Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                                      
                                                                                                    
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer      Temple Bar Investment Trust plc             
of existing shares to which voting rights are                                                       
attached: ii                                                                                        
                                                                                                    
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):                           
                                                                                                    
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                   X     
                                                                                                    
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result                     
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached                     
                                                                                                    
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to                           
qualifying financial instruments                                                                    
                                                                                                    
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                                    
                                                                                                    
Other (please                                                                                       
specify):                                                                                           
                                                                                                    
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                Investec Wealth & Investment Limited        
notification obligation: iii                                                                        
                                                                                                    
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                          N/A                         
 (if different from 3.):iv                                                                          
                                                                                                    
5. Date of the transaction and date on                              1 June 2015                     
which the threshold is crossed or                                                                   
reached: v                                                                                          
                                                                                                    
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                   3 June 2015                     
                                                                                                    
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                             From 6% to 5%                    
reached: vi, vii                                                                                    
                                                                                                    

   

8. Notified details:                                                                                 
                                                                                                     
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                         
                                                                                                     
Class/type of    Situation previous        Resulting situation after the triggering transaction      
shares           to the triggering                                                                   
                 transaction                                                                         
if possible                                                                                          
using            Number       Number       Number      Number of voting       % of  voting rights x  
the ISIN CODE    of           of           of shares   rights                                        
                 Shares       Voting                                                                 
                              Rights       Direct      Direct xi   Indirect   Direct      Indirect   
                                                                   xii                               
                                                                                                     
Ordinary Shares  4,101,589    4,101,589    3,430,530   3,430,530              5.13%                  
                                                                                                     
GB0008825324                                                                                         
                                                                                                     
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                  
                                                                                                     
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                 
                                                                                                     
Type of financial       Expiration Exercise/                Number of voting        % of voting      
instrument              date xiii  Conversion Period xiv    rights that may be      rights           
                                                            acquired if the                          
                                                            instrument is                            
                                                            exercised/ converted.                    
                                                                                                     
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial                        
Instruments xv, xvi                                                                                  
                                                                                                     
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                 
                                                                                                     
Type of financial  Exercise   Expiration Exercise/     Number of voting rights   % of voting rights  
instrument         price      date xvii  Conversion    instrument refers to      xix, xx             
                                         period xviii                                                
                                                                                                     
                                                                                 Nominal     Delta   
                                                                                                     
Total (A+B+C)                                                                                        
                                                                                                     
Number of voting rights                          Percentage of voting rights                         
                                                                                                     
3,430,530                                        5.13%                                               
                                                                                                     

   

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the              
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                              
                                                                                            
Discretionary client holdings registered in the name of Nominee companies 100%              
owned by Investec Wealth & Investment Limited.                                              
                                                                                            
Proxy Voting:                                                                               
                                                                                            
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                               
                                                          N/A                               
                                                                                            
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease                                         
to hold:                                                  N/A                               
                                                                                            
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold                                           
voting rights:                                            N/A                               
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
13. Additional information:                  N/A                                            
                                                                                            
14. Contact name:                                                                           
                                             Martin Slade                                   
                                                                                            
15. Contact telephone number:                                                               
                                             020 7597 1942