Purchase of Own Securities

Morgan Grenfell Lat Amer Co Tst PLC
16 February 2000


The  Board of the Morgan Grenfell Latin American Companies Trust PLC announces
that  the  Company has yesterday, 15 February 2000, purchased for cancellation
200,000 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 87.0p per share.

Following this purchase there are now 61,176,050 ordinary shares in issue.

Martin Pope
Assistant Company Secretary