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Herald Investment Trust PLC

08 June 2018

 
                                             HERALD INVESTMENT TRUST 
                                        STATISTICS AND PERFORMANCE REPORT 
 
                                                                Performance 
                            At inception           At            since        Performance   Performance 
                                                   31 
                            16 February             May         30 April      YTD (%)       since inception 
                            1994                   2018         2018 (%)                    (%) 
-------------------------  -------------  ------  -------      ------------  ------------  ----------------  --- 
 NAV (p) excl accrued 
  income                            98.7   p*      1490.5   p         +5.9%         +8.5%          +1410.2% 
                           -------------  ------  -------      ------------  ------------  ----------------  --- 
 NAV (p) incl accrued 
  income                            98.7   p*      1490.4   p         +5.9%         +8.4%          +1505.8%   ** 
-------------------------  -------------  ------  -------      ------------  ------------  ----------------  --- 
 Numis SC + AIM 
  (capital gains ex 
  I.T.)                           1750.0           5929.8             +0.8%         -1.2%           +238.8% 
                           -------------  ------  -------      ------------  ------------  ----------------  --- 
 Russell 2000 Technology 
  Index (capital gains 
  in Sterling terms)               673.8    ***    2866.4            +12.0%        +15.6%           +325.4% 
-------------------------  -------------  ------  -------      ------------  ------------  ----------------  --- 
 Share price                        90.9   p****   1305.0   p         +5.7%        +11.4%          +1335.6% 
-------------------------  -------------  ------  -------      ------------  ------------  ----------------  --- 
 Premium/(Discount) to NAV (excl accrued income)/share 
  as at 31st May 2018                                                                               (12.4)% 
                                                                                                             --- 
 UK Equity Portfolio as a % of Net Asset 
  Value at 31st May 2018*****                                                                         56.9% 
---------------------------------------------------------      ------------  ------------  ----------------  --- 
 Overseas Equity Portfolio as a % of 
  Net Asset Value at 31st May 2018                                                                    33.6% 
                                                                                           ----------------  --- 
 (Gearing)/Cash as a % of Net Asset 
  Value at 31st May 2018******                                                                         9.5% 
---------------------------------------------------------      ------------  ------------  ----------------  --- 
 Number of Equity Holdings 
  at 31st May 2018                                                                                      283 
----------------------------------------  ------  -------      ------------  ------------  ----------------  --- 
 *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 
 At 31/05/2018 the Net Asset Value including current year income 
  was GBP1035.6m (GBP1035.7m excluding current year income). Income 
  is shown net of expenses. 
 There are 69,485,583 
  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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