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 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Look to the left of this page for the most commonly accessed information you may need. Otherwise, the following Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) section has ben put together to answer a whole range of commonly asked questions.

However, If you can not find what you are after then please fill out "The E-mail Enquiry" form here.

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1. Who is the Portfolio Manager of my Investment Trust?
2. Do the Blue Planet Investment Trusts pay dividends?
3. Can dividends be paid directly into my account?
4. I don't recognize the name of my Investment Trust. Has it changed its name?
5. I don’t understand the structure of the Blue Planet Financials Growth & Income Investment Trusts.
6. Do you have a minimum investment period?
7. Who is Blue Planet Investment Management Ltd’s regulator?
8. Additional Investment Trust information: What are the Investment Trust�s Fees, Key dates, ISIN / SEDOL numbers?
9. Does Blue Planet Investment Management Ltd provide a monthly fact / information sheet?

1. Who is the Portfolio Manager of my Investment Trust?

The Blue Planet investment decision making process is team based. This structure, while answering continuity issues, means that no one person in the group is solely responsible for the management of our Investment Trusts. However, Mr Kenneth Murray is the Chief Investment Officer of Blue Planet Investment Management and as such is responsible for constructing each Investment Trust's portfolio using the recommendations provided by Blue Planet’s team of investment analysts.

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2. Do the Blue Planet Investment Trusts pay dividends?

The following Blue Planet Investment Management Ltd funds pay dividends.

The following interim / annual dividend payment dates are to be taken as historical approximations.

Investment Trust	Interim Dividend Date	Annual Dividend Date
BP Financials Growth & Income Investment Trusts	January	June
BP Worldwide Financials Investment Trust	May	November
BP International Financials Investment Trust	Not paid	June

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3. Can dividends be paid directly into my account?

There are a number of advantages in having your dividends paid direct to your bank account or building society.  Monies can be paid into your account immediately without the risk of having cheques lost/delayed in the post.  if paid via BACS the tax voucher will be sent to your address.

If you require your dividends to be paid directly into your bank account or building society, complete the details on the dividend mandate instruction which is on the reverse of your tax voucher, detach and send to:

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4. I don't recognize the name of my Investment Trust. Has it changed its name?

 

Shareholders voted to change the names of the various trusts to reflect the change of name of the Investment Manager after it changed its name from J.P. Cairngorm Asset Management Ltd to Blue Planet Investment Management Ltd.

 

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5. I don’t understand the structure of the Blue Planet Financials Growth & Income Investment Trusts.

A number of investor queries have been received this year regarding the wide bid-offer spread (the difference between the price at which shares may be sold or bought), particularly for the Blue Planet Financials Growth and Income Investment Trust Number 1. Although the Blue Planet Growth and Income Investment Trusts numbers 1 through to 10 are each separate legal entities, to all intents and purposes each is an identical company. The Blue Planet Financials Growth and Income Share Unit was created to trade the shares in the ten trusts as one unit. 

Internal analysis shows that over the past 5 years trading in the Unit is over 30 times higher than in the No 1 Trust, making it significantly easier to buy or sell the Unit.

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6. Do you have a minimum investment period?

The Trusts do not have a minimum investment period.  We are of the opinion that stockmarket investment horizons should be in the order of at least three to five years.

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7. Who is Blue Planet Investment Management Ltd’s regulator?

Blue Planet is authorised and regulated by the Maltese Financial Services Authority (www.mfsa.com.mt). We are also a member of The Association of Investment Companies (www.theaic.co.uk). For further information, please follow the link to our legal section.

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8. Additional Investment Trust information: What are the Investment Trust�s Fees, Key dates, ISIN / SEDOL numbers?

	Blue Planet Financials Growth and Income I.T. (Units)	Blue Planet Worldwide Financials I.T.	Blue Planet International Financials I.T.
Management Fee	1.5% pa of  gross assets	1.5% pa of gross assets	1.5% pa of gross assets
Performance Fee	None	None	None
I.T. Launch Date	25th April 1996	9th October 1997	24th March 1999
Year End	31st March	31st July	28th Feb.
Continuation Vote	AGM 2011	AGM 2012	AGM 2014
Warrant Expiry Date	Expired	Expired	Expired
ISIN Code	GB00B1B9C408 (Warrant Unit: BPFV)	GB0001524171	GB0005327076
Sedol Number	B1B9C40 GB	0152417 GB	0532707 GB

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9. Does Blue Planet Investment Management Ltd provide a monthly fact / information sheet?

You can subscribe to receive the Monthly Information Sheets for each of the Investment Trusts managed by Blue Planet Investment Management Ltd by visiting the "Download Section".  You will then be sent the Monthly Information Sheets every month via e-mail to the address provided.

Previous Monthly Information Sheets can also be accessed by visiting the "Download Section".

 

 

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