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: April 12, 2021
Contact:
1-800-882-0052

BlackRock Announces Closing of
Reorganizations
of Four Municipal Closed-End Funds
New York, April 12, 2021 – BlackRock Advisors,
LLC today announced that the reorganizations of each of The
BlackRock Strategic Municipal Trust (“BSD”, CUSIP: 09248T109),
BlackRock MuniYield Investment Quality Fund (“MFT”, CUSIP:
09254T100), BlackRock Municipal Income Investment Trust (“BBF”,
CUSIP: 09248H105) with and into BlackRock Municipal Income Trust II
(“BLE”, CUSIP: 09249N101 and together with BSD, MFT and BBF, the
“Funds”) (the “Reorganizations”) is effective as of the opening for
business of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, April 12,
2021.
In the Reorganizations, common shareholders of BSD, MFT and BBF
received an amount of BLE common shares equal to the aggregate net
asset value of their holdings of BSD, MFT and BBF common shares as
determined at the close of business on April 9, 2021.
Fractional shares of BLE common shares were not issued in the
Reorganizations and consequently cash will be distributed for any
such fractional shares.
Relevant details pertaining to the Reorganizations are as
follows:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Fund |
|
Ticker |
|
New Asset
Value/Share
($)
|
|
Share Conversion
Ratio |
BlackRock Municipal Income Trust II
|
|
BLE |
|
15.0242 |
|
N/A |
The BlackRock Strategic Municipal Trust
|
|
BSD |
|
14.6961 |
|
0.97816190 |
BlackRock MuniYield Investment Quality Fund
|
|
MFT |
|
14.3767 |
|
0.95690286 |
BlackRock Municipal Income Investment Trust
|
|
BBF |
|
14.3831 |
|
0.95732884 |
In addition, BSD, MFT and BBF preferred shareholders received on a
one-for-one basis BLE preferred
shares in an amount equal to the aggregate preferred share
liquidation preference held by BSD, MFT and BBF preferred
shareholders immediately prior to the Reorganizations.
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 Reorganization. Investors
should consider BLE’s investment objective, risks, charges and
expenses carefully and consider in its entirety the Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus relating to the Reorganizations, which
contains important information regarding the investment objectives
and policies, risks, charges, expenses and other important
information about BLE.
About BlackRock
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financial well-being. As a fiduciary to investors and a leading
provider of financial technology, we help millions of people build
savings that serve them throughout their lives by making investing
easier and more affordable. For additional
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Availability of Fund Updates
BlackRock will update performance and certain other data for the
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.
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 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.
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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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