Company: BDJ
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form Type: N-CSR
Source: 0001193125-25-049575
Chunk: 8

Company: BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form: N-CSR
Chunk 8
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 options were typically written at prices above the prevailing market prices (estimated to be 3.3% out of the money) and for maturities averaging 58 days. 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.

Trust Summary 7

Trust Summary as of December 31, 2024 (continued) BlackRock Energy and Resources Trust (BGR) Overview of the Trust’s Total Investments

| TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS            |                                |
| Security                        | Percent of TotalInvestments(a) |
| Exxon Mobil Corp.               |                          20.0% |
| Shell PLC                       |                           10.5 |
| TotalEnergies SE                |                            6.7 |
| ConocoPhillips                  |                            5.4 |
| Williams Cos., Inc.             |                            4.9 |
| EOG Resources, Inc.             |                            4.2 |
| Cheniere Energy, Inc.           |                            4.1 |
| Chevron Corp.                   |                            3.9 |
| Targa Resources Corp.           |                            3.9 |
| Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. |                            3.6 |

| INDUSTRY ALLOCATION         |                                |
| Industry(b)                 | Percent of TotalInvestments(a) |
| Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels |                          95.5% |
| Energy Equipment & Services |                            4.5 |

| (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. |

8 2024 BlackRock Annual Report to Shareholders

Trust Summary as of December 31, 2024 BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust (BDJ)

Investment Objective BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust ’ s ( BDJ ) (the “ Trust ”) primary investment objective is to provide current income and current gains, with a secondary investment objective of long-term capital appreciation. The Trust seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing in common stocks that pay dividends and have the potential for capital appreciation and by utilizing an option writing strategy to enhance distributions to its shareholders. The Trust invests, under normal market conditions, at