18 January 2017
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: 18 January 2017
Number of ordinary shares purchased: 200,000
Lowest price per share: 543p
Highest price per share: 549.50p
Trading venue: London
Aggregate volume per trading venue: 200,000
Weighted average price (per trading venue): 547.59p
The Company intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Following the
above transaction, the Company holds 15,676,092 of its ordinary shares in
treasury and has 546,142,924 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury
shares).
Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is now
546,142,924. The above figure (546,142,924) 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
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