THE NORTH AMERICAN INCOME TRUST PLC ("the Company")

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 5493007GCUW7G2BKY360

Information disclosed in accordance with paragraph LR 5.6.1A of the UKLA Listing Rules

PURCHASE OF OWN ORDINARY SHARES

On 20 June 2017, the Company purchased in the market 5,000 Ordinary shares for cancellation at a price of 1214.5 pence per share. Following this transaction, the Company's issued share capital comprises 28,496,004 Ordinary shares. This figure represents the total number of Ordinary Shares with voting rights and may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.