Company: BDJ
Filing Date: 2025-09-04
Form Type: N-CSRS
Source: 0001193125-25-196068
Chunk: 98

Company: BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust
Filing Date: 2025-09-04
Form: N-CSRS
Chunk 98
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, as amended (the “1940 Act”). With respect to this Proposal, the shares of the Trust were voted as follows:

|     |   Votes For | Votes Against | VotesAbstain |
| BTX | 103,045,937 |     3,140,232 |      858,786 |

Trust Certification The Trusts are listed for trading on the NYSE and have filed with the NYSE their annual chief executive officer certification regarding compliance with the NYSE’s listing standards. The Trusts filed with the SEC the certification of its chief executive officer and chief financial officer required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) Integration Although the Trusts do not seek to implement a specific sustainability objective, strategy or process unless otherwise disclosed, Trust management will consider ESG factors as part of the investment process for the Trusts. Trust management views ESG integration as the practice of incorporating financially material ESG data or information into investment processes with the objective of enhancing risk-adjusted returns. These ESG considerations will vary depending on the Trusts ’ particular investment strategies and may include consideration of third-party research as well as consideration of proprietary BlackRock research across the ESG risks and opportunities regarding an issuer. The ESG characteristics utilized in the Trusts ’ investment process are anticipated to evolve over time and one or more characteristics may not be relevant with respect to all issuers that are eligible for investment. Certain of these considerations may affect the Trusts ’ exposure to certain companies or industries. While Trust management views ESG considerations as having the potential to contribute to the Trusts ’ long-term performance, there is no guarantee that such results will be achieved. Dividend Policy Each Trust’s policy is to make monthly distributions to shareholders. In order to provide shareholders with a more stable level of dividend distributions, each Trust employs a managed distribution plan (the "Plan"), the goal of which is to provide shareholders with consistent and predictable cash flows by setting distribution rates based on expected long-term returns of each Trust. The distributions paid by each Trust for any particular month may be more or less than the amount of net investment income earned by each Trust during such month. Furthermore, the final tax characterization of distributions is determined after the year-end of a Trust and is reported in each Trust’s annual report to shareholders. Distributions can be characterized as ordinary income, capital gains and/or return of capital. Each Trust’s taxable net investment income and net realized capital gains (“taxable income”) may not be