SUB-PLACEMENT AGENT AGREEMENT BlackRock Investments, LLCSub-Placement Agent Agreement • January 13th, 2023 • Blackrock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc.
From time to time BlackRock Investments, LLC (the “Distributor,” “we” or “us”) will act as manager of registered at-the-market offerings by BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Fund”), of up to 16,000,000 shares (the “Shares”) of common stock, par value $0.10 per share, of the Fund (the “Common Shares”). In the case of such offerings, the Fund has agreed with the Distributor to issue and sell through or to the Distributor, as sales agent and/or principal, the Shares (the “Distribution Agreement”).
NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITIES LENDING AGENCY AGREEMENTSecurities Lending Agency Agreement • January 13th, 2023 • Blackrock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. • New York
This Ninth Amended and Restated Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2023, between each investment company, severally and not jointly, identified on Schedule A, as such schedule may be amended from time to time (each a “Client”), acting on behalf of itself or the funds listed on Schedule A hereto and any future series of a Client (each, a “Fund”), by and through BlackRock Advisors, LLC (“BlackRock”), not in its individual capacity but as agent and investment advisor, and BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (the “Lending Agent”), a Delaware limited liability company.
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENTDistribution Agreement • January 13th, 2023 • Blackrock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. • New York
This DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made as of January 13, 2023 by and between BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Fund”), and BlackRock Investments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Distributor”).
