Shareholders
Subscription of shares in the authorised capital at 01/12/2007
European Investment Fund is a public-private partnership whose tripartite shareholding includes the European Investment Bank (66%), the European Union represented by the European Commission (25%), and a number of European banks and financial institutions (9%).
EIF's authorised capital amounts to EUR 3 billion, divided into 3000 shares. At 31/12/2007, 230 of these shares were authorised but not yet issued.
The Register of Shareholders sets out the subscription of EIF's shares click here
About EIF's shareholders
 European Investment Bank (EIB)
- EIF’s majority shareholder with 66% of shares.
- EIB became EIF’s principal shareholder in 2000.
- EIB’s subscribed capital is EUR 163.7bn (at 31/12/2006) and its shareholders are the 27 EU Member States.
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 The European Union, represented by the European Commission
- The European Union (EU) holds 25% of EIF’s shares. Following EIF's capital increase in 2007, it is planned that the EU will gradually increase its shareholding to 30% of the total.
- The total EU budget 2007-2013 is over EUR 864bn, which includes EIF’s own capital requirements.
- EU funding covers EIF’s activities under the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) and indirect financing to EU Member States via the regional funding programme known as ‘JEREMIE’.
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Financial institutions - Financial institutions from the public and private sector hold 9% of EIF’s shareholding.
- Presently, 31 financial institutions from around Europe have an EIF shareholding. Shareholders come from the EU 27 and new Member States, plus Turkey and Croatia.
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