Purchase of Own Securities

City of London Investment Trust PLC
8 February 2001


THE CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

HENDERSON GLOBAL INVESTORS

8 FEBRUARY 2001


                 THE CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT TRUST PLC


     Market Purchase by the Company of its own Ordinary Shares


The City of London Investment Trust plc hereby gives notification that,
pursuant to the authority granted to the Company at the Annual General Meeting
on 2 November 2000 to make market purchases of the Company's own shares, a
market purchase of 60,000 ordinary shares of 25p each of the Company was made
today at a price of 244.50p per share.


Following the purchase and cancellation of the above shares, 205,956,018
ordinary shares of 25p each will remain in issue.


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For further information please contact:


Job Curtis/Alex Crooke

The City of London Investment Trust plc

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or


Vicki Staveacre

The Press Office

Henderson Investors

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