HYT filed an N-CEN annual report for registered investment companies that documents the fund's brokerage and principal-dealer activity for the reporting period. The filing shows aggregate brokerage commissions of $71,123.36 and multiple principal transaction entries, the largest listed at $439,325,039.99.
The submission is a structured N-CEN template with many identifying fields and schedules left as form entries; it lists broker-level commission amounts and dealer-level principal transaction values as reported for the period.
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (HYT) filed its certified shareholder report for the fiscal period ending 12/31/2025. The report discloses a total cumulative distribution per common share of $0.934800, composed of 75% net income and 25% return of capital, with a current monthly distribution of $0.077900.
The filing shows a closing market price of $8.90 and a net asset value of $9.65 as of 12/31/2025, a stated current distribution rate on market price of 10.50%, and leverage of 22%. The Board approved transferable rights offering terms: one Right per outstanding share on the Record Date 01/02/2026, with one new share purchasable for every five Rights held.
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. portfolio manager David Delbos acquired 100,000 common shares on February 3, 2026 at a subscription price of $8.68 per share through a transferable rights offering. Following this purchase, he directly holds 205,510.5524 common shares of the fund.
The rights offering expired on January 26, 2026, and the final number of shares acquired was confirmed after pro-ration and allocation under the over-subscription privilege.
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. portfolio manager David Delbos reported equity and cash-based compensation activity in the fund’s shares. On January 30, 2026, he converted phantom share awards into common stock and then sold the same number of common shares.
He acquired 60,834.902 shares of common stock through a transaction coded “M” and immediately disposed of 60,834.902 common shares at $8.86 per share in a transaction coded “D.” After these transactions, he directly held 105,510.5543 shares of common stock.
Delbos also exercised phantom share units that are settled in cash. One grant converted 36,260.2429 phantom shares into an equivalent economic interest in common stock, leaving 72,520.4858 phantom shares from that grant. A second grant converted 24,574.6591 phantom shares, with 24,574.6591 phantom shares remaining from that award. Each phantom share represents the economic value of one common share and pays out in cash as it vests over three years.
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. portfolio manager Garfin Mitchell reported a same-day exercise and sale of common shares. On January 30, 2026, phantom share awards linked to prior grants were settled into 33,028.4483 shares of common stock, then those shares were sold at $8.86 per share, leaving no common stock directly held after the transaction. The phantom share awards were previously granted in 2023, 2024, and 2025 and are described as cash-settled instruments economically equivalent to one common share, vesting in equal installments over three years from each grant date.
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. director Carl W. Kester reported a sale of transferable subscription rights in the fund. On January 12, 2026, he disposed of 440 transferable subscription rights at a price of $0.01 per right, reducing his holdings of these derivative securities to zero. Each right related to the fund’s previously announced pro rata rights offering to common shareholders.
The footnote explains that on December 15, 2025, the fund announced a rights offering for up to 32,609,596 common shares, with record date shareholders on January 2, 2026 receiving one right for each outstanding common share. Holders may purchase one new common share for every five rights, with an estimated subscription price of $8.69 per share, and the reported rights sale corresponded to 88 underlying common shares.
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. director Catherine A. Lynch reported selling 10,042 transferable subscription rights on January 12, 2026 at $0.01 per right, leaving her with no derivative securities of this type directly owned after the transaction.
These rights stem from the Fund’s previously announced pro rata rights offering, which allows record date shareholders as of January 2, 2026 to subscribe for up to an aggregate of 32,609,596 common shares. Holders received one right for each common share they owned and can purchase one new common share for every five rights, with an estimated subscription price of $8.69 per share.
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. is conducting a transferable rights offering for 32,609,596 new common shares. Existing common shareholders of record on January 2, 2026 receive one Right per share and can buy one new share for every five Rights held, with an over-subscription privilege for fully participating holders. The estimated Subscription Price is $8.69 per share, based on 90% of the Fund’s NAV per share on December 31, 2025, and estimated gross proceeds are about $283,377,389.24 if fully subscribed. All offering expenses, estimated at $532,734, will be paid by the Advisor, so the Fund receives the full Subscription Price per share. The Rights trade on the NYSE under “HYT RT” and the offer is scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on January 26, 2026. The Fund plans to invest the proceeds in line with its objective of current income and secondary goal of capital appreciation, while warning that issuing shares below NAV will cause dilution for all existing shareholders, including those who participate.
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU) and affiliated BlackRock closed-end funds adopted a prospectus supplement effective December 1, 2025 that replaces the Prospectus section on valuation for Options, Futures, Swaps and Other Derivatives. The supplement specifies market-quotation rules for exchange-traded equity options, fallbacks to bid/ask or prior-day prices, model-based valuation for customized or OTC instruments, and daily valuation sources for futures, swaps and other derivatives.
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU) and affiliated BlackRock closed-end funds adopted a prospectus supplement effective December 1, 2025 that replaces the Prospectus section on valuation for Options, Futures, Swaps and Other Derivatives. The supplement specifies market-quotation rules for exchange-traded equity options, fallbacks to bid/ask or prior-day prices, model-based valuation for customized or OTC instruments, and daily valuation sources for futures, swaps and other derivatives.
On 06/30/2025 First Trust Portfolios L.P., First Trust Advisors L.P. and parent The Charger Corporation jointly filed a Schedule 13G reporting a passive position in BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (NYSE: HYT). The group beneficially owns 8,076,731 common shares, equal to 5.05 % of the fund’s outstanding stock, crossing the 5 % disclosure threshold.
The filers claim no sole voting power and only 1,309 shares of shared voting power; the remaining units are voted by trustees of the underlying unit investment trusts (UITs). They do, however, possess shared dispositive power over the full 8.1 million shares. Shares are distributed among multiple UITs and other investment vehicles sponsored or advised by the First Trust complex, with no single trust holding more than 3 % of HYT.
The disclosure is made under Rule 13d-1(b). Classifications are: Broker-Dealer (First Trust Portfolios), Investment Adviser (First Trust Advisors) and Holding Company (The Charger Corp.). The certification affirms the stake was acquired in the ordinary course and not for the purpose of influencing control of HYT.