Dividend Declaration

BLACKROCK NORTH AMERICAN INCOME TRUST PLC

ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUARTERLY INTERIM DIVIDEND

14 May 2014

The Board of BlackRock North American Income Trust plc is pleased to announce
that the second quarterly interim dividend in respect of the financial year
ending 31 October 2014 of 1.0p per ordinary share has been declared by the
Directors, payable on 2 July 2014 to holders of ordinary shares on the register
at the close of business on 23 May 2014 (ex-dividend date is 21 May 2014).

Enquiries:

Caroline Driscoll
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited, Secretary

Telephone: [phone]