Portfolio Update

BLACKROCK NORTH AMERICAN INCOME TRUST plc All information is at 30 November 2014 and unaudited. Performance at month end with net income reinvested One Three Six Since Month months months launch (24 Oct 2012) Net asset value 3.4% 8.1% 11.7% 35.4% Share price 5.6% 9.0% 10.6% 26.0% Russell 1000 Value Index 4.3% 8.4% 14.5% 55.3% Source: BlackRock At month end Net asset value - capital only: 123.21p Net asset value - cum income: 123.91p Share price: 117.25p Discount to cum income NAV: 5.4% Net yield*: 3.4% Total assets including current year revenue: £124.4m Target yield: 4.0p Gearing: 0.3% Options overwrite: 19.03% Ordinary shares in issue: 100,361,305 Ongoing charges**: 1.3% *Based on dividends of 1p per share each declared on 13 February 2014, 14 May 2014, 13 August 2014 and 6 November 2014. ** Ongoing charges represent the management fee and all other operating expenses excluding interest as a % of average shareholders' funds for the year ended 31 October 2014. Benchmark Sector Analysis Total Assets (%) Financials 27.0 Industrials 15.2 Health Care 10.7 Energy 9.4 Consumer Discretionary 9.3 Information Technology 7.6 Consumer Staples 7.6 Utilities 5.9 Materials 5.4 Telecommunication Services 2.2 Net current liabilities (0.3) ----- 100.0 ===== Country Analysis Total Assets (%) USA 96.3 France 1.2 Canada 1.1 United Kingdom 1.0 Australia 0.5 Netherlands 0.2 Net current liabilities (0.3) ----- 100.0 ===== Ten Largest Investments Company Country of Risk % of Total Assets Wells Fargo USA 3.8 JPMorgan Chase USA 3.4 Comcast USA 3.0 General Electric USA 2.7 Home Depot USA 2.7 Microsoft USA 2.4 Merck USA 2.3 Pfizer USA 2.3 Chevron USA 2.2 Raytheon USA 2.2 Bob Shearer and Tony De Spirito, representing the Investment Manager, noted: Performance For the one month period ended 30 November 2014, the Company's NAV increased by 3.4% while the share price increased by 5.6% (all returns in sterling terms and on a total return basis). The Company's benchmark, the Russell 1000 Value Index, increased by 4.3% for the period. The largest contributor to relative performance was a combination of stock selection and an underweight to the energy sector, as our large cap posture and underweight to the oil services and exploration & production industries proved to be beneficial. Stock selection in utilities and industrials also added modestly to relative performance for the period. The largest detractor from relative performance for the month was stock selection in the information technology sector. Specifically, our ownership of non-benchmark holding Qualcomm and not owning benchmark holdings such as Cisco Systems, Yahoo and Hewlett-Packard dragged on relative returns. Stock selection in consumer discretionary also hurt relative returns for the period, as benchmark automobile manufacturers benefited from lower crude oil prices and benchmark retailer Target rallied after exceeding third quarter earnings expectations. Lastly, stock selection in consumer staples and financials also detracted from relative performance for the month. Transactions/Options Transactions: In November we increased our exposure to Procter & Gamble and conversely reduced our position in Unilever. Other portfolio transactions during the month included selling out of Mattel and trimming our position in BHP Billiton. Overall sector allocations remained generally unchanged for the month, with a reduction to our energy weighting resulting from the broad sell-off in the sector amid falling crude oil prices. As at 30 November 2014, the Company's options exposure was 19.3% and the delta of the options was 88.8%. Positioning The Company is currently overweight to the industrials, materials and consumer discretionary sectors and market weight in consumer staples and telecommunication services. We are underweight to the health care, financials information technology, energy and utilities sectors. Despite relative underweights to financials and information technology, we have increased our exposure to these segments in recent months given stronger fundamentals, the potential for dividend growth, and attractive valuations. 17 December 2014 Latest information is available by typing blackrock.co.uk/brna on the internet, "BLRKINDEX" on Reuters, "BLRK" on Bloomberg or "8800" on Topic 3 (ICV terminal). Neither the contents of the Manager's website nor the contents of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Manager's website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.
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