Director Shareholding

SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters. 1. Name of company Martin Currie Japan Investment Trust Plc 2. Name of director Alfred Charles Shedden 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non- beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of an non-beneficial interest As in 2. above 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them (if notified) As in 2. above 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 /non discretionary Purchase within savings plan 7. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired 193.204 8. Percentage of issued class 0.00042% 9. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 10. Percentage of issued class N/A 11. Class of security Ordinary shares 25p 12. Price per share £0.52 13. Date of transaction 6 March 2003 14. Date company informed 7 March 2003 15. Total holding following this notification 14338.023 16. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 0.03% If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the following boxes. 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. Any additional information 24. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Jan Wilson 0131 479 4774 25. NAME AND SIGNATURE OF AUTHORISED COMPANY OFFICIAL RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING THIS NOTIFICATION Martin Currie Investment Management Limited Date of notification 7 March 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/03/07/20030307BIT01100/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/03/07/20030307BIT01100/wkr0002.pdf