Interim Management Statement
JPMorgan Indian Invest Trust PLC
29 January 2008
JPMorgan Indian Investment Trust plc
(the 'Company')
Interim Management Statement
For the three months ended 31st December 2007
This interim management statement relates to the quarter from 1st October 2007
to 31st December 2007 and contains information that covers that period, unless
otherwise stated.
Financial performance - Cumulative Total Return *
1 Month 3 Months 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years
Share price 7.6% 15.7% 47.7% 212.3% 686.1% 939.1%
Net asset value 8.8% 23.3% 63.7% 248.3% 649.2% 915.2%
Benchmark 11.1% 26.2% 70.2% 246.9% 517.8% 460.3%
* total return with net dividends reinvested
Source: JPMAM/Fundamental Data
Financial position
As at 31st December 2007 As at 28th January 2008
Total assets £547,612,000 £476,163,000
Share price 447.5p 422.0p
Net asset value 513.7p 462.5p
Discount 12.9% 8.8%
Gearing 100.1% 100.0
Share prices shown are closing mid
Net asset values are shown excluding income with debt at fair value
Source: JPMAM/Fundamental Data
Material events
Following a ruling by the European Court of Justice, HM Revenue and Customs has
recently accepted that VAT will no longer be charged on investment management
fees. For the Company it may also be possible to recover some of the VAT paid
in the past on management fees. The quantum of any such repayment is subject to
a number of legal and procedural considerations, and it may take some time for
confirmation of entitlement to any refunds and the timing of any repayments to
be determined. However, the Company has been advised that the possible value
for ordinary shareholders represented by these refunds might amount to in excess
of 1p per ordinary share.
At the Company's Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on 24th January 2008, all
of the resolutions put to shareholders were passed, including Special
Resolutions which allow the Company to allot relevant securities up to an
aggregate nominal amount of £2,620,167 or, if less 10% of the total ordinary
share capital, to make market purchases of up to 15,710,519 of its ordinary
shares, representing 14.99% of the Company's issued share capital, and to
disapply pre-emption rights on the sales of ordinary shares from treasury up to
an aggregate nominal amount of £2,620,167, representing approximately 10% of the
Company's total ordinary share capital in the issue.
At the conclusion of the Company's AGM Philip Daubeney and David Baker retired
from the Board. Hugh Bolland was appointed Chairman and Richard Burns Chairman
of the Audit Committee.
Material transactions
Changes to share capital
Ordinary Shares of 25p
Shares in issue as at 1st October 2007 104,806,662
Shares bought back and cancelled -
Shares issued - new -
Shares bought back into treasury 765,000
Shares issued - from treasury -
As at 31st December 2007 104,806,662
During the quarter, the Company made market purchases of 765,000 of its own
shares into treasury, representing 0.73% of the shares outstanding at the
beginning of the financial year, at an average discount of 12.31%. The Company
has not issued any shares from treasury or cancelled any shares in this
financial quarter.
Portfolio
Top ten holdings as at 31st December 2007
Stock name Sector Weight %
Reliance Industries Energy 13.8
ICICI Bank Financials 6.4
Larsen & Toubro Industrials 6.3
Bharat Heavy Electricals Industrials 6.2
Housing Development Finance Financials 5.4
Bharti Airtel Telecommunication Services 5.1
Infosys Technologies Information Technology 4.9
Kotak Mahindra Bank Financials 4.2
HDFC Bank Financials 3.7
State Bank of India Financials 2.7
Sector Breakdown as at 31st December 2007
Portfolio %
Financials 31.6
Industrials 19.1
Energy 16.8
Information Technology 7.1
Telecommunication Services 6.5
Materials 4.6
Utilities 3.7
Other 2.6
Health Care 2.2
Consumer Staples 2.0
Consumer Discretionary 1.2
Cash 2.6
Total 100.00
By order of the Board
Andrew Norman, for and on behalf of
JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited, Secretary - Telephone 0207 742 6000
29th January 2008
Registered office: Finsbury Dials, 20 Finsbury Street, London, EC2Y 9AQ
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.
Please note that up to date information on the Company, including daily NAV and
share prices, factsheets and portfolio information can be found at
www.jpmindian.co.uk
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