TO: RNS
FROM: F&C Managed Portfolio Trust
DATE: 8 March 2012
SUBJECT: Transaction in Own Shares
The Board of F&C Managed Portfolio Trust plc announces that on 8 March 2012 the Company purchased 250,000 Income shares of 10p each at a price of 94.25p per Income share to be held in treasury.
Following this transaction the Company's issued share capital consists of 27,364,936 Income shares and 27,404,843 Growth shares, of which 410,000 Income shares and 685,000 Growth shares are held in treasury. Therefore the total number of shares with voting rights in F&C Managed Portfolio Trust plc is 26,954,936 Income shares and 26,719,843 Growth shares.
The above figures (26,954,936 Income shares and 26,719,843 Growth shares) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, F&C Managed Portfolio Trust plc under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
For further information please contact:
Peter Hewitt, F&C Investment Business Limited 0131 718 1244
Ian Ridge, F&C Investment Business Limited 0131 718 1010