Directorate Change

The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc                       

HEADLINE: Appointment of New Director

The Board of The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc (`the Company') is pleased to
announce the appointment of Max Ward as a Non-Executive Director of the Company
with effect from 8 August 2011.

Mr Ward joined Baillie Gifford in 1971 becoming a partner in the firm in 1975
and was head of the UK Equity Department from 1981 until his retirement in
April 2000. He was also a member of the firm's Management and Investment Policy
Committees and chairman of Baillie Gifford Overseas. From 1989 until 2000 he
was manager of Scottish Mortgage and Trust plc.

Following his retirement from Baillie Gifford, he floated The Independent
Investment Trust plc and has been its managing director since.

He is a former non-executive director of Aegon UK plc and Foreign and Colonial
Investment Trust plc.

Mr Ward currently holds 20,000 ordinary shares in the Company.

There is no information to be disclosed in respect of paragraphs 9.6.13(2) to
9.6.13(6) of the Financial Services Authority's Listing Rules.

Kelly Nice

for and on behalf of

Invesco Asset Management Limited

- Company Secretary

8 August 2011