Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the            Martin Currie Portfolio
underlying issuer                             Investment Trust Plc
of existing shares to which voting
rights are
attached:
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or
boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                        Yes
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        Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)
to the
notification obligation:
4. Full name of shareholder(s)       Legal & General Assurance (Pensions
 (if different from 3.):                    Management) Limited (PMC)
5. Date of the transaction and                          17 February 2010
date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:
6. Date on which issuer notified:                       19 February 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are                           L&G (From 4% - 3%)
crossed or
reached:

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type   Situation         Resulting situation after the triggering
of           previous          transaction
shares       to the
             triggering
if possible  transaction
using
the ISIN
CODE
             Number   Number   Number      Number of         % of  voting
             of       of       of          voting            rights
             Shares   Voting   shares      rights
                      Rights
                                           Direct   Indirect Direct   Indirect

Ordinary 5p  4,650,739         4,616,849   4,616,849         3.97%

             (As on
             16/02/2010)


B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of          Expirat  Exercise/       Number of voting  % of voting
financial        ion      Conversion      rights that may   rights
instrument       date     Period          be
                                          acquired if the
                                          instrument is
                                          exercised/
                                          converted.


C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying
Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of       Exerci  Expira  Exercis   Number of voting  % of voting
financial     se      tion    e/        rights            rights
instrument    price   date    Convers   instrument
                              ion       refers to
                              period
                                                          Nominal  Delta



Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights             Percentage of voting rights
4,616,849                           3.97%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights
and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:


Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)






Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct
and Indirect)






Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)






  Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (4,616,849 - 3.97 % = LGAS,
                              LGPL & PMC)



Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct)
(LGIMHD) (4,211,370 - 3.62 % = PMC)


Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH)



Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited  (PMC)
(4,211,370 - 3.62 % = PMC)


Legal & General Assurance Society Limited  (LGAS & LGPL)






Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct)  (LGPL)




Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:                            N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder                 N/A
will cease
to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to             N/A
hold
voting rights:


13. Additional information:         Notification using the total voting
                                        rights figure of 116,137,602
14. Contact name:                            Helen Lewis (LGIM)
15. Contact telephone number:                  020 3124 3851