0001752724-20-003772.txt : 20200113 0001752724-20-003772.hdr.sgml : 20200113 20200113130330 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-20-003772 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20191031 FILED AS OF DATE: 20200113 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20200113 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20200113 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BLACKROCK CREDIT ALLOCATION INCOME TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001379384 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-CEN SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-21972 FILM NUMBER: 20523393 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY STREET 2: MUTUAL FUND DEPARTMENT CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19809 BUSINESS PHONE: 888-825-2257 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY STREET 2: MUTUAL FUND DEPARTMENT CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19809 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BLACKROCK CREDIT ALLOCATION INCOME TRUST IV DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20091113 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BLACKROCK PREFERRED & EQUITY ADVANTAGE TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20070629 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BlackRock Preferred & Equity Advantage Trust DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20061115 N-CEN 1 primary_doc.xml X0201 N-CEN LIVE 0001379384 XXXXXXXX 811-21972 false false false N-2 BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust 811-21972 0001379384 WU48CSUCFTU86AQUYZ93 100 Bellevue Parkway Wilmington 19809 US-DE US 800-441-7762 State Street Bank and Trust Company 1 Lincoln Street Boston 02111 617-786-3000 Records related to its functions as custodian, sub-administrator and accounting agent BlackRock Investments, LLC 40 East 52nd Street New York 10022 609-282-3046 Records related to its functions as distributor BlackRock Advisors, LLC 100 Bellevue Parkway Wilmington 19809 302-797-2000 Records related to its functions as advisor and administrator Computershare Trust Company, National Association 250 Royall Street Canton 02021 781-575-2000 Records related to its functions as transfer agent N N N-2 Y Robert Fairbairn 004992372 Y W. 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(Minato ku, Tokyo, JP, Branch) RB0PEZSDGCO3JS6CEU02 JP N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (Jakarta, Jakarta, ID, Branch) 7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86 ID N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) Deutsche Bank Societa per Azioni 529900SS7ZWCX82U3W60 IT N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (Helsinki, Uusimaa, FI, Branch) F3JS33DEI6XQ4ZBPTN86 FI N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG 549300CWR0W0BCS9Q144 CH N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) State Street Bank and Trust Company 571474TGEMMWANRLN572 N N Bank - section 17(f)(1) (15 U.S.C. 80a-17(f)(1)) Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC 1V8Y6QCX6YMJ2OELII46 N Y Futures commission merchants and commodity clearing organizations - rule 17f-6 (17 CFR 270.17f-6) Bank Handlowy w Warszawie Spolka Akcyjna XLEZHWWOI4HFQDGL4793 PL N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) Euroclear Bank 549300OZ46BRLZ8Y6F65 BE N Y Foreign securities depository - rule 17f-7 (17 CFR 270.17f-7) Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (Oslo, Oslo, NO, Branch) F3JS33DEI6XQ4ZBPTN86 NO N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) Citigroup Global Markets Inc. MBNUM2BPBDO7JBLYG310 N Y Futures commission merchants and commodity clearing organizations - rule 17f-6 (17 CFR 270.17f-6) State Street Bank and Trust Company (Edinburgh, GB, Branch) 571474TGEMMWANRLN572 GB N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) Barclays Capital Inc. AC28XWWI3WIBK2824319 N Y Futures commission merchants and commodity clearing organizations - rule 17f-6 (17 CFR 270.17f-6) Citibank, National Association (Singapore, SG, Branch) E57ODZWZ7FF32TWEFA76 SG N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia, a.s. KR6LSKV3BTSJRD41IF75 CZ N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) FirstRand Bank Limited ZAYQDKTCATIXF9OQY690 ZA N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) Goldman Sachs & Co. 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LLC 9R7GPTSO7KV3UQJZQ078 N Y Futures commission merchants and commodity clearing organizations - rule 17f-6 (17 CFR 270.17f-6) Citibank, National Association (Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, AR, Branch) 579100KKDGKCFFKKF005 AR N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken A/S F3JS33DEI6XQ4ZBPTN86 DK N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) Clearstream Banking S.A. 549300OL514RA0SXJJ44 LU N Y Foreign securities depository - rule 17f-7 (17 CFR 270.17f-7) Banco Nacional de Mexico, S.A., Integrante del Grupo Financiero Banamex 2SFFM4FUIE05S37WFU55 MX N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (Sydney, NSW, AU, Branch) 2HI3YI5320L3RW6NJ957 AU N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited X5AV1MBDXGRPX5UGMX13 HK N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) Standard Chartered Bank (Thai) Public Company Limited 549300O1LQYCQ7G1IM57 TH N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) State Street Trust Company Canada 549300L71XG2CTQ2V827 CA N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (Makati City, Metro Manila, PH, Branch) 7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86 PH N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (Jung-gu, Seoul, KR, Branch) 2HI3YI5320L3RW6NJ957 KR N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (Amsterdam, Noord Holland, NL, Branch) 7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86 NL N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) UniCredit Bank Austria AG D1HEB8VEU6D9M8ZUXG17 AT N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) State Street Bank International GmbH ZMHGNT7ZPKZ3UFZ8EO46 DE N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB F3JS33DEI6XQ4ZBPTN86 SE N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) Citibank del Peru S.A. MYTK5NHHP1G8TVFGT193 PE N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) N N BlackRock Advisors, LLC 5493001LN9MRM6A35J74 Y N State Street Bank and Trust Company 571474TGEMMWANRLN572 N Y N BlackRock Investments, LLC 8-48436 000038642 00000000000000000000 0 BlackRock Execution Services 8-48719 000039438 549300HFCRQ0NT5KY652 0 0 RBC Capital Markets, LLC 8-45411 000031194 549300LCO2FLSSVFFR64 1490067785 Regions Bank N/A 000000000 EQTWLK1G7ODGC2MGLV11 703935751.9 Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC 8-422 000000816 1V8Y6QCX6YMJ2OELII46 162373621.7 Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC 8-129 000000361 FOR8UP27PHTHYVLBNG30 90511064.28 J.P. Morgan Securities LLC 8-35008 000000079 ZBUT11V806EZRVTWT807 103316428.7 BofA Securities, Inc. 8-69787 000283942 549300HN4UKV1E2R3U73 108571469 Blackrock Liquidity Funds - T- Fund N/A 000000000 5493002L9DNZ83RX7V61 795775363.83 Citigroup Global Markets Inc. 8-8177 000007059 MBNUM2BPBDO7JBLYG310 87160816.63 Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC 8-15869 000008209 9R7GPTSO7KV3UQJZQ078 80714456.46 Barclays Capital Inc. 8-41342 000019714 AC28XWWI3WIBK2824319 685552671.6 4532817274.25 N 1477727373.09 Common stock Common Shares N N Common stock N N N 0.62 2.25 13.55000000 14.94 true true LEGAL PROCEEDINGS 2 NCEN_4450822035477843.txt Saba Capital Master Fund, Ltd. v. BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust et al., C.A. No. 2019-0416-MTZ (Del. Ch.), No. 297, 2019 (Del.) On June 4, 2019, Saba Capital Master Fund, Ltd. ("Saba"), a shareholder of BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust ("BTZ"), filed a purported class action lawsuit in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware against BTZ, its investment adviser, BlackRock Advisors, LLC ("BlackRock"), and each of the members of BTZ's board of directors (the "Board"). On June 12, 2019, Saba filed an amended complaint (the "Complaint"). Saba's Complaint alleges, among other things, that: (i) Saba gave notice of its intention to nominate four individuals to BTZ's Board; (ii) the Board notified Saba that it missed a deadline to provide information set forth in BTZ's bylaws, and therefore Saba's nominees were ineligible for election to the Board; and (iii) votes for Saba's nominees would not be counted at the July 8, 2019 annual meeting of BTZ shareholders. The Complaint further argues that the deadline in the bylaws did not apply and therefore votes for Saba's nominees were eligible for election to the Board. In addition, the Complaint challenges a provision in BTZ's declaration of trust under which the applicable voting standard for contested director elections is a majority vote of outstanding shares. Based on these and other allegations, Saba's Complaint asserts four counts against BTZ: (1) breach of BTZ's declaration of trust for imposing a majority vote standard in a contested election; (2) breach of fiduciary duties to shareholders of BTZ for adopting the majority vote standard; (3) breach of BTZ's bylaws; and (4) breach of fiduciary duty to shareholders of BTZ for refusing to recognize Saba's nominees as valid. The Complaint seeks declaratory and injunctive relief and an award of Plaintiff's costs of the proceedings. The alleged class includes Saba and "all other similarly situated holders of common shares of . . . BTZ, their legal representatives, heirs, successors, transferees, and assigns." On June 9, 2019, Saba moved for a preliminary injunction requiring defendants to count votes for Saba's nominees at BTZ's 2019 annual meeting. On June 27, 2019, the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a memorandum opinion granting Saba's motion on the ground that Defendants breached BTZ's bylaws. On July 2, 2019, the Delaware court entered a partial final judgment directing, among other things, that "Saba's nominees are validly nominated for election to the Board[] of [BTZ] at the 2019 annual meeting," and BTZ is enjoined from applying its bylaws to invalidate Saba's nominations, and "shall count votes for those nominees for election to the Board[] of [BTZ]" at the 2019 annual meeting. BTZ has appealed the Delaware Court of Chancery's decision to the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware BTZ intends to vigorously defend itself against the Complaint. INTERNAL CONTROL RPT 3 NCEN_4462829663997161.txt REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust, BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust, and BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust: In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements of BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust, BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust, and BlackRock Multi- Sector Income Trust (the "Funds"), as of and for the year ended October 31, 2019, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), we considered the Funds' internal control over financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N- CEN, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds' internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. The management of the Funds is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. A company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed 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. A company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of a company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the company's annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Our consideration of the Funds' internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the PCAOB. However, we noted no deficiencies in the Funds' internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including controls for safeguarding securities, that we consider to be a material weakness, as defined above, as of October 31, 2019. This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of Trustees of the Funds and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties. /s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP Boston, Massachusetts December 20, 2019