Director Shareholding

Temple Bar Investment Trust PLC
24 October 2001


Headline:
Directors Shareholding(s)

Schedule 11 - Notification of interests of Directors and Connected Persons

1   Name of company:

TEMPLE BAR INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

2   Name of director:

Richard Wilson Jewson

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the director named in 2 above or holding of that person's spouse or
children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non- beneficial interest:

In the name of the above

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them (if notified):

Lloyds TSB Registrars Savings Nominees Limited

5   Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with
the director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s):

As in 2 above

6   Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please
indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary:

Monthly investment in Investment Trust Savings Scheme

7   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

42

8   Percentage of issued class:

0.00007

9   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

nil

10  Percentage of issued class:


11  Class of security:

ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P

12  Price per share:

£5.89

13  Date of transaction:

22 October 2001

14  Date company informed:

24 October 2001

15  Total holding following this notification:

291

16  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:

0.0005

If a director has been granted options by the company, please complete the
following fields:



17  Date of grant:



18  Period during which or date on which exercisable:



19  Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option:



20  Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number:



21  Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to
be fixed at time of exercise:



22  Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following
this notification:



23  Contact name for queries:

MARTIN SLADE



24  Contact telephone number:

020 7597 1942



25  Name of company official responsible for making notification:

MARTIN SLADE FOR
INVESTEC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED
SECRETARY