Purchase of Own Securities

Edinburgh Investment Trust PLC 17 February 2000 On 16 February 2000, The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc bought back a further 320,000 ordinary shares for cancellation at an average price of 482.19p per share. Following the buy back, there are 275,672,364 ordinary shares in issue. The share buy-back will be financed out of the capital reserve. For Edinburgh Fund Managers plc, Secretary Lynn Mathewson Deputy Secretary
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