BIT - BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust

What this means for you

One or more large investors own more than 5% of this fund but have told the regulator they are not seeking changes. That is common for banks, brokers and index funds that hold shares for their clients.

Nothing is required of you. If an investor changes its mind, it must file a new notice within days, and it will show up here.

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What happened, and when

1. April 8, 2026

   The fund said it may sell new shares.

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2. March 23, 2026

   The fund said it may sell new shares.

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3. Nov 26, 2025

   The fund said it may sell new shares.

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4. Oct 2, 2025

   Sit Investment now owns 8.9%, as a passive investor.

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5. Aug 20, 2025

   The fund offered holders the right to buy more shares, until Sept 9, 2025.

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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 $759 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 38% 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: 1.2% a year in management fees; 3.3% 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 $1.48 a share. $0.93 of that was income; $0.55 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): $13.91. The shares traded at $13.06, about 6.1% below that. As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
  Over the last two years the gap ranged from 6.7% below to 7.6% above. As of June 30, 2026, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
• How the holdings did: up 2.3% over the last three months we have (April-June 2026), before the share price is taken into account. Over the last 12 months: +3.3%. 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 +6.7%. How the share price did: the shares returned -0.5% 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 2012.

What the fund holds

Mostly bonds (69%), the rest mortgage bonds and asset-backed bonds. About 82% issued in the U.S.

1. Fannie Mae Pool - 10.5%
2. 1261229 Bc - 1.1%
3. Freddie Mac Pool - 5%
4. Government National Mortgage Association - 0.9%
5. UBS Group AG - 0.7%
6. United States Treasury, U.S. Treasury Bonds - 0.7%
7. Umbs, TBA, Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA - 0.6%
8. NextEra Energy Capital Holdings - 0.6%
9. WaMu Asset-Backed Certificates WaMu Series 2007-HE3 Trust - 0.6%
10. Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2006-FRE2 - 0.5%

As of June 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →