Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
 
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying           The European Investment Trust Plc
issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached:
 
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                 Yes
 
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
 
Other (please
specify):
 
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the           Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)
notification obligation:

4. Full name of shareholder(s)             Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management)
(if different from 3.):                                     Limited (PMC)
                                                            
 
5. Date of the transaction and date on                      10 March 2010
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:
 
6. Date on which issuer notified:                           12 March 2010

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                   L&G (From 4% to 3%)
reached:
 
8. Notified details:
 
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of         Situation previous                               Resulting situation after
shares                 to the triggering                              the triggering transaction
                          transaction
 
if possible         Number          Number          Number                Number of             % of voting
using                 of              of           of shares               voting                 rights
the ISIN CODE       Shares          Voting                                 rights
                                    Rights
                                                                      Direct     Indirect      Direct    Indirect

Ordinary 25p               1,729,924               1,714,424        1,714,424                  3.99%
                      (As on 05/03/2010)
 
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
                                                                             Number of voting
                                                                            rights that may be
    Type of financial        Expiration               Exercise/               acquired if the         % of voting
        instrument              date              Conversion Period            instrument is             rights
                                                                            exercised/ converted.
 
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
 
  Type of financial      Exercise       Expiration      Exercise/    Number of voting rights         % of voting
     instrument            price           date        Conversion      instrument refers to            rights
                                                         period
 
                                                                                                   Nominal    Delta
 
Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights                                    Percentage of voting rights

        1,714,424                                                     3.99%
 
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) ( 1,714,424 - 3.99%= LGAS, LGPL & PMC)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited
Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) ( 1,564,429 - 3.64%=   (Direct) (LGIH)
PMC)

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management)  Legal & General Assurance Society Limited
Limited (PMC) ( 1,564,429 - 3.64%= PMC)          (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
13. Additional information:                             voting rights figure of
                                                               42,920,748
 
14. Contact name:                                          Helen Lewis (LGIM)



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