BlackRock Income Trust

NYSE:BKTUnited States

BlackRock Income Trust, Inc. (the Fund) is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund's investment objective is to manage a portfolio of high-quality securities to achieve both preservation of capital and high monthly income. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 65% of its assets in mortgage-backed securities. The Fund invests at least 80% of its assets in securities that are issued or guaranteed by the United States government or one of its agencies or instrumentalities or rated at the time of investment. The Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives. The Fund invests in a range of sectors, including agency mortgages, United States government-related, securitized products, cash and/or derivatives and others. The Fund's investment adviser is BlackRock Advisors, LLC. The Fund's sub adviser is BlackRock International Limited.

Contact Information

Headquarters

MUTUAL FUND DEPARTMENT 100 BELLEVUE PARKWAYWILMINGTON, DE, United States 19809

Phone

800-882-0052

Fax

---

Executives

President, Chief Executive Officer, Trustee

John Perlowski

Chief Financial Officer

Trent Walker

Chief Compliance Officer

Charles Park

Vice President

Jonathan Diorio

Treasurer

Jay Fife