Holding(s) in Company

BLACKROCK EMERGING EUROPE PLC - Holding(s) in Company

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London, October 6

TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES(1). Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached (ii): BlackRock Emerging Europe plc (2). Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: (X)An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: ( )An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments: ( )An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( )Other (please specify): ( )(3). Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii): City of London Investment Management Company Limited(4). Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):(5). Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached (v): 4 October 2016(6). Date on which issuer notified: 6 October 2016(7). Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached (vi, vii):

Below 23%(8). Notified details:A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix)Class/type of shares (if possible using the ISIN code): GB00B0BN1P96Situation previous to the triggering transaction: Number of Shares: 8,353,577 Number of Voting rights: 8,353,577Resulting situation after the triggering transaction: Number of shares: Direct: 8,103,577 Number of voting rights: Direct (xi): Indirect (xii): 8,103,577% of voting rights (x): Direct: Indirect: 22.5%B. Qualifying Financial InstrumentsResulting situation after the triggering transaction:Type of financial instrument: Expiration date (xiii): Exercise/Conversion Period (xiv): Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted: % of voting rights:

C. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv, xvi)Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:Type of financial instrument:

Exercise price:

Expiration date (xvii): 

Exercise/Conversion Period (xviii):

 Number of voting rights instrument refers to: 

% of voting rights (xix, xx): Nominal: 

Delta: Total (A + B + C):Number of voting rights: 8,103,577

Percentage of voting rights: 22.5%(9). Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xxi):

All voting rights on all shares are controlled by City of London Investment Management Company Limited.

Proxy Voting:(10). Name of the proxy holder:City of London Investment Management Company Limited(11). Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:(12). Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: (13). Additional information:

 (14). Contact name: A B Powley For BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited Secretary(15). Contact telephone number: 020 7743 56106 October 2016