Change of Name

Fleming Overseas Inv Trust PLC
28 November 2002




                       LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT



                   THE FLEMING OVERSEAS INVESTMENT TRUST PLC



                                 CHANGE OF NAME





Further to the announcement made on 26 November, the Company announces that The
Registrar of Companies has issued the Certificate of Incorporation on change of
name and therefore the name of the Company has been changed to JPMorgan Fleming
Overseas Investment Trust plc with effect from 26 November 2002.


J.P. Morgan Fleming Asset Management (UK) Limited - Secretary



28th November 2002



For further information, please contact:



Linda Field (Company Secretary)

J.P. Morgan Fleming Asset Management (UK) Limited

020 7742 3426



Andrew Zychowski

Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein - Stockbrokers to the Company

020 7475 6681






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