Holding(s) in Company

SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company Edinburgh High Income Trust plc 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest Aberdeen Asset Managers 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 on behalf of Aberdeen Preferred Income Trust plc 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them State Street Nominees Ltd for XCC8 - 831,000 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired n/a 6) Percentage of issued class n/a 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 300,000 8) Percentage of issued class 0.95% 9) Class of security Ordinary 1p 10) Date of transaction 19/8/02 11) Date company informed 20/8/02 12) Total holding following this notification 831,000 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 2.63% 14) Any additional information n/a 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries Amanda Fraser 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of notification 20/8/02 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/08/20/20020820BIT00780/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/08/20/20020820BIT00780/wkr0002.pdf