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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950123-11-051166
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEF 14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20110627
FILED AS OF DATE:		20110517
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20110517
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20110517

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EUROPEAN EQUITY FUND, INC / MD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000791718
		IRS NUMBER:				133354384
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEF 14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-04632
		FILM NUMBER:		11850357

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		345 PARK AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10154-0004
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212-454-6778

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		345 PARK AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10154-0004

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GERMANY FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SCHEDULE 14A</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><b>(RULE 14a-101)</b></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT<BR>
SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section&nbsp;14(a) of the Securities<BR>
Exchange Act of 1934</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Filed by the Registrant <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT><BR>
Filed by a party other than the Registrant <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Check the appropriate box:

</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Preliminary proxy statement.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Confidential, for use of the Commission only (as permitted by Rule&nbsp;14a-</B><B>6(e)(2)</B><B>).</B></TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Definitive proxy statement.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Definitive additional materials.</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Soliciting material under Rule&nbsp;14a-12.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>THE EUROPEAN EQUITY FUND, INC.<BR>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; FONT-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV></B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; FONT-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if Other Than the Registrant)</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Payment of filing fee (check the appropriate box):

</DIV>

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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>No fee required.</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules&nbsp;14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act
Rule&nbsp;0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was
determined):</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(5)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Total fee paid:</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule&nbsp;0-11(a)(2) and
identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous filing
by registration statement number, or the form or schedule and the date of its filing.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Amount Previously Paid:</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.:</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filing Party:</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Date Filed:</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#Y91341000">NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#Y91341001">PROXY STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#Y91341002">PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#Y91341003">THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR PROPOSAL 1.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#Y91341004">PROPOSAL 2: RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#Y91341005">THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR PROPOSAL 2.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#Y91341006">SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#Y91341007">ADDRESS OF INVESTMENT ADVISER AND MANAGER</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#Y91341008">SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#Y91341009">OTHER MATTERS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#Y91341010">STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#Y91341011">PROXY COSTS AND SOLICITATION OF PROXIES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#Y91341012">ANNUAL REPORT DELIVERY</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#Y91341013">ANNEX A</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#Y91341014">THE EUROPEAN EQUITY FUND EXCERPTS OF BY-LAWS</A></TD></TR>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">THE
    EUROPEAN EQUITY FUND, INC.<BR>
    <FONT style="font-size: 10pt">345 Park Avenue<BR>
    New York, New York 10154</FONT></FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 12pt">June&#160;27, 2011</FONT></B>
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    To our Stockholders:
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 5%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders
    (the &#147;Meeting&#148;) of The European Equity Fund, Inc. , a
    Maryland corporation (the &#147;Fund&#148;), will be held at
    11:00&#160;a.m., New&#160;York time, on June&#160;27, 2011 at
    the New York Marriott East Side Hotel, 525 Lexington Avenue, New
    York, New York 10017 for the following purposes:
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    1.&#160;To elect three (3)&#160;Class&#160;III Directors, each
    to serve for a term of three years and until their successors
    are elected and qualify.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 5%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 5%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    2.&#160;To ratify the appointment by the Audit Committee and the
    Board of Directors of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent
    registered public accounting firm, as independent auditors for
    the fiscal year ending December&#160;31, 2011.
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    3.&#160;To transact such other business as may properly come
    before the Meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof
    including acting upon one stockholder proposal presented in the
    Proxy Statement accompanying this Notice, if the proposal is
    brought before the meeting by the proponent or his
    representative that is qualified under state law to present the
    proposal on his behalf.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 5%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Only holders of record of Common Stock at the close of business
    on May&#160;13, 2011 are entitled to notice of, and to vote at,
    this Meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 49%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    By Order of the Board of Directors
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    <IMG src="y91341y9134101.gif" alt="-s- John Millette">
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    John Millette
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    Secretary
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Dated: May&#160;19, 2011
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    <B>We urge you to mark, sign, date and mail the enclosed proxy
    card in the postage-paid envelope provided or to record your
    voting instructions by telephone or via the Internet so that you
    will be represented at the Meeting. If you complete and sign the
    proxy card (or tell us how you want to vote by voting by
    telephone or via the Internet), we will vote it exactly as you
    tell us. If you simply sign the proxy card, we will vote it in
    accordance with the Board&#146;s recommendation on the
    Proposals. Your prompt return of the enclosed proxy card (or
    your voting by telephone or via the Internet) may prevent the
    necessity and expense of further solicitations. If you have any
    questions, please call The Altman Group, Inc.
    (&#147;Altman&#148;), the Fund&#146;s proxy solicitor, at 1200
    Wall Street West,
    3<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">rd</SUP></B>

    <B>Floor, Lyndhurst, New Jersey 07071 or at the special
    toll-free number we have set up for you
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(1-800-845-1507),</FONT>
    or contact your financial advisor.</B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">THE
    EUROPEAN EQUITY FUND, INC.<BR>
    <FONT style="font-size: 10pt">345 Park Avenue<BR>
    New York, New York 10154</FONT></FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Annual
    Meeting of Stockholders<BR>
    June&#160;27, 2011</FONT></B>
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    PROXY STATEMENT</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 5%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    This Proxy Statement is furnished by the Board of Directors of
    The European Equity Fund, Inc. (the &#147;Board of
    Directors&#148; or &#147;Board&#148;), a Maryland corporation
    (the &#147;Fund&#148;), in connection with the solicitation of
    proxies for use at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the
    &#147;Meeting&#148;) to be held at 11:00&#160;a.m., New York
    time, on June&#160;27, 2011 at the New York Marriott East Side
    Hotel, 525&#160;Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017. The
    purpose of the Meeting and the matters to be considered are set
    forth in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of
    Stockholders.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 5%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    If the accompanying Proxy Card is executed properly and
    returned, shares represented by it will be voted at the Meeting,
    and any postponement or adjournment thereof, in accordance with
    the instructions on the Proxy Card. However, if no instructions
    are specified, shares will be voted FOR the election of three
    (3)&#160;Class&#160;III directors of the Fund
    (&#147;Directors&#148;) nominated by the Board
    (Proposal&#160;1)&#160;and FOR the ratification of the
    appointment by the Audit Committee and the Board of
    PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent public accounting
    firm, as independent auditors for the Fund (Proposal&#160;2). A
    proxy may be revoked at any time prior to the time it is voted
    by written notice to the Secretary of the Fund, by submitting a
    subsequently executed and dated proxy or by attending the
    Meeting and voting in person.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 5%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    If a stockholder owns shares of the Fund in violation of
    applicable law, including the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
    amended (the &#147;Investment Company Act&#148;), the Fund may
    determine that any vote attributable to such shares shall not be
    counted, or that such shares will not be counted for quorum
    purposes, or both. Under Section&#160;12(d)(1) of the Investment
    Company Act, the acquisition of more than 3% of the Fund&#146;s
    common stock by another fund (whether registered, private or
    offshore) is unlawful. There is legal uncertainty about the
    operation of Section&#160;12(d)(1) and about the Fund&#146;s
    right under federal and state law to invalidate votes cast by
    any person whose Fund shares are held in violation of law. The
    Fund is prepared, if necessary, to seek judicial resolution of
    the uncertainty in any particular case.
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    The close of business on May&#160;13, 2011 has been fixed as the
    record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to
    notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting. On that date, the Fund
    had 10,824,386.56 shares of Common Stock outstanding and
    entitled to vote. Each share will be entitled to one vote on
    each matter that comes before the Meeting. It is expected that
    the Notice of Annual Meeting, this Proxy Statement and the form
    of Proxy Card will first be mailed to stockholders on or about
    May&#160;19, 2011.
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    A quorum is necessary to hold a valid meeting. If stockholders
    entitled to cast one-third of all votes entitled to be cast at
    the Meeting are present in person or by proxy, a quorum will be
    established. The Fund intends to treat properly executed proxies
    that are marked &#147;abstain&#148; and broker non-votes
    (defined below) as present for the purposes of determining
    whether a quorum has been achieved at the Meeting. Under
    Maryland law, abstentions do not constitute a vote
    &#147;for&#148; or
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    &#147;against&#148; a matter and will be disregarded in
    determining the &#147;votes cast&#148; on an issue. A
    &#147;broker non-vote&#148; occurs when a broker holding shares
    for a beneficial owner does not vote on a particular matter
    because the broker does not have discretionary voting power with
    respect to that matter and has not received instructions from
    the beneficial owner.
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    <B>ELECTION OF DIRECTORS</B>
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    The Fund&#146;s charter (the &#147;Charter&#148;) provides that
    the Board of Directors be divided into three classes of
    Directors serving staggered three-year terms and until their
    successors are elected and qualify. The term of office for
    Directors in Class&#160;III expires at the 2011 Annual Meeting,
    Class&#160;I at the next succeeding annual meeting and
    Class&#160;II at the following succeeding annual meeting. Three
    Class&#160;III nominees, Dr.&#160;Franz Wilhelm Hopp, Werner
    Walbr&#246;l and Christian Strenger are proposed in this proxy
    statement for election. If elected, each of the three
    Class&#160;III nominees will serve a
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">three-year</FONT>
    term of office until the Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2014
    and until his respective successor is elected and qualifies.
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    Should any vacancy occur on the Board of Directors, the
    remaining Directors would be able to fill that vacancy by the
    affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining Directors in
    office, even if the remaining Directors do not constitute a
    quorum. Any Director elected by the Board to fill a vacancy
    would hold office until the remainder of the full term of the
    class of Directors in which the vacancy occurred and until a
    successor is elected and qualifies. If the size of the Board is
    increased, additional Directors will be apportioned among the
    three classes to make all classes as nearly equal as possible.
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    Unless authority is withheld, it is the intention of the persons
    named in the accompanying form of Proxy Card to vote each Proxy
    Card for the election of our four nominees listed above. Each
    nominee has indicated that he will continue to serve as a
    Director if elected, but if any nominee should be unable to
    serve, proxies will be voted for any other person determined by
    the persons named in the form of Proxy Card in accordance with
    their discretion. The Board of Directors has no reason to
    believe that any of the above nominees will be unable to serve
    as a Director.
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    of Directors Information</FONT></B>
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    The management of the business and affairs of the Fund is
    overseen by the Board of Directors. Directors who are not
    &#147;interested persons&#148; of the Fund as defined in the
    1940 Act, are referred to as &#147;Independent Directors&#148;,
    and Directors who are &#147;interested persons&#148; of the Fund
    are referred to as &#147;Interested Directors&#148;. Certain
    information concerning the Fund&#146;s governance structure and
    each Director is set forth below.
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    <I><U>Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the
    Fund&#146;s Directors</U>.</I>&#160;&#160;The Nominating and
    Governance Committee of the Fund&#146;s Board, which is composed
    entirely of Independent Directors, reviews the experience,
    qualifications, attributes and skills of potential candidates
    for nomination or election by the Board, and conducts a similar
    review in connection with the proposed nomination of current
    Directors for re-election by stockholders. When assessing a
    candidate for nomination it is the policy of the Nominating and
    Governance Committee to consider whether the individual&#146;s
    background, skills, and experience will complement the
    background, skills and experience of other nominees and will
    contribute to the diversity of the Board. The Nominating and
    Governance Committee assesses the effectiveness of this policy
    as part of its annual self assessment. Additional information
    concerning the Nominating and Governance Committee&#146;s
    consideration of nominees appears in the description of the
    Committee following the table below.
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    The Board has concluded that, based on each Director&#146;s
    experience, qualifications, attributes or skills on an
    individual basis and in combination with those of the other
    Directors, that each Director is qualified and should continue
    to serve as such. In determining that a particular Director was
    and continues to be qualified to serve as a Director, the Board
    has considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in
    isolation, was controlling. In addition, the Board has taken
    into account the actual service and commitment of each Director
    during his tenure (including the Director&#146;s participation
    in Board and committee meetings, as well as his current and
    prior leadership of standing and ad hoc committees) in
    concluding that each should continue to serve. Information about
    the specific experience, skills, attributes and qualifications
    of each Director, which in each case led to the Board&#146;s
    conclusion that the Director should serve (or continue to serve)
    as a director of the Fund, is provided in the table following
    the &#147;Risk Oversight&#148; section below.
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    The Board believes that, collectively, the Directors have
    balanced and diverse experience, qualifications, attributes, and
    skills, which allow the Board to operate effectively in
    governing the Fund and protecting the interests of shareholders.
    Among other attributes common to all Directors are their
    willingness and ability to commit the necessary time and
    attention to their duties as Directors, their ability to review
    critically, evaluate, question and discuss information provided
    to them (including information requested by the Directors), to
    interact effectively with each other and with Deutsche
    Investment Management Americas Inc., the fund&#146;s investment
    manager (the &#147;Investment Manager&#148;), Deutsche Asset
    Management International GmbH (the &#147;Investment
    Adviser&#148;) and other service providers, counsel and the
    Fund&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm, to
    exercise effective business judgment in the performance of their
    duties as Directors. References to the qualifications,
    attributes and skills of Directors are pursuant to requirements
    of the Securities and Exchange Commission, do not constitute
    holding out of the Board or any Director as having special
    expertise or experience and shall not be deemed to impose any
    greater responsibility or liability on any Director or on the
    Board by reason thereof.
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    <I><U>Board Structure and Oversight
    Function</U>.</I>&#160;&#160;The Board is responsible for
    oversight of the Fund. The Fund has engaged the Investment
    Manager and the Investment Adviser to manage the Fund on a
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">day-to-day</FONT>
    basis. The Board is responsible for overseeing the Investment
    Manager and the Investment Adviser and the Fund&#146;s other
    service providers in the operations of each Fund in accordance
    with the Fund&#146;s investment objective and policies and
    otherwise in accordance with the requirements of the 1940 Act
    and other applicable Federal, state and other securities and
    other laws, and the Fund&#146;s charter and bylaws. The Board
    meets in person at regularly scheduled meetings four times
    throughout the year. In addition, the Directors may meet in
    person or by telephone at special meetings or on an informal
    basis at other times. The Directors also regularly meet outside
    the presence of any representatives of the Investment Manager
    and the Investment Adviser. As described below, the Board has
    established five standing committees&#160;&#151; the Audit,
    Nominating and Governance, Advisory, Valuation and Executive
    Committees&#160;&#151; and may establish ad hoc committees or
    working groups from time to time, to assist the Board in
    fulfilling its oversight responsibilities. Each committee other
    than the Executive Committee is composed exclusively of
    Independent Directors. Each year the Directors evaluate the
    performance of the Board and its committees. The
    responsibilities of each committee, including its oversight
    responsibilities, are described further below. The Independent
    Directors have also engaged independent legal counsel, and may
    from time to time engage consultants and other advisors, to
    assist them in performing their oversight responsibilities.
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    The Chairman&#146;s duties include setting the agenda for each
    Board meeting in consultation with management, presiding at each
    Board meeting, meeting with management between Board meetings,
    and facilitating communication and coordination between the
    Directors and management. Christian Strenger, the Chairman of
    the Fund&#146;s Board of Directors is an Interested Director as
    defined in the
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    1940 Act because he is a member of the Supervisory Board of a
    company that is affiliated with the Investment Manager and the
    Investment Adviser and because of his ownership of shares of the
    ultimate parent of the Investment Manager and the Investment
    Adviser. The Directors believe that it is appropriate for
    Mr.&#160;Strenger to serve as Chairman and that his service
    benefits shareholders because of his extensive knowledge of the
    investment management industry, the Deutsche Bank organization
    and the Funds. In addition, the Directors note that, although
    Mr.&#160;Strenger is an Interested Director as defined in the
    1940 Act, he is not involved in the management of the Fund and
    is not an officer or director of the Investment Manager or the
    Investment Adviser. The Independent Directors are satisfied that
    they can act independently and effectively without having an
    Independent Director serve as Chairman and note that a key
    structural component for ensuring that they are in a position to
    do so is for the Independent Directors to constitute a
    substantial majority of the Board. Richard Karl Goeltz, an
    Independent Director and Chairman of the Nominating and
    Governance Committee, serves as Lead Independent Director for
    the Fund and as such is available to act as liaison between the
    Independent Directors and management and to consult with the
    Chairman to the extent deemed appropriate.
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    <I><U>Risk Oversight</U>.</I>&#160;&#160;The Fund is subject to
    a number of risks, including investment, compliance and
    operational risks.
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Day-to-day</FONT>
    risk management with respect to the Fund resides with the
    Investment Manager and the Investment Adviser or other service
    providers (depending on the nature of the risk), subject to
    supervision by the Investment Manager. The Board has charged the
    Adviser and its affiliates with (i)&#160;identifying events or
    circumstances the occurrence of which could have demonstrable
    and material adverse effects on the Fund; (ii)&#160;to the
    extent appropriate, reasonable or practicable, implementing
    processes and controls reasonably designed to lessen the
    possibility that such events or circumstances occur or to
    mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do
    occur; and (iii)&#160;creating and maintaining a system designed
    to evaluate continuously, and to revise as appropriate, the
    processes and controls described in (i)&#160;and (ii)&#160;above.
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    Risk oversight forms part of the Board&#146;s general oversight
    of each Fund&#146;s investment program and operations and is
    addressed as part of various regular Board and committee
    activities. Each of the Investment Manager, the Investment
    Adviser, and the Fund&#146;s other principal service providers
    has an independent interest in risk management but the policies
    and the methods by which one or more risk management functions
    are carried out may differ from the Fund&#146;s and each
    other&#146;s in the setting of priorities, the resources
    available or the effectiveness of relevant controls. Oversight
    of risk management is provided by the Board and the Audit
    Committee. The Directors regularly receive reports from, among
    others, management, the Fund&#146;s Chief Compliance Officer,
    its independent registered public accounting firm, counsel, and
    internal auditors for the Investment Manager, as appropriate,
    regarding risks faced by the Fund and the Investment
    Manager&#146;s risk management programs.
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    Not all risks that may affect the Fund can be identified, nor
    can controls be developed to eliminate or mitigate their
    occurrence or effects. The processes and controls employed to
    address certain risks may be limited in their effectiveness, and
    some risks are simply beyond the reasonable control of the Fund
    or the Investment Manager, its affiliates or other service
    providers. Moreover, it is necessary to bear certain risks (such
    as investment-related risks) to achieve the Fund&#146;s goals.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Information
    Regarding Directors and Officers</FONT></B>
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    The following tables show certain information about the nominees
    for election as Directors and about Directors whose terms will
    continue, including beneficial ownership of Common Stock of the
    Fund, and about all officers of the Fund. Most current Directors
    resident in the United States own Fund shares. The Fund has
    elected to be subject to the statutory calculation, notification
    and publication requirements of the German Investment Tax Act
    (Investmentsteuergesetz) (the &#147;Act&#148;) for the fiscal
    year ended December&#160;31, 2010 and intends to elect to be
    subject to the Act for the fiscal year ending December&#160;31,
    2011. Prior thereto, Directors who are German residents would
    have been subject to adverse German tax consequences if they
    owned shares of a fund organized outside of Germany, such as the
    Fund, that was not subject to German regulation or tax
    reporting. In light of the Fund&#146;s election to be subject to
    the Act, the Board of Directors encourages all Directors of the
    Fund (including those who are German residents) to invest in the
    Fund.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Nominees
    Proposed for Election:</FONT></B>
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    <B>Class&#160;III Directors<BR>
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    <B>(Term will Expire in 2011; Nominees for Term Expiring in
    2014)</B>
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    <B>Shares of<BR>
    </B>
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    <B>Principal<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Number of<BR>
    </B>
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&nbsp;
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
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    <B>Common<BR>
    </B>
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    <B>Occupation(s)<BR>
    </B>
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    <B>Portfolios in<BR>
    </B>
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&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>During Past Five<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Fund<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Beneficially<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 6pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Length of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Years or Longer<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Complex<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(2)<BR>

    </SUP></B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Other Directorships<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Owned at<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 6pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Position(s)<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Time<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>and Other<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Overseen by<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Held by Director<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>March&#160;31,<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 6pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Name,
    Address<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(1)</SUP>

    &#038; Age</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>with Fund</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Served</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Relevant Qualifications*</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Director</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>During Past Five
    Years<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(3)</SUP></B>

</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>2011<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(4)</SUP></B>

</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 6pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD colspan="13" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Non-Interested Directors</B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
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<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Dr.&#160;Franz Wilhelm Hopp, 68
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Since<BR>
    2008
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Partner of Laplace Finanzconsulting GmbH (asset management).
    Member of the Supervisory Board WAVE AG (asset management).
    Former member of the Board of Management of KarstadtQuelle
    Pension Trust e.V. (February
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2007-September</FONT>
    2009).
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    3
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director of The Central Europe and Russia Fund, Inc. (since
    2008) and The New Germany Fund, Inc. (since
    1993).<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(2)</SUP>

</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    None
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Werner Walbr&#246;l, 73
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Since<BR>
    1986
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Delegate for North American Humboltt Universitat (Berlin).
    Formerly, President and Chief Executive Officer, The European
    American Chamber of Commerce, Inc. (2004-2008); President and
    Chief Executive Officer, The German American Chamber of
    Commerce, Inc. (until 2003). Mr. Walbr&#246;l is also a Director
    of The German American Chamber of Commerce, Inc. President and
    Director,
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">German-American</FONT>
    Partnership Program (student exchange programs), and a Director
    of an independent testing and assessment company.
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    3
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director of The Central Europe and Russia Fund, Inc. (since
    1990) and The New Germany Fund, Inc. (since
    1990).<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(2)</SUP>

</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    5,863
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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    <BR>
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<TD colspan="13" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Class&#160;III Directors<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 6pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD colspan="13" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>(Term will Expire in 2011; Nominees for Term Expiring in
    2014)</B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 6pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Shares of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 6pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Principal<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Number of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Common<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 6pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Occupation(s)<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Portfolios in<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Stock<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 6pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>During Past Five<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Fund<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Beneficially<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 6pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Length of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Years or Longer<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Complex<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(2)<BR>

    </SUP></B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Other Directorships<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Owned at<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 6pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Position(s)<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Time<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>and Other<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Overseen by<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Held by Director<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>March&#160;31,<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 6pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Name,
    Address<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(1)</SUP>

    &#038; Age</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>with Fund</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Served</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Relevant Qualifications*</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Director</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>During Past Five
    Years<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(3)</SUP></B>

</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>2011<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(4)</SUP></B>

</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 6pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD colspan="13" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Non-Interested Directors</B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
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<TD colspan="13" align="center" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    <B>Interested
    Director<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(5)</SUP></B>

</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Christian H.
    Strenger<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(8)</SUP>,

    67
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Director<BR>
    and<BR>
    Chairman
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Since<BR>
    1986
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Member of Supervisory Board (since 1999) and formerly Managing
    Director (1991-1999) of DWS Investment GmbH (investment
    management), a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG. Mr. Strenger is
    also Member, Supervisory Board, Evonik Industries AG (chemical,
    utility and property business), Fraport AG (international
    airport business), Hermes Equity Ownership Services Ltd.
    (governance advisory) and TUI AG (travel business).
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    3
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director of The Central Europe and Russia Fund, Inc. (since
    1990) and The New Germany Fund, Inc. (since
    1990).<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(2)</SUP>

</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    1,500
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Directors
    whose terms will continue:</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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    <TD width="9%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=maindata -->
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    <TD width="19%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=06 type=maindata -->
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    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=07 type=maindata -->
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<TD colspan="13" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Class I Directors<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD colspan="13" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>(Term will Expire in 2012)</B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Shares of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Principal<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Number of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Common<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
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&nbsp;
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Occupation(s)<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Portfolios in<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Stock<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
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&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>During Past Five<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Fund<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Beneficially<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Length of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Years or Longer<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Complex<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(2)<BR>

    </SUP></B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Other Directorships<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Owned at<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Position(s)<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Time<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>and Other<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Overseen by<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Held by Director<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>March&#160;31,<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Name,
    Address<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(1)</SUP>

    &#038; Age</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>with Fund</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Served</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Relevant Qualifications*</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Director</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>During Past Five
    Years<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(3)</SUP></B>

</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>2011<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(4)</SUP></B>

</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD colspan="13" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Non-Interested Directors</B>
</TD>
</TR>
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    Detlef Bierbaum, 68
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Since<BR>
    1986
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Consultant (since 2010).  He is also Vice Chairman of the
    Supervisory Board of Oppenheim KAG GmbH (asset management) and a
    member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank &#214;sterreich
    AG (private bank) for more than five years. Mr.&#160;Bierbaum
    also serves as a member of the Board or Supervisory Board of a
    number of non-U.S. investment companies and of companies in
    diverse businesses including insurance, reinsurance, real
    estate, and retailing. He is a former member of the Supervisory
    Board of Sal. Oppenheim Jr. &#038; Cie KGaA (private bank) (2008
    to March 2010) and was formerly a partner of that firm. He is
    also a former member of the Supervisory Board of DWS Investment
    GmbH (asset management)
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(2005-2008).</FONT>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    3
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director of The Central Europe and Russia Fund, Inc. (since
    1990) and The New Germany Fund, Inc. (since
    2008).<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(2)</SUP>

</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    3,000
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    John H. Cannon, 69
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Since<BR>
    2004
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Consultant (since 2002). Formerly, Vice President and Treasurer,
    Venator Group/Footlocker, Inc. (footwear retailer)
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(1982-2002).</FONT>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    3
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director of The Central Europe and Russia Fund, Inc. (since
    2004) and The New Germany Fund, Inc. (since
    1990).<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(2)</SUP>

</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    1,372
</TD>
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    <B>Class I Directors<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
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    <B>(Term will Expire in 2012)</B>
</TD>
</TR>
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<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
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<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Shares of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Principal<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Number of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Common<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Occupation(s)<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Portfolios in<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Stock<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>During Past Five<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Fund<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Beneficially<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Length of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Years or Longer<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Complex<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(2)<BR>

    </SUP></B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Other Directorships<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Owned at<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Position(s)<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Time<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>and Other<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Overseen by<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Held by Director<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>March&#160;31,<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Name,
    Address<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(1)</SUP>

    &#038; Age</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>with Fund</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Served</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Relevant Qualifications*</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Director</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>During Past Five
    Years<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(3)</SUP></B>

</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>2011<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(4)</SUP></B>

</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD colspan="13" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Non-Interested Directors</B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
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    Richard Karl Goeltz, 68
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Since<BR>
    2008
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Retired. Formerly, Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of
    American Express Co. (financial services)
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(1996-2000)</FONT>
    and previously served as chief financial officer of two other
    major multi-national corporations. Mr. Goeltz is also a member
    of the Council and Court of Governors of the London School of
    Economics and Political Science, Trustee of the American Academy
    in Berlin and of other charitable organizations.
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    3
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director of The Central Europe and Russia Fund, Inc. (since
    2008) and The New Germany Fund, Inc. (since
    1990).<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(2)</SUP>

    Independent Non-Executive Director of Aviva plc (financial
    services) and The Warnaco Group, Inc. (apparel). Formerly
    director of Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and Delta Air
    Lines, Inc. (air transport).
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    4,000
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Robert H. Wadsworth, 71
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Since<BR>
    1986
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    President, Robert H. Wadsworth Associates, Inc. (consulting
    firm) (1983 to present). Mr.&#160;Wadsworth also has experience
    as an owner and chief executive officer of various businesses
    serving the mutual fund industry, including a registered
    broker-dealer and a registered transfer agent, and has served as
    a senior executive officer of several mutual funds.
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    116<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(6)</SUP>

</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director of The Central Europe and Russia Fund, Inc. (since
    1990) and The New Germany Fund, Inc. (since
    1992),<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(2)</SUP>

    as well as other funds in the Fund Complex as
    indicated.<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(5)</SUP>

</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    1,933
</TD>
</TR>
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    <B>Class&#160;II Directors<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD colspan="13" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>(Term will Expire in 2013)</B>
</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
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&nbsp;
</TD>
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</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
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&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Shares of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
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&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Number of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Common<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Principal Occupation(s)<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Portfolios in<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Stock<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
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</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
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&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>During Past<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Fund<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Other Directorships<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Beneficially<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Length of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Five Years or Longer<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Complex<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(2)<BR>

    </SUP></B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Held by Director<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Owned at<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    <B>Name,
    Address<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(1)</SUP>

    &#038;<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Position(s)<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Time<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>and Other<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Overseen by<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>During Past Five<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>March&#160;31,<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Age</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>with Fund</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Served</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Relevant Qualifications*</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Director</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Years<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(3)</SUP></B>

</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>2011<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(4)</SUP></B>

</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD colspan="13" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Non-Interested Directors</B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Ambassador Richard R. Burt, 64
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Since 2000
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Managing Director, McLarty Associates (international strategic
    advisory) (since 2007). Formerly, Chairman, Diligence, Inc.
    (international information and risk management firm)
    (2002-2007); Chairman of the Board, Weirton Steel Corp.
    (1996-2004); Partner, McKinsey &#038; Company (consulting firm)
    (1991-1994); State Department Chief Negotiator in charge of
    negotiating the Arms Treaty with Russia (1989-1991); U.S.
    Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany (1985-1989). Mr.
    Burt is also Director, IGT, Inc. (gaming technology) (since
    1995), and HCL Technologies Inc. (information technology and
    product engineering) (since 1999) and member, Textron Inc.
    International Advisory Council (aviation, automotive, industrial
    operations and finance) (since 1996).
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    3
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director of The Central Europe and Russia Fund, Inc. (since
    2000) and The New Germany Fund, Inc. (since
    2004).<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(2)</SUP>

    Director, UBS family of mutual funds (since 1995).
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    10,583
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Dr.&#160;Friedbert H. Malt, 69
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Since 2007
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Vice Chairman and Member of the Executive Committee of NOL
    Neptune Orient Lines Ltd., Singapore (&#147;NOL&#148;) (since
    2002). He currently is also a Director of NOL (since 2000) and
    T&#220;V Rheinland of North America, Inc., a company offering
    independent testing and assessment services. Formerly,
    Dr.&#160;Malt was a Member of the Executive Board of DG Bank
    (now DZ Bank), Frankfurt (until 2001).
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    3
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director of The Central Europe and Russia Fund, Inc. (since
    2007) and The New Germany Fund, Inc. (since
    2007).<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(2)</SUP>

</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    600
</TD>
</TR>
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<TD colspan="13" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Class&#160;II Directors<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD colspan="13" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>(Term will Expire in 2013)</B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
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</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
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</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Shares of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Number of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Common<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Principal Occupation(s)<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Portfolios in<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Stock<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>During Past<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Fund<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Other Directorships<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Beneficially<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Length of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Five Years or Longer<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Complex<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(2)<BR>

    </SUP></B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Held by Director<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Owned at<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    <B>Name,
    Address<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(1)</SUP>

    &#038;<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Position(s)<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Time<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>and Other<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Overseen by<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>During Past Five<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>March&#160;31,<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Age</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>with Fund</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Served</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Relevant Qualifications*</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Director</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Years<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(3)</SUP></B>

</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>2011<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(4)</SUP></B>

</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD colspan="13" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Non-Interested Directors</B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
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<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Joachim Wagner, 64
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Since 2009
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Chief Financial Officer, RAG Beteiligungs AG/Evonik Industries
    AG, Germany (mining holding company) (2006-2009). Formerly,
    Chief Financial Officer, Degussa AG, Germany (chemical
    manufacturer) (2001-2006). Mr. Wagner is also a member of the
    Supervisory Board of a German retail bank and a member of the
    advisory board of a private German bank.
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    2
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director of The New Germany Fund, Inc. (since
    2009).<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(2)</SUP>

</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    None
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 9pt">
<TD colspan="13">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="13" align="center" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    <B>Interested
    Director<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(5)</SUP></B>

</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    John Bult,
    75<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(5)</SUP>

</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Since 1986
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Chairman, PaineWebber International (financial services holding
    company) (since 1985). Mr. Bult has many years of experience in
    the securities industry.
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    3
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director of The Central Europe and Russia Fund, Inc. (since
    1990) and The New Germany Fund, Inc. (since
    1990).<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(2)</SUP>

    Director of The Greater China Fund, Inc. (closed-end fund)
    (since 1992).
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    3,811
</TD>
</TR>
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    The information above includes each Director&#146;s principal
    occupation during the last five years and other information
    relating to the experience, attributes and skills relevant to
    each Director&#146;s qualifications to serve as a Director,
    which led (together with the Director&#146;s current and prior
    experience as a Director of other SEC reporting companies, if
    any, as indicated elsewhere in the table) to the conclusion that
    each Director should serve as a Director for the Fund.</TD>
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    <B>Executive
    Officers<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(7)</SUP></B>

</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Shares of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
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</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Common<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
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</TD>
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
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</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Stock<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
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</TD>
<TD>
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</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Beneficially<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
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</TD>
<TD>
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</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Length of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Principal Occupation(s)<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Owned at<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
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<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
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&nbsp;
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Position(s)<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Time<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>During Past<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>March&#160;31,<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Name,
    Address<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(1)</SUP>

    &#038; Age</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
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<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>with Fund</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
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    <B>Served</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
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    <B>Five Years or Longer</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>2011<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(4)</SUP></B>

</DIV>
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    W. Douglas Beck, CFA,
    44,<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(8)(9)</SUP>

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</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    President and<BR>
    Chief Executive<BR>
    Officer
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Since 2011
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Managing
    Director<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(11)</SUP>,

    Deutsche Asset Management and Head of Product Management, US for
    DWS Investments (since 2006).  Formerly, Executive Director,
    Head of Product Management and President of the UBS Funds at UBS
    Global Asset Management (2002-2006).
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    None
</TD>
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<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Paul H. Schubert,
    48<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(8)(10)</SUP>

</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Treasurer and<BR>
    Chief Financial<BR>
    Officer
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Since 2004
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Managing
    Director<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(11)</SUP>,

    Deutsche Asset Management (since 2004). Formerly, Executive
    Director, Head of Mutual Fund Services and Treasurer for UBS
    Family of Funds at UBS Global Asset Management (1998-2004).
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    None
</TD>
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<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Rita Rubin,
    40<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(8)(12)</SUP>

</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Chief Legal<BR>
    Officer
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Since 2008
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director and Senior
    Counsel<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(11)(13)</SUP>,

    Deutsche Asset Management (since 2007). Formerly, Vice
    President, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. (2004-2007).
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    None
</TD>
</TR>
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<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Alexis Kuchinsky,
    35<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(12)</SUP>

</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Chief Compliance <BR>
    Officer
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Since 2009
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Vice President, Deutsche Asset Management (since 2002); Head of
    Compliance Program Oversight of Deutsche Asset Management.
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    None
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    John Caruso,
    46<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(8)(12)</SUP>

</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Anti-Money <BR>
    Laundering<BR>
    Compliance Officer
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Since 2010
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Managing
    Director<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(11)</SUP>,

    Deutsche Asset Management.
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    None
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Rainer Vermehren,
    43<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(8)(14)</SUP>

</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Vice President
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Since 2010
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(11)</SUP>,

    DWS Investment GmbH (since 2007). Fund Manager, DWS Investment
    GmbH (since 1997).
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    None
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    John Millette,
    48<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(8)(15)(16)</SUP>

</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Secretary
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Since 2011
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(11)</SUP>,

    Deutsche Asset Management (since 2002).
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    None
</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (1) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    The mailing address of all directors with respect to Fund
    operations is
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">c/o&#160;Deutsche</FONT>
    Investment Management Americas Inc., 345 Park Avenue,
    NYC20-2799, New York, New York 10154.</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (2) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    The Fund&#160;Complex includes The Central Europe and Russia
    Fund, Inc. and The New Germany Fund, Inc., which are other
    closed-end registered investment companies for which Deutsche
    Investment Management Americas Inc. acts as manager. It also
    includes 113 other open- and closed-end funds advised by
    wholly-owned entities of the Deutsche Bank Group in the
    United&#160;States.</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (3) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Directorships are only for companies that file reports with the
    SEC.</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (4) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    As of March&#160;31, 2011, all Directors, Nominees for election
    and Executive Officers as a group (18&#160;persons) owned
    32,662&#160;shares, which constitutes less than 1% of the
    outstanding Common </TD>
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    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Stock of the Fund. Share numbers in this Proxy Statement have
    been rounded to the nearest whole share.</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (5) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Indicates &#147;Interested Person&#148;, as defined in the
    Investment Company Act. Mr.&#160;Strenger is an
    &#147;interested&#148; Director because of his affiliation with
    DWS-Deutsche Gesellschaft f&#252;r Wertpapiersparen mbH
    (&#147;DWS&#148;), a majority-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank
    AG, and because of his ownership of Deutsche Bank AG shares.
    Prior to April 2010, Mr.&#160;Bierbaum was
    &#147;interested&#148; because of his prior relationships with
    Sal. Oppenheim Jr. &#038; Cie KGaA, which executed portfolio
    securities transactions for the Fund and certain affiliated
    persons, and because of his former ownership of Deutsche Bank AG
    shares. John Bult, a Class&#160;II Director, is scheduled to
    retire effective July&#160;19, 2011 pursuant to the Fund&#146;s
    retirement policy. Until the effective date of his resignation,
    Mr.&#160;Bult is an &#147;interested&#148; Director because of
    his affiliation with PaineWebber International, an affiliate of
    UBS Securities LLC, a registered broker-dealer.</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (6) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Mr.&#160;Wadsworth oversees all 116 funds in the
    Fund&#160;Complex.</TD>
</TR>


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<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (7) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Each also serving as an officer of The New Germany Fund, Inc.
    and The Central Europe and Russia Fund, Inc. The officers of the
    Fund are elected annually by the Board of Directors at its
    meeting following the Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Each of
    Mr.&#160;Schubert, Mr.&#160;Millette, Mr.&#160;Caruso and
    Ms.&#160;Rubin also serve as officers of the other Funds in the
    Fund&#160;Complex.</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (8) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Indicates ownership of securities of Deutsche Bank AG either
    directly or through Deutsche Bank&#146;s deferred compensation
    plan.</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (9) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Address: 345 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10154.</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (10) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Address: 100 Plaza One, Jersey City, New Jersey 07311.</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (11) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Executive title, not a board directorship.</TD>
</TR>


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<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (12) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Address: 60 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005.</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (13) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Prior to February&#160;1, 2011, Vice President and Counsel.</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (14) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Address: Mainzer Landstrasse
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">178-190,</FONT>
    Frankfurt am Main, Germany.</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (15) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Since January&#160;3, 2011. From July&#160;14, 2006 to
    January&#160;3, 2011 served as Assistant Secretary to the Fund.
    From January&#160;30, 2006 to July&#160;14, 2006 served as
    Secretary to the Fund.</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (16) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Address: One Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02108.</TD>
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    The following table contains additional information with respect
    to the beneficial ownership of equity securities by each
    Director in the Fund and, on an aggregated basis, in any
    registered investment companies overseen by the Director within
    the same Family of Investment Companies as the Fund:
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    </B>
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&nbsp;
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&nbsp;
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    <B>Securities in All<BR>
    </B>
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&nbsp;
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    </B>
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    </B>
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    <B>Director in Family of<BR>
    </B>
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    </B>
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    <B>in the
    Fund<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(1)</SUP></B>

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&nbsp;
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    <B>Companies<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(1),(2)</SUP></B>

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    Detlef Bierbaum
</DIV>
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&nbsp;
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    $10,001-$50,000
</TD>
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&nbsp;
</TD>
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    Over $100,000
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    John Bult
</DIV>
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&nbsp;
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    $10,001-$50,000
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    Over $100,000
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    Ambassador Richard R. Burt
</DIV>
</TD>
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&nbsp;
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    $50,001-$100,000
</TD>
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&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    Over $100,000
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    John H. Cannon
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&nbsp;
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    $1-$10,000
</TD>
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&nbsp;
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    Over$100,000
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    Richard Karl Goeltz
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&nbsp;
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    $10,001-$50,000
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    Over $100,000
</TD>
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    Dr.&#160;Franz Wilhelm Hopp
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    None
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    None
</TD>
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    Dr.&#160;Friedbert H. Malt
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    $1-$10,000
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    $10,001-$50,000
</TD>
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    Christian H. Strenger
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
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    $10,001-$50,000
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    $50,001-$100,000
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    Robert H. Wadsworth
</DIV>
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<TD>
&nbsp;
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    $10,001-$50,000
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    Over $100,000
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    Joachim Wagner
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</TD>
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&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    None
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    None
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    Werner Walbr&#246;l
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</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
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    $10,001-$50,000
</TD>
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&nbsp;
</TD>
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    Over $100,000
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    (1) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Valuation date is March&#160;31, 2011. The Fund has elected to
    be subject to the statutory calculation, notification and
    publication requirements of the German Investment Tax Act
    (Investmentsteuergesetz) (the &#147;Act&#146;) for the fiscal
    year ended December&#160;31, 2010 and intends to elect to be
    subject to the Act for the fiscal year ending December&#160;31,
    2011. Prior thereto, Directors who are German residents would
    have been subject to adverse German tax consequences if they
    owned shares of a fund organized outside of Germany, such as the
    Fund, that was not subject to German regulation or tax
    reporting. In light of the Fund&#146;s election to be subject to
    the Act, the Board of Directors encourages all Directors of the
    Fund (including those who are German residents) to invest in the
    Fund.</TD>
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    (2) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
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    The Family of Investment Companies consists of the Fund, The New
    Germany Fund, Inc. and The Central Europe and Russia Fund, Inc.,
    which are closed-end funds that share the same investment
    adviser and manager and hold themselves out as related companies.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 5%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The Board of Directors presently has five standing committees
    including an audit committee (the &#147;Audit Committee&#148;),
    an advisory committee (the &#147;Advisory Committee&#148;), an
    executive committee (the &#147;Executive Committee&#148;), a
    nominating and governance committee (the &#147;Nominating and
    Governance Committee&#148;) and a valuation committee (the
    &#147;Valuation Committee&#148;).
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 5%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The Audit Committee, currently comprising Messrs.&#160;Burt,
    Cannon (Chair), Goeltz, Wadsworth, Wagner, Walbr&#246;l and
    Dr.&#160;Malt, operates pursuant to a written charter. The Audit
    Committee charter is currently available on the Fund&#146;s
    website, www.dws-investments.com. The Audit Committee&#146;s
    organization and responsibilities are contained in the Audit
    Committee Report, which is included in this Proxy Statement, and
    in its written charter. The members of the Audit Committee are
    &#147;independent&#148; as required by the independence
    standards of
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Rule&#160;10A-3</FONT>
    under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Board of
    Directors has determined that each member of the Audit Committee
    is financially literate and has determined that each of
    Messrs.&#160;Cannon, Goeltz, Wadsworth and Wagner meet the
    requirements for an audit committee financial expert under the
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    rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission
    (&#147;SEC&#148;). Although the Board has determined that all
    four meet the requirements for an audit committee financial
    expert, their responsibilities are the same as those of the
    other audit committee members. Messrs.&#160;Cannon, Goeltz,
    Wadsworth and Wagner are not auditors or accountants, do not
    perform &#147;field work&#148; and are not full-time employees.
    The SEC has determined that an audit committee member who is
    designated as an audit committee financial expert will not be
    deemed to be an &#147;expert&#148; for any purpose as a result
    of being identified as an audit committee financial expert. The
    Audit Committee met four times during the fiscal year ended
    December&#160;31, 2010.
</DIV>

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    The Advisory Committee, currently comprising
    Messrs.&#160;Cannon, Goeltz and Wadsworth (Chair), makes
    recommendations to the full Board with respect to the Management
    Agreement between the Fund and Deutsche Investment Management
    Americas Inc., and the Investment Advisory Agreement between the
    Fund and Deutsche Asset Management International GmbH. The
    Advisory Committee met twice during the past fiscal year, in
    connection with the annual continuance of those agreements.
</DIV>

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    The Executive Committee, currently comprising Messrs.&#160;Burt,
    Cannon, Goeltz, Strenger, Wadsworth and Walbr&#246;l, has the
    authority to act for the Board on all matters between meetings
    of the Board subject to any limitations under applicable state
    law. During the past fiscal year the Executive Committee did not
    meet.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 5%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The Valuation Committee, currently comprising
    Messrs.&#160;Cannon, Wadsworth (Chair) and Walbr&#246;l, reviews
    the Fund&#146;s valuation procedures and makes recommendations
    with respect thereto and, to the extent required by such
    procedures, determines the fair value of the Fund&#146;s
    securities or other assets. During the past fiscal year, the
    Valuation Committee met once.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 5%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The Nominating and Governance Committee is currently comprised
    of Messrs.&#160;Burt, Cannon, Goeltz (Chair), Wadsworth and
    Walbr&#246;l. The Board has determined that each of the members
    of the Nominating and Governance Committee is not an
    &#147;interested person&#148; as the term is defined in
    Section&#160;2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act. Generally,
    the Nominating and Governance Committee identifies, evaluates
    and selects and nominates, or recommends to the Board of
    Directors, candidates for the Board or any committee of the
    Board, and also advises the Board regarding governance matters
    generally and confirms that the Board and Audit Committee
    undertake annual self-evaluations. To be eligible for nomination
    as a Director a person must, at the time of such person&#146;s
    nomination, have Relevant Experience and Country Knowledge and
    must not have any Conflict of Interest, as those terms are
    defined in the Fund&#146;s Bylaws. The relevant portions of the
    Fund&#146;s Bylaws describing these requirements are included as
    Annex&#160;A. The Nominating and Governance Committee may also
    take into account additional factors listed in the Nominating
    and Governance Committee Charter, which generally relate to the
    nominee&#146;s industry knowledge, business experience,
    education, ethical reputation, special skills, ability to work
    well in group settings and the ability to qualify as an
    &#147;independent director&#148;. When assessing a candidate for
    nomination, the Nominating and Governance Committee considers
    whether the individual&#146;s background, skills and experience
    will complement the background, skills and experience of other
    nominees and will contribute to the diversity of the Board.
</DIV>

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    The Nominating and Governance Committee will consider nominee
    candidates properly submitted by stockholders in accordance with
    applicable law, the Fund&#146;s Charter or Bylaws, resolutions
    of the Board and the qualifications and procedures set forth in
    the Nominating and Governance Committee Charter, which is
    currently available on the Fund&#146;s website,
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">www-dws-investments.com.</FONT>
    A stockholder or group of stockholders seeking to submit a
    nominee candidate (i)&#160;must have beneficially owned at least
    5% of the Fund&#146;s common stock for at least two years,
    (ii)&#160;may submit only one nominee candidate
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    for any particular meeting of stockholders, and (iii)&#160;may
    submit a nominee candidate for only an annual meeting or other
    meeting of stockholders at which directors will be elected. The
    stockholder or group of stockholders must provide notice of the
    proposed nominee pursuant to the requirements found in the
    Fund&#146;s Bylaws. Generally, this notice must be received not
    less than 90&#160;days nor more than 120&#160;days prior to the
    first anniversary of the date of mailing of the notice for the
    preceding year&#146;s annual meeting. Such notice shall include
    the specific information required by the Fund&#146;s Bylaws. The
    relevant portions describing these requirements are included as
    Annex&#160;C. The Nominating and Governance Committee will
    evaluate nominee candidates properly submitted by stockholders
    on the same basis as it considers and evaluates candidates
    recommended by other sources. The Nominating and Governance
    Committee met three times during the past fiscal year.
</DIV>

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    All members on each of the five committees of the Board are not
    &#147;interested persons&#148; as the term is defined in the
    Investment Company Act, with the exception of Mr.&#160;Strenger,
    who is a member of the Executive Committee.
</DIV>

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    During the past fiscal year, the Board of Directors had four
    regular meetings. Each incumbent Director who served as a
    Director during the past fiscal year attended at least 75% of
    the aggregate number of meetings of the Board and meetings of
    Board Committees on which that Director served. The Board has a
    policy that encourages Directors to attend the Annual Meeting of
    Stockholders, to the extent that travel to the Annual Meeting of
    Stockholders is reasonable for that Director. One Director
    attended the 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
</DIV>

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    To communicate with the Board of Directors or an individual
    Director of the Fund, a stockholder must send a written
    communication to the Fund&#146;s principal office at 345 Park
    Avenue, NYC20-2799, New York, New York 10154
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(c/o&#160;The</FONT>
    European Equity Fund, Inc.), addressed to (i)&#160;the Board of
    Directors of the Fund or an individual Director, and
    (ii)&#160;the Secretary of the Fund. The Secretary of the Fund
    will direct the correspondence to the appropriate parties.
</DIV>

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    The Fund pays each of its Directors who is not an interested
    person of the Fund, of the investment adviser or of the manager
    an annual fee of $6,000 plus $750 for each Board and Committee
    meeting attended. Each such Director who is also a Director of
    The New Germany Fund, Inc. or The Central Europe and Russia
    Fund, Inc. also receives the same annual and per-meeting fees
    for services as a Director of each such fund. These compensation
    arrangements were effective as of January&#160;1, 2010. Each of
    the Fund, The Central Europe and Russia Fund, Inc. and The New
    Germany Fund, Inc. reimburses the Directors (except for those
    employed by the Deutsche Bank Group) for travel expenses in
    connection with Board meetings. Effective January&#160;1, 2011,
    the Chairman of the Audit Committee receives a $1,000 retainer.
    These three funds, together with 118 other open- and closed-end
    funds advised by wholly-owned entities of the Deutsche Bank
    Group in the United&#160;States, represent the entire
    Fund&#160;Complex within the meaning of the applicable rules and
    regulations of the SEC.
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    The following table sets forth (a)&#160;the aggregate
    compensation from the Fund for the fiscal year ended
    December&#160;31, 2010, and (b)&#160;the total compensation from
    each fund in the Fund&#160;Complex that includes the Fund, for
    the 2010 fiscal year of each such fund, (i)&#160;for each
    Director who is not an interested person of the Fund, and
    (ii)&#160;for all such Directors as a group:
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    <TD width="6%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="9%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=lead -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=body -->
    <TD width="9%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=hang1 -->
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<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Aggregate<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Compensation<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Total Compensation<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Name of Director</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>from Fund</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>from Fund Complex</B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Detlef Bierbaum
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    6,524
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    15,298
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Ambassador Richard R. Burt
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    10,832
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    33,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    John H. Cannon
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    14,083
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    40,500
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Richard Karl Goeltz
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    12,583
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    31,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Dr.&#160;Franz Wilhelm Hopp
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    8,250
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    18,750
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Dr.&#160;Friedbert H. Malt
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    11,250
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    32,750
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Robert H. Wadsworth
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    12,584
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    37,500
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Joachim Wagner
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    12,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    24,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Werner Walbr&#246;l
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    11,334
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    34,500
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    <B>Total</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    <B>$</B>
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    <B>99,440</B>
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    <B>$</B>
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    <B>283,798 </B>
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 5%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    No compensation is paid by the Fund to Directors who are
    interested persons of the Fund or of any entity of the Deutsche
    Bank Group or to officers. Mr.&#160;Bierbaum was an interested
    person of the Fund until April 2010 and, as such, received
    partial compensation from the Fund&#160;Complex during the
    fiscal year ended December&#160;31, 2010.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">THE BOARD
    UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE <U>FOR</U>
    PROPOSAL&#160;1.</FONT></B>
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    <I>Required Vote.</I>&#160;&#160;Provided a quorum has been
    established, the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes
    entitled to be cast at the Meeting is required for the election
    of each Director. For purposes of the election of Directors,
    abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect as a
    vote against a Director.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">PROPOSAL&#160;2:<BR>
    </FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">RATIFICATION
    OF THE APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 5%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The Audit Committee has approved PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (the
    &#147;Firm&#148; or &#147;PwC&#148;), an independent registered
    public accounting firm, as independent auditors for the Fund for
    the fiscal year ending December&#160;31, 2011. A majority of
    members of the Board of Directors, including a majority of the
    members of the Board of Directors who are not
    &#147;interested&#148; Directors (as defined in the Investment
    Company Act) of the Fund, have ratified the appointment of PwC
    as the Fund&#146;s independent auditors for that fiscal year.
    Based principally on representations from the Firm, the Fund
    knows of no direct financial or material indirect financial
    interest of such Firm in the Fund. That Firm, or a predecessor
    firm, has served as the independent auditors for the Fund since
    inception.
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    Neither our Charter nor Bylaws require that the stockholders
    ratify the appointment of PwC as our independent auditors. We
    are doing so because we believe it is a matter of good corporate
    practice. If the stockholders do not ratify the appointment, the
    Audit Committee and the Board of Directors will reconsider
    whether or not to retain PwC, but may retain such independent
    auditors. Even if the appointment is ratified, the Audit
    Committee and the Board of Directors in their discretion may
    change the appointment at any time during the year if they
    determine that such
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    change would be in the best interests of the Fund and its
    stockholders. It is intended that the persons named in the
    accompanying form of proxy will vote for PwC. A representative
    of PwC will be present at the Meeting and will have the
    opportunity to make a statement and is expected to be available
    to answer appropriate questions concerning the Fund&#146;s
    financial statements.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">THE BOARD
    UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE <U>FOR</U>
    PROPOSAL&#160;2.</FONT></B>
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    <I>Required Vote.</I>&#160;&#160;Provided a quorum has been
    established, the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes
    cast at the Meeting is required for the ratification of the
    appointment by the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors of
    PwC as independent auditors for the Fund for the fiscal year
    ending December&#160;31, 2011. For purposes of Proposal&#160;2,
    abstentions will have no effect on the result of the vote.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Information
    With Respect To The Fund&#146;s Independent Auditors</FONT></B>
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<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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    The following table shows fees paid to PwC by the Fund during
    the Fund&#146;s two most recent fiscal years: (i)&#160;for audit
    and non-audit services provided to the Fund, and (ii)&#160;for
    engagements for non-audit services pre-approved by the Audit
    Committee for the Fund&#146;s manager and investment adviser and
    certain entities controlling, controlled by, or under common
    control with the manager and investment adviser that provide
    ongoing services to the Fund (collectively, the &#147;Adviser
    Entities&#148;), which engagements relate directly to the
    operations and financial reporting of the Fund. The Audit
    Committee of each board will review, at least annually, whether
    PwC&#146;s receipt of non-audit fees from the Fund, the
    Fund&#146;s manager, the Fund&#146;s investment adviser and all
    Adviser Entities is compatible with maintaining PwC&#146;s
    independence.
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    <TD width="7%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=gutter -->
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    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=body -->
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    <TD width="2%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=lead -->
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    <TD width="3%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=06 type=hang1 -->
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    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=08 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="3%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=08 type=lead -->
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&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Audit
    Fees<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(1)</SUP></B>

</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="7" align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Audit Related
    Fees<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(2)</SUP></B>

</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="7" align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Tax
    Fees<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(3)</SUP></B>

</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="7" align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>All Other
    Fees<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(4)</SUP></B>

</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Adviser<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Adviser<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Adviser<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Fiscal Year</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Fund</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Fund</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Entities</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Fund</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Entities</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Fund</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Entities</B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
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<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2010
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    57,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    7,500
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2009
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    57,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    2,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 15%;  align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>



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<TR>
    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="97%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (1) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    &#147;Audit Fees&#148; are the aggregate fees billed for
    professional services for the audit of the Fund&#146;s annual
    financial statements and services provided in connection with
    statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (2) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    &#147;Audit Related Fees&#148; are the aggregate fees billed for
    assurance and related services reasonably related to the
    performance of the audit or review of financial statements and
    are not reported under &#147;Audit Fees&#148;.</TD>
</TR>


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<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (3) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    &#147;Tax Fees&#148; are the aggregate fees billed for
    professional services for tax compliance and tax planning.</TD>
</TR>


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<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (4) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    &#147;All Other Fees&#148; are the aggregate fees billed for
    products and services other than &#147;Audit Fees&#148;,
    &#147;Audit Related Fees&#148; and &#147;Tax Fees&#148;.</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 5%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <I>Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and
    Procedures.</I>&#160;&#160;Generally, the Audit Committee must
    pre-approve (i)&#160;all services to be performed for the Fund
    by the Fund&#146;s independent auditors and (ii)&#160;all
    non-audit services to be performed by the Fund&#146;s
    independent auditors for the Fund&#146;s investment adviser or
    any Adviser Entities with respect to operations and financial
    reporting of the Fund. Any member of the Audit Committee may
    pre-approve any audit or non-audit services to be performed by
    the independent auditors, provided that any such approvals are
    presented to the Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting.
    The auditors shall report to the Audit Committee at each of its
    regular meetings all audit or non-audit services to the Fund and
    all non-audit services to the
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Adviser Entities that relate directly to the Fund&#146;s
    operations and financial reporting initiated since the last such
    report was rendered, including a general description of the
    services and projected fees and the means by which such services
    were approved by the Audit Committee.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 5%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <I>All Non-Audit Fees.</I>&#160;&#160;The table below shows the
    aggregate non-audit fees billed by PwC for services rendered to
    the Fund and to the Adviser Entities that provide ongoing
    services to the Fund, whether or not such engagements relate
    directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund,
    for the two most recent fiscal years for the Fund. The aggregate
    non-audit fees in fiscal year 2009 were paid for by the
    Investment Manager for work performed on its behalf.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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&nbsp;
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<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Aggregate<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Fiscal Year</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Non-Audit Fees</B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
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    2010
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2009
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    100,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Audit
    Committee Report</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 5%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The purposes of the Audit Committee are: (1)&#160;to assist the
    Board of Directors in its oversight of (i)&#160;the integrity of
    the Fund&#146;s financial statements; (ii)&#160;the Fund&#146;s
    compliance with legal and regulatory requirements;
    (iii)&#160;the independent auditors&#146; qualifications and
    independence; and (iv)&#160;the retention and performance of the
    independent auditors; and (2)&#160;to prepare this report. The
    Audit Committee assists the Board of Directors in its oversight
    of the Fund&#146;s policies and practices with respect to
    accounting, financial reporting, internal control over financial
    reporting, independent audits, and risk management. The Audit
    Committee regularly discusses the Fund&#146;s most significant
    risk exposures and the steps management has taken to monitor and
    control such exposures. Each Member of the Audit Committee is
    &#147;independent,&#148; as required by the independence
    standards of
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Rule&#160;10A-3</FONT>
    under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Audit Committee
    operates pursuant to a written charter. As set forth in the
    Audit Committee Charter, management of the Fund and applicable
    service providers are responsible for the preparation,
    presentation and integrity of the Fund&#146;s financial
    statements and for the effectiveness of internal control over
    financial reporting. Management and applicable service providers
    are responsible for maintaining appropriate accounting and
    financial reporting principles and policies and internal control
    over financial reporting and other procedures that provide for
    compliance with accounting standards and applicable laws and
    regulations. The independent auditors are responsible for
    planning and carrying out a proper audit of the Fund&#146;s
    annual financial statements and expressing an opinion as to
    their conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 5%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    In the performance of its oversight function, the Audit
    Committee has considered and discussed the audited financial
    statements with management and the independent auditors of the
    Fund. The Audit Committee has also discussed with the
    independent auditors the matters required to be discussed by
    Statement on Auditing Standards No.&#160;61, <I>Communication
    with Audit Committees</I>, as currently in effect. The Audit
    Committee has also considered whether the provision of any
    non-audit services not pre-approved by the Audit Committee
    provided by the Fund&#146;s independent auditors to the
    Fund&#146;s investment adviser, manager or to any entity
    controlling, controlled by or under common control with the
    Fund&#146;s investment adviser or manager that provides ongoing
    services to the Fund is compatible with maintaining the
    auditors&#146; independence. During the past fiscal year, no
    non-audit services that were not pre-approved by the Audit
    Committee were provided by the Fund&#146;s independent auditors.
    Finally, the Audit Committee has received the written
    disclosures and the letter from the independent auditors
    required by Independence Standards Board Standard No.&#160;1,
    <I>Independence Discussions with Audit Committees</I>, as
    currently in effect, and has discussed with the auditors their
    independence.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 5%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The members of the Audit Committee are not full-time employees
    of the Fund and are not performing the functions of auditors or
    accountants. As such, it is not the duty or responsibility of
    the Audit Committee or its members to conduct &#147;field
    work&#148; or other types of auditing or accounting reviews or
    procedures or to set auditor independence standards. Members of
    the Audit Committee necessarily rely on the information provided
    to them by management and the independent auditors. Accordingly,
    the Audit Committee&#146;s considerations and discussions
    referred to above do not assure that the audit of the
    Fund&#146;s financial statements has been carried out in
    accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, that the
    financial statements are presented in accordance with generally
    accepted accounting principles or that the Fund&#146;s auditors
    are in fact &#147;independent&#148;.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 5%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Based upon the reports and discussions described in this report,
    and subject to the limitations on the role and responsibilities
    of the Audit Committee referred to above and in the Charter, the
    Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors of the
    Fund that the audited financial statements of the Fund be
    included in the Fund&#146;s annual report to stockholders for
    the fiscal year ended December&#160;31, 2010.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 5%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Submitted by the Audit Committee
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 5%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    of the Fund&#146;s Board of Directors
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 5%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    John H. Cannon, Chair
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 5%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Richard R. Burt
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 5%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Richard Karl Goeltz
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 5%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Dr.&#160;Friedbert Malt
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 5%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Robert H. Wadsworth
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 5%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Joachim Wagner
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 5%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Werner Walbr&#246;l
</DIV>


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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">SECURITY
    OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 5%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    As of May&#160;13, 2011, no person, to the knowledge of
    management, owned of record or beneficially more than 5% of the
    outstanding Common Stock of the Fund, other than as set forth
    below:
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<TABLE border="0" width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
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&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Amount and<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Percent of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    <B>Name and Address of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Nature of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Outstanding<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Beneficial Owner</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Beneficial Ownership</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Common Stock</B>
</TD>
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</TD>
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<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    1607 Capital Partners,
    LLC<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(1)</SUP>

</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1,694,998&#160;shares
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    14.33
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    4991 Lake Brook Dr., Suite&#160;125, Glen Allen, VA&#160;23060
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Karpus Management,
    Inc.<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">(2)</SUP>

</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    827,123&#160;shares
</TD>
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    This information is based exclusively on information provided by
    such entity on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Schedule&#160;13G/A</FONT>
    filed with respect to the Fund on February&#160;14, 2011.</TD>
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    This information is based exclusively on information provided by
    such entity on Schedule&#160;13G filed with respect to the Fund
    on February&#160;10, 2011.</TD>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">ADDRESS
    OF INVESTMENT ADVISER AND MANAGER</FONT></B>
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    The principal office of Deutsche Asset Management International
    GmbH, the Fund&#146;s investment adviser, is located at Mainzer
    Landstrasse
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">178-190,</FONT>
    D-60327 Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany. The
    corporate office of Deutsche Investment Management Americas
    Inc., the Fund&#146;s manager, is located at 345 Park Avenue,
    New York, New York 10154.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">SECTION&#160;16(a)
    BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP<BR>
    REPORTING COMPLIANCE</FONT></B>
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    Based on a review of reports filed by the Fund&#146;s directors
    and executive officers, the investment adviser, officers and
    directors of the investment adviser, affiliated persons of the
    investment adviser and beneficial holders of 10% or more of the
    Fund&#146;s outstanding stock, and written representations by
    the Reporting Persons that no year-end reports were required for
    such persons, all filings required by Section&#160;16(a) of the
    Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 for the fiscal year ended
    December&#160;31, 2010 were timely except a late Form&#160;3 was
    filed on behalf of both Rainer Vermehren and John Caruso,
    officers of the Fund. The late Form&#160;3s did not relate to
    any transactions in Fund shares. In addition, a late Form&#160;4
    was filed on behalf of Robert Wadsworth, a Director of the Fund.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">OTHER
    MATTERS</FONT></B>
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    No business other than as set forth herein is expected to come
    before the Meeting, but should any other matter requiring a vote
    of stockholders properly come before the Meeting, including any
    question as to an adjournment of the Meeting, the persons named
    in the enclosed Proxy Card will vote thereon according to their
    discretion. Abstentions and broker non-votes shall have no
    effect on the outcome of a vote to adjourn the Meeting.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">STOCKHOLDER
    PROPOSALS</FONT></B>
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    In order for stockholder proposals otherwise satisfying the
    eligibility requirements of SEC
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Rule&#160;14a-8</FONT>
    to be considered for inclusion in the Fund&#146;s proxy
    statement for the 2012 Annual Meeting, the proposals must be
    received at The European Equity Fund, Inc.,
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">c/o&#160;Deutsche</FONT>
    Investment Management Americas, 345 Park Avenue, NYC20-2799, New
    York, New York 10154, Attention: Secretary, on or before
    January&#160;20, 2012.
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    In addition, the Fund&#146;s Bylaws currently provide that if a
    stockholder desires to bring business (including director
    nominations) before the 2012 Annual Meeting that is or is not
    the subject of a proposal timely submitted for inclusion in the
    Fund&#146;s proxy statement, written notice of such business as
    prescribed in the Bylaws must be delivered to the Fund&#146;s
    Secretary, at the principal executive offices of the Fund,
    between January&#160;20, 2012 and February&#160;19, 2012. For
    additional requirements, the stockholder may refer to the
    Bylaws, a current copy of which may be obtained without charge
    upon request from the Fund&#146;s Secretary. If the Fund does
    not receive timely notice pursuant to the Bylaws, the proposal
    may be excluded from consideration at the meeting, regardless of
    any earlier notice provided in accordance with SEC
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Rule&#160;14a-8.</FONT>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">PROXY
    COSTS AND SOLICITATION OF PROXIES</FONT></B>
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    The cost of preparing, assembling and mailing material in
    connection with this solicitation will be borne by the Fund. In
    addition to the use of mails, proxies may be solicited
    personally by regular employees of the Fund or the manager or by
    telephone, telegraph or Internet. Brokerage houses, banks and
    other fiduciaries may be requested to forward proxy solicitation
    materials to their principals to obtain authorization for the
    execution of proxies, and they will be reimbursed by the Fund
    for
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">out-of-pocket</FONT>
    expenses incurred in this connection. The Fund has also made
    arrangements
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    with Altman to assist in the solicitation of proxies, if called
    upon by the Fund, at an estimated fee of $6,500 plus
    reimbursement of normal expenses (the exact cost will depend on
    the amount and types of services rendered). If the stockholders
    record votes by telephone or through the Internet, the proxy
    solicitor will use procedures designed to authenticate
    stockholders&#146; identities, to allow stockholders to
    authorize the voting of their shares in accordance with their
    instructions and to allow stockholders to confirm that their
    instructions have been recorded properly.
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    If a stockholder wishes to participate in the Meeting, but does
    not wish to give a proxy by telephone or via the Internet, the
    stockholder may still submit the Proxy Card(s) originally sent
    with this Proxy Statement or attend the Meeting in person.
    Should stockholders require additional information regarding the
    proxy or replacement Proxy Card(s), they may call Altman
    toll-free at
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">1-800-845-1507.</FONT>
    Any proxy given by a stockholder is revocable until voted at the
    Meeting.
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    As the Meeting date approaches, certain stockholders of the
    Funds may receive a telephone call from a representative of
    Altman if their votes have not yet been received.
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    One Proxy Statement may be delivered to two or more stockholders
    of the Fund who share an address, unless the Fund has received
    instructions to the contrary. To request a separate copy of the
    Proxy Statement, which will be delivered upon written or oral
    request, or for instructions as to how to request a single copy
    if multiple copies are received, stockholders should call
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">800-349-4281</FONT>
    or write to the Fund at 345 Park Avenue, New York, New York
    10154.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">ANNUAL
    REPORT DELIVERY</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 5%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The Fund will furnish, without charge, a copy of its annual
    report for the fiscal year ended December&#160;31, 2010 and the
    most recent semi-annual report, if any, to any stockholder upon
    request. Such requests should be directed by mail to The
    European Equity Fund, Inc.,
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">c/o&#160;Deutsche</FONT>
    Investment Management Americas, 345 Park Avenue, NYC20-2799, New
    York, New York 10154 or by telephone to
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">1-800-437-6269.</FONT>
    Annual reports are also available on the Fund&#146;s web site:
    www.germanyfund.com.
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     John Millette
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    Secretary
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    Dated: May&#160;19, 2011
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    <B>IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS PROXY STATEMENT OR
    THE PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED TO EXECUTE AND TO DELIVER A PROXY
    CARD, PLEASE CONTACT ALTMAN AT
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">1-800-845-1507.</FONT></B>
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    <B>STOCKHOLDERS WHO DO NOT EXPECT TO BE PRESENT AT THE MEETING
    AND WHO WISH TO HAVE THEIR SHARES&#160;VOTED ARE REQUESTED TO
    DATE AND TO SIGN THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD AND TO RETURN IT IN THE
    ENCLOSED ENVELOPE, OR TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS&#160;ON THE
    ENCLOSED PROXY CARD FOR VOTING BY TELEPHONE OR THROUGH THE
    INTERNET.</B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 5%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <B>IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY
    MATERIALS FOR THE STOCKHOLDER MEETING TO BE HELD ON JUNE 27,
    2011:</B>
</DIV>

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    <B>The Notice of Meeting, Proxy Statement and Proxy Card are
    available at
    <U><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">http://www.proxyonline.com/docs/eea2011.pdf</FONT></U></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">ANNEX&#160;A</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">THE
    EUROPEAN EQUITY FUND<BR>
    EXCERPTS OF BY-LAWS</FONT></B>
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    <FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Article&#160;II
    </FONT>
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    <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Section&#160;</FONT>13.&#160;&#160;<I><U>Advance
    Notice of Stockholder Nominees for Director and Other
    Stockholder Proposals</U>. (a)&#160;<U>Annual Meetings of
    Stockholders</U>.</I>&#160;&#160;(1)&#160;Nominations of persons
    for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of
    business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an
    annual meeting of stockholders (i)&#160;pursuant to the
    Corporation&#146;s notice of meeting, (ii)&#160;by or at the
    direction of the Board of Directors or (iii)&#160;by any
    stockholder of the Corporation who was a stockholder of record
    both at the time of giving of notice provided for in this
    Section&#160;13(a) and at the time of the annual meeting, who is
    entitled to vote at the meeting and who complied with the notice
    procedures set forth in this Section&#160;13(a).
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    (2)&#160;For nominations or other business to be properly
    brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to
    clause&#160;(iii) of paragraph (a)(1) of this Section&#160;13,
    the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing
    to the Secretary of the Corporation and such other business must
    otherwise be a proper matter for action by the stockholders. To
    be timely, a stockholder&#146;s notice shall be delivered to the
    Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation
    not less than 90&#160;days nor more than 120&#160;days prior to
    the first anniversary of the date of mailing of the notice for
    the preceding year&#146;s annual meeting; provided, however,
    that in the event that the date of mailing of the notice for the
    annual meeting is advanced or delayed by more than 30&#160;days
    from the first anniversary of the date of mailing of the notice
    for the preceding year&#146;s annual meeting, notice by the
    stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than
    the 120th&#160;day prior to the date of mailing of the notice
    for such annual meeting and not later than the close of business
    on the later of the 90th&#160;day prior to the date of mailing
    of the notice for such annual meeting or the tenth day following
    the day on which disclosure of the date of mailing of the notice
    for such meeting is first made. In no event shall the public
    announcement of a postponement or adjournment of an annual
    meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a
    stockholder&#146;s notice as described above. Such
    stockholder&#146;s notice shall set forth (i)&#160;as to each
    person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or
    reelection as a director, (A)&#160;the name, age, business
    address and residence address of such person, (B)&#160;the class
    and number of shares of stock of the Corporation that are
    beneficially owned by such person, (C)&#160;all other
    information relating to such person that is required to be
    disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors
    in an election contest (even if an election contest is not
    involved), or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to
    Regulation&#160;14A (or any successor provision) under the
    Exchange Act or pursuant to the Investment Company Act and the
    rules thereunder (including such person&#146;s written consent
    to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to
    serving as a director if elected), and (D)&#160;a statement
    specifying which of clauses (1)-(7) of the definition of
    &#147;Relevant Experience and Country Knowledge&#148; in
    Article&#160;III, Section&#160;3 of the Bylaws the person being
    nominated satisfies, information relating to such person
    sufficient to support a determination that the person satisfies
    the specified clause or clauses of the definition and a
    representation that the person does not have a &#147;Conflict of
    Interest&#148; as defined in Article&#160;III, Section&#160;3 of
    the Bylaws; (ii)&#160;as to any other business that the
    stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a description
    of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the
    reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any
    material interest in such business of such stockholder
    (including any anticipated benefit to the stockholder therefrom)
    and of each beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the
    proposal is made; and (iii)&#160;as to the stockholder giving
    the notice and each beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf
    the nomination or proposal is made,
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    (x)&#160;the name and address of such stockholder, as they
    appear on the Corporation&#146;s stock ledgers and a current
    name and address, if different, and of such beneficial owner,
    and (y)&#160;the class and number of shares of each class of
    stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially and of
    record by such stockholder and owned beneficially by such
    beneficial owner.
</DIV>

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    (3)&#160;Notwithstanding anything in this subsection&#160;(a) of
    this Section&#160;13 to the contrary, in the event the Board of
    Directors increases or decreases the maximum or minimum number
    of directors in accordance with Article&#160;III, Section&#160;2
    of these Bylaws, and there is no public announcement of such
    action at least 100&#160;days prior to the first anniversary of
    the date of mailing of the preceding year&#146;s annual meeting,
    a stockholder&#146;s notice required by this Section&#160;13(a)
    shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to
    nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it
    shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive
    offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business
    on the tenth day following the day on which such public
    announcement is first made by the Corporation.
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    (b)&#160;<I><U>Special Meetings of
    Stockholders</U></I>.&#160;&#160;Only such business shall be
    conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have
    been brought before the meeting pursuant to the
    Corporation&#146;s notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for
    election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special
    meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected
    (i)&#160;pursuant to the Corporation&#146;s notice of meeting,
    (ii)&#160;by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or
    (iii)&#160;provided that the Board of Directors has determined
    that directors shall be elected at such special meeting, by any
    stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record
    both at the time of giving of notice provided for in this
    Section&#160;13 and at the time of the special meeting, who is
    entitled to vote at the meeting and who complied with the notice
    procedures set forth in this Section&#160;13. In the event the
    Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the
    purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of
    Directors, any such stockholder may nominate a person or persons
    (as the case may be) for election as a director as specified in
    the Corporation&#146;s notice of meeting, if the
    stockholder&#146;s notice required by paragraph (a)(2) of this
    Section&#160;13 shall be delivered to the Secretary at the
    principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than
    the 120th&#160;day prior to such special meeting and not later
    than the close of business on the later of the 90th&#160;day
    prior to such special meeting or the tenth day following the day
    on which public announcement is first made of the date of the
    special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of
    Directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall the
    public announcement of a postponement or adjournment of a
    special meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a
    stockholder&#146;s notice as described above.
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    (c)&#160;<I><U>General</U></I>.&#160;&#160;(1)&#160;Only such
    persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set
    forth in this Section&#160;13 and Article&#160;III,
    Section&#160;3 of these Bylaws shall be eligible to serve as
    directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting
    of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in
    accordance with the procedures set forth in this
    Section&#160;13. The chairman of the meeting shall have the
    power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business
    proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed,
    as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth
    in this Section&#160;13 and, if any proposed nomination or
    business is not in compliance with this Section&#160;13, to
    declare that such defective nomination or proposal be
    disregarded.
</DIV>

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    (2)&#160;For purposes of this Section&#160;13, (a)&#160;the
    &#147;date of mailing of the notice&#148; shall mean the date of
    the proxy statement for the solicitation of proxies for election
    of directors and (b)&#160;&#147;public announcement&#148; shall
    mean disclosure (i)&#160;in a press release reported by the Dow
    Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable news service
    or (ii)&#160;in a document publicly filed by the Corporation
    with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the
    Exchange Act or the Investment Company Act.
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    (3)&#160;Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
    Section&#160;13, a stockholder shall also comply with all
    applicable requirements of state law and of the Exchange Act and
    the Investment Company Act and the rules and regulations
    thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this
    Section&#160;13. Nothing in this Section&#160;13 shall be deemed
    to affect any right of stockholders to request inclusion of
    proposals in, nor the right of the Corporation to omit a
    proposal from, the Corporation&#146;s proxy statement pursuant
    to
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Rule&#160;14a-8</FONT>
    (or any successor provision) under the Exchange Act.
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    <FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Article&#160;III
    </FONT>
</DIV>

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    <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Section&#160;</FONT>3.&#160;&#160;<I><U>Qualifications</U></I><U>.</U>&#160;&#160;Directors
    need not be stockholders. Each Director shall hold office until
    the earlier of: (a)&#160;the expiration of his term and his or
    her successor shall have been elected and qualifies,
    (b)&#160;his or her death, (c)&#160;his or her resignation, or
    (d)&#160;his or her removal. To be eligible for nomination as a
    director a person must, at the time of such person&#146;s
    nomination, (a)&#160;have Relevant Experience and Country
    Knowledge (as defined below), (b)&#160;not have any Conflict of
    Interest (as defined below) and (c)&#160;not be over
    72&#160;years of age; provided that clause&#160;(c) shall not
    apply to any person who was a Director on October&#160;15, 1999
    or to any person whom the Nominating Committee (or in the
    absence of such a Committee, the Board of Directors) determines
    to except from that clause on the basis that the person&#146;s
    prior public or government service or other broad-based
    activities in the business community make it essential that the
    Corporation continue to receive the benefit of the person&#146;s
    services as a Director. The determination described in the
    previous sentence shall be made on or before the time of
    nomination. Whether a proposed nominee satisfies the foregoing
    qualifications shall be determined by the Nominating Committee
    or, in the absence of such a Committee, by the Board of
    Directors, each in its sole discretion.
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    For purposes of the following definitions of Relevant Experience
    and Country Knowledge and Conflict of Interest, the term
    &#147;Specified Country&#148; means any one or more of the
    following countries: the Austrian Republic, the Kingdom of
    Belgium, the Republic of Finland, the French Republic, the
    Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic
    (&#147;Greece&#148;), the Republic of Ireland, the Italian
    Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the
    Netherlands, the Portuguese Republic and the Kingdom of Spain,
    and any other country in Europe that has adopted the Euro as its
    currency.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 5%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    &#147;Relevant Experience and Country Knowledge&#148; means
    experience in business, investment, economic or political
    matters of a Specified Country or the United States, through
    service for 10 of the past 20&#160;years (except where a shorter
    period is noted) in one or more of the following principal
    occupations:
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 5%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 5%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    (1)&#160;senior executive officer or partner of a financial or
    industrial business headquartered in a Specified Country and
    that has annual revenues of at least the equivalent of
    US&#160;$500&#160;million,
</DIV>

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    (2)&#160;senior executive officer or partner of a financial or
    industrial business headquartered in the United States that has
    annual revenues of at least the equivalent of US
    $500&#160;million and whose management responsibilities include
    supervision of business operations in a Specified Country or
    other European country,
</DIV>

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    (3)&#160;director (or the equivalent) for 5 of the past
    10&#160;years of one or more investment businesses or vehicles
    (including this Corporation) a principal focus of which is
    investment in one or more Specified Countries and that have at
    least the equivalent of US $250&#160;million in combined total
    assets of their own,
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    (4)&#160;senior executive officer or partner of an investment
    management business having at least the equivalent of US
    $500&#160;million in securities of companies in one or more
    Specified Countries or securities principally traded in one or
    more Specified Countries under discretionary management for
    others,
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    (5)&#160;senior executive officer or partner of a business
    consulting, accounting or law firm having at least 100
    professionals and whose principal responsibility involves or
    involved providing services involving matters relating to a
    Specified Country or other European country for financial or
    industrial businesses, investment businesses or vehicles or
    investment management businesses as described in (1) -
    (4)&#160;above,
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    (6)&#160;senior official (including ambassador or minister)
    (i)&#160;in the national government, a government agency or the
    central bank of a Specified Country or the United States,
    (ii)&#160;in a major supranational agency or organization of
    which a Specified Country or the United States is a member, or
    (iii)&#160;in a leading international trade organization
    relating to a Specified Country or the United States, in each
    case in the area of finance, economics, trade or foreign
    relations,&#160;or
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    (7)&#160;current director or senior officer (without regard to
    years of service) of an investment manager or adviser of the
    Corporation, or of any entity controlling or under common
    control with an investment manager or adviser of the Corporation.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 5%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    For purposes of clauses (1) - (5)&#160;of the preceding sentence
    and clauses (1) - (2)&#160;of the next paragraph, the term
    &#147;financial or industrial business&#148; includes a
    financial or industrial business unit within a larger
    enterprise; the term &#147;investment businesses or
    vehicles&#148; includes an investment business unit or
    investment vehicle within a larger enterprise; the term
    &#147;investment management business&#148; includes an
    investment management business unit within a larger enterprise;
    and the term &#147;investment vehicle&#148; includes an
    investment vehicle within a larger enterprise; but in each case
    only to the extent the unit satisfies the revenue, asset and
    other requirements specified for the business or vehicle in
    clauses (1) - (5)&#160;of the preceding sentence or clauses (1)
    - (2)&#160;of the next paragraph.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 5%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    &#147;Conflict of Interest&#148; means the presence of a
    conflict with the interests of the Corporation or its operations
    through any of the following:
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 5%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 5%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    (1)&#160;current position (a)&#160;as a director, officer,
    partner or employee of another investment vehicle a significant
    (i.e., 25% or more of total assets) focus of which is securities
    of companies in one or more Specified Countries or securities
    principally traded in markets of one or more Specified Countries
    and that does not have the same investment adviser as the
    Corporation or an investment adviser affiliated with an
    investment adviser of the Corporation, and (b)&#160;having
    direct and regular responsibilities relating to that investment
    vehicle,
</DIV>

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    (2)&#160;current position as (a)&#160;a director, officer,
    partner or employee of the sponsor (or equivalent) of an
    investment vehicle described in the previous point and
    (b)&#160;having direct and regular responsibilities relating to
    that investment vehicle,&#160;or
</DIV>

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    (3)&#160;current position as an official of a governmental
    agency or self-regulatory body having responsibility for
    regulating the Corporation or the markets in which it proposes
    to invest.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">PROXY<BR>
    THE EUROPEAN EQUITY FUND<BR>
    This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of
    Directors.</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 5%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The undersigned stockholder of The European Equity Fund, Inc., a
    Maryland corporation (the &#147;Fund&#148;), hereby appoints
    John Millette and Rita Rubin, or either of them, as proxies for
    the undersigned, with full power of substitution in each of
    them, to attend the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the
    Fund to be held at 11:00&#160;a.m., New York time, on
    June&#160;27, 2011 at the New York Marriott East Side Hotel, 525
    Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017, and any adjournment
    or postponement thereof, to cast on behalf of the undersigned
    all votes that the undersigned is entitled to cast at such
    meeting, and otherwise to represent the undersigned at the
    meeting with all powers possessed by the undersigned if
    personally present at the meeting. The undersigned hereby
    acknowledges receipt of the Notice of the Annual Meeting of
    Stockholders and of the accompanying Proxy Statement, the terms
    of each of which are incorporated by reference herein, and
    revokes any proxy heretofore given with respect to such meeting.
</DIV>

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    <B>The votes entitled to be cast by the undersigned will be cast
    as instructed below. If this Proxy is executed but no
    instruction is given, the votes entitled to be cast by the
    undersigned will be cast &#147;For&#148; each of the nominees
    for director and &#147;For&#148; Proposal&#160;2, as described
    in the Proxy Statement and in the discretion of the Proxy holder
    on any other matter that may properly come before the meeting or
    any adjournment or postponement thereof.</B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 5%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <B>Election of Directors. The Board of Directors unanimously
    recommends a vote &#147;For&#148; the Class&#160;III nominees</B>
</DIV>

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    1.
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&nbsp;
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    <B>FOR </B>each of the nominees<BR>
    for director listed
    below.&#160;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings; font-variant: normal">&#111;
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&nbsp;
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    <B>WITHHOLD AUTHORITY<BR>
    </B>as to all listed
    nominees.&#160;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings; font-variant: normal">&#111;
    </FONT>
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<TD>
&nbsp;
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    <B>FOR </B>all nominees except as<BR>
    marked to the contrary
    below.&#160;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings; font-variant: normal">&#111;
    </FONT>
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    (<B>Instructions: </B>To withhold authority for any individual
    nominee, strike a line through the nominee&#146;s name in the
    list below.)
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    <FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Dr.&#160;Franz
    Wilhelm Hopp<BR>
    Mr.&#160;Werner Walbr&#246;l<BR>
    Mr.&#160;Christian H. Strenger<BR>
    <BR>
    <B>The Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote
    &#147;For&#148; Proposal&#160;2</B>
    </FONT>
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    <TD>    2.&#160;&#160;&#160;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    To ratify the appointment by the Audit Committee and the Board
    of Directors of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent
    public accounting firm, as independent auditors for the fiscal
    year ending December&#160;31, 2011
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    <B>FOR</B>&#160;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings; font-variant: normal">&#111;</FONT>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<B>AGAINST</B>&#160;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings; font-variant: normal">&#111;</FONT>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<B>ABSTAIN</B>&#160;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings; font-variant: normal">&#111;</FONT>
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    To vote and otherwise represent the undersigned on any other
    matter that may properly come before the meeting or any
    adjournment or postponement thereof in the discretion of the
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