Holding(s) in Company

Edinburgh New Income Trust plc
30 April 2007

                                                                      APPENDIX 3



TR-1i: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



(1).      Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to
which voting rights are attached (ii):

            Edinburgh New Income Trust plc


2.         Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No):



An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: Yes



An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: No



An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: No



Other: Initial Disclosure: No



3.         Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):

            Brewin Dolphin Securities Limited


4.         Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):

            n/a



5.         Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or
  reached (v):

            25 April 2007



6.         Date on which issuer notified:

            26 April 2007



7.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

            5%


8.         Notified details:

            Nominee Holdings



A: Voting rights attached to shares


                             Situation previous to the triggering transaction
Class/type of shares if possible           Number of shares                   No of voting Rights
using the ISIN CODE
Zero Dividend Preference Shares                Below 5%                            Below 5%

GB00B084LV15




Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)


Class/type of shares if          Number of shares       Number of voting rights (ix)       % of voting rights
possible using the ISIN CODE
Zero Dividend Preference             288,480           Direct (x)     Indirect (xi)       Direct      Indirect
Shares                                                  288,480          562,187          1.9021%     3.7067%

GB00B084LV15




B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)


Type of         Expiration Date       Exercise/Conversion       Number of voting rights     % of voting rights
financial       (xiii)                Period/ Date (xiv)        that may be acquired if the
instrument                                                      instrument is exercised/
                                                                converted.
n/a             n/a                   n/a                       n/a                         n/a





Total (A+B)
   Number of voting rights          % of voting rights

           850,667                        5.6088%





9.      Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or
the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):



Direct - Brewin Dolphin Securities Limited - 288,480 shares - 1.9021%

Indirect - Giltspur Nominees Limited - 549,903 shares - 3.6257%

Indirect - Brewin Nominees (Channel Islands) Limited - 8,966 shares - 0.0591%

Indirect - BS Nominees Limited - 3,318 shares - 0.0219%



Proxy Voting:



10.    Name of the proxy holder:

            n/a



11.       Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

            n/a.



12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

            n/a



13.       Additional information:

Figures based on ZDP shares in issue of 15,166,618.  The total number of
ordinary and ZDP shares in issue is 35,685,674



The indirect voting rights under (9) relate to shares held in client portfolios,
managed by those firms, under discretionary investment management agreements.


14.       Contact name:

            Valerie MacKenzie - Aberdeen Asset Managers Ltd



15.       Contact telephone number:

            0131 313 6321




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