Interim Management Statement

Temple Bar Investment Trust Plc Interim Management Statement for the quarter ended 30 September 2008 Objective The Company's investment objective is to provide growth in income and capital to achieve a long term total return greater than the benchmark FTSE All-Share Index, through investment primarily in UK securities. The Company's policy is to invest in a broad spread of securities with typically the majority of the portfolio selected from the constituents of the FTSE 100 Index. Material Events and Transactions Conditions in the period under review were as trying as any experienced by financial markets for many decades. A catalogue of events widely regarded as unthinkable only twelve months ago combined to take market volatility to extraordinary levels. The rescue of the two US mortgage giants, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the rescue of the giant insurance company AIG, the bankruptcy of Lehman Bros, the massive injection of liquidity by financial authorities and then the huge bail out plan by Hank Paulson created such fear as to leave investors wondering how the world's financial system could take the strain. The Trust has suffered over the previous eighteen months due to the unprecedented strength of mining shares, but we are pleased to see that the new paradigm of 'global decoupling' appears to have broken down and been replaced by the more prosaic rules of supply and demand. The UK Basic Resources sector fell by 34.7% over the six months to 30 September 2008. An interim dividend of 10.50p per share was paid on 30 September 2008 to shareholders on the register as at 12 September 2008. There were no changes to the Company's share capital over the period. Top Ten Holdings as at 30 September 2008 £'000 % total assets BP 36,389 8.62 Royal Dutch Shell ('B' shares) 35,257 8.35 GlaxoSmithKline 33,425 7.92 HSBC 32,749 7.75 Vodafone 31,122 7.37 Unilever 26,632 6.31 AstraZeneca 19,983 4.73 Lloyds TSB Group 13,585 3.22 Signet Jewellers 12,302 2.91 Wolseley 11,738 2.78 253,182 59.96 Financial Performance Quarter to Half Year to 30 September 30 June 2008 2008 Total assets less current liabilities £422.3m £460.9m NAV total return* (8.1)% (17.1)% Dividend yield 5.4% 5.1% NAV per share (debt at book value) 615.85p 681.41p NAV per share (debt at market value) 606.20p 674.80p Price per share 600.00p 592.50p Discount (debt at market value) 1.0% 12.2% Discount (debt at book value) 2.6% 13.0% Benchmark NAV total return FTSE All-Share Index (12.2)% (11.2)% FTSE 350 Higher Yield Index (6.7)% (15.4)% Note: The directors are not aware of any significant events or transactions which have occurred between the date of the financial information and the date of publication, which would have a material impact on the financial position of the Company. The net asset value is published on a weekly basis and other useful background information on the Company including downloads of published documentation such as previous Annual Reports and Monthly Fact Sheets can be found at www.templebarinvestments.com. Company Information Launch date 1926 Year end 31 December Results Interim Announcement in July 2009 Final Announcement in February 2009 Dividend payments March, September Price information Published in the Financial Times under 'Investment Companies'. Contact Martin Slade Investec Investment Management Limited 2 Gresham Street London EC2V 7QP Tel: +44 (0)20 7597 1942
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