THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2015
% of
Rank Company Sector Country Net Assets
1 PostNL Industrials Netherlands
4.0
2 Roche* Health Care Switzerland
3.7
3 Ryanair Consumer Services Ireland
3.6
4 BNP Paribas Financials France
3.5
5 Novartis Health Care Switzerland
3.4
6 Bayer Basic Materials Germany
3.4
7 Royal Dutch Shell A Oil & Gas Netherlands
3.4
8 ENI Oil & Gas Italy
3.2
9 Stora Enso Basic Materials Finland
3.2
10 Total Oil & Gas France
3.1
11 E.ON Utilities Germany
3.1
12 Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Financials Italy
3.0
13 Nokia Technology Finland
3.0
14 SAP Technology Germany
2.9
15 GAM Financials Switzerland
2.9
16 Hexagon B Technology Sweden
2.8
17 Commerzbank Financials Germany
2.8
18 Rocket Internet Financials Germany
2.7
19 Telecom Italia Telecommunications Italy
2.7
20 Leoni Industrials Germany
2.7
21 Sanofi Health Care France
2.6
22 Swedbank A Financials Sweden
2.6
23 DIA Consumer Services Spain
2.6
24 Aryzta Consumer Goods Switzerland
2.5
25 DNB Financials Norway
2.5
26 Petroleum Geo-Services Oil & Gas Norway
2.5
27 ABB Industrials Switzerland
2.2
28 United Internet Technology Germany
2.2
29 BBVA Financials Spain
2.1
30 Prysmian Industrials Italy
2.1
31 TDC Telecommunications Denmark
2.0
32 Piaggio Consumer Goods Italy
2.0
33 Ipsos Consumer Services France
1.7
34 Outotec Industrials Finland
1.5
35 Delta Lloyd Financials Netherlands
1.3
36 Valeo Consumer Goods France
1.3
Total equity investments
96.8
Cash and other net assets
3.2
Net assets 100.0
* The investment is in non-voting shares
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
31 December 2015 % of Net Assets
Germany 19.8
Switzerland 14.7
Italy 13.0
France 12.2
Netherlands 8.7
Finland 7.7
Sweden 5.4
Norway 5.0
Spain 4.7
Ireland 3.6
Denmark 2.0
Cash and other net 3.2
assets
100.0
SECTOR DISTRIBUTION
31 December 2015 % of Net Assets
Financials 23.4
Industrials 12.5
Oil & Gas 12.2
Technology
10.9
Health Care 9.7
Consumer Services 7.9
Basic Materials 6.6
Consumer Goods 5.8
Telecommunications 4.7
Utilities 3.1
Cash and other net assets 3.2
100.0
As at 31 December 2015, the net assets of the Company were £327,847,000.
14 January 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