Result of AGM

BlackRock North American Income Trust plc

Results of AGM

Following the Annual General Meeting which was held today, we are pleased to announce that all resolutions put to shareholders were passed on a vote on a show of hands, including ordinary resolutions 7, 8 and 9 and special resolutions 10 and 11 under special business of the Company:

7.  To resolve that the Company continue in being as an investment trust.

8.  To amend the Company’s investment policy.

9.  To grant the Directors authority to allot shares.

10. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights in respect of issues of new ordinary shares or the sale of ordinary shares out of treasury.

11. To authorise the Directors to purchase the Company’s ordinary shares for cancellation or to be held in treasury.

Under listing rule 9.6.2 a copy of the resolutions has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism, and will shortly be made available for inspection at:

www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

Proxy votes received in favour of the resolutions were as follows:

Resolution 1:  100.0%
Resolution 2:  99.96%
Resolution 3:  100.0%
Resolution 4:  100.0%
Resolution 5:  99.99%
Resolution 6:  100.0%
Resolution 7:  100.0%
Resolution 8:  99.87%
Resolution 9:  100.0%
Resolution 10: 99.91%
Resolution 11: 99.98%

18 February 2016