Mercury Grosvenor Trust PLC
8 March 2000
MERCURY GROSVENOR TRUST plc
All information is at 29th February 2000 and unaudited
Performance at month end with net income reinvested
Three One Three Five
months year years years
Net asset value 12.5% 36.1% 61.6% 168.0%
Share price 7.7% 28.2% 57.8% 146.3%
FTSE All-Share Index -2.8% 8.6% 54.0% 133.9%
At month end
Net asset value: 369.26p (Jan 357.22p) includes current year net income of
8.01p.
Figures quoted are before the deduction of the final dividend for 1999 of 8.0p
per share.
Share price: 286.5p Discount: 22.4%
Total assets: £95.76m Net yield: 2.8%
Gearing: 0.0% Value of debt: Nil
Number of 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 31st December 1999.
UK Sector % Portfolio
Support Services 26.7
Health 12.7
Overseas Venture Funds 8.1
Property 7.9
Pharmaceuticals 6.7
Distribution 3.7
Media 3.1
Paper, Packaging & Printing 2.9
Engineering 1.4
Electronics 1.3
Hotels & Leisure 0.9
Telecoms 0.5
Cash/Fixed Interest 24.1
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Ten Largest Investments
Company % Portfolio Sector
PII 11.0 Support Services
Greycoat Estates 7.9 Property
Tunstall 7.2 Health
Braitrim 6.6 Support Services
Alizyme * 5.6 Pharmaceuticals
Dechra Holdings 3.6 Support Services
Weston Presidio II 3.1 Overseas Funds
Match 2.7 Support Services
Unicorn 2.7 Support Services
Bertram Group Holdings 2.6 Media
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* Traded on the Alternative Investment Market
Sources: Standard & Poor's Micropal
Latest information is available by typing 'MAMINDEX' on Reuters, 'MAMI' on
Bloomberg, or '8800' on Topic3 (ICV terminal).
8th March, 2000
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