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                          Carolan Dobson                                   
                                                                                       
    2   Reason for the notification                                                    
                                                                                       
    a)  Position/status                Non-Executive Director                          
                                                                                       
    b)  Initial notification/         Initial notification                             
        Amendment                                                                      
                                                                                       
    3   Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform,
        auctioneer or auction monitor                                                  
                                                                                       
    a)  Name                          BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust plc    
                                                                                       
    b)  LEI                           UK9OG5Q0CYUDFGRX4151                             
                                                                                       
    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 10c each (shares)             
        instrument, type of                                                            
        instrument                                                                     
                                                                                       
                                      GB0005058408                                     
        Identification code                                                            
                                                                                       
    b)  Nature of the transaction     Purchase of shares                               
                                                                                       
    c)  Price(s) and volume(s)        Price(s)                 Volume(s)               
                                                                                       
                                      £4.173                   4,792                   
                                                                                       
    d)  Aggregated information          n/a (single transaction - see above)           
                                                                                       
        - Aggregated volume                                                            
                                                                                       
        - Price                                                                        
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
    e)  Date of the transaction       2017-01-16                                       
                                                                                       
    f)  Place of the transaction      London Stock Exchange (XLON)