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BlackRock American Income Trust plc sold 80,000 Ordinary Shares from its Treasury on 21 August 2026 at a price of 278.00 pence per share. This action resulted in 26,256,167 Ordinary Shares remaining in Treasury, with 69,105,138 Ordinary Shares in issue and an equal number of total voting rights, effective from 25 August 2026.
Disseminated via PRN on 21 August 2026
BlackRock American Income Trust plc (“Company”)
LEI – 549300WWOCXSC241W468
Issue of Equity
The Company announces that 80,000 Ordinary Shares were today sold by the Company from the shares held in Treasury at a price of 278.00 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 26,256,167. 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 69,105,138. With effect from 25 August 2026 the total number of voting rights of the Company will be 69,105,138. 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: 0207 743 1098
21 August 2026
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