3i Group plc
Report and accounts 2007
Group financial highlights
| Year to/as at 31 March |
2007 |
2006 |
| Investment activity |
|
|
| Investment |
£1,576m |
£1,110m |
| Realisation proceeds |
£2,438m |
£2,207m |
| Returns |
|
|
| Gross portfolio return |
34.0% |
24.4% |
| Total return |
£1,075m |
£831m |
| Total return on opening shareholders’ funds |
26.8% |
22.5% |
| Dividend per ordinary share |
16.1p |
15.2p |
| Portfolio and assets under management |
|
|
| Own balance sheet |
£4,362m |
£4,139m |
| Third-party funds |
£2,772m |
£1,573m |
| Total assets under management |
£7,134m |
£5,712m |
| Balance sheet |
|
|
| Gearing |
0% |
1% |
| Diluted net asset value per ordinary share |
932p |
739p |
Portfolio value by business line
as at 31 March |
2007 |
2006 |
| Buyouts |
£1,281m |
£1,465m |
| Growth Capital |
£1,460m |
£1,192m |
| Venture Capital |
£741m |
£826m |
| Infrastructure |
£469m |
£92m |
| Quoted Private Equity (“QPE”) |
£20m |
– |
| Smaller Minority Investments (“SMI”) |
£391m |
£564m |
| Total |
£4,362m |
£4,139m |
