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| Blackrock Strategic Bond Trust Closed End Fund |
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| Last update 4/13/2007 |
| Ticker Symbol (for Yahoo) BHD Exchange NYSE Closing Price 4/13/2007 $13.08 Current Yield 7.06% Ex-Dividend Date 12th of Month INFO AS OF 4/13/2007 |
| The BlackRock Strategic Bond Trust, BHD, is a perpetual closed-end taxable bond fund. BHD commenced operations in February 2002 with the investment objective of seeking total return through high current income and capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the Trust will invest a significant portion of its total managed assets in bonds that are rated, at the time of investment, Ba/BB or below by Moody's, S&P or Fitch or that are unrated but judged to be of comparable quality by BlackRock Info as of December 31, 2006 Portfolio Statistics Appx. Size of Fund 110.8M Average Weighted Maturity 9 years Total Net Assets $99.9M Portfolio Assets $108.7M Average Coupon 7.91% Expense Ratios Management Fees 0.55% Other Expenses 1.09% Total 1.64% Top Sectors MEDIA NON CABLE 13.99% AEROSPACE/DEFENSE 6.23% ELECTRIC 6.17% WIRELINES 6.13% TECHNOLOGY 5.15% as of 12/31/06 Top Holdings RAINBOW NATIONAL SERVICES.. 2.42% LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION.. 2.04% VERIZON NEW ENGLAND INC... 1.97% GENERAL ELECTRIC C MTN.. 1.84% WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 3.5.. 1.83% ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES.. 1.52% FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY.. 1.48% CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS 9.75.. 1.48% SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC... 1.47% NEWS AMERICA INC. 6.2.. 1.41% Average Credit Quality AAA 2.68% AA 5.30% A 12.75% BBB 13.97% BB 13.05% B 40.40% CCC 7.28% US Govt & Agency 3.41% Unrated 1.15% Unknown 0.01% |