THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS AS AT 31 MARCH 2016
% of
Rank Company Sector Country Net Assets
1 PostNL Industrials Netherlands 4.7
2 Royal Dutch Shell A Oil & Gas Netherlands 3.9
3 Ryanair Consumer Services Ireland 3.8
4 Roche* Health Care Switzerland 3.7
5 BNP Paribas Financials France 3.6
6 Total Oil & Gas France 3.6
7 ENI Oil & Gas Italy 3.5
8 Stora Enso Basic Materials Finland 3.5
9 GAM Financials Switzerland 3.5
10 Rocket Internet Financials Germany 3.4
11 Bayer Basic Materials Germany 3.4
12 Ubisoft Entertainment Consumer Goods France 3.3
13 E.ON Utilities Germany 3.3
14 DIA Consumer Services Spain 3.2
15 SAP Technology Germany 3.2
16 Hexagon B Technology Sweden 3.1
17 Novartis Health Care Switzerland 3.1
18 Sanofi Health Care France 3.1
19 Nokia Technology Finland 3.0
20 Leoni Industrials Germany 2.9
21 Swedbank A Financials Sweden 2.9
22 Telecom Italia Telecommunications Italy 2.8
23 Commerzbank Financials Germany 2.8
24 ABB Industrials Switzerland 2.6
25 Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Financials Italy 2.6
26 DNB Financials Norway 2.5
27 Ipsos Consumer Services France 2.4
28 BBVA Financials Spain 2.4
29 Prysmian Industrials Italy 2.3
30 TDC Telecommunications Denmark 2.2
31 Petroleum Geo-Services Oil & Gas Norway 1.9
32 Piaggio Consumer Goods Italy 1.9
33 Outotec Industrials Finland 1.6
34 Delta Lloyd Financials Netherlands 1.4
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
31 March 2016 % of Net
Assets
Germany 19.0
France 17.4
Italy 13.1
Switzerland 12.9
Netherlands 10.0
Finland 8.1
Sweden 6.0
Spain 5.6
Norway 4.4
Ireland 3.8
Denmark 2.2
Cash and other net (2.5)
liabilities
100.0
SECTOR DISTRIBUTION
31 March 2016 % of Net
Assets
Financials 25.1
Industrials 14.1
Oil & Gas 12.9
Health Care 9.9
Consumer Services 9.4
Technology 9.3
Basic Materials 6.9
Consumer Goods 6.6
Telecommunications 5.0
Utilities 3.3
Cash and other net (2.5)
liabilities
100.0
As at 31 March 2016, the net assets of the Company were £312,272,000.
8 April 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