Net Asset Value(s)

NET ASSET VALUE

BLACKROCK LATIN AMERICAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

The unaudited net asset value for BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust plc
at close of business on 27 October 2009 was:

958.05c per share (US cents) - Capital only
586.42p per share (pence sterling) - Capital only
967.45c per share (US cents) - Including current year income
592.18p per share (pence sterling) - Including current year income
922.71c per share (US cents) - Capital only with convertible bond at fair value
564.79p per share (pence sterling) - Capital only with convertible bond at fair
value
931.51c per share (US cents) - Including current year income with convertible
bond at fair value
570.18p per share (pence sterling) - Including current year income with
convertible bond at fair value
951.63c per share (US cents) - Fully diluted for full conversion of bond and
with treasury shares not sold (USD) incl. income
582.49p per share (pence sterling) - Fully diluted for full conversion of bond
and with treasury shares not sold (pence) incl. income

Notes:

1. Investments have been valued on a bid price basis.

2. Revenue items included in net asset value, with dividends payable deducted
on the ex-dividend date.

3. Following the tender offer on 6 April 2009, 3,554,231 shares were tendered
and held in treasury and the cancellation of 400,000 shares held in treasury on
20 August 2009, the total number of shares now held in treasury is 3,554,231.
The number of shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) is 43,835,522.

4. For the latest daily net asset value, previous month end performance
statistics, asset allocation and ten largest holdings of the BlackRock managed
Investment Trusts; see BLRKINDEX on Reuters or page 8800 on ICB (Topic 3).

5. The treasury shares had no impact on the NAV as at 27 October 2009.
Therefore only the basic NAVs, the NAVs with the convertible bond at fair value
and the NAVs fully diluted for the full conversion of the convertible bonds
have been disclosed.