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BLACKROCK NEW ENERGY INVESTMENT TRUST plc All information is at 30 April 2010 and unaudited. Performance at month end with net income reinvested One Three Six One Five Since Launch Month Months Months Year Years (23 Oct 00) Net asset value* (Undiluted) 0.7% 5.3% 4.9% 13.2% 91.8% -44.8% Net asset value* (Diluted) 0.6% 3.6% 4.3% 11.5% 88.8% -45.7% Share price -0.6% -2.8% -1.9% 4.6% 84.2% -55.8% Source: BlackRock * Net asset value and share price performance include the subscription share reinvestment, assuming the subscription share entitlement per share was sold and the proceeds reinvested on the first day of trading. At month end Net asset value (undiluted): 51.15p Net asset value (diluted): 50.35p Share price: 42.75p Discount to NAV**: 15.09% Subscription Share price: 4.25p Net yield: n/a Total assets including current year revenue: £126.13m Gearing: Nil Ordinary shares in issue: 246,565,844 Subscription shares in issue: 45,933,967 ** Discount to NAV based on fully diluted NAV. Benchmark Sector Analysis % of Total Country Analysis % of Total Assets Assets Renewable Energy 52.1 USA 44.2 Enabling Energy Technology 25.6 Spain 10.8 Alternative Fuels 13.5 Denmark 8.7 Materials Technology 5.9 Germany 8.6 Energy Storage 1.7 China 6.4 Auto & On-site Generation 1.2 United Kingdom 5.4 ----- Canada 3.5 100.0 Belgium 3.3 ===== Portugal 3.2 South Africa 2.2 Brazil 1.2 France 1.1 Ireland 1.0 Austria 0.4 ----- 100.0 ===== Ten Largest Investments (in alphabetical order) Company Country of Risk American Superconductor USA Archer Daniels Midland USA FPL Group USA Gamesa Corp Technologica Spain Iberdrola Renovables Spain Itron USA Johnson Matthey United Kingdom SMA Solar Technology Germany Vestas Wind Systems Denmark Wacker Chemie Germany Robin Batchelor and Poppy Allonby, representing the Investment Manager, noted: The share price of the Company declined by -0.6% during April. This occurred despite the NAV gaining 0.7% on the back of generally positive results and order announcements. Vestas, the Danish wind turbine company, rallied 14% over the month following positive news flow. The company announced orders of turbines amounting to 2GW across many geographies, the most significant of these was to wind farm developer EDPR who placed an order for 1.5GW. The company also maintained its 2010 guidance for sales and earnings. We believe the positive momentum seen over the month should continue through 2010. Climate Exchange, owner of the largest exchange for trading carbon dioxide emissions in Europe, agreed to a £395m cash takeover by US group Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). This represents a 57% premium to the last traded price before the deal was announced. This stock has been a long term holding in the portfolio. Strong quarterly results were reported by a number of holdings in the portfolio during April, notably Itron and Wacker Chemie. Wacker Chemie reported an increase in sales and earnings (amid strong customer demand) whilst Itron announced

RNS Number : 0480M Asian Growth Properties Limited 17 May 2010 17th May, 2010 ASIAN GROWTH PROPERTIES LIMITED Proposed adoption of AGP Share Option Scheme and AGP Share Award Scheme The board of directors of Asian Growth Properties Limited ("AGP" or the "Company") (AIM Stock Code: AGP), the Hong Kong based China property development and investment company, notes an announcement made by S E A Holdings Limited ("SEA") on 4th May, 2010 (the "SEA Announcement") and a circular dated 11th May, 2010 and issued by SEA (the "SEA Circular") regarding, amongst other matters, the proposed adoption of the share option and share award schemes for AGP, which are subject to the approval of the shareholders of SEA only. A meeting of the SEA shareholders has been convened for 12:10 p.m. on 27th May, 2010 at the Platinum and Diamond Rooms, 2nd Floor, Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Causeway Bay, 8 Leighton Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (the "SEA Shareholders' Meeting"). SEA is an intermediate holding company of AGP, whose issued shares are listed and traded on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. The full text of the SEA Announcement has been set out in the Appendix below. In addition, the SEA Circular can be viewed on SEA's website at www.seagroup.com.hk/eng/news.asp for information purposes only. Shareholders of AGP are not required to do anything with regard to the SEA Shareholders' Meeting. A further announcement will be made following the SEA Shareholders' Meeting. For more information, please contact: Lu Wing Chi Executive Director Asian Growth Properties Limited Tel: +852 2828 6363 Richard Gray Andrew Potts Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited (Nominated Advisor) Tel: +44 207 459 3600 APPENDIX Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement. S E A HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) (Stock Code: 251) PROPOSED ADOPTION OF SHARE AWARD SCHEME, AGP SHARE OPTION SCHEME AND AGP SHARE AWARD SCHEME AND REFRESHMENT OF CURRENT SHARE OPTION SCHEME MANDATE LIMIT The Company proposes to adopt (i) the Share Award Scheme; (ii) the refreshment of the Current Share Option Scheme Mandate Limit;

RNS Number : 0465M NextGen Group PLC 17 May 2010 NextGen Group plc ("NextGen" or the "Company") Convertible Loan Agreement of €500,000 NextGen announces that it has entered into a convertible loan agreement for the provision of funding of €500,000. This funding will be used to provide general working capital for the Company, which the Directors believe will be sufficient for its current requirements. The convertible loan agreement is with Alpha 4 Concepts GmbH, an existing shareholder in the Company, and the terms of the loan include a coupon of 12% pa and the loan is repayable on 7 days' notice. Subject to the necessary resolutions being passed at the Company's 2010 Annual General Meeting to increase its share capital and to obtain the necessary authorities to allot shares, the loan (plus interest) shall be convertible, at the lender's option until 31 July 2011, into ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 0.1p per share plus one warrant for every share issued, with the warrants being exercisable for 3 years from the date of grant. If the conversion right is not exercised, then the other terms of the loan will continue until 31 July 2011 when it becomes repayable, unless otherwise agreed between the Company and the lender. In addition, the lender has requested that nanotecquity receive a monitoring fee, payable by the Company, of €5,000 per month during the period of the loan. For further details please contact: Klaus Rosenau, Chairman +49 160 5516756 NextGen Group Jonathan Wright/Nicola Marrin 020 7107 8000 Seymour Pierce Limited Notes to Editors: About NextGen Group NextGen Group PLC (AIM: NGG) is a provider of biomarker services for pharmaceutical and biotech companies globally. Using advanced techniques, such as Multiple Reaction Monitoring (MRM) mass spectrometry analysis, the Company is developing a portfolio of robust assays for testing clinical samples for drug safety and efficacy, and the development of personalized treatment for patients. NextGen Sciences Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of NextGen Group PLC NextGen Sciences is the operational part of the Group and headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, NextGen Sciences' range of services, which include biomarker discovery, assay development, validation and testing are employed by its customers as a key part of the biomarker-based drug and diagnostic development process. For more information visit www.nextgensciences.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange END AGRSFWFEWFSSESI

(Adds detail, executive comment, analyst comment) By Hannah Benjamin Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--Educational information technology vendor RM PLC (RM.LN) Monday played down fears that possible government budget cuts could hurt its business, as it said it has GBP505 million of long-term revenue committed and is bidding for up to 30 more 'Building Schools for the Future' (BSF) contracts. RM's products and services are delivered to both primary and secondary schools and include things like PCs, whiteboards and its own software. The firm said its broad spread of work means it should be well-placed to adjust to any new requirements laid down by the new Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government in the U.K. "Let's see what sort of changes they want to make first, but both the Tories (Conservative party) and Liberals support the academy program as being the favored approach and we're successful in that," Chief Executive Terry Sweeney told Dow Jones Newswires Monday. Under the BSF program, RM provides information and communication systems in schools in a particular U.K. council under long-term contracts. It has sealed seven BSF contracts so far in fiscal 2010, including two this month in Stoke and Essex, U.K., worth about GBP33 million and GBP8 million respectively. "If you look at BSF we will be working on that for years to come," Sweeney said. RM is currently bidding on 13 more BSF contracts and Sweeney said he was confident it will win "more than our fair share." RM's first half pretax profit rose to GBP393,000 from GBP228,000 a year earlier. Sales in the half, which ended March 31, climbed 10% to GBP156.4 million from GBP141.9 million a year earlier, boosted by strong revenue growth in education resources, BSF and its work in the U.S. Sweeney expects strong growth in the second half, which is traditionally RM's strongest period. "School budgets have been set for this year already. We're confident but remain alert to what the new government does," he said. Numis Securities analyst Will Wallis told clients that fears about U.K. government spending remains "a legitimate ongoing concern" for RM. Yet he said RM's interim results were "solid" and keeps an "add" rating on the stock. RM lifted its interim dividend to 1.39 pence a share from 1.32 pence a share a year earlier. It expects further growth overseas and separately announced a tie-up with LEGO Education for a joint venture to become the exclusive distributor of LEGO Education products to education customers across Europe. It didn't provide financial details of the deal but said a new company, LEGO Education Europe Ltd.--which will be owned 51% by the LEGO Group and 49% by RM--will hold exclusive European education distribution rights for LEGO Education products, initially for 10 years from January 2011. Company Website: www.rm.com -By Hannah Benjamin, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-20-7842-9298; hannah.benjamin@d

RNS Number : 0269M Rusina Mining NL 17 May 2010  Monday 17th May, 2010 Rusina Mining NL ("Rusina" or the "Company") European Nickel Release re Financing Update Please find below a release from Rusina's proposed merger partner, European Nickel PLC (AIM, PLUS: ENK), providing an update on the financing status for the Çaldağ project in Turkey. For further information, please contact: Mark Hanlon Rusina Mining Tel: +61 8 9226 1111 Roland Cornish Beaumont Cornish Tel: +44 (0) 207 628 3396 "Western Banks to Lead Çaldağ Project Financing 17 May 2010 - London: European Nickel PLC ("European Nickel" or the "Company") (AIM, PLUS: ENK) is pleased to announce that it has selected Western Bank project financing as its preferred funding route for its Çaldağnickel laterite project in Turkey. In conjunction with Endeavour Financial Corporation, the Company's debt advisers, European Nickel has negotiated an indicative term sheet with Initial Mandated Lead Arrangers for the Çaldağ project financing and will make a further announcement once a mandate letter has been signed. Following the completion of the mandate letter and agreement of the term sheet, further banks will be invited to join the bank club. There remains an opportunity for the Chinese bank to participate in the funding of Çaldağ as part of the financing group. The offtake agreement with Jiangxi Rare Earth and Rare Metals Tungsten Group Company Limited ("JXTC") has expired today and European Nickel is now negotiating a new offtake agreement with a number of interested parties, including JXTC. The Çaldağ mixed hydroxide product (averaging 30% nickel) is a high quality intermediate product suitable for a number of refineries and smelters around the world. Simon Purkiss, Managing Director, said "Whilst we worked hard to deliver the Chinese project finance, we could not go on indefinitely without a clear sign of commitment from the Chinese parties before our extension deadline. We believe the Western Banks have demonstrated their level of interest in the project by negotiating an indicative term sheet and feel it is now appropriate to pursue Western Bank project financing. The next step will be to sign a mandate letter." For more information, please visit www.enickel.co.uk or contact: Simon Purkiss or Andrew Lin

RNS Number : 0257M Rusina Mining NL 17 May 2010  Monday 17th May, 2010 Rusina Mining NL ("Rusina" or the "Company") European Nickel Release re Forestry Permit Please find below a release from Rusina's proposed merger partner, European Nickel PLC (AIM, PLUS: ENK), regarding the requirement for the forestry permit for the Çaldağ project in Turkey to be reissued under the new Mining Law. Rusina has obtained independent legal advice on this issue and confirms the view that this is a technical legal matter that is expected to be resolved upon the passing by parliament of Turkeys new Mining Law. Rusina's board will continue to monitor issues at Çaldağ and will keep shareholders fully informed of all developments. For further information, please contact: Mark Hanlon Rusina Mining Tel: +61 8 9226 1111 Roland Cornish Beaumont Cornish Tel: +44 (0) 207 628 3396 "Çaldağ Forestry Permit needs to be re-issued under new Mining Law 14 May 2010 - London: European Nickel PLC ("European Nickel" or the "Company") (AIM, PLUS: ENK) has become aware that the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Forestry (the "Ministry") will be required to revoke the forestry permits for the Çaldağ project and that these permits will need to be re-issued under the terms of a new Mining Law. Due to a technical legal conflict under the current legislation between the Forestry Law and the mining regulations, the procedure for the issuance of new forestry permits to mining companies in Turkey since 11 June 2009 has been deemed unconstitutional. The Company's three forestry permits were approved by the Ministry on 3 April 2009. As previously disclosed in the Company's 2009 annual report, European Nickel is involved in litigation in respect of the forestry permits and was advised that the challenges to the permits were not well grounded. However, it is understood that several decisions made by a High Administrative Court in another unrelated but relevant case have now been ruled as applying to the Company's forestry permits. This resulted in cancellation of one of the forest permits and is expected to cause revocation of the other forestry permits. The Company understands that the new Mining Law which is expected to resolve the said legal conflict and its consequences will be presented to the Turkish parliament during the week of 24 May 2010. European Nickel has been ad

RNS Number : 0256M Allied Irish Banks PLC 17 May 2010  Standard Form TR-1 Voting rights attached to shares- Article 12(1) of directive 2004/109/EC Financial instruments - Article 11(3) of the Commission Directive 2007/14/EC 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: Allied Irish Banks p.l.c. (the "Bank") 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): [x] an acquisition or disposal of voting rights [ ] an acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached [ ] an event changing the breakdown of voting rights 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission Minister for Finance of Ireland 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: 13 May 2010 6. Date on which issuer notified; 14 May 2010 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 7.1 Immediately prior to the notification event, the National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission (the "NPRFC") indirectly held 3,022,929 ordinary shares of €0.32 each of the Bank, each with the rights and obligations accorded to ordinary shares of the Bank in its memorandum and articles of association. These shares were legally held in the name of BNY Custodial Nominees (Ireland) Limited. 7.2 Immediately prior to the notification event, the NPRFC held 3,500,000,000 non-cumulative preference shares of €0.01 of the Bank (the "2009 Preference Shares") which carry voting rights equivalent to: (a) in the case of a resolution to appoint, re-elect or remove a director (a "Board Resolution") of the number of votes determined by the following formula: ( A 3 ) - B where "A" is equal to the total number of votes capable of being cast on a poll on such resolution by or on behalf of the holders of ordinary shares in the Bank or the holders of any other shares, other than the 2009 Preference Shares; and where "B" is equal to the total number of votes capable of being cast on a poll on such resolution by or on b

RNS Number : 0237M Allied Gold Limited 17 May 2010  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 17 May 2010 allied gold limited ("the Company") Media Release GOLD RIDGE (SOLOMON ISLANDS) A$64M LUMP SUM REFURBISHMENT CONTRACT TOTAL PROJECT SPEND ESTIMATED AT A$150M FIRST GOLD PLANNED FOR Q1 2011 Allied Gold has awarded an A$64 million Engineering Procurement & Construction (EPC) contract as part of A$150 million re-development of the 120,000 ounce per annum Gold Ridge mine in the Solomon Islands. The EPC contract with GR Engineering Services (GRES) involves the refurbishment of the existing Gold Ridge process plant and its expansion from 2Mtpa to a throughput of 2.5Mtpa, with first gold pour expected in the March quarter 2011. GRES has worked closely with Allied Gold and its 100% owned subsidiary Gold Ridge Mining Limited (GRML) in developing preliminary designs and budget estimates. The execution of the EPC contract supersedes a Letter of Intent agreed with GRES in March this year. The Gold Ridge plant modifications include installation of a 28 meter diameter thickener, tailings detoxification circuit and an intense leach reactor to treat coarse gold in lieu of the gravity tables that were installed in the original plant and additional three adsorption tanks. To complete Gold Ridge's redevelopment, Allied will spend a further A$86M on activities including civil construction, the purchase of mine fleet and equipment, power station, accommodation, offices and operations buildings, first fills and project insurances, operational manning buildup and training, and landowner resettlement housing and associated costs. About Gold Ridge: The Gold Ridge mine, located on the island of Guadalcanal, was constructed in 1997/98 by GRES whose key personnel (as JR Engineering) initially engineered and constructed the project in 1998. The mine operated for 22 months and closed in June 2000 due to local ethnic tensions. Ore mined from one of the four identified pits produced 210,000 ounces of gold. As a result of the closure the ownership of the project and GRML passed to the American Home Insurance Company (AHAC). In July 2003 the Australian Federal Government together with Pacific Forum countries agreed to send Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) to stabilise and commence process of rebuilding the nation. In June 2004 AHAC commenced sale process of the Gold Ridge Project, and by December 2004 Austral

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