Portfolio Update

BLACKROCK NORTH AMERICAN INCOME TRUST plc All information is at30 September 2016 and unaudited. Performance at month end with net income reinvested

	One Month	Three Months	Six Months	One Year	Three Years	Since Launch (24 Oct 2012)
Net asset value	-0.2%	5.1%	17.9%	33.7%	55.4%	74.1%
Share price	3.1%	12.0%	22.9%	44.6%	47.8%	66.8%
Russell 1000 Value Index	0.6%	6.5%	19.7%	35.5%	64.6%	99.3%
Source: BlackRock

At month end
Net asset value – capital only:	148.02p
Net asset value – cum income:	149.93p
Share price:	145.50p
Discount to cum income NAV:	3.0%
Net yield*:	3.2%
Total assets including current year revenue:	£103.4m
Gearing:	Nil
Options overwrite:	17.87%
Ordinary shares in issue**:	68,949,044
Ongoing charges***:	1.24%

* Based on dividends of 1.20p per share declared on 3 August 2016 and 4 May 2016 and 1.10p per share declared on 18 February 2016 and 4 November 2015. ** Excluding 31,412,261 ordinary shares held in treasury.

*** 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 2015.

Benchmark
Sector Analysis	Total Assets (%)
Financials	24.8
Health Care	14.8
Industrials	12.0
Energy	11.3
Information Technology	9.2
Consumer Staples	7.3
Consumer Discretionary	6.0
Utilities	5.4
Materials	3.4
Telecommunication Services	2.3
Net current assets	3.5
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Country Analysis	Total Assets (%)
USA	89.3
United Kingdom	2.2
France	2.0
Canada	1.4
Netherlands	0.8
China	0.5
Ireland	0.3
Net current assets	3.5
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Ten Largest Investments
Company	Country of Risk	Total Assets (%)
Pfizer	USA	3.4
JPMorgan Chase	USA	3.2
Bank of America	USA	3.0
General Electric	USA	3.0
Wells Fargo	USA	2.5
Citigroup	USA	2.3
Merck	USA	2.2
Microsoft	USA	2.2
Occidental Petroleum	USA	2.0
Exxon Mobil	USA	1.9

Bob Shearer and Tony DeSpirito, representing the Investment Manager, noted:

Performance

For the one month period ended 30 September 2016, the Company’s NAV decreased by 0.2% while the share price increased by 3.1% (all on a total return basis in sterling).  The Company’s benchmark, the Russell 1000 Value Index, gained 0.6% for the period.  The largest contributor to relative performance during the month was stock selection in the health care sector.  Notably, an overweight to UnitedHealth Group and Quest Diagnostics in the health care providers & services industry proved to be beneficial. An underweight to the real estate sector also added to relative performance, as did stock selection in telecom services. Lastly, stock selection in financials contributed modestly to relative returns for the month. The largest detractor from relative performance was stock selection in the energy sector.  Notably, an overweight to Occidental Petroleum and not owning benchmark holding EOG Resources proved to be costly. Stock selection in the information technology and consumer discretionary sectors also dampened relative returns, as did stock selection in the industrials and consumer staples sectors. Notable stock-level detractors for the month included The Kroger Co., a grocery store operator, and Wells Fargo, a diversified U.S. bank. Transactions/Options Transactions: During the month of September we increased our allocation to the energy sector by adding to our positions in Hess Corporation and Suncor Energy. Conversely, we decreased our allocation to the tobacco industry by trimming our positions in Altria Group and Reynolds American Inc. Lastly, we trimmed our exposure to Home Depot and used the proceeds to increase our position in Publicis Groupe SA. Options:  As at 30 September 2016, the Company’s options exposure was 17.87% and the delta of the options was 90.07%.  Positioning The Company is currently overweight to the health care, industrials, consumer discretionary, financials, and materials sectors.  We are underweight to the real estate, energy, consumer staples, telecom, utilities, and information technology sectors.

18 October 2016

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