Performance at Month End

HgCapital Trust plc

All information is at 31 August 2012 and unaudited.

Historical total return (with net income reinvested)performance at month end

                  One month    Three     One      Three      Five       Ten 
                          %    months %  year %   years %    years %    years % 
                                                   p.a.      p.a.       p.a.      
                                                                         
Net asset value        2.7%     9.5%     4.1%     11.7%      9.0%     15.1%
(diluted)                                                                
                                                                         
Net asset value        3.1%    10.9%     4.5%     12.9%      9.7%     15.5%
(basic)                                                                  
                                                                         
Share price            6.8%     8.1%    (9.1%)    10.1%      5.2%     16.8%
                                                                         
FTSE All-Share         2.2%     8.6%     10.2%     9.3%      1.8%      7.5%
Index                                                                    

Sources: HgCapital, Factset

At month end

Net asset value:*                                                            
                                                                             
Diluted                                                              1,161.4p
                                                                             
Basic                                                                1,197.9p
                                                                             
Share price ordinary shares:                                           985.0p
                                                                             
Ordinary share price discount to NAV                                    15.2%
(diluted):                                                                   
                                                                             
Ordinary share price discount to NAV                                    17.8%
(basic):                                                                     
                                                                             
Share price subscription shares:                                        40.1p
                                                                             
Total net assets:                                                     £381.3m
                                                                             
Net yield:                                                               1.0%
                                                                             
Market Capitalisation:                                                £313.5m
                                                                             
Gearing:                                                                 Nil%
                                                                             
Ordinary shares in issue:                                          31,826,507
                                                                             
Subscription shares in issue:                                       5,498,191
                                                                             
* includes 8 months net revenue of 27.47p                                    

The NAV is recalculated monthly with respect to cash, cash equivalents, quoted
investments in the portfolio and foreign exchange movements on the unquoted
investments. Unquoted investments were last revalued at 30 June 2012.

Sector                                                           Total Assets
                                                                             
                                                                            %
                                                                             
Technology & Media                                                       41.7
                                                                             
Services                                                                  9.3
                                                                             
Healthcare                                                                7.1
                                                                             
Industrials                                                               8.3
                                                                             
Renewable Energy                                                          5.0
                                                                             
Consumer & Leisure                                                        3.8
                                                                             
Other                                                                     1.8
                                                                             
Cash and other liquid assets                                             23.0
                                                                             
                                                                        100.0

Ten Largest Investments

Company                           Total Assets Sector                          
                                                                               
                                             %                                 
                                                                               
VISMA                                      7.5 Technology & Media              
                                                                               
IAS                                        6.7 Technology & Media              
                                                                               
TeamSystem                                 6.6 Technology & Media              
                                                                               
Lumesse                                    4.7 Technology & Media              
                                                                               
Achilles                                   4.6 Technology & Media              
                                                                               
ATC                                        4.0 Services                        
                                                                               
Group NBT                                  3.7 Technology & Media              
                                                                               
JLA                                        3.4 Services                        
                                                                               
Epyx                                       3.3 Technology & Media              
                                                                               
Manx Telecom                               3.2 Technology & Media              
                                                                               
                                          47.7                                 

07 August 2012