Performance at Month End

HG Capital Trust PLC
07 June 2004


HgCapital Trust plc

All information is at 31 May 2004 and unaudited.

Performance at month end with net income reinvested

                                         One month       Three months            One       Three years       Five years
                                                                                year
Net asset value                              -0.8%              -0.4%          15.9%             -4.2%            50.5%
Share price                                  -2.5%               8.1%          35.9%             -1.1%            61.4%
FTSE All-Share Index                         -1.3%              -0.6%          15.5%            -13.7%           -11.8%


Sources: HgCapital, Standard & Poor's
At month end
Net asset value:*                             386.82p
Share price:                                  335.50p
Discount:                                     13.3%
Total assets:                                 £106.1m
Net yield:                                    3.6%
Gearing:                                      10.5%
Ordinary shares in issue:                     25,186,755

* includes current year net revenue of 6.23p

The NAV is recalculated monthly with respect to cash, cash equivalents and
quoted investments in the portfolio.
Unquoted investments were last revalued at 31 December 2003.
UK Sector                                                     Total Assets %

Healthcare                                                              27.8
Technology                                                              17.5
Industrials                                                             16.3
Consumer                                                                 9.4
Media                                                                    9.1
Leisure                                                                  8.2
Other                                                                    3.1
Net Current Assets                                                       8.1
Cash                                                                     0.5
                                                                       100.0


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                                                                        58.9


7 June 2004


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