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Investment Objective <div style="margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">The investment objective of BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc. 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More information about these and </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">other discounts is available from your Financial Intermediary and in the “Details About the Share Classes” and the </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">“Intermediary-Defined Sales Charge Waiver Policies” sections on pages </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">24</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;"> and </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">A-1</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">, respectively, of the Fund’s </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">prospectus and in the “Purchase of Shares” section on page </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">II-97</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;"> of Part II of the Fund’s Statement of Additional </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">Information.</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 1pt; line-height: 0.93pt;"> </span></div> You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in the fund complex advised by BlackRock or its affiliates. 25000 Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) 0.0525 0 0 0 0 0.0100 0 0 Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 0.0062 0.0062 0.0062 0.0062 0.0025 0.0100 0 0.0050 0.0010 0.0018 0.0011 0.0021 0.0097 0.0180 0.0073 0.0133 -0.0005 -0.0013 -0.0006 -0.0016 0.0092 0.0167 0.0067 0.0117 A contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% is assessed on certain redemptions of Investor A Shares made within 18 months after purchase where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase as part of an investment of $1,000,000 or more. June 30, 2027 Example: <div style="line-height: 10.695pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 1pt; line-height: 0.93pt;"> </span></div> 614 813 1029 1648 270 554 963 1887 68 227 400 901 119 406 713 1588 You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:  170 554 963 1887 Portfolio Turnover: <div style="line-height: 10.695pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">29</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">% of the average value of its portfolio.</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; line-height: 10.695pt;"> </span></div> 0.29 Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund <div style="margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">The Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio consisting </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">primarily of common stock of U.S. companies that Fund management believes have exhibited above-average growth </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">rates in earnings over the long term. In other words, Fund management tries to choose investments that will increase </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">in value over the long term.</span></div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">The Fund will generally invest at least 65% of its total assets in the following equity securities:</span></div> <div> <div style="clear: both; margin-top: 4.805pt; position: relative; width: 100%;"> <div style="float: left; line-height: 9.87pt; text-align: left; width: 8pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 8.37pt; position: relative; top: -0.5pt;">◼</span></div> <div style="float: left; line-height: 10.80pt; margin-left: 4pt; text-align: left; width: 505.00pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">Common stock;</span></div> </div> <div style="clear: both; position: relative;"> </div> </div> <div> <div style="clear: both; margin-top: 4.805pt; position: relative; width: 100%;"> <div style="float: left; line-height: 9.87pt; text-align: left; width: 8pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 8.37pt; position: relative; top: -0.5pt;">◼</span></div> <div style="float: left; line-height: 10.80pt; margin-left: 4pt; text-align: left; width: 505.00pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">Convertible preferred stock; and</span></div> </div> <div style="clear: both; position: relative;"> </div> </div> <div> <div style="clear: both; margin-top: 4.805pt; position: relative; width: 100%;"> <div style="float: left; line-height: 9.87pt; text-align: left; width: 8pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 8.37pt; position: relative; top: -0.5pt;">◼</span></div> <div style="float: left; line-height: 10.80pt; margin-left: 4pt; text-align: left; width: 505.00pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">Rights to subscribe to common stock.</span></div> </div> <div style="clear: both; position: relative;"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">Of these securities the Fund generally seeks to invest primarily in common stock. The Fund may also purchase </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">securities convertible into common stock.</span></div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">The Fund may invest in companies of any size but emphasizes investments in companies that have large stock market </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">capitalizations (currently, approximately $2 billion or more).</span></div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">Convertible securities generally are debt securities or preferred stock that may be converted into common stock. </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">Convertible securities typically pay current income as either interest (debt security convertibles) or dividends (preferred </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">stock). A convertible’s value usually reflects both the stream of current income payments and the market value of the </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">underlying common stock. The Fund may purchase securities pursuant to the exercise of subscription rights, which </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">allow an issuer’s existing shareholders to purchase additional common stock at a price substantially below the market </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">price of the shares.</span></div> You may lose part or all of yourinvestment in the Fund or your investment may not perform as well as other similar investments. An investment in theFund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any othergovernment agency. <div> <div style="clear: both; position: relative; width: 100%;"> <div style="float: left; line-height: 9.87pt; text-align: left; width: 8pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 8.37pt; position: relative; top: -0.5pt;">◼</span></div> <div style="float: left; line-height: 10.80pt; margin-left: 4pt; text-align: left; width: 505.00pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Equity Securities Risk </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">— Stock markets are volatile. The price of equity securities fluctuates based on changes in a </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">company’s financial condition and overall market and economic conditions.</span></div> </div> <div style="clear: both; position: relative;"> </div> </div> <div> <div style="clear: both; margin-top: 4.805pt; position: relative; width: 100%;"> <div style="float: left; line-height: 9.87pt; text-align: left; width: 8pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 8.37pt; position: relative; top: -0.5pt;">◼</span></div> <div style="float: left; line-height: 10.80pt; margin-left: 4pt; text-align: left; width: 505.00pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Investment Style Risk </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-style: italic;">—</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;"> Under certain market conditions, growth investments have performed better during the </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">later stages of economic expansion. Therefore, this investment style may over time go in and out of favor. At times </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">when the investment style used by the Fund is out of favor, the Fund may underperform other equity funds that use </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">different investment styles.</span></div> </div> <div style="clear: both; position: relative;"> </div> </div> <div> <div style="clear: both; margin-top: 4.805pt; position: relative; width: 100%;"> <div style="float: left; line-height: 9.87pt; text-align: left; width: 8pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 8.37pt; position: relative; top: -0.5pt;">◼</span></div> <div style="float: left; line-height: 10.80pt; margin-left: 4pt; text-align: left; width: 505.00pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Market Risk and Selection Risk </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">— Market risk is the risk that one or more markets in which the Fund invests will </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">go down in value, including the possibility that the markets will go down sharply and unpredictably. The value of a </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">security or other asset may decline due to changes in general market conditions, economic trends or events that </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">are not specifically related to the issuer of the security or other asset, or factors that affect a particular issuer or </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">issuers, exchange, country, group of countries, region, market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class. </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">issues like pandemics or epidemics, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Fund and its </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">investments. Selection risk is the risk that the securities selected by Fund management will underperform the </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">markets, the relevant indices or the securities selected by other funds with similar investment objectives and </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">investment strategies. This means you may lose money.</span></div> </div> <div style="clear: both; position: relative;"> </div> </div> <div> <div style="clear: both; margin-top: 4.805pt; position: relative; width: 100%;"> <div style="float: left; line-height: 9.87pt; text-align: left; width: 8pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 8.37pt; position: relative; top: -0.5pt;">◼</span></div> <div style="float: left; line-height: 10.80pt; margin-left: 4pt; text-align: left; width: 505.00pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Convertible Securities Risk </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">— The market value of a convertible security performs like that of a regular debt </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">security; that is, if market interest rates rise, the value of a convertible security usually falls. In addition, convertible </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">securities are subject to the risk that the issuer will not be able to pay interest, principal or dividends when due, and </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">their market value may change based on changes in the issuer’s credit rating or the market’s perception of the </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">issuer’s creditworthiness. Since it derives a portion of its value from the common stock into which it may be </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">converted, a convertible security is also subject to the same types of market and issuer risks that apply to the </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">underlying common stock, including the potential for increased volatility in the price of the convertible security.</span></div> </div> <div style="clear: both; position: relative;"> </div> </div> <div> <div style="clear: both; margin-top: 4.805pt; position: relative; width: 100%;"> <div style="float: left; line-height: 9.87pt; text-align: left; width: 8pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 8.37pt; position: relative; top: -0.5pt;">◼</span></div> <div style="float: left; line-height: 10.80pt; margin-left: 4pt; text-align: left; width: 505.00pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Information Technology Sector Risk </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">— IT companies face intense competition and potentially rapid product </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">obsolescence. They are also heavily dependent on intellectual property rights and may be adversely affected by the </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">loss or impairment of those rights. Companies in the IT sector may face increased government and regulatory </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">scrutiny and may be subject to adverse government or regulatory action. Companies in the software industry may be </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">adversely affected by, among other things, the decline or fluctuation of subscription renewal rates for their products </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">and services and actual or perceived vulnerabilities in their products or services.</span></div> </div> <div style="clear: both; position: relative;"> </div> </div> <div> <div style="clear: both; margin-top: 4.805pt; position: relative; width: 100%;"> <div style="float: left; line-height: 9.87pt; text-align: left; width: 8pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 8.37pt; position: relative; top: -0.5pt;">◼</span></div> <div style="float: left; line-height: 10.80pt; margin-left: 4pt; text-align: left; width: 505.00pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Mid Cap Securities Risk </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">— The securities of mid cap companies generally trade in lower volumes and are generally </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">subject to greater and less predictable price changes than the securities of larger capitalization companies.</span></div> </div> <div style="clear: both; position: relative;"> </div> </div> <div> <div style="clear: both; margin-top: 4.805pt; position: relative; width: 100%;"> <div style="float: left; line-height: 9.87pt; text-align: left; width: 8pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 8.37pt; position: relative; top: -0.5pt;">◼</span></div> <div style="float: left; line-height: 10.80pt; margin-left: 4pt; text-align: left; width: 505.00pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Operational and Technology Risks </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">— The Fund is directly and indirectly susceptible to operational and technology </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">risks, including those related to human errors, processing errors, communication errors, systems failures, </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">cybersecurity incidents, and the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning (“AI”), which may result in losses </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">for the Fund and its shareholders or may impair the Fund’s operations. While the Fund’s service providers are </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">required to have appropriate operational, information security and cybersecurity risk management policies and </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">procedures, their methods of risk management may differ from those of the Fund. Operational and technology risks </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">for the issuers in which the Fund invests could also result in material adverse consequences for such issuers and </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">may cause the Fund’s investments in such issuers to lose value.</span></div> </div> <div style="clear: both; position: relative;"> </div> </div> <div> <div style="clear: both; margin-top: 4.805pt; position: relative; width: 100%;"> <div style="float: left; line-height: 9.87pt; text-align: left; width: 8pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 8.37pt; position: relative; top: -0.5pt;">◼</span></div> <div style="float: left; line-height: 10.80pt; margin-left: 4pt; text-align: left; width: 505.0pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Preferred Securities Risk</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;"> — Preferred securities may pay fixed or adjustable rates of return. Preferred securities </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">are subject to issuer-specific and market risks applicable generally to equity securities. In addition, a company’s </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">preferred securities generally pay dividends only after the company makes required payments to holders of its </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">bonds and other debt. For this reason, the value of preferred securities will usually react more strongly than bonds </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">and other debt to actual or perceived changes in the company’s financial condition or prospects. Preferred </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">securities of smaller companies may be more vulnerable to adverse developments than preferred securities of </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">larger companies.</span></div> </div> <div style="clear: both; position: relative;"> </div> </div> <div> <div style="clear: both; margin-top: 4.805pt; position: relative; width: 100%;"> <div style="float: left; line-height: 9.87pt; text-align: left; width: 8pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 8.37pt; position: relative; top: -0.5pt;">◼</span></div> <div style="float: left; line-height: 10.80pt; margin-left: 4pt; text-align: left; width: 505.00pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Rights Risk </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-style: italic;">—</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;"> The failure to exercise subscription rights to purchase common stock would result in the dilution of </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">the Fund’s interest in the issuing company. The market for such rights is not well developed, and, accordingly, the </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">Fund may not always realize full value on the sale of rights.</span></div> </div> <div style="clear: both; position: relative;"> </div> </div> <div> <div style="clear: both; margin-top: 4.805pt; position: relative; width: 100%;"> <div style="float: left; line-height: 9.87pt; text-align: left; width: 8pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 8.37pt; position: relative; top: -0.5pt;">◼</span></div> <div style="float: left; line-height: 10.80pt; margin-left: 4pt; text-align: left; width: 505.00pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Risk of Investing in the United States </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-style: italic;">—</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;"> Certain changes in the U.S. economy, such as when the U.S. economy </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">weakens or when its financial markets decline, may have an adverse effect on the securities to which the Fund has </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">exposure.</span></div> </div> <div style="clear: both; position: relative;"> </div> </div> Performance Information <div style="margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">The information shows you how the Fund’s performance has varied year by year and provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The table compares the Fund’s performance to that of the Standard &amp; Poor’s (“S&amp;P”) 500® Index and the Russell 1000® Growth Index, which are relevant to the Fund because they have characteristics similar to the Fund’s investment strategy. To the extent that dividends and distributions have been paid by the Fund, the performance information for the Fund in the chart and table assumes reinvestment of the dividends and distributions. As with all such investments, past performance (before and after taxes) is not an indication of future results. Sales charges are not reflected in the bar chart. If they were, returns would be less than those shown. However, the table includes all applicable fees and sales charges. If the Fund’s investment manager and its affiliates had not waived or reimbursed certain Fund expenses during these periods, the Fund’s returns would have been lower. Updated information on the Fund’s performance, including its current net asset value, can be obtained by visiting www.blackrock.com or can be obtained by phone at (800) 882-0052. </span></div> The information shows you how the Fund’s performance has varied year by year and provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The table compares the Fund’s performance to that of the Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”) 500® Index and the Russell 1000® Growth Index, which are relevant to the Fund because they have characteristics similar to the Fund’s investment strategy. As with all such investments, past performance (before and after taxes) is not an indication of future results. Sales charges are not reflected in the bar chart. If they were, returns would be less than those shown. However, the table includes all applicable fees and sales charges. www.blackrock.com (800) 882-0052 Investor A Shares ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc. As of 12/31 <div style="margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">During the ten-year period shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter was 28.78% (quarter ended </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">June 30, 2020) and the lowest return for a quarter was -23.09% (quarter ended June 30, 2022). The year-to-date return as of June 30, 2025 was 7.03%.</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 1pt; line-height: 0.93pt;"> </span></div> highest return 0.2878 2020-06-30 lowest return -0.2309 2022-06-30 year-to-date return 2025-06-30 0.0703 For the periods ended 12/31/24Average Annual Total Returns 0.2463 0.1429 0.1395 0.2096 0.1198 0.1150 0.1682 0.1102 0.1080 0.2946 0.1459 0.1383 0.3190 0.1583 0.1488 0.3107 0.1513 0.1422 0.2502 0.1453 0.1310 0.3336 0.1896 0.1678 <div style="margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on the investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. After-tax returns are shown for Investor A Shares only, and the after-tax returns for Investor C, Institutional and Class R Shares will vary.</span></div> After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on the investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. After-tax returns are shown for Investor A Shares only, and the after-tax returns for Investor C, Institutional and Class R Shares will vary. Fund Overview Key Facts About BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc. Investment Objective <div style="margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">The investment objective of BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) is to seek long-term growth of </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">capital.</span></div> Fees and Expenses of the Fund <div style="margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell Class K Shares of the Fund. </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-weight: bold;">You </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-weight: bold;">may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to your financial professional or your selected </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-weight: bold;">securities dealer, broker, investment adviser, service provider or industry professional (including BlackRock </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-weight: bold;">Advisors, LLC (</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-weight: bold;">“</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-weight: bold;">BlackRock</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-weight: bold;">”</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-weight: bold;">) and its affiliates) (each, a </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-weight: bold;">“</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-weight: bold;">Financial Intermediary</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-weight: bold;">”</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-weight: bold;">), which are not reflected in the </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-weight: bold;">table and example below.</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 1pt; line-height: 0.93pt;"> </span></div> Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 0.0062 0 0.0003 0.0065 -0.0003 0.0062 June 30, 2027 Example: <div style="line-height: 10.695pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 1pt; line-height: 0.93pt;"> </span></div> 63 205 359 808 Portfolio Turnover: <div style="line-height: 10.695pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">29</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">% of the average value of its portfolio.</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; line-height: 10.695pt;"> </span></div> 0.29 Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund <div style="margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">The Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio consisting </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">primarily of common stock of U.S. companies that Fund management believes have exhibited above-average growth </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">rates in earnings over the long term. In other words, Fund management tries to choose investments that will increase </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">in value over the long term.</span></div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">The Fund will generally invest at least 65% of its total assets in the following equity securities:</span></div> <div> <div style="clear: both; margin-top: 4.805pt; position: relative; width: 100%;"> <div style="float: left; line-height: 9.87pt; text-align: left; width: 8pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 8.37pt; position: relative; top: -0.5pt;">◼</span></div> <div style="float: left; line-height: 10.80pt; margin-left: 4pt; text-align: left; width: 505.00pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">Common stock;</span></div> </div> <div style="clear: both; position: relative;"> </div> </div> <div> <div style="clear: both; margin-top: 4.805pt; position: relative; width: 100%;"> <div style="float: left; line-height: 9.87pt; text-align: left; width: 8pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 8.37pt; position: relative; top: -0.5pt;">◼</span></div> <div style="float: left; line-height: 10.80pt; margin-left: 4pt; text-align: left; width: 505.00pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">Convertible preferred stock; and</span></div> </div> <div style="clear: both; position: relative;"> </div> </div> <div> <div style="clear: both; margin-top: 4.805pt; position: relative; width: 100%;"> <div style="float: left; line-height: 9.87pt; text-align: left; width: 8pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 8.37pt; position: relative; top: -0.5pt;">◼</span></div> <div style="float: left; line-height: 10.80pt; margin-left: 4pt; text-align: left; width: 505.00pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">Rights to subscribe to common stock.</span></div> </div> <div style="clear: both; position: relative;"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">Of these securities the Fund generally seeks to invest primarily in common stock. The Fund may also purchase </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">securities convertible into common stock.</span></div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">The Fund may invest in companies of any size but emphasizes investments in companies that have large stock market </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">capitalizations (currently, approximately $2 billion or more).</span></div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">Convertible securities generally are debt securities or preferred stock that may be converted into common stock. </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">Convertible securities typically pay current income as either interest (debt security convertibles) or dividends (preferred </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">stock). A convertible’s value usually reflects both the stream of current income payments and the market value of the </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">underlying common stock. The Fund may purchase securities pursuant to the exercise of subscription rights, which </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">allow an issuer’s existing shareholders to purchase additional common stock at a price substantially below the market </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">price of the shares.</span></div> You may lose part or all of your investment in the Fund or your investment may not perform as well as other similar investments. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. <div> <div style="clear: both; margin-top: 4.805pt; position: relative; width: 100%;"> <div style="float: left; line-height: 9.87pt; text-align: left; width: 8pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 8.37pt; position: relative; top: -0.5pt;">◼</span></div> <div style="float: left; line-height: 10.80pt; margin-left: 4pt; text-align: left; width: 505.00pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Equity Securities Risk </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">— Stock markets are volatile. The price of equity securities fluctuates based on changes in a </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">company’s financial condition and overall market and economic conditions.</span></div> </div> <div style="clear: both; position: relative;"> </div> </div> <div> <div style="clear: both; margin-top: 4.805pt; position: relative; width: 100%;"> <div style="float: left; line-height: 9.87pt; text-align: left; width: 8pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 8.37pt; position: relative; top: -0.5pt;">◼</span></div> <div style="float: left; line-height: 10.80pt; margin-left: 4pt; text-align: left; width: 505.00pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Investment Style Risk </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-style: italic;">—</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;"> Under certain market conditions, growth investments have performed better during the </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">later stages of economic expansion. Therefore, this investment style may over time go in and out of favor. At times </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">when the investment style used by the Fund is out of favor, the Fund may underperform other equity funds that use </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">different investment styles.</span></div> </div> <div style="clear: both; position: relative;"> </div> </div> <div> <div style="clear: both; margin-top: 4.805pt; position: relative; width: 100%;"> <div style="float: left; line-height: 9.87pt; text-align: left; width: 8pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 8.37pt; position: relative; top: -0.5pt;">◼</span></div> <div style="float: left; line-height: 10.80pt; margin-left: 4pt; text-align: left; width: 505.00pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Market Risk and Selection Risk </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">— Market risk is the risk that one or more markets in which the Fund invests will </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">go down in value, including the possibility that the markets will go down sharply and unpredictably. The value of a </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">security or other asset may decline due to changes in general market conditions, economic trends or events that </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">are not specifically related to the issuer of the security or other asset, or factors that affect a particular issuer or </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">issuers, exchange, country, group of countries, region, market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class. </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">issues like pandemics or epidemics, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Fund and its </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">investments. Selection risk is the risk that the securities selected by Fund management will underperform the </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">markets, the relevant indices or the securities selected by other funds with similar investment objectives and </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">investment strategies. This means you may lose money.</span></div> </div> <div style="clear: both; position: relative;"> </div> </div> <div> <div style="clear: both; margin-top: 4.805pt; position: relative; width: 100%;"> <div style="float: left; line-height: 9.87pt; text-align: left; width: 8pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 8.37pt; position: relative; top: -0.5pt;">◼</span></div> <div style="float: left; line-height: 10.80pt; margin-left: 4pt; text-align: left; width: 505.00pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Convertible Securities Risk </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">— The market value of a convertible security performs like that of a regular debt </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">security; that is, if market interest rates rise, the value of a convertible security usually falls. In addition, convertible </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">securities are subject to the risk that the issuer will not be able to pay interest, principal or dividends when due, and </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">their market value may change based on changes in the issuer’s credit rating or the market’s perception of the </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">issuer’s creditworthiness. Since it derives a portion of its value from the common stock into which it may be </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">converted, a convertible security is also subject to the same types of market and issuer risks that apply to the </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">underlying common stock, including the potential for increased volatility in the price of the convertible security.</span></div> </div> <div style="clear: both; position: relative;"> </div> </div> <div> <div style="clear: both; margin-top: 4.805pt; position: relative; width: 100%;"> <div style="float: left; line-height: 9.87pt; text-align: left; width: 8pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 8.37pt; position: relative; top: -0.5pt;">◼</span></div> <div style="float: left; line-height: 10.80pt; margin-left: 4pt; text-align: left; width: 505.00pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Information Technology Sector Risk </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">— IT companies face intense competition and potentially rapid product </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">obsolescence. They are also heavily dependent on intellectual property rights and may be adversely affected by the </span></div> </div> <div style="clear: both; position: relative;"> </div> </div> <div style="line-height: 10.695pt; margin-left: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">loss or impairment of those rights. Companies in the IT sector may face increased government and regulatory </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">scrutiny and may be subject to adverse government or regulatory action. Companies in the software industry may be </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">adversely affected by, among other things, the decline or fluctuation of subscription renewal rates for their products </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">and services and actual or perceived vulnerabilities in their products or services.</span></div> <div> <div style="clear: both; margin-top: 4.805pt; position: relative; width: 100%;"> <div style="float: left; line-height: 9.87pt; text-align: left; width: 8pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 8.37pt; position: relative; top: -0.5pt;">◼</span></div> <div style="float: left; line-height: 10.80pt; margin-left: 4pt; text-align: left; width: 505.00pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Mid Cap Securities Risk </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">— The securities of mid cap companies generally trade in lower volumes and are generally </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">subject to greater and less predictable price changes than the securities of larger capitalization companies.</span></div> </div> <div style="clear: both; position: relative;"> </div> </div> <div> <div style="clear: both; margin-top: 4.805pt; position: relative; width: 100%;"> <div style="float: left; line-height: 9.87pt; text-align: left; width: 8pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 8.37pt; position: relative; top: -0.5pt;">◼</span></div> <div style="float: left; line-height: 10.80pt; margin-left: 4pt; text-align: left; width: 505.00pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Operational and Technology Risks </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">— The Fund is directly and indirectly susceptible to operational and technology </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">risks, including those related to human errors, processing errors, communication errors, systems failures, </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">cybersecurity incidents, and the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning (</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">“</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">AI</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">”</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">), which may result in losses </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">for the Fund and its shareholders or may impair the Fund’s operations. While the Fund’s service providers are </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">required to have appropriate operational, information security and cybersecurity risk management policies and </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">procedures, their methods of risk management may differ from those of the Fund. Operational and technology risks </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">for the issuers in which the Fund invests could also result in material adverse consequences for such issuers and </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">may cause the Fund’s investments in such issuers to lose value.</span></div> </div> <div style="clear: both; position: relative;"> </div> </div> <div> <div style="clear: both; margin-top: 4.805pt; position: relative; width: 100%;"> <div style="float: left; line-height: 9.87pt; text-align: left; width: 8pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 8.37pt; position: relative; top: -0.5pt;">◼</span></div> <div style="float: left; line-height: 10.80pt; margin-left: 4pt; text-align: left; width: 505.0pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Preferred Securities Risk</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;"> — Preferred securities may pay fixed or adjustable rates of return. Preferred securities </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">are subject to issuer-specific and market risks applicable generally to equity securities. In addition, a company’s </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">preferred securities generally pay dividends only after the company makes required payments to holders of its </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">bonds and other debt. For this reason, the value of preferred securities will usually react more strongly than bonds </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">and other debt to actual or perceived changes in the company’s financial condition or prospects. Preferred </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">securities of smaller companies may be more vulnerable to adverse developments than preferred securities of </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">larger companies.</span></div> </div> <div style="clear: both; position: relative;"> </div> </div> <div> <div style="clear: both; margin-top: 4.805pt; position: relative; width: 100%;"> <div style="float: left; line-height: 9.87pt; text-align: left; width: 8pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 8.37pt; position: relative; top: -0.5pt;">◼</span></div> <div style="float: left; line-height: 10.80pt; margin-left: 4pt; text-align: left; width: 505.00pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Rights Risk </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-style: italic;">—</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;"> The failure to exercise subscription rights to purchase common stock would result in the dilution of </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">the Fund’s interest in the issuing company. The market for such rights is not well developed, and, accordingly, the </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">Fund may not always realize full value on the sale of rights.</span></div> </div> <div style="clear: both; position: relative;"> </div> </div> <div> <div style="clear: both; margin-top: 4.805pt; position: relative; width: 100%;"> <div style="float: left; line-height: 9.87pt; text-align: left; width: 8pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 8.37pt; position: relative; top: -0.5pt;">◼</span></div> <div style="float: left; line-height: 10.80pt; margin-left: 4pt; text-align: left; width: 505.00pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Risk of Investing in the United States </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; font-style: italic;">—</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;"> Certain changes in the U.S. economy, such as when the U.S. economy </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">weakens or when its financial markets decline, may have an adverse effect on the securities to which the Fund has </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">exposure.</span></div> </div> <div style="clear: both; position: relative;"> </div> </div> Performance Information <div style="margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">The information shows you how the Fund’s performance has varied year by year and provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. Effective August 15, 2016, the Board of Directors of the Fund approved the reclassification of BlackRock Shares of the Fund as Class K Shares. The returns for Class K Shares prior to August 15, 2016 reflect the performance of the share class when it was classified as BlackRock Shares. The table compares the Fund’s performance to that of the Standard &amp; Poor’s (“S&amp;P”) 500® Index and the Russell 1000® Growth Index, which are relevant to the Fund because they have characteristics similar to the Fund’s investment strategy. To the extent that dividends and distributions have been paid by the Fund, the performance information for the Fund in the chart and table assumes reinvestment of the dividends and distributions. As with all such investments, past performance (before and after taxes) is not an indication of future results. The table includes all applicable fees. If the Fund’s investment manager and its affiliates had not waived or reimbursed certain Fund expenses during these periods, the Fund’s returns would have been lower. Updated information on the Fund’s performance, including its current net asset value, can be obtained by visiting www.blackrock.com or can be obtained by phone at (800) 882-0052.</span></div> The information shows you how the Fund’s performance has varied year by year and provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The table compares the Fund’s performance to that of the Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”) 500® Index and the Russell 1000® Growth Index, which are relevant to the Fund because they have characteristics similar to the Fund’s investment strategy. As with all such investments, past performance (before and after taxes) is not an indication of future results. www.blackrock.com (800) 882-0052 Class K Shares ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc. As of 12/31 <div style="margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">During the ten-year period shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter was 28.85% (quarter ended </span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">June 30, 2020) and the lowest return for a quarter was -23.03% (quarter ended June 30, 2022). The year-to-date return as of June 30, 2025 was 7.18%.</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 1pt; line-height: 0.93pt;"> </span></div> highest return 0.2885 2020-06-30 lowest return -0.2303 2022-06-30 year-to-date return 2025-06-30 0.0718 For the periods ended 12/31/24Average Annual Total Returns 0.3199 0.1593 0.1500 0.2860 0.1384 0.1271 0.2097 0.1242 0.1177 0.2502 0.1453 0.1310 0.3336 0.1896 0.1678 <div style="margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on the investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 9.30pt; line-height: 10.695pt;"> </span></div> After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on the investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. As described in the “Management of the Fund” section of the Fund’s prospectus beginning on page 40, BlackRock has contractually agreed to waive the management fee with respect to any portion of the Fund’s assets estimated to be attributable to investments in other equity and fixed-income mutual funds and exchange-traded funds managed by BlackRock or its affiliates that have a contractual management fee, through June 30, 2027. In addition, BlackRock has contractually agreed to waive its management fees by the amount of investment advisory fees the Fund pays to BlackRock indirectly through its investment in money market funds managed by BlackRock or its affiliates, through June 30, 2027. The contractual agreements may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of the non-interested directors of the Fund or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund. As described in the “Management of the Fund” section of the Fund’s prospectus beginning on page 40, BlackRock has contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees or expenses in order to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements (excluding Dividend Expense, Interest Expense, Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses and certain other Fund expenses) to 0.92% (for Investor A Shares), 1.67% (for Investor C Shares), 0.67% (for Institutional Shares) and 1.17% (for Class R Shares) of average daily net assets through June 30, 2036. On October 1 of each year, the waiver agreement will renew automatically for an additional one year so that the agreement will have a perpetual ten-year term. The contractual agreement may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of the non-interested directors of the Fund or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund. A contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% is assessed on certain redemptions of Investor A Shares made within 18 months after purchase where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase as part of an investment of $1,000,000 or more. There is no CDSC on Investor C Shares after one year. As described in the “Management of the Fund” section of the Fund’s prospectus beginning on page 28, BlackRock has contractually agreed to waive the management fee with respect to any portion of the Fund’s assets estimated to be attributable to investments in other equity and fixed-income mutual funds and exchange-traded funds managed by BlackRock or its affiliates that have a contractual management fee, through June 30, 2027. In addition, BlackRock has contractually agreed to waive its management fees by the amount of investment advisory fees the Fund pays to BlackRock indirectly through its investment in money market funds managed by BlackRock or its affiliates, through June 30, 2027. The contractual agreements may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of the non-interested directors of the Fund or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund. As described in the “Management of the Fund” section of the Fund’s prospectus beginning on page 28, BlackRock has contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees or expenses in order to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements (excluding Dividend Expense, Interest Expense, Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses and certain other Fund expenses) to 0.62% (for Class K Shares) of average daily net assets through June 30, 2036. On October 1 of each year, the waiver agreement will renew automatically for an additional one year so that the agreement will have a perpetual ten-year term. The contractual agreement may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of the non-interested directors of the Fund or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund.