Reduction of Capital

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Reduction of Capital

Cancellation of Share Premium Account and Capital Redemption Reserve

TEMPLETON EMERGING MARKETS INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

(Registered Number SC118022)

Notice is hereby given that on 5 December 2008 an order was pronounced in the Court of Session, Edinburgh, confirming the cancellation of the share premium account and capital redemption reserve of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust PLC, a Company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 and with its registered office at 5 Morrison Street, Edinburgh EH3 8BH (“the Company”) which was approved by a special resolution of the Company dated 25 September 2008. A certified copy of that order was registered by the Registrar of Companies in Scotland on 8 December 2008.

Dundas & Wilson CS LLP, Solicitors

Saltire Court, 20 Castle Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2EN.

Solicitors to the Company.