Investment Update

10 February 2021

Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities PLC

“Finding quality companies from Emerging Europe, the Middle East and Africa”

Investment Update

Further to the investment update announcement released on 21 January 2021, the Board of Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities PLC (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that all necessary custody account openings, some of which had been delayed due to the impact of COVID-19, have now been completed. Therefore, all target markets are accessible for direct investment by the Company in line with its investment policy.

For further information please contact:

Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities PLC, via J.P. Morgan Cazenove Frances Daley (Chairman)
J.P. Morgan Cazenove  William Simmonds	[phone]
Media enquiries Quill PR Nick Croysdill, Andreea Caraveteanu	[phone]

About Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities PLC

“Finding quality companies from Emerging Europe, the Middle East and Africa.”

Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities PLC (the “Company”) is a UK based investment trust that was launched on 18 December 2002 and is managed by Baring Fund Managers Limited.

On 13 November 2020, the Company obtained shareholders’ approval to broaden its investment policy and will focus on growth and income from quality companies in the Emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa ("EMEA") region. It also changed its name from Baring Emerging Europe PLC to Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities PLC on the same date.

For more information, please visit the Company’s website: www.bemoplc.com

LEI: 213800HLE2UOSVAP2Y69