Purchase of Own Securities

Morgan Grenfell Lat Amer Co Tst PLC
9 May 2000


The  Board of the Morgan Grenfell Latin American Companies Trust PLC announces
that  the Company has today purchased for cancellation 500,000 ordinary shares
in the Company at a price of 71.0p per share.

Following this purchase there are now 56,361,050 ordinary shares in issue.