Portfolio Holdings as at 31 October 2016

EP GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES TRUST PLC

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS AS AT 31 OCTOBER 2016

Rank Company Sector Country   % of 
Net Assets
1 Royal Dutch Shell A Oil & Gas Netherlands  3.9
2 Novartis Health Care Switzerland  3.5
3 Galaxy Entertainment Consumer Services Hong Kong  3.4
4 Panasonic Consumer Goods Japan  3.4
5 Apache Oil & Gas United States  3.3
6 PostNL Industrials Netherlands  3.2
7 Mitsubishi Industrials Japan  3.1
8 Bank Mandiri Financials Indonesia  3.1
9 Japan Tobacco Consumer Goods Japan  3.1
10 AstraZeneca Health Care United Kingdom  3.0
11 BP Oil & Gas United Kingdom  2.9
12 SK Hynix Technology South Korea  2.8
13 Nomura Financials Japan  2.7
14 Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Financials Japan  2.7
15 NTT Telecommunications Japan  2.7
16 Roche* Health Care Switzerland  2.7
17 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Financials Japan  2.6
18 HSBC  Financials United Kingdom  2.5
19 BNP Paribas Financials France  2.5
20 Sanofi Health Care France  2.4
21 East Japan Railway Consumer Services Japan  2.3
22 Ubisoft Entertainment Consumer Goods France  2.3
23 Commerzbank Financials Germany  2.3
24 PerkinElmer Industrials United States  2.3
25 Bangkok Bank** Financials Thailand  2.3
26 Takashimaya Consumer Services Japan  2.2
27 Edinburgh Partners Emerging Opportunities Fund
Financials

Other

 2.2
28 Tesco Consumer Services United Kingdom  2.2
29 Alphabet A&C*** Technology United States  2.2
30 CK Hutchison Industrials Hong Kong  2.1
31 Swire Pacific A Industrials Hong Kong  2.1
32 Celegene Health Care United States  2.0
33 Telefonica Telecommunications Spain  2.0
34 Synchrony Financial Financials United States  2.0
35 Toyota Consumer Goods Japan  2.0
36 Bayer Basic Materials Germany  1.9
37 Nokia Technology Finland  1.8
38 Harman Consumer Goods United States  1.8
39 Whirlpool Consumer Goods United States  1.6
40 Edinburgh Partners Financials - unlisted United Kingdom  0.7
Total equity investments 99.8
Cash and other net assets 0.2
Net assets 100.0
* The investment is in non-voting shares
** The investment is in non-voting depositary receipts
*** The investment has restricted voting rights

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION

31 October 2016 % of Net Assets
Europe 28.5
Japan* 26.8
Asia Pacific 15.8
United States 15.2
United Kingdom 11.3
Other 2.2
Cash and other net assets 0.2
100.0

*In relation to its investments in Japanese equities, the equivalent of £31.5m of the Japanese Yen exposure has been hedged back to Sterling (June 2016 £27m and August 2016 £4.5m).

SECTOR DISTRIBUTION 

31 October 2016   % of Net Assets
Financials 25.6
Consumer Goods 14.2
Health Care 13.6
Industrials 12.8
Consumer Services 10.1
Oil & Gas 10.1
Technology 6.8
Telecommunications 4.7
Basic Materials 1.9
Cash and other net assets  0.2
100.0

As at 31 October 2016, the net assets of the Company were £139,643,000.

16 November 2016

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

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