This replaces the announcement submitted under RNS number 6822V released on 30 May 2008 at 16.57. The price at which the shares were purchased should have been 395.5687p per share and not 399p per share.
2 June 2008
F&C GLOBAL SMALLER COMPANIES PLC
TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES
The Board of F&C Global Smaller Companies PLC ('the Company') announces that on 30 May 2008 the Company purchased for cancellation 25,000 ordinary shares of 25p each at a price of 395.5687p per share.
Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is now 43,849,781.
The above figure (43,849,781) 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, the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
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