Purchase of Own Securities

Fleming American Inv Trust PLC
16 February 2000

                            
        THE FLEMING AMERICAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
                            
     REPURCHASE OF ORDINARY SHARES FOR CANCELLATION

The  Fleming American Investment Trust plc announces that
today  in the market it purchased for cancellation 25,000
ordinary shares at 711.0p per share  representing a total
of 0.04% of the ordinary shares in issue.

The  number  of  shares repurchased to  date  now  totals
9,570,564  representing 13.63% of the ordinary shares  in
issue  at  the  time  of commencement of  the  repurchase
programme.

The  remaining  number of shares in issue following  this
purchase is 64,652,370.


For further information, please contact:

Fraser Easton 0171-880-3425
Caroline Henry (Assistant Company Secretary)
Fleming Investment Trust Management Limited          0171 638 3425

Angus Gordon Lennox
Cazenove & Co - Stockbrokers to the Company          0171 588 2828