ECAT - BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust
A closed-end fund run by BlackRock. Invests in shares. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Is anyone targeting this fund?
Yes - one large investor is pushing for changes at this fund.
- Saba owns 13.7% and has said it may push for changes. Since Jan 18, 2024.
Is the fund doing anything you need to act on?
Nothing right now.
What this means for you
Saba has told the regulator it may push for changes at this fund. That usually means asking the fund to buy back shares at close to the full value of its holdings, to change who runs it, or to close down and pay holders out.
Nothing is required of you now. If the fund itself announces a buy-back or a vote, it appears in the box above with the date by which you would need to act.
Large investors can also sell down and walk away. We show every notice they file, the day it is filed.
What happened, and when
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Sept 2, 2026
Saba cut its stake to 13.7% (from 14.8%). It has said it may push for changes.
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Aug 13, 2026
Saba cut its stake to 14.8% (from 15.9%). It has said it may push for changes.
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Aug 3, 2026
Saba cut its stake to 15.9% (from 17%). It has said it may push for changes.
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July 22, 2026
Saba cut its stake to 17% (from 18%). It has said it may push for changes.
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June 29, 2026
Saba cut its stake to 18% (from 19.1%). It has said it may push for changes.
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June 3, 2026
Saba cut its stake to 19.1% (from 20.3%). It has said it may push for changes.
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June 1, 2026
A large investor started a fight over the shareholder vote. The meeting is on June 9, 2026.
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May 21, 2026
A large investor started a fight over the shareholder vote. The meeting is on June 9, 2026.
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May 11, 2026
Saba cut its stake to 20.3% (from 21.5%). It has said it may push for changes.
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May 7, 2026
Saba started a fight over the shareholder vote.
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April 27, 2026
Saba cut its stake to 21.5% (from 22.6%). It has said it may push for changes.
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April 3, 2026
Saba started a fight over the shareholder vote. The meeting is on June 9, 2026.
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March 31, 2026
Saba started a fight over the shareholder vote. The meeting is on June 9, 2026.
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March 24, 2026
Saba started a fight over the shareholder vote.
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March 20, 2026
Saba started a fight over the shareholder vote.
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March 18, 2026
Saba cut its stake to 22.6% (from 22.7%). It has said it may push for changes.
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March 12, 2026
Saba cut its stake to 22.7% (from 23.7%). It has said it may push for changes.
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Feb 27, 2026
Saba cut its stake to 23.7% (from 23.9%). It has said it may push for changes.
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Feb 19, 2026
Saba cut its stake to 23.9% (from 24.8%). It has said it may push for changes.
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Feb 5, 2026
Saba cut its stake to 24.8% (from 26%). It has said it may push for changes.
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Jan 22, 2026
Saba cut its stake to 26% (from 27%). It has said it may push for changes.
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Nov 25, 2025
Saba cut its stake to 27% (from 28%). It has said it may push for changes.
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June 23, 2025
Saba started a fight over the shareholder vote. The meeting is on June 26, 2025.
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June 18, 2025
Saba started a fight over the shareholder vote.
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June 18, 2025
Saba started a fight over the shareholder vote. The meeting is on June 26, 2025.
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June 17, 2025
Saba started a fight over the shareholder vote. The meeting is on June 26, 2025.
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June 3, 2025
A large investor started a fight over the shareholder vote.
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June 2, 2025
Saba started a fight over the shareholder vote.
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May 15, 2025
A large investor started a fight over the shareholder vote.
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April 29, 2025
Saba started a fight over the shareholder vote.
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April 14, 2025
Saba started a fight over the shareholder vote.
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April 11, 2025
Saba started a fight over the shareholder vote. The meeting is on June 26, 2025.
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March 31, 2025
Saba started a fight over the shareholder vote.
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March 21, 2025
Saba started a fight over the shareholder vote.
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March 19, 2025
Saba started a fight over the shareholder vote.
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Feb 26, 2025
Saba filed an updated notice; it still owns 28%. It has said it may push for changes.
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Oct 11, 2024
Saba filed an updated notice; it still owns 28%. It has said it may push for changes.
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May 21, 2024
Saba raised its stake to 28% (from 27.1%). It has said it may push for changes.
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March 8, 2024
Saba raised its stake to 27.1% (from 25.9%). It has said it may push for changes.
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Feb 20, 2024
Saba raised its stake to 25.9% (from 25.2%). It has said it may push for changes.
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Feb 7, 2024
Saba raised its stake to 25.2% (from 24.1%). It has said it may push for changes.
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Jan 18, 2024
Saba now owns 24.1%. 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 $1.57 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 11% 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; 1.4% 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 $3.54 a share. $0.24 of that was income; $3.30 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): $16.17. The shares traded at $15.38, about 4.9% below that. As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
- How the holdings did: up 14.4% over the last three months we have (April-June 2026), before the share price is taken into account. Over the last 12 months: +17.3%. 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 +14.3%. How the share price did: the shares returned +16.4% 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 2021.
What the fund holds
Mostly shares (70%), the rest mortgage bonds, bonds and loans. About 75% issued in the U.S.
The fund also sells options on its holdings to raise income.
0.6% of holdings are in default.
- Nvidia - 4.2%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing - 3.4%
- Alphabet - 3.4%
- Apple - 3.1%
- Micron Technology - 2.9%
- ASML Holding NV - 2.8%
- Eli Lilly & - 2.6%
- Umbs, TBA, Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA - 7.5%
- Cash and short-term - 2.3%
- Microsoft - 2.1%
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- Broadcom - 1.7%
- Amazon.com - 1.7%
- SPDR Gold - 1.6%
- Schneider Electric SE - 1.4%
- Citigroup - 1.2%
- NextEra Energy - 1.2%
- UniCredit SpA - 1.1%
- Mastercard - 1.1%
- Trane Technologies PLC - 1%
- Meta Platforms - 1%
- Costco Wholesale - 0.9%
- Cisco Systems - 0.9%
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 |
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| Sept 2, 2026 | Saba | 13.7% | Updated notice |
| Aug 13, 2026 | Saba | 14.8% | Updated notice |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Saba | 15.9% | Updated notice |
| July 22, 2026 | Saba | 17% | Updated notice |
| June 29, 2026 | Saba | 18% | Updated notice |
| June 3, 2026 | Saba | 19.1% | Updated notice |
| May 11, 2026 | Saba | 20.3% | Updated notice |
| April 27, 2026 | Saba | 21.5% | Updated notice |
| March 18, 2026 | Saba | 22.6% | Updated notice |
| March 12, 2026 | Saba | 22.7% | Updated notice |
| Feb 27, 2026 | Saba | 23.7% | Updated notice |
| Feb 19, 2026 | Saba | 23.9% | Updated notice |
| Feb 5, 2026 | Saba | 24.8% | Updated notice |
| Jan 22, 2026 | Saba | 26% | Updated notice |
| Nov 25, 2025 | Saba | 27% | Updated notice |
| Feb 26, 2025 | Saba | 28% | Updated notice |
| Oct 11, 2024 | Saba | 28% | Updated notice |
| May 21, 2024 | Saba | 28% | Updated notice |
| March 8, 2024 | Saba | 27.1% | Updated notice |
| Feb 20, 2024 | Saba | 25.9% | Updated notice |
| Feb 7, 2024 | Saba | 25.2% | Updated notice |
| Jan 18, 2024 | Saba | 24.1% | Updated notice |
| Date | What | Deadline | Document |
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| June 1, 2026 | Fight over the shareholder vote | June 9, 2026 | Original document → |
| May 21, 2026 | Fight over the shareholder vote | June 9, 2026 | Original document → |
| May 7, 2026 | Fight over the shareholder vote with Saba | none | Original document → |
| April 3, 2026 | Fight over the shareholder vote with Saba | June 9, 2026 | Original document → |
| March 31, 2026 | Fight over the shareholder vote with Saba | June 9, 2026 | Original document → |
| March 24, 2026 | Fight over the shareholder vote with Saba | none | Original document → |
| March 20, 2026 | Fight over the shareholder vote with Saba | none | Original document → |
| June 23, 2025 | Fight over the shareholder vote with Saba | June 26, 2025 | Original document → |
| June 18, 2025 | Fight over the shareholder vote with Saba | none | Original document → |
| June 18, 2025 | Fight over the shareholder vote with Saba | June 26, 2025 | Original document → |
| June 17, 2025 | Fight over the shareholder vote with Saba | June 26, 2025 | Original document → |
| June 3, 2025 | Fight over the shareholder vote | none | Original document → |
| June 2, 2025 | Fight over the shareholder vote with Saba | none | Original document → |
| May 15, 2025 | Fight over the shareholder vote | none | Original document → |
| April 29, 2025 | Fight over the shareholder vote with Saba | none | Original document → |
| April 14, 2025 | Fight over the shareholder vote with Saba | none | Original document → |
| April 11, 2025 | Fight over the shareholder vote with Saba | June 26, 2025 | Original document → |
| March 31, 2025 | Fight over the shareholder vote with Saba | none | Original document → |
| March 21, 2025 | Fight over the shareholder vote with Saba | none | Original document → |
| March 19, 2025 | Fight over the shareholder vote with Saba | none | Original document → |
- Run by
- BlackRock Advisors, LLC
- Fund family
- BlackRock-advised Funds
- Exchange
- New York Stock Exchange
- Regulator's file number
- 811-23701
- Auditor
- Deloitte & Touche LLP
- Fiscal year end
- Dec 31, 2025
- Number of holdings
- 1,291
- Preferred share classes
- none
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