THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS AS AT 31 MARCH 2015
% of Net
Rank Company Sector Country Assets
1 Volkswagen * Consumer Goods Germany 3.4
2 Ryanair Consumer Services Ireland 3.4
3 PostNL Industrials Netherlands 3.3
4 Telecom Italia Telecommunications Italy 3.3
5 Novartis Health Care Switzerland 3.3
6 GAM Financials Switzerland 3.2
7 Fresenius Medical Care Health Care Germany 3.0
8 Roche * Health Care Switzerland 3.0
9 Prysmian Industrials Italy 3.0
10 BNP Paribas Financials France 2.9
11 United Internet Technology Germany 2.8
12 Sanofi Health Care France 2.8
13 Unipol Gruppo Financials Italy 2.8
Finanziario
14 Gerresheimer Health Care Germany 2.7
15 DNB Financials Norway 2.6
16 Valeo Consumer Goods France 2.5
17 Hexagon Industrials Sweden 2.5
18 Bayer Basic Materials Germany 2.5
19 Royal Dutch Shell ** Oil & Gas Netherlands 2.5
20 Heineken Consumer Goods Netherlands 2.5
21 KPN Telecommunications Netherlands 2.4
22 Leoni Industrials Germany 2.4
23 Pirelli Consumer Goods Italy 2.4
24 ENI Oil & Gas Italy 2.3
25 SAP Technology Germany 2.3
26 Delta Lloyd Financials Netherlands 2.3
27 BBVA Financials Spain 2.3
28 TDC Telecommunications Denmark 2.2
29 Outotec Industrials Finland 2.2
30 ABB Industrials Switzerland 2.2
31 Swedbank Financials Sweden 2.0
32 Petroleum Geo-Services Oil & Gas Norway 2.0
33 Piaggio Consumer Goods Italy 1.9
34 Ipsos Consumer Services France 1.8
35 Orange Telecommunications France 1.7
36 Total Oil & Gas France 1.7
37 Rocket Internet Financials Germany 1.7
38 Aryzta Consumer Goods Switzerland 1.6
39 BB Biotech Health Care Switzerland 0.5
Total equity investments 95.9
Cash and net assets 4.1
100.0
* The investment is in non-voting shares
** The investment is in Class A ordinary shares
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
31 March 2015 % of Net Assets
Germany 20.8
Italy 15.7
Switzerland 13.8
France 13.4
Netherlands 13.0
Norway 4.6
Sweden 4.5
Ireland 3.4
Spain 2.3
Denmark 2.2
Finland 2.2
Cash and other net assets 4.1
100.0
SECTOR DISTRIBUTION
31 March 2015 % of Net Assets
Financials 19.8
Industrials 15.6
Health Care 15.3
Consumer Goods 14.3
Telecommunications 9.6
Oil & Gas 8.5
Consumer Services 5.2
Technology 5.1
Basic Materials 2.5
Cash and other net assets 4.1
100.0
As at 31 March 2015, the net assets of the Company were £366,099,000.
14 April 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