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Blackrock Greater Europe Investment Trust PLC

AGM Information Dec 11, 2025

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12 Throgmorton Avenue London EC2N 2DL Tel 020 7743 3000 Fax 020 7743 1000 www.blackrock.co.uk/brge

No. 5142459

THE COMPANIES ACT 2006 PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

of

ORDINARY AND SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS

BLACKROCK GREATER EUROPE INVESTMENT TRUST plc ("the Company")

Passed 11 December 2025

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on Thursday, 11 December 2025, the following ORDINARY and four SPECIAL resolutions of the Company were duly passed under Special Business:

ORDINARY RESOLUTION

  1. "That, in substitution for all existing authorities, the Directors of the Company be and are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised pursuant to Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the Act), to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot relevant securities in the Company (as described in that section) up to an aggregate nominal amount of £9,398.41 (being 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the issued ordinary share capital, excluding treasury shares, of the Company at the date of this notice) provided that this authority shall (unless previously revoked) expire at the conclusion of the Company's Annual General Meeting to be held in 2026, but the Company shall be entitled to make offers or agreements before the expiry of this authority which would or might require relevant securities to be allotted after such expiry and the Directors may allot such securities pursuant to any such offer or agreement as if the power conferred hereby had not expired."

SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS

  • 12. "That, in substitution for all existing authorities and subject to the passing of the resolution numbered 11, the Directors of the Company be and are hereby empowered pursuant to Sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006 (the Act) to:
  • (a) allot up to 9,398,410 ordinary shares of 0.1p each in the Company (Ordinary Shares) with a maximum nominal amount of £9,398.41 (representing 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the issued ordinary share capital, excluding treasury shares, of the Company at the date of this notice) at a premium to the most recently published net asset value per Ordinary Share prior to such allotment; and
  • (b) resell up to 9,398,410 Ordinary Shares with a maximum nominal amount of £9,398.41 (representing 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the issued ordinary share capital, excluding treasury shares, of the Company at the date of this notice) held by the Company in treasury (and, for the purposes of LR 11.4.18 R of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority, such Ordinary Shares being permitted to be sold or transferred out of treasury for cash at a price which represents a premium to the most recently published net asset value per Ordinary Share prior to such sale);

in each case wholly for cash as if Section 561(1) of the Act did not apply to any such allotment or sale provided that this power shall (unless previously revoked) expire at the conclusion of the Company's Annual General Meeting to be held in 2026, but the Company shall be entitled to make offers or agreements before the expiry of this authority which would or might require Ordinary Shares to be allotted after such expiry and the Directors may allot such Ordinary Shares pursuant to any such offer or agreement as if the power conferred hereby had not expired."

    1. "That, in substitution for the Company's existing authority to make market purchases of ordinary shares of 0.1p each in the Company (Ordinary Shares), the Company be and is hereby generally and, subject as hereinafter appears, unconditionally authorised in accordance with Section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 (the Act) to make market purchases of Ordinary Shares (within the meaning of Section 693 of the Act) provided that:
  • (a) the maximum number of Ordinary Shares hereby authorised to be purchased shall be 14,088,217 or, if less, that number of Ordinary Shares which is equal to 14.99% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital (excluding treasury shares) as at 11 December 2025;
  • (b) the minimum price which may be paid for any such Ordinary Share shall be 0.1p;
  • (c) the maximum price which may be paid for any such Ordinary Share shall be the higher of (i) 105% of the average of the middle market quotations (as derived from the Official List) of the Ordinary Shares for the five dealing days prior to the date on which the market purchase is made and (ii) the higher of the price quoted for the last independent trade and the highest current independent bid for, any number of Shares on the trading venue where the purchase is carried out; and
  • (d) unless renewed, the authority hereby conferred shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company in 2026 save that the Company may, prior to such expiry, enter into a contract to purchase Ordinary Shares under the authority hereby conferred and may make a purchase of Ordinary Shares pursuant to any such contract notwithstanding such expiry.
  • All Ordinary Shares purchased pursuant to the above authority shall be either:
  • (i) held, sold, transferred or otherwise dealt with as treasury shares in accordance with the provisions of the Act; or
  • (ii) cancelled immediately upon completion of the purchase."
    1. "That, in addition to the authority given to the Company to purchase its own shares pursuant to the resolution numbered 13 above and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Company's regular tender offers, the Company be and is hereby authorised in accordance with Section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 (the Act) to make market purchases (within the meaning of Section 693 of the Act) of its ordinary shares of 0.1p each (Ordinary Shares), provided that:
  • (a) the maximum number of Ordinary Shares hereby authorised to be purchased shall be 18,796,821 or, if less, that number of Ordinary Shares which is equal to 20% of the Ordinary Shares in issue as at 31 May 2026 (excluding any Ordinary Shares held in treasury);
  • (b) the price which may be paid for an Ordinary Share shall be an amount equal to 98% of the net asset value per Ordinary Share (calculated on a fully diluted basis) as at 31 May 2026 (or the succeeding business day); and
  • (c) the authority hereby conferred shall expire on 31 July 2026 (unless such authority is renewed prior to such time) save that the Company may, prior to such expiry, enter into a contract to purchase Ordinary Shares which will or may be completed or executed wholly or partly after such expiry."

  • 15. "That, in addition to the authority given to the Company to purchase its own shares pursuant to the resolutions numbered 13 and 14 above and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Company's regular tender offers, the Company be and is hereby authorised in accordance with Section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 (the Act) to make market purchases (within the meaning of Section 693 of the Act) of its ordinary shares of 0.1p each (Ordinary Shares), provided that:

  • (a) the maximum number of Ordinary Shares hereby authorised to be purchased shall be 18,796,821 or, if less, that number of Ordinary Shares which is equal to 20% of the Ordinary Shares in issue as at 30 November 2026 (excluding any Ordinary Shares held in treasury);
  • (b) the price which may be paid for an Ordinary Share shall be an amount equal to 98% of the net asset value per Ordinary Share (calculated on a fully diluted basis) as at 30 November 2026); and
  • (a) the authority hereby conferred shall expire on 31 January 2027 (unless such authority is renewed prior to such time) save that the Company may, prior to such expiry, enter into a contract to purchase Ordinary Shares which will or may be completed or executed wholly or partly after such expiry."

L Dina

for BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited

Secretary

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