Filed by BlackRock Municipal Income Trust II
pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of
1933
and deemed filed pursuant to Rule 14a-6
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Subject Company: BlackRock Municipal Income
Investment Trust
File No. 333-244305
Date: March 19, 2021

Contact:
1-800-882-0052
BlackRock Announces Special Distributions Related
to the Reorganization of Four Municipal Closed-End Funds
New York, March 19, 2021 – BlackRock Advisors,
LLC today announced the declaration of a special distribution for
The BlackRock Strategic Municipal Trust (NYSE: BSD), BlackRock
MuniYield Investment Quality Fund (NYSE: MFT), BlackRock Municipal
Income Investment Trust (NYSE: BBF), and BlackRock Municipal Income
Trust II (NYSE: BLE and collectively with BSD, MFT and BBF, the
“Funds,” and each, a “Fund”) in connection with the reorganizations
of BSD, MFT, and BBF into BLE, with BLE continuing (the “Combined
Fund”) as the surviving Fund (the “Reorganizations”).
With respect to each of the Funds, the special distribution
declared today represents undistributed net investment income
earned through the effective date of the Reorganizations. In order
to maintain status as a regulated investment company and to avoid
the imposition of a corporate level income tax, each of BSD, MFT,
and BBF are required to declare a distribution of all net
investment income prior to the consummation of the Reorganizations
as described below. Other than the special distribution announced
today, BSD, MFT, and BBF will declare no further distributions
prior to or following the Reorganizations. As this special
distribution includes all net investment income earned by each Fund
in earlier periods and not previously distributed, it is not
indicative of the amount of the Combined Fund’s future monthly
distributions.
BSD, MFT, and BBF are declaring a special distribution that will be
payable on May 3, 2021. The ex-dividend date for the distribution
is April 7, 2021 and the record date is April 8, 2021.
Accordingly, persons who are holders of record of BSD, MFT, or BBF
common shares on April 8, 2021 should expect to receive the
distribution. The distribution payable to shareholders of BSD, MFT,
or BBF will be paid in cash. Common shares of BSD, MFT, or BBF
acquired after April 6th, 2021 will not be
entitled to the distribution.
BLE is declaring a special distribution that will be payable on
May 3, 2021. The ex-dividend date for the distribution
is April 7, 2021, and the record date is April 8, 2021.
Accordingly, persons who are holders of record of BLE common shares
on April 8, 2021 should expect to receive the distribution.
Common shares of BLE acquired after April 6th, 2021 will not
be entitled to the distribution.
Common shares of BSD, MFT, or BBF acquired after April
6th, 2021 will
not be entitled to their respective special distributions and will
not be eligible to receive a distribution until an initial
distribution is declared on the Combined Fund after the closing of
the Reorganizations. We expect that on May 3, 2021 the
Combined Fund will declare its first monthly distribution payable
on June 1, 2021.
It is currently expected that the Reorganizations will be completed
by the open of business on the New York Stock Exchange on
April 12, 2021, subject to the satisfaction of customary
closing conditions. To
facilitate the Merger, all shares of BSD, MFT, and BBF will
cease trading on the NYSE as of market close on Friday,
April 9, 2021. Each Reorganization, if completed, would
occur based on the relative net asset values of the common shares
of the applicable Funds. In addition, holders of Variable Rate Muni
Term Preferred Shares (“VMTP Shares”) of each of BSD, MFT, and BBF
would receive on a one-for-one basis
VMTP Shares of BLE in an amount equal to the aggregate VMTP Share
liquidation preference (including any accumulated and unpaid
dividends) held by holders of BSD, MFT, and BBF VMTP Shares
immediately prior to the Reorganizations.
Distribution details are as follows:
Declaration- 3/19/2021 Ex-Date-
4/7/2021 Record-
4/8/2021 Payable-
5/3/2021
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Fund |
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Ticker |
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Per-Share Distribution |
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The BlackRock Strategic Municipal Trust
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BSD |
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$0.0607690 |
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BlackRock MuniYield Investment Quality Fund
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MFT |
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$0.0940710 |
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BlackRock Municipal Income Investment Trust
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BBF |
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$0.0505000 |
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BlackRock Municipal Income Trust II
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BLE |
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$0.0638350 |
This communication is not intended to, and shall not, constitute an
offer to purchase or sell shares of any of the BlackRock funds,
including BLE, the surviving Fund in the Reorganizations.
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BlackRock closed-end funds
on a monthly basis on its website in the “Closed-end Funds” section of
www.blackrock.com as well as certain other
material information as necessary from time to time. Investors and
others are advised to check the website for updated performance
information and the release of other material information about the
Funds. This reference to BlackRock’s website is intended to allow
investors public access to information regarding the Funds and does
not, and is not intended to, incorporate BlackRock’s website in
this release.
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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
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“sustain,” “seek,” “achieve,” and similar
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expressions, or future or conditional verbs such as “will,”
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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 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 the Funds’ net asset value; (2) the relative and
absolute investment performance of the Funds 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 Funds or BlackRock, as
applicable; (8) terrorist activities, international
hostilities, health epidemics and/or pandemics 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 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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