BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc.

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-PX

ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT

INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number: 811-21318

Name of Fund: BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (HYT)

Fund Address: 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

Name and address of agent for service: John Perlowski, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc., 55 East 52nd Street, New York City, NY 10055.

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 882-0052, Option 4

Date of fiscal year end: 08/31

Date of reporting period: 07/01/2016 – 06/30/2017

 

 

 


Item 1 – Proxy Voting Record – Attached hereto.



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ICA File Number: 811-21318
Reporting Period: 07/01/2016 - 06/30/2017
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ADVANCED EMISSIONS SOLUTIONS, INC.

Ticker:       ADES           Security ID:  00770C101
Meeting Date: JUN 20, 2017   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 24, 2017

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director A. Bradley Gabbard       For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Derek C. Johnson         For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Gilbert Li               For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director R. Carter Pate           For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director L. Heath Sampson         For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director J. Taylor Simonton       For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director L. Spencer Wells         For       For          Management
2     Ratify Hein & Associates LLP as         For       For          Management
      Auditors
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
4     Approve Omnibus Stock Plan              For       For          Management


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ALLY FINANCIAL INC.

Ticker:       ALLY           Security ID:  02005N100
Meeting Date: MAY 02, 2017   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 09, 2017

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Franklin W. Hobbs        For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Kenneth J. Bacon         For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Robert T. Blakely        For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Maureen A.               For       For          Management
      Breakiron-Evans
1.5   Elect Director William H. Cary          For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Mayree C. Clark          For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Kim S. Fennebresque      For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Marjorie Magner          For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director John J. Stack            For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director Michael F. Steib         For       For          Management
1.11  Elect Director Jeffrey J. Brown         For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
3     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management
4     Amend Non-Employee Director Omnibus     For       For          Management
      Stock Plan
5     Amend Executive Incentive Bonus Plan    For       For          Management
6     Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as         For       For          Management
      Auditors


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AMAYA INC.

Ticker:       AYA            Security ID:  02314M603
Meeting Date: JUN 21, 2017   Meeting Type: Annual/Special
Record Date:  MAY 01, 2017

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Preferred Shareholder Resolution:       For       For          Management
      Approve Continuance of Company [QBCA
      to OBCA]


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AMERICAN CAPITAL, LTD.

Ticker:       ACAS           Security ID:  02503Y103
Meeting Date: DEC 15, 2016   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  OCT 17, 2016

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Approve Merger Agreement                For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote on Golden Parachutes      For       For          Management
3     Adjourn Meeting                         For       For          Management
4.1   Elect Director Mary C. Baskin           For       For          Management
4.2   Elect Director Neil M. Hahl             For       For          Management
4.3   Elect Director Philip R. Harper         For       For          Management
4.4   Elect Director Stan Lundine             For       For          Management
4.5   Elect Director Kristen L. Manos         For       For          Management
4.6   Elect Director Susan K. Nestegard       For       For          Management
4.7   Elect Director Kenneth D. Peterson, Jr. For       For          Management
4.8   Elect Director Alvin N. Puryear         For       For          Management
4.9   Elect Director Malon Wilkus             For       For          Management
4.10  Elect Director David G. Richards        For       For          Management
5     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management


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BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION

Ticker:       BAC            Security ID:  060505104
Meeting Date: APR 26, 2017   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 02, 2017

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Sharon L. Allen          For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Susan S. Bies            For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Jack O. Bovender, Jr.    For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director Frank P. Bramble, Sr.    For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Pierre J.P. de Weck      For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director Arnold W. Donald         For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Linda P. Hudson          For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director Monica C. Lozano         For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director Thomas J. May            For       For          Management
1j    Elect Director Brian T. Moynihan        For       For          Management
1k    Elect Director Lionel L. Nowell, III    For       For          Management
1l    Elect Director Michael D. White         For       For          Management
1m    Elect Director Thomas D. Woods          For       For          Management
1n    Elect Director R. David Yost            For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
3     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  Three Years  Management
4     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management
      Auditors
5     Amend the General Clawback Policy       Against   Against      Shareholder
6     Non-core banking operations             Against   Against      Shareholder
7     Require Independent Board Chairman      Against   Against      Shareholder
8     Report on Gender Pay Gap                Against   Against      Shareholder


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CITIGROUP INC.

Ticker:       C              Security ID:  172967424
Meeting Date: APR 25, 2017   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  FEB 27, 2017

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Michael L. Corbat        For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Ellen M. Costello        For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Duncan P. Hennes         For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director Peter B. Henry           For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Franz B. Humer           For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director Renee J. James           For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Eugene M. McQuade        For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director Michael E. O'Neill       For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director Gary M. Reiner           For       For          Management
1j    Elect Director Anthony M. Santomero     For       For          Management
1k    Elect Director Diana L. Taylor          For       For          Management
1l    Elect Director William S. Thompson, Jr. For       For          Management
1m    Elect Director James S. Turley          For       For          Management
1n    Elect Director Deborah C. Wright        For       For          Management
1o    Elect Director Ernesto Zedillo Ponce    For       For          Management
      de Leon
2     Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors             For       For          Management
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
4     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  Three Years  Management
5     Demonstrate No Gender Pay Gap           Against   Against      Shareholder
6     Appoint a Stockholder Value Committee   Against   Against      Shareholder
7     Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy  Against   Against      Shareholder
8     Claw-back of Payments under             Against   Against      Shareholder
      Restatements
9     Limit/Prohibit Accelerated Vesting of   Against   Against      Shareholder
      Awards


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EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

Ticker:       EMMS           Security ID:  291525103
Meeting Date: JUL 07, 2016   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 29, 2016

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director James M. Dubin           For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Greg A. Nathanson        For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Jeffrey H. Smulyan       For       For          Management
2     Approve Omnibus Stock Plan              For       For          Management
3     Approve Reverse Stock Split             For       For          Management
4     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
5     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management


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GENER8 MARITIME, INC.

Ticker:       GNRT           Security ID:  BXNSSC9
Meeting Date: MAY 16, 2017   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 20, 2017

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Roger Schmitz            For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Steven D. Smith          For       For          Management
2     Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as         For       For          Management
      Auditors


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JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.

Ticker:       JPM            Security ID:  46625H100
Meeting Date: MAY 16, 2017   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 17, 2017

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Linda B. Bammann         For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director James A. Bell            For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Crandall C. Bowles       For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director Stephen B. Burke         For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Todd A. Combs            For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director James S. Crown           For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director James Dimon              For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director Timothy P. Flynn         For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director Laban P. Jackson, Jr.    For       For          Management
1j    Elect Director Michael A. Neal          For       For          Management
1k    Elect Director Lee R. Raymond           For       For          Management
1l    Elect Director William C. Weldon        For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
3     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management
      Auditors
4     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  One Year     Management
5     Require Independent Board Chairman      Against   Against      Shareholder
6     Prohibit Accelerated Vesting of Awards  Against   Against      Shareholder
      to Pursue Government Service
7     Clawback Amendment                      Against   Against      Shareholder
8     Report on Gender Pay Gap                Against   Against      Shareholder
9     Provide Vote Counting to Exclude        Against   Against      Shareholder
      Abstentions
10    Reduce Ownership Threshold for          Against   Against      Shareholder
      Shareholders to Call a Special Meeting


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MORGAN STANLEY

Ticker:       MS             Security ID:  617446448
Meeting Date: MAY 22, 2017   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 27, 2017

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Erskine B. Bowles        For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Alistair Darling         For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Thomas H. Glocer         For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director James P. Gorman          For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Robert H. Herz           For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director Nobuyuki Hirano          For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Klaus Kleinfeld          For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director Jami Miscik              For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director Dennis M. Nally          For       For          Management
1j    Elect Director Hutham S. Olayan         For       For          Management
1k    Elect Director James W. Owens           For       For          Management
1l    Elect Director Ryosuke Tamakoshi        For       For          Management
1m    Elect Director Perry M. Traquina        For       For          Management
1n    Elect Director Rayford Wilkins, Jr.     For       For          Management
2     Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as         For       For          Management
      Auditors
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
4     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  Three Years  Management
5     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management
6     Amend Non-Employee Director Omnibus     For       For          Management
      Stock Plan
7     Provide Vote Counting to Exclude        Against   Against      Shareholder
      Abstentions
8     Prohibit Accelerated Vesting of Awards  Against   Against      Shareholder
      to Pursue Government Service


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NBCUNIVERSAL ENTERPRISE, INC.

Ticker:                      Security ID:  63946CAE8
Meeting Date: MAY 17, 2017   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 03, 2017

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Elect Director Bernard C. Watson        For       For          Management


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PENINSULA ENERGY LTD.

Ticker:       PEN            Security ID:  Q7419E358
Meeting Date: NOV 28, 2016   Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:  NOV 26, 2016

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Approve the Issuance of Shares and      For       For          Management
      Convertible Note to Resource Capital
      Fund VI LLP
2     Approve the Issuance of Shares and      For       For          Management
      Convertible Note to Pala Investments
      Limited
3     Approve the Direct Enforcement of       For       For          Management
      Security by the Lenders Pursuant to
      Convertible Loan Facility
4     Elect Mark Wheatley as Director         For       For          Management
5     Approve the Issuance of Options to      For       For          Management
      Mark Wheatley
6     Approve the Issuance of Shares          For       For          Management


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PENINSULA ENERGY LTD.

Ticker:       PEN            Security ID:  Q7419E358
Meeting Date: NOV 28, 2016   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  NOV 26, 2016

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Approve Remuneration Report             For       For          Management
2     Elect John Harrison as Director         For       For          Management
3     Elect Evgenij Iorich as Director        For       For          Management
4     Approve the Issuance of Up to 10        For       For          Management
      Percent of the Company's Issued Capital


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PENINSULA ENERGY LTD.

Ticker:       PEN            Security ID:  Q7419E358
Meeting Date: APR 20, 2017   Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:  APR 18, 2017

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Approve the Issuance of Shares and      For       For          Management
      Replacement Convertible Note to RCF VI
      and Increase in Relevant Interest
2     Approve the Issuance of Shares and      For       For          Management
      Replacement Convertible Note to Pala
      and Increase in Relevant Interest
3     Approve the Grant and Direct            For       For          Management
      Enforcement of Extended Security by
      the Lenders Pursuant to Convertible
      Notes


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SUNPOWER CORPORATION

Ticker:       SPWR           Security ID:  867652406
Meeting Date: APR 27, 2017   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  FEB 28, 2017

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Helle Kristoffersen      For       Withhold     Management
1.2   Elect Director Thomas R. McDaniel       For       Withhold     Management
1.3   Elect Director Thomas H. Werner         For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       Against      Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
3     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  One Year     Management
4     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management


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T-MOBILE US, INC.

Ticker:       TMUS           Security ID:  872590104
Meeting Date: JUN 13, 2017   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 17, 2017

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director W. Michael Barnes        For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Thomas Dannenfeldt       For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Srikant M. Datar         For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Lawrence H. Guffey       For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Timotheus Hottges        For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Bruno Jacobfeuerborn     For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Raphael Kubler           For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Thorsten Langheim        For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director John J. Legere           For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director Teresa A. Taylor         For       For          Management
1.11  Elect Director Kelvin R. Westbrook      For       For          Management
2     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management
      Auditors
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
4     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   Three     Three Years  Management
                                              Years
5     Adopt Proxy Access Right                Against   Against      Shareholder
6     Pro-rata Vesting of Equity Awards       Against   Against      Shareholder
7     Clawback of Incentive Payments          Against   Against      Shareholder


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TECK RESOURCES LIMITED

Ticker:       TCK.B          Security ID:  878742204
Meeting Date: APR 26, 2017   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 07, 2017

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Mayank M. Ashar          For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Quan Chong               For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Laura L.                 For       For          Management
      Dottori-Attanasio
1.4   Elect Director Edward C. Dowling        For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Eiichi Fukuda            For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Norman B. Keevil         For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Norman B. Keevil, III    For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Takeshi Kubota           For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Donald R. Lindsay        For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director Tracey L. McVicar        For       For          Management
1.11  Elect Director Kenneth W. Pickering     For       For          Management
1.12  Elect Director Una M. Power             For       For          Management
1.13  Elect Director Warren S. R. Seyffert    For       For          Management
1.14  Elect Director Timothy R. Snider        For       For          Management
2     Approve PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as   For       For          Management
      Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix
      Their Remuneration
3     Advisory Vote on Executive              For       For          Management
      Compensation Approach


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THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.

Ticker:       GS             Security ID:  38141G104
Meeting Date: APR 28, 2017   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  FEB 27, 2017

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Lloyd C. Blankfein       For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director M. Michele Burns         For       Against      Management
1c    Elect Director Mark A. Flaherty         For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director William W. George        For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director James A. Johnson         For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director Ellen J. Kullman         For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Lakshmi N. Mittal        For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director Adebayo O. Ogunlesi      For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director Peter Oppenheimer        For       For          Management
1j    Elect Director David A. Viniar          For       For          Management
1k    Elect Director Mark O. Winkelman        For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
3     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  Three Years  Management
4     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management
      Auditors


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URANIUM PARTICIPATION CORPORATION

Ticker:       U              Security ID:  917017105
Meeting Date: JUN 29, 2017   Meeting Type: Annual/Special
Record Date:  MAY 12, 2017

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Paul J. Bennett          For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Thomas Hayslett          For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Jeff Kennedy             For       Withhold     Management
1.4   Elect Director Garth MacRae             For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Ganpat Mani              For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Dorothy Sanford          For       For          Management
2     Approve PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as   For       For          Management
      Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix
      Their Remuneration
3     Approve Reduction in Stated Capital     For       For          Management


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WELLS FARGO & COMPANY

Ticker:       WFC            Security ID:  949746101
Meeting Date: APR 25, 2017   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 01, 2017

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director John D. Baker, II        For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director John S. Chen             For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Lloyd H. Dean            For       Against      Management
1d    Elect Director Elizabeth A. Duke        For       Against      Management
1e    Elect Director Enrique Hernandez, Jr.   For       Against      Management
1f    Elect Director Donald M. James          For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Cynthia H. Milligan      For       Against      Management
1h    Elect Director Karen B. Peetz           For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director Federico F. Pena         For       Against      Management
1j    Elect Director James H. Quigley         For       Against      Management
1k    Elect Director Stephen W. Sanger        For       Against      Management
1l    Elect Director Ronald L. Sargent        For       For          Management
1m    Elect Director Timothy J. Sloan         For       For          Management
1n    Elect Director Susan G. Swenson         For       For          Management
1o    Elect Director Suzanne M. Vautrinot     For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
3     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  Three Years  Management
4     Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors             For       For          Management
5     Review and Report on Business Standards Against   Against      Shareholder
6     Provide for Cumulative Voting           Against   Against      Shareholder
7     Report on Divesting Non-Core Business   Against   Against      Shareholder
8     Report on Gender Pay Gap                Against   Against      Shareholder
9     Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy  Against   Against      Shareholder
10    Adopt Global Policy Regarding the       Against   Against      Shareholder
      Rights of Indigenous People

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc.

 

By:  

/s/ John Perlowski

  John Perlowski
  Chief Executive Officer of
  BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc.
Date:   August 25, 2017