BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT) filed an initial statement of beneficial ownership on Form 3 for Francis C. Mahoney, who is identified as a director of the trust. The filing lists no reportable transactions, derivative positions, or holdings of the trust’s securities for this reporting person.
BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust identifies Charles Park as its Chief Compliance Officer. He previously held this role from June 6, 2014 through June 30, 2023 and has been reappointed effective August 1, 2026. No insider transactions or holdings are reported.
BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust filed a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to its Form N-2 to furnish exhibits; under Rule 462(d) the amendment becomes effective immediately upon filing. The prospectus contemplates offerings "from time to time after the effective date." The filing lists estimated offering expenses of $155,457 and shows 6 record holders as of February 28, 2026.
BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust is registering 19,000,000 common shares for primary sale under a prospectus supplement dated April 8, 2026. The supplement states the Trust may sell shares from time to time at or above NAV through a sub-placement agent, including at-the-market or negotiated transactions. As of the close on April 1, 2026, NAV was $13.45 and the last reported NYSE sale price was $12.56, representing a stated discount. The Distributor will receive a commission of 1.00% of gross proceeds and the Sub-Placement Agent may receive up to 0.80% of gross proceeds.
BIT filed an amended Form N-CEN (annual report for registered investment companies) using the N-CEN/A template. The filing lists aggregate brokerage commissions paid of $71,648.39 and multiple principal transaction line items, including a largest reported counterparty activity of $2,366,825,237.36.
The report is largely in template form with many fields left blank; the excerpt provides line-item operational data for brokers, principal transactions, and commissions but does not populate registrant identifiers, dates, or narrative explanations in the provided excerpt.
BIT submitted a Form N-CEN annual report template for a registered investment company. The filing lists reported brokerage commissions of $77,521.99 and multiple principal‑transaction line items, including values such as $326,029,289.97 and $1,127,742,989.49. Many standard N-CEN fields are present as form entries without completed registrant-specific answers.
BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT) filed its certified shareholder report for the fiscal year and reporting period ended 12/31/2025.
The report discloses total distributions of $1.484400 per common share for the fiscal period, comprised of $0.733441 in net income and $0.750959 in return of capital (approximately 49% net income; 51% return of capital). BIT's managed monthly distribution is $0.123700, and reported leverage stood at 30%. Market price closed at $13.06 with a (10.55%) change versus prior year; NAV closed at $13.91 with a (4.07%) change.
BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust portfolio manager Samir Lakhani reported phantom share settlements and a stock sale. On January 30, 2026, he acquired 9,409.7092 shares of common stock through the exercise of phantom share awards and then disposed of the same 9,409.7092 shares at $13.24 per share.
After these transactions, he directly held 5,500 shares of common stock. He also reported multiple phantom share positions, each economically equivalent to one common share and payable in cash upon vesting in installments over three years from their respective grant dates.
BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT) portfolio manager MacLellan Scott reported a small stock sale tied to compensation awards. On January 30, 2026, he acquired 468.9556 shares of common stock in a transaction coded “M,” linked to previously granted phantom share awards.
That same day, he disposed of 468.9556 common shares at $13.24 per share, leaving him with no directly held common stock after the transactions. Several blocks of phantom shares, which are the economic equivalent of common stock and become payable in cash upon vesting, were involved in the “M” transactions, reflecting the vesting and settlement of awards granted in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust portfolio manager Akiva Dickstein reported common stock and phantom share transactions dated January 30, 2026. He acquired 3,753.5028 common shares through a transaction coded “M” and then disposed of the same 3,753.5028 shares at a price of $13.24 per share, leaving 500 common shares directly owned.
The filing also shows multiple “M” transactions in phantom shares, which are economic equivalents of common stock that become payable in cash upon vesting. These phantom shares relate to awards granted on January 31 of 2023, 2024, and 2025 that vest in three equal annual installments.