Director Shareholding

SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 1) Name of company The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc 2) Name of director The Earl of Eglinton & Winton 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 a non-beneficial interest non beneficial interest (as Trustee for granddaughter) 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them (if notified) not disclosed 5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s) As in 2 above 6) Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary Purchase through regular savings plan 7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired 25 8) Percentage of issued class 0.0% 9) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 0 10) Percentage of issued class 0.0% 11) Class of security Ordinary 12) Price per share 300p 13) Date of transaction 24.7.02 14) Date company informed 26.7.02 15) Total holding following this notification 4,350 (beneficial), 4,948 (non beneficial) 16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 0.0% If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the following boxes 17) Date of grant n/a 18) Period during which or date on which exercisable n/a 19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option n/a 20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number n/a 21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise n/a 22) Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this notification n/a 23) Any additional information n/a 24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries Lynn Mathewson, tel: 0131 313 6402 25) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification 26.7.02 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/07/26/20020726BIT00360/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/07/26/20020726BIT00360/wkr0002.pdf