The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc

HEADLINE:   PURCHASE OF ORDINARY SHARES FOR TREASURY

The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc announces that on 21 November 2019, it purchased for holding in treasury 240,000 ordinary shares of 25p each at a price of 594.9578p per share.

Following this transaction, the Company has 17,337,805 ordinary shares held in treasury and 178,328,929 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

21 November 2019