BlackRock Income and Growth Investment Trust Plc - Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

1. Issuer Details

ISIN

GB0030961691

Issuer Name

BLACKROCK INCOME AND GROWTH INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

UK or Non-UK Issuer

UK

2. Reason for Notification

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name

Dowgate Group Limited

City of registered office (if applicable)

London

Country of registered office (if applicable)

UK

4. Details of the shareholder

 __________________________________________________________________________
|Name                      |City of registered office|Country of registered|
|                          |                         |office               |
|__________________________|_________________________|_____________________|
|Bank of New York Mellon on|                         |                     |
|behalf                    |                         |                     |
|                          |                         |                     |
|of Dowgate Capital Limited|                         |                     |
|(Discretionary)           |                         |                     |
|__________________________|_________________________|_____________________|


5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

29-Jul-2024

6. Date on which Issuer notified

01-Aug-2024

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

 _____________________________________________________________________________
|               |               |% of voting    |             |               |
|               |% of voting    |rights through |Total of both|Total number of|
|.              |rights attached|financial      |in % (8.A +  |voting rights  |
|               |to shares      |instruments    |8.B)         |held in issuer |
|               |(total of 8.A) |(total of 8.B 1|             |               |
|               |               |+ 8.B 2)       |             |               |
|_______________|_______________|_______________|_____________|_______________|
|Resulting      |               |               |             |               |
|situation on   |               |               |             |               |
|the date on    |6.560000       |0.000000       |6.560000     |1306539        |
|which threshold|               |               |             |               |
|was crossed or |               |               |             |               |
|reached        |               |               |             |               |
|_______________|_______________|_______________|_____________|_______________|
|Position of    |               |               |             |               |
|previous       |5.093400       |0.000000       |5.093400     |               |
|notification   |               |               |             |               |
|(if applicable)|               |               |             |               |
|_______________|_______________|_______________|_____________|_______________|


8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

8A. Voting rights attached to shares

 _____________________________________________________________________________
|Class/Type of   |Number of direct|Number of      |% of direct  |% of indirect|
|shares ISIN code|voting rights   |indirect voting|voting rights|voting rights|
|(if possible)   |(DTR5.1)        |rights         |(DTR5.1)     |(DTR5.2.1)   |
|                |                |(DTR5.2.1)     |             |             |
|________________|________________|_______________|_____________|_____________|
|GB0030961691    |1306539         |               |6.560000     |             |
|________________|________________|_______________|_____________|_____________|
|Sub             |                                |                           |
|                |1306539                         |6.560000%                  |
|Total 8.A       |                                |                           |
|________________|________________________________|___________________________|


8B1. Financial Instruments according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (a))

 ______________________________________________________________________________
|          |               |                   |Number of voting   |           |
|Type of   |               |Exercise/conversion|rights that may be |% of voting|
|financial |Expiration date|period             |acquired if the    |rights     |
|instrument|               |                   |instrument is      |           |
|          |               |                   |exercised/converted|           |
|__________|_______________|___________________|___________________|___________|
|Sub       |                                   |                   |           |
|          |                                   |                   |           |
|Total 8.B1|                                   |                   |           |
|__________|___________________________________|___________________|___________|


8B2. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (b))

 ___________________________________________________________________________
|Type of   |Expiration|Exercise/conversion|Physical or|Number of|% of voting|
|financial |date      |period             |cash       |voting   |rights     |
|instrument|          |                   |settlement |rights   |           |
|__________|__________|___________________|___________|_________|___________|
|Sub       |                                          |         |           |
|          |                                          |         |           |
|Total 8.B2|                                          |         |           |
|__________|__________________________________________|_________|___________|


9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation

2. Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entities (please add additional rows as necessary)

 ______________________________________________________________________________
|             |               |               |% of voting    |                |
|             |               |% of voting    |rights through |Total of both if|
|Ultimate     |Name of        |rights if it   |financial      |it equals or is |
|controlling  |controlled     |equals or is   |instruments if |higher than the |
|person       |undertaking    |higher than the|it equals or is|notifiable      |
|             |               |notifiable     |higher than the|threshold       |
|             |               |threshold      |notifiable     |                |
|             |               |               |threshold      |                |
|_____________|_______________|_______________|_______________|________________|
|Dowgate Group|Dowgate Capital|6.560000       |               |                |
|Limited      |Limited        |               |               |                |
|_____________|_______________|_______________|_______________|________________|


10. In case of proxy voting

Name of the proxy holder

 

The number and % of voting rights held

 

The date until which the voting rights will be held

 

11. Additional Information

Client transferred in.

12. Date of Completion

01-Aug-2024

13. Place Of Completion

UK                                                

 

 

Contact name: Kevin Mayger

For and on behalf of BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited

Company Secretary

Telephone Number:   0207 743 1098

 

Date:     01 August 2024