Transaction in Own Shares

F&C Capital & Income Inv Tst PLC
03 August 2004


F&C CAPITAL AND INCOME INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES


F&C Capital and Income Investment Trust PLC (the "Company") today announces that
it has made the following purchase of its own shares:


1) Date of Purchase

2 August 2004

2) Number of ordinary shares purchased:

100,000

3) Highest and lowest price paid per share (excluding expenses):

163p

The Company intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Following the purchase of these shares, the Company holds 418,289 of its
ordinary shares in treasury.  Excluding treasury share there are 47,784,752
ordinary shares in issue.

Name and telephone number of contact for queries:

Mr D. Fallon
Tel: [phone]

Name of authorised Company official responsible for this notification:

Mr D Fallon
For and on behalf of F&C Management Limited, Secretary

Date of notification

2 August 2004


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