Press Release: Distribution Dates and Amounts Announced for Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds
Distribution Dates and Amounts Announced for Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--December 03, 2018--
Certain BlackRock closed-end funds (the "Funds") announced distributions today as detailed below. Certain municipal Funds announced a decrease in their monthly distribution rates. Generally, these distribution changes were made in order to better align the applicable Funds' distribution rates with their current and projected level of earnings. In addition, certain municipal Funds declared special distributions.
Municipal
Funds:
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Declaration- Ex-Date- Record- Payable-
12/3/2018 12/12/2018 12/13/2018 12/31/2018
Change From
Prior
National Funds Ticker Distribution Distribution
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BlackRock Municipal Income
Quality Trust BYM $0.052000 -
BlackRock Municipal Income
Investment Quality Trust BAF $0.058500 -
BlackRock Long-Term Municipal
Advantage Trust BTA $0.050500 (0.004000)
BlackRock Muni Intermediate
Duration Fund, Inc. MUI $0.044500 -
BlackRock Municipal Income
Investment Trust* BBF $0.058000 (0.002500)
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund, Inc. MUA $0.054500 -
BlackRock Municipal Bond Trust BBK $0.063500 -
BlackRock Municipal Income Trust BFK $0.058500 -
BlackRock Municipal Income Trust
II BLE $0.058000 -
BlackRock Investment Quality
Municipal Trust, Inc. BKN $0.057000 -
BlackRock Municipal 2030 Target
Term Trust BTT $0.062400 -
The BlackRock Strategic Municipal
Trust BSD $0.057000 -
BlackRock MuniEnhanced Fund, Inc. MEN $0.048000 -
BlackRock MuniHoldings Investment
Quality Fund MFL $0.056500 -
BlackRock MuniYield Investment
Quality Fund MFT $0.059000 -
BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund, Inc. MHD $0.067500 (0.002500)
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund
II, Inc. MQT $0.048000 -
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund,
Inc. MQY $0.056000 -
BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality
Fund II, Inc.* MUE $0.049000 (0.005000)
BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund II,
Inc. MUH $0.061500 -
BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality
Fund, Inc. MUS $0.050500 -
BlackRock MuniVest Fund II, Inc. MVT $0.063500 -
BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc. MYD $0.059000 (0.002000)
BlackRock MuniYield Investment
Fund MYF $0.062000 (0.007500)
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund
III, Inc. MYI $0.050500 -
BlackRock MuniVest Fund, Inc. MVF $0.038500 (0.002500)
BlackRock Municipal 2020 Term
Trust BKK $0.031800 -
Change From
Prior
State-Specific Funds Ticker Distribution Distribution
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BlackRock MuniHoldings
California Quality Fund, Inc. MUC $0.047500 -
BlackRock California Municipal
Income Trust* BFZ $0.044500 (0.002500)
BlackRock MuniYield California
Fund, Inc. MYC $0.052000 -
BlackRock MuniYield California
Quality Fund, Inc. MCA $0.052000 -
BlackRock Florida Municipal 2020
Term Trust BFO $0.026000 -
BlackRock Maryland Municipal Bond
Trust BZM $0.047400 -
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan
Quality Fund, Inc. MIY $0.052000 -
BlackRock Muni New York
Intermediate Duration Fund,
Inc. MNE $0.040000 -
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York
Quality Fund, Inc. MHN $0.044500 -
BlackRock MuniYield New York
Quality Fund, Inc. MYN $0.042500 -
BlackRock New York Municipal
Income Quality Trust BSE $0.040500 -
BlackRock New York Municipal Bond
Trust BQH $0.046000 -
BlackRock New York Municipal
Income Trust BNY $0.044500 -
BlackRock New York Municipal
Income Trust II BFY $0.049000 -
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey
Quality Fund, Inc. MUJ $0.052500 -
BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey
Fund, Inc. MYJ $0.060500 -
BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania
Quality Fund* MPA $0.053000 (0.002500)
BlackRock MuniYield Arizona Fund,
Inc. MZA $0.047000 (0.005000)
BlackRock Virginia Municipal Bond
Trust BHV $0.053500 (0.009500)
BlackRock Massachusetts
Tax-Exempt Trust MHE $0.044000 -
Taxable Municipal Fund:
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Declaration- Ex-Date- Record-12/13/2018 Payable-
12/3/2018 12/12/2018 12/19/2018
Change From
Prior
Fund Ticker Distribution Distribution
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BlackRock Taxable Municipal Bond
Trust BBN $0.118800 -
Taxable Funds:
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Declaration- Ex-Date- Record-12/13/2018 Payable-
12/3/2018 12/12/2018 12/19/2018
Change From
Prior
Fund Ticker Distribution Distribution
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BlackRock Floating Rate Income
Trust BGT $0.061800 -
BlackRock Core Bond Trust BHK $0.065000 -
BlackRock Multi-Sector Income
Trust BIT $0.116700 -
BlackRock Income Trust, Inc.* BKT $0.034400 -
BlackRock Limited Duration Income
Trust BLW $0.079500 -
BlackRock Credit Allocation
Income Trust BTZ $0.067000 -
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund,
Inc.* DSU $0.068500 -
BlackRock Enhanced Government
Fund, Inc.* EGF $0.041000 -
BlackRock Floating Rate Income
Strategies Fund, Inc. FRA $0.064500 -
BlackRock Corporate High Yield
Fund, Inc. HYT $0.072000 -
BlackRock 2022 Global Income
Opportunity Trust BGIO $0.050000 -
Special
Distributions
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Declaration- Ex-Date- Record- Payable-
12/3/2018 12/12/2018 12/13/2018 12/31/2018
Taxable Net
Investment Short-Term Long-Term
Fund Ticker Income Capital Gain Capital Gain
BlackRock
California
Municipal Income
Trust BFZ $0.004096 $0.000624 $0.162818
BlackRock
Investment
Quality
Municipal Trust,
Inc. BKN $0.000246 - $0.003090
BlackRock
Long-Term
Municipal
Advantage Trust BTA $0.000905 - -
BlackRock
Maryland
Municipal Bond
Trust BZM $0.000103 $0.017156 $0.050161
BlackRock Muni
Intermediate
Duration Fund,
Inc. MUI $0.000421 - $0.033545
BlackRock Muni
New York
Intermediate
Duration Fund,
Inc. MNE $0.000154 $0.002977 $0.058738
BlackRock
MuniAssets Fund,
Inc. MUA $0.004380 - -
BlackRock
Municipal Bond
Trust BBK $0.000153 - $0.047174
BlackRock
Municipal Income
Quality Trust BYM $0.012637 - -
BlackRock
MuniEnhanced
Fund, Inc. MEN $0.000160 - $0.004955
BlackRock
MuniHoldings
California
Quality Fund MUC $0.000039 - $0.009088
BlackRock
MuniHoldings
Fund II, Inc. MUH $0.001253 $0.018947 $0.033816
BlackRock
MuniHoldings
Fund, Inc. MHD $0.000669 $0.016620 $0.035907
BlackRock
MuniHoldings New
York Quality
Fund, Inc. MHN $0.000327 - -
BlackRock
MuniVest Fund
II, Inc. MVT $0.001559 $0.004690 $0.050768
BlackRock
MuniVest Fund,
Inc. MVF $0.000260 - -
BlackRock
MuniYield
California Fund,
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