Purchase of Own Securities

Fleming Mid Cap Inv Tst PLC
26 June 2000

      THE FLEMING MID CAP INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
   REPURCHASE OF ORDINARY SHARES FOR CANCELLATION

The Fleming Mid Cap Investment Trust plc announces
that  today  in  the  market  they  purchased  for
cancellation 150,000 ordinary shares at 381.0p per
share   representing  a  total  of  0.38%  of  the
ordinary shares in issue.

The  number  of  shares repurchased  to  date  now
totals 1,025,000 representing 2.6% of the ordinary
shares in issue at the time of commencement of the
repurchase programme.

The  remaining number of shares in issue following
this purchase is 38,975,000.


For further information, please contact:

Jonathan Latter (Company Secretary)    0207880-3408
Fleming Investment Management Limited

Michael Ward                  .........020 7547 1695
Deutsche Bank AG - Stockbrokers to the Company