Result of AGM

City of London Investment Trust PLC
17 October 2003

THE CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT TRUST PLC 

HENDERSON GLOBAL INVESTORS 

17 OCTOBER 2003

                THE CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT TRUST PLC 

                         Annual General Meeting

Resolutions
The City of London Investment Trust plc hereby gives notification that at the
Annual General Meeting of the Company held today all the resolutions, as set out
in full in the notice of meeting dated 2 September 2003, were duly passed on a
show of hands including the following items of special business:-

1)     An ordinary resolution was passed giving authority to allot relevant 
       securities up to an aggregate nominal amount of £2,622,672 (being 5% of 
       the issued share capital at the date of notice of meeting);

2)     A special resolution was passed giving authority to allot the above        
       securities for cash as if sub-section 89 of the Companies Act did not 
       apply;

3)    A special resolution was passed giving authority to make market purchases        
      up to a maximum of 31,451,082 of the Company's own ordinary shares at a 
      maximum price per share (exclusive of expenses) not exceeding 105% of the 
      average middle market quotations for the five business days preceding the 
      date of purchase.


                                   -ENDS- 


For further information please contact:

Job Curtis
Portfolio Manager
The City of London Investment Trust plc
Telephone: [phone]

Stephen Westwood 
Head of Investment Trusts 
Henderson Global Investors 
Telephone: [phone]

Stephen Phillips 
Associate Director 
Henderson Global Investors 
Telephone: [phone]

or

Vicki Staveacre 
Henderson Press Office 
Telephone: [phone]
 



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