Transaction in Own Shares

The European Investment Trust plc (“the Company”)

The Company announces that on 24 May 2018 it purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 25 pence each on the main market of the London Stock Exchange.

Ordinary Shares:

Date of purchase:	24 May 2018
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	10,000
Lowest price per share	937.0p
Highest price per share	937.0p

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

Following the above transaction, the Company has 41,869,269 ordinary shares in issue. Each of the Company's shares carries one vote.  Accordingly, the total number of voting rights of the Company is 41,869,269.

25 May 2018

LEI: 213800QNN9EHZ4SC1R12

Enquiries:

Kenneth J Greig
Edinburgh Partners AIFM Limited
Tel: [phone]

The Company’s registered office address is:

Beaufort House
51 New North Road
Exeter
EX4 4EP