Interim Management Statement

BARING EMERGING EUROPE PLC Interim Management Statement Review of the period from 1 April 2010 to 30 June 2010 This Interim Management Statement relates to the period from 1 April 2010 to 30 June 2010 and contains information that 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 half year end on 31 March 2010. Portfolio: Portfolio: With a gross turnover of USD 62 m portfolio activity remained at a low level during the quarter. The company participated in selected initial public offerings in Russia (for example Protek, Health Care production/distribution) and Poland (PZU, Insurance), all of which outperformed the market in post-IPO trading. Further, LSR's capital raising exercise to fund its real estate development pipeline in Russia was used to build a position in this stock. Substantial price outperformance of the Turkish market lead to a reduction in Turkish assets, mainly in the conglomerate KOC Holding and its subsidiaries Tupras (refining) and Yapi Kredi (Banking). The position in Turkish construction company ENKA was reduced as its order backlog in the Balkans seems subject to severe political risks. Generally the cyclical components within the portfolio were reduced in favour of investments in structural growth. The company's holdings in the Russian oil and gas company Lukoil were reduced and positions were added in Wimm-Bill-Dann (Russian dairy producer), OTP (Hungarian bank), Vakifbank (Turkish bank) and EDC (Russian oil field service sector). Discount: During the period from 1 April 2010 to 30 June 2010 the average share price discount to net asset value was 9.8 %. Share Capital: During the period from 1 April 2010 to 30 June 2010 the Company bought back 346,625 ordinary shares at a cost of £3.0 million. At 30 June 2010 the Company's issued share capital consisted of 34,502,110 ordinary shares (excluding the 3,318,207 ordinary shares held in treasury). During the period from 1 July 2010 to 19 July 2010 a further 20,000 shares have been repurchased for cancellation. 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. COMPANY STATISTICS 30 June 2010 19 July 2010 Gross Assets £280.7 million £292.8 million Net Asset Value Per Ordinary Share 813.6p 849.1p Share Price 730.0p 764.5p Discount to Net Asset Value 10.3% 10.0% CUMULATIVE PERFORMANCE TO 30 June 2010 (Total Return in percentage terms) Performance Over 3m 1 Year 3 Years Share Price* -15.2% +42.5% -5.1% Net Asset Value* -14.6% +46.8% -3.4% Benchmark+ -15.31% +31.30% -11.70% * Source - Fundamental Data Limited + Source - Baring Asset Management PORTFOLIO INFORMATION AT 30 June 2010 % of Total Assets Ten largest holdings: Sberbank 10.8 Gazprom 9.3 Rosneft 7.1 Turkiye Garanti Bankasi 5.6 Norilsk Nickel 5.5 Mobile Telesystems 5.1 Powszechna Kasa 4.6 Lukoil Holdings 4.6 Turkiye Halk Bankasi 4.4 Vimpel Comms 4.2 Geographical breakdown: % Russia 61.1 Turkey 15.7 Czech Rep 4.0 Poland 9.1 Hungary 3.9 Kazakhstan 1.8 Other 0.7 Cash & Equivalents 3.7 100.0 20 July 2010
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