BlackRock Announces Results of Shareholder Vote at Adjourned Joint Special Shareholder Meeting Relating to the Reorganizations of Five Municipal Closed-End Funds

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Jan 22, 2021
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BlackRock Advisors, LLC announced today that, at a joint special meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) of BlackRock Municipal Income Investment Quality Trust (NYSE: BAF), BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund II, Inc. (NYSE: MUH) and BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund, Inc. (NYSE: MUS), the requisite votes of shareholders of BAF, MUH and MUS have approved the reorganization of each of BAF, MUH and MUS with and into BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund, Inc. (NYSE: MHD), with MHD continuing as the surviving Fund, and the transactions contemplated thereby (collectively, the “BAF, MUH and MUS Reorganizations”). Shareholders of BlackRock Municipal Bond Trust (NYSE: BBK and collectively with BAF, MUH, MUS and MHD, the “Funds,” and each, a “Fund”) previously approved the reorganization of BBK with and into MHD (the “BBK Reorganization” and collectively with the BAF, MUH and MUS Reorganizations, the “Reorganizations”) and shareholders of MHD previously approved each Reorganization at a joint special meeting of shareholders.