N-CSR

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 811-21464

Name of Fund: BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. (FRB)

Fund Address: 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

Name and address of agent for service: Donald C. Burke, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock
Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc., 800 Scudders Mill Road, Plainsboro, NJ,
08536. Mailing address: P.O. Box 9011, Princeton, NJ, 08543-9011

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 882-0052, Option 4

Date of fiscal year end: 02/29/2008

Date of reporting period: 03/01/2007 – 02/29/2008

Item 1 – Report to Stockholders

EQUITIES FIXED INCOME REAL ESTATE LIQUIDITY ALTERNATIVES BLACKROCK SOLUTIONS

BlackRock Floating Rate Income

Strategies Fund II, Inc. (FRB)

ANNUAL REPORT | FEBRUARY 29, 2008

NOT FDIC INSURED

MAY LOSE VALUE

NO BANK GUARANTEE

Table of Contents
	Page
A Letter to Shareholders	3
Annual Report:
Fund Summary	4
The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging	5
Swap Agreements	5
Financial Statements:
Schedule of Investments	6
Statement of Assets and Liabilities	12
Statement of Operations	12
Statements of Changes in Net Assets	13
Statement of Cash Flows	14
Financial Highlights	15
Notes to Financial Statements	16
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	21
Important Tax Information (Unaudited)	21
Automatic Dividend Reinvestment Plan	22
Officers and Directors	23
Additional Information	26

2 BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND II, INC. FEBRUARY 29, 2008

A Letter to Shareholders

Dear Shareholder

Financial markets weathered intense bouts of volatility in 2007, only to enter 2008 with no relief. January and February

proved to be trying months for equities, but strong ones for some areas of the bond market, as fears of an economic

recession swelled. The Federal Reserve Board (the “Fed”), after cutting the target federal funds rate 100 basis points

(1%) between September 2007 and year-end, more than matched those cuts in January alone. Responding to a slow-

ing economy and continued fallout from chaos in the credit markets, the Fed cut interest rates 75 basis points in a rare

unscheduled session on January 22, and followed with a 50-basis-point cut at its regular meeting on January 30.

Another 75-basis-point cut on March 18 brought the target rate to 2.25% .

Reverberations from the U.S. subprime mortgage collapse, and the associated liquidity and credit crisis, continue to per-

meate global financial markets. The S&P 500 Index of U.S. stocks was down in February, marking the fourth consecutive

month of negative returns. International markets, while not unscathed, generally have outperformed their U.S. counter-

parts so far in 2008. Emerging markets, benefiting from stronger economic growth rates, have done particularly well.

In fixed income markets, fears related to the economic slowdown and related credit crisis have led to a prolonged flight

to quality. Investors have largely shunned bonds associated with the housing and credit markets in favor of higher-quali-

ty government issues. The yield on 10-year Treasury issues, which touched 5.30% in June 2007 (its highest level in five

years), fell to 4.04% by year-end and to 3.53% by the end of February, while prices correspondingly rose. After setting

a new-issuance record in 2007, supply in the municipal bond market has been on the decline for four consecutive

months (measured year over year). The market has struggled with concerns around the creditworthiness of monoline

bond insurers and the failure of auctions for auction rate securities, driving yields higher and prices lower across the

curve. By period-end, municipal bonds were trading at higher yields than their Treasury counterparts, a very unusual

occurrence by historical standards.

Against this backdrop, the major benchmark indexes posted mixed results for the current reporting period, generally

reflecting heightened investor risk aversion:

Total Returns as of February 29, 2008	6-month		12-month
U.S. equities (S&P 500 Index)		–8.79%		–3.60%
Small cap U.S. equities (Russell 2000 Index)	–12.91		–12.44
International equities (MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index)		–4.71		+0.84
Fixed income (Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Bond Index)		+5.67		+7.30
Tax-exempt fixed income (Lehman Brothers Municipal Bond Index)		–0.60		–1.17
High yield bonds (Lehman Brothers U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Cap Index)		–1.39		–3.08

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Index performance shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly
in an index.

As you navigate today’s volatile markets, we encourage you to review your investment goals with your financial profes-

sional and to make portfolio changes, as needed. For more up-to-date commentary on the economy and financial

markets, we invite you to visit www.blackrock.com/funds. As always, we thank you for entrusting BlackRock with your

investment assets, and we look forward to continuing to serve you in the months and years ahead.

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Fund Summary as of February 29, 2008

Investment Objective

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. (FRB) seeks a high current income and such preservation of capital as is consistent with investment in a diversified, leveraged portfolio consisting primarily of floating rate debt securities and instruments.

Fund Performance

For the year ended February 29, 2008, the Fund returned –12.88% based on market price, with dividends reinvested. The Fund’s return based on net asset value (“NAV”) was –8.98%, with dividends reinvested. For the same period, the Lipper Loan Participation Funds category posted an average return of –9.82% on a NAV basis. Fund performance was hurt by the widening of credit spreads, lack of liquidity and massive deleveraging in the loan market. Additionally, the rapid reduction of short-term interest rates as a result of the Fed’s shift in monetary policy negatively affected the price of loan debt securities.

Fund Information

Symbol on New York Stock Exchange	FRB
Initital Offering Date	July 30, 2004
Yield on Closing Market Price as of February 29, 2008 ($14.75)*	10.04%
Current Monthly Distribution per share of Common Stock**	$.12335
Current Annualized Distribution per share of Common Stock**	$1.4802
Leverage as of February 29, 2008***	23%

*	Yield on closing market price is calculated by dividing the current annualized distribution per share by the closing market price. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
**	The distribution is not constant and is subject to change. A portion of the distribution may be deemed a tax return of capital or net realized gain at fiscal year end.
***	As a percentage of managed assets, which is the total assets of the Fund (including any assets attributable to any borrowing that may be outstanding) minus the sum of accrued liabilities (other than debt representing financial leverage).

The table below summarizes the changes in the Fund’s market price and net asset value per share:

	2/29/08	2/28/07	Change	High	Low
Market Price	$14.75	$18.50	(20.27%)	$19.02	$13.90
Net Asset Value	$16.06	$19.28	(16.70%)	$19.32	$15.83

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

Portfolio Composition
Asset Mix	2/29/08	2/28/07
Floating Rate Loan Interests	70%	75%
Corporate Bonds	29	24
Common Stocks	1	1

Credit Quality Allocations*
Credit Rating	2/29/08	2/28/07
BBB/Baa	3%	1%
BB/Ba	36	30
B/B	41	58
CCC/Caa	10	3
Not Rated	9	7
Other**	1	1

*	Using the highest of Standard & Poor’s or Moody’s Investors Service ratings.
**	Includes portfolio holdings in common and preferred stocks.

4 BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND II, INC. FEBRUARY 29, 2008

The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. (the “Fund”)
utilizes leverage through borrowings or issuance of short-term debt
securities. The concept of leveraging is based on the premise that the
cost of assets to be obtained from leverage will be based on short-term
interest rates, which normally will be lower than the income earned by
the Fund on its longer-term portfolio investments. To the extent that the
total assets of the Fund (including the assets obtained from leverage)
are invested in higher-yielding portfolio investments, the Fund’s Common
Stock shareholders will benefit from the incremental yield.

Leverage creates risks for Common Stock shareholders, including the
likelihood of greater NAV and market price volatility. In addition, there is
the risk that fluctuations in interest rates on borrowings may reduce the
Common Stock’s yield and negatively impact its NAV and market price. If
the income derived from securities purchased with assets received from
leverage exceeds the cost of leverage, the Fund’s net income will be
greater than if leverage had not been used. Conversely, if the income
from the securities purchased is not sufficient to cover the cost of lever-
age, the Fund’s net income will be less than if leverage had not been
used, and therefore the amount available for distribution to Common
Stock shareholders will be reduced.

Swap Agreements

The Fund may invest in swap agreements, which are over-the-counter
contracts in which one party agrees to make periodic payments based on
the change in market value of a specified bond, basket of bonds, or index
in return for periodic payments based on a fixed or variable interest rate
or the change in market value of a different bond, basket of bonds or
index. Swap agreements may be used to obtain exposure to a bond or

market without owning or taking physical custody of securities. Swap
agreements involve the risk that the party with whom the Fund has
entered into the swap will default on its obligation to pay the Fund and
the risk that the Fund will not be able to meet its obligations to pay the
other party to the agreement.

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Schedule of Investments as of February 29, 2008 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

		Par
Floating Rate Loan Interests		(000)	Value
Aerospace & Defense — 3.6%
Hawker Beechcraft Acquisition Co. LLC:
Letter of Credit, 4.73% due 3/31/2014	USD	211	$ 194,914
Term Loan, 6.83% due 3/26/2014		2,479	2,286,258
IAP Worldwide Services, Inc. First Lien Term Loan,
11.125% due 12/20/2012		1,469	1,211,727
Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc.:
Revolving Credit, 4.80% — 7% due 12/22/2010		733	672,222
Term Loan, 7.34% due 12/22/2011		1,633	1,474,750
Tranche B Line of Credit Deposit, 4.953%
due 12/22/2010		320	293,333
			6,133,204
Airlines — 0.6%
US Airways Group, Inc. Term Loan, 5.625%
due 3/23/2014		1,000	783,125
United Air Lines, Inc. Term Loan B, 5.125% — 7.125%
due 1/30/2014		356	298,688
			1,081,813
Auto Components — 1.5%
Allison Transmission Term Loan, 5.92% — 7.90%
due 8/07/2014		1,500	1,320,417
Delphi Automotive Systems Term Loan B, 6.625%
due 7/01/2008		250	245,750
GPX International Tire Corp. Term Loan B,
12.60% — 14% due 4/06/2012		895	639,682
Metaldyne Corp.:
DF Loan 5.17% — 8.25% due 1/11/2012		58	43,462
Term Loan B, 8.25% due 1/15/2014		392	295,538
			2,544,849
Beverages — 0.3%
Culligan International Second Lien Term Loan,
8.94% — 9.56% due 5/24/2013	EUR	500	432,670
Biotechnology — 0.2%
Talecris Biotherapeutics, Inc. First Lien Term Loan,
6.57% — 6.63% due 12/06/2013	USD	499	398,992
Building Products — 0.5%
Associated Materials, Inc. Term Loan, 7.39%
due 8/29/2010		959	853,129
Chemicals — 4.7%
Edwards Ltd. Term Loan, 5.085% due 5/30/2014		498	323,375
GenTek, Inc. First Lien Term Loan, 5.12% — 6.99%
due 2/28/2011		1,281	1,171,672
Huish Detergents, Inc. Tranche B Term Loan, 6.83%
due 4/15/2014		746	603,530
ISP Chemco Term Loan B, 4.875% — 6.438%
due 5/25/2014		498	446,817
Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc. Tranche E Term
Loan, 4.744% due 7/30/2012		3,361	3,148,462
Viridian Group Plc Term Loan, 8.304% — 9.601%
due 12/21/2012	GBP 1,000		1,659,182
Wellman, Inc. Second Lien Term Loan, 9.989%
due 2/10/2010 (a)(f)	USD 2,000		633,334
			7,986,372
Commercial Services & Supplies — 4.0%
Amsted Industries, Inc. Term Loan, 6.26% — 7.14%
due 4/05/2013		1,219	1,115,158

		Par
Floating Rate Loan Interests		(000)	Value
Commercial Services & Supplies (concluded)
ARAMARK Corp.:
Letter of Credit, 4.22% due 1/24/2014	USD	53	$ 48,741
Term Loan, 6.705% due 1/24/2014		829	767,210
Brickman Group, Inc. Tranche B Term Loan,
7.143% due 1/23/2014		496	449,106
Camelbak Products LLC First Lien Term Loan,
6.88% — 8.75% due 8/04/2011		696	610,064
Jason, Inc. Term Loan, 5.621% due 4/30/2010		498	429,716
John Maneely Co. Term Loan, 6.345% — 7.693%
due 12/08/2013		674	583,362
Kion GmbH:
Term Loan B, 6.751% due 12/28/2014		250	207,266
Term Loan C, 7.251% due 12/28/2015		250	208,359
Metokote Corp. Term Loan, 6.13% — 6.25%
due 11/27/2011		128	111,273
RiskMetrics Group, Inc. First Lien Term Loan B,
7.08% due 1/11/2014		496	470,197
Synagro Technologies, Inc. Term Loan,
5.07% — 6.830% due 4/02/2014		995	833,313
West Corp. Term Loan B-2, 5.465% — 6.093%
due 10/24/2013		988	837,668
			6,671,433
Communications Equipment — 1.3%
Alltel Corp. Term Loan B, 5.866% due 5/18/2015		2,499	2,265,059
Computers & Peripherals — 2.0%
Intergraph Corp. Term Loan:
First Lien, 5.09% — 5.125% due 5/29/2014		419	375,775
Second Lien 9.09% due 11/28/2014		500	455,000
Reynolds and Reynolds Co.:
First Lien Term Loan, 6.843% due 10/31/2012		1,810	1,584,070
Second Lien Term Loan, 10.343% due 10/31/2013		1,000	915,000
			3,329,845
Construction & Engineering — 0.3%
BakerCorp Term Loan C, 5.521% — 7.193%
due 5/15/2014		496	454,069
Construction Materials — 1.3%
Headwaters, Inc. First Lien Term Loan B-1,
5.17% — 6.89% due 4/30/2011		1,077	1,022,734
Nortek, Inc. Term Loan, 5.35% due 8/27/2011		1,448	1,241,231
			2,263,965
Containers & Packaging — 1.9%
Anchor Glass Container Corp. Term Loan, 7.08%
due 5/03/2013		1,113	1,035,284
Berry Plastics Corp. Term Loan,
11.646% due 6/15/2014 (b)		563	394,219
Consolidated Container Co. LLC First Lien Term
Loan, 5.375% — 5.501% due 4/15/2014		396	304,122
Graham Packaging Co. LP Term Loan,
6.813% — 7.75% due 10/07/2011		993	898,461
Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.:
Term Loan B, 5.313% — 7.125% due 11/01/2011		215	202,296
Term Loan C, 5.313% — 7.125% due 11/01/2011		409	385,624
			3,220,006
Distributors — 0.5%
Keystone Automotive Operations, Inc. Term Loan,
6.635% — 7.451% due 1/12/2012		990	780,450

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued) (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

		Par
Floating Rate Loan Interests		(000)	Value
Diversified Financial Services — 1.4%
Chrysler Financial Corp. First Lien Term Loan, 9%
due 8/03/2012	USD 2,000		$ 1,736,818
J.G. Wentworth LLC First Lien Term Loan, 7.093%
due 4/15/2014		1,000	665,000
			2,401,818
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.1%
Hawaiian Telcom Term Loan C, 7.080%
due 5/30/2014		282	227,086
Electrical Equipment — 0.4%
Generac Power Systems, Inc.:
First Lien Term Loan, 7.203% due 11/10/2013		490	403,900
Second Lien Term Loan, 10.703% due 5/15/2014		500	340,833
			744,733
Energy Equipment & Services — 1.8%
Brock Holdings Term Loan B, 6.83% — 7.143%
due 2/26/2014		744	651,328
Dresser, Inc.:
Term Loan B, 5.565% — 5.621% due 5/04/2014		982	904,364
Second Lien Term Loan, 8.82% due 5/15/2015		500	433,750
Helix Energy Solutions Term Loan,
6.377% — 6.83% due 7/01/2013		507	471,338
MEG Energy Corp.:
Delayed Draw Term Loan, 6.73% due 4/03/2013		164	147,938
Initial Term Loan, 6.83% due 4/03/2013		491	446,301
			3,055,019
Food & Staples Retailing — 1.4%
DS Waters LP Term Loan, 5.372% due 11/15/2012		496	441,654
Dole Food Co., Inc.:
Credit Linked Deposit, 4.247% due 4/12/2013		140	117,140
Term Loan B, 5.125% — 7% due 4/12/2013		308	258,952
Term Loan C, 5.125% — 7.125% due 4/12/2013		1,028	863,172
Sturm Foods, Inc.:
Initial Term Loan, 5.813% due 1/30/2014		496	365,571
Second Lien Term Loan, 9.313% due 6/30/2014		500	328,334
			2,374,823
Food Products — 0.6%
Chiquita Brands International Term Loan C, 6.125%
due 6/28/2012		1,072	1,051,527
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.7%
Biomet, Inc. Term Loan:
7.857% due 12/28/2014		2,496	2,385,791
ReAble Therapeutics Finance LLC Term Loan, 7.83%
due 5/20/2014		500	470,000
			2,855,791
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.6%
Community Health Systems, Inc. Term Loan B,
5.335% due 6/18/2014		2,380	2,174,790
DaVita, Inc. Term Loan B1, 4.57% — 6.23%
due 7/30/2012		1,000	934,583
Health Management Associates, Inc. Term Loan B,
6.58% due 2/28/2014		1,461	1,255,950
			4,365,323

		Par
Floating Rate Loan Interests		(000)	Value
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.5%
Golden Nugget, Inc. Term Loan, 5.12% — 5.13%
due 6/30/2014	USD	318	$ 273,636
Harrah’s Operating Company, Inc.:
Term Loan B1, 6.244% due 1/28/2015		359	328,329
Term Loan B2, 6.244% due 1/28/2015		1,000	916,280
Term Loan B3, 6.244% due 1/28/2015		141	129,559
Lake Las Vegas Resort (a)(f):
First Lien Term Loan, 13.85% due 12/14/2012		468	173,308
Revolving Credit, 14.35% due 12/14/2012		60	22,268
Las Vegas Sands LLC Term Loan B, 6.58%
due 5/04/2014		796	706,947
QCE LLC First Lien Term Loan, 7% — 7.125%
due 5/05/2013		463	391,271
Venetian Macau US Finance Co. LLC:
Delay Draw Term Loan, 7.08% due 5/25/2012		500	451,705
Term Loan B, 7.08% due 5/25/2013		1,000	903,409
			4,296,712
Household Durables — 1.5%
American Residential Services Second Lien Term
Loan, 12% due 4/17/2015		1,000	985,146
Simmons Co. Tranche D Term Loan, 4.875% — 7.50%
due 12/19/2011		1,686	1,492,155
			2,477,301
IT Services — 3.1%
Activant Solutions Term Loan, 6.75% — 7.50%
due 5/02/2013		1,229	1,038,323
Alliance Data Systems Term Loan, 8.058%
due 12/15/2014		1,500	1,395,000
Audio Visual Services Corp. Term Loan B, 5.52%
due 2/28/2014		998	897,750
First Data Corp.:
Term Loan B1, 7.58% — 7.634%
due 9/24/2014		998	905,571
Term Loan B2, 7.58% due 9/24/2014		500	453,472
Term Loan B3, 7.58% due 9/24/2014		500	453,500
			5,143,616
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 1.6%
Calpine Generating Company LLC Term Loan,
11.07% due 3/12/2010		43	44,276
TXU Corp.:
Term Loan B-2, 6.478% — 6.596% due 10/10/2014		998	909,803
Term Loan B-3, 6.478% — 6.596% due 10/10/2014		1,995	1,818,851
			2,772,930
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.3%
Sequa Corp. Term Loan, 8.08% due 12/03/2014		500	469,688
Insurance — 0.5%
Alliant Insurance Services Term Loan B, 7.83%
due 10/23/2014		499	443,887
USI Holdings Corp. Term Loan B, 7.58% due 5/15/2014		498	440,288
			884,175
Leisure Equipment & Products — 1.8%
24 Hour Fitness Term Loan B, 5.71% — 7.33%
due 6/08/2012		1,965	1,611,300
True Temper Sports, Inc. Term Loan, 6.328%
due 3/15/2011		1,541	1,341,003
			2,952,303

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued) (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

		Par
Floating Rate Loan Interests		(000)	Value
Machinery — 2.5%
Blount, Inc. Term Loan B, 5.014%
due 8/09/2010	USD 1,135		$ 1,050,173
Navistar International Transportation Corp.:
Revolving Credit, 4.794% — 6.501%
due 6/30/2012		400	356,500
Term Loan, 6.501% due 6/30/2012		1,100	980,375
OshKosh Truck Corp. Term Loan B, 6.90%
due 12/06/2013		1,975	1,838,808
			4,225,856
Media — 25.6%
Affinion Group, Inc. Term Loan, 9.267% due 3/01/2012		300	246,000
Alix Partners Tranche C Term Loan, 6.38%
due 10/30/2013		1,114	1,021,866
Bresnan Telecommunications Term Loan B,
5.93% due 6/30/2013		500	445,893
Catalina Marketing Group Term Loan, 7.83%
due 10/01/2014		499	453,031
Cequel Communications LLC:
Second Lien Term Loan, 7.739% due 5/04/2014		1,000	752,500
Term Loan, 5.07% — 6.646% due 11/05/2013		1,000	835,909
Charter Communications, Operating LLC. Term Loan,
5.26% due 4/30/2014		4,000	3,511,428
Clarke American Corp. Tranche B,
7.33% due 6/30/2014		995	808,023
GateHouse Media Operating, Inc. Term Loan,
5.09% due 8/28/2014		1,000	708,000
Gray Communications Systems, Inc. Term Loan B
Delay Draw, 6.21% due 12/31/2014		1,000	848,750
HMH Publishing:
First Lien Bridge Term Loan, 9.141% due 6/12/2009		182	173,864
First Lien Tranche A, 9.141% due 6/12/2011		1,318	1,186,364
Mezzanine Term Loan, 13.641%
due 11/14/2014		4,500	3,915,000
Hanley-Wood LLC Term Loan, 6.305% — 6.979%
due 3/07/2014		995	745,628
Idearc, Inc. Term Loan B, 6.83% due 11/15/2014		3,960	3,257,924
Insight Midwest Holdings LLC:
Term Loan B, 6.73% due 4/07/2014		2,025	1,813,009
Intelsat Ltd.:
Term Loan 5.644% due 2/01/2014		1,425	1,408,375
Term Loan B 4.894% due 6/27/2013		950	873,100
Knology, Inc. Term Loan, 6.953% due 3/15/2012		498	417,900
LodgeNet Entertainment Corp. Term Loan, 6.83%
due 4/04/2014		995	834,556
Mediacom Broadband Group Tranche A Term Loan,
4.62% — 4.70% due 3/31/2010		1,665	1,443,001
Mediacom Communications Term Loan C,
4.87% — 4.95% due 1/31/2015		3,128	2,694,334
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. Term Loan B,
8.108% due 4/08/2012		2,170	1,782,116
Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Inc. Term Loan,
7.901% due 12/15/2012		356	334,640
NEP II, Inc., LP Term Loan B, 7.108%
due 2/16/2014		744	654,427
National Cinemedia LLC Term Loan, 6.87%
due 2/13/2015		750	639,610
NextMedia Group, Inc.:
Delay Draw Term Loan, 5.098% due 11/15/2012		453	391,701
First Lien Term Loan, 5.086% due 11/15/2012		853	737,887

		Par
Floating Rate Loan Interests		(000)	Value
Media (concluded)
One Link Term Loan, 11.97% due 3/15/2013 (b)	USD 1,061		$ 896,604
PagesJaunes Group Term Loan C, 7.677%
due 1/11/2016	EUR	500	627,815
PanAmSat Corp.:
Term Loan B2A, 5.644% due 1/03/2014	USD	604	548,473
Term Loan B2B, 5.644% due 1/03/2014		604	548,637
Term Loan B2C, 5.644% due 1/03/2014		604	548,473
Paxson Communications Corp. Term Loan,
7.627% due 1/15/2012		1,750	1,461,250
Penton Media Term Loan, 5.372% — 5.375%
due 2/15/2013		496	392,038
ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG Term Loan B1, 6.77%
due 6/30/2015	EUR	500	609,534
R.H. Donnelley, Inc. Term Loan D-2, 4.59% — 6.66%
due 8/30/2011	USD 1,438		1,324,369
Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. First Lien
Term Loan B, 6.58% due 6/10/2012		2,437	1,990,498
Univision Communications, Inc. Term Loan:
5.494% due 9/30/2014		1,409	1,179,285
5.375% due 9/30/2014		40	33,694
			43,095,506
Multi-Utilities — 5.0%
Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, Inc. Term
Loan B, 5.375% — 7.125% due 2/07/2014		496	444,144
Riverside Energy Center Term Loan, 7.494%
due 6/24/2011		4,010	3,915,245
Rocky Mountain Energy Center LLC:
Credit Linked Deposit, 7.307% due 6/24/2011		340	331,763
Term Loan, 7.494% due 6/24/2011		2,172	2,120,433
Wolf Hollow I LP:
Letter of Credit, 5.372% due 6/22/2012		400	330,000
Revolving Credit, 5.36% — 5.37%
due 6/22/2012		100	80,000
Second Lien Term Loan, 9.343% due 12/22/2012		1,000	820,000
Term Loan, 7.08% due 6/22/2012		469	387,057
			8,428,642
Multiline Retail — 1.3%
Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. Term Loan,
4.931% — 6.90% due 4/06/2013		2,323	2,144,014
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.4%
Coffeyville Resources LLC:
Letter of Credit, 4.729% due 12/28/2010		162	151,622
Tranche D, 7.478% — 7.75% due 12/21/2013		528	493,254
SandRidge Energy, Inc. Term Loan, 8.354%
due 4/01/2014		1,000	905,000
Western Refining Inc. Term Loan, 4.994%
due 5/30/2014		924	831,536
			2,381,412
Paper & Forest Products — 3.3%
Boise Cascade Holdings LLC First Lien Tranche B Term
Loan, 7.50% due 2/22/2014		750	737,812
Georgia-Pacific Corp.:
First Lien Term Loan B, 7.09% — 7.11%
due 2/14/2013		980	901,764
Term Loan B, 6.58% — 6.839% due 12/20/2012		499	458,913
NewPage Corp. Term Loan B, 8.688% due 12/07/2014		1,250	1,211,979
Verso Paper Holdings LLC Term Loan, 9.489%
due 2/01/2013 (b)		2,585	2,287,725
			5,598,193

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued) (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

		Par
Floating Rate Loan Interests		(000)	Value
Pharmaceuticals — 0.9%
Cardinal Health 409, Inc. Term Loan:
7.08% due 4/10/2014	USD	995	$ 820,875
7.015% due 4/10/2014	EUR	498	668,419
			1,489,294
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.9%
Mattamy Group Term Loan, 5.375%
due 4/11/2013	USD	491	447,037
Realogy Corp. Letter of Credit, 2.994%
due 10/10/2013	1,236		1,033,782
			1,480,819
Road & Rail — 1.0%
Rail America, Inc. Term Loan, 5.32%
due 8/14/2008	1,000		935,000
Swift Transportation Co., Inc. Term Loan, 6.50%
due 5/10/2014		884	681,570
			1,616,570
Specialty Retail — 1.2%
ADESA, Inc. Term Loan, 7.08% due 10/18/2013		995	889,032
Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp. Term
Loan, 5.34% due 4/15/2013		294	246,035
Claire’s Stores Term Loan, 5.994% — 7.58%
due 5/24/2014		496	388,814
Mattress Holding Corp. Term Loan B, 5.50% due 2/28/2014		496	347,379
			1,871,260
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.5%
David’s Bridal, Inc. Term Loan B, 6.58%
due 1/31/2014		496	429,256
Renfro Corp. Term Loan B, 6.34% — 8.08%
due 10/04/2013		495	430,362
			859,618
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.7%
United Rentals, Inc.:
Term Loan, 5.10% due 2/14/2011	1,091		1,034,238
Tranche B Credit Linked Deposit, 4.50%
due 2/14/2011		91	86,545
			1,120,783
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.5%
Crown Castle Operating Co. Term Loan B, 6.33%
due 3/15/2014		496	448,220
IPC Systems Tranche B1 Term Loan, 7.093%
due 5/25/2014		498	392,196
			840,416
Total Floating Rate Loan Interests
(Cost — $169,573,564) — 88.8%			149,641,084
Corporate Bonds
Auto Components — 0.3%
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 8.663%
due 12/01/2009 (c)		500	498,125

		Par
Corporate Bonds		(000)	Value
Biotechnology — 0.2%
Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 6.826%
due 12/01/2013 (c)	USD	500	$ 395,000
Building Products — 2.5%
CPG International I, Inc., 11.468% due 7/01/2012 (c)		3,000	2,490,000
Masonite International Corp., 11% due 4/06/2015		2,500	1,725,000
			4,215,000
Capital Markets — 2.3%
E*Trade Financial Corp., 12.50% due 11/30/2017 (d)		3,000	2,857,500
Marsico Parent Co., LLC, 10.625%
due 1/15/2016 (b)(d)(g)		663	596,700
Marsico Parent Holdco, LLC, 12.50%
due 7/15/2016 (b)(d)(g)		227	211,110
Marsico Parent Superholdco, LLC, 14.50%
due 1/15/2018 (b)(d)(g)		152	148,960
			3,814,270
Chemicals — 2.4%
GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc., 13.85%
due 12/31/2009 (d)(e)		1,646	1,232,442
Hexion U.S. Finance Corp., 7.565%
due 11/15/2014 (c)		1,000	895,000
MacDermid, Inc., 9.50% due 4/15/2017 (d)		2,000	1,760,000
NOVA Chemicals Corp., 7.863%
due 11/15/2013 (c)		255	216,750
			4,104,192
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.1%
Sally Holdings LLC, 10.50% due 11/15/2016		85	77,350
The Yankee Candle Company, Inc., 9.75%
due 2/15/2017		100	81,000
			158,350
Communications Equipment — 1.3%
Nortel Networks Ltd., 8.508% due 7/15/2011 (c)		2,500	2,162,500
Computers & Peripherals — 1.1%
Quantum Corp., 4.375% due 8/01/2010 (e)		2,000	1,797,500
Containers & Packaging — 3.4%
Berry Plastics Holding Corp., 8.866%
due 9/15/2014 (c)		850	671,500
Clondalkin Acquisition BV, 6.991%
due 12/15/2013 (c)(d)		5,000	4,100,000
Packaging Dynamics Finance Corp., 10%
due 5/01/2016 (d)		1,240	979,600
			5,751,100
Diversified Financial Services — 0.3%
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 8.708%
due 4/15/2012 (c)		500	478,678
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.4%
Qwest Corp., 8.241% due 6/15/2013 (c)		800	770,000
Electronic Equipment & Instruments — 0.8%
NXP BV, 7.008% due 10/15/2013 (c)		1,590	1,283,925
Energy Equipment & Services — 1.2%
Ocean RIG ASA, 8.681% due 4/04/2011 (c)		2,000	1,960,000

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued) (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

		Par
Corporate Bonds		(000)	Value
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.1%
AmeriQual Group LLC, 9.50% due 4/01/2012 (d)	USD	250	$ 167,500
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.2%
ReAble Therapeutics Finance LLC, 10.875%
due 11/15/2014 (d)		4,000	3,780,000
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.1%
Universal Hospital Services, Inc., 8.288%
due 6/01/2015 (c)		230	216,200
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 5.4%
American Real Estate Partners LP, 7.125%
due 2/15/2013		4,000	3,800,000
Harrah’s Operating Co., Inc. (d):
10.75% due 2/01/2016		1,501	1,302,117
10.75% due 2/01/2018 (b)		221	175,816
Landry’s Restaurants, Inc., 9.50% due 12/15/2014		1,500	1,447,500
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
10.25% due 2/15/2014 (d)		1,565	1,566,956
Travelport LLC, 7.701% due 9/01/2014 (c)		950	760,000
			9,052,389
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.3%
Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co. LLC, 10.25%
due 11/01/2015 (d)		590	575,250
Machinery — 0.2%
Invensys Plc, 9.875% due 3/15/2011 (d)		318	335,409
Media — 1.9%
Charter Communications Holdings II, LLC, 10.25%
due 9/15/2010		1,825	1,669,875
TL Acquisitions, Inc., 10.50% due 1/15/2015 (d)		1,000	890,000
Windstream Regatta Holdings, Inc., 11%
due 12/01/2017 (d)		748	583,440
			3,143,315
Metals & Mining — 2.4%
FMG Finance Property Ltd., 9.123% due 9/01/2011 (c)(d)		180	179,100
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., 8.394%
due 4/01/2015 (c)		3,180	3,056,775
Ryerson, Inc., 10.614% due 11/01/2014 (c)(d)		840	777,000
			4,012,875
Paper & Forest Products — 3.0%
Abitibi-Consolidated, Inc., 8.491% due 6/15/2011 (c)		2,000	1,040,000
Bowater, Inc., 7.991% due 3/15/2010 (c)		2,000	1,450,000
Verso Paper Holdings LLC Series B, 6.989%
due 8/01/2014 (c)		3,000	2,550,000
			5,040,000
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.8%
Realogy Corp., 11% due 4/15/2014 (b)		2,000	1,280,000
Road & Rail — 0.5%
Atlantic Express Transportation Corp., 12.455%
due 4/15/2012 (c)		1,000	650,000
Swift Transportation Co., Inc., 10.815%
due 5/15/2015 (c)(d)		675	290,250
			940,250

		Par
Corporate Bonds		(000)	Value
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.1%
Avago Technologies Finance Pte. Ltd., 10.623%
due 6/01/2013 (c)	USD 600		$ 595,500
Spansion, Inc., 6.201% due 6/01/2013 (c)(d)		1,690	1,233,700
			1,829,200
Specialty Retail — 1.2%
AutoNation, Inc., 6.258% due 4/15/2013 (c)		250	205,000
General Nutrition Centers, Inc., 10.009%
due 3/15/2014 (b)		350	279,125
Michaels Stores, Inc., 11.375% due 11/01/2016		1,950	1,613,625
			2,097,750
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.2%
Cricket Communications, Inc., 9.375%
due 11/01/2014		1,030	916,700
Digicel Group Ltd., 9.125% due 1/15/2015 (b)(d)		1,249	1,065,350
			1,982,050
Total Corporate Bonds
(Cost — $72,075,122) — 36.7%			61,840,828
Common Stocks (f)		Shares
Capital Markets — 0.3%
E*Trade Financial Corp.		145,213	620,059
Chemicals — 0.0%
GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc.		10,732	10,732
Electrical Equipment — 0.1%
Medis Technologies Ltd.		13,053	141,364
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.7%
Cypress Semiconductor Corp.		52,413	1,139,459
Total Common Stocks
(Cost — $2,080,953) — 1.1%			1,911,614
Preferred Stocks
Capital Markets — 0.0%
Marsico Parent Superholdco, LLC, 16.75% (d)(g)		44	43,956
Total Preferred Stocks (Cost — $41,486) — 0.0%			43,956
		Number of
Options Purchased		Contracts
Call Options Purchased
Marsico Parent Superholdco LLC, expiring
December 2009 at USD 942.86
Broker Goldman Sachs & Co. (g)		11	19,250
Total Options Purchased
(Cost — $10,756) — 0.0%			19,250
Total Investments (Cost — $243,781,881*) — 126.6%			213,456,732
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (26.6%)			(44,903,720)
Net Assets — 100.0%			$168,553,012

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (concluded) (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

* The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of February 29,
2008, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:

Aggregate cost	$ 243,783,995
Gross unrealized appreciation	$ 836,823
Gross unrealized depreciation	(31,164,086)
Net unrealized depreciation	$ (30,327,263)

(a) Issuer filed for bankruptcy or is in default of interest payments.

(b) Represents a pay-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in additional face/shares.

(c) Floating rate security. Rate is as of the report date.

(d) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors. Unless otherwise indicated, these securities are not considered to be illiquid.

(e) Convertible security.

(f) Non-income producing security. (g) Illiquid security.

_{•For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund's industry classifications refer to any one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or ratings group indexes, and/or as defined by Fund management.}

_{This definition may not apply for purposes of this report which may combine industry sub-classifications for reporting ease. These industry classifications are unaudited.}

_{•Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Fund for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 were as follows:}

	Net	Interest
Affiliate	Activity	Income
BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC
Cash Sweep Series	—	$ 187,622

_{•Forward foreign exchange contracts sold as of February 29,2008 were as follows:}

Currency	Currency	Settlement	Unrealized
Purchased	Sold	Date	Depreciation
USD 3,387,926	EUR 2,311,000	4/23/2008	$(114,163)
USD 1,178,874	GBP 600,000	4/23/2008	(8,719)
Total Unrealized Depreciation on Forward
Foreign Exchange Contracts			$(122,882)

_{•Swaps outstanding as of February 29,2008 were as follows:}

		Notional	Unrealized
		Amount	Appreciation
		(000)	(Depreciation)
Sold credit default protection on
D.R.Horton, Inc. and receive 4.65%
Broker, Lehman Brothers Special Finance
Expires March 2009	USD	1,000	$ (2,363)
Sold credit default protection on
Ford Motor Company and receive 3.80%
Broker, UBS Warburg
Expires March 2010	USD	5,000	(520,820)
Sold credit default protection on
LCDX Index and receive 2.25%
Broker, UBS Warburg
Expires December 2012	USD	1,000	5,492
Sold credit default protection on
LCDX Index and receive 2.25%
Broker, JPMorgan Chase
Expires December 2012	USD	1,000	(11,008)
Total			$ (528,699)

_{•Currency Abbreviations:}
EUR   Euro
GBP   British Pound
USD   U.S. Dollar

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

As of February 29, 2008
Assets
Investments at value — unaffiliated
(identified cost — $243,771,125)	$ 213,437,482
Options purchased, at value (cost — $10,756)	19,250
Unrealized appreciation on swaps	5,492
Cash	1,514,553
Investments sold receivable	7,713,729
Interest receivable	3,392,393
Amendment fee receivable	99,884
Interest receivable on swaps	55,023
Commitment fees receivable	26,939
Principal paydown receivable	1,944
Prepaid expenses and other assets	22,776
Total assets	226,289,465
Liabilities
Loan payable	50,000,000
Swap premiums received	157,315
Unrealized depreciation on swaps	534,191
Unrealized depreciation on unfunded loan commitments	142,836
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign exchange contracts	122,882
Investments purchased payable	6,275,036
Investment advisory fees payable	139,843
Deferred income	59,751
Income dividends payable	119,451
Interest on loans payable	39,151
Other affiliates payable	1,325
Other accrued expenses payable	144,672
Total liabilities	57,736,453
Net Assets
Net Assets	$ 168,553,012
Net Assets Consist of
Par value $.10 per share (10,496,930 shares issued
and outstanding)	$ 1,049,693
Paid-in capital in excess of par	199,119,933
Undistributed net investment income	2,193,448
Accumulated net realized loss	(2,693,448)
Net unrealized depreciation	(31,116,614)
Net Assets, $16.06 net asset value per share of
Common Stock	$ 168,553,012

See Notes to Financial Statements.

Statement of Operations
For the Year Ended February 29, 2008
Investment Income
Interest (including $187,622 from affiliates)	$ 21,441,854
Facility and other fees	176,540
Total income	21,618,394
Expenses
Investment advisory	1,864,167
Professional fees	110,543
Borrowing costs	108,056
Accounting services	69,787
Printing	38,595
Directors	29,650
Transfer agent	20,238
Custodian	18,793
Registration	9,436
Miscellaneous	48,615
Total expenses excluding interest expense	2,317,880
Interest expense	3,059,563
Total expenses	5,377,443
Net investment income	16,240,951
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
Net realized gain (loss) from:
Investments	(1,291,615)
Swaps	359,607
Foreign currency	(241,747)
	(1,173,755)
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:
Investments	(32,571,369)
Swaps	(549,359)
Unfunded loan commitments	138,010
Foreign currency	(116,585)
	(33,099,303)
Total realized and unrealized loss	(34,273,058)
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations	$ (18,032,107)

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets
	For the	For the
	Year Ended	Year Ended
	February 29,	February 28,
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:	2008	2007
Operations
Net investment income	$ 16,240,951	$ 16,232,774
Net realized gain (loss)	(1,173,755)	197,727
Net change in unrealized depreciation	(33,099,303)	(1,508,938)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations	(18,032,107)	14,921,563
Dividends to Shareholders from
Net investment income	(15,779,101)	(16,114,520)
Net Assets
Total decrease in net assets	(33,811,208)	(1,192,957)
Beginning of year	202,364,220	203,557,177
End of year	$ 168,553,012	$ 202,364,220
End of year undistributed net investment income	$ 2,193,448	$ 1,968,707

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Cash Flows
For the Year Ended February 29, 2008
Cash Provided by Operating Activities
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations	$ (18,032,107)
Adjustments to reconcile net decrease in net assets resulting from operations to net cash provided by operating activities:
Increase in receivables	(710,718)
Increase in prepaid expenses and other assets	(18,772)
Increase in other liabilities	56,071
Swap premium received	417,455
Swap premium paid	(267,967)
Net realized and unrealized loss	34,460,870
Amortization of premium and discount on investments	(68,496)
Proceeds from sales and paydowns of long-term securities	151,953,817
Purchases of long-term securities	(162,316,366)
Net cash provided by operating activities	5,473,787
Cash Used for Financing Activities
Cash receipts from loan	132,000,000
Cash payments from loan	(129,000,000)
Cash dividends paid	(15,843,199)
Net cash used for financing activities	(12,843,199)
Cash
Net decrease in cash	(7,369,412)
Cash at beginning of year	8,883,965
Cash at end of year	$ 1,514,553
Cash Flow Information
Cash paid for interest	$ 3,051,780

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Financial Highlights
	For the	For the Year Ended		For the Period
	Year Ended	February 28,		July 30, 20041 to
	February 29,			February 28,
	2008	2007	2006	2005
Per Share Operating Performance
Net asset value, beginning of period	$ 19.28	$ 19.39	$ 19.74	$ 19.10
Net investment income2	1.55	1.55	1.33	.58
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)	(3.27)	(.12)	(.31)	.57
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations	(1.72)	1.43	1.02	1.15
Dividends and distributions from:
Net investment income	(1.50)	(1.54)	(1.27)	(.47)
Net realized gain	—	—	(.10)	(.01)
Total dividends and distributions	(1.50)	(1.54)	(1.37)	(.48)
Capital charges with respect to issuance of shares	—	—	—	(.03)
Net asset value, end of period	$ 16.06	$ 19.28	$ 19.39	$ 19.74
Market price, end of period	$ 14.75	$ 18.50	$ 17.76	$ 19.44
Total Investment Return3
Based on net asset value	(8.98%)	8.31%	6.07%	5.97%4
Based on market price	(12.88%)	13.47%	(1.35%)	(.34%)4
Ratios to Average Net Assets
Total expenses, excluding interest expense and net of waiver	1.20%	1.22%	1.25%	.92%5
Total expenses, net of waiver	2.78%	2.87%	2.46%	1.30%5
Total expenses	2.78%	2.87%	2.46%	1.48%5
Net investment income	8.39%	8.03%	6.88%	5.11%5
Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (000)	$ 168,553	$ 202,364	$ 203,557	$ 207,255
Portfolio turnover	65%	65%	72%	30%
Amount of loan outstanding, end of period (000)	$ 50,000	$ 47,000	$ 61,400	$ 60,300
Average amount of loan outstanding during the period (000)	$ 55,269	$ 61,022	$ 63,725	$ 29,072
Asset coverage, end of period, per $1,000 of loan outstanding	$ 4,371	$ 5,306	$ 4,315	$ 4,437

1	Commencement of operations.
2	Based on average shares outstanding.
3	Total investment returns based on market price, which can be significantly greater or lesser than the net asset value, may result in substantially different returns. Total investment returns exclude the effects of sales charges.
4	Aggregate total investment return.
5	Annualized.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND II, INC.

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Notes to Financial Statements

1. Significant Accounting Policies:

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. (the “Fund”) is
registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended
(the “1940 Act”), as a diversified, closed-end management investment
company. The Fund’s financial statements are prepared in conformity
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America, which may require the use of management accruals and esti-
mates. Actual results may differ from these estimates. The Fund deter-
mines, and makes available for publication, the net asset value of its
Common Stock on a daily basis.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by
the Fund:

Valuation of Investments: The Fund values most of its corporate bond
investments on the basis of last available bid price or current market
quotations provided by dealers or pricing services selected under the
supervision of the Fund’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). In determin-
ing 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 calculat-
ed yield measures based on valuation technology commonly employed
in the market for such investments.

Floating rate loans are valued in accordance with guidelines established
by the Board. Floating rate loan interests are valued at the mean
between the last available bid prices from one or more brokers or deal-
ers as obtained from Loan Pricing Corporation (“LPC”). For the limited
number of floating rate loans for which no reliable price quotes are avail-
able, such floating rate loans may be valued by LPC through the use of
pricing matrixes to determine valuations. If the pricing service does not
provide a value for a floating rate loan, BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the
“Advisor”), an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc., will
value the floating rate loan at fair value, which is intended to approxi-
mate market value.

Equity investments traded on a national securities exchange or on the
NASDAQ Global Market System are valued at the last reported sale
price that day or the NASDAQ official closing price, if applicable. Equity
investments traded on a national securities exchange for which there
were no sales on that day and equity investments traded on other over-
the-counter (“OTC”) markets for which market quotations are readily
available are valued at the last available bid price. Effective September
4, 2007, exchange-traded options are valued at the mean between the
last bid and asked prices at the close of the options market in which
the options trade and previously were valued at the last sales price as
of the close of options trading on applicable exchanges. OTC options
quotations are provided by dealers or pricing services selected under
the supervision of the Board. Considerations utilized by dealers or
pricing services in valuing OTC options include, but are not limited to,

volatility factors of the underlying security, price movement of the under-
lying security in relation to the strike price and the time left until expira-
tion of the option. Swap agreements are valued by quoted fair values
received daily by the Fund’s pricing service. Short-term securities may
be valued at amortized cost.

In the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a
price for an investment which is deemed not to be representative of the
market value of such investment, the investment will be valued by, under
the direction of, or in accordance with, a method approved by the Board
as reflecting fair value (“Fair Value Assets”). When determining the price
for Fair Value Assets, the Advisor and/or sub-advisor seeks to determine
the price that the Fund might reasonably expect to receive from the cur-
rent sale of that asset in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determi-
nations shall be based upon all available factors that the Advisor and/or
sub-advisor deems relevant. The pricing of all Fair Value Assets is sub-
sequently reported to the Board or a committee thereof.

Generally, trading in foreign securities is substantially completed each
day at various times prior to the close of business on the New York Stock
Exchange (“NYSE”). The values of such securities used in computing the
net assets of the Fund are determined as of such times. Foreign curren-
cy exchange rates will be determined as of the close of business on the
NYSE. Occasionally, events affecting the values of such securities and
such exchange rates may occur between the times at which they are
determined and the close of business on the NYSE that may not be
reflected in the computation of the Fund’s net assets. If events (for
example, a company announcement, market volatility or a natural disas-
ter) occur during such periods that are expected to materially affect the
value of such securities, those securities will be valued at their fair value
as determined in good faith by the Board or by the Advisor using a pric-
ing service and/or procedures approved by the Board.

Floating Rate Loans: The Fund invests in floating rate loans, which are
generally non-investment grade, made by banks, other financial institu-
tions and privately and publicly offered corporations. Floating rate loans
generally pay interest at rates that are periodically determined by refer-
ence to a base lending rate plus a premium. The base lending rates are
generally (i) the lending rate offered by one or more European banks,
such as LIBOR (London InterBank Offered Rate), (ii) the prime rate
offered by one or more U.S. banks or (iii) the certificate of deposit rate.
The Fund considers these investments to be investments in debt securi-
ties for purposes of its investment policies.

The Fund earns and/or pays facility and other fees on floating rate
loans. Other fees earned/paid include commitment, amendment, con-
sent, commissions and prepayment penalty fees. Facility, amendment
and consent fees are typically amortized as premium and/or accreted
as discount over the term of the loan. Commitment, commission and
various other fees are recorded as income. Prepayment penalty fees are
recorded as gains or losses. When the Fund buys a floating rate loan it

16 BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND II, INC. FEBRUARY 29, 2008

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

may receive a facility fee and when it sells a floating rate loan it may pay
a facility fee. On an ongoing basis, the Fund may receive a commitment
fee based on the undrawn portion of the underlying line of credit portion
of a floating rate loan. In certain circumstances, the Fund may receive a
prepayment penalty fee upon the prepayment of a floating rate loan by
a borrower. Other fees received by the Fund may include covenant waiver
fees and covenant modification fees.

The Fund may invest in multiple series or tranches of a loan. A
different series or tranche may have varying terms and carry different
associated risks.

Floating rate loans are usually freely callable at the issuer’s option. The
Fund may invest in such loans in the form of participations in loans
(“Participations”) and assignments of all or a portion of loans from third
parties. Participations typically will result in the Fund having a contrac-
tual relationship only with the lender, not with the borrower. The Fund
will have the right to receive payments of principal, interest and any fees
to which it is entitled only from the lender selling the Participation and
only upon receipt by the lender of the payments from the borrower.

In connection with purchasing Participations, the Fund generally will
have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of
the loan agreement relating to the loans, nor any rights of offset against
the borrower, and the Fund may not benefit directly from any collateral
supporting the loan in which it has purchased the Participation.

As a result, the Fund will assume the credit risk of both the borrower and
the lender that is selling the Participation. The Fund’s investments in loan
participation interests involve the risk of insolvency of the financial inter-
mediaries who are parties to the transactions. In the event of the insol-
vency of the lender selling the Participation, the Fund may be treated
as a general creditor of the lender and may not benefit from any offset
between the lender and the borrower.

Preferred Stock: The Fund may invest in preferred stocks. Preferred
stock has a preference over common stock in liquidation (and generally
in receiving dividends as well) but is subordinated to the liabilities of
the issuer in all respects. As a general rule, the market value of preferred
stock with a fixed dividend rate and no conversion element varies
inversely with interest rates and perceived credit risk, while the market
price of convertible preferred stock generally also reflects some element
of conversion value. Because preferred stock is junior to debt securities
and other obligations of the issuer, deterioration in the credit quality
of the issuer will cause greater changes in the value of a preferred
stock than in a more senior debt security with similar stated yield char-
acteristics. Unlike interest payments on debt securities, preferred stock
dividends are payable only if declared by the issuer’s board of directors.
Preferred stock also may be subject to optional or mandatory redemp-
tion provisions.

Derivative Financial Instruments: The Fund may engage in various
portfolio investment strategies to increase the return of the Fund and
to hedge, or protect, its exposure to interest rate movements and move-
ments in the securities markets. Losses may arise if the value of the
contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the price of the
underlying security, or index or if the counterparty does not perform
under the contract.

_{•Options — The Fund may purchase and write call and put options.}
When the Fund writes an option, an amount equal to the premium
received by the Fund is reflected as an asset and an equivalent lia-
bility. The amount of the liability is subsequently marked-to-market to
reflect the current market value of the option written. When a security
is purchased or sold through an exercise of an option, the related
premium paid (or received) is added to (or deducted from) the basis
of the security acquired or deducted from (or added to) the proceeds
of the security sold. When an option expires (or the Fund enters into
a closing transaction), the Fund realizes a gain or loss on the option
to the extent of the premiums received or paid (or gain or loss to the
extent the cost of the closing transaction is less than or exceeds the
premiums received or paid). If an option is exercised, the premium
paid or received is added to the cost of the purchase or the pro-
ceeds from the sale in determining whether the Fund has realized a
gain or a loss on investment transactions.

A call option gives the purchaser of the option the right (but not the
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 dur-
ing the option period.

_{•Credit Default Swaps — The Fund may invest in credit default swaps,}
which are OTC contracts in which one party pays fixed periodic pay-
ments to a counterparty in consideration for a guarantee from the
counterparty to make a specific payment should a negative credit
event take place. These periodic payments received or made by the
Fund are recorded in the accompanying Statement of Operations as
realized gains or losses, respectively. Gains or losses are also realized
upon termination of swap agreements. Swaps are marked-to-market
daily and changes in value are recorded as unrealized appreciation
(depreciation). Risks arise from the possible inability of the counter-
parties to meet the terms of their contracts. The Fund is exposed
to credit loss in the event of non-performance by the other party to
the swap.

The Fund may utilize credit default swaps for the purpose of reducing
the interest rate sensitivity of the portfolio and decreasing the Fund’s
exposure to interest rate risk.

BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND II, INC.

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

17

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

Foreign Currency Transactions: Foreign currency amounts are translated
into United States dollars on the following basis: (i) market value of
investment securities, assets and liabilities at the current rate of exchange;
and (ii) purchases and sales of investment securities, income and
expenses at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates
of such transactions.

The Fund reports foreign currency related transactions as components
of realized gains for financial reporting purposes, whereas such compo-
nents are treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

Income Taxes: It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of
the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment compa-
nies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its share-
holders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. Under the
applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax may be imposed on inter-
est, dividends and capital gains at various rates.

Effective August 31, 2007, the Fund implemented Financial Accounting
Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for
Uncertainty in Income Taxes — an interpretation of FASB Statement No.
109” (“FIN 48”). FIN 48 prescribes the minimum recognition threshold a
tax position must meet in connection with accounting for uncertainties in
income tax positions taken or expected to be taken by an entity, includ-
ing investment companies, before being measured and recognized in the
financial statements. The Advisor has evaluated the application of FIN 48
to the Fund, and has determined that the adoption of FIN 48 did not
have a material impact on the Fund’s financial statements. The Fund
files U.S. and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns
are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on the Fund’s
U.S. federal tax return remains open for the years ended February 28,
2005 through February 28, 2007. The statutes of limitations on the
Fund’s state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional
year depending upon the jurisdiction.

Investment Transactions and Investment Income: Investment trans-
actions are recorded on the dates the transactions are entered into
(the trade dates). Realized gains and losses on security transactions are
determined on the identified cost basis. Interest income is recognized
on the accrual basis. The Fund amortizes all premiums and discounts
on debt securities.

Dividends and Distributions: Dividends from net investment income are
declared and paid monthly. Distributions of capital gains are recorded
on the ex-dividend dates.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements: In September 2006, Statement
of Financial Accounting Standard No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements”
(“FAS 157”), was issued and is effective for fiscal years beginning after

November 15, 2007. FAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a frame-
work for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value
measurements. The impact on the Fund’s financial statement disclosure,
if any, is currently being assessed.

In addition, in February 2007, Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and
Financial Liabilities” (“FAS 159”), was issued and is effective for fiscal
years beginning after November 15, 2007. FAS 159 permits entities to
choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items
at fair value that are not currently required to be measured at fair value.
FAS 159 also establishes presentation and disclosure requirements
designed to facilitate comparisons between entities that choose different
measurement attributes for similar types of assets and liabilities. The
impact on the Fund’s financial statement disclosures, if any, is currently
being assessed.

Segregation: In cases in which the 1940 Act and the interpretive posi-
tions of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) require that
the Fund segregate assets in connection with certain investments
(e.g., swaps), the Fund will, consistent with certain interpretive letters
issued by the SEC, designate on its books and records cash or other liq-
uid debt securities having a market value at least equal to the amount
that would otherwise be required to be physically segregated.

Deferred Compensation and BlackRock Closed-End Share Equivalent
Investment Plan: Under the deferred compensation plan approved by
the Fund’s Board, non-interested directors (“Independent Directors”)
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 certain
BlackRock Closed-End Funds selected by the Independent Directors.
This has approximately the same economic effect for the Independent
Directors as if the Independent Directors had invested the deferred
amounts directly in other certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds.

The deferred compensation plan is not funded and obligations thereunder
represent general unsecured claims against the general assets of the
Fund. Each Fund may, however, elect to invest in common shares of
other certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds selected by the Independent
Directors in order to match its deferred compensation obligations.
Investments to cover the Fund’s deferred compensation liability are
included in other assets on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Other: Expenses that are directly related to one of the Funds are
charged to that Fund. Other operating expenses are pro-rated to certain
Funds on the basis of relative net assets.

18 BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND II, INC. FEBRUARY 29, 2008

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

2. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions
with Affiliates:

The Fund has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with the
Advisor to provide investment advisory and administration services.
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (“Merrill Lynch”) and The PNC Financial Services
Group, Inc. are principal owners of BlackRock, Inc.

The Advisor is responsible for the management of the Fund’s portfolio
and provides the necessary personnel, facilities, equipment and certain
other services necessary to the operations of the Fund. For such services,
the Fund pays the Advisor a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.75% of
the average daily value of the Fund’s net assets plus the proceeds of
any outstanding borrowings used for leverage. In addition, the Advisor
has entered into a separate sub-advisory agreement with BlackRock
Financial Management, Inc. (“BFM”), an affiliate of the Advisor, under
which the Advisor pays BFM for services it provides, a monthly fee that
is a percentage of the management fee paid by the Fund to the Advisor.
For the year ended February 29, 2008, the Fund reimbursed the Advisor
$3,482 for certain accounting services, which is included in accounting
services expenses in the Statement of Operations, were $3,482.

Certain officers and/or directors of the Fund are officers and/or directors
of BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates.

3. Investments:

Purchases and sales (including paydowns) of investments, excluding
short-term securities, for the year ended February 29, 2008 were
$157,610,932 and $157,997,334, respectively.

4. Capital Stock Transactions:

The Fund is authorized to issue 200,000,000 shares of capital stock,
par value $0.10 per share, all of which are initially classified as
Common Stock. The Board is authorized, however, to classify and
reclassify any unissued shares of capital stock without approval of
the holders of Common Stock.

Shares issued and outstanding during the years ended February 29,
2008 and February 28, 2007 remained constant.

5. Commitments:

The Fund may invest in floating rate loans. In connection with these
investments, the Fund may, with its Advisor, also enter into unfunded
corporate loans (“commitments”). Commitments may obligate the Fund
to furnish temporary financing to a borrower until permanent financing
can be arranged. At February 29, 2008, the Fund had outstanding
commitments of approximately $6,654,000. In connection with these
commitments, the Fund earns a commitment fee, typically set as a
percentage of the commitment amount. Such fee income, which is

classified in the Statement of Operations as facility and other fees, is
recognized ratably over the commitment period. As of February 29,
2008, the Fund had the following unfunded loan commitments:

		Value of
	Unfunded	Underlying
	Commitment	Loan
Borrower	(000)	(000)
Aquila, Inc	$3,000	$3,009
Community Health	$ 120	$ 122
Golden Nugget, Inc	$ 182	$ 156
Las Vegas Sands	$ 200	$ 178
Meg Energy Corp	$ 336	$ 303
Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc	$2,500	$2,454
Univision Communications, Inc	$ 50	$ 45
Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc	$ 266	$ 244

6. Short-Term Borrowings:

The Fund is a party to a revolving credit and security agreement funded
by a commercial paper asset securitization program with Citicorp North
America, Inc. (“Citicorp”), as Agent, certain secondary backstop lenders
and certain asset securitization conduits, as lenders (the “Lenders”). On
May 16, 2007, the agreement was renewed for one year and has a max-
imum limit of $100,000,000. Under the Citicorp administered program,
the conduits will fund advances to the Fund through highly rated com-
mercial paper. The Fund has granted a security interest in substantially
all of its assets to, and in favor of, the Lenders as security for its obliga-
tions to the Lenders. The interest rate on the Fund borrowings is based
on the interest rate carried by the commercial paper plus a program fee.
In addition, the Fund pays a liquidity fee to the secondary backstop
lenders and the agent. The weighted average annual interest rate was
5.49% for the year ended February 29, 2008.

7. Distributions to Shareholders:

No provision is made for U.S. federal income taxes as it is the Fund’s
intention to continue to qualify for and elect the tax treatment applicable
to regulated investment companies under Subchapter M of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and to make the requisite distribu-
tions to their respective shareholders, which will be sufficient to relieve
them from federal income and excise taxes.

Reclassification: U.S. generally accepted accounting principles require
that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent
differences between financial and tax reporting. Accordingly, during the
current year, $237,109 has been reclassified between undistributed net
investment income and accumulated net realized capital losses as a
result of permanent differences attributable to foreign currency trans-
actions and accounting for swap agreements. This reclassification has
no effect on net assets or net asset values per share.

BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND II, INC.

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

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Notes to Financial Statements (concluded)

The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal years ended
February 29, 2008 and February 28, 2007 was as follows:

	2/29/2008	2/28/2007
Distributions paid from:
Ordinary income	$ 15,779,101	$16,114,520
Total taxable distributions	$ 15,779,101	$16,114,520

As of February 29, 2008, the components of accumulated losses on a tax
basis were as follows:

Undistributed net ordinary income	$ 2,090,101
Undistributed net long-term capital gains	—
Total net undistributed earnings	2,090,101
Capital loss carryforward	(1,519,783)
Net unrealized losses	(32,186,932)*
Total net accumulated losses	$ (31,616,614)

*

On February 29, 2008, the Fund had a net capital loss carryforward of $1,519,783, of which $203,838 expires in 2014 and $1,315,945 expires in 2015. This amount will be available to offset like amounts of any future taxable gains.

**

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis net unrealized losses is attributa- ble primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales, the difference between book and tax amortization methods for premiums and discounts on fixed income securities, book/tax differences in the accrual of income on securities in default, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains (losses) on certain foreign cur- rency contracts, the deferral of post-October capital losses for tax purposes and accounting for swap agreements.

8. Subsequent Event:

The Fund paid a net investment income dividend in the amount of
$0.123350 per share on March 31, 2008 to shareholders of record
on March 14, 2008.

20 BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND II, INC. FEBRUARY 29, 2008

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of BlackRock
Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc.:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities
of BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. (the “Fund”),
including the schedule of investments as of February 29, 2008, 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 the
periods presented. These financial statements and financial highlights
are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is
to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial high-
lights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards
require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assur-
ance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights
are free of material misstatement. The Fund is not required to have, nor
were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over finan-
cial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over
financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are
appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing
an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over finan-

cial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as
well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our pro-
cedures included confirmation of securities owned as of February 29,
2008, by correspondence with the custodian and financial interme-
diaries; where replies were not received, we performed other auditing
procedures. 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 BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. as of
February 29, 2008, the results of its operations and its cash flows for
the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two
years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for the
periods presented, in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America.

Deloitte & Touche LLP
Princeton, New Jersey

April 29, 2008

Important Tax Information (Unaudited)

The following information is provided with respect to the ordinary income distributions paid by BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc.
for the fiscal year ended February 29, 2008:

Interest-Related Dividends for Non-U.S. Residents
Month(s) Paid:	March 2007	63.29%*
	April 2007	73.19%*
	May 2007 — January 2008	85.40%*
	February 2008	66.07%*
* Represents the portion of the taxable ordinary income dividends eligible for exemption from U.S. withholding tax for nonresident aliens and foreign corporations.

BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND II, INC.

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

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Automatic Dividend Reinvestment Plan

How the Plan Works — The Fund offers a Dividend Reinvestment Plan
(the “Plan”) under which income and capital gains dividends paid by the
Fund are automatically reinvested in additional shares of Common Stock
of the Fund. The Plan is administered on behalf of the shareholders by
Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (the “Plan Agent”). Under the Plan,
whenever the Fund declares a dividend, participants in the Plan will
receive the equivalent in shares of Common Stock of the Fund. The Plan
Agent will acquire the shares for the participant’s account either (i)
through receipt of additional unissued but authorized shares of the Fund
(“newly issued shares”) or (ii) by purchase of outstanding shares of
Common Stock on the open market on the New York Stock Exchange or
elsewhere. If, on the dividend payment date, the Fund’s net asset value
per share is equal to or less than the market price per share plus esti-
mated brokerage commissions (a condition often referred to as a “mar-
ket premium”), the Plan Agent will invest the dividend amount in newly
issued shares. If the Fund’s net asset value per share is greater than the
market price per share (a condition often referred to as a “market dis-
count”), the Plan Agent will invest the dividend amount by purchasing on
the open market additional shares. If the Plan Agent is unable to invest
the full dividend amount in open market purchases, or if the market dis-
count shifts to a market premium during the purchase period, the Plan
Agent will invest any uninvested portion in newly issued shares. The
shares acquired are credited to each shareholder’s account. The amount
credited is determined by dividing the dollar amount of the dividend by
either (i) when the shares are newly issued, the net asset value per
share on the date the shares are issued or (ii) when shares are pur-
chased in the open market, the average purchase price per share.

Participation in the Plan — Participation in the Plan is automatic, that is,
a shareholder is automatically enrolled in the Plan when he or she pur-
chases shares of Common Stock of the Fund unless the shareholder
specifically elects not to participate in the Plan. Shareholders who
elect not to participate will receive all dividend distributions in cash.
Shareholders who do not wish to participate in the Plan must advise the
Plan Agent in writing (at the address set forth to the right) that they elect
not to participate in the Plan. Participation in the Plan is completely vol-
untary and may be terminated or resumed at any time without penalty
by writing to the Plan Agent.

Benefits of the Plan — The Plan provides an easy, convenient way for
shareholders to make additional, regular investments in the Fund. The
Plan promotes a long-term strategy of investing at a lower cost. All
shares acquired pursuant to the Plan receive voting rights. In addition, if
the market price plus commissions of the Fund’s shares is above the net
asset value, participants in the Plan will receive shares of the Fund for
less than they could otherwise purchase them and with a cash value
greater than the value of any cash distribution they would have received.
However, there may not be enough shares available in the market to
make distributions in shares at prices below the net asset value. Also,
since the Fund does not redeem shares, the price on resale may be
more or less than the net asset value.

Plan Fees — There are no enrollment fees or brokerage fees for partici-
pating in the Plan. The Plan Agent’s service fees for handling the rein-
vestment of distributions are paid for by the Fund. However, brokerage
commissions may be incurred when the Fund purchases shares on
the open market and shareholders will pay a pro rata share of any
such commissions.

Tax Implications — The automatic reinvestment of dividends and distribu-
tions will not relieve participants of any federal, state or local income
tax that may be payable (or required to be withheld) on such dividends.
Therefore, income and capital gains may still be realized even though
shareholders do not receive cash. Participation in the Plan generally will
not affect the tax-exempt status of exempt interest dividends paid by the
Fund. If, when the Fund’s shares are trading at a market premium, the
Fund issues shares pursuant to the Plan that have a greater fair market
value than the amount of cash reinvested, it is possible that all or a por-
tion of the discount from the market value (which may not exceed 5% of
the fair market value of the Fund’s shares) could be viewed as a taxable
distribution. If the discount is viewed as a taxable distribution, it is also
possible that the taxable character of this discount would be allocable
to all the shareholders, including shareholders who do not participate in
the Plan. Thus, shareholders who do not participate in the Plan might be
required to report as ordinary income a portion of their distributions
equal to their allocable share of the discount.

Contact Information — All correspondence concerning the Plan, includ-
ing any questions about the Plan, should be directed to the Plan Agent
at Computershare Trust Company, N.A., .O. Box 43010, Providence, RI
02940-3010, Telephone: (800) 426-5523.

22 BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND II, INC. FEBRUARY 29, 2008

Officers and Directors
				Number of
		Length of		BlackRock-
	Position(s)	Time		Advised Funds
Name, Address	Held with	Served as		and Portfolios	Public
and Year of Birth	Fund	a Director**	Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years	Overseen	Directorships
Non-Interested Directors*
G. Nicholas Beckwith, III	Director	Since	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Arch Street Management, LLC	112 Funds	None
40 East 52nd Street		2007	(Beckwith Family Foundation) and various Beckwith property	109 Portfolios
New York, NY 10022			companies since 2005; Chairman of the Board of Directors, University
1945			of Pittsburgh Medical Center since 2002; Board of Directors, Shady Side
			Hospital Foundation since 1977; Board of Directors, Beckwith Institute
			for Innovation In Patient Care since 1991; Member, Advisory Council on
			Biology and Medicine, Brown University since 2002; Trustee, Claude
			Worthington Benedum Foundation (charitable foundation) since 1989;
			Board of Trustees, Chatham College since 1981; Board of Trustees,
			University of Pittsburgh since 2002; Emeritus Trustee, Shady Side
			Academy since 1977; Formerly Chairman and Manager, Penn West
			Industrial Trucks LLC (sales, rental and servicing of material handling
			equipment) from 2005 to 2007; Formerly Chairman, President and
			Chief Executive Officer, Beckwith Machinery Company (sales, rental
			and servicing of construction and equipment) from 1985 to 2005;
			Formerly Board of Directors, National Retail Properties (REIT) from
			2006 to 2007.
Richard E. Cavanagh	Director	Since	Trustee, Aircraft Finance Trust since 1999; Director, The Guardian Life	113 Funds	Arch Chemical
40 East 52nd Street	and	2007	Insurance Company of America since 1998; Chairman and Trustee,	110 Portfolios	(chemicals and
New York, NY 10022	Chair of the		Educational Testing Service since 1997; Director, The Fremont Group		allied products)
1946	Board of		since 1996; Formerly President and Chief Executive Officer of The
	Directors		Conference Board, Inc. (global business research organization) from
			1995 to 2007.
Kent Dixon	Director	Since	Consultant/Investor since 1988.	113 Funds	None
40 East 52nd Street	and Member	2007		110 Portfolios
New York, NY 10022	of the Audit
1937	Committee
Frank J. Fabozzi	Director	Since	Consultant/Editor of The Journal of Portfolio Management since 2006;	113 Funds	None
40 East 52nd Street	and Member	2007	Professor in the Practice of Finance and Becton Fellow, Yale University,	110 Portfolios
New York, NY 10022	of the Audit		School of Management, since 2006; Formerly Adjunct Professor of
1948	Committee		Finance and Becton Fellow, Yale University from 1994 to 2006.
Kathleen F. Feldstein	Director	Since	President of Economics Studies, Inc. (private economic consulting firm)	113 Funds	The McClatchy
40 East 52nd Street		2007	since 1987; Chair, Board of Trustees, McLean Hospital since 2000;	110 Portfolios	Company
New York, NY 10022			Member of the Board of Partners Community Healthcare, Inc. since		(publishing)
1941			2005; Member of the Board of Partners HealthCare since 1995; Member
			of the Board of Sherrill House (healthcare) since 1990; Trustee, Museum
			of Fine Arts, Boston since 1992; Member of the Visiting Committee to
			the Harvard University Art Museum since 2003; Trustee, The Committee
			for Economic Development (research organization) since 1990; Member
			of the Advisory Board to the International School of Business, Brandeis
			University since 2002; Formerly Director of Bell South (communications)
			from 1998 to 2006; Formerly Director of Ionics (water purification) from
			1992 to 2005; Formerly Director of John Hancock Financial Services from
			1994 to 2003; Formerly Director of Knight Ridder (media) from 1998
			to 2006.

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Officers and Directors (continued)
				Number of
		Length of		BlackRock-
	Position(s)	Time		Advised Funds
Name, Address	Held with	Served as		and Portfolios	Public
and Year of Birth	Fund	a Director**	Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years	Overseen	Directorships
Non-Interested Directors* (concluded)
James T. Flynn	Director,	Since	Formerly Chief Financial Officer of JP Morgan & Co., Inc. from	112 Funds	None
40 East 52nd Street	and Member	2007	1990 to 1995.	109 Portfolios
New York, NY 10022	of the Audit
1939	Committee
Jerrold B. Harris	Director	Since	Trustee, Ursinus College since 2000; Director Troenmer LLC	112 Funds	BlackRock-Kelso
40 East 52nd Street		2007	(scientific equipment) since 2000.	109 Portfolios	Capital Corp.
New York, NY 10022
1942
R. Glenn Hubbard	Director	Since	Dean of Columbia Business School since 2004; Columbia faculty	113 Funds	ADP (data and
40 East 52nd Street		2007	member since 1988; Formerly Co-Director of Columbia Business	110 Portfolios	information services),
New York, NY 10022			School’s Entrepreneurship Program from 1997 to 2004; Visiting		KKR Financial
1958			Professor at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard		Corporation (finance),
			University and the Harvard Business School since 1985 and at the		Duke Realty
			University of Chicago since 1994; Formerly Chairman of the U.S.		(real estate),
			Council of Economic Advisers under the President of the United		Metropolitan Life
			States from 2001 to 2003.		Insurance Company
					(insurance),
					Information
					Services Group
					(media/technology)
W. Carl Kester	Director	Since	Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance, Harvard Business School.	112 Funds	None
40 East 52nd Street	and Member	2007	Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs since 2006; Unit Head, Finance,	109 Portfolios
New York, NY 10022	of the Audit		Harvard Business School, from 2005 to 2006; Senior Associate Dean
1951	Committee		and Chairman of the MBA Program of Harvard Business School, from
			1999 to 2005; Member of the faculty of Harvard Business School since
			1981; Independent Consultant since 1978.
Karen . Robards	Director	Since	Partner of Robards & Company, LLC, (financial advisory firm) since	112 Funds	ArtiCure, Inc.
40 East 52nd Street	and	2007	1987; Co-founder and Director of the Cooke Center for Learning and	109 Portfolios	(medical devices)
New York, NY 10022	Chair of		Development, (a not-for-profit organization) since 1987; Formerly		Care Investment
1950	the Audit		Director of Enable Medical Corp. from 1996 to 2005; Formerly an		Trust, Inc.
	Committee		investment banker at Morgan Stanley from 1976 to 1987.		(healthcare REIT)
Robert S. Salomon, Jr.	Director,	Since	Formerly Principal of STI Management LLC (investment adviser)	112 Funds	None
40 East 52nd Street	and Member	2007	from 1994 to 2005.	109 Portfolios
New York, NY 10022	of the Audit
1936	Committee

*Directors serve until their resignation, removal or death, or until December 31 of the year in which they turn 72.

**Following the combination of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L. . (“MLIM”) and BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”) in September 2006, the various legacy MLIM and legacy BlackRock Fund boards were realigned and consolidated into three new Fund boards in 2007. As a result, although the chart shows certain directors as joining the Fund’s board in 2007, those directors first became a member of the board of directors of other legacy MLIM or legacy BlackRock Funds as follows: G. Nicholas Beckwith, III since 1999; Richard E. Cavanagh since 1994; Kent Dixon since 1988; Frank J. Fabozzi since 1988; Kathleen F. Feldstein since 2005; James T. Flynn since 1996; Jerrold B. Harris since 1999; R. Glenn Hubbard since 2004; W. Carl Kester since 1998; Karen . Robards since 1998 and Robert S. Salomon, Jr. since 1996.

24 BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND II, INC. FEBRUARY 29, 2008

Officers and Directors (concluded)
					Number of
		Length of			BlackRock-
	Position(s)	Time			Advised Funds
Name, Address	Held with	Served as			and Portfolios	Public
and Year of Birth	Fund	a Director	Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years		Overseen	Directorships
Interested Directors*
Richard S. Davis	Director	Since	Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. since 2005; Formerly Chief		185 Funds	None
40 East 52nd Street		2007	Executive Officer, State Street Research & Management Company		292 Portfolios
New York, NY 10022			from 2000 to 2005; Formerly Chairman of the Board of Trustees,
1945			State Street Research Mutual Funds from 2000 to 2005; Formerly
			Chairman, SSR Realty from 2000 to 2004.
Henry Gabbay	Director	Since	Consultant, BlackRock, Inc. since 2007; Formerly Managing Director,		184 Funds	None
40 East 52nd Street		2007	BlackRock, Inc. from 1989 to 2007; Formerly Chief Administrative		291 Portfolios
New York, NY 10022			Officer, BlackRock Advisors, LLC from 1998 to 2007; Formerly President
1947			of BlackRock Funds and BlackRock Bond Allocation Target Shares from
			2005 to 2007; Formerly Treasurer of certain closed-end funds in the
BlackRock fund complex from 1989 to 2006.
	* Messrs. Davis and Gabbay are both “interested persons,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, of the Fund based on their
	positions with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates. Directors serve until their resignation, removal or death, or until December 31 of the year in
	which they turn 72.
	Position(s)
Name, Address	Held with	Length of
and Year of Birth	Fund	Time Served	Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years
Fund Officers*
Donald C. Burke	Fund	Since	Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2006; Formerly Managing Director of Merrill Lynch Investment
40 East 52nd Street	President	2007	Managers, L (“MLIM”) and Fund Asset Management, L (“FAM”) in 2006; First Vice President thereof from
New York, NY 10022	and Chief		1997 to 2005; Treasurer thereof from 1999 to 2006 and Vice President thereof from 1990 to 1997.
1960	Executive
	Officer
Anne F. Ackerley	Vice	Since	Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2000 and First Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Mergers
40 East 52nd Street	President	2007	and Acquisitions Group from 1997 to 2000; First Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Public Finance
New York, NY 10022			Group thereof from 1995 to 1997; First Vice President of Emerging Markets Fixed Income Research of Merrill
1962			Lynch & Co., Inc. from 1994 to 1995.
Neal J. Andrews	Chief	Since	Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2006; Formerly Senior Vice President and Line of Business Head of
40 East 52nd Street	Financial	2007	Fund Accounting and Administration at PFPC Inc. from 1992 to 2006.
New York, NY 10022	Officer
1966
Jay M. Fife	Treasurer	Since	Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2007 and Director in 2006; Formerly Assistant Treasurer of the
40 East 52nd Street		2007	MLIM/FAM advised funds from 2005 to 2006; Director of MLIM Fund Services Group from 2001 to 2006.
New York, NY 10022
1970
Brian P. Kindelan	Chief	Since	Chief Compliance Officer of the Funds since 2007; Managing Director and Senior Counsel thereof since 2005;
40 East 52nd Street	Compliance	2007	Director and Senior Counsel of BlackRock Advisors, Inc. from 2001 to 2004 and Vice President and Senior
New York, NY 10022	Officer		Counsel thereof from 1998 to 2000; Senior Counsel of The PNC Bank Corp. from 1995 to 1998.
1959
Howard Surloff	Secretary	Since	Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. and General Counsel of U.S. Funds at BlackRock, Inc. since 2006; Formerly
40 East 52nd Street		2007	General Counsel (U.S.) of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L from 1993 to 2006.
New York, NY 10022
1965
	* Officers of the Fund serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.
Custodian	Transfer Agent		Accounting Agent	Independent Registered Public		Legal Counsel
State Street Bank and	Computershare Trust		State Street Bank and	Accounting Firm		Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Trust Co.	Company N.A.		Trust Company	Deloitte & Touche LLP		Meagher & Flom LLP
Boston MA 02101	Providence, RI 02940		Princeton, NJ 08540	Princeton, NJ 08540		New York, NY 10036

BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND II, INC.

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Additional Information

Fund Certification

The Fund listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) has
filed wih the NYSE its annual chief executive officer certification regarding
compliance with the NYSE’s listing standards. The Fund filed with the

Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) the certification of its chief
executive officer and chief financial officer required by section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC
for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s
Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov
and may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference

Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public
Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330. The
Fund’s Forms N-Q may also be obtained upon request and without
charge by calling (800) 441-7762.

Electronic Delivery

Electronic copies of most financial reports are available on the Fund’s
website or shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications of quarterly
statements, and annual and semi-annual reports by enrolling in the
Fund’s electronic delivery program.

Shareholders Who Hold Accounts with Investment Advisors, Banks
or Brokerages:

Please contact your financial advisor to enroll. Please note that not all
investment advisors, banks or brokerages may offer this service.

General Information

The Fund does not make available copies of its Statements of Additional
Information because the Fund’s shares are not continuously offered,
which means that the Statement of Additional Information of the Fund
has not been updated after completion of the Fund’s offering and the
information contained in the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information
may have become outdated.

The Fund 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 it 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 other-
wise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined
with those for other members of your household, please contact the Fund
at (800 441-7762).

During the period, there were no material changes in the Fund’s invest-
ment objective or policies or to the Fund’s character or by-laws that were
not approved by the shareholders or in the principal risk factors associ-
ated with investment in the Fund. There have been no changes in the
persons who are primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of
the Fund’s portfolios.

Quarterly performance, semi-annual and annual reports and other infor-
mation regarding the Fund may be found on BlackRock’s website, which
can be accessed at http://www.blackrock.com. This reference to
BlackRock’s website is intended to allow investors public access to
information regarding the Fund and does not, and is not intended to,
incorporate BlackRock’s website into this report.

26 BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND II, INC. FEBRUARY 29, 2008

Additional Information (concluded)

BlackRock Privacy Principles

BlackRock is committed to maintaining the privacy of its current and
former fund investors and individual clients (collectively, “Clients”) and to
safeguarding their non-public personal information. The following infor-
mation is provided to help you understand what personal information
BlackRock collects, how we protect that information and why in certain
cases we share such information with select parties.

If you are located in a jurisdiction where specific laws, rules or regulations
require BlackRock to provide you with additional or different privacy-
related rights beyond what is set forth below, then BlackRock will comply
with those specific laws, rules or regulations.

BlackRock obtains or verifies personal non-public information from and
about you from different sources, including the following: (i) information
we receive from you or, if applicable, your financial intermediary, on appli-
cations, forms or other documents; (ii) information about your transac-
tions with us, our affiliates, or others; (iii) information we receive from a
consumer reporting agency; and (iv) from visits to our websites.

BlackRock does not sell or disclose to non-affiliated third parties any non-
public personal information about its Clients, except as permitted by law
or as is necessary to respond to regulatory requests or to service Client
accounts. These non-affiliated third parties are required to protect the
confidentiality and security of this information and to use it only for its
intended purpose.

We may share information with our affiliates to service your account or to
provide you with information about other BlackRock products or services
that may be of interest to you. In addition, BlackRock restricts access to
non-public personal information about its Clients to those BlackRock
employees with a legitimate business need for the information. BlackRock
maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that are
designed to protect the non-public personal information of its Clients,
including procedures relating to the proper storage and disposal of
such information.

BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND II, INC.

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27

This report is transmitted to the shareholders only. It is not a
prospectus. Past performance results shown in this report should
not be considered a representation of future performance. The
Fund leverages its Common Stock, which creates risk for Common
Stock shareholders, including the likelihood of greater volatility of
net asset value and market price of Common Stock shares, and
the risk that fluctuations in short-term interest rates may reduce
the Common Stock’s yield. Statements and other information
herein are as dated and are subject to change.

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund
uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio
securities is available (1) without charge, upon request, by
calling toll-free (800) 441-7762; (2) at www.blackrock.com;
and (3) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website
at http://www.sec.gov. Information about how the Fund voted
proxies relating to securities held in the Fund’s portfolio during
the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available
upon request and without charge (1) at www.blackrock.com or
by calling (800) 441-7762 and (2) on the Securities and
Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc.

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

#FRIS2-2/08

Item 2 – Code of Ethics – The registrant (or the “Fund”) has adopted a code of ethics, as of the end
of the period covered by this report, applicable to the registrant's principal executive officer,
principal financial officer and principal accounting officer, or persons performing similar
functions. During the period covered by this report, there have been no amendments to or
waivers granted under the code of ethics. A copy of the code of ethics is available without
charge at www.blackrock.com.

Item 3 – Audit Committee Financial Expert – The registrant's board of directors or trustees, as
applicable (the “board of directors”) has determined that (i) the registrant has the following
audit committee financial experts serving on its audit committee and (ii) each audit
committee financial expert is independent:
Kent Dixon (term began effective November 1, 2007)
Frank J. Fabozzi (term began effective November 1, 2007)
James T. Flynn (term began effective November 1, 2007)
Ronald W. Forbes (term ended effective November 1, 2007)
W. Carl Kester (term began effective November 1, 2007)
Karen P. Robards (term began effective November 1, 2007)
Robert S. Salomon, Jr. (term began effective November 1, 2007)
Richard R. West (term ended effective November 1, 2007)

The registrant's board of directors has determined that W. Carl Kester and Karen P. Robards
qualify as financial experts pursuant to Item 3(c)(4) of Form N-CSR.

Prof. Kester has a thorough understanding of generally accepted accounting principles,
financial statements and internal control over financial reporting as well as audit committee
functions. Prof. Kester has been involved in providing valuation and other financial
consulting services to corporate clients since 1978. Prof. Kester’s financial consulting
services present a breadth and level of complexity of accounting issues that are generally
comparable to the breadth and complexity of issues that can reasonably be expected to be
raised by the registrant’s financial statements.

Ms. Robards has a thorough understanding of generally accepted accounting principles,
financial statements and internal control over financial reporting as well as audit committee
functions. Ms. Robards has been President of Robards & Company, a financial advisory
firm, since 1987. Ms. Robards was formerly an investment banker for more than 10 years
where she was responsible for evaluating and assessing the performance of companies based
on their financial results. Ms. Robards has over 30 years of experience analyzing financial
statements. She also is a member of the audit committee of one publicly held company and
a non-profit organization.

Under applicable securities laws, a person 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 as an
audit committee financial expert does not impose on such person any duties, obligations, or
liabilities greater than the duties, obligations, and liabilities imposed on such person as a
member of the audit committee and board of directors in the absence of such designation or
identification.

Item 4 – Principal Accountant Fees and Services
	(a) Audit Fees		(b) Audit-Related Fees1		(c) Tax Fees2		(d) All Other Fees3
	Current	Previous	Current	Previous	Current	Previous	Current	Previous
	Fiscal Year	Fiscal Year	Fiscal Year	Fiscal Year	Fiscal Year	Fiscal Year	Fiscal Year	Fiscal Year
Entity Name	End	End	End	End	End	End	End	End
BlackRock Floating
Rate Income
Strategies Fund II,	$46,300	$40,200	$0	$8,000	$6,100	$6,100	$1,049	$0
Inc.

1 The nature of the services include assurance and related services reasonably related to the performance of the audit of
financial statements not included in Audit Fees.
2 The nature of the services include tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.
3 The nature of the services include a review of compliance procedures and attestation thereto.

(e)(1) Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures:
The registrant’s audit committee (the “Committee”) has adopted policies and
procedures with regard to the pre-approval of services. Audit, audit-related and tax
compliance services provided to the registrant on an annual basis require specific pre-
approval by the Committee. The Committee also must approve other non-audit services
provided to the registrant and those non-audit services provided to the registrant’s affiliated
service providers that relate directly to the operations and the financial reporting of the
registrant. Certain of these non-audit services that the Committee believes are a) consistent
with the SEC’s auditor independence rules and b) routine and recurring services that will
not impair the independence of the independent accountants may be approved by the
Committee without consideration on a specific case-by-case basis (“general pre-approval”).
The term of any general pre-approval is 12 months from the date of the pre-approval, unless
the Committee provides for a different period. Tax or other non-audit services provided to
the registrant which have a direct impact on the operation or financial reporting of the
registrant will only be deemed pre-approved provided that any individual project does not
exceed $10,000 attributable to the registrant or $50,000 for all of the registrants the
Committee oversees. For this purpose, multiple projects will be aggregated to determine if
they exceed the previously mentioned cost levels.
Any proposed services exceeding the pre-approved cost levels will require specific
pre-approval by the Committee, as will any other services not subject to general pre-
approval (e.g., unanticipated but permissible services). The Committee is informed of each
service approved subject to general pre-approval at the next regularly scheduled in-person
board meeting. At this meeting, an analysis of such services is presented to the Committee
for ratification. The Committee may delegate to one or more of its members the authority to
approve the provision of and fees for any specific engagement of permitted non-audit
services, including services exceeding pre-approved cost levels.

(e)(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) Affiliates’ Aggregate Non-Audit Fees:
	Current Fiscal Year	Previous Fiscal Year
Entity Name	End	End
BlackRock Floating Rate
Income Strategies Fund II, Inc.	$294,649	$3,047,017

(h) The registrant’s audit committee has considered and determined that the provision of
non-audit services that were rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser (not including
any non-affiliated sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is
subcontracted with or overseen by the registrant’s investment adviser), and any entity
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that
provides ongoing services to the registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph
(c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal
accountant’s independence.

Regulation S-X Rule 2-01(c)(7)(ii) – $287,500, 0%

Item 5 – Audit Committee of Listed Registrants – The following individuals are members of the
registrant’s separately-designated standing audit committee established in accordance with
Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(58)(A)):

Kent Dixon (term began effective November 1, 2007)
Frank J. Fabozzi (term began effective November 1, 2007)
James T. Flynn (term began effective November 1, 2007)
Ronald W. Forbes (term ended effective November 1, 2007)
W. Carl Kester (term began effective November 1, 2007)
Cynthia A. Montgomery (term ended effective November 1, 2007)
Jean Margo Reid (term ended effective November 1, 2007)
Karen P. Robards (term began effective November 1, 2007)
Robert S. Salomon, Jr. (term began effective November 1, 2007)
Roscoe S. Suddarth (not reappointed to audit committee effective November 1, 2007; retired
effective December 31, 2007)
Richard R. West (term ended effective November 1, 2007)

Item 6 – Schedule of Investments – The registrant’s Schedule of Investments is included as part of
the Report to Stockholders 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 Fund
portfolio securities to its investment adviser, BlackRock Advisors, LLC and its sub-adviser,
as applicable. The Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures of the adviser and sub-adviser are
attached hereto as Exhibit 99.PROXYPOL.

Information about how the Fund voted proxies relating to securities held in the Fund’s
portfolio during the most recent 12 month period ended June 30 is available without charge
(1) at www.blackrock.com and (2) on the Commission’s web site at http://www.sec.gov.

Item 8 – Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies – as of February 29,
2008.

(a)(1) BlackRock Floating Rate Strategies II, Inc. is managed by a team of investment
professionals comprised of Mark J. Williams, Managing Director at BlackRock and Kevin J.
Booth, CFA, Managing Director at BlackRock. Each is a member of BlackRock’s fixed
income portfolio management group. Mr. Williams is responsible for setting overall
investment strategy and overseeing management of the Fund. Mr. Booth is responsible for
the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio and the selection of its investments.
Messrs. Booth and Williams have been members of the Fund’s management team since
2006.

Mr. Williams is the head of BlackRock’s bank loan group and a member of the Investment
Strategy Group. His primary responsibility is originating and evaluating bank loan
investments for the firm's collateralized bond obligations. He is also involved in the
evaluation and sourcing of mezzanine investments. Prior to joining BlackRock in 1998, Mr.
Williams spent eight years with PNC Bank's New York office and was a founding member
of the bank's Leveraged Finance Group. In that capacity he was responsible for structuring
proprietary middle market leveraged deals and sourcing and evaluating broadly syndicated
leveraged loans in the primary and secondary markets for PNC Bank's investment portfolio.
From 1984 until 1990, Mr. Williams worked in PNC Bank's Philadelphia office in a variety
of marketing and corporate finance positions.

Kevin Booth is co-head of the high yield team within BlackRock’s Fixed Income Portfolio
Management Group. His primary responsibilities are managing portfolios and directing
investment strategy. He specializes in hybrid high yield portfolios, consisting of leveraged
bank loans, high yield bonds, and distressed obligations. Prior to joining BlackRock, Mr.
Booth was a Managing Director (Global Fixed Income) of Merrill Lynch Investment
Managers (“MLIM”) in 2006, a Director from 1998 to 2006 and was a Vice President of
MLIM from 1991 to 1998. He has been a portfolio manager with BlackRock or MLIM since
1992, and was a member of MLIM’s bank loan group from 2000 to 2006.

(a)(2) As of February 29, 2008:

				(iii) Number of Other Accounts and
	(ii) Number of Other Accounts Managed			Assets for Which Advisory Fee is
	and Assets by Account Type				Performance-Based
	Other			Other
(i) Name of	Registered	Other Pooled		Registered	Other Pooled
Portfolio	Investment	Investment	Other	Investment	Investment	Other
Manager	Companies	Vehicles	Accounts	Companies	Vehicles	Accounts
Mark Williams	10	18	1	0	13	0
	$4.01 Billion	$6.39 Billion	$142.6 Million	$0	$5.04 Billion	$0
Kevin Booth	24	11	8	0	4	3
	$10.5 Billion	$4.11 Billion	$1.94 Billion	$0	$2.14 Billion	$408.7 Million

(iv) Potential Material Conflicts of Interest

BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates (collectively, herein “BlackRock”) has built a professional
working environment, firm-wide compliance culture and compliance procedures and
systems designed to protect against potential incentives that may favor one account over
another. BlackRock has adopted policies and procedures that address the allocation of
investment opportunities, execution of portfolio transactions, personal trading by employees
and other potential conflicts of interest that are designed to ensure that all client accounts are
treated equitably over time. Nevertheless, BlackRock furnishes investment management and
advisory services to numerous clients in addition to the Fund, and BlackRock may,

consistent with applicable law, make investment recommendations to other clients or
accounts (including accounts which are hedge funds or have performance or higher fees
paid to BlackRock, or in which portfolio managers have a personal interest in the receipt of
such fees), which may be the same as or different from those made to the Fund. In addition,
BlackRock, its affiliates and any officer, director, stockholder or employee may or may not
have an interest in the securities whose purchase and sale BlackRock recommends to the
Fund. BlackRock, or any of its affiliates, or any officer, director, stockholder, employee or
any member of their families may take different actions than those recommended to the
Fund by BlackRock with respect to the same securities. Moreover, BlackRock may refrain
from rendering any advice or services concerning securities of companies of which any of
BlackRock’s (or its affiliates’) officers, directors or employees are directors or officers, or
companies as to which BlackRock or any of its affiliates or the officers, directors and
employees of any of them has any substantial economic interest or possesses material non-
public information. Each portfolio manager also may manage accounts whose investment
strategies may at times be opposed to the strategy utilized for the Fund. In this connection, it
should be noted that certain portfolio managers, including Messrs. Booth and Williams,
currently manage certain accounts that are subject to performance fees. In addition, certain
portfolio managers may assist in managing certain hedge funds and may be entitled to
receive a portion of any incentive fees earned on such funds and a portion of such incentive
fees may be voluntarily or involuntarily deferred. Additional portfolio managers may in the
future manage other such accounts or funds and may be entitled to receive incentive fees.

As a fiduciary, BlackRock owes a duty of loyalty to its clients and must treat each client
fairly. When BlackRock purchases or sells securities for more than one account, the trades
must be allocated in a manner consistent with its fiduciary duties. BlackRock attempts to
allocate investments in a fair and equitable manner among client accounts, with no account
receiving preferential treatment. To this end, BlackRock has adopted a policy that is
intended to ensure that investment opportunities are allocated fairly and equitably among
client accounts over time. This policy also seeks to achieve reasonable efficiency in client
transactions and provide BlackRock with sufficient flexibility to allocate investments in a
manner that is consistent with the particular investment discipline and client base.

(a)(3) As of February 29, 2008:

Portfolio Manager Compensation Overview

BlackRock’s financial arrangements with its portfolio managers, its competitive
compensation and its career path emphasis at all levels reflect the value senior management
places on key resources. Compensation may include a variety of components and may vary
from year to year based on a number of factors. The principal components of compensation
include a base salary, a performance-based discretionary bonus, participation in various
benefits programs and one or more of the incentive compensation programs established by
BlackRock such as its Long-Term Retention and Incentive Plan and Restricted Stock
Program.

Base compensation. Generally, portfolio managers receive base compensation based on
their seniority and/or their position with the firm. Senior portfolio managers who perform
additional management functions within the portfolio management group or within
BlackRock may receive additional compensation for serving in these other capacities.

Discretionary Incentive Compensation

Discretionary incentive compensation is a function of several components: the performance
of BlackRock, Inc., the performance of the portfolio manager’s group within BlackRock,
the investment performance, including risk-adjusted returns, of the firm’s assets under
management or supervision by that portfolio manager relative to predetermined
benchmarks, and the individual’s seniority, role within the portfolio management team,
teamwork and contribution to the overall performance of these portfolios and BlackRock.
In most cases, including for the portfolio managers of the Fund, these benchmarks are the
same as the benchmark or benchmarks against which the performance of the Fund or other
accounts managed by the portfolio managers are measured. BlackRock’s Chief Investment
Officers determine the benchmarks against which the performance of funds and other
accounts managed by each portfolio manager is compared and the period of time over which
performance is evaluated. With respect to the portfolio managers, such benchmarks include
the following:

Portfolio Manager	Applicable Benchmarks
Kevin Booth	A combination of market-based indices (e.g., The Lehman Brothers
	U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Cap Index), certain
	customized indices and certain fund industry peer groups.
Mark Williams	A combination of market-based indices (e.g., Credit Suisse
	Leveraged Loan Index, LIBOR), certain customized indices and
	certain fund industry peer groups.

BlackRock’s Chief Investment Officers make a subjective determination with respect to the
portfolio managers’ compensation based on the performance of the funds and other accounts
managed by each portfolio manager relative to the various benchmarks noted above.
Performance is measured on both a pre-tax and after-tax basis over various time periods
including 1, 3, 5 and 10-year periods, as applicable.

Distribution of Discretionary Incentive Compensation
Discretionary incentive compensation is distributed to portfolio managers in a combination
of cash and BlackRock, Inc. restricted stock units which vest ratably over a number of
years. The BlackRock, Inc. restricted stock units, if properly vested, will be settled in
BlackRock, Inc. common stock. Typically, the cash bonus, when combined with base
salary, represents more than 60% of total compensation for the portfolio managers. Paying
a portion of annual bonuses in stock puts compensation earned by a portfolio manager for a
given year “at risk” based on the Company’s ability to sustain and improve its performance
over future periods.

Other compensation benefits. In addition to base compensation and discretionary
incentive compensation, portfolio managers may be eligible to receive or participate in one
or more of the following:

Long-Term Retention and Incentive Plan (“LTIP”) —The LTIP is a long-term
incentive plan that seeks to reward certain key employees. Prior to 2006, the plan provided
for the grant of awards that were expressed as an amount of cash that, if properly vested and
subject to the attainment of certain performance goals, will be settled in cash and/or in
BlackRock, Inc. common stock. Beginning in 2006, awards are granted under the LTIP in
the form of BlackRock, Inc. restricted stock units that, if properly vested and subject to the
attainment of certain performance goals, will be settled in BlackRock, Inc. common stock.
Each portfolio manager has received awards under the LTIP.

Deferred Compensation Program —A portion of the compensation paid to eligible
BlackRock employees may be voluntarily deferred into an account that tracks the
performance of certain of the firm’s investment products. Each participant in the deferred
compensation program is permitted to allocate his deferred amounts among various options,
including to certain of the firm’s hedge funds and other proprietary mutual funds. Each
portfolio manager has participated in the deferred compensation program.

Options and Restricted Stock Awards — A portion of the annual compensation of
certain employees is mandatorily deferred into BlackRock restricted stock units. Prior to the
mandatory deferral into restricted stock units, the Company granted stock options to key
employees, including certain portfolio managers who may still hold unexercised or unvested
options. BlackRock, Inc. also granted restricted stock awards designed to reward certain key
employees as an incentive to contribute to the long-term success of BlackRock. These
awards vest over a period of years. Mr. Williams has been granted stock options and/or
restricted stock in prior years.

Incentive Savings Plans — BlackRock, Inc. has created a variety of incentive
savings plans in which BlackRock employees are eligible to participate, including a
401(k) plan, the BlackRock Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), and the BlackRock Employee
Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). The employer contribution components of the RSP include a
company match equal to 50% of the first 6% of eligible pay contributed to the plan capped
at $4,000 per year, and a company retirement contribution equal to 3% of eligible
compensation, plus an additional contribution of 2% for any year in which BlackRock has
positive net operating income. The RSP offers a range of investment options, including
registered investment companies managed by the firm. Company contributions follow the
investment direction set by participants for their own contributions or, absent employee
investment direction, are invested into a balanced portfolio. The ESPP allows for
investment in BlackRock common stock at a 5% discount on the fair market value of the
stock on the purchase date. Annual participation in the ESPP is limited to the purchase of
1,000 shares or a dollar value of $25,000. Each portfolio manager is eligible to participate
in these plans.

(a)(4) Beneficial Ownership of Securities. As of February 29, 2008, the portfolio
managers beneficially owned stock issued by the Fund in the ranges set forth below:

Portfolio Manager	Dollar Range
Kevin Booth	$10,001 to $50,000
Mark Williams	None

Item 9 – Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and
Affiliated Purchasers – Not Applicable due to no such purchases during the period covered
by this report.

Item 10 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders – The registrant’s Nominating and
Governance Committee will consider nominees to the Board recommended by shareholders
when a vacancy becomes available. Shareholders who wish to recommend a nominee
should send nominations which include biographical information and set forth the
qualifications of the proposed nominee to the registrant’s Secretary. There have been no
material changes to these procedures.

Item 11 – Controls and Procedures

11(a) – The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers or persons performing
similar functions have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
“1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report based on the
evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act
and Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

11(b) – There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as
defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter
of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12 – Exhibits attached hereto

12(a)(1) – Code of Ethics – See Item 2

12(a)(2) – Certifications – Attached hereto

12(a)(3) – Not Applicable

12(b) – Certifications – Attached hereto

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.

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc.

By: /s/ Donald C. Burke
Donald C. Burke
Chief Executive Officer of
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc.

Date: April 23, 2008

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

By: /s/ Donald C. Burke
Donald C. Burke
Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc.

Date: April 23, 2008

By: /s/ Neal J. Andrews
Neal J. Andrews
Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc.

Date: April 23, 2008

EX-99.CERT

EX-99. CERT
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 30a-2(a) UNDER THE 1940 ACT AND SECTION 302 OF
THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Donald C. Burke, Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies
Fund II, Inc., certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made,
not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report fairly
present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the
financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented
in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over
financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be
designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in
which this report is being prepared;

b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial
reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles;

c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this
report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90
days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and

d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that
occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit
committees of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over
financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process,
summarize, and report financial information; and

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant
role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: April 23, 2008

/s/ Donald C. Burke
Donald C. Burke
Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc.

EX-99. CERT
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 30a-2(a) UNDER THE 1940 ACT AND
SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Neal J. Andrews, Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of BlackRock Floating Rate Income
Strategies Fund II, Inc., certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund
II, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under
which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this
report fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net
assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of
1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment
Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and
procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control
over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for
external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and
presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such
evaluation; and

d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that
has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control
over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the
audit committees of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal
control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s
ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who
have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: April 23, 2008

/s/ Neal J. Andrews
Neal J. Andrews
Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc

EX-99.906 CERT

Exhibit 99.1350CERT

Certification Pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act and
Section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, the undersigned officer of BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund
II, Inc. (the “Registrant”), hereby certifies, to the best of his knowledge, that the Registrant’s Report on
Form N-CSR for the period ended February 29, 2008, (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements
of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and that the information contained in
the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Registrant.

Date: April 23, 2008

/s/ Donald C. Burke
Donald C. Burke
Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc.

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, the undersigned officer of BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund
II, Inc. (the “Registrant”), hereby certifies, to the best of his knowledge, that the Registrant’s Report on
Form N-CSR for the period ended February 29, 2008, (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements
of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and that the information contained in
the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Registrant.

Date: April 23, 2008

/s/ Neal J. Andrews
Neal J. Andrews
Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc.

This certification is being furnished pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended, and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Form N-CSR with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

EX-99.CODE ETH

Proxy Voting Policies and

Procedures

For BlackRock Advisors, LLC
And Its Affiliated SEC Registered Investment Advisers

Amended and Restated March 5, 2008

Table of Contents

Page

Introduction

Scope of Committee Responsibilities

Special Circumstances

Voting Guidelines

Boards of Directors

Auditors

Compensation and Benefits

Capital Structure

Corporate Charter and By-Laws

Corporate Meetings

Investment Companies

Environmental and Social Issues

Notice to Clients

Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

These Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures (“Policy”) for BlackRock Advisors,
LLC and its affiliated U.S. registered investment advisers¹ (“BlackRock”), which were
effective October 1, 2006 and Amended and Restated March 5, 2008, reflect our duty as a
fiduciary under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”) to vote proxies
in the best interests of our clients. BlackRock serves as the investment manager for
investment companies, other commingled investment vehicles and/or separate accounts
of institutional and other clients. The right to vote proxies for securities held in such
accounts belongs to BlackRock’s clients. Certain clients of BlackRock have retained the
right to vote such proxies in general or in specific circumstances.² Other clients, however,
have delegated to BlackRock the right to vote proxies for securities held in their accounts
as part of BlackRock’s authority to manage, acquire and dispose of account assets.

When BlackRock votes proxies for a client that has delegated to BlackRock proxy
voting authority, BlackRock acts as the client’s agent. Under the Advisers Act, an
investment adviser is a fiduciary that owes each of its clients a duty of care and loyalty
with respect to all services the adviser undertakes on the client’s behalf, including proxy
voting. BlackRock is therefore subject to a fiduciary duty to vote proxies in a manner
BlackRock believes is consistent with the client’s best interests,³ whether or not the
client’s proxy voting is subject to the fiduciary standards of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”).⁴ When voting proxies for client accounts
(including investment companies), BlackRock’s primary objective is to make voting
decisions solely in the best interests of clients and ERISA clients’ plan beneficiaries and
participants. In fulfilling its obligations to clients, BlackRock will seek to act in a manner
that it believes is most likely to enhance the economic value of the underlying securities
held in client accounts.⁵ It is imperative that BlackRock considers the interests of its
clients, and not the interests of BlackRock, when voting proxies and that real (or

¹ The Policy does not apply to BlackRock Asset Management U.K. Limited and BlackRock Investment
Managers International Limited, which are U.S. registered investment advisers based in the United
Kingdom.
² In certain situations, a client may direct BlackRock to vote in accordance with the client’s proxy voting
policies. In these situations, BlackRock will seek to comply with such policies to the extent it would not be
inconsistent with other BlackRock legal responsibilities.
³ Letter from Harvey L. Pitt, Chairman, SEC, to John P.M. Higgins, President, Ram Trust Services
(February 12, 2002) (Section 206 of the Investment Advisers Act imposes a fiduciary responsibility to vote
proxies fairly and in the best interests of clients); SEC Release No. IA-2106 (February 3, 2003).
⁴ DOL Interpretative Bulletin of Sections 402, 403 and 404 of ERISA at 29 C.F.R. 2509.94 - -2
⁵ Other considerations, such as social, labor, environmental or other policies, may be of interest to
particular clients. While BlackRock is cognizant of the importance of such considerations, when voting
proxies it will generally take such matters into account only to the extent that they have a direct bearing on
the economic value of the underlying securities. To the extent that a BlackRock client desires to pursue a
particular social, labor, environmental or other agenda through the proxy votes made for its securities held
through BlackRock as investment adviser, BlackRock encourages the client to consider retaining direct
proxy voting authority or to appoint independently a special proxy voting fiduciary other than BlackRock.

perceived) material conflicts that may arise between BlackRock’s interest and those of
BlackRock’s clients are properly addressed and resolved.

Advisers Act Rule 206(4)-6 was adopted by the SEC in 2003 and requires, among
other things, that an investment adviser that exercises voting authority over clients’ proxy
voting adopt policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure that the adviser votes
proxies in the best interests of clients, discloses to its clients information about those
policies and procedures and also discloses to clients how they may obtain information on
how the adviser has voted their proxies.

In light of such fiduciary duties, the requirements of Rule 206(4)-6, and given the
complexity of the issues that may be raised in connection with proxy votes, BlackRock
has adopted these policies and procedures. BlackRock’s Equity Investment Policy
Oversight Committee, or a sub-committee thereof (the “Committee”), addresses proxy
voting issues on behalf of BlackRock and its clients.⁶ The Committee is comprised of
senior members of BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group and advised by
BlackRock’s Legal and Compliance Department.

⁶ Subject to the Proxy Voting Policies of Merrill Lynch Bank & Trust Company FSB, the Committee may
also function jointly as the Proxy Voting Committee for Merrill Lynch Bank & Trust Company FSB trust
accounts managed by personnel dually-employed by BlackRock.

I. Scope of Committee Responsibilities

The Committee shall have the responsibility for determining how to address
proxy votes made on behalf of all BlackRock clients, except for clients who have retained
the right to vote their own proxies, either generally or on any specific matter. In so doing,
the Committee shall seek to ensure that proxy votes are made in the best interests of
clients, and that proxy votes are determined in a manner free from unwarranted or
inappropriate influences. The Committee shall also oversee the overall administration of
proxy voting for BlackRock accounts.⁷

The Committee shall establish BlackRock’s proxy voting guidelines, with such
advice, participation and research as the Committee deems appropriate from portfolio
managers, proxy voting services or other knowledgeable interested parties. As it is
anticipated that there will not necessarily be a “right” way to vote proxies on any given
issue applicable to all facts and circumstances, the Committee shall also be responsible
for determining how the proxy voting guidelines will be applied to specific proxy votes,
in light of each issuer’s unique structure, management, strategic options and, in certain
circumstances, probable economic and other anticipated consequences of alternative
actions. In so doing, the Committee may determine to vote a particular proxy in a manner
contrary to its generally stated guidelines.

The Committee may determine that the subject matter of certain proxy issues are
not suitable for general voting guidelines and requires a case-by-case determination, in
which case the Committee may elect not to adopt a specific voting guideline applicable to
such issues. BlackRock believes that certain proxy voting issues – such as approval of
mergers and other significant corporate transactions – require investment analysis akin to
investment decisions, and are therefore not suitable for general guidelines. The
Committee may elect to adopt a common BlackRock position on certain proxy votes that
are akin to investment decisions, or determine to permit portfolio managers to make
individual decisions on how best to maximize economic value for the accounts for which
they are responsible (similar to normal buy/sell investment decisions made by such
portfolio managers).⁸

While it is expected that BlackRock, as a fiduciary, will generally seek to vote
proxies over which BlackRock exercises voting authority in a uniform manner for all
BlackRock clients, the Committee, in conjunction with the portfolio manager of an
account, may determine that the specific circumstances of such account require that such
account’s proxies be voted differently due to such account’s investment objective or other
factors that differentiate it from other accounts. In addition, on proxy votes that are akin

⁷ The Committee may delegate day-to-day administrative responsibilities to other BlackRock personnel
and/or outside service providers, as appropriate.
⁸ The Committee will normally defer to portfolio managers on proxy votes that are akin to investment
decisions except for proxy votes that involve a material conflict of interest, in which case it will determine,
in its discretion, the appropriate voting process so as to address such conflict.

to investment decisions, BlackRock believes portfolio managers may from time to time
legitimately reach differing but equally valid views, as fiduciaries for BlackRock’s
clients, on how best to maximize economic value in respect of a particular investment.

The Committee will also be responsible for ensuring the maintenance of records
of each proxy vote, as required by Advisers Act Rule 204-2.⁹ All records will be
maintained in accordance with applicable law. Except as may be required by applicable
legal requirements, or as otherwise set forth herein, the Committee’s determinations and
records shall be treated as proprietary, nonpublic and confidential.

The Committee shall be assisted by other BlackRock personnel, as may be
appropriate. In particular, the Committee has delegated to the BlackRock Operations
Department responsibility for monitoring corporate actions and ensuring that proxy votes
are submitted in a timely fashion. The Operations Department shall ensure that proxy
voting issues are promptly brought to the Committee’s attention and that the Committee’s
proxy voting decisions are appropriately disseminated and implemented.

To assist BlackRock in voting proxies, the Committee may retain the services of a
firm providing such services. BlackRock has currently retained Institutional Shareholder
Services (“ISS”) in that role. ISS is an independent adviser that specializes in providing a
variety of fiduciary-level proxy-related services to institutional investment managers,
plan sponsors, custodians, consultants, and other institutional investors. The services
provided to BlackRock may include, but are not limited to, in-depth research, voting
recommendations (which the Committee is not obligated to follow), vote execution, and
recordkeeping.

⁹ The Committee may delegate the actual maintenance of such records to an outside service provider.
Currently, the Committee has delegated the maintenance of such records to Institutional Shareholder
Services.

II. Special Circumstances

Routine Consents. BlackRock may be asked from time to time to consent to an
amendment to, or grant a waiver under, a loan agreement, partnership agreement,
indenture or other governing document of a specific financial instrument held by
BlackRock clients. BlackRock will generally treat such requests for consents not as
“proxies” subject to these Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures but as investment
matters to be dealt with by the responsible BlackRock investment professionals would,
provided that such consents (i) do not relate to the election of a board of directors or
appointment of auditors of a public company, and (ii) either (A) would not otherwise
materially affect the structure, management or control of a public company, or (B) relate
to a company in which BlackRock clients hold only interests in bank loans or debt
securities and are consistent with customary standards and practices for such instruments.

Securities on Loan. Registered investment companies that are advised by
BlackRock as well as certain of our advisory clients may participate in securities lending
programs. Under most securities lending arrangements, securities on loan may not be
voted by the lender (unless the loan is recalled). BlackRock believes that each client has
the right to determine whether participating in a securities lending program enhances
returns, to contract with the securities lending agent of its choice and to structure a
securities lending program, through its lending agent, that balances any tension between
loaning and voting securities in a matter that satisfies such client. If client has decided to
participate in a securities lending program, BlackRock will therefore defer to the client’s
determination and not attempt to seek recalls solely for the purpose of voting routine
proxies as this could impact the returns received from securities lending and make the
client a less desirable lender in a marketplace. Where a client retains a lending agent that
is unaffiliated with BlackRock, BlackRock will generally not seek to vote proxies
relating to securities on loan because BlackRock does not have a contractual right to
recall such loaned securities for the purpose of voting proxies. Where BlackRock or an
affiliate acts as the lending agent, BlackRock will also generally not seek to recall loaned
securities for proxy voting purposes, unless the portfolio manager responsible for the
account or the Committee determines that voting the proxy is in the client’s best interest
and requests that the security be recalled.

Voting Proxies for Non-US Companies. While the proxy voting process is well
established in the United States, voting proxies of non-US companies frequently involves
logistical issues which can affect BlackRock’s ability to vote such proxies, as well as the
desirability of voting such proxies. These issues include (but are not limited to): (i)
untimely notice of shareholder meetings, (ii) restrictions on a foreigner’s ability to
exercise votes, (iii) requirements to vote proxies in person, (iv) “shareblocking”
(requirements that investors who exercise their voting rights surrender the right to dispose
of their holdings for some specified period in proximity to the shareholder meeting), (v)
potential difficulties in translating the proxy, and (vi) requirements to provide local
agents with unrestricted powers of attorney to facilitate voting instructions.

As a consequence, BlackRock votes proxies of non-US companies only on a
“best-efforts” basis. In addition, the Committee may determine that it is generally in the
best interests of BlackRock clients not to vote proxies of companies in certain countries
if the Committee determines that the costs (including but not limited to opportunity costs
associated with shareblocking constraints) associated with exercising a vote generally are
expected to outweigh the benefit the client will derive by voting on the issuer’s proposal.
If the Committee so determines in the case of a particular country, the Committee (upon
advice from BlackRock portfolio managers) may override such determination with
respect to a particular issuer’s shareholder meeting if the Committee believes the benefits
of seeking to exercise a vote at such meeting outweighs the costs, in which case
BlackRock will seek to vote on a best-efforts basis.

Securities Sold After Record Date. With respect to votes in connection with
securities held on a particular record date but sold from a client account prior to the
holding of the related meeting, BlackRock may take no action on proposals to be voted
on in such meeting.

Conflicts of Interest. From time to time, BlackRock may be required to vote
proxies in respect of an issuer that is an affiliate of BlackRock (a “BlackRock Affiliate”),
or a money management or other client of BlackRock (a “BlackRock Client”).¹⁰ In such
event, provided that the Committee is aware of the real or potential conflict, the following
procedures shall apply:

§ The Committee intends to adhere to the voting guidelines set forth herein for
all proxy issues including matters involving BlackRock Affiliates and
BlackRock Clients. If, however, the matter to be voted on represents a non-
routine matter that is material to a BlackRock Affiliate or a BlackRock Client
and the Committee does not reasonably believe it is able to follow its general
voting guidelines (or if the particular proxy matter is not addressed in the
guidelines) and vote impartially, the Committee may, in its discretion for the
purposes of ensuring that an independent determination is reached, retain an
independent fiduciary to advise the Committee on how to vote or to cast votes
on behalf of BlackRock’s clients; and
§ if the Committee determines not to retain an independent fiduciary, or does
not desire to follow the advice of such independent fiduciary, the Committee
shall determine how to vote the proxy after consulting with the BlackRock
Legal and Compliance Department and concluding that the vote cast is in the
client’s best interest notwithstanding the conflict.

¹⁰ Such issuers may include investment companies for which BlackRock provides investment advisory,
administrative and/or other services.

III. Voting Guidelines

The Committee has determined that it is appropriate and in the best interests of
BlackRock’s clients to adopt the following voting guidelines, which represent the
Committee’s usual voting position on certain recurring proxy issues that are not expected
to involve unusual circumstances. With respect to any particular proxy issue, however,
the Committee may elect to vote differently than a voting guideline if the Committee
determines that doing so is, in the Committee’s judgment, in the best interest of its
clients. The guidelines may be reviewed at any time upon the request of any Committee
member and may be amended or deleted upon the vote of a majority of voting Committee
members present at a Committee meeting for which there is a quorum.

A. Boards of Directors

These proposals concern those issues submitted to shareholders relating to the
composition of the Board of Directors of companies other than investment companies.
As a general matter, the Committee believes that a company’s Board of Directors (rather
than shareholders) is most likely to have access to important, nonpublic information
regarding a company’s business and prospects, and is therefore best-positioned to set
corporate policy and oversee management. The Committee therefore believes that the
foundation of good corporate governance is the election of qualified, independent
corporate directors who are likely to diligently represent the interests of shareholders and
oversee management of the corporation in a manner that will seek to maximize
shareholder value over time. In individual cases, the Committee may look at a Director
nominee’s history of representing shareholder interests as a director of other companies,
or other factors to the extent the Committee deems relevant.

The Committee’s general policy is to vote:

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	VOTE and DESCRIPTION
A.1	FOR nominees for director of United States companies in
	uncontested elections, except for nominees who
	§	have missed at least two meetings and, as a result,
		attended less than 75% of meetings of the Board of
		Directors and its committees the previous year, unless the
		nominee missed the meeting(s) due to illness or company
		business
	§	voted to implement or renew a “dead-hand” poison pill
	§	ignored a shareholder proposal that was approved by
		either a majority of the shares outstanding in any year or
		by the majority of votes cast for two consecutive years
	§	failed to act on takeover offers where the majority of the
shareholders have tendered their shares
	§	are corporate insiders who serve on the audit,
		compensation or nominating committees or on a full
		Board that does not have such committees composed
		exclusively of independent directors
	§	on a case-by-case basis, have served as directors of other
		companies with allegedly poor corporate governance
	§	sit on more than six boards of public companies
A.2	FOR nominees for directors of non-U.S. companies in uncontested
elections, except for nominees from whom the Committee
	determines to withhold votes due to the nominees’ poor records of
representing shareholder interests, on a case-by-case basis
A.3	FOR proposals to declassify Boards of Directors, except where
there exists a legitimate purpose for classifying boards
A.4	AGAINST proposals to classify Boards of Directors, except where
there exists a legitimate purpose for classifying boards

A.5	AGAINST proposals supporting cumulative voting
A.6	FOR proposals eliminating cumulative voting
A.7	FOR proposals supporting confidential voting
A.8	FOR proposals seeking election of supervisory board members
A.9	AGAINST shareholder proposals seeking additional
	representation of women and/or minorities generally (i.e., not
	specific individuals) to a Board of Directors
A.10	AGAINST shareholder proposals for term limits for directors
A.11	FOR shareholder proposals to establish a mandatory retirement
	age for directors who attain the age of 72 or older
A.12	AGAINST shareholder proposals requiring directors to own a
	minimum amount of company stock
A.13	FOR proposals requiring a majority of independent directors on a
	Board of Directors
A.14	FOR proposals to allow a Board of Directors to delegate powers to
	a committee or committees
A.15	FOR proposals to require audit, compensation and/or nominating
	committees of a Board of Directors to consist exclusively of
	independent directors
A.16	AGAINST shareholder proposals seeking to prohibit a single
	person from occupying the roles of chairman and chief executive
	officer
A.17	FOR proposals to elect account inspectors
A.18	FOR proposals to fix the membership of a Board of Directors at a
	specified size
A.19	FOR proposals permitting shareholder ability to nominate
	directors directly
A.20	AGAINST proposals to eliminate shareholder ability to nominate
	directors directly
A.21	FOR proposals permitting shareholder ability to remove directors
	directly
A.22	AGAINST proposals to eliminate shareholder ability to remove
	directors directly
A.23	FOR shareholder proposals requiring the position of chair be filled
	by an independent director unless there are compelling reasons to
	recommend against the proposal, such as a counterbalancing
	governance structure
A.24	FOR precatory and binding resolutions requesting that the board
	change the company’s by-laws to stipulate that directors need to
	be elected with an affirmative majority of votes cast, provided it
does not conflict with the state law where the company is
	incorporated. Binding resolutions need to allow for a carve-out for
	a plurality vote standard when there are more nominees than board
	seats
A.25	AGAINST shareholder proposals requiring two candidates per
	board seat
A.26	AGAINST proposals to eliminate entirely directors’ and officers’
	liability for monetary damages for violating the duty of care

A.27	AGAINST indemnification proposals that would expand coverage
	beyond just legal expenses to liability for acts, such as negligence,
	that are more serious violations of fiduciary obligation than mere
	carelessness
A.28	AGAINST proposals that would expand the scope of
	indemnification to provide for mandatory indemnification of
	company officials in connection with acts that previously the
	company was permitted to provide indemnification for at the
	discretion of the company's board (i.e. "permissive
	indemnification"), but that previously the company was not
	required to indemnify
A.29	FOR only those proposals providing such expanded coverage in
	cases when a director’s or officer’s legal defense was unsuccessful
	if both of the following apply:
	• If the director was found to have acted in good faith and in a
	manner that he or she reasonably believed was in the best interests
	of the company; and
• If only the director’s legal expenses would be covered
A.30	AGAINST proposals that provide that directors may be removed
	only for cause
A.31	FOR proposals to restore shareholders’ ability to remove directors
	with or without cause
A.32	AGAINST proposals that provide that only continuing directors
	may elect replacements to fill board vacancies
A.33	FOR proposals that permit shareholders to elect directors to fill
	board vacancies, provided that it is understood that investment
	company directors may fill Board vacancies as permitted by the
	Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended

B. Auditors

These proposals concern those issues submitted to shareholders related to the
selection of auditors. As a general matter, the Committee believes that corporate auditors
have a responsibility to represent the interests of shareholders and provide an independent
view on the propriety of financial reporting decisions of corporate management. While
the Committee will generally defer to a corporation’s choice of auditor, in individual
cases, the Committee may look at an auditors’ history of representing shareholder
interests as auditor of other companies, to the extent the Committee deems relevant.

The Committee’s general policy is to vote:

B.1	FOR approval of independent auditors, except for
	§	auditors that have a financial interest in, or material
		association with, the company they are auditing, and are
		therefore believed by the Committee not to be independent
	§	auditors who have rendered an opinion to any company which
		in the Committee’s opinion is either not consistent with best
		accounting practices or not indicative of the company’s
		financial situation
	§	on a case-by-case basis, auditors who in the Committee’s
		opinion provide a significant amount of non-audit services to
		the company
B.2	FOR proposals seeking authorization to fix the remuneration of
	auditors
B.3	FOR approving internal statutory auditors
B.4	FOR proposals for audit firm rotation, except for proposals that
would require rotation after a period of less than 5 years

C. Compensation and Benefits

These proposals concern those issues submitted to shareholders related to
management compensation and employee benefits. As a general matter, the Committee
favors disclosure of a company’s compensation and benefit policies and opposes
excessive compensation, but believes that compensation matters are normally best
determined by a corporation’s board of directors, rather than shareholders. Proposals to
“micro-manage” a company’s compensation practices or to set arbitrary restrictions on
compensation or benefits will therefore generally not be supported.

The Committee’s general policy is to vote:

C.1	IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF ISS
	on compensation plans if the ISS recommendation is based solely
	on whether or not the company’s plan satisfies the allowable cap
	as calculated by ISS. If the recommendation of ISS is based on
	factors other than whether the plan satisfies the allowable cap the
	Committee will analyze the particular proposed plan. This policy
	applies to amendments of plans as well as to initial approvals.
C.2	FOR proposals to eliminate retirement benefits for outside
	directors
C.3	AGAINST proposals to establish retirement benefits for outside
	directors
C.4	FOR proposals approving the remuneration of directors or of
	supervisory board members
C.5	AGAINST proposals to reprice stock options
C.6	FOR proposals to approve employee stock purchase plans that
	apply to all employees. This policy applies to proposals to amend
ESPPs if the plan as amended applies to all employees.
C.7	FOR proposals to pay retirement bonuses to directors of Japanese
	companies unless the directors have served less than three years
C.8	AGAINST proposals seeking to pay outside directors only in stock
C.9	FOR proposals seeking further disclosure of executive pay or
	requiring companies to report on their supplemental executive
	retirement benefits
C.10	AGAINST proposals to ban all future stock or stock option grants
	to executives
C.11	AGAINST option plans or grants that apply to directors or
	employees of “related companies” without adequate disclosure of
	the corporate relationship and justification of the option policy
C.12	FOR proposals to exclude pension plan income in the calculation
	of earnings used in determining executive bonuses/compensation
C.13	FOR shareholder proposals – based on a case-by-case analysis –
	that request the Board to establish a pay-for-superior performance
	standard in the company's executive compensation plan for senior
	executives

C.14	AGAINST executive compensation plans in which there is a no
	connection between the CEO’s pay and company performance
	(e.g., the plan calls for an increase in pay and when there has been
	a decrease in company performance
C.15	WITHHOLD votes from the Compensation Committee members
	when company compensation plan has no connection between
	executive pay and company performance
C.16	FOR shareholder proposals that call for non-binding shareholder
	ratification of the compensation of the named Executive Officers
	and the accompanying narrative disclosure of material factors
	provided to understand the Summary Compensation Table
C.17	FOR shareholder proposals seeking disclosure regarding the
	company, Board, or Board committee’s use of compensation
	consultants, such as company name, business relationship(s) and
	fees paid
C.18	AGAINST shareholder proposals seeking to set absolute levels on
compensation or otherwise dictate the amount or form of
	compensation
C.19	FOR shareholder proposals to require golden parachutes or
	executive severance agreements to be submitted for shareholder
	ratification, unless the proposal requires shareholder approval
	prior to entering into employment contracts
C.20	FOR shareholder proposals requesting to put extraordinary
	benefits contained in Supplemental Executive Retirement Plans
	(“SERP”) agreements to a shareholder vote unless the company’s
	executive pension plans do not contain excessive benefits beyond
	what is offered under employee-wide plans
C.21	FOR shareholder proposals requesting to limit the executive
	benefits provided under the company’s supplemental executive
	retirement plan (SERP) by limiting covered compensation to a
	senior executive’s annual salary and excluding all incentive or
	bonus pay from the SERP’s definition of covered compensation
	used to establish such benefits
C.22	AGAINST the equity plan if any of the following factors apply:
	• The total cost of the company’s equity plans is unreasonable;
	• The plan expressly permits the repricing of stock options without
	prior shareholder approval;
	• There is a disconnect between CEO pay and the company’s
	performance; and/or
• The plan is a vehicle for poor compensation practices
C.23	FOR equity plans for non-employee director on a case-by-case
	basis based on the structure of the plan
C.24	AGAINST plans if the company has a history of repricing options
	without shareholder approval, and the applicable listing standards
	would not preclude them from doing so
C.25	FOR shareholder proposals to put option repricings to a
	shareholder vote

D. Capital Structure

These proposals relate to various requests, principally from management, for
approval of amendments that would alter the capital structure of a company, such as an
increase in authorized shares. As a general matter, the Committee will support requests
that it believes enhance the rights of common shareholders and oppose requests that
appear to be unreasonably dilutive.

The Committee’s general policy is to vote:

D.1	AGAINST proposals seeking authorization to issue shares without
	preemptive rights except for issuances up to 10% of a non-US
	company’s total outstanding capital
D.2	FOR management proposals seeking preemptive rights or seeking
	authorization to issue shares with preemptive rights
D.3	FOR management proposals approving share repurchase programs
D.4	FOR management proposals to split a company’s stock
D.5	FOR management proposals to denominate or authorize
	denomination of securities or other obligations or assets in Euros
D.6	FOR proposals requiring a company to expense stock options
	(unless the company has already publicly committed to do so by a
	certain date)
D.7	AGAINST proposals to create a new class of common stock with
	superior voting rights
D.8	AGAINST proposals at companies with dual-class capital
	structures to increase the number of authorized shares of the class
	of stock that has superior voting rights
D.9	FOR proposals to create a new class of nonvoting or sub-voting
	common stock if:
	• It is intended for financing purposes with minimal or no dilution
	to current shareholders; and
	• It is not designed to preserve the voting power of an insider or
	significant shareholder
D.10	AGAINST proposals authorizing the creation of new classes of
	preferred stock with unspecified voting, conversion, dividend
	distribution, and other rights ("blank check" preferred stock)
D.11	FOR proposals to authorize preferred stock in cases where the
	company specifies the voting, dividend, conversion, and other
	rights of such stock and the terms of the preferred stock appear
	reasonable
D.12	FOR management proposals to implement a reverse stock split
	when the number of authorized shares will be proportionately
	reduced
D.13	FOR management proposals to implement a reverse stock split to
	avoid delisting

D.14	FOR management proposals to increase the common share
	authorization for a stock split or share dividend
D.15	FOR management proposals to institute open-market share
	repurchase plans in which all shareholders may participate on
	equal terms

E. Corporate Charter and By-Laws

These proposals relate to various requests for approval of amendments to a
corporation’s charter or by-laws, principally for the purpose of adopting or redeeming
“poison pills”. As a general matter, the Committee opposes poison pill provisions.

The Committee’s general policy is to vote:

E.1	AGAINST proposals seeking to adopt a poison pill
E.2	FOR proposals seeking to redeem a poison pill
E.3	FOR proposals seeking to have poison pills submitted to
	shareholders for ratification
E.4	FOR management proposals to change the company’s name
E.5	AGAINST proposals to require a supermajority shareholder vote
E.6	FOR proposals to lower supermajority vote requirements
E.7	AGAINST proposals giving the board exclusive authority to
	amend the bylaws
E.8	FOR proposals giving the board the ability to amend the bylaws in
	addition to shareholders
E.9	CASE-BY-CASE on proposals to change a company’s state of
	incorporation, taking into consideration both financial and
	corporate governance concerns, including:
	- The reasons for reincorporating
	- A comparison of the governance provisions
	- Comparative economic benefits, and
	- A comparison of the jurisdiction laws
E.10	FOR re-incorporation when the economic factors outweigh any
	neutral or negative governance changes
E.11	FOR proposals to restore, or provide shareholders with rights of
	appraisal

F. Corporate Meetings

These are routine proposals relating to various requests regarding the formalities
of corporate meetings.

The Committee’s general policy is to vote:

F.1	AGAINST proposals that seek authority to act on “any other
	business that may arise”
F.2	FOR proposals designating two shareholders to keep minutes of
	the meeting
F.3	FOR proposals concerning accepting or approving financial
	statements and statutory reports
F.4	FOR proposals approving the discharge of management and the
	supervisory board
F.5	FOR proposals approving the allocation of income and the
	dividend
F.6	FOR proposals seeking authorization to file required
	documents/other formalities
F.7	FOR proposals to authorize the corporate board to ratify and
	execute approved resolutions
F.8	FOR proposals appointing inspectors of elections
F.9	FOR proposals electing a chair of the meeting
F.10	FOR proposals to permit “virtual” shareholder meetings over the
	Internet
F.11	AGAINST proposals to require rotating sites for shareholder
	meetings
F.12	AGAINST proposals that are substantially duplicative (i.e.,
	shareholder proposals that are unnecessary because a management
	proposal serves the same purpose)

G. Investment Companies

These proposals relate to proxy issues that are associated solely with holdings of
shares of investment companies, including, but not limited to, investment companies for
which BlackRock provides investment advisory, administrative and/or other services. As
with other types of companies, the Committee believes that a fund’s Board of Directors
(rather than its shareholders) is best-positioned to set fund policy and oversee
management. However, the Committee opposes granting Boards of Directors authority
over certain matters, such as changes to a fund’s investment objective, that the
Investment Company Act of 1940 envisions will be approved directly by shareholders.

The Committee’s general policy is to vote:

G.1	FOR nominees for director of mutual funds in uncontested
	elections, except for nominees who
	§ have missed at least two meetings and, as a result, attended
	less than 75% of meetings of the Board of Directors and its
	committees the previous year, unless the nominee missed the
	meeting due to illness or fund business
	§ ignore a shareholder proposal that was approved by either a
	majority of the shares outstanding in any year or by the
majority of votes cast for two consecutive years
	§ are interested directors who serve on the audit or nominating
	committees or on a full Board that does not have such
	committees composed exclusively of independent directors
	§ on a case-by-case basis, have served as directors of companies
	with allegedly poor corporate governance
G.2	FOR the establishment of new series or classes of shares
G.3	AGAINST proposals to change a fund’s investment objective to
	nonfundamental
G.4	FOR proposals to establish a master-feeder structure or
	authorizing the Board to approve a master-feeder structure without
	a further shareholder vote
G.5	AGAINST a shareholder proposal for the establishment of a
	director ownership requirement
G.6	FOR classified boards of closed-end investment companies
G.6	AGAINST removal of shareholder approval requirement to
	reorganize or terminate the trust or any of its series

H. Environmental and Social Issues

These are shareholder proposals to limit corporate conduct in some manner that
relates to the shareholder’s environmental or social concerns. The Committee generally
believes that annual shareholder meetings are inappropriate forums for the discussion of
larger social issues, and opposes shareholder resolutions “micromanaging” corporate
conduct or requesting release of information that would not help a shareholder evaluate
an investment in the corporation as an economic matter. While the Committee is
generally supportive of proposals to require corporate disclosure of matters that seem
relevant and material to the economic interests of shareholders, the Committee is
generally not supportive of proposals to require disclosure of corporate matters for other
purposes.

The Committee’s general policy is to vote:

H.1	AGAINST proposals seeking to have companies adopt
	international codes of conduct
H.2	AGAINST proposals seeking to have companies provide non-
	required reports on:
	§	environmental liabilities;
	§	bank lending policies;
	§	corporate political contributions or activities;
	§	alcohol advertising and efforts to discourage drinking by
		minors;
	§	costs and risk of doing business in any individual country;
	§	involvement in nuclear defense systems
H.3	AGAINST proposals requesting reports on Maquiladora
	operations or on CERES principles
H.4	AGAINST proposals seeking implementation of the CERES
	principles
H.5	FOR resolutions requesting that a company disclose information
	on the impact of climate change on the company’s operations
	unless:
	- The company already provides current, publicly available
		information on the perceived impact that climate change may
		have on the company as well as associated policies and
		procedures to address such risks and/or opportunities;
	- The company’s level of disclosure is comparable to or better
than information provided by industry peers; and
	-There are no significant fines, penalties, or litigation associated
with the company’s environmental performance
H.6	AGAINST proposals that call for reduction in greenhouse gas
	emissions by specified amounts or within a restrictive time frame
	unless the company lags industry standards and has been the
	subject of recent, significant fines or litigation resulting from
	greenhouse gas emissions
H.7	FOR resolutions requesting that companies outline their
	preparations to comply with standards established by Kyoto
	Protocol signatory markets unless:

	-The company does not maintain operations in Kyoto signatory
	markets;
	-The company already evaluates and substantially discloses such
	information;
	-Greenhouse gas emissions do not significantly impact the
	company’s core businesses; or
	-The company is not required to comply with the Kyoto Protocol
	standards
H.8	AGAINST resolutions that request the disclosure of detailed
information on a company’s policies related to land use or
	development unless the company has been the subject of recent,
significant fines or litigation stemming from its land use
H.9	AGAINST proposals to publish in newspapers and public media
	the company's political contributions as such publications could
present significant cost to the company without providing
	commensurate value to shareholders
H.10	AGAINST proposals barring the company from making political
	contributions. Businesses are affected by legislation at the federal,
state, and local level and barring contributions can put the
	company at a competitive disadvantage
H.11	AGAINST proposals restricting the company from making
	charitable contributions. Charitable contributions are generally
	useful for assisting worthwhile causes and for creating goodwill in
	the community. In the absence of bad faith, self-dealing, or gross
	negligence, management should determine which contributions are
	in the best interests of the company
H.12	AGAINST proposals asking for a list of company executives,
	directors, consultants, legal counsels, lobbyists, or investment
	bankers that have prior government service and whether such
	service had a bearing on the business of the company. Such a list
would be burdensome to prepare without providing any
	meaningful information to shareholders
H.13	AGAINST proposals that would call for the adoption of specific
	committee charter language regarding diversity initiatives unless
	the company fails to publicly disclose existing equal opportunity
	or non-discrimination policies
H.14	AGAINST proposals seeking information on the diversity efforts
	of suppliers and service providers, which can pose a significant
	cost and administrative burden on the company
H.15	FOR proposals seeking to amend a company’s EEO statement in
	order to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, unless
	the change would result in excessive costs for the company
H.16	AGAINST proposals to exclude references to sexual orientation,
interests, or activities from a company’s EEO statement
H.17	AGAINST proposals to extend company benefits to or eliminate
	benefits from domestic partners. Benefits decisions should be left
	to the discretion of the company

H.18	AGAINST proposals to take specific actions or adopt policies that
	require the company to support legislation to:
	-label or identify products in a certain manner;
-study or evaluate the use of certain company products;
	-increase animal welfare standards to above those required by law;
	or
	-engage in political, environmental or social activities that do not
	directly relate to the economic operations of the company
H.19	AGAINST proposals seeking to have companies provide non-
	required analyses, information statements or reports in the
	following areas unless there are compelling investment reasons to
	request such reports:
	- environmental liabilities;
	- bank lending policies;
	- corporate political contributions or activities;
	- alcohol and tobacco advertising and efforts to discourage use of
	such products by minors or other groups;
	- costs and risk of doing business in any individual country or the
	standards of operations in such country;
	- involvement in nuclear defense systems or other military
	products;
	- animal welfare standards;
	- pricing policies;
	- the use of certain commodities, genetically modified materials
	or chemicals;
	- sustainability and other perceived political, environmental or
	social issues that do not directly relate to the economic
	operations of the company;
	- charitable contributions made by the company
H.20	CASE-BY-CASE on proposals requesting an economic risk
assessment of environmental performance, considering:
	- The feasibility of financially quantifying environmental risk
	factors;
	- The company’s compliance with applicable legislation and/or
regulations regarding environmental performance;
	- The costs associated with implementing improved standards;
	- The potential costs associated with remediation resulting from
	poor environmental performance; and
	- The current level of disclosure on environmental policies and
	initiatives
H.21	FOR requests for reports disclosing the company’s environmental
	policies unless it already has well-documented environmental
	management systems that are available to the public

H.22	CASE-BY-CASE on proposals calling for companies to report on
	the risks associated with outsourcing, considering:
	- Risks associated with certain international markets;
	- The utility of such a report to shareholders; and
	- The existence of a publicly available code of corporate conduct
	that applies to international operations
H.23	CASE-BY-CASE on requests for reports detailing the company’s
	operations in a particular country and steps to protect human
	rights, based on:
	- The nature and amount of company business in that country;
	- The company’s workplace code of conduct;
	- Proprietary and confidential information involved;
	- Company compliance with U.S. regulations on investing in the
	country; and/or
	- Level of peer company involvement in the country
H.24	CASE-BY-CASE on proposals to implement certain human rights
	standards at company facilities or those of its suppliers and to
	commit to outside, independent monitoring.
	In evaluating these proposals, the following should be considered:
	- The company’s current workplace code of conduct or adherence
	to other global standards and the degree they meet the standards
	promulgated by the proponent;
	- Agreements with foreign suppliers to meet certain workplace
	standards;
	- Whether company and vendor facilities are monitored and how;
	- Company participation in fair labor organizations;
	- Type of business;
	- Proportion of business conducted overseas;
	- Countries of operation with known human rights abuses;
	- Whether the company has been recently involved in significant
labor and human rights controversies or violations;
	- Peer company standards and practices; and
- Union presence in company’s international factories

Notice to Clients

BlackRock will make records of any proxy vote it has made on behalf of a client
available to such client upon request.¹¹ BlackRock will use its best efforts to treat proxy
votes of clients as confidential, except as it may decide to best serve its clients’ interests
or as may be necessary to effect such votes or as may be required by law.

BlackRock encourage clients with an interest in particular proxy voting issues to
make their views known to BlackRock, provided that, in the absence of specific written
direction from a client on how to vote that client’s proxies, BlackRock reserves the right
to vote any proxy in a manner it deems in the best interests of its clients, as it determines
in its sole discretion.

These policies are as of the date indicated on the cover hereof. The Committee
may subsequently amend these policies at any time, without notice.

¹¹ Such request may be made to the client’s portfolio or relationship manager or addressed in writing to
Secretary, BlackRock Equity Investment Policy Oversight Committee, Legal and Compliance Department,
BlackRock Inc., 40 East 52^nd Street, New York, New York 10022.