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.