REG-BlackRock New Engy: Holding(s) in Company

SCHEDULE 10

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company:

BlackRock New Energy Investment Trust plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest:

Nutraco Nominees as nominee for the BlackRock Investment Trusts ISA and Savings
Scheme

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18:

IN RESPECT OF 2 ABOVE AND NON-BENEFICIAL

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them:

NUTRACO NOMINEES

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

NOT NOTIFIED

6) Percentage of issued class:

NOT NOTIFIED

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed since last notification:

NOT NOTIFIED

8) Percentage of issued class:

NOT NOTIFIED

9) Class of security:

Ordinary 5p shares

10) Date of transaction:

N/A

11) Date company informed:

N/A

12) Total holding following this notification:

16,854,106

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:

6.91%

14) Any additional information:

These shares are held on behalf of participants in the BlackRock Investment
Trust Savings Schemes. BlackRock has a notifiable interest in these shares
because, in certain circumstances and subject to certain limitations agreed
with the Takeover Panel to ensure compliance with the Takeover Code, BlackRock
is entitled to exercise the voting rights attached to these shares if the
relevant plan participants do not do so.

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Barbara Powley
Tel: 020 7743 5610

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification:

Barbara Powley
For BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited
Secretary

17) Date of notification:

1 June 2009

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