Transaction in Own Shares

11 March 2016

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 75,000 of its Ordinary Shares
at a price of 117.25 pence per share to be held in treasury.

Following this purchase the issued share capital of the Company is 72,249,044
Ordinary shares, excluding 28,112,261 shares which are held in treasury.

In conformity with the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules (the "Rules")
provision 5.5.1 the Company announces that shares held in treasury do not carry
any voting rights; 28.01% of the Company's total issued share capital
(100,361,305 Ordinary Shares, including treasury shares) is currently 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
72,249,044 when determining if they are required to notify their interest in,
or a change to their interest in the Company.

All enquiries:
A B Powley
Company Secretary
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited
Tel: [phone]