RECOVERY TRUST PLC

The Company announces that the Net Asset Values at 30 November 2003 were:

per Ordinary Income share                         0.00p
                                                       
per Zero Dividend Preference share              116.94p

Note: A ccrued income attributable to the Ordinary Income shares amounts to
0.04 p per share, as at 31 July 2003 .

The Company's twenty largest holdings as at 30 November 2003 were as follows:

     Stock Name                                           % of Total 
                                                            Assets   
                                                                     
   1 Framlington Income & Capital Trust Inc 25p              5.55    
                                                                     
   2 JP Morgan Fleming Income & Growth IT Inc 12.5p          4.44    
                                                                     
   3 Scottish & Newcastle Ord 20p                            3.72    
                                                                     
   4 Care UK Ord 10p                                         3.55    
                                                                     
   5 Rexam Ord 64.29p                                        3.44    
                                                                     
   6 Wyevale Garden Centres Ord 25p                          3.37    
                                                                     
   7 United Utilities Ord �1                                 3.34    
                                                                     
   8 Granada Ord 10p                                         3.33    
                                                                     
   9 Avon Rubber Ord �1                                      2.98    
                                                                     
  10 Charles Taylor Consulting 1p                            2.97    
                                                                     
  11 Centrica Ord 55.55p                                     2.82    
                                                                     
  12 Associated British Foods Ord 5.68p                      2.69    
                                                                     
  13 Croda International Ord 10p                             2.69    
                                                                     
  14 Investec High Income Trust Ord 25p                      2.66    
                                                                     
  15 Pilkington Ord 50p                                      2.54    
                                                                     
  16 Shell Transport & Trading Ord 25p                       2.49    
                                                                     
  17 BFS Managed Properties Ord 25p                          2.41    
                                                                     
  18 Costain Group Ord 10p                                   2.35    
                                                                     
  19 BT Group Ord 5p                                         2.35    
                                                                     
  20 Aviva Ord 25p                                           2.35    



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