Gartmore Growth Opportunities plc                       

In accordance with Listing Rule 21.20(l)(ii), Gartmore Growth Opportunities plc
announces that at 31st December 2003 the ten largest investments were as
follows:

Company                                                 �'000     Percentage of
                                                                   Gross Assets
                                                                               
Evolution Group                                          1580               1.4
                                                                               
Pharmagene                                               1224               1.1
                                                                               
Whittard (Chelsea)                                       1211               1.1
                                                                               
Baggeridge Brick                                         1180               1.0
                                                                               
Findel                                                   1146               1.0
                                                                               
Chaucer                                                  1129               1.0
                                                                               
McBride                                                  1116               1.0
                                                                               
Qunitain Est & Dev                                       1084               1.0
                                                                               
Severfield Brown                                         1082               1.0
                                                                               
Lookersl                                                 1067               1.0

At 31st December 2003 there were no investments with a value greater than 5% of
the Company's gross assets.

Gartmore Investment Limited

Secretaries

5 January 2004



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