Month End Portfolio Info

F&C U.S. Smaller Companies PLC
15 February 2006

F&C US Smaller Companies PLC

ALL DATA AS AT 31st January 2006

THIS DATA WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE F&C ASSET MANAGEMENT WEB-SITE, http://
www.fandc.com/ FROM APPROXIMATELY 18th February 2006



Top ten equity holdings                                 %


Conn's                                                3.1
LKQ Corp                                              2.8
Cousins Properties                                    2.6
Pride International                                   2.3
Freds                                                 2.3
Airgas                                                2.2
Republic Services                                     2.2
Kirby                                                 2.2
Genesee & Wyoming                                     2.1
Americas Car-Mart                                     2.1

Total                                                23.6





Sector


Consumer Discretionary   30.6%
Financial Services  25.3%
Health Care 8.7%
Producer Durables  8.3%
Autos And Transportation  8.3%
Technology  6.5%
Other Energy 6.3%
Materials And Processing  5.0%
Utilities  1.2%



Total    100.0%




Actual gearing:     98.0
Potential gearing: 100.0




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