Issue of Equity

SHARE ISSUANCE

BlackRock Commodities Income Investment Trust plc

The Company announces that today it issued 400,000 new ordinary shares of 1p
each for cash, at a price of 98 pence per share, a premium to the Company's net
asset value, under its ordinary share blocklisting facility. The new ordinary
shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares and dealings are
expected to commence on 13 November 2014.

Following this issue of shares, the number of ordinary shares that the Company
has in issue is 104,708,000. The total number of voting rights of the Company
is 104,708,000 and this figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator
for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to
notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company, under
the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Contact name for queries:

K V Higgins - BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited
11 November 2014

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