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

D C Thomson & Company

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

As in 2.

5.
Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

6.
Percentage of issued class

7.
Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

1,438,564
8.
Percentage of issued class

0.48%

9.
Class of security

Ordinary shares 5p

10.
Date of transaction

22 April 2004

11.
Date company informed

22 April 2004


12.
Total holding following this notification


7,521,436

13.
Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

2.52%

14.
Any additional information
Following the disposal of 1,438,564 ordinary shares, by
wholly owned subsidiary, John Leng & Company Limited, D. C. Thomson &
Company Limited no longer has a notifiable interest in Martin Currie
Portfolio Investment Trust plc.

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  22 April 2004