Holding(s) in Company

Edinburgh New Income Trust plc
26 October 2006

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)    Name of company
      Edinburgh New Income Trust plc

2)    Name of shareholder having a major interest
      Philip J Milton & Co plc

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
      On behalf of 2 above


4)    Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
      number of shares held by each of them
      not advised


5)    Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
      Not disclosed

6)    Percentage of issued class
      Not disclosed


7)    Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
      n/a

8)    Percentage of issued class
      n/a

9)    Class of security
      Ordinary

10)   Date of transaction
      n/a

11)   Date company informed
      26 October 2006

12)   Total holding following this notification
      2,259,006


13)   Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
      11.0%

14)   Any additional information

15)   Name of contact and telephone number for queries
      Valerie MacKenzie - 0131 313 1000

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

      Date of notification

      26 October 2006



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