Transaction in Own Shares

The European Investment Trust plc ("the Company")

The Company announces that on 11 January 2012 it purchased for cancellation
71,424 of its own Ordinary 25p shares at a price of £4.767198 per share.

Following this transaction, the Company has 42,329,324 Ordinary shares in issue
and in circulation.

12 January 2012

Enquiries:

Mhairi Macdonald
Edinburgh Partners Limited
Tel: [phone]

The Company's registered office address is:

Beaufort House
51 New North Road
Exeter EX4 4EP