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BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund V, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities that are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services or in unrated securities considered by the trust's investment adviser to be of comparable quality. The Trust also seeks to provide shareholders with capital appreciation. The company was founded on November 30, 2001 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock New York Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provides finance and investment services and also invests in long term securities. BlackRock New York Investment Quality Municipal Trust was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund's investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities. Its secondary objective is to provide shareholders with capital appreciation. It invests in high yield debt instruments, including high yield bonds and corporate loans. BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund was founded on June 25, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Strategic Bond Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on February 26, 2002 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide current income by investing primarily in fixed-income securities, which are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services or are unrated securities of comparable quality and also to provide capital appreciation. The company was founded on January 30, 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. The fund primary investment objective is to provide holders of common shares with high current income. The secondary investment objective of the fund is to provide common shareholders with capital appreciation. It seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in credit-related securities, including, but not limited to, investment grade corporate bonds, high yield bonds, bank loans, preferred securities or convertible bonds or derivatives with economic characteristics similar to these credit-related securities. The company was founded on July 29, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock New Jersey Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. operates as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. It invests primarily in municipal bonds. The trust's portfolio comprises investments in industrial and pollution control, education, hospital, transportation, power, tobacco, housing, and water and sewer sectors. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end Investment Fund. The funds investment objective is to provide high current income by investing principally in senior debt obligations of companies, including corporate loans made by banks and other financial institutions and both privately placed and publicly offered corporate bonds and notes. The Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives. BlackRock Senior High Income Fund was founded on May 21, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

Blackrock Multi-Sector Opportunities Trust II is a closed-end investment fund. It engages in investment activities. It provides total return, invests its total assets in fixed income securities, and other financial instruments that pay periodic income. The company was founded on May 11, 2018 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. operates as a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. It seeks to provide the shareholders with a high current income and such preservation of capital by investing its assets in a diversified, leveraged portfolio consisting primarily of floating rate debt securities and instruments. The fund was founded on July 30, 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock High Income Shares was a closed-end Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provided investment objective of the highest current income attainable consistent with reasonable risk as determined by the Fund's investment adviser, through investment in a professionally managed, diversified portfolio of high-yield, high-risk fixed income securities. The company was founded on August 10, 1988 and was headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock High Yield Trust is a close-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investing objective is to provide generate high current income and to a lesser extent, and if it is consistent with its primary objective, the Fund will also seek capital appreciation, by investing in a diversified portfolios. The fund was founded on December 31, 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Credit Strategies Fund acts as closed-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investment portfolio include fixed-income securities, with an emphasis on public and private corporate credit. The Fund will invest across multiple credit sectors and employ multiple strategies, including investment in selected less liquid or illiquid private credit instruments. The company was founded on August 27, 2018 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investment objective is to provide shareholders with high current income. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in floating rate debt securities and instruments, including floating rate loans, bonds, certain preferred securities, notes or other debt securities or instruments which pay a floating or variable rate of interest until maturity. The company was founded on January 31, 2005 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Preferred Partners LLC is a closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to seek total return. The company was founded on September 1, 2011 is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP engages in the provision of legal services. It specializes in antitrust and competition, asset management, business reorganization and restructuring, communications and media, corporate and financial services, cybersecurity and privacy, energy, and executive compensation and employee benefits practice areas. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in New York, NY.