Holding(s) in Company

SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

1.Name of company
Martin Currie Portfolio Investment Trust Plc

2.Name of shareholder having a major interest
Barclays Plc

3.Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-
beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18
As in 2.

4.Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them
Barclays Global Investors Ltd                 3,810,776
Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd               7,474,874
Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd                430,374
Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd           309,530


5.Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
Not disclosed

6.Percentage of issued class
Not disclosed

7.Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

8.Percentage of issued class


9.Class of security
Ordinary shares 5p

10.Date of transaction
23 January 2003

11.Date company informed
28 January 2003



12.Total holding following this notification
12,025,554


13.Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
4.0021%


14.Any additional information


15.Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Jan Wilson 0131 479 4774

16.Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
Martin Currie Investment Management Limited

Date of notification  28 January 2003