Purchase of Own Securities

Baring Emerging Europe Trust PLC
22 January 2002


On 21 January 2002 Baring Emerging Europe Trust PLC purchased for cancellation
140,000 of its own shares at US$2.38 per share.  Following this purchase the
total number of ordinary shares in issue is 118,079,983.


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