Blackrock Lat A Regulatory News (BRLA)

BLACKROCK LATIN AMERICAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC - Holding(s) in Company

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London, October 17

TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES(1). Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached (ii): BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust plc(2). Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( X )An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: ( )An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments: ( )An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( )Other (please specify) : ( )(3). Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii): Lazard Asset Management LLC(4). Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv): Bank of New York – Global Custody Bank of New York – Dir Personal J.P. Morgan Chase - Swift Mellon Trust Northern Trust Co State Street Bank – Custodian – ETC State Street Bank – Master Tr – ETC State Street Bank – Custody Master Trust(5). Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different) (v): 14 October 2016(6). Date on which issuer notified: 17 October 2016(7). Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Decrease from 13% to 12%(8). Notified details:A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii) (ix)Class/type of shares (if possible using the ISIN code): GB0005058408Situation previous to the triggering transaction(vi): Number of Shares: Number of Voting rights(viii): 5,190,542Resulting situation after the triggering transaction(vii): Number of shares: Direct: Number of voting rights (ix): Direct (x): Indirect (xi): 5,110,542% of voting rights(x): Direct: Indirect: 12.981%B. Qualifying Financial InstrumentsResulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii):Type of financial instrument: Expiration date (xiii): Exercise/Conversion Period/Date (xiv): Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted: % of voting rights: C. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Instruments (xv), (xvi)Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:Type of financial instrument: Exercise Price:Expiration date (xvii): Exercise/Conversion Period/Date (xviii): Number of voting rights instrument refers to: % of voting rights (xix) (xx): 

Nominal:Delta:Total (A + B + C):Number of voting rights: 5,110,542% of voting rights: 12.981%(9). Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):Lazard Asset Management LLC controls all the voting rights held of this issuer.Proxy Voting:(10). Name of the proxy holder:N/A(11). Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:(12). Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:(13). Additional information:(14). Contact name: Barbara Powley For BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited Secretary(15). Contact telephone number: 020 7743 561017 October 2016