Director/PDMR Shareholding

Deutsche Equity Income Trust PLC
06 July 2005


The Secretary
Company Announcements Office
The Stock Exchange
10 Paternoster Square
London
EC4M 7LS




6 July 2005


Dear Sirs

We wish to inform you that we have today been notified that Mr A K Mitchard, a
director of the Company, did on 24 June 2005 purchase through the Company's
Dividend Reinvestment Plan 61 of the Company's ordinary shares at a price of
242.0p per share.


Yours faithfully

M Pope

Company Secretary

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