Purchase of Own Securities

Morgan Grenfell Lat Amer Co Tst PLC
5 April 2000


The  Board of the Morgan Grenfell Latin American Companies Trust PLC announces
that  the  Company  has  yesterday, 4 April 2000, purchased  for  cancellation
300,000 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 79.5p per share.

Following this purchase there are now 58,461,050 ordinary shares in issue.


Mark Pope
Assistant Company Secretary