HENDERSON INVESTMENT FUNDS LIMITED

THE CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

Legal Entity Identifier: 213800F3NOTF47H6AO55

2 October 2017

THE CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2017

The Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2017 has been sent to shareholders, together with the Notice of Annual General Meeting.

Copies of the Annual Report, the Notice of Annual General Meeting and the Forms of Proxy have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM 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:

Rachel Peat

For and on behalf of Henderson Secretarial Services Limited

Corporate Secretary to The City of London Investment Trust plc

Tel: 020 7818 6125

James de Sausmarez

Director and Head of Investment Trusts

Henderson Investment Funds Limited
Tel: 020 7818 3349