ('UK GAAP') and with the Statement of Recommended
Practice 'Financial Statements of Investment Trust Companies' issued by the AIC
in December 2005.
All of the Company's operations are of a continuing nature.
2. Return per share
(Unaudited) (Audited)
30th June 2007 30th June 2006
£'000 £'000
Return per share is based on the following:
Revenue return 2,157 4,078
Capital return 146,575 63,860
Total return 148,732 67,938
Weighted average number of shares in issue 110,303,742 94,834,877
Revenue return per share 1.96p 4.30p
Capital return per share 132.88p 67.34p
Total return per ordinary share 134.84p 71.64p
3. Net asset value per share
The net asset value per share is based on funds attributable to shareholders and
on 110,303,742 (2006: 110,303,742) shares in issue at the year end.
4. Status of preliminary announcement
The financial information set out in this preliminary announcement does not
constitute the Company's statutory accounts for the years ended 3oth June 2007
or 2006. The statutory accounts for the year ended 30th June 2007 have not been
delivered to the Registrar of Companies, nor have the auditors yet reported on
them. The statutory accounts for the year ended 3oth June 2007 will be finalised
on the basis of the information presented by the directors in this preliminary
announcement and will be delivered to the Registrar of Companies following the
approval of the accounts by the Board of Directors.
JPMORGAN ASSET MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED
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