SHARE ISSUE

    BlackRock Commodities Income Investment Trust plc

    The Company announces that today it issued 250,000 new ordinary shares of 1p
    each for cash, at a price of 53.80 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.

    Following this issue of shares, the number of ordinary shares that the Company
    has in issue is 115,818,000.  The total number of voting rights of the Company
    is 115,818,000 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
    Tel: 020 7743 1089

    7 January 2016