Purchase of Own Securities

Templeton Emerging Markets IT PLC
4 March 2002


Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust PLC

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust PLC announces that, on 4 March 2002,
it bought for cancellation 325,000 ordinary shares in the market at a price of
120.35p per ordinary share. There remain 455,737,419 shares in issue.

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