Purchase of Own Securities

Morgan Grenfell Lat Amer Co Tst PLC
19 January 2000


The  Board  of  the  Morgan Grenfell Latin American  Companies Trust PLC
announces that the Company has yesterday, 18 January 2000,  purchased for
cancellation 100,000 ordinary  shares  in the Company at a price of 81.875p
per share.

Following  this  purchase  there are now  61,836,050  ordinary shares in
issue.