Holding in Company

Edinburgh Investment Trust PLC
5 March 2001

                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   Name of company
      The Edinburgh Investment Trust


2)   Name of shareholder having a major interest
      The Equitable Life Assurance Society


3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
     holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
     holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18
      In 2 above


4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
     number of shares held by each of them
      not disclosed



5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
      n/a


6)   Percentage of issued class
      n/a


7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
      5,125,000 (sale of assets to Halifax Group on 1 March 2001)


8)   Percentage of issued class
      Not disclosed


9)   Class of security
      ordinary 25p shares


10)  Date of transaction
    1 March 2001


11)  Date company informed
    5 March 2001


12)  Total holding following this notification
      3,709,306


13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
      1.46%


14)  Any additional information
      No


15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries
      Lynn Mathewson 0131 313 6402


16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
     making this notification

     Date of notification 5 March 2001