Certain BlackRock closed-end funds (the ?Funds?) announced distributions today as detailed below.
Municipal Funds:
Declaration - 1/3/2011 Ex-Date - 1/12/2011 Record - 1/14/2011 Payable - 2/1/2011 | ||||||||||||
National Funds | Ticker | Dividend |
Change From | |||||||||
BlackRock Apex Municipal Fund, Inc. | APX | $0.044000 | - | |||||||||
BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust | BYM | $0.077000 | - | |||||||||
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 | $0.061000 | - | |||||||||
BlackRock Muni Intermediate Duration Fund, Inc. | MUI | $0.071500 | - | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund, Inc. | MUA | $0.062500 | - | |||||||||
BlackRock Municipal 2020 Term Trust | BKK | $0.062250 | - | |||||||||
BlackRock Municipal Bond Trust | BBK | $0.086000 | - | |||||||||
BlackRock Municipal Bond Investment Trust | BIE | $0.078800 | - | |||||||||
BlackRock Municipal Income Trust | BFK | $0.080100 | - | |||||||||
BlackRock Municipal Income Trust II | BLE | $0.083500 | - | |||||||||
BlackRock Municipal Income Investment Trust | BBF | $0.075375 | - | |||||||||
BlackRock Municipal 2018 Term Trust | BPK | $0.078000 | - | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniEnhanced Fund, Inc. | MEN | $0.057000 | - | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund II, Inc.* | MUH | $0.080500 | - | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund, Inc.* | MHD | $0.090500 | - | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund II, Inc. | MUE | $0.073500 | - | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund, Inc. | MUS | $0.074000 | - | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniHoldings Investment Quality Fund | MFL | $0.075000 | - | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniVest Fund II, Inc. | MVT | $0.088500 | - | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniVest Fund, Inc. | MVF | $0.059000 | - | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc. | MYD | $0.082500 | - | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc. | MYI | $0.072000 | - | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniYield Investment Quality Fund | MFT | $0.071000 | - | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniYield Investment Fund | MYF | $0.077500 | - | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc. | MQT | $0.067000 | - | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc. | MQY | $0.077000 | - | |||||||||
The BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. | BKN | $0.084000 | - | |||||||||
The BlackRock Strategic Municipal Trust | BSD | $0.074000 | - | |||||||||
State-Specific Funds | Ticker | Dividend |
Change From | |||||||||
BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust | BFZ | $0.075700 | - | |||||||||
BlackRock California Municipal 2018 Term Trust | BJZ | $0.072000 | - | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund, Inc. | MUC | $0.075500 | - | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniYield California Fund, Inc. | MYC | $0.079000 | - | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniYield California Quality Fund, Inc. | MCA | $0.073500 | - | |||||||||
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 | $0.061000 | - | |||||||||
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 | $0.072500 | - | |||||||||
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 | - |
* 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 2010 will be made after the end of the year.
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