Transaction in Own Shares

The European Investment Trust plc ("the Company")

The Company announces that on 2 February 2012 it purchased for cancellation
101,377 of its own Ordinary 25p shares at a price of £5.214796 per share.

Following this transaction, the Company has 42,069,371 Ordinary shares in issue
and in circulation.

3 February 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