Performance at Month End - Amendment

Mercury Grosvenor Trust PLC 17 December 1999 The issuer has made the following amendment to the 'Performance at Month End' announcement released on 6 December 1999 at 12:50 under RNS No 0099C. All of the % Portfolio figures in the bottom two tables were incorrect and have been changed. The full corrected version is shown below. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MERCURY GROSVENOR TRUST plc All information is at 30th November 1999 and unaudited Performance at month end with net income reinvested Three One Three Five Months year years years Net asset value 2.8% 17.7% 57.9% 154.7% Share price 1.5% 29.5% 62.5% 120.1% FTSE All-Share Index 5.5% 20.5% 68.9% 135.7% At month end Net asset value: 328.13p includes current yr net income of 8.44p Share price: 266.00p Discount: 18.9% Total assets: £85.09m Net yield: 1.9% Gearing: 0.0% Value of debt: Nil Ordinary shares in issue: 25,933,170 The NAV is recalculated monthly with respect to cash, cash equivalents and quoted investments in the portfolio. Unquoted investments were last revalued at 30th June 1999 UK Sector % Portfolio Support Services 24.1 Health 22.1 Property 9.5 Overseas Venture Funds 7.8 Pharmaceuticals 4.8 Distribution 4.7 Media 3.5 Engineering 1.9 Electronics 1.5 Paper, Packaging & Printing 1.2 Hotels & Leisure 1.2 Telecom 1.1 Cash/Fixed Interest 16.6 ----- 100.0 Ten Largest Investments Company % Portfolio Sector G2 Estates 9.5 Property Tunstall 8.0 Health PII 6.9 Support Services Priory Healthcare 5.9 Health Braitrim 5.7 Support Services Weston Presidio 4.5 Overseas Funds Dechra Holdings 4.4 Distribution Biocompatibles+ 3.7 Health Patientline Holdings 3.4 Support Services Match 3.1 Health ---- 55.1 ==== + Listed on The London Stock Exchange Sources: Mercury Asset Management Ltd, Micropal Latest information is available by typing 'MAMINDEX' on Reuters, 'MAMI' on Bloomberg, or '8800' on Topic3 (ICV terminal). 16th December 1999.
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