THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS AS AT 30 APRIL 2016
% of
Rank Company Sector Country Net
Assets
1 PostNL Industrials Netherlands 4.8
2 Royal Dutch Shell A Oil & Gas Netherlands 4.0
3 Total Oil & Gas France 3.8
4 BNP Paribas Financials France 3.6
5 Roche* Health Care Switzerland 3.6
6 ENI Oil & Gas Italy 3.6
7 E.ON Utilities Germany 3.4
8 DIA Consumer Services Spain 3.3
9 Stora Enso Basic Materials Finland 3.3
10 Bayer Basic Materials Germany 3.2
11 Novartis Health Care Switzerland 3.1
12 Hexagon B Technology Sweden 3.1
13 BBVA Financials Spain 3.0
14 Leoni Industrials Germany 3.0
15 Sanofi Health Care France 3.0
16 GAM Financials Switzerland 3.0
17 Ubisoft Entertainment Consumer Goods France 3.0
18 Ipsos Consumer Services France 2.9
19 SAP Technology Germany 2.9
20 Ryanair Consumer Services Ireland 2.9
21 Nokia Technology Finland 2.9
22 Commerzbank Financials Germany 2.9
23 Swedbank A Financials Sweden 2.8
24 Rocket Internet Financials Germany 2.8
25 ABB Industrials Switzerland 2.8
26 DNB Financials Norway 2.7
27 Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Financials Italy 2.6
28 Petroleum Geo-Services Oil & Gas Norway 2.4
29 Telecom Italia Telecommunications Italy 2.4
30 Prysmian Industrials Italy 2.4
31 Delta Lloyd Financials Netherlands 2.3
32 TDC Telecommunications Denmark 2.2
33 Piaggio Consumer Goods Italy 1.8
34 Outotec Industrials Finland 1.6
35 Valeo Consumer Goods France 1.4
Total equity investments
102.5
Cash and other net
liabilities (2.5)
Net assets
100.0
* The investment is in non-voting shares
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
30 April 2016 % of Net
Assets
Germany 18.2
France 17.7
Italy 12.8
Switzerland 12.5
Netherlands 11.1
Finland 7.8
Spain 6.3
Sweden 5.9
Norway 5.1
Ireland 2.9
Denmark 2.2
Cash and other net (2.5)
liabilities
100.0
SECTOR DISTRIBUTION
30 April 2016 % of Net
Assets
Financials 25.7
Industrials 14.6
Oil & Gas 13.8
Health Care 9.7
Consumer Services 9.1
Technology 8.9
Basic Materials 6.5
Consumer Goods 6.2
Telecommunications 4.6
Utilities 3.4
Cash and other net (2.5)
liabilities
100.0
As at 30 April 2016, the net assets of the Company were £318,756,000.
16 May 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