15.5.1 Model Code Exemption

Edinburgh New Income Trust plc
06 December 2007


6/12/2007


EDINBURGH NEW INCOME TRUST PLC ('the Company')


Edinburgh New Income Trust plc announces that it is satisfied, by virtue of the
points listed below, that all inside information which the Directors and the
Company may have in the period leading up to the Announcement of the Interim
Results, has been notified to a Regulated Information Service ('RIS') and that
the Company is thereby exempted from the provisions of the Model Code in
relation to closed periods for any dealings by persons discharging managerial
responsibilities in the Company and any purchases by the Company of its own
securities.

In so stating the Company has regard to;
     
1)   the announcement on the 6 December 2007 of the Net Asset Value per share
     as of the close of business on the 30 November 2007,

2)   the company's belief, following reasonable enquiries, that there will be no 
     material difference between the information published on the 6 December 
     2007 and that to be included in the forthcoming Preliminary Announcement of 
     the Interim Results,

3)   the Company's practice of calculating Net Asset Values per share each
     business day and the announcement of these Net Asset Values to an RIS,

4)   there being no other unpublished information which constitutes price
     sensitive information in respect of the Company's securities and

5)   there being no unquoted investments within the Company's portfolio,


This announcement is issued pursuant to paragraph 15.5.1 of the FSA Listing
Rules as amended 28/09/2007.


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