THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS AS AT 31 JANUARY 2015

                                                                        % of Net
Rank      Company                 Sector              Country             Assets

   1      Ryanair                 Consumer Services   Ireland                3.5

   2      Novartis                Health Care         Switzerland            3.4

   3      BB Biotech              Health Care         Switzerland            3.3

   4      Roche*                  Health Care         Switzerland            3.1

   5      Volkswagen*             Consumer Goods      Germany                3.0

   6      PostNL                  Industrials         Netherlands            3.0

   7      GAM                     Financials          Switzerland            2.9

   8      Fresenius Medical Care  Health Care         Germany                2.8

   9      Prysmian                Industrials         Italy                  2.8

  10      United Internet         Technology          Germany                2.8

  11      Gerresheimer            Health Care         Germany                2.8

  12      Piaggio                 Consumer Goods      Italy                  2.8

  13      Unipol Gruppo
          Finanziario             Financials          Italy                  2.7

  14      Sanofi                  Health Care         France                 2.7

  15      GEA                     Industrials         Germany                2.7

  16      BNP Paribas             Financials          France                 2.7

  17      Royal Dutch Shell**     Oil & Gas           Netherlands            2.6

  18      Valeo                   Consumer Goods      France                 2.6

  19      Heineken                Consumer Goods      Netherlands            2.5

  20      Danske Bank             Financials          Denmark                2.5

  21      Leoni                   Industrials         Germany                2.5

  22      Delta Lloyd             Financials          Netherlands            2.5

  23      ENI                     Oil & Gas           Italy                  2.5

  24      Hexagon                 Industrials         Sweden                 2.4

  25      KPN                     Telecommunications  Netherlands            2.4

  26      SAP                     Technology          Germany                2.2

  27      Swedbank                Financials          Sweden                 2.2

  28      DNB                     Financials          Norway                 2.2

  29      Pirelli                 Consumer Goods      Italy                  2.1

  30      Outotec                 Industrials         Finland                2.1

  31      Aryzta                  Consumer Goods      Switzerland            2.1

  32      ABB                     Industrials         Switzerland            2.0

  33      BBVA                    Financials          Spain                  2.0

  34      Orange                  Telecommunications  France                 2.0

  35      TDC                     Telecommunications  Denmark                1.9

  36      Total                   Oil & Gas           France                 1.8

  37      Rocket Internet         Financials          Germany                1.8

  38      Ipsos                   Consumer Services   France                 1.8

          Total equity investments                                          95.7

          Cash and net assets                                                4.3

                                                                           100.0

* The investment is in non-voting shares
** The investment is in Class A ordinary shares


GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION

31 January 2015               % of Net Assets

Germany                                  20.6

Switzerland                              16.8

France                                   13.6

Netherlands                              13.0

Italy                                    12.9

Sweden                                    4.6

Denmark                                   4.4

Ireland                                   3.5

Norway                                    2.2

Finland                                   2.1

Spain                                     2.0

Cash and other net assets                 4.3

                                        100.0


SECTOR DISTRIBUTION

31 January 2015               % of Net Assets

Financials                               21.5

Health Care                              18.1

Industrials                              17.5

Consumer Goods                           15.1

Oil & Gas                                 6.9

Telecommunications                        6.3

Consumer Services                         5.3

Technology                                5.0

Cash and other net assets                 4.3

                                        100.0

As at 31 January 2015, the net assets of the Company were £343,247,000.

20 February 2015


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