Result of AGM

BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust plc

Results of AGM

Following the Annual General Meeting which was held today, we are pleased to announce that all resolutions put to shareholders were passed on a vote on a show of hands, including ordinary resolution 8 and special resolutions 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 under special business of the Company:

(Res. 8)  To grant the Directors authority to allot shares.
(Res. 9)  To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights in respect of issues of new ordinary shares or the sale of ordinary shares out of treasury.
(Res. 10)  To authorise the Directors to purchase the Company’s ordinary shares for cancellation or to be held in treasury.
(Res. 11)  To authorise the Directors to purchase up to a maximum 20% of the Company’s ordinary shares in issue as at 31 May 2018 by means of a Tender Offer.
(Res. 12)  To authorise the Directors to purchase up to a maximum 20% of the Company’s ordinary shares in issue as at 30 November 2018 by means of a Tender Offer.
(Res. 13)  To authorise that the amount standing to the credit of the share premium account of the Company be cancelled.

Under listing rule 9.6.2 a copy of the resolutions has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism, and will shortly be made available for inspection at:

www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

Proxy votes received in favour of the resolutions were as follows:
 

	Votes For		Votes Against		Votes Withheld
Resolution 1	14,474,920	99.97	3,850	0.03	21,173
Resolution 2	14,241,263	99.01	143,083	0.99	115,597
Resolution 3	14,215,471	99.04	137,886	0.96	134,115
Resolution 4	14,485,584	99.97	4,900	0.03	4,184
Resolution 5	14,318,966	99.40	85,907	0.60	95,070
Resolution 6	14,374,304	99.48	74,650	0.52	40,368
Resolution 7	14,421,386	99.76	34,480	0.24	44,077
Resolution 8	14,363,300	99.53	67,749	0.47	68,894
Resolution 9	14,279,348	98.90	158,112	1.10	62,483
Resolution 10	14,332,694	98.97	148,895	1.03	18,354
Resolution 11	14,046,603	98.91	154,463	1.09	294,834
Resolution 12	14,047,941	98.79	172,215	1.21	279,787
Resolution 13	14,290,576	99.51	70,895	0.49	138,472

29 November 2017