THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC - Portfolio Holdings as at 30 June 2015

PR Newswire
London, July 8

THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS AS AT 30 JUNE 2015

Rank	Company	Sector	Country	% of Net Assets
1	Telecom Italia	Telecommunications	Italy	3.8
2	Ryanair	Consumer Services	Ireland	3.7
3	PostNL	Industrials	Netherlands	3.6
4	BNP Paribas	Financials	France	3.3
5	Novartis	Health Care	Switzerland	3.2
6	GAM	Financials	Switzerland	3.2
7	Prysmian	Industrials	Italy	3.1
8	Roche*	Health Care	Switzerland	3.0
9	Gerresheimer	Health Care	Germany	3.0
10	Volkswagen**	Consumer Goods	Germany	2.9
11	Sanofi	Health Care	France	2.7
12	KPN	Telecommunications	Netherlands	2.7
13	United Internet	Technology	Germany	2.7
14	Commerzbank	Financials	Germany	2.7
15	DNB	Financials	Norway	2.7
16	Valeo	Consumer Goods	France	2.7
17	Bayer	Basic Materials	Germany	2.6
18	Unipol Gruppo	Financials	Italy	2.6
19	BBVA	Financials	Spain	2.5
20	Swedbank A	Financials	Sweden	2.4
21	Delta Lloyd	Financials	Netherlands	2.4
22	Pirelli	Consumer Goods	Italy	2.4
23	E.ON	Utilities	Germany	2.4
24	ENI	Oil & Gas	Italy	2.4
25	Leoni	Industrials	Germany	2.4
26	TDC	Telecommunications	Denmark	2.3
27	ABB	Industrials	Switzerland	2.3
28	Royal Dutch Shell A	Oil & Gas	Netherlands	2.3
29	Outotec	Industrials	Finland	2.3
30	SAP	Technology	Germany	2.2
31	Hexagon B	Industrials	Sweden	2.2
32	Piaggio	Consumer Goods	Italy	2.1
33	Petroleum Geo-Services	Oil & Gas	Norway	2.0
34	Rocket Internet	Financials	Germany	2.0
35	Total	Oil & Gas	France	1.9
36	Ipsos	Consumer Services	France	1.7
37	Aryzta	Consumer Goods	Switzerland	1.6
38	Orange	Telecommunications	France	1.6
39	Stora Enso	Basic Materials	Finland	1.3
	Total equity investments			98.9
	Cash and net assets			1.1
				100.0

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

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION

30 June 2015	% of Net Assets
Germany	22.9
Italy	16.4
France	13.9
Switzerland	13.3
Netherlands	11.0
Norway	4.7
Sweden	4.6
Ireland	3.7
Finland	3.6
Spain	2.5
Denmark	2.3
Cash and other net assets	1.1
	100.0

SECTOR DISTRIBUTION

30 June 2015	% of Net Assets
Financials	23.8
Industrials	15.9
Health Care	11.9
Consumer Goods	11.7
Telecommunications	10.4
Oil & Gas	8.6
Consumer Services	5.4
Technology	4.9
Basic Materials	3.9
Utilities	2.4
Cash and other net assets	1.1
	100.0

As at 30 June 2015, the net assets of the Company were £348,993,000.

8 July 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