Portfolio Holdings as at 31 August 2015

THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS AS AT 31 AUGUST 2015

Rank	Company	Sector	Country	% of Net Assets
1	Ryanair	Consumer Services	Ireland	4.1
2	Telecom Italia	Telecommunications	Italy	3.9
3	BNP Paribas	Financials	France	3.7
4	PostNL	Industrials	Netherlands	3.3
5	Prysmian	Industrials	Italy	3.3
6	Novartis	Health Care	Switzerland	3.2
7	Roche*	Health Care	Switzerland	3.2
8	United Internet	Technology	Germany	3.2
9	Bayer	Basic Materials	Germany	3.0
10	KPN	Telecommunications	Netherlands	3.0
11	GAM	Financials	Switzerland	3.0
12	Total	Oil & Gas	France	2.8
13	Stora Enso	Basic Materials	Finland	2.7
14	Sanofi	Health Care	France	2.7
15	Royal Dutch Shell A	Oil & Gas	Netherlands	2.6
16	Unipol Gruppo	Financials	Italy	2.6
17	Volkswagen**	Consumer Goods	Germany	2.6
18	Swedbank A	Financials	Sweden	2.5
19	BBVA	Financials	Spain	2.5
20	Commerzbank	Financials	Germany	2.5
21	DNB	Financials	Norway	2.4
22	Leoni	Industrials	Germany	2.4
23	Aryzta	Consumer Goods	Switzerland	2.4
24	E.ON	Utilities	Germany	2.4
25	ENI	Oil & Gas	Italy	2.4
26	SAP	Technology	Germany	2.3
27	ABB	Industrials	Switzerland	2.3
28	Valeo	Consumer Goods	France	2.3
29	Petroleum Geo-Services	Oil & Gas	Norway	2.2
30	Outotec	Industrials	Finland	2.2
31	TDC	Telecommunications	Denmark	2.2
32	Hexagon B	Industrials	Sweden	2.1
33	Delta Lloyd	Financials	Netherlands	2.0
34	Pirelli	Consumer Goods	Italy	2.0
35	Piaggio	Consumer Goods	Italy	1.9
36	Orange	Telecommunications	France	1.8
37	Rocket Internet	Financials	Germany	1.8
38	Ipsos	Consumer Services	France	1.6
39	Gerresheimer	Health Care	Germany	0.2
	Total equity investments			99.3
	Cash and other net assets			0.7
				100.0

* The investment is in non-voting shares
** The investment is in non-voting preference shares
 

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION

31 August 2015	% of Net Assets
Germany	20.4
Italy	16.1
France	14.9
Switzerland	14.1
Netherlands	10.9
Finland	4.9
Norway	4.6
Sweden	4.6
Ireland	4.1
Spain	2.5
Denmark	2.2
Cash and other net assets	0.7
	100.0

SECTOR DISTRIBUTION

31 August 2015	% of Net Assets
Financials	23.0
Industrials	15.6
Consumer Goods	11.2
Telecommunications	10.9
Oil & Gas	10.0
Health Care	9.3
Basic Materials	5.7
Consumer Services	5.7
Technology	5.5
Utilities	2.4
Cash and other net assets	0.7
	100.0

As at 31 August 2015, the net assets of the Company were £330,729,000.

10 September 2015

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