BLACKROCK NEW ENERGY INVESTMENT TRUST PLC - Result of EGM

BlackRock New Energy Investment Trust plc (in members' voluntary liquidation)

Result of General Meeting held on 14 February 2014

Further to the proposals for the reconstruction and winding up of the Company
contained in the circular dated 19 December 2013, the special resolution
placing the Company in liquidation and giving final effect to the Scheme was
duly passed at the General Meeting held earlier today. James Eldridge and
Samantha Jane Keen have been appointed as joint liquidators.

As the Rollover Condition was not met, all Shares have been deemed to have
elected for the Cash Option in respect of their entire holding of Shares.

A further announcement will be made shortly regarding the amount payable to
ordinary shareholders and subscription shareholders.

A copy of the resolution passed at the General Meeting has been submitted to
the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at:
www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Proxy votes received in favour of the resolution were as follows:

Resolution: 99.46%

Enquiries

James Eldridge
Joint Liquidator, Ernst & Young LLP
020 7951 5814

Simon White
BlackRock Investment Management
020 7743 5284

Alex Blake
Winterflood Investment Trusts
020 3100 0297

Capitalised terms shall bear the meanings given to them in the Company's
Circular dated 19 December 2013 unless the context otherwise requires.

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