THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS AS AT 31 JANUARY 2016
% of
Rank Company Sector Country Net Assets
1 PostNL Industrials Netherlands 4.4
2 Roche* Health Care Switzerland 3.9
3 E.ON Utilities Germany 3.7
4 Ryanair Consumer Services Ireland 3.6
5 Royal Dutch Shell A Oil & Gas Netherlands 3.6
6 Total Oil & Gas France 3.5
7 ENI Oil & Gas Italy 3.5
8 Novartis Health Care Switzerland 3.4
9 Bayer Basic Materials Germany 3.4
10 Nokia Technology Finland 3.3
11 BNP Paribas Financials France 3.3
12 SAP Technology Germany 3.2
13 Stora Enso Basic Materials Finland 3.2
14 Sanofi Health Care France 2.9
15 Ubisoft Entertainment Consumer Goods France 2.8
16 Hexagon B Technology Sweden 2.8
17 Swedbank A Financials Sweden 2.8
18 GAM Financials Switzerland 2.7
19 DNB Financials Norway 2.7
20 Unipol Gruppo Financials Italy 2.7
Finanziario
21 Leoni Industrials Germany 2.6
22 Telecom Italia Telecommunications Italy 2.6
23 DIA Consumer Services Spain 2.6
24 Aryzta Consumer Goods Switzerland 2.6
25 Commerzbank Financials Germany 2.4
26 ABB Industrials Switzerland 2.4
27 Rocket Internet Financials Germany 2.3
28 Prysmian Industrials Italy 2.2
29 BBVA Financials Spain 2.1
30 Petroleum Geo-Services Oil & Gas Norway 2.0
31 TDC Telecommunications Denmark 2.0
32 Piaggio Consumer Goods Italy 1.9
33 Outotec Industrials Finland 1.7
34 Ipsos Consumer Services France 1.7
35 Delta Lloyd Financials Netherlands 1.5
36 Valeo Consumer Goods France 1.2
Total equity investments
99.2
Cash and other net
assets 0.8
Net assets 100.0
* The investment is in non-voting shares
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
31 January 2016 % of Net Assets
Germany 17.6
France 15.4
Switzerland 15.0
Italy 12.9
Netherlands 9.5
Finland 8.2
Sweden 5.6
Norway 4.7
Spain 4.7
Ireland 3.6
Denmark 2.0
Cash and other net 0.8
assets
100.0
SECTOR DISTRIBUTION
31 January 2016 % of Net Assets
Financials 22.5
Industrials 13.3
Oil & Gas 12.6
Health Care 10.2
Technology 9.3
Consumer Goods 8.5
Consumer Services 7.9
Basic Materials 6.6
Telecommunications 4.6
Utilities 3.7
Cash and other net assets 0.8
100.0
As at 31 January 2016, the net assets of the Company were £301,566,000.
15 February 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