BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund, Inc. Reports Earnings Results for the Half Year Ended June 30, 2023

BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund, Inc. (the Fund) is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund’s investment objective is to provide stockholders with current income and gains. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of the value of its net assets, including assets acquired with the proceeds from the sale of any preferred stock, plus the amount of any outstanding debt securities or borrowings for investment purposes, in United States Government securities and United States Government Agency securities, including United States Government mortgage-backed securities. The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in non-United States Government debt securities of foreign or domestic issuers, including commercial paper, notes, corporate bonds, debentures, asset-backed securities, mortgage-backed securities, corporate loans, sovereign debt securities and money market securities. Its investment advisor is BlackRock Advisors, LLC.