Purchase of Own Securities

Merrill Lynch UK Inv Tst PLC 18 February 2002 PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES 1) Date of the purchase: 15 February 2002 2) Number of Ordinary Shares purchased: 25,000 3) Highest and lowest price paid per share (excluding expenses): 744p 4) The issued share capital of the Company following this buy-back will be: Ordinary shares - 13,833,562 5) Name of contact for queries: Miss H Harvey 020 7743 5307 6) Name of authorised Company official responsible for this notification: Miss H Harvey for Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Group Services Limited Secretary 7) Date of notification: 15 February 2002 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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