The Directors of the Edinburgh Investment Trust plc (the Company) announced that they have declared a third interim dividend for the year ended 31 March 2022 of 6.40 pence per ordinary share (2021: 6.00 pence), an increase of 6.7% compared with each of the first two interim dividends. This dividend is payable on 27 May 2022 to ordinary shareholders on the register on 6 May 2022. The shares will be quoted ex-dividend on 5 May 2022.

For the year, the same level of dividend per share is anticipated for the final dividend for the year to 31 March 2022, implying a full year payout of 24.80 pence per share. This would represent an increase of 3.3% compared with the total underlying ordinary dividends paid for the financial year to 31 March 2021.