EAT European Assets Trust Plc

To:                   Company Announcements

From:              European Assets Trust NV

Date:               17 November 2015 

On 17 November 2015, European Assets Trust NV issued 50,000 of its Ordinary Shares from its blocklisting facility at a price of £10.53 per share which equates to a premium to the estimated net asset value at the time of transaction of 0.6%. The sale of these shares has taken place in accordance with the Company's liquidity enhancement policy.

The Company's issued ordinary share capital is 31,172,460.

The Company has the ability to issue a further 1,256,054 ordinary shares under its blocklisting facility.

The total number of shares with voting rights in European Assets Trust NV is 31,172,460.

The above figure (31,172,460) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, European Assets Trust NV under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Scott McEllen

For F&C Investment Business Limited

Managers

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