Purchase of Own Securities

Baring Emerging Europe Trust PLC
25 January 2002


On 24 January 2002 Baring Emerging Europe Trust plc purchased for cancellation
420,000 of its own shares at US$ 2.43. Following this purchase the total number
of ordinary shares in issue is 117,159,983.


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