Purchase of Own Securities

Templeton Emerging Markets IT PLC
15 September 2000


Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust PLC 
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Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust PLC announces that, on 15
September 2000, it bought for cancellation 525,000 ordinary shares in the
market at a price of 126.5p per ordinary share.  There remain 460,228,671
shares in issue.