BlackRock Science and Technology Trust BST

BlackRock Science and Technology Trust (the Trust) is a closed-end management investment company. The Trust's investment objective is to provide income and total return through a combination of current income, current gains and long-term capital appreciation. The Trust is focused on its investment objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities of United States and non-United States science and technology companies in any market capitalization range. The Trust invests in a portfolio of equity securities and also by employing a strategy of writing (selling) call and put options. The Trust invests in various industries, such as software, semiconductors and semiconductor equipment, information technology (IT) services, technology hardware, storage and peripherals, Internet and direct marketing retail, automobiles and electrical equipment. The Trust’s investment manager is BlackRock Advisors, LLC.