NSAR-B 1 answer.fil PAGE 1 000 B000000 08/31/2017 000 C000000 0001259708 000 D000000 N 000 E000000 NF 000 F000000 Y 000 G000000 N 000 H000000 N 000 I000000 6.1 000 J000000 A 001 A000000 BR FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND, INC. 001 B000000 811-21413 001 C000000 8004417762 002 A000000 100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY 002 B000000 WILMINGTON 002 C000000 DE 002 D010000 19809 003 000000 N 004 000000 N 005 000000 N 006 000000 N 007 A000000 N 007 B000000 0 007 C010100 1 008 A000001 BLACKROCK ADVISORS, LLC 008 B000001 A 008 C000001 801-47710 008 D010001 WILMINGTON 008 D020001 DE 008 D030001 19809 011 A000001 BLACKROCK INVESTMENTS LLC 011 B000001 8-48436 011 C010001 New York 011 C020001 NY 011 C030001 10022 012 A000001 COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A. 012 B000001 85-11340 012 C010001 CANTON 012 C020001 MA 012 C030001 02021 013 A000001 DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP 013 B010001 BOSTON 013 B020001 MA 013 B030001 02116 014 A000001 BLACKROCK EXECUTION SERVICES 014 B000001 8-48719 014 A000002 BLACKROCK INVESTMENTS, LLC 014 B000002 8-48436 014 A000003 HARRIS WILLIAMS LLC 014 B000003 8-53380 014 A000004 PNC CAPITAL MARKETS, INC. 014 B000004 8-32493 PAGE 2 014 A000005 PNC INVESTMENTS LLC 014 B000005 8-66195 014 A000006 SOLEBURY CAPITAL, LLC 014 B000006 8-67548 015 A000001 STATE STREET BANK & TRUST COMPANY 015 B000001 C 015 C010001 BOSTON 015 C020001 MA 015 C030001 02111 015 E010001 X 015 A000002 STATE STREET BANK LONDON - CREST 015 B000002 S 015 C010002 LONDON 015 D010002 UNITED KINGDOM 015 E040002 X 015 A000003 CLEARSTREAM BANKING SA 015 B000003 S 015 C010003 LUXEMBOURG 015 D010003 LUXEMBOURG 015 E040003 X 015 A000004 CREDIT SUISSE ZURICH 015 B000004 S 015 C010004 ZURICH 015 D010004 SWITZERLAND 015 D020004 8070 015 E040004 X 015 A000005 STATE STREET TR CO CDA RBCPHYS 015 B000005 S 015 C010005 CANADA 015 D010005 CANADA 015 E040005 X 015 A000006 STATE STREET TRUST CO CDA CDSX 015 B000006 S 015 C010006 TORONTO 015 D010006 CANADA 015 E040006 X 015 A000007 STATE STREET BANK LONDON - PHYSICAL 015 B000007 S 015 C010007 LONDON 015 D010007 UNITED KINGDOM 015 E040007 X 018 000000 Y 019 A000000 Y 019 B000000 274 019 C000000 BLKRKADVSR 020 A000001 BANK OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC. 020 B000001 56-2058405 020 C000001 2 020 A000002 GOLDMAN SACHS & CO 020 B000002 13-5108880 020 C000002 1 PAGE 3 021 000000 3 022 A000001 BLK LIQUIDITY FUNDS, T-FUND, INST. CLASS 022 B000001 52-0983343 022 C000001 277257 022 D000001 273438 022 A000002 BANK OF AMERICA CORP 022 B000002 56-0906609 022 C000002 94561 022 D000002 30959 022 A000003 JPMORGAN SECURITIES INC 022 B000003 13-3299429 022 C000003 65053 022 D000003 21923 022 A000004 GOLDMAN, SACHS + CO 022 B000004 13-5108880 022 C000004 57250 022 D000004 24392 022 A000005 MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED 022 B000005 13-2655998 022 C000005 53558 022 D000005 22164 022 A000006 CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC 022 B000006 13-5659485 022 C000006 48787 022 D000006 21308 022 A000007 CITIBANK N.A. 022 B000007 13-5266470 022 C000007 41310 022 D000007 24510 022 A000008 DEUTSCHE BANK AG 022 B000008 13-2730828 022 C000008 36991 022 D000008 26044 022 A000009 BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC 022 B000009 13-3297824 022 C000009 37823 022 D000009 18845 022 A000010 JEFFERIES & COMPANY INC 022 B000010 95-2622900 022 C000010 23467 022 D000010 6939 023 C000000 817545 023 D000000 501821 024 000000 N 025 D000001 0 025 D000002 0 026 A000000 N 026 B000000 N 026 C000000 N 026 D000000 Y 026 E000000 N PAGE 4 026 F000000 N 026 G010000 N 026 G020000 N 026 H000000 N 027 000000 N 028 A010000 0 028 A020000 0 028 A030000 0 028 A040000 0 028 B010000 0 028 B020000 0 028 B030000 0 028 B040000 0 028 C010000 0 028 C020000 0 028 C030000 0 028 C040000 0 028 D010000 0 028 D020000 0 028 D030000 0 028 D040000 0 028 E010000 0 028 E020000 0 028 E030000 0 028 E040000 0 028 F010000 0 028 F020000 0 028 F030000 0 028 F040000 0 028 G010000 0 028 G020000 0 028 G030000 0 028 G040000 0 028 H000000 0 030 A000000 0 030 B000000 0.00 030 C000000 0.00 031 A000000 0 031 B000000 0 032 000000 0 033 000000 0 035 000000 0 036 B000000 0 038 000000 0 042 A000000 0 042 B000000 0 042 C000000 0 042 D000000 0 042 E000000 0 042 F000000 0 042 G000000 0 PAGE 5 042 H000000 0 043 000000 0 044 000000 0 045 000000 Y 046 000000 N 047 000000 Y 048 000000 0.750 048 A010000 0 048 A020000 0.000 048 B010000 0 048 B020000 0.000 048 C010000 0 048 C020000 0.000 048 D010000 0 048 D020000 0.000 048 E010000 0 048 E020000 0.000 048 F010000 0 048 F020000 0.000 048 G010000 0 048 G020000 0.000 048 H010000 0 048 H020000 0.000 048 I010000 0 048 I020000 0.000 048 J010000 0 048 J020000 0.000 048 K010000 0 048 K020000 0.000 049 000000 N 050 000000 N 051 000000 N 052 000000 N 053 A000000 Y 053 B000000 Y 053 C000000 N 054 A000000 Y 054 B000000 Y 054 C000000 N 054 D000000 N 054 E000000 N 054 F000000 N 054 G000000 N 054 H000000 Y 054 I000000 N 054 J000000 Y 054 K000000 N 054 L000000 N 054 M000000 Y 054 N000000 N 055 A000000 Y PAGE 6 055 B000000 Y 056 000000 Y 057 000000 N 058 A000000 N 059 000000 Y 060 A000000 Y 060 B000000 Y 061 000000 0 062 A000000 Y 062 B000000 0.0 062 C000000 0.0 062 D000000 0.0 062 E000000 0.0 062 F000000 0.0 062 G000000 0.0 062 H000000 0.0 062 I000000 0.0 062 J000000 0.0 062 K000000 0.0 062 L000000 0.7 062 M000000 0.0 062 N000000 0.0 062 O000000 0.0 062 P000000 7.9 062 Q000000 138.2 062 R000000 0.1 063 A000000 0 063 B000000 5.5 064 A000000 N 064 B000000 Y 065 000000 N 066 A000000 N 067 000000 N 068 A000000 N 068 B000000 N 069 000000 N 070 A010000 Y 070 A020000 N 070 B010000 Y 070 B020000 N 070 C010000 Y 070 C020000 N 070 D010000 N 070 D020000 N 070 E010000 Y 070 E020000 Y 070 F010000 N 070 F020000 N 070 G010000 Y 070 G020000 N 070 H010000 N PAGE 7 070 H020000 N 070 I010000 Y 070 I020000 N 070 J010000 Y 070 J020000 N 070 K010000 Y 070 K020000 Y 070 L010000 Y 070 L020000 Y 070 M010000 Y 070 M020000 Y 070 N010000 Y 070 N020000 N 070 O010000 Y 070 O020000 Y 070 P010000 Y 070 P020000 N 070 Q010000 N 070 Q020000 N 070 R010000 Y 070 R020000 N 071 A000000 527283 071 B000000 533373 071 C000000 820011 071 D000000 64 072 A000000 12 072 B000000 37527 072 C000000 192 072 D000000 0 072 E000000 999 072 F000000 5874 072 G000000 103 072 H000000 0 072 I000000 65 072 J000000 232 072 K000000 0 072 L000000 27 072 M000000 58 072 N000000 15 072 O000000 0 072 P000000 3682 072 Q000000 0 072 R000000 91 072 S000000 96 072 T000000 0 072 U000000 0 072 V000000 0 072 W000000 207 072 X000000 10450 072 Y000000 5 072 Z000000 28273 PAGE 8 072AA000000 3660 072BB000000 0 072CC010000 4076 072CC020000 0 072DD010000 30307 072DD020000 0 072EE000000 0 073 A010000 0.8100 073 A020000 0.0000 073 B000000 0.0000 073 C000000 0.0000 074 A000000 5146 074 B000000 0 074 C000000 0 074 D000000 812348 074 E000000 0 074 F000000 560 074 G000000 0 074 H000000 0 074 I000000 3915 074 J000000 9573 074 K000000 2 074 L000000 2791 074 M000000 41 074 N000000 834376 074 O000000 40083 074 P000000 500 074 Q000000 237000 074 R010000 0 074 R020000 0 074 R030000 0 074 R040000 821 074 S000000 0 074 T000000 555972 074 U010000 37232 074 U020000 0 074 V010000 14.93 074 V020000 0.00 074 W000000 0.0000 074 X000000 21207 074 Y000000 1717 075 A000000 0 075 B000000 556854 076 000000 14.10 077 A000000 Y 077 B000000 Y 077 O000000 Y 077 Q010000 N 078 000000 N 080 A000000 FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY 080 B000000 St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company PAGE 9 080 C000000 61550 081 A000000 Y 081 B000000 74 082 A000000 N 082 B000000 0 083 A000000 N 083 B000000 0 084 A000000 N 084 B000000 0 085 A000000 Y 085 B000000 N 086 A010000 0 086 A020000 0 086 B010000 0 086 B020000 0 086 C010000 0 086 C020000 0 086 D010000 0 086 D020000 0 086 E010000 0 086 E020000 0 086 F010000 0 086 F020000 0 087 A010000 COMMON STOCK 087 A020000 09255X100 087 A030000 FRA 088 A000000 N 088 B000000 N 088 C000000 N 088 D000000 N SIGNATURE NEAL J. ANDREWS TITLE CFO