Lloyds Banking Group Regulatory News (LLOY)

TR-1i: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARESⁱ

1.         Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:ⁱⁱ

The North American Income Trust plc

2.         Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: Yes

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: No

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments: No

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: No

Other: No

3.         Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ

Lloyds Banking Group plc

4.         Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): ^iv

See Section 9

5.         Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or  reached: ^v

18 June 2012

6.         Date on which issuer notified:

19 June 2012

7.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}

Indirect holdings increased to above 6%

8.         Notified details:

n/a

A: Voting rights attached to shares ^{viii, ix}

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments ^{xv, xvi}

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Total (A+B+C)

9.         Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable ^(xv):

1,962,557 shares (6.235%) are under the control of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc.

Proxy Voting:

10.       Name of the proxy holder:

            n/a

11.       Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

            n/a

12.       Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

            n/a

13.       Additional information:

Notification using the Total Voting Rights figure of 31,478,582

14.       Contact name:

Valerie Mackenzie, Aberdeen Asset Managers Ltd

15.       Contact telephone number:

            0131 528 4136