Portfolio Update

HG Capital Trust PLC
11 October 2006


HgCapital Trust plc

All information is at 30 September 2006 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%              -1.5%          19.7%             95.5%            95.6%
Share price                                   1.2%               5.0%          14.3%            151.6%           156.4%
FTSE All-Share Index                          1.6%               3.7%          15.1%             67.7%            56.3%


Sources: HgCapital, Standard & Poor's Micropal

At month end

Net asset value:*                             685.38p
Share price:                                  671.50p
Discount:                                     2.0%
Total assets:                                 £172.6m
Net yield:                                    1.5%
Gearing:                                      Nil%
Ordinary shares in issue:                     25,186,755

* includes 9 months net revenue of 10.91p

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 2006.

Sector                                                          Total Assets
                                                                           %

Technology                                                              25.7
Industrials                                                             21.8
Healthcare                                                              10.2
Media                                                                    7.1
Leisure                                                                  5.7
Renewable Energy                                                         1.7
Other                                                                    1.2
Consumer                                                                 0.9
Fixed Interest                                                          25.5
Net Current Liabilities                                                 -1.4
Cash                                                                     1.6
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Ten Largest Investments

Company                                                         Total Assets Sector
                                                                           %

VISMA                                                                    7.2 Technology
Schenck                                                                  6.8 Industrials
Paragon                                                                  6.3 Healthcare
Xtx                                                                      5.3 Technology
Hirschmann Electronics                                                   4.2 Industrials
Addison                                                                  3.9 Technology
FTSA                                                                     3.7 Industrials
Classic Copyright                                                        3.5 Media
Blue Minerva                                                             3.4 Technology
Elite                                                                    3.3 Technology

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11 October 2006


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