Purchase of Own Securities

Scottish American Investment Co PLC 20 June 2001 The Scottish American Investment Company plc (the 'Company') Repurchase of ordinary shares for cancellation The Scottish American Investment Company plc announces that on 20 June, 2001 it purchased for cancellation 150,000 ordinary shares in the market at a price of 223p per ordinary share. There remain 154,220,943 ordinary shares in issue. END
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