LONDON (Dow Jones)--Scottish Investment Trust PLC (SCIN.LN), announced Friday it purchased for cancellation 40,000 ordinary shares of 25 pence at a price of 427.9 pence each. MAIN FACTS: -Shares closed Friday at 427.90 pence -By Zechariah Hemans, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-20-7842-9411; [email protected] (END) Dow Jones Newswires July 23, 2010 12:01 ET (16:01 GMT)