Result of GM

BlackRock American Income Trust plc (the "Company")

(LEI: 549300WWOCXSC241W468)

Results of General Meeting

On 27 August 2026, the Company published a shareholder circular incorporating a notice of general meeting (the " Circular ") to convene a general meeting to allow Shareholders to consider and, if thought fit, approve shareholder authorities to allot or sell out of treasury further Ordinary Shares on a non-pre-emptive basis, up to an aggregate amount equal to approximately 30 per cent. of the issued Ordinary Share capital of the Company (excluding Ordinary Shares held in treasury) as at close of business on 21 August 2026 (the " General Meeting "). 

Following the General Meeting which was held today, the Board is pleased to announce that all resolutions put to shareholders were passed on a vote on a poll, including special resolutions 4, 5 and 6.

Resolution	Votes For 1		Votes Against		Votes Withheld 2
	Number	% of votes cast	Number	% of votes cast	Number
Ordinary Resolutions
Resolution 1 - To authorise the Directors to allot Ordinary Shares	13,413,192	99.42	78,872	0.58	10,199
Resolution 2 - To authorise the Directors to allot additional Ordinary Shares	13,363,888	99.06	127,265	0.94	11,110
Resolution 3 - To authorise the Directors to allot additional Ordinary Shares	13,363,888	99.06	127,265	0.94	11,110
Special Resolutions
Resolution 4 - to disapply pre-emption rights in respect of issues of new Ordinary Shares pursuant to resolution 1 above or the sale of Ordinary Shares out of treasury	13,260,051	98.40	215,534	1.60	26,678
Resolution 5 - to disapply pre-emption rights in respect of issues of new Ordinary Shares pursuant to resolution 2 above or the sale of Ordinary Shares out of treasury	13,215,508	98.08	259,166	1.92	27,589
Resolution 6 - to disapply pre-emption rights in respect of issues of new Ordinary Shares pursuant to resolution 3 above or the sale of Ordinary Shares out of treasury	12,832,085	95.23	642,589	4.77	27,589

 

1   Includes discretionary votes

2   A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes 'in favour' or 'against' a resolution.

 Terms used and not defined in this announcement shall have the meanings given to them in the Circular.

Under UK Listing Rule 6.4.2 and UK Listing Rule 6.4.3, a copy of the resolutions passed at today's General Meeting has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism, and will shortly be made available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

Neither the NSM website nor the Company's website nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on those websites (or any other website) is (or is deemed to be) incorporated into, or forms (or is deemed to form) part of this announcement.  

 

14 September 2026

 

Enquiries

Cavendish Capital Markets Limited   Tunga Chigovanyika, Corporate Finance	020 7397 1915
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited Charles Kilner, Director, Closed End Funds	020 7743 3000