Statement re Dividend Exchange Rate Set

BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust plc

Dividend Exchange Rate Set

Please note that the exchange rate for the interim dividend previously announced on 9 September 2016 has been set at 1.21982, which will make the GBP equivalent dividend payable 4.918758 pence per share (USD dividend 6.00 cents per share) which is payable to shareholders on 28 October 2016 (to shareholders on the register on 23 September 2016).

13 October 2016

Caroline Driscoll – Company Secretary
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