Purchase of Own Securities

Fleming Japanese Smaller Cos IT PLC 14 September 2001 STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT THE FLEMING JAPANESE SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC REPURCHASE OF ORDINARY SHARES FOR CANCELLATION The Fleming Japanese Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc announces that on Friday 14th September 2001 in the market it purchased for cancellation 55,000 ordinary shares at 176p per share representing 0.11% of the ordinary shares in issue. The number of shares repurchased to date now totals 8,775,000. The remaining shares in issue following this announcement are 48,469,423. 14th September 2001 For further information, please contact: Hilary Lowe For and on behalf of J.P. Morgan Fleming Asset Management (UK) Limited 020 7742 3274 Alan Brierley Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Securities Limited- Stockbrokers to the Company 020 7475 6672
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