Purchase of Own Securities

Morgan Grenfell Lat Amer Co Tst PLC
16 June 2000


The  Board of the Morgan Grenfell Latin American Companies Trust PLC announces
that  the Company has today purchased for cancellation 400,000 ordinary shares
in the Company at a price of 79.5p per share.

Following this purchase there are now 53,441,050 ordinary shares in issue.

    
M Pope
Company Secretary