Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
 
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying           The European Investment Trust Plc
issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached:
 
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
 
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may
result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are
attached.
 
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to
qualifying financial instruments
 
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                     Yes
 
Other (please
specify):
 
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the           Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)
notification obligation:

4. Full name of shareholder(s)             Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management)
(if different from 3.):                                     Limited (PMC)

                                                           
 
5. Date of the transaction and date on                     17 February 2010
which the threshold is crossed or reached:
 
6. Date on which issuer notified:                          18 February 2010

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                   L&G (From 3% to 4%)
reached:
 
8. Notified details:
 
A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of        Situation previous                               Resulting situation after
shares if             to the triggering                              the triggering transaction
possible using           transaction
the ISIN CODE
 
                   Number          Number                                 Number             % of voting
                     of              of                                  of voting              rights
                   Shares          Voting          Number                 rights
                                   Rights         of shares
                                                                     Direct    Indirect    Direct    Indirect

Ordinary 25p              1,813,095               1,759,574        1,759,574                4.04%
                     (As on 06/10/2009)
 
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
                                                                   Number of voting
                                                                   rights that may be
Type of financial         Expiration      Exercise/                acquired if the               % of voting
instrument                date            Conversion Period        instrument is                 rights
                                                                   exercised/ converted.
 

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
 
Type of financial    Exercise        Expiration     Exercise/       Number of voting rights      % of voting
instrument           price           date           Conversion      instrument refers to         rights
                                                    period
 
                                                                                               Nominal    Delta
 
Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights                                   Percentage of voting rights

      1,759,574                                                      4.04%
 
                        
 
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
 
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and
Indirect) (Group)

Legal & General Investment Management
(Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and
Indirect)

Legal & General Investment Management
Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)

 Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) ( 1,759,574 - 4.04%= LGAS,
                             LGPL & PMC)

Legal & General Investment           Legal & General Insurance
Management (Holdings) Limited        Holdings Limited (Direct)
(Direct) (LGIMHD) ( 1,609,579 -      (LGIH)
3.69%= PMC)

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions  Legal & General Assurance
Management) Limited (PMC)            Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)
(1,609,579 - 3.69%= PMC)
                                     Legal & General Pensions
                                     Limited (Direct) (LGPL)
 
Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:                                N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease          N/A
to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold            N/A
voting rights:
 
                                    Notification using the total voting rights figure of
13. Additional information:                              43,540,748
 
14. Contact name:                                    Helen Lewis (LGIM)

15. Contact telephone number:                          020 3124 3851