THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. If you are in any doubt about the action you should take, you should immediately consult your stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other appropriately qualified independent financial adviser, authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended) ("FSMA") if you are in the United Kingdom, or from another appropriately authorised independent financial adviser if you are in a territory outside of the United Kingdom. All Shareholders are strongly advised to consult their professional advisers regarding their own tax position.

If you have sold or otherwise transferred all of your Shares in Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust PLC (the "Company") you should pass this document (but not any personalised Form of Proxy or Tender Form) as soon as possible to the purchaser or transferee or to the person through whom the sale or transfer was effected for transmission to the purchaser or transferee. However, the distribution of this document and any of the accompanying documents in jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom, including the Restricted Jurisdictions, may be restricted by law and therefore persons into whose possession this document or any of the accompanying documents come should inform themselves about and observe those restrictions. Any failure to comply with any of those restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. The Tender Offer is not being made in the Restricted Jurisdictions or to Sanctions Restricted Persons.

Singer Capital Markets Securities Limited ("Singer Capital Markets"), which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA, is acting exclusively for the Company and is not advising any other person or treating any other person as its client in relation to the Tender Offer or the matters referred to in this document and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to customers of Singer Capital Markets nor for providing advice in relation to the Tender Offer or the matters referred to in this document. Nothing in this paragraph shall serve to exclude or limit any responsibilities which Singer Capital Markets may have under FSMA or the regulatory regime established thereunder.

The definitions used in this document are set out on pages 32 to 35 of this document.

DUNEDIN ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

(Incorporated in Scotland with registered number SC052844)

(An investment company within the meaning of section 833 of the Companies Act 2006)

Proposed return of up to £41 million to Shareholders by way of a Tender Offer

and

Notice of General Meeting

Notice of a general meeting of the Company to be held at the offices of Dickson Minto W.S., 16 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh EH2 4DF on 16 November 2022 at 12 noon (the "General Meeting") is set out at the end of this document.

All Shareholders are encouraged to vote in favour of the resolution to be proposed at the General Meeting and, if their Shares are not held directly, to arrange for their nominee to vote on their behalf. A Form of Proxy for use in conjunction with the General Meeting is enclosed. To be valid, the Form of Proxy must be completed, signed and returned in accordance with the instructions printed thereon to be received by the Registrars, Equiniti Limited, as soon as possible and, in any event, by no later than 12 noon on 14 November 2022. Alternatively, you may appoint a proxy or proxies electronically by visiting www.sharevote.co.ukand following the instructions. Proxies submitted via www.sharevote.co.ukmust be transmitted so as to be received by the Registrars by no later than 12 noon on 14 November 2022. Shareholders who hold their Shares in uncertificated form (that is, in CREST) may vote using the CREST electronic voting service in accordance with the procedures set out in the CREST Manual (please also refer to the accompanying notes to the notice of General Meeting set out at the end of this document). Proxies submitted via CREST for the General Meeting must be transmitted so as to be received by the Registrars as soon as possible and, in any event, by no later than 12 noon on 14 November 2022. Institutional investors may be able to appoint a proxy electronically via the Proxymity platform

(please refer to the accompanying notes to the notice of General Meeting set out at the end of this document). Proxies submitted via Proxymity for the General Meeting must be transmitted so as to be received by the Registrars as soon as possible and, in any event, by no later than 12 noon on 14 November 2022.

Interactive Investor will be writing separately to Interactive Investor Savings Product Investors with regards to the action that they will need to take if they wish to tender Shares held through the Interactive Investor Savings Product Range in the Tender Offer.

The Tender Offer is not being made to Restricted Shareholders. In particular, the Tender Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, in or into or by use of the mails or by any means or instrumentality (including, but not limited to, facsimile, email, internet or other electronic transmission or telephone) of interstate or foreign commerce of, or any facility of a national, state or other securities exchange of, any Restricted Jurisdiction and the Tender Offer cannot be accepted by any such use, means, instrumentality or facility or from within a Restricted Jurisdiction. Accordingly, copies of this document and related documents, including the Tender Form, are not being, and must not be in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, mailed or otherwise forwarded, distributed or sent in or into or from a Restricted Jurisdiction. Doing so may render invalid any purported acceptance of the Tender Offer. All shareholders (including, without limitation, nominees, trustees or custodians) who would, or otherwise intend to, forward this document and the Tender Form should read the further details in this regard which are set out in paragraph 11 of Part 3 of this document before taking any action.

The Tender Offer is not being made to Sanctions Restricted Persons.

Also enclosed with this document is a Tender Form for use by Shareholders who hold their Shares in certificated form in connection with the Tender Offer. To be effective, Tender Forms must be returned to the Receiving Agent, Equiniti Limited, by not later than 1.00 p.m. on 18 November 2022. Shareholders who hold their Shares in certificated form should also return their share certificate(s) and/or other document(s) of title in respect of the Shares tendered.

Shareholders who hold Shares in uncertificated form (that is, in CREST) should not return a Tender Form but should transmit the appropriate transfer to escrow instruction via CREST as described in Part 3 of this document as soon as possible and, in any event, so as to be received by no later than 1.00 p.m. on 18 November 2022.

The Tender Offer will only be available to Shareholders whose names appear on the Register as at 6.00 p.m. on 18 November 2022 in respect of Shares held by them as at that date.

IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO SELL ANY OF YOUR SHARES IN THE TENDER OFFER, DO NOT COMPLETE AND RETURN THE TENDER FORM OR SUBMIT A TTE INSTRUCTION. THE DIRECTORS INTEND TO USE REASONABLE ENDEAVOURS TO TENDER THEIR BASIC ENTITLEMENT IN THE TENDER OFFER.

Your attention is drawn to the section headed "Action to be Taken" on page 4 of this document.

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CONTENTS

Page

ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY SHAREHOLDERS ............................................................................

4

EXPECTED TIMETABLE................................................................................................................

6

PART 1 LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN ................................................................................

7

PART 2 LETTER FROM SINGER CAPITAL MARKETS ..........................................................

12

PART 3

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE TENDER OFFER ..............................................

15

PART 4

RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TENDER OFFER ....................................................

26

PART 5

TAXATION ....................................................................................................................

28

PART 6

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ......................................................................................

30

DEFINITIONS..................................................................................................................................

32

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING ................................................................................................

36

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ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY SHAREHOLDERS

Only Shareholders whose names appear on the Register as at 6.00 p.m. on 18 November 2022 are able to participate in the Tender Offer in respect of the Shares held by them as at that date. Whether and the extent to which Shareholders participate in the Tender Offer is a matter for each Shareholder to decide and will be influenced by their own individual financial, investment and tax circumstances. Shareholders should seek advice from their own independent financial adviser. You should read the whole of this document which contains the terms of the Tender Offer, not just this section, when deciding what action to take.

If you wish to retain your existing investmentin the Company

Vote in r elation to the Genera l

Meeting

Complete and return your Form of

Proxy or give your voting instruction

via www.sharevote.co.uk

by

12 noon on 14 November 2022

DO NOT return your Tender Form or submit

a TTE Instruction

If youhold your Shares in

Vote in r elation to

the Genera l

Complete and

return

certificated form an d

Meeting

your

Tender Fo

rm

wish to fully or part ially

Complete and return your Form of

together with your share

sell your Shares (as held

Proxy or give your voting instruction

certificate(s) and/or other

on the Reco rd Date)

via www.sharevote.co.uk

by

document(s) of tlei inthe

under the Tender Offer

12 noon on 14 November 2022

reply-paid

envelope

provided (for use in the

UK

only), to the

Receiving Agent asoon

as possible and, in any

event, so as to

be

received by no later than

1.00 p.m

.

on

18 November 2022

If you hold your Shares

Vote in r elation to

the Genera l

Submit the appropriate

in uncertificated form

Meeting

TTE Instruction as set

and w ish to fully or

Complete and return your Form of

out in paragraph 5.2 of

partially s ell your

Proxy o r vote via CREST b

y

Part 3 of this document

Shares (as held on the

to the Receiving Agent

Record Date) under the

12 noon on 14 November 2022

not later than 1.00 p.m.

Tender Offer

on 18 November 2022

IF YOU DO NOTWISH TO TENDER ANY OF YOUR SHARES, DO NOT COMPLETE AND RETURN A TENDER FORM OR SUBMIT A TTE INSTRUCTION.

If you are resident in a jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom, you should refer to paragraph 11 of Part 3 of this document as you may not be able to participate in the Tender Offer.

THE TENDER OFFER WILL NOT BE MADE INTO, AND TENDERED SHARES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FROM, ANY JURISDICTION WHERE IT WOULD BE ILLEGAL TO DO SO. THIS DOCUMENT AND ANY RELATED DOCUMENTS DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO PURCHASE SHARES IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH, OR TO OR FROM ANY PERSON TO OR FROM WHOM, IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH OFFER UNDER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS. IN PARTICULAR, THE TENDER OFFER IS NOT BEING MADE IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES.

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If you have any queries in relation to your shareholding(s) in the Company, please call the Shareholder helpline between 8.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. Monday to Frid ay (except public holidays in England and Wales) on 0371 384 244 0 for UK h olders or +44 (0) 121 41 5 7047 for overseas holder s. Network providers' costs may vary. Calls to the Shareholder helpline from outside the UK will be charged at the applicable international rates. Different charges may apply to calls from mobile telephones and calls may be recorded and randomly monitored for security and training purposes. The Shareholder helpline can only provide information in connection with the completion of Forms of Proxy and/or completion of Tender Forms and cannot provide you with financial, tax, investment or legal advice.

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