Result of AGM

BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust plc
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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 10 and special resolutions 11, 12, 13 and 14 under special business of the Company:

(Res. 10)  To grant the Directors authority to allot shares.
(Res. 11)  To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights in respect of issues of new shares or the sale of ordinary shares out of treasury.
(Res. 12)  To authorise the Directors to purchase the Company’s ordinary shares for cancellation or to be held in treasury.
(Res. 13)  To authorise the Directors to purchase up to a maximum 20% of the Company’s ordinary shares in issue as at 31 May 2020 by means of a Tender Offer.
(Res. 14)  To authorise the Directors to purchase up to a maximum 20% of the Company’s ordinary shares in issue as at 30 November 2020 by means of a Tender Offer.

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:

http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

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

	Votes For		Votes Against		Votes Withheld
Resolution 1	12,242,163	99.90	11,655	0.10	29,799
Resolution 2	12,022,303	98.70	157,804	1.30	94,856
Resolution 3	12,263,697	99.94	7,365	0.06	12,555
Resolution 4	10,333,005	86.70	1,584,801	13.30	365,811
Resolution 5	11,630,499	95.28	575,709	4.72	75,639
Resolution 6	11,669,290	95.65	531,089	4.35	80,238
Resolution 7	11,647,264	95.45	554,981	4.55	78,372
Resolution 8	12,095,172	99.21	95,777	0.79	90,173
Resolution 9	12,190,093	99.78	27,143	0.22	66,381
Resolution 10	12,157,248	99.48	63,200	0.52	63,169
Resolution 11	11,808,191	96.90	378,188	3.10	97,238
Resolution 12	12,162,950	99.56	54,308	0.44	63,999
Resolution 13	12,152,925	99.43	69,676	0.57	61,016
Resolution 14	12,128,673	99.20	97,203	0.80	57,741

5 December 2019