Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging
managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person
closely associated
a) Name James Long
2 Reason for the notification
a) Position/status Chairman
b) Initial notification/ Initial notification
Amendment
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance e market participant, auction
platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a) Name BlackRock Income Strategies Trust plc
b) LEI 2138003QINEGCHYGW702
4 Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of
instrument;
(ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where
transactions have been conducted
a) Description of the financial Ordinary shares of 25p each (shares)
instrument, type of
instrument
GB0001297562
Identification code
b) Nature of the transaction Dividend reinvestment
c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
£1.1147 562
d) Aggregated information n/a (single transaction - see above)
- Aggregated volume
- Price
e) Date of the transaction 2016-10-12
f) Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange (XLON)