Portfolio Holdings as at 30 April 2016

THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS AS AT 30 APRIL 2016

% of    
Rank Company Sector Country Net Assets    
1 PostNL Industrials Netherlands  4.8    
2 Royal Dutch Shell A Oil & Gas Netherlands  4.0    
3 Total Oil & Gas France  3.8    
4 BNP Paribas Financials France  3.6    
5 Roche* Health Care Switzerland  3.6    
6 ENI Oil & Gas Italy  3.6    
7 E.ON Utilities Germany  3.4    
8 DIA Consumer Services Spain  3.3    
9 Stora Enso Basic Materials Finland  3.3    
10 Bayer Basic Materials Germany  3.2    
11 Novartis Health Care Switzerland  3.1    
12 Hexagon B Technology Sweden  3.1    
13 BBVA Financials Spain  3.0    
14 Leoni Industrials Germany  3.0    
15 Sanofi Health Care France  3.0    
16 GAM Financials Switzerland  3.0    
17 Ubisoft Entertainment Consumer Goods France  3.0    
18 Ipsos Consumer Services France  2.9    
19 SAP Technology Germany  2.9    
20 Ryanair Consumer Services Ireland  2.9    
21 Nokia Technology Finland  2.9    
22 Commerzbank Financials Germany  2.9    
23 Swedbank A Financials Sweden  2.8    
24 Rocket Internet Financials Germany  2.8    
25 ABB Industrials Switzerland  2.8    
26 DNB Financials Norway  2.7    
27 Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Financials Italy  2.6    
28 Petroleum Geo-Services Oil & Gas Norway  2.4    
29 Telecom Italia Telecommunications Italy  2.4    
30 Prysmian Industrials Italy  2.4    
31 Delta Lloyd Financials Netherlands  2.3    
32 TDC Telecommunications Denmark  2.2    
33 Piaggio Consumer Goods Italy  1.8    
34 Outotec Industrials Finland 1.6    
35 Valeo Consumer Goods France  1.4    
Total equity investments         102.5 
            Cash and other net liabilities           (2.5)
Net assets       100.0 
* The investment is in non-voting shares

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION

30 April 2016 % of Net Assets 
Germany 18.2 
France 17.7 
Italy 12.8 
Switzerland 12.5 
Netherlands 11.1 
Finland 7.8 
Spain 6.3 
Sweden 5.9 
Norway 5.1 
Ireland 2.9 
Denmark 2.2 
Cash and other net liabilities (2.5)
100.0 

SECTOR DISTRIBUTION

30 April 2016 % of Net Assets 
Financials 25.7 
Industrials 14.6 
Oil & Gas 13.8 
Health Care 9.7 
Consumer Services 9.1 
Technology 8.9 
Basic Materials 6.5 
Consumer Goods 6.2 
Telecommunications 4.6 
Utilities 3.4 
Cash and other net liabilities (2.5)
100.0 

As at 30 April 2016, the net assets of the Company were £318,756,000.

16 May 2016

Enquiries:

Kenneth Greig
Edinburgh Partners AIFM Limited
Tel: 0131 270 3800

The Company’s registered office address is:

Beaufort House
51 New North Road
Exeter
EX4 4EP

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