Result of AGM

The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc                       

HEADLINE: Annual General Meeting Result

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 20 July 2012 shareholders
approved the following resolutions:

Ordinary Business

Ordinary Resolutions

 1. to receive the Annual Accounts and Reports for the year ended 31 March
    2012;
   
 2. to declare a final dividend of 7 pence per ordinary share;
   
 3. to re-elect Jim Pettigrew as a Director of the Company;
   
 4. to re-elect Gordon McQueen as a Director of the Company;
   
 5. to re-elect Nicola Ralston as a Director of the Company;
   
 6. to re-elect William Samuel as a Director of the Company;
   
 7. to elect Maxwell Ward as a Director of the Company;
   
 8. to re-elect Sir Nigel Wicks as a Director of the Company;
   
 9. to receive and adopt the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended
    31 March 2012;
   
10. to re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc as Auditors;
   
11. to authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditors;
   
Special Business (please refer to the Notice of Meeting for the full text of
the resolutions)

Ordinary Resolution

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

13. to authorise the Directors to allot securities for cash, disapplying
    statutory pre-emption rights;
   
14. 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;
   
15. that the period of notice required for general meetings of the Company
    (other than AGMs) shall be not less than 14 days' notice; and
   
16. to adopt the new Articles of Association.
   
The resolutions were passed by show of hands. The proxy votes lodged with the
Registrar will be available via the Company's website at 
www.invescoperpetual.co.uk/investmenttrusts.

Retirement of Dick Barfield and appointment of Sir Nigel Wicks as Senior
Independent Director of the Company

The Company confirms that, as already announced Dick Barfield, who had served
on the Board since 2001 retired at the conclusion of the Annual General
Meeting. Sir Nigel Wicks has been appointed as Senior Independent Director of
the Company to succeed him.

Invesco Asset Management Limited, Secretary

20 July 2012