Holding(s) in Company

BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust plc
(LEI: UK9OG5Q0CYUDFGRX4151)

TR-1: S tandard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS i
1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached ii :			BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer   (please mark with an “X” if appropriate)
2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an “X”)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights						x
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify)iii: Change of ownership to voting rights
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation iv
Name			Lazard Asset Management LLC
City and country of registered office (if applicable)			New York, United States of America
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v
Name			Bank of New York – Dir Personal Bank of New York – Global Custody BNY Mellon Wealth MGMT Northern Trust Co State Street Bank- Master Tr – ETC State Street Bank -Custody Master Trust
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached vi :			19 April 2021
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):			20 April 2021
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)		Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights of issuervii
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	13.970%	N/A		13.970%	39,259,620
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	14.005%	N/A		14.005%

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached viii
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)		Number of voting rights ix					% of voting rights
		Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)		Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)			Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)		Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)
GB0005058408				5,484,730					13.970%
SUBTOTAL 8. A		5,484,730					13.970%
B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
Type of financial instrument		Expiration date x	Exercise/ Conversion Period xi			Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.			% of voting rights
			SUBTOTAL 8. B 1
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date x		Exercise/ Conversion Period xi		Physical or cash settlement xii			Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
					SUBTOTAL 8.B.2

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the applicable box with an “X”)
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuerxiii
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entityxiv (please add additional rows as necessary)				X
Name xv	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
Lazard Asset Management LLC	13.970%		13.970%
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder		N/A
The number and % of voting rights held
The date until which the voting rights will be held
11. Additional information xvi
Contact name: Legal & Compliance Department Contact telephone number: 0207 448 2069

Place of completion	Lazard Asset Management Limited
Date of completion	20 April, 2021

Contact name:	Sarah Beynsberger for and on behalf of BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited Company Secretary
Contact Telephone Number:	020 7743 2639
Date:	20 April 2021