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BLACKROCK Ltd DURATION INCOME TRUST

Regulatory Filings Jan 7, 2005

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-21349

BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Robert S. Kapito, President

BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust

40 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022 (Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 888-825-2257

Date of fiscal year end: October 31, 2004

Date of reporting period: October 31, 2004

Item 1. Reports to Shareholders.

The Registrant’s annual report transmitted to shareholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 is as follows:

FIXED INCOME LIQUIDITY EQUITIES ALTERNATIVES BLACKROCK SOLUTIONS BlackRock Closed-End Funds Annual Report OCTOBER 31, 2004

BlackRock Broad Investment Grade 2009 Term Trust Inc. (BCT)

BlackRock Core Bond Trust (BHK)

BlackRock High Yield Trust (BHY)

BlackRock Income Opportunity Trust (BNA)

BlackRock Income Trust Inc. (BKT)

BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust (BLW)

BlackRock Strategic Bond Trust (BHD)

NOT FDIC INSURED MAY LOSE VALUE NO BANK GUARANTEE

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Letter to Shareholders 1
Trusts’ Summaries 2
Portfolios of Investments 9
Financial Statements
Statements of Assets and Liabilities 49
Statements of Operations 51
Statements of Cash Flows 53
Statements of Changes in Net Assets 55
Financial Highlights 58
Notes to Financial Statements 65
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 78
Directors/Trustees Information 79
Dividend Reinvestment Plans 81
Additional Information 82
Tax Information 82

Privacy Principles of the Trusts

The Trusts are committed to maintaining the privacy of shareholders and to safeguarding their non-public personal information. The following information is provided to help you understand what personal information the Trusts collect, how we protect that information and why, in certain cases, we may share information with select other parties.

Generally, the Trusts do not receive any non-public personal information relating to their shareholders, although certain non-public personal information of shareholders may become available to the Trusts. The Trusts do not disclose any non-public personal information about their shareholders or former shareholders to anyone, except as permitted by law or as is necessary in order to service shareholder accounts (for example, to a transfer agent or third party administrator).

The Trusts restrict access to non-public personal information about their shareholders to BlackRock employees with a legitimate business need for the information. The Trusts maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards designed to protect the non-public personal information of their shareholders.

LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS

October 31, 2004

Dear Shareholder:

We are pleased to report that during the annual period, the Trusts provided the opportunity to invest in various portfolios of fixed income securities. This report contains the Trusts’ audited financial statements and a listing of the portfolios’ holdings.

The portfolio management team continuously monitors the fixed income markets and adjusts the portfolios in order to gain exposure to various issuers and security types. This strategy enables the Trusts to move among different sectors, credits and coupons to capitalize on changing market conditions.

The following table shows the Trusts’ yields, closing market prices per share and net asset values (“NAV”) per share as of October 31, 2004.

Trust Yield 1 Market Price NAV
BlackRock Broad Investment Grade 2009 Term Trust Inc. (BCT) 5.70 % $15.80 $15.98
BlackRock Core Bond Trust (BHK) 7.49 14.02 15.22
BlackRock High Yield Trust (BHY) 8.82 9.30 7.95
BlackRock Income Opportunity Trust (BNA) 7.38 11.38 12.38
BlackRock Income Trust Inc. (BKT) 8.17 7.50 6.95
BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust (BLW) 7.52 19.95 20.13
BlackRock Strategic Bond Trust (BHD) 9.34 16.70 15.10

1 Yield is based on market price.

BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”), a world leader in asset management, has a proven commitment to managing fixed income securities. As of September 30, 2004, BlackRock managed $233 billion in bonds, including 20 open-end and 48 closed-end bond funds. BlackRock is recognized for its emphasis on risk management and proprietary analytics and for its reputation managing money for the world’s largest institutional investors. BlackRock Advisors, Inc., and its affiliate, BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., are wholly owned subsidiaries of BlackRock, Inc.

On behalf of BlackRock, we thank you for your continued confidence and assure you that we remain committed to excellence in managing your assets.

Sincerely,

Laurence D. Fink Chief Executive Officer BlackRock Advisors, Inc. Ralph L. Schlosstein President BlackRock Advisors, Inc.

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TRUST SUMMARIES OCTOBER 31, 2004 BlackRock Broad Investment Grade 2009 Term Trust Inc. (BCT)

Trust Information

Symbol on American Stock Exchange: BCT
Initial Offering Date: June 17, 1993
Closing Market Price as of 10/31/04: $15.80
Net Asset Value as of 10/31/04: $15.98
Yield on Closing Market Price as of 10/31/04 ($15.80): 1 5.70 %
Current Monthly Distribution per Share: 2 $0.075
Current Annualized Distribution per Share: 2 $0.900

1 Yield on closing market price is calculated by dividing the current annualized distribution per share by the closing market price.

2 The distribution is not constant and is subject to change.

The table below summarizes the changes in the Trust’s market price and NAV:

10/31/04 10/31/03 Change High Low
Market Price $15.80 $15.85 (0.32 )% $ 16.52 $15.20
NAV $15.98 $16.02 (0.25 )% $ 16.58 $15.38

The following charts show the portfolio composition of the Trust’s long-term investments and credit quality allocations of the Trust’s corporate bond investments:

Portfolio Composition

Composition October 31, 2004 October 31, 2003
U.S. Government and Agency Securities 63 % 56 %
Agency Multiple Class Mortgage Pass-Throughs 13 8
Interest Only Mortgage-Backed Securities 7 12
Corporate Bonds 6 8
Taxable Municipal Bonds 5 5
Inverse Floating Rate Mortgages 4 8
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 1 1
Mortgage Pass-Throughs 1 1
Other — 1

Corporate Credit Breakdown 3

Credit Rating October 31, 2004 October 31, 2003
AA/Aa 42 % 35 %
A 43 43
BBB/Baa 13 21
CCC/Caa 2 1

3 Using the higher of Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”), Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) or Fitch Ratings (“Fitch”) rating. Corporate bonds represented approximately 8.7% and 11.0% of net assets on October 31, 2004, and October 31, 2003, respectively.

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TRUST SUMMARIES OCTOBER 31, 2004 BlackRock Core Bond Trust (BHK)

Trust Information

Symbol on New York Stock Exchange: BHK
Initial Offering Date: November 27, 2001
Closing Market Price as of 10/31/04: $14.02
Net Asset Value as of 10/31/04: $15.22
Yield on Closing Market Price as of 10/31/04 ($14.02): 1 7.49 %
Current Monthly Distribution per Share: 2 $0.0875
Current Annualized Distribution per Share: 2 $1.0500

1 Yield on closing market price is calculated by dividing the current annualized distribution per share by the closing market price.

2 The distribution is not constant and is subject to change.

The table below summarizes the changes in the Trust’s market price and NAV:

10/31/04 10/31/03 Change High Low
Market Price $14.02 $13.57 3.32 % $ 14.50 $12.55
NAV $15.22 $14.75 3.19 % $ 15.45 $14.08

The following charts show the portfolio composition of the Trust’s long-term investments and credit quality allocations of the Trust’s corporate bond investments:

Portfolio Composition

Composition October 31, 2004 October 31, 2003
Corporate Bonds 45 % 46 %
U.S. Government and Agency Securities 27 16
Mortgage Pass-Throughs 15 26
Foreign Government Bonds 7 7
Interest Only Mortgage-Backed Securities 2 1
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 2 2
Asset-Backed Securities 1 —
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 1 —
Taxable Municipal Bonds — 2

Corporate Credit Breakdown 3

Credit Rating October 31, 2004 October 31, 2003
AAA/Aaa 4 % 3 %
AA/Aa 21 11
A 26 25
BBB/Baa 19 21
BB/Ba 7 12
B 18 23
CCC/Caa 2 5
Not Rated 3 —

3 Using the higher of S&P’s, Moody’s or Fitch’s rating. Corporate bonds represented approximately 61.3% and 61.6% of net assets on October 31, 2004, and October 31, 2003, respectively.

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TRUST SUMMARIES OCTOBER 31, 2004 BlackRock High Yield Trust (BHY)

Trust Information

Symbol on New York Stock Exchange: BHY
Initial Offering Date: December 23, 1998
Closing Market Price as of 10/31/04: $9.30
Net Asset Value as of 10/31/04: $7.95
Yield on Closing Market Price as of 10/31/04 ($9.30): 1 8.82 %
Current Monthly Distribution per Share: 2 $0.068333
Current Annualized Distribution per Share: 2 $0.819996

1 Yield on closing market price is calculated by dividing the annualized distribution per share by the closing market price.

2 The distribution is not constant and is subject to change.

The table below summarizes the changes in the Trust’s market price and NAV:

10/31/04 10/31/03 Change High Low
Market Price $9.30 $10.25 (9.27 )% $ 11.75 $ 9.05
NAV $7.95 $6.96 14.22 % $ 7.96 $ 6.80

The following charts show the porfolio composition and credit quality allocations of the Trust’s corporate bond investments:

Corporate Portfolio Composition

Composition October 31, 2004 October 31, 2003
Energy 19 % 7 %
Financial Institutions 15 12
Basic Materials 14 7
Telecommunications 11 4
Media 9 11
Consumer Products 5 16
Industrials 4 5
Health Care 4 2
Transportation 4 7
Entertainment & Leisure 3 —
Building & Development 2 6
Technology 2 7
Aero & Defense 2 2
Containers & Glass 2 4
Automotive 2 3
Ecological Services & Equipment 1 2
Real Estate 1 —
Conglomerates — 2
Other — 3

Corporate Credit Breakdown 3

Credit Rating October 31, 2004 October 31, 2003
BBB/Baa 2 % 3 %
BB/Ba 31 12
B 54 52
CCC/Caa 11 25
CC/Ca 1 5
Not Rated 1 3

3 Using the higher of S&P’s, Moody’s or Fitch’s rating. Corporate bonds represented approximately 133.8% and 135.4% of net assets on October 31, 2004, and October 31, 2003, respectively.

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TRUST SUMMARIES OCTOBER 31, 2004 BlackRock Income Opportunity Trust (BNA)

Trust Information

Symbol on New York Stock Exchange: BNA
Initial Offering Date: December 20, 1991
Closing Market Price as of 10/31/04: $11.38
Net Asset Value as of 10/31/04: $12.38
Yield on Closing Market Price as of 10/31/04 ($11.38): 1 7.38 %
Current Monthly Distribution per Share: 2 $0.07
Current Annualized Distribution per Share: 2 $0.84

1 Yield on closing market price is calculated by dividing the current annualized distribution per share by the closing market price.

2 The distribution is not constant and is subject to change.

The table below summarizes the changes in the Trust’s market price and NAV:

10/31/04 10/31/03 Change High Low
Market Price $11.38 $10.95 3.93 % $ 11.63 $10.02
NAV $12.38 $11.93 3.77 % $ 12.40 $16.55

The following charts show the portfolio composition of the Trust’s long-term investments and credit quality allocations of the Trust’s corporate bond investments:

Portfolio Breakdown

Composition October 31, 2004 October 31, 2003
Corporate Bonds 46 % 59 %
U.S. Government and Agency Securities 33 7
Mortgage Pass-Through Securities 14 29
Non-Agency Multiple Class Mortgage
Pass-Through Securities 2 —
Interest Only Mortgage-Backed Securities 2 2
Interest Only Asset-Backed Securities 1 —
Agency Multiple Class Mortgage
Pass-Through Securities 1 —
Federal Housing Administration 1 2
Inverse Floating Rate Mortgage Securities — 1

Corporate Credit Breakdown 3

Credit Rating October 31, 2004 October 31, 2003
AAA/Aaa 6 % 6 %
AA/Aa 18 12
A 21 22
BBB/Baa 27 19
BB/Ba 9 17
B 15 22
CCC/Caa 2 2
Not Rated 2 —

3 Using the higher of S&P’s, Moody’s or Fitch’s rating. Corporate bonds represented approximately 59.6% and 71.2% of net assets on October 31, 2004, and October 31, 2003, respectively.

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TRUST SUMMARIES OCTOBER 31, 2004 BlackRock Income Trust Inc. (BKT)

Trust Information

Symbol on New York Stock Exchange: BKT
Initial Offering Date: July 22, 1988
Closing Market Price as of 10/31/04: $7.50
Net Asset Value as of 10/31/04: $6.95
Yield on Closing Market Price as of 10/31/04 ($7.50): 1 8.17 %
Current Monthly Distribution per Share: 2 $0.051042
Current Annualized Distribution per Share: 2 $0.612504

1 Yield on closing market price is calculated by dividing the current annualized distribution per share by the closing market price.

2 The distribution is not constant and is subject to change.

The table below summarizes the changes in the Trust’s market price and NAV:

10/31/04 10/31/03 Change High Low
Market Price $7.50 $7.71 (2.72 )% $7.96 $ 6.40
NAV $6.95 $7.21 (3.61 )% $7.25 $ 6.88

The following chart shows the portfolio composition of the Trust’s long-term investments:

Portfolio Composition

Composition October 31, 2004 October 31, 2003
U.S. Government and Agency Securities 32 % 30 %
Mortgage Pass-Through Securities 23 32
Agency Multiple Class Mortgage
Pass-Through Securities 12 3
Interest Only Mortgage-Backed Securities 10 15
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 10 —
Principal Only Mortgage-Backed Securities 6 11
Inverse Floating Rate Mortgage Securities 2 4
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 2 2
Federal Housing Administration 2 3
Interest Only Asset-Backed Securities 1 —

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TRUST SUMMARIES OCTOBER 31, 2004 BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust (BLW)

Trust Information

Symbol on New York Stock Exchange: BLW
Initial Offering Date: July 30, 2003
Closing Market Price as of 10/31/04: $19.95
Net Asset Value as of 10/31/04: $20.13
Yield on Closing Market Price as of 10/31/04 ($19.95): 1 7.52 %
Current Monthly Distribution per Share: 2 $0.125
Current Annualized Distribution per Share: 2 $1.500

1 Yield on closing market price is calculated by dividing the current annualized distribution per share by the closing market price.

2 The distribution is not constant and is subject to change.

The table below summarizes the Trust’s market price and NAV:

10/31/04 10/31/03 Change High Low
Market Price $19.95 $18.80 6.12 % $ 20.45 $17.95
NAV $20.13 $19.74 1.98 % $ 20.32 $19.24

The following charts show the portfolio composition of the Trust’s long-term investments and credit quality allocations of the Trust’s corporate bond investments:

Portfolio Composition

Composition October 31, 2004 October 31, 2003
Corporate Bonds 43 % 47 %
Bank Loans 31 20
Mortgage Pass-Throughs 16 24
U.S. Government and Agency Securities 4 8
Foreign Government Bonds 2 1
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 2 —
Asset-Backed Securities 1 —
Interest Only Asset-Backed Securities 1 —

Corporate Credit Breakdown 3

Credit Rating October 31, 2004 October 31, 2003
A 5 % 6 %
BBB/Baa 12 8
BB/Ba 28 26
B 50 60
CCC/Caa 2 —
Not Rated 3 —

3 Using the higher of S&P’s, Moody’s or Fitch’s rating. Corporate bonds represented approximately 58.2% and 64.6% of net assets on October 31, 2004, and October 31, 2003, respectively.

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TRUST SUMMARIES OCTOBER 31, 2004 BlackRock Strategic Bond Trust (BHD)

Trust Information

Symbol on New York Stock Exchange: BHD
Initial Offering Date: February 26, 2002
Closing Market Price as of 10/31/04: $16.70
Net Asset Value as of 10/31/04: $15.10
Yield on Closing Market Price as of 10/31/04 ($16.70): 1 9.34 %
Current Monthly Distribution per Share: 2 $0.13
Current Annualized Distribution per Share: 2 $1.56

1 Yield on closing market price is calculated by dividing the current annualized distribution per share by the closing market price.

2 The distribution is not constant and is subject to change.

The table below summarizes the changes in the Trust’s market price and NAV:

10/31/04 10/31/03 Change High Low
Market Price $16.70 $15.27 9.36 % $ 16.70 $13.68
NAV $15.10 $15.07 0.20 % $ 15.60 $14.61

The following charts show the portfolio composition and credit quality allocations of the Trust’s corporate bond investments:

Corporate Portfolio Composition

Composition October 31, 2004 October 31, 2003
Financial Institutions 17 % 12 %
Energy 13 16
Media 13 10
Automotive 10 11
Health Care 7 5
Telecommunications 7 7
Basic Materials 6 8
Consumer Products 5 3
Aero & Defense 4 3
Building & Development 3 4
Technology 3 2
Entertainment and Leisure 3 2
Ecological Services & Equipment 3 3
Real Estate 2 2
Conglomerates 2 4
Container & Glass 1 2
Transportation 1 2
Industrials — 3
Other — 1

Corporate Credit Breakdown 3

Credit Rating October 31, 2004 October 31, 2003
AAA/Aaa 4 % 1 %
AA/Aa 10 5
A 10 9
BBB/Baa 17 10
BB/Ba 11 23
B 40 47
CCC/Caa 5 4
Not Rated 3 1

3 Using the higher of S&P’s, Moody’s or Fitch’s rating. Corporate bonds represented approximately 106.5% and 134.4% of net assets on October 31, 2004, and October 31, 2003, respectively.

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CONSOLIDATED PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
OCTOBER 31, 2004
BlackRock Broad Investment Grade 2009 Term Trust Inc. (BCT)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000) Description Value
LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS—134.1%
Mortgage Pass-Through Securities—1.3%
Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
$ 591 5.50%, 1/01/17 - 2/01/17 $ 613,312
19 6.50%, 7/01/29 20,451
Total Mortgage Pass-Through Securities 633,763
Agency Multiple Class Mortgage Pass-Through Securities—17.3%
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
2,168 Ser. 1510, Class G, 7.05%, 5/15/13 2,361,148
78 Ser. 1512, Class H, 6.50%, 2/15/08 79,199
400 Ser. 1534, Class IG, 5.00%, 2/15/10 404,667
2,000 Ser. 1598, Class J, 6.50%, 10/15/08 2,137,160
713 Ser. 2534, Class NG, 4.50%, 3/15/22 714,579
206 Ser. 2822, Class WZ, 5.00%, 7/15/19 205,793
162 Ser. 2822, Class ZU, 5.00%, 11/15/32 160,369
Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
108 Ser. 13, Class SJ, 8.75%, 2/25/09 111,036
100 Ser. 22, Class GN, 6.50%, 8/25/31 105,021
66 Ser. 43, Class E, 7.50%, 4/25/22 68,936
1,000 Ser. 49, Class H, 7.00%, 4/25/13 1,100,510
350 Ser. 214, Class SK, 10.00%, 12/25/08 375,118
351 Government National Mortgage Assoc., Remic Trust 2000, Class 16, 2.539% 12/16/27 352,043
Total Agency Multiple Class Mortgage Pass-Through Securities 8,175,579
Inverse Floating Rate Mortgages—5.1%
AAA 302 Citicorp Mortgage Securities, Inc., Ser. 14, Class A-4, 20.554%, 11/25/23 315,495
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
336 Ser. 1425, Class SB, 19.894%, 12/15/07 391,390
76 Ser. 1506, Class S, 16.73%, 5/15/08 86,149
106 Ser. 1515, Class S, 17.141%, 5/15/08 124,619
70 Ser. 1618, Class SA, 8.25%, 11/15/08 71,215
59 Ser. 1621, Class SH, 10.942%, 11/15/22 60,351
85 Ser. 1661, Class SB, 16.981%, 1/15/09 94,862
280 Ser. 1688, Class S, 10.303%, 12/15/13 296,840
Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
284 Ser. 187, Class SB, 19.968%, 10/25/07 328,529
144 Ser. 190, Class S, 19.894%, 11/25/07 166,006
187 Ser. 191, Class SD, 13.37%, 10/25/08 200,853
252 Ser. 214, Class SH, 13.569%, 12/25/08 265,147
Total Inverse Floating Rate Mortgages 2,401,456
Interest Only Mortgage-Backed Securities—8.9%
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
162 Ser. 65, Class I, 8/15/20 2,077
54 Ser. 141, Class H, 5/15/21 759
118 Ser. 1114, Class J, 7/15/06 2,069
61 Ser. 1285, Class M, 5/15/07 1,060
706 Ser. 1645, Class IB, 9/15/08 43,904
1,970 Ser. 2523, Class EH, 4/15/20 265,983
1,888 Ser. 2543, Class IJ, 10/15/12 108,035
1,897 Ser. 2543, Class IM, 9/15/12 87,157
5,419 Ser. 2572, Class IT, 5/15/19 183,093
3,578 Ser. 2633, Class PI, 3/15/12 188,298
4,254 Ser. 2672, Class TP, 9/15/16 194,449
5,605 Ser. 2739, Class PI, 3/15/22 726,770
2,550 Ser. 2775 Class UB, 12/15/17 221,876

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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BlackRock Broad Investment Grade 2009 Term Trust Inc. (BCT) (continued)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000 ) Description Value
Interest Only Mortgage-Backed Securities—(cont’d)
Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
$ 343 Ser. 8, Class HA, 1/25/08 $ 47,188
3,000 Ser. 13, Class IG, 10/25/22 282,540
341 Ser. 20, Class SL, 9/25/08 59,968
31 Ser. 39, Class PE, 1/25/23 502
905 Ser. 49, Class L, 4/25/13 57,514
781 Ser. 51, Class K, 4/25/07 78,506
12,992 Ser. 70, Class ID, 4/25/22 1,489,793
78 Ser. 72, Class H, 7/25/06 6,917
1,635 Ser. 82, Class IR, 9/25/12 80,208
179 Ser. 194, Class PV, 6/25/08 5,298
173 Ser. 223, Class PT, 10/25/23 16,598
5 Ser. G-21, Class L, 7/25/21 8,083
18 PNC Mortgage Securities Corp., Ser. 8, Class 4-X, 10/25/28 773
23,305 Vendee Mortgage Trust, Ser. 1, Class IO, 10/15/31 28,666
Total Interest Only Mortgage-Backed Securities 4,188,084
Collaterialized Mortgage Obligation Residuals—0.0%
6 Ser. 174, Class S, 9/25/22 17,194
562 Ser. 208, Class S, 2/25/23 19,172
Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligation Residuals 36.366
Principal Only Mortgage-Backed Securities—0.1%
Aaa 40 Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities, Inc. VI, Ser. 3, Class A, 10/23/17 37,267
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities—1.7%
AAA 750 2 New York City Mortgage Loan Trust, Multi-Family, Class A2, 6.75%, 6/25/11 805,090
Asset-Backed Securities—0.0%
NR 238 2,3,4 Global Rated Eligible Asset Trust, Ser. A, Class 1, 7.33%, 9/15/07 4,757
Structured Mortgage Asset Residential Trust,
NR 575 3,4 Ser. 2, 8.24%, 3/15/06 5,749
NR 637 3,4 Ser. 3, 8.724%, 4/15/06 6,373
Total Asset-Backed Securities 16,879
Corporate Bonds—8.7%
Basic Materials—2.6%
A+ 1,000 Dow Capital BV, 9.20%, 6/01/10 (Netherlands) 1,225,040
Energy—1.1%
BBB+ 500 2 Israel Electric Corp., Ltd., 7.25%, 12/15/06 (Israel) 538,225
Financial Institutions—3.7%
AA- 1,000 5 Morgan Stanley Group, Inc., 10.00%, 6/15/08 1,209,040
AA+ 500 UBS PaineWebber Group, Inc., 8.875%, 3/15/05 510,645
1,719,685
Telecommunications—1.1%
A 500 ALLTEL Corp., 7.50%, 3/01/06 529,585
Transportation—0.2%
Caa2 100 American Airlines, Inc., 10.44%, 3/04/07 79,250
Total Corporate Bonds 4,091,785
U.S. Government and Agency Securities—83.8%
206 Small Business Investment Companies, Ser. P10A, Class 1, 6.12%, 2/01/08 218,386
27,000 5 U.S. Treasury Bond, zero coupon, 11/15/09 22,697,145
U.S. Treasury Notes,
3,200 3.50%, 11/15/06 3,258,874
7,000 4.375%, 8/15/12 7,264,669
1,700 5.75%, 11/15/05 1,760,761
3,550 6.00%, 8/15/09 3,978,357
385 6.625%, 5/15/07 421,846
Total U.S. Government and Agency Securities 39,600,038

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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BlackRock Broad Investment Grade 2009 Term Trust Inc. (BCT) (continued)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000 ) Description Value
Taxable Municipal Bonds—7.2%
AAA $ 500 Fresno California Pension Oblig., 7.80%, 6/01/14 $ 621,915
AAA 500 Kern County California Pension Oblig., 6.98%, 8/15/09 565,870
Los Angeles County California Pension Oblig.,
AAA 1,000 Ser. A, 8.62%, 6/30/06 1,095,830
AAA 500 Ser. D, 6.97%, 6/30/08 556,515
AAA 500 Orleans Parish Louisiana School Board, Ser. A, 6.60%, 2/01/08 544,870
Total Taxable Municipal Bonds 3,385,000
Total Long-Term Investments (cost $60,802,403) 63,371,306
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT—5.9%
U.S. Government and Agency Security—5.9%
2,800 Federal Home Loan Bank, 1.69%, 11/01/04 (cost $2,800,000) 2,800,000
Total Investments—140.0% (cost $63,602,403) $ 66,171,306
Liabilities in excess of other assets—(40.0)% (18,915,873 )
Net Assets—100% $ 47,255,433
1 Using the higher of S&P’s, Moody’s or Fitch’s rating.
2 Security is not registered under the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions in accordance with Rule 144A under that Act, to qualified institutional buyers. As of October 31, 2004, the Trust
held 2.9% of its net assets, with a current market value of $1,348,072, in securities restricted as to resale.
3 Security is fair valued.
4 Illiquid securities representing 0.04% of net assets.
5 Entire or partial principal amount pledged as collateral for reverse repurchase agreements or financial futures contracts.

Details of open reverse repurchase agreements are disclosed in Note 4 in the Notes to Financial Statements.

A category in the Coporate Bonds section may contain multiple industries as defined by the SEC’s Standard Industry Codes.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
OCTOBER 31, 2004
BlackRock Core Bond Trust (BHK)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000 ) Description Value
LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS—136.2%
Mortgage Pass-Through Securities—20.1%
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
$ 1,875 3.50%, 4/01/08 $ 1,868,794
465 3.875%, 11/10/08 468,582
1,400 4.125%, 2/24/11 1,378,636
1,125 4.50%, 12/16/10 1,130,546
2,795 2 4.75%, 12/08/10 2,835,863
98 5.00%, 5/01/34 98,036
9,894 5.50%, 11/01/18 - 9/01/33 10,143,867
5,558 6.00%, 9/01/10 - 12/01/18 5,838,547
735 2 6.875%, 9/15/10 850,454
4,156 2 7.00%, 3/15/10 - 9/01/31 4,789,546
Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
870 1.75%, 6/16/06 856,045
3,675 2 2.35%, 4/05/07 3,599,185
2,570 4.50%, 5/01/19 - 8/01/19 2,579,540
1,280 2 4.75%, 2/21/13 1,275,635
16,350 5.00%, 11/01/17 - 2/01/34 16,673,116
9,066 5.50%, 1/01/18 - 7/01/34 9,255,954
1,540 5.75%, 2/15/08 1,662,461
3,102 6.00%, 3/01/17 - 10/01/34 3,227,776
1,450 6.625%, 9/15/09 1,641,661
770 7.00%, 1/01/31 - 7/01/32 817,731
6,425 2 7.125%, 6/15/10 7,493,863
511 Government National Mortgage Assoc., 5.50%, 5/15/33 - 9/15/33 523,426
Small Business Administration,
1,000 Ser. P10B, Class 1, 4.754%, 8/10/14 1,001,875
2,475 Ser. P10B, Class 1, 5.136%, 8/10/13 2,546,837
Total Mortgage Pass-Through Securities 82,557,976
Agency Multiple Class Mortgage Pass-Through Securities—1.0%
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
2,000 Ser. 82, Class HJ, 9/25/32 2,079,375
1,686 Ser. 2825, Class VP, 6/15/15 1,754,097
Total Agency Multiple Class Mortgage Pass-Through Securities 3,833,472
Interest Only Asset-Backed Securities—1.5%
Sterling Coofs Trust,
42,564 Ser. 1, 4/15/29 3,780,244
30,350 Ser. 2, 3/30/30 2,418,516
Total Interest Only Asset-Backed Securities 6,198,760
Interest Only Mortgage-Backed Securities—2.1%
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
4,150 Ser. 2579, Class HI, 8/15/17 462,600
9,079 Ser. 2611, Class QI, 9/15/32 1,717,898
Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
13,659 Ser. 64, Class QI, 1/25/33 2,638,838
37,000 Ser. 90, Class JH, 12/31/49 3,948,594
Total Interest Only Mortgage-Backed Securities 8,767,930
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities—3.3%
AAA 1,993 GMAC Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., Ser. C3, Class A2, 7.179%, 8/15/36 2,244,734
AAA 1,677 Heller Financial Commercial Mortgage Asset Co., Ser. PH1, Class A2, 6.847%, 5/15/31 1,852,196
AAA 1,790 JP Morgan Commercial Mortgage Finance Corp., 7.371%, 8/15/32 2,044,413
AAA 3,070 Morgan Stanley Cap. Trust I, Ser. HF2, Class A2, 6.48%, 11/15/30 3,346,123
AAA 3,500 Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Ser. C1, Class A2, 7.52%, 12/18/09 4,032,959
Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 13,520,425
Collateralized Mortgage Obligation—0.8%
AAA 3,453 Structured Asset Securities Corp., Class A2, 3.45%, 2/25/32 3,255,612
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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BlackRock Core Bond Trust (BHK) (continued)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000 ) Description Value
U.S. Government and Agency Securities—36.2%
$ 1,670 Aid to Israel, 5.50%, 4/26/24 - 9/18/33 $ 1,769,898
1,050 Resolution Funding Corp., zero coupon, 7/15/18 - 10/15/18 529,625
U.S. Treasury Bonds,
63,900 5.50%, 8/15/28 69,640,776
3,860 2 6.00%, 2/15/26 4,455,135
3,245 2 6.125%, 11/15/27 3,813,881
8,960 2 6.75%, 8/15/26 11,260,901
3,170 2 12.00%, 8/15/13 4,178,440
U.S. Treasury Notes,
4,323 2 2.00%, 7/15/14 4,472,792
22,550 2 2.375%, 8/31/06 22,493,625
18,800 2 2.50%, 5/31/06 - 9/30/06 18,805,611
5,140 2 2.75%, 6/30/06 - 8/15/07 5,161,672
255 3.125%, 5/15/07 257,629
1,900 4.25%, 8/15/14 1,932,946
Total U.S. Government and Agency Securities 148,772,931
Corporate Bonds—61.3%
Aero & Defense—2.0%
B- 3,000 BE Aerospace, Inc., Ser. B, 8.00%, 3/01/08 3,030,000
Lockheed Martin Corp.,
BBB+ 380 7.20%, 5/01/36 464,790
BBB+ 1,175 8.50%, 12/01/29 1,571,868
Northrop Grumman Corp.,
BBB 615 4.079%, 11/16/06 624,231
BBB 380 7.125%, 2/15/11 438,174
BBB 960 7.875%, 3/01/26 1,185,552
NR 690 Raytheon Co., 7.00%, 5/15/06 728,615
8,043,230
Automotive—2.1%
A3 660 DaimlerChrysler NA Holding Corp., 7.45%, 3/01/27 729,091
B3 1,500 Delco Remy Intl., Inc., 11.00%, 5/01/09 1,575,000
General Motors Acceptance Corp.,
Baa1 1,160 zero coupon, 12/01/12 705,098
Baa1 4,129 6.875%, 9/15/11 4,291,600
Baa1 330 8.00%, 11/01/31 340,725
BB- 892 TRW Automotive, Inc., 9.375%, 2/15/13 1,025,800
8,667,314
Building & Development—0.8%
BB+ 3,000 Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., 10.50%, 10/01/07 3,465,000
Basic Materials—1.9%
B 3,425 Caraustar Industries, Inc., 9.875%, 4/01/11 3,724,687
B+ 3,600 Lyondell Chemical Co., 9.50%, 12/15/08 3,915,000
7,639,687
Conglomerates—2.1%
General Electric Cap. Corp.,
AAA 2,200 1.762%, 7/28/08 2,201,320
AAA 6,385 3.60%, 10/15/08 6,382,893
8,584,213
Consumer Products—2.5%
A- 465 3 CVS Corp., 4.875%, 9/15/14 468,371
A+ 1,680 Diageo Cap. PLC, 3.375%, 3/20/08 (United Kingdom) 1,677,917
BBB+ 1,010 General Mills, Inc., 5.125%, 2/15/07 1,052,824
BBB+ 990 Kellogg Co., Ser. B, 6.60%, 4/01/11 1,121,027
A3 865 Kraft Foods, Inc., 5.625%, 11/01/11 920,637
BBB 650 Kroger Co., 6.80%, 4/01/11 734,137
B- 1,000 Pantry, Inc., The, 7.75%, 2/15/14 1,047,500
B+ 2,100 Sonic Automotive, Inc., Ser. B, 8.625%, 8/15/13 2,215,500
B+ 1,000 Stoneridge, Inc., 11.50%, 5/01/12 1,122,500
10,360,413
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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BlackRock Core Bond Trust (BHK) (continued)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000 ) Description Value
Containers & Glass—0.7%
B $ 1,000 Crown European Holdings SA, 10.875%, 3/01/13 (France) $ 1,190,000
BB- 1,500 Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., 8.75%, 11/15/12 1,680,000
2,870,000
Ecological Services & Equipment—0.7%
B+ 2,825 Allied Waste NA, Inc., Ser. B, 10.00%, 8/01/09 2,952,125
Energy—7.8%
BBB- 1,650 Amerada Hess Corp., 7.125%, 3/15/33 1,814,241
BBB+ 1,315 2 Anadarko Finance Co., Ser. B, 7.50%, 5/01/31 (Canada) 1,631,968
CCC+ 1,000 Calpine Canada Energy Finance LLC, 8.50%, 5/01/08 (Canada) 615,000
BB 1,250 Chesapeake Energy Corp., 9.00%, 8/15/12 1,439,062
BB 1,000 Compagnie Generale de Geophysique SA, 10.625%, 11/15/07 (France) 1,058,000
A- 1,800 Conoco Funding Co., 6.35%, 10/15/11 (Canada) 2,021,760
A- 350 ConocoPhillips Holding Co., 6.95%, 4/15/29 410,833
BBB 1,915 Devon Energy Corp., 7.95%, 4/15/32 2,438,580
BBB 230 Devon Financing Corp. LLC, 7.875%, 9/30/31 290,060
BBB+ 150 Dominion Resources, Inc., 5.70%, 9/17/12 158,945
B 3,000 Dresser, Inc., 9.375%, 4/15/11 3,345,000
B 1,875 3 Dynegy Holdings, Inc., 10.125%, 7/15/13 2,184,375
El Paso Natural Gas Co.,
B1 850 7.625%, 8/01/10 921,187
B1 265 8.625%, 1/15/22 298,125
B- 2,250 El Paso Production Holding Co., 7.75%, 6/01/13 2,351,250
EnCana Corp.,
A- 1,810 4.75%, 10/15/13 (Canada) 1,812,407
A- 350 6.50%, 8/15/34 (Canada) 381,231
BBB+ 305 Exelon Corp., 6.75%, 5/01/11 342,341
BBB- 1,420 FirstEnergy Corp., Ser. C, 7.375%, 11/15/31 1,617,962
BBB+ 360 Occidental Petroleum Corp., 7.20%, 4/01/28 428,246
AA 835 Ontario Electricity Financial Corp., 6.10%, 1/30/08 (Canada) 908,346
BBB+ 790 Peco Energy Cap. Trust IV, 5.75%, 6/15/33 744,098
Baa1 1,650 Petroleos Mexicanos, 9.375%, 12/02/08 (Mexico) 1,947,000
Aa1 290 3 SP PowerAssets Ltd., 5.00%, 10/22/13 (Singapore) 296,490
A- 445 Suncor Energy, Inc., 5.95%, 12/01/34 (Canada) 463,852
AA 1,050 Texaco Cap. Inc., 8.875%, 9/01/21 1,483,293
A3 725 Virginia Electric & Power Co., Ser. A, 5.75%, 3/31/06 753,536
32,157,188
Entertainment & Leisure—0.5%
B+ 1,000 Circus & Eldorado Joint Venture, 10.125%, 3/01/12 1,085,000
B 1,000 Resorts Intl. Hotel & Casino, Inc., 11.50%, 3/15/09 1,152,500
2,237,500
Financial Institutions—23.2%
A- 350 ACE, Ltd., 6.00%, 4/01/07 (Cayman Island) 369,446
AA+ 455 Associates Corp. of North America, 6.95%, 11/01/18 536,404
Bank of America Corp.,
Aa2 765 3.25%, 8/15/08 758,390
Aa2 1,640 3.375%, 2/17/09 1,621,878
Aa2 1,000 3.875%, 1/15/08 1,017,750
Aa2 105 4.375%, 12/01/10 106,532
Aa2 370 5.25%, 2/01/07 387,901
Aa2 470 5.375%, 6/15/14 492,395
Aa3 1,225 7.40%, 1/15/11 1,436,827
Bank One Corp.,
Aa2 325 3.70%, 1/15/08 328,029
Aa3 725 6.00%, 8/01/08 786,328
Aa2 1,400 BankBoston NA, 6.375%, 3/25/08 - 4/15/08 1,531,926
Aa3 565 3 Barclays Bank PLC, 8.55%, 9/29/49 (United Kingdom) 695,825
AAA 1,200 3 Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp., 3.40%, 7/02/07 1,205,364
AA+ 600 CitiFinancial, 6.25%, 1/01/08 651,210
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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BlackRock Core Bond Trust (BHK) (continued)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000 ) Description Value
Financial Institutions—(cont’d)
Citigroup, Inc.,
Aa1 $ 1,960 4.25%, 7/29/09 $ 2,004,355
AA 5,099 3 5.00%, 9/15/14 5,145,707
AA 185 6.00%, 10/31/33 191,436
BB 1,000 Crum & Forster Holdings Corp., 10.375%, 6/15/13 1,070,000
HBOS Treasury Services PLC,
AA+ 855 3 3.60%, 8/15/07 (United Kingdom) 862,344
AA+ 825 3 3.75%, 9/30/08 (United Kingdom) 831,749
Household Finance Corp.,
A+ 1,760 6.375%, 8/01/10 - 11/27/12 1,956,417
A+ 2,325 6.75%, 5/15/11 2,641,991
HSBC Bank USA, Inc.,
AA 1,850 3.875%, 9/15/09 1,857,418
AA- 775 5.875%, 11/01/34 774,225
JP Morgan Chase & Co.,
Aa3 540 3.625%, 5/01/08 543,003
Aa3 1,600 5.25%, 5/30/07 1,682,736
Aa3 600 5.35%, 3/01/07 630,030
A1 325 6.625%, 3/15/12 366,977
A1 1,155 6.75%, 2/01/11 1,308,349
Marsh & McLennan Cos, Inc.,
BBB+ 250 2.193%, 7/13/07 241,788
BBB+ 265 5.375%, 7/15/14 258,025
AA 1,415 3 MetLife Global Funding I, 4.25%, 7/30/09 1,427,707
AA+ 450 3 Monumental Global Funding II, 4.375%, 7/30/09 458,294
A3 20,300 3 Morgan Stanley Tracers, 5.838%, 3/01/07 21,231,567
National City Bank Cleveland Ohio,
AA- 800 2.09%, 6/29/09 800,104
AA- 1,200 3.375%, 10/15/07 1,203,756
AA- 2,125 3 Nationwide Building Society, 3.50%, 7/31/07 (United Kingdom) 2,136,730
AAA 850 3 New York Life Global Funding, 3.875%, 1/15/09 854,760
AA 1,500 Protective Life Secured Trust, 3.70%, 11/24/08 1,508,775
A+ 1,000 3 Prudential Funding LLC, 6.60%, 5/15/08 1,098,390
AA 400 3 Rabobank Cap. Fund II, 5.26%, 12/29/49 402,076
Rainbow National Services LLC,
B3 200 3 8.75%, 9/01/12 214,000
CCC+ 600 3 10.375%, 9/01/14 651,000
SLM Corp.,
A+ 4,220 3.625%, 3/17/08 4,241,522
A+ 1,350 5.00%, 10/01/13 1,373,125
A+ 450 5.375%, 1/15/13 470,088
A+ 90 5.625%, 4/10/07 94,977
NR 3,882 Structured Asset Receivable Trust, 1.649%, 1/21/10 3,875,888
AA 1,265 SunTrust Bank, Inc., 4.415%, 6/15/09 1,296,752
AA- 1,635 SunTrust Banks, Inc., 3.625%, 10/15/07 1,650,434
AAA 225 3 TIAA Global Markets, Inc., 3.875%, 1/22/08 228,645
AA- 375 U.S. Bancorp, Ser. N, 3.95%, 8/23/07 382,853
US Bank National Assoc.,
Aa2 1,380 2.87%, 2/01/07 1,382,650
Aa3 2,790 6.50%, 2/01/08 3,055,775
Wachovia Corp.,
Aa3 4,200 3.50%, 8/15/08 4,202,982
Aa3 975 3.625%, 2/17/09 971,948
Wells Fargo & Co.,
Aa1 2,040 1.98%, 9/15/09 2,039,306
Aa1 650 2.03%, 9/28/07 649,428
Aa1 1,031 3.12%, 8/15/08 1,029,330
Aa1 1,975 4.00%, 8/15/08 2,011,459
Aa1 200 7.80%, 6/15/10 206,197
AA 85 3 Western & Southern Financial Group, Inc., 5.75%, 7/15/33 84,261
95,527,534
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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BlackRock Core Bond Trust (BHK) (continued)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000 ) Description Value
Health Care—2.3%
A $ 410 Boston Scientific Corp., 5.45%, 6/15/14 $ 432,214
A+ 1,055 Bristol Myers Squibb Co., 5.75%, 10/01/11 1,138,303
NR 2,000 HealthSouth Corp., 7.625%, 6/01/12 1,940,000
Tenet Healthcare Corp.,
B- 380 6.375%, 12/01/11 346,750
B- 5 6.50%, 6/01/12 4,538
B- 865 3 9.875%, 7/01/14 906,087
B 2,000 United Surgical Partners Intl., Inc., 10.00%, 12/15/11 2,295,000
A 1,210 UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 3.375%, 8/15/07 1,206,854
A 1,025 Wyeth, 6.50%, 2/01/34 1,061,643
9,331,389
Industrials—0.7%
BBB+ 760 Allegiance Corp., 7.00%, 10/15/26 791,175
B 2,000 Terex Corp., 9.25%, 7/15/11 2,250,000
3,041,175
Media—5.4%
B1 4,000 Alliance Atlantis Communications, Inc., 13.00%, 12/15/09 (Canada) 4,300,000
AOL Time Warner, Inc.,
BBB+ 80 6.125%, 4/15/06 83,613
BBB+ 90 6.625%, 5/15/29 94,531
BBB+ 4,155 7.57%, 2/01/24 4,788,014
BBB+ 205 7.625%, 4/15/31 242,375
BBB+ 275 9.15%, 2/01/23 360,968
BBB 580 AT&T Broadband Corp., 8.375%, 3/15/13 711,503
CCC+ 750 Charter Communications Holdings II, LLC, 10.25%, 9/15/10 780,000
CCC+ 3,250 Charter Communications Holdings LLC, 10.75%, 10/01/09 2,746,250
Comcast Corp.,
BBB 4,405 5.50%, 3/15/11 4,645,954
BBB 80 7.05%, 3/15/33 90,398
News America Holdings, Inc.,
BBB 985 7.625%, 11/30/28 1,175,775
BBB 825 7.70%, 10/30/25 985,396
TCI Communications, Inc.,
BBB 200 7.125%, 2/15/28 222,826
BBB 865 7.875%, 8/01/13 - 2/15/26 1,035,551
22,263,154
Real Estate—2.8%
BB 3,165 3 American Real Estate Partners LP, 8.125%, 6/01/12 3,339,075
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.,
BBB+ 350 6.625%, 9/15/11 389,098
BBB+ 775 8.25%, 7/15/08 892,591
EOP Operating LP,
BBB+ 1,150 4.65%, 10/01/10 1,157,003
BBB+ 950 4.75%, 3/15/14 930,183
BBB+ 450 7.00%, 7/15/11 509,099
ERP Operating LP,
A- 1,950 5.20%, 4/01/13 1,991,028
A- 825 6.95%, 3/02/11 935,913
Rouse Co.,
BBB- 895 3.625%, 3/15/09 843,242
BBB- 340 5.375%, 11/26/13 325,724
11,312,956

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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BlackRock Core Bond Trust (BHK) (continued)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000 ) Description Value
Telecommunications—5.0%
A $ 3,400 BellSouth Corp., 5.20%, 9/15/14 $ 3,465,178
A 650 British Telecommunications PLC, 8.875%, 12/15/30 (United Kingdom) 869,050
A- 25 Deutsche Telekom Intl. Finance BV, 8.75%, 6/15/30 (Netherlands) 33,001
BB+ 2,000 Nextel Communications, Inc., 9.375%, 11/15/09 2,097,500
B+ 1,750 3 Qwest Communications Intl., 7.50%, 2/15/14 1,680,000
BB 200 3 Qwest Corp., 7.875%, 9/01/11 212,500
SBC Communications, Inc.,
A 325 4.125%, 9/15/09 324,928
A 2,050 5.10%, 9/15/14 2,061,152
A+ 875 6.45%, 6/15/34 918,969
BBB 1,065 Sprint Capital Corp., 6.875%, 11/15/28 1,144,162
A- 1,875 3 Telecom Italia Capital, 6.00%, 9/30/34 (Luxembourg) 1,841,213
A 725 Telefonica Europe BV, 7.75%, 9/15/10 (Netherlands) 860,089
A+ 75 Verizon Global Funding Corp., 7.75%, 12/01/30 91,707
Aa3 125 Verizon Maryland, Inc., 5.125%, 6/15/33 109,936
Verizon New Jersey, Inc.,
Aa3 230 7.85%, 11/15/29 281,591
Aa3 335 Ser. A, 5.875%, 1/17/12 360,681
A 3,439 Vodafone Group PLC, 7.75%, 2/15/10 (United Kingdom) 4,048,391
20,400,048
Transportation—0.8%
BBB 1,450 Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., 6.25%, 10/15/11 (Canada) 1,606,571
B 1,635 Sea Containers Ltd., 10.50%, 5/15/12 (Bermuda) 1,696,313
3,302,884
Total Corporate Bonds 252,155,810
Taxable Municipal Bonds—0.2%
A2 650 California Dept. of Wtr. Res. Pwr. Sply., 3.975%, 5/01/05 654,108
AA 350 Ohana Military Cmntys. LLC, 6.193%, 4/01/49 364,350
Total Taxable Municipal Bonds 1,018,458
Foreign Government Bonds—9.7%
AAA 4,855 Canada Government, 5.00%, 6/01/14 CAD 4,139,367
NR 4,600 French Treasury Note, 3.50%, 1/12/09 EUR 5,958,044
AAA 5,135 Germany Federal Republic, 3.25%, 4/17/09 EUR 6,578,758
Aaa 7,125 Kingdom of Spain, 3.60%, 1/31/09 EUR 9,262,565
AAA 33,885 Kingdom of Sweden, 5.00%, 1/28/09 SEK 5,043,499
AA- 2,000 Quebec Province Canada, 5.00%, 7/17/09 USD 2,110,480
United Mexican States,
Baa2 4,000 6.625%, 3/03/15 USD 4,284,000
Baa2 2,255 8.00%, 9/24/22 USD 2,589,868
Total Foreign Government Bonds 39,966,581
Total Long-Term Investments (cost $543,718,526) 560,047,955
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS—4.4%
Corporate Bond—0.5%
Financial Institutions—0.5%
NR 1,900 2,4 HBOS Treasury Services PLC, 2.04%, 1/26/05 1,890,741
U.S. Government and Agency Securities—3.9%
400 Federal Home Loan Bank, 1.69%, 11/01/04 400,000
U.S. Treasury Bonds,
537 1.55%, 11/05/04 536,625
15,261 1.62%, 11/05/04 15,261,125
Total U.S. Government and Agency Securities 16,197,750
Total Short-Term Investments (cost $18,088,491) 18,088,491

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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BlackRock Core Bond Trust (BHK) (continued)
Contracts/
Notional
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000) Description Value
OUTSTANDING OPTIONS PURCHASED—0.1%
Interest Rate Swap,
$ 23,000 4.365% over 3-month LIBOR, expires 1/28/05 $ 225,484
16,000 4.60% over 3-month LIBOR, expires 11/19/04 26,848
23,000 4.865% over 3-month LIBOR, expires 1/28/05 157,555
12,000 6.25% over 3-month LIBOR, expires 11/19/04 12
Total Outstanding Options Purchased (cost $468,300) 409,899
Total investments before outstanding options written (cost $562,275,317) 578,546,345
OUTSTANDING OPTIONS WRITTEN—(0.3)%
Interest Rate Swap,
(26,000 ) 3.00% over 3-month LIBOR, expires 1/19/05 (75,258 )
(23,000 ) 4.375% over 3-month LIBOR, expires 10/28/05 (434,286 )
(28,700 ) 4.60% over 3-month LIBOR, expires 2/23/05 (250,637 )
(39,000 ) 5.75% over 3-month LIBOR, expires 9/23/05 (91,650 )
(23,000 ) 5.75% over 3-month LIBOR, expires 10/28/05 (387,883 )
(12,000 ) 6.05% over 3-month LIBOR, expires 2/23/05 (5,040 )
(90 ) U.S. Treasury Bond Futures, expires 11/26/04 (92,812 )
(90 ) U.S. Treasury Bond Futures, expires 11/26/04 (1,406 )
Total Outstanding Options Written (premium received $2,196,443) (1,338,972 )
Total investments, net of outstanding options written—140.4% $ 577,207,373
Liabilities in excess of other assets—(40.4%) (166,044,115 )
Net Assets—100% $ 411,163,258
1 Using the higher of S&P’s, Moody’s or Fitch’s rating.
2 Entire or partial principal amount pledged as collateral for reverse repurchase agreements or financial futures contracts.
3 Security is not registered under the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions in accordance with Rule 144A under that Act, to qualified institutional buyers. As of October 31, 2004, the Trust
held 11.8% of its net assets, with a current market value of $48,456,530, in securities restricted as to resale.
4 This bond is borrowed. The rate shown is the yield on the collateral deposited with the counterparty.

Details of open reverse repurchase agreements are disclosed in Note 4 in the Notes to Financial Statements.

A category in the Coporate Bonds section may contain multiple industries as defined by the SEC’s Standard Industry Codes.

KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS
CAD – Canadian Dollar
EUR – European Monetary Unit
SEK – Swedish Krona
USD – U.S. Dollar

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
OCTOBER 31, 2004
BlackRock High Yield Trust (BHY)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000 ) Description Value
LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS—134.4%
Corporate Bonds—133.8%
Aero & Defense—2.8%
AAR Corp.,
BB- $ 435 6.875%, 12/15/07 $ 438,263
NR 100 Ser. A2, 8.39%, 5/15/11 97,500
B 250 2 Argo Tech Corp., 9.25%, 6/01/11 272,500
B+ 500 BE Aerospace, Inc., 8.50%, 10/01/10 548,125
NR 1,500 3,4,5 Condor Systems, Inc., Ser. B, 11.875%, 5/01/09 30,000
B 30 Titan Corp., 8.00%, 5/15/11 31,800
1,418,188
Automotive—2.4%
BB+ 325 ArvinMeritor, Inc., 8.75%, 3/01/12 360,750
B1 300 Delco Remy Intl., Inc., 6.07%, 1/18/05 301,500
B 280 2 Metaldyne Corp., 10.00%, 11/01/13 267,400
B 265 2 Stanadyne Corp., 10.00%, 8/15/14 278,250
1,207,900
Basic Materials—18.2%
B+ 55 Alaska Steel Corp., 7.75%, 6/15/12 55,688
BB 250 2 Arch Western Finance LLC, 6.75%, 7/01/13 265,375
B- 450 2 BCP Caylux Holdings SCA, 9.625%, 6/15/14 (Luxembourg) 504,000
B- 165 Blount, Inc., 8.875%, 8/01/12 178,200
Boise Cascade LLC,
B+ 50 2 5.005%, 1/15/05 51,375
B+ 155 2 7.125%, 10/15/14 162,750
BB 215 Bowater Canada Finance Corp., 7.95%, 11/15/11 (Canada) 231,931
B 70 Caraustar Industries, Inc., 9.875%, 4/01/11 76,125
BB+ 175 Cascades, Inc., 7.25%, 2/15/13 (Canada) 188,125
BB- 305 2 Century Aluminum Co., 7.50%, 8/15/14 324,825
B+ 50 Equistar Chemicals LP, 10.125%, 9/01/08 57,250
B1 200 2 Foundation Pennsylvania Coal Co., 7.25%, 8/01/14 212,000
Georgia Pacific Corp.,
BB+ 20 7.25%, 6/01/28 21,200
BB+ 550 8.00%, 1/15/24 638,000
B2 188 Gold Kist, Inc., 10.25%, 3/15/14 212,440
CCC+ 400 Huntsman Intl. LLC, 10.125%, 7/01/09 420,500
B 100 Huntsman LLC, 11.625%, 10/15/10 117,875
BB 680 Intl. Steel Group, Inc., 6.50%, 4/15/14 724,200
BB 425 Ipsco, Inc., 8.75%, 6/01/13 (Canada) 487,688
BB- 470 Ispat Inland ULC, 9.75%, 4/01/14 (Canada) 568,700
B 175 JSG Funding PLC, 9.625%, 10/01/12 (Ireland) 199,500
Lyondell Chemical Co.,
B- 250 10.875%, 5/01/09 265,938
B+ 230 Ser. A, 9.625%, 5/01/07 252,425
B+ 400 Millar Western Forest Products Ltd., 7.75%, 11/15/13 (Canada) 427,000
BB- 65 Millennium America, Inc., 9.25%, 6/15/08 72,475
Nalco Co.,
B2 50 7.75%, 11/15/11 53,500
B- 500 8.875%, 11/15/13 547,500
BB 125 Norske Skog Canada Ltd., 7.375%, 3/01/14 (Canada) 130,000
BB+ 335 Nova Chemicals Corp., 6.50%, 1/15/12 (Canada) 349,985
CCC+ 300 2 Polypore, Inc., 8.75%, 5/15/12 313,500
2,000 5 Republic Technologies Intl. LLC, 13.75%, 7/15/09 0
B3 385 Rhodia, 10.25%, 6/01/10 (France) 414,838
BB- 125 Russel Metals, Inc., 6.375%, 3/01/14 (Canada) 125,000
BB- 75 Smurfit Captial Funding PLC, 7.50%, 11/20/25 (Ireland) 75,000
B 565 Trimas Corp., 9.875%, 6/15/12 581,950
9,306,858
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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BlackRock High Yield Trust (BHY) (continued)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000 ) Description Value
Building & Development—3.3%
Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd.,
B+ $ 40 2 5.669%, 12/30/04 (Canada) $ 40,082
B+ 70 2 7.25%, 10/01/12 (Canada) 70,525
BBB- 955 D.R. Horton, Inc., 10.50%, 4/01/05 983,650
BB+ 250 Hovnanian K Enterprises, Inc., 6.375%, 12/15/14 253,125
BBB 175 NVR, Inc., 5.00%, 6/15/10 175,875
Ba3 125 WCI Communities, Inc., 7.875%, 10/01/13 132,813
1,656,070
Business Equipment & Services—0.4%
Xerox Corp.,
BB 85 6.875%, 8/15/11 90,525
BB 100 7.20%, 4/01/16 105,250
195,775
Consumer Products—6.5%
B 175 B&G Foods, Inc., 8.00%, 10/01/11 184,625
B2 250 Chattem, Inc., 7.00%, 3/01/14 255,625
BB+ 365 JC Penney Co., Inc., 7.95%, 4/01/17 424,313
BB 250 2 K2, Inc. , 7.375%, 7/01/14 272,388
B- 315 2 Lazy Days RV Center, Inc., 11.75%, 5/15/12 331,538
NR 1,200 4,5 Nebco Evans Holding Co., 12.375%, 7/15/07 0
B- 375 Pantry, Inc., The, 7.75%, 2/15/14 392,812
B- 130 Petro Stopping Centers LP, 9.00%, 2/15/12 140,075
B- 350 Rite Aid Corp., 6.875%, 8/15/13 313,250
B- 500 St. John Knits Intl., Inc., 12.50%, 7/01/09 544,375
B+ 275 Stoneridge, Inc., 11.50%, 5/01/12 308,687
CCC+ 150 True Temper Sports, Inc., 8.375%, 9/15/11 136,500
3,304,188
Containers & Glass—2.7%
BB 60 Ball Corp., 6.875%, 12/15/12 64,950
B 690 Crown Cork & Seal, Inc., 8.00%, 4/15/23 674,475
B 20 Crown European Holdings SA, 10.875%, 3/01/13 (France) 23,800
Graham Packaging Co., Inc.,
CCC+ 180 2 8.50%, 10/15/12 188,550
CCC+ 110 2 9.875%, 10/15/14 116,325
B 275 Owens Brockway Glass Container, 8.25%, 5/15/13 299,750
1,367,850
Ecological Services & Equipment—1.6%
Allied Waste NA, Inc.,
BB- 80 8.50%, 12/01/08 84,000
BB- 110 8.875%, 4/01/08 116,600
B+ 564 Ser. B, 10.00%, 8/01/09 589,380
789,980
Energy—25.6%
B 1,000 AES Corp., 7.75%, 3/01/14 1,091,250
B+ 237 AES Red Oak LLC, Ser. A, 8.54%, 12/01/19 260,704
B- 40 2 Belden & Blake Corp., 8.75%, 7/15/12 42,800
CCC+ 775 Calpine Canada Energy Finance LLC, 8.50%, 5/01/08 (Canada) 476,625
BB- 375 2 Calpine Corp., 9.625%, 9/30/14 358,125
Ba1 244 CE Generation LLC, 7.416%, 12/15/18 256,564
BB- 250 Chesapeake Energy Corp., 7.00%, 8/15/14 272,188
CCC+ 150 Coastal Corp., 7.75%, 6/15/10 155,063
B 300 Compton Petroleum Corp., Ser. A, 9.90%, 5/15/09 (Canada) 333,000
B 250 Dresser, Inc., 9.375%, 4/15/11 278,750
B1 345 Edison Mission Energy, 10.00%, 8/15/08 402,788
CCC+ 190 El Paso Corporation, 7.875%, 6/15/12 198,313
B1 65 El Paso Natural Gas Co., 7.625%, 8/01/10 70,444
B- 700 El Paso Production Holding Co., 7.75%, 6/01/13 731,500
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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BlackRock High Yield Trust (BHY) (continued)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000 ) Description Value
Energy—(cont’d)
Ba2 $ 736 Elwood Energy LLC, 8.159%, 7/05/26 $ 780,253
B 250 Exco Resources, Inc., 7.25%, 1/15/11 270,625
B+ 160 2 Frontier Oil Corp., 6.625%, 10/01/11 163,200
B 500 Hanover Compressor Co., 8.625%, 12/15/10 550,000
B 140 2 Hilcorp Energy I LP, 10.50%, 9/01/10 157,850
B- 180 KCS Energy, Inc., 7.125%, 4/01/12 186,300
BB 375 Massey Energy Co., 6.625%, 11/15/10 395,625
Midwest Generation LLC,
B1 45 8.56%, 1/02/16 49,950
B1 325 8.75%, 5/01/34 369,687
B- 200 Mission Energy Holdings Co., 13.50%, 7/15/08 253,500
B 400 North America Energy Partners, Inc., 8.75%, 12/01/11 (Canada) 387,000
B+ 475 2 NRG Energy, Inc., 8.00%, 12/15/13 524,875
B2 500 Orion Power Holdings, Inc., 12.00%, 5/01/10 631,250
Ba2 125 Plains Exploration & Production Co., 7.125%, 6/15/14 138,750
BB 325 Premcor Refining Group, Inc., 6.75%, 5/01/14 341,250
Ba2 250 2 Pride Intl., Inc., 7.375%, 7/15/14 281,562
B 185 Range Resources Corp., 7.375%, 7/15/13 196,562
B+ 345 Reliant Energy, Inc., 9.25%, 7/15/10 381,225
B 400 Roseton Danskammer, Ser.A, 7.27%, 11/08/10 404,000
BB- 300 Swift Energy Co., 7.625%, 7/15/11 324,750
B1 160 Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 8.375%, 6/15/32 174,800
BB 400 Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., Ser. B, 8.875%, 7/15/12 493,000
B2 155 Whiting Petroleum Corp., 7.25%, 5/01/12 161,587
B+ 425 Williams Cos, Inc., 7.625%, 7/15/19 479,187
13,024,902
Entertainment & Leisure—4.2%
B 350 2 American Casino & Entertainment Properties LLC, 7.85%, 2/01/12 373,625
B 100 Hammons John Q. Hotels LP, Ser. B, 8.875%, 5/15/12 115,000
Ba3 116 Host Marriot Corp., Ser. B, 7.875%, 8/01/08 119,190
BB+ 175 ITT Corp., 7.375%, 11/15/15 197,313
MGM Mirage,
BB+ 475 5.875%, 2/27/14 467,875
BB+ 245 2 6.00%, 10/01/09 252,656
BB+ 110 2 6.75%, 9/01/12 116,325
Ba3 120 2 Mohegan Tribal Gaming Auth., 7.125%, 8/15/14 128,100
B2 375 Worldspan LP, 9.625%, 6/15/11 356,250
2,126,334
Financial Institutions—20.2%
NR 500 2,5 Ameriserve Finance Capital Corp., 12.00%, 9/15/06 25,000
B- 755 Athena Neurosciences Finance LLC, 7.25%, 2/21/08 784,256
Ba2 1,000 2 Capital Guardian High Yield CBO Ltd., Ser. 1A, 11.45%, 5/24/13 (Cayman Island) 983,100
BB 200 Crum & Forster Holdings Corp., 10.375%, 6/15/13 214,000
Dow Jones CDX NA HY,
B+ 1,000 2 Ser. 1, 7.75%, 12/29/09 1,028,750
BB 500 2 Ser. 2, 6.375%, 12/29/09 516,250
B 1,500 2 Ser. 3, 8.00%, 12/29/09 1,530,000
B+ 60 2 E*Trade Financial Corp., 8.00%, 6/15/11 63,300
Fairfax Financial Holdings, Ltd.,
BB 50 6.875%, 4/15/08 (Canada) 49,875
BB 355 7.75%, 4/26/12 (Canada) 335,475
Ba3 2,500 2 First Dominion Funding II, Ser. 1A, 11.61%, 4/25/14 (Cayman Island) 2,235,250
B- 135 Global Cash Access, Inc., 8.75%, 3/15/12 146,475
B- 185 2 Kraton Polymers LLC, 8.125%, 1/15/14 185,000
B 190 2 New ASAT Finance Ltd., 9.25%, 2/01/11 (Cayman Island) 166,250
Rainbow National Services LLC,
B3 285 2 8.75%, 9/01/12 304,950
CCC+ 300 2 10.375%, 9/01/14 325,500
B 300 2 Refco Finance Holdings LLC, 9.00%, 8/01/12 323,694
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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BlackRock High Yield Trust (BHY) (continued)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000 ) Description Value
Financial Institutions—(cont’d)
B- $ 320 2 Riddell Bell Holdings, Inc., 8.375%, 10/01/12 $ 330,400
B- 275 2 Standard Aero Holdings, Inc., 8.25%, 9/01/14 290,125
CCC+ 185 2 Vanguard Health Holding Co. II LLC, 9.00%, 10/01/14 191,475
C 2,429 2 Zais Investment Grade Ltd., Class C, Pay-in-Kind, 9.95%, 9/23/14 (Cayman Island) 242,870
10,271,995
Health Care—5.2%
NR 500 HealthSouth Corp., 7.625%, 6/01/12 485,000
B- 225 2 IASIS Healthcare Corp., 8.75%, 6/15/14 241,875
B3 50 Insight Health Services Corp., Ser. B, 9.875%, 11/01/11 50,000
B- 135 Norcross Safety Products LLC, 9.875%, 8/15/11 147,150
B- 600 Province Healthcare Co., 7.50%, 6/01/13 678,000
Tenet Healthcare Corp.,
B- 205 6.375%, 12/01/11 187,063
B- 5 6.50%, 6/01/12 4,537
B- 120 2 9.875%, 7/01/14 125,700
B+ 180 Triad Hospitals, Inc., 7.00%, 11/15/13 184,500
B- 275 Universal Hospital Services, Inc., 10.125%, 11/01/11 280,500
US Oncology, Inc.,
B2 140 2 9.00%, 8/15/12 148,050
B- 125 2 10.75%, 8/15/14 133,437
2,665,812
Industrials—5.4%
B 265 Cenveo Corp., 7.875%, 12/01/13 256,387
B- 225 2 Concentra Operating Corp., 9.125%, 6/01/12 249,187
B- 140 2 Dresser Rand Group, Inc., 7.375%, 11/01/14 146,300
B- 570 ERICO Intl. Corp., 8.875%, 3/01/12 595,650
B 250 JLG Industries, Inc., 8.375%, 6/15/12 263,750
United Rentals NA, Inc.,
B+ 750 7.00%, 2/15/14 691,875
B+ 80 7.75%, 11/15/13 77,600
B- 500 Williams Scotsman, Inc., 9.875%, 6/01/07 480,000
2,760,749
Media—12.0%
B- 150 Affinity Group, Inc., 9.00%, 2/15/12 160,500
B1 750 Alliance Atlantis Communications, Inc., 13.00%, 12/15/09 (Canada) 806,250
CCC+ 550 Charter Communications Holdings II, LLC, 10.25%, 9/15/10 572,000
Charter Communications Holdings LLC,
CCC+ 400 10.75%, 10/01/09 338,000
CCC+ 200 11.125%, 1/15/11 168,000
CSC Holdings, Inc.,
BB- 525 2 6.75%, 4/15/12 543,375
BB- 90 7.875%, 2/15/18 96,525
BB- 45 Ser. B, 7.625%, 4/01/11 48,937
Echostar DBS Corp.,
BB- 150 6.375%, 10/01/11 155,062
BB- 175 2 6.625%, 10/01/14 178,937
B2 90 2 Fisher Communications, Inc., 8.625%, 9/15/14 94,950
B3 250 Granite Broadcasting Corp., 9.75%, 12/01/10 230,625
B- 425 Nexstar Finance, Inc., 7.00%, 1/15/14 416,500
B- 180 Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., 8.75%, 10/01/13 189,450
B 300 Primedia, Inc., 7.625%, 4/01/08 302,250
Vertis, Inc.,
B- 150 10.875%, 6/15/09 163,500
295 2 13.50%, 12/07/09 307,905
CCC 250 WRC Media, Inc., 12.75%, 11/15/09 235,000
CCC+ 980 XM Satellite Radio, Inc., 14.00%, 3/15/10 1,082,900
6,090,666

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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BlackRock High Yield Trust (BHY) (continued)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000 ) Description Value
Real Estate—0.6%
BB $ 300 2 American Real Estate Partners LP, 8.125%, 6/01/12 $ 316,500
Technology—2.9%
Ba3 500 Celestica, Inc., 7.875%, 7/01/11 (Canada) 532,500
B- 100 2 Coleman Cable, Inc., 9.875%, 10/01/12 103,250
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.,
BB+ 100 2 4.82%, 1/18/05 103,250
BB+ 50 2 6.875%, 7/15/11 53,000
B 275 General Cable Corp., 9.50%, 11/15/10 309,375
B 201 ON Semiconductor Corp., 12.00%, 3/15/10 235,672
CCC+ 135 Viasystems, Inc., 10.50%, 1/15/11 132,975
1,470,022
Telecommunications—14.9%
CCC 575 Alamosa Delaware, Inc., 8.50%, 1/31/12 608,063
NR 2,000 4,5 Asia Global Crossing Ltd., 13.375%, 10/15/10 (Bermuda) 160,000
AT&T Corp.,
BB+ 685 8.05%, 11/15/04 784,969
BB+ 70 8.75%, 11/15/04 81,083
CCC 320 2 Centennial Communications Corp., 8.625%, 2/01/14 320,000
B 500 Cincinnati Bell, Inc., 8.375%, 1/15/14 477,500
Dobson Cellular Systems, Inc.,
B2 210 2 8.375%, 11/01/11 216,563
B3 275 2 9.875%, 11/01/12 274,313
Lucent Technologies, Inc.,
B 20 5.50%, 11/15/08 20,550
B 80 6.45%, 3/15/29 68,400
B 120 6.50%, 1/15/28 102,600
B 200 MCI, Inc., 5.908%, 5/01/07 200,250
B- 180 2 New Skies Satellites NV, 9.125%, 11/01/12 (Netherlands) 184,500
BB+ 550 Nextel Communications, Inc., 5.95%, 3/15/14 561,000
B- 180 Nortel Networks Corp., 6.875%, 9/01/23 (Canada) 166,500
PanAmSat Corp.,
BB+ 210 6.875%, 1/15/28 181,650
B+ 215 2 9.00%, 8/15/14 226,825
NR 600 2,4,5 PF. Net Communications, Inc., 13.75%, 5/15/10 60
B+ 205 2 Qwest Communications Intl., 7.50%, 2/15/14 196,800
Qwest Corp.,
BB 600 2 7.875%, 9/01/11 637,500
BB 425 2 9.125%, 3/15/12 479,187
CCC 300 Rural Cellular Corp., 9.875%, 2/01/10 303,750
CCC 745 2 UbiquiTel Operating Co., 9.875%, 3/01/11 806,462
CCC 510 Western Wireless Corp., 9.25%, 7/15/13 543,150
7,601,675
Transportation—4.9%
B- 500 2 Horizon Lines LLC, 9.00%, 11/01/12 541,250
B+ 350 OMI Corp., 7.625%, 12/01/13 (Marshall Islands) 369,250
BB 505 Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc., 7.50%, 2/15/24 507,525
B 500 Sea Containers Ltd., Ser. B, 10.75%, 10/15/06 (Bermuda) 518,750
B+ 500 TFM SA de CV, 12.50%, 6/15/12 (Mexico) 565,000
2,501,775
Total Corporate Bonds 68,077,239

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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BlackRock High Yield Trust (BHY) (continued)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000) Description Value
Bank Loans—0.4%
$ 217 Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc., Term Loan, LIBOR + 8.00%, 11/29/04 $ 216,957
Shares
Preferred Stock—0.0%
Media—0.0%
1,098 4,5 Adelphia Business Solutions, Ser. B, 12.875% 0
Common Stock—0.2%
8 2,4 Mattress Discounters Corp., 0
54 3 Neon Communications, Inc., 120,650
Total Common Stock 120,650
Units
Warrants—0.0%
1 2,3 Mattress Discounters Corp., Expires 7/15/07, Strike price $0.01, 4.85 shares for 1 warrant 1
54 3 Neon Communications, Inc., Expires 12/02/12 1
1 3 PF. Net Communications, Inc., Expires 5/15/10, Strike price $0.01, 36.87243 shares for 1 warrant 0
Total Warrants 2
Total Long-Term Investments (cost $75,643,790) $ 68,414,848
Liabilities in excess of other assets—(34.4)% (17,500,808 )
Net Assets—100% $ 50,914,040
1 Using the higher of S&P’s, Moody’s or Fitch’s rating.
2 Security is not registered under the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions in accordance with Rule 144A under that Act, to qualified institutional buyers. As of October 31, 2004, the Trust
held 42.1% of its net assets, with a current market value of $21,441,592, in securities restricted as to resale.
3 Illiquid securities representing 0.3% of net assets.
4 Security is fair valued.
5 Issuer is technically in default and/or bankruptcy.

A category in the Corporate Bonds section may contain multiple industries as defined by the SEC’s Standard Industry Codes.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
OCTOBER 31, 2004
BlackRock Income Opportunity Trust (BNA)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000 ) Description Value
LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS—133.9%
Mortgage Pass-Through Securities—18.5%
Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
$ 61,515 2 5.50%, 12/01/13 - 9/01/17 $ 63,571,282
14,347 6.00%, 3/01/27 - 11/01/34 15,024,680
361 7.00%, 2/01/24 - 1/01/29 384,473
Government National Assoc.,
145 8.00%, 4/15/24 - 11/15/25 158,770
Total Mortgage Pass-Through Securities 79,139,205
Federal Housing Administration—1.3%
GMAC Projects,
589 Ser. 37, 7.43%, 5/01/22 626,333
207 Ser. 44, 7.43%, 8/01/22 220,335
Merrill Projects,
195 Ser. 29, 7.43%, 10/01/20 207,615
238 Ser. 42, 7.43%, 9/01/22 252,836
1,927 Reilly Project, Ser. B-11, 7.40%, 4/01/21 2,046,694
1,950 Westmore Project, 7.25%, 4/01/21 2,059,776
Total Federal Housing Administration 5,413,589
Agency Multiple Class Mortgage Pass-Through Securities—1.4%
3,750 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Ser. 82, Class HJ, 9/25/32 3,898,828
1,958 Government National Assoc., 6.00%, 6/20/15 2,068,291
Total Agency Multiple Class Mortgage Pass-Through Securities 5,967,119
Non-Agency Multiple Class Mortgage Pass-Through Securities—2.4%
AAA 9,144 Residential Funding Securities Corp., Ser. RM2, Class AI5, 5/25/33 10,173,199
AAA 39 3 Summit Mortgage Trust, Ser. 1, Class B1, 6.079%, 12/28/12 38,571
Total Non-Agency Multiple Class Mortgage Pass-Through Securities 10,211,770
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Securities—0.0%
19 Federal National Mortgage Assoc., Ser. 256, Class F, 3.344%, 11/25/23 16,744
Inverse Floating Rate Mortgage Securities—0.7%
1,000 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Ser. 1611, Class JC, 10.00%, 8/15/23 1,082,140
Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
36 Ser. 7, Class S, 3/25/21 5,294
1,808 Ser. 23, Class PS, 10.303%, 4/25/23 1,938,604
17 Ser. 46, Class S, 20.968%, 5/25/21 4,819
21 Ser. 49, Class S, 8.431%, 12/25/21 2,110
108 Ser. 87, Class S, 21.797%, 8/25/21 128,412
22 Ser. 145, Class S, 29.597%, 10/25/06 24,565
Total Inverse Floating Rate Mortgage Securities 3,185,944
Interest Only Asset-Backed Securities—1.5%
Sterling Coofs Trust,
42,564 Ser. 1, 4/15/29 3,780,245
32,945 Ser. 2, 3/30/30 2,625,305
Total Interest Only Asset-Backed Securities 6,405,550
Interest Only Mortgage-Backed Securities—2.2%
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
5 Ser. 176, Class M, 7/15/21 70
1 Ser. 192, Class U, 2/15/22 77
16 Ser. 1043, Class H, 2/15/21 22,546
2 Ser. 1054, Class I, 3/15/21 403
16 Ser. 1056, Class KD, 3/15/21 2,028
19 Ser. 1057, Class J, 3/15/21 4,093
54 Ser. 1148, Class E, 10/15/21 1,106
14 Ser. 1179, Class O, 11/15/21 243
13 Ser. 1221 Class H, 3/15/07 233
373 Ser. 1254, Class Z, 4/15/22 16,069
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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BlackRock Income Opportunity Trust (BNA) (continued)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000) Description Value
Interest Only Mortgage-Backed Securities—(cont’d)
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (cont’d)
$ 765 Ser. 1831, Class PG, 3/15/11 $ 82,934
9,079 Ser. 2611, Class QI, 9/15/32 1,717,898
Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
103 Ser. 10, Class S, 5/25/21 12,507
82 Ser. 12, Class S, 5/25/21 15,930
53 Ser. 17, Class S, 6/25/21 7,755
168 Ser. 5, Class H, 1/25/22 24,241
12 Ser. 7, Class 2, 4/1/17 2,189
1 Ser. 20, Class H, 3/25/06 23
72 Ser. 33, Class PV, 10/25/21 16,416
7 Ser. 38, Class N, 4/25/21 735
821 Ser. 46, Class H, 12/25/09 144,338
749 Ser. 50, Class SI, 4/25/23 17,314
1 Ser. 54, Class H, 5/25/05 39
15,480 Ser. 64, Class QI, 1/25/33 2,990,683
6 Ser. 84, Class H, 8/25/06 377
21 Ser. 89, Class 2, 6/1/18 3,479
37,000 Ser. 90, Class JH, 12/31/49 3,948,594
6 Ser. 94, Class 2, 8/1/21 1,228
26 Ser. 99, Class L, 8/25/21 3,675
5 Ser. 123, Class M, 10/25/20 708
37 Ser. 136, Class S, 11/25/20 39,635
42 Ser. 139, Class PT, 10/25/21 4,338
21 Ser. 141, Class SA, 8/25/07 4,154
9,696 3 Goldman Sachs Mortgage Securities Corp., Ser. 5, 2/19/25 204,913
4,907 3 Hanover Grantor Trust, Ser. A, Class 1, 8/1/27 23,553
2,617 3 Morgan Stanley Capital I, Inc., Ser. HF1, Class X, 6/15/17 67,719
Morgan Stanley Mortgage Trust,
56 Ser. 38, Class 2, 11/20/21 10,121
60 Ser. 39, Class 2, 12/20/21 10,732
104 Residential Asset Securization Trust, Ser. A3, Class X, 5/25/29 1,598
6,645 Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., Ser. 1, Class IO, 3/25/22 48,376
Total Interest Only Mortgage-Backed Securities 9,453,070
Principal Only Mortgage-Backed Securities—0.5%
220 2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Ser. 1739, Class B, 2/15/24 193,228
Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
72 Ser. 51, Class E, 2/25/23 58,570
25 Ser. 70, Class A, 5/25/23 22,587
33 Ser. 167, Class D, 10/25/17 31,830
44 Ser. 203, Class 1, 2/1/23 39,767
32 Ser. 228, Class 1, 5/1/23 28,033
6,055 Resolution Funding Corp., Ser. B, 4/15/30 1,585,804
Total Principal Only Mortgage-Backed Securities 1,959,819
U.S. Government and Agency Securities—43.4%
18,826 Overseas Private Investment Corp., zero coupon-7.35%, 5/29/12 19,595,874
1,754 Small Business Administration, Ser. 20K-1, 6.95%, 11/01/16 1,882,643
U.S. Treasury Bonds,
24,205 2 5.375%, 2/15/31 26,300,185
6,350 5.50%, 8/15/28 6,920,484
32,000 2 6.00%, 2/15/26 36,933,760
450 6.125%, 11/15/27 529,143
U.S. Treasury Notes,
1,985 2.00%, 7/15/14 2,054,364
8,020 2 2.50%, 5/31/06 - 9/30/06 8,014,078
63,595 4.25%, 8/15/14 64,697,738
15,180 2 4.75%, 5/15/14 16,052,850
2,200 4.875%, 2/15/12 2,358,818
Total U.S. Government and Agency Securities 185,339,937
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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BlackRock Income Opportunity Trust (BNA) (continued)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000 ) Description Value
Collateralized Mortgage Obligation Residuals—0.0%
Collateralized Mortgage Obligation Trust,
$ 3 Ser. 40, Class R, 4/01/18 $ 309
57 Ser. 42, Class R, 10/01/14 7,755
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
20 Ser. 19, Class R, 3/15/20 2,316
0 Ser. 75, Class R, 1/15/21 5
0 Ser. 75, Class RS, 1/15/21 5
0 Ser. 173, Class R, 11/15/21 22
0 Ser. 173, Class RS, 11/15/21 22
28 Ser. 200, Class R, 12/15/22 511
Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligation Residuals 10,945
Corporate Bonds—61.2%
Aero & Defense—2.2%
B- 1,235 BE Aerospace, Inc., 9.50%, 11/01/08 1,273,594
BB- 1,500 L-3 Communications Corp., 7.625%, 6/15/12 1,657,500
BBB+ 1,250 Lockheed Martin Corp., 8.50%, 12/01/29 1,672,200
BBB 1,000 Northrop Grumman Corp., 7.125%, 2/15/11 1,153,090
Raytheon Co.,
BBB- 1,200 6.15%, 11/01/08 1,303,068
NR 2,000 7.00%, 5/15/06 2,111,928
9,171,380
Automotive—2.0%
BBB- 2,000 Briggs & Stratton Corp., 8.875%, 3/15/11 2,375,000
B1 2,340 Dura Operating Corp., Ser. B, 8.625%, 4/15/12 2,316,600
A3 3,000 2 Ford Motor Credit Co., 6.875%, 2/01/06 3,123,720
BBB 500 General Motors Corp., 8.375%, 7/15/33 545,152
8,360,472
Basic Materials—3.4%
A 2,000 Alcoa, Inc., 7.375%, 8/01/10 2,336,400
B 2,000 Caraustar Industries, Inc., 9.875%, 4/01/11 2,175,000
B+ 3,000 Lyondell Chemical Co., 11.125%, 7/15/12 3,536,250
B 1,000 Oregon Steel Mills, Inc., 10.00%, 7/15/09 1,105,000
BB- 2,500 Tembec Industries, Inc., 8.50%, 2/01/11 (Canada) 2,556,250
Weyerhaeuser Co.,
BBB 1,550 5.95%, 11/01/08 1,686,121
BBB 1,000 6.75%, 3/15/12 1,128,910
14,523,931
Building & Development—0.6%
BBB- 2,500 D.R. Horton, Inc., 10.50%, 4/01/05 2,575,000
Conglomerates—0.9%
AAA 3,650 General Electric Co., 5.00%, 2/01/13 3,776,546
Consumer Products—5.7%
B- 1,475 American Seafoods Group LLC, 10.125%, 4/15/10 1,578,250
BBB- 1,500 Autonation, Inc., 9.00%, 8/01/08 1,728,750
B3 2,000 Buffets, Inc., 11.25%, 7/15/10 2,120,000
General Mills, Inc.,
BBB+ 550 5.125%, 2/15/07 573,320
BBB+ 1,700 6.00%, 2/15/12 1,847,798
BBB+ 2,000 Kellogg Co., Ser. B, 6.60%, 4/01/11 2,264,700
A3 935 Kraft Foods, Inc., 5.625%, 11/01/11 995,139
BBB 1,000 Kroger Co., 5.50%, 2/01/13 1,043,580
AA- 3,000 Procter & Gamble Co., 6.875%, 9/15/09 3,422,310
BBB 2,495 Safeway, Inc., 6.50%, 3/01/11 2,756,261
A+ 2,000 Unilever Capital Corp., 7.125%, 11/01/10 2,324,580
BBB- 3,000 Yum! Brands, Inc., 8.875%, 4/15/11 3,744,276
24,398,964
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BlackRock Income Opportunity Trust (BNA) (continued)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000 ) Description Value
Containers & Glass—1.3%
B+ $ 1,500 Crown European Holdings SA, 9.50%, 3/01/11 (France) $ 1,717,500
BB- 2,250 Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., 8.875%, 2/15/09 2,458,125
B+ 1,240 Stone Container Corp., 9.25%, 2/01/08 1,391,900
5,567,525
Ecological Services & Equipment—1.0%
B+ 1,695 Allied Waste NA, Inc., Ser. B, 10.00%, 8/01/09 1,771,275
B 2,250 Casella Waste Systems, Inc., 9.75%, 2/01/13 2,497,500
4,268,775
Energy—6.8%
BB 2,500 Chesapeake Energy Corp., 9.00%, 8/15/12 2,878,125
A- 3,000 Conoco Funding Co., 6.35%, 10/15/11 (Canada) 3,369,600
BBB+ 2,000 Dominion Resources, Inc., 5.70%, 9/17/12 2,119,260
B 2,500 Dresser, Inc., 9.375%, 4/15/11 2,787,500
BBB 1,500 DTE Energy Co., 7.05%, 6/01/11 1,712,760
B 1,500 3 Dynegy Holdings, Inc., 10.125%, 7/15/13 1,747,500
B1 1,000 El Paso Natural Gas Co., 7.625%, 8/01/10 1,083,750
B- 1,500 El Paso Production Holding Co., 7.75%, 6/01/13 1,567,500
BBB+ 640 Exelon Corp., 6.75%, 5/01/11 718,355
FirstEnergy Corp.,
BBB- 480 Ser. B, 6.45%, 11/15/11 525,859
BBB- 1,500 Ser. C, 7.375%, 11/15/31 1,709,115
BBB+ 1,250 Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, 7.30%, 8/15/33 1,447,975
BBB 1,000 Kinder Morgan, Inc., 6.50%, 9/01/12 1,108,300
BBB+ 1,800 Occidental Petroleum Corp., 6.75%, 1/15/12 2,054,736
Progress Energy, Inc.,
Baa2 1,800 6.75%, 3/01/06 1,888,326
Baa2 2,000 7.10%, 3/01/11 2,267,980
28,986,641
Entertainment & Leisure—2.7%
B+ 2,000 Boyd Gaming Corp., 8.75%, 4/15/12 2,250,000
B 1,700 Hammons John Q. Hotels LP, Ser. B, 8.875%, 5/15/12 1,955,000
Ba3 382 Host Marriot Corp., Ser. B, 7.875%, 8/01/08 392,505
Ba2 1,000 MGM Mirage, 9.75%, 6/01/07 1,125,000
Ba2 2,000 Park Place Entertainment Corp., 8.875%, 9/15/08 2,302,500
BB+ 3,000 Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., 7.875%, 5/01/12 3,506,250
11,531,255
Financial Institutions—17.0%
Aa3 2,450 Bank of America Corp., 7.80%, 2/15/10 2,892,494
Aa3 1,400 2 Bank One Corp., 6.50%, 2/01/06 1,466,192
Aa3 2,000 3 Barclays Bank PLC, 6.86%, 9/29/49 (United Kingdom) 2,237,850
A+ 500 Bear Stearns Co., Inc., 6.50%, 5/01/06 526,890
Citigroup, Inc.,
AA+ 450 2.00%, 6/09/09 451,048
AA 849 3 5.00%, 9/15/14 856,777
AA 6,000 5.625%, 8/27/12 6,480,780
Credit Suisse First Boston USA, Inc.,
AA- 700 2 6.125%, 11/15/11 770,077
AA- 1,000 7.125%, 7/15/32 1,184,270
BB 1,000 Crum & Forster Holdings Corp., 10.375%, 6/15/13 1,070,000
AAA 4,000 2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 6.875%, 9/15/10 4,628,320
Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
AAA 4,000 4.375%, 9/15/12 4,032,680
AAA 1,805 7.125%, 6/15/10 2,105,280
AAA 3,000 General Electric Capital Corp., Ser. A, 6.75%, 3/15/32 3,497,760
General Motors Acceptance Corp.,
Baa1 700 6.75%, 1/15/06 726,082
Baa1 4,000 6.875%, 8/28/12 4,142,000
Aa3 1,000 Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 6.60%, 1/15/12 1,119,940
A+ 3,650 Household Finance Corp., 6.375%, 10/15/11 - 11/27/12 4,073,468
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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BlackRock Income Opportunity Trust (BNA) (continued)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000 ) Description Value
Financial Institutions—(cont’d)
HSBC Bank USA, Inc.,
AA $ 2,525 3.875%, 9/15/09 $ 2,535,125
AA- 850 5.875%, 11/01/34 849,150
JP Morgan Chase & Co.,
Aa3 2,100 5.25%, 5/30/07 2,208,591
A1 1,000 6.75%, 2/01/11 1,132,770
AAA 3,000 KFW Intl. Finance, Inc., 5.25%, 6/28/06 3,124,710
A+ 1,500 Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., 6.625%, 1/18/12 1,696,095
Marsh & McLennan Cos, Inc.,
BBB+ 275 2.193%, 7/13/07 265,966
BBB+ 285 5.375%, 7/15/14 277,499
AA- 600 Morgan Stanley, 5.80%, 4/01/07 637,590
AA- 1,200 National City Bank Cleveland Ohio, 3.375%, 10/15/07 1,203,756
A+ 2,000 Northern Trust Co., 6.30%, 3/07/11 2,240,940
Rainbow National Services LLC,
B3 225 3 8.75%, 9/01/12 240,750
CCC+ 675 3 10.375%, 9/01/14 732,375
Aa2 3,025 U.S. Bank NA, 2.036%, 10/01/07 3,022,429
AA 2,000 UBS Preferred Funding Trust I, 8.622%, 10/29/49 2,453,878
Aa3 1,450 Wachovia Bank NA, 4.80%, 11/01/14 1,442,996
Aa1 3,780 Wells Fargo & Co., 1.98%, 9/15/09 3,778,715
Aa1 2,000 Wells Fargo Bank, 7.55%, 6/21/10 2,362,420
72,467,663
Health Care—1.6%
A+ 1,000 Bristol Myers Squibb Co., 5.75%, 10/01/11 1,078,960
NR 3,000 HealthSouth Corp., 7.00%, 6/15/08 2,985,000
BB+ 1,500 Omnicare, Inc., Ser. B, 8.125%, 3/15/11 1,627,500
A 1,310 UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 3.375%, 8/15/07 1,306,594
6,998,054
Industrials—0.7%
BBB+ 825 Allegiance Corp., 7.00%, 10/15/26 858,841
B 2,010 Manitowoc, Inc., 10.50%, 8/01/12 2,319,037
3,177,878
Media—4.5%
B1 2,000 Alliance Atlantis Communications, Inc., 13.00%, 12/15/09 (Canada) 2,150,000
AOL Time Warner, Inc.,
BBB+ 2,410 7.57%, 2/01/24 2,777,163
BBB+ 3,000 9.125%, 1/15/13 3,784,200
BBB 1,860 AT&T Broadband Corp., 8.375%, 3/15/13 2,281,718
CCC+ 675 Charter Communications Holdings II, LLC, 10.25%, 9/15/10 702,000
CCC+ 2,425 Charter Communications Holdings LLC, 10.75%, 10/01/09 2,049,125
BBB 1,000 Comcast Cable Communications, Inc., 6.75%, 1/30/11 1,117,070
BBB 325 Comcast Corp., 7.05%, 3/15/33 367,243
B 1,000 Quebecor Media, Inc., 11.125%, 7/15/11 (Canada) 1,157,500
CCC 3,000 WRC Media, Inc., 12.75%, 11/15/09 2,820,000
19,206,019
Other—4.3%
A3 16,320 3 Targeted Return Index Securities Trust, Inc., Ser. 10-2002, 6.896%, 1/15/12 18,465,264
Real Estate—1.2%
BBB+ 1,000 AvalonBay Communities, Inc., 6.625%, 9/15/11 1,111,710
EOP Operating LP,
BBB+ 2,285 4.65%, 10/01/10 2,298,916
BBB+ 800 7.00%, 7/15/11 905,064
BBB- 725 Rouse Co., 3.625%, 3/15/09 683,073
4,998,763
Technology—0.5%
BB+ 2,000 Seagate Technology Holdings, 8.00%, 5/15/09 (Cayman Island) 2,160,000
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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BlackRock Income Opportunity Trust (BNA) (continued)
Principal/Notional
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000 ) Description Value
Telecommunications—3.4%
A $ 3,675 BellSouth Corp., 5.20%, 9/15/14 $ 3,745,450
BB 250 3 Qwest Corp., 7.875%, 9/01/11 265,625
SBC Communications, Inc.,
A 350 4.125%, 9/15/09 349,923
A 3,125 5.10%, 9/15/14 3,141,999
A+ 1,000 6.25%, 3/15/11 1,102,790
A+ 575 Verizon Global Funding Corp., 7.75%, 6/15/32 704,289
Aa3 540 Verizon Maryland, Inc., 5.125%, 6/15/33 474,925
Aa3 3,000 Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc., Ser. A, 5.65%, 11/15/11 3,194,580
A 1,000 Vodafone Group PLC, 7.75%, 2/15/10 (United Kingdom) 1,177,200
14,156,781
Transportation—1.4%
BBB+ 1,000 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., 5.90%, 7/01/12 1,078,510
BBB+ 1,000 Canadian National Railway Co., 6.375%, 10/15/11 (Canada) 1,118,527
BBB 1,475 Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., 6.25%, 10/15/11 (Canada) 1,634,270
BBB+ 2,000 Union Pacific Corp., 6.125%, 1/15/12 2,177,160
6,008,467
Total Corporate Bonds 260,799,378
Foreign Government Bonds—0.8%
Baa2 3,000 United Mexican States, 8.00%, 9/24/22 3,445,500
Total Long-Term Investments (cost $549,598,840) 571,348,570
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS—0.7%
NR 2,100 HBOS Treasury Services PLC, 2.04%, 1/26/05 2,089,766
NR 1,200 Santander Hispano, 2.01%, 1/14/05 1,195,042
Total Short-Term Investments (cost $3,284,808) 3,284,808
OUTSTANDING OPTIONS PURCHASED—0.1%
Interest Rate Swap,
24,800 4.365% over 3-month LIBOR, expires 1/28/05 243,131
17,500 4.60% over 3-month LIBOR, expires 11/19/04 29,365
24,800 4.865% over 3-month LIBOR, expires 1/28/08 169,885
13,100 6.25% over 3-month LIBOR, expires 11/19/04 13
Total Outstanding Options Purchased (cost $505,980) 442,394
Total investments before investments sold short and outstanding options written (cost $553,389,628) 575,075,772
INVESTMENT SOLD SHORT—(10.7)%
(45,000 ) Federal National Mortgage Assoc., 5.50%, TBA (proceeds $45,796,477) (45,815,760 )
Contracts/Notional
Amount
(000 )
OUTSTANDING OPTIONS WRITTEN—(0.3%)
Interest Rate Swap,
(28,400 ) 3.00% over 3-month LIBOR, expires 1/19/05 (82,205 )
(24,800 ) 4.375% over 3-month LIBOR, expires 10/28/05 (468,273 )
(31,300 ) 4.60% over 3-month LIBOR, expires 2/23/05 (273,343 )
(24,800 ) 5.375% over 3-month LIBOR, expires 10/28/05 (418,239 )
(55,000 ) 5.75% over 3-month LIBOR, expires 9/23/05 (129,250 )
(13,100 ) 6.05% over 3-month LIBOR, expires 2/23/05 (5,502 )
(25 ) U.S. Treasury Notes Futures, expires 11/26/04 (25,781 )
(25 ) U.S. Treasury Notes Futures, expires 11/26/04 (391 )
Total Outstanding Options Written (premium received $2,557,620) (1,402,984 )
Total investments net of investments sold short and outstanding options written—123.7% $ 527,857,109
Liabilities in excess of other assets—(23.7)% (101,213,660 )
Net Assets—100% $ 426,643,449
1 Using the higher of S&P’s, Moody’s or Fitch’s rating.
2 Entire or partial principal amount pledged as collateral for reverse repurchase agreements or financial futures contracts.
3 Security is not registered under the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions in accordance with Rule 144A under that Act, to qualified institutional buyers. As of October 31, 2004, the Trust
held 5.8% of its net assets, with a current market value of $24,880,897 in securities restricted as to resale.

Details of open reverse repurchase agreements are disclosed in Note 4 in the Notes to Financial Statements.

A category in the Corporate Bonds section may contain multiple industries as defined by the SEC’s Standard Industry Codes.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
OCTOBER 31, 2004
BlackRock Income Trust Inc. (BKT)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000) Description Value
LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS—148.9%
Mortgage Pass-Through Securities—33.5%
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
$ 15,414 2 5.50%, 10/01/16 - 5/01/17 $ 15,979,706
87 6.50%, 5/01/29 - 5/01/30 91,840
24 7.50%, 2/01/23 25,580
136 8.00%, 11/01/15 144,486
90 8.50%, 10/01/06 - 3/01/08 93,510
270 9.00%, 9/01/20 302,589
Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
25,176 2 5.00%, 6/01/33 - 7/01/34 25,145,474
67,492 2 5.50%, 12/01/13 - 8/01/34 69,544,223
11,587 2 6.00%, 11/01/31 - 10/01/32 12,026,278
5,991 6.50%, 2/01/26 - 5/01/31 6,310,412
9,872 2 7.00%, 6/01/26 - 2/01/32 10,479,209
5,208 7.50%, 11/01/14 - 9/01/23 5,622,041
546 8.00%, 5/01/08 - 5/01/22 577,390
12 9.50%, 1/01/19 - 9/01/19 13,955
Government National Mortgage Assoc.,
148 7.00%, 10/15/17 158,872
838 7.50%, 8/15/21 - 12/15/23 908,965
596 8.00%, 10/15/22 - 2/15/29 651,415
56 9.00%, 6/15/18 - 9/15/21 63,011
Total Mortgage Pass-Through Securities 148,138,956
Federal Housing Administration—2.4%
GMAC Projects,
649 Ser. 51, 7.43%, 2/01/23 689,419
1,067 Ser. 56, 7.43%, 11/01/22 1,135,307
54 Merrill Projects, Ser. 54, 7.43%, 5/15/23 57,795
872 Reilly Project, Ser. 41, 8.28%, 3/01/20 914,091
USGI Projects,
206 Ser. 87, 7.43%, 12/01/22 219,098
963 Ser. 99, 7.43%, 10/01/23 1,024,230
6,047 Yorkville, Ser. 6094, 7.43%, 6/01/21 6,429,203
Total Federal Housing Administration 10,469,143
Agency Multiple Class Mortgage Pass-Through Securities—17.7%
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
6,960 Ser. 11, Class A9, 5.00%, 1/25/28 6,232,320
447 Ser. 19, Class F, 8.50%, 3/15/20 447,376
3,000 Ser. 1598, Class J, 6.50%, 10/15/08 3,205,740
2,375 Ser. 2534, Class NG, 4.50%, 3/15/22 2,378,835
12,751 Ser. 2758, Class KV, 5.50%, 5/15/23 13,211,499
2,240 Ser. 2765, Class UA, 4.00%, 3/15/11 2,171,638
Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
9,551 Ser. 28, Class PB, 6.00%, 8/25/28 10,055,154
3,419 Ser. 29, Class HC, 7.50%, 7/25/30 3,700,068
1,903 Ser. 31, Class ZG, 7.50%, 5/25/34 2,205,517
9,133 Ser. 32, Class VT, 6.00%, 9/25/15 9,456,453
430 Ser. 43, Class E, 7.50%, 4/25/22 448,772
1,749 Ser. 60, Class PA, 5.50%, 4/25/34 1,821,056
5,000 Ser. 81, Class BR, 5.25%, 4/25/25 5,101,050
12,264 Ser. 135, Class PB, 6.00%, 1/25/34 12,796,626
Government National Mortgage Assoc.,
2,216 Ser. 5, Class Z, 7.00%, 5/16/26 2,360,047
2,500 Ser. 33, Class PB, 6.50%, 7/20/31 2,604,274
Total Agency Multiple Class Mortgage Pass-Through Securities 78,196,425
Non-Agency Multiple Class Mortgage Pass-Through Securities—0.0%
AAA 212 3 Summit Mortgage Trust, Ser. 1, Class B1, 5.904%, 12/28/12 212,141
See Notes to Financial Statements.

31

BlackRock Income Trust Inc. (BKT) (continued)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000 ) Description Value
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Securities-0.1%
Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
$ 184 Ser. 38, Class F, 8.325%, 4/25/21 $ 202,245
43 Ser. 256, Class F, 3.438%, 11/25/23 37,674
Total Adjustable Rate Mortgage Securities 239,919
Inverse Floating Rate Mortgage Securities—3.7%
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
70 Ser. 1160, Class F, 32.194%, 10/15/21 81,632
753 2 Ser. 1616, Class SB, 8.50%, 11/15/08 771,944
2,524 Ser. 1688, Class S, 10.303%, 12/15/13 2,671,560
3,626 Ser. 2664, Class SR, 8.854, 8/15/33 3,227,524
1,456 Ser. 2752, Class SV, 15.428%, 9/15/33 1,490,316
Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
78 Ser. 7, Class S, 3/25/21 11,366
186 Ser. 38, Class SA, 10.186%, 4/25/21 196,538
38 Ser. 46, Class S, 20.753%, 5/25/21 10,348
45 Ser. 49, Class S, 8.431%, 12/25/21 4,531
1,239 Ser. 72, Class S, 8.75%, 5/25/08 1,283,992
237 Ser. 87, Class S, 21.797%, 8/25/21 280,580
549 Ser. 93, Class S, 8.50%, 5/25/08 566,640
44 Ser. 145, Class S, 29.269%, 10/25/06 49,997
284 Ser. 170, Class SC, 9.00%, 9/25/08 292,484
2,162 Ser. 196, Class SC, 8.973%, 10/25/08 2,265,555
755 Ser. 214, Class SH, 13.569%, 12/25/08 795,440
1,936 Ser. 247, Class SN, 10.00%, 12/25/23 1,985,787
AAA 404 Kidder Peabody Acceptance Corp., Ser. 1, Class A6, 13.032%, 8/25/23 412,683
Total Inverse Floating Rate Mortgage Securities 16,398,917
Interest Only Asset-Backed Securities—1.6%
Sterling Coofs Trust,
51,687 Ser. 1, 4/15/29 4,590,415
33,705 Ser. 2, 3/30/30 2,685,867
Total Interest Only Asset-Backed Securities 7,276,282
Interest Only Mortgage-Backed Securities—15.5%
11,325 ABN Amro Mortgage Corp., Ser. IV, Class A2, 3/25/33 497,167
American Housing Trust,
320 Ser. III, Class 4, 3/25/19 4,999
76 Ser. VII, Class 2, 11/25/20 180,000
100,158 Commercial Mortgage Acceptance Corp., Ser. ML1, 12/15/30 2,208,879
30,590 3 Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Ser. C1, Class AX, 6/20/29 1,415,706
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
16,455 Ser. 60, Class HS, 4/25/24 532,975
11 Ser. 176, Class M, 7/15/21 150
1 Ser. 192, Class U, 2/15/22 164
3,824 Ser. 204, 5/1/29 706,218
35 Ser. 1043, Class H, 2/15/21 48,406
5 Ser. 1054, Class I, 3/15/21 865
33 Ser. 1056, Class KD, 3/15/21 4,354
41 Ser. 1057, Class J, 3/15/21 8,788
115 Ser. 1148, Class E, 10/15/21 2,375
30 Ser. 1179, Class O, 11/15/21 522
29 Ser. 1221 Class H, 3/15/07 501
900 Ser. 1706, Class IA, 10/15/23 75,519
289 Ser. 1720, Class PK, 1/15/24 28,041
8,498 Ser. 1914, Class PC, 12/15/11 100,696
10,672 Ser. 2002, Class HJ, 10/15/08 251,590
211 Ser. 2099, Class JB, 9/15/22 11,483
1,911 Ser. 2296, Class SA, 3/15/16 153,816
1,425 Ser. 2444, Class ST, 9/15/29 110,784
1,319 Ser. 2513, Class BI, 12/15/15 67,217
2,615 Ser. 2542, Class MX, 5/15/22 297,603
2,385 Ser. 2543, Class IM, 9/15/12 109,552
5,658 Ser. 2545, Class NI, 3/15/22 639,129
38,385 Ser. 2559, Class IO, 8/15/30 161,936
9,087 Ser. 2561, Class EW, 9/15/16 845,953
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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BlackRock Income Trust Inc. (BKT) (continued)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000) Description Value
Interest Only Mortgage-Backed Securities—(cont’d)
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.—(cont’d),
$ 16,571 Ser. 2611, Class QI, 9/15/32 $ 3,135,398
26,066 Ser. 2633, Class PI, 3/15/12 1,371,849
6,145 Ser. 2653, Class MI, 4/15/26 898,100
11,549 Ser. 2658, Class PI, 6/15/13 1,000,178
5,662 Ser. 2672, Class TQ, 3/15/23 664,475
12,324 Ser. 2676, Class JI, 8/15/13 746,487
3,633 Ser. 2687, Class IL, 9/15/18 663,702
26,076 Ser. 2687, Class IQ, 9/15/22 1,993,021
6,533 Ser. 2693, Class IB, 6/15/13 673,848
4,841 Ser. 2694, Class LI, 7/15/19 564,144
2,050 Ser. 2750, Class TC, 2/15/34 2,043,461
9,253 Ser. 2773, Class OX, 2/15/18 1,162,347
20,215 Ser. 2779, Class YS, 1/15/33 2,027,805
28,207 Ser. 2780, Class SM, 4/15/34 1,530,023
22,898 Ser. 2786, Class PI, 10/15/10 1,244,265
3,571 Ser. 2791, Class KS, 5/15/34 3,687,652
Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
433 Ser. 5, Class H, 1/25/22 62,334
26 Ser. 7, Class 2, 4/1/17 4,699
222 Ser. 10, Class S, 5/25/21 26,853
175 Ser. 12, Class S, 5/21/21 34,201
114 Ser. 17, Class S, 6/25/21 16,650
6,455 Ser. 11, Class PI, 1/25/19 157,507
111 Ser. 12, Class C, 2/25/22 19,683
12,037 Ser. 13, Class IG, 10/25/22 1,133,633
23,150 Ser. 16, Class PI, 11/25/12 1,228,826
1 Ser. 20, Class H, 3/25/06 49
154 Ser. 33, Class PV, 10/25/21 35,241
4,907 Ser. 33, Class SG, 3/25/09 290,121
2,504 Ser. 37, Class SE, 10/25/22 14,768
14 Ser. 38, Class N, 4/25/21 1,578
126 Ser. 50, Class G, 12/25/21 17,674
1,497 Ser. 50, Class SI, 4/25/23 34,627
7,372 Ser. 51, Class IE, 4/25/26 902,203
2 Ser. 54, Class H, 5/25/05 84
6,044 Ser. 55, Class GI, 7/25/19 1,049,839
1,254 Ser. 60, Class SB, 10/25/22 29,087
1,782 Ser. 62, Class IC, 7/25/15 96,704
1,837 Ser. 62, Class IL, 3/25/24 57,708
23,489 Ser. 64, Class QI, 1/25/33 4,537,986
8,384 Ser. 66, Class CI, 7/25/33 1,680,842
5,725 Ser. 68, Class SC, 1/25/24 532,825
6,814 Ser. 71, Class EI, 8/25/33 1,328,203
6,530 Ser. 82, Class IR, 9/25/12 320,375
13 Ser. 84, Class H, 8/25/06 809
29,836 Ser. 88, Class TI, 11/25/13 1,593,545
46 Ser. 89, Class 2, 6/1/18 7,470
46,000 Ser. 90, Class JH, 6.00%, 12/31/49 4,909,063
23,742 Ser. 90, Class M, 1/25/28 3,634,731
13 Ser. 94, Class 2, 8/1/21 2,636
56 Ser. 99, Class L, 8/25/21 7,890
6,639 Ser. 122, Class IA, 9/25/09 241,184
3,741 Ser. 122, Class IC, 9/25/18 733,499
10 Ser. 123, Class M, 10/25/20 1,521
79 Ser. 136, Class S, 11/25/20 85,096
90 Ser. 139, Class PT, 10/25/21 9,314
45 Ser. 141, Class SA, 8/25/07 8,919
4,554 Ser. 199, Class SB, 10/25/23 344,679
4,043 Ser. 302, Class 2, 6/1/29 759,439
7,958 Ser. 602, Class BI, 10/25/22 1,017,977
1,326 Ser. W4, 12/25/28 210,051
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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BlackRock Income Trust Inc. (BKT) (continued)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000 ) Description Value
Interest Only Mortgage-Backed Securities—(cont’d)
$ 155 First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Ser. C, Class I, 4/25/17 $ 27,895
30,435 GMAC Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., Ser. C1, Class X, 7/15/27 1,372,249
19,276 3 Goldman Sachs Mortgage Securities Corp., Ser. 5, 2/19/25 407,352
Government National Mortgage Assoc.,
6,124 Ser. 39, Class ID, 5.00%, 5/20/33 685,942
4,087 Ser. 58, Class IT, 5.50%, 7/20/33 651,105
9,341 3 Hanover Grantor Trust, Ser. A, Class 1, 8/1/27 44,838
140 Kidder Peabody Acceptance Corp., Ser. B, Class A2, 4/22/18 27,254
3,019 MASTR Alternative Loan Trust, Ser. 9, Class 15X2, 1/25/19 350,062
135,942 MLCC Mortgage Investors, Inc., Ser. A, Class XA, 3/25/28 4,333,155
Morgan Stanley Mortgage Trust,
121 Ser. 38, Class 2, 11/20/21 21,731
128 Ser. 39, Class 2, 12/20/21 23,042
4,275 Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., Ser. C2, 6/15/21 74,823
3,077 Morgan Stanley Cap. Trust I, Ser. 3, Class 1AX, 5/25/19 369,256
8,698 3 Morgan Stanley Capital I, Inc., Ser. HF1, Class X, , 6/15/17 225,073
2,812 Residential Accredit Loans, Inc., Ser. QS7, Class A1, 4/25/33 487,150
19,955 Small Business Administration, Ser. 1, 4/1/15 149,665
168,425 Vendee Mortgage Trust, Ser. 2, Class 1, 5/15/29 247,583
Total Interest Only Mortgage-Backed Securities 68,552,441
Principal Only Mortgage-Backed Securities—8.7%
AAA 136 Collateralized Mortgage Obligation Trust, Ser. 29, Class A, 5/23/17 123,002
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.,
AAA 8,202 Ser. 26, 8/25/33 5,197,917
AAA 1,504 Ser. J4, 6/25/33 1,177,651
AAA 2,084 Ser. J5, 7/25/33 1,320,685
AAA 1,531 Ser. J8, 9/25/23 944,081
Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc.,
AAA 60 Ser. K, Class 1, 9/23/17 53,370
AAA 614 Ser. V, Class 1, 9/1/18 566,390
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
495 Ser. 8, Class A10, 11/15/28 420,211
321 Ser. 1418, Class M, 11/15/22 278,885
775 Ser. 1571, Class G, 8/15/23 566,075
4,311 Ser. 1691, Class B, 3/15/24 3,849,534
494 Ser. 1739, Class B, 2/15/24 433,020
Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
643 Ser. 2, Class KB, 1/25/23 536,116
83 Ser. 7, Class J, 2/25/21 70,475
1,993 Ser. 13, Class PR, 3/25/32 1,636,862
154 Ser. 51, Class E, 2/25/23 125,749
54 Ser. 70, Class A, 5/25/23 48,493
71 Ser. 167, Class D, 10/25/17 68,337
95 Ser. 203, Class 1, 2/1/23 85,378
68 Ser. 228, Class 1, 5/1/23 60,186
3,286 Ser. 249, Class B, 11/25/23 2,861,463
526 Ser. 273, Class 1, 7/1/26 471,798
9,444 Ser. 328, Class 1, 11/1/32 8,006,596
6,216 Ser. 338, Class 1, 6/1/33 5,054,189
657 Ser. W4, 2/25/29 509,093
AAA 92 First Union Residential Securitization Trust, Ser. A, Class 1APO, 3/25/15 90,877
AAA 700 MASTR Asset Securitization Trust, Ser. 3, Class 4A15, 3/25/34 348,270
AAA 45 Structured Mortgage Asset Residential Trust, Ser. 3C, Class CX, 4/25/24 41,270
NR 13,000 2 Resolution Funding Corp., Ser. B, 4/15/30 3,404,700
Total Principal Only Mortgage-Backed Securities 38,350,673
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities—2.8%
AAA 10,250 3 New York City Mortgage Loan Trust, Multi-Family, Class A2, 6.75%, 6/25/11 11,002,893
Aaa 1,278 Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust, Ser. 11, Class 5A1, 5.50%, 1/25/19 1,284,181
Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 12,287,074
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations—14.7%
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
1,185 Ser. 1961, Class H, 5/15/12 1,248,754
7,372 Ser. 2218, Class Z, 3/15/30 8,580,066
13,884 Ser. 2461, Class Z, 6/15/32 14,985,160
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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BlackRock Income Trust Inc. (BKT) (continued)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000 ) Description Value
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations—(cont’d)
GSR Mortgage Loan Trust,
$ 6,264 Ser. 10, Class 2A1, 10/25/33 $ 6,164,374
6,051 Ser. 13, Class 1A1, 10/25/33 6,014,792
2,966 MASTR Alternative Loan Trust, Ser. 7, Class 4A3, 11/25/18 3,279,923
9,966 MASTR Asset Securitization Trust, Ser. 12, Class 3A5, 10/25/14 10,003,320
13,717 Residential Funding Securities Corp., Ser. RM2, Class A15, 5/25/33 15,259,798
Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 65,536,187
Collateralized Mortgage Obligation Residuals—0.1%
Collateralized Mortgage Obligation Trust,
7 Ser. 40, Class R, 4/01/18 664
122 Ser. 42, Class R, 10/01/14 16,647
1 FBC Mortgage Securities Trust 16, Ser. A, Class 1, 7/01/17 283,265
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
42 Ser. 19, Class R, 3/15/20 4,975
0 Ser. 75, Class R, 1/15/21 11
0 Ser. 75, Class RS, 1/15/21 11
0 Ser. 173, Class R, 11/15/21 49
0 Ser. 173, Class RS, 11/15/21 49
59 Ser. 200, Class R, 12/15/22 1,096
13 4 PaineWebber Trust, Ser. 88 M, Class 6, 9/01/18 0
Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligation Residuals 306,767
U.S. Government and Agency Securities—47.1%
17,115 Overseas Private Investment Corp., zero coupon-7.35%, 5/29/12 17,814,428
Small Business Administration,
1,230 Ser. 20C-1, 7.15%, 3/01/17 1,331,001
1,681 Ser. 20E-1, 7.60%, 5/01/16 1,816,220
2,316 Ser. 20F-1, 7.55%, 6/01/16 2,503,396
1,419 Ser. 20G-1, 7.70%, 7/01/16 1,538,859
1,954 Ser. 20H-1, 7.25%, 8/01/16 2,106,439
3,321 Ser. 20K-1, 6.95%, 11/01/16 3,564,648
1,805 Small Business Investment Companies, Ser. P10A, Class 1, 6.12%, 2/01/08 1,918,298
U.S. Treasury Bonds,
129,000 2 zero coupon, 11/15/24 46,657,107
550 6.125%, 11/15/27 646,730
U.S. Treasury Notes,
50,000 2 1.50%, 3/31/06 49,414,000
42,600 2 2.50%, 5/31/06 42,640,044
3,000 3.875%, 2/15/13 3,000,936
745 4.00%, 2/15/14 745,231
9,000 2 4.25%, 11/15/13 9,185,670
20,200 2 4.25%, 8/15/14 20,553,500
3,250 2 4.375%, 8/15/12 3,372,883
Total U.S. Government and Agency Securities 208,809,390
Corporate Bonds—1.0%
Financial Institutions—1.0%
NR 4,380 2,5 Structured Asset Receivable Trust, 1.649%, 1/21/10 4,372,797
Total Long-Term Investments (cost $667,477,527) 659,147,112
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT—2.6%
U.S Government and Agency Security—2.6%
11,534 U.S. Treasury Bonds, 1.57%, 11/03/04 (cost $11,533,550) 11,533,550

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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BlackRock Income Trust Inc. (BKT) (continued)
Principal/
Notional
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000) Description Value
OUTSTANDING OPTIONS PURCHASED—0.1%
Interest Rate Swap,
$ 24,800 4.365% over 3-month LIBOR, expires 1/28/05 $ 243,131
18,000 4.60% over 3-month LIBOR, expires 11/19/04 30,204
24,800 4.865% over 3-month LIBOR, expires 1/28/08 169,885
13,500 6.25% over 3-month LIBOR, expires 11/19/04 14
Total Outstanding Options Purchased (cost $508,240) 443,234
Total investments before investments sold short and outstanding options written (cost $679,519,317) 671,123,896
INVESTMENTS SOLD SHORT—(3.0%)
(1,500 ) Federal National Mortgage Assoc., 5.50%, TBA (1,527,187 )
(10,630 ) U.S. Treasury Bonds, 5.375%, 2/15/31 (11,550,133 )
Total Investments Sold Short (proceeds $12,897,590) (13,077,320 )
OUTSTANDING OPTIONS WRITTEN—(0.3%)
Interest Rate Swap,
(29,200 ) 3.00% over 3-month LIBOR, expires 1/19/05 (84,520 )
(24,800 ) 4.375% over 3-month LIBOR, expires 10/28/05 (468,273 )
(13,500 ) 5.05% over 3-month LIBOR, expires 2/23/05 (383,535 )
(24,800 ) 5.375% over 3-month LIBOR, expires 10/28/05 (418,240 )
(77,000 ) 5.75% over 3-month LIBOR, expires 9/23/05 (180,950 )
(13,500 ) 6.05% over 3-month LIBOR, expires 2/23/05 (5,670 )
Total Outstanding Options Written (premium received $2,915,166) (1,541,188 )
Total investments net of investments sold short and outstanding options written—148.3% $ 656,505,388
Liabilities in excess of other assets—(48.3)% (213,870,772 )
Net Assets—100% $ 442,634,616
1 Using the higher of S&P’s, Moody’s or Fitch’s rating.
2 Entire or partial principal amount pledged as collateral for reverse repurchase agreements or financial futures contracts.
3 Security is not registered under the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions in accordance with Rule 144A under that Act, to qualified institutional buyers. As of October 31, 2004, the Trust
held 3.3% of its net assets, with a current market value of $14,485,164, in securities restricted as to resale.
4 Security is fair valued.
5 This bond is borrowed. The rate shown is the yield on the collateral deposited with the counterparty.

Details of open reverse repurchase agreements are disclosed in Note 4 in the Notes to Financial Statements.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
OCTOBER 31, 2004
BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust (BLW)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000 ) Description Value
LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS—136.6%
Corporate Bonds—58.2%
Aero & Defense—2.3%
NR $ 1,000 AAR Corp., Ser. 20001A2, 8.39%, 5/15/11 $ 975,000
NR 4,000 Raytheon Co., 7.00%, 5/15/06 4,223,856
BB- 5,000 Sequa Corp., Ser. B, 8.875%, 4/01/08 5,431,250
B- 5,881 Transdigm, Inc., 8.375%, 7/15/11 6,326,375
16,956,481
Automotive—4.7%
B2 2,750 Collins & Aikman Products Co., 10.75%, 12/31/11 2,750,000
A3 7,500 2 DaimlerChrysler NA Holding Corp., 4.05%, 6/04/08 7,532,475
B1 3,000 Dura Operating Corp., Ser. B, 8.625%, 4/15/12 2,970,000
A3 7,500 2 Ford Motor Credit Co., 7.375%, 2/01/11 8,135,963
Baa1 7,500 2 General Motors Acceptance Corp., 6.875%, 8/28/12 7,766,250
BB- 4,640 TRW Automotive, Inc., 9.375%, 2/15/13 5,336,000
34,490,688
Basic Materials—6.9%
B- 2,820 3 BCP Caylux Holdings SCA, 9.625%, 6/15/14 (Luxembourg) 3,158,400
B 4,000 Caraustar Industries, Inc., 9.875%, 4/01/11 4,350,000
BB+ 5,685 Georgia Pacific Corp., 8.875%, 2/01/10 6,708,300
B2 1,300 Gold Kist, Inc., 10.25%, 3/15/14 1,469,000
B 2,500 3 Huntsman Advanced Materials LLC, 11.00%, 7/15/10 2,900,000
B 3,000 Huntsman LLC, 11.625%, 10/15/10 3,536,250
BB 5,000 Ipsco, Inc., 8.75%, 6/01/13 (Canada) 5,737,500
B+ 5,000 Lyondell Chemical Co., 11.125%, 7/15/12 5,893,750
B- 5,000 Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc., 10.625%, 5/15/11 5,550,000
Ba2 3,250 United States Steel LLC, 10.75%, 8/01/08 3,851,250
BBB 7,500 2 Weyerhaeuser Co., 5.25%, 12/15/09 7,907,655
51,062,105
Building & Development—0.4%
BBB- 3,000 DR Horton, Inc., 5.875%, 7/01/13 3,007,500
Conglomerates—1.5%
B 3,000 Trimas Corp., 9.875%, 6/15/12 3,090,000
BBB+ 7,500 2 Tyco Intl. Group SA, 6.125%, 11/01/08 (Luxembourg) 8,145,375
11,235,375
Consumer Products—2.7%
B+ 5,000 Group 1 Automotive, Inc., 8.25%, 8/15/13 5,300,000
BB+ 5,000 JC Penney Co., Inc., 8.00%, 3/01/10 5,737,500
B+ 5,000 Rite Aid Corp., 8.125%, 5/01/10 5,325,000
B+ 3,500 Sonic Automotive, Inc., Ser. B, 8.625%, 8/15/13 3,692,500
20,055,000
Containers & Glass—1.6%
Graham Packaging Co., Inc.,
CCC+ 785 3 8.50%, 10/15/12 822,288
CCC+ 1,100 3 9.875%, 10/15/14 1,163,250
B- 5,000 Graphic Packaging Intl., Inc., 9.50%, 8/15/13 5,762,500
B+ 4,000 Silgan Holdings, Inc., 6.75%, 11/15/13 4,120,000
11,868,038
Ecological Services & Equipment—2.0%
B+ 5,548 2 Allied Waste NA, Inc., Ser. B, 10.00%, 8/01/09 5,797,660
B 2,000 Casella Waste Systems, Inc., 9.75%, 2/01/13 2,220,000
B- 6,250 2 National Waterworks, Inc., Ser. B, 10.50%, 12/01/12 7,000,000
15,017,660
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust (BLW) (continued)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount Value
(unaudited) (000 ) Description
Energy—7.4%
BB $ 5,500 2,3 AES Corp., The, 8.75%, 5/15/13 $ 6,331,874
BB 5,290 Chesapeake Energy Corp., 7.50%, 9/15/13 5,911,574
BB 2,000 Compagnie Generale de Geophysique SA, 10.625%, 11/15/07 (France) 2,116,000
B 5,000 Dresser, Inc., 9.375%, 4/15/11 5,575,000
B 4,475 2,3 Dynegy Holdings, Inc., 10.125%, 7/15/13 5,213,374
B- 4,000 El Paso Production Holding Co., 7.75%, 6/01/13 4,180,000
BB- 2,160 3 Gazprom, 9.625%, 3/01/13 (Russia) 2,484,000
B+ 2,950 Hanover Equipment Trust, Ser. B, 8.75%, 9/01/11 3,245,000
B 5,000 3 Hilcorp Energy I LP, 10.50%, 9/01/10 5,637,500
A- 2,000 Massey Energy Corp., 6.95%, 3/01/07 2,100,000
B1 5,000 Midwest Generation LLC, Ser. A, 8.30%, 7/02/09 5,400,000
B 5,000 Swift Energy Co., 9.375%, 5/01/12 5,600,000
B+ 1,000 Williams Cos, Inc., 8.125%, 3/15/12 1,175,000
54,969,322
Entertainment & Leisure—1.9%
B 2,000 Hammons John Q. Hotels LP, Ser. B, 8.875%, 5/15/12 2,300,000
Ba3 1,271 Host Marriot Corp., Ser. B, 7.875%, 8/01/08 1,305,953
Ba2 5,425 MGM Mirage, 9.75%, 6/01/07 6,103,125
BB+ 3,500 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., 8.00%, 5/15/10 (Liberia) 3,990,000
13,699,078
Financial Institutions—7.6%
BB 3,000 Crum & Forster Holdings Corp., 10.375%, 6/15/13 3,210,000
JP Morgan HYDIB,
BB 10,000 2,3 6.40%, 6/20/08 10,150,000
B- 9,815 2,3 9.00%, 6/20/08 10,305,555
Baa2 5,000 3 Kazkommerts Intl. BV, 10.125%, 5/08/07 (Netherlands) 5,462,500
BBB+ 200 Marsh & McLennan Cos, Inc., 2.193%, 7/13/07 193,430
Rainbow National Services LLC,
B3 925 3 8.75%, 9/01/12 989,750
CCC+ 2,850 3 10.375%, 9/01/14 3,092,250
B1 4,500 3 Sheridan Acquisition Corp., 10.25%, 8/15/11 4,882,500
B+ 5,000 Southern Star Central Corp., 8.50%, 8/01/10 5,525,000
NR 7,888 2 Structured Asset Receivable Trust, 1.649%, 1/21/10 7,876,003
BB- 4,215 Western Financial Bank, 9.625%, 5/15/12 4,805,100
56,492,088
Health Care—3.6%
BBB- 5,000 Amerisourcebergen Corp., 8.125%, 9/01/08 5,487,500
B- 5,000 2 Concentra Operating Corp., 9.50%, 8/15/10 5,537,500
B3 2,610 Insight Health Services Corp., Ser. B, 9.875%, 11/01/11 2,610,000
B- 3,000 Norcross Safety Products LLC, 9.875%, 8/15/11 3,270,000
Tenet Healthcare Corp.,
B- 1,875 6.375%, 12/01/11 1,710,938
B- 25 6.50%, 6/01/12 22,688
B- 3,005 3 9.875%, 7/01/14 3,147,738
B 4,500 United Surgical Partners Intl., Inc., 10.00%, 12/15/11 5,163,750
26,950,114
Industrials—1.8%
B- 4,000 3 Fasten Tech, Inc., 11.50%, 5/01/11 4,520,000
B 4,900 Hexcel Corp., 9.875%, 10/01/08 5,537,000
B- 3,000 Williams Scotsman, Inc., 9.875%, 6/01/07 2,880,000
12,937,000

See Notes to Financial Statements.

38

BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust (BLW) (continued)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000 ) Description Value
Media—6.4%
B1 $ 2,500 Alliance Atlantis Communications, Inc., 13.00%, 12/15/09 (Canada) $ 2,687,500
CCC+ 3,500 CBD Media Inc., 8.625%, 6/01/11 3,648,750
BB- 5,000 Cenveo Corp., 9.625%, 3/15/12 5,575,000
BBB 6,685 Comcast Cable Communications, Inc., 6.875%, 6/15/09 7,478,530
BB- 6,000 2 CSC Holdings, Inc., 7.875%, 12/15/07 6,450,000
B 1,300 Dex Media East, LLC, 12.125%, 11/15/12 1,615,250
BB- 2,000 Echostar DBS Corp., 5.75%, 10/01/08 2,040,000
B- 5,000 Houghton Mifflin Co., 9.875%, 2/01/13 5,425,000
B- 3,250 Nextmedia Operating, Inc., 10.75%, 7/01/11 3,656,250
B1 2,500 3 Paxson Communications Corp., 4.82%, 1/18/05 2,515,625
B- 4,650 Salem Communications Corp., 7.75%, 12/15/10 4,963,875
CCC 1,375 WRC Media, Inc., 12.75%, 11/15/09 1,292,500
47,348,280
Real Estate—1.1%
BB 5,860 3 American Real Estate Partners LP, 8.125%, 6/01/12 6,182,300
BBB- 2,000 Rouse Co., 5.375%, 11/26/13 1,903,057
8,085,357
Technology—1.4%
B 2,708 Amkor Tech. Inc., 7.75%, 5/15/13 2,342,420
BB+ 3,972 Flextronics Intl. Ltd., 6.50%, 5/15/13 (Singapore) 4,170,600
BBB- 3,500 Unisys Corp., 6.875%, 3/15/10 3,718,750
10,231,770
Telecommunications—4.2%
B- 3,000 ACC Escrow Corp., Ser. B, 10.00%, 8/01/11 2,520,000
A- 5,000 2 Deutsche Telekom Intl. Finance BV, 8.50%, 6/15/10 (Netherlands) 6,018,050
B- 490 3 New Skies Satellites NV, 9.125%, 11/01/12 (Netherlands) 502,250
BB+ 5,000 Nextel Communications, Inc., 7.375%, 8/01/15 5,562,500
B+ 4,210 3 PanAmSat Corp., 9.00%, 8/15/14 4,441,550
B+ 4,000 3 Qwest Communications Intl., Inc., 5.211%, 11/15/04 3,900,000
Qwest Corp.,
BB 1,000 3 7.875%, 9/01/11 1,062,500
BB 6,000 2,3 9.125%, 3/15/12 6,765,000
30,771,850
Transportation—0.7%
BB+ 1,650 Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc., 8.75%, 12/01/13 1,839,750
B 3,015 Sea Containers Ltd., 10.50%, 5/15/12 (Bermuda) 3,128,063
4,967,813
Total Corporate Bonds 430,145,519
Bank Loans—42.3%
Aero & Defense—0.2%
1,475 Transdigm, Inc., Term Loan, LIBOR + 2.25%, 11/08/04 1,497,638
Automotive—1.2%
498 CSK Automotive, Inc., Term Loan C, LIBOR + 2.00%, 12/31/04 - 1/12/05 502,682
1,247 Dayco Products, LLC, Term Loan B, LIBOR + 3.00%, 12/29/04 - 3/29/05 1,262,461
2,852 EaglePicher Industries, Term Loan B, LIBOR + 3.00%, 11/30/04 - 12/10/04 2,858,754
Tenneco Automotive, Inc.
445 Term Loan B, LIBOR + 3.00%, 12/16/04 452,144
1,002 Term Loan B1, LIBOR + 3.00%, 11/30/10 1,018,837
2,769 TRW Automotive Aquisitions Corp., Term Loan D1, LIBOR + 2.25%, 1/14/05 2,808,496
8,903,374
Basic Materials—4.7%
4,000 Boise, Term Loan, LIBOR + 2.25%, 10/31/10 - 10/31/11 4,048,594
Celanese AG,
1,000 Term Loan, LIBOR + 2.50%, 12/31/04 3,046,251
3,000 Term Loan C, LIBOR + 3.50%, 12/31/04 1,016,170
3,000 Cognis, Term Loan, LIBOR + 4.75%, 11/15/04 3,101,250
1,750 Huntsman Intl LLC, Term Loan B, LIBOR + 3.25%, 11/15/04 1,778,000
2,000 Huntsman LLC, Term Loan, LIBOR + 3.50%, 11/22/04 2,025,000
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust (BLW) (continued)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000) Description Value
Basic Materials—(cont’d)
$ 931 INEOS Group Holdings PLC, Term Loan C, LIBOR + 3.50%, 12/31/04 $ 943,033
MDCP Acquisitions,
4,000 Term Loan B3, LIBOR + 2.75%, 1/10/05 4,005,000
4,000 Term Loan C3, LIBOR + 3.25%, 1/10/05 4,000,000
2,497 Nalco Chemical Co., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.50%, 11/23/04 - 1/24/05 2,539,597
1,274 RLC Industries Co., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.00%, 11/30/04 1,279,244
Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc.
1,926 Term Loan LIBOR + 8.00%, 11/26/04 1,925,864
1,000 Term Loan B LIBOR + 2.50%, 1/27/05 1,009,531
487 SGL Carbon LLC, Term Loan, LIBOR + 3.00%, 11/30/04 - 2/09/05 489,419
SP Newsprint Co., Term Loan B,
1,611 LIBOR, 11/15/04 1,631,250
870 LIBOR + 3.00%, 11/26/04 881,016
988 USI Holdings Corp., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.50%, 1/31/05 991,820
34,711,039
Building & Development—0.9%
Associated Materials, Inc., Term Loan,
1,474 LIBOR + 2.75%, 11/12/04 - 3/14/05 1,329,770
1,547 PRIME + 1.75%, 12/31/04 159,572
995 Builders Firstsource, Inc., Term Loan A, LIBOR + 3.00%, 12/31/04 1,001,219
830 Goodman Global Holdings, Inc., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.00%, 12/31/04 - 1/31/05 836,225
1,000 Landsource Communities Development, LLC, Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.50%, 11/26/04 1,015,000
Nortek, Inc., Term Loan,
500 LIBOR + 2.75%, 8/24/11 470,670
4,985 PRIME + 1.50%, 1/06/10 36,205
Ply Gem Industries, Inc.,
75 CAD Term Loan, LIBOR + 2.50%, 12/31/04 75,467
1,423 Term Loan, LIBOR + 2.50%, 12/31/04 1,436,397
500 Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.50%, 3/31/05 504,375
6,864,900
Conglomerates—2.4%
Colfax Corp.,
3,625 Term Loan B, LIBOR + 3.00%, 11/01/04 3,634,062
1,250 Term Loan C, LIBOR + 6.25%, 12/31/04 1,260,938
1,496 Honeywell Security Group, Term Loan B, LIBOR + 4.00%, 12/06/05 1,496,250
Invesys Intl. Holdings Ltd.,
4,250 Term Loan, LIBOR + 4.75%, 1/07/05 4,372,188
1,977 Term Loan B1, LIBOR + 3.50%, 1/07/05 2,001,872
746 Precise Technology, Inc., Term Loan, LIBOR + 3.00%, 12/31/04 749,048
2,475 Quintiles Transnational Corp., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 4.25%, 12/31/04 2,499,750
1,980 Trimas Corp., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 3.50%, 12/31/04 - 1/13/05 1,994,611
18,008,719
Consumer Products—6.6%
1,063 Alimentation Couche Tard, Inc., Term Loan, LIBOR + 1.75%, 11/18/04 - 11/30/04 1,074,027
500 Buffets, Inc., Term Loan LC, LIBOR + 3.6%, 12/31/04 500,834
1,344 CKE Restaurants, Term Loan, LIBOR + 3.00%, 11/08/04 1,371,226
499 Coinstar, Inc., Term Loan, LIBOR + 2.25%, 12/31/04 - 1/07/05 506,231
1,000 Denny’s Corp., Term Loan, LIBOR, 11/22/04 1,021,875
987 Dole Food Co., Inc., Term Loan D, LIBOR + 2.25%, 11/12/04 - 1/03/05 999,640
3,186 Dr. Pepper Bottling Co. of Texas, Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.25%, 11/22/04 - 4/22/05 3,226,701
869 DS Waters Enterprises LP, Term Loan, LIBOR + 2.75%, 12/31/04 - 3/30/05 843,137
500 Harbor Freight Tools, Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.75%, 11/16/04 - 11/17/04 503,750
1,980 Jarden Corp., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.25%, 12/31/04 1,981,238
983 Keystone Foods Holdings, LLC, Term Loan, LIBOR + 2.50%, 11/29/04 - 3/31/05 991,817
1,000 Knoll, Inc., Term Loan, LIBOR + 3.00%, 11/05/04 1,011,250
2,750 KOSA B.V., Term Loan B1, LIBOR + 2.75%, 12/31/04 2,798,125
987 Language Line, Inc., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 4.25%, 11/22/04 996,094
1,670 Le Nature, Inc., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 4.00%, 11/26/04 - 2/25/05 1,688,968
1,504 Meow Mix Co., Term Loan, LIBOR + 4.25%, 12/26/04 - 1/03/05 1,466,395
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BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust (BLW) (continued)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000) Description Value
Consumer Products—(cont’d)
$ 2,978 Michael Foods, Inc., Term Loan, LIBOR + 2.25%, 11/22/04 - 11/26/04 $ 3,014,719
1,000 Nice Pak Products, Inc., Term Loan, LIBOR + 3.50%, 12/31/04 - 3/10/05 1,010,000
Olympus Cable Holdings, LLC,
2.000 Term Loan A, Prime + 1.25%, 12/31/04 1,958,750
3,500 Term Loan B, Prime + 2.00%, 12/31/04 3,442,033
2,781 Oriental Trading Co., Inc., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.75%, 12/31/04 2,810,145
3,000 OSI Group LLC, Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.50%, 12/31/04 3,035,625
1,838 Pantry, Inc., The, Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.25%, 11/30/04 1,862,949
998 Pierre Foods, Inc., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.75%, 12/03/04 - 3/04/05 1,003,733
1,493 Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc., Term Loan B, LIBOR, 12/31/04 - 1/26/05 1,503,070
3,990 R.H. Donnelley, Inc., Term Loan B2, LIBOR, 12/03/04 - 1/10/05 4,046,110
875 Sealy Mattress Co., Term Loan C, LIBOR + 2.25%, 11/05/04 - 12/01/04 886,301
3,209 Tempur Pedic, Inc., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.25%, 12/31/04 3,227,427
48,782,170
Containers & Glass—2.5%
956 Bway Corp., Term Loan, LIBOR, 11/12/04 968,097
Graham Packaging Co., Inc.,
2,000 Term Loan B, LIBOR, 12/31/04 - 1/08/05 2,027,188
2,000 Term Loan C, PRIME + 3.25%, 12/31/04 2,044,584
1,488 Graphic Packaging Intl., Inc., Term Loan C, LIBOR + 2.50%, 11/30/04 - 1/04/05 1,512,985
Owens-Illinois Group, Inc.,
4,916 Term Loan A, LIBOR + 2.75%, 11/02/04 4,985,929
667 Term Loan C1, LIBOR + 2.75%, 11/26/04 677,150
2,970 Silgan Holdings, Inc., Term Loan B, PRIME + 0.75%, 12/31/04 2,999,624
568 Smurfit Stone Container Corp., Term Loan, LIBOR + 2.00%, 11/15/10 567,645
488 Sola International, Inc., Term Loan, LIBOR + 3.00%, 12/31/04 492,984
1,990 Solo Cup, Inc., Term Loan, LIBOR + 2.50%, 11/01/04 - 12/30/04 2,009,070
18,285,256
Ecological Services & Equipment—0.9%
Allied Waste NA, Inc.,
4,916 Term Loan A, LIBOR + 2.75%, 12/31/04 999,281
667 Term Loan C, LIBOR + 2.75%, 12/15/04 - 12/15/04 3,969,629
Envirosolutions, Inc., Term Loan,
2,273 LIBOR + 2.00%, 12/31/04 55,316
684 LIBOR + 4.50%, 12/31/04 1,939,684
6,963,910
Energy—2.9%
429 AES Corp., The, Term Loan, LIBOR + 2.25%, 11/02/04 - 2/02/05 434,866
1,975 Calpine Corp., Term Loan, LIBOR + 5.75%, 1/18/05 1,654,063
6,924 Centerpoint Energy, Inc., Term Loan, LIBOR + 3.50%, 11/08/04 6,941,635
1,967 Getty Petroleum Marketing, Inc., Term Loan, LIBOR + 3.25%, 12/30/04 1,994,938
2,000 La Grange Acquisition, LP, Term Loan, LIBOR + 3.00%, 11/29/04 2,028,750
1,375 Mission Energy Holdings Co., Term Loan, LIBOR + 5.00%, 12/10/04 1,377,149
NRG Energy, Inc., Term Loan,
932 4.00%, 12/31/04 214,479
576 LIBOR + 4.00%, 12/23/04 378,578
489 Pike Electric, Inc., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.25%, 11/04/04 497,098
5,639 Reliant Resources, Inc., Term Loan, LIBOR + 4.00%, 11/08/04 - 1/08/04 5,721,234
21,242,790
Entertainment & Leisure—1.2%
998 Boyd Gaming Corp., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 1.75%, 12/31/04 - 3/31/05 1,009,221
1,977 Greektown Casino, LLC, Term Loan D, LIBOR + 3.50%, 11/01/04 - 11/04/04 2,924,989
496 Green Valley Ranch Gaming, LLC, Term Loan B, LIBOR, 12/31/04 502,453
1,000 Loews Cineplex Entertainment Corp., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.25%, 11/04/04 - 11/08/04 1,011,875
2,000 Marina District Finance Co., Inc., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 4.50%, 3/31/05 2,012,500
1,239 Wyndham Intl., Inc., Term Loan II, LIBOR + 5.75%, 11/10/04 1,240,811
8,701,849
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BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust (BLW) (continued)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000) Description Value
Financial Institutions—1.1%
958 CCC Information Services, Inc., Term Loan, LIBOR + 3.00%, 11/29/04 $ 960,459
998 Conseco, Inc., Term Loan, LIBOR + 3.50%, 11/26/04 1,015,787
1,950 Global Cash Access, LLC, Term Loan, LIBOR + 2.75%, 11/30/04 1,981,688
1,500 Jostens, Inc., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.50%, 12/30/04 - 1/08/05 1,521,563
1,995 SBA Senior Finance, Inc., Term Loan, LIBOR + 3.50%, 12/30/04 - 3/31/05 2,008,716
488 Universal American Financial Corp., Term Loan, LIBOR + 2.25%, 12/31/04 487,500
7,975,713
Health Care—3.5%
2,995 Accredo Health, Inc., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 1.75%, 11/30/04 3,009,975
211 Ameripath, Inc., Term Loan, LIBOR + 3.00%, 11/26/04 211,662
744 Atrium Companies, Inc., Term Loan, LIBOR + 2.75%, 12/20/04 - 1/18/05 754,921
1,251 Colgate Medical, Ltd., Term Loan B, LIBOR, 12/29/04 - 12/31/04 1,258,956
3,000 Community Health Systems, Inc., Term Loan, LIBOR + 1.75%, 11/30/04 3,008,037
2,743 Concentra Operating Corp., Term Loan, LIBOR + 2.50%, 11/26/04 2,767,127
2,700 Connecticare, Inc., Term Loan, LIBOR + 3.75%, 12/31/04 2,706,750
2,960 Davita, Inc., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.00%, 11/23/04 - 3/30/05 2,993,818
481 DJ Orthopedics, LLC, Term Loan, LIBOR + 2.25%, 12/31/04 - 4/29/05 485,461
499 Fisher Scientific Intl., Inc., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 1.50%, 11/29/04 502,335
998 IASIS Healthcare Corp., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.50%, 12/31/04 - 1/04/05 1,010,176
3,000 Jean Coutu Group, Inc., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.25%, 11/30/04 - 1/31/05 3,044,658
2,297 Kinetic Concepts, Inc., Term Loan B1, LIBOR + 2.00%, 12/31/04 2,322,869
499 Medical Device Manufacturing, Inc., Term Loan, LIBOR + 3.00%, 11/30/04 - 1/31/05 501,244
998 Wellcare Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, LIBOR + 4.00%, 11/15/04 997,500
25,575,489
Industrials—2.6%
373 Alderwoods Group, Inc., Term Loan B1, LIBOR + 2.75%, 11/19/04 - 3/28/05 378,605
995 Arinc, Inc., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.25%, 12/31/04 1,004,950
1,000 Buhrmann U.S., Inc., Term Loan C1, LIBOR + 2.50%, 12/07/04 3,269,689
3,000 Exide Technologies, Term Loan, LIBOR + 3.50%, 11/22/04 2,996,250
952 Ionics, Inc., Term Loan, LIBOR + 2.75%, 12/31/04 962,304
New Flyer, Inc.,
381 Term Loan, LIBOR + 2.75%, 1/01/05 386,190
1,208 Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.75%, 11/30/04 1,222,008
2,887 Roper Industries, Inc., Term Loan, LIBOR + 2.00%, 12/31/04 - 1/28/05 2,887,500
1,477 Sensus Metering Systems, Inc., Term Loan B1, LIBOR + 2.50%, 1/20/05 - 2/22/05 1,487,965
1,824 United Rentals NA, Inc., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.25%, 11/29/04 - 11/30/04 1,842,864
1,888 Williams Scotsman, Inc., Term Loan, LIBOR + 3.00%, 11/12/04 - 1/06/05 1,906,465
702 Worldspan, LP, Term Loan, LIBOR + 3.75%, 12/31/04 - 1/10/05 704,045
19,048,835
Media—6.6%
499 Adams Outdoor Advertising, LP, Term Loan, LIBOR + 2.25%, 12/20/04 - 1/20/05 504,569
2,376 Dex Media East, LLC, Term Loan A, LIBOR + 2.00%, 11/08/04 - 11/30/04 2,399,290
Dex Media West, LLC,
4,317 Term Loan A, LIBOR + 2.50%, 11/08/04 - 11/30/04 4,292,010
4,234 Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.25%, 11/08/04 - 11/30/04 1,962,223
3,717 DirecTV Holdings, LLC, Term Loan B2, LIBOR + 2.00%, 11/15/04 - 12/13/04 3,765,878
4,500 Echostar DBS Corp., Term Loan, LIBOR + 2.25%, 1/04/05 4,680,000
3,000 Emmis Operating Co., Term Loan B, LIBOR, 11/08/04 3,025,500
1,750 Freedom Communications, Inc., Term Loan, LIBOR, 11/29/04 - 12/01/04 1,775,813
970 Insight Midwest Holdings LLC, Term Loan, LIBOR + 2.75%, 12/07/04 6,033,840
1,111 Lions Gate Entertainment, Inc., Term Loan, LIBOR + 3.25%, 12/31/04 1,116,667
3,990 Mediacom Communications Corp., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.50%, 11/05/04 - 12/31/04 4,023,915
1,000 Mediacom Illinois LLC, Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.25%, 11/19/04 - 4/22/05 1,005,714
4,000 MGM Studios, Inc., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.50%, 12/31/04 4,011,000
645 Mission Broadcasting, Inc., Term Loan D, LIBOR + 1.75%, 12/31/04 644,385
352 Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., Term Loan D, LIBOR + 1.75%, 12/31/04 352,749
3,000 NTL Investment Holding Ltd., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 3.00%, 4/14/05 3,024,999
2,500 Raycom Media, Inc., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 1.75%, 11/08/05 2,509,375
1,539 Relizon Company, The, Term Loan, LIBOR + 3.00%, 11/19/04 1,544,865
1,990 Warner Music Group, Term Loan B, LIBOR, 11/24/04 - 4/22/05 2,015,942
48,688,734
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BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust (BLW) (continued)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000 ) Description Value
Real Estate—0.2%
$ 1,455 Crescent Real Estate Equities LP, Term Loan, LIBOR + 2.25%, 11/01/04 - 11/15/05 $ 1,464,507
Technology—0.7%
3,235 Knowles Electronics, Inc., Term Loan B2, LIBOR + 5.00%, 4/04/05 3,269,867
499 Network Communications, Inc., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 4.00%, 11/02/04 - 11/30/04 504,049
1,496 Verifone, Inc., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.50%, 1/31/05 1,516,823
5,290,739
Telecommunications—3.5%
1,000 Atlantic Broadband Finance, LLC, Term Loan B, LIBOR + 3.25%, 12/07/04 1,014,583
1,495 Centennial Cellular Operating Co., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.75%, 11/30/04 - 3/31/05 1,512,352
3,491 Charter Communications Operating, LLC, Term Loan B, LIBOR + 3.25%, 12/31/04 - 1/31/05 3,461,372
1,495 Consolidated Communications, Inc., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.75%, 11/16/04 - 12/31/04 1,506,213
1,000 FairPoint Communications, Inc., Term Loan, TBD, 5/18/12 1,015,000
3,970 Nextel Finance Co., Term Loan E, LIBOR + 2.25%, 12/17/04 3,980,751
2,500 Nextel Partners Operating Corp., Term Loan C, LIBOR + 2.50%, 12/01/04 2,537,500
5,000 Qwest Corp., Term Loan A, LIBOR + 4.75%, 12/09/04 5,190,180
1,649 Valor Telecommunication Enterprises II, LLC, Term Loan A, LIBOR + 2.50%, 11/10/04 - 11/12/04 1,645,153
3,990 Western Wireless Corp., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 3.00%, 11/05/04 - 1/28/05 4,048,426
25,911,530
Transportation—0.6%
998 Kenan Advantage Group, Inc., Term Loan, LIBOR + 3.50%, 12/31/04 1,006,228
1,953 Sirva Worldwide, Inc., Term Loan, LIBOR + 2.50%, 11/08/04 1,965,147
725 Transport Industries, LP, Term Loan B, LIBOR + 4.00%, 12/31/04 725,148
998 Transwestern Pipeline Co., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.25%, 11/08/04 1,001,657
4,698,180
Total Bank Loans 312,615,372
Mortgage Pass-Through Securities—22.3%
Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
5,714 4.423%, 11/01/04 5,853,736
121,700 5.00%, TBA 124,171,970
17,000 2 7.25%, 1/15/10 19,807,380
14,802 2 5.50%, 12/01/28 - 11/01/33 15,101,478
Total Mortgage Pass-Through Securities 164,934,564
Interest Only Asset-Backed Securities—1.5%
Sterling Coofs Trust,
73,778 Ser. 1, 4/15/29 6,552,424
54,298 Ser. 2, 3/30/30 4,326,850
Total Interest Only Asset-Backed Securities 10,879,274
Interest Only Mortgage-Backed Securities—0.5%
17,301 Federal National Mortgage Assoc., Ser. 64, Class QI, 1/25/33 3,342,528
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities—0.1%
BB+ 1,000 3 Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Secs., Inc., Class K, 4.368%, 11/15/04 994,900
Asset-Backed Securities—1.9%
AAA 6,900 DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust, Ser. B, Class A3, 2.25%, 11/01/04 6,877,309
AAA 7,125 Honda Auto Receivables, Class A3, 2.30%, 10/18/07 7,097,742
Total Asset-Backed Securities 13,975,051

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust (BLW) (continued)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000 ) Description Value
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations—2.4%
GSR Mortgage Loan Trust,
$ 8,948 Ser. 10, Class 2A1, 10/25/33 $ 8,806,248
8,834 Ser. 13, Class 1A1, 10/25/33 8,780,718
Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 17,586,966
Foreign Government Bonds—2.5%
NR 1,667 Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, 2.75%, 12/20/04 1,658,272
BB 5,000 Republic of Colombia, 9.75%, 4/23/09 5,662,500
BB 5,000 2 Republic of Peru, 9.125%, 2/21/12 5,600,000
BB- 5,000 Republic of Turkey, 11.375%, 11/27/06 5,650,000
Total Foreign Government Bonds 18,570,772
U.S. Government Securities—4.9%
765 U.S. Treasury Bond, 5.25%, 11/15/28 806,692
U.S. Treasury Notes,
17,000 2 3.375%, 12/15/08 17,172,720
3,425 2 3.375%, 9/15/09 3,438,906
6,000 2 3.875%, 5/15/09 6,167,820
8,660 2 4.25%, 11/15/13 8,838,656
Total U.S. Government Securities 36,424,794
Units
Warrants—0.0%
10 4 Reliant Resources, Inc., Expires 8/25/08, Strike price $.001, 1 share for 1 warrant 0
Total Long-Term Investments (cost $977,574,292) 1,009,469,740
Principal
Amount
(000 )
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT—0.0%
U.S. Government and Agency Zero Coupon Bond—0.0%
200 Federal Home Loan Bank, zero coupon, 11/01/04 (cost $200,000) 200,000
Total investments—136.6% (cost $977,774,292) $ 1,009,669,740
Liabilities in excess of other assets—(36.6)% (270,444,346 )
Net Assets—100% $ 739,225,394
1 Using the higher of S&P’s, Moody’s or Fitch’s rating.
2 Entire or partial principal amount pledged as collateral for reverse repurchase agreements or financial futures contracts.
3 Security is not registered under the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions in accordance with Rule 144A under that Act, to qualified institutional buyers. As of October 31, 2004, the Trust
held 13.1% of its net assets, with a current market value of $96,625,104, in securities restricted as to resale.
4 Illiquid security.

Details of open reverse repurchase agreements are disclosed in Note 4 in the Notes to Financial Statements.

A category in the Corporate Bonds and Bank Loans sections may contain multiple industries as defined by the SEC’s Standard Industry Codes.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
OCTOBER 31, 2004
BlackRock Strategic Bond Trust (BHD)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000 ) Description Value
LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS—112.3%
Corporate Bonds—106.5%
Aero & Defense—4.7%
B- $ 2,000 BE Aerospace, Inc., 9.50%, 11/01/08 $ 2,062,500
BBB+ 1,000 Lockheed Martin Corp., 8.20%, 12/01/09 1,192,530
BBB- 650 Raytheon Co., 4.85%, 1/15/11 669,038
A+ 1,000 United Technologies Corp., 6.35%, 3/01/11 1,125,080
5,049,148
Automotive—11.1%
B2 2,000 Collins & Aikman Products Co., 10.75%, 12/31/11 2,000,000
A3 1,000 DaimlerChrysler NA Holding Corp., 7.30%, 1/15/12 1,145,910
BB 2,000 Dana Corp., 10.125%, 3/15/10 2,255,000
B3 1,000 Delco Remy Intl., Inc., 11.00%, 5/01/09 1,050,000
Ford Motor Credit Co.,
A3 750 5.80%, 1/12/09 771,840
A3 2,000 6.875%, 2/01/06 2,082,480
General Motors Acceptance Corp.,
Baa1 250 6.75%, 1/15/06 259,315
Baa1 900 6.875%, 9/15/11 935,442
Baa1 300 8.00%, 11/01/31 309,750
BB- 892 TRW Automotive, Inc., 9.375%, 2/15/13 1,025,800
11,835,537
Basic Materials—6.7%
B 2,000 Caraustar Industries, Inc., 9.875%, 4/01/11 2,175,000
B2 195 Gold Kist, Inc., 10.25%, 3/15/14 220,350
B 1,500 JSG Funding PLC, 9.625%, 10/01/12 (Ireland) 1,710,000
B+ 1,800 Lyondell Chemical Co., 9.50%, 12/15/08 1,957,500
BBB 1,000 Weyerhaeuser Co., 6.125%, 3/15/07 1,068,810
7,131,660
Building & Development—3.1%
BB+ 1,000 Beazer Homes USA, Inc., 8.625%, 5/15/11 1,095,000
BBB- 2,000 Schuler Homes, Inc., 9.375%, 7/15/09 2,165,000
3,260,000
Conglomerates—2.4%
A+ 325 Honeywell Intl., Inc., 7.50%, 3/01/10 380,354
B 1,000 Trimas Corp., 9.875%, 6/15/12 1,030,000
BBB+ 1,132 Tyco Intl. Group SA, 6.375%, 2/15/06 (Luxembourg) 1,181,876
2,592,230
Consumer Products—5.6%
BBB- 2,000 2 Autonation, Inc., 9.00%, 8/01/08 2,305,000
BB+ 1,000 General Mills, Inc., 5.125%, 2/15/07 1,042,400
BBB+ 575 Kellogg Co., Ser. B, 6.00%, 4/01/06 600,513
B- 500 Pantry, Inc., The, 7.75%, 2/15/14 523,750
B+ 1,400 Sonic Automotive, Inc., Ser. B, 8.625%, 8/15/13 1,477,000
5,948,663
Containers & Glass—1.1%
B 1,000 Crown European Holdings SA, 10.875%, 3/01/13 (France) 1,190,000
Ecological Services & Equipment—2.7%
B+ 1,129 Allied Waste NA, Inc., Ser. B, 10.00%, 8/01/09 1,179,805
B 1,500 Casella Waste Systems, Inc., 9.75%, 2/01/13 1,665,000
2,844,805
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BlackRock Strategic Bond Trust (BHD) (continued)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000 ) Description Value
Energy—14.3%
BB- $ 750 3 Calpine Corp., 9.625%, 9/30/14 $ 712,500
BB 2,000 Compagnie Generale de Geophysique SA, 10.625%, 11/15/07 (France) 2,116,000
A- 1,000 ConocoPhillips Holding Co., 6.95%, 4/15/29 1,173,810
B 2,000 Dresser, Inc., 9.375%, 4/15/11 2,230,000
BBB 250 DTE Energy Co., 7.05%, 6/01/11 285,460
B 1,125 3 Dynegy Holdings, Inc., 10.125%, 7/15/13 1,310,625
El Paso Corp.,
CCC+ 165 7.75%, 1/15/32 151,800
CCC+ 85 7.80%, 8/01/31 77,988
B- 1,750 El Paso Production Holding Co., 7.75%, 6/01/13 1,828,750
BBB+ 105 Exelon Corp., 6.75%, 5/01/11 117,855
BBB- 325 FirstEnergy Corp., Ser. C, 7.375%, 11/15/31 370,308
B+ 2,000 Hanover Equipment Trust, Ser. A, 8.50%, 9/01/08 2,155,000
B1 1,000 Midwest Generation LLC, 8.75%, 5/01/34 1,137,500
BBB+ 250 Occidental Petroleum Corp., 6.75%, 1/15/12 285,380
Baa2 1,000 2 Progress Energy, Inc., 6.75%, 3/01/06 1,049,070
B+ 200 Reliant Energy, Inc., 9.25%, 7/15/10 220,000
15,222,046
Entertainment & Leisure—2.8%
B 1,000 Resorts Intl. Hotel & Casino, Inc., 11.50%, 3/15/09 1,152,500
BB+ 1,500 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., 8.75%, 2/02/11 (Liberia) 1,785,000
2,937,500
Financial Institutions—17.9%
AA 185 3 Allstate Financial Global Funding LLC, 5.25%, 2/01/07 193,826
Aa3 1,000 2 Bank One Corp., 6.50%, 2/01/06 1,047,280
Aa3 650 3 Barclays Bank PLC, 8.55%, 9/29/49 (United Kingdom) 800,506
A+ 325 Bear Stearns Co., Inc., 6.50%, 5/01/06 342,479
B1 2,000 Bluewater Finance Ltd., 10.25%, 2/15/12 (United Kingdom) 2,210,000
AA+ 3,000 2 Citigroup, Inc., 5.75%, 5/10/06 3,133,920
BB 500 Crum & Forster Holdings Corp., 10.375%, 6/15/13 535,000
AAA 2,000 2 General Electric Cap. Corp., 3.45%, 7/16/07 2,013,680
AA 1,500 2 HSBC Bank USA, Inc., 3.875%, 9/15/09 1,506,015
AAA 850 KFW Intl. Finance, Inc., 5.25%, 6/28/06 885,334
A 325 MetLife, Inc., 6.125%, 12/01/11 355,024
Rainbow National Services LLC,
B3 210 3 8.75%, 9/01/12 224,700
CCC+ 1,650 3 10.375%, 9/01/14 1,790,250
NR 1,020 Structured Asset Receivable Trust, 1.61%, 1/21/10 1,018,663
AAA 1,000 3 TIAA Global Markets, Inc., 3.875%, 1/22/08 1,016,200
Aa1 2,000 Wells Fargo & Co., 3.50%, 4/04/08 2,010,640
19,083,517
Health Care—7.3%
NR 2,000 Healthsouth Corp., 7.375%, 10/01/06 2,025,000
B3 1,945 Insight Health Services Corp., Ser. B, 9.875%, 11/01/11 1,945,000
AAA 1,000 Merck & Co., Inc., 4.375%, 2/15/13 994,030
Tenet Healthcare Corp.,
B- 405 6.375%, 12/01/11 369,562
B- 15 6.50%, 6/01/12 13,613
B- 640 3 9.875%, 7/01/14 670,400
B 1,500 United Surgical Partners Intl., Inc., 10.00%, 12/15/11 1,721,250
7,738,855
Media—13.4%
NR 1,000 4 Adelphia Communications Corp., Ser. B, 10.50%, 12/31/49 880,000
B1 1,500 Alliance Atlantis Communications, Inc., 13.00%, 12/15/09 (Canada) 1,612,500
BBB+ 1,000 AOL Time Warner, Inc., 7.70%, 5/01/32 1,196,500
BB- 2,000 Cenveo Corp., 9.625%, 3/15/12 2,230,000
CCC+ 325 Charter Communications Holdings II, LLC, 10.25%, 9/15/10 338,000
CCC+ 1,775 Charter Communications Holdings LLC, 11.125%, 1/15/11 1,491,000
BBB 1,000 Comcast Cable Communications, Inc., 6.875%, 6/15/09 1,118,703
See Notes to Financial Statements.

46

BlackRock Strategic Bond Trust (BHD) (continued)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000 ) Description Value
Media—(cont’d)
B- $ 2,000 Nextmedia Operating, Inc., 10.75%, 7/01/11 $ 2,250,000
B 775 Primedia, Inc., 7.625%, 4/01/08 780,813
B- 750 Vertis, Inc., 10.875%, 6/15/09 817,500
A- 85 Viacom, Inc., 6.625%, 5/15/11 95,630
CCC 1,500 WRC Media, Inc., 12.75%, 11/15/09 1,410,000
14,220,646
Real Estate—2.5%
BB 860 3 American Real Estate Partners LP, 8.125%, 6/01/12 907,300
A- 500 ERP Operating LP, 6.95%, 3/02/11 567,220
Felcore Lodging LP,
B1 1,000 9.00%, 6/01/11 1,130,000
B1 80 10.00%, 9/15/08 84,000
2,688,520
Technology—2.9%
B 1,000 Amkor Technology, Inc., 9.25%, 2/15/08 960,000
BBB- 2,000 Unisys Corp., 8.125%, 6/01/06 2,130,000
3,090,000
Telecommunications—7.0%
B- 750 ACC Escrow Corp., Ser. B, 10.00%, 8/01/11 630,000
A 1,000 Bellsouth Corp., 4.20%, 9/15/09 1,009,660
B3 1,000 Crown Castle Intl. Corp., 10.75%, 8/01/11 1,107,500
MCI, Inc.,
B 36 5.908%, 5/01/07 36,045
B 36 6.688%, 5/01/09 35,460
B 31 7.735%, 5/01/14 29,915
BB 200 3 Qwest Corp., 7.875%, 9/01/11 212,500
A- 1,000 3 Telecom Italia Capital, 4.95%, 9/30/14 (Luxembourg) 992,160
Aa3 2,000 Verizon New England, Inc., 6.50%, 9/15/11 2,222,520
A 1,000 Vodafone Group PLC, 7.75%, 2/15/10 (United Kingdom) 1,177,200
7,452,960
Transportation—1.0%
BBB+ 500 Canadian National Railway Co., 6.90%, 7/15/28 (Canada) 570,880
B 440 Sea Containers Ltd., 10.50%, 5/15/12 (Bermuda) 456,500
1,027,380
Total Corporate Bonds 113,313,467
U.S. Government and Agency Securities—3.9%
410 2 U.S. Treasury Bonds, 5.375%, 2/15/31 445,490
U.S. Treasury Notes,
1,010 2 2.50%, 5/31/06 1,010,949
933 2 2.625%, 11/15/06 933,877
1,000 2 4.25%, 8/15/13 1,022,340
710 2 4.75%, 5/15/14 750,825
Total U.S. Government and Agency Securities 4,163,481
Foreign Government Bonds—1.1%
Baa2 1,000 United Mexican States, 8.125%, 12/30/19 1,171,000

See Notes to Financial Statements.

47

BlackRock Strategic Bond Trust (BHD) (continued)
Principal
Rating 1 Amount
(unaudited) (000) Description Value
Supranational—0.8%
AAA $ 850 European Investment Bank, 4.875%, 9/06/06 $ 883,277
Total Investments (cost $113,309,408) $ 119,531,225
Liabilities in excess of other assets—(12.3)% (13,098,100 )
Net Assets—100% $ 106,433,125
1 Using the higher of S&P’s, Moody’s or Fitch’s rating.
2 Entire or partial principal amount pledged as collateral for reverse repurchase agreements or financial futures contracts.
3 Security is not registered under the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions in accordance with Rule 144A under that Act, to qualified institutional buyers. As of October 31, 2004, the Trust
held 8.3% of its net assets, with a current market value of $8,830,967, in securities restricted as to resale.
4 Issuer is technically in default and/or bankruptcy.

Details of open reverse repurchase agreements are disclosed in Note 4 in the Notes to Financial Statements.

A category in the Corporate Bonds section may contain multiple industries as defined by the SEC’s Standard Industry Codes.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

48

STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
October 31, 2004
Broad Investment
Grade 2009 Core
Term Trust Inc. 1 Bond Trust
(BCT) (BHK)
Assets
Investments at value 2 $ 66,171,306 $ 578,546,345
Cash 45,939 47,177
Foreign currency at value 3 — 1,563
Receivable from investments sold — 92,655,368
Variation margin receivable 23,313 242,188
Receivable for open forward foreign currency contracts — 28,896,140
Interest receivable 690,461 7,932,844
Unrealized appreciation on interest rate swaps — 444,416
Other assets 16,904 70,665
66,947,923 708,836,706
Liabilities
Reverse repurchase agreement 19,262,500 102,473,974
Payable to custodian — —
Payable for investments purchased — 154,043,827
Payable for dollar rolls — 9,845,811
Collateral due to broker — —
Variation margin payable — —
Loan payable — —
Investments sold short at value 4 — —
Outstanding options written at value 5 — 1,338,972
Interest payable 12,176 380,262
Unrealized depreciation on interest rate swaps — —
Interest rate floors at value 5 — —
Payable for open forward foreign currency contracts — 29,192,235
Investment advisory fee payable 21,923 234,803
Administration fee payable 5,979 —
Deferred Directors’/Trustees’ fees 13,875 46,229
Other accrued expenses 376,037 117,335
19,692,490 297,673,448
Net Assets $ 47,255,433 $ 411,163,258
Composition of Net Assets:
Par value $ 29,571 $ 27,019
Paid-in capital in excess of par 38,787,677 386,197,188
Cost of shares held in treasury 6 — —
Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income 7,945,414 2,267,985
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) (2,210,230 ) 4,664,264
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) 2,703,001 18,006,802
Net assets, October 31, 2004 $ 47,255,433 $ 411,163,258
Net asset value 7 $ 15.98 $ 15.22
1 Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities
2 Investments at cost $ 63,602,403 $ 562,275,317
3 Foreign currency at cost — 1,569
4 Proceeds received — —
5 Premium received — 2,196,443
6 Shares held in treasury — —
7 Common shares outstanding 2,957,093 27,018,774

See Notes to Financial Statements.

49

High Opportunity Income Limited — Duration Strategic
Yield Trust Trust Trust Inc. Income Trust Bond Trust
(BHY) (BNA) (BKT) (BLW) (BHD)
$ 68,414,848 $ 575,075,772 $ 671,123,896 $ 1,009,669,740 $ 119,531,225
123,396 — 406,123 320,608 159,456
— — — — —
1,851,793 165,321,199 16,812,288 10,623,166 691,470
— 434,230 — — —
— — — — —
1,580,281 7,800,964 6,781,264 14,229,589 2,578,853
— 601,663 — — —
23,915 132,395 194,224 139,368 15,615
71,994,233 749,366,223 695,317,795 1,034,982,471 122,976,619
— 94,643,913 223,735,589 159,415,731 13,187,854
— 4,061,767 — — —
1,654,083 157,098,996 9,156,600 10,579,320 3,143,958
— 17,775,500 — 124,172,031 —
— 529,143 646,730 806,692 —
— — 442,536 — —
19,250,000 — — — —
— 45,815,760 13,077,320 — —
— 1,402,984 1,541,188 — —
38,361 801,096 1,406,471 94,913 6,155
— — 1,888,354 — —
— — 68,890 — —
— — — — —
43,815 214,954 243,386 480,369 53,544
2,082 69,314 99,859 — —
20,945 108,035 128,490 25,969 8,272
70,907 201,312 247,766 182,052 143,711
21,080,193 322,722,774 252,683,179 295,757,077 16,543,494
$ 50,914,040 $ 426,643,449 $ 442,634,616 $ 739,225,394 $ 106,433,125
$ 6,404 $ 344,497 $ 637,155 $ 36,727 $ 7,049
93,588,410 406,532,068 528,754,021 700,009,639 100,448,229
— (17,377,850 ) — — —
(20,945 2,972,407 3,499,237 1,786,417 188,743
(35,430,908 7,486,517 (79,321,675 ) 5,497,163 (432,713 )
(7,228,921 26,685,810 (10,934,122 ) 31,895,448 6,221,817
$ 50,914,040 $ 426,643,449 $ 442,634,616 $ 739,225,394 $ 106,433,125
$7.95 $12.38 $6.95 $20.13 $15.10
$ 75,643,790 $ 553,389,628 $ 679,519,317 $ 977,774,292 $ 113,309,408
— — — — —
— 45,796,477 12,897,590 — —
— 2,557,620 2,915,166 — —
— 1,757,400 — — —
6,403,606 34,449,693 63,715,468 36,727,287 7,048,718

50

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the year ended October 31, 2004
Broad Investment
Grade 2009 Core
Term Trust Inc. 1 Bond Trust
(BCT) (BHK)
Investment Income
Interest income $ 2,977,991 $ 30,195,091
Expenses
Investment advisory 259,551 3,130,697
Administration 70,786 —
Transfer agent 10,881 15,006
Custodian 63,546 191,332
Reports to shareholders 18,830 112,440
Directors/Trustees 12,960 58,194
Registration 1,721 21,882
Independent accountants 33,869 43,602
Legal 33,972 50,037
Insurance 4,966 39,993
Miscellaneous 11,048 50,770
Total expenses excluding interest expense and excise tax 522,130 3,713,953
Interest expense 263,911 1,604,092
Excise tax 384,842 —
Total expenses 1,170,883 5,318,045
Less fees waived by Advisor — —
Less fees paid indirectly — (3,160 )
Net expenses 1,170,883 5,314,885
Net investment income 1,807,108 24,880,206
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
Net realized gain (loss) on:
Investments (1,393,010 ) 6,965,518
Foreign currency — 1,381,532
Futures 738,035 7,218,852
Interest rate swaps — (4,631,178 )
Options written — 255,018
Short sales — 482,944
(654,975 11,672,686
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:
Investments 1,547,410 4,369,084
Foreign currency — (269,102 )
Futures (163,998 ) 359,386
Interest rate floors — —
Interest rate swaps — 637,592
Options written — 941,522
Short sales — 1,399
1,383,412 6,039,881
Net gain (loss) 728,437 17,712,567
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations $ 2,535,545 $ 42,592,773
1 Consolidated Statement of Operations.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

51

High Income — Opportunity Income Limited — Duration Strategic
Yield Trust Trust Trust Inc. Income Trust Bond Trust
(BHY) (BNA) (BKT) (BLW) (BHD)
$ 7,153,272 $ 30,732,704 $ 38,088,047 $ 62,767,611 $ 11,125,359
708,081 2,490,784 2,911,895 5,802,236 1,008,133
67,437 415,131 671,976 — —
16,104 33,438 86,402 17,934 15,006
38,318 149,194 175,922 274,426 57,068
30,705 98,514 145,872 150,699 29,278
12,391 59,775 78,324 80,154 13,908
14,646 25,108 44,652 36,948 17,927
34,655 83,649 73,818 43,082 35,955
12,203 49,388 62,251 82,970 15,503
4,040 37,442 42,500 85,340 10,314
10,470 71,499 71,437 45,666 16,772
949,050 3,513,922 4,365,049 6,619,455 1,219,864
346,573 1,105,431 1,780,431 2,585,301 368,468
— — — — —
1,295,623 4,619,353 6,145,480 9,204,756 1,588,332
— — — — (268,836 )
(2,840 ) (11,694 ) (4,268 ) (46,186 ) (9,122 )
1,292,783 4,607,659 6,141,212 9,158,570 1,310,374
5,860,489 26,125,045 31,946,835 53,609,041 9,814,985
(316,410 ) 2,845,405 (5,931,592 ) 5,420,385 1,061,047
— — — — —
— 5,930,715 (1,391,653 ) — —
— 1,619,198 (2,651,215 ) — —
— 1,143,460 923,712 76,779 —
— (1,253,560 ) 741,176 — —
(316,410 ) 10,285,218 (8,309,572 ) 5,497,164 1,061,047
6,773,216 5,823,530 (386,069 ) 10,019,874 648,992
— — — — —
— 2,440,701 (2,462,726 ) — —
— — 759,055 — —
— (2,050,802 ) (2,819,850 ) — —
— 1,304,689 1,572,874 186 —
— 672,046 1,609,585 — —
6,773,216 8,190,164 (1,727,131 ) 10,020,060 648,992
6,456,806 18,475,382 (10,036,703 ) 15,517,224 1,710,039
$ 12,317,295 $ 44,600,427 $ 21,910,132 $ 69,126,265 $ 11,525,024

52

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the year ended October 31, 2004
Broad Investment
Reconciliation of Net Increase Grade 2009 Core
in Net Assets Resulting from Operations to Term Trust Inc. 1 Bond Trust
Net Cash Flows Provided by (Used for) (BCT) (BHK)
Operating Activities
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations $ 2,535,545 $ 42,592,773
Decrease (Increase) in investments 202,833 (16,769,060 )
Net realized loss (gain) 654,975 (11,672,686 )
Decrease (Increase) in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) (1,383,412 ) (6,039,881 )
Increase (Decrease) in investments sold short — (1,459,680 )
Increase (Decrease) in outstanding options written — (814,480 )
Decrease (Increase) in interest rate floor — —
Decrease (Increase) in interest rate swaps — (632,723 )
Decrease (Increase) in receivable for investments sold 1,144,618 (47,475,502 )
Decrease (Increase) in receivable for open forward foreign currency contracts — (28,828,953 )
Decrease (Increase) in variation margin receivable 33,250 (242,188 )
Decrease (Increase) in interest receivable 87,945 219,290
Decrease (Increase) in other assets (2,546 ) (20,888 )
Increase (Decrease) in payable for investments purchased — 51,591,431
Increase in payable for dollar rolls — 9,845,811
Increase in collateral due to broker — —
Increase (Decrease) in payable for open forward foreign currency contracts — 29,192,235
Increase (Decrease) in payable for closed forward foreign currency contracts, net — (64,413 )
Increase (Decrease) in variation margin payable — (66,844 )
Increase (Decrease) in interest payable (1,245 ) 199,421
Increase (Decrease) in investment advisory fee payable (474 ) 23,352
Increase (Decrease) in administration fee payable (129 ) —
Increase (Decrease) in deferred Directors’/Trustees’fees 2,695 20,017
Increase (Decrease) in accrued expenses 34,441 75,579
Total adjustments 772,951 (22,920,162 )
Net cash provided by (used for) operating activities $ 3,308,496 $ 19,672,611
Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Foreign Currency
Net cash provided by (used for) operating activities $ 3,308,496 $ 19,672,611
Cash provided by (used for) financing activities:
Capital contributions — —
Increase (Decrease) in reverse repurchase agreements (690,125 ) 10,805,505
Cash dividends paid (2,661,384 ) (29,969,225 )
Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities (3,351,509 ) (19,163,720 )
Net increase (decrease) in cash (43,013 ) 508,891
Cash and foreign currency at beginning of year 88,952 (460,151 )
Cash and foreign currency at end of year $ 45,939 $ 48,740
1 Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

53

High Income — Opportunity Income Duration Strategic
Yield Trust Trust Trust Inc. Income Trust Bond Trust
(BHY) (BNA) (BKT) (BLW) (BHD)
$ 12,317,295 $ 44,600,427 $ 21,910,132 $ 69,126,265 $ 11,525,024
(500,096 ) 1,996,389 27,894,473 70,982,192 28,538,849
316,410 (10,285,218 ) 8,309,572 (5,497,164 ) (1,061,047 )
(6,773,216 ) (8,190,164 ) 2,084,881 (10,020,060 ) (648,992 )
— (7,924,587 ) (123,271,331 ) — —
— (1,179,646 ) (1,711,931 ) — —
— — (759,055 ) — —
— 2,267,698 2,819,850 — —
(1,448,102 ) (162,584,862 ) (10,269,936 ) 1,011,833 1,468,072
— — — — —
— (45,433 ) 159,375 — —
280,241 81,713 (1,692,816 ) (334,459 ) 955,497
33,572 (23,967 ) (66,937 ) (98,320 ) (3,610 )
1,654,083 157,098,996 7,902,793 (235,976,234 ) 3,143,958
— 17,775,500 — 124,172,031 —
— 529,143 646,730 806,692 —
— — — — —
— — — — —
— — 442,536 — —
11,619 (193,958 ) (546,708 ) 65,758 (18,464 )
5,786 5,801 (9,607 ) 4,990 (17,679 )
551 966 (2,218 ) — —
4,117 23,863 26,973 24,469 3,134
(45,235 ) 64,183 75,988 56,129 10,632
(6,460,270 ) (10,583,583 ) (87,967,368 ) (54,802,143 ) 32,370,350
$ 5,857,025 $ 34,016,844 $ (66,057,236 ) $ 14,324,122 $ 43,895,374
$ 5,857,025 $ 34,016,844 $ (66,057,236 ) $ 14,324,122 $ 43,895,374
210,485 — 2,335,670 429,365 200,599
— (8,734,112 ) 101,968,776 40,422,256 (32,683,740 )
(6,051,794 ) (28,937,742 ) (38,921,208 ) (55,077,640 ) (11,337,469 )
(5,841,309 ) (37,671,854 ) 65,383,238 (14,226,019 ) (43,820,610 )
15,716 (3,655,010 ) (673,998 ) 98,103 74,764
107,680 (406,757 ) 1,080,121 222,505 84,692
$ 123,396 $ (4,061,767 ) $ 406,123 $ 320,608 $ 159,456

54

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
For the years ended October 31, 2004 and 2003
Broad Investment Grade
2009 Term Trust Inc. 1 Core Bond Trust
(BCT) (BHK)
2004 2003 2004 2003
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
Operations:
Net investment income $ 1,807,108 $ 3,760,612 $ 24,880,206 $ 22,380,605
Net realized gain (loss) (654,975 ) (2,958,847 ) 11,672,686 10,108,933
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation 1,383,412 (1,159,473 ) 6,039,881 10,896,869
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from operations 2,535,545 (357,708 ) 42,592,773 43,386,407
Dividends and Distributions:
Net investment income (2,661,384 ) (3,504,653 ) (23,226,362 ) (27,108,407 )
Net realized gain — — (6,742,863 ) (4,976,352 )
Tax return of capital distributions — — — —
Total dividends and distributions (2,661,384 ) (3,504,653 ) (29,969,225 ) (32,084,759 )
Capital Share Transactions:
Reinvestment of dividends — — — —
Total increase (decrease) (125,839 ) (3,862,361 ) 12,623,548 11,301,648
Net Assets:
Beginning of year 47,381,272 51,243,633 398,539,710 387,238,062
End of year $ 47,255,433 $ 47,381,272 $ 411,163,258 $ 398,539,710
End of year undistributed (distribution in excess of)
net investment income $ 7,945,414 $ 8,349,474 $ 2,267,985 $ —
1 Consolidated Statement of Changes in Net Assets.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

55

Income Opportunity Trust Income Trust Inc.
(BHY) (BNA) (BKT)
2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003
$ 5,860,489 $ 6,766,264 $ 26,125,045 $ 28,912,640 $ 31,946,835 $ 38,641,106
(316,410 ) (4,771,417 ) 10,285,218 (3,180,087 ) (8,309,572 ) (22,020,705 )
6,773,216 10,326,575 8,190,164 14,036,271 (1,727,131 ) (10,738,760 )
12,317,295 12,321,422 44,600,427 39,768,824 21,910,132 5,881,641
(5,864,606 ) (7,116,448 ) (28,937,742 ) (27,903,349 ) (38,921,208 ) (63,862,381 )
— — — (8,364,454 ) — —
(187,188 ) — — — — —
(6,051,794 ) (7,116,448 ) (28,937,742 ) (36,267,803 ) (38,921,208 ) (63,862,381 )
210,485 280,376 — — 2,335,670 3,905,622
6,475,986 5,485,350 15,662,685 3,501,021 (14,675,406 ) (54,075,118 )
44,438,054 38,952,704 410,980,764 407,479,743 457,310,022 511,385,140
$ 50,914,040 $ 44,438,054 $ 426,643,449 $ 410,980,764 $ 442,634,616 $ 457,310,022
$ (20,945 ) $ — $ 2,972,407 $ 5,785,104 $ 3,499,237 $ 10,115,860

56

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS (continued)
For the years ended October 31, 2004 and 2003
Limited Duration Income Trust 1 Strategic Bond Trust
(BLW) (BHD)
2004 2003 2004 2003
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
Operations:
Net investment income $ 53,609,041 $ 12,026,055 $ 9,814,985 $ 11,147,173
Net realized gain (loss) 5,497,164 390,465 1,061,047 (1,177,052 )
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation 10,020,060 21,875,388 648,992 17,670,059
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations 69,126,265 34,291,908 11,525,024 27,640,180
Dividends and Distributions:
Net investment income (54,687,174 ) (9,176,505 ) (11,337,469 ) (10,466,535 )
Net realized gain (390,466 ) — — —
Total dividends and distributions (55,077,640 ) (9,176,505 ) (11,337,469 ) (10,466,535 )
Capital Share Transactions:
Net proceeds from the issuance of common shares — 653,888,001 — —
Net proceeds from the underwriters’
over-allotment option exercised — 45,744,000 — —
Reinvestment of common dividends 429,365 — 200,599 277,020
Net proceeds from capital share transactions 429,365 699,632,001 200,599 277,020
Total increase 14,477,990 724,747,404 388,154 17,450,665
Net Assets:
Beginning of period 724,747,404 — 106,044,971 88,594,306
End of period $ 739,225,394 $ 724,747,404 $ 106,433,125 $ 106,044,971
End of year undistributed net investment income $ 1,786,417 $ 2,864,550 $ 188,743 $ 1,711,227

1 Commencement of investment operations for Limited Duration was July 30, 2003. This information includes the initial investment by BlackRock Funding, Inc. The other Trust’s statement is for a full year.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

57

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS BlackRock Broad Investment Grade 2009 Term Trust Inc. (BCT)

Year Ended October 31, — 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000
PER SHARE OPERATING PERFORMANCE:
Net asset value, beginning of year $ 16.02 $ 17.33 $ 16.05 $ 13.64 $ 13.64
Investment operations:
Net investment income 0.61 1.28 2.01 1.17 0.91
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 0.25 (1.40 ) 0.04 2.01 (0.09 )
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations 0.86 (0.12 ) 2.05 3.18 0.82
Dividends from net investment income (0.90 ) (1.19 ) (0.77 ) (0.77 ) (0.82 )
Net asset value, end of year $ 15.98 $ 16.02 $ 17.33 $ 16.05 $ 13.64
Market price, end of year $ 15.80 $ 15.85 $ 16.18 $ 14.39 $ 11.94
TOTAL INVESTMENT RETURN 1 5.45 % 5.32 % 18.34 % 27.66 % 12.11 %
RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:
Total expenses 2.48 % 2.43 % 2.50 % 3.52 % 4.36 %
Net expenses 2.48 % 2.43 % 2.50 % 3.52 % 4.36 %
Net expenses excluding interest expense and excise tax 1.11 % 1.18 % 1.16 % 1.16 % 1.31 %
Net investment income 3.83 % 7.54 % 12.22 % 7.93 % 6.83 %
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:
Average net assets (000) $ 47,191 $ 49,882 $ 48,731 $ 43,701 $ 39,425
Portfolio turnover 20 % 39 % 35 % 19 % 36 %
Net assets, end of year (000) $ 47,255 $ 47,381 $ 51,244 $ 47,466 $ 40,321
Reverse repurchase agreements outstanding, end of year (000) . $ 19,263 $ 19,953 $ 23,669 $ 13,373 $ 18,850
Asset coverage, end of year 2 $ 3,453 $ 3,375 $ 3,165 $ 4,550 $ 3,139

| 1 | Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share at the current market price on the first day and a sale at the current market price on the last day of each year reported. Dividends and distributions, if any, are
assumed for purposes of this calculation to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Trust’s dividend reinvestment plan. Total investment returns do not reflect brokerage commissions. Past performance is not a guarantee of future
results. |
| --- | --- |
| 2 | Per $1,000 of reverse repurchase agreements outstanding. |

The information in the above Financial Highlights represents the operating performance for a common share outstanding, total investment returns, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for each year indicated. This information has been determined based upon financial information provided in the financial statements and market price data for the Trust’s common shares.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
BlackRock Core Bond Trust (BHK)
For the period
Year Ended October 31, November 30, 2001 1
through
2004 2003 October 31, 2002
PER SHARE OPERATING PERFORMANCE:
Net asset value, beginning of period $ 14.75 $ 14.33 $ 14.33 2
Investment operations:
Net investment income 0.92 0.83 0.99
Net realized and unrealized gain 0.66 0.77 0.04
Net increase from investment operations 1.58 1.60 1.03
Dividends and distributions:
Net investment income (0.86 ) (1.00 ) (1.00 )
Net realized gain (0.25 ) (0.18 ) —
Total dividends and distributions (1.11 ) (1.18 ) (1.00 )
Capital charges with respect to issuance of shares — — (0.03 )
Net asset value, end of period $ 15.22 $ 14.75 $ 14.33
Market price, end of period $ 14.02 $ 13.57 $ 13.82
TOTAL INVESTMENT RETURN 3 11.93 % 6.62 % (1.02 )%
RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:
Total expenses 1.32 % 1.05 % 1.04 % 4
Net expenses 1.32 % 1.05 % 1.04 % 4
Net expenses excluding interest expense 0.92 % 0.87 % 0.93 % 4
Net investment income 6.20 % 5.58 % 7.67 % 4
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:
Average net assets (000) $ 401,212 $ 401,049 $ 380,277
Portfolio turnover 398 % 161 % 73 %
Net assets, end of period (000) $ 411,163 $ 398,540 $ 387,238
Reverse repurchase agreements outstanding, end of period (000) $ 102,474 $ 91,668 $ 165,215
Asset coverage, end of period 5 $ 5,012 $ 5,348 $ 3,342
1 Commencement of investment operations. This information includes the initial investment by BlackRock Funding, Inc.
2 Net asset value, beginning of period, reflects a deduction of $0.675 per share sales charge from the initial offering price of $15.00 per share.
3 Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share at the current market price on the first day and a sale at the current market price on the last day of each period reported. Dividends and distributions, if any, are
assumed for purposes of this calculation to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Trust’s dividend reinvestment plan. Total investment returns do not reflect brokerage commissions. Total investment returns for less than a full year are not
annualized.
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
4 Annualized.
5 Per $1,000 of reverse repurchase agreements outstanding.

The information in the above Financial Highlights represents the operating performance for a common share outstanding, total investment returns, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for each period indicated. This information has been determined based upon financial information provided in the financial statements and market price data for the Trust’s common shares.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
BlackRock High Yield Trust (BHY)
Year Ended October 31,
2004 2003 2002 2001 2000
PER SHARE OPERATING PERFORMANCE:
Net asset value, beginning of year $ 6.96 $ 6.13 $ 7.20 $ 10.60 $ 13.58
Investment operations:
Net investment income 0.92 1.06 1.20 1.32 1.66
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 1.02 0.89 (0.98 ) (3.13 ) (3.02 )
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations 1.94 1.95 0.22 (1.81 ) (1.36 )
Dividends and distributions:
Net investment income (0.92 ) (1.07 ) (1.20 ) (1.48 ) (1.62 )
Tax return of capital (0.03 ) (0.05 ) (0.09 ) (0.11 ) —
Total dividends and distributions (0.95 ) (1.12 ) (1.29 ) (1.59 ) (1.62 )
Net asset value, end of year $ 7.95 $ 6.96 $ 6.13 $ 7.20 $ 10.60
Market price, end of year $ 9.30 $ 10.25 $ 8.68 $ 9.18 $ 11.88
TOTAL INVESTMENT RETURN 1 0.28 % 32.87 % 7.97 % (11.31 )% 8.23 %
RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:
Total expenses 2.69 % 3.07 % 3.45 % 4.90 % 5.29 %
Net expenses 2.68 % 3.07 % 3.45 % 4.90 % 5.29 %
Net expenses excluding interest expense 1.96 % 2.22 % 2.20 % 2.03 % 1.99 %
Net investment income 12.16 % 16.37 % 16.29 % 14.23 % 13.12 %
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:
Average net assets (000) $ 48,186 $ 41,326 $ 46,751 $ 58,553 $ 79,602
Portfolio turnover 156 % 30 % 147 % 71 % 92 %
Net assets, end of year (000) $ 50,914 $ 44,438 $ 38,953 $ 45,520 $ 66,867
Loan outstanding, end of year (000) $ 19,250 $ 19,250 $ 19,250 $ 23,000 $ 33,000
Asset coverage, end of year 2 $ 3,645 $ 3,308 $ 3,024 $ 2,983 $ 3,032

| 1 | Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share at the current market price on the first day and a sale at the current market price on the last day of each period reported. Dividends and distributions, if any, are
assumed for purposes of this calculation, to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Trust’s dividend reinvestment plan. Total investment return does not reflect brokerage commissions. Past performance is not a guarantee of future
results. |
| --- | --- |
| 2 | Per $1,000 of loan outstanding. |

The information in the above Financial Highlights represents the operating performance for a common share outstanding, total investment returns, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for each year indicated. This information has been determined based upon financial information provided in the financial statements and market price data for the Trust’s common shares.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
BlackRock Income Opportunity Trust (BNA)
Year Ended October 31,
2004 2003 2002 2001 2000
PER SHARE OPERATING PERFORMANCE:
Net asset value, beginning of year $ 11.93 $ 11.83 $ 11.47 $ 11.03 $ 11.45
Investment operations:
Net investment income 0.76 0.84 1.15 0.87 0.70
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 0.53 0.31 (0.05 ) 0.34 (0.31 )
Net increase from investment operations 1.29 1.15 1.10 1.21 0.39
Dividends and distributions:
Net investment income (0.84 ) (0.81 ) (0.75 ) (0.23 ) (0.39 )
Net realized gains — (0.24 ) — — (0.04 )
Tax return of capital — — — (0.54 ) (0.41 )
Total dividends and distributions (0.84 ) (1.05 ) (0.75 ) (0.77 ) (0.84 )
Increase resulting from Trust shares repurchased — — 0.01 — 0.03
Net asset value, end of year $ 12.38 $ 11.93 $ 11.83 $ 11.47 $ 11.03
Market price, end of year $ 11.38 $ 10.95 $ 10.50 $ 10.41 $ 9.75
TOTAL INVESTMENT RETURN 1 12.04 % 14.71 % 8.44 % 15.09 % 9.82 %
RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:
Total expenses 1.11 % 1.29 % 1.40 % 3.62 % 3.76 %
Net expenses 1.11 % 1.29 % 1.40 % 3.62 % 3.76 %
Net expenses excluding interest expense 0.84 % 0.89 % 0.93 % 1.01 % 0.88 %
Net investment income 6.29 % 6.99 % 10.04 % 7.76 % 6.14 %
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:
Average net assets (000) $ 415,131 $ 413,543 $ 394,495 $ 388,478 $ 396,157
Portfolio turnover 300 % 46 % 153 % 83 % 82 %
Net assets, end of year (000) $ 426,643 $ 410,981 $ 407,480 $ 397,756 $ 383,651
Reverse repurchase agreements outstanding, end of year (000) . $ 94,644 $ 103,378 $ 85,704 $ 136,385 $ 178,033
Asset coverage, end of year 2 $ 5,508 $ 4,976 $ 5,755 $ 3,916 $ 3,155

| 1 | Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share at the current market price on the first day and a sale at the current market price on the last day of each year reported. Dividends and distributions, if any, are
assumed for purposes of this calculation to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Trust’s dividend reinvestment plan. Total investment return does not reflect brokerage commissions. Past performance is not a guarantee of future
results. |
| --- | --- |
| 2 | Per $1,000 of reverse repurchase agreements outstanding. |

The information in the above Financial Highlights represents the operating performance for a common share outstanding, total investment returns, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for each year indicated. This information has been determined based upon financial information provided in the financial statements and market price data for the Trust’s common shares.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
BlackRock Income Trust Inc. (BKT)
Year Ended October 31,
2004 2003 2002 2001 2000
PER SHARE OPERATING PERFORMANCE:
Net asset value, beginning of year $ 7.21 $ 8.13 $ 8.06 $ 7.23 $ 7.31
Investment operations:
Net investment income 0.51 0.61 0.99 0.56 0.50
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (0.16 ) (0.52 ) (0.35 ) 0.83 (0.02 )
Net increase from investment operations 0.35 0.09 0.64 1.39 0.48
Dividends from net investment income (0.61 ) (1.01 ) (0.57 ) (0.56 ) (0.56 )
Net asset value, end of year $ 6.95 $ 7.21 $ 8.13 $ 8.06 $ 7.23
Market price, end of year $ 7.50 $ 7.71 $ 8.07 $ 7.26 $ 6.38
TOTAL INVESTMENT RETURN 1 5.97 % 15.41 % 15.35 % 23.23 % 14.01 %
RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:
Total expense 1.37 % 1.36 % 2.05 % 2.54 % 2.78 %
Net expenses 1.37 % 1.36 % 2.05 % 2.54 % 2.78 %
Net expenses excluding interest expense 0.97 % 1.02 % 1.03 % 1.03 % 1.05 %
Net investment income 7.13 % 8.18 % 12.28 % 7.43 % 7.11 %
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:
Average net assets (000) $ 447,984 $ 472,676 $ 506,533 $ 470,185 $ 448,027
Portfolio turnover 120 % 64 % 125 % 32 % 114 %
Net assets, end of year (000) $ 442,635 $ 457,301 $ 511,385 $ 506,764 $ 454,510
Reverse repurchase agreements outstanding,
end of year (000) $ 223,736 $ 121,767 $ 205,792 $ 118,634 $ 64,460
Asset coverage, end of year 2 $ 2.978 $ 4,756 $ 3,485 $ 5,272 $ 8,095

| 1 | Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share at the current market price on the first day and a sale at the current market price on the last day of each year reported. Dividends and distributions, if any, are
assumed for purposes of this calculation to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Trust’s dividend reinvestment plan. Total investment returns do not reflect brokerage commissions. Past performance is not a guarantee of future
results. |
| --- | --- |
| 2 | Per $1,000 of reverse repurchase agreements outstanding. |

The information in the above Financial Highlights represents the operating performance for a common share outstanding, total investment returns, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for each year indicated. This information has been determined based upon financial information provided in the financial statements and market price data for the Trust’s common shares.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust (BLW)
For the period
July 30, 2003 1
Year Ended through
October 31, 2004 October 31, 2003
PER SHARE OPERATING PERFORMANCE:
Net asset value, beginning of period $ 19.74 $ 19.10 2
Investment operations:
Net investment income 1.46 0.33
Net realized and unrealized gain 0.43 0.60
Net increase from investment operations 1.89 0.93
Dividends and Distributions:
Net investment income (1.49 ) (0.25 )
Net realized gain (0.01 ) —
Total dividends and distributions (1.50 ) (0.25 )
Capital charges with respect to issuance of shares — (0.04 )
Net asset value, end of period $ 20.13 $ 19.74
Market price, end of period $ 19.95 $ 18.80
TOTAL INVESTMENT RETURN 3 14.64 % (4.77 )%
RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:
Total expenses 1.26 % 0.82 % 4
Net expenses 1.25 % 0.82 % 4
Net expenses excluding interest expense 0.90 % 0.79 % 4
Net investment income 7.34 % 6.87 % 4
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:
Average net assets (000) $ 730,369 $ 686,655
Portfolio turnover 215 % 127 %
Net assets, end of period (000) $ 739,225 $ 724,747
Reverse repurchase agreements outstanding, end of period (000) $ 159,416 $ 118,993
Asset coverage, end of period 5 $ 5,637 $ 7,091
1 Commencement of investment operations. This information includes the initial investment by BlackRock Funding, Inc.
2 Net asset value, beginning of period, reflects a deduction of $0.90 per share sales charge from the initial offering price of $20.00 per share.
3 Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share at the current market price on the first day and a sale at the current market price on the last day of each period reported. Dividends and distributions, if any, are
assumed for purposes of this calculation to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Trust’s dividend reinvestment plan. Total investment returns do not reflect brokerage commissions. Total investment returns for less than a full year are not
annualized.
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
4 Annualized.
5 Per $1,000 of reverse repurchase agreements outstanding.

The information in the above Financial Highlights represents the operating performance for a common share outstanding, total investment returns, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for each period indicated. This information has been determined based upon financial information provided in the financial statements and market price data for the Trust’s common shares.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
BlackRock Strategic Bond Trust (BHD)
For the period
Year Ended October 31, February 28, 2002 1
through
2004 2003 October 31, 2002
PER SHARE OPERATING PERFORMANCE:
Net asset value, beginning of period $ 15.07 $ 12.63 $ 14.33 2
Investment operations:
Net investment income 1.39 1.59 0.98
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 0.25 2.34 (1.77 )
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations 1.64 3.93 (0.79 )
Dividends from net investment income (1.61 ) (1.49 ) (0.84 )
Capital charges with respect to issuance of shares — — (0.07 )
Net asset value, end of period $ 15.10 $ 15.07 $ 12.63
Market price, end of period $ 16.70 $ 15.27 $ 12.35
TOTAL INVESTMENT RETURN 3 21.54 % 37.36 % (12.34 )%
RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:
Total expenses 1.49 % 2.01 % 2.57 % 4
Net expenses 1.23 % 1.71 % 2.26 % 4
Net expenses excluding interest expense 0.89 % 1.01 % 1.25 % 4
Net investment income 9.23 % 11.32 % 10.68 % 4
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:
Average net assets (000) $ 106,330 $ 98,498 $ 95,675
Portfolio turnover 31 % 32 % 22 %
Net assets, end of period (000) $ 106,433 $ 106,045 $ 88,594
Reverse repurchase agreements outstanding, end of period (000) $ 13,188 $ 45,872 $ 44,223
Asset coverage, end of period 5 $ 9,071 $ 3,312 $ 3,003
1 Commencement of investment operations. This information includes the initial investment by BlackRock Funding, Inc.
2 Net asset value, beginning of period, reflects a deduction of $0.675 per share sales charge from the initial offering price of $15.00 per share.
3 Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share at the current market price on the first day and a sale at the current market price on the last day of each period reported. Dividends and distributions, if any, are
assumed for purposes of this calculation to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Trust’s dividend reinvestment plan. Total investment returns do not reflect brokerage commissions. Total investment returns for less than a full year are not
annualized.
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
4 Annualized.
5 Per $1,000 of reverse repurchase agreements outstanding.

The information in the above Financial Highlights represents the operating performance for a common share outstanding, total investment returns, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for each period indicated. This information has been determined based upon financial information provided in the financial statements and market price data for the Trust’s common shares.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1. Organization & Accounting Policies

BlackRock Broad Investment Grade 2009 Term Trust Inc. (“Broad Investment Grade”), BlackRock Core Bond Trust (“Core Bond”), BlackRock High Yield Trust (“High Yield”), BlackRock Income Opportunity Trust (“Income Opportunity”), BlackRock Income Trust Inc. (“Income Trust”), BlackRock Limited Duration

Income Trust (“Limited Duration”) and BlackRock Strategic Bond Trust (“Strategic Bond”) (collectively, the “Trusts”) are registered as diversified, closed-end management investment companies under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Broad Investment Grade, Income Opportunity and Income Trust are organized as Maryland corporations. Core Bond, High Yield, Limited Duration and Strategic Bond are organized as Delaware statutory trusts.

On December 3, 1999, Broad Investment Grade transferred a substantial portion of its total assets to a 100% owned regulated investment company subsidiary called BCT Subsidiary, Inc. The financial statements and these notes to the financial statements for Broad Investment Grade are consolidated and include the operations of both Broad Investment Grade and its wholly owned subsidiary after elimination of all intercompany transactions and balances.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Trusts.

Investment Valuation: The Trusts value most of their investments on the basis of current market quotations provided by dealers or pricing services selected under the supervision of each Trust’s Board (the “Board”) of Directors/Trustees (the “Trustees”). In determining the value of a particular investment, pricing services may use certain information with respect to transactions in such investments, quotations from dealers, market transactions in comparable investments, various relationships observed in the market between investments, and calculated yield measures based on valuation technology commonly employed in the market for such investments. Exchange-traded options are valued at their last sales price as of the close of options trading on applicable exchanges. In the absence of a last sale, options are valued at the average of the quoted bid and asked prices as of the close of business. A futures contract is valued at the last sale price as of the close of the commodities exchange on which it trades. Short-term securities may be valued at amortized cost. Investments or other assets for which such current market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value (“Fair Value Assets”) as determined in good faith under procedures established by, and under the general supervision and responsibility of, each Trust’s Board. The investment advisor and/or sub-advisor will submit its recommendations regarding the valuation and/or valuation methodologies for Fair Value Assets to a valuation committee. The valuation committee may accept, modify or reject any recommendations. The pricing of all Fair Value Assets shall be subsequently reported to and ratified by the Board of Trustees.

When determining the price for a Fair Value Asset, the investment advisor and/or sub-advisor shall seek to determine the price that the Trust might reasonably expect to receive from the current sale of that asset in an arms-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that BlackRock Advisors deems relevant.

Investment Transactions and Investment Income: Investment transactions are recorded on trade date. Realized and unrealized gains and losses are calculated on the identified cost basis. Each Trust records interest income on an accrual basis and amortizes premium and/or accretes discount on securities purchased using the interest method. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed. These dividends are recorded as soon as the Trust is informed of the ex-dividend date. Dividend income on foreign securities is recorded net of any withholding tax.

Repurchase Agreements: In connection with transactions in repurchase agreements, a Trust’s custodian takes possession of the underlying collateral securities, the value of which at least equals the principal amount of the repurchase transaction, including accrued interest. To the extent that any repurchase transaction exceeds one business day, the value of the collateral is marked-to-market on a daily basis to ensure the adequacy of the collateral. If the seller defaults and the value of the collateral declines or if bankruptcy proceedings are commenced with respect to the seller of the security, realization of the collateral by a Trust may be delayed or limited.

Bank Loans: In the process of buying, selling and holding bank loans, a Trust may receive and/or pay certain fees. These fees are in addition to interest payments received and may include facility fees, commitment fees, amendment fees, commissions and prepayment penalty fees. When a Trust buys a bank loan it may receive a facility fee and when it sells a bank loan it may pay a facility fee. On an ongoing basis, a Trust may receive a commitment fee based on the undrawn portion of the underlying line of credit portion of a bank loan. In certain circumstances, a Trust may receive a prepayment penalty fee upon the prepayment of a bank loan by a borrower. Other fees received by a Trust may include covenant waiver fees and covenant modification fees.

Option Writing/Purchasing: When a Trust writes or purchases an option, an amount equal to the premium received or paid by the Trust is recorded as a liability or an asset and is subsequently adjusted to the current market value of the option written or purchased. Premiums received or paid from writing or purchasing options which expire unexercised are treated by the Trust on the expiration date as realized gains or losses. The difference between the premium and the amount paid or received on effecting a closing purchase or sale transaction, including brokerage commissions, is also treated as a realized gain or loss. If an option is exercised, the premium paid or received is added to the cost of the purchase or the proceeds from the sale in determining whether a Trust has realized a gain or a loss on investment transactions. A Trust, as writer of an option, may have no control over whether the underlying securities may be sold (call) or purchased (put) and as a result bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option.

Options, when used by the Trusts, help in maintaining a targeted duration. Duration is a measure of the price sensitivity of a security or a portfolio to relative changes in interest rates. For instance, a duration of “one” means that a portfolio’s or a security’s price would be expected to change by approximately one percent with a one percent change in interest rates, while a duration of five would imply that the price would move approximately five percent in relation to a one percent change in interest rates.

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Option writing and purchasing may be used by the Trusts as an attempt to manage the duration of positions, or collections of positions, so that changes in interest rates do not adversely affect the targeted duration of the portfolio unexpectedly. A call option gives the purchaser of the option the right (but not obligation) to buy, and obligates the seller to sell (when the option is exercised), the underlying position at the exercise price at any time or at a specified time during the option period. A put option gives the holder the right to sell and obligates the writer to buy the underlying position at the exercise price at any time or at a specified time during the option period. Put or call options can be purchased or sold to effectively help manage the targeted duration of the portfolio.

The main risk that is associated with purchasing options is that the option expires without being exercised. In this case, the option expires worthless and the premium paid for the option is considered the loss. The risk associated with writing call options is that a Trust may forgo the opportunity for a profit if the market value of the underlying position increases and the option is exercised. The risk in writing put options is that a Trust may incur a loss if the market value of the underlying position decreases and the option is exercised. In addition, the Trust risks not being able to enter into a closing transaction for the written option as the result of an illiquid market.

Interest Rate Swaps: In an interest rate swap, one investor pays a floating rate of interest on a notional principal amount and receives a fixed rate of interest on the same notional principal amount for a specified period of time. Alternatively, an investor may pay a fixed rate and receive a floating rate. Interest rate swaps are efficient as asset/liability management tools. In more complex swaps, the notional principal amount may decline (or amortize) over time.

During the term of the swap, changes in the value of the swap are recognized as unrealized gains or losses by “marking-to-market” to reflect the market value of the swap. When the swap is terminated, a Trust will record a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transaction and the Trust’s basis in the contract, if any.

The Trusts are exposed to credit loss in the event of non-performance by the other party to the swap. However, the Trusts closely monitor swaps and do not anticipate non-performance by any counterparty.

Swap Options: Swap options are similar to options on securities except that instead of selling or purchasing the right to buy or sell a security, the writer or purchaser of the swap option is granting or buying the right to enter into a previously agreed upon interest rate swap agreement at any time before the expiration of the option. Premiums received or paid from writing or purchasing options are recorded as liabilities or assets and are subsequently adjusted to the current market value of the option written or purchased. Premiums received or paid from writing or purchasing options which expire unexercised are treated by a Trust on the expiration date as realized gains or losses. The difference between the premium and the amount paid or received on effecting a closing purchase or sale transaction, including brokerage commission, is also treated as a realized gain or loss. If an option is exercised, the premium paid or received is added to the cost of the purchase or the proceeds from the sale in determining whether a Trust has realized a gain or loss on investment transactions.

The main risk that is associated with purchasing swap options is that the swap option expires without being exercised. In this case, the option expires worthless and the premium paid for the swap option is considered the loss. The main risk that is associated with the writing of a swap option is the market risk of an unfavorable change in the value of the interest rate swap underlying the written swap option.

Swap options may be used by the Trusts to manage the duration of the Trusts’ portfolios in a manner similar to more generic options described above.

Interest Rate Caps: Interest rate caps are similar to interest rate swaps, except that one party agrees to pay a fee, while the other party pays the excess, if any, of a floating rate over a specified fixed or floating rate.

Interest rate caps are intended to both manage the duration of the Trusts’ portfolios and their exposure to changes in short-term interest rates. Owning interest rate caps reduces a portfolio’s duration, making it less sensitive to changes in interest rates from a market value perspective. The effect on income involves protection from rising short-term interest rates, which the Trusts experience primarily in the form of leverage.

The Trusts are exposed to credit loss in the event of non-performance by the other party to the interest rate cap. However, the Trusts do not anticipate non-performance by any counterparty.

Transaction fees paid or received by the Trusts are recognized as assets or liabilities and amortized or accreted into interest expense or income over the life of the interest rate cap. The asset or liability is subsequently adjusted to the current market value of the interest rate cap purchased or sold. Changes in the value of the interest rate cap are recognized as unrealized gains and losses.

Interest Rate Floors: Interest rate floors are similar to interest rate swaps, except that one party agrees to pay a fee, while the other party pays the deficiency, if any, of a floating rate under a specified fixed or floating rate.

Interest rate floors are used by the Trusts to both manage the duration of the portfolios and their exposure to changes in short-term interest rates. Selling interest rate floors reduces a portfolio’s duration, making it less sensitive to changes in interest rates from a market value perspective. The Trusts’ leverage provides extra income in a period of falling rates. Selling floors reduces some of that extra income by partially monetizing it as an up front payment which the Trusts receive.

The Trusts are exposed to credit loss in the event of non-performance by the other party to the interest rate floor. However, the Trusts do not anticipate non-performance by any counterparty.

Transaction fees paid or received by the Trusts are recognized as assets or liabilities and amortized or accreted into interest expense or income over the life of the interest rate floor. The asset or liability is subsequently adjusted to the current market value of the interest rate floor purchased or sold. Changes in the value of the interest rate floor are recognized as unrealized gains and losses.

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Financial Futures Contracts: A futures contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a financial instrument for a set price on a future date. Initial margin deposits are made upon entering into futures contracts and can be either cash or securities. During the period the futures contract is open, changes in the value of the contract are recognized as unrealized gains or losses by “marking-to-market” on a daily basis to reflect the market value of the contract at the end of each day’s trading. Variation margin payments are made or received, depending upon whether unrealized gains or losses are incurred. When the contract is closed, a Trust records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transaction and the Trust’s basis in the contract.

Financial futures contracts, when used by the Trusts, help in maintaining a targeted duration. Futures contracts can be sold to effectively shorten an otherwise longer duration portfolio. In the same sense, futures contracts can be purchased to lengthen a portfolio that is shorter than its duration target. Thus, by buying or selling futures contracts, the Trusts may attempt to manage the duration of positions so that changes in interest rates do not change the duration of the portfolio unexpectedly.

Forward Currency Contracts: The Trusts enter into forward currency contracts primarily to facilitate settlement of purchases and sales of foreign securities and to help manage the overall exposure to foreign currency. A forward contract is a commitment to purchase or sell a foreign currency at a future date (usually the security transaction settlement date) at a negotiated forward rate. In the event that a security fails to settle within the normal settlement period, the forward currency contract is renegotiated at a new rate. The gain or loss arising from the difference between the settlement value of the original and renegotiated forward contracts is isolated and is included in net realized gains (losses) from foreign currency transactions. Risks may arise as a result of the potential inability of the counterparties to meet the terms of their contract.

Forward currency contracts, when used by the Trusts, help to manage the overall exposure to the foreign currency backing some of the investments held by the Trusts. Forward currency contracts are not meant to be used to eliminate all of the exposure to the foreign currency, rather they allow the Trusts to limit their exposure to foreign currency within a narrow band to the objectives of the Trusts.

Foreign Currency Translation: Foreign currency amounts are translated into United States dollars on the following basis:

(i) market value of investment securities, other assets and liabilities—at the London 4:00 PM rates of exchange.
(ii) purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses—at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.

The Trusts isolate that portion of the results of operations arising as a result of changes in the foreign exchange rates from the fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of securities held at period end. Similarly, the Trusts isolate the effect of changes in foreign exchange rates from the fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of portfolio securities sold during the period.

Net realized and unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses including realized foreign exchange gains and losses from sales and maturities of foreign portfolio securities, maturities of foreign reverse repurchase agreements, sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, the difference between the amounts of interest and discount recorded on the Trusts’ books and the U.S. dollar equivalent amounts actually received or paid and changes in unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses in the value of portfolio securities and other assets and liabilities arising as a result of changes in the exchange rate.

Foreign security and currency transactions may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with those of domestic origin, including unanticipated movements in the value of the foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar.

Short Sales: The Trusts may make short sales of securities as a method of managing potential price declines in similar securities owned. When a Trust makes a short sale, it may borrow the security sold short and deliver it to the broker-dealer through which it made the short sale as collateral for its obligation to deliver the security upon conclusion of the sale. The Trusts may have to pay a fee to borrow the particular securities and may be obligated to pay over any payments received on such borrowed securities. A gain, limited to the price at which a Trust sold the security short, or a loss, unlimited as to dollar amount, will be recognized upon the termination of a short sale if the market price is greater or less than the proceeds originally received.

Security Lending: The Trusts may lend their portfolio securities to qualified institutions. The loans are secured by collateral at least equal, at all times, to the market value of the securities loaned. The Trusts may bear the risk of delay in recovery of, or even loss of rights in, the securities loaned should the borrower of the securities fail financially. The Trusts receive compensation for lending their securities in the form of interest on the loan. The Trusts also continue to receive interest on the securities loaned, and any gain or loss in the market price of the securities loaned that may occur during the term of the loan will be for the accounts of the Trusts. The Trusts did not enter into any security lending transactions during the year ended October 31, 2004.

Segregation: In cases in which the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the interpretive positions of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) require that each Trust segregate assets in connection with certain investments (e.g., when issued securities, reverse repurchase agreements or futures contracts), each Trust will, consistent with certain interpretive letters issued by the SEC, designate on its books and records cash or other liquid debt securities having a market value at least equal to the amount that would otherwise be required to be physically segregated.

Federal Income Taxes: It is each Trust’s intention to continue to be treated as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code and to distribute sufficient amounts of their taxable income to shareholders. Therefore, no Federal income tax provisions are required. As part of a tax planning strategy, Advantage and Investment Quality may retain a portion of their taxable income and pay excise tax on the undistributed amounts.

Dividends and Distributions: Each Trust declares and pays dividends and distributions to common shareholders monthly from net investment income, net realized short-term capital gains and other sources, if necessary. Net long-term capital gains, if any, in excess of loss car-ryforwards may be distributed annually. Dividends and distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income distributions and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

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Estimates: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

Deferred Compensation and BlackRock Closed-End Share Equivalent Investment Plan: Under the deferred compensation plan approved by each Trust’s Board, non-interested Trustees are required to defer a portion of their annual complex-wide compensation. Deferred amounts earn an approximate return as though equivalent dollar amounts had been invested in common shares of other BlackRock closed-end funds selected by the Trustees. This has the same economic effect for the Trustees as if the Trustees had invested the deferred amounts in such Trusts.

The deferred compensation plan is not funded and obligations thereunder represent general unsecured claims against the general assets of the Trust. Each Trust may, however, elect to invest in common shares of those Trusts selected by the Trustees in order to match its deferred compensation obligations.

Reclassification of Capital Accounts: In order to present undistributed (distribution in excess of) net investment income (“UNII”) and accumulated net realized gain (“Accumulated Gain”) more closely to its tax character, the following accounts for each Trust were increased (decreased):

Trust UNII Accumulated Gain PIC
Broad Investment Grade $ 450,216 $ (53,824 ) $ (396,392 )
Core Bond 1,398,658 (1,400,207 ) 1,549
High Yield 187,188 — (187,188 )
Income Trust — 27,373,194 (27,373,194 )

Note 2. Agreements

Each Trust has an Investment Management Agreement with BlackRock Advisors, Inc. (the “Advisor”), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc., serves as sub-advisor to Core Bond, Limited Duration and Strategic Bond.

BlackRock, Inc. is an indirect, majority owned subsidiary of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

Broad Investment Grade, High Yield, Income Opportunity and Income Trust each have an Administration Agreement with the Advisor. The Investment Management Agreement for Core Bond, Limited Duration and Strategic Bond covers both investment advisory and administration services.

Each Trust’s investment advisory fee paid to the Advisor is computed weekly and payable monthly based on an annual rate, 0.55% for Broad Investment Grade, 0.60% for Income Opportunity and 0.65% for Income Trust, of each Trust’s average net assets and 0.55% for Core Bond and Limited Duration, 1.05% for High Yield and 0.75% for Strategic Bond, of each Trust’s average weekly managed assets. “Managed assets” means the total assets of a Trust (including any assets attributable to any borrowing that may be outstanding) minus the sum of accrued liabilities (other than debt representing financial leverage). The Advisor has voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of the investment advisory fees or other expenses on Strategic Bond as a percentage of its average weekly managed assets as follows: 0.20% for the first 5 years of the Trust’s operations, 0.15% in year 6, 0.10% in year 7 and 0.05% in year 8.

Pursuant to the agreements, the Advisor provides continuous supervision of the investment portfolio and pays the compensation of officers of each Trust who are affiliated persons of the Advisor. The Advisor pays occupancy and certain clerical and accounting costs for each Trust. Each Trust bears all other costs and expenses, which include reimbursements to the Advisor for certain operational support services provided to each Trust.

Pursuant to the terms of their custody agreements, Core Bond, High Yield, Income Opportunity, Income Trust, Limited Duration and Strategic Bond received earnings credits from its custodian for positive cash balances maintained, which are used to offset custody fees.

Note 3. Portfolio Investments

Purchases and sales of investment securities, other than short-term investments, dollar rolls and U.S. government securities, for the year ended October 31, 2004, aggregated as follows:

Trust Purchases Sales Trust Purchases Sales
Broad Investment Grade $ 3,971,247 $ 5,073,258 Income Trust $ 316,820,219 $ 216,371,268
Core Bond 828,465,744 849,608,350 Limited Duration 2,185,323,272 2,151,695,068
High Yield 95,595,516 94,445,448 Strategic Bond 37,119,022 67,945,935
Income Opportunity 111,315,490 187,879,019

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Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities for the year ended October 31, 2004, aggregated as follows:

Trust Purchases Sales Trust Purchases Sales
Broad Investment Grade $ 6,215,742 $ 3,516,882 Income Trust $540,872,321 $496,292,198
Core Bond 1,710,520,110 1,665,313,586 Limited Duration 86,581,859 131,886,180
High Yield — — Strategic Bond 3,074,336 —
Income Opportunity 1,499,774,699 1,354,745,467

Each Trust may from time to time purchase in the secondary market certain mortgage pass-through securities packaged or master serviced by affiliates or mortgage related securities containing loans or mortgages originated by PNC Bank or its affiliates, including Midland Loan Services, Inc., each of which is an affiliate of BlackRock Advisors, Inc. It is possible under certain circumstances, that PNC Mortgage Securities Corp. or its affiliates, including Midland Loan Services, Inc., could have interests that are in conflict with the holders of these mortgage backed securities, and such holders could have rights against PNC Mortgage Securities Corp. or its affiliates, including Midland Loan Services, Inc.

At October 31, 2004, the total cost of securities for Federal income tax purposes and the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for securities held by each Trust were as follows:

Trust Cost Appreciation Depreciation Net
Broad Investment Grade $ 63,726,401 $ 3,401,557 $ 956,652 $ 2,444,905
Core Bond 562,881,902 16,861,803 1,197,360 15,664,443
High Yield 75,644,796 3,044,215 10,274,163 (7,229,948 )
Income Opportunity 555,359,120 21,153,280 1,436,628 19,716,652
Income Trust 680,035,277 21,451,696 30,363,077 (8,911,381 )
Limited Duration 977,774,375 34,251,308 2,355,943 31,895,365
Strategic Bond 113,309,408 7,108,459 886,642 6,221,817

For Federal income tax purposes, the following Trusts had capital loss carryforwards as of their last respective tax year end. These amounts may be used to offset future realized capital gains, if any:

Trust Capital Loss — Carryforward Amount Expires Trust Capital Loss — Carryforward Amount Expires
Broad Investment Grade $2,518,895 2011 Income Trust $33,107,952 2007
1,352,206 2008
13,940,898 2009
High Yield $3,443,603 2007 21,960,613 2011
3,270,311 2008 10,279,377 2012
15,159,280 2009
$80,641,046
8,468,860 2010
4,771,417 2011 Strategic Bond $432,713 2011
316,410 2012
$35,429,881

Accordingly, no capital gain distributions are expected to be paid to shareholders of a Trust until that Trust has net realized capital gains in excess of its carryforward amounts.

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Details of open financial futures contracts at October 31, 2004 were as follows:
Unrealized
Number of Expiration Value at Value at Appreciation
Contracts Type Date Trade Date October 31, 2004 (Depreciation)
Long Position:
Broad Investment Grade 53 10 Yr. U.S. T-Note Dec ’04 $ 5,902,127 $ 6,018,813 $ 116,687
5 30 Yr. U.S. T-Bond Dec ’04 551,808 569,219 17,411
134,098
Core Bond 254 10 Yr. U.S. T-Bond Dec. ’04 28,510,852 28,844,875 334,023
698 30 Yr. U.S. T-Bond Dec. ’04 77,219,379 79,462,938 2,243,559
12 Euro Bond Dec. ’04 1,696,757 1,714,403 17,646
2,595,228
Income Opportunity 1,933 10 Yr. U.S. T-Note Dec. ’04 215,579,060 219,516,313 3,937,253
Income Trust 390 10 Yr. U.S. T-Note Dec. ’04 43,429,835 44,289,375 859,540
Short Position:
Core Bond 1,456 5 Yr. U.S. T-Note Dec. ’04 160,295,568 162,162,000 (1,866,432 )
35 Euro Dollar Dec. ’04 8,546,849 8,546,563 286
35 Euro Dollar Mar. ’05 8,528,894 8,528,625 269
35 Euro Dollar June ’05 8,512,878 8,513,313 (435 )
41 Euro Dollar Sept. ’05 9,944,630 9,954,800 (10,170 )
38 Euro Dollar Dec. ’05 9,197,700 9,206,925 (9,225 )
38 Euro Dollar Mar. ’06 9,179,244 9,190,300 (11,056 )
38 Euro Dollar June ’06 9,163,194 9,174,625 (11,431 )
32 Euro Dollar Sept. ’06 7,712,999 7,714,000 (1,001 )
25 Euro Dollar Dec. ’06 6,016,298 6,017,500 (1,202 )
25 Euro Dollar Mar. ’07 6,008,484 6,009,688 (1,204 )
25 Euro Dollar June ’07 6,000,672 6,001,875 (1,203 )
25 Euro Dollar Sep. ’07 5,993,422 5,994,375 (953 )
(1,913,757 )
Income Opportunity 798 5 Yr. U.S. T-Note Dec. ’04 88,299,451 88,877,250 (577,799 )
25 30 Yr. U.S. T-Bond Dec. ’04 2,758,929 2,846,094 (87,165 )
35 Euro Dollar Mar. ’05 8,528,894 8,528,625 269
35 Euro Dollar June ’05 8,512,878 8,513,313 (435 )
35 Euro Dollar Sept. ’05 8,495,479 8,498,000 (2,521 )
32 Euro Dollar Dec. ’05 7,752,899 7,753,200 (301 )
32 Euro Dollar Mar. ’06 7,737,699 7,739,200 (1,501 )
32 Euro Dollar June ’06 7,724,499 7,726,000 (1,501 )
32 Euro Dollar Sept. ’06 7,712,999 7,714,000 (1,001 )
25 Euro Dollar Dec. ’06 6,016,297 6,017,500 (1,203 )
25 Euro Dollar Mar. ’07 6,008,484 6,009,688 (1,204 )
25 Euro Dollar June ’07 6,000,672 6,001,875 (1,203 )
25 Euro Dollar Sep. ’07 5,993,422 5,994,375 (953 )
35 Euro Dollar Dec. ’04 8,546,849 8,546,563 286
(676,232 )
Income Trust 44 5 Yr. U.S. T-Note Dec. ’04 4,850,559 4,900,500 (49,941 )
816 30 Yr. U.S. T-Bond Dec. ’04 90,371,330 92,896,500 (2,525,200 )
54 Euro Dollar Dec. ’04 13,174,311 13,186,126 (11,815 )
54 Euro Dollar Mar. ’05 13,144,276 13,158,450 (14,174 )
54 Euro Dollar June ’05 13,116,599 13,134,826 (18,227 )
54 Euro Dollar Sept. ’05 13,088,448 13,111,200 (22,752 )
49 Euro Dollar Dec. ’05 11,851,290 11,872,088 (20,798 )
49 Euro Dollar Mar. ’06 11,827,265 11,850,650 (23,385 )
39 Euro Dollar Sept. ’06 9,400,189 9,401,438 (1,249 )
30 Euro Dollar Dec. ’06 7,219,555 7,221,000 (1,445 )
30 Euro Dollar Mar. ’07 7,210,180 7,211,625 (1,445 )
69 Euro Dollar June ’07 16,615,019 16,618,313 (3,294 )
30 Euro Dollar Sep. ’07 7,192,105 7,193,250 (1,145 )
$ (2,694,870 )

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Details of open forward currency contracts in Core Bond at October 31, 2004, were as follows:
Contract to Value at
Settlement Purchase/ Settlement Value at Unrealized
Foreign Currency Date Receive Date October 31, 2004 (Depreciation)
Sold:
Canadian Dollar 1/28/05 $ 5,042,391 $ 4,109,662 $ 4,128,024 $ (18,362 )
Euro 1/25/05 16,291,125€ 20,531,705 20,719,146 (187,441 )
Swedish Krona 1/21/05 30,907,864kr 4,254,773 4,345,065 (90,292 )
$(296,095 )

Income Trust held one interest rate floor. Under the agreement, Income Trust pays the excess, if any, of a fixed rate over a floating rate. Income Trust received a transaction fee for the floor. Transaction fees are amortized through the termination of the agreement. Details of the interest rate floor held at October 31, 2004 were as follows:

Notional — Amount Variable Floating Termination Amortized Value at — October 31, Unrealized
(000) Rate Rate Date Cost 2004 Depreciation
$11,000 4.04875% 1-month LIBOR 1/25/05 $(59,625 ) $(68,890) $(9,265)
Details of open interest rate swaps at October 31, 2004 were as follows:
Notional Unrealized
Amount Fixed Floating Termination Appreciation
Trust (000) Rate Rate Date (Depreciation)
Core Bond $19,435 3.215%(a) 3-month LIBOR 6/14/06 $ 329,815
14,300 3.21%(a) 3-month LIBOR 6/17/06 239,246
25,000 2.635%(a) 3-month LIBOR 8/14/06 (36,715 )
6,500 3.556%(a) 3-month LIBOR 1/21/07 59,859
50,000 3.00%(b) 3-month LIBOR 4/16/07 47,600
5,700 3.52%(a) 3-month LIBOR 9/26/08 21,600
5,400 4.412%(b) 3-month LIBOR 2/17/14 (41,380 )
7,100 4.508%(b) 3-month LIBOR 10/1/14 (48,683 )
41,200 4.51%(b) 3-month LIBOR 10/29/14 (174,414 )
950 5.365%(b) 3-month LIBOR 7/29/19 (68,330 )
1,300 5.155%(a) 3-month LIBOR 8/13/19 50,597
800 4.78%(a) 3-month LIBOR 10/27/19 (6,601 )
372,594
Income Opportunity 20,735 3.215%(a) 3-month LIBOR 6/14/06 351,877
15,300 3.21%(a) 3-month LIBOR 6/17/06 255,977
50,000 2.635%(a) 3-month LIBOR 8/14/06 (73,429 )
7,100 3.556%(a) 3-month LIBOR 1/21/07 65,384
48,000 3.50%(a) 3-month LIBOR 2/2/07 368,792
50,000 3.00%(b) 3-month LIBOR 4/16/07 47,600
8,000 3.52%(a) 3-month LIBOR 9/26/08 30,316
5,700 4.412%(b) 3-month LIBOR 2/17/14 (43,679 )
7,700 4.508%(b) 3-month LIBOR 10/1/14 (52,796 )
27,500 4.399%(b) 3-month LIBOR 10/25/14 115,005
13,800 4.51%(b) 3-month LIBOR 10/29/14 (58,420 )
1,050 5.365%(b) 3-month LIBOR 7/29/19 (75,522 )
1,400 5.155%(a) 3-month LIBOR 8/13/19 54,490
900 4.78%(a) 3-month LIBOR 10/27/19 (7,426 )
7,000 5.23%(b) 3-month LIBOR 11/4/21 (376,506 )
$ 601,663

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Notional — Amount Fixed Floating Termination Unrealized — Appreciation
Trust (000) Rate Rate Date (Depreciation)
Income Trust 22,295 3.215%(a) 3-month LIBOR 6/14/06 $ 378,351
16,400 3.21%(a) 3-month LIBOR 6/17/06 274,381
50,000 2.635%(a) 3-month LIBOR 8/14/06 (73,429 )
24,000 3.55%(a) 3-month LIBOR 10/26/06 304,731
7,300 3.556%(a) 3-month LIBOR 1/21/07 67,226
50,000 3.00%(b) 3-month LIBOR 4/16/07 47,600
11,200 3.52%(a) 3-month LIBOR 9/26/08 42,442
19,000 4.889%(b) 3-month LIBOR 4/22/14 (743,383 )
17,000 5.307%(b) 3-month LIBOR 6/14/14 (1,515,307 )
7,700 4.508%(b) 3-month LIBOR 10/1/14 (52,797 )
12,500 4.399%(b) 3-month LIBOR 10/25/14 52,275
2,800 5.94%(a) 3-month LIBOR 12/7/15 240,352
1,075 5.365%(b) 3-month LIBOR 7/29/19 (77,320 )
1,450 5.155%(a) 3-month LIBOR 8/13/19 56,436
900 4.78%(a) 3-month LIBOR 10/27/19 (7,427 )
25,000 5.23%(b) 3-month LIBOR 8/15/23 (882,485 )
$(1,888,354 )
Details of open total return swaps at October 31, 2004 were as follows:
Core Bond $7,210 8.50%(a) 1-month LIBOR +0.70% 1/31/05 $71,822
(a) Trust pays floating interest rate and receives fixed rate.
(b) Trust pays fixed interest rate and receives floating rate.
Transaction in options written during the year ended October 31, 2004, were as follows:
Contracts/
Notional Amount Premium
Trust (000) Received
Core Bond
Options outstanding at October 31, 2003 $ 105,708 $ 2,069,401
Options written 412,048 3,748,789
Options expired (44 ) (49,424 )
Options terminated in closing purchase transactions (366,012 ) (3,572,323 )
Options outstanding at October 31, 2004 $ 151,700 $ 2,196,443
Income Opportunity
Options outstanding at October 31, 2003 $ 123,340 $ 2,432,578
Options written 136,601 2,978,163
Options expired (55 ) (56,565 )
Options terminated in closing purchase transactions (82,486 ) (2,796,556 )
Options outstanding at October 31, 2004 $ 177,400 $ 2,557,620
Income Trust
Options outstanding at October 31, 2003 $ 150,485 $ 3,054,224
Options written 560,202 6,363,817
Options expired (95 ) (97,703 )
Options terminated in closing purchase transactions (527,792 ) (6,404,672 )
Options outstanding at October 31, 2004 $ 182,800 $ 2,915,666

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Note 4. Borrowings

Reverse Repurchase Agreements: The Trusts may enter into reverse repurchase agreements with qualified third-party broker-dealers as determined by and under the direction of the Trusts’ Board. Interest on the value of reverse repurchase agreements issued and outstanding is based upon competitive market rates at the time of issuance. At the time a Trust enters into a reverse repurchase agreement, it will establish and maintain a segregated account with the lender, containing liquid investment grade securities having a value not less than the repurchase price, including accrued interest of the reverse repurchase agreement. Details of open reverse repurchase agreements at October 31, 2004 were as follows (please see Corresponding Underlying Collateral Chart on pages 74-75):

Trust/Counter Party Rate Trade — Date Maturity — Date Net Closing — Amount Par
Broad Investment Grade
Credit Suisse First Boston LLC 1.75 % 10/18/04 11/16/04 $19,288,718 $19,262,500
Core Bond
Credit Suisse First Boston LLC 1.76 10/26/04 11/5/04 30,766,653 30,751,619
1.75 10/26/04 11/5/04 10,460,382 10,455,300
1.80 10/26/04 11/5/04 7,173,585 7,170,000
48,376,919
Lehman Brothers 1.75 10/25/04 11/5/04 22,618,463 22,606,375
1.65 10/27/04 11/5/04 5,939,862 5,937,413
1.82 10/27/04 11/5/04 2,216,883 2,215,875
1.80 10/28/04 11/5/04 16,145,536 16,139,080
1.85 10/29/04 11/8/04 7,202,012 7,198,312
54,097,055
Income Opportunity
Credit Suisse First Boston LLC 1.75 10/18/04 11/4/04 47,008,321 46,971,788
1.70 10/18/04 11/4/04 16,330,830 16,318,500
63,290,288
Lehman Brothers 1.87 10/29/04 11/2/04 4,073,971 4,073,125
1.55 10/20/04 11/4/04 400,759 400,500
1.55 10/21/04 11/4/04 601,112 600,750
1.65 10/26/04 11/4/04 1,104,205 1,103,750
1.68 10/25/04 11/5/04 2,426,745 2,425,500
1.75 10/29/04 11/5/04 22,757,741 22,750,000
31,353,625
Income Trust
Credit Suisse First Boston LLC 1.36 10/28/04 11/1/04 59,136,185 59,127,250
1.78 10/19/04 11/2/04 43,997,185 43,966,750
1.72 10/18/04 11/4/04 43,112,182 43,079,250
1.45 10/29/04 11/8/04 3,264,189 3,262,875
149,436,125
Lehman Brothers 1.75 10/20/04 11/4/04 6,036,398 6,032,000
1.72 10/21/04 11/4/04 312,959 312,750
1.15 10/27/04 11/5/04 20,811,982 20,806,000
1.85 10/12/04 11/10/04 7,539,219 7,528,000
1.85 10/14/04 11/10/04 2,692,444 2,688,714
1.90 10/19/04 11/15/04 36,984,628 36,932,000
74,299,464
Limited Duration
Credit Suisse First Boston LLC 1.95 10/19/04 11/18/04 23,099,977 23,062,500
Lehman Brothers 1.85 10/29/04 11/2/04 2,150,442 2,150,000
1.75 10/26/04 11/5/04 32,783,129 32,767,200
1.70 10/26/04 11/5/04 3,465,167 3,463,531
1.82 10/26/04 11/5/04 20,197,706 20,187,500
2.20 10/19/04 11/10/04 4,711,326 4,705,000
1.85 10/20/04 11/16/04 656,910 656,000
2.20 10/19/04 11/18/04 72,556,777 72,424,000
136,353,231
Strategic Bond
Lehman Brothers 1.75 10/26/04 11/16/04 1,489,056 1,487,538
1.78 10/26/04 11/16/04 1,793,948 1,792,088
1.70 10/26/04 11/16/04 946,767 945,828
2.00 10/28/04 11/17/04 2,599,886 2,597,000
2.00 10/18/04 11/18/04 5,352,603 5,343,400
2.25 10/29/04 11/18/04 1,023,278 1,022,000
$13,187,854
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Details of underlying collateral for open reverse repurchase agreements at October 31, 2004 were as follows: Maturity Original Current Market
Trust / Counter Party Description Rate Date Face Face Value
Broad Investment Grade
Credit Suisse First Boston LLC U.S. Treasury Bonds Strip 0.00 % 11/15/09 $23,000,000 $23,000,000 $19,334,605
Core Bond
Credit Suisse First Boston LLC U.S. Treasury Bonds 10.375 11/15/12 4,770,000 4,770,000 5,792,941
U.S. Treasury Bonds 12.00 8/18/13 3,170,000 3,170,000 4,178,440
U.S. Treasury Bonds 6.00 2/15/26 3,860,000 3,860,000 4,455,135
U.S. Treasury Bonds 6.75 8/15/26 8,960,000 8,960,000 11,260,901
U.S. Treasury Bonds 6.125 11/15/27 3,695,000 3,695,000 4,342,770
U.S. Treasury Notes 2.50 5/31/06 5,770,000 5,770,000 5,775,424
U.S. Treasury Notes 2.75 6/30/06 4,545,000 4,545,000 4,566,998
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 6.88 9/15/10 310,000 310,000 358,695
Federal National Mortgage Assoc. 1.80 6/15/10 6,000,000 6,000,000 6,998,160
47,729,464
Lehman Brothers U.S. Treasury Notes 2.375 8/31/06 22,550,000 22,550,000 22,493,625
U.S. Treasury Notes 2.50 9/30/06 5,930,000 5,930,000 5,923,513
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 7.00 3/15/10 1,900,000 1,900,000 2,191,973
U.S. Treasury Bonds 10.375 11/15/12 6,458,000 6,458,000 7,842,937
U.S. Treasury Notes 2.50 5/31/06 7,100,000 7,100,000 7,106,674
U.S. Treasury Notes 2.00 7/15/14 804,200 804,200 832,098
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 4.75 12/8/10 2,795,000 2,795,000 2,835,863
Federal National Mortgage Assoc. 2.35 4/5/04 3,675,000 3,675,000 3,599,185
Federal National Mortgage Assoc. 4.75 2/21/13 700,000 700,000 697,613
53,523,481
Income Opportunity
Credit Suisse First Boston LLC U.S. Treasury Bonds 8.125 8/15/19 7,110,000 7,110,000 9,891,788
U.S. Treasury Bonds 6.00 2/15/26 32,000,000 32,000,000 36,933,760
U.S. Treasury Bonds 4.75 5/15/14 15,180,000 15,180,000 16,052,850
62,878,398
Lehman Brothers Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 6.875 9/15/10 3,500,000 3,500,000 4,049,780
U.S. Treasury Bonds 2.50 9/30/06 400,000 400,000 399,624
U.S. Treasury Bonds 2.50 9/30/06 600,000 600,000 599,436
U.S. Treasury Bonds 5.375 2/15/31 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,086,560
U.S. Treasury Bonds 5.375 2/15/31 2,200,000 2,200,000 2,390,432
U.S. Treasury Bonds 5.375 2/15/31 20,800,000 20,800,000 22,600,448
31,126,280
Union Bank of Switzerland U.S. Treasury Notes 2.50 5/31/06 300,000 300,000 300,282
Income Trust
Credit Suisse First Boston LLC U.S. Treasury Notes 1.50 3/31/06 59,800,000 59,800,000 59,099,144
U.S. Treasury Bonds Strip 4.00 5/31/06 123,850,000 123,850,000 44,794,440
U.S. Treasury Notes 4.00 5/31/06 42,600,000 42,600,000 42,640,044
U.S. Treasury Notes 1.50 3/31/06 3,300,000 3,300,000 3,261,324
149,794,952
Lehman Brothers U.S. Treasury Notes 4.25 11/15/13 5,800,000 5,800,000 5,919,654
U.S. Treasury Notes 4.25 11/15/13 300,000 300,000 306,189
U.S. Treasury Notes 4.25 8/15/14 20,200,000 20,200,000 20,553,500
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 3.08 5/1/17 500,000 140,836 146,030
Federal National Mortgage Assoc. 3.00 5/1/31 48,673,696 4,180,545 4,402,616
Federal National Mortgage Assoc. 3.00 1/1/32 18,452,625 3,001,451 3,185,290
Resolution Funding Corp. 3.00 4/15/30 10,500,000 10,500,000 2,749,950
Federal National Mortgage Assoc. 3.11 10/1/31 30,429,402 4,755,168 5,046,422
Federal National Mortgage Assoc. 3.10 8/1/32 24,000,000 5,690,704 5,905,869
Federal National Mortgage Assoc. 3.11 10/1/32 11,667,065 4,665,209 4,841,601
Federal National Mortgage Assoc. 3.11 6/1/33 5,999,400 5,513,501 5,511,860
Federal National Mortgage Assoc. 3.10 7/1/34 4,600,000 4,498,157 4,487,219

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Trust / Counter Party Description Rate Maturity — Date Original — Face Current — Face Market — Value
Income Trust (cont’d)
Lehman Brothers (cont’d) Federal National Mortgage Assoc. 3.11 % 9/1/17 $30,215,381 $11,876,010 $12,302,834
75,359,034
Union Bank of Switzerland U.S. Treasury Notes 4.375 8/15/12 300,000 300,000 311,343
Limited Duration
Credit Suisse First
Boston LLC Ford Motor Credit Co. 7.375 2/1/11 7,500,000 7,500,000 8,135,963
General Motors Acceptance Corp. 6.875 8/28/12 7,500,000 7,500,000 7,766,250
Weyerhaeuser Co. 5.25 12/15/09 7,500,000 7,500,000 7,907,655
23,809,868
Lehman Brothers U.S. Treasury Notes 3.375 12/15/08 17,000,000 17,000,000 17,172,720
U.S. Treasury Notes 3.875 5/15/09 6,000,000 6,000,000 6,167,820
U.S. Treasury Notes 4.25 11/15/13 8,660,000 8,660,000 8,838,656
U.S. Treasury Notes 3.375 9/15/09 3,425,000 3,425,000 3,438,906
Federal National Mortgage Assoc. 7.25 1/15/10 17,000,000 17,000,000 19,807,380
Allied Waste NA 10.00 8/1/09 5,000,000 5,000,000 5,225,000
Federal National Mortgage Assoc. 5.50 10/1/33 800,000 663,591 676,452
AES Corp. 8.75 5/15/13 5,500,000 5,500,000 6,331,874
Concentra Operating Corp. 9.50 8/15/10 4,500,000 4,500,000 4,983,750
CSC Holdings, Inc. 7.875 12/15/07 4,800,000 4,800,000 5,160,000
DaimlerChrysler NA 4.05 6/4/08 7,500,000 7,500,000 7,532,475
Deutsche Telekom Intl. 8.50 6/15/10 2,200,000 2,200,000 2,647,942
Dynegy Holdings, Inc. 10.125 7/15/13 4,300,000 4,300,000 5,009,500
JPMorgan HYDI B 9.00 6/20/08 10,000,000 9,814,815 10,305,556
JPMorgan HYDI BB 6.40 6/20/08 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,150,000
National Waterworks, Inc. 10.50 12/1/12 6,250,000 6,250,000 7,000,000
Peru Republic 9.125 2/21/12 5,000,000 5,000,000 5,600,000
Qwest Corp. 9.125 3/15/12 6,000,000 6,000,000 6,765,000
Structured Asset Receivable Trust 1.649 1/21/10 6,500,000 6,474,858 6,464,741
Tyco Intl. Group 6.125 11/1/08 6,600,000 6,600,000 7,167,930
146,445,702
Strategic Bond
Lehman Brothers U.S. Treasury Bonds 5.375 2/15/31 410,000 410,000 445,490
U.S. Treasury Notes 4.25 8/15/13 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,022,340
U.S. Treasury Notes 2.50 5/31/06 1,010,000 1,010,000 1,010,949
U.S. Treasury Notes 4.75 5/15/14 710,000 710,000 750,825
U.S. Treasury Notes 2.625 11/16/04 933,000 933,000 933,877
General Electric Capital Corp. 3.45 7/16/07 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,013,680
HSBC Bank USA Global 3.875 9/15/09 800,000 800,000 803,208
Autonation, Inc. 9.00 8/1/08 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,152,500
BankOne Corp. 6.50 2/1/06 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,047,280
Citigroup, Inc. 5.75 5/10/06 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,133,920
Progress Energy, Inc. 6.75 3/1/06 400,000 400,000 419,628
Autonation, Inc. 9.00 8/1/08 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,152,500
$13,886,197

The average daily balance and weighted average interest rate of reverse repurchase agreements during the year ended October 31, 2004, were as follows:

Average Daily Weighted Average
Trust Balance Interest Rate
Broad Investment Grade $22,054,691 1.20 %
Core Bond 145,093,933 1.11
Income Opportunity 97,264,139 1.14
Income Trust 158,277,942 1.12
Limited Duration 195,844,775 1.32
Strategic Bond 27,651,966 1.33

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Dollar Rolls: The Trusts may enter into dollar rolls in which a Trust sells securities for delivery in the current month and simultaneously contracts to repurchase substantially similar (same type, coupon and maturity) securities on a specified future date. During the roll period the Trusts forgo principal and interest paid on the securities. The Trusts will be compensated by the interest earned on the cash proceeds of the initial sale and/or by the lower repurchase price at the future date.

Loan Payable: High Yield has a $32 million committed credit facility (the “facility”). Under the terms of the facility, the Trust borrows at the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus facility and administrative fees. In addition, the Trust pays a liquidity fee on the unused portion of the facility. The Trust may borrow up to 33 1 / 3 % of its total assets up to the committed amount. In accordance with the terms of the facility, the Trust has pledged its portfolio assets as collateral for the borrowing.

For the year ended October 31, 2004, High Yield borrowed a daily weighted average balance of $19,250,000 at a weighted average interest rate at 1.80% .

Note 5. Commitments

Bridge Debt Commitments: At October 31, 2004, High Yield and Limited Duration had $2,003,993 and $17,813,268, respectively, in commitments outstanding to fund high yield bridge debt. The Trusts are entitled to a fee upon the expiration of the commitment period, generally within six months of the initial commitment

date. The bridge debt terms approximate market rates at the time the commitment is entered into.

Note 6. Distributions to Shareholders

The tax character of distributions paid during the year ended October 31, 2004 and the period ended October 31, 2003 were as follows:

Ordinary Period ended October 31, 2004 — Non-taxable Long-term Total
Distributions Paid From: Income Return of Capital Capital Gains Distributions
Broad Investment Grade $ 2,661,384 $ — $ — $ 2,661,384
Core Bond 29,412,475 — 556,750 29,969,225
High Yield 5,864,606 187,188 — 6,051,794
Income Opportunity 28,937,742 — — 28,937,742
Income Trust 38,921,208 — — 38,921,208
Limited Duration 55,077,640 — — 55,077,640
Strategic Bond 11,337,469 — — 11,337,469
Ordinary Period ended October 31, 2003 — Non-taxable Long-term Total
Distributions Paid From: Income Return of Capital Capital Gains Distributions
Broad Investment Grade $ 3,504,653 $ — $ — $ 3,504,653
Core Bond 30,289,664 — 1,795,095 32,084,759
High Yield 6,783,092 333,356 — 7,116,448
Income Opportunity 36,267,803 — — 36,267,803
Income Trust 63,862,381 — — 63,862,381
Limited Duration 9,176,505 — — 9,176,505
Strategic Bond 10,466,535 — — 10,466,535

As of October 31, 2004, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

Undistributed — Ordinary Undistributed — Long-term Unrealized Net
Trust Income Gains Appreciation
Broad Investment Grade $ 7,959,288 $ — $ 2,431,031
Core Bond 2,018,119 5,953,869 16,968,612
High Yield — — —
Income Opportunity 6,870,587 8,926,885 21,347,265
Income Trust 3,627,727 — —
Limited Duration 5,674,866 1,634,766 31,869,396
Strategic Bond 197,015 — 6,213,545

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Note 7. Capital

There are 200 million of $0.01 par value common shares authorized for each of the Broad Investment Grade, Income Opportunity and Income Trusts. There are an unlimited number of $0.001 par value common shares authorized for Core Bond, High Yield, Limited Duration and Strategic Bond. At October 31, 2004, the common shares outstanding and the shares owned by affiliates of the Advisor of each Trust were:

Common Shares Common Shares
Trust Outstanding Owned
Broad Investment Grade 2,957,093 —
Core Bond 27,018,774 —
High Yield 6,403,606 —
Income Opportunity 34,449,693 —
Income Trust 63,715,468 —
Limited Duration 36,727,287 6,021
Strategic Bond 7,048,718 —

During the year ended October 31, 2004, High Yield, Income Trust, Limited Duration and Strategic Bond issued additional shares under their dividend reinvestment plans of 21,958, 325,777, 21,266, and 13,097, respectively. Transactions in common shares of beneficial interest for the year ended October 31, 2003, were as follows:

Intial Public Shares from — Underwriters’ Exercising the Reinvestment Net Increase in
Trust Offering Over-allotment Option of Dividends Shares Outstanding
High Yield — — 29,680 29,680
Income Trust — — 514,874 514,874
Limited Duration 34,306,021 2,400,000 — 36,706,021
Strategic Bond — — 19,467 19,467

Offering costs incurred in connection with the Limited Duration offering of common shares have been charged to paid-in capital in excess of par of the common shares in the amount of $1,222,110.

Note 8. Dividends

Subsequent to October 31, 2004, the Board of each of the Trusts declared dividends per common share payable November 28, 2004, to shareholders of record on November 14, 2004. The per share common dividends declared were as follows:

Common Dividend
Trust Per Share
Broad Investment Grade $0.075000
Core Bond 0.087500
High Yield 0.068333
Income Opportunity 0.070000
Income Trust 0.051042
Limited Duration 0.125000
Strategic Bond 0.130000

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Trustees and Shareholders of: BlackRock Broad Investment Grade 2009 Term Trust, Inc. BlackRock Core Bond Trust BlackRock High Yield Trust BlackRock Income Opportunity Trust BlackRock Income Trust, Inc. BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust BlackRock Strategic Bond Trust (collectively the “Trusts”)

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of the Trusts, including the portfolios of investments, as of October 31, 2004, and the related statements of operations and cash flows for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the periods presented. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Trusts’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2004, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; where replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Trusts as of October 31, 2004, the results of their operations and cash flows for the year then ended, and the related statements of operations and cash flows for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the periods presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Boston, Massachusetts December 23, 2004

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DIRECTORS/TRUSTEES INFORMATION (Unaudited)

Independent Trustees — Name, address, age Andrew F. Brimmer Richard E. Cavanagh Kent Dixon Frank J. Fabozzi
P.O. Box 4546 P.O. Box 4546 P.O. Box 4546 P.O. Box 4546
New York, NY 10163-4546 New York, NY 10163-4546 New York, NY 10163-4546 New York, NY 10163-4546
Age: 77 Age: 58 Age: 67 Age: 56
Current positions held with Lead Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee
the Trusts Audit Committee Chairman 2 Audit Committee Member Audit Committee Member 2 Audit Committee Member 3
Term of office and length 3 years 5 / since inception 3 years 5 / since inception 6 3 years 5 / since inception 3 years 5 / since inception
of time served
Principal occupations President of Brimmer & President and Chief Executive Consultant/Investor. Consultant. Editor of THE
during the past five years Company, Inc., a Washington, Officer of The Conference Board, Former President and Chief JOURNAL OF PORTFOLIO
D.C.-based economic and Inc., a leading global business Executive Officer of MANAGEMENT and
financial consulting firm, also research organization, from 1995- Empire Federal Savings Frederick Frank Adjunct
Wilmer D. Barrett Professor of present. Former Executive Dean of Bank of America and Banc Professor of Finance at the
Economics, University of the John F. Kennedy School of PLUS Savings Association, School of Management at Yale
Massachusetts – Amherst. Government at Harvard University former Chairman of the University. Author and editor
Formerly member of the Board from 1988-1995. Acting Director, Board, President and Chief of several books on fixed
of Governors of the Federal Harvard Center for Business and Executive Officer of income portfolio management.
Reserve System. Former Government (1991-1993). Formerly Northeast Savings. Visiting Professor of Finance
Chairman, District of Columbia Partner (principal) of McKinsey & and Accounting at the Sloan
Financial Control Board. Company, Inc. (1980- 1988). School of Management,
Former Executive Director of Massachusetts Institute of
Federal Cash Management, White Technology from 1986 to
House Office of Management and August 1992.
Budget (1977-1979). Co-author,
THE WINNING PERFORMANCE
(best selling management book pub-
lished in 13 national editions).
Number of portfolios 52 52 52 52
overseen within the fund
complex
Other Directorships held Director of CarrAmerica Realty Trustee: Aircraft Finance Trust Former Director of ISFA Director, Guardian Mutual
outside of the fund Corporation and Borg-Warner (AFT) and Educational Testing (the owner of INVEST, a Funds Group (18 portfolios).
complex Automotive. Formerly Director Service (ETS). Director, Arch national securities broker-
of Airborne Express, Chemicals, Fremont Group and The age service designed for
BankAmerica Corporation Guardian Life Insurance Company banks and thrift
(Bank of America), BellSouth of America. institutions).
Corporation, College
Retirement Equities Fund
(Trustee), Commodity
Exchange, Inc. (Public
Governor), Connecticut Mutual
Life Insurance Company, E.I.
du Pont de Nemours &
Company, Equitable Life
Assurance Society of the
United States, Gannett
Company, Mercedes-Benz of
North America, MNC Financial
Corporation (American
Security Bank), NCM Capital
Management, Navistar
International Corporation, PHH
Corp. and UAL Corporation
(United Airlines).
For “Interested Director/
Trustee” relationships,
events or transactions by
reason of which the Trustee
is an interested person as
defined in Section 2(a)(19)
of the 1940 Act
1 Interested Trustee as defined by Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
2 The Board of each Trust has determined that each Trust has two Audit Committee financial experts serving on its Audit Committee, Dr. Brimmer and Mr. Dixon, both of whom are independent for the purpose of the definition of Audit
Committee financial expert as applicable to the Trusts.
3 Appointed Audit Committee Member on May 25, 2004.
4 Trustee since inception; appointed Chairman of the Board on August 22, 2002.

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Independent Trustees (continued) — R. Glenn Hubbard James Clayburn La Force, Jr. Walter F. Mondale Interested Trustees 1 — Ralph L. Schlosstein Robert S. Kapito
P.O. Box 4546 P.O. Box 4546 P.O. Box 4546 BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock, Inc.
New York, NY 10163-4546 New York, NY 10163-4546 New York, NY 10163-4546 40 East 52nd Street 40 East 52nd Street
Age: 46 Age: 75 Age: 76 New York, NY 10022 New York, NY 10022
Age: 53 Age: 47
Trustee Trustee Trustee Chairman of the Board 4 President and Trustee
3 years 5 / since November 16, 3 years 5 / since inception 7 3 years 5 / since inception 8 3 years 5 / since inception 3 years 5 / since August 22,
2004 2002
Dean of Columbia Business Dean Emeritus of the John E. Senior Counsel, Dorsey & Director since 1999 and Vice Chairman of BlackRock,
School since July 1, 2004. Anderson Graduate School of Whitney, LLP, a law firm President of BlackRock, Inc. Inc. Head of the Portfolio
Columbia faculty member since Management, University of (January 2004-present); since its formation in 1998 and Management Group. Also a
1988. Co-director of Columbia California since July 1, 1993. Partner, Dorsey & Whitney, of BlackRock, Inc.’s predeces- member of the Management
Business School’s Entrepreneur- Acting Dean of the School of LLP, (December 1996- sor entities since 1988. Member Committee, the Investment
ship Program 1994-1997. Business, Hong Kong December 2003, September of the Management Committee Strategy Group, the Fixed
Visiting professor at Harvard’s University of Science and 1987-August 1993). Formerly and Investment Strategy Group Income and Global Operating
Kennedy School of Government Technology 1990-1993. From U.S. Ambassador to Japan of BlackRock, Inc. Formerly, Committees and the Equity
and Harvard Business School, 1978 to September 1993, Dean (1993-1996). Formerly Vice Managing Director of Lehman Investment Strategy Group.
as well as the University of of the John E. Anderson President of the United States, Brothers, Inc. and Co-head of Responsible for the portfolio
Chicago. Visiting scholar at the Graduate School of U.S. Senator and Attorney its Mortgage and Savings management of the Fixed
American Enterprise Institute in Management, University of General of the State of Institutions Group. Chairman Income, Domestic Equity and
Washington and member of California. Minnesota. 1984 Democratic and President of the BlackRock International Equity, Liquidity,
International Advisory Board of Nominee for President of the Liquidity Funds and Director of and Alternative Investment
the MBA Program of Ben- United States. several of BlackRock’s alternative Groups of BlackRock.
Gurion University. Deputy assis- investment vehicles.
tant secretary of the U.S.
Treasury Department for Tax
Policy 1991–1993. Chairman of
the U.S. Council of Economic
Advisers under the President of
the United States 2001–2003.
52 52 52 62 52
Director of ADP, Dex Media, Payden & Rygel Investment Director of United Health Member of the Visiting Board Chairman of the Hope and
KKR Financial Corporation, Trust, Metzler-Payden Foundation and the Japan of Overseers of the John F. Heroes Children’s Cancer
and Ripplewood Holdings. Investment Trust, Advisors Society. Member of the Hubert Kennedy School of Government Fund. President of the Board
Formerly on the advisory Series Trust, Arena H. Humphrey Institute of at Harvard University, a member of Directors of the Periwinkle
boards of the Congressional Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Public Affairs Advisory Board, of the board of the Financial National Theatre for Young
Budget Office, the Council on CancerVax Corporation. The Mike and Maureen Institutions Center of The Audiences. Director of
Competitiveness, the American Mansfield Foundation, Dean’s Wharton School of the icruise.com, Corp.
Council on Capital Formation, Board of Visitors of the University of Pennsylvania, a
the Tax Foundation and the Medical School at the trustee of the American
Center for Addiction and University of Minnesota, and Museum of Natural History, a
Substance Abuse. Trustee of the Mayo Foundation Advisory trustee of Trinity School in New
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Council to the President. York City, a member of the
Church of New York. Board of Advisors of Marujupu
LLC, and a trustee of New
Visions for Public Education
and of The Public Theater in
New York City. Formerly, a
director of Pulte Corporation,
the nation’s largest homebuilder,
a Trustee of Denison University
and a member of Fannie Mae’s
Advisory Council.
Director and President of the Director and Vice Chairman of
Advisor the Advisor.
5 The Board is classified into three classes of which one class is elected annually. Each Trustee serves a three-year term concurrent with the class from which he is elected.
6 For Broad Investment Grade, Income Opportunity and Income Trust appointed Director on 08/11/94.
7 For Income Opportunity and Income Trust appointed Director on 06/19/92.
8 Except during the periods 08/12/93 through 04/15/97 and 10/31/02 through 11/11/02.

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DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLANS

Pursuant to each Trust’s respective Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the “Plan”), shareholders of Broad Investment Grade, Income Opportunity and Income Trust may elect, while shareholders of Core Bond, High Yield, Limited Duration and Strategic Bond are automatically enrolled, to have all distributions of dividends and capital gains reinvested by EquiServe Trust Company, N.A. (the “Plan Agent”) in the respective Trust’s shares pursuant to the Plan. Shareholders who do not participate in the Plan will receive all distributions in cash paid by check and mailed directly to the shareholders of record (or if the shares are held in street or other nominee name, then to the nominee) by the Plan Agent, which serves as agent for the shareholders in administering the Plan.

After Broad Investment Grade and/or Income Opportunity Trust declares a dividend or determines to make a capital gain distribution, the Plan Agent will acquire shares for the participants’ account, by the purchase of outstanding shares on the open market, on the Trust’s primary exchange or elsewhere (“open market purchases”). The Trust will not issue any new shares under the Plan.

After Core Bond, High Yield, Income Trust, Limited Duration and/or Strategic Bond declares a dividend or determines to make a capital gain distribution, the Plan Agent will acquire shares for the participants’ account, depending upon the circumstances described below, either (i) through receipt of unissued but authorized shares from the Trust (“newly issued shares”) or (ii) by open market purchases. If, on the dividend payment date, the NAV is equal to or less than the market price per share plus estimated brokerage commissions (such condition being referred to herein as “market premium”), the Plan Agent will invest the dividend amount in newly issued shares on behalf of the participants. The number of newly issued shares to be credited to each participant’s account will be determined by dividing the dollar amount of the dividend by the NAV on the date the shares are issued. However, if the NAV is less than 95% of the market price on the payment date, the dollar amount of the dividend will be divided by 95% of the market price on the payment date. If, on the dividend payment date, the NAV is greater than the market value per share plus estimated brokerage commissions (such condition being referred to herein as “market discount”), the Plan Agent will invest the dividend amount in shares acquired on behalf of the participants in open-market purchases.

The Plan Agent’s fees for the handling of the reinvestment of dividends and distributions will be paid by each Trust. However, each participant will pay a pro rata share of brokerage commissions incurred with respect to the Plan Agent’s open market purchases in connection with the reinvestment of dividends and distributions. The automatic reinvestment of dividends and distributions will not relieve participants of any Federal income tax that may be payable on such dividends or distributions.

Each Trust reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan. There is no direct service charge to participants in the Plan; however, each Trust reserves the right to amend the Plan to include a service charge payable by the participants. Participants who request a sale of shares through the Plan Agent are subject to a $2.50 sales fee and a $0.15 per share sold brokerage commisson. All correspondence concerning the Plan should be directed to the Plan Agent at 250 Royall Street, Canton, MA 02021 or (800) 699-1BFM.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

On August 25, 2004, BlackRock, Inc., the parent of BlackRock Advisors, Inc., the Trusts’ investment advisor, entered into an agreement with MetLife, Inc. ® to acquire SSRM Holdings, Inc., the parent of State Street Research & Management Company, the investment advisor to the State Street Research mutual funds. Management believes there will be no impact to the Trusts as a result of this transaction.

Quarterly performance and other information regarding the Trusts may be found on BlackRock’s website, which can be accessed at http://www.blackrock.com/funds/cefunds/index.html. This reference to BlackRock’s website is intended to allow investors public access to information regarding the Trusts and does not, and is not intended, to incorporate BlackRock’s website into this report.

Certain of the officers of the Trusts listed on the inside back cover of this Report to Shareholders are also officers of the Advisor or Sub-Advisor. They serve in the following capacities for the Advisor or Sub-Advisor; Robert S. Kapito—Director and Vice Chairman of the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor, Henry Gabbay and Anne Ackerley—Managing Directors of the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor, Richard M. Shea and James Kong—Managing Directors of the Sub-Advisor, Vincent B. Tritto—Director of the Sub-Advisor, and Brian P. Kindelan—Director of the Advisor

TAX INFORMATION

We wish to advise you as to the federal tax status of dividends paid by the Trusts during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2004.

During the fiscal year ended October 31, 2004, the Trusts paid dividends and distributions as follows:

Ordinary Income Non-taxable — Return of Capital Long-term — Capital Gains
Trust Per Share per share per share Total
Broad Investment Grade (BCT) $0.9000 $ — $ — $0.9000
Core Bond (BHK) 1.0886 — 0.0206 1.1092
High Yield (BHY) 0.9158 0.0292 — 0.9451
Income Opportunity (BNA) 0.8400 — — 0.8400
Income Trust (BKT) 0.6109 — — 0.6109
Limited Duration (BLW) 1.4996 — — 1.4996
Strategic Bond (BHD) 1.6084 — — 1.6084

Further, we wish to advise you that your income dividends do not qualify for the dividends received deduction.

For the purpose of preparing your 2004 annual federal income tax return, you should report the amounts as reflected on the appropriate Form 1099 DIV which will be mailed to you in January 2005.

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BlackRock Closed-End Funds

Directors/Trustees
Ralph L. Schlosstein, Chairman
Andrew F. Brimmer
Richard E. Cavanagh
Kent Dixon
Frank J. Fabozzi
R. Glenn Hubbard 1
Robert S. Kapito
James Clayburn La Force, Jr.
Walter F. Mondale
Officers
Robert S. Kapito, President
Henry Gabbay, Treasurer
Bartholomew Battista, Chief Compliance Officer
Anne Ackerley, Vice President
Richard M. Shea, Vice President/Tax
James Kong, Assistant Treasurer
Vincent B. Tritto, Secretary
Brian P. Kindelan, Assistant Secretary
Investment Advisor
BlackRock Advisors, Inc.
100 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809
(800) 227-7BFM
Sub-Advisor 2
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
40 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10022
Accounting Agent and Custodian
State Street Bank and Trust Company
225 Franklin Street
Boston, MA 02110
Transfer Agent
EquiServe Trust Company, N.A.
250 Royall Street
Canton, MA 02021
(800) 699-1BFM
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Deloitte & Touche LLP
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02116
Legal Counsel
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Four Times Square
New York, NY 10036
Legal Counsel – Independent Trustees
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
919 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
This report is for shareholder information. This is not a prospec-
tus intended for use in the purchase or sale of Trust shares.
Statements and other information contained in this report are as
dated and are subject to change.
BlackRock Closed-End Funds
c/o BlackRock Advisors, Inc.
100 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809
(800) 227-7BFM
1 Appointed November 16, 2004.
2 For Core Bond, Limited Duration and Strategic Bond.

The Trusts will mail only one copy of shareholder documents, including annual and semi-annual reports and proxy statements, to shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address. This practice is commonly called “householding” and is intended to reduce expenses and eliminate duplicate mailings of shareholder documents. Mailings of your shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please contact the Trusts at (800)699-1BFM.

The Trusts have delegated to the Advisor the voting of proxies relating to their voting securities pursuant to the Advisor’s proxy voting policies and procedures. You may obtain a copy of these proxy voting policies and procedures, without charge, by calling (800) 699-1BFM. These policies and procedures are also available on the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) at http://www.sec.gov.

Information on how proxies relating to the Trusts’ voting securities were voted (if any) by the Advisor during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30th is available, upon request, by calling (800) 699-1BFM or on the website of the Commission at http://www.sec.gov.

The Trusts file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of their respective fiscal years with the Commission on Form N-Q. Each Trust’s Form N-Q will be available on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Each Trust’s Form N-Q, when available, may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information regarding the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. Each Trust’s Form N-Q, when available, may also be obtained, upon request, by calling (800) 699-1BFM.

This report is for shareholder information. This is not a prospectus intended for use in the purchase or sale of Trust shares. Statements and other information contained in this report are as dated and are subject to change.

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Item 2. Code of Ethics.

(a) The Registrant has adopted a code of ethics (the "Code of Ethics") that applies to its principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions.

(b) Not applicable.

(c) The Registrant has not amended its Code of Ethics during the period covered by the shareholder report presented in Item 1 hereto.

(d) The Registrant has not granted a waiver or an implicit waiver from a provision of its Code of Ethics during the period covered by the shareholder report presented in Item 1 hereto.

(e) Not applicable.

(f) The Registrant's Code of Ethics is attached as an Exhibit hereto.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The Registrant's Board of Trustees has determined that it has two audit committee financial experts serving on its audit committee, each of whom is an "independent" Trustee: Dr. Andrew F. Brimmer and Mr. Kent Dixon. Under applicable securities laws, a person who is determined to be an audit committee financial expert will not be deemed an "expert" for any purpose, including without limitation for the purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as a result of being designated or identified as an audit committee financial expert. The designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert does not impose on such person any duties, obligations, or liabilities that are greater than the duties, obligations, and liabilities imposed on such person as a member of the audit committee and Board of Trustees in the absence of such designation or identification.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

(a) Audit Fees . The aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the audit of the Registrant's annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years were $29,900 for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2004 and $37,300 for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2003.

(b) Audit-Related Fees . The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for assurance and related services by the principal accountant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the Registrant’s financial statements and are not

reported above in Item 4(a) were $0 for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2004 and $0 for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2003. The nature of these services was attest services not required by statute or regulation, overhead and out-of-pocket expenses.

(c) Tax Fees . The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning were $10,500 for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2004 and $0 for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2003. The nature of these services was federal, state and local income and excise tax return preparation and related advice and planning and miscellaneous tax advice.

(d) All Other Fees . There were no fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for products and services provided by the principal accountant, other than the services reported above in Items 4(a) through (c).

(e) Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

(1) The Registrant has polices and procedures (the "Policy") for the pre-approval by the Registrant's Audit Committee of Audit, Audit-Related, Tax and Other Services (as each is defined in the Policy) provided by the Trust's independent auditor (the "Independent Auditor") to the Registrant and other "Covered Entities" (as defined below). The term of any such pre-approval is 12 months from the date of pre-approval, unless the Audit Committee specifically provides for a different period. The amount of any such pre-approval is set forth in the appendices to the Policy (the "Service Pre-Approval Documents"). At its first meeting of each calendar year, the Audit Committee will review and re-approve the Policy and approve or re-approve the Service Pre-Approval Documents for that year, together with any changes deemed necessary or desirable by the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee may, from time to time, modify the nature of the services pre-approved, the aggregate level of fees pre-approved or both.

For the purposes of the Policy, "Covered Services" means (A) all engagements for audit and non-audit services to be provided by the Independent Auditor to the Trust and (B) all engagements for non-audit services related directly to the operations and financial reporting or the Trust to be provided by the Independent Auditor to any Covered Entity, "Covered Entities" means (1) the Advisor or (2) any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Advisor that provides ongoing services to the Trust.

In the intervals between the scheduled meetings of the Audit Committee, the Audit Committee delegates pre-approval authority under this Policy to the Chairman of the Audit Committee (the "Chairman"). The Chairman shall report any pre-approval decisions under this Policy to the Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting. At each scheduled meeting, the Audit Committee will review with the Independent Auditor the Covered Services pre-approved by the Chairman pursuant to delegated authority, if any, and the fees related thereto. Based on these reviews, the Audit Committee can modify, at its discretion, the pre-approval originally granted by the Chairman pursuant to delegated authority. This modification can be to the nature of services pre-approved, the aggregate level of fees approved, or both. Pre-approval of Covered Services by the Chairman pursuant to delegated authority is expected to be the exception rather than the rule and the

Audit Committee may modify or withdraw this delegated authority at any time the Audit Committee determines that it is appropriate to do so.

Fee levels for all Covered Services to be provided by the Independent Auditor and pre-approved under this Policy will be established annually by the Audit Committee and set forth in the Service Pre-Approval Documents. Any increase in pre-approved fee levels will require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee (or the Chairman pursuant to delegated authority).

The terms and fees of the annual Audit services engagement for the Trust are subject to the specific pre-approval of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee (or the Chairman pursuant to delegated authority) will approve, if necessary, any changes in terms, conditions or fees resulting from changes in audit scope, Trust structure or other matters.

In addition to the annual Audit services engagement specifically approved by the Audit Committee, any other Audit services for the Trust not listed in the Service Pre-Approval Document for the respective period must be specifically pre-approved by the Audit Committee (or the Chairman pursuant to delegated authority.)

Audit-Related services are assurance and related services that are not required for the audit, but are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the financial statements of the Registrant and, to the extent they are Covered Services, the other Covered Entities (as defined in the Joint Audit Committee Charter) or that are traditionally performed by the Independent Auditor. Audit-Related services that are Covered Services and are not listed in the Service Pre-Approval Document for the respective period must be specifically pre-approved by the Audit Committee (or the Chairman pursuant to delegated authority).

The Audit Committee believes that the Independent Auditor can provide Tax services to the Covered Entities such as tax compliance, tax planning and tax advice without impairing the auditor’s independence. However, the Audit Committee will not permit the retention of the Independent Auditor in connection with a transaction initially recommended by the Independent Auditor, the sole business purpose of which may be tax avoidance and the tax treatment of which may not be supported in the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations. Tax services that are Covered Services and are not listed in the Service Pre-Approval Document for the respective period must be specifically pre-approved by the Audit Committee (or the Chairman pursuant to delegated authority).

All Other services that are covered and are not listed in the Service Pre-Approval Document for the respective period must be specifically pre-approved by the Audit Committee (or the Chairman pursuant to delegated authority).

Requests or applications to provide Covered Services that require approval by the Audit Committee (or the Chairman pursuant to delegated authority) must be submitted to the Audit Committee or the Chairman, as the case may be, by both the Independent Auditor and the Chief Financial Officer of the respective Covered Entity, and must include a joint statement as to whether, in their view, (a) the request or application is consistent with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on auditor independence and (b) the requested service is or is not a non-audit service prohibited by the SEC. A request or application submitted to the Chairman between scheduled meetings of the Audit Committee should include a discussion as to why approval is being sought prior to the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Audit Committee.

(2) None of the services described in each of Items 4(b) through (d) were approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(f) Not applicable.

(g) The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the Trust's accountant for services rendered to the Trust, the Advisor (except for any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser) or any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Advisor that provides ongoing services to the registrant that directly impacted the Trust for each of the last two fiscal years were $10,500 for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2004 and $0 for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2003.

(h) Not applicable.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

The Registrant has a separately-designated standing audit committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The audit committee of the Registrant is comprised of: Dr. Andrew F. Brimmer; Richard E. Cavanagh; Kent Dixon and Frank Fabozzi.

Item 6. Schedule of Investments.

The Registrant’s Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Report to Shareholders filed under Item 1 of this form.

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

The Registrant has delegated the voting of proxies relating to its voting securities to its investment advisor, BlackRock Advisors, Inc. (the "Advisor") and its sub-advisor, BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. (the "Sub-Advisor"). The Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures of the Advisor and Sub-Advisor (the "Proxy Voting Policies") are attached as an Exhibit 99.PROXYPOL hereto.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies

Not applicable.

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Companies and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable.

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Not applicable.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

(a) The Registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer have evaluated the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of this filing and have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective, as of such date, in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in this Form N-CSR was recorded, processed, summarized, and reported timely.

(b) The Registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer are aware of no changes in the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant's last fiscal half-year that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Exhibits.

(a)(1) Code of Ethics attached as EX-99.CODE ETH.

(a)(2) Separate certifications of Principal Executive and Financial Officers pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 attached as EX-99.CERT.

(a)(3) Not applicable.

(b) Certification of Principal Executive and Financial Officers pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 furnished as EX-99.906CERT.

Proxy Voting Policies attached as EX-99.PROXYPOL.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

(Registrant) BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust

By: /s/ Henry Gabbay _________ Name: Henry Gabbay Title: Treasurer Date: January 4, 2005

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By: /s/ Robert S. Kapito _________ Name: Robert S. Kapito Title: Principal Executive Officer Date: January 4, 2005

By: /s/ Henry Gabbay _________ Name: Henry Gabbay Title: Principal Financial Officer Date: January 4, 2005

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