Annual Information Update

BLACKROCK LATIN AMERICAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

 

ANNUAL INFORMATION UPDATE

 

Annual Information Update for the period 2 April 2008 up to and including 23
March 2009.

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 Please note that some of this information may be out of date.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 BRLA.)          

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 (Performance at month end):

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    12 December 2008                                                  
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    22 October 2008                                                   
    23 September 2008                                                 
    27 August 2008                                                    
    25 July 2008         Correction                                   
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    25 June 2008                                                      
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    25 April 2008                                                     
    9 April 2008                                                      

1.3 Holdings in Company:

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    31 December 2008                                                  
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    3 November 2008      x2                                           
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    5 August 2008        x2                                           
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1.4 Director/PDMR Shareholding:

    18 March 2009                                                         
    17 October 2008                                                       
    2 October 2008       x2                                               
    17 September 2008                                                     
    28 April 2008        x2                                               

1.6 Other Announcements:

    23 March 2009        Tender Offer                                       
    26 February 2009     Doc Re: Submission of Documents                    
    18 February 2009     Final Results                                      
    29 January 2009      Tender Offer                                       
    2 January 2009       Compliance with Model Code                         
    12 November 2008     Interim Management Statement                       
    11 November 2008     Statement Re: Senior Independent Director          
    8 October 2008       Price Monitoring Extension                         
    29 August 2008       Total Voting Rights                                
    22 August 2008       Transaction in Own Shares                          
    15 August 2008       Doc Re: Submission of Documents                    
    5 August 2008        Half Yearly Report                                 
    25 July 2008         Tender Offer                                       
    17 July 2008         Portfolio Update (15%)                             
    1 July 2008          Compliance with Model Code                         
    13 May 2008          AGM Statement                                      
    2 May 2008           Portfolio Update (15%)                             
    28 April 2008        Change of Name                                     
    25 April 2008        Interim Management Statement                       
    22 April 2008        Doc Re: Results of General Meeting                 
    2 April 2008         Portfolio Update (15%)                             
    2 April 2008         Annual Information Update                          

2. Documents Filed with the Registrar of Companies:

    Date               Form          Description                            
                                                                            
    24 March 2009      363a          Annual Return 
    26 September 2008  169           Form                                   
    22 May 2008        RES01         Alteration to Mem & Arts               
    16 May 2008        RES09         Resolution disapplic of pre-empt rights
    25 April 2008      CERTNM        Change of Name                         
    7 April 2008       AA            Annual accounts                        

3. Printed Publications:

    The Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 30 November 2008
    and the Half Yearly Report for the six months ended 31 May 2008   
    are available from the Company registered office, c/o of The      
    Company Secretary, The Throgmorton 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

24 March 2009