Annual Report and Accounts

Martin Currie Portfolio Investment Trust plc                  

                   Stock Exchange Announcement - 23 May 2002                   

The company has today filed with the UK Listing Authority copies of:

  * the annual report for the year ended 31 January 2002 incorporating the
    notice of AGM
   
  * summary annual report for the year ended 31 January 2002
   
  * proxy form in respect of the 2002 AGM.
   
These will be available shortly through the Document Viewing Facility.