Portfolio Holdings as at 31 March 2016

THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS AS AT 31 MARCH 2016

Rank	Company	Sector	Country	% of  Net Assets
1	PostNL	Industrials	Netherlands	4.7
2	Royal Dutch Shell A	Oil & Gas	Netherlands	3.9
3	Ryanair	Consumer Services	Ireland	3.8
4	Roche*	Health Care	Switzerland	3.7
5	BNP Paribas	Financials	France	3.6
6	Total	Oil & Gas	France	3.6
7	ENI	Oil & Gas	Italy	3.5
8	Stora Enso	Basic Materials	Finland	3.5
9	GAM	Financials	Switzerland	3.5
10	Rocket Internet	Financials	Germany	3.4
11	Bayer	Basic Materials	Germany	3.4
12	Ubisoft Entertainment	Consumer Goods	France	3.3
13	E.ON	Utilities	Germany	3.3
14	DIA	Consumer Services	Spain	3.2
15	SAP	Technology	Germany	3.2
16	Hexagon B	Technology	Sweden	3.1
17	Novartis	Health Care	Switzerland	3.1
18	Sanofi	Health Care	France	3.1
19	Nokia	Technology	Finland	3.0
20	Leoni	Industrials	Germany	2.9
21	Swedbank A	Financials	Sweden	2.9
22	Telecom Italia	Telecommunications	Italy	2.8
23	Commerzbank	Financials	Germany	2.8
24	ABB	Industrials	Switzerland	2.6
25	Unipol Gruppo Finanziario	Financials	Italy	2.6
26	DNB	Financials	Norway	2.5
27	Ipsos	Consumer Services	France	2.4
28	BBVA	Financials	Spain	2.4
29	Prysmian	Industrials	Italy	2.3
30	TDC	Telecommunications	Denmark	2.2
31	Petroleum Geo-Services	Oil & Gas	Norway	1.9
32	Piaggio	Consumer Goods	Italy	1.9
33	Outotec	Industrials	Finland	1.6
34	Delta Lloyd	Financials	Netherlands	1.4
35	Valeo	Consumer Goods	France	1.4
	Total equity investments			102.5
	Cash and other net liabilities			(2.5)
	Net assets			100.0
	* The investment is in non-voting shares

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION

31 March 2016	% of Net Assets
Germany	19.0
France	17.4
Italy	13.1
Switzerland	12.9
Netherlands	10.0
Finland	8.1
Sweden	6.0
Spain	5.6
Norway	4.4
Ireland	3.8
Denmark	2.2
Cash and other net liabilities	(2.5)
	100.0

SECTOR DISTRIBUTION

31 March 2016	% of Net Assets
Financials	25.1
Industrials	14.1
Oil & Gas	12.9
Health Care	9.9
Consumer Services	9.4
Technology	9.3
Basic Materials	6.9
Consumer Goods	6.6
Telecommunications	5.0
Utilities	3.3
Cash and other net liabilities	(2.5)
	100.0

As at 31 March 2016, the net assets of the Company were £312,272,000.

8 April 2016

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