Interim Management Statement

BARING EMERGING EUROPE PLC Interim Management Statement Review of the period from 1 October 2010 to 31 December 2010 This Interim Management Statement for the period from 1 October 2010 to 31 December 2010 contains information which covers that period, unless otherwise stated. INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE The investment objective of the Company is to achieve long-term capital growth, principally through investment in Emerging European securities. MATERIAL EVENTS OR TRANSACTIONS DURING THE PERIOD The directors confirm the following material events and transactions which have occurred since the Company's year end on 30 September 2010. Portfolio: Portfolio activity picked up markedly during the last quarter of 2010.Baring Emerging Europe PLC continued to sell into a buoyant Turkish market thereby moving to an underweight position relative to the benchmark for the first time in two years. Within Turkey the Company switched into the industrial sector, food producers and retailers and out of banks. The overweight in the material sector was increased by increasing positions in Ferrexpo, a Ukrainian iron ore producer, Raspadskaya, a Russian coal miner and Norilsk Nickel, the world leading nickel producer - thereby increasing the portfolio's exposure to an expected acceleration in global economic growth. The weighting in the utility sector was reduced further as the earnings growth outlook seems to be very limited in the medium to long tem. The energy sector remains an underweight. Baring Emerging Europe PLC participated in selected IPOs and subscribed for shares in O'KEY a Russian hypermarket chain and the listing of the Warsaw Stock Exchange in Poland. Both positions were increased by buying on the secondary market following the IPO. PepsiCo's takeover of Russian dairy producer Wimm-Bill-Dann at a large premium to the market highlighted the potential that multinational corporations continue to ascribe to Emerging Europe's growth prospects. After rising by more than 40% on the day of the announcement, Wimm-Bill-Dann's position in the portfolio was reduced to raise cash for investments in other stocks. After having sold out of the leading Polish insurance company PZU in the third quarter on valuation grounds, Baring Emerging Europe PLC took advantage of a secondary issue at significantly lower prices and added the stock to the portfolio again. Discount: The share price discount to net asset value at 31 December 2010 was 6.6% (30 September 2010: 10.4%) Share Capital: During the period from 1 October 2010 to 31 December 2010 the Company bought back 21,000 ordinary shares at a cost of £0.2 million. At 31 December 2010 the Company's issued share capital consisted of 34,446,110 ordinary shares (excluding the 3,318,207 ordinary shares held in treasury). The directors are not aware of any other significant events or transactions up to the date of this report which would have a material impact on the financial position of the Company. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 18 JANUARY 2011 Resolutions All the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting were duly passed. The resolutions approved included resolutions to authorise the Company to issue shares for cash, including shares held in treasury and to make market purchases of the Company's own shares. Board Change Mr John Cousins retired from the Board following the Annual General Meeting. Annual Dividend Shareholders approved the payment of an annual dividend of 2.9p per share at the close of business on 7 January 2011 to be paid to members on the register, on 2 February 2011. COMPANY STATISTICS 31 December 2010 9 February 2011 Gross Assets £341.4 million £344.6 million Net Asset Value Per Ordinary Share 990.97p 1,000.05p Share Price 926.00p 922.00p Discount to Net Asset Value 6.6% 7.9% CUMULATIVE PERFORMANCE TO 31 DECEMBER 2010 (Total Return in percentage terms) Performance Over 3m 1 Year 3 Years Share Price* +13.2 +23.3 +0.4 Net asset Value* +8.6 +18.0 -3.5 Benchmark+ +8.2 +21.7 -5.2 * Source - AIC + Source - Barings. MSCI EM Europe 10/40. PORTFOLIO INFORMATION AT 31 DECEMBER 2010 Ten largest holdings: Geographical breakdown % of Total Assets % Sberbank 11.5 Gazprom 8.6 Russia 62.4 Norilsk Nickel 8.2 Turkey 16.8 Lukoil Holdings 6.7 Poland 12.0 PKO 5.0 Hungary 4.0 Mobile Telesystems 4.4 Czech Republic 1.9 Turkiye Garanti Bankasi 4.0 Kazakhstan 2.0 OTP Bank 3.9 Other 0.9 Turkiye Halk Bankasi 3.7 Rosneft 3.4 Total 100.0 10 February 2011
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