0001193125-17-378579.txt : 20171226 0001193125-17-378579.hdr.sgml : 20171226 20171226144333 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-17-378579 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20171226 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20171226 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20171226 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BLACKROCK MUNICIPAL BOND FUND, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000225635 IRS NUMBER: 132896246 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NJ FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497K SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-57354 FILM NUMBER: 171274209 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: MERRILL LYNCH MUNICIPAL BOND FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ONE LIBERTY MUNICIPAL BOND FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19780622 0000225635 S000011867 BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund C000032425 Investor A C000032427 Investor C C000032428 Institutional 497K 1 d511542d497k.htm BLACKROCK HIGH YIELD MUNICIPAL FUND BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

BLACKROCK MUNICIPAL BOND FUND, INC.

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Bond Fund

(the “Fund”)

Investor and Institutional Shares

Supplement dated December 26, 2017

to the Summary Prospectus and Prospectus, each dated October 27, 2017, as supplemented to date

Effective as of December 29, 2017, BlackRock Advisors, LLC (“BlackRock”) has agreed to adjust the caps on total expenses to reduce the net expenses paid by shareholders of the Fund. To achieve these expense caps, BlackRock has agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees and/or expenses if the Fund’s annual fund operating expenses, excluding certain expenses described in the prospectus, exceed a certain limit for the Fund’s Investor A, Investor C and Institutional Shares. Accordingly, effective December 29, 2017, the Fund’s Summary Prospectus and Prospectus are amended as follows:

The section of the Fund’s Summary Prospectus entitled “Key Facts About BlackRock High Yield Municipal Bond Fund — Fees and Expenses of the Fund” and the section of the Fund’s Prospectus entitled “Fund Overview — Key Facts About BlackRock High Yield Municipal Bond Fund — Fees and Expenses of the Fund” are deleted in their entirety and replaced with the following:

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

 

 

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in the fund complex advised by BlackRock Advisors, LLC (“BlackRock”) or its affiliates. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional or your selected securities dealer, broker, investment adviser, service provider or industry professional (including BlackRock, The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”) and their respective affiliates) (each a “Financial Intermediary”) and in the “Details About the Share Classes” and the “Intermediary-Defined Sales Charge Waiver Policies” sections on pages 37 and A-1, respectively, of the Fund’s prospectus and in the “Purchase of Shares” section on page II-73 of Part II of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information.

 

Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment)
   Investor A
Shares
    Investor C
Shares
    Institutional
Shares
 

Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as percentage of offering price)

     4.25     None       None  

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as percentage of offering price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)

     None 1      1.00 %2      None  
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a
percentage of the value of your investment)
   Investor A
Shares
    Investor C
Shares
    Institutional
Shares
 

Management Fee3, 4

     0.47     0.47     0.47

Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees

     0.25     1.00     None  

Other Expenses

     0.20     0.21     0.22

Interest Expense

     0.09%           0.09%           0.09%      

Miscellaneous Other Expenses

     0.11%           0.12%           0.13%      

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

     0.01     0.01     0.01

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses3, 5

     0.93     1.69     0.70

Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements4, 6

     (0.04 )%      (0.05 )%      (0.06 )% 

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements4, 6

     0.89     1.64     0.64


1  A contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% is assessed on certain redemptions of Investor A Shares made within 18 months after purchase where no initial sales charge was paid at time of purchase as part of an investment of $250,000 or more.
2  There is no CDSC on Investor C Shares after one year.
3  The Management Fee has been restated to reflect current fees.
4  As described in the “Management of the Funds” section of the Fund’s prospectus beginning on page 53, BlackRock has contractually agreed to waive the management fee with respect to any portion of the Fund’s assets estimated to be attributable to investments in other equity and fixed-income mutual funds and exchange-traded funds managed by BlackRock or its affiliates that have a contractual management fee, through October 31, 2019. The contractual agreement may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of the non-interested directors of BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (the “Corporation”) or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund.
5  The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses do not correlate to the ratios of expenses to average net assets given in the Fund’s most recent annual report, which do not include the restatement of Management Fees to reflect current fees.
6  As described in the “Management of the Funds” section of the Fund’s prospectus beginning on page 53, BlackRock has contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees or expenses in order to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements (excluding Dividend Expense, Interest Expense, Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses and certain other Fund expenses) to 0.79% (for Investor A Shares), 1.54% (for Investor C Shares) and 0.54% (for Institutional Shares) of average daily net assets through October 31, 2019. The Fund may have to repay some of these waivers and/or reimbursements to BlackRock in the two years following such waivers and/or reimbursements. The contractual agreement may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of the non-interested directors of the Corporation or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund.

Example:

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

      1 Year      3 Years      5 Years      10 Years  

Investor A Shares

   $ 512      $ 705      $ 914      $ 1,516  

Investor C Shares

   $ 267      $ 528      $ 913      $ 1,994  

Institutional Shares

   $ 65      $ 218      $ 384      $ 865  

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

 

      1 Year      3 Years      5 Years      10 Years  

Investor C Shares

   $ 167      $ 528      $ 913      $ 1,994  

Portfolio Turnover:

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 36% of the average value of its portfolio.

 

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The eighth paragraph in the section of the Prospectus entitled “Management of the Funds — BlackRock” is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

BlackRock has contractually agreed to waive the management fee with respect to any portion of each Fund’s assets estimated to be attributable to investments in other equity and fixed-income mutual funds and exchange-traded funds managed by BlackRock or its affiliates that have a contractual management fee, through October 31, 2018 for the National Fund and the Short-Term Fund and through October 31, 2019 for the High Yield Fund. The contractual agreement may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of the non-interested directors of the Corporation or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of a Fund.

The section of the table immediately following the eleventh paragraph in the section of the Prospectus entitled “Management of the Funds — BlackRock” as it relates solely to the Fund, is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

     Contractual Caps1 on
Total Annual Fund
Operating Expenses2
(excluding Dividend
Expense, Interest
Expense, Acquired Fund
Fees and Expenses and
certain other
Fund expenses)
 

High Yield Fund

        

Investor A Shares

     0.79

Investor C Shares

     1.54

Institutional Shares

     0.54

 

1  The contractual caps for the Funds are in effect through October 31, 2019. The contractual agreement may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of the non-interested directors of the Corporation or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of a Fund.
2  As a percentage of average daily net assets.

Shareholders should retain this Supplement for future reference.

ALLPR-10051-1217SUP

 

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