Certain BlackRock closed-end funds (the “Funds”) today announced revised ex-dividend dates for the Funds’ November 2011 distributions, as previously announced on November 1, 2011. Each Fund’s previously announced ex-dividend date has been modified due to settlement requirements coinciding with the Veteran’s Day holiday. The revised ex-dividend date for each Fund is specified below. There have been no changes to any of the previously announced record or payable dates for the Funds’ November 2011 distributions.
Fund Name | Ticker | Revised Ex-Date | |||||||||
BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust | BYM | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Municipal Income Investment Quality Trust | BAF | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Income Trust | RFA | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Long-Term Municipal Advantage Trust | BTA | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Muni Intermediate Duration Fund, Inc. | MUI | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund, Inc. | MUA | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Municipal 2020 Term Trust | BKK | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Municipal Bond Trust | BBK | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Municipal Bond Investment Trust | BIE | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Municipal Income Trust | BFK | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Municipal Income Trust II | BLE | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Municipal Income Investment Trust | BBF | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniEnhanced Fund, Inc. | MEN | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund II, Inc. | MUH | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund, Inc. | MHD | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund II, Inc. | MUE | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund, Inc. | MUS | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniHoldings Investment Quality Fund | MFL | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniVest Fund II, Inc. | MVT | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniVest Fund, Inc. | MVF | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc. | MYD | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc. | MYI | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniYield Investment Quality Fund | MFT | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniYield Investment Fund | MYF | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc. | MQT | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc. | MQY | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
The BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. | BKN | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
The BlackRock Strategic Municipal Trust | BSD | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust | BFZ | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund, Inc. | MUC | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniYield California Fund, Inc. | MYC | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniYield California Quality Fund, Inc. | MCA | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Florida Municipal 2020 Term Trust, Inc. | BFO | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Maryland Municipal Bond Trust | BZM | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Muni New York Intermediate Duration Fund, Inc. | MNE | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund, Inc. | MHN | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc. | MYN | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock New York Municipal Income Quality Trust | BSE | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Trust | BQH | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock New York Municipal Income Trust | BNY | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock New York Municipal Income Trust II | BFY | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
The BlackRock New York Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. | RNY | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund, Inc. | MUJ | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Fund, Inc. | MYJ | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Quality Fund, Inc. | MJI | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Trust | BLJ | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Income Trust | BNJ | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
The BlackRock New Jersey Investment Quality Municipal Trust | RNJ | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniYield Arizona Fund, Inc. | MZA | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund II, Inc. | MYM | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund, Inc. | MIY | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Quality Fund | MPA | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
The BlackRock Pennsylvania Strategic Municipal Trust | BPS | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Virginia Municipal Bond Trust | BHV | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
Massachusetts Health & Education Tax-Exempt Trust | MHE | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Build America Bond Trust | BBN | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. | ARK | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust | BGT | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Strategic Bond Trust | BHD | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Core Bond Trust | BHK | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Defined Opportunity Credit Trust | BHL | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
The BlackRock High Yield Trust | BHY | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
The BlackRock Income Trust, Inc. | BKT | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust | BLW | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Income Opportunity Trust, Inc. | BNA | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III | BPP | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV | BTZ | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. | COY | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. | CYE | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. | DSU | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund, Inc. | DVF | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund, Inc. | EGF | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. | FRA | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. | FRB | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock High Income Shares | HIS | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund VI, Inc. | HYT | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund V, Inc. | HYV | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc. | PSW | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc. | PSY | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Global Opportunities Equity Trust | BOE | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock S&P Quality Rankings Global Equity Managed Trust | BQY | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock Municipal 2018 Term Trust | BPK | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock California Municipal 2018 Term Trust | BJZ | 11/10/11 | |||||||||
BlackRock New York Municipal 2018 Term Trust | BLH | 11/10/11 |
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