EX-FILING FEES 5 d320889dexfilingfees.htm CALCULATION OF FILING FEE TABLES

Exhibit (s)

Calculation of Filing Fee Tables

FORM N-2/A

(Form Type)

BLACKROCK DEBT STRATEGIES FUND, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Table 1: Newly Registered and Carry Forward Securities

|  | Security Type |  | Security Class Title |  | Fee Calculation or Carry Forward Rule |  | Amount Registered |  |  | Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit |  |  |  | Maximum Aggregate Offering Price |  |  |  | Fee Rate |  |  | Amount of Registration Fee |  |  | Carry Forward Form Type |  |  |  | Carry Forward File Number |  |  |  | Carry Forward Initial effective date |  |  |  | Filing Fee Previously Paid In Connection with Unsold Securities to be Carried Forward |  |  |  |  |
Newly Registered Securities |  |  |  |  |
Fees to Be Paid |  | Equity |  | Common Stock, $0.10 par value |  | Other(1) |  | 16,000,000 |  |  | $9.39 |  |  |  | $150,240,000(1) |  |  |  | $110.20 |  |  | $16,538.95(2) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Other |  | Rights to Purchase Common Shares(3) |  | – |  | – |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |  |  | – |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fees Previously Paid |  | Equity |  | Common Stock, $0.10 par value |  | 457(o) |  | – |  |  | – |  |  |  | $1,000,000 |  |  |  | $92.70 |  |  | $92.70(4) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Other |  | Rights to Purchase Common Shares(3) |  | – |  | – |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |  |  |  |  |  |  | – |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Carry Forward Securities |  |  |  |  |
Carry Forward Securities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total Offering Amounts |  |  |  |  |  |  | $150,240,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  | $16,538.95 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total Fees Previously Paid |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $92.70 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total Fee Offsets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | – |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net Fee Due |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $16,446.25 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

(1) | The Registrant is relying on Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933 to calculate the registration fee. The Maximum Aggregate Offering Price is estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933 based on the average of the high and low sales prices of the shares of common shares on December 20, 2022, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange. The proposed maximum offering price per security will be determined, from time to time, by the Registrant in connection with the sale by the Registrant of the securities registered under this Registration Statement.

(2) | Amount represents $92.70 previously paid to register $1,000,000 of common shares, plus $16,446.25 to register the additional $149,240,000 of common shares registered hereby.

(3) | No separate consideration will be received by the Registrant. Any shares issued pursuant to an offering of rights to purchase shares of common shares, including any shares issued pursuant to an over-subscription privilege or a secondary over-subscription privilege, will be shares registered under this Registration Statement.

(4) | The Registrant previously paid $92.70 in connection with the filing of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-267429) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 14, 2022.