Portfolio Holdings as at 31 March 2017

THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS AS AT 31 MARCH 2017

% of
Rank Company Sector Country Net Assets
1 PostNL Industrials Netherlands 4.8 
2 BNP Paribas Financials France 3.5 
3 Sanofi Health Care France 3.5 
4 Novartis Health Care Switzerland 3.4 
5 Bayer Basic Materials Germany 3.4 
6 Telefonica Telecommunications Spain 3.4 
7 Roche* Health Care Switzerland 3.4 
8 Ubisoft Entertainment Consumer Goods France 3.3 
9 Total Oil & Gas France 3.2 
10 BBVA Financials Spain 3.2 
11 Royal Dutch Shell A Oil & Gas Netherlands 3.1 
12 ENI Oil & Gas Italy 3.1 
13 Airbus Industrials France 2.9 
14 DIA Consumer Services Spain 2.7 
15 Ryanair Consumer Services Ireland 2.7 
16 ING Financials Netherlands 2.7 
17 Nokia Technology Finland 2.7 
18 DNB Financials Norway 2.6 
19 Commerzbank Financials Germany 2.6 
20 Ahold Delhaize Consumer Services Netherlands 2.5 
21 Leoni Industrials Germany 2.5 
22 Petroleum Geo-Services Oil & Gas Norway 2.5 
23 Outotec Industrials Finland 2.4 
24 Adecco Industrials Switzerland 2.4 
25 Delta Lloyd Financials Netherlands 2.4 
26 E.ON Utilities Germany 2.4 
27 Telecom Italia Telecommunications Italy 2.4 
28 Michelin Consumer Goods France 2.4 
29 BB Biotech Health Care Switzerland 2.3 
30 Danske Bank Financials Denmark 2.2 
31 Gemalto Technology Netherlands 2.2 
32 Stora Enso Basic Materials Finland 2.0 
33 Siemens Industrials Germany 2.0 
34 SKF Industrials Sweden 2.0 
35 Rocket Internet Financials Germany 1.8 
36 Ipsos Consumer Services France 1.8 
37 TDC Telecommunications Denmark 1.7 
38 Piaggio Consumer Goods Italy 1.5 
Total equity investments 101.6 
            Cash and other net liabilities (1.6)
Net assets 100.0 
* The investment is in non-voting shares

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION

31 March 2017 % of Net Assets
France 20.6 
Netherlands 17.7 
Germany 14.7 
Switzerland 11.5 
Spain 9.3 
Finland 7.1 
Italy 7.0 
Norway 5.1 
Denmark 3.9 
Ireland 2.7 
Sweden 2.0 
Cash and other net liabilities     (1.6)
100.0 

SECTOR DISTRIBUTION

31 March 2017 % of Net Assets
Financials 21.0 
Industrials 19.0 
Health Care 12.6 
Oil & Gas 11.9 
Consumer Services 9.7 
Telecommunications 7.5 
Consumer Goods 7.2 
Basic Materials 5.4 
Technology 4.9 
Utilities 2.4 
Cash and other net liabilities  (1.6) 
100.0 

As at 31 March 2017, the net assets of the Company were £406,290,000.

18 April 2017

Enquiries:

Kenneth Greig
Edinburgh Partners AIFM Limited
Tel: 0131 270 3800

The Company’s registered office address is:

Beaufort House
51 New North Road
Exeter
EX4 4EP

UK 100

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