FALCON INVESTMENT TRUST PLC                          

                              Ordinary 1p shares                               

The Company announces that on 27 March 2003 it has also purchased in the market
for cancellation a further 1,150,000 Ordinary 1p Shares of the Company at a
price of 50p per share.

The purchase will reduce the number of Ordinary 1p Shares in issue to
37,082,376.

Enquiries:

Unicorn Asset Management Limited. 0207 253 0889.

27 March 2003



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