EX-99.77O RULE 10F-3 3 debt77o.htm 10F-3 TRANSACTIONS

BLACKROCK Debt Strategies Fund, Inc.

FILE #811-08603

ATTACHMENT 77O


TRADE DATE

DESCRIPTION OF SECURITY

ISSUE SIZE

AMOUNT PURCHASED

LIST OF UNDERWRITERS

2/1/2007

Yankee Candle  984756AC0

200,000,000

650,000

Lehman Brothers Inc.; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

2/1/2007

Yankee Candle 984756AA4

325,000,000

810,000

Lehman Brothers Inc.; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

3/7/2007

GNC

300,000,000

5,560,000

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.; Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Lehman Brothers Inc.; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated; BNP Paribas Securities Corp.; UBS Securities LLC

3/13/2007

SMURFIT

675,000,000

2,600,000

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.; Banc of America Securities LLC; J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated; Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated; UBS Securities LLC; BNY Capital Markets, Inc.; Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.; SG Americas Securities, LLC; Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
























BLACKROCK Debt Strategies Fund, Inc.

FILE #811-08603

ATTACHMENT 77O


TRADE DATE

DESCRIPTION OF SECURITY

ISSUE SIZE

AMOUNT PURCHASED

LIST OF UNDERWRITERS

3/14/2007

FREEPORT

3,500,000,000

10,860,000

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated; HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.; Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.; UBS Securities LLC; ANZ Securities, Inc.; BNP Paribas Securities Corp.; Calyon Securities (USA) Inc.; Daiwa Securities SMBC Europe Limited; Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc.; HVB Capital Markets, Inc.; ING Financial Markets LLC; Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc; Mizuho Securities USA, Inc.; Natexis Bleichroeder Inc.; RBC Capital Markets Corporation; SG Americas Securities, LLC; Standard Chartered Bank; WestLB AG, London Branch

5/22/2007

UNIVERSAL HOSPITAL

230,000,000

930,000

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated; Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.; Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC

5/22/2007

UNIVERSAL HOSPITAL

230,000,000

1,000,000

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated; Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.; Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC






















BLACKROCK Debt Strategies Fund, Inc.

FILE #811-08603

ATTACHMENT 77O


TRADE DATE

DESCRIPTION OF SECURITY

ISSUE SIZE

AMOUNT PURCHASED

LIST OF UNDERWRITERS

6/27/2007

COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS

133,333,334

9,250,000

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Wachova Capital Markets, LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. , Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., GE Capital Markets Inc, Goldman Sachs & Co., SunTrust Capital Markers Inc, ABN AMRO Incorporated, Barclays Capital Inc, Calyon Securities (USA) Inc, Fifth Third Securities , Inc, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc, NatCity Investments, Inc., Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., UBS Securities LLC.

9/21/2007

Biomet Inc.

940,698,000

1,200,000

Banc of America Securities LLC; Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Lehman Brothers Inc.; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated; Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC; Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.

9/21/2007

Biomet Inc.

688,758,000

1,200,000

Banc of America Securities LLC; Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Lehman Brothers Inc.; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated; Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC; Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.

9/21/2007

Biomet Inc.

718,758,000

1,200,000

Banc of America Securities LLC; Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Lehman Brothers Inc.; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated; Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC; Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.