Result of AGM

BlackRock Income & Growth Investment Trust plc

Results of AGM

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 show of hands, including ordinary resolution 8 and special resolutions 9 and 10 under special business of the Company:

(Res. 8) To grant the Directors’ authority to allot shares

(Res. 9) To authorise the Directors to dissaply pre-emption rights in respect of issues of new shares or the sale of ordinary shares out of treasury.

(Res. 10) To authorise the Directors to purchase the Company’s ordinary shares for cancellation or to be held in treasury.

Under listing rule 9.6.2 a copy of the resolutions has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism, and will shortly be made available for inspection at:

www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

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

Resolution 1:  100.0%
Resolution 2:  99.47%
Resolution 3:  100.0%
Resolution 4:  100.0%
Resolution 5:  100.0%
Resolution 6:  99.98%
Resolution 7:  99.92%
Resolution 8:  99.38%
Resolution 9:  99.40%
Resolution 10: 99.40%

24 February 2016