Standard Life European Private Equity Trust PLC is an investment trust. The investment objective is to achieve long-term capital gains through holding a portfolio of private equity funds investing in Europe. The principal focus of the Company is to invest in the European private equity funds investing in mid to large sized buy-outs, which can be categorized as transactions with enterprise values ranging between Euro 100 million and Euro 2 billion. The Company invests in private equity funds, which invest in European countries. It invests in a range of sectors, which include consumer services, industrials, healthcare, financials, consumer goods, technology, secondary, utilities, basic materials, oil and gas, and telecommunications. It invests in various geographical locations, including North America, France, Scandinavia, Benelux, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Other Europe and Other Ex-Europe. SL Capital Partners LLP is the investment manager of the Company.