Portfolio Holdings as at 31 July 2015

THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS AS AT 31 JULY 2015

Rank	Company	Sector	Country	% of Net Assets
1	Telecom Italia	Telecommunications	Italy	3.9
2	Ryanair	Consumer Services	Ireland	3.8
3	BNP Paribas	Financials	France	3.5
4	PostNL	Industrials	Netherlands	3.5
5	Prysmian	Industrials	Italy	3.3
6	GAM	Financials	Switzerland	3.1
7	Novartis	Health Care	Switzerland	3.1
8	Roche*	Health Care	Switzerland	3.1
9	United Internet	Technology	Germany	3.0
10	KPN	Telecommunications	Netherlands	2.8
11	Unipol Gruppo	Financials	Italy	2.8
12	Bayer	Basic Materials	Germany	2.7
13	Sanofi	Health Care	France	2.7
14	Commerzbank	Financials	Germany	2.7
15	DNB	Financials	Norway	2.6
16	Delta Lloyd	Financials	Netherlands	2.6
17	BBVA	Financials	Spain	2.6
18	Volkswagen**	Consumer Goods	Germany	2.5
19	Swedbank A	Financials	Sweden	2.4
20	TDC	Telecommunications	Denmark	2.4
21	Leoni	Industrials	Germany	2.4
22	E.ON	Utilities	Germany	2.4
23	Royal Dutch Shell A	Oil & Gas	Netherlands	2.3
24	Pirelli	Consumer Goods	Italy	2.3
25	Outotec	Industrials	Finland	2.3
26	ENI	Oil & Gas	Italy	2.3
27	Stora Enso	Basic Materials	Finland	2.3
28	SAP	Technology	Germany	2.3
29	Gerresheimer	Health Care	Germany	2.2
30	ABB	Industrials	Switzerland	2.2
31	Valeo	Consumer Goods	France	2.2
32	Aryzta	Consumer Goods	Switzerland	2.2
33	Piaggio	Consumer Goods	Italy	2.0
34	Total	Oil & Gas	France	2.0
35	Hexagon B	Industrials	Sweden	1.9
36	Petroleum Geo-Services	Oil & Gas	Norway	1.8
37	Orange	Telecommunications	France	1.7
38	Rocket Internet	Financials	Germany	1.7
39	Ipsos	Consumer Services	France	1.6
	Total equity investments			99.2
	Cash and other net assets			0.8
				100.0

* The investment is in non-voting shares.
** The investment is in non-voting preference shares.

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION

31 July 2015	% of Net Assets
Germany	21.9
Italy	16.6
Switzerland	13.7
France	13.7
Netherlands	11.2
Finland	4.6
Norway	4.4
Sweden	4.3
Ireland	3.8
Spain	2.6
Denmark	2.4
Cash and other net assets	0.8
	100.0

SECTOR DISTRIBUTION

31 July 2015	% of Net Assets
Financials	24.0
Industrials	15.6
Consumer Goods	11.2
Health Care	11.1
Telecommunications	10.8
Oil & Gas	8.4
Consumer Services	5.4
Technology	5.3
Basic Materials	5.0
Utilities	2.4
Cash and other net assets	0.8
	100.0

As at 31 July 2015, the net assets of the Company were £355,987,000.

10 August 2015

Enquiries:

Kenneth Greig
Edinburgh Partners AIFM Limited
Tel: [phone]

The Company’s registered office address is:

Beaufort House
51 New North Road
Exeter
EX4 4EP