Certain BlackRock closed-end funds (the “Funds”) announced
distributions today as detailed below. Several of the taxable Funds
announced distribution changes. Generally, these distribution
changes were made in order to better align the Funds’ distribution
rates with their current level of earnings.
Municipal Funds:
Declaration- 7/1/2013 Ex-Date- 7/11/2013 Record- 7/15/2013
Payable- 8/1/2013
National Funds Ticker Distribution
Change From
Prior
Distribution
BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust BYM $0.078000 - BlackRock
Municipal Income Investment Quality Trust BAF $0.068500 - BlackRock
Long-Term Municipal Advantage Trust BTA $0.062000 - BlackRock Muni
Intermediate Duration Fund, Inc. MUI $0.071500 - BlackRock
MuniAssets Fund, Inc. MUA $0.062500 - BlackRock Municipal 2018 Term
Trust BPK $0.061000 - BlackRock Municipal Bond Trust BBK $0.078500
- BlackRock Municipal 2020 Term Trust BKK $0.062250 - BlackRock
Municipal Bond Investment Trust BIE $0.076000 - BlackRock Municipal
Income Trust BFK $0.075100 - BlackRock Municipal Income Trust II
BLE $0.085000 - BlackRock Municipal Income Investment Trust BBF
$0.072375 - BlackRock Municipal Target Term Trust BTT $0.093750 -
BlackRock MuniEnhanced Fund, Inc. MEN $0.060500 - BlackRock
MuniHoldings Fund II, Inc. MUH $0.083000 - BlackRock MuniHoldings
Fund, Inc. MHD $0.091500 - BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund II,
Inc. MUE $0.070500 - BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund, Inc. MUS
$0.067500 - BlackRock MuniHoldings Investment Quality Fund MFL
$0.071500 - BlackRock MuniVest Fund II, Inc. MVT $0.091000 -
BlackRock MuniVest Fund, Inc. MVF $0.059000 - BlackRock MuniYield
Fund, Inc. MYD $0.083500 - BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III,
Inc. MYI $0.072000 - BlackRock MuniYield Investment Quality Fund
MFT $0.071000 - BlackRock MuniYield Investment Fund MYF $0.079000 -
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc. MQT $0.070500 - BlackRock
MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc. MQY $0.080000 - The BlackRock
Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. BKN $0.080000 - The
BlackRock Strategic Municipal Trust BSD $0.074000 -
State-Specific Funds
Ticker Distribution
Change From
Prior
Distribution
BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust BFZ $0.077700 -
BlackRock California Municipal 2018 Term Trust BJZ $0.051300 -
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund, Inc. MUC $0.071500
- BlackRock MuniYield California Fund, Inc. MYC $0.079000 -
BlackRock MuniYield California Quality Fund, Inc. MCA $0.076000 -
BlackRock Maryland Municipal Bond Trust BZM $0.062500 - BlackRock
Muni New York Intermediate Duration Fund, Inc. MNE $0.062500 -
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund, Inc. MHN $0.076500 -
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc. MYN $0.071000 -
BlackRock New York Municipal 2018 Term Trust BLH $0.045300 -
BlackRock New York Municipal Income Quality Trust BSE $0.067500 -
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 $0.074000 - BlackRock MuniYield New
Jersey Quality Fund, Inc. MJI $0.074000 - BlackRock New Jersey
Municipal Bond Trust BLJ $0.074500 - BlackRock New Jersey Municipal
Income Trust BNJ $0.075100 - BlackRock MuniYield Arizona Fund, Inc.
MZA $0.069500 - BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund II, Inc.
MYM $0.069000 - BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund, Inc. MIY
$0.076500 - BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Quality Fund MPA
$0.074000 - The BlackRock Pennsylvania Strategic Municipal Trust
BPS $0.065000 - BlackRock Virginia Municipal Bond Trust BHV
$0.073000 - Massachusetts Health & Education Tax-Exempt Trust
MHE $0.062500 -
Taxable Municipal Fund:
Declaration- 7/1/2013 Ex-Date- 7/11/2013 Record- 7/15/2013
Payable- 7/31/2013
Fund Ticker Distribution
Change From
Prior
Distribution
BlackRock Build America Bond Trust BBN
$0.131800 -
Taxable Funds:
Declaration- 7/1/2013 Ex-Date- 7/11/2013 Record- 7/15/2013
Payable- 7/31/2013
Fund Ticker Distribution
Change From
Prior
Distribution
BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. ARK $0.024000
-$0.001000 BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust BGT $0.072500
-$0.005000 BlackRock Strategic Bond Trust BHD $0.078000 -$0.006500
BlackRock Core Bond Trust BHK $0.075500 $0.002500 BlackRock Defined
Opportunity Credit Trust BHL $0.066000 -$0.002500 The BlackRock
High Yield Trust BHY $0.042800 -$0.001700 BlackRock Multi-Sector
Income Trust BIT $0.116700 - The BlackRock Income Trust, Inc.* BKT
$0.037000 -$0.003500 BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust BLW
$0.104500 -$0.005000 BlackRock Income Opportunity Trust, Inc. BNA
$0.059500 $0.002500 BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust BTZ
$0.078500 - BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. COY $0.049500
-$0.001500 BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. CYE
$0.050500 -$0.002000 BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. DSU
$0.025000 -$0.002000 BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund, Inc.* EGF
$0.065000 - BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc.
FRA $0.075500 -$0.001500 BlackRock High Income Shares HIS $0.014200
-$0.001000 BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund VI, Inc. HYT
$0.080500 -$0.007000 BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund V, Inc.
HYV $0.085500 -$0.004500
* 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 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 2013 will be made after the
end of the year.
BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund, Inc. (NYSE:EGF) (“EGF”) has
adopted a level distribution plan (the “Plan”) and employs either a
managed distribution or an option over-write policy to support a
level distribution of income, capital gains and/or return of
capital. The fixed amounts distributed per share are subject to
change at the discretion of EGF’s Board of Directors. Under its
Plan, EGF will distribute all available investment income to its
shareholders, consistent with its primary investment objectives 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 distribution paid as of June 30,
2013 and for its current fiscal year are as follows:
Estimated Allocations as of June 30, 2013 Fund
Distribution
Net Investment
Income
Net Realized
Short-Term
Gains
Net Realized
Long-Term
Gains
Return of Capital EGF1 $0.065000
$0.038528 (59%) $0 (0%) $0 (0%) $0.026472
(41%)
Estimated Allocations for the
fiscal year through June 30, 2013 Fund
Distribution
Net Investment
Income
Net Realized
Short-Term
Gains
Net Realized
Long-Term
Gains
Return of Capital EGF1 $0.325000
$0.205597 (63%) $0 (0%) $0 (0%) $0.119403
(37%)
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 your 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 you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar
year that will tell you how to report these distributions for
federal income tax purposes.
Fund Performance and Distribution Rate Information:
Fund
Average annual total
return (in relation to NAV) for the
5-year
period ending on
05/31/2013
Annualized current
distribution rate
expressed as a
percentage of NAV as
of 05/31/2013
Cumulative total
return (in relation to
NAV) for the fiscal
year through
05/31/2013
Cumulative fiscal
year distributions
as a percentage of
NAV as of
05/31/2013
EGF 4.32% 4.96%
(0.80)% 1.65%
Shareholders should not draw any conclusions about EGF’s
investment performance from the amount of EGF’s current
distributions or from the terms of EGF’s Plan.
About BlackRock
BlackRock is a leader in investment management, risk management
and advisory services for institutional and retail clients
worldwide. At March 31, 2013, BlackRock’s AUM was $3.936 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 March 31, 2013, the firm has
approximately 10,600 employees in 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.
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.
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