The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc

HEADLINE:   PURCHASE OF ORDINARY SHARES FOR TREASURY

The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc announces that on 11 October 2019, it purchased for holding in treasury 225,000 ordinary shares of 25p each at a price of 588.8202p per share.

Following this transaction, the Company has 12,533,561 ordinary shares held in treasury and 183,133,173 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

11 October 2019