Total Voting Rights

1 Apr 2011 13:41

TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS BLACKROCK ABSOLUTE RETURN STRATEGIES LTD ("the Company")

In conformity with the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules ("the Rules"), the Company would like to notify the market of the following:

The Company's issued share capital consists of the following:

- 1,664,624 Euro denominated shares of no par value with 1.3 voting rights per share (excluding 251,789 Euro denominated shares held in treasury) - 2,191,620 US Dollar denominated shares of no par value with 1 voting right per share (excluding 282,481 US Dollar denominated shares held in treasury) - 9,424,259 Sterling denominated shares of no par value with 1.5 voting rights per share (excluding 1,642,526 treasury shares)

The total number of voting rights in the Company is therefore 18,492,020 (excluding treasury shares).

The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation 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 Rules.

Ian Websterfor BlackRock (Channel Islands) LimitedCompany SecretaryTel: 01534 600802

Date: 1 April 2011