DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT: BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust (NYSE:BDJ) on 01/02/2020 declared a dividend of $0.0500 per share

BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust (NYSE:BDJ) on 01/02/2020 declared a dividend of $ 0.0500 per share payable on January 31, 2020 to shareholders of record as of January 15, 2020. Dividend amount recorded is a decrease of $ 0.03 from last dividend Paid.

BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust (NYSE:BDJ) has paid dividends since 2005, has a current dividend yield of 5.8467741013% and has increased its dividends for 1 successive years.

BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust's market cap is $ 624,960,000 and has a PE ratio of 0.00. The stock price closed yesterday at $ 9.92 and has a 52 week low/high of $ 7.68 and $ 9.92.

BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust is registered as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Trust's primary investment objective is to provide current income and current gains, with a secondary investment objective of long-term capital appreciation. The Trust seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing in common stocks that pay dividends and have the potential for capital appreciation and by utilizing an option writing (selling) strategy to enhance distributions paid to the Trust's shareholders. As of Dec 31 2016, the Trust's total assets comprised of $1,773,909,172 and the Trust's investment portfolio totaled $1,770,603,833.

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