Purchase of Own Securities

Scottish American Investment Co PLC 25 January 2001 Scottish American Investment Company PLC Repurchase of Ordinary Shares for Cancellation The Scottish American Investment Company PLC announces that on 25 January 2001 it purchased for cancellation 200,000 ordinary shares in the market at a price of 262.5p per ordinary share. There remain 156,415,943 ordinary shares in issue. END
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