To: RNS
From: F&C Private Equity Trust plc
Date: 3 February 2009
Directorate Change
The Board of Directors of F&C Private Equity Trust plc announces that Mr Mark Edward Tennant (aged 61) has today been appointed as a non-executive Director of the Company.
Mr Tennant is a senior adviser to J P Morgan and a member of the Advisory Board of T Rowe Price Global Investor Services.
He is also Chairman of the management consultancy Bluerock, and advises a number of other companies including the executive search group 33 St James's and The Money Portal.
Mr David Simpson, the Chairman of F&C Private Equity Trust, said:
'I would like very much to welcome Mark Tennant. He has a wealth of experience in the City, and I look forward to the contribution that he will make to the Board's work.'
There is no further information required to be disclosed pursuant to paragraph 9.6.13 R of the Listing Rules.
For further information contact:
Hamish Mair, F&C Asset Management plc 0131 718 1184
Martin Cassels, F&C Asset Management plc 0131 718 1095