Transaction in Own Shares

8 May 2015

BlackRock North American Income Trust plc (the Company)

Transaction in own shares: purchase of own shares to be held in treasury

The Company announces that it has today purchased 250,000 of its Ordinary
Shares at a price of 114.00 pence per share to be held in treasury.

Following this purchase the issued share capital of the Company is 80,039,044
Ordinary shares, excluding 20,322,261 which are held in treasury.

For reporting purposes under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules the
market should exclude any shares held in treasury and should use the figure of
80,039,044 when determining if they are required to notify their interest in,
or a change to their interest in the Company.


All enquiries:
K V Higgins
Company Secretary
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited
Tel: [phone]