Directors Shareholding(s)

Martin Currie Portfolio Inv Tst PLC
6 February 2001



Schedule 11 - Notification of interests of Directors and Connected Persons

1   Name of company:
Martin Currie Portfolio Investment Trust

2   Name of director:
Patrick Joseph Scott Plummer

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of     
holding of the director named in 2 above or holding of that person's spouse or
children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non- beneficial interest:
as in (2)above

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of 
shares held by each of them (if notified):
RBSTB Nominees Ltd a/c GENPEP

5   Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with  
the director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s):
as in (2) above

6   Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please  
indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary:

shares acquired with monies received in respect of a tax reclaim on a dividend
paid in October 2000

7   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
9 shares

8   Percentage of issued class:
0.0000003%

9   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:


10  Percentage of issued class:


11  Class of security:
ordinary 5p shares

12  Price per share:
£1.005

13  Date of transaction:
23 November 2000

14  Date company informed:
05 February 2001

15  Total holding following this notification:
27,368 shares

16  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
0.009%

If a director has been granted options by the company, please complete the
following fields:

17  Date of grant:


18  Period during which or date on which exercisable:


19  Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option:


20  Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number:


21  Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to
be fixed at time of exercise:


22  Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following
this notification:


23  Contact name for queries:
Jan Wilson

24  Contact telephone number:
0131 479 4774

25  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Martin Currie Investment Management Limited Plc



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