Issue of Equity

BlackRock Throgmorton Trust plc (“Company”)

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Issue of Equity

The Company announces that 66,172 Ordinary shares of 5p each were today sold by the Company from the shares held in Treasury at a price of 692.2243 pence per share which represented a premium to net asset value.

The resultant total number of Ordinary shares held in Treasury by the Company is 3,223,631. The number of ordinary shares that the Company has in issue, less the total number of ordinary shares held by the Company in Treasury following this sale, is 77,306,695. With effect from 16 January 2020 the total number of voting rights of the Company will be 77,306,695. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company, under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Contact name for queries:

Kevin Mayger
for and on behalf of
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited
Company Secretary
Tel: [phone]

14 January 2020