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BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust

For the period ended Jul 11, 2025. Filed May 22, 2025.

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Jul 11, 2025 · Filed May 22, 2025

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

INFORMATION

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Filed by the Registrant

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☐ Soliciting Material Pursuant to § 240.14a-12

BlackRock 2037 Municipal Target Term Trust

BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust

BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust

BlackRock Core Bond Trust

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Energy and Resources Trust

BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust

BlackRock Enhanced Global Dividend Trust

BlackRock Enhanced International Dividend Trust

BlackRock Enhanced Large Cap Core Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust

BlackRock Health Sciences Trust

BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust

BlackRock Income Trust, Inc.

BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc.

BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust

BlackRock Long-Term Municipal Advantage Trust

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust

BlackRock MuniAssets Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Municipal 2030 Target Term Trust

BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust

BlackRock Municipal Income Trust

BlackRock Municipal Income Trust II

BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund, Inc.

BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund, Inc.

BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund, Inc.

BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund, Inc.

BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund II, Inc.

BlackRock MuniVest Fund II, Inc.

BlackRock MuniVest Fund, Inc.

BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc.

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund, Inc.

BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc.

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc.

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc.

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc.

BlackRock New York Municipal Income Trust

BlackRock Resources & Commodities Strategy Trust

BlackRock Science and Technology Trust

BlackRock Science and Technology Term Trust

BlackRock Taxable Municipal Bond Trust

BlackRock Technology and Private Equity Term Trust

BlackRock Utilities, Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust

BlackRock Virginia Municipal Bond Trust

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Dear Shareholder:

A joint annual meeting of the shareholders of the BlackRock

Funds listed in

to the enclosed joint proxy statement (each, a “Fund”) will be held on Friday, July 11, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time), to consider and vote on the proposal discussed in the enclosed joint proxy statement. The meeting will be held in a virtual meeting format only. Shareholders will not have to travel to attend the meeting but will be able to view the meeting live and cast their votes by accessing a web link.

The purpose of the meeting is to seek shareholder approval of the nominees named in the enclosed joint proxy statement to the Boards of Directors or Trustees (each, a “Board” and collectively, the “Boards,” the members of which are referred to as “Board Members”) of each Fund. Each Board has unanimously approved the nominees named in the enclosed joint proxy statement on behalf of its Fund (the “Board Nominees”), subject to approval by the Fund’s shareholders. The Boards have reviewed the qualifications and backgrounds of the Board Nominees and believe that they possess the requisite experience in overseeing investment companies and that their election is in your best interest.

The Board Members responsible for your Fund recommend that you vote “

FOR

” the Board Nominees for your Fund.

In connection with your vote, we urge you to read the full text of the enclosed joint proxy statement.

You have received this joint proxy statement because you were a shareholder of record of at least one of the Funds listed in

on May 19, 2025 (the “Record Date”). Another BlackRock

Fund not listed in Appendix A will also hold its annual meeting of shareholders on the date stated above, but at a different time. If you were also a shareholder of record on the Record Date of such other fund, you will receive a separate proxy statement and proxy card relating to such fund. Please be certain to vote by telephone or via the Internet with respect to each Fund in which you are a shareholder of record or sign, date and return each proxy card you receive from us.

We would like to assure you of our commitment to ensuring that the joint annual meeting provides shareholders with a meaningful opportunity to participate, including the ability to ask questions of the Boards and management. To support these efforts, we will:

•Provide for shareholders to begin logging into the joint annual meeting at 9:30 a.m., Eastern time on Friday, July 11, 2025, thirty minutes in advance of the joint annual meeting.
•Permit shareholders attending the joint annual meeting to submit questions via live webcast during the joint annual meeting by following the instructions available on the meeting website during the joint annual meeting. Questions relevant to joint annual meeting matters will be answered during the joint annual meeting, subject to time constraints.
•Engage with and respond to shareholders who ask questions relevant to joint annual meeting matters that are not answered during the joint annual meeting due to time constraints.
•Provide the ability for participating shareholders who hold Fund shares in their name to vote or revoke their prior vote at the joint annual meeting by following the instructions that will be available on the meeting website during the joint annual meeting. Participating shareholders who are beneficial shareholders (that is if they hold Fund shares through a bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee) will not be able to vote at the joint annual meeting unless they have registered in advance to attend the joint annual meeting, as described below.

Your vote is important.

Attendance at the annual meeting will be limited to each Fund’s shareholders as of the Record Date.

If your shares in a Fund are registered in your name, you may attend and participate in the meeting at meetnow.global/M9V4D6U by entering the control number found in the shaded box on your proxy card on the date and time of the meeting. You may vote during the meeting by following the instructions that will be available on the meeting website during the meeting.

If you are a beneficial shareholder of a Fund (that is if you hold your shares of a Fund through a bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee) and want to attend the meeting you must register in advance of the meeting. To register, you must submit proof of your proxy power (legal proxy) reflecting your Fund holdings along with your name and email address to Georgeson LLC, the Funds’ tabulator. You may email an image of your legal proxy to shareholdermeetings@computershare.com. Requests for registration must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern time) three business days prior to the meeting date. You will receive a confirmation email from Georgeson LLC (through Computershare) of your registration and a control number and security code that will allow you to vote at the meeting.

Even if you plan to attend the meeting, please promptly follow the enclosed instructions to submit your voting instructions by telephone or via the Internet.

Alternatively, you may submit voting instructions by signing and dating each proxy card you receive, and if received by mail, returning it in the accompanying postage-paid return envelope.

We encourage you to carefully review the enclosed materials, which explain this proposal in more detail. As a shareholder, your vote is important, and we hope that you will respond today to ensure that your shares will be represented at the meeting. You may vote using one of the methods below by following the instructions on your proxy card or voting instruction form(s):

•By touch-tone telephone;
•By Internet;
•By signing, dating and returning the enclosed proxy card or voting instruction form(s) in the postage-paid envelope; or
•By participating at the meeting as described above.

If you do not vote using one of these methods, you may be called by Georgeson LLC, the Funds’ proxy solicitor, to vote your shares.

If you have any questions about the proposal to be voted on or the virtual meeting, please call Georgeson LLC, the firm assisting us in the solicitation of proxies, toll free at

1-866-328-5445.

Sincerely,

50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

FOR FUND SHAREHOLDERS

While we encourage you to read the full text of the enclosed joint proxy statement, for your convenience we have provided a brief overview of the matters to be voted on.

Questions and Answers

Q:Why am I receiving the joint proxy statement?
A:Each Fund is required to hold an annual meeting of shareholders for the election of Board Members. This joint proxy statement describes a proposal to approve the nominees to the Board of the Fund(s) in which you own shares and provides you with other information relating to the meeting. The enclosed proxy card(s) indicate the Fund(s) in which you own shares. The table starting on page 9 of the joint proxy statement identifies the Board Members, including the Board Nominees, for each Fund.
Q:Will my vote make a difference?
A:YES. Your vote is very important and can make a difference in the governance and management of your Fund(s), no matter how many shares you own. We encourage all shareholders to participate in the governance of their Fund(s). Your vote can help ensure that the Board Nominees will be elected.
Q:How do the Boards of the Funds recommend that I vote?
A:The Boards have reviewed the qualifications and backgrounds of the Board Nominees and believe that the Board Nominees possess the requisite experience in overseeing investment companies and are familiar with the Funds and their investment advisers. The Boards have approved the Board Nominees named in the joint proxy statement, believe their election is in your best interest and unanimously recommend that you vote “FOR” each Board Nominee.
Q:When and where will the meeting be held?
A:The meeting will be held on Friday, July 11, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time). The meeting will be held in a virtual meeting format only. Shareholders will not have to travel to attend the meeting but will be able to view the meeting live and cast their votes by accessing a web link.
Q:How do I vote my shares?
A:You can provide voting instructions by telephone, by calling the toll-free number on the proxy card(s) or on the Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Joint Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be Held on July 11, 2025 (the “Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials”), or by going to the Internet address provided on the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials or proxy card(s) and following the instructions. If you vote by telephone or via the Internet, you will be asked to enter a unique code that has been assigned to you, which is printed on your proxy card(s) or Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, as applicable. This code is designed to confirm your identity, provide access to the voting website and confirm that your voting instructions are properly recorded. Alternatively, if you received your proxy card(s) by mail, you can vote your shares by signing and dating the proxy card(s) and mailing it (them) in the enclosed postage-paid envelope.

You may also vote at the meeting; however, even if you plan to attend the virtual meeting, we still encourage you to provide voting instructions by one of the methods discussed above. In addition, we ask that you please note the following:

If your shares in a Fund are registered in your name, you may attend and participate in the meeting at meetnow.global/M9V4D6U by entering the control number found in the shaded box on your proxy card on the date and time of the meeting. You may vote during the meeting by following the instructions that will be available on the meeting website during the meeting.

Also, if you are a beneficial shareholder of a Fund, you will not be able to vote at the virtual meeting unless you have registered in advance to attend the meeting. To register, you must submit proof of your proxy power (legal proxy) reflecting your Fund holdings along with your name and email address to Georgeson LLC (“Georgeson”), the Funds’ tabulator. You may email an image of your legal proxy to shareholdermeetings@computershare.com. Requests for registration must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern time) three business days prior to the meeting date. You will receive a confirmation email from Georgeson (through Computershare) of your registration and a control number and security code that will allow you to vote at the Meeting.

Even if you plan to attend the meeting, please promptly follow the enclosed instructions to submit your voting instructions by telephone or via the Internet. Alternatively, you may submit voting instructions by signing and dating each proxy card you receive, and if received by mail, returning it in the accompanying postage-paid return envelope.

Q:Are the Funds paying for the cost of the joint proxy statement?
A:The costs associated with the joint proxy statement, including the printing, distribution and proxy solicitation costs, will be borne by the Funds. Additional out-of-pocket costs, such as legal expenses and auditor fees, incurred in connection with the preparation of the joint proxy statement, also will be borne by the Funds. Costs that are borne by the Funds collectively will be allocated among the Funds on the basis of a combination of their respective net assets and number of shareholder accounts, except when direct costs can reasonably be attributed to one or more specific Funds.

The Funds and BlackRock, Inc. have retained Georgeson, 51 West 52nd Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10019, a proxy solicitation firm, to assist in the distribution of proxy materials and the solicitation and tabulation of proxies. It is anticipated that Georgeson will be paid approximately $298,000 for such services (including reimbursements of out-of-pocket expenses).

Q:Whom do I call if I have questions?
A:If you need more information, or have any questions about voting, please call Georgeson, the Funds’ proxy solicitor, toll free at 1-866-328-5445.

Please vote

now

. Your vote is important.

To avoid the wasteful and unnecessary expense of further solicitation and no matter how large or small your holdings may be, we urge you to indicate your voting instructions on the enclosed proxy card(s), and if received by mail, date and sign it (them) and return it (them) promptly in the postage-paid envelope provided, or record your voting instructions by telephone or via the Internet. If you submit a properly executed proxy card but do not indicate how you wish your shares to be voted, your shares will be voted “

FOR

” the election of the Board Nominees. If your shares of a Fund are held through a broker, you must provide voting instructions to your broker about how to vote your shares in order for your broker to vote your shares as you instruct at the meeting.

NOTICE OF JOINT ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON JULY 11, 2025

To the Shareholders:

A joint annual meeting of the shareholders of the BlackRock

Funds identified below (each, a “Fund”) will be held on Friday, July 11, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time), to consider and vote on the proposal, as more fully discussed in the accompanying joint proxy statement. The meeting will be held in a virtual meeting format only. Shareholders will not have to travel to attend the meeting but will be able to view the meeting live and cast their votes by accessing a web link.

PROPOSAL 1.To elect to the Board (defined below) of your Fund(s) the nominees named in the accompanying joint proxy statement.

To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof.

The purpose of the meeting is to seek shareholder approval of the nominees named in the accompanying joint proxy statement to the Boards of Directors or Trustees (each, a “Board,” and collectively, the “Boards,” the members of which are referred to as “Board Members”) of each Fund. Each Board has unanimously approved the nominees on behalf of its Fund (the “Board Nominees”), subject to approval by the Fund’s shareholders. The Boards have reviewed the qualifications and backgrounds of the Board Nominees and believe that the Board Nominees possess the requisite experience in overseeing investment companies and that their election is in your best interest.

Your Board unanimously recommends that you vote “

FOR

” the Board Nominees with respect to which you are being asked to vote.

Shareholders of record of each Fund as of the close of business on May 19, 2025 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to vote at the meeting and at any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof. A list of each Fund’s shareholders as of the Record Date will be available electronically for inspection by any record shareholder of such Fund at the shareholder meeting. For each Delaware Trust, such list will be available for inspection beginning ten days prior to the date of the meeting. Fund shareholders interested in inspecting the list of shareholders for their respective Fund should contact Georgeson LLC at blackrockcef@georgeson.com for additional information.

If you owned shares of more than one Fund as of the Record Date, you may receive more than one proxy card or voting instruction form. Another BlackRock

Fund will also hold its annual meeting of shareholders at the place and on the date stated above, but not at the same time. If you were also a shareholder of record on the Record Date of such other fund, you will receive a separate proxy statement and proxy card relating to such fund. Please be certain to vote by telephone or via the Internet with respect to each Fund in which you are a shareholder of record or sign, date and return each proxy card you receive from us.

If you have any questions about the proposal to be voted on or the virtual meeting, please call Georgeson LLC, the firm assisting us in the solicitation of proxies, toll free at

1-866-328-5445.

By Order of the Boards,

50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001

BlackRock Closed-End Funds

Holding Annual Meetings of Shareholders on July 11, 2025

Name of FundTicker
BlackRock 2037 Municipal Target Term TrustBMN
BlackRock California Municipal Income TrustBFZ
BlackRock Capital Allocation Term TrustBCAT
BlackRock Core Bond TrustBHK
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc.HYT
BlackRock Credit Allocation Income TrustBTZ
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc.DSU
BlackRock Energy and Resources TrustBGR
BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend TrustBDJ
BlackRock Enhanced Global Dividend TrustBOE
BlackRock Enhanced International Dividend TrustBGY
BlackRock Enhanced Large Cap Core Fund, Inc.CII
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc.FRA
BlackRock Floating Rate Income TrustBGT
BlackRock Health Sciences TrustBME
BlackRock Health Sciences Term TrustBMEZ
BlackRock Income Trust, Inc.BKT
BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc.BKN
BlackRock Limited Duration Income TrustBLW
BlackRock Long-Term Municipal Advantage TrustBTA
BlackRock Multi-Sector Income TrustBIT
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund, Inc.MUA
BlackRock Municipal 2030 Target Term TrustBTT
BlackRock Municipal Income Quality TrustBYM
BlackRock Municipal Income TrustBFK
BlackRock Municipal Income Trust IIBLE
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund, Inc.MUC
BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund, Inc.MHD
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund, Inc.MUJ
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund, Inc.MHN
BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund II, Inc.MUE
BlackRock MuniVest Fund II, Inc.MVT
BlackRock MuniVest Fund, Inc.MVF
BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc.MYD
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund, Inc.MIY
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc.MYN
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc.MQT
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc.MYI
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc.MQY
BlackRock New York Municipal Income TrustBNY
BlackRock Resources & Commodities Strategy TrustBCX
BlackRock Science and Technology TrustBST
BlackRock Science and Technology Term TrustBSTZ
BlackRock Taxable Municipal Bond TrustBBN
BlackRock Technology and Private Equity Term TrustBTX
BlackRock Utilities, Infrastructure & Power Opportunities TrustBUI
BlackRock Virginia Municipal Bond TrustBHV

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page
JOINT PROXY STATEMENT1
SUMMARY OF PROPOSAL AND FUNDS VOTING5
PROPOSAL 1—ELECTION OF BOARD NOMINEES7
VOTE REQUIRED AND MANNER OF VOTING PROXIES20
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM22
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION24
Appendix A – Fund InformationA-1
Appendix B – Compensation of the Board MembersB-1
Appendix C – Equity Securities Owned by Board Members and Board NomineesC-1
Appendix D – Meetings of the BoardsD-1
Appendix E – Committees of the BoardsE-1
Appendix F – Information Pertaining to the Executive Officers of the FundsF-1
Appendix G – Audit Fees, Audit-Related Fees, Tax Fees and All Other Fees to Independent Registered Public AccountantsG-1
Appendix H – 5% Beneficial Share OwnershipH-1

ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

JULY 11, 2025

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