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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-15-302048
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	N-PX
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150630
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150826
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150825
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20150826

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001259708
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		N-PX
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-21413
		FILM NUMBER:		151074432

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY
		CITY:			WILMINGTON
		STATE:			DE
		ZIP:			19809
		BUSINESS PHONE:		800-441-7762

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY
		CITY:			WILMINGTON
		STATE:			DE
		ZIP:			19809

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20061020

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030813
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM N-PX </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ANNUAL
REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Investment Company Act file number: 811-21413 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Name of Fund:
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. (FRA) </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Fund Address: 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Name and address of agent for service: John Perlowski, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies
Fund, Inc., 55 East 52<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">nd</SUP> Street, New York City, NY 10055. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Registrant&#146;s telephone number,
including area code: (800)&nbsp;882-0052, Option 4 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Date of fiscal year end: 08/31 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Date of reporting period: 07/01/2014 &#150; 06/30/2015 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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******************************* FORM N-Px REPORT *******************************

ICA File Number: 811-21413
Reporting Period: 07/01/2014 - 06/30/2015
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AINSWORTH LUMBER CO. LTD.

Ticker:       ANS            Security ID:  008914202
Meeting Date: AUG 12, 2014   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  JUL 04, 2014

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Robert Chadwick          For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Paul Gagne               For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Peter Gordon             For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Paul Houston             For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director John Lacey               For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Jim Lake                 For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Gordon Lancaster         For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Pierre McNeil            For       For          Management
2     Approve Deloitte LLP as Auditors and    For       For          Management
      Authorize Board to Fix Their
      Remuneration


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AINSWORTH LUMBER CO. LTD.

Ticker:       ANS            Security ID:  009037201
Meeting Date: AUG 12, 2014   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  JUL 04, 2014

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Robert Chadwick          For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Paul Gagne               For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Peter Gordon             For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Paul Houston             For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director John Lacey               For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Jim Lake                 For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Gordon Lancaster         For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Pierre McNeil            For       For          Management
2     Approve Deloitte LLP as Auditors and    For       For          Management
      Authorize Board to Fix Their
      Remuneration


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AINSWORTH LUMBER CO. LTD.

Ticker:       ANS            Security ID:  008914202
Meeting Date: JAN 27, 2015   Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:  DEC 17, 2014

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Approve Acquisition by Norbord Inc.     For       For          Management


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AINSWORTH LUMBER CO. LTD.

Ticker:       ANS            Security ID:  009037201
Meeting Date: JAN 27, 2015   Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:  DEC 17, 2014

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Approve Acquisition by Norbord Inc.     For       For          Management


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EATON VANCE FLOATING-RATE INCOME TRUST

Ticker:       EFT            Security ID:  278279104
Meeting Date: MAR 26, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  JAN 12, 2015

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director George J. Gorman         For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director William H. Park          For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Ronald A. Pearlman       For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director Harriett Tee Taggart     For       For          Management


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EATON VANCE SENIOR INCOME TRUST

Ticker:       EVF            Security ID:  27826S103
Meeting Date: OCT 23, 2014   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  AUG 13, 2014

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Thomas E. Faust Jr.      For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Cynthia E. Frost         For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Valerie A. Mosley        For       For          Management


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GEO SPECIALTY CHEMICALS INC.

Ticker:                      Security ID:  37246R205
Meeting Date: NOV 11, 2014   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  SEP 30, 2014

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Elect Director Duncan H. Cocroft        For       For          Management
2     Elect Director Michael Colodner         For       For          Management
3     Elect Director David L. Eaton           For       For          Management
4     Elect Director Kenneth A. Ghazey        For       For          Management
5     Elect Director Philip J. Gund           For       For          Management
6     Elect Director Linda Koffenberger       For       For          Management
7     Elect Director Charles Macaluso         For       For          Management


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HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT COMPANY

Ticker:       HMHC           Security ID:  44157R109
Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 25, 2015

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Sheru Chowdhry           For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director L. Gordon Crovitz        For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Lawrence K. Fish         For       Withhold     Management
1.4   Elect Director Jill A. Greenthal        For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director John F. Killian          For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director John R. McKernan, Jr.    For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Jonathan F. Miller       For       Withhold     Management
1.8   Elect Director E. Rogers Novak, Jr.     For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Linda K. Zecher          For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
3     Approve Qualified Employee Stock        For       For          Management
      Purchase Plan
4     Approve Omnibus Stock Plan              For       For          Management
5     Approve Distribution Policy             Against   For          Shareholder
6     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management
      Auditors


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NORBORD INC.

Ticker:       NBD            Security ID:  65548P403
Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 14, 2015

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Jack L. Cockwell         For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Pierre Dupuis            For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Paul E. Gagne            For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director J. Peter Gordon          For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Paul A. Houston          For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director J. Barrie Shineton       For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Denis A. Turcotte        For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Peter C. Wijnbergen      For       For          Management
2     Approve KPMG LLP as Auditors and        For       For          Management
      Authorize Board to Fix Their
      Remuneration


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SUNPOWER CORPORATION

Ticker:       SPWR           Security ID:  867652406
Meeting Date: JUN 03, 2015   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 13, 2015

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Arnaud Chaperon          For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Jean-Marc Otero del Val  For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Pat Wood, III            For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
3     Ratify Ernst &amp; Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management
4     Approve Omnibus Stock Plan              For       Against      Management
5     Approve Restricted Stock Grant to       For       For          Management
      Thomas H. Werner

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