Company: BDJ
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form Type: N-CSR
Source: 0001193125-25-049575
Chunk: 168

Company: BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form: N-CSR
Chunk 168
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 for the investment activities of the Trust, including its investment in the Subsidiary, and the Trust’s role as sole shareholder of the Subsidiary. The Subsidiary is subject to the same investment restrictions and limitations, and follows the same compliance policies and procedures, as the Trust. Changes in the laws of the United States and/or the Cayman Islands could result in the inability of the Trust and/or the Subsidiary to operate as described and could adversely affect the Trust. Securities Lending Risk (BDJ, BGY, BMEZ, BME, BIGZ, BCX, BSTZ, BST and BUI): The Trust may engage in securitieslending. Securities lending involves the risk that the Trust may lose money because the borrower of the loaned securities fails to return the securities in a timely manner or at all. The Trust could also lose money in the event of Investment Objectives, Policies and Risks 201 Investment Objectives, Policies and Risks (continued) Risk Factors (continued) a decline in the value of collateral provided for loaned securities or a decline in the value of any investments made with cash collateral. These events could also trigger adverse tax consequences for the Trust. Risk of Investing in the United States (BGR, CII, BDJ, BOE, BMEZ, BME, BIGZ, BCX, BSTZ, BST and BUI): Certain changes in the U.S. economy, such as when the U.S. economy weakens or when its financial markets decline, may have an adverseeffect on the securities to which the Trust has exposure. Market Risk and Selection Risk: Market risk is the risk that one or more markets in which the Trust invests will go down in value, including the possibility that the markets will go down sharply and unpredictably. The value of a security or other asset may decline due to changes in general market conditions, economic trends or events that are not specifically related to the issuer of the security or other asset, or factors that affect a particular issuer or issuers, exchange, country, group of countries, region, market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues like pandemics or epidemics, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Trust and its investments. Selection risk is the risk that the securities selected by Trust management will underperform the markets,