ESTS Blackrock Sub

The Eastern European Trust PLC

Voting Rights and Capital

In conformity with the Transparency Directive we would like to notify the
market of the following:

As at 31 May 2013, The Eastern European Trust PLC's capital consists of
39,177,998 Ordinary Shares of 10 cents each (excluding 5,800,000 Ordinary
Shares held in Treasury), carrying one vote each, 8,468,457 2012 Subscription
Shares of 1 cent each (ticker: ESTS) with no voting rights (although these
shares are considered `qualifying financial instruments' in accordance with the
revised DTF 5) and 10,023,846 2011 Subscription Shares of 1 cent each (ticker:
ESTZ) with no voting rights and in respect of which the right to subscribe for
Ordinary Shares has lapsed and the listing of which has been suspended until
further notice.

As at 31 June 2013, the total number of voting rights for Ordinary shareholders
in The Eastern European Trust PLC is 39,177,998.

The above figure 39,117,998 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for
the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify
their interest in, or a change to, their interest in the company under the
FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Contact:

Barbara Powley
Company Secretary
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited

3 June 2013