Month end portfolio info

F&C U.S. Smaller Companies PLC
14 December 2005

F&C US Smaller Companies PLC

ALL DATA AS AT 30 November 2005

THIS DATA WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE F&C ASSET MANAGEMENT WEB-SITE, www.fandc.com
FROM APPROXIMATELY 18th December 2005



Top ten equity holdings                              %


Conn's Inc.                                          2.51
Fred's Inc.                                          2.49
Cousins Properties Inc.                              2.40
EGL Inc.                                             2.40
CapitalSource Inc.                                   2.27
Republic Services Inc.                               2.16
Kirby Corp.                                          2.16
Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc.                 2.14
LKQ Corp.                                            2.13
Community Health Systems Inc.                        2.13


Total                                                22.8



Sector                                                 %


Consumer Discretionary                               30.53
Financial Services                                   25.90
Health Care                                           9.25
Autos And Transportation                              9.19
Producer Durables                                     8.32
Other Energy                                          5.58
Technology                                            5.51
Materials And Processing                              4.52
Utilities                                             1.22



            Total                                    100.0




Actual gearing:  100%
Potential gearing: 100%




















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