Purchase of Own Securities

Morgan Grenfell Lat Amer Co Tst PLC
24 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 68.0p per share.

Following this purchase there are now 54,341,050 ordinary shares in issue.


M Pope
Company Secretary