JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED

THE CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800F3NOTF47H6AO55

29 September 2023

THE CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2023

The Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2023 is being sent to shareholders today, together with the Notice of Annual General Meeting and Auditor Statement of Reasons.

Copies of the Annual Report, the Notice of Annual General Meeting and Auditor Statement of Reasons have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and on the Company's website: www.cityinvestmenttrust.com.

Neither the contents of the Company's website nor the contents of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.

For further information please contact:

Sally Porter

For and on behalf of Janus Henderson Secretarial Services UK Limited

Corporate Secretary to The City of London Investment Trust plc

Tel: 020 7818 2550

Dan Howe

Head of Investment Trusts

Janus Henderson Investors
Tel: 020 7818 4458

Harriet Hall

PR Manager, Investment Trusts

Janus Henderson Investors

Tel: 020 7818 2919