Total Voting Rights

3 May 2017

FOREIGN & COLONIAL INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

LEI: 213800W6B18ZHTNG7371

TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS

In accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's ("FCA") Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6, Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust PLC ("the Company") advises that as at 30 April 2017 the Company had 561,819,016 ordinary shares in issue (including 17,463,545 held in Treasury). Each such ordinary share has one vote per share.

The total number of voting rights that can be exercised in the Company is, therefore, 544,355,471.

The above figure of 544,355,471 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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