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   2,673,514
                                                                                 Bny Mellon       1,957,856
                                                                                 State Street       745,970

5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or reached:                                       March 11, 2015

6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                March 12, 2015

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                                  13%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

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


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


GB0003295010   5,552,340     5,552,340                       5,377,340           12.78%


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



                                                                           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: