NPORT-EX 2 NPORT_5836309990964951.htm BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund

Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

September 30, 2020

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  

Asset-Backed Securities

     

Unique Pub Finance Co. PLC, Series N, 6.46%, 03/30/32

    GBP       100     $     122,014  
     

 

 

 

Total Asset-Backed Securities — 0.0%
(Cost: $146,873)

 

    122,014  
     

 

 

 
            Shares         

Common Stocks

     
Diversified Financial Services — 0.0%              

Kcad Holdings I Ltd.(a)(b)

      1,075,282,733       10,753  
     

 

 

 
Energy Equipment & Services(b) — 0.1%              

Mcdermott International Ltd.

      141,483       339,559  

Pioneer Energy Services Corp.(a)

      809       31,416  
     

 

 

 
        370,975  
Health Care Management Services — 0.0%  

New Millennium HoldCo, Inc.(b)

      10,718       11  
     

 

 

 
Media(b) — 0.0%                  

Adelphia Communications Corp., Class A(a)(c)(d)

      400,000       4  

Adelphia Recovery Trust

      396,568       317  
     

 

 

 
        321  
Metals & Mining — 0.0%                  

Ameriforge Group, Inc.(b)

      1,664       27,456  

Preferred Proppants LLC(a)

      14,576       58,304  
     

 

 

 
        85,760  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment(b) — 0.0%        

Maxeon Solar Technologies Ltd

      213       3,612  

SunPower Corp

      1,707       21,355  
     

 

 

 
        24,967  
Software — 0.0%                  

Avaya Holdings Corp.(b)

      40       608  
     

 

 

 
Specialty Retail — 0.0%                  

NMG Parent LLC

      1,477       62,756  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 0.1%
(Cost: $14,066,218)

        556,151  
     

 

 

 
           

Par

(000)

        

Corporate Bonds

     
Aerospace & Defense — 0.7%                  

Bombardier, Inc.(c)
8.75%, 12/01/21

    USD       7       7,091  

6.13%, 01/15/23

      664       567,720  

7.50%, 12/01/24

      58       44,515  

7.50%, 03/15/25

      14       10,500  

7.88%, 04/15/27

      19       14,410  

F-Brasile SpA/F-Brasile US LLC, Series XR, 7.38%, 08/15/26(c)

      200       169,000  

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.,
5.13%, 10/01/24

      15       15,900  

Rolls-Royce PLC, 0.88%, 05/09/24

    EUR       100       101,570  

Signature Aviation US Holdings, Inc.(c)

 

 

5.38%, 05/01/26

    USD       42       42,420  

4.00%, 03/01/28

      196       182,280  
Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  
Aerospace & Defense (continued)                  

Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., 5.50%, 01/15/25

      58     $ 58,000  

TransDigm, Inc.(c)
8.00%, 12/15/25

    USD       656       713,400  

6.25%, 03/15/26

      1,173       1,224,958  

Triumph Group, Inc., 8.88%, 06/01/24(c)

      218       232,170  

Wolverine Escrow LLC, 9.00%, 11/15/26(c)

      501       413,325  
     

 

 

 
            3,797,259  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.0%                  

XPO Logistics, Inc., 6.25%, 05/01/25(c)

      35       37,402  
     

 

 

 
Airlines — 1.1%                  

Allegiant Travel Co., 8.50%, 02/05/24

      1,065       1,065,000  

American Airlines, Inc., 11.75%, 07/15/25(c)

      2,133       2,058,345  

Delta Air Lines, Inc./SkyMiles IP Ltd.(c)
4.50%, 10/20/25

      75       77,014  

4.75%, 10/20/28

      225       233,613  

Mileage Plus Holdings LLC/Mileage Plus Intellectual Property Assets Ltd., 6.50%, 06/20/27(c)

      2,172       2,261,595  

Spirit Loyalty Cayman Ltd./Spirit IP Cayman Ltd., 8.00%, 09/20/25(c)

      25       26,362  
     

 

 

 
        5,721,929  
Auto Components — 0.3%                  

Clarios Global LP, 6.75%, 05/15/25(c)

      621       653,602  

Clarios Global LP/Clarios US Finance Co.
4.38%, 05/15/26

    EUR       100       117,392  

6.25%, 05/15/26(c)

    USD       122       127,923  

8.50%, 05/15/27(c)

      229       236,442  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The), 9.50%, 05/31/25

      65       70,525  

Venture Holdings Co. LLC, 12.00%, 07/01/49(a)(b)(d)

          5,150       1  

ZF Finance GmbH
3.00%, 09/21/25

    EUR       100       114,017  

3.75%, 09/21/28

      100       113,435  
     

 

 

 
        1,433,337  
Automobiles — 0.8%                  

Allison Transmission, Inc.,
5.88%, 06/01/29(c)

    USD       145       156,817  

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.(c)
4.50%, 03/01/28

      75       75,469  

4.75%, 03/01/30

      73       73,547  

AutoNation, Inc., 4.75%, 06/01/30

      93       109,574  

FCE Bank PLC, 1.62%, 05/11/23

    EUR       100       112,848  

Ford Motor Co.
8.50%, 04/21/23

    USD       169       184,210  

4.35%, 12/08/26

      9       8,884  

4.75%, 01/15/43

      176       159,355  

5.29%, 12/08/46

      78       73,174  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC
3.81%, 01/09/24

      200       198,000  

4.06%, 11/01/24

      200       199,750  

5.13%, 06/16/25

      423       436,219  

General Motors Co.
6.13%, 10/01/25

      581       674,924  

6.80%, 10/01/27

      296       360,511  

5.00%, 10/01/28

      19       21,365  

General Motors Financial Co., Inc.
2.75%, 06/20/25

      574       587,270  

5.65%, 01/17/29

      21       24,497  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2020

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  
Automobiles (continued)                  

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.,
4.00%, 08/15/28(c)

    USD           205     $ 201,412  

Ken Garff Automotive LLC,
4.88%, 09/15/28(c)

      39       38,366  

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., 4.81%, 09/17/30(c)

      200       201,201  

Penske Automotive Group, Inc.,
3.50%, 09/01/25 .

      78       77,682  

Tesla, Inc., 5.30%, 08/15/25(c)

      135       139,725  
     

 

 

 
            4,114,800  
Banks — 0.0%                  

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA, 2.63%, 04/28/25

    EUR       100       115,926  

Banco Espirito Santo SA(b)(d)
2.63%, 05/08/17

      100       15,242  

4.75%, 01/15/21(e)

      200       30,483  

4.00%, 01/21/21

      100       15,242  
     

 

 

 
        176,893  
Banks: Diversified — 0.0%                  

Encompass Health Corp.
5.75%, 11/01/24

    USD       69       69,104  

4.50%, 02/01/28

      14       14,070  

4.75%, 02/01/30

      19       19,276  
     

 

 

 
        102,450  
Beverages — 0.4%                  

ARD Finance SA, (6.50% Cash or 7.25% PIK), 6.50%, 06/30/27(c)(f)

      441       438,707  

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh Holdings USA Inc., 5.25%, 08/15/27(c)

      208       211,952  

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh Holdings USA, Inc.(c)
5.25%, 04/30/25

      244       254,980  

4.13%, 08/15/26

      200       202,750  

Ball Corp., 2.88%, 08/15/30

      91       89,976  

Trivium Packaging Finance BV
3.75%, 08/15/26

    EUR       100       115,759  

8.50%, 08/15/27(c)

    USD       814       877,675  
     

 

 

 
        2,191,799  
Biotechnology — 0.0%                  

Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.,
3.88%, 08/15/28(c)

      25       25,098  
     

 

 

 
Building Materials — 0.2%                  

Boise Cascade Co., 4.88%, 07/01/30(c)

      45       48,375  

Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc.,
6.13%, 01/15/29(c)

      69       69,889  

Forterra Finance LLC/FRTA Finance Corp.,
6.50%, 07/15/25(c)

      14       14,792  

Griffon Corp., 5.75%, 03/01/28

      28       29,227  

Jeld-Wen, Inc.(c)
4.63%, 12/15/25

      32       32,160  

4.88%, 12/15/27

      10       10,191  

Masonite International Corp.,
5.38%, 02/01/28(c)

      56       59,720  

Standard Industries, Inc.(c)
5.00%, 02/15/27

      44       45,760  

4.38%, 07/15/30

      154       157,891  

3.38%, 01/15/31

      205       202,334  
Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  
Building Materials (continued)                  

Summit Materials LLC/Summit Materials Finance Corp., 5.25%, 01/15/29(c)

    USD       168     $ 174,930  

US Concrete, Inc., 5.13%, 03/01/29(c)

      29       29,072  
     

 

 

 
        874,341  
Building Products(c) — 0.1%                  

Specialty Building Products Holdings LLC/SBP Finance Corp.,
6.38%, 09/30/26

      106       107,855  

SRS Distribution, Inc., 8.25%, 07/01/26

      403       430,202  
     

 

 

 
        538,057  
Capital Markets — 0.1%                  

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp.
4.75%, 09/15/24

      153       154,912  

6.38%, 12/15/25

      3       3,084  

5.25%, 05/15/27

      138       143,768  

NFP Corp.(c)
7.00%, 05/15/25

      31       32,860  

6.88%, 08/15/28

      194       196,401  

Owl Rock Capital Corp., 4.25%, 01/15/26

      58       58,756  
     

 

 

 
        589,781  
Chemicals — 0.6%                  

Atotech Alpha 2 BV, (8.75% Cash or 9.50% PIK), 8.75%, 06/01/23(c)(f)

      400       401,000  

Atotech Alpha 3 BV/Alpha US Bidco, Inc., 6.25%, 02/01/25(c) 

      636       644,745  

Blue Cube Spinco LLC
9.75%, 10/15/23

      10       10,313  

10.00%, 10/15/25

      143       151,223  

Element Solutions, Inc., 3.88%, 09/01/28(c)

      374       366,987  

GCP Applied Technologies, Inc.,
5.50%, 04/15/26(c)

      134       136,680  

Illuminate Buyer LLC/Illuminate Holdings IV, Inc., 9.00%, 07/01/28(c)

      166       178,450  

Minerals Technologies, Inc.,
5.00%, 07/01/28(c)

      55       56,913  

PQ Corp., 5.75%, 12/15/25(c)

          307       315,826  

Valvoline, Inc., 4.25%, 02/15/30(c)

      88       89,760  

WESCO Distribution, Inc.(c)
7.13%, 06/15/25

      217       236,378  

7.25%, 06/15/28

      198       216,944  

WR Grace & Co-Conn, 4.88%, 06/15/27(c)

      92       95,008  
     

 

 

 
                2,900,227  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.2%  

APX Group, Inc., 7.88%, 12/01/22

      163       163,000  

ASGN, Inc., 4.63%, 05/15/28(c)

      89       89,367  

Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC, 9.75%, 08/01/27(c)

      17       18,201  

Herc Holdings, Inc., 5.50%, 07/15/27(c)

      253       261,766  

Prime Security Services Borrower LLC/Prime Finance, Inc.,
3.38%, 08/31/27(c)

      121       116,069  

Team Health Holdings, Inc.,
6.38%, 02/01/25(c)

      103       70,555  

United Rentals North America, Inc.
5.50%, 05/15/27

      74       78,532  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2020

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Commercial Services & Supplies (continued)  

United Rentals North America, Inc. (continued)

 

5.25%, 01/15/30

    USD       2     $ 2,182  

4.00%, 07/15/30

      61       62,525  
   

 

 

 
            862,197  
Communications Equipment(c) — 0.1%                  

Avaya, Inc., 6.13%, 09/15/28

          183       186,587  

CommScope Technologies LLC,
6.00%, 06/15/25

      109       110,477  

CommScope, Inc.
6.00%, 03/01/26

      32       33,360  

8.25%, 03/01/27

      12       12,480  
   

 

 

 
        342,904  
Construction & Engineering(c) — 0.0%                  

KBR, Inc., 4.75%, 09/30/28

      61       61,381  

Weekley Homes LLC/Weekley Finance Corp., 4.88%, 09/15/28

      23       23,230  
   

 

 

 
        84,611  
Construction Materials(c) — 0.5%                  

American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc., 4.00%, 01/15/28

      1,176       1,195,110  

Core & Main LP, 6.13%, 08/15/25

      797       807,301  

HD Supply, Inc., 5.38%, 10/15/26

      219       229,083  

IAA, Inc., 5.50%, 06/15/27

      159       165,559  

Picasso Finance Sub, Inc., 6.13%, 06/15/25

      159       171,265  

Williams Scotsman International, Inc.,
4.63%, 08/15/28

      77       77,311  

Winnebago Industries, Inc., 6.25%, 07/15/28

      45       47,475  
   

 

 

 
        2,693,104  
Consumer Discretionary(c) — 0.1%                  

Carnival Corp.
11.50%, 04/01/23

      30       33,619  

10.50%, 02/01/26

      42       46,515  

9.88%, 08/01/27

      40       42,384  

NCL Corp. Ltd., 10.25%, 02/01/26

      37       38,549  

Nielsen Finance LLC/Nielsen Finance Co.
5.63%, 10/01/28

      112       115,842  

5.88%, 10/01/30

      86       89,010  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
10.88%, 06/01/23

      45       50,343  

9.13%, 06/15/23

      54       57,240  

11.50%, 06/01/25

      95       110,205  
   

 

 

 
        583,707  
Consumer Finance — 0.7%                  

Husky III Holding Ltd., (13.00% Cash or 13.00% PIK), 13.00%, 02/15/25(c)(f)

      434       449,190  

MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC,
7.13%, 06/01/24(c)

      388       398,612  

Navient Corp.
7.25%, 09/25/23

      5       5,162  

6.13%, 03/25/24

      96       96,720  

5.88%, 10/25/24

      77       76,567  

5.00%, 03/15/27

      2       1,878  

OneMain Finance Corp.
8.88%, 06/01/25

      27       29,902  

6.63%, 01/15/28

      8       8,878  

5.38%, 11/15/29

      14       14,560  

PayPal Holdings, Inc., 1.65%, 06/01/25

      257       266,180  

Refinitiv US Holdings, Inc., 4.50%, 05/15/26(c)

    EUR       855       1,047,695  
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Consumer Finance (continued)                  

Sabre GLBL, Inc.(c)
5.25%, 11/15/23

    USD       10     $ 9,775  

9.25%, 04/15/25

          287           315,864  

7.38%, 09/01/25

      81       81,810  

Verscend Escrow Corp., 9.75%, 08/15/26(c)

      851       925,284  

WEX, Inc., 4.75%, 02/01/23(c)

      8       8,010  
   

 

 

 
            3,736,087  
Containers & Packaging — 0.1%                  

Graham Packaging Co., Inc.,
7.13%, 08/15/28(c)

      147       153,064  

Graphic Packaging International LLC,
3.50%, 03/01/29(c)

      23       23,144  

Intelligent Packaging Ltd. Finco Inc./Intelligent Packaging Ltd. Co-Issuer LLC, 6.00%, 09/15/28(c)

      43       43,604  

International Paper Co., 7.30%, 11/15/39

      5       7,308  

LABL Escrow Issuer LLC, 6.75%, 07/15/26(c)

      116       122,380  
   

 

 

 
        349,500  
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.3%                  

Allied Universal Holdco LLC/Allied Universal Finance Corp.(c)
6.63%, 07/15/26

      868       924,420  

9.75%, 07/15/27

      76       82,575  

Ascend Learning LLC, 6.88%, 08/01/25

      340       347,203  

Brink’s Co., 5.50%, 07/15/25(c)

      36       37,530  

Service Corp. International, 3.38%, 08/15/30

      84       84,105  
   

 

 

 
        1,475,833  
Diversified Financial Services — 0.1%                  

Arrow Global Finance PLC, 5.13%, 09/15/24

    GBP       100       121,729  

Citigroup, Inc., Series V, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 3.23%), 4.70%(g)(h)

    USD       410       396,163  

Global Aircraft Leasing Co. Ltd., (6.50% Cash or 7.25% PIK), 6.50%, 09/15/24(c)(f)

      24       12,641  

Intrum AB,
Series SEP, 4.88%, 08/15/25

    EUR       100       114,900  

Spectrum Brands, Inc.(c)
5.00%, 10/01/29

    USD       18       18,675  

5.50%, 07/15/30

      50       52,750  
   

 

 

 
        716,858  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.5%  

CenturyLink, Inc.
5.13%, 12/15/26(c)

      618       634,927  

Series P, 7.60%, 09/15/39

      183       206,768  

Cincinnati Bell, Inc.(c)
7.00%, 07/15/24

      26       26,764  

8.00%, 10/15/25

      20       21,125  

Consolidated Communications, Inc.,
6.50%, 10/01/28(c)(i)

      65       66,300  

Frontier Communications Corp.(c)
8.50%, 04/01/26

      71       71,568  

8.00%, 04/01/27

      35       34,879  

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA,
8.00%, 02/15/24(c)

      155       157,325  

Level 3 Financing, Inc.(c)
4.25%, 07/01/28

      238       241,646  

3.63%, 01/15/29

      123       121,463  

Oi SA, (10% Cash or 8.00% Cash + 4.00% PIK), 10.00%, 07/27/25(f)

      20       19,216  

SoftBank Group Corp., 4.00%, 09/19/29

    EUR       100       117,203  

Switch Ltd., 3.75%, 09/15/28(c)

    USD       100       101,000  

Telecom Italia Capital SA
6.38%, 11/15/33

      58       69,020  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2020

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Diversified Telecommunication Services (continued)  

Telecom Italia Capital SA (continued)

     

6.00%, 09/30/34

    USD       134     $ 155,440  

7.20%, 07/18/36

      14       17,657  

7.72%, 06/04/38

      51       67,830  

Telecom Italia SpA, 5.30%, 05/30/24(c)

      314       339,905  
     

 

 

 
            2,470,036  
Electric Utilities — 0.1%  

PG&E Corp., 5.25%, 07/01/30

          108       104,490  

Pike Corp., 5.50%, 09/01/28(c)

      185       186,145  
     

 

 

 
        290,635  
Electrical Equipment — 0.1%  

Gates Global LLC/Gates Global Co., 6.25%, 01/15/26(c)

      280       288,621  

NM Holdings Co. LLC, Series B,
9.50%, 07/01/05(a)(b)(d)

      5,125       1  
     

 

 

 
        288,622  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.1%  

BWX Technologies, Inc., 4.13%, 06/30/28(c)

      81       82,823  

CDW LLC/CDW Finance Corp.

     

4.13%, 05/01/25

      133       137,322  

3.25%, 02/15/29

      125       124,531  

Energizer Holdings, Inc.(c)

     

6.38%, 07/15/26

      55       59,136  

4.75%, 06/15/28

      62       64,164  

4.38%, 03/31/29

      6       6,060  

Xerox Corp., 4.80%, 03/01/35

      181       172,855  
     

 

 

 
        646,891  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.2%  

Archrock Partners LP/Archrock Partners Finance Corp.(c)

     

6.88%, 04/01/27

      107       102,493  

6.25%, 04/01/28

      29       27,333  

Pioneer Energy Services Corp.(a)(c)(f)

     

(11.00% PIK), 11.00%, 05/15/25

      335       268,282  

(5.00% PIK), 5.00%, 11/15/25(j)

      226       122,141  

USA Compression Partners LP/USA Compression Finance Corp.

     

6.88%, 04/01/26

      331       328,104  

6.88%, 09/01/27

      254       251,871  
     

 

 

 
            1,100,224  
Environmental, Maintenance, & Security Service — 0.1%  

Covanta Holding Corp., 5.00%, 09/01/30

      29       29,270  

GFL Environmental, Inc.(c)

     

3.75%, 08/01/25

      85       85,469  

5.13%, 12/15/26

      83       85,706  

Tervita Corp., 7.63%, 12/01/21(c)

      380       346,750  

Waste Pro USA, Inc., 5.50%, 02/15/26(c)

      71       71,851  
     

 

 

 
        619,046  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.6%  

Brookfield Property REIT, Inc./BPR Cumulus LLC/BPR Nimbus LLC/GGSI Sellco LL, 5.75%, 05/15/26(c)

      128       100,873  

Diversified Healthcare Trust,
9.75%, 06/15/25

      70       77,860  

Hilton Domestic Operating Co. Inc.,
5.75%, 05/01/28(c)

      163       171,761  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued)  

Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc.

     

5.38%, 05/01/25(c)

    USD       127     $ 132,626  

4.88%, 01/15/30

          204       210,120  

Iron Mountain, Inc.(c)

     

4.88%, 09/15/29

      10       10,175  

5.25%, 07/15/30

      134       139,695  

4.50%, 02/15/31

      28       28,263  

5.63%, 07/15/32

      151       159,456  

Marriott International, Inc., Series EE,
5.75%, 05/01/25

      393       438,596  

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP/MGP Finance Co-Issuer, Inc.

     

4.50%, 09/01/26

      139       141,018  

4.50%, 01/15/28

      420       427,875  

MPT Operating Partnership LP/MPT Finance Corp., 4.63%, 08/01/29

      329       342,315  

Park Intermediate Holdings LLC/PK Domestic Property LLC/PK Finance Co.Issuer, 5.88%, 10/01/28(c)

      29       28,927  

RHP Hotel Properties LP/RHP Finance Corp., 4.75%, 10/15/27

      500       460,960  

Service Properties Trust

     

4.50%, 06/15/23

      15       14,710  

4.35%, 10/01/24

      12       10,860  

7.50%, 09/15/25

      108       114,772  

Wyndham Destinations, Inc.,
6.63%, 07/31/26(c)

      56       58,666  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.,
4.38%, 08/15/28(c)

      60       58,200  
     

 

 

 
            3,127,728  
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.4%  

Albertsons Cos., Inc./Safeway, Inc./New Albertsons LP/Albertson’s LLC,
3.25%, 03/15/26(c)

      146       144,879  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co.

     

3.88%, 05/15/27(c)

      16       16,947  

4.25%, 03/01/31(c)

      226       247,956  

5.00%, 07/15/35

      24       27,636  

6.88%, 01/26/39

      164       219,671  

4.63%, 10/01/39(c)

      88       93,425  

6.50%, 02/09/40

      35       44,482  

5.20%, 07/15/45

      101       110,416  

4.38%, 06/01/46

      217       222,952  

4.88%, 10/01/49(c)

      208       219,506  

5.50%, 06/01/50(c)

      406       465,299  

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.,
4.88%, 05/15/28(c)

      99       106,920  

Post Holdings, Inc., 4.63%, 04/15/30(c)

      116       119,335  

TreeHouse Foods, Inc., 4.00%, 09/01/28

      23       23,262  
     

 

 

 
        2,062,686  
Food Products(c) — 0.2%  

Aramark Services, Inc.

     

6.38%, 05/01/25

      99       103,126  

5.00%, 02/01/28

      67       67,502  

Chobani LLC/Chobani Finance Corp., Inc.,
7.50%, 04/15/25

 

    261       269,814  

JBS USA LUX SA/JBS USA Finance, Inc.,
6.75%, 02/15/28

 

    118       128,030  
 

 

 

4  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2020

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Food Products (continued)  

JBS USA LUX SA/JBS USA Food Co./JBS USA Finance, Inc., 6.50%, 04/15/29

    USD       234     $     259,733  

Simmons Foods, Inc., 7.75%, 01/15/24

      174       182,265  
     

 

 

 
        1,010,470  
Gas Utilities — 0.0%  

Ferrellgas LP/Ferrellgas Finance Corp., 10.00%, 04/15/25(c)

      39       42,218  
     

 

 

 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies(c) — 0.2%  

Avantor Funding, Inc., 4.63%, 07/15/28

      316       327,850  

Avantor, Inc., 6.00%, 10/01/24

      343       358,435  

Hologic, Inc., 3.25%, 02/15/29

      30       30,187  

Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Inc./Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics SA
7.38%, 06/01/25

      189       191,835  

7.25%, 02/01/28

      72       74,880  
     

 

 

 
        983,187  
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.8%  

Acadia Healthcare Co, Inc., 5.50%, 07/01/28(c)

      66       67,882  

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.,
5.00%, 04/15/29(c)(i)

      39       39,341  

AdaptHealth LLC, 6.13%, 08/01/28(c)

      49       50,725  

AHP Health Partners, Inc., 9.75%, 07/15/26(c)

      204       218,790  

Centene Corp.
5.38%, 08/15/26(c)

      117       123,923  

4.25%, 12/15/27

      206       215,565  

3.38%, 02/15/30

      30       31,125  

3.00%, 10/15/30(i)

      53       54,071  

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.(c)
8.63%, 01/15/24

      153       152,235  

6.63%, 02/15/25

      205       198,337  

8.00%, 03/15/26

      441       433,503  

Encompasss Health Corp. , 4.63%, 04/01/31

      33       33,000  

HCA, Inc., 3.50%, 09/01/30

      515       524,723  

LifePoint Health, Inc.(c)
6.75%, 04/15/25

      116       122,090  

4.38%, 02/15/27

      135       135,169  

Molina Healthcare, Inc., 4.38%, 06/15/28(c)

      83       84,702  

Polaris Intermediate Corp., (8.50% Cash or 9.25% PIK), 8.50%, 12/01/22(c)(f)

      302       306,784  

RegionalCare Hospital Partners Holdings, Inc./LifePoint Health Inc., 9.75%, 12/01/26(c)

      10       10,625  

Surgery Center Holdings, Inc.(c)
6.75%, 07/01/25

      145       144,275  

10.00%, 04/15/27

      234       249,210  

Teleflex, Inc., 4.25%, 06/01/28(c)

      130       134,550  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.(c)
7.50%, 04/01/25

      110       118,250  

4.88%, 01/01/26

      372       378,756  

5.13%, 11/01/27

      385       395,472  

4.63%, 06/15/28

      46       46,662  

6.13%, 10/01/28

      135       131,288  
     

 

 

 
        4,401,053  
Health Care Technology — 0.0%  

Change Healthcare Holdings LLC/Change Healthcare Finance, Inc., 5.75%, 03/01/25(c)

      229       232,275  
     

 

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.8%  

1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance, Inc.(c)
5.75%, 04/15/25

      225       240,187  

4.38%, 01/15/28

      218       222,316  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued)  

1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance, Inc.(c) (continued)
4.00%, 10/15/30(i)

    USD       4     $     44,339  

Boyd Gaming Corp.
8.63%, 06/01/25(c)

      79       86,606  

6.38%, 04/01/26

      32       33,318  

4.75%, 12/01/27

      58       56,913  

Boyne USA, Inc., 7.25%, 05/01/25(c)

      19       19,950  

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.(c)
6.25%, 07/01/25

      472       493,356  

8.13%, 07/01/27

      282       298,920  

Caesars Resort Collection LLC/CRC Finco, Inc., 5.75%, 07/01/25(c)

      154       158,812  

Cedar Fair LP/Canada’s Wonderland Co./Magnum Management Corp./Millennium Op, 5.50%, 05/01/25(c)

      292       300,760  

GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc.
5.25%, 06/01/25

      162       175,903  

5.38%, 04/15/26

      80       88,664  

Golden Nugget, Inc., 6.75%, 10/15/24(c)

      455       379,925  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.
3.50%, 08/18/26

      31       31,414  

3.90%, 08/08/29

      28       27,995  

MGM Resorts International, 5.75%, 06/15/25

      73       76,562  

Newell Brands Inc., 4.88%, 06/01/25

      46       49,623  

Powdr Corp., 6.00%, 08/01/25(c)

      58       59,305  

Scientific Games International, Inc.(c)
8.63%, 07/01/25

      65       67,826  

8.25%, 03/15/26

      483       504,295  

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc.,
9.50%, 08/01/25(c)

      52       54,026  

Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc., 7.00%, 07/01/25(c)

      275       292,531  

Vail Resorts, Inc., 6.25%, 05/15/25(c)

      89       94,451  

Wynn Resorts Finance LLC/Wynn Resorts Capital Corp., 5.13%, 10/01/29(c)

      103       98,108  

Yum! Brands, Inc.
7.75%, 04/01/25(c)

      52       57,671  

4.75%, 01/15/30(c)

      142       153,360  

3.63%, 03/15/31

      22       22,000  

5.35%, 11/01/43

      14       14,770  
     

 

 

 
        4,203,906  
Household Durables — 0.2%  

Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc./Brookfield Residential U.S. Corp., 4.88%, 02/15/30(c)

      237       221,834  

CD&R Smokey Buyer, Inc., 6.75%, 07/15/25(c)

      75       79,125  

Diebold Nixdorf, Inc., 9.38%, 07/15/25(c)

      42       44,310  

Lennar Corp.
4.75%, 05/30/25

      25       27,285  

5.25%, 06/01/26

      143       160,517  

Mattamy Group Corp., 4.63%, 03/01/30(c)

      102       103,285  

NCR Corp.(c)
5.75%, 09/01/27

      92       96,185  

5.00%, 10/01/28

      35       35,028  

6.13%, 09/01/29

      78       82,596  

5.25%, 10/01/30

      36       36,000  

PulteGroup, Inc.
5.00%, 01/15/27

      44       49,775  

7.88%, 06/15/32

      23       31,625  

Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc.,
5.13%, 08/01/30(c)

      50       53,250  
 

 

 

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

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2020

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Household Durables (continued)  

Tempur Sealy International, Inc., 5.50%, 06/15/26

    USD       2     $     2,076  

TRI Pointe Group, Inc., 5.70%, 06/15/28

      18       19,710  
     

 

 

 
        1,042,601  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers(c) — 0.2%  

Calpine Corp.

     

5.25%, 06/01/26

      100       103,888  

4.50%, 02/15/28

      5       5,121  

5.13%, 03/15/28

      488       505,080  

4.63%, 02/01/29

      170       169,681  

5.00%, 02/01/31

      178       181,435  

Clearway Energy Operating LLC, 4.75%, 03/15/28

      46       47,495  

TerraForm Power Operating LLC, 4.75%, 01/15/30

      103       108,923  
     

 

 

 
        1,121,623  
Insurance — 0.3%  

Alliant Holdings Intermediate LLC/Alliant Holdings Co.-Issuer, 6.75%, 10/15/27(c)

      657       689,272  

AmWINS Group, Inc., 7.75%, 07/01/26(c)

      25       26,750  

HUB International Ltd., 7.00%, 05/01/26(c)

      467       483,929  

Unipol Gruppo SpA, 3.25%, 09/23/30

    EUR       100       118,462  

Willis North America, Inc., 2.95%, 09/15/29

    USD       10       10,776  
     

 

 

 
            1,329,189  
Interactive Media & Services — 0.1%  

Netflix, Inc.

     

4.88%, 04/15/28

      213       238,027  

5.88%, 11/15/28

      43       51,308  

3.63%, 06/15/30

    EUR       100       126,918  

4.88%, 06/15/30(c)

    USD       254       289,560  

Northwest Fiber LLC/Northwest Fiber Finance Sub, Inc., 10.75%, 06/01/28(c)

      30       32,700  

Twitter, Inc., 3.88%, 12/15/27(c)

      55       56,513  
     

 

 

 
        795,026  
Internet Software & Services(c) — 0.4%  

Expedia Group, Inc.

     

3.60%, 12/15/23

      486       496,552  

6.25%, 05/01/25

      275       303,300  

4.63%, 08/01/27

      95       99,824  

Match Group Holdings II LLC

     

4.63%, 06/01/28

      60       61,800  

4.13%, 08/01/30

      127       128,468  

TripAdvisor, Inc., 7.00%, 07/15/25

      82       85,485  

Uber Technologies, Inc.

     

7.50%, 11/01/23

      145       151,046  

7.50%, 05/15/25

      230       245,086  

8.00%, 11/01/26

      33       35,171  

7.50%, 09/15/27

      106       113,420  

6.25%, 01/15/28

      265       272,208  
     

 

 

 
        1,992,360  
IT Services — 0.7%  

Banff Merger Sub, Inc., 9.75%, 09/01/26(c)

      460       486,266  

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., 3.88%, 09/01/28(c)

      134       137,558  

BY Crown Parent LLC/BY Bond Finance, Inc., 4.25%, 01/31/26(c)

      461       469,356  

Camelot Finance SA, 4.50%, 11/01/26(c)

      287       292,740  

Dun & Bradstreet Corp.(c)
6.88%, 08/15/26

      102       109,553  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
IT Services (continued)  

Dun & Bradstreet Corp.(c) (continued)
10.25%, 02/15/27

    USD       232     $     262,160  

Fiserv, Inc., 2.25%, 06/01/27

      1,385       1,462,823  

Tempo Acquisition LLC/Tempo Acquisition Finance Corp., 6.75%, 06/01/25(c)

      291       296,997  
     

 

 

 
        3,517,453  
Leisure Products — 0.0%  

Mattel, Inc.

     

6.75%, 12/31/25(c)

      12       12,660  

5.88%, 12/15/27(c)

      34       36,593  

6.20%, 10/01/40

      23       22,286  

5.45%, 11/01/41

      99       92,576  
     

 

 

 
        164,115  
Machinery — 0.2%  

Clark Equipment Co., 5.88%, 06/01/25(c)

      284       294,295  

Colfax Corp., 6.38%, 02/15/26(c)

      161       170,660  

Platin 1426 GmbH, 5.38%, 06/15/23

    EUR       100       110,210  

RBS Global, Inc./Rexnord LLC,
4.88%, 12/15/25(c)

    USD       57       57,784  

Titan Acquisition Ltd/Titan Co-Borrower LLC, 7.75%, 04/15/26(c)

      126       125,370  

Vertical US Newco, Inc., 5.25%, 07/15/27(c)

      200       207,853  
     

 

 

 
        966,172  
Media — 2.8%  

Altice France Holding SA

     

8.00%, 05/15/27

    EUR       100       124,280  

10.50%, 05/15/27(c)

    USD       539       598,964  

6.00%, 02/15/28(c)

      272       259,431  

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital
Corp.(c)

     

5.13%, 05/01/27

      112       117,849  

5.00%, 02/01/28

      34       35,700  

5.38%, 06/01/29

      144       156,060  

4.50%, 08/15/30

      134       140,706  

4.25%, 02/01/31

      286       296,428  

4.50%, 05/01/32

      460       480,125  

Clear Channel International BV,
6.63%, 08/01/25(c)

      200       204,560  

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

     

9.25%, 02/15/24

      363       351,892  

5.13%, 08/15/27(c)

      626       601,116  

Connect Finco Sarl/Connect US Finco LLC, 6.75%, 10/01/26(c)

      1,488       1,492,687  

CSC Holdings LLC

     

5.25%, 06/01/24

      344       368,940  

4.13%, 12/01/30(c)

      200       203,850  

4.63%, 12/01/30(c)

      223       224,672  

3.38%, 02/15/31(c)

      205       198,491  

DISH DBS Corp.

     

5.88%, 07/15/22

      689       716,560  

7.75%, 07/01/26

      181       198,984  

GCI LLC, 4.75%, 10/15/28(c)(i)

      29       29,363  

Hughes Satellite Systems Corp., 5.25%, 08/01/26

      20       21,263  

Lamar Media Corp., 4.00%, 02/15/30(c)

      57       57,000  

LCPR Senior Secured Financing DAC, 6.75%, 10/15/27(c)

      200       209,000  

Liberty Broadband Corp., 2.75%, 09/30/50(c)(j)

      456       490,532  
 

 

 

6  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2020

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Media (continued)  

Lions Gate Capital Holdings LLC(c)

     

6.38%, 02/01/24

    USD       26     $ 25,740  

5.88%, 11/01/24

      21       20,633  

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.,
6.50%, 05/15/27(c)

      324       349,674  

Qualitytech LP/QTS Finance Corp.,
3.88%, 10/01/28(c)(i)

      95       95,627  

Radiate Holdco LLC/Radiate Finance, Inc.(c)

     

4.50%, 09/15/26

      714       713,850  

6.50%, 09/15/28

      1,030       1,055,505  

SES SA, (5 year EUR Swap + 5.40%),
5.63%(g)(h)

    EUR       100       123,836  

Sirius XM Radio, Inc.(c)

     

5.50%, 07/01/29

    USD       124       132,990  

4.13%, 07/01/30

      101       102,894  

Telesat Canada/Telesat LLC,
4.88%, 06/01/27(c)

      131       131,531  

Univision Communications, Inc.(c)

     

5.13%, 02/15/25

      107       101,383  

6.63%, 06/01/27

      421       411,001  

Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC,
4.50%, 08/15/30(c)

      200       205,488  

Virgin Media Vendor Financing Notes IV DAC,
5.00%, 07/15/28(c)

      242       241,395  

WMG Acquisition Corp.(c)

     

3.88%, 07/15/30

      32       32,998  

3.00%, 02/15/31

      19       18,473  

Zayo Group Holdings, Inc.(c)

     

4.00%, 03/01/27

      2,254       2,218,443  

6.13%, 03/01/28

      450       464,490  

Ziggo Bond Co. BV, 5.13%, 02/28/30(c)

      200       202,460  

Ziggo BV, 5.50%, 01/15/27(c)

      169       177,028  
     

 

 

 
        14,403,892  
Metals & Mining — 0.6%  

Arconic Corp.(c)

     

6.00%, 05/15/25

      97       103,589  

6.13%, 02/15/28

      106       108,849  

Big River Steel LLC/BRS Finance Corp.,
6.63%, 01/31/29(c)

      227       229,531  

Constellium SE(c)

     

6.63%, 03/01/25

      300       306,937  

5.88%, 02/15/26

      321       329,359  

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

     

4.38%, 08/01/28

      164       169,569  

4.63%, 08/01/30

      168       176,644  

5.45%, 03/15/43

      551       610,938  

Grinding Media, Inc./Moly-Cop AltaSteel Ltd.,
7.38%, 12/15/23(c)

      96       97,200  

Joseph T Ryerson & Son, Inc.,
8.50%, 08/01/28(c)

      51       53,677  

Kaiser Aluminum Corp., 4.63%, 03/01/28(c)

      75       69,937  

New Gold, Inc., 7.50%, 07/15/27(c)

      134       142,710  

Novelis Corp.(c)

     

5.88%, 09/30/26

      51       52,402  

4.75%, 01/30/30

      385       378,155  

thyssenkrupp AG, 2.88%, 02/22/24

    EUR       64       70,366  

United States Steel Corp.,
12.00%, 06/01/25(c)

    USD       156       166,060  
     

 

 

 
        3,065,923  
Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  
Multiline Retail(c) — 0.1%  

Macy’s Inc.,
8.38%, 06/15/25

    USD       202     $   208,854  

Nordstrom, Inc.,
8.75%, 05/15/25

      75       82,189  
     

 

 

 
        291,043  
Office Supplies & Equipment — 0.1%  

BY Crown Parent LLC, 7.38%, 10/15/24(c)

      602       611,030  
     

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.9%  

Apache Corp.

     

4.88%, 11/15/27

      68       64,260  

5.10%, 09/01/40

      59       52,842  

5.25%, 02/01/42

      10       8,950  

4.75%, 04/15/43

      103       91,606  

4.25%, 01/15/44

      46       39,100  

5.35%, 07/01/49

      23       20,298  

Ascent Resources Utica Holdings LLC/ARU Finance Corp.,
10.00%, 04/01/22(c)

      582       573,270  

Brand Industrial Services, Inc.,
8.50%, 07/15/25(c)

      314       296,730  

Buckeye Partners LP

     

4.13%, 03/01/25(c)

      5       4,750  

3.95%, 12/01/26

      34       31,681  

4.50%, 03/01/28(c)

      61       58,789  

Callon Petroleum Co.

     

6.25%, 04/15/23

      121       38,720  

6.13%, 10/01/24

      9       2,565  

8.25%, 07/15/25

      281       75,870  

6.38%, 07/01/26

      65       15,925  

Cenovus Energy, Inc.

     

3.00%, 08/15/22

      26       25,344  

3.80%, 09/15/23

      15       14,490  

5.38%, 07/15/25

      201       193,450  

5.40%, 06/15/47

      10       8,448  

Cheniere Energy Partners LP

     

5.63%, 10/01/26

      151       157,040  

4.50%, 10/01/29

      128       131,299  

5.25%, 10/01/25

      12       12,276  

Cheniere Energy, Inc., 4.63%, 10/15/28(c)

      419       429,999  

CITGO Petroleum Corp., 7.00%, 06/15/25(c)

      90       88,762  

CNX Resources Corp., 7.25%, 03/14/27(c)

      64       65,280  

Comstock Resources, Inc.

     

7.50%, 05/15/25(c)

      278       261,320  

9.75%, 08/15/26

      131       134,326  

Continental Resources, Inc., 4.90%, 06/01/44

      124       93,393  

Crestwood Midstream Partners LP/Crestwood Midstream Finance Corp.,
5.63%, 05/01/27(c)

      194       173,294  

CrownRock LP/CrownRock Finance, Inc.,
5.63%, 10/15/25(c)

      677       638,072  

CVR Energy, Inc.(c)

     

5.25%, 02/15/25

      164       142,680  

5.75%, 02/15/28

      54       45,900  

DCP Midstream Operating LP

     

5.38%, 07/15/25

      22       22,684  

5.63%, 07/15/27

      65       66,495  

5.13%, 05/15/29

      118       116,230  

6.45%, 11/03/36(c)

      250       239,570  

6.75%, 09/15/37(c)

      21       20,160  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

     

4.75%, 05/31/25

      60       64,724  

3.50%, 12/01/29

      497       481,804  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2020

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)                  

eG Global Finance PLC

     

6.25%, 10/30/25

    EUR       142     $   165,739  

8.50%, 10/30/25(c)

    USD       244       257,180  

Endeavor Energy Resources LP/EER Finance, Inc.(c)

     

6.63%, 07/15/25

      73       75,007  

5.50%, 01/30/26

      421       417,842  

5.75%, 01/30/28

      320       321,600  

EnLink Midstream Partners LP

     

4.40%, 04/01/24

      136       122,400  

4.85%, 07/15/26

      39       33,739  

5.60%, 04/01/44

      249       159,982  

5.05%, 04/01/45

      20       12,700  

EQM Midstream Partners LP

     

6.00%, 07/01/25(c)

      88       90,750  

4.13%, 12/01/26

      17       16,201  

6.50%, 07/01/27(c)

      115       121,902  

EQT Corp.
3.90%, 10/01/27

      120       110,475  

8.75%, 02/01/30

      27       31,860  

Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc.(b)(c)(d)

     

7.38%, 05/15/24

      383       95,750  

5.63%, 02/01/26

      133       33,250  

Harvest Midstream I LP, 7.50%, 09/01/28(c)

      94       93,530  

Indigo Natural Resources LLC,
6.88%, 02/15/26(c)

      13       12,653  

MasTec, Inc., 4.50%, 08/15/28(c)

      83       83,830  

Matador Resources Co., 5.88%, 09/15/26

      489       408,780  

MEG Energy Corp.(c)

     

7.00%, 03/31/24

      194       180,420  

6.50%, 01/15/25

      316       309,971  

7.13%, 02/01/27

      79       70,850  

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP/MGP Finance Co-Issuer, Inc., 4.63%, 06/15/25(c)

      287       292,740  

Murphy Oil Corp., 5.75%, 08/15/25

      55       47,981  

Murphy Oil USA, Inc., 4.75%, 09/15/29

      119       126,735  

Neptune Energy Bondco PLC,
6.63%, 05/15/25(c)

      200       178,384  

New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. Inc., 9.75%, 07/15/28(c)

      26       28,080  

New Fortress Energy, Inc., 6.75%, 09/15/25(c)

      271       283,330  

NGPL PipeCo LLC, 7.77%, 12/15/37(c)

      186       236,760  

NuStar Logistics LP

     

5.75%, 10/01/25

      41       42,345  

6.00%, 06/01/26

      124       124,350  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.
2.70%, 08/15/22

      127       118,665  

2.90%, 08/15/24

      60       50,906  

3.20%, 08/15/26

      5       3,966  

3.00%, 02/15/27

      2       1,568  

4.30%, 08/15/39

      174       120,610  

6.20%, 03/15/40

      274       227,036  

4.50%, 07/15/44

      72       51,525  

4.63%, 06/15/45

      190       137,275  

6.60%, 03/15/46

      7       6,029  

4.40%, 04/15/46

      114       80,964  

4.10%, 02/15/47

      17       11,477  

4.20%, 03/15/48

      69       47,438  

4.40%, 08/15/49

      35       24,504  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)                  

Parsley Energy LLC/Parsley Finance Corp.,
5.63%, 10/15/27(c)

    USD       477     $   474,615  

PBF Holding Co. LLC/PBF Finance Corp., 9.25%, 05/15/25(c)

      216       221,404  

PDC Energy, Inc.

     

6.13%, 09/15/24

      187       178,117  

6.25%, 12/01/25

      29       26,970  

5.75%, 05/15/26

      48       44,570  

Plains All American Pipeline LP/PAA Finance Corp., 3.55%, 12/15/29

      23       22,229  

QEP Resources, Inc.

     

5.38%, 10/01/22

      675       553,500  

5.25%, 05/01/23

      165       120,037  

5.63%, 03/01/26

      38       21,565  

Range Resources Corp.

     

5.88%, 07/01/22

      69       66,930  

5.00%, 08/15/22

      103       99,364  

5.00%, 03/15/23

      80       76,000  

Rattler Midstream LP, 5.63%, 07/15/25(c)

      79       79,592  

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 4.50%, 05/15/30(c)

      144       162,209  

SM Energy Co.

     

6.13%, 11/15/22

      11       8,558  

10.00%, 01/15/25(c)

      490       465,500  

Southwestern Energy Co.

     

4.10%, 03/15/22

      158       156,025  

7.50%, 04/01/26

      36       35,190  

8.38%, 09/15/28

      31       30,461  

Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations LP

     

4.00%, 10/01/27

      35       35,766  

5.30%, 04/01/44

      115       107,144  

5.40%, 10/01/47

      106       100,082  

Sunoco LP/Sunoco Finance Corp.

     

5.50%, 02/15/26

      8       7,990  

5.88%, 03/15/28

      151       154,397  

Tallgrass Energy Partners LP/Tallgrass Energy Finance Corp.(c)

     

5.50%, 09/15/24

      9       8,460  

7.50%, 10/01/25

      44       44,178  

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp.

     

5.13%, 02/01/25

      75       74,813  

5.38%, 02/01/27

      17       17,096  

5.50%, 03/01/30(c)

      255       255,268  

4.88%, 02/01/31(c)

      97       93,937  

Transocean, Inc., 11.50%, 01/30/27(c)

      167       68,503  

Viper Energy Partners LP, 5.38%, 11/01/27(c)

      117       115,245  

Western Midstream Operating LP

     

4.00%, 07/01/22

      36       36,213  

4.65%, 07/01/26

      176       171,160  

4.75%, 08/15/28

      95       91,341  

5.30%, 03/01/48

      54       43,470  

5.50%, 08/15/48

      6       4,950  

6.25%, 02/01/50

      99       91,699  

WPX Energy, Inc.

     

8.25%, 08/01/23

      261       294,930  

5.75%, 06/01/26

      28       28,980  

5.25%, 10/15/27

      78       79,170  
 

 

 

8  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2020

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security     Par
(000)
    Value  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)        

WPX Energy, Inc. (continued)

     

5.88%, 06/15/28

    USD       66     $ 68,970  

4.50%, 01/15/30

      59       58,005  
   

 

 

 
          15,366,078  
Personal Products — 0.0%                  

Edgewell Personal Care Co.,
5.50%, 06/01/28(c)

      57       59,977  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 0.5%                  

Bausch Health Americas, Inc., 8.50%, 01/31/27(c)

      173       190,084  

Bausch Health Cos., Inc.

     

4.50%, 05/15/23

    EUR       140       162,610  

6.13%, 04/15/25(c)

    USD       3       3,071  

9.00%, 12/15/25(c)

      382       415,540  

7.00%, 01/15/28(c)

      185       196,100  

6.25%, 02/15/29(c)

      168       172,798  

5.25%, 01/30/30(c)

      95       93,575  

Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc., 5.00%, 07/15/27(c)

      134       139,360  

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc., 4.25%, 05/01/28(c)

      63       66,118  

Elanco Animal Health, Inc., 5.90%, 08/28/28

      69       79,695  

Endo Dac/Endo Finance LLC/Endo Finco, Inc.(c)

     

9.50%, 07/31/27

      102       106,590  

6.00%, 06/30/28

      91       66,885  

Jaguar Holding Co. II/PPD Development LP(c)

     

4.63%, 06/15/25

      172       177,160  

5.00%, 06/15/28

      161       168,044  

MEDNAX, Inc.(c)

     

5.25%, 12/01/23

      122       123,525  

6.25%, 01/15/27

      62       64,322  

Par Pharmaceutical, Inc., 7.50%, 04/01/27(c)

      254       266,111  

Synlab Unsecured Bondco PLC, 8.25%, 07/01/23

    EUR       100       119,883  

West Street Merger Sub, Inc.,
6.38%, 09/01/25(c)

    USD       134       136,652  
   

 

 

 
        2,748,123  
Producer Durables: Miscellaneous(c) — 0.2%        

Boxer Parent Co., Inc.

     

7.13%, 10/02/25

      124       132,439  

9.13%, 03/01/26

      215       227,900  

Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc./Greeneden Lux 3 Sarl/Greeneden US Ho, 10.00%, 11/30/24

      287       303,933  

Open Text Corp., 3.88%, 02/15/28

      254       256,936  

Open Text Holdings, Inc., 4.13%, 02/15/30

      54       55,536  
   

 

 

 
        976,744  
Professional Services(c) — 0.0%                  

Gartner, Inc.

     

4.50%, 07/01/28

      110       115,638  

3.75%, 10/01/30

      137       138,582  
   

 

 

 
        254,220  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.3%        

Consus Real Estate AG, 9.63%, 05/15/24

    EUR       100       124,638  

Cushman & Wakefield US Borrower LLC, 6.75%, 05/15/28(c)

    USD       842       874,122  

Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC, 5.75%, 12/01/25(c)

      24       24,180  
Security     Par
(000)
    Value  
Real Estate Management & Development (continued)  

Howard Hughes Corp., 5.38%, 08/01/28(c)

    USD       109     $ 108,944  

Realogy Group LLC/Realogy Co-Issuer Corp.,
7.63%, 06/15/25(c)

      171       179,123  

Unique Pub Finance Co. PLC, Series A4, 5.66%, 06/30/27

    GBP       47       61,921  
   

 

 

 
          1,372,928  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.4%  

Broadcom, Inc.

     

4.70%, 04/15/25

    USD       910       1,034,045  

3.15%, 11/15/25

      514       556,728  

4.30%, 11/15/32

      190       217,054  

ON Semiconductor Corp., 3.88%, 09/01/28(c)

      106       107,492  

Qorvo, Inc., 3.38%, 04/01/31(c)

      128       130,080  

Sensata Technologies, Inc., 3.75%, 02/15/31(c)

      81       80,494  
   

 

 

 
        2,125,893  
Software(c) — 0.6%                  

ANGI Group LLC, 3.88%, 08/15/28

      84       83,160  

Black Knight InfoServ LLC, 3.63%, 09/01/28

      122       123,296  

CDK Global, Inc., 5.25%, 05/15/29

      54       57,510  

MSCI, Inc.

     

4.00%, 11/15/29

      58       60,900  

3.88%, 02/15/31

      132       137,570  

PTC, Inc.

     

3.63%, 02/15/25

      37       37,555  

4.00%, 02/15/28

      80       82,226  

Solera LLC/Solera Finance, Inc., 10.50%, 03/01/24

      1,315       1,374,175  

SS&C Technologies, Inc., 5.50%, 09/30/27

      254       269,931  

Tempo Acquisition LLC/Tempo Acquisition Finance Corp., 5.75%, 06/01/25

      190       199,025  

Veritas US, Inc./Veritas Bermuda Ltd., 7.50%, 09/01/25

      587       605,344  
   

 

 

 
        3,030,692  
Specialty Retail(c) — 0.1%                  

Gap, Inc., 8.88%, 05/15/27

      105       119,437  

L Brands, Inc.

     

6.88%, 07/01/25

      133       143,640  

6.63%, 10/01/30

      46       46,805  

Michaels Stores, Inc., 4.75%, 10/01/27(i)

      51       50,554  

PetSmart, Inc., 7.13%, 03/15/23

      185       186,619  
   

 

 

 
        547,055  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.0%  

Seagate HDD Cayman, 4.13%, 01/15/31(c)

      30       32,376  
   

 

 

 
Telecommunications Equipment(c) — 0.1%                  

ViaSat, Inc.

     

5.63%, 04/15/27

      258       265,417  

6.50%, 07/15/28

      115       115,167  
   

 

 

 
        380,584  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.0%        

Hanesbrands, Inc., 5.38%, 05/15/25(c)

      71       74,905  

Levi Strauss & Co., 5.00%, 05/01/25

      40       40,925  
 

 

 

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

  9


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2020

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security     Par
(000)
    Value  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (continued)        

William Carter Co., 5.50%, 05/15/25(c)

    USD       23     $ 24,093  

Wolverine World Wide Inc.,
6.38%, 05/15/25(c)

      24       25,320  
   

 

 

 
        165,243  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1%                  

Genworth Mortgage Holdings, Inc., 6.50%,
08/15/25(c)

      128       133,721  

MGIC Investment Corp., 5.25%, 08/15/28

      63       64,980  

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc.(c)
6.00%, 01/15/27

      58       59,123  

5.50%, 08/15/28

      81       80,899  
   

 

 

 
        338,723  
Utilities — 0.0%                  

Vistra Operations Co. LLC,
5.63%, 02/15/27(c)

      99       104,465  
   

 

 

 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.5%        

Altice France SA(c)
7.38%, 05/01/26

      391       409,729  

8.13%, 02/01/27

      334       364,060  

GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc. 5.30%, 01/15/29

      25       27,842  

4.00%, 01/15/31

      386       401,838  

Gogo Intermediate Holdings LLC/Gogo Finance Co., Inc., 9.88%, 05/01/24(c)

      4       4,276  

SBA Communications Corp., 3.88%, 02/15/27(c)

      650       659,750  

Uniti Group LP/Uniti Group Finance, Inc./CSL Capital LLC
6.00%, 04/15/23(c)

      35       35,197  

8.25%, 10/15/23

      71       69,935  

VICI Properties LP/VICI Note Co., Inc.(c)
4.25%, 12/01/26

      530       532,464  

4.63%, 12/01/29

      321       326,617  
   

 

 

 
        2,831,708  
   

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds — 21.9%
(Cost: $122,192,403)

        114,462,387  
   

 

 

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests(e)

 

Aerospace & Defense — 2.1%  

Bleriot US Bidco, Inc.

     

Delayed Draw Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 4.75%), 4.97%, 10/31/26

      112       110,718  

Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 4.75%), 4.97%, 10/31/26

      714       708,595  

Dynasty Acquisition Co., Inc.

     

2020 CAD Term Loan B2, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.50%), 3.72%, 04/06/26

      1,809       1,590,617  

2020 Term Loan B1, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.50%), 3.72%, 04/06/26

      3,365       2,958,547  

Nordam Group, Inc., Term Loan B, (PRIME + 4.50%), 5.69%, 04/09/26(a)

      780       655,301  

Spirit Aerosystems, Inc., 2020 Term Loan B, 01/31/25(a)(k)

      893       890,767  

Trandigm, Inc., 2020 Term Loan F, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.25%), 2.40%, 12/09/25

      4,228       3,990,155  

TransDigm, Inc., 2020 Term Loan G, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.25%), 2.40%, 08/22/24

      269       254,357  
   

 

 

 
        11,159,057  

 

Security     Par
(000)
    Value  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.6%                  

WestJet Airlines Ltd., Term Loan B, (6 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%, 1.00% Floor), 4.00%, 12/11/26

    USD       3,643     $     3,149,013  
   

 

 

 
Airlines — 1.2%                  

American Airlines, Inc.

     

2017 1st Lien Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 1.75%), 1.90%, 01/29/27

      455       330,160  

2017 Incremental Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.00%), 2.15%, 12/14/23

      2,278       1,854,876  

Repriced TL B due 2023, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.00%), 2.15%, 04/28/23

      1,588       1,294,655  

JetBlue Airways Corp., Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 5.25%, 1.00% Floor), 6.25%, 06/17/24

      678       672,619  

Mileage Plus Holdings LLC, 2020 Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 5.25%, 1.00% Floor), 6.25%, 06/20/27

      2,112       2,144,863  
   

 

 

 
        6,297,173  
Auto Components — 2.3%                  

Panther BF Aggregator 2 LP, USD Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.50%), 3.65%, 04/30/26

      5,622       5,469,229  

USI, Inc.

     

2017 Repriced Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%), 3.22%, 05/16/24

      4,405       4,253,960  

2019 Incremental Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 4.00%), 4.22%, 12/02/26

      251       248,172  

Wand NewCo 3, Inc., 2020 Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%), 3.15%, 02/05/26

      2,331       2,246,108  
   

 

 

 
        12,217,469  
Banks — 0.7%                  

Capri Finance LLC, USD 2017 1st Lien Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%), 3.26%, 11/01/24

      3,795       3,788,931  
   

 

 

 
Building Materials — 0.4%                  

Allied Universal Holdco LLC, 2019 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.25%), 4.40%, 07/12/26

      2,091       2,065,656  
   

 

 

 
Building Products — 1.2%                  

CPG International, Inc., 2017 Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.75%, 1.00% Floor), 4.75%, 05/05/24

      1,529       1,522,030  

LSF10 XL Bidco SCA, EUR Term Loan B3, (EURIBOR + 4.00%), 4.00%, 10/12/26

    EUR       1,000       1,116,336  

Wilsonart LLC, 2017 Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%, 1.00% Floor), 4.25%, 12/19/23

    USD       3,761       3,723,677  
   

 

 

 
        6,362,043  
Capital Markets — 1.9%                  

Deerfield Dakota Holding LLC, 2020 USD Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.75%, 1.00% Floor), 4.75%, 04/09/27

      3,784       3,756,597  

FinCo I LLC, 2020 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.50%), 2.73%, 06/27/25

      (l)       274  

Greenhill & Co., Inc., Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%), 3.40%, 04/12/24(a)

      566       553,993  

GT Polaris, Inc., Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 4.00%, 1.00% Floor), 5.00%, 09/24/27

      735       728,797  

Jefferies Finance LLC, 2019 Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%), 3.44%, 06/03/26(a)

      1,314       1,258,211  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2020

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Capital Markets (continued)  

Travelport Finance (Luxembourg) Sarl

 

2019 Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 5.00%), 5.22%, 05/29/26

    USD       2,626     $ 1,969,367  

2020 Super Priority Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 7.00%), 8.00%, 02/28/25

      1,470       1,410,332  
     

 

 

 
        9,677,571  
Chemicals — 4.8%  

Alpha 3 BV, 2017 Term Loan B1, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%, 1.00% Floor),
4.00%, 01/31/24

      2,744       2,696,833  

Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC, 2019 Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 5.25%, 1.00% Floor), 6.25%, 08/27/26

      2,966       2,953,692  

Axalta Coating Systems US Holdings, Inc., USD Term Loan B3, (3 mo. LIBOR + 1.75%), 1.97%, 06/01/24

      1,267       1,236,067  

Charter NEX US Holdings, Inc., 2017 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.75%, 1.00% Floor), 3.75%, 05/16/24

      2,574       2,507,242  

Charter NEX US, Inc., Incremental Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%),
3.40%, 05/16/24

      711       692,190  

Chemours Co., 2018 USD Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 1.75%), 1.90%, 04/03/25

      745       717,239  

Element Materials Technology Group US Holdings, Inc., 2017 Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.50%, 1.00% Floor),
4.50%, 06/28/24

      1,353       1,285,663  

Encapsys LLC, 2020 Term Loan B2, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%, 1.00% Floor),
4.25%, 11/07/24

      1,273       1,247,258  

Illuminate Buyer LLC, Term Loan, (1 Week LIBOR + 4.00%), 4.15%, 06/30/27

      2,213       2,192,524  

Invictus US LLC

     

1st Lien Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%), 3.15%, 03/28/25

      680       661,473  

2nd Lien Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 6.75%), 6.90%, 03/30/26

      1,067       992,848  

Messer Industries GmbH, 2018 USD Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.50%),
2.72%, 03/02/26

      3,303       3,228,585  

Minerals Technologies, Inc., 2017 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.25%),
3.00%, 02/14/24(a)

      434       424,972  

Momentive Performance Materials, Inc., Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%),
3.41%, 05/15/24

      1,331       1,271,576  

Oxea Holding Drei GmbH, 2017 USD Term Loan B2, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.50%),
3.69%, 10/14/24

      2,411       2,310,847  

Starfruit Finco BV, 2018 USD Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%), 3.15%, 10/01/25

      426       412,254  
     

 

 

 
        24,831,263  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 4.7%  

Advanced Disposal Services, Inc., Term Loan B3, (1 Week LIBOR + 2.25%),
3.00%, 11/10/23

      1,764       1,759,695  

Asplundh Tree Expert LLC, Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.50%), 2.65%, 09/07/27

      1,775       1,771,681  

Asurion LLC

     

2017 2nd Lien Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 6.50%), 6.65%, 08/04/25

      1,728       1,727,908  

2018 Term Loan B6, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%), 3.15%, 11/03/23

      1,881       1,851,180  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Commercial Services & Supplies (continued)  

Asurion LLC (continued)
2018 Term Loan B7, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%), 3.15%, 11/03/24

    USD       928     $ 911,243  

Creative Artists Agency LLC

     

2019 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.75%), 3.90%, 11/26/26

      744       713,371  

2020 Incremental Term Loan B1, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.25%, 1.00% Floor),
5.25%, 11/26/26

      1,732       1,660,455  

Dealer Tire LLC, 2020 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.25%), 4.40%, 12/12/25

      2,714       2,646,625  

Diamond (BC) BV, USD Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%), 3.26%, 09/06/24

      2,464       2,297,957  

EnergySolutions LLC, 2018 Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.75%, 1.00% Floor),
4.75%, 05/09/25

      478       455,293  

GFL Environmental, Inc., 2018 USD Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%,
1.00% Floor), 4.00%, 05/30/25

      538       535,182  

Harland Clarke Holdings Corp., Term Loan B7, (3 mo. LIBOR + 4.75%, 1.00% Floor),
5.75%, 11/03/23

      515       419,655  

KAR Auction Services, Inc., 2019 Term Loan B6, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.25%),
2.44%, 09/19/26(a)

      1,290       1,241,261  

Prime Security Services Borrower LLC, 2019 Term Loan B1, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%, 1.00% Floor), 4.25%, 09/23/26

      1,668       1,651,134  

Verscend Holding Corp., 2018 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.50%), 4.65%, 08/27/25

      2,919       2,885,775  

West Corp.

     

2017 Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.00%, 1.00% Floor), 5.00%, 10/10/24

      1,023       925,959  

2018 Term Loan B1, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.50%, 1.00% Floor), 4.50%, 10/10/24

      1,408       1,270,950  
     

 

 

 
        24,725,324  
Communications Equipment — 0.2%  

Avantor, Inc., USD Term Loan B3, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.25%, 1.00% Floor),
3.25%, 11/21/24

      1,011       996,394  
     

 

 

 
Construction & Engineering — 1.2%  

Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, Inc., 2017 Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 4.25%, 1.00% Floor), 5.25%, 06/21/24

      3,191       2,962,834  

Pike Corp., 2020 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%), 3.15%, 07/24/26

      494       489,060  

Ply Gem Midco, Inc., 2018 Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.75%), 3.90%, 04/12/25

      524       513,625  

SRS Distribution, Inc., 2018 1st Lien Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%),
3.15%, 05/23/25

      2,609       2,534,882  
     

 

 

 
        6,500,401  
Construction Materials — 1.9%                  

American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc., 2019 Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.00%), 2.15%, 01/15/27

      1,611       1,564,982  

Core & Main LP, 2017 Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.75%, 1.00% Floor),
3.75%, 08/01/24

      4,817       4,710,476  
 

 

 

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

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2020

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Construction Materials (continued)            

Filtration Group Corp., 2018 1st Lien Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%),
3.15%, 03/29/25

  USD   2,496     $ 2,443,259  

Forterra Finance LLC, 2017 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%, 1.00% Floor),
4.00%, 10/25/23

    1,081       1,068,454  
   

 

 

 
      9,787,171  
Containers & Packaging — 2.6%            

Berry Global, Inc.

   

Term Loan W, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.00%), 2.16%, 10/01/22

    5,590       5,536,379  

Term Loan Y, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.00%), 2.16%, 07/01/26

    1,795       1,739,348  

BWAY Holding Co., 2017 Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%), 3.52%, 04/03/24

    2,260       2,116,915  

Flex Acquisition Co., Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%, 1.00% Floor),
4.00%, 12/29/23

    1,965       1,918,795  

Graham Packaging Co., Inc., Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.75%), 4.50%, 08/04/27

    753       747,669  

Pregis TopCo Corp., 1st Lien Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.75%), 3.90%, 08/01/26

    553       544,249  

Tosca Services LLC, 2020 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.25%, 1.00% Floor),
5.25%, 08/18/27

    735       734,081  
   

 

 

 
      13,337,436  
Distributors — 0.7%            

TMK Hawk Parent Corp.

   

2020 Super Priority First Out Term Loan A, (3 mo. LIBOR + 9.50%, 1.00% Floor),
10.50%, 05/30/24

    986       946,956  

2020 Super Priority Second Out Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.50%),
6.50%, 08/28/24

    3,287       2,859,638  
   

 

 

 
      3,806,594  
Diversified Consumer Services — 3.1%        

Amentum Government Services Holdings LLC, Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.50%), 3.65%, 01/31/27

    641       629,457  

Ascend Learning LLC, 2017 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%, 1.00% Floor),
4.00%, 07/12/24

    1,198       1,180,176  

BidFair MergerRight, Inc., Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 5.50%, 1.00% Floor),
6.50%, 01/15/27

    3,080       3,060,333  

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc., 2017 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 1.75%), 2.50%, 11/07/23

    1,771       1,712,895  

Genuine Financial Holdings LLC, 2018 1st Lien Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.75%),
3.90%, 07/11/25

    3,019       2,745,158  

LEB Holdings (USA), Inc, Term Loan B, 09/25/27(k)

    506       501,573  

Nomad Foods Europe Midco Ltd., 2017 USD Term Loan B4, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.25%), 2.40%, 05/15/24

    1,121       1,088,595  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Diversified Consumer Services (continued)            

Serta Simmons Bedding LLC

   

2020 Super Priority First Out Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 7.50%), 8.50%, 08/10/23

  USD  422     $ 415,998  

2020 Super Priority Second Out Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 7.50%, 1.00% Floor),
8.50%, 08/10/23

    865       702,948  

TruGreen LP, 2019 Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.75%), 3.90%, 03/19/26

    2,027       2,004,968  

Uber Technologies, Inc., 2018 Incremental Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.50%), 3.65%, 07/13/23

    2,431       2,386,893  
   

 

 

 
      16,428,994  
Diversified Financial Services — 3.6%        

Advisor Group, Inc., 2019 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 5.00%), 5.15%, 08/01/26

    954       922,126  

Alchemy Copyrights LLC, Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%), 4.00%, 08/14/27(a)

    763       761,092  

AlixPartners LLP, 2017 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.50%), 2.64%, 04/04/24

    5,015       4,885,691  

Allsup’s Convenience Stores, Inc., Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 6.25%), 6.40%, 11/18/24

    864       863,816  

EG Finco Ltd., 2018 Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 4.00%), 4.22%, 02/07/25

    1,164       1,138,730  

Kingpin Intermediate Holdings LLC, 2018 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.50%, 1.00% Floor), 4.50%, 07/03/24

    1,345       1,143,043  

Milano Acquisition Corp, Term Loan, 08/17/27(k)

    2,258       2,229,775  

SMG US Midco 2, Inc., 2020 Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.50%), 2.76%, 01/23/25

    1,739       1,512,780  

SSH Group Holdings, Inc., 2018 1st Lien Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 4.25%), 4.47%, 07/30/25

    559       529,038  

VS Buyer LLC, Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%), 3.40%, 02/28/27

    3,077       3,018,103  

Ziggo Financing Partnership, USD Term Loan I, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.50%), 2.65%, 04/30/28

    1,876       1,802,254  
   

 

 

 
      18,806,448  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.3%  

Cablevision Lightpath LLC, Term Loan B, 09/09/27(k)

    510       506,813  

Consolidated Communications, Inc., 2020 Term Loan B, 10/17/27(k)

    998       986,463  

GCI Holdings, Inc., 2020 Term Loan B,
09/24/25(a)(k)

    1,102       1,093,735  

Hargray Communications Group, Inc., 2017 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%, 1.00% Floor), 4.00%, 05/16/24

    1,653       1,640,594  

Iridium Satellite LLC, Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.75%, 1.00% Floor), 4.75%, 11/04/26

    1,549       1,544,024  

Level 3 Financing, Inc., 2019 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 1.75%), 1.90%, 03/01/27

    1,676       1,622,398  

MTN Infrastructure TopCo, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%, 1.00% Floor), 4.00%, 11/15/24

    2,340       2,297,665  
 

 

 

12  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2020

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Diversified Telecommunication Services (continued)  

Northwest Fiber LLC, Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 5.50%), 5.66%, 04/30/27

    USD       844     $ 841,775  

Virgin Media SFA Finance Ltd., GBP Term Loan L, (LIBOR - GBP + 3.25%), 3.30%, 01/15/27

    GBP       1,400       1,742,033  
   

 

 

 
        12,275,500  
Electric Utilities — 0.2%  

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 2020 Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 4.50%, 1.00% Floor), 5.50%, 06/23/25

    USD       1,279       1,251,084  

Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co. LLC/TCEH Finance, Inc., Term Loan, 1.00%, 11/10/20(a)(b)(d)

      2,375        
   

 

 

 
        1,251,084  
Energy Equipment & Services — 1.2%  

Dell International LLC, 2019 Term Loan B, 09/19/25(k)

      171       170,098  

Gates Global LLC, 2017 USD Repriced Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.75%, 1.00% Floor), 3.75%, 04/01/24

      4,289       4,219,354  

GrafTech Finance, Inc., 2018 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.50%, 1.00% Floor), 4.50%, 02/12/25

      1,659       1,635,399  
   

 

 

 
        6,024,851  
Entertainment — 0.2%  

Datto, Inc., 2019 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.25%), 4.40%, 04/02/26

      1,265       1,262,021  
   

 

 

 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.7%  

VICI Properties LLC, Replacement Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 1.75%), 1.91%, 12/20/24

      3,938       3,800,124  
   

 

 

 
Food & Staples Retailing — 1.2%  

Hearthside Food Solutions LLC

     

2018 Incremental Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.00%), 4.15%, 05/23/25

      1,033       1,006,789  

2018 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.69%), 3.83%, 05/23/25

      1,405       1,361,470  

2020 Incremental Term Loan B3, (1 mo. LIBOR + 5.00%, 1.00% Floor), 6.00%, 05/23/25

      180       177,904  

US Foods, Inc.

     

2016 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 1.75%), 1.90%, 06/27/23

      3,017       2,896,743  

2019 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.00%), 2.15%, 09/13/26

      749       713,560  
   

 

 

 
        6,156,466  
Food Products — 3.9%  

8th Avenue Food & Provisions, Inc., 2018 1st Lien Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.50%), 3.65%, 10/01/25

      1,113       1,101,465  

B&G Foods, Inc., 2019 Term Loan B4, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.50%), 2.65%, 10/10/26

      169       168,080  

Chobani LLC, 2017 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.50%, 1.00% Floor), 4.50%, 10/10/23

      4,059       4,008,365  

Froneri International Ltd.

     

2020 USD 2nd Lien Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 5.75%),
5.90%, 01/29/28(a)

      375       371,522  

2020 USD Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.25%), 2.40%, 01/29/27

      5,499       5,273,365  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Food Products (continued)                  

Hostess Brands LLC, 2019 Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.25%), 3.00%, 08/03/25

    USD       1,218     $ 1,196,009  

JBS USA LUX SA, 2019 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.00%), 2.15%, 05/01/26

      599       582,138  

Pathway Vet Alliance LLC, 2020 Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.00%), 4.15%, 03/31/27

      479       470,511  

Reynolds Group Holdings, Inc.

     

2017 Term Loan, (PRIME + 1.75%), 3.98%, 02/05/23

      4,872       4,806,920  

2020 Term Loan, 02/03/26(k)

      1,703       1,670,643  

Shearer’s Foods, Inc., 2020 Term Loan B, 09/23/27(k)

      565       560,412  
   

 

 

 
        20,209,430  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.9%  

Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics SA

     

2018 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%), 3.41%, 06/30/25

      3,847       3,675,337  

EUR Term Loan B, (EURIBOR + 3.50%), 3.50%, 06/30/25

    EUR       995       1,118,466  
   

 

 

 
        4,793,803  
Health Care Providers & Services — 4.5%  

AHP Health Partners, Inc., 2018 Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.50%, 1.00% Floor), 5.50%, 06/30/25

    USD       830       828,456  

CHG Healthcare Services, Inc., 2017 1st Lien Term Loan B, (6 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%, 1.00% Floor), 4.00%, 06/07/23

      2,184       2,143,973  

Da Vinci Purchaser Corp., 2019 Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 4.00%, 1.00% Floor), 5.24%, 01/08/27

      1,114       1,099,552  

DentalCorp Perfect Smile ULC, 1st Lien Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.75%, 1.00% Floor), 4.75%, 06/06/25

      518       487,933  

Envision Healthcare Corp., 2018 1st Lien Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.75%), 3.90%, 10/10/25

      1,731       1,245,138  

EyeCare Partners LLC

     

2020 2nd Lien Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 8.25%), 8.40%, 02/18/28

      1,460       1,284,800  

2020 Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.75%), 3.90%, 02/18/27

      1,602       1,503,451  

Femur Buyer, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 03/05/26(k)

      189       170,918  

Gentiva Health Services, Inc., 2020 Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%), 3.44%, 07/02/25

      2,692       2,632,819  

HC Group Holdings II, Inc., Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.50%), 4.65%, 08/06/26

      2,653       2,624,221  

MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, 2016 Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.75%, 1.00% Floor), 3.75%, 06/07/23

      1,177       1,156,679  

nThrive, Inc., 2016 1st Lien Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.50%, 1.00% Floor), 5.50%, 10/20/22

      1,174       1,063,376  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2020

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  

Health Care Providers & Services (continued)

 

Sotera Health Holdings LLC, 2019 Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 4.50%, 1.00% Floor), 5.50%, 12/11/26

    USD       7,075     $ 7,039,414  

Team Health Holdings, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.75%, 1.00% Floor), 3.75%, 02/06/24

      251       209,551  
     

 

 

 
        23,490,281  
Health Care Services — 0.8%                  

Emerald TopCo., Inc., Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.50%), 3.76%, 07/25/26

      2,418       2,322,705  

WP CityMD Bidco LLC, 2019 Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 4.50%, 1.00% Floor), 5.50%, 08/13/26

      1,896       1,882,759  
     

 

 

 
        4,205,464  
Health Care Technology — 1.0%                  

Change Healthcare Holdings, Inc., 2017 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.50%, 1.00% Floor), 3.50%, 03/01/24

      3,399       3,323,103  

GoodRx, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.75%), 2.90%, 10/10/25

      1,489       1,460,291  

Quintiles IMS, Inc., 2017 USD Term Loan B1, (1 mo. LIBOR + 1.75%), 1.90%, 03/07/24

      279       274,663  
     

 

 

 
        5,058,057  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 6.2%                  

1011778 B.C. Unlimited Liability Co., Term Loan B4, (1 mo. LIBOR + 1.75%), 1.90%, 11/19/26

      3,273       3,132,953  

Aimbridge Acquisition Co., Inc., 2019 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.75%), 3.89%, 02/02/26(a) .

      497       442,351  

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd., 2020 Incremental Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.75%, 1.00% Floor), 4.75%, 10/19/24

      887       880,960  

Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., 2018 1st Lien Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 1.75%), 2.02%, 10/19/24

      1,085       1,053,746  

Boyd Gaming Corp., Term Loan B3, (1 Week LIBOR + 2.25%), 2.36%, 09/15/23

      1,091       1,059,910  

Caesars Resort Collection LLC

     

2017 1st Lien Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.75%), 2.90%, 12/23/24

      3,729       3,484,166  

2020 Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.50%), 4.65%, 07/20/25

      3,800       3,672,330  

CCM Merger, Inc., New Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.25%), 3.00%, 08/06/21

      588       584,928  

Equinox Holdings, Inc., 2017 1st Lien Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%, 1.00% Floor), 4.00%, 03/08/24

      3,663       2,797,950  

Four Seasons Hotels Ltd., New 1st Lien Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.00%), 2.15%, 11/30/23

      905       878,858  

Golden Nugget LLC, 2017 Incremental Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.50%), 3.25%, 10/04/23

      1,883       1,673,711  

Golden Nugget, Inc., 2020 Initial Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 12.00%, 1.00% Floor), 13.00%, 10/04/23(a)

      201       227,378  

Herschend Entertainment Co. LLC, Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 5.75%, 1.00% Floor), 6.75%, 08/25/25(a)

      533       509,015  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued)

 

IRB Holding Corp., 2020 Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.75%, 1.00% Floor), 3.75%, 02/05/25

    USD       2,221     $ 2,117,096  

KFC Holding Co., 2018 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 1.75%), 1.90%, 04/03/25

      874       851,952  

Playa Resorts Holding BV, 2017 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.75%, 1.00% Floor), 3.75%, 04/29/24

      685       598,475  

Playtika Holding Corp., Term Loan B, (6 mo. LIBOR + 6.00%, 1.00% Floor), 7.00%, 12/10/24

      1,663       1,662,514  

Scientific Games International, Inc., 2018 Term Loan B5, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.75%), 3.61%, 08/14/24

      1,147       1,076,496  

Stars Group Holdings BV, 2018 USD Incremental Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.50%), 3.72%, 07/10/25

      1,222       1,217,656  

Station Casinos LLC, 2020 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.25%), 2.50%, 02/08/27

      2,001       1,908,824  

Whatabrands LLC, 2020 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.75%), 2.91%, 08/02/26

      2,771       2,706,131  
     

 

 

 
        32,537,400  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.7%  

Calpine Construction Finance Co. LP, 2017 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.00%), 2.15%, 01/15/25

      670       648,365  

Calpine Corp.

     

2019 Term Loan B10, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.00%), 2.15%, 08/12/26

      1,064       1,032,092  

Term Loan B9, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.25%), 2.40%, 04/06/26

      1,928       1,873,781  
     

 

 

 
        3,554,238  
Industrial Conglomerates — 2.1%                  

Sequa Mezzanine Holdings LLC, 2020 Extended Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 6.75%, 1.00% Floor), 7.75%, 11/28/23

      1,490       1,410,102  

Vertical US Newco, Inc., USD Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 4.25%), 4.57%, 07/30/27

      1,712       1,695,804  

Vertiv Group Corpo., Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%), 3.16%, 03/02/27

      7,858       7,724,216  
     

 

 

 
        10,830,122  
Insurance — 3.9%                  

Alliant Holdings I, Inc., 2018 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.75%), 2.90%, 05/09/25

      2,447       2,372,836  

Alliant Holdings Intermediate LLC, Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%), 3.40%, 05/09/25

      1,193       1,170,124  

AmWINS Group, Inc., 2017 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.75%, 1.00% Floor), 3.75%, 01/25/24

      3,251       3,217,542  

AssuredPartners Capital, Inc., 2020 Incremental Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.50%, 1.00% Floor), 5.50%, 02/13/27

      604       601,199  

AssuredPartners, Inc., 2020 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.50%), 3.65%, 02/13/27

      1,562       1,514,741  

HUB International Ltd.

     

2018 Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%), 3.26%, 04/25/25

      2,816       2,718,053  
 

 

 

14  

    


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2020

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  

Insurance (continued)

 

HUB International Ltd. (continued)

     

2019 Incremental Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 4.00%, 1.00% Floor), 5.00%, 04/25/25

    USD       1,423     $ 1,416,773  

Ryan Specialty Group LLC, Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%), 4.00%, 09/01/27

      1,467       1,451,421  

Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc.

 

 

2018 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%), 3.40%, 12/31/25

      2,614       2,518,119  

2019 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.00%), 4.15%, 09/03/26

      2,083       2,049,315  

2020 Term Loan B3, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.25%, 1.00% Floor), 5.25%, 09/03/26

      1,501       1,487,987  
     

 

 

 
        20,518,110  
Interactive Media & Services — 1.9%                  

Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2019 Extended Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.25%), 4.40%, 08/27/26

      355       354,032  

Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Non-Extended Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.75%, 1.00% Floor), 4.75%, 10/19/23

      2,761       2,755,592  

Camelot US Acquisition 1 Co., 2020 Incremental Term Loan B, 10/31/26(k)

      3,763       3,742,604  

Go Daddy Operating Co. LLC, 2020 Term Loan B3, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.50%), 2.65%, 08/10/27

      1,726       1,697,995  

Rackspace Hosting, Inc., 2017 Incremental 1st Lien Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%, 1.00% Floor), 4.00%, 11/03/23

      334       327,108  

TierPoint LLC, 2017 1st Lien Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.75%, 1.00% Floor), 4.75%, 05/06/24

      871       845,154  
     

 

 

 
        9,722,485  
IT Services — 6.4%                  

Aruba Investments, Inc., 2020 USD Term Loan B, (6 mo. LIBOR + 4.25%, 1.00% Floor), 5.25%, 07/07/25

      459       455,365  

Camelot U.S. Acquisition 1 Co., Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%), 3.15%, 10/31/26

      3,619       3,545,771  

Flexential Intermediate Corp., 2nd Lien Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 7.25%, 1.00% Floor), 7.50%, 08/01/25

      1,121       658,587  

Greeneden US Holdings II LLC, 2018 USD Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%), 3.40%, 12/01/23

      4,253       4,238,827  

GreenSky Holdings LLC, 2020 Term Loan B2, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.50%), 5.50%, 03/29/25(a)

      1,383       1,334,146  

PUG LLC, USD Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.50%), 3.65%, 02/12/27

      2,845       2,498,514  

Sophia LP(k)

     

2020 1st Lien Term Loan, 09/22/27

      4,577       4,543,817  

2020 2nd Lien Term Loan, 09/17/27

      3,730       3,636,750  

Trans Union LLC, 2019 Term Loan B5, (1 mo. LIBOR + 1.75%), 1.90%, 11/16/26

      3,338       3,249,719  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  

IT Services (continued)

 

Veritas US, Inc., 2020 USD Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 5.50%, 1.00% Floor), 6.50%, 09/01/25

    USD       7,140     $ 6,979,828  

WEX, Inc., Term Loan B3, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.25%), 2.40%, 05/15/26

      2,222       2,142,719  
     

 

 

 
        33,284,043  
Leisure Products — 0.1%                  

MND Holdings III Corp., 2018 1st Lien Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.50%, 1.00% Floor), 4.50%, 06/19/24

      784       627,434  
     

 

 

 
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.5%                  

Albany Molecular Research, Inc., 2017 2nd Lien Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 7.00%, 1.00% Floor), 8.00%, 08/30/25

      75       73,750  

eResearchTechnology, Inc., 2020 1st Lien Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.50%, 1.00% Floor), 5.50%, 02/04/27

      2,476       2,462,896  
     

 

 

 
        2,536,646  
Machinery — 1.7%                  

Ingersoll-Rand Services Co., 2020 USD Spinco Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 1.75%), 1.90%, 02/28/27

      2,639       2,547,123  

Terex Corp., 2019 Term Loan B1, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.75%), 3.50%, 01/31/24(a)

      383       373,586  

Titan Acquisition Ltd., 2018 Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%), 3.36%, 03/28/25

      6,062       5,711,642  
     

 

 

 
        8,632,351  
Media — 13.8%                  

Altice Financing SA

     

2017 USD Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.75%), 2.90%, 07/15/25

      661       630,323  

USD 2017 1st Lien Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.75%), 2.89%, 01/31/26

      1,763       1,662,085  

Altice France SA, 2018 Term Loan B13, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.00%), 4.15%, 08/14/26

      2,838       2,751,781  

Charter Communications Operating LLC, 2019 Term Loan B1, (1 mo. LIBOR + 1.75%), 1.90%, 04/30/25

      3,599       3,530,592  

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.50%), 3.76%, 08/21/26

      5,862       5,320,873  

Cogeco Communications Finance (USA) LP, Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.00%), 2.15%, 01/03/25

      122       118,505  

Connect Finco Sarl, Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 0.45%, 1.00% Floor), 4.65%, 12/12/26

      8,370       8,103,519  

CSC Holdings LLC

     

2017 Term Loan B1, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.25%), 2.40%, 07/17/25

      590       569,340  

2019 Term Loan B5, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.50%), 2.65%, 04/15/27

      1,981       1,916,991  

Gray Television, Inc., 2018 Term Loan C, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.50%), 2.66%, 01/02/26

      1,461       1,433,824  

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA

     

2017 Term Loan B3, (PRIME + 4.75%), 8.00%, 11/27/23

      455       456,579  
 

 

 

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

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2020

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  

Media (continued)

     

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA (continued)

     

2020 DIP Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 5.50%, 1.00% Floor), 6.50%, 07/13/22

    USD       79     $ 80,024  

Learfield Communications LLC, 2016 1st Lien Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%, 1.00% Floor), 4.25%, 12/01/23

      3,868       3,276,923  

Liberty Latin America Ltd., Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 5.00%), 5.15%, 10/15/26

      1,488       1,484,905  

Lions Gate Capital Holdings LLC, 2018 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.25%), 2.40%, 03/24/25

      1,564       1,505,137  

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., Term Loan B4, (1 mo. LIBOR + 1.75%), 1.94%, 10/19/26

      2,007       1,864,418  

MH Sub I LLC

     

2017 1st Lien Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.50%), 3.65%, 09/13/24

      3,604       3,500,426  

2020 Incremental Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.75%, 1.00% Floor), 4.75%, 09/15/24

      717       707,563  

Midcontinent Communications, 2019 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 1.75%), 1.90%, 08/15/26

      840       823,062  

Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., 2019 Term Loan B4, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.75%), 2.91%, 09/19/26

      1,720       1,679,402  

PSAV Holdings LLC, 2018 1st Lien Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%, 1.00% Floor), 4.25%, 03/03/25

      4,418       3,280,224  

Radiate Holdco LLC

     

1st Lien Term Loan, 09/25/26(k)

      2,270       2,229,746  

2020 Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.50%), 4.25%, 09/25/26

      213       209,402  

Terrier Media Buyer, Inc., Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.25%), 4.40%, 12/17/26

      2,611       2,542,939  

Trader Corp., 2017 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%, 1.00% Floor), 4.00%, 09/28/23

      4,338       4,207,982  

UFC Holdings LLC, 2019 Term Loan, (6 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%, 1.00% Floor), 4.25%, 04/29/26

      649       636,460  

Virgin Media Bristol LLC

     

2020 USD Term Loan Q, 01/31/29(k)

      2,097       2,059,317  

USD Term Loan N, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.50%), 2.65%, 01/31/28

      2,578       2,498,747  

William Morris Endeavor Entertainment LLC, 2018 1st Lien Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.75%), 2.90%, 05/18/25

      3,164       2,693,220  

Zayo Group Holdings, Inc., USD Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%), 3.15%, 03/09/27

      10,632       10,303,530  
     

 

 

 
        72,077,839  
Metals & Mining — 0.4%        

Ball Metalpack LLC, 2018 1st Lien Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 4.50%), 4.76%, 07/31/25

      2,055       1,971,080  
     

 

 

 
Multiline Retail — 0.2%                  

Eyemart Express LLC, 2017 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%, 1.00% Floor), 4.00%, 08/04/24

      907       875,959  

Neiman Marcus Group Ltd. LLC, 2020 Exit Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 12.00%, 1.00% Floor), 13.00%, 09/25/25

      115       117,518  
     

 

 

 
        993,477  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.6%

     

California Resources Corp., Second Out Term Loan, 0.00%, 12/31/21(b)(d)(k)

    USD       2,002     $ 38,377  

Chesapeake Energy Corp., 2019 Last Out Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 8.00%), 9.00%, 06/24/24(a)(b)(d)

      315       214,471  

Edgewater Generation LLC, Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.75%), 3.90%, 12/13/25

      1,741       1,682,992  

EG Group Ltd., 2018 USD Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 4.00%), 4.22%, 02/07/25

      722       705,829  

McDermott Technology Americas, Inc.

     

2020 Make Whole Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%), 3.15%, 06/30/24(a)

      46       39,580  

2020 Take Back Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.00%), 4.15%, 06/30/25

      320       238,913  
     

 

 

 
        2,920,162  
Personal Products — 0.8%        

Sunshine Luxembourg VII Sarl, USD Term Loan B1, (6 mo. LIBOR + 4.25%, 1.00% Floor), 5.32%, 09/25/26

      4,276       4,247,275  
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 3.3%                  

Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, 2018 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.50%), 3.69%, 05/04/25

      2,287       2,150,012  

Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc., Term Loan B2, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.25%, 1.00% Floor), 3.25%, 05/18/26

      2,335       2,320,370  

Elanco Animal Health, Inc., Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 1.75%), 1.91%, 08/01/27

      944       916,136  

Grifols Worldwide Operations USA, Inc., USD 2019 Term Loan B, (1 Week LIBOR + 2.00%), 2.10%, 11/15/27

      1,890       1,848,531  

Jaguar Holding Co. II, 2018 Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.50%, 1.00% Floor), 3.50%, 08/18/22

      3,789       3,771,567  

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., 2018 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%), 3.15%, 06/02/25

      6,605       6,466,107  
     

 

 

 
        17,472,723  
Professional Services — 1.4%        

Dun & Bradstreet Corp., Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.75%), 3.89%, 02/06/26

      5,836       5,768,831  

STG-Fairway Holdings LLC, Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%), 3.47%, 01/31/27(a)

      1,450       1,417,732  
     

 

 

 
        7,186,563  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.6%        

CityCenter Holdings LLC, 2017 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.25%), 3.00%, 04/18/24

      2,028       1,942,421  

Cushman & Wakefield U.S. Borrower LLC, 2020 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.75%), 2.90%, 08/21/25

      1,314       1,264,410  

Realogy Corp., 2018 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.25%), 3.00%, 02/08/25

      180       172,221  
     

 

 

 
        3,379,052  
Road & Rail — 1.7%        

Lineage Logistics Holdings LLC, 2018 Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%, 1.00% Floor), 4.00%, 02/27/25

      4,638       4,566,994  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2020

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Road & Rail (continued)  

Moda Ingleside Energy Center LLC, 2018 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%), 3.40%, 09/25/25

    USD       871     $ 856,227  

Road Infrastructure Investment LLC, 2016 1st Lien Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.50%, 1.00% Floor), 4.50%, 06/13/23

      2,503       2,269,165  

SIRVA Worldwide, Inc., 2018 1st Lien Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 5.50%), 5.65%, 08/04/25

      1,410       1,166,970  
   

 

 

 
        8,859,356  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.2%  

Microchip Technology, Inc., 2018 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.00%), 2.15%, 05/29/25(a)

      928       923,596  

ON Semiconductor Corp., 2019 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.00%), 2.15%, 09/19/26

      (l)       31  
   

 

 

 
        923,627  
Software — 17.1%                  

Applied Systems, Inc.

     

2017 1st Lien Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%, 1.00% Floor), 4.25%, 09/19/24

      3,580       3,554,094  

2017 2nd Lien Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 7.00%, 1.00% Floor), 8.00%, 09/19/25

      764       772,210  

BMC Software Finance, Inc., 2018 USD Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.25%), 4.40%, 10/02/25

      2,320       2,246,414  

By Crown Parent LLC, Term Loan B1, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%, 1.00% Floor), 4.00%, 01/31/26

      2,007       1,979,742  

Castle US Holding Corp., USD Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.75%), 3.97%, 01/31/27

      2,553       2,448,837  

Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc., Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.25%), 4.41%, 04/22/27

      1,061       1,058,125  

Cypress Intermediate Holdings III, Inc., 2017 1st Lien Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%, 1.00% Floor), 4.00%, 04/29/24

      1,349       1,337,807  

Digicel International Finance Ltd., 2017 Term Loan B, (6 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%), 3.80%, 05/27/24

      338       295,870  

DTI Holdco, Inc., 2018 Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 4.75%, 1.00% Floor), 5.75%, 09/29/23

      1,081       941,086  

Epicor Software Corp.

     

2020 2nd Lien Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 7.75%, 1.00% Floor), 8.75%, 07/31/28

      1,886       1,933,150  

2020 Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.25%, 1.00% Floor), 5.25%, 07/31/27

      4,246       4,235,848  

Financial & Risk US Holdings, Inc.

     

2018 EUR Term Loan, (EURIBOR + 3.25%), 3.25%, 10/01/25

    EUR       954       1,103,058  

2018 USD Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%), 3.40%, 10/01/25

    USD       8,977       8,879,607  

Informatica LLC

     

2020 USD 2nd Lien Term Loan, (Fixed + 7.13%), 7.13%, 02/25/25

      1,914       1,941,121  

2020 USD Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%), 3.40%, 02/25/27

      7,843       7,660,084  

McAfee LLC, 2018 USD Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.75%), 3.90%, 09/30/24

      3,478       3,448,820  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Software (continued)  

MED ParentCo LP, 2020 Incremental Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 6.25%, 1.00% Floor), 7.25%, 08/31/26(a)

    USD       772     $ 760,420  

Mitchell International, Inc.

     

2017 1st Lien Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%), 3.40%, 11/29/24

      2,500       2,384,336  

2017 2nd Lien Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 7.25%), 7.40%, 12/01/25

      887       838,343  

2020 Add-On Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.25%), 4.75%, 12/01/24

      1,840       1,802,059  

Netsmart Technologies, Inc., 2020 Term Loan B, 09/22/27(k)

      1,307       1,300,792  

Omnitracs, Inc., 2020 2nd Lien Term Loan, 09/10/28(k)

      953       937,514  

Renaissance Holding Corp., 2018 1st Lien Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%), 3.40%, 05/30/25

      591       568,720  

Severin Acquisition LLC, 2018 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%), 3.41%, 08/01/25

      3,339       3,235,183  

SolarWinds Holdings, Inc., 2018 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.75%), 2.90%, 02/05/24

      2,134       2,090,545  

Solera LLC, USD Term Loan B, (2 mo. LIBOR + 2.75%), 2.94%, 03/03/23

      3,168       3,098,940  

Sophia LP, 2017 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%, 1.00% Floor), 4.25%, 09/30/22

      4,694       4,669,718  

SS&C Technologies Holdings Europe Sarl, 2018 Term Loan B4, (1 mo. LIBOR + 1.75%), 1.90%, 04/16/25

      405       391,095  

SS&C Technologies, Inc.

     

2018 Term Loan B3, (1 mo. LIBOR + 1.75%), 1.90%, 04/16/25

      576       557,037  

2018 Term Loan B5, (1 mo. LIBOR + 1.75%), 1.90%, 04/16/25

      1,753       1,695,877  

Tempo Acquisition LLC, 2020 Extended Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%), 3.75%, 11/02/26

      5,523       5,348,840  

Tibco Software Inc., 2020 2nd Lien Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 7.25%), 7.40%, 03/04/28

      3,674       3,581,974  

Ultimate Software Group, Inc.

     

2020 2nd Lien Incremental Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 6.75%), 7.50%, 05/03/27

      1,767       1,796,456  

2020 Incremental Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 4.00%), 4.75%, 05/03/26

      5,439       5,419,311  

Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.75%), 3.90%, 05/03/26

      5,171       5,120,535  
   

 

 

 
        89,433,568  
Specialty Retail — 2.2%                  

Belron Finance US LLC

     

2018 Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.50%), 2.75%, 11/13/25

      2,013       1,982,945  

2019 USD Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.50%), 2.77%, 11/13/25

      1,154       1,138,406  

USD Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.50%), 2.74%, 11/07/24

      1,446       1,424,532  

MED ParentCo LP

     

1st Lien Delayed Draw Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.25%), 4.40%, 08/31/26

      264       250,127  

1st Lien Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.25%), 4.40%, 08/31/26

      1,503       1,425,581  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2020

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  
Specialty Retail (continued)                  

Midas Intermediate Holdco II LLC, Incremental Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.75%, 1.00% Floor), 3.75%, 08/18/21

    USD       1,406     $ 1,310,240  

PetSmart, Inc., Consenting Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.50%, 1.00% Floor), 4.50%, 03/11/22

      2,935       2,925,554  

Research Now Group, Inc., 2017 1st Lien Term Loan, (6 mo. LIBOR + 5.50%, 1.00% Floor), 6.50%, 12/20/24

      1,148       1,083,861  
     

 

 

 
        11,541,246  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.6%  

Electronics for Imaging, Inc., Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 5.00%), 5.15%, 07/23/26

      1,616       1,302,998  

Western Digital Corp., 2018 Term Loan B4, (1 mo. LIBOR + 1.75%), 1.91%, 04/29/23

      1,900       1,881,629  
     

 

 

 
        3,184,627  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.6%  

IG Investment Holdings LLC, 2018 1st Lien Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 4.00%, 1.00% Floor), 5.00%, 05/23/25

      2,946       2,896,937  
     

 

 

 
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.7%  

HD Supply, Inc., Term Loan B5, (1 mo. LIBOR + 1.75%), 1.90%, 10/17/23

      3,757       3,741,890  
     

 

 

 
Utilities — 0.4%                  

ExGen Renewables IV LLC, Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%, 1.00% Floor), 4.00%, 11/28/24

      2,266       2,259,816  
     

 

 

 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.7%  

Ligado Networks LLC, PIK Exit Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 11.75%), 8.50%, 12/07/20(b)(d)

      205       187,174  

SBA Senior Finance II LLC, 2018 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 1.75%), 1.90%, 04/11/25

      3,378       3,286,672  

T-Mobile USA, Inc., 2020 Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%), 3.15%, 04/01/27

      7,177       7,166,104  

Xplornet Communications, Inc., 2020 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.75%),
4.90%, 06/10/27

      3,364       3,294,213  
     

 

 

 
        13,934,163  
     

 

 

 

Total Floating Rate Loan Interests — 120.9%
(Cost: $647,720,095)

 

      631,730,249  
     

 

 

 
            Shares         

Investment Companies

     
Equity Funds — 0.0%                  

SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF

      4,875       205,091  
     

 

 

 
Fixed Income Funds — 2.3%                  

Invesco Senior Loan ETF

      60,000       1,304,400  
Security              
Shares
    Value  
Fixed Income Funds (continued)                  

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF(m)

      62,000     $ 5,201,800  

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF(m)

      39,000       5,253,690  
     

 

 

 
        11,759,890  
     

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies — 2.3%
(Cost: $11,846,505)

 

      11,964,981  
     

 

 

 
            Benefical
Interest (000)
        

Other Interests(n)

     
IT Services(a)(b) — 0.0%                  

Millennium Corp

    USD       1,156        

Millennium Lender Claims

      1,084        
     

 

 

 

Total Other Interests — 0.0%
(Cost: $ — )

         
     

 

 

 
           

Par

(000)

        

Preferred Securities

     
Capital Trusts — 1.1%(g)                  
Automobiles — 0.0%                  

General Motors Financial Co., Inc., Series C, 5.70%(h)

    USD       50       50,188  
     

 

 

 
Banks — 0.2%                  

Bankia SA, 6.38%(h)

    EUR       200       239,534  

HBOS Capital Funding LP, 6.85%

    USD       200       203,000  

Wells Fargo & Co., Series U, 5.88%(h)

      670       721,330  
     

 

 

 
        1,163,864  
Diversified Financial Services(h) — 0.9%  

Banco Santander SA, 4.38%

    EUR       200       211,627  

Bank of America Corp.

     

Series AA, 6.10%

    USD       657       715,217  

Series DD, 6.30%

      55       62,156  

Series X, 6.25%

      350       373,975  

Series Z, 6.50%

      232       257,868  

BNP Paribas SA, 4.50%(c)

      200       191,750  

HSBC Holdings PLC, 6.00%

      600       615,000  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     

Series FF, 5.00%

      765       763,681  

Series HH, 4.60%

      166       162,680  

Series I, 3.74%

      52       49,861  

Series V, 3.55%

      780       721,656  

Natwest Group PLC, 8.63%

      246       252,150  
     

 

 

 
        4,377,621  
     

 

 

 

Total Capital Trusts — 1.1%

        5,591,673  
     

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2020

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Preferred Stocks — 0.1%            
Capital Markets — 0.1%            

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.,
Series J, 5.50%(g)(h) .

    13,550     $ 359,210  
   

 

 

 

Total Preferred Securities — 1.2%
(Cost: $5,912,319)

 

    5,950,883  
   

 

 

 
Warrants            
Metals & Mining — 0.0%  

AFGlobal Corp. (Expires 12/20/20)(a)

    5,283        
   

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.0%  

SM Energy Co. (Expires 06/30/23)(b)

    11,411       18,029  
   

 

 

 
Transportation Infrastructure — 0.0%  

Turbo Cayman Ltd. (Strike Price $0.01)(a)

    1        
   

 

 

 

Total Warrants — 0.0%
(Cost: $48,949)

 

    18,029  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 146.4%
(Cost: $801,933,362)

 

    764,804,694  
   

 

 

 
Short-Term Securities            
Money Market Funds — 0.1%            

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class, 0.02%(m)(o)

    854,939       854,939  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 0.1%
(Cost: $854,939)

 

    854,939  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 146.5%
(Cost: $802,788,301)

 

    765,659,633  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (46.5)%

 

    (243,170,388
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 522,489,245  
   

 

 

 

    

(a) 

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

(b) 

Non-income producing security.

(c) 

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.

(d) 

Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default.

(e) 

Variable rate security. Rate shown is the rate in effect as of period end.

(f) 

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.

(g) 

Perpetual security with no stated maturity date.

(h) 

Variable rate security. Security may be issued at a fixed coupon rate, which converts to a variable rate at a specified date. Rate shown is the rate in effect as of period end.

(i) 

When-issued security.

(j) 

Convertible security.

(k) 

Represents an unsettled loan commitment at period end. Certain details associated with this purchase are not known prior to the settlement date, including coupon rate.

(l) 

Amount is less than 500.

(m) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(n) 

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

(o) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

 

    

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the period ended September 30, 2020, for purposes of
Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer    Value at
12/31/19
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
     Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
    

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)

     Value at
09/30/20
     Shares
Held at
09/30/20
     Income      Capital Gain
Distributions from
Underlying Funds
 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class

   $      $ 854,939 (a)      $      $      $      $ 854,939        854,939      $ 8,812      $  

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

            12,869,137        (7,884,095      65,135        151,623        5,201,800        62,000        163,005         

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

            5,057,376                      196,314        5,253,690        39,000        57,293         
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 
            $ 65,135      $ 347,937      $ 11,310,429         $ 229,110      $  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 

For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund’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.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2020

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

Currency Purchased        Currency Sold        Counterparty      Settlement Date        Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
EUR     1,401,000        USD     1,642,433        Bank of America N.A.        10/05/20        $ 272  
EUR     1,134,000        USD     1,327,914        UBS AG        10/05/20          1,727  
GBP     73,000        USD     93,875        Bank of America N.A.        10/05/20          321  
GBP     1,485,000        USD     1,908,077        HSBC Bank PLC.        10/05/20          8,117  
USD     21,382        EUR     18,000        Bank of America N.A.        10/05/20          276  
USD     120,372        EUR     102,000        Bank of America N.A.        10/05/20          774  
USD     3,097,401        EUR     2,588,000        BNP Paribas S.A.        10/05/20          62,913  
USD     117,286        EUR     99,000        Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC        10/05/20          1,206  
USD     2,737,074        EUR     2,289,000        UBS AG        10/05/20          53,170  
USD     101,157        GBP     76,000        Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC        10/05/20          3,090  
USD     1,982,015        GBP     1,489,000        State Street Bank and Trust Co.        10/05/20          60,660  
USD     1,331,685        EUR     1,134,000        Goldman Sachs International        11/04/20          1,221  
USD     1,645,229        EUR     1,401,000        Goldman Sachs International        11/04/20          1,508  
                       

 

 

 
                          195,255  
                       

 

 

 
EUR     1,134,000        USD     1,330,862        Goldman Sachs International        10/05/20          (1,222
EUR     1,401,000        USD     1,644,214        Goldman Sachs International        10/05/20          (1,509
USD     1,643,451        EUR     1,401,000        Bank of America N.A.        11/04/20          (270
USD     1,328,736        EUR     1,134,000        UBS AG        11/04/20          (1,728
USD     93,890        GBP     73,000        Bank of America N.A.        11/04/20          (322
USD     1,908,378        GBP     1,485,000        HSBC Bank PLC.        11/04/20          (8,119
                       

 

 

 
                          (13,170
                       

 

 

 
                        $ 182,085  
                       

 

 

 

OTC Credit Default Swaps — Sell Protection

       Reference Obligation/Index   Financing
Rate Received
by the Fund
    Payment
Frequency
    Counterparty     Termination
Date
   

Credit

Rating(a)

 

Notional

Amount (000)(b)

    Value     Upfront
Premium
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
          
 

Casino Guichard Perrachon SA

    1.00     Quarterly       Bank of America N.A.       06/20/23     B     EUR       9     $ (2,342   $ (836   $ (1,506  
 

Casino Guichard Perrachon SA

    1.00       Quarterly       Barclays Bank PLC       06/20/23     B     EUR       6       (1,466     (429     (1,037  
 

Casino Guichard Perrachon SA

    1.00       Quarterly       Citibank N.A.       06/20/23     B     EUR       9       (2,295     (750     (1,545  
 

Casino Guichard Perrachon SA

    1.00       Quarterly       JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.       06/20/23     B     EUR       10       (2,532     (590     (1,942  
 

Casino Guichard Perrachon SA

    1.00       Quarterly       JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.       06/20/23     B     EUR       5       (1,378     (421     (957  
 

Casino Guichard Perrachon SA

    1.00       Quarterly       JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.       06/20/23     B     EUR       9       (2,297     (750     (1,547  
 

Casino Guichard Perrachon SA

    1.00       Quarterly       JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.       06/20/23     B     EUR       4       (919     (281     (638  
 

CenturyLink, Inc.

    1.00       Quarterly       Barclays Bank PLC       12/20/23     NR     USD       170       (6,651     (8,649     1,998    
 

Garfunkelux Holdco 2 SA

    5.00       Quarterly       Credit Suisse International       12/20/24     B-     EUR       10       (1,715     (113     (1,602  
 

CenturyLink, Inc.

    1.00       Quarterly       Barclays Bank PLC       06/20/25     NR     USD       185       (17,389     (23,926     6,537    
                 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   
                  $ (38,984   $ (36,745   $ (2,239  
                 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

  (a) 

Using the rating of the issuer or the underlying securities of the index, as applicable, provided by S&P Global Ratings.

 
  (b)

The maximum potential amount the Fund may pay should a negative credit event take place as defined under the terms of the agreement.

 

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 Fund 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)

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2020

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (continued)

   

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 Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to its most recent financial statements.

The following tables summarize the Fund’s investments and derivative financial instruments categorized in the disclosure hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Asset-Backed Securities

   $        $ 122,014        $        $ 122,014  

Common Stocks

                 

Diversified Financial Services

                       10,753          10,753  

Energy Equipment & Services

     339,559                   31,416          370,975  

Health Care Management Services

              11                   11  

Media

     317                   4          321  

Metals & Mining

              27,456          58,304          85,760  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     24,967                            24,967  

Software

     608                            608  

Specialty Retail

              62,756                   62,756  

Corporate Bonds

              114,071,962          390,425          114,462,387  

Floating Rate Loan Interests

              618,237,120          13,493,129          631,730,249  

Investment Companies

     11,964,981                            11,964,981  

Other Interests

                                 

Preferred Securities

                 

Capital Trusts

              5,591,673                   5,591,673  

Preferred Stocks

     359,210                            359,210  

Warrants

              18,029                   18,029  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     854,939                            854,939  

Unfunded Floating Rate Loan Interests(a)

              1,539                   1,539  

Liabilities

                 

Unfunded Floating Rate Loan Interests(a)

              (27,984                 (27,984
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 13,544,581        $ 738,104,576        $ 13,984,031        $ 765,633,188  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(b)

                 

Assets

                 

Credit Contracts

   $        $ 8,535        $        $ 8,535  

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

              195,255                   195,255  

Liabilities

                 

Credit Contracts

              (10,774                 (10,774

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

              (13,170                 (13,170
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $        $ 179,846        $        $ 179,846  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a)

Unfunded floating rate loan interests are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the commitment.

 
  (b)

Derivative financial instruments are swaps and forward foreign currency exchange contracts. Swaps and forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

 

 

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

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2020

  

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU)

 

A reconciliation of Level 3 financial instruments 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
     Corporate
Bonds
     Floating
Rate Loan
Interests
     Other
Interests
     Warrants      Total  

Assets

                 

Opening Balance, as of December 31, 2019

   $ 763,992      $ 2      $ 30,343,623      $ (a)     $ (a)     $ 31,107,617  

Transfers into Level 3(b)

                   5,440,267                      5,440,267  

Transfers out of Level 3(c)

                   (20,778,835                    (20,778,835

Accrued discounts/premiums

            7,030        16,081                      23,111  

Net realized gain (loss)

     2,512               (602,395                    (599,883

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)(d)

     (674,300      (7,800      (495,637                    (1,177,737

Purchases

     10,785        391,193        10,629,762                      11,031,740  

Sales

     (2,512             (11,059,737                    (11,062,249
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Closing Balance, as of September 30, 2020

   $ 100,477      $ 390,425      $ 13,493,129      $ (a)     $ (a)     $ 13,984,031  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments still held at September 30, 2020(d)

   $ (674,300    $ (7,800    $ (417,905    $      $      $ (1,100,005
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Rounds to less than $1

 
  (b) 

As of December 31, 2019, the Fund used observable inputs in determining the value of certain investments. As of September 30, 2020, the Fund used significant unobservable inputs in determining the value of the same investments. As a result, investments at beginning of period value were transferred from Level 2 to Level 3 in the disclosure hierarchy.

 
  (c) 

As of December 31, 2019, the Fund used significant unobservable inputs in determining the value of certain investments. As of September 30, 2020, the Fund used observable inputs in determining the value of the same investments. As a result, investments at beginning of period value were transferred from Level 3 to Level 2 in the disclosure hierarchy.

 
  (d) 

Any difference between net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments still held at September 30, 2020 is generally due to investments no longer held or categorized as Level 3 at period end.

 

The Fund’s financial instruments that are categorized as Level 3 were valued utilizing third party pricing information without adjustment. Such valuations are based on unobservable inputs. A significant change in third party information could result in a significantly lower or higher value of such Level 3 financial instruments.

 

Currency Abbreviation
EUR      Euro
GBP      British Pound
USD      United States Dollar
    
Portfolio Abbreviation
DAC      Designated Activity Company
DIP      Debtor-In-Possession
ETF      Exchange-Traded Fund
EURIBOR      Euro Interbank Offered Rate
LIBOR      London Interbank Offered Rate
MSCI      Morgan Stanley Capital International
MTN      Medium-Term Note
PIK      Payment-in-Kind
REIT      Real Estate Investment Trust
S&P      Standard & Poor’s
SCA      Svenska Celluosa Aktiebolaget
SPDR      Standard & Poor’s Depository Receipt

 

 

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