Transaction in Own Shares

JPMorgan Fleming Mercantile IT PLC
27 April 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 30,564 ordinary shares at 1351.80 pence
per share representing 0.03% 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 10,871,477 shares have been repurchased
under this authority.



The remaining shares in issue following this repurchase total 117,422,199.








27th April 2007





For further information, please contact:



Jonathan Latter

JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited, 020 7742 6000





Gavin Tooke

Dresdner Kleinwort, 020 7475 6685










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