Purchase of Own Securities

Foreign & Colonial Eurotrust PLC
28 January 2003


FOREIGN & COLONIAL EUROTRUST PLC

PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES



1) Date of purchase:

27 January 2003

2) Number of Ordinary Shares purchased:

25,000 at 295.5p also

25,000 at 298.8p

3) Highest and lowest price paid per share (excluding expenses):

295.5p and 298.8p

4) The issued share capital of the Company following this buy-back will be:

Ordinary Shares - 74,744,768

5) Name and telephone number of contact for queries:

David Harding

020 7628 8000

6) Name of authorised Company official responsible for this notification:

David Harding

For and on behalf of F&C Management Limited, Secretary

7) Date of notification

27 January 2003



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