Result of AGM

BlackRock North American Income Trust plc (LEI: 549300WWOCXSC241W468)

Results of Annual General Meeting

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 resolutions 10 and 11 and special resolutions 12 and 13 under special business of the Company:

Resolution 10.  That the Company shall continue in being as an investment trust.

Resolution 11.  To grant the Directors authority to allot shares.

Resolution 12.  To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights in respect of issues of new ordinary shares or the sale of ordinary shares out of treasury.

Resolution 13.  To authorise the Directors to purchase the Company’s ordinary shares for cancellation or to be held in treasury.

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:

http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

Proxy votes received in favour of the resolutions were as follows:

	For & Discretionary	%	Votes Against	%	Votes Withheld
Resolution 1	17,864,591	100.00	0	0.00	4,157
Resolution 2	17,822,252	99.78	39,114	0.22	7,382
Resolution 3	17,829,546	100.00	0	0.00	39,202
Resolution 4	17,791,691	99.61	69,675	0.39	7,382
Resolution 5	17,850,173	99.94	11,193	0.06	7,382
Resolution 6	17,851,366	99.94	10,000	0.06	7,382
Resolution 7	17,851,366	99.94	10,000	0.06	7,382
Resolution 8	17,814,748	99.72	49,843	0.28	4,157
Resolution 9	17,828,997	99.80	35,045	0.20	4,706
Resolution 10	17,819,546	99.75	45,045	0.25	4,157
Resolution 11	17,828,997	99.80	35,045	0.20	4,706
Resolution 12	17,754,047	99.38	109,995	0.62	4,706
Resolution 13	17,808,890	99.69	55,701	0.31	4,157

5 March 2019