TEMPLE BAR INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

    TRANSACTIONS IN A CLOSE PERIOD

    The Company wishes to notify the market that the closed period of the Company
    in relation to its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2016 will
    commence on 18 January 2017 and is anticipated to end no sooner than 17
    February 2017.

    The Company confirms that all inside information (as defined in the EU Market
    Abuse Regulation) which the Directors and the Company may have held has been
    notified to a regulatory information service. Accordingly, in the absence of
    any new undisclosed inside information arising, the Company is not prohibited
    from dealing in its own securities during this closed period.

    Martin Slade

    For and on behalf of Investec Asset Management Limited

    Company Secretary

    9 January 2017