0001209191-12-048828.txt : 20121009 0001209191-12-048828.hdr.sgml : 20121008 20121009190412 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-12-048828 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20121008 FILED AS OF DATE: 20121009 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20121009 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Perlowski John CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001513196 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-21413 FILM NUMBER: 121136223 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19809 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001259708 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19809 BUSINESS PHONE: 800-441-7762 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19809 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20061020 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20030813 4 1 doc4.xml FORM 4 SUBMISSION X0306 4 2012-10-08 0 0001259708 BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND, INC. FRA 0001513196 Perlowski John 55 EAST 52ND ST. NEW YORK NY 10055 0 1 0 0 President and CEO Common Stock 2012-10-08 4 J 0 1086 A 1086 D Effective as of October 8, 2012, BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund, Inc. (the "Target Fund") was reorganized into BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. (the "Acquiring Fund," and such reorganization, the "Reorganization"). In the Reorganization, common shareholders of the Target Fund received common shares of the Acquiring Fund in an amount equal to the aggregate net asset value of the Target Fund's common shares as determined at the close of business on October 5, 2012, less the costs of the Reorganization (although cash was distributed for any fractional shares). As of October 5, 2012, the Target Fund reported a net asset value per share of $10.8845 and the Acquiring Fund reported a net asset value per share of $15.0289. The conversion ratio for the Target Fund's common shares was 0.72423797. In the Reorganization, Mr. John Perlowski received 1,086 common shares of the Acquiring Fund in exchange for his 1,500 common shares of the Target Fund. /s/ Noah Gellner as Attorney-in-Fact 2012-10-09