BLACKROCK CREDIT ALLOCATION INCOME TRUST

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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 Credit Allocation Income Trust (BTZ)

Fund Address:    100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

Name and address of agent for service:  John M. Perlowski, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust, 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (800) 882-0052, Option 4

Date of fiscal year end: 10/31/2014

Date of reporting period: 07/31/2014


Item 1 – Schedule of Investments


Schedule of Investments July 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

  

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (BTZ)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Asset-Backed Securities   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

ACAs CLO Ltd., Series 2014-1A, Class C, 3.15%, 7/18/26 (a)(b)

     USD         750      $ 729,476   

Adams Mill CLO Ltd., Series 2014-1A, Class D1, 3.70%, 7/15/26 (a)(b)(c)

        1,250        1,188,750   

ALM VII R-2 Ltd., Series 2013-7R2A, Class C, 3.68%, 4/24/24 (a)(b)

        1,000        956,195   

ALM XIV Ltd., Series 2014-14A (a)(b):

       

Class B, 3.18%, 7/28/26

        5,000        4,918,500   

Class C, 3.68%, 7/28/26

        5,000        4,752,000   

Apidos CLO XVIII, Series 2014-18A, Class C, 3.88%, 7/22/26 (a)(b)

        1,800        1,735,920   

Atlas Senior Loan Fund V Ltd., Series 2014-1A (a)(b):

       

Class C, 3.23%, 7/16/26

        1,000        984,990   

Class D, 3.68%, 7/16/26

        2,000        1,891,000   

Atrium CDO Corp., Series 5A, Class A4, 0.62%, 7/20/20 (a)(b)

        9,000        8,583,417   

BlueMountain CLO Ltd., Series 2011-1A, Class D, 4.23%, 8/16/22 (a)(b)

        2,000        1,999,962   

CIFC Funding Ltd., Series 2014-3A (a)(b):

       

Class C1, 2.95%, 7/22/26

        1,500        1,453,667   

Class D, 3.55%, 7/22/26

        1,400        1,315,481   

Dryden 34 Senior Loan Fund, Series 2014-34A, Class C, 3.03%, 10/15/26 (a)(b)(c)

        750        735,029   

Galaxy CLO Ltd., Series 2014-18A, Class C1, 3.23%, 10/15/26 (a)(b)(c)

        1,750        1,720,862   

Jamestown CLO Ltd., Series 2014-4A, Class C, 3.73%, 7/15/26 (a)(b)

        3,250        3,057,278   

Madison Park Funding Ltd. (a)(b):

       

3.83%, 7/20/26 (c)

        2,000        1,910,000   

Series 2012-10A, Class D, 4.48%, 1/20/25

        1,500        1,499,962   

Series 2012-8AR, Class CR, 3.03%, 4/22/22

        1,350        1,350,000   

Series 2012-8AR, Class DR, 4.08%, 4/22/22

        1,500        1,500,000   

Octagon Investment Partners XX Ltd., Series 2014-1A (a)(b)(c):

       

Class C, 3.03%, 8/12/26

        1,000        981,100   

Class D, 3.88%, 8/12/26

        900        863,910   

OZLM VII Ltd., Series 2014-7A, Class C, 3.83%, 7/17/26 (a)(b)

        1,500        1,419,218   

Regatta IV Funding Ltd., Series 2014-1A (a)(b):

       

Class C, 3.18%, 7/25/26

        1,500        1,472,898   

Class D, 3.73%, 7/25/26

        1,000        944,701   
Asset-Backed Securities   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2004-B, Class A2, 0.43%, 6/15/21 (a)

     USD         3,252      $ 3,233,897   

Venture CDO Ltd., 3.34%, 10/15/26 (a)(b)(c)

        800        787,112   

VENTURE XIII CLO Ltd., Series 2013-13A, Class D, 3.78%, 6/10/25 (a)(b)

        800        760,509   

Voya CLO 2014-3 Ltd., Series 2014-3A, Class C, 3.83%, 7/25/26 (a)(b)

        1,250        1,182,500   

WhiteHorse IX Ltd., Series 2014-9A, Class C, 2.93%, 7/17/26 (a)(b)

              1,500        1,440,900   
Total Asset-Backed Securities — 3.3%                       55,369,234   
       
                           
Corporate Bonds                       

Aerospace — 0.1%

       

Frontier Communications Corp., 7.63%, 4/15/24

              2,400        2,502,000   

Aerospace & Defense — 0.7%

       

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.:

       

6.88%, 3/15/18

        1,430        1,494,350   

7.13%, 3/15/21

        2,000        2,140,000   

LSB Industries, Inc., 7.75%, 8/01/19

        569        610,253   

Transdigm, Inc. (b):

       

6.00%, 7/15/22

        4,585        4,607,925   

6.50%, 7/15/24

        2,140        2,161,400   
       

 

 

 
                        11,013,928   

Airlines — 0.9%

       

Continental Airlines Pass-Through Trust:

       

Series 2009-2, Class B, 9.25%, 11/10/18

        2,755        3,078,580   

Series 2012-3, Class C, 6.13%, 4/29/18

        2,040        2,182,800   

Delta Air Lines Pass-Through Trust, Series 2002-1, Class G-1, 6.72%, 7/02/24

        3,357        3,919,467   

United Airlines 2014-1 Class B Pass Through Trust, Series B, 4.75%, 10/11/23

        4,200        4,268,250   

Virgin Australia 2013-1B Trust, 6.00%, 4/23/22 (b)

        1,781        1,865,456   
       

 

 

 
                        15,314,553   

Auto Components — 0.9%

       

Delphi Corp., 6.13%, 5/15/21

        870        965,700   

 

                
   BLACKROCK CREDIT ALLOCATION INCOME TRUST    JULY 31, 2014    1


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (BTZ)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Auto Components (concluded)

       

General Motors Co.:

       

4.88%, 10/02/23

     USD         1,875      $ 1,957,031   

6.25%, 10/02/43

        940        1,064,550   

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp.:

       

3.50%, 3/15/17

        265        263,675   

5.88%, 2/01/22

        3,816        3,889,935   

Schaeffler Finance BV, 4.75%, 5/15/21 (b)

        2,470        2,507,050   

TRW Automotive, Inc. (b):

       

4.50%, 3/01/21

        2,160        2,203,200   

4.45%, 12/01/23

        2,600        2,645,500   
       

 

 

 
                        15,496,641   

Auto Parts — 0.1%

       

PetroLogistics LP/PetroLogistics Finance Corp., 6.25%, 4/01/20

              885        969,075   

Automobiles — 0.5%

       

Chrysler Group LLC/CG Co-Issuer, Inc., 8.25%, 6/15/21

        2,925        3,217,500   

Ford Motor Co., 7.45%, 7/16/31

        3,660        4,851,425   
       

 

 

 
                        8,068,925   

Banks — 5.6%

       

Associated Banc-Corp., 5.13%, 3/28/16

        7,430        7,871,112   

CIT Group, Inc.:

       

4.25%, 8/15/17

        4,600        4,738,000   

5.25%, 3/15/18

        4,030        4,251,650   

6.63%, 4/01/18 (b)

        335        369,338   

5.50%, 2/15/19 (b)

        5,147        5,494,422   

City National Corp., 5.25%, 9/15/20 (d)

        2,900        3,226,401   

Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA, 3.95%, 11/09/22 (d)

        3,775        3,805,041   

Credit Suisse AG, 6.50%, 8/08/23 (b)

        12,000        13,260,000   

Credit Suisse Group AG, 7.50% (a)(b)(e)

        3,250        3,566,875   

Discover Bank, 8.70%, 11/18/19

        748        942,109   

Fifth Third Bancorp, 5.10% (a)(e)

        5,000        4,757,500   

HSBC Finance Corp., 6.68%, 1/15/21 (d)

        5,150        6,139,923   

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., Ltd., 4.00%, 10/15/24 (a)(b)

        670        678,234   

Regions Financial Corp., 5.75%, 6/15/15

        6,110        6,363,015   

RESPARCS Funding LP I, 8.00% (e)(f)(g)

        4,000        1,940,000   

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 6.00%, 12/19/23

        10,080        10,713,014   
Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Banks (concluded)

       

Santander Holdings USA, Inc., 3.00%, 9/24/15

     USD         3,750      $ 3,844,039   

Wells Fargo & Co. (d):

       

3.45%, 2/13/23

        2,325        2,302,780   

4.13%, 8/15/23

        4,000        4,138,432   

5.61%, 1/15/44

        4,119        4,673,384   
       

 

 

 
                        93,075,269   

Building Products — 0.2%

       

Building Materials Corp. of America, 6.75%, 5/01/21 (b)

              2,700        2,878,875   

Cable Television Services — 0.1%

       

SBA Communications Corp., 4.88%, 7/15/22 (b)

              1,255        1,198,525   

Capital Markets — 3.1%

       

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (d):

       

6.25%, 9/01/17

        625        708,073   

7.50%, 2/15/19

        5,165        6,230,431   

5.25%, 7/27/21

        1,175        1,310,864   

5.75%, 1/24/22

        5,500        6,312,592   

6.25%, 2/01/41

        15,000        18,107,880   

Morgan Stanley (d):

       

5.63%, 9/23/19

        6,770        7,703,800   

5.50%, 7/28/21

        2,695        3,066,384   

5.00%, 11/24/25

        5,000        5,321,470   

UBS AG, 5.88%, 7/15/16 (d)

        3,450        3,761,963   
       

 

 

 
                        52,523,457   

Chemicals — 1.7%

       

Ashland, Inc., 3.88%, 4/15/18

        1,745        1,749,362   

Axiall Corp., 4.88%, 5/15/23

        367        357,825   

Basell Finance Co. BV, 8.10%, 3/15/27 (b)

        6,000        8,036,124   

Celanese US Holdings LLC, 5.88%, 6/15/21

        2,615        2,830,737   

CF Industries, Inc., 5.38%, 3/15/44

        2,500        2,655,142   

Chemtura Corp., 5.75%, 7/15/21

        632        644,640   

Eagle Spinco, Inc., 4.63%, 2/15/21

        2,370        2,316,675   

Huntsman International LLC:

       

4.88%, 11/15/20

        775        780,813   

8.63%, 3/15/21

        2,000        2,175,000   

Ineos Finance PLC, 8.38%, 2/15/19 (b)

        255        275,400   

NOVA Chemicals Corp., 5.25%, 8/01/23 (b)

        2,277        2,436,390   

Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc., 4.63%, 10/15/20

        3,480        3,619,200   

 

                
2    BLACKROCK CREDIT ALLOCATION INCOME TRUST    JULY 31, 2014   


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (BTZ)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Chemicals (concluded)

       

US Coatings Acquisition, Inc./Flash Dutch 2 BV, 7.38%, 5/01/21 (b)

     USD         617      $ 655,563   
       

 

 

 
                        28,532,871   

Commercial Services & Supplies — 3.0%

       

ADS Waste Holdings, Inc., 8.25%, 10/01/20

        1,003        1,078,225   

Aviation Capital Group Corp. (b):

       

7.13%, 10/15/20 (d)

        31,000        35,655,549   

6.75%, 4/06/21

        7,850        8,840,332   

Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, Inc., 8.50%, 12/01/21 (b)

        913        940,390   

Covanta Holding Corp., 6.38%, 10/01/22

        2,245        2,385,313   

Mobile Mini, Inc., 7.88%, 12/01/20

        930        995,100   
       

 

 

 
                        49,894,909   

Communications Equipment — 0.8%

       

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., 6.88%, 1/15/20

        8,695        9,151,488   

CommScope, Inc. (b):

       

5.00%, 6/15/21

        527        521,730   

5.50%, 6/15/24

        564        561,180   

Zayo Group LLC/Zayo Capital, Inc., 8.13%, 1/01/20

        2,400        2,544,000   
       

 

 

 
                        12,778,398   

Construction & Engineering — 0.1%

       

BlueLine Rental Finance Corp., 7.00%, 2/01/19 (b)

        413        429,520   

Safway Group Holding LLC/Safway Finance Corp., 7.00%, 5/15/18 (b)

        673        704,968   

Weekley Homes LLC/Weekley Finance Corp., 6.00%, 2/01/23

        825        818,812   
       

 

 

 
                        1,953,300   

Construction Materials — 0.9%

       

HD Supply, Inc.:

       

8.13%, 4/15/19

        7,300        7,884,000   

11.00%, 4/15/20

        2,740        3,151,000   

7.50%, 7/15/20

        2,905        3,101,087   

Vulcan Materials Co., 7.00%, 6/15/18

        1,380        1,559,400   
       

 

 

 
                        15,695,487   

Consumer Discretionary — 0.2%

       

Allegion US Holding Co., Inc., 5.75%, 10/01/21

        1,907        2,002,350   
Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Consumer Discretionary (concluded)

       

Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Co. (b):

       

4.38%, 6/15/19

     USD         920      $ 906,200   

5.88%, 6/15/24

        625        634,375   
       

 

 

 
                        3,542,925   

Consumer Finance — 3.4%

       

Ally Financial, Inc.:

       

8.30%, 2/12/15

        5,290        5,448,700   

8.00%, 11/01/31

        6,195        7,725,613   

Capital One Bank USA NA, 3.38%, 2/15/23

        11,610        11,364,379   

Countrywide Financial Corp., 6.25%, 5/15/16 (d)

        8,069        8,761,288   

Discover Financial Services, 3.85%, 11/21/22

        3,252        3,287,352   

Experian Finance PLC, 2.38%, 6/15/17 (b)(d)

        2,550        2,590,387   

SLM Corp.:

       

3.88%, 9/10/15

        5,000        5,075,000   

6.25%, 1/25/16

        11,620        12,273,741   
       

 

 

 
                        56,526,460   

Containers & Packaging — 1.2%

       

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh Holdings USA, Inc., 6.25%, 1/31/19 (b)

        906        903,735   

Ball Corp., 6.75%, 9/15/20

        7,360        7,746,400   

Beverage Packaging Holdings Luxembourg II SA, 5.63%, 12/15/16 (b)

        3,944        3,963,720   

Crown Americas LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. III, 6.25%, 2/01/21

        3,128        3,284,400   

Pactiv LLC, 7.95%, 12/15/25

        163        173,391   

Sealed Air Corp. (b):

       

6.50%, 12/01/20

        2,330        2,551,350   

8.38%, 9/15/21

        700        782,250   
       

 

 

 
                        19,405,246   

Diversified Consumer Services — 0.3%

       

APX Group, Inc., 6.38%, 12/01/19

        355        355,000   

Service Corp. International, 4.50%, 11/15/20

        4,382        4,338,180   
       

 

 

 
                        4,693,180   

Diversified Financial Services — 9.4%

       

Aircastle Ltd., 6.25%, 12/01/19

        3,937        4,222,432   

Bank of America Corp. (d):

       

3.75%, 7/12/16

        5,525        5,798,344   

5.00%, 5/13/21

        17,100        18,903,999   

5.70%, 1/24/22

        2,590        2,978,899   

4.00%, 4/01/24

        6,975        7,071,911   

 

                
   BLACKROCK CREDIT ALLOCATION INCOME TRUST    JULY 31, 2014    3


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (BTZ)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Diversified Financial Services (concluded)

       

Bank of America NA, 5.30%, 3/15/17 (d)

     USD         13,440      $ 14,690,538   

Citigroup, Inc. (d):

       

4.45%, 1/10/17

        4,800        5,146,915   

8.50%, 5/22/19

        464        587,013   

6.68%, 9/13/43

        4,125        5,110,293   

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC:

       

8.00%, 12/15/16

        4,000        4,612,128   

5.88%, 8/02/21

        9,420        10,970,739   

General Motors Financial Co., Inc.:

       

6.75%, 6/01/18

        1,700        1,921,000   

4.25%, 5/15/23

        1,681        1,653,684   

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp.:

       

4.88%, 3/15/19

        3,950        3,969,750   

6.00%, 8/01/20

        3,108        3,240,090   

ING Bank NV, 5.00%, 6/09/21 (b)(d)

        8,000        8,988,224   

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, 3.13%, 1/15/16

        5,450        5,591,193   

Jefferies Finance LLC/JFIN Co-Issuer Corp., 7.38%, 4/01/20 (b)

        2,105        2,204,988   

Jefferies Group LLC, 5.13%, 1/20/23

        1,850        1,973,989   

LeasePlan Corp. NV, 3.00%, 10/23/17 (b)(d)

        6,775        7,005,472   

Leucadia National Corp., 5.50%, 10/18/23

        4,000        4,207,228   

Moody’s Corp., 6.06%, 9/07/17

        20,000        20,812,140   

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc.:

       

7.13%, 4/15/19

        1,588        1,647,550   

9.00%, 4/15/19

        370        385,725   

7.88%, 8/15/19

        2,480        2,638,100   

9.88%, 8/15/19

        493        531,208   

5.75%, 10/15/20

        4,620        4,712,400   

6.88%, 2/15/21

        105        110,644   

8.25%, 2/15/21

        248        262,880   

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC:

       

6.13%, 12/15/22

        425        457,135   

5.13%, 5/28/24

        5,250        5,249,191   
       

 

 

 
                        157,655,802   

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 5.2%

       

AT&T, Inc.:

       

6.30%, 1/15/38 (d)

        12,000        14,550,792   

4.30%, 12/15/42

        265        249,183   

4.35%, 6/15/45

        367        345,483   

CenturyLink, Inc.:

       

5.63%, 4/01/20

        1,375        1,433,438   

6.45%, 6/15/21

        285        306,375   
Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Diversified Telecommunication Services (concluded)

  

 

Level 3 Financing, Inc.:

       

8.13%, 7/01/19

     USD         11,171      $ 11,897,115   

8.63%, 7/15/20

        2,240        2,436,000   

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, 3.19%, 4/27/18

        6,550        6,813,041   

Verizon Communications, Inc. (d):

       

5.15%, 9/15/23

        8,775        9,711,082   

6.40%, 9/15/33

        9,475        11,749,095   

7.35%, 4/01/39

        7,825        10,659,426   

6.55%, 9/15/43

        13,225        16,608,630   

Windstream Corp.:

       

7.75%, 10/15/20

        430        460,100   

6.38%, 8/01/23

        80        79,000   
       

 

 

 
                        87,298,760   

Electric Utilities — 3.8%

       

CMS Energy Corp., 5.05%, 3/15/22

        9,900        11,166,675   

Duke Energy Corp., 3.55%, 9/15/21 (d)

        3,650        3,802,333   

Great Plains Energy, Inc., 5.29%, 6/15/22 (h)

        5,550        6,327,927   

Midland Cogeneration Venture LP, 5.25%, 3/15/25 (b)

        5,000        5,016,205   

Mirant Mid-Atlantic Pass-Through Trust:

       

Series B, 9.13%, 6/30/17

        1,039        1,111,804   

Series C, 10.06%, 12/30/28

        1,568        1,761,635   

Nisource Finance Corp., 6.80%, 1/15/19

        3,075        3,636,885   

Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC (d):

       

4.10%, 6/01/22

        4,150        4,464,230   

5.30%, 6/01/42

        2,750        3,217,368   

Progress Energy, Inc., 7.00%, 10/30/31 (d)

        12,000        15,998,868   

Puget Energy, Inc.:

       

6.00%, 9/01/21

        275        321,845   

5.63%, 7/15/22

        5,550        6,388,261   
       

 

 

 
        63,214,036   

Electrical Equipment — 0.1%

       

GrafTech International Ltd., 6.38%, 11/15/20

              2,385        2,438,663   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.4%

  

 

Jabil Circuit, Inc., 8.25%, 3/15/18

        2,600        3,061,500   

Nielsen Finance LLC/Nielsen Finance Co., 5.00%, 4/15/22 (b)

        475        467,875   

Sanmina Corp., 4.38%, 6/01/19 (b)

        1,415        1,400,850   

 

                
4    BLACKROCK CREDIT ALLOCATION INCOME TRUST    JULY 31, 2014   


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (BTZ)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (concluded)

  

WireCo WorldGroup, Inc., 9.50%, 5/15/17

     USD         1,605      $ 1,629,075   
       

 

 

 
                        6,559,300   

Energy Equipment & Services — 2.0%

       

Atwood Oceanics, Inc., 6.50%, 2/01/20

        375        393,750   

CGG, 6.50%, 6/01/21

        2,390        2,270,500   

Energy Transfer Partners LP, 5.20%, 2/01/22

        10,200        11,228,190   

Genesis Energy LP/Genesis Energy Finance Corp., 5.75%, 2/15/21

        293        295,930   

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., 5.88%, 4/01/20

        2,591        2,616,910   

Petrofac Ltd., 3.40%, 10/10/18 (b)(d)

        5,360        5,529,430   

Transocean, Inc.:

       

2.50%, 10/15/17

        1,300        1,319,024   

6.50%, 11/15/20

        3,795        4,319,860   

6.38%, 12/15/21

        4,655        5,307,165   

6.80%, 3/15/38

        720        796,833   
       

 

 

 
                        34,077,592   

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.7%

       

HJ Heinz Finance Co., 7.13%, 8/01/39 (b)

        4,415        4,807,935   

Rite Aid Corp., 6.75%, 6/15/21

        1,170        1,216,800   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 5.25%, 9/01/35 (d)

        5,150        5,938,836   
       

 

 

 
                        11,963,571   

Food Products — 1.6%

       

Barry Callebaut Services NV, 5.50%, 6/15/23 (b)

        2,600        2,749,708   

Kellogg Co., Series B, 7.45%, 4/01/31 (d)

        5,000        6,539,870   

Kraft Foods Group, Inc., 5.00%, 6/04/42

        5,000        5,334,705   

Mondelez International, Inc.:

       

6.50%, 8/11/17

        4,450        5,079,328   

6.13%, 8/23/18

        4,840        5,583,037   

Sun Merger Sub, Inc., 5.88%, 8/01/21 (b)

        715        750,750   
       

 

 

 
                        26,037,398   

Gas Utilities — 0.2%

       

Targa Resources Partners LP:

       

7.88%, 10/15/18

        2,355        2,466,862   
Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Gas Utilities (concluded)

       

Targa Resources Partners LP (concluded):

       

6.88%, 2/01/21

     USD         1,265      $ 1,337,738   
       

 

 

 
                        3,804,600   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.1%

       

Teleflex, Inc., 6.88%, 6/01/19

              1,660        1,755,450   

Health Care Providers & Services — 3.7%

       

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc., 5.13%, 7/01/22 (b)

        435        436,088   

Amsurg Corp., 5.63%, 7/15/22 (b)

        1,856        1,865,280   

Aviv Healthcare Properties LP/Aviv Healthcare Capital Corp., 7.75%, 2/15/19

        1,550        1,627,500   

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.:

       

5.13%, 8/15/18

        1,620        1,660,500   

6.88%, 2/01/22 (b)

        1,631        1,667,697   

DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc., 5.13%, 7/15/24

        1,990        1,960,150   

HCA Holdings, Inc., 7.75%, 5/15/21

        4,549        4,907,234   

HCA, Inc.:

       

3.75%, 3/15/19

        4,364        4,331,270   

6.50%, 2/15/20

        10,421        11,319,811   

5.88%, 3/15/22

        340        362,100   

4.75%, 5/01/23

        676        667,550   

Tenet Healthcare Corp.:

       

6.25%, 11/01/18

        736        796,720   

4.75%, 6/01/20

        1,450        1,439,125   

6.00%, 10/01/20

        3,645        3,809,025   

4.50%, 4/01/21

        73        70,993   

4.38%, 10/01/21

        7,335        7,059,937   

8.13%, 4/01/22

        4,387        4,902,472   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 6.88%, 2/15/38 (d)

        10,000        13,510,800   
       

 

 

 
                        62,394,252   

Health Care Technology — 0.4%

       

Amgen, Inc., 5.15%, 11/15/41 (d)

              6,500        6,961,058   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.0%

       

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc., 9.00%, 2/15/20

        5,243        4,345,708   

Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties LLC, 8.00%, 10/01/20 (b)

        3,713        3,805,825   

CDW LLC/CDW Finance Corp., 6.00%, 8/15/22

        720        720,000   

MCE Finance Ltd., 5.00%, 2/15/21 (b)

        3,895        3,865,787   

Six Flags Entertainment Corp., 5.25%, 1/15/21 (b)

        1,718        1,709,410   

 

                
   BLACKROCK CREDIT ALLOCATION INCOME TRUST    JULY 31, 2014    5


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (BTZ)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds

  

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (concluded)

       

Wynn Macau Ltd., 5.25%, 10/15/21 (b)

     USD         1,758      $ 1,758,000   
       

 

 

 
                        16,204,730   

Household Durables — 1.3%

       

Beazer Homes USA, Inc., 6.63%, 4/15/18

        2,330        2,446,500   

Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc./Brookfield Residential US Corp., 6.13%, 7/01/22 (b)

        1,647        1,688,175   

K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., 7.25%, 10/15/20 (b)

        3,675        3,867,937   

KB Home:

       

7.25%, 6/15/18

        1,990        2,189,000   

7.00%, 12/15/21

        1,504        1,616,800   

Standard Pacific Corp., 8.38%, 1/15/21

        3,015        3,489,862   

Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc./Monarch Communities, Inc., 5.25%, 4/15/21 (b)

        1,537        1,513,945   

United Rentals North America, Inc.:

       

7.38%, 5/15/20

        2,025        2,171,813   

7.63%, 4/15/22

        1,853        2,042,933   
       

 

 

 
                        21,026,965   

Household Products — 0.1%

       

Spectrum Brands, Inc.:

       

6.38%, 11/15/20

        810        852,525   

6.63%, 11/15/22

        1,110        1,176,600   
       

 

 

 
                        2,029,125   

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.6%

  

Baytex Energy Corp. (b):

       

5.13%, 6/01/21

        435        431,738   

5.63%, 6/01/24

        155        152,675   

Calpine Corp.:

       

6.00%, 1/15/22 (b)

        878        926,290   

5.38%, 1/15/23

        2,333        2,286,340   

5.88%, 1/15/24 (b)

        823        857,978   

5.75%, 1/15/25

        2,529        2,472,097   

GenOn REMA LLC, 9.68%, 7/02/26

        1,130        1,228,875   

QEP Resources, Inc., 5.38%, 10/01/22

        1,927        1,960,722   
       

 

 

 
                        10,316,715   

Insurance — 6.0%

       

A-S Co-Issuer Subsidiary, Inc./A-S Merger Sub LLC, 7.88%, 12/15/20 (b)

        1,204        1,249,150   
Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Insurance (concluded)

       

American International Group, Inc. (d):

       

8.25%, 8/15/18

     USD         2,125      $ 2,614,553   

6.40%, 12/15/20

        8,710        10,437,193   

Aon Corp., 5.00%, 9/30/20 (d)

        7,700        8,601,901   

Aon PLC, 4.25%, 12/12/42

        6,500        6,159,036   

Forethought Financial Group, Inc., 8.63%, 4/15/21 (b)

        3,400        3,864,382   

Genworth Financial, Inc., 7.63%, 9/24/21

        2,880        3,567,583   

Manulife Financial Corp., 4.90%, 9/17/20 (d)

        10,425        11,428,469   

MPL 2 Acquisition Canco, Inc., 9.88%, 8/15/18 (b)

        1,455        1,564,125   

The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., 6.06%, 3/30/40 (b)(d)

        12,000        14,938,044   

Principal Financial Group, Inc., 8.88%, 5/15/19 (d)

        2,825        3,615,474   

Prudential Financial, Inc., 6.63%, 12/01/37 (d)

        10,000        12,789,170   

XLIT Ltd., 5.75%, 10/01/21 (d)

        10,085        11,718,125   

ZFS Finance USA Trust II, 6.45%, 12/15/65 (a)(b)(d)

        6,800        7,327,000   
       

 

 

 
                        99,874,205   

IT Services — 1.5%

       

Ceridian Corp., 8.88%, 7/15/19 (b)

        12,085        13,353,925   

Ceridian LLC/Comdata, Inc., 8.13%, 11/15/17 (b)

        1,455        1,451,363   

Epicor Software Corp., 8.63%, 5/01/19

        2,400        2,556,000   

First Data Corp. (b):

       

7.38%, 6/15/19

        2,905        3,050,250   

6.75%, 11/01/20

        1,768        1,865,240   

8.25%, 1/15/21

        250        267,500   

SunGard Data Systems, Inc., 7.38%, 11/15/18

        2,460        2,569,162   
       

 

 

 
                        25,113,440   

Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.8%

       

Life Technologies Corp., 6.00%, 3/01/20 (d)

              12,000        13,883,304   

Media — 6.4%

       

A&E Television Networks LLC, 3.11%, 8/22/19

        5,000        5,012,500   

AMC Networks, Inc.:

       

7.75%, 7/15/21

        1,330        1,456,350   

4.75%, 12/15/22

        685        683,288   

 

                
6    BLACKROCK CREDIT ALLOCATION INCOME TRUST    JULY 31, 2014   


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (BTZ)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Media (continued)

       

CBS Outdoor Americas Capital LLC/CBS Outdoor Americas Capital Corp. (b):

       

5.25%, 2/15/22

     USD         249      $ 248,378   

5.63%, 2/15/24

        212        211,735   

Cinemark USA, Inc., 5.13%, 12/15/22

        349        351,618   

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., 6.50%, 11/15/22

        10,205        10,701,460   

COX Communications, Inc., 8.38%, 3/01/39 (b)(d)

        5,000        7,078,865   

CSC Holdings LLC, 8.63%, 2/15/19

        4,005        4,705,875   

DIRECTV Holdings LLC, 5.00%, 3/01/21 (d)

        8,575        9,501,340   

Gray Television, Inc., 7.50%, 10/01/20

        713        745,976   

Grupo Televisa SAB, 5.00%, 5/13/45

        3,345        3,330,817   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA:

       

7.25%, 4/01/19

        710        745,500   

5.50%, 8/01/23

        2,909        2,792,640   

The Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc., 3.75%, 2/15/23

        6,025        5,991,881   

Level 3 Escrow II, Inc., 5.38%, 8/15/22 (b)(c)

        2,250        2,207,812   

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., 7.00%, 9/01/20 (b)

        463        498,883   

Lynx I Corp., 5.38%, 4/15/21 (b)

        1,394        1,407,940   

NAI Entertainment Holdings LLC, 5.00%, 8/01/18 (b)

        1,471        1,515,130   

NBCUniversal Enterprise, Inc., 5.25% (b)(e)

        5,600        5,831,000   

News America, Inc., 6.15%, 3/01/37 (d)

        9,575        11,341,444   

Numericable Group SA, 6.00%, 5/15/22 (b)

        9,000        9,045,000   

Sinclair Television Group, Inc., 5.63%, 8/01/24 (b)

        657        647,966   

Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 4.25%, 5/15/20 (b)

        2,300        2,213,750   

Time Warner Cable, Inc., 6.55%, 5/01/37

        3,519        4,358,545   

Unitymedia Hessen GmbH & Co. KG/Unitymedia NRW GmbH (b):

       

7.50%, 3/15/19

        3,530        3,724,150   

5.50%, 1/15/23

        1,000        1,005,000   

Univision Communications, Inc., 5.13%, 5/15/23 (b)

        4,793        4,924,807   
Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Media (concluded)

       

VTR Finance BV, 6.88%, 1/15/24 (b)

     USD         4,020      $ 4,165,725   
       

 

 

 
                        106,445,375   

Metals & Mining — 2.8%

       

AngloGold Ashanti Holdings PLC, 5.13%, 8/01/22

        5,000        4,873,435   

ArcelorMittal, 6.13%, 6/01/18

        2,575        2,748,812   

Commercial Metals Co., 4.88%, 5/15/23

        2,194        2,111,725   

Constellium NV:

       

4.63%, 5/15/21

     EUR         490        671,718   

5.75%, 5/15/24 (b)

     USD         1,178        1,213,340   

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.:

       

3.55%, 3/01/22

        4,700        4,635,074   

3.88%, 3/15/23

        8,900        8,812,282   

Freeport-McMoRan Corp., 7.13%, 11/01/27

        8,500        10,072,517   

New Gold, Inc., 6.25%, 11/15/22 (b)

        1,795        1,889,238   

Novelis, Inc., 8.75%, 12/15/20

        3,285        3,547,800   

Peabody Energy Corp., 6.50%, 9/15/20

        1,020        976,650   

Steel Dynamics, Inc.:

       

6.38%, 8/15/22

        1,430        1,522,950   

5.25%, 4/15/23

        163        164,223   

Wise Metals Group LLC/Wise Alloys Finance Corp., 8.75%, 12/15/18 (b)

        2,785        2,986,912   
       

 

 

 
                        46,226,676   

Multi-Utilities — 1.9%

       

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (d):

       

5.95%, 2/01/17

        9,000        9,993,114   

6.50%, 5/01/18

        9,675        11,210,326   

Dominion Resources, Inc., 8.88%, 1/15/19 (d)

        8,000        10,176,368   
       

 

 

 
                        31,379,808   

Multiline Retail — 0.4%

       

Dollar General Corp., 3.25%, 4/15/23

        2,500        2,379,982   

Dufry Finance SCA, 5.50%, 10/15/20 (b)

        3,460        3,579,993   
       

 

 

 
                        5,959,975   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 16.7%

       

Access Midstream Partners LP/ACMP Finance Corp.:

       

5.88%, 4/15/21

        2,657        2,796,492   

6.13%, 7/15/22

        1,600        1,710,000   

4.88%, 5/15/23

        411        423,330   

 

                
   BLACKROCK CREDIT ALLOCATION INCOME TRUST    JULY 31, 2014    7


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (BTZ)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

  

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., 6.38%, 9/15/17

     USD         75      $ 85,618   

Antero Resources Finance Corp., 5.38%, 11/01/21

        649        657,113   

Athlon Holdings LP/Athlon Finance Corp., 7.38%, 4/15/21 (b)

        656        698,640   

Berry Petroleum Co., 6.38%, 9/15/22

        3,207        3,271,140   

Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.:

       

6.75%, 4/15/21

        1,145        1,190,800   

5.75%, 2/01/23

        1,555        1,523,900   

Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc., 7.50%, 9/15/20

        1,076        1,164,770   

Chesapeake Energy Corp.:

       

6.63%, 8/15/20

        3,171        3,533,683   

6.88%, 11/15/20

        493        554,625   

6.13%, 2/15/21

        1,857        2,014,845   

5.75%, 3/15/23

        2,615        2,791,512   

Cimarex Energy Co., 4.38%, 6/01/24

        527        538,199   

Concho Resources, Inc.:

       

5.50%, 10/01/22

        226        235,040   

5.50%, 4/01/23

        1,995        2,064,825   

CONSOL Energy, Inc.:

       

8.25%, 4/01/20

        355        378,075   

5.88%, 4/15/22 (b)(c)

        6,131        6,199,974   

Continental Resources, Inc.:

       

5.00%, 9/15/22

        11,232        12,046,320   

4.50%, 4/15/23

        469        499,636   

Crestwood Midstream Partners LP/Crestwood Midstream Finance Corp., 6.13%, 3/01/22 (b)

        710        733,075   

DCP Midstream LLC, 4.75%, 9/30/21 (b)

        1,074        1,134,846   

DCP Midstream Operating LP, 3.88%, 3/15/23

        2,690        2,715,200   

Denbury Resources, Inc.:

       

5.50%, 5/01/22

        845        830,213   

4.63%, 7/15/23

        1,727        1,614,745   

Drill Rigs Holdings, Inc., 6.50%, 10/01/17 (b)

        1,812        1,830,120   

El Paso LLC:

       

7.80%, 8/01/31

        197        216,700   

7.75%, 1/15/32

        3,153        3,484,065   

El Paso Natural Gas Co. LLC, 8.63%, 1/15/22

        2,345        3,046,744   

El Paso Pipeline Partners Operating Co. LLC, 6.50%, 4/01/20

        5,075        5,894,998   

Enbridge Energy Partners LP, 9.88%, 3/01/19

        6,000        7,840,842   
Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

  

Energy Transfer Equity LP, 5.88%, 1/15/24 (b)

     USD         2,230      $ 2,274,600   

Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc.:

       

7.75%, 6/15/19

        2,351        2,445,040   

6.88%, 3/15/24 (b)

        449        446,755   

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Series N, 6.50%, 1/31/19 (d)

        12,000        14,120,316   

EP Energy LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc., Series WI, 6.88%, 5/01/19

        2,693        2,820,917   

Expro Finance Luxembourg SCA, 8.50%, 12/15/16 (b)

        2,525        2,603,906   

Hilcorp Energy I LP/Hilcorp Finance Co., 5.00%, 12/01/24 (b)

        759        749,513   

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, 6.85%, 2/15/20 (d)

        12,000        14,272,092   

Kinder Morgan, Inc. (b):

       

5.00%, 2/15/21

        496        502,820   

5.63%, 11/15/23

        504        519,120   

Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp., 5.50%, 2/01/22

        540        569,700   

Laredo Petroleum, Inc., 7.38%, 5/01/22

        900        981,000   

Linn Energy LLC/Linn Energy Finance Corp.:

       

6.25%, 11/01/19

        1,224        1,242,360   

8.63%, 4/15/20

        1,620        1,711,125   

7.75%, 2/01/21

        475        497,563   

Marathon Petroleum Corp., 3.50%, 3/01/16

        4,600        4,782,362   

MarkWest Energy Partners LP/MarkWest Energy Finance Corp., 6.25%, 6/15/22

        1,369        1,454,562   

MEG Energy Corp. (b):

       

6.50%, 3/15/21

        3,839        3,944,572   

7.00%, 3/31/24

        3,598        3,804,885   

Memorial Production Partners LP/Memorial Production Finance Corp., 7.63%, 5/01/21

        885        909,338   

Midcontinent Express Pipeline LLC, 6.70%, 9/15/19 (b)

        3,500        4,007,500   

Nexen, Inc., 6.40%, 5/15/37 (d)

        4,615        5,665,914   

NGPL PipeCo LLC, 9.63%, 6/01/19 (b)

        902        976,415   

Oasis Petroleum, Inc.:

       

7.25%, 2/01/19

        915        956,175   

6.50%, 11/01/21

        1,025        1,086,500   

ONEOK Partners LP, 8.63%, 3/01/19 (d)

        10,000        12,558,320   

 

                
8    BLACKROCK CREDIT ALLOCATION INCOME TRUST    JULY 31, 2014   


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (BTZ)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

  

Pacific Drilling SA, 5.38%, 6/01/20 (b)

     USD         1,537      $ 1,463,992   

PDC Energy, Inc., 7.75%, 10/15/22

        1,225        1,359,750   

Peabody Energy Corp.:

       

6.00%, 11/15/18

        2,527        2,520,682   

6.25%, 11/15/21 (d)

        1,483        1,405,143   

Penn Virginia Resource Partners LP/Penn Virginia Resource Finance Corp. II, 8.38%, 6/01/20

        2,221        2,465,310   

Petrobras International Finance Co. (d):

       

3.88%, 1/27/16

        12,550        12,912,569   

5.38%, 1/27/21

        3,385        3,486,753   

Petroleos Mexicanos:

       

3.50%, 1/30/23

        5,000        4,825,000   

4.88%, 1/18/24

        2,000        2,120,000   

Petroleum Geo-Services ASA, 7.38%, 12/15/18 (b)

        3,980        4,179,000   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co., 6.88%, 5/01/18

        1,665        1,947,639   

Premier Oil PLC, 5.00%, 6/09/18

        11,500        12,075,000   

Range Resources Corp.:

       

6.75%, 8/01/20

        1,760        1,865,600   

5.00%, 8/15/22

        32        32,800   

5.00%, 3/15/23

        75        77,063   

Regency Energy Partners LP/Regency Energy Finance Corp., 4.50%, 11/01/23

        4,351        4,144,327   

RKI Exploration & Production LLC/RKI Finance Corp., 8.50%, 8/01/21 (b)

        1,035        1,107,450   

Rosetta Resources, Inc., 5.63%, 5/01/21

        3,448        3,473,860   

Ruby Pipeline LLC, 6.00%, 4/01/22 (b)

        10,000        11,246,930   

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC (b):

       

5.63%, 4/15/23

        7,393        7,503,895   

5.75%, 5/15/24

        2,869        2,912,035   

Sabine Pass Liquified Natural Gas LP, 7.50%, 11/30/16

        5,965        6,501,850   

Sanchez Energy Corp., 6.13%, 1/15/23 (b)

        1,141        1,138,148   

SandRidge Energy, Inc.:

       

8.75%, 1/15/20

        114        119,700   

7.50%, 3/15/21

        325        338,000   

7.50%, 2/15/23

        1,291        1,345,868   

Seventy Seven Energy, Inc., 6.50%, 7/15/22 (b)

        526        528,630   

SM Energy Co.:

       

6.63%, 2/15/19

        903        941,378   

6.50%, 1/01/23

        322        345,345   
Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (concluded)

  

Stone Energy Corp., 7.50%, 11/15/22

     USD         1,290      $ 1,383,525   

Summit Midstream Holdings LLC/Summit Midstream Finance Corp., 7.50%, 7/01/21

        1,614        1,755,225   

Ultra Petroleum Corp., 5.75%, 12/15/18 (b)

        778        809,120   

Western Gas Partners LP, 5.38%, 6/01/21

        5,125        5,761,274   

Whiting Petroleum Corp.:

       

5.00%, 3/15/19

        3,550        3,718,625   

5.75%, 3/15/21

        2,341        2,557,542   

The Williams Cos., Inc.:

       

3.70%, 1/15/23

        5,000        4,746,430   

4.55%, 6/24/24

        830        826,955   

8.75%, 3/15/32

        2,478        3,170,480   

5.75%, 6/24/44

        685        673,713   
       

 

 

 
                        279,410,061   

Paper & Forest Products — 2.3%

       

Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd., 7.50%, 12/15/17 (b)

        1,473        1,539,285   

Clearwater Paper Corp., 4.50%, 2/01/23

        532        510,720   

International Paper Co. (d):

       

7.50%, 8/15/21

        9,675        12,228,687   

8.70%, 6/15/38

        4,000        5,935,844   

7.30%, 11/15/39

        10,000        13,328,060   

Louisiana-Pacific Corp., 7.50%, 6/01/20

        2,130        2,327,025   

Mercer International, Inc., 9.50%, 12/01/17

        2,900        3,074,000   
       

 

 

 
                        38,943,621   

Pharmaceuticals — 2.4%

       

AbbVie, Inc., 2.90%, 11/06/22 (d)

        5,675        5,473,708   

Capsugel Finance Co. SCA, 9.88%, 8/01/19 (b)

     EUR         400        575,288   

Endo Finance LLC/Endo Finco, Inc. (b):

       

7.25%, 1/15/22

     USD         499        527,693   

5.38%, 1/15/23

        410        395,650   

Forest Laboratories, Inc. (b):

       

4.38%, 2/01/19

        2,924        3,131,604   

5.00%, 12/15/21

        1,631        1,776,159   

Grifols Worldwide Operations Ltd., 5.25%, 4/01/22 (b)

        1,613        1,619,049   

Mallinckrodt International Finance SA, 5.75%, 8/01/22 (b)(c)

        2,130        2,140,650   

Merck & Co., Inc., 6.50%, 12/01/33 (d)

        6,420        8,573,666   

Mylan, Inc., 6.00%, 11/15/18 (b)

        3,250        3,385,473   

 

                
   BLACKROCK CREDIT ALLOCATION INCOME TRUST    JULY 31, 2014    9


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (BTZ)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Pharmaceuticals (concluded)

       

Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd., 6.00%, 1/15/21 (b)

     USD         697      $ 728,365   

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (b):

       

6.75%, 8/15/18

        6,955        7,267,975   

6.38%, 10/15/20

        2,355        2,431,537   

5.63%, 12/01/21

        1,615        1,606,925   
       

 

 

 
                        39,633,742   

Professional Services — 0.5%

       

Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc., 11.00%, 3/15/21 (b)

        2,158        2,460,120   

The Dun & Bradstreet Corp., 3.25%, 12/01/17

        5,750        5,945,253   
       

 

 

 
                        8,405,373   

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 3.0%

  

ARC Properties Operating Partnership LP/Clark Acquisition LLC, 4.60%, 2/06/24 (b)

        5,000        5,099,925   

AvalonBay Communities, Inc., 6.10%, 3/15/20 (d)

        10,000        11,772,320   

DDR Corp.:

       

4.75%, 4/15/18

        2,140        2,314,378   

7.88%, 9/01/20

        2,650        3,327,597   

ERP Operating LP, 5.75%, 6/15/17 (d)

        10,000        11,217,610   

Felcor Lodging LP, 5.63%, 3/01/23

        999        999,000   

HCP, Inc., 5.38%, 2/01/21 (d)

        3,450        3,895,181   

Host Hotels & Resorts LP, Series D, 3.75%, 10/15/23

        3,600        3,555,435   

iStar Financial, Inc.:

       

4.00%, 11/01/17

        825        812,625   

5.00%, 7/01/19

        580        571,300   

Rayonier AM Products, Inc., 5.50%, 6/01/24 (b)

        128        126,080   

UDR, Inc., 4.25%, 6/01/18

        5,225        5,612,178   
       

 

 

 
                        49,303,629   

Real Estate Management & Development — 0.7%

  

Lennar Corp., 4.75%, 11/15/22

        1,805        1,732,800   

Northwest Florida Timber Finance LLC, 4.75%, 3/04/29 (b)(d)

        4,485        4,587,706   

Realogy Corp., 7.63%, 1/15/20 (b)(d)

        2,085        2,246,588   

Realogy Group LLC/Realogy Co-Issuer Corp., 4.50%, 4/15/19 (b)

        1,147        1,112,590   
Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Real Estate Management & Development (concluded)

  

Shea Homes LP/Shea Homes Funding Corp., 8.63%, 5/15/19

     USD         1,625      $ 1,726,563   
       

 

 

 
                        11,406,247   

Road & Rail — 1.5%

       

The Hertz Corp.:

       

4.25%, 4/01/18

        983        992,830   

6.75%, 4/15/19

        1,167        1,219,515   

5.88%, 10/15/20

        925        945,812   

7.38%, 1/15/21

        310        331,700   

6.25%, 10/15/22

        1,560        1,614,600   

Norfolk Southern Corp., 6.00%, 3/15/05 (d)

        17,200        20,672,680   
       

 

 

 
                        25,777,137   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.7%

  

KLA-Tencor Corp., 6.90%, 5/01/18 (d)

        5,515        6,417,226   

Micron Technology, Inc., 5.50%, 2/01/25 (b)

        3,590        3,572,050   

NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC, 5.75%, 2/15/21 (b)

        1,655        1,721,200   
       

 

 

 
                        11,710,476   

Software — 0.4%

       

Infor US, Inc., 9.38%, 4/01/19

        2,190        2,392,575   

Nuance Communications, Inc., 5.38%, 8/15/20 (b)

        4,435        4,479,350   
       

 

 

 
                        6,871,925   

Specialty Retail — 1.1%

       

AutoNation, Inc., 6.75%, 4/15/18

        6,125        7,020,965   

DriveTime Automotive Group, Inc./DT Acceptance Corp., 8.00%, 6/01/21 (b)

        1,544        1,553,650   

L Brands, Inc., 7.00%, 5/01/20

        3,050        3,446,500   

QVC, Inc., 7.38%, 10/15/20 (b)

        355        379,618   

VF Corp., 5.95%, 11/01/17 (d)

        5,000        5,689,805   
       

 

 

 
                        18,090,538   

Textiles Apparel & Shoes — 0.1%

       

Springs Industries, Inc., 6.25%, 6/01/21

              1,674        1,669,815   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.1%

       

The William Carter Co., 5.25%, 8/15/21 (b)

              1,406        1,462,240   

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1%

       

Radian Group, Inc., 5.50%, 6/01/19

              1,378        1,384,890   

Tobacco — 2.0%

       

Altria Group, Inc., 10.20%, 2/06/39 (d)

        13,392        22,548,191   

 

                
10    BLACKROCK CREDIT ALLOCATION INCOME TRUST    JULY 31, 2014   


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (BTZ)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Tobacco (concluded)

       

Lorillard Tobacco Co., 3.50%, 8/04/16

     USD         8,375      $ 8,740,778   

Reynolds American, Inc.:

       

3.25%, 11/01/22

        970        933,456   

4.85%, 9/15/23

        1,120        1,190,637   
       

 

 

 
                        33,413,062   

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.4%

  

Doric Nimrod Air Alpha 2013-1 Pass-Through Trust (b):

       

6.13%, 11/30/21

        3,713        3,926,615   

5.25%, 5/30/25

        2,871        3,050,390   
       

 

 

 
                        6,977,005   

Transportation Infrastructure — 0.9%

  

CEVA Group PLC (b):

       

4.00%, 5/01/18

        3,310        3,078,300   

7.00%, 3/01/21

        1,067        1,088,340   

Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP/PTL Finance Corp., 4.88%, 7/11/22 (b)

        10,500        11,449,778   
       

 

 

 
                        15,616,418   

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 5.4%

  

America Movil SAB de C.V. (d):

       

2.38%, 9/08/16

        12,495        12,797,404   

3.13%, 7/16/22

        1,275        1,237,376   

American Tower Corp.:

       

4.50%, 1/15/18

        6,500        7,027,709   

5.05%, 9/01/20

        500        551,785   

5.90%, 11/01/21 (d)

        3,770        4,330,686   

Crown Castle International Corp., 5.25%, 1/15/23

        1,880        1,898,800   

Crown Castle Towers LLC (b):

       

5.50%, 1/15/37

        4,000        4,307,056   

4.17%, 8/15/37

        3,000        3,176,421   

6.11%, 1/15/40

        4,555        5,302,084   

Digicel Group Ltd. (b):

       

8.25%, 9/30/20

        2,615        2,817,662   

7.13%, 4/01/22

        825        837,375   

Digicel Ltd., 6.00%, 4/15/21 (b)

        1,285        1,307,488   

SBA Tower Trust, 5.10%, 4/15/42 (b)

        13,975        14,885,639   

Sprint Communications, Inc. (b):

       

9.00%, 11/15/18

        5,290        6,202,525   

7.00%, 3/01/20

        9,302        10,464,750   

Sprint Corp. (b):

       

7.88%, 9/15/23

        3,630        3,884,100   

7.13%, 6/15/24

        1,625        1,657,500   

T-Mobile USA, Inc.:

       

6.63%, 4/28/21

        2,680        2,814,000   

6.73%, 4/28/22

        2,495        2,613,512   
Corporate Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Wireless Telecommunication Services (concluded)

  

T-Mobile USA, Inc. (concluded):

       

6.84%, 4/28/23

     USD         1,405      $ 1,489,300   
       

 

 

 
                        89,603,172   
Total Corporate Bonds112.5%                       1,878,364,175   
       
   
Foreign Agency Obligations  

Brazilian Government International Bond, 5.00%, 1/27/45

        5,000        4,812,500   

Indonesia Government International Bond, 5.88%, 1/15/24 (b)

        4,400        4,944,500   

Mexico Government International Bond, 4.75%, 3/08/44

              2,300        2,305,750   
Total Foreign Agency Obligations0.7%        12,062,750   
       
   
Municipal Bonds                       

City of Chicago Illinois, Refunding ARB, O’Hare International Airport, General Third Lien, Build America Bonds, Series B, 6.85%, 1/01/38

        5,000        5,585,800   

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, RB, Build America Bonds, 6.55%, 11/15/31

              10,000        12,573,000   
Total Municipal Bonds1.1%        18,158,800   
       
   
U.S. Government Sponsored Agency Securities  

Agency Obligations — 0.2%

       

Fannie Mae, 0.00%, 10/09/19 (d)(i)

              3,945        3,462,314   
       
   
U.S. Treasury Obligations                       

U.S. Treasury Bond, 3.38%, 5/15/44 (d)

        8,650        8,754,068   

U.S. Treasury Notes:

       

1.50%, 5/31/19 (d)

        1,898        1,876,499   

1.63%, 6/30/19 (d)

        750        745,371   

1.63%, 7/31/19

              575        571,227   
Total U.S. Treasury Obligations0.7%        11,947,165   

 

                
   BLACKROCK CREDIT ALLOCATION INCOME TRUST    JULY 31, 2014    11


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (BTZ)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Preferred Securities   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Capital Trusts

                        

Banks — 2.3%

  

 

BNP Paribas SA, 7.20% (a)(b)(d)(e)

     USD        5,000      $ 5,781,250   

Credit Agricole SA, 8.38% (a)(b)(e)

       5,000        5,843,750   

Fifth Third Bancorp, Series J, 4.90% (a)(e)

       2,035        2,029,913   

HSBC Capital Funding LP, 10.18% (a)(b)(d)(e)

       11,835        17,693,325   

M&T Capital Trust II, 8.28%, 6/01/27

       4,540        4,613,820   

Wells Fargo & Co., Series S, 5.90% (a)(e)

       1,840        1,921,880   
      

 

 

 
        37,883,938   

Capital Markets — 1.4%

      

Ameriprise Financial, Inc., 7.52%, 6/01/66 (a)(d)

       3,000        3,300,000   

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Series L, 5.70% (a)(e)

       2,950        3,004,575   

State Street Capital Trust IV, 1.23%, 6/01/77 (a)

       20,845        18,030,925   
      

 

 

 
        24,335,500   

Diversified Financial Services — 3.9%

      

Bank of America Corp., Series U, 5.20% (a)(e)

       9,000        8,437,500   

Barclays PLC, 6.63% (a)(e)

       4,885        4,823,938   

Citigroup, Inc., 5.90% (a)(e)

       2,210        2,196,610   

General Electric Capital Corp. (a)(d)(e):

      

Series B, 6.25%

       9,100        10,101,000   

Series C, 5.25%

       3,000        3,045,000   

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (a)(e):

      

6.75%

       7,775        8,299,812   

Series Q, 5.15%

       4,000        3,782,400   

Series R, 6.00% (d)

       17,780        18,046,700   

Morgan Stanley, Series H, 5.45% (a)(e)

       2,200        2,202,750   

Societe Generale SA, 6.00% (a)(b)(e)

       4,470        4,302,375   
      

 

 

 
        65,238,085   

Electric Utilities — 0.5%

      

PPL Capital Funding, Inc., Series A, 6.70%, 3/30/67 (a)

             8,300        8,486,750   

Insurance — 6.9%

      

ACE Capital Trust II, 9.70%, 4/01/30 (d)

       7,000        10,360,000   

AIG Life Holdings, Inc., 8.50%, 7/01/30

       500        667,500   

The Allstate Corp., 6.50%, 5/15/67 (a)(d)

       10,400        11,362,000   
Capital Trusts   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Insurance (concluded)

      

American International Group, Inc., 8.18%, 5/15/68 (a)

     USD        3,755      $ 5,186,594   

AXA SA (a)(b)(e):

      

6.38%

       4,900        5,304,250   

6.46%

       6,000        6,405,000   

Bank One Capital III, 8.75%, 9/01/30 (d)

       2,000        2,739,580   

The Chubb Corp., 6.38%, 3/29/67 (a)(d)

       7,400        8,158,500   

Farmers Exchange Capital II, 6.15%, 11/01/53 (a)(b)

       4,890        5,494,179   

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Capital LP II, 7.15%, 5/16/46 (a)(b)(d)

       500        520,000   

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., 8.13%, 6/15/68 (a)

       3,500        4,130,000   

ING US, Inc., 5.65%, 5/15/53 (a)

       4,750        4,833,125   

Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., 10.75%, 6/15/88 (a)(b)

       8,325        12,882,937   

MetLife, Inc., 6.40%, 12/15/66

       9,775        10,955,820   

Prudential Financial, Inc., 5.88%, 9/15/42 (a)(d)

       6,100        6,603,250   

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc., 6.75%, 12/15/65 (a)

       12,000        12,360,000   

Swiss Re Capital I LP, 6.85% (a)(b)(d)(e)

       4,450        4,728,125   

XL Group PLC, Series E, 6.50% (a)(e)

       1,920        1,881,600   
      

 

 

 
        114,572,460   

Multi-Utilities — 0.3%

      

Dominion Resources, Inc., 7.50%, 6/30/66 (a)

             4,400        4,818,000   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.4%

      

Enterprise Products Operating LLC (a):

      

7.00%, 6/01/67

       2,500        2,650,000   

Series A, 8.38%, 8/01/66

       9,325        10,478,969   

TransCanada PipeLines Ltd., 6.35%, 5/15/67 (a)

       9,400        9,794,800   
      

 

 

 
        22,923,769   

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.5%

      

Sovereign Real Estate Investment Trust, 12.00% (b)

             7        9,225,468   

Road & Rail — 0.4%

      

BNSF Funding Trust I, 6.61%, 12/15/55 (a)

             6,125        6,888,983   
Total Capital Trusts17.6%        294,372,953   

 

                
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Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (BTZ)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

 

Preferred Stocks   

    

Shares

    Value  

Banks — 0.8%

    

Wells Fargo & Co., 5.85% (a)

     538,900      $ 13,795,840   

Capital Markets — 0.6%

    

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 5.50% (a)

     162,450        3,892,302   

SCE Trust III, 5.75% (a)

     31,650        819,419   

State Street Corp., Series D, 5.90% (a)

     220,495        5,682,156   
    

 

 

 
        10,393,877   

Consumer Finance — 0.1%

    

Ally Financial, Inc., Series A, 8.50% (a)

     24,509        664,929   

Diversified Financial Services — 0.8%

    

Citigroup, Inc., Series K, 6.88% (a)

     488,320        13,121,158   

Electric Utilities — 0.1%

    

Entergy Louisiana LLC, 5.25%

     90,000        2,160,000   

Insurance — 0.2%

    

The Allstate Corp., Series E, 6.63%

     125,000        3,240,000   

Machinery — 0.1%

    

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., 6.25% (j)

     11,107        1,259,534   

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.2%

    

Ventas Realty LP/Ventas Capital Corp., 5.45%

     75,000        1,785,750   

Vornado Realty Trust, Series K, 5.70%

     50,000        1,212,500   
    

 

 

 
        2,998,250   

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.1%

    

Centaur Funding Corp., Series B Series B, 9.08% (b)

     15,143        18,900,357   
Total Preferred Stocks4.0%        66,533,945   
    
                  
Trust Preferred — 0.6%   

    

Shares

    Value  

Diversified Financial Services — 0.6%

    

GMAC Capital Trust I, Series 2, 8.13%, 2/15/40 (a)

     353,111      $ 9,446,136   
Total Preferred Securities37.4%        370,353,034   
Total Long-Term Investments
(Cost — $2,192,646,852) — 140.7%
        2,349,717,472   
    
                  
Short-Term Securities               

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class, 0.03% (k)(l)

     7,869,910        7,869,910   
Total Short-Term Securities
(Cost — $7,869,910) — 0.5%
        7,869,910   
Options Purchased
(Cost — $14,626,993) — 0.6%
        10,054,991   
Total Investments Before Options Written
(Cost — $2,215,143,755*) — 141.8%
        2,367,642,373   
Options Written
(Premiums Received —
$6,572,417) — (0.2)%
        (2,834,778

Total Investments, Net of Options Written — 141.6%

  

    2,364,807,595   

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets(41.6)%

  

    (695,320,197
    

 

 

 
Net Assets100.0%      $ 1,669,487,398   
    

 

 

 

 

*  As of July 31, 2014, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

      

Tax cost

  

  $ 2,214,639,086   
 

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

  

  $ 166,630,468   

Gross unrealized depreciation

  

    (13,627,181
 

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

  

  $ 153,003,287   
 

 

 

 

 

                
   BLACKROCK CREDIT ALLOCATION INCOME TRUST    JULY 31, 2014    13


Schedule of Investments (continued)    BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (BTZ)

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

(a)   Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.

 

(b)   Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

 

(c)   When-issued security. Unsettled when-issued transactions were as follows:

 

Counterparty   Value        Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Barclays Capital, Inc.

  $ 2,140,650         $ 10,650   

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    2,207,812           (42,188

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    735,029             

Goldman Sachs & Co.

    7,920,836           (41,748

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    1,845,010             

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

    1,910,000           2,000   

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

    1,188,750             

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

    787,112             

 

(d)   All or a portion of security has been pledged as collateral in connection with outstanding reverse repurchase agreements.

 

(e)   Security is perpetual in nature and has no stated maturity date.

 

(f)   Non-income producing security.

 

(g)   Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default of principal and/or interest payments.

 

(h)   Represents a step-up bond that pays an initial coupon rate for the first period and then a higher coupon rate for the following periods. Rate shown is as of report date.

 

(i)   Zero-coupon bond.

 

(j)   Convertible security.

 

(k)   Investments in issuers considered to be an affiliate of the Trust during the period ended July 31, 2014, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliate      Shares Held
at October 31,
2013
      

Net

Activity

       Shares Held
at July 31,
2014
       Income  

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class

       3,999,467           3,870,443           7,869,910         $ 1,952   

 

(l)   Represents the current yield as of report date.

 

Ÿ  

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 the investment advisor. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such industry sub-classifications for reporting ease.

 

Portfolio Abbreviations

 

ARB    Airport Revenue Bonds              
ARC    Auction Rate Certificates              
CLO    Collateralized Loan Obligation              
EUR    Euro              
LIBOR    London Interbank Offered Rate              
OTC    Over-the-Counter              
RB    Revenue Bonds              
USD    U.S. Dollar              

 

 

     
                
14    BLACKROCK CREDIT ALLOCATION INCOME TRUST    JULY 31, 2014   


Schedule of Investments (continued)

   BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (BTZ)

 

 

Ÿ  

Reverse repurchase agreements outstanding as of July 31, 2014 were as follows:

 

Counterparty   Interest
Rate
    Trade
Date
  Maturity
Date1
  Face Value    

Face Value
Including
Accrued

Interest

 

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   1/29/13   Open   $ 14,670,000      $ 14,748,301   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   3/28/13   Open     10,309,437        10,358,651   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     10,825,000        10,876,043   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     7,353,912        7,388,588   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     8,703,625        8,744,665   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     1,143,000        1,148,390   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     7,339,594        7,374,202   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     2,639,763        2,652,210   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     15,710,962        15,785,044   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     6,912,937        6,945,534   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     5,351,063        5,376,294   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     1,252,295        1,258,200   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     7,590,500        7,626,291   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     3,747,562        3,765,233   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     3,633,656        3,650,790   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     860,781        864,840   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     4,077,375        4,096,601   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     8,587,500        8,627,992   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     3,567,375        3,584,196   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     11,181,744        11,234,469   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     2,285,625        2,296,402   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     2,915,000        2,928,745   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     6,173,719        6,202,830   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     20,623,680        20,720,926   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     12,448,144        12,506,840   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     3,007,500        3,021,681   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     5,154,000        5,178,303   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     837,900        841,851   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     872,969        877,085   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     2,880,000        2,893,580   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     3,664,406        3,681,685   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     8,018,569        8,056,379   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     597,400        600,217   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     4,604,531        4,626,243   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     3,695,812        3,713,239   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     476,875        479,124   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     4,197,375        4,217,167   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/02/13   Open     532,125        534,634   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   4/23/13   Open     7,076,875        7,108,868   

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    0.33   5/02/13   Open     5,707,000        5,730,855   

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.35   6/24/13   Open     4,788,764        4,807,527   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   8/23/13   Open     2,055,000        2,061,853   

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    0.33   8/27/13   Open     5,068,000        5,083,749   

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    0.34   9/27/13   Open     13,964,000        14,004,620   

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    0.34   10/16/13   Open     2,822,000        2,829,703   

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    0.34   10/17/13   Open     9,057,000        9,081,635   

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    0.34   10/17/13   Open     10,273,000        10,300,943   

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.35   10/21/13   Open     8,379,000        8,402,054   

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.35   10/21/13   Open     4,856,000        4,869,361   

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.35   10/21/13   Open     2,419,000        2,425,656   

 

                
   BLACKROCK CREDIT ALLOCATION INCOME TRUST    JULY 31, 2014    15


Schedule of Investments (continued)

   BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (BTZ)

 

Reverse repurchase agreements outstanding as of July 31, 2014 were as follows (continued):

 

Counterparty   Interest
Rate
    Trade
Date
  Maturity
Date1
  Face Value    

Face Value
Including
Accrued

Interest

 

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.35   10/21/13   Open   $ 5,066,000      $ 5,079,939   

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.35   10/21/13   Open     2,280,000        2,286,273   

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.35   10/21/13   Open     718,000        719,976   

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.35   10/21/13   Open     4,589,000        4,601,626   

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    0.34   10/22/13   Open     4,274,000        4,285,423   

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    0.34   10/22/13   Open     6,120,000        6,136,357   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   10/22/13   Open     17,741,250        17,789,891   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    0.35   10/22/13   Open     16,593,750        16,639,245   

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    0.34   10/25/13   Open     3,154,000        3,162,341   

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    0.10   10/30/13   Open     3,331,000        3,333,535   

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    0.35   10/31/13   Open     2,876,000        2,883,661   

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    0.35   11/26/13   Open     4,540,000        4,550,946   

UBS Securities LLC

    0.32   2/05/14   Open     956,709        958,214   

UBS Securities LLC

    0.33   2/10/14   Open     6,197,000        6,206,714   

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.35   2/28/14   Open     7,944,000        7,955,894   

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    0.34   3/17/14   Open     9,813,000        9,825,697   

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

    0.34   3/31/14   Open     3,285,000        3,288,816   

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

    0.34   4/01/14   Open     3,234,275        3,238,002   

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    0.12   4/16/14   Open     3,400,000        3,401,073   

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    0.34   4/21/14   Open     10,112,000        10,121,669   

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    0.34   4/21/14   Open     6,386,000        6,392,106   

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    0.35   4/21/14   Open     1,951,000        1,952,920   

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    0.35   4/21/14   Open     4,526,000        4,530,455   

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    0.35   4/21/14   Open     7,912,000        7,919,788   

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    0.35   4/21/14   Open     5,922,000        5,927,829   

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

    0.34   4/30/14   Open     8,085,000        8,092,101   

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

    0.34   4/30/14   Open     4,975,000        4,979,370   

UBS Securities LLC

    0.30   5/8/14   Open     9,646,000        9,652,833   

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    0.34   5/13/14   Open     5,270,000        5,273,932   

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    0.34   5/13/14   Open     2,740,000        2,742,044   

UBS Securities LLC

    (0.50 %)    5/13/14   Open     2,016,000        2,013,788   

UBS Securities LLC

    0.32   5/13/14   Open     8,649,000        8,655,074   

UBS Securities LLC

    0.32   5/13/14   Open     2,182,000        2,183,532   

UBS Securities LLC

    0.32   5/13/14   Open     7,149,000        7,154,020   

UBS Securities LLC

    0.34   5/13/14   Open     1,256,000        1,256,937   

UBS Securities LLC

    0.34   5/13/14   Open     10,604,000        10,611,912   

UBS Securities LLC

    0.34   5/13/14   Open     683,000        683,510   

UBS Securities LLC

    0.34   5/13/14   Open     5,229,000        5,232,901   

UBS Securities LLC

    0.34   5/13/14   Open     4,668,000        4,671,483   

UBS Securities LLC

    0.35   5/13/14   Open     10,880,000        10,888,356   

UBS Securities LLC

    0.35   5/13/14   Open     6,046,000        6,050,644   

UBS Securities LLC

    0.35   5/13/14   Open     1,115,000        1,115,856   

UBS Securities LLC

    0.35   5/13/14   Open     6,061,000        6,065,655   

UBS Securities LLC

    0.35   5/13/14   Open     5,546,000        5,550,260   

UBS Securities LLC

    0.35   5/13/14   Open     3,255,000        3,257,500   

UBS Securities LLC

    0.35   5/13/14   Open     23,285,000        23,302,884   

UBS Securities LLC

    0.35   5/13/14   Open     11,160,000        11,168,572   

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.35   5/14/14   Open     6,234,000        6,240,078   

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.35   5/14/14   Open     1,213,000        1,214,524   

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.35   5/14/14   Open     2,791,000        2,794,628   

 

                
16    BLACKROCK CREDIT ALLOCATION INCOME TRUST    JULY 31, 2014   


Schedule of Investments (continued)

   BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (BTZ)

 

Reverse repurchase agreements outstanding as of July 31, 2014 were as follows (concluded):

 

Counterparty   Interest
Rate
    Trade
Date
  Maturity
Date1
  Face Value     Face Value
Including
Accrued
Interest
 

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.35   5/14/14   Open   $ 11,233,000      $ 11,247,360   

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    0.40   5/27/14   Open     6,792,000        6,796,981   

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

    0.34   5/28/14   Open     6,960,000        6,964,273   

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

    0.34   5/30/14   Open     3,510,000        3,512,088   

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

    0.34   6/13/14   Open     2,539,375        2,540,550   

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    (1.75 %)    6/25/14   Open     1,319,870        1,317,496   

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

    0.34   6/26/14   Open     13,680,000        13,684,651   

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

    0.34   6/30/14   Open     4,664,400        4,665,810   

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

    0.34   6/30/14   Open     3,324,750        3,325,755   

Barclays Capital, Inc.

    0.40   7/01/14   Open     10,010,000        10,013,448   

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    0.34   7/07/14   Open     8,155,000        8,156,848   

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    0.34   7/07/14   Open     12,217,000        12,219,769   

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    0.35   7/07/14   Open     5,672,000        5,673,323   

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    0.10   7/22/14   Open     349,563        349,572   

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

    0.07   7/28/14   Open     1,886,138        1,886,152   

HSBC Securities (USA), Inc.

    0.40   7/31/14   Open     11,957,143        11,957,143   

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.

    0.15   7/31/14   Open     8,833,813        8,833,813   

Total

        $ 701,673,386      $ 703,376,105   
       

 

 

 

1    Certain agreements have no stated maturity and can be terminated by either party at any time.

       

 

Ÿ  

Financial futures contracts outstanding as of July 31, 2014 were as follows:

 

Contracts  
Purchased (Sold)  
    Issue   Exchange   Expiration        Notional Value     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
               191      2-Year U.S. Treasury Note   Chicago Board of Trade   September 2014     $ 41,909,578      $ (53,163
  2,033      5-Year US Treasury Note   Chicago Board of Trade   September 2014       241,593,462        (1,551,650
  162      Ultra Long-Term U.S. Treasury Bond   Chicago Board of Trade   September 2014       24,436,687        170,345   
  (1,505   10-Year U.S. Treasury Note   Chicago Board of Trade   September 2014       187,537,109        914,108   
  (84   Long U.S. Treasury Bond   Chicago Board of Trade   September 2014         11,542,125        (64,001
  Total                $ (584,361
           

 

 

 

 

Ÿ  

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts outstanding as of July 31, 2014 were as follows:

 

Currency
Purchased
      

Currency

Sold

    Counterparty   Settlement
Date
      

Unrealized

Appreciation

 
USD        662,955         EUR        490,000      Citibank N.A.     10/21/14         $ 6,648   

 

                
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Schedule of Investments (continued)

   BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (BTZ)

 

 

Ÿ  

Exchange-traded options purchased as of July 31, 2014 were as follows:

 

Description   

Put/

Call

    

Strike

Price

       Expiration
Date
     Contracts        Market
Value
 

S&P 500 Index

   Put        USD    1,840.00         8/16/14        450         $ 254,250   

Eurodollar 2-Year Mid-Curve Option

   Put        USD         98.75         12/12/14        9,000           2,306,250   

Total

  

     $ 2,560,500   
                      

 

 

 

 

Ÿ  

OTC interest rate swaptions purchased as of July 31, 2014 were as follows:

 

Description    Counterparty    Put/
Call
     Exercise
Rate
     Pay/Receive
Exercise Rate
  

Floating Rate

Index

     Expiration
Date
    

Notional
Amount

(000)

       Market
Value
 

30-Year Interest Rate Swap

   Barclays Bank PLC      Call         3.05    Receive    3-month LIBOR      10/03/14        USD        8,300         $ 31,530   

30-Year Interest Rate Swap

   Citibank N.A.      Call         3.30    Receive    3-month LIBOR      5/22/17        USD      19,200           1,180,461   

30-Year Interest Rate Swap

   Deutsche Bank AG      Call         3.20    Receive    3-month LIBOR      7/31/17        USD        8,800           483,120   

30-Year Interest Rate Swap

   Deutsche Bank AG      Call         3.20    Receive    3-month LIBOR      7/31/17        USD        8,800           487,520   

10-Year Interest Rate Swap

   Barclays Bank PLC.      Put         3.30    Pay    3-month LIBOR      8/22/14        USD    230,000           807   

30-Year Interest Rate Swap

   Citibank N.A.      Put         4.30    Pay    3-month LIBOR      5/22/17        USD      19,200           846,694   

30-Year Interest Rate Swap

   Deutsche Bank AG      Put         4.20    Pay    3-month LIBOR      7/31/17        USD        8,800           483,120   

30-Year Interest Rate Swap

   Deutsche Bank AG      Put         4.20    Pay    3-month LIBOR      7/31/17        USD        8,800           487,520   

5-Year Interest Rate Swap

   JPMorgan Chase N.A.      Put         4.50    Pay    3-month LIBOR      8/07/18        USD    203,300           3,493,719   

Total

  

     $ 7,494,491   
                             

 

 

 

 

Ÿ  

Exchange-traded options written as of July 31, 2014 were as follows:

 

Description   

Put/

Call

    

Strike

Price

       Expiration
Date
     Contracts        Market
Value
 

S&P 500 Index

   Put        USD    1,650.00         8/16/14        450         $ (39,375

 

                
18    BLACKROCK CREDIT ALLOCATION INCOME TRUST    JULY 31, 2014   


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (BTZ)

 

 

Ÿ  

OTC interest rate swaptions written as of July 31, 2014 were as follows:

 

Description    Counterparty     

Put/

Call

    

Exercise

Rate

    

Pay/Receive

Exercise Rate

    

Floating Rate

Index

    

Expiration

Date

    

Notional

Amount

(000)

      

Market

Value

 

5-Year Interest Rate Swap

   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.      Put        6.00    Receive      3-month LIBOR      8/07/18        USD    406,600         $ (2,795,403

 

Ÿ  

Centrally cleared interest rate swaps outstanding as of July 31, 2014 were as follows:

 

Fixed

Rate

 

Floating

Rate

  Clearinghouse  

Effective

Date

 

Expiration

Date

   

Notional

Amount

(000)

    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
1.45%1   3-month LIBOR   Chicago Mercantile   N/A     10/28/18        USD      13,800      $ 122,597   
1.50%1   3-month LIBOR   Chicago Mercantile   10/03/142     11/30/18        USD      15,500        159,090   
1.66%1   3-month LIBOR   Chicago Mercantile   10/03/142     11/30/18        USD      43,100        171,839   
1.78%1   3-month LIBOR   Chicago Mercantile   N/A     1/17/19        USD      22,900        (49,093
2.21%1   3-month LIBOR   Clearnet U.S.A.   N/A     10/18/20        USD      65,000        (149,605
2.79%1   3-month LIBOR   Chicago Mercantile   N/A     10/11/23        USD      68,000        (1,050,751
2.79%1   3-month LIBOR   Chicago Mercantile   N/A     11/18/23        USD      10,600        (154,018
3.03%1   3-month LIBOR   Chicago Mercantile   N/A     1/08/24        USD      10,900        (371,992
3.71%1   3-month LIBOR   Chicago Mercantile   N/A     10/18/43        USD      20,000        (1,684,239

Total

  

  $ (3,006,172
           

 

 

 

1   Trust pays the fixed rate and receives the floating rate.

      

   

2   Forward swap.

      

   

 

Ÿ  

OTC credit default swaps – buy protection outstanding as of July 31, 2014 were as follows:

 

Issuer   Pay Fixed Rate     Counterparty  

Expiration

Date

   

Notional

Amount

(000)

   

Market

Value

   

Premiums

Paid

(Received)

   

Unrealized

Depreciation

 

Southwest Airlines Co.

    1.00   Goldman Sachs Bank USA     12/20/16        USD      2,535      $ (43,482   $ 57,794      $ (101,276

Southwest Airlines Co.

    1.00   Goldman Sachs International     12/20/16        USD      1,465        (25,236     33,400        (58,636

Southwest Airlines Co.

    1.00   Royal Bank of Scotland PLC     12/20/16        USD      4,000        (72,348     99,182        (171,530

Staples, Inc.

    1.00   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     3/20/17        USD      1,030        (4,624     1,329        (5,953

Staples, Inc.

    1.00   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     3/20/17        USD      1,470        (6,599            (6,599

STMicro Electronics

    1.00   Barclays Bank PLC     6/20/17        EUR      1,500        (33,033     35,757        (68,790

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    1.00   Credit Suisse International     9/20/17        USD      5,585        (154,047     (30,356     (123,691

General Dynamic Corp.

    1.00   Credit Suisse International     9/20/17        USD      5,585        (154,083     (87,241     (66,842

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    1.00   Credit Suisse International     9/20/17        USD      4,715        (129,575     (67,757     (61,818

Raytheon Co.

    1.00   Credit Suisse International     9/20/17        USD      4,715        (128,073     (72,176     (55,897

 

                
   BLACKROCK CREDIT ALLOCATION INCOME TRUST    JULY 31, 2014    19


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (BTZ)

 

OTC credit default swaps – buy protection outstanding as of July 31, 2014 were as follows (concluded):

 

Issuer   Pay Fixed Rate     Counterparty  

Expiration

Date

   

Notional

Amount

(000)

   

Market

Value

   

Premiums

Paid

(Received)

   

Unrealized

Depreciation

 

Cigna Corp.

    1.00   Goldman Sachs Bank USA.     9/20/17        USD      4,500      $ (110,221   $ (6,772   $ (103,449

Humana, Inc.

    1.00   Goldman Sachs Bank USA     9/20/17        USD      4,500        (103,280     46,606        (149,886

Humana, Inc.

    1.00   Goldman Sachs International     9/20/17        USD      2,800        (64,264     28,999        (93,263

Cigna Corp.

    1.00   Goldman Sachs International     9/20/17        USD      2,800        (68,582     (4,214     (64,368

Hewlett-Packard Co.

    1.00   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     12/20/18        USD      6,000        (102,536     157,777        (260,313

YUMI Brands, Inc.

    1.00   Deutsche Bank AG     3/20/19        USD    20,000        (508,809     (346,928     (161,881

Citigroup, Inc.

    1.00   Deutsche Bank AG     3/20/19        USD    16,700        (274,166     (66,155     (208,011

Hewlett-Packard Co.

    1.00   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     3/20/19        USD      4,000        (61,425     43,263        (104,688

Kohl’s Corp.

    1.00   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     6/20/19        USD      5,345        53,799        104,656        (50,857

Total

  

  $ (1,990,584   $ (72,836   $ (1,917,748
         

 

 

 

 

Ÿ  

OTC credit default swaps – sold protection outstanding as of July 31, 2014 were as follows:

 

Issuer  

Receive

Fixed Rate

    Counterparty  

Expiration

Date

 

Credit

Rating1

 

Notional

Amount

(000)2

   

Market

Value

   

Premiums

Paid

(Received)

   

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

    1.00   Credit Suisse International   6/20/17   BBB-     USD      2,425      $ 51,576      $ (70,166   $ 121,742   

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

    1.00   Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC   6/20/17   BBB-     USD           10        212        (320     532   

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

    1.00   UBS AG   6/20/17   BBB-     USD         994        21,140        (31,283     52,423   

Comcast Corp.

    1.00   Credit Suisse International   9/20/17   A-     USD    12,200        312,750        33,049        279,701   

United Health Group, Inc.

    1.00   Goldman Sachs Bank USA   9/20/17   A     USD      4,500        112,152        (6,744     118,896   

United Health Group, Inc.

    1.00   Goldman Sachs International   9/20/17   A     USD      2,800        69,783        (4,196     73,979   

WellPoint, Inc.

    1.00   Goldman Sachs & Co.   9/20/17   A-     USD      4,500        105,099        (26,802     131,901   

WellPoint, Inc.

    1.00   Goldman Sachs International   9/20/17   A-     USD      2,800        65,395        (16,677     82,072   

MetLife, Inc.

    1.00   Deutsche Bank AG   3/20/18   A-     USD      3,025        64,298        (89,317     153,615   

PSEG Power LLC

    1.00   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.   9/20/18   BBB+     USD      5,850        67,773        (45,424     113,197   

PSEG Power LLC

    1.00   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.   9/20/18   BBB+     USD      4,300        49,816        (21,778     71,594   

PSEG Power LLC

    1.00   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.   9/20/18   BBB+     USD      2,750        31,859        (5,345     37,204   

Staples, Inc.

    1.00   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.   3/20/19   BBB     USD      1,030        (45,485     (57,753     12,268   

 

                
20    BLACKROCK CREDIT ALLOCATION INCOME TRUST    JULY 31, 2014   


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (BTZ)

 

OTC credit default swaps – sold protection outstanding as of July 31, 2014 were as follows (concluded):

 

Issuer  

Receive

Fixed Rate

    Counterparty  

Expiration

Date

 

Credit

Rating1

  Notional
Amount
(000)2
    Market
Value
    Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Bank of America Corp.

    1.00   Deutsche Bank AG   3/20/19   A-     USD    16,700      $ 249,110      $ 117,955      $ 131,155   

Staples, Inc.

    1.00   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.   3/20/19   BBB     USD      1,470        (64,916     (79,578     14,662   

Valero Energy Corp.

    1.00   Barclays Bank PLC   9/20/19   BBB     USD      2,997        12,134        14,534        (2,400

Valero Energy Corp.

    1.00   Barclays Bank PLC   9/20/19   BBB     USD         205        830        994        (164

Valero Energy Corp.

    1.00   Barclays Bank PLC.   9/20/19   BBB     USD      8,177        33,112        35,636        (2,524

Total

  

  $ 1,136,638      $ (253,215   $ 1,389,853   
           

 

 

 

 

1   Using Standard &Poor’s rating of the issuer.

      

2   The maximum potential amount the Trust may pay should a negative credit event take place as defined under the terms of the agreement.

      

 

Ÿ  

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

  Ÿ  

Level 1 — unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the Trust has the ability to access

 

  Ÿ  

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)

 

  Ÿ  

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 and derivative financial instruments)

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. In accordance with the Trust’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. The categorization of a value determined for investments and derivative financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and derivative financial instrument and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Trust’s policy regarding valuation of investments and derivative financial instruments, please refer to the Trust’s most recent financial statements as contained in its semi-annual report.

 

                
   BLACKROCK CREDIT ALLOCATION INCOME TRUST    JULY 31, 2014    21


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (BTZ)

 

The following tables summarize the Trust’s investments and derivative financial instruments categorized in the disclosure hierarchy as of July 31, 2014:

 

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets:

                
Investments:                 
Long-Term Investments:                 

Asset-Backed Securities

            $ 36,576,785         $ 18,792,449         $ 55,369,234   

Corporate Bonds

              1,856,688,969           21,675,206           1,878,364,175   

Foreign Agency Obligations

              12,062,750                     12,062,750   

Municipal Bonds

              18,158,800                     18,158,800   

U.S. Government Sponsored Agency Securities

              3,462,314                     3,462,314   

U.S. Treasury Obligations

              11,947,165                     11,947,165   

Preferred Securities

  $ 57,079,724           313,273,310                     370,353,034   

Short-Term Securities

    7,869,910                               7,869,910   

Options Purchased:

                

Equity contracts

    2,560,500                               2,560,500   

Interest rate contracts

              7,494,491                     7,494,491   
 

 

 

 

Total

  $ 67,510,134         $ 2,259,664,584         $ 40,467,655         $ 2,367,642,373   
 

 

 

 
                
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  
Derivative Financial Instruments1                 

Assets:

                

Credit contracts

            $ 1,394,941                   $ 1,394,941   

Foreign currency exchange contracts

              6,648                     6,648   

Interest rate contracts

  $ 1,084,453           453,526                     1,537,979   

Liabilities:

                

Credit contracts

              (1,922,836                  (1,922,836

Equity contracts

    (39,375                            (39,375

Interest rate contracts

    (1,668,814        (6,255,101                  (7,923,915
 

 

 

 

Total

  $ (623,736      $ (6,322,822                $ (6,946,558
 

 

 

 

1   Derivative financial instruments are swaps, financial futures contracts, forward foreign currency exchange contracts and options written. Swaps, financial futures contracts and forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument and options written are shown at value.

       

 

                
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Schedule of Investments (concluded)

  

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (BTZ)

 

The Trust may hold assets and/or liabilities in which the fair value approximates the carrying amount for financial reporting purposes. As of July 31, 2014, such assets and/or liabilities are categorized within the disclosure hierarchy as follows:

 

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3      Total  

Assets:

                

Cash pledged for financial futures contracts

  $ 940                        $ 940   

Cash pledged for centrally cleared swaps

    6,955,000                          6,955,000   

Cash pledged as collateral for OTC derivatives

    600,000                          600,000   

Foreign currency at value

    1,234                          1,234   

Liabilities:

                

Bank overdraft

            $ (965,767             (965,767

Cash received as collateral for OTC derivatives

              (2,910,000             (2,910,000

Reverse repurchase agreements

              (703,376,105             (703,376,105
 

 

 

 

Total

  $ 7,557,174         $ (707,251,872      $—      $ (699,694,698
 

 

 

 

There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the period ended July 31, 2014.

A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented when the Trust had a significant amount of Level 3 investments at the beginning and/or end of the period in relation to net assets. The following table is a reconciliation of Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used in determining fair value:

 

    

Asset-Backed

Securities

      

Corporate

Bonds

       Total  

Assets:

           

Opening Balance, as of October 31, 2013

  $ 8,505,000         $ 16,746,250         $ 25,251,250   

Transfers into Level 3

                          

Transfers out of Level 3

    (8,505,000                  (8,505,000

Accrued discounts/premiums

    1,532                     1,532   

Net realized gain (loss)

                          

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation1

    468           511,993           512,461   

Purchases

    18,790,449           4,416,963           23,207,412   

Sales

                          
 

 

 

 

Closing Balance, as of July 31, 2014

  $ 18,792,449         $ 21,675,206         $ 40,467,655   
 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments still held at July 31, 20141

  $ 468         $ 511,993         $ 512,461   
 

 

 

 

 

1   Any difference between Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation and Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments still held at July 31, 2014 is generally due to investments no longer held or categorized as Level 3 at period end.

       

The Trust’s investments that are categorized as Level 3 were valued utilizing third party pricing information without adjustment. Such valuations are based on unobservable inputs. A significant change in third party information could result in a significantly lower or higher value of such Level 3 investments.

 

                
   BLACKROCK CREDIT ALLOCATION INCOME TRUST    JULY 31, 2014    23


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 13a-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 Credit Allocation Income Trust
  By:      

/s/ John M. Perlowski

 
    John M. Perlowski  
    Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
    BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust
  Date: September 25, 2014
  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/ John M. Perlowski

 
    John M. Perlowski  
    Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
    BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust
  Date: September 25, 2014
  By:  

/s/ Neal J. Andrews

 
    Neal J. Andrews  
    Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of
    BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust
  Date: September 25, 2014