RNS Number:9583L
Scottish American Investment Co PLC
05 June 2003


THE SCOTTISH AMERICAN INVESTMENT COMPANY PLC


The Scottish American Investment Company plc announces that on 29th May 2003 it
purchased for cancellation 250,000 ordinary shares in the market at a price of
135p per ordinary share. There remain 135,522,943 ordinary shares in issue.








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