Today, BlackRock Real Asset Equity Trust (NYSE: BCF), BlackRock
Resources & Commodities Strategy Trust (NYSE: BCX), BlackRock
Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust (NYSE: BDJ), BlackRock Energy and
Resources Trust (NYSE: BGR), BlackRock International Growth and
Income Trust (NYSE: BGY), BlackRock Health Sciences Trust (NYSE:
BME), BlackRock EcoSolutions Investment Trust (NYSE: BQR),
BlackRock Enhanced Capital and Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: CII) and
BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund, Inc. (NYSE: EGF) (collectively,
the “Funds”) paid the following dividends per share:
Fund Pay Date Per Share
BCF June 29, 2012
$0.271800 BCX June 29, 2012
$0.350000 BDJ June 29, 2012
$0.170000 BGR June 29, 2012
$0.405000 BGY June 29,
2012 $0.220000 BME June
29, 2012 $0.384375 BQR
June 29, 2012 $0.235000 CII
June 29, 2012 $0.360000 EGF
June 29, 2012 $0.070000
Each of the Funds has adopted a level distribution plan (the
“Plan”) and employs either a managed distribution or an option
over-write policy to support a level distribution of income,
capital gains and/or return of capital. The fixed amounts
distributed per share are subject to change at the discretion of
each Fund’s Board of Trustees. Under its Plan, each Fund will
distribute all available investment income to its shareholders,
consistent with its primary investment objectives and as required
by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. If sufficient
investment income is not available on a quarterly/monthly basis,
the Funds will distribute long-term capital gains and/or return
capital to their shareholders in order to maintain a level
distribution.
The Funds’ estimated sources of the distributions paid this
month and for their current fiscal years are as follows:
Estimated Allocations as of June 29, 2012
Net Investment Net
Realized Short- Net Realized
Fund Distribution
Income Term Gains
Long-Term Gains Return of Capital BCF1
$0.271800 $0.042094 (15%)
$0.170420 (63%) $0.032620 (12%)
$0.026666 (10%) BCX1
$0.350000 $0.061513 (18%)
$0 (0%) $0 (0%) $0.288487
(82%) BDJ1 $0.170000
$0.046421 (27%) $0 (0%)
$0 (0%) $0.123579 (73%) BGR
$0.405000 $0.040631 (10%)
$0.364369 (90%) $0 (0%)
$0 (0%) BGY1 $0.220000
$0.095328 (43%) $0 (0%)
$0 (0%) $0.124672 (57%) BME
$0.384375 $0.039921 (10%)
$0.329463 (86%) $0.014991 (4%)
$0 (0%) BQR1 $0.235000
$0.029631 (13%) $0 (0%)
$0 (0%) $0.205369 (87%)
CII1 $0.360000 $0.042911
(12%) $0 (0%) $0 (0%)
$0.317089 (88%) EGF1
$0.070000 $0.057529 (82%)
$0 (0%) $0 (0%) $0.012471
(18%)
Estimated Allocations for the fiscal year through
June 29, 2012 Net
Investment
Net Realized
Net Realized Fund
Distribution Income
Short-Term Gains
Long-Term Gains Return of
Capital BCF1 $0.815400
$0.087318 (11%) $0.171673 (21%)
$0.093443 (11%) $0.462966 (57%) BCX1
$1.050000 $0.111678 (11%)
$0 (0%) $0 (0%)
$0.938322 (89%) BDJ1 $0.510000
$0.085445 (17%) $0 (0%)
$0 (0%) $0.424555 (83%)
BGR $1.363000 $0.107406
(8%) $1.255594 (92%) $0
(0%) $0 (0%) BGY1
$0.780000 $0.128972 (17%)
$0 (0%) $0 (0%) $0.651028
(83%) BME $2.116125
$0.100519 (5%) $0.806145 (38%)
$1.209461 (57%) $0 (0%) BQR1
$0.705000 $0.043997 (6%)
$0 (0%) $0 (0%)
$0.661003 (94%) CII1 $1.080000
$0.241830 (22%) $0 (0%)
$0 (0%) $0.838170 (78%) EGF1
$0.350000 $0.312126 (89%)
$0 (0%) $0 (0%)
$0.037874 (11%)
1The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its income
and capital gains in the current fiscal year; therefore, a portion
of your distribution may be a return of capital. A return of
capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the
shareholder’s investment is paid back to the shareholder. A return
of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect a Fund's
investment performance and should not be confused with ‘yield’ or
‘income’.
The amounts and sources of distributions reported are only
estimates and are not provided for tax reporting purposes. The
actual amounts and sources of the amounts for tax reporting
purposes will depend upon each Fund’s investment experience during
the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes
based on tax regulations. The Fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV
for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these
distributions for federal income tax purposes.
Fund Performance and Distribution Rate Information: Trust
Average annual
total return (in
relation to NAV)
for the 5-year
period ending on
05/31/2012
Annualized current
distribution rate
expressed as a
percentage of NAV as
of 05/31/2012
Cumulative
total return
(in relation to
NAV) for the
fiscal year
through
05/31/2012
Cumulative
fiscal year
distributions as
a percentage of
NAV as of
05/31/2012
BCF (1.76)% 10.42%
(12.23)% 5.21% BCX *
(16.01)% 9.87%
(11.56)% 4.93% BDJ
(1.49)% 8.44% 5.08%
4.22% BGR 0.22%
6.82% (12.99)%
4.03% BGY * (3.97)%
11.40% (4.76)%
7.25% BME 6.38% 5.75%
6.87% 6.48% BQR *
(5.37)% 10.78%
(2.00)% 5.39% CII
1.32% 10.52% 4.23%
5.26% EGF 5.08%
5.17% 1.78% 1.72%
* Portfolio launched within the past 5 years; this represents
the average annual total return (in relation to NAV) from inception
to 5/31/2012.
Shareholders should not draw any conclusions about a Fund’s
investment performance from the amount of the Fund’s current
distributions or from the terms of the Fund’s Plan.
About BlackRock
BlackRock is a leader in investment management, risk management
and advisory services for institutional and retail clients
worldwide. At March 31, 2012, BlackRock’s AUM was $3.684 trillion.
BlackRock offers products that span the risk spectrum to meet
clients’ needs, including active, enhanced and index strategies
across markets and asset classes. Products are offered in a variety
of structures including separate accounts, mutual funds, iShares®
(exchange-traded funds), and other pooled investment vehicles.
BlackRock also offers risk management, advisory and enterprise
investment system services to a broad base of institutional
investors through BlackRock Solutions®. Headquartered in New York
City, as of March 31, 2012, the firm has approximately 9,900
employees in 27 countries and a major presence in key global
markets, including North and South America, Europe, Asia,
Australia, and the Middle East and Africa. For additional
information, please visit BlackRock’s website at
www.blackrock.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release, and other statements that BlackRock or the
Funds may make, may contain forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, with
respect to the Funds or BlackRock’s future financial or business
performance, strategies or expectations. Forward-looking statements
are typically identified by words or phrases such as “trend,”
“potential,” “opportunity,” “pipeline,” “believe,” “comfortable,”
“expect,” “anticipate,” “current,” “intention,” “estimate,”
“position,” “assume,” “outlook,” “continue,” “remain,” “maintain,”
“sustain,” “seek,” “achieve,” and similar expressions, or future or
conditional verbs such as “will,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “may”
or similar expressions.
BlackRock cautions that forward-looking statements are subject
to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties, which change over
time. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are
made, and BlackRock assumes no duty to and does not undertake to
update forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ
materially from those anticipated in forward-looking statements and
future results could differ materially from historical
performance.
With respect to the Funds, the following factors, among others,
could cause actual events to differ materially from forward-looking
statements or historical performance: (1) changes and volatility in
political, economic or industry conditions, the interest rate
environment, foreign exchange rates or financial and capital
markets, which could result in changes in demand for a fund or in a
fund’s net asset value; (2) the relative and absolute investment
performance of the fund and its investments; (3) the impact of
increased competition; (4) the unfavorable resolution of any legal
proceedings; (5) the extent and timing of any distributions or
share repurchases; (6) the impact, extent and timing of
technological changes; (7) the impact of legislative and regulatory
actions and reforms, including the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform
and Consumer Protection Act, and regulatory, supervisory or
enforcement actions of government agencies relating to the fund or
BlackRock, as applicable; (8) terrorist activities, international
hostilities and natural disasters, which may adversely affect the
general economy, domestic and local financial and capital markets,
specific industries or BlackRock; (9) BlackRock’s ability to
attract and retain highly talented professionals; (10) the impact
of BlackRock electing to provide support to its products from time
to time; and (11) the impact of problems at other financial
institutions or the failure or negative performance of products at
other financial institutions.
Annual and Semi-Annual Reports and other regulatory filings of
the Funds with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) are
accessible on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and on
BlackRock’s website at www.blackrock.com, and may discuss
these or other factors that affect RFA. The information contained
on BlackRock’s website is not a part of this press release.
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