Purchase of Own Securities

Fleming Overseas Inv Trust PLC
17 December 1999
                  

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

The  Fleming Overseas Investment Trust plc announces that
today  in  the  market  they purchased  for  cancellation
350,000  ordinary  shares at 564p per share  representing
0.32% of the ordinary shares in issue.

The  number  of  shares repurchased to  date  now  totals
23,616,401.

The  current  repurchase authority for 16,751,846  shares
was approved by shareholders on 26 October 1999.  To date
3,730,000   shares  have  been  repurchased  under   this
authority  which represents 3.34% of the ordinary  shares
in issue as at the date shareholder approval was granted.

The  remaining shares in issue following this  repurchase
is 109,223,599.


For further information, please contact:

Liz Hayman  (Company Secretary)
Caroline Henry (Assistant Company Secretary)
Fleming Investment Trust Management Limited
0171 638 5858

Tom Durie
HSBC Securities - Stockbrokers to the Company
0171 336 2004