Sector/Geo. Breakdown-Replace

Fleming Overseas Inv Trust PLC
17 April 2002


The issuer has made the following amendment to the Sector / Geographical
breakdown announcement released on 9 April 2002 at 18:19 under RNS No 2873U.

The announcement contains a number of typographical changes that have been
identified with an asterisk (*).

The full corrected version is shown below.



THE FLEMING OVERSEAS INVESTMENT TRUST plc

                                                                    %
BY SECTOR

Financials                                                        29.2
General Industrials                                               10.6
Non Cyclical Consumer Goods                                       14.9
Resources                                                          9.5
Information Technology                                             6.9
Cyclical Services                                                 10.8
Non Cyclical Services                                              5.5
Basic Industries                                                   6.0
Assets/Liabilities                                                 4.0
Utilities                                                          1.8
Cyclical Consumer Goods                                            0.8
Total                                                              100


BY TERRITORY                                                         %

North America                                                     52.8 *
Japan                                                              6.9
France                                                             7.4
United Kingdom                                                    15.3
Holland                                                            2.7
Assets/Liabilities                                                 4.0
Germany                                                            1.8
Hong Kong                                                          0.7
Finland                                                            1.1
Italy                                                              1.0
Sweden                                                             0.8
Spain                                                              1.1
Switzerland                                                        1.4
Brazil                                                             0.5
Australia                                                          0.5
Singapore                                                          0.5
Korea                                                              1.3
Total                                                              100


TEN LARGEST INVESTMENTS

Ericott                                                            3.0
Pfizer                                                             1.9
Total Fina                                                         1.8
Microsoft                                                          1.6
Citigroup                                                          1.7
Barclays                                                           1.1
Vodafone                                                           1.4
Exxon Mobil                                                        1.5
BNP                                                                1.5
Philip Morris                                                      1.4
Total                                                             16.9





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