Interim Management Statement

BLACKROCK GREATER EUROPE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC Interim Management Statement - 3 months to 30 November 2010 To the members of BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust plc This interim management statement has been produced solely to provide additional information to shareholders as a body to meet the relevant requirements of the UK Listing Authority's Disclosure & Transparency Rules. It should not be relied on by any other party for any other reason. This interim management statement relates to the period from 1 September 2010 to 30 November 2010, and contains information that covers this period, and up to the date of publication of this interim management statement. Please note more detailed performance information is available on the Manager's website: www.blackrock.co.uk/IndividualInvestors/Literature/InvestmentTrusts/Factsheets/ index.htm The Company invests in a combination of large, mid and small capitalisation European companies, together with some investment in the developing markets of Europe. The portfolio is managed by Vincent Devlin & Samuel Vecht of BlackRock. Stock Performance Cumulative Performance (%): One Three One From Month Months Year Launch Net Asset Value (Undiluted) -3.5% 9.7% 13.0% 111.9% Net Asset Value (Diluted) -2.8% 9.2% 12.4% 111.0% Share Price -3.7% 16.6% 13.3% 104.3% FTSE World Europe ex UK -6.5% 5.5% -0.1% 69.9% All performance figures are in sterling terms on a total return basis. Ten Largest Equity Holdings at 30 November 2010 (in alphabetical order) Daimler Legrand Nokian Renkaat Novartis Novo Nordisk Schneider Electric Swatch Syngenta Technip Vopak Financial position and performance as at 30 November 2010 Gross Assets (£m) 199.6 Short term borrowings (£m) 9.6 Net asset value per share* 190.30p Ordinary Share Price 182.50p Ordinary Shares in Issue** 99,871,041 Subscription Share Price 23.00p Subscription Shares in Issue 18,977,902 Actual Gearing 4.8% Discount to NAV*** 4.1% Average Discount over the Period 5.7% * Includes net revenue of 0.38p ** Excluding 2,642,046 shares held in treasury *** Includes income Material Events & Transactions Following the first opportunity for shareholders to convert their subscription shares on 1 November 2010, 828,618 subscription shares were converted into ordinary shares on 8 November 2010. Following the semi-annual tender offer on 1 December 2010, 2,898,166 shares were bought back and placed in treasury on 2 December 2010. In addition, 2,642,046 shares which were placed in treasury after the May 2010 tender were cancelled on 1 December 2010. Annual Report The Company announced its annual results for the year ended 31 August 2010 on 14 October 2010. Dividend A dividend in respect of the year ended 31 August 2010 of 3.30p per ordinary share was declared by the directors and was approved by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting held on 1 December 2010. The dividend was paid on 9 December 2010 to shareholders on the register on 29 October 2010 (ex dividend date 27 October 2010). The Board is not aware of any significant events or transactions, except as disclosed herein, occurring between 30 November 2010 and the date of publication of this interim management statement which would have a material impact on the financial position of the Company. Latest information is available by typing, www.blackrock.co.uk/content/groups/uksite/documents/ literature/emea02012177.pdf on the internet, "BLRKINDEX" on Reuters, "BLRK" on Bloomberg or "8800" on Topic 3 (ICV terminal). Contact details: Caroline Driscoll Secretary Tel: 020 7743 2427 10 January 2011 any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.
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