Performance at Month End

HG Capital Trust PLC
07 October 2004

HgCapital Trust plc

All information is at 30 September 2004 and unaudited.

Performance at month end with net income reinvested

                                         One month       Three months            One       Three years       Five years
                                                                                year
Net asset value                               3.8%               2.1%          16.6%             16.7%            52.5%
Share price                                   5.9%               3.2%          34.0%             36.6%            68.9%
FTSE All-Share Index                          2.8%               2.8%          15.7%              7.1%            -6.8%


Sources: HgCapital, Standard & Poor's

At month end

Net asset value:*                             421.88p
Share price:                                  369.00p
Discount:                                     12.5%
Total assets:                                 £110.2m
Net yield:                                    3.3%
Gearing:                                      5.5%
Ordinary shares in issue:                     25,186,755

* includes current year net revenue of 7.15p

The NAV is recalculated monthly with respect to cash, cash equivalents and
quoted investments in the portfolio.

Unquoted investments were last revalued at 30 June 2004.

UK Sector                                                     Total Assets %

Healthcare                                                              24.9
Technology                                                              22.3
Industrials                                                             16.1
Consumer                                                                 9.8
Media                                                                    9.0
Leisure                                                                  6.9
Other                                                                    2.9
Net Current Assets                                                       7.4
Cash                                                                     0.7
                                                                       100.0


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                                                                        62.8


7 October 2004


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