UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-CSR

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

 

Investment Company Act file number 811-21972

 

Name of Fund: BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV (BTZ)

 

Fund Address: 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

 

Name and address of agent for service: John M. Perlowski, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV, 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 882-0052, Option 4

 

Date of fiscal year end: 10/31/2011

 

Date of reporting period: 10/31/2011

 

Item 1 – Report to Stockholders

 
 

October 31, 2011

Annual Report

} BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc. (PSW)

} BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc. (PSY)

} BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III (BPP)

} BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV (BTZ)

} BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust (BGT)

Not FDIC Insured • No Bank Guarantee • May Lose Value

 
 


Table of Contents

Page

Dear Shareholder 3
Annual Report:  
Fund Summaries 4
The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging 14
Derivative Financial Instruments 15
Financial Statements:  
Schedules of Investments 16
Statements of Assets and Liabilities 55
Statements of Operations 56
Statements of Changes in Net Assets 57
Statements of Cash Flows 60
Financial Highlights 61
Notes to Financial Statements 66
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 78
Important Tax Information 78
Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreements and Sub-Advisory Agreements 79
Automatic Dividend Reinvestment Plans 83
Officers and Directors 84
Additional Information 87

2ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 2011
 

Dear Shareholder

One year ago, the global economy appeared to solidly be in recovery mode and investors were optimistic as the US Federal Reserve launched its second round of quantitative easing. Stock markets rallied despite ongoing sovereign debt problems in Europe and inflationary pressures looming over emerging markets. Fixed income markets, however, saw yields move sharply upward (pushing prices down), especially on the long end of the historically steep yield curve. While high yield bonds benefited from the risk rally, most fixed income sectors declined in the fourth quarter of 2010. The tax-exempt municipal market faced additional headwinds as it became evident that the Build America Bond program would not be extended and municipal finance troubles burgeoned.

Early 2011 saw spikes of volatility as political turmoil swept across the Middle East/North Africa region and prices of oil and other commodities soared. Natural disasters in Japan disrupted industrial supply chains and concerns mounted regarding US debt and deficit issues. Nevertheless, equities generally performed well early in the year as investors chose to focus on the continuing stream of strong corporate earnings and positive economic data. Credit markets were surprisingly resilient in this environment and yields regained relative stability in 2011. The tax-exempt market saw relief from its headwinds and steadily recovered from its fourth-quarter lows. Equities, commodities and high yield bonds outpaced higher-quality assets as investors increased their risk tolerance.

However, the environment changed dramatically in the middle of the second quarter. Markets dropped sharply in May when fears mounted over the possibility of Greece defaulting on its debt, rekindling fears about the broader sovereign debt crisis. Concurrently, economic data signaled that the recovery had slowed in the United States and other developed nations. Confidence was further shaken by the prolonged debt ceiling debate in Washington, DC. On August 5th, Standard & Poor’s downgraded the US government’s credit rating and turmoil erupted in financial markets around the world. Extraordinary levels of volatility persisted in the months that followed as Greece teetered on the brink of default. Financial problems intensified in Italy and Spain and both countries faced credit rating downgrades. Debt worries spread to the core European nations of France and Germany, and the entire euro-zone banking system came under intense pressure. Late in the summer, economic data out of the United States and Europe grew increasingly bleak while China and other emerging economies began to show signs of slowing growth. By the end of the third quarter, equity markets had fallen nearly 20% from their April peak while safe-haven assets such as US Treasuries, gold and the Swiss franc skyrocketed.

October brought enough positive economic data to assuage fears of a double-dip recession in the United States and corporate earnings continued to be strong. Additionally, European policymakers demonstrated an increased willingness to unite in their struggle to resolve the region’s debt and banking crisis. These encouraging developments brought many investors back from the sidelines and risk assets rallied through the month, albeit with large daily swings as investor reactions to news from Europe vacillated between faith and skepticism.

Overall, lower-risk investments including US Treasuries, municipal securities and investment grade credits posted gains for the 6- and 12-month periods ended October 31, 2011. Risk assets, including equities and high yield debt, broadly declined over the six months; however, US stocks and high yield bonds remained in positive territory on a 12-month basis. Continued low short-term interest rates kept yields on money market securities near their all-time lows. While markets remain volatile and uncertainties abound, BlackRock remains dedicated to finding opportunities and managing risk in this environment.

Sincerely,

Rob Kapito
President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC


“While markets remain volatile and uncertainties abound, BlackRock remains dedicated to finding opportunities and managing risk in this environment.”

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC

Total Returns as of October 31, 2011

  6-month 12-month
US large cap equities (7.11 )% 8.09 %
(S&P 500® Index)        
US small cap equities (13.76 ) 6.71  
(Russell 2000® Index)        
International equities (14.90 ) (4.08 )
(MSCI Europe, Australasia,        
Far East Index)        
Emerging market (15.91 ) (7.72 )
equities (MSCI Emerging        
Markets Index)        
3-month Treasury 0.04   0.13  
bill (BofA Merrill Lynch        
3-Month Treasury        
Bill Index)        
US Treasury securities 12.11   7.79  
(BofA Merrill Lynch 10-        
Year US Treasury Index)        
US investment grade 4.98   5.00  
bonds (Barclays        
Capital US Aggregate        
Bond Index)        
Tax-exempt municipal 5.56   3.78  
bonds (Barclays Capital        
Municipal Bond Index)        
US high yield bonds (0.95 ) 5.16  
(Barclays Capital US        
Corporate High Yield 2%        
Issuer Capped Index)        

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.


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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2011 BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc.

Fund Overview

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc.’s (PSW) (the “Fund”) primary investment objective is to provide holders of common shares (“Common Shareholders”) with high current income. The secondary investment objective of the Fund is to provide Common Shareholders with capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in credit-related securities, including, but not limited to, investment grade corporate bonds, high yield bonds (commonly referred to as “junk” bonds), bank loans, preferred securities or convertible bonds or derivatives with economic characteristics similar to these credit-related securities. The Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives.

No assurance can be given that the Fund’s investment objective will be achieved. 

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?

• For the 12 months ended October 31, 2011, the Fund returned 2.20% based on market price and 4.55% based on net asset value (“NAV”). For the same period, the closed-end Lipper Corporate Debt Funds (BBB-Rated) category posted an average return of 2.90% based on market price and 4.65% based on NAV. All returns reflect reinvestment of dividends. The Fund's discount to NAV, which widened during the period, accounts for the difference between performance based on price and performance based on NAV. The following discussion relates to performance based on NAV. 

What factors influenced performance?

• The primary driver of the Fund’s positive performance was its duration positioning (management of interest rate sensitivity) as interest rates generally moved lower during the period. However, duration in the Fund was partially hedged using interest rate derivative instruments such as futures contracts, options and swaps. These hedges were put in place to limit expected volatility in interest rates and had a net negative contribution to performance. 
• The Fund’s allocation to high yield corporate credit benefited performance despite recent weakness in the sector, as higher carry yields (income generation) and improving fundamentals helped to offset price declines. Within investment grade corporate credit, security selection was focused on increasing the overall quality and liquidity of the Fund’s holdings, which contributed positively to returns. 
• Conversely, sector allocation within investment grade corporate credit had a negative impact on performance. The Fund held capital securities in the financials sector, which mostly underperformed other credit sectors as investors feared the sovereign debt crisis in Europe would ultimately have a negative impact on US-based financial companies. Capital securities were particularly hurt as they are lower in the capital structure and therefore tend to exhibit higher volatility during periods of risk aversion. 

Describe recent portfolio activity.

• During the 12-month period, the Fund increased its leveraged exposure to corporate credit in order to position itself to benefit from improving corporate fundamentals in an accommodative monetary policy environment. In the latter half of the period, the Fund reduced exposure to riskier credits as these names typically require significant economic growth to realize a boost in valuations. From an industry perspective, the Fund increased exposure to independent energy names. Within the wireless telecommunications services sector, the Fund increased its credit quality profile by selling names in high yield to purchase investment grade credits with better predictability of earnings. 

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

• The Fund maintained diversified exposure across investment grade and high yield corporate credits. Portfolio holdings at period end reflected a bias toward higher-quality issues and a preference for more stable industries and companies that offer good cash flows, earnings and revenue visibility and attractive downside protection. The Fund’s corporate credit holdings reflect a bias toward industrials over financials and utilities. Within industrials, the Fund favored media cable and media non-cable names. 

The views expressed reflect the opinions of BlackRock as of the date of this report and are subject to change based on changes in market, economic or other conditions. These views are not intended to be a forecast of future events and are no guarantee of future results. 

4ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 2011
 

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc.

Fund Information

Symbol on New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) PSW
Initial Offering Date August 1, 2003
Yield on Closing Market Price as of October 31, 2011 ($9.25)1 7.72%
Current Monthly Distribution per Common Share2 $ 0.0595
Current Annualized Distribution per Common Share2 $ 0.7140
Leverage as of October 31, 20113 33%

Yield on closing market price is calculated by dividing the current annualized distribution per share by the closing market price. Past performance does not guarantee future results.  
The distribution rate is not constant and is subject to change. 
Represents reverse repurchase agreements as a percentage of total managed assets, which is the total assets of the Fund (including any assets attributable to any borrowings) minus the sum of liabilities (other than borrowings representing financial leverage). For a discussion of leveraging techniques utilized by the Fund, please see The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging on page 14. 

The table below summarizes the changes in the Fund’s market price and NAV per share:

  10/31/11 10/31/10 Change High Low
Market Price $  9.25 $  9.67 (4.34)% $  9.89 $8.52
Net Asset Value $10.52 $10.75 (2.14)% $10.90 $9.88

The following charts show the portfolio composition and credit quality allocations of the Fund’s long-term investments:

Portfolio Composition

  10/31/11 10/31/10
Corporate Bonds 82 % 69 %
Preferred Securities 15   16  
Asset Backed Securities 1    
Taxable Municipal Bonds 1   1  
US Treasury Obligations 1   14  

Credit Quality Allocations4

  10/31/11 10/31/10
AAA/Aaa5 1 % 14 %
AA/Aa 7   10  
A 28   23  
BBB/Baa 38   38  
BB/Ba 15   12  
B 8   1  
CCC/Caa 1    
Not Rated 2   2  

Using the higher of Standard & Poor’s (“S&P’s”) or Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) ratings. 
Includes US Treasury obligations that are deemed AAA by the investment advisor. 
ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 20115
  


Fund Summary as of October 31, 2011 BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc.

Fund Overview

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc.’s (PSY) (the “Fund”) primary investment objective is to provide Common Shareholders with current income. The secondary investment objective of the Fund is to provide Common Shareholders with capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in credit-related securities, including, but not limited to, investment grade corporate bonds, high yield bonds (commonly referred to as “junk” bonds), bank loans, preferred securities or convertible bonds or derivatives with economic characteristics similar to these credit-related securities. The Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives.

No assurance can be given that the Fund’s investment objective will be achieved.

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?

• For the 12 months ended October 31, 2011, the Fund returned 0.16% based on market price and 3.71% based on NAV. For the same period, the closed-end Lipper Corporate Debt Funds (BBB-Rated) category posted an average return of 2.90% based on market price and 4.65% based on NAV. All returns reflect reinvestment of dividends. The Fund's discount to NAV, which widened during the period, accounts for the difference between performance based on price and performance based on NAV. The following discussion relates to performance based on NAV. 

What factors influenced performance?

• The primary driver of the Fund’s positive performance was its duration positioning (management of interest rate sensitivity) as interest rates generally moved lower during the period. However, duration in the Fund was partially hedged using interest rate derivative instruments such as futures contracts, options and swaps. These hedges were put into place to limit expected volatility in interest rates and had a net negative contribution to performance. 
• The Fund’s allocation to high yield corporate credit benefited performance despite recent weakness in the sector, as higher carry yields (income generation) and improving fundamentals helped to offset price declines. Within investment grade corporate credit, security selection was focused on increasing the overall quality and liquidity of the Fund’s holdings, which contributed positively to returns. 
• Conversely, sector allocation within investment grade corporate credit had a negative impact on performance. The Fund held capital securities in the financials sector, which mostly underperformed other credit sectors as investors feared the sovereign debt crisis in Europe would ultimately have a negative impact on US-based financial companies. Capital securities were particularly hurt as they are lower in the capital structure and therefore tend to exhibit higher volatility during periods of risk aversion. 

Describe recent portfolio activity.

• During the 12-month period, the Fund increased its leveraged exposure to corporate credit in order to position itself to benefit from improving corporate fundamentals in an accommodative monetary policy environment. In the latter half of the period, the Fund reduced exposure to riskier credits as these names typically require significant economic growth to realize a boost in valuations. From an industry perspective, the Fund increased exposure to independent energy names. Within the wireless telecommunications services sector, the Fund increased its credit quality profile by selling names in high yield to purchased investment grade credits with better predictability of earnings. 

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

• The Fund maintained diversified exposure across investment grade and high yield corporate credits. Portfolio holdings at period end reflected a bias toward higher-quality issues and a preference for more stable industries and companies that offer good cash flows, earnings and revenue visibility and attractive downside protection. The Fund’s corporate credit holdings reflect a bias toward industrials over financials and utilities. Within industrials, the Fund favored media cable and media non-cable names. 

The views expressed reflect the opinions of BlackRock as of the date of this report and are subject to change based on changes in market, economic or other conditions. These views are not intended to be a forecast of future events and are no guarantee of future results.

6ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 2011
 

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc.

Fund Information

Symbol on NYSE PSY
Initial Offering Date March 28, 2003
Yield on Closing Market Price as of October 31, 2011 ($9.74)1 7.52%
Current Monthly Distribution per Common Share2 $0.0610
Current Annualized Distribution per Common Share2 $0.7320
Leverage as of October 31, 20113 32%

Yield on closing market price is calculated by dividing the current annualized distribution per share by the closing market price. Past performance does not guarantee future results.  
The distribution rate is not constant and is subject to change. 
Represents reverse repurchase agreements as a percentage of total managed assets, which is the total assets of the Fund (including any assets attributable to any borrowings) minus the sum of liabilities (other than borrowings representing financial leverage). For a discussion of leveraging techniques utilized by the Fund, please see The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging on page 14. 

The table below summarizes the changes in the Fund’s market price and NAV per share:

  10/31/11 10/31/10 Change High Low
Market Price $  9.74 $10.39 (6.26)% $10.60 $  9.08
Net Asset Value $11.25 $11.59 (2.93)% $11.72 $10.61

The following charts show the portfolio composition and credit quality allocations of the Fund’s long-term investments:

Portfolio Composition

  10/31/11 10/31/10
Corporate Bonds 80 % 64 %
Preferred Securities 17   19  
US Treasury Obligations 1   16  
Asset Backed Securities 1    
Taxable Municipal Bonds 1   1  

Credit Quality Allocations4

  10/31/11 10/31/10
AAA/Aaa5 1 % 16 %
AA/Aa 7   7  
A 26   21  
BBB/Baa 39   42  
BB/Ba 17   12  
B 7   1  
CCC/Caa 1    
Not Rated 2   1  

Using the higher of S&P’s or Moody’s ratings. 
Includes US Treasury obligations that are deemed AAA by the investment advisor. 
ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 20117
  

Fund Summary as of October 31, 2011 BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III

Fund Overview

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III’s (BPP) (the “Fund”) investment objective is to provide high current income consistent with capital preservation. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in credit-related securities, including, but not limited to, investment grade corporate bonds, high yield bonds (commonly referred to as “junk” bonds), bank loans, preferred securities or convertible bonds or derivatives with economic characteristics similar to these credit-related securities. The Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives.

No assurance can be given that the Fund’s investment objective will be achieved.

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?

• For the 12 months ended October 31, 2011, the Fund returned (0.16)% based on market price and 3.56% based on NAV. For the same period, the closed-end Lipper Corporate Debt Funds (BBB-Rated) category posted an average return of 2.90% based on market price and 4.65% based on NAV. All returns reflect reinvestment of dividends. The Fund's discount to NAV, which widened during the period, accounts for the difference between performance based on price and performance based on NAV. The following discussion relates to performance based on NAV. 

What factors influenced performance?

• The primary driver of the Fund’s positive performance was its duration positioning (management of interest rate sensitivity) as interest rates generally moved lower during the period. However, duration in the Fund was partially hedged using interest rate derivative instruments such as futures contracts, options and swaps. These hedges were put into place to limit expected volatility in interest rates and had a net negative contribution to performance. 
• The Fund’s allocation to high yield corporate credit benefited performance despite recent weakness in the sector, as higher carry yields (income generation) and improving fundamentals helped to offset price declines. Within investment grade corporate credit, security selection was focused on increasing the overall quality and liquidity of the Fund’s holdings, which contributed positively to returns. 
• Conversely, sector allocation within investment grade corporate credit had a negative impact on performance. The Fund held capital securities in the financials sector, which mostly underperformed other credit sectors as investors feared the sovereign debt crisis in Europe would ultimately have a negative impact on US-based financial companies. Capital securities were particularly hurt as they are lower in the capital structure and therefore tend to exhibit higher volatility during periods of risk aversion. 

Describe recent portfolio activity.

• During the 12-month period, the Fund increased its leveraged exposure to corporate credit in order to position itself to benefit from improving corporate fundamentals in an accommodative monetary policy environment. In the latter half of the period, the Fund reduced exposure to riskier credits as these names typically require significant economic growth to realize a boost in valuations. From an industry perspective, the Fund increased exposure to independent energy names. Within the wireless telecommunications services sector, the Fund increased its credit quality profile by selling names in high yield to purchase investment grade credits with better predictability of earnings. 

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

• The Fund maintained diversified exposure across investment grade and high yield corporate credits. Portfolio holdings at period end reflected a bias toward higher-quality issues and a preference for more stable industries and companies that offer good cash flows, earnings and revenue visibility and attractive downside protection. The Fund’s corporate credit holdings reflect a bias toward industrials over financials and utilities. Within industrials, the Fund favored media cable and media non-cable names. 

The views expressed reflect the opinions of BlackRock as of the date of this report and are subject to change based on changes in market, economic or other conditions. These views are not intended to be a forecast of future events and are no guarantee of future results.

8ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 2011
 

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III

Fund Information

Symbol on NYSE BPP
Initial Offering Date February 28, 2003
Yield on Closing Market Price as of October 31, 2011 ($10.53)1 7.01%
Current Monthly Distribution per Common Share2 $0.0615
Current Annualized Distribution per Common Share2 $0.7380
Leverage as of October 31, 20113 29%

Yield on closing market price is calculated by dividing the current annualized distribution per share by the closing market price. Past performance does not guarantee future results. 
A change in the distribution rate was declared on December 5, 2011. The Monthly Distribution per Common Share increased to $0.0635. The Yield on Closing Market Price, Current Monthly Distribution per Common Share and Current Annualized Distribution per Common Share do not reflect the new distribution rate. The new distribution rate is not constant and is subject to further change in the future. 
Represents reverse repurchase agreements as a percentage of total managed assets, which is the total assets of the Fund (including any assets attributable to any borrowings) minus the sum of liabilities (other than borrowings representing financial leverage). For a discussion of leveraging techniques utilized by the Fund, please see The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging on page 14. 

The table below summarizes the changes in the Fund’s market price and NAV per share:

  10/31/11 10/31/10 Change High Low
Market Price $10.53 $11.23 (6.23)% $11.31 $  9.71
Net Asset Value $12.07 $12.41 (2.74)% $12.62 $11.35

The following charts show the portfolio composition and credit quality allocations of the Fund’s long-term investments:

Portfolio Composition

  10/31/11 10/31/10
Corporate Bonds 83 % 72 %
Preferred Securities 15   18  
US Treasury Obligations 1   9  
Taxable Municipal Bonds 1   1  

Credit Quality Allocations4

  10/31/11 10/31/10
AAA/Aaa5 1 % 9 %
AA/Aa 6   8  
A 31   26  
BBB/Baa 37   40  
BB/Ba 15   14  
B 8   1  
CCC/Caa 1   1  
Not Rated 1   1  

Using the higher of S&P’s or Moody’s ratings. 
Includes US Treasury obligations that are deemed AAA by the investment advisor. 
ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 20119
  

Fund Summary as of October 31, 2011 BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV

Fund Overview

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV’s (BTZ) (the “Fund”) investment objective is to provide current income, current gains and capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in credit-related securities, including, but not limited to, investment grade corporate bonds, high yield bonds (commonly referred to as “junk” bonds), bank loans, preferred securities or convertible bonds or derivatives with economic characteristics similar to these credit-related securities. The Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives.

No assurance can be given that the Fund’s investment objective will be achieved.

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?

• For the 12 months ended October 31, 2011, the Fund returned (0.60)% based on market price and 3.28% based on NAV. For the same period, the closed-end Lipper Corporate Debt Funds (BBB-Rated) category posted an average return of 2.90% based on market price and 4.65% based on NAV. All returns reflect reinvestment of dividends. The Fund's discount to NAV, which widened during the period, accounts for the difference between performance based on price and performance based on NAV. The following discussion relates to performance based on NAV. 

What factors influenced performance?

• The primary driver of the Fund’s positive performance was its duration positioning (management of interest rate sensitivity) as interest rates generally moved lower during the period. However, duration in the Fund was partially hedged using interest rate derivative instruments such as futures contracts, options and swaps. These hedges were put into place to limit expected volatility in interest rates and had a net negative contribution to performance. 
• The Fund’s allocation to high yield corporate credit benefited performance despite recent weakness in the sector, as higher carry yields (income generation) and improving fundamentals helped to offset price declines. Within investment grade corporate credit, security selection was focused on increasing the overall quality and liquidity of the Fund’s holdings, which contributed positively to returns. 
• Conversely, sector allocation within investment grade corporate credit had a negative impact on performance. The Fund held capital securities in the financials sector, which mostly underperformed other credit sectors as investors feared the sovereign debt crisis in Europe would ultimately have a negative impact on US-based financial companies. Capital securities were particularly hurt as they are lower in the capital structure and therefore tend to exhibit higher volatility during periods of risk aversion. 

Describe recent portfolio activity.

• During the 12-month period, the Fund increased its leveraged exposure to corporate credit in order to position itself to benefit from improving corporate fundamentals in an accommodative monetary policy environment. In the latter half of the period, the Fund reduced exposure to riskier credits as these names typically require significant economic growth to realize a boost in valuations. From an industry perspective, the Fund increased exposure to independent energy names. Within the wireless telecommunications services sector, the Fund increased its credit quality profile by selling names in high yield to purchase investment grade credits with better predictability of earnings. 

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

• The Fund maintained diversified exposure across investment grade and high yield corporate credits. Portfolio holdings at period end reflected a bias toward higher-quality issues and a preference for more stable industries and companies that offer good cash flows, earnings and revenue visibility and attractive downside protection. The Fund’s corporate credit holdings reflect a bias toward industrials over financials and utilities. Within industrials, the Fund favored media cable and media non-cable names. 

The views expressed reflect the opinions of BlackRock as of the date of this report and are subject to change based on changes in market, economic or other conditions. These views are not intended to be a forecast of future events and are no guarantee of future results.

10ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 2011
 

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV

Fund Information

Symbol on NYSE BTZ
Initial Offering Date December 27, 2006
Yield on Closing Market Price as of October 31, 2011 ($12.08)1 7.60%
Current Monthly Distribution per Common Share2 $0.0765
Current Annualized Distribution per Common Share2 $0.9180
Leverage as of October 31, 20113 32%

Yield on closing market price is calculated by dividing the current annualized distribution per share by the closing market price. Past performance does not guarantee future results. 
A change in the distribution rate was declared on December 5, 2011. The Monthly Distribution per Common Share increased to $0.0785. The Yield on Closing Market Price, Current Monthly Distribution per Common Share and Current Annualized Distribution per Common Share do not reflect the new distribution rate. The new distribution rate is not constant and is subject to further change in the future. 
Represents reverse repurchase agreements as a percentage of total managed assets, which is the total assets of the Fund (including any assets attributable to any borrowings) minus the sum of liabilities (other than borrowings representing financial leverage). For a discussion of leveraging techniques utilized by the Fund, please see The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging on page 14. 

The table below summarizes the changes in the Fund’s market price and NAV per share:

  10/31/11 10/31/10 Change High Low
Market Price $12.08 $13.02 (7.22)% $13.20 $11.19
Net Asset Value $13.94 $14.46 (3.60)% $14.56 $13.10

The following charts show the portfolio composition of the Fund’s long-term investments and credit quality allocations of the Fund’s long-term investments:

Portfolio Composition

  10/31/11 10/31/10
Corporate Bonds 80 % 64 %
Preferred Securities 17   19  
US Treasury Obligations 1   15  
Taxable Municipal Bonds 1   2  
Asset Backed Securities 1    

Credit Quality Allocations4

  10/31/11 10/31/10
AAA/Aaa5 1 %  
AA/Aa 7   11 %
A 29   22  
BBB/Baa 37   44  
BB/Ba 16   19  
B 8   2  
Not Rated 2   2  

Using the higher of S&P’s or Moody’s ratings. 
Includes US Treasury Obligations that are deemed AAA by the investment advisor. 
ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 201111
  

Fund Summary as of October 31, 2011 BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust

Fund Overview

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust’s (BGT) (the “Fund”) primary investment objective is to provide a high level of current income. The Fund’s secondary investment objective is to seek the preservation of capital. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing primarily, under normal conditions, at least 80% of its assets in floating and variable rate instruments of US and non-US issuers, including a substantial portion of its assets in global floating and variable rate securities including senior secured floating rate loans made to corporate and other business entities. Under normal market conditions, the Fund expects that the average effective duration of its portfolio will be no more than 1.5 years. The Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives.

No assurance can be given that the Fund’s investment objectives will be achieved.

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?

• For the 12 months ended October 31, 2011, the Fund returned (3.46)% based on market price and 4.03% based on NAV. For the same period, the closed-end Lipper Loan Participation Funds category posted an average return of 0.51% based on market price and 4.01% based on NAV. All returns reflect reinvestment of dividends. The Fund moved from a premium to NAV to a discount by period end, which accounts for the difference between performance based on price and performance based on NAV. The following discussion relates to performance based on NAV. 

What factors influenced performance?

• Floating rate loan interests (“bank loans”) performed well over the 12-month period. Although it lagged a number of its fixed income peers, the asset class benefited from a favorable technical backdrop, solid corporate fundamentals and record low default rates. More recently, however, macroeconomic concerns have weighed on the sector, triggering sharp bouts of volatility, some modest spread widening and significant price depreciation from the near-par levels seen in the first quarter of 2011. 
• The Fund’s positive performance was driven primarily by security selection within the higher-quality tiers of the bank loan market. By and large, positive selection reflected the Fund’s higher-quality bias and focus on more “recession-resistant” sectors that are not heavily reliant on a strong consumer, such as chemicals and non-captive diversified industrials. 
• While the Fund invests primarily in bank loans, it also maintains an allocation to emerging market and high yield bonds (approximately 25% of the leveraged portfolio). During the reporting period, the Fund pursued a bias towards high yield corporate bonds at the expense of its emerging market exposure. This positioning benefited performance for the year as high yield has outperformed not only emerging market debt, but bank loans as well. 
• As the fund is mandated to hold a certain percentage of its assets in non-US instruments, our exposure to non-US-dollar denominated loans, particularly those issued in Europe, detracted from performance given a much lower level of liquidity and market transparency. This mainly impaired the portfolio when the global sell-off commenced in August. 

Describe recent portfolio activity.

• During the 12-month period, the Fund maintained its higher-quality bias in terms of loan structure, overall credit quality and liquidity. Prior to the market correction in August, management reduced exposure to some of the Fund’s lower-quality holdings and increased its level of cash as market conditions appeared to be weakening and our outlook grew increasingly uncertain. While transitioning the overall portfolio to a more conservative stance, management continued to seek investment opportunities in the market, albeit cautiously, targeting companies with superior credit fundamentals (i.e., stable income streams, earnings visibility, and attractive downside protection). 

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

• At period end, the Fund held large exposures to the non-captive diversified industrials, chemicals and wireless sectors, while exposure to healthcare, media non-cable and technology was limited. The Fund held 78% of its total portfolio in bank loans, 18% in corporate bonds and the remainder invested in a mix of asset backed securities, foreign agency obligations and other interests. The Fund ended the period with leverage at 27% of its total managed assets. 

The views expressed reflect the opinions of BlackRock as of the date of this report and are subject to change based on changes in market, economic or other conditions. These views are not intended to be a forecast of future events and are no guarantee of future results.

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BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust

Fund Information

Symbol on NYSE BGT
Initial Offering Date August 30, 2004
Yield on Closing Market Price as of October 31, 2011 ($13.00)1 7.15%
Current Monthly Distribution per Common Share2 $0.0775
Current Annualized Distribution per Common Share2 $0.9300
Leverage as of October 31, 20113 27%

Yield on closing market price is calculated by dividing the current annualized distribution per share by the closing market price. Past performance does not guarantee future results. 
The distribution rate is not constant and is subject to change. 
Represents the loan outstanding as a percentage of total managed assets, which is the total assets of the Fund (including any assets attributable to any borrowings) minus the sum of liabilities (other than borrowings representing financial leverage). For a discussion of leveraging techniques utilized by the Fund, please see The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging on page 14. 

The table below summarizes the changes in the Fund’s market price and NAV per share:

  10/31/11 10/31/10 Change High Low
Market Price $13.00 $14.52 (10.47)% $17.00 $11.71
Net Asset Value $13.97 $14.48   (3.52)% $14.83 $13.25

The following charts show the portfolio composition of the Fund’s long-term investments and credit quality allocations of the Fund’s long-term investments excluding common stocks and floating rate loan interests:

Portfolio Composition

  10/31/11 10/31/10
Floating Rate Loan Interests 78 % 79 %
Corporate Bonds 18   16  
Asset Backed Securities 2    
Foreign Agency Obligations 1   4  
Other Interests 1   1  

Credit Quality Allocations4

  10/31/11 10/31/10
AA/Aa 9 %  
A 2   4 %
BBB/Baa 25   21  
BB/Ba 27   23  
B 34   29  
CCC/Caa 1   1  
Not Rated 2   22 5 

Using the higher of S&P’s or Moody’s ratings. 
The investment advisor has deemed certain of these securities to be of investment grade quality. As of October 31, 2010, the market value of these securities was $606,918, representing 1% of the Fund's long-term investments. 
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The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging

The Funds may utilize leverage to seek to enhance the yield and NAV of their common shares (“Common Shares”). However, these objectives cannot be achieved in all interest rate environments.

The Funds may utilize leverage by borrowing through a credit facility or through entering into reverse repurchase agreements. The Funds also had auction market preferred shares (“Preferred Shares”) issuances outstanding during the year ended October 31, 2011. In general, the concept of leveraging is based on the premise that the financing cost of assets to be obtained from leverage, which will be based on short-term interest rates, will normally be lower than the income earned by each Fund on its longer-term portfolio investments. To the extent that the total assets of each Fund (including the assets obtained from leverage) are invested in higher-yielding portfolio investments, each Fund’s shareholders will benefit from the incremental net income.

The interest earned on securities purchased with the proceeds from leverage is paid to shareholders in the form of dividends, and the value of these portfolio holdings is reflected in the per share NAV. However, in order to benefit shareholders, the yield curve must be positively sloped; that is, short-term interest rates must be lower than long-term interest rates. If the yield curve becomes negatively sloped, meaning short-term interest rates exceed long-term interest rates, income to shareholders will be lower than if the Funds had not used leverage.

To illustrate these concepts, assume a Fund’s capitalization is $100 million and it borrows an additional $30 million, creating a total value of $130 million available for investment in long-term securities. If prevailing short-term interest rates are 3% and long-term interest rates are 6%, the yield curve has a strongly positive slope. In this case, the Fund pays borrowing costs and interest expense on the $30 million of borrowings based on the lower short-term interest rates. At the same time, the securities purchased by the Fund with assets received from the borrowings earn income based on long-term interest rates. In this case, the borrowing costs and interest expense of the borrowings is significantly lower than the income earned on the Fund’s long-term investments, and therefore the Fund’s shareholders are the beneficiaries of the incremental net income.

If short-term interest rates rise, narrowing the differential between short-term and long-term interest rates, the incremental net income pickup will be reduced or eliminated completely. Furthermore, if prevailing short-term interest rates rise above long-term interest rates, the yield curve has a negative slope. In this case, the Fund pays higher short-term interest rates whereas the Fund’s total portfolio earns income based on lower long-term interest rates.

Furthermore, the value of the Funds’ portfolio investments generally varies inversely with the direction of long-term interest rates, although other factors can influence the value of portfolio investments. In contrast, the redemption value of the Funds’ borrowings does not fluctuate in relation to interest rates. As a result, changes in interest rates can influence the Funds’ NAV positively or negatively in addition to the impact on Fund performance from borrowings discussed above.

The use of leverage may enhance opportunities for increased income to the Funds and Common Shareholders, but as described above, it also creates risks as short- or long-term interest rates fluctuate. Leverage also will generally cause greater changes in the Funds’ NAVs, market prices and dividend rates than comparable portfolios without leverage. If the income derived from securities purchased with assets received from leverage exceeds the cost of leverage, the Funds’ net income will be greater than if leverage had not been used. Conversely, if the income from the securities purchased is not sufficient to cover the cost of leverage, each Fund’s net income will be less than if leverage had not been used, and therefore the amount available for distribution to Shareholders will be reduced. Each Fund may be required to sell portfolio securities at inopportune times or at distressed values in order to comply with regulatory requirements applicable to the use of leverage or as required by the terms of leverage instruments, which may cause a Fund to incur losses. The use of leverage may limit each Fund’s ability to invest in certain types of securities or use certain types of hedging strategies. Each Fund will incur expenses in connection with the use of leverage, all of which are borne by Shareholders and may reduce income.

Under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Funds are permitted to borrow through their credit facility or by entering into reverse repurchase agreements up to 331/3% of their total managed assets. As of October 31, 2011, the Funds had outstanding leverage from borrowings as a percentage of their total managed assets as follows:

  Percent of
Leverage
PSW 33%
PSY 32%
BPP 29%
BTZ 32%
BGT 27%

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Derivative Financial Instruments

The Funds may invest in various derivative financial instruments, including financial futures contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, options and swaps as specified in Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements, which may constitute forms of economic leverage. Such derivative financial instruments are used to obtain exposure to a market without owning or taking physical custody of securities or to hedge market, equity, credit, interest rate, foreign currency exchange rate, and/or other risks. Derivative financial instruments involve risks, including the imperfect correlation between the value of a derivative financial instrument and the underlying asset, possible default of the counterparty to the transaction or illiquidity of the derivative financial instrument. The Funds’ ability to use a derivative financial instrument successfully depends on the investment advisor’s ability to predict pertinent market movements accurately, which cannot be assured. The use of derivative financial instruments may result in losses greater than if they had not been used, may require a Fund to sell or purchase portfolio investments at inopportune times or for distressed values, may limit the amount of appreciation a Fund can realize on an investment, may result in lower dividends paid to shareholders or may cause a Fund to hold an investment that it might otherwise sell. The Funds’ investments in these instruments are discussed in detail in the Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments October 31, 2011 BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc. (PSW)
  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Asset-Backed Securities   Par
(000)
  Value
Atrium CDO Corp., Series 5A, Class A4, 0.69%,          
7/20/20 (a)(b) USD 650   $ 503,750
SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2004-B, Class A2,          
0.55%, 6/15/21 (b)   516     493,571
Total Asset-Backed Securities — 0.9%         997,321
  

Corporate Bonds
Aerospace & Defense — 1.8%          
BE Aerospace, Inc., 8.50%, 7/01/18   560     611,800
Bombardier, Inc., 7.75%, 3/15/20 (a)   720     792,000
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (a):          
6.88%, 3/15/18   150     151,125
7.13%, 3/15/21   140     141,750
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.,          
10.00%, 6/01/17   282     291,870
          1,988,545
Airlines — 1.0%          
American Airlines Pass-Through Trust:          
Series 2011-1, Class A, 5.25%, 7/31/22   325     295,313
Series 2011-2, Class A, 8.63%, 4/15/23   115     115,000
Continental Airlines Pass-Through Certificates,          
Series 2009-2, Class B, 9.25%, 5/10/17   335     344,636
Delta Air Lines, Inc., Series 02G1, 6.72%, 7/02/24   294     290,371
          1,045,320
Auto Components — 1.5%          
Daimler Finance North America LLC, 2.63%,          
9/15/16 (a)(c)   800     795,098
Delphi Corp., 6.13%, 5/15/21 (a)   130     132,600
Icahn Enterprises LP:          
7.75%, 1/15/16   200     205,000
8.00%, 1/15/18   500     508,750
          1,641,448
Beverages — 0.5%          
Constellation Brands, Inc., 7.25%, 5/15/17   460     506,000
Building Products — 0.4%          
Building Materials Corp. of America (a):          
7.00%, 2/15/20   85     90,100
6.75%, 5/01/21   270     280,125
          370,225
Capital Markets — 4.9%          
Ameriprise Financial, Inc., 5.30%, 3/15/20 (c)   750     817,321
E*Trade Financial Corp., 12.50%, 11/30/17 (d)   440     507,100
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 6.25%, 2/01/41 (c)   1,050     1,082,767
Macquarie Bank Ltd., 6.63%, 4/07/21 (a)(c)   445     435,838
Morgan Stanley (c):          
5.75%, 1/25/21   1,025     1,012,283
5.50%, 7/28/21   390     380,926
UBS AG (c):          
2.25%, 1/28/14   375     373,679
5.88%, 7/15/16   650     671,476
          5,281,390
Chemicals — 1.0%          
Ashland, Inc., 9.13%, 6/01/17   120     134,100
Celanese US Holdings LLC, 5.88%, 6/15/21   370     393,125
           
Corporate Bonds   Par
(000)
  Value
Chemicals (concluded)          
Lyondell Chemical Co., 11.00%, 5/01/18 USD 290   $ 322,988
Solutia, Inc., 7.88%, 3/15/20   200     214,000
          1,064,213
Commercial Banks — 5.9%          
Amsouth Bank, Series AI, 4.85%, 4/01/13   200     192,500
Asciano Finance Ltd., 5.00%, 4/07/18 (a)   200     212,630
Associated Banc-Corp, 5.13%, 3/28/16   515     531,376
BNP Paribas, 3.60%, 2/23/16 (c)   390     388,907
Branch Banking & Trust Co. (b):          
0.66%, 9/13/16   250     231,631
0.60%, 5/23/17   150     136,184
CIT Group, Inc.:          
7.00%, 5/01/15   60     60,000
7.00%, 5/02/16 (a)   370     369,075
7.00%, 5/01/17   331     331,000
7.00%, 5/02/17 (a)   90     89,775
City National Corp., 5.25%, 9/15/20 (c)   550     560,704
Discover Bank, 8.70%, 11/18/19   300     339,312
HSBC Holdings Plc, 5.10%, 4/05/21 (c)   1,300     1,400,188
Regions Financial Corp.:          
4.88%, 4/26/13   600     585,000
5.75%, 6/15/15   460     442,750
SVB Financial Group, 5.38%, 9/15/20 (c)   550     567,574
          6,438,606
Commercial Services & Supplies — 3.8%          
Aviation Capital Group Corp. (a):          
7.13%, 10/15/20 (c)   2,200     2,129,486
6.75%, 4/06/21   550     529,601
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., 7.75%, 2/15/19   169     162,240
Clean Harbors, Inc., 7.63%, 8/15/16   306     323,595
Corrections Corp. of America, 7.75%, 6/01/17   775     838,937
Iron Mountain, Inc., 7.75%, 10/01/19   90     93,375
Mobile Mini, Inc., 7.88%, 12/01/20   65     65,000
          4,142,234
Communications Equipment — 0.9%          
Avaya, Inc., 9.75%, 11/01/15   200     177,000
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., 6.88%, 1/15/20 700     733,250
EH Holding Corp., 6.50%, 6/15/19 (a)   100     102,250
          1,012,500
Consumer Finance — 4.4%          
American Express Credit Corp., 2.75%, 9/15/15 (c)   1,400     1,417,451
Capital One Bank USA NA, 8.80%, 7/15/19   775     920,554
Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, 7.00%, 4/15/15   690     752,100
Inmarsat Finance Plc, 7.38%, 12/01/17 (a)   420     449,400
SLM Corp., 6.25%, 1/25/16   1,180     1,180,000
          4,719,505
Containers & Packaging — 1.6%          
Ball Corp.:          
7.13%, 9/01/16   400     433,000
6.75%, 9/15/20   505     544,137
Bemis Co., Inc., 6.80%, 8/01/19   200     234,419
Crown Americas LLC, 6.25%, 2/01/21 (a)   200     210,000
Graphic Packaging International, Inc., 9.50%, 6/15/17 155     169,337
Rock-Tenn Co., 9.25%, 3/15/16   75     79,688
Sealed Air Corp., 8.38%, 9/15/21 (a)   30     32,475
          1,703,056

Portfolio Abbreviations

To simplify the listings of portfolio holdings in the Schedules of Investments, the names of many of the securities have been abbreviated according to the following list:

CAD Canadian Dollar GBP British Pound
CHF Swiss Franc LIBOR London InterBank Offered Rate
EUR Euro RB Revenue Bonds
FKA Formerly Known As USD US Dollar

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc. (PSW)
  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Corporate Bonds   Par
(000)
  Value
Diversified Financial Services — 10.0%          
Ally Financial, Inc.:          
4.50%, 2/11/14 USD 225   $ 219,938
8.30%, 2/12/15   390     409,500
8.00%, 11/01/31   440     438,900
Bank of America Corp. (c):          
5.30%, 3/15/17   855     817,627
5.00%, 5/13/21   1,325     1,244,058
Citigroup, Inc.:          
6.38%, 8/12/14   300     323,863
4.59%, 12/15/15 (c)   225     235,084
Dolphin Subsidiary II, Inc., 7.25%, 10/15/21 (a)   210     225,225
General Electric Capital Corp., 5.30%, 2/11/21 (c)   1,125     1,197,296
General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 6.75%, 6/01/18 (a) 120     121,098
ING Bank NV, 5.00%, 6/09/21 (a)(c)   550     564,531
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (c):          
2.38%, 12/21/12   800     779,110
6.50%, 2/24/21 (a)   200     184,541
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 3.15%, 7/05/16 (c)   950     951,612
Moody’s Corp., 6.06%, 9/07/17   2,500     2,642,573
Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc. (a):          
7.88%, 8/15/19   255     266,475
8.25%, 2/15/21   190     174,325
WMG Acquisition Corp., 9.50%, 6/15/16 (a)   50     53,000
          10,848,756
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 4.4%          
AT&T, Inc., 6.30%, 1/15/38 (c)   1,000     1,201,729
France Telecom SA, 4.13%, 9/14/21   150     154,534
Level 3 Financing, Inc.:          
8.75%, 2/15/17   165     168,712
8.13%, 7/01/19 (a)   758     750,420
Qwest Corp., 8.38%, 5/01/16   390     445,575
Telecom Italia Capital SA, 6.18%, 6/18/14   225     228,555
Telefonica Emisiones SAU, 5.46%, 2/16/21   310     314,186
Verizon Communications, Inc., 7.35%, 4/01/39 (c)   925     1,276,923
Windstream Corp., 7.88%, 11/01/17   240     259,200
          4,799,834
Electric Utilities — 1.2%          
Progress Energy, Inc., 7.00%, 10/30/31 (c)   1,000     1,311,396
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.9%        
Jabil Circuit, Inc., 8.25%, 3/15/18   200     232,000
NXP BV, 3.15%, 10/15/13 (b)   700     686,000
          918,000
Energy Equipment & Services — 1.2%          
Ensco Plc, 4.70%, 3/15/21 (c)   460     484,010
Frac Tech Services LLC, 7.63%, 11/15/18 (a)   250     261,250
Key Energy Services, Inc., 6.75%, 3/01/21   175     178,938
MEG Energy Corp., 6.50%, 3/15/21 (a)   225     234,562
Oil States International, Inc., 6.50%, 6/01/19   120     125,700
SunCoke Energy, Inc., 7.63%, 8/01/19 (a)   45     45,450
          1,329,910
Food & Staples Retailing — 2.9%          
CVS Caremark Corp., 6.30%, 6/01/62 (b)   800     777,000
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 6.20%, 4/15/38 (c)   1,825     2,379,672
          3,156,672
Food Products — 1.0%          
Kraft Foods, Inc.:          
6.50%, 8/11/17   385     460,191
6.13%, 8/23/18   390     464,103
Smithfield Foods, Inc., 10.00%, 7/15/14   86     99,975
          1,024,269
           
Corporate Bonds   Par
(000)
  Value
Gas Utilities — 0.1%          
Targa Resources Partners LP, 6.88%, 2/01/21 (a) USD 115   $ 113,563
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.6%          
Fresenius US Finance II, Inc., 9.00%, 7/15/15 (a)   500     565,000
Teleflex, Inc., 6.88%, 6/01/19   115     119,025
          684,025
Health Care Providers & Services — 3.6%          
Aetna, Inc., 6.75%, 12/15/37 (c)   400     508,966
Aviv Healthcare Properties LP, 7.75%, 2/15/19   105     101,325
HCA, Inc.:          
8.50%, 4/15/19   55     60,500
6.50%, 2/15/20   560     586,600
7.25%, 9/15/20   195     208,894
7.50%, 2/15/22   470     479,400
INC Research LLC, 11.50%, 7/15/19 (a)   165     148,500
inVentiv Health, Inc., 10.00%, 8/15/18 (a)   120     115,200
Tenet Healthcare Corp.:          
10.00%, 5/01/18   350     401,625
8.88%, 7/01/19   250     282,500
UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 6.88%, 2/15/38 (c)   800     1,054,925
          3,948,435
Household Durables — 0.3%          
Cemex Espana Luxembourg, 9.25%, 5/12/20 (a)   365     289,263
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 1.3%        
AES Corp.:          
9.75%, 4/15/16   235     266,725
7.38%, 7/01/21 (a)   75     80,250
Calpine Construction Finance Co. LP, 8.00%, 6/01/16 (a) 125     133,125
Calpine Corp., 7.25%, 10/15/17 (a)   100     104,000
Energy Future Intermediate Holding Co., LLC, 10.00%,          
12/01/20   410     430,500
NRG Energy, Inc., 7.38%, 1/15/17   400     416,500
          1,431,100
Insurance — 8.3%          
Allianz Finance II BV, 5.75%, 7/08/41 (b) EUR 200     247,763
The Allstate Corp., 7.45%, 5/16/19 (c) USD 900     1,119,175
American International Group, Inc., 6.40%,          
12/15/20 (c)   410     429,412
Aon Corp., 5.00%, 9/30/20 (c)   1,600     1,753,397
Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. Ltd., 7.25%,          
12/31/49 (a)(b)(e)   88     89,924
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., 5.80%, 5/15/21 (a)   700     659,637
Forethought Financial Group, Inc., 8.63%, 4/15/21 (a)   250     253,962
Genworth Financial, Inc., 7.63%, 9/24/21   225     203,384
Manulife Financial Corp., 4.90%, 9/17/20 (c)   1,000     1,027,102
MPL 2 Acquisition Canco, Inc., 9.88%, 8/15/18 (a)   100     86,000
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance, 6.06%, 3/30/40 (a)(c) 900     1,054,781
Principal Financial Group, Inc., 8.88%, 5/15/19   225     285,076
Prudential Financial, Inc., 6.63%, 12/01/37 (c)   800     951,260
XL Group Ltd., 5.75%, 10/01/21 (c)   810     854,066
          9,014,939
IT Services — 0.7%          
Eagle Parent Canada, Inc., 8.63%, 5/01/19 (a)   160     149,600
First Data Corp. (a):          
7.38%, 6/15/19   170     168,300
8.25%, 1/15/21   20     19,000
12.63%, 1/15/21   215     203,175
SunGard Data Systems, Inc., 7.38%, 11/15/18   230     235,175
          775,250
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.9%          
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., 8.00%, 9/15/16   865     942,850
Life Technologies Corp., 6.00%, 3/01/20 (c)   1,000     1,114,541
          2,057,391

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc. (PSW)
  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Corporate Bonds   Par
(000)
  Value
Machinery — 1.1%          
Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding Co. Ltd.,          
9.50%, 4/15/14 USD 800   $ 940,430
Navistar International Corp., 8.25%, 11/01/21   218     237,075
          1,177,505
Media — 9.2%          
AMC Networks, Inc., 7.75%, 7/15/21 (a)   90     97,650
CCH II LLC, 13.50%, 11/30/16   541     623,502
Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc.,          
10.50%, 1/15/15 (a)   165     130,350
Comcast Corp., 6.30%, 11/15/17   800     945,182
Cox Communications, Inc., 8.38%, 3/01/39 (a)   800     1,118,633
CSC Holdings LLC:          
8.50%, 4/15/14   160     175,600
8.50%, 6/15/15   400     434,000
8.63%, 2/15/19   275     312,125
DIRECTV Holdings LLC, 5.00%, 3/01/21 (c)   600     656,813
DISH DBS Corp., 7.00%, 10/01/13   450     475,875
Intelsat Luxembourg SA (d):          
11.50%, 2/04/17 (a)   40     40,000
11.50%, 2/04/17   100     100,000
The Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc., 10.00%, 7/15/17 275     314,875
Kabel BW Erste Beteiligungs GmbH, 7.50%, 3/15/19 (a) 230     239,200
News America, Inc., 6.15%, 3/01/37 (c)   950     1,043,310
Time Warner Cable, Inc., 6.75%, 6/15/39   925     1,124,334
Time Warner, Inc., 7.70%, 5/01/32 (c)   950     1,237,053
Unitymedia Hessen GmbH & Co. KG (FKA UPC          
Germany GmbH), 8.13%, 12/01/17 (a)   240     255,600
Virgin Media Secured Finance Plc, 6.50%, 1/15/18   600     646,500
          9,970,602
Metals & Mining — 2.6%          
Alcoa, Inc., 5.40%, 4/15/21   580     574,699
Barrick Gold Corp., 2.90%, 5/30/16   275     285,522
Barrick North America Finance LLC, 5.70%, 5/30/41 300     348,674
FMG Resources August 2006 Property Ltd. (a):          
6.88%, 2/01/18   55     52,800
8.25%, 11/01/19   45     45,450
Freeport-McMoRan Corp., 7.13%, 11/01/27   700     813,361
Novelis, Inc., 8.75%, 12/15/20   230     250,700
Teck Resources Ltd., 10.75%, 5/15/19   400     494,000
          2,865,206
Multi-Utilities — 1.6%          
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.:          
5.95%, 2/01/17   750     844,566
6.50%, 5/01/18   775     902,905
          1,747,471
Multiline Retail — 0.6%          
JC Penney Co., Inc., 5.65%, 6/01/20   700     659,750
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 12.5%          
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.:          
6.00%, 6/01/19   60     59,550
6.25%, 6/01/21   165     162,938
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.:          
5.95%, 9/15/16   244     280,409
6.38%, 9/15/17   10     11,767
Arch Coal, Inc. (a):          
7.00%, 6/15/19   50     51,750
7.25%, 6/15/21   165     169,950
BP Capital Markets Plc, 3.88%, 3/10/15 (c)   350     374,701
Buckeye Partners LP, 4.88%, 2/01/21   225     236,963
Chesapeake Energy Corp., 6.13%, 2/15/21   770     806,575
Chesapeake Midstream Partners LP, 5.88%, 4/15/21 (a) 140     141,400
Chesapeake Oilfield Operating LLC, 6.63%, 11/15/19 (a) 65     66,788
Consol Energy, Inc., 6.38%, 3/01/21 (a)   105     104,475
Copano Energy LLC, 7.13%, 4/01/21   130     132,925

Corporate Bonds   Par
(000)
  Value
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (concluded)          
DCP Midstream LLC, 4.75%, 9/30/21 (a) USD 325   $ 339,213
Denbury Resources, Inc., 6.38%, 8/15/21   135     139,050
El Paso Corp., 7.00%, 6/15/17   335     375,200
El Paso Pipeline Partners Operating Co., LLC,          
5.00%, 10/01/21   125     128,184
Enbridge Energy Partners LP, 9.88%, 3/01/19   475     636,165
Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc., 7.75%, 6/15/19   240     242,400
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 6.65%, 4/15/18 (c)   1,000     1,176,342
Forest Oil Corp., 8.50%, 2/15/14   295     318,600
Hilcorp Energy I LP, 7.75%, 11/01/15 (a)   165     169,274
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, 6.85%, 2/15/20   1,000     1,194,906
Linn Energy LLC, 7.75%, 2/01/21   225     240,187
Marathon Petroleum Corp., 3.50%, 3/01/16 (a)(c)   325     333,402
MarkWest Energy Partners LP, 6.25%, 6/15/22 (f)   125     128,125
Newfield Exploration Co., 5.75%, 1/30/22   115     121,900
Oasis Petroleum, Inc.:          
7.25%, 2/01/19 (a)   80     84,400
6.50%, 11/01/21 (f)   70     70,350
OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes SA, 8.50%,          
6/01/18 (a)   280     277,200
ONEOK Partners LP, 8.63%, 3/01/19   800     1,034,405
Petrobras International Finance Co., 3.88%, 1/27/16   875     895,388
Petrohawk Energy Corp.:          
10.50%, 8/01/14   145     162,581
6.25%, 6/01/19   165     186,450
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.:          
6.65%, 3/15/17   150     162,908
6.88%, 5/01/18   115     124,351
Plains Exploration & Production Co.:          
7.75%, 6/15/15   185     191,937
10.00%, 3/01/16   95     105,450
Precision Drilling Corp., 6.50%, 12/15/21 (a)   95     100,225
Premier Oil, 5.00%, 6/09/18   825     858,000
Range Resources Corp., 6.75%, 8/01/20   200     222,000
SandRidge Energy, Inc., 7.50%, 3/15/21 (a)   170     164,050
SM Energy Co., 6.63%, 2/15/19 (a)   55     55,550
Western Gas Partners LP, 5.38%, 6/01/21   350     372,204
The Williams Cos., Inc., 8.75%, 3/15/32   275     374,410
          13,584,998
Paper & Forest Products — 2.8%          
Boise Paper Holdings LLC, 8.00%, 4/01/20   150     157,875
Georgia-Pacific LLC, 8.25%, 5/01/16 (a)   785     870,439
International Paper Co.:          
7.50%, 8/15/21   775     941,845
7.30%, 11/15/39   800     932,843
Longview Fibre Paper & Packaging, Inc.,          
8.00%, 6/01/16 (a)   80     81,200
Verso Paper Holdings LLC, 11.50%, 7/01/14   85     89,250
          3,073,452
Pharmaceuticals — 9.8%          
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., 5.88%, 11/15/36 (c)   892     1,133,257
Capsugel Finance Co. SCA, 9.88%, 8/01/19 (a) EUR 100     141,137
GlaxoSmithKline Capital, Inc., 6.38%, 5/15/38 (c) USD 1,690     2,284,327
Merck & Co., Inc. (c):          
6.50%, 12/01/33   475     649,655
6.55%, 9/15/37   1,504     2,093,809
Pfizer, Inc., 7.20%, 3/15/39 (c)   2,500     3,734,135
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, 6.50%, 7/15/16 (a) 65     65,000
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 6.13%, 8/15/19 (c)   490     572,398
          10,673,718
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 2.8%          
AvalonBay Communities, Inc., 6.10%, 3/15/20 (c)   800     907,763
Developers Diversified Realty Corp.:          
4.75%, 4/15/18   155     145,864
7.88%, 9/01/20   175     189,420
ERP Operating LP, 5.75%, 6/15/17   800     894,065

See Notes to Financial Statements.

18ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 2011
 

Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc. (PSW)
  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Corporate Bonds   Par
(000)
  Value
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (concluded)          
HCP, Inc., 5.38%, 2/01/21 USD 250   $ 256,759
UDR, Inc., 4.25%, 6/01/18   350     359,902
Ventas Realty LP/Ventas Capital Corp., 4.75%, 6/01/21 270     264,397
          3,018,170
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.2%          
Realogy Corp., 7.88%, 2/15/19 (a)   135     121,500
Shea Homes LP, 8.63%, 5/15/19 (a)   110     99,550
          221,050
Road & Rail — 1.6%          
Avis Budget Car Rental LLC, 8.25%, 1/15/19   100     99,750
Florida East Coast Railway Corp., 8.13%, 2/01/17   40     40,000
The Hertz Corp., 6.75%, 4/15/19   207     211,140
Norfolk Southern Corp., 6.00%, 3/15/2105 (c)   1,200     1,388,004
          1,738,894
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.7%        
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 7.75%, 8/01/20   190     192,850
KLA-Tencor Corp., 6.90%, 5/01/18   461     524,795
          717,645
Specialty Retail — 1.2%          
AutoNation, Inc., 6.75%, 4/15/18   445     461,688
Best Buy Co., Inc., 5.50%, 3/15/21   150     143,380
Limited Brands, Inc., 7.00%, 5/01/20   230     244,950
QVC, Inc., 7.38%, 10/15/20 (a)   25     27,250
VF Corp., 5.95%, 11/01/17   350     414,480
          1,291,748
Tobacco — 2.0%          
Altria Group, Inc.:          
9.25%, 8/06/19   115     152,876
10.20%, 2/06/39   937     1,447,508
Lorillard Tobacco Co., 3.50%, 8/04/16   600     602,329
          2,202,713
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 3.6%          
America Movil SAB de CV, 2.38%, 9/08/16   585     584,060
American Tower Corp.:          
4.50%, 1/15/18   450     462,846
5.90%, 11/01/21   295     326,046
Cricket Communications, Inc., 7.75%, 5/15/16   155     160,812
Crown Castle International Corp., 9.00%, 1/15/15   210     228,900
Crown Castle Towers LLC (a):          
5.50%, 1/15/37   275     299,543
6.11%, 1/15/40   300     331,498
Digicel Group Ltd., 8.25%, 9/01/17 (a)   125     127,500
Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, 7.25%, 4/01/19 (a)   50     50,250
Nextel Communications, Inc., Series E, 6.88%, 10/31/13 195     192,562
SBA Tower Trust, 5.10%, 4/15/42 (a)   1,000     1,089,500
Sprint Capital Corp., 6.88%, 11/15/28   110     80,300
          3,933,817
Total Corporate Bonds — 118.4%         128,492,584
 

Preferred Securities
 
Capital Trusts          
Capital Markets — 4.2%          
Ameriprise Financial, Inc., 7.52%, 6/01/66 (b)   500     505,000
State Street Capital Trust III, 5.34% (b)(e)   725     726,232
State Street Capital Trust IV, 1.35%, 6/01/37 (b)   4,740     3,319,991
          4,551,223
           
Capital Trusts   Par
(000)
Value
Commercial Banks — 2.7%          
Barclays Bank Plc (a)(b)(e):          
5.93% USD 425   $ 344,250
7.43% (c)   150     140,250
BNP Paribas, 7.20% (a)(b)(c)(e)   300     247,500
Credit Agricole SA (a)(b)(e):          
6.64% (c)   350     236,425
8.38%   350     308,000
Dresdner Funding Trust I, 8.15%, 6/30/31 (a)   530     413,400
M&T Capital Trust II, 8.28%, 6/01/27   910     919,115
National City Preferred Capital Trust I, 12.00% (b)(e)   300     311,298
          2,920,238
Diversified Financial Services — 2.3%          
ING Capital Funding Trust III, 3.97% (b)(e)   400     338,890
JPMorgan Chase Capital XXIII, 1.29%, 5/15/77 (b)   3,085     2,129,921
          2,468,811
Electric Utilities — 0.4%          
PPL Capital Funding, 6.70%, 3/30/67 (b)   500     482,500
Insurance — 7.4%          
Ace Capital Trust II, 9.70%, 4/01/30   500     648,966
The Allstate Corp., 6.50%, 5/15/67 (b)   500     465,625
American International Group, Inc., 8.18%, 5/15/68 (b)   225     217,125
AXA SA, 6.38% (a)(b)(e)   1,000     747,500
Chubb Corp., 6.38%, 3/29/67 (b)(c)   500     502,500
Farmers Exchange Capital, 7.05%, 7/15/28 (a)(c)   500     542,153
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Co.,          
7.15%, 5/16/46 (a)(b)   500     487,500
Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., 10.75%, 6/15/88 (a)(b)   500     607,500
Lincoln National Corp., 7.00%, 5/17/66 (b)(c)   500     470,000
MetLife, Inc., 6.40%, 12/15/66   500     491,169
Reinsurance Group of America, 6.75%, 12/15/65 (b)   700     607,480
Swiss Re Capital I LP, 6.85% (a)(b)(e)   450     405,782
ZFS Finance (USA), Trust II, 6.45%, 12/15/65 (a)(b)   1,800     1,728,000
ZFS Finance (USA), Trust IV, 5.88%, 5/09/32 (a)(b)   146     141,620
          8,062,920
Multi-Utilities — 0.9%          
Dominion Resources Capital Trust I, 7.83%, 12/01/27   500     504,057
Dominion Resources, Inc., 7.50%, 6/30/66 (b)   500     525,000
          1,029,057
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.3%          
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 8.38%, 8/01/66 (b)   825     853,875
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd., 6.35%, 5/15/67 (b)   500     509,587
          1,363,462
Total Capital Trusts — 19.2%         20,878,211
 

Preferred Stocks
  Shares      
Auto Components — 0.1%          
Dana Holding Corp., 4.00% (a)   1,000     123,750
Commercial Banks — 1.0%          
SG Preferred Capital II, 6.30% (a)(b)   1,000     1,004,687
Diversified Financial Services — 0.3%          
Ally Financial, Inc., 7.00% (a)   440     328,144
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.0%          
Fannie Mae, Series S, 8.25% (b)(g)   3,000     5,880
Freddie Mac, Series Z, 8.38% (b)(g)   3,000     6,420
          12,300
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.9%          
Centaur Funding Corp., 9.08% (a)   2,720     3,144,150
Total Preferred Stocks — 4.3%         4,613,031

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 201119
  


Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc. (PSW)
  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Trust Preferreds  

Shares

Value
Diversified Financial Services — 0.3%          
GMAC Capital Trust I, Series 2, 8.13%, 2/15/40 (b)   16,010     $ 328,614  
Total Trust Preferreds — 0.3%       328,614  
Total Preferred Securities — 23.8%       25,819,856  
 
Taxable Municipal Bonds   Par
(000)
     
Metropolitan Transportation Authority, RB,          
Build America Bonds, 6.55%, 11/15/31 USD 800   903,248  
Total Taxable Municipal Bonds — 0.8%       903,248  
 
 

US Government Sponsored
         
Agency Securities          
Agency Obligations — 0.3%          
Fannie Mae, 4.23%, 10/09/19 (c)(h)   390   294,830  
Total US Government Sponsored Agency Securities — 0.3% 294,830  
 
 

US Treasury Obligations
US Treasury Notes, 2.13%, 8/15/21 (c)   780   776,592  
Total US Treasury Obligations — 0.7%       776,592  
Total Long-Term Investments          
(Cost — $151,118,071) — 144.9%       157,284,431  
 

Short-Term Securities
  Shares   Value
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund,          
Institutional Class, 0.14% (i)(j)   1,362,932   1,362,932  
Total Short-Term Securities          
(Cost — $1,362,932) — 1.3%       1,362,932  
 
 
Options Purchased   Notional
Amount
(000)
     
Over-the-Counter Put Swaptions — 0.0%          
Pay a fixed rate of 4.50% and receive a floating rate          
based on 3-month LIBOR, Expires 9/16/13, Broker          
Credit Suisse International EUR 1,300   26,527  
Pay a fixed rate of 4.50% and receive a floating rate          
based on 3-month LIBOR, Expires 10/21/13,          
Broker Deutsche Bank AG   1,300   28,902  
Total Options Purchased          
(Cost — $66,622) — 0.0%       55,429  
Total Investments Before Options Written          
(Cost — $152,547,625*) — 146.2%       158,702,792  
 
 

Options Written
Over-the-Counter Call Swaptions — (0.2)%          
Pay a fixed rate of 4.03% and receive a floating rate          
based on 3-month LIBOR, Expires 4/16/12,          
Broker UBS AG USD 1,800   (255,028 )

Options Written   Notional
Amount
(000)
  Value
Over-the-Counter Put Swaptions — (0.0)%            
Receive a fixed rate of 4.03% and pay a floating rate            
based on 3-month LIBOR, Expires 4/16/12,            
Broker UBS AG USD 1,800   $ (2,881 )
Total Options Written            
(Premiums Received — $129,600) — (0.2)%         (257,909 )
Total Investments, Net of Options Written — 146.0%         158,444,883  
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (46.0)%         (49,915,746 )
Net Assets — 100.0%        $ 108,529,137  

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of October 31, 2011, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows: 
Aggregate cost $ 152,469,279  
Gross unrealized appreciation $ 9,163,076  
Gross unrealized depreciation   (2,929,563 )
Net unrealized appreciation $ 6,233,513  

(a) Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors. 
(b) Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date. 
(c) All or a portion of security has been pledged as collateral in connection with open reverse repurchase agreements. 
(d) Represents a payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in additional par/shares. 
(e) Security is perpetual in nature and has no stated maturity date. 
(f) When-issued security. Unsettled when-issued transactions were as follows: 
Counterparty Value Unrealized
Appreciation
Barclays Capital, Inc. $128,125 $3,125
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA $  70,350 $   350

(g) Non-income producing security. 
(h) Represents a zero-coupon bond. Rate shown reflects the current yield as of report date. 
(i) Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Fund during the year, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows: 
Affiliate Shares
Held at
October 31,
2010
Net
Activity
Shares
Held at
October 31,
2011
Income
BlackRock Liquidity        
Funds, TempFund,
Institutional Class 5,884,098 (4,521,166) 1,362,932 $824

(j) Represents the current yield as of report date. 
• For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund’s industry classifications refer to any one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by Fund management. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such industry sub-classifications for reporting ease. 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

20ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 2011
 

Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc. (PSW)

• Reverse repurchase agreements outstanding as of October 31, 2011 were as follows: 
Counterparty Interest
Rate
Trade
Date
Maturity
Date1
Net Closing
Amount
Face
Amount
Credit Suisse                
Securities                
(USA) LLC 0.40 % 5/18/11 Open $ 1,041,022 $ 1,039,093
UBS Securities LLC 0.38 % 5/18/11 Open   1,967,462   1,964,000
UBS Securities LLC 0.38 % 5/19/11 Open   873,528   872,000
Credit Suisse                
Securities                
(USA) LLC 0.40 % 5/20/11 Open   1,298,940   1,296,562
UBS Securities LLC 0.35 % 6/08/11 Open   2,227,658   2,224,500
UBS Securities LLC 0.38 % 6/14/11 Open   1,126,663   1,125,000
Credit Suisse                
Securities                
(USA) LLC 0.40 % 6/15/11 Open   1,016,129   1,014,562
UBS Securities LLC 0.37 % 6/27/11 Open   957,919   956,670
Deutsche Bank                
Securities, Inc. 0.36 % 7/01/11 Open   537,210   536,550
Credit Suisse                
Securities                
(USA) LLC 0.35 % 7/05/11 Open   1,290,116   1,288,624
Credit Suisse                
Securities                
(USA) LLC 0.35 % 7/11/11 Open   862,359   861,412
UBS Securities LLC 0.32 % 7/12/11 Open   526,048   525,525
UBS Securities LLC 0.28 % 7/16/11 Open   196,165   196,000
Credit Suisse                
Securities                
(USA) LLC 0.35 % 7/18/11 Open   416,066   415,638
Deutsche Bank                
Securities, Inc. 0.35 % 7/20/11 Open   2,357,006   2,354,625
UBS Securities LLC 0.35 % 8/01/11 Open   872,780   872,000
UBS Securities LLC 0.32 % 8/02/11 Open   382,509   382,200
BNP Paribas                
Securities Corp. 0.03 % 8/04/11 Open   285,209   285,188
Credit Suisse                
Securities                
(USA) LLC 0.40 % 8/05/11 Open   597,584   597,000
BNP Paribas                
Securities Corp. 0.37 % 8/16/11 Open   1,018,656   1,017,850
BNP Paribas                
Securities Corp. 0.37 % 8/17/11 Open   956,447   955,700
Barclays                
Capital, Inc. 0.35 % 8/26/11 Open   557,238   556,875
Barclays                
Capital, Inc. 0.35 % 8/31/11 Open   1,194,470   1,193,750
Credit Suisse                
Securities                
(USA) LLC 0.35 % 9/08/11 Open   1,043,172   1,042,626
Deutsche Bank                
Securities, Inc. 0.35 % 9/08/11 Open   310,413   310,250
UBS Securities LLC 0.37 % 9/08/11 Open   302,418   302,250
Credit Suisse                
Securities                
(USA) LLC 0.35 % 9/09/11 Open   491,253   491,000
Barclays                
Capital, Inc. 0.35 % 9/14/11 Open   1,626,821   1,626,063
Deutsche Bank                
Securities, Inc. 0.35 % 9/14/11 Open   418,495   418,300
UBS Securities LLC 0.35 % 9/14/11 Open   357,167   357,000
UBS Securities LLC 0.38 % 9/14/11 Open   3,690,869   3,689,000

• Reverse repurchase agreements outstanding as of October 31, 2011 were as follows (concluded): 
Counterparty Interest
Rate
Trade
Date
Maturity
Date
Net Closing
Amount
Face
Amount
Barclays                
Capital, Inc. 0.40 % 9/23/11 Open $ 738,320 $ 738,000
Barclays                
Capital, Inc. 0.40 % 9/30/11 Open   748,001   747,736
Deutsche Bank                
Securities, Inc. 0.40 % 10/04/11 Open   591,434   591,250
Deutsche Bank                
Securities, Inc. 0.35 % 10/14/11 Open   1,233,903   1,233,688
Deutsche Bank                
Securities, Inc. 0.38 % 10/20/11 Open   208,526   208,500
Barclays                
Capital, Inc. 0.40 % 10/26/11 Open   4,293,701   4,293,415
BNP Paribas                
Securities Corp. 0.40 % 10/26/11 Open   9,757,010   9,756,360
Deutsche Bank                
Securities, Inc. 0.40 % 10/26/11 Open   2,955,546   2,955,350
Credit Suisse                
Securities                
(USA) LLC 0.35 % 10/27/11 Open   1,197,526   1,197,468
BNP Paribas                
Securities Corp. 0.08 % 10/31/11 Open   778,051   778,051
Total         $ 53,301,810 $ 53,267,631

Certain agreements have no stated maturity and can be terminated by either party at anytime. 
• Financial futures contracts sold as of October 31, 2011 were as follows: 
Contracts Issue Exchange Expiration Notional
Value
  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
95 Euro-Schatz Eurex December          
      2011 EUR 10,421,025   $   (8,689 )
1 German Euro Chicago December          
  Bund Mercantile 2011 EUR      135,470     (306 )
219 10-Year US Chicago Board December          
  Treasury Note of Trade 2011 USD 28,264,688     49,508  
13 Ultra US Chicago Board December          
  Treasury Bond of Trade 2011 USD   1,980,875     82,070  
Total       $ 122,583  

• Foreign currency exchange contracts as of October 31, 2011 were as follows: 
Currency
Purchased
Currency
Sold
Counterparty Settlement
Date
Unrealized
Depreciation
USD 342,375 EUR 249,000 Citibank NA 1/25/12 $ (1,979 )
USD 33,064 EUR 24,000 Deutsche Bank AG 1/25/12   (127 )
Total           $ (2,106 )

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 201121
  


Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc. (PSW)

Credit default swaps on single-name issues — buy protection outstanding as of October 31, 2011 were as follows:

Issuer Pay
Fixed
Rate
Counterparty Expiration
Date
Notional
Amount
(000)
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Raytheon Co. 1.00 % Citibank NA 9/20/16 USD 225 $ 1,272  
      Deutsche          
Raytheon Co. 1.00 % Bank AG 9/20/16 USD 270   (212 )
General     JPMorgan          
Dynamics     Chase          
Corp. 1.00 % & Co. 9/20/16 USD 625   5,383  
Computer     Morgan Stanley          
Sciences Corp. 1.00 % & Co., Inc. 9/20/16 USD 275   1,295  
General                
Dynamics     Morgan Stanley          
Corp. 1.00 % & Co., Inc. 9/20/16 USD 400   1,225  
      Morgan Stanley          
Raytheon Co. 1.00 % & Co., Inc. 9/20/16 USD 150   (187 )
      Barclays          
Dell, Inc. 1.00 % Bank Plc 12/20/16 USD 630   (4,234 )
      Credit Suisse          
Computer     Securities          
Sciences Corp. 1.00 % (USA) LLC 12/20/16 USD 280   (5,686 )
Lockheed     Deutsche          
Martin Corp. 1.00 % Bank AG 12/20/16 USD 750   7,956  
STMicroelectronics     Deutsche          
NV 1.00 % Bank AG 12/20/16 EUR  285   (348 )
Southwest     Goldman Sachs          
Airlines Co. 1.00 Capital Markets LP   12/20/16 USD 280   (66 )
Southwest     Royal Bank          
Airlines Co. 1.00 % of Scotland Plc 12/20/16 USD 280   (1,272 )
Total           $ 5,126  

Credit default swaps on single-name issues — sold protection outstanding as of October 31, 2011 were as follows:

 
Issuer Pay
Fixed
Rate

Counterparty
Expiration
Date
Issuer
Credit
Rating1
Notional
Amount
(000)2
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
      Deutsche            
Aviva USA Corp. 1.00 % Bank AG 5/25/12 AA- USD 650 $ 1,175  
Assured                  
Guaranty Corp. 5.00 % Citibank NA 12/20/14 AA+ USD   40   (223 )
Assured                  
Guaranty Corp. 5.00 % Citibank NA 3/20/15 AA+ USD 185   296  
      Deutsche            
MetLife, Inc. 1.00 % Bank AG 3/20/18 A+ USD 200   (9,776 )
Total             $ (8,528 )

Using S&P’s rating. 
The maximum potential amount the Fund may pay should a negative credit event take place as defined under the terms of agreement. 
• Credit default swaps on traded indexes — buy protection outstanding as of October 31, 2011 were as follows: 
Issuer Pay
Fixed
Rate
Counterparty Expiration
Date
Notional
Amount
(000)
Unrealized
Depreciation
Dow Jones CDX          
North America     JPMorgan    
High Yield Index     Chase    
Series 17 5.00 % Bank & Co. 12/20/16 USD 1,050 $(100,610)

Interest rate swaps outstanding as of October 31, 2011 were as follows:

Fixed
Rate
Floating
Rate
Counterparty Expiration
Date
Notional
Amount
(000)
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
1.43%(b) 3-month              
  LIBOR Deutsche Bank AG 9/13/13 EUR 10,600 $ (8,635 )
2.72%(b) 3-month              
  LIBOR Deutsche Bank AG 8/08/21 USD 1,400   52,236  
4.35%(a) 3-month              
  LIBOR Deutsche Bank AG 4/15/41 USD 600   (167,211 )
3.93%(a) 3-month              
  LIBOR Citibank NA 7/21/41 USD 1,600   (311,632 )
3.01%(b) 3-month              
  LIBOR Deutsche Bank AG 9/13/41 USD 200   1,780  
2.63%(b) 3-month              
  LIBOR Deutsche Bank AG 9/26/41 USD 400   (27,485 )
2.81%(a) 3-month Credit Suisse            
  LIBOR Securities (USA) LLC 10/11/41 USD 400   13,186  
3.00%(a) 3-month Credit Suisse            
  LIBOR Securities (USA) LLC 10/18/41 USD 300   (1,882 )
Total           $ (449,643 )

(a) Fund pays a fixed interest rate and receives floating rate.  
(b) Fund pays a floating interest rate and receives fixed rate.  
• Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. These inputs are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial statement purposes as follows: 
• Level 1 — unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets and liabilities 
• Level 2 — other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) 
• Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Fund’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments)  

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The categorization of a value determined for investments and derivative financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and derivative financial instrument and does not necessarily correspond to the Fund’s perceived risk of investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments and derivative financial instruments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

22ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 2011
 

Schedule of Investments (concluded) BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc. (PSW)

The following tables summarize the inputs used as of October 31, 2011 in determining the fair valuation of the Fund’s investments and derivative financial instruments:

Valuation Inputs Level 1 Level 2 Level 3   Total  
Assets:                        
Investments:                        
Long-Term                        
Investments:                        
Asset-Backed                        
Securities     $ 493,571   $ 503,750   $ 997,321  
Corporate                        
Bonds       127,634,584     858,000     128,492,584  
Preferred                        
Securities $ 340,913     25,478,943         25,819,856  
Taxable                        
Municipal                        
Bonds       903,248         903,248  
US Government                        
Sponsored                        
Agency                        
Securities       294,830         294,830  
US Treasury                        
Obligations       776,592         776,592  
Short-Term                        
Securities   1,362,932             1,362,932  
Total $ 1,703,845   $ 155,581,768   $ 1,361,750   $ 158,647,363   
 
             
Valuation Inputs Level 1 Level 2   Level 3   Total
Derivative Financial Instruments1                  
Assets:                        
Interest rate                        
contracts $ 131,578   $ 122,631       $ 254,209  
Credit                        
contracts       17,427   $ 1,175     18,602  
Liabilities:                        
Interest rate                        
contracts   (8,995 )   (774,754 )       (783,749 )
Foreign currency                        
exchange                        
contracts       (2,106 )       (2,106 )
Credit                        
contracts       (122,614 )       (122,614 )
Total $ 122,583   $ (759,416 ) $ 1,175   $ (635,658 )

Derivative financial instruments are swaps, financial futures contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts and options. Swaps, financial futures contracts and foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument and options are shown at value. 

The following table is a reconciliation of Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value:

  Asset-Backed
Securities
Corporate
Bonds
Total
Assets:                
Balance, as of October 31, 2010          
Accrued discounts/premiums          
Net realized gain (loss)          
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation2 $ (52,364 ) $ 33,000 $ (19,364 )
Purchases   556,114     825,000   1,381,114  
Sales          
Transfers in3          
Transfers out3          
Balance, as of October 31, 2011 $ 503,750   $ 858,000 $ 1,361,750  

Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation in the Statements of Operations. The net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments still held at October 31, 2011 was $(19,364). 
The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers in and transfers out as of the beginning of the period of the event or the change in circumstances that caused the transfer. 

The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 derivative financial instruments for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value:

  Credit
Contracts
Assets:      
Balance, as of October 31, 2010    
Accrued discounts/premiums $ 1,984  
Net realized gain (loss)    
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation4   1,175  
Purchases    
Issuances5   3,440  
Sales    
Settlements6   (5,424 )
Transfers in3    
Transfers out3    
Balance, as of October 31, 2011 $ 1,175  

Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation in the Statements of Operations. The change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on derivative financial instruments still held at October 31, 2011 was $1,175. 
Issuances represent upfront cash received on certain derivative financial instruments. 
Settlements represent periodic contractual cash flows and/or cash flows to terminate certain derivative financial instruments. 

A reconciliation of Level 3 investments and derivative financial instruments is presented when the Fund had a significant amount of Level 3 investments and derivative financial instruments at the beginning and/or end of the year in relation to net assets.  

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 201123
  


Schedule of Investments October 31, 2011 BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc. (PSY)
  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Asset-Backed Securities   Par
(000)
  Value
Atrium CDO Corp., Series 5A, Class A4,          
0.69%, 7/20/20 (a)(b) USD 2,650   $ 2,053,750
SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2004-B, Class A2,          
0.55%, 6/15/21 (b)   2,170     2,077,112
Total Asset-Backed Securities — 0.9%         4,130,862
 

Corporate Bonds
Aerospace & Defense — 1.9%          
BE Aerospace, Inc., 8.50%, 7/01/18   2,500     2,731,250
Bombardier, Inc., 7.75%, 3/15/20 (a)   3,205     3,525,500
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (a):          
6.88%, 3/15/18   610     614,575
7.13%, 3/15/21   600     607,500
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.,          
10.00%, 6/01/17   1,014     1,049,490
          8,528,315
Airlines — 1.0%          
American Airlines Pass-Through Trust:          
Series 2011-1, Class A, 5.25%, 7/31/22   1,408     1,281,203
Series 2011-2, Class A, 8.63%, 4/15/23   570     570,000
Continental Airlines Pass-Through Certificates,          
Series 2009-2, Class B, 9.25%, 5/10/17   1,453     1,493,424
Delta Air Lines, Inc., Series 02G1, 6.72%, 7/02/24   1,146     1,131,963
          4,476,590
Auto Components — 1.5%          
Daimler Finance North America LLC, 2.63%, 9/15/16 (a)(c) 3,425     3,404,015
Delphi Corp., 6.13%, 5/15/21 (a)   570     581,400
Icahn Enterprises LP:          
7.75%, 1/15/16   880     902,000
8.00%, 1/15/18   2,000     2,035,000
          6,922,415
Beverages — 0.5%          
Constellation Brands, Inc., 7.25%, 5/15/17   1,970     2,167,000
Building Products — 0.3%          
Building Materials Corp. of America (a):          
7.00%, 2/15/20   375     397,500
6.75%, 5/01/21   1,160     1,203,500
          1,601,000
Capital Markets — 5.5%          
Ameriprise Financial, Inc., 5.30%, 3/15/20 (c)   3,250     3,541,723
E*Trade Financial Corp., 12.50%, 11/30/17 (d)   1,865     2,149,412
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.:          
5.25%, 7/27/21   2,900     2,927,272
6.25%, 2/01/41 (c)   4,450     4,588,871
Macquarie Bank Ltd., 6.63%, 4/07/21 (a)(c)   1,745     1,709,072
Morgan Stanley (c):          
5.75%, 1/25/21   3,915     3,866,427
5.50%, 7/28/21   1,910     1,865,560
UBS AG:          
2.25%, 1/28/14   1,627     1,621,268
5.88%, 7/15/16 (c)   2,800     2,892,512
          25,162,117
Chemicals — 1.0%          
Ashland, Inc., 9.13%, 6/01/17   505     564,338
Celanese US Holdings LLC, 5.88%, 6/15/21   1,545     1,641,562
Lyondell Chemical Co., 11.00%, 5/01/18   1,250     1,392,188
Solutia, Inc., 7.88%, 3/15/20   860     920,200
          4,518,288
Commercial Banks — 4.9%          
Amsouth Bank, Series AI, 4.85%, 4/01/13   1,050     1,010,625
Asciano Finance Ltd., 5.00%, 4/07/18 (a)   900     956,833
           
Corporate Bonds   Par
(000)
    Value
Commercial Banks (concluded)          
Associated Banc-Corp, 5.13%, 3/28/16 USD 2,200   $ 2,269,958
BNP Paribas, 3.60%, 2/23/16 (c)   998     995,203
Branch Banking & Trust Co. (b)(c):          
0.66%, 9/13/16   1,100     1,019,176
0.60%, 5/23/17   675     612,830
CIT Group, Inc.:          
7.00%, 5/01/15   260     260,000
7.00%, 5/02/16 (a)   1,570     1,566,075
7.00%, 5/01/17   1,263     1,263,000
7.00%, 5/02/17 (a)   350     349,125
City National Corp., 5.25%, 9/15/20 (c)   2,350     2,395,733
Discover Bank, 8.70%, 11/18/19   1,200     1,357,248
HSBC Holdings Plc, 5.10%, 4/05/21 (c)   1,625     1,750,235
Regions Financial Corp.:          
4.88%, 4/26/13   2,525     2,461,875
5.75%, 6/15/15   1,800     1,732,500
SVB Financial Group, 5.38%, 9/15/20   2,300     2,373,490
          22,373,906
Commercial Services & Supplies — 3.8%          
Aviation Capital Group Corp. (a):          
7.13%, 10/15/20 (c)   9,300     9,001,917
6.75%, 4/06/21   2,325     2,238,766
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., 7.75%, 2/15/19   721     692,160
Clean Harbors, Inc., 7.63%, 8/15/16   1,314     1,389,555
Corrections Corp. of America, 7.75%, 6/01/17   3,375     3,653,438
Iron Mountain, Inc., 7.75%, 10/01/19   390     404,625
Mobile Mini, Inc., 7.88%, 12/01/20   275     275,000
          17,655,461
Communications Equipment — 0.9%          
Avaya, Inc., 9.75%, 11/01/15   900     796,500
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., 6.88%, 1/15/20 2,965     3,105,838
EH Holding Corp., 6.50%, 6/15/19 (a)   420     429,450
          4,331,788
Consumer Finance — 4.2%          
American Express Credit Corp., 2.75%, 9/15/15 (c)   5,850     5,922,920
Capital One Bank USA NA, 8.80%, 7/15/19   3,325     3,949,475
Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, 7.00%, 4/15/15   2,580     2,812,200
Inmarsat Finance Plc, 7.38%, 12/01/17 (a)   1,815     1,942,050
SLM Corp., 6.25%, 1/25/16   4,870     4,870,000
          19,496,645
Containers & Packaging — 1.4%          
Ball Corp.:          
7.13%, 9/01/16   1,750     1,894,375
6.75%, 9/15/20   2,210     2,381,275
Crown Americas LLC, 6.25%, 2/01/21 (a)   825     866,250
Graphic Packaging International, Inc., 9.50%, 6/15/17 665     726,512
Rock-Tenn Co., 9.25%, 3/15/16   325     345,313
Sealed Air Corp., 8.38%, 9/15/21 (a)   130     140,725
          6,354,450
Diversified Financial Services — 7.8%          
Ally Financial, Inc.:          
4.50%, 2/11/14   1,775     1,735,062
8.30%, 2/12/15   1,230     1,291,500
8.00%, 11/01/31   1,620     1,615,950
Bank of America Corp.:          
5.30%, 3/15/17 (c)   3,640     3,480,892
5.00%, 5/13/21   50     46,946
Citigroup, Inc.:          
6.38%, 8/12/14   1,300     1,403,407
4.59%, 12/15/15 (c)   975     1,018,696
Dolphin Subsidiary II, Inc., 7.25%, 10/15/21 (a)   890     954,525
General Electric Capital Corp., 5.30%, 2/11/21 (c)   4,600     4,895,610
General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 6.75%, 6/01/18 (a) 500     504,576
ING Bank NV, 5.00%, 6/09/21 (a)(c)   2,350     2,412,087

See Notes to Financial Statements.

24ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 2011
 

Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc. (PSY)
  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Corporate Bonds   Par
(000)
  Value
Diversified Financial Services (concluded)          
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (c):          
2.38%, 12/21/12 USD 3,500   $ 3,408,608
6.50%, 2/24/21 (a)   600     553,624
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 3.15%, 7/05/16 (c)   4,075     4,081,915
Moody’s Corp., 6.06%, 9/07/17   6,000     6,342,174
Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc. (a):          
7.13%, 4/15/19   245     249,900
7.88%, 8/15/19   870     909,150
6.88%, 2/15/21   215     217,150
8.25%, 2/15/21   485     444,988
WMG Acquisition Corp., 9.50%, 6/15/16 (a)   205     217,300
          35,784,060
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 5.4%          
AT&T, Inc., 6.30%, 1/15/38 (c)   4,000     4,806,916
France Telecom SA, 4.13%, 9/14/21   675     695,404
Level 3 Financing, Inc.:          
8.75%, 2/15/17   675     690,188
8.13%, 7/01/19 (a)   2,489     2,464,110
Qwest Corp., 8.38%, 5/01/16   2,795     3,193,287
Telecom Italia Capital SA, 6.18%, 6/18/14   975     990,404
Telefonica Emisiones SAU, 5.46%, 2/16/21   1,360     1,378,365
Verizon Communications, Inc.:          
1.95%, 3/28/14 (c)   3,650     3,748,189
7.35%, 4/01/39   4,025     5,556,339
Windstream Corp., 7.88%, 11/01/17   1,150     1,242,000
          24,765,202
Electric Utilities — 1.1%          
Progress Energy, Inc., 7.00%, 10/30/31 (c)   4,000     5,245,584
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.8%        
Jabil Circuit, Inc., 8.25%, 3/15/18   800     928,000
NXP BV, 3.15%, 10/15/13 (b)   2,950     2,891,000
          3,819,000
Energy Equipment & Services — 1.2%          
Ensco Plc, 4.70%, 3/15/21 (c)   1,965     2,067,565
Frac Tech Services LLC, 7.63%, 11/15/18 (a)   1,085     1,133,825
Key Energy Services, Inc., 6.75%, 3/01/21   745     761,763
MEG Energy Corp., 6.50%, 3/15/21 (a)   955     995,587
Oil States International, Inc., 6.50%, 6/01/19   505     528,988
SunCoke Energy, Inc., 7.63%, 8/01/19 (a)   190     191,900
          5,679,628
Food & Staples Retailing — 2.4%          
CVS Caremark Corp., 6.30%, 6/01/62 (b)   3,650     3,545,062
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (c):          
5.25%, 9/01/35   2,500     2,913,065
6.20%, 4/15/38   3,375     4,400,764
          10,858,891
Food Products — 1.0%          
Kraft Foods, Inc.:          
6.50%, 8/11/17   1,665     1,990,176
6.13%, 8/23/18   1,660     1,975,415
Smithfield Foods, Inc., 10.00%, 7/15/14   374     434,775
          4,400,366
Gas Utilities — 0.1%          
Targa Resources Partners LP, 6.88%, 2/01/21 (a)   495     488,813
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.7%          
Fresenius US Finance II, Inc., 9.00%, 7/15/15 (a)   2,250     2,542,500
Teleflex, Inc., 6.88%, 6/01/19   490     507,150
          3,049,650
Health Care Providers & Services — 4.3%          
Aetna, Inc., 6.75%, 12/15/37 (c)   1,700     2,163,106
Aviv Healthcare Properties LP, 7.75%, 2/15/19   460     443,900

Corporate Bonds   Par
(000)
  Value
Health Care Providers & Services (concluded)          
HCA, Inc.:          
8.50%, 4/15/19 USD 240   $ 264,000
6.50%, 2/15/20   2,380     2,493,050
7.25%, 9/15/20   3,435     3,679,744
7.50%, 2/15/22   2,020     2,060,400
INC Research LLC, 11.50%, 7/15/19 (a)   695     625,500
inVentiv Health, Inc., 10.00%, 8/15/18 (a)   510     489,600
Tenet Healthcare Corp.:          
10.00%, 5/01/18   1,530     1,755,675
8.88%, 7/01/19   1,125     1,271,250
UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 6.88%, 2/15/38   3,400     4,483,430
          19,729,655
Household Durables — 0.3%          
Cemex Espana Luxembourg, 9.25%, 5/12/20 (a)   1,462     1,158,635
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 1.3%          
AES Corp.:          
9.75%, 4/15/16   985     1,117,975
7.38%, 7/01/21 (a)   325     347,750
Calpine Construction Finance Co. LP, 8.00%,          
6/01/16 (a)   535     569,775
Calpine Corp., 7.25%, 10/15/17 (a)   440     457,600
Energy Future Intermediate Holding Co., LLC,          
10.00%, 12/01/20   1,745     1,832,250
NRG Energy, Inc., 7.38%, 1/15/17   1,710     1,780,537
          6,105,887
Insurance — 8.3%          
Allianz Finance II BV, 5.75%, 7/08/41 (b) EUR 700     867,169
The Allstate Corp., 7.45%, 5/16/19 (c) USD 5,600     6,963,757
American International Group, Inc.,          
6.40%, 12/15/20 (c)   1,690     1,770,017
Aon Corp., 5.00%, 9/30/20 (c)   4,600     5,041,016
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., 5.80%, 5/15/21 (a)   2,800     2,638,549
Forethought Financial Group, Inc., 8.63%, 4/15/21 (a)   1,000     1,015,846
Genworth Financial, Inc., 7.63%, 9/24/21   970     876,812
Manulife Financial Corp., 4.90%, 9/17/20 (c)   4,700     4,827,379
MPL 2 Acquisition Canco, Inc., 9.88%, 8/15/18 (a)   430     369,800
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG,          
6.00%, 5/26/41 (b) EUR 300     399,239
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance,          
6.06%, 3/30/40 (a) USD 3,800     4,453,520
Principal Financial Group, Inc., 8.88%, 5/15/19   980     1,241,662
Prudential Financial, Inc., 6.63%, 12/01/37 (c)   3,400     4,042,855
XL Group Ltd., 5.75%, 10/01/21 (c)   3,430     3,616,602
          38,124,223
IT Services — 0.7%          
Eagle Parent Canada, Inc., 8.63%, 5/01/19 (a)   720     673,200
First Data Corp. (a):          
7.38%, 6/15/19   725     717,750
8.25%, 1/15/21   90     85,500
12.63%, 1/15/21   905     855,225
SunGard Data Systems, Inc., 7.38%, 11/15/18   970     991,825
          3,323,500
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.9%          
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., 8.00%, 9/15/16   3,825     4,169,250
Life Technologies Corp., 6.00%, 3/01/20 (c)   4,200     4,681,072
          8,850,322
Machinery — 1.1%          
Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding Co. Ltd., 9.50%, 4/15/14 (c) 3,400     3,996,829
Navistar International Corp., 8.25%, 11/01/21   931     1,012,463
          5,009,292

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 201125
  


Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc. (PSY)
  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Corporate Bonds   Par
(000)
Value
Media — 9.3%          
AMC Networks, Inc., 7.75%, 7/15/21 (a) USD 395   $ 428,575
CCH II LLC, 13.50%, 11/30/16   2,317     2,670,342
Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc.,          
10.50%, 1/15/15 (a)   700     553,000
Comcast Corp., 6.30%, 11/15/17 (c)   3,400     4,017,022
Cox Communications, Inc., 8.38%, 3/01/39 (a)   3,400     4,754,193
CSC Holdings LLC:          
8.50%, 4/15/14   680     746,300
8.50%, 6/15/15   1,500     1,627,500
8.63%, 2/15/19   1,200     1,362,000
DIRECTV Holdings LLC, 5.00%, 3/01/21   2,575     2,818,822
DISH DBS Corp., 7.00%, 10/01/13   1,750     1,850,625
Intelsat Luxembourg SA (d):          
11.50%, 2/04/17 (a)   140     140,000
11.50%, 2/04/17   400     400,000
The Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc., 10.00%, 7/15/17 1,175     1,345,375
Kabel BW Erste Beteiligungs GmbH, 7.50%, 3/15/19 (a) 1,040     1,081,600
News America, Inc., 6.15%, 3/01/37 (c)   4,200     4,612,528
Time Warner Cable, Inc., 6.75%, 6/15/39   4,050     4,922,759
Time Warner, Inc., 7.70%, 5/01/32   4,150     5,403,968
Unitymedia Hessen GmbH & Co. KG (FKA UPC          
Germany GmbH), 8.13%, 12/01/17 (a)   1,030     1,096,950
Virgin Media Secured Finance Plc, 6.50%, 1/15/18   2,675     2,882,312
          42,713,871
Metals & Mining — 2.6%          
Alcoa, Inc., 5.40%, 4/15/21 (c)   2,455     2,432,561
Barrick Gold Corp., 2.90%, 5/30/16   1,150     1,194,001
Barrick North America Finance LLC, 5.70%, 5/30/41 1,325     1,539,975
FMG Resources August 2006 Property Ltd. (a):          
6.88%, 2/01/18   235     225,600
8.25%, 11/01/19   190     191,900
Freeport-McMoRan Corp., 7.13%, 11/01/27   2,900     3,369,641
Novelis, Inc., 8.75%, 12/15/20   975     1,062,750
Teck Resources Ltd., 10.75%, 5/15/19 (c)   1,750     2,161,250
          12,177,678
Multi-Utilities — 1.6%          
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.:          
5.95%, 2/01/17   3,150     3,547,177
6.50%, 5/01/18   3,350     3,902,881
          7,450,058
Multiline Retail — 1.3%          
JC Penney Co., Inc., 5.65%, 6/01/20   6,300     5,937,750
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 13.0%          
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.:          
6.00%, 6/01/19   255     253,088
6.25%, 6/01/21   705     696,188
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.:          
5.95%, 9/15/16   994     1,142,322
6.38%, 9/15/17   23     27,065
Arch Coal, Inc. (a):          
7.00%, 6/15/19   220     227,700
7.25%, 6/15/21   720     741,600
BP Capital Markets Plc (c):          
3.88%, 3/10/15   1,500     1,605,862
3.20%, 3/11/16   1,875     1,969,978
Buckeye Partners LP, 4.88%, 2/01/21   1,000     1,053,169
Chesapeake Energy Corp., 6.13%, 2/15/21   3,445     3,608,637
Chesapeake Midstream Partners LP, 5.88%, 4/15/21 (a) 595     600,950
Chesapeake Oilfield Operating LLC, 6.63%, 11/15/19 (a) 270     277,425
Consol Energy, Inc., 6.38%, 3/01/21 (a)   450     447,750
Copano Energy LLC, 7.13%, 4/01/21   560     572,600
DCP Midstream LLC, 4.75%, 9/30/21 (a)   1,200     1,252,478
Denbury Resources, Inc., 6.38%, 8/15/21   575     592,250
El Paso Corp., 7.00%, 6/15/17   1,430     1,601,600

Corporate Bonds   Par
(000)
Value
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (concluded)          
El Paso Pipeline Partners Operating Co., LLC,          
5.00%, 10/01/21 USD 525   $ 538,374
Enbridge Energy Partners LP, 9.88%, 3/01/19   2,100     2,812,517
Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc., 7.75%, 6/15/19   1,025     1,035,250
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 6.65%, 4/15/18   4,200     4,940,636
Forest Oil Corp., 8.50%, 2/15/14   1,240     1,339,200
Hilcorp Energy I LP, 7.75%, 11/01/15 (a)   710     728,389
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, 6.85%, 2/15/20   4,200     5,018,605
Linn Energy LLC, 7.75%, 2/01/21   955     1,019,463
Marathon Petroleum Corp., 3.50%, 3/01/16 (a)   1,375     1,410,545
MarkWest Energy Partners LP, 6.25%, 6/15/22 (e)   530     543,250
Newfield Exploration Co., 5.75%, 1/30/22   495     524,700
Oasis Petroleum, Inc.:          
7.25%, 2/01/19 (a)   340     358,700
6.50%, 11/01/21 (e)   305     306,525
OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes SA, 8.50%, 6/01/18 (a) 1,200     1,188,000
ONEOK Partners LP, 8.63%, 3/01/19   3,400     4,396,220
Petrobras International Finance Co., 3.88%, 1/27/16   3,725     3,811,796
Petrohawk Energy Corp.:          
10.50%, 8/01/14   615     689,569
6.25%, 6/01/19   715     807,950
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.:          
6.65%, 3/15/17   650     705,933
6.88%, 5/01/18   490     529,845
Plains Exploration & Production Co.:          
7.75%, 6/15/15   785     814,438
10.00%, 3/01/16   405     449,550
Precision Drilling Corp., 6.50%, 12/15/21 (a)   425     448,375
Premier Oil, 5.00%, 6/09/18   3,400     3,536,000
Range Resources Corp., 6.75%, 8/01/20   855     949,050
SandRidge Energy, Inc., 7.50%, 3/15/21 (a)   720     694,800
SM Energy Co., 6.63%, 2/15/19 (a)   220     222,200
Western Gas Partners LP, 5.38%, 6/01/21   1,525     1,621,746
The Williams Cos., Inc., 8.75%, 3/15/32   1,150     1,565,715
          59,678,003
Paper & Forest Products — 2.9%          
Boise Paper Holdings LLC, 8.00%, 4/01/20   645     678,862
Georgia-Pacific LLC, 8.25%, 5/01/16 (a)   3,400     3,770,053
International Paper Co.:          
7.50%, 8/15/21   3,325     4,040,819
7.30%, 11/15/39   3,400     3,964,584
Longview Fibre Paper & Packaging, Inc., 8.00%, 6/01/16 (a) 330     334,950
Verso Paper Holdings LLC, 11.50%, 7/01/14   355     372,750
          13,162,018
Pharmaceuticals — 7.5%          
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., 5.88%, 11/15/36 (c)   2,214     2,812,814
Capsugel Finance Co. SCA, 9.88%, 8/01/19 (a) EUR 300     423,412
GlaxoSmithKline Capital, Inc., 6.38%, 5/15/38 (c) USD 7,250     9,799,629
Merck & Co., Inc. (c):          
6.50%, 12/01/33   2,070     2,831,129
6.55%, 9/15/37   4,572     6,364,956
Pfizer, Inc., 7.20%, 3/15/39 (c)   6,250     9,335,337
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, 6.50%, 7/15/16 (a) 250     250,000
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 6.13%, 8/15/19   2,075     2,423,930
          34,241,207
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 2.8%          
AvalonBay Communities, Inc., 6.10%, 3/15/20   3,400     3,857,994
Developers Diversified Realty Corp.:          
4.75%, 4/15/18   645     606,981
7.88%, 9/01/20   775     838,861
ERP Operating LP, 5.75%, 6/15/17 (c)   3,405     3,805,363
HCP, Inc., 5.38%, 2/01/21   1,025     1,052,710
UDR, Inc., 4.25%, 6/01/18   1,475     1,516,731
Ventas Realty LP/Ventas Capital Corp., 4.75%, 6/01/21   1,135     1,111,449
          12,790,089

See Notes to Financial Statements.

26ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 2011
 

Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc. (PSY)
  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Corporate Bonds   Par
(000)
  Value
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.2%          
Realogy Corp., 7.88%, 2/15/19 (a) USD 570   $ 513,000
Shea Homes LP, 8.63%, 5/15/19 (a)   480     434,400
          947,400
Road & Rail — 1.6%          
Avis Budget Car Rental LLC, 8.25%, 1/15/19   435     433,912
Florida East Coast Railway Corp., 8.13%, 2/01/17   200     200,000
The Hertz Corp., 6.75%, 4/15/19   933     951,660
Norfolk Southern Corp., 6.00%, 3/15/2105 (c)   5,000     5,783,350
          7,368,922
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.6%        
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 7.75%, 8/01/20   775     786,625
KLA-Tencor Corp., 6.90%, 5/01/18   1,928     2,194,802
          2,981,427
Specialty Retail — 1.2%          
AutoNation, Inc., 6.75%, 4/15/18   1,965     2,038,688
Best Buy Co., Inc., 5.50%, 3/15/21   550     525,727
Limited Brands, Inc., 7.00%, 5/01/20   980     1,043,700
QVC, Inc., 7.38%, 10/15/20 (a)   105     114,450
VF Corp., 5.95%, 11/01/17   1,475     1,746,736
          5,469,301
Tobacco — 2.0%          
Altria Group, Inc.:          
9.25%, 8/06/19   485     644,737
10.20%, 2/06/39   3,929     6,069,649
Lorillard Tobacco Co., 3.50%, 8/04/16   2,450     2,459,508
          9,173,894
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 3.6%          
America Movil SAB de CV, 2.38%, 9/08/16   2,675     2,670,701
American Tower Corp.:          
4.50%, 1/15/18   1,925     1,979,951
5.90%, 11/01/21   1,295     1,431,287
Cricket Communications, Inc., 7.75%, 5/15/16   670     695,125
Crown Castle International Corp., 9.00%, 1/15/15   890     970,100
Crown Castle Towers LLC (a):          
5.50%, 1/15/37   1,175     1,279,864
6.11%, 1/15/40   1,300     1,436,491
Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, 7.25%, 4/01/19 (a)   190     190,950
Nextel Communications, Inc., Series E, 6.88%, 10/31/13 840     829,500
SBA Tower Trust, 5.10%, 4/15/42 (a)   4,225     4,603,138
Sprint Capital Corp., 6.88%, 11/15/28   470     343,100
          16,430,207
Total Corporate Bonds — 115.5%         530,502,508
 

Preferred Securities
Capital Trusts          
Capital Markets — 4.0%          
Ameriprise Financial, Inc., 7.52%, 6/01/66 (b)   2,500     2,525,000
State Street Capital Trust III, 5.34% (b)(f)   2,920     2,924,964
State Street Capital Trust IV, 1.35%, 6/01/37 (b)   18,235     12,772,159
          18,222,123
Commercial Banks — 5.4%          
Barclays Bank Plc, 7.43% (a)(b)(c)(f)   650     607,750
BNP Paribas, 7.20% (a)(b)(c)(f)   1,500     1,237,500
Credit Agricole SA (a)(b)(c)(f):          
6.64%   1,475     996,363
8.38%   1,475     1,298,000
Dresdner Funding Trust I, 8.15%, 6/30/31 (a)   2,240     1,747,200
           
Capital Trusts   Par
(000)
  Value
Commercial Banks (concluded)          
HSBC Capital Funding LP/Jersey Channel Islands,          
10.18% (a)(b)(c)(f) USD 4,835   $ 6,055,837
M&T Capital Trust II, 8.28%, 6/01/27   3,630     3,666,358
National City Preferred Capital Trust I, 12.00% (b)(f)   1,100     1,141,426
NationsBank Capital Trust III, 0.95%, 1/15/27 (b)   13,470     8,021,708
          24,772,142
Diversified Financial Services — 1.7%          
ING Capital Funding Trust III, 3.97% (b)(f)   1,800     1,525,003
JPMorgan Chase Capital XXIII, 1.29%, 5/15/77 (b)(c)   8,775     6,058,365
          7,583,368
Electric Utilities — 0.6%          
PPL Capital Funding, 6.70%, 3/30/67 (b)   3,000     2,895,000
Insurance — 8.6%          
Ace Capital Trust II, 9.70%, 4/01/30   2,500     3,244,830
The Allstate Corp., 6.50%, 5/15/67 (b)   5,000     4,656,250
American General Capital II, 8.50%, 7/01/30   100     98,000
American International Group, Inc., 8.18%, 5/15/68 (b)   900     868,500
Aon Corp., 8.21%, 1/01/27   2,500     2,911,810
AXA SA, 6.38% (a)(b)(f)   3,000     2,242,500
Bank One Capital III, 8.75%, 9/01/30 (c)   2,000     2,437,998
Chubb Corp., 6.38%, 3/29/67 (b)(c)   2,000     2,010,000
Farmers Exchange Capital, 7.05%, 7/15/28 (a)(c)   2,500     2,710,765
Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., 10.75%, 6/15/88 (a)(b)   2,925     3,553,875
Lincoln National Corp., 7.00%, 5/17/66 (b)(c)   3,350     3,149,000
MetLife, Inc., 6.40%, 12/15/66   3,325     3,266,274
Principal Life Insurance Co., 8.00%, 3/01/44 (a)   2,500     3,136,742
Reinsurance Group of America, 6.75%, 12/15/65 (b)   3,000     2,603,487
Swiss Re Solutions Holding Corp., 7.75%, 6/15/30 (c)   2,000     2,267,248
ZFS Finance (USA), Trust IV, 5.88%, 5/09/32 (a)(b)   379     367,630
          39,524,909
Multi-Utilities — 1.5%          
Dominion Resources Capital Trust I, 7.83%, 12/01/27   2,500     2,520,288
Dominion Resources, Inc., 7.50%, 6/30/66 (b)   3,900     4,095,000
          6,615,288
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.3%          
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 8.38%, 8/01/66 (b)   2,000     2,070,000
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd., 6.35%, 5/15/67 (b)   4,000     4,076,696
          6,146,696
Road & Rail — 0.8%          
BNSF Funding Trust I, 6.61%, 12/15/55 (b)   3,750     3,810,938
Total Capital Trusts — 23.9%         109,570,464
 

Preferred Stocks
  Shares    
Auto Components — 0.1%          
Dana Holding Corp., 4.00% (a)   4,000     495,000
Commercial Banks — 0.2%          
SG Preferred Capital II, 6.30% (a)(b)   1,000     1,004,687
Diversified Financial Services — 0.3%          
Ally Financial, Inc., 7.00% (a)   1,880     1,402,069
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.0%          
Fannie Mae, Series S, 8.25% (b)(g)   14,000     27,440
Freddie Mac, Series Z, 8.38% (b)(g)   14,000     29,960
          57,400
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.6%          
Centaur Funding Corp., 9.08% (a)   2,423     2,800,837
Total Preferred Stocks — 1.2%         5,759,993

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 201127
  
Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc. (PSY)
  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Trust Preferreds   Shares Value
Diversified Financial Services — 0.3%          
GMAC Capital Trust I, Series 2, 8.13%, 2/15/40 (b)   66,410   $ 1,363,099
Total Trust Preferreds — 0.3%         1,363,099
Total Preferred Securities — 25.4%         116,693,556
 
 
Taxable Municipal Bonds   Par
(000)
   
Metropolitan Transportation Authority, RB, Build          
America Bonds, 6.55%, 11/15/31 USD 3,450     3,895,257
Total Taxable Municipal Bonds — 0.8%         3,895,257
 
 
US Government Sponsored Agency Securities          
Agency Obligations — 0.3%          
Fannie Mae, 4.23%, 10/09/19 (c)(h)   1,670     1,262,477
Total US Government Sponsored Agency Securities — 0.3%   1,262,477
 
 
US Treasury Obligations          
US Treasury Bonds, 4.75%, 2/15/41 (c)   2,670     3,471,000
US Treasury Notes, 1.00%, 9/30/16 (c)   1,450     1,451,015
Total US Treasury Obligations — 1.1%         4,922,015
Total Long-Term Investments          
(Cost — $641,902,640) — 144.0%         661,406,675
 
 
Short-Term Securities   Shares    
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund,          
Institutional Class, 0.14% (i)(j)   405,708     405,708
Total Short-Term Securities          
(Cost — $405,708) — 0.1%         405,708
 
 
Options Purchased   Notional
Amount
(000)
   
Over-the-Counter Put Swaptions — 0.0%          
Pay a fixed rate of 4.50% and receive a floating rate          
based on 3-month LIBOR, Expires 9/16/13, Broker          
Credit Suisse International EUR 5,300     108,147
Pay a fixed rate of 4.50% and receive a floating rate          
based on 3-month LIBOR, Expires 10/21/13, Broker          
Citibank NA   5,000     111,161
          219,308
Total Options Purchased          
(Cost — $264,170) — 0.0%         219,308
Total Investments Before Options Written          
(Cost — $642,572,518*) — 144.1%         662,031,691

Options Written   Notional
Amount
(000)
Value
Over-the-Counter Call Swaptions — (0.2)%          
Pay a fixed rate of 4.03% and receive a floating rate          
based on 3-month LIBOR, Expires 4/16/12,          
Broker UBS AG USD 7,700 $ (1,090,952 )
Over-the-Counter Put Swaptions — (0.0)%          
Receive a fixed rate of 4.03% and pay a floating rate          
based on 3-month LIBOR, Expires 4/16/12, Broker          
UBS AG   7,700   (12,325 )
Total Options Written          
(Premiums Received — $554,400) — (0.2)%       (1,103,277 )
Total Investments, Net of Options Written — 143.9%       660,928,414  
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (43.9)%       (201,649,692 )
Net Assets — 100.0%     $ 459,278,722  
           

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of October 31, 2011, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows: 
Aggregate cost $ 642,431,656  
Gross unrealized appreciation $ 36,903,817  
Gross unrealized depreciation   (17,303,782 )
Net unrealized appreciation $ 19,600,035  

(a) Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors. 
(b) Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date. 
(c) All or a portion of security has been pledged as collateral in connection with open reverse repurchase agreements. 
(d) Represents a payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in additional par/shares. 
(e) When-issued security. Unsettled when-issued transactions were as follows: 
Counterparty Value Unrealized
Appreciation
Barclays Capital, Inc. $ 543,250 $ 13,250
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA $ 306,525 $ 1,525

(f) Security is perpetual in nature and has no stated maturity date. 
(g) Non-income producing security.  
(h) Represents a zero-coupon bond. Rate shown reflects the current yield as of report date. 
(i) Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Fund during the year, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows: 
Affiliate Shares
Held at
October 31,
2010
Net
Activity
Shares
Held at
October 31,
2011
Income
BlackRock Liquidity        
Funds, TempFund,        
Institutional Class 1,483,567 (1,077,859) 405,708 $5,540

(j) Represents the current yield as of report date. 
• For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund’s industry classifications refer to any one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by Fund management. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such industry sub-classifications for reporting ease. 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

28ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 2011
 

Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc. (PSY)

• Reverse repurchase agreements outstanding as of October 31, 2011 were as follows: 
Counterparty Interest
Rate
Trade
Date
Maturity
Date
Net Closing
Amount
Face
Amount
UBS Securities LLC 0.38% 5/18/11 Open $ 12,935,169 $ 12,912,000
Credit Suisse              
Securities              
(USA) LLC 0.40% 5/19/11 Open   4,646,054   4,637,500
UBS Securities LLC 0.38% 5/19/11 Open   2,183,820   2,180,000
Credit Suisse              
Securities              
(USA) LLC 0.40% 5/20/11 Open   3,398,407   3,392,188
Barclays Capital Inc. 0.40% 5/31/11 Open   2,048,499   2,045,000
Credit Suisse              
Securities              
(USA) LLC 0.35% 6/01/11 Open   6,953,547   6,943,219
UBS Securities LLC 0.35% 6/08/11 Open   4,836,856   4,830,000
UBS Securities LLC 0.38% 6/14/11 Open   6,404,450   6,395,000
UBS Securities LLC 0.38% 6/15/11 Open   9,065,464   9,051,999
BNP Paribas              
Securities Corp. 0.35% 6/20/11 Open   1,920,339   1,917,840
UBS Securities LLC 0.37% 6/22/11 Open   3,536,166   3,531,375
UBS Securities LLC 0.37% 6/27/11 Open   1,849,286   1,846,875
Credit Suisse              
Securities              
(USA) LLC 0.35% 7/05/11 Open   1,612,645   1,610,781
UBS Securities LLC 0.35% 7/11/11 Open   2,408,543   2,405,900
UBS Securities LLC 0.32% 7/12/11 Open   2,247,660   2,245,425
UBS Securities LLC 0.28% 7/13/11 Open   588,508   588,000
Deutsche Bank              
Securities, Inc. 0.35% 7/20/11 Open   9,139,106   9,129,875
Deutsche Bank              
Securities, Inc. 0.17% 7/29/11 Open   2,971,708   2,970,375
UBS Securities LLC 0.38% 8/01/11 Open   3,711,633   3,706,000
Deutsche Bank              
Securities, Inc. 0.35% 8/03/11 Open   3,624,969   3,621,800
BNP Paribas              
Securities Corp. 0.09% 8/05/11 Open   1,227,720   1,227,450
BNP Paribas              
Securities Corp. 0.35% 8/16/11 Open   1,863,394   1,862,000
BNP Paribas              
Securities Corp. 0.39% 8/17/11 Open   1,483,220   1,482,000
Barclays              
Capital Inc. 0.35% 8/18/11 Open   3,912,851   3,910,000
Barclays              
Capital Inc. 0.35% 8/26/11 Open   2,401,501   2,399,938
Barclays              
Capital Inc. 0.35% 8/30/11 Open   4,528,272   4,525,500
Barclays              
Capital Inc. 0.35% 8/31/11 Open   4,777,878   4,775,000
Barclays              
Capital Inc. 0.35% 9/01/11 Open   17,070,843   17,060,725
BNP Paribas              
Securities Corp. 0.35% 9/01/11 Open   36,121,583   36,100,174
Credit Suisse              
Securities              
(USA) LLC 0.35% 9/09/11 Open   7,104,147   7,100,489
Credit Suisse              
Securities              
(USA) LLC 0.35% 9/12/11 Open   2,087,825   2,086,750
Deutsche Bank              
Securities, Inc. 0.40% 9/12/11 Open   3,980,210   3,978,000
Deutsche Bank              
Securities, Inc. 0.35% 9/20/11 Open   1,820,743   1,820,000
Barclays Capital Inc. 0.40% 9/23/11 Open   3,160,932   3,159,563
Barclays Capital Inc. 0.40% 9/30/11 Open   3,171,065   3,169,938

• Reverse repurchase agreements outstanding as of October 31, 2011 were as follows (concluded): 
Counterparty Interest
Rate
Trade
Date
 Maturity
Date
Net Closing
Amount
Face
Amount
Deutsche Bank                  
Securities, Inc. 0.40 % 10/04/11 Open $ 2,957,170 $ 2,956,250  
Credit Suisse                  
Securities                  
(USA) LLC 0.35 % 10/06/11 Open   509,566   509,438  
Barclays                  
Capital Inc. 0.35 % 10/12/11 Open   1,991,637   1,991,250  
Deutsche Bank                  
Securities, Inc. 0.35 % 10/12/11 Open   4,600,894   4,600,000  
Deutsche Bank                  
Securities, Inc. 0.35 % 10/14/11 Open   7,464,694   7,463,388  
Deutsche Bank                  
Securities, Inc. 0.38 % 10/20/11 Open   1,042,632   1,042,500  
Credit Suisse                  
Securities                  
(USA) LLC 0.35 % 10/27/11 Open   1,618,566   1,618,487  
Credit Suisse                  
Securities                  
(USA) LLC 0.40 % 10/27/11 Open   5,838,587   5,838,262  
BNP Paribas                  
Securities Corp. 0.39 % 10/27/11 Open   1,529,858   1,529,774  
Credit Suisse                  
Securities                  
(USA) LLC (0.70 %) 10/31/11 Open   1,449,972   1,450,000  
UBS Securities LLC 0.38 % 10/31/11 Open   3,415,366   3,415,185  
Total         $ 213,213,955 $ 213,033,213  

Certain agreements have no stated maturity and can be terminated by either party at anytime. 
• Financial futures contracts sold as of October 31, 2011 were as follows: 
Contracts Issue Exchange Expiration Notional
Value
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
404 Euro-Schatz Eurex December          
      2011 EUR 44,316,780 $ (36,951 )
1 German Euro Chicago December          
  Bund Mercantile 2011 EUR 135,470   (306 )
890 10-Year US Chicago December          
  Treasury Note Board of Trade 2011 USD 114,865,625   205,436  
77 Ultra US Chicago Board December          
  Treasury Bond of Trade 2011 USD 11,732,875   341,830  
Total           $ 510,009  

Foreign currency exchange contracts as of October 31, 2011 were as follows:

Currency
Purchased
  Currency
Sold
Counterparty Settlement
Date
Unrealized
Depreciation
USD 1,477,438   EUR 1,074,500 Citibank NA 1/25/12 $ (8,539 )
USD 123,988   EUR 90,000 Deutsche Bank AG 1/25/12   (477 )
 
Total             $ (9,016 )

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 201129
  


Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc. (PSY)

Credit default swaps on single-name issues — buy protection outstanding as of October 31, 2011 were as follows:

Issuer Pay
Fixed
Rate
Counterparty Expiration
Date
Notional
Amount
(000)
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Raytheon Co. 1.00% Citibank NA 9/20/16 USD 1,100 $ 6,220  
Raytheon Co. 1.00% Deutsche          
    Bank AG 9/20/16 USD 1,150   (902 )
General   JPMorgan          
Dynamics Corp. 1.00% Chase          
    Bank & Co. 9/20/16 USD 2,475   21,317  
Computer   Morgan Stanley          
Sciences Corp. 1.00% & Co., Inc. 9/20/16 USD 1,160   5,463  
General   Morgan Stanley          
Dynamics Corp. 1.00% & Co., Inc. 9/20/16 USD 1,725   5,245  
Raytheon Co. 1.00% Morgan Stanley          
    & Co., Inc. 9/20/16 USD    650   (812 )
Dell, Inc. 1.00% Barclays          
    Bank Plc 12/20/16 USD 2,665   (17,909 )
Computer   Credit Suisse          
Sciences Corp. 1.00% Securities          
    (USA) LLC 12/20/16 USD 1,185   (24,066 )
Lockheed   Deutsche          
Martin Corp. 1.00% Bank AG 12/20/16 USD 3,025   32,089  
STMicroelectron-   Deutsche          
ics NV 1.00% Bank AG 12/20/16 EUR 1,215   (1,481 )
Southwest   Goldman          
Airlines Co. 1.00% Sachs Capital          
    Markets LP 12/20/16 USD 1,185   (279 )
Southwest   Royal Bank of          
Airlines Co. 1.00% Scotland Plc 12/20/16 USD 1,185   (5,382 )
Total         $ 19,503  

• Credit default swaps on single-name issues — sold protection outstanding as of October 31, 2011 were as follows: 
Issuer Receive
Fixed
Rate
Counterparty Expiration
Date
Issuer
Credit
Rating1
Notional
Amount
(000) 2
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Aviva USA   Deutsche            
Corp. 1.00% Bank AG 5/25/12 AA– USD 2,775 $ 5,018  
Assured                
Guaranty                
Corp. 5.00% Citibank NA 12/20/14 AA+ USD    180   (1,004 )
Assured                
Guaranty                
Corp. 5.00% Citibank NA 3/20/15 AA+ USD    770   1,234  
MetLife, Inc. 1.00% Deutsche            
    Bank AG 3/20/18 A+ USD    900   (43,991 )
Total           $ (38,743 )

Using S&P’s rating. 
The maximum potential amount the Fund may pay should a negative credit event take place as defined under the terms of agreement. 
• Credit default swaps on traded indexes — buy protection outstanding as of October 31, 2011 were as follows: 
Index Pay
Fixed
Rate
Counterparty Expiration
Date
Notional
Amount
(000)
Unrealized
Depreciation
Dow Jones              
CDX North              
America High   JPMorgan          
Yield Index   Chase Bank          
Series 17 5.00% & Co. 12/20/16 USD 4,450  $ (426,393 )

• Interest rate swaps outstanding as of October 31, 2011 were as follows: 
 
Fixed
Rate
Floating
Rate
Counterparty Expiration
Date
Notional
Amount

(000)
  Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)
1.43%(b) 3-month Deutsche              
  LIBOR Bank AG 9/13/13 EUR 44,900   $ (36,575
2.72%(b) 3-month Deutsche              
  LIBOR Bank AG 8/08/21 USD 6,500     242,524  
4.35%(a) 3-month Deutsche              
  LIBOR Bank AG 4/15/41 USD 3,000     (836,056 )
3.93%(a) 3-month                
  LIBOR Citibank NA 7/21/41 USD 6,400     (1,246,530 )
3.01%(b) 3-month Deutsche              
  LIBOR Bank AG 9/13/41 USD 900     8,010  
2.63%(b) 3-month Deutsche              
  LIBOR Bank AG 9/26/41 USD 1,900     (130,552 )
2.81%(a) 3-month Credit Suisse              
  LIBOR Securities              
    (USA) LLC 10/11/41 USD 1,900     62,636  
3.00%(a) 3-month Credit Suisse              
  LIBOR Securities              
    (USA) LLC 10/18/41 USD 1,200     (7,526 )
Total             $ (1,944,069 )

(a) Pays a fixed interest rate and receives floating rate. 
(b) Pays a floating interest rate and receives fixed rate. 
• Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. These inputs are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial statement purposes as follows: 
• Level 1 — unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets and liabilities 
• Level 2 — other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) 
• Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Fund’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments) 

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The categorization of a value determined for investments and derivative financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and derivative financial instrument and does not necessarily correspond to the Fund’s perceived risk of investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments and derivative financial instruments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

30ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 2011
 

Schedule of Investments (concluded) BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc. (PSY)

The following tables summarize the inputs used as of October 31, 2011 in determining the fair valuation of the Fund’s investments and derivative financial instruments:

Valuation Inputs Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Assets:                        
Investments:                        
Long-Term                        
Investments:                        
Asset-Back                        
Securities     $ 2,077,112   $ 2,053,750   $ 4,130,862  
Corporate                        
Bonds       526,966,508     3,536,000     530,502,508  
Preferred                        
Securities $ 1,420,499     115,273,057         116,693,556  
Taxable                        
Municipal                        
Bonds       3,895,257         3,895,257  
US Government                        
Sponsored                        
Agency                        
Securities       1,262,477         1,262,477  
US Treasury                        
Obligations       4,922,015         4,922,015  
Short-Term                        
Securities   405,708             405,708  
Total $ 1,826,207   $ 654,396,426   $ 5,589,750   $ 661,812,383  

Valuation Inputs   Level 1 Level 2   Level 3   Total
Derivative Financial Instruments1                  
Assets:                        
Interest rate                        
contracts $ 547,266   $ 532,478       $ 1,079,744  
Credit                        
contracts       71,568   $ 5,018     76,586  
Liabilities:                        
Interest rate                        
contracts   (37,257 )   (3,360,516 )       (3,397,773 )
Foreign                        
currency                        
exchange                        
contracts       (9,016 )       (9,016 )
Credit                        
contracts       (522,219 )       (522,219 )
Total $ 510,009   $ (3,287,705 ) $ 5,018   $ (2,772,678 )

Derivative financial instruments are swaps, financial futures contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts and options. Swaps, financial futures contracts and foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument and options are shown at value. 

The following table is a reconciliation of Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value:

  Asset-Backed
Securities
Corporate
Bonds
Total
Assets:                  
Balance, as of October 31, 2010     $ 103,025   $ 103,025  
Accrued discounts/premiums $ 20,514         20,514  
Net realized gain (loss)       34     34  
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation2   (233,998 )   141,388     (92,610 )
Purchases   2,267,234     3,400,000     5,667,234  
Sales       (108,447 )   (108,447 )
Transfers in3            
Transfers out3            
Balance, as of October 31, 2011 $ 2,053,750   $ 3,536,000   $ 5,589,750  

Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation in the Statements of Operations. The change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments still held at October 31, 2011 was $(97,998). 
The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers in and transfers out as of the beginning of the period of the event or the change in circumstances that caused the transfer. 

The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 derivative financial instruments for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value:

  Credit
Contracts
Assets:      
Balance, as of October 31, 2010    
Accrued discounts/premiums $ 8,471  
Net realized gain (loss)    
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation4   5,018  
Purchases    
Issuances5   14,687  
Sales    
Settlements6   (23,158 )
Transfers in3    
Transfers out3    
Balance, as of October 31, 2011 $ 5,018  

Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation in the Statements of Operations. The change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on derivative financial instruments still held at October 31, 2011 was $5,018. 
Issuances represent upfront cash received on certain derivative financial instruments. 
Settlements represent periodic contractual cash flows and/or cash flows to terminate certain derivative financial instruments. 

A reconciliation of Level 3 investments and derivative financial instruments is presented when the Fund had a significant amount of Level 3 investments and derivative financial instruments at the beginning and/or end of the year in relation to net assets.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 201131
  


Schedule of Investments October 31, 2011 BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III (BPP)
  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Asset-Backed Securities   Par
(000)
Value
Atrium CDO Corp., Series 5A, Class A4,          
0.69%, 7/20/20 (a)(b) USD 1,300   $ 1,007,500
Total Asset-Backed Securities — 0.5%         1,007,500
 
 
Corporate Bonds          
Aerospace & Defense — 1.8%          
BE Aerospace, Inc., 8.50%, 7/01/18   1,215     1,327,387
Bombardier, Inc., 7.75%, 3/15/20 (a)   1,405     1,545,500
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (a):          
6.88%, 3/15/18   290     292,175
7.13%, 3/15/21   300     303,750
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.,          
10.00%, 6/01/17   460     476,100
          3,944,912
Airlines — 1.0%          
American Airlines Pass-Through Trust:          
Series 2011-1, Class A, 5.25%, 7/31/22   639     581,539
Series 2011-2, Class A, 8.63%, 4/15/23   265     265,000
Continental Airlines Pass-Through Certificates,          
Series 2009-2, Class B, 9.25%, 5/10/17   693     712,248
Delta Air Lines, Inc., Series 02G1, 6.72%, 7/02/24   588     580,742
          2,139,529
Auto Components — 1.5%          
Daimler Finance North America LLC,          
2.63%, 9/15/16 (a)(c)   1,650     1,639,890
Delphi Corp., 6.13%, 5/15/21 (a)   280     285,600
Icahn Enterprises LP:          
7.75%, 1/15/16   420     430,500
8.00%, 1/15/18   1,000     1,017,500
          3,373,490
Beverages — 0.5%          
Constellation Brands, Inc., 7.25%, 5/15/17   955     1,050,500
Building Products — 0.3%          
Building Materials Corp. of America (a):          
7.00%, 2/15/20   180     190,800
6.75%, 5/01/21   570     591,375
          782,175
Capital Markets — 3.9%          
Ameriprise Financial, Inc., 5.30%, 3/15/20 (c)   1,500     1,634,641
E*Trade Financial Corp., 12.50%, 11/30/17 (d)   900     1,037,250
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 6.25%, 2/01/41 (c)   2,150     2,217,095
Macquarie Bank Ltd., 6.63%, 4/07/21 (a)(e)   805     788,426
Morgan Stanley, 5.50%, 7/28/21 (c)(e)   2,400     2,344,159
UBS AG, 2.25%, 1/28/14 (c)   775     772,270
          8,793,841
Chemicals — 1.0%          
Ashland, Inc., 9.13%, 6/01/17   245     273,788
Celanese US Holdings LLC, 5.88%, 6/15/21   760     807,500
Lyondell Chemical Co., 11.00%, 5/01/18   595     662,681
Solutia, Inc., 7.88%, 3/15/20   415     444,050
          2,188,019
Commercial Banks — 5.4%          
Amsouth Bank, Series AI, 4.85%, 4/01/13   525     505,312
Asciano Finance Ltd., 5.00%, 4/07/18 (a)   425     451,838
Associated Banc-Corp, 5.13%, 3/28/16   1,070     1,104,025
BNP Paribas, 3.60%, 2/23/16 (c)   810     807,730
Branch Banking & Trust Co. (b):          
0.66%, 9/13/16   550     509,588
0.60%, 5/23/17   325     295,066

Corporate Bonds   Par
(000)
Value
Commercial Banks (concluded)          
CIT Group, Inc.:          
7.00%, 5/01/15 USD 120   $ 120,000
7.00%, 5/02/16 (a)   720     718,200
7.00%, 5/01/17   685     685,000
7.00%, 5/02/17 (a)   100     99,750
Discover Bank, 8.70%, 11/18/19   550     622,072
HSBC Holdings Plc, 5.10%, 4/05/21 (c)   2,700     2,908,084
RESPARCS Funding LP I, 8.00% (f)(g)(h)   4,000     1,120,000
Regions Financial Corp.:          
4.88%, 4/26/13   1,225     1,194,375
5.75%, 6/15/15   850     818,125
          11,959,165
Commercial Services & Supplies — 3.8%          
Aviation Capital Group Corp. (a):          
7.13%, 10/15/20 (c)   4,500     4,355,766
6.75%, 4/06/21   1,125     1,083,274
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., 7.75%, 2/15/19   336     322,560
Clean Harbors, Inc., 7.63%, 8/15/16   630     666,225
Corrections Corp. of America, 7.75%, 6/01/17   1,600     1,732,000
Iron Mountain, Inc., 7.75%, 10/01/19   190     197,125
Mobile Mini, Inc., 7.88%, 12/01/20   135     135,000
          8,491,950
Communications Equipment — 0.9%          
Avaya, Inc., 9.75%, 11/01/15   400     354,000
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., 6.88%, 1/15/20 1,450     1,518,875
EH Holding Corp., 6.50%, 6/15/19 (a)   210     214,725
          2,087,600
Consumer Finance — 4.4%          
American Express Credit Corp., 2.75%, 9/15/15 (c)   2,900     2,936,148
Capital One Bank USA NA, 8.80%, 7/15/19   1,625     1,930,195
Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, 7.00%, 4/15/15   1,420     1,547,800
Inmarsat Finance Plc, 7.38%, 12/01/17 (a)   870     930,900
SLM Corp., 6.25%, 1/25/16   2,365     2,365,000
          9,710,043
Containers & Packaging — 1.4%          
Ball Corp.:          
7.13%, 9/01/16   850     920,125
6.75%, 9/15/20   1,070     1,152,925
Crown Americas LLC, 6.25%, 2/01/21 (a)   400     420,000
Graphic Packaging International, Inc., 9.50%, 6/15/17 325     355,062
Rock-Tenn Co., 9.25%, 3/15/16   150     159,375
Sealed Air Corp., 8.38%, 9/15/21 (a)   65     70,363
          3,077,850
Diversified Financial Services — 9.0%          
Ally Financial, Inc.:          
4.50%, 2/11/14   400     391,000
8.30%, 2/12/15   780     819,000
8.00%, 11/01/31   990     987,525
Bank of America Corp. (c):          
5.30%, 3/15/17   2,440     2,333,345
5.00%, 5/13/21   3,625     3,403,556
Citigroup, Inc.:          
6.38%, 8/12/14   625     674,715
4.59%, 12/15/15 (c)   475     496,288
8.50%, 5/22/19   550     680,580
Countrywide Financial Corp., 6.25%, 5/15/16   1,569     1,533,040
Dolphin Subsidiary II, Inc., 7.25%, 10/15/21 (a)   430     461,175
General Electric Capital Corp., 5.30%, 2/11/21 (c)   2,225     2,367,985
General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 6.75%, 6/01/18 (a) 250     252,288
ING Bank NV, 5.00%, 6/09/21 (a)(c)   1,150     1,180,383
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA:          
2.38%, 12/21/12 (c)(e)   1,700     1,655,610
6.50%, 2/24/21 (a)   300     276,812

See Notes to Financial Statements.

32ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 2011
 

Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III (BPP)
  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Corporate Bonds   Par
(000)
Value
Diversified Financial Services (concluded)          
Moody’s Corp., 6.06%, 9/07/17 USD 1,500   $ 1,585,543
Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc. (a):          
7.13%, 4/15/19   115     117,300
7.88%, 8/15/19   420     438,900
6.88%, 2/15/21   105     106,050
8.25%, 2/15/21   190     174,325
WMG Acquisition Corp., 9.50%, 6/15/16 (a)   100     106,000
          20,041,420
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 5.5%          
AT&T, Inc., 6.30%, 1/15/38 (c)   2,000     2,403,458
France Telecom SA, 4.13%, 9/14/21   325     334,824
Level 3 Financing, Inc.:          
8.75%, 2/15/17   355     362,988
8.13%, 7/01/19 (a)   1,247     1,234,530
Qwest Corp., 8.38%, 5/01/16   1,360     1,553,800
Telecom Italia Capital SA, 6.18%, 6/18/14   500     507,899
Telefonica Emisiones SAU, 5.46%, 2/16/21   660     668,913
Verizon Communications, Inc. (c):          
1.95%, 3/28/14   1,775     1,822,749
7.35%, 4/01/39   1,950     2,691,891
Windstream Corp., 7.88%, 11/01/17   640     691,200
          12,272,252
Electric Utilities — 1.8%          
Duke Energy Corp., 3.55%, 9/15/21   825     847,464
Progress Energy, Inc., 7.00%, 10/30/31 (c)   2,000     2,622,792
Southern Co., 1.95%, 9/01/16   475     478,714
          3,948,970
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.8%    
Jabil Circuit, Inc., 8.25%, 3/15/18   400     464,000
NXP BV, 3.15%, 10/15/13 (b)   1,450     1,421,000
          1,885,000
Energy Equipment & Services — 1.2%          
Ensco Plc, 4.70%, 3/15/21   960     1,010,108
Frac Tech Services LLC, 7.63%, 11/15/18 (a)   525     548,625
Key Energy Services, Inc., 6.75%, 3/01/21   360     368,100
MEG Energy Corp., 6.50%, 3/15/21 (a)   465     484,762
Oil States International, Inc., 6.50%, 6/01/19   245     256,638
SunCoke Energy, Inc., 7.63%, 8/01/19 (a)   90     90,900
          2,759,133
Food & Staples Retailing — 2.3%          
CVS Caremark Corp., 6.30%, 6/01/62 (b)   1,650     1,602,562
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (c):          
5.25%, 9/01/35   1,850     2,155,668
6.20%, 4/15/38   1,075     1,401,725
          5,159,955
Food Products — 1.0%          
Kraft Foods, Inc.:          
6.50%, 8/11/17   800     956,241
6.13%, 8/23/18   800     952,007
Smithfield Foods, Inc., 10.00%, 7/15/14   187     217,388
          2,125,636
Gas Utilities — 0.1%          
Targa Resources Partners LP, 6.88%, 2/01/21 (a)   240     237,000
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.6%          
Fresenius US Finance II, Inc., 9.00%, 7/15/15 (a)   1,000     1,130,000
Teleflex, Inc., 6.88%, 6/01/19   240     248,400
          1,378,400

Corporate Bonds   Par
(000)
Value
Health Care Providers & Services — 4.3%          
Aetna, Inc., 6.75%, 12/15/37 (c) USD 850   $ 1,081,553
Aviv Healthcare Properties LP, 7.75%, 2/15/19   220     212,300
HCA, Inc.:          
8.50%, 4/15/19   105     115,500
6.50%, 2/15/20   1,145     1,199,387
7.25%, 9/15/20   1,645     1,762,206
7.50%, 2/15/22   985     1,004,700
INC Research LLC, 11.50%, 7/15/19 (a)   340     306,000
inVentiv Health, Inc., 10.00%, 8/15/18 (a)   250     240,000
Tenet Healthcare Corp.:          
10.00%, 5/01/18   745     854,888
8.88%, 7/01/19   550     621,500
UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 6.88%, 2/15/38 (c)   1,725     2,274,682
          9,672,716
Household Durables — 0.3%          
Cemex Espana Luxembourg, 9.25%, 5/12/20 (a)   723     572,978
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 1.4%        
AES Corp.:          
9.75%, 4/15/16   480     544,800
7.38%, 7/01/21 (a)   160     171,200
Calpine Construction Finance Co. LP, 8.00%, 6/01/16 (a) 375     399,375
Calpine Corp., 7.25%, 10/15/17 (a)   220     228,800
Energy Future Intermediate Holding Co., LLC,          
10.00%, 12/01/20   850     892,500
NRG Energy, Inc., 7.38%, 1/15/17   825     859,031
          3,095,706
Insurance — 5.7%          
American International Group, Inc., 6.40%, 12/15/20 (c) 810     848,351
Aon Corp., 5.00%, 9/30/20   1,500     1,643,810
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., 5.80%, 5/15/21 (a)   1,500     1,413,509
Forethought Financial Group, Inc., 8.63%, 4/15/21 (a) 525     533,319
Genworth Financial, Inc., 7.63%, 9/24/21   480     433,886
Manulife Financial Corp., 4.90%, 9/17/20   1,075     1,104,135
MPL 2 Acquisition Canco, Inc., 9.88%, 8/15/18 (a)   210     180,600
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance,          
6.06%, 3/30/40 (a)(c)   1,800     2,109,562
Principal Financial Group, Inc., 8.88%, 5/15/19   475     601,826
Prudential Financial, Inc., 6.63%, 12/01/37 (c)   1,725     2,051,154
XL Group Ltd., 5.75%, 10/01/21 (c)   1,740     1,834,661
          12,754,813
IT Services — 0.7%          
Eagle Parent Canada, Inc., 8.63%, 5/01/19 (a)   340     317,900
First Data Corp. (a):          
7.38%, 6/15/19   355     351,450
8.25%, 1/15/21   45     42,750
12.63%, 1/15/21   440     415,800
SunGard Data Systems, Inc., 7.38%, 11/15/18   470     480,575
          1,608,475
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.9%          
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., 8.00%, 9/15/16   1,830     1,994,700
Life Technologies Corp., 6.00%, 3/01/20   2,000     2,229,082
          4,223,782
Machinery — 1.3%          
AGY Holding Corp., 11.00%, 11/15/14   390     287,625
Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding Co. Ltd.,          
9.50%, 4/15/14 (c)   1,725     2,027,803
Navistar International Corp., 8.25%, 11/01/21   451     490,463
          2,805,891

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 201133
  


Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III (BPP)
  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Corporate Bonds   Par
(000)
Value
Media — 10.0%          
AMC Networks, Inc., 7.75%, 7/15/21 (a) USD 190   $ 206,150
CCH II LLC, 13.50%, 11/30/16   1,128     1,300,020
Comcast Corp., 6.30%, 11/15/17 (c)   1,725     2,038,048
Cox Communications, Inc., 8.38%, 3/01/39 (a)   1,725     2,412,054
CSC Holdings LLC:          
8.50%, 4/15/14   330     362,175
8.50%, 6/15/15   800     868,000
8.63%, 2/15/19   580     658,300
DIRECTV Holdings LLC, 5.00%, 3/01/21 (c)   1,250     1,368,360
DISH DBS Corp., 7.00%, 10/01/13   850     898,875
Intelsat Luxembourg SA (d):          
11.50%, 2/04/17 (a)   60     60,000
11.50%, 2/04/17   190     190,000
The Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc., 10.00%, 7/15/17 575     658,375
Kabel BW Erste Beteiligungs GmbH, 7.50%, 3/15/19 (a) 500     520,000
News America, Inc., 6.15%, 3/01/37 (c)   2,000     2,196,442
The New York Times Co., 6.63%, 12/15/16   1,725     1,725,000
Time Warner Cable, Inc., 6.75%, 6/15/39   1,950     2,370,217
Time Warner, Inc., 7.70%, 5/01/32   2,000     2,604,322
Unitymedia Hessen GmbH & Co. KG (FKA UPC Germany        
GmbH), 8.13%, 12/01/17 (a)   505     537,825
Virgin Media Secured Finance Plc, 6.50%, 1/15/18   1,300     1,400,750
          22,374,913
Metals & Mining — 2.6%          
Alcoa, Inc., 5.40%, 4/15/21   1,190     1,179,124
Barrick Gold Corp., 2.90%, 5/30/16 (c)   550     571,044
Barrick North America Finance LLC, 5.70%, 5/30/41 650     755,459
FMG Resources August 2006 Property Ltd. (a):          
6.88%, 2/01/18   115     110,400
8.25%, 11/01/19   90     90,900
Freeport-McMoRan Corp., 7.13%, 11/01/27   1,400     1,626,723
Novelis, Inc., 8.75%, 12/15/20   470     512,300
Teck Resources Ltd., 10.75%, 5/15/19 (c)   850     1,049,750
          5,895,700
Multi-Utilities — 1.6%          
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.:          
5.95%, 2/01/17   1,500     1,689,132
6.50%, 5/01/18   1,600     1,864,062
          3,553,194
Multiline Retail — 0.6%          
JC Penney Co., Inc., 5.65%, 6/01/20   1,400     1,319,500
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 12.9%          
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.:          
6.00%, 6/01/19   120     119,100
6.25%, 6/01/21   340     335,750
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.:          
5.95%, 9/15/16   497     571,161
6.38%, 9/15/17   12     14,121
Arch Coal, Inc. (a):          
7.00%, 6/15/19   115     119,025
7.25%, 6/15/21   350     360,500
BP Capital Markets Plc:          
3.88%, 3/10/15   700     749,402
3.20%, 3/11/16 (c)   925     971,856
Buckeye Partners LP, 4.88%, 2/01/21   475     500,255
Chesapeake Energy Corp., 6.13%, 2/15/21   1,690     1,770,275
Chesapeake Midstream Partners LP, 5.88%, 4/15/21 (a) 285     287,850
Chesapeake Oilfield Operating LLC,          
6.63%, 11/15/19 (a)   130     133,575
Consol Energy, Inc., 6.38%, 3/01/21 (a)   220     218,900
Copano Energy LLC, 7.13%, 4/01/21   270     276,075
DCP Midstream LLC, 4.75%, 9/30/21 (a)   625     652,332
Denbury Resources, Inc., 6.38%, 8/15/21   280     288,400
El Paso Corp., 7.00%, 6/15/17   690     772,800

Corporate Bonds   Par
(000)
Value
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (concluded)          
El Paso Pipeline Partners Operating Co., LLC,          
5.00%, 10/01/21 USD 300   $ 307,642
Enbridge Energy Partners LP, 9.88%, 3/01/19 (c)   1,000     1,339,294
Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc., 7.75%, 6/15/19   500     505,000
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 6.65%, 4/15/18   2,000     2,352,684
Forest Oil Corp., 8.50%, 2/15/14   600     648,000
Hilcorp Energy I LP, 7.75%, 11/01/15 (a)   345     353,936
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, 6.85%, 2/15/20 (c)   2,000     2,389,812
Linn Energy LLC, 7.75%, 2/01/21   465     496,388
Marathon Petroleum Corp., 3.50%, 3/01/16 (a)   650     666,803
MarkWest Energy Partners LP, 6.25%, 6/15/22 (i)   255     261,375
Newfield Exploration Co., 5.75%, 1/30/22   240     254,400
Oasis Petroleum, Inc.:          
7.25%, 2/01/19 (a)   165     174,075
6.50%, 11/01/21 (i)   145     145,725
OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes SA,          
8.50%, 6/01/18 (a)   575     569,250
ONEOK Partners LP, 8.63%, 3/01/19   1,725     2,230,435
Petrobras International Finance Co., 3.88%, 1/27/16   1,800     1,841,942
Petrohawk Energy Corp.:          
10.50%, 8/01/14   300     336,375
6.25%, 6/01/19   345     389,850
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.:          
6.65%, 3/15/17   320     347,536
6.88%, 5/01/18   240     259,516
Plains Exploration & Production Co.:          
7.75%, 6/15/15   385     399,438
10.00%, 3/01/16   200     222,000
Precision Drilling Corp., 6.50%, 12/15/21 (a)   210     221,550
Premier Oil, 5.00%, 6/09/18   1,625     1,690,000
Range Resources Corp., 6.75%, 8/01/20   415     460,650
SandRidge Energy, Inc., 7.50%, 3/15/21 (a)   350     337,750
SM Energy Co., 6.63%, 2/15/19 (a)   110     111,100
Western Gas Partners LP, 5.38%, 6/01/21   725     770,994
The Williams Cos., Inc., 8.75%, 3/15/32   400     544,596
          28,769,493
Paper & Forest Products — 3.4%          
Boise Paper Holdings LLC, 8.00%, 4/01/20   310     326,275
Georgia-Pacific LLC, 8.25%, 5/01/16 (a)   1,635     1,812,952
International Paper Co.:          
7.50%, 8/15/21   1,625     1,974,836
8.70%, 6/15/38   900     1,183,981
7.30%, 11/15/39   1,725     2,011,443
Longview Fibre Paper & Packaging, Inc.,          
8.00%, 6/01/16 (a)   160     162,400
Verso Paper Holdings LLC, 11.50%, 7/01/14   170     178,500
          7,650,387
Pharmaceuticals — 6.7%          
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., 5.88%, 11/15/36 (c)   883     1,121,822
GlaxoSmithKline Capital, Inc., 6.38%, 5/15/38 (c)   3,460     4,676,789
Merck & Co., Inc. (c):          
6.50%, 12/01/33   990     1,354,018
6.55%, 9/15/37   1,979     2,755,085
Pfizer, Inc., 7.20%, 3/15/39 (c)   2,500     3,734,135
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International,          
6.50%, 7/15/16 (a)   125     125,000
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 6.13%, 8/15/19   1,021     1,192,690
          14,959,539
Professional Services — 0.0%          
FTI Consulting, Inc., 7.75%, 10/01/16   100     104,250
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 2.9%          
AvalonBay Communities, Inc., 6.10%, 3/15/20 (c)   1,725     1,957,364
Developers Diversified Realty Corp.:          
4.75%, 4/15/18   315     296,433
7.88%, 9/01/20   375     405,901

See Notes to Financial Statements.

34ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 2011
 

Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III (BPP)
  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Corporate Bonds   Par
(000)
Value
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (concluded)          
ERP Operating LP, 5.75%, 6/15/17 USD 1,715   $ 1,916,651
HCP, Inc., 5.38%, 2/01/21   500     513,517
UDR, Inc., 4.25%, 6/01/18   725     745,512
Ventas Realty LP/Ventas Capital Corp., 4.75%, 6/01/21 550     538,587
          6,373,965
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%          
Shea Homes LP, 8.63%, 5/15/19 (a)   230     208,150
Road & Rail — 1.7%          
Avis Budget Car Rental LLC, 8.25%, 1/15/19   209     208,478
Florida East Coast Railway Corp., 8.13%, 2/01/17   80     80,000
The Hertz Corp., 6.75%, 4/15/19   518     528,360
Norfolk Southern Corp., 6.00%, 3/15/2105 (c)   2,500     2,891,675
          3,708,513
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.7%        
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 7.75%, 8/01/20   400     406,000
KLA-Tencor Corp., 6.90%, 5/01/18   918     1,045,036
          1,451,036
Specialty Retail — 1.2%          
AutoNation, Inc., 6.75%, 4/15/18   940     975,250
Best Buy Co., Inc., 5.50%, 3/15/21   275     262,864
Limited Brands, Inc., 7.00%, 5/01/20   470     500,550
QVC, Inc., 7.38%, 10/15/20 (a)   50     54,500
VF Corp., 5.95%, 11/01/17   725     858,565
          2,651,729
Tobacco — 2.6%          
Altria Group, Inc.:          
9.25%, 8/06/19   240     319,045
10.20%, 2/06/39 (c)   1,919     2,964,534
Lorillard Tobacco Co., 3.50%, 8/04/16   1,175     1,179,560
Philip Morris International, Inc., 2.50%, 5/16/16 (c)   1,225     1,273,596
          5,736,735
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 4.4%          
America Movil SAB de CV, 2.38%, 9/08/16 (c)   1,780     1,777,140
American Tower Corp.:          
4.50%, 1/15/18   925     951,405
5.05%, 9/01/20   500     528,216
Cricket Communications, Inc., 7.75%, 5/15/16   325     337,188
Crown Castle International Corp., 9.00%, 1/15/15   430     468,700
Crown Castle Towers LLC (a):          
5.50%, 1/15/37   575     626,316
4.17%, 8/15/37   1,000     1,018,865
6.11%, 1/15/40   625     690,621
Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, 7.25%, 4/01/19 (a)   150     150,750
Nextel Communications, Inc., Series E, 6.88%, 10/31/13 395     390,062
SBA Tower Trust, 5.10%, 4/15/42 (a)   2,500     2,723,750
Sprint Capital Corp., 6.88%, 11/15/28   230     167,900
          9,830,913
Total Corporate Bonds — 115.2%         256,729,218
 
 
Preferred Securities          
 
Capital Trusts          
Capital Markets — 3.7%          
State Street Capital Trust III, 5.34% (b)(g)   1,385     1,387,355
State Street Capital Trust IV, 1.35%, 6/01/37 (b)   9,675     6,776,563
          8,163,918

Capital Trusts   Par
(000)
Value
Commercial Banks — 3.3%          
Barclays Bank Plc (a)(b)(g):          
5.93% USD 1,700   $ 1,377,000
7.43%   325     303,875
BNP Paribas, 7.20% (a)(b)(g)   700     577,500
Credit Agricole SA (a)(b)(c)(g):          
6.64%   725     489,738
8.38%   725     638,000
Dresdner Funding Trust I, 8.15%, 6/30/31 (a)   1,095     854,100
FCB/NC Capital Trust I, 8.05%, 3/01/28   1,100     1,121,794
NBP Capital Trust III, 7.38% (g)   2,000     1,300,000
National City Preferred Capital Trust I, 12.00% (b)(g)   600     622,596
          7,284,603
Consumer Finance — 0.3%          
Capital One Financial Corp. Capital V, 10.25%, 8/15/39   750     776,250
Diversified Financial Services — 4.4%          
ING Capital Funding Trust III, 3.97% (b)(g)   850     720,140
JPMorgan Chase Capital XXI, Series U,          
1.21%, 2/02/37 (b)   7,125     4,937,946
JPMorgan Chase Capital XXIII, 1.29%, 5/15/77 (b)   6,190     4,273,650
          9,931,736
Electric Utilities — 0.4%          
PPL Capital Funding, 6.70%, 3/30/67 (b)   900     868,500
Insurance — 6.5%          
The Allstate Corp., 6.50%, 5/15/67 (b)   900     838,125
American General Capital II, 8.50%, 7/01/30   100     98,000
American International Group, Inc., 8.18%, 5/15/68 (b)   400     386,000
AXA SA, 6.38% (a)(b)(g)   900     672,750
Chubb Corp., 6.38%, 3/29/67 (b)   900     904,500
Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., 10.75%, 6/15/88 (a)(b)   900     1,093,500
Lincoln National Corp., 7.00%, 5/17/66 (b)   900     846,000
MetLife, Inc., 6.40%, 12/15/66   900     884,104
Prudential Plc, 6.50% (g)   6,000     5,475,000
Reinsurance Group of America, 6.75%, 12/15/65 (b)   1,300     1,128,178
Swiss Re Capital I LP, 6.85% (a)(b)(g)   1,000     901,738
ZFS Finance (USA), Trust II, 6.45%, 12/15/65 (a)(b)   1,150     1,104,000
ZFS Finance (USA), Trust IV, 5.88%, 5/09/32 (a)(b)   190     184,300
          14,516,195
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.4%          
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd., 6.35%, 5/15/67 (b)   900     917,257
Total Capital Trusts — 19.0%         42,458,459
 
 
Preferred Stocks   Shares    
Commercial Banks — 0.5%          
SG Preferred Capital II, 6.30% (a)(b)   1,000     1,004,687
Diversified Financial Services — 0.3%          
Ally Financial, Inc., 7.00% (a)   1,020     760,697
Total Preferred Stocks — 0.8%         1,765,384
 
 
Trust Preferreds          
Diversified Financial Services — 0.3%          
GMAC Capital Trust I, Series 2, 8.13%, 2/15/40 (b)   30,290     621,718
Total Trust Preferreds — 0.3%         621,718
 
Total Preferred Securities — 20.1%         44,845,561

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 201135
  


Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III (BPP)
  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Taxable Municipal Bonds   Par
(000)
Value
Metropolitan Transportation Authority, RB, Build            
America Bonds, 6.55%, 11/15/31 USD 1,675   $ 1,891,175  
Total Taxable Municipal Bonds — 0.8%         1,891,175  
 
 
US Government Sponsored Agency Securities            
Agency Obligations — 0.3%            
Fannie Mae, 4.23%, 10/09/19 (c)(j)   805     608,559  
Total US Government Sponsored Agency Securities — 0.3%   608,559  
 
 
U.S. Treasury Obligations            
US Treasury Bonds, 4.75%, 2/15/41 (c)   1,295     1,683,500  
US Treasury Notes, 2.13%, 8/15/21 (c)   1,902     1,893,688  
Total U.S. Treasury Obligations — 1.6%         3,577,188  
 
 
Warrants (k)   Shares      
Media — 0.0%            
Cumulus Media, Inc. (Expires 3/26/19)   5,183     14,822  
Total Warrants — 0.0%         14,822  
Total Long-Term Investments            
(Cost — $303,928,660) — 138.5%         308,674,023  
 
 
Short-Term Securities            
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund,            
Institutional Class, 0.14% (l)(m)   2,459,914     2,459,914  
Total Short-Term Securities            
(Cost — $2,459,914) — 1.1%         2,459,914  
Total Investments Before Options Written            
(Cost — $306,388,574*) — 139.6%         311,133,937  
 
 
Options Written   Notional
Amount
(000)
     
Over-the-Counter Call Swaptions — (0.7)%            
Pay a fixed rate of 4.03% and receive a floating rate            
based on 3-month LIBOR, Expires 4/16/12,            
Broker UBS AG USD  3,700     (524,223 )
Pay a fixed rate of 4.75% and receive a floating rate            
based on 3-month LIBOR, Expires 3/24/14,            
Broker Citibank NA   5,000     (788,225 )
          (1,312,448 )

Options Written   Notional
Amount
(000)
Value
Over-the-Counter Put Swaptions — 0.0%            
Receive a fixed rate of 4.03% and pay a floating rate            
based on 3-month LIBOR, Expires 4/16/12,            
Broker UBS AG USD 3,700   $ (5,922 )
Receive a fixed rate of 4.75% and pay a floating rate            
based on 3-month LIBOR, Expires 3/24/14,            
Broker Citibank NA   5,000     (90,778 )
          (96,700 )
Total Options Written            
(Premiums Received — $851,400) — (0.7)%         (1,409,148 )
Total Investments, Net of Options Written — 138.9%         309,724,789  
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (38.9)%         (86,786,122 )
Net Assets — 100.0%       $ 222,938,667  
             

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of October 31, 2011, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows: 
Aggregate cost $ 306,130,368  
Gross unrealized appreciation $ 16,739,176  
Gross unrealized depreciation   (11,735,607 )
Net unrealized appreciation $ 5,003,569  

(a) Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors. 
(b) Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date. 
(c) All or a portion of security has been pledged as collateral in connection with open reverse repurchase agreements. 
(d) Represents a payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in additional par/shares. 
(e) All or a portion of security has been pledged as collateral in connection with swaps. 
(f) Security is perpetual in nature and has no stated maturity date. 
(g) Non-income producing security. 
(h) Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default of interest payments. 
(i) When-issued security. Unsettled when-issued transactions were as follows: 
Counterparty Value Unrealized
Appreciation
Barclays Capital, Inc. $261,375 $6,375
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA $145,725 $   725

(j) Represents a zero-coupon bond. Rate shown reflects the current yield as of report date. 
(k) Warrants entitle the Fund to purchase a predetermined number of shares of common stock and are non-income producing. The purchase price and number of shares are subject to adjustment under certain conditions until the expiration date, if any. 
(l) Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Fund during the year, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows: 
Affiliate Shares Held at
October 31,
2010
Net
Activity
Shares Held at
October 31,
2011
Income
BlackRock Liquidity          
Funds, TempFund,          
Institutional Class 34,466,527 (32,006,613) 2,459,914 $ 7,711

(m) Represents the current yield as of report date. 
• For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund’s industry classifications refer to any one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by Fund management. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such industry sub-classifications for reporting ease. 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

36ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 2011
 

Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III (BPP)

• Reverse repurchase agreements outstanding as of October 31, 2011 were as follows: 
Counterparty Interest
Rate
Trade
Date
Maturity
Date1
Net Closing
Amount
Face
Amount
Credit Suisse                  
Securities                  
(USA) LLC 0.40% 6/07/11 Open $ 2,652,545   $ 2,648,220  
UBS Securities LLC 0.35% 6/09/11 Open   4,472,545     4,466,250  
UBS Securities LLC 0.38% 6/10/11 Open   3,459,175     3,453,925  
BNP Paribas                  
Securities Corp. 0.35% 6/15/11 Open   2,109,847     2,107,000  
UBS Securities LLC 0.38% 6/15/11 Open   1,766,400     1,763,812  
UBS Securities LLC 0.37% 6/27/11 Open   558,979     558,250  
BNP Paribas                  
Securities Corp. 0.35% 6/28/11 Open   923,355     922,225  
Credit Suisse                  
Securities                  
(USA) LLC 0.35% 7/05/11 Open   2,679,471     2,676,375  
UBS Securities LLC 0.31% 7/07/11 Open   481,423     480,937  
BNP Paribas                  
Securities Corp. 0.35% 7/11/11 Open   849,002     848,070  
UBS Securities LLC 0.30% 7/11/11 Open   2,454,509     2,452,200  
Deutsche Bank                  
Securities, Inc. 0.35% 7/20/11 Open   6,706,674     6,699,900  
Deutsche Bank                  
Securities, Inc. 0.17% 7/29/11 Open   1,441,334     1,440,688  
UBS Securities LLC 0.35% 8/01/11 Open   1,881,932     1,880,250  
BNP Paribas                  
Securities Corp. 0.03% 8/04/11 Open   588,700     588,656  
Credit Suisse                  
Securities                  
(USA) LLC 0.40% 8/05/11 Open   1,244,966     1,243,750  
UBS Securities LLC 0.39% 8/05/11 Open   1,046,497     1,045,500  
Credit Suisse                  
Securities                  
(USA) LLC 0.35% 8/10/11 Open   2,153,674     2,151,938  
BNP Paribas                  
Securities Corp. 0.35% 8/15/11 Open   1,191,603     1,190,700  
UBS Securities LLC 0.35% 8/16/11 Open   1,152,012     1,151,150  
BNP Paribas                  
Securities Corp. 0.37% 8/17/11 Open   2,013,572     2,012,000  
Barclays                  
Capital Inc. 0.35% 8/18/11 Open   1,985,196     1,983,750  
UBS Securities LLC 0.35% 8/18/11 Open   1,215,474     1,214,588  
Barclays                  
Capital Inc. 0.35% 8/25/11 Open   2,231,474     2,230,000  
Barclays                  
Capital Inc. 0.35% 8/31/11 Open   2,388,939     2,387,500  
Credit Suisse                  
Securities                  
(USA) LLC 0.35% 9/08/11 Open   1,783,295     1,782,359  
Deutsche Bank                  
Securities, Inc. 0.38% 9/08/11 Open   1,301,491     1,300,750  
UBS Securities LLC 0.37% 9/08/11 Open   1,744,906     1,743,938  
UBS Securities LLC 0.40% 9/08/11 Open   1,678,657     1,677,650  
UBS Securities LLC 0.38% 9/09/11 Open   4,658,730     4,656,125  
UBS Securities LLC 0.40% 9/09/11 Open   1,587,184     1,586,250  
Credit Suisse                  
Securities                  
(USA) LLC 0.35% 9/12/11 Open   1,043,882     1,043,375  
Deutsche Bank                  
Securities, Inc. 0.40% 9/12/11 Open   2,019,371     2,018,250  
Barclays                  
Capital Inc. 0.35% 9/14/11 Open   972,860     972,406  
Credit Suisse                  
Securities                  
(USA) LLC 0.40% 9/14/11 Open   4,737,775     4,735,250  

• Reverse repurchase agreements outstanding as of October 31, 2011 were as follows (concluded): 
Counterparty Interest
Rate
Trade
Date
Maturity
Date
Net Closing
Amount
Face
Amount
UBS Securities LLC 0.38% 9/14/11 Open $ 7,123,607   $ 7,120,000  
Deutsche Bank                  
Securities, Inc. 0.40% 9/19/11 Open   1,310,626     1,310,000  
Deutsche Bank                  
Securities, Inc. 0.35% 9/20/11 Open   273,111     273,000  
Barclays                  
Capital Inc. 0.40% 9/23/11 Open   1,552,798     1,552,125  
Barclays                  
Capital Inc. 0.40% 9/30/11 Open   2,143,575     2,142,813  
Credit Suisse                  
Securities                  
(USA) LLC 0.35% 10/28/11 Open   3,276,221     3,276,093  
BNP Paribas                  
Securities Corp. 0.08% 10/31/11 Open   1,897,248     1,897,245  
Credit Suisse                  
Securities                  
(USA) LLC 0.35% 10/31/11 Open   1,427,790     1,427,790  
UBS Securities LLC 0.38% 10/31/11 Open   2,858,220     2,858,220  
Total       $ 93,040,645   $ 92,971,273  

Certain agreements have no stated maturity and can be terminated by either party at anytime. 
• Financial futures contracts purchased as of October 31, 2011 were as follows: 
Contracts Issue Exchange Expiration Notional
Value
Unrealized
Appreciation
3   2-Year US Chicago Board December    
  Treasury Note of Trade 2011 USD 660,844 $ 416  

• Financial futures contracts sold as of October 31, 2011 were as follows: 
Contracts Issue Exchange Expiration Notional
Value
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
371   10-Year US Chicago Board December          
    Treasury Note of Trade 2011 USD 47,882,188 $ 44,207  
1   30-Year US Chicago Board December          
    Treasury Bond of Trade 2011 USD 139,031   (3,518 )
6   Ultra US Chicago Board December          
    Treasury Bond of Trade 2011 USD 914,250   28,865  
Total       $ 69,554  

• Credit default swaps on single-name issues — buy protection outstanding as of October 31, 2011 were as follows: 
Issuer Pay
Fixed
Rate
Counterparty Expiration
Date
Notional
Amount
(000)
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Raytheon Co. 1.00% Citibank NA 9/20/16 USD 525 $ 2,969  
Raytheon Co. 1.00% Deutsche Bank AG 9/20/16 USD 560   (439 )
General              
Dynamics   JPMorgan          
Corp. 1.00% Chase Bank & Co. 9/20/16 USD 1,225   10,551  
Computer              
Sciences   Morgan Stanley          
Corp. 1.00% & Co., Inc. 9/20/16 USD 565   2,661  
General              
Dynamics   Morgan Stanley          
Corp. 1.00% & Co., Inc. 9/20/16 USD 850   2,607  
Raytheon Co. 1.00% Morgan Stanley          
    & Co., Inc. 9/20/16 USD 325   (406 )
Dell, Inc. 1.00% Barclays Bank Plc 12/20/16 USD 1,290   (8,669 )

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 201137
  


Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III (BPP)

Credit default swaps on single-name issues — buy protection outstanding as of October 31, 2011 were as follows (concluded):

Issuer Pay
Fixed
Rate
Counterparty Expiration
Date
Notional
Amount
(000)
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
The New York                
Times Co. 1.00% Barclays Bank Plc 12/20/16 USD 1,725 $ 11,747  
Computer   Credit Suisse            
Sciences   Securities            
Corp. 1.00% (USA) LLC 12/20/16 USD 570   (11,576 )
Lockheed                
Martin   Deutsche            
Corp. 1.00% Bank AG 12/20/16 USD 1,500   15,912  
Southwest   Goldman Sachs            
Airlines Co. 1.00% Capital Markets LP 12/20/16 USD 570   (134 )
Southwest   Royal Bank of            
Airlines Co. 1.00% Scotland Plc 12/20/16 USD 570   (2,589 )
Total           $ 22,634  

• Credit default swaps on single-name issuer — sold protection outstanding as of October 31, 2011 were as follows: 
Issuer Receive
Fixed
Rate
Counterparty

Expiration

Issuer
Credit
Rating
1
Notional
Amount
(000) 2
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Aviva USA   Deutsche              
Corp. 1.00% Bank AG 5/25/12 AA- USD 1,300 $ 2,351  
Assured                  
Guaranty                  
Corp. 5.00% Citibank NA 12/20/14 AA+ USD 85   (474 )
Assured                  
Guaranty                  
Corp. 5.00% Citibank NA 3/20/15 AA+ USD 365   585  
MetLife, Inc. 1.00% Deutsche              
    Bank AG 3/20/18 A+ USD 425   (20,773 )
Total             $ (18,311 )

Using S&P’s rating. 
The maximum potential amount the Fund may pay should a negative credit event take place as defined under the terms of agreement. 
• Credit default swaps on traded indexes — buy protection outstanding as of October 31, 2011 were as follows: 
Issuer Pay
Fixed
Rate
Counterparty Expiration
Date
Notional
Amount
(000)
Unrealized
Depreciation
Dow Jones          
CDX North          
America High   JPMorgan      
Yield Index   Chase Bank      
Series 17 5.00% & Co. 12/20/16 USD 2,150 $(206,010)

• Interest rate swaps outstanding as of October 31, 2011 were as follows: 
Fixed
Rate
Floating
Rate
Counterparty Expiration
Date

Notional
Amount
(000)

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
0.63(a) 3-month Credit Suisse            
  LIBOR Securities            
    (USA) LLC 10/21/13 USD 30,600 $ 40,700  
0.64(a) 3-month Deutsche            
  LIBOR Bank AG 10/21/13 USD 30,600   48,184  
0.60(b) 3-month Deutsche            
  LIBOR Bank AG 11/01/13 USD 61,000   (43,162 )
2.32(a) 3-month              
  LIBOR Citibank NA 3/28/16 USD 2,000   104,016  
1.49(b) 3-month Deutsche            
  LIBOR Bank AG 10/14/16 USD 1,800   (17,574 )
2.72(a) 3-month Deutsche            
  LIBOR Bank AG 8/08/21 USD 5,500   205,212  
2.39(a) 3-month Deutsche            
  LIBOR Bank AG 10/14/21 USD 1,000   5,915  
4.38(b) 3-month Goldman Sachs            
  LIBOR International 4/14/41 USD 200   (56,675 )
4.35(b) 3-month Deutsche            
  LIBOR Bank AG 4/15/41 USD 1,500   (418,028 )
3.93(b) 3-month              
  LIBOR Citibank NA 7/21/41 USD 2,600   (506,403 )
2.63(a) 3-month Deutsche            
  LIBOR Bank AG 9/26/41 USD 900   (61,840 )
2.81(b) 3-month Credit Suisse            
  LIBOR Securities            
    (USA) LLC 10/11/41 USD 900   29,670  
3.00(b) 3-month Credit Suisse            
  LIBOR Securities            
    (USA) LLC 10/18/41 USD 600   (3,763 )
Total           $ (673,748 )

(a) Fund pays a floating interest rate and receives fixed rate.  
(b) Fund pays a fixed interest rate and receives floating rate. 
• Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. These inputs are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial statement purposes as follows: 
• Level 1 — unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets and liabilities  
• Level 2 — other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs)  
• Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Fund’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments) 

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The categorization of a value determined for investments and derivative financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and derivative financial instrument and does not necessarily correspond to the Fund’s perceived risk of investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments and derivative financial instruments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

38ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 2011
 

Schedule of Investments (concluded) BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III (BPP)

The following tables summarize the inputs used as of October 31, 2011 in determining the fair valuation of the Fund’s investments and derivative financial instruments:

Investments in Securities      
Valuation Inputs Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Assets:                      
Investments:                      
Long-Term                      
Investments:                      
Asset-Back                      
Securities         $ 1,007,500 $ 1,007,500  
Corporate                      
Bonds     $ 255,039,218     1,690,000   256,729,218  
Preferred                      
Securities $ 621,718     44,223,843       44,845,561  
Taxable                      
Municipal                      
Bonds       1,891,175       1,891,175  
US Government                
Sponsored                      
Agency                      
Securities       608,559       608,559  
US Treasury                      
Obligations       3,577,188       3,577,188  
Warrants       14,822       14,822  
Short-Term                      
Securities   2,459,914           2,459,914  
Total $ 3,081,632   $ 305,354,805   $ 2,697,500 $ 311,133,937  

Valuation Inputs   Level 1 Level 2 Level 3   Total
 
Derivative Financial Instruments1                
Assets:                      
Interest rate                      
contracts $ 73,488   $ 433,697     $ 507,185  
Credit                      
contracts       47,032 $ 2,351   49,383  
Liabilities:                      
Interest rate                      
contracts   (3,518 )   (2,516,593 ) —-   (2,520,111 )
Credit                      
contracts       (251,070 )     (251,070 )
Total $ 69,970   $ (2,286,934 ) $ 2,351 $ (2,214,613 )

Derivative financial instruments are swaps, financial futures contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts and options. Swaps, financial futures contracts and foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument and options are shown at value. 

The following table is a reconciliation of Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value:

  Asset-Backed
Securities
Common
Stocks
Corporate
Bonds
Preferred
Securities
Total
Assets:                              
Balance, as of October 31, 2010     $ 54,708   $ 180   $ 270,532   $ 325,420  
Accrued discounts/premiums $ 10,064         720         10,784  
Net realized gain (loss)       (1,062,064 )   3,233     452,316     (606,515 )
Net change in unrealized     appreciation/depreciation2   (114,792 )   1,129,549     69,964     (97,813 )   986,908  
Purchases   1,112,228         1,625,000         2,737,228  
Sales       (122,193 )   (9,097 )   (625,035 )   (756,325 )
Transfers in3                    
Transfers out3                    
Balance, as of October 31, 2011 $ 1,007,500       $ 1,690,000       $ 2,697,500  

Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation in the Statements of Operations. The change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments still held at October 31, 2011 was $(49,792). 
The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers in and transfers out as of the beginning of the period of the event or the change in circumstances that caused the transfer. 

The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 derivative financial instruments for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value:

  Credit
Contracts
Assets:      
Balance, as of October 31, 2010    
Accrued discounts/premiums $ 3,968  
Net realized gain (loss)    
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation4   2,351  
Purchases    
Issuances5   6,880  
Sales    
Settlements6   (10,848 )
Transfers in3    
Transfers out3    
Balance, as of October 31, 2011 $ 2,351  

Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation in the Statements of Operations. The change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on derivative financial instruments still held at October 31, 2011 was $2,351. 
Issuances represent upfront cash received on certain derivative financial instruments. 
Settlements represent periodic contractual cash flows and/or cash flows to terminate certain derivative financial instruments. 

A reconciliation of Level 3 investments and derivative financial instruments is presented when the Fund had a significant amount of Level 3 investments and derivative financial instruments at the beginning and/or end of the year in relation to net assets.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 201139
  


Schedule of Investments October 31, 2011 BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV (BTZ)
  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Asset-Backed Securities Par
(000)
Value
Atrium CDO Corp., Series 5A, Class A4, 0.69%,          
7/20/20 (a)(b) $ 4,400   $ 3,410,000
SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2004-B, Class A2,          
0.55%, 6/15/21 (b)   3,995     3,825,176
Total Asset-Backed Securities — 1.0%         7,235,176
 
 
Corporate Bonds          
Aerospace & Defense — 1.7%          
BE Aerospace, Inc., 8.50%, 7/01/18   3,575     3,905,687
Bombardier, Inc., 7.75%, 3/15/20 (a)   4,500     4,950,000
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (a):          
6.88%, 3/15/18   990     997,425
7.13%, 3/15/21   960     972,000
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.,          
10.00%, 6/01/17   1,662     1,720,170
          12,545,282
Airlines — 1.0%          
American Airlines Pass-Through Trust:          
Series 2011-1, Class A, 5.25%, 7/31/22   2,421     2,203,488
Series 2011-2, Class A, 8.63%, 4/15/23   940     940,000
Continental Airlines Pass-Through Certificates,          
Series 2009-2, Class B, 9.25%, 5/10/17   1,990     2,044,841
Delta Air Lines, Inc., Series 02G1, 6.72%, 7/02/24   2,205     2,177,782
          7,366,111
Auto Components — 1.5%          
Daimler Finance North America LLC, 2.63%,          
9/15/16 (a)(c)   5,675     5,640,229
Delphi Corp., 6.13%, 5/15/21 (a)   950     969,000
Icahn Enterprises LP:          
7.75%, 1/15/16   1,700     1,742,500
8.00%, 1/15/18   2,500     2,543,750
          10,895,479
Beverages — 0.5%          
Constellation Brands, Inc., 7.25%, 5/15/17   3,230     3,553,000
Building Products — 0.4%          
Building Materials Corp. of America (a):          
7.00%, 2/15/20   790     837,400
6.75%, 5/01/21   1,930     2,002,375
          2,839,775
Capital Markets — 5.4%          
Ameriprise Financial, Inc., 5.30%, 3/15/20 (c)   4,500     4,903,925
E*Trade Financial Corp., 12.50%, 11/30/17 (d)   2,565     2,956,163
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (c):          
7.50%, 2/15/19   6,850     7,738,972
6.25%, 2/01/41   7,350     7,579,371
Macquarie Bank Ltd., 6.63%, 4/07/21 (a)(c)   3,415     3,344,689
Morgan Stanley, 5.50%, 7/28/21 (c)   8,210     8,018,978
UBS AG (c):          
2.25%, 1/28/14   2,678     2,668,565
5.88%, 7/15/16   1,575     1,627,038
          38,837,701
Chemicals — 1.0%          
Ashland, Inc., 9.13%, 6/01/17   840     938,700
Celanese US Holdings LLC, 5.88%, 6/15/21   2,560     2,720,000
Lyondell Chemical Co., 11.00%, 5/01/18   2,080     2,316,600
Solutia, Inc., 7.88%, 3/15/20   1,425     1,524,750
          7,500,050
Commercial Banks — 4.3%          
Amsouth Bank, Series AI, 4.85%, 4/01/13   1,800     1,732,500
Asciano Finance Ltd., 5.00%, 4/07/18 (a)   1,475     1,568,143
Associated Banc-Corp, 5.13%, 3/28/16   3,645     3,760,907

Corporate Bonds Par
(000)
  Value
Commercial Banks (concluded)          
BNP Paribas, 3.60%, 2/23/16 (c) $ 2,790   $ 2,782,180
Branch Banking & Trust Co. (b)(c):          
0.66%, 9/13/16   1,850     1,714,069
0.60%, 5/23/17   1,100     998,686
CIT Group, Inc.:          
7.00%, 5/01/15   420     420,000
7.00%, 5/02/16 (a)   2,590     2,583,525
7.00%, 5/01/17   1,898     1,898,000
7.00%, 5/02/17 (a)   650     648,375
Discover Bank, 8.70%, 11/18/19   1,950     2,205,528
HSBC Holdings Plc, 5.10%, 4/05/21 (c)   3,500     3,769,738
Regions Financial Corp.:          
4.88%, 4/26/13   4,150     4,046,250
5.75%, 6/15/15   3,000     2,887,500
          31,015,401
Commercial Services & Supplies — 3.9%          
Aviation Capital Group Corp. (a):          
7.13%, 10/15/20 (c)   15,000     14,519,221
6.75%, 4/06/21   3,850     3,707,204
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., 7.75%, 2/15/19   1,201     1,152,960
Clean Harbors, Inc., 7.63%, 8/15/16   2,250     2,379,375
Corrections Corp. of America, 7.75%, 6/01/17   4,835     5,233,887
Iron Mountain, Inc., 7.75%, 10/01/19   650     674,375
Mobile Mini, Inc., 7.88%, 12/01/20   455     455,000
          28,122,022
Communications Equipment — 0.8%          
Avaya, Inc., 9.75%, 11/01/15   1,400     1,239,000
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., 6.88%, 1/15/20   3,580     3,750,050
EH Holding Corp., 6.50%, 6/15/19 (a)   700     715,750
          5,704,800
Consumer Finance — 4.2%          
American Express Credit Corp., 2.75%, 9/15/15 (c)   9,850     9,972,780
Capital One Bank USA NA, 8.80%, 7/15/19   3,950     4,691,858
Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, 7.00%, 4/15/15   4,730     5,155,700
Inmarsat Finance Plc, 7.38%, 12/01/17 (a)   2,515     2,691,050
SLM Corp., 6.25%, 1/25/16   8,205     8,205,000
          30,716,388
Containers & Packaging — 1.3%          
Ball Corp.:          
7.13%, 9/01/16   2,000     2,165,000
6.75%, 9/15/20   3,575     3,852,062
Crown Americas LLC, 6.25%, 2/01/21 (a)   1,350     1,417,500
Graphic Packaging International, Inc., 9.50%, 6/15/17   1,105     1,207,213
Rock-Tenn Co., 9.25%, 3/15/16   800     850,000
Sealed Air Corp., 8.38%, 9/15/21 (a)   220     238,150
          9,729,925
Diversified Financial Services — 10.4%          
Ally Financial, Inc.:          
4.50%, 2/11/14   1,500     1,466,250
8.30%, 2/12/15   2,890     3,034,500
8.00%, 11/01/31   2,900     2,892,750
Bank of America Corp. (c):          
5.30%, 3/15/17   6,505     6,220,660
5.00%, 5/13/21   12,100     11,360,835
Citigroup, Inc.:          
6.38%, 8/12/14   2,150     2,321,020
4.59%, 12/15/15 (c)   1,575     1,645,585
Countrywide Financial Corp., 6.25%, 5/15/16   6,500     6,351,026
Dolphin Subsidiary II, Inc., 7.25%, 10/15/21 (a)   1,475     1,581,938
General Electric Capital Corp., 5.30%, 2/11/21 (c)   7,775     8,274,645
General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 6.75%, 6/01/18 (a)   830     837,597
ING Bank NV, 5.00%, 6/09/21 (a)(c)   3,950     4,054,359

See Notes to Financial Statements.

40ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 2011
 

Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV (BTZ)
  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Corporate Bonds Par
(000)
Value
Diversified Financial Services (concluded)          
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (c):          
2.38%, 12/21/12 (e) $ 5,800   $ 5,648,550
6.50%, 2/24/21 (a)   922     850,735
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 3.15%, 7/05/16 (c)   4,375     4,382,424
Moody's Corp., 6.06%, 9/07/17   10,000     10,570,290
Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc. (a):          
7.13%, 4/15/19   420     428,400
7.88%, 8/15/19   1,470     1,536,150
6.88%, 2/15/21   360     363,600
8.25%, 2/15/21   795     729,413
WMG Acquisition Corp., 9.50%, 6/15/16 (a)   340     360,400
          74,911,127
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 5.4%          
AT&T, Inc.:          
2.40%, 8/15/16   1,525     1,558,985
6.30%, 1/15/38 (c)   5,000     6,008,645
France Telecom SA, 4.13%, 9/14/21 (c)   1,125     1,159,007
Level 3 Financing, Inc.:          
8.75%, 2/15/17   1,240     1,267,900
8.13%, 7/01/19 (a)   4,407     4,362,930
Qwest Corp., 8.38%, 5/01/16   3,285     3,753,112
Telecom Italia Capital SA, 6.18%, 6/18/14   1,650     1,676,068
Telefonica Emisiones SAU, 5.46%, 2/16/21 (c)   2,250     2,280,384
Verizon Communications, Inc. (c):          
1.95%, 3/28/14   8,525     8,754,331
7.35%, 4/01/39   4,700     6,488,148
Windstream Corp., 7.88%, 11/01/17   1,580     1,706,400
          39,015,910
Electric Utilities — 3.0%          
Dominion Resources, Inc., 8.88%, 1/15/19 (c)   8,000     10,580,224
Duke Energy Corp., 3.55%, 9/15/21 (c)   2,825     2,901,922
Progress Energy, Inc., 7.00%, 10/30/31 (c)   5,000     6,556,980
Southern Co., 1.95%, 9/01/16   1,625     1,637,706
          21,676,832
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.9%          
Jabil Circuit, Inc., 8.25%, 3/15/18   1,200     1,392,000
NXP BV, 3.15%, 10/15/13 (b)   4,900     4,802,000
          6,194,000
Energy Equipment & Services — 1.3%          
Ensco Plc, 4.70%, 3/15/21   3,255     3,424,898
Frac Tech Services LLC, 7.63%, 11/15/18 (a)   1,795     1,875,775
Key Energy Services, Inc., 6.75%, 3/01/21   1,240     1,267,900
MEG Energy Corp., 6.50%, 3/15/21 (a)   1,580     1,647,150
Oil States International, Inc., 6.50%, 6/01/19   835     874,662
SunCoke Energy, Inc., 7.63%, 8/01/19 (a)   320     323,200
          9,413,585
Food & Staples Retailing — 1.8%          
CVS Caremark Corp., 6.30%, 6/01/62 (b)   2,900     2,816,625
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (c):          
5.25%, 9/01/35   2,650     3,087,849
6.20%, 4/15/38   5,225     6,813,034
          12,717,508
Food Products — 0.8%          
Kraft Foods, Inc.:          
6.50%, 8/11/17   1,985     2,372,672
6.13%, 8/23/18   1,990     2,368,118
Smithfield Foods, Inc., 10.00%, 7/15/14   668     776,550
          5,517,340
Gas Utilities — 0.1%          
Targa Resources Partners LP, 6.88%, 2/01/21 (a)   820     809,750
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.8%          
Fresenius US Finance II, Inc., 9.00%, 7/15/15 (a)   4,250     4,802,500
Teleflex, Inc., 6.88%, 6/01/19   815     843,525
          5,646,025

Corporate Bonds Par
(000)
Value
 
Health Care Providers & Services — 3.8%          
Aetna, Inc., 6.75%, 12/15/37 (c) $ 2,025   $ 2,576,640
Aviv Healthcare Properties LP, 7.75%, 2/15/19   765     738,225
HCA, Inc.:          
8.50%, 4/15/19   265     291,500
6.50%, 2/15/20   3,780     3,959,550
7.25%, 9/15/20   4,590     4,917,038
7.50%, 2/15/22   3,365     3,432,300
INC Research LLC, 11.50%, 7/15/19 (a)   1,155     1,039,500
inVentiv Health, Inc., 10.00%, 8/15/18 (a)   840     806,400
Tenet Healthcare Corp.:          
10.00%, 5/01/18   2,175     2,495,813
8.88%, 7/01/19   1,825     2,062,250
UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 6.88%, 2/15/38   4,075     5,373,523
          27,692,739
Household Durables — 0.5%          
Cemex Espana Luxembourg, 9.25%, 5/12/20 (a)   4,947     3,920,498
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 1.5%        
AES Corp.:          
9.75%, 4/15/16   1,620     1,838,700
7.38%, 7/01/21 (a)   535     572,450
Calpine Construction Finance Co. LP, 8.00%, 6/01/16 (a) 1,265     1,347,225
Calpine Corp., 7.25%, 10/15/17 (a)   730     759,200
Energy Future Intermediate Holding Co., LLC,          
10.00%, 12/01/20   2,910     3,055,500
NRG Energy, Inc., 7.38%, 1/15/17   2,820     2,936,325
          10,509,400
Insurance — 4.5%          
American International Group, Inc., 6.40%, 12/15/20 (c) 2,800     2,932,572
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., 5.80%, 5/15/21 (a)   4,975     4,688,137
Forethought Financial Group, Inc., 8.63%, 4/15/21 (a)   1,625     1,650,750
Genworth Financial, Inc., 7.63%, 9/24/21   1,615     1,459,847
Manulife Financial Corp., 4.90%, 9/17/20   3,650     3,748,922
MPL 2 Acquisition Canco, Inc., 9.88%, 8/15/18 (a)   715     614,900
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance, 6.06%, 3/30/40 (a)(c) 5,500     6,445,884
Principal Financial Group, Inc., 8.88%, 5/15/19   1,145     1,450,717
Prudential Financial, Inc., 6.63%, 12/01/37 (c)   4,075     4,845,481
XL Group Ltd., 5.75%, 10/01/21 (c)   4,105     4,328,324
          32,165,534
IT Services — 0.8%          
Eagle Parent Canada, Inc., 8.63%, 5/01/19 (a)   1,180     1,103,300
First Data Corp. (a):          
7.38%, 6/15/19   1,205     1,192,950
8.25%, 1/15/21   145     137,750
12.63%, 1/15/21   1,490     1,408,050
SunGard Data Systems, Inc., 7.38%, 11/15/18   1,610     1,646,225
          5,488,275
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.6%          
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., 8.00%, 9/15/16   5,480     5,973,200
Life Technologies Corp., 6.00%, 3/01/20   4,800     5,349,797
          11,322,997
Machinery — 0.9%          
Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding Co. Ltd., 9.50%, 4/15/14 (c) 4,075     4,790,317
Navistar International Corp., 8.25%, 11/01/21   1,439     1,564,913
          6,355,230
Media — 7.8%          
AMC Networks, Inc., 7.75%, 7/15/21 (a)   655     710,675
CCH II LLC, 13.50%, 11/30/16   3,851     4,438,277
Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc., 10.50%, 1/15/15 (a) 1,165     920,350
Comcast Corp., 6.30%, 11/15/17 (c)   4,075     4,814,519
Cox Communications, Inc., 8.38%, 3/01/39 (a)   4,075     5,698,040
CSC Holdings LLC:          
8.50%, 4/15/14   1,130     1,240,175
8.50%, 6/15/15   2,300     2,495,500
8.63%, 2/15/19   1,950     2,213,250

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 201141
  


Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV (BTZ)
  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Corporate Bonds Par
(000)
  Value
Media (concluded)          
DIRECTV Holdings LLC, 5.00%, 3/01/21 (c) $ 4,150   $ 4,542,955
DISH DBS Corp., 7.00%, 10/01/13   1,950     2,062,125
Intelsat Luxembourg SA (d):          
11.50%, 2/04/17 (a)   240     240,000
11.50%, 2/04/17   630     630,000
The Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc., 10.00%, 7/15/17   1,975     2,261,375
Kabel BW Erste Beteiligungs GmbH, 7.50%, 3/15/19 (a)   1,760     1,830,400
News America, Inc., 6.15%, 3/01/37 (c)   4,850     5,326,372
Time Warner Cable, Inc., 6.75%, 6/15/39   4,675     5,682,444
Time Warner, Inc., 7.70%, 5/01/32 (c)   4,900     6,380,589
Unitymedia Hessen GmbH & Co. KG (FKA UPC          
Germany GmbH), 8.13%, 12/01/17 (a)   1,225     1,304,625
Virgin Media Secured Finance Plc, 6.50%, 1/15/18   3,175     3,421,062
          56,212,733
Metals & Mining — 2.4%          
Alcoa, Inc., 5.40%, 4/15/21 (c)   4,090     4,052,618
Barrick Gold Corp., 2.90%, 5/30/16   1,925     1,998,654
Barrick North America Finance LLC, 5.70%, 5/30/41   2,275     2,644,107
FMG Resources August 2006 Property Ltd. (a):          
6.88%, 2/01/18   390     374,400
8.25%, 11/01/19   310     313,100
Freeport-McMoRan Corp., 7.13%, 11/01/27   3,500     4,066,808
Novelis, Inc., 8.75%, 12/15/20   1,610     1,754,900
Teck Resources Ltd., 10.75%, 5/15/19   2,000     2,470,000
          17,674,587
Multi-Utilities — 1.2%          
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.:          
5.95%, 2/01/17   3,600     4,053,917
6.50%, 5/01/18   3,950     4,601,904
          8,655,821
Multiline Retail — 1.6%          
JC Penney Co., Inc., 5.65%, 6/01/20   12,400     11,687,000
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 12.5%          
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.:          
6.00%, 6/01/19   415     411,888
6.25%, 6/01/21   1,165     1,150,438
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.:          
5.95%, 9/15/16   1,686     1,937,580
6.38%, 9/15/17   52     61,191
Arch Coal, Inc. (a):          
7.00%, 6/15/19   370     382,950
7.25%, 6/15/21   1,195     1,230,850
BP Capital Markets Plc (c):          
5.25%, 11/07/13   2,100     2,271,032
3.88%, 3/10/15   3,085     3,302,724
Buckeye Partners LP, 4.88%, 2/01/21 (c)   1,650     1,737,729
Chesapeake Energy Corp., 6.13%, 2/15/21   5,745     6,017,887
Chesapeake Midstream Partners LP, 5.88%, 4/15/21 (a)   980     989,800
Chesapeake Oilfield Operating LLC, 6.63%, 11/15/19 (a)   450     462,375
Consol Energy, Inc., 6.38%, 3/01/21 (a)   745     741,275
Copano Energy LLC, 7.13%, 4/01/21   930     950,925
DCP Midstream LLC, 4.75%, 9/30/21 (a)   2,100     2,191,837
Denbury Resources, Inc., 6.38%, 8/15/21   955     983,650
El Paso Corp., 7.00%, 6/15/17   2,390     2,676,800
El Paso Pipeline Partners Operating Co., LLC,          
5.00%, 10/01/21   900     922,927
Enbridge Energy Partners LP, 9.88%, 3/01/19 (c)   2,425     3,247,788
Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc., 7.75%, 6/15/19   1,700     1,717,000
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 6.65%, 4/15/18   4,800     5,646,442
Forest Oil Corp., 8.50%, 2/15/14   2,055     2,219,400
Hilcorp Energy I LP, 7.75%, 11/01/15 (a)   1,175     1,205,432
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, 6.85%, 2/15/20   4,800     5,735,549
Linn Energy LLC, 7.75%, 2/01/21   1,585     1,691,987
Marathon Petroleum Corp., 3.50%, 3/01/16 (a)(c)   2,250     2,308,165
MarkWest Energy Partners LP, 6.25%, 6/15/22 (f)   880     902,000

Corporate Bonds Par
(000)
Value
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (concluded)          
Newfield Exploration Co., 5.75%, 1/30/22 $ 820   $ 869,200
Oasis Petroleum, Inc.:          
7.25%, 2/01/19 (a)   560     590,800
6.50%, 11/01/21 (f)   505     507,525
OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes SA, 8.50%, 6/01/18 (a)   1,950     1,930,500
ONEOK Partners LP, 8.63%, 3/01/19 (c)   4,075     5,268,999
Petrobras International Finance Co., 3.88%, 1/27/16   6,150     6,293,301
Petrohawk Energy Corp.:          
10.50%, 8/01/14   1,020     1,143,675
6.25%, 6/01/19   1,180     1,333,400
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.:          
6.65%, 3/15/17   1,080     1,172,934
6.88%, 5/01/18   820     886,680
Plains Exploration & Production Co.:          
7.75%, 6/15/15   1,300     1,348,750
10.00%, 3/01/16   700     777,000
Precision Drilling Corp., 6.50%, 12/15/21 (a)   700     738,500
Premier Oil, 5.00%, 6/09/18   5,650     5,876,000
Range Resources Corp., 6.75%, 8/01/20   1,415     1,570,650
SandRidge Energy, Inc., 7.50%, 3/15/21 (a)   1,200     1,158,000
SM Energy Co., 6.63%, 2/15/19 (a)   365     368,650
Western Gas Partners LP, 5.38%, 6/01/21   2,525     2,685,186
The Williams Cos., Inc., 8.75%, 3/15/32   1,900     2,586,833
          90,204,204
Paper & Forest Products — 2.8%          
Boise Paper Holdings LLC, 8.00%, 4/01/20   1,070     1,126,175
Georgia-Pacific LLC, 8.25%, 5/01/16 (a)   3,955     4,385,458
International Paper Co.:          
7.50%, 8/15/21 (c)   3,950     4,800,372
8.70%, 6/15/38   3,100     4,078,155
7.30%, 11/15/39   4,075     4,751,670
Longview Fibre Paper & Packaging, Inc., 8.00%, 6/01/16 (a) 545     553,175
Verso Paper Holdings LLC, 11.50%, 7/01/14   590     619,500
          20,314,505
Pharmaceuticals — 7.1%          
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., 5.88%, 11/15/36 (c)   3,549     4,508,888
GlaxoSmithKline Capital, Inc., 6.38%, 5/15/38 (c) 10,100     13,651,897
Merck & Co., Inc. (c):          
6.50%, 12/01/33   2,885     3,945,800
6.55%, 9/15/37   6,945     9,668,551
Pfizer, Inc., 7.20%, 3/15/39 (c)   10,000     14,936,540
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International,          
6.50%, 7/15/16 (a)   450     450,000
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 6.13%, 8/15/19   3,495     4,082,716
          51,244,392
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 2.5%          
AvalonBay Communities, Inc., 6.10%, 3/15/20 (c)   4,075     4,623,919
Developers Diversified Realty Corp.:          
4.75%, 4/15/18   1,025     964,582
7.88%, 9/01/20   1,325     1,434,183
ERP Operating LP, 5.75%, 6/15/17   4,080     4,559,730
HCP, Inc., 5.38%, 2/01/21   1,675     1,720,282
UDR, Inc., 4.25%, 6/01/18   2,675     2,750,681
Ventas Realty LP/Ventas Capital Corp., 4.75%, 6/01/21   1,880     1,840,990
          17,894,367
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.2%          
Realogy Corp., 7.88%, 2/15/19 (a)   940     846,000
Shea Homes LP, 8.63%, 5/15/19 (a)   805     728,525
          1,574,525
Road & Rail — 1.7%          
Avis Budget Car Rental LLC, 8.25%, 1/15/19   720     718,200
Florida East Coast Railway Corp., 8.13%, 2/01/17   320     320,000
The Hertz Corp., 6.75%, 4/15/19   1,554     1,585,080
Norfolk Southern Corp., 6.00%, 3/15/2105 (c)   8,500     9,831,695
          12,454,975

See Notes to Financial Statements.

42ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 2011
 

Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV (BTZ)
  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Corporate Bonds Par
(000)
Value
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.5%          
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 7.75%, 8/01/20 $ 1,300   $ 1,319,500
KLA-Tencor Corp., 6.90%, 5/01/18   2,208     2,513,550
          3,833,050
Specialty Retail — 1.2%          
AutoNation, Inc., 6.75%, 4/15/18   2,775     2,879,063
Best Buy Co., Inc., 5.50%, 3/15/21   1,050     1,003,661
Limited Brands, Inc., 7.00%, 5/01/20   1,370     1,459,050
QVC, Inc., 7.38%, 10/15/20 (a)   175     190,750
VF Corp., 5.95%, 11/01/17 (c)   2,450     2,901,359
          8,433,883
Tobacco — 4.2%          
Altria Group, Inc.:          
9.70%, 11/10/18   4,075     5,476,885
9.25%, 8/06/19   4,780     6,354,312
10.20%, 2/06/39   6,607     10,206,712
Lorillard Tobacco Co., 3.50%, 8/04/16   4,150     4,166,106
Philip Morris International, Inc., 2.50%, 5/16/16 (c)   4,200     4,366,614
          30,570,629
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 4.3%          
America Movil SAB de CV, 2.38%, 9/08/16   7,455     7,443,020
American Tower Corp.:          
4.50%, 1/15/18   3,200     3,291,347
5.90%, 11/01/21   2,180     2,409,425
Cricket Communications, Inc., 7.75%, 5/15/16   780     809,250
Crown Castle International Corp., 9.00%, 1/15/15   1,470     1,602,300
Crown Castle Towers LLC (a):          
5.50%, 1/15/37   1,975     2,151,261
4.17%, 8/15/37   2,000     2,037,730
6.11%, 1/15/40   2,330     2,574,634
Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, 7.25%, 4/01/19 (a)   320     321,600
Nextel Communications, Inc., Series E, 6.88%, 10/31/13   1,040     1,027,000
SBA Tower Trust, 5.10%, 4/15/42 (a)   6,250     6,809,375
Sprint Capital Corp., 6.88%, 11/15/28   780     569,400
          31,046,342
Total Corporate Bonds — 114.1%         823,983,697
 
 
Preferred Securities          
 
Capital Trusts          
Capital Markets — 3.1%          
Credit Suisse Guernsey Ltd., 5.86% (b)(g)   1,050     908,250
State Street Capital Trust III, 5.34% (b)(g)   1,740     1,742,958
State Street Capital Trust IV, 1.35%, 6/01/37 (b)   28,195     19,748,342
          22,399,550
Commercial Banks — 5.8%          
Barclays Bank Plc, 7.43% (a)(b)(g)   1,100     1,028,500
BB&T Capital Trust IV, 6.82%, 6/12/77 (b)   15,300     15,300,000
BNP Paribas, 7.20% (a)(b)(c)(g)   2,500     2,062,500
Credit Agricole SA (a)(b)(c)(g):          
6.64%   2,450     1,654,975
8.38%   2,450     2,156,000
Dresdner Funding Trust I, 8.15%, 6/30/31 (a)   3,715     2,897,700
HSBC Capital Funding LP/Jersey Channel Islands,          
10.18% (a)(b)(c)(g)   7,000     8,767,500
National City Preferred Capital Trust I, 12.00% (b)(g)   3,713     3,852,832
Standard Chartered Plc, 7.01% (a)(b)(g)   5,000     4,477,080
          42,197,087

Capital Trusts Par
(000)
Value
Consumer Finance — 0.2%          
Capital One Financial Corp. Capital V,          
10.25%, 8/15/39 $ 1,275   $ 1,319,625
Diversified Financial Services — 3.6%          
ING Capital Funding Trust III, 3.97% (b)(g)   2,950     2,499,311
JPMorgan Chase Capital XXI, Series U, 1.21%, 2/02/37 (b)   12,875     8,922,954
JPMorgan Chase Capital XXIII, 1.29%, 5/15/77 (b)   20,695     14,288,076
          25,710,341
Electric Utilities — 0.5%          
PPL Capital Funding, 6.70%, 3/30/67 (b)   3,900     3,763,500
Insurance — 6.9%          
Ace Capital Trust II, 9.70%, 4/01/30   4,000     5,191,728
The Allstate Corp., 6.50%, 5/15/67 (b)   4,000     3,725,000
American General Capital II, 8.50%, 7/01/30   300     294,000
American International Group, Inc., 8.18%, 5/15/68 (b)   1,300     1,254,500
Aon Corp., 8.21%, 1/01/27   4,000     4,658,896
AXA SA, 6.38% (a)(b)(g)   6,000     4,245,000
Chubb Corp., 6.38%, 3/29/67 (b)(c)   4,000     4,020,000
Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., 10.75%, 6/15/88 (a)(b)   4,000     4,860,000
Lincoln National Corp., 7.00%, 5/17/66 (b)   4,255     3,999,700
MetLife, Inc., 6.40%, 12/15/66   4,550     4,469,638
Reinsurance Group of America, 6.75%, 12/15/65 (b)(c)   7,000     6,074,803
Swiss Re Capital I LP, 6.85% (a)(b)(g)   3,000     2,705,214
ZFS Finance (USA), Trust II, 6.45%, 12/15/65 (a)(b)   3,850     3,696,000
ZFS Finance (USA), Trust IV, 5.88%, 5/09/32 (a)(b)   599     581,030
          49,775,509
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.2%          
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 8.38%, 8/01/66 (b)   4,500     4,657,500
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd., 6.35%, 5/15/67 (b)   4,000     4,076,696
          8,734,196
Total Capital Trusts — 21.3%         153,899,808
 
 
Preferred Stocks Shares    
Auto Components — 0.1%          
Dana Holding Corp., 4.00% (a)   7,000     866,250
Commercial Banks — 0.3%          
SG Preferred Capital II, 6.30% (a)(b)   2,000     2,009,375
Diversified Financial Services — 0.3%          
Ally Financial, Inc., 7.00% (a)   3,130     2,334,296
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.1%          
Sovereign Real Estate Investment Trust, 12.00% (a)   7,000     7,540,960
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.0%          
Fannie Mae, Series S, 8.25% (b)(h)   23,000     45,080
Freddie Mac, Series Z, 8.38% (b)(h)   23,000     49,220
          94,300
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.6%          
Centaur Funding Corp., 9.08% (a)   10,000     11,559,375
Total Preferred Stocks — 3.4%         24,404,556
 
 
Trust Preferreds          
Diversified Financial Services — 0.3%          
GMAC Capital Trust I, Series 2, 8.13%, 2/15/40 (b)   101,420     2,081,700
Total Trust Preferreds — 0.3%         2,081,700
Total Preferred Securities — 25.0%         180,386,064

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 201143
  


Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV (BTZ)
  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Taxable Municipal Bonds Par
(000)
Value
City of Chicago Illinois, RB, 6.85%, 1/01/38 $ 5,000   $ 5,433,750  
Metropolitan Transportation Authority, RB, Build            
America Bonds, 6.55%, 11/15/31   4,075     4,600,919  
Total Taxable Municipal Bonds — 1.4%         10,034,669  
 
 
US Government Sponsored Agency Securities            
Agency Obligations — 0.3%            
Fannie Mae, 4.23%, 10/09/19 (c)(i)   2,765     2,090,268  
Total US Government Sponsored Agency Securities — 0.3%   2,090,268  
 
 
US Treasury Obligations            
US Treasury Bonds, 4.75%, 2/15/41 (c)   4,505     5,856,500  
US Treasury Notes, 2.13%, 8/15/21 (c)   5,047     5,024,945  
Total US Treasury Obligations — 1.5%         10,881,445  
Total Long-Term Investments            
(Cost — $1,018,748,047) — 143.3%         1,034,611,319  
 
 
Short-Term Securities Shares      
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional            
Class, 0.14% (j)(k)   3,823,108     3,823,108  
Total Short-Term Securities (Cost — $3,823,108) — 0.5%   3,823,108  
Total Investments Before Options Written            
(Cost — $1,022,571,155*) — 143.8%         1,038,434,427  
 
 
Options Written Notional
Amount
(000)
     
Over-the-Counter Call Swaptions — (0.6)%            
Pay a fixed rate of 4.06% and receive a floating rate            
based on 3-month LIBOR, Expires 4/16/12, Broker            
Deutsche Bank AG $ 13,000     (1,875,818 )
Pay a fixed rate of 4.75% and receive a floating            
rate based on 3-month LIBOR, Expires 3/24/14,            
Broker Citibank NA   17,000     (2,679,963 )
          (4,555,781 )
Over-the-Counter Put Swaptions — (0.1)%            
Receive a fixed rate of 4.06% and pay a floating rate            
based on the 3-month LIBOR, Expires 4/16/12,            
Broker Deutsche Bank AG   13,000     (19,481 )
Receive a fixed rate of 4.75% and pay a floating            
rate based on 3-month LIBOR, Expires 3/24/14,            
Broker Citibank NA   17,000     (308,645 )
          (328,126 )
Total Options Written            
(Premiums Received — $2,923,700) — (0.7)%         (4,883,907 )
Total Investments, Net of Options Written — 143.1%         1,033,550,520  
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (43.1)%         (311,213,345 )
Net Assets — 100.0%       $  722,337,175  

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of October 31, 2011, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows: 
Aggregate cost       $ 1,021,961,207  
Gross unrealized appreciation       $ 51,500,873  
Gross unrealized depreciation         (35,027,653 )
Net unrealized appreciation       $ 16,473,220  

(a) Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors. 
(b) Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date. 
(c) All or a portion of security has been pledged as collateral in connection with open reverse repurchase agreements. 
(d) Represents a payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in additional par/shares. 
(e) All or a portion of security has been pledged as collateral in connection with swaps. 
(f) When-issued security. Unsettled when-issued transactions were as follows: 
Counterparty Value Unrealized
Appreciation
Barclays Capital, Inc. $ 902,000 $ 22,000
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA $ 507,525 $ 2,525

(g) Security is perpetual in nature and has no stated maturity date.  
(h)  Non-income producing security. 
(i) Represents a zero-coupon bond. Rate shown reflects the current yield as of report date. 
(j) Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Fund during the year, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows: 
Affiliate Shares Held at
October 31,
2010
Net
Activity
Shares Held at
October 31,
2011
Income
BlackRock Liquidity        
Funds, TempFund,        
Institutional Class 26,924,664 (23,101,556) 3,823,108 $23,892

(k) Represents the current yield as of report date. 
• For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund’s industry classifications refer to any one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by Fund management. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such industry sub-classifications for reporting ease. 
• Reverse repurchase agreements outstanding as of October 31, 2011 were as follows: 
Counterparty Interest
Rate
Trade
Date
Maturity
Date
1
Net Closing
Amount
Face
Amount
UBS Securities LLC 0.38% 5/10/11 Open $ 12,530,805 $ 12,507,700
UBS Securities LLC 0.38% 5/18/11 Open   5,649,942   5,640,000
UBS Securities LLC 0.38% 5/19/11 Open   3,001,250   2,996,000
UBS Securities LLC 0.38% 5/31/11 Open   12,319,993   12,300,000
UBS Securities LLC 0.35% 6/9/11 Open   14,908,486   14,887,500
UBS Securities LLC 0.38% 6/10/11 Open   11,466,678   11,449,275
UBS Securities LLC 0.38% 6/14/11 Open   7,188,107   7,177,500
UBS Securities LLC 0.38% 6/15/11 Open   15,070,924   15,048,844
UBS Securities LLC 0.37% 6/22/11 Open   8,259,128   8,247,938
UBS Securities LLC 0.37% 6/27/11 Open   5,206,787   5,200,000
Credit Suisse              
Securities              
(USA) LLC 0.38% 6/29/11 Open   6,571,159   6,562,500
UBS Securities LLC 0.31% 6/30/11 Open   4,158,497   4,154,062
BNP Paribas              
Securities Corp. 0.35% 7/01/11 Open   4,585,777   4,580,300
Credit Suisse              
Securities              
(USA) LLC 0.35% 7/05/11 Open   8,856,485   8,846,250
UBS Securities LLC 0.35% 7/11/11 Open   4,012,603   4,008,200
BNP Paribas              
Securities Corp. 0.35% 7/12/11 Open   4,557,332   4,552,375
UBS Securities LLC 0.32% 7/12/11 Open   3,777,982   3,774,225

See Notes to Financial Statements.

44ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 2011
 

Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV (BTZ)

• Reverse repurchase agreements outstanding as of October 31, 2011 were as follows (continued): 
Counterparty Interest
Rate
Trade
Date
Maturity
Date
1
Net Closing
Amount
Face
Amount
Deutsche Bank              
Securities, Inc. 0.35% 7/19/11 Open $ 13,843,993 $ 13,829,875
UBS Securities LLC 0.35% 8/01/11 Open   8,146,030   8,138,750
BNP Paribas              
Securities Corp. 0.03% 8/04/11 Open   2,022,056   2,021,906
Credit Suisse              
Securities              
(USA) LLC 0.40% 8/05/11 Open   2,290,738   2,288,500
Credit Suisse              
Securities              
(USA) LLC 0.35% 8/11/11 Open   904,280   903,560
BNP Paribas              
Securities Corp. 0.35% 8/15/11 Open   6,541,557   6,536,600
BNP Paribas              
Securities Corp. 0.37% 8/17/11 Open   4,882,911   4,879,100
Barclays              
Capital Inc. 0.35% 8/18/11 Open   5,655,340   5,651,219
UBS Securities LLC 0.35% 8/18/11 Open   4,167,336   4,164,300
UBS Securities LLC 0.38% 8/22/11 Open   2,801,223   2,799,125
UBS Securities LLC 0.35% 8/26/11 Open   4,617,944   4,614,938
Barclays              
Capital Inc. 0.35% 8/26/11 Open   2,657,230   2,655,500
Barclays              
Capital Inc. 0.35% 8/31/11 Open   5,972,348   5,968,750
Barclays              
Capital Inc. 0.35% 9/08/11 Open   6,103,703   6,100,500
Credit Suisse              
Securities              
(USA) LLC 0.35% 9/08/11 Open   9,267,377   9,262,514
Deutsche Bank              
Securities, Inc. 0.35% 9/08/11 Open   4,444,082   4,441,750
UBS Securities LLC 0.38% 9/08/11 Open   6,312,784   6,309,188
BNP Paribas              
Securities Corp. 0.39% 9/09/11 Open   3,284,325   3,282,440
Credit Suisse              
Securities              
(USA) LLC 0.35% 9/09/11 Open   3,339,883   3,338,163
Credit Suisse              
Securities              
(USA) LLC 0.40% 9/09/11 Open   6,211,781   6,208,125
BNP Paribas              
Securities Corp. 0.39% 9/09/11 Open   1,657,551   1,656,600
UBS Securities LLC 0.38% 9/09/11 Open   12,480,478   12,473,500
Credit Suisse              
Securities              
(USA) LLC 0.35% 9/09/11 Open   2,486,969   2,485,688
Deutsche Bank              
Securities, Inc. 0.40% 9/12/11 Open   4,770,399   4,767,750
Barclays              
Capital Inc. 0.35% 9/14/11 Open 3,287,596   3,286,063
Barclays              
Capital Inc. 0.40% 9/14/11 Open   7,318,995   7,315,094
Credit Suisse              
Securities              
(USA) LLC 0.35% 9/14/11 Open   9,706,778   9,702,250
Credit Suisse              
Securities              
(USA) LLC 0.40% 9/14/11 Open   6,637,663   6,634,125
Deutsche Bank              
Securities, Inc. 0.35% 9/14/11 Open   1,654,522   1,653,750
Deutsche Bank              
Securities, Inc. 0.40% 9/19/11 Open   3,178,268   3,176,750

• Reverse repurchase agreements outstanding as of October 31, 2011 were as follows (concluded): 
Counterparty Interest
Rate
Trade
Date
Maturity
Date
1
Net Closing
Amount
  Face
Amount
Deutsche Bank              
Securities, Inc. 0.35% 9/20/11 Open $ 2,731,115 $ 2,730,000
Barclays Capital Inc. 0.40% 9/23/11 Open   5,237,457   5,235,188
Barclays Capital Inc. 0.40% 9/30/11 Open   3,795,812   3,794,462
Credit Suisse              
Securities              
(USA) LLC 0.40% 10/04/11 Open   1,076,116   1,075,780
UBS Securities LLC 0.35% 10/13/11 Open   4,426,443   4,425,624
Deutsche Bank              
Securities, Inc. 0.35% 10/14/11 Open   2,070,362   2,070,000
Deutsche Bank              
Securities, Inc. 0.38% 10/14/11 Open   1,113,422   1,113,210
Deutsche Bank              
Securities, Inc. 0.08% 10/25/11 Open   5,856,591   5,856,500
UBS Securities LLC 0.38% 10/27/11 Open   10,890,575   10,890,000
BNP Paribas              
Securities Corp. 0.08% 10/31/11 Open   5,034,394   5,034,382
Credit Suisse              
Securities              
(USA) LLC 0.35% 10/31/11 Open   5,915,058   5,915,000
UBS Securities LLC 0.38% 10/31/11 Open   2,684,008   2,683,980
Total       $ 339,599,428 $ 339,303,168

Certain agreements have no stated maturity and can be terminated by either party at anytime. 
• Financial futures contracts purchased as of October 31, 2011 were as follows: 
Contracts Issue Exchange Expiration

Notional
Value

Unrealized
Appreciation
13 2-Year US Chicago Board December        
  Treasury Note of Trade 2011 $ 2,863,656 $ 1,803

• Financial futures contracts sold as of October 31, 2011 were as follows: 
Contracts Issue Exchange Expiration   Notional
Value
Unrealized
Appreciation
1,230 10-Year US Chicago Board December        
  Treasury Note of Trade 2011 $ 158,746,875 $ 128,820
       5 Ultra US Chicago Board December        
  Treasury Bond of Trade 2011 $ 761,875   24,054
Total           152,874

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 201145
  


Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV (BTZ)
   
• Credit default swaps on single-name issues — buy protection outstanding as of October 31, 2011 were as follows: 
Issuer Pay
Fixed
Rate
Counterparty Expiration
Date
Notional
 Amount
(000
)
 Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Raytheon Co. 1.00% Citibank NA 9/20/16 $1,800 $ 10,179  
Raytheon Co. 1.00% Deutsche Bank AG 9/20/16 $1,910   (1,498 )
General   JPMorgan          
Dynamics   Chase          
Corp. 1.00% Bank & Co. 9/20/16 $4,125   35,529  
Dell, Inc. 1.00% Barclays Bank Plc 12/20/16 $4,415   (29,673 )
    Credit Suisse          
Computer   Securities          
Sciences Corp. 1.00% (USA) LLC 12/20/16 $1,965   (39,906 )
Lockheed Martin   Deutsche          
Corp. 1.00% Bank AG 12/20/16 $5,025   53,305  
Northrop   Deutsche          
Grumman Corp. 1.00% Bank AG 12/20/16 $2,140   (6,083 )
Southwest   Goldman Sachs          
Airlines Co. 1.00% Capital Markets LP 12/20/16 $1,965   (463 )
Southwest   Royal Bank          
Airlines Co. 1.00% of Scotland Plc 12/20/16 $1,965   (8,924 )
Total         $ 12,466  

• Credit default swaps on single-name issues — sold protection outstanding as of October 31, 2011 were as follows: 
Issuer Receive
Fixed
Rate
Counterparty Expiration
Date
Issuer
Credit
Rating1
Notional
Amount
(000)2
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Deutsche            
Aviva USA Corp. 1.00% Bank AG 5/25/12 AA- $4,525 $ 8,182  
Assured                
Guaranty Corp. 5.00% Citibank NA 12/20/14 AA+ $   300   (1,673 )
Assured                
Guaranty Corp. 5.00% Citibank NA 3/20/15 AA+ $1,275   2,043  
    Deutsche            
MetLife, Inc. 1.00% Bank AG 3/20/18 A+ $1,500   (73,318 )
Total           $ (64,766 )

Using S&P’s rating. 
The maximum potential amount the Fund may pay should a negative credit event take place as defined under the terms of agreement. 
• Credit default swaps on traded indexes — buy protection outstanding as of October 31, 2011 were as follows: 
Index Pay
Fixed
Rate
Counterparty Expiration
Date
Notional
Amount
(000)

 Unrealized
 Depreciation
Dow Jones          
CDX North          
America High   JPMorgan      
Yield Index   Chase Bank      
Series 17 5.00% & Co. 12/20/16 $7,350 $ (704,267)

• Interest rate swaps outstanding as of October 31, 2011 were as follows: 
Fixed
Rate
Floating
Rate
Counter-
party
Expiration
Date
Notional
Amount
(000
)
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
0.63(a) 3-month Credit Suisse              
LIBOR Securities (USA) LLC 10/21/13 $ 106,800   $ 142,050  
0.64(a) 3-month                
  LIBOR Deutsche Bank AG 10/21/13 $ 102,000     160,612  
0.60(b) 3-month                
  LIBOR Deutsche Bank AG 11/01/13 $ 209,200     (148,024 )
2.32(a) 3-month                
  LIBOR Citibank NA 3/28/16 $ 6,900     358,857  
1.49(b) 3-month                
  LIBOR Deutsche Bank AG 10/14/16 $ 6,200     (60,532 )
2.72(a) 3-month                
  LIBOR Deutsche Bank AG 8/08/21 $ 19,400     723,840  
2.39(a) 3-month                
  LIBOR Deutsche Bank AG 10/14/21 $ 3,300     19,519  
4.35(b) 3-month                
  LIBOR Deutsche Bank AG 4/15/41 $ 5,000     (1,393,426 )
3.93(b) 3-month                
  LIBOR Citibank NA 7/21/41 $ 9,200     (1,791,887 )
2.63(a) 3-month                
  LIBOR Deutsche Bank AG 9/26/41 $ 3,200     (219,877 )
2.81(b) 3-month Credit Suisse              
  LIBOR Securities (USA) LLC 10/11/41 $ 3,200     105,492  
3.00(b) 3-month Credit Suisse              
  LIBOR Securities (USA) LLC 10/18/41 $ 2,100     (13,171 )
Total             $ (2,116,547 )

(a) Pays a fixed interest rate and receives floating rate. 
(b) Pays floating interest rate and receives fixed rate. 
• Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. These inputs are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial statement purposes as follows: 
• Level 1 — unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets and liabilities 
• Level 2 — other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) 
• Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Fund's own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments) 

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The categorization of a value determined for investments and derivative financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and derivative financial instrument and does not necessarily correspond to the Fund's perceived risk of investing in those securities. For information about the Fund's policy regarding valuation of investments and derivative financial instruments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

46ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 2011
 
Schedule of Investments (concluded) BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV (BTZ)

The following tables summarize the inputs used as of October 31, 2011 in determining the fair valuation of the Fund’s investments and derivative financial instruments:

Valuation Inputs   Level 1     Level 2   Level 3   Total  
Assets:                      
Investments:                      
Long-Term                      
Investments:                      
Asset-Backed                      
Securities     $ 3,825,176   $ 3,410,000 $ 7,235,176  
Corporate                      
Bonds       818,107,697     5,876,000   823,983,697  
Preferred                      
Securities $ 2,176,000     178,210,064       180,386,064  
Taxable                      
Municipal                      
Bonds       10,034,669       10,034,669  
US Government                      
Sponsored                      
Agency                      
Securities       2,090,268       2,090,268  
US Treasury                      
Obligations .       10,881,445       10,881,445  
Short-Term                      
Securities   3,823,108           3,823,108  
Total $ 5,999,108   $ 1,023,149,319   $ 9,286,000 $ 1,038,434,427  
                     
Valuation Inputs   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3   Total
Derivative Financial Instruments1                
Assets:                      
Interest rate                      
contracts $ 154,677   $ 1,510,370     $ 1,665,047  
Credit                      
contracts       101,056   $ 8,182   109,238  
Liabilities:                      
Interest rate                      
contracts       (8,510,824 )     (8,510,824 )
Credit                      
contracts       (865,805 )     (865,805 )
Total $     154,677   $ (7,765,203 ) $ 8,182 $ (7,602,344 )

Derivative financial instruments are swaps, financial futures contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts and options. Swaps, financial futures contracts and foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument and options are shown at value. 

The following table is a reconciliation of Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value:

  Asset-Backed
Securities
Corporate
Bonds
Total
Assets:                  
Balance, as of October 31, 2010     $ 280,170   $ 280,170  
Accrued discounts/premiums $ 34,142     (559 )   33,583  
Net realized gain            
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation2   (388,606 )   229,389     (159,217 )
Purchases   3,764,464     5,650,000     9,414,464  
Sales       (283,000 )   (283,000 )
Transfers in3            
Transfers out3            
Balance, as of October 31, 2011 $ 3,410,000   $ 5,876,000   $ 9,286,000  

Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation in the Statements of Operations. The change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments still held at October 31, 2011 was $(162,606). 
The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers in and transfers out as of the beginning of the period of the event or the change in circumstances that caused the transfer. 

The following table is a reconciliation of Level 3 derivative financial instruments for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value:

  Credit
Contracts
Assets:      
Balance, as of October 31, 2010    
Accrued discounts/premiums $ 13,812  
Net realized gain    
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation4   8,182  
Purchases    
Issuances5   23,949  
Sales    
Settlements6   (37,761 )
Transfers in3    
Transfers out3    
Balance, as of October 31, 2011 $ 8,182  

Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation in the Statements of Operations. The change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on derivative financial instruments still held at October 31, 2011 was $8,182. 
Issuances represent upfront cash received on certain derivative financial instruments. 
Settlements represent periodic contractual cash flows and/or cash flows to terminate certain derivative financial instruments. 

A reconciliation of Level 3 investments and derivative financial instruments is presented when the Fund had a significant amount of Level 3 investments and derivative financial instruments at the beginning and/or end of the year in relation to net assets.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 201147
  


Schedule of Investments October 31, 2011 BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust (BGT)
  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Asset-Backed Securities   Par
(000)
Value
ARES CLO Funds, Series 2005-10A, Class B,          
0.74%, 9/18/17 (a)(b) USD 1,000   $ 888,450
Ballyrock CDO Ltd., Series 2006-1A, Class B,          
0.67%, 8/28/19 (a)(b)   1,000     780,000
Canaras Summit CLO Ltd., Series 2007-1A, Class B,          
0.83%, 6/19/21 (a)(b)   930     735,435
Chatham Light CLO Ltd., Series 2005-2A, Class A2,          
0.66%, 8/03/19 (a)(b)   1,000     840,000
Flagship CLO, Series 2006-1A, Class B,          
0.70%, 9/20/19 (a)(b)   1,196     879,060
Franklin CLO Ltd., Series 6A, Class B,          
0.72%, 8/09/19 (a)(b)   1,180     944,000
Gannett Peak CLO Ltd., Series 2006-1X, Class A2,          
0.78%, 10/27/20 (b)   715     529,100
Greyrock CDO Ltd., Series 2005-1X, Class A2L,          
0.71%, 11/15/17 (b)   1,495     1,200,635
Landmark CDO Ltd., Series 2006-8A, Class B,          
0.77%, 10/19/20 (a)(b)   1,335     1,044,824
MAPS CLO Fund LLC, Series 2005-1A, Class C,          
1.30%, 12/21/17 (a)(b)   705     600,590
Portola CLO Ltd., Series 2007-1X, Class B1,          
1.74%, 11/15/21 (b)   950     787,835
T2 Income Fund CLO Ltd., Series 2007-1A, Class B,          
1.00%, 7/15/19 (a)(b)   815     730,207
Total Asset-Backed Securities — 3.0%         9,960,136
 
 
Common Stocks (c)   Shares    
Construction & Engineering — 0.0%          
USI United Subcontractors Common   7,645     61,156
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.1%          
BLB Worldwide Holdings, Inc.   50,832     304,992
Metals & Mining — 0.1%          
Euramax International   1,135     340,560
Paper & Forest Products — 0.1%          
Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd.   55,255     84,261
Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. (a)   62,685     95,592
          179,853
Software — 0.0%          
Bankruptcy Management Solutions, Inc.   2,947     30
HMH Holdings/EduMedia 115,632     173,448
          173,478
Total Common Stocks — 0.3%         1,060,039
 
 
Corporate Bonds   Par
(000)
   
Airlines — 0.3%          
Air Canada, 9.25%, 8/01/15 (a) USD 590     564,925
American Airlines Pass-Through Trust, Series 2011-2,          
Class A, 8.63%, 4/15/23   345     345,000
          909,925
Auto Components — 1.0%          
Icahn Enterprises LP, 7.75%, 1/15/16   3,175     3,254,375
Beverages — 0.7%          
Central European Distribution Corp., 3.32%, 5/15/14 EUR 1,500     1,701,951
Refresco Group BV, 5.54%, 5/15/18 (a)(b)   500     671,095
          2,373,046
Building Products — 0.3%          
Grohe Holding GmbH, 5.53%, 9/15/17 (a)(b)   700     891,171

Corporate Bonds   Par
(000)
Value
Capital Markets — 0.1%          
E*Trade Financial Corp., 3.35%, 8/31/19 (a)(d)(e) USD 439   $ 460,401
Chemicals — 0.2%          
Lyondell Chemical Co., 11.00%, 5/01/18   700     779,625
Commercial Banks — 3.2%          
CIT Group, Inc.:          
7.00%, 5/01/15   450     450,000
7.00%, 5/01/17   2,542     2,542,000
7.00%, 5/02/17 (a)   400     399,000
VTB Capital SA:          
6.47%, 3/04/15   3,000     3,120,000
6.88%, 5/29/18   3,940     4,122,225
          10,633,225
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.3%          
AWAS Aviation Capital Ltd., 7.00%, 10/15/16 (a)   817     813,130
Containers & Packaging — 1.0%          
Ardagh Packaging Finance Plc, 7.38%, 10/15/17 (a) EUR 400     550,713
Ball Corp., 5.75%, 5/15/21 USD 625     645,312
GCL Holdings SCA, 9.38%, 4/15/18 (a) EUR 329     409,713
Graphic Packaging International, Inc., 9.50%, 6/15/17 USD 270     294,975
Smurfit Kappa Acquisitions (a):          
7.25%, 11/15/17 EUR 655     928,982
7.75%, 11/15/19   416     592,888
          3,422,583
Diversified Financial Services — 1.1%          
Ally Financial, Inc., 2.53%, 12/01/14 (b) USD 1,850     1,619,099
FCE Bank Plc, 4.75%, 1/19/15 EUR 450     619,552
Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc. (a):          
7.13%, 4/15/19 USD 655     668,100
7.88%, 8/15/19   300     313,500
6.88%, 2/15/21   490     494,900
          3,715,151
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.2%          
ITC Deltacom, Inc., 10.50%, 4/01/16   530     535,300
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.0%          
Compagnie Generale de Geophysique — Veritas,          
7.75%, 5/15/17   45     46,631
Health Care Providers & Services — 1.3%          
HCA, Inc.:          
6.50%, 2/15/20   1,445     1,513,637
7.25%, 9/15/20   1,230     1,317,637
7.50%, 2/15/22   515     525,300
Omnicare, Inc., 7.75%, 6/01/20   685     738,088
Tenet Healthcare Corp., 9.00%, 5/01/15   95     100,938
          4,195,600
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.6%          
MGM Resorts International:          
10.38%, 5/15/14   705     786,075
11.13%, 11/15/17   1,050     1,191,750
          1,977,825
Household Durables — 0.5%          
Beazer Homes USA, Inc., 12.00%, 10/15/17   1,500     1,606,875
Berkline/Benchcraft LLC, 4.50%, 11/03/12 (c)(f)   400    
          1,606,875
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 2.1%          
Calpine Corp., 7.25%, 10/15/17 (a)   3,200     3,328,000
Energy Future Holdings Corp., 10.00%, 1/15/20   1,000     1,045,000
Energy Future Intermediate Holding Co. LLC,          
10.00%, 12/01/20   2,350     2,467,500
          6,840,500
IT Services — 0.3%          
First Data Corp., 7.38%, 6/15/19 (a)   940     930,600

See Notes to Financial Statements.

48ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 2011
 

Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust (BGT)
  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Corporate Bonds   Par
(000)
Value
Machinery — 1.0%          
KION Finance SA, 5.82%, 4/15/18 (a)(b) EUR 3,000   $ 3,320,880
Media — 4.2%          
CCH II LLC, 13.50%, 11/30/16 USD 224     257,652
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc.:          
9.25%, 12/15/17   501     541,080
Series B, 9.25%, 12/15/17   1,704     1,848,840
Kabel BW Erste Beteiligungs GmbH, 5.78%,          
3/15/18 (a)(b) EUR 2,000     2,739,726
Odeon & UCI Finco Plc, 9.00%, 8/01/18 (a) GBP 914     1,432,880
Unitymedia Hessen GmbH & Co. KG (FKA UPC          
Germany GmbH):          
8.13%, 12/01/17 (a) USD 2,500     2,662,500
8.13%, 12/01/17 EUR 500     719,524
Virgin Media Secured Finance Plc, 7.00%, 1/15/18 GBP 1,197     2,073,818
Ziggo Finance BV, 6.13%, 11/15/17 (a) EUR 1,005     1,411,478
          13,687,498
Metals & Mining — 0.1%          
New World Resources NV, 7.88%, 5/01/18   285     368,721
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 4.1%          
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc., 6.00%, 6/01/19 USD 460     456,550
Coffeyville Resources LLC, 9.00%, 4/01/15 (a)   342     368,505
Gazprom OAO Via RBS AG, 9.63%, 3/01/13   7,230     7,873,470
KazmunaiGaz Finance Sub BV, 8.38%, 7/02/13   1,500     1,597,500
Petroleos de Venezuela SA, 5.25%, 4/12/17   4,000     2,465,000
Plains Exploration & Production Co., 7.00%, 3/15/17   580     601,750
          13,362,775
Paper & Forest Products — 0.3%          
Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd., 11.00%, 7/29/15 (a)(g)   532     351,075
Longview Fibre Paper & Packaging, Inc., 8.00%, 6/01/16 (a) 420     426,300
Verso Paper Holdings LLC, Series B, 4.00%, 8/01/14 (b)   450     333,000
          1,110,375
Pharmaceuticals — 0.3%          
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, 6.50%,          
7/15/16 (a)   1,045     1,045,000
Specialty Retail — 0.1%          
House of Fraser Plc, 8.88%, 8/15/18 (a) GBP 349     479,812
Transportation Infrastructure — 0.4%          
Aguila 3 SA, 7.88%, 1/31/18 (a) CHF 1,100     1,215,539
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.9%          
Cricket Communications, Inc., 7.75%, 5/15/16 USD 1,950     2,023,125
iPCS, Inc., 2.38%, 5/01/13 (b)   1,155     1,045,275
          3,068,400
Total Corporate Bonds — 24.6%         81,044,963
 
 
Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)          
Aerospace & Defense — 1.3%          
DynCorp International, Term Loan, 6.25% – 6.75%, 7/05/16 550     537,349
Hawker Beechcraft Acquisition Co., LLC, Facility Deposit,          
2.37%, 3/26/14   49     35,921
SI Organization, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 11/22/16   1,086     1,020,502
TransDigm, Inc., Term Loan (First Lien), 4.00%, 2/14/17   1,985     1,976,723
Wesco Aircraft Hardware Corp., Term Loan B,          
4.25%, 4/07/17   833     835,423
          4,405,918
Airlines — 0.6%          
Delta Air Lines, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.50%, 4/20/17   2,020     1,962,713

Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)   Par
(000)
Value
Auto Components — 2.1%          
Allison Transmission, Inc., Term Loan, 2.75%, 8/07/14 USD 3,564   $ 3,441,415
Autoparts Holdings Ltd., Term Loan (First Lien),          
6.50%, 7/28/17   1,650     1,654,125
Federal-Mogul Corp.:          
Term Loan B, 2.18% – 2.19%, 12/29/14   724     682,026
Term Loan C, 2.18% – 2.19%, 12/28/15   369     347,972
GPX International Tire Corp. (c)(f):          
12.00%, 3/30/12   4    
8.37%, 3/31/12   274    
UCI International, Inc., Term Loan, 5.50%, 7/26/17   943     942,875
          7,068,413
Beverages — 0.0%          
Le-Nature's, Inc, Tranche B Term Loan,          
9.50%, 3/01/11 (c)(f)   1,000     100
Biotechnology — 0.2%          
Grifols SA, Term Loan B, 6.00%, 6/01/17   803     803,325
Building Products — 2.6%          
Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Term Loan B,          
4.00%, 3/09/18   1,393     1,371,409
CPG International I, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.00%, 2/18/17 2,134     2,005,842
Goodman Global, Inc., Initial Term Loan (First Lien),          
5.75%, 10/28/16   3,714     3,702,948
Momentive Performance Materials (Blitz 06-103 GmbH):        
Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 3.75%, 5/05/15   356     334,342
Tranche B-2B Term Loan, 4.87%, 5/05/15 EUR 814     1,020,658
United Subcontractors, Inc., Term Loan (First Lien),          
4.37%, 6/30/15 USD 181     153,947
          8,589,146
Capital Markets — 1.6%          
American Capital Ltd., Term Loan B, 7.50%, 12/31/13   624     620,799
HarbourVest Partners, Term Loan (First Lien),          
6.25%, 12/14/16   2,205     2,205,418
Marsico Parent Co., LLC, Term Loan, 5.25% – 5.44%,          
12/14/14   117     51,358
Nuveen Investments, Inc. (First Lien):          
Extended Term Loan, 5.81% – 5.92%, 5/12/17   1,773     1,698,833
Non-Extended Term Loan, 3.37% – 3.42%, 11/13/14 750     724,544
          5,300,952
Chemicals — 5.6%          
American Rock Salt Co., LLC, Term Loan, 5.50%, 4/25/17 1,468     1,430,934
Arizona Chemical, Inc., Term Loan, 4.75%, 11/21/16   8     7,808
Ashland, Inc., Term Loan B, 3.75%, 8/23/18   950     951,834
Chemtura Corp., Term Facility, 5.50%, 8/27/16   1,800     1,795,500
Gentek, Inc., Term Loan B, 1.00%, 10/06/15   1,562     1,543,678
MacDermid, Inc., Tranche C Term Loan,          
3.56%, 4/11/14 EUR 1,424     1,915,843
Nexeo Solutions LLC, Term Loan B, 5.00%, 9/08/17 USD 1,393     1,345,401
PQ Corp., Original Term Loan (First Lien),          
3.50% – 3.68%, 7/30/14   1,342     1,266,358
Styron Sarl, Term Loan, 6.00%, 8/02/17   2,251     2,053,393
Tronox Worldwide LLC, Exit Term Loan, 7.00%, 10/15/15 3,176     3,152,180
Univar, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 6/30/17   2,978     2,904,551
          18,367,480
Commercial Services & Supplies — 3.1%          
Altegrity, Inc. (FKA US Investigations Services, Inc.),          
Tranche D Term Loan, 7.75%, 2/20/15   1,998     1,973,455
AWAS Finance Luxembourg Sarl, Term Loan,          
5.25%, 6/10/16   1,240     1,240,272
Delos Aircraft, Inc., Term Loan 2, 7.00%, 3/17/16   2,175     2,188,594
KAR Auction Services, Inc., Term Loan B,          
5.00%, 5/19/17   2,195     2,181,465
Synagro Technologies, Inc., Term Loan (First Lien),          
2.25%, 4/02/14   1,737     1,514,104
Volume Services America, Inc. (Centerplate),          
Term Loan B, 10.50% – 10.75%, 9/16/16   1,213     1,192,533
          10,290,423

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 201149
  


Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust (BGT)
  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)   Par
(000)
Value
Communications Equipment — 0.8%          
Avaya, Inc., Term Loan B, 3.06%, 10/24/14 USD 778   $ 739,323
CommScope, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 1/14/18   1,989     1,973,099
          2,712,422
Construction & Engineering — 1.0%          
BakerCorp International, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 6/01/18 683     673,038
Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, Inc. (FR Brand Acqui-        
sition Corp.), Synthetic Letter of Credit, 2.63%, 2/07/14 500     403,335
Safway Services LLC, First Out Tranche Loan,          
9.00%, 12/16/17   2,100     2,100,000
          3,176,373
Consumer Finance — 1.6%          
Springleaf Financial Funding Co. (FKA AGFS Funding Co.),        
Term Loan, 5.50%, 5/10/17   5,920     5,404,131
Containers & Packaging — 0.9%          
Sealed Air Corp., Term Loan B, 4.75%, 10/03/18   1,631     1,641,790
Smurfit Kappa Acquisitions (JSG):          
Term B1, 4.48% – 4.71%, 12/01/14 EUR 458     627,051
Term Loan Facility C1, 4.73% – 4.96%, 12/31/14   453     623,003
          2,891,844
Diversified Consumer Services — 3.0%          
Coinmach Service Corp.:          
Delayed Draw Term Loan, 3.23% – 3.32%, 11/20/14 USD 487   427,144
Term Loan, 3.30% – 3.32%, 11/20/14   2,229     1,953,460
Laureate Education, Series A, Extended Term Loan,          
5.25%, 8/15/18   4,661     4,342,181
ServiceMaster Co.:          
Closing Date Term Loan, 2.74% – 2.83%, 7/24/14   2,936     2,803,916
Delayed Draw Term Loan, 2.75%, 7/24/14   292     279,228
          9,805,929
Diversified Financial Services — 2.1%          
Reynolds Group Holdings, Inc., Term Loan B,          
6.75%, 2/09/18 EUR 4,975     6,772,044
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 4.2%          
Hawaiian Telcom Communications, Inc., Term Loan,          
9.00%, 11/01/15 USD 1,814     1,814,824
Integra Telecom Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 9.25%, 4/15/15 2,000     1,852,710
Level 3 Financing, Inc.:          
Add on Term Loan, 11.50%, 3/13/14   1,450     1,506,796
Term Loan B2, 5.75%, 9/03/18   4,600     4,513,750
Tranche A Incremental Term Loan, 2.65%, 3/13/14   2,550     2,471,919
US Telepacific Corp., Term Loan B, 5.75%, 2/23/17   1,916     1,819,112
          13,979,111
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.5%        
Aeroflex, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.25%, 5/09/18   1,296     1,270,890
CDW LLC, Term Loan, 3.74%, 10/10/14   1,612     1,560,835
Sensata Technologies Finance Company LLC,          
Term Loan, 4.00%, 5/11/18   2,195     2,181,245
          5,012,970
Energy Equipment & Services — 3.0%          
CCS Corp., Term Loan B, 3.37%, 11/14/14   1,806     1,644,017
Dynegy Holdings, Inc.:          
CoalCo Term Loan, 9.25%, 8/04/16   795     781,087
GasCo Term Loan, 9.25%, 8/04/16   1,455     1,449,806
MEG Energy Corp., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 3/16/18   6,100     6,069,500
          9,944,410
Food & Staples Retailing — 2.4%          
AB Acquisitions UK Topco 2 Ltd., Facility B1,          
3.63% – 3.64%, 7/09/15 GBP 4,525     6,589,138
US Foodservice, Inc., Term Loan B,          
2.74% – 2.75%, 7/03/14 USD 1,461     1,349,047
          7,938,185

Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)   Par
(000)
Value
Food Products — 5.1%          
Advance Pierre Foods, Term Loan:          
(First Lien), 7.00% – 7.50%, 9/30/16 USD 2,148   $ 2,130,576
(Second Lien), 11.25%, 9/29/17   1,400     1,388,338
Birds Eye Iglo Group Ltd. (Liberator Midco Ltd.),          
Term Loan B, 5.87%, 4/30/16 EUR 3,000     4,137,277
Del Monte Corp., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 3/08/18 USD 5,844     5,668,850
Michaels Foods Group, Inc., Term Loan B,          
4.25%, 2/23/18   323     318,488
Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC, Tranche D Term Loan,          
6.00%, 4/02/14   1,468     1,479,052
Solvest Ltd. (Dole):          
Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 5.00% – 6.00%, 7/06/18   583     581,062
Tranche C-1 Term Loan, 5.00% – 6.00%, 7/06/18   1,083     1,079,116
          16,782,759
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.8%          
Biomet, Inc.:          
Term Loan, 4.49%, 3/25/15 EUR 985     1,318,071
Term Loan B, 3.24% – 3.36%, 3/25/15 USD 484     474,975
Capsugel Healthcare Ltd., Term Loan, 5.25%, 8/01/18   1,500     1,499,070
DJO Finance LLC, Term Loan, 3.25%, 5/20/14   1,013     974,565
Immucor, Inc., Term Loan B, 7.25%, 8/17/18   1,760     1,766,600
          6,033,281
Health Care Providers & Services — 4.5%          
CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.:          
Extended Term Loan B, 3.82%, 1/25/17   214     207,877
Non-Extended Delayed Draw Term Loan,          
2.57%, 7/25/14   83     80,390
Non-Extended Term Loan, 2.57%, 7/25/14   1,614     1,564,075
ConvaTec, Inc., Term Loan, 5.75%, 12/22/16   1,216     1,188,457
DaVita, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan, 4.50%, 10/20/16   1,886     1,874,982
Emergency Medical Services, Term Loan,          
5.25% – 6.00%, 5/25/18   2,079     2,030,843
Harden Healthcare, Inc.:          
Tranche A Additional Term Loan, 7.75%, 3/02/15   1,399     1,371,070
Tranche A Term Loan, 8.50%, 3/02/15   844     827,175
inVentiv Health, Inc.:          
Incremental Term Loan B3, 6.75%, 5/15/18   748     738,773
Term Loan B, 6.50%, 8/04/16   1,951     1,900,871
Medpace, Inc., Term Loan, 6.50% – 7.25%, 6/16/17   1,496     1,421,437
Renal Advantage Holdings, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan,          
5.75%, 12/16/16   1,489     1,486,264
          14,692,214
Health Care Technology — 1.3%          
IMS Health, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 8/25/17   1,496     1,485,444
Kinetic Concepts, Inc., Term Loan B, 7.00%, 11/02/18   1,755     1,761,143
MedAssets, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.25%, 11/16/16   975     965,109
          4,211,696
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 5.4%          
Ameristar Casinos, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 4/13/18   1,566     1,563,120
Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.          
(FKA Harrah's Operating Co., Inc.):          
Term Loan B-2, 3.24% – 3.42%, 1/28/15   667     586,573
Term Loan B-3, 3.32% – 3.42%, 1/28/15   4,886     4,295,989
Term Loan B-4, 9.50%, 10/31/16   1,385     1,394,358
Dunkin' Brands, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 11/23/17   1,783     1,775,443
OSI Restaurant Partners LLC, Pre-Funded RC Loan,          
2.69% – 2.75%, 6/14/13   32     30,645
Seaworld Parks & Entertainment, Inc. (FKA SW          
Acquisitions Co., Inc.), Term Loan B, 4.00%, 8/17/17   1,432     1,421,594
Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan          
(First Lien), 5.25%, 6/30/16   1,260     1,262,127
Twin River Worldwide Holdings, Inc., Term Loan,          
7.75%, 11/05/15   1,282     1,264,923

See Notes to Financial Statements.

50ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 2011
 

Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust (BGT)
  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)   Par
(000)
Value
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (concluded)          
VML US Finance LLC:          
Term B Delayed Draw Project Loan, 4.75%, 5/25/12 USD 1,608   $ 1,601,519
Term B Funded Project Loan, 4.75%, 5/27/13   2,783     2,772,649
          17,968,940
Household Durables — 0.0%          
Berkline/Benchcraft LLC, Term Loan B,          
14.00%, 11/03/13 (c)(f)   148     7,397
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 2.5%          
AES Corp., Term Loan B, 4.25%, 6/01/18   1,940     1,934,856
Calpine Corp., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 4/02/18   2,569     2,535,510
Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co., LLC (TXU),          
Extended Term Loan, 4.74% – 4.77%, 10/10/17   5,511     3,735,729
          8,206,095
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.0%          
Sequa Corp.:          
Incremental Term Loan, 3.50% – 7.50%, 12/03/14   675     675,000
Term Loan, 3.50% – 3.63%, 12/03/14   2,822     2,719,934
          3,394,934
Insurance — 0.5%          
CNO Financial Group, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.25%, 9/30/16 1,706     1,701,450
Internet Software & Services — 0.3%          
Web.com Group, Inc., Term Loan B, 7.00%, 10/27/17   1,050     937,125
IT Services — 3.8%          
Ceridian Corp., US Term Loan, 3.25%, 11/10/14   1,708     1,564,621
First Data Corp.:          
Initial Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 2.99%, 9/24/14   426     394,098
Initial Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 4.24%, 3/23/18   6,558     5,644,782
Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan, 2.99%, 9/24/14   281     259,627
infoGROUP, Inc., Term Loan, 5.75%, 5/22/18   442     424,915
Trans Union LLC, Term Loan B, 4.75%, 2/12/18   2,845     2,822,287
Travelex Plc:          
Tranche B5, 2.70%, 10/31/13   637     631,270
Tranche C5, 3.20%, 10/31/14   632     629,031
          12,370,631
Machinery — 1.5%          
Navistar Financial Corp., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 12/16/12   1,015     1,007,036
Tomkins Plc, Term Loan B, 4.25%, 9/21/16   2,010     2,003,886
Terex Corp.:          
Term Loan, 6.03%, 4/28/17 EUR 355     475,249
Term Loan B, 5.50%, 4/28/17 USD 1,300     1,296,204
          4,782,375
Media — 20.2%          
Acosta, Inc., Term Loan, 4.75% – 5.50%, 3/01/18   1,664     1,632,044
Affinion Group, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan,          
5.00%, 10/10/16   2,090     1,918,513
AMC Networks, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 12/31/18   1,796     1,779,035
Atlantic Broadband Finance LLC, Term Loan B,          
4.00%, 3/08/16   914     894,005
Bresnan Telecommunications Co., LLC, Term Loan,          
4.50% – 5.25%, 12/14/17   1,558     1,539,389
Catalina Marketing Corp., Term Loan, 3.00%, 10/01/14   289     276,912
Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc. (Thomson Learning):          
Term Loan, 2.50%, 7/03/14   626     540,631
Tranche 1 Incremental Term Loan, 7.50%, 7/03/14   1,121     1,070,676
Charter Communications Operating LLC:          
Term Loan B, 7.25%, 3/06/14   36     35,629
Term Loan C, 3.62%, 9/06/16   628     621,778
Clarke American Corp., Term Loan B,          
2.75% – 2.87%, 6/30/14   324     272,218
Clear Channel Communications, Inc., Term Loan B,          
3.90%, 1/28/16   2,385     1,864,927

Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)   Par
(000)
Value
Media (concluded)          
Cumulus Media, Inc., Term Loan, 5.75%, 9/17/18 USD 1,500   $ 1,481,250
Gray Television, Inc., Term Loan B, 3.74%, 12/31/14   1,478     1,440,994
HMH Publishing Co. Ltd., Tranche A Term Loan,          
6.24%, 6/12/14   1,870     1,327,611
Hubbard Radio LLC, Term Loan (Second Lien),          
5.25%, 4/28/17   1,097     1,087,649
Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA (FKA Intelsat Jackson          
Holdings Ltd.), Tranche B Term Loan, 5.25%, 4/02/18 10,199     10,109,511
Interactive Data Corp., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 2/12/18   3,607     3,578,309
Kabel Deutschland GmbH:          
Term Loan A, 3.74%, 3/31/14 EUR 3,043     4,115,623
Term Loan D, 5.37%, 12/13/16   1,000     1,360,717
Term Loan E, 4.62%, 6/15/18 EUR 4,000     5,371,081
Knology, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 8/18/17 USD 418     407,219
Lavena Holding 3 GmbH (Prosiebensat.1 Media AG):          
Facility B1, 4.20%, 3/06/15 EUR 304     356,746
Facility C1, 4.45%, 3/04/16   608     717,697
Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico Ltd., Initial Term          
Facility, 2.35%, 6/13/14 USD 1,436     1,371,619
Mediacom Illinois LLC, Tranche D Term Loan,          
5.50%, 3/31/17   2,212     2,179,219
Newsday LLC:          
Fixed Rate Term Loan, 10.50%, 8/01/13   1,500     1,548,750
Floating Rate Term Loan, 6.65%, 8/01/13   1,250     1,264,587
Nielsen Finance LLC, Class B Term Loan, 3.99%, 5/02/16 1,714     1,705,201
Serpering Investments BV (Casema NV), Term Loan B,          
4.37%, 3/31/17 EUR 619     847,310
Sinclair Television Group, Inc., Term Loan B,          
4.00%, 10/28/16 USD 839     838,232
Sunshine Acquisition Ltd., Term Facility, 5.51%, 6/01/12   1,955     1,921,641
Telesat Canada:          
Delayed Draw Term Loan, 3.25%, 10/31/14   373     365,313
Term Loan B, 3.25%, 10/31/14   4,345     4,252,834
Univision Communications, Inc., Extended Term Loan          
(First Lien), 4.50%, 3/31/17   1,797     1,629,868
UPC Broadband Holding BV:          
Term Loan AB, 4.75%, 12/31/17   90     89,550
Term Loan U, 5.37%, 12/31/17 EUR 1,552     2,064,234
Weather Channel, Term Loan B, 4.25%, 2/13/17 USD 2,606     2,605,518
          66,484,040
Metals & Mining — 2.3%          
Novelis, Inc., Term Loan, 3.75%, 3/10/17   3,304     3,274,076
SunCoke Energy, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00% – 5.25%, 7/26/18 848     845,755
Walter Energy, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 4/02/18   3,636     3,619,147
          7,738,978
Multi-Utilities — 0.0%          
Mach Gen LLC, Synthetic Letter of Credit Loan (First Lien),        
2.37%, 2/22/13   69     62,432
Multiline Retail — 1.6%          
Hema Holding BV:          
Facility B, 3.35%, 7/06/15 EUR 169     213,626
Facility C, 4.10%, 7/05/16   169     214,797
Facility D, 6.35%, 1/05/17   3,800     4,416,770
The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc., Term Loan,          
4.75%, 5/16/18 USD 465     452,650
          5,297,843
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.0%          
EquiPower Resources Holdings LLC, Term Loan B,          
5.75%, 1/26/18   1,903     1,888,946
Gibson Energy, Term Loan B, 5.75%, 6/14/18   2,195     2,168,451
Obsidian Natural Gas Trust, Term Loan, 7.00%, 11/02/15 2,380     2,380,313
          6,437,710
Paper & Forest Products — 0.2%          
NewPage Corp., Term Loan, 8.00%, 3/07/13   550     551,831
Verso Paper Finance Holdings LLC, Term Loan,          
6.51% – 7.26%, 2/01/13 (g)   412     205,898
          757,729

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 201151
  


Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust (BGT)
  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)   Par
(000)
Value
Pharmaceuticals — 2.3%          
Aptalis Pharma, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.50%, 2/10/17 USD 2,680   $ 2,580,948
Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc., Term Loan B,          
4.00%, 6/18/18   1,046     1,046,036
Quinteles Transnational Corp., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 6/08/18 1,317     1,296,950
RPI Finance Trust, Term Loan Tranche 2, 4.00%, 5/09/18   1,097     1,092,674
Warner Chilcott Corp.:          
Term Loan B-1, 4.25%, 3/15/18   773     766,731
Term Loan B-2, 4.25%, 3/15/18   387     383,365
Term Loan B-3, 4.25%, 3/15/18   532     527,127
          7,693,831
Professional Services — 1.0%          
Emdeon Business Services LLC, Term Loan B,          
6.75%, 10/15/18   1,800     1,805,202
Fifth Third Processing Solutions LLC, Term Loan B          
(First Lien), 4.50%, 11/03/16   1,602     1,593,707
          3,398,909
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.8%          
iStar Financial, Inc., Term Loan A, 5.00%, 6/28/13   2,493     2,469,545
Real Estate Management & Development — 1.5%          
Pivotal Promontory LLC, Term Loan (Second Lien),          
12.00%, 8/31/11 (c)(f)   750     1
Realogy Corp.:          
Delayed Draw Term Loan, 3.27%, 10/10/13   1,976     1,844,989
Extended Synthetic Letter of Credit Loan,          
4.44%, 10/10/16   177     153,645
Extended Term Loan, 4.52%, 10/10/16   2,575     2,232,217
Synthetic Letter of Credit, 3.19%, 10/10/13   81     76,039
Term Loan, 3.44%, 10/10/13   647     603,703
          4,910,594
Road & Rail — 1.0%          
Avis Budget Car Rental LLC, Incremental Term Loan,          
6.25%, 9/21/18   1,000     1,003,750
RAC Ltd., Term Loan B, 5.66%, 7/30/18 GBP 1,500     2,240,006
          3,243,756
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.6%          
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Extended Maturity Term          
Loan, 4.49%, 12/01/16 USD 561     538,116
Microsemi Corp., Term Loan B, 5.75%, 11/02/17   1,471     1,471,019
          2,009,135
Software — 0.6%          
Bankruptcy Management Solutions, Inc.:          
Term Loan (First Lien), 7.50%, 8/20/14   719     145,683
Term Loan (Second Lien), 8.30%, 8/20/15   258     9,471
Blackboard, Inc., Term Loan B, 7.50%, 10/04/18   450     433,548
Rovi Corp., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 2/07/18   995     996,244
Vertafore, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.25%, 7/29/16   341     332,070
          1,917,016
Specialty Retail — 3.9%          
Academy Ltd., Term Loan, 6.00%, 8/03/18   1,900     1,876,250
Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp., Term          
Loan B, 6.25%, 2/23/17   1,062     1,037,380
General Nutrition Centers, Inc., Term Loan B,          
4.25%, 3/02/18   1,990     1,976,727
J. Crew Group, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.75%, 3/07/18   1,015     952,169
Jo-Ann Stores, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.75%, 3/16/18   606     577,934
Michaels Stores, Inc.:          
Term Loan B-1, 2.63% – 2.69%, 10/31/13   820     800,744
Term Loan B-2, 4.88% – 4.94%, 7/31/16   920     900,882
Petco Animal Supplies, Inc., Term Loan B,          
4.50%, 11/24/17   2,382     2,346,664
Toys ‘R’ Us Delaware, Inc.:          
Term Loan, 6.00%, 9/01/16   2,105     2,069,290
Term Loan B, 5.25%, 5/25/18   499     486,531
          13,024,571

Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)   Par
(000)
Value
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.9%          
Phillips-Van Heusen Corp., Term Loan B,          
4.31% – 4.50%, 5/06/16 EUR 2,096   $ 2,834,434
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.8%          
Digicel International Finance Ltd., US Term Loan          
(Non-Rollover), 2.88%, 3/30/12 USD 1,522     1,514,788
MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 3/16/18   1,062     1,045,873
Vodafone Americas Finance 2, Inc. (g):          
PIK Term Loan, 6.88%, 8/11/15   2,408     2,408,234
PIK Term Loan B, 6.25%, 7/11/16   800     804,000
          5,772,895
Total Floating Rate Loan Interests — 106.0%         349,568,204
 
 
Foreign Agency Obligations          
Argentina Bonos:          
0.44%, 8/03/12 (b)   1,250     1,195,620
7.00%, 10/03/15   2,000     1,766,334
Colombia Government International Bond,          
3.90%, 3/17/13 (b)   540     545,400
Uruguay Government International Bond,          
6.88%, 1/19/16 EUR 950     1,422,305
Total Foreign Agency Obligations — 1.5%         4,929,659
 
 
Other Interests (h) Beneficial
Interest
(000)
   
Auto Components — 0.8%          
Delphi Debtor-in-Possession Holding Co., LLP, Class B          
Membership Interests (c) USD —(i)     2,687,136
Lear Corp. Escrow (c)   500     5,000
          2,692,136
Diversified Financial Services — 0.4%          
BGT JGW SPV, LLC (JG Wentworth LLC Preferred          
Equity Interests) (c)(j)   1     1,269,904
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.0%          
Critical Care Systems International, Inc. (c)   1     96
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.0%          
Wembley Contigent (c)   2     6,000
Household Durables — 0.0%          
Berkline Benchcraft Equity LLC (c)   6    
Total Other Interests — 1.2%         3,968,136
 
 
Warrants (k)   Shares    
Chemicals — 0.0%          
British Vita Holdings Co. (Non-Expiring)   166    
Media — 0.0%          
New Vision Holdings LLC:          
(Expires 9/30/14)   19,023     190
(Expires 9/30/14)   3,424     34
          224
Software — 0.0%          
Bankruptcy Management Solutions, Inc. (Expires 9/29/17) 251     3
HMH Holdings/EduMedia (Expires 3/09/17)   21,894    
          3
Total Warrants — 0.0%         227
Total Long-Term Investments          
(Cost — $463,999,793) — 136.6%         450,531,364

See Notes to Financial Statements.

52ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 2011
 

Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust (BGT)
  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Short-Term Securities Shares Value
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund,        
Institutional Class 0.14% (l)(m) 1,071,567 $ 1,071,567  
Total Short-Term Securities        
(Cost — $1,071,567) — 0.3%     1,071,567  
 
 
Options Purchased Contracts      
Over-the-Counter Call Options — 0.0%        
Marsico Parent Superholdco LLC, Strike Price USD 942.86,      
Expires 12/21/19, Broker Goldman Sachs Bank USA 26    
Total Options Purchased        
(Cost — $25,422) — 0.0%      
Total Investments (Cost — $465,096,782*) — 136.9%     451,602,931  
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (36.9)%     (121,772,326 )
Net Assets — 100.0%   $ 329,830,605  

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of October 31, 2011, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows: 
Aggregate cost $ 462,508,581  
Gross unrealized appreciation $ 8,056,994  
Gross unrealized depreciation   (18,962,644 )
Net unrealized depreciation $ (10,905,650 )

(a) Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors. 
(b) Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.  
(c) Non-income producing security. 
(d) Convertible security. 
(e) Represents a zero-coupon bond. Rate shown reflects the current yield as of report date. 
(f) Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default of interest payments. 
(g) Represents a payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in additional par/shares. 
(h) Other interests represent beneficial interest in liquidation trusts and other reorganization or private entities. 
(i) Amount is less than $500. 
(j) The investment is held by a wholly owned subsidiary. 
(k) Warrants entitle the Fund to purchase a predetermined number of shares of common stock and are non-income producing. The purchase price and number of shares are subject to adjustment under certain conditions until the expiration date, if any. 
(l) Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Fund during the year, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows: 
Affiliate Shares Held at
October 31,
2010
Net
Activity
Shares Held at
October 31,
2011
Income
BlackRock Liquidity            
Funds, TempFund,            
Institutional Class 8,770,511 (7,698,944 ) 1,071,567 $4,488

(m) Represents the current yield as of report date. 
• For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund’s and industry classifications refer to any one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by Fund management. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such industry sub-classifications for reporting ease. 
• Foreign currency exchange contracts as of October 31, 2011 were as follows: 
Currency
Purchased
    Currency
Sold
  Counterparty Settlement
Date
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
CAD 179,000 USD 172,140   Citibank NA 1/18/12 $ 7,137  
GBP 605,000 USD 947,939   Citibank NA 1/18/12   24,024  
USD 1,179,725 CHF 1,055,000   UBS AG 1/18/12   (23,932 )
USD 12,660,475 GBP 8,123,500   Citibank NA 1/18/12   (390,339 )
USD 55,389,402    EUR 40,275,000   Citibank NA 1/25/12   (307,702 )
Total               $ (690,812 )

• Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. These inputs are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial statement purposes as follows: 
• Level 1 — unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets and liabilities  
• Level 2 — other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs)  
• Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Fund's own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments)  

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The categorization of a value determined for investments and derivative financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and derivative financial instrument and does not necessarily correspond to the Fund's perceived risk of investing in those securities. For information about the Fund's policy regarding valuation of investments and derivative financial instruments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following tables summarize the inputs used as of October 31, 2011 in determining the fair valuation of the Fund’s investments and derivative financial instruments:

Valuation Inputs Level 1 Level 2   Level 3 Total
Assets:                    
Investments:                    
Long Term                    
Investments:                    
Asset-Backed                    
Securities     $ 3,398,916   $ 6,561,220 $ 9,960,136
Common                    
Stocks $ 84,261     741,144     234,634   1,060,039
Corporate                    
Bonds       81,044,963       81,044,963
Floating                    
Rate Loan                    
Interests       317,101,379     32,466,825   349,568,204
Foreign Agency                    
Obligations       1,967,705     2,961,954   4,929,659
Other                    
Interests       2,687,136     1,281,000   3,968,136
Warrants           227   227
Short-Term                    
Securities   1,071,567           1,071,567
Total $ 1,155,828   $ 406,941,243   $ 43,505,860 $ 451,602,931

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 201153
  


Schedule of Investments (concluded) BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust (BGT)

Valuation Inputs Level 1   Level 2 Level 3   Total
Derivative Financial Instruments1                
Assets:                  
Foreign currency                  
exchange                  
contracts $ 31,161     $ 31,161  
Liabilities:                  
Foreign currency                  
exchange                  
contracts   (721,973 )     (721,973 )
Total $ (690,812 )   $ (690,812 )

Derivative financial instruments are foreign currency exchange contracts and options. Foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument and options are shown at value. 

The following table is a reconciliation of Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used in determining fair value:

  Asset-
Backed
Securities
Common
Stocks
  Corporate
Bonds
Floating
Rate Loan
Interests
Foreign
Agency
Obligations
Other
Interests
Preferred
Securities
Unfunded
Loan
Commitments
Assets
Unfunded
Loan
Commitments
Liabilities
Warrants   Total  
Assets/Liabilities:                                                                
Balance, as of                                                                
October 31, 2010     $ 595,520   $ 61,912   $ 64,699,477   $ 4,228,067   $ 5,533,239   $ 85,828   $ 160,394   $ (42,707 ) $ 227 $ 75,321,957  
Accrued discounts/                                                                
premiums $ 85,168         101,941     258,256     197,954                       643,319  
Realized gain (loss)       (348,191 )   (1,019,809 )   (5,061,690 )   70,260         136,990               (6,222,440 )
Net change in unrealized                                                                
appreciation/                                                                
depreciation1   (694,398 )   (132,121 )   947,258     4,872,207     (284,327 )   117,404     (31,032 )   (160,394 )   42,707       4,677,304  
Purchases   6,613,650         38,466     27,438,429         26,311                   34,116,856  
Sales       (38,760 )   (129,768 )   (49,981,028 )   (1,250,000 )       (191,786 )             (51,591,342 )
Transfers in2   556,800     158,186         2,149,987                           2,864,973  
Transfers out2               (11,908,813 )       (4,395,954 )                 (16,304,767 )
Balance, as of                                                                
October 31, 2011 $ 6,561,220   $ 234,634       $ 32,466,825   $ 2,961,954   $ 1,281,000                $ 227 $ 43,505,860  

Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation in the Statements of Operations. The change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments still held at October 31, 2011 was $(1,698,378). 
The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers in and transfers out as of the beginning of the period of the event or the change in circumstances that caused the transfer. 

The following table is a reconciliation of Level 3 derivative financial instruments for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value:

  Credit
Contracts
Assets:      
Balance, as of October 31, 2010 $ 19,172  
Accrued discounts/premiums    
Net realized gain (loss)    
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation3   (19,172 )
Purchases    
Issuances4    
Sales    
Settlements5    
Transfers in2    
Transfers out2    
Balance, as of October 31, 2011    

Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation in the Statements of Operations. The change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on derivative financial instruments still held at October 31, 2011 was $0. 
Issuances represent upfront cash received on certain derivative financial instruments. 
Settlements represent periodic contractual cash flows and/or cash flows to terminate certain derivative financial instruments. 

A reconciliation of Level 3 investments and derivative financial instruments is presented when the Fund had a significant amount of Level 3 investments and derivative financial instruments at the beginning and/or end of the year in relation to net assets.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

54ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 2011
 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

October 31, 2011 BlackRock
Credit
Allocation
Income
Trust I, Inc.
(PSW)
BlackRock
Credit
Allocation
Income
Trust II, Inc.
(PSY)
BlackRock
Credit
Allocation
Income
Trust III
(BPP)
BlackRock
Credit
Allocation
Income
Trust IV
(BTZ)
BlackRock
Floating
Rate
Income
Trust
(BGT)
Assets
Investments at value — unaffiliated1 $ 157,339,860   $ 661,625,983   $ 308,674,023   $ 1,034,611,319   $ 450,531,364  
Investments at value — affiliated2   1,362,932     405,708     2,459,914     3,823,108     1,071,567  
Unrealized appreciation on swaps   85,804     389,756     483,080     1,619,608      
Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts                   31,161  
Cash   41,703     168,875     70,000     652,836      
Cash pledged as collateral for financial futures contracts   517,000     2,246,000     805,000     2,389,940      
Cash pledged as collateral for reverse repurchase agreements               690,000      
Cash pledged as collateral for swaps   600,000     1,270,000         5,350,000      
Interest receivable   2,359,673     10,314,414     4,562,840     16,006,139     1,613,341  
Investments sold receivable   715,259     1,727,818     1,361,222     4,672,842     8,010,494  
Reverse repurchase agreements receivable   372,450     960,076     2,207,010     8,598,980      
Swaps premiums paid   247,862     1,050,104     605,709     1,557,261      
Swaps receivable   13,608     62,192     61,081     213,170      
Foreign currency at value3   10,294     39,404     497     47      
Dividends receivable   2,000     336     225     517     418  
Prepaid expenses   6,616     15,844     22,905     61,431     54,023  
Other assets   456     89,507     51,943     138,860     106,808  
Total assets   163,675,517     680,366,017     321,365,449     1,080,386,058     461,419,176  
 
Liabilities
Reverse repurchase agreements   53,267,631     213,033,213     92,971,273     339,303,168      
Loan payable                   122,000,000  
Options written at value4   257,909     1,103,277     1,409,148     4,883,907      
Unrealized depreciation on swaps   639,459     2,779,458     1,358,515     4,492,722      
Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts   2,106     9,016             721,973  
Cash received as collateral for reverse repurchase agreements           325,000     848,000      
Cash received as collateral for swaps               700,000      
Investments purchased payable   362,501     1,529,078     1,192,636     4,078,480     7,845,710  
Margin variation payable   287,296     1,253,555     383,266     1,208,177      
Investment advisory fees payable   80,372     335,809     168,017     567,361     278,383  
Swaps premiums received   98,903     418,708     201,767     641,936      
Interest expense payable   32,175     143,436     69,913     361,942     98,390  
Swaps payable   32,658     135,503     72,862     240,074      
Income dividends payable   27,362     124,515     36,737     226,785     47,461  
Officer's and Directors' fees payable   538     90,328     58,445     153,605     109,199  
Bank overdraft on foreign currency at value3                   67,411  
Other accrued expenses payable   57,470     131,399     179,203     342,726     420,044  
Total liabilities   55,146,380     221,087,295     98,426,782     358,048,883     131,588,571  
Net Assets $ 108,529,137   $ 459,278,722   $ 222,938,667   $ 722,337,175   $ 329,830,605  
 
Net Assets Consist of
Paid-in capital5,6,7 $ 235,477,660   $ 937,350,272   $ 422,218,171   $ 1,123,084,063   $ 428,621,718  
Undistributed net investment income   810,163     2,350,278     787,825     1,025,075     5,628,436  
Accumulated net realized loss   (133,350,575 )   (497,436,803 )   (203,449,517 )   (412,956,597 )   (90,227,574 )
Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation   5,591,889     17,014,975     3,382,188     11,184,634     (14,191,975 )
Net Assets $ 108,529,137   $ 459,278,722   $ 222,938,667   $ 722,337,175   $ 329,830,605  
Net asset value $ 10.52   $ 11.25   $ 12.07   $ 13.94   $ 13.97  
1 Investments at cost — unaffiliated $ 151,184,693   $ 642,166,810   $ 303,928,660   $ 1,018,748,047   $ 464,025,215  
2 Investments at cost — affiliated $ 1,362,932   $ 405,708   $ 2,459,914   $ 3,823,108   $ 1,071,567  
3 Foreign currency at cost $ 12,054   $ 46,155   $ 459   $ 43   $ (69,028 )
4 Premiums received $ 129,600   $ 554,400   $ 851,400   $ 2,923,700      
5 Common shares par value per share $ 0.100   $ 0.100   $ 0.001   $ 0.001   $ 0.001  
6 Common shares outstanding   10,311,941     40,807,418     18,467,785     51,828,157     23,616,745  
7 Common shares authorized   199,994,540     199,978,000     unlimited     unlimited     unlimited  

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 201155
  


Statements of Operations

Year Ended October 31, 2011 BlackRock
Credit
Allocation
Income
Trust I, Inc.
(PSW)
BlackRock
Credit
Allocation
Income
Trust II, Inc.
(PSY)
BlackRock
Credit
Allocation
Income
Trust III
(BPP)
BlackRock
Credit
Allocation
Income
Trust IV
(BTZ)
BlackRock
Floating
Rate
Income
Trust
(BGT)
Investment Income
Interest $ 8,059,109   $ 34,533,976   $ 15,284,006   $ 51,582,916   $ 28,901,520  
Dividends — unaffiliated   306,005     332,756     72,951     1,829,954      
Income — affiliated   824     9,358     9,838     31,528     13,587  
Facility and other fees                   111,972  
Total income   8,365,938     34,876,090     15,366,795     53,444,398     29,027,079  
 
Expenses
Investment advisory   884,816     3,796,125     1,838,844     6,192,077     3,491,061  
Professional   60,097     461,461     80,727     389,219     317,644  
Accounting services   42,295     89,744     56,942     130,008     57,689  
Printing   10,042     44,563     64,686     158,254     62,789  
Custodian   20,124     40,640     29,681     60,001     161,912  
Officer and Directors   12,398     55,147     28,648     92,024     43,471  
Transfer agent   35,562     88,349     11,780     17,606     22,799  
Commissions for Preferred Shares   5,877     46,069     10,120     57,686     8,234  
Registration   9,372     14,227     9,372     18,070     9,481  
Borrowing costs1                   378,407  
Miscellaneous   31,665     54,068     43,785     85,353     74,392  
Total expenses excluding interest expense   1,112,248     4,690,393     2,174,585     7,200,298     4,627,879  
Interest expense   130,498     498,474     184,655     739,372     1,245,385  
Total expenses   1,242,746     5,188,867     2,359,240     7,939,670     5,873,264  
Less fees waived by advisor   (896 )   (3,835 )   (3,273 )   (10,610 )   (431,176 )
Less fees paid indirectly   (21 )   (75 )   (23 )   (136 )    
Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly   1,241,829     5,184,957     2,355,944     7,928,924     5,442,088  
Net investment income   7,124,109     29,691,133     13,010,851     45,515,474     23,584,991  
 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
Net realized gain (loss) from:                              
Investments   1,266,758     2,608,897     1,593,588     4,505,460     1,935,296  
Financial futures contracts   (3,130,213 )   (13,357,266 )   (3,586,041 )   (11,928,642 )    
Foreign currency transactions   11,537     31,217         (25 )   (5,403,756 )
Options written   (40,906 )   (172,975 )   (53,664 )   (154,409 )    
Swaps   (452,769 )   (1,816,534 )   (1,008,740 )   (3,406,631 )   1,581  
    (2,345,593 )   (12,706,661 )   (3,054,857 )   (10,984,247 )   (3,466,879 )
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:                              
Investments   (124,729 )   (893,116 )   (2,431,629 )   (12,180,752 )   (11,698,167 )
Financial futures contracts   119,839     575,672     109,368     (73,058 )    
Foreign currency transactions   (3,925 )   (15,599 )   (3 )       5,277,129  
Options written   (128,309 )   (548,877 )   (557,748 )   (1,960,207 )    
Swaps   (553,655 )   (2,389,702 )   (875,435 )   (2,873,114 )   (19,172 )
Unfunded loan commitments                   (117,687 )
    (690,779 )   (3,271,622 )   (3,755,447 )   (17,087,131 )   (6,557,897 )
Total realized and unrealized loss   (3,036,372 )   (15,978,283 )   (6,810,304 )   (28,071,378 )   (10,024,776 )
 
Dividends to Preferred Shareholders From
Net investment income   (61,138 )   (506,078 )   (23,469 )   (646,135 )   (90,614 )
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations $ 4,026,599   $ 13,206,772   $ 6,177,078   $ 16,797,961   $ 13,469,601  

See Note 6 of the Notes to the Financial Statements for details of short-term borrowings. 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

56ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 2011
 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

  BlackRock Credit Allocation
Income Trust I, Inc. (PSW)
BlackRock Credit Allocation
Income Trust II, Inc. (PSY)
  Year Ended October 31, Year Ended October 31,
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders: 2011   2010 2011   2010
Operations
Net investment income $ 7,124,109   $ 6,504,548   $ 29,691,133   $ 29,526,710  
Net realized loss   (2,345,593 )   (3,995,338 )   (12,706,661 )   (33,383,348 )
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation   (690,779 )   20,132,597     (3,271,622 )   104,507,204  
Dividends to Preferred Shareholders from net investment income   (61,138 )   (611,907 )   (506,078 )   (2,578,803 )
Net increase in net assets applicable to Common Shareholders resulting from
operations
  4,026,599     22,029,900     13,206,772     98,071,763  
 
Dividends and Distributions to Common Shareholders From
Net investment income   (6,305,752 )   (6,360,087 )   (26,912,492 )   (29,029,600 )
Tax return of capital       (909,831 )       (5,350,650 )
Decrease in net assets resulting from dividends and distributions to Common
Shareholders
  (6,305,752 )   (7,269,918 )   (26,912,492 )   (34,380,250 )
 
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders
Total increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to Common Shareholders   (2,279,153 )   14,759,982     (13,705,720 )   63,691,513  
Beginning of year   110,808,290     96,048,308     472,984,442     409,292,929  
End of year $ 108,529,137   $ 110,808,290   $ 459,278,722   $ 472,984,442  
Undistributed net investment income $ 810,163   $ 114,857   $ 2,350,278   $ 324,705  

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 201157
  


Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

  BlackRock Credit Allocation
Income Trust III (BPP)
BlackRock Credit Allocation
Income Trust IV (BTZ)
  Year Ended October 31, Year Ended October 31,
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders: 2011   2010 2011   2010
Operations
Net investment income $ 13,010,851   $ 13,514,214   $ 45,515,474   $ 44,282,613  
Net realized gain (loss)   (3,054,857 )   (12,773,618 )   (10,984,247 )   712,631  
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation   (3,755,447 )   39,939,765     (17,087,131 )   109,629,309  
Dividends to Preferred Shareholders from net investment income   (23,469 )   (202,609 )   (646,135 )   (3,511,929 )
Net increase in net assets applicable to Common Shareholders resulting from
operations
  6,177,078     40,477,752     16,797,961     151,112,624  
 
Dividends and Distributions to Common Shareholders From
Net investment income   (12,336,480 )   (14,081,286 )   (43,820,706 )   (41,824,719 )
Tax return of capital       (1,431,653 )       (14,927,112 )
Decrease in net assets resulting from dividends and distributions to Common
Shareholders
  (12,336,480 )   (15,512,939 )   (43,820,706 )   (56,751,831 )
 
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders
Total increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to Common Shareholders   (6,159,402 )   24,964,813     (27,022,745 )   94,360,793  
Beginning of year   229,098,069     204,133,256     749,359,920     654,999,127  
End of year $ 222,938,667   $ 229,098,069   $ 722,337,175   $ 749,359,920  
Undistributed net investment income $ 787,825   $ 328,304   $ 1,025,075   $ 525,038  

See Notes to Financial Statements.

58ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 2011
 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (concluded)

  BlackRock
Floating Rate Income Trust (BGT)
  Year Ended October 31,
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders: 2011 2010
Operations
Net investment income $ 23,584,991   $ 22,931,750  
Net realized loss   (3,466,879 )   (7,990,225 )
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation   (6,557,897 )   33,559,226  
Dividends to Preferred Shareholders from net investment income   (90,614 )   (893,902 )
Net increase in net assets applicable to Common Shareholders resulting from operations   13,469,601     47,606,849  
 
Dividends and Distributions to Common Shareholders From
Net investment income   (25,653,072 )   (19,496,826 )
 
Capital Share Transactions
Reinvestment of common dividends   577,941     453,913  
 
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders
Total increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to Common Shareholders   (11,605,530 )   28,563,936  
Beginning of year   341,436,135     312,872,199  
End of year $ 329,830,605   $ 341,436,135  
Undistributed net investment income $ 5,628,436   $ 10,644,933  

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 201159
  


Statements of Cash Flows

Year Ended October 31, 2011 BlackRock
Credit
Allocation
Income
Trust I, Inc.
(PSW)
BlackRock
Credit
Allocation
Income
Trust II, Inc.
(PSY)
BlackRock
Credit
Allocation
Income
Trust III
(BPP)
BlackRock
Credit
Allocation
Income
Trust IV
(BTZ)
BlackRock
Floating
Rate
Income
Trust
(BGT)
Cash Provided by (Used for) Operating Activities
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations, excluding dividends                              
to Preferred Shareholders $ 4,087,737   $ 13,712,850   $ 6,200,547   $ 17,444,096   $ 13,560,215  
Adjustments to reconcile net increase in net assets resulting from operations                              
to net cash provided by (used for) operating activities:                              
(Increase) decrease in interest receivable   (249,203 )   (1,102,309 )   (846,444 )   (2,134,979 )   1,627,555  
(Increase) decrease in swap receivable   (13,608 )   (62,192 )   (61,081 )   (213,170 )   6,730  
(Increase) decrease in other assets   166,547     1,256,816     2,461     (6,890 )   240,290  
Decrease in prepaid expenses   9,470     30,165     11,727     38,547     76,586  
Decrease in commitment fees receivable                   9,782  
(Increase) decrease in dividends receivable   (2,000 )   (336 )   (225 )   706,335     1,272  
Decrease in margin variation receivable   8,063     14,375     8,625     166,094      
Decrease in dividends receivable — affiliated       283     208          
Decrease in cash pledged as collateral for reverse                              
repurchase agreements           325,000     158,000      
Increase in cash pledged as collateral for financial futures contracts   (467,000 )   (2,186,000 )   (765,000 )   (1,759,940 )    
(Increase) decrease in cash pledged as collateral for swaps   (600,000 )   (1,270,000 )       (4,650,000 )   100,000  
Increase in investment advisory fees payable   676     1,213     4,332     11,705     42,578  
Increase in interest expense and fees payable   31,064     143,409     69,913     361,942     34,189  
Decrease in other affiliates payable   (968 )   (4,048 )   (1,856 )   (6,636 )   (2,636 )
Decrease in other liabilities                   (196,354 )
Increase in other accrued expenses payable   22,782     76,660     81,167     164,430     98,421  
Increase in margin variation payable   287,296     1,253,555     383,266     1,208,177      
Increase in swaps payable   32,658     135,503     72,862     240,074      
Increase (decrease) in Officer’s and Directors’ fees payable   278     4,081     2,362     20,059     3,941  
Net periodic and termination payments of swaps   (148,959 )   (631,396 )   (403,942 )   (915,325 )    
Net realized and unrealized (gain) loss on investments   (415,306 )   1,411,073     2,324,892     12,666,726     4,801,747  
Amortization of premium and accretion of discount on investments   275,999     1,470,810     646,032     2,068,898     (3,041,192 )
Paid-in-kind income                   3,982  
Premiums received from options written   255,600     1,087,200     1,141,085     3,937,635      
Proceeds from sales of long-term investments   76,845,818     312,213,871     133,081,838     506,046,675     424,548,661  
Purchases of long-term investments   (84,611,768 )   (341,244,282 )   (181,824,016 )   (611,946,163 )   (449,027,119 )
Net proceeds from sales of short-term securities   4,521,166     1,077,859     32,006,613     23,101,556     7,698,944  
Premiums paid on closing options written   (166,906 )   (705,775 )   (343,350 )   (1,168,344 )    
Cash provided by (used for) operating activities   (130,564 )   (13,316,615 )   (7,882,984 )   (54,460,498 )   587,592  
 
Cash Provided by (Used for) Financing Activities
Cash receipts from borrowings   64,934,501     303,838,198     126,218,237     451,862,673     380,000,000  
Cash payments on borrowings   (18,121,820 )   (93,770,061 )   (35,453,974 )   (121,158,485 )   (296,000,000 )
Cash payments on redemption of Preferred Shares   (40,250,000 )   (169,025,000 )   (70,425,000 )   (231,000,000 )   (58,800,000 )
Cash dividends paid to Common Shareholders   (6,309,486 )   (26,938,952 )   (12,360,466 )   (43,957,502 )   (25,027,670 )
Cash dividends paid to Preferred Shareholders   (70,242 )   (572,540 )   (25,813 )   (691,245 )   (102,862 )
Increase (decrease) in bank overdraft                   (657,169 )
Cash provided by (used for) financing activities   182,953     13,531,645     7,952,984     55,055,441     (587,701 )
 
Cash Impact from Foreign Exchange Fluctuations
Cash impact from foreign exchange fluctuations   (1,793 )   (6,751 )   (3 )   1     109  
 
Cash and Foreign Currency
Net increase (decrease) in cash and foreign currency   50,596     208,279     69,997     594,944      
Cash and foreign currency at beginning of year   1,401         500     57,939      
Cash and foreign currency at end of year $ 51,997   $ 208,279   $ 70,497   $ 652,883      
 
Cash Flow Information
Cash paid during the year for interest and fees $ 99,434   $ 355,065   $ 114,742   $ 377,430   $ 1,211,196  
 
Noncash Financing Activities
Capital shares issued in reinvestment of dividends paid to Common Shareholders                 $ 577,941  

A Statement of Cash Flows is presented when a Fund had a significant amount of borrowing during the period, based on the average borrowing outstanding in relation to average total assets. 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

60ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 2011
 

Financial Highlights BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc. (PSW)

  Year Ended October 31,
  2011 2010 2009 2008 2007
Per Share Operating Performance
Net asset value, beginning of year $ 10.75   $ 9.31   $ 7.43   $ 19.54   $ 22.25  
Net investment income1   0.69     0.63     0.86     1.70     2.01  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)   (0.30 )   1.58     2.06     (12.06 )   (2.41 )
Dividends to Preferred Shareholders from net investment income   (0.01 )   (0.06 )   (0.08 )   (0.48 )   (0.71 )
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations   0.38     2.15     2.84     (10.84 )   (1.11 )
Dividends and distributions to Common Shareholders from:                              
Net investment income   (0.61 )   (0.62 )   (0.83 )   (1.22 )   (1.18 )
Tax return of capital       (0.09 )   (0.13 )   (0.05 )   (0.42 )
Total dividends and distributions   (0.61 )   (0.71 )   (0.96 )   (1.27 )   (1.60 )
Net asset value, end of year $ 10.52   $ 10.75   $ 9.31   $ 7.43   $ 19.54  
Market price, end of year $ 9.25   $ 9.67   $ 8.24   $ 7.00   $ 17.29  
 
Total Investment Return Applicable to Common Shareholders2
Based on net asset value   4.55 %   24.77 %3   46.46 %   (58.09 )%   (5.03 )%
Based on market price   2.20 %   26.81 %   37.59 %   (55.38 )%   (12.05 )%
 
Ratios to Average Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders
Total expenses4   1.14 %   1.16 %   1.61 %   2.00 %   1.32 %
Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly4   1.14 %   1.14 %   1.59 %   2.00 %   1.32 %
Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly and excluding                              
interest expense4   1.02 %   1.13 %   1.44 %   1.48 %   1.29 %
Net investment income4   6.56 %   6.28 %   12.45 %   10.79 %   9.38 %
Dividends to Preferred Shareholders   0.06 %   0.59 %   1.09 %   3.03 %   3.29 %
Net investment income to Common Shareholders   6.50 %   5.69 %   11.36 %   7.76 %   6.09 %
 
Supplemental Data
Net assets applicable to Common Shareholders, end of year (000) $ 108,529   $ 110,808   $ 96,048   $ 76,430   $ 201,155  
Preferred Shares outstanding at $25,000 liquidation preference,                              
end of year (000)     $ 40,250   $ 40,250   $ 68,250   $ 136,500  
Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000) $ 53,268   $ 6,083   $ 4,972   $ 4,024   $ 590  
Average borrowings outstanding during the year (000) $ 34,952   $ 5,269   $ 5,321   $ 25,692   $ 2,690  
Portfolio turnover   53 %   66 %   36 %   119 %   88 %
Asset coverage per Preferred Share at $25,000 liquidation preference,                              
end of year     $ 93,831   $ 84,663   $ 53,009   $ 61,846  
Asset coverage, end of period per $1,000 $ 3,037                  

Based on average shares outstanding. 
Total investment returns based on market price, which can be significantly greater or lesser than the net asset value, may result in substantially different returns. Where applicable, total investment returns exclude the effects of any sales charges and include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions. 
Includes proceeds from a settlement of litigation which impacted the Fund. Not including these proceeds the Fund’s total return would have been 24.54%. 
Do not reflect the effect of dividends to Preferred Shareholders. 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 201161
  


Financial Highlights BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc. (PSY)

  Year Ended October 31,
  2011 2010 2009 2008 2007
Per Share Operating Performance
Net asset value, beginning of year $ 11.59   $ 10.03   $ 7.96   $ 19.93   $ 22.36  
Net investment income1   0.73     0.72     1.11     1.73     2.02  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)   (0.40 )   1.74     2.17     (11.84 )   (2.35 )
Dividends to Preferred Shareholders from net investment income   (0.01 )   (0.06 )   (0.09 )   (0.49 )   (0.73 )
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations   0.32     2.40     3.19     (10.60 )   (1.06 )
Dividends and distributions to Common Shareholders from:                              
Net investment income   (0.66 )   (0.71 )   (1.12 )   (1.15 )   (1.16 )
Tax return of capital       (0.13 )   (0.00 )2   (0.22 )   (0.21 )
Total dividends and distributions   (0.66 )   (0.84 )   (1.12 )   (1.37 )   (1.37 )
Net asset value, end of year $ 11.25   $ 11.59   $ 10.03   $ 7.96   $ 19.93  
Market price, end of year $ 9.74   $ 10.39   $ 8.90   $ 8.10   $ 16.94  
 
Total Investment Return Applicable to Common Shareholders3
Based on net asset value   3.71 %   25.70 %4   48.36 %   (55.71 )%   (4.35 )%
Based on market price   0.16 %   26.99 %   29.37 %   (46.97 )%   (9.65 )%
 
Ratios to Average Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders
Total expenses5   1.12 %   1.04 %   1.41 %   1.90 %   1.27 %
Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly5   1.12 %   1.03 %   1.41 %   1.90 %   1.27 %
Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly and excluding                              
interest expense5   1.01 %   1.02 %   1.33 %   1.40 %   1.23 %
Net investment income5   6.42 %   6.66 %   15.05 %   10.71 %   9.29 %
Dividends to Preferred Shareholders   0.11 %   0.58 %   1.19 %   3.04 %   3.34 %
Net investment income to Common Shareholders   6.31 %   6.08 %   13.86 %   7.67 %   5.95 %
 
Supplemental Data
Net assets applicable to Common Shareholders, end of year (000) $ 459,279   $ 472,984   $ 409,293   $ 323,132   $ 809,411  
Preferred Shares outstanding at $25,000 liquidation preference,                              
end of year (000)     $ 169,025   $ 169,025   $ 275,000   $ 550,000  
Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000) $ 213,033   $ 4,020   $ 9,511   $ 54,369      
Average borrowings outstanding during the year (000) $ 137,824   $ 13,407   $ 15,842   $ 94,908   $ 14,375  
Portfolio turnover   50 %   73 %   16 %   120 %   81 %
Asset coverage per Preferred Share at $25,000 liquidation preference,                              
end of year     $ 94,968   $ 85,547   $ 54,408   $ 61,817  
Asset coverage, end of year per $1,000 $ 3,156                  

Based on average shares outstanding. 
Amount is less than $(0.01) per share. 
Total investment returns based on market price, which can be significantly greater or lesser than the net asset value, may result in substantially different returns. Where applicable, total investment returns exclude the effects of any sales charges and include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions. 
Includes proceeds from a settlement of litigation which impacted the Fund. Not including these proceeds the Fund’s total return would have been 25.37%. 
Do not reflect the effect of dividends to Preferred Shareholders. 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

62ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 2011
 

Financial Highlights BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III (BPP)

 

Year Ended October 31,
Period
January 1,
2008
to October 31,
2008


Year Ended December 31,
  2011 2010 2009 2007 2006
Per Share Operating Performance
Net asset value, beginning of year $ 12.41   $ 11.05   $ 8.77   $ 19.47   $ 24.52   $ 24.43  
Net investment income   0.70 1   0.73 1   1.09 1   1.48 1   2.05     2.05  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)   (0.37 )   1.48     2.40     (10.74 )   (4.72 )   0.62  
Dividends and distributions to Preferred Shareholders from:                                    
Net investment income   (0.00 )2   (0.01 )   (0.03 )   (0.31 )   (0.62 )   (0.46 )
Net realized gain                       (0.12 )
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations   0.33     2.20     3.46     (9.57 )   (3.29 )   2.09  
Dividends and distributions to Common Shareholders from:                                    
Net investment income   (0.67 )   (0.76 )   (0.95 )   (0.83 )   (1.59 )   (1.58 )
Net realized gain                   (0.02 )   (0.42 )
Tax return of capital       (0.08 )   (0.23 )   (0.30 )   (0.15 )    
Total dividends and distributions   (0.67 )   (0.84 )   (1.18 )   (1.13 )   (1.76 )   (2.00 )
Net asset value, end of year $ 12.07   $ 12.41   $ 11.05   $ 8.77   $ 19.47   $ 24.52  
Market price, end of year $ 10.53   $ 11.23   $ 9.94   $ 8.51   $ 17.31   $ 26.31  
 
Total Investment Return Applicable to Common Shareholders3
Based on net asset value   3.56 %   21.52 %   47.16 %   (51.22 )%4   (13.86 )%   8.89 %
Based on market price   (0.16 )%   22.25 %   36.42 %   (46.76 )%4   (28.62 )%   17.98 %
 
Ratios to Average Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders
Total expenses5   1.05 %   1.09 %   1.66 %   1.96 %6   1.46 %   1.62 %
Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly5   1.05 %   1.08 %   1.64 %   1.96 %6   1.45 %   1.62 %
Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly and excluding                                    
interest expense5   0.96 %   1.07 %   1.39 %   1.39 %6   1.24 %   1.25 %
Net investment income5   5.78 %   6.31 %   13.08 %   10.53 %6   8.90 %   8.46 %
Dividends to Preferred Shareholders   0.01 %   0.10 %   0.38 %   2.19 %6   2.70 %   1.89 %
Net investment income to Common Shareholders   5.77 %   6.21 %   12.70 %   8.34 %6   6.20 %   6.58 %
 
Supplemental Data
Net assets applicable to Common Shareholders,                                    
end of year (000) $ 222,939   $ 229,098   $ 204,133   $ 161,311   $ 358,017   $ 449,995  
Preferred Shares outstanding at $25,000 liquidation preference,                                    
end of year (000)     $ 70,425   $ 70,425   $ 110,400   $ 220,800   $ 220,800  
Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000) $ 92,971       $ 13,235   $ 44,281          
Average borrowings outstanding during the year (000) $ 51,264   $ 2,121   $ 16,330   $ 51,995   $ 903     1,303  
Portfolio turnover   48 %   67 %   16 %   121 %   97 %   91 %
Asset coverage per Preferred Share at $25,000 liquidation                                    
preference, end of year     $ 106,328   $ 97,465   $ 61,540   $ 65,554   $ 75,965  
Asset coverage, end of year per $1,000 $ 3,398                      

Based on average shares outstanding. 
Amount is less than $(0.01) per share. 
Total investment returns based on market price, which can be significantly greater or lesser than the net asset value, may result in substantially different returns. Where applicable, total investment returns exclude the effects of any sales charges and include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions. 
Aggregate total investment return. 
Do not reflect the effect of dividends to Preferred Shareholders. 
Annualized. 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORTOCTOBER 31, 201163
  


Financial Highlights BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV (BTZ)

 

Year Ended October 31,
Period
December 27,
20061 to
October 31,

2007
  2011 2010 2009 2008
Per Share Operating Performance
Net asset value, beginning of year $ 14.46   $ 12.64   $ 10.59   $ 21.39   $ 23.88 2
Net investment income   0.88 3   0.85 3   0.99 3   1.33 3   1.25  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)   (0.54 )   2.14     2.54     (10.06 )   (1.86 )
Dividends to Preferred Shareholders from net investment income   (0.01 )   (0.07 )   (0.07 )   (0.33 )   (0.31 )
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations   0.33     2.92     3.46     (9.06 )   (0.92 )
Dividends and distributions to Common Shareholders from:                              
Net investment income   (0.85 )   (0.81 )   (0.93 )   (0.90 )   (0.93 )
Tax return of capital       (0.29 )   (0.48 )   (0.84 )   (0.47 )
Total dividends and distributions   (0.85 )   (1.10 )   (1.41 )   (1.74 )   (1.40 )
Capital charge with respect to issuance of:                              
Common Shares                   (0.04 )
Preferred Shares                   (0.13 )
Total capital charges                   (0.17 )
Net asset value, end of year $ 13.94   $ 14.46   $ 12.64   $ 10.59   $ 21.39  
Market price, end of year $ 12.08   $ 13.02   $ 10.96   $ 9.36   $ 18.65  
 
Total Investment Return Applicable to Common Shareholders4
Based on net asset value   3.28 %   25.16 %   41.06 %   (44.27 )%   (4.42 )%5
Based on market price   (0.60 )%   29.98 %   38.38 %   (43.51 )%   (20.34 )%5
 
Ratios to Average Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders
Total expenses6   1.09 %   1.12 %   1.60 %   1.65 %   1.90 %7
Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly6   1.09 %   1.11 %   1.58 %   1.65 %   1.88 %7
Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly and excluding interest expense6   0.99 %   1.07 %   1.24 %   1.21 %   1.04 %7
Net investment income6   6.25 %   6.33 %   9.93 %   7.63 %   6.50 %7
Dividends to Preferred Shareholders   0.09 %   0.50 %   0.74 %   1.89 %   1.64 %7
Net investment income to Common Shareholders   6.16 %   5.83 %   9.19 %   5.74 %   4.86 %7
 
Supplemental Data
Net assets applicable to Common Shareholders, end of year (000) $ 722,337   $ 749,360   $ 654,999   $ 548,612   $ 1,108,534  
Preferred Shares outstanding at $25,000 liquidation preference, end of year (000)     $ 231,000   $ 231,000   $ 231,000   $ 462,000  
Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000) $ 339,303       $ 61,576   $ 223,512   $ 88,291  
Average borrowings outstanding during the year (000) $ 182,843   $ 63,660   $ 76,521   $ 107,377   $ 96,468  
Portfolio turnover   54 %   64 %   30 %   126 %   35 %
Asset coverage per Preferred Share at $25,000 liquidation preference, end of year     $ 106,104   $ 95,892   $ 84,384   $ 89,737  
Asset coverage, end of year per $1,000 $ 3,129                  

Commencement of operations. 
Net asset value, beginning of period, reflects a deduction of $1.12 per share sales charge from initial offering price of $25.00 per share. 
Based on average shares outstanding. 
Total investment returns based on market price, which can be significantly greater or lesser than the net asset value, may result in substantially different returns. Where applicable, total investment returns exclude the effects of any sales charges and include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions. 
Aggregate total investment return. 
Do not reflect the effect of dividends to Preferred Shareholders. 
Annualized. 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Financial Highlights BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust (BGT)

 

Year Ended October 31,
Period
January 1,
2008 to
October 31,
2008


Year Ended December 31,
  2011 2010 2009 2007 2006
Per Share Operating Performance
Net asset value, beginning of year $ 14.48   $ 13.29   $ 11.24   $ 17.71   $ 19.11   $ 19.13  
Net investment income   1.00 1   0.97 1   0.98 1   1.42 1   2.03     1.99  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)   (0.42 )   1.09     2.72     (6.62 )   (1.39 )   (0.06 )
Dividends and distributions to Preferred Shareholders from:                                    
Net investment income   (0.00 )2   (0.04 )   (0.04 )   (0.24 )   (0.54 )   (0.48 )
Net realized gain                       (0.01 )
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations   0.58     2.02     3.66     (5.44 )   0.10     1.44  
Dividends and distributions to Common Shareholders from:                                    
Net investment income   (1.09 )   (0.83 )   (1.19 )   (1.03 )   (1.14 )   (1.44 )
Net realized gain                       (0.02 )
Tax return of capital           (0.42 )       (0.36 )    
Total dividends and distributions   (1.09 )   (0.83 )   (1.61 )   (1.03 )   (1.50 )   (1.46 )
Net asset value, end of year $ 13.97   $ 14.48   $ 13.29   $ 11.24   $ 17.71   $ 19.11  
Market price, end of year $ 13.00   $ 14.52   $ 12.58   $ 9.63   $ 15.78   $ 19.27  
 
Total Investment Return Applicable to Common Shareholders3
Based on net asset value   4.03 %   15.55 %   39.51 %   (31.62 )%4   0.98 %   7.93 %
Based on market price   (3.46 )%   22.41 %   54.14 %   (34.24 )%4   (10.92 )%   21.31 %
 
Ratios to Average Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders
Total expenses5   1.73 %   1.43 %   1.96 %   2.22 %6   1.67 %   1.75 %
Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly5   1.60 %   1.25 %   1.68 %   1.89 %6   1.33 %   1.43 %
Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly and excluding                                    
interest expense5   1.24 %   1.15 %   1.24 %   1.21 %6   1.16 %   1.19 %
Net investment income5   6.95 %   7.01 %   8.92 %   10.56 %6   10.83 %   10.38 %
Dividends to Preferred Shareholders   0.03 %   0.27 %   0.38 %   1.75 %6   2.88 %   2.51 %
Net investment income to Common Shareholders   6.92 %   6.74 %   8.54 %   8.81 %6   7.95 %   7.87 %
 
Supplemental Data
Net assets applicable to Common Shareholders,                                    
end of year (000) $ 329,831   $ 341,436   $ 312,872   $ 264,590   $ 417,086   $ 449,065  
Preferred Shares outstanding at $25,000 liquidation preference,                                    
end of year (000)     $ 58,800   $ 58,800   $ 58,800   $ 243,450   $ 243,450  
Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000) $ 122,000   $ 38,000   $ 14,000   $ 123,150       $ 26,108  
Average borrowings outstanding during the year (000) $ 120,334   $ 24,321   $ 53,156   $ 71,780   $ 10,524   $ 19,562  
Portfolio turnover   89 %   87 %   42 %   25 %   41 %   50 %
Asset coverage per Preferred Share at $25,000 liquidation preference,                                    
end of year     $ 170,174   $ 158,029   $ 137,505   $ 67,849   $ 73,810  
Asset coverage, end of year per $1,000 $ 3,704                      

Based on average shares outstanding. 
Amount is less than $(0.01) per share. 
Total investment returns based on market price, which can be significantly greater or lesser than the net asset value, may result in substantially different returns. Where applicable, total investment returns exclude the effects of any sales charges and include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions. 
Aggregate total investment return. 
Do not reflect the effect of dividends to Preferred Shareholders. 
Annualized. 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies:

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc. (“PSW”) and BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc. (“PSY”) are registered as diversified, closed-end management investment companies under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III (“BPP”), BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV (“BTZ”) and BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust (“BGT”) are registered as non-diversified, closed-end management investment companies under the 1940 Act. PSW and PSY are organized as Maryland corporations. BPP, BTZ and BGT are organized as Delaware statutory trusts. PSW, PSY, BPP, BTZ and BGT are collectively referred to as the “Funds” or individually as the “Fund”. The Funds’ financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Board of Directors and Board of Trustees of the Funds, as applicable, are referred to throughout this report as the “Board of Directors” or the “Board” and the directors, thereof are collectively referred to throughout this report as “Directors.” The Funds determine, and make available for publication the NAVs of their Common Shares on a daily basis.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds:

Valuation: US GAAP defines fair value as the price the Funds would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Funds fair value their financial instruments at market value using independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by the Board. The Funds value their bond investments on the basis of last available bid prices or current market quotations provided by dealers or pricing services. Floating rate loan interests are valued at the mean of the bid prices from one or more brokers or dealers as obtained from a pricing service. In determining the value of a particular investment, pricing services may use certain information with respect to transactions in such investments, quotations from dealers, pricing matrixes, market transactions in comparable investments, various relationships observed in the market between investments and calculated yield measures. Financial futures contracts traded on exchanges are valued at their last sale price. Swap agreements are valued utilizing quotes received daily by the Funds’ pricing service or through brokers, which are derived using daily swap curves and models that incorporate a number of market data factors, such as discounted cash flows, trades and values of the underlying reference instruments. Investments in open-end registered investment companies are valued at NAV each business day. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

Municipal investments (including commitments to purchase such investments on a “when-issued” basis) are valued on the basis of prices provided by dealers or pricing services. In determining the value of a particular investment, pricing services may use certain information with respect to transactions in such investments, quotations from dealers, pricing matrixes, market transactions in comparable investments and information with respect to various relationships between investments.

Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange or the NASDAQ Global Market System (“NASDAQ”) are valued at the last reported sale price that day or the NASDAQ official closing price, if applicable. For equity investments traded on more than one exchange, the last reported sale price on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded is used. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last available bid (long positions) or ask (short positions) price. If no bid or ask price is available, the prior day’s price will be used, unless it is determined that such prior day’s price no longer reflects the fair value of the security.

Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into US dollars using exchange rates determined as of the close of business on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). Foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices and are determined as of the close of business on the NYSE. Interpolated values are derived when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available.

Exchange-traded options are valued at the mean between the last bid and ask prices at the close of the options market in which the options trade. An exchange-traded option for which there is no mean price is valued at the last bid (long positions) or ask (short positions) price. If no bid or ask price is available, the prior day’s price will be used, unless it is determined that the prior day’s price no longer reflects the fair value of the option. Over-the-counter (“OTC”) options and swaptions are valued by an independent pricing service using a mathematical model which incorporates a number of market data factors, such as the trades and prices of the underlying instruments.

In the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment which is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value (“Fair Value Assets”). When determining the price for Fair Value Assets, the investment advisor and/or the sub-advisor seeks to determine the price that each Fund might reasonably expect to receive from the current sale of that asset in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the investment advisor and/or sub-advisor deems relevant. The pricing of all Fair Value Assets is subsequently reported to the Board or a committee thereof.

Generally, trading in foreign instruments is substantially completed each day at various times prior to the close of business on the NYSE. Occasionally, events affecting the values of such instruments may occur between the foreign market close and the close of business on the NYSE that may not be reflected in the computation of each Fund’s net assets. If events (for example, a company announcement, market volatility or a natural disaster) occur during such periods that are expected to materially affect the value of such instruments, those instruments may be Fair Value Assets and be valued at their fair value, as determined in good faith by the investment advisor using a pricing service and/or policies approved by the Board. Each business day, the Funds use a pricing service to assist with the valuation of certain foreign exchange-traded equity securities and

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foreign exchange-traded and OTC options (the “Systematic Fair Value Price”). Using current market factors, the Systematic Fair Value Price is designed to value such foreign securities and foreign options at fair value as of the close of business on the NYSE, which follows the close of the local markets.

Foreign Currency Transactions: The Funds’ books and records are maintained in US dollars. Purchases and sales of investment securities are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective date of such transactions. Generally, when the US dollar rises in value against a foreign currency, the Funds’ investments denominated in that currency will lose value because its currency is worth fewer US dollars; the opposite effect occurs if the US dollar falls in relative value.

The Funds do not isolate the portion of the results of operations arising as a result of changes in the foreign exchange rates from the changes in the market prices of investments held or sold for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, the effects of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on investments are segregated on the Statements of Operations from the effects of changes in market prices of those investments but are included as a component of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investments. The Funds report realized currency gains (losses) on foreign currency related transactions as components of net realized gain (loss) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

Asset-Backed Securities: The Funds may invest in asset-backed securities. Asset-backed securities are generally issued as pass-through certificates, which represent undivided fractional ownership interests in an underlying pool of assets, or as debt instruments, which are also known as collateralized obligations, and are generally issued as the debt of a special purpose entity organized solely for the purpose of owning such assets and issuing such debt. Asset-backed securities are often backed by a pool of assets representing the obligations of a number of different parties. The yield characteristics of certain asset-backed securities may differ from traditional debt securities. One such major difference is that all or a principal part of the obligations may be prepaid at any time because the underlying assets (i.e., loans) may be prepaid at any time. As a result, a decrease in interest rates in the market may result in increases in the level of prepayments as borrowers, particularly mortgagors, refinance and repay their loans. An increased prepayment rate with respect to an asset-backed security subject to such a prepayment feature will have the effect of shortening the maturity of the security. If the Fund has purchased such an asset-backed security at a premium, a faster than anticipated prepayment rate could result in a loss of principal to the extent of the premium paid.

Collateralized Debt Obligations: The Funds may invest in collateralized debt obligations (“CDOs”), which include collateralized bond obligations (“CBOs”) and collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”). CBOs and CLOs are types of asset-backed securities. A CDO is a bankruptcy remote entity which is backed by a diversified pool of debt securities (CBOs) or syndicated bank loans (CLOs). The cash flows of the CDO can be split into multiple segments, called “tranches”, which will vary in risk profile and yield. The riskiest segment is the subordinated or “equity” tranche. This tranche bears the greatest risk of defaults from the underlying assets in the CDO and serves to protect the other, more senior, tranches from default in all but the most severe circumstances. Since it is shielded from defaults by the more junior tranches, a “senior” tranche will typically have higher credit ratings and lower yields than their underlying securities, and often receive investment grade ratings from one or more of the nationally recognized rating agencies. Despite the protection from the more junior tranches, senior tranches can experience substantial losses due to actual defaults, increased sensitivity to future defaults and the disappearance of one or more protecting tranches as a result of changes in the credit profile of the underlying pool of assets.

Zero-Coupon Bonds: The Funds may invest in zero-coupon bonds, which are normally issued at a significant discount from face value and do not provide for periodic interest payments. Zero-coupon bonds may experience greater volatility in market value than similar maturity debt obligations which provide for regular interest payments.

Capital Trusts: The Funds may invest in capital trusts. These securities are typically issued by corporations, generally in the form of interest-bearing notes with preferred securities characteristics, or by an affiliated business trust of a corporation, generally in the form of beneficial interests in subordinated debentures or similarly structured securities. The securities can be structured as either fixed or adjustable coupon securities that can have either a perpetual or stated maturity date. Dividends can be deferred without creating an event of default or acceleration, although maturity cannot take place unless all cumulative payment obligations have been met. The deferral of payments does not affect the purchase or sale of these securities in the open market. Payments on these securities are treated as interest rather than dividends for federal income tax purposes. These securities generally are rated below that of the issuing company’s senior debt securities.

Preferred Stock: The Funds may invest in preferred stocks. Preferred stock has a preference over common stock in liquidation (and generally in receiving dividends as well) but is subordinated to the liabilities of the issuer in all respects. As a general rule, the market value of preferred stock with a fixed dividend rate and no conversion element varies inversely with interest rates and perceived credit risk, while the market price of convertible preferred stock generally also reflects some element of conversion value. Because preferred stock is junior to debt securities and other obligations of the issuer, deterioration in the credit quality of the issuer will cause greater changes in the value of a preferred stock than in a more senior debt security with similar stated yield characteristics. Unlike interest payments on debt securities, preferred stock dividends are payable only if declared by the issuer’s board of directors. Preferred stock also may be subject to optional or mandatory redemption provisions.

Floating Rate Loan Interests: The Funds may invest in floating rate loan interests. The floating rate loan interests the Funds hold are typically issued to companies (the “borrower”) by banks, other financial institutions, and privately and publicly offered corporations (the “lender”). Floating rate loan interests are generally non-investment grade, often involve borrowers whose financial condition is troubled or uncertain and companies that are highly

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leveraged. The Funds may invest in obligations of borrowers who are in bankruptcy proceedings. Floating rate loan interests may include fully funded term loans or revolving lines of credit. Floating rate loan interests are typically senior in the corporate capital structure of the borrower. Floating rate loan interests generally pay interest at rates that are periodically determined by reference to a base lending rate plus a premium. The base lending rates are generally the lending rate offered by one or more European banks, such as LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate), the prime rate offered by one or more US banks or the certificate of deposit rate. Floating rate loan interests may involve foreign borrowers, and investments may be denominated in foreign currencies. The Funds consider these investments to be investments in debt securities for purposes of their investment policies.

When a Fund purchases a floating rate loan interest it may receive a facility fee and when it sells a floating rate loan interest it may pay a facility fee. On an ongoing basis, the Funds may receive a commitment fee based on the undrawn portion of the underlying line of credit amount of a floating rate loan interest. Facility and commitment fees are typically amortized to income over the term of the loan or term of the commitment, respectively. Consent and amendment fees are recorded to income as earned. Prepayment penalty fees, which may be received by the Funds upon the prepayment of a floating rate loan interest by a borrower, are recorded as realized gains. The Funds may invest in multiple series or tranches of a loan. A different series or tranche may have varying terms and carry different associated risks.

Floating rate loan interests are usually freely callable at the borrower’s option. The Funds may invest in such loans in the form of participations in loans (“Participations”) or assignments (“Assignments”) of all or a portion of loans from third parties. Participations typically will result in the Funds having a contractual relationship only with the lender, not with the borrower. The Funds will have the right to receive payments of principal, interest and any fees to which it is entitled only from the lender selling the Participation and only upon receipt by the lender of the payments from the borrower. In connection with purchasing Participations, the Funds generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement, nor any rights of offset against the borrower, and the Funds may not benefit directly from any collateral supporting the loan in which it has purchased the Participation. As a result, the Funds will assume the credit risk of both the borrower and the lender that is selling the Participation. The Funds’ investment in loan participation interests involves the risk of insolvency of the financial intermediaries who are parties to the transactions. In the event of the insolvency of the lender selling the Participation, the Funds may be treated as general creditors of the lender and may not benefit from any offset between the lender and the borrower. Assignments typically result in the Funds having a direct contractual relationship with the borrower, and the Funds may enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement.

Reverse Repurchase Agreements: The Funds may enter into reverse repurchase agreements with qualified third party broker-dealers. In a reverse repurchase agreement, the Funds sell securities to a bank or broker-dealer and agrees to repurchase the same securities at a mutually agreed upon date and price. Certain agreements have no stated maturity and can be terminated by either party at any time. Interest on the value of the reverse repurchase agreements issued and outstanding is based upon competitive market rates determined at the time of issuance. The Funds may utilize reverse repurchase agreements when it is anticipated that the interest income to be earned from the investment of the proceeds of the transaction is greater than the interest expense of the transaction. Reverse repurchase agreements involve leverage risk and also the risk that the market value of the securities that the Funds are obligated to repurchase under the agreement may decline below the repurchase price. In the event the buyer of securities under a reverse repurchase agreement files for bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, the Funds’ use of the proceeds of the agreement may be restricted while the other party, or its trustee or receiver, determines whether or not to enforce the Funds’ obligation to repurchase the securities.

Segregation and Collateralization: In cases in which the 1940 Act and the interpretive positions of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) require that the Funds either deliver collateral or segregate assets in connection with certain investments (e.g., financial futures contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, swaps and options written), or certain borrowings (e.g., reverse repurchase agreements and loan payable), the Funds will, consistent with SEC rules and/or certain interpretive letters issued by the SEC, segregate collateral or designate on their books and records cash or liquid securities having a market value at least equal to the amount that would otherwise be required to be physically segregated. Furthermore, based on requirements and agreements with certain exchanges and third party broker-dealers, each party to such transactions has requirements to deliver/deposit securities as collateral for certain investments.

Investment Transactions and Investment Income: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are entered into (the trade dates). Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed are subsequently recorded when the Funds are informed of the ex-dividend date. Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax at various rates may be imposed on capital gains, dividends and interest. Upon notification from issuers, some of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain. Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on debt securities, is recognized on the accrual basis.

Dividends and Distributions: Dividends from net investment income are declared and paid monthly. Distributions of capital gains are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. If the total dividends and distributions made in any tax year exceeds net investment income and accumulated realized capital gains, a portion of the total distribution may be treated as a tax return of capital. The amount and timing of dividends and distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ

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from US GAAP. Dividends and distributions to Preferred Shareholders are accrued and determined as described in Note 6.

Income Taxes: It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.

BGT has a wholly owned taxable subsidiary organized as a limited liability company (the “Taxable Subsidiary”) which is listed in the Schedule of Investments. The Taxable Subsidiary enables the Fund to hold an investment that is organized as an operating partnership while still satisfying Regulated Investment Company tax requirements. Income earned on the investment held by the Taxable Subsidiary is taxable to such subsidiary. An income tax provision for all income, including realized and unrealized gains, if any, of the Taxable Subsidiary is reflected as a reduction in the value of the Taxable Subsidiary.

Each Fund files US federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on each Fund’s US federal tax returns remains open for each of the four years ended October 31, 2011. The statutes of limitations on each Fund’s state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction. Management does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.

Recent Accounting Standard: In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued amended guidance to improve disclosure about fair value measurements which will require the following disclosures for fair value measurements categorized as Level 3: quantitative information about unobservable inputs and assumptions used in the fair value measurement, a description of the valuation policies and procedures and a narrative description of sensitivity of the fair value measurement to changes in unobservable inputs and the interrelationships between those unobservable inputs. In addition, the amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 will be required to be disclosed. The amended guidance is effective for financial statements for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Management is evaluating the impact of this guidance on the Funds’ financial statements and disclosures.

Deferred Compensation and BlackRock Closed-End Share Equivalent Investment Plan: Under the deferred compensation plan approved by each Fund’s Board, independent Directors (“Independent Directors”) may defer a portion of their annual complex-wide compensation. Deferred amounts earn an approximate return as though equivalent dollar amounts had been invested in common shares of certain other BlackRock Closed-End Funds selected by the Independent Directors. This has approximately the same economic effect for the Independent Directors as if the Independent Directors had invested the deferred amounts directly in certain other BlackRock Closed-End Funds.

The deferred compensation plan is not funded and obligations thereunder represent general unsecured claims against the general assets of each Fund. Each Fund may, however, elect to invest in common shares of certain other BlackRock Closed-End Funds selected by the Independent Directors in order to match its deferred compensation obligations. Investments to cover each Fund’s deferred compensation liability, if any, are included in other assets in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Dividends and distributions from the BlackRock Closed-End Fund investments under the plan are included in income — affiliated in the Statements of Operations.

Other: Expenses directly related to the Funds are charged to that Fund. Other operating expenses shared by several funds are pro rated among those funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods.

The Funds have an arrangement with the custodian whereby fees may be reduced by credits earned on uninvested cash balances, which, if applicable, are shown as fees paid indirectly in the Statements of Operations. The custodian imposes fees on overdrawn cash balances, which can be offset by accumulated credits earned or may result in additional custody charges.

2. Derivative Financial Instruments:

The Funds engage in various portfolio investment strategies using derivative contracts both to increase the returns of the Funds and to economically hedge, or protect, their exposure to certain risks such as credit risk, equity risk, interest rate risk, foreign currency exchange rate risk or other risk (commodity price risk and inflation risk). These contracts may be transacted on an exchange or OTC.

Losses may arise if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract. The Funds’ maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on OTC derivatives is generally the aggregate unrealized gain netted against any collateral pledged by/posted to the counterparty. For OTC options purchased, the Funds bear the risk of loss in the amount of the premiums paid plus the positive change in market values net of any collateral received on the options should the counterparty fail to perform under the contracts. Options written by the Funds do not give rise to counterparty credit risk, as options written obligate the Funds to perform and not the counterparty. Counterparty risk related to exchange-traded financial futures contracts and options is deemed to be minimal due to the protection against defaults provided by the exchange on which these contracts trade.

The Funds may mitigate counterparty risk by procuring collateral and through netting provisions included within an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. master agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) implemented between a Fund and each of its respective counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement allows each Fund to offset with each separate counterparty certain derivative financial instrument’s payables and/or receivables with collateral held. The amount of collateral moved to/from applicable counterparties is generally based upon minimum transfer amounts of up to $500,000. To the extent amounts due to the Funds from their counterparties are not fully collateralized contractually or otherwise,

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the Funds bear the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance. See Note 1 “Segregation and Collateralization” for information with respect to collateral practices. In addition, the Funds manage counterparty risk by entering into agreements only with counterparties that it believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties.

Certain ISDA Master Agreements allow counterparties to OTC derivatives to terminate derivative contracts prior to maturity in the event the Funds’ net assets decline by a stated percentage or the Funds fails to meet the terms of its ISDA Master Agreements, which would cause the Funds to accelerate payment of any net liability owed to the counterparty.

Financial Futures Contracts: The Funds purchase or sell financial futures contracts and options on financial futures contracts to gain exposure to, or economically hedge against, changes in interest rates (interest rate risk). Financial futures contracts are agreements between the Funds and the counterparty to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying instrument at a specified price and at a specified date. Depending on the terms of the particular contract, futures contracts are settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash settlement amount on the settlement date. Pursuant to the contract, the Funds agree to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in value of the contract. Such receipts or payments are known as margin variation and are recorded by the Funds as unrealized appreciation or depreciation. When the contract is closed, the Funds record a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. The use of financial futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of financial futures contracts, interest rates and the underlying assets.

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts: The Funds enter into foreign currency exchange contracts as an economic hedge against either specific transactions or portfolio instruments or to obtain exposure to foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk). A foreign currency exchange contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a currency at a set exchange rate on a future date. Foreign currency exchange contracts, when used by the Funds, help to manage the overall exposure to the currencies, in which some of the investments held by the Funds are denominated. The contract is marked-to-market daily and the change in market value is recorded by the Funds as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is closed, the Funds record a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. The use of foreign currency exchange contracts involves the risk that the value of a foreign currency exchange contract changes unfavorably due to movements in the value of the referenced foreign currencies and the risk that a counterparty to the contract does not perform its obligations under the agreement.

Options: The Funds purchase and write call and put options to increase or decrease their exposure to underlying instruments (including credit risk, equity risk and/or interest rate risk) and/or, in the case of options written, to generate gains from options premiums. A call option gives the purchaser (holder) of the option the right (but not the obligation) to buy, and obligates the seller (writer) to sell (when the option is exercised), the underlying instrument at the exercise or strike price at any time or at a specified time during the option period. A put option gives the holder the right to sell and obligates the writer to buy the underlying instrument at the exercise or strike price at any time or at a specified time during the option period. When the Funds purchase (writes) an option, an amount equal to the premium paid (received) by the Funds is reflected as an asset (liability). The amount of the asset (liability) is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the option purchased (written). When an instrument is purchased or sold through an exercise of an option, the related premium paid (or received) is added to (or deducted from) the basis of the instrument acquired or deducted from (or added to) the proceeds of the instrument sold. When an option expires (or the Funds enter into a closing transaction), the Funds realize a gain or loss on the option to the extent of the premiums received or paid (or gain or loss to the extent the cost of the closing transaction exceeds the premiums received or paid). When the Funds write a call option, such option is “covered,” meaning that the Funds hold the underlying instrument subject to being called by the option counterparty. When the Funds write a put option, such option is covered by cash in an amount sufficient to cover the obligation.

In purchasing and writing options, the Funds bear the risk of an unfavorable change in the value of the underlying instrument or the risk that the Funds may not be able to enter into a closing transaction due to an illiquid market. Exercise of a written option could result in the Funds purchasing or selling a security at a price different from the current market value.

Swaps: The Funds enter into swap agreements, in which the Funds and a counterparty agree to either make periodic net payments on a specified notional amount or net payment upon termination. These payments received or made by the Funds are recorded in the Statements of Operations as realized gains or losses, respectively. Any upfront fees paid are recorded as assets and any upfront fees received are recorded as liabilities and amortized over the term of the swap. Swaps are marked-to-market daily and changes in value are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation). When the swap is terminated, the Funds will record a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transaction and the Funds’ basis in the contract, if any. Generally, the basis of the contracts is the premium received or paid. Swap transactions involve, to varying degrees, elements of interest rate, credit and market risk in excess of the amounts recognized in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Such risks involve the possibility that there will be no liquid market for these agreements, that the counterparty to the agreements may default on its obligation to perform or disagree as to the meaning of the contractual terms in the agreements, and that there may be unfavorable changes in interest rates and/or market values associated with these transactions.

• Credit default swaps — The Funds enter into credit default swaps to manage their exposure to the market or certain sectors of the market, to reduce its risk exposure to defaults of corporate and/or sovereign issuers or to create exposure to corporate and/or sovereign issuers to which they are not otherwise exposed (credit risk). The Funds enter into credit default swap agreements to provide a measure of protection 
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against the default of an issuer (as buyer of protection) and/or gain credit exposure to an issuer to which it is not otherwise exposed (as seller of protection). The Funds may either buy or sell (write) credit default swaps on single-name issuers (corporate or sovereign), a combination or basket of single-name issuers or traded indexes. Credit default swaps on single-name issuers are agreements in which the buyer pays fixed periodic payments to the seller in consideration for a guarantee from the seller to make a specific payment should a negative credit event take place with respect to the referenced entity (e.g., bankruptcy, failure to pay, obligation accelerators, repudiation, moratorium or restructuring). Credit default swaps on traded indexes are agreements in which the buyer pays fixed periodic payments to the seller in consideration for a guarantee from the seller to make a specific payment should a write-down, principal or interest shortfall or default of all or individual underlying securities included in the index occurs. As a buyer, if an underlying credit event occurs, the Funds will either receive from the seller an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and deliver the referenced security or underlying securities comprising the index or receive a net settlement of cash equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the security or underlying securities comprising the index. As a seller (writer), if an underlying credit event occurs, the Funds will either pay the buyer an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and take delivery of the referenced security or underlying securities comprising the index or pay a net settlement of cash equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the security or underlying securities comprising the index. 

• Interest rate swaps — The Funds enter into interest rate swaps to gain or reduce exposure to interest rates or to manage duration, the yield curve or interest rate risk by economically hedging the value of the fixed rate bonds which may decrease when interest rates rise (interest rate risk). Interest rate swaps are agreements in which one party pays a stream of interest payments, either fixed or floating rate, for another party’s stream of interest payments, either fixed or floating, on the same notional amount for a specified period of time. Interest rate floors, which are a type of interest rate swap, are agreements in which one party agrees to make payments to the other party to the extent that interest rates fall below a specified rate or floor in return for a premium. In more complex swaps, the notional principal amount may decline (or amortize) over time. 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure:

Fair Values of Derivative Financial Instruments as of October 31, 2011
    Asset Derivatives
    PSW PSY BPP BTZ BGT
  Statements of Assets
and Liabilities Location
Value
Foreign currency exchange contracts Unrealized appreciation on                    
  foreign currency contracts         $ 31,161
Interest rate contracts Net unrealized appreciation/                    
  depreciation**; Investments at                    
  value-unaffiliated $ 254,209 $ 1,079,744 $ 507,185 $ 1,665,047  
Credit contracts Unrealized appreciation on swaps;                    
  Investments at value — unaffiliated   18,602   76,586   49,383   109,238  
Total   $ 272,811 $ 1,156,330 $ 556,568 $ 1,774,285 $ 31,161
 
    Liability Derivatives
    PSW PSY BPP BTZ BGT
  Statements of Assets
and Liabilities Location
Value
Foreign currency exchange contracts Unrealized depreciation on                    
  foreign currency contracts $ 2,106 $ 9,016     $ 721,973
Interest rate contracts Net unrealized appreciation/                    
  depreciation*; Unrealized depreciation                    
  on swaps; Options written at value   783,749   3,397,773 $ 2,520,111 $ 8,510,824  
Credit contracts Unrealized depreciation on swaps;                    
  Options written at value   122,614   522,219   251,070   865,805  
Total   $ 908,469 $ 3,929,008 $ 2,771,181 $ 9,376,629 $ 721,973

Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation on financial futures contracts as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only the current day’s margin variation is reported within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.  
** Options purchased are included in the net realized gain (loss) from investments and net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments. 
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The Effect of Derivative Financial Instruments in the Statements of Operations
Year Ended October 31, 2011
  Net Realized Gain (Loss) From
  PSW PSY BPP BTZ BGT
Interest rate contracts:                              
Financial futures contracts $ (3,130,213)   $ (13,357,266 ) $ (3,586,041)   $ (11,928,642 )    
Options*   29,340     125,260     13,467     75,286      
Swaps   (658,879 )   (2,692,039 )   (1,285,792 )   (4,482,282 )    
Foreign currency exchange contracts:                              
Foreign currency exchange contracts   1,118     3,998           $ (4,259,489 )
Credit contracts:                              
Options*   (40,906 )   (172,975 )   (84,150 )   (286,344 )    
Swaps   206,110     875,505     277,052     1,075,651     1,581  
Equity contracts:                              
Options*   147,167     622,653     302,395     1,030,167      
Total $ (3,446,263)   $ (14,594,864 ) $ (4,363,069 ) $ (14,516,164 ) $ (4,257,908 )
 
  Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation on
  PSW PSY BPP BTZ BGT
Interest rate contracts:                              
Financial futures contracts $ 119,767   $ 575,373   $ 109,369   $ (73,057 )    
Options*   (139,502 )   (593,738 )   (557,748 )   (1,960,207 )    
Swaps   (449,649 )   (1,944,096 )   (673,748 )   (2,116,546 )    
Foreign currency exchange contracts:                              
Foreign currency exchange contracts   (2,106 )   (9,016 )         $ 5,237,155  
Credit contracts:                              
Swaps   (104,010 )   (445,635 )   (201,689 )   (756,568 )   (19,172 )
Total $ (575,500 ) $ (2,417,112 ) $ (1,323,816 ) $ (4,906,378 ) $ 5,217,983  

Options purchased are included in the net realized gain (loss) from investments and net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments. 

For the year ended October 31, 2011, the average quarterly balances of outstanding derivative financial instruments were as follows:

  PSW PSY BPP BTZ BGT
Financial futures contracts:                    
Average number of contracts purchased   48   128   84   277  
Average number of contracts sold   230   987   264   886  
Average notional value of contracts purchased $ 10,488,551 $ 27,997,805 $ 17,857,086 $ 59,211,028  
Average notional value of contracts sold $ 29,416,965 $ 126,250,641 $ 33,116,865 $ 111,058,326  
Foreign currency exchange contracts:                    
Average number of contracts — US dollars purchased   1   1       6
Average number of contracts — US dollars sold   1   1       2
Average US dollar amounts purchased $ 128,636 $ 677,250     $ 78,101,399
Average US dollar amounts sold $ 34,856 $ 102,772     $ 724,617
Options:                    
Average number of option contracts purchased   14   59   5,675,029   19,325,098   26
Average number of option contracts written          
Average notional value of option contracts purchased $ 1,750,000 $ 7,375,000 $ 9,300,000 $ 31,575,000 $ 24,514
Average notional value of option contracts written          
Average number of swaption contracts purchased   1   1   1   1  
Average number of swaption contracts written   2   2   1   4  
Average notional value of swaption contracts purchased $ 650,000 $ 2,575,000 $ 925,000 $ 3,150,000  
Average notional value of swaption contracts written $ 20,200,000 $ 85,550,000 $ 49,050,000 $ 167,500,000  
Credit default swaps:                    
Average number of contracts — buy protection   5   5   6   4  
Average number of contracts — sell protection   3   3   3   3  
Average notional value — buy protection $ 2,836,250 $ 12,026,250 $ 7,437,500 $ 18,515,000  
Average notional value — sell protection $ 1,928,547 $ 8,274,333 $ 2,531,250 $ 8,700,000  
Interest rate swaps:                    
Average number of contracts — pays fixed rate   4   4   5   5  
Average number of contracts — received fixed rate   1   1   2   2  
Average notional value — pays fixed rate $ 12,450,000 $ 52,825,000 $ 41,850,000 $ 141,175,000  
Average notional value — received fixed rate $ 3,350,000 $ 14,375,000 $ 18,525,000 $ 65,200,000  

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3. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates:

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”) and Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”) are the largest stockholders of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). Due to the ownership structure, PNC is an affiliate for 1940 Act purposes, but Barclays is not.

Each Fund entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), the Funds’ investment advisor, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide investment advisory and administration services. The Manager is responsible for the management of each Fund’s portfolio and provides the necessary personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services necessary to the operations of each Fund. For such services, each Fund pays the Manager a monthly fee at the following annual rates of each Fund’s average daily (weekly for BPP, BTZ and BGT) net assets (including any assets attributable to borrowings or to the proceeds from the issuance of Preferred Shares) as follows:

PSW 0.60 %
PSY 0.60 %
BPP 0.65 %
BTZ 0.65 %
BGT 0.75 %

The Manager voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of the investment advisory fees or other expenses on BGT as a percentage of its average weekly net assets (including any assets attributable to borrowings or to the proceeds from the issuance of Preferred Shares) minus the sum of liabilities (other than borrowings representing financial leverage) as follows: 0.10% for the period September 1, 2010 to August 31, 2011 and 0.05% for the period September 1, 2011 to August 31, 2012. For the year ended October 31, 2011, the Manager waived $428,722, which is included in fees waived by advisor in the Statements of Operations.

The Manager voluntarily agreed to waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees each Fund pays to the Manager indirectly through its investment in affiliated money market funds, however, the Manager does not waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees paid through each Fund’s investment in other affiliated investment companies, if any. These amounts are included in fees waived by advisor in the Statements of Operations. For the year ended October 31, 2011, the amounts waived were as follows:

PSW $ 896
PSY $ 3,835
BPP $ 3,273
BTZ $ 10,610
BGT $ 2,454

The Manager entered into a sub-advisory agreement with BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. (“BFM”), an affiliate of the Manager. The Manager pays BFM for services it provides, a monthly fee that is a percentage of the investment advisory fees paid by each Fund to the Manager.

For the period November 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010, the Funds reimbursed the Manager for certain accounting services, which are included in accounting services in the Statements of Operations. The reimbursements were as follows:

PSW $ 228
PSY $ 1,017
BPP $ 2,822
BTZ $ 1,330
BGT $ 751

Effective January 1, 2011, the Funds no longer reimburse the Manager for accounting services.

Certain officers and/or Directors of the Funds are officers and/or directors of BlackRock or its affiliates. The Funds reimburse the Manager for compensation paid to the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer.

4. Investments:

Purchases and sales of investments including paydowns and payups, excluding short-term securities and US government securities for the year ended October 31, 2011, were as follows:

  Purchases Sales
PSW $ 80,551,829 $ 53,549,617
PSY $ 325,153,755 $ 205,749,646
BPP $ 173,332,985 $ 105,716,939
BTZ $ 575,172,504 $ 339,856,385
BGT $ 423,513,718 $ 422,533,406

Purchases and sales of US government securities for the year ended October 31, 2011, were as follows:

  Purchases Sales
PSW $ 4,113,707 $ 23,571,576
PSY $ 16,334,169 $ 106,422,862
BPP $ 9,044,689 $ 27,801,765
BTZ $ 38,685,547 $ 167,596,111
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Transactions in options written for the year ended October 31, 2011, were as follows:

  Calls   Puts
  Option
Contracts
Swaptions
Notional
(000)
Premium
Received
  Option
Contracts
Swaptions
Notional
(000)
Premium
Received
PSW                                  
Outstanding options, beginning of year                      
Options written   $ 1,800   $ 64,800       $ 36,800   $ 190,800  
Options expired                      
Options exercised                      
Options closed                 (35,000 )   (126,000 )
Outstanding options, end of year   $ 1,800   $ 64,800       $ 1,800   $ 64,800  
 
PSY                                  
Outstanding options, beginning of year                      
Options written   $ 7,700   $ 277,200       $ 155,700   $ 810,000  
Options expired                      
Options exercised                      
Options closed                 (148,000 )   (532,800 )
Outstanding options, end of year   $ 7,700   $ 277,200       $ 7,700   $ 277,200  
 
BPP                                  
Outstanding options, beginning of year                      
Options written 3   $ 8,700   $ 429,271     3   $ 80,700   $ 711,814  
Options expired                      
Options exercised (3 )       (3,571 )   (3 )       (26,914 )
Options closed                 (72,000 )   (259,200 )
Outstanding options, end of year   $ 8,700   $ 425,700       $ 8,700   $ 425,700  
 
BTZ                                  
Outstanding options, beginning of year                      
Options written 13   $ 30,000   $ 1,477,177     13   $ 275,000   $ 2,460,458  
Options expired                      
Options exercised (13 )       (15,327 )   (13 )       (116,608 )
Options closed                 (245,000 )   (882,000 )
Outstanding options, end of year   $ 30,000   $ 1,461,850       $ 30,000   $ 1,461,850  

5. Income Tax Information:

Reclassifications: US GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share. The following permanent differences as of October 31, 2011 attributable to foreign currency transactions, the accounting for swap agreements, the classification of investments, income recognized from pass-through entities, and the expiration of capital loss carryforwards were reclassified to the following accounts:

      PSW PSY BPP BTZ BGT
Paid-in-capital     $ (1,276,621 )             $ 29,467  
Undistributed net investment income     $ (61,913 ) $ (246,990 ) $ (191,381 ) $ (548,596 ) $ (2,857,802 )
Accumulated net realized loss     $ 1,338,534   $ 246,990   $ 191,381   $ 548,596   $ 2,828,335  

The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal years ended October 31, 2011 and October 31, 2010 was as follows:

 

 

  PSW PSY BPP BTZ BGT
Ordinary income 10/31/2011   $ 6,366,890   $ 27,418,570   $ 12,359,949   $ 44,466,841   $ 25,743,686  
  10/31/2010     6,971,994     31,608,403     14,283,895     45,336,648     20,390,728  
Tax return of capital 10/31/2010     909,831     5,350,650     1,431,653     14,927,112      
Total distributions 10/31/2011   $ 6,366,890   $ 27,418,570   $ 12,359,949   $ 44,466,841   $ 25,743,686  
  10/31/2010   $ 7,881,825   $ 36,959,053   $ 15,715,548   $ 60,263,760   $ 20,390,728  

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As of October 31, 2011, the tax components of accumulated net losses were as follows:

      PSW PSY BPP BTZ BGT
Undistributed ordinary income     $ 674,094   $ 2,062,942   $ 600,196   $ 260,420   $ 5,663,378  
Capital loss carryforwards       (133,183,040 )   (496,772,908 )   (203,308,710 )   (412,613,268 )   (90,203,968 )
Net unrealized gains (losses)*       5,560,423     16,638,416     3,429,010     11,605,960     (14,250,523 )
Total     $ (126,948,523 ) $ (478,071,550 ) $ (199,279,504 ) $ (400,746,888 ) $ (98,791,113 )

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis net unrealized gains (losses) was attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales and straddles, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains/losses on certain futures and foreign currency exchange contracts, the accrual of income on securities in default, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains on investments in passive foreign investment companies, the timing and recognition of partnership income, the accounting for swap agreements, the deferral of compensation to Directors, the classification of investments, and investments in wholly owned subsidiaries. 

As of October 31, 2011, the Funds had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains through the indicated expiration dates as follows:

Expires October 31,     PSW PSY BPP BTZ BGT
2012     $ 10,243,141   $ 62,733,648              
2013       5,058,900     17,911,331              
2014       8,481,628     12,145,117              
2015       6,724,694     19,582,978   $ 18,184,893   $ 49,741,712   $ 3,268,804  
2016       40,232,230     140,413,242     58,197,929     113,355,213     24,616,531  
2017       55,825,534     194,970,854     108,996,120     223,939,227     45,385,443  
2018       4,498,024     37,285,625     15,245,888     15,223,841     16,526,601  
2019       2,118,889     11,730,113     2,683,880     10,353,275     406,589  
Total     $ 133,183,040   $ 496,772,908   $ 203,308,710   $ 412,613,268   $ 90,203,968  

Under the recently enacted Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, capital losses incurred by the Fund after October 31, 2011 will not be subject to expiration. In addition, any such losses must be utilized prior to the losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years.

6. Borrowings:

BGT entered into a senior committed secured, 364-day revolving line of credit and a separate security agreement (the “SSB Agreement”) with State Street Bank and Trust Company (“SSB”). The SSB Agreement provides the Fund with a maximum commitment of $172.2 million. The Fund has granted a security interest in substantially all of its assets to SSB.

Advances are made by SSB to the Fund, at the Fund’s option of (a) the higher of (i) 0.80% above the Fed Funds rate and (ii) 0.80% above the Overnight LIBOR or (b) 0.80% above 7-day, 30-day, 60-day or 90-day LIBOR. In addition, the Fund pays a facility fee and a commitment fee based upon SSB’s total commitment to the Fund. The fees associated with each of the agreements are included in the Statements of Operations as borrowing costs. Advances to the Fund as of October 31, 2011 are shown in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as loan payable. The SSB Agreement was renewed for 364 days under substantially the same terms effective March 3, 2011. The commitment amount was increased from $134 million to $172.2 million. For the year ended October 31, 2011, the daily weighted average interest rate was 1.03%.

BGT may not declare dividends or make other distributions on shares or purchase any such shares if, at the time of the declaration, distribution or purchase, asset coverage with respect to the outstanding short-term borrowings is less than 300%.

For the year ended October 31, 2011, the daily weighted average interest rates for Funds with reverse repurchase agreements were as follows:

PSW 0.37 %
PSY 0.36 %
BPP 0.36 %
BTZ 0.40 %

7. Commitments:

The Funds may invest in floating rate loan interests. In connection with these investments, the Fund may also enter into unfunded floating rate loan interests (“commitments”). In connection with these commitments, the Fund earns a commitment fee, typically set as a percentage of the commitment amount. Such fee income, which is included in interest income in the Statement of Operations, is recognized ratably over the commitment period. Unfunded floating rate loan interests are marked-to-market daily, and any unrealized appreciation or depreciation is included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Statement of Operations. As of October 31, 2011, the Funds had the no unfunded floating rate loan interests.

8. Concentration, Market and Credit Risk:

As of October 31, 2011, PSW, PSY, BPP and BTZ invested a significant portion of their assets in securities in the financials sector whereas BGT invested a significant portion of its assets in the media sector. Changes in economic conditions affecting the financials and media sectors would have a greater impact on the Funds and could affect the value, income and/or liquidity of positions in such securities.

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In the normal course of business, the Funds invest in securities and enter into transactions where risks exist due to fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of the issuer of a security to meet all its obligations (issuer credit risk). The value of securities held by the Funds may decline in response to certain events, including those directly involving the issuers whose securities are owned by the Funds; conditions affecting the general economy; overall market changes; local, regional or global political, social or economic instability; and currency and interest rate and price fluctuations. Similar to issuer credit risk, the Funds may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity with which the Funds have unsettled or open transactions may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments. The Funds manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that they believe have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Funds to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Funds’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is generally approximated by their value recorded in the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Funds.

9. Capital Share Transactions:

PSW and PSY are each authorized to issue 200 million of $0.10 par value shares, all of which were initially classified as Common Shares. Each Board is authorized, however, to reclassify any unissued shares without approval of Common Shareholders. The Boards of PSW and PSY reclassified 5,460 and 22,000 unissued Common Shares as $0.10 par value Preferred Shares, respectively, none of which are outstanding. There are an unlimited number of $0.001 par value shares authorized for BPP, BTZ and BGT, which may be issued as either Common Shares or Preferred Shares.

Common Shares

For the year ended October 31, 2011, shares issued and outstanding increased by the following amounts as a result of dividend reinvestment:

  Year Ended
October 31,
2011
Year Ended
October 31,
2010
BGT 39,329 32,177

Shares issued and outstanding for the years ended October 31, 2011 and October 31, 2010 remained constant for PSW, PSY, BPP and BTZ, respectively.

Preferred Shares

During the year ended October 31, 2011, the Funds announced the following redemptions of Preferred Shares at a price of $25,000 per share plus any accrued and unpaid dividends through the redemption date:

  Series Redemption
Date
Shares
Redeemed
Aggregate
Principal
PSW M7 12/07/10 805 $ 20,125,000
  T7 12/08/10 805 $ 20,125,000
PSY M7 1/04/11 861 $ 21,525,000
  T7 1/05/11 861 $ 21,525,000
  W7 1/06/11 861 $ 21,525,000
  R7 1/07/11 861 $ 21,525,000
  F7 1/10/11 861 $ 21,525,000
  W28 1/13/11 1,228 $ 30,700,000
  R28 1/28/11 1,228 $ 30,700,000
BPP T7 12/08/10 939 $ 23,475,000
  W7 12/09/10 939 $ 23,475,000
  R7 12/10/10 939 $ 23,475,000
BTZ T7 1/05/11 2,310 $ 57,750,000
  W7 1/06/11 2,310 $ 57,750,000
  R7 1/07/11 2,310 $ 57,750,000
  F7 1/10/11 2,310 $ 57,750,000
BGT T7 12/08/10 784 $ 19,600,000
  W7 12/09/10 784 $ 19,600,000
  R7 12/10/10 784 $ 19,600,000

All of the Funds, except BGT, financed the Preferred Share redemptions with cash received from reverse repurchase agreements. BGT financed the Preferred Share redemption with cash received from a line of credit.

The Preferred Shares were redeemable at the option of each Fund, in whole or in part, on any dividend payment date at their liquidation preference per share plus any accumulated and unpaid dividends whether or not declared. The Preferred Shares were also subject to mandatory redemption at their liquidation preference plus any accumulated and unpaid dividends, whether or not declared, if certain requirements relating to the composition of the assets and liabilities of a Fund, as set forth in each Fund’s Articles of Supplementary (the “Governing Instrument”) are not satisfied.

The holders of Preferred Shares had voting rights equal to the holders of Common Shares (one vote per share) and would vote together with holders of Common Shares (one vote per share) as a single class. However, the holders of Preferred Shares, voting as a separate class, were also entitled to elect two Directors for each Fund. In addition, the 1940 Act requires that along with approval by shareholders that might otherwise be required, the approval of the holders of a majority of any outstanding Preferred Shares, voting separately as a class would be required to (a) adopt any plan of reorganization that would adversely affect the Preferred Shares, (b) change a Fund’s sub-classification as a closed-end investment company or change its fundamental investment restrictions or (c) change its business so as to cease to be an investment company.

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Notes to Financial Statements (concluded)

Dividends on seven-day and 28-day Preferred Shares were cumulative at a rate which is reset every seven or 28 days, respectively, based on the results of an auction. If the Preferred Shares failed to clear the auction on an auction date, each Fund was required to pay the maximum applicable rate on the Preferred Shares to holders of such shares for successive dividend periods until such time as the shares were successfully auctioned. The maximum applicable rate on the Preferred Shares at the last auction date was as follows: for PSW, PSY and BGT, the higher of 125% times or 1.25% plus the Telerate/BBA LIBOR rate; for BPP 150% of the interest equivalent of the 30-day commercial paper rate and for BTZ, the higher of 150% times or 1.25% plus the Telerate/BBA LIBOR rate. The low, high and average dividend rates for the year ended October 31, 2011, were as follows:

  Series Low High Average
PSW M7 1.50% 1.50% 1.50%
  T7 1.50% 1.50% 1.50%
PSY M7 1.50% 1.51% 1.50%
  T7 1.50% 1.51% 1.50%
  W7 1.50% 1.51% 1.50%
  TH7 1.50% 1.51% 1.50%
  F7 1.50% 1.51% 1.50%
  W28 1.50% 1.51% 1.51%
  TH28 1.50% 1.52% 1.51%
BPP T7 0.30% 0.32% 0.31%
  W7 0.32% 0.33% 0.32%
  R7 0.30% 0.38% 0.33%
BTZ T7 1.50% 1.51% 1.50%
  W7 1.50% 1.51% 1.50%
  R7 1.50% 1.51% 1.50%
  F7 1.50% 1.51% 1.50%
BGT T7 1.50% 1.50% 1.50%
  W7 1.50% 1.50% 1.50%
  R7 1.50% 1.50% 1.50%

Since February 13, 2008, the Preferred Shares of the Funds failed to clear any of their auctions. As a result, the Preferred Shares dividend rates were reset to the maximum applicable rate, which ranged from 0.35% to 1.94% for the year ended October 31, 2011. A failed auction is not an event of default for the Funds but it has a negative impact on the liquidity of Preferred Shares. A failed auction occurs when there are more sellers of a Fund’s auction rate preferred shares than buyers. A successful auction for the Funds’ Preferred Shares may not occur for some time, if ever, and even if liquidity does resume, holders of Preferred Shares may not have the ability to sell the Preferred Shares at their liquidation preference.

The Funds paid commissions of 0.15% on the aggregate principal amount of all shares that failed to clear their auctions and 0.25% on the aggregate principal amount of all shares that successfully clear their auctions. Certain broker dealers had individually agreed to reduce commissions for failed auctions.

10. Subsequent Events:

Management’s evaluation of the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds’ financial statements was completed through the date the financial statements were issued and the following items were noted:

The Funds paid a net investment income dividend in the following amounts per share on November 30, 2011 to Common Shareholders on record on November 15, 2011:

  Common
Dividend
Per Share
PSW $0.0595
PSY $0.0610
BPP $0.0615
BTZ $0.0765
BGT $0.0775

The Funds paid a net investment income dividend in the following amounts per share on December 19, 2011 to Common Shareholders on record on December 14, 2011:

  Common
Dividend
Per Share
PSW $0.0595
PSY $0.0610
BPP $0.0635
BTZ $0.0785
BGT $0.0775
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc. and BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc. and to the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III, BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV and BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust:

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc., BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc., BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III, BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV and BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust (collectively, the “Funds”), including the schedules of investments, as of October 31, 2011, and the related statements of operations and cash flows for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the periods presented. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Funds are not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of their internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting.

Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2011, by correspondence with the custodians, brokers and agent banks; where replies were not received from brokers or agent banks, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial positions of BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc., BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc., BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III, BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV and BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust as of October 31, 2011, the results of their operations and their cash flows for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the periods presented, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Deloitte & Touche LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
December 23, 2011

Important Tax Information (Unaudited)

The following information is provided with respect to the ordinary income distributions paid by the Funds for the taxable year ended October 31, 2011.

    PSW PSY BPP BTZ BGT
Qualified Dividend Income for Individuals1                    
Months Paid: November 2010 – January 2011 1.90 % 1.28 % 5.67 % 1.12 %  
  February – October 2011 3.41 % 2.22 % 8.59 % 8.74 %  
Interest-Related Dividends and Qualified Short-Term Capital Gains
for Non-US Residents2                    
Months Paid: November 2010 – January 2011 64.61 % 69.06 % 67.41 % 65.27 % 61.97 %
  February – October 2011 94.69 % 97.12 % 94.35 % 92.56 % 62.43 %
Federal Obligation Interest3 0.54 % 1.36 % 0.79 % 1.47 %  

The Funds hereby designate the percentage indicated or the maximum amount allowable by law. 
Represents the portion of the taxable ordinary income dividends eligible for exemption from US withholding tax for nonresident aliens and foreign corporations. 
The law varies in each state as to whether and what percentage of dividend income attributable to federal obligations is exempt from state income tax. We recommend that you consult your tax advisor to determine if any portion of the dividends you received is exempt from state income taxes. 
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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreements and Sub-Advisory Agreements

The Board of Directors and the Board of Trustees, as the case may be (each, a “Board,” collectively, the “Boards,” and the members of which are referred to as “Board Members”) of BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc. (“PSW”), BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc. (“PSY”), BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III (“BPP”), BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV (“BTZ”) and BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust (“BGT,” and together with PSW, PSY, BPP and BTZ, each a “Fund” and, collectively, the “Funds”) met on April 14, 2011 and May 12–13, 2011 to consider the approval of each Fund’s investment advisory agreement (each, an “Advisory Agreement”) with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), each Fund’s investment advisor. The Board of each Fund also considered the approval of the sub-advisory agreement (each, a “Sub-Advisory Agreement”) between the Manager and BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. (the “Sub-Advisor”), with respect to each Fund. The Manager and the Sub-Advisor are referred to herein as “BlackRock.” The Advisory Agreements and the Sub-Advisory Agreements are referred to herein as the “Agreements.”

Activities and Composition of the Board

Each Board consists of eleven individuals, nine of whom are not “interested persons” of such Fund as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) (the “Independent Board Members”). The Board Members are responsible for the oversight of the operations of the Funds and perform the various duties imposed on the directors of investment companies by the 1940 Act. The Independent Board Members have retained independent legal counsel to assist them in connection with their duties. The Chairman of the Board is an Independent Board Member. Each Board has established five standing committees: an Audit Committee, a Governance and Nominating Committee, a Compliance Committee, a Performance Oversight Committee and an Executive Committee, each of which is composed of Independent Board Members (except for the Executive Committee, which also has one interested Board Member) and is chaired by an Independent Board Member. The Board of each Fund had established a Committee on Auction Market Preferred Shares prior to the redemption of all of its respective Fund's outstanding auction market preferred shares. Further, the Boards, together with the Boards of other BlackRock-managed funds, also had established an ad hoc committee, the Joint Product Pricing Committee, which consisted of Independent Board Members and the directors/trustees of the boards of certain other BlackRock-managed funds, who were not "interested persons" of their respective funds.

The Agreements

Pursuant to the 1940 Act, the Boards are required to consider the continuation of the Agreements on an annual basis. In connection with this process, the Boards assessed, among other things, the nature, scope and quality of the services provided to the Funds by BlackRock, its personnel and its affiliates, including investment management, administrative and shareholder services, oversight of fund accounting and custody, marketing services, risk oversight, compliance program and assistance in meeting applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

The Boards, acting directly and through their respective committees, considered at each of their meetings, and from time to time as appropriate, factors that are relevant to their annual consideration of the renewal of the Agreements, including the services and support provided by BlackRock to the Funds and their shareholders. Among the matters the Boards considered were: (a) investment performance for one-, three- and five-year periods, as applicable, against peer funds, and applicable benchmarks, if any, as well as senior management’s and portfolio managers’ analyses of the reasons for any over performance or underperformance against their peers and/or benchmark, as applicable; (b) fees, including advisory and other amounts paid to BlackRock and its affiliates by the Funds for services such as call center and fund accounting; (c) Fund operating expenses and how BlackRock allocates expenses to the Funds; (d) the resources devoted to, risk oversight of, and compliance reports relating to, implementation of the Funds’ investment objectives, policies and restrictions; (e) the Funds’ compliance with their Code of Ethics and other compliance policies and procedures; (f) the nature, cost and character of non-investment management services provided by BlackRock and its affiliates; (g) BlackRock’s and other service providers’ internal controls and risk and compliance oversight mechanisms; (h) BlackRock’s implementation of the proxy voting policies approved by the Boards; (i) execution quality of portfolio transactions; (j) BlackRock’s implementation of the Funds’ valuation and liquidity procedures; (k) analyses of contractual and actual management fee ratios for products with similar investment objectives across the open-end fund, closed-end fund and institutional account product channels, as applicable; (l) BlackRock’s compensation methodology for its investment professionals and the incentives it creates; and (m) periodic updates on BlackRock’s business.

Board Considerations in Approving the Agreements

The Approval Process: Prior to the April 14, 2011 meeting, the Boards requested and received materials specifically relating to the Agreements. The Boards are engaged in a process with BlackRock to review periodically the nature and scope of the information provided to better assist their deliberations. The materials provided in connection with the April meeting included (a) information independently compiled and prepared by Lipper, Inc. (“Lipper”) on Fund fees and expenses and the investment performance of the Funds as compared with a peer group of funds as determined by Lipper and a customized peer group selected by BlackRock (collectively, “Peers”); (b) information on the profitability of the Agreements to BlackRock and a discussion of fall-out benefits to BlackRock and its affiliates and significant shareholders; (c) general analyses provided by BlackRock concerning investment management fees (a combination of the advisory fee and the administration fee, if any) charged to other clients, such as institutional clients and open-end funds, under similar investment mandates, as applicable; (d) the impact of economies of scale; (e) a summary of aggregate amounts paid by each Fund to BlackRock and (f) if applicable, a comparison of management fees to similar BlackRock closed-end funds, as classified by Lipper.

At an in-person meeting held on April 14, 2011, the Boards reviewed materials relating to their consideration of the Agreements. As a result of the discussions that occurred during the April 14, 2011 meeting, and as a culmination of the Boards’ year-long deliberative process, the Boards presented BlackRock with questions and requests for additional information. BlackRock responded to these requests with additional written information in advance of the May 12–13, 2011 Board meeting.

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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreements and Sub-Advisory Agreements (continued)

At an in-person meeting held on May 12–13, 2011, each Board, including the Independent Board Members, unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreement between the Manager and its Fund and the Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Sub-Advisor with respect to its Fund, each for a one-year term ending June 30, 2012. In approving the continuation of the Agreements, the Boards considered: (a) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BlackRock; (b) the investment performance of the Funds and BlackRock; (c) the advisory fee and the cost of the services and profits to be realized by BlackRock and its affiliates from their relationship with the Funds; (d) economies of scale; (e) fall-out benefits to BlackRock as a result of its relationship with the Funds; and (f) other factors deemed relevant by the Board Members.

The Boards also considered other matters they deemed important to the approval process, such as services related to the valuation and pricing of Fund portfolio holdings, direct and indirect benefits to BlackRock and its affiliates and significant shareholders from their relationship with Funds and advice from independent legal counsel with respect to the review process and materials submitted for the Boards’ review. The Boards noted the willingness of BlackRock personnel to engage in open, candid discussions with the Boards. The Boards did not identify any particular information as controlling, and each Board Member may have attributed different weights to the various items considered.

A. Nature, Extent and Quality of the Services Provided by BlackRock: The Boards, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the nature, extent and quality of services provided by BlackRock, including the investment advisory services and the resulting performance of the Funds. Throughout the year, the Boards compared Fund performance to the performance of a comparable group of closed-end funds and/or the performance of a relevant benchmark, if any. The Boards met with BlackRock’s senior management personnel responsible for investment operations, including the senior investment officers. Each Board also reviewed the materials provided by its Fund’s portfolio management team discussing Fund performance and the Fund’s investment objective, strategies and outlook.

The Boards considered, among other factors, the number, education and experience of BlackRock’s investment personnel generally and their Funds’ portfolio management teams, investments by portfolio managers in the funds they manage, BlackRock’s portfolio trading capabilities, BlackRock’s use of technology, BlackRock’s commitment to compliance, BlackRock’s credit analysis capabilities, BlackRock’s risk analysis capabilities and BlackRock’s approach to training and retaining portfolio managers and other research, advisory and management personnel. The Boards engaged in a review of BlackRock’s compensation structure with respect to their Funds’ portfolio management teams and BlackRock’s ability to attract and retain high-quality talent and create performance incentives.

In addition to advisory services, the Boards considered the quality of the administrative and non-investment advisory services provided to the Funds. BlackRock and its affiliates provide the Funds with certain services (in addition to any such services provided to the Funds by third parties) and officers and other personnel as are necessary for the operations of the Funds. In addition to investment advisory services, BlackRock and its affiliates provide the Funds with other services, including (i) preparing disclosure documents, such as the prospectus and the statement of additional information in connection with the initial public offering and periodic shareholder reports; (ii) preparing communications with analysts to support secondary market trading of the Funds; (iii) assisting with daily accounting and pricing; (iv) preparing periodic filings with regulators and stock exchanges; (v) overseeing and coordinating the activities of other service providers; (vi) organizing Board meetings and preparing the materials for such Board meetings; (vii) providing legal and compliance support; and (viii) performing other administrative functions necessary for the operation of the Funds, such as tax reporting, fulfilling regulatory filing requirements and call center services. The Boards reviewed the structure and duties of BlackRock’s fund administration, accounting, legal and compliance departments and considered BlackRock’s policies and procedures for assuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

B. The Investment Performance of the Funds and BlackRock: The Boards, including the Independent Board Members, also reviewed and considered the performance history of their Funds. In preparation for the April 14, 2011 meeting, the Boards worked with BlackRock and Lipper to develop a template for, and was provided with reports independently prepared by Lipper, which included a comprehensive analysis of each Fund’s performance. The Boards also reviewed a narrative and statistical analysis of the Lipper data that was prepared by BlackRock, which analyzed various factors that affect Lipper’s rankings. In connection with its review, each Board received and reviewed information regarding the investment performance, based on net asset value (NAV), of its Fund as compared to funds in that Fund’s applicable Lipper category and a customized peer group selected by BlackRock. The Boards were provided with a description of the methodology used by Lipper to select peer funds. The Boards and each Board’s Performance Oversight Committee regularly review, and meet with Fund management to discuss, the performance of the Funds throughout the year.

The Board of each of PSW, PSY and BPP noted that its respective Fund performed below the median of its Customized Lipper Peer Group in the three- and five-year periods reported, but that the Fund performed at or above the median of its Customized Lipper Peer Group in the one-year period reported. The Board of each of PSW, PSY and BPP and BlackRock reviewed and discussed the reasons for its respective Fund’s underperformance during the three- and five-year periods compared with its Peers. The Board was informed that, among other things, weak 2008 performance continues to weigh on the three- and five-year periods.

The Board of BTZ noted that BTZ performed below the median of its Customized Lipper Peer Group in the three-year and since-inception periods reported, but that BTZ performed at or above the median of its Customized Lipper Peer Group in the one-year period reported. The Board of BTZ and BlackRock reviewed and discussed the reasons for BTZ’s underperformance during the three-year and since-inception periods compared with its Peers. The Board was informed that, among other things, weak 2008 performance continues to weigh on the three-year and since-inception periods.

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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreements and Sub-Advisory Agreements (continued)

The Board of each of PSW, PSY, BPP and BTZ and BlackRock discussed BlackRock’s strategy for improving its respective Fund’s performance and BlackRock’s commitment to providing the resources necessary to assist the Fund’s portfolio managers and to improve the Fund’s performance.

The Board of BGT noted that, in general, BGT performed better than its Peers in that BGT’s performance was at or above the median of its Customized Lipper Peer Group in two of the one-, three- and five-year periods reported.

The Boards noted that BlackRock has made changes to the organization of the overall fixed income group management structure designed to result in a strengthened leadership team.

C. Consideration of the Advisory/Management Fees and the Cost of the Services and Profits to be Realized by BlackRock and its Affiliates from their Relationship with the Funds: Each Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed its Fund’s contractual management fee ratio compared with the other funds in its Lipper category. It also compared the Fund’s total expense ratio, as well as actual management fee ratio, to those of other funds in its Lipper category. Each Board considered the services provided and the fees charged by BlackRock to other types of clients with similar investment mandates, including separately managed institutional accounts.

The Boards received and reviewed statements relating to BlackRock’s financial condition and profitability with respect to the services it provided the Funds. The Boards were also provided with a profitability analysis that detailed the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by BlackRock for services provided to the Funds. The Boards reviewed BlackRock’s profitability with respect to the Funds and other funds the Boards currently oversee for the year ended December 31, 2010 compared to available aggregate profitability data provided for the years ended December 31, 2009, and December 31, 2008. The Boards reviewed BlackRock’s profitability with respect to other fund complexes managed by the Manager and/or its affiliates. The Boards reviewed BlackRock’s assumptions and methodology of allocating expenses in the profitability analysis, noting the inherent limitations in allocating costs among various advisory products. The Boards recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors including, among other things, fee waivers and expense reimbursements by the Manager, the types of funds managed, expense allocations and business mix, and the difficulty of comparing profitability as a result of those factors.

The Boards noted that, in general, individual fund or product line profitability of other advisors is not publicly available. The Boards considered BlackRock’s overall operating margin, in general, compared to the operating margin for leading investment management firms whose operations include advising closed-end funds, among other product types. That data indicates that operating margins for BlackRock, in general and with respect to its registered funds, are generally consistent with margins earned by similarly situated publicly traded competitors. In addition, the Boards considered, among other things, certain third party data comparing BlackRock’s operating margin with that of other publicly-traded asset management firms. That third party data indicates that larger asset bases do not, in themselves, translate to higher profit margins.

In addition, the Boards considered the cost of the services provided to the Funds by BlackRock, and BlackRock’s and its affiliates’ profits relating to the management of the Funds and the other funds advised by BlackRock and its affiliates. As part of its analysis, the Boards reviewed BlackRock’s methodology in allocating its costs to the management of the Funds. The Boards also considered whether BlackRock has the financial resources necessary to attract and retain high quality investment management personnel to perform its obligations under the Agreements and to continue to provide the high quality of services that is expected by the Boards.

The Board of each Fund noted that its respective Fund’s contractual management fee ratio (a combination of the advisory fee and the administration fee, if any) was lower than or equal to the median contractual management fee ratio paid by the Fund’s Peers, in each case before taking into account any expense reimbursements or fee waivers.

D. Economies of Scale: Each Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of its Fund increase. Each Board also considered the extent to which its Fund benefits from such economies and whether there should be changes in the advisory fee rate or structure in order to enable the Fund to participate in these economies of scale, for example through the use of breakpoints in the advisory fee based upon the asset level of the Fund. Based on the ad hoc Joint Product Pricing Committee’s and each Board’s review and consideration of this issue, each Board concluded that closed-end funds are typically priced at scale at a fund’s inception; therefore, the implementation of breakpoints was not necessary.

The Boards noted that most closed-end funds do not have fund level breakpoints because closed-end funds generally do not experience substantial growth after the initial public offering. The Boards noted that only one closed-end fund in the Fund Complex has breakpoints in its advisory fee structure.

E. Other Factors Deemed Relevant by the Board Members: The Boards, including the Independent Board Members, also took into account other ancillary or “fall-out” benefits that BlackRock or its affiliates and significant shareholders may derive from their respective relationships with the Funds, both tangible and intangible, such as BlackRock’s ability to leverage its investment professionals who manage other portfolios and risk management personnel, an increase in BlackRock’s profile in the investment advisory community, and the engagement of BlackRock’s affiliates as service providers to the Funds, including securities lending services. The Boards also considered BlackRock’s overall operations and its efforts to expand the scale of, and improve the quality of, its operations. The Boards also noted that BlackRock may use and benefit from third party research obtained by soft dollars generated by certain registered fund transactions to assist in managing all or a number of its other client accounts. The Boards further noted that BlackRock’s funds may invest in affiliated ETFs without any offset against the management fees payable by the funds to BlackRock.

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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreements and Sub-Advisory Agreements (concluded)

In connection with its consideration of the Agreements, the Boards also received information regarding BlackRock’s brokerage and soft dollar practices. The Boards received reports from BlackRock which included information on brokerage commissions and trade execution practices throughout the year.

The Boards noted the competitive nature of the closed-end fund marketplace and that shareholders are able to sell their Fund shares in the secondary market if they believe that the Fund’s fees and expenses are too high or if they are dissatisfied with the performance of the Fund.

Conclusion

Each Board, including the Independent Board Members, unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreement between the Manager and its Fund for a one-year term ending June 30, 2012 and the Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Sub-Advisor, with respect to its Fund, for a one-year term ending June 30, 2012. As part of its approval, each Board considered the detailed review of BlackRock’s fee structure, as it applies to its Fund, conducted by the ad hoc Joint Product Pricing Committee. Based upon its evaluation of all of the aforementioned factors in their totality, each Board, including the Independent Board Members, was satisfied that the terms of the Agreements were fair and reasonable and in the best interest of its Fund and its shareholders. In arriving at its decision to approve the Agreements, no Board identified any single factor or group of factors as all-important or controlling, but considered all factors together, and different Board Members may have attributed different weights to the various factors considered. The Independent Board Members were also assisted by the advice of independent legal counsel in making these determinations. The contractual fee arrangements for the Funds reflect the results of several years of review by the Board Members and predecessor Board Members, and discussions between such Board Members (and predecessor Board Members) and BlackRock. As a result, the Board Members’ conclusions may be based in part on their consideration of these arrangements in prior years.

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Automatic Dividend Reinvestment Plans

Pursuant to each Fund’s Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the “Reinvestment Plan”), Common Shareholders are automatically enrolled to have all distributions of dividends and capital gains reinvested by Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (the “Reinvestment Plan Agent”) in the respective Fund’s shares pursuant to the Reinvestment Plan. Shareholders who do not participate in the Reinvestment Plan will receive all distributions in cash paid by check and mailed directly to the shareholders of record (or if the shares are held in street or other nominee name, then to the nominee) by the Reinvestment Plan Agent, which serves as agent for the shareholders in administering the Reinvestment Plan.

After the Funds declare a dividend or determine to make a capital gain distribution, the Reinvestment Plan Agent will acquire shares for the participants’ accounts, depending upon the following circumstances, either (i) through receipt of unissued but authorized shares from the Fund (“newly issued shares”) or (ii) by purchase of outstanding shares on the open market or on the Fund’s primary exchange (“open-market purchases”). If, on the dividend payment date, the net asset value per share (“NAV”) is equal to or less than the market price per share plus estimated brokerage commissions (such condition often referred to as a “market premium”), the Reinvestment Plan Agent will invest the dividend amount in newly issued shares on behalf of the participants. The number of newly issued shares to be credited to each participant’s account will be determined by dividing the dollar amount of the dividend by the NAV on the date the shares are issued. However, if the NAV is less than 95% of the market price on the dividend payment date, the dollar amount of the dividend will be divided by 95% of the market price on the dividend payment date. If, on the dividend payment date, the NAV is greater than the market price per share plus estimated brokerage commissions (such condition often referred to as a “market discount”), the Reinvestment Plan Agent will invest the dividend amount in shares acquired on behalf of the participants in open-market purchases. If the Reinvestment Plan Agent is unable to invest the full dividend amount in open-market purchases, or if the market discount shifts to a market premium during the purchase period, the Reinvestment Plan Agent will invest any un-invested portion in newly issued shares. Investments in newly issued shares made in this manner would be made pursuant to the same process described above and the date of issue for such newly issued shares will substitute for the dividend payment date.

Participation in the Reinvestment Plan is completely voluntary and may be terminated or resumed at any time without penalty by notice if received and processed by the Reinvestment Plan Agent prior to the dividend record date. Additionally, the Reinvestment Plan Agent seeks to process notices received after the record date but prior to the payable date and such notices often will become effective by the payable date. Where late notices are not processed by the applicable payable date, such termination or resumption will be effective with respect to any subsequently declared dividend or other distribution.

The Reinvestment Plan Agent’s fees for the handling of the reinvestment of dividends and distributions will be paid by each Fund. However, each participant will pay a pro rata share of brokerage commissions incurred with respect to the Reinvestment Plan Agent’s open-market purchases in connection with the reinvestment of dividends and distributions. The automatic reinvestment of dividends and distributions will not relieve participants of any federal income tax that may be payable on such dividends or distributions.

Each Fund reserves the right to amend or terminate the Reinvestment Plan. There is no direct service charge to participants in the Reinvestment Plan; however, each Fund reserves the right to amend the Reinvestment Plan to include a service charge payable by the participants. Participants that request a sale of shares through Computershare Trust Company, N.A. are subject to a $2.50 sales fee and a $0.15 per share sold brokerage commission. All correspondence concerning the Reinvestment Plan should be directed to the Reinvestment Plan Agent: Computershare Trust Company, N.A., P.O. Box 43078, Providence, RI 02940-3078, Telephone: (800) 699-1BFM or overnight correspondence should be directed to the Reinvestment Plan Agent at 250 Royall Street, Canton, MA 02021.

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Officers and Directors

Name, Address
and Year of Birth
  Position(s)
Held with
Funds
  Length
of Time
Served as
a Director2
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years   Number of BlackRock-
Advised Registered
Investment Companies
(“RICs”) Consisting of
Investment Portfolios
(“Portfolios”) Overseen
  Public
Directorships
Independent Directors1
Richard E. Cavanagh
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1946
  Chairman
of the Board
and Director
  Since
2007
  Trustee, Aircraft Finance Trust from 1999 to 2009; Director, The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America since 1998; Trustee, Educational Testing Service from 1997 to 2009 and Chairman thereof from 2005 to 2009; Senior Advisor, The Fremont Group since 2008 and Director thereof since 1996; Adjunct Lecturer, Harvard University since 2007; President and Chief Executive Officer, The Conference Board, Inc. (global business research organization) from 1995 to 2007.   97 RICS consisting of
97 Portfolios
  Arch Chemical
(chemical and allied
products)
Karen P. Robards
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1950
  Vice Chairperson
of the Board,
Chairperson
of the Audit
Committee
and Director
  Since
2007
  Partner of Robards & Company, LLC (financial advisory firm) since 1987; Co-founder and Director of the Cooke Center for Learning and Development (a not-for-profit organization) since 1987; Director of Care Investment Trust, Inc. (health care real estate investment trust) from 2007 to 2010; Director of Enable Medical Corp. from 1996 to 2005; Investment Banker at Morgan Stanley from 1976 to 1987.   97 RICs consisting of
97 Portfolios
  AtriCure, Inc.
(medical devices)
Michael J. Castellano
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1946
  Director
and Member
of the Audit
Committee
  Since
2011
  Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of Lazard Group LLC from 2001 to 2011; Chief Financial Officer of Lazard Ltd from 2004 to 2011; Director, Support Our Aging Religions (non-profit) since 2009; Director, National Advisory Board of Church Management at Villanova University since 2010.   97 RICs consisting of
97 Portfolios
  None
Frank J. Fabozzi
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1948
  Director
and Member
of the Audit
Committee
  Since
2007
  Editor of and Consultant for The Journal of Portfolio Management since 1986; Professor of Finance, EDHEC Business School since 2011; Professor in the Practice of Finance and Becton Fellow, Yale University School of Management from 2006 to 2011; Adjunct Professor of Finance and Becton Fellow, Yale University from 1994 to 2006.   97 RICs consisting of
97 Portfolios
  None
Kathleen F. Feldstein
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1941
  Director   Since
2007
  President of Economics Studies, Inc. (private economic consulting firm) since 1987; Chair, Board of Trustees, McLean Hospital from 2000 to 2008 and Trustee Emeritus thereof since 2008; Member of the Board of Partners Community Healthcare, Inc. from 2005 to 2009; Member of the Corporation of Partners HealthCare since 1995; Trustee, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston since 1992; Member of the Visiting Committee to the Harvard University Art Museum since 2003; Director, Catholic Charities of Boston since 2009.   97 RICs consisting of
97 Portfolios
  The McClatchy
Company (publishing)
Bellsouth
(telecommunications)
Knight Ridder
(publishing)
James T. Flynn
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1939
  Director
and Member
of the Audit
Committee
  Since
2007
  Chief Financial Officer of JP Morgan & Co., Inc. from 1990 to 1995.   97 RICs consisting of
97 Portfolios
  None
Jerrold B. Harris
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1942
  Director   Since
2007
  Trustee, Ursinus College since 2000; Director, Troemner LLC (scientific equipment) since 2000; Director of Delta Waterfowl Foundation since 2001; President and Chief Executive Officer, VWR Scientific Products Corporation from 1990 to 1999.   97 RICs consisting of
97 Portfolios
  BlackRock Kelso
Capital Corp. (business
development company)

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Officers and Directors (continued)

Name, Address
and Year of Birth
  Position(s)
Held with
Funds
  Length
of Time
Served as
a Director2
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years   Number of BlackRock-
Advised Registered
Investment Companies
(“RICs”) Consisting of
Investment Portfolios
(“Portfolios”) Overseen
  Public
Directorships
Independent Directors1 (concluded)
R. Glenn Hubbard
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1958
  Director   Since
2007
  Dean, Columbia Business School since 2004; Columbia faculty member since 1988; Co-Director, Columbia Business School’s Entrepreneurship Program from 1997 to 2004; Chairman, U.S. Council of Economic Advisers under the President of the United States from 2001 to 2003; Chairman, Economic Policy Committee of the OECD from 2001 to 2003.   97 RICs consisting of
97 Portfolios
  ADP (data and
information services)
KKR Financial
Corporation (finance)
Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company
(insurance)
W. Carl Kester
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1951
  Director
and Member
of the Audit
Committee
  Since
2007
  George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs from 2006 to 2010; Chairman of the Finance Department, Harvard Business School, from 2005 to 2006; Senior Associate Dean and Chairman of the MBA Program of Harvard Business School from 1999 to 2005; Member of the faculty of Harvard Business School since 1981.   97 RICs consisting of
97 Portfolios
  None

   Directors serve until their resignation, removal or death, or until December 31 of the year in which they turn 72. In 2011, the Board of Directors unanimously approved extending the mandatory retirement age for James T. Flynn by one additional year, which the Board believes would be in the best interest of shareholders. 
   Date shown is the earliest date a person has served for the Funds covered by this annual report. Following the combination of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. (“MLIM”) and BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”) in September 2006, the various legacy MLIM and legacy BlackRock Fund boards were realigned and consolidated into three new Fund boards in 2007. As a result, although the chart shows Directors as joining the Funds’ board in 2007, each Director first became a member of the board of other legacy MLIM or legacy BlackRock Funds as follows: Richard E. Cavanagh, 1994; Frank J. Fabozzi, 1988; Kathleen F. Feldstein, 2005; James T. Flynn, 1996; Jerrold B. Harris, 1999; R. Glenn Hubbard, 2004; W. Carl Kester, 1995 and Karen P. Robards, 1998. 
Interested Directors3
Paul L. Audet
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1953
  Director   Since
2011
  Senior Managing Director, BlackRock and Head of BlackRock’s Real Estate business from 2008 to 2011; Member of BlackRock’s Global Operating and Corporate Risk Management Committees and the BlackRock Alternative Investors Executive Committee and Investment Committee for the Private Equity Fund of Funds business since 2008; Head of BlackRock’s Global Cash Management business from 2005 to 2010; Acting Chief Financial Officer of BlackRock from 2007 to 2008; Chief Financial Officer of BlackRock from 1998 to 2005.   159 RICs
consisting of
286 Portfolios
  None
Henry Gabbay
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1947
  Director   Since
2007
  Consultant, BlackRock, from 2007 to 2008; Managing Director, BlackRock, from 1989 to 2007; Chief Administrative Officer, BlackRock Advisors, LLC from 1998 to 2007; President of BlackRock Funds and BlackRock Bond Allocation Target Shares from 2005 to 2007; Treasurer of certain closed-end funds in the BlackRock fund complex from 1989 to 2006.   159 RICs
consisting of
286 Portfolios
  None

   Mr. Audet is an “interested person,” as defined in the 1940 Act, of the Funds based on his position with BlackRock and its affiliates. Mr. Gabbay is an “interested person” of the Funds based on his former positions with BlackRock and its affiliates as well as his ownership of BlackRock and The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. securities. Mr. Audet and Mr. Gabbay are also Directors of the BlackRock registered open-end funds. Directors serve until their resignation, removal or death, or until December 31 of the year in which they turn 72. 
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Officers and Directors (concluded)

Name, Address
and Year of Birth
  Position(s)
Held with
Funds
  Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years
Officers1
John M. Perlowski
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1964
  President
and Chief
Executive
Officer
  Since
2011
  Managing Director of BlackRock since 2009; Global Head of BlackRock Fund Administration since 2009; Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Global Product Group at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. from 2003 to 2009; Treasurer of Goldman Sachs Mutual Funds from 2003 to 2009 and Senior Vice President thereof from 2007 to 2009; Director of Goldman Sachs Offshore Funds from 2002 to 2009; Director of Family Resource Network (charitable foundation) since 2009.
Anne Ackerley
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1962
  Vice
President
  Since
20072
  Managing Director of BlackRock since 2000; President and Chief Executive Officer of the BlackRock-advised funds from 2009 to 2011; Vice President of the BlackRock-advised funds from 2007 to 2009; Chief Operating Officer of BlackRock’s Global Client Group since 2009; Chief Operating Officer of BlackRock’s US Retail Group from 2006 to 2009; Head of BlackRock’s Mutual Fund Group from 2000 to 2006.
Brendan Kyne
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1977
  Vice
President
  Since
2009
  Managing Director of BlackRock since 2010; Director of BlackRock from 2008 to 2009; Head of Product Development and Management for BlackRock’s US Retail Group since 2009 and Co-head thereof from 2007 to 2009; Vice President of BlackRock from 2005 to 2008.
Neal Andrews
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1966
  Chief
Financial
Officer
  Since
2007
  Managing Director of BlackRock since 2006; Senior Vice President and Line of Business Head of Fund Accounting and Administration at PNC Global Investment Servicing (US) Inc. from 1992 to 2006.
Jay Fife
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1970
  Treasurer   Since
2007
  Managing Director of BlackRock since 2007; Director of BlackRock in 2006; Assistant Treasurer of the MLIM and Fund Asset Management, L.P. advised funds from 2005 to 2006; Director of MLIM Fund Services Group from 2001 to 2006.
Brian Kindelan
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1959
  Chief
Compliance
Officer and
Anti-Money
Laundering Officer
  Since
2007
  Chief Compliance Officer of the BlackRock-advised funds since 2007; Managing Director and Senior Counsel of BlackRock since 2005.
Ira P. Shapiro
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1963
  Secretary   Since
2010
  Managing Director of BlackRock since 2009; Managing Director and Associate General Counsel of Barclays Global Investors from 2008 to 2009 and Principal thereof from 2004 to 2008.

   Officers of the Funds serve at the pleasure of the Board. 
   Ms. Ackerley was President and Chief Executive Officer from 2009 to 2011. 
Investment Advisor Custodian Transfer Agent Independent Legal Counsel Address of the Funds
BlackRock Advisors, LLC State Street Bank and Common Shares Registered Public Skadden, Arps, Slate, 100 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809 Trust Company Computershare Trust Accounting Firm Meagher & Flom LLP Wilmington, DE 19809
  Boston, MA 02110 Company, N.A. Deloitte & Touche LLP New York, NY 10036  
Sub-Advisor   Canton, MA 02021 Boston, MA 02116    
BlackRock Financial          
Management, Inc.   Accounting Agent      
New York, NY 10022   State Street Bank      
    and Trust Company      
    Boston, MA 02110      

Effective July 28, 2011, Richard S. Davis resigned as Director of the Funds,
and Paul L. Audet became Director of the Funds

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Additional Information

Proxy Results

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on July 28, 2011, for shareholders of record on May 31, 2011, to elect director nominees for each Fund. There were no broker non-votes with regard to any of the Funds.

Approved the Class I Directors as follows:

  Paul L. Audet   Michael J. Castellano   R. Glenn Hubbard   W. Carl Kester
  Votes For Votes
Withheld
Abstain   Votes For Votes
Withheld
Abstain   Votes For Votes
Withheld
Abstain   Votes For Votes
Withheld
Abstain
BPP 16,723,353 306,694 0 16,725,948 304,099 0 16,720,667 309,380 0 16,720,314 309,733 0
BTZ 42,910,998 4,210,384 0 42,906,687 4,214,695 0 42,806,687 4,314,695 0 42,818,399 4,302,983 0
BGT 16,765,207 455,090 0   16,818,574 401,723 0   16,805,500 414,797 0   16,829,537 390,760 0

For the Funds listed above, Directors whose term of office continued after the Annual Meeting of Shareholders because they were not up for election are Richard E. Cavanagh, Frank J. Fabozzi, Kathleen F. Feldstein, James T. Flynn, Henry Gabbay, Jerrold B. Harris and Karen P. Robards.

Approved the Directors as follows:

  Paul L. Audet   Michael J. Castellano   Richard E. Cavanagh   Frank J. Fabozzi
  Votes For Votes
Withheld
Abstain   Votes For Votes
Withheld
Abstain   Votes For Votes
Withheld
Abstain   Votes For Votes
Withheld
Abstain
PSW 9,378,699 258,572 0 9,374,605 262,666 0 9,351,219 286,052 0 9,378,699 258,572 0
PSY 34,877,224 2,617,537 0   34,851,957 2,642,804 0   34,828,847 2,665,914 0   34,877,660 2,617,101 0
 
  Kathleen F. Feldstein   James T. Flynn   Henry Gabbay   Jerrold B. Harris
  Votes For Votes
Withheld
Abstain   Votes For Votes
Withheld
Abstain   Votes For Votes
Withheld
Abstain   Votes For Votes
Withheld
Abstain
PSW 9,335,536 301,735 0 9,375,616 261,655 0 9,376,010 261,261 0 9,372,345 264,926 0
PSY 34,790,278 2,704,483 0   34,855,086 2,639,675 0   34,865,317 2,629,444 0   34,856,209 2,638,552 0
 
  R. Glenn Hubbard   W. Carl Kester   Karen P. Robards        
  Votes For Votes
Withheld
Abstain   Votes For Votes
Withheld
Abstain   Votes For Votes
Withheld
Abstain      
PSW 9,350,644 286,627 0 9,376,435 260,836 0 9,336,390 300,881 0      
PSY 34,823,847 2,670,914  0   34,858,068 2,636,693 0   34,841,143 2,653,618 0        
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Fund Certification

Each Fund is listed for trading on the NYSE and has filed with the NYSE their annual chief executive officer certification regarding compliance with the NYSE’s listing standards. The Funds file with the SEC the certification of its chief executive officer and chief financial officer required by section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

Dividend Policy

The Funds’ dividend policy is to distribute all or a portion of their net investment income to their shareholders on a monthly basis. In order to provide shareholders with a more stable level of dividend distributions, the Funds may at times pay out less than the entire amount of net investment income earned in any particular month and may at times in any particular month pay out such accumulated but undistributed income in addition to net investment income earned in that month. As a result, the dividends paid by the Funds for any particular month may be more or less than the amount of net investment income earned by the Funds during such month. The Funds’ current accumulated but undistributed net investment income, if any, is disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, which comprises part of the financial information included in this report.

General Information

On July 29, 2010, the Manager announced that a derivative complaint had been filed by Roy Curbow and other plaintiffs, including shareholders of PSY and BTZ on July 27, 2010 in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County. The complaint names the Manager, BlackRock, Inc. and certain of the directors, officers and portfolio managers of PSY and BTZ as defendants. The complaint alleges, among other things, that the parties named in the complaint breached fiduciary duties owed to PSY and BTZ and their Common Shareholders by redeeming auction-market preferred shares, auction rate preferred securities, auction preferred shares and auction rate securities (collectively, “AMPS”) at their liquidation preference. The complaint seeks unspecified damages for losses purportedly suffered by PSY and BTZ as a result of the prior redemptions and injunctive relief preventing PSY and BTZ from redeeming AMPS at their liquidation preference in the future. The Manager, BlackRock, Inc. and the other defendants named in the complaint believe that the claims asserted in the complaint are without merit and intend to vigorously defend themselves in the litigation.

On November 15, 2010, the Manager announced the intention to redeem all of the outstanding AMPS issued by five of its taxable closed-end funds: PSW, PSY, BPP, BTZ, and BGT. All such outstanding AMPS were subsequently redeemed. The redemptions encompass all remaining taxable AMPS issued by BlackRock closed-end funds and total approximately $569 million. The AMPS were redeemed with available cash or proceeds from reverse repurchase agreement financing or a credit facility on a fund-by-fund basis and, in each case, the refinancing resulted in a lower cost of financing for each fund under then-existing market conditions.

In exchange for the shareholder plaintiff's agreement to withdraw a previously filed motion for preliminary injunction enjoining any further redemptions of AMPS, each of these funds agreed to provide the plaintiffs in those actions with 30 days prior notice of any additional redemptions. On November 24, 2010, the Manager announced that counsel for the plaintiffs filed a motion for a preliminary injunction enjoining PSY and BTZ from redeeming outstanding AMPS pending final resolution of the underlying shareholder derivative suit. On December 23, 2010, the court denied plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction.

On June 3, 2011, a putative class action lawsuit was brought by Hinda Wachtel against PSY, certain former and current Directors of PSY, BlackRock, Inc., and certain other financial institutions in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. The complaint alleges that the redemptions at par of certain AMPS issued by PSY constituted a breach of the fiduciary duties purportedly owed to the common shareholders of PSY; that PSY allegedly aided and abetted breaches of fiduciary duties by the Directors; and that PSY, BlackRock, Inc., and others were unjustly enriched. The Complaint requests a declaratory judgment that PSY aided and abetted breaches of fiduciary duties by the Directors and that PSY, BlackRock, Inc. and certain other financial institutions were unjustly enriched; seeks to enjoin BlackRock, Inc. from serving as investment adviser to PSY or otherwise earning fees for services rendered to PSY; and claims unquantified damages, attorneys' fees, interest and punitive damages. PSY, the Directors and BlackRock, Inc. believe that the claims asserted in the complaint are without merit and intend to defend themselves vigorously in the litigation.

On June 9, 2011, a putative class action lawsuit was brought by Sydell Protas against BTZ, certain former and current Directors of BTZ, BlackRock, Inc., and certain other financial institutions, in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware. On August 31, 2011, Plaintiff filed an "Amended Verified Derivative and Class Action Complaint" (the "Amended Complaint"), which purports to assert certain of the claims derivatively on behalf of BTZ and certain of the claims directly as class claims. The Amended Complaint alleges that the redemptions at par of certain AMPS issued by BTZ constituted a breach of the fiduciary duties purportedly owed to the common shareholders of BTZ; that BTZ allegedly aided and abetted breaches of fiduciary duties by the Directors; and that BTZ, BlackRock, Inc., and others were unjustly enriched. The Amended Complaint requests a declaratory judgment that BTZ aided and abetted breaches of fiduciary duties by the Directors and that BTZ, BlackRock, Inc. and certain other financial institutions were unjustly enriched; seeks to enjoin BlackRock, Inc. from serving

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Additional Information (continued)

General Information (concluded)

as investment adviser to BTZ or otherwise earning fees for services rendered to BTZ; and claims unquantified damages, attorneys' fees, interest and punitive damages. On October 14, 2011, all of the defendants moved to dismiss the Amended Complaint or to stay the action. BTZ, the Directors and BlackRock, Inc. believe that the claims asserted in the Amended Complaint are without merit and intend to defend themselves vigorously in the litigation.

The Funds do not make available copies of their Statements of Additional Information because the Funds’ shares are not continuously offered, which means that the Statement of Additional Information of each Fund has not been updated after completion of the respective Fund’s offerings and the information contained in each Fund’s Statement of Additional Information may have become outdated.

During the period, there were no material changes in the Funds’ investment objectives or policies or to the Funds’ charter or by-laws that would delay or prevent a change of control of the Funds that were not approved by the shareholders or in the principal risk factors associated with investment in the Funds. There have been no changes in the persons who are primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds’ portfolios.

Quarterly performance, semi-annual and annual reports and other information regarding the Funds may be found on BlackRock’s website, which can be accessed at http://www.blackrock.com. 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 report.

Electronic Delivery

Electronic copies of most financial reports are available on the Funds’ websites or shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications of quarterly statements, annual and semi-annual reports by enrolling in the Funds’ electronic delivery program.

To enroll:

Shareholders Who Hold Accounts with Investment Advisors, Banks or Brokerages:

Please contact your financial advisor. Please note that not all investment advisors, banks or brokerages may offer this service.

Householding

The Funds will mail only one copy of shareholder documents, including annual and semi-annual reports and proxy statements, to shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address. This practice is commonly called “householding” and is intended to reduce expenses and eliminate duplicate mailings of shareholder documents. Mailings of your shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please call the Funds at (800) 441-7762.

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on how to access documents on the SEC’s website without charge may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330. The Funds’ Forms N-Q may also be obtained upon request and without charge by calling (800) 441-7762.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling (800) 441-7762; (2) at http://www.blackrock.com; and (3) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

Availability of Proxy Voting Record

Information about how the Funds voted proxies relating to securities held in the Funds’ portfolios during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available upon request and without charge (1) at http://www.blackrock.com or by calling (800) 441-7762 and (2) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

Availability of Fund Updates

BlackRock will update performance and certain other data for the Funds on a monthly basis on its website in the “Closed-end Funds” section of http://www.blackrock.com. Investors and others are advised to periodically check the website for updated performance information and the release of other material information about the Funds.

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Section 19(a) Notices

These reported amounts and sources of distributions are estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources for tax reporting purposes will depend upon each Fund’s investment experience during the year and may be subject to changes based on the tax regulations. Each Fund will provide a Form 1099-DIV each calendar year that will explain the character of these dividends and distributions for federal income tax purposes.

October 31, 2011

  Total Cumulative Distributions
for the Fiscal Year-to-Date
  % Breakdown of the Total Cumulative
Distributions for the Fiscal Year-to-Date
  Net
Investment
Income
Net Realized
Capital
Gains
Short Term
Return of
Capital
Total Per
Common
Share
  Net
Investment
Income
Net Realized
Capital
Gains
Return of
Capital
Total Per
Common
Share
PSW $0.611500 $0.611500 100% 100%
PSY $0.659500 $0.659500 100% 100%
BPP $0.668000 $0.668000 100% 100%
BTZ $0.845500 $0.845500   100% 100%

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Additional Information (concluded)

BlackRock Privacy Principles

BlackRock is committed to maintaining the privacy of its current and former fund investors and individual clients (collectively, “Clients”) and to safeguarding their non-public personal information. The following information is provided to help you understand what personal information BlackRock collects, how we protect that information and why in certain cases we share such information with select parties.

If you are located in a jurisdiction where specific laws, rules or regulations require BlackRock to provide you with additional or different privacy-related rights beyond what is set forth below, then BlackRock will comply with those specific laws, rules or regulations.

BlackRock obtains or verifies personal non-public information from and about you from different sources, including the following: (i) information we receive from you or, if applicable, your financial intermediary, on applications, forms or other documents; (ii) information about your transactions with us, our affiliates, or others; (iii) information we receive from a consumer reporting agency; and (iv) from visits to our websites.

BlackRock does not sell or disclose to non-affiliated third parties any non-public personal information about its Clients, except as permitted by law or as is necessary to respond to regulatory requests or to service Client accounts. These non-affiliated third parties are required to protect the confidentiality and security of this information and to use it only for its intended purpose.

We may share information with our affiliates to service your account or to provide you with information about other BlackRock products or services that may be of interest to you. In addition, BlackRock restricts access to non-public personal information about its Clients to those BlackRock employees with a legitimate business need for the information. BlackRock maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that are designed to protect the non-public personal information of its Clients, including procedures relating to the proper storage and disposal of such information.

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This report is transmitted to shareholders only. It is not a prospectus. Past performance results shown in this report should not be considered a representation of future performance. The Funds leverage their Common Shares, which creates risk for Common Shareholders, including the likelihood of greater volatility of net asset value and market price of Common Shares, and the risk that fluctuations in short-term interest rates may reduce the Common Shares’ yield. Statements and other information herein are as dated and are subject to change.

 

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Item 2 –  Code of Ethics – The registrant (or the “Fund”) has adopted a code of ethics, as of the end of the period covered by this report, applicable to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. During the period covered by this report, there have been no amendments to or waivers granted under the code of ethics. A copy of the code of ethics is available without charge at www.blackrock.com.

Item 3 –  Audit Committee Financial Expert – The registrant’s board of directors (the “board of directors”), has determined that (i) the registrant has the following audit committee financial experts serving on its audit committee and (ii) each audit committee financial expert is independent:

Frank J. Fabozzi
James T. Flynn
W. Carl Kester
Karen P. Robards

 

The registrant’s board of directors has determined that W. Carl Kester and Karen P. Robards qualify as financial experts pursuant to Item 3(c)(4) of Form N-CSR.

 

Prof. Kester has a thorough understanding of generally accepted accounting principles, financial statements and internal control over financial reporting as well as audit committee functions. Prof. Kester has been involved in providing valuation and other financial consulting services to corporate clients since 1978. Prof. Kester’s financial consulting services present a breadth and level of complexity of accounting issues that are generally comparable to the breadth and complexity of issues that can reasonably be expected to be raised by the registrant’s financial statements.

Ms. Robards has a thorough understanding of generally accepted accounting principles, financial statements and internal control over financial reporting as well as audit committee functions. Ms. Robards has been President of Robards & Company, a financial advisory firm, since 1987. Ms. Robards was formerly an investment banker for more than 10 years where she was responsible for evaluating and assessing the performance of companies based on their financial results. Ms. Robards has over 30 years of experience analyzing financial statements. She also is a member of the audit committee of one publicly held company and a non-profit organization.

Under applicable securities laws, a person determined to be an audit committee financial expert will not be deemed an “expert” for any purpose, including without limitation for the purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as a result of being designated or identified as an audit committee financial expert. The designation or identification as an audit committee financial expert does not impose on such person any duties, obligations, or liabilities greater than the duties, obligations, and liabilities imposed on such person as a member of the audit committee and board of directors in the absence of such designation or identification. The designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert does not affect the duties, obligations, or liability of any other member of the audit committee or board of directors.

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Item 4 – Principal Accountant Fees and Services

The following table presents fees billed by Deloitte & Touche LLP (“D&T”) in each of the last two fiscal years for the services rendered to the Fund:

  (a) Audit Fees (b) Audit-Related Fees1 (c) Tax Fees2 (d) All Other Fees3
Entity Name Current Fiscal Year End Previous Fiscal Year End Current Fiscal Year End Previous Fiscal Year End Current Fiscal Year End Previous Fiscal Year End Current Fiscal Year End Previous Fiscal Year End
BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV $35,100 $34,000 $0 $3,500 $21,100 $6,100 $0 $0

 

The following table presents fees billed by D&T that were required to be approved by the registrant’s audit committee (the “Committee”) for services that relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the Fund and that are rendered on behalf of BlackRock Advisors, LLC (“Investment Adviser” or “BlackRock”) and entities controlling, controlled by, or under common control with BlackRock (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser) that provide ongoing services to the Fund (“Fund Service Providers”):

 

  Current Fiscal Year End Previous Fiscal Year End
(b) Audit-Related Fees1 $0 $0
(c) Tax Fees2 $0 $0
(d) All Other Fees3 $3,030,000 $2,950,000

1 The nature of the services includes assurance and related services reasonably related to the performance of the audit of financial statements not included in Audit Fees.

2 The nature of the services includes tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.

3 Aggregate fees borne by BlackRock in connection with the review of compliance procedures and attestation thereto performed by D&T with respect to all of the registered closed-end funds and some of the registered open-end funds advised by BlackRock.

(e)(1) Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures:

The Committee has adopted policies and procedures with regard to the pre-approval of services. Audit, audit-related and tax compliance services provided to the registrant on an annual basis require specific pre-approval by the Committee. The Committee also must approve other non-audit services provided to the registrant and those non-audit services provided to the Investment Adviser and Fund Service Providers that relate directly to the operations and the financial reporting of the registrant. Certain of these non-audit services that the Committee believes are a) consistent with the SEC’s auditor independence rules and b) routine and recurring services that will not impair the independence of the independent accountants may be approved by the Committee without consideration on a specific case-by-case basis (“general pre-approval”). The term of any general pre-approval is 12 months from the date of the pre-approval, unless the Committee provides for a different period. Tax or other non-audit services provided to the registrant which have a direct impact on the operations or financial reporting of the registrant will only be deemed pre-approved provided that any individual project does not exceed $10,000 attributable to the registrant or $50,000 per project. For this purpose, multiple projects will be aggregated to determine if they exceed the previously mentioned cost levels.

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Any proposed services exceeding the pre-approved cost levels will require specific pre-approval by the Committee, as will any other services not subject to general pre-approval (e.g., unanticipated but permissible services). The Committee is informed of each service approved subject to general pre-approval at the next regularly scheduled in-person board meeting. At this meeting, an analysis of such services is presented to the Committee for ratification. The Committee may delegate to the Committee Chairman the authority to approve the provision of and fees for any specific engagement of permitted non-audit services, including services exceeding pre-approved cost levels.

(e)(2) None of the services described in each of Items 4(b) through (d) were approved by the Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception in paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(f) Not Applicable

(g) The aggregate non-audit fees paid to the accountant for services rendered by the accountant to the registrant, the Investment Adviser and the Fund Service Providers were:

Entity Name Current Fiscal Year End Previous Fiscal Year End
BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV $21,100 $20,377

 

Additionally, SAS No. 70 fees for the current and previous fiscal years of $3,030,000 and $2,950,000, respectively, were billed by D&T to the Investment Adviser.

(h) The Committee has considered and determined that the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the Investment Adviser, and the Fund Service Providers that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

 

Item 5 – Audit Committee of Listed Registrants

(a)    The following individuals are members of the registrant’s separately-designated standing audit committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(58)(A)):

Michael Castellano

Frank J. Fabozzi
James T. Flynn
W. Carl Kester
Karen P. Robards

 

(b)    Not Applicable

Item 6 – Investments
(a) The registrant’s Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Report to Stockholders filed under Item 1 of this form.
(b) Not Applicable due to no such divestments during the semi-annual period covered since the previous Form N-CSR filing.

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Item 7 – Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies – The board of directors has delegated the voting of proxies for the Fund’s portfolio securities to the Investment Adviser pursuant to the Investment Adviser’s proxy voting guidelines. Under these guidelines, the Investment Adviser will vote proxies related to Fund securities in the best interests of the Fund and its stockholders. From time to time, a vote may present a conflict between the interests of the Fund’s stockholders, on the one hand, and those of the Investment Adviser, or any affiliated person of the Fund or the Investment Adviser, on the other. In such event, provided that the Investment Adviser’s Equity Investment Policy Oversight Committee, or a sub-committee thereof (the “Oversight Committee”) is aware of the real or potential conflict or material non-routine matter and if the Oversight Committee does not reasonably believe it is able to follow its general voting guidelines (or if the particular proxy matter is not addressed in the guidelines) and vote impartially, the Oversight Committee may retain an independent fiduciary to advise the Oversight Committee on how to vote or to cast votes on behalf of the Investment Adviser’s clients. If the Investment Adviser determines not to retain an independent fiduciary, or does not desire to follow the advice of such independent fiduciary, the Oversight Committee shall determine how to vote the proxy after consulting with the Investment Adviser’s Portfolio Management Group and/or the Investment Adviser’s Legal and Compliance Department and concluding that the vote cast is in its client’s best interest notwithstanding the conflict. A copy of the Fund’s Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures are attached as Exhibit 99.PROXYPOL. Information on how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge, (i) at www.blackrock.com and (ii) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

Item 8 – Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies – as of October 31, 2011.

(a)(1) The Fund is managed by a team of investment professionals comprised of Jeff Cucunato, Managing Director at BlackRock, Mitchell S. Garfin, Managing Director at BlackRock and Stephan Bassas, Director at BlackRock. Each is jointly responsible for the day-to-day management of the registrant’s portfolio, which includes setting the registrant’s overall investment strategy, overseeing the management of the registrant and/or selection of its investments. Messrs. Cucunato, Bassas and Garfin have been members of the registrant’s portfolio management team since 2011.

Portfolio Manager Biography
Jeffrey Cucunato Managing Director of BlackRock since 2005.
Stephan Bassas Director of BlackRock since 2006.
Mitchell S. Garfin Managing Director of BlackRock since 2009; Director of BlackRock from 2005 to 2008.

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(a)(2) As of October 31, 2011:

 

(ii) Number of Other Accounts Managed

and Assets by Account Type

(iii) Number of Other Accounts and

Assets for Which Advisory Fee is

Performance-Based

(i) Name of

Portfolio Manager

Other

Registered

Investment

Companies

Other Pooled

Investment

Vehicles

Other

Accounts

Other

Registered

Investment

Companies

Other Pooled

Investment

Vehicles

Other

Accounts

Jeffrey Cucunato 6 20 77 0 0 2
  $1.522 Billion $141 Billion $36.52 Billion $0 $0 $855.4 Million
Stephan Bassas 3 9 72 0 0 0
  $790.8 Million $11.62 Billion $35.25 Billion $0 $0 $0
Mitchell Garfin 13 7 25 0 3 4
  $9.06 Billion $3.91 Billion $6.17 Billion $0 $204.5 Million $570.3 Million

(iv) Potential Material Conflicts of Interest

BlackRock has built a professional working environment, firm-wide compliance culture and compliance procedures and systems designed to protect against potential incentives that may favor one account over another. BlackRock has adopted policies and procedures that address the allocation of investment opportunities, execution of portfolio transactions, personal trading by employees and other potential conflicts of interest that are designed to ensure that all client accounts are treated equitably over time. Nevertheless, BlackRock furnishes investment management and advisory services to numerous clients in addition to the Fund, and BlackRock may, consistent with applicable law, make investment recommendations to other clients or accounts (including accounts which are hedge funds or have performance or higher fees paid to BlackRock, or in which portfolio managers have a personal interest in the receipt of such fees), which may be the same as or different from those made to the Fund.  In addition, BlackRock, Inc., its affiliates and significant shareholders and any officer, director, shareholder or employee may or may not have an interest in the securities whose purchase and sale BlackRock recommends to the Fund.  BlackRock, Inc., or any of its affiliates or significant shareholders, or any officer, director, shareholder, employee or any member of their families may take different actions than those recommended to the Fund by BlackRock with respect to the same securities.  Moreover, BlackRock may refrain from rendering any advice or services concerning securities of companies of which any of BlackRock, Inc.’s (or its affiliates’ or significant shareholders’) officers, directors or employees are directors or officers, or companies as to which BlackRock, Inc. or any of its affiliates or significant shareholders or the officers, directors and employees of any of them has any substantial economic interest or possesses material non-public information.  Certain portfolio managers also may manage accounts whose investment strategies may at times be opposed to the strategy utilized for a fund.  It should also be noted that Messrs. Bassas and Cucunato may be managing certain hedge fund and/or long only accounts, or may be part of a team managing certain hedge fund and/or long only accounts, subject to incentive fees. Messrs. Bassas and Cucunato may therefore be entitled to receive a portion of any incentive fees earned on such accounts.

 

As a fiduciary, BlackRock owes a duty of loyalty to its clients and must treat each client fairly.  When BlackRock purchases or sells securities for more than one account, the trades must be allocated in a manner consistent with its fiduciary duties.  BlackRock attempts to allocate investments in a fair and equitable manner among client accounts, with no account receiving preferential treatment.  To this end, BlackRock, Inc. has adopted policies that are intended to ensure reasonable efficiency in client transactions and provide BlackRock with sufficient flexibility to allocate investments in a manner that is consistent with the particular investment discipline and client base, as appropriate.

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(a)(3) As of October 31, 2011:

Portfolio Manager Compensation Overview

BlackRock’s financial arrangements with its portfolio managers, its competitive compensation and its career path emphasis at all levels reflect the value senior management places on key resources. Compensation may include a variety of components and may vary from year to year based on a number of factors. The principal components of compensation include a base salary, a performance-based discretionary bonus, participation in various benefits programs and one or more of the incentive compensation programs established by BlackRock.

 

Base compensation. Generally, portfolio managers receive base compensation based on their position with the firm.

 

Discretionary Incentive Compensation. Discretionary incentive compensation is a function of several components: the performance of BlackRock, Inc., the performance of the portfolio manager’s group within BlackRock, the investment performance, including risk-adjusted returns, of the firm’s assets under management or supervision by that portfolio manager relative to predetermined benchmarks, and the individual’s performance and contribution to the overall performance of these portfolios and BlackRock.  In most cases, these benchmarks are the same as the benchmark or benchmarks against which the performance of the funds or other accounts managed by the portfolio managers are measured.  Among other things, BlackRock’s Chief Investment Officers make a subjective determination with respect to each portfolio manager’s compensation based on the performance of the funds and other accounts managed by each portfolio manager relative to the various benchmarks.  Performance of fixed income and multi-asset class funds is measured on a pre-tax and/or after-tax basis over various time periods including 1-, 3- and 5- year periods, as applicable.  Performance of index funds is based on the performance of such funds relative to pre-determined tolerance bands around a benchmark, as applicable. With respect to these portfolio managers, such benchmarks for the Fund and other accounts include the following:

 

Portfolio Manager Applicable Benchmarks

Jeffrey Cucunato

Stephan Bassas

3-Month Sterling LIBID

50% BARGOVCORP / 50% GOVCRPLONG I

50% GOV_10P / 50% LCORPLNG INDEX

50% LCREDLONG / 25% GOV_10P / 25%

50% LCREDLONG / 30% LSTR20PN / 20%

50% LEHSTR20P / 50% LCREDLONG INDE

55% LCREDLONG / 45% CGSTRIP15P IND

60% LEH_CREDIT / 40% LCREDLONG IND

69% LEH_CREDIT / 41% LHY2ICAP / 27

70% ML_CORPHQ / 30% ML6MOUSTBL IND

75% Barclays Long Credit / 23% BAR

75% LCREDLONG / 25% GOV_10P INDEX

75% MLCRPLXFIN / 25% MLCRPLFIN IND

78% LCRPLONGHQ / 22% BCORPINTHQ IN

90% LCRDLONGHQ / 10% GOV_10P INDEX

90% Barclays Long Corporate/10% Barclays Long Government

92.5% LCRDLONGHQ / 7.5% BSTRPR2036

Barclays Capital 63.75% LCREDLONG

Barclays Capital Corporate 3+ YR I

Barclays Capital Corporate Index

Barclays Capital Credit Index

Barclays Capital Global Aggregate

Barclays Capital Global Aggregate-US 300

Barclays Capital Intermediate Credit

Barclays Capital Long Corporate/Credit High

Barclays Capital Long Corporate/Credit Index

Barclays Capital Long Government/Credit

Barclays Capital Treasury 10+ Year I

Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate BAA

Barclays Capital U.S. Dollar Capital Securities

Barclays Long Corporate EX Tier 1

BBA JPY LIBOR 1-Month Index

Bank of America ML Treasury 5-Year Index

Citigroup Customized Credit, ABS A

Citigroup Large Pension Fund Index

PERF HOL FROM 09/27/11

Mitchell Garfin Barclays Capital High Yield 2% Iss

 

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Distribution of Discretionary Incentive Compensation

 

Discretionary incentive compensation is distributed to portfolio managers in a combination of cash and BlackRock, Inc. restricted stock units which vest ratably over a number of years. For some portfolio managers, discretionary incentive compensation is also distributed in deferred cash awards that notionally track the returns of select BlackRock investment products they manage and that vest ratably over a number of years. The BlackRock, Inc. restricted stock units, upon vesting, will be settled in BlackRock, Inc. common stock. Typically, the cash bonus, when combined with base salary, represents more than 60% of total compensation for the portfolio managers. Paying a portion of annual bonuses in stock puts compensation earned by a portfolio manager for a given year “at risk” based on BlackRock’s ability to sustain and improve its performance over future periods. Providing a portion of annual bonuses in deferred cash awards that notionally track the BlackRock investment products they manage provides direct alignment with investment product results.

 

Long-Term Incentive Plan Awards — From time to time long-term incentive equity awards are granted to certain key employees to aid in retention, align their interests with long-term shareholder interests and motivate performance.  Equity awards are generally granted in the form of BlackRock, Inc. restricted stock units that, once vested, settle in BlackRock, Inc. common stock. Messrs. Cucunato and Garfin have each received long-term incentive awards.

 

Deferred Compensation Program — A portion of the compensation paid to eligible BlackRock employees may be voluntarily deferred into an account that tracks the performance of certain of the firm’s investment products. Each participant in the deferred compensation program is permitted to allocate his deferred amounts among various BlackRock investment options. Messrs. Bassas, Cucunato and Garfin have each participated in the deferred compensation program.

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Other compensation benefits. In addition to base compensation and discretionary incentive compensation, portfolio managers may be eligible to receive or participate in one or more of the following incentive savings plans. BlackRock, Inc. has created a variety of incentive savings plans in which BlackRock, Inc. employees are eligible to participate, including a 401(k) plan, the BlackRock Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), and the BlackRock Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). The employer contribution components of the RSP include a company match equal to 50% of the first 8% of eligible pay contributed to the plan capped at $5,000 per year, and a company retirement contribution equal to 3-5% of eligible compensation.  The RSP offers a range of investment options, including registered investment companies and collective investment funds managed by the firm. BlackRock contributions follow the investment direction set by participants for their own contributions or, absent participant investment direction, are invested into an index target date fund that corresponds to, or is closest to, the year in which the participant attains age 65.  The ESPP allows for investment in BlackRock, Inc. common stock at a 5% discount on the fair market value of the stock on the purchase date.  Annual participation in the ESPP is limited to the purchase of 1,000 shares or a dollar value of $25,000.  Each portfolio manager is eligible to participate in these plans.

 

(a)(4) Beneficial Ownership of Securities – As of October 31, 2011.

Portfolio Manager Dollar Range of Equity Securities
of the Fund Beneficially Owned
Jeffrey Cucunato None
Stephan Bassas None
Mitchell Garfin None

 

(b) Not Applicable

Item 9 –   Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers – Not Applicable due to no such purchases during the period covered by this report.

Item 10 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders – There have been no material changes to these procedures.

Item 11 – Controls and Procedures

(a) – The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(b) – There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12 – Exhibits attached hereto

(a)(1) –   Code of Ethics – See Item 2

(a)(2) –   Certifications – Attached hereto

(a)(3) – Not Applicable

(b) – Certifications – Attached hereto

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV

 

By:     /s/ John M. Perlowski

John M. Perlowski

Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV

 

Date: January 3, 2012

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:     /s/ John M. Perlowski

John M. Perlowski

Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV

 

Date: January 3, 2012

 

By:     /s/ Neal J. Andrews

Neal J. Andrews

Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV

 

Date: January 3, 2012

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