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
attached:                                             The European Investment Trust plc                
                                                                                        
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                
notification obligation:                           Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)

4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):                                                      N/A

5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                  
which the threshold is crossed or                                   28 June 2013
reached:

6. Date on which issuer notified:                                    2 July 2013

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:                                                           L&G (Below 3%)


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                                                              
                                                                                           
if              Number     Number                 Number of voting    % of  voting rights
possible          of         of                        rights
using           Shares     Voting      Number
the ISIN                   Rights     of shares
CODE                                              Direct  Indirect    Direct    Indirect

Ordinary           1,714,424 
25p            (As on 12/03/2010)                         Below 3%
                    
                                                                       
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 price  Expiration  Exercise/   Number of voting     % of voting rights 
financial                  date        Conversion  rights instrument                         
instrument                             period      refers to                                 
                                                                        Nominal     Delta    

         
                                                                                  
Total (A+B+C)                                                                              
                                                                                           
Number of voting rights        Percentage of voting rights                  

                               Below 3%


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) (Below 3% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)              
                                                                                        
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings)       Legal & General                  
Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD)                              Insurance Holdings               
                                                       Limited (Direct) (LGIH)          
                                                                                        
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management)        Legal & General                  
Limited  (PMC)                                         Assurance 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
to hold:                                                                    N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:                                                              N/A

13. Additional information:          Notification using the total voting rights 
                                                           figure of 42,069,371

14. Contact name:                                           Angela Hayter (LGIM)

15. Contact telephone number:                                      020 3124 3851