Results of General Meeting

BlackRock North American Income Trust plc

LEI:  549300WWOCXSC241W468

Results of General Meeting

28 August 2019

Following a General Meeting which was held today, the Board of BlackRock North American Income Trust plc is pleased to announce that the two resolutions put to shareholders were passed.

Resolution 1 - To grant the Directors authority to allot ordinary shares.

Resolution 1 was an ordinary resolution and was passed on a show of hands:
 

The proxy voting results in relation to Resolution 1 were as follows:

Votes For & Discretionary:     10,361,918      (99.92%)

Votes Against:                                 8,190        (0.08%)

Votes Withheld:                                     0             (0%)

Resolution 2 - To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights in respect of Resolution 1.

Resolution 2 was a special resolution and was passed on a vote on a show of hands:

The proxy voting results in relation to Resolution 2 were as follows:

Votes For & Discretionary:     10,213,640      (98.49%)

Votes Against:                             156,468        (1.51%)

Votes Withheld:                                     0             (0%)

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:

www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.do
 

Enquiries:

Simon White/Caroline Driscoll
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited
Tel: [phone]