Herald Investment Trust PLC Statistics and Performance Report (5025B)

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RNS Number : 5025B

Herald Investment Trust PLC

10 January 2018

 
                                              HERALD INVESTMENT TRUST 
                                         STATISTICS AND PERFORMANCE REPORT 
 
                                                                     Performance 
                            At inception           At                 since        Performance   Performance 
                            16 February            31 December       30 November   YTD (%)       since inception 
                            1994                   2017              2017 (%)                    (%) 
-------------------------  -------------  ------  ------------      ------------  ------------  -------------  --- 
 NAV (p) excl accrued 
  income                            98.7   p*           1374.2   p         +1.2%        +26.9%       +1292.3% 
                           -------------  ------  ------------      ------------  ------------  -------------  --- 
 NAV (p) incl accrued 
  income                            98.7   p*           1374.9   p         +1.1%        +26.9%       +1380.8%   ** 
-------------------------  -------------  ------  ------------      ------------  ------------  -------------  --- 
 Numis SC + AIM 
  (capital gains 
  ex I.T.)                        1750.0                6001.8             +2.8%        +18.9%        +243.0% 
                           -------------  ------  ------------      ------------  ------------  -------------  --- 
 Russell 2000 Technology 
  Index (capital 
  gains in Sterling 
  terms)                           673.8    ***         2480.2             -1.4%         +7.3%        +268.1% 
-------------------------  -------------  ------  ------------      ------------  ------------  -------------  --- 
 Share price                        90.9   p****        1171.0   p         -1.0%        +32.7%       +1188.2% 
-------------------------  -------------  ------  ------------      ------------  ------------  -------------  --- 
 Premium/(Discount) to NAV (excl accrued income)/share 
  as at 31st December 2017                                                                            (14.8)% 
                                                                                                               --- 
 UK Equity Portfolio as a % of Net Asset Value at 
  31st December 2017*****                                                                               60.3% 
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 Overseas Equity Portfolio as a % of 
  Net Asset Value at 31st December 2017                                                                 32.4% 
                                                                                                -------------  --- 
 (Gearing)/Cash as a % of Net Asset 
  Value at 31st December 2017******                                                                      7.3% 
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 Number of Equity Holdings at 
  31st December 2017                                                                                      271 
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 *100p was the subscription 
  price before launch costs 
  of 1.3p 
 ** Total return (in percentage terms) 
  on 100p invested at inception excluding 
  warrant. 
 ***Value shown is from 31/03/1996 the date funds 
  were first available for international investment. 
 ****90.9p is CGT base subscription price for shareholders 
  adjusting for warrants which were issued on a 1 
  for 5 basis. 
 *****Includes 4 convertible 
  bonds and 1 convertible preference 
  share. 
 
 ****** Gearing is total assets (including all debt used for investment 
  purposes) less all cash and fixed interest securities (excluding 
  convertibles and corporate bonds) divided by shareholders' funds. 
 
 
 These figures are not audited and are subject to revision when 
  the income account has been finalised for the year end 
 At 31/12/2017 the Net Asset Value including current year income 
  was GBP966.7m (GBP966.2m excluding current year income). Income 
  is shown net of expenses. 
 There are 70,307,785 shares 
  currently in issue. 
 
 
 This Report has been issued on behalf of Herald Investment Trust 
  plc, and has been approved by Herald Investment Management Limited, 
  its investment manager. Herald Investment Management Limited 
  is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. 
  You should remember that past performance is not necessarily 
  a guide to the future. Markets and currency movements may cause 
  the value of shares, and the income from them, to fall as well 
  as rise, and you may get back less than you invested when you 
  decide to sell your shares. 
 

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