Purchase of Own Secs.-Replcmt

Templeton Emerging Markets IT PLC
1 March 2002


Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust PLC


The issuer advises that the following replaces the "purchase of own securities"
announcement released on 28 February 2002 at 17.27 hrs under RNS: 2326S

The correct number of shares in issue should read 456,073,533 and not
456,358,671 as previously stated. All other details remain unchanged. The full
amended text appears below:

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust PLC

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust PLC announces that, on 28 February
2002, it bought for cancellation 250,000 ordinary shares in the market at a
price of 117.4p per ordinary share. There remain 456,073,533 shares in issue.

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