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

Legal Entity Identifier: 549300RKB85NFVSTBM94

Information disclosed in accordance with Market Abuse Regulation Article 19, Paragraph 11

In accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation the Company announces that it has today entered into a closed period, which will remain in place until the Company releases its Annual Report for the year ended 31 January 2022.

The Company is satisfied that any inside information which the Directors or the Company may have during the closed period has previously been notified to a Regulated Information Service. The Company is therefore not prohibited from repurchasing its own securities, or issuing new securities, during this closed period.

Franklin Templeton Investment Trust Management Limited, company secretary