The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc is a United Kingdom-based investment trust. The Company's investment objective is to invest primarily in UK securities with the long-term objective of achieving: an increase of the Net Asset Value per share in excess of the growth in the FTSE All-Share Index and growth in dividends per share in excess of the rate of UK inflation. The Company invests in companies quoted on a recognized stock exchange in the United Kingdom. The Company may also invest up to 20% of the portfolio in securities listed on stock exchanges outside the United Kingdom. The portfolio is selected on the basis of assessment of fundamental value of individual securities and is not structured on the basis of industry weightings. It invests in various sectors, including industrial engineering, industrial support services, retailers, media, banks, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, and others. Its alternative investment fund manager is Liontrust Fund Partners LLP.