Company: BDJ
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form Type: N-CSR
Source: 0001193125-25-049575
Chunk: 177

Company: BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form: N-CSR
Chunk 177
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| (f) | Offering costs were not annualized in the calculation of the expense ratios. If these expenses were annualized, the total expenses would have been 1.16%. |

210 2024 BlackRock Annual Report to Shareholders

Shareholder Update (unaudited) (continued)

Financial Highlights The financial highlights table is intended to help the shareholder to understand BST ’ s financial performance for the periods presented. Certain information reflects financial results for a single common share of BST.

|                                                    |        BST 
 Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended |
|:---------------------------------------------------|-----------:|-----------:|-----------:|-----------:|-----------:|
|                                                    |   12/31/19 |   12/31/18 |   12/31/17 |   12/31/16 |   12/31/15 |
| Net asset value, beginning of year                 |     $26.21 |     $27.73 |     $20.10 |     $19.70 |     $19.43 |
| Net investment income (loss)(a)                    |      -0.17 |      -0.13 |      -0.05 |    0.00(b) |       0.03 |
| Net realized and unrealized gain                   |       9.92 |       0.37 |       8.96 |       1.60 |       1.44 |
| Net increase from investment operations            |       9.75 |       0.24 |       8.91 |       1.60 |       1.47 |
| Distributions(c)                                   |            |            |            |            |            |
| From net investment income                         |          — |       —(d) |      -0.05 |          — |      -0.03 |
| From net realized gain                             |      -3.51 |   -1.76)(d |      -0.22 |          — |      -0.01 |
| Return of capital                                  |          — |          — |      -1.01 |      -1.20 |      -1.16 |
| Total distributions                                |      -3.51 |      -1.76 |      -1.28 |      -1.20 |      -1.20 |
| Net asset value, end of year                       |