Blackrock Energy & Resources Income Trust PLC

Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement • Feb 10, 2023

BlackRock Energy and Resources Income Trust plc

AGM Admission Card

Please bring this card with you when you come to the meeting.

This card shows that you are entitled to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting of BlackRock Energy and Resources Income Trust plc, which will be held at the offices of BlackRock at 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2DL at 12.00 noon on Monday, 13 March 2023.

Shareholder Reference Number

The Annual Report can be viewed on:

www.blackrock.com/uk/individual/literature/annual-report/blackrock-energy-and-resources-income-trustplc-annual-report.pdf

Form of Proxy – Annual General Meeting to be held on 13 March 2023

Kindly Note: This form is issued only to the addressee(s) and is specific to the unique designated account printed hereon. This personalised form is not transferable between different (i) account holders; or (ii) uniquely designated accounts. The Company and Computershare Investor Services PLC accept no liability for any instruction that does not comply with these conditions.

Explanatory Notes:

• 1. Please indicate with an "X" in the appropriate box how you wish to vote. If no direction is given, the proxy will vote or abstain from voting as he or she thinks fit. On any motion to amend a resolution, to propose a new resolution, to adjourn the Annual General Meeting and on any other motion put to the Annual General Meeting, the proxy will act at his/her discretion.
• 2. You can submit your proxy electronically at www.eproxyappointment.com by entering the control number, your PIN and SRN printed below. The latest date for the submission of proxy votes electronically is 12.00 noon on 9 March 2023 (excluding non-working days).
• 3. To appoint one or more proxies or to give an instruction to a proxy (whether previously appointed or otherwise) via a designated voting platform, any such messages must be received by the issuer's agent prior to the specified deadline within the relevant system. For this purpose, the time of receipt will be taken to be the time (as determined by the timestamp generated by the relevant designated voting platform) from which the issuer's agent is able to retrieve the message. The Company may treat as invalid a proxy appointment sent via a designated voting platform in the circumstances set out in Regulation 35(5)(a) of the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001.
• 4. To be valid, this form of proxy must be received by the registrar no later than 12.00 noon on 9 March 2023. Please return to Computershare in the business reply paid envelope provided.
• 5. In the case of a corporation this form of proxy should be given under its common seal or signed on its behalf by an attorney or a duly authorised officer.
• 6. In the case of joint holders the vote of the senior who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, will be accepted to the exclusion of the other joint holders. For this purpose, seniority is determined by the order in which the names stand in the register of members in respect of the holding.
• 7. Shareholders have the right to appoint some other person(s) of their choice, who need not be a member of the Company, as his/her proxy to exercise all or any of his/her rights to attend, speak and vote on their behalf at the Annual General

Meeting. If you wish to appoint a person other than the Chairman, please insert the name of your chosen proxy holder in the space provided (see reverse).

• If the proxy is being appointed in relation to less than your full voting entitlement, please enter in the box next to the proxy holder's name (see reverse) the number of shares in relation to which they are authorised to act as your proxy. If left blank your proxy will be deemed to be authorised in respect of your full voting entitlement, (or if this proxy form has been issued in respect of a designated account for a shareholder, the full voting entitlement for that designated account).
• 8. To appoint more than one proxy, (an) additional proxy form(s) may be obtained by contacting the Registrar's helpline on 0370 707 1476 or you may photocopy the reverse of this form. Please indicate in the box next to the proxy holder's name (see reverse) the number of shares in relation to which they are authorised to act as your proxy. Please also indicate by ticking the box provided if the proxy instruction is one of multiple instructions being given. All forms must be signed and returned together in the same envelope.
• 9. Pursuant to Regulation 41 of the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001, entitlement to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting and the number of votes which may be cast thereat will be determined by reference to the Register of Members of the Company at close of business on the day which is two days before the day of the Annual General Meeting. Changes to entries on the Register of Members after that time shall be disregarded in determining the rights of any person to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting.
• 10. Appointment of a proxy does not prevent a member from attending and voting in person should he or she so wish.
• 11. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and will not be counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution.

To be valid, all votes must be lodged at the office of the Company's registrars at: Computershare Investor Services PLC, The Pavilions, Bridgwater Road, Bristol BS99 6ZY by 12 noon on 9 March 2023
	To lodge a vote using the internet go to the following website

Control Number: 918271

SRN. PIN.

go to the following website www.eproxyappointment.com You will be asked to enter the Control Number, the Shareholder Reference Number (SRN) and PIN as printed opposite and agree to certain terms and conditions.

Registered in England & Wales No 3498808. Registered Office The Pavilions, Bridgwater Road, Bristol BS13 8AE Computershare Investor Services PLC is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

Form of Proxy

Please read the Notice of Annual General Meeting (in the Annual Report) before completing this form. The Annual Report can be viewed on: www.blackrock.com/uk/individual/literature/annual-report/blackrock-energy-and-resources-income-trust-plc-annual-report.pdf I/We hereby appoint the Chairman of the Annual General Meeting OR the following person

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Please use a black pen. Mark with an X inside the box as shown in this example. 7

Please leave this box blank if you have selected the Chairman. Do not insert your own name(s). Please refer to note 7 (see overleaf). as my/our proxy to exercise all or any of my/our rights to attend, speak and vote in respect of my/our voting entitlement* on my/our behalf at the Annual General Meeting of BlackRock Energy and Resources Income Trust plc to be held at 12.00 noon on Monday 13 March 2023 and at any adjournment thereof. I/We hereby authorise and instruct my/our said proxy to vote on the resolutions to be proposed at such Annual General Meeting as indicated below (see note 1 overleaf).

Please tick here if this proxy appointment is one of multiple appointments being made.* *For the appointment of more than one proxy, please refer to note 8 (see overleaf).

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Ordinary Resolutions: Vote

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	For	Against withheld
1. To receive the report of the Directors and the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 November 2022, together with the report of the Auditor thereon
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 November 2022
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy
4. To approve the Company's dividend policy
5. To re-elect Dr Bell as a Director
6. To re-elect Mr Brown as a Director
7. To re-elect Mr Robson as a Director
8. To re-elect Mrs Ferguson as a Director
9. To reappoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor to the Company
10. To authorise the Audit and Management Engagement Committee to determine the Auditor's remuneration.
11. To grant the Directors authority to allot shares
12. To grant the Directors further authority to allot shares

Special Resolutions:

13. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights in respect of resolution 11
14. To authorise Directors to disapply pre-emption rights in respect of resolution 12
15. To authorise the Directors to purchase the Company's ordinary shares for cancellation or to be held in treasury
16. To authorise the Directors to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice

I/We instruct my/our proxy to vote on the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting as indicated on this form. Unless otherwise instructed the proxy may vote as he or she sees fit or abstain in relation to any business of the Annual General Meeting.

DD / M / YY

I/We wish to attend the Annual General Meeting

(Please tick if you wish to attend)

Signature Date

In the case of a corporation, this proxy must be given under its common seal or be signed on its behalf by an attorney or officer duly authorised, stating their capacity (e.g. director, secretary).