0001341004-14-000365.txt : 20140912 0001341004-14-000365.hdr.sgml : 20140912 20140501142734 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001341004-14-000365 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140501 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001259708 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19809 BUSINESS PHONE: 800-441-7762 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19809 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20061020 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20030813 CORRESP 2 filename2.htm corresp-2.htm
 

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc.
100 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809


                   May 1, 2014


VIA EDGAR AND ELECTRONIC MAIL
John M. Ganley
Senior Counsel
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549

 
RE:
  
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc.
     
(File Nos. 333-194573 & 811-21413)

Dear Mr. Ganley:

Pursuant to Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. (the "Registrant") hereby requests that the effec­tiveness of the above-referenced Registra­tion Statement on Form N-2 be accelerated so that it may become effective by 4:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on Friday, May 2, 2014, or as soon thereafter as reasonably practicable.

In connection with this request, the Registrant acknowledges that:

 
(a)
should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") or its staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the above-referenced Registration Statement effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to such Registration Statement;

 
(b)
the action of the Commission or its staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority in declaring the above-referenced Registration Statement effective, does not relieve the Registrant from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure contained in such Registration Statement; and

 
(c)
the Registrant may not assert this action as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

 
 
 

 
Very truly yours,
   
 
BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND, INC.
       
       
 
By:  
/s/ Janey Ahn
   
Name:  
Janey Ahn
   
Title:
Secretary