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 Gartmore Investment Management 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 Gartmore Investment Ltd, Gartmore Fund Managers Ltd & Gartmore Global Partners 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them BNY GIL CLT A/C NOMS LTD A/C SEQT - 1,306,523 - 4.13% BNY GIL CLT A/C NOMS LTD A/C GSCO - 1,425,000 - 4.50% BANK OF NEW YORK NOMINESS LTD A/C GAGII - 200,000 - 0.63% 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 250,000 8) Percentage of issued class 0.79% 9) Class of security Ordinary 1p 10) Date of transaction 28 January 2003 11) Date company informed 3 February 2003 12) Total holding following this notification 2,931,523 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 9.26% 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 3 February 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/02/03/20030203BIT00940/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/02/03/20030203BIT00940/wkr0002.pdf