You want to include America in your Snowball.

There has been years of under performance but you note the recent performance.

You decided not to risk anymore seed capital but simply re-invest the earned dividends back into the Trust. Anyone who bought near to the covid low around 120p and re-invested the dividends has done extremely well, for sitting.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUARTERLY INTERIM DIVIDEND

3 August 2026

The Board of BlackRock American Income Trust plc is pleased to announce the third quarterly interim dividend in respect of the financial year ended 31 October 2026 of 4.15 pence per ordinary share. The dividend is payable on 11 September 2026 > to holders of ordinary shares on the register at the close of business on 14 August 2026 (ex-dividend date is 13 August 2026). The quarterly dividend has been calculated based on 1.5% of the Company’s NAV at close of business on 31 July 2026 (being the last business day of the calendar quarter) which was 276.96 pence per ordinary share.

BRAI now pays a yield of 6% of NAV, from income and capital. If/when the NAV falls the dividend will follow but in the long term it should be a gently rising yield.