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Share Name | Share Symbol | Market | Type | Share ISIN | Share Description |
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Merrill L.N.EN. | LSE:MNE | London | Ordinary Share | GB0009737932 | ORD 5P |
Price Change | % Change | Share Price | Bid Price | Offer Price | High Price | Low Price | Open Price | Shares Traded | Last Trade | |
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0.00 | 0.00% | 71.50 | 0.00 | 01:00:00 |
Industry Sector | Turnover | Profit | EPS - Basic | PE Ratio | Market Cap |
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0 | 0 | N/A | 0 |
MERRILL LYNCH NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGY plc All information is at 31 March 2008 and unaudited. Performance at month end with net income reinvested One Three Six One Five Since Launch Month Months Months Year Years (23 Oct 00) Net asset value 1.3% -13.0% 2.9% 14.2% 283.6% -31.1% Share price -2.6% -8.2% 3.2% 10.7% 370.9% -35.3% Source: BlackRock At month end Net asset value: 65.98p Share price: 64.75p Discount to NAV: 1.86% Net yield: n/a Total Assets: £160.0m Gearing: 0.0% Ordinary shares in issue: 241,750,000 Benchmark Sector Analysis % of Total Country Analysis % of Total Assets Assets Renewable Energy 57.5 USA 32.2 Enabling Energy Technology 14.8 Spain 14.7 Alternative Fuels 13.2 Denmark 11.7 Materials Technology 5.6 Germany 8.4 Auto & On-Site Generation 2.6 United Kingdom 7.9 Energy Storage 0.7 Canada 5.7 Net current assets 5.6 India 2.7 ----- South Africa 2.7 100.0 Belgium 2.4 ===== France 2.0 Norway 2.0 China 1.1 Ireland 0.9 Net current assets 5.6 ----- 100.0 ===== Ten Largest Investments Company Country of Risk American Superconductor USA Climate Exchange United Kingdom Clipper Windpower USA FPL Group USA Gamesa Corp Technologica Spain Iberdrola Spain Iberdrola Renovables Spain Itron USA Potash Canada Vestas Wind Systems Denmark Robin Batchelor and Poppy Allonby, representing the Investment Manager, noted: Portfolio Performance The Company's NAV gained 1.3% in March, as investor confidence steadied after a turbulent January and the surging oil price focused attention on alternatives. The Company's share price proved more vulnerable to weakness in the wider equity markets, falling by 2.6%. Although the market continues to reflect concerns over the potential for the global liquidity crunch to reduce economic growth rates, investors continue to appreciate the compelling growth fundamentals within the new energy sector, underpinned by a positive legislative outlook (with particular regard to the US election) and the high price of oil, gas and coal. The oil price remained above $100 in March as strong emerging market demand for oil outpaced weakness in the US and Europe. Within the portfolio, we continue to favour the wind sector, which we believe offers utilities the cheapest and most effective way to add new "clean" energy to their generation fleet. We saw some positive legislation from India this month, with a 10.5GW target for wind power by 2012, a 35% uplift from today. The package, which includes excise duty exemptions and a ten-year tax holiday for wind farm operators, should stimulate business for turbine manufacturers such as Suzlon Energy. In the medium term we are also looking forward to a wider renewable energy policy which the government is known to be working on. There has been much comment in the press recently surrounding the sustainability and environmental credentials of biofuels. We see enduring potential for biofuels derived from feedstocks that do not compete with food or food farmland - for example jatropha oil for biodiesel and cellulosic material for ethanol - and the Company has some small prospective investments in these areas. In the meantime, government targets to diversify their fuel supplies (a prime driver of policy in the US for example) will continue to benefit our investments in the ancillary players in the industry - logistics and service companies - as well as those working to alleviate the feedstock shortage. During the month, Clipper Windpower announced that delays in their turbine remediation programme had put a strain on their working capital. In order to bolster the company's financial position, they raised $195m from a combination of equity issuance to major shareholders, a customer credit facility and customer prepayments. Shortly after the month-end, the company announced an injection of $150m equity funding from JPMorgan's private equity arm One Equity Partners. With its balance sheet in a more secure state, attention can now return to the execution of the turbine manufacturing operations, as well as the funding of Clipper's wind farm development business Capgen. Portfolio Activity We continued to add to the Company's large cap windpower holdings. This wind sub-sector currently totals just under 40% of the portfolio. We trimmed our exposure to solar cell manufacturers, whose margins could come under pressure in future if end market demand is not able to absorb aggressive expansions in cell manufacturing capacity. Outlook New energy stocks are not immune to the less predictable macro factors causing heightened volatility and risk aversion in the broader equity markets. That said, with energy prices still at record high levels and the momentum from `new energy' policy and legislation on both sides of the Atlantic continuing unabated, the long-term outlook for the sector remains positive. Latest information is available by typing www.blackrock.co.uk/its on the internet, "BLRKINDEX" on Reuters, "BLRK" on Bloomberg or "8800" on Topic 3 (ICV terminal). 24 April 2008 END
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