NPORT-EX 2 NPORT_89BL_6142135750.htm BlackRock Science and Technology Trust II

Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (unaudited)

March 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Science and Technology Trust II (BSTZ)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Automobiles — 4.5%

   

Arrival Group, (Acquired 03/23/21, Cost: $20,182,401)(a)

    2,783,376     $ 42,540,469  

Tesla, Inc.(b)(c)

    101,933       68,084,109  

XPeng, Inc., ADR(c)

    673,810       24,600,803  
   

 

 

 
      135,225,381  
Capital Markets — 0.2%            

Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp., Class A(c)

    675,136       6,852,630  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Consumer Services — 1.0%            

Chegg, Inc.(c)

    356,167       30,509,265  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services — 0.3%        

Linklogis, Inc., Class B, (Acquired 03/31/21, Cost: $8,528,989)(a)

    3,734,000       8,528,989  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.6%  

Bandwidth, Inc., Class A(c)

    133,349       16,900,652  
   

 

 

 
Electrical Equipment — 0.4%            

Shoals Technologies Group, Inc., Class A(c)

    363,842       12,654,425  
   

 

 

 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.4%  

Samsung SDI Co. Ltd

    73,213       43,050,851  
   

 

 

 
Entertainment — 3.1%            

Big Hit Entertainment Co. Ltd.(c)

    114,190       24,659,916  

NCSoft Corp.

    18,088       13,980,994  

Roku, Inc.(b)(c)

    102,250       33,309,983  

Zynga, Inc., Class A(c)

    2,029,787       20,724,125  
   

 

 

 
      92,675,018  
Interactive Media & Services — 5.4%            

Eventbrite, Inc., Class A(c)

    678,986       15,046,330  

Kakao Corp.

    153,473       67,739,917  

Snap, Inc., Class A(b)(c)

    1,017,684       53,214,696  

ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc., Class A(c)

    489,164       23,920,120  
   

 

 

 
      159,921,063  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail(c) — 6.1%  

Delivery Hero SE(d)

    245,099       31,769,039  

Farfetch Ltd., Class A

    1,014,685       53,798,599  

MercadoLibre, Inc.(b)

    26,258       38,655,452  

Ozon Holdings PLC, ADR

    578,440       32,433,131  

Shop Apotheke Europe NV(d)

    113,352       24,710,297  
   

 

 

 
      181,366,518  
IT Services — 18.7%            

Adyen NV(c)(d)

    14,925       33,303,706  

Endava PLC, ADR(c)

    336,360       28,486,328  

GDS Holdings Ltd., ADR(c)

    199,953       16,214,189  

GMO Payment Gateway, Inc.

    225,400       29,950,484  

Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc.(c)

    1,077,038       17,157,215  

Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Ltd., ADR(c)

    548,040       21,548,933  

Klarna Holdings AB, (Acquired 08/07/19, Cost: $23,354,997)(a)(e)

    86,839       101,002,185  

Locaweb Servicos de Internet SA(d)

    12,026,272       48,821,709  

MongoDB, Inc.(c)

    72,741       19,453,126  

Okta, Inc.(c)

    135,151       29,791,335  

Pagseguro Digital Ltd., Class A(c)

    401,729       18,600,053  

Shift4 Payments, Inc., Class A(c)

    257,267       21,098,467  

Square, Inc., Class A(c)

    287,730       65,329,096  

StoneCo Ltd., Class A(c)

    409,233       25,053,244  
Security   Shares     Value  
IT Services (continued)            

Twilio, Inc., Class A(c)

    168,780     $ 57,513,473  

Wix.com Ltd.(c)

    81,585       22,780,164  
   

 

 

 
      556,103,707  
Multi-line Retail — 0.9%            

Magazine Luiza SA.

    7,387,362       26,564,133  
   

 

 

 
Professional Services — 0.5%            

CoStar Group, Inc.(b)(c)

    18,043       14,829,361  
   

 

 

 
Road & Rail — 1.0%            

Lyft, Inc., Class A(c)

    474,593       29,984,786  
   

 

 

 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 12.6%  

ACM Research, Inc., Class A(c)

    276,940       22,373,983  

ASMedia Technology, Inc.

    329,000       17,366,849  

BE Semiconductor Industries NV

    263,055       21,973,700  

Cohu, Inc.(c)

    24,862       1,040,226  

Cree, Inc.(c)

    330,702       35,758,807  

Inphi Corp.(c)

    251,146       44,806,958  

Lasertec Corp.

    320,100       42,272,849  

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(c)

    501,236       22,565,645  

Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

    727,534       35,634,615  

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.(b)

    90,245       31,875,436  

Qorvo, Inc.(c)

    161,063       29,426,211  

Silergy Corp.

    418,000       34,477,294  

SOITEC SA(c)

    174,887       35,699,391  
   

 

 

 
      375,271,964  
Software — 21.0%            

Altium Ltd.

    908,430       18,360,299  

Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A(c)

    98,985       20,862,079  

Avalara, Inc.(c)

    174,177       23,240,437  

C3.AI, Inc., Class A, (Acquired 12/08/20, Cost: $19,912,170)(a)

    658,667       42,592,723  

C3.AI, Inc., Class A(c)(f)

    229,709       15,140,120  

Cloudflare, Inc., Class A(c)

    252,090       17,711,843  

Coupa Software, Inc.(c)

    77,061       19,610,483  

Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A(c)

    147,993       27,010,202  

Databricks, Inc., (Acquired 07/24/20, Cost: $5,501,686)(a)(e)

    114,553       18,219,655  

Elastic NV(c)

    170,979       19,012,865  

Five9, Inc.(c)

    198,189       30,982,886  

Freee KK(c)

    353,900       30,235,546  

Kingdee International Software Group Co. Ltd.

    8,008,000       25,112,995  

Lightspeed POS, Inc.(c)

    651,145       40,948,507  

Ming Yuan Cloud Group Holdings Ltd.(c)

    5,110,000       23,613,817  

Rakus Co. Ltd.

    1,236,700       23,989,932  

RingCentral, Inc., Class A(c)

    92,554       27,569,986  

Snorkel Al, Inc., Series B, (Acquired 10/13/20, Cost: $2,017,593)(a)(e)

    500,250       2,016,008  

Snyk Ltd., (Acquired 11/02/20, Cost: $9,287,400)(a)(e)

    1,267,643       10,479,098  

Synopsys, Inc.(c)

    105,146       26,053,076  

Trade Desk, Inc., Class A(b)(c)

    29,124       18,978,946  

TUYA, Inc., ADR(c)

    271,975       5,749,552  

Unity Software, Inc.(c)

    235,581       23,631,130  

Weimob, Inc.(c)(d)

    13,113,000       29,641,348  

Xero Ltd.(c)

    256,014       24,778,547  

Zendesk, Inc.(c)

    199,245       26,423,872  

Zscaler, Inc.(c)

    189,247       32,488,032  
   

 

 

 
      624,453,984  
 

 

 

CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

March 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Science and Technology Trust II (BSTZ)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Specialty Retail — 0.4%            

Cazoo Ltd., (Acquired 10/08/20,
Cost: $5,656,927)(a)(e)

    411,705     $ 12,600,191  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 78.1%
(Cost: $1,041,723,399)

      2,327,492,918  
   

 

 

 

Preferred Securities

   

Preferred Stocks — 20.2%(a)(e)

   
Communications Equipment — 0.6%            

Astranis Space Technologies Corp., Series C, (Acquired 03/19/21, Cost: $17,000,010)

    775,515       16,999,289  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Consumer Services — 1.0%            

Think & Learn Private Ltd.
(Acquired 09/30/20, Cost: $7,113,729)

    4,651       15,097,725  

Series F, (Acquired 09/30/20, Cost: $14,251,080)

    4,920       15,970,932  
   

 

 

 
      31,068,657  
Electrical Equipment — 0.8%            

Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd.

   

Series D, (Acquired 03/20/20, Cost: $19,999,997)

    4,005,527       23,272,112  

Series D+, (Acquired 01/22/20, Cost: $1,617,982)

    278,714       1,619,328  
   

 

 

 
      24,891,440  
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.3%            

GrubMarket, Inc. , Series D, (Acquired 07/23/20, Cost: $8,000,001)

    1,762,969       8,003,879  
   

 

 

 
Food Products — 0.5%            

Farmer’s Business Network, Inc., Series F, (Acquired 07/31/20, Cost: $11,961,002)

    361,834       13,865,479  
   

 

 

 
Interactive Media & Services — 0.2%            

ResearchGate GmbH, Series D, (Acquired 09/24/20, Cost: $6,999,988)

    424,688       6,841,724  
   

 

 

 
IT Services — 3.1%            

Automattic, Inc., Series E, (Acquired 02/03/21, Cost: $34,000,000)

    400,000       34,000,000  

Deep Instinct Ltd., Series D-2, (Acquired 03/19/21, Cost: $12,000,008)

    1,974,374       12,000,008  

TRAX Ltd.

   

Series D, (Acquired 02/18/21, Cost: $9,999,998)

    191,806       10,150,374  

Series E, (Acquired 09/12/19, Cost: $10,999,987)

    293,333       15,523,182  

Trumid Holdings LLC(g)

   

Class J-A, (Acquired 07/24/20, Cost: $9,999,857)

    20,154       10,177,770  

Class J-B, (Acquired 07/24/20, Cost: $5,999,914)

    20,154       10,177,770  
   

 

 

 
      92,029,104  
Road & Rail — 0.3%            

FlixMobility GmbH, Series F, (Acquired 07/26/19, Cost: $16,947,253)

    850       9,548,299  
   

 

 

 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 4.2%  

Cnex Labs, Inc.

   

Series E, (Acquired 02/06/20, Cost: $7,000,000)

    329,675       5,020,950  

Series F, (Acquired 02/24/21, Cost: $4,999,999)

    730,332       4,999,999  

Innovium, Inc.

   

Series E, (Acquired 08/21/19, Cost: $8,999,992)

    1,060,432       10,286,190  

Series F, (Acquired 06/10/20, Cost: $6,999,998)

    690,812       7,488,402  
Security   Shares     Value  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued)  

Mythic AI Inc. series C, (Acquired 01/26/21, Cost: $7,000,000)

    1,018,908     $ 6,979,520  

Nuvia, Inc., Series B, (Acquired 09/17/20, Cost: $12,000,000)

    3,741,410       30,829,219  

Psiquantum Corp., Series C, (Acquired 09/09/19, Cost: $9,101,310)

    1,962,335       9,242,598  

SambaNova Systems, Inc., Series C, (Acquired 02/20/20, Cost: $33,904,162)

    636,800       49,523,936  
   

 

 

 
      124,370,814  
Software — 6.7%            

Avidxchange, Inc., (Acquired 07/29/20, Cost: $7,474,330)

    152,500       8,242,626  

Databricks, Inc.

   

Series F, (Acquired 10/22/19, Cost: $13,200,019)

    307,346       48,883,381  

Series G, (Acquired 02/01/21, Cost: $18,500,004)

    104,303       16,589,392  

DataRobot, Inc.

   

Series F, (Acquired 10/27/20, Cost: $11,499,999)

    875,059       11,830,798  

Series F, (Acquired 03/01/21, Cost: $1,384,813)

    92,093       1,245,097  

GitLab, Inc., Series E, (Acquired 09/10/19, Cost: $11,670,984)

    626,482       25,416,375  

Online Ventures Pty Ltd., Series C, (Acquired 01/21/20, Cost: $20,875,811)

    181,785       24,796,853  

Rapyd Financial Network Ltd., Series E, (Acquired 03/31/21, Cost: $13,999,978)

    190,705       13,999,978  

Snorkel Al, Inc., Series B, (Acquired 10/13/20, Cost: $999,996)

    247,943       999,210  

Snyk Ltd. , (Acquired 11/02/20, Cost: $13,212,590)

    2,663,936       22,021,693  

Unqork, Inc.

   

Series B, (Acquired 09/19/19, Cost: $6,801,016)

    14,942       16,364,180  

Series C, (Acquired 09/18/20, Cost: $7,994,787)

    7,300       7,994,814  
   

 

 

 
      198,384,397  
Specialty Retail — 1.1%            

Cazoo Ltd.

   

Series A, (Acquired 10/08/20, Cost: $184,683)

    13,441       411,361  

Series B, (Acquired 10/08/20, Cost: $3,233,326)

    235,318       7,201,884  

Series C, (Acquired 10/08/20, Cost: $65,637)

    4,777       146,200  

Series D, (Acquired 10/08/20, Cost: $11,550,639)

    840,643       25,727,796  
   

 

 

 
      33,487,241  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.4%  

ByteDance Ltd., Series E-1, (Acquired 11/11/20, Cost: $35,000,075)

    319,419       41,996,381  
   

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks — 20.2%

      601,486,704  
   

 

 

 

Total Preferred Securities — 20.2%
(Cost: $454,544,954)

      601,486,704  
   

 

 

 

Warrants

   

Capital Markets — 0.0%

   

Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp., Class A(c)

    146,660       233,189  
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

March 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Science and Technology Trust II (BSTZ)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

IT Services — 0.0%

   

TRAX Ltd., (Acquired 09/12/19, Cost: $0)(a)(e)

    46,928     $ 371,201  
   

 

 

 

Total Warrants — 0.0%
(Cost: $353,480)

      604,390  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 98.3%
(Cost: $1,496,621,833)

      2,929,584,012  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

   

Money Market Funds — 2.7%

   

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class, 0.01%(h)(i)

    75,288,308       75,288,308  

SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series, 0.16%(h)(i)(j)

    5,896,992       5,898,761  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 2.7%
(Cost: $81,187,069)

      81,187,069  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Options Written — 101.0%
(Cost: $1,577,808,902)

      3,010,771,081  
   

 

 

 

Options Written — (0.5)%
(Premiums Received: $(32,614,596))

      (15,503,355
   

 

 

 

Total Investments, Net of Options Written — 100.5%
(Cost: $1,545,194,306)

      2,995,267,726  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.5)%

      (15,399,778
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 2,979,867,948  
   

 

 

 
(a)

Restricted security as to resale, excluding 144A securities. The Trust held restricted securities with a current value of $839,837,223, representing 28.18% of its net assets as of period end, and an original cost of $548,987,117.

(b)

All or a portion of the security has been pledged and/or segregated as collateral in connection with outstanding exchange-traded options written.

(c)

Non-income producing security.

(d)

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.

(e)

Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

(f)

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(g)

All or a portion of the security is held by a wholly-owned subsidiary. (h) Affiliate of the Trust.

(i)

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(j)

All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 

 

 

For Trust compliance purposes, the Trust’s industry classifications refer to one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by the investment adviser. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such industry sub-classifications for reporting ease.

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Trust during the period ended March 31, 2021 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer    Value at
12/31/20
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
    

Net

Realized
Gain (Loss)

     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Value at
03/31/21
     Shares
Held at
03/31/21
     Income      Capital Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class

   $  21,688,765      $  53,599,543 (a)     $  —      $      $      $  75,288,308        75,288,308      $ 2,306      $  —  

SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series

            5,898,962 (a)               (201             5,898,761        5,896,992       
11,167
(b) 
 
      
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 
            $ (201    $      $ 81,187,069         $ 13,473      $  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Exchange-Traded Options Written

Description    Number of
Contracts
   Expiration
Date
  

Exercise Price

    

Notional
Amount (000)

     Value  

Call

                    

Lyft, Inc., Class A

   185    04/01/21    USD      62.00      USD      1,169      $  (27,658

MongoDB, Inc.

   77    04/01/21    USD      445.00      USD      2,059        (5,775

Okta, Inc.

   54    04/01/21    USD      277.50      USD      1,190        (1,998

RingCentral, Inc., Class A

   50    04/01/21    USD      415.00      USD      1,489        (2,500

Cloudflare, Inc., Class A

   450    04/09/21    USD      79.00      USD      3,162        (13,500

Cree, Inc.

   202    04/09/21    USD      125.00      USD      2,184        (101,000

 

 

C O N S O L I D A T E D S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

March 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Science and Technology Trust II (BSTZ)

 

Exchange-Traded Options Written (continued)

Description    Number of
Contracts
   Expiration
Date
  

Exercise Price

    

Notional
Amount (000)

     Value  

Call (continued)

                    

Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A

   99    04/09/21    USD      235.00      USD      1,807      $    (743

Lyft, Inc., Class A

   217    04/09/21    USD      62.00      USD      1,371        (54,033

Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

   243    04/09/21    USD      52.00      USD      1,190        (7,169

MercadoLibre, Inc.

   48    04/09/21    USD      1,775.00      USD      7,066        (20,640

Okta, Inc.

   54    04/09/21    USD      280.00      USD      1,190        (5,886

Roku, Inc.

   80    04/09/21    USD      430.00      USD      2,606        (1,280

Snap, Inc., Class A

   166    04/09/21    USD      70.00      USD      868        (1,245

Snap, Inc., Class A

   167    04/09/21    USD      69.50      USD      873        (2,338

Snap, Inc., Class A

   312    04/09/21    USD      65.00      USD      1,631        (4,524

Square, Inc., Class A

   225    04/09/21    USD      250.00      USD      5,109        (25,425

StoneCo. Ltd., Class A

   104    04/09/21    USD      85.00      USD      637        (5,720

Tesla, Inc.

   52    04/09/21    USD      775.00      USD      3,473        (9,438

Twilio, Inc., Class A

   35    04/09/21    USD      425.00      USD      1,193        (701

Zscaler, Inc.

   139    04/09/21    USD      215.00      USD      2,386        (14,595

ACM Research, Inc., Class A

   420    04/16/21    USD      142.00      USD      3,393        (513

Avalara, Inc.

   170    04/16/21    USD      180.00      USD      2,268        (3,400

Bandwidth, Inc., Class A

   179    04/16/21    USD      220.00      USD      2,269        (60,860

C3.AI, Inc., Class A

   94    04/16/21    USD      165.00      USD      620        (1,410

C3.AI, Inc., Class A

   101    04/16/21    USD      105.00      USD      666        (3,030

Chegg, Inc.

   460    04/16/21    USD      125.00      USD      3,940        (2,300

Cloudflare, Inc., Class A

   190    04/16/21    USD      85.00      USD      1,335        (3,230

CoStar Group, Inc.

   24    04/16/21    USD      970.00      USD      1,973        (12,000

Coupa Software, Inc.

   75    04/16/21    USD      370.00      USD      1,909        (10,500

Cree, Inc.

   201    04/16/21    USD      125.00      USD      2,173        (12,563

Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A

   84    04/16/21    USD      230.00      USD      1,533        (1,428

Elastic NV

   256    04/16/21    USD      175.00      USD      2,847        (1,280

Farfetch Ltd., Class A

   600    04/16/21    USD      70.00      USD      3,181        (14,100

Farfetch Ltd., Class A

   1,155    04/16/21    USD      80.00      USD      6,124        (12,705

Farfetch Ltd., Class A

   596    04/16/21    USD      65.00      USD      3,160        (23,244

Five9, Inc.

   346    04/16/21    USD      190.00      USD      5,409        (6,920

GDS Holdings Ltd., ADR

   368    04/16/21    USD      120.00      USD      2,984        (184,000

Inphi Corp.

   399    04/16/21    USD      170.00      USD      7,119        (385,035

Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Ltd., ADR

   1,050    04/16/21    USD      60.00      USD      4,129        (10,500

Lightspeed POS, Inc.

   800    04/16/21    CAD      94.00      CAD      6,322        (33,421

Lyft, Inc., Class A

   217    04/16/21    USD      60.00      USD      1,371        (95,480

Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

   242    04/16/21    USD      55.00      USD      1,185        (8,470

MongoDB, Inc.

   34    04/16/21    USD      410.00      USD      909        (680

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

   145    04/16/21    USD      420.00      USD      5,122        (5,438

Ozon Holdings PLC, ADR

   868    04/16/21    USD      60.00      USD      4,867        (91,140

Pagseguro Digital Ltd., Class A

   182    04/16/21    USD      60.00      USD      843        (1,820

Qorvo, Inc.

   246    04/16/21    USD      185.25      USD      4,494        (110,621

RingCentral, Inc., Class A

   40    04/16/21    USD      410.00      USD      1,191        (1,800

Roku, Inc.

   119    04/16/21    USD      485.00      USD      3,877        (2,975

Shift4 Payments, Inc., Class A

   260    04/16/21    USD      85.00      USD      2,132        (78,650

Shift4 Payments, Inc., Class A

   400    04/16/21    USD      95.00      USD      3,280        (25,000

Shoals Technologies Group Inc., Class A

   258    04/16/21    USD      45.00      USD      897        (7,740

Shoals Technologies Group Inc., Class A

   258    04/16/21    USD      50.00      USD      897        (6,450

Snap, Inc., Class A

   397    04/16/21    USD      65.00      USD      2,076        (16,674

Square, Inc., Class A

   225    04/16/21    USD      260.00      USD      5,109        (30,600

Synopsys, Inc.

   126    04/16/21    USD      240.00      USD      3,122        (139,860

Tesla, Inc.

   47    04/16/21    USD      830.00      USD      3,139        (8,390

Trade Desk, Inc., Class A

   51    04/16/21    USD      900.00      USD      3,323        (7,650

Twilio, Inc., Class A

   108    04/16/21    USD      450.00      USD      3,680        (2,862

Unity Software, Inc.

   287    04/16/21    USD      144.00      USD      2,879        (231

Wix.com Ltd.

   132    04/16/21    USD      350.00      USD      3,686        (4,290

XPeng, Inc., ADR

   570    04/16/21    USD      55.00      USD      2,081        (3,990

Zendesk, Inc.

   279    04/16/21    USD      170.00      USD      3,700        (33,480

ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc., Class A

   774    04/16/21    USD      65.00      USD      3,785        (11,610

Zscaler, Inc.

   139    04/16/21    USD      220.00      USD      2,386        (4,170

Zynga, Inc., Class A

   2,499    04/16/21    USD      12.00      USD      2,551        (8,746

Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A

   68    04/23/21    USD      237.50      USD      1,433        (14,450

Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A

   99    04/23/21    USD      240.00      USD      1,807        (4,901

 

 

4  


Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

March 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Science and Technology Trust II (BSTZ)

 

Exchange-Traded Options Written (continued)

Description    Number of
Contracts
   Expiration
Date
  

Exercise Price

  

Notional
Amount (000)

   Value  

Call (continued)

                    

Lyft, Inc., Class A

   249    04/23/21    USD    66.00    USD    1,573    $   (45,940

Okta, Inc.

   159    04/23/21    USD    235.00    USD    3,505      (67,972

RingCentral, Inc., Class A

   131    04/23/21    USD    350.00    USD    3,902      (14,083

Snap, Inc., Class A

   323    04/23/21    USD    60.00    USD    1,689      (65,407

Snap, Inc., Class A

   334    04/23/21    USD    63.50    USD    1,746      (44,589

Tesla, Inc.

   55    04/23/21    USD    790.00    USD    3,674      (40,837

Twilio, Inc., Class A

   103    04/23/21    USD    375.00    USD    3,510      (62,057

Zscaler, Inc.

   47    04/23/21    USD    210.00    USD    807      (5,006

Zscaler, Inc.

   282    04/23/21    USD    200.00    USD    4,841      (44,274

Zynga, Inc., Class A

   305    04/23/21    USD    11.00    USD    311      (4,270

Cloudflare, Inc., Class A

   322    04/30/21    USD    85.00    USD    2,262      (17,227

Coupa Software, Inc.

   81    04/30/21    USD    300.00    USD    2,061      (24,503

Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A

   91    04/30/21    USD    210.00    USD    1,661      (20,157

Lyft, Inc., Class A

   515    04/30/21    USD    75.00    USD    3,254      (28,067

Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

   385    04/30/21    USD    60.00    USD    1,886      (10,203

Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

   250    04/30/21    USD    50.00    USD    1,224      (47,875

MercadoLibre, Inc.

   32    04/30/21    USD    1,710.00    USD    4,711      (24,000

MongoDB, Inc.

   40    04/30/21    USD    300.00    USD    1,070      (22,800

RingCentral, Inc., Class A

   68    04/30/21    USD    370.00    USD    2,026      (7,480

Roku, Inc.

   29    04/30/21    USD    400.00    USD    945      (9,121

Snap, Inc., Class A

   1,020    04/30/21    USD    64.00    USD    5,334      (156,060

Square, Inc., Class A

   315    04/30/21    USD    250.00    USD    7,152      (174,037

StoneCo. Ltd., Class A

   201    04/30/21    USD    73.00    USD    1,231      (10,553

Tesla, Inc.

   47    04/30/21    USD    810.00    USD    3,139      (43,592

Trade Desk, Inc., Class A

   36    04/30/21    USD    850.00    USD    2,346      (17,190

Twilio, Inc., Class A

   113    04/30/21    USD    405.00    USD    3,851      (46,047

XPeng, Inc., ADR

   950    04/30/21    USD    41.00    USD    3,468      (158,650

Zynga, Inc., Class A

   1,507    04/30/21    USD    11.00    USD    1,539      (27,880

Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A

   65    05/07/21    USD    230.00    USD    1,370      (41,275

Cree, Inc.

   218    05/07/21    USD    116.00    USD    2,357      (117,720

Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A

   70    05/07/21    USD    197.50    USD    1,278      (42,175

Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

   252    05/07/21    USD    50.00    USD    1,234      (54,810

Snap, Inc., Class A

   73    05/07/21    USD    55.00    USD    382      (28,470

Snap, Inc., Class A

   261    05/07/21    USD    57.50    USD    1,365      (78,952

StoneCo. Ltd., Class A

   104    05/07/21    USD    70.00    USD    637      (11,440

Tesla, Inc.

   23    05/07/21    USD    700.00    USD    1,536      (96,427

Tesla, Inc.

   34    05/07/21    USD    745.00    USD    2,271      (88,910

Twilio, Inc., Class A

   60    05/07/21    USD    370.00    USD    2,045      (82,800

ACM Research, Inc., Class A

   390    05/21/21    USD    105.00    USD    3,151      (127,725

Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A

   163    05/21/21    USD    230.00    USD    3,435      (123,880

Avalara, Inc.

   310    05/21/21    USD    150.00    USD    4,136      (139,500

Bandwidth, Inc., Class A

   220    05/21/21    USD    155.00    USD    2,788      (81,950

Chegg, Inc.

   601    05/21/21    USD    99.00    USD    5,148      (137,709

Cloudflare, Inc., Class A

   424    05/21/21    USD    70.00    USD    2,979      (277,720

CoStar Group, Inc.

   26    05/21/21    USD    870.00    USD    2,137      (61,100

Coupa Software, Inc.

   75    05/21/21    USD    280.00    USD    1,909      (67,125

Cree, Inc.

   371    05/21/21    USD    120.00    USD    4,012      (185,500

Elastic NV

   255    05/21/21    USD    135.00    USD    2,836      (42,712

Eventbrite, Inc., Class A

   978    05/21/21    USD    25.00    USD    2,167      (141,810

Farfetch Ltd., Class A

   423    05/21/21    USD    65.00    USD    2,243      (89,676

Farfetch Ltd., Class A

   386    05/21/21    USD    61.00    USD    2,047      (97,540

Five9, Inc.

   250    05/21/21    USD    180.00    USD    3,908      (83,750

GDS Holdings Ltd., ADR

   230    05/21/21    USD    95.00    USD    1,865      (58,650

Inphi Corp.

   354    05/21/21    USD    170.00    USD    6,316      (433,650

Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Ltd., ADR

   600    05/21/21    USD    45.00    USD    2,359      (124,500

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.

   758    05/21/21    USD    50.00    USD    3,412      (132,650

Lightspeed POS, Inc.

   1,150    05/21/21    CAD    88.00    CAD    9,088      (398,066

Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

   810    05/21/21    USD    52.50    USD    3,967      (138,915

MongoDB, Inc.

   67    05/21/21    USD    380.00    USD    1,792      (11,390

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

   125    05/21/21    USD    370.00    USD    4,415      (205,000

Okta, Inc.

   112    05/21/21    USD    260.00    USD    2,469      (33,768

Pagseguro Digital Ltd., Class A

   204    05/21/21    USD    57.50    USD    945      (11,220

 

 

CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

  5


Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

March 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Science and Technology Trust II (BSTZ)

 

Exchange-Traded Options Written (continued)

Description    Number of
Contracts
   Expiration
Date
  

Exercise Price

  

Notional
Amount (000)

   Value  

Call (continued)

                    

Qorvo, Inc.

   240    05/21/21    USD    195.00    USD    4,385    $ (169,200

Roku, Inc.

   79    05/21/21    USD    350.00    USD    2,574      (172,022

Shoals Technologies Group Inc., Class A

   567    05/21/21    USD    40.00    USD    1,972      (153,090

Square, Inc., Class A

   100    05/21/21    USD    230.00    USD    2,270      (175,750

Synopsys, Inc.

   180    05/21/21    USD    260.00    USD    4,460      (129,600

Tesla, Inc.

   47    05/21/21    USD    830.00    USD    3,139      (71,557

Twilio, Inc., Class A

   87    05/21/21    USD    400.00    USD    2,965      (92,002

Unity Software, Inc.

   410    05/21/21    USD    130.00    USD    4,113      (71,750

Wix.com Ltd.

   113    05/21/21    USD    310.00    USD    3,155      (125,995

XPeng, Inc., ADR

   500    05/21/21    USD    40.00    USD    1,825      (160,000

Zendesk, Inc.

   300    05/21/21    USD    143.00    USD    3,979      (120,283

ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc., Class A

   775    05/21/21    USD    55.00    USD    3,790      (174,375

Zynga, Inc., Class A

   1,780    05/21/21    USD    11.00    USD    1,817      (66,750

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.

   745    06/18/21    USD    50.00    USD    3,354      (171,350

Ozon Holdings PLC, ADR

   868    06/18/21    USD    65.00    USD    4,867      (238,700
                    

 

 

 
                     $  (8,997,561
                    

 

 

 

OTC Options Written

Description   Counterparty    Number of
Contracts
   Expiration
Date
  

Exercise Price

  

Notional
Amount (000)

   Value  

Call

                      

Endava PLC, ADR

  UBS AG    16,200    04/06/21    USD    88.06    USD    1,372    $     (7,651

Delivery Hero SE

  Goldman Sachs International    58,100    04/07/21    EUR    116.99    EUR    6,420      (66,075

Kakao Corp.

  Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC    4,600    04/07/21    USD    497,175.00    USD    2,290,800      (40,451

Kingdee International Software Group Co. Ltd.

  Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC    1,046,000    04/07/21    HKD    33.11    HKD    25,209      (44

Silergy Corp.

  JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.    46,000    04/07/21    USD    3,151.15    USD    106,030      (3

SOITEC SA

  UBS AG    14,600    04/07/21    EUR    177.88    EUR    2,545      (35,202

Adyen NV

  UBS AG    4,500    04/13/21    EUR    2,059.20    EUR    8,566      (45,245

Endava PLC, ADR

  Bank of America N.A.    27,300    04/13/21    USD    88.58    USD    2,312      (25,952

SOITEC SA

  Barclays Bank PLC    10,500    04/13/21    EUR    178.09    EUR    1,830      (38,968

BE Semiconductor Industries NV

  Barclays Bank PLC    37,000    04/14/21    EUR    64.79    EUR    2,643      (289,830

GMO Payment Gateway, Inc.

  JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.    29,200    04/14/21    JPY    14,516.48    JPY    428,656      (149,093

Xero Ltd.

  UBS AG    34,600    04/14/21    AUD    121.24    AUD    4,378      (201,966

Delivery Hero SE

  Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC    1,600    04/20/21    EUR    112.38    EUR    177      (7,792

Freee KK

  JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.    57,200    04/20/21    JPY    10,796.30    JPY    537,680      (106,234

Rakus Co. Ltd.

  JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.    146,300    04/20/21    JPY    1,934.18    JPY    312,204      (324,735

Shop Apotheke Europe NV

  Goldman Sachs International    19,700    04/20/21    EUR    196.27    EUR    3,664      (141,513

SOITEC SA

  Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC    14,700    04/20/21    EUR    170.47    EUR    2,562      (135,892

Altium Ltd.

  JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.    70,000    04/21/21    AUD    27.77    AUD    1,853      (18,293

Endava PLC, ADR

  Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC    18,800    04/21/21    USD    91.50    USD    1,592      (15,552

Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.

  JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.    11,000    04/21/21    USD    726,964.13    USD    7,260,000      (71,656

Weimob, Inc.

  JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.    2,114,000    04/21/21    HKD    26.00    HKD    36,741      (174

Locaweb Servicos DE Internet SA

  Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC    1,313,000    04/22/21    USD    28.84    USD    30,002      (64,587

Magazine Luiza SA

  Credit Suisse International    2,142,300    04/22/21    USD    25.00    USD    43,360      (3,513

Altium Ltd.

  Goldman Sachs International    86,000    04/27/21    AUD    26.11    AUD    2,276      (78,190

Asmedia Technology, Inc.

  Goldman Sachs International    55,000    04/27/21    USD    1,711.51    USD    81,950      (28,450

BE Semiconductor Industries NV

  Goldman Sachs International    34,600    04/27/21    EUR    61.32    EUR    2,472      (417,994

GMO Payment Gateway, Inc.

  Goldman Sachs International    36,200    04/27/21    JPY    14,223.03    JPY    531,416      (297,313

Weimob, Inc.

  Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC    3,300,000    04/27/21    HKD    20.06    HKD    57,354      (436,232

Ncsoft Corp.

  Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC    5,000    04/29/21    USD    986,979.00    USD    4,365,000      (27,026

SOITEC SA

  UBS AG    10,500    05/04/21    EUR    169.82    EUR    1,830      (120,509

Weimob, Inc.

  Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC    2,164,000    05/04/21    HKD    22.27    HKD    37,610      (207,451

Xero Ltd.

  UBS AG    39,000    05/04/21    AUD    122.82    AUD    4,935      (245,352

Altium Ltd.

  UBS AG    90,700    05/06/21    AUD    27.63    AUD    2,401      (43,900

Asmedia Technology, Inc.

  UBS AG    38,000    05/06/21    USD    1,601.65    USD    56,620      (61,723

Endava PLC, ADR

  Bank of America N.A.    22,000    05/06/21    USD    86.25    USD    1,863      (71,109

Freee KK

  Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC    80,000    05/06/21    JPY    10,938.17    JPY    752,000      (253,366

Kakao Corp.

  Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC    10,000    05/06/21    USD    512,940.00    USD    4,980,000      (135,401

 

 

6  


Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

March 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Science and Technology Trust II (BSTZ)

 

OTC Options Written (continued)

 

Description   Counterparty    Number of
Contracts
   Expiration
Date
   Exercise Price   

Notional

Amount (000)

   Value  

Call (continued)

                      

Kingdee International Software Group Co. Ltd.

  Citibank N.A.    1,616,000    05/06/21    HKD    28.71    HKD    38,946    $ (161,846

Lasertec Corp.

  Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC    68,000    05/06/21    JPY    14,168.02    JPY    987,360      (703,933

Rakus Co. Ltd.

  Goldman Sachs International    128,000    05/06/21    JPY    2,242.24    JPY    273,152      (130,651

Rakus Co. Ltd.

  Goldman Sachs International    96,700    05/06/21    JPY    2,269.28    JPY    206,358      (89,522

Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.

  Citibank N.A.    10,300    05/06/21    USD    667,185.16    USD    6,798,000      (305,710

Endava PLC, ADR

  Bank of America N.A.    16,600    05/11/21    USD    85.92    USD    1,406      (60,318

Shop Apotheke Europe NV

  Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC    14,300    05/11/21    EUR    196.07    EUR    2,660      (170,185

Silergy Corp.

  Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC    76,000    05/11/21    USD    2,570.85    USD    175,180      (217,033

Delivery Hero SE

  Goldman Sachs International    13,900    05/14/21    EUR    113.47    EUR    1,536      (86,557

Freee KK

  Goldman Sachs International    57,400    05/14/21    JPY    9,962.99    JPY    539,560      (198,797

Lasertec Corp.

  Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC    28,000    05/14/21    JPY    14,899.40    JPY    406,560      (166,805
                      

 

 

 
                       $ (6,505,794
                      

 

 

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

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

 

   

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the Trust has the ability to access;

 

   

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); and

 

   

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee’s (the “Global Valuation Committee’s”) assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

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. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Global Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds. There may not be a secondary market, and/or there are a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Trust’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to its most recent financial statements.

Certain investments of the Trust were fair valued using net asset value (“NAV”) per share as no quoted market value is available and therefore have been excluded from the fair value hierarchy.

The following table summarizes the Trust’s investments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Trust’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments above.

 

      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

                 

Automobiles

   $ 92,684,912        $ 42,540,469        $        $ 135,225,381  

Capital Markets

     6,852,630                            6,852,630  

Diversified Consumer Services

     30,509,265                            30,509,265  

Diversified Financial Services

              8,528,989                   8,528,989  

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     16,900,652                            16,900,652  

Electrical Equipment

     12,654,425                            12,654,425  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

              43,050,851                   43,050,851  

Entertainment

     54,034,108          38,640,910                   92,675,018  

Interactive Media & Services

     92,181,146          67,739,917                   159,921,063  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     124,887,182          56,479,336                   181,366,518  

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

March 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Science and Technology Trust II (BSTZ)

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (continued)

      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Common Stocks (continued)

                 

IT Services

   $ 391,847,332        $ 63,254,190        $ 101,002,185        $ 556,103,707  

Multi-line Retail

     26,564,133                            26,564,133  

Professional Services

     14,829,361                            14,829,361  

Road & Rail

     29,984,786                            29,984,786  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     223,481,881          151,790,083                   375,271,964  

Software

     375,414,016          218,325,207          30,714,761          624,453,984  

Specialty Retail

                       12,600,191          12,600,191  

Preferred Securities

                 

Preferred Stocks

                       601,486,704          601,486,704  

Warrants

     233,189                   371,201          604,390  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     75,288,308                            75,288,308  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $  1,568,347,326        $   690,349,952        $   746,175,042          3,004,872,320  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Investments Valued at NAV(a)

                    5,898,761  
                 

 

 

 
                  $  3,010,771,081  
                 

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(b)

                 

Liabilities

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ (8,530,664      $ (6,972,691      $        $ (15,503,355
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Certain investments of the Trust were fair valued using NAV per share as no quoted market value is available and therefore have been excluded from the fair value hierarchy.

 
  (b) 

Derivative financial instruments are options written. Options written are shown at value.

 

A reconciliation of Level 3 financial instruments is presented when the Trust 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
     Preferred
Stocks
     Warrants      Total  

Assets

           

Opening balance, as of December 31, 2020

   $ 116,083,688      $ 401,750,866      $ 521,839      $ 518,356,393  

Transfers into Level 3

                           

Transfers out of Level 3

                           

Other(a)

     (50,216,671      50,216,671                

Accrued discounts/premiums

                           

Net realized gain (loss)

            190,398               190,398  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)(b)

     70,950,123        50,626,360        (150,638      121,425,845  

Purchases

     7,499,997        118,884,810               126,384,807  

Sales

            (20,182,401             (20,182,401
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Closing balance, as of March 31, 2021

   $  144,317,137      $  601,486,704      $  371,201      $  746,175,042  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments still held at March 31, 2021(b)

   $ 70,950,123      $ 98,376,989      $ (150,639    $ 169,176,473  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Certain Level 3 investments were re-classified between Common Stocks and Preferred Stocks

 
  (b)

Any difference between net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments still held at March 31, 2021 is generally due to investments no longer held or categorized as Level 3 at period end.

 

The following table summarizes the valuation approaches used and unobservable inputs utilized by the BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee (the “Global Valuation Committee”) to determine the value of certain of the Trust’s Level 3 financial instruments as of period end.

 

      Value      Valuation
Approach
    

Unobservable

Inputs

     Range of
Unobservable
Inputs
Utilized(a)
     Weighted
Average of
Unobservable
Inputs Based
on Fair Value
 

Assets

              

Common Stocks(b)

   $ 144,317,137        Market        Revenue Multiple        6.25x - 42.00x        25.62x  
           Recent Transactions                

Preferred Stocks(c)(d)(e)

     601,486,704        Income        Discount Rate        27       
        Market        Revenue Multiple        5.00x - 42.00x        17.76x  
           Volatility        28% - 58%        52%  
           Time to Exit        2.5 - 5.0        3.0  
           Recent Transactions                

Warrants

   $ 371,201        Market        Recent Transactions                
  

 

 

             
   $ 746,175,042              
  

 

 

             

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

March 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Science and Technology Trust II (BSTZ)

 

  (a) 

A significant change in unobservable input would have resulted in a correlated (inverse) significant change to value.

 
  (b) 

For the period end March 31, 2021, the valuation technique for investments classified as Common Stocks amounting to $12,600,191 changed to Transaction Price approach. The investments were previously valued utilizing Current Value Method. The change was due to consideration of the information that was available at the time the investments were valued.

 
  (c) 

For the period end March 31, 2021, the valuation technique for investments classified as Preferred Stocks amounting to $87,314,420 changed to Current Value Method. The investments were previously valued utilizing Transaction Price Approach. The change was due to consideration of the information that was available at the time the investments were valued.

 
  (d) 

For the period end March 31, 2021, the valuation technique for investments classified as Preferred Stocks amounting to $5,020,950 changed to Transaction Price Approach. The investments were previously valued utilizing Option Pricing Model approach. The change was due to consideration of the information that was available at the time the investments were valued.

 
  (e) 

For the period end March 31, 2021, the valuation technique for investments classified as Preferred Stocks amounting to $52,718,413 changed to Transaction Price approach. The investments were previously valued utilizing Current Value Method. The change was due to consideration of the information that was available at the time the investments were valued.

 

 

Currency Abbreviation
AUD    Australian Dollar
CAD    Canadian Dollar
EUR    Euro
HKD    Hong Kong Dollar
JPY    Japanese Yen
USD    United States Dollar
Portfolio Abbreviation
ADR    American Depositary Receipt

 

 

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