Transaction in Own Shares

The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc

HEADLINE:  PURCHASE OF ORDINARY SHARES FOR TREASURY

The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc announces that on 20 August 2019, it purchased for holding in treasury 110,000 ordinary shares of 25p each at a price of 543.4275p per share.

Following this transaction, the Company has 5,541,761 ordinary shares held in treasury and 190,124,973 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

20 August 2019