The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc

HEADLINE:       PURCHASE OF ORDINARY SHARES FOR TREASURY

The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc announces that on 13 February 2020, it purchased for holding in treasury 200,000 ordinary shares of 25p each at a price of 602.7189p per share.

Following this transaction, the Company has 20,012,805 ordinary shares held in treasury and 175,653,929 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

13 February 2020