AGM Statement

Fleming Overseas Inv Trust PLC
26 November 2002

                          STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT

                   THE FLEMING OVERSEAS INVESTMENT TRUST PLC


At the Annual General Meeting of the Company, which was held this afternoon, the
Board announce that all the resolutions put to shareholders were passed,
including the two special resolutions which were as follows:-



1.       To allow the Company to make market purchases of ordinary shares up to
a maximum number of 10,632,716 (representing 14.99% of the Company's issued
ordinary share capital).



2.      To change the Company's name to 'JPMorgan Fleming Overseas Investment
Trust plc'.



The change of name will become effective on the issue of the certificate of
incorporation on change of name by the Registrar of Companies, and a further
announcement will follow in this respect.





26th 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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