Distribution Dates and Amounts Announced for Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds

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Certain BlackRock closed-end funds (the "Funds") announced distributions today as detailed below.

Municipal Funds:

Declaration- 5/1/2018           Ex-Date- 5/14/2018           Record- 5/15/2018           Payable- 6/1/2018
 

National Funds

         

Ticker

         

Distribution

         

Change From
Prior

Distribution

BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust BYM $0.052000 -
BlackRock Municipal Income Investment Quality Trust BAF $0.068500 -
BlackRock Long-Term Municipal Advantage Trust BTA $0.054500 -
BlackRock Muni Intermediate Duration Fund, Inc. MUI $0.044500 -
BlackRock Municipal Income Investment Trust* BBF $0.066500 -
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 $0.065000 -
BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. BKN $0.057000 -
BlackRock Municipal 2030 Target Term Trust BTT $0.071800 -
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 $0.067000 -
BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund, Inc. MHD $0.070000 -
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc. MQT $0.054000 -
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc. MQY $0.063000 -
BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund II, Inc. MUE $0.054000 -
BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund II, Inc. MUH $0.067500 -
BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund, Inc. MUS $0.063500 -
BlackRock MuniVest Fund II, Inc. MVT $0.063500 -
BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc. MYD $0.061000 -
BlackRock MuniYield Investment Fund MYF $0.069500 -
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc. MYI $0.058500 -
BlackRock MuniVest Fund, Inc. MVF $0.041000 -
BlackRock Municipal 2018 Term Trust BPK $0.005000 -
BlackRock Municipal 2020 Term Trust BKK $0.039500 -
 
 

State-Specific Funds

         

Ticker

         

Distribution

         

Change From
Prior

Distribution

 

 

BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund, Inc.

 

 

MUC

 

 

$0.053500

 

 

-

BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust* BFZ $0.055000 -
BlackRock MuniYield California Fund, Inc. MYC $0.052000 -
BlackRock MuniYield California Quality Fund, Inc. MCA $0.052000 -
BlackRock California Municipal 2018 Trust BJZ $0.002500 -
BlackRock Florida Municipal 2020 Term Trust BFO $0.026000 -
BlackRock Maryland Municipal Bond Trust BZM $0.047400 -
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund, Inc. MIY $0.057000 -
BlackRock Muni New York Intermediate Duration Fund, Inc. MNE $0.040000 -
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund, Inc. MHN $0.050500 -
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc. MYN $0.047500 -
BlackRock New York Municipal Income Quality Trust* BSE $0.046500 -
BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Trust BQH $0.046000 -
BlackRock New York Municipal Income Trust BNY $0.050500 -
BlackRock New York Municipal Income Trust II BFY $0.049000 -
BlackRock New York Municipal 2018 Trust BLH $0.002500 -
BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Fund, Inc. MYJ $0.060500 -
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund, Inc. MUJ $0.059500 -
BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Income Trust BNJ $0.063500 -
BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Quality Fund MPA $0.055500 -
BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Trust BLJ $0.061500 -
BlackRock MuniYield Arizona Fund, Inc. MZA $0.052000 -
BlackRock Virginia Municipal Bond Trust BHV $0.063000 -
BlackRock Massachusetts Tax-Exempt Trust MHE $0.044000 -
 

Taxable Municipal Fund:

Declaration- 5/1/2018             Ex-Date- 5/14/2018             Record- 5/15/2018             Payable- 5/31/2018
 

Fund

         

Ticker

         

Distribution

         

Change From
Prior

Distribution

BlackRock Taxable Municipal Bond Trust BBN $0.131800 -
 

Taxable Funds:

Declaration- 5/1/2018           Ex-Date- 5/14/2018           Record- 5/15/2018           Payable- 5/31/2018
 

Fund

         

Ticker

         

Distribution

         

Change From
Prior

Distribution

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust BGT $0.058300 -
BlackRock Core Bond Trust BHK $0.065000 -
BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust BIT $0.116700 -
BlackRock Income Trust, Inc. BKT $0.026500 -
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 $0.061000 -
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. HYT $0.070000 -
BlackRock 2022 Global Income Opportunity Trust BGIO $0.050000 -
 

Equity Funds:

Declaration- 5/1/2018           Ex-Date- 5/14/2018           Record- 5/15/2018           Payable- 5/31/2018
 

Fund

         

Ticker

         

Distribution

         

Change From
Prior

Distribution

BlackRock Resources & Commodities Strategy Trust* BCX $0.051600 -
BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust* BDJ $0.046700 -
BlackRock Energy and Resources Trust* BGR $0.077600 -
BlackRock Enhanced International Dividend Trust* BGY $0.038000 -
BlackRock Health Sciences Trust* BME $0.200000 -
BlackRock Enhanced Capital and Income Fund, Inc.* CII $0.082800 -
BlackRock Enhanced Global Dividend Trust* BOE $0.078000 -
BlackRock Utilities, Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust* BUI $0.121000 -
BlackRock Science and Technology Trust* BST $0.130000 -
 

Early Declaration of Regular Monthly Distributions for BlackRock Florida Municipal 2020 Term Trust (BFO):

June 2018 Distribution:
Declaration- 5/1/2018       Ex-Date- 6/14/2018       Record- 6/15/2018       Payable- 7/2/2018
 
July 2018 Distribution:
Declaration- 5/1/2018       Ex-Date- 7/13/2018       Record- 7/16/2018       Payable- 7/31/2018

Monthly Per-Share Distribution Amount:

Fund

         

Ticker

         

Distribution

         

Change From
Prior

Distribution

BlackRock Florida Municipal 2020 Term Trust BFO $0.026000 -
 

* 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 its 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 2018 will be made after the end of the year.

BlackRock Resources & Commodities Strategy Trust BCX, BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust BDJ, BlackRock Energy and Resources Trust BGR, BlackRock Enhanced International Dividend Trust BGY, BlackRock Health Sciences Trust BME, BlackRock Enhanced Global Dividend Trust BOE, BlackRock Utilities, Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust BUI, BlackRock Enhanced Capital and Income Fund, Inc. CII, BlackRock Science and Technology Trust BST, and BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund, Inc. EGF (collectively, the "Plan Funds") have adopted a level distribution plan (a "Plan") and employ a managed distribution and/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 each Plan Fund's Board of Directors/Trustees. Under its Plan, each Plan Fund will distribute all available investment income to its shareholders, consistent with its 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, each Plan Fund will distribute long-term capital gains and/or return capital to its shareholders in order to maintain a level distribution.

The Plan Funds' estimated sources of the distributions paid as of April 30, 2018 and for their current fiscal year are as follows:

Estimated Allocations as of April 30, 2018
Fund       Distribution      

Net Investment
Income

     

Net Realized
Short-Term Gains

     

Net Realized
Long-Term Gains

      Return of Capital
BCX1       $0.051600       $0.007300 (14%)       $0 (0%)       $0 (0%)       $0.044300 (86%)
BDJ       $0.046700       $0.008139 (17%)       $0.007119 (15%)       $0.031442 (68%)       $0 (0%)
BGR1       $0.077600       $0 (0%)       $0 (0%)       $0 (0%)       $0.077600 (100%)
BGY       $0.038000       $0.022370 (59%)       $0.015630 (41%)       $0 (0%)       $0 (0%)
BME1       $0.200000       $0.010930 (5%)       $0.043591 (22%)       $0.145479 (73%)       $0 (0%)
BOE1       $0.078000       $0.032329 (41%)       $0.045671 (59%)       $0 (0%)       $0 (0%)
BUI1       $0.121000       $0.018126 (15%)       $0 (0%)       $0 (0%)       $0.102874 (85%)
CII1       $0.082800       $0.005757 (7%)       $0 (0%)       $0 (0%)       $0.077043 (93%)
BST       $0.130000       $0 (0%)       $0 (0%)       $0.130000 (100%)       $0 (0%)
EGF1       $0.041000       $0.024551 (60%)       $0 (0%)       $0 (0%)       $0.016449 (40%)
 
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Estimated Allocations for the Fiscal Year through April 30, 2018
Fund       Distribution      

Net Investment
Income

     

Net Realized
Short-Term Gains

     

Net Realized
Long-Term Gains

      Return of Capital
BCX1       $0.206400       $0.058557 (28%)       $0 (0%)       $0 (0%)       $0.147843 (72%)
BDJ       $0.186800       $0.047582 (25%)       $0.007118 (4%)       $0.132100 (71%)       $0 (0%)
BGR1       $0.310400       $0.062775 (20%)       $0 (0%)       $0 (0%)       $0.247625 (80%)
BGY       $0.152000       $0.065542 (43%)       $0.086458 (57%)       $0 (0%)       $0 (0%)
BME1       $0.800000       $0.041696 (5%)       $0.043591 (5%)       $0.589084 (74%)       $0.125629 (16%)
BOE1       $0.312000       $0.106610 (34%)       $0.157852 (51%)       $0.035763 (11%)       $0.011775 (4%)
BUI1       $0.484000       $0.111420 (23%)       $0.055747 (12%)       $0 (0%)       $0.316833 (65%)
CII1       $0.331200       $0.048052 (15%)       $0 (0%)       $0 (0%)       $0.283148 (85%)
BST       $0.520000       $0 (0%)       $0 (0%)       $0.520000 (100%)       $0 (0%)
EGF1       $0.123000       $0.083417 (68%)       $0 (0%)       $0 (0%)       $0.039583 (32%)
 

1The Plan Fund 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 the Plan Fund's investment performance and should not be confused with ‘yield' or ‘income'. When distributions exceed total return performance, the difference will reduce the Plan Fund'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 each Plan Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. Each Plan Fund 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
3/31/2018

     

Annualized current
distribution rate
expressed as a
percentage of NAV as
of 3/31/2018

     

Cumulative total return
(in relation to NAV) for
the fiscal year through
3/31/2018

     

Cumulative fiscal
year distributions
as a percentage
of NAV as of
3/31/2018

BCX       1.20%       6.14%       (5.86)%       1.53%
BDJ       9.38%       5.81%       (2.71)%       1.45%
BGR       (2.92)%       6.08%       (6.13)%       1.52%
BGY       3.70%       6.80%       (3.51)%       1.70%
BME       13.88%       6.83%       (0.01)%       1.71%
BOE       6.00%       7.50%       (4.04)%       1.88%
BUI       7.34%       7.17%       (2.33)%       1.79%
CII       11.57%       5.95%       (1.92)%       1.49%
BST*       20.88%       5.27%       7.99%       1.32%
EGF       1.36%       3.59%       (0.88)%       0.90%

*Portfolio launched within the past 5 years; the performance and distribution rate information presented for this Fund reflects data from inception to 3/31/2018 .

Shareholders should not draw any conclusions about a Plan Fund's investment performance from the amount of the Plan Fund's current distributions or from the terms of a Plan Fund's Plan.

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Availability of Fund Updates

BlackRock will update performance and certain other data for the 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 a Fund may make, may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, with respect to a Fund's 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 the Funds 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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