Result of AGM

BlackRock Income Strategies Trust plc

Results of AGM

Following the Annual General Meeting which was held today, we are pleased to announce that all resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed, including ordinary resolution 12 and special resolutions 13, 14 and 15 under special business of the Company:

(Res. 12)  To grant the Directors authority to allot shares.
(Res. 13)  To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights.
(Res. 14)  To authorise the Directors to purchase the Company’s ordinary shares for cancellation or to be held in treasury.
(Res. 15)  To authorise the Directors to purchase up to a maximum 20% of the Company’s ordinary shares in issue at 2 December 2015 by means of a Tender Offer.

Under listing rule 9.6.2 a copy of the resolutions has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism, and will shortly be made available for inspection at:

www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

Proxy votes received in favour of the resolutions were as follows:
 

	FOR	AGAINST
Resolution 1	99.27%	0.73%
Resolution 2	98.17%	1.83%
Resolution 3	99.99%	0.01%
Resolution 4	99.18%	0.82%
Resolution 5	99.18%	0.82%
Resolution 6	99.16%	0.84%
Resolution 7	99.34%	0.66%
Resolution 8	98.98%	1.02%
Resolution 9	99.70%	0.30%
Resolution 10	98.65%	1.35%
Resolution 11	99.94%	0.06%
Resolution 12	99.59%	0.41%
Resolution 13	99.36%	0.64%
Resolution 14	99.57%	0.43%
Resolution 15	99.35%	0.65%

22 February 2016