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Montanaro Uk Smaller Cos Investment Trust plc (MTU) ORD GBP0.02

Sell:105.00p Buy:105.50p 0 Change: 0.50p (0.48%)
Market closed Prices as at close on 25 April 2024 Prices delayed by at least 15 minutes | Switch to live prices |
Ex-dividend
Sell:105.00p
Buy:105.50p
Change: 0.50p (0.48%)
Market closed Prices as at close on 25 April 2024 Prices delayed by at least 15 minutes | Switch to live prices |
Ex-dividend
Sell:105.00p
Buy:105.50p
Change: 0.50p (0.48%)
Market closed Prices as at close on 25 April 2024 Prices delayed by at least 15 minutes | Switch to live prices |
Ex-dividend
The selling price currently displayed is higher than the buying price. This can occur temporarily for a variety of reasons; shortly before the market opens, after the market closes or because of extraordinary price volatility during the trading day.

Objective

The Company seeks to achieve its objective and to manage risk by investing in a diversified portfolio of quoted UK small companies. At the time of initial investment, a potential investee company must be profitable and no bigger than the largest constituent of the NSCI, which represents the smallest 10% of the UK Stock Market by value. At the start of 2023 this was any company below £1.62 billion in size. The Manager focuses on the smaller end of this Index.
Sector Weight
Technology 25.48%
Industrials 21.26%
Consumer Defensive 12.71%
Consumer Cyclical 9.48%
Real Estate 8.08%
Communication Services 7.36%
Basic Materials 4.38%
Financial Services 2.93%
Healthcare 1.68%
Country Weight
United Kingdom 90.87%
Singapore 2.48%

Fee Structure

Manager receives a management fee of 0.5% p.a. of GA and no performance fee.The Management Agreement is terminated by the Manager on giving 12 months notice.

Dividend Policy

The Company’s investment objective is to generate capital growth and this remains unchanged despite the dividend policy introduced in July 2018. Dividends are now paid each quarter equivalent to 1% of the Company’s NAV on the last business day of the preceding financial quarter, being the end of March, June, September and December.

ASSET SPLIT

Total number of holdings: 50.

Trust Manager

Charles Montanaro

Manager Bio

Charles Montanaro graduated with an honours degree in Anthropology from Durham University in 1976. He spent four years in industry before joining Merrill Lynch in 1980 as a private client broker in London. He joined Dean Witter Reynolds in 1984 and Drexel Burnham Lambert in 1987 as a Senior Vice President, where, in both cases, he was their top institutional broker in the UK, joining the high-yield bond department in 1989. In 1990, Charles joined MMG Patricof (now Apax Partners) as a Director of investment banking working with UK smaller companies. In August 1991, he founded Montanaro to specialise in analysing and investing in quoted European smaller companies on behalf of leading institutions. He has since launched and managed several funds totalling over €1 billion and established a strong track record. In addition, he has served on the Boards of two public smaller companies. He was appointed a Director of the Montanaro European Smaller Companies plc on 12 January 2012.

Board Of Directors

Arthur CoppleChairman, Yuuichiro Nakajima, Annette Powley, Catriona Hoare

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