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 Steve Baldwin as a Non-Executive Director of the Company with immediate effect.   

Steve is senior independent non-executive director at TruFin plc and Elegant Hotels Group plc, a non-executive director at Plus500 and a Trustee at Howard de Walden Estate Limited.  He was formerly a non-executive director of Panmure Gordon & co plc.  He was the Head of European Equity Capital Markets and Corporate Broking at Macquarie Capital until February 2015.  Prior to this Steve was a Director at JPMorgan Cazenove for ten years and was a Vice President of Corporate Finance at UBS from 1995-1998.  Steve is a Chartered Accountant.  

Mr Baldwin does not currently hold any 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 Conduct Authority’s Listing Rules.

Kelly Nice

for and on behalf of

Invesco Asset Management Limited

Corporate Company Secretary

10 September 2018