Board Meeting Notification

Deutsche Equity Income Trust PLC
10 October 2000


TO: COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENTS

We wish to inform you that, at a Board Meeting to be held on Friday 27 October
2000,  the  declaration  of  a  final dividend  will  be  considered  and  the
preliminary  announcement  of  results for  the  year  to  30  September  2000
approved.

FROM: M Pope
      Joint Company Secretary