City Of London Investment Regulatory News (CTY)

JANUS HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED

THE CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800F3NOTF47H6AO55

27 February 2024

THE CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

Half-Year Update for the half year ended 31 December 2023

The Company released its Half-Year Report for the six months ended 31 December 2023 on 16 February 2024. A copy of the report is available to download from the Company's website: www.cityinvestmenttrust.com.

An abridged extract from the Half-Year Report (the Half-Year Update) will be sent to shareholders today. The Half-Year Update will be 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.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 InvestorsTel: 020 7818 4458

Harriet Hall

PR Director, Investment Trusts

Janus Henderson Investors

Tel: 020 7818 2919