Certain BlackRock closed-end funds (the “Funds”) announced
distributions today as detailed below.
Municipal Funds:
Declaration- 4/2/2012
Ex-Date- 4/12/2012
Record- 4/16/2012
Payable- 5/1/2012
Change From
National Funds Ticker Distribution Prior Distribution BlackRock
Municipal Income Quality Trust BYM $0.078000 - BlackRock Municipal
Income Investment Quality Trust BAF $0.074500 - BlackRock
Investment Quality Municipal Income Trust RFA $0.070000 - BlackRock
Long-Term Municipal Advantage Trust BTA $0.066000 - BlackRock Muni
Intermediate Duration Fund, Inc. MUI $0.071500 - BlackRock
MuniAssets Fund, Inc. MUA $0.062500 - BlackRock Municipal Bond
Trust BBK $0.088500 - BlackRock Municipal Bond Investment Trust BIE
$0.081000 - BlackRock Municipal Income Trust BFK $0.080100 -
BlackRock Municipal Income Trust II BLE $0.085000 - BlackRock
Municipal Income Investment Trust BBF $0.075375 - BlackRock
Municipal 2018 Term Trust BPK $0.078000 - BlackRock MuniEnhanced
Fund, Inc. MEN $0.058000 - BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund II, Inc. MUH
$0.083000 - BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund, Inc. MHD $0.091500 -
BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund II, Inc. MUE $0.073500 -
BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund, Inc. MUS $0.074000 - BlackRock
MuniHoldings Investment Quality Fund MFL $0.076500 - BlackRock
MuniVest Fund II, Inc. MVT $0.091000 - BlackRock MuniVest Fund,
Inc. MVF $0.059000 - BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc. MYD $0.083500 -
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc. MYI $0.072000 -
BlackRock MuniYield Investment Quality Fund MFT $0.071000 -
BlackRock MuniYield Investment Fund MYF $0.079000 - BlackRock
MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc. MQT $0.069500 - BlackRock MuniYield
Quality Fund, Inc. MQY $0.080000 - The BlackRock Investment Quality
Municipal Trust, Inc. BKN $0.084000 - The BlackRock Strategic
Municipal Trust BSD $0.074000 -
Change From State-Specific Funds Ticker Distribution
Prior Distribution BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust BFZ
$0.077700 - BlackRock California Municipal 2018 Term Trust BJZ
$0.072000 - BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund, Inc.
MUC $0.079000 - BlackRock MuniYield California Fund, Inc. MYC
$0.079000 - BlackRock MuniYield California Quality Fund, Inc. MCA
$0.076000 - BlackRock Florida Municipal 2020 Term Trust, Inc. BFO
$0.056000 - BlackRock Maryland Municipal Bond Trust BZM $0.079000 -
BlackRock Muni New York Intermediate Duration Fund, Inc. MNE
$0.062500 - BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund, Inc. MHN
$0.079500 - BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc. MYN
$0.071000 - BlackRock New York Municipal 2018 Term Trust, Inc. BLH
$0.082000 - BlackRock New York Municipal Income Quality Trust BSE
$0.071500 - BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Trust BQH $0.082000 -
BlackRock New York Municipal Income Trust BNY $0.082500 - BlackRock
New York Municipal Income Trust II BFY $0.083500 - The BlackRock
New York Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. RNY $0.073000 -
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund, Inc. MUJ $0.074000
- BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Fund, Inc. MYJ $0.074000 -
BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Quality Fund, Inc. MJI $0.072000 -
BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Trust BLJ $0.078000 - BlackRock
New Jersey Municipal Income Trust BNJ $0.079100 - The BlackRock New
Jersey Investment Quality Municipal Trust RNJ $0.065500 - BlackRock
MuniYield Arizona Fund, Inc. MZA $0.069500 - BlackRock MuniYield
Michigan Quality Fund II, Inc. MYM $0.071500 - BlackRock MuniYield
Michigan Quality Fund, Inc. MIY $0.076500 - BlackRock MuniYield
Pennsylvania Quality Fund MPA $0.076500 - The BlackRock
Pennsylvania Strategic Municipal Trust BPS $0.076000 - BlackRock
Virginia Municipal Bond Trust BHV $0.083000 - Massachusetts Health
& Education Tax-Exempt Trust MHE $0.070000 -
Taxable Municipal Fund:
Declaration- 4/2/2012
Ex-Date- 4/12/2012
Record- 4/16/2012
Payable- 4/30/2012
Change From Fund Ticker
Distribution Prior Distribution BlackRock Build America Bond Trust
BBN $0.131800 -
Taxable Funds:
Declaration- 4/2/2012
Ex-Date- 4/12/2012
Record- 4/16/2012
Payable- 4/30/2012
Change From Fund
Ticker Distribution Prior Distribution BlackRock Senior High Income
Fund, Inc. ARK $0.025000 - BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust BGT
$0.077500 - BlackRock Strategic Bond Trust BHD $0.084500 -
BlackRock Core Bond Trust BHK $0.067000 - BlackRock Defined
Opportunity Credit Trust BHL $0.066000 - The BlackRock High Yield
Trust* BHY $0.043500 - The BlackRock Income Trust, Inc. BKT
$0.040500 - BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust BLW $0.105000 -
BlackRock Income Opportunity Trust, Inc. BNA $0.053000 - BlackRock
Credit Allocation Income Trust III BPP $0.063500 - BlackRock Credit
Allocation Income Trust IV BTZ $0.078500 - BlackRock Corporate High
Yield Fund, Inc. COY $0.051000 - BlackRock Corporate High Yield
Fund III, Inc. CYE $0.051000 - BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc.
DSU $0.027000 - BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund, Inc.*
DVF $0.058500 - BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund, Inc. EGF
$0.070000 - BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc.
FRA $0.077000 - BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II,
Inc. FRB $0.073000 - BlackRock High Income Shares HIS $0.014200 -
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund VI, Inc. HYT $0.083500 -
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund V, Inc. HYV $0.086000 -
BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc. PSW $0.059500 -
BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc. PSY $0.061000 -
* In order to comply with the requirements of Section 19 of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, each of the Funds noted
above posted to the DTC bulletin board and sent to their
shareholders as of the applicable record date a Section 19 notice
with the previous dividend payment. The Section 19 notice
was provided not for tax reporting purposes but for informational
purposes only. This information can be found in the “Closed-End
Funds” section of www.blackrock.com. If applicable, the
final determination of the source and tax characteristics of all
distributions in 2012 will be made after the end of the year.
BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund, Inc. (NYSE:EGF) (“EGF”) has
adopted a level distribution plan (the “Plan”) and employs either a
managed distribution or an option over-write policy to support a
level distribution of income, capital gains and/or return of
capital. The fixed amounts distributed per share are subject to
change at the discretion of EGF’s Board. Under its Plan, EGF
will distribute all available investment income to its
shareholders, consistent with its primary investment objectives and
as required by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. If
sufficient investment income is not available on a monthly basis,
EGF will distribute long-term capital gains and or return capital
to its shareholders in order to maintain a level distribution.
EGF’s estimated sources of the distribution paid this month and
for its current fiscal year are as follows:
Estimated Allocations as of 3/30/2012
Net
Realized Net Investment Short-Term Net Realized Long-
Fund Distribution Income
Gains Term Gains Return of Capital EGF
$0.070000 $0.070000 (100%)
$0 (0%) $0 (0%) $0 (0%)
Estimated Allocations for the fiscal year through 3/30/2012
Net Realized Net Investment Short-Term Net
Realized Long- Fund Distribution Income
Gains Term Gains Return
of Capital EGF $0.140000 $0.140000
(100%) $0 (0%) $0 (0%) $0
(0%)
The amounts and sources of distributions reported are only
estimates and are not provided for tax reporting purposes. The
actual amounts and sources of the amounts for tax reporting
purposes will depend upon EGF’s investment experience during the
remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on
tax regulations. EGF will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar
year that will tell you how to report these distributions for
federal income tax purposes.
Fund Performance and Distribution Rate
Information: Average annual
total Annualized current Cumulative
total Cumulative fiscal return (in relation distribution rate
return (in relation year distributions to NAV) for the 5- expressed
as a to NAV) for the as a percentage of year period ending
percentage of NAV as fiscal year through NAV as of Fund
on 02/29/2012 of 02/29/2012
02/29/2012 02/29/2012 EGF 4.76%
5.16% 0.33% 0.43%
Shareholders should not draw any conclusions about EGF’s
investment performance from the amount of EGF’s current
distributions or from the terms of EGF’s Plan.
About BlackRock
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and advisory services for institutional and retail clients
worldwide. At December 31, 2011, BlackRock’s AUM was $3.513
trillion. BlackRock offers products that span the risk spectrum to
meet clients’ needs, including active, enhanced and index
strategies across markets and asset classes. Products are offered
in a variety of structures including separate accounts, mutual
funds, iShares® (exchange-traded funds), and other pooled
investment vehicles. BlackRock also offers risk management,
advisory and enterprise investment system services to a broad base
of institutional investors through BlackRock Solutions®.
Headquartered in New York City, as of December 31, 2011, the firm
has approximately 10,100 employees in 27 countries and a major
presence in key global markets, including North and South America,
Europe, Asia, Australia and the Middle East and Africa. For
additional information, please visit BlackRock's website at
www.blackrock.com.
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 Funds’ 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 each Fund, 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 the fund or in
the 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
the funds with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“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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