Quarterly Portfolio Update

Temple Bar Investment Trust Plc                        

As at close of business on 31 December 2006, the 10 largest investments in the
Company's portfolio were:

Top Ten                                % Gross Assets                        
                                                                             
Royal Dutch Shell B Shares             7.17                                  
                                                                             
BP                                     6.95                                  
                                                                             
HSBC Holdings                          6.56                                  
                                                                             
Vodafone Group                         6.00                                  
                                                                             
GlaxoSmithKline                        5.97                                  
                                                                             
Royal Bank of Scotland                 4.93                                  
                                                                             
BT Group                               3.55                                  
                                                                             
AstraZeneca                            3.25                                  
                                                                             
Unilever                               3.06                                  
                                                                             
Signet Group                           2.77                                  
                                                                             
                                       50.21                                 

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Investec Investment Management Limited