MATERIAL AMENDMENTS 6 NCEN_811-08621_80161990_0722.htm muj4.htm - Generated by SEC Publisher for SEC Filing

BLACKROCK MUNIHOLDINGS NEW JERSEY QUALITY FUND, INC.

 

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

 

AMENDING THE ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY ESTABLISHING AND FIXING THE RIGHTS AND PREFERENCES OF

VARIABLE RATE DEMAND PREFERRED SHARES

 

This is to certify that:

 

First: The charter of BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Corporation”), is amended by these Articles of Amendment, which amend the Articles Supplementary Establishing and Fixing the Rights and Preferences of Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares, dated as of June 28, 2011, as amended to date (the “Articles Supplementary”).

 

Second: The charter of the Corporation is hereby amended by deleting the first and second recitals of the Articles Supplementary and inserting the following:

 

FIRST: Pursuant to authority expressly vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation by Article IV of the Corporation’s Charter, the Board of Directors has, by resolution duly adopted on December 5, 2014, reclassified 2,371 authorized and unissued shares of common stock of the Corporation as shares of preferred stock of the Corporation, par value $0.10 per share, as Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares (the “VRDP Shares”). The VRDP Shares may be issued in one or more series, as designated and authorized by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof from time to time (each series of VRDP Shares that may be authorized and issued, a “Series”).

 

SECOND: Pursuant to authority expressly vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation by Article IV of the Corporation’s Charter, the Board of Directors, by resolution duly adopted on September 24, 2021, approved the reclassification of 1,800 authorized and unissued shares of common stock of the Corporation as additional VRDP Shares.

 

THIRD: The preferences (including liquidation preference), voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption, of the shares of each Series of VRDP Shares are as follows or as set forth in an amendment to these Articles Supplementary or otherwise in the Corporation’s Charter (each such Series being referred to herein as a “Series of VRDP Shares”):

 

Third: The charter of the Corporation is hereby amended by deleting the section titled “Designation” in the Articles Supplementary and replacing it with the following:

 


 

DESIGNATION

 

Series W-7: A series of preferred stock, par value $0.10 per share, liquidation preference $100,000 per share, was previously authorized and designated “Series W-7 VRDP Shares”. The number of Series W-7 VRDP Shares approved for issuance is 4,171. Each Series W-7 VRDP Share shall be issued on a date or dates determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or pursuant to their delegated authority; have an Applicable Rate equal to the sum of the Ratings Spread (as defined in the Notice of Special Rate Period, dated April 17, 2014, as amended) plus the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (“SIFMA”) Municipal Swap Index, published at 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 6, 2022, for the Rate Period from and including, April 7, 2022 to, and including April 13, 2022, and an initial Dividend Payment Date of May 1, 2022; and have such other preferences, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption, in addition to those required by applicable law or as set forth in the Charter, as set forth in Parts I and II of these Articles Supplementary, or as set forth in any Notice of Special Rate Period applicable to the Series W-7 VRDP Shares. The Series W-7 VRDP Shares shall constitute a separate series of preferred stock of the Corporation and each Series W-7 VRDP Share shall be identical. Except as otherwise provided with respect to any additional Series of VRDP Shares, the terms and conditions of these Articles Supplementary apply to each Series of VRDP Shares and each share of such Series.

 

Fourth: These Articles of Amendment shall be effective as of April 11, 2022.

 

Fifth: The amendment to the charter of the Corporation as set forth above in these Articles of Amendment has been duly advised by the board of directors of the Corporation and approved by the stockholders of the Corporation as and to the extent required by law and in accordance with the charter of the Corporation.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund, Inc. has caused these Articles of Amendment to be signed as of April 1, 2022 in its name and on its behalf by the person named below, who acknowledges that these Articles of Amendment are the act of the Corporation and, to the best of such person’s knowledge, information, and belief and under penalties for perjury, all matters and facts contained in these Articles of Amendment are true in all material respects.

 

BLACKROCK MUNIHOLDINGS NEW JERSEY QUALITY FUND, INC.

 

 

By: /s/ Jonathan Diorio                                  

Name: Jonathan Diorio

Title: Vice President

 

ATTEST:

 

 

/s/ Janey Ahn                                     

Name: Janey Ahn

Title: Secretary

 

 

 

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