Certain BlackRock closed-end funds (the “Funds”) announced
distributions today as detailed below.
Several of the Funds announced distribution reductions.
Generally, these distribution reductions were made in order to
better align the applicable Fund’s distribution rates with their
current and projected levels of earnings.
Municipal Funds:
Declaration- 10/1/2014 Ex-Date- 10/10/2014 Record-
10/15/2014 Payable- 11/03/2014 National
Funds Ticker Distribution
Change FromPriorDistribution
BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust BYM $0.071500 - BlackRock
Municipal Income Investment Quality Trust BAF $0.068500 - BlackRock
Long-Term Municipal Advantage Trust BTA $0.058000 -0.004000
BlackRock Muni Intermediate Duration Fund, Inc. MUI $0.068500 -
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund, Inc. MUA $0.062500 - BlackRock Municipal
Income Investment Trust BBF $0.072375 - BlackRock Municipal Bond
Trust BBK $0.082000 - BlackRock Municipal Income Trust BFK
$0.075100 - BlackRock Municipal Bond Investment Trust BIE $0.076000
- BlackRock Municipal 2020 Term Trust BKK $0.054000 - BlackRock
Municipal Income Trust II BLE $0.082000 - BlackRock Investment
Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. BKN $0.080000 - BlackRock Municipal
Target Term Trust BTT $0.080000 - The BlackRock Strategic Municipal
Trust BSD $0.074000 - BlackRock MuniEnhanced Fund, Inc. MEN
$0.060500 - BlackRock MuniHoldings Investment Quality Fund MFL
$0.071500 - BlackRock MuniYield Investment Quality Fund MFT
$0.071000 - BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund, Inc. MHD $0.088500 -
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc. MQT $0.070500 - BlackRock
MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc. MQY $0.080000 - BlackRock MuniHoldings
Quality Fund II, Inc. MUE $0.070500 - BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund
II, Inc. MUH $0.083000 - BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund, Inc.
MUS $0.067500 - BlackRock MuniVest Fund II, Inc. MVT $0.083000
-0.005500 BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc. MYD $0.080500 - BlackRock
MuniYield Investment Fund MYF $0.079000 - BlackRock MuniYield
Quality Fund III, Inc. MYI $0.074000 - BlackRock MuniVest Fund,
Inc. MVF $0.053500 -
State-Specific Funds
Ticker Distribution
Change FromPriorDistribution
BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust BFZ $0.072200 -
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund, Inc. MUC $0.067500
-0.004000 BlackRock MuniYield California Fund, Inc. MYC $0.074000
-0.005000 BlackRock MuniYield California Quality Fund, Inc. MCA
$0.073000 - BlackRock Maryland Municipal Bond Trust BZM $0.059500 -
BlackRock Muni New York Intermediate Duration Fund, Inc. MNE
$0.057500 - BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund, Inc. MHN
$0.069000 - BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc. MYN
$0.064500 - BlackRock New York Municipal Income Quality Trust BSE
$0.062500 - BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Trust BQH $0.066500 -
BlackRock New York Municipal Income Trust BNY $0.069000 - BlackRock
New York Municipal Income Trust II BFY $0.070000 - BlackRock
MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund, Inc. MUJ $0.074000 -
BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Fund, Inc. MYJ $0.075000 - BlackRock
MuniYield New Jersey Quality Fund, Inc. MJI $0.074000 - BlackRock
New Jersey Municipal Income Trust BNJ $0.075100 - BlackRock New
Jersey Municipal Bond Trust BLJ $0.074500 - BlackRock MuniYield
Arizona Fund, Inc. MZA $0.069500 - BlackRock MuniYield Michigan
Quality Fund II, Inc. MYM $0.066000 - BlackRock MuniYield Michigan
Quality Fund, Inc. MIY $0.072000 - BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania
Quality Fund MPA $0.074000 - The BlackRock Pennsylvania Strategic
Municipal Trust BPS $0.061000 - BlackRock Virginia Municipal Bond
Trust BHV $0.071500 - BlackRock Massachusetts Tax-Exempt Trust MHE
$0.062500 - BlackRock Florida Municipal 2020 Term Trust BFO
$0.034700 -
Taxable Municipal Fund:
Declaration- 10/1/2014 Ex-Date- 10/10/2014 Record-
10/15/2014 Payable- 10/31/2014 Fund
Ticker Distribution
Change FromPriorDistribution
BlackRock Build America Bond Trust BBN $0.131800 -
Taxable Funds:
Declaration- 10/1/2014 Ex-Date- 10/10/2014 Record-
10/15/2014 Payable-10/31/2014 Fund
Ticker Distribution
Change FromPriorDistribution
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust* BGT $0.065300 -0.004200
BlackRock Core Bond Trust BHK $0.075500 - BlackRock Defined
Opportunity Credit Trust BHL $0.058300 -0.002200 BlackRock
Multi-Sector Income Trust BIT $0.116700 - BlackRock Income Trust,
Inc. BKT $0.035000 - BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust BLW
$0.099500 - BlackRock Income Opportunity Trust, Inc. BNA $0.059500
- BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust BTZ $0.080500 -
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. DSU $0.024000 -0.001000
BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund, Inc.* EGF $0.055000 - BlackRock
Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. FRA $0.067400 -0.002600
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. HYT $0.075500 -
* 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 its shareholders
of record as of the applicable record date a Section 19 notice with
the previous distribution payment. The Section 19 notice
was provided for informational purposes only and not for tax
reporting purposes. This information can be found in the
“Closed-End Funds” section of www.blackrock.com. As
applicable, the final determination of the source and tax
characteristics of all distributions in 2014 will be made after the
end of the year.
BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund, Inc. (NYSE:EGF) has adopted
a level distribution plan, consistent with its investment objective
and policies, to support a level distribution of income, capital
gains, and/or return of capital (the “Plan”). The fixed amount
distributed per share is subject to change at the discretion of
EGF’s Board of Directors. Under the Plan, EGF will distribute
all available investment income to its shareholders, consistent
with its investment objective 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 distributions paid as of
September 30, 2014 and for its current fiscal year are as
follows:
Estimated Allocations as of September 30, 2014
Plan Fund Distribution
Net InvestmentIncome
Net RealizedShort-TermGains
Net RealizedLong-TermGains
Return of Capital EGF1 $0.055000 $0.037148
(68%) $0 (0%) $0 (0%) $0.017852 (32%)
Estimated Allocations for the Fiscal Year
through September 30, 2014 Fund Distribution
Net InvestmentIncome
Net RealizedShort-TermGains
Net RealizedLong-TermGains
Return of Capital
EGF1 $0.440000 $0.334250 (76%) $0 (0%)
$0 (0%) $0.105750 (24%)
1 EGF estimates that it has distributed more than its income and
net realized capital gains in the current fiscal year; therefore, a
portion of the distribution may be a return of capital. A return of
capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the
shareholder’s investment is paid back to the shareholder. A return
of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect EGF’s
investment performance and should not be confused with ‘yield’ or
‘income’. When distributions exceed total return performance, the
difference will reduce EGF’s net asset value per share.
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 its shareholders a Form 1099-DIV for
the calendar year that will tell its shareholders how to report
these distributions for federal income tax purposes.
EGF Performance and Distribution Rate Information:
Fund
Average annual totalreturn (in relation
toNAV) for the 5-yearperiod ending on08/31/2014
Annualized currentdistribution
rateexpressed as apercentage of NAV asof 08/31/2014
Cumulative total return(in relation to
NAV) forthe fiscal year through08/31/2014
Cumulative fiscalyear distributionsas a
percentageof NAV as of08/31/2014
EGF 3.67% 4.37% 2.48% 2.55%
Shareholders should not draw any conclusions about EGF’s
investment performance from the amount of EGF’s current
distributions or from the terms of the Plan.
About BlackRock
BlackRock is a leader in investment management, risk management
and advisory services for institutional and retail clients
worldwide. At June 30, 2014, BlackRock’s assets under
management were $4.594 trillion. BlackRock helps clients meet
their goals and overcome challenges with a range of products that
include 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 June 30,
2014, the firm had approximately 11,600 employees in more than 30
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 |Twitter: @blackrock_news | Blog:
www.blackrockblog.com |LinkedIn:
www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock
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 the Funds, 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 Funds or
in a Fund’s net asset value; (2) the relative and absolute
investment performance of a 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 a 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 a
Fund 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.
BlackRock Closed-End Funds1-800-882-0052
Blackrock Municipal Bond Investment Trust (NYSE:BIE)
Historical Stock Chart
From Nov 2024 to Dec 2024
Blackrock Municipal Bond Investment Trust (NYSE:BIE)
Historical Stock Chart
From Dec 2023 to Dec 2024