Performance at Month End

Mercury Grosvenor Trust PLC
08 November 2002

MONTHLY PERFORMANCE

MERCURY GROSVENOR TRUST plc

All information is at 31 October 2002 and unaudited.

Performance at month end with net income reinvested

                                         One month       Three months            One       Three years       Five years
                                                                                year
Net asset value                              -0.2%              -2.1%          -9.4%             17.3%            57.0%
Share price                                  -7.8%             -16.5%         -24.0%             -6.8%            33.2%
FTSE All-Share Index                          7.8%              -4.6%         -17.3%            -27.9%            -4.1%


Sources: Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, Standard & Poor's Micropal


At month end
Net asset value:*                             346.24p
Share price:                                  219.50p
Discount:                                     36.6%
Total assets:                                 £85.5m
Net yield:                                    3.6%
Gearing:                                      0.0%
Ordinary shares in issue:                     25,186,755

* includes current year net revenue of 6.8p.

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 2002.


UK Sector                                             Total Assets
                                                                 %

Healthcare                                                    16.8
Information Technology                                        14.6
Electronics                                                   11.9
Hotels & Leisure                                               7.4
Overseas Venture Funds                                         6.2
Support Services                                               4.4
Media                                                          4.3
Pharmaceuticals                                                1.6
Other                                                          2.5
Fixed Interest                                                27.2
Net current assets                                             3.0
Cash                                                           0.1
                                                             100.0


Ten Largest Investments Company
                                                        % Portfolio Sector

Raymarine                                                      12.3 Electronics
Travelsphere                                                    5.1 Hotels & Leisure
Castlebeck                                                      4.5 Healthcare
Match Holdings                                                  4.5 Healthcare
Eagle Rock                                                      4.4 Media
Tunstall Holdings                                               3.5 Healthcare
Acuid                                                           3.4 Information Technology
Orbiscom                                                        3.4 Information Technology
Weston Presidio III                                             3.2 Overseas Funds
Patientline*                                                    2.0 Support Services
                                                               46.3

* Traded on the Alternative Investment Market

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8 November 2002


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