0001193125-20-308443.txt : 20201202 0001193125-20-308443.hdr.sgml : 20201202 20201202164029 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-20-308443 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 425 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20201202 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20201202 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BLACKROCK MUNIHOLDINGS FUND, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001034665 IRS NUMBER: 223508039 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 425 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-08081 FILM NUMBER: 201364299 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19809 BUSINESS PHONE: 800-441-7762 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19809 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BLACKROCK MUNIHOLDINGS FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20061026 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MUNIHOLDINGS FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970226 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BLACKROCK MUNIHOLDINGS FUND II, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001038190 IRS NUMBER: 223559055 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 425 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19809 BUSINESS PHONE: 800-441-7762 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19809 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BLACKROCK MUNIHOLDINGS FUND II , INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20061026 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MUNIHOLDINGS FUND II INC /NJ/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19981110 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MUNIHOLDINGS INSURED FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970519 425 1 d85967d425.htm BLACKROCK MUNIHOLDINGS FUND II, INC. BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund II, Inc.

Filed by BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund II, Inc.

pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933

and deemed filed pursuant to Rule 14a-6

under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Subject Company: BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund, Inc.

File No. 333-241481

Date: December 2, 2020

 

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BLACKROCK MUNICIPAL INCOME INVESTMENT QUALITY TRUST (“BAF”)

BLACKROCK MUNICIPAL BOND TRUST (“BBK”)

BLACKROCK MUNIHOLDINGS FUND II, INC. (“MUH”)

BLACKROCK MUNIHOLDINGS QUALITY FUND, INC. (“MUS”)

BLACKROCK MUNIHOLDINGS FUND, INC. (“MHD”)

Dear Shareholder,

Time is running short and the joint special meeting of shareholders of BAF, BBK, MUH, MUS and MHD (the Funds) (the Special Meeting) is rapidly approaching! You recently received proxy materials relating to the proposals to be voted on at the joint Special Meeting which will be held in a virtual meeting format on December 15, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. (Eastern Time). You are receiving this FINAL REMINDER IN ADVANCE OF THE SHAREHOLDER MEETING SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 15, 2020 because you held shares in one or more of the Funds on the record date and we have NOT received your vote. Please help us avoid adjournments, phone calls, costs and additional mailings by promptly voting your shares.

 

For the reasons set forth in the proxy materials previously mailed to you, the Board of Directors/Trustees of each Fund believes that the proposals presented in the proxy materials are in the best interests of the Funds and their shareholders and unanimously recommends that you vote “FOR” the approval of the applicable proposal(s).

It is important that you vote, no matter how large or small your holdings may be.

We urge you to vote “FOR” the proposal(s) by using one of the following options:

 

1. Vote Online

 

  

2. Vote by Touch-Tone Phone

  

3. Vote By Mail

by logging onto the website listed on the enclosed proxy card or voting instruction form and following the instructions

  

by calling the toll-free number on the enclosed proxy card or voting instruction form and following the instructions

  

by completing and returning your executed proxy card or voting instruction form in the postage paid envelope provided

 

Remember, your vote is very important and counts. Voting now will minimize the expenses incurred with further reminder mailings and solicitation calls. Please exercise your shareholder rights and vote today.

If you hold your shares in a brokerage or bank account (in “street name”), your broker or bank cannot vote your shares (as they have in past annual meetings) unless you vote utilizing one of the options listed above.

The proxy materials contain important information; please read them carefully. Copies of the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus are available for free on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov or by visiting https://www.proxy-direct.com/blk-31540 or by calling Georgeson LLC (“Georgeson”), the Funds’ proxy solicitor toll free at 1-866-767-8867.    


If you have any questions about the proposals, please call Georgeson, toll free at 1-866-767-8867.

If you have already voted, please disregard this notice.

Thank you for voting!

MHD_RMD4

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