---
title: "BLACKROCK DIVIDEND INCOME TRUST — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8b337ea6-8ead-509b-8cd4-d0a1adc2b922
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8b337ea6-8ead-509b-8cd4-d0a1adc2b922
identifier: sec:0001280936
jurisdiction: US
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# BLACKROCK DIVIDEND INCOME TRUST

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [US](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/us)  
**Identifier:** `sec:0001280936`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8b337ea6-8ead-509b-8cd4-d0a1adc2b922  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8b337ea6-8ead-509b-8cd4-d0a1adc2b922  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INC.** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/450d3e2d-150b-55bd-8143-a553b4d6945c
- **BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b0753941-9be7-520e-95c7-9ce0e8a767ef

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **219-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Get the full, resolved dossier (agent-callable)

The above is the free teaser. The resolved **multi-hop UBO chain**, ownership **%**, full **financial history**, itemised **assets** and the hop-by-hop **exposure path** are the paid depth — callable as tools from your agent:

```bash
npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server   # then: get_dossier · trace_ownership_path · check_offshore_exposure
```

Or unlock a one-off cited dossier for **BLACKROCK DIVIDEND INCOME TRUST** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8b337ea6-8ead-509b-8cd4-d0a1adc2b922 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **BLACKROCK DIVIDEND INCOME TRUST**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8b337ea6-8ead-509b-8cd4-d0a1adc2b922 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/8b337ea6-8ead-509b-8cd4-d0a1adc2b922._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._