BGY - BlackRock Enhanced International Dividend Trust
A closed-end fund run by BlackRock. Invests in shares. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Is anyone targeting this fund?
Not right now - Karpus was in this fund until April 7, 2025 and has since sold down.
Is the fund doing anything you need to act on?
Nothing right now.
What this means for you
Karpus owned more than 5% of this fund and has since sold down below that level, so it no longer has to report its holding.
Nothing is required of you. If a large investor buys in again, the notice appears here the day it is filed.
What happened, and when
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May 22, 2025
The buy-back ended; the fund paid $6.0858 a share.
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May 21, 2025
The buy-back ended; an early count says holders offered 24.6% of all shares.
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April 17, 2025
The fund offered to buy back 2.5% of its shares at 98% of value, until May 20, 2025.
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April 7, 2025
Karpus sold down below 5% and stopped reporting.
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Feb 26, 2025
The buy-back ended; the fund paid $6.0662 a share.
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Feb 25, 2025
The buy-back ended; an early count says holders offered 32.6% of all shares.
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Jan 23, 2025
The fund offered to buy back 2.5% of its shares at 98% of value, until Feb 24, 2025.
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Nov 20, 2024
The buy-back ended; the fund paid $5.8996 a share.
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Nov 19, 2024
The buy-back ended; an early count says holders offered 34.1% of all shares.
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Oct 16, 2024
The fund offered to buy back 2.5% of its shares at 98% of value, until Nov 18, 2024.
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Feb 13, 2024
Karpus now owns 5.7%, as a passive investor.
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About this fund
- Run by BlackRock Advisors, LLC. Part of the BlackRock-advised Funds fund family. As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
- Size: about $579 million of holdings, as of June 30, 2026. As of June 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
- Borrowing: the fund borrows about 3% on top of its own money, as of June 30, 2026. Borrowed money makes gains and losses bigger. As of June 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
- Costs: 1% a year in management fees; 1.2% a year in total, including interest on borrowed money. Fiscal year ended Dec 31, 2025. As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
- Payouts: last fiscal year (ended Dec 31, 2025) the fund paid $0.51 a share. $0.11 of that was income; $0.31 came from gains; $0.09 was your own money back, not income. As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- Value of holdings per share at the last fiscal year end (Dec 31, 2025): $6.30. The shares traded at $5.88, about 6.7% below that. As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
- How the holdings did: up 8.9% over the last three months we have (April-June 2026), before the share price is taken into account. Over the last 12 months: +11.3%. As of June 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
- How the holdings did over the fiscal year (ended Dec 31, 2025): the value of the holdings returned +16.5%. How the share price did: the shares returned +21% over the same year, counting payouts and the change in the market price. As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- First reported to the regulator in 2007.
What the fund holds
Mostly shares (98%), the rest preferred shares. About 0% issued in the U.S.
The fund also sells options on its holdings to raise income.
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing - 7.5%
- SK hynix - 3.7%
- Tencent Holdings - 3.5%
- ASM International NV - 3.4%
- Samsung Electronics - 5.2%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group - 3%
- BAE Systems PLC - 3%
- Sony Group - 2.9%
- AstraZeneca PLC - 2.8%
- Allianz SE - 2.7%
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- Air Liquide SA - 2.5%
- Shell PLC - 2.3%
- TotalEnergies SE - 2.3%
- Erste Group Bank AG - 2.2%
- Schneider Electric SE - 2.1%
- Toronto-Dominion Bank/The - 2.1%
- United Overseas Bank - 2.1%
- Koninklijke KPN NV - 2%
- FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA - 2%
- Assa Abloy AB - 1.9%
- Teck Resources - 1.9%
- Hitachi - 1.9%
- HDFC Bank - 1.8%
- Alibaba Group Holding - 1.8%
As of June 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
Details: all notices, events and fund facts
| Date | Investor | Stake | Type of notice |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 7, 2025 | Karpus | 4.8% | Sold down below 5% |
| Feb 13, 2024 | Karpus | 5.7% | Passive investor |
| Date | What | Deadline | Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2025 | Buy-back results | none | Original document → |
| May 21, 2025 | Buy-back results | none | Original document → |
| April 17, 2025 | Offer to buy back shares | May 20, 2025 | Original document → |
| Feb 26, 2025 | Buy-back results | none | Original document → |
| Feb 25, 2025 | Buy-back results | none | Original document → |
| Jan 23, 2025 | Offer to buy back shares | Feb 24, 2025 | Original document → |
| Nov 20, 2024 | Buy-back results | none | Original document → |
| Nov 19, 2024 | Buy-back results | none | Original document → |
| Oct 16, 2024 | Offer to buy back shares | Nov 18, 2024 | Original document → |
- Run by
- BlackRock Advisors, LLC
- Fund family
- BlackRock-advised Funds
- Exchange
- New York Stock Exchange
- Regulator's file number
- 811-22032
- Auditor
- Deloitte & Touche LLP
- Fiscal year end
- Dec 31, 2025
- Number of holdings
- 127
- Preferred share classes
- none
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