Transaction in Own Shares

The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc

HEADLINE:       PURCHASE OF ORDINARY SHARES FOR TREASURY

The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc announces that on 8 January 2020, it purchased for holding in treasury 50,000 ordinary shares of 25p each at a price of 622.7674p per share.

Following this transaction, the Company has 19,082,805 ordinary shares held in treasury and 176,583,929 ordinary shares in circulation.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue is 195,666,734.

For and on behalf of
Invesco Asset Management Limited
Corporate Company Secretary

8 January 2020