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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-21972

Name of Fund: BlackRock Preferred and Equity Advantage Trust (BTZ)

Fund Address: 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

Name and address of agent for service: Donald C. Burke, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Preferred and Equity Advantage Trust, 800 Scudders Mill Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536. Mailing address: P.O. Box 9011, Princeton, NJ, 08543-9011

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

Date of fiscal year end: 10/31/2008

Date of reporting period: 05/01/2008 – 07/31/2008


Item 1 – Schedule of Investments

BlackRock Preferred and Equity Advantage Trust     
Schedule of Investments July 31, 2008 (Unaudited)  (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
Industry   Common Stocks    Shares      Value 
Aerospace & Defense -   General Dynamics Corp.    2,800    $  249,592 
0.4%   Honeywell International, Inc.    6,000      305,040 
    Lockheed Martin Corp.    13,500      1,408,455 
    Northrop Grumman Corp.    18,200      1,226,498 
              3,189,585 
Air Freight &   United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B    44,100      2,781,828 
Logistics - 0.3%              
Auto Components - 0.0%   Johnson Controls, Inc.    12,200      367,952 
 
Automobiles - 0.1%   General Motors Corp.    53,400      591,138 
Beverages - 0.5%   The Coca-Cola Co.    55,300      2,847,950 
    PepsiCo, Inc.    17,800      1,184,768 
              4,032,718 
Biotechnology - 0.5%   Amgen, Inc. (a)    22,500      1,409,175 
    Biogen Idec, Inc. (a)    8,200      572,032 
    Celgene Corp. (a)    7,400      558,626 
    Genzyme Corp. (a)    5,400      413,910 
    Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)    23,200      1,252,336 
              4,206,079 
Capital Markets - 0.3%   The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.    12,560      2,311,542 
    Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.    8,900      154,326 
    Morgan Stanley    9,700      382,956 
              2,848,824 
Chemicals - 0.4%   Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.    3,200      304,672 
    The Dow Chemical Co.    33,400      1,112,554 
    E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.    32,800      1,436,968 
    PPG Industries, Inc.    9,100      551,824 
              3,406,018 
Commercial Banks - 0.9%   Regions Financial Corp.    71,900      681,612 
    SunTrust Banks, Inc.    38,200      1,568,492 
    U.S. Bancorp    83,400      2,552,874 
    Wachovia Corp.    33,900      585,453 
    Wells Fargo & Co.    64,200      1,943,334 
              7,331,765 
Commercial Services &   Waste Management, Inc.    44,200      1,570,868 
Supplies - 0.2%              
Communications   Ciena Corp. (a)    11,500      237,705 
Equipment - 0.8%   Cisco Systems, Inc. (a)    87,800      1,930,722 
    Corning, Inc.    28,500      570,285 
    Motorola, Inc.    128,100      1,106,784 
    QUALCOMM, Inc.    48,200      2,667,388 
              6,512,884 
Computers &   Apple, Inc. (a)    24,600      3,910,170 
Peripherals - 1.0%   Dell, Inc. (a)    43,600      1,071,252 
    EMC Corp. (a)    36,900      553,869 
    Hewlett-Packard Co.    24,400      1,093,120 

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Schedule of Investments July 31, 2008 (Unaudited)    (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) 
Industry   Common Stocks    Shares      Value 
    International Business Machines Corp.    14,100    $  1,804,518 
    SanDisk Corp. (a)    23,600      332,760 
              8,765,689 
Consumer Finance -   Discover Financial Services, Inc.    14,850      217,553 
0.0%              
Diversified Financial   Bank of America Corp.    89,300      2,937,970 
Services - 1.0%   CME Group, Inc.    2,651      954,705 
    Citigroup, Inc.    40,600      758,814 
    IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (a)    9,500      948,100 
    JPMorgan Chase & Co.    71,300      2,896,919 
              8,496,508 
Diversified   AT&T Inc.    105,387      3,246,973 
Telecommunication   Embarq Corp.    10,300      471,431 
Services - 0.8%   Verizon Communications, Inc.    52,800      1,797,312 
    Windstream Corp.    83,800      998,896 
              6,514,612 
Electric Utilities -   American Electric Power Co., Inc.    7,100      280,450 
0.1%   FPL Group, Inc.    5,500      354,915 
    FirstEnergy Corp.    4,500      330,975 
              966,340 
Electrical Equipment -   Emerson Electric Co.    29,300      1,426,910 
0.3%   Rockwell Automation, Inc.    18,100      805,631 
              2,232,541 
Electronic Equipment &   Tyco Electronics Ltd.    17,100      566,694 
Instruments - 0.1%              
Energy Equipment &   Baker Hughes, Inc.    5,600      464,296 
Services - 0.8%   National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (a)    23,400      1,839,942 
    Schlumberger Ltd.    9,800      995,680 
    Smith International, Inc.    23,518      1,749,269 
    Transocean, Inc.    10,263      1,396,076 
              6,445,263 
Food & Staples   SYSCO Corp.    68,300      1,936,988 
Retailing - 0.8%   Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.    70,800      4,150,296 
    Walgreen Co.    20,900      717,706 
              6,804,990 
Food Products - 0.2%   Kraft Foods, Inc.    30,046      956,064 
    Sara Lee Corp.    73,900      1,009,474 
              1,965,538 
Health Care   Baxter International, Inc.    6,300      432,243 
Equipment &   Becton Dickinson & Co.    13,100      1,112,321 
Supplies - 0.4%   Boston Scientific Corp. (a)    19,400      230,666 
    Covidien Ltd.    17,100      842,004 
    Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (a)    7,400      509,934 
              3,127,168 
Health Care Providers &   Aetna, Inc.    7,800      319,878 
Services - 0.4%   Express Scripts, Inc. (a)    12,900      909,966 
    Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (a)    14,200      704,036 

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Schedule of Investments July 31, 2008 (Unaudited)    (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) 
Industry   Common Stocks    Shares      Value 
    UnitedHealth Group, Inc.    25,000    $  702,000 
    WellPoint, Inc. (a)    14,600      765,770 
              3,401,650 
Hotels, Restaurants &   Carnival Corp.    18,900      698,166 
Leisure - 0.4%   McDonald's Corp.    48,800      2,917,752 
              3,615,918 
Household Durables -   Fortune Brands, Inc.    12,300      704,913 
0.4%   The Stanley Works    33,900      1,507,872 
    Whirlpool Corp.    16,700      1,264,190 
              3,476,975 
Household Products -   The Procter & Gamble Co.    57,200      3,745,456 
0.4%              
IT Services - 0.1%   Automatic Data Processing, Inc.    22,000      939,620 
    Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. (a)    10,900      305,963 
              1,245,583 
Industrial   3M Co.    35,100      2,470,689 
Conglomerates - 1.1%   General Electric Co.    229,300      6,486,897 
    Textron, Inc.    7,400      321,678 
              9,279,264 
Insurance - 0.7%   The Allstate Corp.    12,300      568,506 
    American International Group, Inc. (b)    19,100      497,555 
    Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.    11,300      716,307 
    Lincoln National Corp.    23,900      1,140,030 
    Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.    42,500      1,200,625 
    The Travelers Cos., Inc.    46,800      2,064,816 
              6,187,839 
Internet & Catalog   Amazon.com, Inc. (a)    12,000      916,080 
Retail - 0.1%              
Internet Software &   eBay, Inc. (a)    48,900      1,230,813 
Services - 0.4%   Google, Inc. Class A (a)    3,840      1,819,200 
    Yahoo! Inc. (a)    6,800      135,252 
              3,185,265 
Leisure Equipment &   Eastman Kodak Co.    35,600      521,184 
Products - 0.2%   Mattel, Inc.    50,700      1,016,535 
              1,537,719 
Life Sciences Tools &   Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (a)    8,600      520,472 
Services - 0.1%              
Machinery - 0.4%   Caterpillar, Inc.    23,600      1,640,672 
    Cummins, Inc.    19,800      1,313,532 
    Deere & Co.    9,300      652,488 
              3,606,692 
Media - 0.2%   CBS Corp. Class B    47,700      780,372 
    The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (a)    25,000      675,500 
              1,455,872 
Metals & Mining - 0.3%   Alcoa, Inc.    16,900      570,375 
    Allegheny Technologies, Inc.    12,300      581,667 
    Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. Class B    14,500      1,402,875 
              2,554,917 

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Schedule of Investments July 31, 2008 (Unaudited)    (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) 
Industry    Common Stocks    Shares      Value 
Multi-Utilities - 0.6%    Ameren Corp.    4,800    $  197,232 
    Consolidated Edison, Inc.    23,100      917,070 
    Dominion Resources, Inc.    7,200      318,096 
    Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.    43,700      1,826,660 
    Xcel Energy, Inc.    91,100      1,827,466 
              5,086,524 
Oil, Gas & Consumable    Anadarko Petroleum Corp.    16,600      961,306 
Fuels - 2.6%    Apache Corp.    6,100      684,237 
    Chevron Corp.    54,900      4,642,344 
    ConocoPhillips    29,500      2,407,790 
    Devon Energy Corp.    5,900      559,851 
    EOG Resources, Inc.    2,500      251,325 
    Exxon Mobil Corp.    91,300      7,343,259 
    Hess Corp.    15,100      1,531,140 
    Spectra Energy Corp.    66,800      1,814,956 
    Valero Energy Corp.    11,200      374,192 
    XTO Energy, Inc.    35,800      1,690,834 
              22,261,234 
Paper & Forest    International Paper Co.    37,000      1,025,640 
Products - 0.2%    MeadWestvaco Corp.    13,300      356,573 
    Weyerhaeuser Co.    14,400      769,824 
              2,152,037 
Pharmaceuticals - 1.8%    Abbott Laboratories    16,900      952,146 
    Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.    79,400      1,676,928 
    Eli Lilly & Co.    34,200      1,611,162 
    Johnson & Johnson    63,400      4,340,998 
    Merck & Co., Inc.    67,600      2,224,040 
    Pfizer, Inc. (b)    204,000      3,808,680 
    Schering-Plough Corp.    42,900      904,332 
    Wyeth    8,000      324,160 
              15,842,446 
Real Estate Investment    Equity Residential    5,200      224,484 
Trusts (REITs) - 0.4%    Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc.    34,600      1,685,712 
    Vornado Realty Trust    14,100      1,340,487 
              3,250,683 
Semiconductors &    Applied Materials, Inc.    17,400      301,368 
Semiconductor    Intel Corp.    110,300      2,447,557 
Equipment - 0.7%    Linear Technology Corp.    29,200      906,660 
    Microchip Technology, Inc.    31,300      999,409 
    National Semiconductor Corp.    31,500      659,925 
    Nvidia Corp. (a)    61,350      701,844 
    Texas Instruments, Inc.    17,100      416,898 
              6,433,661 
Software - 0.8%    Autodesk, Inc. (a)    37,100      1,183,119 
    Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)    10,000      431,800 
    Microsoft Corp.    151,400      3,894,008 
    Oracle Corp. (a)    69,300      1,492,029 
              7,000,956 

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Schedule of Investments July 31, 2008 (Unaudited)    (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) 
Industry    Common Stocks    Shares     Value 
Specialty Retail - 0.3%    Home Depot, Inc.    44,500   $  1,060,435 
    Staples, Inc.    83,800     1,885,500 
              2,945,935 
Textiles, Apparel &    VF Corp.    24,100     1,725,078 
Luxury Goods - 0.2%               
Thrifts & Mortgage    Fannie Mae    19,700     226,550 
Finance - 0.0%    Freddie Mac    12,100     98,857 
    Washington Mutual, Inc.    600     3,198 
              328,605 
Tobacco - 0.5%    Philip Morris International, Inc.    11,200     578,480 
    Reynolds American, Inc.    32,500     1,814,475 
    UST, Inc.    33,300     1,751,913 
              4,144,868 
Wireless    Sprint Nextel Corp.    84,700     689,458 
Telecommunication               
Services - 0.1%               
    Total Common Stocks - 23.3%          199,533,742 
    Exchange-Traded Fund           
    UltraShort Real Estate ProShares    133,750     12,371,875 
    Total Exchange-Traded Fund - 1.4%          12,371,875 
    Preferred Securities           
        Par      
    Capital Trusts    (000)      
Capital Markets - 2.6%    State Street Capital Trust III, 8.25% (c)(d)  $ 3,100     3,123,994 
    State Street Capital Trust IV, 3.776%, 6/01/67 (d)    25,245     18,802,299 
              21,926,293 
Commercial Banks - 6.1%    Abbey National Capital Trust I, 8.963% (c)(d)    2,375     2,581,706 
    BB&T Capital Trust IV, 6.82%, 6/12/77 (d)    15,300     11,676,654 
    Barclays Bank Plc, 5.926% (c)(d)(e)    3,500     2,766,491 
    HSBC Capital Funding LP/Jersey Channel Islands, 10.176% (c)(d)(e)    7,000     8,309,714 
    Huntington Capital III, 6.65%, 5/15/37 (d)    3,250     1,728,480 
    Regions Financing Trust II, 6.625%, 5/15/47 (d)    4,445     2,452,293 
    SMFG Preferred Capital USD 3 Ltd., 9.50% (c)(d)(e)    3,850     3,842,303 
    Wachovia Corp. Series K, 7.98% (c)(d)    14,600     11,219,370 
    Wells Fargo Capital XIII Series GMTN, 7.70% (c)(d)    8,600     8,148,319 
              52,725,330 
Diversified Financial    Bank of America Corp. Series M, 8.125% (c)(d)    11,900     11,069,499 
Services - 4.3%    Citigroup, Inc., 8.40% (c)(d)    18,250     15,626,380 
    JPMorgan Chase Capital XXIII, 3.804%, 5/15/77 (d)    13,800     10,520,982 
              37,216,861 
Insurance - 4.7%    AON Corp., 8.205%, 1/01/27    18,273     16,440,127 
    Ace Capital Trust II, 9.70%, 4/01/30    17,000     18,027,412 
    Mangrove Bay Pass-Through Trust, 6.102%, 7/15/33 (d)(e)    10,000     5,545,200 
              40,012,739 
Thrifts & Mortgage    Webster Capital Trust IV, 7.65%, 6/15/37 (d)    3,225     2,112,678 
Finance - 0.3%               
    Total Capital Trusts - 18.0%          153,993,901 

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Schedule of Investments July 31, 2008 (Unaudited)    (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) 

Industry    Preferred Stocks    Shares     Value 
Commercial Banks - 6.1%    HSBC USA, Inc. Series H, 6.50%    977,766   $  19,447,766 
    KeyCorp Capital IX, 6.75%    9,082,500     5,232,845 
    Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc Series L, 5.75%    92,200     1,477,966 
    Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc Series M, 6.40%    15,000     262,500 
    Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc Series S, 6.60%    10,000     177,600 
    Santander Finance Preferred SA Unipersonal, 6.50%    322,000     6,178,375 
    Santander Finance Preferred SA Unipersonal, 6.80%    628,000     13,227,250 
    Wachovia Corp. Series J, 8%    328,200     6,294,876 
              52,299,178 
Diversified Financial    Bank of America Corp. Series H, 8.20%    125,000     3,031,250 
Services - 3.0%    Citigroup, Inc. Series AA, 8.125%    390,000     8,014,500 
    Citigroup, Inc. Series T, 6.50% (f)    90,000     3,981,600 
    Cobank ACB, 7% (e)    150,000     7,022,700 
    ING Groep NV, 6.125%    200,000     3,654,000 
    ING Groep NV, 7.05%    5,800     121,046 
              25,825,096 
Electric Utilities - 3.2%    Alabama Power Co., 6.50%    100,000     2,450,000 
    Entergy Louisiana LLC, 6.95%    40,000     4,162,680 
    Interstate Power & Light Co. Series B, 8.375%    785,000     20,881,000 
              27,493,680 
Insurance - 6.7%    Aegon NV, 6.50%    400,000     6,824,000 
    Arch Capital Group Ltd. Series A, 8%    100,000     2,300,000 
    Arch Capital Group Ltd. Series B, 7.875%    160,000     3,640,000 
    Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd., 7.401% (d)    655,000     11,626,250 
    Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. Series B, 7.50% (d)    180,000     14,484,384 
    Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. Series A, 7.75%    369,000     7,564,500 
    PartnerRe Ltd. Series C, 6.75%    265,600     5,402,304 
    RenaissanceRe Holding Ltd. Series D, 6.60%    285,000     5,415,000 
              57,256,438 
Real Estate Investment    BRE Properties, Inc. Series D, 6.75%    30,000     589,500 
Trusts (REITs) - 1.7%    iStar Financial, Inc. Series I, 7.50%    55,000     627,000 
    Public Storage Series F, 6.45%    30,000     575,400 
    Public Storage Series M, 6.625%    55,000     1,095,050 
    Sovereign Real Estate Investment Corp., 12% (e)    10,000     9,100,000 
    Weingarten Realty Investors Series F, 6.50%    140,000     2,744,000 
              14,730,950 
Thrifts & Mortgage    Fannie Mae Series R, 7.625%    65,000     1,110,850 
Finance - 0.8%    Freddie Mac Series Q, 3.85% (d)    235,000     6,227,500 
              7,338,350 
Wireless    Centaur Funding Corp., 9.08% (e)    10,000     9,943,750 
Telecommunication               
Services - 1.2%               
    Total Preferred Stocks - 22.7%          194,887,442 
        Par      
    Trust Preferred    (000)      
Capital Markets - 0.4%    Credit Suisse Guernsey Ltd., 7.90% (c)  $ 250     244,098 
    Deutsche Bank Contingent Capital Trust V, 8.05% (c)    3,375     3,317,625 
              3,561,723 

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BlackRock Preferred and Equity Advantage Trust     
Schedule of Investments July 31, 2008 (Unaudited)    (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) 
        Par      
Industry   Trust Preferred    (000)     Value 
Commercial Banks -   Citizens Funding Trust I, 7.50%, 9/15/66  $ 5,250   $  2,492,851 
0.3%              
Diversified Financial   ING Groep NV, 7.20% (c)    5,325     4,494,319 
Services - 0.6%   ING Groep NV, 7.375% (c)    1,000     854,193 
              5,348,512 
Diversified   AT&T Inc., 6.375%, 2/15/56    750     748,672 
Telecommunication              
Services - 0.1%              
Electric Utilities - 0.9%   PPL Energy Supply LLC, 7%, 7/15/46    7,200     7,250,087 
Insurance - 0.4%   W.R. Berkley Capital Trust II, 6.75%, 7/26/45    4,268     3,550,422 
Media - 1.9%   Comcast Corp., 6.625%, 5/15/56    19,500     16,454,489 
Oil, Gas & Consumable   Nexen, Inc., 7.35%, 11/01/43    3,000     2,809,215 
Fuels - 0.3%              
Thrifts & Mortgage   Countrywide Capital V, 7%, 11/01/66    1,250     804,523 
Finance - 1.4%   Countrywide Financial Corp., 6.75%, 4/01/33    18,125     11,500,263 
              12,304,786 
    Total Trust Preferred - 6.3%          54,520,757 
    Total Preferred Securities - 47.0%          403,402,100 
    Corporate Bonds           
Building Products -   C8 Capital SPV Ltd., 6.64% (c)(d)(e)    3,160     2,885,586 
0.3%              
Capital Markets - 1.0%   Credit Suisse Guernsey Ltd., 5.86% (c)(d)    7,000     5,692,113 
    Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., 4.476%, 9/15/22 (d)    1,075     989,841 
    Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., 6.875%, 7/17/37    1,875     1,553,844 
              8,235,798 
Commercial Banks -   BNP Paribas, 7.195% (c)(d)(e)    20,100     17,278,965 
18.2%   Bank of Ireland Capital Funding II, LP, 5.571% (c)(d)(e)    6,685     4,478,068 
    Bank of Ireland Capital Funding III, LP, 6.107% (c)(d)(e)    30,000     21,086,910 
    Barclays Bank Plc, 6.86% (c)(d)(e)    11,500     9,731,656 
    Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 6.024% (c)(d)(e)    20,000     16,984,940 
    Credit Agricole SA, 6.637% (c)(d)(e)    27,495     21,707,248 
    HBOS Plc, 6.657% (c)(d)(e)    10,000     6,344,580 
    Kazkommerts Finance 2 BV, 9.20% (c)(d)    1,000     662,700 
    Lloyds TSB Group Plc, 6.267% (c)(d)(e)    12,500     9,836,125 
    Mizuho Capital Investment 1 Ltd., 6.686% (c)(d)(e)    21,000     17,680,761 
    Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, 7.648% (c)(d)    3,130     2,810,696 
    Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc Series MTN, 7.64%, 3/31/49 (c)(d)    6,100     5,095,452 
    SMFG Preferred Capital USD 1 Ltd., 6.078% (c)(d)(e)    10,000     8,154,200 
    Shinsei Finance II (Cayman) Ltd., 7.16% (c)(d)(e)    1,005     639,746 
    Societe Generale, 5.922% (c)(d)(e)    11,850     9,886,751 
    Standard Chartered Bank, 7.014% (c)(d)(e)    5,125     4,305,871 
              156,684,669 
Diversified Financial   Bank of America Corp. Series K, 8% (c)(d)    20,605     19,008,112 
Services - 5.4%   C10 Capital SPV Ltd., 6.722% (c)(d)(e)    5,000     4,551,350 
    ING Groep NV, 5.775% (c)(d)    10,000     8,302,530 
    JPMorgan Chase Capital XXI Series U, 3.741% (d)    12,875     9,275,613 

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BlackRock Preferred and Equity Advantage Trust     
Schedule of Investments July 31, 2008 (Unaudited)    (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) 
        Par      
Industry    Corporate Bonds    (000)     Value 
    JPMorgan Chase Capital XXV, 6.80%, 10/01/37  $ 5,650   $ 4,773,922 
    Stan IV Ltd., 4.821%, 7/20/11 (d)(g)    283     268,850 
              46,180,377 
Electric Utilities - 0.4%    PPL Capital Funding, 6.70%, 3/30/67 (d)    3,900     3,319,817 
Gas Utilities - 0.5%    Southern Union Co., 7.20%, 11/01/66 (d)    5,000     4,061,690 
Insurance - 21.0%    AXA SA, 6.463% (c)(d)(e)    12,000     9,642,240 
    The Allstate Corp., 6.50%, 5/15/57 (d)    8,675     7,470,129 
    The Allstate Corp. Series B, 6.125%, 5/15/67 (d)    8,725     7,842,641 
    American International Group, Inc., 8.175%, 5/15/58 (d)(e)    13,400     12,005,315 
    American International Group, Inc., 6.25%, 3/15/87    10,225     7,762,104 
    Chubb Corp., 6.375%, 3/29/67 (d)    15,300     13,957,425 
    Everest Reinsurance Holdings, Inc., 6.60%, 5/01/67 (d)    12,025     8,196,072 
    Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., 7%, 3/15/37 (d)(e)    11,600     9,427,192 
    Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., 10.75%, 6/15/88 (d)(e)    6,200     5,704,000 
    Lincoln National Corp., 7%, 5/17/66 (d)    3,750     3,291,941 
    Lincoln National Corp., 6.05%, 4/20/67 (d)    4,225     3,399,279 
    MetLife, Inc., 6.40%, 12/15/66    4,550     3,868,647 
    Nationwide Life Global Funding I, 6.75%, 5/15/67    8,025     5,797,830 
    Progressive Corp., 6.70%, 6/15/37 (d)    19,675     16,702,304 
    QBE Capital Funding II LP, 6.797% (c)(d)(e)    7,105     5,850,847 
    Reinsurance Group of America, 6.75%, 12/15/65 (d)    15,000     11,533,650 
    Swiss Re Capital I LP, 6.854% (c)(d)(e)    27,475     23,554,675 
    The Travelers Cos., Inc., 6.25%, 3/15/67 (d)    9,000     7,594,290 
    White Mountains Re Group Ltd., 7.506% (c)(d)(e)    4,400     3,339,068 
    ZFS Finance (USA) Trust IV, 5.875%, 5/09/32 (d)(e)    2,050     1,878,886 
    ZFS Finance (USA) Trust V, 6.50%, 5/09/67 (d)(e)    13,220     11,328,786 
              180,147,321 
Metals & Mining - 0.4%    Aleris International, Inc., 10%, 12/15/16    5,000     3,450,000 
Multi-Utilities - 0.2%    Puget Sound Energy, Inc. Series A, 6.974%, 6/01/67 (d)    1,575     1,368,281 
Oil, Gas & Consumable    Conoco Funding Co., 6.35%, 10/15/11    4,800     5,083,051 
Fuels - 2.1%    Enterprise Products Operating LP, 8.375%, 8/01/66 (d)    4,500     4,396,572 
    Plains All American Pipeline LP, 6.50%, 5/01/18 (e)    2,515     2,486,110 
    TransCanada PipeLines Ltd., 6.35%, 5/15/67 (d)    7,325     6,190,013 
              18,155,746 
Paper & Forest    International Paper Co., 8.70%, 6/15/38    3,100     3,112,360 
Products - 0.4%               
Thrifts & Mortgage    Washington Mutual Preferred Funding Delaware, 6.534% (c)(d)(e)    1,600     480,480 
Finance - 0.0%               
    Total Corporate Bonds - 49.9%          428,082,125 
    Total Long-Term Investments (Cost - $1,258,857,716) - 121.6%          1,043,389,842 
    Short-Term Securities    Shares      
    SSgA Money Market Fund, 2.26%, 12/31/30    288,720,000     288,720,000 
    Total Short-Term Securities (Cost - $288,720,000) - 33.7%          288,720,000 
    Options Purchased    Contracts      
Call Options    Abbott Laboratories, expiring August 2008 at $52.5    30     12,300 
    Anadarko Petroleum Corp., expiring August 2008 at $60    60     11,550 
    Bank of America Corp., expiring August 2008 at $45    150     225 

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BlackRock Preferred and Equity Advantage Trust     
Schedule of Investments July 31, 2008 (Unaudited)    (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) 
    Options Purchased    Contracts      Value  
    Caterpillar, Inc., expiring August 2008 at $85    80    $  120  
    Cisco Systems, Inc., expiring August 2008 at $26    80      320  
    The Coca-Cola Co., expiring August 2008 at $62.5    90      450  
    ConocoPhillips, expiring August 2008 at $85    80      7,640  
    Corning, Inc., expiring August 2008 at $25    70      350  
    Cummins, Inc., expiring August 2008 at $75    50      2,500  
    Exxon Mobil Corp., expiring August 2008 at $95    60      120  
    Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. Class B, expiring             
    August 2008 at $95    40      22,900  
    Gilead Sciences, Inc., expiring August 2008 at $55    50      4,500  
    Hewlett-Packard Co., expiring August 2008 at $45    90      6,750  
    JPMorgan Chase & Co., expiring August 2008 at $42.5    150      13,275  
    National Oilwell Varco, Inc., expiring August 2008 at $60    70      131,950  
    Oracle Corp., expiring August 2008 at $24    120      600  
    Reynolds American, Inc., expiring August 2008 at $60    70      875  
    Schlumberger Ltd., expiring August 2008 at $90    30      35,700  
    Staples, Inc., expiring August 2008 at $25    70      700  
    XTO Energy, Inc., expiring August 2008 at $70    120      360  
    Total Options Purchased (Cost - $468,733) - 0.0%          253,185  
    Total Investments Before Options Written             
    (Cost - $1,548,046,449*) - 155.3%          1,332,363,027  
    Options Written             
Call Options    Abbott Laboratories, expiring August 2008 at $55    60      (12,000 ) 
    Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. Class B,             
    expiring August 2008 at $110    80      (8,400 ) 
    JPMorgan Chase & Co., expiring August 2008 at $45    300      (7,800 ) 
    National Oilwell Varco, Inc., expiring August 2008 at $70    140      (132,300 ) 
    S&P 500 Listed Option, expiring August 2008 at $126    270      (707,400 ) 
    S&P 500 Listed Option, expiring September 2008 at $132    720      (1,191,600 ) 
    Schlumberger Ltd., expiring August 2008 at $100    60      (24,600 ) 
    Total Options Written             
    (Premiums Received - $2,092,078) - (0.3)%          (2,084,100 ) 
    Total Investments, Net of Options Written             
    (Cost - $1,545,954,371) - 155.0%          1,330,278,927  
    Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (28.1)%          (241,029,206 ) 
    Preferred Shares, at Redemption Value - (26.9)%          (231,121,283 ) 
    Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares - 100.0%        $  858,128,438  

* The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of July 31, 2008, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:

Aggregate cost    $  1,548,265,726  
Gross unrealized appreciation    $  7,713,963  
Gross unrealized depreciation      (223,616,662 ) 
Net unrealized depreciation    $  (215,902,699 ) 

(a) Non-income producing security.

(b) All or a portion of the security has been pledged as collateral in connection with open financial futures contracts.

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Schedule of Investments July 31, 2008 (Unaudited)
BlackRock Preferred and Equity Advantage Trust

(c) Security is perpetual in nature and has no stated maturity date. In certain instances, a final maturity date may be extended and/or the final payment may be deferred at the issuer's option for a specified time without default.

(d) Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.

(e) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors. Unless otherwise indicated, these securities are considered to be liquid.

(f) Convertible security.

(g) Security is fair valued.

•     For Trust compliance purposes, the Trust's industry classifications refer to any one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or ratings group indexes, and/or as defined by Trust management. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine industry sub-classifications for reporting ease.

•     Financial futures contracts purchased as of July 31, 2008 were as follows:

        Expiration          Unrealized  
     Contracts    Issue    Date    Face Value     Appreciation  
370    S & P EMINI    September 2008    $23,178,656   $ 262,727  
1,363    10-Year U.S. Treasury Bond    September 2008    $154,295,051     2,215,683  
   Total                $ 2,478,410  
 
•      Financial futures contracts sold as of July 31, 2008 were as follows:             
        Expiration          Unrealized  
     Contracts    Issue    Date    Face Value     Depreciation  
1,950    5-Year U.S. Treasury Bond    September 2008    $214,224,559   $ (2,880,520 ) 
2,856    30-Year U.S. Treasury Bond    September 2008    $325,065,029     (4,802,971 ) 
   Total                $ (7,683,491 ) 
 
•      Swaps outstanding as of July 31, 2008 were as follows:             
            Notional        
            Amount     Unrealized  
            (000 )    Depreciation  
   Bought credit default protection on American Express             
   Company and pay 2.11%                 
   Broker, Deutsche Bank AG London                 
   Expires March 2013        6,000   $ (9,498 ) 
 
   Bought credit default protection on Lehman Brothers             
   Holdings, Inc. and pay 4.95%                 
   Broker, Deutsche Bank AG London                 
   Expires March 2013        3,000     (158,274 ) 
 
   Bought credit default protection on Dow Jones CDX             
   North America Investment Grade High Volatilit Index             
   10. V1 and pay 3.50%                 
   Broker, Lehman Brothers Special Financing                 
   Expires June 2013        6,033     (276 ) 

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BlackRock Preferred and Equity Advantage Trust               
Schedule of Investments July 31, 2008 (Unaudited)               
      Notional        
      Amount      Unrealized  
      (000)     Depreciation  
         Bought credit default protection on Kimco Realty Corp.               
         and pay 2.40%               
         Broker, Goldman Sachs & Co.               
         Expires March 2018    $  5,000   $ (77,655 ) 
 
         Bought credit default protection on Mack-Cali Realty,               
         L.P. and pay 3.10%               
         Broker, Goldman Sachs & Co.               
         Expires March 2018    $  3,000     (140,160 ) 
 
         Bought credit default protection on ERP Operating               
         Limited Partnership and pay 2.35%               
         Broker, Goldman Sachs & Co.               
         Expires March 2018    $  5,000     (131,610 ) 
         Total          $ (517,473 ) 

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Item 2 – Controls and Procedures

2(a) –  The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers or persons performing similar functions have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 
 
2(b) –  There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. 
 
Item 3 – Exhibit
 
  Certifications – Attached hereto 
 
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 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 Preferred and Equity Advantage Trust 
 
  By: 
/s/ Donald C. Burke
    Donald C. Burke 
    Chief Executive Officer of 
    BlackRock Preferred and Equity Advantage Trust 
 
  Date: September 19, 2008 
 
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. 
 
  By: 
/s/ Donald C. Burke
    Donald C. Burke 
    Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of 
    BlackRock Preferred and Equity Advantage Trust 
 
  Date: September 19, 2008 
 
  By: 
/s/ Neal J. Andrews
    Neal J. Andrews 
    Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of 
    BlackRock Preferred and Equity Advantage Trust 
 
  Date: September 19, 2008