Compliance with Market Abuse Regulation

Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust PLC ("the Company")

LEI: 213800W6B18ZHTNG7371

Compliance with Market Abuse Regulation - Share Buybacks

The Company announces that it is satisfied that all inside information which the Directors and the Company may have in the period leading up to the announcement of its results for the year ended 31 December 2017 has previously been, and will continue to be, notified via a regulatory information service. Therefore the Company is not prohibited from dealing in its own securities.

The mandatory closed period under MAR will commence on 5 February 2018 and will last until the results in respect of the year ended 31 December 2017 are published on or around 7 March 2018.

Name of contact and telephone number for enquiries:

Hugh Potter

For and on behalf of F&C Investment Business Limited, Secretary

Telephone: 020 7628 8000

2 January 2018