15.5.1 Model Code Exemption

Edinburgh New Income Trust plc
04 March 2008


04/03/08

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 3rd
Quarter's 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 04 March 2008 of the Net Asset Value per share
          as of the close of business on the 3 March 2008,
          
     2)   the Company's belief, following reasonable enquiries, that there will 
          be no material difference between the information published on the 
          4 March 2008 and that to be included in the forthcoming Announcement 
          of the 3rd Quarter's 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     4)   there being no other unpublished information which constitutes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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