Prospectus publication

Suggested text for Prospectus publication announcement

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This announcement is an advertisement and not a prospectus. This announcement does not constitute or form part of, and should not be construed as, any offer for sale or subscription of, or solicitation of any offer to buy or subscribe for, any shares in BlackRock Commodities Income Investment Trust plc or securities in any other entity, in any jurisdiction, including the United States, nor shall it, or any part of it, or the fact of its distribution, form the basis of, or be relied on in connection with, any contract or investment decision whatsoever, in any jurisdiction. This announcement does not constitute a recommendation regarding any securities.

Any investment decision must be made exclusively on the basis of the Prospectus (defined below) which has been published today by the Company and any supplement thereto in connection with the admission of ordinary shares of the Company to the premium segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities.

19 June 2015

BlackRock Commodities Income Investment Trust plc

Publication of a prospectus

The board of BlackRock Commodities Income Investment Trust plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce the publication today of a prospectus (the "Prospectus") in respect of a Placing Programme of up to 50 million Ordinary Shares and the admission of those Ordinary Shares to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority with a premium listing and to trading on the London Stock Exchange’s main market for listed securities.

In order to satisfy demand for the Company’s Ordinary Shares, the Company has issued 8,410,000 Ordinary Shares in the 12 months prior to 19 June 2015, representing approximately 7.69 per cent. of the Company’s issued Ordinary Share capital.  At its annual general meeting in March 2015 the Company took shareholder authority to issue Ordinary Shares and to disapply pre-emption rights in respect of 30 per cent. of its issued Ordinary Share capital.  The Company has continued to issue Ordinary Shares in response to investor demand and, accordingly, is publishing the Prospectus to enable the Company to continue to issue further Ordinary Shares.

A copy of the Prospectus has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http//:www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM and also at the Company's website which is located at www.blackrock.co.uk/brci.  Terms used and not defined in this announcement shall have the meanings given to them in the Prospectus.

Enquiries:
Mark Johnson
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited
Telephone: [phone]

Kerry Higgins
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited, Secretary
Telephone: [phone]
 

Joe Winkley
Winterflood Investment Trusts
Telephone: [phone]

Neil Morgan
Winterflood Investment Trusts
Telephone: [phone]

Winterflood Securities Limited ("Winterflood"), which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting through its division, Winterflood Investment Trusts, as Sponsor to the Company and for no one else in connection with the matters described in this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to its clients, nor for providing advice in relation to the matters referred to herein.