Listing Particulars

Fleming Mercantile Inv Trust PLC
27 February 2001


FORMAL NOTICE FOR SPECIALIST SECURITIES

PUBLICATION DATE:        27th February 2001


Application has been made to the UK Listing Authority for the following
securities to be admitted to the Official List.

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DETAILS OF ISSUE:         £75,000,000 6.125 per cent. secured bonds due 2030

ISSUERS:                  The Fleming Mercantile Investment Trust plc

INCORPORATED IN:          England and Wales

GUARANTORS:               None

INCORPORATED IN:          N/A


Particulars relating to the issue may be obtained during usual business hours
for fourteen days from the date of this formal notice from:

The Fleming Mercantile Investment Trust plc        HSBC Bank plc
10 Aldermanbury                                    Mariner House
London                                             Pepys Street
EC2V 7RF                                           London
                                                   EC3N 4DA

In addition, a copy of the Particulars is available for inspection at the
Document Viewing Facility at the Financial Services Authority, 25 The North
Colonnade, London E14 5HS.