Purchase of Own Securities

Fleming Eur Fledgeling Inv Tst PLC
27 July 2001



                         STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT


             THE FLEMING EUROPEAN FLEDGELING INVESTMENT TRUST PLC


                REPURCHASE OF ORDINARY SHARES FOR CANCELLATION


The Fleming European Fledgeling Investment Trust plc announces that today in
the market they purchased for cancellation 300,000 ordinary shares at 232p per
share representing 0.5% of the ordinary shares in issue.

The number of shares repurchased to date now totals 2,376,303.

The remaining shares in issue following this repurchase total 60,166,517.


27th July 2001


For further information, please contact:


Jonathan Latter  (Company Secretary)
JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management (UK) Limited, 020 7742 3408

Nick Corke
Credit Lyonnias Securities Europe (UK) -
Stockbrokers to the Company, 020 7214 5576