Doc re. AGM Resolution

Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC
26 November 2003

                      THE BAILLIE GIFFORD JAPAN TRUST PLC

      SPECIAL RESOLUTION TO RENEW BUY-BACK POWERS PASSED 26 NOVEMBER 2003

A copy of the above special resolution has been submitted to the UK Listing
Authority, and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing
Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:

Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS

Tel. no. (0)20 7676 1000

                                                           Baillie Gifford & Co.
                                                             Company Secretaries
                                                                26 November 2003


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