Purchase of Own Securities

EDINBURGH INVESTMENT TRUST PLC 9 July 1999 Buy-back of ordinary shares On 8 July 1999, The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc bought back a further 500,000 ordinary shares for cancellation at an average price of 514.8p. Following the buy back, there are 289,098,471 ordinary shares in issue. The share buy-back will be financed out of the capital reserve. For Edinburgh Fund Managers plc,Secretary David Holland Assistant Secretary
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