Compliance with Market Abuse Regulation

Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust PLC

Exchange House, Primrose Street, London EC2A 2NY

Telephone +44 (0)20 7628 8000 Facsimile +44 (0)20 7628 8188

www.foreignandcolonial.com

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 six months ending 30 June 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 commences today and will last until the results in respect of the six months ending 30 June 2017 are published on or around 27 July 2017.

If in the period leading up to the announcement of the half yearly results the Directors of the Company come into the possession of any inside information, this will be notified to an RIS before any such transactions are undertaken.

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

26 June 2017