The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc

HEADLINE:   PURCHASE OF ORDINARY SHARES FOR TREASURY

The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc announces that on 8 November 2019, it purchased for holding in treasury 397,500 ordinary shares of 25p each at a price of 602.0443p per share.

Following this transaction, the Company has 14,384,137 ordinary shares held in treasury and 181,282,597 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

8 November 2019