Total Voting Rights

3 April 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 31 March 2017 the Company had 561,819,016 ordinary shares in issue (including 16,794,356 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, 545,024,660. The above figure of 545,024,660 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 End CA:00299344 For:FCT Type:GENERAL Time:2017-04-04 08:30:37