The BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust, BIT, is a taxable closed-end Trust. BIT commenced operations in February 2013 with the investment objective to seek high current income, with a secondary objective of capital appreciation. In investing the Trusts assets, the Advisors expect to allocate capital across multiple sectors of the fixed income securities market by evaluating portfolio risk in light of the available investment opportunities and prevailing risks in the fixed income market, with the goal of delivering attractive risk-adjusted returns.