DSU - BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund

What this means for you

No investor has reported owning 5% or more of this fund. That is the normal state for most closed-end funds.

Nothing is required of you. If that changes, the notice appears here within a day of being filed with the regulator.

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What happened, and when

1. Feb 10, 2026

   The fund said it may sell new shares.

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2. Feb 4, 2026

   The fund said it may sell new shares.

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3. Dec 1, 2025

   The fund said it may sell new shares.

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4. Nov 26, 2025

   The fund said it may sell new shares.

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5. Dec 23, 2024

   The fund said it may sell new shares.

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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 $622 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 19% 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: 0.7% a year in management fees; 1.7% 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 $1.18 a share. $0.74 of that was income; $0.44 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): $10.14. The shares traded at $10.18, about 0.4% above that. As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
  Over the last two years the gap ranged from 9.4% below to 3.7% above. As of June 30, 2026, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
• How the holdings did: up 1.6% over the last three months we have (April-June 2026), before the share price is taken into account. Over the last 12 months: +4.4%. 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 +6.9%. How the share price did: the shares returned +6.1% 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 1998.

What the fund holds

Mostly loans (71%), the rest bonds, shares and cash and short-term holdings. About 90% issued in the U.S.

1. Invesco Senior Loan ETF - 3.7%
2. iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF - 2.4%
3. State Street Blackstone Senior Loan ETF - 1.7%
4. Cash and short-term - 1.3%
5. Beignet Investor LLC - 1.1%
6. Alliant Holdings Intermediate LLC 2025 Term Loan B - 0.9%
7. Hologic Inc 2026 USD Term Loan B - 0.8%
8. Jane Street Group LLC 2024 Term Loan B1 - 0.7%
9. Allied Universal Holdco LLC 2025 USD Term Loan B - 0.7%
10. Chobani LLC 2025 Term Loan B - 0.7%

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