UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-CSR

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act file number 811-08603

 

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

 

Fund Address: 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

 

Name and address of agent for service: Anne F. Ackerley, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc., 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055.

 

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

 

Date of fiscal year end: 02/28/2010

 

Date of reporting period: 02/28/2010

 

Item 1 – Report to Stockholders

 



 

 

Annual Report

(BLACKROCK LOGO)

 

 

 

 

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

 


 

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (COY)

 

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

 

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

 

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. (FRB)

 

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

NOT FDIC INSURED
MAY LOSE VALUE
NO BANK GUARANTEE



 


 

Table of Contents


 

 

 




 

 

Page




 

Dear Shareholder

 

3

Annual Report:

 

 

Fund Summaries

 

4

The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging

 

9

Derivative Financial Instruments

 

9

Financial Statements:

 

 

Schedules of Investments

 

10

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

 

48

Statements of Operations

 

49

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

50

Statements of Cash Flows

 

52

Financial Highlights

 

53

Notes to Financial Statements

 

58

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

67

Important Tax Information (Unaudited)

 

67

Automatic Dividend Reinvestment Plans

 

68

Officers and Directors

 

69

Additional Information

 

72


 

 

 


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ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010




 


 

Dear Shareholder

The past year marked a pivotal turning point for global markets as the Great Recession that started in December 2007 began to recede and give way to recovery. The dramatic about-face could be attributed to a confluence of factors, most notably the extraordinary policy actions of global governments and central banks, a resurgence in corporate profits and growing signs of stability and healing in world economies.

After reaching a trough in early March 2009, stocks galloped higher as investors were lured back into the markets by depressed valuations, desire for higher yields and increasing confidence that all-out financial disaster had been averted. The result was a powerful upswing in global equities and other higher-risk assets through the end of 2009. More recently, the combination of mixed economic data, lingering deflation issues (especially in Europe) and proposed fees and levies on banks dampened investor conviction, resulting in a several-week bout of profit-taking. The selloff had a more pronounced negative effect on international and emerging market equities due primarily to concerns of higher interest rates in Asia and negative headlines out of Europe, particularly in Greece.

Generally speaking, investors’ renewed affinity for risk was notable in the fixed income markets as well, where non-Treasury assets made a robust recovery. One of the major themes in 2009 was the reversal of the flight-to-quality trade. High yield, one of the most battered areas during the financial crisis, emerged as the strongest-performing fixed income sector in both the taxable and tax-exempt space. Despite weak fundamentals, the municipal market produced solid returns as technical conditions remained supportive of the asset class. Municipal bond mutual funds enjoyed strong inflows and tax-exempt issuance remained low thanks to the ever-increasing popularity of the Build America Bond program. Nevertheless, state and local fiscal woes and bankruptcy fears remain firmly in the spotlight, and bear close monitoring.

At the same time, yields on money market securities declined throughout the reporting period and remain near all-time lows, with the Federal Open Market Committee reiterating that economic circumstances are likely to necessitate an accommodative interest rate stance for an “extended period.” Investor assets in money market funds declined from the peak registered in early 2009, but remain above levels registered prior to the financial crisis that began in 2007.

Against this backdrop, the major market averages posted the following returns:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Returns as of February 28, 2010

 

6-month

 

12-month

 







US equities (S&P 500 Index)

 

9.32

%

 

53.62

%

 









Small cap US equities (Russell 2000 Index)

 

10.59

 

 

63.95

 

 









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

 

0.72

 

 

54.58

 

 









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

 

0.07

 

 

0.20

 

 









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

 

0.07

 

 

(1.54

)

 









Taxable fixed income (Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond Index)

 

3.19

 

 

9.32

 

 









Tax-exempt fixed income (Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index)

 

4.13

 

 

9.98

 

 









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

 

13.86

 

 

55.20

 

 










 

 

 

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

The market continues to show signs of improvement, but questions about the strength and sustainability of the recovery abound. Through periods of uncertainty, as ever, BlackRock’s full resources are dedicated to the management of our clients’ assets. 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.

Sincerely,

-s- Rob Kapito

Rob Kapito
President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC

 

 

 




 

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Fund Summary as of February 28, 2010

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc.


 


Investment Objective


BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (COY) (the “Fund”) seeks to provide shareholders with current income with a secondary objective of providing shareholders with capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its objectives by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of fixed-income securities that are rated below investment grade by the established rating services (Ba or lower by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or BB or lower by Standard & Poor’s Corporation (“S&P’s”)) or are unrated securities of comparable quality.

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

 


Performance


For the 12 months ended February 28, 2010, the Fund returned 99.76% based on market price and 79.91% based on net asset value (“NAV”). For the same period, the closed-end Lipper High Current Yield Funds (Leveraged) category posted an average return of 86.36% on a market price basis and 68.03% on a NAV basis. The Fund moved from a discount to NAV to a premium by period end, which accounts for the difference between performance based on price and performance based on NAV. During the period, we found particularly good value in the automotive segment, which represented the Fund’s largest sector overweight. As a group, automotive holdings performed quite well and, thus, were key contributors to performance. In addition, investments in select special situations or distressed credits (including several in the automotive sector) enhanced results. On a credit basis, the Fund’s underweight position in BB credits and overweight in the lower-quality ratings and nonrated credits were additive. On the other hand, the Fund held a 13% position in floating rate loan interests, which hindered performance as the sector underperformed high yield during the period. The Fund also maintained relatively low levels of leverage (at year end, 24% of the Fund’s total managed assets), which detracted from performance versus the Lipper competitors, who maintained leverage closer to the 33⅓% regulatory limit.

 

 

 

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.


 


Fund Information



 

 

Symbol on New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”)

COY

Initial Offering Date

June 25, 1993

Yield on Closing Market Price as of February 28, 2010 ($6.88)1

10.64%

Current Monthly Distribution per Share2

$0.061

Current Annualized Distribution per Share2

$0.732

Leverage as of February 28, 20103

24%




 

 

 

 

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

A change in the distribution rate was declared on March 1, 2010. The Monthly Distribution per Common Share was decreased to $0.051. The Yield on Closing Market Price, Current Monthly Distribution per Common Share and Current Annualized Distribution per Common Share do not reflect the new distribution rate. The new distribution rate is not constant and is subject to change.

 

 

 

 

3

Represents loan outstanding as a percentage of total managed assets, which is the total assets of the Fund (including any assets attributable to borrowing) 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 9.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 






















 

 

2/28/10

 

2/28/09

 

Change

 

High

 

Low

 


















Market Price

 

 

$

6.88

 

 

 

$

3.91

 

 

75.96

%

 

$

7.10

 

$

3.20

 

Net Asset Value

 

 

$

6.64

 

 

 

$

4.19

 

 

58.47

%

 

$

6.74

 

$

3.97

 






















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

 


Portfolio Composition



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2/28/10

 

2/28/09

 







Corporate Bonds

 

82

%

 

82

%

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests

 

13

 

 

16

 

 

Common Stocks

 

3

 

 

1

 

 

Other Interests

 

2

 

 

 

 

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities

 

 

 

1

 

 










 


Credit Quality Allocations4



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2/28/10

 

2/28/09

 







BBB/Baa

 

3

%

 

4

%

 

BB/Ba

 

30

 

 

31

 

 

B

 

46

 

 

47

 

 

CCC/Caa

 

12

 

 

12

 

 

CC/Ca

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

D

 

1

 

 

 

 

Not Rated

 

7

 

 

5

 

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 




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ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010




 

 



 

 

Fund Summary as of February 28, 2010

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc.


 


Investment Objective


BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. (CYE) (the “Fund”) seeks to provide shareholders with current income by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities that are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services (Ba or lower by Moody’s or BB or lower by S&P’s) or are unrated securities of comparable quality.

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

 


Performance


For the 12 months ended February 28, 2010, the Fund returned 111.12% based on market price and 86.65% based on NAV. For the same period, the closed-end Lipper High Current Yield Funds (Leveraged) category posted an average return of 86.36% on a market price basis and 68.03% on a NAV basis. All returns reflect reinvestment of dividends. The Fund’s discount to NAV, which narrowed during the period, accounts for the difference between performance based on price and performance based on NAV. During the period, we found particularly good value in the automotive segment, which represented the Fund’s largest sector overweight. As a group, automotive holdings performed quite well and, thus, were key contributors to performance. In addition, investments in select special situations or distressed credits (including several in the automotive sector) enhanced results. On a credit basis, the Fund’s underweight position in BB credits and overweight in the lower-quality ratings and nonrated credits were additive. On the other hand, the Fund held a 13% position in floating rate loan interests, which hindered performance as the sector underperformed high yield during the period. The Fund also maintained relatively low levels of leverage (at year end, 23% of the Fund’s total managed assets), which detracted from performance versus the Lipper competitors, who maintained leverage closer to the 33⅓% regulatory limit.

 

 

 

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.


 


Fund Information



 

 

Symbol on NYSE

CYE

Initial Offering Date

January 30, 1998

Yield on Closing Market Price as of February 28, 2010 ($6.67)1

9.90%

Current Monthly Distribution per Share2

$0.055

Current Annualized Distribution per Share2

$0.660

Leverage as of February 28, 20103

23%




 

 

 

 

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

A change in the distribution rate was declared on March 1, 2010. The Monthly Distribution per Common Share was decreased to $0.050. The Yield on Closing Market Price, Current Monthly Distribution per Common Share and Current Annualized Distribution per Common Share do not reflect the new distribution rate. The new distribution rate is not constant and is subject to change.

 

 

 

 

3

Represents loan outstanding as a percentage of total managed assets, which is the total assets of the Fund (including any assets attributable to borrowing) 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 9.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















 

 

2/28/10

 

2/28/09

 

Change

 

High

 

Low

 













Market Price

 

 

$

6.67

 

 

 

$

3.57

 

 

86.83

%

 

$

6.78

 

$

3.05

 

Net Asset Value

 

 

$

6.69

 

 

 

$

4.05

 

 

65.19

%

 

$

6.78

 

$

3.83

 






















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

 


Portfolio Composition



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2/28/10

 

2/28/09

 







Corporate Bonds

 

81

%

 

82

%

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests

 

13

 

 

16

 

 

Common Stocks

 

4

 

 

1

 

 

Other Interests

 

2

 

 

 

 

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities

 

 

 

1

 

 










 


Credit Quality Allocations4



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2/28/10

 

2/28/09

 







AAA/Aaa

 

%

 

1

%

 

BBB/Baa

 

3

 

 

5

 

 

BB/Ba

 

29

 

 

30

 

 

B

 

47

 

 

46

 

 

CCC/Caa

 

12

 

 

14

 

 

CC/Ca

 

 

 

1

 

 

D

 

1

 

 

 

 

Not Rated

 

8

 

 

3

 

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 




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FEBRUARY 28, 2010

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Fund Summary as of February 28, 2010

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc.


 


Investment Objective


BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU) (the “Fund”) seeks to provide current income by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of US companies’ debt instruments, including corporate loans, that are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services (Baa or lower by Moody’s or BBB or lower by S&P’s) or unrated debt instruments of comparable quality.

 

 

 

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


 


Performance


For the 12 months ended February 28, 2010, the Fund returned 114.32% based on market price and 87.82% based on NAV. For the same period, the closed-end Lipper High Current Yield Funds (Leveraged) category posted an average return of 86.36% on a market price basis and 68.03% on a NAV basis. All returns reflect reinvestment of dividends. The Fund moved from a discount to NAV to a premium by period end, which accounts for the difference between performance based on price and performance based on NAV. Unlike most of the other funds in its Lipper category, the Fund is a hybrid that invests in both high yield and bank loans. During the period, approximately 47% of the Fund was invested in floating rate loan interests, with 42% in high yield and the remainder in common stock, convertibles and investment-grade bonds. The Fund continued to outperform its Lipper category, even though loans underperformed high yield over the 12 months. Contributing positively to performance were the Fund’s overweight positions in autos and several distressed credits and special situations, as well as our underweight in health care. On an individual security and credit rating basis, we tended to be overweight in the lower-quality tiers, nonrated and higher-beta credits, which hurt the Fund’s performance in 2008, but has benefited the Fund since. On the other hand, the Fund maintained relatively conservative sector positioning, which had a negative impact on the Fund’s performance in the continuation of the market’s sharp rebound from 2008; still, we believe the Fund’s positioning is the correct stance for the medium term. The Fund also maintained relatively low levels of leverage (at year end, 14% of the Fund’s total managed assets), which has been a detractor in a strong market environment.

 

 

 

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.


 


Fund Information



 

 

 

 

 

Symbol on NYSE

 

 

DSU

 

Initial Offering Date

 

 

March 27, 1998

 

Yield on Closing Market Price as of February 28, 2010 ($3.91)1

 

 

9.51%

 

Current Monthly Distribution per Share2

 

 

$0.031

 

Current Annualized Distribution per Share2

 

 

$0.372

 

Leverage as of February 28, 20103

 

 

14%

 







 

 

 

 

1

Yield on closing market price is calculated by dividing the current annualized distribution per share by the closing market price.
Past performance does not guarantee future results.

 

 

 

 

2

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

 

 

 

 

3

Represents loan outstanding as a percentage of total managed assets, which is the total assets of the Fund (including any assets attributable to borrowing) 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 9.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 













 

 

2/28/10

 

2/28/09

 

Change       

High

 

Low

 













Market Price

 

$

3.91

 

$

2.07

 

 

88.89

%

$

3.91

 

$

1.63

 

Net Asset Value

 

$

3.89

 

$

2.35

 

 

65.53

%

$

3.90

 

$

2.21

 


















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

 


Portfolio Composition



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2/28/10

 

2/28/09

 







Corporate Bonds

 

49

%

 

53

%

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests

 

47

 

 

43

 

 

Common Stocks

 

4

 

 

3

 

 

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities

 

 

 

1

 

 










 


Credit Quality Allocations4



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2/28/10

 

2/28/09

 







BBB/Baa

 

5

%

 

9

%

 

BB/Ba

 

27

 

 

 

 

B

 

44

 

 

59

 

 

CCC/Caa

 

11

 

 

21

 

 

CC/Ca

 

 

 

4

 

 

D

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

Not Rated

 

12

 

 

6

 

 










 

 

4

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


 

 

 




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Fund Summary as of February 28, 2010

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc.


 


Investment Objective


BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. (FRB) (the “Fund”) seeks a high current income and such preservation of capital as is consistent with investment in a diversified, leveraged portfolio consisting primarily of floating rate debt securities and instruments.

 

 

 

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


 


Performance


For the 12 months ended February 28, 2010, the Fund returned 99.15% based on market price and 62.08% based on NAV. For the same period, the closed-end Lipper Loan Participation Funds category posted an average return of 98.84% on a market price basis and 55.06% on a NAV basis. All returns reflect reinvestment of dividends. The Fund moved from a discount to NAV to a premium by period end, which accounts for the difference between performance based on price and performance based on NAV. During the period, approximately 20% of the Fund was invested in high yield bonds, which contributed positively to performance as high yield outperformed floating rate loan interests. Overweight positions in the automotive sector and a few special situations and distressed credits also helped the Fund’s results, as did an underweight in health care. On the other hand, the Fund generally favored less economically sensitive sectors and higher-quality credits, which detracted from performance as these issues underperformed lower-rated issues and those sectors with greater economic sensitivity. In addition, the Fund maintained relatively conservative levels of leverage (at year end, 15% of the Fund’s total managed assets), which was a detractor versus the Lipper competitors, who maintained leverage closer to the 33⅓% regulatory limit.

 

 

 

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.


 


Fund Information



 

 

 

 

 

Symbol on NYSE

 

 

FRB

 

Initial Offering Date

 

 

July 30, 2004

 

Yield on Closing Market Price as of February 28, 2010 ($15.01)1

 

 

6.00%

 

Current Monthly Distribution per Share2

 

 

$0.075

 

Current Annualized Distribution per Share2

 

 

$0.900

 

Leverage as of February 28, 20103

 

 

15%

 







 

 

 

 

1

Yield on closing market price is calculated by dividing the current annualized distribution per share by the closing market price.
Past performance does not guarantee future results.

 

 

 

 

2

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

 

 

 

 

3

Represents loan outstanding as a percentage of total managed assets, which is the total assets of the Fund (including any assets attributable to borrowing) 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 9.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 













 

 

2/28/10

 

2/28/09

 

Change       

High

 

Low

 













Market Price

 

$

15.01

 

$

8.28

 

 

81.28

%

$

15.10

 

$

7.16

 

Net Asset Value

 

$

13.16

 

$

8.92

 

 

47.53

%

$

13.21

 

$

8.58

 


















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

 


Portfolio Composition



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2/28/10

 

2/28/09

 







Floating Rate Loan Interests

 

73

%

 

71

%

 

Corporate Bonds

 

26

 

 

28

 

 

Other Interests

 

1

 

 

 

 

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities

 

 

 

1

 

 










 


Credit Quality Allocations4



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2/28/10

 

2/28/09

 







BBB/Baa

 

6

%

 

15

%

 

BB/Ba

 

34

 

 

8

 

 

B

 

38

 

 

57

 

 

CCC/Caa

 

10

 

 

15

 

 

CC/Ca

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

D

 

2

 

 

1

 

 

Not Rated

 

9

 

 

2

 

 










 

 

4

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


 

 

 




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FEBRUARY 28, 2010

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Fund Summary as of February 28, 2010

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc.


 


Investment Objective


BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK) (the “Fund”) seeks to provide shareholders with as high a level of current income as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing principally in senior debt obligations of companies, including corporate loans made by banks and other financial institutions and both privately placed and publicly offered corporate bonds and notes.

 

 

 

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


 


Performance


For the 12 months ended February 28, 2010, the Fund returned 95.61% based on market price and 68.90% based on NAV. For the same period, the closed-end Lipper High Current Yield Funds (Leveraged) category posted an average return of 86.36% on a market price basis and 68.03% on a NAV basis. All returns reflect reinvestment of dividends. The Fund moved from a discount to NAV to a premium by period end, which accounts for the difference between performance based on price and performance based on NAV. Unlike most of the other funds in its Lipper category, the Fund is a hybrid that invests in both high yield and bank loans. During the period, approximately 46% of the Fund was invested in floating rate loan interests, with 48% in high yield and the remainder in common stock, convertibles and investment-grade bonds. The Fund outperformed its Lipper category, even though loans underperformed high yield over the 12 months. Contributing positively to performance were our overweight positions in autos and several distressed credits and special situations, as well as the Fund’s underweight in health care. On an individual security and credit rating basis, the Fund tended to be overweight in the lower-quality tiers, nonrated and higher-beta credits, which hurt performance in 2008, but has benefited the Fund since. On the other hand, the Fund maintained relatively conservative sector positioning, which had a negative impact on performance in the continuation of the market’s sharp rebound from 2008; still, we believe the Fund’s positioning is the correct stance for the medium term. We also maintained relatively low levels of leverage (at year end, 16% of the Fund’s total assets), which has been a detractor in a strong market environment.

 

 

 

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.


 


Fund Information



 

 

 

 

 

Symbol on NYSE

 

 

ARK

 

Initial Offering Date

 

 

April 30, 1993

 

Yield on Closing Market Price as of February 28, 2010 ($3.94)1

 

 

7.61%

 

Current Monthly Distribution per Common Share2

 

 

$0.025

 

Current Annualized Distribution per Common Share2

 

 

$0.300

 

Leverage as of February 28, 20103

 

 

16%

 







 

 

 

 

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 is not constant and is subject to change.

 

 

 

 

3

Represents loan outstanding as a percentage of total managed assets, which is the total assets of the Fund (including any assets attributable to borrowing) 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 9.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















 

 

2/28/10

 

2/28/09

 

Change       

High

 

Low

 













Market Price

 

$

3.94

 

$

2.21

 

 

78.28

%

$

3.97

 

$

1.78

 

Net Asset Value

 

$

3.91

 

$

2.54

 

 

53.94

%

$

3.93

 

$

2.41

 


















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

 


Portfolio Composition



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2/28/10

 

2/28/09

 







Corporate Bonds

 

52

%

 

55

%

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests

 

46

 

 

44

 

 

Common Stocks

 

2

 

 

 

 

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities

 

 

 

1

 

 










 


Credit Quality Allocations4



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2/28/10

 

2/28/09

 







BBB/Baa

 

5

%

 

2

%

 

BB/Ba

 

33

 

 

22

 

 

B

 

43

 

 

59

 

 

CCC/Caa

 

11

 

 

8

 

 

CC/Ca

 

 

 

3

 

 

D

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

Not Rated

 

7

 

 

5

 

 










 

 

4

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


 

 

 




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The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging

The Funds may utilize leverage to seek to enhance the yield and NAV. However, these objectives cannot be achieved in all interest rate environments.

The Funds may utilize leverage by borrowing through a credit facility. In general, the concept of leveraging is based on the premise that the cost of assets to be obtained from leverage will be based on short-term interest rates, which normally will be lower than the income earned by each Fund on its longer-term portfolio investments. To the extent that the total assets of each Fund (including the assets obtained from leverage) are invested in higher-yielding portfolio investments, each Fund’s shareholders will benefit from the incremental net income.

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

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

If short-term interest rates rise, narrowing the differential between short-term and long-term interest rates, the incremental net income pickup will be reduced or eliminated completely. Furthermore, if prevailing short-term interest rates rise above long-term interest rates of 6%, the yield curve has a negative slope. In this case, the Fund pays interest expense 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 the 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 Fund’s borrowings do not fluctuate in relation to interest rates. As a result, changes in interest rates can influence the Fund’s NAV positively or negatively in addition to the impact on Fund performance from leverage from borrowings.

The use of leverage may enhance opportunities for increased income to the Funds and shareholders, but as described above, it also creates risks as short- or long-term interest rates fluctuate. Leverage also will generally cause greater changes in each Fund’s NAV, market price and dividend rate than a comparable portfolio 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 shareholders will be reduced. Each Fund may be required to sell portfolio securities at inopportune times at distressed values in order to comply with regulatory requirements applicable to the use of leverage or as required by the terms of leverage instruments, which may cause a Fund to incur losses. The use of leverage may limit each Fund’s ability to invest in certain types of securities or use certain types of hedging strategies. Each Fund will incur expenses in connection with the use of leverage, all of which are borne by the shareholders and may reduce income.

Under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Funds are permitted to borrow through a credit facility up to 33⅓% of their total managed assets. As of February 28, 2010, the Funds had outstanding leverage from credit facility borrowings as a percentage of their total managed assets as follows:

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

Percent of
Leverage

 





COY

 

24

%

 

CYE

 

23

%

 

DSU

 

14

%

 

FRB

 

15

%

 

ARK

 

16

%

 







 


 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments

The Funds may invest in various derivative instruments, including swaps, foreign currency exchange contracts and options, as specified in Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements, which constitute forms of economic leverage. Such instruments are used to obtain exposure to a market without owning or taking physical custody of securities or to hedge market, equity, credit and/or foreign currency exchange rate risks. Such derivative 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 instrument.

The Funds’ ability to successfully use a derivative instrument depends on the investment advisor’s ability to accurately predict pertinent market movements, which cannot be assured. The use of derivative instruments may result in losses greater than if they had not been used, may require a Fund to sell or purchase portfolio securities at inopportune times or for distressed values, may limit the amount of appreciation a Fund can realize on an investment or may cause a Fund to hold a security that they might otherwise sell. The Funds’ investments in these instruments are discussed in detail in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 




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Schedule of Investments February 28, 2010

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (COY)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Auto Components — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lear Corp. (a)

 

 

3,958

 

$

274,171

 









Building Products — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Masonite Worldwide Holdings (a)

 

 

35,518

 

 

1,491,756

 









Capital Markets — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E*Trade Financial Corp. (a)

 

 

269,000

 

 

433,090

 









Chemicals — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wellman Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

1,425

 

 

356

 









Communications Equipment — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

45,000

 

 

261,900

 

Loral Space & Communications Ltd. (a)

 

 

58,901

 

 

1,916,050

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,177,950

 









Construction Materials — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nortek, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,020

 

 

74,740

 









Containers & Packaging — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rock-Tenn Co., Class A

 

 

12,000

 

 

502,080

 

Smurfit Kappa Plc (a)

 

 

3,634

 

 

29,954

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

532,034

 









Diversified Financial Services — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of America Corp.

 

 

60,000

 

 

999,600

 









Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Qwest Communications International, Inc.

 

 

229,998

 

 

1,048,791

 









Electrical Equipment — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Medis Technologies Ltd. (a)

 

 

67,974

 

 

4,826

 

SunPower Corp., Class B (a)

 

 

352

 

 

5,748

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

10,574

 









Food Products — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pilgrims Pride Corp. (a)

 

 

6,449

 

 

58,170

 









Household Durables — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (a)

 

 

22,188

 

 

92,302

 

Pulte Homes, Inc. (a)

 

 

28,000

 

 

303,240

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

395,542

 









Machinery — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accuride Corp. (a)

 

 

84,388

 

 

109,704

 

Accuride Corp. — Restricted Shares (a)

 

 

84,389

 

 

109,706

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

219,410

 









Media — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gannett Co., Inc.

 

 

45,000

 

 

681,750

 









Paper & Forest Products — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. (a)

 

 

37,144

 

 

78,016

 

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

 

 

41,686

 

 

87,555

 

Western Forest Products, Inc. (a)

 

 

147,968

 

 

30,938

 

Western Forest Products, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

41,528

 

 

8,683

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

205,192

 









Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FiberTower Corp. (a)

 

 

76,542

 

 

315,354

 

SBA Communications Corp., Class A (a)

 

 

8,500

 

 

300,560

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

615,914

 









Total Common Stocks — 4.0%

 

 

 

 

 

9,219,040

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

Par 
(000)

 

Value

 







Airlines — 2.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Airlines, Inc., 10.50%, 10/15/12 (b)

 

USD

940

 

$

963,500

 

American Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series
2001-02, 7.86%, 4/01/13

 

 

390

 

 

392,925

 

Continental Airlines, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

503

 

 

462,977

 

Series 2001-1-C, 7.03%, 12/15/12

 

 

270

 

 

262,771

 

Series 2003-RJ, 7.88%, 1/02/20

 

 

389

 

 

345,822

 

Delta Air Lines, Inc., Series B, 9.75%, 12/17/16

 

 

975

 

 

1,004,250

 

United Air Lines, Inc., 12.75%, 7/15/12

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,120,000

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

5,552,245

 









Auto Components — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delphi International Holdings Unsecured,
12.00%, 10/06/14

 

 

41

 

 

40,674

 

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.86%, 8/15/11

 

 

1,125

 

 

1,164,375

 

8.63%, 12/01/11

 

 

612

 

 

634,950

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,839,999

 









Biotechnology — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

QHP Pharma, 10.25%, 3/15/15 (b)

 

 

700

 

 

714,616

 









Building Products — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Associated Materials LLC, 9.88%, 11/15/16

 

 

660

 

 

699,600

 

Building Materials Corp. of America, 7.00%,
2/15/20 (b)

 

 

570

 

 

570,000

 

Goodman Global Group, Inc., 12.86%,
12/15/14 (b)(c)

 

 

280

 

 

162,400

 

Ply Gem Industries, Inc., 11.75%, 6/15/13

 

 

1,050

 

 

1,065,750

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,497,750

 









Capital Markets — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E*Trade Financial Corp., 3.43% 8/31/19 (b)(c)(d)

 

 

226

 

 

343,520

 

Marsico Parent Co., LLC, 10.63%, 1/15/16 (b)

 

 

904

 

 

543,530

 

Marsico Parent Holdco, LLC, 12.50%,
7/15/16 (b)(e)

 

 

385

 

 

85,094

 

Marsico Parent Superholdco, LLC, 14.50%,
1/15/18 (b)(e)

 

 

248

 

 

43,018

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,015,162

 









Chemicals — 2.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Pacific Corp., 9.00%, 2/01/15

 

 

800

 

 

790,000

 

Georgia Gulf Corp., 9.00%, 1/15/17 (b)

 

 

215

 

 

223,063

 

Hexion Finance Escrow LLC, 8.88%, 2/01/18 (b)

 

 

1,685

 

 

1,575,475

 

Hexion U.S. Finance Corp., 9.75%, 11/15/14

 

 

285

 

 

269,325

 

Huntsman International LLC (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.88%, 11/15/13

 

EUR

260

 

 

330,133

 

5.50%, 6/30/16

 

USD

510

 

 

448,800

 

Innophos, Inc., 8.88%, 8/15/14

 

 

740

 

 

760,350

 

MacDermid, Inc., 9.50%, 4/15/17 (b)

 

 

1,180

 

 

1,180,000

 

Wellman Holdings, Inc. (d):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second Lien Subordinate Note, 10.00%,
1/29/19 (b)

 

 

790

 

 

790,000

 

Third Lien Subordinate Note, 5.00%,
1/29/19 (e)

 

 

252

 

 

126,361

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

6,493,507

 










 

 


Portfolio Abbreviations


 

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

 

 

CAD

Canadian Dollar

EUR

Euro

GBP

British Pound

USD

US Dollar


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


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ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (COY)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

 

Par 
(000)

 

Value

 








Commercial Services & Supplies — 3.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACCO Brands Corp., 10.63%, 3/15/15 (b)

 

USD

480

 

$

521,760

 

RSC Equipment Rental, Inc., 10.00%, 7/15/17 (b)

 

 

555

 

 

593,850

 

Scientific Games International, Inc.,
9.25%, 6/15/19

 

 

785

 

 

830,137

 

Waste Services, Inc., 9.50%, 4/15/14

 

 

2,800

 

 

2,877,000

 

West Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.50%, 10/15/14

 

 

400

 

 

397,000

 

11.00%, 10/15/16

 

 

2,040

 

 

2,045,100

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

7,264,847

 









Construction Materials — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nortek, Inc., 11.00%, 12/01/13

 

 

2,029

 

 

2,130,426

 

Texas Industries, Inc., 7.25%, 7/15/13

 

 

720

 

 

700,200

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,830,626

 









Consumer Finance — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit Acceptance Corp., 9.13%, 2/01/17 (b)

 

 

640

 

 

636,800

 

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.00%, 1/13/12 (f)

 

 

195

 

 

182,813

 

7.80%, 6/01/12

 

 

200

 

 

202,114

 

8.00%, 12/15/16

 

 

170

 

 

170,703

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,192,430

 









Containers & Packaging — 4.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Berry Plastics Escrow LLC, 8.88%, 9/15/14 (b)

 

 

440

 

 

423,500

 

Berry Plastics Holding Corp., 8.88%, 9/15/14

 

 

1,000

 

 

962,500

 

Crown European Holdings SA, 6.25%, 9/01/11

 

EUR

73

 

 

101,389

 

Graphic Packaging International, Inc.,
9.50%, 6/15/17

 

USD

810

 

 

850,500

 

Impress Holdings BV, 3.38%, 9/15/13 (b)(f)

 

 

390

 

 

363,675

 

Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.25%, 5/15/13

 

 

925

 

 

938,875

 

6.75%, 12/01/14

 

EUR

152

 

 

206,972

 

Packaging Dynamics Finance Corp., 10.00%,
5/01/16 (b)

 

USD

1,010

 

 

804,212

 

Pregis Corp., 12.38%, 10/15/13

 

 

1,130

 

 

1,121,525

 

Rock-Tenn Co., 8.20%, 8/15/11

 

 

1,875

 

 

2,020,312

 

Smurfit Kappa Acquisitions (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.25%, 11/15/17

 

EUR

465

 

 

620,507

 

7.75%, 11/15/19

 

 

440

 

 

596,133

 

Solo Cup Co., 10.50%, 11/01/13

 

USD

450

 

 

471,375

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

9,481,475

 









Diversified Consumer Services — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

2,800

 

 

2,744,000

 









Diversified Financial Services — 8.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Axcan Intermediate Holdings, Inc.,
12.75%, 3/01/16

 

 

490

 

 

530,425

 

CIT Group, Inc., 7.00%, 5/01/17

 

 

6,615

 

 

5,846,006

 

FCE Bank Plc:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.88%, 2/15/11

 

GBP

1,150

 

 

1,766,681

 

7.13%, 1/16/12

 

EUR

1,450

 

 

1,957,026

 

7.13%, 1/15/13

 

 

550

 

 

733,933

 

GMAC LLC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.25%, 3/02/11

 

USD

578

 

 

583,058

 

6.88%, 9/15/11

 

 

500

 

 

500,000

 

6.88%, 8/28/12

 

 

600

 

 

594,000

 

2.45%, 12/01/14 (f)

 

 

441

 

 

377,274

 

6.75%, 12/01/14

 

 

950

 

 

907,250

 

8.30%, 2/12/15 (b)

 

 

2,140

 

 

2,158,725

 

8.00%, 11/01/31

 

 

1,200

 

 

1,107,000

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

 

Par 
(000)

 

Value

 








Diversified Financial Services (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

USD

1,250

 

$

1,268,750

 

Reynolds Group DL Escrow, Inc.,
7.75%, 10/15/16 (b)

 

 

1,340

 

 

1,356,750

 

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc., 7.75%, 10/15/16 (b)

 

EUR

350

 

 

475,393

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

20,162,271

 









Diversified Telecommunication Services — 3.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Broadview Networks Holdings, Inc.,
11.38%, 9/01/12

 

USD

1,000

 

 

960,000

 

GCI, Inc., 8.63%, 11/15/19 (b)

 

 

1,100

 

 

1,117,875

 

Level 3 Financing, Inc., 10.00%, 2/01/18 (b)

 

 

630

 

 

578,025

 

Nordic Telephone Co. Holdings ApS,
8.88%, 5/01/16 (b)

 

 

200

 

 

214,000

 

Qwest Communications International, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.50%, 2/15/14

 

 

1,890

 

 

1,908,900

 

8.00%, 10/01/15 (b)

 

 

500

 

 

517,500

 

Series B, 7.50%, 2/15/14

 

 

1,645

 

 

1,661,450

 

Qwest Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.63%, 6/15/15

 

 

500

 

 

534,375

 

8.38%, 5/01/16

 

 

650

 

 

711,750

 

Windstream Corp., 8.13%, 8/01/13

 

 

700

 

 

728,000

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

8,931,875

 









Electric Utilities — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intergen NV, 9.00%, 6/30/17 (b)

 

 

385

 

 

392,700

 

NSG Holdings LLC, 7.75%, 12/15/25 (b)

 

 

965

 

 

834,725

 

Tenaska Alabama Partners LP, 7.00%, 6/30/21 (b)

 

 

1,684

 

 

1,687,163

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,914,588

 









Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jabil Circuit, Inc., 7.75%, 7/15/16

 

 

280

 

 

289,800

 









Energy Equipment & Services — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Compagnie Générale de Géophysique-Veritas:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.50%, 5/15/15

 

 

195

 

 

191,100

 

7.75%, 5/15/17

 

 

300

 

 

294,000

 

Expro Finance Luxembourg SCA, 8.50%,
12/15/16 (b)

 

 

1,715

 

 

1,706,425

 

North American Energy Alliance LLC, 10.88%,
6/01/16 (b)

 

 

625

 

 

662,500

 

North American Energy Partners, Inc.,
8.75%, 12/01/11

 

 

355

 

 

353,225

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,207,250

 









Food & Staples Retailing — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AmeriQual Group LLC, 9.50%, 4/01/12 (b)

 

 

750

 

 

675,000

 

Duane Reade, Inc., 11.75%, 8/01/15

 

 

160

 

 

201,600

 

Rite Aid Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.75%, 6/12/16

 

 

380

 

 

405,650

 

10.25%, 10/15/19

 

 

580

 

 

613,350

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,895,600

 









Food Products — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B&G Foods, Inc., 7.63%, 1/15/18

 

 

200

 

 

202,000

 

Reddy Ice Corp., 11.25%, 3/15/15 (b)(g)

 

 

410

 

 

410,000

 

Smithfield Foods, Inc., 10.00%, 7/15/14 (b)

 

 

760

 

 

822,700

 

TreeHouse Foods, Inc., 7.75%, 3/01/18 (g)

 

 

150

 

 

153,938

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,588,638

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 


ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

11




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (COY)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

 

Par 
(000)

 

Value

 








Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DJO Finance LLC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.88%, 11/15/14

 

USD

1,605

 

$

1,717,350

 

10.88%, 11/15/14 (b)

 

 

560

 

 

599,200

 

Hologic, Inc., 2.00%, 12/15/37 (d)(h)

 

 

910

 

 

778,050

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,094,600

 









Health Care Providers & Services — 3.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Community Health Systems, Inc., Series WI,
8.88%, 7/15/15

 

 

1,360

 

 

1,407,600

 

HCA, Inc., 9.13%, 11/15/14

 

 

1,645

 

 

1,729,306

 

LifePoint Hospitals, Inc., 3.50%, 5/15/14 (d)

 

 

100

 

 

91,625

 

Tenet Healthcare Corp. (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.00%, 5/01/15

 

 

1,502

 

 

1,573,345

 

10.00%, 5/01/18

 

 

622

 

 

684,200

 

8.88%, 7/01/19

 

 

1,215

 

 

1,281,825

 

Vanguard Health Holding Co. LLC, 8.00%,
2/01/18 (b)

 

 

1,450

 

 

1,424,625

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

8,192,526

 









Health Care Technology — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMS Health, Inc., 12.50%, 3/01/18 (b)

 

 

1,650

 

 

1,897,500

 









Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Greektown Holdings, LLC, 10.75%,
12/01/13 (a)(b)(i)

 

 

412

 

 

24,720

 

Harrah’s Operating Co., Inc., 11.25%, 6/01/17

 

 

1,025

 

 

1,063,437

 

Icahn Enterprises LP, 8.00%, 1/15/18 (b)

 

 

2,200

 

 

2,068,000

 

Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort & Casino, 12.00%,
11/15/10 (a)(i)

 

 

1,425

 

 

691,125

 

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 10.25%,
2/15/14 (a)(b)(i)

 

 

1,175

 

 

296,687

 

MGM Mirage:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13.00%, 11/15/13

 

 

1,045

 

 

1,191,300

 

10.38%, 5/15/14 (b)

 

 

235

 

 

249,100

 

11.13%, 11/15/17 (b)

 

 

780

 

 

842,400

 

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., 8.63%, 8/01/17 (b)

 

 

640

 

 

608,000

 

San Pasqual Casino, 8.00%, 9/15/13 (b)

 

 

925

 

 

878,750

 

Scientific Games Corp., 0.75%, 12/01/24 (d)(h)

 

 

270

 

 

262,238

 

Shingle Springs Tribal Gaming Authority, 9.38%,
6/15/15 (b)

 

 

45

 

 

35,775

 

Travelport LLC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.88%, 9/01/14 (f)

 

 

145

 

 

134,850

 

9.88%, 9/01/14

 

 

190

 

 

194,275

 

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

 

 

315

 

 

197

 

Virgin River Casino Corp., 9.00%, 1/15/12 (a)(i)

 

 

805

 

 

152,950

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

8,693,804

 









Household Durables — 2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beazer Homes USA, Inc., 12.00%, 10/15/17 (b)

 

 

1,425

 

 

1,588,875

 

Jarden Corp., 8.00%, 5/01/16

 

 

240

 

 

250,800

 

K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., 10.63%, 10/15/16

 

 

1,620

 

 

1,692,900

 

KB Home:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.38%, 8/15/11

 

 

29

 

 

29,508

 

9.10%, 9/15/17

 

 

205

 

 

212,687

 

Standard Pacific Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.25%, 4/01/14

 

 

485

 

 

436,500

 

7.00%, 8/15/15

 

 

325

 

 

292,500

 

10.75%, 9/15/16

 

 

1,130

 

 

1,178,025

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

5,681,795

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

 

Par 
(000)

 

Value

 








Household Products — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Libbey Glass, Inc., 10.00%, 2/15/15 (b)

 

USD

125

 

$

129,375

 









IT Services — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alliance Data Systems Corp., 1.75%, 8/01/13 (d)

 

 

1,585

 

 

1,466,125

 

First Data Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.88%, 9/24/15 (b)

 

 

15

 

 

12,975

 

9.88%, 9/24/15

 

 

1,500

 

 

1,282,500

 

11.25%, 3/31/16

 

 

760

 

 

623,200

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,384,800

 









Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 3.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The AES Corp., 8.75%, 5/15/13 (b)

 

 

994

 

 

1,011,395

 

AES Eastern Energy LP, Series 99-B,
9.67%, 1/02/29

 

 

575

 

 

623,156

 

Calpine Construction Finance Co. LP, 8.00%,
6/01/16 (b)

 

 

1,190

 

 

1,204,875

 

Energy Future Holdings Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.88%, 11/01/17

 

 

400

 

 

303,000

 

11.25%, 11/01/17 (e)

 

 

2,738

 

 

1,916,516

 

10.00%, 1/15/20 (b)

 

 

1,715

 

 

1,749,300

 

NRG Energy, Inc., 7.25%, 2/01/14

 

 

2,010

 

 

2,025,075

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

8,833,317

 









Industrial Conglomerates — 2.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sequa Corp. (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.75%, 12/01/15

 

 

2,190

 

 

2,146,200

 

13.50%, 12/01/15 (e)

 

 

3,759

 

 

3,768,149

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

5,914,349

 









Insurance — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alliant Holdings I, Inc., 11.00%, 5/01/15 (b)

 

 

1,600

 

 

1,628,000

 

USI Holdings Corp., 4.13%, 11/15/14 (b)(f)

 

 

630

 

 

521,325

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,149,325

 









Internet & Catalog Retail — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NetFlix, Inc., 8.50%, 11/15/17 (g)

 

 

330

 

 

345,675

 









Internet Software & Services — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equinix, Inc, 8.13%, 3/01/18

 

 

570

 

 

570,000

 









Leisure Equipment & Products — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brunswick Corp., 11.25%, 11/01/16 (b)

 

 

1,870

 

 

2,080,375

 

Easton-Bell Sports, Inc., 9.75%, 12/01/16 (b)

 

 

265

 

 

274,938

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,355,313

 









Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., 8.00%, 9/15/16 (b)

 

 

200

 

 

209,000

 









Machinery — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AGY Holding Corp., 11.00%, 11/15/14

 

 

900

 

 

720,000

 

Accuride Corp., 7.50%, 2/26/20 (d)(e)

 

 

9

 

 

14,773

 

Navistar International Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.00%, 10/15/14 (d)

 

 

480

 

 

490,800

 

8.25%, 11/01/21

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,015,000

 

RBS Global, Inc., 8.88%, 9/01/16

 

 

420

 

 

380,100

 

Titan International, Inc., 5.63%, 1/15/17 (b)(d)

 

 

220

 

 

231,550

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,852,223

 









Marine — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Horizon Lines, Inc., 4.25%, 8/15/12 (d)

 

 

1,985

 

 

1,642,587

 

Navios Maritime Holdings, Inc., 8.88%, 11/01/17 (b)

 

 

470

 

 

478,225

 

Trico Shipping AS, 11.88%, 11/01/14 (b)

 

 

310

 

 

300,313

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,421,125

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


12

ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (COY)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

 

Par 
(000)

 

Value

 








Media — 14.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affinion Group, Inc., 10.13%, 10/15/13

 

USD

2,255

 

$

2,277,550

 

CCH II LLC, 13.50%, 11/30/16

 

 

502

 

 

593,417

 

CCO Holdings LLC, 8.75%, 11/15/13

 

 

665

 

 

674,975

 

CMP Susquehanna Corp., 3.20%, 5/15/14 (b)

 

 

150

 

 

3,000

 

COX Enterprises, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loan Close 2, 12.00%, 8/15/18

 

 

600

 

 

600,000

 

Loan Close 3, 12.00%, 8/15/18

 

 

700

 

 

700,000

 

Shares Loan, 12.00%, 8/15/18

 

 

700

 

 

700,000

 

CSC Holdings, Inc., 8.50%, 4/15/14 (b)

 

 

370

 

 

388,963

 

Cablevision Systems Corp., Series B,
8.00%, 4/15/12

 

 

1,465

 

 

1,543,744

 

Catalina Marketing Corp., 10.50%, 10/01/15 (b)(e)

 

 

555

 

 

579,975

 

Charter Communications Operating, LLC (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.00%, 4/30/12

 

 

500

 

 

517,500

 

10.38%, 4/30/14

 

 

660

 

 

669,900

 

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series A, 9.25%, 12/15/17

 

 

779

 

 

794,580

 

Series B, 9.25%, 12/15/17

 

 

3,710

 

 

3,812,025

 

DISH DBS Corp., 7.00%, 10/01/13

 

 

90

 

 

92,025

 

Gannett Co., Inc., 8.75%, 11/15/14 (b)

 

 

665

 

 

695,756

 

Harland Clarke Holdings Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.00%, 5/15/15 (f)

 

 

330

 

 

262,350

 

9.50%, 5/15/15

 

 

390

 

 

355,875

 

Intelsat Corp., 9.25%, 6/15/16

 

 

2,420

 

 

2,504,700

 

Intelsat Subsidiary Holding Co. Ltd., 8.88%,
1/15/15 (b)

 

 

250

 

 

253,750

 

Liberty Global, Inc., 4.50%, 11/15/16 (b)(d)

 

 

410

 

 

489,437

 

Liberty Media Corp., 3.13%, 3/30/23 (d)

 

 

1,023

 

 

1,046,017

 

Lighthouse International Co. SA:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.00%, 4/30/14

 

EUR

519

 

 

441,687

 

8.00%, 4/30/14 (b)

 

 

163

 

 

138,719

 

Lions Gate Entertainment, Inc., 10.25%,
11/01/16 (b)

 

USD

345

 

 

345,863

 

McClatchy Co., 11.50%, 2/15/17 (b)

 

 

240

 

 

234,000

 

Network Communications, Inc., 10.75%, 12/01/13

 

 

20

 

 

9,200

 

Nielsen Finance LLC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.63%, 2/01/14

 

 

70

 

 

77,963

 

10.00%, 8/01/14

 

 

1,740

 

 

1,805,250

 

ProtoStar I Ltd., 18.00%, 10/15/12 (a)(b)(d)(i)

 

 

812

 

 

771,181

 

Rainbow National Services LLC (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.75%, 9/01/12

 

 

410

 

 

418,200

 

10.38%, 9/01/14

 

 

1,496

 

 

1,572,670

 

Seat Pagine Gialle SpA, 10.50%, 1/31/17 (b)

 

EUR

800

 

 

1,008,388

 

TL Acquisitions, Inc., 10.50%, 1/15/15 (b)

 

USD

3,245

 

 

2,957,006

 

UPC Germany GmbH (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.13%, 12/01/17

 

 

500

 

 

500,000

 

8.13%, 12/01/17

 

EUR

522

 

 

717,892

 

9.63%, 12/01/19

 

 

930

 

 

1,279,003

 

UPC Holding BV, 9.88%, 4/15/18 (b)

 

USD

500

 

 

520,000

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

32,352,561

 









Metals & Mining — 5.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aleris International, Inc. (a)(i):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.00%, 12/15/14

 

 

950

 

 

2,375

 

10.00%, 12/15/16

 

 

800

 

 

17,000

 

Drummond Co., Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.00%, 10/15/14 (b)

 

 

800

 

 

800,000

 

7.38%, 2/15/16

 

 

215

 

 

200,488

 

FMG Finance Property Ltd. (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.00%, 9/01/13

 

 

500

 

 

527,500

 

10.63%, 9/01/16

 

 

1,100

 

 

1,226,500

 

Foundation PA Coal Co., 7.25%, 8/01/14

 

 

1,850

 

 

1,850,000

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

 

Par 
(000)

 

Value

 








Metals & Mining (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

USD

180

 

$

201,600

 

McJunkin Red Man Corp., 9.50%, 12/15/16 (b)

 

 

1,160

 

 

1,162,900

 

Murray Energy Corp., 10.25%, 10/15/15 (b)

 

 

795

 

 

795,994

 

New World Resources NV, 7.38%, 5/15/15

 

EUR

610

 

 

739,243

 

Novelis, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.25%, 2/15/15

 

USD

1,440

 

 

1,335,600

 

11.50%, 2/15/15

 

 

405

 

 

430,312

 

Ryerson, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.62%, 11/01/14 (f)

 

 

380

 

 

339,150

 

12.00%, 11/01/15

 

 

245

 

 

251,738

 

Steel Dynamics, Inc., 7.38%, 11/01/12

 

 

440

 

 

447,700

 

Teck Resources Ltd.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.25%, 5/15/16

 

 

285

 

 

339,862

 

10.75%, 5/15/19

 

 

640

 

 

787,200

 

Vedanta Resources Plc, 9.50%, 7/18/18 (b)

 

 

600

 

 

633,000

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

12,088,162

 









Multiline Retail — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dollar General Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.63%, 7/15/15

 

 

140

 

 

153,300

 

11.88%, 7/15/17 (e)

 

 

2,257

 

 

2,623,762

 

Saks, Inc., 9.88%, 10/01/11

 

 

275

 

 

285,313

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,062,375

 









Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 7.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arch Coal, Inc., 8.75%, 8/01/16 (b)

 

 

290

 

 

300,150

 

Atlas Energy Operating Co. LLC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.13%, 8/01/17

 

 

450

 

 

506,250

 

10.75%, 2/01/18

 

 

240

 

 

259,800

 

Berry Petroleum Co., 8.25%, 11/01/16

 

 

470

 

 

471,175

 

Bill Barrett Corp., 9.88%, 7/15/16

 

 

225

 

 

238,219

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp., 2.25%, 12/15/38 (d)

 

 

775

 

 

575,437

 

Connacher Oil and Gas Ltd. (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.75%, 7/15/14

 

 

165

 

 

181,500

 

10.25%, 12/15/15

 

 

1,075

 

 

1,036,031

 

Crosstex Energy LP, 8.88%, 2/15/18 (b)

 

 

910

 

 

923,650

 

Denbury Resources, Inc., 8.25%, 2/15/20

 

 

800

 

 

828,000

 

Encore Acquisition Co., 6.25%, 4/15/14

 

 

1,850

 

 

1,863,875

 

Forest Oil Corp., 7.25%, 6/15/19

 

 

440

 

 

431,200

 

Massey Energy Co., 3.25%, 8/01/15 (d)

 

 

1,675

 

 

1,507,500

 

Niska Gas Storage US LLC, 8.88%, 3/15/18 (b)(g)

 

 

1,875

 

 

1,875,000

 

OPTI Canada, Inc., 9.00%, 12/15/12 (b)

 

 

1,250

 

 

1,271,875

 

Petrohawk Energy Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.50%, 8/01/14

 

 

530

 

 

575,050

 

7.88%, 6/01/15

 

 

450

 

 

450,000

 

Range Resources Corp., 8.00%, 5/15/19

 

 

400

 

 

419,000

 

Roseton-Danskammer 2001, Series B,
7.67%, 11/08/16

 

 

1,760

 

 

1,698,400

 

Sabine Pass LNG LP, 7.50%, 11/30/16

 

 

350

 

 

307,125

 

SandRidge Energy, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.63%, 4/01/15 (e)

 

 

120

 

 

118,200

 

9.88%, 5/15/16 (b)

 

 

500

 

 

516,250

 

8.00%, 6/01/18 (b)

 

 

125

 

 

119,688

 

Teekay Shipping Corp., 8.50%, 1/15/20

 

 

610

 

 

619,150

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

17,092,525

 









Paper & Forest Products — 4.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd., 11.00%, 7/29/15 (b)(e)

 

 

328

 

 

244,714

 

Boise Paper Holdings LLC, 9.00%, 11/01/17 (b)

 

 

355

 

 

365,650

 

Clearwater Paper Corp., 10.63%, 6/15/16 (b)

 

 

370

 

 

410,700

 

Georgia-Pacific LLC, 8.25%, 5/01/16 (b)

 

 

1,525

 

 

1,608,875

 

Glatfelter, 7.13%, 5/01/16 (b)

 

 

190

 

 

182,400

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 


ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

13




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (COY)
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

Par 
(000)

 

Value

 







Paper & Forest Products (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NewPage Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.00%, 5/01/12

 

USD

740

 

$

425,500

 

11.38%, 12/31/14

 

 

5,385

 

 

5,142,675

 

Verso Paper Holdings LLC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.50%, 7/01/14 (b)

 

 

320

 

 

336,000

 

Series B, 4.00%, 8/01/14 (f)

 

 

260

 

 

209,950

 

Series B, 9.13%, 8/01/14

 

 

305

 

 

280,600

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

9,207,064

 









Pharmaceuticals — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 4.00%,
12/01/13 (f)

 

 

995

 

 

805,950

 

Elan Corp. Plc, 8.75%, 10/15/16 (b)

 

 

695

 

 

674,150

 

Elan Finance Plc, 8.88%, 12/01/13

 

 

90

 

 

91,350

 

Novasep Holding SAS, 9.63%, 12/15/16 (b)

 

EUR

893

 

 

1,124,762

 

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, 8.38%,
6/15/16 (b)

 

USD

515

 

 

533,025

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,229,237

 









Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

iStar Financial, Inc., 5.65%, 9/15/11

 

 

1,500

 

 

1,170,000

 









Real Estate Management & Development — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

1,325

 

 

1,192,500

 









Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 8.13%, 12/15/17 (b)

 

 

1,140

 

 

1,154,250

 

Spansion, Inc., 3.79%, 6/01/13 (a)(b)(i)

 

 

1,135

 

 

1,123,650

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,277,900

 









Software — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BMS Holdings, Inc., 7.89%, 2/15/12 (b)(e)

 

 

426

 

 

8,512

 









Specialty Retail — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc., 7.63%, 3/15/17

 

 

330

 

 

311,438

 

General Nutrition Centers, Inc., 10.75%, 3/15/15

 

 

550

 

 

556,188

 

Group 1 Automotive, Inc., 2.25%, 6/15/36 (d)(h)

 

 

985

 

 

770,762

 

Limited Brands, Inc., 8.50%, 6/15/19

 

 

745

 

 

798,081

 

United Auto Group, Inc., 7.75%, 12/15/16

 

 

1,030

 

 

982,362

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,418,831

 









Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Levi Strauss & Co., 8.63%, 4/01/13

 

EUR

1,750

 

 

2,394,812

 

Quiksilver, Inc., 6.88%, 4/15/15

 

USD

1,490

 

 

1,270,225

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,665,037

 









Wireless Telecommunication Services — 5.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cricket Communications, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.38%, 11/01/14

 

 

955

 

 

950,225

 

10.00%, 7/15/15

 

 

1,795

 

 

1,817,438

 

7.75%, 5/15/16

 

 

210

 

 

213,413

 

Digicel Group Ltd. (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.88%, 1/15/15

 

 

1,285

 

 

1,227,175

 

9.13%, 1/15/15 (e)

 

 

1,911

 

 

1,862,866

 

FiberTower Corp., 9.00%, 1/01/16 (e)

 

 

284

 

 

230,144

 

iPCS, Inc., 2.37%, 5/01/13 (f)

 

 

760

 

 

699,200

 

MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., 9.25%, 11/01/14

 

 

2,255

 

 

2,249,362

 

Nextel Communications, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series D, 7.38%, 8/01/15

 

 

60

 

 

55,350

 

Series E, 6.88%, 10/31/13

 

 

1,770

 

 

1,699,200

 

Series F, 5.95%, 3/15/14

 

 

100

 

 

90,750

 

Orascom Telecom Finance SCA, 7.88%, 2/08/14 (b)

 

 

265

 

 

233,200

 

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

 

 

1,200

 

 

909,000

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

12,237,323

 









Total Corporate Bonds — 103.4%

 

 

 

 

 

238,343,433

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (f)

 

Par 
(000)

 

Value

 







Aerospace & Defense — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hawker Beechcraft Acquisition Co. LLC,
Incremental Term Loan, 10.50%, 3/26/14

 

USD

274

 

$

250,482

 









Auto Components — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allison Transmission, Inc., Term Loan,
2.98% – 3.00%, 8/07/14

 

 

2,216

 

 

2,029,556

 

Dana Holding Corp., Term Advance, 4.48% – 6.50%,
1/30/15

 

 

399

 

 

388,763

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,418,319

 









Automobiles — 2.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ford Motor Co., Tranche B-1 Term Loan,
3.24% – 3.26%, 12/15/13

 

 

6,641

 

 

6,203,454

 









Building Products — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPG International I, Inc., Term Loan, 5.23%, 2/28/11

 

 

2,955

 

 

2,954,774

 









Capital Markets — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marsico Parent Co., LLC, Term Loan,
5.25% – 5.31%, 12/15/14

 

 

381

 

 

241,724

 









Chemicals — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PQ Corp., Term Loan (First Lien),
3.48% – 3.50%, 7/30/14

 

 

739

 

 

675,956

 

Solutia Inc., Loan, 7.25%, 2/28/14

 

 

304

 

 

308,132

 

Tronox Worldwide LLC, Tranche B-1 Term Loan,
9.00%, 6/24/10

 

 

1,400

 

 

1,436,680

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,420,768

 









Construction & Engineering — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Safway, Last Out, Term Loan, 15.63%, 12/14/17

 

 

1,750

 

 

1,750,000

 









Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wind Finance SL SA, Facility (Second Lien),
7.68%, 12/17/14

 

EUR

3,350

 

 

4,543,237

 









Food & Staples Retailing — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rite Aid Corp., Tranche 4 Term Loan,
9.50%, 6/10/15

 

USD

1,200

 

 

1,243,200

 









Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Travelport LLC (fka Travelport Inc.), Loan,
8.28%, 3/27/12

 

 

2,994

 

 

2,739,623

 









IT Services — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Data Corp., Initial Tranche B-1 Term Loan,
2.98%, 9/24/14

 

 

99

 

 

86,682

 









Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co., LLC (TXU):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initial Tranche B-1 Term Loan,
3.73% – 3.75%, 10/10/14

 

 

206

 

 

165,845

 

Initial Tranche B-2 Term Loan,
3.73% – 3.75%, 10/10/14

 

 

648

 

 

520,967

 

Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan,
3.73% – 3.75%, 10/10/14

 

 

2,571

 

 

2,056,999

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,743,811

 









Machinery — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accuride Corp., Term Loan, 9.75%, 6/30/13

 

 

550

 

 

548,854

 









Media — 2.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affinion Group Holdings, Inc., Loan, 8.39%, 3/01/12

 

 

436

 

 

412,302

 

Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc. (Thomson
Learning), Tranche 1 Incremental Term Loan,
7.50%, 7/03/14

 

 

1,478

 

 

1,462,725

 

HMH Publishing Co., Ltd.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mezzanine, 1.26%, 11/14/14

 

 

487

 

 

60,093

 

Tranche A Term Loan, 5.23%, 6/12/14

 

 

1,435

 

 

1,207,459

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 




14

ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (COY)
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (f)

 

Par 
(000)

 

Value

 







Media (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Newsday, LLC, Fixed Rate Term Loan,
10.50%, 8/01/13

 

USD

1,250

 

$

1,335,938

 

Virgin Media Investment Holdings Ltd., C Facility,
3.58%, 3/03/13

 

GBP

240

 

 

341,862

 

Worldcolor Press Inc. and Worldcolor (USA) Corp.
(fka Quebecor World, Inc.), Advance,
9.00%, 7/23/12

 

USD

498

 

 

503,176

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

5,323,555

 









Multiline Retail — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hema Holding BV, Mezzanine, 8.24% — 8.92%,
1/29/17

 

EUR

1,018

 

 

1,004,451

 

The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc., Term Loan,
6.25%, 4/06/13

 

USD

348

 

 

312,381

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,316,832

 









Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turbo Beta Ltd., Dollar Facility, 14.50%, 3/15/18

 

 

2,175

 

 

1,631,030

 









Paper & Forest Products — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Verso Paper Finance Holdings LLC, PIK Loan,
7.25%, 2/01/13 (e)

 

 

1,199

 

 

659,462

 









Real Estate Management & Development — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Realogy Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initial Term B Loan, 3.25%, 10/10/13

 

 

375

 

 

330,849

 

Synthetic Letter of Credit, 0.08%, 10/10/13

 

 

118

 

 

104,479

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

435,328

 









Specialty Retail — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Claire’s Stores, Inc., Term Loan B, 3.00%, 5/29/14

 

 

264

 

 

217,886

 

Michaels Stores, Inc. B-1 Term Loan,
2.50% – 2.56%, 10/31/13

 

 

349

 

 

314,406

 

Pedalgreen Ltd. PIK Loan Facility, 0.00%,
11/30/15 (e)

 

GBP

119

 

 

166,949

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

699,241

 









Total Floating Rate Loan Interests — 16.6%

 

 

 

 

 

38,210,376

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









 

 

Other Interests (j)

 

Beneficial
Interest
(000)

 

 

 

 








Auto Components — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delphi Debtor in Possession Holding Co. LLP,
Class B Membership Interests

 

USD

(k)

 

4,209,089

 









Media — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adelphia Escrow

 

 

700

 

 

70

 

Adelphia Recovery Trust

 

 

878

 

 

3,511

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,581

 









Total Other Interests — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

4,212,670

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

3,581

 

Preferred Stocks

 

Shares

 

 

 

 








Media — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CMP Susquehanna Radio Holdings Corp. (a)(b)(f)

 

 

34,982

 

 

 









Total Preferred Stocks — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warrants (l)

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Construction & Engineering — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Safway US LLC (expires 12/14/17)

 

 

321

 

$

1

 









Health Care Providers & Services — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HealthSouth Corp. (expires 1/16/14)

 

 

29,930

 

 

 









Media — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CMP Susquehanna Radio Holdings Corp.
(expires 3/26/19) (b)

 

 

39,975

 

 

 

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

 

 

14,965

 

 

150

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

150

 









Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turbo Cayman Ltd. (no expiration)

 

 

1

 

 

 









Total Warrants — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

151

 









Total Long-Term Investments
(Cost — $296,237,011) — 125.8%

 

 

 

 

 

289,985,670

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempCash, Institutional
Class, 0.12% (m)(n)

 

 

4,931,674

 

 

4,931,674

 









Total Short-Term Securities
(Cost — $4,931,674) — 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

4,931,674

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options Purchased

 

Contracts

 

 

 

 








Over-the-Counter Call Options — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marsico Parent Superholdco LLC, Strike Price
USD 942.86, Expires 12/01/19, Broker Goldman
Sachs Bank USA

 

 

17

 

 

3,230

 









Total Options Purchased
(Cost — $16,622) — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

3,230

 









Total Investments (Cost — $301,185,307*) — 127.9%

 

 

 

 

 

294,920,574

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (27.9)%

 

 

 

 

 

(64,328,036

)

 

 

 

 

 




Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

 

 

$

230,592,538

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 


ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

15




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (COY)


 

 

*

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of February 28, 2010, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate cost

 

 

 

 

$

302,371,946

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

 

 

 

$

13,143,585

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

 

 

 

 

(20,594,957

)

 

 

 

 

 



 

Net unrealized depreciation

 

 

 

 

$

(7,451,372

)

 

 

 

 

 



 


 

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

 

 

(b)

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.

 

 

(c)

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

 

 

(d)

Convertible security.

 

 

(e)

Represents a payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in additional face/shares.

 

 

(f)

Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.

 

 

(g)

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


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Counterparty

 

Value

 

Unrealized
Appreciation

 







Citigroup Global

 

$

345,675

 

 

 

JPMorgan Securities

 

$

410,000

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

 

$

1,875,000

 

 

 

Wells Fargo Bank

 

$

153,938

 

$

3,938

 










 

 

(h)

Represents a step-down bond that pays an initial coupon rate for the first period and then a lower coupon rate for the following periods. Rate shown is as of report date.

 

 

(i)

Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default of interest payments.

 

 

(j)

Other interests represent beneficial interest in liquidation trusts and other reorganization entities and are non-income producing.

 

 

(k)

Amount is less than $1,000.

 

 

(l)

Warrants entitle the Fund to purchase a predetermined number of shares of common stock and are non-income producing. The purchase price and number of shares are subject to adjustment under certain conditions until the expiration date.

 

 

(m)

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


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Affiliate

 

Net
Activity

 

Income

 







BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempCash, Institutional Class

 

$

4,931,674

 

$

8,170

 

BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Cash Sweep Series

 

$

(7,111,263

)

$

905

 










 

 

(n)

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 ratings group indexes, and/or as defined by Fund management. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report which may combine industry sub-classifications for reporting ease. These industry classifications are unaudited.


 

 

  •

Foreign currency exchange contracts as of February 28, 2010 were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 














Currency
Purchased

 

Currency
Sold

 

Counterparty

 

Settlement
Date

 

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 











EUR

304,000

 

USD

414,608

 

Citibank NA

 

3/03/10

 

$

(669

)

EUR

1,467,800

 

USD

2,023,491

 

Citibank NA

 

3/24/10

 

 

(24,948

)

USD

21,425,096

 

EUR

14,828,500

 

Citibank NA

 

3/24/10

 

 

1,234,740

 

USD

756,103

 

EUR

541,500

 

Citibank NA

 

3/24/10

 

 

18,800

 

USD

321,195

 

GBP

204,500

 

Citibank NA

 

4/21/10

 

 

9,497

 

USD

2,349,986

 

GBP

1,451,500

 

Morgan

 

4/21/10

 

 

137,617

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stanley Capital
Services, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

USD

181,633

 

CAD

190,000

 

Goldman Sachs
International

 

4/21/10

 

 

1,076

 














Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,376,113

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

Credit default swaps on single-name issues — buy protection outstanding as of February 28, 2010 were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















Issuer

 

Pay
Fixed
Rate

Counterparty

 

Expiration

 

Notional
Amount
(000)

 

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 













iStar Financial, Inc.

 

5.00

%

Morgan
Stanley Capital
Services, Inc.

 

September
2011

 

USD

1,500

 

$

(15,610

)

K. Hovnanian
Enterprises, Inc.

 

5.00

%

Goldman
Sachs Bank
USA

 

December
2011

 

USD

475

 

 

(3,057

)

K. Hovnanian
Enterprises, Inc.

 

5.00

%

Goldman
Sachs Bank
USA

 

December
2013

 

USD

925

 

 

(32,364

)

Louisiana-Pacific
Corp.

 

5.00

%

JPMorgan
Chase
Bank NA

 

March
2014

 

USD

500

 

 

(131,515

)

Macy’s, Inc.

 

8.05

%

Goldman
Sachs Bank
USA

 

March
2014

 

USD

600

 

 

(143,867

)

Centex Corp.

 

1.00

%

Deutsche
Bank AG

 

September
2014

 

USD

175

 

 

973

 

Limited
Brands, Inc.

 

1.00

%

Goldman
Sachs Bank
USA

 

September
2014

 

USD

1,000

 

 

(35,054

)

Limited
Brands, Inc.

 

1.00

%

JPMorgan
Chase
Bank NA

 

September
2014

 

USD

50

 

 

(1,717

)

American
Axle and
Manufacturing Inc.

 

5.00

%

Deutsche
Bank AG

 

December
2014

 

USD

375

 

 

(2,807

)

Boston Scientific
Corp.

 

1.00

%

Goldman
Sachs Bank
USA

 

December
2014

 

USD

500

 

 

919

 

Brunswick Corp.

 

5.00

%

Morgan
Stanley Capital
Services, Inc.

 

December
2016

 

USD

1,500

 

 

13,409

 















Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(350,690

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 




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FEBRUARY 28, 2010




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (concluded)

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (COY)


 

 

Credit default swaps on single-name issues — sold protection outstanding as of February 28, 2010 were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
















Issuer

 

Receive
Fixed
Rate

 

 

Counterparty

 

Expiration

 

Credit
Rating1

 

Notional
Amount
(000)2

 

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 
















Advanced
Micro
Devices, Inc.

 

5.00

%

 

 

JPMorgan
Chase
Bank NA

 

March
2015

 

B–

 

USD 550

 

$

2,053

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Realogy Corp.

 

5.00

%

 

 

Credit Suisse
International

 

March
2015

 

C

 

USD 100

 

 

1,285

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Realogy Corp.

 

5.00

%

 

 

JPMorgan
Chase
Bank NA

 

March
2015

 

C

 

USD 450

 

 

(14,983

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standard
Pacific Corp.

 

5.00

%

 

 

Goldman
Sachs
International

 

March
2015

 

CCC

 

USD 250

 

 

(224

)


















Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(11,869

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

1

Using S&P’s rating of the issuer.

 

 

2

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


 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments, which are 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)

 

 

 

 

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 other significant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

The following tables summarize the inputs used as of February 28, 2010 in determining the fair valuation of the Fund’s investments:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















 

 

Investments in Securities

 

 

 



Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 















Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-Term
Investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

$

8,807,025

 

$

336,919

 

$

75,096

 

$

9,219,040

 

Corporate Bonds

 

 

 

 

234,382,073

 

 

3,961,360

 

 

238,343,433

 

Floating Rate
Loan Interests

 

 

 

 

18,991,565

 

 

19,218,811

 

 

38,210,376

 

Other Interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,212,670

 

 

4,212,670

 

Warrants

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

150

 

 

151

 

Short-Term
Securities

 

 

4,931,674

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,931,674

 

 

 













Total

 

$

13,738,699

 

$

253,710,558

 

$

27,468,087

 

$

294,917,344

 

 

 













 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















 

 

Other Financial Instruments1

 

 

 


Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 















Assets

 

 

 

$

1,423,599

 

 

 

$

1,423,599

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

(406,815

)

$

(51,643

)

 

(458,458

)

 

 













Total

 

 

 

$

1,016,784

 

$

(51,643

)

$

965,141

 

 

 














 

 

1

Other financial instruments are swaps, foreign currency exchange contracts, options and unfunded loan commitments. Swaps, foreign currency exchange contracts and unfunded loan commitments are shown at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument and options are shown at market value.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















 

 

Investments in Securities

 

 

 



 

 

Common
Stocks

 

Corporate
Bonds

 

Floating Rate
Loan Interests

 

Other
Interests

 

Warrants

 

Total

 















Balance, as of February 28, 2009

 

$

356

 

$

1,404,473

 

$

14,962,760

 

$

3,582

 

 

 

$

16,371,171

 

Accrued discounts/premiums

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Realized gain (loss)

 

 

 

 

(5,465

)

 

(4,784,296

)

 

 

 

 

 

(4,789,761

)

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation2

 

 

 

 

282,192

 

 

15,063,883

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,346,075

 

Net purchases (sales)

 

 

 

 

6,342

 

 

(7,162,942

)

 

 

 

 

 

(7,156,600

)

Net transfers in (out) of Level 3

 

 

74,740

 

 

2,273,818

 

 

1,139,406

 

 

4,209,088

 

$

150

 

 

7,697,202

 

 

 



















Balance, as of February 28, 2010

 

$

75,096

 

$

3,961,360

 

$

19,218,811

 

$

4,212,670

 

$

150

 

$

27,468,087

 

 

 




















 

 

2

Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the Statements of Operations. The change in the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the securities still held on February 28, 2010 was $6,741,424.

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

 

 

 

 

 






 

 

Other Financial
Instruments3

 





Balance, as of February 28, 2009

 

 

 

Accrued discounts/premiums

 

 

 

Realized gain (loss)

 

 

 

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation4

 

$

(51,643

)

Net purchases (sales)

 

 

 

Net transfers in/out of Level 3

 

 

 

 

 




Balance, as of February 28, 2010

 

$

(51,643

)

 

 





 

 

3

Other financial instruments are unfunded loan commitments.

 

 

4

Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the Statements of Operations. The change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the securities still held at February 28, 2010 was $(51,643).


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.




ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

17




 

 


 

Schedule of Investments February 28, 2010

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

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Auto Components — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lear Corp. (a)

 

 

6,665

 

$

461,685

 









Building Products — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Masonite Worldwide Holdings (a)

 

 

34,575

 

 

1,452,150

 









Capital Markets — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E*Trade Financial Corp. (a)

 

 

296,000

 

 

476,560

 









Chemicals — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solutia, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,000

 

 

112,560

 

Wellman Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

1,522

 

 

381

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

112,941

 









Communications Equipment — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

50,000

 

 

291,000

 

Loral Space & Communications Ltd. (a)

 

 

64,095

 

 

2,085,010

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,376,010

 









Construction Materials — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nortek, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,145

 

 

79,365

 









Containers & Packaging — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rock-Tenn Co., Class A

 

 

13,000

 

 

543,920

 









Diversified Financial Services — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of America Corp.

 

 

65,000

 

 

1,082,900

 

Citigroup, Inc. (a)

 

 

1

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,082,903

 









Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Qwest Communications International, Inc.

 

 

247,855

 

 

1,130,219

 









Electrical Equipment — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Medis Technologies Ltd. (a)

 

 

70,784

 

 

5,025

 

SunPower Corp., Class B (a)

 

 

778

 

 

12,705

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

17,730

 









Food Products — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pilgrims Pride Corp. (a)

 

 

6,334

 

 

57,133

 









Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buffets Restaurants Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

1,099

 

 

6,209

 









Household Durables — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (a)

 

 

139,500

 

 

580,320

 

Pulte Homes, Inc. (a)

 

 

30,000

 

 

324,900

 

Standard-Pacific Corp. (a)

 

 

15,000

 

 

63,300

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

968,520

 









Machinery — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accuride Corp. (a)

 

 

90,983

 

 

118,278

 

Accuride Corp. — Restricted Shares (a)

 

 

90,983

 

 

118,278

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

236,556

 









Media — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gannett Co., Inc.

 

 

56,000

 

 

848,400

 









Paper & Forest Products — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. (a)

 

 

125,117

 

 

262,791

 

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

 

 

140,415

 

 

294,922

 

Western Forest Products, Inc. (a)

 

 

158,023

 

 

33,041

 

Western Forest Products, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

45,762

 

 

9,568

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

600,322

 









Software — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TiVo, Inc. (a)

 

 

31,000

 

 

293,880

 









Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FiberTower Corp. (a)

 

 

76,542

 

 

315,353

 

SBA Communications Corp., Class A (a)

 

 

8,500

 

 

300,560

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

615,913

 









Total Common Stocks — 4.6%

 

 

 

 

 

11,360,416

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

 

Par 
(000)

 

Value

 









Airlines — 2.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Airlines, Inc., 10.50%, 10/15/12 (b)

 

USD

1,080

 

$

1,107,000

 

American Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series
2001-02, 7.86%, 4/01/13

 

 

400

 

 

403,000

 

Continental Airlines, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

522

 

 

480,124

 

Series 2001-1-C, 7.03%, 12/15/12

 

 

302

 

 

294,485

 

Series 2003-RJ, 7.88%, 1/02/20

 

 

440

 

 

391,931

 

Delta Air Lines, Inc., Series B, 9.75%, 12/17/16

 

 

1,100

 

 

1,133,000

 

United Air Lines, Inc., 12.75%, 7/15/12

 

 

2,100

 

 

2,226,000

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

6,035,540

 









Auto Components — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delphi International Holdings Unsecured,
12.00%, 10/06/14

 

 

91

 

 

91,104

 

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.86%, 8/15/11

 

 

1,200

 

 

1,242,000

 

8.63%, 12/01/11

 

 

552

 

 

572,700

 

Icahn Enterprises LP (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

255

 

 

224,069

 

8.00%, 1/15/18

 

 

2,360

 

 

2,218,400

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,348,273

 









Biotechnology — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

QHP Pharma, 10.25%, 3/15/15 (b)

 

 

710

 

 

724,825

 









Building Products — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Associated Materials LLC, 9.88%, 11/15/16

 

 

720

 

 

763,200

 

Building Materials Corp. of America, 7.00%,
2/15/20 (b)

 

 

620

 

 

620,000

 

Goodman Global Group, Inc.,
12.86%, 12/15/14 (b)(f)

 

 

290

 

 

168,200

 

Ply Gem Industries, Inc., 11.75%, 6/15/13

 

 

1,090

 

 

1,106,350

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,657,750

 









Capital Markets — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.39%, 8/31/19 (b)

 

 

244

 

 

370,880

 

Series A, 3.64%, 8/31/19

 

 

7

 

 

10,640

 

MU Finance Plc, 8.75%, 2/01/17 (b)

 

GBP

422

 

 

595,209

 

Marsico Parent Co., LLC, 10.63%, 1/15/16 (b)

 

USD

963

 

 

579,004

 

Marsico Parent Holdco, LLC, 12.50%,
7/15/16 (b)(g)

 

 

411

 

 

90,851

 

Marsico Parent Superholdco, LLC, 14.50%,
1/15/18 (b)(g)

 

 

269

 

 

46,759

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,693,343

 









Chemicals — 2.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Pacific Corp., 9.00%, 2/01/15

 

 

880

 

 

869,000

 

Georgia Gulf Corp., 9.00%, 1/15/17 (b)

 

 

230

 

 

238,625

 

Hexion Finance Escrow LLC, 8.88%, 2/01/18 (b)

 

 

1,820

 

 

1,701,700

 

Hexion U.S. Finance Corp., 9.75%, 11/15/14

 

 

310

 

 

292,950

 

Huntsman International LLC (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.88%, 11/15/13

 

EUR

280

 

 

355,528

 

5.50%, 6/30/16

 

USD

545

 

 

479,600

 

Innophos, Inc., 8.88%, 8/15/14

 

 

825

 

 

847,688

 

MacDermid, Inc., 9.50%, 4/15/17 (b)

 

 

1,260

 

 

1,260,000

 

Wellman Holdings, Inc. (e):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second Lien Subordinate Note, 10.00%,
1/29/19 (b)

 

 

844

 

 

844,000

 

Third Lien Subordinate Note, 5.00%,
1/29/19 (g)

 

 

269

 

 

134,759

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

7,023,850

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


18

ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

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

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Par 
(000)

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

 

 

Value

 









Commercial Banks — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glitnir Banki HF (a)(h):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.38%, 2/05/10

 

USD

50

 

$

17,702

 

4.15%, 4/20/10 (b)

 

 

111

 

 

28,860

 

Series EMTN, 5.07%, 1/27/10

 

EUR

50

 

 

17,701

 

Series EMTN, 3.00%, 6/30/10

 

 

45

 

 

15,625

 

Series GMTN, 6.38%, 9/25/12 (b)

 

USD

500

 

 

130,000

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

209,888

 









Commercial Services & Supplies — 3.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACCO Brands Corp., 10.63%, 3/15/15 (b)

 

 

250

 

 

271,750

 

RSC Equipment Rental, Inc., 10.00%, 7/15/17 (b)

 

 

585

 

 

625,950

 

Scientific Games International, Inc.,
9.25%, 6/15/19

 

 

855

 

 

904,162

 

Waste Services, Inc., 9.50%, 4/15/14

 

 

3,000

 

 

3,082,500

 

West Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.50%, 10/15/14

 

 

435

 

 

431,738

 

11.00%, 10/15/16

 

 

2,245

 

 

2,250,612

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

7,566,712

 









Construction Materials — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nortek, Inc., 11.00%, 12/01/13

 

 

2,155

 

 

2,262,260

 

Texas Industries, Inc., 7.25%, 7/15/13

 

 

785

 

 

763,412

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,025,672

 









Consumer Finance — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit Acceptance Corp., 9.13%, 2/01/17 (b)

 

 

680

 

 

676,600

 

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.00%, 1/13/12 (d)

 

 

215

 

 

201,562

 

7.80%, 6/01/12

 

 

200

 

 

202,114

 

8.00%, 12/15/16

 

 

180

 

 

180,745

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,261,021

 









Containers & Packaging — 4.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Berry Plastics Escrow LLC, 8.88%, 9/15/14 (b)

 

 

470

 

 

452,375

 

Berry Plastics Holding Corp., 8.88%, 9/15/14

 

 

1,050

 

 

1,010,625

 

Crown European Holdings SA, 6.25%, 9/01/11

 

EUR

75

 

 

104,167

 

Graphic Packaging International, Inc.,
9.50%, 6/15/17

 

USD

840

 

 

882,000

 

Impress Holdings BV, 3.38%, 9/15/13 (b)(d)

 

 

420

 

 

391,650

 

Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.25%, 5/15/13

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,015,000

 

6.75%, 12/01/14

 

EUR

155

 

 

211,057

 

Packaging Dynamics Finance Corp., 10.00%,
5/01/16 (b)

 

USD

1,090

 

 

867,912

 

Pregis Corp., 12.38%, 10/15/13

 

 

1,200

 

 

1,191,000

 

Rock-Tenn Co., 8.20%, 8/15/11

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,155,000

 

Smurfit Kappa Acquisitions (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.25%, 11/15/17

 

EUR

495

 

 

660,539

 

7.75%, 11/15/19

 

 

470

 

 

636,778

 

Solo Cup Co., 10.50%, 11/01/13

 

USD

475

 

 

497,563

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

10,075,666

 









Diversified Consumer Services — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

3,000

 

 

2,940,000

 









Diversified Financial Services — 8.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Axcan Intermediate Holdings, Inc.,
12.75%, 3/01/16

 

 

520

 

 

562,900

 

CIT Group, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.00%, 5/01/16

 

 

1,341

 

 

1,187,215

 

7.00%, 5/01/17

 

 

5,740

 

 

5,072,796

 

FCE Bank Plc:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.88%, 2/15/11

 

GBP

700

 

 

1,075,371

 

7.13%, 1/16/12

 

EUR

1,800

 

 

2,429,412

 

7.13%, 1/15/13

 

 

1,050

 

 

1,401,144

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Par 
(000)

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

 

 

Value

 









Diversified Financial Services (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GMAC LLC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.25%, 3/02/11

 

USD

464

 

$

468,060

 

6.88%, 9/15/11

 

 

500

 

 

500,000

 

6.88%, 8/28/12

 

 

600

 

 

594,000

 

2.45%, 12/01/14 (d)

 

 

464

 

 

396,950

 

6.75%, 12/01/14

 

 

1,020

 

 

974,100

 

8.30%, 2/12/15 (b)

 

 

2,160

 

 

2,178,900

 

8.00%, 11/01/31

 

 

1,140

 

 

1,051,650

 

General Motors Acceptance Corp. of Canada Ltd.,
6.00%, 5/25/10

 

CAD

300

 

 

281,502

 

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

 

USD

1,325

 

 

1,344,875

 

Reynolds Group DL Escrow, Inc., 7.75%,
10/15/16 (b)

 

 

1,460

 

 

1,478,250

 

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc., 7.75%, 10/15/16 (b)

 

EUR

400

 

 

543,306

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

21,540,431

 









Diversified Telecommunication Services — 3.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Broadview Networks Holdings, Inc.,
11.38%, 9/01/12

 

USD

1,035

 

 

993,600

 

GCI, Inc., 8.63%, 11/15/19 (b)

 

 

1,200

 

 

1,219,500

 

Level 3 Financing, Inc., 10.00%, 2/01/18 (b)

 

 

680

 

 

623,900

 

Nordic Telephone Co. Holdings ApS, 8.88%,
5/01/16 (b)

 

 

215

 

 

230,050

 

Qwest Communications International, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.50%, 2/15/14

 

 

2,020

 

 

2,040,200

 

8.00%, 10/01/15 (b)

 

 

600

 

 

621,000

 

Series B, 7.50%, 2/15/14

 

 

1,730

 

 

1,747,300

 

Qwest Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.63%, 6/15/15

 

 

525

 

 

561,094

 

8.38%, 5/01/16

 

 

680

 

 

744,600

 

Windstream Corp., 8.13%, 8/01/13

 

 

760

 

 

790,400

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

9,571,644

 









Electric Utilities — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intergen NV, 9.00%, 6/30/17 (b)

 

 

420

 

 

428,400

 

NSG Holdings LLC, 7.75%, 12/15/25 (b)

 

 

1,030

 

 

890,950

 

Tenaska Alabama Partners LP, 7.00%, 6/30/21 (b)

 

 

1,810

 

 

1,813,700

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,133,050

 









Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jabil Circuit, Inc., 7.75%, 7/15/16

 

 

295

 

 

305,325

 









Energy Equipment & Services — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Compagnie Générale de Géophysique-Veritas:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.50%, 5/15/15

 

 

215

 

 

210,700

 

7.75%, 5/15/17

 

 

320

 

 

313,600

 

Expro Finance Luxembourg SCA, 8.50%,
12/15/16 (b)

 

 

1,835

 

 

1,825,825

 

North American Energy Alliance LLC, 10.88%,
6/01/16 (b)

 

 

665

 

 

704,900

 

North American Energy Partners, Inc.,
8.75%, 12/01/11

 

 

375

 

 

373,125

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,428,150

 









Food & Staples Retailing — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AmeriQual Group LLC, 9.50%, 4/01/12 (b)

 

 

800

 

 

720,000

 

Duane Reade, Inc., 11.75%, 8/01/15

 

 

165

 

 

207,900

 

Rite Aid Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.75%, 6/12/16

 

 

410

 

 

437,675

 

10.25%, 10/15/19

 

 

670

 

 

708,525

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,074,100

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 


ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

19




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

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

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Par 
(000)

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

 

 

Value

 









Food Products — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B&G Foods, Inc., 7.63%, 1/15/18

 

USD

220

 

$

222,200

 

Reddy Ice Corp., 11.25%, 3/15/15 (b)(i)

 

 

440

 

 

440,000

 

Smithfield Foods, Inc., 10.00%, 7/15/14 (b)

 

 

780

 

 

844,350

 

TreeHouse Foods, Inc., 7.75%, 3/01/18 (i)

 

 

160

 

 

164,200

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,670,750

 









Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DJO Finance LLC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.88%, 11/15/14

 

 

1,670

 

 

1,786,900

 

10.88%, 11/15/14 (b)

 

 

600

 

 

642,000

 

Hologic, Inc., 2.00%, 12/15/37 (e)(j)

 

 

955

 

 

816,525

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,245,425

 









Health Care Providers & Services — 3.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Community Health Systems, Inc., Series WI,
8.88%, 7/15/15

 

 

1,460

 

 

1,511,100

 

HCA, Inc., 9.13%, 11/15/14

 

 

1,785

 

 

1,876,481

 

LifePoint Hospitals, Inc., 3.50%, 5/15/14 (e)

 

 

110

 

 

100,788

 

Tenet Healthcare Corp. (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.00%, 5/01/15

 

 

1,564

 

 

1,638,290

 

10.00%, 5/01/18

 

 

644

 

 

708,400

 

8.88%, 7/01/19

 

 

1,289

 

 

1,359,895

 

Vanguard Health Holding Co.II LLC, 8.00%,
2/01/18 (b)

 

 

1,555

 

 

1,527,787

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

8,722,741

 









Health Care Technology — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMS Health, Inc., 12.50%, 3/01/18 (b)

 

 

1,770

 

 

2,035,500

 









Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Greektown Holdings, LLC, 10.75%,
12/01/13 (a)(b)(h)

 

 

439

 

 

26,340

 

Harrah’s Operating Co., Inc., 11.25%, 6/01/17

 

 

1,100

 

 

1,141,250

 

Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort & Casino, 12.00%,
11/15/10 (a)(h)

 

 

1,550

 

 

751,750

 

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 10.25%,
2/15/14 (a)(b)(h)

 

 

1,290

 

 

325,725

 

MGM Mirage:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13.00%, 11/15/13

 

 

1,155

 

 

1,316,700

 

10.38%, 5/15/14 (b)

 

 

255

 

 

270,300

 

11.13%, 11/15/17 (b)

 

 

820

 

 

885,600

 

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., 8.63%, 8/01/17 (b)

 

 

685

 

 

650,750

 

San Pasqual Casino, 8.00%, 9/15/13 (b)

 

 

975

 

 

926,250

 

Scientific Games Corp., 0.75%, 12/01/24 (e)(j)

 

 

280

 

 

271,950

 

Shingle Springs Tribal Gaming Authority, 9.38%,
6/15/15 (b)

 

 

60

 

 

47,700

 

Travelport LLC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.88%, 9/01/14 (d)

 

 

160

 

 

148,800

 

9.88%, 9/01/14

 

 

210

 

 

214,725

 

Tropicana Entertainment LLC, Series WI, 9.63%,
12/15/14 (a)(h)

 

 

305

 

 

191

 

Virgin River Casino Corp., 9.00%, 1/15/12 (a)(g)

 

 

940

 

 

178,600

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

7,156,631

 









Household Durables — 2.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beazer Homes USA, Inc., 12.00%, 10/15/17 (b)

 

 

1,345

 

 

1,499,675

 

Jarden Corp., 8.00%, 5/01/16

 

 

275

 

 

287,375

 

K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., 10.63%, 10/15/16

 

 

1,725

 

 

1,802,625

 

KB Home:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.38%, 8/15/11

 

 

29

 

 

29,508

 

9.10%, 9/15/17

 

 

215

 

 

223,062

 

Standard Pacific Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.25%, 4/01/14

 

 

365

 

 

328,500

 

7.00%, 8/15/15

 

 

265

 

 

238,500

 

10.75%, 9/15/16

 

 

1,225

 

 

1,277,062

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

5,686,307

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Par 
(000)

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

 

 

Value

 









Household Products — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Libbey Glass, Inc., 10.00%, 2/15/15 (b)

 

USD

135

 

$

139,725

 









IT Services — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alliance Data Systems Corp., 1.75%, 8/01/13 (e)

 

 

1,645

 

 

1,521,625

 

First Data Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.88%, 9/24/15

 

 

1,600

 

 

1,368,000

 

9.88%, 9/24/15 (b)

 

 

20

 

 

17,300

 

11.25%, 3/31/16

 

 

810

 

 

664,200

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,571,125

 









Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 3.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The AES Corp., 8.75%, 5/15/13 (b)

 

 

1,070

 

 

1,088,725

 

AES Eastern Energy LP, Series 99-B,
9.67%, 1/02/29

 

 

610

 

 

661,088

 

Calpine Construction Finance Co. LP, 8.00%,
6/01/16 (b)

 

 

1,260

 

 

1,275,750

 

Energy Future Holdings Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.88%, 11/01/17

 

 

430

 

 

325,725

 

11.25%, 11/01/17 (g)

 

 

2,944

 

 

2,060,646

 

10.00%, 1/15/20 (b)

 

 

1,875

 

 

1,912,500

 

NRG Energy, Inc., 7.25%, 2/01/14

 

 

2,115

 

 

2,130,862

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

9,455,296

 









Industrial Conglomerates — 2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sequa Corp. (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.75%, 12/01/15

 

 

2,340

 

 

2,293,200

 

13.50%, 12/01/15 (g)

 

 

3,954

 

 

3,963,896

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

6,257,096

 









Insurance — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alliant Holdings I, Inc., 11.00%, 5/01/15 (b)

 

 

1,700

 

 

1,729,750

 

USI Holdings Corp., 4.13%, 11/15/14 (b)(d)

 

 

680

 

 

562,700

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,292,450

 









Internet & Catalog Retail — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NetFlix, Inc., 8.50%, 11/15/17

 

 

355

 

 

371,863

 









Internet Software & Services — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equinix, Inc, 8.13%, 3/01/18 (i)

 

 

620

 

 

620,000

 









Leisure Equipment & Products — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brunswick Corp., 11.25%, 11/01/16 (b)

 

 

995

 

 

1,106,938

 

Easton-Bell Sports, Inc., 9.75%, 12/01/16 (b)

 

 

280

 

 

290,500

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,397,438

 









Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., 8.00%, 9/15/16 (b)

 

 

175

 

 

182,875

 









Machinery — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AGY Holding Corp., 11.00%, 11/15/14

 

 

980

 

 

784,000

 

Accuride Corp., 7.50%, 2/26/20 (e)(g)

 

 

9

 

 

15,927

 

Navistar International Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.00%, 10/15/14 (e)

 

 

510

 

 

521,475

 

8.25%, 11/01/21

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,015,000

 

RBS Global, Inc., 8.88%, 9/01/16

 

 

450

 

 

407,250

 

Titan International, Inc., 5.63%, 1/15/17 (b)(e)

 

 

240

 

 

252,600

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,996,252

 









Marine — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Horizon Lines, Inc., 4.25%, 8/15/12 (e)

 

 

2,230

 

 

1,845,325

 

Navios Maritime Holdings, Inc., 8.88%,
11/01/17 (b)

 

 

500

 

 

508,750

 

Trico Shipping AS, 11.88%, 11/01/14 (b)

 

 

330

 

 

319,688

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,673,763

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


20

ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

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

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

Par 
(000)

 

Value

 







Media — 13.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affinion Group, Inc., 10.13%, 10/15/13

 

USD

2,460

 

$

2,484,600

 

CCH II LLC, 13.50%, 11/30/16

 

 

543

 

 

641,063

 

CCO Holdings LLC, 8.75%, 11/15/13

 

 

555

 

 

563,325

 

CMP Susquehanna Corp., 3.20%, 5/15/14 (b)

 

 

160

 

 

3,200

 

COX Enterprises, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loan Close 2, 12.00%, 8/15/18

 

 

630

 

 

630,000

 

Loan Close 3, 12.00%, 8/15/18

 

 

735

 

 

735,000

 

Shares Loan, 12.00%, 8/15/18

 

 

735

 

 

735,000

 

CSC Holdings, Inc., 8.50%, 4/15/14 (b)

 

 

390

 

 

409,988

 

Cablevision Systems Corp., Series B, 8.00%, 4/15/12

 

 

1,515

 

 

1,596,431

 

Catalina Marketing Corp., 10.50%, 10/01/15 (b)(g)

 

 

610

 

 

637,450

 

Charter Communications Operating, LLC (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.00%, 4/30/12

 

 

500

 

 

517,500

 

10.38%, 4/30/14

 

 

670

 

 

680,050

 

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series A, 9.25%, 12/15/17

 

 

835

 

 

851,700

 

Series B, 9.25%, 12/15/17

 

 

3,985

 

 

4,094,587

 

DISH DBS Corp., 7.00%, 10/01/13

 

 

90

 

 

92,025

 

Gannett Co.,Inc., 8.75%, 11/15/14 (b)

 

 

600

 

 

627,750

 

Harland Clarke Holdings Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.00%, 5/15/15 (d)

 

 

350

 

 

278,250

 

9.50%, 5/15/15

 

 

420

 

 

383,250

 

Intelsat Corp., 9.25%, 6/15/16

 

 

2,450

 

 

2,535,750

 

Intelsat Subsidiary Holding Co. Ltd., 8.88%,
1/15/15 (b)

 

 

260

 

 

263,900

 

Liberty Global, Inc., 4.50%, 11/15/16 (b)(e)

 

 

440

 

 

525,250

 

Liberty Media Corp., 3.13%, 3/30/23 (e)

 

 

1,113

 

 

1,138,043

 

Lighthouse International Co. SA:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.00%, 4/30/14

 

EUR

546

 

 

464,665

 

8.00%, 4/30/14 (b)

 

 

177

 

 

150,633

 

Lions Gate Entertainment, Inc., 10.25%,
11/01/16 (b)

 

USD

370

 

 

370,925

 

McClatchy Co., 11.50%, 2/15/17 (b)

 

 

260

 

 

253,500

 

Network Communications, Inc., 10.75%, 12/01/13

 

 

30

 

 

13,800

 

Nielsen Finance LLC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.63%, 2/01/14

 

 

180

 

 

200,475

 

10.00%, 8/01/14

 

 

1,890

 

 

1,960,875

 

ProtoStar I Ltd., 18.00%, 10/15/12 (a)(b)(e)(h)

 

 

850

 

 

807,410

 

Rainbow National Services LLC (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.75%, 9/01/12

 

 

440

 

 

448,800

 

10.38%, 9/01/14

 

 

1,582

 

 

1,663,078

 

Seat Pagine Gialle SpA, 10.50%, 1/31/17 (b)

 

EUR

864

 

 

1,089,059

 

TL Acquisitions, Inc., 10.50%, 1/15/15 (b)

 

USD

3,465

 

 

3,157,481

 

UPC Germany GmbH (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.13%, 12/01/17

 

 

600

 

 

600,000

 

8.13%, 12/01/17

 

EUR

566

 

 

778,404

 

9.63%, 12/01/19

 

 

995

 

 

1,368,396

 

UPC Holding BV, 9.88%, 4/15/18 (b)

 

USD

500

 

 

520,000

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

34,271,613

 









Metals & Mining — 5.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aleris International, Inc. (a)(h):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.00%, 12/15/14

 

 

1,035

 

 

2,588

 

10.00%, 12/15/16

 

 

800

 

 

17,000

 

Drummond Co., Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.00%, 10/15/14 (b)

 

 

875

 

 

875,000

 

7.38%, 2/15/16

 

 

225

 

 

209,813

 

FMG Finance Property Ltd. (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.00%, 9/01/13

 

 

535

 

 

564,425

 

10.63%, 9/01/16

 

 

1,180

 

 

1,315,700

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

Par 
(000)

 

 

Value

 








Metals & Mining (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foundation PA Coal Co., 7.25%, 8/01/14

 

USD

1,975

 

$

1,975,000

 

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

 

 

190

 

 

212,800

 

McJunkin Red Man Corp., 9.50%, 12/15/16 (b)

 

 

1,245

 

 

1,248,112

 

Murray Energy Corp., 10.25%, 10/15/15 (b)

 

 

845

 

 

846,056

 

New World Resources NV, 7.38%, 5/15/15

 

EUR

625

 

 

757,421

 

Novelis, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.25%, 2/15/15

 

USD

1,515

 

 

1,405,162

 

11.50%, 2/15/15

 

 

430

 

 

456,875

 

Ryerson, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.62%, 11/01/14 (d)

 

 

400

 

 

357,000

 

12.00%, 11/01/15

 

 

265

 

 

272,288

 

Steel Dynamics, Inc., 7.38%, 11/01/12

 

 

460

 

 

468,050

 

Teck Resources Ltd.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.25%, 5/15/16

 

 

300

 

 

357,750

 

10.75%, 5/15/19

 

 

670

 

 

824,100

 

Vedanta Resources Plc, 9.50%, 7/18/18 (b)

 

 

640

 

 

675,200

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

12,840,340

 









Multiline Retail — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dollar General Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.63%, 7/15/15

 

 

148

 

 

162,060

 

11.88%, 7/15/17 (g)

 

 

2,431

 

 

2,826,037

 

Saks, Inc., 9.88%, 10/01/11

 

 

295

 

 

306,063

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,294,160

 









Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 7.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arch Coal, Inc., 8.75%, 8/01/16 (b)

 

 

310

 

 

320,850

 

Atlas Energy Operating Co. LLC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.13%, 8/01/17

 

 

500

 

 

562,500

 

10.75%, 2/01/18

 

 

260

 

 

281,450

 

Berry Petroleum Co., 8.25%, 11/01/16

 

 

510

 

 

511,275

 

Bill Barrett Corp., 9.88%, 7/15/16

 

 

240

 

 

254,100

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp., 2.25%, 12/15/38 (e)

 

 

800

 

 

594,000

 

Connacher Oil and Gas Ltd. (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.75%, 7/15/14

 

 

175

 

 

192,500

 

10.25%, 12/15/15

 

 

1,145

 

 

1,103,494

 

Crosstex Energy LP, 8.88%, 2/15/18 (b)

 

 

990

 

 

1,004,850

 

Denbury Resources, Inc., 8.25%, 2/15/20

 

 

900

 

 

931,500

 

Encore Acquisition Co., 6.25%, 4/15/14

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,015,000

 

Forest Oil Corp., 7.25%, 6/15/19

 

 

470

 

 

460,600

 

Massey Energy Co., 3.25%, 8/01/15 (e)

 

 

1,750

 

 

1,575,000

 

Niska Gas Storage US LLC, 8.88%, 3/15/18 (b)(i)

 

 

2,030

 

 

2,030,000

 

OPTI Canada, Inc., 9.00%, 12/15/12 (b)

 

 

1,340

 

 

1,363,450

 

Petrohawk Energy Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.50%, 8/01/14

 

 

555

 

 

602,175

 

7.88%, 6/01/15

 

 

460

 

 

460,000

 

Range Resources Corp., 8.00%, 5/15/19

 

 

400

 

 

419,000

 

Roseton-Danskammer 2001, Series B,
7.67%, 11/08/16

 

 

1,895

 

 

1,828,675

 

Sabine Pass LNG LP, 7.50%, 11/30/16

 

 

390

 

 

342,225

 

SandRidge Energy, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.63%, 4/01/15 (g)

 

 

120

 

 

118,200

 

9.88%, 5/15/16 (b)

 

 

500

 

 

516,250

 

8.00%, 6/01/18 (b)

 

 

135

 

 

129,262

 

Teekay Shipping Corp., 8.50%, 1/15/20

 

 

660

 

 

669,900

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

18,286,256

 









Paper & Forest Products — 4.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd., 11.00%, 7/29/15 (b)(g)

 

 

1,106

 

 

824,310

 

Boise Paper Holdings LLC, 9.00%, 11/01/17 (b)

 

 

380

 

 

391,400

 

Clearwater Paper Corp., 10.63%, 6/15/16 (b)

 

 

390

 

 

432,900

 

Georgia-Pacific LLC, 8.25%, 5/01/16 (b)

 

 

1,600

 

 

1,688,000

 

Glatfelter, 7.13%, 5/01/16 (b)

 

 

210

 

 

201,600

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 




ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

21




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

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

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

Par 
(000)

 

 

Value

 








Paper & Forest Products (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NewPage Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.00%, 5/01/12

 

USD

785

 

$

451,375

 

11.38%, 12/31/14

 

 

5,810

 

 

5,548,550

 

Verso Paper Holdings LLC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.50%, 7/01/14 (b)

 

 

335

 

 

351,750

 

Series B, 4.00%, 8/01/14 (d)

 

 

280

 

 

226,100

 

Series B, 9.13%, 8/01/14

 

 

325

 

 

299,000

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

10,414,985

 









Pharmaceuticals — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 4.00%,
12/01/13 (d)

 

 

1,050

 

 

850,500

 

Elan Corp. Plc, 8.75%, 10/15/16 (b)

 

 

740

 

 

717,800

 

Elan Finance Plc, 8.88%, 12/01/13

 

 

105

 

 

106,575

 

Novasep Holding SAS, 9.63%, 12/15/16 (b)

 

EUR

958

 

 

1,206,631

 

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International,
8.38%, 6/15/16 (b)

 

USD

545

 

 

564,075

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,445,581

 









Real Estate Management & Development — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

1,425

 

 

1,282,500

 









Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 8.13%,
12/15/17 (b)

 

 

1,250

 

 

1,265,625

 

Spansion, Inc., 3.79%, 6/01/13 (a)(b)(h)

 

 

1,215

 

 

1,202,850

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,468,475

 









Software — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BMS Holdings, Inc., 7.89%, 2/15/12 (b)(d)(g)

 

 

456

 

 

9,120

 









Specialty Retail — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc., 7.63%, 3/15/17

 

 

350

 

 

330,313

 

General Nutrition Centers, Inc., 10.75%, 3/15/15

 

 

595

 

 

601,694

 

Group 1 Automotive, Inc., 2.25%, 6/15/36 (e)(j)

 

 

1,055

 

 

825,537

 

Limited Brands, Inc., 8.50%, 6/15/19

 

 

785

 

 

840,931

 

United Auto Group, Inc., 7.75%, 12/15/16

 

 

1,110

 

 

1,058,662

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,657,137

 









Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Levi Strauss & Co., 8.63%, 4/01/13

 

EUR

1,850

 

 

2,531,658

 

Quiksilver, Inc., 6.88%, 4/15/15

 

USD

1,350

 

 

1,150,875

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,682,533

 









Wireless Telecommunication Services — 5.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cricket Communications, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.38%, 11/01/14

 

 

995

 

 

990,025

 

10.00%, 7/15/15

 

 

1,890

 

 

1,913,625

 

7.75%, 5/15/16

 

 

220

 

 

223,575

 

Digicel Group Ltd. (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.88%, 1/15/15

 

 

1,370

 

 

1,308,350

 

9.13%, 1/15/15 (g)

 

 

1,983

 

 

1,933,425

 

FiberTower Corp., 9.00%, 1/01/16

 

 

284

 

 

230,144

 

iPCS, Inc., 2.37%, 5/01/13 (d)

 

 

815

 

 

749,800

 

MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., 9.25%, 11/01/14

 

 

2,285

 

 

2,279,287

 

NII Holdings, Inc., 2.75%, 8/15/25 (e)

 

 

770

 

 

777,700

 

Nextel Communications, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series D, 7.38%, 8/01/15

 

 

60

 

 

55,350

 

Series E, 6.88%, 10/31/13

 

 

1,840

 

 

1,766,400

 

Series F, 5.95%, 3/15/14

 

 

110

 

 

99,825

 

Orascom Telecom Finance SCA, 7.88%, 2/08/14 (b)

 

 

275

 

 

242,000

 

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

 

 

1,270

 

 

962,025

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

13,531,531

 









Total Corporate Bonds — 101.4%

 

 

 

 

 

253,274,708

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (d)

 

Par 
(000)

 

Value

 







Aerospace & Defense — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hawker Beechcraft Acquisition Co. LLC,
Incremental Term Loan, 10.50%, 3/26/14

 

USD

274

 

$

250,482

 









Auto Components — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allison Transmission, Inc., Term Loan,
2.98% – 3.00%, 8/07/14

 

 

2,266

 

 

2,075,223

 

Dana Holding Corp., Term Advance,
4.48% – 6.50%, 1/30/15

 

 

401

 

 

390,756

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,465,979

 









Automobiles — 2.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ford Motor Co., Tranche B-1 Term Loan,
3.24% – 3.26%, 12/15/13

 

 

7,191

 

 

6,717,246

 









Building Products — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPG International I, Inc., Term Loan,
5.23%, 2/28/11

 

 

3,250

 

 

3,250,251

 









Capital Markets — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marsico Parent Co., LLC, Term Loan,
5.25% – 5.31%, 12/15/14

 

 

381

 

 

241,724

 









Chemicals — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PQ Corp., Term Loan (First Lien),
3.48% – 3.50%, 7/30/14

 

 

739

 

 

675,956

 

Solutia Inc., Loan, 7.25%, 2/28/14

 

 

359

 

 

364,156

 

Tronox Worldwide LLC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 9.00%, 6/24/10

 

 

1,261

 

 

1,294,219

 

Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 9.00%, 6/24/10

 

 

339

 

 

347,701

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,682,032

 









Construction & Engineering — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Safway Services LLC — Second Out Term Loan,
9.00%, 12/14/17

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,000,000

 









Consumer Finance — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chrysler Financial Services Americas LLC
Term Loan (First Lien), 4.24%, 8/03/12

 

 

1,760

 

 

1,737,762

 









Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wind Finance SL SA, Facility (Second Lien),
7.67%, 12/17/14

 

EUR

3,460

 

 

4,692,418

 









Food & Staples Retailing — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rite Aid Corp., Tranche 4 Term Loan,
9.50%, 6/10/15

 

USD

1,250

 

 

1,295,000

 









Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Travelport LLC (fka Travelport, Inc.), Loan,
8.25%, 3/27/12

 

 

3,198

 

 

2,926,337

 









IT Services — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Data Corp., Initial Tranche B-1 Term Loan,
2.98%, 9/24/14

 

 

347

 

 

303,387

 









Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co., LLC (TXU):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initial Tranche B-1 Term Loan,
3.73% – 3.75%, 10/10/14

 

 

216

 

 

173,742

 

Initial Tranche B-2 Term Loan,
3.73% – 3.75%, 10/10/14

 

 

656

 

 

527,672

 

Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan,
3.73% – 3.75%, 10/10/14

 

 

2,821

 

 

2,257,000

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,958,414

 









Media — 2.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affinion Group Holdings, Inc., Loan, 8.39%, 3/01/12

 

 

436

 

 

412,302

 

Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc. (Thomson
Learning), Tranche 1 Incremental Term Loan,
7.50%, 7/03/14

 

 

1,724

 

 

1,706,513

 

HMH Publishing Co. Ltd.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mezzanine, 1.26%, 11/14/14

 

 

570

 

 

70,241

 

Tranche A Term Loan, 5.48%, 6/12/14

 

 

1,557

 

 

1,309,580

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


22

ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

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

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (d)

 

Par 
(000)

 

Value

 







Media (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NVT Networks, LLC — Exit Term Loan,
13.00%, 10/01/12

 

USD

61

 

 

$61,276

 

Newsday, LLC, Fixed Rate Term Loan,
10.50%, 8/01/13

 

 

1,200

 

 

1,282,500

 

Protostar Ltd., Debtor in Possession Term Loan, 18.00%, 3/15/10

 

 

170

 

 

169,940

 

Virgin Media Investment Holdings Ltd., C Facility,
3.57%, 3/03/13

 

GBP

255

 

 

363,229

 

Worldcolor Press Inc. and Worldcolor (USA) Corp.
(fka Quebecor World, Inc.), Advance,
9.00%, 7/23/12

 

USD

498

 

 

503,176

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

5,878,757

 









Multiline Retail — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc., Term Loan,
2.26%, 4/06/13

 

 

378

 

 

339,160

 









Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turbo Beta Ltd., Dollar Facility, 12.00%, 3/15/18

 

 

2,278

 

 

1,708,698

 









Paper & Forest Products — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Verso Paper Finance Holdings LLC, PIK Loan,
7.25%, 2/01/13 (g)

 

 

1,296

 

 

712,711

 









Real Estate Management & Development — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Realogy Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initial Term B Loan, 3.25%, 10/10/13

 

 

400

 

 

352,616

 

Synthetic Letter of Credit, 0.08%, 10/10/13

 

 

128

 

 

113,185

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

465,801

 









Specialty Retail — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Claire’s Stores, Inc., Term B Loan, 3.00%, 5/29/14

 

 

279

 

 

230,219

 

Michaels Stores, Inc., B-1 Term Loan,
2.50% – 2.56%, 10/31/13

 

 

374

 

 

336,864

 

Pedalgreen Ltd., PIK Loan Facility, 0.00%,
11/30/15 (g)

 

GBP

233

 

 

326,444

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

893,527

 









Total Floating Rate Loan Interests — 16.6%

 

 

 

 

 

41,519,686

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









 

 

 

 

Other Interests (k)

 

 

Beneficial
Interest
(000)

 

 

 

 









Auto Components — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delphi Debtor in Possession Holding Co. LLP,
Class B Membership Interests (a)

 

USD

(l)

 

4,695,239

 

Lear Corp. Escrow (a)

 

 

460

 

 

6,900

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,702,139

 









Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buffets, Inc. (a)

 

 

575

 

 

58

 









Media — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adelphia Escrow (a)

 

 

750

 

 

75

 

Adelphia Recovery Trust (a)

 

 

941

 

 

3,762

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,837

 









Total Other Interests — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

4,706,034

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred Stocks

 

Shares

 

 

 

 








Diversified Financial Services — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Citigroup, Inc. (e)

 

 

16,700

 

 

1,791,242

 

GMAC, Inc. (b)

 

 

590

 

 

417,591

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,208,833

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Household Durables — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (e)

 

 

10,132

 

$

238,735

 









Media — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CMP Susquemanna Radio Holdings Corp. (a)(b)(d)

 

 

37,314

 

 

1

 









Total Preferred Stocks — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

2,447,569

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 










Warrants (m)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Construction & Engineering — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Safway US LLC (Expires 12/14/17)

 

 

367

 

 

 









Containers & Packaging — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MDP Acquisitions Plc (Expires 10/01/13)

 

 

700

 

 

29,996

 









Health Care Providers & Services — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HealthSouth Corp. (Expires 1/16/14)

 

 

32,042

 

 

 









Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buffets Restaurants Holdings, Inc. (Expires 4/29/14)

 

 

485

 

 

5

 









Media — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CMP Susquehanna Radio Holdings Corp.
(Expires 3/26/19) (b)

 

 

42,640

 

 

1

 

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

 

 

22,447

 

 

224

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

225

 









Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turbo Cayman Ltd. (No Expiration)

 

 

1

 

 

 









Total Warrants — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

30,226

 









Total Long-Term Investments
(Cost — $320,023,321) — 125.5%

 

 

 

 

 

313,338,639

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 










Short-Term Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional
Class, 0.09% (n)(o)

 

 

3,276,755

 

 

3,276,755

 









Total Short-Term Securities
(Cost — $3,276,755) — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

3,276,755

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 










Options Purchased

 

Contracts

 

 

 

 








Over-the-Counter Call Options — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marsico Parent Superholdco LLC,
Strike Price USD 942.86, Expires 12/01/19,
Broker Goldman Sachs Bank USA

 

 

19

 

 

3,610

 









Total Options Purchased
(Cost — $18,578) — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

3,610

 









Total Investments (Cost — $323,318,654*) — 126.8%

 

 

 

 

 

316,619,004

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (26.8)%

 

 

 

 

 

(66,898,435

)

 

 

 

 

 




Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

 

 

$

249,720,569

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 




ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

23




 

 



 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

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


 

 

*

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of February 28, 2010, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate cost

 

$

324,491,999

 

 

 



 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

14,881,448

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

 

(22,754,443

)

 

 



 

Net unrealized depreciation

 

$

(7,872,995

)

 

 



 


 

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

 

 

(b)

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.

 

 

(c)

All or a portion of security has been pledged as collateral in connection with swaps.

 

 

(d)

Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.

 

 

(e)

Convertible security.

 

 

(f)

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

 

 

(g)

Represents a payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in additional face/shares.

 

 

(h)

Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default of interest payments.

 

 

(i)

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


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







Counterparty

 

Value

 

Unrealized
Appreciation

 







Citigroup Global

 

$

620,000

 

 

 

JPMorgan Securities

 

$

440,000

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

 

$

2,030,000

 

 

 

Wells Fargo Bank

 

$

164,200

 

$

4,200

 










 

 

(j)

Represents a step-down bond that pays an initial coupon rate for the first period and then a lower coupon rate for the following periods. Rate shown is as of report date.

 

 

(k)

Other interests represent beneficial interest in liquidation trusts and other reorganization entities and are non-income producing.

 

 

(l)

Amount is less than $1,000.

 

 

(m)

Warrants entitle the Fund to purchase a predetermined number of shares of common stock and are non-income producing. The purchase price and number of shares are subject to adjustment under certain conditions until the expiration date.

 

 

(n)

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


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







Affiliate

 

Net
Activity

 

Income

 







BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class

 

$

3,276,755

 

$

6,161

 

BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Cash Sweep Series

 

$

(8,370,522

)

$

2,506

 










 

 

(o)

Represents the current yield as of report date.

 

 

   •

Foreign currency exchange contracts as of February 28, 2010 were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 












Currency
Purchased

 

Currency
Sold

 

Counterparty

 

Settlement
Date

 

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 












EUR

341,000

 

USD

465,087

 

Citibank NA

 

3/03/10

 

$

(767

)

EUR

1,097,900

 

USD

1,513,552

 

Citibank NA

 

3/24/10

 

 

(18,661

)

USD

22,814,703

 

EUR

15,795,000

 

Citibank NA

 

3/24/10

 

 

1,308,369

 

USD

549,200

 

CAD

574,500

 

Goldman Sachs
International

 

4/21/10

 

 

3,252

 

USD

94,238

 

GBP

60,000

 

Citibank NA

 

4/21/10

 

 

2,786

 

USD

667,914

 

GBP

414,000

 

Deutsche Bank AG

 

4/21/10

 

 

36,897

 

USD

1,790,620

 

GBP

1,106,000

 

Morgan
Stanley Capital
Services, Inc.

 

4/21/10

 

 

104,860

 














Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,436,736

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 


 

 

Credit default swaps on single-name issues — buy protection outstanding as of February 28, 2010 were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















Issuer

 

Pay
Fixed
Rate

Counterparty

 

Expiration

 

Notional
Amount
(000)

 

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 















Beazer Homes
USA, Inc.

 

5.00

%

Credit Suisse
International

 

December
2011

 

USD

 

500

 

$

(8,468

)

 

K. Hovnanian
Enterprises, Inc.

 

5.00

%

Goldman Sachs
Bank USA

 

December
2011

 

USD

 

510

 

 

(3,283

)

 

K. Hovnanian
Enterprises, Inc.

 

5.00

%

Goldman Sachs
Bank USA

 

December
2013

 

USD

 

1,000

 

 

(34,988

)

 

Louisiana-Pacific
Corp.

 

5.00

%

JPMorgan
Chase Bank NA

 

March
2014

 

USD

 

500

 

 

(131,515

)

 

Brunswick Corp.

 

5.00

%

Goldman Sachs
Bank USA

 

September
2014

 

USD

 

200

 

 

(5,653

)

 

Centex Corp.

 

1.00

%

Deutsche
Bank AG

 

September
2014

 

USD

 

188

 

 

1,043

 

 

Limited
Brands, Inc.

 

1.00

%

Goldman Sachs
Bank USA

 

September
2014

 

USD

 

850

 

 

(29,796

)

 

Limited
Brands, Inc.

 

1.00

%

JPMorgan
Chase Bank NA

 

September
2014

 

USD

 

100

 

 

(3,435

)

 

American
Axle and
Manufacturing Inc.

 

5.00

%

Deutsche
Bank AG

 

December
2014

 

USD

 

375

 

 

(2,807

)

 

Boston
Scientific Corp.

 

1.00

%

Goldman Sachs
Bank USA

 

December
2014

 

USD

 

525

 

 

965

 
















Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(217,937

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

Credit default swaps on single-name issues — sold protection outstanding as of February 28, 2010 were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















Issuer

 

Receive
Fixed
Rate

Counterparty

 

Expiration

 

Credit
Rating1

 

Notional
Amount
(000)2

 

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 















Advanced
Micro Devices,
Inc.

 

5.00

%

JPMorgan
Chase
Bank NA

 

March
2015

 

B–

 

USD 600

 

$

2,241

 

 

Realogy Corp.

 

5.00

%

Credit Suisse
International

 

March
2015

 

C

 

USD 100

 

 

1,285

 

 

Realogy Corp.

 

5.00

%

JPMorgan
Chase
Bank NA

 

March
2015

 

C

 

USD 475

 

 

(15,335

)

 

Standard
Pacific Corp.

 

5.00

%

Goldman
Sachs
International

 

March
2015

 

CCC

 

USD 275

 

 

(246

)
















Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(12,055

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

1

Using S&P’s rating of the issuer.

 

 

2

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


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


24

ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010




 

 



 

Schedule of Investments (concluded)

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


 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments, which are 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)

 

 

 

 

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 other significant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following tables summarize the inputs used as of February 28, 2010 in determining the fair valuation of the Fund’s investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 











 

 

Investments in Securities

 

 

 









Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 











Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

$

10,749,192

 

$

531,478

 

$

79,746

 

$

11,360,416

 

Corporate Bonds

 

 

 

 

249,028,689

 

 

4,246,019

 

 

253,274,708

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests

 

 

 

 

20,383,700

 

 

21,135,986

 

 

41,519,686

 

Other Interests

 

 

 

 

6,901

 

 

4,699,133

 

 

4,706,034

 

Preferred Stocks

 

 

1,791,242

 

 

656,326

 

 

1

 

 

2,447,569

 

Warrants

 

 

 

 

29,996

 

 

230

 

 

30,226

 

Short-Term Securities

 

 

3,276,755

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,276,755

 

 

 













Total

 

$

15,817,189

 

$

270,637,090

 

$

30,161,115

 

$

316,615,394

 

 

 














 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 











 

 

Other Financial Instruments1

 

 









Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 











Assets

 

 

 

$

1,465,308

 

$

95

 

$

1,465,403

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

(254,954

)

 

(115,674

)

 

(370,628

)

 

 













Total

 

 

 

$

1,210,354

 

$

(115,579

)

$

1,094,775

 

 

 














 

 

 

 

1

Other financial instruments are swaps, foreign currency exchange contracts, options and unfunded loan commitments. Swaps, foreign currency exchange contracts and unfunded loan commitments are shown at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument and options are shown at market value.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

















 

 

Investments in Securities

 

 

 



 

 

Common
Stocks

 

Corporate
Bonds

 

Floating Rate
Loan Interests

 

Other
Interests

 

Preferred
Stocks

 

Warrants

 

Total

 

















Balance, as of February 28, 2009

 

$

381

 

$

1,607,922

 

$

16,334,395

 

$

3,837

 

 

 

 

 

$

17,946,535

 

Accrued discounts/premiums

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Realized gain (loss)

 

 

 

 

(9,744

)

 

(5,723,498

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5,733,242

)

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation2

 

 

 

 

327,640

 

 

18,944,871

 

 

 

$

1

 

 

 

 

19,272,512

 

Net purchases (sales)

 

 

 

 

6,293

 

 

(8,381,378

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(8,375,085

)

Net transfers in (out) of Level 3

 

 

79,365

 

 

2,313,908

 

 

(38,404

)

 

4,695,296

 

 

 

$

230

 

 

7,050,395

 

 

 






















Balance, as of February 28, 2010

 

$

79,746

 

$

4,246,019

 

$

21,135,986

 

$

4,699,133

 

$

1

 

$

230

 

$

30,161,115

 

 

 























 

 

2

Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the Statements of Operations. The change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on securities still held at February 28, 2010 was $9,380,836.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

Other Financial Instruments3

 





 

 

Assets

 

Liabilities

 

Total

 

 

 



Balance, as of February 28, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued discounts/premiums

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Realized gain (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation4

 

$

95

 

$

(115,674

)

$

(115,579

)

Net purchases (sales)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net transfers in (out) of Level 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Balance, as of February 28, 2010

 

$

95

 

$

(115,674

)

$

(115,579

)

 

 




 

 

3

Other financial instruments are unfunded loan commitments.

 

 

4

Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the Statements of Operations. The change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the securities still held at February 28, 2010 was $(115,579).


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 




ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

25




 

 


 

Schedule of Investments February 28, 2010

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Auto Components — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lear Corp. (a)

 

 

6,842

 

$

473,946

 









Building Products — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Masonite Worldwide Holdings (a)

 

 

71,958

 

 

3,022,236

 

Neenah Enterprises Inc. (a)

 

 

144,858

 

 

2,897

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,025,133

 









Chemicals — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc. (a)

 

 

339,340

 

 

130,273

 

Wellman Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,373

 

 

1,343

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

131,616

 









Communications Equipment — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loral Space & Communications Ltd. (a)

 

 

116,985

 

 

3,805,522

 









Construction Materials — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nortek, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,970

 

 

109,890

 









Containers & Packaging — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Smurfit Kappa Plc (a)

 

 

36,342

 

 

299,552

 

Viskase Cos., Inc. (a)

 

 

1,428,423

 

 

4,999,480

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

5,299,032

 









Electrical Equipment — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Medis Technologies Ltd. (a)

 

 

286,757

 

 

20,360

 

SunPower Corp., Class B (a)

 

 

4,892

 

 

79,886

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

100,246

 









Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buffets Restaurants Holdings,Inc. (a)

 

 

2,753

 

 

15,554

 

HRP Corp., Class B (a)(b)(c)

 

 

5,000

 

 

50

 

Lodgian, Inc. (a)

 

 

27,787

 

 

68,912

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

84,516

 









Paper & Forest Products — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. (a)

 

 

1,190,019

 

 

2,499,470

 

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

 

 

1,335,501

 

 

2,805,034

 

Western Forest Products, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

211,149

 

 

44,148

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

5,348,652

 









Software — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Euramax International (a)

 

 

2,337

 

 

70,119

 









Specialty Retail — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Movie Gallery, Inc. (a)

 

 

503,737

 

 

35,262

 









Total Common Stocks — 4.4%

 

 

 

 

 

18,483,934

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Corporate Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

 

 







Aerospace & Defense — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TransDigm, Inc., 7.75%, 7/15/14 (b)

 

USD

2,000

 

 

2,000,000

 









Airlines — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delta Air Lines, Inc., Series B, 9.75%, 12/17/16

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,030,000

 

United Air Lines, Inc., 12.75%, 7/15/12

 

 

800

 

 

848,000

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,878,000

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 









Auto Components — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 8.63%, 12/01/11

 

USD

900

 

$

933,750

 

Venture Holdings Co. LLC (a)(d):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.00%, 6/01/09

 

 

4,450

 

 

 

Series B, 9.50%, 7/01/05 (e)

 

 

1,800

 

 

180

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

933,930

 









Biotechnology — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

QHP Pharma, 10.25%, 3/15/15 (b)

 

 

590

 

 

602,319

 









Building Products — 2.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building Materials Corp. of America, 7.00%,
2/15/20 (b)

 

 

1,300

 

 

1,300,000

 

CPG International I, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.18%, 7/01/12 (f)

 

 

7,500

 

 

7,125,000

 

10.50%, 7/01/13

 

 

1,300

 

 

1,274,000

 

Ply Gem Industries, Inc., 11.75%, 6/15/13

 

 

1,050

 

 

1,065,750

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

10,764,750

 









Capital Markets — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E*Trade Financial Corp., 4.00%, 8/31/19 (b)(g)

 

 

593

 

 

901,360

 

MU Finance Plc, 8.75%, 2/01/17 (b)

 

GBP

698

 

 

984,493

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,885,853

 









Chemicals — 2.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Pacific Corp., 9.00%, 2/01/15 (b)

 

USD

1,490

 

 

1,471,375

 

GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc. (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.50%, 3/31/15 (c)(h)

 

 

4,171

 

 

2,711,012

 

10.00%, 3/31/15 (f)

 

 

4,106

 

 

2,668,640

 

Hexion Finance Escrow LLC, 8.88%, 2/01/18 (b)

 

 

975

 

 

911,625

 

Huntsman International LLC, 5.50%, 6/30/16 (b)

 

 

900

 

 

792,000

 

Wellman Holdings, Inc. (h):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second Lien Subordinate Note, 10.00%,
1/29/19 (b)

 

 

2,978

 

 

2,978,000

 

Third Lien Subordinate Note, 5.00%,
1/29/19 (c)

 

 

953

 

 

476,964

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

12,009,616

 









Commercial Banks — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glitnir Banki HF (a)(d):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.15%, 4/20/10 (b)

 

 

184

 

 

47,840

 

6.38%, 9/25/12 (b)

 

 

1,115

 

 

289,900

 

Series EMTN, 5.07%, 1/27/10

 

EUR

50

 

 

17,701

 

Series EMTN, 3.00%, 6/30/10

 

 

75

 

 

26,042

 

Series GMTN, 4.38%, 2/05/10

 

 

85

 

 

30,093

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

411,576

 









Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACCO Brands Corp., 10.63%, 3/15/15 (b)

 

USD

660

 

 

717,420

 

Clean Harbors, Inc., 7.63%, 8/15/16

 

 

1,200

 

 

1,212,000

 

RSC Equipment Rental, Inc., 10.00%, 7/15/17 (b)

 

 

970

 

 

1,037,900

 

The Geo Group, Inc., 7.75%, 10/15/17 (b)

 

 

850

 

 

860,625

 

West Corp., 9.50%, 10/15/14

 

 

340

 

 

337,450

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,165,395

 









Communications Equipment — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.,
6.88%, 1/15/20 (b)

 

 

165

 

 

168,300

 









Construction Materials — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nortek, Inc., 11.00%, 12/01/13

 

 

2,983

 

 

3,132,359

 









Consumer Finance — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit Acceptance Corp., 9.13%, 2/01/17 (b)

 

 

570

 

 

567,150

 

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC,
3.24% – 3.26%, 1/13/12 (f)

 

 

2,680

 

 

2,512,500

 

Inmarsat Finance Plc, 7.38%, 12/01/17 (b)

 

 

725

 

 

743,125

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,822,775

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 




26

ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010




 

 


 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 









Containers & Packaging — 2.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Berry Plastics Escrow LLC, 8.25%, 11/15/15 (b)

 

USD

2,100

 

$

2,094,750

 

Berry Plastics Holding Corp., 8.88%, 9/15/14

 

 

215

 

 

206,937

 

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

 

EUR

500

 

 

650,191

 

Crown Americas LLC, 7.63%, 5/15/17 (b)

 

USD

710

 

 

738,400

 

Graphic Packaging International, Inc.,
9.50%, 6/15/17

 

 

975

 

 

1,023,750

 

Packaging Dynamics Finance Corp., 10.00%,
5/01/16 (b)

 

 

1,920

 

 

1,528,800

 

Smurfit Kappa Acquisitions (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.25%, 11/15/17

 

EUR

830

 

 

1,107,571

 

7.75%, 11/15/19

 

 

785

 

 

1,063,555

 

Smurfit Kappa Funding Plc, 7.75%, 4/01/15

 

USD

3,325

 

 

3,225,250

 

Solo Cup Co., 10.50%, 11/01/13

 

 

440

 

 

460,900

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

12,100,104

 









Diversified Financial Services — 4.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Archimedes Funding III Ltd., 5.50%, 11/29/11 (b)

 

 

5,744

 

 

2,584,661

 

CIT Group, Inc., 7.00%, 5/01/17

 

 

4,750

 

 

4,197,812

 

FCE Bank Plc, 7.13%, 1/16/12

 

EUR

3,250

 

 

4,386,438

 

GMAC Inc., 5.38%, 6/06/11

 

 

436

 

 

578,840

 

GMAC LLC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.25%, 3/02/11

 

USD

148

 

 

149,295

 

6.88%, 9/15/11

 

 

900

 

 

900,000

 

6.88%, 8/28/12

 

 

750

 

 

742,500

 

6.75%, 12/01/14

 

 

2,480

 

 

2,368,400

 

8.30%, 2/12/15 (b)

 

 

700

 

 

706,125

 

8.00%, 11/01/31

 

 

1,530

 

 

1,411,425

 

Preferred Term Securities VI, Ltd., 2.05%,
7/01/32 (a)(b)

 

 

35,000

 

 

1,750

 

Reynolds Group DL Escrow, Inc., 7.75%,
10/15/16 (b)

 

 

1,400

 

 

1,417,500

 

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc., 7.75%, 10/15/16 (b)

 

EUR

650

 

 

882,872

 

Saturns Investments Europe Plc, 6.19%, 6/09/14

 

USD

480

 

 

336,000

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

20,663,618

 









Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cincinnati Bell, Inc., 8.25%, 10/15/17

 

 

1,600

 

 

1,600,000

 

Nordic Telephone Co. Holdings ApS, 8.88%,
5/01/16 (b)

 

 

390

 

 

417,300

 

PAETEC Holding Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.88%, 6/30/17

 

 

349

 

 

351,618

 

8.88%, 6/30/17 (b)

 

 

2

 

 

1,889

 

Qwest Corp., 8.38%, 5/01/16

 

 

4,000

 

 

4,380,000

 

Windstream Corp., 7.88%, 11/01/17

 

 

3,100

 

 

3,030,250

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

9,781,057

 









Electric Utilities — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NSG Holdings LLC, 7.75%, 12/15/25 (b)

 

 

1,505

 

 

1,301,825

 









Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Muzak Holdings, LLC, 13.00%, 3/15/10 (a)(d)

 

 

2,675

 

 

268

 









Energy Equipment & Services — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expro Finance Luxembourg SCA, 8.50%,
12/15/16 (b)

 

 

2,000

 

 

1,990,000

 









Food & Staples Retailing — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Duane Reade, Inc., 11.75%, 8/01/15

 

 

280

 

 

352,800

 









Food Products — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B&G Foods, Inc., 7.63%, 1/15/18

 

 

900

 

 

909,000

 

Bumble Bee Foods LLC, 7.75%, 12/15/15 (b)

 

 

730

 

 

731,825

 

Smithfield Foods, Inc., 10.00%, 7/15/14 (b)

 

 

1,850

 

 

2,002,625

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,643,450

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 









Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DJO Finance LLC, 10.88%, 11/15/14

 

USD

1,345

 

$

1,439,150

 









Health Care Providers & Services — 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Community Health Systems, Inc., Series WI,
8.88%, 7/15/15

 

 

3,010

 

 

3,115,350

 

DaVita, Inc., 7.25%, 3/15/15

 

 

980

 

 

983,675

 

Tenet Healthcare Corp. (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.00%, 5/01/15

 

 

680

 

 

712,300

 

8.88%, 7/01/19

 

 

2,290

 

 

2,415,950

 

Vanguard Health Holding Co.II LLC, 8.00%,
2/01/18 (b)

 

 

1,470

 

 

1,444,275

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

8,671,550

 









Health Care Technology — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMS Health, Inc., 12.50%, 3/01/18 (b)

 

 

2,980

 

 

3,427,000

 









Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HRP Myrtle Beach Holdings LLC, 14.50%,
4/01/14 (a)(b)(d)

 

 

6,892

 

 

689

 

HRP Myrtle Beach Operations LLC (a)(b)(d):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.38%, 4/01/12

 

 

5,000

 

 

500

 

12.50%, 4/01/13

 

 

5,000

 

 

500

 

Icahn Enterprises LP (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.75%, 1/15/16

 

 

1,500

 

 

1,410,000

 

8.00%, 1/15/18

 

 

3,000

 

 

2,820,000

 

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
10.25%, 2/15/14 (a)(b)(d)

 

 

2,560

 

 

646,400

 

MGM Mirage:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13.00%, 11/15/13

 

 

430

 

 

490,200

 

11.13%, 11/15/17 (b)

 

 

1,340

 

 

1,447,200

 

Shingle Springs Tribal Gaming Authority, 9.38%,
6/15/15 (b)

 

 

380

 

 

302,100

 

Snoqualmie Entertainment Authority, 4.14%,
2/01/14 (b)(f)

 

 

1,015

 

 

690,200

 

Travelport LLC, 4.88%, 9/01/14 (f)

 

 

2,160

 

 

2,008,800

 

Tropicana Entertainment LLC, Series WI, 9.63%,
12/15/14 (a)(d)

 

 

530

 

 

331

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

9,816,920

 









Household Durables — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beazer Homes USA, Inc., 12.00%, 10/15/17 (b)

 

 

1,700

 

 

1,895,500

 

K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., 10.63%, 10/15/16

 

 

2,245

 

 

2,346,025

 

KB Home, 6.38%, 8/15/11

 

 

180

 

 

183,150

 

Standard Pacific Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.25%, 4/01/14

 

 

315

 

 

283,500

 

7.00%, 8/15/15

 

 

600

 

 

540,000

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

5,248,175

 









Household Products — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Libbey Glass, Inc., 10.00%, 2/15/15 (b)

 

 

220

 

 

227,700

 









IT Services — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Data Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.88%, 9/24/15

 

 

145

 

 

125,425

 

11.25%, 3/31/16

 

 

605

 

 

496,100

 

SunGard Data Systems, Inc., 4.88%, 1/15/14

 

 

1,265

 

 

1,181,194

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,802,719

 









Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 2.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The AES Corp., 8.75%, 5/15/13 (b)

 

 

625

 

 

635,938

 

AES Eastern Energy LP, Series 99-B,
9.67%, 1/02/29

 

 

1,010

 

 

1,094,587

 

Calpine Construction Finance Co. LP, 8.00%,
6/01/16 (b)

 

 

1,750

 

 

1,771,875

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

27




 

 


 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 









Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy Future Holdings Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.25%, 11/01/17 (c)

 

USD

1,835

 

$

1,284,864

 

10.00%, 1/15/20 (b)

 

 

1,200

 

 

1,224,000

 

NRG Energy, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.25%, 2/01/14

 

 

5,500

 

 

5,541,250

 

8.50%, 6/15/19

 

 

800

 

 

799,000

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

12,351,514

 









Industrial Conglomerates — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sequa Corp. (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.75%, 12/01/15

 

 

2,850

 

 

2,793,000

 

13.50%, 12/01/15 (c)

 

 

4,023

 

 

4,032,902

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

6,825,902

 









Insurance — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alliant Holdings I, Inc., 11.00%, 5/01/15 (b)

 

 

2,500

 

 

2,543,750

 

USI Holdings Corp., 4.13%, 11/15/14 (b)(f)

 

 

1,630

 

 

1,348,825

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,892,575

 









Leisure Equipment & Products — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brunswick Corp., 11.25%, 11/01/16 (b)

 

 

1,225

 

 

1,362,813

 









Machinery — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESCO Corp., 4.13%, 12/15/13 (b)(f)

 

 

3,070

 

 

2,716,950

 

Navistar International Corp.,
5.21% – 8.47%, 11/01/21

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,030,000

 

RBS Global, Inc., 8.88%, 9/01/16

 

 

1,685

 

 

1,524,925

 

Titan International, Inc., 8.00%, 1/15/12

 

 

1,530

 

 

1,522,350

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

7,794,225

 









Marine — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Navios Maritime Holdings, Inc., 8.88%,
11/01/17 (b)

 

 

840

 

 

854,700

 









Media — 6.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affinion Group, Inc., 10.13%, 10/15/13

 

 

2,010

 

 

2,030,100

 

CSC Holdings, Inc., 8.50%, 4/15/14 (b)

 

 

680

 

 

714,850

 

Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc.,
12.75%, 2/15/14

 

 

5,000

 

 

3,000,000

 

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., 9.25%,
12/15/17 (b)

 

 

4,021

 

 

4,126,785

 

DISH DBS Corp., 7.00%, 10/01/13

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,045,000

 

Intelsat Corp., 9.25%, 8/15/14

 

 

4,500

 

 

4,635,000

 

Network Communications, Inc.,
10.75%, 12/01/13

 

 

20

 

 

9,200

 

Nielsen Finance LLC, 11.63%, 2/01/14

 

 

3,700

 

 

4,120,875

 

Seat Pagine Gialle SpA, 10.50%, 1/31/17 (b)

 

EUR

1,435

 

 

1,808,796

 

TL Acquisitions, Inc., 10.50%, 1/15/15 (b)

 

USD

3,680

 

 

3,353,400

 

UPC Germany GmbH, 8.13%, 12/01/17 (b)

 

 

3,000

 

 

3,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

28,844,006

 









Metals & Mining — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aleris International, Inc. (a)(d):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.00%, 12/15/14

 

 

1,100

 

 

2,750

 

10.00%, 12/15/16

 

 

1,500

 

 

31,875

 

Murray Energy Corp., 10.25%, 10/15/15 (b)

 

 

790

 

 

790,988

 

RathGibson, Inc., 11.25%, 2/15/14 (a)(d)

 

 

4,440

 

 

1,426,350

 

Ryerson, Inc., 7.62%, 11/01/14 (f)(i)

 

 

3,595

 

 

3,208,537

 

Teck Resources Ltd., 10.75%, 5/15/19

 

 

1,875

 

 

2,306,250

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

7,766,750

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 









Multiline Retail — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dollar General Corp., 11.88%, 7/15/17 (c)

 

USD

1,775

 

$

2,063,437

 

Saks, Inc., 9.88%, 10/01/11

 

 

235

 

 

243,813

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,307,250

 









Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arch Coal, Inc., 8.75%, 8/01/16 (b)

 

 

1,250

 

 

1,293,750

 

Atlas Energy Operating Co. LLC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.13%, 8/01/17

 

 

1,440

 

 

1,620,000

 

10.75%, 2/01/18

 

 

355

 

 

384,288

 

Crosstex Energy LP, 8.88%, 2/15/18 (b)

 

 

620

 

 

629,300

 

Denbury Resources, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.75%, 3/01/16

 

 

925

 

 

996,687

 

8.25%, 2/15/20

 

 

670

 

 

693,450

 

El Paso Corp., 7.00%, 6/15/17

 

 

1,500

 

 

1,504,603

 

Forest Oil Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.50%, 2/15/14 (b)

 

 

470

 

 

485,275

 

7.25%, 6/15/19

 

 

150

 

 

147,000

 

Massey Energy Co., 6.88%, 12/15/13

 

 

1,300

 

 

1,290,250

 

OPTI Canada, Inc., 9.00%, 12/15/12 (b)

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,017,500

 

Titan Petrochemicals Group Ltd., 8.50%,
3/18/12 (b)

 

 

1,760

 

 

440,000

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

10,502,103

 









Paper & Forest Products — 3.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd., 11.00%,
7/29/15 (b)(c)

 

 

4,206

 

 

3,133,876

 

Clearwater Paper Corp., 10.63%, 6/15/16 (b)

 

 

640

 

 

710,400

 

Georgia-Pacific LLC, 8.25%, 5/01/16 (b)

 

 

2,950

 

 

3,112,250

 

NewPage Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.00%, 5/01/12

 

 

820

 

 

471,500

 

11.38%, 12/31/14

 

 

6,745

 

 

6,441,475

 

Verso Paper Holdings LLC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.50%, 7/01/14 (b)

 

 

550

 

 

577,500

 

Series B, 4.00%, 8/01/14 (f)

 

 

1,365

 

 

1,102,238

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

15,549,239

 









Pharmaceuticals — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 4.00%,
12/01/13 (f)

 

 

1,770

 

 

1,433,700

 

Elan Corp. Plc, 8.75%, 10/15/16 (b)

 

 

965

 

 

936,050

 

Novasep Holding SAS, 9.63%, 12/15/16 (b)

 

EUR

862

 

 

1,085,716

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,455,466

 









Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc., 7.50%,
2/15/20 (b)

 

USD

1,010

 

 

1,020,100

 









Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 8.13%,
12/15/17 (b)

 

 

1,050

 

 

1,063,125

 

STATS ChipPAC Ltd.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.50%, 7/19/10

 

 

285

 

 

287,494

 

6.75%, 11/15/11

 

 

615

 

 

612,693

 

Spansion, Inc., 3.79%, 6/01/13 (a)(b)(d)

 

 

2,720

 

 

2,692,800

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,656,112

 









Software — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BMS Holdings, Inc., 7.89%, 2/15/12 (b)(c)

 

 

1,702

 

 

34,037

 

JDA Software Group, Inc., 8.00%, 12/15/14 (b)

 

 

282

 

 

290,460

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

324,497

 









Specialty Retail — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Nutrition Centers, Inc., 10.75%, 3/15/15

 

 

910

 

 

920,238

 

United Auto Group, Inc., 7.75%, 12/15/16

 

 

1,380

 

 

1,316,175

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,236,413

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 




28

ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010




 

 


 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 








Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Levi Strauss & Co., 8.63%, 4/01/13

 

EUR

1,550

 

$

2,121,119

 









Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cricket Communications, Inc., 7.75%, 5/15/16

 

USD

3,250

 

 

3,302,812

 

Digicel Group Ltd., 9.13%, 1/15/15 (b)(c)

 

 

4,248

 

 

4,141,800

 

MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., 9.25%, 11/01/14

 

 

2,860

 

 

2,852,850

 

Orascom Telecom Finance SCA, 7.88%,
2/08/14 (b)

 

 

755

 

 

664,400

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

10,961,862

 









Total Corporate Bonds — 58.5%

 

 

 

 

 

245,067,855

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (f)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Aerospace & Defense — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hawker Beechcraft Acquisition Co. LLC, Incremental
Term Loan, 10.50%, 3/26/14

 

 

474

 

 

432,650

 









Airlines — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delta Air Lines, Inc., Credit-Linked Deposit Loan,
0.08% – 2.25%, 4/30/12

 

 

1,960

 

 

1,830,967

 









Auto Components — 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allison Transmission, Inc., Term Loan,
2.98% – 3.00%, 8/07/14

 

 

7,442

 

 

6,814,808

 

Dana Holding Corp., Term Advance,
4.48% – 6.50%, 1/30/15

 

 

1,245

 

 

1,212,928

 

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Loan (Second
Lien), 2.34%, 4/30/14

 

 

750

 

 

695,938

 

Lear Corp. (Closing Date Loan & Delayed
Draw Loan), 7.50%, 11/09/14

 

 

225

 

 

225,467

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

8,949,141

 









Automobiles — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ford Motor Co.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 3.24% – 3.26%, 12/15/13

 

 

1,985

 

 

1,839,298

 

Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 3.26%, 12/15/13

 

 

2,244

 

 

2,080,031

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,919,329

 









Beverages — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Culligan International Co., Loan (Second Lien),
5.17%, 4/24/13

 

EUR

1,500

 

 

844,226

 









Building Products — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building Materials Corp. of America:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second Lien Term Loan, 6.00%, 9/15/14

 

 

2,425

 

 

2,386,200

 

Term Loan Advance, 3.00%, 2/22/14

 

USD

2,052

 

 

1,997,782

 

Goodman Global, Inc., Term Loan, 6.25%, 2/13/14

 

 

2,710

 

 

2,721,003

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

7,104,985

 









Chemicals — 3.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ashland Inc., Term B Borrowing, 7.65%, 5/13/14

 

 

548

 

 

554,127

 

Chemtura Corp., Term Facility, 6.00%, 1/26/11

 

 

1,600

 

 

1,607,000

 

Gentek Holding, LLC, Tranche B Term Loan,
7.00%, 10/29/14

 

 

800

 

 

804,000

 

Nalco Co., Term Loan, 6.50%, 5/13/16

 

 

1,716

 

 

1,728,390

 

PQ Corp., Term Loan (First Lien),
3.48% – 3.50%, 7/30/14

 

 

1,970

 

 

1,802,550

 

Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc., Term Loan H,
6.00%, 5/15/14

 

 

1,600

 

 

1,604,800

 

Solutia Inc., Loan, 7.25%, 2/28/14

 

 

2,384

 

 

2,415,505

 

Tronox Worldwide:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 9.00%, 6/24/10

 

 

2,049

 

 

2,103,106

 

Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 9.00%, 6/24/10

 

 

551

 

 

565,014

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

13,184,492

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (f)

 

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 









Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARAMARK Corp., Facility Letter of Credit,
0.09%, 1/26/14

 

USD

116

 

$

111,093

 

ARAMARK Corp., US Term Loan, 2.13%, 1/26/14

 

 

1,771

 

 

1,689,250

 

Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Term B Loan,
7.00%, 4/09/14

 

 

388

 

 

390,475

 

John Maneely Co., Term Loan, 3.50%, 12/09/13

 

 

1,060

 

 

993,291

 

Synagro Technologies, Inc., Term Loan (First Lien),
2.23%, 4/02/14

 

 

790

 

 

696,395

 

West Corp., Incremental Term B-3 Loan,
7.25%, 10/24/13

 

 

2,240

 

 

2,262,706

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

6,143,210

 









Construction & Engineering — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Safway Services, LLC, First Out Term Loan,
9.00%, 12/14/17

 

 

2,750

 

 

2,750,000

 









Consumer Finance — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chrysler Financial Services Americas LLC,
Term Loan (First Lien), 4.24% – 6.25%, 8/03/12

 

 

5,961

 

 

5,884,582

 









Containers & Packaging — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anchor Glass Term Loan B 6.00%, 2/18/16

 

 

1,300

 

 

1,295,938

 

Berry Plastics Holding Corp., Term C Loan,
2.25%, 4/03/15

 

 

898

 

 

803,185

 

Graham Packaging Co., LP, B Term Loan,
2.50%, 10/07/11

 

 

1,280

 

 

1,262,663

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,361,786

 









Diversified Consumer Services — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coinmach Service Corp., Term Loan,
3.26%, 11/14/14

 

 

5,158

 

 

4,461,579

 

Laureate Education, Series A New Term Loan,
7.00%, 8/15/14

 

 

3,491

 

 

3,459,567

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

7,921,146

 









Diversified Financial Services — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CIT Group, Inc., Tranche 2A Term Loan,
9.50%, 1/20/12

 

 

3,002

 

 

3,075,686

 

Reynolds Group Holdings Inc., US Term Loan,
6.25%, 11/05/15

 

 

1,200

 

 

1,207,500

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,283,186

 









Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cavtel Holdings, LLC, Term Loan,
8.50%, 12/31/12

 

 

871

 

 

745,227

 

Hawaiian Telcom Communications, Inc., Tranche C
Term Loan, 4.75%, 5/30/14

 

 

4,594

 

 

3,456,770

 

Integra Telecom Holdings, Inc., Term Loan (First Lien),
10.50%, 8/31/13

 

 

1,617

 

 

1,615,720

 

US Telepacific Corp., Second Lien Term Loan,
7.75%, 7/25/15

 

 

775

 

 

776,453

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

6,594,170

 









Electrical Equipment — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Generac Acquisition Corp., Term Loan (First Lien),
2.75%, 11/10/13

 

 

408

 

 

373,906

 









Energy Equipment & Services — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dresser, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term Loan B, 2.48% – 2.50%, 5/04/15

 

 

162

 

 

151,218

 

Term Loan (Second Lien), 6.00%, 5/04/15

 

 

1,463

 

 

1,368,157

 

MEG Energy Corp., Tranche D Term Loan,
6.00%, 4/03/16

 

 

1,921

 

 

1,886,510

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,405,885

 









Food & Staples Retailing — 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AB Acquisitions UK Topco 2 Ltd. (fka Alliance Boots),
Facility B1, 3.54%, 7/09/15

 

GBP

1,700

 

 

2,322,156

 

DSW Holdings, Inc. — Loan,
4.25%, 3/02/12

 

USD

800

 

 

704,000

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

29




 

 


 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (f)

 

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 









Food & Staples Retailing (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pilot Travel Centers, Term Loan B, 3.50%, 11/18/15

 

USD

2,500

 

$

2,511,590

 

Rite Aid Corp., Tranche 4 Term Loan, 9.50%, 6/10/15

 

 

2,250

 

 

2,331,000

 

SUPERVALU Inc., Term B Advance, 1.48%, 6/02/12

 

 

1,084

 

 

1,051,009

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

8,919,755

 









Food Products — 2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dole Food Co., Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit-Linked Deposit,
0.17%, 8/30/10

 

 

288

 

 

288,238

 

Term Loan B, 5.50%, 2/10/17

 

 

1,088

 

 

1,088,780

 

Term Loan C, 5.50%, 2/10/17

 

 

2,612

 

 

2,613,071

 

Tranche B Term Loan, 8.00%, 4/12/13

 

 

501

 

 

501,262

 

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., Term Loan A,
0.00%, 12/01/12

 

 

1,000

 

 

985,000

 

Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC, Tranche C Term Loan,
7.50%, 4/02/14

 

 

3,200

 

 

3,213,142

 

Solvest, Ltd. (Dole), Tranche C Term Loan,
8.00%, 4/12/13

 

 

1,626

 

 

1,626,359

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

10,315,852

 









Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biomet, Inc., Dollar Term Loan,
3.23% – 3.25%, 3/25/15

 

 

648

 

 

627,124

 

DJO Finance LLC (ReAble Therapeutics Finance LLC),
Term Loan, 3.23%, 5/20/14

 

 

3,096

 

 

2,991,927

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,619,051

 









Health Care Providers & Services — 2.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CCS Medical, Inc. (Chronic Care), Loan Debtor In
Possession, 15.00%, 3/31/10

 

 

31

 

 

31,247

 

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delayed Draw Term Loan, 2.50%, 7/25/14

 

 

181

 

 

168,725

 

Term Loan, 2.50%, 7/25/14

 

 

3,563

 

 

3,328,890

 

DaVita Inc., Tranche B-1 Term Loan,
1.73% – 1.76%, 10/05/12

 

 

600

 

 

585,975

 

Fresenius SE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tranche B1 Term Loan, 6.75%, 9/10/14

 

 

334

 

 

336,020

 

Tranche B2 Term Loan, 6.75%, 9/10/14

 

 

233

 

 

234,460

 

HCA Inc., Tranche A-1 Term Loan,
1.75%, 11/16/12

 

 

5,618

 

 

5,305,314

 

Vanguard Health Holding Company II, LLC
(Vanguard Health Systems, Inc.), Initial Term Loan,
5.00%, 1/29/16

 

 

2,100

 

 

2,102,625

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

12,093,256

 









Health Care Technology — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMS Healthcare, Term Loan B, 5.25%, 2/16/16

 

 

3,000

 

 

3,012,000

 









Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 4.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blackstone UTP Capital LLC, Loan,
7.75%, 11/06/14

 

 

2,500

 

 

2,514,062

 

Cedar Fair LP, Term Loan B, 4.00%, 2/04/16

 

 

1,500

 

 

1,497,657

 

Green Valley Ranch Gaming, LLC, Loan
(Second Lien), 3.50%, 8/16/14

 

 

750

 

 

75,000

 

Harrah’s Operating Co., Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term B-1 Loan, 3.25%, 1/28/15

 

 

449

 

 

361,615

 

Term B-2 Loan, 3.25%, 1/28/15

 

 

565

 

 

455,917

 

Term B-4 Loan, 9.50%, 10/31/16

 

 

2,250

 

 

2,243,749

 

QCE, LLC (Quiznos), Term Loan (First Lien),
2.56%, 5/05/13

 

 

777

 

 

662,502

 

SW Acquisitions Co., Inc., Term Loan,
5.75%, 6/01/16

 

 

2,250

 

 

2,259,844

 

Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc., Term Loan,
4.50%, 6/13/15

 

 

5,500

 

 

5,449,125

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (f)

 

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 









Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VML US Finance LLC (aka Venetian Macau):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Project Term Loan, 4.76%, 5/27/13

 

USD

834

 

$

792,351

 

Term B Delayed Draw Project Loan,
4.76%, 5/25/12

 

 

1,067

 

 

1,013,111

 

Term B Funded Project Loan, 4.76%, 5/27/13

 

 

185

 

 

175,777

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

17,500,710

 









Household Durables — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Residential Services LLC, Term Loan
(Second Lien), 10.00%, 4/17/15

 

 

3,091

 

 

2,974,962

 









IT Services — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Audio Visual Services Group, Inc., Loan
(Second Lien), 5.76%, 02/28/14

 

 

1,077

 

 

107,704

 

Ceridian Corp., US Term Loan,
3.23% – 3.25%, 11/09/14

 

 

2,935

 

 

2,566,444

 

First Data Corp., Initial Tranche B-2 Term Loan,
3.00%, 9/24/14

 

 

3,739

 

 

3,260,896

 

RedPrairie Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tack-On Loan, 3.31%, 7/20/12

 

 

242

 

 

234,574

 

Term Loan B, 3.31%, 7/20/12

 

 

724

 

 

702,651

 

SunGard Data Systems Inc. (Solar Capital
Corp.), Tranche B US Term Loan,
3.86% – 3.87%, 2/28/16

 

 

715

 

 

696,902

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

7,569,171

 









Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dynegy Holdings Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term Letter of Credit Facility, 3.98%, 4/02/13

 

 

925

 

 

903,014

 

Tranche B Term Loan, 3.98%, 4/02/13

 

 

75

 

 

72,692

 

Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co., LLC (TXU):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initial Tranche B-2 Term Loan,
3.73% – 3.75%, 10/10/14

 

 

2,932

 

 

2,358,057

 

Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan,
3.73% – 3.75%, 10/10/14

 

 

197

 

 

157,980

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,491,743

 









Industrial Conglomerates — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sequa Corp., Term Loan,
3.51% – 3.94%, 12/03/14

 

 

1,394

 

 

1,274,633

 









Insurance — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alliant Holdings I, Inc., Term Loan, 3.25%, 8/21/14

 

 

594

 

 

560,516

 









Internet & Catalog Retail — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FTD Group, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan,
6.75%, 8/26/14

 

 

1,212

 

 

1,211,801

 









Machinery — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accuride Corp., Term Loan, 9.75%, 1/31/12

 

 

2,045

 

 

2,040,740

 

Bucyrus International, Term Loan C,
4.50%, 1/26/16

 

 

1,500

 

 

1,507,950

 

Oshkosh Truck Corp., Term B Loan,
6.25% – 6.26%, 12/06/13

 

 

1,271

 

 

1,270,172

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,818,862

 









Media — 10.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affinion Group Holdings, Inc., Loan,
8.39%, 3/01/12

 

 

3,062

 

 

2,893,179

 

Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc.
(Thomson Learning), Tranche 1 Incremental Term
Loan, 7.50%, 7/03/14

 

 

2,539

 

 

2,513,500

 

Cequel Communications, LLC, Tranche B PIK Facility
(Second Lien), 6.25%, 5/05/14

 

 

2,978

 

 

2,982,616

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 




30

ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010




 

 


 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (f)

 

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 









Media (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charter Communications Operating, LLC, New Term
Loan, 2.23%, 3/06/14

 

USD

5,000

 

$

4,663,860

 

EB Sports Corp., Loan, 11.50%, 12/31/15

 

 

1,398

 

 

1,300,251

 

Ellis Communications KDOC, LLC, Loan,
10.00%, 12/30/11

 

 

6,303

 

 

1,764,771

 

HMH Publishing Co. Ltd.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mezzanine, 1.25%, 11/14/14

 

 

1,265

 

 

155,964

 

Tranche A Term Loan, 5.48%, 6/12/14

 

 

2,692

 

 

2,264,663

 

Hanley-Wood, LLC (FSC Acquisition), Term Loan,
2.50%, 3/10/14

 

 

744

 

 

332,449

 

Lamar Media Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series B, Incremental Loan,
5.50% – 5.75%, 9/28/12

 

 

900

 

 

892,875

 

Term Loan, 5.50% – 5.75%, 9/28/12

 

 

1,543

 

 

1,531,495

 

Lavena Holding 3 GmbH (Prosiebensat.1 Media AG):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Facility B1, 3.34%, 6/30/15

 

EUR

337

 

 

314,143

 

Facility C1, 3.59%, 6/30/16

 

 

674

 

 

628,285

 

Mediacom Illinois, LLC (fka Mediacom
Communications, LLC), Tranche D Term Loan,
5.50%, 3/31/17

 

USD

998

 

 

996,243

 

Multicultural Radio Broadcasting, Inc., Term Loan,
2.99%, 12/18/12

 

 

380

 

 

301,625

 

Newsday, LLC, Fixed Rate Term Loan,
10.50%, 8/01/13

 

 

4,250

 

 

4,542,188

 

Penton Media, Inc., Loan (Second Lien), 9.25%,
2/01/14 (a)(d)

 

 

1,000

 

 

133,333

 

Sinclair Television Group, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan,
6.50%, 10/29/15

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,005,000

 

Springer Science+Business Media SA, Facility A1,
6.75%, 7/01/16

 

EUR

1,900

 

 

2,556,962

 

Sunshine Acquisition Ltd. (aka HIT Entertainment),
Term Facility, 2.50%, 3/20/12

 

USD

2,169

 

 

1,906,592

 

UPC Financing Partnership — Facility Term Loan,
3.93%, 12/30/16

 

 

2,000

 

 

1,944,000

 

Virgin Media Investment Holdings Ltd.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B7 Facility, 4.40%, 9/03/12

 

GBP

23

 

 

34,747

 

C Facility, 4.40%, 9/03/12

 

 

516

 

 

766,740

 

C Facility, 3.58%, 7/17/13

 

 

1,975

 

 

2,813,241

 

Term Loan B, 3.57%, 9/03/12

 

 

621

 

 

923,066

 

Worldcolor Press Inc. and Worldcolor (USA) Corp.
(fka Quebecor World, Inc.), Advance Term Loan,
9.00%, 7/23/12

 

USD

797

 

 

805,082

 

Yell Group Plc, TPI Term Loan A, 7.12%, 8/09/11

 

 

1,500

 

 

1,436,250

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

42,403,120

 









Metals & Mining — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Euramax International, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Domestic Term Loan (Cash Pay),
10.00%, 6/29/13

 

 

1,286

 

 

1,042,012

 

Domestic Term Loan,
3.00% – 11.00%, 6/29/13

 

 

1,318

 

 

1,067,414

 

RathGibson, Inc., Loan Debtor In Possession,
10.75%, 6/30/10 (c)

 

 

3,665

 

 

3,665,418

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

5,774,844

 









Multi-Utilities — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy Transfer Equity, LP, Term Loan,
1.98%, 11/01/12

 

 

750

 

 

739,682

 

FirstLight Power Resources, Inc. (fka NE Energy, Inc.):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Synthetic Letter of Credit,
0.16%, 11/01/13

 

 

53

 

 

49,150

 

Term Advance (Second Lien), 4.81%, 5/01/14

 

 

750

 

 

688,750

 

Term B Advance (First Lien), 2.75%, 11/01/13

 

 

572

 

 

533,868

 

USPF Holdings, LLC, Term Loan, 1.98%, 4/11/14

 

 

607

 

 

599,897

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,611,347

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (f)

 

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 









Multiline Retail — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dollar General Corp., Tranche B-2 Term Loan,
2.98%, 7/07/14

 

USD

2,179

 

$

2,095,847

 

Hema Holding BV, Facility D, 5.42%, 1/01/17

 

EUR

2,900

 

 

3,316,994

 

The Neiman Marcus Group Inc., Term Loan,
2.26%, 4/06/13

 

USD

665

 

 

596,875

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

6,009,716

 









Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Big West Oil, LLC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delayed Advance Loan, 4.50%, 5/15/14

 

 

1,117

 

 

1,094,558

 

Initial Advance Loan, 4.50%, 5/15/14

 

 

888

 

 

870,391

 

Initial Advance Loan, 9.75%, 1/26/15

 

 

1,500

 

 

1,507,500

 

Turbo Beta Ltd., USD Mezzanine Facility,
14.50%, 3/15/18

 

 

6,110

 

 

4,582,418

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

8,054,867

 









Paper & Forest Products — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Georgia-Pacific LLC, Term Loan B,
2.25% – 2.26%, 12/23/12

 

 

803

 

 

784,309

 

Verso Paper Finance Holdings LLC, PIK Loan,
7.25%, 2/01/13 (c)

 

 

4,069

 

 

2,237,803

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,022,112

 









Personal Products — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Safety Razor Co., LLC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loan (Second Lien), 6.51%, 1/30/14

 

 

1,075

 

 

628,875

 

Term Loan (First Lien),
2.75% – 2.76%, 7/31/13

 

 

749

 

 

679,511

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,308,386

 









Pharmaceuticals — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warner Chilcott Co., LLC, Term A Loan,
5.50%, 10/30/14

 

 

1,220

 

 

1,220,034

 

Warner Chilcott Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Term Loan, 5.75%, 4/30/15

 

 

930

 

 

930,253

 

Term B-1 Loan, 5.75%, 4/30/15

 

 

610

 

 

609,751

 

Term B-2 Loan, 5.75%, 4/30/15

 

 

1,342

 

 

1,341,452

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,101,490

 









Professional Services — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., Term Loan C,
6.00%, 7/31/15

 

 

1,750

 

 

1,755,469

 









Real Estate Management & Development — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enclave, First Lien Term Loan, 6.14%,
3/01/12 (a)(d)

 

 

4,000

 

 

434,252

 

Georgian Towers, B7, 6.14%, 3/01/12

 

 

4,000

 

 

413,472

 

Realogy Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delayed Draw Term B Loan, 3.25%, 10/10/13

 

 

723

 

 

637,687

 

Term Loan (Second Lien), 13.50%, 10/15/17

 

 

1,500

 

 

1,631,250

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,116,661

 









Specialty Retail — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adesa, Inc. (KAR Holdings, Inc.), Initial Term Loan,
2.98%, 10/21/13

 

 

814

 

 

785,205

 

Michaels Stores, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B-1 Term Loan, 2.50% – 2.56%, 10/31/13

 

 

1,202

 

 

1,082,146

 

B-2 Term Loan, 4.75% – 4.81%, 7/31/16

 

 

1,448

 

 

1,379,487

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,246,838

 









Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan,
2.50%, 11/03/13

 

 

997

 

 

960,955

 









Total Floating Rate Loan Interests — 56.5%

 

 

 

 

 

236,711,778

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


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FEBRUARY 28, 2010

31




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Interests (j)

 

Beneficial
Interest
(000)

 

Value

 







Airlines — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delta Air Lines, Inc. Default 8.33% Escrow

 

USD

5,505

 

$

96,888

 

Delta Air Lines, Inc. Default 10% Escrow

 

 

4,200

 

 

73,920

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

170,808

 









Auto Components — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intermet Liquidating Trust Class A

 

 

1,354

 

 

394,800

 









Diversified Financial Services — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

J. G. Wentworth LLC Preferred Equity Interests

 

 

1

 

 

1,144,914

 









Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buffets, Inc.

 

 

1,440

 

 

144

 









Household Durables — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stanley Martin Class B Membership Units

 

 

2

 

 

675,000

 









Media — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adelphia Escrow

 

 

7,500

 

 

750

 

Adelphia Preferred Escrow

 

 

5

 

 

1

 

Adelphia Recovery Trust

 

 

9,406

 

 

37,624

 

Adelphia Recovery Trust, Series ACC-6B INT

 

 

500

 

 

50

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

38,425

 









Specialty Retail — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Movie Gallery, Inc. Default Escrow

 

 

21,700

 

 

217

 









Total Other Interests — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

2,424,308

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warrants (k)

 

 

Shares

 

 

 

 









Building Products — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neenah Enterprises Inc. (Expires 9/30/13)

 

 

130,547

 

 

1

 









Health Care Providers & Services — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HealthSouth Corp. (Expires 1/16/14)

 

 

126,761

 

 

1

 









Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buffets Restaurants Holdings, Inc.
(Expires 4/29/14)

 

 

1,216

 

 

12

 









Media — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charter Communications (Expires 11/30/14)

 

 

12,661

 

 

50,644

 









Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turbo Cayman Ltd. (No Expiration)

 

 

4

 

 

 









Specialty Retail — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Movie Gallery, Inc. (Expires 5/15/15)

 

 

62,323

 

 

31,162

 









Total Warrants — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

81,820

 









Total Long-Term Investments
(Cost — $596,533,280) — 120.0%

 

 

 

 

 

502,769,695

 









 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









BlackRock Liquidity Fund, TempFund, Institutional
Class, 0.09% (l)(m)

 

 

1,319,723

 

 

1,319,723

 









Total Short-Term Securities
(Cost — $1,319,723) — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

1,319,723

 









Total Investments (Cost — $597,853,003*) — 120.3%

 

 

 

 

 

504,089,418

 

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (20.3)%

 

 

 

 

 

(84,867,430

)

 

 

 

 

 




Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

 

 

$

419,221,988

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

*

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of February 28, 2010, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate cost

 

$

597,507,666

 

 

 



 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

21,944,450

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

 

(115,158,398

)

 

 



 

Net unrealized depreciation

 

$

(93,213,948

)

 

 



 


 

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

 

 

(b)

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.

 

 

(c)

Represents a payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in additional face/shares.

 

 

(d)

Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default of interest payments.

 

 

(e)

As a result of bankruptcy proceedings, the company did not repay the principal amount or accrued interest of the security upon maturity.

 

 

(f)

Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.

 

 

(g)

Represents a zero-coupon bond. Rate shown is as of report date.

 

 

(h)

Convertible security.

 

 

(i)

All or a portion of security has been pledged as collateral in connection with swaps.

 

 

(j)

Other interests represent beneficial interest in liquidation trusts and other reorganization entities and are non-income producing.

 

 

(k)

Warrants entitle the Fund to purchase a predetermined number of shares of common stock and are non-income producing. The purchase price and number of shares are subject to adjustment under certain conditions until the expiration date.

 

 

(l)

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


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Affiliate

 

Net
Activity

 

Income

 









BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class

 

$

1,319,723

 

$

7,984

 

BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Cash Sweep Series

 

$

(4,725,260

)

$

735

 










 

 

(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. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such industry sub-classifications for reporting ease. These industry classifications are unaudited.

 

 

Foreign currency exchange contracts as of February 28, 2010 were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
















Currency
Purchased

 

Currency
Sold

 

Counterparty

 

Settlement
Date

 

 

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 
















EUR

 

105,400

 

USD

 

144,302

 

Citibank NA

 

3/24/10

 

$

(790

)

USD

 

24,007,201

 

EUR

 

16,660,000

 

Citibank NA

 

3/24/10

 

 

1,323,090

 

GBP

 

1,393,500

 

USD

 

2,186,698

 

Citibank NA

 

4/21/10

 

 

(62,733

)

USD

 

2,685,774

 

CAD

 

2,809,500

 

Goldman Sachs
International

 

4/21/10

 

 

15,904

 

USD

 

2,218,791

 

GBP

 

1,389,000

 

Citibank NA

 

4/21/10

 

 

101,684

 

USD

 

1,104,318

 

GBP

 

684,500

 

Deutsche Bank AG

 

4/21/10

 

 

61,006

 

USD

 

2,410,698

 

GBP

 

1,489,000

 

Morgan
Stanley Capital
Services, Inc.

 

4/21/10

 

 

141,172

 
















Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,579,333

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 




32

ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (concluded)

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)


 

 

Credit default swaps on single-name issues — buy protection outstanding as of February 28, 2010 were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Issuer

 

Pay
Fixed
Rate

 

Counterparty

 

Expiration

 

Notional
Amount
(000)

 

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 













K. Hovnanian
Enterprises, Inc.

 

5.00

%

 

 

Goldman Sachs
Bank USA

 

 

December
2011

 

 

USD 855

 

$

(5,503

)

K. Hovnanian
Enterprises, Inc.

 

5.00

%

 

 

Goldman Sachs
Bank USA

 

 

December
2012

 

 

USD 425

 

 

2,917

 

Brunswick Corp.

 

5.00

%

 

 

Goldman Sachs
Bank USA

 

 

September
2014

 

 

USD 325

 

 

(9,186

)

Boston
Scientific Corp.

 

1.00

%

 

 

Goldman Sachs
Bank USA

 

 

December
2014

 

 

USD 900

 

 

1,654

 


















Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(10,118

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

Credit default swaps on single-name issues — sold protection outstanding as of February 28, 2010 were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Issuer

 

Receive
Fixed
Rate

 

Counterparty

 

Expiration

 

Credit
Rating1

 

Notional
Amount
(000)2

 

Unrealized
Depreciation

 





















BAA Ferrovial Junior Term Loan

 

2.00%

 

Deutsche
Bank AG

 

March 2012

 

A–

 

GBP 900

 

$

(94,696

)






















 

 

 

 

1

Using S&P’s rating of the issuer.

 

 

 

 

2

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


 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments, which are 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, repayment 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)

 

 

 

 

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 other significant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

The following tables summarize the inputs used as of February 28, 2010 in determining the fair valuation of the Fund’s investments:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















 

 

Investments in Securities

 

 

 



Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 











Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

$

15,067,673

 

$

3,104,586

 

$

311,675

 

$

18,483,934

 

Corporate Bonds

 

 

 

 

233,262,647

 

 

11,805,208

 

 

245,067,855

 

Floating Rate
Loan Interests

 

 

 

 

178,228,733

 

 

58,483,045

 

 

236,711,778

 

Other Interests

 

 

 

 

170,808

 

 

2,253,500

 

 

2,424,308

 

Warrants

 

 

 

 

50,645

 

 

31,175

 

 

81,820

 

Short-Term Securities

 

 

1,319,723

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,319,723

 

 

 













Total

 

$

16,387,396

 

$

414,817,419

 

$

72,884,603

 

$

504,089,418

 

 

 














 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















 

 

Other Financial Instruments3

 

 

 



Valuation Inputs

 

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

 

Total

 















Assets

 

 

 

$

1,647,427

 

 

 

$

1,647,427

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

(78,212

)

$

(94,696

)

 

(172,908

)

 

 













Total

 

 

 

$

1,569,215

 

$

(94,696

)

$

1,474,519

 

 

 














 

 

 

 

3

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

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

Investments in Securities

 

 

 


 

 

 

Common
Stocks

 

Corporate
Bonds

 

Floating Rate
Loan Interests

 

Other
Interests

 

Warrants

 

Total

 















Balance, as of February 28, 2009

 

$

131,666

 

$

12,983,142

 

$

92,859,804

 

$

38,643

 

$

31,161

 

$

106,044,416

 

Accrued discounts/premiums

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Realized gain (loss)

 

 

 

 

(1,313,777

)

 

(38,579,562

)

 

 

 

 

 

(39,893,339

)

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation4

 

 

 

 

1,072,125

 

 

74,319,010

 

 

 

 

 

 

75,391,135

 

Net purchases (sales)

 

 

 

 

18,392

 

 

(64,102,827

)

 

 

 

 

 

(64,084,435

)

Net transfers in (out) of Level 3

 

 

180,009

 

 

(954,674

)

 

(6,013,380

)

 

2,214,857

 

 

14

 

 

(4,573,174

)

 

 



















Balance, as of February 28, 2010

 

$

311,675

 

$

11,805,208

 

$

58,483,045

 

$

2,253,500

 

$

31,175

 

$

72,884,603

 

 

 




















 

 

 

 

4

Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the Statements of Operations. The change in the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the securities still held on February 28, 2010 was $19,573,307.

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

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

Other Financial
Instruments5

 





 

Balance, as of February 28, 2009

 

$

(249,620

)

Accrued discounts/premiums

 

 

 

Realized gain (loss)

 

 

 

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation6

 

 

154,924

 

Net purchases (sales)

 

 

 

Net transfers in/out of Level 3

 

 

 

 

 



 

Balance, as of February 28, 2010

 

$

(94,696

)

 

 



 


 

 

 

 

5

Other financial instruments are swaps.

 

 

 

 

6

Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the Statements of Operations. The change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the securities still held at February 28, 2010 was $154,924.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

33




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments February 28, 2010

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. (FRB)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

 

Shares

 

Value

 








Building Products — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Masonite Worldwide Holdings (a)

 

 

10,036

 

$

421,512

 









Chemicals — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,732

 

 

4,120

 

Wellman Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

181

 

 

45

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,165

 









Construction Materials — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nortek, Inc. (a)

 

 

710

 

 

26,270

 









Electrical Equipment — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Medis Technologies Ltd. (a)

 

 

13,053

 

 

927

 

SunPower Corp., Class B (a)

 

 

5,332

 

 

87,072

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

87,999

 









Total Common Stocks — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

539,946

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

 

 

 









Airlines — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delta Air Lines, Inc., Series B, 9.75%, 12/17/16

 

USD

300

 

 

309,000

 









Auto Components — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delphi International Holdings Unsecured,
12.00%, 10/06/14

 

 

16

 

 

16,153

 









Building Products — 2.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building Materials Corp. of America, 7.00%,
2/15/20 (b)

 

 

425

 

 

425,000

 

CPG International I, Inc., 7.18%, 7/01/12 (c)

 

 

3,000

 

 

2,850,000

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,275,000

 









Capital Markets — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E*Trade Financial Corp., 4.00% 8/31/19 (b)(d)(e)

 

 

46

 

 

69,920

 

Marsico Parent Co., LLC, 10.63%, 1/15/16 (b)

 

 

593

 

 

356,541

 

Marsico Parent Holdco, LLC, 12.50%, 7/15/16 (b)(f)

 

 

253

 

 

56,062

 

Marsico Parent Superholdco, LLC, 14.50%,
1/15/18 (b)(f)

 

 

164

 

 

28,522

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

511,045

 









Chemicals — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.50%, 3/31/15 (b)(d)(f)

 

 

702

 

 

456,366

 

10.00%, 3/31/15

 

 

690

 

 

448,864

 

Wellman Holdings, Inc., Third Lien Subordinate Note,
5.00%, 1/29/19 (d)(f)

 

 

190

 

 

95,287

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,000,517

 









Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clean Harbors, Inc., 7.63%, 8/15/16

 

 

400

 

 

404,000

 

The Geo Group, Inc., 7.75%, 10/15/17 (b)

 

 

300

 

 

303,750

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

707,750

 









Communications Equipment — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., 6.88%,
1/15/20 (b)

 

 

55

 

 

56,100

 









Construction Materials — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nortek, Inc., 11.00%, 12/01/13

 

 

713

 

 

748,813

 









Consumer Finance — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit Acceptance Corp., 9.13%, 2/01/17 (b)

 

 

190

 

 

189,050

 

Inmarsat Finance Plc, 7.38%, 12/01/17 (b)

 

 

675

 

 

691,875

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

880,925

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 









Containers & Packaging — 2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Berry Plastics Escrow LLC, 8.25%, 11/15/15 (b)

 

USD

900

 

$

897,750

 

Clondalkin Acquisition BV, 2.25%, 12/15/13 (b)(c)

 

 

1,500

 

 

1,338,750

 

Crown European Holdings SA, 6.25%, 9/01/11

 

EUR

11

 

 

15,278

 

Owens Brockway Glass Container, Inc.,
6.75%, 12/01/14

 

 

113

 

 

153,867

 

Packaging Dynamics Finance Corp., 10.00%,
5/01/16 (b)

 

USD

380

 

 

302,575

 

Smurfit Kappa Acquisitions (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.25%, 11/15/17

 

EUR

275

 

 

366,966

 

7.75%, 11/15/19

 

 

265

 

 

359,035

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,434,221

 









Diversified Financial Services — 2.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CIT Group, Inc., 7.00%, 5/01/17

 

USD

1,585

 

 

1,400,744

 

FCE Bank Plc, 7.13%, 1/16/12

 

EUR

400

 

 

539,869

 

GMAC, Inc., 8.30%, 2/12/15 (b)

 

USD

950

 

 

958,313

 

Reynolds Group DL Escrow, Inc., 7.75%,
10/15/16 (b)

 

 

400

 

 

405,000

 

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc., 7.75%, 10/15/16 (b)

 

EUR

200

 

 

271,653

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,575,579

 









Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cincinnati Bell, Inc., 8.25%, 10/15/17

 

USD

600

 

 

600,000

 

PAETEC Holding Corp., 8.88%, 6/30/17

 

 

125

 

 

125,937

 

Qwest Communications International, Inc., 8.00%,
10/01/15 (b)

 

 

300

 

 

310,500

 

Qwest Corp., 8.38%, 5/01/16

 

 

240

 

 

262,800

 

Windstream Corp., 7.88%, 11/01/17

 

 

1,000

 

 

977,500

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,276,737

 









Energy Equipment & Services — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expro Finance Luxembourg SCA, 8.50%, 12/15/16 (b)

 

 

750

 

 

746,250

 









Food & Staples Retailing — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AmeriQual Group LLC, 9.50%, 4/01/12 (b)

 

 

250

 

 

225,000

 

Duane Reade, Inc., 11.75%, 8/01/15

 

 

100

 

 

126,000

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

351,000

 









Food Products — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B&G Foods, Inc., 7.63%, 1/15/18

 

 

300

 

 

303,000

 

Bumble Bee Foods LLC, 7.75%, 12/15/15 (b)

 

 

240

 

 

240,600

 

Smithfield Foods, Inc., 10.00%, 7/15/14 (b)

 

 

760

 

 

822,700

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,366,300

 









Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DJO Finance LLC, 10.88%, 11/15/14

 

 

685

 

 

732,950

 









Health Care Providers & Services — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DaVita, Inc., 6.63%, 3/15/13

 

 

455

 

 

456,137

 

Tenet Healthcare Corp. (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.00%, 5/01/15

 

 

95

 

 

99,513

 

8.88%, 7/01/19

 

 

1,335

 

 

1,408,425

 

Vanguard Health Holding Co. II LLC, 8.00%,
2/01/18 (b)

 

 

485

 

 

476,512

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,440,587

 









Health Care Technology — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMS Health, Inc., 12.50%, 3/01/18 (b)

 

 

980

 

 

1,127,000

 









Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Icahn Enterprises LP (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.75%, 1/15/16

 

 

500

 

 

470,000

 

8.00%, 1/15/18

 

 

1,000

 

 

940,000

 

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 10.25%,
2/15/14 (a)(b)(g)

 

 

1,565

 

 

395,162

 

Travelport LLC, 4.88%, 9/01/14 (c)

 

 

815

 

 

757,950

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,563,112

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


34

ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010




 

 


 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. (FRB)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 







Household Products — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Libbey Glass, Inc., 10.00%, 2/15/15 (b)

 

USD

75

 

$

77,625

 









IT Services — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Data Corp., 9.88%, 9/24/15

 

 

225

 

 

194,625

 









Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calpine Construction Finance Co. LP, 8.00%,
6/01/16 (b)

 

 

1,215

 

 

1,230,187

 

NRG Energy, Inc., 7.25%, 2/01/14

 

 

1,660

 

 

1,672,450

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,902,637

 









Industrial Conglomerates — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sequa Corp. (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.75%, 12/01/15

 

 

320

 

 

313,600

 

13.50%, 12/01/15 (f)

 

 

879

 

 

880,864

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,194,464

 









Marine — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Navios Maritime Holdings, Inc., 8.88%,
11/01/17 (b)

 

 

280

 

 

284,900

 









Media — 3.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affinion Group, Inc., 10.13%, 10/15/13

 

 

555

 

 

560,550

 

CSC Holdings, Inc., 8.50%, 4/15/14 (b)

 

 

230

 

 

241,788

 

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., 9.25%,
12/15/17 (b)

 

 

1,334

 

 

1,369,095

 

DISH DBS Corp., 7.00%, 10/01/13

 

 

525

 

 

536,812

 

Seat Pagine Gialle SpA, 10.50%, 1/31/17 (b)

 

EUR

473

 

 

596,209

 

TL Acquisitions, Inc., 10.50%, 1/15/15 (b)

 

USD

175

 

 

159,469

 

UPC Germany GmbH, 8.13%, 12/01/17 (b)

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,463,923

 









Metals & Mining — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FMG Finance Property Ltd., 4.25%, 9/01/11 (b)(c)

 

 

180

 

 

177,300

 

Ryerson, Inc., 7.62%, 11/01/14 (c)

 

 

450

 

 

401,625

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

578,925

 









Multiline Retail — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dollar General Corp., 11.88%, 7/15/17 (f)

 

 

235

 

 

273,188

 









Paper & Forest Products — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NewPage Corp., 10.00%, 5/01/12

 

 

610

 

 

350,750

 

Verso Paper Holdings LLC, Series B, 4.00%,
8/01/14 (c)

 

 

495

 

 

399,713

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

750,463

 









Pharmaceuticals — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 4.00%,
12/01/13 (c)

 

 

300

 

 

243,000

 

Elan Finance Plc, 4.25%, 11/15/11 (c)

 

 

950

 

 

912,000

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,155,000

 









Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc., 7.50%,
2/15/20 (b)

 

 

330

 

 

333,300

 









Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 8.13%, 12/15/17 (b)

 

 

345

 

 

349,313

 

STATS ChipPAC Ltd.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.50%, 7/19/10

 

 

95

 

 

95,831

 

6.75%, 11/15/11

 

 

205

 

 

204,231

 

Spansion, Inc., 3.79%, 6/01/13 (a)(b)(g)

 

 

915

 

 

905,850

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,555,225

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 









Software — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JDA Software Group, Inc., 8.00%, 12/15/14 (b)

 

USD

94

 

$

96,820

 









Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cricket Communications, Inc., 7.75%, 5/15/16

 

 

1,250

 

 

1,270,312

 

Digicel Group Ltd., 9.13%, 1/15/15 (b)(f)

 

 

1,249

 

 

1,217,775

 

iPCS, Inc., 2.37%, 5/01/13 (c)

 

 

500

 

 

460,000

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,948,087

 









Total Corporate Bonds — 31.0%

 

 

 

 

 

42,928,221

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (c)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Aerospace & Defense — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hawker Beechcraft Acquisition Co. LLC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Letter of Credit Linked Deposit,
0.15%, 3/26/14

 

 

31

 

 

22,554

 

Term Loan, 2.25%, 3/26/14

 

 

503

 

 

370,511

 

TASC, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tranche A Term Loan, 5.50%, 12/18/14

 

 

340

 

 

341,417

 

Tranche B Term Loan, 5.75%, 12/18/15

 

 

660

 

 

664,400

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,398,882

 









Auto Components — 3.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affinion Group Holdings, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan,
2.73%, 10/17/12

 

 

350

 

 

339,675

 

Allison Transmission, Inc., Term Loan,
2.98% – 3.00%, 8/07/14

 

 

2,604

 

 

2,385,243

 

Dana Holding Corp., Term Advance,
4.48% – 6.50%, 1/30/15

 

 

683

 

 

665,724

 

Exide Technologies, Term Loan, 3.91%, 5/15/12

 

EUR

175

 

 

214,461

 

GPX International Tire Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payment In Kind Amendment Fee,
14.00%, 4/11/12

 

USD

18

 

 

9,300

 

Tranche B Term Loan, 12.25%, 3/30/12

 

 

1,141

 

 

570,273

 

Lear Corp., Loan (Closing Date Loan & Delayed
Draw Loan), 7.50%, 11/09/14

 

 

703

 

 

704,584

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,889,260

 









Automobiles — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ford Motor Co.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 3.24% – 3.26%, 12/15/13

 

 

473

 

 

437,410

 

Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 3.26%, 12/15/13

 

 

1,097

 

 

1,014,313

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,451,723

 









Beverages — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Culligan International Co., Loan (Second Lien),
5.18%, 4/24/13

 

EUR

500

 

 

281,409

 









Building Products — 2.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building Materials Corp. of America:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second Lien Term Loan, 6.00%, 9/15/14

 

USD

850

 

 

836,400

 

Term Loan Advance, 3.00%, 2/22/14

 

 

1,394

 

 

1,357,410

 

Goodman Global, Inc., Term Loan, 6.25%, 2/13/14

 

 

1,270

 

 

1,274,704

 

PGT Industries, Inc., Tranche A-2 Term Loan,
7.25%, 2/14/12

 

 

290

 

 

252,428

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,720,942

 









Chemicals — 6.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ashland Inc., Term B Borrowing, 7.65%, 5/13/14

 

 

370

 

 

374,036

 

Chemtura Corp., Term Facility Debtor in Possession,
6.00%, 2/11/11

 

 

800

 

 

803,500

 

Edwards (Cayman Islands II) Ltd., Term Loan
(First Lien), 2.25%, 5/31/14

 

 

343

 

 

273,399

 

Gentek Holding, LLC, Tranche B Term Loan,
7.00%, 10/29/14

 

 

500

 

 

502,500

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 


ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

35




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. (FRB)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (c)

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 







Chemicals (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Huish Detergents Inc., Tranche B Term Loan,
2.01%, 4/26/14

 

USD

332

 

$

318,982

 

Matrix Acquisition Corp. (MacDermid, Inc.),
Tranche C EURO Loan, 2.63%, 12/15/13

 

EUR

298

 

 

330,462

 

Nalco Co., Term Loan, 6.50%, 5/13/16

 

USD

1,269

 

 

1,277,505

 

PQ Corp., Original Term Loan (First Lien),
3.48% – 3.50%, 7/30/14

 

 

1,320

 

 

1,207,800

 

Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc., Term Loan H,
6.00%, 5/15/14

 

 

810

 

 

812,430

 

Solutia Inc., Loan, 7.25%, 2/28/14

 

 

1,605

 

 

1,625,620

 

Tronox Worldwide LLC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 9.00%, 6/24/10

 

 

709

 

 

727,998

 

Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 9.00%, 6/24/10

 

 

191

 

 

195,582

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

8,449,814

 









Commercial Services & Supplies — 3.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced Disposal Services, Inc., Term B Loan,
6.00%, 1/14/15

 

 

500

 

 

500,000

 

ARAMARK Corp., Facility Letter of Credit,
0.09% – 2.03%, 1/26/14

 

 

50

 

 

47,784

 

ARAMARK Corp., US Term Loan, 2.13%, 1/26/14

 

 

762

 

 

726,590

 

Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Term B Loan,
7.00%, 4/09/14

 

 

497

 

 

500,609

 

John Maneely Co., Term Loan, 3.50%, 12/09/13

 

 

451

 

 

422,538

 

Johnson Diversey, Inc., Tranche B Dollar,
5.50%, 11/24/15

 

 

500

 

 

503,750

 

Synagro Technologies, Inc., Term Loan (First Lien),
2.23%, 4/02/14

 

 

975

 

 

859,625

 

West Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Incremental Term B-3 Loan, 7.25%, 10/24/13

 

 

746

 

 

753,385

 

Term B-2 Loan, 2.60% – 2.63%, 10/24/13

 

 

452

 

 

435,687

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,749,968

 









Construction & Engineering — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acqulex Corporation, Term B Loan,
9.35%, 12/16/13

 

 

747

 

 

751,197

 

Safway Services, LLC, First Out, Term Loan,
9.00%, 12/14/17

 

 

900

 

 

900,000

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,651,197

 









Consumer Finance — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chrysler Financial Services Americas LLC,
Term Loan (First Lien), 4.24%, 8/03/12

 

 

1,253

 

 

1,237,337

 









Containers & Packaging — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anchor Glass, Term Loan B, 6.00%, 2/18/16

 

 

700

 

 

693,000

 

Berry Plastics Holding Corp., Term C Loan,
2.25%, 4/03/15

 

 

549

 

 

490,835

 

Graham Packaging Co., LP:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term Loan B, 2.50%, 10/07/11

 

 

46

 

 

45,266

 

Term Loan C, 6.75%, 4/05/14

 

 

289

 

 

290,541

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,519,642

 









Diversified Consumer Services — 2.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coinmach Service Corp., Term Loan,
3.26%, 11/14/14

 

 

1,474

 

 

1,274,737

 

Laureate Education, Series A New Term Loan,
7.00%, 8/15/14

 

 

2,070

 

 

2,051,029

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,325,766

 









Diversified Financial Services — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CIT Group, Inc., Tranche 2A Term Loan,
9.50%, 1/20/12

 

 

983

 

 

1,006,448

 

Reynolds Group Holdings Inc., US Term Loan,
6.25%, 11/05/15

 

 

700

 

 

704,375

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,710,823

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (c)

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 









Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Integra Telecom Holdings, Inc., Term Loan (First Lien),
10.50%, 8/31/13

 

USD

598

 

$

597,394

 

Level 3 Communications Incremental Term Loan,
7.59%, 3/13/14

 

 

150

 

 

135,156

 

US Telepacific Corp., Second Lien Term Loan,
7.75%, 7/25/15

 

 

250

 

 

250,469

 

Wind Finance SL SA, Euro Facility (Second Lien),
7.67%, 12/17/14

 

EUR

525

 

 

712,000

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,695,019

 









Electrical Equipment — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baldor Electric Co., Term Loan, 5.25%, 1/31/14

 

USD

681

 

 

681,791

 

Generac Acquisition Corp., Term Loan (First Lien),
2.75%, 11/10/13

 

 

179

 

 

164,258

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

846,049

 









Energy Equipment & Services — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dresser, Inc., Term Loan (Second Lien),
6.00%, 5/04/15

 

 

500

 

 

467,500

 

MEG Energy Corp., Tranche D Term Loan,
6.00%, 4/03/16

 

 

497

 

 

487,932

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

955,432

 









Food & Staples Retailing — 4.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AB Acquisitions UK Topco 2 Ltd. (fka Alliance Boots),
Facility B1, 3.54%, 7/09/15

 

GBP

900

 

 

1,229,377

 

Bolthouse Farms, Inc., Term Loan B,
3.75%, 2/04/16

 

USD

600

 

 

600,000

 

DS Waters of America, Inc., Term Loan,
2.50%, 10/29/12

 

 

458

 

 

428,574

 

Pierre Foods, Term Loan B, 8.50%, 9/30/14

 

 

342

 

 

341,145

 

Pilot Travel Centers, Term Loan B, 3.50%, 11/18/15

 

 

1,500

 

 

1,506,954

 

Rite Aid Corp., Tranche 4 Term Loan,
9.50%, 6/10/15

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,036,000

 

SUPERVALU Inc., Term B Advance, 1.48%, 6/02/12

 

 

363

 

 

351,802

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

5,493,852

 









Food Products — 4.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CII Investment, LLC (fka Cloverhill):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term Loan A, 8.50%, 10/14/14

 

 

445

 

 

444,771

 

Term Loan B, 8.50%, 10/14/14

 

 

541

 

 

540,943

 

Dole Food Co., Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit-Linked Deposit, 0.17%, 8/30/10

 

 

614

 

 

614,055

 

Term Loan B, 3.50%, 2/10/17

 

 

500

 

 

500,250

 

Term Loan C, 5.50%, 2/10/17

 

 

1,200

 

 

1,200,600

 

Tranche B Term Loan, 8.00%, 4/12/13

 

 

202

 

 

201,777

 

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., Term Loan A,
5.29%, 12/01/12

 

 

500

 

 

492,500

 

Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC, Tranche C Term Loan,
7.50%, 4/02/14

 

 

1,300

 

 

1,305,339

 

Solvest, Ltd. (Dole), Tranche C Term Loan,
8.00%, 4/12/13

 

 

1,084

 

 

1,083,541

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

6,383,776

 









Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biomet, Inc., Dollar Term Loan,
3.23% – 3.25%, 3/25/15

 

 

994

 

 

961,243

 

DJO Finance LLC (ReAble Therapeutics Financial
LLC), Term Loan, 3.23%, 5/20/14

 

 

442

 

 

427,418

 

Hologic, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan, 3.50%, 3/29/13

 

 

35

 

 

34,341

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,423,002

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.




36

ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. (FRB)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (c)

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 







Health Care Providers & Services — 4.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delayed Draw Term Loan, 2.50%, 7/25/14

 

USD

95

 

$

88,705

 

Funded Term Loan, 2.48% – 2.50%, 7/25/14

 

 

1,798

 

 

1,679,975

 

DaVita Inc., Tranche B-1 Term Loan,
1.73% – 1.76%, 10/05/12

 

 

175

 

 

170,909

 

Fresenius SE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tranche B1 Term Loan, 6.75%, 9/10/14

 

 

692

 

 

695,183

 

Tranche B2 Term Loan, 6.75%, 9/10/14

 

 

419

 

 

420,975

 

HCA Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tranche A-1 Term Loan, 1.75%, 11/16/12

 

 

926

 

 

874,874

 

Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 2.50%, 11/18/13

 

 

924

 

 

876,700

 

Vanguard Health Holding Company II, LLC
(Vanguard Health Systems, Inc.), Initial Term Loan,
5.00%, 1/29/16

 

 

1,100

 

 

1,101,375

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

5,908,696

 









Health Care Technology — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMS Healthcare, Term Loan B, 5.25%, 2/16/16

 

 

1,300

 

 

1,305,200

 









Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 5.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blackstone UTP Capital LLC, Loan,
7.75%, 11/06/14

 

 

750

 

 

754,219

 

Cedar Fair LP, Term Loan B, 4.00%, 2/04/16

 

 

800

 

 

798,751

 

Harrah’s Operating Co., Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term B-1 Loan, 3.25%, 1/28/15

 

 

128

 

 

103,319

 

Term B-2 Loan, 3.25%, 1/28/15

 

 

1,372

 

 

1,107,226

 

Term B-3 Loan, 3.25%, 1/28/15

 

 

112

 

 

90,394

 

Term Loan, 20%, 10/01/10

 

 

1

 

 

12

 

Lake at Las Vegas Joint Venture / LLV-1, LLC (a)(g):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revolving Loan Credit-Linked Deposit Account,
12.35%, 6/20/12

 

 

60

 

 

602

 

Mezzanine, 14.35% – 15.00%, 6/20/12

 

 

656

 

 

6,557

 

QCE, LLC (Quiznos), Term Loan (First Lien),
2.56%, 5/05/13

 

 

203

 

 

173,360

 

SW Acquisitions Co., Inc., Term Loan,
5.75%, 6/01/16

 

 

1,250

 

 

1,255,469

 

Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc., Term Loan,
4.50%, 6/13/15

 

 

2,000

 

 

1,981,500

 

VML US Finance LLC (aka Venetian Macau):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term B Delayed Draw Project Loan,
4.76%, 5/25/12

 

 

188

 

 

178,597

 

Term B Funded Project Loan, 4.76%, 5/27/13

 

 

438

 

 

416,486

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

6,866,492

 









Household Durables — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Residential Services LLC, Term Loan
(Second Lien), 10.00%, 4/17/15

 

 

1,030

 

 

991,654

 

Jarden Corp., Term Loan B3, 2.75%, 1/24/12

 

 

441

 

 

436,888

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,428,542

 









Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dynegy Holdings Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term Letter of Credit Facility, 3.98%, 4/02/13

 

 

694

 

 

677,261

 

Tranche B Term Loan, 3.98%, 4/02/13

 

 

56

 

 

54,519

 

Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co., LLC (TXU):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initial Tranche B-1 Term Loan,
3.73% – 3.75%, 10/10/14

 

 

1,350

 

 

1,084,946

 

Initial Tranche B-2 Term Loan,
3.73% – 3.75%, 10/10/14

 

 

232

 

 

186,502

 

Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan,
3.73% – 3.75%, 10/10/14

 

 

618

 

 

494,101

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,497,329

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (c)

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 









Industrial Conglomerates — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sequa Corp., Term Loan,
3.51% – 3.94%, 12/03/14

 

USD

1,072

 

$

980,392

 









Insurance — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alliant Holdings I, Inc., Term Loan, 3.25%, 8/21/14

 

 

828

 

 

781,393

 









Internet & Catalog Retail — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FTD Group, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan,
6.75%, 8/26/14

 

 

422

 

 

422,391

 









IT Services — 3.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Audio Visual Services Group, Inc., Tranche B Term
Loan (First Lien), 2.51%, 2/28/14

 

 

497

 

 

348,219

 

Ceridian Corp., US Term Loan,
3.23% – 3.25%, 11/09/14

 

 

1,055

 

 

922,542

 

First Data Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initial Tranche B-1 Term Loan,
3.00%, 9/24/14

 

 

250

 

 

218,597

 

Initial Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 3.00%, 9/24/14

 

 

2,172

 

 

1,894,140

 

Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan, 3.00%, 9/24/14

 

 

121

 

 

104,942

 

SunGard Data Systems Inc. (Solar Capital Corp.):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Incremental Term Loan, 6.75%, 2/28/14

 

 

1,116

 

 

1,119,506

 

Tranche B US Term Loan,
3.86% – 3.87%, 2/28/16

 

 

599

 

 

583,599

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

5,191,545

 









Leisure Equipment & Products — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24 Hour Fitness Worldwide, Inc., Tranche B Term
Loan, 2.76%, 6/08/12

 

 

225

 

 

212,625

 

True Temper Sports, Debtor in Possession Term Loan,
13.00%, 10/14/13

 

 

493

 

 

468,505

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

681,130

 









Machinery — 2.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accuride Corp., Term Loan, 10.00%, 1/31/12

 

 

450

 

 

449,063

 

Blount International, Term Loan,
5.50% – 5.75%, 2/09/12

 

 

1,000

 

 

997,511

 

Bucyrus International, Term Loan C,
4.50%, 1/26/16

 

 

1,250

 

 

1,256,625

 

Oshkosh Truck Corp., Term B Loan,
6.25% – 6.26%, 12/06/13

 

 

1,013

 

 

1,011,778

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,714,977

 









Media — 20.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affinion Group Holdings, Inc., Loan,
8.39%, 3/01/12

 

 

327

 

 

309,227

 

Catalina Marketing Corp., Initial Term Loan,
2.98%, 10/01/14

 

 

280

 

 

269,892

 

Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc. (Thomson
Learning), Tranche 1 Incremental Term Loan,
7.50%, 7/03/14

 

 

1,965

 

 

1,945,375

 

Cequel Communications, LLC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term Loan, 2.25%, 11/05/13

 

 

580

 

 

549,106

 

Tranche A Term Loan (Second Lien),
4.75%, 5/05/14

 

 

1,000

 

 

974,100

 

Tranche B Term Loan (Second Lien),
6.25%, 5/05/14

 

 

250

 

 

250,400

 

Charter Communications Operating, LLC, New Term
Loan, 2.23% – 2.26%, 3/06/14

 

 

2,375

 

 

2,215,334

 

HMH Publishing Co. Ltd.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mezzanine, 1.26%, 11/14/14

 

 

270

 

 

33,354

 

Tranche A Term Loan, 5.48%, 6/12/14

 

 

828

 

 

696,852

 

Hanley-Wood, LLC (FSC Acquisition), Term Loan,
2.50%, 3/10/14

 

 

978

 

 

436,617

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

37




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. (FRB)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (c)

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 







Media (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harland Clarke Holdings Corp. (fka Clarke American
Corp.), Tranche B Term Loan,
2.73% – 2.75%, 6/30/14

 

USD

726

 

$

635,128

 

Insight Midwest Holdings, LLC, B Term Loan,
2.25%, 4/07/14

 

 

1,175

 

 

1,128,183

 

Intelsat Corp. (fka PanAmSat Corp.):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tranche B-2-A Term Loan, 2.73%, 1/03/14

 

 

166

 

 

158,061

 

Tranche B-2-B Term Loan, 2.73%, 1/03/14

 

 

166

 

 

158,013

 

Tranche B-2-C Term Loan, 2.73%, 1/03/14

 

 

166

 

 

158,013

 

Intelsat Subsidiary Holding Co. Ltd., Tranche B Term
Loan, 2.73%, 7/03/13

 

 

732

 

 

697,929

 

Lamar Media Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series B, Incremental Loan,
5.50% – 5.75%, 9/28/12

 

 

449

 

 

445,231

 

Series E, Incremental Loan,
5.50% – 5.75%, 3/31/13

 

 

235

 

 

234,943

 

Term Loan, 5.50% – 5.75%, 9/28/12

 

 

1,566

 

 

1,553,814

 

Lavena Holding 3 GmbH (Prosiebensat.1 Media AG),
Facility B1, 3.34%, 6/30/15

 

EUR

337

 

 

314,143

 

MCC Iowa LLC (Mediacom Broadband Group),
Tranche E Term Loan, 6.50%, 1/03/16

 

USD

521

 

 

525,327

 

MCNA Cable Holdings LLC (OneLink
Communications), Loan (Payment In Kind Facility),
7.23%, 3/01/13 (f)

 

 

1,289

 

 

1,005,369

 

Mediacom Illinois, LLC (fka Mediacom
Communications, LLC), Tranche D Term Loan,
5.50%, 3/31/17

 

 

499

 

 

498,122

 

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., Tranche B Term Loan,
20.50%, 4/09/12

 

 

448

 

 

269,223

 

Multicultural Radio Broadcasting, Inc., Term Loan,
2.98%, 12/18/12

 

 

304

 

 

241,300

 

Newsday, LLC, Fixed Rate Term Loan,
10.50%, 8/01/13

 

 

1,275

 

 

1,362,656

 

Nielsen Finance LLC, Class B, Dollar Term Loan,
3.98%, 5/01/16

 

 

1,587

 

 

1,536,407

 

Penton Media, Inc., Term Loan (First Lien),
2.48% – 2.50%, 2/01/13

 

 

486

 

 

354,963

 

Sinclair Television Group, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan,
6.50%, 10/29/15

 

 

750

 

 

753,750

 

Springer Science+Business Media SA, Facility A1,
6.75%, 7/01/16

 

EUR

1,000

 

 

1,345,769

 

Sunshine Acquisition Ltd. (aka HIT Entertainment),
Term Facility, 2.50%, 3/20/12

 

USD

1,000

 

 

879,167

 

TWCC Holding Corp., Term Loan, 7.25%, 9/14/15

 

 

1,486

 

 

1,489,916

 

UPC Financing Partnership, Facility U,
4.46%, 12/31/17

 

EUR

1,050

 

 

1,332,040

 

Virgin Media Investment Holdings Ltd.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B7 Facility, 4.40%, 9/03/12

 

GBP

16

 

 

23,760

 

C Facility, 3.58%, 7/17/13

 

 

300

 

 

427,328

 

C Facility, 4.40%, 9/03/12

 

 

353

 

 

524,298

 

Term Loan B, 3.57%, 9/03/12

 

 

425

 

 

631,195

 

Worldcolor Press Inc. and Worldcolor (USA) Corp.
(fka Quebecor World, Inc.), Advance Term Loan,
9.00%, 7/23/12

 

USD

648

 

 

654,129

 

Yell Group Plc TPI, Term Loan A, 7.12%, 8/09/11

 

 

750

 

 

718,125

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

27,736,559

 









Multi-Utilities — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FirstLight Power Resources, Inc. (fka NE Energy, Inc.):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Synthetic Letter of Credit, 0.16%, 11/01/13

 

 

53

 

 

49,150

 

Term B Advance (First Lien), 2.75%, 11/01/13

 

 

572

 

 

533,868

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

583,018

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (c)

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 







Multiline Retail — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dollar General Corp., Tranche B-2 Term Loan,
2.98%, 7/07/14

 

USD

960

 

$

923,912

 

The Neiman Marcus Group Inc., Term Loan,
2.25%, 4/06/13

 

 

215

 

 

192,975

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,116,887

 









Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Big West Oil, LLC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delayed Advance Loan, 4.50%, 5/15/14

 

 

441

 

 

432,080

 

Initial Advance Loan, 4.50%, 5/15/14

 

 

349

 

 

342,120

 

Term Loan B, 9.75%, 1/26/15

 

 

500

 

 

502,500

 

Coffeyville Resources, LLC, Tranche D Term Loan,
8.50%, 12/30/13

 

 

490

 

 

492,917

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,769,617

 









Paper & Forest Products — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Georgia-Pacific LLC, Term Loan B,
2.25% – 2.26%, 12/23/12

 

 

1,451

 

 

1,417,543

 

Verso Paper Finance Holdings LLC, PIK Loan,
7.25%, 2/01/13 (f)

 

 

1,283

 

 

705,884

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,123,427

 









Personal Products — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Safety Razor Co., LLC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loan (Second Lien), 6.51%, 1/30/14

 

 

350

 

 

204,750

 

Term Loan (First Lien),
2.75% – 2.76%, 7/31/13

 

 

249

 

 

226,465

 

Revlon Consumer Products Corp., Term Loan,
4.25% – 4.26%, 1/15/12

 

 

150

 

 

147,609

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

578,824

 









Pharmaceuticals — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc. (fka Cardinal Health
409, Inc.), Euro Term Loan, 2.67%, 4/15/14

 

EUR

488

 

 

587,469

 

Warner Chilcott Co., LLC, Term A Loan,
5.50%, 10/30/14

 

USD

678

 

 

677,797

 

Warner Chilcott Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Term Loan, 5.75%, 4/30/15

 

 

310

 

 

310,084

 

Term B-1 Loan, 5.75%, 4/30/15

 

 

339

 

 

338,751

 

Term B-2 Loan, 5.75%, 4/30/15

 

 

746

 

 

745,251

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,659,352

 









Professional Services — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., Term Loan C,
6.00%, 7/31/15

 

 

1,250

 

 

1,253,906

 









Real Estate Management & Development — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mattamy Funding Partnership, Term Loan B,
2.56%, 4/11/13

 

 

481

 

 

440,344

 

Realogy Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delayed Draw Term B Loan, 3.25%, 10/10/13

 

 

598

 

 

527,741

 

Initial Term B Loan, 3.25%, 10/10/13

 

 

786

 

 

692,989

 

Synthetic Letter of Credit, 0.08%, 10/10/13

 

 

212

 

 

186,574

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,847,648

 









Specialty Retail — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adesa, Inc. (KAR Holdings, Inc.), Initial Term Loan,
2.98%, 10/21/13

 

 

407

 

 

392,603

 

Michaels Stores, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B-1 Term Loan, 2.50% – 2.56%, 10/31/13

 

 

310

 

 

278,832

 

B-2 Term Loan, 4.75% – 4.81%, 7/31/16

 

 

571

 

 

544,190

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,215,625

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 




38

ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. (FRB)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (c)

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 







Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hanesbrands Inc., New Term Loan,
5.25%, 12/10/15

 

USD

400

 

$

403,000

 









Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Digicel International Finance Ltd., Tranche A,
2.81%, 3/30/12

 

 

425

 

 

409,063

 

MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan,
2.50%, 11/03/13

 

 

748

 

 

720,716

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,129,779

 









Total Floating Rate Loan Interests — 89.2%

 

 

 

 

 

123,379,622

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Interests (h)

 

Beneficial
Interest
(000)

 

 

 

 









Auto Components — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delphi Debtor in Possession Hold Co. LLP, Class B
Membership Interests

 

 

(i)

 

1,334,647

 









Diversified Financial Services — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

J. G. Wentworth LLC Preferred Equity Interests

 

 

(i)

 

287,823

 









Total Other Interests — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

1,622,470

 









Total Long-Term Investments
(Cost — $176,501,853) — 121.8%

 

 

 

 

 

168,470,259

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

 

Shares

 

 

 

 









BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional
Class, 0.09% (j)(k)

 

 

1,797,812

 

 

1,797,812

 









Total Short-Term Securities
(Cost — $1,797,812) — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

1,797,812

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 & Co.

 

 

11

 

 

2,090

 









Total Options Purchased
(Cost — $10,756) — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

2,090

 









Total Investments (Cost — $178,310,421*) — 123.1%

 

 

 

 

 

170,270,161

 

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (23.1)%

 

 

 

 

 

(31,899,477

)

 

 

 

 

 




Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

 

 

$

138,370,684

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 



*

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of February 28, 2010, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate cost

 

$

178,405,382

 

 

 

 




 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

3,845,191

 

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

 

(11,980,412

)

 

 

 




 

Net unrealized depreciation

 

$

(8,135,221

)

 

 

 





 

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

 

 

(b)

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.

 

 

(c)

Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.

 

 

(d)

Convertible security.

 

 

(e)

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

 

 

(f)

Represents a payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in additional face/shares.

 

 

(g)

Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default of interest payments.

 

 

(h)

Other interests represent beneficial interest in liquidation trusts and other reorganization entities and are non-income producing.

 

 

(i)

Amount is less than $1,000.

 

 

(j)

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


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







Affiliate

 

Net Activity

 

Income

 







BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund,
Institutional Class

 

$

1,797,812

 

$

6,878

 

BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Cash Sweeps Series

 

$

(4,108,178

)

$

1,347

 








 

 

(k)

Represents the current yield as of report date.

 

 

   •

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

 

 

   •

Foreign currency exchange contracts as of February 28, 2010 were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 











Currency
Purchased

 

Currency
Sold

 

Counterparty

 

Settlement
Date

 

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 











USD

7,780,395

 

EUR

5,440,000

 

Citibank NA

 

3/24/10

 

$

373,338

 

GBP

953,000

 

USD

1,495,460

 

Citibank NA

 

4/21/10

 

 

(42,902

)

USD

1,517,532

 

GBP

950,000

 

Citibank NA

 

4/21/10

 

 

69,547

 

USD

1,381,821

 

GBP

853,500

 

Morgan
Stanley Capital
Services, Inc.

 

4/21/10

 

 

80,920

 














Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

480,903

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

Credit default swaps on single-name issues — sold protection outstanding as of February 28, 2010, were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 








Issuer

Receive
Fixed
Rate

Counterparty

Expiration

Credit
Rating1

Notional
Amount
(000)2

Unrealized
Appreciation








Ford Motor Co.

3.80%

UBS AG

March 2010

CCC

USD 1,000

$856









 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Using S&P’s rating of the issuer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

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

 

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments, which are 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, repayment 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)

 

 

 

 

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 other significant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

39




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (concluded)

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. (FRB)

The following tables summarize the inputs used as of February 28, 2010 in determining the fair valuation of the Fund’s investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

Investments in Securities

 

 

 



Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 











Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

$

509,511

 

 

 

$

30,435

 

$

539,946

 

Corporate Bonds

 

 

 

$

41,911,551

 

 

1,016,670

 

 

42,928,221

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests

 

 

 

 

104,667,984

 

 

18,711,638

 

 

123,379,622

 

Other Interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,622,470

 

 

1,622,470

 

Short-Term Securities

 

 

1,797,812

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,797,812

 

 

 













Total

 

$

2,307,323

 

$

146,579,535

 

$

21,381,213

 

$

170,268,071

 

 

 














 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

Other Financial Instruments1

 

 

 



Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 











Assets

 

 

 

$

526,751

 

$

4,076

 

$

530,827

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

(42,902

)

 

(38,101

)

 

(81,003

)

 

 













Total

 

 

 

$

483,849

 

$

(34,025

)

$

449,824

 

 

 














 

 

 

 

1

Other financial instruments are swaps, foreign currency exchange contracts, options and unfunded loan commitments. Swaps, foreign currency exchange contracts and unfunded loan commitments are shown at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument and options are shown at market value.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

Investments in Securities

 

 

 



 

 

Common
Stocks

 

Corporate
Bonds

 

Floating Rate
Loan Interests

 

Other
Interests

 

Total

 













Balance, as of February 28, 2009

 

$

4,165

 

$

1,437,808

 

$

35,230,878

 

 

 

$

36,672,851

 

Accrued discounts/premiums

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Realized gain (loss)

 

 

 

 

(238,712

)

 

(9,314,760

)

 

 

 

(9,553,472

)

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation2

 

 

 

 

164,767

 

 

20,334,144

 

 

 

 

20,498,911

 

Net purchases (sales)

 

 

 

 

(812,210

)

 

(21,084,905

)

 

 

 

(21,897,115

)

Net transfers in (out) of Level 3

 

 

26,270

 

 

465,017

 

 

(6,453,719

)

$

1,622,470

 

 

(4,339,962

)

 

 
















Balance, as of February 28, 2010

 

$

30,435

 

$

1,016,670

 

$

18,711,638

 

$

1,622,470

 

$

21,381,213

 

 

 

















 

 

 

 

2

Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the Statements of Operations. The change in the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the securities still held on February 28, 2010 was $6,849,181.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

Other Financial Instruments3

 





 

 

Assets

 

Liabilities

 

Total

 

 

 







Balance, as of February 28, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued discounts/premiums

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Realized gain (loss)

 

 

 

$

(18,182

)

$

(18,182

)

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation4

 

$

4,076

 

 

(19,919

)

 

(15,843

)

Net purchases (sales)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net transfers in (out) of Level 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 










Balance, as of February 28, 2010

 

$

4,076

 

$

(38,101

)

$

(34,025

)

 

 











 

 

 

 

3

Other financial instruments are unfunded loan commitments.

 

 

 

 

4

Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the Statements of Operations. The change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the securities still held at February 28, 2010 was $0.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 




40

ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments February 28, 2010

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Auto Components — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lear Corp. (a)

 

 

5,425

 

$

375,790

 









Building Products — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Masonite Worldwide Holdings (a)

 

 

40,055

 

 

1,682,310

 









Capital Markets — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E*Trade Financial Corp. (a)

 

 

271,000

 

 

436,310

 









Chemicals — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc. (a)

 

 

142,466

 

 

54,692

 

Wellman Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,131

 

 

1,283

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

55,975

 









Construction Materials — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nortek, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,570

 

 

95,090

 









Containers & Packaging — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Smurfit Kappa Plc (a)

 

 

18,171

 

 

149,776

 









Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lodgian, Inc. (a)

 

 

41,866

 

 

103,828

 









Paper & Forest Products — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. (a)

 

 

375,634

 

 

788,967

 

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

 

 

421,556

 

 

885,420

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,674,387

 









Software — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Euramax International (a)

 

 

935

 

 

28,047

 









Total Common Stocks — 2.0%

 

 

 

 

 

4,601,513

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Corporate Bonds

 

 

Par
(000)

 

 

 

 









Aerospace & Defense — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TransDigm, Inc., 7.75%, 7/15/14 (b)

 

USD

1,100

 

 

1,100,000

 









Airlines — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delta Air Lines, Inc., Series B, 9.75%, 12/17/16

 

 

500

 

 

515,000

 

United Air Lines, Inc., 12.75%, 7/15/12

 

 

600

 

 

636,000

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,151,000

 









Auto Components — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 8.63%, 12/01/11

 

 

4,000

 

 

4,150,000

 

Venture Holdings Co. LLC (a)(c):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.00%, 6/01/09

 

 

700

 

 

 

Series B, 9.50%, 7/01/05

 

 

3,325

 

 

333

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,150,333

 









Biotechnology — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

QHP Pharma, 10.25%, 3/15/15 (b)

 

 

315

 

 

321,577

 









Building Products — 2.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building Materials Corp. of America, 7.00%,
2/15/20 (b)

 

 

675

 

 

675,000

 

CPG International I, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.18%, 7/01/12 (e)

 

 

3,500

 

 

3,325,000

 

10.50%, 7/01/13

 

 

1,500

 

 

1,470,000

 

Ply Gem Industries, Inc., 11.75%, 6/15/13

 

 

725

 

 

735,875

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

6,205,875

 









Chemicals — 3.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Pacific Corp., 9.00%, 2/01/15

 

 

610

 

 

602,375

 

GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.50%, 3/31/15 (b)(f)(g)

 

 

1,869

 

 

1,214,604

 

10.00%, 3/31/15

 

 

1,839

 

 

1,195,168

 

Huntsman International LLC, 5.50%, 6/30/16 (b)

 

 

495

 

 

435,600

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 







Chemicals (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wellman Holdings, Inc. (g):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second Lien Subordinate Note, 10.00%,
1/29/19 (b)

 

USD

2,383

 

$

2,383,000

 

Third Lien Subordinate Note, 5.00%,
1/29/19 (f)

 

 

1,639

 

 

819,684

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

6,650,431

 









Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACCO Brands Corp., 10.63%, 3/15/15 (b)

 

 

365

 

 

396,755

 

Clean Harbors, Inc., 7.63%, 8/15/16

 

 

700

 

 

707,000

 

The Geo Group, Inc., 7.75%, 10/15/17 (b)

 

 

450

 

 

455,625

 

RSC Equipment Rental, Inc., 10.00%, 7/15/17 (b)

 

 

550

 

 

588,500

 

Sally Holdings LLC, 9.25%, 11/15/14

 

 

420

 

 

438,900

 

Scientific Games International, Inc.,
9.25%, 6/15/19

 

 

960

 

 

1,015,200

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,601,980

 









Communications Equipment — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., 6.88%,
1/15/20 (b)

 

 

90

 

 

91,800

 









Construction Materials — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nortek, Inc., 11.00%, 12/01/13

 

 

2,581

 

 

2,710,493

 









Consumer Finance — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit Acceptance Corp., 9.13%, 2/01/17 (b)

 

 

300

 

 

298,500

 

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 3.00%, 1/13/12 (e)

 

 

1,340

 

 

1,256,250

 

Inmarsat Finance Plc, 7.38%, 12/01/17 (b)

 

 

1,150

 

 

1,178,750

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,733,500

 









Containers & Packaging — 2.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Berry Plastics Escrow LLC, 8.25%, 11/15/15 (b)

 

 

1,100

 

 

1,097,250

 

Clondalkin Acquisition BV, 2.25%, 12/15/13 (b)(e)

 

 

2,000

 

 

1,785,000

 

Crown Americas LLC, 7.63%, 5/15/17 (b)

 

 

400

 

 

416,000

 

Graphic Packaging International, Inc.,
9.50%, 6/15/17

 

 

555

 

 

582,750

 

Packaging Dynamics Finance Corp., 10.00%,
5/01/16 (b)

 

 

1,325

 

 

1,055,031

 

Smurfit Kappa Funding Plc, 7.75%, 4/01/15

 

 

1,050

 

 

1,018,500

 

Solo Cup Co., 10.50%, 11/01/13

 

 

250

 

 

261,875

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

6,216,406

 









Diversified Financial Services — 3.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GMAC, Inc., 8.30%, 2/12/15 (b)

 

 

4,700

 

 

4,741,125

 

Highland Legacy Ltd., 6.50%, 6/01/11 (b)(e)

 

 

4,000

 

 

2,400,000

 

Reynolds Group DL Escrow, Inc., 7.75%,
10/15/16 (b)

 

 

955

 

 

966,937

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

8,108,062

 









Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cincinnati Bell, Inc., 8.25%, 10/15/17

 

 

900

 

 

900,000

 

Nordic Telephone Co. Holdings ApS, 8.88%,
5/01/16 (b)

 

 

180

 

 

192,600

 

PAETEC Holding Corp., 8.88%, 6/30/17 (b)

 

 

175

 

 

175,935

 

Qwest Corp., 8.38%, 5/01/16

 

 

3,000

 

 

3,285,000

 

Windstream Corp., 7.88%, 11/01/17

 

 

1,750

 

 

1,710,625

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

6,264,160

 









Electric Utilities — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NSG Holdings LLC, 7.75%, 12/15/25 (b)

 

 

1,000

 

 

865,000

 









Energy Equipment & Services — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expro Finance Luxembourg SCA, 8.50%,
12/15/16 (b)

 

 

1,000

 

 

995,000

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 




ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

41




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 







Food & Staples Retailing — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Duane Reade, Inc., 11.75%, 8/01/15

 

USD

155

 

$

195,300

 

Rite Aid Corp., 9.75%, 6/12/16

 

 

825

 

 

880,688

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,075,988

 









Food Products — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B&G Foods, Inc., 7.63%, 1/15/18

 

 

500

 

 

505,000

 

Bumble Bee Foods LLC, 7.75%, 12/15/15 (b)

 

 

380

 

 

380,950

 

Smithfield Foods, Inc., 10.00%, 7/15/14 (b)

 

 

1,050

 

 

1,136,625

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,022,575

 









Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DJO Finance LLC, 10.88%, 11/15/14

 

 

710

 

 

759,700

 

Hologic, Inc., 2.00%, 12/15/37 (g)(h)

 

 

830

 

 

709,650

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,469,350

 









Health Care Providers & Services — 3.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Community Health Systems, Inc., Series WI,
8.88%, 7/15/15

 

 

1,880

 

 

1,945,800

 

DaVita, Inc., 7.25%, 3/15/15

 

 

525

 

 

526,969

 

Tenet Healthcare Corp. (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.00%, 5/01/18

 

 

850

 

 

935,000

 

8.88%, 7/01/19

 

 

2,775

 

 

2,927,625

 

Vanguard Health Holding Co. II LLC, 8.00%,
2/01/18 (b)

 

 

790

 

 

776,175

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

7,111,569

 









Health Care Technology — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMS Health, Inc., 12.50%, 3/01/18 (b)

 

 

1,580

 

 

1,817,000

 









Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Icahn Enterprises LP (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.75%, 1/15/16

 

 

750

 

 

705,000

 

8.00%, 1/15/18

 

 

1,500

 

 

1,410,000

 

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 10.25%,
2/15/14 (a)(b)(d)

 

 

1,210

 

 

305,525

 

MGM Mirage:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13.00%, 11/15/13

 

 

100

 

 

114,000

 

10.38%, 5/15/14 (b)

 

 

185

 

 

196,100

 

11.13%, 11/15/17 (b)

 

 

750

 

 

810,000

 

Shingle Springs Tribal Gaming Authority, 9.38%,
6/15/15 (b)

 

 

190

 

 

151,050

 

Snoqualmie Entertainment Authority, 4.14%,
2/01/14 (b)(e)

 

 

500

 

 

340,000

 

Tropicana Entertainment LLC, Series WI, 9.63%,
12/15/14 (a)(d)

 

 

220

 

 

137

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,031,812

 









Household Durables — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beazer Homes USA, Inc., 12.00%, 10/15/17 (b)

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,115,000

 

K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., 10.63%, 10/15/16

 

 

1,200

 

 

1,254,000

 

KB Home, 6.38%, 8/15/11

 

 

106

 

 

107,855

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,476,855

 









Household Products — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Libbey Glass, Inc., 10.00%, 2/15/15 (b)

 

 

115

 

 

119,025

 









IT Services — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Data Corp., 9.88%, 9/24/15

 

 

625

 

 

540,625

 









Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 3.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The AES Corp., 8.75%, 5/15/13 (b)

 

 

335

 

 

340,863

 

AES Eastern Energy LP, Series 99-B, 9.67%, 1/02/29

 

 

570

 

 

617,737

 

Calpine Construction Finance Co. LP, 8.00%,
6/01/16 (b)

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,012,500

 

Dynegy Holdings, Inc., 8.38%, 5/01/16

 

 

1,260

 

 

1,102,500

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 







Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy Future Holdings Corp., 11.25%,
11/01/17 (f)

 

USD

860

 

$

602,280

 

NRG Energy, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.25%, 2/01/14

 

 

3,000

 

 

3,022,500

 

8.50%, 6/15/19

 

 

500

 

 

499,375

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

7,197,755

 









Industrial Conglomerates — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sequa Corp. (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.75%, 12/01/15

 

 

1,430

 

 

1,401,400

 

13.50%, 12/01/15 (f)

 

 

2,002

 

 

2,007,094

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,408,494

 









Internet & Catalog Retail — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NetFlix, Inc., 8.50%, 11/15/17

 

 

250

 

 

261,875

 









Machinery — 2.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESCO Corp., 4.13%, 12/15/13 (b)(e)

 

 

1,540

 

 

1,362,900

 

Navistar International Corp., 8.25%, 11/01/21

 

 

1,500

 

 

1,522,500

 

RBS Global, Inc., 8.88%, 9/01/16

 

 

835

 

 

755,675

 

Titan International, Inc., 8.00%, 1/15/12

 

 

770

 

 

766,150

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,407,225

 









Marine — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Navios Maritime Holdings, Inc., 8.88%, 11/01/17 (b)

 

 

450

 

 

457,875

 









Media — 7.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affinion Group, Inc., 10.13%, 10/15/13

 

 

1,015

 

 

1,025,150

 

CSC Holdings, Inc., 8.50%, 4/15/14 (b)

 

 

390

 

 

409,988

 

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., 9.25%,
12/15/17 (b)

 

 

2,137

 

 

2,193,217

 

DISH DBS Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.00%, 10/01/13

 

 

850

 

 

869,125

 

6.63%, 10/01/14

 

 

750

 

 

751,875

 

Intelsat Corp., 9.25%, 8/15/14

 

 

3,500

 

 

3,605,000

 

Nielsen Finance LLC, 11.63%, 2/01/14

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,227,500

 

UPC Germany GmbH, 8.13%, 12/01/17 (b)

 

 

1,500

 

 

1,500,000

 

Virgin Media Secured Finance Plc, 6.50%,
1/15/18 (b)

 

 

3,000

 

 

2,955,000

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

15,536,855

 









Metals & Mining — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aleris International, Inc., 9.00%, 12/15/14 (a)(d)

 

 

840

 

 

2,100

 

Murray Energy Corp., 10.25%, 10/15/15 (b)

 

 

420

 

 

420,525

 

RathGibson, Inc., 11.25%, 2/15/14 (a)(d)

 

 

2,175

 

 

698,719

 

Ryerson, Inc., 7.62%, 11/01/14 (e)

 

 

1,800

 

 

1,606,500

 

Teck Resources Ltd., 10.75%, 5/15/19

 

 

1,075

 

 

1,322,250

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,050,094

 









Multiline Retail — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dollar General Corp., 11.88%, 7/15/17 (f)

 

 

948

 

 

1,102,050

 

Saks, Inc., 9.88%, 10/01/11

 

 

125

 

 

129,688

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,231,738

 









Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arch Coal, Inc., 8.75%, 8/01/16 (b)

 

 

750

 

 

776,250

 

Atlas Energy Operating Co. LLC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.13%, 8/01/17

 

 

825

 

 

928,125

 

10.75%, 2/01/18

 

 

200

 

 

216,500

 

Crosstex Energy LP, 8.88%, 2/15/18 (b)

 

 

330

 

 

334,950

 

Denbury Resources, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.75%, 3/01/16

 

 

520

 

 

560,300

 

8.25%, 2/15/20

 

 

355

 

 

367,425

 

El Paso Corp., 7.00%, 6/15/17

 

 

775

 

 

777,379

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.




42

ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 







Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forest Oil Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.50%, 2/15/14

 

USD

280

 

$

289,100

 

7.25%, 6/15/19

 

 

85

 

 

83,300

 

Massey Energy Co., 6.88%, 12/15/13

 

 

800

 

 

794,000

 

OPTI Canada, Inc., 9.00%, 12/15/12 (b)

 

 

550

 

 

559,625

 

Sabine Pass LNG LP, 7.50%, 11/30/16

 

 

2,985

 

 

2,619,338

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

8,306,292

 









Paper & Forest Products — 3.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd., 11.00%, 7/29/15 (b)(f)

 

 

1,323

 

 

985,707

 

Clearwater Paper Corp., 10.63%, 6/15/16 (b)

 

 

365

 

 

405,150

 

Georgia-Pacific LLC, 8.25%, 5/01/16 (b)

 

 

1,630

 

 

1,719,650

 

NewPage Corp., 6.50%, 5/01/12 (e)

 

 

5,175

 

 

2,742,750

 

Verso Paper Holdings LLC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.50%, 7/01/14 (b)

 

 

315

 

 

330,750

 

4.00%, 8/01/14 (e)

 

 

745

 

 

601,588

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

6,785,595

 









Pharmaceuticals — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 4.00%,
12/01/13 (e)

 

 

955

 

 

773,550

 

Elan Corp. Plc, 8.75%, 10/15/16 (b)

 

 

520

 

 

504,400

 

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, 8.38%,
6/15/16 (b)

 

 

450

 

 

465,750

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,743,700

 









Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc., 7.50%,
2/15/20 (b)

 

 

530

 

 

535,300

 









Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 8.13%,
12/15/17 (b)

 

 

555

 

 

561,937

 

STATS ChipPAC Ltd.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.50%, 7/19/10

 

 

150

 

 

151,313

 

6.75%, 11/15/11

 

 

330

 

 

328,762

 

Spansion, Inc., 3.79%, 6/01/13 (a)(b)(d)

 

 

1,460

 

 

1,445,400

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,487,412

 









Software — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JDA Software Group, Inc., 8.00%, 12/15/14 (b)

 

 

150

 

 

154,500

 









Specialty Retail — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United Auto Group, Inc., 7.75%, 12/15/16

 

 

915

 

 

872,681

 









Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quiksilver, Inc., 6.88%, 4/15/15

 

 

2,525

 

 

2,152,563

 









Wireless Telecommunication Services — 3.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cricket Communications, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.38%, 11/01/14

 

 

80

 

 

79,600

 

10.00%, 7/15/15

 

 

140

 

 

141,750

 

7.75%, 5/15/16

 

 

2,020

 

 

2,052,825

 

Digicel Group Ltd., 12.00%, 4/01/14 (b)

 

 

800

 

 

892,000

 

MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., 9.25%, 11/01/14

 

 

2,000

 

 

1,995,000

 

Nextel Communications, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series E, 6.88%, 10/31/13

 

 

690

 

 

662,400

 

Series F, 5.95%, 3/15/14

 

 

100

 

 

90,750

 

Orascom Telecom Finance SCA, 7.88%,
2/08/14 (b)

 

 

395

 

 

347,600

 

Sprint Capital Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.63%, 1/30/11

 

 

220

 

 

224,400

 

6.88%, 11/15/28

 

 

370

 

 

280,275

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

6,766,600

 









Total Corporate Bonds — 62.6%

 

 

 

 

 

138,186,970

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (e)

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 







Aerospace & Defense — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hawker Beechcraft Acquisition Co. LLC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Letter of Credit Facility Deposit,
0.15%, 3/26/14

 

USD

52

 

$

37,902

 

Term Loan, 2.25%, 3/26/14

 

 

870

 

 

640,663

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

678,565

 









Airlines — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delta Air Lines, Inc., Credit-Linked Deposit Loan,
0.10% – 2.25%, 4/30/12

 

 

1,225

 

 

1,144,355

 









Auto Components — 2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allison Transmission, Inc., Term Loan,
2.98% – 3.00%, 8/07/14

 

 

5,040

 

 

4,615,308

 

Dana Holding Corp., Term Advance,
4.48% – 6.50%, 1/30/15

 

 

647

 

 

630,538

 

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Loan
(Second Lien), 2.34%, 4/30/14

 

 

300

 

 

278,375

 

Lear Corp., Closing Date Loan and Delayed
Draw Loan, 7.50%, 11/09/14

 

 

125

 

 

125,260

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

5,649,481

 









Automobiles — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ford Motor Co.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 3.24% – 3.26%, 12/15/13

 

 

1,067

 

 

988,521

 

Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 3.26%, 12/15/13

 

 

1,247

 

 

1,155,408

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,143,929

 









Building Products — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building Materials Corp. of America:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second Lien Term Loan, 6.00%, 9/15/14

 

 

1,250

 

 

1,230,000

 

Term Loan Advance, 3.00%, 2/22/14

 

 

1,223

 

 

1,190,924

 

Goodman Global, Inc., Term Loan, 6.25%, 2/13/14

 

 

1,538

 

 

1,544,353

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,965,277

 









Chemicals — 3.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ashland Inc., Term B Borrowing, 7.65%, 5/13/14

 

 

274

 

 

277,063

 

Chemtura Corp., Term Facility Debtor in Possession,
6.00%, 1/26/11

 

 

800

 

 

803,500

 

Gentek Holding, LLC, Tranche B Term Loan,
7.00%, 10/29/14

 

 

400

 

 

402,000

 

Nalco Co., Term Loan, 6.50%, 5/13/16

 

 

1,020

 

 

1,027,014

 

PQ Corp., Original Term Loan (First Lien),
3.48% – 3.50%, 7/30/14

 

 

3,928

 

 

3,593,692

 

Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc., Term Loan H,
6.00%, 5/15/14

 

 

878

 

 

880,886

 

Solutia Inc., Loan, 7.25%, 2/28/14

 

 

1,101

 

 

1,114,849

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

8,099,004

 









Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARAMARK Corp., Facility Letter of Credit,
0.09%, 1/26/14

 

 

64

 

 

61,273

 

ARAMARK Corp., US Term Loan, 2.13%, 1/26/14

 

 

977

 

 

931,705

 

Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Term B Loan,
7.00%, 4/09/14

 

 

219

 

 

220,268

 

John Maneely Co., Term Loan, 3.50%, 12/09/13

 

 

725

 

 

679,528

 

Synagro Technologies, Inc., Term Loan (First Lien),
2.23%, 4/02/14

 

 

424

 

 

373,750

 

West Corp., Incremental Term B-3 Loan,
7.25%, 10/24/13

 

 

1,269

 

 

1,281,959

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,548,483

 









Construction & Engineering — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, Inc.
(FR Brand Acquisition Corp.), Synthetic Letter of
Credit, Term Loan (First Lien), 0.31%, 2/07/14

 

 

500

 

 

440,000

 

Safway Services, LLC, First Out Term Loan, 9.00%,
12/14/17

 

 

1,500

 

 

1,500,000

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,940,000

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 




ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

43




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (e)

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 







Containers & Packaging — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anchor Glass Term Loan B, 6.00%, 2/18/16

 

USD

700

 

$

697,812

 

Berry Plastics Holding Corp., Term C Loan,
2.25%, 4/03/15

 

 

499

 

 

446,214

 

Graham Packaging Co., LP, B Term Loan,
2.50%, 10/07/11

 

 

577

 

 

568,680

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,712,706

 









Diversified Consumer Services — 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coinmach Service Corp., Term Loan,
3.25%, 11/14/14

 

 

1,965

 

 

1,699,649

 

Laureate Education, Series A New Term Loan,
7.00%, 8/15/14

 

 

2,960

 

 

2,933,138

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,632,787

 









Diversified Financial Services — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reynolds Group Holdings Inc., US Term Loan,
6.25%, 11/05/15

 

 

900

 

 

905,625

 









Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cavtel Holdings, LLC, Term Loan, 8.50%, 12/31/12

 

 

423

 

 

361,968

 

Integra Telecom Holdings, Inc., Term Loan (First Lien),
10.50%, 8/31/13

 

 

892

 

 

891,631

 

US Telepacific Corp., Second Lien Term Loan,
7.75%, 7/25/15

 

 

400

 

 

400,750

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,654,349

 









Electrical Equipment — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baldor Electric Co., Term Loan, 5.25%, 1/31/14

 

 

622

 

 

623,323

 

Generac Acquisition Corp., Term Loan (First Lien),
2.75%, 11/10/13

 

 

529

 

 

484,721

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,108,044

 









Energy Equipment & Services — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dresser, Inc., Term Loan (Second Lien),
6.00%, 5/04/15

 

 

550

 

 

514,250

 

MEG Energy Corp., Tranche D Term Loan,
6.00%, 4/03/16

 

 

972

 

 

954,323

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,468,573

 









Food & Staples Retailing — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pilot Travel Centers, Term Loan B, 3.50%, 11/18/15

 

 

1,250

 

 

1,255,795

 

Rite Aid Corp., Tranche 4 Term Loan,
9.50%, 6/10/15

 

 

1,200

 

 

1,243,200

 

SUPERVALU Inc., Term B Advance, 1.49%, 6/02/12

 

 

576

 

 

558,486

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,057,481

 









Food Products — 2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dole Food Co., Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit-Linked Deposit, 0.17%, 08/30/10

 

 

828

 

 

827,754

 

Term Loan B, 3.50%, 2/10/17

 

 

588

 

 

588,529

 

Term Loan C, 5.50%, 2/10/17

 

 

1,412

 

 

1,412,471

 

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., Term Loan A,
5.29%, 12/01/12

 

 

500

 

 

492,500

 

Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC, Tranche C Term Loan,
7.50%, 4/02/14

 

 

1,700

 

 

1,706,982

 

Solvest, Ltd. (Dole), Tranche C Term Loan,
8.00%, 4/12/13

 

 

609

 

 

609,219

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

5,637,455

 









Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biomet, Inc., Dollar Term Loan,
3.23% – 3.25%, 3/25/15

 

 

349

 

 

337,682

 

DJO Finance LLC (ReAble Therapeutics Finance LLC),
Term Loan, 3.23%, 5/20/14

 

 

885

 

 

854,836

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,192,518

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (e)

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 







Health Care Providers & Services — 3.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delayed Draw Term Loan, 2.50%, 7/25/14

 

USD

100

 

$

93,933

 

Funded Term Loan, 2.48% – 2.50%, 7/25/14

 

 

1,926

 

 

1,799,447

 

DaVita Inc., Tranche B-1 Term Loan,
1.73% – 1.76%, 10/05/12

 

 

300

 

 

292,987

 

Fresenius SE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tranche B1 Term Loan, 6.75%, 9/10/14

 

 

534

 

 

537,322

 

Tranche B2 Term Loan, 6.75%, 9/10/14

 

 

288

 

 

289,462

 

HCA Inc., Tranche A-1 Term Loan, 1.75%, 11/16/12

 

 

3,071

 

 

2,900,778

 

Vanguard Health Holding Company II, LLC
(Vanguard Health Systems, Inc.), Initial Term Loan,
5.00%, 1/29/16

 

 

1,100

 

 

1,101,375

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

7,015,304

 









Health Care Technology — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMS Healthcare, Term Loan B, 5.25%, 2/16/16

 

 

1,600

 

 

1,606,400

 









Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 4.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blackstone UTP Capital LLC, Loan,
7.75%, 11/06/14

 

 

1,250

 

 

1,257,031

 

Cedar Fair LP, Term Loan B, 4.00%, 2/04/16

 

 

1,050

 

 

1,048,360

 

Harrah’s Operating Co., Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term B-2 Loan, 3.25%, 1/28/15

 

 

557

 

 

449,504

 

Term B-4 Loan, 9.50%, 10/31/16

 

 

1,250

 

 

1,246,527

 

QCE, LLC (Quiznos), Term Loan (First Lien),
2.56%, 5/05/13

 

 

390

 

 

332,638

 

Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc., Term Loan,
4.50%, 6/13/15

 

 

3,000

 

 

2,972,250

 

SW Acquisitions Co., Inc., Term Loan,
5.75%, 6/01/16

 

 

1,250

 

 

1,255,469

 

VML US Finance LLC (aka Venetian Macau):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Project Term Loan, 4.76%, 5/27/13

 

 

834

 

 

792,351

 

Term B Delayed Draw Project Loan, 4.76%, 5/25/12

 

 

209

 

 

198,088

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

9,552,218

 









IT Services — 2.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Audio Visual Services Group, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loan (Second Lien), 5.76%, 2/28/14

 

 

538

 

 

53,852

 

Tranche B Term Loan (First Lien),
2.51%, 2/28/14

 

 

995

 

 

696,438

 

Ceridian Corp., US Term Loan,
3.23% – 3.25%, 11/09/14

 

 

1,483

 

 

1,296,639

 

First Data Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initial Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 3.00%, 9/24/14

 

 

1,470

 

 

1,282,472

 

Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan, 3.00%, 9/24/14

 

 

389

 

 

338,391

 

RedPrairie Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tack-On Loan, 3.31%, 7/20/12

 

 

242

 

 

234,574

 

Term Loan B, 3.31%, 7/20/12

 

 

564

 

 

546,681

 

SunGard Data Systems Inc. (Solar Capital Corp.),
Incremental Term Loan, 6.75%, 2/28/14

 

 

746

 

 

748,833

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

5,197,880

 









Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dynegy Holdings Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term Letter of Credit Facility Term Loan,
3.98%, 4/02/13

 

 

463

 

 

451,507

 

Tranche B Term Loan, 3.98%, 4/02/13

 

 

37

 

 

36,346

 

Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co., LLC (TXU):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initial Tranche B-2 Term Loan,
3.73% – 3.75%, 10/10/14

 

 

484

 

 

389,046

 

Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan,
3.73% – 3.75%, 10/10/14

 

 

227

 

 

181,677

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,058,576

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.




44

ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (e)

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 







Industrial Conglomerates — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sequa Corp., Term Loan,
3.51 – 3.94%, 12/03/14

 

USD

450

 

$

411,589

 









Insurance — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alliant Holdings I, Inc., Term Loan, 3.25%, 8/21/14

 

 

142

 

 

134,290

 









Internet & Catalog Retail — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FTD Group, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan,
6.75%, 8/26/14

 

 

633

 

 

633,587

 









Leisure Equipment & Products — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fender Musical Instruments Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delayed Draw Loan, 2.51%, 6/09/14

 

 

657

 

 

556,990

 

Initial Loan, 2.51%, 6/09/14

 

 

1,301

 

 

1,102,670

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,659,660

 









Machinery — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bucyrus International, Term Loan C,
4.50%, 1/26/16

 

 

750

 

 

753,975

 

LN Acquisition Corp. (Lincoln Industrial), Initial Term
Loan (Second Lien), 5.98%, 1/09/15

 

 

1,000

 

 

840,000

 

Oshkosh Truck Corp., Term B Loan,
6.25% – 6.26%, 12/06/13

 

 

1,374

 

 

1,372,737

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,966,712

 









Media — 10.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affinion Group Holdings, Inc., Loan,
8.39%, 3/01/12

 

 

1,479

 

 

1,397,396

 

Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc. (Thomson
Learning), Tranche 1 Incremental Term Loan,
7.50%, 7/03/14

 

 

4,079

 

 

4,038,500

 

Cequel Communications, LLC, Tranche B Term PIK
Facility (Second Lien), 6.25%, 5/05/14

 

 

1,813

 

 

1,815,783

 

Charter Communications Operating, LLC, New Term
Loan, 2.23% – 2.26%, 3/06/14

 

 

2,500

 

 

2,331,930

 

Ellis Communications KDOC, LLC, Loan,
10.00%, 12/30/11

 

 

3,879

 

 

1,086,013

 

HMH Publishing Co. Ltd., Tranche A Term Loan,
5.23%, 6/12/14

 

 

1,443

 

 

1,214,428

 

Hanley-Wood, LLC (FSC Acquisition), Term Loan,
2.50% – 2.56%, 3/10/14

 

 

978

 

 

436,617

 

Lamar Media Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series B, Incremental Loan,
5.50% – 5.75%, 9/28/12

 

 

517

 

 

513,403

 

Term Loan, 5.50% – 5.75%, 9/28/12

 

 

903

 

 

896,426

 

MCC Iowa LLC (Mediacom Broadband Group),
Tranche E Term Loan, 6.50%, 1/03/16

 

 

274

 

 

275,800

 

Mediacom Illinois, LLC (fka Mediacom
Communications, LLC), Tranche D Term Loan,
5.50%, 3/31/17

 

 

499

 

 

498,122

 

Newsday, LLC, Fixed Rate Term Loan,
10.50%, 8/01/13

 

 

3,250

 

 

3,473,437

 

Penton Media, Inc., Term Loan (First Lien),
2.48% – 2.50%, 2/01/13

 

 

729

 

 

532,444

 

Sinclair Television Group, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan,
6.50%, 10/29/15

 

 

500

 

 

502,500

 

Sunshine Acquisition Ltd. (aka HIT Entertainment),
Term Facility, 2.50%, 3/20/12

 

 

1,200

 

 

1,055,000

 

UPC Financing Partnership, Facility,
3.93%, 12/30/16

 

 

1,750

 

 

1,701,000

 

Worldcolor Press Inc. and Worldcolor (USA) Corp.
(fka Quebecor World, Inc.), Advance,
9.00%, 7/23/12

 

 

498

 

 

503,176

 

Yell Group Plc TPI, Term Loan A, 7.12%, 8/09/11

 

 

750

 

 

718,125

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

22,990,100

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (e)

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 







Metals & Mining — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Euramax International, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term Facility, 10.00%, 6/29/13

 

USD

858

 

$

694,756

 

Domestic Term Facility, 14.00%, 6/29/13 (f)

 

 

871

 

 

705,902

 

RathGibson, Inc., Loan, Debtor in Possession
10.75%, 6/30/10 (f)

 

 

1,796

 

 

1,795,560

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,196,218

 









Multi-Utilities — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FirstLight Power Resources, Inc. (fka NE Energy, Inc.):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Synthetic Letter of Credit, 0.16%, 11/01/13

 

 

63

 

 

58,981

 

Term B Advance (First Lien), 2.75%, 11/01/13

 

 

687

 

 

640,641

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

699,622

 









Multiline Retail — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dollar General Corp., Tranche B-2 Term Loan,
2.98%, 7/07/14

 

 

983

 

 

945,267

 

The Neiman Marcus Group Inc., Term Loan,
2.26%, 4/06/13

 

 

350

 

 

314,144

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,259,411

 









Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Big West Oil, LLC, Initial Loan:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delayed Advance Loan, 4.50%, 5/15/14

 

 

546

 

 

535,247

 

Initial Advance Loan, 4.50%, 5/15/14

 

 

434

 

 

425,765

 

Term Loan B, 9.75%, 1/26/15

 

 

750

 

 

753,750

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,714,762

 









Paper & Forest Products — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Georgia-Pacific LLC, Term Loan B,
2.25% – 2.26%, 12/23/12

 

 

457

 

 

446,052

 









Personal Products — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Safety Razor Co., LLC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loan (Second Lien), 6.51%, 1/30/14

 

 

600

 

 

351,000

 

Term Loan (First Lien),
2.75% – 2.76%, 7/31/13

 

 

374

 

 

339,726

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

690,726

 









Pharmaceuticals — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warner Chilcott Co., LLC, Term A Loan,
5.50%, 10/30/14

 

 

644

 

 

643,907

 

Warner Chilcott Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Term Loan, 5.75%, 4/30/15

 

 

495

 

 

495,135

 

Term B-1 Loan, 5.75%, 4/30/15

 

 

322

 

 

321,813

 

Term B-2 Loan, 5.75%, 4/30/15

 

 

708

 

 

707,988

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,168,843

 









Professional Services — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., Term Loan C,
6.00%, 7/31/15

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,003,125

 









Real Estate Management & Development — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Realogy Corp., Synthetic Letter of Credit,
0.1%, 10/10/13

 

 

2,925

 

 

2,579,318

 









Specialty Retail — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adesa, Inc. (KAR Holdings, Inc.), Initial Term Loan,
2.98%, 10/21/13

 

 

611

 

 

588,904

 

Michaels Stores, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B-1 Term Loan, 2.50% – 2.56%, 10/31/13

 

 

642

 

 

577,854

 

B-2 Term Loan, 4.75% – 4.81%, 7/31/16

 

 

768

 

 

731,512

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,898,270

 









Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Digicel International Finance Ltd., Tranche A,
2.81%, 3/30/12

 

 

2,033

 

 

1,957,099

 

MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan,
2.50%, 11/03/13

 

 

499

 

 

480,478

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,437,577

 









Total Floating Rate Loan Interests — 54.2%

 

 

 

 

 

119,858,872

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 




ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

45




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Interests (i)

 

Beneficial
Interest
(000)

 

Value

 







Auto Components — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intermet Liquidating Trust Class A

 

USD

521

 

$

151,846

 









Diversified Financial Services — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

J. G. Wentworth LLC Preferred Equity Interests

 

 

(j)

 

914,658

 









Media — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adelphia Preferred Escrow

 

 

3

 

 

 

Adelphia Recovery Trust

 

 

250

 

 

25

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

25

 









Total Other Interests — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

1,066,529

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









 

Warrants (k)

 

Shares

 

 

 

 








Media — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charter Communications (Expires 11/30/14)

 

 

6,862

 

 

27,448

 









Total Warrants — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

27,448

 









Total Long-Term Investments
(Cost — $291,271,751) — 119.3%

 

 

 

 

 

263,741,332

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









 

Short-Term Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional
Class, 0.09% (l)(m)

 

 

1,938,484

 

 

1,938,484

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









 

 

 

Beneficial
Interest
(000)

 

 

 

 








Bank of New York Cash Reserves, 0.05% (m)

 

USD

1,011

 

 

1,010,656

 









Total Short-Term Securities
(Cost — $2,949,140) — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

2,949,140

 









Total Investments (Cost — $294,220,891*) — 120.6%

 

 

 

 

 

266,690,472

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (20.6)%

 

 

 

 

 

(45,517,527

)

 

 

 

 

 




Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

 

 

$

221,172,945

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 



*

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of February 28, 2010, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate cost

 

$

294,821,503

 

 

 

 




 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

9,088,996

 

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

 

(37,120,127

)

 

 

 




 

Net unrealized depreciation

 

$

(28,031,131

)


 

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

 

 

(b)

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.

 

 

(c)

As a result of bankruptcy proceedings, the company did not repay the principal amount of the security upon maturity.

 

 

(d)

Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default of interest payments.

 

 

(e)

Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.

 

 

(f)

Represents a payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in additional face/shares.

 

 

(g)

Convertible security.

 

 

(h)

Represents a step-down bond that pays an initial coupon rate for the first period and then a lower coupon rate for the following periods. Rate shown reflects the current yield as of report date.

 

 

(i)

Other interests represent beneficial interest in liquidation trusts and other reorganization entities and are non-income producing.

 

 

(j)

Amount is less than $1,000.

 

 

(k)

Warrants entitle the Fund to purchase a predetermined number of shares of common stock and are non-income producing. The purchase price and number of shares are subject to adjustment under certain conditions until the expiration date.

 

 

(l)

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


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







 

Affiliate

 

Net
Activity

 

Income

 

 







 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class

 

$

1,938,484

 

$

6,626

 

 

BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Cash Sweep Series

 

$

(4,346,896

)

$

1,683

 

 










 

 

(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. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such industry sub-classifications for reporting ease. These industry classifications are unaudited.

 

 

Foreign currency exchange contracts as of February 28, 2010 were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







 

Currency
Purchased

 

Currency
Sold

Counterparty

Settlement
Date

Unrealized
Appreciation

 







 

USD

572,542

CAD

599,500

Citibank NA

4/21/10

$        2,836

 









 

 

Credit default swaps on single-name issues — buy protection outstanding as of February 28, 2010 were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 








 

Issuer

Pay
Fixed
Rate

Counterparty

Expiration

Notional
Amount
(000)

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

 








 

K. Hovnanian

5.00%

Goldman Sachs

December 2011

USD 460

$

(2,961

)

 

Enterprises, Inc.

 

Bank USA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

K. Hovnanian

5.00%

Goldman Sachs

December 2012

USD 225

 

1,544

 

 

Enterprises, Inc.

 

Bank USA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boston

1.00%

Goldman Sachs

December 2014

USD 500

 

919

 

 

Scientific Corp.

 

Bank USA

 

 

 

 

 

 









 

Total

 

 

 

 

$

(498

)

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.




46

ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (concluded)

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)


 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments, which are 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 face value of investments)

 

 

 

 

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 other significant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

The following tables summarize the inputs used as of February 28, 2010 in determining the investments:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 











 

 

Investments in Securities

 

 


Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 











Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

$

3,387,205

 

$

1,035,196

 

$

179,112

 

$

4,601,513

 

Corporate Bonds

 

 

 

 

130,174,179

 

 

8,012,790

 

 

138,186,969

 

Floating Rate
Loan Interests

 

 

 

 

102,845,901

 

 

17,012,972

 

 

119,858,873

 

Other Interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,066,529

 

 

1,066,529

 

Warrants

 

 

 

 

27,448

 

 

 

 

27,448

 

Short-Term Securities

 

 

1,938,484

 

 

1,010,656

 

 

 

 

2,949,140

 

 

 













Total

 

$

5,325,689

 

$

235,093,380

 

$

26,271,403

 

$

266,690,472

 

 

 














 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















 

 

Other Financial Instruments1

 

 


Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 















Assets

 

 

 

$

5,299

 

 

 

$

5,299

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

(2,961

)

 

 

 

(2,961

)

 

 













Total

 

 

 

$

2,338

 

 

 

$

2,338

 

 

 














 

 

1

Other financial instruments are foreign currency exchange contracts and swaps which are shown at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

Investments in Securities

 

 


 

 

Common
Stocks

 

Corporate
Bonds

 

Floating Rate
Loan Interests

 

Other
Interests

 

Total

 













Balance, as of February 28, 2009

 

$

55,975

 

$

8,229,614

 

$

44,351,083

 

$

25

 

$

52,636,697

 

Accrued discounts/premiums

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Realized gain (loss)

 

 

 

 

(1,313,608

)

 

(9,136,141

)

 

 

 

(10,449,749

)

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation2

 

 

 

 

2,016,897

 

 

25,598,951

 

 

 

 

27,615,848

 

Net purchases (sales)

 

 

 

 

(2,115,281

)

 

(28,993,766

)

 

 

 

(31,109,047

)

Net transfers in (out) of Level 3

 

 

123,137

 

 

1,195,168

 

 

(14,807,155

)

 

1,066,504

 

 

(12,422,346

)

 

 
















Balance, as of February 28, 2010

 

$

179,112

 

$

8,012,790

 

$

17,012,972

 

$

1,066,529

 

$

26,271,403

 

 

 

















 

 

2

Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the Statements of Operations. The change in the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the securities still held on February 28, 1010 was $4,608,899.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 




ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

47




 

 


 

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February 28, 2010

 

BlackRock
Corporate
High Yield
Fund, Inc.
(COY)

 

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

 

BlackRock
Debt Strategies
Fund, Inc.
(DSU)

 

BlackRock
Floating
Rate Income
Strategies
Fund II, Inc.
(FRB)

 

BlackRock
Senior High
Income
Fund, Inc.
(ARK)

 













Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Investments at value — unaffiliated1

 

$

289,988,900

 

$

313,342,249

 

$

502,769,695

 

$

168,472,349

 

$

264,751,988

 

Investments at value — affiliated2

 

 

4,931,674

 

 

3,276,755

 

 

1,319,723

 

 

1,797,812

 

 

1,938,484

 

Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts

 

 

1,401,730

 

 

1,456,164

 

 

1,642,856

 

 

523,805

 

 

2,836

 

Unrealized appreciation on swaps

 

 

18,639

 

 

5,534

 

 

4,571

 

 

856

 

 

2,463

 

Unrealized appreciation on unfunded loan commitments

 

 

 

 

95

 

 

 

 

4,076

 

 

 

Foreign currency at value3

 

 

1,025,174

 

 

1,010,962

 

 

536,981

 

 

327,836

 

 

475

 

Cash

 

 

11,446

 

 

 

 

23,555

 

 

 

 

 

Cash pledged as collateral for swaps

 

 

500,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments sold receivable

 

 

11,070,027

 

 

11,256,876

 

 

14,395,121

 

 

7,615,228

 

 

12,416,176

 

Interest receivable

 

 

5,495,712

 

 

5,635,563

 

 

6,668,181

 

 

1,617,492

 

 

3,177,637

 

Swap premiums paid

 

 

705,486

 

 

387,496

 

 

93,268

 

 

 

 

42,060

 

Principal paydowns receivable

 

 

169,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

89,466

 

 

 

Swaps receivable

 

 

120,750

 

 

121,722

 

 

5,337

 

 

7,389

 

 

 

Dividends receivable

 

 

18,400

 

 

33,160

 

 

59,496

 

 

 

 

 

Commitment fees receivable

 

 

 

 

31

 

 

 

 

660

 

 

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

18,345

 

 

19,510

 

 

35,515

 

 

11,127

 

 

18,293

 

Other assets

 

 

4,515

 

 

4,515

 

 

588,243

 

 

 

 

100,154

 

 

 
















Total assets

 

 

315,479,798

 

 

336,550,632

 

 

528,142,542

 

 

180,468,096

 

 

282,450,566

 

 

 
















 


















Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Loan payable

 

 

72,000,000

 

 

76,000,000

 

 

67,000,000

 

 

24,000,000

 

 

43,000,000

 

Unrealized depreciation on swaps

 

 

381,198

 

 

235,526

 

 

109,385

 

 

 

 

2,961

 

Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts

 

 

25,617

 

 

19,428

 

 

63,523

 

 

42,902

 

 

 

Unrealized depreciation on unfunded loan commitments

 

 

51,643

 

 

115,674

 

 

 

 

38,101

 

 

 

Cash held as collateral for swaps

 

 

600,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank overdraft

 

 

 

 

1,393,499

 

 

 

 

4,446

 

 

 

Investments purchased payable

 

 

11,271,316

 

 

8,475,627

 

 

40,960,112

 

 

17,801,366

 

 

17,898,019

 

Swap premiums received

 

 

178,998

 

 

189,313

 

 

3,597

 

 

 

 

1,998

 

Interest expense payable

 

 

115,205

 

 

130,247

 

 

127,672

 

 

54,307

 

 

38,704

 

Investment advisory fees payable

 

 

112,531

 

 

147,925

 

 

223,470

 

 

95,116

 

 

98,937

 

Swaps payable

 

 

64,031

 

 

33,226

 

 

17,354

 

 

 

 

7,632

 

Other affiliates payable

 

 

838

 

 

918

 

 

1,448

 

 

496

 

 

776

 

Officer’s and Directors’ fees payable

 

 

627

 

 

821

 

 

65,690

 

 

373

 

 

271

 

Other accrued expenses payable

 

 

85,256

 

 

87,859

 

 

144,003

 

 

60,293

 

 

128,424

 

Other liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

204,300

 

 

12

 

 

99,899

 

 

 
















Total liabilities

 

 

84,887,260

 

 

86,830,063

 

 

108,920,554

 

 

42,097,412

 

 

61,277,621

 

 

 
















Net Assets

 

$

230,592,538

 

$

249,720,569

 

$

419,221,988

 

$

138,370,684

 

$

221,172,945

 

 

 
















 


















Net Assets Consist of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Paid-in capital4

 

$

381,684,497

 

$

439,423,631

 

$

882,189,849

 

$

199,603,356

 

$

401,676,162

 

Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

 

 

649,435

 

 

(405,353

)

 

(1,165,262

)

 

(718,024

)

 

3,223,424

 

Accumulated net realized loss

 

 

(146,430,319

)

 

(183,691,236

)

 

(370,143,030

)

 

(53,030,772

)

 

(156,198,567

)

Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

 

(5,311,075

)

 

(5,606,473

)

 

(91,659,569

)

 

(7,483,876

)

 

(27,528,074

)

 

 
















Net Assets

 

$

230,592,538

 

$

249,720,569

 

$

419,221,988

 

$

138,370,684

 

$

221,172,945

 

 

 
















Net asset value

 

$

6.64

 

$

6.69

 

$

3.89

 

$

13.16

 

$

3.91

 

 

 
















1 Investments at cost — unaffiliated

 

$

296,253,633

 

$

320,041,899

 

$

596,533,280

 

$

176,512,609

 

$

292,282,407

 

 

 
















2 Investments at cost — affiliated

 

$

4,931,674

 

$

3,276,755

 

$

1,319,723

 

$

1,797,812

 

$

1,938,484

 

 

 
















3 Foreign currency at cost

 

$

1,024,800

 

$

1,011,928

 

$

437,498

 

$

332,318

 

$

469

 

 

 
















4 Shares outstanding, 200 million shares authorized, par value $0.10 per share

 

 

34,713,378

 

 

37,333,466

 

 

107,657,486

 

 

10,516,588

 

 

56,542,893

 

 

 

















 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 




48

ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010




 

 


 

 

Statements of Operations


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February 28, 2010

 

BlackRock
Corporate
High Yield
Fund, Inc.
(COY)

 

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

 

BlackRock
Debt Strategies
Fund, Inc.
(DSU)

 

BlackRock
Floating
Rate Income
Strategies
Fund II, Inc.
(FRB)

 

BlackRock
Senior High
Income
Fund, Inc.
(ARK)

 













Investment Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Interest

 

$

24,368,481

 

$

26,209,932

 

$

46,119,469

 

$

10,615,795

 

$

22,135,529

 

Foreign taxes withheld

 

 

(1,021

)

 

 

 

 

 

(4

)

 

 

Facility and other fees

 

 

298,923

 

 

355,798

 

 

550,367

 

 

200,468

 

 

437,971

 

Dividends

 

 

31,258

 

 

65,051

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income — affiliated

 

 

9,075

 

 

8,667

 

 

13,475

 

 

8,225

 

 

8,309

 

 

 
















Total income

 

 

24,706,716

 

 

26,639,448

 

 

46,683,311

 

 

10,824,484

 

 

22,581,809

 

 

 
















 


















Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Investment advisory

 

 

1,195,391

 

 

1,554,655

 

 

2,441,895

 

 

1,078,081

 

 

1,104,348

 

Borrowing costs1

 

 

247,486

 

 

262,737

 

 

421,005

 

 

182,944

 

 

281,903

 

Professional

 

 

111,625

 

 

114,138

 

 

207,613

 

 

115,629

 

 

138,190

 

Accounting services

 

 

59,672

 

 

59,151

 

 

118,896

 

 

25,293

 

 

52,819

 

Transfer agent

 

 

44,359

 

 

41,010

 

 

107,846

 

 

28,675

 

 

57,446

 

Custodian

 

 

24,320

 

 

30,070

 

 

26,762

 

 

34,925

 

 

15,879

 

Officer and Directors

 

 

24,124

 

 

27,647

 

 

65,483

 

 

15,036

 

 

23,204

 

Printing

 

 

18,190

 

 

20,678

 

 

47,059

 

 

19,437

 

 

28,533

 

Registration

 

 

11,866

 

 

12,805

 

 

37,801

 

 

9,166

 

 

19,296

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

68,991

 

 

72,220

 

 

92,893

 

 

40,254

 

 

62,126

 

 

 
















Total expenses excluding interest expense

 

 

1,806,024

 

 

2,195,111

 

 

3,567,253

 

 

1,549,440

 

 

1,783,744

 

Interest expense

 

 

522,339

 

 

609,174

 

 

728,880

 

 

276,153

 

 

374,716

 

 

 
















Total expenses

 

 

2,328,363

 

 

2,804,285

 

 

4,296,133

 

 

1,825,593

 

 

2,158,460

 

Less fees waived by advisor

 

 

(1,759

)

 

(1,523

)

 

(1,987

)

 

(1,791

)

 

(1,533

)

 

 
















Total expenses after fees waived

 

 

2,326,604

 

 

2,802,762

 

 

4,294,146

 

 

1,823,802

 

 

2,156,927

 

 

 
















Net investment income

 

 

22,380,112

 

 

23,836,686

 

 

42,389,165

 

 

9,000,682

 

 

20,424,882

 

 

 
















 


















Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Net realized loss from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

(16,893,502

)

 

(14,858,314

)

 

(107,086,708

)

 

(17,068,037

)

 

(38,830,698

)

Swaps

 

 

(442,843

)

 

(173,346

)

 

(783,756

)

 

(499,772

)

 

(1,213,910

)

Foreign currency transactions

 

 

(910,026

)

 

(1,036,513

)

 

(1,420,605

)

 

(939,197

)

 

(86,342

)

 

 
















 

 

 

(18,246,371

)

 

(16,068,173

)

 

(109,291,069

)

 

(18,507,006

)

 

(40,130,950

)

 

 
















Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

102,229,656

 

 

111,446,486

 

 

275,386,401

 

 

61,689,507

 

 

113,616,454

 

Swaps

 

 

2,936,980

 

 

3,295,592

 

 

(1,563,576

)

 

2,901,019

 

 

450,201

 

Foreign currency transactions

 

 

1,054,018

 

 

1,143,051

 

 

1,674,640

 

 

337,733

 

 

(8,560

)

Unfunded loan commitments

 

 

(51,643

)

 

(115,674

)

 

 

 

142,635

 

 

 

 

 
















 

 

 

106,169,011

 

 

115,769,455

 

 

275,497,465

 

 

65,070,894

 

 

114,058,095

 

 

 
















Total realized and unrealized gain

 

 

87,922,640

 

 

99,701,282

 

 

166,206,396

 

 

46,563,888

 

 

73,927,145

 

 

 
















Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

$

110,302,752

 

$

123,537,968

 

$

208,595,561

 

$

55,564,570

 

$

94,352,027

 

 

 

















 

 

1

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


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 




ANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

49




 

 


 

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BlackRock Corporate
High Yield Fund, Inc. (COY)

 

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

 

 

 


 


 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:

 

Year
Ended
February 28,
2010

 

Period
June 1,
2008 to
February 28,
2009

 

Year Ended
May 31,
2008

 

Year
Ended
February 28,
2010

 

Period
June 1,
2008 to
February 28,
2009

 

Year Ended
May 31,
2008

 















Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Net investment income

 

$

22,380,112

 

$

17,171,877

 

$

25,842,085

 

$

23,836,686

 

$

18,684,715

 

$

27,155,524

 

Net realized loss

 

 

(18,246,371

)

 

(34,537,665

)

 

(9,129,906

)

 

(16,068,173

)

 

(36,996,389

)

 

(9,283,103

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

 

106,169,011

 

 

(86,397,451

)

 

(36,722,065

)

 

115,769,455

 

 

(93,986,807

)

 

(40,223,490

)

 

 









 










Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

 

 

110,302,752

 

 

(103,763,239

)

 

(20,009,886

)

 

123,537,968

 

 

(112,298,481

)

 

(22,351,069

)

 

 









 










 





















Dividends to Shareholders From

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Net investment income

 

 

(25,342,365

)

 

(19,134,959

)

 

(26,113,293

)

 

(25,189,541

)

 

(20,800,925

)

 

(28,767,885

)

 

 









 










 





















Capital Share Transactions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Reinvestment of dividends

 

 

832,119

 

 

 

 

 

 

111,029

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Total increase (decrease) in net assets

 

 

85,792,506

 

 

(122,898,198

)

 

(46,123,179

)

 

98,459,456

 

 

(133,099,406

)

 

(51,118,954

)

Beginning of period

 

 

144,800,032

 

 

267,698,230

 

 

313,821,409

 

 

151,261,113

 

 

284,360,519

 

 

335,479,473

 

 

 









 










End of period

 

$

230,592,538

 

$

144,800,032

 

$

267,698,230

 

$

249,720,569

 

$

151,261,113

 

$

284,360,519

 

 

 









 










Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

 

$

649,435

 

$

4,243,346

 

$

5,504,375

 

$

(405,353

)

$

1,653,945

 

$

3,076,301

 

 

 









 











 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BlackRock Debt
Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

 

BlackRock Floating Rate Income
Strategies Fund II, Inc. (FRB)

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

Year Ended
February 28,

 

Year Ended
February 28,

 

 

 


 


 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:

 

2010

 

2009

 

2010

 

2009

 















Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















Net investment income

 

$

42,389,165

 

$

55,149,566

 

$

9,000,682

 

$

14,429,059

 

Net realized loss

 

 

(109,291,069

)

 

(103,719,990

)

 

(18,507,006

)

 

(31,870,409

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

 

275,497,465

 

 

(229,565,826

)

 

65,070,894

 

 

(41,438,156

)

 

 






 







Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

 

 

208,595,561

 

 

(278,136,250

)

 

55,564,570

 

 

(58,879,506

)

 

 






 







 















Dividends to Shareholders From

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















Net investment income

 

 

(41,936,207

)

 

(65,857,392

)

 

(10,283,447

)

 

(16,017,675

)

Tax return of capital

 

 

(926,392

)

 

 

 

(825,748

)

 

 

 

 






 







Total dividends and distributions to shareholders

 

 

(42,862,599

)

 

(65,857,392

)

 

(11,109,195

)

 

(16,017,675

)

 

 






 







 















Capital Share Transactions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















Reinvestment of dividends

 

 

1,409,077

 

 

1,869,284

 

 

259,478

 

 

 

 

 






 







 















Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















Total increase (decrease) in net assets

 

 

167,142,039

 

 

(342,124,358

)

 

44,714,853

 

 

(74,897,181

)

Beginning of year

 

 

252,079,949

 

 

594,204,307

 

 

93,655,831

 

 

168,553,012

 

 

 






 







End of year

 

$

419,221,988

 

$

252,079,949

 

$

138,370,684

 

$

93,655,831

 

 

 






 







Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

 

$

(1,165,262

)

$

(749,083

)

$

(718,024

)

$

1,132,254

 

 

 






 








 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 




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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (concluded)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BlackRock Senior High
Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

 

 

 


 

 

 

Year Ended
February 28,

 

 

 


 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:

 

2010

 

2009

 







Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net investment income

 

$

20,424,882

 

$

23,218,610

 

Net realized loss

 

 

(40,130,950

)

 

(55,099,290

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

 

114,058,095

 

 

(82,255,118

)

 

 







Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

 

 

94,352,027

 

 

(114,135,798

)

 

 







 









Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders From

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net investment income

 

 

(16,952,851

)

 

(24,063,310

)

Tax return of capital

 

 

 

 

(3,089,535

)

 

 







Total dividends and distributions to shareholders

 

 

(16,952,851

)

 

(27,152,845

)

 

 







 









Capital Share Transactions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Reinvestment of dividends

 

 

130,893

 

 

239,560

 

 

 







 









Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Total increase (decrease) in net assets

 

 

77,530,069

 

 

(141,049,083

)

Beginning of year

 

 

143,642,876

 

 

284,691,959

 

 

 







End of year

 

$

221,172,945

 

$

143,642,876

 

 

 







Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

 

$

3,223,424

 

$

(267,346

)

 

 








 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 




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Statements of Cash Flows


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended February 28, 2010

 

BlackRock
Corporate
High Yield
Fund, Inc.
(COY)

 

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

 

BlackRock
Debt Strategies
Fund, Inc.
(DSU)

 

BlackRock
Floating
Rate Income
Strategies
Fund II, Inc.
(FRB)

 

BlackRock
Senior High
Income
Fund, Inc.
(ARK)

 













Cash Provided by (Used for) Operating Activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

 

$

110,302,752

 

$

123,537,968

 

$

208,595,561

 

$

55,564,570

 

$

94,352,027

 

Adjustments to reconcile net increase in net assets resulting from operations to net cash provided by (used for) operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Increase) decrease in interest receivable

 

 

(425,202

)

 

(23,026

)

 

2,997,568

 

 

468,511

 

 

518,099

 

(Increase) decrease in swaps receivable

 

 

(78,039

)

 

(75,438

)

 

(5,337

)

 

29,557

 

 

20,215

 

Increase in commitment fees receivable

 

 

 

 

33

 

 

2,602

 

 

6,208

 

 

 

(Increase) decrease in other assets

 

 

19,470

 

 

28,723

 

 

(501,894

)

 

1,328

 

 

(100,154

)

(Increase) decrease in dividends receivable

 

 

(18,104

)

 

(19,829

)

 

17,112

 

 

 

 

 

(Increase) in prepaid expenses

 

 

(2,412

)

 

(2,843

)

 

(446

)

 

(728

)

 

(1,485

)

Increase in investment advisory fees payable

 

 

37,836

 

 

52,233

 

 

56,505

 

 

24,933

 

 

24,437

 

Increase (decrease) in interest expense payable

 

 

103,787

 

 

119,913

 

 

97,305

 

 

46,096

 

 

23,705

 

Decrease in other affiliates payable

 

 

(847

)

 

(947

)

 

(864

)

 

(264

)

 

(1,147

)

(Decrease) increase in accrued expenses payable

 

 

(24,140

)

 

(7,287

)

 

(21,566

)

 

(18,926

)

 

20,455

 

(Decrease) increase in swaps payable

 

 

63,371

 

 

32,567

 

 

(111,105

)

 

(59,164

)

 

(99,804

)

Cash collateral on swaps

 

 

2,400,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,500,000

 

Increase in other liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

204,300

 

 

12

 

 

99,899

 

Increase in Officer’s and Directors’ fees payable

 

 

503

 

 

690

 

 

40,983

 

 

240

 

 

154

 

Net periodic and termination payments of swaps

 

 

(734,482

)

 

(230,183

)

 

(955,523

)

 

35,214

 

 

(193,223

)

Net realized and unrealized gain

 

 

(88,911,297

)

 

(100,762,332

)

 

(165,230,764

)

 

(46,978,725

)

 

(73,390,383

)

Amortization of premium and discount on investments

 

 

(3,166,833

)

 

(3,735,805

)

 

(4,300,645

)

 

(1,663,014

)

 

(1,726,364

)

Paid-in-kind income

 

 

(1,074,464

)

 

(1,289,749

)

 

(2,923,978

)

 

(952,646

)

 

(805,362

)

Proceeds from sales and paydowns of long-term investments

 

 

189,981,530

 

 

217,650,077

 

 

343,049,000

 

 

130,545,501

 

 

167,966,835

 

Purchases of long-term investments

 

 

(217,385,568

)

 

(247,554,377

)

 

(320,122,079

)

 

(126,333,212

)

 

(168,733,701

)

Net proceeds from sales of short-term securities

 

 

2,179,589

 

 

5,093,767

 

 

3,402,598

 

 

2,310,366

 

 

1,397,755

 

 

 
















Cash provided by (used for) operating activities

 

 

(6,732,550

)

 

(7,185,845

)

 

64,289,333

 

 

13,025,857

 

 

20,871,958

 

 

 
















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Cash Provided by (Used for) Financing Activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Cash receipts from borrowings

 

 

131,000,000

 

 

149,000,000

 

 

255,000,000

 

 

109,000,000

 

 

135,000,000

 

Cash payments from borrowings

 

 

(97,700,000

)

 

(117,200,000

)

 

(278,000,000

)

 

(111,000,000

)

 

(139,000,000

)

Cash dividends paid to shareholders

 

 

(24,637,844

)

 

(25,216,305

)

 

(41,841,336

)

 

(10,958,900

)

 

(16,993,912

)

(Decrease) increase in bank overdraft

 

 

(926,999

)

 

1,393,499

 

 

 

 

4,446

 

 

 

 

 
















Cash provided by (used for) financing activities

 

 

7,735,157

 

 

7,977,194

 

 

(64,841,336

)

 

(12,954,454

)

 

(20,993,912

)

 

 
















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Cash Impact from Foreign Exchange Fluctuations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Cash impact from foreign exchange fluctuations

 

 

(32,897

)

 

2,176

 

 

154,194

 

 

1,248

 

 

6

 

 

 
















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Cash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Net increase (decrease) in cash

 

 

969,710

 

 

793,525

 

 

(397,809

)

 

72,651

 

 

(121,948

)

Cash and foreign currency at beginning of year

 

 

66,910

 

 

217,437

 

 

958,345

 

 

255,185

 

 

122,423

 

 

 
















Cash at end of year

 

$

1,036,620

 

$

1,010,962

 

$

560,536

 

$

327,836

 

$

475

 

 

 
















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Cash Flow Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Cash paid for interest

 

$

418,552

 

$

489,261

 

$

631,575

 

$

230,057

 

$

351,011

 

 

 
















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Noncash Financing Activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Capital shares issued in reinvestment of dividends paid to shareholders

 

$

832,119

 

$

111,029

 

$

1,409,077

 

$

259,478

 

$

130,893

 

 

 

















 

 

 

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


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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Financial Highlights

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (COY)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Period
June 1,
2008 to
February 28,
2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year
Ended
February 28,
2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended May 31,

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

2006

 

2005

 















Per Share Operating Performance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

4.19

 

$

7.74

 

$

9.07

 

$

8.52

 

$

8.53

 

$

8.48

 

 

 



















Net investment income1

 

 

0.65

 

 

0.50

 

 

0.75

 

 

0.73

 

 

0.74

 

 

0.87

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

 

 

2.53

 

 

(3.50

)

 

(1.32

)

 

0.49

 

 

0.02

 

 

0.07

 

 

 



















Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

 

 

3.18

 

 

(3.00

)

 

(0.57

)

 

1.22

 

 

0.76

 

 

0.94

 

 

 



















Dividends from net investment income

 

 

(0.73

)

 

(0.55

)

 

(0.76

)

 

(0.67

)

 

(0.77

)

 

(0.89

)

 

 



















Net asset value, end of period

 

$

6.64

 

$

4.19

 

$

7.74

 

$

9.07

 

$

8.52

 

$

8.53

 

 

 



















Market price, end of period

 

$

6.88

 

$

3.91

 

$

7.28

 

$

8.47

 

$

7.42

 

$

8.46

 

 

 



















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Total Investment Return2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Based on net asset value

 

 

79.91

%

 

(38.98

)% 3

 

(5.49

)%

 

15.60

%

 

9.75

%

 

11.31

%

 

 



















Based on market price

 

 

99.76

%

 

(39.46

)%3

 

(4.81

)%

 

23.96

%

 

(3.63

)%

 

13.75

%

 

 



















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Total expenses

 

 

1.18

%

 

2.29

%4

 

2.33

%

 

3.25

%

 

2.39

%

 

1.69

%

 

 



















Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly

 

 

1.18

%

 

2.29

%4

 

2.33

%

 

3.25

%

 

2.39

%

 

1.69

%

 

 



















Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly and excluding interest expense

 

 

0.92

%

 

1.17

%4

 

0.83

%

 

0.91

%

 

0.90

%

 

0.87

%

 

 



















Net investment income

 

 

11.36

%

 

11.45

%4

 

9.15

%

 

8.36

%

 

8.55

%

 

9.85

%

 

 



















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Net assets, end of period (000)

 

$

230,593

 

$

144,800

 

$

267,698

 

$

313,821

 

$

294,759

 

$

294,218

 

 

 



















Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

 

$

72,000

 

$

38,700

 

$

64,700

 

$

126,200

 

$

127,700

 

$

100,600

 

 

 



















Average borrowings outstanding during the period (000)

 

$

42,184

 

$

59,553

 

$

81,598

 

$

125,974

 

$

101,539

 

$

104,938

 

 

 



















Portfolio turnover

 

 

85

%

 

37

%

 

38

%

 

62

%

 

57

%

 

57

%

 

 



















Asset coverage, end of period per $1,000

 

$

4,203

 

$

4,742

 

$

5,138

 

$

3,487

 

$

3,308

 

$

3,925

 

 

 




















 

 

 

 

1

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

 

 

 

2

Total investment returns based on market value, 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.

 

 

 

 

3

Aggregate total investment return.

 

 

 

 

4

Annualized.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 


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Financial Highlights

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


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year
Ended
February 28,
2010

 

Period
June 1,
2008 to
February 28,
2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended May 31,

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

2006

 

2005

 















Per Share Operating Performance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

4.05

 

$

7.62

 

$

8.99

 

$

8.46

 

$

8.46

 

$

8.43

 

 

 



















Net investment income1

 

 

0.64

 

 

0.50

 

 

0.73

 

 

0.71

 

 

0.72

 

 

0.85

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

 

 

2.68

 

 

(3.51

)

 

(1.33

)

 

0.49

 

 

0.02

 

 

0.07

 

 

 



















Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

 

 

3.32

 

 

(3.01

)

 

(0.60

)

 

1.20

 

 

0.74

 

 

0.92

 

 

 



















Dividends from net investment income

 

 

(0.68

)

 

(0.56

)

 

(0.77

)

 

(0.67

)

 

(0.74

)

 

(0.89

)

 

 



















Net asset value, end of period

 

$

6.69

 

$

4.05

 

$

7.62

 

$

8.99

 

$

8.46

 

$

8.46

 

 

 



















Market price, end of period

 

$

6.67

 

$

3.57

 

$

7.03

 

$

8.53

 

$

7.36

 

$

8.38

 

 

 



















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Total Investment Return2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Based on net asset value

 

 

86.65

%

 

(39.69

)%3

 

(5.69

)%

 

15.51

%

 

9.78

%

 

11.24

%

 

 



















Based on market price

 

 

111.12

%

 

(42.38

)%3

 

(8.30

)%

 

25.98

%

 

(3.59

)%

 

16.55

%

 

 



















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Total expenses

 

 

1.34

%

 

2.45

%4

 

2.47

%

 

3.38

%

 

2.49

%

 

1.81

%

 

 



















Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly

 

 

1.33

%

 

2.45

%4

 

2.47

%

 

3.38

%

 

2.49

%

 

1.81

%

 

 



















Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly and excluding interest expense

 

 

1.04

%

 

1.29

%4

 

0.96

%

 

1.04

%

 

1.00

%

 

0.99

%

 

 



















Net investment income

 

 

11.35

%

 

11.80

%4

 

9.01

%

 

8.25

%

 

8.45

%

 

9.71

%

 

 



















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Net assets, end of period (000)

 

$

249,721

 

$

151,261

 

$

284,361

 

$

335,479

 

$

315,699

 

$

315,626

 

 

 



















Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

 

$

76,000

 

$

44,200

 

$

71,700

 

$

129,700

 

$

141,000

 

$

107,800

 

 

 



















Average borrowings outstanding during the period (000)

 

$

49,196

 

$

65,500

 

$

88,466

 

$

134,704

 

$

109,144

 

$

112,501

 

 

 



















Portfolio turnover

 

 

89

%

 

37

%

 

38

%

 

62

%

 

56

%

 

55

%

 

 



















Asset coverage, end of period per $1,000

 

$

4,286

 

$

4,422

 

$

4,966

 

$

3,587

 

$

3,239

 

$

3,928

 

 

 




















 

 

 

 

1

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

 

 

 

2

Total investment returns based on market value, 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.

 

 

 

 

3

Aggregate total investment return.

 

 

 

 

4

Annualized.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


54

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FEBRUARY 28, 2010




 

 


 

Financial Highlights

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended
February 28,

 

Year
Ended
February 29,
2008

 

Year Ended
February 28,

 

 

 


 

 


 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

 

2007

 

2006

 













Per Share Operating Performance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Net asset value, beginning of year

 

$

2.35

 

$

5.57

 

$

7.01

 

$

6.69

 

$

7.06

 

 

 
















Net investment income1

 

 

0.39

 

 

0.52

 

 

0.66

 

 

0.68

 

 

0.63

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

 

 

1.55

 

 

(3.12

)

 

(1.43

)

 

0.28

 

 

(0.35

)

 

 
















Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

 

 

1.94

 

 

(2.60

)

 

(0.77

)

 

0.96

 

 

0.28

 

 

 
















Dividends and distributions from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

 

(0.39

)

 

(0.62

)

 

(0.67

)

 

(0.64

)

 

(0.65

)

Tax return of capital

 

 

(0.01

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
















Total dividends and distributions

 

 

(0.40

)

 

(0.62

)

 

(0.67

)

 

(0.64

)

 

(0.65

)

 

 
















Net asset value, end of year

 

$

3.89

 

$

2.35

 

$

5.57

 

$

7.01

 

$

6.69

 

 

 
















Market price, end of year

 

$

3.91

 

$

2.07

 

$

5.43

 

$

7.28

 

$

6.77

 

 

 
















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Total Investment Return2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Based on net asset value

 

 

87.82

%

 

(50.19

)%

 

(11.72

)%

 

15.35

%

 

4.57

%

 

 
















Based on market price

 

 

114.32

%

 

(54.99

)%

 

(17.13

)%

 

18.37

%

 

11.34

%

 

 
















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Total expenses

 

 

1.23

%

 

2.42

%

 

3.13

%

 

3.16

%

 

2.63

%

 

 
















Total expenses after fees waived

 

 

1.23

%

 

2.42

%

 

3.13

%

 

3.16

%

 

2.63

%

 

 
















Total expenses after fees waived and excluding interest expense

 

 

1.02

%

 

1.20

%

 

0.99

%

 

0.99

%

 

1.02

%

 

 
















Net investment income

 

 

12.16

%

 

11.79

%

 

9.90

%

 

9.97

%

 

9.55

%

 

 
















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Net assets, end of year (000)

 

$

419,222

 

$

252,080

 

$

594,204

 

$

745,944

 

$

708,411

 

 

 
















Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000)

 

$

67,000

 

$

90,000

 

$

199,000

 

$

298,600

 

$

259,900

 

 

 
















Average borrowings outstanding during the year (000)

 

$

58,574

 

$

163,286

 

$

272,846

 

$

283,906

 

$

294,371

 

 

 
















Portfolio turnover

 

 

86

%

 

44

%

 

51

%

 

65

%

 

46

%

 

 
















Asset coverage, end of year per $1,000

 

$

7, 257

 

$

3,801

 

$

3,986

 

$

3,498

 

$

3,726

 

 

 

















 

 

 

 

1

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

 

 

 

2

Total investment returns based on market value, 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.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 


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FEBRUARY 28, 2010

55




 

 


 

Financial Highlights

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. (FRB)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended
February 28,

 

Year
Ended
February 29,
2008

 

Year Ended
February 28,

 

 

 


 

 


 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

 

2007

 

2006

 













Per Share Operating Performance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Net asset value, beginning of year

 

$

8.92

 

$

16.06

 

$

19.28

 

$

19.39

 

$

19.74

 

 

 
















Net investment income1

 

 

0.86

 

 

1.37

 

 

1.55

 

 

1.55

 

 

1.33

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

 

 

4.44

 

 

(6.98

)

 

(3.27

)

 

(0.12

)

 

(0.31

)

 

 
















Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

 

 

5.30

 

 

(5.61

)

 

(1.72

)

 

1.43

 

 

1.02

 

 

 
















Dividends and distributions from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

 

(0.98

)

 

(1.53

)

 

(1.50

)

 

(1.54

)

 

(1.27

)

Net realized gain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.10

)

Tax return of capital

 

 

(0.08

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
















Total dividends and distributions

 

 

(1.06

)

 

(1.53

)

 

(1.50

)

 

(1.54

)

 

(1.37

)

 

 
















Net asset value, end of year

 

$

13.16

 

$

8.92

 

$

16.06

 

$

19.28

 

$

19.39

 

 

 
















Market price, end of year

 

$

15.01

 

$

8.28

 

$

14.75

 

$

18.50

 

$

17.76

 

 

 
















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Total Investment Return2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Based on net asset value

 

 

62.08

%

 

(36.46

)%

 

(8.98

)%

 

8.31

%

 

6.07

%

 

 
















Based on market price

 

 

99.15

%

 

(35.78

)%

 

(12.88

)%

 

13.47

%

 

(1.35

)%

 

 
















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Total expenses

 

 

1.50

%

 

2.48

%

 

2.78

%

 

2.87

%

 

2.46

%

 

 
















Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly

 

 

1.50

%

 

2.48

%

 

2.78

%

 

2.87

%

 

2.46

%

 

 
















Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly and excluding interest expense

 

 

1.27

%

 

1.38

%

 

1.20

%

 

1.22

%

 

1.25

%

 

 
















Net investment income

 

 

7.40

%

 

10.08

%

 

8.39

%

 

8.03

%

 

6.88

%

 

 
















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Net assets, end of year (000)

 

$

138,371

 

$

93,656

 

$

168,553

 

$

202,364

 

$

203,557

 

 

 
















Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000)

 

$

24,000

 

$

26,000

 

$

50,000

 

$

47,000

 

$

61,400

 

 

 
















Average borrowings outstanding during the year (000)

 

$

22,225

 

$

45,165

 

$

55,269

 

$

61,022

 

$

63,725

 

 

 
















Portfolio turnover

 

 

92

%

 

47

%

 

65

%

 

65

%

 

72

%

 

 
















Asset coverage, end of year per $1,000

 

$

6,765

 

$

4,602

 

$

4,371

 

$

5,306

 

$

4,315

 

 

 

















 

 

 

 

1

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

 

 

 

2

Total investment returns based on market value, 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.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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FEBRUARY 28, 2010




 

 


 

Financial Highlights

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended
February 28,

 

Year
Ended
February 29,
2008

 

Year Ended
February 28,

 

 

 


 

 


 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

 

2007

 

2006

 













Per Share Operating Performance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Net asset value, beginning of year

 

$

2.54

 

$

5.04

 

$

6.17

 

$

6.00

 

$

6.28

 

 

 
















Net investment income1

 

 

0.36

 

 

0.41

 

 

0.54

 

 

0.57

 

 

0.55

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

 

 

1.31

 

 

(2.43

)

 

(1.11

)

 

0.16

 

 

(0.27

)

 

 
















Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

 

 

1.67

 

 

(2.02

)

 

(0.57

)

 

0.73

 

 

0.28

 

 

 
















Dividends and distributions from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

 

(0.30

)

 

(0.43

)

 

(0.56

)

 

(0.56

)

 

(0.56

)

Tax return of capital

 

 

 

 

(0.05

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
















Total dividends and distributions

 

 

(0.30

)

 

(0.48

)

 

(0.56

)

 

(0.56

)

 

(0.56

)

 

 
















Net asset value, end of year

 

$

3.91

 

$

2.54

 

$

5.04

 

$

6.17

 

$

6.00

 

 

 
















Market price, end of year

 

$

3.94

 

$

2.21

 

$

4.91

 

$

6.53

 

$

5.88

 

 

 
















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Total Investment Return2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Based on net asset value

 

 

68.90

%

 

(42.15

)%

 

(9.76

)%

 

12.82

%

 

5.07

%

 

 
















Based on market price

 

 

95.61

%

 

(48.33

)%

 

(16.94

)%

 

21.84

%

 

4.13

%

 

 
















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Total expenses

 

 

1.13

%

 

2.24

%

 

2.70

%

 

3.03

%

 

2.39

%

 

 
















Total expenses after fees waived

 

 

1.13

%

 

2.24

%

 

2.70

%

 

3.03

%

 

2.39

%

 

 
















Total expenses after fees waived and excluding interest expense

 

 

0.93

%

 

1.05

%

 

0.86

%

 

0.90

%

 

0.91

%

 

 
















Net investment income

 

 

10.70

%

 

9.96

%

 

9.16

%

 

9.42

%

 

9.23

%

 

 
















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Net assets, end of year (000)

 

$

221,173

 

$

143,643

 

$

284,692

 

$

347,449

 

$

335,690

 

 

 
















Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000)

 

$

43,000

 

$

47,000

 

$

91,500

 

$

132,000

 

$

141,700

 

 

 
















Average borrowings outstanding during the year (000)

 

$

29,978

 

$

79,422

 

$

109,978

 

$

131,575

 

$

128,461

 

 

 
















Portfolio turnover

 

 

80

%

 

49

%

 

48

%

 

62

%

 

48

%

 

 
















Asset coverage, end of year per $1,000

 

$

6,144

 

$

4,056

 

$

4,112

 

$

3,632

 

$

3,369

 

 

 

















 

 

 

 

1

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

 

 

 

2

Total investment returns based on market value, 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.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 


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57




 


 

Notes to Financial Statements

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies:

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (“COY”), BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. (“CYE”), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (“DSU”) and BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. (“FRB”) (the “Funds” or individually as the “Fund”) are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as diversified, closed-end management investment companies. BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (“ARK”) is registered under the 1940 Act as a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. Each of the Funds is organized as a Mary-land corporation. The Funds’ financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which may require the use of management accruals and estimates. Actual results may differ from these estimates. 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: The Funds’ policy is to fair value their financial instruments at market value. The Funds value their bond investments on the basis of last available bid prices or current market quotations provided by dealers or pricing services selected under the supervision of each Fund’s Board of Directors (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 information with respect to transactions in such investments, quotations from dealers, pricing matrixes, market transactions in comparable investments, various relationships observed in the market between investments and calculated yield measures based on valuation technology commonly employed in the market for such investments. Asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities are valued by independent pricing services using models that consider estimated cash flows of each tranche of the security, establish a benchmark yield and develop an estimated tranche specific spread to the benchmark yield based on the unique attributes of the tranche. Swap agreements are valued utilizing quotes received daily by the Funds’ pricing service or through brokers, which are derived using daily swap curves and trades of underlying securities. 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.

Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into US dollars using exchange rates determined as of the close of business on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). Foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mid 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.

Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange or the NASDAQ Global Market System 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.

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 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 by a method approved by each Fund’s Board as reflecting fair value (“Fair Value Assets”). When determining the price for Fair Value Assets, the investment advisor and/or the sub-advisor seeks to determine the price that each Fund might reasonably expect to receive from the current sale of that asset in arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the investment advisor and/or sub-advisor deems relevant. The pricing of all Fair Value Assets is subsequently reported to the Board or a committee thereof.

Generally, trading in foreign instruments is substantially completed each day at various times prior to the close of business on the NYSE. Occasionally, events affecting the values of such instruments may occur between the foreign market close and the close of business on the NYSE that may not be reflected in the computation of the 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 Board or by the investment advisor using a pricing service and/or procedures approved by the Board.

Foreign Currency Transactions: Foreign currency amounts are translated into United States dollars on the following basis: (i) market value of investment securities, assets and liabilities at the current rate of exchange; and (ii) purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses at the rates

 

 

 




58

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. The Funds report foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gain (loss) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

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 can have a rating that is slightly below that of the issuing company’s senior debt securities.

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

Floating Rate Loans: The Funds may invest in floating rate loans, which are generally non-investment grade, made by banks, other financial institutions, and privately and publicly offered corporations. Floating rate loans are senior in the debt structure of a corporation. Floating rate loans 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 (i) the lending rate offered by one or more European banks, such as LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate), (ii) the prime rate offered by one or more US banks or (iii) the certificate of deposit rate. The Funds consider these investments to be investments in debt securities for purposes of their investment policies.

The Funds earn and/or pay facility and other fees on floating rate loans. Other fees earned/paid include commitment, amendment, consent and prepayment penalty fees. Facility, commitment and amendment fees are typically amortized over the term of the loan. Consent fees and various other fees are recorded as income. Prepayment penalty fees are recorded as realized gains. When a Fund buys a floating rate loan it may receive a facility fee and when it sells a floating rate loan 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 portion of a floating rate loan. In certain circumstances, the Funds may receive a prepayment penalty fee upon the prepayment of a floating rate loan by a borrower. Other fees received by the Funds may include covenant waiver fees and covenant modification fees. 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 loans are usually freely callable at the issuer’s option. The Funds may invest in such loans in the form of participations in loans (“Participations”) and 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 relating to the loans, 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’ investments in loan participation interests involve 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 a general creditor of the lender and may not benefit from any offset between the lender and the borrower.

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.

Segregation and Collateralization: In cases in which the 1940 Act and the interpretive positions of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) require that each Fund either delivers collateral or segregates assets in connection with certain investments (e.g., swaps or foreign currency exchange contracts), or certain borrowings (e.g., floating rate loans), each Fund will, consistent with SEC rules and/or certain interpretive letters issued by the SEC, segregate collateral or designate on its 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 transactions are entered into (the trade dates). Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Interest income is recognized on the accrual basis. The Funds amortize all premiums and discounts on debt securities.

 

 

 




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

Income Taxes: It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code 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. Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax may be imposed on interest, dividends and capital gains at various rates.

Each Fund files US federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on each Fund’s US federal tax returns remains open for each of the two years ended May 31, 2008, the period ended February 28, 2009 and the year ended February 28, 2010 for COY and CYE, and for each of the four years ended February 28, 2010 for DSU, FRB and ARK. The statutes of limitations on the Funds’ state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction.

Recent Accounting Standards: In June 2009, amended guidance was issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) for transfers of financial assets. This guidance is intended to improve the relevance, representational faithfulness and comparability of the information that a reporting entity provides in its financial statements about a transfer of financial assets; the effects of a transfer on its financial position, financial performance, and cash flows; and a transferor’s continuing involvement, if any, in transferred financial assets. The amended guidance is effective for financial statements for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2009. Earlier application is prohibited. The recognition and measurement provisions of this guidance must be applied to transfers occurring on or after the effective date. Additionally, the enhanced disclosure provisions of the amended guidance should be applied to transfers that occurred both before and after the effective date of this guidance. The impact of this guidance on the Funds’ financial statements and disclosures, if any, is currently being assessed.

In January 2010, the FASB issued amended guidance to improve disclosure about fair value measurements which will require additional disclosures about transfers into and out of Levels 1 and 2 and separate disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements in the reconciliation for fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). It also clarifies existing disclosure requirements relating to the levels of disaggregation for fair value measurement and inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The amended guidance is effective for financial statements for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2009 except for disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements in the rollforward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements, which are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010 and for interim periods within those fiscal years. The impact of this guidance on the Funds’ financial statements and disclosures is currently being assessed.

Deferred Compensation and BlackRock Closed-End Share Equivalent Investment Plan: Under the deferred compensation plan approved by each Fund’s Board, non-interested 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 other certain 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 other certain 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 other certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds selected by the Independent Directors in order to match its deferred compensation obligations. Investments to cover each Fund’s deferred compensation liability, if any, are included in other assets in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Dividends and distributions from the BlackRock Closed-End Funds investments under the plan are included in income — affiliated in the Statements of Operations.

Other: Expenses directly related to each Fund are charged to that Fund. Other operating expenses shared by several funds are pro rated among those funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Each Fund has an arrangement with its 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 custodians impose fees on overdrawn cash balances, which can be offset by accumulated credits earned or may result in additional custody charges.

2. Derivative Financial Instruments:

The Funds may engage in various portfolio investment strategies 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 and foreign currency exchange rate risk. Losses may arise if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the price of the underlying instrument or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract. The Funds may mitigate counterparty risk through master netting agreements included within an International Swap and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) Master Agreement between a Fund and each of its counterparties. The ISDA Master Agreement allows each Fund to offset with its counterparty certain derivative financial instrument’s payables and/or receivables with collateral held with each counterparty. The amount of collateral moved to/from applicable counterparties is based upon minimum transfer amounts of up to $500,000. To the extent amounts due to the Funds from their counterparties are not fully collateralized contractually or otherwise, the Funds bear the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance. See Note 1 “Segregation and Collateralization” for information with respect to collateral practices.

 

 

 




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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

The Funds’ maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on OTC derivatives is generally the aggregate unrealized gain in excess of any collateral pledged by the counterparty to the Funds. For OTC options purchased, the Funds bear the risk of loss in the amount of the premiums paid and change in market value of the options should the counterparty not perform under the contracts. Certain ISDA Master Agreements allow counterparties to OTC derivatives to terminate derivative contracts prior to maturity in the event a Fund’s net assets decline by a stated percentage or a Fund fails to meet the terms of its ISDA Master Agreements, which would cause a Fund to accelerate payment of any net liability owed to the counterparty.

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts: The Funds may enter into foreign currency exchange contracts as an economic hedge against either specific transactions or portfolio positions (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 currency backing some of the investments held by the Funds. 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 counterparties may not meet the terms of the agreement or unfavorable movements in the value of a foreign currency relative to the US dollar.

Options: The Funds may purchase and write call and put options to increase or decrease their exposure to underlying instruments (equity 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 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 price at any time or at a specified time during the option period. When a Fund purchases (writes) an option, an amount equal to the premium paid (received) by a Fund is reflected as an asset (liability). The amount of the asset (liability) is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the option purchased (written). When an instrument is purchased or sold through an exercise of an option, the related premium paid (or received) is added to (or deducted from) the basis of the instrument acquired or deducted from (or added to) the proceeds of the instrument sold. When an option expires (or a Fund enters into a closing transaction), a Fund realizes 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 premium received or paid). When a Fund writes a call option, such option is “covered,” meaning that a Fund holds the underlying instrument subject to being called by the option counterparty, or cash in an amount sufficient to cover the obligation. When a Fund writes a put option, such option is covered by cash in an amount sufficient to cover the obligation.

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

Swaps: The Funds may enter into swap agreements, in which a Fund 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 terminated, the Fund will record a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transaction and the Fund’s basis in the contract, if any. 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 may enter into credit default swaps to manage its 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 it is not otherwise exposed (credit risk). The Funds enter into credit default agreements to provide a measure of protection against the default of an issuer (as buyer 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) 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 (e.g., bankruptcy, failure to pay, obligation accelerators, repudiation, moratorium or restructuring). Credit default swaps on traded indexes are agreements in which the buyer pays fixed periodic payments to the seller in consideration for a guarantee from the seller to make a specific payment should a write-down, principal or interest shortfall or default of all or individual underlying securities included in the index occurs. As a buyer, if an underlying credit event occurs, a Fund 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 of an 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 of an index. As a seller (writer), if an underlying credit event occurs, a Fund 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 of an 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 of an index.


 

 

 




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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
















Values of Derivative Instruments as of February 28, 2010




 

 

Asset Derivatives

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

COY

 

CYE

 

DSU

 

FRB

 

ARK

 

 

 














 

 

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities Location

 

Value

 








Foreign currency
exchange contracts

 

 

Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts

 

$

1,401,730

 

$

1,456,164

 

$

1,642,856

 

$

523,805

 

$

2,836

 

Credit contracts

 

 

Unrealized appreciation on swaps

 

 

18,639

 

 

5,534

 

 

4,571

 

 

856

 

 

2,463

 

Equity contracts

 

 

Investments at value — unaffiliated*

 

 

3,230

 

 

3,610

 

 

 

 

2,090

 

 

 





















Total

 

 

 

 

$

1,423,599

 

$

1,465,308

 

$

1,647,427

 

$

526,751

 

$

5,299

 

 

 

 

 

 

















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 








 

 

 

Liability Derivatives

 

 






 

 

 

 

 

COY

 

CYE

 

DSU

 

FRB

 

ARK

 

 

 














 

 

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities Location

 

Value

 








Foreign currency
exchange contracts

 

 

Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts

 

$

25,617

 

$

19,428

 

$

63,523

 

$

42,902

 

 

 

Credit contracts

 

 

Unrealized depreciation on swaps

 

 

381,198

 

 

235,526

 

 

109,385

 

 

 

$

2,961

 





















Total

 

 

 

 

$

406,815

 

$

254,954

 

$

172,908

 

$

42,902

 

$

2,961

 

 

 

 

 

 

















 

 

 

 

*

Includes options purchased at value as reported in the Schedules of Investments.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Operations
Year Ended February 28, 2010

 





Net Realized Loss from

 





 

 

COY

 

CYE

 

DSU

 

FRB

 

ARK

 

 

 











Foreign currency exchange contracts:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency transactions

 

$

(939,452

)

$

(1,036,418

)

$

(1,582,294

)

$

(1,017,395

)

$

(86,342

)

Credit contracts:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Swaps

 

 

(442,843

)

 

(173,346

)

 

(783,756

)

 

(499,772

)

 

(1,213,910

)


















Total

 

$

(1,382,295

)

$

(1,209,764

)

$

(2,366,050

)

$

(1,517,167

)

$

(1,300,252

)

 

 

















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation on

 





 

 

COY

 

CYE

 

DSU

 

FRB

 

ARK

 

 

 











Foreign currency exchange contracts:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency transactions

 

$

1,089,186

 

$

1,132,841

 

$

1,277,428

 

$

230,943

 

$

(8,567

)

Credit contracts:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Swaps

 

 

2,936,980

 

 

3,295,592

 

 

(1,563,576

)

 

2,901,019

 

 

450,201

 

Equity contracts:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options**

 

 

(24,225

)

 

(27,075

)

 

 

 

(15,675

)

 

 


















Total

 

$

4,001,941

 

$

4,401,358

 

$

(286,148

)

$

3,116,287

 

$

441,634

 

 

 

















 

 

**

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

For the year ended February 28, 2010, the average quarterly balance of outstanding derivative financial instruments was as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 













 

 

COY

 

CYE

 

DSU

 

FRB

 

ARK

 

 

 











Foreign currency exchange contracts:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average number of contracts — US dollars purchased

 

 

7

 

 

7

 

 

5

 

 

5

 

 

1

 

Average number of contracts — US dollars sold

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

Average US dollar amounts purchased

 

$

17,557,487

 

$

18,471,539

 

$

21,622,225

 

$

10,443,770

 

$

629,657

 

Average US dollar amounts sold

 

$

631,838

 

$

517,322

 

$

961,936

 

 

373,865

 

$

 

Options purchased:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average number of contracts

 

 

17

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

Average premium

 

$

16,622

 

$

18,578

 

 

 

$

10,756

 

 

 

Credit default swaps:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average number of contracts — buy protection

 

 

15

 

 

14

 

 

8

 

 

3

 

 

5

 

Average number of contracts — sell protection

 

 

4

 

 

4

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

Average notional value — buy protection

 

$

8,603,375

 

$

6,640,063

 

$

9,248,750

 

$

2,862,500

 

$

6,380,000

 

Average notional value — sell protection

 

$

2,940,000

 

$

3,143,750

 

$

900,000

 

$

3,000,000

 

$

2,500,000

 



















 

 

 




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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates:

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”), Bank of America Corporation (“BAC”) and Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”) are the largest stockholders of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). Due to the ownership structure, PNC is an affiliate for 1940 Act purposes, but 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 the average daily value of each Fund’s net assets, plus the proceeds of any outstanding borrowings used for leverage:






COY

 

 

0.50

%

CYE

 

 

0.60

%

DSU

 

 

0.60

%

FRB

 

 

0.75

%

ARK

 

 

0.50

%






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

The Manager has voluntarily agreed to waive its advisory fee 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 advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees through its investment in other affiliated investment companies. This amount is included in fees waived by advisor in the Statements of Operations.

For the year ended February 28, 2010, each Fund 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

 





COY

 

$

4,692

 

CYE

 

$

5,011

 

DSU

 

$

8,993

 

FRB

 

$

3,165

 

ARK

 

$

4,150

 






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

4. Investments:

Purchases and sales of investments (including paydowns and excluding short-term securities) for the year ended February 28, 2010 were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







 

 

Purchases

 

Sales

 







COY

 

$

227,515,827

 

$

199,766,176

 

CYE

 

$

254,846,090

 

$

228,524,797

 

DSU

 

$

356,383,963

 

$

353,648,473

 

FRB

 

$

143,515,779

 

$

133,540,214

 

ARK

 

$

184,776,600

 

$

174,109,625

 









5. Commitments:

The Funds may invest in floating rate loans. In connection with these investments, the Funds may also enter into unfunded corporate loans (“commitments”). Commitments may obligate the Funds to furnish temporary financing to a borrower until permanent financing can be arranged. In connection with these commitments, each Fund earns a commitment 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. As of February 28, 2010, the Funds had the following unfunded loan commitments:

COY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Borrower

 

Unfunded
Commitment

 

Value of
Underlying Loans

 









Delphi

 

$

34,721

 

$

30,555

 

Delphi

 

$

351,679

 

$

304,202

 









CYE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Borrower

 

Unfunded
Commitment

 

Value of
Underlying Loans

 









Delphi

 

$

77,772

 

$

68,439

 

Delphi

 

$

787,716

 

$

681,375

 

New Vision

 

$

19,029

 

$

19,124

 










 

 

 




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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

FRB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







Borrower

 

Unfunded
Commitment

 

Value of
Underlying Loans

 









Vought Aircraft

 

$

370,370

 

$

352,778

 

Delphi

 

$

13,789

 

$

12,135

 

Delphi

 

$

139,666

 

$

120,811

 

Cloverhill

 

$

214,286

 

$

218,362

 









6. Borrowings:

The Funds were previously party to revolving credit and security agreements (“Citicorp Agreement”) pursuant to a commercial paper asset securitization program with Citicorp North America, Inc. (“Citicorp”), where Citicorp acted as agent for certain backstop lenders and asset securitization conduits, as lenders (the “Lenders”). Under the Citicorp Agreement, the conduits funded advances to each Fund through the issuance of highly rated commercial paper. Each Fund had granted a security interest in substantially all of its assets to, and in favor of, the Lenders as security for its obligations to the Lenders. The interest rate on each Fund’s borrowings was based on the interest rate carried by the commercial paper plus a program fee. In addition, each Fund paid a liquidity fee to the secondary backstop lenders and the agent. Under the Citicorp Agreement, the Funds were subject to certain conditions and covenants, which included among other things limitations on asset declines over prescribed time periods. The commitment amounts under the Citicorp Agreement were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

Commitment
Amount

 





COY

 

$

81,000,000

 

CYE

 

$

85,000,000

 

DSU

 

$

174,000,000

 

FRB

 

$

58,000,000

 

ARK

 

$

91,000,000

 






On March 5, 2009, the Funds terminated the Citicorp Agreement and 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 had the same commitment amounts as the renegotiated amounts under the Citigroup Agreement except for DSU which was lowered to $135,000,000. The Funds have granted a security interest in substantially all of its assets to SSB. Advances are made by SSB to the Funds, at the Funds’ option of (a) the higher of (i) 1.0% above the Fed Effective Rate and (ii) 1.0% above the Overnight LIBOR or (b) 1.0% above 7-day, 30-day, 60-day or 90-day LIBOR. In addition, the Funds pay a facility fee and a commitment fee based upon SSB’s total commitment to the Funds. The fees associated with each of the agreements are included in the Statements of Operations as borrowing costs. Advances to the Funds as of February 28, 2010 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 4, 2010. The SSB Agreement allows for the following maximum commitment amounts:

 

 

 

 

 






 

 

Commitment
Amount

 






COY

 

$

90,000,000

 

CYE

 

$

95,000,000

 

DSU

 

$

150,000,000

 

FRB

 

$

58,000,000

 

ARK

 

$

91,000,000

 






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

For the year ended February 28, 2010, the daily weighted average interest rates under the revolving credit agreement were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

Daily Weighted
Average
Interest Rate

 





COY

 

 

1.24

%

 

CYE

 

 

1.24

%

 

DSU

 

 

1.25

%

 

FRB

 

 

1.25

%

 

ARK

 

 

1.25

%

 







7. Income Tax Information:

Reclassifications: Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share. The following permanent differences as of February 28, 2010 attributable to the accounting for swap agreements, amortization methods on fixed income securities, the classification of settlement proceeds, the classification of investments, foreign currency transactions, securities in default, income recognized from pass-through entities and the expiration of capital loss carryforwards were reclassified to the following accounts:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 













 

 

COY

 

CYE

 

DSU

 

FRB

 

ARK

 


















Paid-in capital

 

$

(33,478,307

)

$

(52,918,036

)

$

(90,564,493

)

 

 

$

(54,958,583

)

Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

 

$

(631,658

)

$

(706,443

)

$

(869,137

)

$

(567,513

)

$

18,739

 

Accumulated net realized loss

 

$

34,109,965

 

$

53,624,479

 

$

91,433,630

 

$

567,513

 

$

54,939,844

 



















 

 

 




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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal year ended February 28, 2010, the fiscal year ended February 28, 2009, the fiscal period June 1, 2008 through February 28, 2009 and the fiscal year ended May 31, 2008 was as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 













 

 

COY

 

CYE

 

DSU

 

FRB

 

ARK

 













Ordinary income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2/28/2010

 

$

25,342,365

 

$

25,189,541

 

$

41,936,207

 

$

10,283,447

 

$

16,952,851

 

2/28/2009

 

 

 

 

 

$

65,857,392

 

$

16,017,675

 

$

24,063,310

 

6/1/2008 – 2/28/2009

 

$

19,134,959

 

$

20,800,925

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5/31/2008

 

$

26,113,293

 

$

28,767,885

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax return of capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2/28/2010

 

 

 

 

 

$

926,392

 

$

825,748

 

 

 

2/28/2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

3,089,535

 

Total distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2/28/2010

 

$

25,342,365

 

$

25,189,541

 

$

42,862,599

 

$

11,109,195

 

$

16,952,851

 

 

 
















2/28/2009

 

 

 

 

 

$

65,857,392

 

$

16,017,675

 

$

27,152,845

 

 

 
















6/1/2008 – 2/28/2009

 

$

19,134,959

 

$

20,800,925

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
















5/31/2008

 

$

26,113,293

 

$

28,767,885

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
















As of February 28, 2010, the tax components of accumulated net losses were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 













 

 

COY

 

CYE

 

DSU

 

FRB

 

ARK

 













Undistributed ordinary income

 

$

3,393,209

 

$

2,568,952

 

 

 

 

 

$

3,815,249

 

Capital loss carryforwards

 

 

(144,672,950

)

 

(180,360,026

)

$

(352,201,100

)

$

(52,519,160

)

 

(147,904,491

)

Net unrealized losses*

 

 

(9,812,218

)

 

(11,911,988

)

 

(110,766,761

)

 

(8,713,512

)

 

(36,413,975

)

 

 
















Total

 

$

(151,091,959

)

$

(189,703,062

)

$

(462,967,861

)

$

(61,232,672

)

$

(180,503,217

)

 

 

















 

 

*

The differences between book-basis and tax-basis net unrealized losses were attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales, amortization methods for premiums and discounts on fixed income securities, the accrual of income on securities in default, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains/(losses) on certain foreign currency contracts, the deferral of post-October capital losses for tax purposes, the timing and recognition of partnership income, the accounting for swap agreements, book/tax difference on investments in passive foreign investment companies, the classification of settlement proceeds, the deferral of compensation to directors, the classification of investments and other temporary differences.

As of February 28, 2010, the Funds had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains through the indicated expiration dates:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 













Expires February 28,

 

COY

 

CYE

 

DSU

 

FRB

 

ARK

 













2011

 

$

77,885,783

 

$

119,513,437

 

$

85,285,305

 

 

 

$

30,706,546

 

2012

 

 

6,647,369

 

 

1,938,881

 

 

17,223,475

 

 

 

 

22,345,071

 

2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,126,025

 

 

 

 

 

2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,233,987

 

 

203,838

 

 

4,906,362

 

2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,578,574

 

 

1,315,945

 

 

1,585,622

 

2016

 

 

454,146

 

 

363,401

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2017

 

 

23,362,415

 

 

24,709,530

 

 

56,690,782

 

 

12,168,927

 

 

27,675,242

 

2018

 

 

36,323,237

 

 

33,834,777

 

 

148,062,952

 

 

38,830,450

 

 

60,685,648

 

 

 
















Total

 

$

144,672,950

 

$

180,360,026

 

$

352,201,100

 

$

52,519,160

 

$

147,904,491

 

 

 
















8. Market and Credit Risk:

In the normal course of business, the Funds invest in securities and enter into transactions where risks exist due to fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of the issuer of a security to meet all its obligations (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 credit risk, the Funds may be exposed to counterparty risk, or the risk that an entity with which the Funds have unsettled or open transactions may default. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Funds to credit and counterparty risks, consist principally of investments and cash due from counterparties. The extent of the Funds’ exposure to credit and counterparty risks with respect to these financial assets is generally approximated by their value recorded in the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Funds.

9. Capital Share Transactions:

Each Fund is authorized to issue 200 million shares, par value $0.10 per share, all of which were initially classified as Common Shares. At February 28, 2010, the shares owned by affiliates of the Manager of FRB were 8,553. The Board is authorized, however, to classify and reclassify any unissued shares without approval of shareholders.

 

 

 




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65




 


 

Notes to Financial Statements (concluded)

Shares issued and outstanding during the year ended February 28, 2010 and the period ended February 28, 2009 increased by the following amounts as a result of dividend reinvestments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









 

 

Year Ended
February 28, 2010

 

Period Ended
February 28, 2009

 









COY

 

132,418

 

 

 

 

CYE

 

16,969

 

 

 

 

DSU

 

422,001

 

 

499,727

 

 

FRB

 

19,658

 

 

 

 

ARK

 

33,391

 

 

75,664

 

 









Shares issued and outstanding remained constant for COY and CYE for the year ended May 31, 2008.

10. Subsequent Events:

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

The Funds paid a net investment income dividend on March 31, 2010 to shareholders of record on March 15, 2010 as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

Common Dividend
Per Share

 





COY

 

$

0.051

 

 

CYE

 

$

0.050

 

 

DSU

 

$

0.031

 

 

FRB

 

$

0.075

 

 

ARK

 

$

0.025

 

 







 

 

 




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FEBRUARY 28, 2010




 


 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc., BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc., BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc., BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. and BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (collectively the “Funds”):

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. and BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. as of February 28, 2010, and the related statements of operations and cash flows for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for the year ended February 28, 2010, for the period June 1, 2008 to February 28, 2009 and for the year ended May 31, 2008, and the financial highlights for each of the periods presented. We have also audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc., BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc., and BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc., as of February 28, 2010, and the related statements of operations and cash flows for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Funds are not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of their internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of the securities owned as of February 28, 2010, by correspondence with the custodian, brokers and agent banks; where replies were not received from brokers or agent banks, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. and BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. as of February 28, 2010, the results of their operations and their cash flows for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for the year ended February 28, 2010, for the period June 1, 2008 to February 28, 2009 and for the year ended May 31, 2008, and the financial highlights for each of the periods presented, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Additionally, in our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc., BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc., and BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. as of February 28, 2010, the results of their operations and their cash flows for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Deloitte & Touche LLP
Princeton, New Jersey
April 29, 2010

 


Important Tax Information (Unaudited)


The following information is provided with respect to the ordinary income distributions paid by the Funds for the taxable year ended February 28, 2010:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




















 

 

 

 

COY

 

CYE

 

DSU

 

FRB

 

ARK

 




















Interest-Related Dividends for
Non-U.S. Residents(1)
Month Paid:

 

March 2009

 

79.23

%

 

81.85

%

 

79.16

%

 

78.20

%

 

85.87

%

 

 

 

April 2009

 

79.23

%

 

81.85

%

 

77.51

%

 

82.59

%

 

85.87

%

 

 

 

May 2009

 

83.91

%

 

81.85

%

 

77.51

%

 

84.35

%

 

85.87

%

 

 

 

June 2009

 

88.36

%

 

81.85

%

 

77.51

%

 

84.35

%

 

85.87

%

 

 

 

July 2009

 

88.36

%

 

81.85

%

 

77.51

%

 

84.35

%

 

85.87

%

 

 

 

August 2009

 

88.36

%

 

81.85

%

 

77.51

%

 

84.35

%

 

85.87

%

 

 

 

September 2009

 

88.36

%

 

81.85

%

 

77.51

%

 

84.35

%

 

85.87

%

 

 

 

October 2009

 

88.36

%

 

81.85

%

 

77.51

%

 

84.35

%

 

85.87

%

 

 

 

November 2009

 

88.36

%

 

81.85

%

 

77.51

%

 

84.35

%

 

85.87

%

 

 

 

December 2009

 

88.36

%

 

81.85

%

 

77.51

%

 

84.35

%

 

85.87

%

 

 

 

January 2010

 

88.36

%

 

81.85

%

 

77.51

%

 

84.35

%

 

85.87

%

 

 

 

February 2010

 

55.19

%

 

70.65

%

 

 

 

 

 

72.57

%

 





















 

 

(1)

Represents the portion of the taxable ordinary income dividends eligible for exemption from U.S. withholding tax for nonresident aliens and foreign corporations.


 

 

 




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Automatic Dividend Reinvestment Plans

How the Plan Works — The Funds offer a Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the “Plan”) under which income and capital gains dividends paid by each Fund are automatically reinvested in additional Common Shares of each Fund. The Plan is administered on behalf of the shareholders by BNY Mellon Share-owner Services for DSU and ARK and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. for COY, CYE and FRB (individually, the “Plan Agent” or together, the “Plan Agents”). Under the Plan, whenever the Funds declare a dividend, participants in the Plan will receive the equivalent in shares of Common Shares of the Fund. The Plan Agents will acquire the shares for the participant’s account either (i) through receipt of additional unissued but authorized shares of the Fund (“newly issued shares”) or (ii) by purchase of outstanding Common Shares on the open market on the New York Stock Exchange or elsewhere. If, on the dividend payment date, a Fund’s net asset value per share is equal to or less than the market price per share plus estimated brokerage commissions (a condition often referred to as a “market premium”), the Plan Agents will invest the dividend amount in newly issued shares. If a Fund’s net asset value per share is greater than the market price per share (a condition often referred to as a “market discount”), the Plan Agents will invest the dividend amount by purchasing on the open market additional shares. If the Plan Agents are unable to invest the full dividend amount in open market purchases, or if the market discount shifts to a market premium during the purchase period, the Plan Agents will invest any uninvested portion in newly issued shares. The shares acquired are credited to each shareholder’s account. The amount credited is determined by dividing the dollar amount of the dividend by either (i) when the shares are newly issued, the net asset value per share on the date the shares are issued or (ii) when shares are purchased in the open market, the average purchase price per share.

Participation in the Plan — Participation in the Plan is automatic, that is, a shareholder is automatically enrolled in the Plan when he or she purchases Common Shares of a Fund unless the shareholder specifically elects not to participate in the Plan. Shareholders who elect not to participate will receive all dividend distributions in cash. Shareholders who do not wish to participate in the Plan, must advise their Plan Agent in writing (at the address set forth below) that they elect not to participate in the Plan. Participation in the Plan is completely voluntary and may be terminated or resumed at any time without penalty by writing to the Plan Agent.

Benefits of the Plan — The Plan provides an easy, convenient way for shareholders to make additional, regular investments in a Fund. The Plan promotes a long-term strategy of investing at a lower cost. All shares acquired pursuant to the Plan receive voting rights. In addition, if the market price plus commissions of a Fund’s shares is above the net asset value, participants in the Plan will receive shares of the Fund for less than they could otherwise purchase them and with a cash value greater than the value of any cash distribution they would have received. However, there may not be enough shares available in the market to make distributions in shares at prices below the net asset value. Also, since the Funds do not redeem shares, the price on resale may be more or less than the net asset value.

Plan Fees — There are no enrollment fees or brokerage fees for participating in the Plan. The Plan Agents’ service fees for handling the reinvestment of distributions are paid for by each Fund. However, brokerage commissions may be incurred when a Fund purchase shares on the open market and shareholders will pay a pro rata share of any such commissions.

Tax Implications — The automatic reinvestment of dividends and distributions will not relieve participants of any federal, state or local income tax that may be payable (or required to be withheld) on such dividends. Therefore, income and capital gains may still be realized even though shareholders do not receive cash. The value of shares acquired pursuant to the Plan will generally be excluded from gross income to the extent that the cash amount reinvested would be excluded from gross income. If, when a Fund’s shares are trading at a market premium, a Fund issues shares pursuant to the Plan that have a greater fair market value than the amount of cash reinvested, it is possible that all or a portion of the discount from the market value (which may not exceed 5% of the fair market value of a Fund’s shares) could be viewed as a taxable distribution. If the discount is viewed as a taxable distribution, it is also possible that the taxable character of this discount would be allocable to all the shareholders, including shareholders who do not participate in the Plan. Thus, shareholders who do not participate in the Plan might be required to report as ordinary income a portion of their distributions equal to their allocable share of the discount.

Contact Information — All correspondence concerning the Plan, including any questions about the Plan, should be directed to the Plan Agent at the following addresses: Shareholders of BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. and BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. should contact BNY Mellon Shareowner Services, P.0. Box 358035, Pittsburgh, PA 15252-8035, Telephone: (866) 216-0242 and shareholders of BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc., BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. and BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. should contact Computershare Trust Company, N.A., P.O. Box 43078, Providence, RI 02940-3078, Telephone: (800) 699-1BFM or overnight correspondence should be directed to the Plan Agent at 250 Royall Street, Canton, MA 02021.

 

 

 




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Officers and Directors


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name, Address
and Year of Birth

 

Position(s)
Held with
Funds

 

Length
of Time
Served as
a Director2

 

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

 

Number of BlackRock-
Advised Registered
Investment Companies
(“RICs”) Consisting of
Investment Portfolios
(“Portfolios”) Overseen

 

Public
Directorships












Non-Interested Directors1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Richard E. Cavanagh
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1946

 

Chairman of
the Board
and Director

 

Since
2007

 

Trustee, Aircraft Finance Trust from 1999 to 2009; Director, The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America since 1998; Trustee, Educational Testing Service since 1997; Senior Advisor since 2008 and Director since 1996, The Fremont Group; Adjunct Lecturer, Harvard University since 2007; Formerly President and Chief Executive Officer of The Conference Board, Inc. (global business research organization) from 1995 to 2007.

 

99 RICs consisting of 97 Portfolios

 

Arch Chemical (chemical and allied products)









Karen P. Robards
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1950

 

Vice Chair of
the Board,
Chair of
the Audit
Committee
and Director

 

Since
2007

 

Partner of Robards & Company, LLC (financial advisory firm) since 1987; Co-founder and Director of the Cooke Center for Learning and Development (a not-for-profit organization) since 1987; Director of Enable Medical Corp. from 1996 to 2005; Investment banker at Morgan Stanley from 1976 to 1987.

 

99 RICs consisting of 97 Portfolios

 

AtriCure, Inc. (medical devices); Care Investment Trust, Inc. (health care real estate investment trust)









G. Nicholas
Beckwith, III
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1945

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Arch Street Management, LLC (Beckwith Family Foundation) and various Beckwith property companies since 2005; Chairman of the Board of Directors, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center since 2002; Director, Shady Side Hospital Foundation since 1977; Director, Beckwith Institute for Innovation In Patient Care since 1991; Member, Advisory Council on Biology and Medicine, Brown University since 2002; Trustee, Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation (charitable foundation) since 1989; Trustee, Chatham University since 1981; Trustee, University of Pittsburgh since 2002; Emeritus Trustee, Shady Side Academy since 1977; Chairman and Manager, Penn West Industrial Trucks LLC (sales, rental and servicing of material handling equipment) from 2005 to 2007; Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Beckwith Machinery Company (sales, rental and servicing of construction equipment) from 1985 to 2005; Director, National Retail Properties (REIT) from 2006 to 2008.

 

99 RICs consisting of 97 Portfolios

 

None









Frank J. Fabozzi
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1948

 

Director and
Member of the Audit Committee

 

Since
2007

 

Consultant/Editor of The Journal of Portfolio Management since 2006; Professor in the Practice of Finance and Becton Fellow, Yale University, School of Management, since 2006; Adjunct Professor of Finance and Becton Fellow, Yale University from 1994 to 2006.

 

99 RICs consisting of 97 Portfolios

 

None









Kathleen F. Feldstein
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1941

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

President of Economics Studies, Inc. (private economic consulting firm) since 1987; Chair, Board of Trustees, McLean Hospital from 2000 to 2008 and Trustee Emeritus thereof since 2008; Member of the Board of Partners Community Healthcare, Inc. from 2005 to 2009; Member of the Corporation of Partners HealthCare since 1995; Member of the Corporation of Sherrill House (health care) since 1990; Trustee, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston since 1992; Member of the Visiting Committee to the Harvard University Art Museum since 2003; Director, Catholic Charities of Boston since 2009.

 

99 RICs consisting of 97 Portfolios

 

The McClatchy Company (publishing)









James T. Flynn
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1939

 

Director and
Member of the Audit Committee

 

Since
2007

 

Chief Financial Officer of JPMorgan & Co., Inc. from 1990 to 1995.

 

99 RICs consisting of 97 Portfolios

 

None









Jerrold B. Harris
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1942

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

Trustee, Ursinus College since 2000; Director, Troemner LLC (scientific equipment) since 2000.

 

99 RICs consisting of 97 Portfolios

 

BlackRock Kelso Capital Corp.










 

 

 




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Officers and Directors (continued)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name, Address
and Year of Birth

 

Position(s)
Held with
Funds

 

Length
of Time
Served as
a Director2

 

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

 

Number of BlackRock-
Advised Registered
Investment Companies
(“RICs”) Consisting of
Investment Portfolios
(“Portfolios”) Overseen

 

Public
Directorships












Non-Interested Directors1 (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 







R. Glenn Hubbard
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1958

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

Dean, Columbia Business School since 2004; Columbia faculty member since 1988; Co-Director, Columbia Business School’s Entrepreneurship Program from 1997 to 2004; Visiting Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and the Harvard Business School since 1985 and at the University of Chicago since 1994; Chairman, US Council of Economic Advisers under the President of the United States from 2001 to 2003.

 

99 RICs consisting of 97 Portfolios

 

ADP (data and information services); KKR Financial Corporation (finance); Duke Realty (real estate); Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (insurance); Information Services Group (media/technology)












W. Carl Kester
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1951

 

Director and
Member of the Audit Committee

 

Since
2007

 

George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs since 2006; Unit Head, Finance, Harvard Business School from 2005 to 2006; Senior Associate Dean and Chairman of the MBA Program of Harvard Business School from 1999 to 2005; Member of the faculty of Harvard Business School since 1981; Independent Consultant since 1978.

 

99 RICs consisting of 97 Portfolios

 

None


 

 



 

 

1

Directors serve until their resignation, removal or death, or until December 31 of the year in which they turn 72.

 

 

2

Date shown is the earliest date a person has served for the Fund covered by this annual report. Following the combination of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. (“MLIM”) and BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”) in September 2006, the various legacy MLIM and legacy BlackRock Fund boards were realigned and consolidated into three new Fund boards in 2007. As a result, although the chart shows directors as joining the Funds’ board in 2007, each director first became a member of the board of directors of other legacy MLIM or legacy BlackRock Funds as follows: G. Nicholas Beckwith, III since 1999; Richard E. Cavanagh since 1994; Kent Dixon since 1988; Frank J. Fabozzi since 1988; Kathleen F. Feldstein since 2005; James T. Flynn since 1996; Jerrold B. Harris since 1999; R. Glenn Hubbard since 2004; W. Carl Kester since 1998 and Karen P. Robards since 1998.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 












Interested Directors3

 



Richard S. Davis
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1945

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. since 2005; Chief Executive Officer, State Street Research & Management Company from 2000 to 2005; Chairman of the Board of Trustees, State Street Research Mutual Funds from 2000 to 2005; Chairman, SSR Realty from 2000 to 2004.

 

170 RICs consisting of 298 Portfolios

 

None












Henry Gabbay
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1947

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

Consultant, BlackRock, Inc. from 2007 to 2008; Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. from 1989 to 2007; Chief Administrative Officer, BlackRock Advisors, LLC from 1998 to 2007; President of BlackRock Funds and BlackRock Bond Allocation Target Shares from 2005 to 2007; Treasurer of certain closed-end funds in the BlackRock fund complex from 1989 to 2006.

 

170 RICs consisting of 298 Portfolios

 

None


 

 



 

 

3

Mr. Davis is an “interested person,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, of the Funds based on his position with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates. Mr. Gabbay is an “interested person” of the Funds based on his former positions with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates as well as his ownership of BlackRock, Inc. and The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. securities. Directors serve until their resignation, removal or death, or until December 31 of the year in which they turn 72.


 

 

 




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Officers and Directors (concluded)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name, Address
and Year of Birth

 

Position(s)
Held with
Funds

 

Length
of Time
Served

 

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years








Funds Officers1

 

 

 

 

 

 








Anne Ackerley
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1962

 

President and
Chief Executive
Officer

 

Since
2009

 

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2000; Vice President of the BlackRock-advised Funds from 2007 to 2009; Chief Operating Officer of BlackRock’s Global Client Group (GCG) since 2009; Chief Operating Officer of BlackRock’s U.S. Retail Group from 2006 to 2009; Head of BlackRock’s Mutual Fund Group from 2000 to 2006.








Brendan Kyne
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1977

 

Vice
President

 

Since
2009

 

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2010; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2008 to 2009; Head of Product Development and Management for BlackRock’s U.S. Retail Group since 2009, Co-head thereof from 2007 to 2009; Vice President of BlackRock, Inc. from 2005 to 2008.








Neal Andrews
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1966

 

Chief
Financial
Officer

 

Since
2007

 

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2006; Formerly Senior Vice President and Line of Business Head of Fund Accounting and Administration at PNC Global Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc. (formerly PFPC Inc.) from 1992 to 2006.








Jay Fife
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1970

 

Treasurer

 

Since
2007

 

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2007 and Director in 2006; Formerly Assistant Treasurer of the MLIM/FAM-advised Funds from 2005 to 2006; Director of MLIM Fund Services Group from 2001 to 2006.








Brian Kindelan
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1959

 

Chief
Compliance
Officer

 

Since
2007

 

Chief Compliance Officer of the BlackRock-advised Funds since 2007; Managing Director and Senior Counsel of BlackRock, Inc. since 2005; Formerly Director and Senior Counsel of BlackRock Advisors, Inc. from 2001 to 2004.








Howard Surloff
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1965

 

Secretary

 

Since
2007

 

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. and General Counsel of U.S. Funds at BlackRock, Inc. since 2006; Formerly General Counsel (U.S.) of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. from 1993 to 2006.


 

 



 

 

1

Officers of the Funds serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.


 


 

Investment Advisor

 

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

Wilmington, DE 19809

 

Sub-Advisor

 

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

New York, NY 10055

 

Custodians

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.2

New York, NY 10017

 

State Street Bank and Trust Company3

Boston, MA 02111

 

The Bank of New York Mellon4

New York, NY 10286

 

Transfer Agents

 

BNY Mellon Shareowner Services4

Jersey City, NJ 07310

 

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.2,3

Providence, RI 02940

 

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


 

 

2

For COY.

 

3

For CYE and FRB.

 

4

For DSU and ARK.


 

 

 


 

 

Effective January 1, 2010, Kent Dixon, a Director of the Funds, retired.

 

 

 

Effective March 31, 2010, G. Nicholas Beckwith, III, a Director of the Funds, resigned.

 

 

 

The Funds’ Board of Directors wishes both Mr. Dixon and Mr. Beckwith well.

 

 



 

 

 




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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 comprises part of the financial information included in this report.

 


Fund Certification


The Funds listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) have filed with the NYSE their annual chief executive officer certification regarding compliance with the NYSE’s listing standards. Each Fund filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) the certification of their chief executive officer and chief financial officer required by section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 


General Information


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

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

Quarterly performance, semi-annual and annual reports and other information regarding the Funds may be found on BlackRock’s website, which can be accessed at http://www.blackrock.com. This reference to BlackRock’s website is intended to allow investors public access to information regarding the Funds and does not, and is not intended to, incorporate BlackRock’s website into this report.

Electronic Delivery

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

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

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

Householding

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

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

Each Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (202) 551-8090. 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 www.blackrock.com; and (3) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

Availability of Proxy Voting Record

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

 

 

 




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Additional Information (continued)


 


Section 19(a) Notices


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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February 28, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 































 

 

Total Cumulative Distributions
for the Fiscal Year

 

% Breakdown of the Total Cumulative Distributions
for the Fiscal Year

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

Net
Investment
Income

 

Net
Realized
Capital
Gains

 

Return
of
Capital

 

Total Per
Common
Share

 

Net
Investment
Income

 

Net
Realized
Capital
Gains

 

Return
of
Capital

 

Total Per
Common
Share

 



















DSU

 

$

0.39040

 

 

 

$

0.00860

 

$

0.39900

 

 

98

%

 

 

0

%

 

 

2

%

 

 

100

%

 

FRB

 

$

0.97983

 

 

 

$

0.07827

 

$

1.05810

 

 

93

%

 

 

0

%

 

 

7

%

 

 

100

%

 

ARK

 

$

0.30000

 

 

 

 

 

$

0.30000

 

 

100

%

 

 

0

%

 

 

0

%

 

 

100

%

 































Each 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 safeguarding their non-public personal information. The following information is provided to help you understand what personal information BlackRock collects, how we protect that information and why in certain cases we share such information with select parties.

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

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

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

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

 

 

 




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

 

 

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Item 2 –

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

   

Item 3 –

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

 

Kent Dixon (retired effective December 31, 2009)

 

Frank J. Fabozzi

 

James T. Flynn

 

W. Carl Kester

 

Karen P. Robards

   

 

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

   

 

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

   

 

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

   

 

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

 


Item 4 –

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

 

 

(a) Audit Fees

(b) Audit-Related Fees1

(c) Tax Fees2

(d) All Other Fees3

Entity Name

Current Fiscal Year End

Previous Fiscal Year End

Current Fiscal Year End

Previous Fiscal Year End

Current Fiscal Year End

Previous Fiscal Year End

Current Fiscal Year End

Previous Fiscal Year End

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc.

$49,300

$49,300

$0

$0

$6,100

$6,100

$0

$1,028

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

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

3 The nature of the services include a review of compliance procedures and attestation thereto.

 

 

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

   

 

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

   

 

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

   

 

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

   

 

(f) Not Applicable

   

 

(g) Affiliates’ Aggregate Non-Audit Fees:

 

Entity Name

Current Fiscal Year End

Previous Fiscal Year End

 

 

 

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc.

$16,877

$412,128

 


 

(h) The registrant’s audit committee has considered and determined that the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser (not including any non-affiliated sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by the registrant’s investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

   

 

Regulation S-X Rule 2-01(c)(7)(ii) – $10,777, 0%

   

Item 5 –

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

   

 

Kent Dixon (retired effective December 31, 2009)

 

Frank J. Fabozzi

 

James T. Flynn

 

W. Carl Kester

 

Karen P. Robards

   

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

 


Item 8 –

Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies – as of February 28, 2010.

   

 

(a)(1)     The registrant is managed by a team of investment professionals comprised of Leland T. Hart, Managing Director at BlackRock, James E. Keenan, Managing Director at BlackRock and C. Adrian Marshall, Director at BlackRock. Messrs. Hart, Keenan and Marshall are the Fund’s co-portfolio managers and are responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio and the selection of its investments. Messrs. Hart, Keenan and Marshall have been members of the Fund’s management team since 2009.

 

Portfolio Manager

Biography

Leland T. Hart

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2009; Partner of R3 Capital Partners ("R3") in 2009; Managing Director of R3 from 2008 - 2009; Managing Director of Lehman Brothers from 2006 - 2008; Executive Director of Lehman Brothers from 2003 - 2006.

James E. Keenan

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2008; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2004 – 2007. Head of the Leveraged Finance Portfolio team; senior high yield trader at Columbia Management from 2003 to 2004.

C. Adrian Marshall

Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2007; Vice President of BlackRock, Inc. from 2004 - 2007.

 

 

(a)(2)     As of February 28, 2010:

 

 

(ii) Number of Other Accounts Managed

and Assets by Account Type

(iii) Number of Other Accounts and

Assets for Which Advisory Fee is

Performance-Based

(i) Name of

Portfolio Manager

Other

Registered

Investment

Companies

Other Pooled

Investment

Vehicles

Other

Accounts

Other

Registered

Investment

Companies

Other Pooled

Investment

Vehicles

Other

Accounts

Leland T. Hart

8

1

0

0

0

0

 

$2.25 Billion

$39.1 Million

$0

$0

$0

$0

James E. Keenan

22

22

48

0

11

6

 

$8.36 Billion

$7.22 Billion

$5.25 Billion

$0

$4.95 Billion

$714.5 Million

C. Adrian Marshall

8

16

5

0

10

0

 

$2.25 Billion

$5.62 Billion

$620.1 Million

$0

$4.87 Billion

$0

 

 

(iv)     Potential Material Conflicts of Interest

   
  BlackRock and its affiliates (collectively, herein “BlackRock”) has built a professional working environment, firm-wide compliance culture and compliance procedures and systems designed to protect against potential incentives that may favor one account over another. BlackRock has adopted policies and procedures that address the allocation of investment opportunities, execution of portfolio transactions, personal trading by employees and other potential conflicts of interest that are designed to ensure that all client accounts are treated equitably over time. Nevertheless, BlackRock furnishes investment management and advisory services to numerous clients in addition to the Fund, and BlackRock may, consistent with applicable law, make investment recommendations to other clients or accounts (including accounts which are hedge funds or have performance or higher fees paid to BlackRock, or in which portfolio

 


 

managers have a personal interest in the receipt of such fees), which may be the same as or different from those made to the Fund.  In addition, BlackRock, its affiliates and significant shareholders and any officer, director, stockholder or employee may or may not have an interest in the securities whose purchase and sale BlackRock recommends to the Fund.  BlackRock, or any of its affiliates or significant shareholders, or any officer, director, stockholder, employee or any member of their families may take different actions than those recommended to the Fund by BlackRock with respect to the same securities.  Moreover, BlackRock may refrain from rendering any advice or services concerning securities of companies of which any of BlackRock’s (or its affiliates’ or significant shareholders’) officers, directors or employees are directors or officers, or companies as to which BlackRock or any of its affiliates or significant shareholders or the officers, directors and employees of any of them has any substantial economic interest or possesses material non-public information.  Each portfolio manager also may manage accounts whose investment strategies may at times be opposed to the strategy utilized for a fund.  In this connection, it should be noted that Messrs. Keenan and Marshall currently manage certain accounts that are subject to performance fees.  In addition, Mr. Keenan assists in managing certain hedge funds and may be entitled to receive a portion of any incentive fees earned on such funds and a portion of such incentive fees may be voluntarily or involuntarily deferred.  Additional portfolio managers may in the future manage other such accounts or funds and may be entitled to receive incentive fees.

   

 

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

   

 

(a)(3)     As of February 28, 2010:

   

 

Portfolio Manager Compensation Overview

 

 

 

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

 


 

Base compensation. Generally, portfolio managers receive base compensation based on their seniority and/or their position with the firm. Senior portfolio managers who perform additional management functions within the portfolio management group or within BlackRock may receive additional compensation for serving in these other capacities.

 

 

 

Discretionary Incentive Compensation

 

Discretionary incentive compensation is a function of several components: the performance of BlackRock, Inc., the performance of the portfolio manager’s group within BlackRock, the investment performance, including risk-adjusted returns, of the firm’s assets under management or supervision by that portfolio manager relative to predetermined benchmarks, and the individual’s seniority, role within the portfolio management team, teamwork and contribution to the overall performance of these portfolios and BlackRock.  In most cases, including for the portfolio managers of the Fund, these benchmarks are the same as the benchmark or benchmarks against which the performance of the Fund or other accounts managed by the portfolio managers are measured. BlackRock’s Chief Investment Officers determine the benchmarks against which the performance of funds and other accounts managed by each portfolio manager is compared and the period of time over which performance is evaluated.  With respect to the portfolio managers, such benchmarks for the Fund include the following:

 

Portfolio Manager

Applicable Benchmarks

Leland T. Hart

A combination of market-based indices (e.g., CSFB Leveraged Loan Index, CSFB High Yield II Value Index), certain customized indices and certain fund industry peer groups.

James Keenan

A combination of market-based indices (e.g., The Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer CappedTM Index), certain customized indices and certain fund industry peer groups.

C. Adrian Marshall

A combination of market-based indices (e.g., CSFB Leveraged Loan Index, CSFB High Yield II Value Index), certain customized indices and certain fund industry peer groups.

 

 

BlackRock’s Chief Investment Officers make a subjective determination with respect to the portfolio managers’compensation based on the performance of the funds and other accounts managed by each portfolio manager relative to the various benchmarks noted above.  Performance is measured on both a pre-tax and after-tax basis over various time periods including 1, 3, 5 and 10-year periods, as applicable. 

   

 

Distribution of Discretionary Incentive Compensation

 

Discretionary incentive compensation is distributed to portfolio managers in a combination of cash and BlackRock, Inc. restricted stock units which vest ratably over a number of years. The BlackRock, Inc. restricted stock units, if properly vested, will be settled in BlackRock, Inc. common stock. Typically, the cash bonus, when combined with base salary, represents more than 60% of total compensation for the portfolio managers. Paying a portion of annual bonuses in stock puts compensation earned by a portfolio manager for a given year “at risk” based on BlackRock’s ability to sustain and improve its performance over future periods.

 

 

 


 

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

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Other compensation benefits. In addition to base compensation and discretionary incentive compensation, portfolio managers may be eligible to receive or participate in one or more of the following:

 

 

 

Incentive Savings Plans — BlackRock, Inc. has created a variety of incentive savings plans in which BlackRock employees are eligible to participate, including a 401(k) plan, the BlackRock Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), and the BlackRock Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). The employer contribution components of the RSP include a company match equal to 50% of the first 6% of eligible pay contributed to the plan capped at $4,000 per year, and a company retirement contribution equal to 3-5% of eligible compensation.  The RSP offers a range of investment options, including registered investment companies managed by the firm. BlackRock contributions follow the investment direction set by participants for their own contributions or, absent employee investment direction, are invested into a balanced portfolio.  The ESPP allows for investment in BlackRock common stock at a 5% discount on the fair market value of the stock on the purchase date.  Annual participation in the ESPP is limited to the purchase of 1,000 shares or a dollar value of $25,000.  Each portfolio manager is eligible to participate in these plans.

 

 

 

(a)(4)     Beneficial Ownership of Securities – February 28, 2010.

 

Portfolio Manager

Dollar Range of Equity Securities Beneficially Owned

Leland T. Hart

None

James Keenan

None

C. Adrian Marshall

None

 

Item 9 –

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

   

Item 10 –

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders – The registrant’s Nominating and Governance Committee will consider nominees to the board of directors recommended by shareholders when a vacancy becomes available. Shareholders who wish to recommend a nominee should send nominations that include biographical information and set forth the qualifications of the proposed nominee to the registrant’s Secretary. There have been no material changes to these procedures.

 


Item 11 –

Controls and Procedures

   

11(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 13(a)-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

   

11(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

   

12(a)(1) –

Code of Ethics – See Item 2

   

12(a)(2) –

Certifications – Attached hereto

   

12(a)(3) –

Not Applicable

   

12(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 Debt Strategies Fund, Inc.

   
  By: /s/ Anne F. Ackerley  
    Anne F. Ackerley
    Chief Executive Officer of
    BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc.
   
  Date: April 28, 2010
   
  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/ Anne F. Ackerley  
    Anne F. Ackerley
    Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
    BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc.
   
  Date: April 28, 2010
   
  By: /s/ Neal J. Andrews  
    Neal J. Andrews
    Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of
    BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc.
     
  Date: April 28, 2010