Directorate Change

3 Feb 2009 14:41



To: RNS

From: F&C Private Equity Trust plc

Date: 3 February 2009

Directorate Change

The Board of Directors of F&C Private Equity Trust plc announces that Mr Mark Edward Tennant (aged 61) has today been appointed as a non-executive Director of the Company.

Mr Tennant is a senior adviser to J P Morgan and a member of the Advisory Board of T Rowe Price Global Investor Services.

He is also Chairman of the management consultancy Bluerock, and advises a number of other companies including the executive search group 33 St James's and The Money Portal.

Mr David Simpson, the Chairman of F&C Private Equity Trust, said:

"I would like very much to welcome Mark Tennant. He has a wealth of experience in the City, and I look forward to the contribution that he will make to the Board's work."

There is no further information required to be disclosed pursuant to paragraph 9.6.13 R of the Listing Rules.

For further information contact:

Hamish Mair, F&C Asset Management plc 0131 718 1184

Martin Cassels, F&C Asset Management plc 0131 718 1095