RNS Number:0467O
AIM Trust PLC
29 July 2003


The AIM Trust plc/3PC Investment Trust plc

29 July 2003


Active Capital Trust plc

Recommended Merger of 3PC Investment Trust plc ('3PC' or 'Company' or, as
renamed, 'Active Capital Trust') and The AIM Trust plc ('AIM Trust').

On 28 July 2003 the High Court sanctioned the Scheme of Arrangement for the
merger of 3PC and AIM Trust. Under the terms of the Scheme of Arrangement the
FAVs per share of 3PC and AIM Trust have been calculated, as at 25 July 2003, as
79.9197p and 86.8368p respectively and the FAV Ratio as 1.086551. AIM Trust
Shareholders on the register at the close of business on 25 July 2003 will
receive 1086 new Active Capital Trust Shares for every 1000 AIM Trust Shares
held by them and so in proportion for any greater or lesser number of AIM Trust
Shares. Fractions of new shares will not be issued to AIM Trust Shareholders,
but will be aggregated and sold in the market for the benefit of Active Capital
Trust.

It is expected that dealings in the new Active Capital Trust shares will
commence on 29 July 2003. The new Active Capital Trust shares rank pari passu
with those in issue. New Active Capital Trust share certificates, where
appropriate, are expected to be posted to shareholders by 6 August 2003.
Following the Merger, Active Capital Trust will have 82,746,118 ordinary shares
in issue.

As part of the Merger, bank debt of #30m has been novated from AIM Trust to
Active Capital Trust and the #10m term loan of AIM Trust has been repaid.

Defined terms in this announcement shall have the same meaning as in the Listing
Particulars and Circulars to shareholders issued by 3PC and AIM Trust on 13 June
2003.



Enquiries

Gordon Humphries           ISIS Asset Management      01314651000

Angus Gordon Lennox     Cazenove & Co. Ltd          02075882828

Robin Archibald           Intelli Corporate Finance     01312229400

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