Dividend Declaration

FOREIGN & COLONIAL INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

FIRST INTERIM DIVIDEND FOR 2017

The Directors of the Company have resolved that the first interim dividend for the year ending 31 December 2017 will be a payment of 2.50 pence per ordinary share, which compares with a 2.35 pence per share first interim dividend this time last year. The dividend will be paid on 1 August 2017 to shareholders registered at the close of business on 7 July 2017. Please note this payment will include a Dividend Re-investment Plan facility, for which the election date will be 11 July 2017.

By order of the BoardF&C Investment Business LimitedSecretary23 June 2017