Transaction in Own Shares

The European Investment Trust plc ("the Company")

The Company announces that on 18 January 2012 it purchased for cancellation
42,000 of its own Ordinary 25p shares at a price of £4.937579 per share.

Following this transaction, the Company has 42,270,065 Ordinary shares in issue
and in circulation.

19 January 2012

Enquiries:

Kenneth J Greig
Edinburgh Partners Limited
Tel: [phone]

The Company's registered office address is:

Beaufort House
51 New North Road
Exeter

EX4 4EP