RNS Number:6659J
Schroder Emerging Countries Fd PLC
04 April 2003


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                   04-Apr-03

To : The London Stock Exchange


Schroder Emerging Countries Fund plc

The Board of the Schroder Emerging Countries Fund plc announces that the
unaudited net asset value per share as at Wednesday 2nd April 2003 was 52.71 
pence.

The diluted net asset value as at Wednesday 2nd April 2003 is not released as it
is higher than the undiluted net asset value.


By Order of the Board
Schroder Investment Management Limited
Secretaries


Enquiries: Stephen Cunningham                                    020 7658 3287
           Schroder Emerging Countries Fund plc


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