Purchase of Own Securities

Scottish Mortgage & Trust PLC
13 June 2002

                      The Scottish Mortgage and Trust PLC

                           Purchase of Own Securities

On 12 June 2002, the Company purchased for cancellation 100,000 ordinary shares
at a price of 338.00p, bringing the total number of ordinary shares bought back
to 52,785,312.

There remain 307,934,688 ordinary shares in issue.

                                                           Baillie Gifford & Co.

                                                             Company Secretaries

                                                                    13 June 2002



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