Result of AGM

BlackRock Income & Growth Investment Trust plc

(the Company)

(LEI: 5493003YBY59H9EJLJ16)

Results of AGM

Following the Annual General Meeting which was held today, we are pleased to announce that all resolutions put to shareholders were passed on a vote on a show of hands, including ordinary resolution 8 and 9 and special resolutions 10 and 11 under special business of the Company:

(Resolution 8) That the Company should continue in being as an investment trust
(Resolution 9) To grant the Directors’ authority to allot shares
(Resolution 10) To authorise the Directors to dissaply pre-emption rights in respect of issues of new shares or the sale of ordinary shares out of treasury.
(Resolution 11) To authorise the Directors to purchase the Company’s ordinary shares for cancellation or to be held in treasury.

Under listing rule 9.6.2 a copy of the resolutions has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism, and will shortly be made available for inspection at:

www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

Proxy votes received in favour of the resolutions were as follows:
 

	For & Discretionary	Against	Votes Withheld
Resolution 1:	100.00%	0.00%	21
Resolution 2:	99.76%	0.24%	19,769
Resolution 3:	100.00%	0.00%	0
Resolution 4:	99.85%	0.15%	0
Resolution 5:	99.87%	0.13%	670
Resolution 6:	99.96%	0.04%	0
Resolution 7:	99.96%	0.04%	0
Resolution 8:	99.96%	0.04%	0
Resolution 9:	99.83%	0.17%	15,816
Resolution 10:	99.71%	0.29%	26,610
Resolution 11:	99.65%	0.35%	5,816

Disclosure of Share Buy Back Authority Renewal

In accordance with the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 of 8.3.2016 (the Buy-back and Stabilisation RTS) the Company is hereby disclosing to a regulatory information services (RIS) details of its share buyback authority which it renews annually. This authority was last renewed at the Company’s Annual General Meeting held today,  7 March 2018, when a special resolution was approved by shareholders authorising the Company to make market purchases of its own shares of up to a maximum of 14.99% of the Company’s shares in issue (excluding any shares held in treasury).  

The Company has authority to repurchase a maximum of 3,650,704 of its ordinary shares (being the outstanding shareholder authority at the date of this announcement). Such authority lasts until the next shareholder authority granted, or where expressly revoked by shareholders. The share buybacks may be funded from the Company’s resources (including redemptions on funds the Company has invested in and debt facilities). No maximum consideration payable has been determined by the Company, but the Company is unable to pay a price for any shares pursuant to the buy-back which would equate to a premium to the prevailing net asset value.

The Company has appointed J.P. Morgan Securities plc to act as its broker in respect of the Company’s share buy-back programme.

The share buy-backs will be undertaken pursuant the Company’s discount management programme.

This arrangement is in accordance with Chapter 12 of the UKLA Listing Rules and the Company’s general authority to repurchase shares.

7 March 2018