Certain BlackRock closed-end funds (the “Funds”) today announced
revised ex-dividend dates for the Funds’ November 2011
distributions, as previously announced on November 1, 2011. Each
Fund’s previously announced ex-dividend date has been modified due
to settlement requirements coinciding with the Veteran’s Day
holiday. The revised ex-dividend date for each Fund is specified
below. There have been no changes to any of the previously
announced record or payable dates for the Funds’ November 2011
distributions.
Fund Name
Ticker
Revised
Ex-Date
BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust BYM 11/10/11 BlackRock
Municipal Income Investment Quality Trust BAF 11/10/11 BlackRock
Investment Quality Municipal Income Trust RFA 11/10/11 BlackRock
Long-Term Municipal Advantage Trust BTA 11/10/11 BlackRock Muni
Intermediate Duration Fund, Inc. MUI 11/10/11 BlackRock MuniAssets
Fund, Inc. MUA 11/10/11 BlackRock Municipal 2020 Term Trust BKK
11/10/11 BlackRock Municipal Bond Trust BBK 11/10/11 BlackRock
Municipal Bond Investment Trust BIE 11/10/11 BlackRock Municipal
Income Trust BFK 11/10/11 BlackRock Municipal Income Trust II BLE
11/10/11 BlackRock Municipal Income Investment Trust BBF 11/10/11
BlackRock MuniEnhanced Fund, Inc. MEN 11/10/11 BlackRock
MuniHoldings Fund II, Inc. MUH 11/10/11 BlackRock MuniHoldings
Fund, Inc. MHD 11/10/11 BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund II,
Inc. MUE 11/10/11 BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund, Inc. MUS
11/10/11 BlackRock MuniHoldings Investment Quality Fund MFL
11/10/11 BlackRock MuniVest Fund II, Inc. MVT 11/10/11 BlackRock
MuniVest Fund, Inc. MVF 11/10/11 BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc. MYD
11/10/11 BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc. MYI 11/10/11
BlackRock MuniYield Investment Quality Fund MFT 11/10/11 BlackRock
MuniYield Investment Fund MYF 11/10/11 BlackRock MuniYield Quality
Fund II, Inc. MQT 11/10/11 BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc.
MQY 11/10/11 The BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc.
BKN 11/10/11 The BlackRock Strategic Municipal Trust BSD 11/10/11
BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust BFZ 11/10/11 BlackRock
MuniHoldings California Quality Fund, Inc. MUC 11/10/11 BlackRock
MuniYield California Fund, Inc. MYC 11/10/11 BlackRock MuniYield
California Quality Fund, Inc. MCA 11/10/11 BlackRock Florida
Municipal 2020 Term Trust, Inc. BFO 11/10/11 BlackRock Maryland
Municipal Bond Trust BZM 11/10/11 BlackRock Muni New York
Intermediate Duration Fund, Inc. MNE 11/10/11 BlackRock
MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund, Inc. MHN 11/10/11 BlackRock
MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc. MYN 11/10/11 BlackRock New
York Municipal Income Quality Trust BSE 11/10/11 BlackRock New York
Municipal Bond Trust BQH 11/10/11 BlackRock New York Municipal
Income Trust BNY 11/10/11 BlackRock New York Municipal Income Trust
II BFY 11/10/11 The BlackRock New York Investment Quality Municipal
Trust, Inc. RNY 11/10/11 BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality
Fund, Inc. MUJ 11/10/11 BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Fund, Inc.
MYJ 11/10/11 BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Quality Fund, Inc. MJI
11/10/11 BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Trust BLJ 11/10/11
BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Income Trust BNJ 11/10/11 The
BlackRock New Jersey Investment Quality Municipal Trust RNJ
11/10/11 BlackRock MuniYield Arizona Fund, Inc. MZA 11/10/11
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund II, Inc. MYM 11/10/11
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund, Inc. MIY 11/10/11
BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Quality Fund MPA 11/10/11 The
BlackRock Pennsylvania Strategic Municipal Trust BPS 11/10/11
BlackRock Virginia Municipal Bond Trust BHV 11/10/11 Massachusetts
Health & Education Tax-Exempt Trust MHE 11/10/11 BlackRock
Build America Bond Trust BBN 11/10/11 BlackRock Senior High Income
Fund, Inc. ARK 11/10/11 BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust BGT
11/10/11 BlackRock Strategic Bond Trust BHD 11/10/11 BlackRock Core
Bond Trust BHK 11/10/11 BlackRock Defined Opportunity Credit Trust
BHL 11/10/11 The BlackRock High Yield Trust BHY 11/10/11 The
BlackRock Income Trust, Inc. BKT 11/10/11 BlackRock Limited
Duration Income Trust BLW 11/10/11 BlackRock Income Opportunity
Trust, Inc. BNA 11/10/11 BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust
III BPP 11/10/11 BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV BTZ
11/10/11 BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. COY 11/10/11
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. CYE 11/10/11
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. DSU 11/10/11 BlackRock
Diversified Income Strategies Fund, Inc. DVF 11/10/11 BlackRock
Enhanced Government Fund, Inc. EGF 11/10/11 BlackRock Floating Rate
Income Strategies Fund, Inc. FRA 11/10/11 BlackRock Floating Rate
Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. FRB 11/10/11 BlackRock High Income
Shares HIS 11/10/11 BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund VI, Inc.
HYT 11/10/11 BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund V, Inc. HYV
11/10/11 BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc. PSW
11/10/11 BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc. PSY
11/10/11 BlackRock Global Opportunities Equity Trust BOE 11/10/11
BlackRock S&P Quality Rankings Global Equity Managed Trust BQY
11/10/11 BlackRock Municipal 2018 Term Trust BPK 11/10/11 BlackRock
California Municipal 2018 Term Trust BJZ 11/10/11 BlackRock New
York Municipal 2018 Term Trust BLH 11/10/11
About BlackRock
BlackRock is a leader in investment management, risk management
and advisory services for institutional and retail clients
worldwide. At September 30, 2011, BlackRock’s AUM was $3.345
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 September 30, 2011, the firm
has approximately 10,200 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 the Company's website at
www.blackrock.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
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make, may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, with respect to
BlackRock’s future financial or business performance, strategies or
expectations. Forward-looking statements are typically identified
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“pipeline,” “believe,” “comfortable,” “expect,” “anticipate,”
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“achieve,” and similar expressions, or future or conditional verbs
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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 recently approved
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) BlackRock’s success in maintaining
secondary market support for the Fund; (11) the impact of BlackRock
electing to provide support to its products from time to time; (12)
the impact of problems at other financial institutions or the
failure or negative performance of products at other financial
institutions; and (13) the ability of BlackRock to integrate the
operations of Barclays Global Investors.
The 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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