Result of AGM

The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc                       

HEADLINE: Annual General Meeting Result

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 17 July 2009 shareholders
approved the following resolutions:

Ordinary Business

Ordinary Resolutions

 1. to receive the report of the Directors and Auditors and the Financial
    Statements for the year ended 31 March 2009;
   
 2. to declare a final dividend of 6.15 pence per ordinary share;
   
 3. to re-elect Mr Scott Dobbie a Director of the Company;
   
 4. to re-elect Mr Jim Pettigrew a Director of the Company;
   
 5. to re-elect Mr William Samuel a Director of the Company;
   
 6. to receive and adopt the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended
    31 March 2009;
   
 7. to re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc as Auditors;
   
 8. to authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditors;
   
Special Business

Ordinary Resolution

 9. to authorise the Directors to allot securities;
   
Special Resolutions

10. to authorise the Directors to allot securities for cash, disapplying
    statutory pre-emption rights;
   
11. to renew the Directors' authority to purchase shares of the Company in the
    market for cancellation or for holding in Treasury within the parameters
    specified;
   
Ordinary Resolution

12) to change the Objective and Investment Policy of the Company; and

Special Resolution

13) that the period of notice required for general meetings of the Company
(other than AGMs) shall be not less than 14 days' notice.

Invesco Asset Management Limited, Secretary

17 July 2009