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 resolution 8 and special resolutions 9, 10,
11 and 12 under special business of the Company:

8. To grant the Directors authority to allot shares.

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

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

11. To authorise the Directors to purchase up to a maximum 20% of the Company's
ordinary shares in issue as at 31 July 2015 by means of a tender offer.

12. To authorise the Directors to purchase up to a maximum 20% of the Company's
ordinary shares in issue as at 31 January 2016 by means of a tender offer.

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:  99.97%
Resolution 3:  100.0%
Resolution 4:  100.0%
Resolution 5:  100.0%
Resolution 6:  100.0%
Resolution 7:  100.0%
Resolution 8:  99.92%
Resolution 9:  99.87%
Resolution 10: 99.91%
Resolution 11: 99.80%
Resolution 12: 99.80%

12 February 2015