Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                          
                                                                                         
                                                                                        
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                                      
of existing shares to which voting rights are                  The European Investment  
attached:                                                             Trust Plc         
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):              
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                             
                                                                                      
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result         
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are                  
attached.                                                                               
                                                                                         
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to               
qualifying financial instruments                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                         
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                         Yes
                                                                                        
                                                                                          
Other (please specify):                                                                 
                                                                                        
                                                                                         
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                      Legal & General Group Plc 
notification obligation:                                                (L&G)           
                                                                                        
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                Legal & General Assurance 
 (if different from 3.):                                        (Pensions Management)   
                                                                    Limited (PMC)       
                                                                                         
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                  
which the threshold is crossed or                                   04 March 2010       
reached:                                                                                
                                                                                         
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                   05 March 2010       
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                                  
reached:                                                         L&G (From 3% to 4%)    
                                                                                        
   
8. Notified details:                                                                       
                                                                                           
                                                                                             
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                        
                                                                                           
Class/    Situation previous      Resulting situation after the triggering transaction     
type of   to the triggering                                                                
shares       transaction                                                                   
                                                                                           
           Number    Number                    Number of voting       % of  voting rights  
if           of        of                           rights                                 
possible   Shares    Voting      Number                                                    
using                Rights    of shares                                                   
the ISIN                                                                                   
CODE                                           Direct      Indirect  Direct     Indirect   
                                                                                           
               
Ordinary                                                                                   
25p            1,729,924        1,729,924     1,729,924              4.01%                 
                                                                                           
          (As on 01/03/2010)                                                               
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                        
                                                                                           
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                       
                                                                                           
                                                      Number of voting                     
                                                      rights that may be                   
Type of     Expiration       Exercise/                acquired if the      % of voting     
financial   date             Conversion Period        instrument is        rights          
instrument                                            exercised/                           
                                                      converted.                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                             
                                                                                           
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial              
Instruments                                                                                
                                                                                           
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                       
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
Type of    Exercise     Expiration   Exercise/       Number of       % of voting rights    
financial  price        date         Conversion      voting rights                         
instrument                           period          instrument                            
                                                     refers to                             
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                      Nominal      Delta    
                                                                                           
                                                                                            
Total (A+B+C)                                                                              
                                                                                           
Number of voting rights                 Percentage of voting rights                        
                                                                                            
                                                                                           
               1,729,924                                       4.01%                       
                                                                                           
  
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                              
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect)                                         
(Group)                                                                                 
                                                                                        
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings)                                        
Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)                                                   
                                                                                        
Legal & General Investment Management Limited                                           
(Indirect) (LGIM)                                                                       
                                                                                        
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) ( 1,729,924 - 4.01%= LGAS, LGPL & PMC)         
                                                                                        
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings)  Legal & General Insurance             
Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) ( 1,579,929 - 3.66%=    Holdings Limited (Direct)             
PMC)                                              (LGIH)                                
                                                                                        
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management)   Legal & General Assurance             
Limited  (PMC) ( 1,579,929 - 3.66%= PMC)          Society Limited  (LGAS &              
                                                  LGPL)                                 
                                                                                        
                                                  Legal & General Pensions              
                                                  Limited (Direct)  (LGPL)              
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Proxy Voting:                                                                           
                                                                                        
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                       N/A                 
                                                                                        
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease                 N/A                 
to hold:                                                                                
                                                                                        
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold                   N/A                 
voting rights:                                                                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                 Notification using the total voting rights figure of   
13. Additional information:                           43,120,748                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                                 Helen Lewis (LGIM)                    
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                       020 3124 3851