Statement re Change of Depositary

BlackRock North American Income Trust Plc - Statement re Change of Depositary

PR Newswire

London, November 1

BLACKROCK NORTH AMERICAN INCOME TRUST PLC

(LEI: 549300WWOCXSC241W468)

The European Union Alternative Investment Fund Managers’ Directive which came into effect in July 2014, required BlackRock North American Income Trust plc (‘the Company’) to appoint a Depositary to perform certain functions. Consequently the Company appointed BNY Mellon Trust & Depositary (UK) Limited to act as the Company’s Depositary on 2 July 2014.The Company now announces that with effect from 1 November 2017, the role of the Depositary will be transferred from BNY Mellon Trust & Depositary (UK) Limited to its indirect parent company, The Bank of New York Mellon (International) Limited due to a streamlining of the legal structure of The Bank of New York Mellon.Contact:Caroline DriscollCompany SecretaryBlackRock Investment Management (UK) LimitedDate: 1 November 2017