Martin Currie Global Portfolio Trust plc (MNP) Ordinary 5p Shares

To achieve long-term growth in excess of the total return of the MSCI All Country World index by investing in international quoted companies.

The investment management fee will be charged at 0.45% p.a. of NAV.

The Company’s policy is to pay regular dividends on the Ordinary Shares which are currently paid quarterly in January, April, July and October. The Company intends to at least maintain in absolute terms the total ordinary dividends paid in respect of each financial year compared with the preceding financial year. The total annual dividend in respect of each financial year will be at least at a level that ensures that the Company continues to qualify as an investment trust. The Board does not set an income target for the manager and dividends may be funded from current period earnings and/or from distributable reserves. The payment of dividends in accordance with this dividend policy is subject to market conditions and the Company's financial position and outlook.

Zehrid Osmani

Zehrid is head of the Global Long-Term Unconstrained team and is co-manager of the Martin Currie Global Portfolio Trust. He joined Martin Currie in May 2018 from BlackRock, where he held a number of senior roles. He was Head of European Equities Research and had responsibility for managing several pan-European equity funds with a specific focus on unconstrained, high-conviction, long-term portfolios. Prior to this, Zehrid managed equity portfolios at Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP), and was a specialist sector analyst at Commerzbank Securities, UBS Warburg and Credit Lyonnais. Zehrid began his investment career as a trainee fund manager at Scottish Investment Trust. He has a BA in Economics and Finance from the University of Paris-Sorbonne and an MA in International Finance from the University of Glasgow.

Christopher MetcalfeChairman, Marian Glen, Gary Le Sueur, Lindsay Dodsworth