THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS AS AT 29 FEBRUARY 2016
% of
Rank Company Sector Country Net Assets
1 PostNL Industrials Netherlands 4.7
2 Roche* Health Care Switzerland 4.1
3 Ryanair Consumer Services Ireland 3.9
4 Royal Dutch Shell A Oil & Gas Netherlands 3.9
5 Total Oil & Gas France 3.7
6 BNP Paribas Financials France 3.6
7 ENI Oil & Gas Italy 3.4
8 Stora Enso Basic Materials Finland 3.4
9 E.ON Utilities Germany 3.3
10 Nokia Technology Finland 3.3
11 Novartis Health Care Switzerland 3.2
12 Ubisoft Entertainment Consumer Goods France 3.2
13 Sanofi Health Care France 3.2
14 Bayer Basic Materials Germany 3.2
15 SAP Technology Germany 3.2
16 GAM Financials Switzerland 3.1
17 Hexagon B Technology Sweden 2.9
18 Rocket Internet Financials Germany 2.9
19 Swedbank A Financials Sweden 2.9
20 Commerzbank Financials Germany 2.8
21 Aryzta Consumer Goods Switzerland 2.7
22 Leoni Industrials Germany 2.7
23 Telecom Italia Telecommunications Italy 2.7
24 DNB Financials Norway 2.6
25 ABB Industrials Switzerland 2.6
26 DIA Consumer Services Spain 2.5
27 Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Financials Italy 2.5
28 BBVA Financials Spain 2.4
29 Prysmian Industrials Italy 2.3
30 TDC Telecommunications Denmark 2.0
31 Piaggio Consumer Goods Italy 2.0
32 Ipsos Consumer Services France 1.8
33 Petroleum Geo-Services Oil & Gas Norway 1.8
34 Delta Lloyd Financials Netherlands 1.6
35 Outotec Industrials Finland 1.5
36 Valeo Consumer Goods France 1.3
Total equity investments
102.9
Cash and other net
liabilities (2.9)
Net assets
100.0
* The investment is in non-voting shares
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
29 February 2016 % of Net
Assets
Germany 18.1
France 16.8
Switzerland 15.7
Italy 12.9
Netherlands 10.2
Finland 8.2
Sweden 5.8
Spain 4.9
Norway 4.4
Ireland 3.9
Denmark 2.0
Cash and other net (2.9)
liabilities
100.0
SECTOR DISTRIBUTION
29 February 2016 % of Net
Assets
Financials 24.4
Industrials 13.8
Oil & Gas 12.8
Health Care 10.5
Technology 9.4
Consumer Goods 9.2
Consumer Services 8.2
Basic Materials 6.6
Telecommunications 4.7
Utilities 3.3
Cash and other net (2.9)
liabilities
100.0
As at 29 February 2016, the net assets of the Company were £302,713,000.
15 March 2016
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