NAV and Portfolio Information

Net Asset Value

Net Asset Value as at 25 April 2024

The Law Debenture Corporation p.l.c. announces that its Net Asset Value ("NAV") with borrowings at par and including the fair value of IPS business1 on 25 April 2024 was 803.27 pence per share (cum income). With the Corporation’s long term debt stated at fair value, the NAV was 834.05 pence per share (cum income). The mid-market price at the close of business on 25 April 2024 was 839.00 pence per share.

Net Asset Value

Excluding Income (pence)

Including Income (pence)

NAV with debt at par

795.07

803.27

NAV with debt at fair value

825.85

834.05

                

Performance

 

YTD

%

1 year

%

3 years

%

5 years

%

10 years

%

NAV total return (with debt at par)2

5.2

8.0

18.4

44.6

109.7

NAV total return (with debt at fair value)2

5.7

8.4

28.6

56.2

122.3

FTSE Actuaries All-Share Index Total Return3

5.1

6.5

23.4

28.4

77.7

Share price total return3

6.0

6.5

27.5

73.3

131.1

Change in Retail Price Index4

1.1

4.3

29.0

34.3

50.3

                

1 The fair value of the IPS business has been calculated as at 31 December 2023.

2 NAV is calculated in accordance with the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) methodology, based on performance data held by Law Debenture including fair value of IPS business and long-term borrowings. NAV is shown with debt measured at par and with debt measured at fair value.

3 Share Price source: Refinitiv.

4 Source: Office for National Statistics, subject to latest published RPI, March 2024.

                 

In accordance with listing rule 15.6.8, The Law Debenture Corporation p.l.c. announces that it has no investments in other UK listed investment companies that require to be disclosed.

Released by The Law Debenture Corporation p.l.c., 8th Floor, 100 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4AG (contact Alison Skerritt, Company Secretariat, 020 7606 5451).

The Law Debenture Corporation p.l.c. LEI number - 2138006E39QX7XV6PP21

Geographical Split and Full Portfolio Listing

Immediately following the end of each month, we also publish information about the geographical split and full portfolio listing. 

The current data is as follows

Geographical Split of investment portfolio

Region

% of portfolio

28 March 2024

% of portfolio

31 December 2023

% of portfolio

31 December 2022

UK

88.5

0

83.4

Europe

6.4

0

10.4

North America

3.5

0

5.1

Japan

1.6

0

1.1

Other

0

0

0

Other Pacific

0

0

0

TOTAL

100

100

100

Full Portfolio Listing

Full Portfolio Listing

As at 28 March 2024 the full holdings of the portfolio comprised of the following:

Holding Name

Location

Sector

Industry

£000

%

Rolls Royce

UK

Industrials

Aerospace & defence

50,991

5.12

Shell

UK

Oil & Gas

Oil & gas producers

32,813

3.30

BP

UK

Oil & Gas

Oil & gas producers

28,255

2.84

GlaxoSmithKline

UK

Health Care

Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology

28,021

2.81

HSBC

UK

Financials

Banks

26,839

2.69

Flutter Entertainment

UK

Consumer Services

Travel & leisure

24,475

2.45

Barclays

UK

Financials

Banks

22,534

2.26

Marks & Spencer

UK

Consumer Services

General retailers

21,208

2.12

Rio Tinto

UK

Basic Materials

Mining

18,814

1.88

NatWest

UK

Financials

Banks

17,251

1.73

Toyota Motor Corporation

Japan

Consumer Goods

Automobiles & parts

16,413

1.64

Senior

UK

Industrials

Aerospace & defence

15,084

1.51

Tesco

UK

Consumer Goods

Food & Drug Retailers

14,986

1.50

National Grid

UK

Utilities

Gas, water & multiutilities

13,949

1.40

DS Smith

UK

Industrials

General industrials

13,339

1.34

M & G

UK

Financials

Financial services

13,230

1.32

Hill & Smith

UK

Industrials

Industrial engineering

13,006

1.30

Shaftesbury Capital PLC

UK

Financials

Real estate investment trusts

12,987

1.30

BAE Systems

UK

Industrials

Aerospace & defence

12,820

1.28

Aviva

UK

Financials

Life insurance/assurance

12,770

1.28

Boku

UK

Industrials

Support services

12,724

1.27

Standard Chartered

UK

Financials

Banks

12,661

1.27

Herald Investment Trust

UK

Financials

Equity investment instruments

12,660

1.27

IMI

UK

Industrials

Industrial engineering

12,478

1.25

Morgan Advanced Materials

UK

Industrials

Electronic & electrical equipment

12,113

1.21

Land Securities

UK

Financials

Real estate investment trusts

11,670

1.17

Kier

UK

Industrials

Construction & materials

11,350

1.14

Hiscox

UK

Financials

Nonlife insurance

11,216

1.12

Cummins

USA

Industrials

Industrial engineering

10,961

1.10

Irish Continental Group

Ireland

Consumer Services

Travel & leisure

10,868

1.09

Anglo American

UK

Basic Materials

Mining

10,735

1.07

Balfour Beatty

UK

Industrials

Construction & materials

10,565

1.06

Direct Line Insurance

UK

Financials

Nonlife insurance

10,533

1.05

ITV

UK

Consumer Services

Media

10,528

1.05

Marshalls

UK

Industrials

Construction & materials

10,291

1.03

Kingfisher

UK

Consumer Goods

Household goods & home construction

10,095

1.01

Babcock

UK

Industrials

Aerospace & defence

10,020

1.00

Cranswick

UK

Consumer Goods

Food producers

9,783

0.98

Elementis

UK

Basic Materials

Chemicals

9,582

0.96

Severn Trent

UK

Utilities

Gas, water & multiutilities

9,506

0.95

Dunelm

UK

Consumer Services

General retailers

9,387

0.94

Johnson Service Group

UK

Industrials

Support services

8,645

0.87

Scottish Oriental Small Co

UK

Financials

Equity investment instruments

8,121

0.81

Hammerson

UK

Financials

Real estate investment trusts

7,996

0.80

BT Group

UK

Telecommunications

Fixed Line Telecommunications

7,950

0.80

International Distribution Services

UK

Industrials

Industrial transportation

7,911

0.79

Ibstock

UK

Industrials

Construction & materials

7,756

0.78

Vodafone

UK

Telecommunications

Mobile telecommunications

7,750

0.78

Phoenix Group Holdings

UK

Financials

Life insurance/assurance

7,717

0.77

AFC Energy

UK

Oil & Gas

Alternative Energy

7,611

0.76

Hipgnosis Songs Fund

UK

Financials

Equity investment instruments

7,149

0.72

Spectris

UK

Industrials

Electronic & electrical equipment

7,027

0.70

Prudential Corp

UK

Financials

Life insurance/assurance

6,940

0.69

General Motors

USA

Consumer Goods

Automobiles & parts

6,821

0.68

Haleon

UK

Health Care

Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology

6,662

0.67

Next Fifteen Communications Group

UK

Consumer Services

Media

6,461

0.65

Smith & Nephew

UK

Health Care

Health care equipment & services

6,395

0.64

Gibson Energy

Canada

Oil & Gas

Oil & gas producers

6,293

0.63

J Sainsbury plc

UK

Consumer Services

General retailers

6,084

0.61

International Consolidated Airlines

UK

Consumer Services

Travel & leisure

6,071

0.61

Weir Group

UK

Industrials

Industrial engineering

6,063

0.61

Accsys Technologies

UK

Industrials

Construction & materials

5,829

0.58

Beazley PLC (UK)

UK

Financials

Nonlife insurance

5,657

0.57

International Personal Finance

UK

Financials

Financial services

5,614

0.56

Chesnara

UK

Financials

Life insurance/assurance

5,489

0.55

VH Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities

UK

Other

Sustainable Energy

5,456

0.55

TT Electronics

UK

Industrials

Electronic & electrical equipment

5,416

0.54

Ceres Power

UK

Oil & Gas

Oil equipment services & distribution

5,361

0.54

Halfords

UK

Consumer Services

General retailers

5,226

0.52

Castings

UK

Industrials

Construction & materials

5,130

0.51

Workspace Group PLC

UK

Financials

Real estate investment trusts

5,120

0.51

Oxford Sciences Innovation

UKULM

Financials

Financial services

5,067

0.51

Unilever

UK

Consumer Goods

Personal goods

4,969

0.50

SSE

UK

Utilities

Electricity

4,950

0.50

Air Products and Chemicals

Canada

Oil & Gas

Oil & gas producers

4,798

0.48

Inchcape

UK

Industrials

Support services

4,706

0.47

IP Group

UK

Financials

Financial services

4,699

0.47

Reach

UK

Consumer Services

Media

4,531

0.45

Vertu Motors

UK

Consumer Services

General retailers

4,528

0.45

Johnson Matthey

UK

Other

Sustainable Energy

4,471

0.45

Redde Northgate

UK

Industrials

Support services

4,447

0.45

SigmaRoc

UK

Industrials

Construction & materials

4,337

0.43

Bellway

UK

Consumer Goods

Household goods & home construction

3,996

0.40

Novo Nordisk

Denmark

Health Care

Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology

3,934

0.39

Bristol-Myers Squibb

USA

Health Care

Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology

3,866

0.39

Ricardo

UK

Industrials

Support services

3,787

0.38

Epwin Group

UK

Consumer Goods

Household goods & home construction

3,724

0.37

i3 Energy

UK

Oil & Gas

Oil & gas producers

3,640

0.36

Serica Energy

UK

Oil & Gas

Oil & gas producers

3,297

0.33

SAP

Germany

Technology

Software & computer services

3,216

0.32

ITM Power

UK

Oil & Gas

Oil equipment services & distribution

3,143

0.31

Jubilee Metals Group

UK

Basic Materials

Mining

3,117

0.31

Grit Real Estate Income Group

Guernsey

Financials

Real estate investment trusts

3,040

0.30

ASML

Netherlands

Technology

Technology hardware & equipment

3,004

0.30

XP Power Ltd

UK

Technology

Technology hardware & equipment

2,969

0.30

Oxford Nanopore Technologies

UK

Technology

Advanced Medical Equipment & Technology

2,966

0.30

Nestle

Switzerland

Consumer Goods

Food producers

2,918

0.29

Safran SA

France

Industrials

Aerospace & defence

2,781

0.28

Airbus SE

Netherlands

Industrials

Aerospace & defence

2,658

0.27

Munchener Rueckver

Germany

Financials

Nonlife insurance

2,582

0.26

Watkin Jones

UK

Consumer Goods

Household goods & home construction

2,523

0.25

Vanquis Banking Group

UK

Financials

Financial services

2,508

0.25

Roche

Switzerland

Health Care

Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology

2,436

0.24

UniCredit

Italy

Financials

Banks

2,427

0.24

Sanofi

France

Health Care

Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology

2,374

0.24

Renold

UK

Industrials

Industrial engineering

2,333

0.23

LVMH

France

Consumer Goods

Leisure Goods

2,014

0.20

Deutsche Boerse

Germany

Financials

Financial services

1,855

0.19

SGS SA

Switzerland

Industrials

Support services

1,786

0.18

Surface Transforms

UK

Consumer Goods

Automobiles & parts

1,780

0.18

Amundi

France

Financials

Financial services

1,776

0.18

Moncler

Italy

Consumer Goods

Personal goods

1,690

0.17

DSM-Firmenich AG

Netherlands

Basic Materials

Chemicals

1,631

0.16

Heineken NV

Netherlands

Consumer Goods

Beverages

1,286

0.13

Ondine Biomedical Inc.

Canada

Health Care

Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology

1,275

0.13

Arbuthnot Banking Group

UK

Financials

Financial services

1,262

0.13

Gelion

UK

Other

Sustainable Energy

1,251

0.13

Danone SA

France

Consumer Goods

Food producers

1,169

0.12

Plant Health Care

USA

Basic Materials

Chemicals

1,106

0.11

ASM International NV

Netherlands

Industrials

Electronic & electrical equipment

1,081

0.11

Siemens AG

Germany

Technology

Software & computer services

1,044

0.10

Marstons

UK

Consumer Services

Travel & leisure

1,039

0.10

Cellnex Telecom

Spain

Telecommunications

Mobile telecommunications

953

0.10

Infineon Technologies AG

Germany

Industrials

Electronic & electrical equipment

903

0.09

Bawag

Austria

Financials

Banks

892

0.09

Allfunds Group

UK

Other

Other

875

0.09

Arkema SA

France

Basic Materials

Chemicals

868

0.09

Logistics Development Group

UK

Industrials

Industrial transportation

842

0.08

Indus Gas

UK

Oil & Gas

Oil & gas producers

837

0.08

Invinity Energy Systems

UK

Oil & Gas

Alternative Energy

823

0.08

Universal Music Group

Netherlands

Consumer Services

Media

768

0.08

Ilika

UK

Oil & Gas

Alternative Energy

685

0.07

Kistos

UK

Oil & Gas

Oil & gas producers

644

0.06

Longboat Energy

UK

Oil & Gas

Oil & gas producers

630

0.06

First Tin

UK

Basic Materials

Mining

624

0.06

Galderma Group AG

Switzerland

Health Care

Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology

539

0.05

Deltic Energy

UK

Oil & Gas

Oil & gas producers

516

0.05

Kone Oyj

Finland

Industrials

Electronic & electrical equipment

499

0.05

Sig Combibloc

Switzerland

Industrials

General industrials

496

0.05

Brockhaus Capital Management

Germany

Financials

Financial services

439

0.04

Libertine Holdings

UK

Other

Sustainable Energy

420

0.04

SIMEC Atlantis Energy

UK

Utilities

Electricity

163

0.02

LDIC Investments

UK

Financials

Financial services

100

0.01

Carclo

UK

Basic Materials

Chemicals

88

0.01

Saietta Group

UK

Consumer Goods

Automobiles & parts

44

                            

Better Cap

UK

Financials

Equity investment instruments

25

                            

                

In accordance with listing rule 15.6.8, The Law Debenture Corporation p.l.c. announces that it has no investments in other UK listed investment companies that require to be disclosed.

Released by The Law Debenture Corporation p.l.c., 8th Floor, 100 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4AG (contact Alison Skerritt, Company Secretariat, 020 7606 5451).

The Law Debenture Corporation p.l.c. LEI number - 2138006E39QX7XV6PP21