Transaction in Own Shares

BlackRock Income and Growth Investment Trust plc (the Company)

Transaction in own shares: purchase of own shares to be held in treasury

The Company announces that it has today purchased 250,000 of its Ordinary
shares at a price of 179.14 pence per share to be held in treasury.

Following this purchase the issued share capital of the Company is 32,933,932
Ordinary shares, of which 6,704,664 are held in treasury.

For reporting purposes under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules the
market should exclude any shares held in treasury and should use the figure of
26,229,268 when determining if they are required to notify their interest in,
or a change to their interest in the Company.

For further information, please contact:

Simon White
Managing Director
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited

12 February 2015