BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number: 811-22774

Name of Fund:  BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

Fund Address:   100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

Name and address of agent for service: John M. Perlowski, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust, 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 882-0052, Option 4

Date of fiscal year end: 10/31/2016

Date of reporting period: 01/31/2016


Item 1 – Schedule of Investments


Consolidated Schedule of Investments January 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Asset-Backed Securities  

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Asset-Backed Securities — 34.5%

  

ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-HE1, Class A2D, 0.73%, 2/25/36 (a)

  USD  6,775      $ 6,023,745   

Adirondack Park CLO Ltd., Series 2013-1A, Class E, 5.27%, 4/15/24 (a)(b)

    2,000        1,452,400   

ALM Loan Funding, Series 2013-7RA, Class D, 5.62%, 4/24/24 (a)(b)

    1,000        955,552   

ALM VI Ltd., Series 2012-6A (a)(b)(c):

   

Class B2R, 3.42%, 7/15/26

      1,300        1,238,900   

Class CR, 4.37%, 7/15/26

    1,000        920,800   

ALM XIV Ltd., Series 2014-14A, Class C, 4.07%, 7/28/26 (a)(b)(c)

    3,610        3,180,803   

American Homes 4 Rent, Series 2014-SFR2, Class E, 6.23%, 10/17/36 (b)

    2,000        2,040,555   

AMMC CDO, Series 2015-16A, Class C, 3.72%, 4/14/27 (a)(b)

    1,250        1,219,775   

AMMC CLO XII Ltd., Series 2013-12A, Class D1, 4.09%, 5/10/25 (a)(b)(c)

    1,000        908,456   

Anchorage Capital CLO 3 Ltd., Series 2014-3A, Class B, 3.62%, 4/28/26 (a)(b)

    1,000        946,006   

Anchorage Capital CLO 6 Ltd.,
Series 2015-6A (a)(b):

   

Class C, 3.47%, 4/15/27

    700        664,930   

Class D, 4.02%, 4/15/27

    1,000        883,700   

Apidos CDO, Series 2012-9AR, Class CR, 3.52%, 7/15/23 (a)(b)

    1,250        1,216,500   

Apidos CLO XII, Series 2013-12A, Class D, 3.67%, 4/15/25 (a)(b)(c)

    1,000        888,619   

Atrium X, Series 10A (a)(b):

   

Class D, 4.12%, 7/16/25 (c)

    1,000        911,606   

Class E, 5.12%, 7/16/25

    2,000        1,593,007   

Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I Trust 2006-HE9, Series 2006-HE9, Class 2A, 0.57%, 11/25/36 (a)

    5,616        4,673,235   

Benefit Street Partners CLO II Ltd., Series 2013-IIA, Class C, 4.12%, 7/15/24 (a)(b)(c)

    1,750        1,577,930   

Benefit Street Partners CLO VI Ltd., Series 2015-VIA (a)(b):

   

Class B, 3.67%, 4/18/27 (c)

    1,000        982,500   

Class C, 4.32%, 4/18/27

    1,000        907,500   

Betony CLO Ltd., Series 2015-1A, Class D, 4.22%, 4/15/27 (a)(b)

    1,000        890,431   
Asset-Backed Securities   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Asset-Backed Securities (continued)

  

C-BASS Trust, Series 2006-CB7, Class A4, 0.59%, 10/25/36 (a)

   USD 9,140      $ 6,387,147   

Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO
Ltd. (a)(b)(c):

    

Series 2012-1AR, Class DR, 4.37%, 4/20/22

     1,000        970,000   

Series 2012-4A, Class D, 5.12%, 1/20/25

     2,350        2,285,862   

Series 2013-2A, Class D, 4.37%, 4/18/25

     1,250        1,147,240   

Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2006-FRE2 (a):

    

Class A2, 0.55%, 10/25/36

     6,530        3,652,332   

Class A5, 0.51%, 10/25/36

     6,925        3,854,648   

CIFC Funding Ltd. (a)(b):

    

Series 2012-1AR, Class B1R, 4.46%, 8/14/24 (c)

     2,000        1,886,111   

Series 2014-3A, Class D, 4.02%, 7/22/26

     480        418,535   

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-BC5, Class 2A3, 0.60%, 3/25/37 (a)

     3,805        3,946,531   

DCP Rights LLC, Series 2014-1A, Class A, 5.46%, 10/25/44 (b)

     3,685        3,680,852   

Fieldstone Mortgage Investment Trust, Series 2006-3, Class 2A3, 0.59%, 11/25/36 (a)

     12,086        6,421,700   

Flatiron CLO Ltd., Series 2012-1A, Class C, 5.12%, 10/25/24 (a)(b)(c)

     1,375        1,329,256   

Fremont Home Loan Trust, Class 2A3 (a):

    

Series 2006-A, 0.59%, 5/25/36

       26,418        14,823,422   

Series 2006-D, 0.58%, 11/25/36

     24,316        10,391,227   

GoldenTree Loan Opportunities VII Ltd., Series 2013-7A, Class D, 3.92%, 4/25/25 (a)(b)

     1,250        1,135,840   

GSAMP Trust (a):

    

Series 2006-FM2, Class A2C, 0.58%, 9/25/36

     12,265        5,558,098   

Series 2007-FM2, Class A2B, 0.52%, 1/25/37

     8,797        5,093,290   

Highbridge Loan Management 4-2014 Ltd., Series 4A-2014, Class B, 3.62%, 7/28/25 (a)(b)

     2,500        2,339,957   

Home Equity Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Trust, Series 2006-E, Class 2A3, 0.60%, 4/25/37 (a)

     14,698        8,820,236   

Jamestown CLO I Ltd., Series 2012-1A, Class C, 4.33%, 11/05/24 (a)(b)(c)

     2,550        2,312,717   
 

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

Asset-Backed Securities   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Asset-Backed Securities (continued)

  

Lehman ABS Manufactured Housing Contract Trust, Series 2001-B, Class M2, 7.17%, 4/15/40 (a)

   USD  6,302      $ 4,236,635   

Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-1, Series 2006-1, Class 1A, 0.65%, 2/25/36 (a)

     6,685        5,339,141   

Madison Park Funding IX Ltd., Series 2012-9AR, Class C1R, 3.21%, 8/15/22 (a)(b)(c)

     1,000        987,157   

Madison Park Funding Ltd. (a):

    

Series 2012-10A, Class D, 4.87%, 1/20/25 (b)(c)

     1,000        961,412   

Series 2012-8X, Class E, 5.97%, 4/22/22

     3,000        2,743,342   

Madison Park Funding XV Ltd., Series 2014-15A, Class B1, 3.87%, 1/27/26 (a)(b)

     1,600        1,559,843   

Madison Park Funding XVI Ltd., Series 2015-16A (a)(b)(c):

    

Class B, 3.62%, 4/20/26

     1,000        985,300   

Class C, 4.32%, 4/20/26

     1,000        945,400   

Mastr Asset-Backed Securities Trust (a):

    

Series 2006-HE2, Class A3, 0.58%, 6/25/36

       12,105        6,229,536   

Series 2006-WMC2, Class A5, 0.68%, 4/25/36

     9,178        3,791,448   

Morgan Stanley IXIS Real Estate Capital Trust, Series 2006-2, Class A3, 0.58%, 11/25/36 (a)

     15,329        6,543,542   

Octagon Investment Partners XIV Ltd., Series 2012-1A, Class C, 4.62%, 1/15/24 (a)(b)(c)

     1,000        928,182   

Octagon Investment Partners XVI Ltd., Series 2013-1A, Class D, 3.97%, 7/17/25 (a)(b)(c)

     2,250        2,001,301   

Octagon Investment Partners XXI Ltd., Series 2014-1A, Class C, 4.01%, 11/14/26 (a)(b)

     1,000        883,610   

OHA Credit Partners VII Ltd., Series 2012-7A, Class D, 4.37%, 11/20/23 (a)(b)(c)

     3,000        2,825,271   

OneMain Financial Issuance Trust (b):

    

Series 2015-1A, Class D, 6.63%, 3/18/26

     575        578,473   

Series 2015-2A, Class C, 4.32%, 7/18/25 (c)

     5,000        4,939,200   

Series 2015-2A, Class D, 5.64%, 7/18/25

     2,500        2,453,300   
Asset-Backed Securities   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Asset-Backed Securities (continued)

  

OZLM Funding IV Ltd., Series 2013-4A, Class C, 3.82%, 7/22/25 (a)(b)(c)

   USD  1,250      $ 1,119,431   

OZLM Funding Ltd., Series 2012-2A, Class C, 4.97%, 10/30/23 (a)(b)(c)

     2,000        1,906,624   

Race Point CLO Ltd., Series 2011-5AR, Class ER, 6.34%, 12/15/22 (a)(b)

     1,500        1,512,676   

Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2007-3, Class AF2, 7.00%, 9/25/37 (d)

     4,671        2,698,216   

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust (b)(e):

    

Series 2014-S2, 0.00%, 11/16/18

     3        6,296,400   

Series 2014-S3, 0.00%, 2/19/19

     3        9,031,200   

Series 2014-S4, 0.00%, 4/16/19

     3        11,829,600   

Saxon Asset Securities Trust, Series 2007-3, Class 2A3, 0.83%, 9/25/47 (a)

       5,000        3,496,580   

Scholar Funding Trust, Series 2013-A, Class R, 0.00% (b)(f)

     —  (g)      3,469,200   

SMB Private Education Loan Trust, Series 2015-C, Class C, 4.50%, 9/17/46 (b)

     4,100        3,925,459   

Symphony CLO Ltd., Series 2012-10AR, Class CR, 3.17%, 7/23/23 (a)(b)(c)

     1,500        1,480,031   

Symphony CLO XV Ltd., Series 2014-15A, Class D, 4.37%, 10/17/26 (a)(b)

     3,500        3,304,700   

TICP CLO I Ltd., Series 2015-1A, Class C, 3.62%, 7/20/27 (a)(b)

     1,000        965,724   

Treman Park CLO LLC, Series 2015-1A, Class D, 4.48%, 4/20/27 (a)(b)

     1,500        1,368,750   

Tyron Park CLO Ltd., Series 2013-1A (a)(b):

    

Class C, 4.12%, 7/15/25 (c)

     1,250        1,138,866   

Class D, 5.02%, 7/15/25

     1,000        759,999   

Venture XX CLO Ltd., Series 2015-20A (a)(b):

    

Class C, 3.77%, 4/15/27 (c)

     1,000        969,600   

Class D, 4.47%, 4/15/27

     520        469,820   

Venture XXI CLO Ltd., Series 2015-21A, Class D, 4.22%, 7/15/27 (a)(b)

     480        430,800   

Voya CLO Ltd., Series 2012-2AR, Class CR, 3.57%, 10/15/22 (a)(b)(c)

     1,350        1,337,647   
 

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

Asset-Backed Securities  

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Asset-Backed Securities (continued)

  

WaMu Asset-Backed Certificates Trust, Series 2007-HE3, Class 2A3, 0.67%, 5/25/47 (a)

    USD        11,451      $ 7,059,682   

Westvue Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2015-1A, Class A, 4.50%, 9/25/20 (b)

      3,387        3,347,832   
     

 

 

 
                      237,382,881   
Total Asset-Backed Securities — 34.5%        237,382,881   
     
                         
Common Stocks          Shares         

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.0%

  

Ovation Acquisition I, LLC (Acquired 12/31/15, cost $8,635) (h)

            561        561   
Total Common Stocks — 0.0%        561   
     
                         
Corporate Bonds         

Par   

(000)

    Value  

Aerospace & Defense — 0.5%

  

Accudyne Industries Borrower/Accudyne Industries LLC, 7.75%, 12/15/20 (b)(c)

    USD        690        472,650   

TransDigm, Inc. (c):

     

7.50%, 7/15/21

      312        318,240   

6.00%, 7/15/22

      2,020        1,979,600   

6.50%, 7/15/24

      650        635,375   
     

 

 

 
                      3,405,865   

Airlines — 5.4%

  

Air Canada Pass-Through Trust, Series 2013-1 (b)(c):

     

Class B, 5.38%, 11/15/22

      2,878        2,827,230   

Class C, 6.63%, 5/15/18

      761        760,049   

American Airlines Pass-Through Trust (c):

     

Series 2013-1, Class C, 6.13%, 7/15/18 (b)

      1,500        1,530,000   

Series 2013-2, Class A, 4.95%, 7/15/24

      2,100        2,221,165   

Series 2013-2, Class B, 5.60%, 1/15/22 (b)

      2,472        2,502,400   

Series 2013-2, Class C, 6.00%, 1/15/17 (b)

      2,763        2,770,237   
Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Airlines (continued)

  

Continental Airlines Pass-Through Trust (c):

      

Series 2003-ERJ1, 7.88%, 1/02/20

     USD        4,192      $ 4,380,771   

Series 2007-1, Class B, 6.90%, 10/19/23

       1,319        1,364,653   

Series 2012-1, Class B, 6.25%, 10/11/21

       429        450,234   

Series 2012-3, Class C, 6.13%, 4/29/18

       678        708,510   

Delta Air Lines Pass-Through Trust, Class B (c):

      

Series 2007-1, 8.02%, 2/10/24

       2,102        2,348,909   

Series 2012-1, 6.88%, 5/07/19 (b)

       3,505        3,767,639   

United Airlines Pass-Through Trust (c):

      

Series 2014-2, Class B, 4.63%, 3/03/24

       2,750        2,763,750   

Series 2015-1, Class A, 3.70%, 6/01/24

       3,570        3,605,700   

US Airways Pass-Through Trust, Class B (c):

      

Series 2011-1, 9.75%, 4/22/20

       2,224        2,502,164   

Series 2013-1, 5.38%, 5/15/23

       2,901        2,922,382   
      

 

 

 
                       37,425,793   

Auto Components — 0.7%

  

Dana Holding Corp., 6.75%, 2/15/21 (c)

       1,257        1,269,570   

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp. (c):

      

3.50%, 3/15/17

       170        168,725   

6.00%, 8/01/20

       434        407,374   

5.88%, 2/01/22

       954        852,638   

Schaeffler Finance BV, 4.75%, 5/15/21 (b)(c)

       1,045        1,045,000   

Schaeffler Holding Finance BV, (6.75% Cash), 6.75%, 11/15/22 (b)(i)

       850        888,250   
      

 

 

 
                       4,631,557   

Automobiles — 0.3%

  

General Motors Co., 6.25%, 10/02/43 (c)

             2,194        2,204,077   

Banks — 0.9%

  

CIT Group, Inc.:

      

5.25%, 3/15/18 (c)

       588        607,474   

5.50%, 2/15/19 (b)

       280        289,100   
 

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

Corporate Bonds           Par
(000)
    Value  

Banks (continued)

  

CIT Group, Inc. (continued):

      

5.00%, 8/01/23

     USD        880      $ 879,450   

Rizal Commercial Banking Corp., 4.25%, 1/22/20

       100        104,414   

Sberbank of Russia Via SB Capital SA, 5.25%, 5/23/23 (b)

       5,000        4,440,000   
      

 

 

 
                       6,320,438   

Beverages — 0.4%

  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc., 4.90%, 2/01/46

       2,160        2,236,840   

Ball Corp.:

      

4.38%, 12/15/20 (c)

       273        282,811   

5.00%, 3/15/22

       440        455,400   
      

 

 

 
                       2,975,051   

Building Products — 0.4%

  

American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc. (b)(c):

      

5.63%, 4/15/21

       375        382,500   

5.75%, 12/15/23

       173        176,460   

Building Materials Corp. of America (b):

      

5.38%, 11/15/24

       140        137,900   

6.00%, 10/15/25 (c)

       922        940,440   

Cemex SAB de CV, 5.88%, 3/25/19 (b)(c)

       200        189,340   

Masonite International Corp., 5.63%, 3/15/23 (b)(c)

       290        297,250   

USG Corp., 9.75%, 1/15/18 (c)

       572        629,200   
      

 

 

 
                       2,753,090   

Capital Markets — 0.5%

  

AE-Rotor Holding BV, 4.97%, 3/28/18

       1,600        1,639,950   

American Capital Ltd., 6.50%, 9/15/18 (b)(c)

       700        719,250   

E*Trade Financial Corp. (c):

      

5.38%, 11/15/22

       430        452,575   

4.63%, 9/15/23

       490        482,650   
      

 

 

 
                       3,294,425   

Chemicals — 0.5%

  

Axalta Coating Systems US Holdings, Inc./Axalta Coating Systems Dutch Holding BV, 7.38%, 5/01/21 (b)(c)

       570        598,141   

Huntsman International LLC, 4.88%, 11/15/20 (c)

       1,309        1,161,737   

NOVA Chemicals Corp., 5.25%, 8/01/23 (b)

       40        39,150   
Corporate Bonds           Par
(000)
    Value  

Chemicals (continued)

  

PetroLogistics LP/PetroLogistics Finance Corp., 6.25%, 4/01/20 (c)

     USD        246      $ 254,748   

Platform Specialty Products Corp. (b)(c):

      

10.38%, 5/01/21

       65        60,613   

6.50%, 2/01/22

       956        750,460   

WR Grace & Co-Conn (b):

      

5.13%, 10/01/21

       49        49,245   

5.63%, 10/01/24 (c)

       300        298,500   
      

 

 

 
                       3,212,594   

Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.4%

  

ARAMARK Corp., 5.75%, 3/15/20 (c)

       672        697,217   

Aviation Capital Group Corp., 6.75%, 4/06/21 (b)(c)

       5,000        5,587,500   

Iron Mountain, Inc., 6.00%, 10/01/20 (b)(c)

       555        591,075   

United Rentals North America, Inc.:

      

8.25%, 2/01/21

       140        145,950   

7.63%, 4/15/22 (c)

       1,909        1,963,884   

5.75%, 11/15/24 (c)

       800        738,000   
      

 

 

 
                       9,723,626   

Communications Equipment — 1.0%

  

Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc. (c):

      

8.88%, 1/01/20 (b)

       942        1,009,117   

6.45%, 3/15/29

       1,325        1,371,375   

CommScope Technologies Finance LLC, 6.00%, 6/15/25 (b)(c)

       610        593,225   

CommScope, Inc., 4.38%, 6/15/20 (b)(c)

       450        457,875   

Nokia OYJ, 6.63%, 5/15/39 (c)

       245        248,675   

Zayo Group LLC/Zayo Capital, Inc., 10.13%, 7/01/20 (c)

       3,257        3,501,275   
      

 

 

 
                       7,181,542   

Construction & Engineering — 0.2%

  

BlueLine Rental Finance Corp., 7.00%, 2/01/19 (b)(c)

       183        143,655   

Safway Group Holding LLC/Safway Finance Corp., 7.00%, 5/15/18 (b)(c)

       900        882,000   
      

 

 

 
                       1,025,655   

Construction Materials — 0.7%

  

American Tire Distributors, Inc., 10.25%, 3/01/22 (b)(c)

       695        576,850   

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc., 6.38%, 10/01/23 (b)(c)

       93        95,906   

HD Supply, Inc.:

      

7.50%, 7/15/20 (c)

       3,488        3,627,520   
 

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

Corporate Bonds           Par
(000)
    Value  

Construction Materials (continued)

      

HD Supply, Inc. (continued):

      

5.25%, 12/15/21 (b)

     USD        590      $ 606,963   
      

 

 

 
                       4,907,239   

Consumer Finance — 1.6%

      

Ally Financial, Inc., 8.00%, 11/01/31 (c)

       9,315        10,479,375   

Navient Corp.:

      

5.00%, 10/26/20 (c)

       370        320,050   

5.50%, 1/25/23

       30        24,375   

6.13%, 3/25/24

       30        24,638   

5.88%, 10/25/24

       45        35,662   
      

 

 

 
                       10,884,100   

Containers & Packaging — 0.3%

      

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC, 9.13%, 10/15/20 (b)

       600        601,500   

Crown Americas LLC / Crown Americas Capital Corp. IV, 4.50%, 1/15/23 (c)

       460        455,400   

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc., 8.50%, 5/15/18

       200        193,000   

Sealed Air Corp. (b):

      

4.88%, 12/01/22 (c)

       100        100,687   

5.13%, 12/01/24

       422        422,000   

5.50%, 9/15/25 (c)

       440        448,800   
      

 

 

 
                       2,221,387   

Diversified Consumer Services — 0.2%

      

APX Group, Inc., 6.38%, 12/01/19 (c)

       289        276,356   

Laureate Education, Inc., 9.25%, 9/01/19 (b)(c)

       395        216,263   

Service Corp. International, 5.38%, 5/15/24 (c)

       860        909,450   
      

 

 

 
                       1,402,069   

Diversified Financial Services — 1.5%

      

AerCap Ireland Capital, Ltd./AerCap Global Aviation Trust:

      

4.63%, 10/30/20 (c)

       947        932,795   

5.00%, 10/01/21 (c)

       780        780,000   

4.63%, 7/01/22

       410        398,725   

Aircastle Ltd., 6.25%, 12/01/19 (c)

       2,624        2,768,320   

DPL, Inc., 6.50%, 10/15/16 (c)

       112        114,240   

General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 4.25%, 5/15/23 (c)

       326        316,923   

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, 5.02%, 6/26/24 (b)(c)

       2,290        2,196,348   
Corporate Bonds           Par
(000)
    Value  

Diversified Financial Services (continued)

      

Jefferies Finance LLC/JFIN Co-Issuer Corp., 7.38%, 4/01/20 (b)(c)

     USD        845      $ 705,575   

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc.:

      

9.00%, 4/15/19 (c)

       300        288,750   

9.88%, 8/15/19 (c)

       979        956,972   

5.75%, 10/15/20

       346        346,433   

8.25%, 2/15/21

       130        121,225   
      

 

 

 
                       9,926,306   

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.4%

      

AT&T, Inc., 4.75%, 5/15/46 (c)

       2,545        2,256,611   

CenturyLink, Inc. (c):

      

6.45%, 6/15/21

       239        232,877   

Series V, 5.63%, 4/01/20

       595        583,844   

Frontier Communications Corp. (c):

      

7.13%, 1/15/23

       65        54,112   

7.63%, 4/15/24

       265        221,275   

6.88%, 1/15/25

       253        201,135   

11.00%, 9/15/25 (b)

       573        552,229   

Level 3 Financing, Inc.:

      

5.38%, 8/15/22

       240        243,600   

5.63%, 2/01/23

       690        705,525   

5.13%, 5/01/23 (c)

       1,110        1,115,550   

5.38%, 1/15/24 (b)(c)

       294        296,940   

5.38%, 5/01/25 (c)

       1,980        1,992,375   

Verizon Communications, Inc., 6.55%, 9/15/43 (c)

       6,500        7,588,464   

Windstream Corp. (c):

      

7.75%, 10/15/20

       450        372,375   

6.38%, 8/01/23

       555        400,987   
      

 

 

 
                       16,817,899   

Electric Utilities — 0.3%

      

AES Corp., 8.00%, 6/01/20 (c)

       280        305,200   

Star Energy Geothermal Wayang Windu Ltd., 6.13%, 3/27/20

       1,700        1,640,500   
      

 

 

 
                       1,945,700   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.3%

  

 

CDW LLC/CDW Finance Corp., 6.00%, 8/15/22 (c)

       1,010        1,061,763   

CDW LLC/CDW Finance Corp., 5.00%, 9/01/23 (c)

       920        929,200   
      

 

 

 
                       1,990,963   

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.0%

      

Peabody Energy Corp., 6.00%, 11/15/18

             506        43,010   

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.8%

      

Diamond Foods, Inc., 7.00%, 3/15/19 (b)(c)

       730        755,550   
 

 

                
   BLACKROCK MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST    JANUARY 31, 2016    5


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Food & Staples Retailing (continued)

  

 

Dollar Tree Inc., 5.75%, 3/01/23 (b)(c)

     USD        2,640      $ 2,781,900   

Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC/Pinnacle Foods Finance Corp., 5.88%, 1/15/24 (b)

       75        77,625   

Rite Aid Corp. (c):

      

6.75%, 6/15/21

       329        347,917   

6.13%, 4/01/23 (b)

       1,727        1,821,985   
      

 

 

 
                       5,784,977   

Food Products — 0.4%

  

 

Acosta Inc., 7.75%, 10/01/22 (b)(c)

       490        403,025   

Aramark Services, Inc., 5.13%, 1/15/24 (b)

       483        498,697   

Barry Callebaut Services NV, 5.50%, 6/15/23 (b)

       363        373,890   

Post Holdings, Inc. (b):

      

6.75%, 12/01/21

       270        282,447   

7.75%, 3/15/24 (c)

       570        607,050   

Smithfield Foods, Inc., 5.88%, 8/01/21 (b)(c)

       307        311,605   

TreeHouse Foods, Inc., 6.00%, 2/15/24 (b)

       169        173,859   

WhiteWave Foods Co., 5.38%, 10/01/22 (c)

       211        224,188   
      

 

 

 
                       2,874,761   

Forest Products — 0.1%

  

 

JBS USA LLC/JBS USA Finance, Inc., 5.75%, 6/15/25 (b)(c)

             590        451,350   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.2%

  

 

DJO Finance LLC/DJO Finance Corp., 8.13%, 6/15/21 (b)(c)

       1,235        1,037,400   

Mallinckrodt International Finance SA/Mallinckrodt CB LLC, 5.63%, 10/15/23 (b)(c)

       351        329,063   
      

 

 

 
                       1,366,463   

Health Care Providers & Services — 2.4%

  

 

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc., 5.63%, 2/15/23 (c)

       218        205,465   

Alere, Inc., 7.25%, 7/01/18 (c)

       730        754,638   

Amsurg Corp., 5.63%, 7/15/22 (c)

       1,350        1,355,062   

Centene Corp., 4.75%, 5/15/22 (c)

       470        451,200   

Centene Escrow Corp. (b)(j):

      

5.63%, 2/15/21

       403        410,053   

6.13%, 2/15/24

       238        244,545   

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., 6.88%, 2/01/22 (c)

       1,018        921,290   

DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc., 5.13%, 7/15/24 (c)

       2,500        2,514,062   
Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Health Care Providers & Services (continued)

  

 

ExamWorks Group, Inc., 5.63%, 4/15/23 (c)

     USD        310      $ 311,511   

HCA, Inc.:

      

6.50%, 2/15/20 (c)

       1,103        1,216,057   

7.50%, 2/15/22

       800        888,000   

5.88%, 3/15/22 (c)

       124        132,990   

4.75%, 5/01/23 (c)

       161        161,403   

5.88%, 5/01/23

       90        93,825   

5.25%, 4/15/25 (c)

       1,500        1,537,500   

5.88%, 2/15/26 (c)

       508        518,160   

HealthSouth Corp. (c):

      

5.75%, 11/01/24

       961        948,593   

5.75%, 9/15/25 (b)

       316        306,457   

Hologic, Inc., 5.25%, 7/15/22 (b)(c)

       680        703,800   

MEDNAX, Inc., 5.25%, 12/01/23 (b)(c)

       239        244,975   

Tenet Healthcare Corp. (c):

      

6.00%, 10/01/20

       1,150        1,216,125   

8.13%, 4/01/22

       1,007        1,009,518   
      

 

 

 
                       16,145,229   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 4.0%

  

 

Boyd Gaming Corp., 6.88%, 5/15/23 (c)

       1,095        1,111,425   

Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties LLC/Caesars Entertainment Resort Property, 8.00%, 10/01/20 (c)

       2,506        2,330,580   

Enterprise Inns PLC, 6.00%, 10/06/23

     GBP        3,320        4,647,879   

ESH Hospitality, Inc., 5.25%, 5/01/25 (b)(c)

     USD        460        443,035   

Jarden Corp., 5.00%, 11/15/23 (b)(c)

       328        337,020   

MGM Resorts International (c):

      

6.63%, 12/15/21

       1,550        1,592,625   

6.00%, 3/15/23

       520        518,375   

New Red Finance, Inc., 6.00%, 4/01/22 (b)(c)

       829        865,269   

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., 6.38%, 8/01/21 (c)

       720        763,200   

Sabre GLBL, Inc. (b):

      

5.38%, 4/15/23

       295        296,475   

5.25%, 11/15/23 (c)

       152        150,480   

Six Flags Entertainment Corp., 5.25%, 1/15/21 (b)(c)

       590        600,797   

Station Casinos LLC, 7.50%, 3/01/21 (c)

       1,305        1,344,150   

Unique Pub Finance Co. PLC:

      

Series A3, 6.54%, 3/30/21

     GBP        2,245        3,279,179   

Series M, 7.40%, 3/28/24

       6,400        8,982,565   
      

 

 

 
                       27,263,054   
 

 

                
6    BLACKROCK MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST    JANUARY 31, 2016   


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Household Durables — 1.1%

  

 

Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc./Brookfield Residential US Corp., 6.13%, 7/01/22 (b)(c)

     USD        750      $ 658,125   

Century Communities, Inc., 6.88%, 5/15/22 (c)

       830        749,075   

DR Horton, Inc., 4.00%, 2/15/20 (c)

       450        455,625   

Lennar Corp. (c):

      

4.50%, 11/15/19

       450        462,375   

4.75%, 5/30/25

       410        391,550   

Meritage Homes Corp., 4.50%, 3/01/18 (c)

       600        598,500   

PulteGroup, Inc., 6.38%, 5/15/33 (c)

       600        603,000   

Shea Homes LP / Shea Homes Funding Corp., 5.88%, 4/01/23 (b)(c)

       440        440,000   

Standard Pacific Corp., 8.38%, 1/15/21 (c)

       2,000        2,285,000   

Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc./Monarch Communities, Inc., 5.25%, 4/15/21 (b)(c)

       177        166,380   

TRI Pointe Holdings, Inc. (c):

      

4.38%, 6/15/19

       415        402,550   

5.88%, 6/15/24

       280        271,600   
      

 

 

 
                       7,483,780   

Household Products — 0.2%

  

 

Spectrum Brands, Inc.:

      

6.63%, 11/15/22

       710        756,150   

6.13%, 12/15/24 (b)

       720        748,800   
      

 

 

 
                       1,504,950   

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 1.2%

  

Calpine Corp.:

      

6.00%, 1/15/22 (b)(c)

       254        263,842   

5.38%, 1/15/23

       4,000        3,640,000   

5.88%, 1/15/24 (b)(c)

       240        246,000   

Dynegy, Inc., 6.75%, 11/01/19 (c)

       1,030        993,950   

NRG Energy, Inc.:

      

7.63%, 1/15/18 (c)

       2,735        2,762,350   

6.25%, 7/15/22 (c)

       112        92,400   

6.25%, 5/01/24

       50        39,875   

NRG Yield Operating LLC, 5.38%, 8/15/24 (c)

       130        109,200   
      

 

 

 
                       8,147,617   

Insurance — 0.3%

  

 

CNO Financial Group, Inc., 5.25%, 5/30/25 (c)

       346        349,460   

HUB International Ltd., 9.25%, 2/15/21 (b)(j)

       145        148,263   
Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Insurance (continued)

  

 

Trader Corp., 9.88%, 8/15/18 (b)(c)

     USD        1,400      $ 1,449,000   
      

 

 

 
                       1,946,723   

Internet Software & Services — 0.3%

  

 

Blue Coat Holdings, Inc., 8.38%, 6/01/23 (b)(c)

       412        416,120   

Equinix, Inc. (c):

      

4.88%, 4/01/20

       144        149,400   

5.88%, 1/15/26

       721        746,235   

Netflix, Inc., 5.75%, 3/01/24 (c)

       590        606,225   
      

 

 

 
                       1,917,980   

IT Services — 1.0%

  

 

Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.,
11.00%, 3/15/21 (b)(c)

       287        226,730   

First Data Corp. (b)(c):

      

5.38%, 8/15/23

       424        432,480   

7.00%, 12/01/23

       2,584        2,603,380   

5.00%, 1/15/24

       744        744,000   

5.75%, 1/15/24

       2,678        2,657,915   
      

 

 

 
                       6,664,505   

Media — 6.3%

  

 

Altice Financing SA, 6.63%, 2/15/23 (b)

       560        550,200   

Altice US Finance I Corp., 5.38%, 7/15/23 (b)(c)

       1,380        1,386,900   

Altice US Finance II Corp., 7.75%, 7/15/25 (b)(c)

       770        704,550   

Altice US Finance SA, 7.75%, 7/15/25 (b)

       660        590,700   

AMC Networks, Inc., 4.75%, 12/15/22 (c)

       344        342,280   

Bharti Airtel International Netherlands BV, 5.13%, 3/11/23

       3,000        3,085,500   

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp.:

      

5.25%, 9/30/22

       325        329,063   

5.13%, 2/15/23 (c)

       709        707,228   

5.13%, 5/01/23 (b)

       300        300,000   

5.88%, 5/01/27 (b)(c)

       1,010        994,850   

CCO Safari II LLC, 6.48%, 10/23/45 (b)(c)

       3,000        3,020,214   

CCOH Safari LLC, 5.75%, 2/15/26 (b)(c)

       995        989,398   

Clear Channel International BV, 8.75%, 12/15/20 (b)(c)

       508        500,380   

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (c):

      

6.50%, 11/15/22

       2,728        2,526,810   

Series B, 7.63%, 3/15/20

       5,274        4,351,050   
 

 

                
   BLACKROCK MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST    JANUARY 31, 2016    7


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Media (continued)

  

 

Columbus International, Inc.,
7.38%, 3/30/21 (b)(c)

     USD        1,195      $ 1,197,987   

CSC Holdings LLC, 5.25%, 6/01/24 (c)

       540        476,550   

DISH DBS Corp.:

      

5.13%, 5/01/20 (c)

       1,052        1,044,110   

6.75%, 6/01/21

       500        510,000   

5.88%, 11/15/24

       840        748,650   

Gannett Co., Inc., 6.38%, 10/15/23 (c)

       1,400        1,477,000   

Gray Television, Inc., 7.50%, 10/01/20 (c)

       891        918,844   

iHeartCommunications, Inc., 9.00%, 12/15/19 (c)

       320        219,600   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA (c):

      

7.25%, 10/15/20

       1,250        1,075,000   

5.50%, 8/01/23

       2,241        1,787,197   

Lamar Media Corp., 5.75%, 2/01/26 (b)

       83        85,490   

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., 7.00%, 9/01/20 (b)(c)

       199        208,950   

Midcontinent Communications & Midcontinent Finance Corp., 6.25%, 8/01/21 (b)(c)

       250        252,500   

NAI Entertainment Holdings/NAI Entertainment Holdings Finance Corp.,
5.00%, 8/01/18 (b)(c)

       629        629,786   

Neptune Finco Corp. (b):

      

10.13%, 1/15/23 (c)

       528        558,360   

6.63%, 10/15/25 (c)

       550        570,625   

10.88%, 10/15/25

       200        211,500   

Nielsen Finance LLC/Nielsen Finance Co., 5.00%, 4/15/22 (b)(c)

       765        771,694   

Numericable Group SA, 6.00%, 5/15/22 (b)(c)

       2,995        2,950,075   

Outfront Media Capital LLC/Outfront Media Capital Corp. (c):

      

5.25%, 2/15/22

       502        513,295   

5.63%, 2/15/24

       94        96,115   

RCN Telecom Services LLC/RCN Capital Corp., 8.50%, 8/15/20 (b)(c)

       350        351,750   

Sirius XM Radio, Inc. (b)(c):

      

4.25%, 5/15/20

       994        1,008,910   

5.38%, 4/15/25

       1,080        1,085,400   

Tribune Media Co., 5.88%, 7/15/22 (b)(c)

       836        833,910   

Unitymedia Hessen GmbH & Co. KG/Unitymedia NRW GmbH, 5.50%, 1/15/23 (b)(c)

       487        509,197   
Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Media (continued)

  

 

Univision Communications, Inc., 5.13%, 5/15/23 (b)(c)

     USD        1,360      $ 1,319,200   

Virgin Media Finance PLC, 6.38%, 4/15/23 (b)(c)

       805        825,125   

WaveDivision Escrow LLC/WaveDivision Escrow Corp., 8.13%, 9/01/20 (b)(c)

       980        935,900   
      

 

 

 
                       43,551,843   

Metals & Mining — 1.0%

  

 

Alcoa, Inc., 5.87%, 2/23/22 (c)

       900        795,938   

ArcelorMittal, 6.13%, 6/01/18

       314        285,740   

Commercial Metals Co., 4.88%, 5/15/23 (c)

       984        817,950   

Constellium NV (b)(c):

      

8.00%, 1/15/23

       1,500        1,286,250   

5.75%, 5/15/24

       750        562,500   

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 2.38%, 3/15/18

       34        21,760   

Novelis, Inc., 8.75%, 12/15/20 (c)

       1,517        1,378,801   

Steel Dynamics, Inc., 5.13%, 10/01/21 (c)

       970        904,525   

Teck Resources Ltd., 3.00%, 3/01/19 (c)

       203        127,890   

Wise Metals Group LLC/Wise Alloys Finance Corp., 8.75%, 12/15/18 (b)(c)

       622        520,925   
      

 

 

 
                       6,702,279   

Multiline Retail — 0.2%

  

 

Neiman Marcus Group Ltd. (b)(c):

      

8.00%, 10/15/21

       1,012        759,000   

(8.75% Cash or 9.50% PIK), 8.75%, 10/15/21 (i)

       963        611,505   
      

 

 

 
                       1,370,505   

Offshore Drilling & Other Services — 0.0%

  

 

Sensata Technologies BV, 5.00%, 10/01/25 (b)

             90        86,625   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.6%

  

 

Antero Resources Corp., 5.38%, 11/01/21 (c)

       285        241,538   

Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc., 6.75%, 4/15/21 (c)

       86        33,755   

Concho Resources, Inc., 5.50%, 4/01/23 (c)

       510        462,565   

Continental Resources, Inc., 3.80%, 6/01/24

       90        58,151   

CrownRock LP/CrownRock Finance, Inc., 7.13%, 4/15/21 (b)(c)

       1,121        992,085   

Diamondback Energy, Inc., 7.63%, 10/01/21 (c)

       572        569,140   
 

 

                
8    BLACKROCK MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST    JANUARY 31, 2016   


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

  

Energy Transfer Equity LP:

      

5.88%, 1/15/24

     USD        49      $ 38,220   

5.50%, 6/01/27

       49        34,790   

MEG Energy Corp., 6.50%, 3/15/21 (b)(c)

       3,586        2,035,055   

Memorial Resource Development Corp., 5.88%, 7/01/22 (c)

       970        727,500   

MIE Holdings Corp., 6.88%, 2/06/18

       660        221,100   

MPLX LP, 4.88%, 6/01/25 (b)(c)

       790        617,028   

Newfield Exploration Co., 5.63%, 7/01/24 (c)

       132        110,550   

NGPL PipeCo LLC, 7.77%, 12/15/37 (b)(c)

       337        253,592   

Noble Energy, Inc., 5.63%, 5/01/21 (c)

       1,700        1,700,000   

ONEOK, Inc., 7.50%, 9/01/23 (c)

       150        121,875   

Pertamina Persero PT, 5.63%, 5/20/43 (b)(c)

       2,000        1,558,374   

Pratama Agung Pte Ltd., 6.25%, 2/24/20

       1,600        1,569,925   

Range Resources Corp., 5.00%, 8/15/22 (c)

       91        70,980   

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC, 5.63%, 4/15/20 (b)(c)

       630        563,850   

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC (c):

      

6.25%, 3/15/22

       752        692,780   

5.63%, 4/15/23

       1,980        1,737,450   

Seven Generations Energy Ltd., 8.25%, 5/15/20 (b)(c)

       1,550        1,381,437   

SM Energy Co., 6.13%, 11/15/22 (c)

       1,480        851,000   

Whiting Petroleum Corp.:

      

5.00%, 3/15/19 (c)

       648        420,795   

1.25%, 4/01/20 (b)

       1,582        857,246   
      

 

 

 
                       17,920,781   

Oil: Crude Producers — 0.1%

  

RHP Hotel Properties LP / RHP Finance Corp., 5.00%, 4/15/21 (c)

             750        759,375   

Paper & Forest Products — 0.0%

  

Unifrax I LLC/Unifrax Holding Co., 7.50%, 2/15/19 (b)(c)

             390        312,000   

Pharmaceuticals — 1.3%

  

DPx Holdings BV, 7.50%, 2/01/22 (b)

       135        126,394   

Endo Finance LLC/Endo Finco, Inc. (b)(c):

      

5.88%, 1/15/23

       620        615,350   

6.00%, 7/15/23

       1,240        1,246,200   
Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Pharmaceuticals (continued)

  

Forest Laboratories, Inc., 5.00%, 12/15/21 (b)(c)

     USD        718      $ 787,049   

Grifols Worldwide Operations Ltd., 5.25%, 4/01/22 (c)

       544        552,214   

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (b)(c):

  

   

6.75%, 8/15/18

       1,807        1,799,094   

6.75%, 8/15/21

       1,276        1,237,720   

5.63%, 12/01/21

       1,182        1,075,620   

5.88%, 5/15/23

       1,584        1,417,680   
      

 

 

 
                       8,857,321   

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.7%

  

FelCor Lodging LP, 6.00%, 6/01/25 (c)

       325        328,250   

Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC/Hilton Worldwide Finance Corp., 5.63%, 10/15/21 (c)

       865        890,950   

Pakuwon Prima Pte, Ltd., 7.13%, 7/02/19

       3,350        3,303,767   
      

 

 

 
                       4,522,967   

Real Estate Management & Development — 3.7%

  

Caifu Holdings Ltd., 8.75%, 1/24/20

       3,000        3,075,843   

Lai Sun International Finance 2012 Ltd., 5.70%, 1/18/18

       2,000        1,985,920   

Lennar Corp., 4.88%, 12/15/23 (c)

       266        260,680   

Lodha Developers International Ltd., 12.00%, 3/13/20

       350        304,500   

Northwest Florida Timber Finance LLC, 4.75%, 3/04/29 (b)(c)

       4,360        3,896,179   

Punch Taverns Finance B Ltd.:

      

7.37%, 9/30/21

     GBP        2,650        3,767,814   

Series A6, 5.94%, 9/30/22

       6,346        8,693,491   

Realogy Group LLC/Realogy Co-Issuer Corp., 5.25%, 12/01/21 (b)(c)

     USD        1,209        1,231,669   

Sparkle Assets Ltd., 6.88%, 1/30/20

       2,000        1,993,488   

Vingroup JSC, 11.63%, 5/07/18

       250        262,559   
      

 

 

 
                       25,472,143   

Road & Rail — 0.8%

  

Avis Budget Car Rental LLC / Avis Budget Finance, Inc., 5.13%, 6/01/22 (b)(c)

       100        94,440   

Avis Budget Car Rental LLC/Avis Budget Finance, Inc., 5.25%, 3/15/25 (b)(c)

       640        579,200   

Hertz Corp. (c):

      

4.25%, 4/01/18

       400        398,000   
 

 

                
   BLACKROCK MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST    JANUARY 31, 2016    9


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Road & Rail (continued)

  

Hertz Corp. (c) (continued):

      

7.38%, 1/15/21

     USD        825      $ 835,312   

Lima Metro Line 2 Finance Ltd., 5.88%, 7/05/34 (b)(c)

       4,000        3,765,000   
      

 

 

 
                       5,671,952   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.2%

  

NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC (b)(c):

      

4.13%, 6/15/20

       760        756,200   

4.63%, 6/15/22

       410        398,725   
      

 

 

 
                       1,154,925   

Software — 0.2%

  

ACI Worldwide, Inc., 6.38%, 8/15/20 (b)(c)

       580        594,500   

Informatica LLC, 7.13%, 7/15/23 (b)(c)

       570        510,150   

Nuance Communications, Inc., 5.38%, 8/15/20 (b)(c)

       335        335,000   

Rolta Americas LLC, 8.88%, 7/24/19

       200        94,000   
      

 

 

 
                       1,533,650   

Specialty Retail — 0.4%

  

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc., 6.00%, 12/15/24 (c)

       580        566,950   

L Brands, Inc., 6.88%, 11/01/35 (b)(c)

       589        608,879   

Michaels Stores, Inc., 5.88%, 12/15/20 (b)(c)

       440        453,200   

Penske Automotive Group, Inc., 5.38%, 12/01/24 (c)

       419        406,430   

Sally Holdings LLC/Sally Capital, Inc., 5.75%, 6/01/22 (c)

       647        675,306   
      

 

 

 
                       2,710,765   

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.1%

  

Pacific Emerald Property Ltd., 9.75%, 7/25/18

             1,000        950,000   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.2%

  

Levi Strauss & Co., 5.00%, 5/01/25

       89        86,775   

Springs Industries, Inc., 6.25%, 6/01/21 (c)

       1,434        1,412,490   

William Carter Co., 5.25%, 8/15/21 (c)

       134        138,020   
      

 

 

 
                       1,637,285   

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1%

  

Radian Group, Inc., 5.25%, 6/15/20 (c)

             550        503,250   
Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Tobacco — 0.1%

  

Reynolds American, Inc., 5.85%, 8/15/45

     USD        465      $ 515,737   

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.5%

  

Doric Nimrod Air Alpha Pass-Through Trust, Series 2013-1, Class A,
5.25%, 5/30/25 (b)(c)

       2,467        2,509,800   

Doric Nimrod Air Finance Alpha Ltd. Pass-Through Trust, Series 2012-1, Class B, 6.50%, 5/30/21 (b)(c)

       618        634,972   
      

 

 

 
                       3,144,772   

Transportation Infrastructure — 0.1%

  

Transurban Finance Co., 4.13%, 2/02/26 (b)(c)

             520        521,126   

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.0%

  

Crown Castle International Corp., 5.25%, 1/15/23 (c)

       565        601,725   

Digicel Ltd., 6.00%, 4/15/21 (b)(c)

       5,000        4,356,250   

SBA Communications Corp., 4.88%, 7/15/22 (c)

       1,210        1,210,000   

Softbank Corp., 4.50%, 4/15/20 (b)(c)

       1,500        1,493,430   

Sprint Communications, Inc.:

      

9.00%, 11/15/18 (b)(c)

       2,191        2,234,820   

7.00%, 8/15/20

       305        224,175   

Sprint Corp., 7.88%, 9/15/23 (c)

       937        667,612   

T-Mobile USA, Inc.:

      

6.63%, 4/28/21 (c)

       290        299,788   

6.73%, 4/28/22 (c)

       945        969,806   

6.84%, 4/28/23 (c)

       610        628,300   

6.50%, 1/15/24

       440        444,400   

6.50%, 1/15/26 (c)

       785        785,000   
      

 

 

 
                       13,915,306   
Total Corporate Bonds - 51.9%                      357,658,382   
      
                          
Floating Rate Loan Interests (a)                      

Airlines — 0.4%

  

Delta Air Lines, Inc., 2016 Term Loan B2, 2.68%, 4/18/16

             2,910        2,902,725   

Auto Components — 0.2%

  

Gates Global, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.25%, 7/05/21

             1,340        1,205,315   

Chemicals — 0.0%

  

Allnex (Luxembourg) & Cy SCA, Term Loan B1, 4.50%, 10/03/19

       87        85,488   
 

 

                
10    BLACKROCK MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST    JANUARY 31, 2016   


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (a)   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Chemicals (continued)

  

Allnex USA, Inc., Term Loan B2, 4.50%, 10/03/19

     USD        45      $ 44,356   

MacDermid, Inc., Term Loan B3, 5.50%, 6/07/20

       185        171,356   
      

 

 

 
                       301,200   

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.1%

  

ADS Waste Holdings, Inc., Term Loan B2, 3.75%, 10/09/19

       359        345,921   

Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.75%, 11/26/20

       209        194,698   
      

 

 

 
                       540,619   

Diversified Consumer Services — 0.1%

  

AssuredPartners, Inc., 2015 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.75%, 10/21/22

       195        191,467   

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.00%, 1/30/20

       485        483,181   
      

 

 

 
                       674,648   

Diversified Financial Services — 1.7%

  

Aviron Capital LLC, Term Loan, 15.32%, 10/20/16

             12,000        12,000,000   

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.1%

  

Level 3 Financing, Inc., 2013 Term Loan B, 4.00%, 1/15/20

             925        922,687   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.0%

  

CDW LLC, Term Loan, 3.25%, 4/29/20

             292        286,209   

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.1%

  

Dynegy Holdings, Inc., Term Loan B2, 4.00%, 4/23/20

             604        581,617   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.2%

  

Capsugel Holdings US, Inc., Term Loan B, 8.43%, 8/01/18

       45        43,909   

DJO Finance LLC, 2015 Term Loan, 4.25%, 6/08/20

       449        431,667   

Immucor, Inc., Refinancing Term Loan B2, 5.00%, 8/17/18

       728        667,481   
      

 

 

 
                       1,143,057   

Health Care Providers & Services — 0.1%

  

Envision Healthcare Corp.,
5.13%, 7/01/22 (b)(c)

       205        201,412   
Floating Rate Loan Interests (a)   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Health Care Providers & Services (continued)

  

Envision Healthcare Corp., Term Loan, B2, 4.50%, 10/28/22

     USD        200      $ 198,392   
      

 

 

 
                       399,804   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.5%

  

Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties LLC, Term Loan B, 7.00%, 10/11/20

       2,065        1,795,489   

Hilton Ft. Lauderdale, Mezzanine Term Loan 5, 6.43%, 8/04/19

       6,500        6,500,000   

Hilton Los Cabos, B-Note, 8.43%, 9/18/18

       5,375        5,375,000   

Hilton Orlando, Mezzanine A3, 6.12%, 8/01/16

       7,250        7,250,000   

MGM Resorts International, Term Loan A, 3.18%, 12/20/17

       715        708,657   

Starwood Schulte, Mezzanine Term Loan, 8.28%, 6/30/17

       2,000        1,990,000   

Station Casinos LLC, Term Loan B, 4.25%, 3/02/20

       246        240,917   
      

 

 

 
                       23,860,063   

Insurance — 0.6%

  

Dallas Design District, Mezzanine Term Loan, 7.13%, 11/09/16

       4,000        4,000,000   

Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 3.75%, 3/01/21

       476        456,722   
      

 

 

 
                       4,456,722   

IT Services — 0.1%

  

First Data Corp., 2018 Extended Term Loan, 3.93%, 3/24/18

             1,040        1,025,482   

Machinery — 0.1%

  

Silver II US Holdings LLC, Term Loan, 4.00%, 12/13/19

             532        441,723   

Media — 0.3%

  

Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 7.00%, 3/31/20

       450        437,909   

Clear Channel Communications, Inc., Term Loan D, 7.18%, 1/30/19

       1,064        703,038   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, Term Loan B2, 3.75%, 6/30/19

       124        118,785   

Univision Communications, Inc., Term Loan C4, 4.00%, 3/01/20

       486        473,678   
      

 

 

 
                       1,733,410   
 

 

                
   BLACKROCK MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST    JANUARY 31, 2016    11


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests (a)   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Pharmaceuticals — 0.1%

  

Jaguar Holding Co. II, 2015 Term Loan B, 4.25%, 8/18/22

     USD        499      $ 488,667   

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.:

      

Series E Term Loan B, 3.75%, 8/05/20

       201        192,960   

Term Loan B F1, 4.00%, 4/01/22

       133        128,146   
      

 

 

 
                       809,773   

Real Estate Management & Development — 0.7%

  

680 Madison Avenue, Mezzanine Term Loan, 5.64%, 8/09/17

       4,000        4,000,000   

Realogy Corp., Term Loan B, 3.75%, 3/05/20

       871        863,558   
      

 

 

 
                       4,863,558   

Road & Rail — 0.1%

  

Hertz Corp., Term Loan B2, 3.00%, 3/11/18

             499        492,110   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.4%

  

Avago Technologies Cayman Ltd., 2016 Term Loan B, 4.25%, 2/01/23

       1,791        1,761,055   

Microsemi Corp., 2015 Term Loan B, 5.25%, 1/15/23

       115        114,224   

NXP BV, 2015 Term Loan B, 3.75%, 12/07/20

       542        540,893   
      

 

 

 
                       2,416,172   

Specialty Retail — 0.0%

  

CNT Holdings III Corp., Term Loan B, 7.12%, 1/22/23

             214        212,573   
Total Floating Rate Loan Interests — 8.9%                      61,269,467   
      
                          
Foreign Agency Obligations                      

Argentina Bonar Bonds:

      

24.43%, 3/28/17 (a)

     ARS        304        22,341   

9.00%, 11/29/18

       323        335,758   

Cyprus Government International Bond, 4.63%, 2/03/20 (b)

     EUR        2,950        3,419,438   

Development Bank of Mongolia LLC, 5.75%, 3/21/17

     USD        1,000        930,769   

Dominican Republic International Bond, 6.88%, 1/29/26 (b)(j)

       112        113,400   

Iceland Government International Bond, 5.88%, 5/11/22

       3,415        3,926,225   
Foreign Agency Obligations   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Indonesia Government International Bond, 4.75%, 1/08/26 (b)

     USD        207      $ 210,771   

Mexican Bonos:

      

4.75%, 6/14/18

     MXN        11        62,006   

6.50%, 6/10/21

       1,600        92,536   

10.00%, 12/05/24

     USD        1,600        112,753   

Mexican Udibonos:

      

3.50%, 12/14/17

       3,246        185,275   

4.00%, 6/13/19

       3,246        188,057   

Mexico Government International Bond, 4.13%, 1/21/26

       340        340,340   

Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN Indonesia III, 4.33%, 5/28/25 (b)

       312        303,454   

Portugal Government International Bond, 5.13%, 10/15/24 (b)

       5,430        5,576,610   

Russian Federal Bond, 7.00%, 8/16/23

     RUB        1,640        18,292   

Slovenia Government International Bond:

      

2.25%, 3/25/22

     EUR        922        1,079,304   

5.85%, 5/10/23 (b)(c)

     USD        766        878,679   

Sri Lanka Government International Bond, 5.88%, 7/25/22

     USD        3,000        2,710,869   
Total Foreign Agency Obligations — 3.0%                      20,506,877   
      
                          
Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities                      

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 26.0%

  

Alternative Loan Trust:

      

Series 2005-61, Class 2A1, 0.71%, 12/25/35 (a)

       4,227        3,676,308   

Series 2005-9CB, Class 1A3, 0.88%, 5/25/35 (a)(c)

       5,395        4,359,857   

Series 2006-40T1, Class 2A5, 0.83%, 12/25/36 (a)

       3,273        1,361,769   

Series 2006-7CB, Class 2A1, 6.50%, 5/25/36

       3,986        2,938,004   

Series 2006-J7, Class 2A1, 2.15%, 11/20/36 (a)

       8,582        6,302,943   

Series 2006-J8, Class A5, 6.00%, 2/25/37

       2,535        1,966,338   

Series 2006-OA14, Class 3A1, 1.14%, 11/25/46 (a)

       13,324        10,743,703   

Series 2006-OA16, Class A2, 0.62%, 10/25/46 (a)

       10,365        9,058,868   

Series 2006-OA18, Class A1, 0.55%, 12/25/46 (a)

       6,341        5,480,248   

Series 2006-OA22, Class A1, 0.59%, 2/25/47 (a)

       5,483        4,548,203   
 

 

                
12    BLACKROCK MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST    JANUARY 31, 2016   


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (continued)

  

Alternative Loan Trust (continued):

      

Series 2006-OA6, Class 1A1A, 0.64%, 7/25/46 (a)

     USD        10,519      $ 7,920,163   

Series 2006-OA8, Class 1A1, 0.62%, 7/25/46 (a)

       3,845        3,143,900   

Series 2007-12T1, Class A22, 5.75%, 6/25/37 (c)

       7,008        5,670,794   

Series 2007-12T1, Class A5, 6.00%, 6/25/37

       3,401        2,802,746   

Series 2007-22, Class 2A16, 6.50%, 9/25/37

       11,882        9,210,865   

Series 2007-23CB, Class A1, 6.00%, 9/25/37

       10,170        8,869,015   

Series 2007-4CB, Class 1A3, 0.78%, 4/25/37 (a)

       6,452        4,751,303   

Series 2007-OA2, Class 1A1, 1.13%, 3/25/47 (a)

       6,562        4,949,290   

American Home Mortgage Assets Trust, Series 2006-5, Class A1, 1.21%, 11/25/46 (a)

       6,671        3,214,769   

CHL Mortgage Pass-Through Trust:

      

Series 2006-3, Class 1A1, 0.67%, 3/25/36 (a)

       13,862        11,660,757   

Series 2007-J2, Class 2A1, 1.08%, 7/25/37 (a)

       5,986        3,698,189   

Series 2007-J2, Class 2A8, 6.00%, 7/25/37

       3,305        2,703,361   

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2006-AR7, Class 2A3A, 2.69%, 11/25/36 (a)

       8,593        7,105,855   

Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass-Through Trust, Series 2006-OA5, Class 3A1, 0.63%, 4/25/46 (a)

       10,997        9,639,382   

Fannie Mae Connecticut Avenue Securities, Class 1M2 (a):

      

Series 2014-C02, 3.03%, 5/25/24

       10,000        8,457,352   

Series 2014-C03, 3.43%, 7/25/24

       6,000        5,270,128   

GreenPoint Mortgage Funding Trust,
Series 2007-AR3, Class A1, 0.65%, 6/25/37 (a)

       6,866        5,633,349   

Morgan Stanley Re-REMIC Trust,
Series 2010-R5, Class 7B,
0.75%, 5/26/37 (a)(b)

       17,310        10,905,350   

Nomura Asset Acceptance Corp. Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2006-AF1, Class 1A2, 6.16%, 5/25/36 (a)

       9,657        4,891,259   

Residential Asset Securitization Trust,
Series 2006-A8, Class 2A5, 1.03%, 8/25/36 (a)

       8,180        2,910,216   
Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (continued)

  

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-OA4, Class 1A,
1.06%, 5/25/47 (a)

     USD        6,041      $ 5,016,415   
      

 

 

 
                       178,860,699   

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 12.5%

  

Bank of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust,
Series 2013-DSMZ, Class M, 6.12%, 9/15/18 (a)(b)

       7,500        7,499,925   

BXHTL Mortgage Trust,
Series 2015-JWRZ (a)(b):

      

Class DR3, 4.32%, 5/15/29

       2,000        1,865,470   

Class GL3, 4.00%, 5/15/29

       2,510        2,327,931   

CD Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-CD5, Class C, 6.32%, 11/15/44 (a)(c)

       3,372        3,458,845   

CDGJ Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-BXCH, Class EPA, 4.68%, 12/15/27 (a)(b)

       5,000        4,735,002   

CG-CCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-FL1 (a)(b):

      

Class D, 3.18%, 6/15/31

       3,000        2,950,911   

Class E, 5.08%, 6/15/31

       1,931        1,922,699   

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates (a):

      

Series 2007-C9, Class E, 5.99%, 12/10/49 (c)

       5,000        5,079,275   

Series 2013-LC13, Class D, 5.21%, 8/10/46 (b)

       2,650        2,415,607   

Series 2014-FL5, Class HFL1, 3.68%, 7/15/31 (b)

       6,057        5,808,001   

Series 2014-KYO, Class F, 3.92%, 6/11/27 (b)(c)

       8,500        8,404,637   

Series 2014-LC15, Class D, 5.11%, 4/10/47 (b)(c)

       3,000        2,577,260   

Series 2014-PAT, Class E, 3.57%, 8/13/27 (b)

       1,000        965,532   

Series 2014-PAT, Class F, 2.87%, 8/13/27 (b)

       3,000        2,831,728   

Series 2014-PAT, Class G, 2.02%, 8/13/27 (b)

       2,000        1,846,520   

Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2005-C3, Class B, 4.88%, 7/15/37

       2,000        1,998,399   

GAHR Commericial Mortgage Trust, Series 2015-NRF, Class GFX,
3.49%, 12/15/19 (a)(b)

       2,500        2,270,273   

Goldman Sachs Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2014-GSFL (a)(b):

      

Class D, 4.33%, 7/15/31

       1,325        1,316,546   
 

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (continued)

  

Goldman Sachs Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2014-GSFL (a)(b) (continued):

      

Class E, 6.38%, 7/15/31

     USD        1,000      $ 990,071   

Great Wolf Trust, Series 2015-WFMZ, Class M, 7.41%, 5/15/32 (a)(b)

       3,300        3,237,564   

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust (a)(b):

      

Series 2014-CBMZ, Class M, 6.65%, 10/15/19

       2,000        1,940,340   

Series 2014-DSTY, Class E, 3.93%, 6/10/27

       5,000        4,569,031   

London & Regional Debt Securitisation No. 2 PLC, Series 2, Class A,
3.59%, 10/15/18 (a)

     GBP        1,461        2,077,065   

Madison Avenue Trust, Series 2013-650M, Class E, 4.17%, 10/12/32 (a)(b)

     USD        5,000        4,939,152   

New York Mortgage Securitization Trust, Series 2013-1, Class A,
5.68%, 8/27/24 (a)(b)

       5,000        5,025,000   

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-C33, Class AJ,
6.15%, 2/15/51 (a)(c)

       2,680        2,699,448   
      

 

 

 
                       85,752,232   
Total Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities — 38.5%        264,612,931   
      
                          
Preferred Securities                      
Capital Trusts                      

Banks — 4.6%

  

BNP Paribas SA, 7.20% (a)(b)(c)(k)

       7,500        8,437,500   

Capital One Financial Corp., Series E, 5.55% (a)(c)(k)

       3,500        3,480,312   

Credit Suisse Group AG, 7.50% (a)(b)(c)(k)

       2,851        2,926,780   

Fifth Third Bancorp, Series J, 4.90% (a)(c)(k)

       3,000        2,715,000   

HSBC Holdings PLC, 6.38% (a)(c)(k)

       3,700        3,565,357   

Wells Fargo & Co. (a)(c)(k):

      

Series S, 5.90%

       8,800        8,877,000   

Series U, 5.88%

       1,280        1,349,248   
      

 

 

 
                       31,351,197   
Capital Trusts   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Capital Markets — 1.3%

  

Credit Suisse Group AG, 6.25% (a)(b)(c)(k)

     USD        1,035      $ 1,010,332   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Series L,
5.70% (a)(c)(k)

       1,300        1,282,125   

Morgan Stanley, Series H, 5.45% (a)(c)(k)

       5,104        4,925,360   

State Street Corp., Series F, 5.25% (a)(c)(k)

       1,875        1,884,375   
      

 

 

 
                       9,102,192   

Diversified Financial Services — 6.9%

  

Bank of America Corp. (a)(k)

      

Series AA, 6.10% (c)

       2,865        2,912,845   

Series U, 5.20% (c)

       1,750        1,636,250   

Series V, 5.13%

       1,100        1,042,250   

Series X, 6.25% (c)

       4,425        4,425,000   

Bank of New York Mellon Corp., Series D (a)(c)(k)

       6,067        5,491,242   

Citigroup, Inc. (a)(c)(k):

      

5.90%

       2,250        2,216,250   

Series D, 5.95%

       3,700        3,590,110   

Series R, 6.13%

       1,935        1,946,475   

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (a)(c)(k):

      

Series Q, 5.15%

       5,500        5,239,300   

Series V, 5.00%

       3,500        3,283,437   

Macquarie Bank Ltd., 10.25%, 6/20/57 (a)

       10,000        10,731,640   

Societe Generale SA, 6.00% (a)(b)(c)(k)

       5,540        5,075,859   
      

 

 

 
                       47,590,658   

Electric Utilities — 1.0%

  

Electricite de France SA, 5.25% (a)(b)(c)(k)

             7,500        6,721,875   

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.9%

  

General Electric Co., Series D, 5.00% (a)(k)

             5,921        6,083,827   

Insurance — 3.1%

  

Allstate Corp, 5.75%, 8/15/53 (a)(c)

       2,000        2,037,500   

Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., 7.80%, 3/07/87 (b)(c)

       10,760        12,266,400   

Prudential Financial, Inc., 5.63%, 6/15/43 (a)(c)

       6,000        6,067,500   

Voya Financial, Inc., 5.65%, 5/15/53 (a)(c)

       1,090        1,057,300   
      

 

 

 
                       21,428,700   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.4%

  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Series A, 8.38%, 8/01/66 (a)(c)

             3,248        2,598,400   
 

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

Capital Trusts          

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) — 1.8%

  

Firstar Realty LLC, 8.88% (b)(k)

             10      $ 12,393,750   
Total Capital Trusts — 20.0%        137,270,599   
      
                          
Preferred Stocks           Shares         

Aerospace & Defense — 0.3%

  

United Technologies Corp., 7.50%

             25,650        2,249,248   

Capital Markets — 1.9%

  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.,
Series J, 5.50% (a)(k)

       395,017        9,863,575   

Morgan Stanley, 6.88% (a)(k)

       100,000        2,804,000   

SCE Trust III, 5.75% (a)(k)

       23,730        631,455   
      

 

 

 
                       13,299,030   

Diversified Financial Services — 0.3%

  

Citigroup, Inc., Series K, 6.88% (a)(k)

             75,000        2,060,250   

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.3%

  

SunTrust Real Estate Investment Corp., 9.00% (b)(k)

             15        1,833,459   
Total Preferred Stocks — 2.8%        19,441,987   
Total Preferred Securities — 22.8%        156,712,586   
      
                          
U.S. Treasury Obligations — 5.2%          

Par  

(000)

        

U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.25%, 11/15/25 (c)

     USD        34,500        35,485,148   

    

Warrants

  Shares     Value  

Diversified Financial Services — 0.0%

  

Aviron Capital LLC (Expires 10/20/16) (l)

    10          

Total Long-Term Investments

(Cost — $1,164,146,797) — 165.0%

  

  

  $     1,133,628,833   
   
                 

Short-Term Securities — 5.1%

  

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class, 0.32% (m)(n)

    35,007,969        35,007,969   

Total Short-Term Securities

(Cost — $35,007,969) — 5.1%

  

  

    35,007,969   

Options Purchased

(Cost — $286,218) — 0.0%

  

  

    275,362   

Total Investments Before Options Written

(Cost — $1,199,440,984*) — 170.1%

  

  

    1,168,912,164   

Options Written

(Premiums Received — $211,816) — (0.0)%

  

  

    (123,592

Total Investments, Net of Options Written

(Cost — $1,199,229,168) — 170.1%

  

  

    1,168,788,572   
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets (70.1)%        (481,530,995
   

 

 

 
Net Assets100.0%     $ 687,257,577   
 

 

 

 

 

*   As of January 31, 2016, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

Tax cost

  $ 1,191,551,763   
 

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

  $ 16,810,939   

Gross unrealized depreciation

    (39,450,538
 

 

 

 

Net unrealized depreciation

  $ (22,639,599
 

 

 

 
 
Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

(a)   Variable rate security. Rate as of period end.

 

(b)   Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

 

(c)   All or a portion of security has been pledged as collateral in connection with outstanding reverse repurchase agreements.

 

(d)   Represents a step-up bond that pays an initial coupon rate for the first period and then a higher coupon rate for the following periods. Rate shown is as of report date.

 

(e)   Security is eligible to receive residual cash flows.

 

(f)   Zero-coupon bond.

 

(g)   Amount is less than $500.

 

(h)   Restricted security as to resale, excluding 144A securities. As of period end, the Trust held restricted securities with a current value of $561 and an original cost of $8,635 which was less than 0.05% of its net assets.

 

(i)   Payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in additional par/shares and/or in cash. Rates shown are the current rate and possible payment rates.

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

 

(j)   When-issued security.

 

(k)   Perpetual security with no stated maturity date.

 

(l)   All or a portion of security is held by a wholly owned subsidiary.

 

(m)   During the period ended January 31, 2016, investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Trust for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliate      Shares Held
at October 31,
2015
       Net
Activity
       Shares Held
at January 31,
2016
       Income  

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class

       6,140,532           28,867,437           35,007,969         $ 18,557   

 

(n)   Current yield as of period end.

 

Portfolio Abbreviations

 

ABS    Asset-Backed Security
ADS    American Depositary Shares
ARS    Argentine Peso
ARS    Auction Rate Securities
AUD    Australian Dollar
BRL    Brazilian Real
CAD    Canadian Dollar
CLO    Collateralized Loan Obligation
CNY    Chinese Renminbi
COP    Certificates of Participation
CR    Custodian Receipt
EUR    Euro
GBP    British Pound
IDR    Indonesian Rupiah
ISDA    International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.
JPY    Japanese Yen
JSC    Joint Stock Company
KRW    South Korean Won
KLIBOR    Kuala Lumpur Interbank Offered Rate
LIBOR    London Interbank Offered Rate
MXIBTIIE    Mexico Interbank TIIE 28 Day
MXN    Mexican Peso
MYR    Malaysian Ringgit
NZD    New Zealand Dollar
OTC    Over-the-Counter
PIK    Payment-In-Kind.
PLN    Polish Zloty
Radian    Radian Guaranty, Inc.
REMIC    Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit
RUB    Russian Ruble
SEK    Swedish Krona
TRY    Turkish Lira
TWD    Taiwan Dollar
USD    U.S. Dollar
ZAR    South African Rand
   For Trust compliance purposes, the Trust’s industry classifications refer to any one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by the investment advisor. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such industry subclassifications for reporting ease.

 

                
16    BLACKROCK MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST    JANUARY 31, 2016   


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

 

Counterparty   Interest
Rate
    Trade
Date
  Maturity
Date1
  Face Value     Face Value
Including
Accrued
Interest
    Type of
Underlying
Collateral
  Remaining
Contractual
Maturity of
the Agreements

UBS Ltd.

    0.70   4/16/15   Open   $ 1,792,500      $ 1,802,608      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Ltd.

    0.80   6/3/15   Open     158,000        158,850      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Ltd.

    0.85   6/3/15   Open     920,000        925,257      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Ltd.

    0.85   6/3/15   Open     232,500        233,828      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.65   8/12/15   Open     500,000        501,553      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.75   8/12/15   Open     2,577,000        2,583,772      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.75   8/12/15   Open     10,165,000        10,191,711      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.75   8/12/15   Open     5,320,000        5,333,980      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Ltd.

    0.80   9/8/15   Open     343,943        345,051      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.65   9/21/15   Open     1,208,291        1,211,171      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.65   9/21/15   Open     2,125,000        2,130,065      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.65   9/21/15   Open     2,400,350        2,406,071      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Ltd.

    0.70   11/10/15   Open     5,117,775        5,126,035      Foreign Agency Obligations   Open/Demand1

UBS Ltd.

    0.75   12/2/15   Open     465,238        465,819      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     747,338        748,201      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     541,325        541,951      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     1,213,650        1,215,052      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     440,735        441,244      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     387,100        387,547      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     253,575        253,868      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     878,088        879,102      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     450,215        450,735      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     3,230,760        3,234,493      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     486,675        487,237      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     539,850        540,474      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     708,038        708,856      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     238,631        238,907      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     542,430        543,057      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     537,000        537,621      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     980,100        981,233      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     405,950        406,419      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     789,750        790,663      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     419,475        419,960      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     535,088        535,706      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     723,450        724,286      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     698,063        698,869      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     688,750        689,546      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     755,535        756,408      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     549,750        550,385      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     2,095,144        2,097,565      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     535,088        535,706      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     781,200        782,103      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     652,438        653,191      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     553,500        554,140      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     642,950        643,693      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     680,600        681,386      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     634,480        635,213      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     545,200        545,830      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/9/15   Open     383,050        383,493      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

 

                
   BLACKROCK MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST    JANUARY 31, 2016    17


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

 

Counterparty   Interest
Rate
    Trade
Date
  Maturity
Date1
  Face Value     Face Value
Including
Accrued
Interest
    Type of
Underlying
Collateral
  Remaining
Contractual
Maturity of
the Agreements

UBS Securities LLC

    0.75   12/10/15   Open   $ 832,500      $ 833,388      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/10/15   Open     1,111,500        1,112,686      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/10/15   Open     1,504,800        1,506,405      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   12/10/15   Open     1,244,650        1,245,978      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

Barclays Bank PLC

    0.65   12/17/15   Open     2,677,500        2,679,675      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Barclays Bank PLC

    0.75   12/17/15   Open     3,504,644        3,507,929      Foreign Agency Obligations   Open/Demand1

Barclays Bank PLC

    0.80   12/17/15   Open     947,031        947,978      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Barclays Bank PLC

    0.85   12/17/15   Open     1,387,625        1,389,099      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Barclays Bank PLC

    1.15   12/17/15   Open     2,516,250        2,519,867      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.60   12/17/15   Open     5,887,500        5,891,916      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.80   12/17/15   Open     975,550        976,526      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.80   12/17/15   Open     654,225        654,879      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.80   12/17/15   Open     644,875        645,520      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.80   12/17/15   Open     160,849        161,010      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.80   12/17/15   Open     1,988,438        1,990,426      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.80   12/17/15   Open     230,313        230,543      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.80   12/17/15   Open     840,000        840,840      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.80   12/17/15   Open     867,300        868,167      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.80   12/17/15   Open     970,313        971,283      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.80   12/17/15   Open     908,268        909,176      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.80   12/17/15   Open     522,856        523,379      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.80   12/17/15   Open     651,544        652,195      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.80   12/17/15   Open     459,635        460,095      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.80   12/17/15   Open     739,594        740,334      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.80   12/17/15   Open     702,406        703,109      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.85   12/17/15   Open     467,370        467,867      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.85   12/17/15   Open     920,805        921,784      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.95   12/17/15   Open     3,224,398        3,228,227      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.70   12/17/15   Open     814,036        814,749      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    1.10   12/17/15   Open     802,750        803,854      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    1.15   12/17/15   Open     577,213        578,042      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    0.80   12/17/15   Open     789,000        789,789      Foreign Agency Obligations   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    0.80   12/17/15   Open     2,427,000        2,429,428      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    0.80   12/17/15   Open     2,450,000        2,452,451      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    0.80   12/17/15   Open     1,836,000        1,837,837      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    0.80   12/17/15   Open     1,751,000        1,752,752      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     104,000        104,130      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     2,515,000        2,517,515      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     631,000        631,789      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

 

                
18    BLACKROCK MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST    JANUARY 31, 2016   


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

 

Counterparty   Interest
Rate
    Trade
Date
  Maturity
Date1
  Face Value     Face Value
Including
Accrued
Interest
    Type of
Underlying
Collateral
  Remaining
Contractual
Maturity of
the Agreements

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open   $ 250,000      $ 250,313      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     331,000        331,414      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     1,661,000        1,663,077      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     598,000        598,748      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     406,000        406,508      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     1,358,000        1,359,698      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     762,000        762,953      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     1,092,000        1,093,366      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     586,000        586,733      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     2,074,000        2,076,594      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     598,000        598,748      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     238,000        238,298      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     189,000        189,236      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     1,293,000        1,294,617      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     603,000        603,754      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     906,000        907,133      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     2,633,000        2,636,293      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     345,000        345,431      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     309,000        309,386      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     870,000        871,088      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     145,000        145,181      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     637,000        637,797      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     95,000        95,119      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     830,000        831,038      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     223,000        223,279      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

 

                
   BLACKROCK MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST    JANUARY 31, 2016    19


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

 

Counterparty   Interest
Rate
    Trade
Date
  Maturity
Date1
  Face Value     Face Value
Including
Accrued
Interest
    Type of
Underlying
Collateral
  Remaining
Contractual
Maturity of
the Agreements

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open   $ 300,000      $ 300,375      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     1,428,000        1,429,786      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     2,839,000        2,842,551      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     637,000        637,797      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     262,000        262,328      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     5,150,000        5,156,441      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     367,000        367,459      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     87,000        87,109      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     792,000        792,991      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     121,000        121,151      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     1,135,000        1,136,420      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     312,000        312,390      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     291,000        291,364      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     1,304,000        1,305,631      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     697,000        697,872      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     399,000        399,499      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     640,000        640,800      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     367,000        367,459      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     291,000        291,364      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     1,078,000        1,079,348      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     2,688,000        2,691,360      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     930,000        931,163      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     1,520,000        1,521,900      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     4,594,000        4,599,743      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     2,521,000        2,524,151      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

 

                
20    BLACKROCK MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST    JANUARY 31, 2016   


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

 

Counterparty   Interest
Rate
    Trade
Date
  Maturity
Date1
  Face Value     Face Value
Including
Accrued
Interest
    Type of
Underlying
Collateral
  Remaining
Contractual
Maturity of
the Agreements

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open   $ 1,480,000      $ 1,481,850      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     2,842,000        2,845,553      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     1,335,000        1,336,670      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     705,000        705,882      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     553,000        553,692      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     250,000        250,313      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     287,000        287,359      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     2,209,000        2,211,763      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     1,933,000        1,935,418      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     1,888,000        1,890,361      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     1,325,000        1,326,657      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     178,000        178,223      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     3,320,000        3,324,152      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     291,000        291,364      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     2,465,000        2,468,083      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     904,000        905,130      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     635,000        635,794      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     866,000        867,083      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     135,000        135,169      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     155,000        155,194      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     981,000        982,227      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     1,034,000        1,035,293      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     2,110,000        2,112,639      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     3,102,000        3,105,880      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     1,883,000        1,885,355      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

 

                
   BLACKROCK MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST    JANUARY 31, 2016    21


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

 

Counterparty   Interest
Rate
    Trade
Date
  Maturity
Date1
  Face Value     Face Value
Including
Accrued
Interest
    Type of
Underlying
Collateral
  Remaining
Contractual
Maturity of
the Agreements

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open   $ 2,572,000      $ 2,575,217      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     2,188,000        2,190,737      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     181,000        181,226      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     1,800,000        1,802,251      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     1,467,000        1,468,835      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

HSBC Securities (USA), Inc.

    0.65   12/17/15   Open     2,685,000        2,687,182      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

HSBC Securities (USA), Inc.

    0.65   12/17/15   Open     3,456,000        3,458,808      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.64   12/17/15   Open     424,625        424,965      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.64   12/17/15   Open     484,900        485,288      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.64   12/17/15   Open     244,155        244,350      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.90   12/17/15   Open     202,125        202,352      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.90   12/17/15   Open     2,100,000        2,102,363      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.90   12/17/15   Open     97,948        98,058      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.90   12/17/15   Open     388,220        388,657      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.90   12/17/15   Open     123,488        123,626      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   12/17/15   Open     449,805        450,339      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   12/17/15   Open     376,875        377,323      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   12/17/15   Open     758,345        759,246      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   12/17/15   Open     369,000        369,438      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   12/17/15   Open     737,200        738,075      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   12/17/15   Open     715,950        716,800      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   12/17/15   Open     1,973,420        1,975,763      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   12/17/15   Open     315,900        316,275      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   12/17/15   Open     233,250        233,527      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   12/17/15   Open     179,878        180,091      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

 

                
22    BLACKROCK MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST    JANUARY 31, 2016   


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

 

Counterparty   Interest
Rate
    Trade
Date
  Maturity
Date1
  Face Value     Face Value
Including
Accrued
Interest
    Type of
Underlying
Collateral
  Remaining
Contractual
Maturity of
the Agreements

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   12/17/15   Open   $ 240,160      $ 240,445      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   12/17/15   Open     267,638        267,955      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   12/17/15   Open     1,121,250        1,122,581      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   12/17/15   Open     277,500        277,830      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   12/17/15   Open     310,780        311,149      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   12/17/15   Open     275,200        275,527      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   12/17/15   Open     167,860        168,059      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   12/17/15   Open     188,125        188,348      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   12/17/15   Open     462,075        462,624      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   12/17/15   Open     235,935        236,215      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   12/17/15   Open     448,800        449,333      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   12/17/15   Open     487,398        487,976      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   12/17/15   Open     344,500        344,909      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   12/17/15   Open     619,200        619,935      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   12/17/15   Open     467,775        468,330      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   12/17/15   Open     463,375        463,925      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     2,149,075        2,151,761      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     364,100        364,555      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     193,590        193,832      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     249,550        249,862      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     103,500        103,629      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     323,900        324,305      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     124,000        124,155      Floating Rate Loan Interests   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     120,080        120,230      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     181,640        181,867      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

 

                
   BLACKROCK MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST    JANUARY 31, 2016    23


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

 

Counterparty   Interest
Rate
    Trade
Date
  Maturity
Date1
  Face Value     Face Value
Including
Accrued
Interest
    Type of
Underlying
Collateral
  Remaining
Contractual
Maturity of
the Agreements

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open   $ 358,875      $ 359,324      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     622,500        623,278      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     495,600        496,220      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     368,000        368,460      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     152,220        152,410      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     720,225        721,125      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     767,350        768,309      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     443,620        444,175      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     414,050        414,568      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     1,083,375        1,084,729      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     267,138        267,471      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     1,962,250        1,964,703      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     1,178,000        1,179,473      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     1,156,320        1,157,765      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     734,825        735,744      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     2,054,280        2,056,848      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     628,000        628,785      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     598,600        599,348      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     492,900        493,516      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     398,475        398,973      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     835,275        836,319      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     1,096,200        1,097,570      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     378,200        378,673      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     492,800        493,416      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     134,460        134,628      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

 

                
24    BLACKROCK MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST    JANUARY 31, 2016   


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

 

Counterparty   Interest
Rate
    Trade
Date
  Maturity
Date1
  Face Value     Face Value
Including
Accrued
Interest
    Type of
Underlying
Collateral
  Remaining
Contractual
Maturity of
the Agreements

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open   $ 245,700      $ 246,007      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     138,750        138,923      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     80,250        80,350      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     270,100        270,438      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     214,130        214,398      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     194,375        194,618      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     78,500        78,598      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     88,400        88,511      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     323,900        324,305      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     242,150        242,453      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     48,000        48,060      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     54,925        54,994      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     241,425        241,727      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     138,400        138,573      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     367,875        368,335      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     192,625        192,866      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     303,750        304,130      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     45,390        45,447      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     78,680        78,778      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     45,338        45,394      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     51,680        51,745      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     364,100        364,555      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     373,500        373,967      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     243,000        243,304      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/17/15   Open     76,958        77,054      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

 

                
   BLACKROCK MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST    JANUARY 31, 2016    25


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

 

Counterparty   Interest
Rate
    Trade
Date
  Maturity
Date1
  Face Value     Face Value
Including
Accrued
Interest
    Type of
Underlying
Collateral
  Remaining
Contractual
Maturity of
the Agreements

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.05   12/17/15   Open   $ 45,150      $ 45,209      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.05   12/17/15   Open     1,247,750        1,249,388      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.05   12/17/15   Open     133,200        133,375      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.05   12/17/15   Open     245,700        246,022      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.05   12/17/15   Open     227,250        227,548      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.05   12/17/15   Open     64,080        64,164      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.10   12/18/15   Open     2,036,000        2,038,613      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.75   12/18/15   Open     1,073,573        1,074,512      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.75   12/18/15   Open     1,680,725        1,682,301      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.90   12/18/15   Open     222,495        222,729      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.90   12/18/15   Open     482,850        483,357      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.90   12/18/15   Open     245,050        245,307      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   12/18/15   Open     406,400        406,850      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   12/18/15   Open     367,400        367,807      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   12/18/15   Open     1,050,000        1,051,313      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.05   12/18/15   Open     200,515        200,761      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.85   12/21/15   Open     856,980        857,810      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    0.75   12/21/15   Open     7,317,000        7,323,250      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.04   12/21/15   Open     273,000        273,323      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.04   12/21/15   Open     3,127,000        3,130,704      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.04   12/21/15   Open     619,000        619,733      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.04   12/21/15   Open     1,414,000        1,415,675      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.04   12/21/15   Open     1,350,000        1,351,599      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.04   12/21/15   Open     1,093,000        1,094,295      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    0.80   12/21/15   Open     1,069,000        1,069,998      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

UBS Ltd.

    1.00   12/21/15   Open     1,464,000        1,465,667      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Ltd.

    1.00   12/21/15   Open     9,175,000        9,185,449      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

 

                
26    BLACKROCK MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST    JANUARY 31, 2016   


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

 

Counterparty   Interest
Rate
    Trade
Date
  Maturity
Date1
  Face Value     Face Value
Including
Accrued
Interest
    Type of
Underlying
Collateral
  Remaining
Contractual
Maturity of
the Agreements

UBS Securities LLC

    0.75   12/21/15   Open   $ 4,963,750      $ 4,967,990      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.75   12/21/15   Open     7,068,750        7,074,788      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.75   12/21/15   Open     3,540,000        3,543,024      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.75   12/21/15   Open     5,125,000        5,129,378      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.75   12/21/15   Open     8,206,000        8,213,009      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    1.00   12/21/15   Open     14,735,000        14,751,782      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    1.00   12/21/15   Open     7,743,750        7,752,569      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    1.00   12/21/15   Open     2,385,000        2,387,716      Foreign Agency Obligations   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    1.00   12/21/15   Open     2,132,000        2,134,428      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    1.00   12/21/15   Open     3,062,500        3,065,988      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    1.00   12/21/15   Open     3,135,750        3,139,321      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    1.00   12/21/15   Open     4,071,000        4,075,636      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    1.00   12/21/15   Open     3,348,500        3,352,314      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    1.00   12/21/15   Open     4,819,800        4,825,289      Capital Trusts   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    1.00   12/21/15   Open     3,812,500        3,816,842      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.65   12/22/15   Open     52,981        53,020      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   12/22/15   Open     1,003,470        1,004,556      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   12/22/15   Open     616,875        617,542      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    1.00   12/22/15   Open     409,275        409,730      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   12/23/15   Open     507,642        508,178      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    1.00   12/28/15   Open     1,042,335        1,043,348      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

JPMorgan Securities LLC

    1.67   1/4/16   2/02/16     2,535,000        2,538,298      Asset-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

JPMorgan Securities LLC

    1.77   1/4/16   2/02/16     3,590,000        3,594,949      Asset-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

Morgan Stanley Co., Inc.

    1.50   1/5/16   2/04/16     5,333,500        5,339,500      Asset-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.77   1/6/16   2/08/16     1,958,000        1,960,310      Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    1.92   1/7/16   2/08/16     2,324,994        2,327,975      Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    1.92   1/7/16   2/08/16     3,500,000        3,504,488      Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    1.92   1/7/16   2/08/16     3,939,471        3,944,523      Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    1.92   1/7/16   2/08/16     4,998,000        5,004,409      Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.37   1/7/16   2/08/16     1,121,000        1,122,026      Asset-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.37   1/7/16   2/08/16     823,000        823,754      Asset-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

 

                
   BLACKROCK MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST    JANUARY 31, 2016    27


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

 

Counterparty   Interest
Rate
    Trade
Date
  Maturity
Date1
  Face Value     Face Value
Including
Accrued
Interest
    Type of
Underlying
Collateral
  Remaining
Contractual
Maturity of
the Agreements

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.37   1/7/16   2/08/16   $ 842,000      $ 842,771      Asset-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.37   1/7/16   2/08/16     848,000        848,776      Asset-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.37   1/7/16   2/08/16     819,000        819,750      Asset-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.47   1/7/16   2/08/16     2,412,000        2,414,369      Asset-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.47   1/7/16   2/08/16     970,000        970,953      Asset-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.47   1/7/16   2/08/16     1,634,000        1,635,605      Asset-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.47   1/7/16   2/08/16     1,934,000        1,935,900      Asset-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.47   1/7/16   2/08/16     744,000        744,731      Asset-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.47   1/7/16   2/08/16     1,120,000        1,121,100      Asset-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.47   1/7/16   2/08/16     759,000        759,746      Asset-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.47   1/7/16   2/08/16     1,692,000        1,693,662      Asset-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.47   1/7/16   2/08/16     953,000        953,936      Asset-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.47   1/7/16   2/08/16     787,000        787,773      Asset-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.47   1/7/16   2/08/16     813,000        813,799      Asset-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.47   1/7/16   2/08/16     757,000        757,744      Asset-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.47   1/7/16   2/08/16     793,000        793,779      Asset-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.47   1/7/16   2/08/16     1,307,000        1,308,284      Asset-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.47   1/7/16   2/08/16     1,061,000        1,062,042      Asset-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.47   1/7/16   2/08/16     782,000        782,768      Asset-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.47   1/7/16   2/08/16     1,651,000        1,652,622      Asset-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.47   1/7/16   2/08/16     998,000        998,980      Asset-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.47   1/7/16   2/08/16     2,020,000        2,021,984      Asset-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.47   1/7/16   2/08/16     776,000        776,762      Asset-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.90   1/7/16   Open     381,150        381,388      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   1/7/16   Open     469,040        469,366      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

 

                
28    BLACKROCK MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST    JANUARY 31, 2016   


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

 

Counterparty   Interest
Rate
    Trade
Date
  Maturity
Date1
  Face Value     Face Value
Including
Accrued
Interest
    Type of
Underlying
Collateral
  Remaining
Contractual
Maturity of
the Agreements

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    1.93   1/13/16   2/16/16   $ 6,698,731      $ 6,705,180      Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.04   1/13/16   Open     1,104,000        1,104,542      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   1/13/16   Open     1,595,051        1,595,851      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    0.80   1/13/16   Open     971,856        972,266      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   1/14/16   Open     174,000        174,082      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   1/14/16   Open     549,000        549,259      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   1/14/16   Open     57,000        57,027      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   1/14/16   Open     404,000        404,191      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   1/14/16   Open     125,000        125,059      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   1/14/16   Open     497,000        497,235      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.95   1/14/16   Open     335,200        335,350      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    0.40   1/15/16   Open     35,276,250        35,282,913      U.S. Treasury Obligations   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   1/15/16   Open     174,400        174,463      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    2.08   1/20/16   2/22/16     3,465,703        3,467,901      Asset-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   1/20/16   Open     1,585,700        1,586,185      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    1.00   1/20/16   Open     432,863        432,995      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.33   1/21/16   2/22/16     1,235,000        1,235,455      Asset-Backed Securities   Up to 30 Days

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.83   1/21/16   2/25/16     4,334,000        4,335,542      Corporate Bonds   Up to 30 Days

UBS Securities LLC

    0.60   1/21/16   Open     1,587,375        1,587,666      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    1.00   1/21/16   Open     937,595        937,855      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   1/22/16   Open     479,550        479,643      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    1.00   1/22/16   Open     531,375        531,478      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    1.00   1/22/16   Open     536,750        536,854      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    1.00   1/22/16   Open     386,975        387,050      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    1.04   1/26/16   Open     1,248,000        1,248,216      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    0.90   1/26/16   Open     88,075        88,088      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   1/26/16   Open     965,520        965,681      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   1/26/16   Open     845,975        846,116      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust  (BIT)

 

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

 

Counterparty   Interest
Rate
    Trade
Date
  Maturity
Date1
 

Face Value

    Face Value
Including
Accrued
Interest
    Type of
Underlying
Collateral
  Remaining
Contractual
Maturity of
the Agreements

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   1/26/16   Open   $ 260,000      $ 260,043      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

UBS Securities LLC

    1.00   1/26/16   Open     501,663        501,746      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   1/27/16   Open     504,000        504,070      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   1/27/16   Open     764,000        764,106      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   1/27/16   Open     132,000        132,018      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

RBC Capital Markets LLC

    1.00   1/27/16   Open     316,520        316,555      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   1/28/16   Open     795,488        795,576      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    1.00   1/28/16   Open     1,249,951        1,250,101      Corporate Bonds   Open/Demand1
Total   $ 498,363,552      $ 498,917,762       
       

 

 

     

1    Certain agreements have no stated maturity and can be terminated by either party at any time.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Financial Futures Contracts

 

Contracts Short   Issue      Expiration      Notional
Value
       Unrealized
Depreciation
 

(158)

  2-Year U.S. Treasury Note      March 2016      USD      34,542,750         $ (148,214

(146)

  5-Year U.S. Treasury Note      March 2016      USD      17,618,094           (305,792

(276)

  10-Year U.S. Treasury Note      March 2016      USD      35,763,562           (969,466

(10)

  Euro BOBL Futures      March 2016      USD      1,434,615           (16,149

(10)

  Ultra U.S. Treasury Bond      March 2016      USD      1,661,875           (74,700
(3)   90-Day Euro Dollar      June 2017      USD      742,537           (955

Total

                    $ (1,515,276
                   

 

 

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

 

Currency
Purchased
       Currency
Sold
    Counterparty   Settlement
Date
       Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
BRL        1,850,318         USD        449,652      BNP Paribas S.A.     2/02/16         $ 12,951   
BRL        270,725         USD        66,965      BNP Paribas S.A.     2/02/16           720   
BRL        274,399         USD        67,873      Deutsche Bank AG     2/02/16           730   
BRL        166,328         USD        41,142      Goldman Sachs International     2/02/16           442   
BRL        651,828         USD        161,232      Goldman Sachs International     2/02/16           1,733   
BRL        192,096         USD        48,000      Goldman Sachs International     2/02/16           26   
BRL        178,810         USD        44,229      The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC     2/02/16           475   
BRL        182,625         USD        45,173      The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC     2/02/16           486   
BRL        195,091         USD        48,256      The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC     2/02/16           519   
BRL        321,629         USD        79,556      UBS AG     2/02/16           855   

 

                
30    BLACKROCK MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST    JANUARY 31, 2016   


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts (continued)

 

Currency
Purchased
       Currency
Sold
    Counterparty   Settlement
Date
       Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
BRL        182,963         USD        44,965      UBS AG     2/02/16         $ 778   
JPY        266,395,545         NZD        3,528,979      Citibank, N.A.     2/02/16           (84,757
MXN        2,908,639         USD        157,572      Goldman Sachs International     2/02/16           2,792   
NZD        4,200,000         JPY        322,274,400      HSBC Bank USA, N.A.     2/02/16           57,716   
USD        65,000         BRL        270,725      BNP Paribas S.A.     2/02/16           (2,685
USD        457,682         BRL        1,850,318      BNP Paribas S.A.     2/02/16           (4,920
USD        67,000         BRL        274,399      Deutsche Bank AG     2/02/16           (1,603
USD        40,200         BRL        166,328      Goldman Sachs International     2/02/16           (1,384
USD        157,572         BRL        651,828      Goldman Sachs International     2/02/16           (5,393
USD        47,516         BRL        192,096      Goldman Sachs International     2/02/16           (511
USD        42,880         BRL        178,810      The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC     2/02/16           (1,825
USD        44,965         BRL        182,625      The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC     2/02/16           (694
USD        48,000         BRL        195,091      The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC     2/02/16           (775
USD        77,000         BRL        321,629      UBS AG     2/02/16           (3,411
USD        45,256         BRL        182,963      UBS AG     2/02/16           (487
USD        3,641,026         EUR        3,352,000      Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC     2/03/16           9,717   
USD        107,655         EUR        100,000      State Street Bank and Trust Co.     2/03/16           (678
USD        32,976,653         GBP        22,400,000      UBS AG     2/03/16           1,058,877   
USD        382,094         JPY        44,837,000      UBS AG     2/03/16           11,733   
EUR        98,000         USD        105,422      Citibank, N.A.     2/08/16           756   
MXN        913,573         USD        49,800      Bank Of America, N.A.     2/08/16           552   
MXN        1,744,552         USD        94,800      Deutsche Bank AG     2/08/16           1,351   
MXN        1,165,280         USD        63,000      Deutsche Bank AG     2/08/16           1,225   
MXN        2,305,531         USD        126,000      JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.     2/08/16           1,070   
MXN        809,695         USD        44,250      JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.     2/08/16           376   
MXN        823,141         USD        45,000      Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC     2/08/16           368   
MXN        3,147,768         USD        180,000      State Street Bank and Trust Co.     2/08/16           (6,510
MXN        1,929,915         USD        108,000      State Street Bank and Trust Co.     2/08/16           (1,632
USD        106,103         EUR        98,000      Citibank, N.A.     2/08/16           (75
USD        268,500         MXN        4,795,585      Bank Of America, N.A.     2/08/16           4,191   
RUB        4,355,235         USD        62,047      BNP Paribas S.A.     2/09/16           (4,456
USD        87,182         RUB        6,119,559      BNP Paribas S.A.     2/09/16           6,261   
KRW        95,816,000         USD        80,000      Deutsche Bank AG     2/11/16           (737
USD        77,600         KRW        94,369,360      HSBC Bank USA, N.A.     2/11/16           (466
USD        77,659         KRW        92,569,504      HSBC Bank USA, N.A.     2/11/16           1,081   
USD        110,000         KRW        131,802,000      JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.     2/11/16           968   
JPY        11,444,186         USD        97,000      JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.     2/12/16           (2,455
JPY        11,424,621         USD        97,000      JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.     2/12/16           (2,616
KRW        116,918,950         USD        97,000      HSBC Bank USA, N.A.     2/12/16           (282
TRY        491,909         USD        162,000      BNP Paribas S.A.     2/12/16           3,914   
USD        2,200         ARS        31,240      BNP Paribas S.A.     2/12/16           (39
USD        35,000         JPY        4,239,352      Deutsche Bank AG     2/12/16           (23
USD        95,400         JPY        11,333,632      Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC     2/12/16           1,768   
USD        63,600         JPY        7,566,433      Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC     2/12/16           1,091   
USD        97,000         KRW        117,234,200      Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC     2/12/16           21   
USD        32,400         TRY        98,907      Citibank, N.A.     2/12/16           (960

 

                
   BLACKROCK MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST    JANUARY 31, 2016    31


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts (continued)

 

Currency
Purchased
       Currency
Sold
    Counterparty   Settlement
Date
       Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
USD        48,600         TRY        148,817      Citibank, N.A.     2/12/16         $ (1,594
USD        81,000         TRY        248,165      Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC     2/12/16           (2,703
USD        88,500         ZAR        1,454,147      Citibank, N.A.     2/12/16           (2,867
CAD        137,598         USD        96,000      Standard Chartered Bank     2/16/16           2,221   
RUB        2,899,567         USD        34,600      BNP Paribas S.A.     2/16/16           3,674   
RUB        13,399,066         USD        173,000      JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.     2/16/16           3,865   
TWD        3,373,785         USD        100,500      JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.     2/16/16           234   
TWD        3,364,740         USD        100,500      Standard Chartered Bank     2/16/16           (36
USD        31,140         RUB        2,456,323      BNP Paribas S.A.     2/16/16           (1,283
USD        51,900         RUB        4,244,901      Deutsche Bank AG     2/16/16           (4,132
USD        100,500         TWD        3,372,780      JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.     2/16/16           (204
USD        100,500         TWD        3,363,735      Standard Chartered Bank     2/16/16           66   
EUR        131,000         PLN        588,290      Goldman Sachs International     2/19/16           (2,176
JPY        9,278,191         USD        79,500      Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC     2/19/16           (2,839
PLN        291,069         EUR        65,500      Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC     2/19/16           334   
USD        48,000         COP        156,120,000      BNP Paribas S.A.     2/19/16           508   
USD        79,500         JPY        9,394,992      BNP Paribas S.A.     2/19/16           1,874   
CAD        4,826,199         NZD        5,265,000      Royal Bank of Canada     2/22/16           39,632   
USD        33,333         COP        112,449,655      Credit Suisse International     2/22/16           (863
MXN        1,154,241         USD        62,000      Goldman Sachs International     2/25/16           1,541   
MXN        1,480,811         USD        80,000      Goldman Sachs International     2/25/16           1,519   
USD        142,000         MXN        2,611,090      Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC     2/25/16           (1,741
MXN        1,312,554         USD        71,000      Goldman Sachs International     2/26/16           1,251   
MYR        138,446         USD        31,754      HSBC Bank USA, N.A.     2/26/16           1,677   
RUB        1,247,799         EUR        14,000      BNP Paribas S.A.     2/26/16           1,254   
TRY        209,840         USD        69,600      Citibank, N.A.     2/26/16           895   
USD        71,000         MXN        1,306,548      UBS AG     2/26/16           (921
USD        31,754         MYR        132,349      HSBC Bank USA, N.A.     2/26/16           (205
USD        116,000         TRY        353,374      Credit Suisse International     2/26/16           (2,716
BRL        198,438         USD        48,500      The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC     3/02/16           685   
MXN        2,612,180         USD        142,000      Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC     3/02/16           1,741   
MXN        2,899,317         USD        157,572      State Street Bank and Trust Co.     3/02/16           1,970   
MXN        1,306,999         USD        71,000      UBS AG     3/02/16           921   
USD        449,652         BRL        1,865,516      BNP Paribas S.A.     3/02/16           (12,733
USD        48,500         BRL        198,947      Goldman Sachs International     3/02/16           (811
USD        64,000         BRL        258,048      Goldman Sachs International     3/02/16           40   
USD        3,401,672         EUR        3,113,000      UBS AG     3/03/16           26,955   
USD        31,904,901         GBP        22,334,000      UBS AG     3/03/16           79,996   
USD        5,583         ARS        80,109      BNP Paribas S.A.     3/11/16           (81
USD        2,800         ARS        40,320      BNP Paribas S.A.     3/14/16           (45
AUD        1,500,332         EUR        975,000      Goldman Sachs International     3/15/16           2,403   
IDR        1,108,749,200         USD        79,000      HSBC Bank USA, N.A.     3/21/16           1,363   
USD        79,000         IDR        1,125,908,000      HSBC Bank USA, N.A.     3/21/16           (2,606
RUB        4,114,530         EUR        49,000      Deutsche Bank AG     4/04/16           482   
USD        5,846         ARS        85,059      BNP Paribas S.A.     4/08/16           (51

 

                
32    BLACKROCK MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST    JANUARY 31, 2016   


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts (continued)

 

Currency
Purchased
       Currency
Sold
    Counterparty   Settlement
Date
       Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
USD        5,846         ARS        85,059      BNP Paribas S.A.     4/08/16         $ (51
PLN        1,153,642         USD        281,085      JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.     4/15/16           1,336   
PLN        1,163,745         USD        282,116      Royal Bank of Canada     4/15/16           2,778   
USD        1,040,274         EUR        953,876      State Street Bank and Trust Co.     4/15/16           4,888   
USD        615,229         PLN        2,465,009      HSBC Bank USA, N.A.     4/15/16           11,775   
EUR        93,420         RUB        8,477,865      Deutsche Bank AG     4/21/16           (8,788
MXN        1,844,422         USD        102,103      JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.     4/21/16           (965
USD        54,111         EUR        50,000      State Street Bank and Trust Co.     4/21/16           (171
USD        50,846         EUR        46,880      State Street Bank and Trust Co.     4/21/16           (49
USD        321,937         MXN        5,814,423      State Street Bank and Trust Co.     4/21/16           3,106   
USD        95,803         MXN        1,717,841      BNP Paribas S.A.     7/06/16           2,111   
USD        96,588         MXN        1,731,917      BNP Paribas S.A.     7/06/16           2,129   
USD        90,752         MXN        1,646,422      UBS AG     7/06/16           956   
USD        90,094         MXN        1,634,214      State Street Bank and Trust Co.     7/08/16           976   
Total                         $ 1,212,694   
                       

 

 

 

OTC Options Purchased

 

Description   Put/
Call
    Counterparty   Expiration
Date
    Strike
Price
    Notional
Amount
(000)
    Value       

EUR Currency

    Call      Deutsche Bank AG     02/05/2016      USD     1.09        EUR        3,130      $ 8,850     

USD Currency

    Call      J.P. Morgan Chase Bank N.A.     02/10/2016      MXN     18.00        USD        158        2,357     

USD Currency

    Call      J.P. Morgan Chase Bank N.A.     02/18/2016      JPY     118.00        USD        159        4,445     

USD Currency

    Call      Citibank N.A.     03/03/2016      SEK     8.75        USD        6,870        32,873     

USD Currency

    Call      J.P. Morgan Chase Bank N.A.     03/07/2016      CAD     1.35        USD        192        7,924     

USD Currency

    Call      J.P. Morgan Chase Bank N.A.     03/10/2016      KRW     1,225.00        USD        250        2,460     

EUR Currency

    Call      Deutsche Bank AG     03/11/2016      AUD     1.60        EUR        3,410        28,127     

EUR Currency

    Call      Credit Suisse International     03/11/2016      AUD     1.53        EUR        3,410        78,580     

USD Currency

    Put      Goldman Sachs International     02/03/2016      MXN     18.10        USD        236        1,170     

EUR Currency

    Put      Deutsche Bank AG     02/05/2016      USD     1.08        EUR        3,130        8,850     

USD Currency

    Put      Citibank N.A.     02/09/2016      JPY     121.50        USD        159        1,482     

USD Currency

    Put      Deutsche Bank AG     02/29/2016      RUB     75.00        USD        265        6,779     

USD Currency

    Put      Citibank N.A.     03/03/2016      SEK     8.46        USD        6,870        46,682     

EUR Currency

    Put      Deutsche Bank AG     03/10/2016      RUB     80.00        EUR        154        3,768     

EUR Currency

    Put      Deutsche Bank AG     03/11/2016      AUD     1.44        EUR        3,410        5,914     

EUR Currency

    Put      Deutsche Bank AG     04/20/2016      RUB     90.00        EUR        173        19,745       

Total

  

  $ 260,006     
               

 

 

 

 

                
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BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

OTC Options Written

 

Description   Put/
Call
    Counterparty   Expiration
Date
    Strike
Price
    Notional
Amount
(000)
    Value       

USD Currency

    Call      J.P. Morgan Chase Bank N.A.     03/09/2016        ZAR        16.30        USD        89      $ (2,189  

USD Currency

    Call      J.P. Morgan Chase Bank N.A.     03/10/2016        KRW        1,265.00        USD        366        (1,223  

EUR Currency

    Call      Deutsche Bank AG     03/11/2016        AUD        1.53        EUR        3,410        (78,580  

EUR Currency

    Put      Deutsche Bank AG     03/10/2016        RUB        76.00        EUR        154        (1,375  

EUR Currency

    Put      Credit Suisse International     03/11/2016        AUD        1.44        EUR        3,410        (5,914  

EUR Currency

    Put      Deutsche Bank AG     03/11/2016        AUD        1.48        EUR        3,410        (18,060  

USD Currency

    Put      Deutsche Bank AG     03/31/2016        RUB        71.00        USD        265        (3,294    

Total

                $ (110,635  
               

 

 

Exchange-Traded Options Purchased

 

Description   Put/
Call
    Counterparty     Expiration
Date
    Strike
Price
   

Contracts

    Value       

90-Day Euro-Dollar

    Call        CitiGroup Global Markets, Inc.        06/10/2016        USD        99.38        USD        88      $ 3,281     

90-Day Euro-Dollar

    Put        CitiGroup Global Markets, Inc.        06/10/2016        USD        98.75        USD        173        12,075       

Total

                $ 15,356     
               

 

 

Exchange-Traded Options Written

 

Description   Put/
Call
    Counterparty   Expiration
Date
    Strike
Price
   

Contracts

    Value       

90-Day Euro-Dollar

    Call      CitiGroup Global Markets, Inc.     06/10/2016        USD        99.25        USD        35      $ (11,644  

90-Day Euro-Dollar

    Put      CitiGroup Global Markets, Inc.     06/10/2016        USD        98.38        USD        69        (1,313    

Total

                $ (12,957  
               

 

 

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

 

Fixed Rate      Floating
Rate
     Effective
Date
     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
(000)
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
      

2.13%1

     3-month LIBOR      N/A      8/25/25        USD        110      $ 3,544     

2.27%2

     3-month LIBOR      N/A      9/11/25        USD        68        (3,040    

Total

                        $ 504     
                       

 

 

1    Trust receives the fixed rate and pays the floating rate.

       

 

2    Trust pays the fixed rate and receives the floating rate.

       

 

 

                
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BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

OTC Interest Rate Swaps

 

Fixed

Rate

  Floating
Rate
  Counterparty   Effective
Date
  Expiration
Date
    Notional
Amount
(000)
    Value     Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
      

14.65%1

  1-Day BZOVER   Citibank N.A.   N/A     1/02/17        BRL        3,614      $ 804      $ (25   $ 829     

14.73%1

  1-Day BZOVER   Bank of America N.A.   N/A     1/02/17        BRL        3,567        1,332        (29     1,361     

  1.67%1

  3-month KRWCD   Bank of America N.A.   N/A     6/08/17        KRW        1,146,756        1,945        3        1,942     

  1.69%1

  3-month KRWCD   Deutsche Bank AG   N/A     11/10/17        KRW        911,735        (2,449            (2,449  

  1.92%1

  3-month KRWCD   Deutsche Bank AG   N/A     11/10/17        KRW        911,735        5,500        2,038        3,462     

  2.26%1

  7-day CNRR   Deutsche Bank AG   N/A     11/12/17        CNY        2,670        646               646     

15.46%1

  1-Day BZOVER   Bank of America N.A.   N/A     1/02/18        BRL        1,945        2,623        (35     2,658     

15.51%1

  1-Day BZOVER   Bank of America N.A.   N/A     1/02/18        BRL        1,783        2,780        (33     2,813     

  1.51%1

  3-month KLIBOR   Bank of America N.A.   1/23/172     1/23/18        KRW        987,495        230               230     

  1.53%1

  3-month KLIBOR   Bank of America N.A.   1/23/172     1/23/18        KRW        1,201,110        475               475     

  1.55%1

  3-month KLIBOR   Citibank N.A.   1/23/172     1/23/18        KRW        1,966,005        1,018               1,018     

  1.56%1

  3-month KLIBOR   Bank of America N.A.   1/23/172     1/23/18        KRW        1,969,570        1,301               1,301     

  1.52%1

  3-month KLIBOR   HSBC Bank PLC   1/23/172     1/25/18        KRW        1,045,110        327               327     

  1.54%1

  3-month KLIBOR   Bank of America N.A.   1/23/172     1/26/18        KRW        1,371,710        652               652     

  4.55%3

  3-month KLIBOR   Citibank N.A.   N/A     9/11/20        MYR        1,275        (9,544            (9,544  

  4.34%3

  3-month KLIBOR   Bank of America N.A.   N/A     9/18/20        MYR        1,277        (6,789     5        (6,794  

  6.32%1

  1-month MXIBTIIE   Morgan Stanley
Capital Services LLC
  N/A     7/17/25        MXN        5,813        9,392        (398     9,790     

  6.33%1

  1-month MXIBTIIE   Citibank N.A.   N/A     7/17/25        MXN        2,897        4,739        (15     4,754     

  6.32%1

  1-month MXIBTIIE   Goldman Sachs
International
  N/A     8/06/25        MXN        8,688        13,891        (43     13,934     

  6.31%3

  1-month MXIBTIIE   Deutsche Bank AG   N/A     8/11/25        MXN        6,393        (9,825            (9,825  

  6.31%3

  1-month MXIBTIIE   Bank of America N.A.   N/A     8/11/25        MXN        1,723        (2,667            (2,667  

  6.31%3

  1-month MXIBTIIE   Bank of America N.A.   N/A     8/11/25        MXN        1,723        (2,667            (2,667    

Total

              $ 13,714      $ 1,468      $ 12,246     
             

 

 

1    Trust pays the floating rate and receives the fixed rate.

       

 

2    Forward swap.

       

 

3    Trust pays the fixed rate and receives the floating rate.

       

 

OTC Credit Default Swaps — Buy Protection

 

Issuer/Index   Pay
Fixed
Rate
    Counterparty   Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
(000)
    Market
Value
    Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Markit CMBX North America, Series 7

    1.00   Barclays Bank PLC   1/17/47     USD        10,000      $ (1,307,803   $ (266,809   $ (1,040,994

Markit CMBX North America, Series 7

    1.00   Barclays Bank PLC   1/17/47     USD        5,000        (653,902     (274,777     (379,125

Markit CMBX North America, Series 7

    1.00   Barclays Bank PLC   1/17/47     USD        10,000        (1,307,803     (550,194     (757,609

Markit CMBX North America, Series 8

    1.00   Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC   10/17/57     USD        5,000        (1,066,060     (525,903     (540,157

Markit CMBX North America, Series 8

    1.00   Goldman Sachs & Co.   10/17/57     USD        10,000        (2,132,120     (1,116,572     (1,015,548

United Mexican States

    1.00   Bank of America N.A.   9/20/20     USD        604        (20,620     (5,402     (15,218

United Mexican States

    1.00   Citibank N.A.   9/20/20     USD        604        (23,414     (6,641     (16,773

Republic of Indonesia

    1.00   Barclays Bank PLC   12/20/20     USD        306        (17,864     (18,694     830   

Republic of Indonesia

    1.00   Barclays Bank PLC   12/20/20     USD        149        (8,729     (8,895     166   

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

OTC Credit Default Swaps — Buy Protection (continued)

 

Issuer/Index    Pay
Fixed
Rate
     Counterparty    Expiration
Date
   Notional
Amount
(000)
     Market
Value
     Premiums
Paid
(Received)
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Republic of Indonesia

     1.00    Barclays Bank PLC    12/20/20      USD         149       $ (8,729    $ (8,771    $ 42   

Republic of Indonesia

     1.00    Barclays Bank PLC    12/20/20      USD         149         (8,729      (8,833      104   

Republic of Indonesia

     1.00    Citibank N.A.    12/20/20      USD         94         (5,487      (4,576      (912

Republic of Indonesia

     1.00    Citibank N.A.    12/20/20      USD         189         (11,064      (9,067      (1,997

Republic of Indonesia

     1.00    Citibank N.A.    12/20/20      USD         95         (5,532      (4,613      (919

Republic of Indonesia

     1.00    Citibank N.A.    12/20/20      USD         99         (5,779      (4,934      (845

Republic of Indonesia

     1.00    Barclays Bank PLC    12/20/20      USD         102         (5,939      (5,070      (869

Republic of Indonesia

     1.00    HSBC Bank PLC    12/20/20      USD         108         (6,320      (5,395      (925

Republic of Indonesia

     1.00    Barclays Bank PLC    12/20/20      USD         76         (4,454      (3,892      (562

Republic of Indonesia

     1.00    Barclays Bank PLC    12/20/20      USD         48         (2,810      (2,189      (620

Republic of Indonesia

     1.00    Barclays Bank PLC    12/20/20      USD         48         (2,810      (2,230      (580

Republic of Indonesia

     1.00    Barclays Bank PLC    12/20/20      USD         44         (2,554      (2,153      (400

Republic of Indonesia

     1.00    Barclays Bank PLC    12/20/20      USD         48         (2,810      (2,268      (542

United Mexican States

     1.00    Barclays Bank PLC    12/20/20      USD         77         (3,332      (2,891      (442

United Mexican States

     1.00    Barclays Bank PLC    12/20/20      USD         77         (3,332      (2,891      (442

United Mexican States

     1.00    Barclays Bank PLC    12/20/20      USD         77         (3,332      (2,924      (408

United Mexican States

     1.00    Barclays Bank PLC    12/20/20      USD         129         (5,583      (5,013      (570

Total

                  $ (6,626,911    $ (2,851,597    $ (3,775,315
                 

 

 

 

OTC Credit Default Swaps — Sell Protection

 

Issuer/Index   Receive
Fixed
Rate
    Counterparty   Expiration
Date
  Credit
Rating1
    Notional
Amount
(000)2
    Market
Value
    Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
      

Dow Jones CDX North America Investment Grade, Series 9

    1.00   Bank of America N.A.   12/20/17     BBB        USD        10,000      $ 268,444      $ (326,822   $ 595,266     

Federation of Malaysia

    1.00   Bank of America N.A.   12/20/20     A-        USD        113        4,119        5,975        (1,856  

Federation of Malaysia

    1.00   Citibank N.A.   12/20/20     A-        USD        90        3,288        4,737        (1,449  

Federation of Malaysia

    1.00   Barclays Bank PLC   12/20/20     A-        USD        104        3,808        5,219        (1,411  

Federation of Malaysia

    1.00   Citibank N.A.   12/20/20     A-        USD        80        2,922        4,110        (1,188  

Republic of Phillipines

    1.00   Citibank N.A.   12/20/20     BBB        USD        85        933        (39     972     

Republic of Phillipines

    1.00   Citibank N.A.   12/20/20     BBB        USD        86        940        (40     980     

Republic of Phillipines

    1.00   Citibank N.A.   12/20/20     BBB        USD        172        1,881        (238     2,119     

Republic of South Africa

    1.00   HSBC Bank PLC   12/20/20     BBB-        USD        161        17,214        15,401        1,813     

Republic of South Africa

    1.00   Barclays Bank PLC   12/20/20     BBB-        USD        155        16,574        15,642        932     

Republic of South Africa

    1.00   Bank of America N.A.   12/20/20     BBB-        USD        80        8,554        8,041        513     

United Mexican States

    1.00   Citibank N.A.   6/20/20     BBB+        USD        604        20,621        5,120        15,501     

United Mexican States

    1.00   Bank of America N.A.   9/20/20     BBB+        USD        604        23,414        7,003        16,411       

Total

  

  $ 372,712      $ (255,891   $ 628,603     
             

 

 

1   Using Standard & Poor’s rating of the issuer or the underlying securities of the index, as applicable.

      

 

2   The maximum potential amount the Trust may pay should a negative credit event take place as defined under the terms of the agreement.

      

 

 

                
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 — unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the Trust has the ability to access

 

   

Level 2 — other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs)

 

   

Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Trust’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments)

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The significant unobservable inputs used by the Global Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments are typically categorized as Level 3.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the hierarchy. In accordance with the Trust’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. The categorization of a value determined for investments and derivative financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the investments and derivative financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Trust’s policy regarding valuation of investments and derivative financial instruments, refer to the Trust’s most recent financial statements as contained in its semi-annual report.

The following tables summarize the Trust’s investments and derivative financial instruments categorized in the disclosure hierarchy:

 

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets:

                
Investments:                 
Long-Term Investments:                 

Asset-Backed Securities

            $ 182,130,950         $ 55,251,931         $ 237,382,881   

Common Stocks

                        561           561   

Corporate Bonds

              357,658,382                     357,658,382   

Floating Rate Loan Interests

              20,154,467           41,115,000           61,269,467   

Foreign Agency Obligations

              20,506,877                     20,506,877   

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities

              238,681,179           25,931,752           264,612,931   

Preferred Securities

  $ 17,608,528           137,270,599           1,833,459           156,712,586   

U.S. Treasury Obligations

              35,485,148                     35,485,148   

Warrants

                                    

Short-Term Securities

    35,007,969                               35,007,969   
Options Purchased:                 

Currency contracts

    15,356           260,006                     275,362   
 

 

 

 

Total

  $ 52,631,853         $ 992,147,608         $ 124,132,703         $ 1,168,912,164   
 

 

 

 

 

 

                
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BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total
Derivative Financial Instruments1                         
Assets:                         

Credit contracts

               $ 635,649                     $ 635,649  

Foreign currency exchange contracts

                 1,392,699                       1,392,699  

Interest rate contracts

                 49,736                       49,736  
Liabilities:                         

Credit contracts

                 (3,782,361 )                     (3,782,361 )

Foreign currency exchange contracts

    $ (12,957 )          (290,640 )                     (303,597 )

Interest rate contracts

      (1,515,276 )          (36,986 )                     (1,552,262 )
   

 

 

 

Total

    $ (1,528,233 )        $ (2,031,903 )                   $ (3,560,136 )
   

 

 

 

1    Derivative financial instruments are swaps, financial futures contracts, forward foreign currency exchange contracts and options written. Swaps, financial futures contracts and forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument and options written are shown at value.

        

The Trust may hold assets and/or liabilities in which the fair value approximates the carrying amount for financial reporting purposes. As of period end, such assets and/or liabilities are categorized within the disclosure hierarchy as follows:

   

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total
Assets:                         

Cash

    $ 39,060                                $ 39,060  

Cash pledged for centrally cleared swaps

      2,590                                  2,590  

Cash pledged for financial futures contracts

      683,400                                  683,400  

Foreign currency at value

      2,460,132                                  2,460,132  

Cash pledged as collateral for reverse repurchase agreements

      520,000                                  520,000  

Cash pledged as collateral for OTC derivatives

      5,950,000                                  5,950,000  
Liabilities:                         

Reverse repurchase agreements

               $ (498,917,762 )                     (498,917,762 )

Cash received as collateral for OTC derivatives

                 (660,000 )                     (660,000 )
   

 

 

 
Total     $ 9,655,182          $ (499,577,762 )                   $ (489,922,580 )
   

 

 

 

During the period ended January 31, 2016, there were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

 

                
38    BLACKROCK MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST    JANUARY 31, 2016   


Consolidated Schedule of Investments (concluded)

  

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (BIT)

 

A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented when the Trust had a significant amount of Level 3 investments at the beginning and/or end of the period in relation to net assets. The following table is a reconciliation of Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used in determining fair value:

 

     Asset-Backed
Securities
    Corporate
Bonds
    Floating Rate
Loan
Interests
   

Non-Agency

Mortgage-

Backed

Securities

   

Preferred

Securities

    Common
Stocks
    Total  
Assets:            

Opening balance, as of October 31, 2015

  $ 65,179,443      $ 515,294      $ 41,246,750      $ 26,217,945      $ 1,833,459             $ 134,992,891   

Transfers into Level 31

    3,957,160                                           3,957,160   

Transfers out of Level 32

    (4,643,232     (515,294     (131,751                          (5,290,277

Accrued discounts/premiums

    7,175               (12,057     67,411                      62,529   

Net realized gain (loss)

    626,193                      100,985                      727,178   

Net change in unrealized

Appreciation (depreciation)3

    (410,971            (17,942     (129,009            (8,074     (565,996

Purchases

                  30,000                      8,635        38,635   

Sales

    (9,463,837                   (325,580                   (9,789,417
 

 

 

 
Closing Balance, as of January 31, 2016   $ 55,251,931             $ 41,115,000      $ 25,931,752      $ 1,833,459      $ 561      $ 124,132,703   
 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments still held at
January 31, 20163

  $ (487,291          $ (17,942   $ (128,932          $ (8,074   $ (642,239
 

 

 

 

 

1   

As of January 31, 2016, the Trust used observable inputs in determining the value of certain investments. As of January 31, 2016, the Trust used significant unobservable inputs in determining the value of the same investments. As a result, investments with a beginning of period value of $3,957,160 were transferred from Level 2 to Level 3 in the disclosure hierarchy.

 

2   

As January 31, 2016, the Trust used significant unobservable inputs in determining the value of certain investments. As of January 31, 2016, the Trust used observable inputs in determining the value of the same investments. As a result, investments with a beginning of period value of $5,290,277 were transferred from Level 3 to Level 2 in the disclosure hierarchy.

 

3   

Any difference between net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments still held at January 31, 2016 is generally due to investments no longer held or categorized as Level 3 at period end.

The Trust’s investments that are categorized as Level 3 were valued utilizing third party pricing information without adjustment. Such valuations are based on unobservable inputs. A significant change in third party information could result in a significantly lower or higher value of such Level 3 investments.

 

                
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Item 2 – Controls and Procedures

 

2(a) –

   The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

2(b) –

   There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3 – Exhibits

Certifications – Attached hereto


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust

 

By:

    /s/ John M. Perlowski                
    John M. Perlowski
    Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
    BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust

Date: March 22, 2016

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:

    /s/ John M. Perlowski                
    John M. Perlowski
    Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
    BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust

Date: March 22, 2016

 

By:

   

/s/ Neal J. Andrews                    

    Neal J. Andrews
    Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of
    BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust

Date: March 22, 2016