RFA Blackrock Investment Quality Municipal Trust

BlackRock Advisors, LLC today announced that, at a special meeting of shareholders of BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Income Trust (NYSE Amex:RFA) held today, shareholders of RFA have approved a Plan of Liquidation and Termination (the "Plan") for RFA, as previously approved by RFA’s Board of Trustees. The Plan is expected to take effect on or about June 4, 2012.

Subsequent to the Plan’s effectiveness, the Fund’s investment adviser will begin the orderly liquidation of RFA’s assets, determine and pay, or set aside in cash or cash equivalents, an amount at least equal to all known or reasonably ascertainable liabilities and obligations of RFA, including liabilities associated with RFA’s financial leverage, redeem RFA’s auction rate municipal preferred shares and make one or more liquidating distributions to RFA’s common shareholders. Such distributions will be paid in cash. Additional details with respect to RFA’s liquidation will be provided as they become available. It is currently anticipated that the liquidation will be completed in June 2012.

Special meetings of shareholders of BlackRock New Jersey Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. (NYSE Amex:RNJ) and BlackRock New York Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. (NYSE Amex:RNY) (collectively, the “Adjourned Funds”) were also held today, and each has been adjourned by the chair to allow additional time to further solicit votes of RNJ and RNY shareholders in connection with a Plan of Liquidation and Dissolution for each of the Adjourned Funds, as outlined in the Notice of Special Meeting of Shareholders previously mailed to shareholders of RNJ and RNY. The reconvened special meeting of the Adjourned Funds will be held at One University Square Drive, Plainsboro, New Jersey at 9:00 A.M. on June 28, 2012.

About BlackRock

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Forward-Looking Statements

This press release, and other statements that BlackRock or the Funds may make, may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, with respect to the Fund or BlackRock’s future financial or business performance, strategies or expectations. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words or phrases such as “trend,” “potential,” “opportunity,” “pipeline,” “believe,” “comfortable,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “current,” “intention,” “estimate,” “position,” “assume,” “outlook,” “continue,” “remain,” “maintain,” “sustain,” “seek,” “achieve,” and similar expressions, or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “may” or similar expressions.

BlackRock cautions that forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties, which change over time. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and BlackRock assumes no duty to and does not undertake to update forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in forward-looking statements and future results could differ materially from historical performance.

With respect to RFA, RNJ and RNY, the following factors, among others, could cause actual events to differ materially from forward-looking statements or historical performance: (1) changes and volatility in political, economic or industry conditions, the interest rate environment, foreign exchange rates or financial and capital markets, which could result in changes in demand for a fund or in a fund’s net asset value; (2) the relative and absolute investment performance of the fund and its investments; (3) the impact of increased competition; (4) the unfavorable resolution of any legal proceedings; (5) the extent and timing of any distributions or share repurchases; (6) the impact, extent and timing of technological changes; (7) the impact of legislative and regulatory actions and reforms, including the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and regulatory, supervisory or enforcement actions of government agencies relating to the fund or BlackRock, as applicable; (8) terrorist activities, international hostilities and natural disasters, which may adversely affect the general economy, domestic and local financial and capital markets, specific industries or BlackRock; (9) BlackRock’s ability to attract and retain highly talented professionals; (10) the impact of BlackRock electing to provide support to its products from time to time; and (11) the impact of problems at other financial institutions or the failure or negative performance of products at other financial institutions.

Annual and Semi-Annual Reports and other regulatory filings of RFA, RNJ and RNY with the SEC are accessible on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and on BlackRock’s website at www.blackrock.com, and may discuss these or other factors that affect the funds. The information contained on BlackRock’s website is not a part of this press release.

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