Company: BDJ
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form Type: N-CSR
Source: 0001193125-25-049575
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Company: BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form: N-CSR
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 from options premiums and to enhance the Trust’s risk-adjusted returns. No assurance can be given that the Trust’s investment objective will be achieved. Trust Information

| Symbol on New York Stock Exchange                                                    
 Initial Offering Date                                                                
 Current Distribution Rate on Closing Market Price as of December 31, 2024 ($7.44)(a) |           BIGZ 
 March 29, 2021 
         13.99% |
|:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------:|
| Current Monthly Distribution per Common Share(b)                                     |      $0.086760 |
| Current Annualized Distribution per Common Share(b)                                  |      $1.041120 |

| (a) | Current distribution rate on closing market price is calculated by dividing the current annualized distribution per share by the closing market price. The current distribution rate mayconsist of income, net realized gains and/or a return of capital. Past performance is not an indication of future results.                                                                                                                                                                          |
| (b) | The monthly distribution per Common Share, declared on February 3, 2025, was decreased to $0.086570 per share.  The current distribution rate on closing market price, currentmonthly distribution per Common Share, and current annualized distribution per Common Share do not reflect the new distribution rate.  The new distribution rate is not constant and issubject to change in the future. A portion of the distribution may be deemed a return of capital or net realized gain. |

Market Price and Net Asset Value Per Share Summary

|                      | 12/31/24 | 12/31/23 | Change |  High |   Low |
| Closing Market Price |    $7.44 |    $7.33 |  1.50% | $8.20 | $6.75 |
| Net Asset Value      |     8.37 |     9.03 |  -7.31 |  9.36 |  7.84 |

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT BIGZ commenced operations on March 29, 2021. (a) Represents the Trust’s closing market price on the NYSE and reflects the reinvestment of dividends and/or distributions at actual reinvestment prices. (b) An index that measures the performance of the small to mid-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 2500 companies with higher growth earning potential as defined by FTSE Russell ’ s leading style methodology.

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