Transaction in Own Shares

Templeton Emerging Markets IT PLC
08 November 2007


                Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust PLC


Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust PLC announces that, on 8th November
2007, it bought for cancellation 279,418 ordinary shares in the market at an
average price of GBP4.419222 per ordinary share. There remain 482,211,162 shares
in issue.


For information please contact UBS (Corporate Broker) Joe Winkley or Mark
Reynolds on + 44 (0) 20 7567 8000.



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