EP GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES TRUST PLC - Portfolio Holdings as at 31 August 2015

EP GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES TRUST PLC

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS AS AT 31 AUGUST 2015

Rank	Company	Sector	Country	% of Net Assets
1	East Japan Railway	Consumer Services	Japan	3.4
2	Novartis	Health Care	Switzerland	3.3
3	Sumitomo Mitsui Trust	Financials	Japan	3.2
4	Japan Tobacco	Consumer Goods	Japan	3.2
5	Sumitomo Mitsui Financial	Financials	Japan	3.0
6	KDDI	Telecommunications	Japan	3.0
7	NTT	Telecommunications	Japan	2.9
8	Nomura	Financials	Japan	2.9
9	Vodafone	Telecommunications	United Kingdom	2.6
10	Panasonic	Consumer Goods	Japan	2.6
11	BNP Paribas	Financials	France	2.6
12	BP	Oil & Gas	United Kingdom	2.6
13	AstraZeneca	Health Care	United Kingdom	2.6
14	Mitsubishi	Industrials	Japan	2.6
15	CK Hutchison	Industrials	Hong Kong	2.5
16	Bayer	Basic Materials	Germany	2.5
17	HSBC	Financials	United Kingdom	2.5
18	PostNL	Industrials	Netherlands	2.5
19	BG	Oil & Gas	United Kingdom	2.5
20	Commerzbank	Financials	Germany	2.5
21	Swire Pacific A	Industrials	Hong Kong	2.5
22	Roche *	Health Care	Switzerland	2.4
23	Apache	Oil & Gas	United States	2.4
24	PerkinElmer	Industrials	United States	2.4
25	Microsoft	Technology	United States	2.3
26	Toyota	Consumer Goods	Japan	2.3
27	Bangkok Bank **	Financials	Thailand	2.2
28	Bank Mandiri	Financials	Indonesia	2.2
29	Whirlpool	Consumer Goods	United States	2.1
30	Google A & C ***	Technology	United States	2.1
31	Royal Dutch Shell A	Oil & Gas	Netherlands	2.0
32	SK Hynix	Technology	South Korea	2.0
33	Qualcomm	Technology	United States	1.9
34	Galaxy Entertainment	Consumer Services	Hong Kong	1.9
35	Screen	Technology	Japan	1.8
36	ABB	Industrials	Switzerland	1.8
37	DBS	Financials	Singapore	1.7
38	Misawa Homes	Consumer Goods	Japan	1.4
39	Edinburgh Partners	Financials - unlisted	United Kingdom	1.3
40	Harman	Consumer Goods	United States	0.4
	Total equity investments			94.6
	Cash and other net assets			5.4
				100.0

* The investment is in non-voting shares
** The investment is in non-voting depositary receipts
*** The investment has restricted voting rights
 

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION

31 August 2015	% of Net Assets
Japan Europe Asia Pacific United Kingdom United States	32.3 19.6 15.0 14.1 13.6
Cash and other net assets	5.4
	100.0

SECTOR DISTRIBUTION                                       

31 August 2015	% of Net Assets
Financials	24.1
Industrials	14.3
Consumer Goods	12.0
Technology	10.1
Oil & Gas	9.5
Telecommunications	8.5
Health Care	8.3
Consumer Services	5.3
Basic Materials	2.5
Cash and other net assets	5.4
	100.0

As at 31 August 2015, the net assets of the Company were £114,945,000.

10 September 2015

Enquiries:

Kenneth Greig
Edinburgh Partners AIFM Limited
Tel: [phone]

The Company’s registered office address is:

27-31 Melville Street
Edinburgh
EH3 7JF

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