BERI Blackrock Energy And Resources Income Trust Plc

SHARE ISSUE

BlackRock Commodities Income Investment Trust plc

The Company announces that today it issued 450,000 new ordinary shares of 1p
each for cash, at a price of 88.5 pence per share, a premium to the Company's
net asset value, under its ordinary share blocklisting facility. The new
ordinary shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares and
dealings are expected to commence on 27 May 2015.

Following this issue of shares, the number of ordinary shares that the Company
has in issue is 108,008,000. The total number of voting rights of the Company
is 108,008,000 and 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 and Transparency Rules.

Contact name for queries:
K V Higgins - BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited
22 May 2015

Tel: 020 7743 1089