Portfolio Holdings as at 31 August 2017

EP GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES TRUST PLC

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS AS AT 31 AUGUST 2017

Rank Company Sector Country   % of 
Net Assets
1 Royal Dutch Shell A Oil & Gas Netherlands  3.8
2 Novartis Health Care Switzerland  3.6
3 Panasonic Consumer Goods Japan  3.5
4 Commerzbank Financials Germany  3.1
5 BNP Paribas Financials France  2.9
6 HSBC  Financials United Kingdom  2.8
7 AstraZeneca Health Care United Kingdom  2.7
8 Sanofi Health Care France  2.6
9 Bank Mandiri Financials Indonesia  2.6
10 Roche * Health Care Switzerland  2.6
11 Baidu Technology China  2.6
12 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Financials Japan  2.5
13 Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Financials Japan  2.5
14 BP Oil & Gas United Kingdom  2.5
15 Celgene Health Care United States  2.5
16 Bangkok Bank ** Financials Thailand  2.4
17 Japan Tobacco Consumer Goods Japan  2.4
18 Edinburgh Partners Emerging Opportunities Fund Financials Other  2.4
19 Credicorp Financials Peru  2.4
20 Ubisoft Entertainment Consumer Goods France  2.4
21 Mitsubishi Industrials Japan  2.3
22 DNB Financials Norway  2.3
23 Tesco Consumer Services United Kingdom  2.3
24 Goodbaby International Consumer Goods China  2.3
25 Bayer Basic Materials Germany  2.2
26 Galaxy Entertainment Consumer Services Hong Kong  2.2
27 Nokia Technology Finland  2.2
28 Synchrony Financial Financials United States  2.2
29 East Japan Railway Consumer Services Japan  2.2
30 PerkinElmer Industrials United States  2.1
31 PostNL Industrials Netherlands  2.1
32 Nomura Financials Japan  2.0
33 CK Hutchison Industrials Hong Kong  2.0
34 Apache Oil & Gas United States  2.0
35 Telefonica Telecommunications Spain  2.0
36 Total Oil & Gas France  1.9
37 Swire Pacific A Industrials Hong Kong  1.8
38 Takashimaya Consumer Services Japan  1.8
39 Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical H Health Care China  1.6
40 Whirlpool Consumer Goods United States  1.6
41 Gemalto Technology Netherlands  1.5
42 Edinburgh Partners Financials – unlisted United Kingdom  0.7
Total equity investments 98.1
Cash and other net assets 1.9
Net assets 100.0
* The investment is in non-voting shares
** The investment is in non-voting depositary receipts

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION

31 August 2017 % of Net assets
Europe 35.2
Japan 19.2
Asia Pacific 17.5
United Kingdom 11.0
United States 10.4
Other 2.4
Latin America 2.4
Cash and other net assets 1.9
100.0


SECTOR DISTRIBUTION 

31 August 2017   % of Net Assets
Financials 30.8
Health Care 15.6
Consumer Goods 12.2
Industrials 10.3
Oil & Gas 10.2
Consumer Services 8.5
Technology 6.3
Basic Materials 2.2
Telecommunications 2.0
Cash and other net assets 1.9
100.0

As at 31 August 2017, the net assets of the Company were £149,323,000.

14 September 2017

Enquiries:

Kenneth Greig
Edinburgh Partners AIFM Limited
Tel: 0131 270 3800

The Company’s registered office address is:

27-31 Melville Street
Edinburgh
EH3 7JF

UK 100

Latest directors dealings