Purchase of Own Securities

Lowland Investment Co PLC
12 April 2000


              LOWLAND INVESTMENT COMPANY PLC

          Market Purchase of Company's Own Shares
                             
Notification  is  given  that  pursuant  to  the  authority
granted at an Annual General Meeting on 15 December 1999 to
make market purchases of the Company's own shares of 25p, a
market  purchase of 75,000 ordinary shares of 25p  each  in
the  capital of the Company was made today at  a  price  of
360p per share.

Following   the  purchases  and  cancellations,  20,175,205
ordinary shares of 25p will be in issue.

For further information please contact :

James Henderson/Norman Brown
Lowland Investment Company plc
Telephone : [phone]

Vicki Staveacre
Henderson Press Office
Telephone: [phone]