Company: BDJ
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form Type: N-CSR
Source: 0001193125-25-049575
Chunk: 24

Company: BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form: N-CSR
Chunk 24
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 total assets in equity securities of companies engaged in the health sciences and related industries and equity derivatives with exposure to the health sciences industry. The Trust seeks to pursue this goal primarily by investing in a portfolio of equity securities and by employing a strategy of writing (selling) call and put options. No assurance can be given that the Trust’s investment objective will be achieved. Trust Information

| Symbol on New York Stock Exchange                                                     
 Initial Offering Date                                                                 
 Current Distribution Rate on Closing Market Price as of December 31, 2024 ($37.93)(a) |            BME 
 March 31, 2005 
          8.29% |
|:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------:|
| Current Monthly Distribution per Common Share(b)                                      |      $0.262100 |
| Current Annualized Distribution per Common Share(b)                                   |      $3.145200 |

| (a) | Current distribution rate on closing market price is calculated by dividing the current annualized distribution per share by the closing market price. The current distribution rate mayconsist of income, net realized gains and/or a return of capital. Past performance is not an indication of future results. |
| (b) | The distribution rate is not constant and is subject to change. A portion of the distribution may be deemed a return of capital or net realized gain.                                                                                                                                                              |

Market Price and Net Asset Value Per Share Summary

|                      | 12/31/24 | 12/31/23 |  Change |   High |    Low |
| Closing Market Price |   $37.93 |   $40.46 | (6.25)% | $42.71 | $36.92 |
| Net Asset Value      |    41.20 |    42.18 |   -2.32 |  46.00 |  40.83 |

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT (a) Represents the Trust’s closing market price on the NYSE and reflects the reinvestment of dividends and/or distributions at actual reinvestment prices. (b) An unmanaged index that features companies involved in medical services or health care in the Russell 3000 ® Index, which includes the largest 3,000 U.S. companies as determined by total market capitalization.

24 2024 BlackRock Annual Report to Shareholders

Trust Summary as of December 31, 2024 (continued) BlackRock Health Sciences Trust (BME)

Performance Returns for the period ended December 31,