BTX - BlackRock Technology & Private Equity Term Trust
A closed-end fund run by BlackRock. Invests in private companies. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Is anyone targeting this fund?
Not right now - Saba was in this fund until July 11, 2025 and has since sold down.
Is the fund doing anything you need to act on?
Nothing right now.
What this means for you
Saba 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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July 11, 2025
Saba sold down below 5% and stopped reporting.
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July 10, 2025
The buy-back ended; the fund paid $7.4924 a share.
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July 9, 2025
The buy-back ended; an early count says holders offered 45.3% of all shares.
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June 9, 2025
The fund offered to buy back 50% of its shares at 99.5% of value, until July 8, 2025.
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Feb 18, 2025
The fund offered to buy back some of its shares at close to full value, until July 9, 2025.
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Jan 21, 2025
The fund said it will offer to buy back some of its shares; the offer documents have not been filed yet.
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Jan 21, 2025
Saba raised its stake to 27.7% (from 27.1%). It has said it may push for changes.
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Jan 3, 2025
The fund offered to buy back 2.5% of its shares at 98% of value, until Jan 21, 2025.
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Dec 16, 2024
Saba raised its stake to 27.1% (from 26%). It has said it may push for changes.
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Nov 22, 2024
The buy-back ended; the fund paid $8.575 a share.
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Nov 21, 2024
The buy-back ended; the fund bought back 2.5% of its shares.
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Oct 29, 2024
Saba raised its stake to 26% (from 25%). It has said it may push for changes.
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Oct 18, 2024
The fund offered to buy back 2.5% of its shares at 98% of value, until Nov 20, 2024.
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Oct 11, 2024
Saba raised its stake to 25% (from 24.9%). It has said it may push for changes.
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Aug 9, 2024
Saba raised its stake to 24.9% (from 23.2%). It has said it may push for changes.
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May 21, 2024
Saba raised its stake to 23.2% (from 22.7%). It has said it may push for changes.
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March 11, 2024
Saba raised its stake to 22.7% (from 21.7%). It has said it may push for changes.
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Feb 20, 2024
Saba raised its stake to 21.7% (from 20.6%). It has said it may push for changes.
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Feb 2, 2024
Saba now owns 20.6%. It has said it may push for changes.
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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 $1.23 billion 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: 1.3% a year in management fees; 1.5% 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 $0.90 a share, all of it 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): $7.80. The shares traded at $6.59, about 15.5% below that. As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
- How the holdings did: up 40.2% over the last three months we have (April-June 2026), before the share price is taken into account. Over the last 12 months: +54.4%. 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 +6.5%. How the share price did: the shares returned +0.7% 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 2020.
What the fund holds
Mostly shares (92%), the rest preferred shares and cash and short-term holdings. About 71% issued in the U.S.
- PsiQuantum - 6%
- Anthropic Pbc - 5.8%
- Micron Technology - 4.6%
- Lumentum Holdings - 4.1%
- Nvidia - 3.8%
- Elite Material - 3.5%
- Cash and short-term - 3.2%
- Space Exploration Technologies - 3.1%
- Tower Semiconductor - 3.1%
- Deepgram - 2.7%
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- Credo Technology Group Holding - 2.7%
- Kla - 2.6%
- Asmpt - 2.6%
- Advanced Micro Devices - 2.5%
- Sandisk - 2.2%
- Asia Vital Components - 2%
- Openai - 1.9%
- Monolithic Power Systems - 1.7%
- Tokyo Electron - 1.7%
- Databricks preferred shares - 1.7%
- Fabrinet - 1.6%
- Gold Circuit Electronics - 1.6%
- Flex - 1.6%
- MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings - 1.6%
- Alchip Technologies - 1.5%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 11, 2025 | Saba | 0% | Sold down below 5% |
| Jan 21, 2025 | Saba | 27.7% | Updated notice |
| Dec 16, 2024 | Saba | 27.1% | Updated notice |
| Oct 29, 2024 | Saba | 26% | Updated notice |
| Oct 11, 2024 | Saba | 25% | Updated notice |
| Aug 9, 2024 | Saba | 24.9% | Updated notice |
| May 21, 2024 | Saba | 23.2% | Updated notice |
| March 11, 2024 | Saba | 22.7% | Updated notice |
| Feb 20, 2024 | Saba | 21.7% | Updated notice |
| Feb 2, 2024 | Saba | 20.6% | Updated notice |
| Date | What | Deadline | Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 10, 2025 | Buy-back results | none | Original document → |
| July 9, 2025 | Buy-back results | none | Original document → |
| June 9, 2025 | Offer to buy back shares | July 8, 2025 | Original document → |
| Feb 18, 2025 | Offer to buy back shares | July 9, 2025 | Original document → |
| Jan 21, 2025 | Offer to buy back shares | none | Original document → |
| Jan 3, 2025 | Offer to buy back shares | Jan 21, 2025 | Original document → |
| Nov 22, 2024 | Buy-back results | none | Original document → |
| Nov 21, 2024 | Buy-back results | none | Original document → |
| Oct 18, 2024 | Offer to buy back shares | Nov 20, 2024 | Original document → |
- Run by
- BlackRock Advisors, LLC
- Fund family
- BlackRock-advised Funds
- Exchange
- New York Stock Exchange
- Regulator's file number
- 811-23625
- Auditor
- Deloitte & Touche LLP
- Fiscal year end
- Dec 31, 2025
- Number of holdings
- 89
- Preferred share classes
- none
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