Holding(s) in Company

SCHEDULE 10                                  
                                                                               
                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                    

1) Name of company

The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc


2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

Legal & General Investment Management Limited

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

As above

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd total holding 7,455,674 shares, held as
follows:

Account 775245 - 1,193,161 shares

Account 360509 - 210,238 shares

Account 357206 - 5,802,065 shares

Account 904332 - 21,300 shares

Account 866203 - 229,000 shares

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

182,500

6) Percentage of issued class

0.01%

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

N/A

8) Percentage of issued class

N/A

9) Class of security

Ordinary 25p shares

10) Date of transaction

2 September 2002

11) Date company informed

9 September 2002

12) Total holding following this notification

7,455,764 ordinary 25p shares

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.02%

14) Any additional information

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Julie Bamford

Fidelity Investments International - Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

As above

Date of notification 9 September 2002