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12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL
020 7743 1000 (Fax Number)
020 7743 3000 (Main Number)

broker.services@blackrock.com

Fund managers

* Mike Prentis»01-Sep-2002 to Present
Henrietta Marsh»01-Jan-1997 to 01-Jul-2002


Investment objectives

To achieve long term capital growth for shareholders through investment mainly in smaller UK quoted companies.

Key Information

Fund vs sector

  1y 3y
Position 11 / 17 6 / 17
Quartile 3 2

Fund ratings

FE Crown Rating: 5 FE
Crown Rating
(Quantitative)

Ratios

  1y 3y
Volatility 14.35 19.31
Alpha -5.14 1.54
Beta 1.17 1.16
Sharpe 1.31 0.99
InfoRatio -0.26 0.40
R2 0.78 0.78
Quartiles:   1  2   3  4   help with ratios
vs. UK Smaller Companies»

Performance

performance chart
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    1y 3y 5y 12m-24m 24m-36m 36m-48m 48m-60m
+37.0 +106.9 +98.3 -6.9 +62.3 +49.6 -35.9
  NAV +37.6+102.7+87.0-8.3 +60.7+45.2-36.5
  UK Smaller Companies +36.8+77.7+65.4-9.6+43.8+27.5-27.0
Share Price
 ShareTypePriceDatePrem/DiscDiluted NAVGearingDiv yield
EstimLast pub.NetGross
pdf BLACKROCK SMALLER COMPANIES IT UNIT 657.00 (p) 22-May-2013 -13.56 760.09 761.10
21-May-2013
108 1.44 1.44
Capital structure & income
Share Type Exchange Nominal value Issued Market value (m) Wind-up date Splits News
BLACKROCK SMALLER COMPANIES IT UNIT LONDON 25 47,880,000 314.57 n/a n/a company announcements
Share identifiers: TIDM: BRSC; SEDOL: 0643610; ISIN: GB0006436108
Detailed fund information
Fund type flag United Kingdom-registered Investment Trusts
Launched1906
Gross assets£393.8m / $593.6m
Sector UK Smaller Companies
Asset ClassEquity
Own ISA wrapper Fund has ISA Wrapper help with ISA
Savings plan Fund has no Savings Plan 
Annual accountsannual (Click to order)
Last report / accounts26-Apr-2013
Last AGM27-Jun-2012
Next AGMJune 2013
EGM31-Aug-2007
Stockbroker(s)Collins Stewart
Management contractThe investment management fee is calculated based on 0.65% in respect of the first '50 million of the Company's total assets less current liabilities, reducing to 0.50% thereafter.
Borrowing limitn/a
Continuation / Wind-up provisionn/a
Dividend policyn/a
Investment restrictionsn/a
Reconstruction proposaln/a
Settlement detailsn/a
Tax policyn/a
Peer groups
Region Asset Class Investment Focus Sector
United Kingdom Equity Mixed UK Smaller Companies
Largest holdings, 28-Feb-2013
Holding (%) Rank Holding (%) Rank
SENIOR PLC2.401WORKSPACE GROUP PLC1.806
BELLWAY2.302BOOKER GROUP PLC1.807
HOWDEN JOINERY GROUP PLC2.203ASHTEAD GROUP1.808
VICTREX2.104AZ ELECTRONIC MATERIALS SA1.709
OXFORD INSTRUMENTS1.905ITE GROUP1.7010
 Total19.70 
Regional weightings, 31-Mar-2013
Region (%) Rank  
UK 100.00 1 100.00% UK
Total100.00 
Sector weightings, 31-Mar-2013
Sector (%) Rank  
Industrials 23.00 1 23.00% Industrials
Consumer Services 18.50 2 18.50% Consumer Services
Financials 14.30 3 14.30% Financials
Basic Materials 10.40 4 10.40% Basic Materials
Technology 8.90 5 8.90% Technology
Consumer Goods 8.80 6 8.80% Consumer Goods
Health Care 7.90 7 7.90% Health Care
Oil & Gas Producers 6.70 8 6.70% Oil & Gas Producers
Telecommunications Utilities 1.50 9 1.50% Telecommunications Utilities
Total100.00 


All prices in Pence Sterling (GBX) unless otherwise specified. Price total return performance figures are calculated using closing mid prices and with net income (dividends) reinvested. NAV total return performance figures are calculated using fully diluted (where applicable) daily estimated NAV figures from Thomson Financial Datastream and with gross income (dividends) reinvested.

 
 
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