Purchase of Own Securities

Bankers Investment Trust PLC
18 January 2001



HENDERSON GLOBAL INVESTORS

THE BANKERS INVESTMENT TRUST PLC



18 January 2001




                       THE BANKERS INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

                   Market Purchase of Company's Own Shares

Notification is given that pursuant to the authority granted at the Annual
General Meeting of the Company held on 18 February 2000 to make market
purchases of the Company's own shares of 25p, a market purchase of 150,000
ordinary shares of 25p each in the capital of the Company was made today at a
price of 324.00p per share.


The total number of shares in issue is now 126,449,781.


                                    -ENDS-



For further information please contact:

Michael Moule

The Bankers Investment Trust PLC

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Vicki Staveacre

Henderson Global Investors Press Office

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