Director Declaration

F&C U.S. Smaller Companies PLC
14 May 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, retired as a director of Alliance & Leicester PLC on 13 May 2007.





For F&C Management Limited

Secretary

14 May 2007


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