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UNITEDSTATES
SECURITIESANDEXCHANGECOMMISSION
Washington,D.C.20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-21349

Name of Fund: BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust (BLW)

Fund Address: 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

Name and address of agent for service: Anne F. Ackerley, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock
Limited Duration Income Trust, 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055

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

Date of fiscal year end: 08/31/2010

Date of reporting period: 08/31/2010

Item 1 – Report to Stockholders




Annual Report

BlackRock Defined Opportunity Credit Trust (BHL)

BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund, Inc. (DVF)

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. (FRA)

BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust (BLW)

BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund II, Inc.

August 31, 2010

Not FDIC Insured • No Bank Guarantee • May Lose Value



Table of Contents   
  Page 
Dear Shareholder  3 
Annual Report:   
Fund Summaries  4 
The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging  10 
Derivative Financial Instruments  11 
Disclosure of Expenses for Continuously Offered Closed-End Funds  11 
Fund Financial Statements   
Schedules of Investments  12 
Statements of Assets and Liabilities  41 
Statements of Operations  43 
Statements of Changes in Net Assets  45 
Statements of Cash Flows  48 
Fund Financial Highlights  49 
Fund Notes to Financial Statements  55 
Fund Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm  67 
Important Tax Information  68 
Master Senior Floating Rate LLC Portfolio Summary  69 
Master Senior Floating Rate LLC Financial Statements:   
Schedule of Investments  70 
Statement of Assets and Liabilities  76 
Statement of Operations  77 
Statements of Changes in Net Assets  77 
Statement of Cash Flows  78 
Master Senior Floating Rate LLC Financial Highlights  79 
Master Senior Floating Rate LLC Notes to Financial Statements  80 
Master Senior Floating Rate Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm  85 
Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreements and Sub-Adbisory Agreements  86 
Automatic Dividend Reinvestment Plans  90 
Officers and Directors  91 
Additional Information  94 

 

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AUGUST 31, 2010



Dear Shareholder

The global economic recovery continues, although global and US economic statistics show that the pace of economic growth has slowed. The sovereign debt

crisis in Europe, slowing growth in China and concerns over the possibility that the United States and other developed markets are heading for a double-dip

recession have all acted to depress investor sentiment. Despite broadening evidence of a slowdown in global economic activity, market volatility has normal-

ized from the extreme levels seen in recent months. In the United States, economic data continues to be mixed, but it is our view that the preponderance of

data suggests that the recovery is continuing. The critical issue for investors remains the question of whether the economy will experience a double-dip

recession. We are on the optimistic side of this debate and would point out that while the recovery has been slow, we have made significant progress.

Global equity markets have moved unevenly higher since bottoming out in early 2009 as investors were enticed by depressed valuations, improved

corporate earnings, and their desire for higher yields. Several significant downturns, however, have occurred — primarily as a result of mixed economic

data and concerns about the possibility of prolonged deflation (especially in Europe). As the period drew to a close, equity markets lost ground on weaker-

than-expected economic data, most notably from the United States. International equities posted negative returns on both a six- and 12-month basis while

US equities posted negative returns over the six months, but were still showing positive returns on a 12-month basis as the domestic economic recovery

had been more pronounced and credit-related issues held European markets down. Within the United States, smaller cap stocks continue to outperform

large caps year-to-date.

In fixed income markets, yields have fluctuated significantly over the past year as economic data has been mixed. Risk aversion and credit issues have kept

interest rates low and US Treasury yields have fallen significantly as investors favored “safe haven” assets. As the period drew to a close, Treasuries modestly

outperformed the spread sectors of the market (those driven by changes in credit risk.) Corporate credit spreads benefited from the low rate environment

and high yield fixed income remains attractive due to low default rates and better-than-expected results on European bank stress tests. Meanwhile, tax-

exempt municipal bonds slightly outperformed US investment grade bonds on a 12-month basis, but underperformed year-to-date as investors rotated to

the relative safety of Treasuries.

Regarding cash investments, yields on money market securities remain near all-time lows (producing returns only marginally above zero percent), with

the Federal Open Market Committee reiterating that economic circumstances are likely to necessitate an accommodative interest rate stance for an

“extended period.”

Against this backdrop, the major market averages posted the following returns:     
Total Returns as of August 31, 2010  6-month  12-month 
US large cap equities (S&P 500 Index)  (4.04)%  4.91% 
US small cap equities (Russell 2000 Index)  (3.60)  6.60 
International equities (MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index)  (3.04)  (2.34) 
3-month Treasury bill (BofA Merrill Lynch 3-Month Treasury Bill Index)  0.07  0.14 
US Treasury securities (BofA Merrill Lynch 10-Year US Treasury Index)  11.49  11.58 
US investment grade bonds (Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond Index)  5.81  9.18 
Tax-exempt municipal bonds (Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index)  5.42  9.78 
US high yield bonds (Barclays Capital US Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index)  6.62  21.40 

 

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

Although conditions have improved over the past couple of years, investors across the globe continue to face uncertainty about the future direction of

economic growth. 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. We thank you for entrusting BlackRock with your

investments, and we look forward to your continued partnership in the months and years ahead.


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Fund Summary as of August 31, 2010

BlackRock Defined Opportunity Credit Trust

Fund Overview

BlackRock Defined Opportunity Credit Trust’s (BHL) (the “Fund”) investment objective is high current income, with a secondary objective of long-term
capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing substantially all of its assets in loan and debt instruments and loan-
related and debt-related instruments (collectively "credit securities"). The Fund invests, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in any
combination of the following credit securities: (i) senior secured floating rate and fixed rate loans; (ii) second lien or other subordinated or unsecured float-
ing rate and fixed rate loans or debt; (iii) credit securities that are rated below investment grade quality; and (iv) investment grade corporate bonds. The
Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives.

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

Performance

For the 12 months ended August 31, 2010, the Fund returned 23.33% based on market price and 14.39% based on net asset value (“NAV”). For the
same period, the closed-end Lipper Loan Participation Funds category posted an average return of 31.82% based on market price and 15.79% based on
NAV. All returns reflect reinvestment of dividends. The Fund's discount to NAV, which narrowed during the period, accounts for the difference between per-
formance based on price and performance based on NAV. The following discussion relates to performance based on NAV. We focused on higher quality loan
structures and borrowers with relatively stable cash flows and the ability to generate steady income. The Fund’s bias towards higher quality sectors and
credits detracted from relative performance as high quality generally underperformed lower quality sectors and credits during the period except during the
credit market correction in the second quarter of 2010. The Fund maintained leverage at an average amount between 15% to 16% of its total managed
assets, which detracted from relative performance versus competitors that maintained higher leverage, as would be expected when markets are advancing.
The Fund’s allocation to high yield bonds benefited performance as the sector outperformed most other sectors of the fixed income market. Investments in
a few special situations and recovery stories, most notably in the automotive sector, also contributed positively to performance.

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”)  BHL 
Initial Offering Date  January 31, 2008 
Yield on Closing Market Price as of August 31, 2010 ($12.86)1  5.97% 
Current Monthly Distribution per Share2  $0.064 
Current Annualized Distribution per Share2  $0.768 
Leverage as of August 31, 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 A change in the distribution rate was declared on September 1, 2010. The Monthly Distribution per Share was increased to $0.066. The Yield on Closing Market Price, Current
Monthly Distribution per Share and Current Annualized Distribution per Share do not reflect the new distribution rate. The new distribution rate is not constant and is subject to fur-
ther change in the future.
3 Represents loan outstanding as a percentage of total managed assets, which is the total assets of the Fund (including any assets attributable to borrowings) minus the sum of
liabilities (other than borrowings representing financial leverage). For a discussion of leveraging techniques utilized by the Fund, please see The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging
on page 10.

The table below summarizes the changes in the Fund’s market price and NAV per share:           
  8/31/10  8/31/09  Change  High  Low 
Market Price  $12.86  $11.03  16.59%  $13.56  $10.96 
Net Asset Value  $13.55  $12.53  8.14%  $13.80  $12.51 

 

The following 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      Credit Quality Allocations4     
  8/31/10  8/31/09    8/31/10  8/31/09 
Floating Rate Loan Interests  83%  94%  BBB/Baa  11%  16% 
Corporate Bonds  15  6  BB/Ba  44  57 
Other Interests  1    B  44  27 
Common Stocks  1    CCC/Caa  1   

 

4 Using the higher of Standard & Poor’s Corporation (“S&P’s”) or Moody’s Investors
Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) ratings.

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Fund Summary as of August 31, 2010

BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund, Inc.

Fund Overview

BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund, Inc.’s (DVF) (the “Fund”) investment objective is to provide shareholders with high current income. The Fund
seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in floating rate debt securities and instruments, including floating rate loans, bonds, certain
preferred securities (including certain convertible preferred securities), notes or other debt securities or instruments which pay a floating or variable rate of
interest until maturity. The Fund considers floating rate debt securities to include fixed rate debt securities held by the Fund where the Fund has entered into
certain derivative transactions at either the portfolio level or with respect to an individual security held by the Fund, including interest rate swap agreements,
in an attempt to convert the fixed rate payments it receives with respect to such securities into floating rate payments. The Fund may invest, under normal
market conditions, a substantial portion of its assets in below investment grade quality securities. The Fund may invest directly in such securities or syntheti-
cally through the use of derivatives.

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

Performance

For the 12 months ended August 31, 2010, the Fund returned 29.13% based on market price and 30.27% based on NAV. For the same period, the closed-
end Lipper Loan Participation Funds category posted an average return of 31.82% based on market price and 15.79% based on NAV. The performance
of the Lipper category does not necessarily correlate to that of the Fund, as the Lipper group comprises both closed-end funds and unleveraged continu-
ously offered closed-end funds. All returns reflect reinvestment of dividends. The Fund moved from a premium to NAV to a discount by period-end, which
accounts for the difference between performance based on price and performance based on NAV. The following discussion relates to performance based
on NAV. The Fund’s exposure to high yield bonds benefited performance as the sector outperformed the broader market. Investments in special situations,
most notably in the automotive sector, also contributed positively. The Fund’s low amount of leverage detracted from relative performance versus competitors
that maintained higher leverage, as would be expected when markets are advancing.

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  DVF 
Initial Offering Date  January 31, 2005 
Yield on Closing Market Price as of August 31, 2010 ($10.45)1  7.87% 
Current Monthly Distribution per Share2  $0.0685 
Current Annualized Distribution per Share2  $0.8220 
Leverage as of August 31, 20103  18% 

 

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 September 1, 2010. The Monthly Distribution per Share was decreased to $0.0635. The Yield on Closing Market Price, Current
Monthly Distribution per Share and Current Annualized Distribution per Share do not reflect the new distribution rate. The new distribution rate is not constant and is subject to
further change in the future.
3 Represents loan outstanding as a percentage of total managed assets, which is the total assets of the Fund (including assets attributable to borrowings) minus the sum of liabilities
(other than borrowings representing financial leverage). For a discussion of leveraging techniques utilized by the Fund, please see The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging on page 10.

The table below summarizes the changes in the Fund’s market price and NAV per share:           
  8/31/10  8/31/09  Change  High  Low 
Market Price  $10.45  $8.80  18.75%  $12.15  $8.65 
Net Asset Value  $10.47  $8.74  19.79%  $10.89  $8.74 

 

The following 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      Credit Quality Allocations4     
  8/31/10  8/31/09    8/31/10  8/31/09 
Floating Rate Loan Interests  76%  49%  BBB/Baa  4%   
Corporate Bonds  20  49  BB/Ba  32  17% 
Common Stocks  2  2  B  46  37 
Other Interests  2    CCC/Caa  11  34 
      CC/Ca  1  4 
      D    3 
      Not Rated  6  5 
      4 Using the higher of S&P’s or Moody’s ratings.     

 

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Fund Summary as of August 31, 2010

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc.

Fund Overview

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc.’s (FRA) (the “Fund”) investment objective is to provide shareholders with 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. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in floating rate debt
securities, including floating or variable rate debt securities that pay interest at rates that adjust whenever a specified interest rate changes and/or which
reset on predetermined dates (such as the last day of a month or calendar quarter). The Fund invests a substantial portion of its investments in floating rate
debt securities consisting of secured or unsecured senior floating rate loans that are rated below investment grade. The Fund may invest directly in such
securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives.

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

Performance

For the 12 months ended August 31, 2010, the Fund returned 27.59% based on market price and 18.91% based on NAV. For the same period, the closed-
end Lipper Loan Participation Funds category posted an average return of 31.82% based on market price and 15.79% based on NAV. The performance of
the Lipper category does not necessarily correlate to that of the Fund, as the Lipper group comprises both closed-end funds and unleveraged continuously
offered closed-end funds. 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. The following discussion relates to performance based on NAV. The
Fund’s exposure to high yield bonds aided performance as the sector outperformed most other sectors of the fixed income market as well as the broad US
equity market. Investments in a few special situations and recovery stories, most notably in the automotive sector, contributed positively. We focused on
higher quality loan structures and borrowers with relatively stable cash flows and the ability to generate steady income, which detracted from relative per-
formance as riskier sectors and credits generally outperformed, except during the credit market correction in the second quarter of 2010. The Fund main-
tained leverage at an average amount between 17% to 18% of its total managed assets, which detracted from relative performance versus competitors that
maintained higher leverage, as would be expected when markets are advancing.

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  FRA 
Initial Offering Date  October 31, 2003 
Yield on Closing Market Price as of August 31, 2010 ($14.61)1  6.32% 
Current Monthly Distribution per Share2  $0.077 
Current Annualized Distribution per Share2  $0.924 
Leverage as of August 31, 20103  17% 

 

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 managed assets, which is the total assets of the Fund (including any assets attributable to borrowings) that may be outstanding,
minus the sum of accrued 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 10.

The table below summarizes the changes in the Fund’s market price and NAV per share:           
  8/31/10  8/31/09  Change  High  Low 
Market Price  $14.61  $12.26  19.17%  $16.96  $12.15 
Net Asset Value  $14.36  $12.93  11.06%  $14.67  $12.93 

 

The following 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      Credit Quality Allocations4     
  8/31/10  8/31/09    8/31/10  8/31/09 
Floating Rate Loan Interests  76%  75%  BBB/Baa  5%  12% 
Corporate Bonds  22  24  BB/Ba  33  15 
Other Interests  1    B  50  46 
Common Stocks  1  1  CCC/Caa  6  21 
      CC/Ca  1   
      D    4 
      Not Rated  5  2 
      4 Using the higher of S&P’s or Moody’s ratings.     

 

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Fund Summary as of August 31, 2010

BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust

Fund Overview

BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust’s (BLW) (the “Fund”) investment objective is to provide current income and capital appreciation. The Fund seeks
to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in three distinct asset classes:

intermediate duration, investment grade corporate bonds, mortgage-related securities and asset-backed securities and US Government and agency securities;
senior, secured floating rate loans made to corporate and other business entities; and
US dollar-denominated securities of US and non-US issuers rated below investment grade, and to a limited extent, in non-US dollar denominated
securities of non-US issuers rated below investment grade.

The Fund’s portfolio normally has an average portfolio duration of less than five years (including the effect of anticipated leverage), although it may be
longer from time to time depending on market conditions. The Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives.

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

Performance

For the 12 months ended August 31, 2010, the Fund returned 26.04% based on market price and 19.00% based on NAV. For the same period, the closed-
end Lipper High Current Yield Funds (Leveraged) category posted an average return of 34.35% based on market price and 26.92% based on NAV. All
returns reflect reinvestment of dividends. The Trust's discount to NAV, which narrowed during the period, accounts for the difference between performance
based on price and performance based on NAV. The following discussion relates to performance based on NAV. The Fund’s allocation to high yield loans
and investment-grade bonds detracted from performance as these sectors underperformed high yield bonds during the period. The Fund’s focus on sectors
that are less sensitive to the economy, the consumer and the housing market also had a negative impact. The Fund’s relatively low amount of leverage
detracted from relative performance versus competitors that maintained higher leverage, as would be expected when markets are advancing. Conversely,
an overweight in the automobiles sector and investments in a number of special situations and distressed credits (including automobiles) contributed
positively to performance.
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  BLW 
Initial Offering Date  July 30, 2003 
Yield on Closing Market Price as of August 31, 2010 ($16.76)1  6.09% 
Current Monthly Distribution per Share2  $0.085 
Current Annualized Distribution per Share2  $1.020 
Leverage as of August 31, 20103  17% 

 

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 September 1, 2010. The Monthly Distribution per Share was increased to $0.0875. The Yield on Closing Market Price, Current
Monthly Distribution per Share and Current Annualized Distribution per Share do not reflect the new distribution rate. The new distribution rate is not constant and is subject to fur-
ther change in the future.
3 Represents reverse repurchase agreements and the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (“TALF”) 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 10.

The table below summarizes the Fund’s market price and net asset value per share:           
  8/31/10  8/31/09  Change  High  Low 
Market Price  $16.76  $14.09  18.95%  $16.94  $13.10 
Net Asset Value  $16.79  $14.95  12.31%  $16.88  $14.95 

 

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

Portfolio Composition      Credit Quality Allocations4     
  8/31/10  8/31/09    8/31/10  8/31/09 
Floating Rate Loan Interests  39%  45%  AAA/Aaa5  18%  53% 
Corporate Bonds  34  24  AA/Aa  2   
U.S. Government Sponsored Agency Securities  7  26  A  6   
Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities  11    BBB/Baa  8  6 
Asset-Backed Securities  5  2  BB/Ba  30  11 
Foreign Agency Obligations  2  2  B  28  10 
Taxable Municipal Bonds  1    CCC/Caa  6  16 
Other Interests  1    C    1 
U.S. Treasury Obligations    1  D    1 
      Not Rated  2  2 

 

4 Using the higher of S&P’s or Moody’s ratings.
5 Includes US Government Sponsored Agency securities and US Treasury Obligations,
which are deemed AAA/Aaa by the investment advisor.

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Fund Summary as of August 31, 2010

BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund, Inc.

Fund Overview

BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund, Inc.’s (the “Fund”) investment objective is to provide as high a level of current income and such preservation of
capital as is consistent with investment in senior collateralized corporate loans (“corporate loans”) primarily in the form of participation interests, as defined
below, in corporate loans made by banks or other financial institutions. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing its assets in the
Master Senior Floating Rate LLC ("Master LLC"), a separate closed-end, non-diversified management investment company. Master LLC may invest in a
corporate loan either by participating as a co-lender at the time the loan is originated or by buying a participation or assignment interest in the corporate
loan from a co-lender or a participant (collectively, “participation interests”). Master LLC invests, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets
in corporate loans or participating in such loans that have floating or variable interest rates and, under normal market conditions, at least 65% of its
assets in floating rate or variable rate loans made to corporate borrowers or participating in such loans. Master LLC may invest directly in such securities
or synthetically through the use of derivatives.

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

Performance

For the 12 months ended August 31, 2010, the Fund returned 11.20% based on NAV while the closed-end Lipper Loan Participation Funds category
posted an average NAV return of 15.79% for the same period. All returns reflect reinvestment of dividends. The Fund invests all of its assets in Master LLC.
Master LLC does not employ leverage and is therefore expected to underperform the Fund’s Lipper category under strong market conditions as the category
includes many leveraged competitors. The Fund performed as expected relative to its peer group as markets generally advanced over the past 12 months.
Master LLC maintained relatively conservative positioning weighted toward higher quality credits and loan structures. This positioning had a negative impact
on relative performance during much of the period as lower quality credit outperformed, with the exception of the credit correction during the second quar-
ter of 2010. We continue to believe this positioning is the appropriate stance in a low-growth environment. Master LLC’s overweight position in the automo-
biles sector and investments in special situations and distressed credits had a positive impact on performance, as did an underweight position in health
care. Master LLC frequently held cash committed for pending transactions; these cash balances did not have a significant impact on performance.

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 Information1   
Initial Offering Date  November 3, 1989 
Yield based on Net Asset Value as of August 31, 2010 ($7.59)2  4.81% 
Current Monthly Distribution per Share3  $0.031032 
Current Annualized Distribution per Share3  $0.365377 

 

1 The Fund is a continuously offered closed-end fund that does not trade on an exchange.
2 Yield based on net asset value is calculated by dividing the current annualized distribution per share by the net asset value. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
3 The distribution is not constant and is subject to change.

The table below summarizes the change in the Fund’s NAV per share:           
  8/31/10  8/31/09  Change  High  Low 
Net Asset Value  $7.59  $7.16  6.01%  $7.74  $7.16 

 

Expense Example for Continuously Offered Closed-End Funds           
    Actual      Hypothetical5     
  Beginning  Ending    Beginning  Ending     
  Account Value  Account Value  Expenses Paid  Account Value  Account Value  Expenses Paid  Annualized 
  March 1, 2010  August 31, 2010  During the Period4  March 1, 2010  August 31, 2010  During the Period4  Expense Ratio 
BlackRock Senior Floating               
Rate Fund, Inc.  $1,000  $1,029.90  $ 7.83  $1,000  $1,017.49  $ 7.78  1.53% 

 

4 Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown).
Because the Fund is a feeder fund, the expense table reflects the expenses of both the feeder fund and the Master LLC in which it invests.
5 Hypothetical 5% annual return before expenses is calculated by multiplying the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year divided by 365.
See “Disclosure of Expenses for Continuously Offered Closed-End Funds” on page 11 for futher information on how expenses were calculated.

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Fund Summary as of August 31, 2010

BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund II, Inc.

Fund Overview

BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund II, Inc.’s (the “Fund”) investment objective is to provide as high a level of current income and such preservation of
capital as is consistent with investment in senior collateralized corporate loans (“corporate loans”) primarily in the form of participation interests, as defined
below, in corporate loans made by banks or other financial institutions. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing its assets in the
Master Senior Floating Rate LLC ("Master LLC"), a separate closed-end, non-diversified management investment company. Master LLC may invest in a
corporate loan either by participating as a co-lender at the time the loan is originated or by buying a participation or assignment interest in the corporate
loan from a co-lender or a participant (collectively, “participation interests”). Master LLC invests, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets
in corporate loans or participating in such loans that have floating or variable interest rates and, under normal market conditions, at least 65% of its
assets in floating rate or variable rate loans made to corporate borrowers or participating in such loans. Master LLC may invest directly in such securities
or synthetically through the use of derivatives.

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

Performance

For the 12 months ended August 31, 2010, the Fund returned 10.97% based on NAV while the closed-end Lipper Loan Participation Funds category
posted an average NAV return of 15.79% for the same period. All returns reflect reinvestment of dividends. The Fund invests all of its assets in Master LLC.
Master LLC does not employ leverage and is therefore expected to underperform the Fund’s Lipper category under strong market conditions as the category
includes many leveraged competitors. The Fund performed as expected relative to its peer group as markets generally advanced over the past 12 months.
Master LLC maintained relatively conservative positioning weighted toward higher quality credits and loan structures. This positioning had a negative impact
on relative performance during much of the period as lower quality credit outperformed, with the exception of the credit correction during the second quar-
ter of 2010. We continue to believe this positioning is the appropriate stance in a low-growth environment. Master LLC’s overweight position in the automo-
biles sector and investments in special situations and distressed credits had a positive impact on performance, as did an underweight position in health
care. Master LLC frequently held cash committed for pending transactions; these cash balances did not have a significant impact on performance.

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 Information1   
Initial Offering Date  March 26, 1999 
Yield based on Net Asset Value as of August 31, 2010 ($8.22)2  4.66% 
Current Monthly Distribution per Share3  $0.032518 
Current Annualized Distribution per Share3  $0.382873 

 

1 The Fund is a continuously offered closed-end fund that does not trade on an exchange.
2 Yield based on net asset value is calculated by dividing the current annualized distribution per share by the net asset value. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
3 The distribution is not constant and is subject to change.

The table below summarizes the change in the Fund’s NAV per share:           
  8/31/10  8/31/09  Change  High  Low 
Net Asset Value  $8.22  $7.76  5.93%  $8.38  $7.75 

 

Expense Example for Continuously Offered Closed-End Funds           
    Actual      Hypothetical5     
  Beginning  Ending    Beginning  Ending     
  Account Value  Account Value  Expenses Paid  Account Value  Account Value  Expenses Paid  Annualized 
  March 1, 2010  August 31, 2010  During the Period4  March 1, 2010  August 31, 2010  During the Period4  Expense Ratio 
BlackRock Senior Floating               
Rate Fund II, Inc.  $1,000  $1,028.60  $ 8.59  $1,000  $1, 016.74  $ 8.54  1.68% 

 

4 Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown).
Because the Fund is a feeder fund, the expense table reflects the expenses of both the feeder fund and the Master LLC in which it invests.
5 Hypothetical 5% annual return before expenses is calculated by pro rating the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year divided by 365.
See “Disclosure of Expenses for Continuously Offered Closed-End Funds” on page 11 for futher information on how expenses were calculated.

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The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging

BHL, DVF, FRA and BLW 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, partici-
pation in the TALF, or through entering into reverse repurchase agreements
and treasury roll transactions. In general, the concept of leveraging is based
on the premise that the financing cost of assets to be obtained from lever-
age 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 invest-
ments. 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 lever-
age is paid to shareholders in the form of dividends, and the value of these
portfolio holdings is reflected in the per share NAV. However, in order to
benefit shareholders, the yield curve must be positively sloped; that is,
short-term interest rates must be lower than long-term interest rates. If the
yield curve becomes negatively sloped, meaning short-term interest rates
exceed long-term interest rates, income to shareholders will be lower than if
the Funds had not used leverage.

To illustrate these concepts, assume a Fund’s capitalization is $100 million
and it borrows for an additional $30 million, creating a total value of $130
million available for investment in long-term securities. If prevailing short-
term interest rates are 3% and long-term interest rates are 6%, the yield
curve has a strongly positive slope. In this case, the Fund pays borrowing
costs and interest expense on the $30 million of borrowings based on the
lower short-term interest rates. At the same time, the securities purchased
by the Fund with assets received from the borrowings earn income based
on long-term interest rates. In this case, the borrowing costs and interest
expense of the borrowings is significantly lower than the income earned
on the Fund’s long-term investments, and therefore the 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 inter-
est 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 Funds’ portfolio investments generally varies
inversely with the direction of long-term interest rates, although other
factors can influence the value of portfolio investments. In contrast, the
redemption value of the Funds’ borrowings do not fluctuate in relation
to interest rates. As a result, changes in interest rates can influence the
Funds’ NAV positively or negatively in addition to the impact on Fund
performance from leverage from borrowings discussed above.

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 or at dis-
tressed values in order to comply with regulatory requirements applicable
to the use of leverage or as required by the terms of leverage instruments,
which may cause a Fund to incur losses. The use of leverage may limit
each Fund’s ability to invest in certain types of securities or use certain
types of hedging strategies. Each Fund will incur expenses in connection
with the use of leverage, all of which are borne by shareholders and may
reduce income.

Under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Funds are permitted
to borrow through their credit facility, through participation in the TALF or
entering into reverse repurchase agreements up to 33 1 / 3 % of their total man-
aged assets. As of August 31, 2010, the Funds had outstanding leverage
from borrowings as a percentage of their total managed assets as follows:

  Percent of 
  Leverage 
BHL  16% 
DVF  18% 
FRA  17% 
BLW  17% 

 

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Derivative Financial Instruments

The Funds may invest in various derivative instruments, including swaps,
financial futures contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts and
options, as specified in Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements,
which may constitute forms of economic leverage. Such instruments are
used to obtain exposure to a market without owning or taking physical cus-
tody of securities or to hedge market, interest rate, credit, equity 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 invest-
ment 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,
may result in lower dividends paid to shareholders or may cause a Fund to
hold a security that it might otherwise sell. The Funds’ investments in these
instruments are discussed in detail in the Notes to Financial Statements.

Disclosure of Expenses for Continuously Offered Closed-End Funds

Shareholders of BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund, Inc. and
BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund II, Inc. may incur the following charges:

(a) expenses related to transactions, including early withdrawal fees; and
(b) operating expenses, including administration fees, and other Fund

expenses. The examples on the previous pages (which are based on a hypo-
thetical investment of $1,000 invested on March 1, 2010 and held through
August 31, 2010) are intended to assist shareholders both in calculating
expenses based on an investment in each Fund and in comparing
these expenses with similar costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The tables provide information about actual account values and actual
expenses. In order to estimate the expenses a shareholder paid during
the period covered by this report, shareholders can divide their account
value by $1,000 and then multiply the result by the number corresponding
to their Fund under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”

The tables also provide information about hypothetical account values and
hypothetical expenses based on each Fund’s actual expense ratio and an
assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. In order to assist
shareholders in comparing the ongoing expenses of investing in these
Funds and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical example with the 5%
hypothetical examples that appear in other funds’ shareholder reports.

The expenses shown in the tables are intended to highlight shareholders’
ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional expenses, such
as early withdrawal fees. Therefore, the hypothetical examples are useful
in comparing ongoing expenses only, and will not help shareholders deter-
mine the relative total expenses of owning different funds. If these trans-
actional expenses were included, shareholder expenses would have
been higher.

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Schedule of Investments August 31, 2010

BlackRock Defined Opportunity Credit Trust (BHL)
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Common Stocks (a)    Shares  Value 
Capital Markets — 0.2%       
E*Trade Financial Corp.    16,300  $ 202,283 
Software — 0.2%       
HMH Holdings/EduMedia    54,036  270,181 
Total Common Stocks — 0.4%      472,464 
    Par   
Corporate Bonds    (000)   
Airlines — 0.4%       
Air Canada, 9.25%, 8/01/15 (b)  USD  250  245,000 
Delta Air Lines, Inc., Series B, 9.75%, 12/17/16    285  299,325 
      544,325 
Auto Components — 0.9%       
Delphi International Holdings Unsecured, 12.00%,       
10/06/14    13  12,664 
Icahn Enterprises LP:       
7.75%, 1/15/16    375  372,188 
8.00%, 1/15/18    750  746,250 
      1,131,102 
Building Products — 0.3%       
Building Materials Corp. of America, 7.00%, 2/15/20 (b)  375  373,125 
Chemicals — 0.4%       
CF Industries, Inc., 6.88%, 5/01/18    415  436,788 
Commercial Banks — 1.1%       
CIT Group, Inc., 7.00%, 5/01/17    1,375  1,292,929 
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5%       
Clean Harbors, Inc., 7.63%, 8/15/16    400  410,000 
The Geo Group, Inc., 7.75%, 10/15/17 (b)    250  257,500 
      667,500 
Consumer Finance — 0.4%       
Inmarsat Finance Plc, 7.38%, 12/01/17 (b)    425  435,625 
Containers & Packaging — 0.8%       
Berry Plastics Corp.:       
8.25%, 11/15/15    700  701,750 
9.50%, 5/15/18 (b)    240  220,800 
Berry Plastics Holding Corp., 8.88%, 9/15/14    45  42,862 
      965,412 
Diversified Financial Services — 1.4%       
Ally Financial, Inc., 8.30%, 2/12/15 (b)    850  884,000 
FCE Bank Plc:       
7.13%, 1/16/12  EUR  600  786,963 
7.13%, 1/15/13    50  65,580 
      1,736,543 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.1%       
Frontier Communications Corp., 8.25%, 4/15/17  USD  290  306,675 
ITC Deltacom, Inc., 10.50%, 4/01/16    250  246,250 
Qwest Corp., 8.38%, 5/01/16    640  745,600 
      1,298,525 
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.4%       
Expro Finance Luxembourg SCA, 8.50%, 12/15/16 (b)    500  467,500 

 

    Par   
Corporate Bonds    (000)  Value 
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.1%       
Rite Aid Corp., 8.00%, 8/15/20 (b)  USD  180  $ 178,875 
Food Products — 0.8%       
B&G Foods, Inc., 7.63%, 1/15/18    300  308,625 
Bumble Bee Foods LLC, 7.75%, 12/15/15 (b)    210  222,075 
Smithfield Foods, Inc., 10.00%, 7/15/14 (b)    370  413,012 
      943,712 
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.3%       
American Renal Holdings, 8.38%, 5/15/18 (b)    135  135,000 
HCA, Inc., 7.25%, 9/15/20    220  229,900 
      364,900 
Health Care Technology — 0.8%       
IMS Health, Inc., 12.50%, 3/01/18 (b)    850  984,937 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.2%       
MGM Resorts International, 11.13%, 11/15/17    240  268,200 
Household Durables — 0.7%       
Beazer Homes USA, Inc., 12.00%, 10/15/17    715  805,269 
IT Services — 0.3%       
SunGard Data Systems, Inc., 4.88%, 1/15/14    383  366,723 
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 2.7%     
Calpine Construction Finance Co. LP, 8.00%,       
6/01/16 (b)    1,165  1,223,250 
Energy Future Holdings Corp., 10.00%, 1/15/20 (b)    400  385,201 
NRG Energy, Inc.:       
7.25%, 2/01/14    1,600  1,632,000 
7.38%, 2/01/16    100  100,750 
      3,341,201 
Media — 1.6%       
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc.:       
9.25%, 12/15/17    185  191,938 
Series B, 9.25%, 12/15/17    740  776,075 
DISH DBS Corp., 7.00%, 10/01/13    425  442,531 
UPC Germany GmbH, 8.13%, 12/01/17 (b)    500  513,750 
      1,924,294 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.6%       
Coffeyville Resources LLC, 9.00%, 4/01/15 (b)    140  143,850 
OPTI Canada, Inc., 9.00%, 12/15/12 (b)    580  581,450 
      725,300 
Paper & Forest Products — 0.9%       
NewPage Corp., 11.38%, 12/31/14    1,115  905,937 
Verso Paper Holdings LLC, 11.50%, 7/01/14    200  211,000 
      1,116,937 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.4%       
Phillips-Van Heusen Corp., 7.38%, 5/15/20    445  458,350 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.5%       
Cricket Communications, Inc., 7.75%, 5/15/16    1,125  1,161,562 
Nextel Communications, Inc., Series E, 6.88%, 10/31/13  525  523,687 
Sprint Capital Corp., 8.38%, 3/15/12    175  185,063 
      1,870,312 
Total Corporate Bonds — 18.6%      22,698,384 

 

Portfolio Abbreviations         
To simplify the listings of portfolio holdings in the  CAD  Canadian Dollar  GO  General Obligation 
Schedules of Investments, the names and descriptions of  EUR  Euro  MSCI  Morgan Stanley Capital International 
many of the securities have been abbreviated according  FKA  Formerly Known As  USD  US Dollar 
to the following list:  GBP  British Pound     
See Notes to Financial Statements.         

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Defined Opportunity Credit Trust (BHL)
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (c)    (000)  Value 
Aerospace & Defense — 1.7%       
DynCorp International, Term Loan, 6.25%, 7/07/16  USD  700  $ 694,575 
Hawker Beechcraft Acquisition Co., LLC:       
Letter of Credit Linked Deposit, 0.43%, 3/26/14    37  29,768 
Term Loan, 2.26% – 2.53%, 3/26/14    627  499,209 
TASC, Inc.:       
Tranche A Term Loan, 5.50%, 12/18/14    162  161,635 
Tranche B Term Loan, 5.75%, 12/18/15    628  629,167 
      2,014,354 
Auto Components — 2.8%       
Affinion Group, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan,       
5.00%, 10/09/16    748  719,756 
Allison Transmission, Inc., Term Loan,       
3.04%, 8/07/14    2,334  2,151,042 
Dana Holding Corp., Term Advance, 4.52% – 6.50%,       
1/30/15    390  382,609 
Exide Global Holdings Netherlands C.V., European       
Borrower, Term Loan, 3.94%, 5/15/12  EUR  146  171,032 
      3,424,439 
Automobiles — 1.3%       
Ford Motor Co.:       
Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 3.03%, 12/15/13  USD  1,578  1,517,979 
Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 3.03%, 12/15/13    24  22,720 
      1,540,699 
Building Products — 2.0%       
Building Materials Corp. of America, Term Loan Advance,       
3.06%, 2/22/14    257  251,638 
Goodman Global, Inc., Term Loan, 6.25%, 2/13/14    1,223  1,227,465 
Momentive Performance Materials (Blitz 06-103 GmbH),       
Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 2.88% 12/04/13  EUR  797  925,809 
      2,404,912 
Capital Markets — 0.4%       
Nuveen Investments, Inc., Term Loan (First Lien),       
3.48 – 3.53%%, 11/13/14  USD  623  550,125 
Chemicals — 6.4%       
CF Industries, Inc., Term Loan B-1, 4.50%, 4/05/15    462  464,616 
Chemtura Corp.:       
Debtor in Possession Term Facility,       
6.00%, 2/11/11    850  847,875 
Exit Term Loan, 5.50%, 8/16/16    750  753,125 
Gentek Holding, LLC, Tranche B Term Loan, 7.00%,       
10/29/14    453  452,596 
Huish Detergents, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan, 2.02%,       
4/26/14    233  220,381 
Lyondell Chemical Co., Exit Term Loan, 5.50%, 4/08/16    255  256,771 
MacDermid, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan, 2.27%, 4/12/14    484  445,157 
Nalco Co., Term Loan, 6.50%, 5/13/16    1,213  1,216,792 
PQ Corp. (FKA Niagara Acquisition, Inc.), Term Loan       
(First Lien), 3.52% – 3.73%, 7/30/14    1,202  1,099,350 
Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc., Term Loan H, 6.00%,       
5/15/14    586  586,003 
Solutia, Inc., Term Loan, 4.75%, 3/17/17    702  701,864 
Tronox Worldwide LLC:       
Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 11.25%, 9/20/10    631  635,712 
Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 11.25%, 9/20/10    169  170,788 
      7,851,030 
Commercial Banks — 1.0%       
CIT Group, Inc., Tranche 3 Term Loan, 6.25%, 8/11/15    1,180  1,176,153 
Commercial Services & Supplies — 6.4%       
ARAMARK Corp.:       
Letter of Credit-1 Facility, 0.11%, 1/26/14    19  17,694 
Letter of Credit-2 Facility, 0.11%, 7/26/16    31  29,737 
US Term Loan, 2.41%, 1/26/14    259  244,672 
US Term Loan B, 3.78%, 7/26/16    466  452,166 

 

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (c)    (000)  Value 
Commercial Services & Supplies (concluded)       
AWAS Finance Luxembourg Sarl, Term Loan, 7.75%,       
6/10/16  USD  425  $ 427,479 
Adesa, Inc. (KAR Holdings, Inc.), Initial Term Loan,       
3.02%, 10/21/13    326  313,064 
Advanced Disposal Services, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.00%,     
1/14/15    398  398,000 
Altegrity, Inc., Incremental Term Loan, 7.75%, 2/21/15  750  747,188 
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Term Loan B, 7.00%,       
4/09/14    558  561,222 
Delos Aircraft, Inc., Term Loan 2, 7.00%, 3/17/16    475  477,573 
Diversey, Inc. (FKA Johnson Diversey, Inc.), Tranche B       
Dollar Term Loan, 5.50%, 11/24/15    498  496,256 
International Lease Finance Corp., Term Loan 1,       
6.75%, 3/17/15    950  957,521 
Protection One, Inc., Term Loan, 6.00%, 6/04/16    750  741,563 
Quad Graphics, Term Loan, 5.50%, 4/20/16    275  262,350 
Synagro Technologies, Inc., Term Loan (First Lien),       
2.27% – 2.28%, 4/02/14    977  825,844 
West Corp., Incremental Term Loan B-3, 7.25%,       
10/24/13    913  909,838 
      7,862,167 
Communications Equipment — 0.1%       
Sorenson Communications, Tranche C Term Loan, 6.00%,     
8/16/13    119  106,480 
Construction & Engineering — 0.7%       
Aquilex Holdings LLC, Term Loan, 5.50%, 4/01/16    100  99,334 
Safway Services, LLC, First Out Tranche Loan, 9.00%,       
12/18/17    750  750,000 
      849,334 
Construction Materials — 0.3%       
Fairmount Minerals Ltd., Term Loan B, 6.25%, 8/05/16  425  425,177 
Consumer Finance — 2.7%       
AGFS Funding Co., Term Loan, 7.25%, 4/21/15    1,750  1,729,219 
Daimler Chrysler Financial Services Americas LLC,       
Term Loan (Second Lien), 6.78%, 8/05/13    1,524  1,518,963 
      3,248,182 
Containers & Packaging — 0.8%       
Anchor Glass Container Corp., Term Loan (First Lien),       
6.00%, 3/02/16    358  354,674 
BWAY Holdings, Co., Term Loan B, 5.50% – 6.00%,       
6/16/17    169  168,932 
Berry Plastics Holding Corp., Term Loan C, 2.38%,       
4/03/15    520  473,835 
ICL Industrial Containers ULC/ICL Contenants Industriels     
ULC (FKA BWAY) Term Loan C, 5.50% – 6.00%, 6/16/17  16  15,847 
      1,013,288 
Diversified Consumer Services — 3.4%       
Coinmach Laundry Corp., Delayed Draw Term Loan,       
3.29% – 3.35%, 11/14/14    247  212,306 
Coinmach Service Corp., Term Loan, 3.35%, 11/14/14  1,217  1,060,902 
Laureate Education, Series A New Term Loan,       
7.00%, 8/15/14    1,985  1,951,751 
ServiceMaster Co.:       
Closing Date Term Loan, 2.77% – 3.04%, 7/24/14  873  802,448 
Delayed Draw Term Loan, 2.77%, 7/24/14    87  79,912 
      4,107,319 
Diversified Financial Services — 2.4%       
MSCI, Inc., Term Loan, 4.75%, 6/01/16    798  800,328 
Reynolds Group Holdings, Inc., US Term Loan, 6.25%,     
5/05/16    1,589  1,581,031 
Whitelabel IV SA:       
Term Loan B2, 5.00%, 8/11/17  EUR  249  312,808 
Term Loan B1, 5.00%, 8/11/17    151  189,023 
      2,883,190 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Defined Opportunity Credit Trust (BHL)
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (c)    (000)  Value 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 3.6%       
Cincinnati Bell Inc., Tranche B Term Loan,       
6.50%, 6/11/17  USD  673  $ 668,263 
Hawaiian Telcom Communications, Inc., Tranche C       
Term Loan, 4.75%, 5/30/14 (d)    516  361,183 
Integra Telecom Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 9.25%,       
4/15/15    825  822,937 
Level 3 Communications, Incremental Term Loan,       
2.53% – 2.78%, 3/13/14    1,400  1,254,093 
Wind Finance SL SA, Euro Facility (Second Lien),       
7.89%, 12/17/14  EUR  1,000  1,264,677 
      4,371,153 
Electric Utilities — 1.0%       
New Development Holdings LLC, Term Loan, 7.00%,       
7/03/17  USD        1,250  1,262,500 
Electrical Equipment — 0.4%       
Baldor Electric Co., Term Loan, 5.25% – 5.50%, 1/31/14  506  505,968 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments       
& Components — 2.6%       
CDW LLC (FKA CDW Corp.), Term Loan, 4.28%, 10/10/14  637  570,887 
Deutsche Group SAS (FKA Matinvest 2 SAS)/Butterfly       
Wendel US, Inc.:       
Facility B-2, 3.91%, 6/22/14    319  271,533 
Facility C-2, 4.16%, 6/22/15    268  228,042 
Flextronics International Ltd.:       
Closing Date Loan A, 2.53% – 2.56%, 10/01/14    103  96,528 
Closing Date Loan B, 2.56%, 10/01/12    562  541,190 
L-1 Identity Solutions Operating Co., Tranche B-1       
Term Loan, 6.75%, 8/05/13    616  612,506 
Styron Sarl, Term Loan, 7.50%, 6/17/16    825  831,443 
      3,152,129 
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.6%       
MEG Energy Corp., Tranche D Term Loan, 6.00%,       
4/03/16    696  694,509 
Food & Staples Retailing — 2.3%       
AB Acquisitions UK Topco 2 Ltd. (FKA Alliance Boots),       
Facility B1, 3.55%, 7/09/15  GBP  500  713,338 
Bolthouse Farms, Inc., Term Loan (First Lien), 5.50%,       
2/11/16  USD  499  496,002 
Pierre Foods, Term Loan, 7.00%, 3/03/16    488  486,078 
Pilot Travel Centers LLC, Initial Tranche B Term Loan,       
5.25%, 6/30/16    863  863,794 
Rite Aid Corp., Term Loan B, 6.00%, 7/09/14    220  212,520 
      2,771,732 
Food Products — 3.1%       
CII Investment, LLC (FKA Cloverhill):       
Term Loan A, 8.50%, 10/14/14    482  481,836 
Term Loan B, 8.50%, 10/14/14    586  586,021 
Dole Food Co., Inc. Tranche B-1 Term Loan,       
5.00% – 5.50%, 3/02/17    284  284,125 
Michael Foods Group, Inc. (FKA M-Foods Holdings, Inc.),       
Term Loan B, 6.25%, 6/29/16    500  500,357 
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., Term Loan A, 5.58%, 12/01/12    550  544,500 
Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC, Tranche D Term Loan,       
6.00%, 4/02/14    709  709,886 
Solvest, Ltd. (Dole) Tranche C-1 Term Loan,       
5.00% – 5.50, 3/02/17    704  705,371 
      3,812,096 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.4%       
Biomet, Inc., Dollar Term Loan, 3.26% – 3.54%, 3/25/15  407  393,293 
DJO Finance LLC (FKA ReAble Therapeutics Finance LLC),     
Term Loan, 3.26%, 5/20/14    729  691,199 
Fresenius SE:       
Tranche C-1 Dollar Term Loan, 4.50%, 9/10/14    418  418,318 
Tranche C-2 Term Loan, 4.50%, 9/10/14    227  227,759 
      1,730,569 

 

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (c)    (000)  Value 
Health Care Providers & Services — 6.2%       
CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.:       
Delayed Draw Term Loan, 2.55%, 7/25/14  USD  86  $ 80,719 
Term Loan Facility, 2.55%, 7/25/14    1,680  1,583,641 
DaVita, Inc., Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 1.77% – 2.04%,       
10/05/12    200  196,916 
Gentiva Health Services, Inc., Term Loan B,       
6.75%, 8/12/16    600  592,125 
HCA, Inc.:       
Tranche A-1 Term Loan, 2.03%, 11/16/12    1,655  1,592,364 
Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 2.78%, 11/18/13    70  67,375 
Harden Healthcare LLC:       
Add-on Term Loan, 7.75%, 3/02/15    600  588,000 
Tranche A Term Loan, 8.50%, 2/22/15    396  388,436 
inVentiv Health, Inc. (FKA Ventive Health, Inc.),       
Term Loan B, 6.50%, 7/31/16    1,200  1,197,750 
Renal Advantage Holdings, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan,       
6.00%, 6/03/16    525  525,000 
Vanguard Health Holding Co. II, LLC (Vanguard Health     
Systems, Inc.), Initial Term Loan, 5.00%, 1/29/16    813  803,229 
      7,615,555 
Health Care Technology — 0.8%       
IMS Health, Inc., Tranche B Dollar Term Loan,       
5.25%, 2/26/16    957  959,107 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 5.5%       
BLB Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (Wembley, Inc.), First       
Priority Term Loan, 4.75%, 7/18/11    1,000  720,000 
Harrah’s Operating Co., Inc.:       
Term Loan B-3, 3.50% – 3.53%, 1/28/15    1,002  855,793 
Term Loan B-4, 9.50%, 10/31/16    746  761,590 
Penn National Gaming, Inc., Term Loan B, 2.01% –       
2.24%, 10/03/12    566  552,251 
SW Acquisitions Co., Inc., Term Loan, 5.75%, 6/01/16  1,120  1,120,737 
Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan (First Lien),     
6.00%, 6/30/16    822  812,894 
Travelport LLC (FKA Travelport, Inc.):       
Delayed Draw Term Loan, 2.76%, 8/23/13    220  208,734 
Original Post-First Amendment and Restatement       
Synthetic Letter of Credit Loan, 3.03%, 8/23/13    21  19,590 
Tranche B Dollar Term Loan, 2.76%, 8/23/13    114  107,887 
Universal City Development Partners, Ltd., Term Loan,       
5.50%, 11/16/14    496  497,003 
VML US Finance LLC (FKA Venetian Macau):       
Term B Delayed Draw Project Loan, 5.04%, 5/25/12  414  407,125 
Term B Funded Project Loan, 5.04%, 5/27/13    723  709,996 
      6,773,600 
IT Services — 4.3%       
Ceridian Corp., US Term Loan, 3.26%, 11/09/14    746  663,493 
EVERTEC, Inc., Term Loan B, 7.00%, 8/20/16    450  439,875 
First Data Corp.:       
Initial Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 3.01%, 9/24/14    168  143,516 
Initial Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 3.01%, 9/24/14    501  426,755 
Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan, 3.01%, 9/24/14    1,451  1,237,338 
SunGard Data Systems, Inc. (Solar Capital Corp.),       
Incremental Term Loan, 6.75%, 2/28/14    1,037  1,035,523 
TransUnion LLC, Term Loan, 6.75%, 6/15/17    1,250  1,261,329 
      5,207,829 
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 1.1%     
Dynegy Holdings, Inc.:       
Term Letter of Credit Facility, 4.02%, 4/02/13    204  200,689 
Tranche B Term Loan, 4.02%, 4/02/13    16  16,073 
Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co., LLC (TXU),       
Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan, 3.79% – 4.03%,       
10/10/14    1,454  1,096,171 
      1,312,933 
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.8%       
Sequa Corp., Term Loan, 3.79%, 12/03/14    2,339  2,151,724 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Defined Opportunity Credit Trust (BHL)
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (c)    (000)  Value 
Insurance — 0.6%       
Alliant Holdings I, Inc., Term Loan, 3.53%, 8/21/14  USD  716  $ 680,253 
Internet & Catalog Retail — 0.2%       
FTD Group, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan, 6.75%, 8/26/14    191  191,058 
Machinery — 1.0%       
LN Acquisition Corp. (Lincoln Industrial):       
Delayed Draw Term Loan (First Lien), 3.52%,       
7/11/14    245  233,088 
Initial U.S. Term Loan (First Lien), 3.52%, 7/11/14    637  604,871 
Oshkosh Truck Corp., Term Loan B, 6.44% – 6.54%,       
12/06/13    419  421,618 
      1,259,577 
Marine — 0.2%       
Horizon Lines, LLC:       
Revolving Loan, 3.52% – 3.55%, 8/08/12    195  166,986 
Term Loan, 3.79%, 8/08/12    148  134,762 
      301,748 
Media — 17.2%       
Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc. (Thomson Learning),       
Tranche 1 Incremental Term Loan, 7.50%, 7/03/14    1,881  1,874,539 
Cequel Communications, LLC, New Term Loan, 2.30%,       
11/05/13    532  511,065 
Charter Communications Operating, LLC:       
New Term Loan, 7.25%, 3/06/14    341  322,724 
Term Loan B1, 2.26%, 3/06/14    449  458,778 
Term Loan C, 3.79%, 9/06/16    2,569  2,456,904 
Clarke American Corp., Term Loan B, 2.76%, 6/30/14    619  533,832 
FoxCo Acquisition Sub, LLC, Term Loan, 7.50%, 7/14/15    652  626,686 
HMH Publishing Co., Ltd., Tranche A Term Loan, 5.79%,       
6/12/14 (d)    876  797,990 
Hanley-Wood, LLC, Term Loan, 2.56% – 2.63%, 3/10/14    737  318,931 
Intelsat Corp. (FKA PanAmSat Corp.):       
Tranche B-2-A Term Loan, 3.03%, 1/03/14    237  223,669 
Tranche B-2-B Term Loan, 3.03%, 1/03/14    237  223,601 
Tranche B-2-C Term Loan, 3.03%, 1/03/14    237  223,601 
Interactive Data Corp., Term Loan, 6.75%, 1/29/17    700  704,083 
Lavena Holding 3 GmbH (Prosiebensat.1 Media AG):       
Facility B1, 3.52%, 6/28/15  EUR  510  488,690 
Facility C1, 3.77%, 6/30/16    510  488,690 
Local TV Finance, LLC, Term Loan, 2.27%, 5/07/13  USD  224  199,037 
Mediacom Illinois, LLC (FKA Mediacom Communications,       
LLC):       
Tranche D Term Loan, 5.50%, 3/31/17    200  195,935 
Tranche E Loan, 4.50%, 10/23/17    1,075  1,014,513 
Newsday, LLC:       
Fixed Rate Term Loan, 10.50%, 8/01/13    800  849,000 
Floating Rate Term Loan, 6.78%, 8/01/13    500  502,500 
Nielsen Finance LLC:       
Class A Dollar Term Loan, 2.29%, 8/09/13    26  24,805 
Class B Dollar Term Loan, 4.04%, 5/01/16    1,153  1,114,223 
Class C Dollar Term Loan, 4.04%, 5/28/16    419  401,631 
Regal Cinemas Corp., Term Loan, 4.03%, 11/19/16    349  344,761 
Sinclair Television Group, Inc., New Tranche B Loan,       
5.50%, 10/29/15    409  409,432 
Springer Science+Business Media SA, Facility A1,       
6.75%, 7/01/16  EUR  1,100  1,378,874 
Sunshine Acquisition Ltd. (AKA HIT Entertainment),       
Term Facility, 5.68%, 6/01/12  USD  598  557,456 
TWCC Holdings Corp., Replacement Term Loans,       
5.00%, 9/14/15    1,027  1,025,658 
UPC Financing Partnership, Facility U, 4.64%, 12/31/17 EUR  800  941,079 
Virgin Media Investment Holdings Ltd., Facility B,       
4.77%, 12/31/15  GBP  750  1,115,016 
Yell Group Plc/Yell Finance (UK) Ltd., Facility A3, 2.60%,       
8/09/11  USD  703  678,516 
      21,006,219 

 

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (c)    (000)  Value 
Multi-Utilities — 0.2%       
FirstLight Power Resources, Inc. (FKA NE Energy, Inc.):       
Synthetic Letter of Credit, 0.41%, 11/01/13  USD  4  $ 3,705 
Term B Advance (First Lien), 3.06%, 11/01/13    238  220,396 
      224,101 
Multiline Retail — 2.6%       
Dollar General Corp., Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 3.01%,       
7/07/14    526  505,901 
Hema Holding BV, Facility D, 5.65%, 1/01/17  EUR  1,800  2,109,972 
The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc., Term Loan, 2.30%,       
4/06/13  USD  524  496,386 
      3,112,259 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.3%       
Big West Oil, LLC, Term Loan, 12.00%, 7/23/15    325  328,927 
Paper & Forest Products — 0.6%       
Georgia-Pacific LLC, Term Loan B, 2.30% – 2.53%,       
12/23/12    752  741,240 
Personal Products — 0.0%       
American Safety Razor Co., LLC, Term Loan (First Lien),       
6.75%, 7/31/13    43  39,646 
Pharmaceuticals — 1.0%       
Warner Chilcott Co., LLC, Term Loan A, 6.00%, 10/30/14    459  458,018 
Warner Chilcott Corp.:       
Additional Term Loan, 6.25%, 4/30/15    198  197,657 
Term Loan B-1, 6.25%, 4/30/15    197  196,363 
Term Loan B-2, 6.25%, 4/30/15    326  325,290 
Term Loan B-3, 6.50%, 2/20/16    68  68,182 
Term Loan B-4, 6.50%, 2/20/16    22  22,123 
      1,267,633 
Professional Services — 0.8%       
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan, 7.50%,       
7/31/15    983  983,728 
Real Estate Management & Development — 1.7%       
Realogy Corp.:       
Delayed Draw Term Loan B, 3.30% – 3.53%,       
10/10/13    1,045  901,372 
Initial Term Loan B, 3.30%, 10/10/13    588  507,692 
Synthetic Letter of Credit, 0.11%, 10/10/13    101  87,031 
Term Facility (Second Lien), 13.50%, 10/15/17    500  527,500 
      2,023,595 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.2%       
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Extended Maturity       
Term Loan, 4.56%, 12/01/16    300  268,266 
Software — 0.7%       
Telcordia Technologies, Inc., Term Loan, 6.75%,       
4/30/16    599  598,001 
Vertafore, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.75%, 7/28/16    305  303,094 
      901,095 
Specialty Retail — 2.1%       
Bass Pro Group LLC, Term Loan, 5.00% – 5.75%,       
4/10/15    195  194,449 
Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp., Term Loan,       
2.54% – 2.66%, 5/28/13    190  179,978 
General Nutrition Centers, Inc., Term Loan, 2.52% –       
2.79%, 9/16/13    195  184,706 
Matalan, Term Loan, 5.57%, 3/24/16  GBP  300  455,724 
Michaels Stores, Inc.:       
Term Loan B-1, 2.63% – 2.81%, 10/31/13  USD  511  482,103 
Term Loan B-2, 4.88% – 5.06%, 7/31/16    249  240,565 
Toys ‘R’ US, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.00%, 8/17/16    800  797,995 
      2,535,520 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORT

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15



Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Defined Opportunity Credit Trust (BHL)
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

  Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (c)  (000)  Value 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.0%     
Hanesbrands, Inc., New Term Loan, 5.25%, 12/10/15  USD 461  $ 463,863 
Phillips Van Heusen Corp., US Tranche B Term Loan,     
4.75%, 5/06/16  790  794,537 
    1,258,400 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 3.3%     
Cavtel Holdings, LLC, Term Loan, 10.50%, 12/31/12 (d)  212  200,469 
Digicel International Finance Ltd., US Term Loan     
(Non-Rollover), 3.06%, 3/30/12  1,938  1,892,350 
MetroPCS Wireless, Inc.:     
Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 2.56%, 11/03/13  106  102,850 
Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 3.81%, 11/03/16  1,153  1,131,072 
Vodafone Americas Finance 2 Inc., Initial Loan,     
6.88%, 7/30/15  750  750,000 
    4,076,741 
Total Floating Rate Loan Interests — 100.8%    122,978,259 
  Beneficial   
  Interest   
Other Interests (e)  (000)   
Auto Components — 1.0%     
Delphi Debtor-in-Possession Holding Co. LLP     
Class B Membership Interests  —(f)  1,247,163 
Total Other Interests — 1.0%    1,247,163 
Total Long-Term Investments     
(Cost — $146,852,174) — 120.8%    147,396,270 
Short-Term Securities  Shares   
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional     
Class, 0.25% (g)(h)  1,172,197  1,172,197 
Total Short-Term Securities     
(Cost — $1,172,197) — 0.9%    1,172,197 
Total Investments (Cost — $148,024,371*) — 121.7%    148,568,467 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (21.7%)    (26,506,852) 
Net Assets — 100.0%    $122,061,615 

 

* The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of
August 31, 2010, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:

Aggregate cost  $148,023,821 
Gross unrealized appreciation  $ 3,598,216 
Gross unrealized depreciation  (3,053,570) 
Net unrealized appreciation  $ 544,646 

 

(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) Represents a payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in addi-
tional face/shares.
(e) Other interests represent beneficial interest in liquidation trusts and other reorgani-
zation entities and are non-income producing.
(f) Amount is less than $1,000.

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

      Shares Held at  Net  Shares Held at   
  Affiliate  August 31, 2009            Activity                   August 31, 2010  Income 
  BlackRock Liquidity         
  Funds, TempFund,         
  Institutional Class          —  1,172,197  1,172,197  $4,642 
(h) Represents the current yield as of report date.     
  Foreign currency exchange contracts as of August 31, 2010 were as follows: 
              Unrealized 
  Currency    Currency    Settlement                  Appreciation      
  Purchased    Sold  Counterparty  Date                      (Depreciation)    
  EUR  59,000  USD  74,697  Citibank NA  9/15/10   $ 69 
  USD  7,974,576  EUR  6,309,000  Citibank NA  9/15/10  (20,335) 
  USD  185,370  EUR  140,000  Citibank NA  9/15/10  7,959 
  USD  2,193,452  GBP  1,423,000  Royal Bank     
          of Scotland  10/20/10  11,829 
  Total          $ (478)            

 

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.

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of
investments and derivatives, 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 and
derivatives)
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indica-
tion of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For information about the
Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments and derivatives 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 August 31, 2010 in determin-
ing the fair valuation of the Fund’s investments and derivatives:

Valuation Inputs  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3  Total 
Assets:         
Investments in         
Securities:         
Long-Term         
Investments:         
Common Stocks  $ 202,283    $ 270,181  $ 472,464 
Corporate Bonds    $ 22,685,720  12,664  22,698,384 
Floating Rate         
Loan Interests    102,541,176  20,437,083  122,978,259 
Other Interests    1,247,163    1,247,163 
Short-Term         
Securities  1,172,197      1,172,197 
Unfunded Loan         
Commitments      3,688  3,688 
Liabilities:         
Unfunded Loan         
Commitments      (50,431)  (50,431) 
Total  $ 1,374,480  $126,474,059  $20,673,185  $148,521,724 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (concluded)

BlackRock Defined Opportunity Credit Trust (BHL)

Derivative Financial Instruments1

Valuation Inputs  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3    Total 
Assets:           
Foreign currency           
exchange           
contracts  —   $ 19,857      $ 19,857 
Liabilities:           
Foreign currency           
exchange           
contracts    (20,335)    (20,335) 
Total  —   $ (478)      $ (478) 

 

1 Derivative financial instruments are foreign currency exchange contracts. Foreign
currency exchange contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreci-
ation on the instrument.

The following table is a reconciliation of Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used in determining fair value:     
  Common  Corporate  Floating Rate  Unfunded Loan   
  Stocks  Bonds  Loan Interests  Commitments  Total 
Assets/Liabilities:           
Balance, as of August 31, 2009      $24,495,356  $ 60,517  $24,555,873 
Accrued discounts/premiums      245,232    245,232 
Net realized gain (loss)      390,156    390,156 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation2      3,302,917  (107,260)  3,195,657 
Purchases      6,258,629    6,258,629 
Sales      (19,925,222)    ( 19,925,222) 
Transfers in3  $ 270,181  $ 12,664  12,292,781    12,575,626 
Transfers out3      (6,622,766)    (6,622,766) 
Balance, as of August 31, 2010  $ 270,181  $ 12,664  $20,437,083  $ (46,743)  $20,673,185 

 

2 Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation in the Statements of Operations. The change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on securities
still held at August 31, 2010 was $579,777.
3 The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers in and transfers out as of the end of the period of the event or the change in circumstances that caused the transfer.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORT

AUGUST 31, 2010

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Schedule of Investments August 31, 2010

BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund, Inc. (DVF)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

    Par   
Asset-Backed Securities    (000)  Value 
North Street Referenced Linked Notes 2000-1 Ltd.,       
Series 2005-8A, Class D, 15.04%, 6/15/41 (a)(b)  USD  1,350  $ 338,985 
Total Asset-Backed Securities — 0.2%      338,985 
Common Stocks (c)    Shares   
Building Products — 0.2%       
Masonite Worldwide Holdings    6,589  250,382 
Capital Markets — 0.1%       
E*Trade Financial Corp.    14,300  177,463 
Chemicals — 0.0%       
Wellman Holdings, Inc.    1,613  81 
Construction Materials — 0.1%       
Nortek, Inc.    1,570  65,155 
Electrical Equipment — 0.0%       
Medis Technologies Ltd.  176,126  5,460 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.0%       
Buffets Restaurants Holdings, Inc.    688  2,890 
Metals & Mining — 0.1%       
Euramax International    468  154,275 
Paper & Forest Products — 1.1%       
Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd.  286,978  672,804 
Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. (a)  349,782  820,045 
      1,492,849 
Software — 0.3%       
HMH Holdings/EduMedia    46,104  230,519 
TiVo, Inc.    17,975  141,284 
      371,803 
Total Common Stocks — 1.9%      2,520,358 
    Par   
Corporate Bonds    (000)   
Airlines — 0.5%       
Delta Air Lines, Inc., Series B, 9.75%, 12/17/16  USD  285  299,325 
United Air Lines, Inc., 12.75%, 7/15/12    297  331,557 
      630,882 
Auto Components — 0.1%       
Delphi International Holdings Unsecured, 12.00%,       
10/06/14    13  12,664 
Icahn Enterprises LP, 7.75%, 1/15/16    105  104,213 
      116,877 
Building Products — 2.5%       
Building Materials Corp. of America, 7.00%, 2/15/20 (a)  400  398,000 
CPG International I, Inc., 7.50%, 7/01/12 (b)    2,500  2,415,625 
Ply Gem Industries, Inc., 11.75%, 6/15/13    400  412,000 
      3,225,625 
Capital Markets — 0.3%       
E*Trade Financial Corp., 3.95%, 8/31/19 (a)(d)(e)    83  99,600 
Marsico Parent Co., LLC, 10.63%, 1/15/16 (a)    649  240,130 
Marsico Parent Holdco, LLC, 12.50%, 7/15/16 (a)(f)    180  16,162 
Marsico Parent Superholdco, LLC, 14.50%, 1/15/18 (a)(f)  197  17,686 
      373,578 
Chemicals — 1.1%       
CF Industries, Inc., 6.88%, 5/01/18    445  468,362 
Wellman Holdings, Inc., Subordinate Note (d):       
(Second Lien), 10.00%, 1/29/19 (a)    894  777,780 
(Third Lien), 5.00%, 1/29/19 (f)    294  114,483 
      1,360,625 

 

    Par   
Corporate Bonds    (000)  Value 
Commercial Banks — 0.7%       
CIT Group, Inc., 7.00%, 5/01/17  USD  705  $ 662,920 
Glitnir Banki HF (c)(g):       
4.15%, 4/20/10 (a)    65  18,525 
6.38%, 9/25/12 (a)    365  104,025 
Series EMTN, 5.07%, 1/27/10  EUR  100  35,483 
Series EMTN, 3.00%, 6/30/10    120  42,580 
      863,533 
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5%       
Clean Harbors, Inc., 7.63%, 8/15/16  USD  400  410,000 
The Geo Group, Inc., 7.75%, 10/15/17 (a)    250  257,500 
      667,500 
Construction Materials — 0.5%       
Nortek, Inc., 11.00%, 12/01/13    639  672,899 
Consumer Finance — 0.4%       
Inmarsat Finance Plc, 7.38%, 12/01/17 (a)    450  461,250 
Containers & Packaging — 0.7%       
Berry Plastics Corp., 9.50%, 5/15/18 (a)    260  239,200 
Berry Plastics Holding Corp., 8.88%, 9/15/14    45  42,862 
Smurfit Kappa Acquisitions (a):       
7.25%, 11/15/17  EUR  250  323,149 
7.75%, 11/15/19    240  311,744 
      916,955 
Diversified Financial Services — 1.6%       
Ally Financial Inc.:       
6.88%, 9/15/11  USD  150  152,625 
8.30%, 2/12/15 (a)    120  124,800 
7.50%, 9/15/20 (a)    370  366,300 
Axcan Intermediate Holdings, Inc., 12.75%, 3/01/16    90  90,112 
FCE Bank Plc, 7.13%, 1/16/12  EUR  400  524,642 
GMAC, Inc.:       
5.38%, 6/06/11    110  139,049 
7.50%, 12/31/13    20  20,425 
8.00%, 3/15/20 (a)    30  30,750 
Reynolds Group DL Escrow, Inc., 7.75%, 10/15/16 (a)    400  403,000 
Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc., 7.75%, 10/15/16 (a)    200  257,249 
      2,108,952 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.9%       
Frontier Communications Corp., 8.25%, 4/15/17  USD  290  306,675 
ITC Deltacom, Inc., 10.50%, 4/01/16    300  295,500 
Qwest Corp., 8.38%, 5/01/16    500  582,500 
      1,184,675 
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.5%       
Expro Finance Luxembourg SCA, 8.50%, 12/15/16 (a)    750  701,250 
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.1%       
Rite Aid Corp., 8.00%, 8/15/20 (a)    130  129,187 
Food Products — 0.7%       
B&G Foods, Inc., 7.63%, 1/15/18    300  308,625 
Bumble Bee Foods LLC, 7.75%, 12/15/15 (a)    220  232,650 
Smithfield Foods, Inc., 10.00%, 7/15/14 (a)    320  357,200 
      898,475 
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.2%       
HCA, Inc., 7.25%, 9/15/20    235  245,575 
Health Care Technology — 0.4%       
IMS Health, Inc., 12.50%, 3/01/18 (a)    400  463,500 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.1%       
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 10.25%,       
2/15/14 (a)(c)(g)    800  270,000 
MGM Resorts International, 11.13%, 11/15/17    390  435,825 
Travelport LLC, 5.16%, 9/01/14 (b)    810  751,275 
Tropicana Entertainment LLC, Series WI, 9.63%,       
12/15/14 (a)(c)(g)    120  88 
      1,457,188 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

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(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

    Par   
Corporate Bonds    (000)  Value 
Household Durables — 0.4%       
Beazer Homes USA, Inc., 12.00%, 10/15/17  USD  500  $ 563,125 
IT Services — 0.2%       
SunGard Data Systems, Inc., 4.88%, 1/15/14    300  287,250 
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 1.2%       
Calpine Construction Finance Co. LP, 8.00%, 6/01/16 (a)  750  787,500 
Energy Future Holdings Corp., 10.00%, 1/15/20 (a)    400  385,201 
NRG Energy, Inc.:       
7.25%, 2/01/14    380  387,600 
7.38%, 2/01/16    55  55,413 
      1,615,714 
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.6%       
Sequa Corp., 13.50%, 12/01/15 (a)(f)    722  750,432 
Insurance — 0.3%       
USI Holdings Corp., 4.25%, 11/15/14 (a)(b)    490  415,275 
Leisure Equipment & Products — 0.3%       
Brunswick Corp., 11.25%, 11/01/16 (a)    295  337,037 
Machinery — 1.0%       
ESCO Corp., 4.41%, 12/15/13 (a)(b)    920  837,200 
Titan International, Inc., 8.00%, 1/15/12    460  478,400 
      1,315,600 
Media — 2.6%       
Affinion Group, Inc., 10.13%, 10/15/13 (h)    550  563,750 
CSC Holdings, Inc., 8.50%, 4/15/14    180  196,650 
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., Series B,       
9.25%, 12/15/17    774  811,733 
DISH DBS Corp., 7.00%, 10/01/13    375  390,469 
Seat Pagine Gialle SpA, 10.50%, 1/31/17 (a)  EUR  91  107,247 
TL Acquisitions, Inc., 10.50%, 1/15/15 (a)  USD  225  214,875 
UPC Germany GmbH, 8.13%, 12/01/17 (a)    1,000  1,027,500 
      3,312,224 
Metals & Mining — 0.8%       
Aleris International, Inc. (c)(g):       
9.00%, 12/15/14    370  740 
10.00%, 12/15/16    500  190 
RathGibson, Inc., 11.25%, 2/15/14 (c)(g)    1,390  14,943 
Ryerson, Inc., 7.84%, 11/01/14 (b)    1,075  997,062 
      1,012,935 
Multiline Retail — 0.4%       
Dollar General Corp.:       
10.63%, 7/15/15    200  219,500 
11.88%, 7/15/17 (f)    215  247,250 
      466,750 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.6%       
Coffeyville Resources LLC, 9.00%, 4/01/15 (a)    150  154,125 
OPTI Canada, Inc., 9.00%, 12/15/12 (a)    625  626,562 
      780,687 
Paper & Forest Products — 1.0%       
Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd., 11.00%, 7/29/15 (a)(f)    703  600,990 
Clearwater Paper Corp., 10.63%, 6/15/16    190  213,750 
NewPage Corp., 11.38%, 12/31/14    250  203,125 
Verso Paper Holdings LLC:       
11.50%, 7/01/14    160  168,800 
Series B, 4.22%, 8/01/14 (b)    170  139,400 
      1,326,065 
Pharmaceuticals — 0.2%       
Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 4.29%, 12/01/13 (b)    305  246,287 
Software — 0.0%       
BMS Holdings, Inc., 8.59%, 2/15/12 (a)(f)    511  10,211 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.2%       
Phillips-Van Heusen Corp., 7.38%, 5/15/20    280  288,400 

 

    Par   
Corporate Bonds    (000)  Value 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.8%       
Cricket Communications, Inc., 7.75%, 5/15/16  USD  850  $ 877,625 
Digicel Group Ltd. (a):       
9.13%, 1/15/15 (f)    279  280,395 
8.25%, 9/01/17    100  103,875 
iPCS, Inc., 2.59%, 5/01/13 (b)    200  187,000 
Nextel Communications, Inc., Series E, 6.88%, 10/31/13  375  374,062 
Orascom Telecom Finance SCA, 7.88%, 2/08/14 (a)    325  308,750 
Sprint Capital Corp., 8.38%, 3/15/12    175  185,063 
      2,316,770 
Total Corporate Bonds — 24.4%      31,523,288 
Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)       
Aerospace & Defense — 1.7%       
DynCorp International, Term Loan, 6.25%, 7/07/16    600  595,350 
Hawker Beechcraft Acquisition Co., LLC:       
Letter of Credit Linked Deposit, 0.43%, 3/26/14    45  35,806 
Term Loan, 2.26% – 2.53%, 3/26/14    754  600,461 
TASC, Inc.:       
Tranche A Term Loan, 5.50%, 12/18/14    323  323,269 
Tranche B Term Loan, 5.75%, 12/18/15    657  658,342 
      2,213,228 
Auto Components — 3.3%       
Affinion Group Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 8.51%,       
3/01/12 (f)    901  865,298 
Affinion Group, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan, 5.00%,       
10/09/16    748  719,756 
Allison Transmission, Inc., Term Loan, 3.04%, 8/07/14    2,450  2,257,212 
Dana Holding Corp., Term Advance, 4.52% – 6.50%,       
1/30/15    319  313,174 
Exide Global Holdings Netherlands C.V., European       
Borrower Term Loan, 3.94%, 5/15/12  EUR  146  171,032 
      4,326,472 
Automobiles — 1.2%       
Ford Motor Co.:       
Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 3.03%, 12/15/13  USD  1,600  1,538,633 
Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 3.03%, 12/15/13    24  22,720 
      1,561,353 
Building Products — 1.6%       
Building Materials Corp. of America, Term Loan Advance,       
3.06%, 2/22/14    394  386,594 
Goodman Global, Inc., Term Loan, 6.25%, 2/13/14    1,310  1,314,784 
Momentive Performance Materials (Blitz 06-103 GmbH),       
Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 2.88%, 12/04/13  EUR  320  371,727 
      2,073,105 
Capital Markets — 0.3%       
Nuveen Investments, Inc., Term Loan (First Lien),       
3.48% – 3.53%, 11/13/14  USD  475  419,336 
Chemicals — 5.1%       
CF Industries, Inc., Term Loan B-1, 4.50%, 4/05/15    486  488,651 
Chemtura Corp.:       
Debtor in Possession Term Facility, 6.00%, 2/11/11    800  798,000 
Exit Term Loan, 0.0%, 8/16/16    700  702,917 
Gentek Holding, LLC, Tranche B Term Loan,       
7.00%, 10/29/14    362  362,077 
Huish Detergents, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan,       
2.02%, 4/26/14    239  226,381 
Lyondell Chemical Co., Exit Term Loan, 5.50%, 4/08/16    245  246,701 
MacDermid, Inc., Tranche C Term Loan, 2.27%, 4/12/14  EUR  237  273,841 
Nalco Co., Term Loan, 6.50%, 5/13/16  USD  619  620,812 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

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(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)    (000)  Value 
Chemicals (concluded)       
PQ Corp. (FKA Niagara Acquisition, Inc.), Term Loan       
(First Lien), 3.52% – 3.73%, 7/30/14  USD  988  $ 903,835 
Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc., Term Loan H,       
6.00%, 5/15/14    607  606,932 
Solutia, Inc., Term Loan, 4.75%, 3/17/17    608  607,113 
Tronox Worldwide LLC:       
Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 11.25%, 9/20/10    631  635,712 
Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 11.25%, 9/20/10    169  170,788 
      6,643,760 
Commercial Banks — 1.2%       
CIT Group, Inc., Tranche 3 Term Loan, 6.25%, 8/11/15  1,525  1,520,029 
Commercial Services & Supplies — 5.8%       
ARAMARK Corp.:       
Letter of Credit-1 Facility, 0.11%, 1/26/14    14  13,073 
Letter of Credit-2 Facility, 0.11%, 7/26/16    22  20,890 
US Term Loan, 2.41%, 1/26/14    191  180,771 
US Term Loan B, 3.78%, 7/26/16    328  317,648 
AWAS Finance Luxembourg Sarl, Term Loan, 7.75%,       
6/10/16    675  678,937 
Advanced Disposal Services, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.00%,     
1/14/15    498  497,500 
Altegrity, Inc., Incremental Term Loan, 7.75%, 2/21/15  850  846,812 
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Term Loan B, 7.00%,       
4/09/14    396  397,980 
Delos Aircraft, Inc., Term Loan 2, 7.00%, 3/17/16    550  552,979 
Diversey, Inc. (FKA Johnson Diversey, Inc.), Tranche B       
Dollar Term Loan, 5.50%, 11/24/15    423  421,818 
International Lease Finance Corp., Term Loan 1,       
6.75%, 3/17/15    1,025  1,033,115 
Protection One, Inc., Term Loan, 6.00%, 6/04/16    750  741,563 
Quad Graphics, Term Loan, 5.50%, 4/20/16    300  286,200 
Synagro Technologies, Inc., Term Loan (First Lien),       
2.27% – 2.28%, 4/02/14    718  606,374 
West Corp., Incremental Term Loan B-3, 7.25%,       
10/24/13    911  907,957 
      7,503,617 
Communications Equipment — 0.1%       
Sorenson Communications, Tranche C Term Loan, 6.00%,     
8/16/13    124  110,911 
Construction & Engineering — 0.7%       
Aquilex Holdings LLC, Term Loan, 5.50%, 4/01/16    100  99,334 
Safway Services, LLC, First Out Tranche Loan, 9.00%,       
12/18/17    800  800,000 
      899,334 
Construction Materials — 0.3%       
Fairmount Minerals Ltd., Term Loan B, 6.25%, 8/05/16  425  425,177 
Consumer Finance — 2.7%       
AGFS Funding Co., Term Loan, 7.25%, 4/21/15    2,000  1,976,250 
Daimler Chrysler Financial Services Americas LLC, Term     
Loan (Second Lien), 6.78%, 8/05/13    1,504  1,499,035 
      3,475,285 
Containers & Packaging — 0.7%       
Anchor Glass Container Corp., Term Loan (First Lien),       
6.00%, 3/02/16    322  318,850 
BWAY Holding Co., Term Loan B, 5.50% – 6.00%, 6/16/17  151  150,669 
Berry Plastics Holding Corp., Term Loan C, 2.38%,       
4/03/15    411  374,257 
ICL Industrial Containers ULC/ICL Contenants Industriels     
ULC (FKA BWAY) Term Loan C, 5.50% – 6.00%, 6/16/17  14  14,134 
      857,910 
Diversified Consumer Services — 3.3%       
Coinmach Service Corp., Term Loan, 3.35%, 11/14/14  1,461  1,273,954 
Laureate Education, Series A New Term Loan, 7.00%,       
8/15/14    2,135  2,099,111 

 

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)    (000)  Value 
Diversified Consumer Services (concluded)       
ServiceMaster Co.:       
Closing Date Loan, 2.77% – 3.04%, 7/24/14  USD  914  $ 840,063 
Delayed Draw Term Loan, 2.77%, 7/24/14    91  83,658 
      4,296,786 
Diversified Financial Services — 1.9%       
MSCI, Inc., Term Loan, 4.75%, 6/01/16    998  1,000,410 
Reynolds Group Holdings, Inc.:       
Incremental US Term Loan, 6.25%, 5/05/16    400  397,167 
US Term Loan, 6.25%, 5/05/16    596  593,120 
Whitelabel IV SA:       
Term Loan B1, 0.0%, 8/11/17  EUR  160  200,837 
Term Loan B2, 0.0%, 8/11/17    265  332,358 
      2,523,892 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 3.2%       
Cincinnati Bell Inc., Tranche B Term Loan, 6.50%,       
6/11/17  USD  698  693,013 
Hawaiian Telcom Communications, Inc., Tranche C       
Term Loan, 4.75%, 5/30/14 (f)    1,548  1,083,548 
Integra Telecom Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 9.25%,       
4/15/15    825  822,938 
Level 3 Communications, Incremental Term Loan,       
2.53% – 2.78%, 3/13/14    1,450  1,298,882 
Wind Telecomunicazioni SpA:       
Term Loan Facility B2, 4.66%, 5/26/14    149  144,587 
Term Loan Facility C2, 3.66%, 5/24/13    149  144,587 
      4,187,555 
Electric Utilities — 1.2%       
New Development Holdings LLC, Term Loan, 7.00%,       
7/03/17    1,500  1,515,000 
Electrical Equipment — 0.5%       
Baldor Electric Co., Term Loan, 5.25% – 5.50%, 1/31/14  668  668,286 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.5%     
CDW LLC (FKA CDW Corp.), Term Loan, 4.28%, 10/10/14  598  535,100 
Flextronics International Ltd.:       
Closing Date Term Loan B, 2.56%, 10/01/12    518  498,691 
Delayed Draw Term Loan A-2, 2.51%, 10/01/14    21  19,419 
Delayed Draw Term Loan A-3, 2.56%, 10/01/14    24  22,656 
Styron Sarl, Term Loan, 7.50%, 6/17/16    800  806,248 
      1,882,114 
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.4%       
MEG Energy Corp., Tranche D Term Loan, 6.00%,       
4/03/16    544  542,837 
Food & Staples Retailing — 2.8%       
AB Acquisitions UK Topco 2 Ltd. (FKA Alliance Boots),       
Facility B1, 3.55%, 7/09/15  GBP  750  1,070,007 
Bolthouse Farms, Inc., Term Loan (First Lien), 5.50%,       
2/11/16  USD  549  545,602 
Pierre Foods, Term Loan, 7.00%, 3/03/16    512  510,382 
Pilot Travel Centers LLC, Initial Tranche B Term Loan,       
5.25%, 6/30/16    1,294  1,295,691 
Rite Aid Corp., Term Loan B, 6.00%, 7/09/14    230  222,180 
      3,643,862 
Food Products — 3.0%       
CII Investment, LLC (FKA Cloverhill):       
Term Loan A, 8.50%, 10/14/14    408  407,707 
Term Loan B, 8.50%, 10/14/14    496  495,864 
Dole Food Co., Inc., Tranche B-1 Term Loan,       
5.00% – 5.50%, 3/02/17    307  307,069 
Michael Foods Group, Inc. (FKA M-Foods Holdings, Inc.)       
Term Loan B, 6.25%, 6/29/16    500  500,357 
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., Term Loan A, 5.53%, 12/01/12    630  623,700 
Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC, Tranche D Term Loan,       
6.00%, 4/02/14    774  774,467 
Solvest Ltd. (Dole) Tranche C-1 Term Loan,       
5.00% – 5.50%, 3/02/17    756  757,361 
      3,866,525 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund, Inc. (DVF)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)    (000)  Value 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.9%     
Biomet, Inc., Dollar Term Loan, 3.26% – 3.54%,     
3/25/15  USD  329  $ 317,823 
DJO Finance LLC (FKA ReAble Therapeutics Finance LLC),     
Term Loan, 3.26%, 5/20/14    469  445,076 
Fresenius SE:       
Tranche C-1 Dollar Term Loan, 4.50%, 9/10/14  285  285,720 
Tranche C-2 Term Loan, 4.50%, 9/10/14  151  151,269 
      1,199,888 
Health Care Providers & Services — 5.7%     
CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.:       
Delayed Draw Term Loan, 2.55%, 7/25/14  80  75,355 
Term Loan Facility, 2.55%, 7/25/14    1,555  1,465,875 
DaVita, Inc., Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 1.77% – 2.04%,     
10/05/12    300  295,373 
Gentiva Health Services, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.75%,     
8/12/16    500  493,438 
HCA, Inc.:       
Tranche A-1 Term Loan, 2.03%, 11/16/12  1,307  1,257,429 
Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 2.78%, 11/18/13  172  165,190 
Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 3.78%, 3/31/17  232  224,309 
Harden Healthcare LLC:       
Add-on Term Loan, 7.75%, 3/02/15  635  622,300 
Tranche A Term Loan, 8.50%, 2/22/15  396  388,436 
inVentiv Health, Inc. (FKA Ventive Health, Inc.),     
Term Loan B, 6.50%, 7/31/16    1,100  1,097,937 
Renal Advantage Holdings, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan,     
6.00%, 6/03/16    525  525,000 
Vanguard Health Holding Co. II, LLC (Vanguard Health     
Systems, Inc.), Initial Term Loan, 5.00%, 1/29/16  803  793,359 
      7,404,001 
Health Care Technology — 0.8%       
IMS Health, Inc., Tranche B Dollar Term Loan,     
5.25%, 2/26/16    993  995,150 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 5.3%       
Harrah’s Operating Co., Inc., Term Loan B-4, 9.50%,     
10/31/16    1,493  1,523,180 
Penn National Gaming, Inc., Term Loan B, 2.01% –     
2.17%, 10/03/12    425  414,532 
SW Acquisitions Co., Inc., Term Loan, 5.75%, 6/01/16  1,120  1,120,737 
Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan (First Lien),     
6.00%, 6/30/16    895  884,620 
Travelport LLC (FKA Travelport, Inc.):       
Delayed Draw Term Loan, 2.76%, 8/23/13  230  218,222 
Original Post-First Amendment and Restatement     
Synthetic Letter of Credit Loan, 3.03%, 8/23/13  22  21,042 
Tranche B Dollar Term Loan, 2.76%, 8/23/13  123  115,879 
Universal City Development Partners Ltd.:     
Loan, 7.75%, 11/06/14    746  749,981 
Term Loan, 5.50%, 11/16/14    571  571,266 
VML US Finance LLC (FKA Venetian Macau):     
Term B Delayed Draw Project Loan, 5.04%, 5/25/12  300  295,251 
Term B Funded Project Loan, 5.04%, 5/27/13  866  850,957 
      6,765,667 
IT Services — 4.1%       
Audio Visual Services Group, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan     
(First Lien), 2.79%, 2/28/14    742  549,351 
Ceridian Corp., US Term Loan, 3.26%, 11/09/14  980  871,984 
EVERTEC, Inc., Term Loan B, 7.00%, 8/20/16  400  391,000 
First Data Corp.:       
Initial Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 3.01%, 9/24/14  96  82,009 
Initial Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 3.01%, 9/24/14  1,467  1,250,871 
Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan, 3.01%, 9/24/14  537  458,237 
SunGard Data Systems, Inc. (Solar Capital Corp.),     
Incremental Term Loan, 6.75%, 2/28/14  495  494,255 
TransUnion LLC, Term Loan, 6.75%, 6/15/17  1,250  1,261,329 
    5,359,036 

 

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)    (000)  Value 
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 1.0%       
Dynegy Holdings, Inc.:       
Term Letter of Credit Facility, 4.02%, 4/02/13  USD  227  $ 223,023 
Tranche B Term Loan, 4.02%, 4/02/13    18  17,862 
Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co., LLC (TXU):       
Initial Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 3.79% – 4.03%,       
10/10/14    1,091  826,552 
Initial Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 3.79% – 4.03%,       
10/10/14    229  173,857 
      1,241,294 
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.4%       
Sequa Corp., Term Loan, 3.79%, 12/03/14    1,922  1,768,398 
Insurance — 0.3%       
Alliant Holdings I, Inc., Term Loan, 3.53%, 8/21/14    478  454,290 
Internet & Catalog Retail — 0.3%       
FTD Group, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan, 6.75%, 8/26/14    382  382,115 
Leisure Equipment & Products — 0.3%       
EB Sports Corp., Loan, 11.50%, 5/01/12 (f)    448  425,959 
Machinery — 0.4%       
Oshkosh Truck Corp., Term Loan B, 6.44%- 6.54%,       
12/06/13    481  483,155 
Marine — 0.2%       
Horizon Lines, LLC:       
Revolving Loan, 3.52% – 3.55%, 8/08/12    195  166,986 
Term Loan, 3.79%, 8/08/12    148  134,762 
      301,748 
Media — 16.7%       
Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc. (Thomson Learning),       
Tranche 1 Incremental Term Loan, 7.50%, 7/03/14    1,487  1,482,404 
Cequel Communications, LLC, New Term Loan, 2.30%,       
11/05/13    283  271,759 
Charter Communications Operating, LLC:       
New Term Loan, 2.26%, 3/06/14    349  330,469 
Term Loan B1, 7.25%, 3/06/14    524  535,252 
Term Loan C, 3.79%, 9/06/16    2,590  2,477,518 
Clarke American Corp., Term Loan B, 2.76%, 6/30/14    574  494,458 
Ellis Communications KDOC, LLC, Loan, 10.00%,       
12/30/11    1,939  727,241 
FoxCo Acquisition Sub, LLC, Term Loan, 7.50%, 7/14/15    446  429,414 
HMH Publishing Co., Ltd., Tranche A Term Loan, 5.79%,       
6/12/14 (f)    991  902,681 
Hanley-Wood, LLC, Term Loan, 2.56% – 2.63%, 3/10/14    742  321,082 
Intelsat Corp. (FKA PanAmSat Corp.):       
Tranche B-2-A Term Loan, 3.03%, 1/03/14    251  237,478 
Tranche B-2-B Term Loan, 3.03%, 1/03/14    251  237,405 
Tranche B-2-C Term Loan, 3.03%, 1/03/14    251  237,405 
Interactive Data Corp., Term Loan, 6.75%, 1/29/17    600  603,500 
Lavena Holding 3 GmbH (Prosiebensat.1 Media AG),       
Facility B1, 3.52%, 6/30/15  EUR  337  322,477 
Mediacom Illinois, LLC (FKA Mediacom Communications,       
LLC):       
Tranche D Term Loan, 5.50%, 3/31/17  USD  721  706,591 
Tranche E Term Loan, 4.50%, 10/23/17    600  566,240 
Newsday, LLC, Fixed Rate Term Loan, 10.50%, 8/01/13    2,000  2,122,500 
Nielsen Finance LLC:       
Class A Dollar Term Loan, 2.29%, 8/09/13    34  32,717 
Class B Dollar Term Loan, 4.04%, 5/01/16    1,023  988,325 
Class C Dollar Term Loan, 4.04%, 5/28/16    552  529,722 
Penton Media, Inc., Term Loan (First Lien), 5.00%,       
8/01/14 (f)    971  670,010 
Regal Cinemas Corp., Term Loan, 4.03%, 11/19/16    349  344,761 
Sinclair Television Group, Inc., New Tranche B Loan, 5.50%,     
10/29/15    614  614,147 
Springer Science+Business Media SA, Facility A1,       
6.75%, 7/01/16  EUR  1,000  1,253,522 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORT

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund, Inc. (DVF)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)    (000)  Value 
Media (concluded)       
Sunshine Acquisition Ltd. (AKA HIT Entertainment),       
Term Facility, 5.68%, 6/01/12  USD  473  $ 440,742 
TWCC Holdings Corp., Replacement Term Loans, 5.00%,       
9/14/15    997  996,087 
UPC Financing Partnership, Facility U, 4.63%, 12/31/17 EUR  800  941,079 
Virgin Media Investment Holdings Ltd., Facility B,       
4.77%, 12/31/15  GBP  750  1,115,016 
Yell Group Plc/Yell Finance (UK) Ltd., Facility A3,       
2.60%, 8/09/11  USD  703  678,516 
      21,610,518 
Metals & Mining — 0.9%       
Euramax International, Inc., Domestic Term Loan:       
10.00%, 6/29/13    643  598,262 
3.00%, 6/29/13 (f)    672  624,653 
      1,222,915 
Multi-Utilities — 0.2%       
FirstLight Power Resources, Inc. (FKA NE Energy, Inc.):       
Synthetic Letter of Credit, 0.41%, 11/01/13    4  4,022 
Term B Advance (First Lien), 3.06%, 11/01/13    258  239,275 
      243,297 
Multiline Retail — 2.1%       
Dollar General Corp., Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 3.01% –       
3.03%, 7/07/14    640  616,342 
Hema Holding BV, Facility D, 5.65%, 1/01/17  EUR  1,400  1,641,089 
The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc., Term Loan, 2.30%,       
4/06/13  USD  497  471,176 
      2,728,607 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.4%       
Big West Oil, LLC, Term Loan, 12.00%, 7/23/15    325  328,927 
Turbo Beta Ltd., Dollar Facility, 14.50%, 3/15/18 (f)    1,794  1,421,740 
      1,750,667 
Paper & Forest Products — 0.5%       
Georgia-Pacific LLC, Term Loan B-2, 2.30% – 2.53%,       
12/23/12    710  699,552 
Personal Products — 0.0%       
American Safety Razor Co., LLC, Term Loan (First Lien),       
6.75%, 7/31/13    48  44,598 
Pharmaceuticals — 1.0%       
Warner Chilcott Co., LLC, Term Loan A, 6.00%, 10/30/14    367  366,269 
Warner Chilcott Corp.:       
Additional Term Loan, 6.25%, 4/30/15    210  209,777 
Term Loan B-1, 6.25%, 4/30/15    154  153,795 
Term Loan B-2, 6.25%, 4/30/15    255  254,407 
Term Loan B-3, 6.50%, 2/20/16    208  208,333 
Term Loan B-4, 6.50%, 2/20/16    67  67,599 
      1,260,180 
Professional Services — 0.8%       
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., Tranche C Term Loan, 6.00%,       
7/31/15    995  994,751 
Real Estate Management & Development — 1.8%       
Realogy Corp.:       
Delayed Draw Term Loan B, 3.30% – 3.53%,       
10/10/13    1,344  1,159,455 
Initial Term Loan B, 3.30%, 10/10/13    588  507,692 
Synthetic Letter of Credit, 0.11%, 10/10/13    101  87,031 
Term Facility (Second Lien), 13.50%, 10/15/17    500  527,500 
      2,281,678 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.2%       
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Extended Maturity       
Term Loan B, 4.56%, 12/01/16    220  196,728 

 

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (b)    (000)  Value 
Software — 0.7%       
Telcordia Technologies, Inc., Term Loan, 6.75%,       
4/30/16  USD  599  $ 598,001 
Vertafore, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.75%, 7/28/16    325  322,969 
      920,970 
Specialty Retail — 1.8%       
Bass Pro Group LLC, Term Loan, 5.00% – 5.75%,       
4/10/15    110  109,689 
Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp., Term Loan,       
2.54% – 2.66%, 5/28/13    205  194,186 
Matalan, Term Loan, 5.57%, 3/24/16  GBP  300  455,724 
Michaels Stores, Inc.:       
Term Loan B-1, 2.63% – 2.81%, 10/31/13  USD  475  448,347 
Term Loan B-2, 4.88% – 5.06%, 7/31/16    390  375,812 
Toys ‘R’ US, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.00%, 8/17/16    700  698,246 
      2,282,004 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.9%       
Hanesbrands, Inc., New Term Loan, 5.25%, 12/10/15    368  371,091 
Phillips Van Heusen Corp., US Tranche B Term Loan,       
4.75%, 5/06/16    738  742,202 
      1,113,293 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 3.3%       
Cavtel Holdings, LLC, Term Loan, 10.50%, 12/31/12 (f)    306  289,566 
Digicel International Finance Ltd., US Term Loan       
(Non-Rollover), 3.06%, 3/30/12    2,015  1,967,148 
MetroPCS Wireless, Inc.:       
Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 2.56%, 11/03/13    84  81,163 
Tranche B-2 Term Loan B, 3.81%, 11/03/16    910  892,574 
Vodafone Americas Finance 2 Inc., Initial Loan,       
6.88%, 7/30/15    1,000  1,000,000 
      4,230,451 
Total Floating Rate Loan Interests — 95.5%      123,517,284 
  Beneficial     
  Interest      
Other Interests (i)    (000)   
Auto Components — 1.0%       
Delphi Debtor-in-Possession Holding Co. LLP Class B       
Membership Interests    —(j)  1,247,163 
Intermet Liquidating Trust    256  77 
      1,247,240 
Diversified Financial Services — 0.5%       
J.G. Wentworth LLC Preferred Equity Interests (k)    —(j)  596,461 
Household Durables — 0.4%       
Stanley Martin, Class B Membership Units (k)    1  526,250 
Metals & Mining — 0.3%       
RathGibson Acquisition Corp., LLC (k)    88  466,218 
Specialty Retail — 0.0%       
Buffets, Inc.    360  36 
Total Other Interests — 2.2%      2,836,205 
Warrants (l)    Shares   
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.0%       
Buffets Restaurants Holdings, Inc. (Expires 4/29/14)    304  3 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.0%       
Turbo Cayman Ltd. (No expiration)    1   
Software — 0.0%       
HMH Holdings/EduMedia (Expires 3/09/17)    4,970   
Total Warrants — 0.0%      3 
Total Long-Term Investments       
(Cost — $176,498,376) — 124.2%      160,736,123 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund, Inc. (DVF)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Short-Term Securities  Shares  Value 
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional     
Class, 0.25% (m)(n)  1,822,139  $ 1,822,139 
Total Short-Term Securities     
(Cost — $1,822,139) — 1.4%    1,822,139 
Options Purchased  Contracts   
Over-the-Counter Call Options — 0.0%     
Marsico Parent Superholdco LLC,     
Strike Price USD 942.86, expires 12/21/19,     
Broker Goldman Sachs Bank USA  13   
Total Options Purchased (Cost — $12,711) — 0.0%     
Total Investments (Cost — $178,333,226*) — 125.6%    162,558,262 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (25.6)%    (33,173,564) 
Net Assets — 100.0%    $129,384,698 

 

* The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of
August 31, 2010, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:

Aggregate cost  $176,247,509 
Gross unrealized appreciation  $ 4,697,994 
Gross unrealized depreciation  (18,387,241) 
Net unrealized depreciation  $ (13,689,247) 

 

(a) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.
These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified
institutional investors.
(b) Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.
(c) Non-income producing security.
(d) Convertible security.
(e) Represents a zero-coupon bond. Rate shown reflects the current yield as of
report date.
(f) 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) All or a portion of security has been pledged as collateral in connection with swaps.
(i) Other interests represent beneficial interest in liquidation trusts and other reorgani-
zation entities and are non-income producing.
(j) Amount is less than $1,000.
(k) The investment is held by a wholly owned taxable subsidiary of the Fund.
(l) Warrants entitle the Fund to purchase a predetermined number of shares of com-
mon stock and are non-income producing. The purchase price and number of
shares are subject to adjustment under certain conditions until the expiration date,
if any.
(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, as amended, were
as follows:

  Shares Held at  Net  Shares Held at   
Affiliate  August 31, 2009  Activity  August 31, 2010  Income 
BlackRock Liquidity       
Funds, TempFund,       
Institutional Class 2,371,578  (549,439)  1,822,139  $4,377 
(n) Represents the current yield as of report date.     

 

Foreign currency exchange contracts as of August 31, 2010 were as follows:

                    Unrealized 
  Currency       Currency        Settlement                  Appreciation            
  Purchased    Sold    Counterparty  Date  (Depreciation) 
  EUR  740,100  USD  944,751    Citibank NA  9/15/10  $ (6,879) 
  USD  430,539  EUR  331,500    Citibank NA  9/15/10  10,455 
  USD                5,814,564             EUR  4,598,500              Deutsche Bank AG                 9/15/10  (12,762) 
  CAD  310,100  USD  294,677      UBS AG         10/20/10  (4,105) 
  USD  960,318  CAD  1,014,000              Deutsche Bank AG                10/20/10  10,174 
  USD                2,597,374             GBP  1,701,500    Citibank NA  10/20/10  (11,222) 
  Total                  $ (14,339) 
  Credit default swaps on single-name issuers — buy protection outstanding as of 
  August 31, 2010 were as follows:           
        Pay          Notional   
      Fixed          Amount  Unrealized 
  Issuer    Rate  Counterparty  Expiration  (000)  Depreciation 
  Brunswick  5.00%                   Goldman Sachs                     September           USD 100  $ (5,270) 
  Corp.        Bank USA      2014            
  Credit default swaps on single-name issuers — sold protection outstanding as of 
  August 31, 2010 were as follows:           
      Receive          Notional   
      Fixed  Counter-      Credit  Amount  Unrealized 
  Issuer    Rate  party               Expiration         Rating1                 (000)2  Depreciation 
  BAA    2.00%                    Deutsche            March  A—  GBP 300  $ (16,210) 
  Ferrovial      Bank AG  2012       
  Junior Term               
  Loan                   

 

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 under the terms of the agreement. See Note 2 of the Notes to
Financial Statements.

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.
Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of
investments and derivatives, 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 cir-
cumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the
Fund’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments and
derivatives)

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indi-
cation of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For information about
the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments and derivatives and other
significant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Financial
Statements.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORT

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Schedule of Investments (concluded)

BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund, Inc. (DVF)

The following tables summarize the inputs used as of August 31, 2010 in determin-
ing the fair valuation of the Fund’s investments and derivatives:

Valuation Inputs  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3  Total 
Assets:           
Investments in           
Securities:           
Long-Term           
Investments:         
Asset-Backed           
Securities        $ 338,985  $ 338,985 
Common Stocks .   $ 1,315,437  $ 974,321  230,600  2,520,358 
Corporate Bonds .    30,618,361  904,927  31,523,288 
Floating Rate           
Loan Interests      100,638,458  22,878,826  123,517,284 
Other Interests      1,247,163  1,589,042  2,836,205 
Warrants        3  3 
Short-Term           
Securities    1,822,139      1,822,139 
Unfunded Loan         
Commitments .      3,118  3,118 
Liabilities:           
Unfunded Loan         
Commitments .      (49,778)  (49,778) 
Total  $ 3,137,576  $133,478,303  $ 25,895,723  $162,511,602 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments1

Valuation Inputs  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3    Total 
Assets:           
Foreign currency           
exchange           
contracts    $ 20,629      $ 20,629 
Liabilities:           
Credit contracts    (21,480)      (21,480) 
Foreign currency           
exchange           
contracts    (34,968)      (34,968) 
Total    $ (35,819)       $ (35,819) 

 

1 Derivative financial instruments are swaps and foreign currency exchange
contracts. Swaps and foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the
unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.

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

  Asset-Backed  Common  Corporate  Floating Rate  Other    Unfunded Loan           
  Securities  Stocks  Bonds  Loan Interests  Interests  Warrants    Commitments  Total 
Assets/Liabilities:                   
Balance, as of August 31, 2009  $ 528,255  $ 5,436  $ 1,033,683  $25,553,048  $ 228,602                      $ 3   $ 38,010  $27,387,037 
Accrued discounts/premiums      10,519  (1,987,234)          (1,976,715) 
Net realized gain (loss)      (10)  (8,793,325)          (8,793,335) 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/                   
depreciation2  (189,270)  (2,466)  (162,598)  12,482,159  367,896      (84,670)  12,411,051 
Purchases      10,670  5,963,590          5,974,260 
Sales      (1)  (22,584,933)          (22,584,934) 
Transfers in3    230,519  12,664  17,285,651  992,544        18,521,378 
Transfers out3    (2,889)    (5,040,130)          (5,043,019) 
Balance, as of August 31, 2010  $ 338,985  $ 230,600  $ 904,927  $22,878,826  $ 1,589,042  $ 3       $ (46,660)  $25,895,723 

 

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 August 31, 2010 was $794,210.
3 The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers in and transfers out as of the end of the period of the event or the change in circumstances that caused the transfer.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments August 31, 2010

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. (FRA)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Common Stocks (a)  Shares  Value 
Building Products — 0.2%     
Masonite Worldwide Holdings  11,335  $ 430,730 
Chemicals — 0.0%     
GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc.  13,117  5,036 
Wellman Holdings, Inc.  430  21 
    5,057 
Construction Materials — 0.0%     
Nortek, Inc.  1,540  63,910 
Electrical Equipment — 0.0%     
Medis Technologies Ltd.  71,654  2,221 
Paper & Forest Products — 0.2%     
Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd.  133,089  312,020 
Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. (b)  152,951  358,586 
Western Forest Products, Inc. (b)  84,448  23,362 
    693,968 
Software — 0.2%     
HMH Holdings/EduMedia  93,413  467,064 
Total Common Stocks — 0.6%    1,662,950 
  Par   
Corporate Bonds  (000)   
Airlines — 0.2%     
Delta Air Lines, Inc., Series B, 9.75%, 12/17/16  USD 570  598,650 
Auto Components — 0.9%     
Delphi International Holdings Unsecured, 12.00%,     
10/06/14  32  31,660 
Icahn Enterprises LP:     
7.75%, 1/15/16  215  213,388 
8.00%, 1/15/18  2,000  1,990,000 
    2,235,048 
Building Products — 2.2%     
CPG International I, Inc.:     
7.50%, 7/01/12 (c)  3,500  3,381,875 
10.50%, 7/01/13  2,300  2,297,125 
    5,679,000 
Capital Markets — 0.2%     
Marsico Parent Co., LLC, 10.63%, 1/15/16 (b)  1,048  387,760 
Marsico Parent Holdco, LLC, 12.50%, 7/15/16 (b)(d)  475  42,782 
Marsico Parent Superholdco, LLC, 14.50%,     
1/15/18 (b)(d)  314  28,219 
    458,761 
Chemicals — 0.9%     
CF Industries, Inc., 6.88%, 5/01/18  905  952,512 
GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc. (b):     
7.50%, 3/31/15 (d)(e)  857  557,042 
10.00%, 3/31/15  844  548,704 
Wellman Holdings, Inc., Subordinate Note (Third Lien),     
5.00%, 1/29/19 (d)(e)  464  180,985 
    2,239,243 
Commercial Banks — 1.1%     
CIT Group, Inc., 7.00%, 5/01/17  2,990  2,811,533 
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5%     
Clean Harbors, Inc., 7.63%, 8/15/16  800  820,000 
The Geo Group, Inc., 7.75%, 10/15/17 (b)  550  566,500 
    1,386,500 
Construction Materials — 0.6%     
Nortek, Inc., 11.00%, 12/01/13  1,547  1,629,987 

 

    Par   
Corporate Bonds    (000)  Value 
Consumer Finance — 0.5%       
Credit Acceptance Corp., 9.13%, 2/01/17 (b)  USD  360  $ 373,050 
Inmarsat Finance Plc, 7.38%, 12/01/17 (b)    915  937,875 
      1,310,925 
Containers & Packaging — 2.7%       
Berry Plastics Corp.:       
8.25%, 11/15/15    1,600  1,604,000 
9.50%, 5/15/18 (b)    520  478,400 
Berry Plastics Holding Corp., 8.88%, 9/15/14    95  90,487 
Clondalkin Acquisition BV, 2.54%, 12/15/13 (b)(c)    4,000  3,490,000 
Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., 6.75%,       
12/01/14  EUR  143  183,029 
Smurfit Kappa Acquisitions (b):       
7.25%, 11/15/17    525  678,613 
7.75%, 11/15/19    500  649,466 
      7,173,995 
Diversified Financial Services — 1.6%       
Axcan Intermediate Holdings, Inc., 12.75%, 3/01/16  USD  185  185,231 
FCE Bank Plc, 7.13%, 1/16/12  EUR  900  1,180,444 
GMAC, Inc., 2.74%, 12/01/14 (c)  USD  1,875  1,611,988 
Reynolds Group DL Escrow, Inc., 7.75%, 10/15/16 (b)    800  806,000 
Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc., 7.75%, 10/15/16 (b)  EUR  400  514,499 
      4,298,162 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.0%       
Frontier Communications Corp., 8.25%, 4/15/17  USD  585  618,637 
ITC Deltacom, Inc., 10.50%, 4/01/16    750  738,750 
Qwest Communications International, Inc., 8.00%,       
10/01/15 (b)    600  645,000 
Qwest Corp., 8.38%, 5/01/16    540  629,100 
      2,631,487 
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.4%       
Expro Finance Luxembourg SCA, 8.50%, 12/15/16 (b)    1,250  1,168,750 
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.2%       
AmeriQual Group LLC, 9.50%, 4/01/12 (b)    250  245,000 
Rite Aid Corp., 8.00%, 8/15/20 (b)    270  268,313 
      513,313 
Food Products — 0.7%       
B&G Foods, Inc., 7.63%, 1/15/18    600  617,250 
Bumble Bee Foods LLC, 7.75%, 12/15/15 (b)    450  475,875 
Smithfield Foods, Inc., 10.00%, 7/15/14 (b)    760  848,350 
      1,941,475 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.5%       
DJO Finance LLC, 10.88%, 11/15/14    1,245  1,333,706 
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.9%       
American Renal Holdings, 8.38%, 5/15/18 (b)    145  145,000 
HCA, Inc., 7.25%, 9/15/20    485  506,825 
Tenet Healthcare Corp.:       
9.00%, 5/01/15    175  186,375 
8.88%, 7/01/19    1,360  1,470,500 
      2,308,700 
Health Care Technology — 0.8%       
IMS Health, Inc., 12.50%, 3/01/18 (b)    1,860  2,155,275 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.4%       
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 10.25%,       
2/15/14 (a)(b)(f)    1,565  528,188 
MGM Resorts International, 10.38%, 5/15/14    490  534,100 
      1,062,288 
Household Durables — 0.5%       
Beazer Homes USA, Inc., 12.00%, 10/15/17    1,200  1,351,500 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORT

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. (FRA)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

    Par   
Corporate Bonds    (000)  Value 
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 2.1%       
Calpine Construction Finance Co. LP, 8.00%,       
6/01/16 (b)  USD  1,725  $ 1,811,250 
Energy Future Holdings Corp., 10.00%, 1/15/20 (b)    1,000  963,003 
NRG Energy, Inc., 7.25%, 2/01/14    2,730  2,784,600 
      5,558,853 
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.6%       
Sequa Corp., 13.50%, 12/01/15 (b)(d)    1,557  1,619,629 
Media — 2.6%       
Affinion Group, Inc., 10.13%, 10/15/13    1,050  1,076,250 
CSC Holdings, Inc., 8.50%, 4/15/14    420  458,850 
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc.:       
9.25%, 12/15/17    401  416,038 
Series B, 9.25%, 12/15/17    1,604  1,682,195 
DISH DBS Corp., 7.00%, 10/01/13    925  963,156 
Seat Pagine Gialle SpA, 10.50%, 1/31/17 (b)  EUR  148  174,424 
UPC Germany GmbH, 8.13%, 12/01/17 (b)  USD  2,000  2,055,000 
      6,825,913 
Metals & Mining — 0.4%       
FMG Finance Property Ltd., 4.30%, 9/01/11 (b)(c)    265  265,331 
Ryerson, Inc., 7.84%, 11/01/14 (c)    900  834,750 
      1,100,081 
Multiline Retail — 0.2%       
Dollar General Corp.:       
10.63%, 7/15/15    100  109,750 
11.88%, 7/15/17 (d)    445  511,750 
      621,500 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.6%       
Coffeyville Resources LLC, 9.00%, 4/01/15 (b)    305  313,388 
OPTI Canada, Inc., 9.00%, 12/15/12 (b)    1,260  1,263,150 
      1,576,538 
Paper & Forest Products — 0.5%       
Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd., 11.00%, 7/29/15 (b)(d)    1,235  1,056,250 
Verso Paper Holdings LLC, Series B, 4.22%, 8/01/14 (c)    340  278,800 
      1,335,050 
Pharmaceuticals — 0.9%       
Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 4.29%, 12/01/13 (c)    605  488,537 
Elan Finance Plc, 4.38%, 11/15/11 (c)    1,820  1,817,725 
      2,306,262 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.1%       
Phillips-Van Heusen Corp., 7.38%, 5/15/20    360  370,800 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.8%       
Cricket Communications, Inc., 7.75%, 5/15/16    1,700  1,755,250 
Digicel Group Ltd., 9.13%, 1/15/15 (b)(d)    278  279,390 
iPCS, Inc., 2.59%, 5/01/13 (c)    1,500  1,402,500 
Nextel Communications, Inc., Series E, 6.88%, 10/31/13  775  773,062 
Sprint Capital Corp., 8.38%, 3/15/12    375  396,563 
      4,606,765 
Total Corporate Bonds — 26.6%      70,209,689 
Floating Rate Loan Interests (c)       
Aerospace & Defense — 1.7%       
DynCorp International, Term Loan, 6.25%, 7/07/16    1,250  1,240,313 
Hawker Beechcraft Acquisition Co., LLC:       
Letter of Credit Linked Deposit, 0.43%, 3/26/14    98  77,879 
Term Loan, 2.26% – 2.53%, 3/26/14    1,600  1,274,759 
TASC, Inc.:       
Tranche A Term Loan, 5.50%, 12/18/14    646  646,538 
Tranche B Term Loan, 5.75%, 12/18/15    1,313  1,316,684 
      4,556,173 

 

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (c)    (000)  Value 
Airlines — 0.4%       
Delta Air Lines, Inc., Credit-Linked Deposit Loan,       
0.11 – 2.28%, 4/30/12  USD  1,213  1,159,453 
Auto Components — 3.1%       
Affinion Group Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 8.51%,       
3/01/12    1,407  1,350,716 
Affinion Group, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan, 5.00%,       
10/09/16    1,496  1,439,512 
Allison Transmission, Inc., Term Loan, 3.04%, 8/07/14    4,674  4,306,791 
Dana Holding Corp., Term Advance, 4.52% – 6.50%,       
1/30/15    765  750,445 
Exide Global Holdings Netherlands C.V., European       
Borrower, Term Loan, 3.94%, 5/15/12  EUR  316  370,569 
GPX International Tire Corp., (a)(f):       
PIK Fee 12.00%, 4/11/12  USD  9   
Tranche B Term Loan 10.25%, 3/30/12    549   
      8,218,033 
Automobiles — 1.2%       
Ford Motor Co.:       
Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 3.03%, 12/15/13    3,243  3,119,966 
Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 3.03%, 12/15/13    91  87,542 
      3,207,508 
Building Products — 2.0%       
Building Materials Corp. of America, Term Loan Advance,       
3.06%, 2/22/14    701  688,101 
Goodman Global, Inc., Term Loan, 6.25%, 2/13/14    2,717  2,726,590 
Momentive Performance Materials (Blitz 06-103 GmbH),       
Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 2.88%, 12/04/13  EUR  655  760,878 
PGT Industries, Inc., Tranche A-2 Term Loan, 7.25%,       
2/14/12  USD  1,133  1,047,569 
      5,223,138 
Capital Markets — 0.3%       
Nuveen Investments, Inc., Term Loan (First Lien),       
3.48% – 3.53%, 11/13/14    975  860,743 
Chemicals — 6.0%       
CF Industries, Inc., Term Loan B-1, 4.50%, 4/05/15    949  953,926 
Chemtura Corp.:       
Debtor in Possession Term Facility, 6.00%, 2/11/11    1,600  1,596,000 
Exit Term Loan, 5.50%, 8/16/16    1,400  1,405,834 
Gentek Holding, LLC, Tranche B Term Loan, 7.00%,       
10/29/14    815  814,673 
Huish Detergents, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan, 2.02%,       
4/26/14    711  672,018 
Lyondell Chemical Co., Exit Term Loan, 5.50%, 4/08/16    590  594,097 
MacDermid, Inc., Tranche C Term Loan, 2.27%,       
4/12/14  EUR  546  629,834 
Nalco Co., Term Loan, 6.50%, 5/13/16  USD  2,426  2,433,584 
PQ Corp., (FKA Niagara Acquisition, Inc.), Term Loan       
(First Lien), 3.52% – 3.73%, 7/30/14    2,412  2,205,781 
Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc., Term Loan H, 6.00%,       
5/15/14    1,277  1,276,650 
Solutia, Inc., Term Loan, 4.75%, 3/17/17    1,260  1,259,066 
Tronox Worldwide LLC:       
Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 11.25%, 9/20/10    1,458  1,470,083 
Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 11.25%, 9/20/10    392  394,948 
      15,706,494 
Commercial Banks — 0.9%       
CIT Group, Inc., Tranche 3 Term Loan, 6.25%, 8/11/15    2,500  2,491,850 
Commercial Services & Supplies — 6.2%       
ARAMARK Corp.:       
Letter of Credit-1 Facility, 0.11%, 1/26/14    33  30,843 
Letter of Credit-2 Facility, 0.11%, 7/26/16    52  50,469 
US Term Loan, 2.41%, 1/26/14    451  426,507 
US Term Loan B, 3.78%, 7/26/16    792  767,410 
AWAS Finance Luxembourg Sarl, Term Loan, 7.75%,       
6/10/16    1,350  1,357,874 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. (FRA)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (c)    (000)  Value 
Commercial Services & Supplies (concluded)       
Adesa, Inc. (KAR Holdings, Inc.), Initial Term Loan,       
3.02%, 10/21/13  USD  814  $ 782,661 
Advanced Disposal Services, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.00%,     
1/14/15    1,095  1,094,500 
Altegrity, Inc., Incremental Term Loan, 7.75%, 2/21/15  1,750  1,743,437 
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Term Loan B, 7.00%,       
4/09/14    743  746,212 
Delos Aircraft, Inc., Term Loan 2, 7.00%, 3/17/16    1,100  1,105,959 
Diversey, Inc. (FKA Johnson Diversey, Inc.), Tranche B       
Dollar Term Loan, 5.50%, 11/24/15    896  893,261 
International Lease Finance Corp., Term Loan 1,       
6.75%, 3/17/15    2,125  2,141,824 
Protection One, Inc., Term Loan, 6.00%, 6/04/16    1,480  1,463,350 
Quad Graphics, Term Loan, 5.50%, 4/20/16    575  548,550 
Synagro Technologies, Inc., Term Loan (First Lien),       
2.27% – 2.28%, 4/02/14    1,556  1,314,783 
West Corp., Incremental Term Loan B-3, 7.25%,       
10/24/13    1,825  1,818,431 
      16,286,071 
Communications Equipment — 0.1%       
Sorenson Communications Tranche C Term Loan, 6.00%,     
8/16/13    249  221,822 
Construction & Engineering — 0.7%       
Aquilex Holdings LLC, Term Loan, 5.50%, 4/01/16    200  198,669 
Safway Services, LLC, First Out Tranche Loan, 9.00%,       
12/18/17    1,700  1,700,000 
      1,898,669 
Construction Materials — 0.3%       
Fairmount Minerals Ltd., Term Loan B, 6.25%, 8/05/16  875  875,365 
Consumer Finance — 2.7%       
AGFS Funding Co., Term Loan, 7.25%, 4/21/15    4,000  3,952,500 
Daimler Chrysler Financial Services Americas LLC,       
Term Loan (Second Lien), 6.78%, 8/05/13    3,193  3,181,167 
      7,133,667 
Containers & Packaging — 0.8%       
Anchor Glass Container Corp., Term Loan (First Lien)       
6.00%, 3/02/16    639  632,751 
BWAY Holding Co. Term Loan B, 5.50% – 6.00%, 6/16/17  293  292,206 
Berry Plastics Holding Corp., Term Loan C, 2.38%,       
4/03/15    707  644,449 
Graham Packaging Co., LP, Term Loan C, 6.75%, 4/05/14  629  632,410 
ICL Industrial Containers ULC/ICL Contenants Industriels     
ULC (FKA BWAY), Term Loan C, 5.50% – 6.00%, 6/16/17  27  27,411 
      2,229,227 
Diversified Consumer Services — 3.1%       
Coinmach Service Corp., Term Loan, 3.35%, 11/14/14  2,688  2,343,574 
Laureate Education, Series A New Term Loan, 7.00%,       
8/15/14    3,823  3,758,837 
ServiceMaster Co.:       
Closing Date Loan, 2.77% – 3.04%, 7/24/14    1,942  1,784,611 
Delayed Draw Term Loan, 2.77%, 7/24/14    193  177,721 
      8,064,743 
Diversified Financial Services — 1.9%       
MSCI, Inc., Term Loan, 4.75%, 6/01/16    1,696  1,700,696 
Reynolds Group Holdings, Inc.:       
Incremental US Term Loan, 6.25%, 5/05/16    1,000  992,917 
US Term Loan, 6.25%, 5/05/16    1,292  1,285,093 
Whitelabel IV SA:       
Term Loan B1, 5.00%, 8/11/17    339  425,302 
Term Loan B2, 5.00%, 8/11/17    561  703,818 
      5,107,826 

 

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (c)    (000)  Value 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.9%       
Cincinnati Bell Inc., Tranche B Term Loan,       
6.50%, 6/11/17  USD  1,172  $ 1,163,272 
Integra Telecom Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 9.25%,       
4/15/15    1,625  1,620,937 
Level 3 Communications, Incremental Term Loan,       
2.53% – 2.78%, 3/13/14    3,100  2,776,921 
Wind Finance SL SA, Euro Facility (Second Lien),       
7.89%, 12/17/14  EUR  1,000  1,264,677 
Wind Telecomunicazioni SpA, Term Loan Facility A1,       
3.14%, 9/22/12    707  869,214 
      7,695,021 
Electric Utilities — 1.2%       
New Development Holdings, LLC, Term Loan, 7.00%,       
7/03/17  USD  3,000  3,030,000 
Electrical Equipment — 0.5%       
Baldor Electric Co., Term Loan, 5.25% – 5.50%, 1/31/14  1,257  1,256,973 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.5%     
CDW LLC (FKA CDW Corp.), Term Loan, 4.28%,       
10/10/14    1,265  1,132,706 
Flextronics International Ltd.:       
Delayed Draw Term Loan, 2.51%, 10/01/14    39  36,681 
Delayed Draw Term Loan, 2.56%, 10/01/14    46  42,794 
Term Loan B, 2.56%, 10/01/12    1,056  1,016,544 
Styron Sarl, Term Loan, 7.50%, 6/17/16    1,600  1,612,496 
      3,841,221 
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.6%       
MEG Energy Corp., Tranche D Term Loan:       
6.00%, 4/03/16    450  448,875 
6.00%, 4/03/16    1,088  1,085,674 
      1,534,549 
Food & Staples Retailing — 2.9%       
AB Acquisitions UK Topco 2 Ltd. (FKA Alliance Boots),       
Facility B1, 3.55%, 7/09/15  GBP  1,300  1,854,679 
Bolthouse Farms, Inc., Term Loan (First Lien) 5.50%,       
2/11/16  USD  1,097  1,091,204 
DS Waters of America, Inc., Term Loan, 2.51%, 10/29/12    909  869,656 
Pierre Foods, Term Loan, 7.00%, 3/03/16    1,073  1,069,372 
Pilot Travel Centers LLC, Initial Tranche B Term Loan       
5.25%, 6/30/16    2,372  2,375,434 
Rite Aid Corp., Term Loan B, 6.00%, 7/09/14    475  458,850 
      7,719,195 
Food Products — 2.8%       
CII Investment, LLC (FKA Cloverhill):       
Term Loan A, 8.50%, 10/14/14    852  852,479 
Term Loan B, 8.50%, 10/14/14    1,037  1,036,807 
Dole Food Co., Inc., Tranche B-1 Term Loan,       
5.00% – 5.50%, 3/02/17    496  496,509 
Michael Foods Group, Inc. (FKA M-Foods Holdings, Inc.),       
Term Loan B, 6.25%, 6/29/16    1,000  1,000,714 
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., Term Loan A, 5.53%, 12/01/12    1,215  1,202,850 
Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC, Tranche D Term Loan,       
6.00%, 4/02/14    1,612  1,614,015 
Solvest, Ltd. (Dole), Tranche C-1 Term Loan, 5.00%,       
3/02/17    1,233  1,234,973 
      7,438,347 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.0%       
Biomet, Inc., Dollar Term Loan, 3.26% – 3.54%, 3/25/15  737  711,877 
DJO Finance LLC (FKA ReAble Therapeutics Finance LLC),       
Term Loan, 3.26%, 5/20/14    878  833,116 
Fresenius SE:       
Tranche C-1 Dollar Term Loan, 4.50%, 9/10/14    631  631,841 
Tranche C-2 Term Loan, 4.50%, 9/10/14    336  336,667 
      2,513,501 
Health Care Providers & Services — 5.6%       
CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.:       
Delayed Draw Term Loan, 2.55%, 7/25/14    162  153,105 
Term Loan Facility, 2.55%, 7/25/14    3,146  2,965,975 
DaVita, Inc., Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 1.77% – 2.04%,       
10/05/12    285  280,605 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORT

AUGUST 31, 2010

27



Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. (FRA)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (c)    (000)  Value 
Health Care Providers & Services (concluded)       
Gentiva Health Services, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.75%,       
8/12/16  USD  1,100  $ 1,085,563 
HCA, Inc.:       
Tranche A-1 Term Loan, 2.03%, 11/16/12    1,619  1,557,905 
Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 2.78%, 11/18/13    636  612,183 
Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 3.78%, 3/31/17    1,166  1,128,279 
Harden Healthcare LLC:       
Add-on Term Loan, 7.75%, 3/02/15    1,300  1,274,000 
Tranche A Term Loan, 8.50%, 2/22/15    793  776,873 
inVentiv Health, Inc. (FKA Ventive Health, Inc.),       
Term Loan B, 6.50%, 7/31/16    2,300  2,295,687 
Renal Advantage Holdings, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan,       
6.00%, 6/03/16    1,100  1,100,000 
Vanguard Health Holding Co. II, LLC (Vanguard Health     
Systems, Inc.), Initial Term Loan, 5.00%, 1/29/16    1,591  1,571,919 
      14,802,094 
Health Care Technology — 0.7%       
IMS Health, Inc., Tranche B Dollar Term Loan,       
5.25%, 2/26/16    1,876  1,879,117 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 5.9%       
Harrah’s Operating Co., Inc.:       
Term Loan B-1, 3.50%, 1/28/15    192  164,493 
Term Loan B-3, 3.50% – 3.53%, 1/28/15    3,613  3,087,081 
Penn National Gaming, Inc., Term Loan B, 2.01% – 2.24%,     
10/03/12    1,136  1,108,205 
SW Acquisitions Co., Inc., Term Loan, 5.75%, 6/01/16  2,488  2,490,457 
Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan       
(First Lien), 6.00%, 6/30/16    1,790  1,769,240 
Travelport LLC (FKA Travelport, Inc.):       
Delayed Draw Term Loan, 2.76%, 8/23/13    475  450,676 
Original Post-First Amendment and Restatement       
Synthetic Letter of Credit Loan, 3.03%, 8/23/13    223  210,583 
Tranche B Dollar Term Loan, 2.76%, 8/23/13    1,135  1,071,526 
Universal City Development Partners, Ltd.:       
Loan, 7.75%, 11/06/14    1,493  1,499,963 
Term Loan, 5.50%, 11/16/14    1,141  1,142,532 
VML US Finance LLC (FKA Venetian Macau):       
Term B Delayed Draw Project Loan, 4.80%, 5/25/12  238  233,863 
Term B Delayed Draw Project Loan, 5.04%, 5/25/12  710  698,101 
Term B Funded Project Loan 4.80%, 5/27/13    412  404,878 
Term B Funded Project Loan 5.04%, 5/27/13    1,397  1,372,002 
      15,703,600 
IT Services — 4.0%       
Audio Visual Services Group, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan     
(First Lien), 2.79%, 2/28/14    990  732,468 
Ceridian Corp., US Term Loan, 3.26%, 11/09/14    1,142  1,016,301 
EVERTEC, Inc., Term Loan B, 7.00%, 8/20/16    800  782,000 
First Data Corp.:       
Initial Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 3.01%, 9/24/14    484  413,374 
Initial Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 3.01%, 9/24/14    3,282  2,798,375 
Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan, 3.01%, 9/24/14    536  457,363 
SunGard Data Systems, Inc. (Solar Capital Corp.),       
Incremental Term Loan, 6.75%, 2/28/14    1,589  1,586,885 
TransUnion LLC, Term Loan, 6.75%, 6/15/17    2,750  2,774,923 
      10,561,689 
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 1.0%     
Dynegy Holdings, Inc.:       
Term Letter of Credit Facility, 4.02%, 4/02/13    461  453,100 
Tranche B Term Loan, 4.02%, 4/02/13    37  36,288 
Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co., LLC (TXU):       
Initial Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 3.79% – 4.03%,       
10/10/14    1,530  1,159,416 
Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan, 3.79% – 4.03%,       
10/10/14    1,415  1,066,890 
      2,715,694 

 

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (c)    (000)  Value 
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.3%       
Sequa Corp., Term Loan, 3.79%, 12/03/14  USD  3,844  $ 3,536,357 
Insurance — 0.2%       
Alliant Holdings I, Inc., Term Loan, 3.53%, 8/21/14    478  454,290 
Internet & Catalog Retail — 0.2%       
FTD Group, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan, 6.75%, 8/26/14    573  573,173 
Leisure Equipment & Products — 0.1%       
Fender Musical Instruments Corp.:       
Delayed Draw Loan, 2.55%, 6/09/14    144  120,566 
Initial Loan, 2.79%, 6/09/14    286  238,672 
      359,238 
Machinery — 0.4%       
Oshkosh Truck Corp., Term Loan B, 6.44% – 6.54%,       
12/06/13    995  1,000,642 
Marine — 0.2%       
Horizon Lines, LLC:       
Revolving Loan, 3.52% – 3.55%, 8/08/12    391  333,972 
Term Loan, 3.79%, 8/08/12    296  269,524 
      603,496 
Media — 15.6%       
Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc. (Thomson Learning),       
Tranche 1 Incremental Term Loan, 7.50%, 7/03/14    3,783  3,769,968 
Cequel Communications, LLC, New Term Loan, 2.30%,       
11/05/13    526  505,725 
Charter Communications Operating, LLC:       
New Term Loan, 2.26%, 3/06/14    611  578,321 
Term Loan B1, 7.25%, 3/06/14    1,023  1,045,035 
Term Loan C, 3.79%, 9/06/16    5,240  5,011,826 
Clarke American Corp., Term Loan B, 2.76%, 6/30/14 (d)  1,244  1,072,759 
FoxCo Acquisition Sub, LLC, Term Loan, 7.50%, 7/14/15    786  755,784 
HMH Publishing Co., Ltd., Tranche A Term Loan, 5.79%,       
6/12/14 (d)    1,984  1,806,563 
Hanley-Wood, LLC, Term Loan, 2.56% – 2.63%, 3/10/14    1,463  632,531 
Intelsat Corp. (FKA PanAmSat Corp.):       
Tranche B-2-A Term Loan, 3.03%, 1/03/14    331  312,675 
Tranche B-2-B Term Loan, 3.03%, 1/03/14    331  312,578 
Tranche B-2-C Term Loan, 3.03%, 1/03/14    331  312,578 
Intelsat Subsidiary Holding Co. Ltd., Term Loan B,       
3.03%, 7/03/13    1,674  1,596,910 
Interactive Data Corp., Term Loan, 6.75%, 1/29/17    1,200  1,207,000 
Lavena Holding 3 GmbH (Prosiebensat.1 Media AG):       
Facility B1, 3.52%, 6/30/15  EUR  337  322,477 
Facility C1, 3.77%, 6/30/16    337  322,477 
MCNA Cable Holdings LLC (OneLink Communications),       
Loan, 6.89%, 3/01/13 (d)  USD  1,336  1,135,420 
Mediacom Illinois, LLC (FKA Mediacom Communications,       
LLC):       
Tranche D Term Loan, 5.50%, 3/31/17    450  440,854 
Tranche E Term Loan, 4.50%, 10/23/17    2,225  2,099,806 
Newsday, LLC, Fixed Rate Term Loan, 10.50%, 8/01/13    2,500  2,653,125 
Nielsen Finance LLC:       
Class A Dollar Term Loan, 2.29%, 8/09/13    57  54,061 
Class B Dollar Term Loan, 4.01%, 5/01/16    2,097  2,026,594 
Class C Dollar Term Loan, 4.04%, 5/28/16    1,172  1,124,826 
Regal Cinemas Corp., Term Loan, 4.03%, 11/19/16    698  689,522 
Sinclair Television Group, Inc., New Tranche B Loan,       
5.50%, 10/29/15    1,023  1,023,579 
Springer Science+Business Media SA, Facility A1,       
6.75%, 7/01/16  EUR  2,000  2,507,045 
Sunshine Acquisition Ltd. (FKA HIT Entertainment),       
Term Facility, 5.68%, 6/01/12  USD  952  888,011 
TWCC Holdings Corp. Replacement Term Loans, 5.00%,       
9/14/15    2,039  2,036,334 
UPC Financing Partnership, Facility U, 4.64%, 12/31/17         EUR  1,850  2,176,246 
Virgin Media Investment Holdings Ltd., Facility B,       
4.78%, 12/31/15  GBP  1,350  2,007,029 
Yell Group Plc/Yell Finance (UK) Ltd., Facility A3,       
2.60%, 8/09/11  USD  938  904,687 
      41,332,346 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. (FRA)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (c)    (000)  Value 
Multi-Utilities — 0.6%       
Energy Transfer Equity, LP, Term Loan, 2.02%, 11/01/12  USD  1,000  $ 978,750 
FirstLight Power Resources, Inc. (FKA NE Energy, Inc.):       
Synthetic Letter of Credit, 0.41%, 11/01/13    8  7,622 
Term B Advance (First Lien), 3.06%, 11/01/13    489  453,418 
      1,439,790 
Multiline Retail — 1.4%       
Dollar General Corp., Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 3.01% –       
3.03%, 7/07/14    1,686  1,623,033 
Hema Holding BV:       
Facility B, 2.65%, 7/06/15  EUR  406  486,777 
Facility C, 3.40%, 7/05/16  USD  406  486,777 
The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc, Term Loan, 2.30%,       
4/06/13    1,023  969,277 
      3,565,864 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.2%       
Big West Oil, LLC, Term Loan, 12.00%, 7/23/15    625  632,552 
Paper & Forest Products — 1.1%       
Georgia-Pacific LLC, Term Loan B, 2.30% – 2.53%,       
12/23/12    1,549  1,526,428 
Verso Paper Finance Holdings LLC, PIK Loan, 6.99% –       
7.44%, 2/01/13 (d)    2,121  1,272,323 
      2,798,751 
Personal Products — 0.0%       
American Safety Razor Co., LLC, Term Loan (First Lien),       
8.00%, 7/31/13    102  94,188 
Pharmaceuticals — 1.0%       
Warner Chilcott Co., LLC, Term Loan A, 6.00%, 10/30/14    733  732,321 
Warner Chilcott Corp.:       
Additional Term Loan, 6.25%, 4/30/15    427  426,699 
Term Loan B-1, 6.25%, 4/30/15    302  301,255 
Term Loan B-2, 6.25%, 4/30/15    502  501,577 
Term Loan B-3, 6.50%, 2/20/16    487  488,636 
Term Loan B-4, 6.50%, 2/20/16    158  158,549 
      2,609,037 
Professional Services — 0.9%       
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., Tranche C Term Loan, 6.00%,       
7/31/15    2,239  2,238,190 
Real Estate Management & Development — 1.9%       
Mattamy Funding Partnership, Term Loan, 2.56%,       
4/11/13    409  376,218 
Realogy Corp.:       
Delayed Draw Term Loan B, 3.30% – 3.53%,       
10/10/13    2,413  2,082,233 
Initial Term Loan B, 3.30%, 10/10/13    2,843  2,453,038 
Synthetic Letter of Credit, 3.26%, 10/10/13    155  133,556 
      5,045,045 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.2%       
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Extended Maturity       
Term Loan, 4.56%, 12/01/16    570  509,705 
Software — 0.7%       
Telcordia Technologies, Inc., Term Loan, 6.75%,       
4/30/16    1,297  1,295,670 
Vertafore, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.75%, 7/28/16    670  665,812 
      1,961,482 
Specialty Retail — 1.7%       
Bass Pro Group LLC, Term Loan, 5.00% – 5.57%,       
4/10/15    309  309,125 
Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp., Term Loan,       
2.54% – 2.66%, 5/28/13    493  467,348 
Matalan, Term Loan, 5.57%, 3/24/16  GBP  500  759,539 

 

  Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (c)  (000)  Value 
Specialty Retail (concluded)     
Michaels Stores, Inc.:     
Term Loan B-1, 2.63% – 2.81%, 10/31/13  USD       995  $ 938,358 
Term Loan B-2, 4.88% – 5.06%, 7/31/16  534  515,596 
Toys ‘R’ US, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.00%, 8/17/16  1,500  1,496,241 
    4,486,207 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.8%     
Hanesbrands, Inc., New Term Loan, 5.25%, 12/10/15  737  742,181 
Phillips Van Heusen Corp., US Tranche B Term Loan,     
4.75%, 5/06/16  1,472  1,479,647 
    2,221,828 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 3.1%     
Digicel International Finance Ltd., US Term Loan     
(Non-Rollover), 3.06%, 3/30/12  4,573  4,464,797 
MetroPCS Wireless, Inc.:     
Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 2.56%, 11/03/13  167  162,221 
Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 3.81%, 11/03/16  1,819  1,783,993 
Vodafone Americas Finance 2 Inc.,     
Initial Loan, 6.88%, 7/30/15  1,750  1,750,000 
    8,161,011 
Total Floating Rate Loan Interests — 93.6%    247,554,975 
  Beneficial   
  Interest   
Other Interests (g)  (000)   
Auto Components — 1.2%     
Delphi Debtor-in-Possession Holding Co. LLP Class B     
Membership Interests  —(h)  3,117,901 
Diversified Financial Services — 0.3%     
J.G. Wentworth LLC Preferred Equity Interests (i)  —(h)  684,050 
Total Other Interests — 1.5%    3,801,951 
Warrants (j)  Shares   
Software — 0.0%     
HMH Holdings/EduMedia (Expires 3/09/17)  11,690   
Total Warrants — 0.0%     
Total Long-Term Investments     
(Cost — $336,484,337) — 122.3%    323,229,565 
Short-Term Securities     
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional     
Class, 0.25% (k)(l)  788,199  788,199 
Total Short-Term Securities (Cost — $788,199) — 0.3%    788,199 
Options Purchased  Contracts   
Over-the-Counter Call Options — 0.0%     
Marsico Parent Superholdco LLC,     
Strike Price USD 942.86, expires 12/21/19,     
Broker Goldman Sachs Bank USA  20   
Total Options Purchased (Cost — $19,555) — 0.0%     
Total Investments (Cost — $337,292,091*) — 122.6%    324,017,764 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (22.6)%    (59,638,586) 
Net Assets — 100.0%    $264,379,178 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. (FRA)

* The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of
August 31, 2010, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:

Aggregate cost  $ 336,040,547 
Gross unrealized appreciation  $ 6,904,041 
Gross unrealized depreciation  (18,926,824) 
Net unrealized depreciation  $ (12,022,783) 

 

(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) Represents a payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in
additional face/shares.
(e) Convertible security.
(f) Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default of interest payments.
(g) Other interests represent beneficial interest in liquidation trusts and other reorgani-
zation entities and are non-income producing.
(h) Amount is less than $1,000.
(i) The investment is held by a wholly owned taxable subsidiary of the Fund.
(j) Warrants entitle the Fund to purchase a predetermined number of shares of com-
mon stock and are non-income producing. The purchase price and number of
shares are subject to adjustment under certain conditions until the expiration date,
if any.
(k) Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Fund during the year,
for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, were as follows:

      Shares Held at  Net  Shares Held at   
  Affiliate  August 31, 2009  Activity  August 31, 2010  Income 
  BlackRock Liquidity           
  Funds, TempFund,           
  Institutional Class      2,018,379  (1,230,180)            788,199   $ 6,371 
(l) Represents the current yield as of report date.       
  Foreign currency exchange contracts as of August 31, 2010 were as follows: 
              Unrealized        
  Currency    Currency      Settlement                    Appreciation      
  Purchased    Sold  Counterparty       Date                         (Depreciation)    
  USD         14,334,718  EUR     11,326,500  Citibank NA    9/15/10  $ (18,486)   
  EUR  941,400  USD     1,205,673  Citibank NA    9/15/10  (12,709) 
  USD  295,956  CAD  312,500                              Deutsche Bank AG  10/20/10  3,136 
  USD  4,551,319  GBP  2,981,500  Citibank NA    10/20/10  (19,664) 
  Total            $ (47,723)        

 

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.

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of
investments and derivatives, 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 and
derivatives)
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 derivatives 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 August 31, 2010 in determin-
ing the fair valuation of the Fund’s investments and derivatives:

Valuation Inputs  Level 1    Level 2  Level 3  Total 
Assets:           
Investments in           
Securities:           
Long-Term           
Investments:           
Common Stocks       $ 832,243   $ 358,586  $ 472,121  $ 1,662,950 
Corporate Bonds. .      68,891,298  1,318,391  70,209,689 
Floating Rate           
Loan Interests    207,700,969  39,854,006  247,554,975 
Other Interests      3,117,901  684,050  3,801,951 
Short-Term           
Securities  788,199        788,199 
Unfunded Loan           
Commitments        6,517  6,517 
Liabilities:           
Unfunded Loan           
Commitments        (75,622)  (75,622) 
Total  $ 1,620,442  $280,068,754     $ 42,259,463     $323,948,659 
Derivative Financial Instruments1

Valuation Inputs  Level 1    Level 2  Level 3  Total 
Assets:           
Foreign currency           
exchange           
contracts    $ 3,136    $ 3,136 
Liabilities:           
Foreign currency           
exchange           
contracts.      (50,859)    (50,859) 
Total    $ (47,723)    $ (47,723) 

 

1 Derivative financial instruments are foreign currency exchange contracts. Foreign
currency exchange contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreci-
ation on the instrument.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (concluded)

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. (FRA)

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

  Common  Corporate  Floating Rate  Other  Unfunded Loan 
  Stocks  Bonds  Loan Interests  Interests  Commitments  Total 
Assets/Liabilities:             
Balance as of August 31, 2009  $ 5,143  $ 2,823,032  $ 54,573,840  $ 262,849  $ (49,905)  $57,614,959 
Accrued discounts/premiums    56,472  180,488      236,960 
Net realized gain (loss)    (251,699)  (12,412,512)      (12,664,211) 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation2  (86)  386,822  22,132,006  421,201  (19,200)  22,920,743 
Purchases    20,405  26,588,375      26,608,780 
Sales    (1,748,301)  (62,133,536)      (63,881,837) 
Transfers in3  467,064  31,660  24,571,704      25,070,428 
Transfers out3      (13,646,359)      (13,646,359) 
Balance, as of August 31, 2010  $ 472,121  $ 1,318,391  $ 39,854,006  $ 684,050  $ (69,105)  $42,259,463 

 

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 August 31, 2010 was $2,917,608.
3 The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers in and transfers out as of the end of the period of the event or the change in circumstances that caused the transfer.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments August 31, 2010

BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust (BLW)
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

    Par   
Asset-Backed Securities    (000)  Value 
Asset-Backed Securities — 5.3%       
Advanta Business Card Master Trust, Series 2007-A5,       
Class A5, 0.77%, 8/20/13 (a)  USD  1,244  $ 1,234,909 
Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-RFC1,       
Class A1, 0.31%, 12/25/36 (a)    546  500,282 
Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, Class 2A-1 (a):       
Series 2007-6, 0.36%, 9/25/37    297  282,469 
Series 2007-10, 0.31%, 6/25/47    3,023  2,869,065 
Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust, Series 2006-4,     
Class A, 0.53%, 6/15/13 (a)    4,015  3,991,121 
GSAA Trust, Series 2007-3, Class 1A2, 0.43%,       
3/25/47 (a)    3,711  1,683,072 
MBNA Credit Card Master Note Trust, Series 2002-A2,       
Class A, 5.60%, 7/17/14  EUR  17,000  22,475,240 
      33,036,158 
Interest Only Asset-Backed Securities — 0.4%       
Sterling Bank Trust, Series 2004-2, Class Note, 2.08%,       
3/30/30  USD  14,298  755,090 
Sterling Coofs Trust, Series 1, 2.36%, 4/15/29    13,085  1,337,097 
      2,092,187 
Total Asset-Backed Securities — 5.7%      35,128,345 
Common Stocks (b)    Shares   
Chemicals — 0.2%       
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A    14,708  301,514 
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class B    44,142  904,470 
      1,205,984 
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.0%       
SIRVA (c)    1,109  11,090 
Construction & Engineering — 0.0%       
USI United Subcontractors Common    6,116  125,370 
Machinery — 0.1%       
Accuride Corp.  139,371  153,308 
Metals & Mining — 0.0%       
Euramax International    234  77,121 
Software — 0.2%       
HMH Holdings/EduMedia  238,664  1,193,320 
Specialty Retail — 0.0%       
Lazydays RV Center, Inc.    10,549  53,904 
Total Common Stocks — 0.5%      2,820,097 
    Par   
Corporate Bonds    (000)   
Aerospace & Defense — 0.3%       
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., 10.00%, 6/01/17  1,620  1,672,650 
Airlines — 1.5%       
Air Canada, 9.25%, 8/01/15 (c)    2,000  1,960,000 
American Airlines, Inc., 10.50%, 10/15/12 (c)    1,890  2,008,125 
Continental Airlines, Inc., 6.75%, 9/15/15 (c)    1,350  1,336,500 
Delta Air Lines, Inc., Series B, 9.75%, 12/17/16 (c)(d)    1,372  1,440,752 
United Air Lines, Inc., 12.75%, 7/15/12    2,478  2,762,970 
      9,508,347 
Auto Components — 0.0%       
Delphi International Holdings Unsecured, 12.00%, 10/06/14  65  63,320 
Beverages — 0.1%       
Crown European Holdings SA, 7.13%, 8/15/18 (c)  EUR  585  759,875 
Building Products — 0.4%       
Building Materials Corp. of America,       
7.00%, 2/15/20 (c)(d)  USD  1,875  1,865,625 
CPG International I, Inc., 10.50%, 7/01/13    750  749,063 
      2,614,688 

 

    Par   
Corporate Bonds    (000)  Value 
Capital Markets — 1.0%       
E*Trade Financial Corp., 3.99% 8/31/19 (e)(f)  USD  249  $ 298,800 
Goldman Sachs Group LP, 5.00%, 10/01/14 (d)    3,000  3,217,176 
MU Finance Plc, 8.75%, 2/01/17 (c)  GBP  1,007  1,482,609 
Marsico Parent Co., LLC, 10.63%, 1/15/16 (c)  USD  2,381  880,970 
Marsico Parent Holdco, LLC, 12.50%, 7/15/16 (c)(g)    667  59,995 
Marsico Parent Superholdco, LLC, 14.50%,       
1/15/18 (c)(g)    709  63,851 
      6,003,401 
Chemicals — 1.3%       
American Pacific Corp., 9.00%, 2/01/15    1,100  1,087,625 
Ames True Temper, Inc., 4.53%, 1/15/12 (a)    2,085  2,079,788 
CF Industries, Inc., 6.88%, 5/01/18    2,080  2,189,200 
Innophos, Inc., 8.88%, 8/15/14    2,225  2,280,625 
OXEA Finance/Cy SCA, 9.50%, 7/15/17 (c)    545  574,975 
      8,212,213 
Commercial Banks — 1.8%       
CIT Group, Inc., 7.00%, 5/01/17 (d)    6,885  6,474,048 
Regions Financial Corp., 4.88%, 4/26/13 (d)    1,355  1,367,900 
Standard Chartered Plc, 3.85%, 4/27/15 (c)(d)    3,100  3,205,167 
      11,047,115 
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.2%       
ACCO Brands Corp., 10.63%, 3/15/15    1,025  1,127,500 
Consumer Finance — 1.0%       
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC:       
7.38%, 2/01/11 (d)    2,800  2,850,042 
3.28%, 1/13/12 (a)    565  553,700 
7.80%, 6/01/12 (d)    1,665  1,752,149 
6.63%, 8/15/17    1,300  1,321,284 
      6,477,175 
Containers & Packaging — 2.0%       
Ball Corp., 6.75%, 9/15/20    880  926,200 
Berry Plastics Corp.:       
8.25%, 11/15/15    2,400  2,406,000 
9.50%, 5/15/18 (c)    1,245  1,145,400 
Berry Plastics Holding Corp., 8.88%, 9/15/14    640  609,600 
Crown Americas LLC, 7.75%, 11/15/15    885  918,188 
Impress Holdings BV, 3.65%, 9/15/13 (a)(c)    1,255  1,185,975 
Pregis Corp., 12.38%, 10/15/13    2,020  2,020,000 
Smurfit Kappa Acquisitions (c):       
7.25%, 11/15/17  EUR  1,215  1,570,503 
7.75%, 11/15/19    1,155  1,500,266 
      12,282,132 
Diversified Financial Services — 3.4%       
Ally Financial Inc. (c):       
8.30%, 2/12/15 (d)  USD  3,150  3,276,000 
7.50%, 9/15/20    2,270  2,247,300 
Bank of America Corp., 4.50%, 4/01/15 (d)    3,000  3,108,864 
Citigroup, Inc., 4.75%, 5/19/15    3,000  3,090,549 
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 3.40%, 6/24/15 (d)    6,000  6,185,814 
Reynolds Group DL Escrow, Inc., 7.75%,       
10/15/16 (c)(d)    2,935  2,957,013 
      20,865,540 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.7%       
Frontier Communications Corp., 8.25%, 4/15/17 (d)    4,085  4,319,887 
ITC Deltacom, Inc., 10.50%, 4/01/16    2,350  2,314,750 
Nordic Telephone Co. Holdings ApS, 8.88%, 5/01/16 (c)    580  609,000 
Qwest Communications International, Inc.:       
7.50%, 2/15/14    610  621,438 
8.00%, 10/01/15 (c)(d)    2,500  2,687,500 
Series B, 7.50%, 2/15/14 (d)    2,985  3,040,969 
Qwest Corp., 8.38%, 5/01/16    590  687,350 
TW Telecom Holdings, Inc., 8.00%, 3/01/18    630  655,200 
Wind Acquisition Finance SA, 12.00%, 12/01/15 (c)    900  949,500 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust (BLW)
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

    Par   
Corporate Bonds    (000)  Value 
Diversified Telecommunication Services (concluded)     
Windstream Corp.:       
8.13%, 8/01/13  USD  590  $ 629,087 
8.63%, 8/01/16    450  464,625 
      16,979,306 
Electric Utilities — 0.0%       
Elwood Energy LLC, 8.16%, 7/05/26    126  115,974 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.2%     
Agilent Technologies, Inc., 4.45%, 9/14/12 (d)    7,325  7,711,445 
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.5%       
Compagnie Generale de Geophysique-Veritas:       
7.50%, 5/15/15    255  252,450 
7.75%, 5/15/17    420  416,850 
Expro Finance Luxembourg SCA, 8.50%, 12/15/16 (c)  2,500  2,337,500 
      3,006,800 
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.1%       
Rite Aid Corp., 8.00%, 8/15/20 (c)    620  616,125 
Food Products — 0.4%       
Bumble Bee Foods LLC, 7.75%, 12/15/15 (c)    1,040  1,099,800 
Smithfield Foods, Inc., 10.00%, 7/15/14 (c)    1,440  1,607,400 
      2,707,200 
Gas Utilities — 0.3%       
Florida Gas Transmission Co. LLC, 4.00%, 7/15/15 (c)(d)  2,000  2,077,016 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.0%       
Boston Scientific Corp., 4.50%, 1/15/15    3,000  3,048,600 
DJO Finance LLC, 10.88%, 11/15/14    2,780  2,978,075 
      6,026,675 
Health Care Providers & Services — 1.6%       
American Renal Holdings, 8.38%, 5/15/18 (c)    330  330,000 
HCA, Inc., 7.25%, 9/15/20    1,115  1,165,175 
Tenet Healthcare Corp.:       
9.00%, 5/01/15    812  864,780 
10.00%, 5/01/18    6,682  7,517,250 
      9,877,205 
Health Care Technology — 0.8%       
IMS Health, Inc., 12.50%, 3/01/18 (c)    4,300  4,982,625 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.2%       
MGM Resorts International, 10.38%, 5/15/14    1,135  1,237,150 
Tropicana Entertainment LLC, Series WI, 9.63%,       
12/15/14 (b)(c)(h)    375  274 
      1,237,424 
Household Durables — 1.1%       
Beazer Homes USA, Inc., 12.00%, 10/15/17    3,800  4,279,750 
Berkline/BenchCraft, LLC, 4.50%, 11/03/12 (b)(c)(h)  200   
K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., 10.63%, 10/15/16    2,500  2,425,000 
      6,704,750 
IT Services — 0.4%       
iPayment, Inc., 9.75%, 5/15/14    950  858,562 
iPayment Investors LP, 12.75%, 7/15/14 (c)(g)    1,422  1,216,184 
SunGard Data Systems, Inc., 4.88%, 1/15/14    215  205,863 
      2,280,609 
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 3.2%     
The AES Corp., 8.75%, 5/15/13 (c)    1,179  1,198,159 
Calpine Construction Finance Co. LP, 8.00%,       
6/01/16 (c)(d)    5,225  5,486,250 
Energy Future Holdings Corp., 10.00%, 1/15/20 (c)    3,870  3,726,821 
NRG Energy, Inc.:       
7.25%, 2/01/14 (d)    7,285  7,430,700 
7.38%, 2/01/16    680  685,100 
7.38%, 1/15/17    1,300  1,309,750 
      19,836,780 

 

    Par   
Corporate Bonds    (000)  Value 
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.5%       
Sequa Corp. (c):       
11.75%, 12/01/15  USD  2,950  $ 3,038,500 
13.50%, 12/01/15 (g)    5,870  6,104,799 
      9,143,299 
Machinery — 0.7%       
AGY Holding Corp., 11.00%, 11/15/14    1,500  1,275,000 
Accuride Corp., 7.50%, 2/26/20 (e)(g)    15  37,721 
Navistar International Corp., 8.25%, 11/01/21    2,700  2,828,250 
Synventive Molding Solutions, Sub-Series A, 14.00%,       
1/14/11 (g)    802  64,177 
      4,205,148 
Media — 5.9%       
Affinion Group, Inc., 10.13%, 10/15/13    2,825  2,895,625 
CCH II LLC, 13.50%, 11/30/16    1,406  1,666,155 
CCO Holdings LLC, 7.88%, 4/30/18 (c)    2,925  3,027,375 
CMP Susquehanna Corp., 3.64%, 5/15/14 (a)(c)    194  3,880 
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc.:       
9.25%, 12/15/17    933  967,988 
Series B, 9.25%, 12/15/17    3,732  3,913,935 
DISH DBS Corp.:       
7.00%, 10/01/13    1,450  1,509,812 
7.13%, 2/01/16    200  204,500 
Interactive Data Corp., 10.25%, 8/01/18 (c)    2,460  2,552,250 
Lighthouse International Co. SA:       
8.00%, 4/30/14  EUR  613  458,326 
8.00%, 4/30/14 (c)    110  82,245 
Nielsen Finance LLC, 10.00%, 8/01/14  USD  3,695  3,879,750 
ProtoStar I Ltd., 18.00%, 10/15/12 (b)(c)(h)    3,454  3,281,404 
Rainbow National Services LLC (c):       
8.75%, 9/01/12    925  926,156 
10.38%, 9/01/14 (d)    3,134  3,251,525 
Seat Pagine Gialle SpA, 10.50%, 1/31/17 (c)  EUR  346  407,776 
TL Acquisitions, Inc., 10.50%, 1/15/15 (c)  USD  1,770  1,690,350 
UPC Germany GmbH, 8.13%, 12/01/17 (c)    4,500  4,623,750 
Virgin Media Secured Finance Plc, 6.50%, 1/15/18    1,000  1,040,000 
      36,382,802 
Metals & Mining — 0.7%       
Arch Western Finance LLC, 6.75%, 7/01/13    1,970  1,979,850 
Murray Energy Corp., 10.25%, 10/15/15 (c)    885  904,912 
New World Resources NV, 7.38%, 5/15/15  EUR  995  1,235,696 
      4,120,458 
Multiline Retail — 0.7%       
Dollar General Corp.:       
10.63%, 7/15/15  USD  1,300  1,426,750 
11.88%, 7/15/17 (d)(g)    2,458  2,826,700 
      4,253,450 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.3%       
BP Capital Markets Plc, 5.25%, 11/07/13 (d)    6,000  6,227,280 
Berry Petroleum Co., 8.25%, 11/01/16    550  555,500 
Chesapeake Energy Corp.:       
6.50%, 8/15/17    1,315  1,334,725 
7.25%, 12/15/18    1,185  1,238,325 
Coffeyville Resources LLC, 9.00%, 4/01/15 (c)    705  724,388 
Consol Energy, Inc., 8.25%, 4/01/20 (c)    1,500  1,591,875 
Crosstex Energy LP, 8.88%, 2/15/18    310  320,075 
Denbury Resources, Inc., 8.25%, 2/15/20    971  1,036,542 
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc., 8.75%, 12/01/13    1,190  1,264,375 
Whiting Petroleum Corp., 7.25%, 5/01/12    75  75,000 
      14,368,085 
Paper & Forest Products — 0.7%       
NewPage Corp., 11.38%, 12/31/14    5,600  4,550,000 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORT

AUGUST 31, 2010

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust (BLW)
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

    Par   
Corporate Bonds    (000)  Value 
Professional Services — 0.1%       
FTI Consulting, Inc., 7.75%, 10/01/16  USD  350  $ 363,125 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.2%       
ProLogis, 5.75%, 4/01/16    1,500  1,461,951 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.5%     
National Semiconductor Corp., 6.15%, 6/15/12 (d)    3,000  3,204,783 
Software — 0.0%       
BMS Holdings, Inc., 8.59%, 2/15/12 (a)(c)(g)    622  12,437 
Specialty Retail — 0.1%       
Sonic Automotive, Inc., Series B, 8.63%, 8/15/13    583  591,745 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.4%       
Phillips-Van Heusen Corp., 7.38%, 5/15/20    840  865,200 
Quiksilver, Inc., 6.88%, 4/15/15    1,410  1,304,250 
      2,169,450 
Tobacco — 0.5%       
Reynolds American, Inc., 7.63%, 6/01/16 (d)    2,500  2,933,380 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.4%       
Cricket Communications, Inc.:       
10.00%, 7/15/15    240  251,400 
7.75%, 5/15/16 (d)    2,250  2,323,125 
Digicel Group Ltd. (c):       
8.88%, 1/15/15    720  725,400 
9.13%, 1/15/15 (g)    2,267  2,278,335 
8.25%, 9/01/17    600  623,250 
MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., 9.25%, 11/01/14    270  280,800 
Nextel Communications, Inc., Series E, 6.88%, 10/31/13  1,175  1,172,062 
Sprint Capital Corp., 8.38%, 3/15/12    925  978,188 
      8,632,560 
Total Corporate Bonds — 42.2%      261,186,563 
Floating Rate Loan Interests (a)       
Aerospace & Defense — 0.4%       
Hawker Beechcraft Acquisition Co., LLC:       
Letter of Credit Linked Deposit, 0.43%, 3/26/14    184  146,335 
Term Loan, 2.26% – 2.53%, 3/26/14    3,080  2,454,036 
      2,600,371 
Auto Components — 1.0%       
Affinion Group Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 8.51%,       
3/01/12 (g)    1,138  1,092,471 
Affinion Group, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan, 5.00%,       
10/09/16    1,496  1,439,512 
Allison Transmission, Inc., Term Loan, 3.04%, 8/07/14  3,889  3,583,494 
Dayco Products:       
Facility B U.S. Term Loan, 10.50%, 5/13/14    311  303,303 
Facility C U.S. Term Loan, 12.50%, 11/13/14 (g)    48  40,399 
      6,459,179 
Automobiles — 0.8%       
Ford Motor Co.:       
Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 3.03%, 12/15/13    4,531  4,358,079 
Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 3.03%, 12/15/13    512  490,832 
      4,848,911 
Beverages — 0.1%       
Le-Nature’s, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan, 9.50%,       
3/01/11 (b)(h)    1,000  370,000 
Building Products — 0.7%       
Goodman Global, Inc., Term Loan, 6.25%, 2/13/14    1,329  1,334,040 
Momentive Performance Materials (Blitz 06-103 GmbH),     
Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 2.88%, 12/04/13  EUR  2,540  2,950,315 

 

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (a)    (000)  Value 
Building Products (concluded)       
United Subcontractors, Term Loan (First Lien), 2.04%,       
6/30/15 (g)  USD  143  $ 123,267 
      4,407,622 
Capital Markets — 0.2%       
Marsico Parent Co., LLC, Term Loan, 5.31% –       
5.56%, 12/15/14    377  261,513 
Nuveen Investments, Inc., Term Loan (First Lien), 3.48% –     
3.53%, 11/13/14    1,359  1,199,912 
      1,461,425 
Chemicals — 3.6%       
Brenntag Holding GmbH & Co. KG:       
Facility 3A (Second Lien), 6.94%, 7/17/15  EUR  115  144,729 
Facility 3B (Second Lien), 6.94%, 7/17/15    16  20,195 
Facility B2 (Second Lien), 6.94%, 7/17/15  USD  500  495,833 
Facility B6A, 4.70%, 1/20/14  EUR  233  293,773 
Facility B6B, 4.70%, 1/20/14    181  227,438 
CF Industries, Inc., Term Loan B-1, 4.50%,       
4/05/15  USD  1,899  1,908,732 
Chemtura Corp.:       
Debtor in Possession Term Facility, 6.00%, 2/11/11    1,550  1,546,125 
Exit Term Loan, 0.00%, 8/16/16    1,300  1,305,417 
Cognis GmbH (French):       
Facility A 2.72%, 11/17/13  EUR  803  1,000,868 
Facility B 2.72%, 11/16/13    197  245,110 
Gentek Holding, LLC, Tranche B Term Loan, 7.00%,       
10/29/14  USD  634  633,635 
Huish Detergents, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan, 2.02%,       
4/26/14    1,225  1,157,999 
Ineos Group Plc, US Finance LLC Senior Credit Facility       
Term Loan A2, 7.00%, 12/17/12    61  61,310 
MacDermid, Inc., Tranche C Term Loan, 2.27%,       
4/12/14  EUR  498  574,274 
Nalco Co., Term Loan, 6.50%, 5/13/16  USD  2,024  2,030,997 
PQ Corp. (FKA Niagara Acquisition, Inc.), Term Loan       
(First Lien), 3.52% – 3.73%, 7/30/14    3,370  3,081,444 
Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc., Term Loan H,       
6.00%, 5/15/14    1,621  1,620,340 
Solutia, Inc., Term Loan, 4.75%, 3/17/17    1,785  1,783,294 
Tronox Worldwide LLC:       
Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 11.25%, 9/20/10    3,271  3,297,755 
Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 11.25%, 9/20/10    879  885,964 
      22,315,232 
Commercial Banks — 0.3%       
CIT Group, Inc., Tranche 3 Term Loan, 6.25%, 8/11/15    1,900  1,893,806 
Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.6%       
AWAS Finance Luxembourg Sarl, Term Loan, 7.75%,       
6/10/16    2,650  2,665,457 
Altegrity, Inc., Incremental Term Loan, 7.75%, 2/21/15    4,000  3,985,000 
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Term Loan B, 7.00%,       
4/09/14    629  631,793 
Delos Aircraft, Inc., Term Loan 2, 7.00%, 3/17/16    1,454  1,461,722 
International Lease Finance Corp., Term Loan 1,       
6.75%, 3/17/15    3,040  3,064,455 
Quad Graphics, Term Loan, 5.50%, 4/20/16    1,375  1,311,750 
SIRVA Worldwide, Inc., Loan (Second Lien), 12.00%,       
5/12/15 (g)    290  72,379 
Synagro Technologies, Inc., Term Loan (First Lien),       
2.27% – 2.28%, 4/02/14    1,288  1,088,071 
West Corp., Incremental Term Loan B-3, 7.25%,       
10/24/13    1,797  1,790,602 
      16,071,229 
Construction & Engineering — 0.6%       
Safway Services, LLC, First Out Tranche Loan, 9.00%,       
12/18/17    3,750  3,750,000 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust (BLW)
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (a)    (000)  Value 
Construction Materials — 0.2%       
Fairmount Minerals Ltd., Term Loan B, 6.25%, 8/05/16  USD  975  $ 975,407 
Consumer Finance — 1.5%       
AGFS Funding Co., Term Loan, 7.25%, 4/21/15    6,750  6,669,844 
Daimler Chrysler Financial Services Americas LLC, Term       
Loan (Second Lien), 6.78%, 8/05/13    2,661  2,651,778 
      9,321,622 
Containers & Packaging — 0.1%       
BWAY Holdings Co., Term Loan B, 5.50% – 6.00%, 6/16/17  594  593,543 
ICL Industrial Containers ULC/ICL Contenants Industriels       
ULC (FKA BWAY), Term Loan C, 5.50% – 6.00%, 6/16/17  56  55,680 
      649,223 
Diversified Consumer Services — 1.9%       
Coinmach Service Corp., Term Loan, 3.35%, 11/14/14    4,643  4,047,991 
Laureate Education, Series A New Term Loan, 7.00%,       
8/15/14    4,646  4,567,981 
ServiceMaster Co.:       
Closing Date Loan, 2.77% – 3.04%, 7/24/14    3,315  3,046,795 
Delayed Draw Term Loan, 2.77%, 7/24/14    330  303,415 
      11,966,182 
Diversified Financial Services — 0.9%       
Professional Service Industries, Inc., Term Loan       
(First Lien), 3.02%, 10/31/12    508  406,110 
Reynolds Group Holdings, Inc.:       
Incremental US Term Loan, 6.25%, 5/05/16    4,300  4,269,543 
US Term Loan, 6.25%, 5/05/16    841  836,833 
      5,512,486 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.5%       
Cincinnati Bell Inc., Tranche B Term Loan, 6.50%, 6/11/17  2,893  2,871,054 
Hawaiian Telcom Communications, Inc., Tranche C       
Term Loan, 4.75%, 5/30/14 (g)    1,959  1,371,192 
Level 3 Communications, Incremental Term Loan,       
2.53% – 2.78%, 3/13/14    2,750  2,463,398 
Wind Telecomunicazioni SpA, Term Loan Facility A1,       
3.14%, 9/22/12  EUR  2,067  2,541,646 
      9,247,290 
Electric Utilities — 0.8%       
New Development Holdings LLC, Term Loan, 7.00%,       
7/03/17  USD  4,500  4,545,000 
TPF Generation Holdings, LLC:       
Synthetic Letter of Credit Deposit (First Lien),       
0.43%, 12/15/13    151  141,197 
Synthetic Revolving Deposit, 0.43%, 12/15/11    47  44,262 
Term Loan (First Lien), 2.53%, 12/15/13    376  352,652 
      5,083,111 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.6%     
CDW LLC (FKA CDW Corp.), Term Loan, 4.28%, 10/10/14  2,793  2,501,185 
Deutche Group SAS (FKA Matinvest 2 SAS):       
Facility B-2, 3.91%, 6/22/14    33  28,253 
Facility C-2, 4.16%, 6/22/15    110  93,541 
Deutsche Group SAS (FKA Matinvest 2 SAS)/Butterfly       
Wendel US, Inc. (Deutsche Connector):       
Facility B-2, 3.91%, 6/22/14    445  378,594 
Facility C-2, 4.16%, 6/22/15    719  612,331 
Flextronics International Ltd.:       
Closing Date Loan A, 2.53% – 2.56%, 10/01/14    1,184  1,108,407 
Closing Date Loan B, 2.56%, 10/01/12    3,681  3,544,363 
Styron Sarl, Term Loan, 7.50%, 6/17/16    1,900  1,914,839 
      10,181,513 
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.4%       
MEG Energy Corp., Tranche D Term Loan, 6.00%,       
4/03/16    2,712  2,705,226 
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.7%       
Pierre Foods, Term Loan, 7.00%, 3/03/16    1,594  1,589,475 
Pilot Travel Centers LLC, Initial Tranche B Term Loan,       
5.25%, 6/30/16    3,020  3,023,279 
    4,612,754 

 

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (a)    (000)  Value 
Food Products — 0.7%       
Dole Food Co., Inc., Tranche B-1 Term Loan,       
5.00% – 5.50%, 3/02/17  USD  127  $ 127,565 
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., Term Loan A, 5.53%, 12/01/12    2,035  2,014,650 
Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC, Tranche D Term Loan,       
6.00%, 4/02/14    1,806  1,807,757 
Solvest, Ltd. (Dole) Tranche C-1 Term Loan,       
5.00% – 5.50%, 3/02/17    312  312,062 
      4,262,034 
Health Care Providers & Services — 3.0%       
Ardent Medical Services, Inc., Term Loan, 6.50%, 9/15/15  1  1,291 
CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.:       
Delayed Draw Term Loan, 2.55%, 7/25/14    274  258,620 
Term Loan Facility, 2.55%, 7/25/14    5,350  5,044,382 
HCA, Inc.:       
Tranche A-1 Term Loan, 2.03%, 11/16/12    2,361  2,271,652 
Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 2.78%, 11/18/13    340  327,248 
Harden Healthcare LLC:       
Add-on Term Loan 7.75%, 3/02/15    4,200  4,116,000 
Tranche A Term Loan 8.50%, 2/22/15    694  679,764 
inVentiv Health, Inc. (FKA Ventive Health Inc.),       
Term Loan B, 6.50%, 7/31/16    2,950  2,944,469 
Renal Advantage Holdings, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan,       
6.00%, 6/03/16    1,400  1,400,000 
Vanguard Health Holding Co. II, LLC (Vanguard Health       
Systems, Inc.), Initial Term Loan, 5.00%, 1/29/16    1,431  1,413,677 
      18,457,103 
Health Care Technology — 0.4%       
IMS Health, Inc., Tranche B Dollar Term Loan,       
5.25%, 2/26/16    2,606  2,610,606 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 5.0%       
BLB Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (Wembley, Inc.), First       
Priority Term Loan, 4.75%, 7/18/11    2,471  1,779,303 
Harrah’s Operating Co., Inc.:       
Term Loan B-1, 3.50%, 1/28/15    449  383,817 
Term Loan B-3, 3.50% – 3.53%, 1/28/15    4,046  3,457,043 
Term Loan B-4, 9.50%, 10/31/16    1,244  1,269,317 
OSI Restaurant Partners, LLC, Pre-Funded RC Loan,       
0.36% – 2.88%, 6/14/13    32  28,446 
Penn National Gaming, Inc., Term Loan B, 2.01% –       
2.24%, 10/03/12    2,828  2,758,131 
SW Acquisitions Co., Inc., Term Loan, 5.75%, 6/01/16    3,807  3,810,880 
Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan       
(First Lien), 6.00%, 6/30/16    4,838  4,781,729 
Travelport LLC (FKA Travelport, Inc.), Loan, 8.37%,       
3/27/12 (g)    5,026  4,674,156 
Universal City Development Partners, Ltd. Term Loan,       
7.75%, 11/06/14    3,731  3,749,906 
VML US Finance LLC (FKA Venetian Macau):       
Term B Delayed Draw Project Loan, 5.04%, 5/25/12    1,568  1,540,510 
Term B Funded Project Loan, 5.04%, 5/27/13    2,714  2,658,515 
      30,891,753 
Household Durables — 0.0%       
Berkline/Benchcraft, LLC, Term Loan, 14.00%,       
11/03/11 (b)(g)(h)    125  6,274 
IT Services — 2.5%       
Amadeus IT Group SA/Amadeus Verwaltungs GmbH:       
Term B3 Facility, 4.15%, 6/30/13  EUR  307  376,283 
Term B4 Facility, 4.15%, 6/30/13    119  145,608 
Term C3 Facility, 4.65%, 6/30/14    307  376,283 
Term C4 Facility, 4.65%, 6/30/14    118  143,673 
Ceridian Corp., US Term Loan, 3.26%, 11/09/14  USD  1,373  1,221,751 
EVERTEC, Inc., Term Loan B, 7.00%, 8/20/16    1,225  1,197,437 
First Data Corp.:       
Initial Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 3.01%, 9/24/14    2,694  2,299,510 
Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan, 3.01%, 9/24/14    1,206  1,028,260 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORT

AUGUST 31, 2010

35



Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust (BLW)
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (a)    (000)  Value 
IT Services (concluded)       
SunGard Data Systems, Inc. (Solar Capital Corp.),       
Incremental Term Loan, 6.75%, 2/28/14  USD  1,434  $ 1,432,240 
TransUnion LLC, Term Loan, 6.75%, 6/15/17    6,000  6,054,378 
Travelex Plc:       
Term Loan B, 3.02%, 10/31/13    712  651,605 
Term Loan C, 3.52%, 10/31/14    712  651,605 
      15,578,633 
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.4%       
Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co., LLC (TXU):       
Initial Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 3.79% – 4.07%,       
10/10/14    267  202,568 
Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan, 3.79% – 4.03%,       
10/10/14    2,705  2,038,746 
      2,241,314 
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.4%       
Sequa Corp., Term Loan, 3.79%, 12/03/14    2,325  2,139,000 
Machinery — 0.1%       
Oshkosh Truck Corp., Term Loan B, 6.44% – 6.54%,       
12/06/13    656  659,750 
Media — 7.1%       
Atlantic Broadband Finance, LLC:       
Tranche B-2-A Term Loan, 2.79%, 9/01/11    34  34,327 
Tranche B-2-B Term Loan, 6.75%, 6/01/13    925  909,085 
Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc. (Thomson Learning),       
Tranche 1 Incremental Term Loan, 7.50%, 7/03/14    4,073  4,059,394 
Charter Communications Operating, LLC:       
New Term Loan, 2.26%, 3/06/14    764  722,902 
Term Loan B-1, 2.26%, 3/06/14    2,321  2,370,365 
Term Loan C, 3.79%, 9/06/16    6,201  5,930,871 
Clarke American Corp., Term Loan B, 2.76%, 6/30/14    1,454  1,253,855 
FoxCo Acquisition Sub, LLC, Term Loan, 7.50%, 7/14/15    1,839  1,769,123 
HIT Entertainment, Inc., Term Loan (Second Lien),       
5.94%, 2/26/13    400  257,500 
HMH Publishing Co., Ltd., Tranche A Term Loan, 5.79%,       
6/12/14 (g)    3,267  2,974,979 
Hanley-Wood, LLC, Term Loan, 2.56% – 2.63%, 3/10/14    2,700  1,167,668 
Interactive Data Corp., Term Loan, 6.75%, 1/29/17    1,550  1,559,041 
Lavena Holding 3 GmbH (Prosiebensat.1 Media AG):       
Facility B-1, 3.52%, 6/30/15  EUR  337  322,477 
Facility C-1, 3.77%, 6/30/16    337  322,477 
Facility D, 4.89%, 12/28/16    904  731,962 
MCNA Cable Holdings LLC (OneLink Communications),       
Loan, 6.89%, 3/01/13 (g)  USD  2,004  1,703,131 
Mediacom Illinois, LLC (FKA Mediacom Communications,       
LLC), Tranche D Term Loan, 5.50%, 3/31/17    993  972,327 
Newsday, LLC, Fixed Rate Term Loan, 10.50%, 8/01/13    4,505  4,780,931 
Penton Media, Inc., Term Loan (First Lien), 5.00%,       
8/01/14 (g)    1,092  753,761 
Protostar Ltd., Debtor in Possession Term Loan, 18.00%,       
10/26/10    646  646,395 
Springer Science+Business Media SA, Facility A1,       
6.75%, 7/01/16  EUR  1,300  1,629,579 
Sunshine Acquisition Ltd. (AKA HIT Entertainment),       
Term Facility, 5.68%, 6/01/12  USD  1,997  1,862,343 
TWCC Holdings Corp. Replacement Term Loans, 5.00%,       
9/14/15  USD  2,005  2,002,059 
UPC Financing Partnership, Facility U, 4.64%, 12/31/17 EUR  1,838  2,161,542 
Virgin Media Investment Holdings Ltd., Facility B,       
4.78%, 12/31/15  GBP  750  1,115,016 
Yell Group Plc/Yell Finance (UK) Ltd., Facility A3,       
2.60%, 4/30/14  USD  842  812,365 
Yell Group Plc, Facility B-1 YB (USA) LLC, 4.01%,       
7/31/14    1,817  1,053,898 
      43,879,373 

 

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (a)    (000)  Value 
Metals & Mining — 0.1%       
Drummond Co., Inc., Term Advance, 1.51%, 2/14/11  USD  525  $ 509,250 
Multi-Utilities — 0.1%       
FirstLight Power Resources, Inc. (FKA NE Energy, Inc.):       
Synthetic Letter of Credit, 0.41%, 11/01/13    13  12,479 
Term B Advance (First Lien), 3.06%, 11/01/13    800  742,348 
Mach Gen, LLC, Synthetic Letter of Credit Loan       
(First Lien), 0.28%, 2/22/13    69  64,156 
      818,983 
Multiline Retail — 0.8%       
Hema Holding BV:       
Facility B, 2.65%, 7/06/15  EUR  344  413,023 
Facility C, 3.40%, 7/05/16    344  413,023 
Facility D, 5.65%, 1/01/17    2,600  3,047,737 
The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc., Term Loan, 2.30%,       
4/06/13  USD  810  767,344 
      4,641,127 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.8%       
Big West Oil, LLC, Term Loan, 12.00%, 7/23/15    2,250  2,277,187 
Turbo Beta Ltd., Dollar Facility, 2.50% – 14.50%,       
3/15/18 (g)    3,166  2,508,953 
      4,786,140 
Paper & Forest Products — 0.8%       
Georgia-Pacific LLC:       
Term Loan B, 2.30% – 2.53%, 12/23/12    3,120  3,074,439 
Term Loan B-2, 2.30% – 2.53%, 12/20/12    1,613  1,589,185 
Verso Paper Finance Holdings LLC, 6.69% – 7.44%,       
2/01/13 (g)    642  385,085 
      5,048,709 
Personal Products — 0.0%       
American Safety Razor Co., LLC, Term Loan (First Lien),       
6.75%, 7/31/13    156  143,675 
Pharmaceuticals — 0.5%       
Warner Chilcott Co., LLC, Term Loan A, 6.00%, 10/30/14    591  589,816 
Warner Chilcott Corp.:       
Additional Term Loan, 6.25%, 4/30/15    1,087  1,085,440 
Term Loan B-1, 6.25%, 4/30/15    187  187,078 
Term Loan B-2, 6.25%, 4/30/15    316  315,542 
Term Loan B-3, 6.50%, 2/20/16    781  784,091 
Term Loan B-4, 6.50%, 2/20/16    254  254,417 
      3,216,384 
Professional Services — 0.2%       
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., Tranche C Term Loan, 6.00%,       
7/31/15    1,493  1,492,127 
Real Estate Management & Development — 1.7%       
Enclave, Term Loan B, 6.14%, 3/01/12 (c)(h)    3,000   
Pivotal Promontory, LLC, Term Loan (Second Lien),       
11.50%, 8/31/11 (b)(h)    750  37,500 
Realogy Corp.:       
Delayed Draw Term Loan B, 3.30% – 3.53%,       
10/10/13    7,093  6,120,566 
Initial Term Loan B, 3.30%, 10/10/13    1,998  1,724,245 
Synthetic Letter of Credit, 0.11%, 10/10/13    343  295,578 
Term Facility (Second Lien), 13.50%, 10/15/17    2,250  2,373,750 
      10,551,639 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.2%       
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Extended Maturity       
Term Loan, 4.56%, 12/01/16    1,070  956,814 
Software — 0.3%       
Bankruptcy Management Solutions, Inc., Term Loan       
(First Lien), 4.27%, 7/31/12    935  589,207 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

36 ANNUAL REPORT

AUGUST 31, 2010



Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust (BLW)
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (a)    (000)  Value 
Software (concluded)       
Telecommunications Management, LLC:       
Multi-Draw Term Loan, 3.26%, 6/30/13  USD  230  $ 206,988 
Term Loan, 3.26%, 6/30/13    912  820,800 
      1,616,995 
Specialty Retail — 0.9%       
Michaels Stores, Inc.:       
Term Loan B-1, 2.63% – 2.81%, 10/31/13    2,170  2,046,329 
Term Loan B-2, 4.88% – 5.06%, 7/31/16    500  482,419 
OSH Properties LLC (Orchard Supply), B-Note, 2.73%,     
12/09/10    1,500  1,455,150 
Toys ‘R’ US, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.00%, 8/17/16    1,300  1,296,742 
      5,280,640 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.2%       
Phillips Van Heusen Corp., US Tranche B Term Loan,       
4.75%, 5/06/16    1,457  1,465,374 
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.0%       
Beacon Sales Acquisition, Inc., Term Loan B, 2.26% –     
2.53%, 9/30/13    125  117,291 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.0%       
Cavtel Holdings, LLC, Term Loan, 10.50%, 12/31/12 (g)  1,131  1,069,167 
Digicel International Finance Ltd., US Term Loan       
(Non-Rollover), 3.06%, 3/30/12    3,607  3,521,723 
Vodafone Americas Finance 2 Inc., Initial Loan,       
6.88%, 7/30/15    7,750  7,750,000 
      12,340,890 
Total Floating Rate Loan Interests — 48.1%      298,144,467 
Foreign Agency Obligations       
Peru Government International Bond, 8.38%, 5/03/16 (d)  4,871  6,088,750 
Turkey Government International Bond, 7.00%, 9/26/16  5,093  5,869,683 
Total Foreign Agency Obligations — 1.9%      11,958,433 
Taxable Municipal Bonds       
State — 1.1%       
State of California, GO:       
Taxable, Various Purpose 3, Mandatory Put Bonds,     
5.65%, 4/01/39 (a)    625  660,113 
Various Purpose 3, 5.25%, 4/01/14    1,075  1,130,405 
State of Illinois, GO, 3.32%, 1/01/13    5,075  5,054,649 
Total Municipal Bonds — 1.1%      6,845,167 
Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities       
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 5.7%       
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-1,       
Class 3A21, 5.97%, 3/25/37 (a)    3,913  3,579,340 
Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2005-54CB,     
Class 3A4, 5.50%, 11/25/35    7,647  6,190,239 
Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass-Through Trust:     
Series 2005-17, Class 1A6, 5.50%, 9/25/35    3,857  3,503,754 
Series 2006-17, Class A2, 6.00%, 12/25/36    5,085  4,456,174 
Series 2007-16, Class A1, 6.50%, 10/25/37    2,690  2,414,243 
Series 2007-HY5, Class 3A1, 6.02%, 9/25/37 (a)  3,981  3,308,204 
GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-AR5, Class 2A3,     
3.49%, 10/25/35 (a)    3,019  2,314,869 
Morgan Stanley Reremic Trust, Series 2010-R4,       
Class 4A, 0.49%, 2/26/37 (a)(b)    4,000  3,770,000 

 

    Par   
Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities    (000)  Value 
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (concluded)       
Mound Financing Plc, Series 4X, Class 3A, 1.02%,       
11/08/32 (a) EUR  1,250  $ 1,578,466
WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series       
2006-AR14, Class 1A1, 5.52%, 11/25/36 (a)  USD  2,020  1,790,035 
Wells Fargo Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust, Series       
2005-AR2, Class 2A1, 2.88%, 3/25/35 (a)    2,845  2,569,147 
      35,474,471 
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 7.5%       
Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc. (a):       
Series 2007-2, Class A2, 5.63%, 4/10/49    6,683  6,931,046 
Series 2007-3, Class A2, 5.84%, 6/10/49    2,975  3,117,717 
Series 2007-4, Class A4, 5.84%, 2/10/51    2,150  2,292,850 
Citigroup/Deutsche Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust,       
Series 2007-CD4, Class A2B, 5.21%, 12/11/49    3,235  3,366,559 
Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates, Class A2 (a):       
Series 2007-C2, 5.45%, 1/15/49    1,835  1,881,385 
Series 2007-C3, 5.91%, 6/15/39    4,150  4,297,704 
Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp., Series       
2007-GG9, Class A4, 5.44%, 3/10/39    2,110  2,209,982 
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.,       
Class A4:       
Series 2007-CB18, 5.44%, 6/12/47    2,110  2,208,953 
Series 2007-CB19, 5.94%, 2/12/49 (a)    2,140  2,244,372 
Morgan Stanley Capital I, Series 2007-IQ15, Class A2,       
6.04%, 6/11/49 (a)    2,007  2,119,103 
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series       
2007-C33, Class A2, 6.05%, 2/15/51 (a)(i)    15,000  15,666,293 
      46,335,964 
Total Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities — 13.2%      81,810,435 
  Beneficial   
  Interest     
Other Interests (j)    (000)       
Auto Components — 1.1%       
Dayco Products LLC Mark IV Industrials, Inc.    14  534,318 
Delphi Debtor-in-Possession Holding Co. LLP       
Class B Membership Interests    —(k)  6,235,788 
Lear Corp. Escrow    1,000  12,500 
      6,782,606 
Diversified Financial Services — 0.2%       
J.G. Wentworth LLC Preferred Equity Interests (l)    1  1,308,236 
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.0%       
Critical Care Systems International, Inc.    8  1,525 
Household Durables — 0.0%       
Berkline Benchcraft Equity LLC    3   
Total Other Interests — 1.3%      8,092,367 
Preferred Stocks    Shares   
Media — 0.0%       
CMP Susquehanna Radio Holdings Corp. (b)(c)(m)    45,243   
Specialty Retail — 0.0%       
Lazydays RV Center, Inc. (c)    224  266,770 
Total Preferred Stocks — 0.0%      266,770 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORT

AUGUST 31, 2010

37



Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust (BLW)
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

U.S. Government Sponsored  Par   
Agency Securities  (000)  Value 
Interest Only Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 0.3%   
Ginnie Mae Mortgage-Backed Securities, Series     
2008-7, Class SA, 3.14%, 2/20/38 (a)  USD 19,538  $ 2,016,073 
Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities     
Mortgage-Backed Securities — 8.9%     
Fannie Mae Mortgage-Backed Securities:     
4.00%, 9/15/40 (n)  2,400  2,485,126 
6.00%, 7/01/37 – 3/01/38  25,045  27,013,266 
Freddie Mac Mortgage-Backed Securities, 4.50%,     
4/01/25 (d)  23,799  25,348,651 
    54,847,043 
Total U.S. Government Sponsored     
Agency Securities — 9.2%    56,863,116 
U.S. Treasury Obligations     
U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.75%, 7/31/15  875  893,323 
Total U.S. Treasury Obligations — 0.2%    893,323 
Warrants (o)  Shares   
Machinery — 0.0%     
Synventive Molding Solutions (Expires 1/15/13)  1   
Media — 0.0%     
CMP Susquehanna Radio Holdings Corp.     
(Expires 3/26/19)  51,701   
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.0%     
Turbo Cayman Ltd. (No expiration)  2   
Software — 0.0%     
HMH Holdings/EduMedia (Expires 3/09/17)  209,988   
Total Warrants — 0.0%     
Total Long-Term Investments     
(Cost — $773,073,429) — 123.4%    764,009,083 
Options Purchased  Contracts   
Exchange-Traded Put Options — 0.0%     
Eurodollar 1-Year Mid-Curve Options,     
Strike Price USD 97.25, expires 9/10/10,     
Broker Citibank NA  127  794 
Over-the-Counter Call Options — 0.0%     
Marsico Parent Superholdco LLC,     
Strike Price USD 942.86, expires 12/21/19,     
Broker Goldman Sachs Bank USA  46   
Total Options Purchased     
(Cost — $66,003) — 0.0%    794 
Total Investments (Cost — $773,139,432*) — 123.4%    764,009,877 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (23.4)%    (144,628,707) 
Net Assets — 100.0%    $619,381,170 

 

* The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of August 31,
2010, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:

Aggregate cost  $ 770,558,928 
Gross unrealized appreciation  $ 24,787,132 
Gross unrealized depreciation  (31,336,183) 
Net unrealized depreciation  $ (6,549,051) 

 

(a) Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.
(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) 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.
(d) Security or a portion of security held as collateral for reverse repurchase
agreements.
(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) All or a portion of security has been pledged as collateral in connection with the
TALF Program.
(j) Other interests represent beneficial interest in liquidation trusts and other reorgani-
zation entities and are non-income producing.
(k) Amount is less than $1,000.
(l) The investment is held by a wholly owned taxable subsidiary of the Fund.
(m) Security is perpetual in nature and has no stated maturity date.
(n) Represents or includes a to-be-announced (“TBA”) transaction. Unsettled TBA
transactions as of report date were as follows:

    Unrealized 
Counterparty  Value  Appreciation 
Goldman Sachs & Co.  $ 2,485,126  $ 40,126 

 

(o) Warrants entitle the Fund to purchase a predetermined number of shares of com-
mon stock and are non-income producing. The purchase price and number of
shares are subject to adjustment under certain conditions until the expiration date,
if any.

  Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Fund during the year, 
  for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as   
  amended, were as follows:               
    Shares Held at    Net  Shares Held at       
  Affiliate  August 31, 2009                          Activity                              August 31, 2010              Income 
  BlackRock Liquidity               
  Funds, TempFund,               
  Institutional Class                                             96,671,566  (96,671,566)          $ 52,896 
  Financial futures contracts purchased as of August 31, 2010 were as follows: 
                Unrealized 
                    Expiration                                Notional     Appreciation 
  Contracts  Issue  Exchange  Date  Value     (Depreciation) 
  76  5-Year U.S.  Chicago Board             December       
    Treasury Bond  of Trade  2010  $ 9,148,941  $ (4,597) 
  7  Eurodollar  Chicago  June         
      Mercantile  2013  $ 1,707,844     9,956 
  Total              $ 5,359 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust (BLW)

Financial futures contracts sold as of August 31, 2010 were as follows:

                Expiration                                      Notional               Unrealized 
  Contracts  Issue    Exchange  Date    Value  Depreciation 
  13  Eurodollar    Chicago  September         
              Mercantile  2010  $ 3,226,211  $ (13,633) 
  80  2-Year U.S.             Chicago Board                               September         
                         Treasury Bond    of Trade  2010  $17,541,118  (13,882) 
  13  Eurodollar    Chicago  December         
              Mercantile  2010  $ 3,221,410  (15,103) 
  13  Eurodollar    Chicago  March         
              Mercantile  2011  $ 3,216,985  (17,578) 
  3  Eurodollar    Chicago  June           
              Mercantile  2011  $ 740,728  (5,072) 
  9  Eurodollar    Chicago  September         
              Mercantile  2011  $ 2,216,485  (18,440) 
  9  Eurodollar    Chicago  December         
              Mercantile  2011  $ 2,210,985  (20,565) 
  9  Eurodollar    Chicago  March         
              Mercantile  2012  $ 2,205,998  (21,952) 
  2  Eurodollar    Chicago  June           
              Mercantile  2012  $ 489,319  (4,906) 
  6  Eurodollar    Chicago  September         
              Mercantile  2012  $ 1,462,757  (17,443) 
  6  Eurodollar    Chicago  December         
              Mercantile  2012  $ 1,459,007  (18,418) 
  6  Eurodollar    Chicago  March         
              Mercantile  2013  $ 1,455,919  (19,181) 
  Total                      $ (186,173) 
  Foreign currency exchange contracts as of August 31, 2010 were as follows: 
                                  Unrealized 
  Currency      Currency                            Settlement                                Appreciation 
  Purchased        Sold  Counterparty    Date  (Depreciation)          
  EUR              20,628,300                 USD    26,577,182  Citibank NA    9/15/10           $ (436,521) 
  EUR  1,300,200  USD    1,704,557                                           Deutsche Bank AG  9/15/10    (56,914) 
  USD              74,288,264                                        EUR     58,768,000  Citibank NA    9/15/10    (183,911) 
  USD  749,853  EUR    581,500                                             Deutsche Bank AG  9/15/10    12,963 
  USD              7,582,988  GBP     4,967,500  Citibank NA          10/20/10    (32,762) 
  Total                                $ (697,145) 
  Credit default swaps on single-name issuers — buy protection outstanding as of 
  August 31, 2010 were as follows:             
        Pay          Notional     
        Fixed          Amount  Unrealized  
  Issuer    Rate    Counterparty                         Expiration                   (000)  Appreciation 
  K. Hovnanian  5.00%               Goldman Sachs                      December                           USD 800  $ 47,572     
  Enterprises, Inc.        Bank USA  2011           
  K. Hovnanian  5.00%  Goldman Sachs                     September                    USD 300    25,429     
  Enterprises, Inc.        Bank USA  2013           
  Total                      $ 73,001   
  Reverse repurchase agreements outstanding as of August 31, 2010 were as follows: 
          Interest                   Trade                  Maturity             Net Closing    Face    
  Counterparty    Rate  Date  Date    Amount    Amount  
  RBS Securities Inc.                                                0.50% 4/28/10  Open  $ 1,098,594   $ 1,097,250 
  RBS Securities Inc.                                                0.50% 4/30/10  Open    1,261,669    1,260,150 
  Credit Suisse                     
  Securities                     
  (USA) LLC    0.60%  5/25/10  Open    3,652,439    3,648,926 
  Credit Suisse                     
  Securities                     
  (USA) LLC    0.60%  6/4/10  Open    1,420,292    1,418,189 
  Credit Suisse                     
  Securities                     
  (USA) LLC    0.60%  6/4/10  Open    2,503,709    2,500,000 
  Credit Suisse                     
  Securities                     
  (USA) LLC    0.60%  6/4/10  Open    3,018,988    3,014,516 

 

Reverse repurchase agreements outstanding as of August 31, 2010 were as follows
(concluded):

  Interest  Trade  Maturity  Net Closing  Face 
Counterparty  Rate  Date  Date  Amount  Amount 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.60%  6/4/10  Open  $ 5,465,318  $ 5,457,223 
Barclays           
Capital Inc.  0.45%  6/4/10  Open  2,907,231  2,904,000 
Barclays           
Capital Inc.  0.45%  6/4/10  Open  2,915,108  2,911,869 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.60%  6/10/10  Open  2,292,542  2,289,375 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.60%  6/10/10  Open  2,699,729  2,696,000 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.60%  6/11/10  Open  2,754,891  2,751,131 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.60%  6/14/10  Open  2,493,354  2,490,075 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.60%  6/14/10  Open  1,936,546  1,934,000 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.60%  6/14/10  Open  2,476,256  2,473,000 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.60%  6/14/10  Open  1,448,905  1,447,000 
Barclays           
Capital Inc.  0.45%  6/29/10  Open  5,711,691  5,707,125 
Barclays           
Capital Inc.  0.45%  6/29/10  Open  2,994,857  2,992,500 
Barclays           
Capital Inc.  0.45%  6/29/10  Open  2,912,854  2,910,563 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.40%  7/14/10  Open  4,881,500  4,878,844 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.45%  7/21/10  Open  5,501,028  5,498,140 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.60%  7/22/10  Open  1,662,135  1,661,000 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.60%  7/26/10  Open  6,536,852  6,532,824 
Barclays           
Capital Inc.  0.40%  8/09/10  Open  1,969,356  1,968,875 
Barclays           
Capital Inc.  0.40%  8/09/10  Open  7,464,824  7,463,000 
BNP Paribas           
Securities  0.25%  8/12/10  9/14/10  6,035,838  6,035,000 
Credit Suisse           
Securities           
(USA) LLC  0.27%  8/13/10  9/14/10  7,025,001  7,024,000 
Deutsche Bank           
Securities Inc.  0.27%  8/24/10  9/14/10  8,046,483  8,046,000 
Barclays           
Capital Inc.  0.28%  8/27/10  9/14/10  3,524,137  3,524,000 
Barclays           
Capital Inc.  0.40%  8/31/10  Open  6,013,567  6,013,500 
Total        $110,625,694  $110,548,075 

 

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.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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AUGUST 31, 2010

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Schedule of Investments (concluded)

BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust (BLW)

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of
investments and derivatives, 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 and
derivatives)
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indi-
cation of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For information about
the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments and derivatives and other signif-
icant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Financial
Statements.

The following tables summarize the inputs used as of August 31, 2010 in determin-
ing the fair valuation of the Fund’s investments and derivatives:

Valuation Inputs    Level 1    Level 2  Level 3  Total 
Assets:             
Investments in Securities:         
Long-Term             
Investments:             
Asset-Backed             
Securities        $ 33,036,158  $ 2,092,187  $ 35,128,345 
Common Stocks  $ 1,205,984  366,889  1,247,224  2,820,097 
Corporate Bonds        257,773,782  3,412,781  261,186,563 
Floating Rate             
Loan Interests  .      235,983,573  62,160,894  298,144,467 
Foreign Agency             
Obligations        11,958,433    11,958,433 
Taxable Municipal Bonds    6,845,167    6,845,167 
Non-Agency             
Mortgage-Backed           
Securities        78,040,435  3,770,000  81,810,435 
Other Interests        6,235,788  1,856,579  8,092,367 
Preferred Stocks          266,770  266,770 
U.S. Government             
Sponsored Agency           
Securities        56,863,116    56,863,116 
U.S. Treasury Obligations    893,323    893,323 
Liabilities:             
TALF Loan        (12,685,079)    (12,685,079) 
Unfunded Loan             
Commitments          (173,683)  (173,683) 
Total  $ 1,205,984  $675,311,585  $ 74,632,752  $751,150,321 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments1

Valuation Inputs  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3    Total 
Assets:           
Foreign currency           
exchange           
contracts    $ 12,963    —   $ 12,963 
Interest rate           
contracts  $ 10,750        10,750 
Credit contracts    73,001      73,001 
Liabilities:           
Foreign currency           
exchange           
contracts    (710,108)      (710,108) 
Interest rate           
contracts  (190,770)        (190,770) 
Total  $ (180,020)  $ (624,144)    —   $ (804,164) 

 

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

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

          Non-Agency      Unfunded   
  Asset-Backed  Common  Corporate  Floating Rate     Mortgage-Backed      Other        Preferred  Loan   
  Securities  Stocks  Bonds  Loan Interests  Securities  Interests  Stocks  Commitments  Total 
Assets/Liabilities:                   
Balance, as of August 31, 2009  $ 2,668,212  $ 81,956  $ 6,270,943  $ 83,910,390    $ 504,368    $ 63,812  $ 93,499,681 
Accrued discounts/premiums        886,751          886,751 
Net realized gain (loss)  (165)    (1,222,602)  (14,975,731)          (16,198,498) 
Net change in unrealized                   
appreciation/depreciation2  (575,860)    6,374,382  31,554,093    805,393    (237,495)  37,920,513 
Purchases      294,731  35,149,956          35,444,687 
Sales      (7,151,809)  (89,156,758)          (96,308,567) 
Transfers in3    1,247,224  63,320  42,019,134  $3,770,000  546,818  $ 266,770    47,913,266 
Transfers out3    (81,956)  (1,216,184)  (27,226,941)          (28,525,081) 
Balance, as of August 31, 2010  $ 2,092,187  $ 1,247,224  $ 3,412,781  $ 62,160,894  $3,770,000  $1,856,579  $ 266,770  $ (173,683)  $ 74,632,752 

 

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 August 31, 2010 was $12,847,016.
3 The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers in and transfers out as of the end of the period of the event or the change in circumstances that caused the transfer.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

40 ANNUAL REPORT

AUGUST 31, 2010



Statements of Assets and Liabilities         
    BlackRock  BlackRock   
  BlackRock  Diversified  Floating Rate  BlackRock 
  Defined  Income  Income  Limited 
  Opportunity  Strategies  Strategies  Duration 
  Credit Trust  Fund, Inc.  Fund, Inc.  Income Trust 
August 31, 2010  (BHL)  (DVF)  (FRA)  (BLW) 
Assets         
Investments at value — unaffiliated1  $ 147,396,270  $ 160,736,123  $ 323,229,565  $ 764,009,877 
Investments at value — affiliated2  1,172,197  1,822,139  788,199   
Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts  19,857  20,629  3,136  12,963 
Unrealized appreciation on unfunded loan commitments  3,688  3,118  6,517   
Unrealized appreciation on swaps        73,001 
Foreign currency at value3  19,910  33,052  40,324  19,008 
Cash      180,154   
Cash pledged as collateral for financial futures contracts        70,000 
Investments sold receivable  5,569,574  4,326,983  9,754,890  20,124,246 
Interest receivable  1,131,735  1,512,683  3,030,924  8,559,224 
Principal paydown receivable  6,259  9,062  12,006  49,902 
Commitment fees receivable  2,192  2,834  4,454  10,785 
Swap premium paid    3,973    91,929 
Dividends receivable — affiliated        588 
Swaps receivable    1,840    121,500 
Margin variation receivable        15,725 
Reverse repurchase agreements receivable        6,013,500 
Prepaid expenses  51,758  46,750  87,589  50,819 
Other assets  126,609  535,014  229,558  999,344 
Total assets  155,500,049  169,054,200  337,367,316  800,222,411 
Liabilities         
Bank overdraft        3,179,743 
Loan payable  24,000,000  29,000,000  53,000,000   
TALF loan at value4        12,685,079 
Unrealized depreciation on unfunded loan commitments  50,431  49,778  75,622  173,683 
Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts  20,335  34,968  50,859  710,108 
Unrealized depreciation on swaps    21,480     
Reverse repurchase agreements        110,548,075 
Investments purchased payable — unaffiliated  8,759,868  10,234,338  19,300,306  50,424,519 
Investments purchased payable — affiliated        1,807,884 
Investment advisory fees payable  123,661  100,855  200,996  343,956 
Deferred income  70,954  78,162  77,040  311,327 
Swaps payable    1,000    11,000 
Income dividends payable  92,557      106,034 
Interest expense payable  51,348  60,832  114,152  97,771 
Officer’s and Directors’ fees payable  289  344  699  157,133 
Other affiliates payable  466  492  982  2,242 
Other accrued expenses payable  239,947  78,341  143,671  262,963 
Other liabilities  28,578  8,912  23,811  19,724 
Total liabilities  33,438,434  39,669,502  72,988,138  180,841,241 
Net Assets  $ 122,061,615  $ 129,384,698  $ 264,379,178  $ 619,381,170 
Net Assets Consist of         
Paid-in capital5,6,7  $ 127,810,268  $ 229,461,302  $ 350,161,815  $ 701,342,104 
Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income  784,213  (166,631)  (512,837)  6,278,697 
Accumulated net realized loss  (7,037,623)  (84,093,996)  (71,880,845)  (78,454,138) 
Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation  504,757  (15,815,977)  (13,388,955)  (9,785,493) 
Net Assets  $ 122,061,615  $ 129,384,698  $ 264,379,178  $ 619,381,170 
Net asset value  $ 13.55  $ 10.47  $ 14.36  $ 16.79 
1 Investments at cost — unaffiliated  $ 146,852,174  $ 176,511,087  $ 336,503,892  $ 773,139,432 
2 Investments at cost — affiliated  $ 1,172,197  $ 1,822,139  $ 788,199   
3 Foreign currency at cost  $ 20,036  $ 33,350  $ 40,312  $ 22,897 
4 Proceeds from TALF loan        12,685,079 
5 Par value per share  $ 0.001  $ 0.10  $ 0.10  $ 0.001 
6 Shares outstanding  9,008,704  12,358,847  18,409,087  36,889,650 
7 Shares authorized  unlimited  200 million  200 million  unlimited 
See Notes to Financial Statements.         
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (concluded)     
  BlackRock    BlackRock 
  Senior Floating  Senior Floating 
August 31, 2010  Rate Fund, Inc.  Rate Fund II, Inc. 
Assets     
Investment at value — Master Senior Floating Rate LLC (the “Master LLC”)1  $ 299,318,065  $ 151,069,115 
Capital shares sold receivable  606,466  372,317 
Prepaid expenses  174,475  98,454 
Total assets  300,099,006  151,539,886 
Liabilities     
Income dividends payable  1,131,781  555,125 
Contributions payable to the Master LLC  606,466  372,317 
Administration fees payable  63,168  50,808 
Other affiliates payable  1,961  393 
Officer’s fees payable  397  195 
Other accrued expenses payable  160,661  78,184 
Total liabilities  1,964,434  1,057,022 
Net Assets  $ 298,134,572  $ 150,482,864 
Net Assets Consist of     
Paid-in capital2  $ 558,376,109  $ 217,510,422 
Undistributed net investment income  2,050,813  609,315 
Accumulated net realized loss allocated from the Master LLC  (244,999,199)  (59,754,564) 
Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation allocated from the Master LLC  (17,293,151)  (7,882,309) 
Net Assets  $ 298,134,572  $ 150,482,864 
Net asset value  $ 7.59  $ 8.22 
1 Cost — investment in the Master LLC  $ 316,611,216  $ 158,951,424 
2 Shares outstanding, par value $0.10 per share, 1 billion shares authorized  39,278,829  18,308,013 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Operations         
    BlackRock  BlackRock   
  BlackRock  Diversified  Floating Rate  BlackRock 
  Defined  Income  Income  Limited 
  Opportunity  Strategies  Strategies  Duration 
  Credit Trust  Fund, Inc.  Fund, Inc.  Income Trust 
Year Ended August 31, 2010  (BHL)  (DVF)  (FRA)  (BLW) 
Investment Income         
Interest  $ 9,670,479  $ 11,605,109  $ 19,956,756  $ 45,319,313 
Facility and other fees  263,946  183,830  402,413  754,292 
Dividends — affiliated  4,642  4,377  6,371  66,063 
Total income  9,939,067  11,793,316  20,365,540  46,139,668 
Expenses         
Investment advisory  1,442,635  1,130,484  2,301,702  3,532,788 
Borrowing costs1  163,745  158,514  311,569  25,500 
Professional  140,402  118,746  164,059  140,292 
Custodian  63,119  42,921  95,525  155,398 
Accounting services  31,404  31,104  69,336  118,831 
Printing  26,077  21,415  44,799  188,444 
Transfer agent  21,097  27,335  35,720  13,117 
Officer and Directors  12,851  13,239  27,469  86,810 
Registration  9,400  9,814  9,474  12,803 
Miscellaneous  62,851  38,038  87,857  128,480 
Total expenses excluding interest expense  1,973,581  1,591,610  3,147,510  4,402,463 
Interest expense  305,577  328,762  598,107  478,537 
Total expenses  2,279,158  1,920,372  3,745,617  4,881,000 
Less fees waived by advisor  (2,035)  (1,960)  (2,852)  (24,221) 
Less fees paid indirectly    (169)  (205)  (543) 
Total expenses after fees waived  2,277,123  1,918,243  3,742,560  4,856,236 
Net investment income  7,661,944  9,875,073  16,622,980  41,283,432 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)         
Net realized gain (loss) from:         
Investments  102,260  (13,776,827)  (14,321,468)  (14,272,491) 
Financial futures contracts        128,719 
Swaps    (2,447,290)  (1,201,543)  (218,880) 
Foreign currency transactions  1,183,199  773,108  1,366,306  2,648,603 
  1,285,459  (15,451,009)  (14,156,705)  (11,714,049) 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:         
Investments  6,399,628  33,206,690  39,932,404  72,041,707 
Financial futures contracts        (202,892) 
Swaps    4,121,526  1,108,878  156,860 
Foreign currency transactions  229,852  109,147  403,362  (250,242) 
Unfunded loan commitments  (107,260)  (84,670)  (19,200)  (237,495) 
  6,522,220  37,352,693  41,425,444  71,507,938 
Total realized and unrealized gain  7,807,679  21,901,684  27,268,739  59,793,889 
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations  $ 15,469,623  $ 31,776,757  $ 43,891,719  $ 101,077,321 
1 See Note 9 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details of borrowings.         

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ANNUAL REPORT

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43



Statements of Operations (concluded)     
  BlackRock    Blackrock 
  Senior Floating  Senior Floating 
Year Ended August 31, 2010  Rate Fund, Inc.  Rate Fund II, Inc. 
Investment Income     
Net Investment income allocated from the Master LLC:     
Interest  $ 18,865,873  $ 9,401,767 
Dividends — affiliated  25,996  13,096 
Facility and other fees  423,663  210,524 
Expenses  (3,258,151)  (1,623,888) 
Total income  16,057,381  8,001,499 
Expenses     
Administration  759,514  605,701 
Transfer agent  282,882  85,960 
Tender offer  126,161  71,957 
Professional  92,342  60,057 
Printing  76,615  43,384 
Registration  48,377  30,921 
Officer  966  483 
Miscellaneous  13,583  13,186 
Total expenses  1,400,440  911,649 
Net investment income  14,656,941  7,089,850 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) Allocated from the Master LLC     
Net realized loss from investments, swaps and foreign currency transactions  (17,149,880)  (7,524,615) 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments, swaps, foreign currency transactions and unfunded     
loan commitments  35,131,654  16,400,162 
Total realized and unrealized gain  17,981,774  8,875,547 
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations  $ 32,638,715  $ 15,965,397 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets  BlackRock Defined Opportunity Credit Trust (BHL) 
  Year Ended August 31, 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:  2010  2009 
Operations     
Net investment income  $ 7,661,944  $ 7,823,996 
Net realized gain (loss)  1,285,459  (6,261,039) 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation  6,522,220  (7,306,747) 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations  15,469,623  (5,743,790) 
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders From     
Net investment income  (6,270,058)  (9,810,137) 
Tax return of capital    (88,324) 
Decrease in net assets resulting from dividends and distributions to shareholders  (6,270,058)  (9,898,461) 
Capital Share Transactions     
Reinvestment of dividends    809,153 
Net Assets     
Total increase (decrease) in net assets  9,199,565  (14,833,098) 
Beginning of year  112,862,050  127,695,148 
End of year  $ 122,061,615  $ 112,862,050 
Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income  $ 784,213  $ (925,324) 
  BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund, Inc. (DVF) 
  Year Ended August 31, 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:  2010  2009 
Operations     
Net investment income  $ 9,875,073  $ 12,960,138 
Net realized loss  (15,451,009)  (51,026,972) 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation  37,352,693  (8,137,200) 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations  31,776,757  (46,204,034) 
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders From     
Net investment income  (9,834,087)  (13,947,075) 
Tax return of capital  (666,708)  (2,882,990) 
Decrease in net assets resulting from dividends and distributions to shareholders  (10,500,795)  (16,830,065) 
Capital Share Transactions     
Reinvestment of dividends  552,341  883,415 
Net Assets     
Total increase (decrease) in net assets  21,828,303  (62,150,684) 
Beginning of year  107,556,395  169,707,079 
End of year  $ 129,384,698  $ 107,556,395 
Distributions in excess of net investment income  $ (166,631)  $ (710,207) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets  BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. (FRA) 
  Year Ended August 31, 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:  2010  2009 
Operations     
Net investment income  $ 16,622,980  $ 20,915,709 
Net realized loss  (14,156,705)  (45,729,155) 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation  41,425,444  (9,488,290) 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations  43,891,719  (34,301,736) 
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders From     
Net investment income  (17,335,715)  (23,842,077) 
Tax return of capital  (378,219)   
Decrease in net assets resulting from dividends and distributions to shareholders  (17,713,934)  (23,842,077) 
Capital Share Transactions     
Reinvestment of dividends  1,041,829  298,574 
Net Assets     
Total increase (decrease) in net assets  27,219,614  (57,845,239) 
Beginning of year  237,159,564  295,004,803 
End of year  $ 264,379,178  $ 237,159,564 
Distributions in excess of net investment income  $ (512,837)  $ (786,997) 
  BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust (BLW) 
  Year Ended August 31, 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:  2010  2009 
Operations     
Net investment income  $ 41,283,432  $ 37,187,662 
Net realized loss  (11,714,049)  (37,468,788) 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation  71,507,938  (21,814,023) 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations  101,077,321  (22,095,149) 
Dividends to Shareholders From     
Net investment income  (33,200,685)  (42,793,064) 
Net Assets     
Total increase (decrease) in net assets  67,876,636  (64,888,213) 
Beginning of year  551,504,534  616,392,747 
End of year  $ 619,381,170  $ 551,504,534 
Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income  $ 6,278,697  $ (2,953,716) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets  BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund, Inc. 
  Year Ended August 31, 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:  2010  2009 
Operations     
Net investment income  $ 14,656,941  $ 17,486,074 
Net realized loss  (17,149,880)  (34,004,504) 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation  35,131,654  (11,952,665) 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations  32,638,715  (28,471,095) 
Dividends to Shareholders From     
Net investment income  (14,620,743)  (17,470,993) 
Capital Share Transactions     
Net decrease in net assets resulting from capital share transactions  (31,545,795)  (41,795,738) 
Net Assets     
Total decrease in net assets  (13,527,823)  (87,737,826) 
Beginning of year  311,662,395  399,400,221 
End of year  $ 298,134,572  $ 311,662,395 
Undistributed net investment income  $ 2,050,813  $ 1,249,054 
  BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund II, Inc. 
  Year Ended August 31, 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:  2010  2009 
Operations     
Net investment income  $ 7,089,850  $ 7,880,750 
Net realized loss  (7,524,615)  (15,895,082) 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation  16,400,162  (4,973,635) 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations  15,965,397  (12,987,967) 
Dividends to Shareholders From     
Net investment income  (7,072,114)  (8,332,675) 
Capital Share Transactions     
Net decrease in net assets resulting from capital share transactions  (8,757,464)  (14,969,362) 
Net Assets     
Total increase (decrease) in net assets  135,819  (36,290,004) 
Beginning of year  150,347,045  186,637,049 
End of year  $ 150,482,864  $ 150,347,045 
Undistributed net investment income  $ 609,315  $ 113,729 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Cash Flows         
    BlackRock  BlackRock  BlackRock 
  BlackRock  Diversified  Floating Rate  Limited 
  Defined  Income  Income  Duration 
  Opportunity  Strategies  Strategies  Income 
  Credit Trust  Fund, Inc.  Fund, Inc.  Trust 
Year Ended August 31, 2010  (BHL)  (DVF)  (FRA)  (BLW) 
Cash Provided by (Used for) Operating Activities         
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations  $ 15,469,623  $ 31,776,757  $ 43,891,719  $ 101,077,321 
Adjustments to reconcile net increase in net assets resulting from operations to net cash         
provided by (used for) operating activities:         
Decrease (increase) in interest receivable  (402,053)  756,003  363,373  (3,114,052) 
Decrease in cash pledged as collateral for swaps    1,600,000     
Increase in cash pledged as collateral for financial futures contracts        (70,000) 
Decrease (increase) in swaps receivable    75,556  74,945  (121,500) 
Decrease in dividends receivable    16,822    554 
Decrease in margin variation receivable        1,463 
Increase in commitment fees receivable  (2,192)  (2,834)  (4,454)  (10,785) 
Decrease (increase) in dividends receivable — affiliated  241      (588) 
Decrease (increase) in prepaid expenses  (2,968)  (2,979)  1,289  9,236 
Increase in other assets  (20,152)  (453,422)  (167,568)  (729,697) 
Increase (decrease) in other liabilities  28,578  (391,043)  23,811  19,724 
Increase in investment advisory fees payable  9,122  22,406  28,921  94,561 
Increase in interest expense payable  26,368  42,136  75,662  97,771 
Increase in other affiliates payable  36  126  132  514 
Increase (decrease) in other accrued expenses payable  118,369  (11,523)  41,038  16,306 
Increase (decrease) in swaps payable    (121,296)  (73,465)  1,850 
Decrease in cash held as collateral for swaps      (100,000)   
Increase (decrease) in Officer’s and Directors’ fees payable  204  86  246  37,340 
Net realized and unrealized gain  (6,424,110)  (20,841,656)  (25,091,088)  (55,048,495) 
Net periodic and termination payments of swaps    (1,855,683)  (184,890)  (64,388) 
Amortization of premium and accretion of discount on investments  (1,905,015)  (1,411,896)  (2,902,861)  (4,130,492) 
Paid-in-kind income  (77,637)  (612,662)  (1,296,600)  (1,690,999) 
Proceeds from sales and paydowns of long-term investments  145,741,888  159,688,378  297,452,730  1,897,966,935 
Purchases of long-term investments  (144,649,558)  (169,958,931)  (314,819,088)  (2,117,895,813) 
Net sales (purchases) of short-term securities  (1,172,197)  549,439  1,230,180  96,671,566 
Cash provided by (used for) operating activities  6,738,547  (1,136,216)  (1,455,968)  (86,881,668) 
Cash Provided by (Used for) Financing Activities         
Cash receipts from borrowings  109,000,000  143,000,000  240,000,000  205,289,010 
Cash payments on borrowings  (112,000,000)  (132,000,000)  (225,000,000)  (82,055,858) 
Cash dividends paid to shareholders  (6,277,899)  (9,949,176)  (16,836,609)  (33,207,645) 
Decrease (increase) in bank overdraft      43,905  (3,179,743) 
Cash provided by (used for) financing activities  (9,277,899)  1,050,824  (1,792,704)  86,845,764 
Cash Impact from Foreign Exchange Fluctuations         
Cash impact from foreign exchange fluctuations  (194)  (712)  (7,003)  (4,474) 
Cash         
Net decrease in cash and foreign currency  (2,539,546)  (86,104)  (3,255,675)  (40,378) 
Cash and foreign currency at beginning of year  2,559,456  119,156  3,476,153  59,386 
Cash and foreign currency at end of year  $ 19,910  $ 33,052  $ 220,478  $ 19,008 
Cash Flow Information         
Cash paid for interest  $ 279,209  $ 286,626  $ 522,445  $ 380,766 
Noncash Financing Activities         
Capital shares issued in reinvestment of dividends paid to shareholders    552,341  1,041,829   

 

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

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Financial Highlights  BlackRock Defined Opportunity Credit Trust (BHL) 
      Period 
      January 31, 
                                       Year Ended  20081 
                                        August 31,  to August 31, 
  2010   2009  2008 
Per Share Operating Performance       
Net asset value, beginning of period  $ 12.53  $ 14.31  $ 14.332 
Net investment income3  0.85  0.87  0.47 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)  0.87  (1.55)  0.21 
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations  1.72  (0.68)  0.68 
Dividends and distributions from:       
Net investment income  (0.70)  (1.09)  (0.62) 
Tax return of capital    (0.01)  (0.06) 
Total dividends and distributions  (0.70)  (1.10)  (0.68) 
Capital charges with respect to issuance of shares      (0.02) 
Net asset value, end of period  $ 13.55  $ 12.53  $ 14.31 
Market price, end of period  $ 12.86  $ 11.03  $ 12.66 
Total Investment Return4       
Based on net asset value  14.39%  (2.16)%  4.79%5 
Based on market price  23.33%  (2.65)%  (11.44)%5 
Ratios to Average Net Assets       
Total expenses  1.91%  2.39%  1.78%6 
Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly  1.90%  2.39%  1.78%6 
Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly and excluding interest expense  1.65%  1.94%  1.48%6 
Net investment income  6.40%  8.11%  5.52%6 
Supplemental Data       
Net assets, end of period (000)  $ 122,062  $ 112,862  $ 127,695 
Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)  $ 24,000  $ 27,000  $ 38,500 
Average borrowings outstanding during the period (000)  $ 24,633  $ 31,141  $ 13,788 
Portfolio turnover  102%  41%  18% 
Asset coverage, end of period per $1,000  $ 6,086  $ 5,180  $ 4,317 

 

1 Commencement of operations.
2 Net asset value, beginning of period, reflects a deduction of $0.675 per share sales charge from initial offering price of $15.00 per share.
3 Based on average shares outstanding.
4 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.
5 Aggregate total investment return.
6 Annualized.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Financial Highlights  BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund, Inc. (DVF) 
      Year Ended August 31,   
  2010     2009  2008  2007  2006 
Per Share Operating Performance           
Net asset value, beginning of year  $ 8.74  $ 13.94  $ 17.50  $ 18.70  $ 18.38 
Net investment income1  0.80  1.06  1.61  1.83  1.77 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)  1.78  (4.88)  (3.41)  (1.23)  0.25 
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations  2.58  (3.82)  (1.80)  0.60  2.02 
Dividends and distributions from:           
Net investment income  (0.80)  (1.14)  (1.72)  (1.80)  (1.70) 
Tax return of capital  (0.05)  (0.24)  (0.04)     
Total dividends and distributions  (0.85)  (1.38)  (1.76)  (1.80)  (1.70) 
Capital charges with respect to issuance of shares          (0.00)2 
Net asset value, end of year  $ 10.47  $ 8.74  $ 13.94  $ 17.50  $ 18.70 
Market price, end of year  $ 10.45  $ 8.80  $ 12.77  $ 17.16  $ 18.85 
Total Investment Return3           
Based on net asset value  30.27%  (23.82)%  (10.17)%  3.00%  11.99% 
Based on market price  29.13%  (16.27)%  (16.08)%  0.19%  18.36% 
Ratios to Average Net Assets           
Total expenses  1.53%  2.47%  2.77%  3.66%  3.17% 
Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly  1.53%  2.47%  2.77%  3.66%  3.17% 
Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly and excluding interest expense  1.26%  1.57%  1.23%  1.30%  1.29% 
Net investment income  7.86%  13.63%  10.40%  9.63%  9.57% 
Supplemental Data           
Net assets, end of year (000)  $ 129,385  $ 107,556  $ 169,707  $ 212,792  $ 224,156 
Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000)  $ 29,000  $ 18,000  $ 65,500  $ 72,000  $ 88,800 
Average borrowings outstanding during the year (000)  $ 25,074  $ 28,247  $ 64,335  $ 95,465  $ 86,132 
Portfolio turnover  105%  45%  41%  72%  64% 
Asset coverage, end of year per $1,000  $ 5,462  $ 6,975  $ 3,591  $ 3,955  $ 3,524 

 

1 Based on average shares outstanding.
2 Amount is less than $(0.01) per share.
3 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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Financial Highlights  BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. (FRA) 
      Year Ended August 31,   
  2010     2009  2008  2007  2006 
Per Share Operating Performance           
Net asset value, beginning of year  $ 12.93  $ 16.12  $ 18.25  $ 19.32  $ 19.35 
Net investment income1  0.91  1.14  1.45  1.54  1.40 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)  1.48  (3.04)  (2.03)  (1.07)  (0.06) 
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations  2.39  (1.90)  (0.58)  0.47  1.34 
Dividends and distributions from:           
Net investment income  (0.94)  (1.29)  (1.55)  (1.54)  (1.37) 
Return of capital  (0.02)         
Total dividends and distributions  (0.96)  (1.29)  (1.55)  (1.54)  (1.37) 
Net asset value, end of year  $ 14.36  $ 12.93  $ 16.12  $ 18.25  $ 19.32 
Market price, end of year  $ 14.61  $ 12.26  $ 14.49  $ 16.70  $ 17.49 
Total Investment Return2           
Based on net asset value  18.91%  (8.88)%  (2.56)%  2.74%  7.92% 
Based on market price  27.59%  (3.88)%  (4.28)%  3.85%  5.91% 
Ratios to Average Net Assets           
Total expenses  1.45%  1.96%  2.61%  3.33%  2.54% 
Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly  1.45%  1.96%  2.60%  3.33%  2.54% 
Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly and excluding interest expense  1.22%  1.31%  1.18%  1.20%  1.14% 
Net investment income  6.43%  10.18%  8.49%  7.88%  7.30% 
Supplemental Data           
Net assets, end of year (000)  $ 264,379  $ 237,160  $ 295,005  $ 334,065  $ 353,713 
Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000)  $ 53,000  $ 38,000  $ 101,500  $ 107,000  $ 135,200 
Average borrowings outstanding during the year (000)  $ 48,258  $ 50,591  $ 102,272  $ 133,763  $ 101,916 
Portfolio turnover  96%  58%  49%  69%  57% 
Asset coverage, end of year per $1,000  $ 5,988  $ 7,241  $ 3,906  $ 4,122  $ 3,616 

 

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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Financial Highlights      BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust (BLW) 
      Period       
      November 1,       
      2007 to       
  Year Ended August 31,      Year Ended October 31, 
      August 31,       
  2010     2009  2008  2007  2006  2005 
Per Share Operating Performance             
Net asset value, beginning of period  $ 14.95  $ 16.71  $ 18.52  $ 19.01  $ 19.17  $ 20.13 
Net investment income  1.121  1.011  1.141  1.50  1.35  1.46 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)  1.62  (1.61)  (1.76)  (0.49)  0.03  (0.94) 
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations  2.74  (0.60)  (0.62)  1.01  1.38  0.52 
Dividends and distributions from:             
Net investment income  (0.90)  (1.16)  (1.19)  (1.41)  (1.52)  (1.33) 
Net realized gain        (0.06)    (0.15) 
Tax return of capital        (0.03)  (0.02)   
Total dividends and distributions  (0.90)  (1.16)  (1.19)  (1.50)  (1.54)  (1.48) 
Net asset value, end of period  $ 16.79  $ 14.95  $ 16.71  $ 18.52  $ 19.01  $ 19.17 
Market price, end of period  $ 16.76  $ 14.09  $ 14.57  $ 16.68  $ 18.85  $ 17.48 
Total Investment Return2             
Based on net asset value  19.00%  (1.57)%  (2.60)%3  5.66%  7.85%  2.93% 
Based on market price  26.04%  6.40%  (5.70)%3  (4.03)%  17.31%  (5.30)% 
Ratios to Average Net Assets             
Total expenses  0.82%  0.72%  1.39%4  2.16%  2.20%  1.71% 
Total expenses after fees waived and before fees paid indirectly  0.81%  0.71%  1.39%4  2.16%  2.20%  1.71% 
Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly  0.81%  0.71%  1.38%4  2.14%  2.19%  1.71% 
Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly and excluding             
interest expense  0.73%  0.69%  0.76%4  0.83%  0.91%  0.92% 
Net investment income  6.90%  7.42%  7.84%4  7.92%  7.10%  7.42% 
Supplemental Data             
Net assets, end of period (000)  $ 619,381  $ 551,505  $ 616,393  $ 638,109  $ 699,206  $ 704,961 
Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)  $ 123,233    $ 64,538  $ 109,287  $ 220,000  $ 176,010 
Average borrowings outstanding during the period (000)  $ 44,160  $ 11,705  $ 120,295  $ 172,040  $ 179,366  $ 186,660 
Portfolio turnover  248%5  287%6  191%7  65%  132%  70% 
Asset coverage, end of period per $1,000  $ 6,026    $ 10,551  $ 7,251  $ 4,178  $ 5,005 

 

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.
5 Includes mortgage dollar roll transactions. Excluding these transactions, the portfolio turnover would have been 113%.
6 Includes mortgage dollar roll transactions. Excluding these transactions, the portfolio turnover would have been 79%.
7 Includes TBA transactions. Excluding these transactions, the portfolio turnover would have been 24%.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Financial Highlights      BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund, Inc. 
      Year Ended August 31,   
  2010      2009  2008  2007  2006 
Per Share Operating Performance           
Net asset value, beginning of year  $ 7.16  $ 7.98  $ 8.60  $ 8.92  $ 9.01 
Net investment income1  0.36  0.39  0.51  0.60  0.52 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)  0.43  (0.83)  (0.62)  (0.32)  (0.08) 
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations  0.79  (0.44)  (0.11)  0.28  0.44 
Dividends from net investment income  (0.36)  (0.38)  (0.51)  (0.60)  (0.53) 
Net asset value, end of year  $ 7.59  $ 7.16  $ 7.98  $ 8.60  $ 8.92 
Total Investment Return2           
Based on net asset value  11.20%  (4.69)%  (1.32)%3  3.07%  4.97% 
Ratios to Average Net Assets4           
Total expenses  1.53%  1.53%  1.28%3  1.44%  1.43% 
Net investment income  4.82%  5.97%  6.16%  6.67%  5.84% 
Supplemental Data           
Net assets, end of year (000)  $ 298,135  $ 311,662  $ 399,400  $ 505,515  $ 601,807 
Portfolio turnover for the Master LLC  108%  47%  56%  46%  54% 

 

1 Based on average shares outstanding.
2 Where applicable, total investment returns exclude the early withdrawal charge, but do include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions. The Fund is a continuously offered
closed-end fund, the shares of which are offered at net asset value. No secondary market for the Fund’s shares exists.
3 During the year ended August 31, 2008, the Fund recorded a refund related to overpayments of prior years’ tender offer fees, which increased net investment income per
share $0.02 and increased total investment return 0.24%. The expense ratio excluding the refund was 1.46%.
4 Includes the Fund’s share of the Master LLC’s allocated expenses and/or net investment income.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Financial Highlights    BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund II, Inc. 
      Year Ended August 31,   
  2010     2009  2008  2007  2006 
Per Share Operating Performance           
Net asset value, beginning of year  $ 7.76  $ 8.67  $ 9.35  $ 9.70  $ 9.79 
Net investment income1  0.38  0.41  0.54  0.63  0.56 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)  0.46  (0.89)  (0.69)  (0.34)  (0.10) 
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations  0.84  (0.48)  (0.15)  0.29  0.46 
Dividends from net investment income  (0.38)  (0.43)  (0.53)  (0.64)  (0.55) 
Net asset value, end of year  $ 8.22  $ 7.76  $ 8.67  $ 9.35  $ 9.70 
Total Investment Return2           
Based on net asset value  10.97%  (4.70)%  (1.61)%3  2.89%  4.90% 
Ratios to Average Net Assets4           
Total expenses  1.67%  1.68%  1.50%3  1.59%  1.57% 
Net investment income  4.68%  5.79%  5.96%  6.53%  5.70% 
Supplemental Data           
Net assets, end of year (000)  $ 150,483  $ 150,347  $ 186,637  $ 247,861  $ 322,202 
Portfolio turnover for the Master LLC  108%  47%  56%  46%  54% 

 

1 Based on average shares outstanding.
2 Where applicable, total investment returns exclude the early withdrawal charge, but do include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions. The Fund is a continuously offered
closed-end fund, the shares of which are offered at net asset value. No secondary market for the Fund’s shares exists.
3 During the year ended August 31, 2008, the Fund recorded a refund related to overpayments of prior years’ tender offer fees, which increased net investment income per
share $0.02 and increased total investment return 0.11%. The expense ratio excluding the refund was 1.64%.
4 Includes the Fund’s share of the Master LLC’s allocated expenses and/or net investment income.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies:

BlackRock Defined Opportunity Credit Trust (“BHL”), BlackRock Diversified
Income Strategies Fund, Inc. (“DVF”), BlackRock Floating Rate Income
Strategies Fund, Inc. (“FRA”), BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust
(“BLW”), BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund, Inc. (“Senior Floating Rate”)
and BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund II, Inc. (“Senior Floating Rate II”)
(collectively, the “Funds” or individually as a “Fund”) are registered under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). BHL
and BLW are organized as Delaware Statutory trusts. DVF, FRA, Senior
Floating Rate and Senior Floating Rate II are organized as Maryland corpo-
rations. BHL, DVF, FRA and BLW are registered as diversified, closed-end
management investment companies. Senior Floating Rate and Senior
Floating Rate II are registered as continuously offered, non-diversified,
closed-end management investment companies. The Funds' financial state-
ments are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America ("US GAAP"), which may require
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could
differ from those estimates. The Boards of Directors and the Boards of
Trustees of the Funds are referred to throughout this report as the “Board
of Directors” or the “Board”. The Funds determine and make available for
publication the net asset values of their Common Shares on a daily basis.

Senior Floating Rate and Senior Floating Rate II seek to achieve their
investment objectives by investing all their assets in the Master Senior
Floating Rate LLC (the “Master LLC”), which has the same investment
objective and strategies as these Funds. The value of each Fund’s invest-
ment in the Master LLC reflects each Fund’s proportionate interest in the
net assets of the Master LLC. The performance of each Fund is directly
affected by the performance of the Master LLC. The financial statements of
the Master LLC, including the Schedule of Investments, are included else-
where in this report and should be read in conjunction with Senior Floating
Rate and Senior Floating Rate II’s financial statements. The percentage of
the Master LLC owned by Senior Floating Rate and Senior Floating Rate II
at August 31, 2010 was 66% and 34%, respectively.

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

Valuation: The Funds fair value their financial instruments at market value
using independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by
the Board. The Funds value their bond investments on the basis of last
available bid prices or current market quotations provided by dealers or
pricing services. Floating rate loan interests are valued at the mean of the
bid prices from one or more brokers or dealers as obtained from a pricing
service. In determining the value of a particular investment, pricing services
may use certain information with respect to transactions in such invest-
ments, 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. Financial futures contracts traded on exchanges
are valued at their last sale price. To-be-announced ("TBA") commitments
are valued on the basis of last available bid prices or current market quo-
tations provided by pricing services. Swap agreements are valued utilizing
quotes received daily by the Funds' pricing service or through brokers,
which are derived using daily swap curves and models that incorporate a
number of market data factors, such as discounted cash flows and trades
and values of the underlying reference instruments. Investments in open-
end investment companies are valued at net asset value each business
day. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less may
be valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

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

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

Exchange-traded options are valued at the mean between the last bid and
ask prices at the close of the options market in which the options trade.
An exchange-traded option for which there is no mean price is valued at
the last bid price. If no bid 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 incorpo-
rates a number of market data factors, such as the trades and prices of
the underlying instruments.

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

Generally, trading in foreign instruments is substantially completed
each day at various times prior to the close of business on the NYSE.
Occasionally, events affecting the values of such instruments may occur
between the foreign market close and the close of business on the NYSE

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that may not be reflected in the computation of each Fund's net assets.
If events (for example, a company announcement, market volatility or a
natural disaster) occur during such periods that are expected to materially
affect the value of such instruments, those instruments may be Fair Value
Assets and be valued at their fair values, as determined in good faith by
the investment advisor using a pricing service and/or policies approved
by the Board.

Senior Floating Rate and Senior Floating Rate II record their investments in
the Master LLC at fair value based on each Fund’s proportionate interest in
the net assets of the Master LLC. Valuation of securities held by the Master
LLC, including categorization of fair value measurements, is discussed in
Note 1 of the Master LLC’s Notes to Financial Statements, which are
included elsewhere in this report.

Foreign Currency Transactions: The Funds' books and records are main-
tained in US dollars. Purchases and sales of investment securities are
recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing on the date the transactions
are entered into. Generally, when the US dollar rises in value against for-
eign currency, the Funds' investments denominated in that currency will
lose value because its currency is worth fewer US dollars; the opposite
effect occurs if the US dollar falls in relative value.

The Funds report foreign currency related transactions as components of
realized gain (loss) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such compo-
nents are treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

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

Certain Funds may purchase certain mortgage pass-through securities.
There are a number of important differences among the agencies and
instrumentalities of the US Government that issue mortgage-related securi-
ties and among the securities that they issue. For example, mortgage-
related securities guaranteed by the Government National Mortgage
Association (“Ginnie Mae”) are guaranteed as to the timely payment of
principal and interest by Ginnie Mae and such guarantee is backed by the

full faith and credit of the United States. However, mortgage-related securi-
ties issued by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie
Mac”) and Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”), includ-
ing Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae guaranteed Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates which are solely the obligations of Freddie Mac and Fannie
Mae, are not backed by or entitled to the full faith and credit of the
United States and are supported by the right of the issuer to borrow
from the Treasury.

Forward Commitments and When-Issued Delayed Delivery Securities:
Certain Funds may purchase securities on a when-issued basis and may
purchase or sell securities on a forward commitment basis. Settlement of
such transactions normally occurs within a month or more after the pur-
chase or sale commitment is made. The Funds may purchase securities
under such conditions with the intention of actually acquiring them, but
may enter into a separate agreement to sell the securities before the set-
tlement date. Since the value of securities purchased may fluctuate prior
to settlement, the Funds may be required to pay more at settlement than
the security is worth. In addition, the purchaser is not entitled to any of
the interest earned prior to settlement. When purchasing a security on a
delayed delivery basis, the Funds assume the rights and risks of ownership
of the security, including the risk of price and yield fluctuations. In the event
of default by the counterparty, the Funds' maximum amount of loss is the
unrealized appreciation of unsettled when-issued transactions, which is
shown on the Schedules of Investments, if any.

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 convert-
ible preferred stock generally also reflects some element of conversion
value. Because preferred stock is junior to debt securities and other obliga-
tions of the issuer, deterioration in the credit quality of the issuer will cause
greater changes in the value of a preferred stock than in a more senior
debt security with similar stated yield characteristics. Unlike interest pay-
ments on debt securities, preferred stock dividends are payable only if
declared by the issuer’s board of directors. Preferred stock also may be
subject to optional or mandatory redemption provisions.

Floating Rate Loan Interests: Certain Funds may invest in floating rate loan
interests. The floating rate loan interests the Funds hold are typically issued
to companies (the “borrower”) by banks, other financial institutions, and
privately and publicly offered corporations (the “lender”). Floating rate loan
interests are generally non-investment grade, often involve borrowers whose
financial condition is troubled or uncertain and companies that are highly
levered. The Funds may invest in obligations of borrowers who are in bank-
ruptcy proceedings. Floating rate loan interests may include fully funded
term loans or revolving lines of credit. Floating rate loan interests are typi-
cally senior in the corporate capital structure of the borrower. Floating rate
loan interests generally pay interest at rates that are periodically deter-
mined by reference to a base lending rate plus a premium. The base lend-
ing rates are generally the lending rate offered by one or more European
banks, such as LIBOR (London Inter Bank Offered Rate), the prime rate

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offered by one or more US banks or the certificate of deposit rate. Floating
rate loan interests may involve foreign borrowers, and investments may
be denominated in foreign currencies. The Funds consider these invest-
ments to be investments in debt securities for purposes of their
investment policies.

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

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

Mortgage Dollar Roll Transactions: Certain Funds may sell TBA mortgage-
backed securities and simultaneously contract to repurchase substantially
similar (same type, coupon and maturity) securities on a specific future
date at an agreed-upon price. During the period between the sale and
repurchase, the Funds will not be entitled to receive interest and principal
payments on the securities sold. The Funds account for dollar roll transac-
tions as purchases and sales and realize gains and losses on these trans-
actions. These transactions may increase the Funds' portfolio turnover rate.
Mortgage dollar rolls involve the risk that the market value of the securities
that the Funds are required to purchase may decline below the agreed
upon repurchase price of those securities.

Treasury Roll Transactions: A treasury roll transaction involves the sale of a
Treasury security, with an agreement to repurchase the same security at an

agreed upon price and date. Treasury rolls constitute a borrowing and the
difference between the sale and repurchase price represents interest
expense at an agreed upon rate. Whether such a transaction produces a
positive impact on performance depends upon whether the income on the
securities purchased with the proceeds received from the sale of the secu-
rity exceeds the interest expense incurred by the Funds. For accounting
purposes, treasury rolls are not considered purchases and sales and any
gains or losses incurred on the treasury rolls will be deferred until the
Treasury securities are disposed.

Treasury roll transactions involve the risk that the market value of the
securities that the Funds are required to purchase may decline below the
agreed upon purchase price of those securities. If investment performance
of securities purchased with proceeds from these transactions does not
exceed the income, capital appreciation and gain or loss that would have
been realized on the securities sold as part of the treasury roll, the use of
this technique will adversely impact the performance of the Funds.

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

TBA Commitments: Certain Funds may enter into TBA commitments. TBA
commitments are forward agreements for the purchase or sale of mort-
gage-backed securities for a fixed price, with payment and delivery on an
agreed-upon future settlement date. The specific securities to be delivered
are not identified at the trade date; however, delivered securities must
meet specified terms, including issuer, rate and mortgage terms. The Funds
generally enter into TBA commitments with the intent to take possession
of or deliver out the underlying mortgage-backed securities but can extend
the settlement or roll the transaction. TBA commitments involve a risk
of loss if the value of the security to be purchased or sold declines or
increases, respectively, prior to settlement date.

Zero-Coupon Bonds: Certain 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 experi-
ence greater volatility in market value than similar maturity debt obligations
which provide for regular interest payments.

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Segregation and Collateralization: In cases in which the 1940 Act and the
interpretive positions of the SEC require that the Funds either deliver collat-
eral or segregate assets in connection with certain investments (e.g., dollar
rolls, TBA sale commitments, financial futures contracts, foreign currency
exchange contracts and swaps), or certain borrowings (e.g., reverse repur-
chase agreements, treasury roll transactions, TALF loans and loan payable),
each Fund will, consistent with SEC rules and/or certain interpretive letters
issued by the SEC, segregate collateral or designate on their books and
records cash or other liquid securities having a market value at least equal
to the amount that would otherwise be required to be physically segre-
gated. 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 transac-
tions are entered into (the trade dates). Realized gains and losses on
investment transactions are determined on the identified cost basis.
Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Dividends from
foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed are subse-
quently recorded when the Funds have determined the ex-dividend date.
Interest income, including amortization of premium and accretion of dis-
count on debt securities, is recognized on the accrual basis. Consent fees
are compensation for agreeing to changes in the terms of debt instruments
and are included in facility and other fees in the Statements of Operations.

Senior Floating Rate and Senior Floating Rate II record daily their propor-
tionate share of the Master LLC’s income, expenses and realized and unre-
alized gains and losses. In addition, both Funds accrue their own expenses.

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

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

Certain Funds have wholly owned taxable subsidiaries organized as limited
liability companies (the “Taxable Subsidiaries”) each of which holds one
of the investments listed in the Schedules of Investments. The Taxable
Subsidiaries allow a Fund to hold an investment that is organized as an
operating partnership while still satisfying Regulated Investment Company
tax requirements. Income earned on the investments held by the Taxable
Subsidiaries is taxable to such subsidiaries. Income tax expense, if any, of
the Taxable Subsidiaries is reflected in the market value of the investments
held by the Taxable Subsidiaries.

Each Fund files US federal and various state and local tax returns. No
income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limita-
tions on the Funds' US federal tax returns remains open for each of the
two years ended August 31, 2010 and the period ended August 31, 2008
for BHL, the four years ended August 31, 2010 for DVF, FRA, Senior Floating
Rate and Senior Floating Rate II and the two years ended August 31,
2010, the period ended August 31, 2008 and the year ended October 31,
2007 for BLW. The statutes of limitations on the Funds' state and local tax
returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the juris-
diction. There are no uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a
tax liability.

Deferred Compensation and BlackRock Closed-End Share Equivalent
Investment Plan: Under the deferred compensation plan approved by each
Fund's Board, 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 certain other BlackRock Closed-End Funds
selected by the Independent Directors. This has approximately the same
economic effect for the Independent Directors as if the Independent
Directors had invested the deferred amounts directly in certain other
BlackRock Closed-End Funds.

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

Other: Expenses directly related to a Fund are charged to that Fund. Other
operating expenses shared by several funds are pro rated among those
funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. The
Funds have an arrangement with the custodians whereby fees may be
reduced by credits earned on uninvested cash balances, which if applica-
ble 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 engage in various portfolio investment strategies using derivative
contracts both to increase the returns of the Funds and to economically
hedge, or protect, their exposure to certain risks such as credit risk, equity
risk, interest rate risk or foreign currency exchange rate risk. These contracts
may be transacted on an exchange or OTC.

Losses may arise if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavor-
able change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument or if
the counterparty does not perform under the contract. The Funds' maxi-
mum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on OTC derivatives is gener-
ally the aggregate unrealized gain netted against any collateral pledged
by/posted to the counterparty. For OTC options purchased, the Funds bear

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the risk of loss in the amount of the premiums paid plus the positive
change in market values net of any collateral received on the options
should the counterparty fail to perform under the contracts. Options written
by the Funds do not give rise to counterparty credit risk, as options written
obligate the Funds to perform and not the counterparty. Counterparty risk
related to exchange-traded financial futures contracts and options is
deemed to be minimal due to the protection against defaults provided by
the exchange on which these contracts trade.

The Funds may mitigate counterparty risk by procuring collateral and
through netting provisions included within an International Swaps and
Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) Master Agreement implemented
between a Fund and each of its respective counterparties. The ISDA Master
Agreement allows each Fund to offset with each separate counterparty
certain derivative financial instrument’s payables and/or receivables with
collateral held. The amount of collateral moved to/from applicable
counterparties is generally based upon minimum transfer amounts of up
to $500,000. To the extent amounts due to the Funds from their counter-
parties are not fully collateralized contractually or otherwise, the Funds
bear the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance. See Note 1
“Segregation and Collateralization” for information with respect to collateral
practices. In addition, the Funds manage counterparty risk by entering into
agreements only with counterparties that it believes have the financial
resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability
of those counterparties.

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

Financial Futures Contracts: The Funds purchase or sell financial futures
contracts and options on financial futures contracts to gain exposure to,
or economically hedge against, changes in interest rates (interest rate risk).
Financial futures contracts are contracts for delayed delivery of securities or
currencies at a specific future date and at a specific price or yield.
Pursuant to the contract, the Funds agree to receive from or pay to the bro-
ker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in value of the con-
tract. Such receipts or payments are known as margin variation and are
recorded by the Funds as unrealized gains or losses. When the contract is
closed, the Funds record a realized gain or loss equal to the difference
between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value
at the time it was closed. The use of financial futures transactions involves
the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of finan-
cial futures contracts, interest rates and the underlying assets.

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

Options: The Funds purchase and write call and put options to increase or
decrease their exposure to underlying instruments (including equity risk
and/or interest rate risk) and/or, in the case of options written, to generate
gains from options premiums. A call option gives the purchaser 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 exer-
cise price at any time or at a specified time during the option period. A put
option gives the holder the right to sell and obligates the writer to buy the
underlying instrument at the exercise price at any time or at a specified
time during the option period. When the Funds purchase (write) an option,
an amount equal to the premium paid (received) by the Funds is reflected
as an asset (liability). The amount of the asset (liability) is subsequently
marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the option pur-
chased (written). When an instrument is purchased or sold through an
exercise of an option, the related premium paid (or received) is added to
(or deducted from) the basis of the instrument acquired or deducted from
(or added to) the proceeds of the instrument sold. When an option expires
(or the Funds enter into a closing transaction), the Funds realize a gain or
loss on the option to the extent of the premiums received or paid (or gain
or loss to the extent the cost of the closing transaction exceeds the premi-
ums received or paid). When the Funds write a call option, such option is
“covered,” meaning that the Funds hold the underlying instrument subject
to being called by the option counterparty, or cash in an amount sufficient
to cover the obligation. When the Funds write a put option, such option is
covered by cash in an amount sufficient to cover the obligation.

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

Swaps: The Funds enter into swap agreements, in which the Funds and a
counterparty agree to make periodic net payments on a specified notional
amount. These periodic payments received or made by the Funds are
recorded in the Statements of Operations as realized gains or losses,
respectively. Any upfront fees paid are recorded as assets and any upfront
fees received are recorded as liabilities and amortized over the term of the
swap. Swaps are marked-to-market daily and changes in value are
recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation). When the swap is ter-
minated, the Funds will record a realized gain or loss equal to the differ-
ence between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transaction and
the Funds' basis in the contract, if any. Generally, the basis of the contracts
is the premium received or paid. Swap transactions involve, to varying
degrees, elements of interest rate, credit and market risk in excess of the
amounts recognized in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Such risks

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

involve the possibility that there will be no liquid market for these agree-
ments, that the counterparty to the agreements may default on its obliga-
tion to perform or disagree as to the meaning of the contractual terms in
the agreements, and that there may be unfavorable changes in interest
rates and/or market values associated with these transactions.

Credit default swaps — The Funds enter into credit default swaps to
manage their exposure to the market or certain sectors of the market,
to reduce their risk exposure to defaults of corporate and/or sovereign
issuers or to create exposure to corporate and/or sovereign issuers to
which they are not otherwise exposed (credit risk). The Funds enter into
credit default agreements to provide a measure of protection against
the default of an issuer (as buyer protection) and/or gain credit expo-
sure to an issuer to which it is not otherwise exposed (as seller of pro-
tection). The Funds may either buy or sell (write) credit default swaps
on single-name issuers (corporate or sovereign), a combination or
basket of single-name issuers or traded indexes. Credit default swaps
on single-name issuers are agreements in which the buyer pays fixed
periodic payments to the seller in consideration for a guarantee from
the seller to make a specific payment should a negative credit event
take place (e.g., bankruptcy, failure to pay, obligation accelerators, repu-
diation, moratorium or restructuring). Credit default swaps on traded
indexes are agreements in which the buyer pays fixed periodic pay-
ments to the seller in consideration for a guarantee from the seller to
make a specific payment should a write-down, principal or interest
shortfall or default of all or individual underlying securities included in

the index occurs. As a buyer, if an underlying credit event occurs, the
Funds will either receive from the seller an amount equal to the
notional amount of the swap and deliver the referenced security or
underlying securities comprising 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, the Funds will
either pay the buyer an amount equal to the notional amount of the
swap and take delivery of the referenced security or underlying securi-
ties 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.

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

Derivative Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure:             
  Fair Values of Derivative Instruments as of August 31, 2010       
  Asset Derivatives           
  Statements of Assets           
  and Liabilities Location    BHL  DVF  FRA  BLW 
Interest rate contracts  Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation*;         
  Investments at value — unaffiliated**        $ 10,750 
Foreign currency exchange contracts  Unrealized appreciation on foreign           
  currency exchange contracts  $ 19,857  $ 20,629  $ 3,136  12,963 
Credit contracts  Unrealized appreciation on swaps          73,001 
Equity contracts  Investments at value — unaffiliated**         
Total    $ 19,857  $ 20,629  $ 3,136  $ 96,714 
  Liability Derivatives           
  Statements of Assets           
  and Liabilities Location    BHL  DVF  FRA  BLW 
Interest rate contracts  Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation*;         
Unrealized depreciation on swaps;
  Option written at value          $ 190,770 
Foreign currency exchange contracts  Unrealized depreciation on foreign           
  currency exchange contracts  $ 20,355  $ 34,968  $ 50,859  710,108 
Credit contracts  Unrealized depreciation on swaps      21,480     
Total    $ 20,355  $ 56,448  $ 50,859  $ 900,878 

 

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

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)         
  The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Operations     
  Year Ended August 31, 2010         
  Net Realized Gain (Loss) from         
    BHL  DVF  FRA  BLW 
Interest rate contracts:           
Financial futures contracts          $ 128,719 
Swaps      $(2,263,345)     
Options***          (64,793) 
Foreign currency exchange contracts:           
Foreign currency exchange contracts****  $ 1,136,334  786,199  $ 1,152,384  1,428,576 
Credit contracts:           
Swaps      (183,945)  (1,201,543)  (218,880) 
Total  $ 1,136,334  $(1,661,091)  $ (49,159)  $ 1,273,622 
  Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation on       
    BHL  DVF  FRA  BLW 
Interest rate contracts:           
Financial futures contracts          $ (202,892) 
Swaps      $ 1,751,189     
Options***          (20,231) 
Foreign currency exchange contracts:           
Foreign currency exchange contracts****  $ 219,809  78,378  $ 331,669  (192,079) 
Credit contracts:           
Swaps      2,370,337  1,108,878  156,860 
Equity contracts:           
Options***      (13,000)  (20,000)  (46,000) 
Total  $ 219,809  $ 4,186,904  $1,420,547  $ (304,342) 

 

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

**** Foreign currency exchange contracts are included in the net realized gain (loss) from foreign currency transactions and net changes in unrealized appreciation/depreciation
on foreign currency transactions.

For the year ended August 31, 2010, the average quarterly balances of outstanding derivative financial instruments were as follows:

  BHL       DVF  FRA  BLW 
Financial futures contracts:         
Average number of contracts purchased        44 
Average number of contracts sold        95 
Average notional value of contracts purchased        $ 5,377,353 
Average notional value of contracts sold        $20,961,714 
Foreign currency exchange contracts:         
Average number of contracts — US dollars purchased  5  7  6  6 
Average number of contracts — US dollars sold  1  2  2  2 
Average US dollar amounts purchased  $13,384,455  $ 9,973,482  $19,493,306  $50,805,112 
Average US dollar amounts sold  $ 920,080  $ 911,990  $ 1,036,340  $ 8,543,582 
Options:         
Average number of contracts purchased    13  20  165 
Average notional value of contracts purchased    $ 12,257  $ 18,857  $ 341,497 
Credit default swaps:         
Average number of contracts — buy protection    2  1  2 
Average number of contracts — sell protection    2  1   
Average notional value — buy protection    $ 443,750  $ 712,500  $ 1,750,000 
Average notional value — sell protection    $ 3,829,120  $ 1,000,000   
Interest rate swaps:         
Average number of contracts — pays fixed rate    1     
Average notional value — pays fixed rate    $10,000,000     

 

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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 struc-
ture, PNC is an affiliate of the Funds for 1940 Act purposes, but BAC and
Barclays are not.

BHL, DVF, FRA and BLW 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 an annual rate of each
Fund's average daily net assets, plus the proceeds of any outstanding
borrowings used for leverage as follows:

BHL  1.00% 
DVF  0.75% 
FRA  0.75% 
BLW  0.55% 

 

The Manager voluntarily agreed to waive its investment advisory fees by the
amount of investment advisory fees each Fund pays to the Manager indi-
rectly through its investment in affiliated money market funds, however, the
Manager does not waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of
investment advisory fees paid through each Fund’s investment in other
affiliated investment companies, if any. These amounts are shown as fees
waived by advisor in the Statements of Operations. For the year ended
August 31, 2010, the amounts waived were as follows:

BHL  $ 2,035 
DVF  $ 1,960 
FRA  $ 2,852 
BLW  $24,221 

 

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

For the year ended August 31, 2010, certain Funds reimbursed the
Manager for certain accounting services, which are included in accounting
services in the Statements of Operations. The reimbursements were
as follows:

BHL  $ 2,784 
DVF  $ 2,925 
FRA  $ 5,890 
BLW  $12,295 

 

Senior Floating Rate and Senior Floating Rate II have entered into an
Administration Agreement with the Manager. The administration fee paid
to the Manager is calculated daily and paid monthly based on an annual
rate of 0.25% and 0.40%, respectively, of the average daily value of these
Fund’s net assets for the performance of administrative services (other
than investment advice and related portfolio activities) necessary for the
operation of these Funds.

For Senior Floating Rate II, the Manager voluntarily agreed to waive
expenses in order to limit total annual Fund operating expenses (excluding
interest expense, acquired fund fees and expenses and certain other
expenses) to 1.83% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. This voluntary
waiver may be reduced or discontinued at any time without notice.

Senior Floating Rate and Senior Floating Rate II entered into a separate
Distribution Agreement and Distribution Plan with BlackRock Investments,
LLC (“BRIL”), which is an affiliate of BlackRock.

For the year ended August 31, 2010, BRIL received early withdrawal
charges for Senior Floating Rate and Senior Floating Rate II in the
amounts of $194,631 and $31,798, respectively, relating to the tender of
each Fund’s shares.

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (formerly PNC Global Investment
Servicing (U.S.) Inc. (“PNCGIS”)) serves as transfer agent and dividend dis-
bursing agent for Senior Floating Rate and Senior Floating Rate II. On July
1, 2010, the Bank of New York Mellon Corporation purchased PNCGIS,
which prior to this date was an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of PNC
and an affiliate of the manager. Transfer agency fees borne by each Fund
are comprised of those fees charged for all shareholder communications
including mailing of shareholder reports, dividend and distribution notices,
and proxy materials for shareholder meetings, as well as per account
and per transaction fees related to servicing and maintenance of share-
holder accounts, including the issuing, redeeming and transferring of
shares, check writing, anti-money laundering services, and customer
identification services. Pursuant to written agreements, certain financial
intermediaries, some of which may be affiliates, provide the Funds with
sub-accounting, recordkeeping, sub-transfer agency and other administra-
tive services with respect to sub-accounts they service. For these services,
these entities receive a fee that could vary depending on, among other
things, shareholder accounts and net assets. For the year ended August
31, 2010, the Funds paid the following to affiliates in return for these serv-
ices, which is included in transfer agent in the Statements of Operations:

Senior Floating Rate  $26,619 
Senior Floating Rate II  $ 5,188 

 

Senior Floating Rate and Senior Floating Rate II may earn income on
positive cash balances in demand deposit accounts that are maintained
by the transfer agent on behalf of the Funds. These amounts are included
in dividends — affiliated in the Statements of Operations.

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

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

4. Income Tax Information:

Reclassifications: US GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting.
These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share. The following permanent differences as of August 31, 2010 attributable to
the accounting for swap agreements, amortization and accretion methods on fixed income securities, foreign currency transactions, non-deductible expenses,
securities in default, income recognized from pass-through entities and the expiration of capital loss carryforwards were reclassified to the following accounts:

          Senior  Senior 
          Floating Rate  Floating Rate 
  BHL  DVF  FRA  BLW  Fund  Fund II 
Paid-in capital  $ (497)  $ (51)  $ (86)    $(87,904,360)  $ (864,401) 
Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income  $ 317,651  $ 502,590  $ 986,895  $ 1,149,666  $ 765,561  $ 477,850 
Accumulated net realized loss  $ (317,154)  $(502,539)  $ (986,809)  $(1,149,666)     
Accumulated net realized loss allocated from the Master LLC          $ 87,138,799  $ 386,551 

 

The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal years ended August 31, 2010 and August 31, 2009 were as follows:

          Senior  Senior 
          Floating Rate  Floating Rate 
  BHL      DVF  FRA  BLW  Fund  Fund II 
Ordinary income             
8/31/2010  $ 6,270,058  $ 9,834,088  $17,335,715  $33,200,685  $14,620,743  $ 7,072,114 
8/31/2009  9,810,137  13,947,075  23,842,077  42,793,064  17,470,993  8,332,675 
Tax return of capital             
8/31/2010    666,707  378,219       
8/31/2009  88,324  2,882,990         
Total distributions             
8/31/2010  $ 6,270,058  $10,500,795  $17,713,934  $33,200,685  $14,620,743  $ 7,072,114 
8/31/2009  $ 9,898,461  $16,830,065  $23,842,077  $42,793,064  $17,470,993  $ 8,332,675 
As of August 31, 2010, the tax components of accumulated net losses were as follows:         
          Senior  Senior 
          Floating Rate  Floating Rate 
  BHL      DVF  FRA  BLW  Fund  Fund II 
Undistributed ordinary income  $ 783,185      $ 6,741,043  $ 2,046,197  $ 609,087 
Capital loss carryforwards  (6,425,448)  $ (78,190,159)  $ (66,112,036)  (69,440,070)  (235,833,555)  (55,763,582) 
Net unrealized losses*  (106,390)  (21,886,445)  (19,670,601)  (19,261,907)  (26,454,179)  (11,873,063) 
Total  $ (5,748,653)  $(100,076,604)  $ (85,782,637)  $ (81,960,934)  $(260,241,537)  $(67,027,558) 

 

* The differences between book-basis and tax-basis net unrealized losses were attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales, amortization and accretion methods
of premiums and discounts on fixed income securities, the accrual of income on securities in default, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains/(losses) on certain futures
and foreign currency contracts, the deferral of post-October capital losses for tax purposes, the timing and recognition of partnership income, the accounting for swap agreements,
the deferral of compensation to directors and investment in wholly owned subsidiaries.

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

          Senior  Senior 
          Floating Rate  Floating Rate 
Expires August 31,  BHL       DVF  FRA  BLW  Fund  Fund II 
2011          $ 53,409,203  $17,719,049 
2012          34,221,818  6,383,383 
2013      $ 691,829    56,166,095   
2014    $ 1,755,694      945,546   
2015    2,237,399      2,561,691   
2016    1,444,704  475,453  $21,933,927  31,419,599  4,923,144 
2017  $1,063,204  20,249,830  20,954,032  9,996,868  16,221,457  7,728,284 
2018  5,362,244  52,502,532  43,990,722  37,509,275  40,888,146  19,009,722 
Total  $6,425,448  $78,190,159  $66,112,036  $69,440,070  $235,833,555  $55,763,582 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

5. Investments:

Purchases and sales of investments including paydowns and mortgage dol-
lar roll transactions and excluding short-term securities and US government
securities for the year ended August 31, 2010, were as follows:

  Purchases  Sales 
BHL  $ 148,261,977  $ 149,139,878 
DVF  $ 175,112,348  $ 163,150,527 
FRA  $ 317,381,863  $ 300,351,367 
BLW  $1,898,197,381  $1,773,221,178 

 

For the year ended August 31, 2010, purchases and sales of US govern-
ment securities for BLW were $888,945 and $5,380,372, respectively.

For the year ended August 31, 2010, purchases and sales for BLW attribut-
able to mortgage dollar rolls were $964,747,938 and $967,272,250,
respectively.

6. Commitments:

The Funds may invest in floating rate loan interests. In connection with
these investments, the Funds may also enter into unfunded loan commit-
ments (“commitments”). Commitments may obligate the Funds to furnish
temporary financing to a borrower until permanent financing can be
arranged. In connection with these commitments, the Funds earn a com-
mitment fee, typically set as a percentage of the commitment amount.
Such fee income, which is classified in the Statements of Operations
as facility and other fees, is recognized ratably over the commitment
period. As of August 31, 2010, the Funds had the following unfunded
loan commitments:

    Value of 
  Unfunded    Underlying 
Borrower  Commitment  Loan 
BHL     
CII Investment, LLC  $ 217,219  $ 220,907 
Delphi Holdings LLP  $ 122,764  $ 116,012 
Delta Airlines, Inc.  $ 950,000  $ 919,407 
Horizon Lines, LLC  $ 142,723  $ 129,637 
DVF     
CII Investment, LLC  $ 183,801  $ 186,919 
Delphi Holdings LLP  $ 122,764  $ 116,012 
Delta Airlines, Inc.  $1,025,000  $ 995,255 
Horizon Lines, LLC  $ 142,723  $ 129,442 
FRA     
CII Investment, LLC  $ 384,311  $ 390,828 
Delphi Holdings LLP  $ 306,910  $ 290,030 
Delta Airlines, Inc.  $ 925,000  $ 892,525 
Horizon Lines, LLC  $ 285,446  $ 259,179 
BLW     
Delphi Holdings LLP  $ 613,821  $ 580,061 
Delta Airlines, Inc.  $4,750,000  $4,610,077 

 

7. Concentration, Market and Credit Risk:

In the normal course of business, the Funds invest in securities and enter
into transactions where risks exist due to fluctuations in the market (market
risk) or failure of the issuer of a security to meet all its obligations (issuer
credit risk). The value of securities held by the Funds may decline in
response to certain events, including those directly involving the issuers

whose securities are owned by the Funds; conditions affecting the general
economy; overall market changes; local, regional or global political, social
or economic instability; and currency and interest rate and price fluctua-
tions. Similar to issuer credit risk, the Funds may be exposed to counter-
party credit risk, or the risk that an entity with which the Funds have
unsettled or open transactions may fail to or be unable to perform on its
commitments. The Funds manage counterparty credit risk by entering into
transactions only with counterparties that they believe have the financial
resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability
of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the
Funds to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of
financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent
of the Funds' exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with
respect to these financial assets is generally approximated by their value
recorded in the Funds' Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collat-
eral held by the Funds.

Certain Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in securities
backed by commercial or residential mortgage loans or in issuers that hold
mortgage and other asset-backed securities. Please see the Schedules of
Investments for these securities. Changes in economic conditions, including
delinquencies and/or defaults on assets underlying these securities, can
affect the value, income and/or liquidity of such positions.

8. Capital Share Transactions:

BHL and BLW are authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares, par
value $0.001, all of which were initially classified as Common Shares. DVF
and FRA are authorized to issue 200 million shares, par value $0.10, all of
which were initially classified as Common Shares. The Board is authorized,
however, to classify and reclassify any unissued shares without approval of
Common Shareholders.

For the years shown, shares issued and outstanding increased by the fol-
lowing amounts as a result of dividend reinvestments:

  Year Ended  Year Ended 
  August 31, 2010  August 31, 2009 
BHL    84,923 
DVF  52,693  129,277 
FRA  72,267  31,791 

 

Shares issued and outstanding remained constant during the years ended
August 31, 2010 and 2009 for BLW.

At August 31, 2010, the shares owned by affiliates of the Manager of the
Funds were as follows:

  Shares 
BHL  8,517 
FRA  9,017 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)           
Transactions in capital shares, with respect to Senior Floating Rate and Senior Floating Rate II, were as follows:       
  Year Ended    Year Ended    
  August 31, 2010                      August 31, 2009 
Senior Floating Rate  Shares    Amount  Shares    Amount 
Shares sold  2,423,990        $ 18,308,182  3,495,709        $ 22,066,554 
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends  135,475    1,019,194  189,466    1,198,984 
Total issued  2,559,465    19,327,376  3,685,175    23,265,538 
Shares tendered  (6,801,031)    (50,873,171)  (10,231,989)    (65,061,276) 
Net decrease  (4,241,566)         $ (31,545,795)  (6,546,814)       $ (41,795,738) 
Senior Floating Rate II             
Shares sold  2,093,983         $ 17,121,260  3,475,221         $ 23,697,009 
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends  77,460    629,469  83,856    580,777 
Total issued  2,171,443    17,750,729  3,559,077    24,277,786 
Shares tendered  (3,249,989)    (26,508,193)  (5,697,156)    (39,247,148) 
Net decrease  (1,078,546)         $ (8,757,464)  (2,138,079)        $ (14,969,362) 

 

9. Borrowings:

On March 5, 2009, BHL, DVF and FRA 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 Funds have granted a security interest in substantially all of their
assets to SSB. The SSB Agreement allowed for the following maximum
commitment amounts:

  Commitment 
  Amounts 
BHL  $ 55,000,000 
DVF  $ 50,000,000 
FRA  $103,000,000 

 

Advances are made by SSB to the Funds, at the Funds option (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 the 7-day, 30-day, 60-day or 90-day
LIBOR. In addition, the Funds pay a facility fee and a commitment fee
based on 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 August 31, 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 maxi-
mum commitment amounts:

  Commitment 
  Amounts 
BHL  $ 55,000,000 
DVF  $ 55,000,000 
FRA  $103,000,000 

 

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%.

BLW borrowed under the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility
(“TALF”). The TALF program was launched by the U.S. Department of
Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board as a credit facility designed to
restore liquidity to the market for asset-backed securities. The Federal
Reserve Bank of New York (“FRBNY”) provided up to $1 trillion in non-
recourse loans to support the issuance of certain AAA-rated asset-backed
securities and commercial mortgage-backed securities (“Eligible
Securities”). The Fund posted as collateral already-held Eligible Securities,
which were all commercial mortgage-backed securities, in return for a non-
recourse, 5-year term loan (“TALF loan”) in an amount equal to approxi-
mately 85% of the value of such Eligible Securities. The TALF loan is shown
as TALF loan at value on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The fol-
lowing is a summary of the outstanding TALF loan and related information
as of August 31, 2010:

  Aggregate  Aggregate      Value of 
  Number  Value  Maturity  Interest  Eligible 
  of Loans  of Loans  Date  Rate  Securities 
BLW  1  $12,685,079  12/22/14  3.62%  $15,666,293 

 

The non-recourse provision of the TALF loan allows the Fund to satisfy loan
obligations with Eligible Securities, subject to certain conditions, even if the
value of the Eligible Securities falls below the outstanding amount of the
loan. The Fund can repay the TALF loan prior to the maturity date with no
penalty. Principal and interest due on the loan will typically be paid with
principal paydowns and interest received from the Eligible Securities. Credit
agreements underlying each loan contain provisions to address instances
in which interest payments on Eligible Securities fall short of amounts due
to the FRBNY. The Fund paid to the FRBNY a one time administration fee of
0.20% of the amount borrowed, which was expensed as incurred in the

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Notes to Financial Statements (concluded)

current period by the Fund and is included in borrowing costs in the
Statements of Operations. The Fund also pays a financing fee equal to the
5-year LIBOR swap rate plus 1.00% on the outstanding loan amount
payable monthly, which is included in interest expense in the Statements
of Operations.

Since the Fund has the ability to potentially satisfy TALF loan obligations by
surrendering Eligible Securities, potential losses by the Fund associated
with the TALF loan are limited to the difference between the amount of
Eligible Securities posted at the time of loan initiation and the loan pro-
ceeds received by the Fund.

The Fund has elected to account for the outstanding TALF loan at fair
value. The Fund elected to fair value its TALF loan to more closely align
changes in the value of the TALF loan with changes in the value of the
Eligible Securities and to reduce the potential volatility in the Statements
of Operations which could result if only the Eligible Securities were fair
valued. The TALF loan is valued utilizing quotations received from a board
approved pricing service. TALF-eligible Asset-Backed Securities/Commercial
Mortgage-Backed Securities (“ABS/CMBS”) value may be affected by
historic defaults and prepayments on the asset pool, expected future defa-
luts and prepayments, current interest rate levels, current and forward
modeled ABS/CMBS spread levels. Accordingly, TALF loan valuation
methodologies may include, but are not limited to, the following inputs:
(i) ABS/CMBS prepayment assumptions, (ii) discount rates and (iii) the
non-recourse put option valuation. The resulting TALF loan valuation com-
bines the present value of the future loan cash flows, plus the value of
the non-recourse option. The change in unrealized gain or loss associated
with fair valuing the TALF loan will be reflected in the Statements of
Operations.

For the year ended August 31, 2010, the daily weighted average interest
rates for Funds with loans under the revolving credit agreements were as
follows:

  Daily Weighted 
  Average 
  Interest Rate 
BHL  1.24% 
DVF  1.31% 
FRA  1.24% 

 

For the year ended August 31, 2010, the daily weighted average interest
rate for BLW for reverse repurchase agreements, treasury rolls and TALF
loans were as follows:

  Daily Weighted 
  Average 
  Interest Rate 
BLW  1.08% 

 

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:

On September 7, 2010, BLW repaid its outstanding TALF loan and the
security posted as collateral was returned to the Fund. BLW funded
the repayment of the TALF loan by entering into reverse repurchase
agreements.

On September 2, 2010, the Board of each of Senior Floating Rate
and Senior Floating Rate II (the "Senior Floating Rate Funds") and on
September 17, 2010 the Board of Trustees of BlackRock Funds II approved
the reorganization of each Senior Floating Rate Fund into the BlackRock
Floating Rate Income Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Funds II, with the
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio being the surviving fund (the
“Reorganizations”). The reorganizations are subject to shareholder approval
and certain other conditions. If approved by shareholders, it is currently
expected that each Reorganization would be completed in the first quarter
of 2011.

Each Senior Floating Rate Fund is a "feeder" fund that invests all of its
assets in the Master LLC. In connection with the Reorganizations, the Board
of the Master LLC approved the liquidation and dissolution of the Master
LLC and the distribution of its assets in the event one or both of the
Reorganizations are approved by shareholders.

Each Fund listed below paid a net investment income dividend on
September 30, 2010 to shareholders of record on September 15, 2010
as follows:

  Common Dividend 
  Per Share 
BHL  $0.0660 
DVF  $0.0635 
FRA  $0.0770 
BLW  $0.0875 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of
BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund, Inc.
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc.
BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund, Inc. and
BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund II, Inc.
and to the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of
BlackRock Defined Opportunity Credit Trust and
BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust
(collectively the “Funds”):

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities,
including the schedule of investments, of BlackRock Defined Opportunity
Credit Trust as of August 31, 2010, and the related statements of opera-
tions 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 two years in the period then ended, and
the period January 31, 2008 (commencement of operations) to August 31,
2008. We have also audited the accompanying statements of assets and
liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of BlackRock Diversified
Income Strategies Fund, Inc. and BlackRock Floating Rate Income
Strategies Fund, Inc. as of August 31, 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. We have also audited the accompanying statement of assets and
liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of BlackRock Limited
Duration Income Trust as of August 31, 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 two years in the period then
ended, the period November 1, 2007 to August 31, 2008, and each of the
three years in the period ended October 31, 2007. We have also audited
the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of BlackRock Senior
Floating Rate Fund, Inc. and BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund II, Inc.
as of August 31, 2010, and the related statements of operations 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 report-
ing. 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 signifi-
cant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation
of securities owned as of August 31, 2010, by correspondence with the
custodians, brokers and agent banks; where replies were not received
from brokers or agent banks, we performed other auditing procedures.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred
to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial positions of
BlackRock Defined Opportunity Credit Trust, BlackRock Diversified Income
Strategies Fund, Inc., BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc.
and BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust as of August 31, 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 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 positions of BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund, Inc. and
BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund II, Inc. as of August 31, 2010, the
results of their operations 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
October 30, 2010

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Important Tax Information

The following information is provided with respect to the ordinary income distributions paid by the Funds for the taxable year ended August 31, 2010:

            Senior 
          Senior  Floating 
  BHL  DVF  FRA  BLW  Floating Rate  Rate II 
Interest-Related Dividends for Non-U.S. Residents*†             
September 2009 – January 2010  71.65%  100.00%  78.34%  73.88%  86.42%  86.22% 
February 2010 – August 2010  88.90%  88.36%  85.97%  88.83%  81.10%  79.27% 

 

† Expressed as a percentage of the ordinary income distributions.
* Represents the portion of the taxable ordinary income dividends eligible for exemption from US withholding tax for nonresident aliens and foreign corporations.

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Master Portfolio Summary as of August 31, 2010  Master Senior Floating Rate LLC 
Portfolio Composition       
  Percent of   
  Long-Term Investments   
Asset Mix  8/31/10  8/31/09   
Floating Rate Loan Interests  85%  91%   
Corporate Bonds  15  9   

 

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Schedule of Investments August 31, 2010

Master Senior Floating Rate LLC
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Common Stocks (a)    Shares  Value 
Chemicals — 0.0%       
GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc. (b)    39,151  $ 15,030 
Wellman Holdings, Inc.    5,206  260 
      15,290 
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.0%       
SIRVA    1,817  18,170 
Paper & Forest Products — 0.4%       
Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd.  309,538  725,695 
Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. (b)  376,109  881,768 
      1,607,463 
Total Common Stocks — 0.4%      1,640,923 
    Par   
Corporate Bonds    (000)   
Airlines — 0.2%       
Air Canada, 9.25%, 8/01/15 (b)  USD  900  882,000 
Auto Components — 0.7%       
Icahn Enterprises LP:       
7.75%, 1/15/16    1,125  1,116,562 
8.00%, 1/15/18    2,250  2,238,750 
      3,355,312 
Chemicals — 1.3%       
GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc.:       
7.50%, 3/31/15 (b)(c)(d)    2,555  1,660,566 
10.00%, 3/31/15    2,515  1,634,464 
Wellman Holdings, Inc., Subordinate Note (d):       
(Second Lien), 10.00%, 1/29/19 (b)    2,000  1,740,000 
(Third Lien), 5.00%, 1/29/19 (c)    2,381  928,497 
      5,963,527 
Commercial Banks — 0.2%       
CIT Group, Inc., 7.00%, 5/01/17    1,200  1,128,374 
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.6%       
Clean Harbors, Inc., 7.63%, 8/15/16    1,600  1,640,000 
The Geo Group, Inc., 7.75%, 10/15/17 (b)    1,050  1,081,500 
      2,721,500 
Containers & Packaging — 0.6%       
Berry Plastics Corp.:       
8.25%, 11/15/15    1,700  1,704,250 
9.50%, 5/15/18 (b)    960  883,200 
Berry Plastics Holding Corp., 8.88%, 9/15/14    175  166,688 
      2,754,138 
Diversified Financial Services — 1.1%       
Ally Financial Inc., 8.30%, 2/12/15 (b)    2,100  2,184,000 
FCE Bank Plc:       
7.88%, 2/15/11  GBP  100  155,282 
7.13%, 1/16/12  EUR  1,300  1,705,085 
7.13%, 1/15/13    200  262,321 
GMAC, Inc., 2.74%, 12/01/14 (e)  USD  800  687,782 
      4,994,470 

 

    Par   
Corporate Bonds    (000)  Value 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.6%       
ITC Deltacom, Inc., 10.50%, 4/01/16  USD  1,250  $ 1,231,250 
Qwest Communications International, Inc., 8.00%,       
10/01/15 (b)    1,200  1,290,000 
      2,521,250 
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.4%       
Expro Finance Luxembourg SCA, 8.50%, 12/15/16 (b)  1,750  1,636,250 
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.1%       
Rite Aid Corp., 8.00%, 8/15/20 (b)    670  665,813 
Food Products — 0.3%       
Smithfield Foods, Inc., 10.00%, 7/15/14 (b)    1,220  1,361,825 
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.5%       
American Renal Holdings, 8.38%, 5/15/18 (b)    485  485,000 
HCA, Inc., 7.25%, 9/15/20    1,695  1,771,275 
      2,256,275 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.3%       
MGM Resorts International, 11.13%, 11/15/17    1,030  1,151,025 
Household Durables — 0.6%       
Beazer Homes USA, Inc., 12.00%, 10/15/17    2,300  2,590,375 
IT Services — 0.3%       
SunGard Data Systems, Inc., 4.88%, 1/15/14    1,429  1,368,268 
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 1.7%     
Calpine Construction Finance Co. LP, 8.00%,       
6/01/16 (b)    3,270  3,433,500 
Energy Future Holdings Corp., 10.00%, 1/15/20 (b)  1,400  1,348,204 
NRG Energy, Inc., 7.25%, 2/01/14    2,800  2,856,000 
      7,637,704 
Media — 1.6%       
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc.:       
9.25%, 12/15/17    735  762,562 
Series B, 9.25%, 12/15/17    2,540  2,663,825 
DISH DBS Corp., 6.63%, 10/01/14    950  971,375 
UPC Germany GmbH, 8.13%, 12/01/17 (b)    2,750  2,825,625 
      7,223,387 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.6%       
Coffeyville Resources LLC, 9.00%, 4/01/15 (b)    540  554,850 
OPTI Canada, Inc., 9.00%, 12/15/12 (b)    2,120  2,125,300 
      2,680,150 
Paper & Forest Products — 0.7%       
NewPage Corp., 11.38%, 12/31/14    3,715  3,018,438 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.4%       
Phillips-Van Heusen Corp., 7.38%, 5/15/20    1,645  1,694,350 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.1%       
Cricket Communications, Inc., 7.75%, 5/15/16    2,825  2,916,812 
Nextel Communications, Inc., Series E, 6.88%,       
10/31/13    1,525  1,521,187 
Sprint Capital Corp., 8.38%, 3/15/12    675  713,813 
      5,151,812 
Total Corporate Bonds — 13.9%      62,756,243 

 

Portfolio Abbreviations         
To simplify the listings of portfolio holdings in the  CAD  Canadian Dollar  GBP  British Pound 
Schedule of Investments, the names and descriptions of  EUR  Euro  MSCI  Morgan Stanley Capital International 
many of the securities have been abbreviated according  FKA  Formerly Known As  USD  US Dollar 
to the following list:         
See Notes to Financial Statements.         

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Senior Floating Rate LLC
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (e)    (000)  Value 
Aerospace & Defense — 1.5%       
DynCorp International, Term Loan, 6.25%, 7/07/16  USD  1,675  $ 1,662,019 
Hawker Beechcraft Acquisition Co., LLC:       
Letter of Credit Linked Deposit, 0.43%, 3/26/14    177  140,809 
Term Loan, 2.26% – 2.53%, 3/26/14    2,916  2,323,106 
TASC, Inc.:       
Tranche A Term Loan, 5.50%, 12/18/14    808  808,173 
Tranche B Term Loan, 5.75%, 12/18/15    1,642  1,645,854 
      6,579,961 
Airlines — 0.3%       
Delta Air Lines, Inc., Credit-Linked Deposit Loan,       
0.11% – 2.28%, 4/30/12    1,455  1,391,344 
Auto Components — 2.2%       
Affinion Group, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan, 5.00%,       
10/09/16    2,743  2,639,106 
Allison Transmission, Inc., Term Loan, 3.04%, 8/07/14    7,273  6,701,352 
Exide Global Holdings Netherlands C.V., European       
Borrower, Term Loan, 3.94%, 5/15/12  EUR  559  655,284 
      9,995,742 
Automobiles — 1.2%       
Ford Motor Co.:       
Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 3.03%, 12/15/13  USD  5,344  5,140,510 
Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 12/15/13    390  373,640 
      5,514,150 
Building Products — 2.1%       
Building Materials Corp. of America, Term Loan Advance,       
3.06%, 2/22/14    492  483,083 
Goodman Global, Inc., Term Loan, 6.25%, 2/13/14    5,678  5,698,083 
Momentive Performance Materials (Blitz 06-103 GmbH):       
Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 2.56%, 12/04/13    962  904,032 
Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 2.88%, 12/04/13  EUR  2,074  2,409,735 
      9,494,933 
Capital Markets — 0.6%       
Marsico Parent Co., LLC, Term Loan, 5.31% – 5.56%,       
12/15/14  USD  759  526,462 
Nuveen Investments, Inc., Term Loan (First Lien),       
3.48% – 3.53%, 11/13/14    2,274  2,007,718 
      2,534,180 
Chemicals — 5.9%       
Brenntag Holding GmbH & Co. KG:       
Acquisition Facility 1, 4.01% – 4.48%, 1/20/14    76  74,704 
Facility B2, 4.02% – 4.06%, 1/20/14    1,551  1,531,297 
CF Industries, Inc., Term Loan B-1, 4.50%, 4/05/15    1,771  1,779,899 
Chemtura Corp.:       
Debtor in Possession Term Facility, 6.00%, 2/11/11    2,800  2,793,000 
Exit Term Loan, 5.50%, 8/16/16    2,500  2,510,417 
Gentek Holding, LLC, Tranche B Term Loan, 7.00%,       
10/29/14    1,177  1,176,750 
Huish Detergents, Inc., Loan (Second Lien), 4.55%,       
10/26/14    750  723,750 
Lyondell Chemical Co., Exit Term Loan, 5.50%, 4/08/16    770  775,347 
MacDermid, Inc., Tranche C Term Loan, 2.27%,       
4/12/14  EUR  1,000  1,152,794 
Nalco Co., Term Loan, 6.50%, 5/13/16  USD  3,589  3,600,711 
PQ Corp. (FKA Niagara Acquisition, Inc.), Term Loan       
(First Lien), 3.52% – 3.73%, 7/30/14    3,423  3,130,268 
Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc., Term Loan H,       
6.00%, 5/15/14    2,245  2,244,159 
Solutia, Inc., Term Loan, 4.75%, 3/17/17    2,032  2,030,276 
Tronox Worldwide LLC:       
Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 11.25%, 9/20/10    2,404  2,423,651 
Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 11.25%, 9/20/10    646  651,130 
      26,598,153 

 

  Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (e)  (000)  Value 
Commercial Banks — 1.3%     
CIT Group, Inc., Tranche 3 Term Loan, 6.25%, 8/11/15 USD  6,000  $ 5,980,440 
Commercial Services & Supplies — 4.8%     
ARAMARK Corp.:     
Letter of Credit-1 Facility, 0.11%, 1/26/14  48  45,785 
Letter of Credit-2 Facility, 0.11%, 7/26/16  76  73,619 
US Term Loan, 2.41%, 1/26/14  670  633,110 
US Term Loan B, 3.78%, 7/26/16  1,155  1,119,427 
AWAS Finance Luxembourg Sarl, Term Loan, 7.75%,     
6/10/16  1,300  1,307,583 
Adesa, Inc. (KAR Holdings, Inc.), Initial Term Loan,     
3.02%, 10/21/13  611  586,996 
Advanced Disposal Services, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.00%,     
1/14/15  1,294  1,293,500 
Altegrity, Inc., Incremental Term Loan, 7.75%, 2/21/15  2,000  1,992,500 
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Term Loan B, 7.00%,     
4/09/14  1,411  1,418,179 
Delos Aircraft, Inc., Term Loan 2, 7.00%, 3/17/16  1,100  1,105,959 
Diversey, Inc. (FKA Johnson Diversey, Inc.), Tranche B     
Dollar Term Loan, 5.50%, 11/24/15  1,592  1,588,020 
International Lease Finance Corp., Term Loan 1,     
6.75%, 3/17/15  2,825  2,847,365 
Protection One, Inc., Term Loan, 6.00%, 6/04/16  2,000  1,977,500 
SIRVA Worldwide, Inc., Loan (Second Lien), 12.00%,     
5/12/15  474  118,611 
Synagro Technologies, Inc., Term Loan (First Lien),     
2.27% – 2.28%, 4/02/14  2,688  2,271,592 
West Corp., Incremental Term Loan B-3, 7.25%,     
10/24/13  3,078  3,067,268 
    21,447,014 
Construction & Engineering — 0.3%     
Safway Services, LLC, First Out Tranche Loan, 9.00%,     
12/18/17  1,500  1,500,000 
Construction Materials — 0.3%     
Fairmount Minerals Ltd., Term Loan B, 6.25%, 8/05/16  1,425  1,425,594 
Consumer Finance — 2.5%     
AGFS Funding Co., Term Loan, 7.25%, 4/21/15  6,925  6,842,766 
Daimler Chrysler Financial Services Americas LLC,     
Term Loan (Second Lien), 6.78%, 8/05/13  4,423  4,407,423 
    11,250,189 
Containers & Packaging — 0.8%     
Anchor Glass Container Corp., Term Loan (First Lien),     
6.00%, 3/02/16  1,089  1,078,005 
BWAY Holdings Co., Term Loan B, 5.50% – 6.00%,     
6/16/17  320  319,600 
Berry Plastics Holding Corp., Term Loan C, 2.38%,     
4/03/15  1,376  1,254,339 
Graham Packaging Co., LP, Term Loan C, 6.75%,     
4/05/14  711  714,487 
ICL Industrial Containers ULC/ICL Contenants Industriels     
ULC (FKA BWAY), Term Loan C, 5.50% – 6.00%, 6/16/17  30  29,981 
    3,396,412 
Diversified Consumer Services — 2.9%     
Coinmach Service Corp., Term Loan, 3.35%, 11/14/14  3,910  3,408,835 
Laureate Education, Series A New Term Loan, 7.00%,     
8/15/14  6,404  6,296,604 
ServiceMaster Co.:     
Closing Date Term Loan, 2.77% – 3.04%, 7/24/14  3,288  3,021,719 
Delayed Draw Term Loan, 2.77%, 7/24/14  327  300,918 
    13,028,076 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

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(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (e)    (000)  Value 
Diversified Financial Services — 2.2%       
MSCI, Inc., Term Loan, 4.75%, 6/01/16  USD  1,970  $ 1,975,809 
Reynolds Group Holdings, Inc.:       
Incremental US Term Loan, 6.25%, 5/05/16    2,300  2,283,709 
US Term Loan, 6.25%, 5/05/16    3,746  3,726,582 
Whitelabel IV SA:       
Term Loan B1, 5.00%, 8/11/17  EUR  565  708,837 
Term Loan B2, 5.00%, 8/11/17    935  1,173,030 
      9,867,967 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.6%       
Cincinnati Bell Inc., Tranche B Term Loan, 6.50%,       
6/11/17  USD  1,845  1,831,535 
Hawaiian Telcom Communications, Inc., Tranche C       
Term Loan, 4.75%, 5/30/14 (c)    1,937  1,356,031 
Integra Telecom Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 9.25%,       
4/15/15    1,600  1,596,000 
Level 3 Communications, Incremental Term Loan,       
2.53% – 2.78%, 3/13/14    4,825  4,322,143 
Wind Finance SL SA, Euro Facility (Second Lien),       
7.89%, 12/17/14  EUR  2,000  2,529,353 
      11,635,062 
Electric Utilities — 0.7%       
New Development Holdings LLC, Term Loan, 7.00%,       
7/03/17  USD  3,250  3,282,500 
Electrical Equipment — 0.6%       
Baldor Electric Co., Term Loan, 5.25% – 5.50%, 1/31/14  2,527  2,527,463 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.9%     
CDW LLC (FKA CDW Corp.), Term Loan, 4.28%, 10/10/14  2,051  1,837,179 
Flextronics International Ltd.:       
Closing Date Loan A, 2.53% – 2.56%, 10/01/14    310  289,996 
Closing Date Loan B, 2.56%, 10/01/12    1,606  1,546,332 
L-1 Identity Solutions Operating Co., Tranche B-1       
Term Loan, 6.75%, 8/05/13    2,202  2,188,780 
Styron Sarl, Term Loan, 7.50%, 6/17/16    2,700  2,721,087 
      8,583,374 
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.4%       
MEG Energy Corp., Tranche D Term Loan, 6.00%,       
4/03/16    1,920  1,915,374 
Food & Staples Retailing — 2.9%       
AB Acquisitions UK Topco 2 Ltd. (FKA Alliance Boots),       
Facility B1, 3.55%, 7/09/15  GBP  2,425  3,459,690 
Bolthouse Farms, Inc., Term Loan (First Lien), 5.50%,       
2/11/16  USD  1,895  1,884,807 
DS Waters of America, Inc., Term Loan, 2.51%, 10/29/12    1,368  1,307,754 
Pierre Foods, Term Loan, 7.00%, 3/03/16    1,877  1,871,400 
Pilot Travel Centers LLC, Initial Tranche B Term Loan,       
5.25%, 6/30/16    3,895  3,899,373 
Rite Aid Corp., Term Loan B, 6.00%, 7/09/14    795  767,970 
      13,190,994 
Food Products — 2.2%       
Dole Food Co., Inc., Tranche B-1 Term Loan,       
5.00% – 5.50%, 3/02/17    996  997,579 
Michael Foods Group, Inc. (FKA M-Foods Holdings, Inc.)       
Term Loan B, 6.25%, 6/29/16    1,600  1,601,142 
Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Term Loan A, 5.53%, 12/01/12    2,085  2,064,150 
Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC, Tranche D Term Loan,       
6.00%, 4/02/14    2,837  2,840,546 
Solvest Ltd. (Dole), Tranche C-1 Term Loan,       
5.00% – 5.50%, 3/02/17    2,475  2,479,016 
      9,982,433 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.1%       
Biomet, Inc., Dollar Term Loan, 3.26% – 3.54%, 3/25/15  1,198  1,157,679 
DJO Finance LLC (FKA ReAble Therapeutics Finance LLC),       
Term Loan, 3.26%, 5/20/14    2,137  2,027,498 
Fresenius SE:       
Tranche C-1 Dollar Term Loan, 4.50%, 9/10/14    1,131  1,132,619 
Tranche C-2 Term Loan, 4.50%, 9/10/14    605  605,931 
      4,923,727 

 

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (e)    (000)  Value 
Health Care Providers & Services — 4.9%       
CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.:       
Delayed Draw Term Loan, 2.55%, 7/25/14  USD  295  $ 278,558 
Term Loan Facility, 2.55%, 7/25/14    5,759  5,429,356 
DaVita, Inc., Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 1.77% – 2.04%,       
10/05/12    600  590,747 
Gentiva Health Services, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.75%,       
8/12/16    1,800  1,776,375 
HCA, Inc.:       
Tranche A-1 Term Loan, 2.03%, 11/16/12    5,185  4,988,629 
Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 2.78%, 11/18/13    250  240,624 
Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 3.78%, 3/31/17    100  96,797 
inVentiv Health, Inc. (FKA Ventive Health, Inc.),       
Term Loan B, 6.50%, 7/31/16    4,000  3,992,500 
Renal Advantage Holdings, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan,       
6.00%, 6/03/16    1,900  1,900,000 
Vanguard Health Holding Co. II, LLC (Vanguard Health     
Systems, Inc.), Initial Term Loan, 5.00%, 1/29/16    2,807  2,774,298 
      22,067,884 
Health Care Technology — 0.8%       
IMS Health, Inc., Tranche B Dollar Term Loan,       
5.25%, 2/26/16    3,687  3,693,969 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 4.8%       
Harrah's Operating Co., Inc.:       
Term Loan B-3, 3.50% – 3.53%, 1/28/15    2,953  2,522,848 
Term Loan B-4, 9.50%, 10/31/16    2,985  3,046,360 
Penn National Gaming, Inc., Term Loan B, 2.01% –       
2.24%, 10/03/12    1,450  1,414,286 
SW Acquisitions Co., Inc., Term Loan, 5.75%, 6/01/16  4,110  4,113,415 
Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan       
(First Lien), 6.00%, 6/30/16    3,048  3,012,489 
Travelport LLC (FKA Travelport, Inc.):       
Delayed Draw Term Loan, 2.76%, 8/23/13    795  754,290 
Original Post-First Amendment and Restatement       
Synthetic Letter of Credit Loan, 3.03%, 8/23/13    76  71,831 
Tranche B Dollar Term Loan, 2.76%, 8/23/13    419  395,585 
Universal City Development Partners, Ltd., Term Loan,       
5.50%, 11/16/14    1,836  1,837,987 
VML US Finance LLC (FKA Venetian Macau):       
Term B Delayed Draw Project Loan, 5.04%, 5/25/12  1,250  1,228,609 
Term B Funded Project Loan, 5.04%, 5/27/13    3,512  3,450,883 
      21,848,583 
Household Durables — 0.1%       
American Achievement Corp., Tranche B Term Loan,       
6.25% – 6.50%, 3/25/11    445  420,446 
IT Services — 3.6%       
Audio Visual Services Group, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan     
(First Lien), 2.79%, 2/28/14 (c)    1,336  988,832 
Ceridian Corp., US Term Loan, 3.26%, 11/09/14    2,194  1,951,927 
EVERTEC, Inc., Term Loan B, 7.00%, 8/20/16    1,300  1,270,750 
First Data Corp.:       
Initial Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 3.01%, 9/24/14    336  287,031 
Initial Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 3.01%, 9/24/14    4,830  4,118,565 
Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan, 3.01%, 9/24/14    2,084  1,777,558 
SunGard Data Systems, Inc. (Solar Capital Corp.),       
Incremental Term Loan, 6.75%, 2/28/14    2,967  2,963,046 
TransUnion LLC, Term Loan, 6.75%, 6/15/17    3,000  3,027,189 
      16,384,898 
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.9%     
Dynegy Holdings, Inc.:       
Term Letter of Credit Facility, 4.02%, 4/02/13    716  703,573 
Tranche B Term Loan, 4.02%, 4/02/13    57  56,348 
Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co., LLC (TXU):       
Initial Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 3.79% – 4.07%,       
10/10/14    3,096  2,345,853 
Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan, 3.79% – 4.03%,       
10/10/14    1,121  844,609 
      3,950,383 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Senior Floating Rate LLC
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (e)    (000)  Value 
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.8%       
Sequa Corp., Term Loan, 3.79%, 12/03/14  USD  8,633  $ 7,942,388 
Insurance — 0.3%       
Alliant Holdings I, Inc., Term Loan, 3.53%, 8/21/14    1,668  1,584,273 
Leisure Equipment & Products — 0.1%       
Fender Musical Instruments Corp.:       
Delayed Draw Loan, 2.55%, 6/09/14    159  132,982 
Initial Loan, 2.79%, 6/09/14    315  263,250 
      396,232 
Machinery — 0.4%       
Oshkosh Truck Corp., Term Loan B, 6.44% – 6.54%,       
12/06/13    1,727  1,736,812 
Marine — 0.2%       
Horizon Lines, LLC:       
Revolving Loan, 3.52% – 3.55%, 8/08/12    610  521,831 
Term Loan, 3.79%, 8/08/12    462  421,132 
      942,963 
Media — 13.4%       
Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc. (Thomson Learning),       
Tranche 1 Incremental Term Loan, 7.50%,       
7/03/14    5,540  5,521,540 
Cequel Communications, LLC, New Term Loan, 2.30%,       
11/05/13    425  408,293 
Charter Communications Operating, LLC:       
New Term Loan, 2.26%, 3/06/14    947  895,882 
Term Loan B1, 7.25%, 3/06/14    1,747  1,784,174 
Term Loan C, 3.79%, 9/06/16    7,859  7,517,000 
Clarke American Corp., Term Loan B, 2.76%, 6/30/14    2,261  1,948,922 
FoxCo Acquisition Sub, LLC, Term Loan, 7.50%, 7/14/15    1,547  1,488,086 
HMH Publishing Co., Ltd., Tranche A Term Loan, 5.79%,       
6/12/14 (c)    3,237  2,947,017 
Intelsat Corp. (FKA PanAmSat Corp.):       
Tranche B-2-A Term Loan, 3.03%, 1/03/14    547  517,102 
Tranche B-2-B Term Loan, 3.03%, 1/03/14    547  516,789 
Tranche B-2-C Term Loan, 3.03%, 1/03/14    547  516,789 
Intelsat Subsidiary Holding Co. Ltd., Term Loan B,       
3.03%, 7/03/13    206  196,073 
Interactive Data Corp., Term Loan, 6.75%, 1/29/17    2,100  2,112,249 
Local TV Finance, LLC, Term Loan, 2.27%, 5/07/13    685  609,177 
MCNA Cable Holdings LLC (OneLink Communications),       
Loan, 6.89%, 3/01/13 (c)    1,336  1,135,420 
Mediacom Illinois, LLC (FKA Mediacom Communications,       
LLC):       
Tranche D Term Loan, 5.50%, 3/31/17    1,489  1,458,491 
Tranche E Term Loan, 4.50%, 10/23/17    1,850  1,745,906 
Newsday, LLC, Floating Rate Term Loan, 6.78%, 8/01/13    2,500  2,512,500 
Nielsen Finance LLC:       
Class A Dollar Term Loan, 2.29%, 8/09/13    68  65,191 
Class B Dollar Term Loan, 4.04%, 5/01/16    3,379  3,265,319 
Class C Dollar Term Loan, 4.04%, 5/28/16    1,100  1,055,527 
Penton Media, Inc., Term Loan (First Lien), 5.00%,       
8/01/14 (c)    486  335,005 
Regal Cinemas Corp., Term Loan, 4.03%, 11/19/16    1,471  1,452,921 
Sinclair Television Group, Inc., New Tranche B Loan, 5.50%,     
10/29/15    1,841  1,842,443 
Springer Science+Business Media SA, Facility A1,       
6.75%, 7/01/16  EUR  3,400  4,261,976 
Sunshine Acquisition Ltd. (FKA HIT Entertainment),       
Term Facility, 5.68%, 6/01/12  USD  2,157  2,011,809 
TWCC Holdings Corp., Replacement Term Loans, 5.00%,       
9/14/15    3,542  3,537,760 
UPC Financing Partnership, Facility U, 4.64%, 12/31/17 EUR  2,100  2,470,334 
Virgin Media Investment Holdings Ltd., Facility B,       
4.78%, 12/31/15  GBP  3,000  4,460,064 
Yell Group Plc/Yell Finance (UK) Ltd., Facility A3,       
2.60%, 8/09/11  USD  1,641  1,583,203 
    60,172,962 

 

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (e)    (000)  Value 
Multi-Utilities — 0.3%       
Energy Transfer Equity, LP, Term Loan, 2.02%, 11/01/12  USD  750  $ 734,063 
FirstLight Power Resources, Inc. (FKA NE Energy, Inc.):       
Synthetic Letter of Credit, 0.41%, 11/01/13    6  5,612 
Term B Advance (First Lien), 3.06%, 11/01/13    367  340,411 
Mach Gen, LLC, Synthetic Letter of Credit Loan       
(First Lien), 0.28%, 2/22/13    69  64,156 
      1,144,242 
Multiline Retail — 1.2%       
Dollar General Corp., Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 3.01% –       
3.03%, 7/07/14    1,450  1,396,141 
Hema Holding BV:       
Facility B, 2.65%, 7/06/15  EUR  861  1,032,557 
Facility C, 3.40%, 7/05/16    861  1,032,558 
The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc., Term Loan, 2.30%,       
4/06/13  USD  2,123  2,012,012 
      5,473,268 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.2%       
Big West Oil, LLC, Term Loan, 12.00%, 7/23/15    1,075  1,087,989 
Paper & Forest Products — 0.4%       
Georgia-Pacific LLC:       
Term Loan B, 2.30% – 2.53%, 12/23/12    590  580,944 
Term Loan B-2, 2.30% – 2.53%, 12/20/12    1,290  1,271,348 
      1,852,292 
Personal Products — 0.0%       
American Safety Razor Co., LLC, Term Loan (First Lien),       
8.00%, 7/31/13    178  163,600 
Pharmaceuticals — 1.0%       
Warner Chilcott Co., LLC, Term Loan A, 6.00%, 10/30/14    1,356  1,353,597 
Warner Chilcott Corp.:       
Additional Term Loan, 6.25%, 4/30/15    773  771,563 
Term Loan B-1, 6.25%, 4/30/15    579  578,310 
Term Loan B-2, 6.25%, 4/30/15    964  962,880 
Term Loan B-3, 6.50%, 2/20/16    547  549,243 
Term Loan B-4, 6.50%, 2/20/16    178  178,214 
      4,393,807 
Professional Services — 0.6%       
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.:       
Tranche B Term Loan, 7.50%, 7/31/15    2,350  2,353,038 
Tranche C Term Loan, 6.00%, 7/31/15    150  149,963 
      2,503,001 
Real Estate Management & Development — 1.8%       
Mattamy Funding Partnership, Term Loan, 2.56%,       
4/11/13    389  358,198 
Realogy Corp.:       
Delayed Draw Term Loan B, 3.30% – 3.53%,       
10/10/13    5,430  4,685,244 
Initial Term Loan B, 3.30%, 10/10/13    3,011  2,598,289 
Synthetic Letter of Credit, 0.11%, 10/10/13    516  445,411 
      8,087,142 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.2%       
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Extended Maturity       
Term Loan, 4.56%, 12/01/16    955  853,979 
Software — 0.7%       
Telcordia Technologies, Inc., Term Loan, 6.75%,       
4/30/16    2,195  2,192,672 
Vertafore, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.75%, 7/28/16    1,140  1,132,875 
      3,325,547 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Senior Floating Rate LLC
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

    Par   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (e)    (000)  Value 
Specialty Retail — 1.5%       
Bass Pro Group LLC, Term Loan, 5.00% – 5.75%,     
4/10/15    USD 539  $ 538,475 
Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp., Term Loan,     
2.54% – 2.66%, 5/28/13    740  701,022 
General Nutrition Centers, Inc., Term Loan, 2.52% –     
2.79%, 9/16/13    256  242,141 
Michaels Stores, Inc.:       
Term Loan B-1, 2.63% – 2.81%, 10/31/13  1,691  1,595,070 
Term Loan B-2, 4.88% – 5.06%, 7/31/16  1,040  1,003,198 
Toys 'R' US, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.00%, 8/17/16  2,500  2,493,735 
      6,573,641 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.8%       
Hanesbrands, Inc., New Term Loan, 5.25%, 12/10/15  1,382  1,391,590 
Phillips Van Heusen Corp., US Tranche B Term Loan,     
4.75%, 5/06/16    2,437  2,450,219 
      3,841,809 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.2%     
Cavtel Holdings, LLC, Term Loan, 10.50%, 12/31/12 (c)  707  668,230 
Digicel International Finance Ltd., US Term Loan     
(Non-Rollover), 3.06%, 3/30/12    6,574  6,417,396 
MetroPCS Wireless, Inc.:       
Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 2.56%, 11/03/13  227  220,697 
Tranche B-2 Term Loan, 3.81%, 11/03/16  2,475  2,427,072 
      9,733,395 
Total Floating Rate Loan Interests — 83.5%      376,220,587 
    Beneficial   
    Interest   
Other Interests (f)    (000)   
Diversified Financial Services — 0.4%       
J.G. Wentworth LLC Preferred Equity Interests (g)  1  2,022,221 
Total Other Interests — 0.4%      2,022,221 
Warrants (h)    Shares   
Media — 0.0%       
New Vision Holdings LLC:       
(Expires 9/30/14)    7,419  74 
(Expires 9/30/14)    41,217  412 
Total Warrants — 0.0%      486 
Total Long-Term Investments       
(Cost — $467,617,315) — 98.2%      442,640,460 
    Shares/   
    Beneficial   
    Interest   
Short-Term Securities    (000)   
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund,       
Institutional Class, 0.25% (i)(j)    23,631,517  23,631,517 
Bank of New York Cash Reserves, 0.01% (j)  USD  491  491,479 
Total Short-Term Securities       
(Cost — $24,122,996) — 5.4%      24,122,996 
Total Investments (Cost — $491,740,311*) — 103.6%    466,763,456 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (3.6)%    (16,376,276) 
Net Assets — 100.0%      $450,387,180 

 

* The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of August 31,
2010, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:

Aggregate cost  $ 487,059,138 
Gross unrealized appreciation  $ 6,631,672 
Gross unrealized depreciation  (26,927,354) 
Net unrealized depreciation  $ (20,295,682) 

 

(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) Convertible security.
(e) Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.
(f) Other interests represent beneficial interest in liquidation trusts and other reorgani-
zation entities and are non-income producing.
(g) The investment is held by a wholly owned taxable subsidiary of the Master LLC.
(h) Warrants entitle the Master LLC to purchase a predetermined number of shares of
common stock and are non-income producing. The purchase price and number of
shares are subject to adjustment under certain conditions until the expiration date,
if any.
(i) Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Master LLC during the
year, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, were as follows:

      Shares Held at  Net  Shares Held at   
  Affiliate  August 31, 2009  Activity  August 31, 2010  Income 
  BlackRock Liquidity           
  Funds, TempFund,           
  Institutional Class                        33,608,423  (9,485,427)    24,122,996      $ 39,092 
(j) Represents the current yield as of report date.       
  Foreign currency exchange contracts as of August 31, 2010 were as follows: 
                Unrealized 
  Currency    Currency      Settlement                         Appreciation      
  Purchased    Sold  Counterparty  Date                            (Depreciation)      
  USD                     15,829,072  EUR  12,523,000  Citibank NA  9/15/10  $ (40,364)   
  USD  581,968  CAD  614,500  Deutsche Bank AG                      10/20/10             6,166 
  USD  8,033,312  GBP  5,262,500  Citibank NA  10/20/10  (34,708) 
  Total            $ (68,906)          

 

For Master LLC compliance purposes, the Master LLC'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 Master LLC
management. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may
combine such industry sub-classifications for reporting ease.

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of
investments and derivatives, 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
Master LLC's own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments
and derivatives)
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indi-
cation of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For information about
the Master LLC's policy regarding valuation of investments and derivatives and other
significant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Financial
Statements.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (concluded)

Master Senior Floating Rate LLC

The following tables summarize the inputs used as of August 31, 2010 in determin-
ing the fair valuation of the Master LLC's investments and derivatives:

Valuation Inputs    Level 1  Level 2  Level 3  Total 
Assets:           
Investments in           
Securities:           
Long-Term           
Investments:           
Common Stocks    $ 725,695  $ 899,938  $ 15,290  $ 1,640,923 
Corporate Bonds  .    56,792,716  5,963,527  62,756,243 
Floating Rate           
Loan Interests      327,624,962  48,595,625           376,220,587 
Other Interests        2,022,221  2,022,221 
Warrants        486  486 
Short-Term           
Securities    23,631,517  491,479    24,122,996 
Liabilities:           
Unfunded Loan           
Commitments        (142,101)  (142,101) 
Total    $24,357,212  $385,809,095  $56,455,048         $466,621,355 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments1

Valuation Inputs  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3    Total 
Assets:           
Foreign currency           
exchange           
contracts    $ 6,166    —   $ 6,166 
Liabilities:           
Foreign currency           
exchange           
contracts    (75,072)      (75,072) 
Total    $ (68,906)    —   $ (68,906) 

 

1 Derivative financial instruments are foreign currency exchange contracts. Foreign
currency exchange contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreci-
ation on the instrument.

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

  Common  Corporate  Floating Rate  Other     Unfunded Loan 
  Stocks  Bonds  Loan Interests  Interests  Warrants  Commitments  Total 
Assets/Liabilities:               
Balance, as of August 31, 2009  $ 16,332  $ 6,417,361  $ 97,288,159  $ 777,120    $ (112,385)  $104,386,587 
Accrued discounts/premiums    118,114  976,599        1,094,713 
Net realized gain (loss)    4  (19,835,811)        (19,835,807) 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation2  (1,042)  (669,032)  32,312,040  1,245,101    (29,716)  32,857,351 
Purchases    97,088  40,379,175        40,476,263 
Sales    (8)     (110,852,043)        (110,852,051) 
Transfers in3      22,006,365    $ 486    22,006,851 
Transfers out3      (13,678,859)        (13,678,859) 
Balance, as of August 31, 2010  $ 15,290  $ 5,963,527  $ 48,595,625  $ 2,022,221  $ 486  $ (142,101)  $ 56,455,048 

 

2 Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the Statement of Operations. The change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on securities
still held at August 31, 2010 was $2,478,728.
3 The Master LLC’s policy is to recognize transfers in and transfers out as of the end of the period of the event or the change in circumstances that caused the transfer.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities  Master Senior Floating Rate LLC 
August 31, 2010   
Assets   
Investments at value — unaffiliated (cost — $468,108,794)  $ 443,131,939 
Investments at value — affiliated (cost — $23,631,517)  23,631,517 
Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts  6,166 
Foreign currency at value — (cost — $134,185)  131,146 
Investments sold receivable — unaffiliated  13,302,665 
Investments sold receivable — affiliated  122,574 
Interest receivable  4,040,267 
Contributions receivable from investors  978,783 
Commitment fees receivable  3,172 
Prepaid expenses  15,895 
Total assets  485,364,124 
Liabilities   
Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts  75,072 
Unrealized depreciation on unfunded loan commitments  142,101 
Investments purchased payable  33,927,766 
Investment advisory fees payable  360,247 
Deferred income  240,821 
Other affiliates payable  1,420 
Directors' fees payable  500 
Other accrued expenses payable  209,976 
Other liabilities  19,041 
Total liabilities  34,976,944 
Net Assets  $ 450,387,180 
Net Assets Consist of   
Investors' capital  $ 475,562,640 
Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation  (25,175,460) 
Net Assets  $ 450,387,180 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Operations  Master Senior Floating Rate LLC 
Year Ended August 31, 2010     
Investment Income     
Interest    $ 28,267,640 
Dividends — affiliated    39,092 
Facility and other fees    634,187 
Total income    28,940,919 
Expenses     
Investment advisory    4,328,391 
Professional    192,941 
Accounting services    157,066 
Custodian    58,542 
Directors    46,888 
Printing    6,491 
Miscellaneous    93,318 
Total expenses excluding interest expense    4,883,637 
Interest expense    16,110 
Total expenses    4,899,747 
Less fees waived by advisor    (17,708) 
Total expenses after fees waived    4,882,039 
Net investment income    24,058,880 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)     
Net realized gain (loss) from:     
Investments    (26,940,752) 
Swaps    (500,317) 
Foreign currency transactions    2,766,574 
    (24,674,495) 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:     
Investments    51,104,034 
Swaps    290,086 
Foreign currency transactions    167,412 
Unfunded loan commitments    (29,716) 
    51,531,816 
Total realized and unrealized gain    26,857,321 
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations    $ 50,916,201 
Statements of Changes in Net Assets  Master Senior Floating Rate LLC 
                                           Year Ended August 31, 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:  2010  2009 
Operations     
Net investment income  $ 24,058,880  $ 27,640,754 
Net realized loss  (24,674,495)  (49,899,586) 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation  51,531,816  (16,926,300) 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations  50,916,201  (39,185,132) 
Capital Transactions     
Proceeds from contributions  35,429,443  45,763,562 
Value of withdrawals  (99,242,421)  (132,042,492) 
Net decrease in net assets derived from capital transactions  (63,812,978)  (86,278,930) 
Net Assets     
Total decrease in net assets  (12,896,777)  (125,464,062) 
Beginning of year  463,283,957  588,748,019 
End of year  $ 450,387,180  $ 463,283,957 
See Notes to Financial Statements.     

 

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Statement of Cash Flows  Master Senior Floating Rate LLC 
Year Ended August 31, 2010   
Cash Provided by Operating Activities   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations  $ 50,916,201 
Adjustments to reconcile net increase in net assets resulting from operations to net cash provided by operating activities:   
Increase in interest receivable  (69,121) 
Increase in commitment fees receivable  (3,172) 
Decrease in other assets  189,286 
Decrease in prepaid expenses  2,319 
Decrease in investment advisory fees payable  (7,278) 
Decrease in other affiliates payable  (22) 
Increase in other accrued expenses payable  99,883 
Decrease in swaps payable  (32,025) 
Increase in other liabilities  3,439 
Decrease in Officers and Directors’ fees payable  (225) 
Net realized and unrealized gain  (22,827,660) 
Net periodic and termination payments of swaps  52,260 
Amortization of premium and accretion of discount on investments  (4,807,664) 
Paid-in-kind income  (342,391) 
Proceeds from sales and paydowns of long-term investments  506,123,724 
Purchases of long-term investments  (474,752,189) 
Net sales of short-term securities  9,485,427 
Cash provided by operating activities  64,030,792 
Cash Used for Financing Activities   
Cash receipts from contributions  35,198,915 
Cash payments on withdrawals  (99,242,421) 
Cash receipts from borrowings  32,000,000 
Cash payments on borrowings  (32,000,000) 
Cash used for financing activities  (64,043,506) 
Cash Impact from Foreign Exchange Fluctuations   
Cash impact from foreign exchange fluctuations  (3,024) 
Cash   
Net decrease in cash and foreign currency  (15,738) 
Cash and foreign currency at beginning of year  146,884 
Cash and foreign currency at end of year  $ 131,146 
Cash Flow Information   
Cash paid for interest  $ 16,110 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Financial Highlights      Master Senior Floating Rate LLC 
      Year Ended August 31,   
  2010     2009  2008  2007  2006 
Total Investment Return           
Total investment return  11.67%  (4.23)%  (1.08)%  3.49%  5.37% 
Ratios to Average Net Assets           
Total expenses  1.08%  1.05%  1.04%  1.04%  1.04% 
Total expenses after fees waived  1.07%  1.05%  1.04%  1.04%  1.04% 
Total expenses after fees waived and excluding interest expense  1.07%  1.04%  1.04%  1.02%  1.03% 
Net investment income  5.29%  6.44%  6.41%  7.07%  6.22% 
Supplemental Data           
Net assets, end of year (000)  $ 450,387  $ 463,284  $ 588,748  $ 758,328  $ 925,910 
Portfolio turnover  108%  47%  56%  46%  54% 
Average loan outstanding during the year (000)  $ 1,044  $ 420    $ 2,255  $ 1,932 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements

Master Senior Floating Rate LLC

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies:
Master Senior Floating Rate LLC (the “Master LLC”) is registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and is
organized as a Delaware limited liability company. The Limited Liability
Company Agreement permits the Board of Directors (the “Board”) to issue
non-transferable interests in the Master LLC, subject to certain limitations.
The Master LLC’s financial statements are prepared in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America,
which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.
Actual results could differ from those estimates.

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

Valuation: The Master LLC fair values its financial instruments at market
value using independent dealers or pricing services under policies
approved by the Board. The Master LLC values its bond investments on the
basis of last available bid prices or current market quotations provided by
dealers or pricing services. Floating rate loan interests are valued at the
mean of the bid prices from one or more brokers or dealers as obtained
from a pricing service. In determining the value of a particular investment,
pricing services may use certain information with respect to transactions
in such investments, quotations from dealers, pricing matrixes, market
transactions in comparable investments, various relationships observed
in the market between investments and calculated yield measures based
on valuation technology commonly employed in the market for such invest-
ments. Swap agreements are valued utilizing quotes received daily by the
Master LLC’s pricing service or through brokers, which are derived using
daily swap curves and models that incorporate a number of market data
factors, such as discounted cash flows and trades and values of the under-
lying reference instruments. Investments in open-end investment compa-
nies are valued at net asset value each business day. Short-term securities
with remaining maturities of 60 days or less may be valued at amortized
cost, which approximates fair value.

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

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

In the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a
price for an investment which is deemed not to be representative of the
market value of such investment or is not available, the investment will
be valued in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting
fair value (“Fair Value Assets”). When determining the price for Fair Value
Assets, the investment advisor and/or the sub-advisor seeks to determine
the price that the Master LLC might reasonably expect to receive from
the current sale of that asset in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value
determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the invest-
ment 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 Master LLC’s net
assets. If events (for example, a company announcement, market volatility
or a natural disaster) occur during such periods that are expected to mate-
rially affect the value of such instruments, those instruments may be Fair
Value Assets and be valued at their fair values, as determined in good faith
by the investment advisor using a pricing service and/or policies approved
by the Board.

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

The Master LLC reports foreign currency related transactions as compo-
nents of realized gain (loss) for financial reporting purposes, whereas
such components are treated as ordinary income for federal income
tax purposes.

Floating Rate Loan Interests: The Master LLC may invest in floating rate
loan interests. The floating rate loan interests the Master LLC holds are
typically issued to companies (the “borrower”) by banks, other financial
institutions, and privately and publicly offered corporations (the “lender”).
Floating rate loan interests are generally non-investment grade, often
involve borrowers whose financial condition is troubled or uncertain and
companies that are highly levered. The Master LLC may invest in obligations
of borrowers who are in bankruptcy proceedings. Floating rate loan inter-
ests may include fully funded term loans or revolving lines of credit.
Floating rate loan interests are typically senior in the corporate capital
structure of the borrower. Floating rate loan interests generally pay interest
at rates that are periodically determined by reference to a base lending
rate plus a premium. The base lending rates are generally the lending rate
offered by one or more European banks, such as LIBOR (London Inter Bank
Offered Rate), the prime rate offered by one or more US banks or the cer-
tificate of deposit rate. Floating rate loan interests may involve foreign

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borrowers, and investments may be denominated in foreign currencies. The
Master LLC considers these investments to be investments in debt securi-
ties for purposes of its investment policies.

When the Master LLC buys a floating rate loan interest it may receive a
facility fee and when it sells a floating rate loan interest it may pay a facil-
ity fee. On an ongoing basis, the Master LLC may receive a commitment fee
based on the undrawn portion of the underlying line of credit amount of a
floating rate loan interest. The Master LLC earns and/or pays facility and
other fees on floating rate loan interests, which are shown as facility and
other fees in the Statement of Operations. Facility and commitment fees
are typically amortized to income over the term of the loan or term of the
commitment, respectively. Consent and amendment fees are recorded to
income as earned. Prepayment penalty fees, which may be received by the
Master LLC upon the prepayment of a floating rate loan interest by a bor-
rower, are recorded as realized gains. The Master LLC may invest in multiple
series or tranches of a loan. A different series or tranche may have varying
terms and carry different associated risks.

Floating rate loan interests are usually freely callable at the borrower’s
option. The Master LLC may invest in such loans in the form of participa-
tions in loans (“Participations”) and assignments of all or a portion of
loans from third parties. Participations typically will result in the Master LLC
having a contractual relationship only with the lender, not with the bor-
rower. The Master LLC 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 Master LLC
generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the
terms of the loan agreement, nor any rights of offset against the borrower,
and the Master LLC may not benefit directly from any collateral supporting
the loan in which it has purchased the Participation. As a result, the Master
LLC will assume the credit risk of both the borrower and the lender that is
selling the Participation. The Master LLC’s investment in loan participation
interests involves the risk of insolvency of the financial intermediaries who
are parties to the transactions. In the event of the insolvency of the lender
selling the Participation, the Master LLC may be treated as a general credi-
tor of the lender and may not benefit from any offset between the lender
and the borrower.

Segregation and Collateralization: In cases in which the 1940 Act and the
interpretive positions of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)
require that the Master LLC either delivers collateral or segregates assets
in connection with certain investments (e.g., swaps and foreign currency
exchange contracts), the Master LLC will, consistent with SEC rules and/or
certain interpretive letters issued by the SEC, segregate collateral or desig-
nate on its books and records cash or other liquid securities having a mar-
ket value at least equal to the amount that would otherwise be required to
be physically segregated. Furthermore, based on requirements and agree-
ments with certain exchanges and third party broker-dealers, each party
has requirements to deliver/deposit securities as collateral for certain
investments.

Investment Transactions and Investment Income: For financial reporting
purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the trans-
actions are entered into (the trade dates). Realized gains and losses
on investment transactions are determined on the identified cost basis.
Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Dividends from
foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed are subse-
quently recorded when the Master LLC has determined the ex-dividend
date. Interest income, including amortization of premium and accretion
of discount on debt securities, is recognized on the accrual basis.
Consent fees are compensation for agreeing to changes in the terms
of debt instruments and are included in facility and other fees in the
Statement of Operations.

Income Taxes: The Master LLC is classified as a partnership for federal
income tax purposes. As such, each investor in the Master LLC is treated as
owner of its proportionate share of the net assets, income, expenses and
realized and unrealized gains and losses of the Master LLC. Therefore, no
federal income tax provision is required. It is intended that the Master LLC’s
assets will be managed so an investor in the Master LLC can satisfy the
requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended.

The Master LLC files US federal and various state and local tax returns. No
income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limita-
tions on the Master LLC’s US federal tax returns remains open for each of
the four years ended August 31, 2010. The statutes of limitations on the
Master LLC’s state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional
year depending upon the jurisdiction. There are no uncertain tax positions
that require recognition of a tax liability.

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

2. Derivative Financial Instruments:
The Master LLC engages in various portfolio investment strategies using
derivative contracts both to increase the returns of the Master LLC and
to economically hedge, or protect, its exposure to certain risks such as
credit risk and foreign currency exchange rate risk. These contracts may be
transacted on an exchange or over-the-counter (“OTC”).

Losses may arise if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavor-
able change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument or if
the counterparty does not perform under the contract. The Master LLC’s
maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on OTC derivatives is
generally the aggregate unrealized gain netted against any collateral
pledged by/posted to the counterparty.

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The Master LLC may mitigate counterparty risk by procuring collateral and
through netting provisions included within an International Swaps and
Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) Master Agreement implemented
between the Master LLC and each of its respective counterparties. The ISDA
Master Agreement allows the Master LLC to offset with each separate
counterparty certain derivative financial instrument’s payables and/or
receivables with collateral held. The amount of collateral moved to/from
applicable counterparties is generally based upon minimum transfer
amounts of up to $500,000. To the extent amounts due to the Master LLC
from its counterparties are not fully collateralized contractually or other-
wise, the Master LLC bears the risk of loss from counterparty non-perform-
ance. See Note 1 “Segregation and Collateralization” for information with
respect to collateral practices. In addition, the Master LLC manages coun-
terparty risk by entering into agreements only with counterparties that it
believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by
monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties.

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

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

Swaps: The Master LLC enters into swap agreements, in which the Master
LLC and a counterparty agree to make periodic net payments on a speci-
fied notional amount. These periodic payments received or made by the
Master LLC are recorded in the Statement 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 Master LLC will record a realized gain or loss equal to the
difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transaction
and the Master LLC’s basis in the contract, if any. Generally, the basis of
the contracts is the premium received or paid. Swap transactions involve,
to varying degrees, elements of interest rate, credit and market risk in

excess of the amounts recognized in the Statement 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 Master LLC enters 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 Master LLC enters
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 Master LLC may either buy or sell (write) credit default
swaps on single-name issuers (corporate or sovereign), a combination
or basket of single-name issuers or traded indexes. Credit default
swaps on single-name issuers are agreements in which the buyer pays
fixed periodic payments to the seller in consideration for a guarantee
from the seller to make a specific payment should a negative credit
event take place (e.g., bankruptcy, failure to pay, obligation accelerators,
repudiation, moratorium or restructuring). Credit default swaps on
traded indexes are agreements in which the buyer pays fixed periodic
payments to the seller in consideration for a guarantee from the seller
to make a specific payment should a write-down, principal or interest
shortfall or default of all or individual underlying securities included in
the index occurs. As a buyer, if an underlying credit event occurs, the
Master LLC 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, the Master LLC
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.

Derivative Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

Fair Values of Derivative Instruments as of August 31, 2010

  Asset Derivatives  Liability Derivatives 
  Statement    Statement   
  of Assets and    of Assets and   
  Liabilities    Liabilities   
  Location  Value  Location  Value 
  Unrealized    Unrealized   
  appreciation    depreciation   
  on foreign    on foreign   
  currency    curency   
Foreign currency exchange  exchange    exchange   
contracts  contracts  $ 6,166  contracts  $ 75,072 

 

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The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Operations 
Year Ended August 31, 2010

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

    Foreign 
    Currency 
    Exchange 
  Swaps   Contracts 
Foreign currency exchange contracts        $ 2,222,075 
Credit contracts  $ (500,317)          
Total  $ (500,317)  $ 2,222,075 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation on

    Foreign 
    Currency 
    Exchange 
  Swaps    Contracts 
Foreign currency exchange contracts  —       $ 132,016 
Credit contracts  $ 290,086       
Total  $ 290,086  $ 132,016 

 

For the year ended August 31, 2010, the average quarterly balances of
outstanding derivative financial instruments were as follows:

Foreign currency exchange contracts:   
Average number of contracts – US dollars purchased  6 
Average number of contracts – US dollars sold  1 
Average US dollar amounts purchased  $29,323,146 
Average US dollar amounts sold  $ 2,999,899 
Credit default swaps:   
Average number of contracts – buy protection  1 
Average notional value – buy protection  $ 813,750 

 

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 struc-
ture, PNC is an affiliate of the Master LLC for 1940 Act purposes, but BAC
and Barclays are not.

The Master LLC entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with
BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), the Master LLC’s investment
advisor, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide
investment advisory and administration services. The Manager is responsi-
ble for the management of the Master LLC’s portfolio and provides the
necessary personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services nec-
essary to the operations of the Master LLC. For such services, the Master
LLC pays the Manager a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.95% of the
Master LLC’s average daily net assets.

The Manager voluntarily agreed to waive its investment advisory fees by the
amount of investment advisory fees the Master LLC pays to the Manager
indirectly through its investment in affiliated money market funds, however,
the Manager does not waive its investment advisory fees by the amount
of investment advisory fees paid through the Master LLC’s investment in
other affiliated investment companies, if any. This amount is shown as fees
waived by advisor in the Statement of Operations.

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

For the year ended August 31, 2010, the Master LLC reimbursed the
Manager $8,706 for certain accounting services, which is included in
accounting services in the Statement of Operations.

Certain officers and/or directors of the Master LLC are officers and/or
directors of BlackRock or its affiliates.

4. Investments:

Purchases and sales of investments including paydowns and excluding
short-term securities, for the year ended August 31, 2010, were
$486,070,510 and $515,641,944, respectively.

5. Commitments:

The Master LLC may invest in floating rate loan interests. In connection with
these investments, the Master LLC may also enter into unfunded loan com-
mitments (“commitments”). Commitments may obligate the Master LLC to
furnish temporary financing to a borrower until permanent financing can be
arranged. In connection with these commitments, the Master LLC earns a
commitment fee, typically set as a percentage of the commitment amount.
Such fee income, which is classified in the Statement of Operations as
facility and other fees, is recognized ratably over the commitment period.
As of August 31, 2010, the Master LLC had the following unfunded
loan commitments:

    Value of 
  Unfunded  Underlying 
Borrower  Commitment  Loan 
Horizon Lines, LLC  $ 446,009  $ 404,584 
Delta Airlines, Inc.  $3,350,000  $3,249,324 

 

6. Market and Credit Risk:

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

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Master Senior Floating Rate LLC

erally approximated by their value recorded in the Master LLC’s Statement
of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Master LLC.

7. Borrowings:

The Master LLC, along with certain other funds managed by the Manager
and its affiliates, is a party to a $500 million credit agreement with a group
of lenders, which was renewed until November 2010. The Master LLC may
borrow under the credit agreement to fund shareholder redemptions. Prior
to its renewal the credit agreement had the following terms: 0.02% upfront
fee on the aggregate commitment amount which was allocated to the
Master LLC based on its net assets as of October 31, 2008; a commitment
fee of 0.08% per annum based on the Master LLC’s pro rata share of the
unused portion of the credit agreement, which is included in miscellaneous
in the Statement of Operations, and interest at a rate equal to the higher
of the (a) federal funds effective rate and (b) reserve adjusted one-month
LIBOR, plus, in each case, the higher of (i) 1.50% and (ii) 50% of the CDX
Index (as defined in the credit agreement) on amounts borrowed. Effective
November 2009, the credit agreement was renewed with the following
terms: 0.02% upfront fee on the aggregate commitment amount which was
allocated to the Master LLC based on its net assets as of October 31,
2009, a commitment fee of 0.10% per annum based on the Master LLC’s
pro rata share of the unused portion of the credit agreement, which is
included in miscellaneous in the Statement of Operations, and interest at a
rate equal to the higher of (a) the one-month LIBOR plus 1.25% per
annum and (b) the Fed Funds rate plus 1.25% per annum on amounts
borrowed. For the year ended August 31, 2010, the daily weighted average
interest rate was 1.54%.

8. Subsequent Events:

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

On September 2, 2010, the Board of each of Senior Floating Rate
and Senior Floating Rate II (the "Senior Floating Rate Funds") and on
September 17, 2010 the Board of Trustees of BlackRock Funds II
approved the reorganization of each Senior Floating Rate Fund into the
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Funds II,
with the BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio being the surviving
fund (the “Reorganizations”). The reorganizations are subject to shareholder
approval and certain other conditions. If approved by shareholders, it is
currently expected that each Reorganization would be completed in the
first quarter of 2011.

Each Senior Floating Rate Fund is a "feeder" fund that invests all of its
assets in the Master LLC. In connection with the Reorganizations, the Board
of the Master LLC approved the liquidation and dissolution of the Master
LLC and the distribution of its assets in the event one or both of the
Reorganizations are approved by shareholders.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Master Senior Floating Rate LLC

To the Investors and Board of Directors of Master Senior
Floating Rate LLC:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities,
including the schedule of investments, of Master Senior Floating Rate LLC
(the “Master LLC”) as of August 31, 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 responsi-
bility of the Master LLC’s 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 Master LLC is not required to have, nor were we
engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.
Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial report-
ing 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 Master LLC’s 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 signifi-
cant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of
securities owned as of August 31, 2010, by correspondence with the cus-
todian, brokers and agent banks; where replies were not received from bro-
kers 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
Master Senior Floating Rate LLC as of August 31, 2010, the results of its
operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, the changes in its
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
October 30, 2010

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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreements and Sub-Advisory Agreements

The Board of Directors and the Board of Trustees, as the case may be
(each, a “Board,” and, collectively, the "Boards," and the members of which
are referred to as "Board Members") of each of BlackRock Defined
Opportunity Credit Trust (“BHL”), BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies
Fund, Inc. (“DVF”), BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc.
(“FRA”), BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust (“BLW”) and Master
Senior Floating Rate Fund LLC (the “Master LLC”) met on April 8, 2010 and
May 13 — 14, 2010 to consider the approval of its respective fund's
investment advisory agreement (each, an “Advisory Agreement”) with
BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), each fund’s investment advisor.
The Boards of BHL, DVF, FRA, BLW and the Master LLC also considered the
approval of the sub-advisory agreement (each, a “Sub-Advisory
Agreement”) between the Manager and BlackRock Financial Management,
Inc. (the “Sub-Advisor”), with respect to its fund. BlackRock Senior Floating
Rate Fund, Inc. (“Senior Floating Rate”) and BlackRock Senior Floating
Rate Fund II, Inc. (“Senior Floating Rate II,” and together with Senior
Floating Rate, each, a “Feeder Fund” and together, the “Feeder Funds”)
currently invest substantially all of their investable assets in the Master LLC;
accordingly, the Board of each of the Feeder Funds also considered the
approval of the Master LLC's Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory
Agreement. The Feeder Funds do not require investment advisory services
because all of their investments are made at the Master LLC level. The
Feeder Funds, the Master LLC, BLW, BHL, DVF, and FRA are referred to
herein individually as a "Fund" and, collectively, the “Funds”). The Manager
and the Sub-Advisor are referred to herein as “BlackRock.” The Advisory
Agreements and the Sub-Advisory Agreements are referred to herein as
the “Agreements.”

Activities and Composition of the Board

The Board of each Fund consists of ten individuals, eight of whom are not
“interested persons” of such Fund as defined in the Investment Company
Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) (the “Independent Board Members”). The
Board Members are responsible for the oversight of the operations of each
Fund and perform the various duties imposed on the directors of invest-
ment companies by the 1940 Act. The Independent Board Members have
retained independent legal counsel to assist them in connection with their
duties. The Chairman of the Boards is an Independent Board Member. The
Boards have established five standing committees: an Audit Committee, a
Governance and Nominating Committee, a Compliance Committee, a
Performance Oversight Committee and an Executive Committee, each of
which is composed of Independent Board Members (except for the
Executive Committee, which also has one interested Board Member) and is
chaired by an Independent Board Member. The Boards also has one ad
hoc committee, the Joint Product Pricing Committee, which consists of
Independent Board Members and the directors/trustees of the boards of
certain other BlackRock-managed funds, who are not “interested persons”
of their respective funds.

The Agreements

Pursuant to the 1940 Act, the Boards are required to consider the
continuation of the Agreements on an annual basis. In connection with
this process, the Boards assessed, among other things, the nature, scope

and quality of the services provided to the Funds by the personnel of
BlackRock and its affiliates, including investment management, administra-
tive and shareholder services, oversight of fund accounting and custody,
marketing services and assistance in meeting applicable legal and
regulatory requirements.

From time to time throughout the year, each Board, acting directly and
through its committees, considered at each of its meetings factors that are
relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the Agreements,
including the services and support provided by BlackRock to the respective
Fund and its shareholders. Among the matters the Board considered were:
(a) investment performance for one-, three- and five-year periods, as appli-
cable, against peer funds, and applicable benchmarks, if any, as well as
senior management's and portfolio managers’ analysis of the reasons for
any over performance or underperformance against a Fund’s peers and/or
benchmark, as applicable; (b) fees, including advisory fees, administration
fees in the case of the Feeder Funds and other amounts paid to BlackRock
and its affiliates by each Fund for services such as call center and fund
accounting, and, in the case of the Feeder Funds, transfer agency, market-
ing and distribution; (c) each Fund’s operating expenses; (d) the resources
devoted to and compliance reports relating to each Fund’s investment
objective, policies and restrictions; (e) each Fund’s compliance with its
Code of Ethics and compliance policies and procedures; (f) the nature,
cost and character of non-investment management services provided by
BlackRock and its affiliates; (g) BlackRock’s and other service providers’
internal controls; (h) BlackRock’s implementation of the proxy voting poli-
cies approved by the Boards; (i) execution quality of portfolio transactions;
(j) BlackRock’s implementation of each Fund’s valuation and liquidity pro-
cedures; (k) an analysis of contractual and actual management fees for
products with similar investment objectives across the open-end fund,
closed-end fund and institutional account product channels, as applicable;
and (l) periodic updates on BlackRock’s business.

Board Considerations in Approving the Agreements

The Approval Process: Prior to the April 8, 2010 meeting, the Boards
requested and received materials specifically relating to the Agreements.
The Boards are engaged in a process with BlackRock to periodically review
the nature and scope of the information provided to better assist their
deliberations. The materials provided in connection with the April meeting
included (a) information independently compiled and prepared by Lipper,
Inc. (“Lipper”) on the fees and expenses of each of BHL, DVF, FRA, BLW
and the Feeder Funds, and the investment performance of each such Fund
as compared with a peer group of funds as determined by Lipper (collec-
tively, “Peers”); (b) information on the profitability of the Agreements to
BlackRock and a discussion of fall-out benefits to BlackRock and its affili-
ates and significant shareholders; (c) a general analysis provided by
BlackRock concerning investment advisory fees charged to other clients,
such as institutional clients and open-end funds, under similar investment
mandates; (d) the impact of economies of scale; (e) a summary of aggre-
gate amounts paid by each Fund to BlackRock and (f) if applicable, a
comparison of management fees to similar BlackRock closed-end funds, as
classified by Lipper.

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At an in-person meeting held on April 8, 2010, the Boards reviewed materi-
als relating to their consideration of the Agreements. As a result of the dis-
cussions that occurred during the April 8, 2010 meeting, the Boards
presented BlackRock with questions and requests for additional informa-
tion and BlackRock responded to these requests with additional written
information in advance of the May 13 — 14, 2010 Board meeting.

At an in-person meeting held on May 13 — 14, 2010, the Boards of BHL,
DVF, FRA, BLW and the Master LLC, including the Independent Board
Members, unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory
Agreement between the Manager and its respective Fund and the Sub-
Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Sub-Advisor with
respect to its respective Fund, each for a one-year term ending June 30,
2011. The Board of each Feeder Fund, including the Independent Board
Members, also considered the continuation of the Agreements with respect
to the Master LLC and found the Agreements to be satisfactory. In approv-
ing the continuation of the Agreements, the Boards of BHL, DVF, FRA, BLW
and the Master LLC considered: (a) the nature, extent and quality of the
services provided by BlackRock; (b) the investment performance of the
Funds and BlackRock; (c) the advisory fee and the cost of the services and
profits to be realized by BlackRock and its affiliates from their relationship
with the Funds; (d) economies of scale; and (e) other factors deemed rele-
vant by the Board Members.

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

A. Nature, Extent and Quality of the Services Provided by BlackRock: The
Boards, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the nature,
extent and quality of services provided by BlackRock, including the invest-
ment advisory services and the resulting performance of each Fund.
Throughout the year, the Boards compared the performance of each of
BHL, DVF, FRA, BLW and the Feeder Funds to the performance of a compa-
rable group of closed-end funds, and the performance of a relevant bench-
mark, if any. The Boards met with BlackRock’s senior management
personnel responsible for investment operations, including the senior
investment officers. The Boards also reviewed the materials provided by the
Funds' portfolio management team discussing each Fund’s performance
and each Fund’s investment objective, strategies and outlook.

The Boards considered, among other factors, the number, education and
experience of BlackRock’s investment personnel generally and the Funds'
portfolio management team, investments by portfolio managers in the
funds they manage, BlackRock’s portfolio trading capabilities, BlackRock’s
use of technology, BlackRock’s commitment to compliance, BlackRock's

credit analysis capabilities, BlackRock's risk analysis capabilities and
BlackRock’s approach to training and retaining portfolio managers and
other research, advisory and management personnel. The Boards also
reviewed a general description of BlackRock’s compensation structure with
respect to the Funds' portfolio management team and BlackRock’s ability
to attract and retain high-quality talent.

In addition to advisory services, the Boards considered the quality of the
administrative and non-investment advisory services provided to each
Fund. BlackRock and its affiliates and significant shareholders provide
each Fund with certain administrative services, transfer agency and share-
holder services with respect to the Feeder Funds, and other services (in
addition to any such services provided to each Fund by third parties) and
officers and other personnel as are necessary for the operations of each
Fund. In addition to investment advisory services, BlackRock and its affili-
ates provide each Fund with other services, including (i) preparing disclo-
sure documents, such as the prospectus and the statement of additional
information in connection with the initial public offering and periodic share-
holder reports; (ii) preparing communications with analysts to support sec-
ondary market trading of BHL, DVF, FRA and BLW; (iii) assisting with daily
accounting and pricing; (iv) preparing periodic filings with regulators and
stock exchanges; (v) overseeing and coordinating the activities of other
service providers; (vi) organizing Board meetings and preparing the materi-
als for such Board meetings; (vii) providing legal and compliance support;
and (viii) performing other administrative functions necessary for the oper-
ation of each Fund, such as tax reporting, fulfilling regulatory filing require-
ments, and call center services. The Boards reviewed the structure and
duties of BlackRock’s fund administration, accounting, legal and compli-
ance departments and considered BlackRock’s policies and procedures for
assuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

B. The Investment Performance of the Funds and BlackRock: The Boards,
including the Independent Board Members, also reviewed and considered
the performance history of each Fund. In preparation for the April 8, 2010
meeting, the Boards were provided with reports, independently prepared by
Lipper, which included a comprehensive analysis of the performance of
BHL, DVF, FRA, BLW and the Feeder Funds. The Boards also reviewed a nar-
rative and statistical analysis of the Lipper data that was prepared by
BlackRock, which analyzed various factors that affect Lipper’s rankings. In
connection with their review, the Boards received and reviewed information
regarding the investment performance of each of BHL, DVF, FRA, BLW and
the Feeder Funds as compared to a representative group of similar funds
as determined by Lipper and to all funds in such Fund’s applicable Lipper
category. The Boards were provided with a description of the methodology
used by Lipper to select peer funds. The Boards regularly review the per-
formance of each Fund throughout the year.

The Board of BHL noted that, in general, BHL performed better than
its Peers in that BHL’s performance was at or above the median of its
Lipper Performance Universe in either the one-year or since-inception
periods reported.

The Board of FRA noted that, in general, FRA performed better than its
Peers in that the performance of FRA was at or above the median of its

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Lipper Performance Universe in two of the one-, three- and five-year
periods reported.

The Boards of the Master LLC and the Feeder Funds noted that, in general,
the Feeder Funds performed better than their respective Peers in that the
performance of each Feeder Fund (through the investment of their assets
in the Master LLC) was at or above the median of its Lipper Performance
Universe in each of the one-, three- and five-year periods reported.

The Board of DVF noted that DVF performed below the median of its Lipper
Performance Universe in the three-year and since-inception periods
reported, but that DVF performed better than or equal to the median of its
Lipper Performance Universe in the one-year period reported. The Board of
DVF and BlackRock reviewed the reasons for DVF’s underperformance dur-
ing the three-year and since-inception periods compared with its Peers. The
Board of DVF was informed that, among other things, DVF’s credit alloca-
tion for most of the period was biased towards the lower quality tiers,
which hurt performance dramatically in 2008.

The Board of BLW noted that although BLW underperformed its Peers in
two of the one-, three- and five-year periods reported, underperformance
for at least one of those two periods was within 10% of the Lipper
Performance Universe median return of its Peers.

The Boards of DVF and BLW and BlackRock discussed BlackRock’s strategy
for improving each respective Fund’s performance and BlackRock’s com-
mitment to providing the resources necessary to assist each Fund’s portfo-
lio managers and to improve each Fund's performance.

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

C. Consideration of the Advisory Fees and the Cost of the Services
and Profits to be Realized by BlackRock and its Affiliates from their
Relationship with the Funds: The Board of each of BHL, DVF, FRA, BLW,
including the Independent Board Members, reviewed its respective Fund’s
contractual advisory fee rate compared with the other funds in its Lipper
category. The Board of each of the Feeder Funds and the Master LLC,
including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the Master LLC’s con-
tractual advisory fee rate compared with the other funds in each Feeder
Fund’s Lipper cateogory. The Boards also compared the total expenses of
each of BHL, DVF, FRA, BLW and the Feeder Funds, as well as actual man-
agement fees, to those of other funds in its Lipper category. The Boards
considered the services provided and the fees charged by BlackRock to
other types of clients with similar investment mandates, including sepa-
rately managed institutional accounts.

The Boards received and reviewed statements relating to BlackRock’s finan-
cial condition and profitability with respect to the services it provided the
Funds. The Boards were also provided with a profitability analysis that
detailed the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by BlackRock for
services provided to the Funds. The Boards reviewed BlackRock’s profitabil-
ity with respect to the Funds and other funds the Boards currently oversee

for the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to available aggregate
profitability data provided for the year ended December 31, 2008. The
Boards reviewed BlackRock’s profitability with respect to other fund com-
plexes managed by the Manager and/or its affiliates. The Boards reviewed
BlackRock’s assumptions and methodology of allocating expenses in the
profitability analysis, noting the inherent limitations in allocating costs
among various advisory products. The Boards recognized that profitability
may be affected by numerous factors including, among other things, fee
waivers and expense reimbursements by the Manager, the types of funds
managed, expense allocations and business mix, and the difficulty of
comparing profitability as a result of those factors.

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

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

The Boards of BHL, DVF, FRA and BLW noted that their respective Funds’
contractual management fee rates were lower than or equal to the median
contractual management fee rates paid by the Funds’ respective Peers,
in each case, before taking into account any expense reimbursements or
fee waivers.

The Boards of Senior Floating Rate and the Master LLC noted that the
Master LLC’s/Senior Floating Rate’s contractual management fee rate
was above the median contractual management fee rate paid by Senior
Floating Rate’s Peers, in each case, before taking into account any expense
reimbursements or fee waivers. The Boards of Senior Floating Rate and the
Master LLC also noted, however, that Senior Floating Rate’s actual total
expenses, after giving effect to any expense reimbursement or fee waivers
by BlackRock, were lower than or equal to the median actual total
expenses paid by Senior Floating Rate’s Peers, after giving effect to
any expense reimbursement or fee waivers.

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The Boards of Senior Floating Rate II and the Master LLC noted that the
Master LLC’s/Senior Floating Rate II’s contractual management fee rate
was above the median contractual management fee rate paid by Senior
Floating Rate II’s Peers, in each case, before taking into account any
expense reimbursements or fee waivers. The Boards of Senior Floating Rate
II and the Master LLC also noted, however, that although Senior Floating
Rate II’s actual total expenses, after giving effect to any expense reimburse-
ment or fee waivers by BlackRock, were above the median actual total
expenses of its Peers, after giving effect to any expense reimbursement
or fee waivers, they were in the third quartile.

D. Economies of Scale: The Boards, including the Independent Board
Members, considered the extent to which economies of scale might be
realized as the assets of each Fund increase. The Boards also considered
the extent to which each Fund benefits from such economies and whether
there should be changes in the advisory fee rate or structure in order to
enable each Fund to participate in these economies of scale, for example
through the use of breakpoints in the advisory fee based upon the asset
level of such Fund, and in the case of the Feeder Funds, upon the asset
level of the Master LLC.

The Boards noted that most closed-end fund complexes do not have fund
level breakpoints because closed-end funds generally do not experience
substantial growth after the initial public offering and each fund is man-
aged independently consistent with its own investment objectives. The
Boards noted that only one closed-end fund in the Fund Complex has
breakpoints in its fee structure. Information provided by Lipper also
revealed that only one closed-end fund complex with total closed-end
fund nets assets exceeding $10 billion, as of December 31, 2009, used
a complex level breakpoint structure.

E. Other Factors Deemed Relevant by the Board Members: The Boards,
including the Independent Board Members, also took into account other
ancillary or “fall-out” benefits that BlackRock or its affiliates and significant
shareholders may derive from their respective relationships with the Funds,
both tangible and intangible, such as BlackRock’s ability to leverage its
investment professionals who manage other portfolios, an increase in
BlackRock’s profile in the investment advisory community, and the engage-
ment of BlackRock’s affiliates and significant shareholders as service
providers to each Fund, including for administrative services, transfer
agency services with respect to the Feeder Funds, and distribution services.
The Boards also considered BlackRock’s overall operations and its efforts
to expand the scale of, and improve the quality of, its operations. The
Boards also noted that BlackRock may use and benefit from third party
research obtained by soft dollars generated by certain mutual fund trans-
actions to assist in managing all or a number of its other client accounts.
The Boards further noted that BlackRock completed the acquisition of a
complex of exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) on December 1, 2009, and
that BlackRock’s funds may invest in such ETFs without any offset against
the management fees payable by the funds to BlackRock.

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

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

Conclusion

The Boards of BHL, DVF, FRA, BLW and the Master LLC, including the
Independent Board Members, unanimously approved the continuation of
the Advisory Agreement between the Manager and its respective Fund for a
one-year term ending June 30, 2011 and the Sub-Advisory Agreement
between the Manager and the applicable Sub-Advisor with respect to its
respective Fund for a one-year term ending June 30, 2011. As part of its
approval, the Board of BHL, DVF, FRA, BLW and the Master LLC considered
the discussions of BlackRock’s fee structure, as it applies to its respective
Fund, being conducted by the ad hoc Joint Product Pricing Committee.
Based upon its evaluation of all of the aforementioned factors in their
totality, the Boards of BHL, DVF, FRA, BLW and the Master LLC, including
the Independent Board Members, were satisfied that the terms of the
Agreements were fair and reasonable and in the best interest of its respec-
tive Fund and its shareholders. The Board of each Feeder Fund, including
the Independent Board Members, also considered the continuation of the
Agreements with respect to the Master LLC and found the Agreements to
be satisfactory. In arriving at a decision to approve the Agreements, the
Boards of BHL, DVF, FRA, BLW and the Master LLC did not identify any sin-
gle factor or group of factors as all-important or controlling, but considered
all factors together, and different Board Members may have attributed dif-
ferent weights to the various factors considered. The Independent Board
Members were also assisted by the advice of independent legal counsel in
making this determination. The contractual fee arrangements for BHL, DVF,
FRA, BLW and the Master LLC reflect the results of several years of review
by the Board Members and predecessor Board Members, and discussions
between such Board Members (and predecessor Board Members) and
BlackRock. Certain aspects of the arrangements may be the subject of
more attention in some years than in others, and the Board Members’ con-
clusions may be based in part on their consideration of these arrange-
ments in prior years.

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Automatic Dividend Reinvestment Plan

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

After BHL, DVF, FRA and BLW declare a dividend or determine to make a
capital gain distribution, the Plan Agent will acquire shares for the partici-
pants’ accounts, depending upon the following circumstances, either
(i) through receipt of unissued but authorized shares from the Fund
(“newly issued shares”) or (ii) by purchase of outstanding shares on the
open market, on the Fund’s primary exchange (“open-market purchases”).
If, on the dividend payment date, the net asset value per share (“NAV”) is
equal to or less than the market price per share plus estimated brokerage
commissions (such condition often referred to as a “market premium”), the
Plan Agent will invest the dividend amount in newly issued shares on
behalf of the participants. The number of newly issued shares to be cred-
ited to each participant’s account will be determined by dividing the dollar
amount of the dividend by the NAV on the date the shares are issued.
However, if the NAV is less than 95% of the market price on the payment
date, the dollar amount of the dividend will be divided by 95% of the mar-
ket price on the payment date. If, on the dividend payment date, the NAV is
greater than the market value per share plus estimated brokerage commis-
sions (such condition often referred to as a “market discount”), the Plan
Agent will invest the dividend amount in shares acquired on behalf of the

participants in open-market purchases. 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 un-invested portion in newly issued shares.

Participation in the Plan is completely voluntary and may be terminated or
resumed at any time without penalty by notice if received and processed
by the Plan Administrator prior to the dividend record date; otherwise such
termination or resumption will be effective with respect to any subsequently
declared dividend or other distribution.

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

Each Fund reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan. There is no
direct service charge to participants in the Plan; however, each Fund
reserves the right to amend the Plan to include a service charge payable
by the participants. Participants that request a sale of shares through
Computershare Trust Company, N.A. are subject to a $2.50 sales fee and a
$0.15 per share sold brokerage commission. Participants that request a
sale of shares through 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 for shareholders of BHL, DVF, FRA,
and BLW.

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Officers and Directors       
        Number of   
    Length of    BlackRock-   
  Position(s)  Time    Advised Funds   
Name, Address  Held with  Served as    and Portfolios  Public 
and Year of Birth  Funds  a Director2  Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years  Overseen  Directorships 
Non-Interested Directors1         
Richard E. Cavanagh  Chairman  Since  Trustee, Aircraft Finance Trust from 1999 to 2009; Director, The Guardian Life  100 Funds  Arch Chemical 
55 East 52nd Street  of the Board  2007  Insurance Company of America since 1998; Trustee, Educational Testing Service  98 Portfolios  (chemical and allied 
New York, NY 10055  and Director    from 1997 to 2009 and Chairman thereof from 2005 to 2009; Senior Advisor,    products) 
1946      The Fremont Group since 2008 and Director thereof since 1996; Adjunct Lecturer,     
      Harvard University since 2007; President and Chief Executive Officer, The Conference     
      Board, Inc. (global business research organization) from 1995 to 2007.     
Karen P. Robards  Vice Chair of  Since  Partner of Robards & Company, LLC (financial advisory firm) since 1987;  100 Funds  AtriCure, Inc. 
55 East 52nd Street  the Board,  2007  Co-founder and Director of the Cooke Center for Learning and Development,  98 Portfolios  (medical devices) 
New York, NY 10055  Chair of    (a not-for-profit organization) since 1987; Director of Care Investment Trust, Inc.     
1950  the Audit    (health care real estate investment trust) from 2007 to 2010; Director of Enable     
  Committee    Medical Corp. from 1996 to 2005; Investment Banker at Morgan Stanley from     
  and Director    1976 to 1987.     
Frank J. Fabozzi  Director and  Since  Consultant/Editor of The Journal of Portfolio Management since 2006; Professor in  100 Funds  None 
55 East 52nd Street  Member of  2007  the Practice of Finance and Becton Fellow, Yale University, School of Management,  98 Portfolios   
New York, NY 10055  the Audit    since 2006; Adjunct Professor of Finance and Becton Fellow, Yale University from     
1948  Committee    1994 to 2006.     
Kathleen F. Feldstein  Director  Since  President of Economics Studies, Inc. (private economic consulting firm) since  100 Funds  The McClatchy 
55 East 52nd Street    2007  1987; Chair, Board of Trustees, McLean Hospital from 2000 to 2008 and Trustee  98 Portfolios  Company 
New York, NY 10055      Emeritus thereof since 2008; Member of the Board of Partners Community    (publishing); 
1941      Healthcare, Inc. from 2005 to 2009; Member of the Corporation of Partners    Knight Ridder 
      HealthCare since 1995; Trustee, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston since 1992; Member    (publishing) 
      of the Visiting Committee to the Harvard University Art Museum since 2003; Director,     
      Catholic Charities of Boston since 2009.     
James T. Flynn  Director and  Since  Chief Financial Officer of JP Morgan & Co., Inc. from 1990 to 1995.  100 Funds  None 
55 East 52nd Street  Member of  2007    98 Portfolios   
New York, NY 10055  the Audit         
1939  Committee         
Jerrold B. Harris  Director  Since  Trustee, Ursinus College since 2000; Director, Troemner LLC (scientific equipment)  100 Funds  BlackRock Kelso 
55 East 52nd Street    2007  since 2000; Director of Delta Waterfowl Foundation since 2001; President and  98 Portfolios  Capital Corp. 
New York, NY 10055      Chief Executive Officer, VWR Scientific Products Corporation from 1990 to 1999.    (business 
1942          development 
          company) 

 

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Officers and Directors (continued)     
        Number of   
    Length of    BlackRock-   
  Position(s)  Time    Advised Funds   
Name, Address  Held with  Served as    and Portfolios  Public 
and Year of Birth  Funds  a Director2  Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years  Overseen  Directorships 
Non-Interested Directors1 (concluded)         
R. Glenn Hubbard  Director  Since  Dean, Columbia Business School since 2004; Columbia faculty member since  100 Funds  ADP (data and 
55 East 52nd Street    2007  1988; Co-Director of Columbia Business School’s Entrepreneurship Program from  98 Portfolios  information services); 
New York, NY 10055      1997 to 2004; Chairman, U.S. Council of Economic Advisers under the President    KKR Financial 
1958      of the United States from 2001 to 2003; Chairman, Economic Policy Committee    Corporation (finance); 
      of the OECD from 2001 to 2003.    Metropolitan Life 
          Insurance Company 
          (insurance) 
W. Carl Kester  Director and  Since  George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business  100 Funds  None 
55 East 52nd Street  Member of  2007  School; Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs from 2006 to 2010; Unit Head,  98 Portfolios   
New York, NY 10055  the Audit    Finance, Harvard Business School from 2005 to 2006; Senior Associate Dean     
1951  Committee    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.     
  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 Funds covered by this annual report. Following the combination of Merrill Lynch Investment 
  Managers, L.P. (“MLIM”) and BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”) in September 2006, the various legacy MLIM and legacy BlackRock Fund boards were 
  realigned and consolidated into three new Fund boards in 2007. As a result, although the chart shows directors as joining the Funds’ board in 2007, 
  each director first became a member of the board of other legacy MLIM or legacy BlackRock Funds as follows: Richard E. Cavanagh, 1994; Frank J. 
  Fabozzi, 1988; Kathleen F. Feldstein, 2005; James T. Flynn, 1996; Jerrold B. Harris, 1999; R. Glenn Hubbard, 2004; W. Carl Kester, 1995; and Karen P. 
  Robards, 1998.       
Interested Directors3           
Richard S. Davis  Director  Since  Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. since 2005; Chief Executive Officer, State  170 Funds  None 
55 East 52nd Street    2007  Street Research & Management Company from 2000 to 2005; Chairman of  291 Portfolios   
New York, NY 10055      the Board of Trustees, State Street Research Mutual Funds from 2000 to 2005.     
1945           
Henry Gabbay  Director  Since  Consultant, BlackRock, Inc. from 2007 to 2008; Managing Director, BlackRock,  170 Funds  None 
55 East 52nd Street    2007  Inc. from 1989 to 2007; Chief Administrative Officer, BlackRock Advisors, LLC  291 Portfolios   
New York, NY 10055      from 1998 to 2007; President of BlackRock Funds and BlackRock Bond Allocation     
1947      Target Shares from 2005 to 2007; Treasurer of certain closed-end funds in the     
      BlackRock fund complex from 1989 to 2006.     

 

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 owner-
ship 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)

  Position(s)     
Name, Address  Held with  Length of   
and Year of Birth  Funds  Time Served  Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years 
Officers1       
Anne Ackerley  President  Since  Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2000; Vice President of the BlackRock-advised funds from 2007 to 
55 East 52nd Street  and Chief  20092  2009; Chief Operating Officer of BlackRock’s Global Client Group (GCG) since 2009; Chief Operating Officer 
New York, NY 10055  Executive    of BlackRock’s US Retail Group from 2006 to 2009; Head of BlackRock’s Mutual Fund Group from 2000 
1962  Officer    to 2006. 
Brendan Kyne  Vice  Since  Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2010; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2008 to 2009; Head of Product 
55 East 52nd Street  President  2009  Development and Management for BlackRock’s US Retail Group since 2009, Co-head thereof from 2007 to 
New York, NY 10055      2009; Vice President of BlackRock, Inc. from 2005 to 2008. 
1977       
Neal Andrews  Chief  Since  Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2006; Senior Vice President and Line of Business Head of Fund 
55 East 52nd Street  Financial  2007  Accounting and Administration at PNC Global Investment Servicing (US) Inc. from 1992 to 2006. 
New York, NY 10055  Officer     
1966       
Jay Fife  Treasurer  Since  Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2007 and Director in 2006; Assistant Treasurer of the Merrill Lynch 
55 East 52nd Street    2007  Investment Managers, L.P. (“MLIM”) and Fund Asset Management, L.P. advised funds from 2005 to 2006; Director 
New York, NY 10055      of MLIM Fund Services Group from 2001 to 2006. 
1970       
Brian Kindelan  Chief  Since  Chief Compliance Officer of the BlackRock-advised funds since 2007; Managing Director and Senior Counsel of 
55 East 52nd Street  Compliance  2007  BlackRock, Inc. since 2005. 
New York, NY 10055  Officer     
1959       
Howard Surloff  Secretary  Since  Managing Director and General Counsel of US Funds at BlackRock, Inc. since 2006; General Counsel (US) of 
55 East 52nd Street    2007  Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. from 1993 to 2006. 
New York, NY 10055       
1965       

 

1 Officers of the Funds serve at the pleasure of the Boards.
2 Ms. Ackerley has been President and Chief Executive Officer since 2009 and was Vice President from 2007 to 2009.

Investment Advisor  Custodians  Transfer Agent  Accounting Agent  Legal Counsel 
BlackRock Advisors, LLC  State Street Bank  Common Shares  State Street Bank  Skadden, Arps, Slate, 
Wilmington, DE 19809  and Trust Company3  Computershare Trust  and Trust Company  Meagher & Flom LLP 
  Boston, MA 02111  Company, N.A.3  Princeton, NJ 08540  New York, NY 10036 
Sub-Advisor    Providence, RI 02940     
BlackRock Financial  The Bank of    Independent Registered  Address of the Funds 
Management, Inc.  New York Mellon4  BNY Mellon  Public Accounting Firm  100 Bellevue Parkway 
New York, NY 10055  New York, NY 10286  Shareowner Services4  Deloitte & Touche LLP  Wilmington, DE 19809 
    Jersey City, NJ 07310  Princeton, NJ 08540   

 

3 For BHL, DVF, FRA, and BLW.
4 For Senior Floating Rate and Senior Floating Rate II.

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Additional Information

Fund Certification

Certain Funds are listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange
(“NYSE”) and have filed with the NYSE their annual chief executive officer
certification regarding compliance with the NYSE’s listing standards. The

Funds filed with the Securites and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) the certi-
fication of their chief executive officer and chief financial officer required by
section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

Dividend Policy

The Funds’ dividend policy is to distribute all or a portion of their net
investment income to its shareholders on a monthly basis. In order to pro-
vide shareholders with a more stable level of dividend distributions, the
Funds may at times pay out less than the entire amount of net investment
income earned in any particular month and may at times in any particular
month pay out such accumulated but undistributed income in addition to

net investment income earned in that month. As a result, the dividends
paid by the Funds for any particular month may be more or less than the
amount of net investment income earned by the Funds during such month.
The Funds’ current accumulated but undistributed net investment income,
if any, is disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, which com-
prises part of the financial information included in this report.

General Information

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

During the period, there were no material changes in the Funds’ investment
objectives or policies or to the Funds’ charter or by-laws that would delay or
prevent a change of control of the Funds that were not approved by share-
holders or in the principal risk factors associated with investment in the
Funds. Changes regarding the persons who are primarily responsible for the
day-to-day management for the Funds’ portfolios are noted in the boxed
text below.

Quarterly performance, semi-annual and annual reports and other informa-
tion regarding the Funds may be found on BlackRock’s website, which can
be accessed at http://www.blackrock.com. This reference to BlackRock’s
website is intended to allow investors public access to information regard-
ing the Funds and does not, and is not intended to, incorporate BlackRock’s
website into this report.

Electronic Delivery

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

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

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

Householding

The Funds will mail only one copy of shareholder documents, including
annual and semi-annual reports and proxy statements, to shareholders
with multiple accounts at the same address. This practice is commonly
called “householding” and is intended to reduce expenses and eliminate
duplicate mailings of shareholder documents. Mailings of your shareholder
documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us
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/Master LLC files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings
with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form
N-Q. The Funds’/Master LLC’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s web-
site 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 opera-
tion of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-
0330. Each Fund’s/Master LLC’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 each Fund/Master LLC
uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is
available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling (800) 441-7762;
(2) at http://www.blackrock.com; and (3) on the SEC’s website
at http://www.sec.gov.

Availability of Proxy Voting Record

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

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Additional Information (concluded)

Section 19(a) Notices

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

August 31, 2010                 
    Total Cumulative Distributions    % Breakdown of the Total Cumulative 
    for the Fiscal Year-to-Date    Distributions for the Fiscal Year-to-Date 
  Net  Net Realized    Total Per  Net  Net Realized    Total Per 
  Investment  Capital  Return of  Common  Investment  Capital  Return of  Common 
  Income  Gains  Capital  Share  Income  Gains  Capital  Share 
BHL  $0.696000      $0.696000  100%      100% 
DVF  $0.759740    $0.092260  $0.852000  89%    11%  100% 
FRA  $0.864072    $0.100428  $0.964500  90%    10%  100% 
BLW  $0.900000      $0.900000  100%      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.’

BlackRock Privacy Principles

BlackRock is committed to maintaining the privacy of its current and for-
mer fund investors and individual clients (collectively, “Clients”) and to
safeguarding their non-public personal information. The following infor-
mation 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 applica-
tions, forms or other documents; (ii) information about your transactions
with us, our affiliates, or others; (iii) information we receive from a consumer
reporting agency; and (iv) from visits to our websites.

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

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

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This report is not authorized for use as an offer of sale or a solicitation of an offer to buy shares of the Fund unless accompanied or

preceded by the Fund’s current prospectus. Past performance results shown in this report should not be considered a representation

of future performance. Invest-ment returns and principal value of shares will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth

more or less than their original cost. Statements and other information herein are as dated and are subject to change.




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. The designation or identification as an audit committee financial expert does
not affect the duties, obligations, or liability of any other member of the audit committee or
board of directors.



Item 4 – Principal Accountant Fees and Services           
  (a) Audit Fees  (b) Audit-Related Fees1  (c) Tax Fees2  (d) All Other Fees3 
  Current  Previous  Current  Previous  Current  Previous  Current  Previous 
  Fiscal Year  Fiscal Year  Fiscal Year  Fiscal Year  Fiscal Year  Fiscal Year  Fiscal Year  Fiscal Year 
Entity Name  End  End  End  End  End  End  End  End 
BlackRock Limited                 
Duration Income  $52,300  $52,300  $0  $0  $6,100  $6,100  $0  $1,028 
Trust                 

 

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 per project. For this purpose,
multiple projects will be aggregated to determine if they exceed the previously mentioned
cost levels.

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

(e)(2) None of the services described in each of Items 4(b) through (d) were approved by
the 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:

  Current Fiscal Year  Previous Fiscal Year 
Entity Name  End  End 
BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust  $16,877  $409,628 

 



(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 –

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

Kent Dixon (retired effective December 31, 2009)
Frank J. Fabozzi
James T. Flynn
W. Carl Kester
Karen P. Robards

(b) Not Applicable

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

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 August 31,
2010.

(a)(1) The registrant (or “Fund”) is managed by a team of investment professionals
comprised of Leland Hart, Managing Director at BlackRock, Inc., James E. Keenan,
Managing Director at BlackRock, Inc. and C. Adrian Marshall, Director at BlackRock, Inc.
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.
Mr. Keenan has been a member of the Fund’s portfolio management team since 2007.
Messrs. Hart and Marshall have been members of the Fund’s portfolio management team
since 2009.

Portfolio Manager  Biography         
Leland Hart    Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2009; Partner of R3 Capital   
    Partners ("R3") in 2009; Managing Director of R3 in 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 2010; Director of Quantitative 
    Active Management at Northern Trust Company from 2006 to 2010; Portfolio 
    Manager of Smith Barney Midcap Strategies at Smith Barney/Legg Mason 
    from 2005 to 2006; Head of Quantitative Equity Analysis – Director at   
Citigroup Asset Management from 1998 to 2005.

C. Adrian Marshall  Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2007; Vice President of BlackRock, Inc. 
    from 2004 - 2007.         
(a)(2) As of August 31, 2010:           
    (ii) Number of Other Accounts Managed  (iii) Number of Other Accounts and 
    and Assets by Account Type  Assets for Which Advisory Fee is 
            Performance-Based   
    Other  Other Pooled    Other  Other Pooled   
(i) Name of  Registered  Investment  Other  Registered  Investment  Other 
Portfolio Manager  Investment  Vehicles  Accounts  Investment  Vehicles  Accounts 
  Companies      Companies     
Leland Hart    10  1  0  0  0  0 
  $2.16 Billion  $3.88 Million  $0  $0  $0  $0 
James E. Keenan    23  21  49  0  11  6 
  $2.90 Billion  $6.74 Billion  $6.04 Billion  $0  $3.91 Billion  $725.1 Million 
C. Adrian Marshall    10  16  5  0  10  0 
  $2.16 Billion  $4.71 Billion  $572.5 Million  $0  $3.86 Billion  $0 
(iv) Potential Material Conflicts of Interest       

 

BlackRock, Inc., individually and together with its affiliates (“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 August 31, 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 include
the following:

Portfolio Manager  Applicable Benchmarks 
Leland 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 Capped™ 
  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. Hart, 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 – As of August 31, 2010.

Portfolio Manager  Dollar Range of Equity Securities 
  of the Fund Beneficially Owned 
Leland Hart  None 
James E. Keenan  None 
C. Adrian Marshall  None 

 

(b) Not Applicable

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

Item 10 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders – On October 25, 2010, the Board of
Trustees of the Fund amended and restated in its entirety the bylaws of the Fund (the
"Amended and Restated Bylaws"). The Amended and Restated Bylaws were deemed
effective as of October 28, 2010 and set forth, among other things, the processes and
procedures that shareholders of the Fund must follow, and specifies additional information



that shareholders of the Fund must provide, when proposing trustee nominations at any
annual meeting or special meeting in lieu of an annual meeting or other business to be
considered at an annual meeting or special meeting.

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 13a-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 Limited Duration Income Trust

By: /s/ Anne F. Ackerley
Anne F. Ackerley
Chief Executive Officer of
BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust

Date: November 5, 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 Limited Duration Income Trust

Date: November 5, 2010

By: /s/ Neal J. Andrews
Neal J. Andrews
Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of
BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust

Date: November 5, 2010