Director Declaration

F&C U.S. Smaller Companies PLC
05 July 2007


                          F&C US Smaller Companies PLC

                       Non-Executive Director Declaration

In accordance with rule 9.6.14 of the Listing Rules, F&C US Smaller Companies
PLC announces that Malcolm Peter Speight Barton, one of its non-executive
directors, is also a non-executive director of Bramdean Alternatives Limited,
the shares of which are expected to be admitted to trading on the London Stock
Exchange and to the official list of the UK Listing Authority on 9 July 2007.


For F&C Management Limited
Secretary
5 July 2007


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