Company: BDJ
Filing Date: 2025-09-04
Form Type: N-CSRS
Source: 0001193125-25-196068
Chunk: 27

Company: BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust
Filing Date: 2025-09-04
Form: N-CSRS
Chunk 27
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a) | Excludes short-term securities, short investments and options, if any.                                                                                                                         |
| (b) | For purposes of this report, industry sub-classifications may differ from those utilized by the Trust for compliance purposes.                                                                 |
| *   | Includes one or more investment categories that individually represents less than 1.0% of the Trust’s total investments. Please refer to the Consolidated Schedule of Investments for details. |

24 2025 BlackRock Semi-Annual Report to Shareholders

Trust Summary as of June 30, 2025 BlackRock Science and Technology Trust (BST)

Investment Objective BlackRock Science and Technology Trust ’ s ( BST ) (the “ Trust ”) investment objective is to provide income and total return through a combination of current income, current gains and long-term capital appreciation. The Trust seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities of U.S. and non-U.S. science and technology companies in any market capitalization range, selected for their rapid and sustainable growth potential from the development, advancement and use of science and/or technology (high growth science and technology stocks), and/or potential to generate current income from advantageous dividend yields (cyclical science and technology stocks). The Trust seeks to pursue this goal primarily by investing in a portfolio of equity securities and also 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 June 30, 2025 ($38.17)(a) |              BST 
 October 30, 2014 
            7.86% |
|:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------:|
| Current Monthly Distribution per Common Share(b)                                  |        $0.250000 |
| Current Annualized Distribution per Common Share(b)                               |        $3.000000 |

| (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.                                                                                                                                                              |