RNS Number : 1604Z
Law Debenture Corp PLC
03 March 2025
 

The Law Debenture Corporation p.l.c.

Net Asset Value as at 28 February 2025

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 28 February 2025 was 868.93 pence per share (cum income). With the Corporation's long term debt stated at fair value, the NAV was 901.40 pence per share (cum income). The mid-market price at the close of business on 28 February 2025 was 905.00 pence per share.

Net Asset Value

Excluding Income (pence)

Including Income (pence)

NAV with debt at par

866.14

868.93

NAV with debt at fair value

898.60

901.40

                

Performance

 

YTD

%

1 year

%

3 years

%

5 years

%

10 years

%

NAV total return (with debt at par)2

3.2

17.6

20.4

64.8

113.8

NAV total return (with debt at fair value)2

3.1

17.3

28.3

81.2

128.1

FTSE Actuaries All-Share Index Total Return3

6.9

18.4

27.7

53.4

82.7

Share price total return3

1.3

19.1

26.2

100.7

146.4

Change in Retail Price Index4

-0.1

2.8

22.3

34.8

52.6

                

1 The fair value of the IPS business has been calculated as at 30 June 2024.

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, January 2025.

                

Geographical Split of investment portfolio

Region

% of portfolio

28 February 2025

% of portfolio

31 December 2024

UK

88.1

87.6

Europe

5.4

5.5

North America

5.4

5.6

Japan

1.1

1.3

Other

0

0

Other Pacific

0

0

TOTAL

100

100

                

Full Portfolio Listing

As at 28 February 2025 the full holdings of the portfolio comprised of the following:

Holding Name

Location

Sector

Industry

£000

%

HSBC

UK

Financials

Banks

40,487

3.76

Barclays

UK

Financials

Banks

36,111

3.35

Flutter Entertainment

UK

Consumer Services

Travel & leisure

35,937

3.34

Shell

UK

Oil & Gas

Oil & gas producers

32,950

3.05

Rolls Royce

UK

Industrials

Aerospace & defence

31,248

2.89

BP

UK

Oil & Gas

Oil & gas producers

24,926

2.31

GlaxoSmithKline

UK

Health Care

Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology

24,051

2.23

Standard Chartered

UK

Financials

Banks

23,920

2.22

Tesco

UK

Consumer Goods

Food & Drug Retailers

19,205

1.78

Rio Tinto

UK

Basic Materials

Mining

17,976

1.66

National Grid

UK

Utilities

Gas, water & multiutilities

16,484

1.53

BT Group

UK

Telecommunications

Fixed Line Telecommunications

15,566

1.44

NatWest

UK

Financials

Banks

15,558

1.44

Senior

UK

Industrials

Aerospace & defence

14,577

1.35

Marks & Spencer

UK

Consumer Services

General retailers

14,192

1.31

Aviva

UK

Financials

Life insurance/assurance

14,000

1.30

J Sainsbury

UK

Consumer Services

General retailers

13,824

1.28

Cummins

USA

Industrials

Industrial engineering

13,765

1.27

IMI

UK

Industrials

Industrial engineering

13,764

1.27

BAE Systems

UK

Industrials

Aerospace & defence

13,348

1.24

Herald Investment Trust

UK

Financials

Equity investment instruments

13,230

1.23

Babcock

UK

Industrials

Aerospace & defence

12,910

1.20

Kier

UK

Industrials

Construction & materials

12,851

1.19

Anglo American

UK

Basic Materials

Mining

12,848

1.19

Balfour Beatty

UK

Industrials

Construction & materials

12,837

1.19

Hill & Smith

UK

Industrials

Industrial engineering

12,713

1.18

M & G

UK

Financials

Financial services

12,678

1.17

Lloyds Banking Group

UK

Financials

Banks

12,407

1.15

Land Securities

UK

Financials

Real estate investment trusts

12,270

1.14

International Consolidated Airlines

UK

Consumer Services

Travel & leisure

12,110

1.12

Toyota Motor Corporation

Japan

Consumer Goods

Automobiles & parts

11,707

1.08

Cranswick

UK

Consumer Goods

Food producers

11,697

1.08

Kingfisher

UK

Consumer Goods

Household goods & home construction

11,223

1.04

Prudential

UK

Financials

Life insurance/assurance

11,158

1.03

Shaftesbury Capital

UK

Financials

Real estate investment trusts

11,115

1.03

Boku

UK

Industrials

Support services

10,907

1.01

Severn Trent

UK

Utilities

Gas, water & multiutilities

10,884

1.01

Hiscox

UK

Financials

Nonlife insurance

10,719

0.99

Irish Continental Group

Ireland

Consumer Services

Travel & leisure

10,598

0.98

Schroders

UK

Financials

Equity investment instruments

10,517

0.97

ITV

UK

Consumer Services

Media

10,487

0.97

Marshalls

UK

Industrials

Construction & materials

10,421

0.97

Morgan Advanced Materials

UK

Industrials

Electronic & electrical equipment

9,523

0.88

Smith & Nephew

UK

Health Care

Health care equipment & services

9,434

0.87

Ibstock

UK

Industrials

Construction & materials

9,238

0.86

Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust

UK

Financials

Equity investment instruments

9,128

0.85

Johnson Service Group

UK

Industrials

Support services

8,632

0.80

Dunelm

UK

Consumer Services

General retailers

8,080

0.75

Haleon

UK

Health Care

Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology

7,964

0.74

Bristol-Myers Squibb

USA

Health Care

Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology

7,821

0.72

Vodafone

UK

Telecommunications

Mobile telecommunications

7,720

0.71

Beazley

UK

Financials

Nonlife insurance

7,438

0.69

General Motors

USA

Consumer Goods

Automobiles & parts

7,426

0.69

Hammerson

UK

Financials

Real estate investment trusts

7,324

0.68

Weir Group

UK

Industrials

Industrial engineering

7,290

0.68

Phoenix Group Holdings

UK

Financials

Life insurance/assurance

7,252

0.67

Johnson Matthey

UK

Other

Sustainable Energy

7,150

0.66

VH Global Energy Infrastructure

UK

Other

Sustainable Energy

7,008

0.65

Oxford Nanopore Technologies

UK

Technology

Advanced Medical Equipment & Technology

6,965

0.64

Whitbread

Canada

Consumer Services

Travel & leisure

6,952

0.64

Spectris

UK

Industrials

Electronic & electrical equipment

6,831

0.63

IP Group

UK

Financials

Financial services

6,825

0.63

Elementis

UK

Basic Materials

Chemicals

6,809

0.63

International Personal Finance

UK

Financials

Financial services

6,721

0.62

Air Products and Chemicals

Canada

Oil & Gas

Oil & gas producers

6,283

0.58

Freeport-McMoran

USA

Basic Materials

Mining

5,867

0.54

Sabre Insurance Group

UK

Financials

Nonlife insurance

5,769

0.53

Greencoat UK Wind

UK

Utilities

Electricity

5,625

0.52

Gibson Energy

Canada

Oil & Gas

Oil & gas producers

5,504

0.51

WPP LLP

UK

Consumer Services

Media

5,474

0.51

Chesnara

UK

Financials

Life insurance/assurance

5,426

0.50

Segro

UK

Financials

Real estate investment trusts

5,282

0.49

AFC Energy

UK

Oil & Gas

Alternative Energy

5,115

0.47

Inchcape

UK

Industrials

Support services

5,093

0.47

SigmaRoc

UK

Industrials

Construction & materials

5,090

0.47

Reach

UK

Consumer Services

Media

4,913

0.45

Associated British Foods

UK

Consumer Goods

Food producers

4,735

0.44

Oxford Sciences Innovation

UKULM

Financials

Financial services

4,600

0.43

SSE

UK

Utilities

Electricity

4,572

0.42

Zigup

UK

Industrials

Support services

4,401

0.41

Standard Life Aberdeen

UK

Financials

Financial services

4,360

0.40

Accsys Technologies

UK

Industrials

Construction & materials

4,337

0.40

Workspace Group

UK

Financials

Real estate investment trusts

4,320

0.40

Epwin Group

UK

Consumer Goods

Household goods & home construction

4,270

0.40

Ondine Biomedical

Canada

Health Care

Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology

3,995

0.37

Castings

UK

Industrials

Construction & materials

3,990

0.37

Halfords

UK

Consumer Services

General retailers

3,966

0.37

Convatec Group

UK

Health Care

Health care equipment & services

3,891

0.36

Ceres Power

UK

Oil & Gas

Oil equipment services & distribution

3,588

0.33

Vanquis Banking Group

UK

Financials

Financial services

3,555

0.33

Bellway

UK

Consumer Goods

Household goods & home construction

3,510

0.33

Vertu Motors

UK

Consumer Services

General retailers

3,506

0.32

Croda

UK

Basic Materials

Chemicals

3,304

0.31

SAP

Germany

Technology

Software & computer services

3,202

0.30

Next Fifteen Communications Group

UK

Consumer Services

Media

3,020

0.28

Munchener Rueckver

Germany

Financials

Nonlife insurance

3,003

0.28

Siemens

Germany

Technology

Software & computer services

2,885

0.27

Grit Real Estate Income Group

Guernsey

Financials

Real estate investment trusts

2,869

0.27

XP Power

UK

Technology

Technology hardware & equipment

2,800

0.26

TT Electronics

UK

Industrials

Electronic & electrical equipment

2,776

0.26

ITM Power

UK

Oil & Gas

Oil equipment services & distribution

2,710

0.25

Novo Nordisk

Denmark

Health Care

Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology

2,649

0.25

Ilika

UK

Oil & Gas

Alternative Energy

2,640

0.24

Sanofi

France

Health Care

Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology

2,629

0.24

Safran

France

Industrials

Aerospace & defence

2,536

0.23

Roche

Switzerland

Health Care

Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology

2,473

0.23

Deutsche Boerse

Germany

Financials

Financial services

2,426

0.22

Renold

UK

Industrials

Industrial engineering

2,414

0.22

DVS

Denmark

Industrials

Industrial transportation

2,233

0.21

Serica Energy

UK

Oil & Gas

Oil & gas producers

2,203

0.20

Bawag

Austria

Financials

Banks

2,048

0.19

Hercules Site Services

UK

Industrials

Construction & materials

1,980

0.18

Cellnex Telecom

Spain

Telecommunications

Mobile telecommunications

1,897

0.18

SGS

Switzerland

Industrials

Support services

1,892

0.18

Jubilee Metals Group

UK

Basic Materials

Mining

1,870

0.17

Watkin Jones

UK

Consumer Goods

Household goods & home construction

1,869

0.17

Invinity Energy Systems

UK

Oil & Gas

Alternative Energy

1,862

0.17

ASML

Netherlands

Technology

Technology hardware & equipment

1,809

0.17

Anheuser-Busch InBev

Belgium

Consumer Goods

Beverages

1,694

0.16

Gelion

UK

Other

Sustainable Energy

1,654

0.15

Great Portland Estates

UK

Financials

Real estate investments & services

1,641

0.15

LVMH

France

Consumer Goods

Leisure Goods

1,620

0.15

Marstons

UK

Consumer Services

Travel & leisure

1,551

0.14

Infineon Technologies

Germany

Industrials

Electronic & electrical equipment

1,547

0.14

Nestle

Switzerland

Consumer Goods

Food producers

1,508

0.14

Windar Photonics

UK

Industrials

Waste & Environ Svcs & Equip

1,397

0.13

Danone

France

Consumer Goods

Food producers

1,395

0.13

DSM-Firmenich

Netherlands

Basic Materials

Chemicals

1,282

0.12

Aena

Spain

Consumer Services

Travel & leisure

1,139

0.11

Seascape Energy Asia

UK

Oil & Gas

Oil & gas producers

1,080

0.10

Arbuthnot Banking Group

UK

Financials

Financial services

1,039

0.10

Kone

Finland

Industrials

Electronic & electrical equipment

1,000

0.09

Logistics Development Group

UK

Industrials

Industrial transportation

995

0.09

ASM International

Netherlands

Industrials

Electronic & electrical equipment

930

0.09

Syensqo

Belgium

Basic Materials

Chemicals

878

0.08

Gran Tierra Energy

Canada

Oil & Gas

Oil & gas producers

541

0.05

First Tin

UK

Basic Materials

Mining

540

0.05

Kistos

UK

Oil & Gas

Oil & gas producers

531

0.05

SIMEC Atlantis Energy

UK

Utilities

Electricity

361

0.03

Carclo

UK

Basic Materials

Chemicals

269

0.02

Surface Transforms

UK

Consumer Goods

Automobiles & parts

220

0.02

Indus Gas

UK

Oil & Gas

Oil & gas producers

112

0.01

LDIC Investments

UK

Financials

Financial services

88

0.01

Deltic Energy

UK

Oil & Gas

Oil & gas producers

56

0.01

                

In accordance with UK listing rule 11.7.8, The Law Debenture Corporation p.l.c. announces that it has no investments in other UK listed closed-ended investment funds that require to be disclosed.

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

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

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