Blackrock Multi-Sector Income Trust

08/08/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/08/2025 16:02

Registration Statement by Closed-End Investment Company (Form N-2MEF)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 8, 2025
Securities Act File No. 333-   
Investment Company Act File
No. 811-22774
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM
N-2
Registration Statement
under
the Securities Act of 1933
☒
Pre-Effective
Amendment No.
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Post-Effective Amendment No.
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and/or
Registration Statement
under
the Investment Company Act of 1940
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Amendment No. 13
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BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified In Charter)
100 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, Delaware 19809
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (800)
882-0052
John M. Perlowski, President
BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust
50 Hudson Yards
New York, New York 10001
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
Copies of information to:
Margery K. Neale, Esq.
Elliot J. Gluck, Esq.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Approximate Date of Commencement of Proposed Public Offering:
As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box ☐
If any securities being registered on this Form will be offered on a delayed or continuous basis in reliance on Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act"), other than securities offered in connection with a dividend reinvestment plan, check the following box ☒
If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction A.2 or a post-effective amendment thereto, check the following box ☐
If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction B or a post-effective amendment thereto that will become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box ☐
If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction B to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box ☐
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
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when declared effective pursuant to Section 8(c) of the Securities Act
If appropriate, check the following box:
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This [post-effective] amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed [post-effective amendment] [registration statement].
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This Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering is:
333-285442.
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This Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, and the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering is: ______.
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This Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, and the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering is: ______.
Check each box that appropriately characterizes the Registrant:
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Registered
Closed-End
Fund
(closed-end
company that is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Investment Company Act")).
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Business Development Company
(closed-end
company that intends or has elected to be regulated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act).
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Interval Fund (Registered
Closed-End
Fund or a Business Development Company that makes periodic repurchase offers under Rule
23c-3
under the Investment Company Act).
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A.2 Qualified (qualified to register securities pursuant to General Instruction A.2 of this Form).
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Well-Known Seasoned Issuer (as defined by Rule 405 under the Securities Act).
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Emerging Growth Company (as defined by Rule
12b-2
under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934).
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If an Emerging Growth Company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
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New Registrant (registered or regulated under the Investment Company Act for less than 12 calendar months preceding this filing).
THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE UPON FILING WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 462(b) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED.
Explanatory Note
This Registration Statement is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, by BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust (the "Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission in order to register additional common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.001 per share, of the Registrant, and hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the contents of the Registration Statement on Form
N-2
(File No. 333-285442), including the preliminary prospectus and Part C included therein, and the exhibits thereto, initially filed on February 28, 2025 and declared effective on June 2, 2025, as amended by
pre-effective
amendments thereto.
The required opinions and consents are listed on the Exhibit Index attached to and filed with this Registration Statement.
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Trust has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, and the State of New York, on the 8th day of August, 2025.

BLACKROCK MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST
By: /s/ John M. Perlowski
John M. Perlowski
President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated and on the 8th day of August, 2025.

Signature

Title

/s/ John M. Perlowski

(John M. Perlowski)

Trustee, President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Trent Walker

(Trent Walker)

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

CYNTHIA L. EGAN*

(Cynthia L. Egan)

Trustee

LORENZO A. FLORES*

(Lorenzo A. Flores)

Trustee

STAYCE D. HARRIS*

(Stayce D. Harris)

Trustee

J. PHILLIP HOLLOMAN*

(J. Phillip Holloman)

Trustee

R. GLENN HUBBARD*

(R. Glenn Hubbard)

Trustee

W. CARL KESTER*

(W. Carl Kester)

Trustee

CATHERINE A. LYNCH*

(Catherine A. Lynch)

Trustee

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ARTHUR P. STEINMETZ*

(Arthur P. Steinmetz)

Trustee

ROBERT FAIRBAIRN*

(Robert Fairbairn)

Trustee

*By: /s/ Janey Ahn

(Janey Ahn, Attorney-In-Fact)

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit

Number

Description

(l)* Opinion and Consent of Counsel
(n)* Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Consent
(s)* Calculation of Filing Fee Tables
(t)** Power of Attorney
*

Filed herewith

**

Previously filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form N-2of BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (File No. 333-284646)as filed with the Commission on January 31, 2025.

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