The Central and Eastern Europe Fund, Inc. Provides Updated Portfolio Holdings

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Mar 04, 2022

The Central and Eastern Europe Fund, Inc. (NYSE: CEE) (the “Fund”) announced today that it has provided its portfolio holdings as of March 2, 2022 at www.dwsfunds.com in light of material changes made to its portfolio due to, among other things, recent and current events in Russia and Ukraine; the imposition of sanctions on Russia and certain Russian companies by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom and other countries; and actions taken by the Russian Central Bank that have had the effect of freezing investments in Russian securities by foreign investors, making them illiquid and difficult to value. Securities for which market quotations/evaluated prices are not readily available, such as certain of the Fund’s Russian securities, are valued at their “fair value” as determined in accordance with the Fund’s valuation procedures. Such “fair value” is the amount that the Fund might reasonably expect to receive for the security upon its current sale. Each such determination is based on a consideration of relevant factors, which are likely to vary from one pricing context to another. Under the Fund’s valuation procedures, the Fund may consider as a factor whether there is a proxy for the market that can be used to accurately estimate the impact of a significant valuation event (for example, one or more exchange traded funds may serve as a proxy for the market represented by such exchange traded fund or funds). Whether or not a Russian security held in the Fund’s portfolio requires fair valuation may be subject to change. Moreover, any fair valuations assigned to the Fund’s Russian securities are also subject to change and may be reduced to potentially as little as zero.