Purchase of Own Securities

Templeton Emerging Markets IT PLC
26 September 2000


Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust PLC 
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Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust PLC announces that, on 26
September 2000, it bought for cancellation 450,000 ordinary shares in the
market at a price of 118p per ordinary share.  There remain 457,753,671 shares
in issue.