BLACKROCK ENHANCED GOVERNMENT FUND Inc (EGF)

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BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund, Inc. (the Fund) is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund's investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income and gains. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in a portfolio of the United States Government securities and the United States Government Agency securities, including the United States Government mortgage-backed securities that pay interest in an attempt to generate current income, and by employing a strategy of writing (selling) call options on individual or baskets of the United States Government securities, the United States Government Agency securities or other debt securities held by the Fund in an attempt to generate gains from option premiums. Its portfolio includes preferred securities, asset-backed securities, the United States treasury obligations and short-term securities. BlackRock Advisors, LLC is the Fund's investment advisor.