This Amendment No. 2 (this Final Amendment) relates to the Issuer Tender Offer Statement on
Schedule TO originally filed on July 17, 2024, as amended and supplemented by Amendment No. 1 to the Issuer Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO filed on August 16, 2024 (together, the Schedule TO), by BlackRock Enhanced
Capital and Income Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation (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 shares of common stock, par value $0.10 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 17, 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:
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1. |
The Offer expired at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, on August 16, 2024. |
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2. |
The Offer was oversubscribed. Therefore, in accordance with the terms of the Offer, the Fund will repurchase
Shares from all tendering stockholders on a pro rata basis, after disregarding fractions, based on the number of Shares properly tendered. 5,850,437 Shares of the Fund were validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to the expiration of the Offer, and
1,103,672 of those Shares were accepted for repurchase by the Fund in accordance with the terms of the Offer. |
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3. |
The Shares will be repurchased at a price of $20.9524, which is equal to 98% of the Funds NAV per Share
as of August 19, 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 19, 2024 is filed herewith.
Filing Fee Exhibit is filed herewith.
Item 13. |
Information Required By Schedule 13E-3 |
Not applicable.
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