C000228901 Fees and Costs — BlackRock Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund, Investor A

Data updated: 2025-12-12

The net expense ratio is 0.83%: a 0.50% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 1.10% other expenses, less a 1.02% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 4.00%. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $164 in broker commissions, 0.0004% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 66%.

C000228901 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000228901. Prospectus, as of January 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.50%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses1.10%
Gross expense ratio1.85%
Fee waiver−1.02%
Net expense ratio0.83%
Sales charges
Max front load4.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

C000228901 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000228901, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,011 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.72% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).

$10,000 investedSell after 1 yearSell after 3 yearsSell after 5 years
Value before costs$10,500$11,576$12,763
Sales charges$400$400$400
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.83%)$84$261$454
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$0$0
Lost growth on money paid in costs$20$76$156
Total costs$504$738$1,011
Value after costs$9,996$10,839$11,752
Impact on return, per year5.04%2.28%1.72%

C000228901 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0004%
  • Total broker commissions: $164
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $82.5M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 66%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000228901 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$12375.00%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$2213.56%
Mizuho Securities USA LLC$137.64%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$52.86%
Jefferies LLC$20.94%

C000228901 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
BlackRock Liquidity Funds T-Fund$29.3M38.12%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$13.0M16.99%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$9.3M12.11%
BofA Securities, Inc.$9.0M11.68%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$4.1M5.28%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$4.0M5.17%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$3.1M4.08%
Jefferies LLC$2.0M2.62%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$1.5M2.02%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$1.5M1.94%

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.