Company: BDJ
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form Type: N-CSR
Source: 0001193125-25-049575
Chunk: 34

Company: BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form: N-CSR
Chunk 34
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, 2024 (continued) BlackRock Science and Technology Term Trust (BSTZ)

Performance Returns for the period ended December 31, 2024 were as follows:

|                                                         | Average Annual Total Returns |         |                   |
|                                                         |                       1 Year | 5 Years | SinceInception(a) |
| Trust at NAV(b)(c)                                      |                       19.60% |  11.47% |            11.79% |
| Trust at Market Price(b)(c)                             |                        37.27 |    9.50 |              9.56 |
| MSCI Custom ACWI SMID Growth IT Call Overwrite Index(d) |                        10.93 |     N/A |              5.38 |
| MSCI ACWI                                               |                        17.49 |   10.06 |             10.90 |

| (a) | BSTZ commenced operations on June 27, 2019.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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| (b) | All returns reflect reinvestment of dividends and/or distributions at actual reinvestment prices.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| (c) | TheTrust’s discount to NAV narrowed during the period, which accounts for the difference between performance based on market price and performance based on NAV.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| (d) | An index representing the Information Technology sector stocks within the MSCI ACWI SMID Cap Growth Index and incorporating an option overlay component with a 25% overwritelevel.  An index that captures mid- and small-cap securities exhibiting overall growth style characteristics across certain developed and emerging markets. The index commenced onMarch 31, 2022 and therefore the since inception return presented is for the period March 31, 2022 through the current reporting period. |

Performance results may include adjustments made for financial reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Past performance is not an indication of future results. The Trust is presenting the performance of one or more indices for informational purposes only. The Trust is actively managed and does not seek to track or replicate the performance of any index. The index performance shown is not intended to be indicative of the Trust’s investment strategies, portfolio components or past or future performance. More information about the Trust’s historical performance can be found in the “Closed End Funds” section of blackrock.com . The following discussion relates to the Trust’s relative performance based on NAV: What factors influenced