Annual Information Update

BLACKROCK COMMODITIES INCOME INVESTMENT TRUST plc ANNUAL INFORMATION UPDATE Annual Information Update for the period 26 February 2010 up to and including 4 March 2011. Pursuant to the requirements of Prospectus Rule 5.2 the following summarises the information that has been published or made available to the public by the Company. Please note that some of this information may be out of date. 1. Announcements via a Regulatory Information Service (RIS): (RIS Announcements can be viewed at or downloaded via the internet from http://dev.investegate.co.uk using EPIC code BRCI.) 1.1 Net Asset Values: As far as possible the Company has announced daily the net asset value per share as at the close of the previous business day. 1.2 Portfolio Update: 23 March 2010 26 April 2010 24 May 2010 18 June 2010 29 July 2010 5 August 2010 17 August 2010 14 September 2010 14 October 2010 15 November 2010 16 December 2010 21 January 2011 18 February 2011 1.3 Holdings in Company: 1 March 2010 1 April 2010 4 May 2010 x 2 1 June 2010 1 July 2010 15 July 2010 2 August 2010 1 September 2010 1 October 2010 4 October 2010 1 November 2010 3 November 2010 4 November 2010 x 2 5 November 2010 x 3 9 November 2010 23 November 2010 2 December 2010 5 January 2011 1 February 2011 1.4 Other Announcements: 26 February 2010 - Annual information update 16 March 2010 - Result of AGM / dividend declaration / interim management statement 30 March 2010 - Blocklisting - interim review 1 June 2010 - Compliance with model code 4 June 2010 - Transaction in own shares / total voting rights 21 June 2010 - Dividend declaration / tender offer 13 July 2010 - Directorate change 14 July 2010 - Half yearly financial report 23 July 2010 - Submission of documents 1 September 2010 - Issue of equity 14 September 2010 - Dividend declaration / interim management statement 27 September 2010 - Issue of equity 28 September 2010 - EGM statement 30 September 2010 - Admission to official list and to trading 1 October 2010 - C Share - investment of net proceeds / total voting rights 19 October 2010 - Dividend declaration / conversion of securities 1 November 2010 - Blocklisting - interim review 2 November 2010 - Total voting rights 10 November 2010 - Director/PDMR shareholding 1 December 2010 - Compliance with model code 2 December 2010 - Total voting rights 8 December 2010 - Dividend declaration 9 December 2010 - Statement re: tender offer 4 January 2011 - Total voting rights 7 January 2011 - Statement re: Michael Merton 20 January 2011 - Final results 31 January 2011 - Submission of documents 1 February 2011 - Total voting rights 1 March 2011 - Total voting rights 2. Documents Filed with the Registrar of Companies: Date Form Description 10 March 2010 AA Accounts 19 March 2010 CC04 Statement of Company's Objectives 19 March 2010 RES10 Resolutions 12 May 2010 RES10 Resolution 14 June 2010 SH04 Treasury capital 6 August 2010 CH01 Director's change of details - H.van der Klugt 6 August 2010 AP01 Director appointed - M.Merton 6 October 2010 RES01 Resolutions 6 October 2010 SH01 Statement of capital 30 November 2010 AR01 Annual return 3 December 2010 SH02 Sub division 3 December 2010 SH08 Notice of name/designation of share class 3 December 2010 SH06 Statement of capital 13 December 2010 CH01 Director's change of details - M.Merton 3. Printed Publications: The Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 30 November 2010 and the Half Yearly Report for the six months ended 31 May 2010 are available from the Company registered office, c/o of The Company Secretary, BlackRock Commodities Income Investment Trust plc, 33 King William Street, London EC4R 9AS or can be downloaded from www.blackrock.co.uk/its. Other sources of information: The Company's Ordinary shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange and the price of these shares is published in the Financial Times and the Times under `Investment Companies' and in the Daily Telegraph under "Investment Trusts". The share price is also available on the BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited website at www.blackrock.co.uk/its. Further information can be obtained from BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited as follows: Free investor helpline: 0800 445522 Email address: www.blackrock.co.uk/its. In addition, regular Factsheets on the Company are produced by BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited and can be downloaded from www.blackrock.co.uk/its. BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited Secretary 4 March 2011
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