Purchase of Own Securities

Foreign & Colonial U.S.Smllr.Co PLC 2 October 2000 FOREIGN & COLONIAL U.S. SMALLER COMPANIES PLC Please note that Foreign & Colonial U.S. Smaller Companies PLC purchased today for cancellation 200,000 ordinary shares in the market at a price of 209p per share. Following this purchase, the total number of ordinary shares in issue stands at 32,762,998.
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