Today, BlackRock Resources & Commodities Strategy Trust
(NYSE: BCX), BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust (NYSE: BDJ),
BlackRock Energy and Resources Trust (NYSE: BGR), BlackRock
Enhanced International Dividend Trust (NYSE: BGY), BlackRock Health
Sciences Trust (NYSE: BME), BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust
(NYSE: BMEZ), BlackRock Enhanced Global Dividend Trust (NYSE: BOE),
BlackRock Utilities, Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust
(NYSE: BUI), BlackRock Enhanced Capital and Income Fund, Inc.
(NYSE: CII), BlackRock Science and Technology Trust (NYSE: BST),
BlackRock Science and Technology Term Trust (NYSE: BSTZ), BlackRock
Innovation and Growth Term Trust (NYSE: BIGZ), BlackRock Capital
Allocation Term Trust (NYSE: BCAT), and BlackRock ESG Capital
Allocation Term Trust (NYSE: ECAT) (collectively, the “Funds”) paid
the following distributions per share:
Fund
Pay Date
Per Share
BCX
August 30, 2024
$0.051800
BDJ
August 30, 2024
$0.056200
BGR
August 30, 2024
$0.065700
BGY
August 30, 2024
$0.033800
BME
August 30, 2024
$0.213000
BMEZ
August 30, 2024
$0.176410
BOE
August 30, 2024
$0.063000
BUI
August 30, 2024
$0.121000
CII
August 30, 2024
$0.099500
BST
August 30, 2024
$0.250000
BSTZ
August 30, 2024
$0.214050
BIGZ
August 30, 2024
$0.087630
BCAT
August 30, 2024
$0.286990
ECAT
August 30, 2024
$0.300330
Each of the Funds has adopted a managed distribution plan (the
“Plan”) to support a level monthly distribution of income, capital
gains and/or return of capital, or in the case of BMEZ, BSTZ, BIGZ,
ECAT and BCAT a monthly distribution based on an annual rate of 12%
(for BMEZ, BSTZ and BIGZ) and 20% (for ECAT and BCAT) of the Fund’s
12-month rolling average daily net asset value calculated 5
business days prior to declaration date of each distribution.
The fixed amounts distributed per share or distribution rate, as
applicable, are subject to change at the discretion of each Fund’s
Board of Directors/Trustees. Under its Plan, each Fund will
distribute all available net income to its shareholders, consistent
with its investment objectives and as required by the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). If sufficient income
(inclusive of net investment income and short-term capital gains)
is not available on a monthly basis, the Funds will distribute
long-term capital gains and/or return capital to their shareholders
in order to maintain a level distribution.
Each Fund’s estimated sources of the distributions paid this
month and for its current fiscal year are as follows:
Estimated Allocations as of
August 30, 2024
Fund
Distribution
Net Income
Net Realized Short-Term Gains
Net Realized Long- Term Gains
Return of Capital
BCX1
$0.051800
$0.018802 (36%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.032998 (64%)
BDJ
$0.056200
$0.011930 (21%)
$0 (0%)
$0.044270 (79%)
$0 (0%)
BGR1
$0.065700
$0.031171 (47%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.034529 (53%)
BGY1
$0.033800
$0.009789 (29%)
$0 (0%)
$0.023445 (69%)
$0.000566 (2%)
BME1
$0.213000
$0.000000 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.213000 (100%)
$0 (0%)
BMEZ1
$0.176410
$0.000000 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.176410 (100%)
BOE1
$0.063000
$0.010296 (16%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.052704 (84%)
BUI1
$0.121000
$0.042348 (35%)
$0 (0%)
$0.078652 (65%)
$0 (0%)
CII
$0.099500
$0.000000 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.099500 (100%)
$0 (0%)
BST
$0.250000
$0.000000 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.250000 (100%)
$0 (0%)
BSTZ1
$0.214050
$0.000000 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.214050 (100%)
$0 (0%)
BIGZ1
$0.087630
$0.000000 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.087630 (100%)
BCAT1
$0.286990
$0.040006 (14%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.246984 (86%)
ECAT1
$0.300330
$0.019689 (7%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.280641 (93%)
Estimated Allocations for the
Fiscal Year through August 30, 2024
Fund
Distribution
Net Income
Net Realized Short-Term Gains
Net Realized Long- Term Gains
Return of Capital
BCX1
$0.414400
$0.144288 (35%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.270112 (65%)
BDJ
$0.449600
$0.287482 (64%)
$0 (0%)
$0.162118 (36%)
$0.000000 (0%)
BGR1
$0.525600
$0.201440 (38%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.324160 (62%)
BGY1
$0.270400
$0.077905 (29%)
$0 (0%)
$0.023445 (9%)
$0.169050 (62%)
BME1
$1.704000
$0.054716 (3%)
$0 (0%)
$0.606441 (36%)
$1.042843 (61%)
BMEZ1
$0.984050
$0.080298 (8%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.903752 (92%)
BOE1
$0.504000
$0.136064 (27%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.367936 (73%)
BUI1
$0.968000
$0.226155 (23%)
$0 (0%)
$0.651713 (67%)
$0.090132 (10%)
CII
$0.796000
$0.048897 (6%)
$0 (0%)
$0.747103 (94%)
$0.000000 (0%)
BST
$2.000000
$0.000000 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$1.940578 (97%)
$0.059422 (3%)
BSTZ1
$1.157530
$0.000000 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.256785 (22%)
$0.900745 (78%)
BIGZ1
$0.487720
$0.000000 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.487720 (100%)
BCAT1
$1.496380
$0.142226 (10%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$1.354154 (90%)
ECAT1
$1.646280
$0.093341 (6%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$1.552939 (94%)
1The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its income
and net-realized capital gains in the current fiscal year;
therefore, a portion of your distribution may be a return of
capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or
all of the shareholder’s investment is paid back to the
shareholder. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily
reflect the Fund's investment performance and should not be
confused with ‘yield’ or ‘income’. When distributions exceed total
return performance, the difference will reduce the Fund’s net asset
value per share.
The amounts and sources of distributions reported are only
estimates and are being provided to you pursuant to regulatory
requirements and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes.
The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for tax reporting
purposes will depend upon each Fund’s investment experience during
the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes
based on tax regulations. The Fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV
for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these
distributions for federal income tax purposes.
Fund Performance and
Distribution Rate Information:
Fund
Average annual total return (in
relation to NAV) for the 5-year period ending on 7/31/2024
Annualized current distribution
rate expressed as a percentage of NAV as of 7/31/2024
Cumulative total return (in
relation to NAV) for the fiscal year through 7/31/2024
Cumulative fiscal year
distributions as a percentage of NAV as of 7/31/2024
BCX
10.50%
5.83%
4.97%
3.40%
BDJ
9.16%
7.18%
11.69%
4.19%
BGR
10.45%
5.24%
10.42%
3.05%
BGY
8.33%
6.38%
6.93%
3.72%
BME
9.35%
5.74%
9.53%
3.35%
BMEZ*
5.69%
11.74%
5.96%
4.48%
BOE
8.44%
6.12%
9.18%
3.57%
BUI
9.43%
6.25%
7.22%
3.64%
CII
12.34%
5.64%
10.81%
3.29%
BST
11.51%
8.04%
12.82%
4.69%
BSTZ
9.79%
11.94%
5.64%
4.39%
BIGZ*
(15.55)%
12.52%
(1.91)%
4.76%
BCAT*
4.89%
19.75%
8.90%
6.93%
ECAT*
6.66%
19.45%
10.93%
7.26%
* Portfolio launched within the past 5 years; the performance
and distribution rate information presented for this Fund reflects
data from inception to 7/31/2024.
Shareholders should not draw any conclusions about a Fund’s
investment performance from the amount of the Fund’s current
distributions or from the terms of the Fund’s Plan.
BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund, Inc. (NYSE: EGF), BlackRock
Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (NYSE: DSU), BlackRock Floating Rate
Income Strategies Fund, Inc. (NYSE: FRA), BlackRock Floating Rate
Income Trust (NYSE: BGT), BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc.
(NYSE: HYT), BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (NYSE: BTZ),
BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust (NYSE: BLW), BlackRock Core
Bond Trust (NYSE: BHK), BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (NYSE:
BIT), BlackRock Income Trust, Inc. (NYSE: BKT) and BlackRock
Taxable Municipal Bond Trust (NYSE: BBN) have adopted a Plan to
support a level monthly distribution of income, capital gains
and/or return of capital. The fixed amounts distributed per
share are subject to change at the discretion of each Fund’s Board
of Directors/Trustees. Under its Plan, each Fund will
distribute all available net income to its shareholders, consistent
with its investment objectives and as required by the Code. If
sufficient income (inclusive of net investment income and
short-term capital gains) is not available on a monthly basis, a
Fund will distribute long-term capital gains and/or return capital
to its stockholders in order to maintain a level distribution. Each
of the above-listed Funds is currently not relying on any exemptive
relief from Section 19(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended (the “1940 Act”). Each Fund expects that distributions
under the Plan will exceed current income and capital gains and
therefore will likely include a return of capital. Each Fund may
make additional distributions from time to time, including
additional capital gain distributions at the end of the taxable
year, if required to meet requirements imposed by the Code and/or
the 1940 Act.
Each Fund’s estimated sources of the distributions paid this
month and for its current fiscal year are as follows:
Estimated Allocations as of
August 30, 2024
Fund
Distribution
Net Income
Net Realized Short-Term Gains
Net Realized Long-Term Gains
Return of Capital
EGF2
$0.041000
$0.029683 (72%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.011317 (28%)
BKT2
$0.088200
$0.032671 (37%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.055529 (63%)
DSU2
$0.098730
$0.082244 (83%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.016486 (17%)
FRA2
$0.123840
$0.100820 (81%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.023020 (19%)
BBN2
$0.092900
$0.074466 (80%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.018434 (20%)
BGT2
$0.120280
$0.095267 (79%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.025013 (21%)
HYT2
$0.077900
$0.064483 (83%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.013417 (17%)
BTZ2
$0.083900
$0.055507 (66%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.028393 (34%)
BLW2
$0.113200
$0.094029 (83%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.019171 (17%)
BHK2
$0.074600
$0.045822 (61%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.028778 (39%)
BIT2
$0.123700
$0.081212 (66%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.042488 (34%)
Estimated Allocations for the
Fiscal Year through August 30, 2024
Fund
Distribution
Net Income
Net Realized Short-Term Gains
Net Realized Long-Term Gains
Return of Capital
EGF2
$0.328000
$0.245715 (75%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.082285 (25%)
BKT2
$0.705600
$0.269402 (38%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.436198 (62%)
DSU2
$0.789840
$0.627784 (79%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.162056 (21%)
FRA2
$0.990720
$0.803723 (81%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.186997 (19%)
BBN2
$0.743200
$0.601415 (81%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.141785 (19%)
BGT2
$0.962240
$0.757665 (79%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.204575 (21%)
HYT2
$0.623200
$0.495236 (79%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.127964 (21%)
BTZ2
$0.671200
$0.449119 (67%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.222081 (33%)
BLW2
$0.873800
$0.768011 (88%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.105789 (12%)
BHK2
$0.596800
$0.381925 (64%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.214875 (36%)
BIT2
$0.989600
$0.626081 (63%)
$0 (0%)
$0 (0%)
$0.363519 (37%)
2The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its income
and net-realized capital gains in the current fiscal year;
therefore, a portion of your distribution may be a return of
capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or
all of the shareholder’s investment is paid back to the
shareholder. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily
reflect the Fund's investment performance and should not be
confused with ‘yield’ or ‘income’. When distributions exceed total
return performance, the difference will reduce the Fund’s net asset
value per share.
The amounts and sources of distributions reported are only
estimates and are being provided to you pursuant to regulatory
requirements and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes.
The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for tax reporting
purposes will depend upon each Fund’s investment experience during
the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes
based on tax regulations. Each Fund will send its stockholders a
Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will illustrate how to
report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.
Fund Performance and
Distribution Rate Information:
Fund
Average annual total return (in
relation to NAV) for the 5-year period ending on 7/31/2024
Annualized current distribution
rate expressed as a percentage of NAV as of 7/31/2024
Cumulative total return (in
relation to NAV) for the fiscal year through 7/31/2024
Cumulative fiscal year
distributions as a percentage of NAV as 7/31/2024
EGF
(1.31)%
4.80%
2.16%
2.80%
BKT
(1.03)%
8.54%
2.41%
4.98%
DSU
6.04%
11.03%
5.12%
6.43%
FRA
6.24%
11.38%
5.27%
6.64%
BBN
0.32%
6.21%
3.35%
3.62%
BGT
6.30%
11.35%
5.30%
6.62%
HYT
5.40%
9.62%
5.69%
5.61%
BTZ
3.29%
8.78%
4.44%
5.12%
BLW
4.62%
9.63%
5.52%
5.39%
BHK
0.29%
8.32%
2.56%
4.85%
BIT
4.68%
10.15%
5.13%
5.92%
No conclusions should be drawn about a Fund’s investment
performance from the amount of the Fund’s distributions or from the
terms of the Fund’s Plan.
The amount distributed per share under a Plan is subject to
change at the discretion of the applicable Fund’s Board. Each
Plan will be subject to ongoing review by the Board to determine
whether the Plan should be continued, modified or terminated. The
Board may amend the terms of a Plan or suspend or terminate a Plan
at any time without prior notice to the Fund’s shareholders if it
deems such actions to be in the best interest of the Fund or its
shareholders. The amendment or termination of a Plan could have an
adverse effect on the market price of the Fund's shares.
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information as necessary from time to time. Investors and others
are advised to check the website for updated performance
information and the release of other material information about the
Funds. This reference to BlackRock’s website is intended to allow
investors public access to information regarding the Funds and does
not, and is not intended to, incorporate BlackRock’s website in
this release.
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This press release, and other statements that BlackRock or a
Fund may make, may contain forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, with
respect to a Fund’s or BlackRock’s future financial or business
performance, strategies or expectations. Forward-looking statements
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“sustain,” “seek,” “achieve,” and similar expressions, or future or
conditional verbs such as “will,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “may”
or similar expressions.
BlackRock cautions that forward-looking statements are subject
to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties, which change over
time. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are
made, and BlackRock assumes no duty to and does not undertake to
update forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ
materially from those anticipated in forward-looking statements and
future results could differ materially from historical
performance.
With respect to the Funds, the following factors, among others,
could cause actual events to differ materially from forward-looking
statements or historical performance: (1) changes and volatility in
political, economic or industry conditions, the interest rate
environment, foreign exchange rates or financial and capital
markets, which could result in changes in demand for the Funds or
in a Fund’s net asset value; (2) the relative and absolute
investment performance of a Fund and its investments; (3) the
impact of increased competition; (4) the unfavorable resolution of
any legal proceedings; (5) the extent and timing of any
distributions or share repurchases; (6) the impact, extent and
timing of technological changes; (7) the impact of legislative and
regulatory actions and reforms, and regulatory, supervisory or
enforcement actions of government agencies relating to a Fund or
BlackRock, as applicable; (8) terrorist activities, international
hostilities, health epidemics and/or pandemics and natural
disasters, which may adversely affect the general economy, domestic
and local financial and capital markets, specific industries or
BlackRock; (9) BlackRock’s ability to attract and retain highly
talented professionals; (10) the impact of BlackRock electing to
provide support to its products from time to time; and (11) the
impact of problems at other financial institutions or the failure
or negative performance of products at other financial
institutions.
Annual and Semi-Annual Reports and other regulatory filings of
the Funds with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) are
accessible on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and on
BlackRock’s website at www.blackrock.com, and may discuss
these or other factors that affect the Funds. The information
contained on BlackRock’s website is not a part of this press
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