Dividend Declaration (3rd Interim Dividend 2016)

FOREIGN & COLONIAL INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

THIRD INTERIM DIVIDEND FOR 2016

The Directors of the Company have resolved that the third interim dividend for the year ending 31 December 2016 will be a payment of 2.45 pence per ordinary share, which compares with a 2.30 pence per share third interim dividend this time last year. The dividend will be paid on 1 February 2017 to shareholders registered at the close of business on 6 January 2017. Please note this payment will include a Dividend Re-investment Plan facility, for which the election date will be 11 January 2017.

By order of the BoardF&C Investment Business LimitedSecretary7 December 2016