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UNITEDSTATES
SECURITIESANDEXCHANGECOMMISSION
Washington,D.C.20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-21566

Name of Fund: BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust (BGT)

Fund Address: 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

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

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

Date of fiscal year end: 10/31/2011

Date of reporting period: 04/30/2011

Item 1 – Report to Stockholders




April 30, 2011

Semi-Annual Report (Unaudited)

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

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

} BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III (BPP)

} BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV (BTZ)

} BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust (BGT)

Not FDIC Insured • No Bank Guarantee • May Lose Value



Table of Contents   
  Page 
Dear Shareholder  3 
Semi-Annual Report:   
Fund Summaries  4 
The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging  14 
Derivative Financial Instruments  15 
Financial Statements:   
Schedules of Investments  16 
Statements of Assets and Liabilities  48 
Statements of Operations  49 
Statements of Changes in Net Assets  50 
Statements of Cash Flows  53 
Financial Highlights  54 
Notes to Financial Statements  59 
Officers and Directors  70 
Additional Information  71 

 

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Dear Shareholder

Time and again, we have seen how various global events and developing trends can have significant influence on financial markets. I hope you find
that the following review of recent market conditions provides additional perspective on the performance of your investments as you read this
shareholder report.

Over the past 12 months, we have seen a sluggish, stimulus-driven economic recovery at long last gain real traction, accelerate, and transition into a
consumption-driven expansion. For the most part, 2010 was plagued with widely fluctuating economic data, but as the year drew to a close, it became
clear that cyclical stimulus had beaten out structural problems as economic data releases generally became more positive and financial markets showed
signs of continuing improvement. Although the sovereign debt crisis in Europe and high inflation in developing markets that troubled the global economy
in 2010 remain challenges today, overall investor confidence has improved considerably. During the first four months of 2011, that confidence was shaken
by political turmoil in the Middle East/North Africa region, soaring prices of oil and other commodities, tremendous natural disasters in Japan and a
change in the ratings outlook for US debt. However, strong corporate earnings prevailed and financial markets resumed their course while the global
economy continued to garner strength.

Equity markets experienced uneven growth and high volatility in 2010, but ended the year with gains. Following a strong start to 2011, the series of confi-
dence-shaking events brought spurts of heightened volatility to markets worldwide, but was not enough to derail the bull market. Overall, global equities
posted strong returns over the past 12 months. Emerging market equities, which had outperformed developed markets earlier in the period, fell prey to
heightened inflationary pressures and underperformed developed markets later in the period. In the United States, strong corporate earnings and positive
signals from the labor market were sources of encouragement for equity investors, although the housing market did not budge from its slump. Early in
2011, the US Federal Reserve announced that it would continue its Treasury purchase program (“QE2”) through to completion and keep interest rates low
for an extended period. This compelled investors to continue buying riskier assets, furthering the trend of small cap stocks outperforming large caps.

While fixed income markets saw yields trend lower (pushing bond prices higher) through most of 2010, the abrupt reversal in investor sentiment and risk
tolerance in the fourth quarter drove yields sharply upward. Global credit markets were surprisingly resilient in the face of recent headwinds and yields
regained relative stability as the period came to a close. Yield curves globally remained steep by historical standards and higher-risk sectors continued
to outperform higher-quality assets. The tax-exempt municipal market enjoyed a powerful rally during the period of low yields in 2010, but when that
trend reversed, the market was dealt an additional blow as it became evident that the Build America Bond program would not be extended. Meanwhile,
municipal finance troubles raised credit concerns among investors and tax-exempt mutual funds experienced heavy outflows, resulting in wider spreads
and falling prices. The new year brought relief from these headwinds and a steady rebound in the tax-exempt municipal market.

Cash investments, as represented by the 3-month Treasury bill, returned only a fraction over 0% for the 12-month period as short-term interest rates
remained low. Yields on money market securities remain near all-time lows.

Risk Assets Rallied on Growing Investor Confidence: Total Returns as of April 30, 2011  6-month  12-month 
US large cap equities (S&P 500® Index)  16.36%  17.22% 
US small cap equities (Russell 2000® Index)  23.73  22.20 
International equities (MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index)  12.71  19.18 
Emerging market equities (MSCI Emerging Markets Index)  9.74  20.67 
3-month Treasury bill (BofA Merrill Lynch 3-Month Treasury Bill Index)  0.09  0.17 
US Treasury securities (BofA Merrill Lynch 10-Year US Treasury Index)  (3.85)  6.37 
US investment grade bonds (Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond Index)  0.02  5.36 
Tax-exempt municipal bonds (Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index)  (1.68)  2.20 
US high yield bonds (Barclays Capital US Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index)  6.18  13.32 
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Index performance shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.   

 

While no one can peer into a crystal ball and eliminate the uncertainties presented by the economic landscape and financial markets, BlackRock can
offer investors the next best thing: partnership with the world’s largest asset management firm that delivers consistent long-term investment results with
fewer surprises. For additional market perspective and investment insight, visit www.blackrock.com/shareholdermagazine, where you’ll find the most
recent issue of our award-winning Shareholder® magazine, as well as its quarterly companion newsletter, Shareholder Perspectives. As always, we thank
you for entrusting BlackRock with your investments, and we look forward to your continued partnership in the months and years ahead.


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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2011 BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc.

Fund Overview

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

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

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?
For the six months ended April 30, 2011, the Fund returned (0.82)%
based on market price and 3.73% based on net asset value (“NAV”).
For the same period, the closed-end Lipper Corporate Debt Funds
(BBB-Rated) category posted an average return of (0.45)% based on
market price and 2.46% based on NAV. All returns reflect reinvestment
of dividends. The Fund's discount to NAV, which widened during the
period, accounts for the difference between performance based on
price and performance based on NAV. The following discussion relates
to performance based on NAV.

What factors influenced performance?
The primary driver of the Fund’s positive performance was its allocation
to high yield corporate credit, as the sector broadly rallied during the
period on improving fundamentals and continued signs of economic
recovery in the United States. Also contributing positively was the
Fund’s allocation and security selection within investment grade corpo-
rate credit. In particular, an allocation to capital securities, including
trust preferreds and hybrid securities, had a positive impact due to a
technical rally in that space sparked by the favorable outcome of finan-
cial regulatory reform. Within the industrials sector, the Fund’s prefer-
ence for media cable and media non-cable as well as wireless names
boosted returns as these industries performed well during the period.
The Fund also benefited from reducing its portfolio duration (sensitivity
to interest rates) in the first half of the period, as interest rates rose fol-
lowing the announcement from the US Federal Reserve that it would
implement a second round of quantitative easing.

Conversely, the Fund’s shorter duration bias hurt performance in the
later half of the period when interest rates turned lower on rising oil
prices and the disastrous earthquake in Japan. In addition, as the yield
curve steepened near the end of 2010 and into early 2011, the Fund’s
yield curve-flattening bias (fewer holdings of short-dated bonds in favor
of longer-dated bonds) detracted from performance. Lastly, the Fund’s
financials and utilities holdings had a negative impact as both sectors
underperformed for the six-month period.

Describe recent portfolio activity.
During the six-month period, the Fund increased exposure to high yield
corporate credit in order to position itself to benefit from the positive
effects of an accommodative monetary policy fueling an economic
recovery and improving corporate fundamentals.

Describe Fund positioning at period end.
The Fund maintained diversified exposure across investment grade
and high yield corporate credits with a quality bias toward lower-quality
investment grade issues. The Fund ended the period with a smaller
allocation to financials in favor of the industrials and utilities sectors,
and a relatively short duration bias.

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 Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc.

Fund Information   
Symbol on New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”)  PSW 
Initial Offering Date  August 1, 2003 
Yield on Closing Market Price as of April 30, 2011 ($9.28)1  6.40% 
Current Monthly Distribution per Common Share2  $0.0495 
Current Annualized Distribution per Common Share2  $0.5940 
Leverage as of April 30, 20113  25% 
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 reverse repurchase agreements as a percentage of total managed assets, which is the total assets of the Fund (including any assets attributable to any borrowings) 
minus the sum of liabilities (other than borrowings representing financial leverage). For a discussion of leveraging techniques utilized by the Fund, please see The Benefits and Risks 
of Leveraging on page 14.   

 

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

  4/30/11  10/31/10  Change  High  Low 
Market Price  $ 9.28  $ 9.67  (4.03)%  $ 9.89  $ 8.52 
Net Asset Value  $10.79  $10.75  0.37%  $10.85  $10.24 

 

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

Portfolio Composition     
  4/30/11  10/31/10 
Corporate Bonds  77%  69% 
Preferred Securities  20  16 
U.S. Treasury Obligations  1  14 
Asset Backed Securities  1   
Taxable Municipal Bonds  1  1 

 

Credit Quality Allocations4     
  4/30/11  10/31/10 
AAA5  1%  14% 
AA/Aa  12  10 
A  22  23 
BBB/Baa  40  38 
BB/Ba  14  12 
B  7  1 
CCC/Caa  2   
Not Rated  2  2 
4 Using the higher of Standard & Poor’s (“S&P’s”) or Moody’s Investors Service 
(“Moody’s”) ratings.     
5 Includes US Treasury obligations that are deemed AAA by the investment advisor. 

 

SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011  5 

 



Fund Summary as of April 30, 2011 BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc.

Fund Overview

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


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

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?
For the six months ended April 30, 2011, the Fund returned 0.29%
based on market price and 3.73% based on NAV. For the same period,
the closed-end Lipper Corporate Debt Funds (BBB-Rated) category
posted an average return of (0.45)% based on market price and 2.46%
based on NAV. All returns reflect reinvestment of dividends. The Fund's
discount to NAV, which widened during the period, accounts for the dif-
ference between performance based on price and performance based
on NAV. The following discussion relates to performance based on NAV.

What factors influenced performance?
The primary driver of the Fund’s positive performance was its allocation
to high yield corporate credit, as the sector broadly rallied during the
period on improving fundamentals and continued signs of economic
recovery in the United States. Also contributing positively was the
Fund’s allocation and security selection within investment grade corpo-
rate credit. In particular, an allocation to capital securities, including
trust preferreds and hybrid securities, had a positive impact due to a
technical rally in that space sparked by the favorable outcome of finan-
cial regulatory reform. Within the industrials sector, the Fund’s prefer-
ence for media cable and media non-cable as well as wireless names
boosted returns as these industries performed well during the period.
The Fund also benefited from reducing its portfolio duration (sensitivity
to interest rates) in the first half of the period, as interest rates rose fol-
lowing the announcement from the US Federal Reserve that it would
implement a second round of quantitative easing.

Conversely, the Fund’s shorter duration bias hurt performance in the
later half of the period when interest rates turned lower on rising oil
prices and the disastrous earthquake in Japan. In addition, as the yield
curve steepened near the end of 2010 and into early 2011, the Fund’s
yield curve-flattening bias (fewer holdings of short-dated bonds in favor
of longer-dated bonds) detracted from performance. Lastly, the Fund’s
financials and utilities holdings had a negative impact as both sectors
underperformed for the six-month period.

Describe recent portfolio activity.
During the six-month period, the Fund increased exposure to high yield
corporate credit in order to position itself to benefit from the positive
effects of an accommodative monetary policy fueling an economic
recovery and improving corporate fundamentals.

Describe Fund positioning at period end.
The Fund maintained diversified exposure across investment grade and
high yield corporate credits with a quality bias toward lower-quality
investment grade issues. The Fund ended the period with a smaller allo-
cation to financials in favor of the industrials and utilities sectors, and a
relatively short duration bias.

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.

6  SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011 

 



BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc.

Fund Information   
Symbol on NYSE  PSY 
Initial Offering Date  March 28, 2003 
Yield on Closing Market Price as of April 30, 2011 ($10.08)1  6.37% 
Current Monthly Distribution per Common Share2  $0.0535 
Current Annualized Distribution per Common Share2  $0.6420 
Leverage as of April 30, 20113  25% 
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 reverse repurchase agreements as a percentage of total managed assets, which is the total assets of the Fund (including any assets attributable to any borrowings) 
minus the sum of liabilities (other than borrowings representing financial leverage). For a discussion of leveraging techniques utilized by the Fund, please see The Benefits and Risks 
of Leveraging on page 14.   

 

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

  4/30/11  10/31/10  Change  High  Low 
Market Price  $10.08  $10.39  (2.98)%  $10.60  $ 9.23 
Net Asset Value  $11.63  $11.59  0.35%  $11.70  $11.01 

 

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

Portfolio Composition     
  4/30/11  10/31/10 
Corporate Bonds  76%  64% 
Preferred Securities  21  19 
U.S. Treasury Obligations  1  16 
Taxable Municipal Bonds  1  1 
Asset Backed Securities  1   

 

Credit Quality Allocations4     
  4/30/11  10/31/10 
AAA5  1%  16% 
AA/Aa  9  7 
A  23  21 
BBB/Baa  41  42 
BB/Ba  16  12 
B  7  1 
CCC/Caa  2   
Not Rated  1  1 
4 Using the higher of S&P’s or Moody’s ratings.     
5 Includes US Treasury obligations that are deemed AAA by the investment advisor. 

 

SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011  7 

 



Fund Summary as of April 30, 2011 BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III

Fund Overview

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

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

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?
For the six months ended April 30, 2011, the Fund returned (1.30)%
based on market price and 3.95% based on NAV. For the same period,
the closed-end Lipper Corporate Debt Funds (BBB-Rated) category
posted an average return of (0.45)% based on market price and 2.46%
based on NAV. All returns reflect reinvestment of dividends. The Fund's
discount to NAV, which widened during the period, accounts for the dif-
ference between performance based on price and performance based
on NAV. The following discussion relates to performance based on NAV.

What factors influenced performance?
The primary driver of the Fund’s positive performance was its allocation
to high yield corporate credit, as the sector broadly rallied during the
period on improving fundamentals and continued signs of economic
recovery in the United States. Also contributing positively was the
Fund’s allocation and security selection within investment grade corpo-
rate credit. In particular, an allocation to capital securities, including
trust preferreds and hybrid securities, had a positive impact due to a
technical rally in that space sparked by the favorable outcome of finan-
cial regulatory reform. Within the industrials sector, the Fund’s prefer-
ence for media cable and media non-cable as well as wireless names
boosted returns as these industries performed well during the period.
The Fund also benefited from reducing its portfolio duration (sensitivity
to interest rates) in the first half of the period, as interest rates rose fol-
lowing the announcement from the US Federal Reserve that it would
implement a second round of quantitative easing.

Conversely, the Fund’s shorter duration bias hurt performance in the
later half of the period when interest rates turned lower on rising oil
prices and the disastrous earthquake in Japan. In addition, as the yield
curve steepened near the end of 2010 and into early 2011, the Fund’s
yield curve-flattening bias (fewer holdings of short-dated bonds in favor
of longer-dated bonds) detracted from performance. Lastly, the Fund’s
financials and utilities holdings had a negative impact as both sectors
underperformed for the six-month period.

Describe recent portfolio activity.
During the six-month period, the Fund increased exposure to high yield
corporate credit in order to position itself to benefit from the positive
effects of an accommodative monetary policy fueling an economic
recovery and improving corporate fundamentals.

Describe Fund positioning at period end.
The Fund maintained diversified exposure across investment grade and
high yield corporate credits with a quality bias toward lower-quality
investment grade issues. The Fund ended the period with a smaller
allocation to financials in favor of the industrials and utilities sectors,
and a relatively short duration bias.

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.

8  SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011 

 



BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III

Fund Information   
Symbol on NYSE  BPP 
Initial Offering Date  February 28, 2003 
Yield on Closing Market Price as of April 30, 2011 ($10.74)1  6.03% 
Current Monthly Distribution per Common Share2  $0.054 
Current Annualized Distribution per Common Share2  $0.648 
Leverage as of April 30, 20113  19% 
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 reverse repurchase agreements as a percentage of total managed assets, which is the total assets of the Fund (including any assets attributable to any borrowings) 
minus the sum of liabilities (other than borrowings representing financial leverage). For a discussion of leveraging techniques utilized by the Fund, please see The Benefits and Risks 
of Leveraging on page 14.   

 

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

  4/30/11  10/31/10  Change  High  Low 
Market Price  $10.74  $11.23  (4.36)%  $11.31  $10.01 
Net Asset Value  $12.50  $12.41  0.73%  $12.50  $11.79 

 

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

Portfolio Composition     
  4/30/11  10/31/10 
Corporate Bonds  78%  72% 
Preferred Securities  20  18 
Taxable Municipal Bonds  1  1 
U.S. Treasury Obligations  1  9 

 

Credit Quality Allocations4     
  4/30/11  10/31/10 
AAA5  1%  9% 
AA/Aa  10  8 
A  18  26 
BBB/Baa  43  40 
BB/Ba  16  14 
B  9  1 
CCC/Caa  2  1 
Not Rated  1  1 
4 Using the higher of S&P’s or Moody’s ratings.     
5 Includes US Treasury obligations that are deemed AAA by the investment advisor. 

 

SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011  9 

 



Fund Summary as of April 30, 2011 BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV

Fund Overview

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

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

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?
For the six months ended April 30, 2011, the Fund returned (1.74)%
based on market price and 3.15% based on NAV. For the same period,
the closed-end Lipper Corporate Debt Funds (BBB-Rated) category
posted an average return of (0.45)% based on market price and 2.46%
based on NAV. All returns reflect reinvestment of dividends. The Fund's
discount to NAV, which widened during the period, accounts for the dif-
ference between performance based on price and performance based
on NAV. The following discussion relates to performance based on NAV.

What factors influenced performance?
The primary driver of the Fund’s positive performance was its allocation
to high yield corporate credit, as the sector broadly rallied during the
period on improving fundamentals and continued signs of economic
recovery in the United States. Also contributing positively was the
Fund’s allocation and security selection within investment grade corpo-
rate credit. In particular, an allocation to capital securities, including
trust preferreds and hybrid securities, had a positive impact due to a
technical rally in that space sparked by the favorable outcome of finan-
cial regulatory reform. Within the industrials sector, the Fund’s prefer-
ence for media cable and media non-cable as well as wireless names
boosted returns as these industries performed well during the period.
The Fund also benefited from reducing its portfolio duration (sensitivity
to interest rates) in the first half of the period, as interest rates rose fol-
lowing the announcement from the US Federal Reserve that it would
implement a second round of quantitative easing.

Conversely, the Fund’s shorter duration bias hurt performance in the
later half of the period when interest rates turned lower on rising oil
prices and the disastrous earthquake in Japan. In addition, as the yield
curve steepened near the end of 2010 and into early 2011, the Fund’s
yield curve-flattening bias (fewer holdings of short-dated bonds in favor
of longer-dated bonds) detracted from performance. Lastly, the Fund’s
financials and utilities holdings had a negative impact as both sectors
underperformed for the six-month period.

Describe recent portfolio activity.
During the six-month period, the Fund increased exposure to high yield
corporate credit in order to position itself to benefit from the positive
effects of an accommodative monetary policy fueling an economic
recovery and improving corporate fundamentals.

Describe Fund positioning at period end.
The Fund maintained diversified exposure across investment grade
and high yield corporate credits with a quality bias toward lower-quality
investment grade issues. The Fund ended the period with a smaller
allocation to financials in favor of the industrials and utilities sectors,
and a relatively short duration bias.

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.

10  SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011 

 



BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV

Fund Information   
Symbol on NYSE  BTZ 
Initial Offering Date  December 27, 2006 
Yield on Closing Market Price as of April 30, 2011 ($12.36)1  6.70% 
Current Monthly Distribution per Common Share2  $0.069 
Current Annualized Distribution per Common Share2  $0.828 
Leverage as of April 30, 20113  21% 
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 reverse repurchase agreements as a percentage of total managed assets, which is the total assets of the Fund (including any assets attributable to any borrowings) 
minus the sum of liabilities (other than borrowings representing financial leverage). For a discussion of leveraging techniques utilized by the Fund, please see The Benefits and Risks 
of Leveraging on page 14.   

 

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

  4/30/11  10/31/10  Change  High  Low 
Market Price  $12.36  $13.02  (5.07)%  $13.20  $11.66 
Net Asset Value  $14.41  $14.46  (0.35)%  $14.56  $13.69 

 

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

Portfolio Composition     
  4/30/11  10/31/10 
Corporate Bonds  73%  64% 
Preferred Securities  22  19 
U.S. Treasury Obligations  2  15 
Taxable Municipal Bonds  2  2 
Asset Backed Securities  1   

 

Credit Quality Allocations4     
  4/30/11  10/31/10 
AA/Aa  7%  11% 
A  26  22 
BBB/Baa  40  44 
BB/Ba  15  19 
B  7  2 
CCC/Caa  2   
Not Rated  3  2 
4 Using the higher of S&P’s or Moody’s ratings.     

 

SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011  11 

 



Fund Summary as of April 30, 2011 BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust

Fund Overview

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

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

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?
For the six months ended April 30, 2011, the Fund returned 12.37%
based on market price and 6.49% based on NAV. For the same period,
the closed-end Lipper Loan Participation Funds category posted an
average return of 11.45% based on market price and 6.56% based on
NAV. All returns reflect reinvestment of dividends. The Fund's premium
to NAV, which widened during the period, accounts for the difference
between performance based on price and performance based on NAV.
The following discussion relates to performance based on NAV.

What factors influenced performance?
The main driver of positive performance for the period was the Fund’s
allocation (approximately 10% of the portfolio) to high yield bonds, as
the asset class outperformed Floating Rate Loan Interests (bank loans).
In addition, the Fund maintained its level of leverage at or above the
Lipper category average, which benefited the Fund’s performance rela-
tive to its peer group competitors that do not employ leverage, as would
be expected when markets are advancing.

As a matter of investment style, the Fund holds a considerable alloca-
tion to foreign bonds (approximately 30% of the portfolio). Many of
those non-US issuers have investment grade credit quality ratings,
such as Gazprom (Russia), which underperformed the Fund’s high
yield bond holdings.

The Fund uses foreign currency exchange contracts to manage currency
risk in the portfolio. The net effect of the contracts duing the period
was negative.

Describe recent portfolio activity.
During the six-month period, the Fund decreased its exposure to higher-
quality high yield credits and increased exposure to high yield credits
with mid-range quality ratings as the economy gradually expanded and
a robust new-issue market provided greater access to attractive oppor-
tunities. Relative to its competitors, the Fund continues to maintain a
bias towards higher-quality and more liquid borrowers, sectors and loan
structures, particularly as loan prices generally are approaching par.

Describe Fund positioning at period end.
At period end, the Fund held 85% of its total portfolio in bank loans
and 15% in fixed-rate bonds, primarily high yield, with the remainder
invested in a mix of convertible bonds, preferred securities, equities and
cash. The Fund ended the period with leverage at approximately 31% of
its total managed assets.

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

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BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust

Fund Information   
Symbol on NYSE  BGT 
Initial Offering Date  August 30, 2004 
Yield on Closing Market Price as of April 30, 2011 ($15.65)1  5.94% 
Current Monthly Distribution per Common Share2  $0.0775 
Current Annualized Distribution per Common Share2  $0.9300 
Leverage as of April 30, 20113  31% 
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 the loan outstanding as a percentage of total managed assets, which is the total assets of the Fund (including any assets attributable to any borrowings) minus the sum 
of liabilities (other than borrowings representing financial leverage). For a discussion of leveraging techniques utilized by the Fund, please see The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging 
on page 14.   

 

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

  4/30/11  10/31/10  Change  High  Low 
Market Price  $15.65  $14.52  7.78%  $17.00  $14.04 
Net Asset Value  $14.79  $14.48  2.14%  $14.80  $14.35 

 

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

Portfolio Composition     
  4/30/11  10/31/10 
Floating Rate Loan Interests  85%  79% 
Corporate Bonds  11  16 
Foreign Agency Obligations  2  4 
Other Interests  1  1 
Asset Backed Securities  1   

 

Credit Quality Allocations4     
  4/30/11  10/31/10 
AA/Aa  3%   
A  9  4% 
BBB/Baa  10  21 
BB/Ba  21  23 
B  37  29 
CCC/Caa    1 
Not Rated  20  225 
4 Using the higher of S&P’s or Moody’s ratings.     
5 The investment advisor has deemed certain of these non-rated securities to be of 
investment grade quality. As of October 31, 2010, the market value of these securi- 
ties was $606,918 representing 1% of the Fund's long-term investments.   

 

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The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging

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

The Funds may utilize leverage by borrowing through a credit facility or
entering into reverse repurchase agreements. PSW, PSY, BPP, BTZ and BGT
had auction market preferred shares (“Preferred Shares”) issuances out-
standing during the six-month period ended April 30, 2011. In general, the
concept of leveraging is based on the premise that the 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 Common Shareholders
will benefit from the incremental net income.

The interest earned on securities purchased with the proceeds from lever-
age is paid to Common Shareholders in the form of dividends, and the
value of these portfolio holdings is reflected in the per share NAV of each
Fund’s Common Shares. However, in order to benefit Common 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 Common Shareholders will be lower than if the
Funds had not used leverage.

To illustrate these concepts, assume a Fund’s capitalization is $100 million
and it borrows an additional $30 million, creating a total value of $130 mil-
lion 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 cost 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 cost and interest expense of the
borrowings is significantly lower than the income earned on the Fund’s
long-term investments, and therefore the Common 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 on
the Common Shares will be reduced or eliminated completely. Furthermore,
if prevailing short-term interest rates rise above long-term interest rates of
6%, the yield curve has a negative slope. In this case, the Fund pays divi-
dends on the higher short-term interest rates whereas the Fund’s total
portfolio earns income based on lower long-term interest rates.

Furthermore, the value of a Fund’s 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 each Fund’s NAV
positively or negatively in addition to the impact on Fund performance from
leverage and borrowings discussed above.

The use of leverage may enhance opportunities for increased income to the
Funds and Common Shareholders, but as described above, it also creates
risks as short or long-term interest rates fluctuate. Leverage also will gener-
ally 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, each 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 Common 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 abil-
ity 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 Common Shareholders and may reduce
income to the Common Shares.

Under the Investment Company Act of 1940, each Fund is permitted to bor-
row up to 33 1 / 3 % of its total managed assets. Under normal circumstances,
each Fund anticipates that the total economic leverage from reverse repur-
chase agreements and credit facility borrowings will not exceed 33 1 / 3 % of its
total managed assets at the time such leverage is incurred. As of April 30,
2011, the Funds had economic leverage from reverse repurchase agree-
ments and/or credit facility borrowings as a percentage of their total man-
aged assets as follows:

  Percent of 
  Leverage 
PSW  25% 
PSY  25% 
BPP  19% 
BTZ  21% 
BGT  31% 

 

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Derivative Financial Instruments

The Funds may invest in various derivative financial instruments, including
financial futures contracts, swaps, options and foreign currency exchange
contracts, as specified in Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements,
which may constitute forms of economic leverage. Such instruments are
used to obtain exposure to a market without owning or taking physical cus-
tody of securities or to hedge market, equity, credit, foreign currency
exchange rate, interest rate and/or other risks. Such derivative financial
instruments involve risks, including the imperfect correlation between the
value of a derivative instrument and the underlying asset, possible default
of the counterparty to the transaction or illiquidity of the derivative instru-
ment. The Funds’ ability to use a derivative 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 inop-
portune times or for distressed values, may limit the amount of apprecia-
tion 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 dis-
cussed in detail in the Notes to Financial Statements.

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BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc. (PSW)
Schedule of Investments
April 30, 2011 (Unaudited)
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

  Par   
Asset-Backed Securities  (000)  Value 
Atrium CDO Corp., Series 5A, Class A4,     
2.83%, 7/20/20 (a)(b)  $ 650  $ 542,750 
SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2004-B, Class A2,     
0.51%, 6/15/21 (b)  573  558,562 
Total Asset-Backed Securities — 1.0%    1,101,312 
Corporate Bonds     
Aerospace & Defense — 1.8%     
BE Aerospace, Inc., 8.50%, 7/01/18  560  624,400 
Bombardier, Inc., 7.75%, 3/15/20 (a)  720  801,900 
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (a):     
6.88%, 3/15/18  90  94,725 
7.13%, 3/15/21  90  94,725 
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.,     
10.00%, 6/01/17 (a)  342  375,345 
    1,991,095 
Airlines — 0.9%     
American Airlines Pass-Through Trust, Series 2011-1,     
Class A, 5.25%, 7/31/22  325  315,250 
Continental Airlines Pass-Through Certificates,     
Series 2009-2, Class B, 9.25%, 5/10/17  356  375,789 
Delta Air Lines, Inc., Series 02G1, 6.72%, 7/02/24  294  297,722 
    988,761 
Auto Components — 0.7%     
Icahn Enterprises LP:     
7.75%, 1/15/16  200  206,000 
8.00%, 1/15/18  500  516,250 
    722,250 
Beverages — 0.5%     
Constellation Brands, Inc., 7.25%, 5/15/17  460  501,400 
Building Products — 0.5%     
Building Materials Corp. of America (a):     
7.00%, 2/15/20  85  88,613 
6.75%, 5/01/21  270  273,712 
Nortek, Inc., 10.00%, 12/01/18 (a)  220  235,400 
    597,725 
Capital Markets — 4.1%     
Ameriprise Financial, Inc., 5.30%, 3/15/20  750  810,774 
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 6.25%, 2/01/41 (c)  1,050  1,077,214 
Macquarie Bank Ltd., 6.63%, 4/07/21 (a)(c)  525  543,407 
Morgan Stanley, 5.75%, 1/25/21 (c)  1,025  1,066,167 
UBS AG (c):     
2.25%, 1/28/14  375  379,631 
5.88%, 7/15/16  650  714,591 
    4,591,784 
Chemicals — 0.4%     
CF Industries, Inc., 7.13%, 5/01/20  250  286,250 
Omnova Solutions, Inc., 7.88%, 11/01/18 (a)  170  174,250 
    460,500 
Commercial Banks — 8.4%     
Amsouth Bank, 4.85%, 4/01/13  200  203,739 
Associated Banc-Corp., 5.13%, 3/28/16  515  524,774 
BNP Paribas, 3.60%, 2/23/16 (c)  1,020  1,037,168 
Branch Banking & Trust Co. (b):     
1.00%, 9/13/16  250  241,091 
1.00%, 5/23/17  150  140,613 

 

    Par   
Corporate Bonds    (000)  Value 
Commercial Banks (concluded)       
CIT Group, Inc., 6.63%, 4/01/18 (a)  $ 378  $ 406,034 
City National Corp., 5.25%, 9/15/20    550  560,534 
Comerica, Inc., 3.00%, 9/16/15    550  553,027 
Credit Agricole SA, 8.38%, 10/29/49 (a)(b)(c)(d)    350  382,375 
Discover Bank, 8.70%, 11/18/19    300  368,905 
Fifth Third Bamcorp, 3.63%, 1/25/16    650  659,479 
HSBC Holdings Plc, 5.10%, 4/05/21 (c)    1,300  1,338,016 
KeyCorp, 5.10%, 3/24/21    180  184,359 
Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, 4.88%, 1/21/16    200  209,937 
Regions Financial Corp.:       
4.88%, 4/26/13    600  610,877 
5.75%, 6/15/15    460  473,800 
SVB Financial Group, 5.38%, 9/15/20    550  546,967 
Societe Generale, 5.20%, 4/15/21 (a)    700  706,093 
SunTrust Banks, Inc., 3.60%, 4/15/16    200  202,578 
      9,350,366 
Commercial Services & Supplies — 3.8%       
Aviation Capital Group Corp. (a):       
7.13%, 10/15/20 (c)    2,200  2,280,823 
6.75%, 4/06/21    550  554,306 
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., 7.75%, 2/15/19 (a)    149  152,352 
Clean Harbors, Inc., 7.63%, 8/15/16    306  327,420 
Corrections Corp. of America, 7.75%, 6/01/17    775  848,625 
Mobile Mini, Inc., 7.88%, 12/01/20 (a)    65  69,063 
      4,232,589 
Communications Equipment — 1.2%       
Avaya, Inc.:       
9.75%, 11/01/15    200  206,500 
7.00%, 4/01/19 (a)    125  123,750 
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., 6.88%, 1/15/20  700  761,250 
CC Holdings GS V LLC, 7.75%, 5/01/17 (a)    220  243,100 
      1,334,600 
Construction Materials — 0.2%       
Inversiones CMPC SA, 4.75%, 1/19/18 (a)    200  197,334 
Consumer Finance — 5.6%       
American Express Credit Corp., 2.75%, 9/15/15 (c)    1,400  1,395,572 
Capital One Bank USA NA, 8.80%, 7/15/19    775  992,535 
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 7.00%, 4/15/15    100  109,829 
Inmarsat Finance Plc, 7.38%, 12/01/17 (a)    520  549,900 
SLM Corp., 6.25%, 1/25/16    3,050  3,234,049 
      6,281,885 
Containers & Packaging — 1.5%       
Ball Corp.:       
7.13%, 9/01/16    400  436,000 
6.75%, 9/15/20    505  531,512 
Bemis Co., Inc., 6.80%, 8/01/19    200  230,622 
Crown Americas LLC, 6.25%, 2/01/21 (a)    200  205,500 
Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., 6.75%, 12/01/14  135  137,869 
Rock-Tenn Co., 9.25%, 3/15/16    75  81,750 
      1,623,253 
Diversified Financial Services — 6.0%       
Ally Financial, Inc.:       
4.50%, 2/11/14    225  227,250 
8.30%, 2/12/15    390  438,750 
8.00%, 11/01/31    470  529,925 
Bank of America Corp., 3.63%, 3/17/16    1,175  1,180,968 
Citigroup, Inc., 4.59%, 12/15/15    225  238,108 
General Electric Capital Corp., 5.30%, 2/11/21 (c)    1,125  1,167,338 
Moody’s Corp., 6.06%, 9/07/17    2,500  2,575,147 

 

  Portfolio Abbreviations         
To simplify the listings of portfolio holdings in the Schedules of  CAD  Canadian Dollar  GO  General Obligation Bonds 
Investments, the names of many of the securities have been  CHF  Swiss Franc  LIBOR  London InterBank Offered Rate 
abbreviated according to the following list:  EUR  Euro  RB  Revenue Bonds 
    FKA  Formerly Known As  USD  US Dollar 
    GBP  British Pound     
See Notes to Financial Statements.         
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BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc. (PSW)
Schedule of Investments (continued)
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

  Par   
Corporate Bonds  (000)  Value 
Diversified Financial Services (concluded)     
Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc. (a):     
6.88%, 2/15/21  $ 155  $ 159,844 
8.25%, 2/15/21  190  193,088 
    6,710,418 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 4.7%     
AT&T, Inc., 6.30%, 1/15/38  1,000  1,054,861 
Level 3 Financing, Inc.:     
8.75%, 2/15/17  390  403,650 
10.00%, 2/01/18  130  140,400 
9.38%, 4/01/19 (a)  210  223,125 
Qwest Corp., 8.38%, 5/01/16  390  463,125 
Telecom Italia Capital SA, 6.18%, 6/18/14  225  245,394 
Telefonica Emisiones SAU, 5.46%, 2/16/21  310  321,752 
Verizon Communications, Inc.:     
1.95%, 3/28/14 (c)  875  882,521 
7.35%, 4/01/39  925  1,107,538 
Windstream Corp., 7.88%, 11/01/17  400  432,000 
    5,274,366 
Electric Utilities — 1.0%     
Progress Energy, Inc., 7.00%, 10/30/31  1,000  1,166,797 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments     
& Components — 0.8%     
Jabil Circuit, Inc., 8.25%, 3/15/18  200  229,500 
NXP BV, 3.05%, 10/15/13 (b)  700  696,500 
    926,000 
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.9%     
Ensco Plc, 4.70%, 3/15/21  460  464,427 
Frac Tech Services LLC, 7.13%, 11/15/18 (a)  85  90,525 
Key Energy Service, Inc., 6.75%, 3/01/21  175  179,812 
MEG Energy Corp., 6.50%, 3/15/21 (a)  225  230,906 
    965,670 
Food & Staples Retailing — 2.5%     
CVS Caremark Corp., 6.30%, 6/01/62 (b)  800  792,000 
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 6.20%, 4/15/38  1,825  2,017,103 
    2,809,103 
Food Products — 1.0%     
Blue Merger Sub, Inc., 7.63%, 2/15/19 (a)  100  102,375 
Kraft Foods, Inc.:     
6.50%, 8/11/17  385  446,565 
6.13%, 8/23/18  390  442,247 
Smithfield Foods, Inc., 10.00%, 7/15/14  86  101,910 
    1,093,097 
Gas Utilities — 0.1%     
Targa Resources Partners LP, 6.88%, 2/01/21 (a)  115  114,425 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.5%     
Boston Scientific Corp.:     
4.50%, 1/15/15  51  53,492 
6.40%, 6/15/16  45  50,412 
5.13%, 1/12/17  181  190,419 
7.38%, 1/15/40  690  798,000 
Fresenius US Finance II, Inc., 9.00%, 7/15/15 (a)  500  573,125 
    1,665,448 
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.7%     
Aetna, Inc., 6.75%, 12/15/37  800  910,806 
Aviv Healthcare Properties LP, 7.75%, 2/15/19 (a)  105  110,775 
HCA, Inc.:     
8.50%, 4/15/19  125  138,750 
7.25%, 9/15/20  195  209,625 
Tenet Healthcare Corp.:     
10.00%, 5/01/18  350  406,000 
8.88%, 7/01/19  250  282,500 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 6.88%, 2/15/38  800  919,714 
    2,978,170 
Household Durables — 0.3%     
Cemex Espana Luxembourg, 9.25%, 5/12/20 (a)  365  373,212 

 

    Par   
Corporate Bonds    (000)  Value 
IT Services — 0.5%       
First Data Corp. (a):       
7.38%, 6/15/19  $ 170  $ 173,187 
8.25%, 1/15/21    40  39,800 
12.63%, 1/15/21    275  301,469 
      514,456 
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.7%     
AES Corp., 9.75%, 4/15/16    235  272,012 
Energy Future Intermediate Holding Co. LLC,       
10.00%, 12/01/20    345  370,903 
NRG Energy, Inc., 8.25%, 9/01/20    115  121,038 
      763,953 
Insurance — 7.0%       
The Allstate Corp., 7.45%, 5/16/19    900  1,084,129 
American International Group, Inc.,       
6.40%, 12/15/20 (c)(d)    410  448,547 
Aon Corp., 5.00%, 9/30/20 (c)    1,600  1,642,432 
Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., Ltd.,       
7.25%, 12/31/49 (a)(b)(d)    138  138,609 
Forethough Financial Group, 8.63%, 4/15/21 (a)    250  251,894 
Genworth Financial, Inc., 7.63%, 9/24/21    225  231,090 
Lincoln National Corp., 6.25%, 2/15/20 (c)    800  898,462 
Manulife Financial Corp., 4.90%, 9/17/20 (c)    1,000  1,001,433 
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance,       
6.06%, 3/30/40 (a)(c)    900  967,536 
Principal Financial Group, Inc., 8.88%, 5/15/19    225  288,098 
Prudential Financial, Inc., 6.63%, 12/01/37 (c)    800  892,352 
      7,844,582 
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.9%       
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., 8.00%, 9/15/16    865  962,312 
Life Technologies Corp., 6.00%, 3/01/20    1,000  1,095,219 
      2,057,531 
Machinery — 1.1%       
Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding Co., Ltd.,       
9.50%, 4/15/14    800  963,298 
Navistar International Corp., 8.25%, 11/01/21    230  256,450 
      1,219,748 
Media — 8.2%       
CSC Holdings LLC:       
8.50%, 6/15/15    400  436,500 
8.63%, 2/15/19    275  316,938 
Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc.,       
10.50%, 1/15/15 (a)    365  375,037 
Comcast Corp., 6.30%, 11/15/17    800  919,931 
Cox Communications, Inc., 8.38%, 3/01/39 (a)    800  1,056,769 
DISH DBS Corp., 7.00%, 10/01/13    450  486,000 
DirectTV Holdings LLC, 5.00%, 3/01/21    600  615,563 
Gannett Co., Inc., 9.38%, 11/15/17    450  506,250 
Intelsat Bermuda Ltd. (e):       
11.50%, 2/04/17 (a)    60  65,700 
11.50%, 2/04/17    90  98,550 
Kabel BW Erste Beteiligungs GmbH,       
7.50%, 3/15/19 (a)    230  235,750 
News America, Inc., 6.15%, 3/01/37    950  970,810 
Time Warner Cable, Inc., 6.75%, 6/15/39    925  1,005,415 
Time Warner, Inc., 7.70%, 5/01/32    950  1,145,338 
UPC Germany GmbH, 8.13%, 12/01/17 (a)    240  253,800 
Virgin Media Secured Finance Plc, 6.50%, 1/15/18    600  657,000 
      9,145,351 
Metals & Mining — 2.0%       
Alcoa, Inc., 5.40%, 4/15/21    580  588,913 
Freeport-McMoRan Corp., 7.13%, 11/01/27    700  744,669 
JMC Steel Group, 8.25%, 3/15/18 (a)    75  78,563 
Novelis, Inc., 8.75%, 12/15/20    240  268,200 
Teck Resources Ltd., 10.75%, 5/15/19    400  511,520 
United States Steel Corp., 7.38%, 4/01/20    40  42,200 
      2,234,065 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.     
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011  17 

 



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

  Par   
Corporate Bonds  (000)  Value 
Multi-Utilities — 1.5%     
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.:     
5.95%, 2/01/17  $ 750  $ 825,322 
6.50%, 5/01/18  775  877,166 
    1,702,488 
Multiline Retail — 1.3%     
Dollar General Corp., 10.63%, 7/15/15  750  802,500 
JC Penney Co., Inc., 5.65%, 6/01/20  700  698,250 
    1,500,750 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 7.6%     
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.:     
5.95%, 9/15/16  289  322,810 
6.38%, 9/15/17  10  11,295 
BP Capital Markets Plc (c):     
3.88%, 3/10/15  350  367,096 
3.20%, 3/11/16  425  428,451 
Buckeye Partners LP, 4.88%, 2/01/21  225  228,908 
Chesapeake Energy Corp., 6.13%, 2/15/21  770  795,025 
Consol Energy, Inc., 6.38%, 3/01/21 (a)  195  195,975 
Copano Energy LLC, 7.13%, 4/01/21  130  133,250 
Denbury Resources, Inc., 6.38%, 8/15/21  135  139,050 
Enbridge Energy Partners LP, 9.88%, 3/01/19  475  627,478 
Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc., 7.75%, 6/15/19 (a)  240  245,400 
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 6.65%, 4/15/18  1,000  1,160,801 
Forest Oil Corp., 7.25%, 6/15/19  105  109,200 
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, 6.85%, 2/15/20  1,000  1,164,871 
Linn Energy LLC, 7.75%, 2/01/21 (a)  245  262,456 
Marathon Petroleum Corp., 3.50%, 3/01/16 (a)  325  329,307 
ONEOK Partners LP, 8.63%, 3/01/19  800  1,018,774 
Oasis Petroleum, Inc., 7.25%, 2/01/19 (a)  90  90,900 
Petrobras International Finance Co., 3.88%, 1/27/16  350  354,822 
Range Resources Corp., 6.75%, 8/01/20  200  214,000 
SM Energy Co., 6.63%, 2/15/19 (a)  115  118,738 
SandRidge Energy, Inc., 7.50%, 3/15/21 (a)  170  178,925 
    8,497,532 
Paper & Forest Products — 2.5%     
Georgia-Pacific LLC, 8.25%, 5/01/16 (a)  785  890,975 
International Paper Co.:     
7.50%, 8/15/21  775  925,046 
7.30%, 11/15/39  800  913,506 
    2,729,527 
Pharmaceuticals — 7.6%     
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., 5.88%, 11/15/36  892  981,919 
GlaxoSmithKline Capital, Inc., 6.38%, 5/15/38 (c)  1,690  1,933,384 
Merck & Co., Inc. (c):     
6.50%, 12/01/33  475  565,756 
6.55%, 9/15/37  1,504  1,788,824 
Pfizer, Inc., 7.20%, 3/15/39  2,500  3,157,112 
    8,426,995 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.9%     
AvalonBay Communities, Inc., 6.10%, 3/15/20  800  903,629 
ERP Operating LP, 5.75%, 6/15/17  800  896,113 
HCP, Inc., 5.38%, 2/01/21  250  259,864 
    2,059,606 
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%     
Realogy Corp., 7.88%, 2/15/19 (a)  160  161,600 
Road & Rail — 1.6%     
Asciano Finance Ltd., 5.00%, 4/07/18 (a)  200  203,493 
Avis Budget Car Rental LLC, 8.25%, 1/15/19  155  164,687 
Florida East Coast Railway Corp., 8.13%, 2/01/17 (a)  40  42,400 
The Hertz Corp., 6.75%, 4/15/19 (a)  207  211,140 
Norfolk Southern Corp., 6.00%, 3/15/2105  1,200  1,180,291 
    1,802,011 

 

  Par   
Corporate Bonds  (000)  Value 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.6%     
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 7.75%, 8/01/20  $ 190  $ 198,075 
KLA-Tencor Corp., 6.90%, 5/01/18  461  521,613 
    719,688 
Specialty Retail — 1.1%     
AutoNation, Inc., 6.75%, 4/15/18  445  466,137 
Best Buy Co., Inc., 5.50%, 3/15/21  350  352,088 
Claire’s Escrow Corp., 8.88%, 3/15/19 (a)  125  121,563 
Limited Brands, Inc., 7.00%, 5/01/20  230  243,800 
    1,183,588 
Tobacco — 1.4%     
Altria Group, Inc., 10.20%, 2/06/39  1,050  1,537,096 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.5%     
American Tower Corp., 4.50%, 1/15/18  450  444,673 
Cricket Communications, Inc., 7.75%, 5/15/16  155  165,463 
Crown Castle Towers LLC (a):     
5.50%, 1/15/17  275  293,290 
6.11%, 1/15/40  300  324,682 
Digicel Group Ltd., 8.25%, 9/01/17 (a)  125  132,500 
Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA (a):     
7.25%, 4/01/19  50  50,844 
7.25%, 4/01/21  140  142,100 
Nextel Communications, Inc., Series E,     
6.88%, 10/31/13  195  196,950 
SBA Tower Trust, 5.10%, 4/15/42 (a)  1,000  1,025,000 
    2,775,502 
Total Corporate Bonds — 102.2%    113,826,317 
Preferred Securities     
Capital Trusts     
Capital Markets — 4.7%     
Ameriprise Financial, Inc., 7.52%, 6/01/66 (b)  500  535,625 
State Street Capital Trust III, 8.25% (b)(d)  725  725,819 
State Street Capital Trust IV, 1.31%, 6/01/67 (b)  4,740  3,968,959 
    5,230,403 
Commercial Banks — 4.1%     
ABN AMRO North America Holding Preferred Capital     
Repackaging Trust I, 6.52% (a)(b)(d)  800  760,000 
BNP Paribas, 7.20% (a)(b)(c)(d)  300  297,000 
Barclays Bank Plc (a)(b)(d):     
5.93%, 9/29/49 (c)  425  405,875 
7.43%, 12/15/49  150  155,700 
Credit Agricole SA, 6.64% (a)(b)(c)(d)  350  322,805 
Dresdner Funding Trust I, 8.15%, 6/30/31 (a)  530  519,400 
M&T Capital Trust II, 8.28%, 6/01/27  910  929,258 
National City Preferred Capital Trust I, 12.00% (b)(d)  300  336,261 
USB Capital XIII Trust, 6.63%, 12/15/39  825  880,877 
    4,607,176 
Diversified Financial Services — 2.7%     
ING Capital Funding Trust III, 8.44% (b)(d)  400  386,006 
JPMorgan Chase Capital XXIII, 1.31%, 5/15/77 (b)  3,085  2,593,692 
    2,979,698 
Electric Utilities — 0.5%     
PPL Capital Funding, 6.70%, 3/30/67 (b)  500  496,875 
Insurance — 7.6%     
AXA SA, 6.38% (a)(b)(d)  1,000  921,250 
Ace Capital Trust II, 9.70%, 4/01/30  500  652,505 
The Allstate Corp., 6.50%, 5/15/67 (b)  500  516,250 
Chubb Corp., 6.38%, 3/29/67 (b)(c)  500  535,000 
Farmers Exchange Capital, 7.05%, 7/15/28 (a)  500  503,883 
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Co.,     
7.15%, 5/16/46 (a)(b)(c)  500  515,000 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   
18  SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011 

 



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

  Par   
Capital Trusts  (000)  Value 
Insurance (concluded)     
Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., 10.75%, 6/15/88 (a)(b)  $ 500  $ 680,000 
Lincoln National Corp., 7.00%, 5/17/66 (b)  500  516,900 
MetLife, Inc., 6.40%, 12/15/66  500  500,018 
Reinsurance Group of America, 6.75%, 12/15/65 (b)  700  689,757 
Swiss Re Capital I LP, 6.85% (a)(b)(d)  450  447,195 
ZFS Finance (USA) (a)(b):     
Trust II, 6.45%, 12/15/65  1,800  1,885,500 
Trust IV, 5.88%, 5/09/32  146  145,553 
    8,508,811 
Multi-Utilities — 0.9%     
Dominion Resources Capital Trust I, 7.83%, 12/01/27  500  514,550 
Dominion Resources, Inc., 7.50%, 6/30/66 (b)  500  530,000 
    1,044,550 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.3%     
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 8.38%, 8/01/66 (b)  825  896,156 
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd., 6.35%, 5/15/67 (b)  500  509,289 
    1,405,445 
Total Capital Trusts — 21.8%    24,272,958 
Preferred Stocks  Shares   
Auto Components — 0.1%     
Dana Holding Corp., 4.00% (a)  1,000  156,125 
Commercial Banks — 0.9%     
SG Preferred Capital II, 6.30%  1,000  968,750 
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.0%     
Fannie Mae, 8.25% (f)  3,000  6,120 
Freddie Mac, Series Z, 8.38% (f)  3,000  6,060 
    12,180 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.8%     
Centaur Funding Corp., 9.08%  2,720  3,054,900 
Total Preferred Stocks — 3.8%    4,191,955 
Trust Preferreds     
Diversified Financial Services — 0.5%     
GMAC Capital Trust I, Series 2, 8.13%, 2/15/40 (b)  566  587,994 
Total Trust Preferreds — 0.5%    587,994 
Total Preferred Securities — 26.1%    29,052,907 
  Par   
Taxable Municipal Bonds  (000)   
Metropolitan Transportation Authority, RB,     
Build America Bonds, 6.55%, 11/15/31  $ 800  838,744 
State of California, GO, Build America Bonds,     
7.35%, 11/01/39  205  227,478 
Total Taxable Municipal Bonds — 1.0%    1,066,222 
U.S. Treasury Obligations     
U.S. Treasury Notes:     
3.63%, 2/15/21  528  542,356 
4.75%, 2/15/41  600  633,937 
Total U.S. Treasury Obligations — 1.0%    1,176,293 
Total Long-Term Investments     
(Cost — $140,161,026) — 131.3%    146,223,051 

 

Short-Term Securities  Shares  Value 
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund,     
Institutional Class, 0.10% (g)(h)  183,531  $ 183,531 
Total Short-Term Securities     
(Cost — $183,531) — 0.2%    183,531 
Options Purchased  Contracts   
Over-the-Counter Put Options — 0.1%     
S&P 500 Index, Strike Price USD 1,250.00,     
Expires 9/17/11, Broker Credit Suisse International  28  69,440 
Total Options Purchased     
(Cost — $135,240) — 0.1%    69,440 
Total Investments Before Options Written     
(Cost — $140,479,797) — 131.6%    146,476,022 
  Notional   
  Amount   
Options Written  (000)   
Over-the-Counter Call Swaptions — (0.1)%     
Pay a fixed rate of 4.03% and receive a floating rate     
based on 3-month LIBOR, Expires 4/16/12,     
Broker UBS AG  $ 1,800  (77,823) 
Over-the-Counter Put Swaptions — (0.1)%     
Receive a fixed rate of 4.03% and pay a floating rate     
based on 3-month LIBOR, Expires 4/16/12,     
Broker UBS AG  1,800  (50,348) 
Sold credit default protection on Dow Jones CDX     
North America Investment Grade Series 16,     
Strike Price $120.00, Expires 9/21/11,     
Broker Credit Suisse International  35,000  (25,652) 
    (76,000) 
Total Options Written     
(Premiums Received — $255,600) — (0.2)%    (153,823) 
Total Investments, Net of Options Written     
(Cost — $140,735,397*) — 131.4%    146,322,199 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (31.4)%    (35,006,196) 
Net Assets — 100.0%    $111,316,003 


* The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of April 30,

2011, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:

Aggregate cost  $ 140,381,755 
Gross unrealized appreciation  $     6,636,174 
Gross unrealized depreciation  (541,907) 
Net unrealized appreciation  $     6,094,267 


(a) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.

These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified
institutional investors.
(b) Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.
(c) All or a portion of security has been pledged as collateral in connection with open
reverse repurchase agreements.
(d) Security is perpetual in nature and has no stated maturity date.
(e) Represents a payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in
additional par/shares.
(f) Non-income producing security.

See Notes to Financial Statements.     
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011  19 

 



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

(g) Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Fund during the 
  period, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as 
  amended, were as follows:           
    Shares      Shares   
    Held at      Held at   
    October 31,  Net    April 30,   
  Affiliate  2010  Activity    2011  Income 
  BlackRock Liquidity             
  Funds, TempFund,             
  Institutional Class  5,884,098  (5,700,567)  183,531  $ 1,655 
(h) Represents the current yield as of report date.       
  For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund’s industry classifications refer to any one 
  or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized 
  market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by Fund management. 
  These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine 
  such industry sub-classifications for reporting ease.       
  Reverse repurchase agreements outstanding as of April 30, 2011 were as follows: 
  Interest  Trade  Maturity    Net Closing  Face 
  Counterparty  Rate  Date  Date    Amount  Amount 
  UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  1/24/11  9/30/20  $ 1,541,593  $ 1,540,000 
  UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  1/24/11  10/15/20    2,158,230  2,156,000 
  UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  1/24/11  9/15/37    1,689,986  1,688,240 
  UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  1/24/11  5/15/38    1,844,006  1,842,100 
  UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  1/24/11  3/15/39    3,040,642  3,037,500 
  UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  1/24/11  4/01/39    1,078,717  1,077,625 
  UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  1/24/11  3/30/40    916,697  915,750 
  Credit Suisse             
  Securities             
  (USA) LLC  0.40%  1/26/11  1/25/21    987,615  986,563 
  UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  1/27/11  12/15/37    896,898  896,000 
  UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  1/27/11  1/15/38    977,229  976,250 
  UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  1/27/11  2/15/38    864,876  864,000 
  UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  2/03/11  12/01/37    816,758  816,000 
  Credit Suisse             
  Securities             
  (USA) LLC  0.40%  2/07/11  3/15/20    751,701  751,000 
  Credit Suisse             
  Securities             
  (USA) LLC  0.40%  2/08/11  3/29/37    513,473  513,000 
  UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  2/11/11  2/15/20    846,714  846,000 
  UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  2/11/11  9/17/20    950,802  950,000 
  UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  2/11/11  2/11/21    789,062  788,700 
  UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  2/11/11  12/01/33    525,318  524,875 
  UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  2/23/11  2/23/16    974,799  974,100 
  Credit Suisse             
  Securities             
  (USA) LLC  0.45%  3/02/11  12/15/20    418,519  418,200 
  Deutsche Bank             
  Securities, Inc.  0.40%  3/03/11  12/15/15    226,276  226,125 
  Credit Suisse             
  Securities             
  (USA) LLC  0.40%  3/04/11  2/01/41    999,467  998,813 
  UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  3/07/11  5/16/19    1,050,471  1,049,850 
  UBS Securities LLC  0.37%  3/28/11  3/28/14    833,738  833,438 
  Deutsche Bank             
  Securities, Inc.  0.40%  3/30/11  9/15/15    1,323,485  1,323,000 
  UBS Securities LLC  0.37%  3/31/11  11/15/36    934,231  933,924 
  Credit Suisse             
  Securities             
  (USA) LLC  0.35%  4/07/11  4/05/21    1,251,554  1,251,250 
  Credit Suisse             
  Securities             
  (USA) LLC  0.35%  4/11/11  3/17/16    1,110,227  1,110,000 

 

  Reverse repurchase agreements outstanding as of April 30, 2011 were as follows 
  (concluded):           
    Interest  Trade  Maturity  Net Closing  Face 
  Counterparty  Rate  Date  Date  Amount  Amount 
  Credit Suisse           
  Securities           
  (USA) LLC  0.35%  4/12/11  1/28/14  $ 363,352  $ 363,281 
  Credit Suisse           
  Securities           
  (USA) LLC  0.35%  4/12/11  7/15/16  677,757  677,625 
  UBS Securities LLC  0.40%  4/13/11  5/16/46  487,853  487,750 
  UBS Securities LLC  0.37%  4/13/11  2/11/21  292,261  291,900 
  UBS Securities LLC  0.37%  4/13/11  9/16/15  519,026  518,925 
  Barclays           
  Capital Inc.  0.35%  4/14/11  10/29/49  358,375  358,313 
  Barclays           
  Capital Inc.  0.35%  4/14/11  12/31/49  312,867  312,813 
  Deutsche Bank AG  0.38%  4/18/11  4/15/21  673,850  673,750 
  UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  4/18/11  4/15/38  1,916,533  1,916,250 
  Deutsche Bank           
  Securities, Inc.  0.35%  4/21/11  4/07/21  511,930  511,874 
  Deutsche Bank           
  Securities, Inc.  0.35%  4/21/11  12/31/49  643,881  643,812 
  UBS Securities LLC  0.35%  4/29/11  3/10/15  350,010  350,000 
  UBS Securities LLC  0.35%  4/29/11  3/11/16  408,013  408,000 
  Total        $37,828,792  $37,802,596 

 

  Financial futures contracts purchased as of April 30, 2011 were as follows: 
          Notional                        Unrealized 
  Contracts Issue  Exchange  Expiration  Value                       Appreciation 
  73  2-Year U.S.  Chicago Board  June   
    Treasury Note  of Trade  2011  $15,916,123                           $ 80,002 

 

  Financial futures contracts sold as of April 30, 2011 were as follows:   
          Notional  Unrealized 
  Contracts Issue  Exchange  Expiration  Value  Depreciation 
  56  5-Year U.S.  Chicago Board  June     
    Treasury Note  of Trade  2011  $ 6,574,284                          $ (59,966) 
  73  10-Year U.S.  Chicago Board  June     
    Treasury Note  of Trade  2011  8,666,225  (177,041) 
  23  Long-Term U.S.  Chicago Board  June     
    Treasury Bond  of Trade  2011  2,763,011  (51,614) 
  24  Ultra U.S.  Chicago Board  June     
    Treasury Bond  of Trade  2011  2,959,242  (61,758) 
  Total          $ (350,379) 

 

Credit default swaps on single-name issuer — sold protection outstanding as of
April 30, 2011 were as follows:

  Receive      Issuer  Notional   
  Fixed  Counter-    Credit  Amount  Unrealized 
Issuer  Rate  party  Expiration  Rating1  (000)2  Appreciation 
MetLife, Inc.  1.00%  Deutsche         
    Bank AG  3/20/18  A–  USD 200  $ 5,210 

1 Using S&P’s rating of the underlying securities.
2 The maximum potential amount the Fund may pay should a negative event take
place as defined under the terms of agreement.

See Notes to Financial Statements.   
20  SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011 

 



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

Credit default swaps on traded indexes — sold protection outstanding as of April 30,
2011 were as follows:

  Receive        Notional   
  Fixed  Counter-    Credit  Amount  Unrealized 
Index  Rate  party  Expiration  Rating1  (000)2  Appreciation 
iTraxx-Europe             
Sub             
Financial             
Index    Deutsche         
Series 15  1.00%  Bank AG  6/20/16  A  EUR 1,900  $ 2,644 

1 Using S&P’s rating of the underlying securities.
2 The maximum potential amount the Fund may pay should a negative event take
place as defined under the terms of agreement.

Interest rate swaps outstanding as of April 30, 2011 were as follows:

        Notional   
Fixed  Floating  Counter-  Expiration  Amount  Unrealized 
Rate  Rate  party  Date  (000)  Depreciation 
0.98%(a)  3-month           
  LIBOR  Citibank NA  3/30/13  USD  13,900  $ (63,910) 
4.34%(a)  3-month           
  LIBOR  Citibank NA  4/14/41  USD  400  (11,982) 
4.38%(a)  3-month  Goldman Sachs         
  LIBOR  International  4/14/41  USD  600  (21,744) 
4.35%(a)  3-month           
  LIBOR  Deutsche Bank AG  4/15/41  USD  700  (22,509) 
Total            $ (120,145) 

(a)Pays a fixed interest rate and receives floating rate.

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

The following tables summarize the inputs used as of April 30, 2011 in determining
the fair valuation of the Fund’s investments and derivative financial instruments:

  Investments in Securities   
Valuation Inputs  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3  Total 
Assets:         
Investments:         
Long-Term         
Investments:         
Asset-Back         
Securities    $ 558,562   $542,750  $ 1,101,312 
Corporate         
Bonds    113,826,317    113,826,317 
Preferred         
Securities  $ 600,174  28,452,733    29,052,907 
Taxable         
Municipal         
Bonds    1,066,222    1,066,222 
U.S Treasury         
Obligations    1,176,293    1,176,293 
Short-Term         
Securities  183,531      183,531 
Total  $ 783,705  $145,080,127 $ 542,750  $146,406,582 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments1

Valuation Inputs  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3  Total 
Assets:         
Equity         
contracts    —   $69,440  $ 69,440 
Interest rate         
contracts  $ 80,002      80,002 
Credit         
contracts    $ 7,854    7,854 
Liabilities:         
Interest rate         
contracts  (350,379)  (248,316)    (598,695) 
Credit         
contracts      (25,652)  (25,652) 
Total  $ (270,377)  $ (240,462)  $ 43,788  $ (467,051) 

1 Derivative financial instruments are swaps, financial futures contracts, and
options. Financial futures contracts and swaps are valued at the unrealized
appreciation/depreciation on the instrument and options are shown at value.

See Notes to Financial Statements.     
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BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc. (PSY)
Schedule of Investments
April 30, 2011 (Unaudited)
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

    Par   
Asset-Backed Securities    (000)  Value 
Atrium CDO Corp., Series 5A, Class A4,       
2.83%, 7/20/20 (a)(b)  $ 2,650  $ 2,212,750 
SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2004-B,       
Class A2, 0.51%, 6/15/21 (b)    2,410  2,350,616 
Total Asset-Backed Securities — 1.0%      4,563,366 
Corporate Bonds       
Aerospace & Defense — 1.8%       
BE Aerospace, Inc., 8.50%, 7/01/18    2,500  2,787,500 
Bombardier, Inc., 7.75%, 3/15/20 (a)    3,205  3,569,569 
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (a):       
6.88%, 3/15/18    360  378,900 
7.13%, 3/15/21    380  399,950 
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.,       
10.00%, 6/01/17 (a)    1,254  1,376,265 
      8,512,184 
Airlines — 0.9%       
American Airlines Pass-Through Trust, Series 2011-1,     
Class A, 5.25%, 7/31/22    1,410  1,367,700 
Continental Airlines Pass-Through Certificates,       
Series 2009-2, Class B, 9.25%, 5/10/17    1,544  1,628,418 
Delta Air Lines, Inc., Series 02G1, 6.72%, 7/02/24  1,146  1,160,620 
      4,156,738 
Auto Components — 0.6%       
Icahn Enterprises LP:       
7.75%, 1/15/16    880  906,400 
8.00%, 1/15/18    2,000  2,065,000 
      2,971,400 
Beverages — 0.4%       
Constellation Brands, Inc., 7.25%, 5/15/17    1,970  2,147,300 
Building Products — 0.5%       
Building Materials Corp. of America (a):       
7.00%, 2/15/20    375  390,938 
6.75%, 5/01/21    1,160  1,175,950 
Nortek, Inc., 10.00%, 12/01/18 (a)    700  749,000 
      2,315,888 
Capital Markets — 4.0%       
Ameriprise Financial, Inc., 5.30%, 3/15/20    3,250  3,513,354 
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 6.25%, 2/01/41 (c)  4,450  4,565,335 
Macquarie Bank Ltd., 6.63%, 4/07/21 (a)(c)    2,075  2,147,749 
Morgan Stanley, 5.75%, 1/25/21 (c)    3,915  4,072,238 
UBS AG:       
2.25%, 1/28/14    1,627  1,647,092 
5.88%, 7/15/16 (c)    2,800  3,078,239 
      19,024,007 
Chemicals — 0.4%       
CF Industries, Inc., 7.13%, 5/01/20    1,125  1,288,125 
Omnova Solutions, Inc., 7.88%, 11/01/18 (a)    735  753,375 
      2,041,500 
Commercial Banks — 7.5%       
Amsouth Bank, 4.85%, 4/01/13    1,050  1,069,629 
Associated Banc-Corp., 5.13%, 3/28/16    2,200  2,241,752 
BNP Paribas, 3.60%, 2/23/16 (c)    4,380  4,453,720 
Branch Banking & Trust Co. (b)(c):       
1.00%, 9/13/16    1,100  1,060,799 
1.00%, 5/23/17    675  632,761 
CIT Group, Inc., 6.63%, 4/01/18 (a)    1,617  1,736,923 
City National Corp., 5.25%, 9/15/20    2,350  2,395,007 

 

    Par   
Corporate Bonds    (000)  Value 
Commercial Banks (concluded)       
Comerica, Inc., 3.00%, 9/16/15 (c)  $ 2,300  $ 2,312,659 
Credit Agricole SA, 8.38%, 10/29/49 (a)(b)(c)(d)  1,475  1,611,437 
Discover Bank, 8.70%, 11/18/19    1,200  1,475,618 
Fifth Third Bamcorp, 3.63%, 1/25/16    2,775  2,815,468 
HSBC Holdings Plc, 5.10%, 4/05/21 (c)    1,625  1,672,520 
KeyCorp, 5.10%, 3/24/21    780  798,889 
Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, 4.88%, 1/21/16 (c)    925  970,959 
Regions Financial Corp.:       
4.88%, 4/26/13    2,525  2,570,776 
5.75%, 6/15/15    1,800  1,854,000 
SVB Financial Group, 5.38%, 9/15/20    2,300  2,287,315 
Societe Generale, 5.20%, 4/15/21 (a)(c)    2,850  2,874,809 
SunTrust Banks, Inc., 3.60%, 4/15/16    825  835,636 
      35,670,677 
Commercial Services & Supplies — 3.8%       
Aviation Capital Group Corp. (a):       
7.13%, 10/15/20    9,300  9,641,660 
6.75%, 4/06/21    2,325  2,343,205 
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., 7.75%, 2/15/19 (a)  621  634,972 
Clean Harbors, Inc., 7.63%, 8/15/16    1,314  1,405,980 
Corrections Corp. of America, 7.75%, 6/01/17    3,375  3,695,625 
Mobile Mini, Inc., 7.88%, 12/01/20 (a)    275  292,188 
      18,013,630 
Communications Equipment — 1.2%       
Avaya, Inc.:       
9.75%, 11/01/15    900  929,250 
7.00%, 4/01/19 (a)    500  495,000 
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., 6.88%, 1/15/20  2,965  3,224,437 
CC Holdings GS V LLC, 7.75%, 5/01/17 (a)    935  1,033,175 
      5,681,862 
Construction Materials — 0.2%       
Inversiones CMPC SA, 4.75%, 1/19/18 (a)    825  814,001 
Consumer Finance — 5.7%       
American Express Credit Corp., 2.75%, 9/15/15  5,850  5,831,497 
Capital One Bank USA NA, 8.80%, 7/15/19    3,325  4,258,294 
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 7.00%, 4/15/15    400  439,315 
Inmarsat Finance Plc, 7.38%, 12/01/17 (a)    2,135  2,257,763 
SLM Corp., 6.25%, 1/25/16    13,300  14,102,575 
      26,889,444 
Containers & Packaging — 1.3%       
Ball Corp.:       
7.13%, 9/01/16    1,750  1,907,500 
6.75%, 9/15/20    2,210  2,326,025 
Crown Americas LLC, 6.25%, 2/01/21 (a)    825  847,687 
Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., 6.75%, 12/01/14  570  582,113 
Rock-Tenn Co., 9.25%, 3/15/16    325  354,250 
      6,017,575 
Diversified Financial Services — 5.0%       
Ally Financial, Inc.:       
4.50%, 2/11/14    1,775  1,792,750 
8.30%, 2/12/15    1,230  1,383,750 
8.00%, 11/01/31    1,730  1,950,575 
Bank of America Corp., 3.63%, 3/17/16 (c)    5,000  5,025,395 
Citigroup, Inc., 4.59%, 12/15/15 (c)    975  1,031,802 
General Electric Capital Corp., 5.30%, 2/11/21 (c)  4,600  4,773,116 
Moody’s Corp., 6.06%, 9/07/17    6,000  6,180,354 
Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc. (a):       
6.88%, 2/15/21    660  680,625 
8.25%, 2/15/21    815  828,244 
      23,646,611 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   
22  SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011 

 



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

  Par   
Corporate Bonds  (000)  Value 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 5.0%     
AT&T, Inc., 6.30%, 1/15/38  $ 4,000  $ 4,219,444 
Level 3 Financing, Inc.:     
8.75%, 2/15/17  1,630  1,687,050 
10.00%, 2/01/18  560  604,800 
9.38%, 4/01/19 (a)  910  966,875 
Qwest Corp., 8.38%, 5/01/16  2,795  3,319,063 
Telecom Italia Capital SA, 6.18%, 6/18/14  975  1,063,374 
Telefonica Emisiones SAU, 5.46%, 2/16/21 (c)  1,360  1,411,556 
Verizon Communications, Inc.:     
1.95%, 3/28/14  3,650  3,681,375 
7.35%, 4/01/39 (c)  4,025  4,819,286 
Windstream Corp., 7.88%, 11/01/17  1,900  2,052,000 
    23,824,823 
Electric Utilities — 1.0%     
Progress Energy, Inc., 7.00%, 10/30/31  4,000  4,667,188 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments     
& Components — 0.8%     
Jabil Circuit, Inc., 8.25%, 3/15/18  800  918,000 
NXP BV, 3.05%, 10/15/13 (b)  2,950  2,935,250 
    3,853,250 
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.9%     
Ensco Plc, 4.70%, 3/15/21  1,965  1,983,909 
Frac Tech Services LLC, 7.13%, 11/15/18 (a)  370  394,050 
Key Energy Service, Inc., 6.75%, 3/01/21  745  765,487 
MEG Energy Corp., 6.50%, 3/15/21 (a)  955  980,069 
    4,123,515 
Food & Staples Retailing — 2.1%     
CVS Caremark Corp., 6.30%, 6/01/62 (b)  3,650  3,613,500 
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.:     
5.25%, 9/01/35  2,500  2,480,245 
6.20%, 4/15/38  3,375  3,730,259 
    9,824,004 
Food Products — 1.0%     
Blue Merger Sub, Inc., 7.63%, 2/15/19 (a)  430  440,213 
Kraft Foods, Inc.:     
6.50%, 8/11/17  1,665  1,931,247 
6.13%, 8/23/18  1,660  1,882,385 
Smithfield Foods, Inc., 10.00%, 7/15/14  374  443,190 
    4,697,035 
Gas Utilities — 0.1%     
Targa Resources Partners LP, 6.88%, 2/01/21 (a)  495  492,525 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.5%     
Boston Scientific Corp.:     
4.50%, 1/15/15  215  225,506 
6.40%, 6/15/16  187  209,490 
5.13%, 1/12/17  761  800,603 
7.38%, 1/15/40  2,935  3,394,389 
Fresenius US Finance II, Inc., 9.00%, 7/15/15 (a)  2,250  2,579,063 
    7,209,051 
Health Care Providers & Services — 3.3%     
Aetna, Inc., 6.75%, 12/15/37  3,400  3,870,924 
Aviv Healthcare Properties LP, 7.75%, 2/15/19 (a)  460  485,300 
HCA, Inc.:     
8.50%, 4/15/19  545  604,950 
7.25%, 9/15/20  3,435  3,692,625 
Tenet Healthcare Corp.:     
10.00%, 5/01/18  1,530  1,774,800 
8.88%, 7/01/19  1,125  1,271,250 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 6.88%, 2/15/38  3,400  3,908,786 
    15,608,635 

 

  Par   
Corporate Bonds  (000)  Value 
Household Durables — 0.3%     
Cemex Espana Luxembourg, 9.25%, 5/12/20 (a)   $1,462  $ 1,494,895 
IT Services — 0.5%     
First Data Corp. (a):     
7.38%, 6/15/19  725  738,594 
8.25%, 1/15/21  190  189,050 
12.63%, 1/15/21  1,185  1,299,056 
    2,226,700 
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.7%     
AES Corp., 9.75%, 4/15/16  985  1,140,138 
Energy Future Intermediate Holding Co. LLC,     
10.00%, 12/01/20  1,475  1,585,743 
NRG Energy, Inc., 8.25%, 9/01/20  490  515,725 
    3,241,606 
Insurance — 7.1%     
The Allstate Corp., 7.45%, 5/16/19  5,600  6,745,693 
American International Group, Inc., 6.40%, 12/15/20 (c)  1,690  1,848,890 
Aon Corp., 5.00%, 9/30/20 (c)  4,600  4,721,992 
Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., Ltd.,     
7.25%, 12/31/49 (a)(b)(d)  677  679,986 
Forethough Financial Group, 8.63%, 4/15/21 (a)  1,000  1,007,574 
Genworth Financial, Inc., 7.63%, 9/24/21  970  996,256 
Lincoln National Corp., 6.25%, 2/15/20 (c)  3,400  3,818,465 
Manulife Financial Corp., 4.90%, 9/17/20  4,700  4,706,735 
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance, 6.06%, 3/30/40 (a)  3,800  4,085,152 
Principal Financial Group, Inc., 8.88%, 5/15/19  980  1,254,825 
Prudential Financial, Inc., 6.63%, 12/01/37 (c)  3,400  3,792,496 
    33,658,064 
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.9%     
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., 8.00%, 9/15/16  3,825  4,255,312 
Life Technologies Corp., 6.00%, 3/01/20  4,200  4,599,920 
    8,855,232 
Machinery — 1.1%     
Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding Co., Ltd., 9.50%, 4/15/14  3,400  4,094,018 
Navistar International Corp., 8.25%, 11/01/21  980  1,092,700 
    5,186,718 
Media — 8.3%     
CSC Holdings LLC:     
8.50%, 6/15/15  1,500  1,636,875 
8.63%, 2/15/19  1,200  1,383,000 
Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc., 10.50%, 1/15/15 (a)  1,720  1,767,300 
Comcast Corp., 6.30%, 11/15/17  3,400  3,909,708 
Cox Communications, Inc., 8.38%, 3/01/39 (a)  3,400  4,491,267 
DISH DBS Corp., 7.00%, 10/01/13  1,750  1,890,000 
DirectTV Holdings LLC, 5.00%, 3/01/21  2,575  2,641,793 
Gannett Co., Inc., 9.38%, 11/15/17  1,800  2,025,000 
Intelsat Bermuda Ltd. (e):     
11.50%, 2/04/17 (a)  280  306,600 
11.50%, 2/04/17  420  459,900 
Kabel BW Erste Beteiligungs GmbH, 7.50%, 3/15/19 (a)  1,040  1,066,000 
News America, Inc., 6.15%, 3/01/37  4,200  4,292,001 
Time Warner Cable, Inc., 6.75%, 6/15/39  4,050  4,402,087 
Time Warner, Inc., 7.70%, 5/01/32  4,150  5,003,319 
UPC Germany GmbH, 8.13%, 12/01/17 (a)  1,030  1,089,225 
Virgin Media Secured Finance Plc, 6.50%, 1/15/18  2,675  2,929,125 
    39,293,200 
Metals & Mining — 2.0%     
Alcoa, Inc., 5.40%, 4/15/21  2,455  2,492,728 
Freeport-McMoRan Corp., 7.13%, 11/01/27  2,900  3,085,058 
JMC Steel Group, 8.25%, 3/15/18 (a)  315  329,963 
Novelis, Inc., 8.75%, 12/15/20  1,035  1,156,612 
Teck Resources Ltd., 10.75%, 5/15/19  1,750  2,237,900 
United States Steel Corp., 7.38%, 4/01/20  200  211,000 
    9,513,261 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.     
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011  23 

 



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

    Par   
Corporate Bonds    (000)  Value 
Multi-Utilities — 1.5%       
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.:       
5.95%, 2/01/17  $ 3,150  $ 3,466,351 
6.50%, 5/01/18    3,350  3,791,621 
      7,257,972 
Multiline Retail — 2.1%       
Dollar General Corp., 10.63%, 7/15/15    3,275  3,504,250 
JC Penney Co., Inc., 5.65%, 6/01/20    6,300  6,284,250 
      9,788,500 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 7.7%       
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.:       
5.95%, 9/15/16    1,175  1,312,462 
6.38%, 9/15/17    23  25,978 
BP Capital Markets Plc:       
3.88%, 3/10/15    1,500  1,573,267 
3.20%, 3/11/16 (c)    1,875  1,890,227 
Buckeye Partners LP, 4.88%, 2/01/21    1,000  1,017,369 
Chesapeake Energy Corp., 6.13%, 2/15/21    3,445  3,556,962 
Consol Energy, Inc., 6.38%, 3/01/21 (a)    835  839,175 
Copano Energy LLC, 7.13%, 4/01/21    560  574,000 
Denbury Resources, Inc., 6.38%, 8/15/21    575  592,250 
Enbridge Energy Partners LP, 9.88%, 3/01/19    2,100  2,774,115 
Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc., 7.75%, 6/15/19 (a)  1,025  1,048,063 
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 6.65%, 4/15/18  4,200  4,875,364 
Forest Oil Corp., 7.25%, 6/15/19    445  462,800 
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, 6.85%, 2/15/20  4,200  4,892,458 
Linn Energy LLC, 7.75%, 2/01/21 (a)    1,050  1,124,812 
Marathon Petroleum Corp., 3.50%, 3/01/16 (a)    1,375  1,393,223 
ONEOK Partners LP, 8.63%, 3/01/19    3,400  4,329,788 
Oasis Petroleum, Inc., 7.25%, 2/01/19 (a)    380  383,800 
Petrobras International Finance Co., 3.88%, 1/27/16  1,475  1,495,323 
Range Resources Corp., 6.75%, 8/01/20    855  914,850 
SM Energy Co., 6.63%, 2/15/19 (a)    480  495,600 
SandRidge Energy, Inc., 7.50%, 3/15/21 (a)    720  757,800 
      36,329,686 
Paper & Forest Products — 2.5%       
Georgia-Pacific LLC, 8.25%, 5/01/16 (a)    3,400  3,859,000 
International Paper Co.:       
7.50%, 8/15/21    3,325  3,968,746 
7.30%, 11/15/39    3,400  3,882,399 
      11,710,145 
Pharmaceuticals — 5.6%       
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., 5.88%, 11/15/36 (c)    2,214  2,437,184 
GlaxoSmithKline Capital, Inc., 6.38%, 5/15/38    7,250  8,294,102 
Merck & Co., Inc.:       
6.50%, 12/01/33 (c)    2,070  2,465,505 
6.55%, 9/15/37    4,572  5,437,836 
Pfizer, Inc., 7.20%, 3/15/39    6,250  7,892,781 
      26,527,408 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.8%       
AvalonBay Communities, Inc., 6.10%, 3/15/20    3,400  3,840,422 
ERP Operating LP, 5.75%, 6/15/17    3,405  3,814,084 
HCP, Inc., 5.38%, 2/01/21    1,025  1,065,442 
      8,719,948 
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%     
Realogy Corp., 7.88%, 2/15/19 (a)    670  676,700 
Road & Rail — 1.6%       
Asciano Finance Ltd., 5.00%, 4/07/18 (a)    900  915,717 
Avis Budget Car Rental LLC, 8.25%, 1/15/19    650  690,625 
Florida East Coast Railway Corp., 8.13%, 2/01/17 (a)  200  212,000 
The Hertz Corp., 6.75%, 4/15/19 (a)    933  951,660 
Norfolk Southern Corp., 6.00%, 3/15/2105    5,000  4,917,880 
      7,687,882 

 

    Par   
Corporate Bonds    (000)  Value 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.6%     
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 7.75%, 8/01/20  $ 775  $ 807,938 
KLA-Tencor Corp., 6.90%, 5/01/18    1,928  2,181,495 
      2,989,433 
Specialty Retail — 1.0%       
AutoNation, Inc., 6.75%, 4/15/18    1,965  2,058,337 
Best Buy Co., Inc., 5.50%, 3/15/21    1,300  1,307,756 
Claire’s Escrow Corp., 8.88%, 3/15/19 (a)    530  515,425 
Limted Brands, Inc., 7.00%, 5/01/20    980  1,038,800 
      4,920,318 
Tobacco — 1.3%       
Altria Group, Inc., 10.20%, 2/06/39    4,400  6,441,164 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.4%       
American Tower Corp., 4.50%, 1/15/18    1,925  1,902,212 
Cricket Communications, Inc., 7.75%, 5/15/16    670  715,225 
Crown Castle Towers LLC (a):       
5.50%, 1/15/17    1,175  1,253,148 
6.11%, 1/15/40    1,300  1,406,958 
Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA (a):       
7.25%, 4/01/19    190  193,206 
7.25%, 4/01/21    620  629,300 
Nextel Communications, Inc., Series E, 6.88%, 10/31/13  840  848,400 
SBA Tower Trust, 5.10%, 4/15/42 (a)    4,225  4,330,625 
      11,279,074 
Total Corporate Bonds — 99.1%      470,000,749 
Preferred Securities       
Capital Trusts       
Capital Markets — 4.4%       
Ameriprise Financial, Inc., 7.52%, 6/01/66 (b)    2,500  2,678,125 
State Street Capital Trust III, 8.25% (b)(d)    2,920  2,923,300 
State Street Capital Trust IV, 1.31%, 6/01/67 (b)  18,235  15,268,767 
      20,870,192 
Commercial Banks — 7.2%       
BNP Paribas, 7.20% (a)(b)(c)(d)    1,500  1,485,000 
Bank One Capital III, 8.75%, 9/01/30    2,000  2,551,106 
Barclays Bank Plc, 7.43% (a)(b)(c)(d)    650  674,700 
Credit Agricole SA, 6.64% (a)(b)(c)(d)    1,475  1,360,392 
Dresdner Funding Trust I, 8.15%, 6/30/31 (a)    2,240  2,195,200 
HSBC Capital Funding LP/Jersey Channel Islands,     
10.18% (a)(b)(d)    4,835  6,527,250 
M&T Capital Trust II, 8.28%, 6/01/27    3,630  3,706,818 
National City Preferred Capital Trust I, 12.00% (b)(d)  1,100  1,232,957 
NationsBank Capital Trust III, 0.84%, 1/15/27 (b)  13,470  10,793,673 
USB Capital XIII Trust, 6.63%, 12/15/39    3,500  3,737,055 
      34,264,151 
Diversified Financial Services — 1.9%       
ING Capital Funding Trust III, 8.44% (b)(d)    1,800  1,737,029 
JPMorgan Chase Capital XXIII, 1.31%, 5/15/77 (b)  8,775  7,377,520 
      9,114,549 
Electric Utilities — 0.7%       
PPL Capital Funding, 6.70%, 3/30/67 (b)    3,000  2,981,250 
Insurance — 8.7%       
AXA SA, 6.38% (a)(b)(d)    3,000  2,763,750 
Ace Capital Trust II, 9.70%, 4/01/30    2,500  3,262,525 
The Allstate Corp., 6.50%, 5/15/67 (b)    5,000  5,162,500 
American General Capital II, 8.50%, 7/01/30    100  113,000 
Aon Corp., 8.21%, 1/01/27    2,500  2,825,267 
Chubb Corp., 6.38%, 3/29/67 (b)(c)    2,000  2,140,000 
Farmers Exchange Capital, 7.05%, 7/15/28 (a)    2,500  2,519,415 
Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., 10.75%, 6/15/88 (a)(b)  2,925  3,978,000 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   
24  SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011 

 



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

    Par   
Capital Trusts    (000)  Value 
Insurance (concluded)       
Lincoln National Corp., 7.00%, 5/17/66 (b)  $ 3,350  $ 3,463,230 
MetLife, Inc., 6.40%, 12/15/66    3,325  3,325,120 
Nationwide Life Global Funding I, 6.75%, 5/15/67  3,500  3,307,500 
Principal Life Insurance Co., 8.00%, 3/01/44 (a)  2,500  2,743,693 
Reinsurance Group of America, 6.75%, 12/15/65 (b)  3,000  2,956,101 
Swiss Re Solutions Holding Corp., 7.75%, 6/15/30 (c)  2,000  2,340,700 
ZFS Finance (USA) Trust IV, 5.88%, 5/09/32 (a)(b)  379  377,840 
      41,278,641 
Multi-Utilities — 1.4%       
Dominion Resources Capital Trust I, 7.83%, 12/01/27  2,500  2,572,750 
Dominion Resources, Inc., 7.50%, 6/30/66 (b)    3,900  4,134,000 
      6,706,750 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.3%       
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 8.38%, 8/01/66 (b)  2,000  2,172,500 
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd., 6.35%, 5/15/67 (b)  4,000  4,074,312 
      6,246,812 
Road & Rail — 0.8%       
BNSF Funding Trust I, 6.61%, 12/15/55 (b)    3,750  3,895,312 
Total Capital Trusts — 26.4%      125,357,657 
Preferred Stocks    Shares   
Auto Components — 0.1%       
Dana Holding Corp., 4.00% (a)    4,000  624,500 
Commercial Banks — 0.4%       
SG Preferred Capital II, 6.30%    2,000  1,937,500 
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.0%       
Fannie Mae, 8.25% (f)    14,000  28,560 
Freddie Mac, Series Z, 8.38% (f)    14,000  28,280 
      56,840 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.6%       
Centaur Funding Corp., 9.08%    2,423  2,721,332 
Total Preferred Stocks — 1.1%      5,340,172 
Trust Preferreds       
Diversified Financial Services — 0.5%       
GMAC Capital Trust I, Series 2, 8.13%, 2/15/40 (b)  2,335  2,424,924 
Total Trust Preferreds — 0.5%      2,424,924 
Total Preferred Securities — 28.0%      133,122,753 
    Par   
Taxable Municipal Bonds    (000)   
Metropolitan Transportation Authority, RB,       
Build America Bonds, 6.55%, 11/15/31  $ 3,450  3,617,083 
State of California, GO, Build America Bonds,       
7.35%, 11/01/39    870  965,396 
Total Taxable Municipal Bonds — 1.0%      4,582,479 
U.S. Treasury Obligations       
U.S. Treasury Notes:       
3.63%, 2/15/21    2,265  2,326,581 
4.75%, 2/15/41    2,500  2,641,405 
Total U.S. Treasury Obligations — 1.0%      4,967,986 
Total Long-Term Investments       
(Cost — $595,648,591) — 130.1%      617,237,333 

 

Short-Term Securities    Shares  Value 
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund,       
Institutional Class, 0.10% (g)(h)    2,023,400  $ 2,023,400 
Total Short-Term Securities       
(Cost — $2,023,400) — 0.4%      2,023,400 
Options Purchased    Contracts   
Over-the-Counter Put Options — 0.1%       
S&P 500 Index, Strike Price USD 1,250.00,       
Expires 9/17/11, Broker Credit       
Suisse International    118  292,640 
Total Options Purchased       
(Cost — $569,940) — 0.1%      292,640 
Total Investments Before Options Written       
(Cost — $598,241,931) — 130.6%      619,553,373 
    Notional   
    Amount   
Options Written    (000)   
Over-the-Counter Call Swaptions — (0.1)%       
Pay a fixed rate of 4.03% and receive a floating rate     
based on 3-month LIBOR, Expires 4/16/12,       
Broker UBS AG  $ 7,700  (332,911) 
Over-the-Counter Put Swaptions — 0.0%       
Receive a fixed rate of 4.03% and pay a floating rate     
based on 3-month LIBOR, Expires 4/16/12,       
Broker UBS AG    7,700  (215,379) 
Sold credit default protection on Dow Jones CDX       
North America Investment Grade Series 16,       
Strike Price $120.00, Expires 9/21/11,       
Broker Credit Suisse International    148,000  (108,469) 
      (323,848) 
Total Options Written       
(Premiums Received — $1,087,200) — (0.1)%      (656,759) 
Total Investments, Net of Options Written       
(Cost — $599,329,131*) — 130.5%      618,896,614 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (30.5)%      (144,511,018) 
Net Assets — 100.0%      $474,385,596 


* The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of April 30,

2011, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:

Aggregate cost  $ 597,853,769 
Gross unrealized appreciation  $   26,189,295 
Gross unrealized depreciation  (4,489,691) 
Net unrealized appreciation  $   21,699,604 


(a) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.

These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified
institutional investors.
(b) Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.
(c) All or a portion of security has been pledged as collateral in connection with open
reverse repurchase agreements.
(d) Security is perpetual in nature and has no stated maturity date.
(e) Represents a payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in
additional par/shares.
(f) Non-income producing security.

See Notes to Financial Statements.     
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011  25 

 



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

(g) Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Fund during the
period, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, were as follows:

  Shares    Shares   
  Held at    Held at   
  October 31,  Net  April 30,   
Affiliate  2010  Activity  2011  Income 
BlackRock Liquidity         
Funds, TempFund,         
Institutional Class  1,483,567  539,833  2,023,400  $ 6,501 


(h) Represents the current yield as of report date.

For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund’s industry classifications refer to any one
or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized
market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by Fund management.
These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine
such industry sub-classifications for reporting ease.
Reverse repurchase agreements outstanding as of April 30, 2011 were as follows:

  Interest  Trade Maturity  Net Closing  Face 
Counterparty  Rate  Date  Date  Amount  Amount 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.40%  11/02/01  3/05/15   $4,363,359 $ 4,359,000 
Deutsche Bank           
Securities Inc.  0.38%     11/02/03       12/01/37  2,041,895  2,040,000 
UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  11/03/04  2/11/21  1,105,737  1,104,000 
BNP Paribas           
Securities  0.39%  11/01/05  3/10/15  1,538,915  1,537,000 
Deutsche Bank           
Securities, Inc.  0.40%  11/01/05  5/16/19  6,580,558  6,572,160 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.40%  11/02/07  3/15/20  3,431,199  3,428,000 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.20%  11/04/07  4/05/21  1,564,280  1,564,063 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.45%  11/03/09  1/28/14  1,558,904  1,557,853 
UBS Securities LLC  0.38%     11/02/10       12/01/33  2,304,844  2,302,875 
UBS Securities LLC  0.40%     11/02/10        2/15/20  1,727,043  1,725,490 
UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  11/03/10  2/01/41  4,229,865  4,227,500 
Warburg Pincus  0.38%  2/16/11  3/15/39  7,055,620  7,051,250 
Deutsche Bank           
Securities Inc.  0.40%  3/03/11  12/15/15  980,528  979,875 
Barclays           
Capital Inc.  0.40%  3/04/11  9/16/15  2,197,867  2,196,500 
Barclays           
Capital Inc.  0.40%  3/04/11  2/16/21  1,309,814  1,309,000 
Barclays           
Capital Inc.  0.40%  3/04/11  3/29/47  2,121,319  2,120,000 
Deutsche Bank           
Securities Inc.  0.40%  3/29/11  12/01/37  1,484,561  1,484,000 
Barclays           
Capital Inc.  0.35%  4/14/11  10/29/49  1,510,296  1,510,031 
Barclays           
Capital Inc.  0.35%  4/14/11  12/31/49  1,318,512  1,318,281 
Deutsche Bank           
Securities Inc.  0.38%  4/18/11  4/15/21  2,743,530  2,743,125 
Deutsche Bank           
Securities Inc.  0.35%  4/21/11  12/31/49  1,365,146  1,365,000 
UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  4/21/11  4/15/38  3,544,161  3,543,750 
Deutsche Bank           
Securities Inc.  0.40%  4/25/11  1/21/16  927,385  927,313 


Reverse repurchase agreements outstanding as of April 30, 2011 were as follows
(concluded):

  Interest  Trade Maturity  Net Closing  Face 
Counterparty  Rate  Date  Date  Amount  Amount 
Deutsche Bank           
Securities Inc.  0.35%  4/28/11  3/17/16   $2,040,079  $ 2,040,000 
Deutsche Bank           
Securities Inc.  0.35%  4/28/11  9/30/20  4,485,174  4,485,000 
UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  11/02/11  2/15/20  3,598,536  3,595,500 
UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  11/02/11  1/25/21  3,757,655  3,754,485 
UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  11/02/11  2/11/21  3,299,936  3,298,200 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.35%  11/04/11  7/15/16  2,878,588  2,878,000 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.35%  11/04/11  9/13/16  970,198  970,000 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.40%        11/01/12       12/31/49  6,039,035  6,031,662 
UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  11/01/12  5/15/38  8,111,282  8,101,875 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.35%  11/04/12  5/23/17  600,023  599,906 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.35%       11/04/12        11/15/36  2,283,631  2,283,187 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.35%  11/04/12  9/29/49  649,314  649,187 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.35%  11/04/13  4/07/21  2,023,499  2,023,125 
UBS Securities LLC  0.40%        11/04/13        10/15/20  9,460,097  9,458,100 
UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  11/02/16  3/15/39  703,120  698,750 
UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  11/02/17  6/15/30  2,105,643  2,104,000 
UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  11/03/17  3/17/16  2,836,377  2,835,000 
UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  11/02/23  2/23/16  4,185,902  4,182,900 
UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  11/01/26  9/01/35  2,402,432  2,400,000 
UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  11/01/26  9/15/37  5,286,011  5,280,660 
UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  11/01/27  9/01/20  4,481,239  4,476,750 
UBS Securities LLC  0.38%        11/01/27         12/15/37  3,811,819  3,808,000 
UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  11/01/27  1/15/38  3,923,931  3,920,000 
UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  11/01/27  2/15/38  3,799,056  3,795,250 
UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  11/01/27  4/01/39  4,703,900  4,699,188 
UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  11/01/27  3/30/40  3,846,603  3,842,750 
UBS Securities LLC  0.37%  11/03/28  3/28/14  3,477,876  3,476,625 
UBS Securities LLC  0.37%  11/03/31  3/11/16  1,806,219  1,805,625 
Total      $154,572,513          $154,459,791 


Foreign currency exchange contracts as of April 30, 2011 were as follows:

Currency  Currency    Settlement  Unrealized 
Purchased  Sold  Counterparty  Date  Appreciation 
EUR 472,000  USD 686,128  UBS AG  7/27/11  $ 11,307 


Financial futures contracts purchased as of April 30, 2011 were as follows:

        Notional        Unrealized 
Contracts Issue  Exchange  Expiration  Value       Appreciation 
212  2-Year U.S.  Chicago Board  June   
  Treasury Note  of Trade  2011  $46,232,966       $ 221,534 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   
26  SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011 

 



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

Financial futures contracts sold as of April 30, 2011 were as follows:

        Notional  Unrealized 
Contracts Issue  Exchange  Expiration  Value  Depreciation 
237  5-Year U.S.  Chicago Board  June     
  Treasury Note  of Trade  2011  $27,823,308         $ (253,786) 
328  10-Year U.S.  Chicago Board  June     
  Treasury Note  of Trade  2011  38,900,454  (833,671) 
128  Long-Term U.S.  Chicago Board  June     
  Treasury Bond  of Trade  2011  15,318,757  (345,243) 
97  Ultra U.S.  Chicago Board  June     
  Treasury Bond  of Trade  2011  11,954,329  (255,546) 
Total          $(1,688,246) 


Credit default swaps on single-name issuer — sold protection outstanding as of
April 30, 2011 were as follows:

  Receive      Issuer  Notional   
  Fixed  Counter-    Credit  Amount  Unrealized 
Issuer  Rate  party  Expiration  Rating1  (000)2  Appreciation 
MetLife, Inc.  1.00%  Deutsche         
    Bank AG  3/20/18  A–  USD 900  $ 23,446 

1 Using S&P’s rating of the underlying securities.
2 The maximum potential amount the Fund may pay should a negative event take
place as defined under the terms of agreement.

Credit default swaps on traded indexes — sold protection outstanding as of April 30,
2011 were as follows:

  Receive        Notional   
  Fixed  Counter-    Credit  Amount  Unrealized 
Index  Rate  party  Expiration  Rating3  (000)4  Appreciation 
iTraxx-Europe             
Sub             
Financial             
Index    Deutsche         
Series 15  1.00%  Bank AG  6/20/16  A  EUR 8,100  $ 11,272 

3 Using S&P’s rating of the underlying securities.
4 The maximum potential amount the Fund may pay should a negative event take
place as defined under the terms of agreement.

Interest rate swaps outstanding as of April 30, 2011 were as follows:

        Notional   
Fixed  Floating  Counter-  Expiration  Amount  Unrealized 
Rate  Rate  party  Date  (000)  Depreciation 
0.98%(a)  3-month           
  LIBOR  Citibank NA  3/30/13  USD  59,200  $ (272,191) 
4.34%(a)  3-month           
  LIBOR  Citibank NA  4/14/41  USD  1,700  (50,922) 
4.38%(a)  3-month  Goldman Sachs         
  LIBOR  International  4/14/41  USD  2,400  (86,978) 
4.35%(a)  3-month           
  LIBOR  Deutsche Bank AG  4/15/41  USD  3,000  (96,469) 
Total            $ (506,560) 
(a)Pays a fixed interest rate and receives floating rate.       


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

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an
indication of the risk 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 Financial Statements.

The following tables summarize the inputs used as of April 30, 2011 in determining
the fair valuation of the Fund’s investments and derivative financial instruments:

  Investments in Securities   
Valuation Inputs  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3  Total 
Assets:         
Investments:         
Long-Term         
Investments:         
Asset-Back         
Securities    $ 2,350,616  $ 2,212,750  $ 4,563,366 
Corporate         
Bonds    470,000,749    470,000,749 
Preferred         
Securities  $2,481,764  130,640,989    133,122,753 
Taxable         
Municipal         
Bonds    4,582,479    4,582,479 
U.S Treasury         
Obligations    4,967,986    4,967,986 
Short-Term         
Securities  2,023,400      2,023,400 
Total  $4,505,164  $612,542,819  $ 2,212,750  $619,260,733 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments1

Valuation Inputs  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3  Total 
Assets:         
Interest rate         
contracts  $ 221,534      $ 221,534 
Credit         
contracts  $ 34,718    34,718 
Equity         
contracts    292,640    292,640 
Foreign         
currency         
exchange         
contracts    11,307    11,307 
Liabilities:         
Interest rate         
contracts  (1,688,246)         (1,054,850)    (2,743,096) 
Credit         
contracts    $ (108,469)  (108,469) 
Total  $ (1,466,712) $ (716,185)  $ (108,469)  $ (2,291,366) 

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

See Notes to Financial Statements.

SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011  27 

 



BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III (BPP)
Schedule of Investments
April 30, 2011 (Unaudited)
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

  Par   
Asset-Backed Securities  (000)  Value 
Atrium CDO Corp., Series 5A, Class A4,     
2.83%, 7/20/20 (a)(b)  $ 1,300  $ 1,085,500 
Total Asset-Backed Securities — 0.5%    1,085,500 
Corporate Bonds     
Aerospace & Defense — 1.7%     
BE Aerospace, Inc., 8.50%, 7/01/18  1,215  1,354,725 
Bombardier, Inc., 7.75%, 3/15/20 (a)  1,405  1,564,819 
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (a):     
6.88%, 3/15/18  180  189,450 
7.13%, 3/15/21  190  199,975 
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.,     
10.00%, 6/01/17 (a)  570  625,575 
    3,934,544 
Airlines — 0.9%     
American Airlines Pass-Through Trust, Series 2011-1,     
Class A, 5.25%, 7/31/22  640  620,800 
Continental Airlines Pass-Through Certificates,     
Series 2009-2, Class B, 9.25%, 5/10/17  736  776,630 
Delta Air Lines, Inc., Series 02G1, 6.72%, 7/02/24  588  595,444 
    1,992,874 
Auto Components — 0.6%     
Icahn Enterprises LP:     
7.75%, 1/15/16  420  432,600 
8.00%, 1/15/18  1,000  1,032,500 
    1,465,100 
Beverages — 0.5%     
Constellation Brands, Inc., 7.25%, 5/15/17  955  1,040,950 
Building Products — 0.3%     
Building Materials Corp. of America (a):     
7.00%, 2/15/20  180  187,650 
6.75%, 5/01/21  570  577,837 
    765,487 
Capital Markets — 2.4%     
Ameriprise Financial, Inc., 5.30%, 3/15/20  1,500  1,621,548 
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 6.25%, 2/01/41 (c)  2,150  2,205,724 
Macquarie Bank Ltd., 6.63%, 4/07/21 (a)  975  1,009,184 
UBS AG, 2.25%, 1/28/14 (c)  775  784,570 
    5,621,026 
Chemicals — 0.4%     
CF Industries, Inc., 7.13%, 5/01/20  525  601,125 
Omnova Solutions, Inc., 7.88%, 11/01/18 (a)  355  363,875 
    965,000 
Commercial Banks — 7.9%     
Amsouth Bank, 4.85%, 4/01/13  525  534,814 
Associated Banc-Corp., 5.13%, 3/28/16  1,070  1,090,306 
BNP Paribas, 3.60%, 2/23/16  2,100  2,135,345 
Branch Banking & Trust Co. (b):     
1.00%, 9/13/16  550  530,400 
1.00%, 5/23/17  325  304,663 
CIT Group, Inc., 6.63%, 4/01/18 (a)  782  839,996 
Credit Agricole SA, 8.38% (a)(b)(c)(d)  725  792,063 
Discover Bank, 8.70%, 11/18/19  550  676,325 
Fifth Third Bamcorp, 3.63%, 1/25/16  1,350  1,369,687 
HSBC Holdings Plc, 5.10%, 4/05/21 (c)  2,700  2,778,956 
KeyCorp, 5.10%, 3/24/21  390  399,445 
Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, 4.88%, 1/21/16  475  498,600 
RESPARCS Funding LP I, 8.00% (d)(e)(f)  4,000  2,380,000 
Regions Financial Corp.:     
4.88%, 4/26/13  1,225  1,247,208 
5.75%, 6/15/15  850  875,500 

 

    Par   
Corporate Bonds    (000)  Value 
Commercial Banks (concluded)       
Societe Generale, 5.20%, 4/15/21 (a)(c)  $ 1,375  $ 1,386,969 
SunTrust Banks, Inc., 3.60%, 4/15/16    400  405,157 
      18,245,434 
Commercial Services & Supplies — 3.8%       
Aviation Capital Group Corp. (a):       
7.13%, 10/15/20    4,500  4,665,319 
6.75%, 4/06/21    1,125  1,133,809 
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., 7.75%, 2/15/19 (a)    296  302,660 
Clean Harbors, Inc., 7.63%, 8/15/16    630  674,100 
Corrections Corp. of America, 7.75%, 6/01/17    1,600  1,752,000 
Mobile Mini, Inc., 7.88%, 12/01/20 (a)    135  143,438 
      8,671,326 
Communications Equipment — 1.2%       
Avaya, Inc.:       
9.75%, 11/01/15    400  413,000 
7.00%, 4/01/19 (a)    225  222,750 
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., 6.88%, 1/15/20  1,450  1,576,875 
CC Holdings GS V LLC, 7.75%, 5/01/17 (a)    440  486,200 
      2,698,825 
Construction Materials — 0.2%       
Inversiones CMPC SA, 4.75%, 1/19/18 (a)    400  394,667 
Consumer Finance — 5.6%       
American Express Credit Corp., 2.75%, 9/15/15 (c)    2,900  2,890,827 
Capital One Bank USA NA, 8.80%, 7/15/19    1,625  2,081,121 
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 7.00%, 4/15/15    300  329,487 
Inmarsat Finance Plc, 7.38%, 12/01/17 (a)    1,020  1,078,650 
SLM Corp., 6.25%, 1/25/16    6,275  6,653,659 
      13,033,744 
Containers & Packaging — 1.3%       
Ball Corp.:       
7.13%, 9/01/16    850  926,500 
6.75%, 9/15/20    1,070  1,126,175 
Crown Americas LLC, 6.25%, 2/01/21 (a)    400  411,000 
Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., 6.75%, 12/01/14  270  275,737 
Rock-Tenn Co., 9.25%, 3/15/16    150  163,500 
      2,902,912 
Diversified Financial Services — 4.3%       
Ally Financial, Inc.:       
4.50%, 2/11/14    400  404,000 
8.30%, 2/12/15    780  877,500 
8.00%, 11/01/31    1,060  1,195,150 
Bank of America Corp., 3.63%, 3/17/16 (c)    2,450  2,462,444 
Citigroup, Inc., 4.59%, 12/15/15    475  502,673 
General Electric Capital Corp., 5.30%, 2/11/21 (c)    2,225  2,308,736 
Moody’s Corp., 6.06%, 9/07/17    1,500  1,545,088 
Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc. (a):       
6.88%, 2/15/21    320  330,000 
8.25%, 2/15/21    390  396,337 
      10,021,928 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 5.1%       
AT&T, Inc., 6.30%, 1/15/38 (c)    2,000  2,109,722 
Level 3 Financing, Inc.:       
8.75%, 2/15/17    870  900,450 
10.00%, 2/01/18    280  302,400 
9.38%, 4/01/19 (a)    430  456,875 
Qwest Corp., 8.38%, 5/01/16    1,360  1,615,000 
Telecom Italia Capital SA, 6.18%, 6/18/14    500  545,320 
Telefonica Emisiones SAU, 5.46%, 2/16/21    660  685,020 
Verizon Communications, Inc. (c):       
1.95%, 3/28/14    1,775  1,790,258 
7.35%, 4/01/39    1,950  2,334,809 
Windstream Corp., 7.88%, 11/01/17    900  972,000 
      11,711,854 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   
28  SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011 

 



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

    Par   
Corporate Bonds    (000)  Value 
Electric Utilities — 1.0%       
Progress Energy, Inc., 7.00%, 10/30/31  $ 2,000  $ 2,333,594 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments       
& Components — 0.8%       
Jabil Circuit, Inc., 8.25%, 3/15/18    400  459,000 
NXP BV, 3.05%, 10/15/13 (b)    1,450  1,442,750 
      1,901,750 
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.9%       
Ensco Plc, 4.70%, 3/15/21    960  969,238 
Frac Tech Services LLC, 7.13%, 11/15/18 (a)    185  197,025 
Key Energy Service, Inc., 6.75%, 3/01/21    360  369,900 
MEG Energy Corp., 6.50%, 3/15/21 (a)    465  477,206 
      2,013,369 
Food & Staples Retailing — 2.0%       
CVS Caremark Corp., 6.30%, 6/01/62 (b)    1,650  1,633,500 
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.:       
5.25%, 9/01/35    1,850  1,835,381 
6.20%, 4/15/38 (c)    1,075  1,188,157 
      4,657,038 
Food Products — 1.0%       
Blue Merger Sub, Inc., 7.63%, 2/15/19 (a)    210  214,987 
Kraft Foods, Inc.:       
6.50%, 8/11/17    800  927,926 
6.13%, 8/23/18    800  907,174 
Smithfield Foods, Inc., 10.00%, 7/15/14    187  221,595 
      2,271,682 
Gas Utilities — 0.1%       
Targa Resources Partners LP, 6.88%, 2/01/21 (a)    240  238,800 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.5%       
Boston Scientific Corp.:       
4.50%, 1/15/15    106  111,180 
6.40%, 6/15/16    92  103,065 
5.13%, 1/12/17    375  394,515 
7.38%, 1/15/40    1,425  1,648,042 
Fresenius US Finance II, Inc., 9.00%, 7/15/15 (a)    1,000  1,146,250 
      3,403,052 
Health Care Providers & Services — 3.3%       
Aetna, Inc., 6.75%, 12/15/37    1,725  1,963,925 
Aviv Healthcare Properties LP, 7.75%, 2/15/19 (a)    220  232,100 
HCA, Inc.:       
8.50%, 4/15/19    240  266,400 
7.25%, 9/15/20    1,645  1,768,375 
Tenet Healthcare Corp.:       
10.00%, 5/01/18    745  864,200 
8.88%, 7/01/19    550  621,500 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 6.88%, 2/15/38    1,725  1,983,134 
      7,699,634 
Household Durables — 0.3%       
Cemex Espana Luxembourg, 9.25%, 5/12/20 (a)    723  739,268 
IT Services — 0.5%       
First Data Corp. (a):       
7.38%, 6/15/19    355  361,656 
8.25%, 1/15/21    90  89,550 
12.63%, 1/15/21    580  635,825 
      1,087,031 
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.7%     
AES Corp., 9.75%, 4/15/16    480  555,600 
Energy Future Intermediate Holding Co. LLC,       
10.00%, 12/01/20    720  774,058 
NRG Energy, Inc., 8.25%, 9/01/20    240  252,600 
      1,582,258 

 

  Par   
Corporate Bonds  (000)  Value 
Insurance — 3.8%     
American International Group, Inc., 6.40%, 12/15/20 $  810  $ 886,155 
Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., Ltd., 7.25% (a)(b)(d)  337  338,486 
Forethough Financial Group, 8.63%, 4/15/21 (a)  525  528,976 
Genworth Financial, Inc., 7.63%, 9/24/21  480  492,993 
Lincoln National Corp., 6.25%, 2/15/20  1,725  1,937,309 
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance,     
6.06%, 3/30/40 (a)(c)  1,800  1,935,072 
Principal Financial Group, Inc., 8.88%, 5/15/19  475  608,206 
Prudential Financial, Inc., 6.63%, 12/01/37  1,725  1,924,134 
    8,651,331 
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.8%     
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., 8.00%, 9/15/16  1,830  2,035,875 
Life Technologies Corp., 6.00%, 3/01/20  2,000  2,190,438 
    4,226,313 
Machinery — 1.3%     
AGY Holding Corp., 11.00%, 11/15/14  390  379,275 
Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding Co., Ltd., 9.50%, 4/15/14  1,725  2,077,112 
Navistar International Corp., 8.25%, 11/01/21  475  529,625 
    2,986,012 
Media — 8.7%     
CMP Susquehanna Corp., 3.44%, 5/15/14 (a)(f)  9  6,787 
CSC Holdings LLC:     
8.50%, 6/15/15  800  873,000 
8.63%, 2/15/19  580  668,450 
Comcast Corp., 6.30%, 11/15/17  1,725  1,983,602 
Cox Communications, Inc., 8.38%, 3/01/39 (a)  1,725  2,278,658 
DISH DBS Corp., 7.00%, 10/01/13  850  918,000 
DirectTV Holdings LLC, 5.00%, 3/01/21  1,250  1,282,424 
Gannett Co., Inc., 9.38%, 11/15/17  900  1,012,500 
Intelsat Bermuda Ltd. (g):     
11.50%, 2/04/17 (a)  130  142,350 
11.50%, 2/04/17  200  219,000 
Kabel BW Erste Beteiligungs GmbH, 7.50%, 3/15/19 (a)  500  512,500 
The New York Times Co., 6.63%, 12/15/16  1,725  1,746,562 
News America, Inc., 6.15%, 3/01/37  2,000  2,043,810 
Time Warner Cable, Inc., 6.75%, 6/15/39  1,950  2,119,523 
Time Warner, Inc., 7.70%, 5/01/32  2,000  2,411,238 
UPC Germany GmbH, 8.13%, 12/01/17 (a)  505  534,037 
Virgin Media Secured Finance Plc, 6.50%, 1/15/18  1,300  1,423,500 
    20,175,941 
Metals & Mining — 2.0%     
Alcoa, Inc., 5.40%, 4/15/21  1,190  1,208,288 
Freeport-McMoRan Corp., 7.13%, 11/01/27  1,400  1,489,338 
JMC Steel Group, 8.25%, 3/15/18 (a)  150  157,125 
Novelis, Inc., 8.75%, 12/15/20  500  558,750 
Teck Resources Ltd., 10.75%, 5/15/19  850  1,086,980 
United States Steel Corp., 7.38%, 4/01/20  95  100,225 
    4,600,706 
Multi-Utilities — 1.5%     
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.:     
5.95%, 2/01/17  1,500  1,650,644 
6.50%, 5/01/18  1,600  1,810,923 
    3,461,567 
Multiline Retail — 1.3%     
Dollar General Corp., 10.63%, 7/15/15  1,550  1,658,500 
JC Penney Co., Inc., 5.65%, 6/01/20  1,400  1,396,500 
    3,055,000 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 7.6%     
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.:     
5.95%, 9/15/16  497  555,144 
6.38%, 9/15/17  12  13,554 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.     
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011  29 

 



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

    Par   
Corporate Bonds    (000)  Value 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (concluded)       
BP Capital Markets Plc:       
3.88%, 3/10/15  $ 700  $ 734,191 
3.20%, 3/11/16    925  932,512 
Buckeye Partners LP, 4.88%, 2/01/21    475  483,250 
Chesapeake Energy Corp., 6.13%, 2/15/21    1,690  1,744,925 
Consol Energy, Inc., 6.38%, 3/01/21 (a)    410  412,050 
Copano Energy LLC, 7.13%, 4/01/21    270  276,750 
Denbury Resources, Inc., 6.38%, 8/15/21    280  288,400 
Enbridge Energy Partners LP, 9.88%, 3/01/19    1,000  1,321,007 
Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc., 7.75%, 6/15/19 (a)    500  511,250 
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 6.65%, 4/15/18    2,000  2,321,602 
Forest Oil Corp., 7.25%, 6/15/19    215  223,600 
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, 6.85%, 2/15/20    2,000  2,329,742 
Linn Energy LLC, 7.75%, 2/01/21 (a)    510  546,337 
Marathon Petroleum Corp., 3.50%, 3/01/16 (a)    650  658,614 
ONEOK Partners LP, 8.63%, 3/01/19    1,725  2,196,731 
Oasis Petroleum, Inc., 7.25%, 2/01/19 (a)    185  186,850 
Petrobras International Finance Co., 3.88%, 1/27/16  700  709,645 
Range Resources Corp., 6.75%, 8/01/20    415  444,050 
SM Energy Co., 6.63%, 2/15/19 (a)    235  242,637 
SandRidge Energy, Inc., 7.50%, 3/15/21 (a)    350  368,375 
      17,501,216 
Paper & Forest Products — 3.0%       
Georgia-Pacific LLC, 8.25%, 5/01/16 (a)    1,635  1,855,725 
International Paper Co.:       
7.50%, 8/15/21    1,625  1,939,613 
8.70%, 6/15/38    900  1,170,386 
7.30%, 11/15/39    1,725  1,969,747 
      6,935,471 
Pharmaceuticals — 5.0%       
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., 5.88%, 11/15/36 (c)    883  972,012 
GlaxoSmithKline Capital, Inc., 6.38%, 5/15/38    3,460  3,958,287 
Merck & Co., Inc. (c):       
6.50%, 12/01/33    990  1,179,154 
6.55%, 9/15/37    1,979  2,353,779 
Pfizer, Inc., 7.20%, 3/15/39    2,500  3,157,113 
      11,620,345 
Professional Services — 0.0%       
FTI Consulting, Inc., 7.75%, 10/01/16    100  105,000 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.9%       
AvalonBay Communities, Inc., 6.10%, 3/15/20    1,725  1,948,450 
ERP Operating LP, 5.75%, 6/15/17    1,715  1,921,043 
HCP, Inc., 5.38%, 2/01/21    500  519,728 
      4,389,221 
Road & Rail — 1.7%       
Asciano Finance Ltd., 5.00%, 4/07/18 (a)    425  432,422 
Avis Budget Car Rental LLC, 8.25%, 1/15/19    314  333,625 
Florida East Coast Railway Corp., 8.13%, 2/01/17 (a)  80  84,800 
The Hertz Corp., 6.75%, 4/15/19 (a)    518  528,360 
Norfolk Southern Corp., 6.00%, 3/15/2105 (c)    2,500  2,458,940 
      3,838,147 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.6%     
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 7.75%, 8/01/20    400  417,000 
KLA-Tencor Corp., 6.90%, 5/01/18    918  1,038,700 
      1,455,700 
Specialty Retail — 0.9%       
AutoNation, Inc., 6.75%, 4/15/18    940  984,650 
Best Buy Co., Inc., 5.50%, 3/15/21    650  653,878 
Limited Brands, Inc., 7.00%, 5/01/20    470  498,200 
      2,136,728 

 

  Par   
Corporate Bonds  (000)  Value 
Tobacco — 1.4%     
Altria Group, Inc., 10.20%, 2/06/39  $ 2,150  $ 3,147,387 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.6%     
American Tower Corp., 4.50%, 1/15/18  925  914,050 
Cricket Communications, Inc., 7.75%, 5/15/16  325  346,937 
Crown Castle Towers LLC (a):     
5.50%, 1/15/17  575  613,243 
6.11%, 1/15/40  625  676,422 
Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA (a):     
7.25%, 4/01/19  150  152,531 
7.25%, 4/01/21  300  304,500 
Nextel Communications, Inc., Series E,     
6.88%, 10/31/13  395  398,950 
SBA Tower Trust, 5.10%, 4/15/42 (a)  2,500  2,562,500 
    5,969,133 
Total Corporate Bonds — 93.4%    215,648,365 
Preferred Securities     
Capital Trusts     
Capital Markets — 4.1%     
State Street Capital Trust III, 8.25% (b)(d)  1,385  1,386,565 
State Street Capital Trust IV, 1.31%, 6/01/67 (b)  9,675  8,101,197 
    9,487,762 
Commercial Banks — 7.1%     
ABN AMRO North America Holding Preferred Capital     
Repackaging Trust I, 6.52% (a)(b)(d)  1,650  1,567,500 
BNP Paribas, 7.20% (a)(b)(d)  700  693,000 
Barclays Bank Plc (a)(b)(d):     
5.93%, 9/29/49  1,700  1,623,500 
7.43%, 12/15/49  325  337,350 
CBA Capital Trust I, 5.81% (a)(c)(d)  2,000  2,052,500 
Credit Agricole SA, 6.64% (a)(b)(c)(d)  725  668,668 
Dresdner Funding Trust I, 8.15%, 6/30/31 (a)  1,095  1,073,100 
FCB/NC Capital Trust I, 8.05%, 3/01/28  1,100  1,101,109 
NBP Capital Trust III, 7.38% (d)  2,000  1,850,000 
National City Preferred Capital Trust I, 12.00% (b)(d)  600  672,522 
USB Capital XIII Trust, 6.63%, 12/15/39  1,725  1,841,834 
Westpac Capital Trust IV, 5.26% (a)(b)(d)  3,000  2,917,500 
    16,398,583 
Diversified Financial Services — 5.3%     
ING Capital Funding Trust III, 8.44% (b)(d)  850  820,264 
JPMorgan Chase Capital XXI, Series U,     
1.24%, 1/15/87 (b)  7,125  6,107,913 
JPMorgan Chase Capital XXIII, 1.31%, 5/15/77 (b)  6,190  5,204,199 
    12,132,376 
Electric Utilities — 0.4%     
PPL Capital Funding, 6.70%, 3/30/67 (b)  900  894,374 
Insurance — 3.6%     
AXA SA, 6.38% (a)(b)(d)  900  829,125 
The Allstate Corp., 6.50%, 5/15/67 (b)  900  929,250 
American General Capital II, 8.50%, 7/01/30  100  113,000 
Chubb Corp., 6.38%, 3/29/67 (b)  900  963,000 
Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., 10.75%, 6/15/88 (a)(b)  900  1,224,000 
Lincoln National Corp., 7.00%, 5/17/66 (b)  900  930,420 
MetLife, Inc., 6.40%, 12/15/66  900  900,032 
Reinsurance Group of America, 6.75%, 12/15/65 (b)  1,300  1,280,977 
Swiss Re Capital I LP, 6.85% (a)(b)(d)  1,000  993,766 
ZFS Finance (USA) Trust IV, 5.88%, 5/09/32 (a)(b)  190  189,419 
    8,352,989 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   
30  SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011 

 



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

  Par   
Capital Trusts  (000)  Value 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.4%     
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd., 6.35%, 5/15/67 (b)  $ 900  $ 916,720 
Total Capital Trusts — 20.9%    48,182,805 
Preferred Stocks  Shares   
Commercial Banks — 0.4%     
SG Preferred Capital II, 6.30%  1,000  968,750 
Insurance — 2.4%     
Prudential Plc, 6.50% (d)  6,000,000  5,640,000 
Media — 0.0%     
CMP Susquehanna Radio Holdings Corp.,     
6.30% (a)(b)(d)  2,052  21 
Total Preferred Stocks — 2.8%    6,608,771 
Trust Preferreds     
Diversified Financial Services — 0.5%     
GMAC Capital Trust I, Series 2, 8.13%, 2/15/40 (b)  1,061  1,101,483 
Total Trust Preferreds — 0.5%    1,101,483 
Total Preferred Securities — 24.2%    55,893,058 
  Par   
Taxable Municipal Bonds  (000)   
Metropolitan Transportation Authority, RB,     
Build America Bonds, 6.55%, 11/15/31  $ 1,675  1,756,121 
State of California, GO, Build America Bonds,     
7.35%, 11/01/39  425  471,601 
Total Taxable Municipal Bonds — 0.9%    2,227,722 
U.S. Treasury Obligations     
U.S. Treasury Notes (c):     
3.63%, 2/15/21  1,090  1,119,635 
4.75%, 2/15/41  1,200  1,267,875 
Total U.S. Treasury Obligations — 1.0%    2,387,510 
Warrants (h)  Shares   
Media — 0.0%     
CMP Susquehanna Radio Holdings Corp.     
(Expires 3/26/19) (a)  2,345   
Total Warrants — 0.0%     
Total Long-Term Investments     
(Cost — $268,777,557) — 120.0%    277,242,155 

 

Short-Term Securities  Shares  Value 
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund,     
Institutional Class, 0.10% (i)(j)  1,547,481  $ 1,547,481 
Total Short-Term Securities     
(Cost — $1,547,481) —0.7%    1,547,481 
Options Purchased  Contracts   
Over-the-Counter Dual Binary Options — 0.0%     
Receive 1.00% of notional amount at expiration date     
if 30 year swap is below or at 4.30% and 5 year     
swap is above or at 2.38% based on ISDAFIX,     
Expires 6/23/11, Broker Goldman Sachs Bank USA  22,700,000  29,692 
Over-the-Counter Put Options — 0.1%     
S&P 500 Index, Strike Price USD 1,250.00,     
Expires 9/17/11, Broker Credit Suisse International  58  143,840 
  Notional   
  Amount   
  (000)   
Over-the-Counter Put Swaptions — 0.0%     
Pay a fixed rate of 2.85% and receive a floating rate     
based on 3-month LIBOR, Expires 6/24/11,     
Broker Citibank NA  $ 3,700  2,564 
Total Options Purchased     
(Cost — $339,793) — 0.1%    176,096 
Total Investments Before Options Written     
(Cost — $270,664,831) — 120.8%    278,965,732 
Options Written     
Over-the-Counter Call Swaptions — (0.2)%     
Pay a fixed rate of 4.03% and receive a floating rate     
based on 3-month LIBOR, Expires 4/16/12,     
Broker UBS AG  3,700  (159,970) 
Pay a fixed rate of 4.75% and receive a floating rate     
based on 3-month LIBOR, Expires 3/24/14,     
Broker Citibank NA  5,000  (314,738) 
    (474,708) 
Over-the-Counter Put Swaptions — (0.2)%     
Receive a fixed rate of 4.03% and pay a floating rate     
based on 3-month LIBOR, Expires 4/16/12,     
Broker UBS AG  3,700  (103,493) 
Receive a fixed rate of 4.75% and pay a floating rate     
based on 3-month LIBOR, Expires 3/24/14,     
Broker Citibank NA  5,000  (261,611) 
Sold credit default protection on Dow Jones CDX     
North America Investment Grade Series 16,     
Strike Price $120.00, Expires 9/21/11,     
Broker Credit Suisse International  72,000  (52,769) 
    (417,873) 
Total Options Written     
(Premiums Received — $1,110,600) — (0.4)%    (892,581) 
Total Investments, Net of Options Written     
(Cost — $271,775,431*) — 120.4%    278,073,151 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (20.4)%    (47,165,129) 
Net Assets — 100.0%    $ 230,908,022 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.     
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011  31 

 



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

* The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of April 30,
2011, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:

Aggregate cost  $ 270,204,198 
Gross unrealized appreciation  $   12,291,763 
Gross unrealized depreciation  (3,530,229) 
Net unrealized appreciation  $     8,761,534 


(a) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.

These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified
institutional investors.
(b) Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.
(c) All or a portion of security has been pledged as collateral in connection with open
reverse repurchase agreements.
(d) Security is perpetual in nature and has no stated maturity date.
(e) Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default of interest payments.
(f) Non-income producing security.
(g) Represents a payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in
additional par/shares.
(h) Warrants entitle the Fund to purchase a predetermined number of shares of
common stock and are non-income producing. The purchase price and number
of shares are subject to adjustment under certain conditions until the expiration
date, if any.
(i) Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Fund during the
period, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, were as follows:

  Shares Held at    Shares Held at   
  October 31,  Net  April 30,   
Affiliate  2010  Activity  2011  Income 
BlackRock Liquidity         
Funds, TempFund,         
Institutional Class  34,466,527  (32,919,046)  1,547,481  $ 7,230 


(j) Represents the current yield as of report date.

For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund’s industry classifications refer to any one
or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized
market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by Fund management.
These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine
such industry sub-classifications for reporting ease.
Reverse repurchase agreements outstanding as of April 30, 2011 were as follows:

  Interest  Trade  Maturity  Net Closing  Face 
Counterparty  Rate  Date  Date  Amount  Amount 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.40%  12/09/10  5/15/38  $ 3,790,213  $ 3,784,159 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.40%  12/09/10  2/06/39  2,858,422  2,853,856 
UBS Securities LLC  0.40%  12/30/10  3/15/20  1,503,646  1,501,594 
UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  1/10/11  2/15/20  1,787,486  1,785,375 
UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  1/27/11  9/01/35  1,777,800  1,776,000 
UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  1/27/11  1/15/38  1,954,458  1,952,500 
UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  1/27/11  4/01/39  2,274,028  2,271,750 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.40%  2/01/11  3/05/15  2,181,179  2,179,000 

 

Reverse repurchase agreements outstanding as of April 30, 2011 were as follows
(concluded):

  Interest  Trade  Maturity  Net Closing  Face 
Counterparty  Rate  Date  Date  Amount  Amount 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.40%  2/07/11  3/30/40  $ 1,814,292  $ 1,812,600 
UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  2/10/11  3/15/39  2,983,799  2,981,250 
UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  2/11/11  2/11/21  1,602,064  1,601,300 
UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  2/11/11  12/01/33  1,094,874  1,093,950 
UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  2/11/11  9/15/37  2,198,545  2,196,690 
UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  2/23/11  2/23/16  2,006,940  2,005,500 
UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  3/04/11  2/01/41  2,036,242  2,034,975 
UBS Securities LLC  0.38%  3/10/11  12/01/37  1,777,744  1,776,750 
Deutsche Bank           
Securities Inc.  0.40%  3/30/11  9/15/15  2,741,505  2,740,500 
UBS Securities LLC  0.37%  3/31/11  2/11/21  535,364  534,600 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.35%  4/07/11  4/05/21  2,599,382  2,598,750 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.35%  4/11/11  1/28/14  742,151  742,000 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.35%  4/12/11  11/15/36  910,771  910,594 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.35%  4/12/11  12/31/49  1,982,885  1,982,500 
UBS Securities LLC  0.37%  4/13/11  3/28/14  1,689,242  1,688,912 
Barclays           
Capital Inc.  0.35%  4/14/11  10/29/49  742,349  742,219 
Barclays           
Capital Inc.  0.35%  4/14/11  12/31/49  648,082  647,969 
Deutsche Bank           
Securities Inc.  0.38%  4/18/11  4/15/21  1,323,633  1,323,438 
Deutsche Bank           
Securities Inc.  0.38%  4/18/11  4/15/38  1,102,038  1,101,875 
Deutsche Bank           
Securities Inc.  0.35%  4/21/11  3/17/16  2,364,503  2,364,250 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.04%  4/29/11  5/02/11  2,394,433  2,394,424 
Total        $53,418,070  $53,379,280 


Financial futures contracts purchased as of April 30, 2011 were as follows:

        Notional  Unrealized 
Contracts        Issue  Exchange  Expiration  Value  Appreciation 
102  2-Year U.S.  Chicago Board  June     
  Treasury Note  of Trade  2011  $22,244,163  $ 106,587 
11  Long-Term U.S.  Chicago Board  June     
  Treasury Bond  of Trade  2011  $ 1,311,350  34,775 
Total          $ 141,362 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   
32  SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011 

 



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

Financial futures contracts sold as of April 30, 2011 were as follows:

        Notional  Unrealized 
Contracts Issue  Exchange  Expiration  Value  Depreciation 
115  5-Year U.S.  Chicago Board  June     
  Treasury Note  of Trade  2011  $13,500,761        $ (123,145) 
25  10-Year U.S.  Chicago Board  June     
  Treasury Note  of Trade  2011    $2,970,311  (58,204) 
46  Ultra U.S.  Chicago Board  June     
  Treasury Bond  of Trade  2011    $5,674,213  (116,037) 
Total          $ (297,386) 


Credit default swaps on single-name issuer — buy protection outstanding as of
April 30, 2011 were as follows:

  Pay    Notional   
  Fixed      Expiration         Amount    Unrealized 
Issuer  Rate  Counterparty  Date  (000)  Depreciation 
The New York           
Times Co.  1.00%  Barclays Bank Plc  12/20/16 $ 1,725  $ (1,969) 


Credit default swaps on single-name issuer — sold protection outstanding as of
April 30, 2011 were as follows:

  Receive      Issuer  Notional   
  Fixed  Counter-    Credit  Amount  Unrealized 
Issuer  Rate  party  Expiration  Rating1  (000)2  Appreciation 
MetLife, Inc.  1.00%  Deutsche         
    Bank AG  3/20/18  A–  $ 425  $ 11,072 

1 Using S&P’s rating of the underlying securities.
2 The maximum potential amount the Fund may pay should a negative event take
place as defined under the terms of agreement.

Interest rate swaps outstanding as of April 30, 2011 were as follows:

        Notional  Unrealized 
Fixed  Floating  Counter-  Expiration  Amount  Appreciation 
Rate  Rate  party  Date  (000)            (Depreciation) 
0.98%(a)  3-month           
  LIBOR  Citibank NA  3/30/13  USD  28,800  $ (132,416) 
2.32%(b)  3-month           
  LIBOR  Citibank NA  3/28/16  USD  2,000  19,120 
4.34%(a)  3-month           
  LIBOR  Citibank NA  4/14/41  USD  800  (23,964) 
4.38%(a)  3-month  Goldman Sachs         
  LIBOR  International  4/14/41  USD  1,200  (43,489) 
4.35%(a)  3-month           
  LIBOR  Deutsche Bank AG  4/15/41  USD  1,500  (48,235) 
Total            $ (228,984) 

(a)Pays a fixed interest rate and receives floating rate.
(b)Pays floating interest rate and receives fixed rate.

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

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an
indication of the risk 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 Financial Statements.

The following tables summarize the inputs used as of April 30, 2011 in determining
the fair valuation of the Fund’s investments and derivative financial instruments:

  Investments in Securities   
Valuation Inputs  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3  Total 
Assets:         
Investments:         
Long-Term         
Investments:         
Asset-Back         
Securities      $ 1,085,500  $ 1,085,500 
Corporate         
Bonds    $215,641,578  6,787  215,648,365 
Preferred         
Securities  $1,101,483  54,791,554  $ 21  55,893,058 
Taxable         
Municipal         
Bonds    2,227,722    2,227,722 
U.S Treasury         
Obligations    2,387,510    2,387,510 
Short-Term         
Securities  1,547,481      1,547,481 
Total  $2,648,964  $275,048,364  $ 1,092,308  $278,789,636 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments1

Valuation Inputs  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3  Total 
Assets:         
Interest rate         
contracts  $ 141,362  $ 21,684   $29,692  $ 192,738 
Credit         
contracts    11,072    11,072 
Equity         
contracts    143,840    143,840 
Liabilities:         
Interest rate         
contracts  (297,386)  (1,087,916)    (1,385,302) 
Credit         
contracts    (1,969)  (52,769)  (54,738) 
Total  $ (156,024)  $ (913,289)  $ (23,077)  $ (1,092,390) 

1 Derivative financial instruments are swaps, financial futures contracts, and
options. Financial futures contracts and swaps are valued at the unrealized
appreciation/depreciation on the instrument and options are shown at value.

See Notes to Financial Statements.     
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011  33 

 



BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV (BTZ)
Schedule of Investments
April 30, 2011 (Unaudited)
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

  Par   
Asset-Backed Securities  (000)  Value 
Atrium CDO Corp., Series 5A, Class A4,     
2.83%, 7/20/20 (a)(b)  $ 4,400  $ 3,674,000 
SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2004-B,     
Class A2, 0.51%, 6/15/21 (b)  4,438  4,328,856 
Total Asset-Backed Securities — 1.1%    8,002,856 
Corporate Bonds     
Aerospace & Defense — 1.7%     
BE Aerospace, Inc., 8.50%, 7/01/18  3,575  3,986,125 
Bombardier, Inc., 7.75%, 3/15/20 (a)  4,500  5,011,875 
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (a):     
6.88%, 3/15/18  580  610,450 
7.13%, 3/15/21  600  631,500 
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc.,     
10.00%, 6/01/17 (a)  2,052  2,252,070 
    12,492,020 
Airlines — 0.9%     
American Airlines Pass-Through Trust, Series 2011-1,     
Class A, 5.25%, 7/31/22  2,425  2,352,250 
Continental Airlines Pass-Through Certificates,     
Series 2009-2, Class B, 9.25%, 5/10/17  2,113  2,229,680 
Delta Air Lines, Inc., Series 02G1, 6.72%, 7/02/24  2,205  2,232,916 
    6,814,846 
Auto Components — 0.6%     
Icahn Enterprises LP:     
7.75%, 1/15/16  1,700  1,751,000 
8.00%, 1/15/18  2,500  2,581,250 
    4,332,250 
Beverages — 0.5%     
Constellation Brands, Inc., 7.25%, 5/15/17  3,230  3,520,700 
Building Products — 0.5%     
Building Materials Corp. of America (a):     
7.00%, 2/15/20  790  823,575 
6.75%, 5/01/21  1,930  1,956,538 
Nortek, Inc., 10.00%, 12/01/18 (a)  1,100  1,177,000 
    3,957,113 
Capital Markets — 3.9%     
Ameriprise Financial, Inc., 5.30%, 3/15/20 (c)  4,500  4,864,644 
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (c):     
7.50%, 2/15/19  6,850  8,134,266 
6.25%, 2/01/41  7,350  7,540,497 
Macquarie Bank Ltd., 6.63%, 4/07/21 (a)(c)  3,950  4,088,487 
UBS AG (c):     
2.25%, 1/28/14  2,678  2,711,071 
5.88%, 7/15/16  1,575  1,731,509 
    29,070,474 
Chemicals — 0.5%     
CF Industries, Inc., 7.13%, 5/01/20  1,850  2,118,250 
Omnova Solutions, Inc., 7.88%, 11/01/18 (a)  1,220  1,250,500 
    3,368,750 
Commercial Banks — 6.5%     
Amsouth Bank, 4.85%, 4/01/13  1,800  1,833,649 
Associated Banc-Corp., 5.13%, 3/28/16  3,645  3,714,175 
BNP Paribas, 3.60%, 2/23/16 (c)  7,250  7,372,025 
Branch Banking & Trust Co. (b)(c):     
1.00%, 9/13/16  1,850  1,784,071 
1.00%, 5/23/17  1,100  1,031,165 
CIT Group, Inc., 6.63%, 4/01/18 (a)  2,673  2,871,240 
Credit Agricole SA, 8.38%, 10/29/49 (a)(b)(c)(d)  2,450  2,676,625 
Discover Bank, 8.70%, 11/18/19  1,950  2,397,880 

 

    Par   
Corporate Bonds    (000)  Value 
Commercial Banks (concluded)       
Fifth Third Bamcorp, 3.63%, 1/25/16  $ 4,600  $ 4,667,082 
HSBC Holdings Plc, 5.10%, 4/05/21 (c)    3,500  3,602,350 
KeyCorp, 5.10%, 3/24/21    1,300  1,331,482 
Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, 4.88%, 1/21/16    1,525  1,600,770 
Regions Financial Corp.:       
4.88%, 4/26/13    4,150  4,225,235 
5.75%, 6/15/15    3,000  3,090,000 
Societe Generale, 5.20%, 4/15/21 (a)(c)    4,825  4,867,002 
SunTrust Banks, Inc., 3.60%, 4/15/16    1,300  1,316,760 
      48,381,511 
Commercial Services & Supplies — 3.8%       
Aviation Capital Group Corp. (a):       
7.13%, 10/15/20    15,000  15,551,064 
6.75%, 4/06/21    3,850  3,880,145 
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., 7.75%, 2/15/19 (a)    1,031  1,054,198 
Clean Harbors, Inc., 7.63%, 8/15/16    2,250  2,407,500 
Corrections Corp. of America, 7.75%, 6/01/17    4,835  5,294,325 
Mobile Mini, Inc., 7.88%, 12/01/20 (a)    455  483,438 
      28,670,670 
Communications Equipment — 1.1%       
Avaya, Inc.:       
9.75%, 11/01/15    1,400  1,445,500 
7.00%, 4/01/19 (a)    850  841,500 
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., 6.88%, 1/15/20  3,580  3,893,250 
CC Holdings GS V LLC, 7.75%, 5/01/17 (a)    1,725  1,906,125 
      8,086,375 
Construction Materials — 0.2%       
Inversiones CMPC SA, 4.75%, 1/19/18 (a)    1,375  1,356,669 
Consumer Finance — 4.8%       
American Express Credit Corp., 2.75%, 9/15/15    9,850  9,818,844 
Capital One Bank USA NA, 8.80%, 7/15/19    3,950  5,058,726 
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 7.00%, 4/15/15    820  900,596 
Inmarsat Finance Plc, 7.38%, 12/01/17 (a)    2,975  3,146,063 
SLM Corp., 6.25%, 1/25/16    16,175  17,151,064 
      36,075,293 
Containers & Packaging — 1.3%       
Ball Corp.:       
7.13%, 9/01/16    2,000  2,180,000 
6.75%, 9/15/20    3,575  3,762,687 
Crown Americas LLC, 6.25%, 2/01/21 (a)    1,350  1,387,125 
Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc.,       
6.75%, 12/01/14    1,110  1,133,588 
Rock-Tenn Co., 9.25%, 3/15/16    800  872,000 
      9,335,400 
Diversified Financial Services — 5.3%       
Ally Financial, Inc.:       
4.50%, 2/11/14    1,500  1,515,000 
8.30%, 2/12/15    2,890  3,251,250 
8.00%, 11/01/31    3,100  3,495,250 
Bank of America Corp., 3.63%, 3/17/16 (c)    8,625  8,668,807 
Citigroup, Inc., 4.59%, 12/15/15 (c)    1,575  1,666,756 
General Electric Capital Corp., 5.30%, 2/11/21 (c)    7,775  8,067,604 
Moody’s Corp., 6.06%, 9/07/17    10,000  10,300,590 
Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc. (a):       
6.88%, 2/15/21    1,095  1,129,219 
8.25%, 2/15/21    1,345  1,366,856 
Stan IV Ltd., 2.48%, 7/20/11 (b)    283  280,170 
      39,741,502 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 4.8%       
AT&T, Inc., 6.30%, 1/15/38    5,000  5,274,305 
Level 3 Financing, Inc.:       
8.75%, 2/15/17    2,910  3,011,850 
10.00%, 2/01/18    930  1,004,400 
9.38%, 4/01/19 (a)    1,500  1,593,750 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

34  SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011 

 



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

  Par   
Corporate Bonds  (000)  Value 
Diversified Telecommunication Services (concluded)     
Qwest Corp., 8.38%, 5/01/16  $ 3,285  $ 3,900,937 
Telecom Italia Capital SA, 6.18%, 6/18/14  1,650  1,799,556 
Telefonica Emisiones SAU, 5.46%, 2/16/21  2,250  2,335,295 
Verizon Communications, Inc. (c):     
1.95%, 3/28/14  8,525  8,598,281 
7.35%, 4/01/39  4,700  5,627,489 
Windstream Corp., 7.88%, 11/01/17  2,700  2,916,000 
    36,061,863 
Electric Utilities — 0.8%     
Progress Energy, Inc., 7.00%, 10/30/31  5,000  5,833,985 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments     
& Components — 1.0%     
Jabil Circuit, Inc., 8.25%, 3/15/18  2,000  2,295,000 
NXP BV, 3.05%, 10/15/13 (b)  4,900  4,875,500 
    7,170,500 
Energy Equipment & Services — 1.3%     
Ensco Plc, 4.70%, 3/15/21  3,255  3,286,323 
Frac Tech Services LLC, 7.13%, 11/15/18 (a)  615  654,975 
Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., Series B,     
6.13%, 12/01/14  2,695  2,721,950 
Key Energy Service, Inc., 6.75%, 3/01/21  1,240  1,274,100 
MEG Energy Corp., 6.50%, 3/15/21 (a)  1,580  1,621,475 
    9,558,823 
Food & Staples Retailing — 1.5%     
CVS Caremark Corp., 6.30%, 6/01/62 (b)  2,900  2,871,000 
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (c):     
5.25%, 9/01/35  2,650  2,629,060 
6.20%, 4/15/38  5,225  5,774,994 
    11,275,054 
Food Products — 0.8%     
Blue Merger Sub, Inc., 7.63%, 2/15/19 (a)  710  726,863 
Kraft Foods, Inc.:     
6.50%, 8/11/17  1,985  2,302,417 
6.13%, 8/23/18  1,990  2,256,594 
Smithfield Foods, Inc., 10.00%, 7/15/14  668  791,580 
    6,077,454 
Gas Utilities — 0.1%     
Targa Resources Partners LP, 6.88%, 2/01/21 (a)  820  815,900 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.7%     
Boston Scientific Corp.:     
4.50%, 1/15/15  380  398,569 
6.40%, 6/15/16  327  366,328 
5.13%, 1/12/17  1,341  1,410,787 
7.38%, 1/15/40  4,950  5,724,779 
Fresenius US Finance II, Inc., 9.00%, 7/15/15 (a)  4,250  4,871,563 
    12,772,026 
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.7%     
Aetna, Inc., 6.75%, 12/15/37 (c)  4,075  4,639,416 
Aviv Healthcare Properties LP, 7.75%, 2/15/19 (a)  765  807,075 
HCA, Inc.:     
8.50%, 4/15/19  600  666,000 
7.25%, 9/15/20  4,590  4,934,250 
Tenet Healthcare Corp.:     
10.00%, 5/01/18  2,175  2,523,000 
8.88%, 7/01/19  1,825  2,062,250 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 6.88%, 2/15/38 (c)  4,075  4,684,795 
    20,316,786 
Household Durables — 0.7%     
Cemex Espana Luxembourg, 9.25%, 5/12/20 (a)  4,947  5,058,307 

 

    Par   
Corporate Bonds    (000)  Value 
IT Services — 0.5%       
First Data Corp. (a):       
7.38%, 6/15/19  $ 1,205  $ 1,227,594 
8.25%, 1/15/21    310  308,450 
12.63%, 1/15/21    1,960  2,148,650 
      3,684,694 
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.7%     
AES Corp., 9.75%, 4/15/16    1,620  1,875,150 
Energy Future Intermediate Holding Co. LLC,       
10.00%, 12/01/20    2,460  2,644,697 
NRG Energy, Inc., 8.25%, 9/01/20    815  857,787 
      5,377,634 
Insurance — 3.2%       
American International Group, Inc., 6.40%, 12/15/20 (c)  2,800  3,063,250 
Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., Ltd., 7.25% (a)(b)(d)    1,116  1,120,921 
Forethough Financial Group, 8.63%, 4/15/21 (a)    1,625  1,637,308 
Genworth Financial, Inc., 7.63%, 9/24/21    1,615  1,658,715 
Lincoln National Corp., 6.25%, 2/15/20 (c)    4,075  4,576,543 
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance,       
6.06%, 3/30/40 (a)(c)    5,500  5,912,720 
Principal Financial Group, Inc., 8.88%, 5/15/19    1,145  1,466,097 
Prudential Financial, Inc., 6.63%, 12/01/37 (c)    4,075  4,545,418 
      23,980,972 
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.5%       
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., 8.00%, 9/15/16    5,480  6,096,500 
Life Technologies Corp., 6.00%, 3/01/20    4,800  5,257,051 
      11,353,551 
Machinery — 0.9%       
Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding Co., Ltd., 9.50%, 4/15/14  4,075  4,906,801 
Navistar International Corp., 8.25%, 11/01/21    1,515  1,689,225 
      6,596,026 
Media — 6.8%       
CSC Holdings LLC:       
8.50%, 6/15/15    2,300  2,509,875 
8.63%, 2/15/19    1,950  2,247,375 
Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc., 10.50%, 1/15/15 (a)  2,575  2,645,812 
Comcast Corp., 6.30%, 11/15/17    4,075  4,685,900 
Cox Communications, Inc., 8.38%, 3/01/39 (a)    4,075  5,382,916 
DISH DBS Corp., 7.00%, 10/01/13    1,950  2,106,000 
DirectTV Holdings LLC, 5.00%, 3/01/21    4,150  4,257,647 
Gannett Co., Inc., 9.38%, 11/15/17    3,100  3,487,500 
Intelsat Bermuda Ltd. (e):       
11.50%, 2/04/17    690  755,550 
11.50%, 2/04/17 (a)    460  503,700 
Kabel BW Erste Beteiligungs GmbH, 7.50%, 3/15/19 (a)  1,760  1,804,000 
News America, Inc., 6.15%, 3/01/37    4,850  4,956,239 
Time Warner Cable, Inc., 6.75%, 6/15/39    4,675  5,081,421 
Time Warner, Inc., 7.70%, 5/01/32    4,900  5,907,533 
UPC Germany GmbH, 8.13%, 12/01/17 (a)    1,225  1,295,438 
Virgin Media Secured Finance Plc, 6.50%, 1/15/18  3,175  3,476,625 
      51,103,531 
Metals & Mining — 1.8%       
Alcoa, Inc., 5.40%, 4/15/21    4,090  4,152,855 
Freeport-McMoRan Corp., 7.13%, 11/01/27    3,500  3,723,346 
JMC Steel Group, 8.25%, 3/15/18 (a)    530  555,175 
Novelis, Inc., 8.75%, 12/15/20    1,710  1,910,925 
Teck Resources Ltd., 10.75%, 5/15/19    2,000  2,557,600 
United States Steel Corp., 7.38%, 4/01/20    290  305,950 
      13,205,851 
Multiline Retail — 2.3%       
Dollar General Corp., 10.63%, 7/15/15    4,225  4,520,750 
JC Penney Co., Inc., 5.65%, 6/01/20    12,400  12,369,000 
      16,889,750 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011  35 

 



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

  Par   
Corporate Bonds  (000)  Value 
Multi-Utilities — 2.5%     
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.:     
5.95%, 2/01/17  $ 3,600  $ 3,961,544 
6.50%, 5/01/18  3,950  4,470,717 
Dominion Resources, Inc., 8.88%, 1/15/19 (c)  8,000  10,286,800 
    18,719,061 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 6.9%     
Anadarko Petroluem Corp.:     
5.95%, 9/15/16  1,686  1,883,243 
6.38%, 9/15/17  52  58,732 
BP Capital Markets Plc (c):     
5.25%, 11/07/13  2,100  2,276,629 
3.88%, 3/10/15  3,085  3,235,687 
Buckeye Partners LP, 4.88%, 2/01/21  1,650  1,678,659 
Chesapeake Energy Corp., 6.13%, 2/15/21  5,745  5,931,712 
Consol Energy, Inc., 6.38%, 3/01/21 (a)  1,385  1,391,925 
Copano Energy LLC, 7.13%, 4/01/21  930  953,250 
Denbury Resources, Inc., 6.38%, 8/15/21  955  983,650 
Enbridge Energy Partners LP, 9.88%, 3/01/19  2,425  3,203,442 
Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc., 7.75%, 6/15/19 (a)  1,700  1,738,250 
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 6.65%, 4/15/18  4,800  5,571,845 
Forest Oil Corp., 7.25%, 6/15/19  735  764,400 
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, 6.85%, 2/15/20  4,800  5,591,381 
Linn Energy LLC, 7.75%, 2/01/21 (a)  1,740  1,863,975 
Marathon Petroleum Corp., 3.50%, 3/01/16 (a)  2,250  2,279,819 
ONEOK Partners LP, 8.63%, 3/01/19  4,075  5,189,378 
Oasis Petroleum, Inc., 7.25%, 2/01/19 (a)  625  631,250 
Petrobras International Finance Co., 3.88%, 1/27/16  2,425  2,458,412 
Range Resources Corp., 6.75%, 8/01/20  1,415  1,514,050 
SM Energy Co., 6.63%, 2/15/19 (a)  795  820,838 
SandRidge Energy, Inc., 7.50%, 3/15/21 (a)  1,200  1,263,000 
    51,283,527 
Paper & Forest Products — 2.4%     
Georgia-Pacific LLC, 8.25%, 5/01/16 (a)  3,955  4,488,925 
International Paper Co.:     
7.50%, 8/15/21  3,950  4,714,752 
8.70%, 6/15/38  3,100  4,031,330 
7.30%, 11/15/39  4,075  4,653,169 
    17,888,176 
Pharmaceuticals — 5.3%     
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., 5.88%, 11/15/36 (c)  3,549  3,906,761 
GlaxoSmithKline Capital, Inc., 6.38%, 5/15/38  10,100  11,554,541 
Merck & Co., Inc. (c):     
6.50%, 12/01/33  2,885  3,436,223 
6.55%, 9/15/37  6,945  8,260,230 
Pfizer, Inc., 7.20%, 3/15/39  10,000  12,628,450 
    39,786,205 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.5%     
AvalonBay Communities, Inc., 6.10%, 3/15/20  4,075  4,602,859 
ERP Operating LP, 5.75%, 6/15/17  4,080  4,570,179 
HCP, Inc., 5.38%, 2/01/21  1,675  1,741,089 
    10,914,127 
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%     
Realogy Corp., 7.88%, 2/15/19 (a)  1,105  1,116,050 
Road & Rail — 1.7%     
Asciano Finance Ltd., 5.00%, 4/07/18 (a)  1,475  1,500,758 
Avis Budget Car Rental LLC, 8.25%, 1/15/19  1,080  1,147,500 
Florida East Coast Railway Corp., 8.13%, 2/01/17 (a)  320  339,200 
The Hertz Corp., 6.75%, 4/15/19 (a)  1,554  1,585,080 
Norfolk Southern Corp., 6.00%, 3/15/2105 (c)  8,500  8,360,396 
    12,932,934 

 

    Par   
Corporate Bonds    (000)  Value 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.5%     
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 7.75%, 8/01/20  $ 1,300  $ 1,355,250 
KLA-Tencor Corp., 6.90%, 5/01/18    2,208  2,498,310 
      3,853,560 
Specialty Retail — 1.0%       
AutoNation, Inc., 6.75%, 4/15/18    2,775  2,906,812 
Best Buy Co., Inc., 5.50%, 3/15/21    2,450  2,464,617 
Claire’s Escrow Corp., 8.88%, 3/15/19 (a)    880  855,800 
Limited Brands, Inc., 7.00%, 5/01/20    1,370  1,452,200 
      7,679,429 
Tobacco — 2.9%       
Altria Group, Inc.:       
9.70%, 11/10/18    4,075  5,425,769 
9.25%, 8/06/19    3,950  5,199,361 
10.20%, 2/06/39    7,400  10,832,867 
      21,457,997 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.3%       
American Tower Corp., 4.50%, 1/15/18    3,200  3,162,118 
Cricket Communications, Inc., 7.75%, 5/15/16    780  832,650 
Crown Castle Towers LLC (a):       
5.50%, 1/15/17    1,975  2,106,355 
6.11%, 1/15/40    2,330  2,521,701 
Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA (a):       
7.25%, 4/01/19    320  325,400 
7.25%, 4/01/21    1,020  1,035,300 
Nextel Communications, Inc., Series E,       
6.88%, 10/31/13    1,040  1,050,400 
SBA Tower Trust, 5.10%, 4/15/42 (a)    6,250  6,406,250 
      17,440,174 
Total Corporate Bonds — 91.8%      685,407,520 
Preferred Securities       
Capital Trusts       
Capital Markets — 3.5%       
Credit Suisse Guernsey Ltd., 5.86% (b)(d)    1,050  1,023,750 
State Street Capital Trust III, 8.25% (b)(d)    1,740  1,741,966 
State Street Capital Trust IV, 1.31%, 6/01/67 (b)    28,195  23,608,604 
      26,374,320 
Commercial Banks — 7.8%       
ABN AMRO North America Holding Preferred Capital       
Repackaging Trust I, 6.52% (a)(b)(d)    5,600  5,320,000 
BB&T Capital Trust IV, 6.82%, 6/12/77 (b)    15,300  15,529,500 
BNP Paribas, 7.20% (a)(b)(c)(d)    2,500  2,475,000 
Barclays Bank Plc, 7.43% (a)(b)(d)    1,100  1,141,800 
CBA Capital Trust II, 6.02% (a)(b)(c)(d)    5,000  5,062,850 
Credit Agricole SA, 6.64% (a)(b)(c)(d)    2,450  2,259,635 
Dresdner Funding Trust I, 8.15%, 6/30/31 (a)    3,715  3,640,700 
HSBC Capital Funding LP/Jersey Channel Islands,       
10.18% (a)(b)(c)(d)    7,000  9,450,000 
National City Preferred Capital Trust I, 12.00% (b)(d)  3,713  4,161,791 
Standard Chartered Bank, 7.01% (a)(b)(d)    5,000  4,885,250 
USB Capital XIII Trust, 6.63%, 12/15/39    4,100  4,377,693 
      58,304,219 
Diversified Financial Services — 4.2%       
ING Capital Funding Trust III, 8.44% (b)(d)    2,950  2,846,797 
JPMorgan Chase Capital XXI, Series U,       
1.24%, 1/15/87 (b)    12,875  11,037,107 
JPMorgan Chase Capital XXIII, 1.31%, 5/15/77 (b)    20,695  17,399,176 
      31,283,080 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   
36  SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011 

 



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

  Par   
Capital Trusts  (000)  Value 
Electric Utilities — 0.5%     
PPL Capital Funding, 6.70%, 3/30/67 (b)  $ 3,900  $ 3,875,625 
Insurance — 6.6%     
AXA SA, 6.46% (a)(b)(d)  6,000  5,467,500 
Ace Capital Trust II, 9.70%, 4/01/30  4,000  5,220,040 
The Allstate Corp., 6.50%, 5/15/67 (b)  4,000  4,130,000 
American General Capital II, 8.50%, 7/01/30  300  339,000 
Aon Corp., 8.21%, 1/01/27  4,000  4,520,428 
Chubb Corp., 6.38%, 3/29/67 (b)(c)  4,000  4,280,000 
Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., 10.75%, 6/15/88 (a)(b)  4,000  5,440,000 
Lincoln National Corp., 7.00%, 5/17/66 (b)  4,255  4,398,819 
MetLife, Inc., 6.40%, 12/15/66  4,550  4,550,164 
Reinsurance Group of America, 6.75%, 12/15/65 (b)  7,000  6,897,569 
Swiss Re Capital I LP, 6.85% (a)(b)(d)  3,000  2,981,298 
ZFS Finance (USA) Trust IV, 5.88%, 5/09/32 (a)(b)  599  597,167 
    48,821,985 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.2%     
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 8.38%, 8/01/66 (b)  4,500  4,888,125 
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd., 6.35%, 5/15/67 (b)  4,000  4,074,312 
    8,962,437 
Total Capital Trusts — 23.8%    177,621,666 
Preferred Stocks  Shares   
Auto Components — 0.1%     
Dana Holding Corp., 4.00%  7,000  1,092,875 
Commercial Banks — 0.4%     
SG Preferred Capital II, 6.30%  3,000  2,906,250 
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.0%     
Fannie Mae, 8.25% (f)  23,000  46,920 
Freddie Mac, Series Z, 8.38% (f)  23,000  46,460 
    93,380 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.1%     
Sovereign Real Estate Investment Corp., 12.00%  7,000  8,050,000 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.5%     
Centaur Funding Corp., 9.08%  10,000  11,231,250 
Total Preferred Stocks — 3.1%    23,373,755 
  Par   
Trust Preferreds  (000)   
Diversified Financial Services — 0.5%     
GMAC Capital Trust I, Series 2, 8.13%, 2/15/40 (b)  $ 3,518  3,652,572 
Total Trust Preferreds — 0.5%    3,652,572 
Total Preferred Securities — 27.4%    204,647,993 
Taxable Municipal Bonds     
City of Chicago Illinois, RB, Build America Bonds,     
6.85%, 1/01/38  5,000  5,033,400 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority, RB,     
Build America Bonds, 6.55%, 11/15/31  4,075  4,272,352 
State of California, GO, Build America Bonds,     
7.35%, 11/01/39  2,050  2,274,783 
Total Taxable Municipal Bonds — 1.6%    11,580,535 

 

  Par   
U.S. Treasury Obligations  (000)  Value 
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 4.75%, 2/15/41  $ 4,200  $ 4,437,560 
U.S. Treasury Notes, 3.63%, 2/15/21  12,755  13,101,783 
Total U.S. Treasury Obligations — 2.3%    17,539,343 
Total Long-Term Investments     
(Cost — $902,567,319) — 124.2%    927,178,247 
Short-Term Securities  Shares   
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund,     
Institutional Class, 0.10% (g)(h)  500  500 
Total Short-Term Securities     
(Cost — $500) — 0.0%    500 
Options Purchased  Contracts   
Over-the-Counter Dual Binary Options — 0.0%     
Receive 1.00% of notional amount at expiration date     
if 30 year swap is below or at 4.30% and 5 year     
swap is above or at 2.38% based on ISDAFIX,     
Expires 6/23/11, Broker Goldman Sachs Bank USA  77,300,000  101,109 
Over-the-Counter Put Options — 0.1%     
S&P 500 Index, Strike Price USD 1,250.00,     
Expires 9/17/11, Broker Credit Suisse International  196  486,080 
  Notional   
  Amount   
  (000)   
Over-the-Counter Put Swaptions — 0.0%     
Pay a fixed rate of 2.85% and receive a floating rate     
based on 3-month LIBOR, Expires 6/24/11,     
Broker Citibank NA  $ 12,600  8,732 
Total Options Purchased     
(Cost — $1,149,820) — 0.1%    595,921 
Total Investments Before Options Written     
(Cost — $903,717,639) — 124.3%    927,774,668 
Options Written     
Over-the-Counter Call Swaptions — (0.2)%     
Pay a fixed rate of 4.06% and receive a floating rate     
based on 3-month LIBOR, Expires 4/16/12,     
Broker Deutsche Bank AG  13,000  (581,981) 
Pay a fixed rate of 4.75% and receive a floating rate     
based on 3-month LIBOR, Expires 3/24/14,     
Broker Citibank NA  17,000  (1,070,108) 
    (1,652,089) 
Over-the-Counter Put Swaptions — (0.2)%     
Receive a fixed rate of 4.06% and pay a floating rate     
based on 3-month LIBOR, Expires 4/16/12,     
Broker Deutsche Bank AG  13,000  (350,604) 
Receive a fixed rate of 4.75% and pay a floating rate     
based on 3-month LIBOR, Expires 3/24/14,     
Broker Citibank NA  17,000  (889,477) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.     
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011  37 

 



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

  Notional   
  Amount   
Options Written  (000)  Value 
Over-the-Counter Put Swaptions (concluded)     
Sold credit default protection on Dow Jones CDX     
North America Investment Grade Series 16,     
Strike Price $120.00, Expires 9/21/11,     
Broker Credit Suisse International  $ 245,000  $ (179,561) 
    (1,419,642) 
Total Options Written     
(Premiums Received — $3,805,700) — (0.4)%    (3,071,731) 
Total Investments, Net of Options Written     
(Cost — $907,523,339*) — 123.9%    924,702,937 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (23.9)%    (177,968,157) 
Net Assets — 100.0%    $746,734,780 


* The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of April 30,

2011, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:

Aggregate cost  $ 903,051,992 
Gross unrealized appreciation  $   35,104,745 
Gross unrealized depreciation  (10,382,069) 
Net unrealized depreciation  $   24,722,676 


(a) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.

These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified
institutional investors.
(b) Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.
(c) All or a portion of security has been pledged as collateral in connection with open
reverse repurchase agreements.
(d) Security is perpetual in nature and has no stated maturity date.
(e) Represents a payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in
additional par/shares.
(f) Non-income producing security.
(g) Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Fund during the
period, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, were as follows:

  Shares Held at    Shares Held at   
  October 31,  Net  April 30,   
Affiliate  2010  Activity  2011  Income 
BlackRock Liquidity         
Funds, TempFund,         
Institutional Class  26,924,664  (26,924,164)  500  $ 22,209 


(h) Represents the current yield as of report date.

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

Reverse repurchase agreements outstanding as of April 30, 2011 were as follows:

  Interest  Trade       Maturity  Net Closing  Face 
Counterparty  Rate  Date  Date  Amount  Amount 
BNP Paribas  0.39%  1/05/11  Open  $ 3,164,938  $ 3,161,000 
Deutsche Bank AG  0.40%  1/05/11  Open  10,304,350  10,291,200 
UBS AG  0.38%  1/05/11  Open  23,767,301  23,752,256 
Deutsche Bank AG  0.25%  1/07/11  Open  2,178,783  2,177,044 
UBS AG  0.38%  1/27/11  Open  5,480,991  5,475,500 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.40%  1/31/11  Open  2,094,541  2,092,500 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.40%  2/01/11  Open  7,417,410  7,410,000 
UBS AG  0.38%  2/02/11  Open  2,865,689  2,863,000 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.40%  2/04/11  Open  2,503,418  2,501,000 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.40%  2/07/11  Open  3,527,667  3,524,500 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.40%  2/08/11  Open  4,107,781  4,104,000 
UBS AG  0.38%  2/10/11  Open  10,747,719  10,738,498 
UBS AG  0.38%  2/11/11  Open  15,219,029  15,206,188 
UBS AG  0.38%  2/23/11  Open  6,928,720  6,923,750 
UBS AG  0.38%  2/28/11  Open  1,187,234  1,186,500 
Deutsche Bank AG  0.40%  3/03/11  Open  1,583,930  1,582,875 
UBS AG  0.38%  3/09/11  Open  7,476,034  7,471,775 
UBS AG  0.38%  3/10/11  Open  6,986,406  6,982,500 
UBS AG  0.38%  3/17/11  Open  8,154,582  8,150,625 
UBS AG  0.37%  3/28/11  Open  8,122,983  8,120,062 
UBS AG  0.40%  3/28/11  Open  4,433,285  4,431,562 
UBS AG  0.37%  3/31/11  Open  4,856,597  4,855,000 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.35%  4/07/11  Open  9,137,220  9,135,000 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.35%  4/11/11  Open  3,358,685  3,358,000 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.35%  4/12/11  Open  9,900,643  9,898,718 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.35%  4/13/11  Open  8,193,732  8,192,219 
Barclays           
Capital Inc.  0.35%  4/14/11  Open  4,698,697  4,697,875 
Deutsche Bank AG  0.38%  4/18/11  Open  5,477,132  5,476,323 
UBS AG  0.38%  4/18/11  Open  5,487,061  5,486,250 
Deutsche Bank AG  0.35%  4/20/11  Open  4,401,471  4,401,000 
Deutsche Bank AG  0.35%  4/28/11  Open  1,669,548  1,669,500 
UBS AG  0.35%  4/28/11  Open  5,234,650  5,234,500 
Total        $200,668,247 $200,550,720 


Financial futures contracts purchased as of April 30, 2011 were as follows:

        Notional  Unrealized 
Contracts         Issue  Exchange  Expiration  Value  Appreciation 
333  2-Year U.S.  Chicago Board  June     
  Treasury Note  of Trade  2011  $72,620,649  $ 347,976 
25  Long-Term U.S.  Chicago Board  June     
  Treasury Bond  of Trade  2011  $ 2,980,341  79,034 
Total          $ 427,010 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   
38  SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011 

 



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

Financial futures contracts sold as of April 30, 2011 were as follows:

        Notional  Unrealized 
Contracts Issue  Exchange  Expiration  Value  Depreciation 
392  5-Year U.S.  Chicago Board  June       
  Treasury Note  of Trade  2011   $46,019,986   $(419,764) 
65  10-Year U.S.  Chicago Board  June       
  Treasury Note  of Trade  2011  $ 7,721,870    (152,270) 
139  Ultra U.S.  Chicago Board  June       
  Treasury Bond  of Trade  2011  $17,157,057    (339,568) 
Total          $ (911,602) 


Credit default swaps on single-name issuer — sold protection outstanding as of
April 30, 2011 were as follows:

  Receive      Issuer  Notional   
  Fixed  Counter-    Credit  Amount  Unrealized 
Issuer  Rate  party  Expiration  Rating1  (000)2  Appreciation 
MetLife, Inc.  1.00%  Deutsche         
    Bank AG  3/20/18  A–  $ 1,500  $ 39,077 

1 Using S&P’s rating of the underlying securities.
2 The maximum potential amount the Fund may pay should a negative event take
place as defined under the terms of agreement.

Interest rate swaps outstanding as of April 30, 2011 were as follows:

        Notional  Unrealized 
Fixed  Floating  Counter-  Expiration  Amount  Appreciation 
Rate  Rate  party  Date  (000)           (Depreciation) 
0.98%(a)  3-month           
  LIBOR  Citibank NA  3/30/13  USD  98,100  $ (451,046) 
2.32%(b)  3-month           
  LIBOR  Citibank NA  3/28/16  USD  6,900  65,964 
4.34%(a)  3-month           
  LIBOR  Citibank NA  4/14/41  USD  2,800  (83,872) 
4.38%(a)  3-month  Goldman Sachs         
  LIBOR  International  4/14/41  USD  4,000  (144,964) 
4.35%(a)  3-month           
  LIBOR  Deutsche Bank AG  4/15/41  USD  5,000  (160,782) 
Total            $ (774,700) 

(a)Pays a fixed interest rate and receives floating rate.
(b)Pays floating interest rate and receives fixed rate.

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


The following tables summarize the inputs used as of April 30, 2011 in determining

the fair valuation of the Fund’s investments and derivative financial instruments:

  Investments in Securities   
Valuation Inputs  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3  Total 
Assets:         
Investments:         
Long-Term         
Investments:         
Asset-Back         
Securities    $ 4,328,856  $ 3,674,000  $ 8,002,856 
Corporate         
Bonds    685,127,350  280,170  685,407,520 
Preferred         
Securities  $3,745,952  200,902,041    204,647,993 
Taxable         
Municipal         
Bonds    11,580,535    11,580,535 
U.S Treasury         
Obligations    17,539,343    17,539,343 
Short-Term         
Securities  500      500 
Total  $3,746,452  $919,478,125  $ 3,954,170  $927,178,747 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments1

Valuation Inputs  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3  Total 
Assets:         
Interest rate         
contracts  $ 427,010  $ 74,696  $ 101,109  $ 602,815 
Credit         
contracts    39,077    39,077 
Equity         
contracts    486,080    486,080 
Liabilities:         
Interest rate         
contracts  (911,602)  (3,732,834)    (4,644,436) 
Credit         
contracts      (179,561)  (179,561) 
Total  $ (484,592)  $ (3,132,981)  $ (78,452)  $ (3,696,025) 

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

See Notes to Financial Statements.     
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011  39 

 



BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust (BGT)
Schedule of Investments
April 30, 2011 (Unaudited)
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

    Par   
Asset-Backed Securities    (000)  Value 
ARES CLO Funds, Series 2005-10A, Class B,       
0.70%, 9/18/17 (a)(b)  USD  1,000  $ 864,250 
Ballyrock CDO Ltd., Series 2006-1A, Class B,       
0.66%, 8/28/19 (a)(b)    1,000  850,000 
Canaras Summit CLO Ltd., Series 2007-1A, Class B,       
0.79%, 6/19/21 (a)(b)    930  772,932 
Centurion CDO 9 Ltd., Series 2005-9A, Class B,       
1.07%, 7/17/19 (a)(b)    800  632,032 
Chatham Light CLO Ltd., Series 2005-2A, Class A2,       
0.71%, 8/03/19 (a)(b)    1,000  897,500 
Flagship CLO, Series 2006-1A, Class B,       
0.66%, 9/20/19 (a)(b)    1,196  998,660 
Franklin CLO Ltd., Series 6A, Class B,       
0.76%, 8/09/19 (a)(b)    1,180  1,019,284 
Gannett Peak CLO Ltd., Series 2006-1X, Class A2,       
0.66%, 10/27/20    715  604,175 
Greyrock CDO Ltd., Series 2005-1X, Class A2L,       
0.73%, 11/15/17    1,495  1,302,444 
Landmark CDO Ltd., Series 2006-8A, Class B,       
0.66%, 10/19/20 (a)(b)    1,335  1,132,320 
MAPS CLO Fund LLC, Series 2005-1A, Class C,       
1.25%, 12/21/17 (a)(b)    705  607,358 
Portola CLO Ltd., Series 2007-1X, Class B1,       
1.76%, 11/15/21    950  855,000 
T2 Income Fund CLO Ltd., Series 2007-1A, Class B,       
0.90%, 7/15/19 (a)(b)    815  726,010 
Total Asset-Backed Securities — 3.2%      11,261,965 
Common Stocks (c)    Shares   
Construction & Engineering — 0.0%       
USI United Subcontractors Common    7,645  160,535 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.2%       
BLB Worldwide Holdings, Inc.    50,832  546,444 
Metals & Mining — 0.1%       
Euramax International    1,135  360,426 
Paper & Forest Products — 0.1%       
Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. (a)    62,685  204,721 
Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd.    55,255  180,455 
      385,176 
Software — 0.2%       
Bankruptcy Management Solutions, Inc.    2,947  10,329 
HMH Holdings/EduMedia  115,632  578,160 
      588,489 
Total Common Stocks — 0.6%      2,041,070 
    Par   
Corporate Bonds    (000)   
Airlines — 0.2%       
Air Canada, 9.25%, 8/01/15 (a)  USD  590  610,650 
Auto Components — 0.9%       
Icahn Enterprises LP, 7.75%, 1/15/16    3,175  3,270,250 
Beverages — 0.6%       
Central European Distribution Corp., 2.62%, 5/15/14  EUR  1,500  2,043,987 
Building Products — 0.3%       
Grohe Holding GmbH, 5.17%, 9/15/17    700  1,039,347 
Capital Markets — 0.2%       
E*Trade Financial Corp., 3.37%, 8/31/19 (a)(d)(e)  USD  439  689,230 
Chemicals — 0.2%       
OXEA Finance/Cy SCA, 9.50%, 7/15/17 (a)    715  788,288 

 

    Par   
Corporate Bonds    (000)  Value 
Commercial Banks — 3.4%       
CIT Group, Inc., 7.00%, 5/01/17  USD  4,425  $ 4,460,953 
VTB Capital SA:       
6.47%, 3/04/15    3,000  3,202,800 
6.88%, 5/29/18    3,940  4,235,500 
      11,899,253 
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.3%       
AWAS Aviation Capital Ltd., 7.00%, 10/15/16 (a)    1,070  1,091,449 
Containers & Packaging — 0.9%       
Ardagh Packaging Finance Plc, 7.38%, 10/15/17 (a)  EUR  400  611,715 
GCL Holdings, 9.38%, 4/15/18 (a)    329  497,093 
Smurfit Kappa Acquisitions (a):       
7.25%, 11/15/17    655  1,008,959 
7.75%, 11/15/19    620  964,229 
      3,081,996 
Diversified Financial Services — 0.9%       
Ally Financial, Inc., 2.51%, 12/01/14 (b)  USD  2,700  2,656,973 
Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc., 6.88%, 2/15/21 (a)    490  505,312 
      3,162,285 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.2%       
ITC Deltacom, Inc., 10.50%, 4/01/16    530  588,300 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.2%     
CDW LLC, 8.00%, 12/15/18 (a)    630  670,950 
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.0%       
Compagnie Generale de Geophysique-Veritas:       
7.50%, 5/15/15    6  6,135 
7.75%, 5/15/17    45  47,475 
      53,610 
Food Products — 0.1%       
Smithfield Foods, Inc., 10.00%, 7/15/14    315  373,275 
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.4%       
HCA, Inc., 7.25%, 9/15/20    1,230  1,322,250 
Tenet Healthcare Corp.:       
9.00%, 5/01/15    95  103,550 
10.00%, 5/01/18    35  40,600 
      1,466,400 
Household Durables — 0.5%       
Beazer Homes USA, Inc., 12.00%, 10/15/17    1,500  1,730,625 
Berkline/BenchCraft, LLC, 4.50%, 11/03/12 (c)(f)    400   
      1,730,625 
IT Services — 0.3%       
First Data Corp., 7.38%, 6/15/19 (a)    940  957,625 
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 1.8%     
AES Ironwood LLC, 8.86%, 11/30/25    77  77,496 
Calpine Construction Finance Co. LP, 8.00%, 6/01/16 (a)  105  114,975 
Energy Future Holdings Corp., 10.00%, 1/15/20    1,000  1,070,080 
Energy Future Intermediate Holding Co. LLC,       
10.00%, 12/01/20    2,350  2,526,438 
NRG Energy, Inc., 7.63%, 1/15/18 (a)    2,500  2,625,000 
      6,413,989 
Machinery — 1.2%       
KION Fiance SA, 5.53%, 4/15/18  EUR  3,000  4,332,304 
Media — 3.3%       
CCH II LLC, 13.50%, 11/30/16  USD  224  269,668 
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc.:       
9.25%, 12/15/17    501  556,736 
Series B, 9.25%, 12/15/17    1,704  1,895,700 
Kabel BW Erste Beteiligungs GmbH, 5.39%, 3/15/18  EUR  2,000  3,006,735 
UPC Germany GmbH, 8.13%, 12/01/17 (a)  USD  2,500  2,643,750 
Virgin Media Secured Finance Plc, 7.00%, 1/15/18  GBP  847  1,520,895 
Ziggo Finance BV, 6.13%, 11/15/17 (a)  EUR  1,005  1,503,442 
      11,396,926 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   
40  SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011 

 



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

    Par   
Corporate Bonds    (000)  Value 
Metals & Mining — 1.0%       
FMG Resources August 2006 Property Ltd.,       
7.00%, 11/01/15 (a)  USD  1,055  $ 1,113,025 
Foundation PA Coal Co., 7.25%, 8/01/14    505  515,100 
New World Resources NV, 7.88%, 5/01/18  EUR  285  444,289 
Novelis, Inc., 8.38%, 12/15/17  USD  1,170  1,292,850 
      3,365,264 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.6%       
Coffeyville Resources LLC, 9.00%, 4/01/15 (a)    342  372,780 
KazmunaiGaz Finance Sub BV, 8.38%, 7/02/13    1,500  1,666,875 
Morgan Stanley Bank AG for OAO Gazprom,       
9.63%, 3/01/13    7,230  8,203,881 
Petroleos de Venezuela SA, 5.25%, 4/12/17    4,000  2,460,000 
      12,703,536 
Paper & Forest Products — 0.3%       
Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd., 11.00%, 7/29/15 (a)(g)    519  526,742 
Verso Paper Holdings LLC, Series B,       
4.05%, 8/01/14 (b)    450  436,500 
      963,242 
Pharmaceuticals — 0.3%       
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International,       
6.50%, 7/15/16 (a)    845  843,416 
Transportation Infrastructure — 0.4%       
Aguila 3 SA, 7.88%, 1/31/18 (a)  CHF  1,100  1,319,380 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.9%       
Cricket Communications, Inc., 7.75%, 5/15/16  USD  1,950  2,081,625 
iPCS, Inc., 2.43%, 5/01/13 (b)    1,155  1,117,463 
      3,199,088 
Total Corporate Bonds — 22.4%      78,054,665 
Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)       
Aerospace & Defense — 2.8%       
DynCorp International, Term Loan, 6.25%, 4/11/16    1,365  1,372,774 
Hawker Beechcraft Acquisition Co., LLC:       
Letter of Credit Linked Deposit, 2.31%, 3/26/14    85  74,453 
Term Loan, 2.21% – 2.31%, 3/26/14    1,409  1,239,007 
SI Organization, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 11/03/16    2,319  2,319,187 
Scitor Corp., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 1/21/17    1,696  1,695,750 
TransDigm, Inc., Term Loan (First Lien), 4.00%, 2/14/17    1,995  2,014,627 
Wesco Aircraft Hardware Corp., Term Loan B,       
4.25%, 4/07/17    1,225  1,236,739 
      9,952,537 
Airlines — 1.2%       
Delta Air Lines, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.50%, 4/20/17    4,250  4,194,219 
Auto Components — 0.3%       
GPX International Tire Corp., Tranche B Term Loan (c)(f):       
8.37%, 3/30/12    274   
12.00%, 4/11/12    4   
UCI International, Inc., Term Loan, 5.50%, 7/04/17    948  955,917 
      955,917 
Beverages — 0.1%       
Le-Nature’s, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan,       
9.50%, 3/01/11 (c)(f)    1,000  380,000 
Biotechnology — 0.2%       
Grifols SA, Term Loan B, 6.00%, 6/04/16    710  716,435 
Building Products — 3.3%       
Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Term Loan B,       
4.00%, 3/10/18    1,400  1,408,050 
CPG International I, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.00%, 2/03/17    2,145  2,148,646 

 

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)    (000)  Value 
Building Products (concluded)       
Goodman Global, Inc., Initial Term Loan (First Lien),       
5.75%, 10/06/16  USD  5,970  $ 6,013,808 
Momentive Performance Materials (Blitz 06-103 GmbH):       
Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 3.75%, 12/04/13    584  579,056 
Tranche B-2B Term Loan, 4.65%, 12/04/13  EUR  819  1,185,172 
United Subcontractors, Inc., Term Loan (First Lien),       
1.81%, 6/30/15  USD  179  161,251 
      11,495,983 
Capital Markets — 1.8%       
American Capital Ltd., Term Loan B, 7.50%, 12/31/13    624  625,284 
HarbourVest Partners, Term Loan (First Lien),       
6.25%, 11/10/16    2,370  2,381,379 
Marsico Parent Co., LLC, Term Loan, 5.31%, 12/15/14    371  294,728 
Nuveen Investments, Inc., (First Lien):       
Extended Term Loan, 5.77% – 5.81%, 5/13/17    1,773  1,777,179 
Non-Extended Term Loan, 3.27% – 3.31%, 11/13/14  1,175  1,139,889 
      6,218,459 
Chemicals — 7.9%       
AZ Chem US, Inc., Term Loan, 4.75%, 11/21/16    1,242  1,249,021 
American Rock Salt Co., LLC, Term Loan B,       
5.50%, 4/11/17    1,200  1,209,000 
Brenntag Holding GmbH & Co. KG:       
Acquisition Facility 1, 1.06% – 3.50%, 1/20/14    414  686,119 
Acquisition Facility 1, 3.71% – 3.95%, 1/20/14    232  231,700 
Acquisition Facility 2, 4.68% – 4.75%, 1/20/14  EUR  267  397,809 
Facility 2 (Second Lien), 6.43%, 7/17/15  USD  1,000  1,004,500 
Facility B2, 3.71% – 3.81%, 1/20/14    1,332  1,331,552 
Term Loan B, 5.13%, 11/24/37  EUR  414  614,508 
Chemtura Corp., Term Facility, 5.50%, 8/01/16  USD  1,800  1,814,251 
Gentek, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 10/06/15    2,189  2,194,472 
Ineos US Finance LLC, Senior Credit Term A2 Facility,       
7.00%, 12/17/12    98  101,428 
MacDermid, Inc., Tranche C Term Loan,       
3.40%, 12/15/13  EUR  1,436  2,073,372 
Nexeo Solutions LLC, Term Loan B, 5.00%, 8/31/17  USD  1,400  1,405,834 
PQ Corp. (FKA Niagara Acquisition, Inc.), Original Term       
Facility (First Lien), 3.47% – 3.53%, 7/30/14    1,681  1,635,643 
Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc., Term Loan B,       
3.75%, 2/01/18    2,200  2,220,625 
Styron Sarl, Term Loan, 6.00%, 6/17/16    3,092  3,119,926 
Tronox Worldwide LLC, Exit Term Loan, 7.00%, 12/24/15    3,192  3,220,594 
Univar, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 6/30/17    2,993  3,013,340 
      27,523,694 
Commercial Banks — 1.1%       
CIT Group, Inc., Tranche 3 Term Loan, 6.25%, 1/20/12    3,854  3,907,388 
Commercial Services & Supplies — 3.0%       
AWAS Finance Luxembourg Sarl, Loan, 7.75%, 6/10/16    630  645,339 
Altegrity, Inc. (FKA US Investigations Services, Inc.),       
Tranche D Term Loan, 7.75%, 2/21/15    2,134  2,145,878 
Delos Aircraft, Inc., Term Loan 2, 7.00%, 3/17/16    2,175  2,183,156 
Diversey, Inc. (FKA Johnson Diversey, Inc.), Tranche B       
Dollar Term Loan, 4.00%, 11/24/15    941  943,897 
Protection One, Inc., Term Loan, 6.00%, 4/26/16    804  805,392 
Quad/Graphics, Inc., Term Loan, 5.50%, 4/20/16    720  719,262 
Synagro Technologies, Inc., Term Loan (First Lien),       
2.22% – 2.23%, 4/02/14    1,941  1,829,177 
Volume Services America, Inc. (Centerplate),       
Term Loan B, 10.50% – 10.75%, 8/24/16    1,219  1,228,017 
      10,500,118 
Communications Equipment — 1.6%       
Avaya, Inc., Term Loan B:       
3.06%, 10/24/14    1,284  1,242,482 
4.81%, 10/24/17    2,012  1,966,777 
CommScope, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 1/03/18    2,300  2,322,041 
      5,531,300 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011  41 

 



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

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)    (000)  Value 
Construction & Engineering — 0.7%       
Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, Inc. (FR Brand       
Acquisition Corp.), Synthetic Letter of Credit,       
Term Loan (First Lien), 0.19%, 2/07/14  USD  500  $ 486,875 
Safway Services, LLC, First Out Tranche Loan,       
9.00%, 12/18/17    2,100  2,100,000 
      2,586,875 
Consumer Finance — 1.1%       
Springleaf Financial Funding Co. (FKA AGFS       
Funding Co.), Term Loan, 7.25%, 4/21/15    4,000  4,002,784 
Containers & Packaging — 1.0%       
Graham Packaging Co., LP:       
Term Loan C, 6.75%, 4/05/14    715  720,424 
Term Loan D, 6.00%, 8/09/16    1,393  1,403,665 
Smurfit Kappa Acquisitions (JSG):       
Term B1, 4.21% – 4.39%, 7/16/14  EUR  458  679,889 
Term Loan Facility C1, 4.34% – 4.72%, 7/16/15    453  672,100 
      3,476,078 
Diversified Consumer Services — 2.8%       
Coinmach Laundry Corp., Delayed Draw Term Loan,       
3.26%, 11/14/14  USD  490  466,701 
Coinmach Service Corp., Term Loan,       
3.24% – 3.31%, 11/14/14    2,241  2,100,864 
Laureate Education:       
Closing Date Term Loan, 3.52%, 8/17/14    1,388  1,377,211 
Delayed Draw Term Loan, 3.52%, 8/15/14    208  206,205 
Series A New Term Loan, 7.00%, 8/15/14    3,089  3,096,757 
ServiceMaster Co.:       
Closing Date Term Loan, 2.75% – 2.81%, 7/24/14    2,505  2,462,544 
Delayed Draw Term Loan, 2.72%, 7/24/14    249  245,233 
      9,955,515 
Diversified Financial Services — 2.1%       
Reynolds Group Holdings, Inc., Term Loan B,       
6.88%, 2/09/18  EUR  5,000  7,368,722 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 3.5%       
Hawaiian Telcom Communications, Inc., Term Loan,       
9.00%, 10/28/15  USD  1,814  1,852,222 
Integra Telecom Holdings, Inc., Term Loan,       
9.25%, 4/15/15    2,010  2,013,591 
Level 3 Financing, Inc.:       
Add on Term Loan, 11.50%, 3/13/14    325  346,938 
Tranche A Incremental Term Loan, 2.53%, 3/13/14    2,550  2,508,960 
US Telepacific Corp., Term Loan B, 5.75%, 2/18/17    1,925  1,928,609 
Wind Telecomunicazioni SpA, Term Loan B,       
5.69%, 11/18/17  EUR  2,500  3,703,942 
      12,354,262 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.4%     
CDW LLC (FKA CDW Corp.):       
Extended Term Loan B, 4.50%, 7/15/17  USD  1,115  1,115,165 
Non-Extended Term Loan, 3.97%, 10/10/14    1,612  1,609,365 
Flextronics International Ltd., Closing Date Loan B,       
2.49%, 10/01/12    2,221  2,206,883 
      4,931,413 
Energy Equipment & Services — 1.8%       
MEG Energy Corp., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 3/14/18    6,100  6,150,831 
Food & Staples Retailing — 3.5%       
AB Acquisitions UK Topco 2 Ltd. (FKA Alliance Boots),       
Facility B1, 3.59%, 7/09/15  GBP  4,525  7,293,791 
Advance Pierre Foods, Term Loan (Second Lien),       
11.25%, 7/29/17  USD  1,400  1,422,750 
Pilot Travel Centers LLC, Term Loan B, 4.25%, 3/25/18    1,800  1,809,643 
U.S. Foodservice, Inc., Term Loan B, 2.71%, 7/03/14    1,886  1,821,167 
      12,347,351 

 

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)    (000)  Value 
Food Products — 6.5%       
Advance Pierre Foods, Term Loan (Second Lien),     
7.00%, 9/29/16  USD  2,159  $ 2,170,846 
Birds Eye Iglo Group Ltd. (Liberator Midco Ltd.):       
Sterling Tranche Loan (Mezzanine),       
11.36%, 11/02/15  GBP  439  741,510 
Term Loan B, 5.61%, 4/30/16  EUR  3,000  4,457,136 
CII Investment, LLC (FKA Cloverhill):       
Delayed Draw Term Loan,       
1.00% – 8.50%, 10/14/14  USD  329  325,863 
Term Loan A, 8.25% – 8.50%, 10/14/14    928  913,598 
Term Loan B, 8.25% – 8.50%, 10/14/14    1,128  1,116,797 
Del Monte Corp., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 2/01/18  8,600  8,634,882 
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., Term B Facility,     
5.50%, 9/14/16    898  908,972 
Michaels Stores, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.25%, 2/28/18  1,297  1,306,927 
Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC, Tranche D Term Loan,     
6.00%, 4/02/14    1,468  1,486,084 
Solvest, Ltd. (Dole):       
Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 5.50%, 3/02/17    148  149,289 
Tranche C-1 Term Loan, 5.00%, 3/02/17    369  372,369 
      22,584,273 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.7%       
Biomet, Inc., Euro Term Loan, 4.13% – 4.15%, 3/25/15     EUR  991  1,462,693 
DJO Finance LLC (FKA ReAble Therapeutics       
Finance LLC), Term Loan, 3.21%, 5/20/14  USD  907  902,310 
      2,365,003 
Health Care Providers & Services — 4.4%       
CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.:       
Extended Term Loan, 3.81%, 1/25/17    67  65,672 
Non-Extended Delayed Draw Term Loan,       
2.56%, 7/25/14    102  99,168 
Non-Extended Term Loan, 2.56%, 7/25/14    1,977  1,926,980 
ConvaTec Ltd., Dollar Term Loan, 5.75%, 12/20/16  1,222  1,225,375 
DaVita, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan, 4.50%, 10/20/16  1,895  1,911,028 
Emergency Medical Services Corp., Term Loan B,     
5.50%, 4/14/18    2,200  2,212,650 
Harden Healthcare, Inc.:       
Tranche A Additional Term Loan, 7.75%, 3/02/15  1,531  1,500,414 
Tranche A Term Loan, 8.50%, 2/22/15    879  861,699 
inVentiv Health, Inc. (FKA Ventive Health, Inc.):       
Term Loan, 4.75%, 8/14/16    2,062  2,071,384 
Term Loan B2, 4.75%, 8/04/16    532  533,164 
Renal Advantage Holdings, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan,     
5.75%, 11/12/16    1,496  1,511,212 
Vanguard Health Holding Co. II, LLC (Vanguard Health     
Systems, Inc.), Initial Term Loan, 5.00%, 1/29/16  1,558  1,561,905 
      15,480,651 
Health Care Technology — 1.0%       
IMS Health, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 2/26/16  2,569  2,582,526 
MedAssets, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.25%, 11/15/16  1,022  1,030,713 
      3,613,239 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 8.1%       
Ameristar Casinos, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 3/29/18  1,950  1,966,713 
BLB Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (Wembley, Inc.),       
Loan (Exit), 8.50%, 11/05/15    1,421  1,427,608 
Dunkin’ Brands, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.25%, 11/23/17  2,293  2,309,466 
Gateway Casinos & Entertainment, Ltd., Term Loan B,     
6.50%, 10/20/15  CAD  4,429  4,716,048 
Harrah’s Operating Co., Inc.:       
Term Loan B-2, 3.30%, 1/28/15  USD  1,000  936,250 
Term Loan B-3, 3.24%, 1/28/15    7,488  7,017,164 
Term Loan B-4, 9.50%, 10/31/16    658  697,175 
OSI Restaurant Partners, LLC, Pre-Funded RC Loan,     
2.52%, 6/14/13    32  31,524 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   
42  SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011 

 



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

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)    (000)  Value 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (concluded)       
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc. (FKA SW       
Acquisitions Co., Inc.), Term Loan B, 4.00%, 8/16/17 USD  1,976  $ 1,989,243 
Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan       
(First Lien), 5.25%, 6/30/16    2,225  2,238,770 
Universal City Development Partners Ltd., Term Loan,       
5.50%, 11/06/14    402  404,348 
VML US Finance LLC (FKA Venetian Macau):       
New Project Term Loan, 4.72%, 5/27/13    150  150,397 
Term B Delayed Draw Project Loan, 4.72%, 5/25/12  1,638  1,638,545 
Term B Funded Project Loan, 4.72%, 5/27/13    2,685  2,686,260 
      28,209,511 
Household Durables — 0.4%       
Berkline/Benchcraft, LLC, Term Loan,       
4.04%, 11/03/11 (c)(f)    133  6,656 
Visant Corp. (FKA Jostens), Term Loan,       
5.25%, 12/22/16    1,321  1,326,119 
      1,332,775 
Household Products — 0.4%       
Armored Auto Group, Inc. (Viking Acquisition, Inc.),       
Term Loan B, 6.00%, 11/05/16    1,576  1,568,170 
IT Services — 4.7%       
Amadeus IT Group SA/Amadeus Verwaltungs GmbH       
(WAM Acquisition):       
Term B3 Facility, 4.47%, 6/30/13  EUR  615  908,818 
Term B4 Facility, 4.47%, 6/30/13  USD  317  468,906 
Term C3 Facility, 4.97%, 6/30/14    615  908,817 
Term C4 Facility, 4.97%, 6/30/14    314  463,391 
Ceridian Corp., US Term Loan, 3.21%, 11/09/14    1,867  1,828,967 
First Data Corp.:       
Initial Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 2.96%, 9/24/14    4,434  4,207,566 
Initial Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 2.96%, 9/24/14    833  790,483 
Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan, 2.96%, 9/24/14    2,921  2,771,716 
TransUnion LLC, Replacement Term Loan,       
4.75%, 2/03/18    2,860  2,876,848 
Travelex Plc:       
Tranche B5, 2.93%, 10/31/13    637  633,629 
Tranche C5, 3.43%, 10/31/14    632  628,211 
      16,487,352 
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 2.6%     
Calpine Corp., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 3/04/18    5,525  5,573,310 
Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co., LLC (TXU):       
Initial Tranche B-1 Term Loan,       
3.73% – 3.75%, 10/10/14    2,439  2,077,111 
Initial Tranche B-2 Term Loan,       
3.73% – 3.75%, 10/10/14    624  531,261 
Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan, 3.73%, 10/10/14    1,099  935,397 
      9,117,079 
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.1%       
Sequa Corp., Term Loan, 3.50% – 3.56%, 12/03/14    1,497  1,484,139 
Tomkins Plc, Term Loan B, 4.25%, 9/29/16    2,194  2,212,961 
      3,697,100 
Insurance — 0.6%       
CNO Financial Group, Inc., Term Loan, 7.50%, 9/30/16    2,058  2,073,771 
Internet & Catalog Retail — 0.2%       
FTD Group, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan, 6.75%, 8/26/14    536  537,258 
Machinery — 0.3%       
Navistar Financial Corp., Term Loan B, 4.56%, 12/16/12  1,020  1,017,702 
Marine — 0.3%       
Horizon Lines, LLC:       
Revolving Loan, 0.50% – 8.00%, 8/08/12    676  657,461 
Term Loan, 6.06%, 8/08/12    317  312,544 
      970,005 

 

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)    (000)  Value 
Media — 22.8%       
Acosta, Inc., Term Loan, 4.75%, 2/03/18  USD  2,550  $ 2,564,874 
Affinion Group, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan,       
5.00%, 10/09/16    2,379  2,380,489 
Amsterdamse Beheer — En Consultingmaatschappij BV       
(Casema), Kabelcom Term Loan Facility B,       
3.95%, 9/12/14  EUR  619  915,395 
Atlantic Broadband Finance, LLC, Term Loan B,       
4.00%, 3/09/16  USD  973  978,081 
Bresnan Telecommunications Co. LLC, Term Loan,       
4.50%, 11/30/17    3,066  3,087,908 
Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc. (Thomson Learning):       
Term Loan, 2.46%, 7/03/14    3,731  3,586,883 
Tranche 1 Incremental Term Loan, 7.50%, 7/03/14    1,127  1,132,555 
Charter Communications Operating, LLC:       
Term Loan B, 7.25%, 3/06/14    522  529,516 
Term Loan C, 3.56%, 9/06/16    1,131  1,133,952 
Clarke American Corp., Term Facility,       
2.71% – 2.81%, 6/30/14    1,086  1,039,351 
Clear Channel Communications, Inc., Term Loan B,       
3.92%, 1/21/16    2,385  2,123,313 
Echostar DBS Corp., Bridge Loan, 0.00%, 1/31/19    3,545  4 
Getty Images, Inc., Initial Term Loan, 5.25%, 10/29/16    2,587  2,611,253 
HMH Publishing Co., Ltd., Tranche A Term Loan,       
6.03%, 6/12/14    1,927  1,869,286 
Hubbard Radio LLC, Term Loan (Second Lien),       
5.25%, 4/12/17    1,100  1,111,000 
Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA (FKA Intel Jackson       
Holdings Ltd.), Tranche B Term Loan, 5.25%, 3/07/18    8,250  8,323,475 
Interactive Data Corp., Term Loan, 4.75%, 2/08/18    3,400  3,417,510 
Kabel Deutschland GmbH:       
Facility A1 (Consent and Roll), 3.46%, 6/01/12  EUR  3,913  5,795,805 
Mezzanine, 5.21%, 12/31/16    1,000  1,486,542 
Knology, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 8/31/17  USD  1,147  1,151,069 
Lavena Holding 3 GmbH (Prosiebensat.1 Media AG):       
Facility B1, 3.68%, 6/28/15  EUR  304  414,050 
Facility C1, 3.93%, 6/30/16    608  828,100 
Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico, Ltd., Initial Term       
Facility, 2.31%, 6/17/14  USD  1,444  1,429,313 
MCNA Cable Holdings LLC (OneLink Communications),       
Loan, 6.97%, 3/01/13    901  847,079 
Mediacom Illinois, LLC (FKA Mediacom Communications,     
LLC), Tranche D Term Loan, 5.50%, 3/31/17    2,224  2,225,546 
Newsday, LLC:       
Fixed Rate Term Loan, 10.50%, 8/01/13    1,500  1,595,625 
Floating Rate Term Loan, 6.53%, 8/01/13    1,250  1,267,188 
Nielsen Finance LLC, Dollar Term Loan:       
Class A Dollar, 2.23%, 8/09/13    65  65,032 
Class B, 3.98%, 5/01/16    2,258  2,263,735 
Sinclair Television Group, Inc., Term Loan B,       
4.00%, 10/29/15    845  847,011 
Springer Science+Business Media SA, Facility A1,       
6.75%, 7/01/16  EUR  3,200  4,763,379 
Sunshine Acquisition Ltd. (FKA HIT Entertainment),       
Term Facility, 5.56%, 6/01/12  USD  1,965  1,940,912 
Telesat Canada:       
Delayed Draw Term Loan, 3.22%, 10/31/14    375  374,573 
Term Loan B, 3.22%, 10/31/14    4,368  4,360,720 
UPC Broadband Holding BV, Term U, 4.96%, 12/31/17  EUR  2,036  2,994,083 
Univision Communications, Inc., Extended Term Loan       
(First Lien), 4.46%, 3/29/17    2,452  2,395,370 
Virgin Media Investment Holdings Ltd., Facility B,       
4.57%, 12/31/15  GBP  1,822  3,046,986 
Weather Channel, Term Loan B, 4.25%, 2/01/17  USD  2,843  2,868,341 
      79,765,304 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.     
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011  43 

 



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

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)    (000)  Value 
Metals & Mining — 2.8%       
Novelis Corp., Term Loan, 4.00%, 11/29/16  USD  3,491  $ 3,522,891 
Walter Energy, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 2/04/18    6,100  6,148,800 
      9,671,691 
Multi-Utilities — 0.0%       
Mach Gen, LLC, Synthetic Letter of Credit Loan       
(First Lien), 2.31%, 2/22/13    69  63,926 
Multiline Retail — 2.0%       
Hema Holding BV:       
Facility B, 2.99%, 7/06/15  EUR  172  251,635 
Facility C, 3.74%, 7/05/16    172  251,636 
Facility D, 5.99%, 1/01/17    3,800  5,543,945 
The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc., Term Loan,       
4.31%, 4/06/13  USD  796  796,463 
      6,843,679 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.4%       
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc., Bridge Loan,       
5.25%, 1/12/28    4,700   
EquiPower Resources Holdings, LLC, Term Facility B,       
5.75%, 1/04/18    1,975  1,989,813 
Obsidian Natural Gas Trust, Term Loan,       
7.00%, 11/30/15    2,831  2,901,579 
      4,891,392 
Paper & Forest Products — 0.1%       
Verso Paper Finance Holdings LLC, Term Loan,       
6.55% – 7.30%, 2/01/13 (g)    398  358,378 
Personal Products — 0.4%       
NBTY, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.25%, 10/01/17    1,397  1,405,228 
Pharmaceuticals — 1.4%       
Axcan Intermediate Holdings, Inc., Term Loan,       
5.50%, 1/25/17    2,693  2,687,360 
Warner Chilcott Corp.:       
Term Loan B1, 4.25%, 3/17/18    960  966,901 
Term Loan B2, 4.25%, 3/17/18    480  483,450 
Term Loan B3, 4.25%, 3/17/18    660  664,744 
      4,802,455 
Professional Services — 1.0%       
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 8/01/17  1,800  1,818,900 
Fifth Third Processing Solutions, LLC, Term Loan B       
(First Lien), 5.50%, 10/21/16    1,610  1,622,240 
      3,441,140 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.0%       
iStar Financial, Inc., Term Loan A, 5.00%, 6/28/13    3,479  3,450,408 
Real Estate Management & Development — 1.8%       
Pivotal Promontory, LLC, Term Loan (Second Lien),       
3.25%, 8/31/11 (c)(f)    750  1 
Realogy Corp.:       
Term Loan B, 4.56%, 10/16/16    6,019  5,648,213 
Term Loan C, 4.64%, 10/16/16    509  477,494 
      6,125,708 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.5%       
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Extended Maturity       
Term Loan, 4.49%, 12/01/16    564  564,410 
Microsemi Corp., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 10/25/17    1,097  1,086,605 
      1,651,015 
Software — 0.5%       
Bankruptcy Management Solutions, Inc.:       
Facility (Second Lien), 8.30%, 8/20/15    249  14,955 
Term Loan B, 7.50%, 8/20/14    719  280,550 

 

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)    (000)  Value 
Software (concluded)       
Rovi Corp., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 2/07/18  USD  1,000  $ 1,007,500 
Vertafore, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.25%, 7/31/16    343  344,602 
      1,647,607 
Specialty Retail — 3.9%       
Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp., Term Loan B,       
6.25%, 2/18/17    1,072  1,069,930 
General Nutrition Centers, Inc., Term Loan B,       
4.25%, 2/15/18    2,625  2,633,203 
J. Crew Group, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.75%, 2/01/18    1,395  1,392,001 
Jo-Ann Stores, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.75%, 3/10/18    900  899,438 
Matalan Finance Plc, Term Facility, 5.62%, 3/24/16  GBP  1,201  1,989,631 
Michaels Stores, Inc., Term Loan B-1,       
2.56% – 2.63%, 10/31/13  USD  820  811,749 
Petco Animal Supplies, Inc., Term Loan B,       
4.50%, 11/24/17    2,732  2,754,601 
Toys ‘R’ US, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.00%, 8/17/16    1,975  1,988,231 
      13,538,784 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.3%       
Phillips-Van Heusen Corp., Term Loan B,       
3.92%, 5/04/16  EUR  3,037  4,542,519 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.2%       
Digicel International Finance Ltd., US Term Loan       
(Non-Rollover), 2.81%, 3/30/12  USD  3,044  2,998,229 
MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 3/31/18    2,244  2,242,265 
Vodafone Americas Finance 2 Inc., Initial Loan,       
6.88%, 7/30/15 (g)    2,329  2,399,377 
      7,639,871 
Total Floating Rate Loan Interests — 115.6%      403,442,875 
Foreign Agency Obligations       
Argentina Bonos:       
0.68%, 8/03/12 (b)    2,500  2,417,121 
7.00%, 10/03/15    2,000  1,897,945 
Colombia Government International Bond,       
3.86%, 3/17/13 (b)    840  859,740 
Uruguay Government International Bond,       
6.88%, 1/19/16  EUR  950  1,533,731 
Total Foreign Agency Obligations — 1.9%      6,708,537 
  Beneficial   
  Interest   
Other Interests (h)  (000)   
Auto Components — 0.9%       
Delphi Debtor-in-Possession Holding Co. LLP,       
Class B Membership Interests (c)    —(i)  2,937,364 
Lear Corp. Escrow (c)  USD  500  13,750 
      2,951,114 
Diversified Financial Services — 0.3%       
J.G. Wentworth LLC, Preferred Equity Interests (c)(j)    1  1,202,481 
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.0%       
Critical Care Systems International, Inc. (c)    1  95 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.0%       
Wembley Contigent (c)    2  12,000 
Household Durables — 0.0%       
Berkline Benchcraft Equity LLC (c)    6   
Total Other Interests — 1.2%      4,165,690 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   
44  SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011 

 



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

Warrants (k)  Shares  Value 
Chemicals — 0.0%     
British Vita Holdings Co. (Non-Expiring) (a)  166  $ 49,174 
Media — 0.0%     
New Vision Holdings LLC:     
(Expires 9/30/14)  3,424  34 
(Expires 9/30/14)  19,023  190 
    224 
Software — 0.0%     
Bankruptcy Management Solutions, Inc.     
(Expires 9/29/17)  251  3 
HMH Holdings/EduMedia (Expires 3/09/17)  21,894   
    3 
Total Warrants — 0.0%    49,401 
Total Long-Term Investments     
(Cost — $494,186,706) — 144.9%    505,724,203 
Short-Term Securities     
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund,     
Institutional Class, 0.10% (l)(m)  4,289,208  4,289,208 
Total Short-Term Securities     
(Cost — $4,289,208) — 1.2%    4,289,208 
Options Purchased  Contracts   
Over-the-Counter Call Options — 0.0%     
Marsico Parent Superholdco LLC,     
Strike Price USD 942.86, Expires 12/21/19,     
Broker Goldman Sachs Bank USA  26   
Total Options Purchased     
(Cost — $25,422) — 0.0%     
Total Investments (Cost — $498,501,336*) — 146.1%    510,013,411 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (46.1)%    (160,866,221) 
Net Assets — 100.0%    $349,147,190 


* The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of April 30,

2011, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:

Aggregate cost  $ 495,744,368 
Gross unrealized appreciation  $   21,127,077 
Gross unrealized depreciation  (6,858,034) 
Net unrealized appreciation  $   14,269,043 


(a) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.

These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified
institutional investors.
(b) Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.
(c) Non-income producing security.
(d) Convertible security.
(e) Represents a zero-coupon bond. Rate shown reflects the current yield as of
report date.
(f) Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default of interest payments.
(g) Represents a payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in
additional par/shares.
(h) Other interests represent beneficial interest in liquidation trusts and other reorgani-
zation entities and are non-income producing.
(i) Amount is less than $1,000.
(j) The investment is held by a wholly owned taxable subsidiary of the Fund.
(k) Warrants entitle the Fund to purchase a predetermined number of shares of com-
mon stock and are non-income producing. The purchase price and number of
shares are subject to adjustment under certain conditions until the expiration date,
if any.
(l) Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Fund during the
period, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, were as follows:

  Shares Held at    Shares Held at   
  October 31,  Net  April 30,   
Affiliate  2010  Activity  2011  Income 
BlackRock Liquidity         
Funds, TempFund,         
Institutional Class  8,770,511  (4,481,303)  4,289,208   $3,856 


(m) Represents the current yield as of report date.

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

Foreign currency exchange contracts as of April 30, 2011 were as follows:

Currency  Currency    Settlement  Unrealized 
Purchased    Sold  Counterparty  Date  Depreciation 
USD  4,493,817  CAD  4,345,000  BNP Paribas SA  7/07/11  $ (91,423) 
USD  1,196,323  CHF  1,099,500  Citibank NA  7/07/11  (75,299) 
USD           13,115,303  GBP  8,031,500  Deutsche     
        Bank AG  7/07/11  (288,738) 
USD  668,551  GBP  408,000  Royal Bank     
        of Scotland Plc  7/07/11  (12,374) 
USD             62,410,712  EUR                 42,933,500  UBS AG  7/27/11  (1,027,233) 
Total            $ (1,495,067) 


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

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an
indication of the risk 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 Financial Statements.

See Notes to Financial Statements.     
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BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust (BGT)
Schedule of Investments (continued)

The following tables summarize the inputs used as of April 30, 2011 in determining
the fair valuation of the Fund’s investments and derivative financial instruments:

Valuation Inputs  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3  Total 
Assets:         
Investments:         
Long-Term         
Investments:         
Asset-Back         
Securities    $ 4,127,544  $ 7,134,421  $ 11,261,965 
Common         
Stocks  $ 180,455  1,121,920  738,695  2,041,070 
Corporate         
Bonds    74,550,837  3,503,828  78,054,665 
Floating         
Rate Loan         
Interests    358,301,963  45,140,912  403,442,875 
Foreign Agency         
Obligations    2,393,471  4,315,066  6,708,537 
Other         
Interests      4,165,690  4,165,690 
Warrants    49,174  227  49,401 
Short-Term         
Securities  4,289,208      4,289,208 
Unfunded Loan         
Commitments    3,001    3,001 
Liabilities:         
Unfunded Loan         
Commitments    (37,048)  (1,470)  (38,518) 
Total  $ 4,469,663  $440,510,862  $ 64,997,369  $509,977,894 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments1

Valuation Inputs  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3  Total 
Liabilities:         
Foreign         
currency         
exchange         
contracts    $ (1,495,067)    $ (1,495,067) 

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

See Notes to Financial Statements.   
46  SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011 

 



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

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

                Unfunded  Unfunded     
        Floating  Foreign      Loan  Loan     
  Asset-Backed         Common    Corporate  Rate Loan  Agency  Other       Preferred      Commitments    Commitments     
  Securities  Stocks  Bonds  Interests  Obligations  Interests  Securities  Assets  Liabilities          Warrants            Total 
Assets/Liabilities:                       
Balance as of                       
October 31, 2010    $ 595,520  $ 61,912  $64,699,477        $ 4,228,067  $ 5,533,239  $ 85,828  $ 160,394    $ 227  $ 75,364,664 
Accrued discounts/                       
premiums  $ 25,883    101,940  194,272  105,249            427,344 
Realized gain (loss)    (153,348)  (1,019,809)  (4,389,264)    1,982,049  136,990        (3,443,382) 
Change in unrealized                       
appreciation/                       
depreciation1  (61,912)  592,392  1,155,437  6,299,025  (18,250)  (539,552)  (31,032)  (160,394)  $ (1,470)    7,234,244 
Purchases  6,613,650    3,334,116  21,737,671    16,479          31,701,916 
Sales    (452,581)  (129,768)  (27,996,629)    (2,826,525)  (191,786)        (31,597,289) 
Transfer In2  556,800  156,712    6,598,512              7,312,024 
Transfer Out2        (22,002,152)              (22,002,152) 
Balance as of                       
April 30, 2011  $7,134,421  $ 738,695  $3,503,828  $45,140,912         $ 4,315,066           $ 4,165,690      $ (1,470)  $ 227  $ 64,997,369 

1 Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation in the Statements of Operations. The change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments
still held at April 30, 2011 was $1,246,867.
2 The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers in and transfers out as of the beginning of the period of the event or the change in circumstances that caused the transfer.

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

Credit Contracts
  Assets 
Balance, as of October 31, 2010  $ 19,172 
Accrued discounts/premiums   
Net realized gain (loss)   
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation   
Purchases   
Issuances3   
Sales   
Settlements4  (19,172) 
Transfers in5   
Transfers out5   
Balance, as of April 30, 2011   

3 Issuances represent upfront cash received on certain derivative financial
instruments.
4 Settlements represent periodic contractual cash flows and/or cash flows to
terminate certain derivative financial instruments.
5 The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers in and transfers out as of the
beginning of the period of the event or the change in circumstances that
caused the transfer.

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

See Notes to Financial Statements.     
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011  47 

 



Statements of Assets and Liabilities           
  BlackRock  BlackRock  BlackRock  BlackRock  BlackRock 
  Credit  Credit  Credit  Credit  Floating 
  Allocation  Allocation  Allocation  Allocation  Rate 
  Income  Income  Income  Income  Income 
  Trust I, Inc.  Trust II, Inc.  Trust III  Trust IV  Trust 
April 30, 2011 (Unaudited)  (PSW)  (PSY)  (BPP)  (BTZ)  (BGT) 
Assets           
Investments at value — unaffiliated1  $ 146,292,491  $ 617,529,973  $ 277,418,251  $ 927,774,168  $ 505,724,203 
Investments at value — affiliated2  183,531  2,023,400  1,547,481  500  4,289,208 
Unrealized appreciation on swaps  7,854  34,718  30,192  105,041   
Unrealized appreciation on unfunded loan commitments          3,001 
Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts    11,307       
Foreign currency at value3  427    532  49  2,166,169 
Cash pledged as collateral for swaps        3,599,943   
Cash pledged as collateral for financial futures contracts  370,000  1,464,000  340,000  1,070,000   
Interest receivable  2,203,035  9,738,952  4,095,153  14,158,949  3,319,026 
Investments sold receivable  637,270  4,426,382  2,122,322  4,846,123  20,722,327 
Swaps receivable  168,276  32,676  308,616  166,473   
Dividends receivable  4,623  17,412  8,603  552,697  1,704 
Options written receivable      9,360  914,040   
Swap premiums paid      135,616     
Commitment fees receivable          7,596 
Prepaid expenses  16,086  46,009  34,632  99,977  130,609 
Other assets    122,779  56,614  137,046  107,640 
Total assets  149,883,593  635,447,608  286,107,372  953,425,006  536,471,483 
Liabilities           
Reverse repurchase agreements  37,802,596  154,459,791  53,379,280  200,550,720   
Loan payable          157,000,000 
Options written at value4  153,823  656,759  892,581  3,071,731   
Unrealized depreciation on unfunded loan commitments          38,518 
Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts          1,495,067 
Unrealized depreciation on swaps  120,145  506,560  250,073  840,664   
Bank overdraft    1,290,593    111,208  197,668 
Swap premiums received  172,223  736,849  24,030  84,749   
Investments purchased payable  120,988  2,526,058  181,364  610,327  27,675,927 
Investment advisory fees payable  73,483  310,100  151,862  507,395  272,790 
Margin variation payable  34,219  147,048  32,351  102,281   
Income dividends payable  26,419  129,505  42,214  283,683   
Interest expense payable  26,196  112,722  38,790  117,527  121,459 
Swaps payable  23,205  96,666  50,122  162,600   
Officer’s and Directors’ fees payable  1,200  89,361  57,183  145,251  111,479 
Other affiliates payable      1,788     
Deferred income          175,075 
Other accrued expenses payable  13,093    97,712  102,090  236,310 
Total liabilities  38,567,590  161,062,012  55,199,350  206,690,226  187,324,293 
Net Assets  $ 111,316,003  $ 474,385,596  $ 230,908,022  $ 746,734,780  $ 349,147,190 
Net Assets Consist of           
Paid-in capital5,6,7  $ 236,754,281  $ 937,350,272  $ 422,218,171  $1,123,084,063  $ 428,397,626 
Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income  297,823  675,221  240,381  (550,386)  7,873,237 
Accumulated net realized loss  (131,451,449)  (483,443,229)  (199,693,618)  (399,369,686)  (96,669,997) 
Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation  5,715,348  19,803,332  8,143,088  23,570,789  9,546,324 
Net Assets  $ 111,316,003  $ 474,385,596  $ 230,908,022  $ 746,734,780  $ 349,147,190 
Net asset value  $ 10.79  $ 11.63  $ 12.50  $ 14.41  $ 14.79 
1 Investments at cost — unaffiliated  $ 140,296,266  $ 596,218,531  $ 269,117,350  $ 903,717,139  $ 494,212,128 
2 Investments at cost — affiliated  $ 183,531  $ 2,023,400  $ 1,547,481  $ 500  $ 4,289,208 
3 Foreign currency at cost  $ 413    $ 459  $ 43  $ 2,140,480 
4 Premiums received  $ 255,600  $ 1,087,200  $ 1,110,600  $ 3,805,700   
5 Common Shares par value per share  $ 0.10  $ 0.10  $ 0.001  $ 0.001  $ 0.001 
6 Common Shares outstanding  10,311,941  40,807,418  18,467,785  51,828,157  23,603,223 
7 Common Shares authorized  199,994,540  199,978,000  unlimited  unlimited  unlimited 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   
48  SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011 

 



Statements of Operations           
  BlackRock  BlackRock  BlackRock  BlackRock  BlackRock 
  Credit  Credit  Credit  Credit  Floating 
  Allocation  Allocation  Allocation  Allocation  Rate 
  Income  Income  Income  Income  Income 
  Trust I, Inc.  Trust II, Inc.  Trust III  Trust IV  Trust 
Six Months Ended April 30, 2011 (Unaudited)  (PSW)  (PSY)  (BPP)  (BTZ)  (BGT) 
Investment Income           
Interest  $ 3,810,133  $ 16,552,308  $ 7,228,830  $ 24,109,606  $ 14,406,696 
Dividends — unaffiliated  141,392  150,707  18,255  931,620   
Income — affiliated  1,655  6,501  7,230  24,430  8,675 
Foreign taxes withheld  (1,331)  (5,814)  (2,813)  (8,558)   
Facility and other fees          257,180 
Total income  3,951,849  16,703,702  7,251,502  25,057,098  14,672,551 
Expenses           
Investment advisory  415,013  1,836,317  879,467  2,945,801  1,733,011 
Professional  35,608  139,117  43,204  134,308  172,509 
Transfer agent  18,811  47,970  6,043  8,041  11,476 
Accounting services  11,289  46,336  27,491  58,134  29,001 
Custodian  6,093  18,012  10,807  21,827  77,110 
Printing  5,782  24,257  34,617  73,036  31,706 
Officer and Directors  5,746  26,109  13,874  38,905  19,275 
Registration  4,691  6,972  4,908  8,399  4,766 
Commissions for Preferred Shares  2,942  26,109  5,299  26,813  4,139 
Borrowing costs1          176,322 
Miscellaneous  20,066  28,254  22,542  46,416  42,749 
Total expenses excluding interest expense  526,041  2,199,453  1,048,252  3,361,680  2,302,064 
Interest expense  42,365  144,983  56,169  158,730  610,537 
Total expenses  568,406  2,344,436  1,104,421  3,520,410  2,912,601 
Less fees waived by advisor  (647)  (2,820)  (2,875)  (9,161)  (232,918) 
Total expenses after fees waived  567,759  2,341,616  1,101,546  3,511,249  2,679,683 
Net investment income  3,384,090  14,362,086  6,149,956  21,545,849  11,992,868 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)           
Net realized gain (loss) from:           
Investments  906,682  1,429,985  922,503  3,417,614  1,510,459 
Financial futures contracts  (52,177)  (48,097)  (122,670)  (635,711)   
Swaps  37,489  151,887  92,590  369,357  1,581 
Foreign currency transactions  73  128      (8,593,007) 
  892,067  1,533,903  892,423  3,151,260  (7,080,967) 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:           
Investments  (283,666)  959,182  1,123,909  (3,986,997)  13,307,760 
Financial futures contracts  (273,121)  (1,401,049)  (116,626)  (712,327)   
Swaps  (112,291)  (471,842)  (219,881)  (735,623)  (19,172) 
Foreign currency transactions  (19)  3  32  2  4,045,018 
Options written  101,777  430,441  218,019  733,969   
Unfunded loan commitments          (153,204) 
  (567,320)  (483,265)  1,005,453  (4,700,976)  17,180,402 
Total realized and unrealized gain (loss)  324,747  1,050,638  1,897,876  (1,549,716)  10,099,435 
Dividends to Preferred Shareholders From           
Net investment income  (61,138)  (504,314)  (23,469)  (646,135)  (90,614) 
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations  $ 3,647,699  $ 14,908,410  $ 8,024,363  $ 19,349,998  $ 22,001,689 

1 See Note 8 of the Notes to the Financial Statements for details of short-term borrowings.

See Notes to Financial Statements.     
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets         
  BlackRock Credit Allocation  BlackRock Credit Allocation 
  Income Trust I, Inc. (PSW)  Income Trust II, Inc. (PSY) 
  Six Months    Six Months   
  Ended    Ended   
  April 30,  Year Ended  April 30,  Year Ended 
  2011  October 31,  2011  October 31, 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders:  (Unaudited)  2010  (Unaudited)  2010 
Operations         
Net investment income  $ 3,384,090  $ 6,504,548  $ 14,362,086  $ 29,526,710 
Net realized gain (loss)  892,067  (3,995,338)  1,533,903  (33,383,348) 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation  (567,320)  20,132,597  (483,265)  104,507,204 
Dividends to Preferred Shareholders from net investment income  (61,138)  (611,907)  (504,314)  (2,578,803) 
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations  3,647,699  22,029,900  14,908,410  98,071,763 
Dividends and Distributions to Common Shareholders From         
Net investment income  (3,139,986)  (6,360,087)  (13,507,256)  (29,029,600) 
Tax return of capital    (909,831)    (5,350,650) 
Decrease in net assets resulting from dividends and distributions         
to shareholders  (3,139,986)  (7,269,918)  (13,507,256)  (34,380,250) 
Net Assets         
Total increase in net assets  507,713  14,759,982  1,401,154  63,691,513 
Beginning of period  110,808,290  96,048,308  472,984,442  409,292,929 
End of period  $ 111,316,003  $ 110,808,290  $ 474,385,596  $ 472,984,442 
Undistributed net investment income  $ 297,823  $ 114,857  $ 675,221  $ 324,705 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   
50  SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011 

 



Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)         
  BlackRock Credit Allocation  BlackRock Credit Allocation 
  Income Trust III (BPP)  Income Trust IV (BTZ) 
  Six Months    Six Months   
  Ended    Ended   
  April 30,  Year Ended  April 30,  Year Ended 
  2011  October 31,  2011  October 31, 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders:  (Unaudited)  2010  (Unaudited)  2010 
Operations         
Net investment income  $ 6,149,956  $ 13,514,214  $ 21,545,849  $ 44,282,613 
Net realized gain (loss)  892,423  (12,773,618)  3,151,260  712,631 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation  1,005,453  39,939,765  (4,700,976)  109,629,309 
Dividends to Preferred Shareholders from net investment income  (23,469)  (202,609)  (646,135)  (3,511,929) 
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations  8,024,363  40,477,752  19,349,998  151,112,624 
Dividends and Distributions to Common Shareholders From         
Net investment income  (6,214,410)  (14,081,286)  (21,975,138)  (41,824,719) 
Tax return of capital    (1,431,653)    (14,927,112) 
Decrease in net assets resulting from dividends and distributions         
to shareholders  (6,214,410)  (15,512,939)  (21,975,138)  (56,751,831) 
Net Assets         
Total increase (decrease) in net assets  1,809,953  24,964,813  (2,625,140)  94,360,793 
Beginning of period  229,098,069  204,133,256  749,359,920  654,999,127 
End of period  $ 230,908,022  $ 229,098,069  $ 746,734,780  $ 749,359,920 
Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income  $ 240,381  $ 328,304  $ (550,386)  $ 525,038 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.     
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (concluded)     
  BlackRock 
  Floating Rate Income Trust (BGT) 
  Six Months   
  Ended   
  April 30,  Year Ended 
  2011  October 31, 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders:  (Unaudited)  2010 
Operations     
Net investment income  $ 11,992,868  $ 22,931,750 
Net realized loss  (7,080,967)  (7,990,225) 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation  17,180,402  33,559,226 
Dividends to Preferred Shareholders from net investment income  (90,614)  (893,902) 
Net increase in net assets applicable resulting from operations  22,001,689  47,606,849 
Dividends to Shareholders From     
Net investment income  (14,673,950)  (19,496,826) 
Capital Share Transactions     
Reinvestment of common dividends  383,316  453,913 
Net Assets     
Total increase in net assets  7,711,055  28,563,936 
Beginning of period  341,436,135  312,872,199 
End of period  $ 349,147,190  $ 341,436,135 
Undistributed net investment income  $ 7,873,237  $ 10,644,933 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   
52  SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011 

 



Statements of Cash Flows         
  BlackRock  BlackRock  BlackRock  BlackRock 
  Credit  Credit  Credit  Floating 
  Allocation  Allocation  Allocation  Rate 
  Income  Income  Income  Income 
  Trust I, Inc.  Trust II, Inc.  Trust III  Trust 
Six Months Ended April 30, 2011 (Unaudited)  (PSW)  (PSY)  (BPP)  (BGT) 
Cash Provided by/Used for Operating Activities         
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations, excluding dividends to Preferred Shareholders  $ 3,708,837  $ 15,412,724  $ 8,047,832  $ 22,092,303 
Adjustments to reconcile net increase in net assets resulting from operations to net cash         
provided by operating activities:         
(Increase) in interest receivable  (92,565)  (526,847)  (378,757)  (78,130) 
(Increase) decrease in swap receivable  (168,276)  (32,403)  (308,616)  6,730 
(Increase) decrease in other assets  167,003  1,223,544  (2,210)  239,458 
Decrease in commitment fees receivable        2,186 
Increase in dividends receivable  (4,623)  (17,412)    (14) 
Decrease in margin variation receivable  8,063  14,375  8,625   
Decrease in reverse repurchase agreements receivable    2,015,000     
(Increase) decrease in dividend receivable    283  (8,395)   
Increase in cash pledged as collateral for financial futures contracts  (320,000)  (1,404,000)  (300,000)   
Decrease in cash pledged as collateral for swaps        100,000 
Decrease in deferred income payable        (21,279) 
Increase (decrease) in investment advisory fees payable  (6,213)  (24,496)  (11,823)  36,985 
Increase in interest expense and fees payable  25,085  112,695  38,790  57,258 
Decrease in other affiliates payable  (968)  (4,048)  (68)  (2,636) 
Decrease in other accrued expenses payable  (21,595)  (54,739)  (324)  (85,313) 
Increase in margin variation payable  34,219  147,048  32,351   
Increase in swaps payable  23,205  96,666  50,122   
Increase in Officer's and Directors' fees payable  940  3,114  1,100  6,221 
Net periodic and termination payments of swaps  208,225  890,170  (166,634)   
Net realized and unrealized loss on investments  (634,270)  (2,462,152)  (1,989,922)  (18,692,502) 
Amortization of premium and accretion of discount on investments  110,650  532,666  224,788  (1,833,537) 
Premiums received from options written  255,600  1,087,200  1,101,240   
Proceeds from sales of long-term investments  52,172,009  211,826,953  82,637,861  255,942,556 
Purchases of long-term investments  (49,422,039)  (196,912,390)  (98,590,554)  (305,388,975) 
Net proceeds from sales (purchases) of short-term securities  5,700,567  (539,833)  32,919,046  4,481,303 
Cash provided by/used for operating activities  11,743,854  31,384,118  23,304,452  (43,137,386) 
Cash Provided by/Used for Financing Activities         
Cash payments on Preferred Shares  (40,250,000)  (169,025,000)  (70,425,000)  (58,800,000) 
Cash receipts from borrowings  44,151,589  224,318,191  79,227,024  264,000,000 
Cash payments on borrowings  (12,431,493)  (73,868,400)  (25,847,744)  (145,000,000) 
Cash dividends paid  (3,144,663)  (13,528,726)  (6,232,919)  (14,290,634) 
Cash dividends paid to Preferred Shareholders  (70,242)  (570,776)  (25,813)  (102,862) 
Increase (decrease) in custodian bank payable    1,290,593    (526,912) 
Cash provided by/used for financing activities  (11,744,809)  (31,384,118)  (23,304,452)  45,279,592 
Cash Impact from Foreign Exchange Fluctuations         
Cash impact from foreign exchange fluctuations  (19)    32  23,963 
Cash         
Net increase (decrease) in cash  (974)    32  2,166,169 
Cash and foreign currency at beginning of period  1,401    500   
Cash and foreign currency at end of period  $ 427    $ 532  $ 2,166,169 
Cash Flow Information         
Cash paid during the period for interest  $ 17,280  $ 32,288  $ 17,379  $ 553,279 
Noncash Financing Activities         
Capital shares issued in reinvestment of dividends paid to shareholders        $ 383,316 


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

total assets.

See Notes to Financial Statements.     
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Financial Highlights      BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc. (PSW) 
  Six Months             
  Ended             
  April 30, 2011    Year Ended October 31,     
  (Unaudited)  2010  2009  2008    2007  2006 
Per Share Operating Performance               
Net asset value, beginning of period  $ 10.75  $ 9.31  $ 7.43  $ 19.54  $ 22.25  $ 22.36 
Net investment income1  0.33  0.63  0.86  1.70    2.01  2.14 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)  0.02  1.58  2.06  (12.06)    (2.41)  0.07 
Dividends to Preferred Shareholders from net investment income  (0.01)  (0.06)  (0.08)  (0.48)    (0.71)  (0.63) 
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations  0.34  2.15  2.84  (10.84)    (1.11)  1.58 
Dividends and distributions to Common Shareholders from:               
Net investment income  (0.30)2  (0.62)  (0.83)  (1.22)    (1.18)  (1.69) 
Tax return of capital    (0.09)  (0.13)  (0.05)    (0.42)   
Total dividends and distributions  (0.30)  (0.71)  (0.96)  (1.27)    (1.60)  (1.69) 
Net asset value, end of period  $ 10.79  $ 10.75  $ 9.31  $ 7.43  $ 19.54  $ 22.25 
Market price, end of period  $ 9.28  $ 9.67  $ 8.24  $ 7.00  $ 17.29  $ 21.26 
Total Investment Return3               
Based on net asset value  3.73%4  24.77%5  46.46%  (58.09)%    (5.03)%  7.97% 
Based on market price  (0.82)%4  26.81%  37.59%  (55.38)%    (12.05)%  9.69% 
Ratios to Average Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders               
Total expenses6  1.05%7  1.16%  1.61%  2.00%    1.32%  1.29% 
Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly6  1.05%7  1.14%  1.59%  2.00%    1.32%  1.29% 
Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly               
and excluding interest expense6  0.97%7  1.13%  1.44%  1.48%    1.29%  1.29% 
Net investment income6  6.25%7  6.28%  12.45%  10.79%    9.38%  9.70% 
Dividends to Preferred Shareholders  0.11%7  0.59%  1.09%  3.03%    3.29%  2.84% 
Net investment income to Common Shareholders  6.13%7  5.69%  11.36%  7.76%    6.09%  6.86% 
Supplemental Data               
Net assets applicable to Common Shareholders, end of period (000)  $ 111,316  $ 110,808  $ 96,048  $ 76,430  $ 201,155  $ 228,734 
Preferred Shares outstanding at $25,000 liquidation preference,               
end of period (000)    $ 40,250  $ 40,250  $ 68,250  $ 136,500  $ 136,500 
Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)  $ 37,803  $ 6,083  $ 4,972  $ 4,024  $ 590   
Average borrowings outstanding, during the period (000)  $ 21,772  $ 5,269  $ 5,321  $ 25,692  $ 2,690   
Portfolio turnover  36%  66%  36%  119%    88%  19% 
Asset coverage per Preferred Share at $25,000 liquidation preference,               
end of period    $ 93,831  $ 84,663  $ 53,009  $ 61,846  $ 66,907 
Asset coverage, end of period per $1,000  $ 3,945             

1 Based on average shares outstanding.
2 A portion of the dividends from net investment income may be deemed a tax return of capital or net realized gain at fiscal year end.
3 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.
4 Aggregate total investment return.
5 Includes proceeds from a settlement of litigation which impacted the Fund. Not including these proceeds the Fund’s total return would have been 24.54%.
6 Do not reflect the effect of dividends to Preferred Shareholders.
7 Annualized.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

54 SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT APRIL 30, 2011



Financial Highlights      BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc. (PSY) 
  Six Months             
  Ended             
  April 30, 2011    Year Ended October 31,     
  (Unaudited)  2010  2009  2008    2007  2006 
Per Share Operating Performance               
Net asset value, beginning of period  $ 11.59  $ 10.03  $ 7.96  $ 19.93  $ 22.36  $ 22.26 
Net investment income1  0.35  0.72  1.11  1.73    2.02  2.03 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)  0.03  1.74  2.17  (11.84)    (2.35)  0.32 
Dividends to Preferred Shareholders from net investment income  (0.01)  (0.06)  (0.09)  (0.49)    (0.73)  (0.65) 
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations  0.37  2.40  3.19  (10.60)    (1.06)  1.70 
Dividends and distributions to Common Shareholders from:               
Net investment income  (0.33)2  (0.71)  (1.12)  (1.15)    (1.16)  (1.51) 
Tax return of capital    (0.13)  (0.00)3  (0.22)    (0.21)  (0.09) 
Total dividends and distributions  (0.33)  (0.84)  (1.12)  (1.37)    (1.37)  (1.60) 
Net asset value, end of period  $ 11.63  $ 11.59  $ 10.03  $ 7.96  $ 19.93  $ 22.36 
Market price, end of period  $ 10.08  $ 10.39  $ 8.90  $ 8.10  $ 16.94  $ 20.12 
Total Investment Return4               
Based on net asset value  3.73%5  25.70%6  48.36%  (55.71)%    (4.35)%  8.77% 
Based on market price  0.29%5  26.99%  29.37%  (46.97)%    (9.65)%  2.77% 
Ratios to Average Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders               
Total expenses7  1.01%8  1.04%  1.41%  1.90%    1.27%  1.23% 
Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly7  1.01%8  1.03%  1.41%  1.90%    1.27%  1.23% 
Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly and               
excluding interest expense7  0.95%8  1.02%  1.33%  1.40%    1.23%  1.23% 
Net investment income7  6.21%8  6.66%  15.05%  10.71%    9.29%  9.26% 
Dividends to Preferred Shareholders  0.22%8  0.58%  1.19%  3.04%    3.34%  2.96% 
Net investment income to Common Shareholders  5.99%8  6.08%  13.86%  7.67%    5.95%  6.30% 
Supplemental Data               
Net assets applicable to Common Shareholders, end of period (000)  $ 474,386  $ 472,984  $ 409,293  $ 323,132  $ 809,411  $ 907,897 
Preferred Shares outstanding at $25,000 liquidation preference,               
end of period (000)    $ 169,025  $ 169,025  $ 275,000  $ 550,000  $ 550,000 
Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)  $ 154,160  $ 4,020  $ 9,511  $ 54,369       
Average borrowings outstanding, during the period (000)  $ 84,960  $ 13,407  $ 15,842  $ 94,908  $ 14,375   
Portfolio turnover  33%  73%  16%  120%    81%  18% 
Asset coverage per Preferred Share at $25,000 liquidation preference,               
end of period    $ 94,968  $ 85,547  $ 54,408  $ 61,817  $ 66,294 
Asset coverage, end of period per $1,000  $ 4,071             

1 Based on average shares outstanding.
2 A portion of the dividends from net investment income may be deemed a tax return of capital or net realized gain at fiscal year end.
3 Amount is less than $(0.01) per share.
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 Includes proceeds from a settlement of litigation which impacted the Fund. Not including these proceeds the Fund’s total return would have been 25.37%.
7 Do not reflect the effect of dividends to Preferred Shareholders.
8 Annualized.

See Notes to Financial Statements.     
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011  55 

 



Financial Highlights        BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III (BPP) 
             
  Six Months      Period         
  Ended      January 1,         
   April 30,     2008 to   
  2011  Year Ended October 31, October 31,  Year Ended December 31,
  (Unaudited)  2010  2009  2008  2007  2006    2005 
Per Share Operating Performance                 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $ 12.41  $ 11.05  $ 8.77  $ 19.47  $ 24.52  $ 24.43  $ 25.88 
Net investment income  0.331  0.731  1.091  1.481  2.05  2.05    2.11 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)  0.10  1.48  2.40  (10.74)  (4.72)  0.62    (0.82) 
Dividends and distributions to Preferred Shareholders from:                 
Net investment income  (0.00)2  (0.01)  (0.03)  (0.31)  (0.62)  (0.46)    (0.26) 
Net realized gain            (0.12)    (0.13) 
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations  0.43  2.20  3.46  (9.57)  (3.29)  2.09    0.90 
Dividends and distributions to Common Shareholders from:                 
Net investment income  (0.34)3  (0.76)  (0.95)  (0.83)  (1.59)  (1.58)    (1.74) 
Net realized gain          (0.02)  (0.42)    (0.61) 
Tax return of capital    (0.08)  (0.23)  (0.30)  (0.15)       
Total dividends and distributions  (0.34)  (0.84)  (1.18)  (1.13)  (1.76)  (2.00)    (2.35) 
Net asset value, end of period  $ 12.50  $ 12.41  $ 11.05  $ 8.77  $ 19.47  $ 24.52  $ 24.43 
Market price, end of period  $ 10.74  $ 11.23  $ 9.94  $ 8.51  $ 17.31  $ 26.31  $ 24.20 
Total Investment Return4                 
Based on net asset value  3.95%5  21.52%  47.16%  (51.22)%5  (13.86)%  8.89%    3.81% 
Based on market price  (1.30)%5  22.25%  36.42%  (46.76)%5  (28.62)%  17.98%    4.83% 
Ratios to Average Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders               
Total expenses6  0.99%7  1.09%  1.66%  1.96%7  1.46%  1.62%    1.51% 
Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly6  0.98%7  1.08%  1.64%  1.96%7  1.45%  1.62%    1.51% 
Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly                 
and excluding interest expense6  0.93%7  1.07%  1.39%  1.39%7  1.24%  1.25%    1.22% 
Net investment income6  5.49%7  6.31%  13.08%  10.53%7  8.90%  8.46%    8.37% 
Dividends to Preferred Shareholders  0.02%7  0.10%  0.38%  2.19%7  2.70%  1.89%    1.27% 
Net investment income to Common Shareholders  5.47%7  6.21%  12.70%  8.34%7  6.20%  6.58%    7.10% 
Supplemental Data                 
Net assets applicable to Common Shareholders,                 
end of period (000)  $ 230,908  $ 229,098  $ 204,133  $ 161,311  $ 358,017  $ 449,995  $ 447,190 
Preferred Shares outstanding at $25,000 liquidation                 
preference, end of period (000)    $ 70,425  $ 70,425  $ 110,400  $ 220,800  $ 220,800  $ 220,800 
Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)  $ 53,379    $ 13,235  $ 44,281         
Average borrowings outstanding, during the period (000)  $ 40,235  $ 2,121  $ 16,330  $ 51,995  $ 903  $ 1,303  $ 2,904 
Portfolio turnover  32%  67%  16%  121%  97%  91%    77% 
Asset coverage per Preferred Share at $25,000 liquidation                 
preference, end of period    $ 106,328  $ 97,465  $ 61,540  $ 65,554  $ 75,965  $ 75,642 
Asset coverage, end of period per $1,000  $ 5,326               

1 Based on average shares outstanding.
2 Amount is less than $(0.01) per share.
3 A portion of the dividends from net investment income may be deemed a tax return of capital or net realized gain at fiscal year end.
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 Do not reflect the effect of dividends to Preferred Shareholders.
7 Annualized.

See Notes to Financial Statements.   
56  SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011 

 



Financial Highlights    BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV (BTZ) 
       
  Six Months         Period 
  Ended       December 27, 
   April 30,   20061 to 
  2011  Year Ended October 31,  October 31, 
  (Unaudited)  2010  2009  2008  2007 
Per Share Operating Performance           
Net asset value, beginning of period  $ 14.46  $ 12.64  $ 10.59  $ 21.39  $ 23.882 
Net investment income  0.423  0.853  0.993  1.333  1.25 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)  (0.04)  2.14  2.54  (10.06)  (1.86) 
Dividends to Preferred Shareholders from net investment income  (0.01)  (0.07)  (0.07)  (0.33)  (0.31) 
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations  0.37  2.92  3.46  (9.06)  (0.92) 
Dividends and distributions to Common Shareholders from:           
Net investment income  (0.42)  (0.81)  (0.93)  (0.90)  (0.93) 
Tax return of capital    (0.29)  (0.48)  (0.84)  (0.47) 
Total dividends and distributions  (0.42)  (1.10)  (1.41)  (1.74)  (1.40) 
Capital charge with respect to issuance of:           
Common Shares          (0.04) 
Preferred Shares          (0.13) 
Total capital charges          (0.17) 
Net asset value, end of period  $ 14.41  $ 14.46  $ 12.64  $ 10.59  $ 21.39 
Market price, end of period  $ 12.36  $ 13.02  $ 10.96  $ 9.36  $ 18.65 
Total Investment Return4           
Based on net asset value  3.15%5  25.16%  41.06%  (44.27)%  (4.42)%5 
Based on market price  (1.74)%5  29.98%  38.38%  (43.51)%  (20.34)%5 
Ratios to Average Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders           
Total expenses6  0.97%7  1.12%  1.60%  1.65%  1.90%7 
Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly6  0.96%7  1.11%  1.58%  1.65%  1.88%7 
Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly and excluding interest expense6  0.92%7  1.07%  1.24%  1.21%  1.04%7 
Net investment income6  5.91%7  6.33%  9.93%  7.63%  6.50%7 
Dividends to Preferred Shareholders  0.18%7  0.50%  0.74%  1.89%  1.64%7 
Net investment income to Common Shareholders  5.73%7  5.83%  9.19%  5.74%  4.86%7 
Supplemental Data           
Net assets applicable to Common Shareholders, end of period (000)  $ 746,735  $ 749,360  $ 654,999  $ 548,612  $ 1,108,534 
Preferred Shares outstanding at $25,000 liquidation preference, end of period (000)    $ 231,000  $ 231,000  $ 231,000  $ 462,000 
Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)  $ 200,551    $ 61,576  $ 223,512  $ 88,291 
Average borrowings outstanding, during the period (000)  $ 113,922  $ 63,660  $ 76,521  $ 107,377  $ 96,468 
Portfolio turnover  37%  64%  30%  126%  35% 
Asset coverage per Preferred Share at $25,000 liquidation preference, end of period    $ 106,104  $ 95,892  $ 84,384  $ 89,737 
Asset coverage, end of period per $1,000  $ 4,723         

1 Commencement of operations.
2 Net asset value, beginning of period, reflects a deduction of $1.12 per share sales charge from initial offering price of $25.00 per share.
3 Based on average shares outstanding.
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 Do not reflect the effect of dividends to Preferred Shareholders.
7 Annualized.

See Notes to Financial Statements.     
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  APRIL 30, 2011  57 

 



Financial Highlights        BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust (BGT) 
  Six Months      Period         
  Ended      January 1,         
  April 30,      2008 to         
  2011  Year Ended October 31,  October 31,  Year Ended December 31, 
  (Unaudited)  2010  2009  2008  2007  2006    2005 
Per Share Operating Performance                 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $ 14.48  $ 13.29  $ 11.24  $ 17.71  $ 19.11  $ 19.13  $ 19.21 
Net investment income  0.501  0.971  0.981  1.421  2.03  1.99    1.64 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)  0.43  1.09  2.72  (6.62)  (1.39)  (0.06)    (0.17) 
Dividends and distributions to Preferred Shareholders from:                 
Net investment income  (0.00)2  (0.04)  (0.04)  (0.24)  (0.54)  (0.48)    (0.33) 
Net realized gain            (0.01)    (0.00)2 
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations  0.93  2.02  3.66  (5.44)  0.10  1.44    1.14 
Dividends and distributions to Common Shareholders from:                 
Net investment income  (0.62)  (0.83)  (1.19)  (1.03)  (1.14)  (1.44)    (1.22) 
Net realized gain            (0.02)    (0.00)2 
Tax return of capital      (0.42)    (0.36)       
Total dividends and distributions  (0.62)  (0.83)  (1.61)  (1.03)  (1.50)  (1.46)    (1.22) 
Net asset value, end of period  $ 14.79  $ 14.48  $ 13.29  $ 11.24  $ 17.71  $ 19.11  $ 19.13 
Market price, end of period  $ 15.65  $ 14.52  $ 12.58  $ 9.63  $ 15.78  $ 19.27  $ 17.16 
Total Investment Return3                 
Based on net asset value  6.49%4  15.55%  39.51%  (31.62)%4  0.98%  7.93%    6.63% 
Based on market price  12.37%4  22.41%  54.14%  (34.24)%4  (10.92)%  21.31%    (1.34)% 
Ratios to Average Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders               
Total expenses5  1.70%6  1.43%  1.96%  2.22%6  1.67%  1.75%    1.56% 
Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly5  1.56%6  1.25%  1.68%  1.89%6  1.33%  1.43%    1.23% 
Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly                 
and excluding interest expense5  1.21%6  1.15%  1.24%  1.21%6  1.16%  1.19%    1.15% 
Net investment income5  6.99%6  7.01%  8.92%  10.56%6  10.83%  10.38%    8.52% 
Dividends to Preferred Shareholders  0.05%6  0.27%  0.38%  1.75%6  2.88%  2.51%    1.71% 
Net investment income to Common Shareholders  6.94%6  6.74%  8.54%  8.81%6  7.95%  7.87%    6.81% 
Supplemental Data                 
Net assets applicable to Common Shareholders,                 
end of period (000)  $ 349,146  $ 341,436  $ 312,872  $ 264,590  $ 417,086  $ 449,065  $ 449,219 
Preferred Shares outstanding at $25,000 liquidation                 
preference, end of period (000)    $ 58,800  $ 58,800  $ 58,800  $ 243,450  $ 243,450  $ 243,450 
Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)  $ 157,000  $ 38,000  $ 14,000  $ 123,150    $ 26,108     
Average borrowings outstanding, during the period (000)  $ 96,174  $ 24,321  $ 53,156  $ 71,780  $ 10,524  $ 19,562  $ 10,722 
Portfolio turnover  54%  87%  42%  25%  41%  50%    46% 
Asset coverage per Preferred Share at $25,000                 
liquidation preference, end of period    $ 170,174  $ 158,029  $ 137,505  $ 67,849  $ 73,810  $ 71,139 
Asset coverage, end of period per $1,000  $ 3,224               

1 Based on average shares outstanding.
2 Amount is less than $(0.01) per share.
3 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.
4 Aggregate total investment return.
5 Do not reflect the effect of dividends to Preferred Shareholders.
6 Annualized.

See Notes to Financial Statements.   
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1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies:

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

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

Valuation: US GAAP defines fair value as the price the Funds would receive
to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction
between market participants at the measurement date. The Funds fair value
their financial instruments at market value using independent dealers or
pricing services under policies approved by the Board. 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 informa-
tion with respect to transactions in such investments, quotations from
dealers, pricing matrixes, market transactions in comparable investments,
various relationships observed in the market between investments and
calculated yield measures. Financial futures contracts traded on exchanges
are valued at their last sale price. Swap agreements are valued utilizing
quotes received daily by the Funds’ pricing service or through brokers,
which are derived using daily swap curves and models that incorporate a
number of market data factors, such as discounted cash flows and trades
and values of the underlying reference instruments. Investments in open-
end investment companies are valued at net asset value 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 (long positions)
or ask (short positions) price. If no bid or ask price is available, the prior
day’s price will be used, unless it is determined that such prior day’s price
no longer reflects the fair value of the security.

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

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

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

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

Foreign Currency Transactions: The Funds’ books and records are main-
tained in US dollars. Purchases and sales of investment securities are
recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing on the date the transactions
are entered into. Generally, when the US dollar rises in value against a
foreign currency, the Funds’ investments denominated in that currency will

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lose value because its currency is worth fewer US dollars; the opposite
effect occurs if the US dollar falls in relative value.

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.

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

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

Preferred Stock: The Funds may invest in preferred stocks. Preferred stock
has a preference over common stock in liquidation (and generally in receiv-
ing 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 pre-
ferred 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 pay-
ments 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 levered. The Funds may invest in obligations of borrowers who
are in bankruptcy proceedings. Floating rate loan interests may include
fully funded term loans or revolving lines of credit. Floating rate loan
interests are typically senior in the corporate capital structure of the
borrower. Floating rate loan interests generally pay interest at rates that
are periodically determined by reference to a base lending rate plus a
premium. The base lending rates are generally the lending rate offered by
one or more European banks, such as LIBOR (London Inter Bank Offered
Rate), the prime rate offered by one or more US banks or the certificate of
deposit rate. Floating rate loan interests may involve foreign borrowers, and
investments may be denominated in foreign currencies. The Funds consider
these investments to be investments in debt securities for purposes of
their investment policies.

When a Fund buys 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. The Funds earn and/or pays facility and other fees on
floating rate loan interests, which are shown as facility and other fees in
the Statements of Operations. Facility and commitment fees are typically
amortized to income over the term of the loan or term of the commitment,
respectively. Consent and amendment fees are recorded to income as
earned. Prepayment penalty fees, which may be received by the Funds
upon the prepayment of a floating rate loan interest by a borrower, are
recorded as realized gains. The Funds may invest in multiple series or
tranches of a loan. A different series or tranche may have varying terms
and carry different associated risks.

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

Reverse Repurchase Agreements: The Funds may enter into reverse
repurchase agreements with qualified third party broker-dealers. In a
reverse repurchase agreement, the Funds sell securities to a bank or
broker-dealer and agrees to repurchase the same securities at a mutually
agreed upon date and price. Certain agreements have no stated maturity
and can be terminated by either party at any time. Interest on the value of

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the reverse repurchase agreements issued and outstanding is based upon
competitive market rates determined at the time of issuance. The Funds
may utilize reverse repurchase agreements when it is anticipated that the
interest income to be earned from the investment of the proceeds of the
transaction is greater than the interest expense of the transaction. Reverse
repurchase agreements involve leverage risk and also the risk that the
market value of the securities that the Funds are obligated to repurchase
under the agreement may decline below the repurchase price. In the event
the buyer of securities under a reverse repurchase agreement files for
bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, the Funds’ use of the proceeds of the
agreement may be restricted while the other party, or its trustee or receiver,
determines whether or not to enforce the Funds’ obligation to repurchase
the securities.

Defensive Positions: PSW, PSY, BPP and BTZ Fund may vary its investment
policies for temporary defensive purposes during periods in which the
investment advisor believes that conditions in the securities markets or
other economic, financial or political conditions warrant. Under such
conditions, the Funds for temporary defensive purposes may invest up to
100% of its total assets in, as applicable and described in each Fund’s
prospectus, US government securities, certificates of deposit, repurchase
agreements that involve purchases of debt securities, bankers’ acceptances
and other bank obligations, commercial paper, money market funds and/or
other debt securities deemed by the investment advisor to be consistent
with a defensive posture, or may hold its assets in cash.

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

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

Dividends and Distributions: Dividends from net investment income are
declared and paid daily. Distributions of capital gains are recorded on
the ex-dividend dates. If the total dividends and distributions made in any
tax year exceeds net investment income and accumulated realized capital
gains, a portion of the total distribution may be treated as a tax return of
capital. The amount and timing of dividends and distributions are deter-
mined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ
from US GAAP. Dividends and distributions to Preferred Shareholders were
accrued and determined as described in Note 6.

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

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

Each Fund files US federal and various state and local tax returns. No
income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limita-
tions on PSW’s and PSY’s US federal tax returns remains open for the four
years ended October 31, 2010. The statute of limitations on BPP’s and
BGT’s US federal tax returns remains open for the year ended December
31, 2007, the period ended October 31, 2008 and the two years ended
October 31, 2010. The statute of limitations on BTZ’s US Federal tax
returns remains open for the three years ended October 31, 2010 and
the period ended October 31, 2007. The statutes of limitations on the
Funds’ state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year
depending upon the jurisdiction. There are no uncertain tax positions that
require recognition of a tax liability.

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

The deferred compensation plan is not funded and obligations there-under
represent general unsecured claims against the general assets of each
Fund. Each Fund may, however, elect to invest in common shares of certain
other BlackRock Closed-End Funds selected by the Independent Directors

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in order to match its deferred compensation obligations. Investments to
cover each Fund’s deferred compensation liability, if any, are included in
other assets in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Dividends and
distributions from the BlackRock Closed-End Fund investments under the
plan are included in income — affiliated in the Statements of Operations.

Other: Expenses directly related to the Funds are charged to that Fund.
Other operating expenses shared by several funds are pro rated among
those funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate
methods. The Funds have an arrangement with the custodian whereby
fees may be reduced by credits earned on uninvested cash balances,
which if applicable are shown as fees paid indirectly in the Statements
of Operations. The custodian imposes fees on overdrawn cash balances,
which can be offset by accumulated credits earned or may result in
additional custody charges.

2. Derivative Financial Instruments:

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

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

The Funds may mitigate counterparty risk by procuring collateral and
through netting provisions included within an International Swaps and
Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) Master Agreement implemented
between a Fund and each of its respective counterparties. The 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 counter-
parties 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 the Funds’ net
assets decline by a stated percentage or the Funds fail to meet the terms
of its ISDA Master Agreements, which would cause the Funds to accelerate
payment of any net liability owed to the counterparty.

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

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts: The Funds enter into foreign cur-
rency exchange contracts as an economic hedge against either specific
transactions or portfolio instruments or to obtain exposure to foreign cur-
rencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk). A foreign currency exchange
contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a currency at
a set exchange rate on a future date. Foreign currency exchange contracts,
when used by the Funds, help to manage the overall exposure to the cur-
rencies, in which some of the investments held by the Funds are denomi-
nated. 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 for-
eign currencies and the risk that a counterparty to the contract does not
perform its obligations under the agreement.

Options: The Funds purchase and write call and put options to increase
or decrease their exposure to underlying instruments (including 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 of the option the right (but not the obligation) to
buy, and obligates the seller to sell (when the option is exercised), the
underlying instrument at the exercise 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

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price at any time or at a specified time during the option period. When the
Funds purchase (writes) an option, an amount equal to the premium paid
(received) by the Funds is reflected as an asset (liability). The amount of
the asset (liability) is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current
market value of the option purchased (written). When an instrument is pur-
chased 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 transac-
tion), 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 unfavor-
able change in the value of the underlying instrument or the risk that the
Funds may not be able to enter into a closing transaction due to an illiquid
market. Exercise of a written option could result in the Funds purchasing or
selling a security at a price different from the current market value.

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

Credit default swaps — The Funds enter into credit default swaps to
manage their exposure to the market or certain sectors of the market,
to reduce its risk exposure to defaults of corporate and/or sovereign
issuers or to create exposure to corporate and/or sovereign issuers to
which they are not otherwise exposed (credit risk). The Funds enter into
credit default swap agreements to provide a measure of protection
against the default of an issuer (as buyer of protection) and/or gain
credit exposure to an issuer to which it is not otherwise exposed (as
seller of protection). The Funds may either buy or sell (write) credit
default swaps on single-name issuers (corporate or sovereign), a
combination or basket of single-name issuers or traded indexes.
Credit default swaps on single-name issuers are agreements in which
the buyer pays fixed periodic payments to the seller in consideration
for a guarantee from the seller to make a specific payment should a
negative credit event take place with respect to the referenced entity
(e.g., bankruptcy, failure to pay, obligation accelerators, repudiation,
moratorium or restructuring). Credit default swaps on traded indexes
are agreements in which the buyer pays fixed periodic payments to the
seller in consideration for a guarantee from the seller to make a spe-
cific 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.

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure:           
  Fair Values of Derivative Financial Instruments as of April 30, 2011
  Asset Derivatives
      PSW  PSY  BPP  BTZ 
  Statements of Assets           
  and Liabilities Location      Value     
Equity contracts  Investments at value-unaffiliated*  $ 69,440  $ 292,640  $ 143,840  $ 486,080 
Foreign currency exchange contracts  Unrealized appreciation on           
  foreign currency contracts      11,307     
Interest rate contracts  Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation**;         
  Investments at value-unaffililated*    80,002  221,534  192,738  602,815 
Credit contracts  Unrealized appreciation on swaps;           
  Investments at value-unaffiliated*    7,854  34,718  11,072  39,077 
Total    $ 157,296  $ 560,199  $ 347,650  $1,127,972 

* Includes options purchased at value as reported in the Schedule of Investments.
** Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation on financial futures contracts as reported in the Schedules of Investments. Only the current day's margin variation
is reported within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

Liability Derivatives
    PSW  PSY  BPP  BTZ  BGT 
  Statements of Assets           
  and Liabilities Location      Value     
Foreign currency exchange contracts  Unrealized depreciation on           
  foreign currency contracts          $1,495,067 
Interest rate contracts  Net unrealized appreciation/           
  depreciation*; Unrealized depreciation           
  on swaps; Options written at value  $ 598,695  $2,743,096  $1,385,302  $4,644,436   
Credit contracts  Unrealized depreciation on swaps;           
  Options written at value  25,652  108,469  54,738  179,561   
Total    $ 624,347  $2,851,565  $1,440,040  $4,823,997  $1,495,067 

 

The Effect of Derivative Financial Instruments in the Statements of Operations
Six Months Ended April 30, 2011
Net Realized Gain (Loss) From
    PSW  PSY  BPP  BTZ  BGT 
Interest rate contracts:             
Financial futures contracts  $ (52,177)  $ (48,097)  $ (122,670)  $ (635,711)   
Options**        (18,020)  (61,430)   
Swaps    (11,899)  (50,387)  14,205  46,508   
Foreign currency exchange contracts:             
Foreign currency exchange contracts            $(8,337,398) 
Credit contracts:             
Swaps    49,388  202,274  78,385  322,849  1,581 
Total  $ (14,688)  $ 103,790  $ (48,100)  $ (327,784)  $(8,335,817) 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation on
  PSW  PSY  BPP  BTZ  BGT 
Interest rate contracts:           
Financial futures contracts  $ (273,121)  $ (1,401,049)   $(116,626) $ (712,327)   
Swaps  (120,143)  (506,560)  (228,984)  (774,700)   
Options**  1,428  6,110  (15,810)  (61,770)   
Foreign currency exchange contracts:           
Foreign currency exchange contracts    11,307      $ 4,432,900 
Credit contracts:           
Swaps  7,852  34,718  9,103  39,077  (19,172) 
Options**  100,349  424,331  206,431  702,440   
Equity contracts:           
Financial futures contracts           
Options**  (65,800)  (277,300)  (136,300)  (460,600)   
Total  $ (349,435) $ (1,708,443) $  (282,186) $ (1,267,880)  $ 4,413,728 

* Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation on financial futures contracts as reported in the Schedules of Investments. Only the current day's margin variation is reported within
the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
** Options purchased are included in the net realized gain (loss) from investments and net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments.

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

For the six months ended April 30, 2011, the average quarterly balance of outstanding derivative financial instruments was as follows:

  PSW        PSY  BPP    BTZ  BGT 
Financial futures contracts:             
Average number of contracts purchased  51  106  62    200   
Average number of contracts sold  145  662  118    418   
Average notional value of contracts purchased  $10,930,322  $23,116,483  $12,469,701   $  40,429,764   
Average notional value of contracts sold  $17,364,690  $79,179,936  $14,092,133   $  49,943,008   
Foreign currency exchange contracts:             
Average number of contracts — US dollars purchased    1        7 
Average number of contracts — US dollars sold            1 
Average US dollar amounts purchased    $ 348,717        $82,244,485 
Average US dollar amounts sold            $ 407,204 
Options:             
Average number of option contracts purchased  14  59  11,350,029    38,650,098  26 
Average number of option contracts written             
Average notional value of option contracts purchased  $ 1,750,000  $ 7,375,000  $14,975,000     $ 50,900,000  $ 24,514 
Average notional value of option contracts written             
Average number of swaption contracts purchased      1    1   
Average number of swaption contracts written  2  2  3    3   
Average notional value of swaption contracts purchased      $ 1,850,000  $ 6,300,000   
Average notional value of swaption contracts written  $19,300,000  $81,700,000  $44,700,000      $152,500,000   
Credit default swaps:             
Average number of contracts — buy protection      1       
Average number of contracts — sell protection  2  2  2    2   
Average notional value — buy protection      $ 1,725,000       
Average notional value — sell protection  $ 1,857,095  $ 7,961,167  $ 962,500  $ 3,212,500   
Interest rate swaps:             
Average number of contracts — pays fixed rate  2  2  2    2   
Average number of contracts — receives fixed rate      1    1   
Average notional value — pays fixed rate  $ 7,800,000  $33,150,000  $16,150,000      $54,950,000   
Average notional value — receives fixed rate      $ 1,000,000  $ 3,450,000   

 

3. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions
with Affiliates:

As of April 30, 2011, the PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”), Bank
of America Corporation (“BAC”) and Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”) were
the largest stockholders of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). Due to the own-
ership structure, PNC is an affiliate of the Funds for 1940 Act purposes, but
BAC and Barclays are not.

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

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

 

Average daily net assets is the average daily value of each Fund’s total
assets minus the sum of its accured liabilities (other than borrowings
representing financial leverage). Average weekly net assets is the average
weekly value of each Fund’s total assets minus the sum of its liabilities
(other than borrowings representing financial leverage).

The Manager has voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of the investment
advisory fees or other expenses on BGT as a percentage of its average
weekly net assets (including any assets attributable to borrowings or to
the proceeds from the issuance of Preferred Shares) minus the sum of
liabilities (other than borrowings representing financial leverage) as follows:
0.10% for the period September 1, 2010 to August 31, 2011 and 0.05%
for the period September 1, 2011 to August 31, 2012. For the six months
ended April 30, 2011, the Manager waived $231,540, which is included in
fees waived by advisor in the Statements of Operations

The Manager voluntarily agreed to waive its advisory fees by the amount
of investment advisory fees each Fund pays to the Manager indirectly
through its investment in affiliated money market funds, however the
Manager does not waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of
investment advisory fees paid through each Fund’s investment in other
affiliated investment companies, if any. These amounts are included in
fees waived by advisor in the Statements of Operations. For the six months
ended April 30, 2011, the amounts waived were as follows:

PSW  $ 647 
PSY  $2,820 
BPP  $2,875 
BTZ  $9,161 
BGT  $1,378 

 

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 percent-
age of the investment advisory fees paid by each Fund to the Manager.

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

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

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

 

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

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

4. Investments:

Purchases and sales of investments including paydowns and payups,
excluding short-term securities and US government securities for the six
months ended April 30, 2011, were as follows:

  Purchases  Sales 
PSW  $ 47,156,602  $ 31,671,600 
PSY  $188,482,250  $116,485,696 
BPP  $ 93,411,240  $ 60,110,630 
BTZ  $299,454,602  $179,835,272 
BGT  $299,338,045  $261,226,217 

 

Purchases and sales of US government securities for the six months ended
April 30, 2011, were as follows:

  Purchases  Sales 
PSW  $ 2,251,185  $ 21,137,679 
PSY  $ 10,386,258  $ 99,767,639 
BPP  $ 4,943,014  $ 24,571,673 
BTZ  $ 26,010,380  $147,075,351 

 

5. Commitments:

The Funds may invest in floating rate loan interests. In connection with
these investments, the Funds may also enter into unfunded loan commit-
ments (“commitments”). Commitments may obligate the Funds to furnish
temporary financing to a borrower until permanent financing can be
arranged. In connection with these commitments, the Funds earn a com-
mitment fee, typically set as a percentage of the commitment amount.
Such fee income, which is classified in the Statements of Operations as
facility and other fees, is recognized ratably over the commitment period.
Unfunded loan commitments are marked-to-market daily, and any unreal-
ized appreciation or depreciation is included in the Statements of Assets of

Liabilities and Statements of Operations. As of April 30, 2011, BGT had the
following unfunded loan commitments:

  Unfunded  Value of  Unrealized 
  Loan  Underlying  Appreciation 
Borrower  Commitment  Loan  (Depreciation) 
CII Investments, LLC (FKA Cloverhill),       
Delayed Draw Term Loan  $ 146,972  $ 145,502  $ (1,470) 
Delta Air Lines, Inc., Term Loan B  $2,700,000  $2,667,600  $ (32,400) 
Horizon Lines, LLC  $ 169,014  $ 164,366  $ (4,648) 
inVentiv Health, Inc.       
(FKA Ventive Health, Inc.)  $1,066,667  $1,069,668  $ 3,001 

 

6. Concentration, Market and Credit Risk:

PSW, PSY, BPP and BTZ invest a significant portion of each of their assets
in securities in the financials sector and BGT invests a significant portion of
its assets in the media sector. Please see the Schedules of Investments for
these securities. Changes in economic conditions affecting the financials
and media sectors would have a greater impact on the Funds and could
affect the value, income and/or liquidity of positions in such securities.

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

7. Capital Share Transactions:

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

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

Common Shares

As of April 30, 2011, the shares owned by an affiliate of the Manager of
the Funds were as follows:

  Shares 
PSW  8,323 
PSY  8,661 
BTZ  4,817 
BGT  8,239 

 

For the six months ended April 30, 2011, shares issued and outstanding
increased by the following amounts as a result of dividend reinvestment:

  Six Months   
  Ended  Year Ended 
  April 30,  October 31, 
  2011  2010 
BGT  $25,807  $32,177 

 

Shares issued and outstanding for the six months ended April 30, 2011
and the year ended October 31, 2010 remained constant for PSW, PSY,
BPP and BTZ, respectively.

Preferred Shares

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

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

Dividends on seven-day and 28-day Preferred Shares were cumulative
at a rate which is reset every seven or 28 days, respectively, based on the
results of an auction. If the Preferred Shares failed to clear the auction on
an auction date, each Fund was required to pay the maximum applicable
rate on the Preferred Shares to holders of such shares for successive divi-
dend periods until such time as the shares were successfully auctioned.

The maximum applicable rate on the Preferred Shares at the last auction
date was as follows: for PSW, PSY and BGT, the higher of 125% times or
1.25% plus the Telerate/BBA LIBOR rate; or BPP 150% of the interest
equivalent of the 30-day commercial paper rate and for BTZ, the higher of
150% times or 1.25% plus the Telerate/BBA LIBOR rate. The low, high and
average dividend rates for the six months ended April 30, 2011, were as
follows:

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

 

Since February 13, 2008, the Preferred Shares of the Funds failed to clear
any of their auctions. As a result, the Preferred Shares dividend rates were
reset to the maximum applicable rate, which ranged from 0.35% to 1.94%.
A failed auction is not an event of default for the Funds but it has a nega-
tive impact on the liquidity of Preferred Shares. A failed auction occurs
when there are more sellers of a Fund’s auction rate preferred shares
than buyers.

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

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

During the six months ended April 30, 2011, the Funds announced the
following redemptions of Preferred Shares at a price of $25,000 per share
plus any accrued and unpaid dividends through the redemption date:

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

 

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

8. Borrowings:

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

Advances are made by SSB to the Fund, at the Fund’s option of (a) the
higher of (i) 0.8% above the Fed Effective Rate and (ii) 0.8% above the
Overnight LIBOR or (b) 0.8% above 7-day, 30-day, 60-day or 90-day LIBOR.
In addition, the Fund pays a facility fee and a commitment fee based upon
SSB’s total commitment to the Fund. The fees associated with each of the
agreements are included in the Statements of Operations as borrowing
costs. Advances to the Fund as of April 30, 2011 are shown in the
Statements of Assets and Liabilities as loan payable. The SSB Agreement
was renewed for 364 days under substantially the same terms effective
March 3, 2011. The commitment amount was increased from $134 million
to $172.2 million. For the six months ended April 30, 2011, the daily
weighted average interest rate was 1.14%.

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

For the six months ended April 30, 2011, the daily weighted average inter-
est rates for Funds with reverse repurchase agreements were as follows:

PSW  0.39% 
PSY  0.17% 
BPP  0.35% 
BTZ  0.37% 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (concluded)

9. Income Tax Information:

As of October 31, 2010, the Funds had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains through the indicated expiration dates:

Expires October 31,  PSW      PSY  BPP  BTZ  BGT 
2011  $ 1,276,621         
2012  10,243,141  $ 62,733,648       
2013  5,058,900  17,911,331       
2014  8,481,628  12,145,117       
2015  6,724,694  19,582,978  $ 18,184,893  $ 49,741,712  $ 3,268,804 
2016  40,232,230  140,413,242  58,197,929  113,355,213  24,616,531 
2017  55,825,534  194,970,854  108,996,120  223,939,227  45,385,443 
2018  4,498,024  37,285,625  15,245,888  15,223,841  16,526,601 
Total  $ 132,340,772  $ 485,042,795  $ 200,624,830  $ 402,259,993  $ 89,797,379 

 

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

10. Subsequent Events:

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

Each Fund will pay a net investment income dividend on May 31, 2011 to
Common Shareholders of record on May 16, 2011 as follows:

  Common 
  Dividend 
  Per Share 
PSW  $0.0495 
PSY  $0.0535 
BPP  $0.0540 
BTZ  $0.0690 
BGT  $0.0775 

 

Each Fund will pay a net investment income dividend on June 30, 2011 to
Common Shareholders of record on June 15, 2011 as follows:

  Common 
  Dividend 
  Per Share 
PSW  $0.0495 
PSY  $0.0535 
BPP  $0.0540 
BTZ  $0.0690 
BGT  $0.0775 

 

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Officers and Directors

Richard E. Cavanagh, Chair of the Board and Director
Karen P. Robards, Vice Chair of the Board,
Chair of the Audit Committee and Director
Michael Castellano, Director and Member of the Audit Committee
Richard S. Davis, Director
Frank J. Fabozzi, Director and Member of the Audit Committee
Kathleen F. Feldstein, Director
James T. Flynn, Director and Member of the Audit Committee
Henry Gabbay, Director
Jerrold B. Harris, Director
R. Glenn Hubbard, Director
W. Carl Kester, Director and Member of the Audit Committee
John M. Perlowski, President and Chief Executive Officer
Anne Ackerley, Vice President
Brendan Kyne, Vice President
Neal Andrews, Chief Financial Officer
Jay Fife, Treasurer
Brian Kindelan, Chief Compliance Officer
Ira P. Shapiro, Secretary

Investment Advisor
BlackRock Advisors, LLC
Wilmington, DE 19809

Sub-Advisor
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
New York, NY 10022

Custodians
State Street Bank and Trust Company
Boston, MA 02111

Transfer Agent
Common Shares
Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
Canton, MA 02021

Accounting Agent
State Street Bank and Trust Company
Princeton, NJ 08540

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Princeton, NJ 08540

Legal Counsel
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
New York, NY 10036

Address of the Funds
100 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809

Effective November 10, 2010, Ira P. Shapiro became Secretary of the Funds.

Effective February 11, 2011, John M. Perlowski became President and Chief Executive Officer of the Funds.

Effective April 14, 2011, Michael Castellano became a Director of the Funds and a Member of the Audit Committee.

PSW, PSY, BPP and BTZ are managed by a team of investment professionals.
Effective June 1, 2011, Jeffrey Cucunato, Mitchell S. Garfin, CFA and Stephan Bassas
are the Funds’ co-portfolio managers responsible for the day-to-day management of
each Fund’s portfolio and the selection of their investments.

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Additional Information

Dividend Policy

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

General Information

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

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

In exchange for the shareholder plaintiff's agreement to withdraw a
previously filed motion for preliminary injunction enjoining any further
redemptions of AMPS, each of these funds agreed to provide the plaintiffs
in those actions with 30 days prior notice of any additional redemptions.

On November 24, 2010, the Manager announced that counsel for the
plaintiffs filed a motion for a preliminary injunction enjoining PSY and BTZ
from redeeming outstanding AMPS pending final resolution of the underly-
ing shareholder derivative suit. The Manager announced that it intends to
vigorously oppose the motion and completed the redemption of AMPS by
PSY and BTZ as previously announced, although the redemption dates for
BTZ and PSY were conditioned upon the absence of any legal impediments
to completing the redemptions as scheduled.

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

During the period, there were no material changes in the Funds’ investment
objectives or policies or to the Funds’ charter or by-laws that would delay or
prevent a change of control of the Funds that were not approved by share-
holders or in the principal risk factors associated with investment in the
Funds. Other than as disclosed on page 70, there have been no changes in
the persons who are primarily responsible for the day-to-day management
of the Funds’ portfolio.

Quarterly performance, semi-annual and annual reports and other informa-
tion 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 regard-
ing the Funds and does not, and is not intended to, incorporate BlackRock’s
website into this report.

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Additional Information (continued)

General Information (concluded)

Electronic Delivery

Electronic copies of most financial reports are available on the Funds’ web-
sites or shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications of quarterly state-
ments, 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 other-
wise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined
with those for other members of your household, please contact the Funds
at (800) 441-7762.

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

Each Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for
the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Each Fund’s
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. Each
Fund’s Forms N-Q may also be obtained upon request and without charge
by calling (800) 441-7762.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

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

Availability of Proxy Voting Record

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

Availability of Fund Updates

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

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Additional Information (continued)

Section 19(a) Notices

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

April 30, 2011                 
  Total Cumulative Distributions    % Breakdown of the Total Cumulative 
  for the Fiscal Year    Distributions for the Fiscal Year
    Net Realized             
  Net  Capital    Total Per  Net  Net Realized    Total Per 
  Investment  Gains  Return of  Common  Investment  Capital  Return of  Common 
  Income  Short Term  Capital  Share  Income  Gains  Capital  Share 
PSW  $0.304500      $0.304500  100%    0%  100% 
PSY.  $0.331000      $0.331000  100%    0%  100% 
BPP  $0.329431    $0.007069  $0.336500  98%    2%  100% 
BTZ  $0.392446    $0.031554  $0.424000  93%    7%  100% 
BGT  $0.162336    $0.807664  $0.970000  17%    83%  100% 

 

PSW, PSY, BPP and BTZ Fund estimates that it has distributed more than the amount of earned income and net realized gains; therefore, a portion of the
distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the shareholder’s investment in a Fund is returned to
the shareholder. A return of capital does not necessarily reflect a Fund’s investment performance and should not be confused with ‘yield’ or ‘income’.

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Additional Information (concluded)

BlackRock Privacy Principles

BlackRock is committed to maintaining the privacy of its current and former
fund investors and individual clients (collectively, “Clients”) and to safe-
guarding their non-public personal information. The following information is
provided to help you understand what personal information BlackRock col-
lects, 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 applica-
tions, 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 pro-
cedures relating to the proper storage and disposal of such information.

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This report is transmitted to shareholders only. It is not a prospectus. Past performance results shown in this report should not be

considered a representation of future performance. The Funds leverage their Common Shares, which creates risk for Common

Shareholders, including the likelihood of greater volatility of net asset value and market price of Common Shares, and the risk that

fluctuations in short-term interest rates may reduce the Common Shares’ yield. Statements and other information herein are as dated

and are subject to change.




Item 2 – Code of Ethics – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report

Item 3 – Audit Committee Financial Expert – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report

Item 4 – Principal Accountant Fees and Services – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report

Item 5 – Audit Committee of Listed Registrants – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report

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

Item 7 – Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management
Investment Companies – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report

Item 8 – Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies
(a) Not Applicable to this semi-annual report
(b) As of the date of this filing, there have been no changes in any of the portfolio managers
identified in the most recent annual report on Form N-CSR.

Item 9 – Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and
Affiliated Purchasers – Not Applicable

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 – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report

(a)(2) – Certifications – Attached hereto

(a)(3) – Not Applicable

(b) – Certifications – Attached hereto



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 Floating Rate Income Trust

By: /S/ John M. Perlowski
John M. Perlowski
Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust

Date: July 5, 2011

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 Floating Rate Income Trust

Date: July 5, 2011

By: /S/ Neal J. Andrews
Neal J. Andrews
Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust

Date: July 5, 2011