THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC - Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:                            The European Investment Trust plc

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                        yes

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

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:                                                           1607 Capital Partners, LLC

4. Full name of shareholder(s)
 (if different from 3.):                                                           Northern Trust          3,101,728

                                                                                   Bny Mellon              2,293,259

                                                                                   State Street              861,070

5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or reached:                                         January 23, 2015

6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                  January 26, 2015

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                                    15%


8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type     Situation previous          Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
of             to the triggering
shares         transaction

               Number         Number       Number   Number of voting       % of  voting rights
if possible    of             of           of       rights
using          Shares         Voting       shares
the ISIN                      Rights
CODE                                       Direct   Direct    Indirect     Direct   Indirect

GB0003295010   6,312,057      6,312,057                       6,256,057             14.87%


B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

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


C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial
Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of       Exercise price  Expiration  Exercise/   Number of voting rights  % of voting rights
financial                     date        Conversion  instrument refers to
instrument                                period


                                                                               Nominal  Delta


Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights                           Percentage of voting rights

Same as A


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:


Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

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

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

15. Contact telephone number: