BlackRock Science & Technology Trust: insider trades · United States · SEC (Form 4)

About BlackRock Science & Technology Trust

BlackRock Science & Technology Trust (BST) is a listed closed-end fund managed by BlackRock, one of the world’s largest asset managers. The vehicle is listed in the United States on the NYSE/NASDAQ market, giving investors a liquid, exchange-traded way to access a diversified technology theme with an income component. BST’s stated objective is to deliver total return and income, primarily through long-term capital appreciation. According to BlackRock’s fund materials, the trust normally invests at least 80% of total assets in equity securities issued by U.S. and non-U.S. science and technology companies. ([blackrock.com](https://www.blackrock.com/us/individual/products/270141/blackrock-science-and-technology-trust-bst?utm_source=openai)) BST sits within BlackRock’s broader platform, and BlackRock itself was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in New York, United States. That matters for investors because the trust benefits from BlackRock’s global research, portfolio construction, trading infrastructure, and large technology-equity platform. The fund is led by Tony Kim, who heads BlackRock’s Global Technology Team within Fundamental Equities and also serves as lead manager on related technology strategies. That linkage gives BST a clear institutional backing and a differentiated research process versus many smaller closed-end or niche technology products. ([blackrock.com](https://www.blackrock.com/us/individual/products/270141/blackrock-science-and-technology-trust-fund?utm_source=openai)) From a business-model perspective, BST is not an operating company but an investment trust designed to monetize the technology theme. Its portfolio focus is on companies tied to digital transformation, software, semiconductors, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and other science-and-technology growth engines. The fund may also hold cyclical technology names that can support current income, and BlackRock’s recent fund materials note the use of an option-overwriting program on part of the underlying equity portfolio. For investors, that typically means a more income-oriented return profile than a plain-vanilla growth fund, while still retaining substantial equity market risk. ([blackrock.com](https://www.blackrock.com/us/individual/products/270141/blackrock-science-and-technology-trust-bst?utm_source=openai)) Competitively, BST is positioned as a “tech growth plus income” vehicle rather than a passive Nasdaq tracker. That makes it attractive to investors who want exposure to technology leaders but also want a distribution stream and active portfolio oversight. The trade-off is that performance can remain highly sensitive to valuation multiples, interest-rate moves, and shifts between growth and value styles. In practice, the premium/discount to NAV is an important valuation metric for closed-end funds like BST, because market price can diverge materially from underlying net asset value. ([blackrock.com](https://www.blackrock.com/us/individual/products/270141/blackrock-science-and-technology-trust-bst?utm_source=openai)) Recent fund disclosures point to continued emphasis on leading AI and cloud beneficiaries in the portfolio, highlighting BST’s alignment with current market leadership in technology. BlackRock’s most recent published fund pages also show ongoing monthly/regular distribution activity and updated NAV and market-price data, underscoring the trust’s role as a listed income-oriented technology product. For international investors, BST offers a professionally managed U.S.-listed entry point into global technology exposure, backed by BlackRock’s scale and research franchise in the United States. ([blackrock.com](https://www.blackrock.com/us/individual/literature/semi-annual-report/sar-retail-closed-end-equity-06-30.pdf?utm_source=openai))