Arthur Philip Steinmetz - 01 Jul 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for BLACKROCK CREDIT ALLOCATION INCOME TRUST (BTZ)

Role: Director
Signature: /s/ Gladys Chang as Attorney-in-Fact
Issuer symbol: BTZ
Transactions as of: 01 Jul 2025
Transactions value $: $11,646
Form type: 4
Filing time: 03 Jul 2025, 18:01:32 UTC
Previous filing: 03 Apr 2025
Next filing: 03 Oct 2025
SEC: View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name	Relationship	Address	Signature	Signature date	CIK
Steinmetz Arthur Philip	Director	50 HUDSON YARDS, NEW YORK	/s/ Gladys Chang as Attorney-in-Fact	03 Jul 2025	0001993332

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	BTZ	Performance Rights	Award	$11.6K	+1.06K	+15.01%	$10.99	8.12K	01 Jul 2025	Common Stock	1.06K		Direct	F1, F2, F3

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	The Performance Rights were accrued under the BlackRock Deferred Compensation Plan.
F2	One Performance Right is convertible into the cash value of one share of BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust.
F3	The Performance Rights are to be settled 100% in cash at the deferral period chosen by the reporting person.