ABSTRACT. We prove a theorem for set valued mappings in an approximatively compact, convex subset of a locally convex space, and then derive results due to Ky Fan and S. Reich as corollaries.Let E be a locally convex Hausdorff topological vector sapee, S a nonempty subset of E and p a continuous seminorm on E. It is a well-known result (see the proof in Sehgal [8] or Ky Fan [1]) that if S is compact and convex and f:S->E is a continuous map, then there exists an a; G S satisfying (1) p(fx-x) =dp(fx,S) =min{p(fx,-y)\ yES}.Since then a number of authors have provided either an extension of the above theorem to set valued mappings or have weakened the compactness condition therein. Some of these results are (d) SEHGAL AND SINGH (1985). Let S Ç E with int(S) ^ 0 and cl(S) convex and let /: S -► 2E be a continuous condensing multifunction with convex, compact values and with a bounded range. Then for each w E int(S), there exists a continuous seminorm p = p(w) satisfying (1) [6].Our aim in this presentation is to prove (a) for multifonctions and derive some results as easy corollaries.For definitions and terminologies we refer to Reich [5] (see also [3]). DEFINITION. A subset S of E is approximatively p-compact iff for each y E E and a net {xa} in S satisfying p(xa -y)-+ dp(y, S) there is a subnet {xp} and an x E S such that Xß -► x.Clearly a compact set in E is approximatively compact. The converse, however, may fail. For example, the closed unit ball of an infinite dimensional uniformly convex Banach space is approximatively norm compact but not compact.