ESTS Blackrock Sub

The Eastern European Trust PLC

Results of AGM

Following the Annual General Meeting which was held today, we are pleased to
announce that resolutions 1 to 15 put to shareholders were passed on a vote on
a show of hands. Under special business Resolution 12 is an ordinary resolution
relating to the continuation of the Company, Resolution 13 is an ordinary
resolution giving Directors the authority to allot shares, Resolutions 14 and
15 are special resolutions, as follows:

(Res.14) 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.15) To authorise the Directors to purchase the Company's ordinary shares
for cancellation or to be held in treasury.

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:

Resolution  1: 100.00%
Resolution  2: 99.99%
Resolution  3: 100.00%
Resolution  4: 100.00%
Resolution  5: 100.00%
Resolution  6: 100.00%
Resolution  7: 100.00%
Resolution  8: 100.00%
Resolution  9: 100.00%
Resolution 10: 100.00%
Resolution 11: 100.00%
Resolution 12: 100.00%
Resolution 13:  99.96%
Resolution 14:  99.96%
Resolution 15:  99.84%

21 June 2013

For further information please contact:
Simon White/Barbara Powley
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited
020 7743 3000

Alex Blake
Winterflood Investment Trusts
020 3100 0297