To:        RNS

From:    F&C Managed Portfolio Trust plc

Date:    5 December 2017

LEI:      213800ZA6TW45NM9YY31

Compliance with Market Abuse Regulation - Statement re. Inside Information

F&C Managed Portfolio Trust plc (the "Company")

The Company announces that it is satisfied that all inside information which the Directors and the Company may have in the period leading up to the announcement of its results for the six months ended 30 November 2017 has previously been, and will continue to be, notified via a regulatory information service and, therefore, dealings by the Company in its own securities are permitted.

The mandatory closed period under the Market Abuse Regulation will commence on 17 December 2017 and will last until the results for the six months ended 30 November 2017 are published in late January 2018.

Name of contact and telephone number for enquiries:

Ian Ridge

For F&C Investment Business Limited

Company Secretary

Telephone: 0207 628 8000