This Amendment No. 2 (this “Final Amendment”) relates to the Issuer Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO originally filed on July 18, 2024, as amended and supplemented by Amendment No. 1 to the Issuer Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO filed on August 19, 2024 (together, the “Schedule TO”), by BlackRock Enhanced International Dividend Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Fund”), pursuant to Rule 13e-4 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), in connection with an offer by the Fund (the “Offer”) to repurchase 2.5% of its issued and outstanding common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), in exchange for cash at a price equal to 98% of the net asset value (“NAV”) per Share determined as of the close of the regular trading session of the New York Stock Exchange, the principal market on which the Shares are traded, on the next day the NAV is calculated after the Offer expires, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated July 18, 2024 (the “Offer to Purchase”), and in the related Letter of Transmittal, copies of which were previously filed as Exhibits (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii), respectively, to the Schedule TO.
This is the Final Amendment to the Schedule TO and is being filed to report the results of the Offer and to update Item 12 of the Schedule TO to include a press release announcing the final results of the Offer. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit (a)(5)(iii). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Offer to Purchase or the Schedule TO.
The following information is furnished to satisfy the requirements of Rule 13e-4(c)(4) under the Exchange Act:
1. The Offer expired at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, on August 19, 2024.
2. The Offer was oversubscribed. Therefore, in accordance with the terms of the Offer, the Fund will repurchase Shares from all tendering shareholders on a pro rata basis, after disregarding fractions, based on the number of Shares properly tendered. 33,752,225 Shares of the Fund were validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to the expiration of the Offer, and 2,506,796 of those Shares were accepted for repurchase by the Fund in accordance with the terms of the Offer.
3. The Shares will be repurchased at a price of $6.3014, which is equal to 98% of the Fund’s NAV per Share as of August 20, 2024.
Except as specifically provided herein, the information contained in the Schedule TO, the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal remains unchanged and this Final Amendment does not modify any of the information previously reported in the Schedule TO, the Offer to Purchase or the Letter of Transmittal.
Item 1 through Item 9 and Item 11
The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal is incorporated by reference into this Final Amendment in answer to Item 1 through Item 9 and Item 11 of the Schedule TO.
Item 10. | Financial Statements |
(a) The audited annual financial statements of the Fund dated December 31, 2023 and the schedule of investments of the Fund dated December 31, 2023, both filed with the SEC on EDGAR on Form N-CSR on March 6, 2024, are incorporated by reference. The unaudited semi-annual financial statements of the Fund dated June 30, 2023 and the schedule of investments of the Fund dated June 30, 2023, both filed with the SEC on EDGAR on Form N-CSRS on September 1, 2023, are incorporated by reference.
(b) Not applicable.
Item 12(a) of the Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented to add the following exhibit:
(a)(5)(iii) Press release issued on August 20, 2024 is filed herewith.
Filing Fee Exhibit is filed herewith.
Item 13. | Information Required By Schedule 13E-3 |
Not applicable.