BlackRock Health Sciences Trust

Cusip: 09250W107

Ticker: BME

 

Record Date

    July 15, 2024  

Pay Date

    July 31, 2024  

Distribution Amount per share

    $     0.213000  

The following table sets forth the estimated amounts of the current distribution and the cumulative distributions paid this fiscal year to date from the following sources: net income, net realized short-term capital gains, net realized long-term capital gains and return of capital. All amounts are expressed per common share.

 

    Current Distribution     

% Breakdown of 

the Current 

Distribution 

    

  

    

Total Cumulative

Distributions for the

Fiscal Year to Date

    

  

    

% Breakdown of the 

Total Cumulative 

Distributions for the 

Fiscal Year to Date 

 

Net Income

   $ 0.021113        10%          $ 0.062803           4%  

Net Realized Short-Term Capital Gains

   $ -        0%          $ -           0%  

Net Realized Long-Term Capital Gains

   $ 0.048826        23%          $ 0.134502           9%  

Return of Capital

   $ 0.143061        67%          $ 1.293695           87%  
 

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total (per common share)

   $ 0.213000        100%          $ 1.491000           100%  
 

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

 

Average annual total return (in relation to NAV) for the 5-year period ending on June 30, 2024

 

     9.19%  
                

 

 

 

Annualized current distribution rate expressed as a percentage of NAV as of June 30, 2024

 

     5.78%  
                

 

 

 

Cumulative total return (in relation to NAV) for the fiscal year through June 30, 2024

 

     8.09%  
                

 

 

 

Cumulative fiscal year distributions as a percentage of NAV as of June 30, 2024

 

     2.89%  
                

 

 

 

You should not draw any conclusions about the Trust’s investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Trust’s Managed Distribution Plan.

The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its income and net realized capital gains; therefore, a portion of your distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the money that you invested in the Fund is paid back to you. A return of capital does not necessarily reflect the Fund’s investment performance and should not be confused with ‘yield’ or ‘income’.

When distributions exceed total return performance, the difference will reduce the Fund’s net asset value per share.

The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this Notice are only estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund’s investment experience during its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.

Contact Number:  800-882-0052