BLACKROCK DEBT STRATEGIES FUND, INC.
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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 811-08603

Name of Fund: BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

Fund Address: 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

Name and address of agent for service: John M. Perlowski, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Debt

Strategies Fund, Inc., 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: 02/28/2013

Date of reporting period: 02/28/2013


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FEBRUARY 28, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

ANNUAL REPORT

 

    LOGO

 

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (COY)

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. (CYE)

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

 

Not FDIC Insured • May Lose Value • No Bank Guarantee


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     Page  

Dear Shareholder

    3   

Annual Report:

 

Fund Summaries

    4   

The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging

    12   

Derivative Financial Instruments

    12   
Financial Statements:  

Consolidated Schedules of Investments

    13   

Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities

    70   

Consolidated Statements of Operations

    71   

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    72   

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

    73   

Financial Highlights

    74   

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

    78   

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

    89   

Important Tax Information

    89   

Automatic Dividend Reinvestment Plan

    90   

Officers and Directors

    91   

Additional Information

    94   

 

                
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Dear Shareholder

 

Despite a number of headwinds, risk assets generated strong returns during the 6- and 12-month periods as investors sought meaningful yields in the ongoing low-interest-rate environment. About this time one year ago, the European debt crisis returned to the headlines as unresolved policy decisions left it unclear as to how troubled peripheral countries would finance their sovereign debt, causing yields to soar. In the second quarter of 2012, political instability in Greece and severe deficit and liquidity problems in Spain raised the specter of a full-blown euro collapse. Alongside the drama in Europe, investors were discouraged by gloomy economic reports from various parts of the world. A slowdown in China, a key powerhouse for global growth, emerged as a particular concern. As the outlook for the global economy worsened, however, investors grew increasingly optimistic that the world’s largest central banks would soon intervene to stimulate growth. This theme, along with the announcement of the European Central Bank’s (“ECB’s”) firm commitment to preserve the euro currency bloc, drove most asset classes higher through the summer. Policy relief came in early September, when the ECB announced its decision to support the eurozone’s debt-laden countries with unlimited purchases of short term sovereign debt. Days later, the US Federal Reserve announced its own much-anticipated stimulus package.

Although financial markets world-wide were buoyed by accommodative monetary policies, risk assets weakened in the fall. Global trade began to slow as many European countries fell into recession and growth continued to decelerate in China, where a once-a-decade leadership change compounded uncertainty. In the United States, stocks slid on lackluster corporate earnings reports and market volatility rose in advance of the US Presidential election. In the post-election environment, investors grew increasingly concerned over the “fiscal cliff,” the automatic tax increases and spending cuts that had been scheduled to take effect at the beginning of 2013. There was widespread fear that the fiscal cliff would push the United States into recession unless politicians could agree upon alternate measures to reduce the deficit before the end of 2012. Worries that bipartisan gridlock would preclude a timely budget deal triggered higher levels of volatility in financial markets around the world in the months leading up to the last day of the year. Ultimately, the worst of the fiscal cliff was averted with a last-minute tax deal; however, decisions relating to spending cuts and the debt ceiling continued to weigh on investors’ minds.

Investors shook off the nerve-wracking finale to 2012 and began the New Year with a powerful equity rally. Money that had been pulled to the sidelines amid year-end tax-rate uncertainty poured back into the markets in January. Key indicators signaled modest but broad-based improvements in the world’s major economies, particularly in China. Global equities soared through January while rising US Treasury yields pressured high-quality fixed income assets. However, bond markets strengthened in February when economic momentum slowed and investors toned down their risk appetite. US stocks continued to rise, but at a more moderate pace. Uncertainty about how long the Federal Reserve would maintain its easing bias drove high levels of volatility later in the month, but these fears abated as the budget sequester (automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect March 1) began to appear imminent and was deemed likely to deter any near-term curtailment of monetary easing policies. Outside the United States, equities largely declined as political uncertainty escalated after the Italian presidential election ended in a stalemate.

On the whole, riskier asset classes outperformed lower-risk investments for the 6- and 12-month periods ended February 28, 2013. International, US small cap and emerging market equities were the leading asset classes for the 6-month period, while US stocks and high yield bonds generated the strongest returns for the 12-month period. US Treasury yields remained relatively low overall, but have inched higher in recent months, pressuring Treasuries and investment-grade bonds. Tax-exempt municipal bonds, however, continued to benefit from favorable supply-and-demand dynamics. Near-zero short term interest rates continued to keep yields on money market securities near their all-time lows.

Investors continue to face many of the same risks as in years past. But we see a world of possibilities. BlackRock was built to provide the global market insight, breadth of capabilities, unbiased investment advice and deep risk management expertise these times require. Investors everywhere are asking, “So what do I do with my money?” Visit www.blackrock.com for answers.

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC

 

LOGO

“Despite a number of headwinds, risk assets generated strong returns during the 6- and 12-month periods as investors sought meaningful yields in the ongoing low-interest-rate environment.”

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC

 

Total Returns as of February 28, 2013  
    6-month     12-month  

US large cap equities
(S&P 500® Index)

    8.95     13.46

US small cap equities
(Russell 2000® Index)

    13.02        14.02   

International equities
(MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index)

    14.41        9.84   

Emerging market equities
(MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

    12.06        0.28   

3-month Treasury bill
(BofA Merrill Lynch
3-Month US Treasury
Bill Index)

    0.05        0.11   

US Treasury securities
(BofA Merrill Lynch 10-Year US Treasury Index)

    (1.51     3.66   

US investment grade
bonds (Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index)

    0.15        3.12   

Tax-exempt municipal
bonds (S&P Municipal Bond Index)

    2.40        5.71   

US high yield bonds

(Barclays US Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index)

    6.67        11.79   
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 February 28, 2013    BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc.

 

Fund Overview

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc.’s (COY) (the “Fund”) investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities, which are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services (BB or lower by Standard & Poor’s Corporation (“S&P’s”) or Ba or lower by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”)) or are unrated securities considered by BlackRock to be of comparable quality. As a secondary objective, the Fund also seeks to provide shareholders with capital appreciation. The Fund invests, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in high yield debt instruments, including high yield bonds (commonly referred to as “junk” bonds) and corporate loans, which are below investment grade quality. 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?

 

Ÿ  

For the 12-month period ended February 28, 2013, the Fund returned 12.44% based on market price and 15.53% based on net asset value (“NAV”). For the same period, the closed-end Lipper High Yield Funds (Leveraged) category posted an average return of 12.75% based on market price and 15.06% based on NAV. All returns reflect reinvestment of dividends. The Fund’s premium to NAV, which narrowed 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?

 

Ÿ  

Security selection among the lower quality tiers of high yield credit had a positive impact on performance. From an industry perspective, holdings within non-captive diversified (finance companies), media cable and building materials boosted returns. The Fund’s exposure to select common stocks and preferred securities also enhanced results.

 

Ÿ  

Detracting from performance was security selection within middle quality tier credits, where the Fund held its quality bias. On an industry basis, selection in metals, paper and independent energy impaired results. The Fund’s tactical allocation to floating rate loan interests (bank loans) hindered relative performance as the asset class underperformed high yield bonds during the period.

Describe recent portfolio activity.

 

Ÿ  

As risk markets and high yield bond prices continued to surge over the period, the Fund moderated its risk positioning. The Fund maintained its focus on higher-quality income-oriented credit names with stable fundamentals, good earnings/revenue visibility and an attractive coupon rate. The Fund remained generally cautious of cyclical credits that tend to be more vulnerable to slower economic growth and bouts of weakness, but allowed some risk in companies with positive growth catalysts or idiosyncratic characteristics. Also during the period, the Fund increased exposure to floating rate loan interests as valuations appeared increasingly attractive relative to certain segments of the high yield universe such as higher-quality short-dated paper.

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

 

Ÿ  

At period end, the Fund held 75% of its total portfolio in corporate bonds and 17% in floating rate loan interests, with the remainder in common stocks, preferred securities and other interests. The Fund held its largest industry exposures in healthcare, wirelines and gaming, while reflecting less emphasis on the riskier, more volatile segments of the market such as the banking sector and supermarkets and restaurant industries.

 

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 Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc.

 

 

Fund Information

Symbol on New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”)

   COY

Initial Offering Date

   June 25, 1993

Yield on Closing Market Price as of February 28, 2013 ($8.04)1

   7.61%

Current Monthly Distribution per Common Share2

   $0.051

Current Annualized Distribution per Common Share2

   $0.612

Economic Leverage as of February 28, 20133

   27%

 

  1   

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.

 

  2   

The distribution rate is not constant and is subject to change.

 

  3   

Represents loan outstanding as a percentage of total managed assets, which is the total assets of the Fund (including any assets attributable to 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 12.

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

 

        2/28/13        2/29/12        Change      High        Low  

Market Price

     $ 8.04         $ 7.76           3.61    $ 8.29         $ 6.63   

Net Asset Value

     $ 7.76         $ 7.29           6.45    $ 7.81         $ 7.00   

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

 

 

Portfolio Composition            
      2/28/13     2/29/12  

Corporate Bonds

     75     80

Floating Rate Loan Interests

     17        12   

Common Stocks

     7        5   

Preferred Securities

     1        2   

Other Interests

            1   
Credit Quality Allocation4            
      2/28/13     2/29/12  

A

            1

BBB/Baa

     6     6   

BB/Ba

     36        42   

B

     46        40   

CCC/Caa

     10        10   

Not Rated

     2        1   

 

  4  

Using the higher of S&P’s or Moody’s ratings.

 

                
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Fund Summary as of February 28, 2013    BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc.

 

 

Fund Overview

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc.’s (CYE) (the “Fund”) primary investment objective is to provide current income by investing primarily in fixed-income securities, which are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services (BBB or lower by S&P’s or Baa or lower by Moody’s) or are unrated securities of comparable quality. The Fund’s secondary investment objective is to provide capital appreciation. 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?

 

Ÿ  

For the 12-month period ended February 28, 2013, the Fund returned 11.20% based on market price and 16.16% based on NAV. For the same period, the closed-end Lipper High Yield Funds (Leveraged) category posted an average return of 12.75% based on market price and 15.06% based on NAV. All returns reflect reinvestment of dividends. The Fund’s premium to NAV, which narrowed 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?

 

Ÿ  

Security selection among the lower quality tiers of high yield credit had a positive impact on performance. From an industry perspective, holdings within non-captive diversified (finance companies), media cable and building materials boosted returns. The Fund’s exposure to select common stocks and preferred securities also enhanced results.

 

Ÿ  

Detracting from performance was security selection within middle quality tier credits, where the Fund held its quality bias. On an industry basis, selection in metals, paper and independent energy impaired results. The Fund’s tactical allocation to floating rate loan interests (bank loans) hindered relative performance as the asset class underperformed high yield bonds during the period.

Describe recent portfolio activity.

 

Ÿ  

As risk markets and high yield bond prices continued to surge over the period, the Fund moderated its risk positioning. The Fund maintained its focus on higher-quality income-oriented credit names with stable fundamentals, good earnings/revenue visibility and an attractive coupon rate. The Fund remained generally cautious of cyclical credits that tend to be more vulnerable to slower economic growth and bouts of weakness, but allowed some risk in companies with positive growth catalysts or idiosyncratic characteristics. Also during the period, the Fund increased exposure to floating rate loan interests as valuations appeared increasingly attractive relative to certain segments of the high yield universe such as higher-quality short-dated paper.

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

 

Ÿ  

At period end, the Fund held 73% of its total portfolio in corporate bonds and 19% in floating rate loan interests, with the remainder in common stocks and preferred securities. The Fund held its largest industry exposures in healthcare, wirelines and gaming, while reflecting less emphasis on the riskier, more volatile segments of the market such as the banking sector and supermarkets and restaurant industries.

 

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 Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc.

 

 

Fund Information

 

Symbol on NYSE

   CYE

Initial Offering Date

   January 30, 1998

Yield on Closing Market Price as of February 28, 2013 ($7.89)1

   7.98%

Current Monthly Distribution per Common Share2

   $0.0525

Current Annualized Distribution per Common Share2

   $0.6300

Economic Leverage as of February 28, 20133

   28%

 

  1   

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.

 

  2   

The distribution rate is not constant and is subject to change.

 

  3   

Represents loan outstanding as a percentage of total managed assets, which is the total assets of the Fund (including any assets attributable to 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 12.

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

 

        2/28/13        2/29/12        Change      High        Low  

Market Price

     $ 7.89         $ 7.75           1.81    $ 8.19         $ 7.10   

Net Asset Value

     $ 7.88         $ 7.41           6.34    $ 7.93         $ 7.11   

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

 

Portfolio Composition          
     2/28/13     2/29/12  

Corporate Bonds

    73     77

Floating Rate Loan Interests

    19        15   

Common Stocks

    6        6   

Preferred Securities

    2        2   
Credit Quality Allocation4          
     2/28/13     2/29/12  

A

    1     1

BBB/Baa

    5        7   

BB/Ba

    36        38   

B

    45        43   

CCC/Caa

    10        10   

Not Rated

    3        1   

 

  4   

Using the higher of S&P’s or Moody’s ratings.

 

                
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Fund Summary as of February 28, 2013    BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc.

 

 

Fund Overview

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc.’s (DSU) (the “Fund”) primary investment objective is to provide current income by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of US companies’ debt instruments, including corporate loans, which are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services (BBB or lower by S&P’s or Baa or lower by Moody’s) or unrated debt instruments, which are in the judgment of the investment adviser of equivalent quality. The Fund’s secondary objective is to provide capital appreciation. Corporate loans include senior and subordinated corporate loans, both secured and unsecured. 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?

 

Ÿ  

For the 12-month period ended February 28, 2013, the Fund returned 16.87% based on market price and 14.78% based on NAV. For the same period, the closed-end Lipper High Yield Funds (Leveraged) category posted an average return of 12.75% based on market price and 15.06% based on NAV. All returns reflect reinvestment of dividends. The Fund began the period with neither a discount nor a premium to NAV, and ended the period with a premium to NAV, 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?

 

Ÿ  

Security selection among lower quality securities (including both bonds and loans) had a positive impact on performance. From an industry perspective, holdings within chemicals, consumer cyclical services and gaming boosted returns. The Fund’s exposure to select common stocks and preferred securities also enhanced results.

 

Ÿ  

The Fund invests roughly half of its assets in high yield bonds and half in floating rate loan interests (bank loans), while most funds in the Lipper category invest primarily in high yield bonds. While the Fund’s allocation to floating rate loan interests did not detract from performance on an absolute basis, the asset class underperformed high yield bonds for the period. Security selection in the independent energy and media non-cable industries hindered returns for the period.

Describe recent portfolio activity.

 

Ÿ  

As risk markets and high yield bond prices continued to surge over the period, the Fund moderated its risk positioning. Fund management continued to maintain a positive view on high yield and floating rate loan interest assets overall, but turned its focus toward purchasing higher-quality income-oriented credit names with stable fundamentals and an attractive coupon rate. The Fund remained generally cautious of cyclical credits that tend to be more vulnerable to slower economic growth and bouts of weakness, but allowed some risk in companies with positive growth catalysts or idiosyncratic characteristics.

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

 

Ÿ  

At period end, the Fund held 53% of its total portfolio in floating rate loan interests and 41% in corporate bonds, with the remainder in asset-backed securities, common stocks and other interests. The Fund held its largest industry exposures in healthcare, consumer services (housing-related) and chemicals, while reflecting less emphasis on the riskier, more volatile segments of the market such as food and beverage and supermarkets.

 

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 Debt Strategies Fund, Inc.

 

 

Fund Information

 

Symbol on NYSE

  DSU

Initial Offering Date

  March 27, 1998

Yield on Closing Market Price as of February 28, 2013 ($4.46)1

  7.26%

Current Monthly Distribution per Common Share2

  $0.027

Current Annualized Distribution per Common Share2

  $0.324

Economic Leverage as of February 28, 20133

  29%

 

  1   

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.

 

  2   

The distribution rate is not constant and is subject to change.

 

  3   

Represents loan outstanding as a percentage of total managed assets, which is the total assets of the Fund (including any assets attributable to 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 12.

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

 

        2/28/13        2/29/12        Change      High        Low  

Market Price

     $ 4.46         $ 4.13           7.99    $ 4.62         $ 3.91   

Net Asset Value

     $ 4.38         $ 4.13           6.05    $ 4.39         $ 4.00   

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

 

Portfolio Composition            
      2/28/13     2/29/12  

Floating Rate Loan Interests

     53     54

Corporate Bonds

     41        43   

Asset-Backed Securities

     3        1   

Common Stocks

     2        1   

Other Interests

     1        1   

 

Credit Quality Allocation4            
      2/28/13     2/29/12  

A

     1     1

BBB/Baa

     6        5   

BB/Ba

     34        36   

B

     45        45   

CCC/Caa

     10        8   

Not Rated

     4        5   

 

  4   

Using the higher of S&P’s or Moody’s ratings.

 

                
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Fund Summary as of February 28, 2013    BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc.

 

 

Fund Overview

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc.’s (ARK) (the “Fund”) investment objective is to provide high current income by investing principally in senior debt obligations of companies, including corporate loans made by banks and other financial institutions and both privately placed and publicly offered corporate bonds and notes. 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?

 

Ÿ  

For the 12-month period ended February 28, 2013, the Fund returned 15.32% based on market price and 13.08% based on NAV. For the same period, the closed-end Lipper High Yield Funds (Leveraged) category posted an average return of 12.75% based on market price and 15.06% based on NAV. All returns reflect reinvestment of dividends. The Fund’s discount to NAV, which narrowed 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?

 

Ÿ  

Security selection had a positive impact on performance. From an industry perspective, holdings within chemicals and gaming boosted returns. The Fund’s exposure to select common stocks and preferred securities also enhanced results.

 

Ÿ  

The Fund invests roughly half of its assets in high yield bonds and half in floating rate loan interests (bank loans), while most funds in the Lipper category invest primarily in high yield bonds. While the Fund’s allocation to floating rate loan interests did not detract from performance on an absolute basis, the asset class underperformed high yield bonds for the period. Security selection in the independent energy and media non-cable industries hindered returns for the period.

Describe recent portfolio activity.

 

Ÿ  

As risk markets and high yield bond prices continued to surge over the period, the Fund moderated its risk positioning. Fund management continued to maintain a positive view on high yield and floating rate loan interest assets overall, but turned its focus toward purchasing higher-quality income-oriented credit names with stable fundamentals and an attractive coupon rate. The Fund remained generally cautious of cyclical credits that tend to be more vulnerable to slower economic growth and bouts of weakness, but allowed some risk in companies with positive growth catalysts or idiosyncratic characteristics.

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

 

Ÿ  

At period end, the Fund held 54% of its total portfolio in floating rate loan interests and 42% in corporate bonds, with the remainder in asset-backed securities and common stocks. The Fund held its largest industry exposures in healthcare, wirelines and chemicals, while reflecting less emphasis on the riskier, more volatile segments of the market such as food and beverage and supermarkets.

 

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 Senior High Income Fund, Inc.

 

 

Fund Information

 

Symbol on NYSE

  ARK

Initial Offering Date

  April 30, 1993

Yield on Closing Market Price as of February 28, 2013 ($4.34)1

  6.91%

Current Monthly Distribution per Common Share2

  $0.025

Current Annualized Distribution per Common Share2

  $0.300

Economic Leverage as of February 28, 20133

  28%

 

  1   

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.

 

  2   

The distribution rate is not constant and is subject to change.

 

  3   

Represents loan outstanding as a percentage of total managed assets, which is the total assets of the Fund (including any assets attributable to 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 12.

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

 

        2/28/13        2/29/12        Change      High        Low  

Market Price

     $ 4.34         $ 4.06           6.90    $ 4.60         $ 3.80   

Net Asset Value

     $ 4.35         $ 4.15           4.82    $ 4.37         $ 4.03   

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

 

Portfolio Composition            
      2/28/13     2/29/12  

Floating Rate Loan Interests

     54     56

Corporate Bonds

     42        41   

Asset-Backed Securities

     3        2   

Common Stocks

     1        1   
Credit Quality Allocation4            
      2/28/13     2/29/12  

A

     1     1

BBB/Baa

     7        6   

BB/Ba

     37        39   

B

     51        48   

CCC/Caa

     1        3   

Not Rated

     3        3   

 

  4   

Using the higher of S&P’s or Moody’s ratings.

 

                
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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 through a credit facility. 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 for 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’ NAVs positively or negatively in addition to the impact on Fund performance from leverage from borrowings discussed above.

The use of leverage may enhance opportunities for increased income to the Funds, 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 Fund’s 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, as amended (the “1940 Act”), the Funds are permitted to issue senior securities representing indebtedness up to 33 1/3% of their total managed assets (each Fund’s net assets plus the proceeds of any outstanding borrowings). In addition, each Fund voluntarily limits its aggregate economic leverage to 50% of its managed assets. As of February 28, 2013, the Funds had aggregate economic leverage from borrowings through a credit facility as a percentage of their total managed assets as follows:

 

      Percent of
Economic
Leverage
 

COY

     27

CYE

     28

DSU

     29

ARK

     28

 

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 Consolidated 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 and/or foreign currency exchange rate 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 Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments February 28, 2013

  

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (COY)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Common Stocks        
Shares
    Value  

Auto Components — 0.8%

    

Dana Holding Corp.

     109,649      $ 1,834,428   

Delphi Automotive Plc (a)

     8,200        340,518   
    

 

 

 
               2,174,946   

Biotechnology — 0.0%

    

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     6,540        97,642   

Capital Markets — 1.7%

    

American Capital Ltd. (a)

     257,408        3,598,564   

E*Trade Financial Corp. (a)

     68,100        729,351   

Uranium Participation Corp. (a)

     33,680        174,401   
    

 

 

 
               4,502,316   

Chemicals — 0.5%

    

ADA-ES, Inc. (a)

     1,670        44,372   

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

     3,200        642,656   

Huntsman Corp.

     31,600        544,468   
    

 

 

 
               1,231,496   

Commercial Banks — 0.6%

    

CIT Group, Inc. (a)

     36,681        1,535,467   

Communications Equipment — 0.2%

    

Loral Space & Communications Ltd.

     11,463        667,605   

Containers & Packaging — 0.0%

    

Smurfit Kappa Plc

     3,634        56,360   

Diversified Financial Services — 0.8%

    

Bank of America Corp.

     22,100        248,183   

Kcad Holdings I Ltd.

     269,089,036        1,816,351   
    

 

 

 
               2,064,534   

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.2%

  

 

Broadview Networks Holdings, Inc. (a)

     32,500        217,425   

Level 3 Communications, Inc. (a)

     20,920        417,981   
    

 

 

 
               635,406   

Electrical Equipment — 0.0%

    

Medis Technologies Ltd. (a)

     67,974        1   

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.8%

    

Laricina Energy Ltd.

     35,294        1,197,857   

Osum Oil Sands Corp.

     74,000        977,697   
    

 

 

 
               2,175,554   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.2%

    

Caesars Entertainment Corp. (a)

     39,748        496,850   

Travelport LLC

     70,685        707   
    

 

 

 
               497,557   

Insurance — 1.1%

    

American International Group, Inc. (a)

     76,001        2,888,798   

Media — 1.3%

    

Belo Corp., Class A

     20,724        179,055   

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (a)

     38,669        3,340,615   

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)

     8,934        67,899   
    

 

 

 
               3,587,569   
Common Stocks        
Shares
    Value  

Metals & Mining — 0.1%

    

African Minerals Ltd. (a)

     40,400      $ 172,616   

Peninsula Energy Ltd. (a)

     6,975,317        233,057   
    

 

 

 
               405,673   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.0%

    

African Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (a)

     180,300        34,992   

Paper & Forest Products — 0.6%

    

Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. (a)

     146,558        464,722   

Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. (a)(b)

     41,686        131,778   

NewPage Corp.

     7,740        657,900   

Western Forest Products, Inc. (a)

     147,968        188,659   

Western Forest Products, Inc. (a)

     41,528        50,337   
    

 

 

 
               1,493,396   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.3%

  

 

Freescale Semiconductor Ltd. (a)

     3,716        57,338   

NXP Semiconductors NV (a)

     8,710        281,507   

Spansion, Inc., Class A (a)

     37,172        437,143   

SunPower Corp. (a)

     123        1,444   
    

 

 

 
               777,432   

Software — 0.1%

    

Bankruptcy Management Solutions, Inc. (a)

     468        4   

HMH Holdings/EduMedia (a)

     19,102        350,202   
    

 

 

 
               350,206   
Total Common Stocks – 9.3%              25,176,950   
    
   
Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
        

Aerospace & Defense — 1.0%

    

Bombardier, Inc., 4.25%, 1/15/16 (b)

     USD          560        581,000   

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.:

    

6.88%, 3/15/18

     145        157,959   

7.13%, 3/15/21

     235        256,150   

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., 10.00%, 6/01/17

     796        878,585   

Meccanica Holdings USA, Inc.,
6.25%, 7/15/19 (b)

     405        416,170   

Spirit Aerosystems, Inc., 7.50%, 10/01/17

     309        327,540   
    

 

 

 
               2,617,404   

Air Freight & Logistics — 0.4%

  

 

National Air Cargo Group, Inc.:

    

Series 1, 12.38%, 9/02/15

     510        513,043   

Series 2, 12.38%, 8/16/15

     517        519,451   
    

 

 

 
               1,032,494   

Airlines — 1.7%

  

 

American Airlines Pass-Through Trust,
Series 2011-2, Class A, 8.63%, 4/15/23

     623        648,240   

Continental Airlines Pass-Through Trust:

    

Series 1997-4, Class B, 6.90%, 7/02/18

     181        183,540   

Series 2010-1, Class B, 6.00%, 7/12/20

     326        336,142   

Series 2012-3, Class C, 6.13%, 4/29/18

     850        847,875   

 

Portfolio Abbreviations

 

To simplify the listings of portfolio holdings in the Consolidated Schedules of Investments, the names and descriptions of many of the securities have been abbreviated according to the following list:      AUD    Australian Dollar    GBP    British Pound
     CAD    Canadian Dollar    LIBOR    London Interbank Offered Rate
     DIP    Debtor-In-Possession    PIK    Payment–in-Kind
     EBITDA    Earnings Before Interest, Taxes,    S&P    Standard and Poor’s
        Depreciation and Amortization    TBA    To Be Announced
     EUR    Euro    USD    US Dollar
     FKA    Formerly Known As      

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (COY)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Airlines (concluded)

  

 

Delta Air Lines Pass-Through Trust:

    

Series 2002-1, Class G-1, 6.72%, 7/02/24

     USD          531      $ 587,797   

Series 2009-1, Class B, 9.75%, 6/17/18

     167        185,363   

Series 2010-1, Class B, 6.38%, 7/02/17

     447        465,997   

US Airways Pass-Through Trust:

    

Series 2011-1, Class C, 10.88%, 10/22/14

     517        545,386   

Series 2012-1, Class C, 9.13%, 10/01/15

     390        417,300   

Series 2012-2, Class B, 6.75%, 12/03/22

     300        313,500   
    

 

 

 
               4,531,140   

Auto Components — 2.0%

  

 

Continental Rubber of America Corp., 4.50%, 9/15/19 (b)

     150        153,000   

Dana Holding Corp., 6.75%, 2/15/21

     410        446,388   

Delphi Corp.:

    

6.13%, 5/15/21

     65        70,850   

5.00%, 2/15/23

     140        145,775   

Icahn Enterprises LP, 8.00%, 1/15/18

     2,775        2,972,719   

IDQ Holdings, Inc., 11.50%, 4/01/17 (b)

     355        388,725   

Jaguar Land Rover Automotive Plc (FKA Jaguar Land Rover Plc), 8.25%, 3/15/20

     GBP          439        746,702   

Titan International, Inc., 7.88%, 10/01/17

     USD          430        461,175   
    

 

 

 
               5,385,334   

Beverages — 0.1%

  

 

Crown European Holdings SA:

    

7.13%, 8/15/18

     EUR            71        100,341   

7.13%, 8/15/18 (b)

     174        245,907   
    

 

 

 
               346,248   

Building Products — 0.9%

  

 

Building Materials Corp. of America (b):

    

7.00%, 2/15/20

     USD          500        541,250   

6.75%, 5/01/21

     710        762,363   

Grohe Holding GmbH, 8.75%, 12/15/17 (c)

     EUR          100        136,756   

Momentive Performance Materials, Inc., 8.88%, 10/15/20

     USD          320        328,400   

USG Corp., 9.75%, 1/15/18

     645        758,681   
    

 

 

 
               2,527,450   

Capital Markets — 0.4%

  

 

E*Trade Financial Corp., 0.01%, 8/31/19 (b)(d)(e)

     226        236,311   

KKR Group Finance Co. LLC, 6.38%, 9/29/20 (b)

     400        470,391   

Nuveen Investments, Inc., 9.13%, 10/15/17 (b)

     435        437,175   
    

 

 

 
               1,143,877   

Chemicals — 3.6%

  

 

Axiall Corp., 4.88%, 5/15/23 (b)

     162        164,430   

Basell Finance Co. BV, 8.10%, 3/15/27 (b)

     380        501,600   

Celanese US Holdings LLC, 5.88%, 6/15/21

     1,187        1,296,797   

Ciech Group Financing AB, 9.50%, 11/30/19

     EUR          140        199,227   

Eagle Spinco, Inc., 4.63%, 2/15/21 (b)

     USD          343        348,574   

Huntsman International LLC, 8.63%, 3/15/21

     155        175,150   

INEOS Finance Plc, 7.50%, 5/01/20 (b)

     405        436,387   

Kraton Polymers LLC, 6.75%, 3/01/19

     115        119,600   

LyondellBasell Industries NV, 5.75%, 4/15/24

     2,390        2,778,375   

Nexeo Solutions LLC, 8.38%, 3/01/18

     85        83,088   

Nufarm Australia Ltd., 6.38%, 10/15/19 (b)

     205        217,300   

Orion Engineered Carbons Bondco GmbH (FKA Kinove German Bondco GmbH), 10.00%, 6/15/18

     EUR          315        456,485   

OXEA Finance/Cy SCA, 9.63%, 7/15/17 (b)

     330        471,888   

PolyOne Corp., 7.38%, 9/15/20

     USD          200        221,500   
Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Chemicals (concluded)

  

 

Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc., 4.63%, 10/15/20

     USD          685      $ 708,975   

Tronox Finance LLC, 6.38%, 8/15/20 (b)

     1,241        1,233,244   

US Coatings Acquisition, Inc./Flash Dutch 2 BV:

    

5.75%, 2/01/21

     EUR          100        133,166   

7.38%, 5/01/21 (b)

     USD          328        339,480   
    

 

 

 
               9,885,266   

Commercial Banks — 0.9%

  

 

CIT Group, Inc.:

    

5.25%, 3/15/18

     510        548,250   

6.63%, 4/01/18 (b)

     285        323,475   

5.50%, 2/15/19 (b)

     490        532,875   

5.00%, 8/15/22

     430        460,100   

6.00%, 4/01/36

     500        489,815   
    

 

 

 
               2,354,515   

Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.2%

  

 

ADS Waste Holdings, Inc., 8.25%, 10/01/20 (b)

     256        275,200   

ARAMARK Holdings Corp. (b):

    

8.63%, 5/01/16 (f)

     405        413,104   

5.75%, 3/15/20 (g)

     596        607,920   

Aviation Capital Group Corp., 6.75%, 4/06/21 (b)

     500        541,171   

Brickman Group Holdings, Inc., 9.13%, 11/01/18 (b)

     24        25,800   

Casella Waste Systems, Inc., 7.75%, 2/15/19

     49        46,918   

Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc., 7.88%, 10/15/18 (b)

     571        578,137   

Clean Harbors, Inc., 5.25%, 8/01/20

     484        498,520   

Covanta Holding Corp., 6.38%, 10/01/22

     585        634,336   

EC Finance Plc, 9.75%, 8/01/17

     EUR          451        640,323   

HDTFS, Inc. (b):

    

5.88%, 10/15/20

     USD            60        62,400   

6.25%, 10/15/22

     245        263,375   

Mead Products LLC/ACCO Brands Corp., 6.75%, 4/30/20 (b)

     71        75,171   

Mobile Mini, Inc., 7.88%, 12/01/20

     335        372,688   

RSC Equipment Rental, Inc., 8.25%, 2/01/21

     429        486,379   

Verisure Holding AB:

    

8.75%, 9/01/18

     EUR          169        238,289   

8.75%, 12/01/18

     100        133,166   

West Corp., 8.63%, 10/01/18

     USD          125        133,125   
    

 

 

 
               6,026,022   

Communications Equipment — 1.1%

  

 

Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc.:

    

6.50%, 1/15/28

     55        42,350   

6.45%, 3/15/29

     169        131,398   

Avaya, Inc., 9.75%, 11/01/15

     523        514,501   

Zayo Group LLC/Zayo Capital, Inc.:

    

8.13%, 1/01/20

     870        972,225   

10.13%, 7/01/20

     1,160        1,360,100   
    

 

 

 
               3,020,574   

Computers & Peripherals — 0.2%

  

 

EMC Corp., Series B, 1.75%, 12/01/13 (e)

     186        269,002   

SanDisk Corp., 1.50%, 8/15/17 (e)

     255        313,969   
    

 

 

 
               582,971   

Construction & Engineering — 0.3%

  

 

Boart Longyear Management Property Ltd., 7.00%, 4/01/21 (b)

     175        181,563   

H&E Equipment Services, Inc., 7.00%, 9/01/22 (b)

     408        446,760   

Weekley Homes LLC, 6.00%, 2/01/23 (b)

     143        145,860   
    

 

 

 
               774,183   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (COY)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Construction Materials — 2.1%

  

 

Buzzi Unicem SpA, 6.25%, 9/28/18

     EUR          126      $ 176,952   

HD Supply, Inc. (b):

    

8.13%, 4/15/19

     USD       1,170        1,317,712   

11.00%, 4/15/20

     1,215        1,464,075   

7.50%, 7/15/20

     1,783        1,785,229   

11.50%, 7/15/20

     480        553,200   

HeidelbergCement AG, 7.50%, 4/03/20

     EUR            51        80,233   

Xefin Lux SCA, 8.00%, 6/01/18 (b)

     233        326,627   
    

 

 

 
               5,704,028   

Consumer Finance — 0.5%

  

 

Credit Acceptance Corp., 9.13%, 2/01/17

     USD          435        474,150   

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC:

    

12.00%, 5/15/15

     670        813,212   

6.63%, 8/15/17

     131        152,982   
    

 

 

 
               1,440,344   

Containers & Packaging — 2.2%

  

 

Ardagh Packaging Finance Plc:

    

7.38%, 10/15/17 (b)

     200        217,750   

7.38%, 10/15/17

     EUR          200        283,304   

7.38%, 10/15/17 (b)

     335        474,535   

9.13%, 10/15/20 (b)

     USD          409        447,855   

9.13%, 10/15/20 (b)

     365        397,850   

7.00%, 11/15/20 (b)

     441        442,102   

4.88%, 11/15/22 (b)

     200        197,000   

5.00%, 11/15/22

     EUR          200        259,152   

Berry Plastics Corp.:

    

4.18%, 9/15/14 (c)

     USD          275        275,000   

8.25%, 11/15/15

     110        114,642   

9.75%, 1/15/21

     170        196,350   

Beverage Packaging Holdings Luxembourg II SA, 8.00%, 12/15/16

     EUR          617        807,699   

Crown Americas LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. III, 6.25%, 2/01/21

     USD            10        10,900   

Crown Americas LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. IV, 4.50%, 1/15/23 (b)

     112        109,480   

GCL Holdings SCA, 9.38%, 4/15/18 (b)

     EUR          244        345,695   

Graphic Packaging International, Inc., 7.88%, 10/01/18

     USD          340        374,000   

Pactiv LLC, 7.95%, 12/15/25

     377        353,437   

Tekni-Plex, Inc., 9.75%, 6/01/19 (b)

     509        562,445   
    

 

 

 
               5,869,196   

Distributors — 0.5%

  

 

VWR Funding, Inc., 7.25%, 9/15/17 (b)

     1,260        1,326,150   

Diversified Consumer Services — 2.1%

  

 

313 Group, Inc. (b):

    

6.38%, 12/01/19

     903        880,425   

8.75%, 12/01/20

     547        540,163   

Laureate Education, Inc., 9.25%, 9/01/19 (b)

     1,145        1,245,187   

Service Corp. International, 7.00%, 6/15/17

     2,590        2,929,937   

ServiceMaster Co., 8.00%, 2/15/20

     175        185,500   
    

 

 

 
               5,781,212   

Diversified Financial Services — 5.0%

  

 

Air Lease Corp., 4.50%, 1/15/16

     540        552,150   

Aircastle Ltd.:

    

6.75%, 4/15/17

     295        317,863   

6.25%, 12/01/19

     345        380,363   

Ally Financial, Inc.:

    

7.50%, 12/31/13

     350        367,500   

8.00%, 11/01/31

     2,784        3,497,400   

CNG Holdings, Inc., 9.38%, 5/15/20 (b)

     439        432,964   

Co-Operative Group Ltd. (h):

    

5.63%, 7/08/20

     GBP          160        254,379   

6.25%, 7/08/26

     100        159,745   
Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Diversified Financial Services (concluded)

  

 

DPL, Inc.:

    

6.50%, 10/15/16

     USD          298      $ 312,900   

7.25%, 10/15/21

     777        833,332   

Gala Group Finance Plc, 8.88%, 9/01/18

     GBP          600        983,048   

General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 6.75%, 6/01/18

     USD          270        310,500   

Leucadia National Corp., 8.13%, 9/15/15

     790        892,700   

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc.:

    

7.13%, 4/15/19

     230        246,963   

9.00%, 4/15/19

     435        461,100   

7.88%, 8/15/19

     215        237,575   

9.88%, 8/15/19

     515        563,925   

5.75%, 10/15/20

     1,915        1,977,237   

WMG Acquisition Corp.:

    

11.50%, 10/01/18

     382        443,598   

6.00%, 1/15/21 (b)

     290        300,150   
    

 

 

 
               13,525,392   

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.4%

  

 

Broadview Networks Holdings, Inc., 10.50%, 11/15/17

     500        488,750   

Cequel Communications Escrow I LLC/Cequel Communications Escrow Capital Corp., 6.38%, 9/15/20 (b)

     435        449,681   

Consolidated Communications Finance Co., 10.88%, 6/01/20 (b)

     320        362,400   

Level 3 Communications, Inc., 8.88%, 6/01/19 (b)

     295        318,600   

Level 3 Financing, Inc.:

    

8.13%, 7/01/19

     1,084        1,181,560   

7.00%, 6/01/20 (b)

     395        414,750   

8.63%, 7/15/20

     785        871,350   

Lynx I Corp., 5.38%, 4/15/21 (b)

     265        271,625   

OTE Plc, 7.25%, 2/12/15 (h)

     EUR          101        132,520   

Telenet Finance V Luxembourg SCA:

    

6.25%, 8/15/22

     237        317,151   

6.75%, 8/15/24

     350        477,505   

tw telecom Holdings, Inc., 5.38%, 10/01/22

     USD          275        286,687   

Windstream Corp.:

    

8.13%, 8/01/13

     400        410,480   

7.88%, 11/01/17

     360        407,700   

7.50%, 4/01/23

     75        78,375   

6.38%, 8/01/23 (b)

     75        73,500   
    

 

 

 
               6,542,634   

Electric Utilities — 0.7%

  

 

Mirant Mid Atlantic Pass-Through Trust,
Series B, 9.13%, 6/30/17

     269        298,531   

The Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc., 4.50%, 3/24/14

     EUR       1,150        1,533,362   
    

 

 

 
               1,831,893   

Electrical Equipment — 0.5%

  

 

Belden, Inc., 5.50%, 9/01/22 (b)

     USD          340        348,500   

General Cable Corp., 5.75%, 10/01/22 (b)

     560        574,000   

Techem GmbH, 6.13%, 10/01/19

     EUR          300        416,144   
    

 

 

 
               1,338,644   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.1%

  

 

Jabil Circuit, Inc., 8.25%, 3/15/18

     USD          215        258,538   

NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC, 9.75%, 8/01/18 (b)

     100        114,250   
    

 

 

 
               372,788   

Energy Equipment & Services — 3.7%

  

 

Atwood Oceanics, Inc., 6.50%, 2/01/20

     130        141,375   

Calfrac Holdings LP, 7.50%, 12/01/20 (b)

     306        307,530   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Table of Contents

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (COY)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Energy Equipment & Services (concluded)

  

 

Compagnie Générale de Géophysique, Veritas:

    

7.75%, 5/15/17

     USD          235      $ 242,344   

6.50%, 6/01/21

     1,150        1,196,000   

FTS International Services LLC/FTS International Bonds, Inc., 8.13%, 11/15/18 (b)

     995        1,029,825   

Genesis Energy LP/Genesi Energy Finance Corp., 5.75%, 2/15/21 (b)

     156        161,460   

Gulfmark Offshore, Inc., 6.38%, 3/15/22

     145        149,712   

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., 5.88%, 4/01/20

     290        304,500   

MEG Energy Corp. (b):

    

6.50%, 3/15/21

     1,250        1,318,750   

6.38%, 1/30/23

     330        341,550   

Oil States International, Inc.:

    

6.50%, 6/01/19

     290        310,300   

5.13%, 1/15/23 (b)

     125        125,000   

Peabody Energy Corp.:

    

6.00%, 11/15/18

     211        224,187   

6.25%, 11/15/21

     1,074        1,116,960   

7.88%, 11/01/26

     345        369,150   

4.75%, 12/15/66 (e)

     655        556,341   

Precision Drilling Corp.:

  

 

6.63%, 11/15/20

     70        74,375   

6.50%, 12/15/21

     275        291,500   

Rain CII Carbon LLC/CII Carbon Corp., 8.25%, 1/15/21 (b)

     214        224,700   

Seadrill Ltd., 5.63%, 9/15/17 (b)

     1,254        1,269,675   

Tervita Corp., 8.00%, 11/15/18 (b)

     342        352,260   
    

 

 

 
               10,107,494   

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.3%

  

 

Bakkavor Finance 2 Plc, 8.25%, 2/15/18

     GBP          213        327,979   

Rite Aid Corp., 9.25%, 3/15/20

     USD          345        386,400   

Zobele Holding SpA, 7.88%, 2/01/18

     EUR          100        132,513   
    

 

 

 
               846,892   

Food Products — 0.5%

  

 

Darling International, Inc., 8.50%, 12/15/18

     USD          105        119,438   

Del Monte Corp., 7.63%, 2/15/19

     56        58,100   

Post Holdings, Inc., 7.38%, 2/15/22

     530        572,400   

Smithfield Foods, Inc., 6.63%, 8/15/22

     431        468,712   
    

 

 

 
               1,218,650   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.3%

  

 

Biomet, Inc. (b):

    

6.50%, 8/01/20

     1,625        1,718,437   

6.50%, 10/01/20

     1,975        2,034,250   

DJO Finance LLC:

    

8.75%, 3/15/18

     350        386,313   

7.75%, 4/15/18

     95        94,525   

9.88%, 4/15/18

     400        427,000   

Fresenius Medical Care US Finance II, Inc., 5.63%, 7/31/19 (b)

     192        207,840   

Fresenius Medical Care US Finance, Inc., 5.75%, 2/15/21 (b)

     260        283,400   

Fresenius US Finance II, Inc., 9.00%, 7/15/15 (b)

     500        573,750   

Kinetic Concepts, Inc./KCI USA, Inc., 12.50%, 11/01/19 (b)

     295        289,100   

Teleflex, Inc., 6.88%, 6/01/19

     270        293,625   
    

 

 

 
               6,308,240   

Health Care Providers & Services — 8.0%

  

 

Aviv Healthcare Properties LP, 7.75%, 2/15/19

     520        557,700   

Care UK Health & Social Care Plc, 9.75%, 8/01/17

     GBP            65        99,348   
Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Health Care Providers & Services (concluded)

  

 

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.:

    

5.13%, 8/15/18

     USD          785      $ 825,231   

7.13%, 7/15/20

     415        447,163   

ConvaTec Healthcare E SA, 7.38%, 12/15/17 (b)

     EUR          400        553,553   

Crown Newco 3 Plc:

    

7.00%, 2/15/18 (b)

     GBP          331        518,463   

7.00%, 2/15/18

     100        156,635   

DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc., 5.75%, 8/15/22

     USD          819        853,808   

HCA Holdings, Inc., 6.25%, 2/15/21

     1,010        1,065,550   

HCA, Inc.:

    

8.50%, 4/15/19

     120        132,900   

6.50%, 2/15/20

     1,880        2,105,600   

7.88%, 2/15/20

     255        282,731   

7.25%, 9/15/20

     2,225        2,469,750   

5.88%, 3/15/22

     200        215,500   

4.75%, 5/01/23

     985        982,538   

Hologic, Inc., 6.25%, 8/01/20 (b)

     1,464        1,544,520   

IASIS Healthcare LLC, 8.38%, 5/15/19

     596        613,880   

INC Research LLC, 11.50%, 7/15/19 (b)

     320        341,600   

inVentiv Health, Inc., 9.00%, 1/15/18 (b)

     580        604,650   

Omnicare, Inc.:

    

7.75%, 6/01/20

     905        1,004,550   

3.75%, 4/01/42 (e)

     148        154,290   

Symbion, Inc., 8.00%, 6/15/16

     315        329,175   

Tenet Healthcare Corp.:

    

6.25%, 11/01/18

     979        1,084,242   

8.88%, 7/01/19

     2,355        2,661,150   

6.75%, 2/01/20

     480        513,600   

4.50%, 4/01/21 (b)

     661        651,911   

Vanguard Health Holding Co. II LLC:

    

8.00%, 2/01/18

     223        237,495   

7.75%, 2/01/19 (b)

     425        455,281   

Voyage Care Bondco Plc, 6.50%, 8/01/18

     GBP          110        169,796   
    

 

 

 
               21,632,610   

Health Care Technology — 1.0%

  

 

IMS Health, Inc. (b):

    

12.50%, 3/01/18

     USD       2,065        2,488,325   

6.00%, 11/01/20

     132        137,280   
    

 

 

 
               2,625,605   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.3%

  

 

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.:

    

10.00%, 12/15/18

     541        357,060   

8.50%, 2/15/20

     183        178,425   

Caesars Operating Escrow LLC, 9.00%, 2/15/20 (b)

     931        919,362   

Carlson Wagonlit BV, 6.88%, 6/15/19 (b)

     295        308,275   

Cirsa Funding Luxembourg SA, 8.75%, 5/15/18

     EUR          453        579,586   

Diamond Resorts Corp., 12.00%, 8/15/18

     USD       1,100        1,210,000   

El Dorado Resorts LLC, 8.63%, 6/15/19 (b)

     125        124,219   

Enterprise Inns Plc, 6.50%, 12/06/18

     GBP          296        441,188   

Gategroup Finance Luxembourg SA, 6.75%, 3/01/19

     EUR          250        336,179   

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 9.00%, 8/31/20 (b)

     USD          270        259,200   

MCE Finance Ltd., 5.00%, 2/15/21 (b)

     620        620,000   

MTR Gaming Group, Inc., 11.50%, 8/01/19 (f)

     136        141,102   

Regal Entertainment Group, 5.75%, 2/01/25

     241        236,180   

Six Flags Entertainment Corp., 5.25%, 1/15/21 (b)

     547        536,060   

Station Casinos LLC:

    

3.66%, 6/18/18

     615        615,000   

7.50%, 3/01/21 (b)

     1,080        1,086,750   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Table of Contents

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (COY)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (concluded)

  

 

Travelport LLC:

    

4.94%, 9/01/14 (c)

     USD          165      $ 150,150   

6.31%, 12/01/16 (b)(f)

     398        361,041   

Tropicana Entertainment LLC, 9.63%, 12/15/14 (a)(i)

     315          

The Unique Pub Finance Co. Plc, Series A3, 6.54%, 3/30/21

     GBP          100        151,326   

Wynn Las Vegas LLC, 5.38%, 3/15/22

     USD          360        378,450   
    

 

 

 
               8,989,553   

Household Durables — 2.6%

  

 

Algeco Scotsman Global Finance Plc, 9.00%, 10/15/18

     EUR          100        135,777   

Ashton Woods USA LLC, 6.88%, 2/15/21 (b)

     USD          210        211,050   

Beazer Homes USA, Inc., 6.63%, 4/15/18

     30        32,062   

Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc., 6.50%, 12/15/20 (b)

     375        397,500   

Jarden Corp., 7.50%, 1/15/20

     EUR          285        400,918   

K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., 7.25%, 10/15/20 (b)

     USD          870        957,000   

Libbey Glass, Inc., 6.88%, 5/15/20

     560        600,600   

PH Holding LLC, 9.75%, 12/31/17

     315        308,700   

Pulte Group, Inc., 6.38%, 5/15/33

     175        177,625   

The Ryland Group, Inc., 6.63%, 5/01/20

     315        346,500   

Spie BondCo 3 SCA, 11.00%, 8/15/19

     EUR          276        401,770   

Standard Pacific Corp.:

    

10.75%, 9/15/16

     USD       1,185        1,475,325   

8.38%, 1/15/21

     880        1,045,000   

United Rentals North America, Inc., 5.75%, 7/15/18

     236        253,995   

William Lyon Homes, Inc., 8.50%, 11/15/20 (b)

     275        295,625   
    

 

 

 
               7,039,447   

Household Products — 0.6%

  

 

Ontex IV SA:

    

7.50%, 4/15/18

     EUR          100        135,777   

7.50%, 4/15/18 (b)

     130        176,510   

9.00%, 4/15/19

     213        285,034   

Spectrum Brands Escrow Corp. (b):

    

6.38%, 11/15/20

     USD          351        373,376   

6.63%, 11/15/22

     230        247,825   

Spectrum Brands, Inc.:

    

9.50%, 6/15/18

     330        374,138   

6.75%, 3/15/20 (b)

     89        95,898   
    

 

 

 
               1,688,558   

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 3.8%

  

 

The AES Corp., 7.38%, 7/01/21

     250        282,500   

Calpine Corp. (b):

    

7.25%, 10/15/17

     149        158,499   

7.50%, 2/15/21

     85        92,438   

7.88%, 1/15/23

     364        403,130   

Energy Future Intermediate Holding Co. LLC:

    

6.88%, 8/15/17 (b)

     690        727,950   

10.00%, 12/01/20 (b)

     1,325        1,493,937   

10.00%, 12/01/20

     2,476        2,810,260   

GenOn REMA LLC:

    

Series B 9.24%, 7/02/17

     222        245,081   

Series C 9.68%, 7/02/26

     280        305,200   

Laredo Petroleum, Inc.:

    

9.50%, 2/15/19

     445        502,850   

7.38%, 5/01/22

     345        374,325   

NRG Energy, Inc.:

    

7.63%, 1/15/18

     1,394        1,597,872   

6.63%, 3/15/23 (b)

     595        633,675   

QEP Resources, Inc.:

    

5.38%, 10/01/22

     305        319,487   

5.25%, 5/01/23

     235        243,225   
    

 

 

 
               10,190,429   
Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.2%

  

 

Sequa Corp., 7.00%, 12/15/17 (b)

     USD          525      $ 528,938   

Insurance — 0.6%

  

 

Alliant Holdings I, Inc., 7.88%, 12/15/20 (b)

     1,035        1,040,175   

CNO Financial Group, Inc., 6.38%, 10/01/20 (b)

     206        218,360   

MPL 2 Acquisition Canco, Inc., 9.88%, 8/15/18 (b)

     235        232,650   

TMF Group Holding BV, 9.88%, 12/01/19

     EUR          100        131,860   
    

 

 

 
               1,623,045   

Internet Software & Services — 0.1%

  

 

Cerved Technologies SpA:

    

6.38%, 1/15/20

     100        129,902   

8.00%, 1/15/21

     100        126,965   

Equinix, Inc., 4.88%, 4/01/20

     USD          137        137,000   
    

 

 

 
               393,867   

IT Services — 3.3%

  

 

Ceridian Corp., 8.88%, 7/15/19 (b)

     1,150        1,296,625   

Epicor Software Corp., 8.63%, 5/01/19

     510        549,525   

First Data Corp.:

    

7.38%, 6/15/19 (b)

     1,445        1,519,056   

8.88%, 8/15/20 (b)

     495        546,975   

6.75%, 11/01/20 (b)

     1,750        1,795,937   

8.25%, 1/15/21 (b)

     117        119,633   

11.25%, 1/15/21 (b)

     457        466,140   

12.63%, 1/15/21

     750        799,687   

SunGard Data Systems, Inc.:

    

7.38%, 11/15/18

     500        536,875   

6.63%, 11/01/19 (b)

     735        755,213   

WEX, Inc., 4.75%, 2/01/23 (b)

     453        438,278   
    

 

 

 
               8,823,944   

Machinery — 1.6%

  

 

Dematic SA, 7.75%, 12/15/20 (b)

     85        86,913   

The Manitowoc Co., Inc., 5.88%, 10/15/22

     435        445,875   

Silver II Borrower/Silver II US Holdings LLC, 7.75%, 12/15/20 (b)

     258        268,320   

SPX Corp., 6.88%, 9/01/17

     160        178,800   

Terex Corp., 6.00%, 5/15/21

     430        446,125   

Trinseo Materials Operating SCA, 8.75%, 2/01/19 (b)

     378        376,582   

UR Merger Sub Corp.:

    

7.38%, 5/15/20

     405        443,475   

7.63%, 4/15/22

     1,795        1,987,962   

6.13%, 6/15/23

     175        183,750   
    

 

 

 
               4,417,802   

Media — 9.8%

  

 

Affinion Group, Inc., 7.88%, 12/15/18

     362        275,120   

AMC Networks, Inc.:

    

7.75%, 7/15/21

     205        232,675   

4.75%, 12/15/22

     328        326,770   

Cablevision Systems Corp., 5.88%, 9/15/22

     490        475,300   

CCO Holdings LLC:

    

5.25%, 9/30/22

     715        703,381   

5.13%, 2/15/23

     570        555,750   

Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc., 11.50%, 4/15/20 (b)

     537        424,230   

Checkout Holding Corp., 11.49%, 11/15/15 (b)(d)

     395        291,806   

Cinemark USA, Inc.:

    

8.63%, 6/15/19

     200        221,750   

5.13%, 12/15/22 (b)

     194        194,970   

Clear Channel Communications, Inc., 9.00%, 12/15/19 (b)(g)

     684        636,120   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Table of Contents

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (COY)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Media (concluded)

  

 

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc.:

    

6.50%, 11/15/22 (b)

     USD          568      $ 593,560   

6.50%, 11/15/22 (b)

     1,533        1,613,483   

Series B, 7.63%, 3/15/20

     1,039        1,075,365   

DISH DBS Corp.:

    

5.88%, 7/15/22

     600        633,000   

5.00%, 3/15/23 (b)

     620        615,350   

Harron Communications LP, 9.13%, 4/01/20 (b)

     300        330,000   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA:

    

7.25%, 10/15/20

     640        686,400   

6.63%, 12/15/22 (b)

     177        178,328   

Intelsat Luxembourg SA:

    

11.25%, 2/04/17

     560        595,000   

11.50%, 2/04/17

     2,056        2,186,559   

Interactive Data Corp., 10.25%, 8/01/18

     1,235        1,400,181   

The Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc., 10.00%, 7/15/17

     315        339,806   

Kabel Deutschland Vertrieb und Service GmbH & Co. KG, 6.50%, 6/29/18 (b)

     EUR          315        440,364   

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., 8.13%, 5/15/18 (b)

     USD          675        732,375   

Lynx I Corp., 6.00%, 4/15/21

     GBP          930        1,449,655   

Lynx II Corp., 6.38%, 4/15/23 (b)

     USD          200        207,250   

The McClatchy Co., 9.00%, 12/15/22 (b)

     390        412,425   

NAI Entertainment Holdings LLC, 8.25%, 12/15/17 (b)

     513        559,170   

Nara Cable Funding Ltd., 8.88%, 12/01/18

     EUR          200        274,165   

Nielsen Finance LLC:

    

11.63%, 2/01/14

     USD            45        49,163   

7.75%, 10/15/18

     1,111        1,230,433   

Odeon & UCI Finco Plc, 9.00%, 8/01/18 (b)

     GBP          189        298,191   

ProQuest LLC, 9.00%, 10/15/18 (b)

     USD          166        164,755   

ProtoStar I Ltd., 18.00%, 10/15/13

     812        406   

Sterling Entertainment Corp., 10.00%, 12/15/19

     800        800,000   

Unitymedia GmbH:

    

9.63%, 12/01/19 (b)

     EUR          530        765,633   

9.50%, 3/15/21

     385        572,302   

Unitymedia Hessen GmbH & Co. KG:

    

7.50%, 3/15/19

     722        1,025,085   

5.50%, 1/15/23 (b)

     USD          475        479,750   

Univision Communications, Inc., 6.75%, 9/15/22 (b)

     412        444,960   

UPCB Finance II Ltd.:

    

6.38%, 7/01/20

     EUR          300        415,165   

6.38%, 7/01/20 (b)

     753        1,042,064   

WaveDivision Escrow LLC/WaveDivision Escrow Corp., 8.13%, 9/01/20 (b)

     USD          329        345,450   

Ziggo Bond Co. BV, 8.00%, 5/15/18 (b)

     EUR          163        229,829   
    

 

 

 
               26,523,494   

Metals & Mining — 4.9%

  

 

ArcelorMittal:

    

9.50%, 2/15/15

     USD          300        338,625   

4.25%, 8/05/15

     360        372,723   

4.25%, 3/01/16

     125        128,750   

5.00%, 2/25/17

     385        400,593   

6.13%, 6/01/18

     385        415,145   

6.00%, 3/01/21

     55        58,370   

6.75%, 2/25/22

     454        499,903   

7.50%, 10/15/39

     56        58,053   

7.25%, 3/01/41

     213        212,468   

Eco-Bat Finance Plc, 7.75%, 2/15/17

     EUR          435        586,371   

FMG Resources August 2006 Property Ltd. (b):

    

6.38%, 2/01/16

     USD          405        421,795   

6.00%, 4/01/17

     443        461,827   
Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Metals & Mining (concluded)

  

 

Global Brass and Copper, Inc., 9.50%, 6/01/19 (b)

     USD          275      $ 299,063   

GoldCorp, Inc., 2.00%, 8/01/14 (e)

     970        1,016,075   

Kaiser Aluminum Corp., 8.25%, 6/01/20

     205        229,088   

New Gold, Inc. (b):

    

7.00%, 4/15/20

     140        151,200   

6.25%, 11/15/22

     275        289,438   

New World Resources NV:

    

7.88%, 5/01/18

     EUR          230        307,927   

7.88%, 1/15/21

     310        374,366   

Newmont Mining Corp., Series A, 1.25%, 7/15/14 (e)

     USD       1,345        1,485,384   

Novelis, Inc., 8.75%, 12/15/20

     2,815        3,152,800   

Peninsula Energy Ltd., 11.00%, 12/14/14

     500        500,000   

Perstorp Holding AB, 8.75%, 5/15/17 (b)

     205        215,250   

Schmolz + Bickenbach Luxembourg SA, 9.88%, 5/15/19

     EUR          295        344,813   

Steel Dynamics, Inc., 6.38%, 8/15/22 (b)

     USD          225        240,750   

Taseko Mines Ltd., 7.75%, 4/15/19

     385        383,075   

Vedanta Resources Plc, 8.25%, 6/07/21 (b)

     245        278,688   

Walter Energy, Inc., 9.88%, 12/15/20 (b)

     122        132,675   
    

 

 

 
               13,355,215   

Multiline Retail — 0.4%

  

 

Dollar General Corp., 4.13%, 7/15/17

     727        768,802   

Dufry Finance SCA, 5.50%, 10/15/20 (b)

     403        420,128   
    

 

 

 
               1,188,930   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 9.1%

  

 

Access Midstream Partners LP:

    

6.13%, 7/15/22

     250        268,125   

4.88%, 5/15/23

     345        341,550   

Alpha Appalachia Holdings, Inc., 3.25%, 8/01/15 (e)

     817        779,724   

Aurora USA Oil & Gas, Inc., 9.88%, 2/15/17 (b)

     610        655,750   

BreitBurn Energy Partners LP, 7.88%, 4/15/22

     235        249,688   

Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc., 7.50%, 9/15/20

     215        225,750   

Chaparral Energy, Inc., 7.63%, 11/15/22

     205        222,425   

Chesapeake Energy Corp.:

    

7.25%, 12/15/18

     110        124,300   

6.63%, 8/15/20

     165        180,675   

6.88%, 11/15/20

     160        176,000   

6.13%, 2/15/21

     69        73,140   

Concho Resources, Inc.:

    

7.00%, 1/15/21

     150        165,750   

6.50%, 1/15/22

     270        294,300   

5.50%, 10/01/22

     204        212,415   

CONSOL Energy, Inc., 8.25%, 4/01/20

     285        314,212   

Continental Resources, Inc., 7.13%, 4/01/21

     340        385,900   

Crosstex Energy LP, 8.88%, 2/15/18

     140        150,850   

Crown Oil Partners IV LP, 15.00%, 3/07/15

     556        585,003   

CVR Refining LLC/Coffeyville Finance, Inc., 6.50%, 11/01/22 (b)

     350        352,625   

Denbury Resources, Inc., 4.63%, 7/15/23

     708        694,725   

Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc.:

    

9.25%, 12/15/17

     430        485,900   

7.75%, 6/15/19

     490        525,525   

EP Energy LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc.:

    

6.88%, 5/01/19

     315        343,350   

7.75%, 9/01/22

     195        211,088   

EV Energy Partners LP, 8.00%, 4/15/19

     140        146,650   

Halcon Resources Corp., 8.88%, 5/15/21 (b)

     384        412,800   

Hilcorp Energy I LP, 7.63%, 4/15/21 (b)

     243        267,908   

Holly Energy Partners LP, 6.50%, 3/01/20 (b)

     145        155,150   

Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp., 8.13%, 12/01/19

     320        360,000   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Table of Contents

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (COY)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (concluded)

  

 

Linn Energy LLC:

    

6.50%, 5/15/19

     USD          41      $ 42,435   

6.25%, 11/01/19 (b)

     1,084        1,105,680   

8.63%, 4/15/20

     100        110,625   

7.75%, 2/01/21

     140        151,200   

MarkWest Energy Partners LP:

    

5.50%, 2/15/23

     200        210,000   

4.50%, 7/15/23

     140        136,850   

Newfield Exploration Co., 6.88%, 2/01/20

     715        766,837   

Northern Oil and Gas, Inc., 8.00%, 6/01/20

     285        297,825   

Oasis Petroleum, Inc.:

    

7.25%, 2/01/19

     185        199,800   

6.50%, 11/01/21

     270        291,600   

Offshore Group Investments Ltd., 11.50%, 8/01/15

     633        689,970   

PBF Holding Co. LLC, 8.25%, 2/15/20 (b)

     205        222,938   

PDC Energy, Inc., 7.75%, 10/15/22 (b)

     190        200,925   

PetroBakken Energy Ltd., 8.63%, 2/01/20 (b)

     564        575,280   

Petroleum Geo-Services ASA, 7.38%, 12/15/18 (b)

     730        803,000   

Plains Exploration & Production Co., 6.88%, 2/15/23

     965        1,112,162   

Range Resources Corp.:

    

8.00%, 5/15/19

     345        379,500   

5.75%, 6/01/21

     932        992,580   

5.00%, 8/15/22

     371        379,347   

Regency Energy Partners LP:

    

6.88%, 12/01/18

     372        401,760   

5.50%, 4/15/23

     618        651,990   

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 5.63%, 2/01/21 (b)

     1,490        1,538,425   

Sabine Pass Liquified Natural Gas LP:

    

7.50%, 11/30/16

     1,395        1,541,475   

6.50%, 11/01/20 (b)

     300        316,500   

SandRidge Energy, Inc., 7.50%, 2/15/23

     484        506,990   

SESI LLC:

    

6.38%, 5/01/19

     300        321,750   

7.13%, 12/15/21

     215        238,113   

SM Energy Co.:

    

6.63%, 2/15/19

     120        128,700   

6.50%, 11/15/21

     240        261,000   

6.50%, 1/01/23

     355        384,287   

Tesoro Logistics LP/Tesoro Logistics Finance Corp., 5.88%, 10/01/20 (b)

     142        148,035   

Vanguard Natural Resources, 7.88%, 4/01/20

     250        262,500   
    

 

 

 
               24,731,357   

Paper & Forest Products — 0.8%

  

 

Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd., 7.50%, 12/15/17 (b)

     325        350,187   

Boise Paper Holdings LLC:

    

9.00%, 11/01/17

     55        59,469   

8.00%, 4/01/20

     105        115,763   

Clearwater Paper Corp., 7.13%, 11/01/18

     535        579,137   

Longview Fibre Paper & Packaging, Inc., 8.00%, 6/01/16 (b)

     315        330,750   

NewPage Corp., 11.38%, 12/31/14 (a)(i)

     1,788          

Sappi Papier Holding GmbH (b):

    

8.38%, 6/15/19

     200        224,000   

6.63%, 4/15/21

     120        124,200   

Unifrax I LLC, 7.50%, 2/15/19 (b)

     240        243,600   
    

 

 

 
               2,027,106   

Pharmaceuticals — 1.5%

  

 

Capsugel Finance Co. SCA:

    

9.88%, 8/01/19

     EUR          100        146,874   

9.88%, 8/01/19 (b)

     200        293,749   
Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Pharmaceuticals (concluded)

  

 

Elan Corp. Plc, 6.25%, 10/15/19 (b)

     USD          424      $ 486,010   

Jaguar Holding Co. II/Jaguar Merger Sub, Inc., 9.50%, 12/01/19 (b)

     370        424,575   

Mylan, Inc., 6.00%, 11/15/18 (b)

     100        110,137   

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (b):

    

6.50%, 7/15/16

     399        419,199   

6.88%, 12/01/18

     708        769,065   

6.38%, 10/15/20

     370        398,213   

6.75%, 8/15/21

     445        481,156   

Warner Chilcott Co. LLC, 7.75%, 9/15/18

     565        610,200   
    

 

 

 
               4,139,178   

Professional Services — 0.3%

  

 

La Financiere Atalian SA, 7.25%, 1/15/20

     EUR          120        156,901   

Truven Health Analytics, Inc., 10.63%, 6/01/20 (b)

     USD          470        526,400   
    

 

 

 
               683,301   

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.7%

  

 

Cantor Commercial Real Estate Co. LP, 7.75%, 2/15/18 (b)

     261        262,305   

Felcor Lodging LP:

    

6.75%, 6/01/19

     934        1,003,466   

5.63%, 3/01/23 (b)

     235        236,469   

The Rouse Co. LP, 6.75%, 11/09/15

     480        499,200   
    

 

 

 
               2,001,440   

Real Estate Management & Development — 2.6%

  

 

CBRE Services, Inc., 6.63%, 10/15/20

     310        334,800   

Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd., 7.50%, 1/10/23 (b)

     200        207,500   

Crescent Resources LLC/Crescent Ventures, Inc., 10.25%, 8/15/17 (b)

     785        845,837   

Forest City Enterprises, Inc., 7.63%, 6/01/15

     392        391,020   

Mattamy Group Corp., 6.50%, 11/15/20 (b)

     345        343,706   

Realogy Corp.:

    

11.50%, 4/15/17

     360        383,850   

12.00%, 4/15/17

     90        96,075   

7.88%, 2/15/19 (b)

     1,895        2,060,812   

7.63%, 1/15/20 (b)

     465        524,288   

9.00%, 1/15/20 (b)

     305        349,988   

Shea Homes LP, 8.63%, 5/15/19

     1,290        1,431,900   
    

 

 

 
               6,969,776   

Road & Rail — 0.5%

  

 

The Hertz Corp.:

    

7.50%, 10/15/18

     505        551,712   

6.75%, 4/15/19 (b)

     265        285,538   

7.38%, 1/15/21

     400        441,000   

Hertz Holdings Netherlands BV, 8.50%, 7/31/15

     EUR            72        99,945   
    

 

 

 
               1,378,195   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.4%

  

 

Micron Technology, Inc., Series C, 2.38%, 5/01/32 (b)(e)

     USD          247        274,942   

NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC, 5.75%, 2/15/21 (b)

     305        311,862   

Spansion LLC, 7.88%, 11/15/17

     540        569,700   
    

 

 

 
               1,156,504   

Software — 1.2%

  

 

IAC/InterActiveCorp, 4.75%, 12/15/22 (b)

     386        377,315   

Igloo Holdings Corp., 8.25%, 12/15/17 (b)(f)

     274        280,850   

Infor US, Inc., 9.38%, 4/01/19

     1,410        1,582,725   

Interface Security Systems Holdings, Inc., 9.25%, 1/15/18 (b)

     139        141,433   

Nuance Communications, Inc., 5.38%, 8/15/20 (b)

     465        470,812   

Sophia LP, 9.75%, 1/15/19 (b)

     408        451,350   
    

 

 

 
               3,304,485   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Table of Contents

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (COY)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Specialty Retail — 3.0%

  

 

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc., 8.38%, 11/15/20

     USD          335      $ 373,525   

Claire’s Stores, Inc., 9.00%, 3/15/19 (b)

     797        884,670   

House of Fraser Funding Plc:

    

8.88%, 8/15/18 (b)

     GBP          259        416,491   

8.88%, 8/15/18

     221        355,384   

Limited Brands, Inc.:

    

8.50%, 6/15/19

     USD          745        912,625   

5.63%, 2/15/22

     150        158,625   

Michaels Stores, Inc., 7.75%, 11/01/18

     215        234,619   

New Academy Finance Co. LLC, 8.00%, 6/15/18 (b)(f)

     197        203,402   

Party City Holdings, Inc., 8.88%, 8/01/20 (b)

     929        1,010,287   

Penske Automotive Group, Inc., 5.75%, 10/01/22 (b)

     1,015        1,061,944   

QVC, Inc.:

    

7.13%, 4/15/17 (b)

     210        218,728   

7.50%, 10/01/19 (b)

     565        623,586   

7.38%, 10/15/20 (b)

     270        299,279   

5.13%, 7/02/22

     12        12,689   

Sally Holdings LLC:

    

6.88%, 11/15/19

     500        557,500   

5.75%, 6/01/22

     470        496,437   

Sonic Automotive, Inc., 9.00%, 3/15/18

     345        379,500   
    

 

 

 
               8,199,291   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.2%

  

 

Levi Strauss & Co., 6.88%, 5/01/22

     400        434,500   

Phillips-Van Heusen Corp., 4.50%, 12/15/22

     233        229,796   
    

 

 

 
               664,296   

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.6%

  

 

Ashtead Capital, Inc., 6.50%, 7/15/22 (b)

     455        490,263   

Doric Nimrod Air Finance Alpha Ltd., Series 2012-1 (b):

    

6.50%, 5/30/21

     530        560,293   

5.13%, 11/30/24

     550        591,250   
    

 

 

 
               1,641,806   

Transportation Infrastructure — 0.2%

  

 

Aguila 3 SA, 7.88%, 1/31/18 (b)

     398        421,880   

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 4.3%

  

 

Cricket Communications, Inc., 7.75%, 10/15/20

     543        553,860   

Crown Castle International Corp., 5.25%, 1/15/23 (b)

     1,029        1,054,725   

Digicel Group Ltd. (b):

    

8.25%, 9/01/17

     1,135        1,197,425   

8.25%, 9/30/20

     420        447,930   

6.00%, 4/15/21 (g)

     1,045        1,042,388   

MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., 6.63%, 11/15/20

     627        655,999   

NII Capital Corp., 7.63%, 4/01/21

     324        226,800   

Phones4u Finance Plc:

    

9.50%, 4/01/18

     GBP          100        156,635   

9.50%, 4/01/18 (b)

     370        579,551   

Sprint Capital Corp., 6.88%, 11/15/28

     USD       1,566        1,581,660   

Sprint Nextel Corp. (b):

    

9.00%, 11/15/18

     2,165        2,684,600   

7.00%, 3/01/20

     1,370        1,602,900   
    

 

 

 
               11,784,473   
Total Corporate Bonds — 103.3%              280,565,560   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (c)    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Airlines — 1.1%

    

Delta Air Lines, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 4/20/17

     USD          393      $ 396,212   

Northwest Airlines, Inc., Term Loan:

    

2.32%, 3/10/17

     662        616,322   

2.32%, 3/10/17

     1,199        1,116,269   

1.70%, 9/10/18

     544        485,683   

1.70%, 9/10/18

     540        482,112   
    

 

 

 
               3,096,598   

Auto Components — 1.1%

    

Federal-Mogul Corp.:

    

Term Loan B, 2.14%, 12/29/14

     1,345        1,251,325   

Term Loan C, 2.14%, 12/28/15

     675        627,125   

Schaeffler AG, Term Loan B2, 6.00%, 1/27/17

     1,225        1,224,694   
    

 

 

 
               3,103,144   

Building Products — 0.1%

    

Wilsonart International Holdings LLC, Term Loan B, 5.50%, 10/31/19

     390        394,095   

Capital Markets — 0.6%

    

American Capital Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 5.50%, 8/22/16

     858        866,580   

Nuveen Investments, Inc.:

    

Incremental Term Loan, 7.25%, 5/13/17

     440        442,200   

Second Lien Term Loan, 8.25%, 2/28/19

     380        387,600   
    

 

 

 
               1,696,380   

Chemicals — 0.4%

    

INEOS US Finance LLC, 6 Year Term Loan, 6.50%, 5/04/18

     343        349,769   

US Coatings Acquisition, Inc.:

    

Term Loan, 4.75%, 2/03/20

     650        657,891   

Term Loan B, 5.25%, 2/03/20

     EUR            70        92,319   
    

 

 

 
               1,099,979   

Communications Equipment — 1.4%

    

Alcatel-Lucent:

    

Term Loan D, 7.75%, 1/31/19

     505        661,043   

Term Loan C, 7.25%, 1/31/19

     USD       1,290        1,304,190   

Avaya, Inc., Term Loan B5, 8.00%, 3/30/18

     114        114,397   

Zayo Group, LLC Refinancing, Term Loan B, 5.25%, 7/12/19

     1,667        1,672,467   
    

 

 

 
               3,752,097   

Construction & Engineering — 0.6%

    

Safway Services LLC, Mezzanine Loan, 9.88%, 12/16/17

     1,750        1,750,000   

Construction Materials — 0.4%

    

HD Supply, Inc., Senior Debt B, 4.50%, 10/12/17

     1,040        1,042,541   

Consumer Finance — 1.1%

    

Springleaf Financial Funding Co., Term Loan, 5.50%, 5/10/17

     2,948        2,958,436   

Diversified Consumer Services — 0.2%

    

Laureate Education, Inc., Extended Term Loan, 5.25%, 6/18/18

     134        134,349   

ServiceMaster Co., Term Loan, 4.25%, 4/01/17

     425        423,558   
    

 

 

 
               557,907   

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.8%

  

 

Level 3 Financing, Inc.:

    

2016 Term Loan B, 4.75%, 2/01/16

     643        650,626   

2019 Term Loan B, 5.25%, 8/01/19

     530        535,411   

Term Loan, 4.75%, 8/01/19

     900        907,200   
    

 

 

 
               2,093,237   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (COY)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (c)    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.9%

    

Dynegy Midwest Generation LLC, Coal Co. Term Loan, 9.25%, 8/04/16

     USD       1,152      $ 1,188,849   

Dynegy Power LLC, Gas Co. Term Loan, 9.25%, 8/04/16

     958        996,276   

Tervita Corp., Incremental Term Loan, 6.50%, 5/01/18

     135        135,697   
    

 

 

 
               2,320,822   

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.0%

    

Rite Aid Corp., Second Lien Term Loan, 5.75%, 7/07/20

     100        102,278   

Food Products — 0.1%

    

Advance Pierre Foods, Inc., Term Loan, 5.75%, 7/10/17

     195        197,377   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.2%

    

Bausch & Lomb, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.25%, 5/17/19

     353        355,618   

LHP Hospital Group, Inc., Term Loan, 9.00%, 7/03/18

     259        264,521   
    

 

 

 
               620,139   

Health Care Providers & Services — 0.4%

    

Genesis HealthCare Corp., Term Loan B, 10.00% — 10.75%, 9/25/17

     173        169,697   

Harden Healthcare LLC:

    

Add on Term Loan A, 7.75%, 3/02/15

     343        335,663   

Term Loan A, 8.50%, 3/02/15

     300        297,645   

inVentiv Health, Inc., Combined Term Loan, 7.50%, 8/04/16

     376        370,097   
    

 

 

 
               1,173,102   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.0%

    

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.:

    

Term Loan B1, 3.20%, 1/28/15

     471        469,334   

Term Loan B3, 3.20% — 3.31%, 1/28/15

     21        21,367   

Harrah’s Property Co., Mezzanine Term Loan, 3.69%, 2/13/14

     5,000        4,600,000   

MGM Resorts International, Term Loan B, 4.25%, 12/20/19

     1,140        1,153,110   

Station Casinos, Inc., Term Loan B:

    

5.50%, 9/27/19

     943        948,133   

5.00%, 2/13/20

     915        922,625   

Travelport Holdings Ltd.:

    

Extended Tranche A Term Loan, 6.40%, 12/01/16

     183        64,686   

Extended Tranche B Term Loan, 13.80%, 12/01/16

     613        57,195   
    

 

 

 
               8,236,450   

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.2%

    

Sequa Corp., Term Loan B, 5.25%, 6/19/17

     532        538,038   

Insurance — 0.1%

    

Alliant Holdings I, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 12/20/19

     310        312,325   

IT Services — 0.3%

    

Ceridian Corp., Extended Term Loan, 5.95%, 5/09/17

     62        62,893   

First Data Corp., Extended 2018 Term Loan B, 4.20%, 3/23/18

     720        710,928   
    

 

 

 
               773,821   

Leisure Equipment & Products — 0.1%

    

Eastman Kodak Co., DIP Term Loan B, 8.50%, 7/19/13

     221        220,569   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (c)    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.1%

    

Patheon, Inc., Term Loan, 7.25%, 12/06/18

     USD          190      $ 191,657   

Machinery — 0.7%

    

Rexnord Corp., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 4/02/18

     540        542,927   

Silver II US Holdings LLC, Term Loan, 5.00%, 12/05/19

     1,395        1,395,000   
    

 

 

 
               1,937,927   

Media — 3.7%

    

Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc.:

    

Non-Extended Term Loan, 2.71%, 7/03/14

     292        228,427   

Tranche 1 Incremental, 7.50%, 7/03/14

     1,378        1,095,112   

Cequel Communications LLC, Term Loan B, 4.00%, 2/14/19

     262        263,651   

Clear Channel Communications, Inc.:

    

Term Loan B, 3.85%, 1/29/16

     1,217        1,041,194   

Term Loan C, 3.85%, 1/29/16

     362        305,631   

EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Term Loan B, 5.50%, 6/29/18

     398        402,278   

Getty Images, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.75%, 10/18/19

     379        381,467   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, Term Loan B1, 4.50%, 4/02/18

     4,867        4,913,012   

Interactive Data Corp., Term Loan B, 3.75%, 2/11/18

     379        379,581   

Univision Communications, Inc., Extended Term Loan, 4.45%, 3/31/17

     248        248,064   

Virgin Media Investment Holdings, Term Loan B, 3.50%, 2/17/20

     695        690,851   
    

 

 

 
               9,949,268   

Metals & Mining — 0.9%

    

Constellium Holdco BV, Term Loan B, 9.25%, 5/25/18

     388        395,811   

FMG America Finance, Inc., Term Loan, 5.25%, 10/18/17

     2,075        2,099,656   
    

 

 

 
               2,495,467   

Multiline Retail — 0.5%

    

HEMA Holding BV, Mezzanine, 8.62%, 7/05/17

     EUR       1,184        1,368,074   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.5%

    

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Unsecured Term Loan, 5.75%, 12/01/17

     USD       2,015        2,056,771   

Obsidian Natural Gas Trust, Term Loan, 7.00%, 11/02/15

     777        784,301   

Samson Investment Co., Second Lien Term Loan, 6.00%, 9/25/18

     215        217,017   

Vantage Drilling Co., Term Loan, 6.25%, 10/26/17

     889        893,194   
    

 

 

 
               3,951,283   

Pharmaceuticals — 0.4%

    

Par Pharmaceutical, Term Loan B, 4.25%, 9/28/19

     658        657,527   

Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.25%, 12/05/18

     287        288,479   
    

 

 

 
               946,006   

Professional Services — 0.1%

    

Truven Health Analytics, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.75%, 6/01/19

     343        346,495   

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.4%

  

 

iStar Financial, Inc., Term Loan, 4.50%, 9/28/17

     962        963,027   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (COY)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (c)    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Real Estate Management & Development — 0.3%

  

 

Realogy Corp.:

    

Extended Letter of Credit Loan, 4.46%, 10/10/16

     USD            86      $ 86,467   

Extended Term Loan, 4.42%, 10/10/16

     689        688,607   
    

 

 

 
               775,074   

Road & Rail — 0.1%

    

Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., Term Loan A, 2.70%, 9/29/17

     263        263,447   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.1%

  

 

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Extended Term Loan B, 4.45%, 12/01/16

     275        275,000   

Software — 0.6%

    

GCA Services Group, Inc., Second Lien Term Loan, 9.25%, 10/22/20

     55        54,450   

Infor US, Inc., Term Loan B2, 5.25%, 4/05/18

     1,124        1,136,534   

Kronos, Inc., Second Lien Term Loan, 9.75%, 4/30/20

     470        488,800   
    

 

 

 
               1,679,784   

Specialty Retail — 0.2%

    

David’s Bridal, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 10/11/19

     495        500,074   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.5%

  

 

Ascend Performance Materials LLC, Term Loan B, 6.75%, 4/10/18

     1,042        1,052,546   

Phillips-Van Heusen Corp., Term Loan B, 3.25%, 12/19/19

     405        408,248   
    

 

 

 
               1,460,794   

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.2%

  

 

Ocwen Financial Corp., Term Loan, 5.00%, 1/22/18

     560        566,765   
Total Floating Rate Loan Interests — 23.4%              63,709,477   
    
   
Other Interests (a)(j)   

Beneficial

Interest  

(000)    

        

Chemicals — 0.0%

    

Wellman Holdings, Inc., Litigation Trust Certificate

     2,650        26   

Media — 0.0%

    

Adelphia Escrow

     700        7   

Adelphia Recovery Trust

     878        88   
    

 

 

 
               95   
Total Other Interests — 0.0%              121   
Preferred Securities        
Shares
    Value  
Preferred Stocks               

Auto Components — 0.5%

    

Dana Holding Corp., 4.00% (b)(e)

     9,740      $ 1,381,862   
    
   
Trust Preferreds               

Diversified Financial Services — 1.2%

    

GMAC Capital Trust I, Series 2, 8.13%, 2/15/40 (c)

     117,850        3,117,100   
Total Preferred Securities — 1.7%              4,498,962   
    
   
Warrants (k)               

Health Care Providers & Services — 0.0%

    

HealthSouth Corp. (Expires 1/16/14)

     29,930          

Media — 0.0%

    

New Vision Holdings LLC (Expires 9/30/14)

     14,965        27,681   

Metals & Mining — 0.0%

    

Peninsula Minerals Ltd. (Expires 12/31/15)

     3,627,165        55,575   

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.0%

  

 

Peninsula Energy Ltd. (Expires 12/31/15)

     2,142,553        31,077   

Software — 0.0%

  

 

Bankruptcy Management Solutions, Inc. (Expires 9/28/17)

     312          

HMH Holdings/EduMedia, (issued/exercisable 3/09/10, 19 shares for 1 warrant, Expires 3/04/17, Strike Price $42.27)

     1,070          
    

 

 

 
                 
Total Warrants — 0.0%              114,333   

Total Long-Term Investments

(Cost — $364,347,495) — 137.7%

  

  

    374,065,403   
    
   
Options Purchased  
(Cost — $25,865) — 0.0%              1,960   

Total Investments Before Options Written

(Cost — $364,373,360) — 137.7%

             374,067,363   
    
   
Options Written  
(Premiums Received — $98,415) — (0.0)%              (50,555
Total Investments, Net of Options Written — 137.7%        374,016,808   
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (37.7)%        (102,399,819
    

 

 

 
Net Assets — 100.0%      $ 271,616,989   
    

 

 

 

 

Notes to Consolidated Schedule of investments

 

(a)   Non-income producing security.

 

(b)   Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

 

(c)   Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.

 

(d)   Represents a zero-coupon bond. Rate shown reflects the current yield as of report date.

 

(e)   Convertible security.

 

(f)   Represents a payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in additional par/shares.

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (COY)

 

 

(g)   When-issued security. Unsettled when-issued transactions were as follows:

 

Counterparty      Value                Unrealized
Appreciation
 
Citigroup, Inc,      $ 1,678,508              $ 1,199   
Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc.      $ 607,920                $ 8,048   

 

(h)   Represents a step-up bond that pays an initial coupon rate for the first period and then a higher coupon rate for the following periods. Rate shown is as of report date.

 

(i)   Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default of principal and/or interest payments.

 

(j)   Other interests represent beneficial interests in liquidation trusts and other reorganization or private entities.

 

(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 of the warrants, if any.

 

Ÿ  

Investments in issuers considered to be an affiliate of the Fund during the year ended February 28, 2013, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

Affiliate      Shares Held
at February 29,
2012
       Net
Activity
       Shares Held
at February 28,
2013
     Income  

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class

       2,264,805           (2,264,805           $ 2,410   

 

Ÿ  

Financial futures contracts as of February 28, 2013 were as follows:

 

Contracts
Sold
  Issue   Exchange   Expiration   Notional
Value
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 
(46)   S&P 500 E-Mini Index   Chicago Mercantile   March 2013     USD    3,480,590      $ (59,470

 

Ÿ  

Foreign currency exchange contracts as of February 28, 2013 were as follows:

 

Currency

Purchased

      

Currency
Sold

    Counterparty   Settlement
Date
    Unrealized 
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
CAD        195,000         USD        194,271      Citigroup, Inc.     4/17/13      $ (5,376
USD        480,181         AUD        463,000      Citigroup, Inc.     4/17/13        8,827   
USD        196,643         CAD        195,000      Citigroup, Inc.     4/17/13        7,748   
USD        3,212,074         CAD        3,169,000      Deutsche Bank AG     4/17/13        142,281   
USD        1,361,444         GBP        880,000      Barclays Plc     4/17/13        26,751   
USD        148,702         GBP        96,000      BNP Paribas SA     4/17/13        3,099   
USD        5,959,142         GBP        3,720,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.     4/17/13        317,035   
USD        160,147         GBP        101,000      Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc     4/17/13        6,961   
USD        115,580         EUR        87,000      BNP Paribas SA     4/23/13        1,955   
USD        21,268,491         EUR        15,961,000      Citigroup, Inc.     4/23/13        422,954   
USD        133,584         EUR        100,267      Deutsche Bank AG     4/23/13        2,633   
USD        266,493         EUR        200,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.     4/23/13        5,287   
USD        134,611         EUR        100,000      UBS AG     4/23/13        4,008   
Total                      $ 944,163     

 

Ÿ  

Exchange-traded options purchased as of February 28, 2013 were as follows:

 

Description      Put/Call      Strike
Price
    Expiration
Date
    Contracts     Market
Value
 

Life Technologies Corp.

       Call         USD            70.00        3/16/13        98      $ 1,960   

 

Ÿ  

Over-the-counter options purchased as of February 28, 2013 were as follows:

 

Description      Counterparty    Put/Call      Strike
Price
    Expiration
Date
    Contracts     Market
Value
 

Marsico Parent Superholdco LLC

     Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.      Call         USD            942.86        12/14/19        17          

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.+

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (COY)

 

 

Ÿ  

Over-the-counter credit default swaptions written as of February 28, 2013 were as follows:

 

Description   Counterparty   Put/
Call
     Strike
Price
    Pay/Receive
Floating
Rate Index
  Floating Rate
Index
  Credit
Rating1
  Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
(000)2
     Market
Value

Sold Protection on
5-Year Credit
Default Swap

  Credit Suisse
Group AG
    Call         USD         103.50      Receive   Dow Jones CDX
North America
High Yield, Series
19, Version 1
  B+     6/19/13         USD         4,050       $ (21,885    

Sold Protection on
5-Year Credit
Default Swap

  Credit Suisse
Group AG
    Put         USD         97.50      Pay   Dow Jones CDX
North America
High Yield, Series
19, Version 1
  B+     6/19/13         USD         4,050         (28,670    
Total                            $ (50,555  
                          

 

 

 

Ÿ  

Credit default swaps — buy protection outstanding as of February 28, 2013 were as follows:

 

Issuer    Pay
Fixed Rate
       Counterparty         Expiration
Date
          Notional
Amount
(000)
     Unrealized  
Depreciation  

Israel (State of)

     1.00      Deutsche Bank AG     3/20/17           USD        625       $ (24,619  

Israel (State of)

     1.00      Deutsche Bank AG     3/20/17           USD           210         (8,147  

Beazer Homes USA, Inc.

     5.00      JPMorgan Chase & Co.     12/20/17             USD        70         (1,150    
Total                     $ (33,916  
                   

 

 

 

Ÿ  

Credit default swaps — sold protection outstanding as of February 28, 2013 were as follows:

 

Issuer    Receive
Fixed Rate
     Counterparty   Expiration
Date
   

Credit 

Rating3

     Notional
Amount
(000)2
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
      

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00    Citigroup, Inc.     12/20/15        CCC         USD        143      $ 18,667     

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00    Citigroup, Inc.     12/20/15        CCC         USD        70        6,862     

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00    JPMorgan Chase & Co.     12/20/15        CCC         USD        232        26,075     

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00    JPMorgan Chase & Co.     12/20/15        CCC         USD        58        7,054     

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00    JPMorgan Chase & Co.     12/20/15        CCC         USD        250        42,155     

ARAMARK Corp.

     5.00    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.     3/20/16        B-         USD        500        40,144     

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00    Citigroup, Inc.     3/20/16        CCC         USD        48        1,087     

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.     3/20/16        CCC         USD        101        7,861     

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.     3/20/16        CCC         USD        101        7,861     

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.     3/20/16        CCC         USD        302        19,444     

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.     3/20/16        CCC         USD        71        3,617     

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.     3/20/16        CCC         USD        301        295     

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00    JPMorgan Chase & Co.     3/20/16        CCC         USD        41        1,497     

ARAMARK Corp.

     5.00    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.     6/20/16        B-         USD        300        24,289     

ARAMARK Corp.

     5.00    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.     6/20/16        B-         USD        300        25,738     

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.     6/20/16        CCC         USD        708        37,980     

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.     6/20/16        CCC         USD        114        503     

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.     6/20/16        CCC         USD        204        12,033     

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.     6/20/16        CCC         USD        390        19,372     

ARAMARK Corp.

     5.00    Credit Suisse Group AG     9/20/16        B-         USD        125        13,964     

ARAMARK Corp.

     5.00    Deutsche Bank AG     3/20/17        B-         USD        185        13,543     

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.     3/20/17        CCC         USD        222        6,990     

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.     3/20/17        CCC         USD        187        (1,422  

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.     3/20/17        CCC         USD        129        1,610     

Crown Castle International Corp.

     7.25    Deutsche Bank AG     3/20/17        B-         USD        430        74,431     

CCO Holdings LLC

     8.00    Deutsche Bank AG     9/20/17        BB-         USD        1,500        362,674     

Level 3 Communications, Inc.

     5.00    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.     6/20/19        CCC         USD        900        70,364       

Total

                 $ 844,688     
                

 

 

 

1   

Using S&P’s rating of the underlying securities of the index.

 

2   

The maximum potential amount the Fund may pay should a negative credit event take place as defined under the terms of agreement.

 

3   

Using S&P’s rating of the issuer.

 

Ÿ  

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 Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (COY)

 

 

Ÿ  

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial statement purposes as follows:

 

Ÿ  

Level 1 — unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets and liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access

 

Ÿ  

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)

 

Ÿ  

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)

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. In accordance with the Fund’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. 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 is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with 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 Consolidated Financial Statements.

The following tables summarize the Fund’s investments and derivative financial instruments categorized in the disclosure hierarchy as of February 28, 2013:

 

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets:

                
Investments:                 

Long-Term Investments:

                

Common Stocks

  $ 19,024,477         $ 1,284,531         $ 4,867,942         $ 25,176,950   

Corporate Bonds

              276,591,007           3,974,553           280,565,560   

Floating Rate Loan Interests

              54,412,941           9,296,536           63,709,477   

Other Interests

    88                     33           121   

Preferred Securities

    3,117,100           1,381,862                     4,498,962   

Warrants

    55,575                     58,758           114,333   

Options Purchased:

                

Equity contracts

    1,960                               1,960   
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

  $ 22,199,200         $ 333,670,341         $ 18,197,822         $ 374,067,363   
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
                
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  
Derivative Financial Instruments1                 

Assets:

                

Credit contracts

            $ 846,110                   $ 846,110   

Foreign currency exchange contracts

              949,539                     949,539   

Liabilities:

                

Credit contracts

              (85,893                  (85,893

Equity contracts

  $ (59,470                            (59,470

Foreign currency exchange contracts

              (5,376                  (5,376
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

  $ (59,470      $ 1,704,380                   $ 1,644,910   
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

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

 

Certain of the Fund’s assets and liabilities are held at carrying amount, which approximates fair value for financial statement purposes. As of February 28, 2013, such assets and liabilities are categorized within the disclosure hierarchy as follows:

 

       

   

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets:

                

Cash

  $   3,687,665                             $ 3,687,665   

Foreign currency at value

    9,196                               9,196   

Cash pledged as collateral for financial futures contracts

    231,000                               231,000   

Cash pledged as collateral for swaps

    600,000                               600,000   

Liabilities:

                

Loan payable

            $ (98,000,000                  (98,000,000

Cash received as collateral for swaps

              (600,000                  (600,000
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

  $ 4,527,861         $ (98,600,000                $ (94,072,139
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the year ended February 28, 2013.

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (COY)

 

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

 

     Common
Stocks
    Corporate
Bonds
    Floating
Rate Loan
Interests
    Other
Interests
    Warrants     Total  

Assets:

 

Opening Balance, as of February 29, 2012

  $ 4,138,509      $ 4,181,040      $ 5,454,878      $ 34             $ 13,774,461   

Transfers into Level 31

    340        1,165,837                             1,166,177   

Transfers out of Level 31

                  (201,394                   (201,394

Accrued discounts/premiums

           (7,560     55,798                      48,238   

Net realized gain (loss)

    (1,186,175     6,507        (508,051                   (1,687,719

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation2

    1,278,016        (1,251,301     1,070,406        (1   $ 58,758        1,155,878   

Purchases

    637,262        2,369,423        6,116,809                      9,123,494   

Sales

    (10     (2,489,393     (2,691,910                   (5,181,313
 

 

 

 

Closing Balance, as of February 28, 2013

  $ 4,867,942      $ 3,974,553      $ 9,296,536      $ 33      $ 58,758      $ 18,197,822   
 

 

 

 

 

1   

Transfers into and transfers out of Level 3 represent the values as of the beginning of the reporting period.

 

2   

Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments still held as of February 28, 2013 was $(648,258).

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

 

     Credit
Contracts
 

Assets/Liabilities:

 

Opening Balance, as of February 29, 2012

  $ 216,962   

Transfers into Level 33

      

Transfers out of Level 33

    (9,242

Accrued discounts/ premiums

      

Net realized gain (loss)

      

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation4

    (207,720

Purchases

      

Issues5

      

Sales

      

Settlements6

      
 

 

 

 

Closing Balance, as of February 28, 2013

      
 

 

 

 

 

3   

Transfers into and transfers out of Level 3 represent the values as of the beginning of the reporting period.

 

4   

Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

5   

Issues represent upfront cash received on certain derivative financial instruments.

 

6   

Settlements represent periodic contractual cash flows and/or cash flows to terminate certain derivative financial instruments.

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (concluded)

  

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (COY)

 

The following table summarizes the valuation techniques used and unobservable inputs developed by the BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee (“Global Valuation Committee”) to determine the value of certain of the Fund’s Level 3 investments as of February 28, 2013. The table does not include Level 3 investments with values derived utilizing third party pricing information without adjustment. A significant change in third party pricing information could result in a significantly lower or higher value of such Level 3 investments. The value of Level 3 investments derived using third party pricing information is $8,319,823.

 

     Value      Valuation Techniques   Unobservable  Inputs1  

Range of

Unobservable

Inputs Utilized

Assets:

        

Common Stocks

  $ 3,991,905       Market Comparable Companies   EBITDA Multiple   6.56x
       Enterprise Value/Oil Barrel Multiple   CAD2 0.44x
    217,425       Restructure terms3   N/A  

Corporate Bonds

    1,032,494       Market Comparable Companies   Yield   12.10%
    585,003       Discounted Cash Flow  

Yield

  12%
    406       Estimated Final Distribution  

Recovery Rate

  0.05%
    1,608,700       Cost4   N/A  

Floating Rate Loan Interests

    633,308       Discounted Cash Flow  

Yield

  9.50%
    1,750,000       Cost4   N/A  
    27,681       Discounted Vendor Price   Distribution Rate   0.51639

Warrants

    31,077       Black-Scholes   Implied Volatility   90%

 

Total

  $ 9,877,999          
 

 

 

        

 

 1  

A change to the unobservable input may result in a significant change to the value of the investment as follows:

 

Unobservable Input    Impact to
Value if Input Increases
   Impact to
Value if Input Decreases

EBITDA Multiple

   Increase    Decrease

Enterprise Value/Oil Barrel Multiple

   Increase    Decrease

Yield

   Decrease    Increase

Recovery Rate

   Increase    Decrease

Distribution Rate

   Decrease    Increase

Implied Volatility

   Increase    Decrease

 

 

  2  

Canadian Dollar.

 

3  

Investment is valued based on the company’s financial restructuring plan.

 

4  

The Fund fair values certain of its Level 3 investments using prior transaction prices (acquisition cost), although the transaction may not have occurred during the current reporting period. In such cases, these investments are generally privately held investments. There may not be a secondary market, and/or there are a limited number of investors. The determination to fair value such investments at cost is based upon factors consistent with the principles of fair value measurement that are reasonably available to the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate. Valuations are reviewed utilizing available market information to determine if the carrying value should be adjusted. Such market data may include, but is not limited to, observations of the trading multiples of public companies considered comparable to the private companies being valued, financial or operational information released by the company, and/or news or corporate events that affect the investment. Valuations may be adjusted to account for company-specific issues, the lack of liquidity inherent in a nonpublic investment and the fact that comparable public companies are not identical to the investments being fair valued by the Fund.

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments February 28, 2013

  

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. (CYE)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Common Stocks        
Shares
    Value  

Auto Components — 0.5%

    

Dana Holding Corp.

     59,109      $ 988,893   

Delphi Automotive Plc (a)

     8,900        369,587   
    

 

 

 
               1,358,480   

Biotechnology — 0.0%

    

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     7,130        106,451   

Capital Markets — 1.7%

    

American Capital Ltd. (a)

     281,903        3,941,004   

E*Trade Financial Corp. (a)

     74,600        798,966   

Uranium Participation Corp. (a)

     35,440        183,515   
    

 

 

 
               4,923,485   

Chemicals — 0.5%

    

ADA-ES, Inc. (a)

     1,820        48,357   

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

     3,600        722,988   

Huntsman Corp.

     34,500        594,435   
    

 

 

 
               1,365,780   

Commercial Banks — 0.6%

    

CIT Group, Inc. (a)

     39,377        1,648,321   

Communications Equipment — 0.2%

    

Loral Space & Communications Ltd.

     12,778        744,191   

Diversified Financial Services — 0.7%

    

Bank of America Corp.

     24,100        270,643   

Kcad Holdings I Ltd.

     281,902,800        1,902,844   
    

 

 

 
               2,173,487   

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.2%

  

 

Broadview Networks Holdings, Inc. (a)

     33,638        225,035   

Level 3 Communications, Inc. (a)

     22,280        445,154   
    

 

 

 
               670,189   

Electrical Equipment — 0.0%

    

Medis Technologies Ltd. (a)

     70,784        1   

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.8%

    

Laricina Energy Ltd. (a)

     35,294        1,197,857   

Osum Oil Sands Corp. (a)

     82,000        1,083,394   
    

 

 

 
               2,281,251   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.2%

    

Caesars Entertainment Corp. (a)

     39,748        496,850   

Travelport LLC

     76,940        769   
    

 

 

 
               497,619   

Insurance — 1.0%

    

American International Group, Inc. (a)

     79,040        3,004,310   

Media — 1.3%

    

Belo Corp., Class A

     23,782        205,477   

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (a)

     42,179        3,643,844   

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)

     9,964        75,726   
    

 

 

 
               3,925,047   

Metals & Mining — 0.1%

    

African Minerals Ltd. (a)

     47,050        201,030   

Peninsula Energy Ltd. (a)

     7,628,138        254,868   
    

 

 

 
               455,898   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.0%

    

African Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (a)

     196,300        38,097   

Paper & Forest Products — 1.0%

    

Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. (a)

     489,913        1,553,470   

Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. (a)(b)

     140,415        443,882   

NewPage Corp.

     8,280        703,800   

Western Forest Products, Inc. (a)

     158,023        201,479   

Western Forest Products, Inc. (a)

     45,762        55,469   
    

 

 

 
               2,958,100   
Common Stocks        
Shares
    Value  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.3%

  

 

Freescale Semiconductor Ltd. (a)

     4,464      $ 68,879   

NXP Semiconductors NV (a)

     9,532        308,074   

Spansion, Inc., Class A (a)

     39,567        465,308   

SunPower Corp. (a)

     271        3,182   
    

 

 

 
               845,443   

Software — 0.1%

    

Bankruptcy Management Solutions, Inc. (a)

     501        5   

HMH Holdings/EduMedia (a)

     20,718        379,821   
    

 

 

 
               379,826   
Total Common Stocks — 9.2%              27,375,976   
    
   
Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
        

Aerospace & Defense — 1.0%

    

Bombardier, Inc., 4.25%, 1/15/16 (b)

     USD 610        632,875   

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.:

    

6.88%, 3/15/18

     160        174,300   

7.13%, 3/15/21

     260        283,400   

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., 10.00%, 6/01/17

     846        933,772   

Meccanica Holdings USA, Inc., 6.25%, 7/15/19 (b)

     535        549,755   

Spirit Aerosystems, Inc., 7.50%, 10/01/17

     337        357,220   
    

 

 

 
               2,931,322   

Air Freight & Logistics — 0.4%

    

National Air Cargo Group, Inc.:

    

Series 1, 12.38%, 9/02/15

      554        557,335   

Series 2, 12.38%, 8/16/15

     561        564,296   
    

 

 

 
               1,121,631   

Airlines — 1.7%

    

American Airlines Pass-Through Trust, Series 2011-2, Class A, 8.63%, 4/15/23

     672        699,082   

Continental Airlines Pass-Through Trust:

  

 

Series 1997-4, Class B, 6.90%, 7/02/18 (c)

     188        190,338   

Series 2010-1, Class B, 6.00%, 7/12/20

     408        420,177   

Series 2012-3, Class C, 6.13%, 4/29/18

     930        927,675   

Delta Air Lines Pass-Through Trust:

    

Series 2002-1, Class G-1, 6.72%, 7/02/24

     585        647,495   

Series 2009-1, Class B, 9.75%, 6/17/18

     185        205,325   

Series 2010-1, Class B, 6.38%, 7/02/17

     500        521,250   

US Airways Pass-Through Trust:

  

 

Series 2011-1, Class C, 10.88%, 10/22/14

     566        597,328   

Series 2012-1, Class C, 9.13%, 10/01/15

     418        447,260   

Series 2012-2, Class B, 6.75%, 12/03/22

     300        313,500   
    

 

 

 
               4,969,430   

Auto Components — 2.0%

    

Continental Rubber of America Corp., 4.50%, 9/15/19 (b)

     150        153,000   

Dana Holding Corp., 6.75%, 2/15/21

     450        489,937   

Delphi Corp.:

  

 

6.13%, 5/15/21

     75        81,750   

5.00%, 2/15/23

     150        156,188   

Icahn Enterprises LP:

  

 

4.00%, 8/15/13 (b)(d)(e)

     255        255,638   

8.00%, 1/15/18

     2,805        3,004,856   

IDQ Holdings, Inc., 11.50%, 4/01/17 (b)

     380        416,100   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. (CYE)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Auto Components (concluded)

    

Jaguar Land Rover Automotive Plc (FKA Jaguar Land Rover Plc), 8.25%, 3/15/20

     GBP        482      $ 819,842   

Titan International, Inc., 7.88%, 10/01/17

     USD        465        498,712   
    

 

 

 
               5,876,023   

Beverages — 0.1%

    

Crown European Holdings SA:

    

7.13%, 8/15/18 (b)

     EUR        198        279,825   

7.13%, 8/15/18

     88        124,367   
    

 

 

 
               404,192   

Building Products — 0.9%

    

Building Materials Corp. of America (b):

    

7.00%, 2/15/20

     USD        530        573,725   

6.75%, 5/01/21

     790        848,262   

Grohe Holding GmbH, 8.75%, 12/15/17 (e)

     EUR        100        136,756   

Momentive Performance Materials, Inc., 8.88%, 10/15/20

     USD        350        359,188   

USG Corp., 9.75%, 1/15/18

     715        841,019   
    

 

 

 
               2,758,950   

Capital Markets — 0.4%

    

E*Trade Financial Corp. (d)(f):

    

0.01%, 8/31/19 (b)

     244        255,133   

Series A, 0.00%, 8/31/19

     7        7,319   

KKR Group Finance Co. LLC, 6.38%, 9/29/20 (b)

     450        529,189   

Nuveen Investments, Inc., 9.13%, 10/15/17 (b)

     473        475,365   
    

 

 

 
               1,267,006   

Chemicals — 3.5%

    

Axiall Corp., 4.88%, 5/15/23 (b)

     177        179,655   

Basell Finance Co. BV, 8.10%, 3/15/27 (b)

     420        554,400   

Celanese US Holdings LLC, 5.88%, 6/15/21

     1,292        1,411,510   

Ciech Group Financing AB, 9.50%, 11/30/19

     EUR        160        227,688   

Eagle Spinco, Inc., 4.63%, 2/15/21 (b)

     USD        375        381,094   

Huntsman International LLC, 8.63%, 3/15/21

     170        192,100   

INEOS Finance Plc, 7.50%, 5/01/20 (b)

     370        398,675   

Kraton Polymers LLC, 6.75%, 3/01/19

     125        130,000   

LyondellBasell Industries NV, 5.75%, 4/15/24

     2,610        3,034,125   

Nexeo Solutions LLC, 8.38%, 3/01/18

     90        87,975   

Nufarm Australia Ltd., 6.38%, 10/15/19 (b)

     225        238,500   

Orion Engineered Carbons Bondco GmbH (FKA Kinove German Bondco GmbH), 10.00%, 6/15/18

     EUR        342        495,613   

PolyOne Corp., 7.38%, 9/15/20

     USD        215        238,112   

Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc., 4.63%, 10/15/20

     745        771,075   

Tronox Finance LLC, 6.38%, 8/15/20 (b)

     1,357        1,348,519   

US Coatings Acquisition, Inc./Flash Dutch 2 BV:

    

5.75%, 2/01/21

     EUR        200        266,332   

7.38%, 5/01/21 (b)

     USD        357        369,495   
    

 

 

 
               10,324,868   

Commercial Banks — 0.9%

    

CIT Group, Inc.:

    

5.25%, 3/15/18

     550        591,250   

6.63%, 4/01/18 (b)

     310        351,850   

5.50%, 2/15/19 (b)

     530        576,375   

5.00%, 8/15/22

     480        513,600   

6.00%, 4/01/36

     550        538,796   
    

 

 

 
               2,571,871   

Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.3%

    

ADS Waste Holdings, Inc., 8.25%, 10/01/20 (b)

     279        299,925   

ARAMARK Holdings Corp. (b):

    

8.63%, 5/01/16 (g)

     440        448,804   

5.75%, 3/15/20 (h)

     655        668,100   
Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Commercial Services & Supplies (concluded)

    

Aviation Capital Group Corp., 6.75%, 4/06/21 (b)

     USD        540      $ 584,465   

AWAS Aviation Capital Ltd., 7.00%, 10/17/16 (b)

     102        106,898   

Brickman Group Holdings, Inc., 9.13%, 11/01/18 (b)

     25        26,875   

Casella Waste Systems, Inc., 7.75%, 2/15/19

     54        51,705   

Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc., 7.88%, 10/15/18 (b)

     622        629,775   

Clean Harbors, Inc., 5.25%, 8/01/20

     528        543,840   

Covanta Holding Corp., 6.38%, 10/01/22

     635        688,553   

EC Finance Plc, 9.75%, 8/01/17

     EUR        503        714,152   

HDTFS, Inc. (b):

    

5.88%, 10/15/20

     USD          65        67,600   

6.25%, 10/15/22

     265        284,875   

Mead Products LLC/ACCO Brands Corp., 6.75%, 4/30/20 (b)

     76        80,465   

Mobile Mini, Inc., 7.88%, 12/01/20

     365        406,063   

RSC Equipment Rental, Inc., 8.25%, 2/01/21

     468        530,595   

Verisure Holding AB:

    

8.75%, 9/01/18

     EUR        184        259,439   

8.75%, 12/01/18

     100        133,166   

West Corp., 8.63%, 10/01/18

     USD        135        143,775   
    

 

 

 
               6,669,070   

Communications Equipment — 1.1%

    

Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc.:

    

6.50%, 1/15/28

     60        46,200   

6.45%, 3/15/29

      185        143,837   

Avaya, Inc., 9.75%, 11/01/15

     629        618,779   

Zayo Group LLC/Zayo Capital, Inc.:

    

8.13%, 1/01/20

     950        1,061,625   

10.13%, 7/01/20

     1,270        1,489,075   
    

 

 

 
               3,359,516   

Computers & Peripherals — 0.2%

    

EMC Corp., Series B, 1.75%, 12/01/13 (d)

     201        290,696   

SanDisk Corp., 1.50%, 8/15/17 (d)

     285        350,907   
    

 

 

 
               641,603   

Construction & Engineering — 0.3%

    

Boart Longyear Management Property Ltd., 7.00%, 4/01/21 (b)

     200        207,500   

H&E Equipment Services, Inc., 7.00%, 9/01/22 (b)

     441        482,895   

Weekley Homes LLC, 6.00%, 2/01/23 (b)

     156        159,120   
    

 

 

 
               849,515   

Construction Materials — 2.1%

    

Buzzi Unicem SpA, 6.25%, 9/28/18

     EUR        138        193,804   

HD Supply, Inc. (b):

    

8.13%, 4/15/19

     USD     1,265        1,424,706   

11.00%, 4/15/20

     1,325        1,596,625   

7.50%, 7/15/20

     1,947        1,949,434   

11.50%, 7/15/20

     520        599,300   

HeidelbergCement AG, 7.50%, 4/03/20

     EUR          54        84,952   

Xefin Lux SCA, 8.00%, 6/01/18 (b)

     254        356,066   
    

 

 

 
               6,204,887   

Consumer Finance — 0.2%

    

Credit Acceptance Corp., 9.13%, 2/01/17

     USD        445        485,050   

Containers & Packaging — 2.2%

    

Ardagh Packaging Finance Plc:

    

7.38%, 10/15/17

     EUR        200        283,304   

7.38%, 10/15/17 (b)

     375        531,195   

7.38%, 10/15/17 (b)

     USD        200        217,750   

9.13%, 10/15/20 (b)

     409        447,855   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. (CYE)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Containers & Packaging (concluded)

    

Ardagh Packaging Finance Plc (concluded):

    

9.13%, 10/15/20 (b)

     USD        395      $ 430,550   

7.00%, 11/15/20 (b)

     480        481,200   

4.88%, 11/15/22 (b)

     200        197,000   

5.00%, 11/15/22

     EUR        220        285,067   

Berry Plastics Corp.:

    

4.18%, 9/15/14 (e)

     USD        300        300,000   

8.25%, 11/15/15

     115        119,853   

9.75%, 1/15/21

     185        213,675   

Beverage Packaging Holdings Luxembourg II SA, 8.00%, 12/15/16

     EUR        706        924,207   

Crown Americas LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. III, 6.25%, 2/01/21

     USD          11        11,990   

Crown Americas LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. IV, 4.50%, 1/15/23 (b)

     122        119,255   

GCL Holdings SCA, 9.38%, 4/15/18 (b)

     EUR        267        378,281   

Graphic Packaging International, Inc., 7.88%, 10/01/18

     USD        375        412,500   

Pactiv LLC, 7.95%, 12/15/25

     412        386,250   

Tekni-Plex, Inc., 9.75%, 6/01/19 (b)

     553        611,065   
    

 

 

 
               6,350,997   

Distributors — 0.5%

    

VWR Funding, Inc., 7.25%, 9/15/17 (b)

     1,374        1,446,135   

Diversified Consumer Services — 2.1%

    

313 Group, Inc. (b):

    

6.38%, 12/01/19

     987        962,325   

8.75%, 12/01/20

     597        589,537   

Laureate Education, Inc., 9.25%, 9/01/19 (b)

     1,250        1,359,375   

Service Corp. International, 7.00%, 6/15/17

     2,780        3,144,875   

ServiceMaster Co., 8.00%, 2/15/20

     190        201,400   
    

 

 

 
               6,257,512   

Diversified Financial Services — 5.3%

    

Air Lease Corp., 4.50%, 1/15/16

     590        603,275   

Aircastle Ltd.:

    

6.75%, 4/15/17

     375        413,438   

6.25%, 12/01/19

     326        351,265   

Ally Financial, Inc.:

    

7.50%, 12/31/13

     280        294,000   

8.00%, 11/01/31

     3,000        3,768,750   

CNG Holdings, Inc., 9.38%, 5/15/20 (b)

     472        465,510   

Co-Operative Group Ltd. (i):

    

5.63%, 7/08/20

     GBP        170        270,278   

6.25%, 7/08/26

     100        159,745   

DPL, Inc.:

    

6.50%, 10/15/16

     USD        324        340,200   

7.25%, 10/15/21

     851        912,698   

Gala Group Finance Plc, 8.88%, 9/01/18

     GBP        600        983,048   

General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 6.75%, 6/01/18

     USD        300        345,000   

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. (a)(j):

    

5.38%, 10/17/13

     EUR        150        53,364   

4.75%, 1/16/14

     760        270,379   

1.00%, 2/05/14

     1,600        558,775   

1.00%, 9/22/18

     USD        175        45,500   

1.00%, 12/31/49

     620        161,200   

Leucadia National Corp., 8.13%, 9/15/15

     825        932,250   

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc.:

    

7.13%, 4/15/19

     245        263,069   

9.00%, 4/15/19

     475        503,500   

7.88%, 8/15/19

     255        281,775   

9.88%, 8/15/19

     580        635,100   

5.75%, 10/15/20

     2,085        2,152,763   
Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Diversified Financial Services (concluded)

    

WMG Acquisition Corp.:

    

11.50%, 10/01/18

     USD        416      $ 483,080   

6.00%, 1/15/21 (b)

     331        342,585   
    

 

 

 
               15,590,547   

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.4%

    

Broadview Networks Holdings, Inc., 10.50%, 11/15/17

     518        505,856   

Cequel Communications Escrow I LLC/Cequel Communications Escrow Capital Corp., 6.38%, 9/15/20 (b)

     475        491,031   

Consolidated Communications Finance Co., 10.88%, 6/01/20 (b)

     345        390,713   

Level 3 Communications, Inc., 8.88%, 6/01/19 (b)

     315        340,200   

Level 3 Financing, Inc.:

    

8.13%, 7/01/19

     1,180        1,286,200   

7.00%, 6/01/20 (b)

     434        455,700   

8.63%, 7/15/20

     845        937,950   

Lynx I Corp., 5.38%, 4/15/21 (b)

     290        297,250   

OTE Plc, 7.25%, 2/12/15 (i)

     EUR        101        132,520   

Telenet Finance V Luxembourg SCA:

    

6.25%, 8/15/22

     250        334,547   

6.75%, 8/15/24

     467        637,128   

tw telecom Holdings, Inc., 5.38%, 10/01/22

     USD        300        312,750   

Windstream Corp.:

    

8.13%, 8/01/13

     460        472,052   

7.88%, 11/01/17

     393        445,072   

7.50%, 4/01/23

     80        83,600   

6.38%, 8/01/23 (b)

     80        78,400   
    

 

 

 
               7,200,969   

Electric Utilities — 0.7%

    

Mirant Mid Atlantic Pass-Through Trust, Series B, 9.13%, 6/30/17

     290        321,854   

The Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc., 4.50%, 3/24/14

     EUR     1,300        1,733,365   
    

 

 

 
               2,055,219   

Electrical Equipment — 0.5%

    

Belden, Inc., 5.50%, 9/01/22 (b)

     USD        370        379,250   

General Cable Corp., 5.75%, 10/01/22 (b)

     610        625,250   

Techem GmbH, 6.13%, 10/01/19

     EUR        300        416,144   
    

 

 

 
               1,420,644   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments &
Components — 0.1%

   

 

Jabil Circuit, Inc., 8.25%, 3/15/18

     USD        235        282,588   

NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC, 9.75%, 8/01/18 (b)

     100        114,250   
    

 

 

 
               396,838   

Energy Equipment & Services — 3.7%

    

Atwood Oceanics, Inc., 6.50%, 2/01/20

     140        152,250   

Calfrac Holdings LP, 7.50%, 12/01/20 (b)

     335        336,675   

Compagnie Générale de Géophysique, Veritas:

    

7.75%, 5/15/17

     250        257,812   

6.50%, 6/01/21

     1,255        1,305,200   

FTS International Services LLC/FTS International Bonds, Inc., 8.13%, 11/15/18 (b)

     1,083        1,120,905   

Genesis Energy LP/Genesi Energy Finance Corp, 5.75%, 2/15/21 (b)

     170        175,950   

Gulfmark Offshore, Inc., 6.38%, 3/15/22

     155        160,038   

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., 5.88%, 4/01/20

     315        330,750   

MEG Energy Corp. (b):

    

6.50%, 3/15/21

     1,365        1,440,075   

6.38%, 1/30/23

     360        372,600   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. (CYE)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Energy Equipment & Services (concluded)

    

Oil States International, Inc.:

    

6.50%, 6/01/19

     USD        320      $ 342,400   

5.13%, 1/15/23 (b)

     135        135,000   

Peabody Energy Corp.:

    

6.00%, 11/15/18

     230        244,375   

6.25%, 11/15/21

     1,175        1,222,000   

7.88%, 11/01/26

     375        401,250   

4.75%, 12/15/41 (d)

     713        605,604   

Precision Drilling Corp.:

    

6.63%, 11/15/20

     75        79,688   

6.50%, 12/15/21

     295        312,700   

Rain CII Carbon LLC/CII Carbon Corp., 8.25%, 1/15/21 (b)

     234        245,700   

Seadrill Ltd., 5.63%, 9/15/17 (b)

     1,360        1,377,000   

Tervita Corp., 8.00%, 11/15/18 (b)

     372        383,160   
    

 

 

 
               11,001,132   

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.4%

    

Bakkavor Finance 2 Plc, 8.25%, 2/15/18

     GBP        319        491,198   

Rite Aid Corp., 9.25%, 3/15/20

     USD        375        420,000   

Zobele Holding SpA, 7.88%, 2/01/18

     EUR        100        132,513   
    

 

 

 
               1,043,711   

Food Products — 0.4%

    

Darling International, Inc., 8.50%, 12/15/18

     USD        115        130,813   

Del Monte Corp., 7.63%, 2/15/19

     61        63,288   

Post Holdings, Inc., 7.38%, 2/15/22

     520        561,600   

Smithfield Foods, Inc., 6.63%, 8/15/22

     477        518,737   
    

 

 

 
               1,274,438   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.3%

    

Biomet, Inc. (b):

    

6.50%, 8/01/20

     1,779        1,881,292   

6.50%, 10/01/20

     2,161        2,225,830   

DJO Finance LLC:

    

8.75%, 3/15/18

     379        418,321   

7.75%, 4/15/18

     100        99,500   

9.88%, 4/15/18

     450        480,375   

Fresenius Medical Care US Finance, Inc., 5.75%, 2/15/21 (b)

     290        316,100   

Fresenius Medical Care US Finance II, Inc., 5.63%, 7/31/19 (b)

     208        225,160   

Fresenius US Finance II, Inc., 9.00%, 7/15/15 (b)

     540        619,650   

Kinetic Concepts, Inc./KCI USA, Inc., 12.50%, 11/01/19 (b)

     320        313,600   

Teleflex, Inc., 6.88%, 6/01/19

     295        320,813   
    

 

 

 
               6,900,641   

Health Care Providers & Services — 8.1%

    

Aviv Healthcare Properties LP, 7.75%, 2/15/19

     570        611,325   

Care UK Health & Social Care Plc, 9.75%, 8/01/17

     GBP        130        198,696   

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.:

    

5.13%, 8/15/18

     USD        785        825,231   

7.13%, 7/15/20

     456        491,340   

ConvaTec Healthcare E SA, 7.38%, 12/15/17 (b)

     EUR        494        683,638   

Crown Newco 3 Plc:

    

7.00%, 2/15/18

     GBP        100        156,635   

7.00%, 2/15/18 (b)

     364        570,153   

DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc., 5.75%, 8/15/22

     USD        893        930,953   

HCA Holdings, Inc., 6.25%, 2/15/21

     1,096        1,156,280   

HCA, Inc.:

    

8.50%, 4/15/19

     135        149,513   

6.50%, 2/15/20

     2,045        2,290,400   

7.88%, 2/15/20

     275        304,906   
Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Health Care Providers & Services (concluded)

    

HCA, Inc. (concluded):

    

7.25%, 9/15/20

     USD     2,410      $ 2,675,100   

5.88%, 3/15/22

     220        237,050   

4.75%, 5/01/23

     1,041        1,038,397   

Hologic, Inc., 6.25%, 8/01/20 (b)

     1,897        2,001,335   

IASIS Healthcare LLC, 8.38%, 5/15/19

     646        665,380   

INC Research LLC, 11.50%, 7/15/19 (b)

     350        373,625   

inVentiv Health, Inc., 9.00%, 1/15/18 (b)

     630        656,775   

Omnicare, Inc.:

    

7.75%, 6/01/20

     1,005        1,115,550   

3.75%, 4/01/42 (d)

     161        167,843   

Symbion, Inc., 8.00%, 6/15/16

     345        360,525   

Tenet Healthcare Corp.:

    

6.25%, 11/01/18

     1,075        1,190,562   

8.88%, 7/01/19

     2,624        2,965,120   

6.75%, 2/01/20

     525        561,750   

4.50%, 4/01/21 (b)

     722        712,073   

Vanguard Health Holding Co. II LLC:

    

8.00%, 2/01/18

     243        258,795   

7.75%, 2/01/19 (b)

     465        498,131   

Voyage Care Bondco Plc, 6.50%, 8/01/18

     GBP        130        200,668   
    

 

 

 
               24,047,749   

Health Care Technology — 1.0%

    

IMS Health, Inc. (b):

    

12.50%, 3/01/18

     USD     2,225        2,681,125   

6.00%, 11/01/20

     143        148,720   
    

 

 

 
               2,829,845   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.3%

    

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.:

    

10.00%, 12/15/18

     495        326,700   

8.50%, 2/15/20

     200        195,000   

Caesars Operating Escrow LLC, 9.00%, 2/15/20 (b)

     1,016        1,003,300   

Carlson Wagonlit BV, 6.88%, 6/15/19 (b)

     325        339,625   

Cirsa Funding Luxembourg SA, 8.75%, 5/15/18

     EUR        480        614,130   

Diamond Resorts Corp., 12.00%, 8/15/18

     USD     1,190        1,309,000   

El Dorado Resorts LLC, 8.63%, 6/15/19 (b)

     140        139,125   

Enterprise Inns Plc, 6.50%, 12/06/18

     GBP        324        482,923   

Gategroup Finance Luxembourg SA, 6.75%, 3/01/19

     EUR        265        356,350   

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 9.00%, 8/31/20 (b)

     USD        300        288,000   

MCE Finance Ltd., 5.00%, 2/15/21 (b)

     677        677,000   

MTR Gaming Group, Inc., 11.50%, 8/01/19 (g)

     151        156,780   

Regal Entertainment Group, 5.75%, 2/01/25

     260        254,800   

Six Flags Entertainment Corp., 5.25%, 1/15/21 (b)

     600        588,000   

Station Casinos LLC:

    

3.66%, 6/18/18

     672        672,000   

7.50%, 3/01/21 (b)

     1,178        1,185,362   

Travelport LLC:

    

4.94%, 9/01/14 (e)

     180        163,800   

6.31%, 12/01/16 (b)(g)

     433        392,993   

Tropicana Entertainment LLC, 9.63%, 12/15/14 (a)(j)

     305          

The Unique Pub Finance Co. Plc, Series A3, 6.54%, 3/30/21

     GBP        100        151,326   

Wynn Las Vegas LLC, 5.38%, 3/15/22

     USD        395        415,244   
    

 

 

 
               9,711,458   

Household Durables — 2.6%

    

Algeco Scotsman Global Finance Plc, 9.00%, 10/15/18

     EUR        100        135,777   

Ashton Woods USA LLC, 6.88%, 2/15/21 (b)

     USD        228        229,140   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Table of Contents

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. (CYE)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Household Durables (concluded)

    

Beazer Homes USA, Inc., 6.63%, 4/15/18

     USD          50      $ 53,438   

Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc., 6.50%, 12/15/20 (b)

     410        434,600   

Jarden Corp., 7.50%, 1/15/20

     EUR        305        429,053   

K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., 7.25%, 10/15/20 (b)

     USD        950        1,045,000   

Libbey Glass, Inc., 6.88%, 5/15/20

     610        654,225   

PH Holding LLC, 9.75%, 12/31/17

     345        338,100   

Pulte Group, Inc., 6.38%, 5/15/33

     190        192,850   

The Ryland Group, Inc., 6.63%, 5/01/20

     340        374,000   

Spie BondCo 3 SCA, 11.00%, 8/15/19

     EUR        303        441,073   

Standard Pacific Corp.:

    

10.75%, 9/15/16

     USD     1,290        1,606,050   

8.38%, 1/15/21

     970        1,151,875   

United Rentals North America, Inc., 5.75%, 7/15/18

     257        276,596   

William Lyon Homes, Inc., 8.50%, 11/15/20 (b)

     300        322,500   
    

 

 

 
               7,684,277   

Household Products — 0.8%

    

Ontex IV SA:

    

7.50%, 4/15/18

     EUR        100        135,777   

7.50%, 4/15/18 (b)

     150        203,666   

9.00%, 4/15/19

     213        285,034   

Spectrum Brands Escrow Corp. (b):

    

6.38%, 11/15/20

     USD        384        408,480   

6.63%, 11/15/22

     250        269,375   

Spectrum Brands, Inc.:

    

9.50%, 6/15/18

     950        1,077,062   

6.75%, 3/15/20 (b)

     96        103,440   
    

 

 

 
               2,482,834   

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 3.6%

  

 

The AES Corp., 7.38%, 7/01/21

     275        310,750   

Calpine Corp. (b):

    

7.25%, 10/15/17

     162        172,328   

7.50%, 2/15/21

     90        97,875   

7.88%, 1/15/23

     401        444,107   

Energy Future Intermediate Holding Co. LLC:

    

6.88%, 8/15/17 (b)

     755        796,525   

10.00%, 12/01/20 (b)

     1,440        1,623,600   

10.00%, 12/01/20

     2,391        2,713,785   

GenOn REMA LLC:

    

Series B 9.24%, 7/02/17

     242        266,308   

Series C 9.68%, 7/02/26

     305        332,450   

Laredo Petroleum, Inc.:

    

9.50%, 2/15/19

     485        548,050   

7.38%, 5/01/22

     370        401,450   

NRG Energy, Inc.:

    

7.63%, 1/15/18

     1,526        1,749,177   

6.63%, 3/15/23 (b)

     660        702,900   

QEP Resources, Inc.:

    

5.38%, 10/01/22

     333        348,818   

5.25%, 5/01/23

     255        263,925   
    

 

 

 
               10,772,048   

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.2%

    

Sequa Corp., 7.00%, 12/15/17 (b)

     580        584,350   

Insurance — 0.6%

    

Alliant Holdings I, Inc., 7.88%, 12/15/20 (b)

     1,120        1,125,600   

CNO Financial Group, Inc., 6.38%, 10/01/20 (b)

     225        238,500   

MPL 2 Acquisition Canco, Inc., 9.88%, 8/15/18 (b)

     260        257,400   

TMF Group Holding BV, 9.88%, 12/01/19

     EUR        100        131,860   
    

 

 

 
               1,753,360   
Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Internet Software & Services — 0.1%

    

Cerved Technologies SpA:

    

6.38%, 1/15/20

     EUR        100      $ 129,902   

8.00%, 1/15/21

     100        126,965   

Equinix, Inc., 4.88%, 4/01/20

     USD        149        149,000   
    

 

 

 
               405,867   

IT Services — 3.3%

    

Ceridian Corp., 8.88%, 7/15/19 (b)

     1,260        1,420,650   

Epicor Software Corp., 8.63%, 5/01/19

      570        614,175   

First Data Corp.:

    

7.38%, 6/15/19 (b)

     1,580        1,660,975   

8.88%, 8/15/20 (b)

     535        591,175   

6.75%, 11/01/20 (b)

     1,906        1,956,032   

8.25%, 1/15/21 (b)

     130        132,925   

11.25%, 1/15/21 (b)

     499        508,980   

12.63%, 1/15/21

     836        891,385   

SunGard Data Systems, Inc.:

    

7.38%, 11/15/18

     550        590,563   

6.63%, 11/01/19 (b)

     805        827,137   

WEX, Inc., 4.75%, 2/01/23 (b)

     495        478,913   
    

 

 

 
               9,672,910   

Machinery — 1.6%

    

Dematic SA, 7.75%, 12/15/20 (b)

     93        95,093   

The Manitowoc Co., Inc., 5.88%, 10/15/22

     475        486,875   

Silver II Borrower/Silver II US Holdings LLC, 7.75%, 12/15/20 (b)

     282        293,280   

SPX Corp., 6.88%, 9/01/17

     175        195,563   

Terex Corp., 6.00%, 5/15/21

     475        492,812   

Trinseo Materials Operating SCA, 8.75%, 2/01/19 (b)

     413        411,451   

UR Merger Sub Corp.:

    

7.38%, 5/15/20

     440        481,800   

7.63%, 4/15/22

     1,997        2,211,677   

6.13%, 6/15/23

     190        199,500   
    

 

 

 
               4,868,051   

Media — 9.8%

    

Affinion Group, Inc., 7.88%, 12/15/18

     395        300,200   

AMC Networks, Inc.:

    

7.75%, 7/15/21

     225        255,375   

4.75%, 12/15/22

     359        357,654   

Cablevision Systems Corp., 5.88%, 9/15/22

     560        543,200   

CCO Holdings LLC:

    

5.25%, 9/30/22

     790        777,162   

5.13%, 2/15/23

     620        604,500   

Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc., 11.50%, 4/15/20 (b)

     542        428,180   

Checkout Holding Corp., 11.49%, 11/15/15 (b)(f)

     430        317,662   

Cinemark USA, Inc.:

    

8.63%, 6/15/19

     220        243,925   

5.13%, 12/15/22 (b)

     213        214,065   

Clear Channel Communications, Inc., 9.00%, 12/15/19 (b)(h)

     748        695,640   

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc.:

    

6.50%, 11/15/22 (b)

     1,679        1,767,147   

6.50%, 11/15/22 (b)

     621        648,945   

Series B, 7.63%, 3/15/20

     1,127        1,166,445   

DISH DBS Corp.:

    

5.88%, 7/15/22

      1,010        1,065,550   

5.00%, 3/15/23 (b)

     680        674,900   

Harron Communications LP, 9.13%, 4/01/20 (b)

     320        352,000   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA:

    

7.25%, 10/15/20

     700        750,750   

6.63%, 12/15/22 (b)

     170        171,275   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Table of Contents

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. (CYE)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Media (concluded)

    

Intelsat Luxembourg SA:

    

11.25%, 2/04/17

     USD        620      $ 658,750   

11.50%, 2/04/17

     2,245        2,388,417   

Interactive Data Corp., 10.25%, 8/01/18

     1,345        1,524,894   

The Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc., 10.00%, 7/15/17

     340        366,775   

Kabel Deutschland Vertrieb und Service GmbH & Co. KG, 6.50%, 6/29/18 (b)

     EUR        345        482,304   

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., 8.13%, 5/15/18 (b)

     USD        735        797,475   

Lynx I Corp., 6.00%, 4/15/21

     GBP     1,020        1,589,944   

Lynx II Corp., 6.38%, 4/15/23 (b)

     USD        200        207,250   

The McClatchy Co., 9.00%, 12/15/22 (b)

     430        454,725   

NAI Entertainment Holdings LLC, 8.25%, 12/15/17 (b)

     558        608,220   

Nara Cable Funding Ltd., 8.88%, 12/01/18

     EUR        200        274,165   

Nielsen Finance LLC:

    

11.63%, 2/01/14

     USD        117        127,823   

7.75%, 10/15/18

     1,143        1,265,872   

Odeon & UCI Finco Plc, 9.00%, 8/01/18 (b)

     GBP        207        326,591   

ProQuest LLC, 9.00%, 10/15/18 (b)

     USD        181        179,643   

ProtoStar I Ltd., 18.00%, 10/15/13

     850        425   

Sterling Entertainment Corp., 10.00%, 12/15/19

     875        875,000   

Unitymedia GmbH:

    

9.63%, 12/01/19 (b)

     EUR        570        823,417   

9.50%, 3/15/21

     320        475,680   

Unitymedia Hessen GmbH & Co. KG:

    

7.50%, 3/15/19

     794        1,127,309   

5.50%, 1/15/23 (b)

     USD        520        525,200   

Univision Communications, Inc., 6.75%, 9/15/22 (b)

     438        473,040   

UPCB Finance II Ltd.:

    

6.38%, 7/01/20

     EUR        300        415,165   

6.38%, 7/01/20 (b)

     822        1,137,551   

WaveDivision Escrow LLC/WaveDivision Escrow Corp., 8.13%, 9/01/20 (b)

     USD        358        375,900   

Ziggo Bond Co. BV, 8.00%, 5/15/18 (b)

     EUR        178        250,979   
    

 

 

 
               29,067,089   

Metals & Mining — 4.9%

    

ArcelorMittal:

    

9.50%, 2/15/15

     USD        315        355,556   

4.25%, 8/05/15

     395        408,960   

4.25%, 3/01/16

     125        128,750   

5.00%, 2/25/17

     419        435,969   

6.13%, 6/01/18

     418        450,729   

6.00%, 3/01/21

     59        62,615   

6.75%, 2/25/22

     493        542,846   

7.50%, 10/15/39

     61        63,236   

7.25%, 3/01/41

     232        231,420   

Eco-Bat Finance Plc, 7.75%, 2/15/17

     EUR        460        620,071   

FMG Resources August 2006 Property Ltd. (b):

    

6.38%, 2/01/16

     USD        438        456,511   

6.00%, 4/01/17

     480        500,400   

Global Brass and Copper, Inc., 9.50%, 6/01/19 (b)

     300        326,250   

GoldCorp, Inc., 2.00%, 8/01/14 (d)

     1,060        1,110,350   

Kaiser Aluminum Corp., 8.25%, 6/01/20

     225        251,438   

New Gold, Inc. (b):

    

7.00%, 4/15/20

     150        162,000   

6.25%, 11/15/22

     300        315,750   

New World Resources NV:

    

7.88%, 5/01/18

     EUR        210        281,151   

7.88%, 1/15/21

     320        386,443   

Newmont Mining Corp., Series A, 1.25%, 7/15/14 (d)

     USD     1,475        1,628,953   
Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Metals & Mining (concluded)

    

Novelis, Inc., 8.75%, 12/15/20

     USD     3,065      $ 3,432,800   

Peninsula Energy Ltd., 11.00, 12/14/14

     600        600,000   

Perstorp Holding AB, 8.75%, 5/15/17 (b)

     205        215,250   

Schmolz + Bickenbach Luxembourg SA, 9.88%, 5/15/19

     EUR        315        368,190   

Steel Dynamics, Inc., 6.38%, 8/15/22 (b)

     USD        245        262,150   

Taseko Mines Ltd., 7.75%, 4/15/19

     420        417,900   

Vedanta Resources Plc, 8.25%, 6/07/21 (b)

     270        307,125   

Walter Energy, Inc., 9.88%, 12/15/20 (b)

     132        143,550   
    

 

 

 
               14,466,363   

Multiline Retail — 0.4%

    

Dollar General Corp., 4.13%, 7/15/17

     792        837,540   

Dufry Finance SCA, 5.50%, 10/15/20 (b)

      403        420,128   
    

 

 

 
               1,257,668   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 9.1%

    

Access Midstream Partners LP:

    

6.13%, 7/15/22

     275        294,937   

4.88%, 5/15/23

     375        371,250   

Alpha Appalachia Holdings, Inc., 3.25%, 8/01/15 (d)

     880        839,850   

Aurora USA Oil & Gas, Inc., 9.88%, 2/15/17 (b)

     680        731,000   

BreitBurn Energy Partners LP, 7.88%, 4/15/22

     255        270,938   

Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc., 7.50%, 9/15/20

     240        252,000   

Chaparral Energy, Inc., 7.63%, 11/15/22

     220        238,700   

Chesapeake Energy Corp.:

    

7.25%, 12/15/18

     120        135,600   

6.63%, 8/15/20

     180        197,100   

6.88%, 11/15/20

     175        192,500   

6.13%, 2/15/21

     78        82,680   

Concho Resources, Inc.:

    

7.00%, 1/15/21

     160        176,800   

6.50%, 1/15/22

     297        323,730   

5.50%, 10/01/22

     225        234,281   

CONSOL Energy, Inc., 8.25%, 4/01/20

     315        347,287   

Continental Resources, Inc., 7.13%, 4/01/21

     370        419,950   

Crosstex Energy LP, 8.88%, 2/15/18

     150        161,625   

Crown Oil Partners IV LP, 15.00%, 3/07/15

     609        639,846   

CVR Refining LLC/Coffeyville Finance, Inc., 6.50%, 11/01/22 (b)

     385        387,887   

Denbury Resources, Inc., 4.63%, 7/15/23

     771        756,544   

Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc.:

    

9.25%, 12/15/17

     465        525,450   

7.75%, 6/15/19

     540        579,150   

EP Energy LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc.:

    

6.88%, 5/01/19

     345        376,050   

7.75%, 9/01/22

     215        232,738   

EV Energy Partners LP, 8.00%, 4/15/19

     150        157,125   

Halcon Resources Corp., 8.88%, 5/15/21 (b)

     415        446,125   

Hilcorp Energy I LP, 7.63%, 4/15/21 (b)

     260        286,650   

Holly Energy Partners LP, 6.50%, 3/01/20 (b)

     155        165,850   

Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp., 8.13%, 12/01/19

      350        393,750   

Linn Energy LLC:

    

6.50%, 5/15/19

     43        44,505   

6.25%, 11/01/19 (b)

     1,192        1,215,840   

8.63%, 4/15/20

     110        121,688   

7.75%, 2/01/21

     155        167,400   

MarkWest Energy Partners LP:

    

5.50%, 2/15/23

     225        236,250   

4.50%, 7/15/23

     152        148,580   

Newfield Exploration Co., 6.88%, 2/01/20

     780        836,550   

Northern Oil and Gas, Inc., 8.00%, 6/01/20

     310        323,950   

Oasis Petroleum, Inc.:

    

7.25%, 2/01/19

     205        221,400   

6.50%, 11/01/21

     290        313,200   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Table of Contents

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. (CYE)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (concluded)

    

Offshore Group Investments Ltd., 11.50%, 8/01/15

     USD        692      $ 754,280   

PBF Holding Co. LLC, 8.25%, 2/15/20 (b)

     220        239,250   

PDC Energy, Inc., 7.75%, 10/15/22 (b)

     210        222,075   

PetroBakken Energy Ltd., 8.63%, 2/01/20 (b)

     610        622,200   

Petroleum Geo-Services ASA, 7.38%, 12/15/18 (b)

     775        852,500   

Plains Exploration & Production Co., 6.88%, 2/15/23

     1,050        1,210,125   

Range Resources Corp.:

    

8.00%, 5/15/19

     345        379,500   

5.75%, 6/01/21

     1,019        1,085,235   

5.00%, 8/15/22

     401        410,022   

Regency Energy Partners LP:

    

6.88%, 12/01/18

     393        424,440   

5.50%, 4/15/23

     652        687,860   

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 5.63%, 2/01/21 (b)

     1,623        1,675,747   

Sabine Pass Liquified Natural Gas LP:

    

7.50%, 11/30/16

     1,520        1,679,600   

6.50%, 11/01/20 (b)

     325        342,875   

SandRidge Energy, Inc., 7.50%, 2/15/23

     513        537,367   

SESI LLC:

    

6.38%, 5/01/19

     325        348,562   

7.13%, 12/15/21

     235        260,263   

SM Energy Co.:

    

6.63%, 2/15/19

     130        139,425   

6.50%, 11/15/21

     265        288,188   

6.50%, 1/01/23

     390        422,175   

Tesoro Logistics LP/Tesoro Logistics Finance Corp., 5.88%, 10/01/20 (b)

     155        161,588   

Vanguard Natural Resources, 7.88%, 4/01/20

     270        283,500   
    

 

 

 
               26,873,533   

Paper & Forest Products — 0.8%

    

Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd., 7.50%, 12/15/17 (b)

     355        382,513   

Boise Paper Holdings LLC:

    

9.00%, 11/01/17

     60        64,875   

8.00%, 4/01/20

     125        137,813   

Clearwater Paper Corp., 7.13%, 11/01/18

     585        633,262   

Longview Fibre Paper & Packaging, Inc., 8.00%, 6/01/16 (b)

     345        362,250   

NewPage Corp., 11.38%, 12/31/14 (a)(j)

     1,913          

Sappi Papier Holding GmbH (b):

    

8.38%, 6/15/19

     200        224,000   

6.63%, 4/15/21

     140        144,900   

Unifrax I LLC, 7.50%, 2/15/19 (b)

     260        263,900   
    

 

 

 
               2,213,513   

Pharmaceuticals — 1.6%

    

Capsugel Finance Co. SCA:

    

9.88%, 8/01/19 (b)

     EUR        200        293,749   

9.88%, 8/01/19

     100        146,874   

Elan Corp. Plc, 6.25%, 10/15/19 (b)

     USD        643        737,039   

Jaguar Holding Co. II/Jaguar Merger Sub, Inc., 9.50%, 12/01/19 (b)

     414        475,065   

Mylan, Inc., 6.00%, 11/15/18 (b)

     120        132,164   

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (b):

    

6.50%, 7/15/16

     434        455,971   

6.88%, 12/01/18

     762        827,722   

6.38%, 10/15/20

     405        435,881   

6.75%, 8/15/21

     490        529,813   

Warner Chilcott Co. LLC, 7.75%, 9/15/18

     615        664,200   
    

 

 

 
               4,698,478   
Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Professional Services — 0.3%

    

La Financiere Atalian SA, 7.25%, 1/15/20

     EUR        120      $ 156,901   

Truven Health Analytics, Inc., 10.63%, 6/01/20 (b)

     USD        510        571,200   
    

 

 

 
               728,101   

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.7%

    

Cantor Commercial Real Estate Co. LP, 7.75%, 2/15/18 (b)

     283        284,415   

Felcor Lodging LP:

    

6.75%, 6/01/19

     1,023        1,099,086   

5.63%, 3/01/23 (b)

     258        259,612   

The Rouse Co. LP, 6.75%, 11/09/15

     520        540,800   
    

 

 

 
               2,183,913   

Real Estate Management & Development — 2.6%

  

 

CBRE Services, Inc., 6.63%, 10/15/20

     335        361,800   

Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd., 7.50%, 1/10/23 (b)

     200        207,500   

Crescent Resources LLC/Crescent Ventures, Inc., 10.25%, 8/15/17 (b)

     860        926,650   

Forest City Enterprises, Inc., 7.63%, 6/01/15

     426        424,935   

IVG Immobilien AG, 8.00% (a)(e)(j)(k)

     EUR        300        227,166   

Mattamy Group Corp., 6.50%, 11/15/20 (b)

     USD        375        373,594   

Realogy Corp.:

    

11.50%, 4/15/17

     400        426,500   

12.00%, 4/15/17

     100        106,750   

7.88%, 2/15/19 (b)

     2,065        2,245,687   

7.63%, 1/15/20 (b)

     505        569,387   

9.00%, 1/15/20 (b)

     335        384,413   

Shea Homes LP, 8.63%, 5/15/19

     1,405        1,559,550   
    

 

 

 
               7,813,932   

Road & Rail — 0.5%

    

The Hertz Corp.:

    

7.50%, 10/15/18

     550        600,875   

6.75%, 4/15/19 (b)

     290        312,475   

7.38%, 1/15/21

     440        485,100   

Hertz Holdings Netherlands BV, 8.50%, 7/31/15

     EUR          88        122,155   
    

 

 

 
               1,520,605   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.4%

  

 

Micron Technology, Inc., Series C, 2.38%, 5/01/32 (b)(d)

     USD        261        290,526   

NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC, 5.75%, 2/15/21 (b)

     335        342,537   

Spansion LLC, 7.88%, 11/15/17

     580        611,900   
    

 

 

 
               1,244,963   

Software — 1.2%

    

IAC/InterActiveCorp, 4.75%, 12/15/22 (b)

     421        411,527   

Igloo Holdings Corp., 8.25%, 12/15/17 (b)(g)

     295        302,375   

Infor US, Inc., 9.38%, 4/01/19

     1,530        1,717,425   

Interface Security Systems

    

Holdings, Inc., 9.25%,1/15/18 (b)

     149        151,608   

Nuance Communications, Inc., 5.38%, 8/15/20 (b)

     500        506,250   

Sophia LP, 9.75%, 1/15/19 (b)

     442        488,962   
    

 

 

 
               3,578,147   

Specialty Retail — 3.0%

    

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc., 8.38%, 11/15/20

     365        406,975   

Claire’s Stores, Inc., 9.00%, 3/15/19 (b)

     869        964,590   

House of Fraser Funding Plc:

    

8.88%, 8/15/18

     GBP        221        355,384   

8.88%, 8/15/18 (b)

     285        458,301   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Table of Contents

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. (CYE)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Specialty Retail (concluded)

    

Limited Brands, Inc.:

    

8.50%, 6/15/19

     USD        785      $ 961,625   

5.63%, 2/15/22

     160        169,200   

Michaels Stores, Inc., 7.75%, 11/01/18

     234        255,353   

New Academy Finance Co. LLC, 8.00%, 6/15/18 (b)(g)

     216        223,020   

Party City Holdings, Inc., 8.88%, 8/01/20 (b)

     1,013        1,101,637   

Penske Automotive Group, Inc., 5.75%, 10/01/22 (b)

     1,110        1,161,337   

QVC, Inc.:

    

7.13%, 4/15/17 (b)

     230        239,559   

7.50%, 10/01/19 (b)

     625        689,808   

7.38%, 10/15/20 (b)

     290        321,447   

5.13%, 7/02/22

     14        14,804   

Sally Holdings LLC:

    

6.88%, 11/15/19

     545        607,675   

5.75%, 6/01/22

     512        540,800   

Sonic Automotive, Inc., 9.00%, 3/15/18

     370        407,000   
    

 

 

 
               8,878,515   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.3%

    

Levi Strauss & Co., 6.88%, 5/01/22

     440        477,950   

Phillips-Van Heusen Corp., 4.50%, 12/15/22

     253        249,521   
    

 

 

 
               727,471   

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.0%

    

Radian Group, Inc., 2.25%, 3/01/19 (d)

     70        74,988   

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.6%

    

Ashtead Capital, Inc., 6.50%, 7/15/22 (b)

     490        527,975   

Doric Nimrod Air Finance Alpha Ltd., Series 2012-1 (b):

    

6.50%, 5/30/21

     575        607,865   

5.13%, 11/30/24

     635        682,625   
    

 

 

 
               1,818,465   

Transportation Infrastructure — 0.2%

    

Aguila 3 SA, 7.88%, 1/31/18 (b)

     431        456,860   

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 4.2%

    

Cricket Communications, Inc., 7.75%, 10/15/20

     594        605,880   

Crown Castle International Corp., 5.25%, 1/15/23 (b)

     1,126        1,154,150   

Digicel Group Ltd. (b):

    

8.25%, 9/01/17

     1,180        1,244,900   

8.25%, 9/30/20

     425        453,263   

6.00%, 4/15/21 (h)

     1,100        1,097,250   

MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., 6.63%, 11/15/20

     670        700,987   

NII Capital Corp., 7.63%, 4/01/21

     341        238,700   

Phones4u Finance Plc:

    

9.50%, 4/01/18

     GBP        100        156,635   

9.50%, 4/01/18 (b)

     400        626,542   

Sprint Capital Corp., 6.88%, 11/15/28

     USD     1,532        1,547,320   

Sprint Nextel Corp. (b):

    

9.00%, 11/15/18

     2,405        2,982,200   

7.00%, 3/01/20

     1,495        1,749,150   
    

 

 

 
               12,556,977   
Total Corporate Bonds — 103.5%              306,346,047   
    
                  
Floating Rate Loan Interests (e)               

Airlines — 1.1%

    

Delta Air Lines, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 4/20/17

     394        397,397   

Northwest Airlines, Inc., Term Loan:

    

2.32%, 3/10/17

     722        672,182   

2.32%, 3/10/17

     1,307        1,216,817   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (e)    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Airlines (concluded)

    

Northwest Airlines, Inc., Term Loan (concluded):

    

1.70%, 9/10/18

     USD        593      $ 529,431   

1.70%, 9/10/18

     588        524,966   
    

 

 

 
               3,340,793   

Auto Components — 1.1%

    

Federal-Mogul Corp.:

    

Term Loan B, 2.14%, 12/29/14

     1,429        1,329,865   

Term Loan C, 2.14%, 12/28/15

     723        671,713   

Schaeffler AG, Term Loan B2, 6.00%, 1/27/17

     1,345        1,344,664   
    

 

 

 
               3,346,242   

Building Products — 0.2%

    

Wilsonart International Holdings LLC, Term Loan B, 5.50%, 10/31/19

     425        429,462   

Capital Markets — 0.6%

    

American Capital Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 5.50%, 8/22/16

     941        950,410   

Nuveen Investments, Inc.:

    

Incremental Term Loan, 7.25%, 5/13/17

     480        482,400   

Second Lien Term Loan, 8.25%, 2/28/19

      415        423,300   
    

 

 

 
               1,856,110   

Chemicals — 0.4%

    

INEOS US Finance LLC, 6 Year Term Loan, 6.50%, 5/04/18

     382        389,874   

US Coatings Acquisition, Inc.:

    

Term Loan, 4.75%, 2/03/20

     705        713,559   

Term Loan B, 5.25%, 2/03/20

     EUR          75        98,913   
    

 

 

 
               1,202,346   

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.3%

    

AWAS Finance Luxembourg Sarl, Term Loan B, 5.25%, 6/10/16

     USD        430        433,554   

Delos Aircraft, Inc., Term Loan 2, 4.75%, 4/12/16

     550        553,207   
    

 

 

 
               986,761   

Communications Equipment — 1.4%

    

Alcatel-Lucent:

    

Term Loan D, 7.75%, 1/31/19

     EUR        550        719,948   

Term Loan C, 7.25%, 1/31/19

     USD     1,410        1,425,510   

Avaya, Inc., Term Loan B5, 8.00%, 3/30/18

     126        126,832   

Zayo Group LLC, Refinancing, Term Loan B, 5.25%, 7/12/19

     1,814        1,820,150   
    

 

 

 
               4,092,440   

Construction & Engineering — 0.7%

    

Safway Services LLC, Mezzanine Loan, 9.88%, 12/16/17

     2,000        2,000,000   

Construction Materials — 0.4%

    

HD Supply, Inc., Senior Debt B, 4.50%, 10/12/17

     1,109        1,112,376   

Consumer Finance — 1.4%

    

Springleaf Financial Funding Co., Term Loan, 5.50%, 5/10/17

     4,001        4,015,163   

Diversified Consumer Services — 0.2%

    

Laureate Education, Inc., Extended Term Loan, 5.25%, 6/18/18

     144        144,301   

ServiceMaster Co., New Term Loan, 4.25%, 4/01/17

     465        463,422   
    

 

 

 
               607,723   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Table of Contents

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. (CYE)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (e)    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.8%

    

Level 3 Financing, Inc.:

    

2016 Term Loan B, 4.75%, 2/01/16

     USD        329      $ 332,878   

2019 Term Loan B, 5.25%, 8/01/19

     270        272,757   

Term Loan, 4.75%, 8/01/19

     1,750        1,764,000   
    

 

 

 
               2,369,635   

Energy Equipment & Services — 1.6%

    

Dynegy Midwest Generation LLC, Coal Co. Term Loan, 9.25%, 8/04/16

      1,722        1,777,782   

Dynegy Power LLC, Gas Co. Term Loan, 9.25%, 8/04/16

     2,780        2,890,828   

Tervita Corp., Incremental Term Loan, 6.25%, 5/01/18

     145        145,748   
    

 

 

 
               4,814,358   

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.0%

    

Rite Aid Corp., Second Lien Term Loan, 5.75%, 7/07/20

     110        112,506   

Food Products — 0.1%

    

Advance Pierre Foods, Inc., Term Loan, 5.75%, 7/10/17

     215        217,621   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.5%

    

Bausch & Lomb, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.25%, 5/17/19

     383        385,676   

Capital Safety North America, Term Loan, 4.50%, 1/21/19

     759        759,263   

LHP Hospital Group, Inc., Term Loan, 9.00%, 7/03/18

     284        289,955   
    

 

 

 
               1,434,894   

Health Care Providers & Services — 0.4%

    

Genesis HealthCare Corp., Term Loan B, 10.00% — 10.75%, 9/25/17

     190        185,770   

Harden Healthcare LLC:

    

Add on Term Loan A, 7.75%, 3/02/15

     360        352,446   

Term Loan A, 8.50%, 3/02/15

     341        338,233   

inVentiv Health, Inc., Combined Term Loan, 7.50%, 8/04/16

     368        362,169   
    

 

 

 
               1,238,618   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.2%

    

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.:

    

Term Loan B1, 3.20%, 1/28/15

     514        512,002   

Term Loan B3, 3.20% — 3.31%, 1/28/15

     26        26,096   

Harrah’s Property Co., Mezzanine Term Loan, 3.69%, 2/13/14

     5,863        5,394,328   

MGM Resorts International, Term Loan B, 4.25%, 12/20/19

     1,250        1,264,375   

Station Casinos, Inc., Term Loan B:

    

5.50%, 9/27/19

     1,032        1,038,431   

5.00%, 2/13/20

     1,005        1,013,375   

Travelport Holdings Ltd.:

    

Extended Tranche A Term Loan, 6.40%, 12/01/16

     199        70,410   

Extended Tranche B Term Loan, 13.80%, 12/01/16

      667        62,257   
    

 

 

 
               9,381,274   

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.2%

    

Sequa Corp., Term Loan B, 5.25%, 6/19/17

     582        588,322   

Insurance — 0.1%

    

Alliant Holdings I, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 12/20/19

     340        342,550   

IT Services — 0.3%

    

Ceridian Corp., Extended Term Loan, 5.95%, 5/09/17

     68        68,883   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (e)    Par  
(000)
    Value  

IT Services (concluded)

    

First Data Corp., Extended 2018 Term Loan B, 4.20%, 3/23/18

     USD        785      $ 775,109   
    

 

 

 
               843,992   

Leisure Equipment & Products — 0.1%

    

Eastman Kodak Co., DIP Term Loan B, 8.50%, 7/19/13

     240        240,022   

Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.1%

    

Patheon, Inc., Term Loan, 7.25%, 12/06/18

     204        206,788   

Machinery — 0.7%

    

Rexnord Corp., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 4/02/18

     589        592,737   

Silver II US Holdings LLC, Term Loan, 5.00%, 12/05/19

     1,550        1,550,000   
    

 

 

 
               2,142,737   

Media — 3.7%

    

Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc.:

    

Non-Extended Term Loan, 2.71%, 7/03/14

     322        251,656   

Tranche 1 Incremental, 7.50%, 7/03/14

     1,606        1,276,969   

Cequel Communications LLC, Term Loan B, 4.00%, 2/14/19

     287        288,337   

Clear Channel Communications, Inc.:

    

Term Loan B, 3.85%, 1/29/16

     1,327        1,134,895   

Term Loan C, 3.85%, 1/29/16

     397        334,970   

EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Term Loan B, 5.50%, 6/29/18

     433        437,478   

Getty Images, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.75%, 10/18/19

     412        415,218   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, Term Loan B1, 4.50%, 4/02/18

     5,447        5,497,821   

Interactive Data Corp., Term Loan B, 3.75%, 2/11/18

     409        409,548   

Univision Communications, Inc., Extended Term Loan, 4.45%, 3/31/17

     268        268,069   

Virgin Media Investment Holdings, Term Loan B, 3.50%, 2/17/20

     760        755,463   
    

 

 

 
               11,070,424   

Metals & Mining — 0.9%

    

Constellium Holdco BV, Term Loan B, 9.25%, 5/25/18

     428        436,407   

FMG America Finance, Inc., Term Loan, 5.25%, 10/18/17

     2,274        2,301,546   
    

 

 

 
               2,737,953   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.5%

    

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Unsecured Term Loan, 5.75%, 12/01/17

     2,225        2,271,124   

Obsidian Natural Gas Trust, Term Loan, 7.00%, 11/02/15

     841        849,398   

Samson Investment Co., Second Lien Term Loan, 6.00%, 9/25/18

     235        237,205   

Vantage Drilling Co., Term Loan, 6.25%, 10/26/17

     973        977,551   
    

 

 

 
               4,335,278   

Pharmaceuticals — 0.7%

    

Aptalis Pharma, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.50%, 2/10/17

     980        981,960   

Par Pharmaceutical, Term Loan B, 4.25%, 9/28/19

     728        727,265   

Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.25%, 12/05/18

     312        313,343   
    

 

 

 
               2,022,568   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Table of Contents

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. (CYE)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (e)    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Professional Services — 0.1%

    

Truven Health Analytics, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.75%, 6/01/19

     USD        373      $ 376,625   

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.3%

  

 

iStar Financial, Inc., Term Loan, 4.50%, 9/28/17

     750        750,395   

Real Estate Management & Development — 0.3%

  

 

Realogy Corp.:

    

Extended Letter of Credit Loan, 4.46%, 10/10/16

     93        93,070   

Extended Term Loan, 4.42%, 10/10/16

     737        736,330   
    

 

 

 
               829,400   

Road & Rail — 0.1%

    

Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., Term Loan A, 2.70%, 9/29/17

     287        287,396   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.1%

  

 

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Extended Term Loan B, 4.45%, 12/01/16

     300        300,000   

Software — 0.6%

    

GCA Services Group, Inc., Second Lien Term Loan, 9.25%, 10/22/20

      60        59,400   

Infor US, Inc., Term Loan B2, 5.25%, 4/05/18

     1,229        1,242,141   

Kronos, Inc., Second Lien Term Loan, 9.75%, 4/30/20

     515        535,600   
    

 

 

 
               1,837,141   

Specialty Retail — 0.2%

    

David’s Bridal, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 10/11/19

     545        550,586   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.5%

    

Ascend Performance Materials LLC, Term Loan B, 6.75%, 4/10/18

     1,131        1,142,764   

Phillips-Van Heusen Corp., Term Loan B, 3.25%, 12/19/19

     440        443,529   
    

 

 

 
               1,586,293   

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.2%

    

Ocwen Financial Corp., Term Loan, 5.00%, 1/22/18

     610        617,369   

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.1%

    

Vodafone Americas Finance 2, Inc. (g):

    

Term Loan, 6.88%, 8/11/15

     1,938        1,976,937   

Term Loan B, 6.25%, 7/11/16

     1,341        1,377,492   
    

 

 

 
               3,354,429   
Total Floating Rate Loan Interests — 26.2%              77,578,590   
    
                  
Other Interests (l)    Beneficial
Interest  
(000)   
        

Auto Components — 0.0%

    

Lear Corp. Escrow

     460        11,500   

Chemicals — 0.0%

    

Wellman Holdings, Inc., Litigation Trust Certificate (a)

     2,830        28   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.0%

    

Buffets, Inc. (a)

     575        6   

Media — 0.0%

    

Adelphia Escrow (a)

     750        8   

Adelphia Recovery Trust (a)

     941        94   
    

 

 

 
               102   
Total Other Interests — 0.0%              11,636   
Preferred Securities        
Shares
    Value  
Preferred Stocks               

Auto Components — 1.0%

    

Dana Holding Corp., 4.00% (b)(d)

     20,190      $ 2,864,456   

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.1%

    

MPG Office Trust, Inc., Series A, 7.63% (a)

     8,994        204,614   

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.0%

    

Fannie Mae, Series O, 8.00%

     30,000        115,500   
Total Preferred Stocks — 1.1%              3,184,570   
    
                  
Trust Preferreds               

Diversified Financial Services — 1.1%

    

GMAC Capital Trust I, Series 2, 8.13%, 2/15/40 (e)

     128,310        3,393,764   
Total Preferred Securities — 2.2%              6,578,334   
    
                  
Warrants (m)               

Containers & Packaging — 0.0%

    

MDP Acquisitions Plc (Issued/exercisable 12/31/02, 3 Shares for 1 warrant, expires 10/10/13, Strike Price EUR 0.001)

     700        56,611   

Health Care Providers & Services — 0.0%

    

HealthSouth Corp. (Expires 1/16/14)

     32,042          

Media — 0.0%

    

New Vision Holdings LLC (Expires 9/30/14)

     22,447        41,520   

Metals & Mining — 0.1%

    

Peninsula Minerals Ltd. (Expires 12/31/15)

     3,966,632        60,776   

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.0%

    

Peninsula Energy Ltd. (Expires 12/31/15)

     2,343,076        33,985   

Software — 0.0%

    

Bankruptcy Management Solutions, Inc. (Expires 9/28/17)

     334          

HMH Holdings/EduMedia (Issued/exercisable 3/09/10, 19 Shares for 1 warrant, expires 6/22/19, Strike Price $42.27)

     1,164          
    

 

 

 
                 
Total Warrants — 0.1%        192,892   
Total Long-Term Investments
(Cost — $405,926,537) — 141.2%
        418,083,475   
    
   
Short-Term Securities               

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class, 0.10% (n)(o)

     2,103,451        2,103,451   
Total Short-Term Securities
(Cost — $2,103,451) — 0.7%
        2,103,451   
    
   
Options Purchased               
(Cost — $28,657) — (0.0)%              2,140   
Total Investments Before Options Written
(Cost — $408,058,645) — 141.9%
             420,189,066   
    
   
Options Written               

(Premiums Received — $106,920) — (0.0)%

  

    (54,924
Total Investments, Net of Options Written — 141.9%        420,134,142   
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (41.9)%        (124,126,432
    

 

 

 
Net Assets — 100.0%      $ 296,007,710   
    

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. (CYE)

 

 

Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments

 

(a)   Non-income producing security.

 

(b)   Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

 

(c)   All or a portion of security has been pledged as collateral in connection with swaps.

 

(d)   Convertible security.

 

(e)   Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.

 

(f)   Represents a zero-coupon bond. Rate shown reflects the current yield as of report date.

 

(g)   Represents a payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in additional par/shares.

 

(h)   When-issued security. Unsettled when-issued transactions were as follows:

 

Counterparty      Value        Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Bank of America Corp.      $ 695,640         $ 10,662   
Citigroup, Inc.      $ 1,097,250         $ (2,750
Pershing LLC      $ 668,100         $ 8,856   

 

(i)   Represents a step-up bond that pays an initial coupon rate for the first period and then a higher coupon rate for the following periods. Rate shown is as of report date.

 

(j)   Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default of principal and/or interest payments.

 

(k)   Security is perpetual in nature and has no stated maturity date.

 

(l)   Other interests represent beneficial interests in liquidation trusts and other reorganization or private entities.

 

(m)   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 of the warrants, if any.

 

(n)   Investments in issuers considered to be an affiliate of the Fund during the year ended February 28, 2013, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

Affiliate     

Shares Held

at February 29,

2012

     Net
Activity
      

Shares Held

at February 28,

2013

       Income  

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class

            2,103,451           2,103,451         $ 1,034   

 

(o)   Represents the current yield as of report date.

 

Ÿ  

Financial futures contracts as of February 28, 2013 were as follows:

 

Contracts

Sold

    Issue   Exchange   Expiration   Notional Value     Unrealized
Depreciation
 
  (50   S&P 500 E-Mini Index   Chicago Mercantile   March 2013     USD    3,783,250      $ (63,559

 

Ÿ  

Foreign currency exchange contracts as of February 28, 2013 were as follows:

 

Currency
Purchased
       Currency
Sold
    Counterparty   Settlement
Date
       Unrealized
Appreciation
 
USD      525,814         AUD        507,000      Citigroup, Inc.     4/17/13         $ 9,666   
USD      4,348,311         CAD        4,290,000      Deutsche Bank AG     4/17/13           192,612   
USD      1,655,392         GBP        1,070,000      Barclays Plc     4/17/13           32,527   
USD      142,506         GBP        92,000      BNP Paribas SA     4/17/13           2,970   
USD      6,375,642         GBP        3,980,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.     4/17/13           339,193   
USD      206,130         GBP        130,000      Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc     4/17/13           8,960   
USD      115,580         EUR        87,000      BNP Paribas SA     4/23/13           1,955   
USD      21,048,768         EUR        15,796,000      Citigroup, Inc.     4/23/13           418,726   
USD      132,524         EUR        99,471      Deutsche Bank AG     4/23/13           2,612   
USD      291,810         EUR        219,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.     4/23/13           5,789   
USD      134,959         EUR        100,000      Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc     4/23/13           4,356   
USD      88,843         EUR        66,000      UBS AG     4/23/13           2,645   
Total                       $ 1,022,011   
                     

 

 

 

 

Ÿ  

Exchange-traded options purchased as of February 28, 2013 were as follows:

 

Description    Put/Call      Strike
Price
     Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Market
Value
 

Life Technologies Corp.

     Call         USD         70.00         3/16/13         107       $ 2,140   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. (CYE)

 

 

Ÿ  

Over-the-counter options purchased as of February 28, 2013 were as follows:

 

Description  

Counterparty

   Put/Call      Strike
Price
     Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Market
Value

Marsico Parent Superholdco LLC

  Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.      Call         USD         942.86         12/14/19         19      

 

Ÿ  

Over-the-counter credit default swaptions written as of February 28, 2013 were as follows:

 

Description  

Counterparty

  Put/
Call
  Strike Price     Pay/Receive
Floating
Rate Index
   

Floating Rate
Index

  Credit
Rating1
   Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
(000)2
    Market
Value
 

Sold Protection on 5-Year Credit Default Swap

  Credit Suisse   Group AG       Call       USD       103.50        Receive      Dow Jones CDX North America High Yield, Series 19, Version 1   B+      6/19/13         USD         4,400      $ (23,777

Sold Protection on 5-Year Credit Default Swap

  Credit Suisse Group AG   Put   USD     97.50        Pay      Dow Jones CDX North America High Yield, Series 19, Version 1   B+      6/19/13         USD         4,400        (31,147

Total

                         $ (54,924
                        

 

 

 

 

Ÿ  

Credit default swaps — buy protection outstanding as of February 28, 2013 were as follows:

 

Issuer    Pay Fixed Rate      Counterparty    Expiration
Date
   Notional
Amount
(000)
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Israel (State of)

     1.00    Deutsche Bank AG    3/20/17      USD    675      $ (26,589

Israel (State of)

     1.00    Deutsche Bank AG    3/20/17      USD    225        (8,729

Beazer Homes USA, Inc.

     5.00    JPMorgan Chase & Co.    12/20/17      USD      75        (1,232

Total

              $ (36,550
             

 

 

 

 

Ÿ  

Credit default swaps — sold protection outstanding as of February 28, 2013 were as follows:

 

Issuer    Receive
Fixed Rate
     Counterparty    Expiration
Date
  

Credit 

Rating3

   Notional
Amount
(000)2
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00%       JPMorgan Chase & Co.    12/20/15    CCC      USD       274      $   46,107   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00%       JPMorgan Chase & Co.    12/20/15    CCC      USD         76        9,233   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00%       JPMorgan Chase & Co.    12/20/15    CCC      USD       304        34,127   

ARAMARK Corp.

     5.00%       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.    3/20/16    B-      USD       500        40,144   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00%       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.    3/20/16    CCC      USD       110        8,530   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00%       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.    3/20/16    CCC      USD       110        8,530   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00%       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.    3/20/16    CCC      USD       324        20,903   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00%       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.    3/20/16    CCC      USD         76        3,858   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00%       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.    3/20/16    CCC      USD       367        360   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00%       JPMorgan Chase & Co.    3/20/16    CCC      USD         44        1,596   

ARAMARK Corp.

     5.00%           Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.        6/20/16    B-      USD       300        25,738   

ARAMARK Corp.

     5.00%       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.    6/20/16    B-      USD       300        24,289   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00%       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.    6/20/16    CCC      USD       225        13,278   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00%       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.    6/20/16    CCC      USD       430        21,359   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00%       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.    6/20/16    CCC      USD       767        41,178   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00%       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.    6/20/16    CCC      USD       124        548   

ARAMARK Corp.

     5.00%       Credit Suisse AG    9/20/16    B-      USD       125        13,964   

ARAMARK Corp.

     5.00%       Deutsche Bank AG    3/20/17    B-      USD       200        14,641   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00%       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.    3/20/17    CCC      USD       202        (1,539

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00%       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.    3/20/17    CCC      USD       242        7,611   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00%       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.    3/20/17    CCC      USD       141        1,753   

Crown Castle International Corp.

     7.25%       Deutsche Bank AG    3/20/17    B-      USD       470        81,354   

CCO Holdings LLC

     8.00%       Deutsche Bank AG    9/20/17    BB-      USD    1,600        386,852   

Level 3 Communications, Inc.

     5.00%       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.    6/20/19    CCC      USD    1,000        78,182   

Total

  

  $ 882,596   
                

 

 

 

 

1   

Using the S&P’s rating of the underlying securities of the index.

 

2   

The maximum potential amount the Fund may pay should a negative credit event take place as defined under the terms of the agreement.

 

3   

Using S&P’s rating of the issuer.

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. (CYE)

 

 

Ÿ  

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.

 

Ÿ  

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial statement purposes as follows:

 

Ÿ  

Level 1 — unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets and liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access

 

Ÿ  

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)

 

Ÿ  

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)

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. In accordance with the Fund’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. 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 is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with 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 Consolidated Financial Statements.

The following tables summarize the Fund’s investments and derivative financial instruments categorized in the disclosure hierarchy as of February 28, 2013:

 

          Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  
                  

Assets:

                  
Investments:                   

Long-Term Investments:

                  

Common Stocks

      $20,613,083           $    1,649,188           $  5,113,705           $  27,375,976   

Corporate Bonds

                301,977,189           4,368,858           306,346,047   

Floating Rate Loan Interests

                62,802,735           14,775,855           77,578,590   

Other Interests

      94                     11,542           11,636   

Preferred Securities

      3,713,878           2,864,456                     6,578,334   

Warrants

      60,776           56,611           75,505           192,892   

Short-Term Securities

      2,103,451                               2,103,451   

Options Purchased:

                  

Equity Contracts

      2,140                               2,140   
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

      $26,493,422           $369,350,179           $24,345,465           $420,189,066   
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
                  
          Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  
Derivative Financial Instruments1             

Assets:

                  

Credit contracts

                $       884,135                     $       884,135   

Foreign currency exchange contracts

                1,022,011                     1,022,011   

Liabilities:

                  

Credit contracts

                (93,013                  (93,013

Equity contracts

      $     (63,559                            (63,559
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

      $     (63,559        $    1,813,133                     $    1,749,574   
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

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

       

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. (CYE)

 

Certain of the Fund’s assets and liabilities are held at carrying amount, which approximates fair value for financial statement purposes. As of February 28, 2013, such assets and liabilities are categorized within the disclosure hierarchy as follows:

 

          Level 1        Level 2        Level 3      Total  
                  

Assets:

                  

Cash

      $1,722,765                          $     1,722,765   

Foreign currency at value

      1,907                          1,907   

Cash pledged as collateral for financial futures contracts

      252,000                          252,000   

Cash pledged as collateral for swaps

      100,000                          100,000   

Liabilities:

                  

Loan payable

                $(117,000,000             (117,000,000

Cash received as collateral for swaps

                (500,000             (500,000
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

 

Total

      $2,076,672           $(117,500,000             $(115,423,328
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

 

There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the year ended February 28, 2013.

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

 

     Common
Stocks
    Corporate
Bonds
    Floating
Rate Loan
Interests
    Other
Interests
    Preferred
Securities
    Warrants     Total  

Assets/Liabilities:

             

Opening Balance, as of February 29, 2012

  $ 4,322,217      $ 4,458,734      $ 9,295,244      $ 4,642      $ 352,582      $ 1      $ 18,433,420   

Transfers into Level 31

    354        1,247,175        485,114                             1,732,643   

Transfers out of Level 31

                  (219,218                          (219,218

Accrued discounts/premiums

           (7,558     86,762                             79,204   

Net realized gain (loss)

    (937,908     6,959        (547,172            (87,104     (177,871     (1,743,096

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation2

    1,065,269        (1,329,869     1,206,125        6,900        110,561        253,375        1,312,361   

Purchases

    663,785        2,602,362        7,440,914                             10,707,061   

Sales

    (12     (2,608,945     (2,971,914            (376,039            (5,956,910
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Closing Balance, as of February 28, 2013

  $ 5,113,705      $ 4,368,858      $ 14,775,855      $ 11,542             $ 75,505      $ 24,345,465   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

1   

Transfers into and transfers out of Level 3 represent the values as of the beginning of the reporting period.

 

2   

Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments still held as of February 28, 2013 was $(852,956).

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

 

          Credit
Contracts
 

Assets/Liabilities:

   

Opening Balance, as of February 29, 2012

    $ 237,861   

Transfers into Level 33

        

Transfers out of Level 33

      (10,105

Accrued discounts/premiums

        

Net realized gain (loss)

        

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation4

      (227,756

Purchases

        

Issues5

        

Sales

        

Settlements6

        
   

 

 

 

Closing Balance, as of February 28, 2013

        
   

 

 

 

 

3   

Transfers into and transfers out of Level 3 represent the values as of the beginning of the reporting period.

 

4   

Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

5   

Issues represent upfront cash received on certain derivative financial instruments.

 

6   

Settlements represent periodic contractual cash flows and/or cash flows to terminate certain derivative financial instruments.

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (concluded)

  

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. (CYE)

 

The following table summarizes the valuation techniques used and unobservable inputs developed by the Global Valuation Committee to determine the value of certain of the Fund’s Level 3 investments as of February 28, 2013. The table does not include Level 3 investments with values derived utilizing third party pricing information without adjustment. A significant change in third party pricing information could result in a significantly lower or higher value of such Level 3 investments. The value of Level 3 investments derived using third party pricing information is $13,595,149.

 

     Value        Valuation Techniques      Unobservable  Inputs1    Range of
Unobservable Inputs
Utilized
Assets:               

Common Stocks

  $ 4,184,095         Market Comparable Companies      EBITDA Multiple    6.56x
            Enterprise Value/Oil Barrel Multiple    CAD2 0.44x
    225,035         Restructure terms3      N/A   

Corporate Bonds

    1,121,631         Market Comparable Companies      Yield    12.10%
    639,846         Discounted Cash Flow     

Yield

   12%
    425         Estimated Final Distribution     

Recovery Rate

   0.05%
    1,813,100         Cost4      N/A   

Floating Rate Loan Interests

    690,679        

Discounted Cash Flow

    

Yield

   9.50%
    2,000,000         Cost4      N/A   

Warrants

    41,520         Discounted Vendor Price      Distribution Rate    0.51639
    33,985         Black-Scholes      Implied Volatility    90%

 

Total   $ 10,750,316                
 

 

 

              

 

1   

A change to the unobservable input may result in a significant change to the value of the investment as follows:

 

Unobservable Input   Impact to
Value if Input Increases
  Impact to
Value if Input Decreases

EBITDA Multiple

  Increase   Decrease

Enterprise Value/Oil Barrel Multiple

  Increase   Decrease

Yield

  Decrease   Increase

Recovery Rate

  Increase   Decrease

Distribution Rate

  Decrease   Increase

Implied Volatility

  Increase   Decrease

 

2   

Canadian Dollar.

 

3   

Investment is valued based on the company’s financial restructuring plan.

 

4   

The Fund fair values certain of its Level 3 investments using prior transaction prices (acquisition cost), although the transaction may not have occurred during the current reporting period. In such cases, these investments are generally privately held investments. There may not be a secondary market, and/or there are a limited number of investors. The determination to fair value such investments at cost is based upon factors consistent with the principles of fair value measurement that are reasonably available to the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate. Valuations are reviewed utilizing available market information to determine if the carrying value should be adjusted. Such market data may include, but is not limited to, observations of the trading multiples of public companies considered comparable to the private companies being valued, financial or operational information released by the company, and/or news or corporate events that affect the investment. Valuations may be adjusted to account for company-specific issues, the lack of liquidity inherent in a nonpublic investment and the fact that comparable public companies are not identical to the investments being fair valued by the Fund.

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments February 28, 2013

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Asset-Backed Securities    Par  
(000)
    Value  

ACAS CLO Ltd. (a)(b):

    

Series 2012-1A, Class D, 5.58%, 9/20/23

     USD     1,000      $ 1,005,000   

Series 2013-1A, Class D, 1.00%, 4/20/25 (c)

     500        477,500   

Anchorage Capital CLO Ltd., Series 2012-1A, Class B, 3.16%, 1/13/25 (a)(b)

     1,500        1,438,350   

Apidos CDO, Series 2012-11A, Class D, 4.74%, 1/17/23 (a)(b)

     550        550,825   

Atrium CDO Corp., Series 9A, Class D, 3.96%, 2/28/24 (a)(b)

     750        725,250   

Carlyle Global Market Strategies, Series 2013-1A, Class C, 4.00%, 2/14/25 (a)(b)

     250        250,000   

Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO Ltd., Series 2012-4A, Class D, 4.89%, 1/20/25 (a)(b)

     600        600,900   

Cavalry CLO Ltd., Series 2A, Class D,
4.38%, 1/17/24 (a)(b)

     500        486,750   

CFIP CLO Ltd., Series 2013-1A, Class D, 4.04%, 4/20/24 (a)(b)

     1,000        949,500   

CSAM Funding, Series 2A, Class B1, 7.05%, 10/15/16 (b)

     625        630,125   

Fraser Sullivan CLO VII Ltd., Series 2012-7A, Class C, 4.30%, 4/20/23 (a)(b)

     765        764,992   

Goldentree Loan Opportunities VI Ltd., Series 2012-6A, Class D, 4.50%, 4/17/22 (a)(b)

     1,250        1,242,875   

Highbridge Loan Management Ltd., Series 2012-1A, Class C, 5.71%, 9/20/22 (a)(b)

     1,200        1,207,200   

ING Investment Management (a)(b):

    

Series 2012-2A, Class D, 4.85%, 10/15/22

     1,275        1,278,187   

Series 2012-4A, Class C, 4.73%, 10/15/23

     600        604,992   

LCM IX LP, Series 9A, Class E, 4.51%, 7/14/22 (a)(b)

     1,000        889,900   

LCM XI LP, Series 11A, Class D2, 4.25%, 4/19/22 (a)(b)

     1,300        1,287,000   

Octagon Investment Partners XIV Ltd.,
Series 2012-1A, Class C, 4.56%, 1/15/24 (a)(b)

     750        727,500   

OZLM Funding Ltd. (a)(b):

    

Series 2012-2A, Class C, 5.08%, 10/30/23

     500        504,650   

Series 2013-3A, Class C, 4.15%, 1/22/25

     500        488,850   

Symphony CLO IX LP, Series 2012-9A, Class D, 4.55%, 4/16/22 (a)(b)

     1,075        1,068,228   

Symphony CLO X Ltd., Series 2012-10A, Class D, 5.55%, 7/23/23 (a)(b)

     1,200        1,215,000   

West CLO Ltd., Series 2012-1A, Class C, 5.05%, 10/30/23 (a)(b)

     1,145        1,159,782   
Total Asset-Backed Securities – 4.1%              19,553,356   
    
   
Common Stocks (d)    Shares         

Chemicals — 0.0%

    

GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc.

     339,340        222,268   

Containers & Packaging — 0.1%

    

Smurfit Kappa Plc

     36,342        563,629   

Diversified Financial Services — 1.1%

    

Kcad Holdings I Ltd.

     756,012,055        5,103,081   

Electrical Equipment — 0.0%

    

Medis Technologies Ltd.

     286,757        3   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.0%

    

HRP PIK Corp., Class B

     5,000          

Metals & Mining — 0.1%

    

Euramax International

     2,337        484,990   
Common Stocks (d)        
Shares
    Value  

Paper & Forest Products — 1.3%

    

Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd.

     1,545,197      $ 4,899,679   

NewPage Corp.

     9,120        775,200   

Western Forest Products, Inc. (b)

     211,149        255,938   
    

 

 

 
               5,930,817   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.0%

  

SunPower Corp.

     1,707        20,040   

Software — 0.2%

    

Bankruptcy Management Solutions, Inc.

     1,870        19   

HMH Holdings/EduMedia

     52,041        954,073   
    

 

 

 
               954,092   

Specialty Retail — 0.0%

    

Movie Gallery, Inc.

     503,737        5   
Total Common Stocks – 2.8%              13,278,925   
    
                  
Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
        

Aerospace & Defense — 1.0%

    

Bombardier, Inc., 4.25%, 1/15/16 (b)

     USD        980        1,016,750   

DigitalGlobe, Inc., 5.25%, 2/01/21 (b)

     831        824,767   

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc., 7.13%, 3/15/21

     715        779,350   

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., 10.00%, 6/01/17

     1,364        1,505,515   

Meccanica Holdings USA, Inc., 6.25%, 7/15/19 (b)

     405        416,170   
    

 

 

 
               4,542,552   

Airlines — 0.4%

    

American Airlines Pass-Through Trust, Series 2011-2, Class A, 8.63%, 4/15/23

     381        395,983   

Continental Airlines Pass-Through Trust, Series 2012-3, Class C, 6.13%, 4/29/18

     1,485        1,481,288   

Delta Air Lines Pass-Through Trust, Series 2009-1, Class B, 9.75%, 2/17/16

     170        188,214   
    

 

 

 
               2,065,485   

Auto Components — 1.5%

    

Continental Rubber of America Corp., 4.50%, 9/15/19 (b)

     150        153,000   

Delphi Corp., 6.13%, 5/15/21

     250        272,500   

Icahn Enterprises LP:

    

7.75%, 1/15/16

     220        229,075   

8.00%, 1/15/18

     4,035        4,322,494   

Jaguar Land Rover Automotive Plc (FKA Jaguar Land Rover Plc):

    

8.25%, 3/15/20

     GBP        392        666,759   

5.63%, 2/01/23 (b)

     USD        425        434,563   

Titan International, Inc., 7.88%, 10/01/17

     940        1,008,150   

Venture Holdings Co. LLC (d)(e):

    

12.00%, 7/01/49

     4,450          

Series B, 9.50%, 7/01/05

     1,800          
    

 

 

 
               7,086,541   

Beverages — 0.2%

    

Constellation Brands, Inc.:

    

7.25%, 5/15/17

     57        64,624   

6.00%, 5/01/22

     323        352,878   

Crown European Holdings SA:

    

7.13%, 8/15/18

     EUR          52        73,489   

7.13%, 8/15/18 (b)

     244        344,835   

Refresco Group BV, 7.38%, 5/15/18

     213        290,679   
    

 

 

 
               1,126,505   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Table of Contents

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Building Products — 0.7%

    

Building Materials Corp. of America (b):

    

7.00%, 2/15/20

     USD   1,000      $ 1,082,500   

6.75%, 5/01/21

     590        633,512   

Momentive Performance Materials, Inc., 8.88%, 10/15/20

             375        384,844   

USG Corp., 9.75%, 1/15/18

     980        1,152,725   
    

 

 

 
               3,253,581   

Capital Markets — 0.3%

    

E*Trade Financial Corp., 0.01%, 8/31/19 (b)(f)(g)

     593        620,056   

KKR Group Finance Co. LLC, 6.38%, 9/29/20 (b)

     365        429,231   

Nuveen Investments, Inc., 9.13%, 10/15/17 (b)

     302        303,510   
    

 

 

 
               1,352,797   

Chemicals — 4.2%

    

Ashland, Inc., 3.88%, 4/15/18 (b)

     475        482,125   

Axiall Corp., 4.88%, 5/15/23 (b)

     282        286,230   

Celanese US Holdings LLC, 5.88%, 6/15/21

     1,104        1,206,120   

Ciech Group Financing AB, 9.50%, 11/30/19

     EUR      130        184,996   

Eagle Spinco, Inc., 4.63%, 2/15/21 (b)

     USD      598        607,717   

GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc., 7.50%, 3/31/15 (b)(g)(h)

     4,171        7,132,046   

Huntsman International LLC:

    

4.88%, 11/15/20

     803        794,970   

4.88%, 11/15/20

     455        448,175   

8.63%, 3/15/21

     735        830,550   

INEOS Finance Plc, 7.50%, 5/01/20 (b)

     295        317,863   

LyondellBasell Industries NV:

    

5.00%, 4/15/19

     562        626,630   

6.00%, 11/15/21

     368        432,400   

5.75%, 4/15/24

     1,775        2,063,437   

NOVA Chemicals Corp., 8.63%, 11/01/19

     570        646,950   

Nufarm Australia Ltd., 6.38%, 10/15/19 (b)

     225        238,500   

Orion Engineered Carbons Bondco GmbH, 9.63%, 6/15/18 (b)

     800        880,000   

Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc., 4.63%, 10/15/20

     940        972,900   

Tronox Finance LLC, 6.38%, 8/15/20 (b)

     1,569        1,559,194   

US Coatings Acquisition, Inc./Flash Dutch 2 BV, 5.75%, 2/01/21

     EUR      100        133,166   
    

 

 

 
               19,843,969   

Commercial Banks — 0.6%

    

CIT Group, Inc.:

    

5.00%, 5/15/17

     USD      620        659,525   

6.63%, 4/01/18 (b)

     160        181,600   

5.50%, 2/15/19 (b)

     1,430        1,555,125   

5.00%, 8/15/22

           390        417,300   
    

 

 

 
               2,813,550   

Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.7%

    

ADS Waste Holdings, Inc., 8.25%, 10/01/20 (b)

     206        221,450   

ARAMARK Holdings Corp. (b):

    

8.63%, 5/01/16 (h)

     625        637,506   

5.75%, 3/15/20 (c)

     1,052        1,073,040   

AWAS Aviation Capital Ltd., 7.00%, 10/17/16 (b)

     714        749,986   

Brickman Group Holdings, Inc., 9.13%, 11/01/18 (b)

     55        59,125   

Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc., 7.88%, 10/15/18 (b)

     265        268,313   

Clean Harbors, Inc., 5.25%, 8/01/20

     427        439,810   

Covanta Holding Corp., 6.38%, 10/01/22

     800        867,468   

EC Finance Plc, 9.75%, 8/01/17

     EUR        60        85,187   

The Geo Group, Inc., 7.75%, 10/15/17

     USD      850        911,625   

HDTFS, Inc. (b):

    

5.88%, 10/15/20

     305        317,200   

6.25%, 10/15/22

     425        456,875   
Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Commercial Services & Supplies (concluded)

    

Mead Products LLC/ACCO Brands Corp., 6.75%, 4/30/20 (b)

     USD        212      $ 224,455   

Mobile Mini, Inc., 7.88%, 12/01/20

     640        712,000   

Verisure Holding AB:

    

8.75%, 9/01/18

     EUR        290        408,898   

8.75%, 12/01/18

     149        198,417   

West Corp., 8.63%, 10/01/18

     USD        315        335,475   
    

 

 

 
               7,966,830   

Communications Equipment — 0.6%

    

Avaya, Inc.:

    

9.75%, 11/01/15

     288        283,320   

7.00%, 4/01/19 (b)

     485        463,175   

Zayo Group LLC/Zayo Capital, Inc.:

    

8.13%, 1/01/20

     1,000        1,117,500   

10.13%, 7/01/20

     1,020        1,195,950   
    

 

 

 
               3,059,945   

Construction Materials — 1.0%

    

Buzzi Unicem SpA, 6.25%, 9/28/18

     EUR        106        148,864   

HD Supply, Inc. (b):

    

8.13%, 4/15/19 (i)

     USD     2,080        2,342,600   

7.50%, 7/15/20

     1,860        1,862,325   

11.50%, 7/15/20

     340        391,850   

HeidelbergCement AG, 7.50%, 4/03/20

     EUR          46        72,367   
    

 

 

 
               4,818,006   

Consumer Finance — 0.1%

    

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC:

    

7.00%, 4/15/15

     USD        280        309,505   

6.63%, 8/15/17

     148        172,834   
    

 

 

 
               482,339   

Containers & Packaging — 1.4%

    

Ardagh Packaging Finance Plc:

    

7.38%, 10/15/17

     EUR        100        141,652   

7.38%, 10/15/17

     100        141,652   

7.38%, 10/15/17 (b)

     385        545,361   

7.38%, 10/15/17 (b)

     USD        873        950,479   

9.13%, 10/15/20 (b)

     300        327,000   

Ball Corp., 6.75%, 9/15/20

     625        689,062   

Berry Plastics Corp.:

    

4.18%, 9/15/14 (a)

     495        495,000   

8.25%, 11/15/15

     655        682,641   

9.75%, 1/15/21

     210        242,550   

Beverage Packaging Holdings Luxembourg II SA, 8.00%, 12/15/16

     EUR     1,243        1,627,180   

Crown Americas LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. III, 6.25%, 2/01/21

     USD          69        75,210   

Crown Americas LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. IV, 4.50%, 1/15/23 (b)

     752        735,080   
    

 

 

 
               6,652,867   

Distributors — 0.1%

    

VWR Funding, Inc., 7.25%, 9/15/17 (b)

     615        647,288   

Diversified Consumer Services — 0.5%

    

313 Group, Inc. (b):

    

6.38%, 12/01/19

     403        392,925   

8.75%, 12/01/20

     880        869,000   

Laureate Education, Inc., 9.25%, 9/01/19 (b)

     1,025        1,114,688   

ServiceMaster Co., 8.00%, 2/15/20

     235        249,100   
    

 

 

 
               2,625,713   

Diversified Financial Services — 3.5%

    

Aircastle Ltd., 6.25%, 12/01/19

     261        281,228   

Ally Financial, Inc.:

    

7.50%, 12/31/13

     90        94,500   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Table of Contents

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Diversified Financial Services (concluded)

    

Ally Financial, Inc. (concluded):

    

8.30%, 2/12/15

     USD     1,330      $ 1,479,625   

7.50%, 9/15/20

     1,990        2,407,900   

8.00%, 11/01/31

     2,000        2,512,500   

CNG Holdings, Inc., 9.38%, 5/15/20 (b)

     490        483,263   

Co-Operative Group Ltd., 5.63%, 7/08/20 (j)

     GBP        240        381,568   

DPL, Inc.:

    

6.50%, 10/15/16

     USD          50        52,500   

7.25%, 10/15/21

     130        139,425   

Gala Group Finance Plc, 8.88%, 9/01/18

     GBP        400        655,366   

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc.:

    

7.13%, 4/15/19

     USD     1,070        1,148,912   

9.00%, 4/15/19

     195        206,700   

9.88%, 8/15/19

     1,450        1,587,750   

5.75%, 10/15/20

     3,640        3,758,300   

6.88%, 2/15/21

     515        549,762   

WMG Acquisition Corp., 6.00%, 1/15/21 (b)

     656        678,960   
    

 

 

 
               16,418,259   

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.0%

    

Level 3 Communications, Inc., 8.88%, 6/01/19 (b)

     520        561,600   

Level 3 Financing, Inc.:

    

8.13%, 7/01/19

     2,902        3,163,180   

7.00%, 6/01/20 (b)

     340        357,000   

OTE Plc, 7.25%, 2/12/15 (j)

     EUR       104        136,456   

Telenet Finance V Luxembourg SCA:

    

6.25%, 8/15/22

     119        159,244   

6.75%, 8/15/24

     222        302,875   
    

 

 

 
               4,680,355   

Electric Utilities — 0.1%

    

Mirant Mid Atlantic Pass-Through Trust, Series B, 9.13%, 6/30/17

     USD        475        527,094   

Electrical Equipment — 0.3%

    

Belden, Inc., 5.50%, 9/01/22 (b)

     360        369,000   

General Cable Corp., 5.75%, 10/01/22 (b)

     670        686,750   

Techem GmbH, 6.13%, 10/01/19

     EUR        200        277,429   
    

 

 

 
               1,333,179   

Energy Equipment & Services — 2.7%

    

Calfrac Holdings LP, 7.50%, 12/01/20 (b)

     USD     1,680        1,688,400   

Compagnie Générale de Géophysique, Veritas, 6.50%, 6/01/21

     1,000        1,040,000   

FTS International Services LLC/FTS International Bonds, Inc., 8.13%, 11/15/18 (b)

     779        806,265   

Gulfmark Offshore, Inc., 6.38%, 3/15/22

     130        134,225   

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., 5.88%, 4/01/20

     265        278,250   

MEG Energy Corp. (b):

    

6.50%, 3/15/21

     1,135        1,197,425   

6.38%, 1/30/23

     775        802,125   

Oil States International, Inc.:

    

6.50%, 6/01/19

     475        508,250   

5.13%, 1/15/23 (b)

     653        653,000   

Peabody Energy Corp.:

    

6.00%, 11/15/18

     339        360,187   

6.25%, 11/15/21

          1,706        1,774,240   

Precision Drilling Corp.:

    

6.63%, 11/15/20

     125        132,813   

6.50%, 12/15/21

     840        890,400   

Rain CII Carbon LLC/CII Carbon Corp., 8.25%, 1/15/21 (b)

     377        395,850   

Seadrill Ltd., 5.63%, 9/15/17 (b)

     1,783        1,805,287   

Tervita Corp., 8.00%, 11/15/18 (b)

     597        614,910   
    

 

 

 
               13,081,627   
Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.2%

    

Bakkavor Finance 2 Plc, 8.25%, 2/15/18

     GBP        192      $ 295,643   

Rite Aid Corp., 9.25%, 3/15/20

     USD        435        487,200   
    

 

 

 
               782,843   

Food Products — 0.3%

    

Post Holdings, Inc., 7.38%, 2/15/22

     545        588,600   

Smithfield Foods, Inc., 6.63%, 8/15/22

     554        602,475   
    

 

 

 
               1,191,075   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.3%

    

Biomet, Inc. (b):

    

6.50%, 8/01/20

     1,211        1,280,632   

6.50%, 10/01/20

     2,593        2,670,790   

DJO Finance LLC:

    

8.75%, 3/15/18

     295        325,606   

7.75%, 4/15/18

     770        766,150   

9.88%, 4/15/18

     350        373,625   

Kinetic Concepts, Inc./KCI USA, Inc., 12.50%, 11/01/19 (b)

     145        142,100   

Teleflex, Inc., 6.88%, 6/01/19

     475        516,563   
    

 

 

 
               6,075,466   

Health Care Providers & Services — 3.7%

    

Aviv Healthcare Properties LP, 7.75%, 2/15/19

     700        750,750   

Care UK Health & Social Care Plc, 9.75%, 8/01/17

     GBP          65        99,348   

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.:

    

5.13%, 8/15/18

     USD        345        362,681   

7.13%, 7/15/20

     333        358,808   

Crown Newco 3 Plc:

    

7.00%, 2/15/18

     GBP        194        303,873   

7.00%, 2/15/18 (b)

     108        169,166   

DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc., 5.75%, 8/15/22

     USD        661        689,092   

HCA, Inc.:

    

6.50%, 2/15/20

     1,900        2,128,000   

7.88%, 2/15/20

     1,245        1,380,394   

7.25%, 9/15/20

             380        421,800   

5.88%, 3/15/22

     1,905        2,052,637   

4.75%, 5/01/23

     581        579,548   

Hologic, Inc., 6.25%, 8/01/20 (b)

     977        1,030,735   

IASIS Healthcare LLC, 8.38%, 5/15/19

     522        537,660   

inVentiv Health, Inc., 9.00%, 1/15/18 (b)

     510        531,675   

Omnicare, Inc., 7.75%, 6/01/20

     1,310        1,454,100   

Tenet Healthcare Corp.:

    

6.25%, 11/01/18

     516        571,470   

8.88%, 7/01/19

     2,305        2,604,650   

6.75%, 2/01/20

     340        363,800   

4.50%, 4/01/21 (b)

     576        568,080   

Vanguard Health Holding Co. II LLC, 7.75%, 2/01/19 (b)

     565        605,256   
    

 

 

 
               17,563,523   

Health Care Technology — 0.8%

    

IMS Health, Inc., 12.50%, 3/01/18 (b)

     3,205        3,862,025   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.6%

    

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.:

    

10.00%, 12/15/18

     104        68,640   

9.00%, 2/15/20 (b)

     106        104,675   

Caesars Operating Escrow LLC:

     880        858,000   

8.50%, 2/15/20

    

9.00%, 2/15/20 (b)

     1,181        1,166,237   

Carlson Wagonlit BV, 6.88%, 6/15/19 (b)

     260        271,700   

Choice Hotels International, Inc., 5.75%, 7/01/22

     170        188,700   

Cirsa Funding Luxembourg SA, 8.75%, 5/15/18

     EUR     2,469        3,158,933   

Diamond Resorts Corp., 12.00%, 8/15/18

     USD     1,040        1,144,000   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Table of Contents

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (concluded)

    

Gategroup Finance Luxembourg SA, 6.75%, 3/01/19

     EUR        235      $ 316,008   

HRP Myrtle Beach Holdings LLC, 14.50%, 4/01/14 (b)(d)(e)

     USD     6,892        1   

HRP Myrtle Beach Operations LLC (d)(e):

    

12.50%, 4/01/13 (b)

     5,000        1   

14.50%, 4/01/14

     5,000        1   

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 9.00%, 8/31/20 (b)

     609        584,640   

Regal Entertainment Group, 5.75%, 2/01/25

     189        185,220   

Six Flags Entertainment Corp., 5.25%, 1/15/21 (b)

     412        403,760   

Station Casinos LLC:

    

3.66%, 6/18/18

             310        310,000   

7.50%, 3/01/21 (b)

     922        927,762   

Travelport LLC, 4.91%, 9/01/14 (a)

     1,770        1,610,700   

Tropicana Entertainment LLC,
9.63%, 12/15/14 (d)(e)

     530          

The Unique Pub Finance Co. Plc, Series A3, 6.54%, 3/30/21

     GBP        100        151,326   

Wynn Las Vegas LLC, 5.38%, 3/15/22

     USD        888        933,510   
    

 

 

 
               12,383,814   

Household Durables — 1.6%

  

Algeco Scotsman Global Finance Plc, 9.00%, 10/15/18

     EUR        380        515,953   

Ashton Woods USA LLC/Ashton Woods Finance Corp., 6.88%, 2/15/21 (b)

     USD        366        367,830   

Beazer Homes USA, Inc., 6.63%, 4/15/18

     640        684,000   

Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc., 6.50%, 12/15/20 (b)

     655        694,300   

K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., 7.25%, 10/15/20 (b)

     1,505        1,655,500   

Libbey Glass, Inc., 6.88%, 5/15/20

     175        187,688   

Spie BondCo 3 SCA, 11.00%, 8/15/19

     EUR        244        355,188   

Standard Pacific Corp., 8.38%, 1/15/21

     USD     1,685        2,000,937   

United Rentals North America, Inc., 5.75%, 7/15/18

     877        943,871   
    

 

 

 
               7,405,267   

Household Products — 0.2%

  

Ontex IV SA:

    

7.50%, 4/15/18

     EUR        100        135,777   

9.00%, 4/15/19

     217        290,387   

Spectrum Brands Escrow Corp. (b):

    

6.38%, 11/15/20

     USD        175        186,156   

6.63%, 11/15/22

     200        215,500   
    

 

 

 
               827,820   

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 4.1%

  

The AES Corp.:

    

7.75%, 10/15/15

     300        336,000   

9.75%, 4/15/16

     1,305        1,552,950   

7.38%, 7/01/21

     130        146,900   

Calpine Corp. (b):

    

7.25%, 10/15/17

     818        870,147   

7.50%, 2/15/21

     315        342,563   

Energy Future Intermediate Holding Co. LLC:

    

6.88%, 8/15/17 (b)

     715        754,325   

10.00%, 12/01/20 (b)

     1,875        2,114,062   

10.00%, 12/01/20

          6,060        6,878,100   

GenOn REMA LLC:

    

Series B, 9.24%, 7/02/17

     460        507,529   

Series C, 9.68%, 7/02/26

     460        501,400   

Laredo Petroleum, Inc.:

    

9.50%, 2/15/19

     1,210        1,367,300   

7.38%, 5/01/22

     360        390,600   
Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders (concluded)

  

NRG Energy, Inc.:

    

7.63%, 1/15/18

     USD     1,423      $ 1,631,114   

6.63%, 3/15/23 (b)

     1,435        1,528,275   

QEP Resources, Inc., 5.38%, 10/01/22

     335        350,913   
    

 

 

 
               19,272,178   

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.2%

    

Sequa Corp., 7.00%, 12/15/17 (b)

     920        926,900   

Insurance — 0.2%

    

CNO Financial Group, Inc., 6.38%, 10/01/20 (b)

     215        227,900   

MPL 2 Acquisition Canco, Inc., 9.88%, 8/15/18 (b)

     415        410,850   

TMF Group Holding BV, 9.88%, 12/01/19

     EUR        100        131,861   
    

 

 

 
               770,611   

Internet Software & Services — 0.0%

    

Equinix, Inc., 4.88%, 4/01/20

     USD        100        100,000   

IT Services — 1.2%

    

Ceridian Corp., 8.88%, 7/15/19 (b)

     980        1,104,950   

Epicor Software Corp., 8.63%, 5/01/19

     720        775,800   

First Data Corp.:

    

7.38%, 6/15/19 (b)

     835        877,794   

6.75%, 11/01/20 (b)

     960        985,200   

8.25%, 1/15/21 (b)

     222        226,995   

12.63%, 1/15/21

     566        603,497   

SunGard Data Systems, Inc., 6.63%, 11/01/19 (b)

     740        760,350   

WEX, Inc., 4.75%, 2/01/23 (b)

     395        382,163   
    

 

 

 
               5,716,749   

Machinery — 1.0%

    

Silver II Borrower/Silver II US Holdings LLC, 7.75%, 12/15/20 (b)

     238        247,520   

Terex Corp., 6.00%, 5/15/21

     760        788,500   

Trinseo Materials Operating SCA, 8.75%, 2/01/19 (b)

     411        409,459   

UR Merger Sub Corp.:

    

7.38%, 5/15/20

     565        618,675   

7.63%, 4/15/22

          2,328        2,578,260   
    

 

 

 
               4,642,414   

Media — 3.9%

    

AMC Networks, Inc.:

    

7.75%, 7/15/21

     605        686,675   

4.75%, 12/15/22

     191        190,284   

Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc., 11.50%, 4/15/20 (b)

     415        327,850   

Checkout Holding Corp., 11.49%, 11/15/15 (b)(f)

     700        517,125   

Cinemark USA, Inc.:

    

8.63%, 6/15/19

     410        454,587   

5.13%, 12/15/22 (b)

     145        145,725   

Clear Channel Communications, Inc., 9.00%, 12/15/19 (b)(c)

     896        833,280   

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc.:

    

6.50%, 11/15/22 (b)

     684        714,780   

6.50%, 11/15/22 (b)

     1,846        1,942,915   

Series B, 7.63%, 3/15/20

     1,100        1,138,500   

DISH DBS Corp., 5.88%, 7/15/22

     1,265        1,334,575   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, 7.25%, 10/15/20

     1,160        1,244,100   

Intelsat Luxembourg SA:

    

11.25%, 2/04/17

     250        265,625   

11.50%, 2/04/17 (h)

     1,190        1,265,862   

Interactive Data Corp., 10.25%, 8/01/18

     1,545        1,751,644   

Lynx II Corp., 6.38%, 4/15/23 (b)

     200        207,250   

The McClatchy Co., 9.00%, 12/15/22 (b)

     230        243,225   

NAI Entertainment Holdings LLC, 8.25%, 12/15/17 (b)

     920        1,002,800   

Nara Cable Funding Ltd., 8.88%, 12/01/18

     EUR        200        274,165   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Table of Contents

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Media (concluded)

  

Nielsen Finance LLC, 7.75%, 10/15/18

     USD        658      $ 728,735   

ProQuest LLC, 9.00%, 10/15/18 (b)

     139        137,958   

Sterling Entertainment Corp., 10.00%, 12/15/19

     850        850,000   

Unitymedia Hessen GmbH & Co. KG:

    

7.50%, 3/15/19

     1,040        1,133,600   

5.50%, 1/15/23 (b)

     830        838,300   

Univision Communications, Inc., 6.75%, 9/15/22 (b)

     255        275,400   
    

 

 

 
               18,504,960   

Metals & Mining — 2.2%

    

ArcelorMittal:

    

9.50%, 2/15/15

     1,345        1,518,169   

4.25%, 8/05/15

     698        722,669   

5.00%, 2/25/17

     278        289,259   

6.13%, 6/01/18

     357        384,952   

6.75%, 2/25/22

     287        316,018   

Eco-Bat Finance Plc, 7.75%, 2/15/17

     EUR        305        411,134   

FMG Resources August 2006 Property Ltd., 6.38%, 2/01/16 (b)

     USD        445        463,913   

Global Brass and Copper, Inc., 9.50%, 6/01/19 (b)

     485        527,437   

Kaiser Aluminum Corp., 8.25%, 6/01/20

     360        402,300   

New Gold, Inc. (b):

    

7.00%, 4/15/20

     120        129,600   

6.25%, 11/15/22

     485        510,463   

Novelis, Inc., 8.75%, 12/15/20

     3,625        4,060,000   

Perstorp Holding AB, 8.75%, 5/15/17 (b)

     205        215,250   

RathGibson, Inc., 11.25%, 2/15/14 (d)(e)

     4,440          

Schmolz & Bickenbach Luxembourg SA, 9.88%, 5/15/19

     EUR        260        303,903   

Steel Dynamics, Inc., 6.38%, 8/15/22 (b)

     USD        390        417,300   
    

 

 

 
               10,672,367   

Multiline Retail — 0.3%

    

Dollar General Corp., 4.13%, 7/15/17

     241        254,858   

Dufry Finance SCA, 5.50%, 10/15/20 (b)

     1,068        1,113,390   
    

 

 

 
               1,368,248   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 7.3%

    

Access Midstream Partners LP:

    

6.13%, 7/15/22

     785        841,912   

4.88%, 5/15/23

     360        356,400   

Chaparral Energy, Inc., 7.63%, 11/15/22

     215        233,275   

Chesapeake Energy Corp.:

    

7.25%, 12/15/18

     45        50,850   

6.63%, 8/15/20

     500        547,500   

6.88%, 11/15/20

     285        313,500   

6.13%, 2/15/21

     435        461,100   

Concho Resources, Inc.:

    

6.50%, 1/15/22

     414        451,260   

5.50%, 10/01/22

     498        518,543   

CONSOL Energy, Inc.:

    

8.25%, 4/01/20

     1,885        2,078,212   

6.38%, 3/01/21

     440        453,200   

Crosstex Energy LP, 8.88%, 2/15/18

     370        398,675   

Denbury Resources, Inc., 4.63%, 7/15/23

     714        700,612   

Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc., 7.75%, 6/15/19

     1,300        1,394,250   

EP Energy LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc., 6.88%, 5/01/19

     440        479,600   

Halcon Resources Corp., 8.88%, 5/15/21 (b)

     666        715,950   

Hilcorp Energy I LP, 7.63%, 4/15/21 (b)

     734        809,235   

Holly Energy Partners LP, 6.50%, 3/01/20 (b)

     150        160,500   

Kinder Morgan Finance Co. LLC, 6.00%, 1/15/18 (b)

     925        1,020,889   

Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp., 8.13%, 12/01/19

     605        680,625   

Linn Energy LLC:

    

6.25%, 11/01/19 (b)

     1,685        1,718,700   

8.63%, 4/15/20

     180        199,125   

7.75%, 2/01/21

     715        772,200   
Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (concluded)

  

MarkWest Energy Partners LP:

    

5.50%, 2/15/23

     USD        275      $ 288,750   

4.50%, 7/15/23

     393        384,158   

Newfield Exploration Co., 5.63%, 7/01/24

     1,000        1,045,000   

Northern Oil and Gas, Inc., 8.00%, 6/01/20

     505        527,725   

Oasis Petroleum, Inc.:

    

7.25%, 2/01/19

     270        291,600   

6.50%, 11/01/21

     290        313,200   

Offshore Group Investments Ltd., 11.50%, 8/01/15

     739        805,510   

PBF Holding Co. LLC, 8.25%, 2/15/20 (b)

     334        363,225   

PDC Energy, Inc., 7.75%, 10/15/22 (b)

     335        354,263   

PetroBakken Energy Ltd., 8.63%, 2/01/20 (b)

     633        645,660   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co., 7.20%, 1/15/28

     1,080        1,397,841   

Plains Exploration & Production Co., 6.88%, 2/15/23

     855        985,387   

Range Resources Corp.:

    

6.75%, 8/01/20

     420        458,850   

5.75%, 6/01/21

     1,273        1,355,745   

5.00%, 8/15/22

     504        515,340   

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 5.63%, 2/01/21 (b)

     2,589        2,673,142   

Sabine Pass Liquified Natural Gas LP:

    

7.50%, 11/30/16

     2,905        3,210,025   

6.50%, 11/01/20 (b)

     525        553,875   

SandRidge Energy, Inc., 7.50%, 2/15/23

     1,119        1,172,152   

SESI LLC:

    

6.38%, 5/01/19

     530        568,425   

7.13%, 12/15/21

     525        581,438   

SM Energy Co.:

    

6.50%, 11/15/21

     425        462,188   

6.50%, 1/01/23

     200        216,500   

Tesoro Logistics LP/Tesoro Logistics Finance Corp., 5.88%, 10/01/20 (b)

     125        130,313   
    

 

 

 
               34,656,425   

Paper & Forest Products — 0.2%

    

Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd., 7.50%, 12/15/17 (b)

     575        619,563   

Longview Fibre Paper & Packaging, Inc., 8.00%, 6/01/16 (b)

     280        294,000   

NewPage Corp., 11.38%, 12/31/14 (d)(e)

     2,107          

Sappi Papier Holding GmbH, 8.38%, 6/15/19 (b)

     200        224,000   
    

 

 

 
               1,137,563   

Pharmaceuticals — 0.4%

    

Mylan, Inc., 6.00%, 11/15/18 (b)

     60        66,082   

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (b):

    

6.50%, 7/15/16

     466        489,591   

6.38%, 10/15/20

     650        699,563   

7.25%, 7/15/22

     660        728,475   
    

 

 

 
               1,983,711   

Professional Services — 0.1%

    

Truven Health Analytics, Inc., 10.63%, 6/01/20 (b)

     380        425,600   

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.4%

    

Cantor Commercial Real Estate Co. LP/CCRE Finance Corp., 7.75%, 2/15/18 (b)

     455        457,275   

Felcor Lodging LP:

    

6.75%, 6/01/19

     1,325        1,423,547   

5.63%, 3/01/23 (b)

     206        207,287   
    

 

 

 
               2,088,109   

Real Estate Management & Development — 1.3%

  

Mattamy Group Corp., 6.50%, 11/15/20 (b)

     605        602,731   

Realogy Corp.:

    

11.50%, 4/15/17

     275        293,219   

12.00%, 4/15/17

     160        170,800   

7.88%, 2/15/19 (b)

     1,760        1,914,000   

7.63%, 1/15/20 (b)

     1,190        1,341,725   

9.00%, 1/15/20 (b)

     310        355,725   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Table of Contents

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Real Estate Management & Development (concluded)

  

 

Shea Homes LP, 8.63%, 5/15/19

     USD     1,495      $ 1,659,450   
    

 

 

 
               6,337,650   

Road & Rail — 0.7%

    

The Hertz Corp.:

    

7.50%, 10/15/18

     1,490        1,627,825   

6.75%, 4/15/19 (b)

     285        307,088   

7.38%, 1/15/21

     1,385        1,526,962   
    

 

 

 
               3,461,875   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.1%

  

NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC, 5.75%, 2/15/21 (b)

     545        557,263   

Software — 0.8%

    

IAC/InterActiveCorp, 4.75%, 12/15/22 (b)

     373        364,608   

Infor US, Inc., 9.38%, 4/01/19

     2,420        2,716,450   

Nuance Communications, Inc., 5.38%, 8/15/20 (b)

     695        703,687   
    

 

 

 
               3,784,745   

Specialty Retail — 0.7%

    

Claire’s Stores, Inc., 9.00%, 3/15/19 (b)

     734        814,740   

Michaels Stores, Inc., 7.75%, 11/01/18

     223        243,349   

New Academy Finance Co. LLC/New Academy Finance Corp., 8.00%, 6/15/18 (b)(h)

     155        160,037   

Party City Holdings, Inc., 8.88%, 8/01/20 (b)

     422        458,925   

Penske Automotive Group, Inc., 5.75%, 10/01/22 (b)

     495        517,894   

QVC, Inc., 5.13%, 7/02/22

     5        5,287   

Sally Holdings LLC:

    

6.88%, 11/15/19

     650        724,750   

5.75%, 6/01/22

     300        316,875   
    

 

 

 
               3,241,857   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.2%

    

Levi Strauss & Co., 6.88%, 5/01/22

     265        287,856   

PVH Corp., 7.75%, 11/15/23

     410        503,320   
    

 

 

 
               791,176   

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.5%

    

Doric Nimrod Air Finance Alpha Ltd., Series 2012-1 (b):

    

Class A, 5.13%, 11/30/24

     1,190        1,279,250   

Class B, 6.50%, 5/30/21

     940        993,728   
    

 

 

 
               2,272,978   

Transportation Infrastructure — 0.1%

    

Aguila 3 SA, 7.88%, 1/31/18 (b)

     353        374,180   

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.7%

    

Crown Castle International Corp., 5.25%, 1/15/23 (b)

     1,165        1,194,125   

Digicel Group Ltd., 8.25%, 9/30/20 (b)

     995        1,061,167   

Digicel Ltd., 8.25%, 9/01/17 (b)

     810        854,550   

MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., 6.63%, 11/15/20

             608        636,120   

Sprint Capital Corp., 6.88%, 11/15/28

     1,650        1,666,500   

Sprint Nextel Corp. (b):

    

9.00%, 11/15/18

     4,260        5,282,400   

7.00%, 3/01/20

     1,770        2,070,900   
    

 

 

 
               12,765,762   
Total Corporate Bonds – 61.2%              290,323,636   
    
   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (a)  

Aerospace & Defense — 0.3%

    

DigitalGlobe, Inc., Term Loan B, 3.75%, 1/24/20

     930        933,776   

Transdigm, Inc., Term Loan C, 4.00%, 2/28/20

     475        475,893   
    

 

 

 
               1,409,669   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (a)    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Airlines — 0.6%

  

Delta Air Lines, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 4/20/17

     USD     1,852      $ 1,868,651   

Northwest Airlines, Inc.:

    

Term Loan, 2.32%, 3/10/17

     243        226,233   

Term Loan, 2.32%, 3/10/17

     440        409,640   

Term Loan, 1.70%, 9/10/18

     199        177,667   

Term Loan, 1.70%, 9/10/18

     198        176,774   

US Airways Group, Inc., Term Loan, 2.70%, 3/21/14

     185        184,471   
    

 

 

 
               3,043,436   

Auto Components — 2.3%

    

Autoparts Holdings Ltd.:

    

First Lien Term Loan, 6.50%, 7/28/17

     1,383        1,390,560   

Second Lien Term Loan, 10.50%, 1/29/18

     1,800        1,827,000   

Federal-Mogul Corp.:

    

Term Loan B, 2.14%, 12/29/14

     2,193        2,040,387   

Term Loan C, 2.14%, 12/28/15

     586        544,731   

FleetPride Corp., First Lien Term Loan, 5.25%, 11/20/19

     650        657,514   

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Second Lien Term Loan, 4.75%, 4/30/19

     2,170        2,178,138   

Schaeffler AG, Term Loan B2, 6.00%, 1/27/17

     1,515        1,514,621   

Transtar Holding Co., First Lien Term Loan, 5.50%, 10/09/18

     908        916,802   
    

 

 

 
               11,069,753   

Biotechnology — 0.2%

    

Grifols, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.25%, 6/01/17

          1,025        1,030,485   

Building Products — 0.8%

    

Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 3/09/18

     1,106        1,106,268   

CPG International, Inc., Term Loan, 5.75%, 9/18/19

     1,441        1,452,198   

Wilsonart International Holdings LLC, Term Loan B, 5.50%, 10/31/19

     1,430        1,445,015   
    

 

 

 
               4,003,481   

Capital Markets — 1.1%

    

American Capital Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 5.50%, 8/22/16

     1,025        1,035,250   

HarbourVest Partners LLC, Term Loan B, 4.75%, 11/21/17

     658        661,380   

Nuveen Investments, Inc.:

    

Extended First Lien Term Loan,
5.70% — 5.81%, 5/13/17

     418        423,353   

Extended Term Loan,
5.70% — 5.81%, 5/12/17

     1,202        1,218,085   

Incremental Term Loan, 7.25%, 5/13/17

     405        407,025   

Second Lien Term Loan, 8.25%, 2/28/19

     1,241        1,265,820   
    

 

 

 
               5,010,913   

Chemicals — 2.8%

    

American Rock Salt Holdings LLC, Term Loan, 5.50%, 4/25/17

     2,230        2,208,374   

Chemtura Corp., Exit Term Loan B, 5.50%, 8/27/16

     1,300        1,309,750   

Evergreen Acqco 1 LP, Term Loan, 5.00%, 7/09/19

     801        808,206   

General Chemical Corp., Term Loan, 5.00%—5.75%, 10/06/15

     882        885,680   

INEOS US Finance LLC, 6 Year Term Loan, 6.50%, 5/04/18

     1,405        1,434,164   

MacDermid, Inc., Tranche C Term Loan, 2.31%, 4/11/14

     EUR        606        790,184   

Nexeo Solutions LLC, Term Loan B, 5.00%, 9/08/17

     USD     1,686        1,680,846   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Table of Contents

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (a)    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Chemicals (concluded)

    

Tronox Pigments (Netherlands) BV, Delayed Draw Term Loan B, 4.25%, 2/08/18

     USD        668      $ 667,561   

Univar, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 6/30/17

     549        546,781   

US Coatings Acquisition, Inc.:

    

Term Loan, 4.75%, 2/03/20

     2,830        2,864,356   

Term Loan B, 5.25%, 2/03/20

     EUR        125        164,855   
    

 

 

 
               13,360,757   

Commercial Banks — 0.3%

    

Everest Acquisition LLC, Term Loan B1, 5.00%, 5/24/18

     USD     1,190        1,199,984   

Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.8%

    

ACCO Brands Corp., Term Loan B, 4.25%, 4/30/19

     950        957,377   

ADS Waste Holdings, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.25%, 10/09/19

     2,375        2,377,232   

Altegrity, Inc.:

    

7.75%, 2/20/15

     1,127        1,127,151   

Term Loan, 3.20%, 2/21/15

     730        704,450   

AWAS Finance Luxembourg 2012 SA, Term Loan, 4.75%, 7/16/18

     431        438,622   

AWAS Finance Luxembourg Sarl, Term Loan B, 5.25%, 6/10/16

     760        766,100   

Delos Aircraft, Inc., Term Loan 2, 4.75%, 4/12/16

     975        980,684   

Garda World Security Corp., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 11/13/19

     584        589,011   

KAR Auction Services, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 5/19/17

     2,364        2,387,640   

Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd., Term Loan B, 3.50%, 10/24/19

     555        559,856   

Protection One, Inc., Term Loan, 5.75%, 3/21/19

     953        961,138   

West Corp., Term Loan B8, 5.75%, 2/07/18

     1,250        1,253,650   
    

 

 

 
               13,102,911   

Communications Equipment — 3.0%

    

Alcatel-Lucent:

    

Term Loan B, 6.25%, 7/29/16

     795        803,308   

Term Loan C, 7.25%, 1/31/19

     2,720        2,749,920   

Term Loan D, 7.75%, 1/31/19

     EUR        875        1,145,372   

Avaya, Inc.:

    

Extended Term Loan B3, 4.79%, 10/26/17

     USD        352        327,462   

Term Loan B5, 8.00%, 3/30/18

     275        276,282   

CommScope, Inc., Term Loan, 4.25%, 1/12/18

     1,474        1,480,058   

Riverbed Technology, Inc., Term Loan, 4.00%, 12/18/19

     715        723,044   

Telesat Canada, Term Loan A, 4.40%, 3/24/17

     CAD     2,630        2,505,673   

Zayo Group LLC Refinancing, Term Loan B, 5.25%, 7/12/19

     USD     4,070        4,082,776   
    

 

 

 
               14,093,895   

Construction & Engineering — 1.2%

    

BakerCorp International, Inc., Term Loan, 5.00%, 2/14/20

     1,183        1,185,760   

Centaur LLC:

    

First Lien Term Loan, 8.75%, 2/15/19

     1,040        1,040,655   

Second Lien Term Loan, 8.75%, 2/15/20

     510        517,650   

Safway Services LLC, First Out Term Loan, 9.00%, 12/16/17

     2,750        2,750,000   
    

 

 

 
               5,494,065   

Construction Materials — 1.0%

    

HD Supply, Inc., Senior Debt B, 4.50%, 10/12/17

     4,766        4,779,128   

Consumer Finance — 0.3%

    

Springleaf Financial Funding Co., Term Loan, 5.50%, 5/10/17

     1,635        1,640,788   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (a)    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Containers & Packaging — 0.1%

    

Sealed Air Corp., Term Loan, 4.00%, 10/03/18

     USD        680      $ 687,432   

Distributors — 0.2%

    

Crossmark Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 4.50%, 1/31/20

     425        425,178   

VWR Funding, Inc., Extended Term Loan B, 4.54%, 4/03/17

     500        503,595   
    

 

 

 
               928,773   

Diversified Consumer Services — 1.9%

    

Bright Horizons Family, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 1/16/20

     1,030        1,035,150   

Coinmach Service Corp., Term Loan B, 3.21%, 11/20/14

     4,069        3,977,063   

Education Management LLC, Term Loan C3, 8.25%, 3/29/18

     397        341,416   

Laureate Education, Inc., Extended Term Loan, 5.25%, 6/18/18

     1,291        1,297,365   

ServiceMaster Co., New Term Loan,
4.25%, 4/01/17

     1,580        1,574,639   

Weight Watchers International, Inc., Term Loan F, 4.00%, 3/15/19

     883        885,654   
    

 

 

 
               9,111,287   

Diversified Financial Services — 0.7%

    

Reynolds Group Holdings, Inc., Dollar Term Loan, 4.75%, 9/28/18

     2,539        2,566,664   

WMG Acquisition Corp., Term Loan, 5.25%, 11/01/18

     660        667,425   
    

 

 

 
               3,234,089   

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 3.0%

    

Consolidated Communications, Inc., Term Loan B3, 5.25%, 12/31/18

     1,565        1,580,165   

Hawaiian Telcom Communications, Inc., Term Loan B, 7.00%, 2/28/17

     2,020        2,057,811   

Integra Telecom, Inc.:

    

Second Lien Term Loan, 9.75%, 2/15/20

             420        429,450   

Term Loan, 9.25%, 2/15/19

     840        849,240   

Level 3 Financing, Inc.:

    

2016 Term Loan B, 4.75%, 2/01/16

     135        136,177   

2019 Term Loan B, 5.25%, 8/01/19

     110        111,123   

Term Loan, 4.75%, 8/01/19

     6,725        6,778,800   

Syniverse Holdings, Inc., Delayed Draw Term Loan, 4.00%, 4/23/19

     830        828,963   

US Telepacific Corp., Term Loan B, 5.75%, 2/23/17

     1,483        1,478,777   
    

 

 

 
               14,250,506   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.2%

  

CDW LLC, Extended Term Loan, 4.00%, 7/14/17

     806        807,341   

Energy Equipment & Services — 1.7%

    

Dynegy Midwest Generation LLC, Coal Co. Term Loan, 9.25%, 8/04/16

     1,418        1,463,130   

Dynegy Power LLC, Gas Co. Term Loan, 9.25%, 8/04/16

     2,288        2,379,177   

MEG Energy Corp., Term Loan, 3.75%, 3/20/20

     2,963        2,969,906   

Tervita Corp., Incremental Term Loan, 3.20%, 5/01/18

     820        824,231   

Unifrax I LLC/Unifrax Holding Co., Dollar Term Loan, 4.25%, 11/28/18

     400        402,644   
    

 

 

 
               8,039,088   

Food & Staples Retailing — 1.5%

    

Alliance Boots Holdings Ltd., Term Loan B1, 3.49%, 7/09/15

     GBP     3,000        4,457,306   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Table of Contents

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (a)    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Food & Staples Retailing (concluded)

    

Pilot Travel Centers LLC, Term Loan B2, 4.25%, 8/07/19

     USD        858      $ 865,622   

Rite Aid Corp.:

    

Second Lien Term Loan, 5.75%, 7/07/20

     430        439,795   

Term Loan 6, 4.00%, 2/21/20

     405        405,782   

Supervalu, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.25%, 2/05/18

     940        950,575   
    

 

 

 
               7,119,080   

Food Products — 1.0%

    

Advance Pierre Foods, Inc., Term Loan, 5.75%, 7/10/17

     970        981,824   

Del Monte Foods Co., Term Loan, 4.50%, 3/08/18

     1,401        1,405,906   

Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC, Term Loan E, 4.75%, 10/17/18

     1,369        1,381,842   

Solvest Ltd. (Dole):

    

Term Loan B-2, 5.00% — 6.00%, 7/06/18

             398        398,437   

Term Loan C-2, 5.00% — 6.00%, 7/06/18

     713        712,994   
    

 

 

 
               4,881,003   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.8%

  

Bausch & Lomb, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.25%, 5/17/19

     2,139        2,155,038   

Biomet, Inc., Extended Term Loan B,
3.95% — 4.06%, 7/25/17

     773        777,972   

BSN Medical Acquisition Holding GmbH, Term Loan B1A, 5.00%, 8/28/19

     1,360        1,365,440   

Capital Safety North America, Term Loan, 4.50%, 1/21/19

     1,256        1,255,512   

DJO Finance LLC:

    

Extended Term Loan B2, 5.20%, 11/01/16

     755        760,176   

Term Loan B3, 6.25%, 9/15/17

     2,322        2,341,333   

Hologic, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 8/01/19

     2,275        2,299,729   

Immucor, Inc., Term Loan B2, 5.75%, 8/18/18

     1,501        1,499,181   

LHP Hospital Group, Inc., Term Loan, 9.00%, 7/03/18

     751        768,127   
    

 

 

 
               13,222,508   

Health Care Providers & Services — 3.3%

    

American Renal Holdings Co., Inc.:

    

First Lien Term Loan, 4.50%, 8/14/19

     1,075        1,072,312   

Second Lien Term Loan, 8.50%, 2/14/20

     850        847,875   

Ardent Medical Services, Inc., Term Loan, 6.75%, 7/02/18

     510        517,012   

CHG Buyer Corp., First Lien Term Loan, 5.00%, 11/22/19

     785        793,715   

ConvaTec, Inc., Term Loan, 5.00%, 12/22/16

     1,766        1,783,967   

DaVita, Inc.:

    

Term Loan B, 4.50%, 10/20/16

     1,960        1,973,994   

Term Loan B2, 4.00%, 11/01/19

     1,115        1,123,006   

Emergency Medical Services Corp., Term Loan, 4.00%, 5/25/18

     687        688,112   

Genesis HealthCare Corp., Term Loan B,
10.00% — 10.75%, 9/25/17

     781        765,264   

Harden Healthcare LLC:

    

Add on Term Loan A, 7.75%, 3/02/15

     1,817        1,779,014   

Term Loan A, 8.50%, 3/02/15

             546        541,173   

inVentiv Health, Inc.:

    

Combined Term Loan, 7.50%, 8/04/16

     381        374,611   

Incremental Term Loan B-3,
7.75%, 5/15/18

     545        536,399   

Medpace, Inc., Term Loan,
6.50% — 7.25%, 6/16/17

     1,845        1,835,426   

US Renal Care, Inc., First Lien Term Loan, 6.25%, 7/02/19

     905        917,900   
    

 

 

 
               15,549,780   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (a)    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Health Care Technology — 0.9%

    

IMS Health, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan,
3.75%, 8/25/17

     USD     2,648      $ 2,654,278   

Kinetic Concepts, Inc., Term Loan C1,
5.50%, 5/04/18

     1,297        1,312,904   

MedAssets, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 12/13/19

     515        518,003   
    

 

 

 
               4,485,185   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 4.2%

    

Alpha D2 Ltd., Term Loan B, 6.00%, 4/30/19

     1,177        1,191,233   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc., Term Loan B1, 3.20%, 1/28/15

     2,544        2,536,304   

Golden Living, Term Loan, 5.00%, 5/04/18

     1,011        969,145   

Harrah’s Property Co., Mezzanine Term Loan, 3.69%, 2/13/14

     2,703        2,486,392   

MGM Resorts International, Term Loan B, 4.25%, 12/20/19

     1,395        1,411,042   

OSI Restaurant Partners LLC, Term Loan B, 4.75%, 10/24/19

     1,043        1,056,176   

Sabre, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.25%, 2/19/19

     585        584,585   

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 8/17/17

     1,417        1,422,459   

Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc., Term Loan B,
4.00% — 5.25%, 12/20/18

     389        393,773   

Station Casinos, Inc.:

    

2011 Term Loan B2, 6.25%, 6/17/16

     1,670        1,656,089   

Term Loan B, 5.50%, 9/27/19

     1,411        1,419,691   

Term Loan B, 5.00%, 2/13/20

     2,995        3,019,957   

Wendy’s International, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.75%, 5/15/19

          1,781        1,795,441   
    

 

 

 
               19,942,287   

Household Products — 0.6%

  

Prestige Brands, Inc., Term Loan,
5.25% — 6.25%, 1/31/19

     1,050        1,055,147   

Spectrum Brands, Inc., Term Loan, 4.50%, 12/17/19

     1,705        1,725,597   
    

 

 

 
               2,780,744   

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.5%

  

The AES Corp., Term Loan, 4.25%, 6/01/18

     1,383        1,387,971   

Calpine Corp., Term Loan B1, 4.50%, 4/02/18

     756        760,606   
    

 

 

 
               2,148,577   

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.6%

  

Sequa Corp., Term Loan B, 5.25%, 6/19/17

     2,685        2,715,330   

Insurance — 0.9%

  

Alliant Holdings I, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 12/20/19

     760        765,700   

Asurion LLC, Term Loan B1, 5.50%, 5/24/19

     1,090        1,093,183   

CNO Financial Group, Inc.:

    

Term Loan B-1, 4.25%, 9/28/16

     703        708,272   

Term Loan B-2, 5.00%, 9/20/18

     958        966,955   

Cunningham Lindsey Group, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 12/10/19

     660        668,250   
    

 

 

 
               4,202,360   

Internet Software & Services — 0.2%

  

Web.com Group, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.50%, 10/27/17

     1,117        1,127,339   

IT Services — 3.5%

  

CCC Information Services, Inc., Term Loan, 5.25%, 12/20/19

     385        387,310   

Ceridian Corp., Extended Term Loan, 5.95%, 5/09/17

     1,794        1,813,842   

First Data Corp.:

    

2018 Add-on Term Loan, 5.20%, 9/24/18

     1,840        1,839,172   

Extended 2018 Term Loan B,
4.20%, 3/23/18

     6,888        6,801,309   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
50    ANNUAL REPORT    FEBRUARY 28, 2013   


Table of Contents

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (a)    Par  
(000)
    Value  

IT Services (concluded)

    

Genpact International, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.25%, 8/30/19

     USD        978      $ 987,326   

InfoGroup, Inc., Term Loan, 5.75%, 5/25/18

     674        610,415   

iPayment, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.75%, 5/08/17

     183        184,030   

SunGard Data Systems, Inc., Term Loan D, 4.50%, 1/31/20

          1,060        1,067,950   

TransUnion LLC, Term Loan B, 5.50%, 2/12/18

     2,762        2,778,438   
    

 

 

 
               16,469,792   

Leisure Equipment & Products — 0.6%

  

Eastman Kodak Co., DIP Term Loan B, 8.50%, 7/19/13

     508        507,456   

EB Sports Corp., Term Loan, 11.50%, 12/31/15

     1,837        1,832,127   

FGI Operating Co. LLC, Term Loan, 5.50%, 4/19/19

     542        540,560   
    

 

 

 
               2,880,143   

Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.1%

  

Patheon, Inc., Term Loan, 7.25%, 12/06/18

     499        504,361   

Machinery — 2.4%

  

Alliance Laundry Systems LLC:

    

First Lien Term Loan, 5.50%, 12/07/18

     420        421,705   

Second Lien Term Loan, 9.50%, 12/10/19

     442        449,550   

Dematic S.A., Term Loan, 5.25%, 12/27/19

     1,020        1,026,691   

Intelligrated, Inc., First Lien Term Loan, 4.50%, 7/30/18

     798        798,000   

Rexnord Corp., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 4/02/18

     1,022        1,027,985   

Silver II US Holdings LLC, Term Loan, 4.75%, 12/05/19

     3,530        3,530,000   

Terex Corp.:

    

Term Loan B, 4.50%, 4/28/17

     2,021        2,040,919   

Term Loan B, 5.00%, 4/28/17

     EUR        217        284,435   

Wabash National Corp., Term Loan B, 6.00%, 5/02/19

     USD     1,930        1,943,288   
    

 

 

 
               11,522,573   

Media — 7.8%

  

Capsugel Holdings US, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.75%, 8/01/18

     1,352        1,365,739   

Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc., Tranche 1 Incremental, 7.50%, 7/03/14

     1,240        986,066   

Charter Communications Operating LLC:

    

Extended Term Loan C, 3.46%, 9/06/16

     1,367        1,371,359   

Term Loan D, 4.00%, 5/15/19

     794        800,035   

Clear Channel Communications, Inc.:

    

Term Loan B, 3.85%, 1/29/16

          2,493        2,132,372   

Term Loan C, 3.85%, 1/29/16

     589        497,135   

Cumulus Media, Inc., First Lien Term Loan, 4.50%, 9/17/18

     1,484        1,497,883   

EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Term Loan B, 5.50%, 6/29/18

     891        900,098   

Foxco Acquisition Sub LLC, Term Loan B, 5.50%, 7/14/17

     1,242        1,256,169   

Getty Images, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.75%, 10/18/19

     1,290        1,300,036   

Gray Television, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.75%, 10/15/19

     1,282        1,294,354   

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co., DIP Term Loan B, 7.25%, 6/01/18

     1,514        1,521,130   

Hubbard Broadcasting, Term Loan B, 4.50%, 4/28/17

     887        894,147   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, Term Loan B1, 4.50%, 4/02/18

     7,222        7,290,209   

Interactive Data Corp., Term Loan B, 3.75%, 2/11/18

     1,683        1,685,390   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (a)    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Media (concluded)

    

Kabel Deutschland GmbH, Term Loan F, 3.50%, 2/01/19

     USD     2,265      $ 2,268,647   

Lavena Holding 4 GmbH (Prosiebensat.1 Media AG):

    

Term Loan B, 2.62%, 3/06/15

     EUR        304        390,366   

Term Loan C, 3.00%, 3/04/16

     608        784,699   

NEP Supershooters LP:

    

First Lien Term Loan, 5.25%, 1/18/20

     USD        600        601,686   

Second Lien Term Loan, 9.50%, 8/18/20

     430        440,750   

Term Loan, 4.75%, 1/18/20

     600        601,500   

Nielsen Finance LLC, Class C Term Loan, 3.45%, 5/02/16

     399        399,749   

Sinclair Television Group, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 10/28/16

     2,030        2,036,684   

Univision Communications, Inc., Extended Term Loan, 4.45%, 3/31/17

     2,124        2,125,932   

UPC Broadband Holding BV, Term Loan U, 4.12%, 12/29/17

     EUR        196        255,567   

UPC Financing Partnership, Term Loan T, 3.70%, 12/30/16

     USD        255        255,592   

WC Luxco Sarl, Term Loan B-3, 4.25%, 3/15/18

     500        504,374   

Weather Channel, Term Loan B, 4.25%, 2/13/17

     1,000        1,006,824   

WideOpenWest Finance LLC, First Lien Term Loan, 6.25%, 7/17/18

             652        659,383   
    

 

 

 
               37,123,875   

Metals & Mining — 2.7%

  

Ameriforge Group, Inc.:

    

First Lien Term Loan, 5.00%, 12/19/19

     680        686,378   

Second LienTerm Loan, 8.75%, 12/18/20

     335        339,606   

Constellium Holdco BV, Term Loan B, 9.25%, 5/25/18

     915        933,708   

FMG America Finance, Inc., Term Loan, 5.25%, 10/18/17

     3,332        3,371,563   

Metals USA, Inc., Term Loan, 6.25%, 11/15/19

     820        821,025   

Novelis, Inc.:

    

Incremental Term Loan B-2, 4.00%, 3/10/17

     1,118        1,119,586   

Term Loan, 4.00%, 3/10/17

     2,067        2,069,275   

SunCoke Energy, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 7/26/18

     485        486,557   

Walter Energy, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.75%, 4/02/18

     1,925        1,928,097   

Windsor Financing LLC, Term Loan B, 6.25%, 12/05/17

     1,156        1,192,536   
    

 

 

 
               12,948,331   

Multiline Retail — 1.9%

  

99¢ Only Stores, Term Loan, 5.25%, 1/11/19

     1,310        1,318,871   

Apex Tool Group LLC, Term Loan B, 4.50%, 1/28/20

     875        883,593   

BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc.:

    

First Lien Term Loan, 5.75%, 9/13/19

     738        738,615   

Second Lien Term Loan, 9.75%, 3/26/20

     510        526,896   

HEMA Holding BV:

    

Second Lien Term Loan, 5.12%, 1/05/17

     EUR     2,900        3,437,773   

Term Loan B, 2.12%, 7/06/15

     357        444,197   

Term Loan C, 2.87%, 7/05/16

     357        446,531   

The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc.,
Extended Term Loan, 4.00%, 5/16/18

     USD     1,120        1,119,630   
    

 

 

 
               8,916,106   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.2%

  

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Unsecured Term Loan, 5.75%, 12/01/17

     1,920        1,959,802   

Gibson Energy ULC, Term Loan B, 4.75%, 6/15/18

     1,304        1,315,854   

Obsidian Natural Gas Trust, Term Loan, 7.00%, 11/02/15

          1,621        1,637,156   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (a)    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (concluded)

    

Plains Exploration & Production, 7-Year Term Loan B, 4.00%, 11/30/19

     USD     1,605      $ 1,607,680   

Samson Investment Co., Second Lien Term Loan, 6.00%, 9/25/18

     525        529,924   

Tesoro Corp., Term Loan B, 2.55%, 1/30/16

     985        993,619   

Vantage Drilling Co., Term Loan, 6.25%, 10/26/17

     2,410        2,421,547   
    

 

 

 
               10,465,582   

Pharmaceuticals — 2.5%

  

Aptalis Pharma, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.50%, 2/10/17

     1,764        1,767,528   

Par Pharmaceutical, Term Loan B, 4.25%, 9/28/19

     3,062        3,058,497   

Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.25%, 12/05/18

     2,477        2,490,569   

Quintiles Transnational Corp., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 6/08/18

     756        762,094   

RPI Finance Trust, Incremental Tranche 2, 4.00%, 11/09/18

     322        325,313   

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.:

    

Series C, Tranche B, 3.50%, 12/11/19

     1,185        1,189,444   

Series D, Tranche B, 3.50%, 2/13/19

     1,128        1,133,093   

Warner Chilcott Corp.:

    

Incremental Term Loan B-1, 4.25%, 3/15/18

     276        278,613   

Term Loan B-1, 4.25%, 3/15/18

     727        733,634   

Term Loan B-2, 4.25%, 3/15/18

     225        226,811   
    

 

 

 
               11,965,596   

Professional Services — 1.1%

  

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 7/31/19

     1,137        1,147,100   

Emdeon, Inc., Term Loan B1, 5.00%, 11/02/18

     2,571        2,601,411   

ON Assignment, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 5/15/19

     362        365,117   

Truven Health Analytics, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.75%, 6/01/19

     1,055        1,064,593   
    

 

 

 
               5,178,221   

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.5%

  

iStar Financial, Inc., Term Loan, 4.50%, 9/28/17

     2,493        2,494,285   

Real Estate Management & Development — 0.9%

  

Realogy Corp.:

    

Extended Letter of Credit Loan,
4.46%, 10/10/16

             348        348,289   

Extended Term Loan, 4.42%, 10/10/16

     4,131        4,130,399   
    

 

 

 
               4,478,688   

Road & Rail — 0.2%

  

Road Infrastructure Investment LLC, Term Loan B, 6.25%, 3/30/18

     819        820,860   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.0%

  

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.:

    

Extended Term Loan B, 4.45%, 12/01/16

     1,098        1,098,094   

Term Loan, 5.00%, 3/20/20

     1,810        1,802,760   

NXP BV:

    

Term Loan A-2, 5.50%, 3/03/17

     947        965,302   

Term Loan C, 4.75%, 1/11/20

     690        700,564   
    

 

 

 
               4,566,720   

Software — 2.2%

  

Blackboard, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.25%, 10/04/18

     272        274,342   

GCA Services Group, Inc.:

    

Second Lien Term Loan, 9.25%, 10/22/20

     780        772,200   

Term Loan B, 5.25%, 11/01/19

     790        790,000   

Infor US, Inc., Term Loan B2, 5.25%, 4/05/18

     3,612        3,650,989   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (a)    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Software (concluded)

    

Kronos, Inc., Second Lien Term Loan,
9.75%, 4/30/20

     USD     1,245      $ 1,294,800   

RP Crown Parent LLC, First Lien Term Loan, 6.75%, 12/21/18

     870        882,511   

Sophia LP, Term Loan B, 6.25%, 7/19/18

     1,163        1,171,572   

SS&C Technologies, Inc.:

    

Term Loan B-1, 5.00%, 6/07/19

     1,440        1,452,219   

Term Loan B-2, 5.00%, 6/07/19

     149        150,229   
    

 

 

 
               10,438,862   

Specialty Retail — 4.0%

  

Academy Ltd., Term Loan, 4.75%, 8/03/18

     2,071        2,094,496   

Bass Pro Group LLC, Term Loan,
4.00%, 11/20/19

     1,110        1,115,972   

Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp., Term Loan B1, 5.50%, 2/23/17

     480        484,896   

David’s Bridal, Inc., Term Loan B,
5.00%, 10/11/19

          1,635        1,651,759   

Equinox Fitness Clubs, First Lien Term Loan, 5.50%, 11/16/19

     805        813,050   

The Gymboree Corp., Initial Term Loan, 5.00%, 2/23/18

     128        123,280   

Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.50%, 11/14/17

     806        814,010   

Jo-Ann Stores, Inc., Term Loan, 4.75%, 3/16/18

     770        770,645   

Leslie’s Poolmart, Inc., Term Loan B, 2.00%—5.25%, 10/16/19

     1,320        1,334,911   

Michaels Stores, Inc., Term Loan, 4.81%, 1/31/20

     1,855        1,859,118   

Party City Holdings, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.75%, 7/26/19

     2,540        2,538,095   

PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc., Term Loan, 4.00%, 11/24/17

     2,549        2,567,362   

Things Remembered, Inc., Term Loan B, 8.00%, 5/24/18

     1,097        1,080,791   

Toys ‘R’ Us Delaware, Inc.:

    

Incremental Term Loan B2, 5.25%, 5/25/18

     684        649,764   

Term Loan B3, 5.25%, 5/25/18

     233        220,409   

The Yankee Candle Co., Inc., Term Loan B, 5.25%, 4/02/19

     866        871,019   
    

 

 

 
               18,989,577   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.8%

  

Ascend Performance Materials LLC, Term Loan B, 6.75%, 4/10/18

     1,648        1,664,591   

PVH Corp., Term Loan B, 3.25%, 12/19/19

     1,080        1,088,661   

Wolverine Worldwide, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 7/31/19

     863        869,845   
    

 

 

 
               3,623,097   

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.3%

  

Insight Global, Inc., First Lien Term Loan, 6.00%, 10/31/19

     810        812,025   

Ocwen Financial Corp., Term Loan, 5.00%, 1/22/18

     685        693,275   
    

 

 

 
               1,505,300   

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.2%

  

WESCO Distribution, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 12/12/19

     905        913,299   

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.7%

  

Cricket Communications, Inc., Term Loan, 4.75%, 10/10/19

     820        822,566   

MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., Term Loan B-3,
4.00%, 3/16/18

     1,248        1,250,253   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (a)    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Wireless Telecommunication Services (concluded)

  

Vodafone Americas Finance 2, Inc., Term Loan, 6.88%, 8/11/15 (h)

     USD     6,091      $ 6,213,229   
    

 

 

 
               8,286,048   
Total Floating Rate Loan Interests — 77.6%        368,563,290   
    
   
Other Interests (k)    Beneficial
Interest  
(000)   
        

Auto Components — 0.0%

    

Intermet Liquidating Trust, Class A (d)

     833        1   

Chemicals — 0.0%

    

Wellman Holdings, Inc., Litigation Trust Certificate (d)

     10,000        100   

Diversified Financial Services — 0.2%

    

J.G.Wentworth LLC Preferred Equity Interests (d)

     1        808,174   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.0%

    

Buffets, Inc. (d)

     1,440        14   

Household Durables — 0.6%

    

Stanley Martin, Class B Membership Units

     2        3,108,150   

Media — 0.0%

    

Adelphia Escrow (d)

     7,500        75   

Adelphia Preferred Escrow (d)

     5          

Adelphia Recovery Trust (d)

     9,406        941   

Adelphia Recovery Trust, Series ACC-6B INT (d)

     500        15,000   
    

 

 

 
               16,016   
Total Other Interests — 0.8%              3,932,455   
Warrants (l)        
Shares
    Value  

Chemicals — 0.0%

    

GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc. (Expires 3/31/15)

     385,026      $ 24,834   

Health Care Providers & Services — 0.0%

    

HealthSouth Corp. (Expires 1/16/14)

     126,761        2   

Media — 0.1%

    

Charter Communications, Inc. (issued/exercisable 11/30/09, 1 share for 1 warrant, Expires 11/30/14, Strike Price $51.28)

     12,661        481,118   

Software — 0.0%

    

Bankruptcy Management Solutions, Inc.
(Expires 9/28/17)

     1,247          

HMH Holdings/EduMedia (issued/exercisable 3/09/10, 19 shares for 1 warrant, Expires 6/22/19, Strike Price $42.27)

     2,067          
    

 

 

 
                 
Total Warrants – 0.1%              505,954   
Total Long-Term Investments
(Cost – $720,816,230) – 146.6%
             696,157,616   
    
                  
Short-Term Securities    Beneficial
Interest  
(000)   
        

Bank of New York Cash Reserves, 0.01% (m)

     USD   10,421        10,421,076   
      Shares         

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class, 0.10% (m)(n)

     157,333        157,333   
Total Short-Term Securities
(Cost — $10,578,409) — 2.2%
             10,578,409   

Total Investments (Cost — $731,394,639) — 148.8%

  

    706,736,025   

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (48.8)%

  

    (231,783,020
    

 

 

 
Net Assets — 100.0%      $ 474,953,005   
    

 

 

 
    
Notes to Consolidated Schedule of investments

 

(a)   Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.

 

(b)   Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

 

(c)   When-issued security. Unsettled when-issued transactions were as follows:

 

Counterparty      Value        Unrealized
Appreciation
 

Bank of America Corp.

     $ 15,810         $ 277   

Citigroup, Inc.

     $ 60,450         $ 1,065   

Deutsche Bank AG

     $ 477,500             

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

     $ 719,100         $ 9,511   

Sterne Agee & Leach

     $ 173,400         $ 2,294   

Suntrust Robinson

     $ 180,540         $ 2,388   

 

(d)   Non-income producing security.

 

(e)   Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default of principal and/or interest payments.

 

(f)   Represents a zero-coupon bond. Rate shown reflects the current yield as of report date.

 

(g)   Convertible security.

 

(h)   Represents a payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in additional par/shares.

 

(i)   All or portion of security has been pledged as collateral in connection with swaps.

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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(j)   Represents a step-up bond that pays an initial coupon rate for the first period and then a higher coupon rate for the following periods. Rate shown is as of report date.

 

(k)   Other interests represent beneficial interests in liquidation trusts and other reorganization or private entities.

 

(l)   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 of the warrants, if any.

 

(m)   Represents the current yield as of report date.

 

(n)   Investments in issuers considered to be an affiliate of the Fund during the year ended February 28, 2013, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

Affiliate     

Shares Held
at February 29,

2012

     Net
Activity
       Shares Held
at February 28,
2013
       Income        Realized
Gain
 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class

            157,333           157,333         $ 3,303         $ 109   

 

Ÿ  

Foreign currency exchange contracts as of February 28, 2013 were as follows:

 

Currency
Purchased
       Currency
Sold
    Counterparty    Settlement
Date
    

Unrealized  

Appreciation  

 
USD        3,202,952         CAD        3,160,000      Deutsche Bank AG      4/17/13       $ 141,877   
USD        7,176,602         GBP        4,480,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.      4/17/13         381,805   
USD        641,284         EUR        480,000      BNP Paribas SA      4/23/13         14,390   
USD        212,560         EUR        160,000      BNP Paribas SA      4/23/13         3,596   
USD        19,136,033         EUR        14,361,000      Citigroup, Inc.      4/23/13         380,143   
USD        183,932         EUR        136,000      Citigroup, Inc.      4/23/13         6,312   
Total                        $ 928,123   
                      

 

 

 

 

Ÿ  

Credit default swaps — sold protection outstanding as of February 28, 2013 were as follows:

 

Issuer    Receive
Fixed Rate
     Counterparty    Expiration
Date
  

Credit 

Rating1

  

Notional

Amount
(000)2

     Unrealized  
Appreciation  
(Depreciation)  
 

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00    JPMorgan Chase & Co.    12/20/15    CCC      USD      491       $ 55,161   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00    JPMorgan Chase & Co.    12/20/15    CCC      USD      123         14,923   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00    JPMorgan Chase & Co.    12/20/15    CCC      USD      442         74,524   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.    3/20/16    CCC      USD      176         13,714   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00        Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.        3/20/16    CCC      USD      176         13,714   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.    3/20/16    CCC      USD      528         34,028   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.    3/20/16    CCC      USD      118         6,029   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.    3/20/16    CCC      USD      270         265   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00    JPMorgan Chase & Co.    3/20/16    CCC      USD        68         2,494   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.    6/20/16    CCC      USD      359         21,161   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.    6/20/16    CCC      USD      690         34,273   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.    3/20/17    CCC      USD      325         (2,474

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     5.00    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.    3/20/17    CCC      USD      226         2,812   

Total

                  $ 270,624   
                 

 

 

 

 

1   

Using S&P’s rating of the issuer.

 

2   

The maximum potential amount the Fund may pay should a negative credit event take place as defined under the terms of the agreement.

 

Ÿ  

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.

 

Ÿ  

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial statement purposes as follows:

 

Ÿ  

Level 1 — unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets and liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access

 

Ÿ  

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)

 

Ÿ  

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)

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. In accordance with the Fund’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. 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 is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with 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 Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)    BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

 

The following tables summarize the Fund’s investments and derivative financial instruments categorized in the disclosure hierarchy as of February 28, 2013:

 

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets:

                
Investments:                 

Long-Term Investments:

                

Asset-Backed Securities

            $ 477,500         $ 19,075,856         $ 19,553,356   

Common Stocks

  $ 5,175,657           2,002,692           6,100,576           13,278,925   

Corporate Bonds

              281,756,947           8,566,689           290,323,636   

Floating Rate Loan Interests

              331,428,288           37,135,002           368,563,290   

Other Interests

    15,941                     3,916,514           3,932,455   

Warrants

    481,118                     24,836           505,954   

Short-Term Securities

    10,578,409                               10,578,409   

Unfunded Loan Commitments

              237                     237   
 

 

 

 

Total

  $ 16,251,125         $ 615,665,664         $ 74,819,473         $ 706,736,262   
 

 

 

 
    
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  
Derivative Financial Instruments1                 

Assets:

                

Credit contracts

            $ 273,098                   $ 273,098   

Foreign currency exchange contracts

              928,123                     928,123   

Liabilities:

                

Credit contracts

              (2,474                  (2,474
 

 

 

 

Total

            $ 1,198,747                   $ 1,198,747   
 

 

 

 

 

1   Derivative financial instruments are swaps and foreign currency exchange contracts. Swaps and foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.

 

Certain of the Fund’s assets and liabilities are held at carrying amount, which approximates fair value for financial statement purposes. As of February 28, 2013, such assets and liabilities are categorized within the disclosure hierarchy as follows:

       

   

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  
Assets:                 

Cash

  $ 126,483                             $ 126,483   

Foreign currency at value

    262,834                               262,834   

Liabilities:

                

Loan payable

            $ (190,000,000                  (190,000,000
 

 

 

 

Total

  $ 389,317         $ (190,000,000                $ (189,610,683
 

 

 

 

There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the year ended February 28, 2013.

Certain of the Fund’s investments are categorized as Level 3 and were valued utilizing transaction prices or third party pricing information without adjustment. Such valuations are based on unobservable inputs. A significant change in the unobservable inputs could result in a significantly lower or higher value in such Level 3 investments.

A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented when the Fund had a significant amount of Level 3 investments at the beginning and/or end of the period in relation to net assets. 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
    Other Interests     Warrants     Total  

Assets:

             

Opening Balance, as of February 29, 2012

  $ 4,989,143      $ 5,458,062      $ 9,604,936      $ 28,186,100      $ 3,410,858      $ 2      $ 51,649,101   

Transfers into Level 32

           1,433        1,373,700        857,207                      2,232,340   

Transfers out of Level 32

           (677,817            (1,663,263                   (2,341,080

Accrued discounts/premiums

    91,872               331,794        260,967                      684,633   

Net realized gain (loss)

    136,043        (2,511,903     (1,040,677     (1,466,897            (433,873     (5,317,307

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation3

    1,248,031        2,891,191        1,645,619        3,611,831        1,254,334        458,707        11,109,713   

Purchases

    17,396,400        939,631        930,168        18,270,389        3,918,138               41,454,726   

Sales

    (4,785,633     (21     (4,278,851     (10,921,332     (4,666,816            (24,652,653
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Closing Balance, as of February 28, 2013

  $ 19,075,856      $ 6,100,576      $ 8,566,689      $ 37,135,002      $ 3,916,514      $ 24,836      $ 74,819,473   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

2   

Transfers into and transfers out of Level 3 represent the values as of the beginning of the reporting period.

 

 

3   

Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on securities still held as of February 28, 2013 was $4,136,518.

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (concluded)    BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

 

The following table summarizes the valuation techniques used and unobservable inputs developed by the Global Valuation Committee to determine the value of certain of the Fund’s Level 3 investments and as of February 28, 2013. The table does not include Level 3 investments with values derived utilizing third party pricing information without adjustment. A significant change in third party pricing information could result in a significantly lower or higher value of such Level 3 investments. The value of Level 3 investments derived using third party pricing information is $52,220,016.

 

        Value        Valuation Techniques      Unobservable Inputs1   Range of
Unobservable
Inputs

Assets:

                

Common Stocks

     $ 5,325,349         Market Comparable Companies      EBITDA Multiple   5.25x – 6.56x

Corporate Bonds

       7,132,046         Market Comparable Companies      EBITDA Multiple   5.25x
       850,000         Cost2      N/A   —  

Floating Rate Loan Interests

       2,320,187        

Discounted Cash Flow

    

Yield

  9.50%
       1,080,791         Market Comparable Yield Analysis     

Yield

  8.375%
       2,750,000         Cost2      N/A   —  

Other Interests3

       3,116,250         Discounted Cash Flow      Perpetuity Growth Rate   3.50%
              

Free Cash Flow

  $25.2 – $35.24
              

Weighted Cost of Capital

  10.90%

Warrants

       24,834        

Market Comparable Companies

    

EBITDA Multiple

  5.25x

 

Total

     $ 22,599,457               
    

 

 

             

 

  1   

A change to the unobservable input may result in a significant change to the value of the investment as follows:

 

Unobservable Input   Impact to
Value if Input Increases
  Impact to
Value if Input Decreases

EBITDA Multiple

  Increase   Decrease

Free Cash Flow

  Increase   Decrease

Perpetuity Growth Rate

  Increase   Decrease

Weighted Cost of Capital

  Decrease   Increase

Yield

  Decrease   Increase

 

  2   

The Fund fair values certain of its Level 3 investments using prior transaction prices (acquisition cost), although the transaction may not have occurred during the current reporting period. In such cases, these investments are generally privately held investments. There may not be a secondary market, and/or there are a limited number of investors. The determination to fair value such investments at cost is based upon factors consistent with the principles of fair value measurement that are reasonably available to the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate. Valuations are reviewed utilizing available market information to determine if the carrying value should be adjusted. Such market data may include, but is not limited to, observations of the trading multiples of public companies considered comparable to the private companies being valued, financial or operational information released by the company, and/or news or corporate events that affect the investment. Valuations may be adjusted to account for company-specific issues, the lack of liquidity inherent in a nonpublic investment and the fact that comparable public companies are not identical to the investments being fair valued by the Fund.

 

  3   

For the year ended February 28, 2013, the valuation technique for other interests changed from a market approach to an income approach. Market information previously utilized to determine fair value under the market approach no longer applied to this investment. Therefore, the income approach is considered to be a more relevant measure of fair value for this investment.

 

  4   

Amount is in millions.

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments February 28, 2013

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net  Assets)

 

 

Asset-Backed Securities    Par  
(000)
    Value  
    

ACAS CLO Ltd. (a)(b):

    

Series 2012-1A, Class D, 5.58%, 9/20/23

     USD500      $ 502,500   

Series 2013-1A, Class D, 1.00%, 4/20/25 (c)

     250        238,750   

Anchorage Capital CLO Ltd., Series 2012-1A, Class B, 3.16%, 1/13/25 (a)(b)

     750        719,175   

Apidos CDO, Series 2012-11A, Class D, 4.74%, 1/17/23 (a)(b)

     525        525,787   

Atrium CDO Corp., Series 9A, Class D, 3.96%, 2/28/24 (a)(b)

     250        241,750   

Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO Ltd.,
Series 2012-4A, Class D, 4.89%, 1/20/25 (a)(b)

     300        300,450   

CFIP CLO Ltd., Series 2013-1A, Class D, 4.04%, 4/20/24 (a)(b)

     500        474,750   

CSAM Funding, Series 2A, Class B1, 7.05%, 10/15/16 (a)

     500        504,100   

Fraser Sullivan CLO VII Ltd., Series 2012-7A,
Class C, 4.30%, 4/20/23 (a)(b)

     405        404,996   

Goldentree Loan Opportunities VI Ltd.,
Series 2012-6A, Class D, 4.50%, 4/17/22 (a)(b)

     650        646,295   

Highbridge Loan Management Ltd., Series 2012-1A, Class C, 5.71%, 9/20/22 (a)(b)

     650        653,900   

ING Investment Management (a)(b):

    

Series 2012-2A, Class D, 4.85%, 10/15/22

     675        676,687   

Series 2012-4A, Class C, 4.73%, 10/15/23

     500        504,160   

LCM IX LP, Series 9A,
Class E, 4.51%, 7/14/22 (a)(b)

     500        444,950   

LCM XI LP, Series 11A,
Class D2, 4.25%, 4/19/22 (a)(b)

     700        693,000   

Octagon Investment Partners XIV Ltd.,
Series 2012-1A, Class C, 4.56%, 1/15/24 (a)(b)

     400        388,000   

OZLM Funding Ltd., Series 2013-3A, Class C, 4.15%, 1/22/25 (a)(b)

     250        244,425   

Regatta Funding LP, Series 2013-2A, Class C, 4.80%, 1/15/25 (a)(b)

     750        723,675   

Symphony CLO IX LP, Series 2012-9A, Class D, 4.55%, 4/16/22 (a)(b)

     525        521,693   

Symphony CLO X Ltd., Series 2012-10A, Class D, 5.55%, 7/23/23 (a)(b)

     650        658,125   

West CLO Ltd., Series 2012-1A, Class C, 5.05%, 10/30/23 (a)(b)

     590        597,617   
Total Asset-Backed Securities — 4.3%              10,664,785   
    
                  
Common Stocks (d)    Shares         

Chemicals — 0.0%

  

 

GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc.

     142,466        93,315   

Containers & Packaging — 0.1%

    

Smurfit Kappa Plc

     18,171        281,815   

Metals & Mining — 0.1%

    

Euramax International

     935        193,992   

Paper & Forest Products — 0.9%

    

Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd.

     654,905        2,076,644   

Software — 0.2%

    

HMH Holdings/EduMedia

     30,022        550,388   
Total Common Stocks — 1.3%              3,196,154   
Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  
    

Aerospace & Defense — 0.9%

    

Bombardier, Inc., 4.25%, 1/15/16 (a)

     USD515      $ 534,312   

DigitalGlobe, Inc., 5.25%, 2/01/21 (a)

     441        437,693   

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc., 7.13%, 3/15/21

     375        408,750   

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., 10.00%, 6/01/17

     692        763,795   
    

 

 

 
               2,144,550   

Airlines — 0.4%

    

American Airlines Pass-Through Trust, Series 2011-2, Class A, 8.63%, 4/15/23

     202        210,213   

Continental Airlines Pass-Through Trust, Series 2012-3, Class C, 6.13%, 4/29/18

     780        778,050   

Delta Air Lines Pass-Through Trust, Series 2009-1, Class B, 9.75%, 2/17/16

     82        91,256   
    

 

 

 
               1,079,519   

Auto Components — 1.2%

    

Delphi Corp., 6.13%, 5/15/21

     130        141,700   

Icahn Enterprises LP:

    

7.75%, 1/15/16

     110        114,538   

8.00%, 1/15/18

     2,065        2,212,131   

Titan International, Inc., 7.88%, 10/01/17

     490        525,525   

Venture Holdings Co. LLC (d)(e):

    

12.00%, 7/01/49

     700          

Series B, 9.50%, 7/01/05

     3,325          
    

 

 

 
               2,993,894   

Beverages — 0.1%

    

Constellation Brands, Inc.:

    

7.25%, 5/15/17

     30        34,013   

6.00%, 5/01/22

     172        187,910   
    

 

 

 
               221,923   

Building Products — 0.5%

    

Building Materials Corp. of America (a):

    

7.00%, 2/15/20

     485        525,012   

6.75%, 5/01/21

     410        440,238   

Momentive Performance Materials, Inc.,
8.88%, 10/15/20

     195        200,119   
    

 

 

 
               1,165,369   

Capital Markets — 0.1%

    

KKR Group Finance Co. LLC, 6.38%, 9/29/20 (a)

     180        211,676   

Chemicals — 4.2%

    

Ashland, Inc., 3.88%, 4/15/18 (a)

     255        258,825   

Axiall Corp., 4.88%, 5/15/23 (a)

     148        150,220   

Celanese US Holdings LLC, 5.88%, 6/15/21

     581        634,743   

Eagle Spinco, Inc., 4.63%, 2/15/21 (a)

     312        317,070   

GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc.,
7.50%, 3/31/15 (a)(f)(g)

     1,869        3,195,345   

Huntsman International LLC:

    

4.88%, 11/15/20

     237        233,445   

4.88%, 11/15/20

     422        417,780   

8.63%, 3/15/21

     395        446,350   

INEOS Finance Plc, 7.50%, 5/01/20 (a)

     125        134,688   

LyondellBasell Industries NV:

    

5.00%, 4/15/19

     615        685,725   

6.00%, 11/15/21

     398        467,650   

5.75%, 4/15/24

     935        1,086,937   

NOVA Chemicals Corp., 8.63%, 11/01/19

     300        340,500   

Nufarm Australia Ltd., 6.38%, 10/15/19 (a)

     120        127,200   

Orion Engineered Carbons Bondco GmbH,
9.63%, 6/15/18 (a)

     400        440,000   

Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc.,
4.63%, 10/15/20

     495        512,325   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net  Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  
    

Chemicals (concluded)

    

Tronox Finance LLC, 6.38%, 8/15/20 (a)

     USD829      $ 823,819   

US Coatings Acquisition, Inc./Flash Dutch 2 BV,
7.38%, 5/01/21 (a)

     151        156,285   
    

 

 

 
               10,428,907   

Commercial Banks — 0.6%

    

CIT Group, Inc.:

    

5.00%, 5/15/17

     330        351,037   

6.63%, 4/01/18 (a)

     85        96,475   

5.50%, 2/15/19 (a)

     760        826,500   

5.00%, 8/15/22

     200        214,000   
    

 

 

 
               1,488,012   

Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.6%

    

ARAMARK Holdings Corp. (a):

    

8.63%, 5/01/16 (f)

     330        336,603   

5.75%, 3/15/20 (c)

     547        557,940   

AWAS Aviation Capital Ltd., 7.00%, 10/17/16 (a)

     472        495,466   

Brickman Group Holdings, Inc., 9.13%, 11/01/18 (a)

     25        26,875   

Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc., 7.88%, 10/15/18 (a)

     140        141,750   

Clean Harbors, Inc., 5.25%, 8/01/20

     226        232,780   

Covanta Holding Corp., 6.38%, 10/01/22

     420        455,421   

The Geo Group, Inc., 7.75%, 10/15/17

     450        482,625   

HDTFS, Inc. (a):

    

5.88%, 10/15/20

     235        244,400   

6.25%, 10/15/22

     225        241,875   

Mead Products LLC/ACCO Brands Corp.,
6.75%, 4/30/20 (a)

     113        119,639   

Mobile Mini, Inc., 7.88%, 12/01/20

     335        372,687   

West Corp., 8.63%, 10/01/18

     165        175,725   
    

 

 

 
               3,883,786   

Communications Equipment — 0.6%

    

Avaya, Inc., 7.00%, 4/01/19 (a)

     264        252,120   

Zayo Group LLC/Zayo Capital, Inc., 8.13%, 1/01/20

     1,110        1,240,425   
    

 

 

 
               1,492,545   

Construction Materials — 0.8%

    

HD Supply, Inc., 8.13%, 4/15/19 (a)

     1,695        1,908,994   

Consumer Finance — 0.2%

    

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC:

    

7.00%, 4/15/15

     140        154,752   

6.63%, 8/15/17

     300        350,340   
    

 

 

 
               505,092   

Containers & Packaging — 1.5%

    

Ardagh Packaging Finance Plc (a):

    

7.38%, 10/15/17

     787        856,846   

9.13%, 10/15/20

     300        327,000   

7.00%, 11/15/20

     367        367,918   

4.88%, 11/15/22

     200        197,000   

Ball Corp., 6.75%, 9/15/20

     325        358,313   

Berry Plastics Corp., 8.25%, 11/15/15

     540        562,788   

Crown Americas LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. III, 6.25%, 2/01/21

     571        622,390   

Crown Americas LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. IV, 4.50%, 1/15/23 (a)

     393        384,157   
    

 

 

 
               3,676,412   

Distributors — 0.1%

    

VWR Funding, Inc., 7.25%, 9/15/17 (a)

     323        339,958   
Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  
    

Diversified Consumer Services — 0.1%

    

313 Group, Inc., 6.38%, 12/01/19 (a)

     USD211      $ 205,725   

ServiceMaster Co., 8.00%, 2/15/20

     125        132,500   
    

 

 

 
               338,225   

Diversified Financial Services — 3.5%

    

Aircastle Ltd., 6.25%, 12/01/19

     136        146,540   

Ally Financial, Inc.:

    

8.30%, 2/12/15

     2,420        2,692,250   

8.00%, 11/01/31

     1,060        1,331,625   

CNG Holdings, Inc., 9.38%, 5/15/20 (a)

     260        256,425   

DPL, Inc.:

    

6.50%, 10/15/16

     26        27,300   

7.25%, 10/15/21

     69        74,002   

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc.:

    

7.13%, 4/15/19

     560        601,300   

9.88%, 8/15/19

     760        832,200   

5.75%, 10/15/20

     1,810        1,868,825   

6.88%, 2/15/21

     400        427,000   

WMG Acquisition Corp., 6.00%, 1/15/21 (a)

     348        360,180   
    

 

 

 
               8,617,647   

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.4%

    

Level 3 Financing, Inc.:

    

8.13%, 7/01/19

     2,768        3,017,120   

7.00%, 6/01/20 (a)

     184        193,200   

Lynx I Corp., 5.38%, 4/15/21 (a)

     240        246,000   
    

 

 

 
               3,456,320   

Electric Utilities — 0.1%

    

Mirant Mid Atlantic Pass-Through Trust, Series B, 9.13%, 6/30/17

     248        275,208   

Electrical Equipment — 0.2%

    

Belden, Inc., 5.50%, 9/01/22 (a)

     190        194,750   

General Cable Corp., 5.75%, 10/01/22 (a)

     350        358,750   
    

 

 

 
               553,500   

Energy Equipment & Services — 3.1%

    

Calfrac Holdings LP, 7.50%, 12/01/20 (a)

     920        924,600   

Compagnie Générale de Géophysique, Veritas, 6.50%, 6/01/21

     1,105        1,149,200   

FTS International Services LLC/FTS International Bonds, Inc., 8.13%, 11/15/18 (a)

     441        456,435   

Gulfmark Offshore, Inc., 6.38%, 3/15/22

     70        72,275   

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., 5.88%, 4/01/20

     140        147,000   

MEG Energy Corp. (a):

    

6.50%, 3/15/21

     585        617,175   

6.38%, 1/30/23

     415        429,525   

Oil States International, Inc.:

    

6.50%, 6/01/19

     270        288,900   

5.13%, 1/15/23 (a)

     339        339,000   

Peabody Energy Corp.:

    

6.00%, 11/15/18

     179        190,187   

6.25%, 11/15/21

     911        947,440   

Precision Drilling Corp.:

    

6.63%, 11/15/20

     65        69,063   

6.50%, 12/15/21

     445        471,700   

Rain CII Carbon LLC/CII Carbon Corp.,
8.25%, 1/15/21 (a)

     200        210,000   

Seadrill Ltd., 5.63%, 9/15/17 (a)

     963        975,037   

Tervita Corp., 8.00%, 11/15/18 (a)

     311        320,330   
    

 

 

 
               7,607,867   

Food Products — 0.3%

    

Post Holdings, Inc., 7.38%, 2/15/22

     295        318,600   

Smithfield Foods, Inc., 6.63%, 8/15/22

     295        320,813   
    

 

 

 
               639,413   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Table of Contents

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net  Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  
    

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.2%

    

Biomet, Inc. (a):

    

6.50%, 8/01/20

     USD640      $ 676,800   

6.50%, 10/01/20

     1,362        1,402,860   

DJO Finance LLC:

    

8.75%, 3/15/18

     185        204,194   

7.75%, 4/15/18

     30        29,850   

Fresenius Medical Care US Finance II, Inc.,
5.63%, 7/31/19 (a)

     360        389,700   

Teleflex, Inc., 6.88%, 6/01/19

     250        271,875   
    

 

 

 
               2,975,279   

Health Care Providers & Services — 3.8%

    

Aviv Healthcare Properties LP, 7.75%, 2/15/19

     365        391,462   

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.:

    

5.13%, 8/15/18

     185        194,481   

7.13%, 7/15/20

     176        189,640   

DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc., 5.75%, 8/15/22

     347        361,747   

HCA, Inc.:

    

8.50%, 4/15/19

     25        27,688   

6.50%, 2/15/20

     970        1,086,400   

7.88%, 2/15/20

     1,349        1,495,704   

5.88%, 3/15/22

     630        678,825   

4.75%, 5/01/23

     1,017        1,014,457   

Hologic, Inc., 6.25%, 8/01/20 (a)

     716        755,380   

inVentiv Health, Inc., 9.00%, 1/15/18 (a)

     270        281,475   

Omnicare, Inc., 7.75%, 6/01/20

     695        771,450   

Tenet Healthcare Corp.:

    

6.25%, 11/01/18

     269        297,918   

8.88%, 7/01/19

     1,015        1,146,950   

4.50%, 4/01/21 (a)

     300        295,875   

Vanguard Health Holding Co. II LLC,
7.75%, 2/01/19 (a)

     300        321,375   
    

 

 

 
               9,310,827   

Health Care Technology — 0.8%

    

IMS Health, Inc., 12.50%, 3/01/18 (a)

     1,730        2,084,650   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.8%

    

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.,
9.00%, 2/15/20 (a)

     645        636,937   

Caesars Operating Escrow LLC:

    

8.50%, 2/15/20

     675        658,125   

9.00%, 2/15/20 (a)

     117        115,538   

9.00%, 2/15/20 (a)

     613        605,338   

Carlson Wagonlit BV, 6.88%, 6/15/19 (a)

     200        209,000   

Choice Hotels International, Inc., 5.75%, 7/01/22

     90        99,900   

Diamond Resorts Corp., 12.00%, 8/15/18

     540        594,000   

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
9.00%, 8/31/20 (a)

     282        270,720   

MCE Finance Ltd., 5.00%, 2/15/21 (a)

     352        352,000   

Regal Entertainment Group, 5.75%, 2/01/25

     101        98,980   

Six Flags Entertainment Corp., 5.25%, 1/15/21 (a)

     218        213,640   

Tropicana Entertainment LLC,
9.63%, 12/15/14 (d)(e)

     220          

Wynn Las Vegas LLC, 5.38%, 3/15/22

     468        491,985   
    

 

 

 
               4,346,163   

Household Durables — 1.5%

    

Ashton Woods USA LLC/Ashton Woods Finance Corp., 6.88%, 2/15/21 (a)

     190        190,950   

Beazer Homes USA, Inc., 6.63%, 4/15/18

     340        363,375   

Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc.,
6.50%, 12/15/20 (a)

     345        365,700   
Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  
    

Household Durables (concluded)

    

K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.,
7.25%, 10/15/20 (a)

     USD         795      $ 874,500   

Libbey Glass, Inc., 6.88%, 5/15/20

     90        96,525   

Standard Pacific Corp., 8.38%, 1/15/21

     1,120        1,330,000   

United Rentals North America, Inc.,
5.75%, 7/15/18

     462        497,227   
    

 

 

 
               3,718,277   

Household Products — 0.1%

    

Spectrum Brands Escrow Corp. (a):

    

6.38%, 11/15/20

     90        95,738   

6.63%, 11/15/22

     105        113,137   
    

 

 

 
               208,875   

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 4.3%

  

 

The AES Corp.:

    

7.75%, 10/15/15

     155        173,600   

9.75%, 4/15/16

     674        802,060   

7.38%, 7/01/21

     70        79,100   

Calpine Corp. (a):

    

7.25%, 10/15/17

     302        321,252   

7.50%, 2/15/21

     170        184,875   

Energy Future Intermediate Holding Co. LLC:

    

6.88%, 8/15/17 (a)

     380        400,900   

10.00%, 12/01/20

     4,160        4,721,600   

10.00%, 12/01/20 (a)

     630        710,325   

GenOn REMA LLC:

    

Series B, 9.24%, 7/02/17

     242        267,080   

Series C, 9.68%, 7/02/26

     240        261,600   

Laredo Petroleum, Inc.:

    

9.50%, 2/15/19

     495        559,350   

7.38%, 5/01/22

     185        200,725   

NRG Energy, Inc.:

    

7.63%, 1/15/18

     747        856,249   

6.63%, 3/15/23 (a)

     765        814,725   

QEP Resources, Inc., 5.38%, 10/01/22

     178        186,455   
    

 

 

 
               10,539,896   

Insurance — 0.1%

    

CNO Financial Group, Inc., 6.38%, 10/01/20 (a)

     114        120,840   

MPL 2 Acquisition Canco, Inc.,
9.88%, 8/15/18 (a)

     220        217,800   
    

 

 

 
               338,640   

Internet Software & Services — 0.0%

    

Equinix, Inc., 4.88%, 4/01/20

     52        52,000   

IT Services — 1.0%

    

Ceridian Corp., 8.88%, 7/15/19 (a)

     520        586,300   

First Data Corp.:

    

7.38%, 6/15/19 (a)

     445        467,806   

6.75%, 11/01/20 (a)

     565        579,831   

8.25%, 1/15/21 (a)

     270        276,075   

12.63%, 1/15/21

     288        307,080   

WEX, Inc., 4.75%, 2/01/23 (a)

     206        199,305   
    

 

 

 
               2,416,397   

Machinery — 1.1%

    

Terex Corp., 6.00%, 5/15/21

     400        415,000   

Trinseo Materials Operating SCA,
8.75%, 2/01/19 (a)

     216        215,190   

UR Merger Sub Corp.:

    

7.38%, 5/15/20

     300        328,500   

7.63%, 4/15/22

     1,656        1,834,020   
    

 

 

 
               2,792,710   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Table of Contents

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net  Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  
    

Media — 4.2%

    

AMC Networks, Inc.:

    

7.75%, 7/15/21

     USD         320      $ 363,200   

4.75%, 12/15/22

     100        99,625   

Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc.,
11.50%, 4/15/20 (a)

     254        200,660   

Checkout Holding Corp., 11.49%, 11/15/15 (a)(h)

     366        270,383   

Cinemark USA, Inc.:

    

8.63%, 6/15/19

     195        216,206   

5.13%, 12/15/22 (a)

     78        78,390   

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc.:

    

6.50%, 11/15/22 (a)

     360        376,200   

6.50%, 11/15/22 (a)

     972        1,023,030   

Series B, 7.63%, 3/15/20

     635        657,225   

DISH DBS Corp., 5.88%, 7/15/22

     700        738,500   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, 7.25%, 10/15/20

     1,230        1,319,175   

Interactive Data Corp., 10.25%, 8/01/18

     810        918,337   

The McClatchy Co., 9.00%, 12/15/22 (a)

     120        126,900   

NAI Entertainment Holdings LLC,
8.25%, 12/15/17 (a)

     476        518,840   

Nielsen Finance LLC, 7.75%, 10/15/18

     341        377,657   

ProQuest LLC, 9.00%, 10/15/18 (a)

     75        74,438   

Sterling Entertainment Corp., 10.00%, 12/15/19

     450        450,000   

Unitymedia Hessen GmbH & Co. KG:

    

7.50%, 3/15/19

     540        588,600   

5.50%, 1/15/23 (a)

     440        444,400   

Univision Communications, Inc.,
6.75%, 9/15/22 (a)

     133        143,640   

Virgin Media Secured Finance Plc,
6.50%, 1/15/18

     1,250        1,334,375   
    

 

 

 
               10,319,781   

Metals & Mining — 2.4%

    

ArcelorMittal:

    

9.50%, 2/15/15

     715        807,056   

4.25%, 8/05/15

     367        379,971   

5.00%, 2/25/17

     145        150,873   

6.13%, 6/01/18

     186        200,563   

6.75%, 2/25/22

     150        165,166   

FMG Resources August 2006 Property Ltd.,
6.38%, 2/01/16 (a)

     235        244,988   

Global Brass and Copper, Inc.,
9.50%, 6/01/19 (a)

     255        277,312   

Kaiser Aluminum Corp., 8.25%, 6/01/20

     190        212,325   

New Gold, Inc. (a):

    

7.00%, 4/15/20

     65        70,200   

6.25%, 11/15/22

     255        268,388   

Novelis, Inc., 8.75%, 12/15/20

     2,328        2,607,360   

Perstorp Holding AB, 8.75%, 5/15/17 (a)

     205        215,250   

RathGibson, Inc., 11.25%, 2/15/14 (d)(e)

     2,175          

Steel Dynamics, Inc., 6.38%, 8/15/22 (a)

     205        219,350   
    

 

 

 
               5,818,802   

Multiline Retail — 0.3%

    

Dollar General Corp., 4.13%, 7/15/17

     127        134,302   

Dufry Finance SCA, 5.50%, 10/15/20 (a)

     642        669,285   
    

 

 

 
               803,587   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 7.4%

    

Access Midstream Partners LP:

    

6.13%, 7/15/22

     415        445,087   

4.88%, 5/15/23

     190        188,100   

Chaparral Energy, Inc., 7.63%, 11/15/22

     115        124,775   

Chesapeake Energy Corp.:

    

7.25%, 12/15/18

     25        28,250   

6.63%, 8/15/20

     265        290,175   
Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  
    

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (concluded)

    

Chesapeake Energy Corp. (concluded):

    

6.88%, 11/15/20

     USD         150      $ 165,000   

6.13%, 2/15/21

     235        249,100   

Concho Resources, Inc.:

    

6.50%, 1/15/22

     219        238,710   

5.50%, 10/01/22

     263        273,849   

CONSOL Energy, Inc.:

    

8.25%, 4/01/20

     975        1,074,937   

6.38%, 3/01/21

     230        236,900   

Crosstex Energy LP, 8.88%, 2/15/18

     195        210,113   

Denbury Resources, Inc., 4.63%, 7/15/23

     373        366,006   

Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc., 7.75%, 6/15/19

     665        713,212   

EP Energy LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc., 6.88%, 5/01/19

     235        256,150   

Halcon Resources Corp., 8.88%, 5/15/21 (a)

     351        377,325   

Hilcorp Energy I LP, 7.63%, 4/15/21 (a)

     470        518,175   

Holly Energy Partners LP, 6.50%, 3/01/20 (a)

     80        85,600   

Kinder Morgan Finance Co. LLC,
6.00%, 1/15/18 (a)

     480        529,759   

Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp., 8.13%, 12/01/19

     320        360,000   

Linn Energy LLC:

    

6.25%, 11/01/19 (a)

     1,170        1,193,400   

8.63%, 4/15/20

     95        105,094   

7.75%, 2/01/21

     370        399,600   

MarkWest Energy Partners LP:

    

5.50%, 2/15/23

     115        120,750   

4.50%, 7/15/23

     206        201,365   

Newfield Exploration Co., 5.63%, 7/01/24

     525        548,625   

Northern Oil and Gas, Inc., 8.00%, 6/01/20

     265        276,925   

Oasis Petroleum, Inc.:

    

7.25%, 2/01/19

     135        145,800   

6.50%, 11/01/21

     155        167,400   

Offshore Group Investments Ltd.,
11.50%, 8/01/15

     390        425,100   

OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes SA,
8.38%, 4/01/22 (a)

     295        252,225   

PBF Holding Co. LLC, 8.25%, 2/15/20 (a)

     174        189,225   

PDC Energy, Inc., 7.75%, 10/15/22 (a)

     180        190,350   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co., 7.20%, 1/15/28

     570        737,749   

Plains Exploration & Production Co.,
6.88%, 2/15/23

     445        512,862   

Range Resources Corp.:

    

6.75%, 8/01/20

     221        241,443   

5.75%, 6/01/21

     668        711,420   

5.00%, 8/15/22

     275        281,188   

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 5.63%, 2/01/21 (a)

     1,355        1,399,037   

Sabine Pass Liquified Natural Gas LP:

    

7.50%, 11/30/16

     1,490        1,646,450   

6.50%, 11/01/20 (a)

     275        290,125   

SandRidge Energy, Inc., 7.50%, 2/15/23

     593        621,167   

SESI LLC:

    

6.38%, 5/01/19

     280        300,300   

7.13%, 12/15/21

     275        304,563   

SM Energy Co.:

    

6.50%, 11/15/21

     225        244,688   

6.50%, 1/01/23

     105        113,663   

Tesoro Logistics LP/Tesoro Logistics Finance Corp., 5.88%, 10/01/20 (a)

     66        68,805   
    

 

 

 
               18,420,542   

Paper & Forest Products — 0.3%

    

Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd., 7.50%, 12/15/17 (a)

     300        323,250   

Longview Fibre Paper & Packaging, Inc.,
8.00%, 6/01/16 (a)

     145        152,250   

Sappi Papier Holding GmbH, 8.38%, 6/15/19 (a)

     200        224,000   
    

 

 

 
               699,500   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Table of Contents

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net  Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  
    

Pharmaceuticals — 0.4%

    

Mylan, Inc., 6.00%, 11/15/18 (a)

     USD           40      $ 44,055   

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (a):

    

6.50%, 7/15/16

     181        190,163   

6.38%, 10/15/20

     340        365,925   

7.25%, 7/15/22

     350        386,312   
    

 

 

 
               986,455   

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.4%

  

 

Cantor Commercial Real Estate Co. LP/CCRE Finance Corp., 7.75%, 2/15/18 (a)

     236        237,180   

Felcor Lodging LP:

    

6.75%, 6/01/19

     690        741,319   

5.63%, 3/01/23 (a)

     109        109,681   
    

 

 

 
               1,088,180   

Real Estate Management & Development — 1.0%

  

 

Mattamy Group Corp., 6.50%, 11/15/20 (a)

     315        313,819   

Realogy Corp., 7.63%, 1/15/20 (a)

     1,130        1,274,075   

Shea Homes LP, 8.63%, 5/15/19

     790        876,900   
    

 

 

 
               2,464,794   

Road & Rail — 1.2%

    

The Hertz Corp.:

    

7.50%, 10/15/18

     780        852,150   

6.75%, 4/15/19 (a)

     150        161,625   

7.38%, 1/15/21

     1,742        1,920,555   
    

 

 

 
               2,934,330   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.1%

  

 

NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC,
5.75%, 2/15/21 (a)

     275        281,188   

Software — 0.8%

    

IAC/InterActiveCorp, 4.75%, 12/15/22 (a)

     196        191,590   

Infor US, Inc., 9.38%, 4/01/19

     1,295        1,453,637   

Nuance Communications, Inc.,
5.38%, 8/15/20 (a)

     385        389,813   
    

 

 

 
               2,035,040   

Specialty Retail — 0.5%

    

Claire’s Stores, Inc., 9.00%, 3/15/19 (a)

     386        428,460   

Penske Automotive Group, Inc.,
5.75%, 10/01/22 (a)

     260        272,025   

QVC, Inc., 5.13%, 7/02/22

     8        8,459   

Sally Holdings LLC:

    

6.88%, 11/15/19

     350        390,250   

5.75%, 6/01/22

     160        169,000   
    

 

 

 
               1,268,194   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.2%

    

Levi Strauss & Co., 6.88%, 5/01/22

     140        152,075   

PVH Corp., 7.75%, 11/15/23

     215        263,936   
    

 

 

 
               416,011   

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.4%

    

Doric Nimrod Air Finance Alpha Ltd.,
Series 2012-1 (a):

    

Class A, 5.13%, 11/30/24

     440        473,000   

Class B, 6.50%, 5/30/21

     495        523,293   
    

 

 

 
               996,293   

Transportation Infrastructure — 0.1%

    

Aguila 3 SA, 7.88%, 1/31/18 (a)

     176        186,560   

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 3.5%

  

 

Crown Castle International Corp.,
5.25%, 1/15/23 (a)

     615        630,375   
Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  
    

Wireless Telecommunication Services (concluded)

  

 

Digicel Group Ltd. (a):

    

12.00%, 4/01/14

     USD         800      $ 852,000   

8.25%, 9/01/17

     270        284,850   

6.00%, 4/15/21 (c)

     480        478,800   

MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., 6.63%, 11/15/20

     404        422,685   

Sprint Capital Corp., 6.88%, 11/15/28

     1,580        1,595,800   

Sprint Nextel Corp. (a):

    

9.00%, 11/15/18

     2,081        2,580,440   

7.00%, 3/01/20

     1,605        1,877,850   
    

 

 

 
               8,722,800   
Total Corporate Bonds — 60.4%              149,254,588   
    
                  
Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)               

Aerospace & Defense — 0.3%

    

DigitalGlobe, Inc., Term Loan B, 3.75%, 1/24/20

     485        486,969   

Transdigm, Inc., Term Loan C, 4.00%, 2/28/20

     245        245,461   
    

 

 

 
               732,430   

Airlines — 0.9%

    

Delta Air Lines, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 4/20/17

     999        1,007,449   

Northwest Airlines, Inc.:

    

Term Loan, 2.32%, 3/10/17

     127        118,237   

Term Loan, 2.32%, 3/10/17

     230        214,130   

Term Loan, 1.70%, 9/10/18

     104        92,851   

Term Loan, 1.70%, 9/10/18

     104        92,851   

US Airways Group, Inc., Term Loan, 2.70%, 3/21/14

     770        767,798   
    

 

 

 
               2,293,316   

Auto Components — 2.4%

    

Autoparts Holdings Ltd.:

    

First Lien Term Loan, 6.50%, 7/28/17

     854        859,168   

Second Lien Term Loan, 10.50%, 1/29/18

     900        913,500   

Federal-Mogul Corp.:

    

Term Loan B, 2.14%, 12/29/14

     1,509        1,403,729   

Term Loan C, 2.14%, 12/28/15

     518        481,456   

FleetPride Corp., First Lien Term Loan,
5.25%, 11/20/19

     340        343,930   

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Second Lien Term Loan, 4.75%, 4/30/19

     1,110        1,114,163   

Schaeffler AG, Term Loan B2, 6.00%, 1/27/17

     395        394,901   

Transtar Holding Co., First Lien Term Loan,
5.50%, 10/09/18

     479        483,588   
    

 

 

 
               5,994,435   

Biotechnology — 0.2%

    

Grifols, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.25%, 6/01/17

     564        567,237   

Building Products — 0.8%

    

Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 3/09/18

     585        585,373   

CPG International, Inc., Term Loan, 5.75%, 9/18/19

     763        768,811   

Wilsonart International Holdings LLC, Term Loan B, 5.50%, 10/31/19

     750        757,875   
    

 

 

 
               2,112,059   

Capital Markets — 1.0%

    

American Capital Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 5.50%, 8/22/16

     541        546,410   

HarbourVest Partners LLC, Term Loan B,
4.75%, 11/21/17

     351        352,414   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net  Assets)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)    Par  
(000)
    Value  
    

Capital Markets (concluded)

    

Nuveen Investments, Inc.:

    

Extended First Lien Term Loan,
5.70% — 5.81%, 5/13/17

     USD371      $ 374,979   

Extended Term Loan, 5.70% — 5.81%, 5/12/17

     1,004        1,018,186   

Incremental Term Loan, 7.25%, 5/13/17

     215        216,075   
    

 

 

 
               2,508,064   

Chemicals — 2.8%

    

American Rock Salt Holdings LLC, Term Loan, 5.50%, 4/25/17

     1,334        1,320,585   

Chemtura Corp., Exit Term Loan B,
5.50%, 8/27/16

     800        806,000   

Evergreen Acqco 1 LP, Term Loan,
5.00%, 7/09/19

     423        426,686   

General Chemical Corp., Term Loan,
5.00% — 5.75%, 10/06/15

     467        468,611   

INEOS US Finance LLC, 6 Year Term Loan,
6.50%, 5/04/18

     747        762,341   

Nexeo Solutions LLC, Term Loan B,
5.00%, 9/08/17

     919        916,515   

Tronox Pigments (Netherlands) BV, Delayed Draw Term Loan B, 4.25%, 2/08/18

     340        339,630   

Univar, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 6/30/17

     296        294,336   

US Coatings Acquisition, Inc., Term Loan,
4.75%, 2/03/20

     1,480        1,497,967   
    

 

 

 
               6,832,671   

Commercial Banks — 0.3%

    

Everest Acquisition LLC, Term Loan B1,
5.00%, 5/24/18

     645        650,411   

Commercial Services & Supplies — 3.0%

    

ACCO Brands Corp., Term Loan B,
4.25%, 4/30/19

     503        507,055   

ADS Waste Holdings, Inc., Term Loan B,
5.25%, 10/09/19

     1,235        1,236,161   

Altegrity, Inc.:

    

7.75%, 2/20/15

     564        563,576   

Term Loan, 3.20%, 2/21/15

     365        352,225   

AWAS Finance Luxembourg 2012 SA, Term Loan, 4.75%, 7/16/18

     157        159,499   

AWAS Finance Luxembourg Sarl, Term Loan B, 5.25%, 6/10/16

     520        523,982   

Delos Aircraft, Inc., Term Loan 2, 4.75%, 4/12/16

     1,075        1,081,267   

Garda World Security Corp., Term Loan B,
4.50%, 11/13/19

     304        307,091   

KAR Auction Services, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 5/19/17

     1,231        1,243,563   

Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd., Term Loan B, 3.50%, 10/24/19

     295        297,581   

Protection One, Inc., Term Loan, 5.75%, 3/21/19

     506        510,604   

WEST Corp., Term Loan B8, 5.75%, 2/07/18

     650        651,898   
    

 

 

 
               7,434,502   

Communications Equipment — 2.5%

    

Alcatel-Lucent:

    

Term Loan B, 6.25%, 7/29/16

     415        419,337   

Term Loan C, 7.25%, 1/31/19

     2,045        2,067,495   

Avaya, Inc.:

    

Extended Term Loan B3, 4.79%, 10/26/17

     183        170,598   

Term Loan B5, 8.00%, 3/30/18

     144        144,333   

CommScope, Inc., Term Loan, 4.25%, 1/12/18

     821        824,320   

Riverbed Technology, Inc., Term Loan,
4.00%, 12/18/19

     400        404,500   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)    Par  
(000)
    Value  
    

Communications Equipment (concluded)

    

Zayo Group, LLC Refinancing, Term Loan B,
5.25%, 7/12/19

     USD       2,154      $ 2,161,176   
    

 

 

 
               6,191,759   

Construction & Engineering — 1.1%

    

BakerCorp International, Inc., Term Loan,
5.00%, 2/14/20

     675        676,907   

Centaur LLC, First Lien Term Loan, 8.75%, 2/15/19

     540        540,340   

Safway Services LLC, First Out Term Loan,
9.00%, 12/16/17

     1,500        1,500,000   
    

 

 

 
               2,717,247   

Construction Materials — 1.2%

    

HD Supply, Inc., Senior Debt B, 4.50%, 10/12/17

     3,036        3,044,298   

Consumer Finance — 0.5%

    

Springleaf Financial Funding Co., Term Loan,
5.50%, 5/10/17

     1,230        1,234,354   

Containers & Packaging — 0.1%

    

Sealed Air Corp., Term Loan, 4.00%, 10/03/18

     360        363,642   

Distributors — 0.2%

    

Crossmark Holdings, Inc., Term Loan,
4.50%, 1/31/20

     225        225,095   

VWR Funding, Inc., Extended Term Loan B,
4.54%, 4/03/17

     265        266,905   
    

 

 

 
               492,000   

Diversified Consumer Services — 1.9%

    

Bright Horizons Family, Inc., Term Loan B,
4.00%, 1/16/20

     540        542,700   

Coinmach Service Corp., Term Loan B,
3.21%, 11/20/14

     2,143        2,094,643   

Education Management LLC, Term Loan C3,
8.25%, 3/29/18

     206        176,982   

Laureate Education, Inc., Extended Term Loan, 5.25%, 6/18/18

     707        711,043   

ServiceMaster Co., New Term Loan,
4.25%, 4/01/17

     820        817,218   

Weight Watchers International, Inc., Term Loan F, 4.00%, 3/15/19

     466        467,694   
    

 

 

 
               4,810,280   

Diversified Financial Services — 1.2%

    

Reynolds Group Holdings, Inc., Dollar Term Loan, 4.75%, 9/28/18

     1,337        1,351,407   

Telesat LLC, Term Loan B, 4.25%, 3/28/19

     1,378        1,387,721   

WMG Acquisition Corp., Term Loan,
5.25%, 11/01/18

     345        348,881   
    

 

 

 
               3,088,009   

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 3.2%

    

Consolidated Communications, Inc., Term Loan B3, 5.25%, 12/31/18

     880        888,527   

Hawaiian Telcom Communications, Inc., Term Loan B, 7.00%, 2/28/17

     868        884,097   

Integra Telecom, Inc., Term Loan, 9.25%, 2/15/19

     440        444,840   

Level 3 Financing, Inc.:

    

2016 Term Loan B, 4.75%, 2/01/16

     529        534,623   

2019 Term Loan B, 5.25%, 8/01/19

     595        601,075   

Term Loan, 4.75%, 8/01/19

     2,725        2,746,800   

Syniverse Holdings, Inc., Delayed Draw Term Loan, 4.00%, 4/23/19

     435        434,456   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Table of Contents

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net  Assets)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)    Par  
(000)
    Value  
    

Diversified Telecommunication Services (concluded)

  

 

US Telepacific Corp., Term Loan B,
5.75%, 2/23/17

     USD       1,359      $ 1,355,157   
    

 

 

 
               7,889,575   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.2%

  

 

CDW LLC, Extended Term Loan, 4.00%, 7/14/17

     418        418,637   

Energy Equipment & Services — 1.7%

    

Dynegy Midwest Generation LLC,
Coal Co. Term Loan, 9.25%, 8/04/16

     747        770,897   

Dynegy Power LLC, Gas Co. Term Loan,
9.25%, 8/04/16

     1,205        1,253,545   

MEG Energy Corp., Term Loan, 3.75%, 3/20/20

     1,541        1,544,351   

Tervita Corp., Incremental Term Loan,
3.20%, 5/01/18

     425        427,193   

Unifrax I LLC/Unifrax Holding Co., Dollar Term Loan, 4.25%, 11/28/18

     210        211,388   
    

 

 

 
               4,207,374   

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.6%

    

Pilot Travel Centers LLC, Term Loan B2,
4.25%, 8/07/19

     454        457,974   

Rite Aid Corp.:

    

Second Lien Term Loan, 5.75%, 7/07/20

     225        230,126   

Term Loan 6, 4.00%, 2/21/20

     210        210,405   

Supervalu, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.25%, 2/05/18

     490        495,513   
    

 

 

 
               1,394,018   

Food Products — 1.1%

    

Advance Pierre Foods, Inc., Term Loan, 5.75%, 7/10/17

     510        516,217   

Del Monte Foods Co., Term Loan, 4.50%, 3/08/18

     861        864,130   

Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC:

    

Extended Term Loan B, 3.70%, 10/03/16

     118        118,940   

Term Loan E, 4.75%, 10/17/18

     727        733,792   

Solvest Ltd. (Dole):

    

Term Loan B-2, 5.00% — 6.00%, 7/06/18

     202        201,806   

Term Loan C-2, 5.00% — 6.00%, 7/06/18

     361        361,127   
    

 

 

 
               2,796,012   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.0%

    

Bausch & Lomb, Inc., Term Loan B,
5.25%, 5/17/19

     1,129        1,137,659   

Biomet, Inc., Extended Term Loan B,
3.95% — 4.06%, 7/25/17

     498        501,739   

BSN Medical Acquisition Holding GmbH, Term Loan B1A, 5.00%, 8/28/19

     720        722,880   

Capital Safety North America, Term Loan,
4.50%, 1/21/19

     670        669,938   

DJO Finance LLC:

    

Extended Term Loan B2, 5.20%, 11/01/16

     354        355,955   

Term Loan B3, 6.25%, 9/15/17

     1,226        1,235,704   

Hologic, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 8/01/19

     1,416        1,431,053   

IASIS Healthcare LLC, Term Loan B2,
4.50%, 5/03/18

     99        99,231   

Immucor, Inc., Term Loan B2, 5.75%, 8/18/18

     968        966,577   

LHP Hospital Group, Inc., Term Loan,
9.00%, 7/03/18

     398        406,955   
    

 

 

 
               7,527,691   

Health Care Providers & Services — 3.2%

    

American Renal Holdings Co., Inc.,
First Lien Term Loan,
4.50%, 8/14/19

     560        558,600   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)    Par  
(000)
    Value  
    

Health Care Providers & Services (concluded)

  

 

Ardent Medical Services, Inc., Term Loan,
6.75%, 7/02/18

     USD       270      $ 273,712   

CHG Buyer Corp., First Lien Term Loan,
5.00%, 11/22/19

     415        419,321   

ConvaTec, Inc., Term Loan, 5.00%, 12/22/16

     1,068        1,078,855   

DaVita, Inc.:

    

Term Loan B, 4.50%, 10/20/16

     1,078        1,085,697   

Term Loan B2, 4.00%, 11/01/19

     590        594,236   

Emergency Medical Services Corp., Term Loan,
4.00%, 5/25/18

     381        381,105   

Genesis HealthCare Corp., Term Loan B,
10.00% — 10.75%, 9/25/17

     369        361,721   

Harden Healthcare LLC:

    

Add on Term Loan A, 7.75%, 3/02/15

     960        939,856   

Term Loan A, 8.50%, 3/02/15

     273        270,586   

inVentiv Health, Inc.:

    

Combined Term Loan, 7.50%, 8/04/16

     135        132,659   

Incremental Term Loan B-3, 7.75%, 5/15/18

     333        327,596   

Medpace, Inc., Term Loan,
6.50% — 7.25%, 6/16/17

     968        963,599   

US Renal Care, Inc., First Lien Term Loan,
6.25%, 7/02/19

     478        484,167   
    

 

 

 
               7,871,710   

Health Care Technology — 1.0%

    

IMS Health, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan,
3.75%, 8/25/17

     1,385        1,388,003   

Kinetic Concepts, Inc., Term Loan C1,
5.50% — 6.50%, 5/04/18

     693        701,552   

MedAssets, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 12/13/19

     270        271,574   
    

 

 

 
               2,361,129   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.6%

    

Alpha D2 Ltd., Term Loan B, 6.00%, 4/30/19

     621        628,276   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.,
Term Loan B1, 3.20%, 1/28/15

     894        891,262   

Golden Living, Term Loan, 5.00%, 5/04/18

     545        522,530   

MGM Resorts International, Term Loan B,
4.25%, 12/20/19

     735        743,452   

OSI Restaurant Partners LLC, Term Loan B,
4.75%, 10/24/19

     546        552,765   

Sabre, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.25%, 2/19/19

     305        304,783   

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 8/17/17

     866        869,722   

Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc., Term Loan B,
4.00% — 5.25%, 12/20/18

     206        208,871   

Station Casinos, Inc.:

    

2011 Term Loan B2, 6.25%, 6/17/16

     875        867,711   

Term Loan B, 5.50%, 9/27/19

     758        762,520   

Term Loan B, 5.00%, 2/13/20

     1,585        1,598,208   

Wendy’s International, Inc., Term Loan B,
4.75%, 5/15/19

     1,007        1,015,908   
    

 

 

 
               8,966,008   

Household Products — 0.4%

    

Spectrum Brands, Inc., Term Loan,
4.50%, 12/17/19

     900        910,872   

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.5%

  

 

The AES Corp., Term Loan, 4.25%, 6/01/18

     730        732,540   

Calpine Corp., Term Loan B1, 4.50%, 4/02/18

     403        405,323   
    

 

 

 
               1,137,863   

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.6%

    

Sequa Corp., Term Loan B, 5.25%, 6/19/17

     1,412        1,428,062   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net  Assets)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)    Par  
(000)
    Value  
    

Insurance — 0.9%

    

Alliant Holdings I, Inc., Term Loan B,
5.00%, 12/20/19

     USD         400      $ 403,000   

Asurion LLC, Term Loan B1, 5.50%, 5/24/19

     575        576,679   

CNO Financial Group, Inc.:

    

Term Loan B-1, 4.25%, 9/28/16

     371        373,279   

Term Loan B-2, 5.00%, 9/20/18

     508        512,486   

Cunningham Lindsey Group, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 12/10/19

     345        349,312   
    

 

 

 
               2,214,756   

Internet Software & Services — 0.2%

    

Web.com Group, Inc., Term Loan B,
5.50%, 10/27/17

     592        597,107   

IT Services — 3.6%

    

CCC Information Services, Inc., Term Loan,
5.25%, 12/20/19

     205        206,230   

Ceridian Corp., Extended Term Loan,
5.95%, 5/09/17

     951        961,746   

First Data Corp.:

    

2018 Add-on Term Loan, 5.20%, 9/24/18

     835        834,624   

Extended 2018 Term Loan B,
4.20%, 3/23/18

     3,949        3,898,811   

Genpact International, Inc., Term Loan B,
4.25%, 8/30/19

     519        523,887   

InfoGroup, Inc., Term Loan, 5.75%, 5/25/18

     373        338,416   

iPayment, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.75%, 5/08/17

     151        151,850   

SunGard Data Systems, Inc., Term Loan D,
4.50%, 1/31/20

     555        559,163   

TransUnion LLC, Term Loan B, 5.50%, 2/12/18

     1,453        1,461,486   
    

 

 

 
               8,936,213   

Leisure Equipment & Products — 0.2%

    

Eastman Kodak Co., DIP Term Loan B,
8.50%, 7/19/13

     267        267,046   

FGI Operating Co. LLC, Term Loan,
5.50%, 4/19/19

     283        282,658   
    

 

 

 
               549,704   

Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.1%

    

Patheon, Inc., Term Loan, 7.25%, 12/06/18

     264        267,311   

Machinery — 2.3%

    

Alliance Laundry Systems LLC, First Lien Term Loan, 5.50%, 12/07/18

     220        220,893   

Dematic S.A., Term Loan, 5.25%, 12/27/19

     540        543,543   

Intelligrated, Inc., First Lien Term Loan,
4.50% — 6.75%, 7/30/18

     399        399,000   

Rexnord Corp., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 4/02/18

     541        543,903   

Silver II US Holdings LLC, Term Loan,
4.75%, 12/05/19

     1,850        1,850,000   

Terex Corp., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 4/28/17

     1,122        1,132,414   

Wabash National Corp., Term Loan B,
6.00%, 5/02/19

     1,017        1,024,098   
    

 

 

 
               5,713,851   

Media — 8.9%

    

Capsugel Holdings US, Inc., Term Loan B,
4.75%, 8/01/18

     721        728,394   

Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc.:

    

Non-Extended Term Loan, 2.71%, 7/03/14

     192        149,941   

Tranche 1 Incremental, 7.50%, 7/03/14

     661        525,370   

Charter Communications Operating LLC:

    

Extended Term Loan C, 3.46%, 9/06/16

     1,086        1,089,316   

Term Loan D, 4.00%, 5/15/19

     631        635,494   

Cumulus Media, Inc., First Lien Term Loan,
4.50%, 9/17/18

     1,143        1,153,370   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)    Par  
(000)
    Value  
    

Media (concluded)

    

EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Term Loan B,
5.50%, 6/29/18

     USD         368      $ 372,108   

Foxco Acquisition Sub LLC, Term Loan B,
5.50%, 7/14/17

     658        665,921   

Getty Images, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.75%, 10/18/19

     970        977,547   

Gray Television, Inc., Term Loan B,
4.75%, 10/15/19

     872        880,745   

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co.,
DIP Term Loan B, 7.25%, 6/01/18

     804        807,945   

Hubbard Broadcasting, Term Loan B,
4.50%, 4/28/17

     484        487,717   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, Term Loan B1,
4.50%, 4/02/18

     5,332        5,382,454   

Interactive Data Corp., Term Loan B,
3.75%, 2/11/18

     891        892,265   

Kabel Deutschland GmbH, Term Loan F,
3.50%, 2/01/19

     1,200        1,201,932   

NEP Supershooters LP:

    

First Lien Term Loan, 5.25%, 1/18/20

     315        315,885   

Second Lien Term Loan, 9.50%, 8/18/20

     225        230,625   

Term Loan, 4.75%, 1/18/20

     315        315,788   

Nielsen Finance LLC, Class C Term Loan,
3.45%, 5/02/16

     222        222,083   

Sinclair Television Group, Inc., Term Loan B,
4.00%, 10/28/16

     1,102        1,105,867   

Univision Communications, Inc.,
Extended Term Loan, 4.45%, 3/31/17

     1,114        1,114,547   

UPC Financing Partnership, Term Loan T,
3.70%, 12/30/16

     425        425,938   

Virgin Media Investment Holdings, Term Loan B, 3.50%, 2/17/20

     980        974,149   

WC Luxco Sarl, Term Loan B-3, 4.25%, 3/15/18

     263        265,460   

Weather Channel, Term Loan B, 4.25%, 2/13/17

     629        633,828   

WideOpenWest Finance LLC, First Lien Term Loan, 6.25%, 7/17/18

     343        347,308   
    

 

 

 
               21,901,997   

Metals & Mining — 3.0%

    

Ameriforge Group, Inc., First Lien Term Loan, 5.00%, 12/19/19

     355        358,330   

Constellium Holdco BV, Term Loan B,
9.25%, 5/25/18

     483        492,226   

FMG America Finance, Inc., Term Loan,
5.25%, 10/18/17

     1,756        1,776,632   

Metals USA, Inc., Term Loan, 6.25%, 11/15/19

     430        430,538   

Novelis, Inc.:

    

Incremental Term Loan B-2,
4.00%, 3/10/17

     886        886,712   

Term Loan, 4.00%, 3/10/17

     1,095        1,095,762   

SunCoke Energy, Inc., Term Loan B,
4.00%, 7/26/18

     258        258,484   

Walter Energy, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.75%, 4/02/18

     1,378        1,380,038   

Windsor Financing LLC, Term Loan B,
6.25%, 12/05/17

     608        627,109   
    

 

 

 
               7,305,831   

Multiline Retail — 1.0%

    

99¢ Only Stores, Term Loan, 5.25%, 1/11/19

     692        696,736   

Apex Tool Group LLC, Term Loan B,
4.50%, 1/28/20

     460        464,517   

BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc.:

    

First Lien Term Loan, 5.75%, 9/13/19

     389        389,270   

Second Lien Term Loan, 9.75%, 3/26/20

     265        273,780   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net  Assets)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)    Par  
(000)
    Value  
    

Multiline Retail (concluded)

    

The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc.,
Extended Term Loan, 4.00%, 5/16/18

     USD         615      $ 614,797   
    

 

 

 
               2,439,100   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.3%

    

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Unsecured Term Loan, 5.75%, 12/01/17

     1,230        1,255,498   

Gibson Energy ULC, Term Loan B,
4.75%, 6/15/18

     694        700,119   

Obsidian Natural Gas Trust, Term Loan,
7.00%, 11/02/15

     799        806,819   

Plains Exploration & Production, 7-Year Term Loan B, 4.00%, 11/30/19

     845        846,411   

Samson Investment Co.,
Second Lien Term Loan, 6.00%, 9/25/18

     275        277,580   

Tesoro Corp., Term Loan B, 2.55%, 1/30/16

     515        519,506   

Vantage Drilling Co., Term Loan,
6.25%, 10/26/17

     1,269        1,275,282   
    

 

 

 
               5,681,215   

Pharmaceuticals — 3.0%

    

Aptalis Pharma, Inc., Term Loan B,
5.50%, 2/10/17

     1,180        1,182,725   

Par Pharmaceutical, Term Loan B, 4.25%, 9/28/19

     1,746        1,743,443   

Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc.,
Term Loan B, 4.25%, 12/05/18

     1,580        1,588,626   

Quintiles Transnational Corp., Term Loan B,
4.50%, 6/08/18

     683        688,816   

RPI Finance Trust, Incremental Tranche 2,
4.00%, 11/09/18

     168        170,164   

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.:

    

Series C, Tranche B, 3.50%, 12/11/19

     625        627,344   

Series D, Tranche B, 3.50%, 2/13/19

     656        658,409   

Warner Chilcott Corp.:

    

Incremental Term Loan B-1,
4.25%, 3/15/18

     145        146,638   

Term Loan B-1, 4.25%, 3/15/18

     383        386,123   

Term Loan B-2, 4.25%, 3/15/18

     118        119,374   
    

 

 

 
               7,311,662   

Professional Services — 1.1%

    

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., Term Loan B,
4.50%, 7/31/19

     603        608,768   

Emdeon, Inc., Term Loan B1, 5.00%, 11/02/18

     1,311        1,326,485   

ON Assignment, Inc., Term Loan B,
5.00%, 5/15/19

     189        190,672   

Truven Health Analytics, Inc., Term Loan B,
5.75%, 6/01/19

     557        562,427   
    

 

 

 
               2,688,352   

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.6%

  

 

iStar Financial, Inc., Term Loan,
4.50%, 9/28/17

     1,408        1,408,676   

Real Estate Management & Development — 1.3%

  

 

Realogy Corp.:

    

Extended Letter of Credit Loan,
4.46%, 10/10/16

     981        980,656   

Extended Term Loan, 4.42%, 10/10/16

     2,360        2,359,491   
    

 

 

 
               3,340,147   

Road & Rail — 0.2%

    

Road Infrastructure Investment LLC, Term Loan B, 6.25%, 3/30/18

     437        437,792   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)    Par  
(000)
    Value  
    

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.0%

  

 

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.:

    

Extended Term Loan B, 4.45%, 12/01/16

     USD682      $ 682,426   

Term Loan, 5.00%, 3/20/20

     940        936,240   

NXP BV:

    

Term Loan A-2, 5.50%, 3/03/17

     503        512,818   

Term Loan C, 4.75%, 1/11/20

     365        370,588   
    

 

 

 
               2,502,072   

Software — 1.8%

    

Blackboard, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.25%, 10/04/18

     147        148,602   

GCA Services Group, Inc., Term Loan B,
5.25%, 11/01/19

     415        415,000   

Infor US, Inc., Term Loan B2, 5.25%, 4/05/18

     1,910        1,931,102   

RP Crown Parent LLC, First Lien Term Loan,
6.75%, 12/21/18

     455        461,543   

Sophia LP, Term Loan B, 6.25%, 7/19/18

     630        634,602   

SS&C Technologies, Inc.:

    

Term Loan B-1, 5.00%, 6/07/19

     762        769,062   

Term Loan B-2, 5.00%, 6/07/19

     79        79,558   
    

 

 

 
               4,439,469   

Specialty Retail — 4.1%

    

Academy Ltd., Term Loan, 4.75%, 8/03/18

     1,090        1,102,367   

Bass Pro Group LLC, Term Loan, 4.00%, 11/20/19

     580        583,120   

Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp.,
Term Loan B1,
5.50%, 2/23/17

     330        333,066   

David’s Bridal, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 10/11/19

     865        873,866   

Equinox Fitness Clubs, First Lien Term Loan,
5.50%, 11/16/19

     425        429,250   

The Gymboree Corp., Initial Term Loan,
5.00%, 2/23/18

     67        63,889   

Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc., Term Loan B,
5.50%, 11/14/17

     423        427,104   

Jo-Ann Stores, Inc., Term Loan, 4.75%, 3/16/18

     385        385,322   

Leslie’s Poolmart, Inc., Term Loan B,
2.00% — 5.25%, 10/16/19

     692        699,712   

Michaels Stores, Inc., Term Loan, 4.81%, 1/31/20

     975        977,165   

Party City Holdings, Inc., Term Loan B,
5.75%, 7/26/19

     1,375        1,373,969   

PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc., Term Loan,
4.00%, 11/24/17

     1,500        1,511,401   

Things Remembered, Inc., Term Loan B,
8.00%, 5/24/18

     579        569,872   

Toys ‘R’ Us Delaware, Inc.:

    

Incremental Term Loan B2, 5.25%, 5/25/18

     160        152,250   

Term Loan B3, 5.25%, 5/25/18

     124        117,239   

The Yankee Candle Co., Inc., Term Loan B,
5.25%, 4/02/19

     451        453,415   
    

 

 

 
               10,053,007   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.8%

    

Ascend Performance Materials LLC, Term Loan B, 6.75%, 4/10/18

     869        877,423   

PVH Corp., Term Loan B, 3.25%, 12/19/19

     565        569,531   

Wolverine Worldwide, Inc., Term Loan B,
4.00%, 7/31/19

     457        460,760   
    

 

 

 
               1,907,714   

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.3%

    

Insight Global, Inc., First Lien Term Loan,
6.00%, 10/31/19

     425        426,063   

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net  Assets)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)    Par  
(000)
    Value  
    

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance (concluded)

    

Ocwen Financial Corp., Term Loan,
5.00%, 1/22/18

     USD         355      $ 359,288   
    

 

 

 
               785,351   

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.2%

    

WESCO Distribution, Inc., Term Loan B,
4.50%, 12/12/19

     480        484,403   

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.7%

    

Cricket Communications, Inc., Term Loan,
4.75%, 10/10/19

     435        436,362   

MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., Term Loan B-3,
4.00%, 3/16/18

     563        563,477   

Vodafone Americas Finance 2, Inc., Term Loan, 6.88%, 8/11/15 (f)

     3,046        3,106,614   
    

 

 

 
               4,106,453   
Total Floating Rate Loan Interests — 78.1%              193,047,848   
    
                  
Other Interests (i)   

Beneficial

Interest  

(000)    

    Value  

Auto Components — 0.0%

    

Intermet Liquidating Trust, Class A (d)

     320          

Diversified Financial Services — 0.3%

    

J.G.Wentworth LLC Preferred Equity Interests (d)

     (j)      645,641   

Media — 0.0%

    

Adelphia Preferred Escrow (d)

     3          

Adelphia Recovery Trust, Series ACC-6B INT (d)

     250        7,500   
    

 

 

 
               7,500   
Total Other Interests — 0.3%              653,141   
Trust Preferreds        
Shares
    Value  
    

Diversified Financial Services — 0.6%

    

GMAC Capital Trust I, Series 2,
8.13%, 2/15/40 (b)

     52,000      $ 1,375,385   
    
Warrants (k)
                

Chemicals — 0.0%

    

GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc. (Expires 3/31/15)

     172,462        11,124   

Media — 0.1%

    

Charter Communications, Inc. (issued/exercisable 11/30/09, 1 share for 1 warrant, Expires 11/30/14, Strike Price $51.28)

     6,862        260,756   

Software — 0.0%

    

HMH Holdings/EduMedia (issued/exercisable 3/09/10, 19 shares for
1 warrant, Expires 6/22/19,
Strike Price $42.27)

     982          
Total Warrants — 0.1%              271,880   
Total Long-Term Investments
(Cost — $355,323,860) — 145.1%
             358,463,781   
    
                  
Short-Term Securities   

Beneficial

Interest  

(000)    

        

Bank of New York Cash Reserves, 0.01% (l)

     USD      5,966        5,965,660   
                Shares           

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class, 0.10% (l)(m)

     2,447,698        2,447,698   
Total Short-Term Securities
(Cost — $8,413,358) — 3.4%
             8,413,358   
Total Investments (Cost—$363,737,218) — 148.5%        366,877,139   
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (48.5)%        (119,753,265
    

 

 

 
Net Assets — 100.0%      $ 247,123,874   
    

 

 

 

 

Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments

 

(a)   Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 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)   When-issued security. Unsettled when-issued transactions were as follows:

 

Counterparty      Value     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Citigroup, Inc.      $ 478,800      $ (1,200
Deutsche Bank AG      $ 238,750          
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.      $ 372,300      $ 4,906   
Sterne Agee & Leach      $ 91,800      $ 1,210   
Suntrust Robinson      $ 93,840      $ 1,237   

 

(d)   Non-income producing security.

 

(e)   Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default of principal and/or interest payments.

 

(f)   Represents a payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in additional par/shares.

 

(g)   Convertible security.
(h)   Represents a zero-coupon bond. Rate shown reflects the current yield as of report date.

 

(i)   Other interests represent beneficial interests in liquidation trusts and other reorganization or private entities.

 

(j)   Amount is less than $500.

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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(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 of the warrants, if any.

 

(l)   Represents the current yield as of report date.

 

(m)   Investments in issuers considered to be an affiliate of the Fund during the year ended February 28, 2013, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

Affiliate    Shares Held
at February 29,
2012
   Net
Activity
     Shares Held
at February 28,
2013
     Income  

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class

        2,447,698         2,447,698       $ 2,060   

 

Ÿ  

Foreign currency exchange contracts as of February 28, 2013 were as follows:

 

Currency
Purchased
       Currency
Sold
       Counterparty      Settlement
Date
       Unrealized
Appreciation
 
USD        456,117         CAD        450,000         Deutsche Bank AG        4/17/13         $ 20,204   

 

Ÿ  

Credit default swaps — sold protection outstanding as of February 28, 2013 were as follows:

 

Issuer    Receive
Fixed Rate
   Counterparty    Expiration
Date
  

Credit 

Rating1

   Notional
Amount
(000)2
   Unrealized
Depreciation
Caesars Entertainment Operating Co.    5.00%    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.    3/20/17    CCC    USD    169    $(1,286)

 

1   

Using S&P’s rating of the issuer.

 

2   

The maximum potential amount the Fund may pay should a negative event take place as defined under the terms of agreement.

 

Ÿ  

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 ratings 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.

 

Ÿ  

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial statement purposes as follows:

 

Ÿ  

Level 1 — unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets and liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access

 

Ÿ  

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)

 

Ÿ  

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)

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. In accordance with the Fund’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. 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 is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with 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 Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

 

The following tables summarize the Fund’s investments and derivative financial instruments categorized in the disclosure hierarchy as of February 28, 2013:

 

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets:

                
Investments:                 

Long-Term Investments:

                

Asset-Backed Securities

            $ 238,750         $ 10,426,035         $ 10,664,785   

Common Stocks

  $ 2,076,644           1,026,195           93,315           3,196,154   

Corporate Bonds

              145,338,523           3,916,065           149,254,588   

Floating Rate Loan Interests

              176,050,893           16,996,955           193,047,848   

Other Interests

    7,500                     645,641           653,141   

Trust Preferreds

    1,375,385                               1,375,385   

Warrants

    260,756                     11,124           271,880   

Short-Term Securities

    8,413,358                               8,413,358   

Unfunded Loan Commitments

              124                     124   
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

  $ 12,133,643         $ 322,654,485         $ 32,089,135         $ 366,877,263   
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
                
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  
Derivative Financial Instruments1                 

Assets:

                

Foreign currency exchange contracts

            $ 20,204                   $ 20,204   

Liabilities:

                

Credit contracts

              (1,286                  (1,286
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

            $ 18,918                   $ 18,918   
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

1   Derivative financial instruments are swaps and foreign currency exchange contracts. Swaps and foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.

 

Certain of the Fund’s assets and liabilities are held at carrying amount, which approximates fair value for financial statement purposes. As of February 28, 2013, such assets and liabilities are categorized within the disclosure hierarchy as follows:

 

       

   

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets:

                

Cash

  $ 28,923                             $ 28,923   

Foreign currency at value

         153,780                               153,780   

Liabilities:

                

Loan payable

            $ (98,000,000                  (98,000,000
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

  $ 182,703         $ (98,000,000                $ (97,817,297
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the year ended February 28, 2013.

Certain of the Fund’s investments are categorized as Level 3 and were valued utilizing transaction prices or third party pricing information without adjustment. Such valuations are based on unobservable inputs. A significant change in the unobservable inputs could result in a significantly lower or higher value in such Level 3 investments.

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (concluded)

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

 

A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented when the Fund had a significant amount of Level 3 investments at the beginning and/or end of the period in relation to net assets. The following 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
     Other
Interests
     Warrants      Total  

Assets:

                   

Opening Balance, as of February 29, 2012 .

  $ 3,022,303       $ 355,574       $ 4,310,541       $ 12,348,294       $ 989,983               $ 21,026,695   

Transfers into Level 31

                            586,295                         586,295   

Transfers out of Level 31

            (271,121              (700,869                      (971,990

Accrued discounts/premiums

    49,362                 148,734         23,089                         221,185   

Net realized gain (loss)

    56,614         (749,636      349,763         (535,894                      (879,153

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation2

    671,105         758,508         495,747         769,658         267,658       $ 11,124         2,973,800   

Purchases

    9,347,441                 450,000         7,889,002         12,000                 17,698,443   

Sales

    (2,720,790      (10      (1,838,720      (3,382,620      (624,000              (8,566,140
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Closing Balance, as of February 28, 2013

  $ 10,426,035       $ 93,315       $ 3,916,065       $ 16,996,955       $ 645,641       $ 11,124       $ 32,089,135   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

1   

Transfers into and transfers out of Level 3 represent the values as of the beginning of the reporting period.

 

2   

Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on securities still held as of February 28, 2013 was $2,044,932.

The following table summarizes the valuation techniques used and unobservable inputs developed by the Global Valuation Committee to determine the value of certain of the Fund’s Level 3 investments as of February 28, 2013. The table does not include Level 3 investments with values derived utilizing third party pricing information without adjustment. A significant change in third party pricing information could result in a significantly lower or higher value of such Level 3 investments. The value of Level 3 investments derived using third party pricing information is $25,059,037.

 

     Value        Valuation Techniques     

Unobservable

Inputs3

      

Range of

Unobservable
Inputs

 

Assets:

                
Common Stocks   $ 93,315         Market Comparable Companies        EBITDA Multiple           5.25x   
Corporate Bonds     3,195,345         Market Comparable Companies        EBITDA Multiple           5.25x   
    450,000         Cost4        N/A             
Floating Rate Loan Interests     1,210,442         Discounted Cash Flow        Yield           9.50
    569,872         Market Comparable Yield Analysis        Yield           8.375
    1,500,000         Cost4        N/A             

Warrants

    11,124         Market Comparable Companies        EBITDA Multiple           5.25x   

Total

  $ 7,030,098                  
 

 

 

                

 

3   

A change to the unobservable input may result in a significant change to the value of the investment as follows:

 

Unobservable Input   Impact to Value if Input Increases      Impact to Value if Input Decreases

EBITDA Multiple

  Increase      Decrease

Yield

  Decrease      Increase

 

4   

The Fund fair values certain of its Level 3 investments using prior transaction prices (acquisition cost), although the transaction may not have occurred during the current reporting period. In such cases, these investments are generally privately held investments. There may not be a secondary market, and/or there are a limited number of investors. The determination to fair value such investments at cost is based upon factors consistent with the principles of fair value measurement that are reasonably available to the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate. Valuations are reviewed utilizing available market information to determine if the carrying value should be adjusted. Such market data may include, but is not limited to, observations of the trading multiples of public companies considered comparable to the private companies being valued, financial or operational information released by the company, and/or news or corporate events that affect the investment. Valuations may be adjusted to account for company-specific issues, the lack of liquidity inherent in a nonpublic investment and the fact that comparable public companies are not identical to the investments being fair valued by the Fund.

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

                
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Table of Contents
Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities     

 

February 28, 2013  

BlackRock
Corporate

High Yield

Fund, Inc.
(COY)

   

BlackRock
Corporate

High Yield

Fund III, Inc.
(CYE)

   

BlackRock

Debt Strategies
Fund, Inc.
(DSU)

   

BlackRock

Senior High
Income

Fund, Inc.
(ARK)

 
       
Assets                                

Investments at value — unaffiliated1

  $ 374,067,363      $ 418,085,615      $ 706,578,692      $ 364,429,441   

Investments at value — affiliated2

           2,103,451        157,333        2,447,698   

Cash

    3,687,665        1,722,765        126,483        28,923   

Cash pledged as collateral for swaps

    600,000        100,000                 

Cash pledged as collateral for financial futures contracts

    231,000        252,000                 

Investments sold receivable

    3,459,084        3,790,136        9,539,158        4,779,054   

Interest receivable

    5,111,303        5,667,410        6,435,324        3,179,532   

Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts

    949,539        1,022,011        928,123        20,204   

Unrealized appreciation on swaps

    846,110        884,135        273,098          

Foreign currency at value3

    9,196        1,908        262,834        153,780   

Swaps receivable

    149,019        166,960        93,470        1,664   

Swap premiums paid

    74,335        77,811                 

Variation margin receivable

    5,750        6,250                 

Dividends receivable

    3,952        2,844                 

Income tax refund receivable

                  111,194          

Unrealized appreciation on unfunded loan commitments

                  237        124   

Prepaid expenses

    3,980        9,235        2,021        7,801   

Other assets

                  232,711          
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    389,198,296        433,892,531        724,740,678        375,048,221   
 

 

 

 
       
Liabilities                                

Loan payable

    98,000,000        117,000,000        190,000,000        98,000,000   

Investments purchased payable

    17,260,707        18,605,546        57,708,218        29,465,040   

Swap premiums received

    1,156,106        1,205,057        1,170,411        53,336   

Cash received as collateral for swaps

    600,000        500,000                 

Investment advisory fees payable

    139,546        186,873        306,298        131,765   

Interest expense payable

    112,885        82,166        137,457        71,915   

Officer’s and Directors’ fees payable

                  137,938          

Options written at value4

    50,555        54,924                 

Unrealized depreciation on swaps

    35,338        38,089        2,474        1,286   

Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts

    5,376                        

Swaps payable

    2,337        2,515                 

Deferred capital gains tax payable

                  53,428          

Other accrued expenses payable

    218,457        209,651        271,449        201,005   
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    117,581,307        137,884,821        249,787,673        127,924,347   
 

 

 

 

Net Assets

  $ 271,616,989      $ 296,007,710      $ 474,953,005      $ 247,123,874   
 

 

 

 
       
Net Assets Consist of                                

Paid-in capital5

  $ 306,446,046      $ 326,291,482      $ 760,311,619      $ 350,162,299   

Undistributed net investment income

    4,102,652        1,542,971        1,014,349        3,093,281   

Accumulated net realized loss

    (50,360,724     (45,804,963     (263,080,232     (109,287,601

Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

    11,429,015        13,978,220        (23,292,731     3,155,895   
 

 

 

 

Net Assets

  $ 271,616,989      $ 296,007,710      $ 474,953,005      $ 247,123,874   
 

 

 

 

Net asset value per share

  $ 7.76      $ 7.88      $ 4.38      $ 4.35   
 

 

 

 

1 Investments at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 364,373,360      $ 405,955,194      $ 731,237,306      $ 361,289,520   

2 Investments at cost — affiliated

         $ 2,103,451      $ 157,333      $ 2,447,698   

3 Foreign currency at cost

  $ 9,375      $ 1,963      $ 268,954      $ 156,842   

4 Premiums received

  $ 98,415      $ 106,920                 

5 Shares outstanding, 200 million shares authorized, par value $0.10 per share

    35,004,366        37,542,561        108,362,126        56,852,901   

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.      
                
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Table of Contents
Consolidated Statements of Operations     

 

Year Ended February 28, 2013  

BlackRock
Corporate

High Yield

Fund, Inc.
(COY)

   

BlackRock
Corporate

High Yield

Fund III, Inc.
(CYE)

   

BlackRock

Debt Strategies
Fund, Inc.
(DSU)

   

BlackRock

Senior High
Income

Fund, Inc.
(ARK)

 
       
Investment Income                                

Interest

  $ 24,385,970      $ 27,253,914      $ 42,239,880      $ 21,206,244   

Dividends — unaffiliated

    773,530        875,132        11,106        16,226   

Dividends — affiliated

    2,410        1,034        3,303        2,060   
 

 

 

 

Total income

    25,161,910        28,130,080        42,254,289        21,224,530   
 

 

 

 
       
Expenses                                

Investment advisory

    1,750,891        2,349,156        3,790,193        1,619,965   

Borrowing costs1

    166,158        181,307        294,645        153,731   

Professional

    163,945        135,378        229,780        206,681   

Accounting services

    91,205        96,867        111,417        70,067   

Transfer agent

    63,326        51,706        106,764        64,749   

Custodian

    23,763        71,743        51,019        30,980   

Officer and Directors

    22,654        23,041        55,651        21,520   

Registration

    22,543        23,718        37,261        35,860   

Printing

    11,234        13,014        6,946        11,156   

Miscellaneous

    50,807        43,892        60,688        30,632   
 

 

 

 

Total expenses excluding interest expense and income tax

    2,366,526        2,989,822        4,744,364        2,245,341   

Interest expense

    861,136        1,027,549        1,671,333        798,937   

Income tax

    4,230        4,230        578          
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    3,231,892        4,021,601        6,416,275        3,044,278   

Less fees waived by Manager

    (1,331     (518     (1,545     (1,009
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived

    3,230,561        4,021,083        6,414,730        3,043,269   
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    21,931,349        24,108,997        35,839,559        18,181,261   
 

 

 

 
       
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)                                
Net realized gain (loss) from:        

Investments — unaffiliated

    10,645,703        11,944,307        (3,429,257     3,317,242   

Capital gain distributions received from affiliated investment companies

                  109          

Financial futures contracts

    (785,888     (831,838              

Foreign currency transactions

    (907,460     (908,659     (961,307     (21,443

Options written

    220,356        228,748                 

Swaps

    976,481        1,005,453        (302,636     (298,156
 

 

 

 
    10,149,192        11,438,011        (4,693,091     2,997,643   
 

 

 

 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:        

Investments

    3,164,868        4,840,563        30,537,466 2      8,063,327   

Financial futures contracts

    198,467        195,269                 

Foreign currency translations

    1,833,233        1,940,573        1,653,055        30,001   

Options written

    (13,450     (13,054              

Swaps

    445,683        476,087        270,624        (1,286

Unfunded loan commitments

                  237        124   
 

 

 

 
    5,628,801        7,439,438        32,461,382        8,092,166   
 

 

 

 

Total realized and unrealized gain

    15,777,993        18,877,449        27,768,291        11,089,809   
 

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

  $ 37,709,342      $ 42,986,446      $ 63,607,850      $ 29,271,070   
 

 

 

 

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

2 Net of capital gains tax of $53,428.

  

  

     

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.      
                
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Table of Contents
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets     

 

    BlackRock Corporate
High Yield Fund, Inc. (COY)
        BlackRock Corporate
High Yield Fund III, Inc. (CYE)
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:   Year Ended
February 28,
2013
   

Year Ended

February 29,
2012

        Year Ended
February 28,
2013
   

Year Ended

February 29,
2012

 
         
Operations                                    

Net investment income

  $ 21,931,349      $ 21,422,864        $ 24,108,997      $ 23,646,017   

Net realized gain

    10,149,192        3,093,487          11,438,011        4,144,308   

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

    5,628,801        (7,679,396       7,439,438        (9,736,485
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    37,709,342        16,836,955          42,986,446        18,053,840   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
         
Dividends to Shareholders From1                                    

Net investment income

    (21,373,512     (21,290,884       (25,164,743     (23,502,064
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
         
Capital Share Transactions                                    

Reinvestment of dividends

    1,105,397        720,465          999,385        376,319   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
         
Net Assets                                    

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    17,441,227        (3,733,464       18,821,088        (5,071,905

Beginning of year

    254,175,762        257,909,226          277,186,622        282,258,527   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 271,616,989      $ 254,175,762        $ 296,007,710      $ 277,186,622   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

  $ 4,102,652      $ 4,318,831        $ 1,542,971      $ 3,694,286   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

    BlackRock Debt
Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)
        BlackRock Senior High
Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:   Year Ended
February 28,
2013
   

Year Ended

February 29,
2012

       

Year Ended

February 28,

2013

   

Year Ended

February 29,

2012

 
         
Operations                                    

Net investment income

  $ 35,839,559      $ 35,138,874 2      $ 18,181,261      $ 18,161,312 2 

Net realized gain (loss)

    (4,693,091     (7,422,995 )2        2,997,643        (4,758,612 )2 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

    32,461,382        (9,002,630 )2        8,092,166        1,670,108   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    63,607,850        18,713,249          29,271,070        15,072,808   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
         
Dividends to Shareholders From1                                    

Net investment income

    (36,132,115     (34,943,170       (18,272,730     (18,750,192
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
         
Capital Share Transactions                                    

Reinvestment of dividends

    1,653,035        806,965          809,036        233,462   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
         
Net Assets                                    

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    29,128,770        (15,422,956       11,807,376        (3,443,922

Beginning of year

    445,824,235        461,247,191          235,316,498        238,760,420   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 474,953,005      $ 445,824,235        $ 247,123,874      $ 235,316,498   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income

  $ 1,014,349      $ 3,782,626 2      $ 3,093,281      $ 2,841,426 2 
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
1   

Dividends are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations.

 

2  

Restated to reclassify income tax expenses to net investment income from realized and unrealized gain (loss).

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.      
                
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Table of Contents
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     

 

Year Ended February 28, 2013  

BlackRock
Corporate

High Yield
Fund, Inc.

(COY)

   

BlackRock
Corporate
High Yield
Fund III, Inc.

(CYE)

   

BlackRock
Debt Strategies
Fund, Inc.

(DSU)

   

BlackRock
Senior High
Income
Fund, Inc.

(ARK)

 
       
Cash Used for Operating Activities                                

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 37,709,342      $ 42,986,446      $ 63,607,850      $ 29,271,070   

Adjustments to reconcile net increase in net assets resulting from operations to net cash used for operating activities:

       

Increase in interest receivable

    (375,308     (117,967     (608,226     (239,059

Increase in swaps receivable

    (47,925     (64,660     (93,470     (1,664

Decrease in income receivable — affiliated

           11        696        188   

Decrease in dividends receivable — unaffiliated

    5,785        18,055        56,056          

Increase in income tax refund receivable

                  (111,194       

Decrease in cash pledged as collateral for financial futures contracts

    331,000        324,000                 

Increase in cash pledged as collateral in connection with swaps

    (100,000                     

Decrease in prepaid expenses

    22,367        15,559        21,322        21,203   

Decrease in other assets

    48,396        6,507        279,373          

Decrease in variation margin receivable

    35,200        35,750                 

Increase in investment advisory fees payable

    15,937        18,385        42,844        15,507   

Increase in cash received as collateral for swaps

    600,000        500,000                 

Increase (decrease) in interest expense payable

    54,453        (43,930     (68,706     (28,336

Increase (decrease) in other accrued expenses payable

    (27,193     32,225        (54,957     66,834   

Decrease in deferred income

           (79,400     (123,185     (65,666

Decrease in swaps payable

    (8,214     (9,035              

Increase (decrease) in Officer’s and Directors’ fees payable

    (706     (2,675     25,447        (198

Increase in deferred foreign capital gains tax payable

                  53,428          

Net periodic and termination payment of swaps

    2,101,654        2,213,819        867,775        (244,820

Net realized and unrealized gain/loss on investments and swaps

    (16,962,040     (19,893,127     (28,672,361     (10,846,234

Amortization of premium and accretion of discount on investments and swaps

    (98,494     (228,773     (2,306,716     (679,295

Premiums received from options written

    330,911        346,174                 

Premiums paid on closing options written

    (89,037     (92,086              

Proceeds from sales of long-term investments

    263,167,385        296,350,802        471,009,524        225,558,088   

Purchases of long-term investments

    (296,268,982     (325,370,487     (512,919,347     (250,823,151

Net proceeds from sales (purchases) of short-term securities

    2,264,805        (2,103,451     (1,268,569     (3,292,335
 

 

 

 

Cash used for operating activities

    (7,290,664     (5,157,858     (10,262,416     (11,287,868
 

 

 

 
       
Cash Provided by Financing Activities                                

Cash receipts from borrowings

    159,000,000        145,000,000        272,000,000        152,000,000   

Cash payments on borrowings

    (128,000,000     (114,000,000     (227,000,000     (123,000,000

Cash dividends paid to shareholders

    (20,268,115     (24,165,358     (34,479,080     (17,541,951

Decrease in bank overdraft

           (193,858              
 

 

 

 

Cash provided by financing activities

    10,731,885        6,640,784        10,520,920        11,458,049   
 

 

 

 
       
Cash Impact from Foreign Exchange Fluctuations                                

Cash impact from foreign exchange fluctuations

    (3,063     (2,096     (6,961     (3,106
 

 

 

 
       
Cash and Foreign Currency                                

Net increase (decrease) in cash and foreign currency

    3,438,158        1,480,830        251,543        167,075   

Cash and foreign currency at beginning of period

    258,703        243,842        137,774        15,628   
 

 

 

 

Cash and foreign currency at end of period

  $ 3,696,861      $ 1,724,672      $ 389,317      $ 182,703   
 

 

 

 
       
Cash Flow Information                                

Cash paid during the period for interest

  $ 806,683      $ 1,071,479      $ 1,740,039      $ 827,273   
 

 

 

 
       
Non-cash Financing Activities                                

Capital shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

  $ 1,105,397      $ 999,385      $ 1,653,035      $ 809,036   
 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.      
                
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Financial Highlights    BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (COY)

 

    Year Ended
February 28,
20131
    Year Ended
February 29,
20121
    Year Ended February 28,     Period
June 1, 2008
to February 28,
2009
    Year Ended
May 31,
2008
 
        2011     2010      
           
Per Share Operating Performance                                                

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 7.29      $ 7.42      $ 6.64      $ 4.19      $ 7.74      $ 9.07   
 

 

 

 

Net investment income2

    0.63        0.62        0.65        0.65        0.50        0.75   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.45        (0.14     0.74        2.53        (3.50     (1.32
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    1.08        0.48        1.39        3.18        (3.00     (0.57
 

 

 

 

Dividends from net investment income3

    (0.61     (0.61     (0.61     (0.73     (0.55     (0.76
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 7.76      $ 7.29      $ 7.42      $ 6.64      $ 4.19      $ 7.74   
 

 

 

 

Market price, end of period

  $ 8.04      $ 7.76      $ 7.03      $ 6.88      $ 3.91      $ 7.28   
 

 

 

 
           
Total Investment Return4                                                

Based on net asset value

    15.53%        7.15%        22.11%        79.91%        (38.98)% 5      (5.49)%   
 

 

 

 

Based on market price

    12.44%        20.39%        11.66%        99.76%        (39.46)% 5      (4.81)%   
 

 

 

 
           
Ratios to Average Net Assets                                                

Total expenses

    1.25%        1.15%        1.18%        1.18%        2.29% 6      2.33%   
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly

    1.25%        1.15%        1.18%        1.18%        2.29% 6      2.33%   
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly and excluding interest expense and income tax

    0.92% 7      0.90%        0.89%        0.92%        1.17% 6      0.83%   
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    8.48%        8.67%        9.28%        11.36%        11.45% 6      9.15%   
 

 

 

 
           
Supplemental Data                                                

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 271,617      $ 254,176      $ 257,909      $ 230,593      $ 144,800      $  267,698   
 

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

  $ 98,000      $ 67,000      $ 63,000      $ 72,000      $ 38,700      $ 64,700   
 

 

 

 

Average borrowings outstanding, during the period (000)

  $ 91,655      $ 63,281      $ 55,304      $ 42,184      $ 59,553      $ 81,598   
 

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover

    74%        71%        83%        85%        37%        38%   
 

 

 

 

Asset coverage, end of period per $1,000

  $ 3,772      $ 4,794      $ 5,094      $ 4,203      $ 4,742      $ 5,138   
 

 

 

 

 

1   

Consolidated Financial Highlights.

 

2   

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

3   

Dividends are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations.

 

4   

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.

 

5   

Aggregate total investment return.

 

6   

Annualized.

 

7   

For the year ended February 28, 2013, the total expense ratio after fees waived and paid indirectly and excluding interest expense, borrowing costs and income tax was 0.86%.

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.      
                
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Financial Highlights    BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. (CYE)

 

    Year Ended
February 28,
20131
    Year Ended
February 29,
20121
    Year Ended February 28,    

Period
June 1, 2008
to February 28,

2009

    Year Ended
May 31,
2008
 
        2011     2010      
           
Per Share Operating Performance                                                

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 7.41      $ 7.56      $ 6.69      $ 4.05      $ 7.62      $ 8.99   
 

 

 

 

Net investment income2

    0.64        0.63        0.65        0.64        0.50        0.73   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.50        (0.15     0.83        2.68        (3.51     (1.33
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    1.14        0.48        1.48        3.32        (3.01     (0.60
 

 

 

 

Dividends from net investment income3

    (0.67     (0.63     (0.61     (0.68     (0.56     (0.77
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 7.88      $ 7.41      $ 7.56      $ 6.69      $ 4.05      $ 7.62   
 

 

 

 

Market price, end of period

  $ 7.89      $ 7.75      $ 7.14      $ 6.67      $ 3.57      $ 7.03   
 

 

 

 
           
Total Investment Return4                                                

Based on net asset value

    16.16%        7.11%        23.50%        86.65%        (39.69)% 5      (5.69)%   
 

 

 

 

Based on market price

    11.20%        18.62%        16.99%        111.12%        (42.38)% 5      (8.30)%   
 

 

 

 
           
Ratios to Average Net Assets                                                

Total expenses

    1.42%        1.38%        1.37%        1.34%        2.45% 6      2.47%   
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly

    1.42%        1.38%        1.37%        1.33%        2.45% 6      2.47%   
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly and excluding interest expense and income tax

    1.06% 7      1.08%        1.03%        1.04%        1.29% 6      0.96%   
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    8.54%        8.76%        9.15%        11.35%        11.80% 6      9.01%   
 

 

 

 
           
Supplemental Data                                                

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $ 296,008      $ 277,187      $ 282,259      $ 249,721      $ 151,261      $  284,361   
 

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

  $ 117,000      $ 86,000      $ 91,000      $ 76,000      $ 44,200      $ 71,700   
 

 

 

 

Average borrowings outstanding, during the period (000)

  $ 109,436      $ 83,997      $ 69,937      $ 49,196      $ 65,500      $ 88,466   
 

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover

    74%        70%        89%        89%        37%        38%   
 

 

 

 

Asset coverage, end of period per $1,000

  $ 3,530      $ 4,223      $ 4,102      $ 4,286      $ 4,422      $ 4,966   
 

 

 

 

 

1   

Consolidated Financial Highlights.

 

2   

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

3   

Dividends are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations.

 

4   

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.

 

5   

Aggregate total investment return.

 

6   

Annualized.

 

7   

For the year ended February 28, 2013, the total expense ratio after fees waived and paid indirectly and excluding interest expense, borrowing costs and income tax was 1.00%.

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.      
                
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Financial Highlights    BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

 

   

Year Ended
February 28,

20131

   

Year Ended
February 29,

20121

    Year Ended February 28,  
        2011     2010     2009  
         
Per Share Operating Performance                                        

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 4.13      $ 4.28      $ 3.89      $ 2.35      $ 5.57   
 

 

 

 

Net investment income2

    0.33        0.33        0.33        0.39        0.52   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.25        (0.16     0.40        1.55        (3.12
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    0.58        0.17        0.73        1.94        (2.60
 

 

 

 

Dividends and distributions from:3

         

Net investment income

    (0.33     (0.32     (0.33     (0.39     (0.62

Tax return of capital

                  (0.01     (0.01       
 

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

    (0.33     (0.32     (0.34     (0.40     (0.62
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 4.38      $ 4.13      $ 4.28      $ 3.89      $ 2.35   
 

 

 

 

Market price, end of year

  $ 4.46      $ 4.13      $ 4.05      $ 3.91      $ 2.07   
 

 

 

 
         
Total Investment Return4                                        

Based on net asset value

    14.78%        4.53%        19.92%        87.82%        (50.19)%   
 

 

 

 

Based on market price

    16.87%        10.47%        12.90%        114.32%        (54.99)%   
 

 

 

 
         
Ratios to Average Net Assets                                        

Total expenses

    1.41%        1.44% 5      1.27%        1.23%        2.42%   
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly

    1.41%        1.44% 5      1.27%        1.23%        2.42%   
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly and excluding interest expense and income tax

    1.04% 6      1.06% 6      1.02%        1.02%        1.20%   
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    7.89%        7.99% 5      8.22%        12.16%        11.79%   
 

 

 

 
         
Supplemental Data                                        

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $ 474,953      $ 445,824      $ 461,247      $ 419,222      $  252,080   
 

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000)

  $ 190,000      $ 145,000      $ 117,000      $ 67,000      $ 90,000   
 

 

 

 

Average borrowings outstanding, during the year (000)

  $ 177,975      $ 142,596      $ 89,362      $ 58,574      $ 163,286   
 

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover

    72%        59%        81%        86%        44%   
 

 

 

 

Asset coverage, end of year per $1,000

  $ 3,500      $ 4,075      $ 4,942      $ 7,257      $ 3,801   
 

 

 

 

 

1   

Consolidated Financial Highlights.

 

2   

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

3   

Dividends and distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations.

 

4   

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.

 

5   

Restated to include income taxes for the consolidated entity.

 

6   

For the years ended February 28, 2013 and February 29, 2012, the total expense ratio after fees waived and paid indirectly and excluding interest expense, borrowing costs and income tax were 0.98% and 0.95%, respectively.

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.      
                
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Financial Highlights    BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

 

   

Year Ended
February 28,

20131

   

Year Ended
February 29,

20121

    Year Ended February 28,  
        2011     2010     2009  
         
Per Share Operating Performance                                        

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 4.15      $ 4.22      $ 3.91      $ 2.54      $ 5.04   
 

 

 

 

Net investment income2

    0.32        0.32        0.32        0.36        0.41   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.20        (0.06     0.32        1.31        (2.43
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    0.52        0.26        0.64        1.67        (2.02
 

 

 

 

Dividends and distributions from:3

         

Net investment income

    (0.32     (0.33     (0.33     (0.30     (0.43

Tax return of capital

                                (0.05
 

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

    (0.32     (0.33     (0.33     (0.30     (0.48
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 4.35      $ 4.15      $ 4.22      $ 3.91      $ 2.54   
 

 

 

 

Market price, end of year

  $ 4.34      $ 4.06      $ 4.18      $ 3.94      $ 2.21   
 

 

 

 
         
Total Investment Return4                                        

Based on net asset value

    13.08%        6.86%        17.13%        68.90%        (42.15)%   
 

 

 

 

Based on market price

    15.32%        5.54%        15.13%        95.61%        (48.33)%   
 

 

 

 
         
Ratios to Average Net Assets                                        

Total expenses

    1.27%        1.25% 5      1.13%        1.13%        2.24%   
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived

    1.27%        1.25% 5      1.13%        1.13%        2.24%   
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and excluding interest expense and income tax

    0.94% 6      0.94% 6      0.90%        0.93%        1.05%   
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    7.60%        7.80% 5      7.83%        10.70%        9.96%   
 

 

 

 
         
Supplemental Data                                        

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $ 247,124      $ 235,316      $ 238,760      $ 221,173      $  143,643   
 

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000)

  $ 98,000      $ 69,000      $ 50,000      $ 43,000      $ 47,000   
 

 

 

 

Average borrowings outstanding, during the year (000)

    85,071      $ 66,806      $ 41,405      $ 29,978      $ 79,422   
 

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover

    68%        60%        83%        80%        49%   
 

 

 

 

Asset coverage, end of year per $1,000

  $ 3,522      $ 4,410      $ 5,775      $ 6,144      $ 4,056   
 

 

 

 

 

1   

Consolidated Financial Highlights.

 

2   

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

3   

Dividends and distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations.

 

4   

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.

 

5   

Restated to include income taxes for the consolidated entity.

 

6   

For the years ended February 28, 2013 and February 29, 2012, the total expense ratio after fees waived and excluding interest expense, borrowing costs and income tax were 0.87% and 0.83%, respectively.

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.      
                
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements     

 

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies:

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (“COY”), BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. (“CYE”) and BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (“DSU”) are registered under the 1940 Act, as diversified, closed-end management investment companies. BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (“ARK”) is registered under the 1940 Act, as a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. COY, CYE, DSU and ARK are referred to collectively as the “Funds” or individually as a “Fund”. The Funds are organized as Maryland corporations. The Funds’ consolidated 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 of assets and liabilities in the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Boards of Directors of the Funds are collectively 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:

Basis of Consolidation: The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of BLK COY (Luxembourg) Investments, S.a.r.l. and BLK CYE (Luxembourg) Investments, S.a.r.l. (the “Luxembourg Subsidiaries”) and DSU Subsidiary, LLC and ARK Subsidiary, LLC (the “US Subsidiaries”), all of which are wholly owned taxable subsidiaries of each respective Fund (“Taxable Subsidiaries”). The US Subsidiaries enable the Funds to hold investments in operating companies and satisfy Regulated Investment Company (“RIC”) tax requirements. Income earned and gains realized on the investments held by the US Subsidiaries are taxable to such subsidiaries. The Luxembourg Subsidiaries hold shares of private Canadian companies. These shares are held in the Luxembourg Subsidiaries in order to realize benefits under the Double Tax Avoidance Convention between Canada and Luxembourg, the result of which is gains on the sale of such shares will not be subject to capital gains taxes in Canada. Income earned on the investments held by the Taxable Subsidiaries may be taxable to such subsidiaries in Luxembourg. A tax provision for income, if any, is shown as income tax in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. A tax provision for income from realized and unrealized gains, if any, is included as a reduction of realized and unrealized gain (loss) in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Each Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in the US Subsidiary. Intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. Both the US and Luxembourg Subsidiaries are subject to the same investment policies and restrictions that apply to 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 determine the fair value of their financial instruments at market value using independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by the Board. The Global Valuation Committee is the committee formed by management to develop global pricing policies and procedures and to provide oversight of the pricing function for the Funds for all financial instruments.

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. Asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities are valued by independent pricing services using models that consider estimated cash flows of each tranche of the security, establish a benchmark yield and develop an estimated tranche specific spread to the benchmark yield based on the unique attributes of the tranche. 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.

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 price. If no bid 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.

 

                
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In the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that 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 by the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, 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 Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, 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 Global Valuation Committee deem relevant consistent with the principles of fair value measurement, which include the market approach, income approach and/or in the case of recent investments, the cost approach, as appropriate. A market approach generally consists of using comparable market transactions. The income approach generally is used to discount future cash flows to present value and adjusted for liquidity as appropriate. These factors include but are not limited to: (i) attributes specific to the investment or asset; (ii) the principal market for the investment or asset; (iii) the customary participants in the principal market for the investment or asset; (iv) data assumptions by market participants for the investment or asset, if reasonably available; (v) quoted prices for similar investments or assets in active markets; and (vi) other factors, such as future cash flows, interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks, recovery rates, liquidation amounts and/or default rates. Due to the inherent uncertainty of valuations of such investments, the fair values may differ from the values that would have been used had an active market existed. The Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, employs various methods for calibrating valuation approaches for investments where an active market does not exist, including regular due diligence of each Fund’s pricing vendors, a regular review of key inputs and assumptions, transactional back-testing or disposition analysis to compare unrealized gains and losses to realized gains and losses, reviews of missing or stale prices and large movements in market values and reviews of any market related activity. The pricing of all Fair Value Assets is subsequently reported to the Board or a committee thereof on a quarterly basis.

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 affect the value of such instruments materially, those instruments may be Fair Value Assets and be valued at their fair value, as determined in good faith by the Global Valuation Committee using a pricing service and/or policies approved by the Board.

Foreign Currency: 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 that 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 not segregated in the Consolidated 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. In addition, the Funds may have to subsequently reinvest the proceeds at lower interest rates. If the Funds have 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.

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.

 

                
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Preferred Stock: The Funds may invest in preferred stock. 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 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 the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), 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 the 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.

Segregation and Collateralization: In cases in which the 1940 Act and the interpretive positions of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) require that each Fund either deliver collateral or segregate assets in connection with certain investments (e.g., financial futures contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, options written or swaps), or certain borrowings (e.g., loan payable), each Fund 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, a fund engaging in such transactions may have requirements to deliver/deposit securities to/with an exchange or broker-dealer 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. 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. The portion of distributions that exceeds a Fund’s current and accumulated earnings and profits, which are measured on a tax basis, will constitute a nontaxable return of capital. Distributions in excess of a Fund’s taxable income and net capital gains, but not in excess of a Fund’s earnings and profits, will be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income and will not constitute a nontaxable return of capital. Capital losses carried forward from years beginning before 2011 do not reduce earnings and profits, even if such carried forward losses offset current year realized gains. The character and timing of dividends and distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from US GAAP.

Income Taxes: It is the Funds’ policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to RICs and

 

                
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to distribute substantially all of their taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.

The Funds file US federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on the Funds US federal tax returns remains open for each of the four years ended February 28, 2013. The statutes of limitations on the Funds’ 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 Standards: In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued guidance that will expand current disclosure requirements on the offsetting of certain assets and liabilities. The new disclosures will be required for investments and derivative financial instruments subject to master netting or similar agreements, which are eligible for offset in the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities and will require an entity to disclose both gross and net information about such investments and transactions in the financial statements. In January 2013, the FASB issued guidance that clarifies which investments and transactions are subject to the offsetting disclosure requirements. The scope of the disclosure requirements for offsetting will be limited to derivative instruments, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements, and securities borrowing and securities lending transactions. The guidance is effective for financial statements with fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Management is evaluating the impact of this guidance on the Funds’ consolidated financial statement disclosures.

Deferred Compensation Plan: Under the Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) approved by each Fund’s Board, the 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 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 Plan is not funded and obligations thereunder represent general unsecured claims against the general assets of each Fund. Deferred compensation liabilities are included in officer’s and directors’ fees payable in the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities and will remain as a liability of the Funds until such amounts are distributed in accordance with the Plan.

Other: Expenses directly related to a Fund 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 custodians whereby fees may be reduced by credits earned on uninvested cash balances, which, if applicable, are shown as fees paid indirectly in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The custodians impose 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/or to economically hedge, or protect, their exposure to certain risks such as credit risk, equity risk, interest rate risk or foreign currency exchange rate 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 and not the counterparty to perform. Counterparty risk related to exchange-traded financial futures contracts, options and centrally cleared swaps 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, 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 a Funds’ net assets decline by a stated percentage or the Fund fails to meet the terms of their 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 value of equity securities (equity risk). Financial futures contracts are agreements between the Fund and a 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, financial 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

 

                
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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 variation margin 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 Fund, help to manage the overall exposure to the currencies, in which some of the investments held by the Fund 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 the 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 equity risk, interest rate risk and/or commodity price 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 (write) 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 holds 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 Fund and a counterparty agree either to make periodic net payments on a specified notional amount or a net payment upon termination. Swap agreements are privately negotiated in the OTC market and may be entered into as a bilateral contract or centrally cleared (“centrally cleared swaps”). In a centrally cleared swap, immediately following execution of the swap agreement, the swap agreement is novated to a central counterparty (the “CCP”) and the Fund faces the CCP through a future commission merchant. Unlike a bilateral swap agreement, for centrally cleared swaps, the Fund has no credit exposure to the counterparty as the CCP stands between the Fund and the counterparty. These payments received or made by the Funds are recorded in the Consolidated 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 are shown as swap premiums paid and swap premiums received, respectively, in the Consolidated Statements of Assets and 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). The daily change in valuation of centrally cleared swaps, if any, is recorded as a receivable or payable for variation margin in the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities. 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 Consolidated 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.

 

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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 their 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 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 protection buyer pays fixed periodic payments to the seller in consideration for a guarantee from the protection 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 agree-

 

                
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ments 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.

 

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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, 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 February 28, 2013  
    Asset Derivatives  
         COY      CYE      DSU      ARK  
     Consolidated Statements of Assets and
Liabilities Location
  Value  

Foreign currency exchange contracts

  Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts   $ 949,539       $ 1,022,011       $ 928,123       $ 20,204   

Credit contracts

  Unrealized appreciation on swaps; swap premiums paid     920,445         961,946         273,098           

Equity contracts

  Investments at value-unaffiliated1     1,960         2,140                   

Total

    $ 1,871,944       $ 1,986,097       $ 1,201,221       $ 20,204   
                                      
    Liability Derivatives  
         COY      CYE      DSU      ARK  
     Consolidated Statements of Assets and
Liabilities Location
  Value  

Foreign currency exchange contracts

  Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts   $ (5,376                        

Credit contracts

  Unrealized depreciation on swaps; swap premiums received     (1,191,444    $ (1,243,146    $ (1,172,885    $ (54,622

Equity contracts.

  Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation2; Options written at value     (110,025      (118,483                

Total

    $ (1,306,845    $ (1,361,629    $ (1,172,885    $ (54,622

 

  1   

Includes options purchased at value as reported in the Consolidated Schedules of Investments.

 

  2   

Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation on financial futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, as reported in the Consolidated Schedules of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

                
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The Effect of Derivative Financial Instruments in the Consolidated Statements of Operations

Year Ended February 28, 2013

 
    Net Realized Gain (Loss) From  
     COY     CYE     DSU     ARK  
Interest rate contracts:        

Options1

  $ 15,600      $ 17,025                 
Foreign currency exchange contracts:        

Foreign currency transactions

    (956,437     (896,788   $ (908,737   $ (27,092
Credit contracts:        

Swaps

    976,481        1,005,453        (302,636     (298,156
Equity contracts:        

Financial futures contracts

    (785,888     (831,838         

Options1

    (85,225     (117,671               
Total   $ (835,469   $ (823,819   $ (1,211,373   $ (325,248
       
     Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation on  
     COY     CYE     DSU     ARK  
Foreign currency exchange contracts:        

Foreign currency translations

  $ 1,850,606      $ 1,953,019      $ 1,678,148      $ 33,113   
Credit contracts:        

Swaps

    445,683        476,087        270,624        (1,286
Equity contracts:        

Financial futures contracts

    198,467        195,269                 

Options1

    202,288        216,531                 
Total   $ 2,697,044      $ 2,840,906      $ 1,948,772      $ 31,827   

 

1 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 February 28, 2013, the average quarterly balances of outstanding derivative financial instruments were as follows:

  

  

     COY     CYE     DSU     ARK  
Financial futures contracts:        

Average number of contracts sold

    75        80                 

Average notional value of contracts purchased

                           

Average notional value of contracts sold

  $ 5,231,278      $ 5,549,471                 
Foreign currency exchange contracts:        

Average number of contracts-US dollars purchased

    12        12        10        1   

Average number of contracts-US dollars sold

    3        4        3        1   

Average US dollar amounts purchased

  $ 30,405,883      $ 31,187,252      $ 29,041,340      $ 496,106   

Average US dollar amounts sold

  $ 1,188,869      $ 1,467,047      $ 1,838,468      $ 117,742   
Options:        

Average number of option contracts purchased

    227        245                 

Average number of option contracts written

    185        199                 

Average notional value of option contracts purchased

  $ 2,629,529      $ 2,828,664                 

Average notional value of option contracts written

  $ 2,257,000      $ 2,424,750                 

Average number of swaption contracts written

    1        1                 

Average notional value of swaption contracts written

  $ 2,285,000      $ 2,483,750                 
Credit default swaps:        

Average number of contracts-buy protection

    7        7                 

Average number of contracts-sell protection

    19        17        4        1   

Average notional value-buy protection

  $ 1,872,750      $ 2,030,250                 

Average notional value-sell protection

  $ 10,052,806      $ 10,650,518      $ 4,246,114      $ 2,404,689   

 

                
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3. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates:

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”) is the largest stockholder and an affiliate, for 1940 Act purposes of, BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”).

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 based on a percentage of each Fund’s average daily net assets, plus the proceeds of any outstanding borrowings used for leverage, at the following annual rates:

 

COY

    0.50

CYE

    0.60

DSU

    0.60

ARK

    0.50

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 in connection with each Fund’s investment in other affiliated investment companies, if any. This amount is shown as fees waived by Manager in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The Manager provides investment management and other services to the Taxable Subsidiaries. The Manager does not receive separate compensation from the Subsidiaries for providing investment management or administrative services. However, each Fund pays the Manager based on the Fund’s net assets, which includes the assets of the Taxable Subsidiaries.

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.

Certain officers and/or Directors of the Funds are officers and/or directors of BlackRock or its affiliates. The Funds reimburse the Manager for a portion of compensation paid to the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer, which is included in officer and directors in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

4. Investments:

Purchases and sales of investments including paydowns and excluding short-term securities for the year ended February 28 2013, were as follows:

 

     Purchases     Sales  

COY

  $ 294,490,098      $ 259,606,492   

CYE

  $ 323,394,677      $ 289,790,688   

DSU

  $ 541,107,169      $ 468,550,432   

ARK

  $ 264,457,713      $ 224,419,691   

 

Transactions in options written for the year ended February 28, 2013 were as follows:

 

     Calls  
        COY               CYE  
          Notional
Amount
(000)
   

Premiums

Received

             

Notional

Amount

(000)

    Premiums
Received
 

Outstanding options, beginning of year

                               

Options written

  $ 4,050      $ 27,540          $ 4,400      $ 29,920   

Options exercised

                               

Options expired

                               

Options closed

                               
   

 

 

       

 

 

 

Outstanding options, end of year

  $ 4,050      $ 27,540          $ 4,400      $ 29,920   
   

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

     Puts  
    COY          CYE  
     Contracts    

Notional

Amount

(000)

   

Premiums

Received

         Contracts    

Notional

Amount

(000)

    

Premiums

Received

 

Outstanding options, beginning of year

    1,075             $ 76,897          1,140              $ 81,580   

Options written

    3,240      $ 5,090        303,371          3,295      $ 5,535         316,255   

Options exercised

                                            

Options expired

           (1,040     (15,600              (1,135      (17,025

Options closed

    (4,315            (293,793       (4,435              (303,810
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Outstanding options, end of year

         $ 4,050      $ 70,875               $ 4,400       $ 77,000   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

                
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5. Income Tax Information:

US GAAP require 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 February 28, 2013 attributable to the accounting for swap agreements, amortization methods on fixed income securities, foreign currency transactions, the sale of stock of passive foreign investment companies, income recognized from pass-through entities and the expiration of capital loss carryforwards were reclassified to the following accounts:

 

     COY     CYE     DSU     ARK  

Paid-in capital

         $ (51   $ (21,126,025       

Undistributed net investment income

  $ (774,016   $ (1,095,569   $ (2,475,721   $ 343,324   

Accumulated net realized loss

  $ 774,016      $ 1,095,620      $ 23,601,746      $ (343,324

The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal years ended February 28, 2013 and February 29, 2012 was as follows:

 

            COY     CYE     DSU     ARK  

Ordinary income

    2/28/13      $ 21,373,512      $ 25,164,743      $ 36,132,115      $ 18,272,730   
    2/29/12        21,290,884        23,502,064        34,943,170        18,750,192   

Total

    2/28/13      $ 21,373,512      $ 25,164,743      $ 36,132,115      $ 18,272,730   
    2/29/12      $ 21,290,884      $ 23,502,064      $ 34,943,170      $ 18,750,192   

As of February 28, 2013, the tax components of accumulated net losses were as follows:

 

     COY     CYE     DSU     ARK  

Undistributed ordinary income

  $ 6,244,497      $ 4,183,401      $ 3,582,827      $ 3,648,198   

Capital loss carryforwards

    (50,429,432     (46,093,702     (260,658,770     (109,332,689

Net unrealized gains (losses)1

    9,355,878        11,626,529        (25,504,109     2,646,066   

Qualified late-year losses2

                  (2,778,562       
 

 

 

 

Total

  $ (34,829,057   $ (30,283,772   $ (285,358,614   $ (103,038,425
 

 

 

 

 

1   

The differences between book-basis and tax-basis net unrealized gains (losses) were attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales, amortization methods for premiums and discounts on fixed income securities, the accrual of income on securities in default, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains/losses on certain futures and foreign currency contracts, the timing and recognition of partnership income, the accounting for swap agreements, investments in passive foreign investment companies, the classification of settlement proceeds, the deferral of compensation to directors and investments in wholly owned subsidiaries.

 

2   

The fund has elected to defer certain qualified late year losses and recognize such losses in the year ended February 28, 2014.

As of February 28, 2013, the Funds had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains through the indicated expiration dates as follows:

 

Expires February 28,   COY     CYE     DSU     ARK  

2014

                $ 20,233,987      $ 4,906,362   

2015

                  3,578,574        1,585,622   

2017

  $ 14,106,195      $ 12,258,925        56,690,782        27,675,242   

2018

    36,323,237        33,834,777        148,062,952        60,685,648   

2019

                  16,301,990        9,564,345   

No expiration date3

                  15,790,485        4,915,470   
 

 

 

 

Total

  $ 50,429,432      $ 46,093,702      $ 260,658,770      $ 109,332,689   
 

 

 

 
3   

Must be utilized prior to losses subject to expiration.

During the year ended February 28, 2013, the funds listed below utilized the following amounts of their respective capital loss carryover:

 

 

COY

  $ 9,710,366   

CYE

  $ 10,417,038   

DSU

      

ARK

  $ 1,713,582   

 

As of February 28, 2013, gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

     COY     CYE     DSU     ARK  

Tax cost

  $ 365,968,205      $ 409,558,458      $ 728,463,300      $ 361,978,170   
 

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

  $ 21,196,807      $ 23,886,415      $ 31,292,184      $ 14,208,466   

Gross unrealized depreciation

    (13,097,649     (13,255,807     (53,019,459     (9,309,497
 

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

  $ 8,099,158      $ 10,630,608      $ (21,727,275   $ 4,898,969   
 

 

 

 

 

                
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6. Borrowings:

Effective March 3, 2011, the Funds were party to 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 Funds have granted a security interest in substantially all of their assets to SSB. The SSB Agreement allowed for the following maximum commitment amounts:

 

     

Commitment

Amounts

 

COY

   $ 126,600,000   

CYE

   $ 138,000,000   

DSU

   $ 224,500,000   

ARK

   $ 117,500,000   

Advances were made by SSB to the Funds, at the Funds’ option of (a) the higher of (i) 0.80% above the Fed Funds rate and (ii) 0.80% above LIBOR or (b) 0.80% above 7-day, 30-day, 60-day or 90-day LIBOR.

Effective March 2, 2012, the SSB Agreement was renewed for an additional 364 days. The SSB Agreement allows for the following maximum commitment amounts:

 

     

Commitment

Amounts

 

COY

   $ 126,600,000   

CYE

   $ 138,000,000   

DSU

   $ 224,500,000   

ARK

   $ 117,500,000   

Advances were made by SSB to the Funds, at the Funds’ option of (a) the higher of (i) 0.75% above the Fed Funds rate and (ii) 0.75% above the Overnight LIBOR or (b) 0.75% above 7-day, 30-day, 60-day or 90-day LIBOR.

On March 1, 2013, the SSB Agreement was renewed and amended from a 364-day revolving line of credit to a 360-day rolling facility whereby SSB may elect to terminate its commitment upon 360-days written notice to the Funds at any time after February 24, 2014. The SSB Agreement allows for the following maximum commitment amounts:

 

     

Commitment

Amounts

 

COY

   $ 132,000,000   

CYE

   $ 144,000,000   

DSU

   $ 231,000,000   

ARK

   $ 122,000,000   

Advances will be made by SSB to the Funds, at the Funds’ 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 Funds pay a facility fee and utilization fee (based on the daily unused portion of the commitments). The commitment fees are waived if the Funds meet certain conditions. The fees associated with each of the agreements are included in the Consolidated Statements of Operations as borrowing costs. Advances to the Funds as of February 28, 2013 are shown in the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities as loan payable. Based on the short-term nature of the borrowings under the line of credit and the variable interest rate, the carrying amount of the borrowings approximates fair value.

For the year ended February 28, 2013, the daily weighted average interest rates for Funds with loans under the revolving credit agreements were as follows:

 

COY

     0.94

CYE

     0.94

DSU

     0.94

ARK

     0.94

7. Commitments:

The Funds may invest in floating rate loan interests. In connection with these investments, the Funds may also enter into unfunded floating rate loan interests and bridge loan commitments (“commitments”). Bridge loan commitments may obligate the Funds to furnish temporary financing to a borrower until permanent financing can be arranged. As of February 28, 2013, the Funds had no outstanding bridge loan commitments.

In connection with either of these commitments, the Funds earn a commitment fee, typically set as a percentage of the commitment amount. Such fee income, which is included in interest income in the Consolidated Statements of Operations, is recognized ratably over the commitment period. Commitment fees received in advance and unrecognized are recorded on the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities as deferred income. Unfunded floating rate loan interests are marked-to-market daily, and any unrealized appreciation or depreciation is included in the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities and Consolidated Statements of Operations. As for February 28, 2013, the Funds had the following unfunded floating rate loan interests:

 

     Borrower     Unfunded
Floating
Rate Loan
Interest
    Value of
Underlying
Floating
Rate Loan
Interest
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

DSU

    Leslie’s Poolmart, Inc.      $ 21,520      $ 21,757      $ 237   

ARK

    Leslie’s Poolmart, Inc.      $ 11,280      $ 11,404      $ 124   

8. Concentration, Market and Credit Risk:

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

 

                
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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 Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Funds.

9. Capital Share Transactions:

Each Fund is authorized to issue 200 million 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.

For the years ended February 28, 2013 and February 29, 2012, shares issued and outstanding increased by the following amounts as a result of dividend reinvestment:

 

     Year Ended
February 28,
2013
   

Year Ended

February 29,
2012

 

COY

    148,225        102,019   

CYE

    132,113        53,550   

DSU

    394,680        195,440   

ARK

    191,128        55,454   

10. Subsequent Events:

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

Each Fund paid a net investment income dividend on March 28, 2013 to Common Shareholders of record on March 15, 2013 as follows:

 

    

Common

Dividend

Per Share

 

COY

  $ 0.0510   

CYE

  $ 0.0525   

DSU

  $ 0.0270   

ARK

  $ 0.0250   

Additionally, the Funds declared a net investment income dividend on April 1, 2013 payable to Common Shareholders of record on April 15, 2013 for the same amounts noted above.

 

                
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm      

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc.,

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc.,

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc., and

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc.:

We have audited the accompanying consolidated statements of assets and liabilities, including the consolidated schedules of investments, of BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc., BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc., BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. and BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (the “Funds”), as of February 28, 2013, and the related consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for the year then ended, the consolidated statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the consolidated 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 the securities owned as of February 28, 2013, by correspondence with the custodian, 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 consolidated financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc., BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc., BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. and BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. as of February 28, 2013, the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for the year then ended, the consolidated changes in their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the consolidated 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

April 26, 2013

 

Important Tax Information (Unaudited)      

The following information is provided with respect to the ordinary income distributions paid by the Funds during the fiscal year ended February 28, 2013.

 

          Interest-Related Dividends for Non-US Residents1  
          COY     CYE          DSU     ARK  

Month(s) Paid:

         
  March 2012     48.44     43.45       98.27     64.57
  April 2012     48.44     81.84       77.96     64.57
  May 2012     81.86     81.84       77.96     83.57
  June 2012 — January 2013     94.06     81.84       77.96     92.56
  February 2013     32.73     51.38       76.45     54.12

 

          Qualified Dividend Income for
Individuals
         Dividends Qualifying for the
Dividend Received Deduction  for
Corporations
 
          COY     CYE          COY     CYE  

Month(s) Paid:

         
  March 2012 — January 2013     5.25     5.45       5.25     5.45
    February 2013     0.51     0.74         0.51     0.74
  1   

Represents the portion of the taxable ordinary income dividends eligible for exemption from US withholding tax for nonresident aliens and foreign corporations.

 

                
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Automatic Dividend Reinvestment Plan     

 

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 name 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 participant’s accounts, depending upon the following circumstances, either (i) through receipt of unissued but authorized shares from the Funds (“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 acquired 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 in COY and CYE that request a sale of shares are subject to a $2.50 sales fee and a $0.15 per share fee. Per share fees include any applicable brokerage commissions the Reinvestment Plan Agent is required to pay. Participants in DSU and ARK that request a sale of shares are subject to a $0.02 per share sold brokerage commission. All correspondence concerning the Reinvestment Plan should be directed to Computershare Trust Company, N.A. through the internet at http://www.computershare.com/blackrock, or in writing to Computershare, P.O. Box 43078, Providence, RI 02940-3078, Telephone: (800) 699-1236. 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; Director, Arch Chemical (chemical and allied products) from 1999 to 2011; 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.   93 RICs consisting of
89 Portfolios
  None

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; Investment Banker at Morgan Stanley from 1976 to 1987.   93 RICs consisting of
89 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 Religious (non-profit) since 2009; Director, National Advisory Board of Church Management at Villanova University since 2010.   93 RICs consisting of
89 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.   93 RICs consisting of
89 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.   93 RICs consisting of
89 Portfolios
  The McClatchy
Company
(publishing);
BellSouth (tele-
communications);
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 JPMorgan & Co., Inc. from 1990 to 1995.   93 RICs consisting of
89 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.   93 RICs consisting of
89 Portfolios
  BlackRock Kelso
Capital Corp.
(business develop-
ment company)

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.   93 RICs consisting of
89 Portfolios
  ADP (data and information services); KKR Financial Corporation (finance); Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (insurance)

 

                
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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)                    

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.   93 RICs consisting of
89 Portfolios
  None
 

1   Directors serve until their resignation, removal or death, or until December 31 of the year in which they turn 72. The maximum age limitation may be waived as to any Director by action of a majority of the Directors upon finding good cause thereof. In 2011 and 2012, the Board of Directors unanimously approved extending the mandatory retirement age for James T. Flynn by additional one-year periods, which the Board believes would be in the best interest of shareholders.

 

2   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 certain Directors as joining the Funds’ board in 2007, those Directors first became members of the boards 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 of BlackRock and Head of U.S. Mutual Funds since 2011; Chair of the U.S. Mutual Funds Committee reporting to the Global Executive Committee since 2011; Head of BlackRock’s Real Estate business from 2008 to 2011; Member of BlackRock’s Global Operating and Corporate Risk Management Committees and of 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.   155 RICs consisting of
280 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.   155 RICs consisting of
280 Portfolios
  None
 

3  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. The maximum age limitation may be waived as to any Director by action of a majority of the Directors upon finding a good cause thereof.

 

                
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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 Services 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; Chief Marketing Officer of BlackRock since 2012; 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 from 2009 to 2012; Chief Operating Officer of BlackRock’s U.S. 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 U.S. Retail Group since 2009; and Co-head thereof from 2007 to 2009; Vice President of BlackRock from 2005 to 2008.

Robert W. Crothers

 

55 East 52nd Street

New York, NY 10055

 

1981

  Vice
President
  Since
2012
  Director of BlackRock since 2011; Vice President of BlackRock from 2008 to 2010; Associate of BlackRock from 2006 to 2007.

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 (U.S.) 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.

Janey Ahn

 

55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055

 

1975

  Secretary   Since
2012
  Director of BlackRock since 2009; Vice President of BlackRock from 2008 to 2009; Assistant Secretary of the Funds from 2008 to 2012; Associate at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP from 2006 to 2008.
 

1   Officers of the Funds serve at the pleasure of the Board.

   

2   Ms. Ackerley was President and Chief Executive Officer from 2009 to 2011.

 

Investment Advisor

BlackRock Advisors, LLC
Wilmington, DE 19809

 

Transfer Agent

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
Canton, MA 02021

 

Accounting Agent

State Street Bank and Trust Company
Boston, MA 02110

  

Legal Counsel

Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Meagher & Flom LLP
New York, NY 10036

Sub-Advisor

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
New York, NY 10055

 

Custodians

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.3
New York, NY 10017

 

State Street Bank and

Trust Company4

Boston, MA 02110

 

The Bank of New York Mellon5
New York, NY 10286

 

Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm

Deloitte & Touche LLP
Boston, MA 02116

  

Address of the Funds

100 Bellevue Parkway Wilmington, DE 19809

 

  3  

For COY.

  4  

For CYE.

  5  

For DSU and ARK.

 

                
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Additional Information     

 

Regulation Regarding Derivatives

 

Effective December 31, 2012, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) adopted certain regulatory changes that subject registered investment companies and advisers to registered investment companies to regulation by the CFTC if a fund invests more than a prescribed level of its net assets in CFTC-regulated futures, options and swaps (“CFTC Derivatives”), or if the fund markets itself as providing investment exposure to such instruments. To the extent a Fund uses CFTC-regulated futures, options and swaps, it intends to do so below such prescribed levels and will not market itself as a “commodity pool” or a vehicle for trading such instruments. Accordingly, BlackRock Advisors, LLC has claimed an exclusion from the definition of the term “commodity pool operator” under the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”) pursuant to Rule 4.5 under the CEA. BlackRock Advisors, LLC is not, therefore, subject to registration or regulation as a “commodity pool operator” under the CEA in respect of each Fund.

A Fund may also have investments in “underlying funds” not advised by BlackRock (which for purposes of the no-action letter referenced below may include certain securitized vehicles and/or mortgage REITS that may invest in CFTC Derivatives). BlackRock Advisors, LLC has no transparency into the holdings of these underlying funds because they are not advised by BlackRock. To address this issue of lack of transparency, the CFTC staff issued a no-action letter on November 29, 2012 permitting the adviser of a fund that invests in such underlying funds and that would otherwise have filed a claim of exclusion pursuant to Rule 4.5, to delay registration as a “commodity pool operator” until June 30, 2013 or six months from the date in which the CFTC issues additional guidance on the treatment of CFTC Derivatives held by underlying funds. BlackRock Advisors, LLC, the adviser of the Funds, has filed a claim with the CFTC to rely on this no-action relief.

 

Fund Certification

 

Certain Funds are listed for trading on the NYSE and have filed with the NYSE their annual chief executive officer certification regarding compliance with the NYSE’s listing standards. The Funds filed 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

 

Each Fund’s dividend policy is to distribute all or a portion of its net investment income to its shareholders on a monthly basis. In order to provide shareholders with a more stable level of dividend distributions, 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 portion of dividend distributions that exceeds a Fund’s current and accumulated earnings and profits, which are measured on a tax basis, will constitute a nontaxable return of capital. Dividend distributions in excess of a Fund’s taxable income and net capital gains, but not in excess of a Fund’s earnings and profits, will be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income and will not constitute a nontaxable return of capital. The Funds’ current accumulated but undistributed net investment income, if any, is disclosed in the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities, which comprises part of the financial information included in this report.

 

General Information

 

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’ charters or by-laws that would delay or prevent a change of control of the Funds that were not approved by 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.

 

                
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Additional Information (concluded)     

 

General Information (concluded)

 

Electronic Delivery

Electronic copies of most financial reports are available on the Funds’ website 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.

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

Please contact your financial advisor to enroll. 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) 882-0052.

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) 882-0052.

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) 882-0052; (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) 882-0052 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 as well as certain other material information as necessary from time to time. Investors and others are advised to periodically check the website for updated performance information and the release of other material information about the Funds. This reference to BlackRock’s website is intended to allow investors public access to information regarding the Funds and does not, and is not intended to, incorporate BlackRock’s website in this report.

 

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 have leveraged their Common Shares, which creates risks for Common Shareholders, including the likelihood of greater volatility of net asset value and market price of the 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 Debt

Strategies Fund, Inc.

  $67,338   $66,200   $0   $0   $25,100   $34,100   $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

   $2,865,000    $2,970,000

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.

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.,

 

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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 Debt Strategies

Fund, Inc.

   $25,100    $34,100  

Additionally, SSAE 16 Review (Formerly, SAS No. 70) fees for the current and previous fiscal years of $2,865,000 and $2,970,000, 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.

 

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(b) Not Applicable due to no such divestments during the semi-annual period covered since the previous Form N-CSR filing.

 

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 February 28, 2013.

 

(a)(1) The Fund is managed by a team of investment professionals comprised of Leland T. Hart, Managing Director at BlackRock, James E. Keenan, Managing Director at BlackRock, and C. Adrian Marshall, Director at BlackRock. Messrs. Hart, Keenan and Marshall are the Fund’s co-portfolio managers and are responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio and the selection of its investments. Messrs. Hart, Keenan and Marshall have been members of the Fund’s management team since 2009.

 

Portfolio Manager    Biography     
Leland T. Hart    Managing Director of BlackRock since 2009; Partner of R3 Capital Partners (“R3”) in 2009; Managing Director of R3 from 2008 to 2009; Managing Director of Lehman Brothers from 2006 to 2008; Executive Director of Lehman Brothers from 2003 to 2006.     
James E. Keenan   

Managing Director of BlackRock since 2008 and Head of the Leveraged Finance Portfolio team; Director of BlackRock from 2006 to 2007.

 

    
C. Adrian Marshall   

Managing Director of BlackRock since 2007; Vice President of BlackRock from 2004 to 2007.

 

    

 

 

(a)(2) As of February 28, 2013:

 

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(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

Leland T. Hart

  7   16   13   0   7   0
    $3.72 Billion   $3.74 Billion   $3.23 Billion   $0   $1.52 Billion   $0

James E. Keenan

  19   20   27   0   7   4
    $16.07 Billion   $10.57 Billion   $6.7 Billion   $0   $1.52 Billion   $571.8 Million

C. Adrian Marshall

  7   16   13   0   7   0
    $3.72 Billion   $3.74 Billion   $3.23 Billion   $0   $1.52 Billion   $0

(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. Hart, Keenan and Marshall 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. Hart, Keenan and Marshall 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

 

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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.

(a)(3) As of February 28, 2013:

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 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. With respect to these portfolio managers, such benchmarks for the Fund and other accounts include the following:

 

Portfolio Manager   Applicable Benchmarks

Leland T. Hart

C. Adrian Marshall

  A combination of market-based indices (e.g., S&P Leveraged All Loan Index), certain customized indices and certain fund industry peer groups.
James Keenan   A combination of market-based indices (e.g., The Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Cap Index), certain customized indices and certain fund industry peer groups.

Distribution of Discretionary Incentive Compensation

 

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    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 portion of the discretionary incentive compensation, when combined with base salary, represents more than 60% of total compensation for the portfolio managers. Paying a portion of discretionary incentive compensation in BlackRock 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 discretionary incentive compensation 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. Hart, Keenan and Marshall have unvested long-term incentive awards.

    Deferred Compensation Program — A portion of the compensation paid to eligible United States-based BlackRock employees may be voluntarily deferred at their election for defined periods of time into an account that tracks the performance of certain of the firm’s investment products. Any portfolio manager who is either a managing director or director at BlackRock is eligible to participate in the deferred compensation program.

    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 up to the Internal Revenue Service limit ($255,000 for 2013). The RSP offers a range of investment options, including registered investment companies and collective investment funds managed by the firm. BlackRock, Inc. contributions follow the investment direction set by participants for their own contributions or, absent participant investment direction, are invested into a 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 of common stock or a dollar value of $25,000 based on its fair market value on the Purchase Date. Messrs. Hart, Keenan and Marshall are each eligible to participate in these plans.

(a)(4) Beneficial Ownership of Securities – As of February 28, 2013.

 

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Portfolio Manager  

Dollar Range of Equity Securities

of the Fund Beneficially Owned

Leland Hart   None
James Keenan   $10,001 - $50,000
Adrian Marshall   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 Debt Strategies Fund, Inc.
  By:      

/s/ John M. Perlowski                          

    John M. Perlowski
    Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
    BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc.

Date: May 1, 2013

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 Debt Strategies Fund, Inc.
  Date: May 1, 2013
  By:      

/s/ Neal J. Andrews                             

    Neal J. Andrews
    Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of
    BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc.
  Date: May 1, 2013

 

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