Half Year Update: half-year ended 30 April 2021

THE BANKERS INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

HENDERSON INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800B9YWXL3X1VMZ69

30 June 2021

THE BANKERS INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

Half Year Update for the half-year ended 30 April 2021

The Company released its Half Year Report for the six months ended 30 April 2021 on 21 June 2021. A copy of the report is available to download from the Company's website:  www.bankersinvestmenttrust.com.

An abridged extract from the Half Year Report (the Half Year Update) will be sent to shareholders today. The Half Year Update has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. The update is also available for download from the Company's website: www.bankersinvestmenttrust.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:

Wendy King

For and on behalf of Henderson Secretarial Services Limited

Secretary to The Bankers Investment Trust PLC

Tel: 020 7818 4233

James de Sausmarez

Director and of Head of Investment Trusts

Janus Henderson Investors
Tel: 020 7818 3349

Laura Thomas

Investor Relations and PR Manager

Janus Henderson Investors

Telephone: 020 7818 2636