Statement re Dividend exchange rate set

BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust plc

Dividend Exchange Rate Set

Please note that the exchange rate for the final dividend previously
announced on 24 February 2015 has been set at 1.472026, which will make the GBP
equivalent dividend payable 10.190037 pence per share (USD dividend 15.00 cents
per share) which is payable to shareholders on 6 May 2015 (to shareholders on
the register on 27 March 2015).

14 April 2015

A B Powley - Company Secretary
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