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BUYBACK: FCT: Transaction in Own Shares

08 Dec 2016 08:30NZX
7 December 2016

FOREIGN & COLONIAL INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

The Board of Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust PLC (the Company) announces
today it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 25
pence each on the London Stock Exchange from J.P. Morgan Securities plc.

Ordinary Shares:

Date of purchase: 7 December 2016
Number of ordinary shares purchased: 17,500
Lowest price per share: 518p
Highest price per share: 520.5p
Trading venue: London
Aggregate volume per trading venue: 17,500
Weighted average price (per trading venue): 519p

The Company intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Following the
above transaction, the Company holds 14,796,186 of its ordinary shares in
treasury and has 547,022,830 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury
shares).

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is now
547,022,830.  The above figure (547,022,830) 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 Financial Conduct Authority''s Disclosure and Transparency
Rules.

Name of contact and telephone number for enquiries:

Hugh Potter
For and on behalf of F&C Investment Business Limited, Secretary
Telephone: 020 7628 8000
End CA:00293928 For:FCT    Type:BUYBACK    Time:2016-12-08 08:30:27
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Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust
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