Prices & performance

Change in NAV calculation
From May 2008, following the lead of The Association of Investment Companies (AIC), we have changed the way we calculate Net Asset Values to include income.


Closing price and NAV, as at 3 September 2010

Price (p) Change on
day (%) 		NAV excl
income (p) 		NAV incl
income (p) 		Discount /
(Premium) (%)
With debt added at par
Ordinary shares 241.50 0.8 292.87 295.43 17.5
With debt added at market
Ordinary shares 241.50 0.8 292.87 295.43

17.5

Source: Martin Currie Investment Management Ltd


* The Discount/Premium is calculated using the NAV excluding income.



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Although we believe that the following figures are correct, we do not guarantee their accuracy. They may be subject to change without prior notice. We will not be liable for any loss, error or omission arising from any use of or reliance on them by any other person. Investment trust shares are priced by independent market makers. The share price is rarely the same as the NAV.


Discrete share price and NAV returns



12 MONTHS TO 31 JULY 
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
Share price (%)
8.7
1.2
(19.0)
34.2
21.6
NAV (%)
11.6
2.1
(17.0)
38.4
20.8
Benchmark† (%)
15.4

3.9
(10.8)
15.6
19.8
Past performance is not a guide to future returns.




Cumulative share price and NAV returns



PERIOD TO 31 JULY 2010
ONE MONTH
THREE MONTHS
SIX MONTHS
ONE YEAR
THREE YEARS
FIVE YEARS
Share price (%)
(0.8)
(7.5)
5.0

8.7
(10.9)
45.4
NAV (%)
0.6
(7.8)
6.7
11.6
(5.5)
58.0
Benchmark† (%)
1.1
(6.9)
5.8
15.4
7.0
48.1
Past performance is not a guide to future returns.




Source: Martin Currie and Morningstar. Bid to bid basis with net income reinvested over the periods shown in sterling terms. These figures do not include the costs of buying and selling shares in an investment trust. If these were included, performance figures would be reduced.

†Benchmark - MSCI All Countries Asia Pacific index

The value of investments and the income from them may go down as well as up and is not guaranteed. An investor may not get back the amount originally invested.