Result of AGM

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BlackRock American Income Trust plc announced that all resolutions presented at its Annual General Meeting were passed by shareholders on a poll. Key resolutions approved include granting directors authority to allot shares, disapply pre-emption rights, and purchase the company's ordinary shares for cancellation or treasury. Resolution 11, concerning share allotment, received 11,180,132 votes in favour (99.22%), while resolutions 12 and 13, related to pre-emption rights and share purchases respectively, saw strong support with 98.66% and 98.63% of votes cast in favour. Resolution 14, shortening the notice period for general meetings to 14 clear days, was also overwhelmingly approved with 11,251,917 votes for (99.82%).

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BlackRock American Income Trust plc (LEI: 549300WWOCXSC241W468)

Results of Annual General Meeting

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 poll, including ordinary resolution 11 and special resolutions 12 to 14 under special business of the Company:

Resolution 11. To grant the Directors authority to allot shares.

Resolution 12. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights in respect of issues of new ordinary shares or the sale of ordinary shares out of treasury.

Resolution 13. To authorise the Directors to purchase the Company’s ordinary shares for cancellation or to be held in treasury.

Resolution 14. That, the period of notice required for general meetings of the Company (other than Annual General Meetings) shall be not less than 14 clear days’ notice.

In accordance with listing rule 6.4.2, a copy of the resolutions has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism, and will shortly be made available for inspection at:

https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

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

	For & Discretionary	%	Votes Against	%	Votes Withheld

Resolution 1	11,265,457	99.94%	6,645	0.06%	38,932
Resolution 2	11,173,938	99.58%	47,510	0.42%	89,586
Resolution 3	11,147,281	99.54%	51,510	0.46%	112,243
Resolution 4	11,265,516	99.94%	6,645	0.06%	38,873
Resolution 5	10,910,053	96.81%	359,352	3.19%	41,629
Resolution 6	10,871,566	96.47%	397,839	3.53%	41,629
Resolution 7	10,889,113	96.63%	380,292	3.37%	41,629
Resolution 8	11,224,615	99.62%	43,227	0.38%	43,192
Resolution 9	11,177,625	99.23%	86,776	0.77%	46,633
Resolution 10	11,222,819	99.65%	39,582	0.35%	48,633
Resolution 11	11,180,132	99.22%	87,783	0.78%	43,119
Resolution 12	11,111,943	98.66%	150,766	1.34%	48,325
Resolution 13	11,114,177	98.63%	153,984	1.37%	42,873
Resolution 14	11,251,917	99.82%	19,939	0.18%	39,178