Total Voting Rights

1st Feb 2012 17:03

TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS BLACKROCK ABSOLUTE RETURN STRATEGIES LTD ("the Company")

In conformity with the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules ("the Rules"), the Company would like to notify the market of the following:

The Company's issued share capital consists of the following:

- 1,665,646 Euro denominated shares of no par value with 1.3 voting rights per share

- 1,727,243 US Dollar denominated shares of no par value with 1 voting right per share

- 9,702,237 Sterling denominated shares of no par value with 1.5 voting rights per share

The total number of voting rights in the Company is therefore 18,445,937.

The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation 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 Rules.

All enquiries:

Ian WebsterBlackRock (Channel Islands) Limited,Company SecretaryTel: 015 3460 0802Date: 1 February 2012

XLON

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