0001193125-14-022189.txt : 20140128 0001193125-14-022189.hdr.sgml : 20140128 20140128081009 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-14-022189 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20131130 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140127 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140128 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20140127 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BLACKROCK SENIOR HIGH INCOME FUND, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000896665 IRS NUMBER: 223226962 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-Q SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-07456 FILM NUMBER: 14550649 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19809 BUSINESS PHONE: 800-441-7762 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19809 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SENIOR HIGH INCOME PORTFOLIO INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930714 N-Q 1 d653694dnq.htm BLACKROCK SENIOR HIGH INCOME FUND, INC. BLACKROCK SENIOR HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-07456

Name of Fund:     BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

Fund Address:     100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

Name and address of agent for service: John M. Perlowski, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Senior High

            Income Fund, Inc., 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055

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

Date of fiscal year end: 02/28/2014

Date of reporting period: 11/30/2013


Item 1 – Schedule of Investments


Consolidated Schedule of Investments November 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Common Stocks   
Shares
    Value  

Chemicals — 0.0%

  

GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc. (a)(b)

     142,466      $ 121,096   

Containers & Packaging — 0.2%

  

Smurfit Kappa Group PLC

     18,171        431,494   

Metals & Mining — 0.1%

  

Euramax International

     935        224,376   

Paper & Forest Products — 0.7%

  

Ainsworth Lumber Co., Ltd. (a)

     258,827        937,306   

Ainsworth Lumber Co., Ltd. (a)(b)(c)

     191,008        688,787   
    

 

 

 
               1,626,093   

Software — 0.3%

  

HMH Holdings/EduMedia (a)

     54,143        839,216   
Total Common Stocks1.3%        3,242,275   
    
                  
Asset-Backed Securities   

Par   

(000)

        

ACAS CLO Ltd., Series 2013-1A, Class D, 3.84%, 4/20/25 (b)(d)

   $ 250        238,750   

ALM Loan Funding (b)(d):

    

Series 2013-7R2A, Class B, 2.86%, 4/24/24

     325        314,665   

Series 2013-7RA, Class C, 3.71%, 4/24/24

     910        880,516   

Series 2013-7RA, Class D, 5.26%, 4/24/24

     400        367,880   

Atrium CDO Corp., Series 9A, Class D, 3.74%, 2/28/24 (b)(d)

     250        239,125   

Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO Ltd., Series 2012-4A, Class D, 4.74%, 1/20/25 (b)(d)

     300        303,573   

CFIP CLO Ltd., Series 2013-1A, Class D, 3.99%, 4/20/24 (b)(d)

     500        480,480   

Fraser Sullivan CLO VII Ltd., Series 2012-7A, Class C, 4.24%, 4/20/23 (b)(d)

     405        401,720   

Highbridge Loan Management Ltd., Series 2012-1A, Class C, 5.25%, 9/20/22 (b)(d)

     650        652,275   

LCM IX LP, Series 9A, Class E, 4.44%, 7/14/22 (b)(d)

     500        470,250   

Madison Park Funding XI Ltd., Series 2013-11A, Class D, 3.80%, 10/23/25 (b)(d)

     250        237,400   
Asset-Backed Securities   

Par   

(000)

    Value  

Mountain View CLO Ltd., Series 2013-1A, Class D, 3.54%, 4/12/24 (b)(d)

   $ 500      $ 471,250   

Regatta Funding LP, Series 2013-2A, Class C, 4.24%, 1/15/25 (b)(d)

     750        743,025   

Symphony CLO Ltd., Series 2012-10A, Class D, 5.49%, 7/23/23 (b)(d)

     650        653,250   
    

 

 

 
Total Asset-Backed Securities2.7%        6,454,159   
    
                  
Corporate Bonds               

Aerospace & Defense — 0.6%

  

DigitalGlobe, Inc., 5.25%, 2/01/21 (b)

     351        342,225   

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc., 7.13%, 3/15/21

     375        408,750   

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., 10.00%, 6/01/17

     692        749,090   
    

 

 

 
        1,500,065   

Airlines — 1.1%

  

Air Canada Pass-Through Trust, Series 2013-1, Class C, 6.63%, 5/15/18 (b)

     243        241,785   

Continental Airlines Pass-Through Trust, Series 2012-3, Class C, 6.13%, 4/29/18

     780        807,300   

Delta Air Lines Pass-Through Trust, Series 2009-1, Class B, 9.75%, 6/17/18

     79        89,428   

United Continental Holdings, Inc., 6.00%, 12/01/20

     355        353,225   

US Airways Pass-Through Trust, Series 2013-1, Class B, 5.38%, 5/15/23

     795        773,138   

Virgin Australia Trust, Series 2013-1, Class C, 7.13%, 10/23/18 (b)

     465        466,706   
    

 

 

 
        2,731,582   

Auto Components — 1.5%

  

Affinia Group, Inc., 7.75%, 5/01/21 (b)

     410        428,450   

Delphi Corp., 6.13%, 5/15/21

     130        143,000   

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprise Finance Corp., 7.75%, 1/15/16

     110        112,750   

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp., 8.00%, 1/15/18

     2,065        2,155,344   

 

                
   BLACKROCK SENIOR HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.    NOVEMBER 30, 2013    1


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Auto Components (concluded)

  

Pittsburgh Glass Works LLC, 8.00%, 11/15/18 (b)

   $ 160      $ 166,400   

Schaeffler Holding Finance BV, 6.88%, 8/15/18 (b)(c)

     410        436,650   

Titan International, Inc., 6.88%, 10/01/20 (b)

     210        216,825   

Venture Holdings Co. LLC (a)(e):

    

12.00%, 7/01/49

     700          

Series B, 9.50%, 7/01/05

     3,325          
    

 

 

 
               3,659,419   

Automobiles — 0.4%

  

Ford Motor Co., 4.25%, 11/15/16 (f)

     164        331,793   

General Motors Co. (b):

    

4.88%, 10/02/23

     165        166,031   

6.25%, 10/02/43

     440        446,600   
    

 

 

 
               944,424   

Beverages — 0.0%

  

Constellation Brands, Inc., 7.25%, 5/15/17

     30        34,763   

Building Materials — 0.1%

  

Momentive Performance Materials, Inc., 8.88%, 10/15/20

     195        205,238   

Building Products — 0.6%

  

American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc., 5.63%, 4/15/21 (b)

     155        156,937   

Building Materials Corp. of America (b):

    

7.00%, 2/15/20

     485        521,375   

6.75%, 5/01/21

     410        441,775   

Texas Industries, Inc., 9.25%, 8/15/20

     196        215,110   
    

 

 

 
               1,335,197   

Capital Markets — 0.2%

  

American Capital Ltd., 6.50%, 9/15/18 (b)

     365        378,231   

KCG Holdings, Inc., 8.25%, 6/15/18 (b)

     90        92,588   
    

 

 

 
               470,819   

Chemicals — 2.7%

  

Ashland, Inc., 3.88%, 4/15/18

     255        256,275   

Chemtura Corp., 5.75%, 7/15/21

     76        76,950   

GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc., 7.50%, 3/31/15 (b)

     1,869        4,129,657   

Huntsman International LLC, 8.63%, 3/15/21

     395        442,400   
Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Chemicals (concluded)

  

INEOS Finance PLC, 7.50%, 5/01/20 (b)

   $ 125      $ 136,875   

INEOS Group Holdings SA, 6.13%, 8/15/18 (b)

     255        256,594   

LSB Industries, Inc., 7.75%, 8/01/19 (b)

     113        117,802   

NOVA Chemicals Corp., 8.63%, 11/01/19

     188        207,270   

Nufarm Australia Ltd., 6.38%, 10/15/19 (b)

     120        124,200   

Orion Engineered Carbons Bondco GmbH, 9.63%, 6/15/18 (b)

     400        442,000   

PetroLogistics LP/PetroLogistics Finance Corp., 6.25%, 4/01/20 (b)

     98        98,368   

US Coatings Acquisition, Inc., 7.38%, 5/01/21 (b)

     151        160,060   
    

 

 

 
               6,448,451   

Commercial Banks — 0.7%

  

CIT Group, Inc.:

    

5.00%, 5/15/17

     330        352,275   

6.63%, 4/01/18 (b)

     65        73,450   

5.50%, 2/15/19 (b)

     994        1,071,035   

Sally Holdings LLC / Sally Capital, Inc., 5.50%, 11/01/23

     190        189,050   
    

 

 

 
               1,685,810   

Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.5%

  

ACCO Brands Corp., 6.75%, 4/30/20

     113        112,576   

The ADT Corp., 6.25%, 10/15/21 (b)

     152        158,650   

ARAMARK Corp., 5.75%, 3/15/20 (b)

     547        570,247   

AWAS Aviation Capital Ltd., 7.00%, 10/17/16 (b)

     416        431,401   

Brickman Group Holdings, Inc., 9.13%, 11/01/18 (b)

     25        26,721   

Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc., 7.88%, 10/15/18

     114        115,995   

Covanta Holding Corp., 6.38%, 10/01/22

     420        432,796   

The Geo Group, Inc., 5.88%, 1/15/22 (b)

     125        125,000   

Interactive Data Corp., 10.25%, 8/01/18

     810        912,303   

Mobile Mini, Inc., 7.88%, 12/01/20

     335        369,338   

United Rentals North America, Inc.:

    

5.75%, 7/15/18

     462        496,072   

7.38%, 5/15/20

     230        257,025   

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Commercial Services & Supplies (concluded)

  

United Rentals North America, Inc. (concluded):

    

7.63%, 4/15/22

   $ 1,656      $ 1,854,720   

West Corp., 8.63%, 10/01/18

     165        179,644   
    

 

 

 
               6,042,488   

Communications Equipment — 0.8%

  

Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc., 6.75%, 11/15/20 (b)

     345        348,019   

Avaya, Inc., 7.00%, 4/01/19 (b)

     264        256,740   

Zayo Group LLC/Zayo Capital, Inc., 8.13%, 1/01/20

     1,110        1,223,775   
    

 

 

 
               1,828,534   

Construction & Engineering — 0.1%

  

Safway Group Holding LLC/Safway Finance Corp., 7.00%, 5/15/18 (b)

     200        209,500   

Weekley Homes LLC/Weekley Finance Corp., 6.00%, 2/01/23 (b)

     120        115,200   
    

 

 

 
               324,700   

Construction Materials — 1.0%

  

HD Supply, Inc., 8.13%, 4/15/19

     2,080        2,321,800   

Consumer Finance — 0.2%

  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC:

    

7.00%, 4/15/15

     140        151,499   

6.63%, 8/15/17

     300        350,399   
    

 

 

 
               501,898   

Containers & Packaging — 0.4%

  

Ball Corp., 6.75%, 9/15/20

     325        353,438   

Crown Americas LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. III, 6.25%, 2/01/21

     589        636,120   
    

 

 

 
               989,558   

Distributors — 0.1%

  

VWR Funding, Inc., 7.25%, 9/15/17

     323        345,610   

Diversified Consumer Services — 0.2%

  

APX Group, Inc., 6.38%, 12/01/19

     321        324,210   

Rent-A-Center, Inc., 4.75%, 5/01/21

     256        240,000   
    

 

 

 
               564,210   

Diversified Financial Services — 3.9%

  

Aircastle Ltd., 6.25%, 12/01/19

     136        146,880   

Ally Financial, Inc.:

    

8.30%, 2/12/15

     2,420        2,613,600   

8.00%, 11/01/31

     1,383        1,645,675   
Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Diversified Financial Services (concluded)

  

DPL, Inc.:

    

6.50%, 10/15/16

   $ 26      $ 28,080   

7.25%, 10/15/21

     69        70,380   

Jefferies Finance LLC/JFIN Co-Issuer Corp., 7.38%, 4/01/20 (b)

     210        217,613   

Jefferies LoanCore LLC/JLC Finance Corp., 6.88%, 6/01/20 (b)

     200        197,500   

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc.:

    

7.13%, 4/15/19

     1,347        1,441,290   

9.88%, 8/15/19

     510        566,100   

5.75%, 10/15/20

     1,810        1,855,250   

6.88%, 2/15/21

     400        432,000   

WMG Acquisition Corp., 11.50%, 10/01/18

     281        325,257   
    

 

 

 
               9,539,625   

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.6%

  

CenturyLink, Inc., Series V, 5.63%, 4/01/20

     342        347,985   

Level 3 Financing, Inc.:

    

3.83%, 1/15/18 (b)(d)

     220        221,650   

8.13%, 7/01/19

     2,768        3,030,960   

7.00%, 6/01/20

     184        195,040   

Windstream Corp., 7.75%, 10/15/20

     18        19,260   
    

 

 

 
               3,814,895   

Electric Utilities — 0.1%

  

Mirant Mid Atlantic Pass Through Trust B, Series B, 9.13%, 6/30/17

     197        208,227   

Electrical Equipment — 0.1%

  

General Cable Corp., 6.50%, 10/01/22 (b)

     350        346,500   

Energy Equipment & Services — 2.8%

  

Calfrac Holdings LP, 7.50%, 12/01/20 (b)

     765        774,562   

CGG (FKA Compagnie Generale de Geophysique, Veritas), 6.50%, 6/01/21

     1,105        1,135,387   

Gulfmark Offshore, Inc., 6.38%, 3/15/22

     70        71,050   

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., 5.88%, 4/01/20

     140        144,200   

MEG Energy Corp., 6.50%, 3/15/21 (b)

     890        925,600   

Oil States International, Inc.:

    

6.50%, 6/01/19

     711        756,326   

5.13%, 1/15/23

     339        380,528   

Peabody Energy Corp.:

    

6.00%, 11/15/18

     523        555,688   

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Energy Equipment & Services (concluded)

  

Peabody Energy Corp. (concluded):

    

6.25%, 11/15/21

   $ 522      $ 533,745   

Precision Drilling Corp.:

    

6.63%, 11/15/20

     65        69,388   

6.50%, 12/15/21

     270        288,225   

Rain CII Carbon LLC/CII Carbon Corp., 8.25%, 1/15/21 (b)

     200        205,000   

Seadrill Ltd., 5.63%, 9/15/17 (b)

     963        989,482   
    

 

 

 
               6,829,181   

Food Products — 0.2%

  

Post Holdings, Inc., 6.75%, 12/01/21 (b)

     94        95,880   

Smithfield Foods, Inc., 6.63%, 8/15/22

     295        311,594   

Sun Merger Sub, Inc. (b):

    

5.25%, 8/01/18

     78        81,510   

5.88%, 8/01/21

     73        75,555   
    

 

 

 
               564,539   

Gas Utilities — 0.3%

  

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., 7.88%, 10/15/18

     570        618,450   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.6%

  

Biomet, Inc.:

    

6.50%, 8/01/20

     640        678,400   

6.50%, 10/01/20

     395        410,800   

DJO Finance LLC/DJO Finance Corp., 8.75%, 3/15/18

     185        202,575   

Teleflex, Inc., 6.88%, 6/01/19

     250        262,500   
    

 

 

 
               1,554,275   

Health Care Providers & Services — 1.9%

  

Aviv Healthcare Properties LP/Aviv Healthcare Capital Corp.:

    

7.75%, 2/15/19

     365        392,375   

6.00%, 10/15/21 (b)

     87        89,175   

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., 5.13%, 8/15/18

     185        192,400   

HCA, Inc., 7.88%, 2/15/20

     1,349        1,455,234   

Hologic, Inc., 6.25%, 8/01/20

     716        755,380   

LifePoint Hospitals, Inc., 5.50%, 12/01/21 (b)(g)

     87        87,435   

Tenet Healthcare Corp.:

    

6.25%, 11/01/18

     425        465,375   

8.00%, 8/01/20

     199        216,910   

6.00%, 10/01/20 (b)

     173        180,785   

4.38%, 10/01/21 (b)

     323        303,620   
Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Health Care Providers & Services (concluded)

  

Tenet Healthcare Corp. (concluded):

    

8.13%, 4/01/22

   $ 452      $ 490,420   
    

 

 

 
               4,629,109   

Health Care Technology — 0.8%

  

IMS Health, Inc., 12.50%, 3/01/18 (b)

     1,730        2,041,400   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.2%

  

Carlson Wagonlit BV, 6.88%, 6/15/19 (b)

     200        207,000   

Diamond Resorts Corp., 12.00%, 8/15/18

     540        599,400   

GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc. (b):

    

4.38%, 11/01/18

     134        136,680   

4.88%, 11/01/20

     172        171,570   

Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc.:

    

7.75%, 3/15/19

     25        26,750   

5.88%, 3/15/21

     110        106,700   

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 9.00%, 8/31/20 (b)

     282        276,360   

MCE Finance Ltd., 5.00%, 2/15/21 (b)

     352        340,560   

PNK Finance Corp., 6.38%, 8/01/21 (b)

     195        201,338   

Sabre, Inc., 8.50%, 5/15/19 (b)

     300        331,875   

Six Flags Entertainment Corp., 5.25%, 1/15/21 (b)

     218        213,640   

Tropicana Entertainment LLC/Tropicana Finance Corp., 9.63%, 12/15/14 (a)(e)

     220          

Wynn Macau Ltd., 5.25%, 10/15/21 (b)

     205        207,050   
    

 

 

 
               2,818,923   

Household Durables — 1.6%

  

Ashton Woods USA LLC/Ashton Woods Finance Co., 6.88%, 2/15/21 (b)

     190        186,200   

Beazer Homes USA, Inc., 6.63%, 4/15/18

     340        365,500   

Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc., 6.50%, 12/15/20 (b)

     345        359,663   

Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc./Brookfield Residential US Corp., 6.13%, 7/01/22 (b)

     97        96,515   

K Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., 7.25%, 10/15/20 (b)

     795        840,712   

KB Home, 7.25%, 6/15/18

     330        361,350   

Libbey Glass, Inc., 6.88%, 5/15/20

     80        85,400   

 

                
4    BLACKROCK SENIOR HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.    NOVEMBER 30, 2013   


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Household Durables (concluded)

  

Standard Pacific Corp., 8.38%, 1/15/21

   $ 1,120      $ 1,288,000   

Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc./Monarch Communities, Inc., 5.25%, 4/15/21 (b)

     223        215,195   
    

 

 

 
               3,798,535   

Household Products — 0.1%

  

Spectrum Brands Escrow Corp. (b):

    

6.38%, 11/15/20

     90        95,850   

6.63%, 11/15/22

     105        111,825   
    

 

 

 
               207,675   

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 3.4%

  

Calpine Corp. (b):

    

7.50%, 2/15/21

     58        63,220   

6.00%, 1/15/22

     75        77,063   

5.88%, 1/15/24

     164        163,180   

Energy Future Intermediate Holding Co. LLC/EFIH Finance, Inc.:

    

6.88%, 8/15/17 (b)

     282        289,050   

10.00%, 12/01/20 (b)

     630        667,800   

10.00%, 12/01/20

     4,258        4,524,125   

12.25%, 3/01/22 (b)

     427        495,320   

GenOn REMA LLC:

    

Series B, 9.24%, 7/02/17

     88        91,100   

Series C, 9.68%, 7/02/26

     448        461,440   

Laredo Petroleum, Inc.:

    

9.50%, 2/15/19

     495        551,925   

7.38%, 5/01/22

     185        200,262   

NRG Energy, Inc., 7.63%, 1/15/18

     681        776,340   
    

 

 

 
               8,360,825   

Insurance — 0.1%

  

CNO Financial Group, Inc., 6.38%, 10/01/20 (b)

     114        121,980   

MPL 2 Acquisition Canco, Inc., 9.88%, 8/15/18 (b)

     220        227,150   
    

 

 

 
               349,130   

Internet Software & Services — 0.1%

  

IAC/InterActiveCorp, 4.88%, 11/30/18 (b)

     184        187,910   

IT Services — 1.2%

  

Ceridian Corp., 8.88%, 7/15/19 (b)

     1,155        1,335,469   

First Data Corp. (b):

    

7.38%, 6/15/19

     845        904,150   

6.75%, 11/01/20

     565        591,837   

WEX, Inc., 4.75%, 2/01/23 (b)

     206        190,035   
    

 

 

 
               3,021,491   
Corporate Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Machinery — 0.0%

  

Trinseo Materials Operating SCA/Trinseo Materials Finance, Inc., 8.75%, 2/01/19 (b)

   $ 63      $ 64,260   

Media — 4.5%

  

AMC Networks, Inc., 7.75%, 7/15/21

     320        360,000   

Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc., 11.50%, 4/15/20 (a)(b)(e)

     254        196,850   

Checkout Holding Corp., 10.72%, 11/15/15 (b)(h)

     296        241,240   

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc.:

    

7.63%, 3/15/20

     412        434,660   

6.50%, 11/15/22

     1,461        1,510,335   

DISH DBS Corp.:

    

4.25%, 4/01/18

     500        508,750   

5.88%, 7/15/22

     700        708,750   

DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., 6.88%, 8/15/20 (b)

     114        121,125   

Gannett Co., Inc. (b):

    

5.13%, 10/15/19

     71        73,219   

5.13%, 7/15/20

     81        82,620   

6.38%, 10/15/23

     113        117,803   

Gray Television, Inc., 7.50%, 10/01/20 (b)

     160        168,400   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA:

    

7.25%, 10/15/20

     1,230        1,343,775   

5.50%, 8/01/23 (b)

     384        367,680   

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., 7.00%, 9/01/20 (b)

     69        74,520   

The McClatchy Co., 9.00%, 12/15/22

     120        130,200   

MDC Partners, Inc., 6.75%, 4/01/20 (b)

     186        193,440   

Midcontinent Communications & Midcontinent Finance Corp., 6.25%, 8/01/21 (b)

     90        91,350   

NAI Entertainment Holdings/NAI Entertainment Holdings Finance Corp., 5.00%, 8/01/18 (b)

     155        160,037   

Nielsen Finance LLC/Nielsen Finance Co., 7.75%, 10/15/18

     341        370,837   

ProQuest LLC / ProQuest Notes Co., 9.00%, 10/15/18 (b)

     75        76,781   

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. (b):

    

5.88%, 10/01/20

     132        136,125   

5.75%, 8/01/21

     158        159,975   

4.63%, 5/15/23

     117        104,423   

Sterling Entertainment Corp., 10.00%, 12/15/19

     450        450,000   

Townsquare Radio LLC / Townsquare Radio, Inc., 9.00%, 4/01/19 (b)

     296        318,200   

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Media (concluded)

  

Unitymedia Hessen GmbH & Co. KG/Unitymedia NRW GmbH:

    

7.50%, 3/15/19

   $ 540      $ 587,250   

5.50%, 1/15/23 (b)

     440        429,000   

Univision Communications, Inc., 6.75%, 9/15/22 (b)

     107        117,700   

Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC, 6.50%, 1/15/18

     1,250        1,295,312   
    

 

 

 
               10,930,357   

Metals & Mining — 2.3%

  

ArcelorMittal:

    

9.50%, 2/15/15

     715        779,350   

4.25%, 8/05/15

     275        284,625   

5.00%, 2/25/17

     130        137,963   

6.13%, 6/01/18

     186        202,043   

Commercial Metals Co., 4.88%, 5/15/23

     347        323,577   

FMG Resources August 2006 Property Ltd. (b):

    

7.00%, 11/01/15

     80        82,900   

6.00%, 4/01/17

     40        42,400   

Global Brass & Copper, Inc., 9.50%, 6/01/19

     255        284,962   

Kaiser Aluminum Corp., 8.25%, 6/01/20

     190        215,175   

New Gold, Inc., 6.25%, 11/15/22 (b)

     255        250,537   

Novelis, Inc., 8.75%, 12/15/20

     2,328        2,607,360   

Perstorp Holding AB, 8.75%, 5/15/17 (b)

     205        219,350   

RathGibson, Inc., 11.25%, 2/15/14 (a)(e)

     2,175          

Steel Dynamics, Inc., 6.38%, 8/15/22

     205        222,938   
    

 

 

 
               5,653,180   

Multiline Retail — 0.1%

  

Dufry Finance SCA, 5.50%, 10/15/20 (b)

     228        234,840   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 6.0%

  

Access Midstream Partners LP/ACMP Finance Corp., 4.88%, 5/15/23

     170        166,600   

Alpha Natural Resources, Inc., 6.25%, 6/01/21

     79        67,743   

Antero Resources Finance Corp., 5.38%, 11/01/21 (b)

     289        291,890   

Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc., 6.75%, 4/15/21

     61        64,508   

Chaparral Energy, Inc., 7.63%, 11/15/22

     115        124,488   
Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

  

Chesapeake Energy Corp.:

    

7.25%, 12/15/18

   $ 22      $ 25,300   

6.63%, 8/15/20

     271        303,520   

6.88%, 11/15/20

     150        168,562   

6.13%, 2/15/21

     3        3,225   

Concho Resources, Inc., 6.50%, 1/15/22

     219        237,067   

CONSOL Energy, Inc.:

    

8.00%, 4/01/17

     29        30,668   

8.25%, 4/01/20

     975        1,060,312   

Crosstex Energy LP / Crosstex Energy Finance Corp., 8.88%, 2/15/18

     195        205,725   

Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc., 7.75%, 6/15/19

     665        711,550   

EP Energy LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc., Series WI, 6.88%, 5/01/19

     235        253,212   

Halcon Resources Corp., 8.88%, 5/15/21

     351        356,265   

Hilcorp Energy I LP/Hilcorp Finance Co., 7.63%, 4/15/21 (b)

     470        509,950   

Holly Energy Partners LP/Holly Energy Finance Corp., 6.50%, 3/01/20

     80        83,800   

Kinder Morgan Finance Co. LLC, 6.00%, 1/15/18 (b)

     480        527,761   

Kinder Morgan, Inc., 5.63%, 11/15/23 (b)

     250        245,952   

Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp., 8.13%, 12/01/19

     550        609,125   

Linn Energy LLC/Linn Energy Finance Corp.:

    

8.63%, 4/15/20

     732        783,240   

7.75%, 2/01/21

     150        155,625   

Memorial Production Partners LP/Memorial Production Finance Corp., 7.63%, 5/01/21

     127        130,493   

Northern Oil and Gas, Inc., 8.00%, 6/01/20

     233        244,067   

Oasis Petroleum, Inc.:

    

7.25%, 2/01/19

     135        145,463   

6.50%, 11/01/21

     155        167,400   

6.88%, 3/15/22 (b)

     180        193,500   

Offshore Group Investment Ltd., 7.13%, 4/01/23

     246        253,380   

Pacific Drilling SA, 5.38%, 6/01/20 (b)

     223        225,230   

PBF Holding Co. LLC/PBF Finance Corp., 8.25%, 2/15/20

     76        79,800   

PDC Energy, Inc., 7.75%, 10/15/22

     155        167,788   

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (concluded)

    

Penn Virginia Resource Partners LP/Penn Virginia Resource Finance Corp. II, 8.38%, 6/01/20

   $ 165      $ 182,325   

Petrobras Global Finance BV, 3.00%, 1/15/19

     288        273,538   

Range Resources Corp.:

    

6.75%, 8/01/20

     303        328,755   

5.75%, 6/01/21

     80        85,300   

RKI Exploration & Production LLC/RKI Finance Corp., 8.50%, 8/01/21 (b)

     57        59,565   

Rosetta Resources, Inc., 5.63%, 5/01/21

     143        143,536   

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC (b):

    

5.63%, 2/01/21

     869        858,137   

5.63%, 4/15/23

     281        266,247   

Sabine Pass LNG LP:

    

7.50%, 11/30/16

     1,490        1,683,700   

6.50%, 11/01/20

     275        284,625   

SandRidge Energy, Inc.:

    

8.75%, 1/15/20

     35        37,800   

7.50%, 2/15/23

     411        419,220   

SESI LLC, 6.38%, 5/01/19

     174        185,310   

SM Energy Co.:

    

6.63%, 2/15/19

     22        23,320   

6.50%, 11/15/21

     225        240,750   

Summit Midstream Holdings LLC/Summit Midstream Finance Corp., 7.50%, 7/01/21 (b)

     240        250,800   

Tesoro Logistics LP/Tesoro Logistics Finance Corp., 5.88%, 10/01/20

     66        67,815   

Whiting Petroleum Corp., 5.00%, 3/15/19

     536        548,060   
    

 

 

 
               14,532,012   

Paper & Forest Products — 0.2%

    

Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd., 7.50%, 12/15/17 (b)

     256        275,840   

Sappi Papier Holding GmbH, 8.38%, 6/15/19 (b)

     200        218,000   
    

 

 

 
               493,840   

Pharmaceuticals — 0.5%

    

Capsugel SA, 7.00%, 5/15/19 (b)(c)

     59        60,033   

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (b):

    

6.75%, 8/15/18

     334        367,817   

6.38%, 10/15/20

     228        240,255   

5.63%, 12/01/21 (g)

     191        191,955   
Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Pharmaceuticals (concluded)

    

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (b) (concluded):

    

7.25%, 7/15/22

   $ 350      $ 377,125   
    

 

 

 
               1,237,185   

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.4%

    

Cantor Commercial Real Estate Co. LP/CCRE Finance Corp., 7.75%, 2/15/18 (b)

     236        249,570   

Felcor Lodging LP:

    

6.75%, 6/01/19

     484        517,880   

5.63%, 3/01/23

     109        106,275   

iStar Financial, Inc., 4.88%, 7/01/18

     169        168,155   
    

 

 

 
               1,041,880   

Real Estate Management & Development — 1.0%

    

Realogy Corp., 7.63%, 1/15/20 (b)

     1,130        1,262,775   

The Realogy Group LLC/Sunshine Group Florida Ltd., 3.38%, 5/01/16 (b)

     284        284,710   

Rialto Holdings LLC/Rialto Corp., 7.00%, 12/01/18 (b)

     85        85,000   

Shea Homes LP/Shea Homes Funding Corp., 8.63%, 5/15/19

     790        872,950   
    

 

 

 
               2,505,435   

Road & Rail — 1.4%

    

Avis Budget Car Rental LLC/Avis Budget Finance, Inc., 1.00%, 12/01/17 (b)(d)

     64        63,840   

The Hertz Corp.:

    

7.50%, 10/15/18

     780        843,375   

6.75%, 4/15/19

     150        161,625   

5.88%, 10/15/20

     235        243,812   

7.38%, 1/15/21

     1,742        1,911,845   

Watco Cos. LLC/Watco Finance Corp., 6.38%, 4/01/23 (b)

     120        119,700   
    

 

 

 
               3,344,197   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.3%

    

NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC (b):

    

3.75%, 6/01/18

     355        357,662   

5.75%, 2/15/21

     275        286,344   
    

 

 

 
               644,006   

Software — 1.0%

    

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (b):

    

5.63%, 9/15/21

     175        181,781   

6.13%, 9/15/23

     61        63,898   

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Software (concluded)

  

Healthcare Technology Intermediate, Inc., 7.38%, 9/01/18 (b)(c)

   $ 112      $ 115,080   

Infor US, Inc., 9.38%, 4/01/19

     1,295        1,460,112   

Nuance Communications, Inc., 5.38%, 8/15/20 (b)

     700        659,750   
    

 

 

 
               2,480,621   

Specialty Retail — 0.4%

  

Claire’s Stores, Inc., 9.00%, 3/15/19 (b)

     496        554,900   

Sally Holdings LLC/Sally Capital, Inc., 6.88%, 11/15/19

     350        387,188   

Sonic Automotive, Inc., 5.00%, 5/15/23

     50        46,500   
    

 

 

 
               988,588   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.2%

  

Levi Strauss & Co., 6.88%, 5/01/22

     140        152,950   

SIWF Merger Sub, Inc., 6.25%, 6/01/21 (b)

     235        236,175   

The William Carter Co., 5.25%, 8/15/21 (b)

     132        134,310   
    

 

 

 
               523,435   

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.2%

  

Doric Nimrod Air Finance Alpha Ltd. Pass-Through Trust, Series 2012-1, Class A, 5.13%, 11/30/24 (b)

     427        433,058   

Transportation Infrastructure — 0.1%

  

Aguila 3 SA, 7.88%, 1/31/18 (b)

     176        186,780   

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 3.7%

    

Digicel Ltd., 6.00%, 4/15/21 (b)

     1,082        1,044,130   

Sprint Communications, Inc. (b):

    

9.00%, 11/15/18

     2,081        2,518,010   

7.00%, 3/01/20

     1,931        2,148,237   

Sprint Corp., 7.88%, 9/15/23 (b)

     1,362        1,491,390   

T-Mobile USA, Inc.:

    

6.63%, 4/28/21

     705        738,487   

6.13%, 1/15/22

     80        81,500   

6.73%, 4/28/22

     675        703,688   

6.50%, 1/15/24

     145        146,813   

Wind Acquisition Finance SA, 6.50%, 4/30/20 (b)

     200        211,000   
    

 

 

 
               9,083,255   
Total Corporate Bonds55.5%              135,202,185   
Floating Rate Loan Interests   

Par  

(000)

    Value  
                  

Floating Rate Loan Interests

    

Aerospace & Defense — 0.9%

    

DigitalGlobe, Inc., Term Loan B, 3.75%, 1/31/20

   $ 483      $ 486,798   

Transdigm, Inc., Term Loan C, 3.75%, 2/28/20

     243        244,196   

TransUnion LLC, Term Loan, 4.25%, 2/10/19

     1,442        1,449,920   
    

 

 

 
               2,180,914   

Airlines — 0.8%

    

Delta Air Lines, Inc., Term Loan B1, 4.00%, 10/18/18

     991        994,860   

Northwest Airlines, Inc.:

    

2.24%, 3/10/17

     198        182,246   

1.62%, 9/10/18

     260        228,714   

US Airways Group, Inc., Term Loan B1, 4.25%, 5/23/19

     440        441,320   
    

 

 

 
               1,847,140   

Auto Components — 2.6%

    

Affinia Group Intermediate Holdings, Inc., Term Loan B2, 4.75%, 4/27/20

     339        343,389   

Autoparts Holdings Ltd.:

    

1st Lien Term Loan, 6.50%, 7/28/17

     834        818,635   

2nd Lien Term Loan, 10.50%, 1/29/18

     900        837,000   

Federal-Mogul Corp.:

    

Term Loan B, 2.11%, 12/29/14

     1,468        1,449,386   

Term Loan C, 2.11%, 12/28/15

     1,037        1,023,535   

FleetPride Corp., 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.25%, 11/19/19

     337        330,701   

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 2nd Lien Term Loan, 4.75%, 4/30/19

     1,110        1,119,713   

Schaeffler AG, Term Loan C, 4.25%, 1/27/17

     50        50,271   

Transtar Holding Co., 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.50%, 10/09/18

     475        469,260   
    

 

 

 
               6,441,890   

Biotechnology — 0.2%

    

Grifols, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.25%, 6/01/17

     559        561,279   

Building Products — 1.0%

    

Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Term Loan B, 3.50%, 3/16/20

     249        248,362   

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Building Products (concluded)

  

Continental Building Products LLC, 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.50%, 8/14/20

   $         345      $ 343,275   

CPG International, Inc., Term Loan, 4.75%, 9/30/20

     680        680,850   

Quikrete Holdings, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.00%, 9/28/20

     270        271,061   

Wilsonart International Holdings LLC:

    

Incremental Term Loan B2, 4.00%, 10/31/19

     140        138,250   

Term Loan B, 4.00%, 10/31/19

     744        737,244   
    

 

 

 
                   2,419,042   

Capital Markets — 0.3%

    

American Capital Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 4.00%, 8/22/16

     206        206,608   

HarbourVest Partners LLC, Term Loan B, 4.75%, 11/21/17

     298        299,244   

KCG Holdings, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.75%, 12/05/17

     260        260,834   
    

 

 

 
               766,686   

Chemicals — 3.0%

    

Allnex USA, Inc.:

    

Term Loan B1, 4.50%, 10/03/19

     243        243,907   

Term Loan B2, 4.50%, 10/03/19

     126        126,552   

American Rock Salt Holdings LLC, Term Loan, 5.50%, 4/25/17

     194        195,506   

Chemtura Corp., Term Loan B, 3.50%, 8/27/16

     605        608,069   

Evergreen Acqco 1 LP, Term Loan, 5.00%, 7/09/19

     420        420,588   

General Chemical Corp., Term Loan, 5.00%, 10/06/15

     305        306,134   

INEOS US Finance LLC, 6 Year Term Loan, 4.00%, 5/04/18 (d)

     389        389,989   

MacDermid, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 3.16%, 6/08/20

     334        335,833   

Nexeo Solutions LLC, Term Loan B, 5.00%, 9/08/17

     912        906,098   

OXEA Finance LLC:

    

2nd Lien Term Loan, 8.25%, 7/15/20

     370        375,898   

Term Loan B2, 4.25%, 1/15/20

     510        512,677   
Floating Rate Loan Interests   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Chemicals (concluded)

    

Royal Adhesives and Sealants LLC, 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.50%, 7/31/18

   $ 298      $ 300,412   

Tata Chemicals North America, Inc., Term Loan B, 3.75%, 8/07/20

     249        248,752   

Tronox Pigments (Netherlands) BV, 2013 Term Loan, 4.50%, 3/19/20

     519        524,266   

Univar, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 6/30/17

     248        244,357   

US Coatings Acquisition, Inc., Term Loan, 4.75%, 2/01/20

         1,473            1,483,026   
    

 

 

 
               7,222,064   

Commercial Banks — 0.4%

    

Fly Funding II Sarl, Term Loan B, 4.50%, 8/08/18

     50        50,281   

Redtop Acquisitions Ltd.:

    

1st Lien Term Loan, 3.27%, 11/30/20

     205        205,769   

2nd Lien Term Loan, 8.25%, 5/31/21

     130        130,650   

Santander Asset Management, Term Loan, 0.00%, 11/11/20

     550        550,000   
    

 

 

 
               936,700   

Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.3%

    

ADS Waste Holdings, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.25%, 10/09/19

     907        910,889   

AWAS Finance Luxembourg 2012 SA, Term Loan, 3.50%, 7/16/18

     150        150,153   

AWAS Finance Luxembourg Sarl, Term Loan B, 3.50%, 6/10/16

     315        315,288   

Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc., Term Loan, 6.50%, 12/29/17

     215        217,419   

KAR Auction Services, Inc., Term Loan B, 3.75%, 5/19/17

     1,196        1,199,974   

Learning Care Group (US) No. 2, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.00%, 5/08/19

     105        104,761   

Livingston International, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.00%, 4/16/19

     289        288,913   

Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd., Term Loan B, 3.50%, 10/24/19

     293        292,787   

Protection One, Inc., Term Loan, 4.25%, 3/21/19

     502        501,515   

Spin Holdco, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.25%, 11/14/19

     885        885,558   

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Commercial Services & Supplies (concluded)

    

West Corp., Term Loan B8, 3.75%, 6/29/18

   $ 641      $ 643,772   
    

 

 

 
               5,511,029   

Communications Equipment — 2.1%

    

Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc., Term Loan C, 5.75%, 1/30/19

     2,030        2,046,164   

Avaya, Inc.:

    

Extended Term Loan B3, 4.74%, 10/26/17

     724        692,957   

Term Loan B5, 8.00%, 3/30/18

     97        96,287   

CommScope, Inc., Term Loan, 3.75%, 1/12/18

     815        814,949   

Riverbed Technology, Inc., Term Loan, 4.00%, 12/18/19

     335        337,301   

Zayo Group LLC, Term Loan B, 4.00%, 7/02/19

     1,228        1,226,712   
    

 

 

 
               5,214,370   

Construction & Engineering — 0.6%

    

BakerCorp International, Inc., Term Loan, 4.25%, 2/14/20

     670        665,966   

Centaur LLC, 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.25%, 2/20/19

     537        542,673   

USIC Holdings, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.75%, 7/10/20

     249        250,310   
    

 

 

 
               1,458,949   

Construction Materials — 1.3%

    

Filtration Group Corp.:

    

1st Lien Term Loan, 0.00%, 11/30/20

     205        206,451   

2nd Lien Term Loan, 0.00%, 11/30/21

     220        223,575   

HD Supply, Inc., Senior Debt B, 4.50%, 10/12/17

     2,481        2,494,056   

McJunkin Red Man Corp., Term Loan, 0.00%, 11/12/19

     140        141,007   
    

 

 

 
               3,065,089   

Consumer Finance — 0.3%

    

Springleaf Financial Funding Co., Term Loan B2, 4.75%, 9/25/19

     630        636,300   

Containers & Packaging — 0.9%

    

Pact Group (USA), Inc., Term Loan B, 3.75%, 5/29/20

     893        884,397   

Polarpak, Inc., 1st Lien Canadian Borrower, 4.50%, 6/05/20

     113        113,272   

Sealed Air Corp., 2013 Term Loan, 4.00%, 10/03/18

     314        314,406   

Tekni-Plex, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.50%, 8/25/19

     743        743,137   
Floating Rate Loan Interests   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Containers & Packaging (concluded)

    

WNA Holdings, Inc., 1st Lien US Borrower, 4.50%, 6/05/20

   $ 61      $ 61,531   
    

 

 

 
               2,116,743   

Distributors — 0.7%

    

ABC Supply Co., Inc., Term Loan, 3.50%, 4/16/20

     1,125        1,123,594   

Crossmark Holdings, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.50%, 12/20/19

     223        222,196   

VWR Funding, Inc., Extended Add on Term Loan, 4.16%, 4/03/17

     263        263,670   
    

 

 

 
               1,609,460   

Diversified Consumer Services — 1.1%

    

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 1/30/20

     536        538,298   

Doncasters Finance US LLC, Term Loan, 5.50%, 4/09/20

     209        210,649   

Garda World Security Corp., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 11/06/20

     388        389,672   

ROC Finance LLC, Term Loan, 5.00%, 5/15/19

     230        220,082   

ServiceMaster Co., Term Loan, 4.25%, 1/31/17

     699        687,885   

Weight Watchers International, Inc., Term Loan B2, 3.75%, 4/02/20

     726        622,952   
    

 

 

 
               2,669,538   

Diversified Financial Services — 1.2%

    

ION Trading Technologies Sarl, 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.50%, 5/22/20

     379        380,710   

Kasima LLC, Term Loan B, 3.25%, 5/17/21

     425        423,674   

Reynolds Group Holdings, Inc., Dollar Term Loan, 4.00%, 12/31/18

     1,128        1,134,653   

RPI Finance Trust, Term Loan B3, 3.50%, 11/09/18

     166        166,588   

WMG Acquisition Corp., Term Loan, 3.75%, 7/01/20

     750        749,062   
    

 

 

 
               2,854,687   

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.8%

    

Consolidated Communications, Inc., Term Loan B3, 5.25%, 12/31/18

     873        878,029   

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Diversified Telecommunication Services (concluded)

    

Hawaiian Telcom Communications, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 6/06/19

   $ 861      $ 862,742   

Integra Telecom, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.25%, 2/22/19

     438        442,042   

Level 3 Financing, Inc., 2020 Term Loan B, 4.00%, 1/15/20

     2,980        2,998,625   

Syniverse Holdings, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 4/23/19

     422        424,378   

US Telepacific Corp., Term Loan B, 5.75%, 2/23/17

     1,350        1,347,867   
    

 

 

 
               6,953,683   

Electric Utilities — 0.1%

    

Sandy Creek Energy Associates, L.P., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 11/06/20

     210        210,573   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.2%

    

CDW LLC, Term Loan, 3.50%, 4/29/20

     498        495,013   

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.8%

    

Dynegy Holdings, Inc., Term Loan B2, 4.00%, 4/23/20

     519        519,239   

MEG Energy Corp., Refinancing Term Loan, 3.75%, 3/31/20

     1,220        1,228,031   

Unifrax Corp., Term Loan, 4.25%, 11/28/18

     208        208,727   
    

 

 

 
               1,955,997   

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.5%

    

Rite Aid Corp.:

    

2nd Lien Term Loan, 5.75%, 8/21/20

     225        230,344   

Term Loan 6, 4.00%, 2/21/20

     209        210,404   

Supervalu, Inc., Refinancing Term Loan B, 5.00%, 3/21/19

     487        488,644   

US Foods, Inc., Refinancing Term Loan, 4.50%, 3/29/19

     204        204,999   
    

 

 

 
               1,134,391   

Food Products — 2.2%

    

AdvancePierre Foods, Inc., Term Loan, 5.75%, 7/10/17

     506        502,885   

CTI Foods Holding Co. LLC, 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.50%, 6/29/20

     345        345,000   

Del Monte Foods Co., Term Loan:

    

1st Lien, 0.00%, 11/06/20

     315        316,575   

4.00%, 3/08/18

     626        628,279   

Dole Food Co., Inc., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 11/01/18

     570        572,531   
Floating Rate Loan Interests   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Food Products (concluded)

    

GFA Brands, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 7/09/20

   $ 209      $ 209,999   

Performance Food Group Co., 2nd Lien Term Loan, 6.25%, 11/14/19

     843        839,727   

Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC:

    

Incremental Term Loan H, 3.25%, 4/29/20

     160        159,755   

Term Loan G, 3.25%, 4/29/20

     672        670,617   

Reddy Ice Corp., 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.75%, 5/01/19

     1,070        1,068,962   
    

 

 

 
               5,314,330   

Gas Utilities — 0.1%

    

EFS Cogen Holdings I, Inc., Term Loan B, 0.00%, 12/01/20

     300        300,000   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.7%

    

Arysta LifeScience Corp., 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.50%, 5/29/20

     843        846,579   

Biomet, Inc., Term Loan B2, 3.67%, 7/25/17

     763        768,689   

Capital Safety North America Holding, Inc., Term Loan, 4.50%, 1/21/19

     665        663,251   

CeramTec Acquisition Corp., Term Loan B2, 4.25%, 8/28/20

     25        25,346   

DJO Finance LLC, Term Loan B3, 4.75%, 9/15/17

     1,254        1,266,154   

The Hologic, Inc., Term Loan B, 3.75%, 8/01/19

     972        975,254   

Iasis Healthcare LLC, Term Loan B2, 4.50%, 5/03/18

     98        98,636   

Immucor, Inc., Refinancing Term Loan B2, 5.00%, 8/17/18

     960        963,348   

Kinetic Concepts, Inc., Term Loan D1, 4.50%, 5/04/18

     135        136,316   

LHP Hospital Group, Inc., Term Loan, 9.00%, 7/03/18

     395        369,325   

Onex Carestream Finance LP:

    

1st Lien Term Loan, 5.00%, 6/07/19

     390        394,174   

2nd Lien Term Loan, 9.50%, 6/07/19

     100        100,625   
    

 

 

 
               6,607,697   

Health Care Providers & Services — 2.7%

    

American Renal Holdings, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.50%, 9/20/19

     557        555,807   

Ardent Medical Services, Inc., Term Loan, 6.75%, 7/02/18

     268        267,305   

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Health Care Providers & Services (concluded)

    

CHG Buyer Corp., Term Loan, 4.25%, 11/19/19

   $ 375      $ 376,049   

ConvaTec, Inc., Term Loan, 4.00%, 12/22/16

     1,035        1,040,071   

DaVita, Inc.:

    

Term Loan B, 4.50%, 10/20/16

     1,070        1,074,831   

Term Loan B2, 4.00%, 11/01/19

     586        588,649   

Envision Healthcare Corp., Term Loan, 4.00%, 5/25/18

     338        338,774   

Genesis HealthCare Corp., Term Loan B, 10.00%, 9/25/17

     457        462,039   

Ikaria Acquisition, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 7.25%, 7/03/18

     267        268,625   

inVentiv Health, Inc.:

    

Combined Term Loan, 7.50%, 8/04/16

     260        256,766   

Incremental Term Loan B3, 7.75%, 5/15/18

     333        329,485   

Surgical Care Affiliates, Inc., Class C Incremental Term Loan, 4.25%, 6/29/18

     404        404,997   

US Renal Care, Inc., Incremental 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.25%, 7/03/19

     548        552,997   
    

 

 

 
               6,516,395   

Health Care Technology — 0.6%

    

IMS Health, Inc., Term Loan B1, 3.75%, 9/01/17

     1,372        1,375,724   

MedAssets, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 12/13/19

     196        196,057   
    

 

 

 
               1,571,781   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 7.7%

    

Bally Technologies, Inc., Term Loan B, 0.00%, 8/31/20

     430        432,507   

Bronco Midstream Funding LLC, Term Loan B, 5.00%, 8/17/20

     700        707,000   

Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC, Term Loan B, 7.00%, 10/12/20

     6,575        6,455,861   

Drumm Investors LLC, Term Loan, 5.00%, 5/04/18

     541        526,964   

Four Seasons Holdings, Inc., 2nd Lien Term Loan, 6.25%, 12/28/20

     305        312,244   

Hilton Worldwide Finance, LLC, Term Loan B2, 4.00%, 10/26/20

     3,422        3,431,735   

Intrawest ULC, Term Loan, 0.00%, 11/26/20

     345        345,431   
Floating Rate Loan Interests   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (concluded)

    

Marina District Finance Co., Inc., Term Loan B, 0.00%, 8/15/18

   $ 505      $ 505,631   

MGM resorts International, Term Loan A, 2.91%, 12/20/17

     248        248,021   

MGM Resorts International, Term Loan B, 3.50%, 12/20/19

     660        659,188   

OSI Restaurant Partners LLC, Term Loan, 3.50%, 10/25/19

     340        340,071   

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., Term Loan B2, 3.75%, 8/13/20

     489        490,456   

Playa Resorts Holding BV, Term Loan B, 4.75%, 8/06/19

     380        383,089   

Sabre, Inc.:

    

Incremental Term Loan, 4.50%, 2/19/19

     220        219,589   

Term Loan B, 5.25%, 2/19/19

     303        304,417   

Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 12/20/18

     205        205,691   

Station Casinos, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 3/02/20

     1,577        1,593,177   

Travelport LLC, Refinancing Term Loan, 6.25%, 6/26/19

     594        605,911   

Twin River Management Group, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.25%, 11/09/18

     535        540,606   

Wendy’s International, Inc., Term Loan B, 3.25%, 5/15/19

     425        424,532   
    

 

 

 
               18,732,121   

Household Products — 0.5%

    

Spectrum Brands, Inc.:

    

Term Loan, 4.50%, 12/17/19

     660        662,322   

Term Loan A, 3.00%, 9/07/17

     445        445,370   

Term Loan C, 3.50%, 9/04/19

     90        90,223   
    

 

 

 
               1,197,915   

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 1.1%

    

AES Corp., Refinancing Term Loan B, 3.75%, 6/01/18

     724        728,133   

Calpine Construction Finance Co., L.P., Term Loan B1, 3.00%, 5/03/20

     279        276,298   

Calpine Corp., Term Loan B1, 4.00%, 4/02/18

     400        402,105   

La Frontera Generation LLC, Term Loan, 4.50%, 9/30/20

     965        973,971   

Star West Generation LLC, Term Loan B, 4.25%, 3/13/20

     388        390,475   
    

 

 

 
               2,770,982   

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.4%

    

Sequa Corp., Term Loan B, 5.25%, 12/19/17

   $ 1,123      $ 1,107,608   

Insurance — 1.3%

    

Alliant Holdings I, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.75%, 12/20/19

     397        397,746   

Asurion LLC, Term Loan B1, 4.50%, 5/24/19

     571        570,294   

CNO Financial Group, Inc.:

    

Term Loan B1, 3.00%, 9/28/16

     312        312,949   

Term Loan B2, 3.75%, 9/20/18

     491        491,926   

Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford Ltd., 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.00%, 4/16/20

     399        393,637   

Cunningham Lindsey US, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.00%, 12/10/19

     342        341,557   

Hub International Ltd., Term Loan B, 4.75%, 10/02/20

     415        418,996   

National Financial Partners Corp., Term Loan, 5.25%, 7/01/20

     165        166,439   
    

 

 

 
               3,093,544   

Internet Software & Services — 0.7%

    

Interactive Data Corp., Term Loan B, 3.75%, 2/11/18

     889        887,920   

W3 Co., 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.75%, 3/13/20

     383        384,033   

Web.com Group, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 10/27/17

     341        343,442   
    

 

 

 
               1,615,395   

IT Services — 2.5%

    

CCC Information Services, Inc., Term Loan, 4.00%, 12/20/19

     203        203,463   

Ceridian Corp., Term Loan B, 4.42%, 5/09/17

     926        930,044   

First Data Corp., 2018 Term Loan:

    

4.17%, 9/24/18

     750        751,635   

Extended B, 4.17%, 3/23/18

     3,059        3,064,680   

Genpact International, Inc., Term Loan B, 3.50%, 8/30/19

     516        516,752   

InfoGroup, Inc., Term Loan, 8.00%, 5/25/18

     336        272,227   

Moneygram International, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.25%, 3/27/20

     68        68,785   

SunGard Data Systems, Inc.:

    

Term Loan D, 4.50%, 1/31/20

     253        254,431   

Term Loan E, 4.00%, 3/09/20

     164        165,406   
    

 

 

 
               6,227,423   
Floating Rate Loan Interests   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Leisure Equipment & Products — 0.1%

    

FGI Operating Co. LLC, Term Loan, 5.50%, 4/19/19

   $ 281      $ 284,396   

Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.1%

    

Patheon, Inc., Term Loan, 7.25%, 12/06/18

     262        264,811   

Machinery — 3.0%

    

Allegion PLC, Term Loan B, 3.00%, 9/30/20

     390        390,121   

Alliance Laundry Systems LLC, Refinancing Term Loan, 4.25%, 12/10/18

     201        201,566   

Dayco Products LLC, Term Loan B, 5.25%, 11/26/19

     420        416,850   

Faenza Acquisition GmbH:

    

Term Loan B1, 4.25%, 8/31/20

     257        257,410   

Term Loan B3, 4.25%, 8/28/20

     78        78,295   

Gardner Denver, Inc., Term Loan, 4.25%, 7/30/20

     711        707,520   

Generac Power Systems, Inc., Term Loan B, 3.50%, 5/31/20

     748        748,125   

Intelligrated, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.50%, 7/30/18

     396        396,990   

Mirror Bidco Corp., Term Loan, 5.25%, 12/27/19

     536        538,405   

Navistar International Corp., Term Loan B, 5.75%, 8/17/17

     609        618,357   

Pacific Industrial Services US Finco LLC:

    

1st Lien Term Loan, 5.00%, 10/02/18

     475        480,049   

2nd Lien Term Loan, 8.75%, 4/02/19

     365        372,300   

Rexnord LLC, 1st Lien Term Loan B, 4.00%, 8/21/20

     452        451,646   

Silver II US Holdings LLC, Term Loan, 4.00%, 12/13/19

     834        832,958   

Wabash National Corp., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 5/02/19

     873        876,626   
    

 

 

 
               7,367,218   

Marine — 0.4%

    

HGIM Corp., Term Loan B, 5.50%, 6/18/20

     865        868,244   

Media — 8.1%

    

Activision Blizzard, Inc., Term Loan B, 3.25%, 10/12/20

     650        651,423   

Capsugel Holdings US, Inc., Term Loan B, 3.50%, 8/01/18

     537        535,755   

Catalina Marketing Corp., Term Loan B, 5.25%, 10/12/20

     535        539,547   

 

                
   BLACKROCK SENIOR HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.    NOVEMBER 30, 2013    13


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Media (continued)

    

Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc.:

    

Non-Extended Term Loan, 4.75%, 7/03/14

   $ 191      $ 143,352   

Tranche 1 Incremental, 7.50%, 7/03/14

     657        494,135   

Charter Communications Operating LLC, Term Loan E, 3.00%, 7/01/20

     688        678,336   

Cumulus Media Holdings, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.50%, 9/17/18

     1,049        1,054,052   

EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Term Loan B, 4.25%, 6/29/18

     366        367,588   

EW Scripps Co., Term Loan B, 3.25%, 11/14/20

     330        330,825   

Fender Musical Instruments Corp., 2019 Term Loan B, 5.75%, 4/03/19

     96        97,080   

Foxco Acquisition Sub LLC, Term Loan B, 5.50%, 7/14/17

     627        628,107   

Getty Images, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.75%, 10/18/19

     132        122,206   

Gray Television, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.75%, 10/15/19

     146        146,884   

Hemisphere Media Group, Inc., Term Loan, 6.25%, 7/30/20

     474        475,296   

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co., DIP Term Loan B, 4.25%, 6/01/18

     798        799,510   

Hubbard Radio LLC, Term Loan B, 4.50%, 4/29/19

     477        480,574   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, Term Loan B2, 2.00%, 6/30/19

     5,126        5,132,628   

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., 2nd Lien Term Loan, 5.00%, 7/17/20

     210        210,263   

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., 2020 Term Loan B1, 3.50%, 8/17/20

     215        215,107   

Media General, Inc., Delayed Draw Term Loan B, 5.50%, 7/31/20

     400        403,752   

NEP/NCP Holdco, Inc., Term Loan, 4.75%, 1/22/20

     625        626,838   

Nielsen Finance LLC, Term Loan E, 2.92%, 5/02/16

     220        220,226   

Rentpath, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.25%, 5/29/20

     514        502,154   

Salem Communications Corp., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 3/13/20

     375        375,828   

Sinclair Television Group, Inc., Term Loan B, 3.00%, 4/09/20

     199        197,384   
Floating Rate Loan Interests   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Media (concluded)

    

Springer Science & Business Media Deutschland GmbH, Term Loan B2, 5.00%, 8/14/20

   $ 525      $ 526,423   

Tribune Co., 2013 Term Loan, 0.00%, 11/12/20

     615        612,116   

TWCC Holding Corp., 2nd Lien Term Loan, 7.00%, 6/26/20

     440        450,450   

Univision Communications, Inc., Converted Extended Term Loan, 4.50%, 3/02/20

     1,023        1,027,328   

UPC Financing Partnership, Term Loan AH, 3.25%, 6/30/21

     425        423,758   

Virgin Media Investment Holdings Ltd., Term Loan B, 3.50%, 6/08/20

     980        979,922   

WideOpenWest Finance LLC, Term Loan B, 4.75%, 4/01/19

     341        342,547   
    

 

 

 
               19,791,394   

Metals & Mining — 2.9%

    

Ameriforge Group, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.00%, 12/19/19

     352        355,272   

API Heat Transfer, Inc., Term Loan, 5.25%, 5/03/19

     358        355,961   

Constellium Holdco BV, Term Loan B, 6.00%, 3/25/20

     786        804,719   

FMG Resources August 2006 Property Ltd., Term Loan, 4.25%, 6/28/19

     1,742        1,757,646   

Murray Energy Corp., Term Loan B, 4.75%, 5/24/19

     90        89,960   

Novelis, Inc., Term Loan, 3.75%, 3/10/17

     1,965        1,973,559   

SunCoke Energy, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 7/26/18

     258        256,228   

Walter Energy, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.75%, 4/02/18

     870        851,008   

Windsor Financing LLC, Term Loan B, 6.25%, 12/05/17

     581        594,480   
    

 

 

 
               7,038,833   

Multiline Retail — 1.3%

    

99 Cents Only Stores, Term Loan, 4.50%, 1/11/19

     684        686,881   

Apex Tool Group LLC, Term Loan B, 4.50%, 1/31/20

     458        458,464   

BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.50%, 9/26/19

     511        512,595   

Hudson’s Bay Co.:

    

1st Lien Term Loan, 4.75%, 11/04/20

     435        440,290   

2nd Lien Term Loan, 8.25%, 11/04/21

     65        66,733   

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Multiline Retail (concluded)

    

JC Penney Corp., Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.00%, 5/22/18

   $ 354      $ 345,830   

The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc., Term Loan, 5.00%, 10/26/20

     660        663,960   
    

 

 

 
               3,174,753   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.7%

    

Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, Inc., Term Loan B, 0.00%, 11/20/20

     809        812,365   

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Unsecured Term Loan, 5.75%, 12/01/17

     1,230        1,254,600   

Drillships Financing Holding, Inc., Term Loan B2, 5.50%, 7/15/16

     783        792,176   

EP Energy LLC, Term Loan B3, 3.50%, 5/24/18

     430        430,107   

Fieldwood Energy LLC, 1st Lien Term Loan, 3.88%, 9/28/18

     245        246,492   

GIM Channelview Cogeneration LLC, Term Loan B, 4.25%, 5/08/20

     434        436,624   

Obsidian Natural Gas Trust, Term Loan, 7.00%, 11/02/15

     572        572,149   

Offshore Group Investment Ltd.:

    

6.25%, 10/25/17

     978        980,590   

5.75%, 3/28/19

     378        381,526   

Pacific Drilling SA, Term Loan B, 4.50%, 6/04/18

     529        532,973   

Panda Temple II Power LLC, Term Loan B, 7.25%, 4/03/19

     330        338,250   

Philadelphia Energy Solutions LLC, Term Loan B, 6.25%, 4/04/18

     353        315,090   

PowerTeam Services LLC:

    

1st Lien Term Loan, 4.25%, 5/06/20

     186        183,815   

Delayed Draw Term Loan, 4.25%, 5/06/20

     10        10,020   

Ruby Western Pipeline Holdings LLC, Term Loan B, 3.50%, 3/27/20

     397        398,216   

Samson Investment Co., 2nd Lien Term Loan, 6.00%, 9/25/18

     275        275,687   

Tesoro Corp., Term Loan B, 2.41%, 5/30/16

     512        512,425   

Western Refining, Inc., Term Loan B, 0.00%, 11/12/20

     620        625,041   
    

 

 

 
               9,098,146   

Paper & Forest Products — 0.2%

    

NewPage Corp., Exit Term Loan, 7.75%, 12/21/18

     438        446,550   
Floating Rate Loan Interests   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Pharmaceuticals — 3.2%

    

Akorn, Inc., Term Loan B, 0.00%, 8/27/20

   $ 390      $ 391,221   

Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, Term Loan, 7.00%, 11/01/19

     305        305,000   

Aptalis Pharma, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.00%, 9/18/20

     1,361        1,374,522   

Envision Acquisition Co. LLC, 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.75%, 11/04/20

     445        446,112   

Par Pharmaceutical Cos., Inc., Refinancing Term Loan B, 4.25%, 9/30/19

     1,733        1,739,896   

Pharmaceutical Product Development LLC, Term Loan B, 4.25%, 12/05/18

     1,339        1,346,455   

Quintiles Transnational Corp., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 6/08/18

     683        683,690   

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.:

    

Series C2 Term Loan B, 3.75%, 12/11/19

     617        621,267   

Series D2 Term Loan B, 3.75%, 2/13/19

     647        651,610   

Term Loan E, 4.50%, 8/05/20

     337        341,105   
    

 

 

 
               7,900,878   

Professional Services — 1.1%

    

Emdeon Business Services LLC, Term Loan B2, 3.75%, 11/02/18

     1,187        1,190,543   

ON Assignment, Inc., Refinancing Term Loan B, 3.50%, 4/30/20

     229        228,503   

Sirva Worldwide, Inc., Term Loan, 7.50%, 3/27/19

     398        404,965   

TriNet Group, Inc., Term Loan B2, 5.00%, 8/14/20

     300        300,000   

Truven Health Analytics, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 6/06/19

     553        554,636   
    

 

 

 
               2,678,647   

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.6%

    

iStar Financial, Inc., Term Loan, 4.50%, 10/16/17

     1,173        1,178,068   

Starwood Property Trust, Inc., Term Loan B, 0.00%, 4/17/20

     235        233,973   
    

 

 

 
               1,412,041   

Real Estate Management & Development — 1.4%

    

CityCenter Holdings LLC, Term Loan B, 5.00%, 10/16/20

     540        545,908   

Realogy Corp.:

    

Extended Letter of Credit, 4.45%, 10/10/16

     974        983,280   

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Real Estate Management & Development (concluded)

    

Realogy Corp. (concluded):

    

Extended Term Loan, 4.50%, 3/05/20

   $ 1,775      $ 1,793,053   
    

 

 

 
               3,322,241   

Road & Rail — 0.2%

    

Road Infrastructure Investment LLC, Term Loan B, 6.25%, 3/30/18

     429        430,770   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.7%

    

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.:

    

Term Loan B3, 4.75%, 12/01/16

     149        150,042   

Term Loan B4, 5.00%, 2/28/20

     796        804,207   

Term Loan B5, 5.00%, 1/15/21

     140        141,449   

NXP BV:

    

Term Loan C, 4.75%, 1/11/20

     362        362,534   

Term Loan D, 3.25%, 1/10/20

     365        365,274   
    

 

 

 
               1,823,506   

Software — 2.2%

    

Blackboard, Inc., Term Loan B3, 4.75%, 10/04/18

     146        147,426   

BMC Software Finance, Inc., Term Loan, 5.00%, 9/10/20

     525        527,625   

Chromaflo Technologies Corp., 1st Lien Term Loan, 0.00%, 11/30/19

     250        250,000   

CompuCom Systems, Inc., Refinancing Term Loan B, 4.25%, 5/11/20

     110        109,121   

Evertec Group LLC, Term Loan B, 3.50%, 4/17/20

     229        223,403   

GCA Services Group, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.25%, 11/01/19

     400        399,845   

Infor US, Inc., Term Loan B2, 5.25%, 4/05/18

     1,347        1,352,486   

Mitchell International, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.50%, 10/12/20

     240        241,500   

RP Crown Parent LLC, 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.75%, 12/21/18

     452        455,634   

Sophia LP, Term Loan B, 4.50%, 7/19/18

     605        609,190   

SS&C Technologies, Inc.:

    

Term Loan B1, 3.25%, 6/07/19

     628        629,209   

Term Loan B2, 3.25%, 6/07/19

     65        65,091   
Floating Rate Loan Interests   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Software (concluded)

    

StoneRiver Holdings, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.50%, 11/29/19

   $ 177      $ 176,298   

Websence, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 6/25/20

     209        209,213   
    

 

 

 
               5,396,041   

Specialty Retail — 4.1%

    

Academy Ltd., Term Loan, 4.50%, 8/03/18

     1,082        1,086,529   

Atlantic Aviation FBO, Inc., Term Loan B, 3.25%, 6/01/20

     254        254,123   

Bass Pro Group LLC, Term Loan, 4.00%, 11/20/19

     690        692,744   

Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp., Term Loan B2, 4.25%, 2/23/17

     328        330,104   

David’s Bridal, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.00%, 10/11/19

     859        859,053   

Equinox Holdings, Inc., Repriced Term Loan B, 4.50%, 1/31/20

     423        424,989   

Gymboree Corp., Initial Term Loan, 5.00%, 2/23/18

     67        64,489   

Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.75%, 7/26/19

     665        671,997   

Jo-Ann Stores, Inc., Term Loan, 4.00%, 3/16/18

     382        382,352   

Leslie’s Poolmart, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.25%, 10/16/19

     687        688,613   

Michaels Stores, Inc., Term Loan, 3.75%, 1/28/20

     652        653,226   

Party City Holdings, Inc., Refinancing Term Loan B, 4.25%, 7/29/19

     1,454        1,457,249   

Petco Animal Supplies, Inc., Term Loan, 4.00%, 11/24/17

     1,060        1,064,157   

Sprouts Farmers Markets Holdings LLC, Term Loan, 4.00%, 4/23/20

     192        192,879   

SRAM LLC, Term Loan B, 4.00%, 4/10/20

     214        212,868   

Things Remembered, Inc., Term Loan B, 8.00%, 5/24/18

     743        739,210   

Toys ‘R’ Us-Delaware, Inc.:

    

Incremental Term Loan B2, 5.25%, 5/25/18

     153        135,799   

Term Loan B3, 5.25%, 5/25/18

     47        41,549   
    

 

 

 
               9,951,930   

 

                
16    BLACKROCK SENIOR HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.    NOVEMBER 30, 2013   


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.6%

    

Ascend Performance Materials LLC, Term Loan B, 6.75%, 4/10/18

   $ 862      $ 819,606   

Phillips-Van Heusen Corp., Term Loan B, 3.25%, 2/13/20

     470        470,763   

True Religion Apparel, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.88%, 7/30/19

     85        81,281   
    

 

 

 
               1,371,650   

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.3%

    

IG Investments Holdings LLC, 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.50%, 10/31/19

     422        423,525   

Ocwen Financial Corp., Term Loan, 5.00%, 2/15/18

     353        357,273   
    

 

 

 
               780,798   

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.0%

    

WESCO Distribution, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.50%, 12/12/19

     120        120,008   

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.5%

    

Cricket Communications, Inc., Term Loan, 4.75%, 10/10/19

     332        333,094   

Light Tower Fiber LLC, 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.50%, 4/13/20

     579        578,793   

Time Warner Telecom Holdings Inc., Term Loan B, 2.67%, 4/17/20

     319        319,998   
    

 

 

 
               1,231,885   
Total Floating Rate Loan Interests81.3%        198,071,468   
    
                  

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities — 0.2%

    

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 0.2%

    

Hilton USA Trust 2013-HLT, Series 2013-HLT, Class EFX, 5.22%, 11/05/30 (b)(g)

     565        567,825   
Other Interests (a)(i)   

Beneficial

Interest  

(000)    

    Value  

Auto Components — 0.0%

    

Intermet Liquidating Trust, Class A

   $ 320      $ 3   

Diversified Financial Services — 0.2%

    

J.G. Wentworth LLC Preferred Equity Interests (90-day lock), (Acquired 11/18/13, cost $708,423) (j)

     10        158,683   

J.G. Wentworth LLC Preferred Equity Interests (135-day lock), (Acquired 11/18/13, cost $708,423) (j)

     10        158,683   

J.G. Wentworth LLC Preferred Equity Interests (180-day lock), (Acquired 11/18/13, cost $708,423) (j)

     10        158,683   
    

 

 

 
               476,049   

Media — 0.0%

    

Adelphia Preferred Escrow

     3          

Adelphia Recovery Trust, Series ACC-6B INT

     250        7,500   
    

 

 

 
               7,500   
Total Other Interests0.2%        483,552   
    
                  
Trust Preferreds — 0.8%    Shares         

Diversified Financial Services — 0.8%

    

GMAC Capital Trust I, Series 2, 8.13%, 2/15/40 (d)

     71,810        1,920,493   
    
                  
Warrants (k)     

Chemicals — 0.1%

    

GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc. (Expires 3/31/15)

     172,462        144,868   

Media — 0.2%

    

Charter Communications Inc, (Issued/exercisable 11/30/09, 1 Share for 1 Warrant, Expires 11/30/14, Strike Price $51.28)

     6,862        583,407   

Software — 0.0%

    

HMH Holdings/EduMedia, (Issued/Exercisable 3/09/10, 19 Shares for 1 Warrant, Expires 6/22/19, Strike Price $42.27)

     982          
Total Warrants0.3%        728,275   
Total Long-Term Investments
(Cost — $345,552,078) — 142.3%
        346,670,232   

 

                
   BLACKROCK SENIOR HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.    NOVEMBER 30, 2013    17


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

 

Short-Term Securities    Shares     Value  

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class, 0.15% (l)(m)

     11,606      $ 11,606   
Total Short-Term Securities
(Cost — $11,606) — 0.0%
             11,606   

 

     Value  
Total Investments (Cost — $345,563,684*) — 142.3%   $ 346,681,838   
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets(42.3)%     (103,073,313
 

 

 

 

Net Assets100.0%

  $ 243,608,525   
 

 

 

 

 

*   As of November 30, 2013, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

Tax cost

  $ 343,804,636   
 

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

  $ 12,627,740   

Gross unrealized depreciation

    (9,750,538
 

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

  $ 2,877,202   
 

 

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

(a)   Non-income producing security.

 

(b)   Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

 

(c)   Represents a payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in additional par/shares and/or in cash. Rates shown are the current rate and possible payment rates.

 

(d)   Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.

 

(e)   Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default of principal and/or interest payments.

 

(f)   Convertible security.

 

(g)   When-issued security. Unsettled when-issued transactions were as follows:

 

Counterparty   Value     Unrealized
Appreciation
 

Barclays Bank PLC

  $ 87,435      $ 435   

Goldman Sachs & Co.

  $ 191,955      $ 955   

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

  $ 567,825          

 

(h)   Represents a zero-coupon bond. Rate shown reflects the current yield as of report date.

 

(i)   Other interests represent beneficial interests in liquidation trusts and other reorganization or private entities.

 

(j)   Restricted securities as to resale. As of report date the Fund held 0.2% of its net assets, with a current value of $476,049 in these securities.

 

(k)   Warrants entitle the Fund to purchase a predetermined number of shares of common stock and are non-income producing. The purchase price and number of shares are subject to adjustment under certain conditions until the expiration date, if any.

 

(l)   Investments in issuers considered to be an affiliate of the Fund during the period ended November 30, 2013, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliate  

Shares Held

at February 28,

2013

    Net
Activity
   

Shares Held

at November 30,

2013

    Income  

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class

    2,447,698        (2,436,092     11,606      $ 902   

 

(m)   Represents the current yield as of report date.

 

                
18    BLACKROCK SENIOR HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.    NOVEMBER 30, 2013   


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

 

 

 

Portfolio Abbreviations

 

To simplify the listings of portfolio holdings in the Schedule of Investments, the names and descriptions of many of the securities have been abbreviated according to the following list:      ADS    American Depositary Shares
     CLO    Collateralized Loan Obligation
     DIP    Debtor-In-Possession
     EBITDA    Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization
     FKA    Formerly Known As
     CAD    Canadian Dollar
     USD    U.S. Dollar

 

Ÿ  

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. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such industry sub-classifications for reporting ease.

 

Ÿ  

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

  Ÿ  

Level 1 — unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access

 

  Ÿ  

Level 2 — other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs)

 

  Ÿ  

Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Fund’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments)

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. In accordance with the Fund’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. The categorization of a value determined for investments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments, please refer to the Fund’s most recent financial statements as contained in its semi-annual report.

 

                
   BLACKROCK SENIOR HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.    NOVEMBER 30, 2013    19


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

 

The following table summarizes the Fund’s investments categorized in the disclosure hierarchy as of November 30, 2013:

 

     Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

       

Investments:

       

Long-Term Investments:

       

Asset-Backed Securities

                $ 6,454,159      $ 6,454,159   

Common Stocks

  $ 937,306      $ 1,120,281        1,184,688        3,242,275   

Corporate Bonds

           130,622,528        4,579,657        135,202,185   

Floating Rate Loan Interests

           183,019,647        15,051,821        198,071,468   

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities

           567,825               567,825   

Other Interests

                  483,552        483,552   

Trusts Preferred

           1,920,493               1,920,493   

Warrants

           583,407        144,868        728,275   

Short-Term Securities

    11,606                      11,606   

Unfunded Loan Commitments

           435               435   

Liabilities:

       

Unfunded Loan Commitments

           (107            (107
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 948,912      $ 317,834,509      $ 27,898,745      $ 346,682,166   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Certain of the Fund’s assets and/or liabilities are held at carrying amount, which approximates fair value for financial reporting purposes. As of November 30, 2013, such assets and liabilities are categorized within the disclosure hierarchy as follows:

 

     Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

       

Cash

  $ 132,015                    $ 132,015   

Foreign currency at value

    3,068                      3,068   

Liabilities:

       

Loans payable

         $ (99,000,000            (99,000,000
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 135,083      $ (99,000,000          $ (98,864,917
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the period ended November 30, 2013.

 

                
20    BLACKROCK SENIOR HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.    NOVEMBER 30, 2013   


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

 

A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented when the Fund had a significant amount of Level 3 investments at the beginning and/or end of the period in relation to net assets. The following table is a reconciliation of Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used in determining fair value:

 

 

     Common
Stocks
    Asset-Backed
Securities
    Corporate
Bonds
   

Floating Rate
Loan

Interests

    Other
Interests
    Warrants     Total  
Assets:              

Opening balance, as of February 28, 2013

  $ 93,315      $ 10,426,035      $ 3,916,065      $ 16,996,955      $ 645,641      $ 11,124      $ 32,089,135   

Transfers into Level 31

    744,380        238,750               1,719,095        7,500               2,709,725   

Transfers out of Level 32

                  (270,720)        (4,925,557)                      (5,196,277)   

Accrued discounts/premiums

           30,398        63,234        17,963                      111,595   

Net realized gain

    806        380,136               109,815                      490,757   

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation3

    416,830        (305,546)        871,078        (81,385)        98,436        133,744        1,133,157   

Purchases

           2,243,383               11,151,899        2,125,269               15,520,551   

Sales

    (70,643)        (6,558,997)               (9,936,964)        (2,393,294)               (18,959,898)   
 

 

 

 

Closing balance, as of November 30, 2013

  $ 1,184,688      $ 6,454,159      $ 4,579,657      $ 15,051,821      $ 483,552      $ 144,868      $ 27,898,745   
 

 

 

 
  1   

As of February 28, 2013, the Fund used observable inputs in determining the value of certain investments. As of November 30, 2013, the Fund used significant unobservable inputs in determining the value of the same investments. As a result, investments with a beginning of period value of $2,709,725 transferred from Level 2 to Level 3 in the disclosure hierarchy.

  2   

As of February 28, 2013, the Fund used significant unobservable inputs in determining the value of certain investments. As of November 30, 2013, the Fund used observable inputs in determining the value of the same investments. As a result, investments with a beginning of period value of $5,196,277 transferred from Level 3 to Level 2 in the disclosure hierarchy.

  3   

The change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments still held as of November 30, 2013 was $(140,380).

 

                
   BLACKROCK SENIOR HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.    NOVEMBER 30, 2013    21


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (concluded)

  

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. (ARK)

 

The following table summarizes the valuation techniques used and unobservable inputs utilized by the Global Valuation Committee to determine the value of certain of the Funds Level 3 investments and derivative financial instruments as of November 30, 2013. The table does not include Level 3 investments and derivative financial instruments with values based upon unadjusted third party pricing information. Level 3 investments valued using third party pricing information was $21,837,865. A significant change in such third party pricing information could result in a significantly lower or higher value of such Level 3 investments.

 

     Value     Valuation Techniques   Unobservable Inputs1  

Range of Unobservable Inputs

Utilized

Assets:

       

Common Stocks

  $ 121,096      Market Comparable Companies   Last 12 months EBITDA Multiple   6.50x
      Illiquidity Discount   17.50%

Corporate Bonds2

    4,579,657      Market Comparable Companies   Last 12 months EBITDA Multiple   6.50x – 10x
      Illiquidity Discount   17.50%

Floating Rate Loan Interests

    739,210      Market Comparable Yield Analysis   Yield   8.13%

Other Interests

    476,049      Discounted Vendor Price   Illiquidity Discount   5.00%

Warrants

    144,868      Market Comparable Companies   Last 12 months EBITDA Multiple   6.50x
                Illiquidity Discount   17.50%

Total

  $         6,060,880         
 

 

 

       
  1   

A change to the unobservable input may result in a significant change to the value of the investment as follows:

 

Unobservable Input   Impact to Value if Input Increases   Impact to Value if Input Decreases

Last 12 months EBITDA Multiple

  Increase   Decrease

Illiquidity Discount

  Decrease   Increase

Yield

  Decrease   Increase
  2  

For the period ended November 30, 2013, the valuation technique for certain investments classified as corporate bonds changed to a market approach. The investment was previously valued utilizing acquisition cost. Market information became available for this investment which is considered to be a more relevant measure of fair value for this investment.

 

                
22    BLACKROCK SENIOR HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.    NOVEMBER 30, 2013   


Item 2 –  Controls and Procedures

 

2(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.

 

2(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 registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3 –  Exhibits

 

  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 Senior High Income Fund, Inc.  
By:  

/s/ John M. Perlowski

 
  John M. Perlowski  
  Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of  
  BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc.  
Date:   January 24, 2014  

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/ John M. Perlowski

 
  John M. Perlowski  
  Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of  
  BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc.  
Date:   January 24, 2014  

 

By:  

/s/ Neal J. Andrews

 
 

Neal J. Andrews

 
 

Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of

 
 

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc.

 
Date:  

January 24, 2014

 
EX-99.CERT 2 d653694dex99cert.htm CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302

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, John M. Perlowski, Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc., certify that:

1.         I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, 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 schedules of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

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 registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter 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 committee 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: January 24, 2014

 

/s/ John M. Perlowski

John M. Perlowski

Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, 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 Senior High Income Fund, Inc., certify that:

1.         I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, 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 schedules of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

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 registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter 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 committee 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: January 24, 2014

 

/s/ Neal J. Andrews

Neal J. Andrews

Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc.