Transaction in Own Shares

JPMorgan Fleming Mercantile IT PLC
28 March 2007




                          STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT


                JPMORGAN FLEMING MERCANTILE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC


                 REPURCHASE OF ORDINARY SHARES FOR CANCELLATION


JPMorgan Fleming Mercantile Investment Trust plc announces that today in the
market they purchased for cancellation 145,000 ordinary shares at 1290.875 pence
per share representing 0.12% of the ordinary shares in issue.

The current repurchase authority for 19,231,222 shares was approved by
shareholders on 24th May 2006.  To date 4,730,432 shares have been repurchased
under this authority.

The remaining shares in issue following this repurchase total 123,563,244.




28th March 2007


For further information, please contact:


Lucy Dina
JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited, 020 7742 6000



Gavin Tooke
Dresdner Kleinwort



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