Portfolio Holdings as at 30 September 2017

THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2017

% of
Rank Company Sector Country Net Assets
1 PostNL Industrials Netherlands  3.7
2 BNP Paribas Financials France  3.7
3 Bayer Basic Materials Germany  3.5
4 Novartis Health Care Switzerland  3.4
5 Sanofi Health Care France  3.3
6 BBVA Financials Spain  3.2
7 Commerzbank Financials Germany  3.1
8 Royal Dutch Shell * Oil & Gas Netherlands  3.1
9 Airbus Industrials France  3.1
10 ENI Oil & Gas Italy  3.0
11 Telefonica Telecommunications Spain  3.0
12 Nordea Bank Financials Sweden  3.0
13 Total Oil & Gas France  3.0
14 Nokia Technology Finland  2.9
15 Roche ** Health Care Switzerland  2.9
16 BB Biotech Health Care Switzerland  2.9
17 DNB Financials Norway  2.9
18 ING Financials Netherlands  2.8
19 Leoni Industrials Germany  2.7
20 Telecom Italia Telecommunications Italy  2.5
21 Ubisoft Entertainment Consumer Goods France  2.4
22 Michelin Consumer Goods France  2.4
23 E.ON Utilities Germany  2.4
24 Rocket Internet Financials Germany  2.4
25 Ryanair Consumer Services Ireland  2.4
26 DIA Consumer Services Spain  2.4
27 TDC Telecommunications Denmark  2.3
28 Deutsche Post Industrials Germany  2.3
29 Petroleum Geo-Services Oil & Gas Norway  2.3
30 Adecco Industrials Switzerland  2.3
31 Outotec Industrials Finland  2.3
32 Danske Bank Financials Denmark  2.2
33 Ipsos Consumer Services France  2.2
34 Ahold Delhaize Consumer Services Netherlands  2.0
35 Siemens Industrials Germany  1.8
36 Gemalto Technology Netherlands  1.5
37 Ontex Consumer Goods Belgium  0.7
Total equity investments 98.0
            Cash and other net assets 2.0
Net assets 100.0
* The investment is in A shares
** The investment is in non-voting shares

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION

30 September 2017 % of Net Assets
France 20.1
Germany 18.2
Netherlands 13.1
Switzerland 11.5
Spain 8.6
Italy 5.5
Finland 5.2
Norway 5.2
Denmark 4.5
Sweden 3.0
Ireland 2.4
Belgium 0.7
Cash and other net assets 2.0
100.0

SECTOR DISTRIBUTION

30 September 2017 % of Net Assets
Financials 23.3
Industrials 18.2
Health Care 12.5
Oil & Gas 11.4
Consumer Services 9.0
Telecommunications 7.8
Consumer Goods 5.5
Technology 4.4
Basic Materials 3.5
Utilities 2.4
Cash and other net assets 2.0
100.0

As at 30 September 2017, the net assets of the Company were £440,213,000.

16 October 2017

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

UK 100

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