Total Voting Rights

Martin Currie Portfolio Investment Trust plc ("the Company")

             Total Voting Rights and Share Capital - 30 January 2009


For   the  purposes  of  the  Financial  Services  Authority's  Disclosure   and
Transparency  Rules,  the  total  number of ordinary  shares  of  Martin  Currie
Portfolio  Investment  Trust  plc in issue as at the  date  of  this  notice  is
133,990,458 with each share carrying the right to one vote. There are no  shares
held in Treasury.

The total number of voting rights in the Company is therefore 133,990,458.

The  above  figure  may  be  used by shareholders as  the  denominator  for  the
calculations  by which they will determine if they are required to notify  their
interest  in,  or  a  change  to  their interest  in,  Martin  Currie  Portfolio
Investment Trust plc in accordance with the FSA's
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.


Tamsin Hooton
On behalf of Martin Currie Investment Management Limited
Company Secretary