Re Portfolio of Investments

Temple Bar Investment Trust PLC
19 September 2000


The company announces the following unaudited data relating to its portfolio
of investments as at 15 September 2000:
                                            

TOTAL ASSETS                         £  430,024,055  
DEBENTURE STOCK                      £   63,000,000       
NET ASSETS                           £  367,024,055  

NAV (EX INCOME) PER  ORDINARY SHARE         635.06p