Result of AGM

Keystone Investment Trust plc                         

HEADLINE: Annual General Meeting Result

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 18 December 2009,
shareholders approved the following resolutions:

i. to receive the Directors' Annual Financial Report for the year ended 30
September 2009;

ii. to declare a final dividend of 28.0p per ordinary share, which will be paid
    together with a special dividend of 11.1p per ordinary share on 22 December
    2009 to shareholders on the register on 20 November 2009;
   
iii. to approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30
    September 2009;
   
iv. to re-elect Mr Richard Oldfield a Director of the Company;
   
 v. to re-elect Mr David Adams a Director of the Company;
   
vi. to re-elect Mrs Beatrice Hollond a Director of the Company;
   
vii. to re-elect Mr William Kendall a Director of the Company;
   
viii. to re-elect Mr Peter Readman a Director of the Company;
   
ix. to re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors and authorise the Directors to
    determine their remuneration;
   
 x. to renew the Directors' authority to allot new ordinary shares;
   
xi. to renew the Directors' authority to allot new ordinary shares for cash
    while disapplying pre-emption rights within parameters specified;
   
xii. to renew the Directors' authority to purchase shares of the Company in the
    market for cancellation within the parameters specified; and
   
xiii. that the period of notice required for general meetings of the Company
    (other than AGMs) shall be no less than 14 days.
   
Kerstin Rucht

Invesco Asset Management Limited, Secretaries

18 December 2009