Dividend Declaration

BLACKROCK NORTH AMERICAN INCOME TRUST PLC

ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUARTERLY INTERIM DIVIDEND

6 August 2014

The Board of BlackRock North American Income Trust plc is pleased to announce
that the third 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 October 2014 to holders of ordinary shares on the
register at the close of business on 15 August 2014 (ex-dividend date is 13
August 2014).

Enquiries:

Caroline Driscoll
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited, Secretary
Telephone: [phone]