Purchase of Own Securities

Baring Emerging Europe Trust PLC
29 July 2002


The Baring Emerging Europe Trust plc has today purchased for cancellation 
7,359,784 of its own shares at US$2.44 per share. Following this purchase the 
total number of ordinary shares in issue is 100,500,199.


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