Interim Report & Accounts

Deutsche Equity Income Trust PLC
10 June 2005


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

10 June 2005

Dear Sirs

Copies of the Deutsche Equity Trust PLC Interim Report for the half-year ended
31 March 2005 have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly
be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing
Facility, which is situated at:

Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London  E14 5HS
Tel: [phone]

Yours faithfully

M Pope
Joint Company Secretary


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