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title: "BLACKROCK CREDIT ALLOCATION INCOME TRUST III — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9a49fe30-4ecb-58df-8b1d-49de05d86f46
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/9a49fe30-4ecb-58df-8b1d-49de05d86f46
identifier: sec:0001213169
jurisdiction: US
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# BLACKROCK CREDIT ALLOCATION INCOME TRUST III

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [US](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/us)  
**Identifier:** `sec:0001213169`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9a49fe30-4ecb-58df-8b1d-49de05d86f46  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/9a49fe30-4ecb-58df-8b1d-49de05d86f46  

## Cross-source identity

The same real-world entity, resolved across sources:

- **BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III** — GLEIF · `lei:5493001CHGPYVK9G5Z25` — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3e91c6c1-9801-5cac-9a59-66cac38f696f

## 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
- **MERRILL LYNCH & CO INC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f9cf4d94-5a22-5aa3-ab4d-7fe04de88418

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

A **256-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.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **BLACKROCK CREDIT ALLOCATION INCOME TRUST III**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9a49fe30-4ecb-58df-8b1d-49de05d86f46 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/9a49fe30-4ecb-58df-8b1d-49de05d86f46._

_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"._