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However, you will pay a $0.02 per share fee incurred in connection with open-market purchases, which will be deducted from the value of the dividend. You will also be charged a $0.02 per share fee if you direct the Reinvestment Plan Agent to sell your common shares held in a dividend reinvestment account. Per share fees include any applicable brokerage commissions the Reinvestment Plan Agent is required to pay. </div></td></tr></table> as a percentage of offering price 0.01 as a percentage of offering price 0.0002 0.02 <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;width:92%;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr> <td style="width: 93%;"></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 4%;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align: top; width: 93%;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Estimated Annual Expenses</div></div> (as a percentage of net assets attributable to common shares)</div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 4%;">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align: top; width: 93%;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 3em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Management Fees<div style="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top;display:inline;font-size:8.3px">(3)(4)</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 4%;">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">0.85</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="display:inline;">%</div> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align: top; width: 93%;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 3em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Other Expenses<div style="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top;display:inline;font-size:8.3px">(5)</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 4%;">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">0.08</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="display:inline;">%</div> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:1px"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 93%;"></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 4%;">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align: top; width: 93%;"><div style="text-indent: -1em; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 3em; line-height: normal;">Total Annual Expenses</div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 4%;">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">0.93</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="display:inline;">%</div> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:1px"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 93%;"></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 4%;">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; border-top: 3px double rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; border-top: 3px double rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">(3)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 8pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;">For its services, the Fund pays the Advisor a monthly fee at the annual rate of 0.85% of the aggregate of: (i) the average daily value of the Fund’s net assets and (ii) the proceeds of any outstanding debt securities or borrowings used for leverage. “Net assets” means the total assets of the Fund minus the sum of the accrued liabilities. </div></td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">(4)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 8pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;">The Fund and the Advisor have entered into a fee waiver agreement (the “Fee Waiver Agreement”), pursuant to which the Advisor has contractually agreed to waive the management fee with respect to any portion of the Fund’s assets attributable to investments in any equity and fixed-income mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) managed by the Advisor or its affiliates and other exchange-traded products sponsored by the Advisor or its affiliates, in each case that have a contractual management fee, through June 30, 2028. In addition, pursuant to the Fee Waiver Agreement, the Advisor has contractually agreed to waive its management fees by the amount of management fees the Fund pays to the Advisor indirectly through its investment in money market funds managed by the Advisor or its affiliates, through June 30, 2028. The Fee Waiver Agreement may be terminated at any time, without the payment of any penalty, only by the Fund (upon the vote of a majority of the Directors who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), of the Fund (the “Independent Directors”)) or a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund), upon 90 days’ written notice by the Fund to the Advisor. </div></td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">(5)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 8pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;">Other Expenses based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year. </div></td></tr></table> as a percentage of net assets attributable to common shares 0.0085 0.0008 0.0093 The Reinvestment Plan Agent’s (as defined below under “Dividend Reinvestment Plan”) fees for the handling of the reinvestment of dividends will be paid by the Fund. However, you will pay a $0.02 per share fee incurred in connection with open-market purchases, which will be deducted from the value of the dividend. You will also be charged a $0.02 per share fee if you direct the Reinvestment Plan Agent to sell your common shares held in a dividend reinvestment account. Per share fees include any applicable brokerage commissions the Reinvestment Plan Agent is required to pay. <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">(3)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 8pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;">For its services, the Fund pays the Advisor a monthly fee at the annual rate of 0.85% of the aggregate of: (i) the average daily value of the Fund’s net assets and (ii) the proceeds of any outstanding debt securities or borrowings used for leverage. “Net assets” means the total assets of the Fund minus the sum of the accrued liabilities. </div></td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">(4)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 8pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;">The Fund and the Advisor have entered into a fee waiver agreement (the “Fee Waiver Agreement”), pursuant to which the Advisor has contractually agreed to waive the management fee with respect to any portion of the Fund’s assets attributable to investments in any equity and fixed-income mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) managed by the Advisor or its affiliates and other exchange-traded products sponsored by the Advisor or its affiliates, in each case that have a contractual management fee, through June 30, 2028. In addition, pursuant to the Fee Waiver Agreement, the Advisor has contractually agreed to waive its management fees by the amount of management fees the Fund pays to the Advisor indirectly through its investment in money market funds managed by the Advisor or its affiliates, through June 30, 2028. The Fee Waiver Agreement may be terminated at any time, without the payment of any penalty, only by the Fund (upon the vote of a majority of the Directors who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), of the Fund (the “Independent Directors”)) or a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund), upon 90 days’ written notice by the Fund to the Advisor. </div></td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">(5)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 8pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;">Other Expenses based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year. </div></td></tr></table> <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">The following example illustrates the expenses (including the sales load of $10.00 and offering costs of $0.08) that you would pay on a $1,000 investment in common shares, assuming (i) the Fee Waiver Agreement described above is only in effect for the first year, since it expires on June 30, 2028, and (ii) a 5% annual return: </div></div></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt;width:92%;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr> <td style="width: 55%;"></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 9%;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 9%;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 9%;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 9%;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">One Year</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Three Years</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Five Years</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Ten Years</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align: top; width: 55%;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Total expenses incurred</div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 9%;">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">19</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 9%;">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">39</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 9%;">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">61</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 9%;">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">123</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr></table> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;text-align:justify">The example should not be considered a representation of future expenses. The example assumes that the estimated “Other Expenses” set forth in the Estimated Annual Expenses table are accurate, that the rate listed under Total Annual Expenses remains the same each year and that all dividends and distributions are reinvested at NAV. Actual expenses may be greater or less than those assumed. Moreover, the Fund’s actual rate of return may be greater or less than the hypothetical 5% return shown in the example. </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> 19 39 61 123 <div id="toc131446_6" style="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;text-align:center">DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund is authorized to issue 200,000,000 shares of capital stock, par value $0.10 per share, all of which shares initially were classified as common stock. The Board of Directors is authorized, however, to classify and reclassify any unissued shares of capital stock into one or more additional or other classes or series as may be established from time to time by setting or changing in any one or more respects the designations, preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications or terms or conditions of redemption of such shares of stock and pursuant to such classification or reclassification to increase or decrease the number of authorized shares of any existing class or series. The Fund may reclassify an amount of unissued common stock as preferred stock and at that time offer shares of preferred stock. See “Leverage—Preferred Shares.” </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Common Shares </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">Shareholders are entitled to share <div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">pro rata</div></div> in the net assets of the Fund available for distribution to shareholders upon liquidation of the Fund. Shareholders are entitled to one vote for each share held. Shareholders do not have preemptive, conversion or subscription rights and the Fund’s shares of common stock are not redeemable. Shares of common stock, when issued and outstanding, will be fully paid and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-assessable.</div> </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund intends to hold annual meetings of shareholders so long as the shares of common stock are listed on a national securities exchange and such meetings are required as a condition to such listing. The Fund will send unaudited reports at least semi-annually and audited annual financial statements to all of its shareholders. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">Unlike <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">open-end</div> funds, <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">closed-end</div> funds like the Fund do not continuously offer shares and do not provide daily redemptions. Rather, if a shareholder determines to buy additional common shares or sell shares already </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify;text-indent: 0px;">held, the shareholder may do so by trading through a broker on the NYSE or otherwise. Shares of <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">closed-end</div> investment companies frequently trade on an exchange at prices lower than NAV. Shares of <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">closed-end</div> investment companies like the Fund have during some periods traded at prices higher than NAV and during other periods have traded at prices lower than NAV. Because the market value of the common shares may be influenced by such factors as dividend levels (which are in turn affected by expenses), call protection on its portfolio securities, dividend stability, portfolio credit quality, the Fund’s NAV, relative demand for and supply of such shares in the market, general market and economic conditions, market sentiment and other factors beyond the control of the Fund, the Fund cannot assure you that its common shares will trade at a price equal to or higher than NAV in the future. The common shares are designed primarily for long-term investors and you should not purchase the common shares if you intend to sell them soon after purchase. See “Repurchase of Common Shares” below and “Repurchase of Common Shares” in the SAI. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund’s outstanding common shares are, and when issued, the common shares offered by this Prospectus will be, publicly held and listed and traded on the NYSE under the symbol “CII.” The Fund determines its NAV on a daily basis. The following table sets forth, for the quarters indicated, the highest and lowest daily closing prices on the NYSE per common share, and the NAV per common share and the premium to or discount from NAV, on the date of each of the high and low market prices. The table also sets forth the number of common shares traded on the NYSE during the respective quarters. </div> <div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"> </div></div></div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr> <td style="width:36%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="6" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">NYSE Market<br/>Price Per<br/>Common Share</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="6" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">NAV per Common<br/>Share on Date of<br/>Market Price</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="6" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Premium/<br/>(Discount) on<br/>Date of Market<br/>Price</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Trading</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); display: table-cell; font-size: 8pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;">During Quarter Ended</div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">High</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Low</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">High</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Low</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">High</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Low</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Volume</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">June 30, 2026</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right"><div style="display:inline;">21.74</div></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">21.02</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">21.80</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">21.38</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(0.28</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(1.68</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">4,399,878</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">March 31, 2026</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right"><div style="display:inline;">23.67</div></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">20.52</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">23.08</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">20.89</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2.56</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(1.77</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">5,188,610</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2025</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right"><div style="display:inline;">25.88</div></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">22.95</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">24.57</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">23.41</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">5.33</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(1.96</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">8,898,425</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">September 30, 2025</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right"><div style="display:inline;">23.00</div></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">21.00</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">23.90</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">22.48</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(3.77</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(6.58</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">5,042,385</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">June 30, 2025</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right"><div style="display:inline;">21.35</div></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">16.50</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">22.65</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">18.16</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(5.74</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(9.14</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">7,169,384</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">March 31, 2025</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right"><div style="display:inline;">21.20</div></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">18.47</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">22.50</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">20.00</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(6.22</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(7.65</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">6,894,803</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2024</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right"><div style="display:inline;">20.44</div></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">19.23</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">21.89</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">21.04</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(6.62</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(8.60</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">7,612,932</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">September 30, 2024</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right"><div style="display:inline;">20.25</div></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">18.29</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">21.74</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">19.99</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(6.85</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(8.50</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">6,795,847</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">June 30, 2024</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right"><div style="display:inline;">19.99</div></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">18.30</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">21.28</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">20.02</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(6.06</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(8.59</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">4,953,535</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">March 31, 2024</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right"><div style="display:inline;">19.70</div></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">18.60</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">20.79</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">19.61</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(5.24</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(5.15</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">4,863,629</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr></table><div style="clear:both;max-height:0pt;text-indent: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify"><div style="text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">As of July 8, 2026, the NAV per common share of the Fund was $</div>24.25 and the market price per common share was $25.25, <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">representing a premium to NAV of</div> 4.12%. Common shares of the Fund have historically traded at both a premium and discount to NAV. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;text-indent: 0px;">Preferred Shares </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">In the event the Fund issues preferred shares, it is anticipated that such preferred shares will be issued in one or more series, with rights as determined by the Board of Directors, by action of the Board of Directors without the approval of the holders of common shares. Under the Investment Company Act, the Fund is permitted to have outstanding more than one series of preferred shares so long as no single series has a priority over another series as to the distribution of assets of the Fund or the payment of dividends. Holders of common shares will have no preemptive right to purchase any shares of preferred shares that might be issued. It is anticipated that the NAV per share of any preferred shares to be issued by the Fund will equal its original purchase price per share plus accumulated dividends per share. The Fund does not currently intend to issue preferred shares. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">Under the Investment Company Act, the Fund is not permitted to issue preferred shares unless immediately after such issuance the value of the Fund’s total assets is at least 200% of the liquidation value of the outstanding preferred shares (<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">i.e.</div></div>, the liquidation value may not exceed 50% of the Fund’s total assets). In addition, the Fund is not permitted to declare any cash dividend or other distribution on its common shares unless, at the time of </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;text-indent: 0px;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center;text-indent: 0px;"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">such declaration, the value of the Fund’s total assets is at least 200% of such liquidation value. If the Fund issues preferred shares, it may be subject to restrictions imposed by the guidelines of one or more rating agencies that may issue ratings for preferred shares issued by the Fund. These guidelines may impose asset coverage or portfolio composition requirements that are more stringent than those imposed on the Fund by the Investment Company Act. It is not anticipated that these covenants or guidelines would impede the Advisor from managing the Fund’s portfolio in accordance with the Fund’s investment objective and policies. Please see “Description of Capital Stock” in the SAI for more information. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Authorized and Outstanding Shares </div> <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">The following table provides the Fund’s authorized shares and common shares outstanding as of July 8, 2026. </div></div></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="display:inline;"><div style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"> </div></div></div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; margin: 0px auto; width: 84%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 8pt; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0;text-indent: 0px;"> <tr> <td style="width: 48%;"><div style="display:inline;"></div></td> <td style="width: 7%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="display:inline;"></div></td> <td><div style="display:inline;"></div></td> <td><div style="display:inline;"></div></td> <td><div style="display:inline;"></div></td> <td style="width: 7%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="display:inline;"></div></td> <td><div style="display:inline;"></div></td> <td><div style="display:inline;"></div></td> <td><div style="display:inline;"></div></td> <td style="width: 7%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="display:inline;"></div></td> <td><div style="display:inline;"></div></td> <td><div style="display:inline;"></div></td> <td><div style="display:inline;"></div></td></tr> <tr style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 8pt; page-break-inside: avoid;"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); display: table-cell; line-height: normal;"><div style="display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 8pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Title of Class</div></div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"><div style="display:inline;">  </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="display:inline;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Amount<br/>Authorized</div></div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"><div style="display:inline;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"><div style="display:inline;">  </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="display:inline;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Amount<br/>Held by Fund or<br/>for its Account</div></div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"><div style="display:inline;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"><div style="display:inline;">  </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="display:inline;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Amount<br/>Outstanding<br/>Exclusive of<br/>Amount Held<br/>by Fund or<br/>for its Account</div></div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"><div style="display:inline;"> </div></td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align: top; width: 48%;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Common Shares</div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 7%;">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">200,000,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 7%;">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">None</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 7%;">  </td> <td style="text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;"><br/></td> <td style="text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">43,704,109</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"><br/></td></tr></table><div style="clear:both;max-height:0pt;text-indent: 0px;"></div> Common Shares <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund’s outstanding common shares are, and when issued, the common shares offered by this Prospectus will be, publicly held and listed and traded on the NYSE under the symbol “CII.” The Fund determines its NAV on a daily basis. The following table sets forth, for the quarters indicated, the highest and lowest daily closing prices on the NYSE per common share, and the NAV per common share and the premium to or discount from NAV, on the date of each of the high and low market prices. The table also sets forth the number of common shares traded on the NYSE during the respective quarters. </div> <div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"> </div></div></div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr> <td style="width:36%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="6" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">NYSE Market<br/>Price Per<br/>Common Share</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="6" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">NAV per Common<br/>Share on Date of<br/>Market Price</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="6" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Premium/<br/>(Discount) on<br/>Date of Market<br/>Price</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Trading</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); display: table-cell; font-size: 8pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;">During Quarter Ended</div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">High</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Low</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">High</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Low</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">High</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Low</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Volume</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">June 30, 2026</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right"><div style="display:inline;">21.74</div></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">21.02</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">21.80</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">21.38</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(0.28</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(1.68</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">4,399,878</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">March 31, 2026</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right"><div style="display:inline;">23.67</div></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">20.52</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">23.08</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">20.89</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2.56</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(1.77</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">5,188,610</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2025</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right"><div style="display:inline;">25.88</div></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">22.95</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">24.57</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">23.41</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">5.33</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(1.96</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">8,898,425</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">September 30, 2025</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right"><div style="display:inline;">23.00</div></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">21.00</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">23.90</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">22.48</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(3.77</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(6.58</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">5,042,385</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">June 30, 2025</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right"><div style="display:inline;">21.35</div></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">16.50</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">22.65</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">18.16</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(5.74</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(9.14</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">7,169,384</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">March 31, 2025</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right"><div style="display:inline;">21.20</div></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">18.47</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">22.50</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">20.00</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(6.22</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(7.65</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">6,894,803</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2024</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right"><div style="display:inline;">20.44</div></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">19.23</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">21.89</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">21.04</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(6.62</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(8.60</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">7,612,932</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">September 30, 2024</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right"><div style="display:inline;">20.25</div></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">18.29</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">21.74</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">19.99</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(6.85</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(8.50</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">6,795,847</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">June 30, 2024</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right"><div style="display:inline;">19.99</div></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">18.30</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">21.28</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">20.02</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(6.06</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(8.59</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">4,953,535</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">March 31, 2024</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right"><div style="display:inline;">19.70</div></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">18.60</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">20.79</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">19.61</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(5.24</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(5.15</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">4,863,629</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr></table><div style="clear:both;max-height:0pt;text-indent: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify"><div style="text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">As of July 8, 2026, the NAV per common share of the Fund was $</div>24.25 and the market price per common share was $25.25, <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">representing a premium to NAV of</div> 4.12%. Common shares of the Fund have historically traded at both a premium and discount to NAV. </div> 21.74 21.02 21.8 21.38 -0.0028 -0.0168 23.67 20.52 23.08 20.89 0.0256 -0.0177 25.88 22.95 24.57 23.41 0.0533 -0.0196 23 21 23.9 22.48 -0.0377 -0.0658 21.35 16.5 22.65 18.16 -0.0574 -0.0914 21.2 18.47 22.5 20 -0.0622 -0.0765 20.44 19.23 21.89 21.04 -0.0662 -0.086 20.25 18.29 21.74 19.99 -0.0685 -0.085 19.99 18.3 21.28 20.02 -0.0606 -0.0859 19.7 18.6 20.79 19.61 -0.0524 -0.0515 24.25 25.25 0.0412 Preferred Shares <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Authorized and Outstanding Shares </div> <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">The following table provides the Fund’s authorized shares and common shares outstanding as of July 8, 2026. </div></div></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="display:inline;"><div style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"> </div></div></div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; margin: 0px auto; width: 84%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 8pt; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0;text-indent: 0px;"> <tr> <td style="width: 48%;"><div style="display:inline;"></div></td> <td style="width: 7%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="display:inline;"></div></td> <td><div style="display:inline;"></div></td> <td><div style="display:inline;"></div></td> <td><div style="display:inline;"></div></td> <td style="width: 7%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="display:inline;"></div></td> <td><div style="display:inline;"></div></td> <td><div style="display:inline;"></div></td> <td><div style="display:inline;"></div></td> <td style="width: 7%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="display:inline;"></div></td> <td><div style="display:inline;"></div></td> <td><div style="display:inline;"></div></td> <td><div style="display:inline;"></div></td></tr> <tr style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 8pt; page-break-inside: avoid;"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); display: table-cell; line-height: normal;"><div style="display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 8pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Title of Class</div></div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"><div style="display:inline;">  </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="display:inline;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Amount<br/>Authorized</div></div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"><div style="display:inline;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"><div style="display:inline;">  </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="display:inline;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Amount<br/>Held by Fund or<br/>for its Account</div></div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"><div style="display:inline;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"><div style="display:inline;">  </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="display:inline;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Amount<br/>Outstanding<br/>Exclusive of<br/>Amount Held<br/>by Fund or<br/>for its Account</div></div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"><div style="display:inline;"> </div></td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align: top; width: 48%;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Common Shares</div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 7%;">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">200,000,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 7%;">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">None</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 7%;">  </td> <td style="text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;"><br/></td> <td style="text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">43,704,109</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"><br/></td></tr></table><div style="clear:both;max-height:0pt;text-indent: 0px;"></div> Common Shares 200000000 0 43704109 <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Investment Objective and Policies </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">Please refer to the section of the Fund’s most recent annual report on Form <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">N-CSR</div> entitled <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1278895/000119312526093645/d36953dncsr.htm">“Investment Objectives, Policies and Risks—BlackRock Enhanced Large Cap Core Fund, Inc.”</a>, which is incorporated by reference herein, for a discussion of the Fund’s investment objective and policies. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Portfolio Contents and Techniques </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund may invest in the following instruments and use the following investment techniques, subject to any limitations set forth herein. There is no guarantee the Fund will buy all of the types of securities or use all of the investment techniques that are described herein and in the SAI. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold"><div style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Equity Securities </div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund invests in equity securities, including common stocks and preferred stocks. Common stock represents an equity ownership interest in a company. The Fund may hold or have exposure to common stocks of issuers of any size, including small and medium capitalization stocks. Because the Fund will ordinarily have exposure to common stocks, historical trends would indicate that the Fund’s portfolio and investment returns will be subject at times, and over time, to higher levels of volatility and market and issuer-specific risk than if it invested exclusively in debt securities. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold"><div style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Preferred Securities </div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund may invest in preferred securities. There are two basic types of preferred securities. The first type, sometimes referred to as traditional preferred securities, consists of preferred stock issued by an entity taxable as a corporation. The second type, sometimes referred to as trust preferred securities, are usually issued by a trust or limited partnership and represent preferred interests in deeply subordinated debt instruments issued by the corporation for whose benefit the trust or partnership was established. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Traditional Preferred Securities.</div></div> Traditional preferred securities generally pay fixed or adjustable rate dividends to investors and generally have a “preference” over common stock in the payment of dividends and the </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">liquidation of a company’s assets. This means that a company must pay dividends on preferred stock before paying any dividends on its common stock. In order to be payable, distributions on such preferred securities must be declared by the issuer’s board of directors. Income payments on typical preferred securities currently outstanding are cumulative, causing dividends and distributions to accumulate even if not declared by the board of directors or otherwise made payable. In such a case all accumulated dividends must be paid before any dividend on the common stock can be paid. However, some traditional preferred stocks are <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-cumulative,</div> in which case dividends do not accumulate and need not ever be paid. A portion of the portfolio may include investments in <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-cumulative</div> preferred securities, whereby the issuer does not have an obligation to make up any arrearages to its shareholders. Should an issuer of a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-cumulative</div> preferred stock held by the Fund determine not to pay dividends on such stock, the amount of dividends the Fund pays may be adversely affected. There is no assurance that dividends or distributions on the traditional preferred securities in which the Fund invests will be declared or otherwise made payable. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">Preferred shareholders usually have no right to vote for corporate directors or on other matters. Shares of traditional preferred securities have a liquidation value that generally equals the original purchase price at the date of issuance. The market value of preferred securities may be affected by favorable and unfavorable changes impacting companies in the utilities and financial services sectors, which are prominent issuers of preferred securities, and by actual and anticipated changes in tax laws, such as changes in corporate income tax rates or the “Dividends Received Deduction.” Because the claim on an issuer’s earnings represented by traditional preferred securities may become onerous when interest rates fall below the rate payable on such securities, the issuer may redeem the securities. Thus, in declining interest rate environments in particular, the Fund’s holdings, if any, of higher rate-paying fixed rate preferred securities may be reduced and the Fund may be unable to acquire securities of comparable credit quality paying comparable rates with the redemption proceeds. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Trust Preferred Securities.</div></div> Trust preferred securities are typically issued by corporations, generally in the form of interest-bearing notes with preferred security characteristics, or by an affiliated business trust of a corporation, generally in the form of beneficial interests in subordinated debentures or similarly structured securities. The trust preferred securities market consists of both fixed and adjustable coupon rate securities that are either perpetual in nature or have stated maturity dates. Trust preferred securities are typically junior and fully subordinated liabilities of an issuer or the beneficiary of a guarantee that is junior and fully subordinated to the other liabilities of the guarantor. In addition, trust preferred securities typically permit an issuer to defer the payment of income for eighteen months or more without triggering an event of default. Generally, the deferral period is five years or more. Because of their subordinated position in the capital structure of an issuer, the ability to defer payments for extended periods of time without default consequences to the issuer, and certain other features (such as restrictions on common dividend payments by the issuer or ultimate guarantor when full cumulative payments on the trust preferred securities have not been made), these trust preferred securities are often treated as close substitutes for traditional preferred securities, both by issuers and investors. Trust preferred securities have many of the key characteristics of equity due to their subordinated position in an issuer’s capital structure and because their quality and value are heavily dependent on the profitability of the issuer rather than on any legal claims to specific assets or cash flows. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold"><div style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="white-space:nowrap;display:inline;">Non-U.S.</div> Securities </div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund may invest in securities of <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-U.S.</div> issuers <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">(“Non-U.S.</div> Securities”). These securities may be U.S. dollar-denominated or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-U.S.</div> dollar-denominated. Some <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Non-U.S.</div> Securities may be less liquid and more volatile than securities of comparable U.S. issuers. Similarly, there is less volume and liquidity in most foreign securities markets than in the United States and, at times, greater price volatility than in the United States. Because evidence of ownership of such securities usually is held outside the United States, the Fund will be subject to additional risks if it invests in <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Non-U.S.</div> Securities, which include adverse political and economic developments, seizure or nationalization of foreign deposits and adoption of governmental restrictions which might adversely affect or restrict the payment of principal and interest or dividends on the foreign securities to investors located outside the country of the issuer, whether from currency blockage or otherwise. <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Non-U.S.</div> Securities may trade on days when the common shares are not priced or traded. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold"><div style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Emerging Markets Investments </div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund may invest in securities of issuers located in emerging market countries, including securities denominated in currencies of emerging market countries. Emerging market countries generally include every nation in the world except the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and most countries located in Western Europe. These issuers may be subject to risks that do not apply to issuers in larger, more developed countries. These risks are more pronounced to the extent the Fund invests significantly in one country. Less information about emerging market issuers or markets may be available due to less rigorous disclosure and accounting standards or regulatory practices. Emerging markets are smaller, less liquid and more volatile than U.S. markets. In a changing market, the Advisor may not be able to sell the Fund’s portfolio securities in amounts and at prices it considers reasonable. The U.S. dollar may appreciate against <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-U.S.</div> currencies or an emerging market government may impose restrictions on currency conversion or trading. The economies of emerging market countries may grow at a slower rate than expected or may experience a downturn or recession. Economic, political and social developments may adversely affect emerging market countries and their securities markets. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold"><div style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Foreign Currency Transactions </div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund’s common shares are priced in U.S. dollars and the distributions paid by the Fund to common shareholders are paid in U.S. dollars. However, a portion of the Fund’s assets may be denominated in <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-U.S.</div> currencies and the income received by the Fund from such securities will be paid in <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-U.S.</div> currencies. The Fund also may invest in or gain exposure to <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-U.S.</div> currencies for investment or hedging purposes. The Fund’s investments in securities that trade in, or receive revenues in, <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-U.S.</div> currencies will be subject to currency risk, which is the risk that fluctuations in the exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies may negatively affect an investment. The Fund may (but is not required to) hedge some or all of its exposure to <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-U.S.</div> currencies through the use of derivative strategies, including forward foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign currency futures contracts and options on foreign currencies and foreign currency futures. Suitable hedging transactions may not be available in all circumstances and there can be no assurance that the Fund will engage in such transactions at any given time or from time to time when they would be beneficial. Although the Fund has the flexibility to engage in such transactions, the Advisor may determine not to do so or to do so only in unusual circumstances or market conditions. These transactions may not be successful and may eliminate any chance for the Fund to benefit from favorable fluctuations in relevant foreign currencies. The Fund may also use derivatives contracts for purposes of increasing exposure to a foreign currency or to shift exposure to foreign currency fluctuations from one currency to another. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold"><div style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Options </div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">An option on a security is a contract that gives the holder of the option, in return for a premium, the right to buy from (in the case of a call) or sell to (in the case of a put) the writer of the option the security underlying the option at a specified exercise or “strike” price. The writer of an option on a security has the obligation upon exercise of the option to deliver the underlying security upon payment of the exercise price or to pay the exercise price upon delivery of the underlying security. Certain options, known as “American style” options may be exercised at any time during the term of the option. Other options, known as “European style” options, may be exercised only on the expiration date of the option. As the writer of an option, the Fund would effectively add leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, the Fund would be subject to investment exposure on the value of the assets underlying the option. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">If an option written by the Fund expires unexercised, the Fund realizes on the expiration date a capital gain equal to the premium received by the Fund at the time the option was written. If an option purchased by the Fund expires unexercised, the Fund realizes a capital loss equal to the premium paid. Prior to the earlier of exercise or expiration, an exchange-traded option may be closed out by an offsetting purchase or sale of an option of the same series (type, underlying security, exercise price and expiration). There can be no assurance, however, that a </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div></div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">closing purchase or sale transaction can be effected when the Fund desires. The Fund may sell call or put options it has previously purchased, which could result in a net gain or loss depending on whether the amount realized on the sale is more or less than the premium and other transaction costs paid on the call or put option when purchased. The Fund will realize a capital gain from a closing purchase transaction if the cost of the closing transaction is less than the premium received from writing the option, or, if it is more, the Fund will realize a capital loss. If the premium received from a closing sale transaction is more than the premium paid to purchase the option, the Fund will realize a capital gain or, if it is less, the Fund will realize a capital loss. Net gains from the Fund’s options strategy will be short-term capital gains which, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, will constitute net investment company taxable income. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold"><div style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Call Options </div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund intends to follow a call options writing strategy intended to generate current gains from options premiums and to enhance the Fund’s risk-adjusted returns. The strategy involves writing both covered and other call options. A call option written by the Fund on a security is considered a covered call option where the Fund owns the security underlying the call option. Unlike a written covered call option, other written options will not provide the Fund with any potential appreciation on an underlying security to offset any loss the Fund may experience if the option is exercised. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">As the Fund writes covered call options on its portfolio, it may not be able to benefit from capital appreciation on the underlying securities, as the Fund will lose its ability from such capital appreciation to the extent that it writes covered call options and the securities on which it writes these options appreciate above the exercise prices of the options. Therefore, at times, the Advisor may choose to decrease the use of a covered call options writing strategy to the extent that it may negatively impact the Fund’s ability to benefit from capital appreciation. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">For any written call option where the Fund does not own the underlying security, the Trust may have an absolute and immediate right to acquire that security upon conversion or exchange of other securities held by the Fund without additional cash consideration or the Fund may hold a call on the same security where the exercise price of the call held is (i) equal to or less than the exercise price of the call written, or (ii) greater than the exercise price of the call written. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The standard contract size for a single exchange-listed option is 100 shares of the common stock. There are four items needed to identify any option: (1) the underlying security, (2) the expiration month, (3) the strike price and (4) the type (call or put). For example, ten XYZ Co. October 40 call options provide the right to purchase 1,000 shares of XYZ Co. on or before a specified date in October at $40.00 per share. A call option whose strike price is above the current price of the underlying stock is called <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="white-space:nowrap;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">“out-of-the-money.”</div></div></div> Most of the options that will be sold by the Fund are expected to be <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="white-space:nowrap;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">out-of-the-money,</div></div></div> allowing for potential appreciation in addition to the proceeds from the sale of the option. An option whose strike price is below the current price of the underlying stock is called <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="white-space:nowrap;display:inline;">“in-the-money”</div></div> and could be sold by the Fund as a defensive measure to protect against a possible decline in the underlying stock. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The following is a conceptual example of a covered call transaction, making the following assumptions: (1) a common stock currently trading at $37.15 per share; (2) a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">six-month</div> call option is written with a strike price of $40.00 (i.e., 7.7% higher than the current market price); and (3) the covered call writer receives $2.45 (or 6.6% of the common stock’s value) as a premium. This example is not meant to represent the performance of any actual common stock, option contract or the Fund itself and does not reflect any transaction costs of entering into or closing out the option position, which could increase losses or reduce gains from covered call transactions. Under this scenario, before giving effect to any change in the price of the stock, the covered call writer receives the premium, representing 6.6% of the common stock’s value, regardless of the stock’s performance over the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">six-month</div> period until option expiration. If the stock remains unchanged, the option will expire and there would be a 6.6% return for the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">six-month</div> period. If the stock were to decline in price by 6.6%, the strategy would </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">“break-even” thus offering no gain or loss. If the stock were to climb to a price of $40.00 or above, the option would be exercised and the stock would return 7.7% coupled with the option premium of 6.6% for a total return of 14.3%. Under this scenario, the covered call writer would not benefit from any appreciation of the stock above $40.00, and thus be limited to a 14.3% total return. The premium from writing the covered call option serves to offset some of the unrealized loss on the stock in the event that the price of the stock declines, but if the stock were to decline more than 6.6% under this scenario, the covered call writer does not have protection from further declines and the stock could eventually become worthless. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">For conventional exchange-listed listed call options, the option’s expiration date can be up to nine months from the date the call options are first listed for trading. Longer-term call options can have expiration dates up to three years from the date of listing. It is anticipated that, under certain circumstances when deemed at the Advisor’s discretion to be in the best interest of the Fund, options that are written against Fund stock holdings will be repurchased in a closing transaction prior to the option’s expiration date, generating a gain or loss in the options. If the options were not to be repurchased, the option holder would exercise their rights and buy the stock from the Fund at the strike price if the stock traded at a higher price than the strike price. In general, when deemed at the Advisor’s discretion to be in the best interests of the Fund, the Fund may enter into transactions, including closing transactions, that would allow it to continue to hold its common stocks rather than allowing them to be called away by the option holders. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold"><div style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Put Options </div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">Put options are contracts that give the holder of the option, in return for a premium, the right to sell to the writer of the option the security underlying the option at a specified exercise price at any time during the term of the option. Put option strategies may produce a higher return than covered call writing, but may involve a higher degree of risk and potential volatility. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The following is a conceptual example of a put transaction, making the following assumptions: (1) a common stock currently trading at $37.15 per share; (2) a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">six-month</div> put option written with a strike price of $35.00 (i.e., 94.21% of the current market price); and (3) the writer receives $1.10 (or 2.96% of the common stock’s value) as a premium. This example is not meant to represent the performance of any actual common stock, option contract or the Fund itself and does not reflect any transaction costs of entering into or closing out the option position, which could increase losses or reduce gains from covered call transactions. Under this scenario, before giving effect to any change in the price of the stock, the put writer receives the premium, representing 2.96% of the common stock’s value, regardless of the stock’s performance over the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">six-month</div> period until the option expires. If the stock remains unchanged, appreciates in value or declines less than 5.79% in value, the option will expire and there would be a 2.96% return for the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">six-month</div> period. If the stock were to decline by 5.79% or more, the Fund would lose an amount equal to the amount by which the stock’s price declined minus the premium paid to the Trust. The stock’s price could lose its entire value, in which case the Fund would lose $33.90 ($35.00 minus $1.10). </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold"><div style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Options on Indices </div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund may write index call and put options. Because “index options” includes both options on indices of securities and sectors of securities, all types of index options generally have similar characteristics. Index options differ from options on individual securities because (i) the exercise of an index option requires cash payments and does not involve the actual purchase or sale of securities, (ii) the holder of an index option has the right to receive cash upon exercise of the option if the level of the index upon which the option is based is greater, in the case of a call, or less, in the case of a put, than the exercise price of the option and (iii) index options reflect price fluctuations in a group of securities or segments of the securities market rather than price fluctuations in a single security. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">As the writer of an index call or put option, the Fund receives cash (the premium) from the purchaser. The purchaser of an index call option has the right to any appreciation in the value of the index over a fixed price (the </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">exercise price) on or before a certain date in the future (the expiration date). The purchaser of an index put option has the right to any depreciation in the value of the index below a fixed price (the exercise price) on or before a certain date in the future (the expiration date). The Fund, in effect, agrees to sell the potential appreciation (in the case of a call) or accept the potential depreciation (in the case of a put) in the value of the relevant index in exchange for the premium. If, at or before expiration, the purchaser exercises the call or put option written by the Fund, the Fund will pay the purchaser the difference between the cash value of the index and the exercise price of the index option. The premium, the exercise price and the market value of the index determine the gain or loss realized by the Fund as the writer of the index call or put option. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund may execute a closing purchase transaction with respect to an index option it has sold and write another option (with either a different exercise price or expiration date or both). The Fund’s objective in entering into such a closing transaction will be to optimize net index option premiums. The cost of a closing transaction may reduce the net index option premiums realized from writing the index option. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold"><div style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Limitation on Options Writing Strategy </div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund may write put and call options, the notional amount of which would be approximately 50% to 60% of the Fund’s total assets, although this percentage may vary from time to time with market conditions. As the Fund writes covered calls over more of its portfolio, its ability to benefit from capital appreciation becomes more limited and the Fund will lose money to the extent that it writes call options that are not covered by securities in its portfolio and the securities or index on which it writes the option appreciates above the exercise price of the option by an amount that exceeds the exercise price of the option. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The number of put and call options on securities the Fund can write is limited by the total assets the Fund holds and further limited by the fact that all options represent 100 share lots of the underlying common stock. In connection with its option writing strategy, the Fund will not write “naked” or uncovered put and call options. Furthermore, the Fund’s exchange-listed option transactions will be subject to limitations established by each of the exchanges, boards of trade or other trading facilities on which such options are traded and cleared. These limitations govern the maximum number of options in each class which may be written or purchased by a single investor or group of investors acting in concert, regardless of whether the options are written or purchased on the same or different exchanges, boards of trade or other trading facilities or are held or written in one or more accounts or through one or more brokers. Thus, the number of options which the Fund may write or purchase may be affected by options written or purchased by other investment advisory clients of the Advisor. An exchange, board of trade or other trading facility may order the liquidation of positions found to be in excess of these limits, and it may impose certain other sanctions. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold"><div style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Strategic Transactions and Other Management Techniques </div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund may purchase and sell futures contracts, enter into various interest rate transactions such as swaps, caps, floors or collars, currency transactions such as currency forward contracts, currency futures contracts, currency swaps or options on currency or currency futures and swap contracts (including, but not limited to, credit default swaps) and may purchase and sell exchange-listed and OTC put and call options on securities and swap contracts, financial indices and futures contracts and use other derivative instruments or management techniques (collectively, “Strategic Transactions”). These Strategic Transactions may be used for duration management and other risk management purposes, including to attempt to protect against possible changes in the market value of the Fund’s portfolio resulting from trends in the securities markets and changes in interest rates or to protect the Fund’s unrealized gains in the value of its portfolio securities, to facilitate the sale of portfolio securities for investment purposes, to establish a position in the securities markets as a temporary substitute for purchasing particular securities or to enhance income or gain. There is no particular strategy that requires use of one technique rather than another as the decision to use any particular strategy or instrument is a function of market conditions and the composition of the portfolio. The use of Strategic Transactions to enhance current income may be particularly speculative. The ability of the Fund to use Strategic Transactions successfully will </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">depend on the Advisor’s ability to predict pertinent market movements as well as sufficient correlation among the instruments, which cannot be assured. The use of Strategic Transactions may result in losses greater than if they had not been used, may require the Fund to sell or purchase portfolio securities at inopportune times or for prices other than current market values, may limit the amount of appreciation the Fund can realize on an investment or may cause the Fund to hold a security that it might otherwise sell. The SAI contains further information about the characteristics, risks and possible benefits of Strategic Transactions and the Fund’s other policies and limitations (which are not fundamental policies) relating to Strategic Transactions. Certain provisions of the Code may restrict or affect the ability of the Fund to engage in Strategic Transactions. In addition, the use of certain Strategic Transactions may give rise to taxable income and have certain other consequences. </div><div style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"></div> <div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 4%;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="display:inline;"><div style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Short Sales </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="display:inline;">The Fund may make short sales of securities. A short sale is a transaction in which the Fund sells a security it does not own in anticipation that the market price of that security will decline. The Fund may make short sales both as a form of hedging to offset potential declines in long positions in similar securities and in order to seek to increase return. When the Fund makes a short sale, it must borrow the security sold short and deliver collateral to the broker-dealer through which it made the short sale to cover its obligation to deliver the borrowed security upon conclusion of the sale. The Fund may have to pay a fee to borrow particular securities and is often obligated to pay over any payments received on such borrowed securities. The Fund’s obligation to replace the borrowed security will be secured by collateral deposited with the broker-dealer, usually cash, U.S. government securities or other liquid securities similar to those borrowed. Depending on arrangements made with the broker-dealer from which it borrowed the security regarding payment over of any payments received by the Fund on such security, the Fund may not receive any payments (including interest) on its collateral deposited with such broker-dealer. If the price of the security sold short increases between the time of the short sale and the time the Fund replaces the borrowed security, the Fund will incur a loss. Conversely, if the price declines, the Fund will realize a gain. Any gain will be decreased, and any loss increased, by the transaction costs described above. Although the Fund’s gain is limited to the price at which it sold the security short, its potential loss is theoretically unlimited. The Fund also may make short sales “against the box.” These transactions will involve either short sales of securities retained in the Fund’s portfolio or securities it has the right to acquire without the payment of further consideration. Short sales may represent a form of leverage and will create risks. The Fund must comply with Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4</div> under the Investment Company Act with respect to its short sale borrowings, which are considered derivatives transactions under the Rule. See “Additional Risk Factors—Risk Factors in Strategic Transactions and Derivatives—Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4</div> Under the Investment Company Act” in the SAI. </div></div><div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 4%;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="display:inline;"><div style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Reverse Repurchase Agreements </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">The Fund may enter into reverse repurchase agreements with respect to its portfolio investments subject to the investment restrictions set forth herein. Reverse repurchase agreements involve the sale of securities held by the Fund with an agreement by the Fund to repurchase the securities at an agreed upon price, date and interest payment. Reverse repurchase agreements involve the risk that the market value of the securities acquired in connection with the reverse repurchase agreement may decline below the price of the securities the Fund has sold but is obligated to repurchase. Also, reverse repurchase agreements involve the risk that the market value of the securities retained in lieu of sale by the Fund in connection with the reverse repurchase agreement may decline in price. </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">If the buyer of securities under a reverse repurchase agreement files for bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, such buyer or its trustee or receiver may receive an extension of time to determine whether to enforce the Fund’s obligation to repurchase the securities and the Fund’s use of the proceeds of the reverse repurchase agreement may effectively be restricted pending such decision. Also, the Fund would bear the risk of loss to the extent that the proceeds of the reverse repurchase agreement are less than the value of the securities subject to such agreement. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"></div></div> <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">The Fund also may effect simultaneous purchase and sale transactions that are known as “sale-buybacks.” A sale-buyback is similar to a reverse repurchase agreement, except that in a sale-buyback, the counterparty that purchases the security is entitled to receive any principal or interest payments made on the underlying security pending settlement of the Fund’s repurchase of the underlying security. </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="display:inline;">In accordance with Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4</div> under the Investment Company Act, when the Fund engages in reverse repurchase agreements and similar financing transactions, the Fund may either (i) maintain asset coverage of at least 300% with respect to such transactions and any other borrowings in the aggregate, or (ii) treat such transactions as “derivatives transactions” and comply with Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4</div> with respect to such transactions. See “Additional Risk Factors—Risk Factors in Strategic Transactions and Derivatives—Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4</div> Under the Investment Company Act” in the SAI. </div></div><div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 4%;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="display:inline;"><div style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Securities Lending </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="display:inline;">The Fund may lend portfolio securities to certain borrowers determined to be creditworthy by the Advisor, including to borrowers affiliated with the Advisor. The borrowers provide collateral that is maintained in an amount at least equal to the current market value of the securities loaned. No securities loan will be made on behalf of the Fund if, as a result, the aggregate value of all securities loans of the Fund exceeds <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">one-third</div> of the value of the Fund’s total assets (including the value of the collateral received). The Fund may terminate a loan at any time and obtain the return of the securities loaned. The Fund receives the value of any interest or cash or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-cash</div> distributions paid on the loaned securities. </div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">With respect to loans that are collateralized by cash, the borrower may be entitled to receive a fee based on the amount of cash collateral. The Fund is compensated by the difference between the amount earned on the reinvestment of cash collateral and the fee paid to the borrower. In the case of collateral other than cash, the Fund is compensated by a fee paid by the borrower equal to a percentage of the market value of the loaned securities. Any cash collateral received by the Fund for such loans, and uninvested cash, may be invested, among other things, in a private investment company managed by an affiliate of the Advisor or in registered money market funds advised by the Advisor or their affiliates; such investments are subject to investment risk. </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">The Fund conducts its securities lending pursuant to an exemptive order from the SEC permitting it to lend portfolio securities to borrowers affiliated with the Fund and to retain an affiliate of the Fund as lending agent. To the extent that the Fund engages in securities lending, BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“BIM”) acts as securities lending agent for the Fund, subject to the overall supervision of the Advisor, pursuant to a written agreement (the “Securities Lending Agency Agreement”). BIM administers the lending program in accordance with guidelines approved by the Board. </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">To the extent the Fund engages in securities lending, the Fund retains a portion of the securities lending income and remits the remaining portion to BIM as compensation for its services as securities lending agent. Securities lending income is generally equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral (and excludes collateral investment fees as defined below), and any fees or other payments to and from borrowers of securities. As securities lending agent, BIM bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending. The Fund is responsible for fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan in a money market fund managed by BlackRock (the “collateral investment fees”); however, the securities lending agent has agreed to reduce the amount of securities lending income it receives in order to effectively limit the collateral investment fees the Fund bears to an annual rate of 0.04%. Such money market fund shares will not be subject to a sales load, redemption fee, distribution fee or service fee. </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="display:inline;">To the extent that the Fund invests cash collateral in a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-government</div> money market fund, the Fund may be subject to a discretionary liquidity fee of up to 2% on all redemptions. Discretionary liquidity fees may be imposed or terminated at any time at the discretion of the board of directors of the money market fund, or its delegate, if it is determined that such fee would be, or would not be, respectively, in the best interest of the </div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">money market fund. Additionally, the Fund will be subject to a mandatory liquidity fee if the money market fund’s total net redemptions on a single day exceed 5% of the money market fund’s net assets, unless the liquidity costs are de minimis (i.e., less than one basis point (0.01%)). The money market fund will determine the size of the mandatory liquidity fee by making a good faith estimate of certain costs the money market fund would incur if it were to sell a pro rata amount of each security in the portfolio to satisfy the amount of net redemptions on that day. There is no limit to the size of a mandatory liquidity fee. If the money market fund cannot estimate the costs of selling a pro rata amount of each portfolio security in good faith and supported by data, it is required to apply a default liquidity fee of 1% on the value of shares redeemed on that day. The imposition of any such discretionary or mandatory liquidity fee would reduce the Fund’s returns on securities lending. </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Under the securities lending program, the Fund is categorized into a specific asset class. The determination of the Fund’s asset class category (fixed income, domestic equity, international equity, or fund of funds), each of which may be subject to a different fee arrangement, is based on a methodology agreed to between the Fund and BIM. </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement: (i) the Fund retains 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment expenses), and (ii) this amount can never be less than 70% of the sum of securities lending income plus collateral investment expenses. </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income earned across the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex in a calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, the Fund, pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, will receive for the remainder of that calendar year securities lending income as follows: (i) 84% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment expenses); and (ii) this amount can never be less than 70% of the sum of securities lending income plus collateral investment expenses. </div></div></div><div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 4%;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="display:inline;"><div style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Restricted and Illiquid Securities </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">The Fund may invest without limitation in illiquid or less liquid investments or investments in which no secondary market is readily available or which are otherwise illiquid, including private placement securities. Liquidity of an investment relates to the ability to dispose easily of the investment and the price to be obtained upon disposition of the investment, which may be less than would be obtained for a comparable more liquid investment. “Illiquid investments” are investments which cannot be sold within seven days in the ordinary course of business at approximately the value used by the Fund in determining its NAV. Illiquid investments may trade at a discount from comparable, more liquid investments. Illiquid investments are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on disposition or lack an established secondary trading market. Investment of the Fund’s assets in illiquid investments may restrict the ability of the Fund to dispose of its investments in a timely fashion and for a fair price as well as its ability to take advantage of market opportunities. </div></div></div> <div id="toc131446_9" style="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;text-align:center">RISKS </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The NAV and market price of, and dividends paid on, the common shares will fluctuate with and be affected by, among other things, the risks more fully described below. As with any fund, there can be no guarantee that the Fund will meet its investment objective or that the Fund’s performance will be positive for any period of time. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">General Risks </div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">Please refer to the section of the Fund’s most recent annual report on Form <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">N-CSR</div> entitled <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1278895/000119312526093645/d36953dncsr.htm">“Investment Objectives, Policies and Risks—Risk Factors”</a>, which is incorporated by reference herein, for a discussion of the general risks of investing in the Fund. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Other Risks </div></div><div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Risk Associated with Recent Market Events </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">In 2022 and 2023, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates eleven times as part of its efforts to address rising inflation. Certain foreign central banks similarly tightened monetary policy during this period. Beginning in September 2024, the Federal Reserve began lowering interest rates, cutting the federal funds rate six times through December 2025. The Federal Reserve held the federal funds rate steady in the first quarter of 2026, though further rate changes may occur depending on economic conditions, including the pace of inflation and the state of the labor market. It is difficult to accurately predict the pace at which interest rates might change, the timing, frequency or magnitude of any such changes in interest rates, or when such changes might stop or again reverse course. Additionally, various economic and political factors, including trade policy, fiscal policy and geopolitical developments, could cause the Federal Reserve or other foreign central banks to change their approach in the future and such actions may result in an economic slowdown both in the U.S. and abroad. Unexpected changes in interest rates could lead to significant market volatility or reduce liquidity in certain sectors of the market. Deteriorating economic fundamentals may, in turn, increase the risk of default or insolvency of particular issuers, negatively impact market value, cause credit spreads to widen, and reduce bank balance sheets. Any of these could cause an increase in market volatility, reduce liquidity across various markets or decrease confidence in the markets, which could negatively affect the value of debt instruments held by the Fund and result in a negative impact on the Fund’s performance. </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Recent policy initiatives undertaken by the U.S. government have the potential to impact international relations, trade agreements and the overall regulatory environment in ways that could create uncertainty and instability in domestic and global markets, and could adversely affect the investment performance of the Fund. In particular, actions taken by the U.S. government in respect of international trade relations could lead to trade wars, increased costs for imported goods, disruptions in supply chains, reduced foreign investment, and instability in regions where the Fund invests. Political and diplomatic events within the United States, including a contentious domestic political environment, changes in political party control of one or more branches of the U.S. Government, the U.S. Government’s inability at times to agree on a long-term budget and deficit reduction plan, the threat of a U.S. Government shutdown, and disagreements over, or threats not to increase, the U.S. Government’s borrowing limit (or “debt ceiling”), as well as political and diplomatic events abroad, may affect investor and consumer confidence and may adversely impact financial markets and the broader economy, perhaps suddenly and to a significant degree. A downgrade of the ratings of U.S. Government debt obligations, </div></div></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px; background: none;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px; background: none; text-decoration: none;display:inline;"> </div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">or concerns about the U.S. Government’s credit quality in general, could have a substantial negative effect on the U.S. and global economies. For example, concerns about the U.S. Government’s credit quality may cause increased volatility in the stock and bond markets, higher interest rates, reduced prices and liquidity of U.S. Treasury securities, and/or increased costs of various kinds of debt. Moreover, although the U.S. Government has honored its credit obligations, there remains a possibility that the United States could default on its obligations. The consequences of such an unprecedented event are impossible to predict, but it is likely that a default by the United States would be highly disruptive to the U.S. and global securities markets and could significantly impair the value of the Fund’s investments. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">In recent years, some countries, including the United States, have adopted more protectionist trade policies. Slowing global economic growth, the rise in protectionist trade policies, inflationary pressures, changes to some major international trade agreements, risks associated with the trade agreements between countries and regions, including the U.S. and other foreign nations, political or economic dysfunction within some countries or regions, including the U.S., and dramatic changes in commodity and currency prices could affect the economies of many nations in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time. In addition, if the U.S. dollar continues to be strong, it may decrease foreign demand for U.S. assets, which could have a negative impact on certain issuers and/or industries. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Reference Rate Replacement Risk </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund’s investments, payment obligations and financing terms may be based on floating rates, such as the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”), Sterling Overnight Interbank Average Rate (“SONIA”), and other similar types of reference rates (“Reference Rates”). The elimination of a Reference Rate or any other changes or reforms to the determination or supervision of a Reference Rate could have an adverse impact on the market for, or value of, any instruments (including debt instruments and certain derivative instruments) or payments linked to those Reference Rates. In addition, any substitute Reference Rate and any pricing adjustments imposed by a regulator or by counterparties or otherwise may adversely affect the Fund’s performance and/or net asset value. </div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">The London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) had historically been used extensively in the U.S. and globally as a “benchmark” or “reference rate” for various commercial and financial contracts, including corporate and municipal bonds, bank loans, asset-backed and mortgage-related securities, interest rate swaps and other derivatives. Instruments in which the Fund invests may have historically paid interest at floating rates based on LIBOR or may have been subject to interest caps or floors based on LIBOR. The Fund and issuers of instruments in which the Fund invests may have also historically obtained financing at floating rates based on LIBOR. In connection with the global transition away from LIBOR led by regulators and market participants as a result of benchmark reforms, LIBOR was last published on a representative basis at the end of June 2023. Alternative Reference Rates to LIBOR have been established in most major currencies and markets in these alternative rates are continuing to develop (e.g., SOFR for <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">USD-LIBOR</div> and SONIA for <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">GBP-LIBOR).</div> While the transition from LIBOR has gone relatively smoothly, residual risks associated with the transition may remain that may impact markets or particular investments and, as such, the full impact of the transition on the Fund or the financial instruments in which the Fund invests cannot yet be fully determined. </div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">SOFR is intended to be a broad measure of the cost of borrowing funds overnight in transactions that are collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities. SOFR is calculated based on transaction-level repo data collected from various sources. For each trading day, SOFR is calculated as a volume-weighted median rate derived from such data. Because SOFR is a financing rate based on overnight secured funding transactions, it differs fundamentally from LIBOR. LIBOR is intended to be an unsecured rate that represents interbank funding costs for different short-term maturities or tenors. It is a forward-looking rate reflecting expectations regarding interest rates for the applicable tenor. Thus, LIBOR is intended to be sensitive, in certain respects, to bank credit risk and to term interest rate risk. In contrast, SOFR is a secured overnight rate reflecting the credit of U.S. Treasury securities as collateral. Thus, it is largely insensitive to credit-risk considerations and to short-term interest rate risks. SOFR is </div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">a transaction-based rate, and it has been more volatile than other benchmark or market rates, such as three-month LIBOR, during certain periods. For these reasons, among others, there is no assurance that SOFR, or rates derived from SOFR, will perform in the same or similar way as LIBOR would have performed at any time, and there is no assurance that SOFR-based rates will be a suitable substitute for LIBOR. SOFR has a relatively limited history, having been first published in April 2018. The future performance of SOFR, and SOFR-based Reference Rates, cannot be predicted based on SOFR’s history or otherwise. Levels of SOFR in the future may bear little or no relation to historical levels of SOFR, LIBOR or other rates. There can also be no assurance that SOFR will not be discontinued or fundamentally altered in a manner that is materially adverse to the interests of the Fund. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">In addition, interest rates or other types of rates and indices which are classified as “benchmarks” have been the subject of ongoing national and international regulatory reform, including under the European Union (“EU”) regulation on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts (known as the “Benchmarks Regulation”). The Benchmarks Regulation has been enacted into United Kingdom (“UK”) law by virtue of the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended), subject to amendments made by the Benchmarks (Amendment and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/657) and other statutory instruments. Following the implementation of these reforms, the manner of administration of benchmarks has changed and may further change in the future, with the result that relevant benchmarks may perform differently than in the past, the use of benchmarks that are not compliant with the new standards by certain supervised entities may be restricted, and certain benchmarks may be eliminated entirely. Such changes could cause increased market volatility and disruptions in liquidity for instruments that rely on or are impacted by such benchmarks. Additionally, there could be other consequences which cannot be predicted. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Market Disruption and Geopolitical Risk </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">Investments by the Fund are materially affected by conditions in the global financial markets and economic and political conditions throughout the world, such as interest rates, the availability and cost of credit, inflation rates, economic uncertainty, changes in laws, trade policies, commodity prices, tariffs, currency exchange rates and controls and national and international political circumstances (including wars and other forms of conflict, terrorist acts, and security operations) and catastrophic events such as fires, floods, earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes and pandemics could materially affect the Fund’s investments to the extent it materially affects global economies or global financial markets. </div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Additionally, the occurrence of events similar to those in recent years, such as localized wars, instability, new and ongoing epidemics and pandemics of infectious diseases and other global health events, natural/environmental disasters, terrorist attacks in the United States and around the world, social and political discord, debt crises, sovereign debt downgrades, increasingly strained relations between the United States and a number of foreign countries, new and continued political unrest in various countries, the exit or potential exit of one or more countries from the European Union, continued changes in the balance of political power among and within the branches of the U.S. government, government shutdowns and other factors, may result in market volatility, may have long term effects on the United States and worldwide financial markets, and may cause further economic uncertainties in the United States and worldwide and could have a significant adverse impact on the value and risk profile of the Fund’s portfolio. These factors are outside of the Fund’s control and may affect the level and volatility of securities prices and the liquidity and value of the Fund’s portfolio investments, and the Fund may not be able to successfully manage its exposure to these conditions, which may result in substantial losses to Shareholders. </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Russia launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. The extent and duration of this military action, resulting sanctions and future local, regional or global market disruptions, are impossible to predict, but could be significant. Any such disruptions caused by Russian military action or other actions (including cyberattacks and espionage) or resulting actual and threatened responses to such activity, including purchasing and financing restrictions, boycotts or changes in consumer or purchaser preferences, sanctions, </div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">tariffs or cyberattacks on Russian entities or individuals, including politicians, could have a severe adverse effect on the region, including significant negative economic impacts. How long such military action and related events will last cannot be predicted. </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">In recent years, the U.S. government has indicated its intent to alter its approach to international trade policy and in some cases to renegotiate, or potentially terminate, certain existing bilateral or multi-lateral trade agreements and treaties with foreign countries, and has made proposals and taken actions related thereto, including the imposition of tariffs on imported goods. Tariffs on imported goods could further increase costs, decrease margins, reduce the competitiveness of products and services offered by current and future portfolio companies and adversely affect the revenues and profitability of portfolio companies whose businesses rely on goods imported from such impacted jurisdictions. More generally, these actions may trigger a significant reduction in international trade, the oversupply of certain manufactured goods, substantial price reductions of goods and possible failure of individual companies and/or large segments of a foreign country’s export industry, which could have a negative impact on the Fund’s performance. The U.S. government has imposed, and may in the future further increase, tariffs on certain foreign goods, including from China, such as steel and aluminum. Some foreign governments, including China, have instituted retaliatory tariffs on certain U.S. goods. Most recently, the current U.S. presidential administration has imposed or sought to impose significant increases to tariffs on goods imported into the United States, including from China, Canada and Mexico. U.S. companies that source material and goods from China and those that make large amounts of sales in China would be particularly vulnerable to an escalation of trade tensions. Uncertainty regarding the outcome of the trade tensions and the potential for a trade war could cause the U.S. dollar to decline against safe-haven currencies, such as the Japanese yen and the euro. Events such as these, and their consequences, are difficult to predict and it is unclear whether further tariffs may be imposed or other escalating actions may be taken in the future. Increased trade tensions could have a material adverse effect on the global economy. The Fund and its portfolio investments could be materially and adversely affected. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">Cybersecurity incidents affecting particular companies or industries may adversely affect the economies of particular countries of the world in which the Fund invests. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The occurrence of any of these above events could have a significant adverse impact on the value and risk profile of the Fund’s portfolio. The Fund does not know how long the securities markets may be affected by similar events and cannot predict the effects of similar events in the future on the U.S. economy and securities markets. There can be no assurance that similar events and other market disruptions will not have other material and adverse implications. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Regulation and Government Intervention Risk </div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Federal, state, and other governments, their regulatory agencies or self-regulatory organizations may take actions that affect the regulation of the issuers in which the Fund invests in ways that are unforeseeable. Legislation or regulation may also change the way in which the Fund is regulated. Such legislation or regulation could limit or preclude the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objectives. </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">In light of popular, political and judicial focus on finance related consumer protection, financial institution practices are also subject to greater scrutiny and criticism generally. In the case of transactions between financial institutions and the general public, there may be a greater tendency toward strict interpretation of terms and legal rights in favor of the consuming public, particularly where there is a real or perceived disparity in risk allocation and/or where consumers are perceived as not having had an opportunity to exercise informed consent to the transaction. In the event of conflicting interests between retail investors holding common shares of a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">closed-end</div> investment company such as the Fund and a large financial institution, a court may similarly seek to strictly interpret terms and legal rights in favor of retail investors. </div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">The Fund may be affected by governmental action in ways that are not foreseeable, and there is a possibility that such actions could have a significant adverse effect on the Fund and its ability to achieve its investment objectives. </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Investment Company Act Regulations</div></div>. The Fund is a registered <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">closed-end</div> management investment company and as such is subject to regulations under the Investment Company Act. Generally speaking, any contract or provision thereof that is made, or where performance involves a violation of the Investment Company Act or any rule or regulation thereunder is unenforceable by either party unless a court finds otherwise. </div></div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;text-align:justify">Regulation as a “Commodity Pool” </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The CFTC subjects advisers to registered investment companies to regulation by the CFTC if a fund that is advised by the investment adviser either (i) invests, directly or indirectly, more than a prescribed level of its liquidation value in CFTC-regulated futures, options and swaps (“CFTC Derivatives”), or (ii) markets itself as providing investment exposure to such instruments. To the extent the Fund uses CFTC Derivatives, it intends to do so below such prescribed levels and will not market itself as a “commodity pool” or a vehicle for trading such instruments. Accordingly, the Advisor has claimed an exclusion from the definition of the term “commodity pool operator” under the Commodity Exchange Act (the “CEA”) pursuant to Rule 4.5 under the CEA. The Advisor is not, therefore, subject to registration or regulation as a “commodity pool operator” under the CEA in respect of the Fund. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Failures of Futures Commission Merchants and Clearing Organizations Risk </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund is required to deposit funds to margin open positions in cleared derivative instruments (both futures and swaps) with a clearing broker registered as a “futures commission merchant” (“FCM”). The CEA requires an FCM to segregate all funds received from customers with respect to any orders for the purchase or sale of U.S. domestic futures contracts and cleared swaps from the FCM’s proprietary assets. Similarly, the CEA requires each FCM to hold in a separate secure account all funds received from customers with respect to any orders for the purchase or sale of foreign futures contracts and segregate any such funds from the funds received with respect to domestic futures contracts. However, all funds and other property received by an FCM from its customers are held by an FCM on a commingled basis in an omnibus account and amounts in excess of assets posted to the clearing organization may be invested by an FCM in certain instruments permitted under the applicable regulation. There is a risk that assets deposited by the Fund with any FCM as margin for futures contracts or commodity options may, in certain circumstances, be used to satisfy losses of other clients of the Fund’s FCM. In addition, the assets of the Fund posted as margin against both swaps and futures contracts may not be fully protected in the event of the FCM’s bankruptcy. </div><div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Legal, Tax and Regulatory Risks </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Legal, tax and regulatory changes could occur that may have material adverse effects on the Fund. </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">To qualify for the favorable U.S. federal income tax treatment generally accorded to RICs, the Fund must, among other things, derive in each taxable year at least 90% of its gross income from certain prescribed sources and distribute for each taxable year at least 90% of its “investment company taxable income” (generally, ordinary income plus the excess, if any, of net short-term capital gain over net long-term capital loss). If for any taxable year the Fund does not qualify as a RIC, all of its taxable income for that year (including its net capital gain) would be subject to tax at regular corporate rates without any deduction for distributions to shareholders, and such distributions would be taxable as ordinary dividends to the extent of the Fund’s current and accumulated earnings and profits. </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">The current presidential administration has called for significant changes to U.S. fiscal, tax, trade, healthcare, immigration, foreign, and government regulatory policy. In this regard, there is significant uncertainty with respect to legislation, regulation and government policy at the federal level, as well as the state and local </div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">levels. Recent events have created a climate of heightened uncertainty and introduced new and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap;display:inline;">difficult-to-quantify</div></div> macroeconomic and political risks with potentially <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">far-reaching</div> implications. There has been a corresponding meaningful increase in the uncertainty surrounding interest rates, inflation, foreign exchange rates, trade volumes and fiscal and monetary policy. To the extent the U.S. Congress or the current presidential administration implements changes to U.S. policy, those changes may impact, among other things, the U.S. and global economy, international trade and relations, unemployment, immigration, corporate taxes, healthcare, the U.S. regulatory environment, inflation and other areas. Although the Fund cannot predict the impact, if any, of these changes to the Fund’s business, they could adversely affect the Fund’s business, financial condition, operating results and cash flows. Until the Fund knows what policy changes are made and how those changes impact the Fund’s business and the business of the Fund’s competitors over the long term, the Fund will not know if, overall, the Fund will benefit from them or be negatively affected by them. </div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">The rules dealing with U.S. federal income taxation are constantly under review by persons involved in the legislative process and by the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Treasury Department. Revisions in U.S. federal tax laws and interpretations of these laws could adversely affect the tax consequences of your investment. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Potential Conflicts of Interest of the Advisor and Others </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The investment activities of the Advisor and its affiliates (including BlackRock, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Affiliates”)), and their respective directors, officers or employees, in managing their own accounts and other accounts, may present conflicts of interest that could disadvantage the Fund and its shareholders. The Advisor and its Affiliates may engage in proprietary trading and advise accounts and other funds that have investment objectives similar to those of the Fund and/or that engage in and compete for transactions in the same or similar types of securities, currencies and other assets as are held by the Fund. Subject to the requirements of the Investment Company Act, the Advisor and its Affiliates intend to engage in such activities and may receive compensation from third parties for their services. Neither the Advisor nor any Affiliate is under any obligation to share any investment opportunity, idea or strategy with the Fund. As a result, an Affiliate may compete with the Fund for appropriate investment opportunities. The results of the Fund’s investment activities, therefore, may differ from those of an Affiliate and of other accounts managed by an Affiliate. It is possible that the Fund could sustain losses during periods in which one or more Affiliates and other accounts achieve profits on their trading for proprietary or other accounts. The opposite result is also possible. The Advisor has adopted policies and procedures designed to address potential conflicts of interest. For additional information about potential conflicts of interest and the way in which BlackRock addresses such conflicts, please see “Conflicts of Interest” and “Management of the Fund—Portfolio Management—Potential Material Conflicts of Interest” in the SAI. </div><div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Defensive Investing Risk </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">For defensive purposes, the Fund may allocate assets into cash or short-term fixed-income securities without limitation. In doing so, the Fund may succeed in avoiding losses but may otherwise fail to achieve its investment objectives. Further, the value of short-term fixed-income securities may be affected by changing interest rates and <div style="display:inline;">by </div>changes in credit ratings of the investments. If the Fund holds cash uninvested it will be subject to the credit risk of the depository institution holding the cash. </div></div></div><div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Decision-Making Authority Risk </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Investors have no authority to make decisions or to exercise business discretion on behalf of the Fund, except as set forth in the Fund’s governing documents. The authority for all such decisions is generally delegated to the Board, which in turn, has delegated the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap;display:inline;">day-to-day</div></div> management of the Fund’s investment activities to the Advisor, subject to oversight by the Board. </div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-weight: bold;"></div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Management Risk </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund is subject to management risk because it is an actively managed investment portfolio. The Advisor and the individual portfolio managers will apply investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the Fund, but there can be no guarantee that these will produce the desired results. The Fund may be subject to a relatively high level of management risk because the Fund may invest in derivative instruments, which may be highly specialized instruments that require investment techniques and risk analyses different from those associated with equities and bonds. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Valuation Risk </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund is subject to valuation risk, which is the risk that one or more of the securities in which the Fund invests are valued at prices that the Fund is unable to obtain upon sale due to factors such as incomplete data, market instability or human error. The Advisor may use an independent pricing service or prices provided by dealers to value securities at their market value. Because the secondary markets for certain investments may be limited, such instruments may be difficult to value. See “Net Asset Value.” When market quotations are not available, the Advisor may price such investments pursuant to a number of methodologies, such as computer-based analytical modeling or individual security evaluations. These methodologies generate approximations of market values, and there may be significant professional disagreement about the best methodology for a particular type of financial instrument or different methodologies that might be used under different circumstances. In the absence of an actual market transaction, reliance on such methodologies is essential, but may introduce significant variances in the ultimate valuation of the Fund’s investments. Technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third-party service providers may also impact the Fund’s ability to value its investments and the calculation of the Fund’s NAV. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">When market quotations are not readily available or are believed by the Advisor to be unreliable, the Advisor will fair value the Fund’s investments in accordance with its policies and procedures. Fair value represents a good faith approximation of the value of an asset or liability. The fair value of an asset or liability held by the Fund is the amount the Fund might reasonably expect to receive from the current sale of that asset or the cost to extinguish that liability in an <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">arm’s-length</div> transaction. Fair value pricing may require determinations that are inherently subjective and inexact about the value of a security or other asset. As a result, there can be no assurance that fair value priced assets will not result in future adjustments to the prices of securities or other assets, or that fair value pricing will reflect a price that the Fund is able to obtain upon sale, and it is possible that the fair value determined for a security or other asset will be materially different from quoted or published prices, from the prices used by others for the same security or other asset and/or from the value that actually could be or is realized upon the sale of that security or other asset. For example, the Fund’s NAV could be adversely affected if the Fund’s determinations regarding the fair value of the Fund’s investments were materially higher than the values that the Fund ultimately realizes upon the disposal of such investments. Where market quotations are not readily available, valuation may require more research than for more liquid investments. In addition, elements of judgment may play a greater role in valuation in such cases than for investments with a more active secondary market because there is less reliable objective data available. The Fund prices its shares daily and therefore all assets, including assets valued at fair value, are valued daily. </div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">The Fund’s NAV per common share is a critical component in several operational matters including <div style="display:inline;">computation </div>of advisory and services fees. Consequently, variance in the valuation of the Fund’s investments will impact, positively or negatively, the fees and expenses shareholders will pay. </div></div></div><div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Reliance on the Advisor Risk </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">The Fund is dependent upon services and resources provided by the Advisor, and therefore the Advisor’s parent, BlackRock. The Advisor is not required to devote their full time to the business of the Fund and there is no guarantee or requirement that any investment professional or other employee of the Advisor will allocate a substantial portion of his or her time to the Fund. The loss of one or more individuals involved with the Advisor </div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">could have a material adverse effect on the performance or the continued operation of the <div style="display:inline;">Fund</div>. For additional information on the Advisor and BlackRock, see “Management of the Fund—Investment Advisor.” </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Reliance on Service Providers Risk </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund must rely upon the performance of service providers to perform certain functions, which may include functions that are integral to the Fund’s operations and financial performance. Failure by any service provider to carry out its obligations to the Fund in accordance with the terms of its appointment, to exercise due care and skill or to perform its obligations to the Fund at all as a result of insolvency, bankruptcy or other causes could have a material adverse effect on the Fund’s performance and returns to shareholders. The termination of the Fund’s relationship with any service provider, or any delay in appointing a replacement for such service provider, could materially disrupt the business of the Fund and could have a material adverse effect on the Fund’s performance and returns to shareholders. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Information Technology Systems Risk </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund is dependent on the Advisor for certain management services as well as back-office functions. The Advisor depends on information technology systems in order to assess investment opportunities, strategies and markets and to monitor and control risks for the Fund. It is possible that a failure of some kind which causes disruptions to these information technology systems could materially limit the Advisor’s ability to adequately assess and adjust investments, formulate strategies and provide adequate risk control. Any such information technology-related difficulty could harm the performance of the Fund. Further, failure of the back-office functions of the Advisor to process trades in a timely fashion could prejudice the investment performance of the Fund. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Operational and Technology Risks </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund and the entities with which it interacts directly or indirectly are susceptible to operational and technology risks, including those related to human errors, processing errors, communication errors, systems failures, cybersecurity incidents, and the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning (“AI”), which may result in losses for the Fund and its shareholders or impair the Fund’s operations. These entities include, but are not limited to, the Fund’s adviser, administrator, distributor, other service providers (e.g., index and benchmark providers, accountants, custodians, and transfer agents), financial intermediaries, counterparties, market makers, authorized participants, listing exchanges, other financial market operators, and governmental authorities, as applicable. Operational and technology risks for the issuers in which the Fund invests could also result in material adverse consequences for such issuers and may cause the Fund’s investments in such issuers to lose value. The Fund may incur substantial costs in order to mitigate operational and technology risks. </div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Cybersecurity incidents can result from deliberate attacks or unintentional events against an issuer in which the Trust invests, the Trust or any of its service providers. They include, but are not limited to, gaining unauthorized access to systems, misappropriating assets or sensitive information, corrupting or destroying data, and causing operational disruption. Geopolitical tension may increase the scale and sophistication of deliberate attacks, particularly those from nation states or from entities with nation state backing. Cybersecurity incidents may result in any of the following: financial losses; interference with the Fund’s ability to calculate its NAV; disclosure of confidential information; impediments to trading; submission of erroneous trades by the Fund or erroneous subscription or redemption orders; the inability of the Fund or its service providers to transact business; violations of applicable privacy and other laws; regulatory fines; penalties; reputational damage; reimbursement or other compensation costs; and other legal and compliance expenses. Furthermore, cybersecurity incidents may render records of the Fund, including records relating to its assets and transactions, shareholder ownership of Fund shares, and other data integral to the Fund’s functioning, inaccessible, inaccurate or incomplete. Power outages, natural disasters, equipment malfunctions and processing errors that threaten information and technology systems relied upon by the Fund or its service providers, as well as market events that occur at a pace that overloads these systems, may also disrupt business operations or impact critical data. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Recent advances in AI technology pose risks to the Fund and its portfolio investments. These advancements could harm the Fund and its portfolio investments by reducing the demand for both the technology and software offerings of the Fund’s portfolio investments. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">Additionally, these advancements could significantly disrupt the Fund’s portfolio investments and subject them to increased competition, which could have a material adverse effect on business, financial condition, and results of operations. AI technology advancements, including efficiency improvements, without related increases in the adoption and development of such technologies, could also negatively impact demand for, and the valuation of, digital infrastructure assets. AI refers to computer systems that can perform tasks that would otherwise require human intelligence and encompasses various different forms of artificial intelligence, including machine learning models. AI is typically designed to analyze data, learn from patterns and experiences, make decisions, and solve problems. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund and its portfolio investments could be exposed to the risks of AI technology if third-party service providers or any counterparties, whether or not known to the Fund, also use AI technology in their business activities. The Fund and its service providers may not be in a position to control the use of AI technology in third-party products or services. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">Use of AI technology could include the input of confidential information in contravention of applicable policies, contractual or other obligations or restrictions, resulting in such confidential information becoming accessible by other third-party AI technology applications and users. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">Independent of its context of use, AI technology is generally highly reliant on the collection and analysis of large amounts of data, may incorporate biased or inaccurate data, and it is not possible or practicable to incorporate all relevant data into the models that AI technology utilizes to operate. Certain data in such models will inevitably contain a degree of inaccuracy and error, or could otherwise be inadequate or flawed, which would be likely to degrade the effectiveness of AI technology. The output or results of any such AI technologies may therefore be incomplete, erroneous, distorted or misleading. Further, AI tools may lack transparency as to how data is utilized and how outputs are generated. AI technologies may also allow the unintended introduction of vulnerabilities into infrastructures and applications. To the extent that the Fund or its portfolio investments are exposed to the risks of AI technology use, any such inaccuracies or errors could have adverse impacts on the Fund or its investments. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">Regulations related to AI technology could also impose certain obligations and costs related to monitoring and compliance. For example, in April 2023, the Federal Trade Commission, U.S. Department of Justice, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released a joint statement on artificial intelligence demonstrating interest in monitoring the development and use of automated systems and enforcement of their respective laws and regulations. In October 2023, an executive order established new standards for AI safety and security. In addition to the U.S. regulatory framework, in 2024, the EU adopted the Artificial Intelligence Act, which applies to certain AI technology and the data used to train, test, and deploy them, which may create additional compliance burdens, higher administrative costs, and significant penalties should the Fund, the adviser, or the Fund’s portfolio investments fail to comply. </div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">AI technology and its applications, including in the investment and financial sectors, continue to develop rapidly, and it is impossible to predict the future risks that may arise from such developments. The full extent of current or future risks related thereto is not possible to predict, and the Fund may not be able to anticipate, prevent, mitigate, or remediate all of the potential risks, challenges, or impacts of such changes. </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">While the Fund’s service providers are required to have appropriate operational, information security and cybersecurity risk management policies and procedures, their methods of risk management may differ from those of the Fund in the setting of priorities, the personnel and resources available or the effectiveness of relevant controls. The Fund and its adviser seek to reduce these risks through controls, procedures and oversight, including establishing business continuity plans and risk management systems. However, there are inherent </div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">limitations in such plans and systems, including the possibility that certain risks that may affect the Fund have not been identified or may emerge in the future; that such plans and systems may not completely eliminate the occurrence or mitigate the effects of operational or information security disruptions or failures or of cybersecurity incidents; or that prevention and remediation efforts will not be successful or that incidents will go undetected. The Fund cannot control the systems, information security or other cybersecurity of the issuers in which it invests or its service providers, counterparties, and other third parties whose activities affect the Fund. </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Lastly, the regulatory climate governing cybersecurity and data protection is developing quickly and may vary considerably across jurisdictions. Regulators continue to develop new rules and standards related to cybersecurity and data protection. Compliance with evolving regulations can be demanding and costly, requiring substantial resources to monitor and implement required changes. </div></div></div><div style="background: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px; background: none; text-decoration: none;display:inline;"> </div></div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Misconduct of Employees and of Service Providers Risk </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">Misconduct or misrepresentations by employees of the Advisor or the Fund’s service providers could cause significant losses to the Fund. Employee misconduct may include binding the Fund to transactions that exceed authorized limits or present unacceptable risks and unauthorized trading activities, concealing unsuccessful trading activities (which, in any case, may result in unknown and unmanaged risks or losses) or making misrepresentations regarding any of the foregoing. Losses could also result from actions by the Fund’s service providers, including, without limitation, failing to recognize trades and misappropriating assets. In addition, employees and service providers may improperly use or disclose confidential information, which could result in litigation or serious financial harm, including limiting the Fund’s business prospects or future marketing activities. Despite the Advisor’s due diligence efforts, misconduct and intentional misrepresentations may be undetected or not fully comprehended, thereby potentially undermining the Advisor’s due diligence efforts. As a result, no assurances can be given that the due diligence performed by the Advisor will identify or prevent any such misconduct. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Portfolio Turnover Risk </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund’s annual portfolio turnover rate may vary greatly from year to year, as well as within a given year. Portfolio turnover rate is not considered a limiting factor in the execution of investment decisions for the Fund. A higher portfolio turnover rate results in correspondingly greater brokerage commissions and other transactional expenses that are borne by the Fund. High portfolio turnover may result in an increased realization of net short-term capital gains by the Fund which, when distributed to common shareholders, will be taxable as ordinary income. Additionally, in a declining market, portfolio turnover may create realized capital losses. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Anti-Takeover Provisions Risk </div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">The Fund’s Charter and Bylaws include provisions that could limit the ability of other entities or persons to acquire control of the Fund or convert the Fund to <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">open-end</div> status or to change the composition of the Board. Such provisions could limit the ability of shareholders to sell their shares at a premium over prevailing market prices by discouraging a third party from seeking to obtain control of the Fund. See “Certain Provisions of the Charter and Bylaws.” </div></div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">General Risks </div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">Please refer to the section of the Fund’s most recent annual report on Form <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">N-CSR</div> entitled <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1278895/000119312526093645/d36953dncsr.htm">“Investment Objectives, Policies and Risks—Risk Factors”</a>, which is incorporated by reference herein, for a discussion of the general risks of investing in the Fund. </div> <div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Risk Associated with Recent Market Events </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">In 2022 and 2023, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates eleven times as part of its efforts to address rising inflation. Certain foreign central banks similarly tightened monetary policy during this period. Beginning in September 2024, the Federal Reserve began lowering interest rates, cutting the federal funds rate six times through December 2025. The Federal Reserve held the federal funds rate steady in the first quarter of 2026, though further rate changes may occur depending on economic conditions, including the pace of inflation and the state of the labor market. It is difficult to accurately predict the pace at which interest rates might change, the timing, frequency or magnitude of any such changes in interest rates, or when such changes might stop or again reverse course. Additionally, various economic and political factors, including trade policy, fiscal policy and geopolitical developments, could cause the Federal Reserve or other foreign central banks to change their approach in the future and such actions may result in an economic slowdown both in the U.S. and abroad. Unexpected changes in interest rates could lead to significant market volatility or reduce liquidity in certain sectors of the market. Deteriorating economic fundamentals may, in turn, increase the risk of default or insolvency of particular issuers, negatively impact market value, cause credit spreads to widen, and reduce bank balance sheets. Any of these could cause an increase in market volatility, reduce liquidity across various markets or decrease confidence in the markets, which could negatively affect the value of debt instruments held by the Fund and result in a negative impact on the Fund’s performance. </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Recent policy initiatives undertaken by the U.S. government have the potential to impact international relations, trade agreements and the overall regulatory environment in ways that could create uncertainty and instability in domestic and global markets, and could adversely affect the investment performance of the Fund. In particular, actions taken by the U.S. government in respect of international trade relations could lead to trade wars, increased costs for imported goods, disruptions in supply chains, reduced foreign investment, and instability in regions where the Fund invests. Political and diplomatic events within the United States, including a contentious domestic political environment, changes in political party control of one or more branches of the U.S. Government, the U.S. Government’s inability at times to agree on a long-term budget and deficit reduction plan, the threat of a U.S. Government shutdown, and disagreements over, or threats not to increase, the U.S. Government’s borrowing limit (or “debt ceiling”), as well as political and diplomatic events abroad, may affect investor and consumer confidence and may adversely impact financial markets and the broader economy, perhaps suddenly and to a significant degree. A downgrade of the ratings of U.S. Government debt obligations, </div></div></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px; background: none;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px; background: none; text-decoration: none;display:inline;"> </div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">or concerns about the U.S. Government’s credit quality in general, could have a substantial negative effect on the U.S. and global economies. For example, concerns about the U.S. Government’s credit quality may cause increased volatility in the stock and bond markets, higher interest rates, reduced prices and liquidity of U.S. Treasury securities, and/or increased costs of various kinds of debt. Moreover, although the U.S. Government has honored its credit obligations, there remains a possibility that the United States could default on its obligations. The consequences of such an unprecedented event are impossible to predict, but it is likely that a default by the United States would be highly disruptive to the U.S. and global securities markets and could significantly impair the value of the Fund’s investments. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">In recent years, some countries, including the United States, have adopted more protectionist trade policies. Slowing global economic growth, the rise in protectionist trade policies, inflationary pressures, changes to some major international trade agreements, risks associated with the trade agreements between countries and regions, including the U.S. and other foreign nations, political or economic dysfunction within some countries or regions, including the U.S., and dramatic changes in commodity and currency prices could affect the economies of many nations in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time. In addition, if the U.S. dollar continues to be strong, it may decrease foreign demand for U.S. assets, which could have a negative impact on certain issuers and/or industries. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Reference Rate Replacement Risk </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund’s investments, payment obligations and financing terms may be based on floating rates, such as the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”), Sterling Overnight Interbank Average Rate (“SONIA”), and other similar types of reference rates (“Reference Rates”). The elimination of a Reference Rate or any other changes or reforms to the determination or supervision of a Reference Rate could have an adverse impact on the market for, or value of, any instruments (including debt instruments and certain derivative instruments) or payments linked to those Reference Rates. In addition, any substitute Reference Rate and any pricing adjustments imposed by a regulator or by counterparties or otherwise may adversely affect the Fund’s performance and/or net asset value. </div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">The London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) had historically been used extensively in the U.S. and globally as a “benchmark” or “reference rate” for various commercial and financial contracts, including corporate and municipal bonds, bank loans, asset-backed and mortgage-related securities, interest rate swaps and other derivatives. Instruments in which the Fund invests may have historically paid interest at floating rates based on LIBOR or may have been subject to interest caps or floors based on LIBOR. The Fund and issuers of instruments in which the Fund invests may have also historically obtained financing at floating rates based on LIBOR. In connection with the global transition away from LIBOR led by regulators and market participants as a result of benchmark reforms, LIBOR was last published on a representative basis at the end of June 2023. Alternative Reference Rates to LIBOR have been established in most major currencies and markets in these alternative rates are continuing to develop (e.g., SOFR for <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">USD-LIBOR</div> and SONIA for <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">GBP-LIBOR).</div> While the transition from LIBOR has gone relatively smoothly, residual risks associated with the transition may remain that may impact markets or particular investments and, as such, the full impact of the transition on the Fund or the financial instruments in which the Fund invests cannot yet be fully determined. </div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">SOFR is intended to be a broad measure of the cost of borrowing funds overnight in transactions that are collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities. SOFR is calculated based on transaction-level repo data collected from various sources. For each trading day, SOFR is calculated as a volume-weighted median rate derived from such data. Because SOFR is a financing rate based on overnight secured funding transactions, it differs fundamentally from LIBOR. LIBOR is intended to be an unsecured rate that represents interbank funding costs for different short-term maturities or tenors. It is a forward-looking rate reflecting expectations regarding interest rates for the applicable tenor. Thus, LIBOR is intended to be sensitive, in certain respects, to bank credit risk and to term interest rate risk. In contrast, SOFR is a secured overnight rate reflecting the credit of U.S. Treasury securities as collateral. Thus, it is largely insensitive to credit-risk considerations and to short-term interest rate risks. SOFR is </div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">a transaction-based rate, and it has been more volatile than other benchmark or market rates, such as three-month LIBOR, during certain periods. For these reasons, among others, there is no assurance that SOFR, or rates derived from SOFR, will perform in the same or similar way as LIBOR would have performed at any time, and there is no assurance that SOFR-based rates will be a suitable substitute for LIBOR. SOFR has a relatively limited history, having been first published in April 2018. The future performance of SOFR, and SOFR-based Reference Rates, cannot be predicted based on SOFR’s history or otherwise. Levels of SOFR in the future may bear little or no relation to historical levels of SOFR, LIBOR or other rates. There can also be no assurance that SOFR will not be discontinued or fundamentally altered in a manner that is materially adverse to the interests of the Fund. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">In addition, interest rates or other types of rates and indices which are classified as “benchmarks” have been the subject of ongoing national and international regulatory reform, including under the European Union (“EU”) regulation on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts (known as the “Benchmarks Regulation”). The Benchmarks Regulation has been enacted into United Kingdom (“UK”) law by virtue of the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended), subject to amendments made by the Benchmarks (Amendment and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/657) and other statutory instruments. Following the implementation of these reforms, the manner of administration of benchmarks has changed and may further change in the future, with the result that relevant benchmarks may perform differently than in the past, the use of benchmarks that are not compliant with the new standards by certain supervised entities may be restricted, and certain benchmarks may be eliminated entirely. Such changes could cause increased market volatility and disruptions in liquidity for instruments that rely on or are impacted by such benchmarks. Additionally, there could be other consequences which cannot be predicted. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Market Disruption and Geopolitical Risk </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">Investments by the Fund are materially affected by conditions in the global financial markets and economic and political conditions throughout the world, such as interest rates, the availability and cost of credit, inflation rates, economic uncertainty, changes in laws, trade policies, commodity prices, tariffs, currency exchange rates and controls and national and international political circumstances (including wars and other forms of conflict, terrorist acts, and security operations) and catastrophic events such as fires, floods, earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes and pandemics could materially affect the Fund’s investments to the extent it materially affects global economies or global financial markets. </div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Additionally, the occurrence of events similar to those in recent years, such as localized wars, instability, new and ongoing epidemics and pandemics of infectious diseases and other global health events, natural/environmental disasters, terrorist attacks in the United States and around the world, social and political discord, debt crises, sovereign debt downgrades, increasingly strained relations between the United States and a number of foreign countries, new and continued political unrest in various countries, the exit or potential exit of one or more countries from the European Union, continued changes in the balance of political power among and within the branches of the U.S. government, government shutdowns and other factors, may result in market volatility, may have long term effects on the United States and worldwide financial markets, and may cause further economic uncertainties in the United States and worldwide and could have a significant adverse impact on the value and risk profile of the Fund’s portfolio. These factors are outside of the Fund’s control and may affect the level and volatility of securities prices and the liquidity and value of the Fund’s portfolio investments, and the Fund may not be able to successfully manage its exposure to these conditions, which may result in substantial losses to Shareholders. </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Russia launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. The extent and duration of this military action, resulting sanctions and future local, regional or global market disruptions, are impossible to predict, but could be significant. Any such disruptions caused by Russian military action or other actions (including cyberattacks and espionage) or resulting actual and threatened responses to such activity, including purchasing and financing restrictions, boycotts or changes in consumer or purchaser preferences, sanctions, </div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">tariffs or cyberattacks on Russian entities or individuals, including politicians, could have a severe adverse effect on the region, including significant negative economic impacts. How long such military action and related events will last cannot be predicted. </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">In recent years, the U.S. government has indicated its intent to alter its approach to international trade policy and in some cases to renegotiate, or potentially terminate, certain existing bilateral or multi-lateral trade agreements and treaties with foreign countries, and has made proposals and taken actions related thereto, including the imposition of tariffs on imported goods. Tariffs on imported goods could further increase costs, decrease margins, reduce the competitiveness of products and services offered by current and future portfolio companies and adversely affect the revenues and profitability of portfolio companies whose businesses rely on goods imported from such impacted jurisdictions. More generally, these actions may trigger a significant reduction in international trade, the oversupply of certain manufactured goods, substantial price reductions of goods and possible failure of individual companies and/or large segments of a foreign country’s export industry, which could have a negative impact on the Fund’s performance. The U.S. government has imposed, and may in the future further increase, tariffs on certain foreign goods, including from China, such as steel and aluminum. Some foreign governments, including China, have instituted retaliatory tariffs on certain U.S. goods. Most recently, the current U.S. presidential administration has imposed or sought to impose significant increases to tariffs on goods imported into the United States, including from China, Canada and Mexico. U.S. companies that source material and goods from China and those that make large amounts of sales in China would be particularly vulnerable to an escalation of trade tensions. Uncertainty regarding the outcome of the trade tensions and the potential for a trade war could cause the U.S. dollar to decline against safe-haven currencies, such as the Japanese yen and the euro. Events such as these, and their consequences, are difficult to predict and it is unclear whether further tariffs may be imposed or other escalating actions may be taken in the future. Increased trade tensions could have a material adverse effect on the global economy. The Fund and its portfolio investments could be materially and adversely affected. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">Cybersecurity incidents affecting particular companies or industries may adversely affect the economies of particular countries of the world in which the Fund invests. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The occurrence of any of these above events could have a significant adverse impact on the value and risk profile of the Fund’s portfolio. The Fund does not know how long the securities markets may be affected by similar events and cannot predict the effects of similar events in the future on the U.S. economy and securities markets. There can be no assurance that similar events and other market disruptions will not have other material and adverse implications. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Regulation and Government Intervention Risk </div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Federal, state, and other governments, their regulatory agencies or self-regulatory organizations may take actions that affect the regulation of the issuers in which the Fund invests in ways that are unforeseeable. Legislation or regulation may also change the way in which the Fund is regulated. Such legislation or regulation could limit or preclude the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objectives. </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">In light of popular, political and judicial focus on finance related consumer protection, financial institution practices are also subject to greater scrutiny and criticism generally. In the case of transactions between financial institutions and the general public, there may be a greater tendency toward strict interpretation of terms and legal rights in favor of the consuming public, particularly where there is a real or perceived disparity in risk allocation and/or where consumers are perceived as not having had an opportunity to exercise informed consent to the transaction. In the event of conflicting interests between retail investors holding common shares of a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">closed-end</div> investment company such as the Fund and a large financial institution, a court may similarly seek to strictly interpret terms and legal rights in favor of retail investors. </div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">The Fund may be affected by governmental action in ways that are not foreseeable, and there is a possibility that such actions could have a significant adverse effect on the Fund and its ability to achieve its investment objectives. </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Investment Company Act Regulations</div></div>. The Fund is a registered <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">closed-end</div> management investment company and as such is subject to regulations under the Investment Company Act. Generally speaking, any contract or provision thereof that is made, or where performance involves a violation of the Investment Company Act or any rule or regulation thereunder is unenforceable by either party unless a court finds otherwise. </div></div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;text-align:justify">Regulation as a “Commodity Pool” </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The CFTC subjects advisers to registered investment companies to regulation by the CFTC if a fund that is advised by the investment adviser either (i) invests, directly or indirectly, more than a prescribed level of its liquidation value in CFTC-regulated futures, options and swaps (“CFTC Derivatives”), or (ii) markets itself as providing investment exposure to such instruments. To the extent the Fund uses CFTC Derivatives, it intends to do so below such prescribed levels and will not market itself as a “commodity pool” or a vehicle for trading such instruments. Accordingly, the Advisor has claimed an exclusion from the definition of the term “commodity pool operator” under the Commodity Exchange Act (the “CEA”) pursuant to Rule 4.5 under the CEA. The Advisor is not, therefore, subject to registration or regulation as a “commodity pool operator” under the CEA in respect of the Fund. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Failures of Futures Commission Merchants and Clearing Organizations Risk </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund is required to deposit funds to margin open positions in cleared derivative instruments (both futures and swaps) with a clearing broker registered as a “futures commission merchant” (“FCM”). The CEA requires an FCM to segregate all funds received from customers with respect to any orders for the purchase or sale of U.S. domestic futures contracts and cleared swaps from the FCM’s proprietary assets. Similarly, the CEA requires each FCM to hold in a separate secure account all funds received from customers with respect to any orders for the purchase or sale of foreign futures contracts and segregate any such funds from the funds received with respect to domestic futures contracts. However, all funds and other property received by an FCM from its customers are held by an FCM on a commingled basis in an omnibus account and amounts in excess of assets posted to the clearing organization may be invested by an FCM in certain instruments permitted under the applicable regulation. There is a risk that assets deposited by the Fund with any FCM as margin for futures contracts or commodity options may, in certain circumstances, be used to satisfy losses of other clients of the Fund’s FCM. In addition, the assets of the Fund posted as margin against both swaps and futures contracts may not be fully protected in the event of the FCM’s bankruptcy. </div> <div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Legal, Tax and Regulatory Risks </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Legal, tax and regulatory changes could occur that may have material adverse effects on the Fund. </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">To qualify for the favorable U.S. federal income tax treatment generally accorded to RICs, the Fund must, among other things, derive in each taxable year at least 90% of its gross income from certain prescribed sources and distribute for each taxable year at least 90% of its “investment company taxable income” (generally, ordinary income plus the excess, if any, of net short-term capital gain over net long-term capital loss). If for any taxable year the Fund does not qualify as a RIC, all of its taxable income for that year (including its net capital gain) would be subject to tax at regular corporate rates without any deduction for distributions to shareholders, and such distributions would be taxable as ordinary dividends to the extent of the Fund’s current and accumulated earnings and profits. </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">The current presidential administration has called for significant changes to U.S. fiscal, tax, trade, healthcare, immigration, foreign, and government regulatory policy. In this regard, there is significant uncertainty with respect to legislation, regulation and government policy at the federal level, as well as the state and local </div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">levels. Recent events have created a climate of heightened uncertainty and introduced new and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap;display:inline;">difficult-to-quantify</div></div> macroeconomic and political risks with potentially <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">far-reaching</div> implications. There has been a corresponding meaningful increase in the uncertainty surrounding interest rates, inflation, foreign exchange rates, trade volumes and fiscal and monetary policy. To the extent the U.S. Congress or the current presidential administration implements changes to U.S. policy, those changes may impact, among other things, the U.S. and global economy, international trade and relations, unemployment, immigration, corporate taxes, healthcare, the U.S. regulatory environment, inflation and other areas. Although the Fund cannot predict the impact, if any, of these changes to the Fund’s business, they could adversely affect the Fund’s business, financial condition, operating results and cash flows. Until the Fund knows what policy changes are made and how those changes impact the Fund’s business and the business of the Fund’s competitors over the long term, the Fund will not know if, overall, the Fund will benefit from them or be negatively affected by them. </div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">The rules dealing with U.S. federal income taxation are constantly under review by persons involved in the legislative process and by the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Treasury Department. Revisions in U.S. federal tax laws and interpretations of these laws could adversely affect the tax consequences of your investment. </div></div></div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Potential Conflicts of Interest of the Advisor and Others </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The investment activities of the Advisor and its affiliates (including BlackRock, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Affiliates”)), and their respective directors, officers or employees, in managing their own accounts and other accounts, may present conflicts of interest that could disadvantage the Fund and its shareholders. The Advisor and its Affiliates may engage in proprietary trading and advise accounts and other funds that have investment objectives similar to those of the Fund and/or that engage in and compete for transactions in the same or similar types of securities, currencies and other assets as are held by the Fund. Subject to the requirements of the Investment Company Act, the Advisor and its Affiliates intend to engage in such activities and may receive compensation from third parties for their services. Neither the Advisor nor any Affiliate is under any obligation to share any investment opportunity, idea or strategy with the Fund. As a result, an Affiliate may compete with the Fund for appropriate investment opportunities. The results of the Fund’s investment activities, therefore, may differ from those of an Affiliate and of other accounts managed by an Affiliate. It is possible that the Fund could sustain losses during periods in which one or more Affiliates and other accounts achieve profits on their trading for proprietary or other accounts. The opposite result is also possible. The Advisor has adopted policies and procedures designed to address potential conflicts of interest. For additional information about potential conflicts of interest and the way in which BlackRock addresses such conflicts, please see “Conflicts of Interest” and “Management of the Fund—Portfolio Management—Potential Material Conflicts of Interest” in the SAI. </div> <div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Defensive Investing Risk </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">For defensive purposes, the Fund may allocate assets into cash or short-term fixed-income securities without limitation. In doing so, the Fund may succeed in avoiding losses but may otherwise fail to achieve its investment objectives. Further, the value of short-term fixed-income securities may be affected by changing interest rates and <div style="display:inline;">by </div>changes in credit ratings of the investments. If the Fund holds cash uninvested it will be subject to the credit risk of the depository institution holding the cash. </div></div></div> <div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Decision-Making Authority Risk </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Investors have no authority to make decisions or to exercise business discretion on behalf of the Fund, except as set forth in the Fund’s governing documents. The authority for all such decisions is generally delegated to the Board, which in turn, has delegated the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap;display:inline;">day-to-day</div></div> management of the Fund’s investment activities to the Advisor, subject to oversight by the Board. </div></div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Management Risk </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund is subject to management risk because it is an actively managed investment portfolio. The Advisor and the individual portfolio managers will apply investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the Fund, but there can be no guarantee that these will produce the desired results. The Fund may be subject to a relatively high level of management risk because the Fund may invest in derivative instruments, which may be highly specialized instruments that require investment techniques and risk analyses different from those associated with equities and bonds. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Valuation Risk </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund is subject to valuation risk, which is the risk that one or more of the securities in which the Fund invests are valued at prices that the Fund is unable to obtain upon sale due to factors such as incomplete data, market instability or human error. The Advisor may use an independent pricing service or prices provided by dealers to value securities at their market value. Because the secondary markets for certain investments may be limited, such instruments may be difficult to value. See “Net Asset Value.” When market quotations are not available, the Advisor may price such investments pursuant to a number of methodologies, such as computer-based analytical modeling or individual security evaluations. These methodologies generate approximations of market values, and there may be significant professional disagreement about the best methodology for a particular type of financial instrument or different methodologies that might be used under different circumstances. In the absence of an actual market transaction, reliance on such methodologies is essential, but may introduce significant variances in the ultimate valuation of the Fund’s investments. Technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third-party service providers may also impact the Fund’s ability to value its investments and the calculation of the Fund’s NAV. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">When market quotations are not readily available or are believed by the Advisor to be unreliable, the Advisor will fair value the Fund’s investments in accordance with its policies and procedures. Fair value represents a good faith approximation of the value of an asset or liability. The fair value of an asset or liability held by the Fund is the amount the Fund might reasonably expect to receive from the current sale of that asset or the cost to extinguish that liability in an <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">arm’s-length</div> transaction. Fair value pricing may require determinations that are inherently subjective and inexact about the value of a security or other asset. As a result, there can be no assurance that fair value priced assets will not result in future adjustments to the prices of securities or other assets, or that fair value pricing will reflect a price that the Fund is able to obtain upon sale, and it is possible that the fair value determined for a security or other asset will be materially different from quoted or published prices, from the prices used by others for the same security or other asset and/or from the value that actually could be or is realized upon the sale of that security or other asset. For example, the Fund’s NAV could be adversely affected if the Fund’s determinations regarding the fair value of the Fund’s investments were materially higher than the values that the Fund ultimately realizes upon the disposal of such investments. Where market quotations are not readily available, valuation may require more research than for more liquid investments. In addition, elements of judgment may play a greater role in valuation in such cases than for investments with a more active secondary market because there is less reliable objective data available. The Fund prices its shares daily and therefore all assets, including assets valued at fair value, are valued daily. </div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">The Fund’s NAV per common share is a critical component in several operational matters including <div style="display:inline;">computation </div>of advisory and services fees. Consequently, variance in the valuation of the Fund’s investments will impact, positively or negatively, the fees and expenses shareholders will pay. </div></div></div> <div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Reliance on the Advisor Risk </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">The Fund is dependent upon services and resources provided by the Advisor, and therefore the Advisor’s parent, BlackRock. The Advisor is not required to devote their full time to the business of the Fund and there is no guarantee or requirement that any investment professional or other employee of the Advisor will allocate a substantial portion of his or her time to the Fund. The loss of one or more individuals involved with the Advisor </div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">could have a material adverse effect on the performance or the continued operation of the <div style="display:inline;">Fund</div>. For additional information on the Advisor and BlackRock, see “Management of the Fund—Investment Advisor.” </div></div></div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Reliance on Service Providers Risk </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund must rely upon the performance of service providers to perform certain functions, which may include functions that are integral to the Fund’s operations and financial performance. Failure by any service provider to carry out its obligations to the Fund in accordance with the terms of its appointment, to exercise due care and skill or to perform its obligations to the Fund at all as a result of insolvency, bankruptcy or other causes could have a material adverse effect on the Fund’s performance and returns to shareholders. The termination of the Fund’s relationship with any service provider, or any delay in appointing a replacement for such service provider, could materially disrupt the business of the Fund and could have a material adverse effect on the Fund’s performance and returns to shareholders. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Information Technology Systems Risk </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund is dependent on the Advisor for certain management services as well as back-office functions. The Advisor depends on information technology systems in order to assess investment opportunities, strategies and markets and to monitor and control risks for the Fund. It is possible that a failure of some kind which causes disruptions to these information technology systems could materially limit the Advisor’s ability to adequately assess and adjust investments, formulate strategies and provide adequate risk control. Any such information technology-related difficulty could harm the performance of the Fund. Further, failure of the back-office functions of the Advisor to process trades in a timely fashion could prejudice the investment performance of the Fund. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Operational and Technology Risks </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund and the entities with which it interacts directly or indirectly are susceptible to operational and technology risks, including those related to human errors, processing errors, communication errors, systems failures, cybersecurity incidents, and the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning (“AI”), which may result in losses for the Fund and its shareholders or impair the Fund’s operations. These entities include, but are not limited to, the Fund’s adviser, administrator, distributor, other service providers (e.g., index and benchmark providers, accountants, custodians, and transfer agents), financial intermediaries, counterparties, market makers, authorized participants, listing exchanges, other financial market operators, and governmental authorities, as applicable. Operational and technology risks for the issuers in which the Fund invests could also result in material adverse consequences for such issuers and may cause the Fund’s investments in such issuers to lose value. The Fund may incur substantial costs in order to mitigate operational and technology risks. </div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Cybersecurity incidents can result from deliberate attacks or unintentional events against an issuer in which the Trust invests, the Trust or any of its service providers. They include, but are not limited to, gaining unauthorized access to systems, misappropriating assets or sensitive information, corrupting or destroying data, and causing operational disruption. Geopolitical tension may increase the scale and sophistication of deliberate attacks, particularly those from nation states or from entities with nation state backing. Cybersecurity incidents may result in any of the following: financial losses; interference with the Fund’s ability to calculate its NAV; disclosure of confidential information; impediments to trading; submission of erroneous trades by the Fund or erroneous subscription or redemption orders; the inability of the Fund or its service providers to transact business; violations of applicable privacy and other laws; regulatory fines; penalties; reputational damage; reimbursement or other compensation costs; and other legal and compliance expenses. Furthermore, cybersecurity incidents may render records of the Fund, including records relating to its assets and transactions, shareholder ownership of Fund shares, and other data integral to the Fund’s functioning, inaccessible, inaccurate or incomplete. Power outages, natural disasters, equipment malfunctions and processing errors that threaten information and technology systems relied upon by the Fund or its service providers, as well as market events that occur at a pace that overloads these systems, may also disrupt business operations or impact critical data. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Recent advances in AI technology pose risks to the Fund and its portfolio investments. These advancements could harm the Fund and its portfolio investments by reducing the demand for both the technology and software offerings of the Fund’s portfolio investments. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">Additionally, these advancements could significantly disrupt the Fund’s portfolio investments and subject them to increased competition, which could have a material adverse effect on business, financial condition, and results of operations. AI technology advancements, including efficiency improvements, without related increases in the adoption and development of such technologies, could also negatively impact demand for, and the valuation of, digital infrastructure assets. AI refers to computer systems that can perform tasks that would otherwise require human intelligence and encompasses various different forms of artificial intelligence, including machine learning models. AI is typically designed to analyze data, learn from patterns and experiences, make decisions, and solve problems. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund and its portfolio investments could be exposed to the risks of AI technology if third-party service providers or any counterparties, whether or not known to the Fund, also use AI technology in their business activities. The Fund and its service providers may not be in a position to control the use of AI technology in third-party products or services. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">Use of AI technology could include the input of confidential information in contravention of applicable policies, contractual or other obligations or restrictions, resulting in such confidential information becoming accessible by other third-party AI technology applications and users. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">Independent of its context of use, AI technology is generally highly reliant on the collection and analysis of large amounts of data, may incorporate biased or inaccurate data, and it is not possible or practicable to incorporate all relevant data into the models that AI technology utilizes to operate. Certain data in such models will inevitably contain a degree of inaccuracy and error, or could otherwise be inadequate or flawed, which would be likely to degrade the effectiveness of AI technology. The output or results of any such AI technologies may therefore be incomplete, erroneous, distorted or misleading. Further, AI tools may lack transparency as to how data is utilized and how outputs are generated. AI technologies may also allow the unintended introduction of vulnerabilities into infrastructures and applications. To the extent that the Fund or its portfolio investments are exposed to the risks of AI technology use, any such inaccuracies or errors could have adverse impacts on the Fund or its investments. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">Regulations related to AI technology could also impose certain obligations and costs related to monitoring and compliance. For example, in April 2023, the Federal Trade Commission, U.S. Department of Justice, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released a joint statement on artificial intelligence demonstrating interest in monitoring the development and use of automated systems and enforcement of their respective laws and regulations. In October 2023, an executive order established new standards for AI safety and security. In addition to the U.S. regulatory framework, in 2024, the EU adopted the Artificial Intelligence Act, which applies to certain AI technology and the data used to train, test, and deploy them, which may create additional compliance burdens, higher administrative costs, and significant penalties should the Fund, the adviser, or the Fund’s portfolio investments fail to comply. </div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">AI technology and its applications, including in the investment and financial sectors, continue to develop rapidly, and it is impossible to predict the future risks that may arise from such developments. The full extent of current or future risks related thereto is not possible to predict, and the Fund may not be able to anticipate, prevent, mitigate, or remediate all of the potential risks, challenges, or impacts of such changes. </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">While the Fund’s service providers are required to have appropriate operational, information security and cybersecurity risk management policies and procedures, their methods of risk management may differ from those of the Fund in the setting of priorities, the personnel and resources available or the effectiveness of relevant controls. The Fund and its adviser seek to reduce these risks through controls, procedures and oversight, including establishing business continuity plans and risk management systems. However, there are inherent </div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">limitations in such plans and systems, including the possibility that certain risks that may affect the Fund have not been identified or may emerge in the future; that such plans and systems may not completely eliminate the occurrence or mitigate the effects of operational or information security disruptions or failures or of cybersecurity incidents; or that prevention and remediation efforts will not be successful or that incidents will go undetected. The Fund cannot control the systems, information security or other cybersecurity of the issuers in which it invests or its service providers, counterparties, and other third parties whose activities affect the Fund. </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Lastly, the regulatory climate governing cybersecurity and data protection is developing quickly and may vary considerably across jurisdictions. Regulators continue to develop new rules and standards related to cybersecurity and data protection. Compliance with evolving regulations can be demanding and costly, requiring substantial resources to monitor and implement required changes. </div></div></div><div style="background: none; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px; background: none; text-decoration: none;display:inline;"> </div></div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Misconduct of Employees and of Service Providers Risk </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">Misconduct or misrepresentations by employees of the Advisor or the Fund’s service providers could cause significant losses to the Fund. Employee misconduct may include binding the Fund to transactions that exceed authorized limits or present unacceptable risks and unauthorized trading activities, concealing unsuccessful trading activities (which, in any case, may result in unknown and unmanaged risks or losses) or making misrepresentations regarding any of the foregoing. Losses could also result from actions by the Fund’s service providers, including, without limitation, failing to recognize trades and misappropriating assets. In addition, employees and service providers may improperly use or disclose confidential information, which could result in litigation or serious financial harm, including limiting the Fund’s business prospects or future marketing activities. Despite the Advisor’s due diligence efforts, misconduct and intentional misrepresentations may be undetected or not fully comprehended, thereby potentially undermining the Advisor’s due diligence efforts. As a result, no assurances can be given that the due diligence performed by the Advisor will identify or prevent any such misconduct. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Portfolio Turnover Risk </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:justify">The Fund’s annual portfolio turnover rate may vary greatly from year to year, as well as within a given year. Portfolio turnover rate is not considered a limiting factor in the execution of investment decisions for the Fund. A higher portfolio turnover rate results in correspondingly greater brokerage commissions and other transactional expenses that are borne by the Fund. High portfolio turnover may result in an increased realization of net short-term capital gains by the Fund which, when distributed to common shareholders, will be taxable as ordinary income. Additionally, in a declining market, portfolio turnover may create realized capital losses. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Anti-Takeover Provisions Risk </div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">The Fund’s Charter and Bylaws include provisions that could limit the ability of other entities or persons to acquire control of the Fund or convert the Fund to <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">open-end</div> status or to change the composition of the Board. Such provisions could limit the ability of shareholders to sell their shares at a premium over prevailing market prices by discouraging a third party from seeking to obtain control of the Fund. See “Certain Provisions of the Charter and Bylaws.” </div></div> If the common shares are sold to or through underwriters, the Prospectus Supplement will set forth any applicable sales load and the estimated offering expenses. Fund shareholders will pay all offering expenses involved with an offering. The Reinvestment Plan Agent’s (as defined below under “Dividend Reinvestment Plan”) fees for the handling of the reinvestment of dividends will be paid by the Fund. However, you will pay a $0.02 per share fee incurred in connection with open-market purchases, which will be deducted from the value of the dividend. You will also be charged a $0.02 per share fee if you direct the Reinvestment Plan Agent to sell your common shares held in a dividend reinvestment account. Per share fees include any applicable brokerage commissions the Reinvestment Plan Agent is required to pay. For its services, the Fund pays the Advisor a monthly fee at the annual rate of 0.85% of the aggregate of: (i) the average daily value of the Fund’s net assets and (ii) the proceeds of any outstanding debt securities or borrowings used for leverage. “Net assets” means the total assets of the Fund minus the sum of the accrued liabilities. The Fund and the Advisor have entered into a fee waiver agreement (the “Fee Waiver Agreement”), pursuant to which the Advisor has contractually agreed to waive the management fee with respect to any portion of the Fund’s assets attributable to investments in any equity and fixed-income mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) managed by the Advisor or its affiliates and other exchange-traded products sponsored by the Advisor or its affiliates, in each case that have a contractual management fee, through June 30, 2028. In addition, pursuant to the Fee Waiver Agreement, the Advisor has contractually agreed to waive its management fees by the amount of management fees the Fund pays to the Advisor indirectly through its investment in money market funds managed by the Advisor or its affiliates, through June 30, 2028. The Fee Waiver Agreement may be terminated at any time, without the payment of any penalty, only by the Fund (upon the vote of a majority of the Directors who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), of the Fund (the “Independent Directors”)) or a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund), upon 90 days’ written notice by the Fund to the Advisor. Other Expenses based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.