BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust

Blackrock Credit Allocation Income Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to seek current income, current gains, and capital appreciation. The Trust invests the majority of its assets in credit-related securities, including, but not limited to, investment grade corporate bonds, high yield bonds (commonly referred to as junk bonds), bank loans, preferred securities, convertible bonds, or derivatives with economic characteristics similar to these credit-related securities. To a lesser extent, it also invests directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives.