Net Asset Value(s)

Please note that the ordinary shares of Martin Currie High Income Trust plc have been suspended from the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and have ceased trading on the London Stock Exchange. Martin Currie Investment Management Limited, as company secretary, announces the unaudited net asset value (compiled on the AITC basis excluding current period revenue unless otherwise stated) of Martin Currie High Income Trust plc as at the close of business on 16 Jan 2003 Per Ordinary Share: 0.00p Total assets (£) : 4,182,827 Total liabilities (£): 5,069,864 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/01/17/20030117BIT00690/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/01/17/20030117BIT00690/wkr0002.pdf