Director Shareholding

SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters. 1. Name of company The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc 2. Name of director Eileen Mackay 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 or in respect of an non-beneficial interest Spouse of holder names in 2 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them (if notified) Mrs E A Russell Mr A M Russell 5. Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s) Mr A M Russell 6. Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary /non discretionary General PEP dividend reinvestment 7. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired 21 8. Percentage of issued class 0.00% 9. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 10. Percentage of issued class 11. Class of security ordinary shares 12.Price per share 3.51p 13-Date of transaction 10 JULY 2002 14.Date company informed 5 AUGUST 2002 15. Total holding following this notification 2,573 (BENEFICIAL 16. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 0.00% If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the following boxes. 17. Period during which or date on which exercisable 18. Period during which or date on which exercisable 19. Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option 20. Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number 21. Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise 22. Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this notification 23. Any additional information 24. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Julie Bamford 01737 837345 25. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Julie Bamford, For and on behalf of Fidelity Investments International, Company Secretary ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/08/09/20020809BIT00810/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/08/09/20020809BIT00810/wkr0002.pdf