Purchase of Own Securities

Foreign & Colonial U.S.Smllr.Co PLC
10 April 2000


FOREIGN & COLONIAL U.S. SMALLER COMPANIES PLC

On 7th April 2000 Foreign & Colonial U.S. Smaller Companies PLC purchased for
cancellation 25,000 ordinary shares in the market at a price of 198p per share.

Following this purchase, the total number of ordinary shares in issue stands at
34,344,633.