Purchase of Own Securities

Morgan Grenfell Latin American Companies Trust PLC
21 February 2000




The  Board of the Morgan Grenfell Latin American Companies Trust PLC announces
that  the  Company has on Friday, 18 February 2000, purchased for cancellation
111,500 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 87.0p per share.

Following this purchase there are now 60,876,050 ordinary shares in issue.