UNITEDSTATES
SECURITIESANDEXCHANGECOMMISSION
Washington,D.C.20549
FORM N-Q
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY
Investment Company Act file number 811-21972
Name of Fund: BlackRock Preferred and Equity Advantage Trust (BTZ)
Fund Address: 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809
Name and address of agent for service: Anne F. Ackerley, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock
Preferred and Equity Advantage Trust, 40 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022.
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (800) 882-0052, Option 4
Date of fiscal year end: 10/31/2009
Date of reporting period: 07/31/2009
Item 1 Schedule of Investments
BlackRock Preferred and Equity Advantage Trust | ||||
Schedule of Investments July 31, 2009 (Unaudited) | (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) | |||
Industry | Common Stocks | Shares | Value | |
Aerospace & Defense - 0.2% | Honeywell International, Inc. | 2,700 | $ 93,690 | |
Lockheed Martin Corp. | 5,700 | 426,132 | ||
Northrop Grumman Corp. | 7,800 | 347,724 | ||
United Technologies Corp. | 2,700 | 147,069 | ||
1,014,615 | ||||
Air Freight & Logistics - 0.1% | United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B | 13,100 | 703,863 | |
Auto Components - 0.0% | Johnson Controls, Inc. | 5,500 | 142,340 | |
Beverages - 0.3% | The Coca-Cola Co. | 21,300 | 1,061,592 | |
PepsiCo, Inc. | 8,700 | 493,725 | ||
1,555,317 | ||||
Biotechnology - 0.3% | Amgen, Inc. (a) | 10,200 | 635,562 | |
Biogen Idec, Inc. (a) | 3,700 | 175,935 | ||
Celgene Corp. (a) | 5,200 | 296,192 | ||
Genzyme Corp. (a) | 2,500 | 129,725 | ||
Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a) | 10,500 | 513,765 | ||
1,751,179 | ||||
Capital Markets - 0.1% | Federated Investors, Inc. Class B | 10,000 | 259,300 | |
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 2,020 | 329,866 | ||
Morgan Stanley | 4,500 | 128,250 | ||
717,416 | ||||
Chemicals - 0.2% | Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | 1,400 | 104,440 | |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. | 22,000 | 680,460 | ||
Monsanto Co. | 4,300 | 361,200 | ||
PPG Industries, Inc. | 5,800 | 319,000 | ||
1,465,100 | ||||
Commercial Banks - 0.3% | M&T Bank Corp. | 6,200 | 361,584 | |
Regions Financial Corp. | 57,100 | 252,382 | ||
Wells Fargo & Co. | 49,500 | 1,210,770 | ||
1,824,736 | ||||
Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.2% | Avery Dennison Corp. | 11,800 | 315,414 | |
Pitney Bowes, Inc. | 16,000 | 330,400 | ||
Waste Management, Inc. | 11,500 | 323,265 | ||
969,079 | ||||
Communications Equipment - 0.3% | Cisco Systems, Inc. (a) | 34,800 | 765,948 | |
Motorola, Inc. | 51,800 | 370,888 | ||
QUALCOMM, Inc. | 13,200 | 609,972 | ||
1,746,808 | ||||
Computers & Peripherals - 0.6% | Apple, Inc. (a) | 8,900 | 1,454,171 | |
Dell, Inc. (a) | 22,200 | 297,036 | ||
EMC Corp. (a) | 20,700 | 311,742 | ||
Hewlett-Packard Co. | 13,100 | 567,230 | ||
International Business Machines Corp. | 8,600 | 1,014,198 | ||
3,644,377 | ||||
Distributors - 0.1% | Genuine Parts Co. | 10,900 | 386,078 | |
Diversified Financial Services - 1.0% | Bank of America Corp. (b) | 54,800 | 810,492 | |
Citigroup, Inc. | 1,176,921 | 3,730,840 |
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Schedule of Investments July 31, 2009 (Unaudited) | (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) | |||
Industry | Common Stocks | Shares | Value | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 31,400 | $ 1,213,610 | ||
NYSE Euronext | 13,500 | 363,825 | ||
6,118,767 | ||||
Diversified Telecommunication | AT&T Inc. | 57,887 | 1,518,376 | |
Services - 0.5% | CenturyTel, Inc. | 6,439 | 202,120 | |
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 31,100 | 997,377 | ||
2,717,873 | ||||
Electric Utilities - 0.2% | American Electric Power Co., Inc. | 3,200 | 99,072 | |
Duke Energy Corp. | 30,100 | 465,948 | ||
FirstEnergy Corp. | 2,000 | 82,400 | ||
Progress Energy, Inc. | 8,000 | 315,520 | ||
The Southern Co. | 13,000 | 408,200 | ||
1,371,140 | ||||
Electrical Equipment - 0.1% | Emerson Electric Co. | 16,200 | 589,356 | |
Rockwell Automation, Inc. | 8,000 | 331,280 | ||
920,636 | ||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & | Corning, Inc. | 12,800 | 217,600 | |
Components - 0.1% | Tyco Electronics Ltd. | 7,700 | 165,319 | |
382,919 | ||||
Energy Equipment & Services - 0.2% | National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (a) | 8,400 | 301,896 | |
Schlumberger Ltd. | 8,200 | 438,700 | ||
Smith International, Inc. | 8,018 | 201,492 | ||
942,088 | ||||
Food & Staples Retailing - 0.3% | CVS Caremark Corp. | 5,000 | 167,400 | |
SUPERVALU, Inc. | 12,400 | 183,892 | ||
SYSCO Corp. | 14,300 | 339,768 | ||
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | 22,600 | 1,127,288 | ||
Walgreen Co. | 9,500 | 294,975 | ||
2,113,323 | ||||
Food Products - 0.1% | Kraft Foods, Inc. | 18,035 | 511,112 | |
Sara Lee Corp. | 30,000 | 319,200 | ||
830,312 | ||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - | Baxter International, Inc. | 2,900 | 163,473 | |
0.2% | Becton Dickinson & Co. | 5,000 | 325,750 | |
Boston Scientific Corp. (a) | 8,800 | 94,512 | ||
Covidien Plc | 7,700 | 291,137 | ||
Medtronic, Inc. | 3,000 | 106,260 | ||
981,132 | ||||
Health Care Providers & Services - | Aetna, Inc. | 3,500 | 94,395 | |
0.2% | Express Scripts, Inc. (a) | 5,000 | 350,200 | |
Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (a) | 6,400 | 338,304 | ||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 3,500 | 98,210 | ||
WellPoint, Inc. (a) | 6,700 | 352,688 | ||
1,233,797 | ||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.2% | McDonald's Corp. | 13,000 | 715,780 | |
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. | 18,300 | 432,063 | ||
1,147,843 |
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Schedule of Investments July 31, 2009 (Unaudited) | (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) | |||
Industry | Common Stocks | Shares | Value | |
Household Durables - 0.3% | Black & Decker Corp. | 8,500 | $ 319,600 | |
Fortune Brands, Inc. | 9,500 | 375,915 | ||
KB Home | 22,400 | 373,856 | ||
Whirlpool Corp. | 8,700 | 496,683 | ||
1,566,054 | ||||
Household Products - 0.3% | Clorox Co. | 6,200 | 378,262 | |
The Procter & Gamble Co. | 25,900 | 1,437,709 | ||
1,815,971 | ||||
IT Services - 0.2% | Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 10,000 | 372,500 | |
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. (a) | 5,000 | 147,950 | ||
MasterCard, Inc. Class A | 608 | 117,970 | ||
Paychex, Inc. | 14,500 | 384,250 | ||
1,022,670 | ||||
Industrial Conglomerates - 0.3% | 3M Co. | 10,200 | 719,304 | |
General Electric Co. | 64,500 | 864,300 | ||
Textron, Inc. | 34,800 | 467,712 | ||
2,051,316 | ||||
Insurance - 0.4% | Aflac, Inc. | 15,800 | 598,188 | |
The Allstate Corp. | 13,000 | 349,830 | ||
Cincinnati Financial Corp. | 12,600 | 304,290 | ||
Lincoln National Corp. | 19,300 | 408,967 | ||
MetLife, Inc. | 15,700 | 533,015 | ||
Principal Financial Group, Inc. | 13,700 | 324,690 | ||
2,518,980 | ||||
Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.0% | Amazon.com, Inc. (a) | 1,200 | 102,912 | |
Internet Software & Services - 0.2% | eBay, Inc. (a) | 21,200 | 450,500 | |
Google, Inc. Class A (a) | 1,730 | 766,477 | ||
Yahoo! Inc. (a) | 14,300 | 204,776 | ||
1,421,753 | ||||
Leisure Equipment & Products - 0.1% | Mattel, Inc. | 17,300 | 304,134 | |
Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.0% | Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (a) | 3,900 | 176,592 | |
Machinery - 0.2% | Caterpillar, Inc. | 12,700 | 559,562 | |
Cummins, Inc. | 6,300 | 270,963 | ||
Deere & Co. | 4,200 | 183,708 | ||
1,014,233 | ||||
Media - 0.1% | Comcast Corp. Class A | 10,300 | 153,058 | |
The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (a) | 9,500 | 246,050 | ||
399,108 | ||||
Metals & Mining - 0.1% | Alcoa, Inc. (b) | 36,500 | 429,240 | |
Nucor Corp. | 8,000 | 355,760 | ||
785,000 | ||||
Multi-Utilities - 0.3% | Consolidated Edison, Inc. | 8,000 | 314,880 | |
Dominion Resources, Inc. | 3,200 | 108,160 | ||
Integrys Energy Group, Inc. | 8,200 | 276,996 | ||
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | 11,700 | 379,665 |
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Schedule of Investments July 31, 2009 (Unaudited) | (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) | ||
Industry | Common Stocks | Shares | Value |
TECO Energy, Inc. | 13,300 | $ 179,417 | |
Xcel Energy, Inc. | 15,500 | 309,070 | |
1,568,188 | |||
Multiline Retail - 0.1% | Macy's, Inc. | 27,400 | 381,134 |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 1.3% | Anadarko Petroleum Corp. | 7,500 | 361,500 |
Apache Corp. | 2,700 | 226,665 | |
Chevron Corp. | 20,000 | 1,389,400 | |
ConocoPhillips | 19,400 | 847,974 | |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 41,300 | 2,907,107 | |
Hess Corp. | 5,500 | 303,600 | |
Massey Energy Co. | 8,000 | 212,800 | |
Occidental Petroleum Corp. | 2,500 | 178,350 | |
Peabody Energy Corp. | 8,200 | 271,502 | |
Southwestern Energy Co. (a) | 8,200 | 339,726 | |
Spectra Energy Corp. | 21,800 | 400,248 | |
XTO Energy, Inc. | 10,300 | 414,369 | |
7,853,241 | |||
Paper & Forest Products - 0.1% | MeadWestvaco Corp. | 22,800 | 444,372 |
Weyerhaeuser Co. | 8,300 | 290,832 | |
735,204 | |||
Pharmaceuticals - 0.9% | Abbott Laboratories | 15,500 | 697,345 |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 26,500 | 576,110 | |
Eli Lilly & Co. | 14,800 | 516,372 | |
Johnson & Johnson | 26,700 | 1,625,763 | |
Merck & Co., Inc. | 23,800 | 714,238 | |
Pfizer, Inc. (b) | 40,500 | 645,165 | |
Schering-Plough Corp. | 19,400 | 514,294 | |
Wyeth | 6,400 | 297,920 | |
5,587,207 | |||
Real Estate Investment Trusts | AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | 6,300 | 366,660 |
(REITs) - 0.2% | Boston Properties, Inc. | 6,400 | 338,560 |
Public Storage | 1,800 | 130,626 | |
Vornado Realty Trust | 7,446 | 379,895 | |
1,215,741 | |||
Road & Rail - 0.1% | Norfolk Southern Corp. | 8,800 | 380,600 |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor | Applied Materials, Inc. | 7,800 | 107,640 |
Equipment - 0.4% | Intel Corp. | 60,600 | 1,166,550 |
Linear Technology Corp. | 11,700 | 314,379 | |
Microchip Technology, Inc. | 13,300 | 358,169 | |
National Semiconductor Corp. | 14,200 | 213,852 | |
Texas Instruments, Inc. | 13,800 | 331,890 | |
2,492,480 | |||
Software - 0.4% | Autodesk, Inc. (a) | 11,400 | 248,634 |
Microsoft Corp. | 68,600 | 1,613,472 | |
Oracle Corp. (b) | 31,300 | 692,669 | |
2,554,775 |
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Schedule of Investments July 31, 2009 (Unaudited) | (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) | |||
Industry | Common Stocks | Shares | Value | |
Specialty Retail - 0.2% | Home Depot, Inc. | 27,000 | $ 700,380 | |
Limited Brands, Inc. | 23,900 | 309,266 | ||
Staples, Inc. | 18,300 | 384,666 | ||
1,394,312 | ||||
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury | VF Corp. | 4,300 | 278,167 | |
Goods - 0.0% | ||||
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.1% | Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. | 28,300 | 397,898 | |
Tobacco - 0.3% | Altria Group, Inc. (b) | 30,500 | 534,665 | |
Philip Morris International, Inc. | 24,700 | 1,151,020 | ||
1,685,685 | ||||
Total Common Stocks - 12.4% | 74,384,093 | |||
Exchange-Traded Funds | ||||
UltraShort Real Estate ProShares | 150,000 | 2,302,500 | ||
Total Exchange-Traded Funds - 0.4% | 2,302,500 | |||
Preferred Securities | ||||
Par | ||||
Capital Trusts | (000) | |||
Building Products - 0.8% | C8 Capital SPV Ltd., 6.64% (c)(d)(e) | $ 3,160 | 1,780,944 | |
C10 Capital SPV Ltd., 6.72% (c)(d)(e) | 5,000 | 2,822,800 | ||
4,603,744 | ||||
Capital Markets - 2.7% | Credit Suisse Guernsey Ltd., 5.86% (d)(e) | 1,050 | 703,500 | |
State Street Capital Trust III, 8.25%, 3/15/42 (e) | 1,740 | 1,627,074 | ||
State Street Capital Trust IV, | ||||
1.63%, 6/01/67 (e) | 25,245 | 14,210,032 | ||
16,540,606 | ||||
Commercial Banks - 15.0% | BB&T Capital Trust IV, 6.82%, 6/12/77 (e)(f) | 15,300 | 11,934,000 | |
Bank of Ireland Capital Funding II, LP, | ||||
5.57% (c)(d)(e) | 1,422 | 526,140 | ||
Bank of Ireland Capital Funding III, LP, | ||||
6.11% (c)(d)(e)(f) | 9,153 | 3,386,610 | ||
Barclays Bank Plc, 5.93% (c)(d)(e) | 13,200 | 8,448,000 | ||
Barclays Bank Plc, 6.86% (c)(d)(e) | 11,500 | 7,705,000 | ||
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, | ||||
6.02% (c)(d)(e)(f) | 20,000 | 13,825,000 | ||
HSBC Capital Funding LP/Jersey Channel | ||||
Islands, 10.18% (c)(d)(e)(f) | 7,000 | 7,420,000 | ||
Lloyds Banking Group Plc, 6.66% (c)(d)(e) | 10,000 | 4,100,000 | ||
SMFG Preferred Capital USD 1 Ltd., | ||||
6.08% (c)(d)(e)(f) | 10,000 | 8,750,300 | ||
SMFG Preferred Capital USD 3 Ltd., | ||||
9.50% (c)(d)(e) | 3,850 | 4,115,496 | ||
Santander Perpetual SA Unipersonal, | ||||
6.67% (c)(d)(e) | 1,300 | 1,085,659 | ||
Shinsei Finance II (Cayman) Ltd., 7.16% (c)(d)(e) | 1,005 | 461,672 | ||
Standard Chartered Bank, 7.01% (c)(d)(e) | 5,000 | 3,625,000 | ||
Wells Fargo & Co. Series K, 7.98% (d)(e) | 12,985 | 11,232,025 |
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Schedule of Investments July 31, 2009 (Unaudited) | (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) | |||
Par | ||||
Industry | Capital Trusts | (000) | Value | |
Wells Fargo Capital XIII Series GMTN, | ||||
7.70% (d)(e)(f) | $ 3,900 | $ 3,393,000 | ||
90,007,902 | ||||
Electric Utilities - 0.5% | PPL Capital Funding, 6.70%, 3/30/67 (e) | 3,900 | 2,964,000 | |
Insurance - 21.0% | AXA SA, 6.46% (c)(d)(e) | 12,000 | 8,040,000 | |
The Allstate Corp. 6.50%, 5/15/57 (e) | 8,675 | 6,940,000 | ||
The Allstate Corp. Series B, 6.13%, 5/15/67 (e) | 8,725 | 6,805,500 | ||
Chubb Corp., 6.38%, 3/29/67 (e)(f) | 15,300 | 12,393,000 | ||
Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., 7.00%, 3/15/37 (c)(e) | 11,600 | 7,490,248 | ||
Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., | ||||
10.75%, 6/15/88 (c)(e) | 6,200 | 5,223,500 | ||
Lincoln National Corp., 7.00%, 5/17/66 (e) | 4,255 | 2,787,025 | ||
Lincoln National Corp., 6.05%, 4/20/67 (e) | 4,730 | 2,885,300 | ||
MetLife, Inc., 6.40%, 12/15/66 | 4,550 | 3,571,750 | ||
Nationwide Life Global Funding I, 6.75%, 5/15/67 | 8,025 | 5,100,666 | ||
Progressive Corp., 6.70%, 6/15/67 (e)(f) | 19,675 | 14,893,129 | ||
Reinsurance Group of America, | ||||
6.75%, 12/15/65 (e)(f) | 15,000 | 9,674,085 | ||
Swiss Re Capital I LP, 6.85% (c)(d)(e)(f) | 27,475 | 16,485,000 | ||
The Travelers Cos., Inc., 6.25%, 3/15/67 (e)(f) | 9,000 | 7,655,634 | ||
White Mountains Re Group Ltd., 7.51% (c)(d)(e) | 4,400 | 2,901,536 | ||
ZFS Finance (USA) Trust IV, | ||||
5.88%, 5/09/32 (c)(e) | 2,050 | 1,666,138 | ||
ZFS Finance (USA) Trust V, | ||||
6.50%, 5/09/67 (c)(e)(f) | 13,220 | 10,972,600 | ||
125,485,111 | ||||
Multi-Utilities - 0.2% | Puget Sound Energy, Inc. Series A, | |||
6.974%, 6/01/67 (e) | 1,575 | 1,151,199 | ||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 2.2% | Enterprise Products Operating LLC, | |||
8.38%, 8/01/66 (e) | 4,500 | 3,915,000 | ||
Southern Union Co., 7.20%, 11/01/66 (e) | 5,000 | 3,600,000 | ||
TransCanada Pipelines Ltd., | ||||
6.35%, 5/15/67 (e)(f) | 7,325 | 5,713,500 | ||
13,228,500 | ||||
Total Capital Trusts - 42.4% | 253,981,062 | |||
Preferred Stocks | Shares | |||
Commercial Banks - 6.4% | Citizens Funding Trust I, 7.50% | 5,250,000 | 3,519,711 | |
HSBC USA, Inc. Series H, 6.50% | 977,766 | 21,823,737 | ||
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc Series M, 6.40% | 15,000 | 200,100 | ||
Santander Finance Preferred SA Unipersonal, | ||||
6.80% | 545,300 | 12,814,550 | ||
38,358,098 | ||||
Diversified Financial Services - 2.2% | Cobank ACB, 7.00% | 150,000 | 4,712,700 | |
ING Groep NV, 6.13% | 200,000 | 3,546,000 | ||
ING Groep NV, 7.05% | 5,800 | 111,128 | ||
ING Groep NV, 7.20% | 5,325,000 | 4,223,859 |
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Schedule of Investments July 31, 2009 (Unaudited) | (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) | |||
Industry | Preferred Stocks | Shares | Value | |
ING Groep NV, 7.38% | 1,000,000 | $ 788,192 | ||
13,381,879 | ||||
Diversified Telecommunication | AT&T, Inc., 6.38%, 2/15/56 | 750,000 | 783,080 | |
Services - 0.1% | ||||
Electric Utilities - 4.4% | Alabama Power Co., 6.50% | 100,000 | 2,260,000 | |
Entergy Louisiana LLC, 6.95% | 40,000 | 2,800,000 | ||
Interstate Power & Light Co. Series B, 8.38% | 785,000 | 21,202,850 | ||
26,262,850 | ||||
Insurance - 9.8% | Aegon NV, 6.50% | 400,000 | 6,576,000 | |
Arch Capital Group Ltd. Series A, 8.00% | 100,000 | 2,345,000 | ||
Arch Capital Group Ltd. Series B, 7.88% | 160,000 | 3,523,200 | ||
Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd., 7.40% (e) | 655,000 | 11,921,000 | ||
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. Series B, 7.50% (e) | 180,000 | 14,523,750 | ||
Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. Series A, 7.75% | 369,000 | 7,546,050 | ||
PartnerRe Ltd. Series C, 6.75% | 265,600 | 6,055,680 | ||
RenaissanceRe Holding Ltd. Series D, 6.60% | 285,000 | 5,990,700 | ||
58,481,380 | ||||
Real Estate Investment Trusts | BRE Properties, Inc. Series D, 6.75% | 30,000 | 558,900 | |
(REITs) - 1.9% | iStar Financial, Inc. Series I, 7.50% | 55,000 | 336,600 | |
Public Storage Series F, 6.45% | 30,000 | 618,000 | ||
Public Storage Series M, 6.63% | 55,000 | 1,183,600 | ||
Sovereign Real Estate Investment Corp., 12.00% | 10,000 | 9,000,000 | ||
11,697,100 | ||||
Wireless Telecommunication Services - | Centaur Funding Corp., 9.08% | 10,000 | 8,403,125 | |
1.4% | ||||
Total Preferred Stocks - 26.2% | 157,367,512 | |||
Par | ||||
Trust Preferreds | (000) | |||
Capital Markets - 0.0% | Credit Suisse Guernsey Ltd., 7.90%, 3/28/13 | $ 250 | 247,424 | |
Commercial Banks - 3.4% | Kazkommerts Finance 2 BV, 9.20% (d)(e) | 500 | 210,000 | |
Mizuho Capital Investment 1 Ltd., | ||||
6.69% (c)(d)(e) | 21,000 | 15,945,951 | ||
National City Preferred Capital Trust I, | ||||
12.00% (d)(e) | 3,713 | 3,917,958 | ||
20,073,909 | ||||
Diversified Financial Services - 3.4% | JPMorgan Chase Capital XXI Series U, | |||
1.43%, 2/02/37 (e) | 12,875 | 7,332,016 | ||
JPMorgan Chase Capital XXIII, | ||||
1.44%, 5/15/77 (e)(f) | 13,800 | 7,789,824 | ||
JPMorgan Chase Capital XXV, 6.80%, 10/01/37 | 5,650 | 5,164,953 | ||
20,286,793 | ||||
Insurance - 6.2% | AON Corp., 8.21%, 1/01/27 | 18,000 | 16,920,000 | |
Ace Capital Trust II, 9.70%, 4/01/30 (f) | 17,000 | 16,257,797 | ||
W.R. Berkley Capital Trust II, 6.75%, 7/26/45 | 4,268 | 3,984,220 | ||
37,162,017 | ||||
Total Trust Preferreds - 13.0% | 77,770,143 | |||
Total Preferred Securities - 81.6% | 489,118,717 |
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Schedule of Investments July 31, 2009 (Unaudited) | (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) | |||
Par | ||||
Industry | Corporate Bonds | (000) | Value | |
Capital Markets - 0.0% | Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., | |||
3.95%, 11/10/09 (a)(g) | $ 105 | $ 18,113 | ||
Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., | ||||
4.38%, 11/30/10 (a)(g) | 325 | 56,062 | ||
74,175 | ||||
Computers & Peripherals - 0.9% | International Business Machines Corp., | |||
8.00%, 10/15/38 | 4,000 | 5,489,036 | ||
Diversified Financial Services - 1.1% | ING Groep NV, 5.78% (d)(e)(f) | 10,000 | 6,300,000 | |
Stan IV Ltd., 2.74%, 7/20/11 (e) | 283 | 183,950 | ||
6,483,950 | ||||
Electric Utilities - 1.2% | PPL Energy Supply LLC, 7.00%, 7/15/46 | 7,200 | 7,368,308 | |
Insurance - 0.9% | QBE Insurance Group Ltd., 9.75%, 3/14/14 (c) | 4,973 | 5,399,698 | |
Media - 7.5% | Comcast Corp., 6.63%, 5/15/56 | 48,750 | 44,678,395 | |
Metals & Mining - 0.0% | Aleris International, Inc., 10.00%, 12/15/16 (g) | 5,000 | 75,000 | |
Multi-Utilities - 1.7% | Dominion Resources, Inc., 8.88%, 1/15/19 | 8,000 | 10,068,488 | |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 0.4% | Nexen, Inc., 7.35%, 11/01/43 | 3,000 | 2,488,802 | |
Paper & Forest Products - 0.6% | International Paper Co., 8.70%, 6/15/38 (b)(h) | 3,100 | 3,241,577 | |
Total Corporate Bonds - 14.3% | 85,367,429 | |||
Total Long-Term Investments | ||||
(Cost - $810,091,117) - 108.7% | 651,172,739 | |||
Short-Term Securities | Shares | |||
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, | ||||
0.29% (i)(j) | 236,244,000 | 236,244,000 | ||
Total Short-Term Securities | ||||
(Cost - $236,244,000) - 39.4% | 236,244,000 | |||
Total Investments Before Options Written | ||||
(Cost - $1,046,335,117*) - 148.1% | 887,416,739 | |||
Options Written | Contracts | |||
Call Options Written | S&P 500 Listed Option, expiring August 2009 | |||
at USD 93.5 | 93 | (508,710) | ||
S&P 500 Listed Option, expiring August 2009 | ||||
at USD 94 | 51 | (258,570) | ||
S&P 500 Listed Option, expiring August 2009 | ||||
at USD 94.5 | 405 | (1,891,350) | ||
S&P 500 Listed Option, expiring August 2009 | ||||
at USD 95 | 100 | (428,000) | ||
S&P 500 Listed Option, expiring August 2009 | ||||
at USD 95.5 | 25 | (97,750) | ||
Total Options Written | ||||
(Premiums Received - $1,475,944) - (0.5)% | (3,184,380) | |||
Total Investments, Net of Options Written - 147.6% | 884,232,359 | |||
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (9.0)% | (54,051,562) | |||
Preferred Shares, at Redemption | ||||
Value - (38.6)% | (231,062,183) | |||
Net Assets Applicable to Common | ||||
Shares - 100.0% | $ 599,118,614 |
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BlackRock Preferred and Equity Advantage Trust | ||||||||||||
Schedule of Investments July 31, 2009 (Unaudited) | ||||||||||||
* The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of July 31, 2009, | ||||||||||||
as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows: | ||||||||||||
Aggregate cost | $ 1,046,147,723 | |||||||||||
Gross unrealized appreciation | $ 31,018,337 | |||||||||||
Gross unrealized depreciation | (189,749,321) | |||||||||||
Net unrealized depreciation | $ (158,730,984) | |||||||||||
(a) Non-income producing security. | ||||||||||||
(b) All or a portion of security has been pledged as collateral in connection with open financial futures contracts. | ||||||||||||
(c) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be | ||||||||||||
resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors. | ||||||||||||
(d) Security is perpetual in nature and has no stated maturity date. | ||||||||||||
(e) Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date. | ||||||||||||
(f) All or a portion of security has been pledged as collateral for reverse repurchase agreements. | ||||||||||||
(g) Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default of interest payments. | ||||||||||||
(h) All or a portion of security has been pledged as collateral in connection with swaps. | ||||||||||||
(i) Represents the current yield as of report date. | ||||||||||||
(j) Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Trust, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the | ||||||||||||
Investment Company Act of 1940, were as follows: | ||||||||||||
Net | ||||||||||||
Affiliate | Activity | Income | ||||||||||
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund | 236,244,000 | $ 861,115 | ||||||||||
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 ratings group indexes, and/or as defined by | ||||||||||||
Trust management. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine industry sub- | ||||||||||||
classifications for reporting ease. | ||||||||||||
Reverse repurchase agreements outstanding as of July 31, 2009 were as follows: | ||||||||||||
Interest | Trade | Maturity | Net Closing | Face | ||||||||
Counterparty | Rate | Date | Date | Amount | Amount | |||||||
Barclays Bank Plc | 1.29% | 7/14/09 | 8/17/09 | $ 61,409,374 | $ 61,336,843 | |||||||
Financial futures contracts purchased as of July 31, 2009 were as follows: | ||||||||||||
Expiration | Face | Unrealized | ||||||||||
Contracts | Issue | Date | Value | Appreciation | ||||||||
445 | 10-Year US Treasury Bond | September 2009 | $ 51,567,570 | $ 622,620 | ||||||||
36 | 30-Year US Treasury Bond | September 2009 | $ 4,203,923 | 80,077 | ||||||||
266 | S&P EMINI | September 2009 | $ 12,166,385 | 926,135 | ||||||||
Total | $ 1,628,832 | |||||||||||
Credit default swaps on single-name issues - buy protection outstanding as of July 31, 2009 were as follows: | ||||||||||||
Pay | Notional | |||||||||||
Fixed | Amount | Unrealized | ||||||||||
Issuer | Rate | Counterparty | Expiration | (000) | Depreciation | |||||||
Altria Group, Inc. | 1.03% | Deutsche Bank AG | December 2013 | $ 9,000 | $ (151,099) | |||||||
Nordstrom, Inc. | 5.20% | Deutsche Bank AG | June 2014 | $ 4,000 | (630,786) | |||||||
Total | $ (781,885) | |||||||||||
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BlackRock Preferred and Equity Advantage Trust | ||||||
Schedule of Investments July 31, 2009 (Unaudited) | ||||||
Credit default swaps on single-name issues - sold protection outstanding as of July 31, 2009 were as follows: | ||||||
Receive | Notional | |||||
Fixed | Credit | Amount | Unrealized | |||
Issuer | Rate | Counterparty | Expiration | Rating1 | (000)2 | Appreciation |
Philip Morris | December | |||||
International, Inc. | 1.73% | Deutsche Bank AG | 2013 | A | $ 9,000 | $ 263,036 |
1 Using the Standard and Poor's ratings of the issuer. | ||||||
2 The maximum potential amount the Trust may pay should a negative credit | ||||||
event take a place as defined under the terms of the agreement. | ||||||
Effective November 1, 2008, the Trust adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial | ||||||
Accounting Standards No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements" ("FAS 157"). FAS 157 clarifies the definition of fair value, | ||||||
establishes a framework for measuring fair values and requires additional disclosures about the use of fair value | ||||||
measurements. Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments, which are as follows: | ||||||
Level 1 - price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical securities | ||||||
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) | ||||||
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with | ||||||
investing in those securities. For information about the Trust's policy regarding valuation of investments and other | ||||||
significant accounting policies, please refer to the Trust's most recent financial statements as contained in its semi - | ||||||
annual report. | ||||||
The following table summarizes the inputs used as of July 31, 2009 in determining the | ||||||
fair valuation of the Trust's investments: | ||||||
Valuation | Investments in | |||||
Inputs | Securities | |||||
Assets | ||||||
Level 1 | ||||||
Long-Term Investments | ||||||
Common Stocks | $ 74,384,093 | |||||
Exchange Traded Funds | 2,302,500 | |||||
Preferred Stocks | 117,927,937 | |||||
Trust Preferreds | 77,770,143 | |||||
Short-Term Securities | 236,244,000 | |||||
Total Level 1 | 508,628,673 | |||||
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BlackRock Preferred and Equity Advantage Trust | ||||||||
Schedule of Investments July 31, 2009 (Unaudited) | ||||||||
Level 2 | ||||||||
Long-Term Investments | ||||||||
Capital Trusts | $ 253,981,062 | |||||||
Corporate Bonds | 85,183,479 | |||||||
Preferred Stocks | 36,639,575 | |||||||
Total Level 2 | 375,804,116 | |||||||
Level 3 | ||||||||
Long Term Investments | ||||||||
Corporate Bonds | 183,950 | |||||||
Preferred Stocks | 2,800,000 | |||||||
Total Level 3 | 2,983,950 | |||||||
Total | $ 884,432,789 | |||||||
Other Financial | ||||||||
Instruments1 | ||||||||
Assets | Liabilities | |||||||
Level 1 | $ 1,628,832 | $ (3,184,380) | ||||||
Level 2 | - | (62,118,728) | ||||||
Level 3 | 263,036 | - | ||||||
Total | $ 1,891,868 | $ (65,303,108) | ||||||
1 Other financial instruments are futures, swaps, options written and reverse repurchase agreements. | ||||||||
Futures and swaps are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument and | ||||||||
options and reverse repurchase agreements are shown at market value. | ||||||||
The following is a reconciliation of investments for unobservable inputs | ||||||||
(Level 3) were used in determining fair value: | ||||||||
Investments in Securities | ||||||||
Corporate Bonds | Preferred Stocks | Total | ||||||
Balance, as of October 31, 2008 | $ 268,850 | - | $ 268,850 | |||||
Accrued discounts/premiums | - | - | - | |||||
Realized gain (loss) | - | $ (6,619,805) | (6,619,805) | |||||
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (84,900) | - | (84,900) | |||||
Net purchases (sales) | - | (3,300,000) | (3,300,000) | |||||
Net transfers in/out of Level 3 | - | 12,719,805 | 12,719,805 | |||||
Balance, as of July 31, 2009 | $ 183,950 | $ 2,800,000 | $ 2,983,950 | |||||
The following table is a reconciliation of other financial instruments for unobservable | ||||||||
inputs (Level 3) used in determining fair value: | ||||||||
Other Financial | ||||||||
Instruments2 | ||||||||
Assets | ||||||||
Balance, as of October 31, 2008 | - | |||||||
Realized gain (loss) | - | |||||||
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | - | |||||||
Net purchases (sales) | - | |||||||
Net transfers in/out of Level 3 | $ 263,036 | |||||||
Balance, as of July 31, 2009 | $ 263,036 | |||||||
2 Other financial instruments are swaps which are shown at the unrealized | ||||||||
appreciation/depreciation on the instrument. |
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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 13(a)-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 Preferred and Equity Advantage Trust
By: /s/ Anne F. Ackerley
Anne F. Ackerley
Chief Executive Officer of
BlackRock Preferred and Equity Advantage Trust
Date: September 22, 2009
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/ Anne F. Ackerley
Anne F. Ackerley
Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
BlackRock Preferred and Equity Advantage Trust
Date: September 22, 2009
By: /s/ Neal J. Andrews
Neal J. Andrews
Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of
BlackRock Preferred and Equity Advantage Trust
Date: September 22, 2009