0001193125-24-021812.txt : 20240201 0001193125-24-021812.hdr.sgml : 20240201 20240201152302 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-24-021812 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CSRS PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 8 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20231130 FILED AS OF DATE: 20240201 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20240201 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20240201 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BLACKROCK MUNICIPAL BOND FUND, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000225635 ORGANIZATION NAME: IRS NUMBER: 132896246 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NJ FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-CSRS SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-02688 FILM NUMBER: 24586547 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 S000075512 BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund C000234660 Investor A C000234661 Institutional C000234662 Class K N-CSRS 1 d713717dncsrs.htm BLACKROCK MUNICIPAL BOND FUND, INC. BLACKROCK MUNICIPAL BOND FUND, INC.

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-02688

 

Name of Fund:   BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
       BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund

 

Fund Address:   100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

Name and address of agent for service: John M. Perlowski, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc., 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 441-7762

Date of fiscal year end: 05/31/2024

Date of reporting period: 11/30/2023


Item 1 – Report to Stockholders

(a) The Report to Shareholders is attached herewith.

 


 

LOGO

  NOVEMBER 30, 2023

 

 

  

  

 

2023 Semi-Annual Report

(Unaudited)

 

 

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust

·   BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

·  BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

·  BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

·  BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust

·  BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

 

 

 

Not FDIC Insured • May Lose Value • No Bank Guarantee

 


The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

The combination of continued economic growth and cooling inflation provided a supportive backdrop for investors during the 12-month reporting period ended November 30, 2023. Significantly tighter monetary policy helped to rein in inflation, as the annual increase in the Consumer Price Index declined to its long-term average of approximately 3% in November 2023. Meanwhile, real economic growth proved more resilient than many investors anticipated. A moderating labor market also helped ease inflationary pressure, although wages continued to grow. This robust labor market powered further growth in consumer spending, backstopping the economy. On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched a horrific attack on Israel. The ensuing war will have a significant humanitarian impact and could lead to heightened economic and market volatility. We see geopolitics as a structural market risk going forward. See our geopolitical risk dashboard at blackrock.com for more details.

Equity returns were solid during the period, as interest rates stabilized, and the economy proved to be more resilient than many investors expected. The U.S. economy continued to show strength, and growth further accelerated in the third quarter of 2023. However, equity returns were uneven, as the performance of a few notable technology companies supported gains among large-capitalization U.S. stocks, while small-capitalization U.S. stocks declined overall. Meanwhile, international developed market equities advanced strongly, while emerging market equities posted modest gains.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose during the reporting period, driving its price down, as investors reacted to elevated inflation and attempted to anticipate interest rate changes. The corporate bond market benefited from improving economic sentiment, although high-yield corporate bond prices fared significantly better than investment-grade bonds as demand from yield-seeking investors remained strong.

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), attempting to manage persistent inflation, raised interest rates five times during the 12-month period, but slowed and then paused its tightening later in the period. The Fed also wound down its bond-buying programs and incrementally reduced its balance sheet by not replacing securities that reach maturity.

Supply constraints appear to have become an embedded feature of the new macroeconomic environment, making it difficult for developed economies to increase production without sparking higher inflation. Geopolitical fragmentation and an aging population risk further exacerbating these constraints, keeping the labor market tight and wage growth high. Although the Fed has decelerated the pace of interest rate hikes and recently opted for several pauses, we believe that the new economic regime means that the Fed will need to maintain high rates for an extended period despite the market’s hopes for interest rate cuts, as reflected in the recent rally. Furthermore, ongoing structural changes may mean that the Fed will be hesitant to cut interest rates in the event of faltering economic activity lest inflation accelerate again.

While we favor an overweight position in developed market equities in the long term, we prefer an underweight stance in the near term. Nevertheless, we are overweight on Japanese stocks in the near term as shareholder-friendly policies generate increased investor interest. We also believe that stocks with an AI tilt should benefit from an investment cycle that is set to support revenues and margins. In credit, there are selective opportunities in the near term despite tightening credit and financial conditions. For fixed income investing with a six- to twelve-month horizon, we see the most attractive investments in short-term U.S. Treasuries, U.S. mortgage-backed securities, and hard-currency emerging market bonds.

Overall, our view is that investors need to think globally, position themselves to be prepared for a decarbonizing economy, and be nimble as market conditions change. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit blackrock.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC

LOGO

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC

 

Total Returns as of November 30, 2023  
     
      6-Month     12-Month 
   

U.S. large cap equities

(S&P 500® Index)

    10.17%       13.84%  
   

U.S. small cap equities

(Russell 2000® Index)

    4.24          (2.57)    
   

International equities

(MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index)

    5.12          12.36     
   

Emerging market equities

(MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

    4.60          4.21     
   

3-month Treasury bills

(ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index)

    2.69          4.91     
   

U.S. Treasury securities

(ICE BofA 10-Year U.S. Treasury Index)

    (3.98)         (2.27)    
   

U.S. investment grade bonds

(Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index)

    (0.80)         1.18     
   

Tax-exempt municipal bonds

(Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index)

    2.29          4.28     
   

U.S. high yield bonds

(Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index)

    5.52          8.69     
Past performance is not an indication of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

 

 

 

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Table of Contents

 

     Page  

 

 

The Markets in Review

     2  

Semi-Annual Report:

  

Fund Summary

     4  

About Fund Performance

     16  

Disclosure of Expenses

     17  

The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging

     18  

Derivative Financial Instruments

     18  

Financial Statements:

  

Schedules of Investments

     19  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

     52  

Statements of Operations

     56  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     58  

Financial Highlights

     61  

Notes to Financial Statements

     86  

Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreements

     100  

Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program

     104  

Additional Information

     105  

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

     108  

 

 

 

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Fund Summary  as of November 30, 2023    BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

 

Investment Objective

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund’s (the “Fund”) investment objective is to provide shareholders with income exempt from Federal and California income taxes.

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?

For the six-month period ended November 30, 2023, the Fund’s Class K shares outperformed its primary benchmark, the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index, while its Investor A, Investor A1, and Investor C Shares underperformed. The Fund’s Institutional shares performed in line with its primary benchmark. For the same period, the Fund’s Institutional and Class K shares outperformed its secondary benchmark, a customized weighted index comprised of 85% Bloomberg Municipal Bond: California Exempt Total Return Index Unhedged USD/10% California Bloomberg Municipal Bond: High Yield (non-Investment Grade) Total Return Index/5% Bloomberg Municipal Index California Taxable Bonds Total Return Index Value (the “California Customized Reference Benchmark”). The Fund’s Investor A and Investor C Shares underperformed its secondary benchmark while the Investor A1 shares performed in line.

What factors influenced performance?

The Fund’s holdings in longer-maturity and longer-duration securities made meaningful contributions to performance. (Duration is a measure of interest rate sensitivity.) Positions in taxable and corporate-backed issues, which tend to track the performance of investment-grade corporate bonds, also added value. Utilities represented the Fund’s largest sector overweight, which contributed to performance as the prices of essential-service revenue bonds rallied. An overweight in the transportation sector contributed, as well. The Fund’s use of leverage, while modest, was an additional contributor in the rising market.

On the other hand, positions in high yield, lower-rated bonds underperformed. Yield spreads stayed wide as investor inflows into the category remain weak. Specifically, the workforce housing sector—which made up a large portion of the Fund’s high yield allocation—remained depressed. Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority bonds also underperformed due to uncertainty surrounding the territory’s financial picture. The Fund’s cash position was a further detractor, particularly during the market rally in November.

The Fund used U.S. Treasury futures to manage interest rate risk, but to a limited extent. This aspect of its strategy marginally contributed to performance.

Describe recent portfolio activity.

The Fund continued to seek a balance of competitive total return and tax-free income using an active strategy designed to capitalize on credit, yield curve and interest rate trends.

The investment adviser reduced the Fund’s cash position from 12.5% at the beginning of the period to 6.5% by the end of November 2023. The large initial allocation to cash reflected the favorable risk/return profile in the asset class, as well as the continued turbulence in the municipal market caused by rising rates. As the investment adviser reduced the cash position, it primarily reallocated the proceeds to new issues that provided attractive yields relative to the associated duration risk. Later in the reporting period, it used the rally in the broader fixed-income market to lower the portfolio’s weighting in longer-maturity, longer-duration securities. The investment adviser also reduced some of the Fund’s positions in high yield issues, but it continued to view this market segment as a potential source of opportunity.

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

The Fund’s duration was 6.0 years, approximately 0.6 years below the index but up from 5.6 years on May 31, 2023. The underweight to duration was largely achieved through the use of interest-rate risk management strategies.

The Fund maintained a high-quality bias, with an average credit rating of AA. The Fund also held 9.9% of its assets in high yield bonds. At the close of the period, 11.5% of the portfolio was subject to the alternative minimum tax and 5% was invested in taxable securities.

The views expressed reflect the opinions of BlackRock as of the date of this report and are subject to change based on changes in market, economic or other conditions. These views are not intended to be a forecast of future events and are no guarantee of future results.

 

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Fund Summary  as of November 30, 2023 (continued)    BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

 

Performance

 

                      Average Annual Total Returns(a)(b)  
       

 

 

 
                      1 Year         5 Years         10 Years  
       

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    

Standardized

30-Day Yields

   

Unsubsidized

30-Day Yields

   

6-Month

Total

Returns

   

Without

Sales

Charge

   

With

Sales

Charge

       

Without

Sales

Charge

   

With

Sales

Charge

       

Without

Sales

Charge

   

With

Sales

Charge

 

Institutional

    3.55     3.32     2.27     3.93     N/A         1.44     N/A         3.26     N/A  

Investor A

    3.17       2.96       2.14       3.68       (0.73 )%        1.20       0.33       3.01       2.57

Investor A1

    3.32       3.12       2.22       3.84       N/A         1.35       N/A         3.16       N/A  

Investor C

    2.57       2.36       1.76       2.90       1.90         0.43       0.43         2.40       2.40  

Class K

    3.58       3.37       2.38       4.07       N/A         1.50       N/A         3.29       N/A  

California Customized Reference Benchmark(c)

                2.21       4.08       N/A         1.95       N/A         N/A       N/A  

Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index(d)

                2.29       4.28       N/A           2.03       N/A           2.77       N/A  

 

  (a) 

Assuming maximum sales charges, if any. Average annual total returns with and without sales charges reflect reductions for distribution and service fees. See “About Fund Performance” for a detailed description of share classes, including any related sales charges and fees, and how performance was calculated for certain share classes.

 
  (b) 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in California municipal bonds. The Fund’s returns prior to January 26, 2015 are the returns of the Fund when it followed different investment strategies under the name BlackRock California Municipal Bond Fund.

 
  (c) 

A customized weighted index comprised of 85% Bloomberg Municipal Bond: California Exempt Total Return Index Unhedged USD/10% California Bloomberg Municipal Bond: High Yield (non-Investment Grade) Total Return Index/5% Bloomberg Municipal Index California Taxable Bonds Total Return Index Value (the “California Customized Reference Benchmark”). The California Customized Reference Benchmark commenced on September 30, 2016.

 
  (d) 

An unmanaged index that tracks the U.S. long term tax-exempt bond market, including state and local general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, pre-refunded bonds, and insured bonds.

 

N/A — Not applicable as the share class and index do not have a sales charge.

Past performance is not an indication of future results.

Performance results may include adjustments made for financial reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Expense Example

 

          Actual                 Hypothetical 5% Return        
 

 

 

   

 

 

     
               

Expenses Paid During the

                Period               

         

Including Interest

Expense

            and Fees             

   

Excluding Interest

Expense

            and Fees             

   

Annualized Expense Ratio

 
     

Beginning

Account

Value

(06/01/23)

 

 

 

 

   

Ending

Account

Value

(11/30/23)

 

 

 

 

   

Including

Interest

Expense

and Fees

 

 

 

(a) 

   

Excluding

Interest

Expense

and Fees

 

 

 

(a) 

   

Beginning

Account

Value

(06/01/23)

 

 

 

 

   

Ending

Account

Value

(11/30/23)

 

 

 

 

   

Expenses

Paid

During

the

Period

 

 

 

 

(a) 

   


Ending
Account
Value
(11/30/23)
 
 
 
 
   

Expenses

Paid

During

the

Period

 

 

 

 

(a) 

   

Including

Interest

Expense

and Fees

 

 

 

 

   

Excluding

Interest

Expense

and Fees

 

 

 

 

Institutional

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,022.70     $ 2.73     $ 2.24     $ 1,000.00     $ 1,022.30     $ 2.73     $ 1,022.78     $ 2.24       0.54     0.44

Investor A

    1,000.00       1,021.40       3.97       3.48       1,000.00       1,021.07       3.97       1,021.56       3.48       0.79       0.69  

Investor A1

    1,000.00       1,022.20       3.19       2.70       1,000.00       1,021.84       3.19       1,022.33       2.70       0.63       0.53  

Investor C

    1,000.00       1,017.60       7.77       7.28       1,000.00       1,017.30       7.77       1,017.79       7.28       1.54       1.44  

Class K

    1,000.00       1,023.80       2.48       1.99       1,000.00       1,022.55       2.48       1,023.03       1.99       0.49       0.39  

 

  (a) 

For each class of the Fund, expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio for the class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/366 (to reflect the one-half year period shown).

 

See “Disclosure of Expenses” for further information on how expenses were calculated.

 

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Fund Summary  as of November 30, 2023 (continued)    BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

 

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

   
Sector(a)(b)  

Percent of

Total Investments

 

Utilities

    30.4

County/City/Special District/School District

    24.1  

Transportation

    12.5  

Education

    7.5  

State

    7.3  

Health

    7.2  

Corporate

    6.6  

Tobacco

    2.5  

Housing

    1.9  

CALL/MATURITY SCHEDULE

   
Calendar Year Ended December 31,(a)(c)   Percentage  

2023

    0.4

2024

    5.4  

2025

    1.5  

2026

    11.3  

2027

    14.2  

CREDIT QUALITY ALLOCATION

   
Credit Rating(a)(d)  

Percent of

Total Investments

 

AAA/Aaa

    11.2

AA/Aa

    59.4  

A

    17.1  

BBB/Baa

    1.8  

BB/Ba

    0.1  

CCC/Caa

    0.1  

N/R(e)

    10.3  
 

 

(a) 

Excludes short-term securities.

(b) 

For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund’s sector classifications refer to one or more of the sector sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by the investment adviser. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such sector sub-classifications for reporting ease.

(c) 

Scheduled maturity dates and/or bonds that are subject to potential calls by issuers over the next five years.

(d) 

For financial reporting purposes, credit quality ratings shown above reflect the highest rating assigned by either S&P Global Ratings or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. if ratings differ. These rating agencies are independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organizations and are widely used. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BBB/Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BB/Ba or lower. Investments designated N/R are not rated by either rating agency. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

(e) 

The investment adviser evaluates the credit quality of unrated investments based upon certain factors including, but not limited to, credit ratings for similar investments and financial analysis of sectors and individual investments. Using this approach, the investment adviser has deemed certain of these unrated securities as investment grade quality. As of November 30, 2023, the market value of unrated securities deemed by the investment adviser to be investment grade represents less than 1.0% of the Fund’s total investments.

 

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Fund Summary  as of November 30, 2023     BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

 

Investment Objective

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund’s (the “Fund”) investment objective is to provide shareholders with income exempt from Federal income tax and New Jersey personal income taxes.

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?

For the six-month period ended November 30, 2023, the Fund’s Institutional and Class K Shares outperformed its primary benchmark, the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index while its Investor C Shares underperformed and its Investor A, Investor A1 and Service Shares performed in line. For the same period, all of the Fund’s share classes underperformed its secondary benchmark, a customized weighted index comprised of 90% Bloomberg Municipal Bond: New Jersey Exempt Total Return Index Unhedged USD/10% New Jersey Bloomberg Municipal Bond: High Yield (non-Investment Grade) Total Return Index (the “New Jersey Customized Reference Benchmark”) with the exception of its Institutional shares which performed in line. The following discussion of relative performance pertains to the New Jersey Customized Reference Benchmark.

What factors influenced performance?

The Fund’s long duration (interest rate sensitivity above that of the index) contributed to relative performance, as did its out-of-benchmark allocation to Puerto Rico. Overweights in the corporate-backed, healthcare, and higher education sectors also helped results. From a ratings perspective, non-rated bonds made the largest positive contribution.

On the other hand, underweights in the transportation, tax-backed, and tobacco sectors detracted from relative performance. An underweight in bonds with maturities of 15 years and lower also detracted, as did underweights in BB and B rated securities.

The Fund’s cash position did not materially impact the Fund’s performance.

Describe recent portfolio activity.

The investment adviser continued to engage in tax-loss swapping to improve the tax efficiency of the portfolio. (Tax-loss swapping involves selling holdings that are held at a loss and redeploying the proceeds into new positions.) The investment adviser continued to focus on adding bonds it believed had above-average risk-and-return profiles. Its sales mostly consisted of premium short call structures or issuers exhibiting negative credit trends. (A call premium is the amount above a bond’s par value an investor receives if a bond is called early; a bond is called when the issuer redeems it prior to its maturity date.)

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

The Fund’s duration was above that of the index. It was overweight in bonds with maturities of 10 years and above, and it was underweight in those with maturities of 10 years and below. The Fund was overweight in lower-coupon/discount bonds and Puerto Rico.

At the sector level, the Fund had overweight positions in local tax-backed, corporate-backed, healthcare, higher education, and school district issues. It was underweight in the transportation, state tax-backed, and tobacco sectors. In terms of credit tiers, it was overweight in BBB, and non-rated bonds, and it was underweight in those rated A, and BB.

The views expressed reflect the opinions of BlackRock as of the date of this report and are subject to change based on changes in market, economic or other conditions. These views are not intended to be a forecast of future events and are no guarantee of future results.

 

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Fund Summary  as of November 30, 2023 (continued)    BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

 

Performance

 

                            Average Annual Total Returns(a)(b)  
       

 

 

 
                      1 Year          5 Years    10 Years  
       

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
    

Standardized

30-Day Yields

   

Unsubsidized

30-Day Yields

    6-Month
Total
Returns
   

Without

Sales

Charge

   

With

Sales

Charge

        

Without

Sales

Charge

   

With

Sales

Charge

        

Without

Sales

Charge

   

With

Sales

Charge

 

Institutional

    3.37     3.17     2.43     5.29     N/A          1.98     N/A          3.23     N/A  

Service

    3.13       2.94       2.30       5.02       N/A          1.75       N/A          3.01       N/A  

Investor A

    3.01       2.85       2.30       5.03       0.57        1.75       0.87        3.01       2.57

Investor A1

    3.15       2.98       2.28       5.07       N/A          1.88       N/A          3.16       N/A  

Investor C

    2.41       2.23       1.92       4.24       3.24          0.99       0.99          2.39       2.39  

Class K

    3.41       3.22       2.35       5.23       N/A          2.03       N/A          3.25       N/A  

New Jersey Customized Reference Benchmark(c)

                2.45       5.14       N/A          2.94       N/A          N/A       N/A  

Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index(d)

                2.29       4.28       N/A            2.03       N/A            2.77       N/A  

 

  (a) 

Assuming maximum sales charges, if any. Average annual total returns with and without sales charges reflect reductions for distribution and service fees. See “About Fund Performance” for a detailed description of share classes, including any related sales charges and fees, and how performance was calculated for certain share classes.

 
  (b) 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in New Jersey municipal bonds.

 
  (c) 

A customized weighted index comprised of 90% Bloomberg Municipal Bond: New Jersey Exempt Total Return Index Unhedged USD/10% New Jersey Bloomberg Municipal Bond: High Yield (non-Investment Grade) Total Return Index (the “New Jersey Customized Reference Benchmark”). The New Jersey Customized Reference Benchmark commenced on September 30, 2016.

 
  (d) 

An unmanaged index that tracks the U.S. long term tax-exempt bond market, including state and local general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, pre-refunded bonds, and insured bonds.

 

N/A — Not applicable as the share class and index do not have a sales charge.

Past performance is not an indication of future results.

Performance results may include adjustments made for financial reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Expense Example

 

           Actual            Hypothetical 5% Return        
 

 

 

   

 

 

   
     

Beginning

Account Value

(06/01/23)

 

 

 

    

Ending

Account Value

(11/30/23)

 

 

 

    

Expenses

Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

   

Beginning

Account Value

(06/01/23)

 

 

 

    

Ending
Account Value
(11/30/23)
 
 
 
    

Expenses

Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

   

Annualized

Expense

Ratio

 

 

 

Institutional

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.30      $ 2.66     $ 1,000.00      $   1,022.37      $ 2.66       0.53

Service

    1,000.00        1,023.00        3.92       1,000.00        1,021.12        3.92       0.78  

Investor A

    1,000.00        1,023.00        3.90       1,000.00        1,021.15        3.89       0.77  

Investor A1

    1,000.00        1,022.80        3.16       1,000.00        1,021.87        3.16       0.63  

Investor C

    1,000.00        1,019.20        7.70       1,000.00        1,017.37        7.69       1.53  

Class K

    1,000.00        1,023.50        2.41       1,000.00        1,022.62        2.41       0.48  

 

  (a) 

For each class of the Fund, expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio for the class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/366 (to reflect the one-half year period shown).

 

See “Disclosure of Expenses” for further information on how expenses were calculated.

 

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Fund Summary  as of November 30, 2023 (continued)    BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

 

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

   
Sector(a)(b)  

Percent of

Total Investments

 

Transportation

    30.0

State

    16.0  

Education

    14.8  

County/City/Special District/School District

    13.9  

Health

    12.3  

Corporate

    8.3  

Housing

    3.2  

Tobacco

    1.4  

Utilities

    0.1  

CALL/MATURITY SCHEDULE

   
Calendar Year Ended December 31,(a)(c)   Percentage  

2023

    2.5

2024

    23.6  

2025

    3.4  

2026

    9.0  

2027

    13.1  

CREDIT QUALITY ALLOCATION

   
Credit Rating(a)(d)  

Percent of

Total Investments

 

AAA/Aaa

    0.4

AA/Aa

    42.4  

A

    44.7  

BBB/Baa

    5.5  

BB/Ba

    0.6  

B

    0.1  

N/R(e)

    6.3  
 

 

(a) 

Excludes short-term securities.

(b) 

For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund’s sector classifications refer to one or more of the sector sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by the investment adviser. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such sector sub-classifications for reporting ease.

(c) 

Scheduled maturity dates and/or bonds that are subject to potential calls by issuers over the next five years.

(d) 

For financial reporting purposes, credit quality ratings shown above reflect the highest rating assigned by either S&P Global Ratings or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. if ratings differ. These rating agencies are independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organizations and are widely used. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BBB/Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BB/Ba or lower. Investments designated N/R are not rated by either rating agency. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

(e) 

The investment adviser evaluates the credit quality of unrated investments based upon certain factors including, but not limited to, credit ratings for similar investments and financial analysis of sectors and individual investments. Using this approach, the investment adviser has deemed certain of these unrated securities as investment grade quality. As of November 30, 2023, the market value of unrated securities deemed by the investment adviser to be investment grade represents 1.5% of the Fund’s total investments.

 

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Fund Summary  as of November 30, 2023     BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

 

Investment Objective

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund’s (the “Fund”) investment objective is to provide shareholders with income exempt from Federal income tax and Pennsylvania personal income taxes.

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?

For the six-month period ended November 30, 2023, all of the Fund’s share classes underperformed its primary benchmark, the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index, and its secondary benchmark, a customized weighted index comprised of 90% Bloomberg Pennsylvania Total Return Index Unhedged USD/10% Pennsylvania Bloomberg Municipal Bond High Yield (non-Investment Grade) Total Return Index (the “Pennsylvania Customized Reference Benchmark”). The following discussion of relative performance pertains to the Pennsylvania Customized Reference Benchmark.

What factors influenced performance?

The Fund’s duration (interest-rate sensitivity) was above that of the benchmark, which contributed to relative performance. Its positions in bonds with maturities of 15 years also contributed, as did its holdings in lower coupon/discount bonds. Its holdings in Puerto Rico helped performance, as well.

On the other hand, underweights in the transportation, housing, and local tax-backed sector detracted. The Fund also lost some relative performance through underweights in AAA, A, and non-rated bonds, as well as in issues with maturities of less than 15 years. An underweight in bonds with 5% coupons was a further detractor of note.

Describe recent portfolio activity.

The investment adviser continued to engage in tax-loss swapping to improve the tax efficiency of the portfolio. (Tax-loss swapping involves selling holdings that are held at a loss and redeploying the proceeds into new positions.) The investment adviser continued to focus on adding bonds it believed had above-average risk-and-return profiles. Its sales mostly consisted of premium short call structures. (A call premium is the amount above a bond’s par value an investor receives if a bond is called early; a bond is called when the issuer redeems it prior to its maturity date.)

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

The Fund’s duration was above that of the benchmark. It was overweight in longer-term bonds with maturities of 15-plus years and underweight in those with maturities of 15 years and below. At the sector level, it was overweight in education, corporate-backed securities, and school districts, and it was underweight in transportation, state tax-backed, and healthcare issues. With respect to credit tiers, it was overweight in BBB and non-rated bonds and underweight those rated AA and A.

The views expressed reflect the opinions of BlackRock as of the date of this report and are subject to change based on changes in market, economic or other conditions. These views are not intended to be a forecast of future events and are no guarantee of future results.

Performance

 

                      Average Annual Total Returns(a)(b)  
       

 

 

 
                      1 Year         5 Years         10 Years  
       

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    

Standardized

30-Day Yields

   

Unsubsidized

30-Day Yields

   

6-Month

Total

Returns

   

Without

Sales

Charge

   

With

Sales

Charge

        

Without

Sales

Charge

   

With

Sales

Charge

        

Without

Sales

Charge

   

With

Sales

Charge

 

Institutional

    3.74     3.51     1.44     3.09     N/A         1.02     N/A         2.66     N/A  

Service

    3.50       3.33       1.32       2.84       N/A         0.77       N/A         2.43       N/A  

Investor A

    3.36       3.23       1.32       2.84       (1.53 )%        0.77       (0.10 )%        2.43       1.98

Investor A1

    3.50       3.33       1.40       3.10       N/A         0.92       N/A         2.59       N/A  

Investor C

    2.77       2.58       0.94       2.07       1.07         0.01       0.01         1.80       1.80  

Class K

    3.78       3.64       1.47       3.14       N/A         1.07       N/A         2.69       N/A  

Pennsylvania Customized Reference Benchmark(c)

                2.14       3.85       N/A         2.10       N/A         N/A       N/A  

Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index(d)

                2.29       4.28       N/A           2.03       N/A           2.77       N/A  

 

  (a) 

Assuming maximum sales charges, if any. Average annual total returns with and without sales charges reflect reductions for distribution and service fees. See “About Fund Performance” for a detailed description of share classes, including any related sales charges and fees, and how performance was calculated for certain share classes.

 
  (b) 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in Pennsylvania municipal bonds.

 
  (c) 

A customized weighted index comprised of 90% Bloomberg Pennsylvania Total Return Index Unhedged USD/10% Pennsylvania Bloomberg Municipal Bond: High Yield (non- Investment Grade) Total Return Index (the “Pennsylvania Customized Reference Benchmark”) .The Pennsylvania Customized Reference Benchmark commenced on September 30, 2016.

 
  (d) 

An unmanaged index that tracks the U.S. long term tax-exempt bond market, including state and local general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, pre-refunded bonds, and insured bonds.

 

N/A — Not applicable as the share class and index do not have a sales charge.

Past performance is not an indication of future results.

Performance results may include adjustments made for financial reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

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Fund Summary  as of November 30, 2023 (continued)    BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

 

Expense Example

 

    Actual     Hypothetical 5% Return        
 

 

 

   

 

 

   
     

Beginning

Account Value

(06/01/23)

 

 

 

   

Ending

Account Value

(11/30/23)

 

 

 

   

Expenses

Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

   

Beginning

Account Value

(06/01/23)

 

 

 

   

Ending

Account Value

(11/30/23)

 

 

 

   

Expenses

Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

   

Annualized

Expense

Ratio

 

 

 

Institutional

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,014.40     $ 2.75     $ 1,000.00     $ 1,022.27     $ 2.76       0.55

Service

    1,000.00       1,013.20       4.00       1,000.00       1,021.02       4.02       0.80  

Investor A

    1,000.00       1,013.20       3.97       1,000.00       1,021.06       3.98       0.79  

Investor A1

    1,000.00       1,014.00       3.25       1,000.00       1,021.77       3.26       0.65  

Investor C

    1,000.00       1,009.40       7.76       1,000.00       1,017.27       7.79       1.55  

Class K

    1,000.00       1,014.70       2.50       1,000.00       1,022.52       2.51       0.50  

 

  (a) 

For each class of the Fund, expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio for the class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/366 (to reflect the one-half year period shown).

 

See “Disclosure of Expenses” for further information on how expenses were calculated.

Portfolio Information

 

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

   
Sector(a)(b)  

Percent of

Total Investments

 

Health

    20.2

County/City/Special District/School District

    18.5  

Transportation

    16.7  

Education

    16.1  

Utilities

    7.9  

Corporate

    7.5  

Housing

    5.5  

State

    5.1  

Tobacco

    2.5  

CALL/MATURITY SCHEDULE

   
Calendar Year Ended December 31,(a)(c)   Percentage  

2023

    1.6

2024

    8.9  

2025

    8.9  

2026

    6.4  

2027

    14.4  

CREDIT QUALITY ALLOCATION

   
Credit Rating(a)(d)  

Percent of

Total Investments

 

AAA/Aaa

    0.9

AA/Aa

    41.6  

A

    32.5  

BBB/Baa

    6.7  

BB/Ba

    2.5  

B

    1.1  

N/R(e)

    14.7  
 

 

(a) 

Excludes short-term securities.

(b) 

For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund’s sector classifications refer to one or more of the sector sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by the investment adviser. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such sector sub-classifications for reporting ease.

(c) 

Scheduled maturity dates and/or bonds that are subject to potential calls by issuers over the next five years.

(d) 

For financial reporting purposes, credit quality ratings shown above reflect the highest rating assigned by either S&P Global Ratings or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. if ratings differ. These rating agencies are independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organizations and are widely used. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BBB/Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BB/Ba or lower. Investments designated N/R are not rated by either rating agency. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

(e) 

The investment adviser evaluates the credit quality of unrated investments based upon certain factors including, but not limited to, credit ratings for similar investments and financial analysis of sectors and individual investments. Using this approach, the investment adviser has deemed certain of these unrated securities as investment grade quality. As of November 30, 2023, the market value of unrated securities deemed by the investment adviser to be investment grade represents less than 1.0% of the Fund’s total investments.

 

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Fund Summary  as of November 30, 2023     BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund

 

Investment Objective

BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund’s (the “Fund”) investment objective is to seek to maximize income exempt from Federal income taxes while investing in municipal bonds the proceeds of which Fund management views as generating positive social and environmental impacts.

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?

For the six-month period ended November, 2023, all of the Fund’s share classes outperformed its primary benchmark, a customized weighted index comprised of 65% Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index and 35% Bloomberg Municipal High Yield Bond Index (the “Customized Reference Benchmark”) and one of its secondary benchmarks, the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index. For the same period, the Fund’s Class K Shares outperformed its second secondary benchmark, the Bloomberg Municipal High Yield Bond Index, while it’s Institutional and Investor A Shares performed in line. The following discussion of relative performance pertains to the Customized Reference Benchmark.

What factors influenced performance?

The Fund used U.S. Treasury futures to help manage interest rate risk, which contributed to performance in the rising-rate environment. The Fund’s overweight in investment-grade bonds also contributed positively, as did its security selection in the utilities and housing sectors. An overweight in bonds with maturities of 18 to 24 years contributed, as well.

On the other hand, the Fund’s underweight in high yield bonds was the largest detractor from performance. Holdings in 4% coupon bonds, which have greater interest rate sensitivity than those with higher coupons, also detracted. The Fund’s allocation to bonds with maturities of 25 years and longer, which also have above-average interest rate sensitivity, were a further detractor.

Describe recent portfolio activity.

As municipal yields rose in the early part of the period, the investment adviser shifted the portfolio’s holdings toward higher-coupon issues (5% and above) and away from those with lower coupons (largely 4%). Once the market began to rally in November 2023, the investment adviser rotated out of lower-yielding, lower-coupon positions in order to reduce duration (interest rate sensitivity) and improve the portfolio’s overall structure.

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

The Fund was positioned with an overweight to duration, an overweight in longer-maturity bonds (18-years and longer), and an overweight in investment-grade bonds. The Fund was underweight in non-investment grade high yield bonds. Housing and education were the Fund’s leading sector overweights, while the tax-backed states and transportation sectors were its largest underweights.

The views expressed reflect the opinions of BlackRock as of the date of this report and are subject to change based on changes in market, economic or other conditions. These views are not intended to be a forecast of future events and are no guarantee of future results.

Performance

 

                      Average Annual Total Returns(a)(b)  
       

 

 

 
                      1 Year    

Since

Inception(c)

 
       

 

 

   

 

 

 
    

Standardized

30-Day Yields

   

Unsubsidized

30-Day Yields

   

6-Month

Total

Returns

   

Without

Sales

Charge

   

With

Sales

Charge

   

Without

Sales

Charge

   

With

Sales

Charge

 

Institutional

    3.81     3.38     3.29     6.01     N/A       1.10     N/A  

Investor A

    3.53       3.15       3.28       5.88       1.38     0.92       (1.60 )% 

Class K

    3.86       3.44       3.42       6.17       N/A       1.21       N/A  

Customized Reference Benchmark(d)

                2.66       4.84       N/A       (0.61     N/A  

Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index(e)

                2.29       4.28       N/A       (0.01     N/A  

Bloomberg Municipal High Yield Bond Index(f)

                3.33       5.85       N/A       (1.76     N/A  

 

  (a) 

Assuming maximum sales charges, if any. Average annual total returns with and without sales charges reflect reductions for distribution and service fees. See “About Fund Performance” for a detailed description of share classes, including any related sales charges and fees.

 
  (b) 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in municipal bonds and derivatives with similar economic characteristics.

 
  (c) 

The Fund commenced operations on March 14, 2022.

 
  (d) 

A customized weighted index comprised of 65% Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index/35% Bloomberg Municipal High Yield Bond Index (the “Customized Reference Benchmark”).

 
  (e) 

An unmanaged index that tracks the U.S. long term tax-exempt bond market, including state and local general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, pre-refunded bonds, and insured bonds.

 
  (f) 

An index designed to measure the performance of U.S. dollar-denominated high-yield municipal bonds issued by U.S. states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories and local governments or agencies.

 

N/A — Not applicable as the share class and index do not have a sales charge.

Past performance is not an indication of future results.

Performance results may include adjustments made for financial reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

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Fund Summary  as of November 30, 2023 (continued)    BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund

 

Expense Example

 

    Actual     Hypothetical 5% Return        
 

 

 

   

 

 

   
     

Beginning

Account Value

(06/01/23)

 

 

 

   

Ending

Account Value

(11/30/23)

 

 

 

   

Expenses

Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

   

Beginning

Account Value

(06/01/23)

 

 

 

   

Ending

Account Value

(11/30/23)

 

 

 

   

Expenses

Paid During

the Period

 

 

(a) 

   

Annualized

Expense

Ratio

 

 

 

Institutional

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,032.90     $ 3.01     $ 1,000.00     $ 1,022.04     $ 2.99       0.59

Investor A

    1,000.00       1,032.80       4.12       1,000.00       1,020.95       4.10       0.81  

Class K

    1,000.00       1,034.20       2.74       1,000.00       1,022.30       2.73       0.54  

 

  (a) 

For each class of the Fund, expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio for the class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/366 (to reflect the one-half year period shown).

 

See “Disclosure of Expenses” for further information on how expenses were calculated.

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

   
Sector(a)(b)  

Percent of

Total Investments

 

Education

    17.6

Housing

    17.0  

Transportation

    14.3  

County/City/Special District/School District

    12.9  

Utilities

    12.7  

Health

    12.4  

State

    6.8  

Corporate

    6.3  

CALL/MATURITY SCHEDULE

   
Calendar Year Ended December 31,(a)(b)   Percentage  

2023

   

2024

     

2025

    1.6  

2026

    0.2  

2027

    5.4  

CREDIT QUALITY ALLOCATION

   
Credit Rating(a)(d)  

Percent of

Total Investments

 

AAA/Aaa

    8.0

AA/Aa

    48.6  

A

    22.5  

BBB/Baa

    8.8  

BB/Ba

    5.0  

N/R

    7.1  
 

 

(a) 

Excludes short-term securities.

(b) 

For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund’s sector classifications refer to one or more of the sector sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by the investment adviser. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such sector sub-classifications for reporting ease.

(c) 

Scheduled maturity dates and/or bonds that are subject to potential calls by issuers over the next five years.

(d) 

For financial reporting purposes, credit quality ratings shown above reflect the highest rating assigned by either S&P Global Ratings or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. if ratings differ. These rating agencies are independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organizations and are widely used. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BBB/Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BB/Ba or lower. Investments designated N/R are not rated by either rating agency. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

 

F U N D   S U M M A R Y

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Fund Summary  as of November 30, 2023     BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

 

Investment Objective

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund’s (the “Fund”) investment objective is to provide shareholders with a high level of income exempt from Federal income taxes.

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?

For the six-month period ended November 30, 2023, the Fund underperformed its primary benchmark, the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index, as well as its secondary benchmark, a customized weighted index comprised of 72% Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index Total Return Index Value Unhedged/23% Municipal Bond: High Yield (non-Investment Grade) Total Return Index/5% Bloomberg Municipal Index Taxable Bonds Total Return Index Value (the “Customized Reference Benchmark”). The following discussion of relative performance pertains to the Customized Reference Benchmark.

What factors influenced performance?

The Fund’s sizable position in Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Bonds, which experienced a significant downward repricing early in the reporting period, was the leading detractor from performance. Security selection in the transportation sector, an underweight in intermediate-term bonds, and holdings in non-rated securities also hindered performance.

On the other hand, the Fund’s use of derivatives such as U.S. Treasury futures to manage interest rate risk contributed positively. An overweight in long-dated bonds (those with maturities of 20 years and above) contributed as well. Selection in the AA credit tier, along with holdings in local tax-backed and corporate-backed securities, were additional contributors of note.

Describe recent portfolio activity.

The Fund opened the period with a duration of 6.08 years and closed with a duration of 6.74 years. (Duration is a measure of interest rate sensitivity.) The investment adviser continued to use cash to fund outflows, leading to a reduction in the Fund’s cash position from 7.45% of assets to 0.33% over the course of the period. The Fund remained underweight in the tax-backed sectors and overweight in utilities, and its allocation to corporate-backed issues increased. About 20% of the Fund’s assets were in high yield (below investment-grade) bonds as of November 30, down slightly from 21% at the start of the period, with a continued overweight in Puerto Rico. The investment adviser increased the Fund’s weighting in investment-grade bonds, maintaining a higher-quality bias. The Fund held an allocation of approximately 42% to bonds with maturities of 20 years and longer, versus 40% at the beginning of the period. The portfolio’s allocation to taxable securities declined from 8.8% to 7.4%.

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

The Fund finished November 2023 with a duration of 6.74 years, positioned 0.11 years longer than the benchmark, with an overweight in bonds with maturities of 20 years and above. At the sector level, the Fund was overweight in corporate-backed issues and utilities, and it was underweight in tax-backed securities. The Fund’s average credit quality was AA.

The views expressed reflect the opinions of BlackRock as of the date of this report and are subject to change based on changes in market, economic or other conditions. These views are not intended to be a forecast of future events and are no guarantee of future results.

Performance

 

                      Average Annual Total Returns(a)(b)  
       

 

 

 
                      1 Year         5 Years         10 Years  
       

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
     Standardized
30-Day Yields
    Unsubsidized
30-Day Yields
   

6-Month

Total

Returns

   

Without

Sales

Charge

   

With

Sales

Charge

        

Without

Sales

Charge

   

With

Sales

Charge

        

Without

Sales

Charge

   

With

Sales

Charge

 

Institutional

    3.35     3.30     1.56     3.54     N/A         0.65     N/A         2.58     N/A  

Investor A

    3.02       2.97       1.56       3.42       (0.97 )%        0.45       (0.42 )%        2.37       1.92

Investor A1

    3.25       3.20       1.63       3.46       N/A         0.60       N/A         2.51       N/A  

Investor C

    2.40       2.35       1.07       2.52       1.52         (0.31     (0.31       1.73       1.73  

Class K

    3.49       3.44       1.61       3.62       N/A         0.72       N/A         2.62       N/A  

Customized Reference Benchmark(c)

                2.36       4.60       N/A         2.26       N/A         N/A       N/A  

Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index (d)

                2.29       4.28       N/A           2.03       N/A           2.77       N/A  

 

  (a) 

Assuming maximum sales charges, if any. Average annual total returns with and without sales charges reflect reductions for distribution and service fees. See “About Fund Performance” for a detailed description of share classes, including any related sales charges and fees, and how performance was calculated for certain share classes.

 
  (b) 

Under normal circumstances the Fund invests at least 80% of its assets in municipal bonds. The Fund’s returns prior to January 27, 2014 are the returns of the Fund when it followed different investment strategies under the name BlackRock Intermediate Municipal Fund.

 
  (c) 

A customized weighted index comprised of 72% Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index Total Return Index Value Unhedged/23% Municipal Bond: High Yield (non-Investment Grade) Total Return Index/5% Bloomberg Municipal Index Taxable Bonds Total Return Index Value (the “Customized Reference Benchmark”). The Customized Reference Benchmark commenced on September 30, 2016.

 
  (d) 

An unmanaged index that tracks the U.S. long term tax-exempt bond market, including state and local general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, pre-refunded bonds, and insured bonds.

 

 

 

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Fund Summary  as of November 30, 2023 (continued)    BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

 

N/A — Not applicable as the share class and index do not have a sales charge.

Past performance is not an indication of future results.

Performance results may include adjustments made for financial reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Expense Example

 

    Actual     Hypothetical 5% Return        
 

 

 

   

 

 

     
               

Expenses Paid During the

                Period               

         

Including Interest

Expense

            and Fees             

   

Excluding Interest

Expense

            and Fees             

   

Annualized Expense Ratio

 
     


Beginning
Account
Value
(06/01/23)
 
 
 
 
   


Ending
Account
Value
(11/30/23)
 
 
 
 
   


Including
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
(a) 
   


Excluding
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
(a) 
   

Beginning

Account

Value

(06/01/23)

 

 

 

 

   

Ending

Account

Value

(11/30/23)

 

 

 

 

   


Expenses

Paid

During

the
Period

 

 

 

 
(a) 

   


Ending
Account
Value

(11/30/23)

 
 
 

 

   

Expenses

Paid

During

the

Period

 

 

 

 

(a) 

   

Including

Interest

Expense

and Fees

 

 

 

 

   

Excluding

Interest

Expense

and Fees

 

 

 

 

Institutional

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,015.60     $ 3.58     $ 3.31     $ 1,000.00     $ 1,021.44     $ 3.60     $ 1,021.71     $ 3.32       0.71     0.66

Investor A

    1,000.00       1,015.60       4.59       4.32       1,000.00       1,020.44       4.61       1,020.71       4.33       0.91       0.86  

Investor A1

    1,000.00       1,016.30       3.96       3.68       1,000.00       1,021.08       3.96       1,021.35       3.69       0.78       0.73  

Investor C

    1,000.00       1,010.70       8.48       8.21       1,000.00       1,016.56       8.51       1,016.83       8.24       1.69       1.63  

Class K

    1,000.00       1,016.10       3.05       2.78       1,000.00       1,021.98       3.06       1,022.24       2.79       0.60       0.55  

 

  (a) 

For each class of the Fund, expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio for the class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/366 (to reflect the one-half year period shown).

 

See “Disclosure of Expenses” for further information on how expenses were calculated.

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

   
Sector(a)(b)  

Percent of

Total Investments

 

County/City/Special District/School District

    20.7

Utilities

    19.9  

Transportation

    15.6  

Corporate

    12.2  

State

    11.0  

Health

    6.9  

Housing

    6.7  

Education

    4.3  

Tobacco

    1.7  

Other*

    1.0  

CALL/MATURITY SCHEDULE

   
Calendar Year Ended December 31,(a)(c)   Percentage  

2023

    0.5

2024

    5.6  

2025

    1.2  

2026

    3.9  

2027

    10.9  

CREDIT QUALITY ALLOCATION

   
Credit Rating(a)(d)  

Percent of

Total Investments

 

AAA/Aaa

    16.5

AA/Aa

    46.4  

A

    14.9  

BBB/Baa

    3.6  

BB/Ba

    2.2  

B

    0.3  

N/R(e)

    16.1  
 

 

(a) 

Excludes short-term securities.

(b) 

For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund’s sector classifications refer to one or more of the sector sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by the investment adviser. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such sector sub-classifications for reporting ease.

(c) 

Scheduled maturity dates and/or bonds that are subject to potential calls by issuers over the next five years.

(d) 

For financial reporting purposes, credit quality ratings shown above reflect the highest rating assigned by either S&P Global Ratings or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. if ratings differ. These rating agencies are independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organizations and are widely used. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BBB/Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BB/Ba or lower. Investments designated N/R are not rated by either rating agency. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

(e) 

The investment adviser evaluates the credit quality of unrated investments based upon certain factors including, but not limited to, credit ratings for similar investments and financial analysis of sectors and individual investments. Using this approach, the investment adviser has deemed certain of these unrated securities as investment grade quality. As of November 30, 2023, the market value of unrated securities deemed by the investment adviser to be investment grade represents less than 1.0% of the Fund’s total investments.

*

Includes one or more investment categories that individually represents less than 1.0% of the Fund’s total investments. Please refer to the Schedule of Investments for details.

 

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About Fund Performance

 

Institutional Shares are not subject to any sales charge. These shares bear no ongoing distribution or service fees and are available only to certain eligible investors.

Class K Shares are not subject to any sales charge. These shares bear no ongoing distribution or service fees and are available only to certain eligible investors. For each Fund, except BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund, Class K Shares performance shown prior to the Class K January 25, 2018 inception date is that of Institutional Shares. The performance of the Funds’ Class K Shares, except BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund, would be substantially similar to Institutional Shares because Class K Shares and Institutional Shares invest in the same portfolio of securities and performance would only differ to the extent that Class K Shares and Institutional Shares have different expenses. The actual returns of Class K Shares would have been higher than those of the Institutional Shares because Class K Shares have lower expenses than the Institutional Shares.

Service Shares (available only in BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund and BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund) are not subject to any sales charge. These shares are subject to a service fee of 0.25% per year (but no distribution fee) and are only available to certain eligible investors.

Investor A Shares are subject to a maximum initial sales charge (front-end load) of 4.25% and a service fee of 0.25% per year (but no distribution fee). Certain redemptions of these shares may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase. These shares are generally available through financial intermediaries.

Investor A1 Shares (available only in BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund, BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund, BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund and BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund) are subject to a maximum initial sales charge (front-end load) of 4.00% and a service fee of 0.10% per year (but no distribution fee). Investor A1 Shares for BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund incur a maximum initial sales charge (front-end load) of 1.00% and a service fee of 0.10% per year (but no distribution fee) for BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund, BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund and BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund. The initial sales charge does not apply to current eligible shareholders of Investor A1 Shares of the Funds. Investor A1 Shares are only available for dividend and capital gain reinvestment by existing shareholders, and for purchase by certain eligible employer-sponsored retirement plans and, for BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund only, fee based programs previously approved by the Fund. Certain redemptions of these shares may be subject to a CDSC where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase. However, the CDSC does not apply to redemptions by certain employer-sponsored retirement plans or to redemptions of shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains by existing shareholders and, for BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund only, fee based programs previously approved by the Fund.

Investor C Shares (available only in BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund, BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund, BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund and BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund) are subject to a 1.00% CDSC if redeemed within one year of purchase. In addition, these shares are subject to a distribution fee of 0.75% per year and a service fee of 0.25% per year. These shares are generally available through financial intermediaries. These shares automatically convert to Investor A Shares after approximately eight years.

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and trading in many instruments has been disrupted. These circumstances may continue for an extended period of time and may continue to affect adversely the value and liquidity of each Fund’s investments. As a result, current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Refer to blackrock.com to obtain performance data current to the most recent month-end. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Figures shown in the performance table(s) assume reinvestment of all distributions, if any, at net asset value (“NAV”) on the ex-dividend date or payable date, as applicable. Investment return and principal value of shares will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Distributions paid to each class of shares will vary because of the different levels of service, distribution and transfer agency fees applicable to each class, which are deducted from the income available to be paid to shareholders.

BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), each Fund’s investment adviser, has contractually and/or voluntarily agreed to waive and/or reimburse a portion of each Fund’s expenses. Without such waiver(s) and/or reimbursement(s), each Fund’s performance would have been lower. With respect to each Fund’s voluntary waiver(s), if any, the Manager is under no obligation to waive and/or reimburse or to continue waiving and/or reimbursing its fees and such voluntary waiver(s) may be reduced or discontinued at any time. With respect to each Fund’s contractual waiver(s), if any, the Manager is under no obligation to continue waiving and/or reimbursing its fees after the applicable termination date of such agreement. See the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information on waivers and/or reimbursements.

The standardized 30-day yield includes the effects of any waivers and/or reimbursements. The unsubsidized 30-day yield excludes the effects of any waivers and/or reimbursements.

 

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Disclosure of Expenses

 

Shareholders of each Fund may incur the following charges: (a) transactional expenses, such as sales charges; and (b) operating expenses, including investment advisory fees, service and distribution fees, including 12b-1 fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, and other fund expenses. The expense examples shown (which are based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held through the end of the period) are intended to assist shareholders both in calculating expenses based on an investment in each Fund and in comparing these expenses with similar costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The expense examples provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. Annualized expense ratios reflect contractual and voluntary fee waivers, if any. In order to estimate the expenses a shareholder paid during the period covered by this report, shareholders can divide their account value by $1,000 and then multiply the result by the number corresponding to their Fund and share class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”

The expense examples also provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. In order to assist shareholders in comparing the ongoing expenses of investing in these Funds and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.

The expenses shown in the expense examples are intended to highlight shareholders’ ongoing costs only and do not reflect transactional expenses, such as sales charges, if any. Therefore, the hypothetical examples are useful in comparing ongoing expenses only and will not help shareholders determine the relative total expenses of owning different funds. If these transactional expenses were included, shareholder expenses would have been higher.

 

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The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging

 

The Funds may utilize leverage to seek to enhance returns and net asset value (“NAV”). However, there is no guarantee that these objectives can be achieved in all interest rate environments.

Each Fund may leverage its assets through the use of proceeds received in tender option bond (“TOB”) transactions, as described in the Notes to Financial Statements. In a TOB Trust transaction, each Fund transfers municipal bonds or other municipal securities into a special purpose entity (a “TOB Trust”). TOB investments generally provide each Fund with economic benefits in periods of declining short-term interest rates but expose each Fund to risks during periods of rising short-term interest rates. Additionally, fluctuations in the market value of municipal bonds deposited into a TOB Trust may adversely affect each Fund’s NAV per share.

In general, the concept of leveraging is based on the premise that the financing cost of leverage, which is based on short-term interest rates, is normally lower than the income earned by each Fund on its longer-term portfolio investments purchased with the proceeds from leverage. To the extent that the total assets of each Fund (including the assets obtained from leverage) are invested in higher-yielding portfolio investments, each Fund’s shareholders benefit from the incremental net income.

The interest earned on securities purchased with the proceeds from leverage is distributed to each Fund’s shareholders, and the value of these portfolio holdings is reflected in each Fund’s per share NAV. However, in order to benefit shareholders, the return on assets purchased with leverage proceeds must exceed the ongoing costs associated with the leverage. If interest and other ongoing costs of leverage exceed a Fund’s return on assets purchased with leverage proceeds, income to shareholders is lower than if the Funds had not used leverage.

Furthermore, the value of each Fund’s portfolio investments generally varies inversely with the direction of long-term interest rates, although other factors can also influence the value of portfolio investments. As a result, changes in interest rates can influence each Fund’s NAV positively or negatively in addition to the impact on each Fund’s performance from leverage. Changes in the direction of interest rates are difficult to predict accurately, and there is no assurance that a Fund’s leveraging strategy will be successful.

The use of leverage also generally causes greater changes in each Fund’s NAV and dividend rates than comparable portfolios without leverage. In a declining market, leverage is likely to cause a greater decline in the NAV of a Fund’s shares than if the Fund were not leveraged. In addition, each Fund may be required to sell portfolio securities at inopportune times or at distressed values in order to comply with regulatory requirements applicable to the use of leverage or as required by the terms of the leverage instruments, which may cause the Fund to incur losses. The use of leverage may limit a Fund’s ability to invest in certain types of securities or use certain types of hedging strategies. Each Fund incurs expenses in connection with the use of leverage, all of which are borne by each Fund’s shareholders and may reduce income.

Derivative Financial Instruments

The Funds may invest in various derivative financial instruments. These instruments are used to obtain exposure to a security, commodity, index, market, and/or other assets without owning or taking physical custody of securities, commodities and/or other referenced assets or to manage market, equity, credit, interest rate, foreign currency exchange rate, commodity and/or other risks. Derivative financial instruments may give rise to a form of economic leverage and involve risks, including the imperfect correlation between the value of a derivative financial instrument and the underlying asset, possible default of the counterparty to the transaction or illiquidity of the instrument. Pursuant to Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act, among other things, the Funds must either use derivative financial instruments with embedded leverage in a limited manner or comply with an outer limit on fund leverage risk based on value-at-risk. The Funds’ successful use of a derivative financial instrument depends on the investment adviser’s ability to predict pertinent market movements accurately, which cannot be assured. The use of these instruments may result in losses greater than if they had not been used, may limit the amount of appreciation a Fund can realize on an investment and/or may result in lower distributions paid to shareholders. The Funds’ investments in these instruments, if any, are discussed in detail in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) 

November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

    (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

 

 

Corporate Bonds

   

Education — 0.0%

   

Chapman University, 3.00%, 04/01/51

  $ 2,100     $ 1,314,403  
   

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds — 0.0%
(Cost: $2,100,000)

      1,314,403  
   

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

   

California — 84.9%

   

Corporate(a) — 6.3%

   

California Community Choice Financing Authority, RB

   

5.00%, 07/01/53

        20,000       20,827,892  

5.00%, 12/01/53

    16,905       17,635,190  

5.50%, 10/01/54

    20,000       21,750,147  

Series B-1, 4.00%, 02/01/52

    20,000       19,624,626  

Series C, 5.25%, 01/01/54

    7,500       7,752,988  

Series E-1, 5.00%, 02/01/54

    50,000       52,460,327  

California Municipal Finance Authority, RB, Series A, AMT, 4.38%, 09/01/53

    2,930       3,001,523  
   

 

 

 
          143,052,693  

County/City/Special District/School District — 23.1%

 

California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank, RB, 5.00%, 08/01/49

    8,620       9,065,741  

California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 1.60%, 10/01/29

    3,575       2,948,420  

Series A, 1.84%, 10/01/31

    1,100       862,720  

Chabot-Las Positas Community College District, GO, Series C, Election 2016, 5.25%, 08/01/48

    5,105       5,751,779  

Chaffey Community College District, GO, Series A, 4.00%, 06/01/43

    5,535       5,563,287  

Chino Valley Unified School District, GO, Series B, 4.00%, 08/01/45

    8,000       8,049,186  

City & County of San Francisco California Community Facilities District No. 2014-1, ST

   

Series B, 3.78%, 09/01/30

    1,110       988,148  

Series B, 3.92%, 09/01/31

    3,410       3,008,427  

Series B, 3.97%, 09/01/32

    1,880       1,638,329  

Series B, 4.02%, 09/01/33

    2,070       1,785,333  

City & County of San Francisco California, GO, Series A, 4.00%, 06/15/36

    5,155       5,192,542  

City & County of San Francisco California, Refunding COP, Series A, 4.00%, 04/01/44

    10,000       10,038,750  

City of Corona California, RB, 2.24%, 05/01/30

    10,000       8,366,142  

City of Huntington Beach California, Refunding RB, 2.32%, 06/15/30

    2,750       2,299,831  

Coast Community College District, GO, Series B, Election 2002, (AGM), 0.00%, 08/01/30(b)

    26,425       21,517,569  

County of Ventura California, RB, 5.15%, 07/01/24

    50,000       49,842,732  

Dublin Unified School District, GO, Series B, Election 2020, 4.00%, 08/01/46

    5,995       6,078,473  

Elk Grove Unified School District, GO, Election 2016, 4.00%, 08/01/44

    16,375       16,537,868  

Elk Grove Unified School District, ST, Election 1998, (AGM), 4.00%, 12/01/42

    12,330       12,519,678  

Escondido Union School District, GO, Series B, Election 2014, 4.00%, 08/01/43

    2,150       2,157,873  

Fremont Unified School District/Alameda County California, GO, Series E, Election 2014, 4.00%, 08/01/41

    3,325       3,399,563  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

County/City/Special District/School District (continued)

 

Fremont Union High School District, GO, Election 2022, 4.00%, 08/01/48

  $     15,000     $     15,159,629  

Fremont Union High School District, Refunding GO, Series A, 4.00%, 08/01/46

    5,855       5,903,551  

Grossmont Healthcare District, Refunding GO, Series D, 4.00%, 07/15/40

    2,000       2,001,254  

Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District, GO, Series B, Election 2012, 5.00%, 08/01/44

    20,000       21,220,789  

Hacienda La Puente Unified School District, GO, Series A, Election 2016, 5.00%, 08/01/47

    4,750       5,186,816  

Irvine Facilities Financing Authority, RB, 5.25%, 05/01/43

    10,000       10,395,217  

Irvine Facilities Financing Authority, ST, Series A, (BAM), 5.00%, 09/01/48

    20,845       22,863,456  

La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, GO, Series B, 5.00%, 08/01/47

    1,200       1,298,203  

Las Virgenes Unified School District, GO

   

Series A, Election 2022, 5.00%, 08/01/45

    2,345       2,628,785  

Series A, Election 2022, 5.00%, 08/01/47

    1,220       1,356,971  

Long Beach Unified School District, GO, Series A, 4.00%, 08/01/40

    5,000       5,044,197  

Los Angeles Community College District, GO

   

Series K, Election 2008, 4.00%, 08/01/38

    40       40,626  

Series K, Election 2008, 4.00%, 08/01/39

    10,000       10,135,564  

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Sales Tax Revenue, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/42

    8,945       9,888,844  

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Sales Tax Revenue, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/37

    10,000       10,741,558  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/44

    1,440       1,530,843  

Los Angeles County Public Works Financing Authority, Refunding RB, Series D, 5.00%, 12/01/45

    1,930       1,974,181  

Lucia Mar Unified School District, GO, Series D, Election 2016, 5.25%, 08/01/47

    9,000       10,044,811  

Manteca Unified School District, GO, Series B, Election 2020, 4.00%, 08/01/48

    4,180       4,098,217  

Mount San Antonio Community College District, Refunding GO

   

Series 2018-A, Election 2018, 4.00%, 08/01/49

    5,000       5,040,438  

Series A, Election 2018, 5.00%, 08/01/44

    3,430       3,688,004  

North Orange County Community College District, GO, Series B, Election 2014, 4.00%, 08/01/44

    3,575       3,606,018  

Palmdale Elementary School District, GO, Election 2022, (BAM), 5.00%, 08/01/48

    5,000       5,486,476  

Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board Measure RR Sales Tax Revenue, RB,
Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/47

    3,650       3,975,274  

Peralta Community College District, Refunding GO

   

Series A, 4.00%, 08/01/31

    7,500       7,505,988  

Series A, 4.00%, 08/01/39

    200       200,108  

Pleasanton Unified School District, GO, Election 2022, 4.00%, 08/01/48

    9,000       9,078,570  

Redwood City School District, GO, Series A, Election 2022, 5.00%, 08/01/48

    8,635       9,531,399  

Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, Refunding SAB, 5.00%, 10/01/41

    8,000       8,299,020  

San Diego Community College District, Refunding GO, 2.38%, 08/01/33

    5,375       4,239,453  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

    (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

County/City/Special District/School District (continued)

 

San Diego Unified School District, GO
5.00%, 07/01/48

  $ 3,615     $ 3,986,442  

Series L, 4.00%, 07/01/44

    3,750       3,811,593  

San Francisco City & County Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency, Refunding TA

   

Series D, 3.25%, 08/01/29

    1,000       905,302  

Series D, 3.38%, 08/01/30

    1,250       1,117,858  

San Joaquin County Transportation Authority Measure K Sales Tax Revenue, Refunding RB, 4.00%, 03/01/41

    3,000       3,014,207  

San Jose Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency, Refunding TA, Series A-T, 3.25%, 08/01/29

    8,730       7,988,913  

San Jose Unified School District, GO

   

Series C, Election 2002, (NPFGC), 0.00%, 06/01/31(b)

    25,000       20,373,531  

Series F, Election 2012, 4.00%, 08/01/42

    4,000       4,119,872  

San Luis Obispo County Financing Authority, Refunding RB, 5.50%, 11/15/47

    5,165       5,873,646  

San Mateo County Community College District, GO, Series B, Election 2014, 5.00%, 09/01/45

    1,000       1,066,175  

San Mateo County Transit District, Refunding RB, Series A, 4.00%, 06/01/33

    9,065       9,238,161  

San Mateo Foster City Public Financing Authority, RB

   

4.00%, 05/01/45

    4,000       4,012,095  

4.00%, 05/01/48

    2,265       2,238,443  

Santa Clara Unified School District, GO 4.00%, 07/01/41

    12,475       12,923,358  

Election 2014, 4.00%, 07/01/41

    5,000       5,066,317  

Santa Clarita Community College District, GO

   

Election 2016, 4.00%, 08/01/42

    1,400       1,411,521  

Election 2016, 5.25%, 08/01/48

    4,000       4,466,668  

Santa Cruz City Elementary School District, GO

   

Series C, 2.00%, 08/01/34

    1,770       1,527,843  

Series C, 2.00%, 08/01/36

    695       565,787  

Santa Cruz City High School District, GO, Series C, 2.00%, 08/01/35

    450       378,339  

Simi Valley Unified School District, GO

   

Series D, 4.00%, 08/01/48

    4,500       4,495,668  

Series D, 5.25%, 08/01/51

    3,780       4,174,636  

South Orange County Public Financing Authority, RB, 5.00%, 06/01/47

        11,000       11,969,947  

West Valley-Mission Community College District, GO

   

Series A, 4.00%, 08/01/44

    9,765       9,921,133  

Series B, 5.00%, 08/01/47

    10,000       11,068,302  

Series B, Election 2012, 4.00%, 08/01/34

    5,160       5,248,938  
   

 

 

 
          520,741,346  

Education — 7.1%

   

California Educational Facilities Authority, RB, Series A, 3.56%, 04/01/31

    2,000       1,742,383  

California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank, RB(c)

   

5.00%, 01/01/24(d)

    125       124,876  

4.13%, 01/01/35

    985       841,684  

5.00%, 01/01/55

    2,000       1,537,280  

California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank, RB, CAB, 0.00%, 01/01/60(b)

    37,500       2,461,664  

California Municipal Finance Authority, RB

   

5.00%, 06/15/41(c)

    925       845,363  

6.00%, 07/01/44

    500       500,783  

5.00%, 06/15/51(c)

    1,385       1,184,954  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

Education (continued)

   

California Municipal Finance Authority, RB (continued)

   

Series A, 5.50%, 08/01/34(c)

  $ 250     $ 250,307  

California Municipal Finance Authority, Refunding RB(c)

   

5.00%, 08/01/39

        1,785           1,718,957  

5.00%, 08/01/48

    2,140       1,883,313  

California Public Finance Authority, RB, Series B, 5.00%, 07/01/26(c)

    190       186,331  

California School Finance Authority, RB(c)

   

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/33

    525       530,440  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/43

    525       511,091  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/49

    7,105       6,476,949  

Series A, 6.00%, 07/01/51

    1,500       1,533,702  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/55

    1,000       939,516  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/58

    3,355       2,975,221  

Series A, 6.00%, 06/01/59

    8,925       8,341,999  

Series B, 6.00%, 06/01/31

    735       635,695  

California State University, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/43

    21,000           22,438,956  

Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/47

    6,430       6,686,849  

Series B, 1.67%, 11/01/29

    9,000       7,453,732  

Series B, 1.85%, 11/01/31

    6,750       5,295,190  

Series B, 2.53%, 11/01/33

    2,580       2,039,061  

Series D, 1.69%, 11/01/29

    5,000       4,161,457  

Hastings Campus Housing Finance Authority, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/61(c)

    7,640       6,621,743  

Los Angeles Community College District, Refunding GO, 2.11%, 08/01/32

    2,590       2,069,953  

University of California, RB, Series AV, 5.25%, 05/15/42

    12,305       13,080,624  

University of California, RB, BAB, 6.30%, 05/15/50

    3,790       3,895,656  

University of California, Refunding RB

   

Series AR, 5.00%, 05/15/41

    5,850       6,077,510  

Series AZ, 5.00%, 05/15/43

    25,000       26,605,640  

Series BH, 4.00%, 05/15/46

    8,245       8,323,149  

Series Q, 4.00%, 05/15/41

    10,300       10,610,157  
   

 

 

 
      160,582,185  

Health — 6.2%

   

California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Refunding RB

   

4.00%, 05/15/46

    1,950       1,844,699  

Class A, 5.00%, 08/15/51

    5,000       5,360,551  

Series A, 4.00%, 08/15/40

    6,750       6,843,252  

Series A, 4.00%, 11/15/40

    6,110       6,166,882  

Series A, 4.00%, 08/15/50

    8,160       8,044,355  

Series A-2, 4.00%, 11/01/44

    22,000       21,558,280  

Series B, 4.00%, 11/15/41

    1,350       1,313,226  

California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank, RB, 5.00%, 08/01/44

    1,800       1,909,631  

California Municipal Finance Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/39(c)

    980       905,367  

California Public Finance Authority, RB

   

Series A, 4.00%, 07/15/41

    4,810       4,836,581  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/15/46

    10,375       11,303,747  

California Public Finance Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 4.00%, 08/01/47

    7,000       6,953,978  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/01/47

    17,195       17,951,892  

Regents of the University of California Medical Center Pooled Revenue, RB
5.00%, 05/15/42

    4,830       5,327,309  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

    (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

Health (continued)

 

Regents of the University of California Medical Center Pooled Revenue, RB (continued)

   

Series P, 4.00%, 05/15/43

  $ 10,000     $ 10,173,342  

Series P, 5.00%, 05/15/47

    18,370       19,935,887  

Regents of the University of California Medical Center Pooled Revenue, Refunding RB, Series L, 5.00%, 05/15/41

    8,215       8,489,079  
   

 

 

 
          138,918,058  
Housing — 1.8%            

California Community Housing Agency, RB, M/F Housing(c)

   

Series A-1, 3.00%, 02/01/57

    4,000       2,456,718  

Series A-2, 4.00%, 02/01/50

    1,600       1,117,096  

Series A-2, 4.00%, 08/01/51

        12,920       8,618,281  

City & County of San Francisco California, RB, M/F Housing, Series J, (FNMA), 2.55%, 07/01/39

    8,935       6,930,256  

CMFA Special Finance Agency XII, RB, M/F Housing, 4.38%, 08/01/49(c)

    2,740       2,031,026  

CMFA Special Finance Agency, RB, M/F Housing, Series A-2, 4.00%, 08/01/45(c)

    1,205       1,037,374  

CSCDA Community Improvement Authority, RB, M/F Housing(c)

   

3.13%, 07/01/56

    5,620       3,545,878  

3.13%, 08/01/56

    1,460       995,984  

4.00%, 12/01/56

    445       303,072  

3.25%, 04/01/57

    2,830       1,922,529  

4.00%, 07/01/58

    2,150       1,421,088  

Series A, 3.00%, 09/01/56

    2,045       1,374,850  

Series B, 4.00%, 07/01/58

    2,450       1,698,380  

Mezzanine Lien, 4.00%, 03/01/57

    500       334,771  

Series B, Mezzanine Lien, 4.00%, 12/01/59

    2,925       1,771,205  

Senior Lien, 3.13%, 06/01/57

    3,850       2,400,970  

Series B, Sub Lien, 4.00%, 12/01/59

    4,580       2,825,155  
   

 

 

 
      40,784,633  
State — 2.7%            

California State Public Works Board, RB

   

4.00%, 11/01/41

    9,250       9,397,604  

Series C, 5.00%, 11/01/44

    20,000       21,545,661  

San Francisco City & County Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency, TA, CAB, Series D, 0.00%, 08/01/31(b)(c)

    3,000       2,058,510  

State of California, Refunding GO

   

6.00%, 03/01/33

    3,590       3,780,187  

5.00%, 10/01/39

    5,000       5,231,749  

5.25%, 10/01/39

    18,150       19,139,886  
   

 

 

 
      61,153,597  
Tobacco — 2.0%            

California County Tobacco Securitization Agency, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/47

    2,595       2,448,974  

California County Tobacco Securitization Agency, Refunding RB, CAB, Series B-2, Subordinate, 0.00%, 06/01/55(b)

    7,620       1,355,933  

California Statewide Financing Authority, RB(b)(c)

   

Series D, 0.00%, 06/01/55

    20,750       1,022,420  

Series L, 0.00%, 06/01/55

    91,500       5,325,084  

Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp., Refunding RB

   

Class B, (SAP), 2.75%, 06/01/34

    5,175       4,177,969  

Series B, 5.00%, 06/01/51

    5,995       6,143,350  

Subordinate, 3.85%, 06/01/50

    5,360       4,925,929  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

Tobacco (continued)

 

Inland Empire Tobacco Securitization Corp., RB, 0.00%, 06/01/57(b)

  $ 34,680     $ 1,396,786  

Inland Empire Tobacco Securitization Corp., Refunding RB, 3.68%, 06/01/38

    3,630       3,275,314  

Tobacco Securitization Authority of Southern California, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 06/01/48

    14,250       14,675,054  
   

 

 

 
      44,746,813  
Transportation — 11.4%            

Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority Brick Campaign, ARB, Series B, 5.56%, 07/01/32

    920       938,252  

City of Los Angeles Department of Airports, ARB

   

AMT, 5.25%, 05/15/47

    7,000       7,414,567  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 05/15/42

    10,000       10,159,814  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 05/15/44

    10,010       10,268,877  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 05/15/45

    5,000       5,012,687  

Series C, AMT, 5.00%, 05/15/45

        20,000       20,878,632  

Series D, AMT, 5.00%, 05/15/41

    8,520       8,569,883  

City of Los Angeles Department of Airports, Refunding ARB

   

5.00%, 05/15/46

    4,985       5,215,472  

Series A, AMT, 4.00%, 05/15/44

    7,040       6,638,873  

AMT, Subordinate, 5.00%, 05/15/35

    5,425       5,783,922  

City of Los Angeles Department of Airports, Refunding RB, AMT, Subordinate, 5.25%, 05/15/48

    2,500       2,690,866  

Port of Los Angeles, Refunding ARB, Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 08/01/44

    7,345       7,373,554  

Port of Los Angeles, Refunding RB, Series C, 4.00%, 08/01/39

    3,570       3,599,738  

San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, ARB, Series B, AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/48

    8,435       8,817,377  

San Francisco City & County Airport Comm-San Francisco International Airport, ARB, Series A, AMT, 5.25%, 05/01/42

    34,690       35,708,196  

San Francisco City & County Airport Comm-San Francisco International Airport, Refunding ARB

   

2nd Series, AMT, 5.00%, 05/01/48

    10,145       10,302,263  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 05/01/38

    10,350       10,809,546  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 05/01/47

    36,805       37,098,284  

Series B, AMT, 5.00%, 05/01/46

    29,990       30,479,873  

Series D, AMT, 5.00%, 05/01/43

    16,440       16,921,025  

Series D, AMT, 5.25%, 05/01/48

    3,900       4,037,697  

Series E, AMT, 5.00%, 05/01/37

    4,000       4,225,290  

Series E, AMT, 5.00%, 05/01/38

    5,000       5,260,146  
   

 

 

 
          258,204,834  
Utilities — 24.3%            

California Community Choice Financing Authority, RB, Series G, 5.25%, 11/01/54(e)

    50,000       52,158,500  

California Statewide Communities Development Authority, Refunding RB, 1.68%, 02/01/29

    1,000       844,583  

City of Los Angeles California Wastewater System Revenue, Refunding RB, Series A, Subordinate, 5.00%, 06/01/47

    11,655       12,731,289  

City of Sacramento California Water Revenue, RB, 5.00%, 09/01/42

    6,465       6,821,216  

City of San Francisco California Public Utilities Commission Water Revenue, Refunding RB

   

4.00%, 11/01/39

    10,000       10,120,666  

Series B, 5.25%, 11/01/48

    7,935       9,014,793  

East Bay Municipal Utility District Water System Revenue, RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/42

    29,920       31,517,083  
 

 

 

S C H E D U L E   O F   I N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

    (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

Utilities (continued)

   

East Bay Municipal Utility District Water System Revenue, RB (continued)

   

Series A, 4.00%, 06/01/45

  $ 4,885     $ 4,910,313  

Series A, 5.25%, 06/01/52

    1,315       1,466,319  

Eastern Municipal Water District Financing Authority, RB

   

Series D, 5.25%, 07/01/42

    18,500       19,783,600  

Series D, 5.00%, 07/01/47

    35,105       36,578,927  

Eastern Municipal Water District Financing Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/37

    1,500       1,680,549  

Series B, 4.00%, 07/01/34

    5,455       5,624,692  

Imperial Irrigation District, RB, (AMBAC), 6.94%, 01/01/26

    6,085       6,165,826  

Irvine Ranch Water District Water Service Corp., RB, 5.00%, 03/01/46

    19,330       20,058,602  

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Water System Revenue, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/46

    20,000       20,523,787  

Series C, 5.00%, 07/01/43

    5,000       5,561,803  

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, Refunding RB, Series B, 5.00%, 07/01/51

    27,545       29,574,842  

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, RB, Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/51

    24,000       25,976,969  

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 04/01/48

    3,255       3,606,727  

Modesto Irrigation District, RB

   

Series A, 5.25%, 10/01/43

    6,605       7,213,517  

Series A, 5.25%, 10/01/48

    13,020       14,172,124  

Sacramento County Sanitation Districts Financing Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/45

    10,015       10,867,823  

Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Refunding RB

   

Series H, 4.00%, 08/15/40

    7,700       7,965,905  

Series H, 4.00%, 08/15/45

    11,285           11,412,642  

San Diego Public Facilities Financing Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 05/15/38

    13,595       14,419,068  

Series A, 4.00%, 08/01/45

    4,000       4,060,342  

Series A, 5.25%, 08/01/48

    14,340       16,195,472  

Series B, 5.00%, 08/01/38

    7,725       8,064,620  

Series B, 5.00%, 08/01/39

    8,735       9,170,325  

Series A, Subordinate, 5.00%, 08/01/43

        10,000       10,618,246  

San Francisco City & County Public Utilities Commission Power Revenue, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/48

    7,250       7,920,927  

San Francisco City & County Public Utilities Commission Wastewater Revenue, RB

   

Series B, 1.00%, 10/01/26

    27,880       26,688,729  

Series B, 5.00%, 10/01/43

    41,410       43,997,935  

San Francisco City & County Public Utilities Commission Wastewater Revenue, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 4.00%, 10/01/47

    5,000       5,044,861  

Series B, 5.00%, 10/01/41

    3,000       3,384,995  

Series B, 4.00%, 10/01/42

    17,010       17,014,681  

Series B, 5.00%, 10/01/43

    2,965       3,280,614  

Series B, 5.00%, 10/01/48

    4,290       4,673,287  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

 

 

Utilities (continued)

   

San Jose Financing Authority, Refunding RB, Series B, 5.00%, 11/01/52

  $ 10,000     $ 10,988,791  

San Mateo Foster City Public Financing Authority, RB, 4.00%, 08/01/44

    5,205       5,275,458  

Santa Clara Valley Water District, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/45

    2,145       2,329,751  
   

 

 

 
      549,481,199  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds in California

      1,917,665,358  
Illinois — 0.1%            
County/City/Special District/School District — 0.1%  

Chicago Board of Education, GO, BAB, 6.14%, 12/01/39

    2,060       1,895,174  
   

 

 

 
Puerto Rico — 5.8%            
State — 4.3%            

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, GO 0.00%, 11/01/51(a)

    23,823       9,543,629  

Series A-1, 0.00%, 11/01/43(a)

    17,190       8,896,752  

Series A-1, Restructured, 5.63%, 07/01/29

    5,196       5,503,954  

Series A-1, Restructured, 5.75%, 07/01/31

    2,021       2,175,986  

Series A-1, Restructured, 4.00%, 07/01/33

    1,917       1,798,199  

Series A-1, Restructured, 4.00%, 07/01/35

    1,723       1,592,496  

Series A-1, Restructured, 4.00%, 07/01/37

    1,479       1,321,874  

Series A-1, Restructured, 4.00%, 07/01/41

    2,010       1,738,572  

Series A-1, Restructured, 4.00%, 07/01/46

    2,091       1,734,224  

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, GO, CAB, Series A, Restructured, 0.00%, 07/01/33(b)

    2,467       1,503,303  

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, RB, 0.00%, 11/01/51(a)

    1,086       347,595  

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp. Sales Tax Revenue, RB

   

Series A-1, Restructured, 4.75%, 07/01/53

    26,728       25,379,269  

Series A-1, Restructured, 5.00%, 07/01/58

    5,583       5,437,799  

Series A-2, Restructured, 4.54%, 07/01/53

    114       104,395  

Series A-2, Restructured, 4.78%, 07/01/58

    12,102           11,374,639  

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp. Sales Tax Revenue, RB, CAB(b)

   

Series A-1, Restructured, 0.00%, 07/01/29

    1,117       899,915  

Series A-1, Restructured, 0.00%, 07/01/33

    3,239       2,194,131  

Series A-1, Restructured, 0.00%, 07/01/46

    44,873       13,288,398  

Series B-1, Restructured, 0.00%, 07/01/46

    5,761       1,697,197  
   

 

 

 
      96,532,327  
Tobacco — 0.4%            

Children’s Trust Fund, RB, Series A, 0.00%, 05/15/57(b)

        123,730       9,512,626  
   

 

 

 

Utilities(f)(g) — 1.1%

   

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, RB

   

3rd Series, 5.40%, 01/01/23(a)

    593       148,363  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/29

    4,130       1,032,500  

Series A, 7.00%, 07/01/33

    2,230       557,500  

Series A, 6.75%, 07/01/36

    7,630       1,907,500  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/42

    6,125       1,531,250  

Series A, 7.00%, 07/01/43

    955       238,750  

Series A-3, 10.00%, 07/01/19

    2,137       534,128  

Series B-3, 10.00%, 07/01/19

    2,137       534,128  

Series C-1, 5.40%, 01/01/18

    5,870       1,467,487  

Series C-2, 5.40%, 07/01/18

    5,871       1,467,724  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

    (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

 

 

Utilities (continued)

   

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, RB (continued)

   

Series C-4, 5.40%, 07/01/20

  $ 593     $ 148,363  

Series CCC, 5.25%, 07/01/26

    1,680       420,000  

Series CCC, 5.25%, 07/01/28

    955       238,750  

Series D-4, 7.50%, 07/01/20

    4,342       1,085,571  

Series TT, 5.00%, 07/01/25

    480       120,000  

Series TT, 5.00%, 07/01/26

    1,285       321,250  

Series WW, 5.50%, 07/01/18

    1,155       288,750  

Series WW, 5.50%, 07/01/19

    935       233,750  

Series WW, 5.38%, 07/01/24

    875       218,750  

Series WW, 5.25%, 07/01/33

    885       221,250  

Series WW, 5.50%, 07/01/38

    1,170       292,500  

Series WW, 5.50%, 07/01/49

    1,315       328,750  

Series XX, 5.25%, 07/01/27

    645       161,250  

Series XX, 5.25%, 07/01/35

    400       100,000  

Series XX, 5.75%, 07/01/36

    555       138,750  

Series XX, 5.25%, 07/01/40

    11,490       2,872,500  

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series AAA, 5.25%, 07/01/22

    2,150       537,500  

Series AAA, 5.25%, 07/01/27

    6,540       1,635,000  

Series AAA, 5.25%, 07/01/28

    4,690       1,172,500  

Series AAA, 5.25%, 07/01/29

    530       132,500  

Series BBB, 5.40%, 07/01/28

    2,805       701,250  

Series UU, 3.47%, 07/01/17(a)

    395       98,750  

Series UU, 1.00%, 07/01/18(a)

    355       88,750  

Series UU, 4.49%, 07/01/31(a)

    3,765       941,250  

Series UU, 1.32%, 07/01/49(a)

    3,175       793,750  

Series ZZ, 5.00%, 07/01/17

    925       231,250  

Series ZZ, 5.25%, 07/01/19

    2,945       736,250  

Series ZZ, 5.25%, 07/01/24

    1,990       497,500  

Series ZZ, 5.00%, 07/01/28

    990       247,500  

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, Refunding RB, BAB, Series YY, 6.13%, 07/01/40

    4,060       1,015,000  
   

 

 

 
      25,438,264  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds in Puerto Rico

      131,483,217  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds — 90.8%
(Cost: $2,142,129,351)

 

        2,051,043,749  
   

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts(h)

 

California — 5.1%

   
Health — 0.7%            

Regents of the University of California Medical Center Pooled Revenue, RB, Series P, 5.00%, 05/15/47

    15,370       16,680,163  
   

 

 

 
Transportation — 0.6%            

City of Los Angeles Department of Airports, ARB, AMT, Series A, 5.00%, 05/15/34

    11,635       12,861,683  
   

 

 

 
Utilities — 3.8%            

City of Los Angeles California Wastewater System Revenue, RB, Series A, 5.25%, 06/01/47

        20,000       21,075,355  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

 

 

Utilities (continued)

   

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, RB, 5.00%, 07/01/46

  $ 35,325     $ 38,444,798  

Sacramento County Sanitation Districts Financing Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/50

    23,620       25,403,498  
   

 

 

 
      84,923,651  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds in California

      114,465,497  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts — 5.1%
(Cost: $118,851,308)

 

    114,465,497  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 95.9%
(Cost: $2,263,080,659)

 

    2,166,823,649  
   

 

 

 
    Shares        

 

 

Short-Term Securities

 

Money Market Funds — 5.3%

   

BlackRock Liquidity Funds California Money Fund, Institutional
Class, 2.37%(i)(j)

    119,792,518       119,720,642  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 5.3%
(Cost: $119,663,607)

 

    119,720,642  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 101.2%
(Cost: $2,382,744,266)

 

    2,286,544,291  

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 1.2%

      25,589,849  

Liability for TOB Trust Certificates, Including Interest Expense and Fees Payable — (2.4)%

 

    (53,652,450
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $   2,258,481,690  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Variable rate security. Interest rate resets periodically. The rate shown is the effective interest rate as of period end. Security description also includes the reference rate and spread if published and available.

(b) 

Zero-coupon bond.

(c) 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

(d) 

Security is collateralized by municipal bonds or U.S. Treasury obligations.

(e) 

When-issued security.

(f) 

Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default.

(g) 

Non-income producing security.

(h) 

Represent bonds transferred to a TOB Trust in exchange of cash and residual certificates received by the Fund. These bonds serve as collateral in a secured borrowing. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

(i) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(j) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

 

 

For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund’s sector classifications refer to one or more of the sector sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by the investment adviser. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such sector sub-classifications for reporting ease.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended November 30, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

05/31/23

    

Purchases

at Cost

    

Proceeds

from Sales

   

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

    

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

    

Value at

11/30/23

    

Shares

Held at

11/30/23

     Income     

Capital Gain

Distributions

from

Underlying

Funds

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds California Money Fund, Institutional Class

  $ 295,902,305      $      $ (176,232,354 )(a)    $ 12,889      $ 37,802      $ 119,720,642        119,792,518      $ 2,779,224      $  
         

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

         
Description  

Number of

Contracts

    

Expiration

Date

    

Notional

Amount (000)

    

Value/

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

Short Contracts

          

10-Year U.S. Treasury Note

    1,639        03/19/24      $ 180,008      $ (1,009,987

U.S. Long Bond

    1,002        03/19/24        116,796        (692,212

5-Year U.S. Treasury Note

    962        03/28/24        102,829        (570,013
          

 

 

 
           $ (2,272,212
          

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

               
    

Commodity

Contracts

    

Credit

Contracts

    

Equity

Contracts

    

Foreign

Currency

Exchange
Contracts

    

Interest

Rate

Contracts

    

Other

Contracts

     Total  

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

 

              

Futures contracts

                   

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

  $      $      $      $      $ 2,272,212      $      $ 2,272,212  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

For the period ended November 30, 2023, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

               
    

Commodity

Contracts

    

Credit

Contracts

    

Equity

Contracts

    

Foreign

Currency

Exchange

Contracts

    

Interest

Rate

Contracts

   

Other

Contracts

     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from:

 

             

Futures contracts

  $      $      $      $      $ 33,004,030     $      $ 33,004,030  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

                  

Futures contracts

  $      $      $      $      $ (3,025,393   $      $ (3,025,393
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

   

Futures contracts:

 

Average notional value of contracts — short

  $ 501,949,149  

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

 

 
    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Assets

                

Investments

                

Long-Term Investments

                

Corporate Bonds

  $        $ 1,314,403        $        $ 1,314,403  

Municipal Bonds

             2,051,043,749                   2,051,043,749  

Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts

             114,465,497                   114,465,497  

Short-Term Securities

                

Money Market Funds

    119,720,642                            119,720,642  

Unfunded Commitments(a)

                      13,481,897          13,481,897  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
  $     119,720,642        $ 2,166,823,649        $     13,481,897        $ 2,300,026,188  
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(b)

                

Liabilities

                

Interest Rate Contracts

  $ (2,272,212      $        $        $ (2,272,212
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Unfunded commitments are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the commitment.

 
  (b) 

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

The Fund may hold assets and/or liabilities in which the fair value approximates the carrying amount for financial statement purposes. As of period end, TOB Trust Certificates of $52,974,978 are categorized as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) 

November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

    (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

Municipal Bonds

   

New Jersey — 85.9%

   

Corporate — 7.8%

   

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, ARB, Series B, AMT, 5.63%, 11/15/30

  $ 510     $ 513,792  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, RB, AMT, 4.00%, 08/01/59

    4,200       3,513,621  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Refunding RB

   

3.38%, 04/01/38

    1,360       1,235,312  

3.50%, 04/01/42

    720       631,100  

AMT, 3.75%, 11/01/34(a)

    5,000       4,926,101  

AMT, 3.00%, 08/01/41

    5,670       4,577,558  

AMT, 3.00%, 08/01/43

    5,600       4,374,751  

Series A, AMT, 2.20%, 10/01/39(a)

    3,880       3,353,081  
   

 

 

 
      23,125,316  
County/City/Special District/School District — 13.2%  

Carlstadt School District, Refunding GO, 4.00%, 05/01/30

    1,415       1,421,313  

City of East Orange New Jersey, Refunding GO, (AGM), 3.00%, 09/15/31

    2,200           2,064,699  

Clifton Board of Education, GO

   

(AGM), 2.00%, 08/15/41

        1,630       1,067,813  

(AGM), 2.25%, 08/15/46

    1,850       1,121,098  

County of Bergen New Jersey, Refunding GO, 3.00%, 07/15/38

    1,070       1,007,764  

Essex County Improvement Authority, RB, (GTD), 4.00%, 11/01/44

    7,695       7,497,709  

Essex County Improvement Authority, Refunding RB, (NPFGC GTD), 5.50%, 10/01/29

    1,500       1,720,886  

Ewing Township Board of Education, GO

   

4.00%, 07/15/38

    920       929,054  

4.00%, 07/15/39

    740       749,313  

Hudson County Improvement Authority, RB, 5.00%, 05/01/46

    1,440       1,474,738  

Lenape Regional High School District, GO, (AGM), 3.50%, 01/01/39

    3,400       3,138,479  

Monmouth Regional High School District, GO, 3.00%, 02/01/34

    1,260       1,215,225  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, RB, Series B, AMT, 6.50%, 04/01/31

    1,475       1,515,376  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Refunding SAB, 6.50%, 04/01/28

    1,867       1,920,583  

Newark Board of Education, Refunding GO, (BAM), 3.00%, 07/15/39

    630       518,746  

Township of Bloomfield New Jersey, Refunding GO, 3.00%, 02/01/33

    1,040       1,011,253  

Township of Irvington New Jersey, Refunding GO, Series A, (AGM SAW), 5.00%, 07/15/24(b)

    2,445       2,473,730  

Township of Monroe New Jersey/Middlesex County, Refunding GO

   

3.00%, 06/01/37

    385       356,453  

3.00%, 06/01/38

    410       372,906  

Union County Utilities Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, AMT, (GTD), 4.75%, 12/01/31

    1,205       1,206,473  

Series A, AMT, (GTD), 5.25%, 12/01/31

    5,965       5,974,574  
   

 

 

 
      38,758,185  
Education — 14.1%            

Atlantic County Improvement Authority, RB, Series A, (AGM), 4.00%, 07/01/46

    1,250       1,189,464  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

Education (continued)

   

Camden County Improvement Authority, RB, 6.00%, 06/15/52

  $ 220     $ 237,628  

Gloucester County Improvement Authority, RB, 5.00%, 07/01/44

    530       536,327  

Middlesex County Improvement Authority, RB, 5.00%, 08/15/53

    625       670,084  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/27(c)

    140       137,269  

Series A, 5.13%, 11/01/29(c)

    100       97,064  

Series A, 5.25%, 07/01/37(c)

    470       433,563  

Series A, 6.25%, 11/01/38(c)

    210       210,692  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/39(c)

    825       793,943  

Series A, 5.38%, 07/01/47(c)

    815       709,341  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/48

    2,190       2,222,942  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/49(c)

    135       123,826  

Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/50

    265       244,086  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/50

    200       200,072  

Series A, 6.50%, 11/01/52(c)

    1,210       1,199,558  

Series A, 5.25%, 11/01/54(c)

    1,100       932,328  

Series AAA, 5.00%, 12/15/26(b)

    1,990       2,119,875  

Series DDD, 5.00%, 06/15/27(b)

    3,000       3,230,327  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Refunding RB

   

(AGM), 5.00%, 06/01/37

    2,760       2,868,628  

(AGM), 5.00%, 06/01/42

    690       709,472  

Series A, 4.75%, 08/01/24(c)

    55       54,668  

Series A, 5.63%, 08/01/34(c)

    250       250,506  

Series A, 5.00%, 09/01/37(c)

    315       300,595  

Series A, 5.88%, 08/01/44(c)

    430       430,101  

Series A, 5.13%, 09/01/52(c)

    1,000       902,001  

Series PP, 4.00%, 06/15/24(b)

        4,875           4,898,987  

New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority, RB

   

Series A, 5.25%, 09/01/53

    655       706,933  

Series C, (AGM), 3.25%, 07/01/49

    290       213,855  

Series C, (AGM), 4.00%, 07/01/50

    245       219,401  

New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/33

    2,005       2,023,877  

Series B, 5.00%, 07/01/32

    2,465       2,575,590  

Series H, (AGM), 4.00%, 07/01/39

    715       716,900  

New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, RB

   

Series B, AMT, 4.00%, 12/01/44

    425       387,617  

Series C, AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/53

    265       253,112  

Sub-Series C, AMT, 4.00%, 12/01/48

    700       589,886  

New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series B, AMT, 4.00%, 12/01/41

    950       929,022  

Sub-Series C, AMT, 3.63%, 12/01/49

    1,065       838,890  

Series C, AMT, Subordinate, 5.00%, 12/01/52

    1,075       1,097,294  

New Jersey Institute of Technology, RB, Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/40

    5,000       5,139,806  
   

 

 

 
      41,395,530  
Health — 11.7%            

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 01/01/34

    270       259,143  

5.00%, 01/01/39

    520       459,942  

5.00%, 01/01/49

    500       403,568  

New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, RB

   

2.92%, 07/01/33(a)

    4,700       4,700,000  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

    (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

Health (continued)

   

New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, RB (continued)

   

5.00%, 07/01/42

  $ 3,000     $ 3,077,838  

2.38%, 07/01/46

    3,740       2,543,941  

3.00%, 07/01/51

    7,905       5,938,857  

Series A, 5.25%, 07/01/35

    1,460       1,462,271  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/39

    1,150       1,157,510  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/43

    1,535       1,543,073  

New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 07/01/24(b)

    2,950           2,982,442  

5.00%, 07/01/29

    285       285,365  

5.00%, 07/01/34

    1,000       1,047,771  

4.00%, 07/01/41

        1,000       978,119  

Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/32

    2,300       2,341,814  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/37

    5,000       5,219,936  
   

 

 

 
      34,401,590  
Housing — 3.1%            

New Jersey Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency, RB, S/F Housing

   

Series H, 2.15%, 10/01/41

    910       649,165  

Series H, 2.30%, 10/01/46

    680       470,647  

Series H, 2.40%, 04/01/52

    680       469,690  

New Jersey Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency, Refunding RB, M/F Housing

   

Series A, (HUD SECT 8), 2.25%, 11/01/36

    350       279,712  

Series A, (HUD SECT 8), 2.45%, 11/01/45

    240       163,065  

Series A, (HUD SECT 8), 2.65%, 11/01/46

    350       242,684  

Series A, 4.00%, 11/01/48

    150       130,645  

Series A, (HUD SECT 8), 2.55%, 11/01/50

    220       141,032  

Series A, (HUD SECT 8), 2.70%, 11/01/51

    350       230,004  

Series A, 4.10%, 11/01/53

    100       88,739  

Series A, (HUD SECT 8), 2.63%, 11/01/56

    220       134,772  

Series A, (HUD SECT 8), 2.75%, 11/01/56

    350       222,159  

New Jersey Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency, Refunding RB, S/F Housing

   

Series A, 3.75%, 10/01/35

    900       842,187  

Series E, 2.25%, 10/01/40

    680       500,619  

Series E, 2.40%, 10/01/45

    515       383,618  

Newark Housing Authority, RB, M/F Housing

   

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/30

    1,640       1,641,898  

Series A, AMT, 4.38%, 12/01/33

    2,515       2,516,113  
   

 

 

 
      9,106,749  
State — 12.3%            

Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, Inc., Refunding RB

   

5.25%, 11/01/39

    1,020       1,025,739  

5.25%, 11/01/44

    590       592,082  

Class D, (AGM), 4.00%, 11/01/34

    500       501,711  

Garden State Preservation Trust, RB

   

Series A, (AGM), 5.75%, 11/01/28

    2,565       2,767,359  

Series B, (AGM), 0.00%, 11/01/24(d)

    10,000       9,714,999  

Series B, (AGM), 0.00%, 11/01/27(d)

    4,135       3,648,146  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, RB

   

5.00%, 12/15/28(b)

    2,040       2,268,670  

5.00%, 06/15/43

    1,955       2,034,360  

4.00%, 06/15/49

    1,190       1,108,393  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/42

    4,000       4,145,594  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Refunding RB

   

Sub-Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/33

    125       128,174  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

State (continued)

   

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Refunding RB (continued)

   

Sub-Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/34

  $ 305     $ 306,729  

New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 09/01/33

    1,750       1,774,141  

New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, RB, 5.00%, 09/15/29

    2,000       2,002,193  

State of New Jersey, GO

   

2.00%, 06/01/37

    2,600       1,909,759  

5.00%, 06/01/38

    2,000       2,137,896  
   

 

 

 
      36,065,945  
Tobacco — 1.3%            

Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/46

    1,000       1,011,824  

Series A, 5.25%, 06/01/46

    1,000       1,024,683  

Sub-Series B, 5.00%, 06/01/46

    1,865       1,873,914  
   

 

 

 
      3,910,421  
Transportation — 22.3%            

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, RB Class A, 5.25%, 11/01/47

        2,200           2,365,402  

AMT, (AGM), 5.13%, 01/01/39

    1,000       1,000,341  

AMT, (AGM), 5.13%, 07/01/42

    1,000       1,000,380  

AMT, 5.38%, 01/01/43

    905       905,323  

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, RB

   

5.00%, 06/15/42

    210       225,508  

5.25%, 06/15/46

    210       225,968  

Class BB, 5.00%, 06/15/36

    1,250       1,380,564  

Class BB, 4.00%, 06/15/37

    700       713,555  

Class BB, 4.00%, 06/15/50

    650       604,796  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/30

    1,250       1,299,731  

Series A, 0.00%, 12/15/32(d)

    10,000       7,220,264  

Series AA, 4.00%, 06/15/36

    1,435       1,469,370  

Series AA, 4.00%, 06/15/45

    1,775       1,698,907  

Series AA, 5.00%, 06/15/45

    3,500       3,631,096  

Series AA, 4.00%, 06/15/50

    4,000       3,720,466  

Series B, 5.00%, 06/15/33

    550       595,842  

Series BB, 4.00%, 06/15/44

    2,335       2,243,698  

Series BB, 4.00%, 06/15/50

    1,500       1,395,683  

Series BB, 5.25%, 06/15/50

    5,125       5,493,803  

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, RB, CAB(d)

   

Series A, 0.00%, 12/15/35

    8,900       5,522,498  

Series A, 0.00%, 12/15/38

    10,000       5,224,321  

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/31

    2,730       2,848,042  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/15/35

    455       488,041  

Series A, 4.00%, 06/15/36

    1,700       1,742,763  

Series A, 5.25%, 06/15/41

    1,000       1,111,211  

Series AA, 4.25%, 06/15/44

    1,545       1,545,180  

New Jersey Turnpike Authority, RB

   

Series A, 4.00%, 01/01/42

    1,000       1,002,577  

Series E, 5.00%, 01/01/45

    2,000       2,021,494  

New Jersey Turnpike Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, (BHAC-CR AGM), 5.25%, 01/01/30

    1,000       1,133,057  

Series A, 4.00%, 01/01/39

    1,000       1,014,579  

South Jersey Port Corp., ARB, Series B, AMT, 5.00%, 01/01/42

    2,380       2,409,899  

South Jersey Transportation Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/32

    440       444,931  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

    (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

Transportation (continued)

   

South Jersey Transportation Authority, Refunding RB (continued)

   

Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/33

  $ 250     $ 252,801  

Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/39

    1,500       1,505,033  
   

 

 

 
      65,457,124  
Utilities — 0.1%            

Industrial Pollution Control Financing Authority of Gloucester County, Refunding RB,
Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/24(e)

    115       115,640  

New Jersey Infrastructure Bank, RB, 2.00%, 09/01/43

    240       154,705  
   

 

 

 
      270,345  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds in New Jersey

          252,491,205  
New York — 5.3%            
Transportation — 5.3%            

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, ARB 93rd Series, 6.13%, 06/01/94

        1,000       1,016,051  

AMT, 5.00%, 11/01/30

    1,000       1,079,323  

AMT, 5.00%, 11/01/33

    495       529,013  

218th Series, AMT, 5.00%, 11/01/32

    1,495       1,602,387  

221th Series, AMT, 4.00%, 07/15/50

    1,335       1,251,512  

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Refunding ARB

   

205th Series, 5.00%, 11/15/47

    1,975       2,052,942  

AMT, 5.00%, 01/15/47

    2,000       2,119,534  

178th Series, AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/43

    285       285,115  

186th Series, AMT, 5.00%, 10/15/44

    3,000       3,007,420  

223rd Series, AMT, 4.00%, 07/15/41

    725       695,729  

223rd Series, AMT, 4.00%, 07/15/46

    1,755       1,658,397  

238th Series, AMT, 5.00%, 07/15/39

    330       357,153  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds in New York

      15,654,576  
Pennsylvania — 0.9%            
Transportation — 0.9%            

Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, RB, 5.00%, 07/01/42

    1,130       1,170,889  

Delaware River Port Authority, RB, 5.00%, 01/01/40

    1,500       1,501,267  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds in Pennsylvania

      2,672,156  
   

 

 

 
Puerto Rico — 3.0%            
State — 3.0%            

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, GO,
Series A-1, Restructured, 5.75%, 07/01/31

    1,044       1,123,289  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

State (continued)

   

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp. Sales Tax Revenue, RB

   

Series A-1, Restructured, 4.75%, 07/01/53

  $     2,932     $ 2,784,047  

Series A-2, Restructured, 4.78%, 07/01/58

    1,518       1,426,764  

Series A-2, Restructured, 4.33%, 07/01/40

    410       391,173  

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp. Sales Tax Revenue, RB, CAB(d)

   

Series A-1, Restructured, 0.00%, 07/01/46

    9,847           2,916,027  

Series B-1, Restructured, 0.00%, 07/01/46

    567       167,039  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds in Puerto Rico

      8,808,339  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 95.1%
(Cost: $281,762,496)

 

    279,626,276  
   

 

 

 

 

     Shares         

Short-Term Securities

   

Money Market Funds — 4.0%

   

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, MuniCash, Institutional Class, 3.25%(f)(g)

    11,765,811       11,766,988  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 4.0%
(Cost: $11,764,212)

      11,766,988  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 99.1%
(Cost: $293,526,708)

      291,393,264  

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.9%

      2,528,889  
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $  293,922,153  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Variable rate security. Interest rate resets periodically. The rate shown is the effective interest rate as of period end. Security description also includes the reference rate and spread if published and available.

(b) 

U.S. Government securities held in escrow, are used to pay interest on this security as well as to retire the bond in full at the date indicated, typically at a premium to par.

(c) 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

(d) 

Zero-coupon bond.

(e) 

Security is collateralized by municipal bonds or U.S. Treasury obligations.

(f) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(g) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

 

 

For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund’s sector classifications refer to one or more of the sector sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by the investment adviser. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such sector sub-classifications for reporting ease.

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended November 30, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

05/31/23

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sales

   

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

    Value at
11/30/23
   

Shares

Held at

11/30/23

    Income    

Capital Gain

Distributions

from

Underlying

Funds

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, MuniCash, Institutional Class .

  $ 26,896,116       $     $ (15,130,656 )(a)    $ 1,475     $ 53     $ 11,766,988       11,765,811     $ 371,022     $  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

         
      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Municipal Bonds

   $        $ 279,626,276        $        $ 279,626,276  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     11,766,988                            11,766,988  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $   11,766,988        $  279,626,276        $                 —        $  291,393,264  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

Municipal Bonds

   
Pennsylvania — 94.4%            
Corporate — 7.3%            

Allegheny County Industrial Development Authority, Refunding RB, 4.88%, 11/01/24

  $ 1,000     $ 995,964  

Lehigh County Industrial Development Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 3.00%, 09/01/29

    3,100       3,007,487  

Montgomery County Industrial Development Authority, Refunding RB, 4.10%, 04/01/53(a)

    1,240       1,258,691  

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, RB

   

Class A, AMT, 3.70%, 06/01/41(a)

    13,335       13,248,742  

Series A, AMT, 0.58%, 08/01/37(a)

    5,000       4,904,302  

Series A, AMT, 3.25%, 08/01/39(b)

    2,800       1,811,832  

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, Refunding RB, AMT,
5.50%, 11/01/44

    1,355       1,324,125  
   

 

 

 
        26,551,143  
County/City/Special District/School District — 18.1%        

Altoona Area School District, GO, Series A, (AGM SAW), 5.00%, 12/01/36

    2,895       3,000,950  

Bethlehem Area School District, GO

   

Series A, (BAM SAW), 5.00%, 08/01/34

    2,390       2,464,666  

Series A, (BAM SAW), 5.00%, 08/01/35

    1,790       1,845,323  

Boyertown Area School District, GO

   

(SAW), 5.00%, 10/01/36

    890       896,023  

(SAW), 5.00%, 10/01/38

    1,335       1,343,375  

Bristol Township School District, GO, (BAM SAW), 5.00%, 06/01/42

    2,550       2,645,137  

Chester County Industrial Development Authority, SAB(b)

   

4.25%, 03/01/35

    1,275       1,117,362  

5.00%, 03/01/38

    441       434,940  

5.13%, 03/01/48

    874       835,038  

4.75%, 03/01/50

    2,710       2,210,366  

City of Lancaster Pennsylvania, GO, (BAM), 4.00%, 11/01/42

    3,720       3,518,902  

City of Philadelphia Pennsylvania, GO, Series B, 5.00%, 02/01/39

    1,540       1,636,801  

City of Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Refunding GO

   

Series A, 5.00%, 08/01/37

    2,140       2,224,396  

Series B, 3.27%, 08/01/31(a)

    3,150       3,150,000  

City of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, GO

   

5.00%, 09/01/41

    750       803,773  

5.00%, 09/01/42

    700       747,204  

5.00%, 09/01/43

    150       159,697  

Coatesville School District, GO, CAB(c)

   

Series A, (BAM SAW), 0.00%, 10/01/34

    290       173,849  

Series A, (BAM SAW), 0.00%, 10/01/35

    2,565       1,446,241  

Series A, (BAM SAW), 0.00%, 10/01/37

    2,505       1,232,365  

Coatesville School District, Refunding GO, CAB(c)

   

Series B, (BAM SAW), 0.00%, 10/01/33

    500       331,843  

Series B, (BAM SAW), 0.00%, 10/01/34

    980       587,490  

Series C, (BAM SAW), 0.00%, 10/01/33

    640       416,200  

County of Lancaster Pennsylvania, Refunding GO

   

4.00%, 11/01/34

    500       508,601  

4.00%, 11/01/35

    520       526,664  

4.00%, 11/01/36

    540       543,975  

4.00%, 11/01/37

    565       566,642  

4.00%, 11/01/38

    585       585,473  

Fox Chapel Area School District, GO

   

(SAW), 5.00%, 02/01/39

    3,100       3,243,027  

(SAW), 5.00%, 02/01/42

    3,000       3,112,110  
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
County/City/Special District/School District (continued)        

Northampton County Industrial Development Authority, TA, 7.00%, 07/01/32

  $  1,315     $ 1,316,324  

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, RB

   

AMT, 5.00%, 06/30/32

    1,375       1,447,045  

AMT, 5.50%, 06/30/43

    2,500       2,677,931  

AMT, 6.00%, 06/30/61

    1,945       2,117,448  

Redevelopment Authority of The County of Washington, Refunding TA, 5.00%, 07/01/28

    600       612,322  

School District of Philadelphia, GO

   

Series A, (SAW), 5.50%, 09/01/48

    4,000       4,360,480  

Series D, (AGM SAW), 3.00%, 09/01/44

    4,640       3,661,857  

School District of Philadelphia, Refunding GO, Series F, (SAW), 5.00%, 09/01/37

    1,815       1,866,724  

State Public School Building Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, (AGM SAW), 5.00%, 06/01/33

    5,000       5,268,207  
   

 

 

 
        65,636,771  
Education — 15.8%            

Allegheny County Higher Education Building Authority, Refunding RB, 4.01%, 02/01/33(a)

    3,235       3,208,027  

Berks County Municipal Authority, Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 10/01/39

    290       272,305  

5.00%, 10/01/49

    795       690,455  

Chester County Industrial Development Authority, RB

   

4.00%, 12/01/49

    3,750       3,535,520  

Sustainability Bonds, 4.00%, 12/01/51

    4,000       3,738,826  

East Hempfield Township Industrial Development Authority, RB, 5.00%, 07/01/25(d)

    1,810       1,866,530  

Latrobe Industrial Development Authority, Refunding RB, 4.00%, 03/01/46

    515       409,862  

Northampton County General Purpose Authority, Refunding RB, 4.00%, 11/01/38

    2,000       2,002,362  

Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, RB

   

Series A, AMT, 2.63%, 06/01/42

    1,800       1,515,403  

Series B, AMT, Subordinate, 3.13%, 06/01/48

    650       484,209  

Series B, AMT, Subordinate, 5.00%, 06/01/50

    755       711,714  

Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority, RB, Series AT-1, 4.00%, 06/15/34

    75       77,158  

Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority, Refunding RB

   

4.00%, 05/01/36

    500       491,250  

5.00%, 05/01/37

    1,595       1,406,232  

5.00%, 05/01/41

    810       823,701  

Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/25

    200       201,825  

Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/26

    100       101,670  

Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/27

    150       153,652  

Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/29

    1,150       1,193,619  

Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/31

    205       215,110  

Series A, (AGM), 4.00%, 05/01/50

    5,000       4,479,575  

Pennsylvania State University, RB

   

5.00%, 09/01/48

    2,615       2,735,129  

Series A, 5.00%, 09/01/43

    3,935       4,204,285  

Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, RB

   

4.00%, 06/15/29

    485       452,815  

5.00%, 06/15/39

    590       541,345  

4.00%, 12/01/48

    8,090       7,686,717  

5.00%, 06/15/50

    800       717,595  

5.25%, 11/01/52

    2,145       2,202,294  

Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 06/15/40(b)

    600       568,238  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Education (continued)            

Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, Refunding RB (continued)

   

Series 2015, 5.00%, 04/01/45

  $  3,330     $ 3,376,820  

Series A, 5.25%, 06/15/52

    625       563,849  

Swarthmore Borough Authority, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 09/15/47

    2,835       3,079,252  

University of Pittsburgh-of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, RB, 3.66%, 02/15/24(a)(e)

    3,620       3,599,622  
   

 

 

 
        57,306,966  
Health — 19.8%            

Allegheny County Hospital Development Authority, RB, Series D2, 4.00%, 11/15/47(a)

    2,865       2,826,621  

Allegheny County Hospital Development Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 4.00%, 04/01/37

    4,300       4,279,146  

Series A, 4.00%, 07/15/39

    2,250       2,210,145  

Series A, 5.00%, 04/01/47

    1,950       1,975,997  

Bucks County Industrial Development Authority, RB

   

4.00%, 08/15/44

    1,690       1,536,794  

4.00%, 07/01/46

    2,500       1,873,375  

Chester County Health and Education Facilities Authority, RB, Series A, 4.00%, 09/01/50

    1,500       1,371,835  

Chester County Health and Education Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.25%, 12/01/45

    1,500       1,100,910  

Cumberland County Municipal Authority, Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 01/01/25(d)

    430       439,022  

5.00%, 01/01/29(d)

    940       1,045,334  

4.00%, 01/01/36

    645       593,271  

4.13%, 01/01/38

    260       233,020  

5.00%, 01/01/38

    2,185       2,180,192  

Doylestown Hospital Authority, RB(d)

   

4.00%, 07/01/45

    1,250       951,097  

5.00%, 07/01/49

    1,500       1,268,872  

DuBois Hospital Authority, Refunding RB,
4.00%, 07/15/48

    3,440       3,039,493  

Geisinger Authority, Refunding RB, Series A-1, 5.00%, 02/15/45

    5,950       6,012,186  

Hospitals & Higher Education Facilities Authority of Philadelphia, Refunding RB, (AGM),
4.00%, 07/01/40

    1,600       1,553,926  

Lancaster County Hospital Authority, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 11/01/35

    925       932,695  

Lancaster Industrial Development Authority, RB

   

4.00%, 12/01/44

    730       617,878  

4.00%, 12/01/49

    985       783,476  

Montgomery County Higher Education and Health Authority, Refunding RB

   

4.00%, 09/01/49

    1,170       1,038,452  

Series A, 5.00%, 09/01/37

    1,365       1,405,539  

Montgomery County Industrial Development Authority, Refunding RB

   

5.25%, 01/01/40

    5,000       4,462,127  

5.00%, 12/01/46

    850       833,315  

Moon Industrial Development Authority, Refunding RB, 6.00%, 07/01/45

    2,250       1,699,748  

Mount Lebanon Hospital Authority, RB,
4.00%, 07/01/48

    2,910       2,685,456  

Northampton County General Purpose Authority, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 08/15/46

    1,350       1,354,331  

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, RB

   

Series A-2, 4.00%, 05/15/53

    1,480       1,320,720  
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Health (continued)            

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, RB (continued)

   

Series B, 4.00%, 03/15/40

  $  2,000     $ 2,000,212  

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 4.00%, 11/15/42

    4,000       3,809,091  

Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority, RB, 3.00%, 08/15/47

    3,565       2,684,789  

Pottsville Hospital Authority, Refunding RB, Series B, 5.00%, 07/01/41

    5,000       5,085,877  

St Mary Hospital Authority, Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 12/01/28(d)

    4,065       4,519,078  

5.00%, 12/01/48

    2,035       2,102,812  
   

 

 

 
        71,826,832  
Housing — 5.4%            

Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, RB, S/F Housing

   

5.38%, 10/01/46

    2,350       2,450,167  

Series 137, 2.45%, 10/01/41

    1,315       954,222  

Series 137, 2.60%, 04/01/46

    5,270       3,573,362  

Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, Refunding RB, S/F Housing

   

Series 136, 2.55%, 10/01/51

    2,250       1,385,563  

Series 142-A, 5.00%, 10/01/43

    1,500       1,561,742  

Series 142-A, 5.00%, 10/01/50

    2,970       3,000,381  

Series 2022, 4.15%, 10/01/42

    3,000       2,843,876  

Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, RB, M/F Housing(f)(g)

   

Series A, 3.50%, 12/01/36

    1,260       513,554  

Series A, 4.00%, 12/01/46

    5,740       2,339,524  

Series A, 4.00%, 12/01/51

    2,300       937,440  
   

 

 

 
      19,559,831  
State — 1.6%            

Allentown Neighborhood Improvement Zone Development Authority, RB(b)

   

5.00%, 05/01/32

    1,405       1,426,337  

5.00%, 05/01/42

    330       330,617  

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, GO, Series A, 4.00%, 09/15/31

    2,500       2,553,342  

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission Oil Franchise Tax Revenue, RB, Series A, 5.25%, 12/01/44

    1,500       1,605,188  
   

 

 

 
      5,915,484  
Tobacco — 2.4%            

Commonwealth Financing Authority, RB

   

5.00%, 06/01/35

    2,205       2,333,688  

(AGM), 4.00%, 06/01/39

    6,700       6,584,471  
   

 

 

 
      8,918,159  
Transportation — 16.3%            

City of Philadelphia Pennsylvania Airport Revenue, Refunding ARB

   

AMT, (AGM), 4.00%, 07/01/40

    1,075       1,031,350  

Series B, AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/37

    1,800       1,852,677  

Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, RB, 5.00%, 07/01/42

    4,045       4,191,370  

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, RB

   

5.00%, 12/31/38

    3,000       3,026,547  

5.00%, 06/30/42

    2,620       2,629,582  

AMT, 5.25%, 06/30/53

    3,770       3,904,221  

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission Oil Franchise Tax Revenue, Refunding RB, Series A,
4.00%, 12/01/51

    5,680       5,509,021  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  

 

 
Transportation (continued)            

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, RB

   

Sub-Series B-1, 5.00%, 06/01/42

  $  4,755     $ 4,850,571  

Sub-Series B-1, 5.25%, 06/01/47

    1,000       1,037,336  

1st Series, Subordinate, 5.00%, 12/01/40

    2,965       3,237,853  

Series A, Subordinate, 5.00%, 12/01/37

    2,660       2,851,130  

Series A, Subordinate, 4.00%, 12/01/44

    1,700       1,642,248  

Series A, Subordinate, 4.00%, 12/01/50

    2,500       2,287,001  

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, RB, CAB(c)

   

Series A-3, (BAM-TCRS), 0.00%, 12/01/41

    1,820       824,198  

Sub-Series A-3, 0.00%, 12/01/42

    5,740       2,381,389  

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Refunding RB

   

Series B, 5.25%, 12/01/52

    1,225       1,331,337  

Series B-2, (AGM), 5.00%, 06/01/35

    2,900       3,074,455  

Series C, 4.00%, 12/01/51

    5,000       4,726,326  

Series 2017-3, Subordinate, 5.00%, 12/01/40

    450       466,941  

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, RB

   

5.25%, 06/01/47

    3,695       4,001,191  

5.25%, 06/01/52

    2,000       2,142,107  

Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority, Refunding RB, AMT, 5.00%, 01/01/38

    2,200       2,221,968  
   

 

 

 
      59,220,819  
Utilities — 7.7%            

Allegheny County Sanitary Authority, RB,
5.00%, 06/01/45

    1,425       1,486,898  

City of Philadelphia Pennsylvania Water & Wastewater Revenue, RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 10/01/43

    3,460       3,594,024  

Series A, 5.25%, 10/01/52

    1,190       1,231,688  

Series C, 5.50%, 06/01/52

    3,100       3,379,146  

City of Philadelphia Pennsylvania Water & Wastewater Revenue, Refunding RB

   

Series B, (AGM), 4.50%, 09/01/48

    1,760       1,784,988  

Series B, (AGM), 5.50%, 09/01/53

    3,520       3,854,795  

New Kensington Municipal Sanitary Authority, RB, (AGM), 3.25%, 12/01/47

    2,055       1,704,064  

Oxford Area Sewer Authority, Refunding RB

   

(BAM), 3.00%, 07/01/46

    2,395       1,873,486  

(BAM), 2.38%, 07/01/55

    915       496,313  

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, Refunding RB, Class B,
4.55%, 12/01/38(a)

    2,500       2,500,000  

Philadelphia Gas Works Co., Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 08/01/30

    700       720,111  

5.00%, 08/01/31

    900       926,103  

5.00%, 08/01/32

    1,200       1,234,826  

5.00%, 08/01/33

    600       617,425  

5.00%, 08/01/34

    1,050       1,080,719  

Williamsport Sanitary Authority, Refunding RB, (BAM), 4.00%, 01/01/40

    1,420       1,421,157  
   

 

 

 
      27,905,743  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds in Pennsylvania

        342,841,748  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

 

 
Puerto Rico — 3.4%            
State — 3.4%            

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, GO, Series A-1, Restructured, 5.75%, 07/01/31

  $ 1,643     $ 1,768,619  

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp. Sales Tax Revenue, RB

   

Series A-1, Restructured, 4.75%, 07/01/53

    4,797       4,554,937  

Series A-2, Restructured, 4.78%, 07/01/58

    2,660       2,500,127  

Series A-2, Restructured, 4.33%, 07/01/40

    1,390       1,326,171  

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp. Sales Tax Revenue, RB, CAB(c)

   

Series A-1, Restructured, 0.00%, 07/01/46

    6,252       1,851,426  

Series B-1, Restructured, 0.00%, 07/01/46

    925       272,506  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds in Puerto Rico

      12,273,786  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 97.8%
(Cost: $372,718,679)

       355,115,534  
   

 

 

 
     Shares         

Short-Term Securities

   
Money Market Funds — 1.1%            

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, MuniCash, Institutional Class, 3.25%(h)(i)

    3,930,230       3,930,623  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 1.1%
(Cost: $3,930,230)

      3,930,623  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 98.9%
(Cost: $376,648,909)

      359,046,157  

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 1.1%

      3,979,197  
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 363,025,354  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Variable rate security. Interest rate resets periodically. The rate shown is the effective interest rate as of period end. Security description also includes the reference rate and spread if published and available.

(b) 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

(c) 

Zero-coupon bond.

(d) 

U.S. Government securities held in escrow, are used to pay interest on this security as well as to retire the bond in full at the date indicated, typically at a premium to par.

(e) 

Security is collateralized by municipal bonds or U.S. Treasury obligations.

(f) 

Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default.

(g) 

Non-income producing security.

(h) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(i) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

 

 

For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund’s sector classifications refer to one or more of the sector sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by the investment adviser. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such sector sub-classifications for reporting ease.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended November 30, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
Affiliated Issuer    Value at
05/31/23
     Purchases
at Cost
    

Proceeds

from Sales

     Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Value at
11/30/23
    

Shares

Held at
11/30/23

     Income      Capital Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, MuniCash, Institutional Class

   $  20,846,287      $        $ (16,917,368 )(a)     $ 4,170      $ (2,466    $  3,930,623        3,930,230      $  214,685      $  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

         
      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Municipal Bonds

   $        $ 355,115,534        $        $ 355,115,534  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     3,930,623                            3,930,623  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $     3,930,623        $  355,115,534        $                 —        $  359,046,157  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) 

November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

Municipal Bonds

   
Arizona — 2.1%            

Arizona Industrial Development Authority, RB

   

5.25%, 07/01/43(a)

  $ 150     $ 147,367  

Series A, 4.00%, 02/01/50

    1,000       887,474  
   

 

 

 
      1,034,841  
Arkansas — 2.8%            

Arkansas Development Finance Authority, RB

   

AMT, 5.70%, 05/01/53

    100       99,432  

Series A, AMT, 6.88%, 07/01/48(a)

    200       206,154  

University of Arkansas, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 04/01/47

    1,000       1,074,752  
   

 

 

 
      1,380,338  
California — 8.2%            

California Community Choice Financing Authority, RB(b)

   

Series A, 4.00%, 10/01/52

        1,500       1,488,854  

Series C, 5.25%, 01/01/54

    585       604,733  

Series G, 5.25%, 11/01/54(c)

    360       375,541  

California School Finance Authority, RB, 5.00%, 08/01/42(a)

    125       126,634  

California State Public Works Board, RB, Series D, 4.00%, 05/01/45

    1,000       1,003,018  

CSCDA Community Improvement Authority, RB, M/F Housing(a)

   

3.25%, 04/01/57

    250       169,835  

Series A-2, 3.00%, 02/01/57

    350       246,596  
   

 

 

 
      4,015,211  
Colorado — 1.8%            

Colorado School of Mines, RB, Series A, (AGM), 5.25%, 12/01/47

    290       309,160  

Denver City & County School District No. 1, GO, Series A, (SAW), 5.00%, 12/01/45

    500       546,742  
   

 

 

 
      855,902  
Connecticut — 4.9%            

Connecticut State Health & Educational Facilities Authority, RB, 5.25%, 07/15/48

    180       188,395  

State of Connecticut, GO, Series B, 5.00%, 01/15/42

    1,000       1,095,822  

University of Connecticut, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 05/01/39

    1,000       1,103,181  
   

 

 

 
      2,387,398  
Delaware — 0.1%            

Affordable Housing Opportunities Trust, RB, Series AH-01, Class B, 6.88%, 05/01/39(a)(d)

    79       74,158  
   

 

 

 
District of Columbia — 2.8%            

District of Columbia, RB, Class A, AMT, 5.50%, 02/28/34

    1,000       1,135,920  

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Dedicated Revenue, RB, Series A, 4.13%, 07/15/47

    250       246,958  
   

 

 

 
          1,382,878  
Florida — 8.9%            

Brevard County Health Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 4.00%, 04/01/52

    1,000       910,655  

County of Miami-Dade Florida Water & Sewer System Revenue, RB, 4.00%, 10/01/48

    1,000       963,377  

Florida Development Finance Corp., RB

   

Series A, 4.00%, 06/15/42

    500       456,772  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/47

    375       376,626  

St Lucie County School Board, COP, Series A, (AGM), 5.00%, 07/01/48

    1,500       1,605,911  
   

 

 

 
      4,313,341  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Georgia — 0.7%            

Georgia Housing & Finance Authority, Refunding RB, S/F Housing, Series A, 4.00%, 06/01/49

  $ 325     $ 322,226  
   

 

 

 
Illinois — 5.8%            

Chicago Board of Education, GO

   

Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/33

    500       522,709  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/47

    500       489,029  

Chicago Transit Authority Sales Tax Receipts Fund, Refunding RB, Series A, 2nd Lien, 5.00%, 12/01/57

        1,200       1,234,030  

Illinois Housing Development Authority, RB, S/F Housing, Series G, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 6.25%, 10/01/52

    340       364,388  

Illinois Housing Development Authority, Refunding RB, S/F Housing, Series H, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 5.75%, 10/01/53

    215       228,579  
   

 

 

 
          2,838,735  
Kentucky — 3.1%            

City of Henderson Kentucky, RB, Series A, AMT, 4.70%, 01/01/52(a)

    500       457,519  

Louisville/Jefferson County Metropolitan Government, RB, Series A, (AGM), 5.00%, 05/15/47

    1,000       1,033,972  
   

 

 

 
      1,491,491  
Louisiana — 2.6%            

Jefferson Parish Consolidated Sewerage District No. 1, RB, (BAM), 4.00%, 02/01/39

    1,000       1,004,949  

Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, RB, Series A, 6.38%, 06/01/52(a)

    250       240,871  
   

 

 

 
      1,245,820  
Maine — 0.1%            

Finance Authority of Maine, RB, AMT, 8.00%, 12/01/51(a)

    100       63,398  
   

 

 

 
Maryland — 1.5%            

Maryland Economic Development Corp., RB, Class B, AMT, 5.25%, 06/30/47

    715       728,920  
   

 

 

 
Massachusetts — 5.3%            

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Transportation Fund Revenue, RB, Sustainability Bonds, 5.00%, 06/01/50

    1,500       1,594,761  

University of Massachusetts Building Authority, RB, Series 1, 4.00%, 11/01/46

    1,000       978,966  
   

 

 

 
      2,573,727  
Michigan — 5.0%            

Ludington Area School District, GO, Series II, (BAM Q-SBLF), 4.00%, 05/01/51

    1,000       919,636  

Michigan Finance Authority, RB, 4.00%, 02/15/47

    500       465,717  

Michigan State Housing Development Authority, RB, M/F Housing, Series A, 5.10%, 10/01/53

    1,000       1,028,722  
   

 

 

 
      2,414,075  
Minnesota — 1.8%            

Duluth Economic Development Authority, RB, Class B, 5.25%, 06/15/42

    500       501,180  

Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, RB, S/F Housing, Series N, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 6.00%, 01/01/53

    340       361,345  
   

 

 

 
      862,525  
New Hampshire — 1.5%            

New Hampshire Business Finance Authority, RB, M/F Housing, Series 2022, Class A, 4.38%, 09/20/36

    737       719,799  
   

 

 

 
New Jersey — 0.3%            

Camden County Improvement Authority, RB, 6.00%, 06/15/47

    115       125,292  
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

 

 
New York — 14.8%            

Battery Park City Authority, RB, Sustainability Bonds, 4.00%, 11/01/44

  $ 750     $ 752,131  

Build NYC Resource Corp., RB

   

5.75%, 06/01/42(a)

    250       256,320  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/32

    245       227,044  

Series A, 5.13%, 07/01/33

    175       179,630  

Series A, 5.50%, 06/15/63(a)

    250       240,814  

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Refunding RB, Series A-1, 5.00%, 11/15/49

        1,000       1,029,112  

Nassau County Local Economic Assistance Corp., RB, Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/43

    1,000       1,007,247  

New York City Housing Development Corp., RB, M/F Housing Class F-1, 4.75%, 11/01/47

    1,000       1,010,090  

Series A, Sustainability Bonds, 4.60%, 11/01/43

    225       226,630  

New York Power Authority, RB, (AGM), 4.00%, 11/15/42

    1,000       991,042  

New York State Housing Finance Agency, RB, M/F Housing, (SONYMA), 3.80%, 11/01/62(b)

    735       737,106  

New York Transportation Development Corp., RB, AMT, (AGM), 5.50%, 06/30/44

    500       525,820  
   

 

 

 
          7,182,986  
North Carolina — 0.5%            

North Carolina Housing Finance Agency, RB, S/F Housing, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 3.75%, 07/01/52

    240       236,414  
   

 

 

 
North Dakota — 1.3%            

North Dakota Housing Finance Agency, RB, S/F Housing

   

5.75%, 01/01/54

    400       425,704  

Series A, 4.00%, 01/01/53

    225       222,889  
   

 

 

 
      648,593  
Oregon — 1.9%            

Port of Portland Oregon Airport Revenue, Refunding ARB, 29th Series, AMT, 5.50%, 07/01/48

    410       446,207  

State of Oregon Housing & Community Services Department, RB, S/F Housing, Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/51

    500       496,850  
   

 

 

 
      943,057  
Pennsylvania — 7.0%            

City of Philadelphia Pennsylvania Water & Wastewater Revenue, RB, Series C, 5.50%, 06/01/47

    1,000       1,096,783  

Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, RB, S/F Housing, Series 143A, 6.25%, 10/01/53

    475       518,923  

Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, Refunding RB, S/F Housing, Series 2022, 4.25%, 10/01/52

    455       454,746  

Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority, RB,

   

Series A, 1st Lien, (AGM), 5.00%, 09/01/48

    225       242,910  

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, RB, 5.25%, 06/01/47

    1,000       1,082,866  
   

 

 

 
      3,396,228  
Tennessee — 0.4%            

Tennessee Housing Development Agency, Refunding RB, S/F Housing, Series 1, 3.75%, 07/01/52

    200       196,484  
   

 

 

 
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

 

 
Texas — 6.2%            

Arlington Higher Education Finance Corp., RB (PSF), 5.00%, 08/15/47

  $ 500     $ 529,100  

Series A, 5.25%, 08/15/32

    250       237,495  

City of El Paso Texas Water & Sewer Revenue, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 03/01/46

        1,000       1,071,216  

Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., RB, Class F, 5.00%, 11/15/52(b)

    415       450,614  

Texas State Technical College, RB, (AGM), 5.50%, 08/01/42

    665       748,058  
   

 

 

 
          3,036,483  
Utah — 3.6%            

University of Utah, RB, Series A, 4.00%, 08/01/43

    1,500       1,503,114  

Utah Infrastructure Agency, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 10/15/32

    250       259,872  
   

 

 

 
      1,762,986  
Vermont — 0.2%            

East Central Vermont Telecommunications District, RB, Series A, 6.88%, 12/01/46(a)

    115       117,078  
   

 

 

 
Virginia — 2.1%            

Henrico County Economic Development Authority, RB, Class A, 5.00%, 10/01/47

    1,000       1,008,048  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 97.3%
(Cost: $48,301,394)

      47,358,432  
   

 

 

 
     Shares         

Short-Term Securities

   
Money Market Funds — 1.5%            

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, MuniCash, Institutional Class, 3.25%(e)(f)

    726,145       726,218  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 1.5%
(Cost: $726,041)

      726,218  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 98.8%
(Cost: $49,027,435)

      48,084,650  
Other Assets Less Liabilities — 1.2%         560,998  
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 48,645,648  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

(b) 

Variable rate security. Interest rate resets periodically. The rate shown is the effective interest rate as of period end. Security description also includes the reference rate and spread if published and available.

(c) 

When-issued security.

(d) 

Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

(e) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(f) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

 

For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund’s sector classifications refer to one or more of the sector sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by the investment adviser. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such sector sub-classifications for reporting ease.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended November 30, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 
Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

05/31/23

    

Purchases

at Cost

    

Proceeds

from Sales

   

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

    

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

11/30/23

    

Shares

Held at

11/30/23

     Income     

Capital Gain

Distributions 

from

Underlying

Funds

 

 

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, MuniCash, Institutional Class

  $ 3,006,316      $      $  (2,280,270 )(a)    $ 350      $ (178   $  726,218        726,145      $  27,316      $  
         

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

         
Description  

Number of

Contracts

    

Expiration

Date

    

Notional

Amount (000)

    

Value/

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

Short Contracts

          

10-Year U.S. Treasury Note

    26        03/19/24      $ 2,856       $ (26,411

U.S. Long Bond

    25        03/19/24        2,914        (17,420

5-Year U.S. Treasury Note

    12        03/28/24        1,283        (7,110
          

 

 

 
            $ (50,941
          

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

 

 
   

Commodity

Contracts

    

Credit

Contracts

    

Equity

Contracts

    

Foreign

Currency

Exchange

Contracts

    

Interest

Rate

Contracts

    

Other

Contracts

     Total   

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                   

Futures contracts

                   

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

  $      $      $      $      $ 50,941      $      $  50,941  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

For the period ended November 30, 2023, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

 

 
   

Commodity

Contracts

    

Credit

Contracts

    

Equity

Contracts

    

Foreign

Currency

Exchange

Contracts

    

Interest

Rate

Contracts

   

Other

Contracts

     Total   

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from:

                  

Futures contracts

  $      $      $      $      $   584,613     $      $  584,613  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

                  

Futures contracts

  $      $      $      $      $ (6,616   $      $ (6,616
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

 

 

Futures contracts:

 

Average notional value of contracts — short

  $ 7,895,320   

 

 

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

 

 
       Level 1      Level 2        Level 3        Total   

 

 

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Municipal Bonds

     $      $ 47,284,274        $ 74,158        $ 47,358,432  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

       726,218                          726,218  
    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
     $           726,218      $  47,284,274        $           74,158        $   48,084,650  
    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

                 

Liabilities

                 

Interest Rate Contracts

     $ (50,941    $        $        $ (50,941
    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) 

November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

    (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

Corporate Bonds

   
Chemicals — 0.1%            

Community Preservation Corp.,
2.87%, 02/01/30

  $ 5,957     $ 5,095,166  
   

 

 

 
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.1%            

Conservation Fund A Nonprofit Corp., 3.47%, 12/15/29

    2,677       2,303,385  
   

 

 

 
Education — 0.0%            

Chapman University, 3.00%, 04/01/51

    3,495       2,187,543  
   

 

 

 
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.0%            

Baylor Scott & White Holdings, Series 2021, 2.84%, 11/15/50

    1,046       662,173  
   

 

 

 
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.8%            

Grand Canyon University, 5.13%, 10/01/28

        35,874       31,811,987  
   

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds — 1.0%
(Cost: $49,049,000)

      42,060,254  
   

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

   
Alabama — 5.7%            

Black Belt Energy Gas District, RB

   

Series A, 5.25%, 01/01/54(a)

    31,050       32,440,970  

Series B, 5.25%, 12/01/53(a)

    9,000       9,604,129  

Series C, 5.50%, 10/01/54

    25,000       26,761,292  

Black Belt Energy Gas District, Refunding RB, 4.00%, 06/01/51(a)

    18,605       18,350,872  

Energy Southeast A Cooperative District, RB(a)

   

Series A-1, 5.50%, 11/01/53

    31,150       33,181,982  

Series B-1, 5.75%, 04/01/54

    53,565       58,351,591  

Southeast Alabama Gas Supply District, RB, Series A, 4.00%, 06/01/49(a)

    9,250       9,242,865  

Southeast Energy Authority A Cooperative District, RB(a)

   

Series A, 5.25%, 01/01/54

    5,000       5,229,206  

Series B, 5.00%, 01/01/54

    36,495       38,323,776  

State of Alabama, GO, Series B,
5.00%, 11/01/41

    5,000       5,530,157  
   

 

 

 
          237,016,840  
Alaska — 0.0%            

Borough of North Slope Alaska, GO

   

Series A, 5.00%, 06/30/25

    500       515,305  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/30/27

    500       537,171  
   

 

 

 
      1,052,476  
Arizona — 1.9%            

Arizona Industrial Development Authority, RB, 7.10%, 01/01/55(b)

    3,165       3,240,429  

Chandler Industrial Development Authority, RB, AMT, 5.00%, 09/01/42(a)

    25,000       25,823,234  

City of Mesa Arizona Utility System Revenue, RB(c)

   

5.00%, 07/01/40

    4,600       5,084,021  

5.00%, 07/01/41

    7,535       8,285,908  

5.00%, 07/01/44

    18,200       19,854,913  

City of Phoenix Civic Improvement Corp., RB, Junior Lien, 5.25%, 07/01/47

    3,330       3,706,532  

City of Phoenix Civic Improvement Corp., Refunding RB, Series D, Junior Lien, 5.00%, 07/01/37

    5,000       5,251,268  

Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District, RB,
Series B, 5.00%, 01/01/48

    6,250       6,835,370  
   

 

 

 
      78,081,675  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Arkansas(b) — 1.1%            

Arkansas Development Finance Authority, RB 12.00%, 07/01/48

  $  23,000     $ 23,835,350  

Series A, AMT, 4.50%, 09/01/49

    6,225       6,001,610  

Series A, AMT, 4.75%, 09/01/49

    15,460       15,476,663  
   

 

 

 
      45,313,623  
California — 12.7%            

California Community Choice Financing Authority, RB, Series E-1, 5.00%, 02/01/54

    3,175       3,331,231  

California Community Housing Agency, RB, M/F Housing, Series A-2, 4.00%, 08/01/51(b)

    1,915       1,277,400  

California Enterprise Development Authority, RB, 10.00%, 11/15/32(b)

    670       651,037  

California Health Facilities Financing Authority, RB

   

5.00%, 02/01/36

    5,000       5,318,739  

5.00%, 02/01/37

    5,000       5,257,828  

California Housing Finance Agency, RB, Series 2, 4.00%, 03/20/33

    18,167       18,060,504  

California Housing Finance Agency, RB, M/F Housing

   

Class A, 3.25%, 08/20/36

    15,528       14,252,023  

Series A, 4.25%, 01/15/35

    18       18,595  

California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank, RB

   

4.00%, 10/01/44

    5,000       5,141,843  

4.00%, 10/01/47

    2,480       2,529,007  

5.00%, 05/15/52

    10,000       10,476,133  

California Municipal Finance Authority, RB

   

5.38%, 07/01/34(b)

    1,000       1,001,083  

5.63%, 07/01/44(b)

    2,760       2,731,859  

6.00%, 07/01/44

    1,960       1,963,071  

Series A, 6.00%, 08/01/44(b)

    330       330,339  

Series A, 6.13%, 08/01/49(b)

    285       285,405  

AMT, 4.25%, 12/01/44(a)(c)

    3,000       3,000,000  

Series A, AMT, 4.00%, 07/15/29

    2,120       2,033,464  

California Municipal Finance Authority, RB, S/F Housing, Series B, 5.88%, 08/15/49

    1,000       1,007,467  

California Pollution Control Financing Authority, Refunding RB, Series B-2, AMT, 3.13%, 11/01/40(a)

    12,090       11,839,669  

California Public Finance Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 08/01/47

    10,000       10,440,182  

California School Finance Authority, RB, Series A, 6.75%, 11/01/45(b)

    1,395       1,404,828  

California Statewide Communities Development Authority, Refunding RB, Series A,
5.25%, 11/01/44(b)

    625       503,119  

Chino Valley Unified School District, GO, Series A, Election 2016, 5.25%, 08/01/47

    10,000           10,592,902  

City of Los Angeles Department of Airports, ARB

   

AMT, 5.00%, 05/15/33

    5,735       6,338,006  

Series A, AMT, 4.00%, 05/15/39

    5,440       5,150,843  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 05/15/45

    5,000       5,012,687  

Series A, AMT, 5.25%, 05/15/48

    10,000       10,436,099  

Series A, AMT, Subordinate, 5.00%, 05/15/30

    5,000       5,515,678  

City of Los Angeles Department of Airports, Refunding ARB

   

5.00%, 05/15/31

    12,495       13,836,212  

AMT, 5.00%, 05/15/37

    4,100       4,379,590  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 05/15/40

    9,500       10,015,754  

Series A, AMT, Subordinate, 5.00%, 05/15/34

    5,430       5,818,281  

City of San Francisco California Public Utilities Commission Water Revenue, RB, Series C, 4.00%, 11/01/50

    5,050       5,061,700  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

    (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
California (continued)  

City of San Francisco California Public Utilities Commission Water Revenue, Refunding RB, 5.25%, 11/01/52

  $     5,000     $     5,639,818  

Cloverdale Unified School District, Refunding GO, Series B, 4.00%, 08/01/49

    5,000       4,887,879  

CMFA Special Finance Agency XII, RB, M/F Housing, 4.38%, 08/01/49(b)

    3,490       2,586,964  

CSCDA Community Improvement Authority, RB, M/F Housing(b)

   

4.00%, 07/01/58

    5,880       3,886,509  

Series B, 4.00%, 07/01/58

    6,700       4,644,550  

Mezzanine Lien, 4.00%, 06/01/57

    4,610       3,131,562  

Series B, Mezzanine Lien, 4.00%, 12/01/59

    8,355       5,059,288  

Senior Lien, 3.13%, 06/01/57

    8,865       5,528,468  

Series B, Sub Lien, 4.00%, 12/01/59

    10,420       6,427,535  

East Bay Municipal Utility District Water System Revenue, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/42

    10,000       10,533,784  

Fresno Unified School District, Refunding GO, Series B, 4.00%, 08/01/46

    10,000       9,871,748  

Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp., Refunding RB, Class B, (SAP), 2.35%, 06/01/30

    8,000       6,689,742  

Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp., Refunding RB, CAB, Series B-2, Subordinate, 0.00%, 06/01/66(d)

    5,000       564,110  

Hayward Unified School District, Refunding GO, (BAM), 4.00%, 08/01/43

    3,535       3,546,747  

Long Beach Unified School District, GO

   

Series C, Election 2016, 5.00%, 08/01/40

    4,005       4,593,059  

Series C, Election 2016, 5.00%, 08/01/41

    6,810       7,771,600  

Series C, Election 2016, 5.00%, 08/01/43

    8,345       9,434,293  

Series C, Election 2016, 4.00%, 08/01/46

    11,360       11,396,886  

Series C, Election 2016, 4.00%, 08/01/53

    7,500       7,351,521  

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Water System Revenue, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/50

    18,805       20,175,246  

Series D, 5.00%, 07/01/47

    17,555       19,228,137  

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, RB, 5.00%, 07/01/51

    4,920       5,306,963  

Northern California Gas Authority No. 1, RB, Series B, 4.51%, 07/01/27(a)

    3,025       3,019,568  

Palomar Community College District, GO,
Series D, Election 2006, 5.25%, 08/01/45

    10,000       10,498,145  

Peralta Community College District, GO, Series B, 5.50%, 08/01/52

    5,000       5,689,381  

Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Refunding RB

   

Series H, 4.00%, 08/15/45

    4,925       4,980,705  

Series H, 5.00%, 08/15/50

    11,670       12,520,533  

San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, ARB, Series B, AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/31

    5,750       6,356,313  

San Francisco City & County Airport Comm-San Francisco International Airport, Refunding RB

   

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 05/01/30

    6,500       7,050,539  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 05/01/34

    4,685       5,077,247  

Series H, AMT, 5.00%, 05/01/27

    5,500       5,747,238  

San Francisco City & County Public Utilities Commission Wastewater Revenue, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 4.00%, 10/01/43

    10,000       10,086,268  

Series A, 5.00%, 10/01/44

    5,000       5,511,589  

San Francisco City & County Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency, TA, CAB, Series D, 0.00%, 08/01/43(b)(d)

    20,000       6,072,188  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
California (continued)            

Santa Clara County Financing Authority, RB, Series A, 4.00%, 05/01/45

  $     13,845     $     13,874,185  

Santa Clara Valley Water District, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/48

    4,915       5,400,958  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/49

    5,160       5,657,381  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/50

    5,415       5,927,990  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/51

    5,690       6,222,427  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/52

    5,675       6,199,873  

State of California, Refunding GO

   

6.00%, 03/01/33

    7,485       7,881,532  

5.00%, 09/01/41

    2,385       2,650,550  

5.00%, 10/01/42

    6,960       7,825,348  

5.00%, 09/01/43

    7,080       7,943,619  

5.25%, 09/01/47

    2,150       2,417,802  

5.25%, 10/01/50

    9,800       11,013,851  

Walnut Creek Elementary School District Contra Costa County, GO, Series A, 4.00%, 09/01/52

    18,625       18,731,187  
   

 

 

 
      527,625,404  
Colorado — 1.0%            

Boulder Valley School District No. Re-2 Boulder, GO, (SAW), 5.00%, 12/01/42

    4,335       4,843,396  

City & County of Denver Colorado Airport System Revenue, Refunding ARB, Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/27

    10,350       10,929,495  

City of Colorado Springs Colorado Utilities System Revenue, RB, Series B, 5.00%, 11/15/47

    19,520       21,205,311  

Flying Horse Metropolitan District No. 3, Refunding GO, 6.00%, 12/01/49(b)

    2,965       2,781,926  

Plaza Metropolitan District No. 1, Refunding TA, 4.00%, 12/01/23(b)

    1,000       999,968  
   

 

 

 
      40,760,096  
Connecticut — 1.0%            

Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, Refunding RB, S/F Housing

   

0.75%, 11/15/27

    2,250       2,044,118  

0.85%, 05/15/28

    2,940       2,645,318  

0.90%, 11/15/28

    1,150       1,022,704  

1.05%, 05/15/29

    3,000       2,651,021  

1.10%, 11/15/29

    5,630       4,917,912  

1.30%, 05/15/30

    3,450       3,010,327  

1.35%, 11/15/30

    4,050       3,498,377  

1.45%, 05/15/31

    1,220       1,048,115  

1.50%, 11/15/31

    4,910       4,150,468  

1.60%, 05/15/32

    3,740       3,176,061  

1.70%, 05/15/34

    2,635       2,154,083  

Connecticut State Health & Educational Facilities Authority, RB, 5.25%, 07/15/48

    1,760       1,842,088  

Mohegan Tribal Finance Authority, RB, 7.00%, 02/01/45(b)

    3,165       3,165,317  

State of Connecticut, GO

   

Series 2021 A, 4.00%, 01/15/28

    1,580       1,662,083  

Series E, 5.00%, 11/15/28

    2,425       2,689,123  
   

 

 

 
      39,677,115  
Delaware — 0.3%            

Affordable Housing Opportunities Trust, RB, Series AH- 01, Class B, 6.88%, 05/01/39(b)(e)

    14,969       13,951,036  
   

 

 

 
District of Columbia — 1.8%            

District of Columbia Water & Sewer Authority, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 10/01/52

    15,745       16,207,911  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

    (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
District of Columbia (continued)  

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Aviation Revenue, Refunding ARB

   

AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/42

  $     10,000     $     10,249,239  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/29

    1,155       1,230,987  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/30

    8,840       9,162,350  

Series A, AMT, 5.25%, 10/01/42

    1,500       1,615,959  

Series A, AMT, 5.25%, 10/01/43

    1,750       1,875,676  

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Aviation Revenue, Refunding RB

   

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/29

    2,540       2,736,486  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/30

    11,500       12,410,351  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/33

    5,000       5,406,977  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/34

    2,870       3,060,123  

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Dedicated Revenue, RB, 5.00%, 07/15/48

    9,515       10,313,946  
   

 

 

 
      74,270,005  
Florida — 6.4%            

Alta Lakes Community Development District, SAB

   

3.50%, 05/01/24

    100       98,922  

3.75%, 05/01/29

    550       512,731  

4.63%, 05/01/49

    1,775       1,502,674  

Babcock Ranch Community Independent Special District, SAB

   

4.75%, 11/01/26

    265       264,210  

5.00%, 11/01/31

    500       491,953  

5.25%, 11/01/46

    3,460       3,257,868  

Brevard County Health Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, 4.00%, 11/15/31(b)

    580       537,874  

Canaveral Port Authority, ARB

   

Series B, 5.00%, 06/01/48

    5,000       5,153,544  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 06/01/45

    5,000       5,079,665  

Capital Trust Agency, Inc., RB(b)

   

4.88%, 06/15/56

    12,000       9,200,969  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/49

    5,000       4,236,741  

Series A-2, 5.00%, 01/01/26

    1,465       1,449,993  

Celebration Pointe Community Development District No. 1, SAB

   

4.75%, 05/01/24

    50       50,008  

5.00%, 05/01/34

    710       696,171  

5.13%, 05/01/45

    985       919,643  

Charles Cove Community Development District, SAB, 4.00%, 05/01/52

    1,160       863,338  

Charlotte County Industrial Development Authority, RB, AMT, 5.50%, 10/01/36(b)

    3,055       3,080,072  

City of Fort Lauderdale Florida Water & Sewer Revenue, RB, Series B, 5.50%, 09/01/48

    8,510       9,670,620  

City of St Petersburg Florida Public Utility Revenue, RB, Series B, 5.00%, 10/01/52

    5,000       5,333,351  

City of Tampa Florida Water & Wastewater System Revenue, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 10/01/52

    4,000       4,284,595  

Collier County Industrial Development Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 8.25%, 05/15/49(b)(f)(g)

    1,000       15,500  

County of Broward Florida Airport System Revenue, ARB, Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/49

    16,000       16,228,663  

County of Miami-Dade Florida Aviation Revenue, Refunding ARB, Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/49

    7,075       7,183,411  

County of Miami-Dade Florida Transit System, RB, 5.00%, 07/01/51

    10,000       10,576,434  

County of Miami-Dade Florida, RB(d)

   

0.00%, 10/01/38

    14,235       7,558,612  

0.00%, 10/01/39

    15,765       7,803,181  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Florida (continued)            

County of Miami-Dade Florida, RB(d) (continued) 0.00%, 10/01/44

  $     10,000     $     3,842,200  

Series C, (AGC), 0.00%, 10/01/44

    38,000       13,915,952  

County of Miami-Dade Florida, Refunding RB, Series A, (AGC), 0.00%, 10/01/45(d)

    10,000       3,421,978  

County of Miami-Dade Seaport Department, Refunding RB

   

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/34

    3,400       3,608,602  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/35

    1,650       1,746,658  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/36

    1,300       1,398,179  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/41

    1,150       1,196,666  

County of Pasco Florida, RB, (AGM), 5.00%, 09/01/48

    1,000       1,061,196  

County of Sarasota Florida Utility System Revenue, RB

   

5.25%, 10/01/47

    14,795       16,371,769  

5.25%, 10/01/52

    4,995       5,470,224  

Crossings At Fleming Island Community Development District, Refunding SAB,
Series A-3, Senior Lien, 6.50%, 05/01/44

    2,125       2,140,532  

Duval County Public Schools, COP, Series A, AMT, (AGM), 5.00%, 07/01/30

    5,750       6,445,369  

Epperson North Community Development District, SAB, Series A, 4.00%, 11/01/51

    955       713,475  

Florida Development Finance Corp., RB(b)

   

6.50%, 06/30/57

    5,810       5,605,441  

Series A, 5.75%, 06/15/29

    365       365,795  

Series A, 6.00%, 06/15/34

    440       441,301  

Series C, 5.75%, 12/15/56

    4,090       3,264,137  

AMT, 5.00%, 05/01/29

    1,140       1,068,045  

Florida Development Finance Corp., Refunding RB, Series A, 4.50%, 12/15/56(b)

    11,970       8,555,940  

Florida Housing Finance Corp., RB, S/F Housing

   

Series 1, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 1.80%, 07/01/36

    2,495       1,952,572  

Series 1, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 3.80%, 07/01/43

    2,125       2,132,165  

Series 1, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 3.70%, 07/01/38

    2,130       2,091,905  

Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, ARB,
Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/46

    10,000       10,101,272  

Harbor Bay Community Development District, Refunding SAB, Series A-2, 3.75%, 05/01/34

    1,005       885,655  

Harbor Bay Community Development District, SAB
Series A-1, 3.88%, 05/01/39

    2,170       1,824,312  

Series A-1, 4.10%, 05/01/48

    1,400       1,098,083  

Lakewood Ranch Stewardship District, SAB

   

2.13%, 05/01/26

    140       135,025  

2.63%, 05/01/31

    260       230,523  

4.88%, 05/01/35

    1,100       1,062,543  

4.40%, 05/01/39

    445       398,317  

3.13%, 05/01/41

    645       475,406  

4.88%, 05/01/45

    2,215       1,999,838  

5.13%, 05/01/46

    4,980       4,620,992  

4.50%, 05/01/49

    1,320       1,095,657  

4.00%, 05/01/51

    925       694,098  

Midtown Miami Community Development District, Refunding SAB, Series B, 5.00%, 05/01/37

    1,870       1,808,942  

Portico Community Development District, Refunding SAB

   

Series 1, 3.20%, 05/01/31

    995       897,977  

Series 1, 3.50%, 05/01/37

    1,245       1,027,208  

Reunion East Community Development District, SAB
Series 2021, 2.40%, 05/01/26

    220       213,019  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

    (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Florida (continued)            

Reunion East Community Development District, SAB (continued)

   

Series 2021, 2.85%, 05/01/31

  $ 500     $ 448,570  

Series 2021, 4.00%, 05/01/51

    2,685       2,014,760  

School District of Broward County, GO, 5.00%, 07/01/51

      26,045         27,926,830  

Sterling Hill Community Development District, Refunding SAB, Series B, 5.50%, 11/01/10(f)(g)

    143       68,422  

Sumter Landing Community Development District, RB, 4.17%, 10/01/47

    2,030       1,721,859  

Talavera Community Development District, SAB

   

4.35%, 05/01/40

    495       436,525  

4.50%, 05/01/50

    770       634,449  

Tolomato Community Development District, Refunding SAB, Series 2015-2, 6.61%, 05/01/40

    490       462,446  

Tolomato Community Development District, SAB, Series 2015-3, 6.61%, 05/01/40(f)(g)

    535       5  

Trout Creek Community Development District, SAB

   

5.50%, 05/01/35

    2,325       2,329,821  

5.63%, 05/01/45

    3,605       3,585,292  

Village Center Community Development District, Refunding RB, 5.02%, 11/01/36

    1,500       1,407,900  

Westside Haines City Community Development District, SAB

   

2.50%, 05/01/26

    190       184,208  

3.00%, 05/01/31

    435       393,316  

3.25%, 05/01/41

    2,025       1,520,701  
   

 

 

 
      264,564,815  
Georgia — 3.8%            

Atlanta Urban Redevelopment Agency, RB(b)

   

2.38%, 07/01/26

    1,065       1,019,712  

2.88%, 07/01/31

    1,930       1,752,720  

3.63%, 07/01/42

    5,605       4,820,430  

3.88%, 07/01/51

    2,630       2,136,223  

Barrow County School District, GO, (SAW), 5.00%, 02/01/40

    7,945       8,906,863  

Clarke County Hospital Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/46

    10,000       10,163,832  

County of DeKalb Georgia Water & Sewerage Revenue, Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 10/01/29

    3,170       3,553,046  

5.00%, 10/01/31

    5,535       6,391,966  

5.00%, 10/01/32

    7,050       8,251,736  

5.00%, 10/01/46

    11,820       12,835,129  

5.00%, 10/01/47

    9,865       10,688,650  

5.00%, 10/01/48

    12,395       13,396,426  

5.00%, 10/01/49

    7,210       7,773,624  

East Point Business & Industrial Development Authority, RB, Series A, 5.25%, 06/15/62(b)

    3,355       2,991,794  

Georgia Housing & Finance Authority, RB, S/F Housing

   

Series B, 3.55%, 12/01/42

    10,000       8,599,374  

Series B1, 3.65%, 06/01/44

    9,670       9,383,241  

Gwinnett County School District, GO, Series B, 5.00%, 08/01/27

    5,000       5,405,902  

Main Street Natural Gas, Inc., RB(a)

   

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/53

    15,000       15,565,585  

Series D, 5.00%, 05/01/54

    7,725       8,054,450  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Georgia (continued)            

State of Georgia, GO, Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/43

  $     9,760     $     10,073,376  

State of Georgia, Refunding GO, Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/35

    5,000       5,356,135  
   

 

 

 
      157,120,214  
Hawaii — 0.3%            

Kauai County Community Facilities District, ST, 5.00%, 05/15/44

    625       628,758  

State of Hawaii Airports System Revenue, ARB, Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/48

    10,000       10,213,226  
   

 

 

 
      10,841,984  
Idaho — 0.5%            

Idaho Housing & Finance Association, RB

   

4.25%, 06/15/62(b)

    5,910       4,152,476  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/40

    3,905       4,348,733  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/41

    5,000       5,542,104  

Series A, 6.95%, 06/15/55(b)

    5,150       5,350,552  
   

 

 

 
      19,393,865  
Illinois — 2.0%            

Chicago Board of Education, GO, BAB, 6.04%, 12/01/29

    7,310       7,109,416  

Chicago Board of Education, Refunding GO, Series B, 4.00%, 12/01/35

    6,730       6,462,254  

City of Chicago Illinois Lakeshore East Special Assessment Area, Refunding SAB(b)

   

2.27%, 12/01/24

    308       302,497  

2.53%, 12/01/25

    327       317,320  

2.69%, 12/01/26

    267       256,920  

2.87%, 12/01/27

    221       211,485  

3.04%, 12/01/28

    241       229,862  

3.20%, 12/01/29

    300       285,438  

3.29%, 12/01/30

    325       308,154  

3.38%, 12/01/31

    348       328,489  

3.45%, 12/01/32

    275       258,544  

City of Chicago Illinois Lakeshore East Special Assessment Area, SAB, 1.99%, 12/01/23(b)

    275       274,983  

Illinois Finance Authority, Refunding RB, Class A, 4.00%, 08/15/39

    7,000       6,819,529  

Illinois Housing Development Authority, RB, S/F Housing

   

Series D, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 2.25%, 04/01/30

    975       881,213  

Series D, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 2.35%, 04/01/31

    900       807,391  

Illinois Housing Development Authority, Refunding RB, S/F Housing, Series H, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 4.65%, 10/01/43

    4,875       4,880,948  

Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/44

    9,250       10,003,527  

Series A, 5.25%, 01/01/45

    12,175       13,357,737  

Series A, 4.00%, 01/01/46

    5,000       4,767,923  

Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, Refunding RB, Series D, 5.00%, 01/01/24

    6,840       6,849,471  

State of Illinois, GO(c)

   

Series C, 5.00%, 12/01/45

    11,225       11,709,458  

Series C, 5.00%, 12/01/46

    4,850       5,031,479  
   

 

 

 
      81,454,038  
Indiana — 1.1%            

City of Valparaiso Indiana, RB, AMT, 5.88%, 01/01/24

    100       100,157  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

    (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Indiana (continued)            

Indiana Finance Authority, RB

   

Series A, 4.00%, 12/01/49

  $     25,175     $     23,988,409  

Series B, 1st Lien, 5.25%, 10/01/47

    5,000       5,396,504  

Indiana Finance Authority, Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 02/01/43

    4,455       4,936,280  

5.00%, 02/01/44

    3,510       3,874,925  

Series B, 3.83%, 09/15/41

    2,780       1,992,784  

Indianapolis Local Public Improvement Bond Bank, RB, Series D, 6.00%, 02/01/48(c)

    3,150       3,666,736  
   

 

 

 
      43,955,795  
Kansas — 0.2%            

Kansas Development Finance Authority, RB, Series SR, 5.00%, 05/01/41

    7,495       8,400,733  
   

 

 

 
Kentucky — 0.5%            

County of Carroll Kentucky, Refunding RB, AMT, 2.13%, 10/01/34

    5,485       4,153,524  

Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, RB, Series B, 5.00%, 08/15/33

    5,000       5,233,175  

Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.25%, 06/01/41

    875       878,179  

Kentucky Public Energy Authority, RB,
Series A, 4.00%, 04/01/48(a)

    7,785       7,776,051  

Westvaco Corp., RB, 7.67%, 01/15/27(b)

    3,100       3,237,964  
   

 

 

 
      21,278,893  
Louisiana — 1.0%            

Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities & Community Development Authority, RB, 5.05%, 12/01/34

    18,540       18,245,278  

Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 3.00%, 05/15/47

    10,000       7,322,674  

Louisiana Stadium & Exposition District, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/48

    16,115       17,116,321  
   

 

 

 
      42,684,273  
Maine — 0.5%            

Finance Authority of Maine, RB, AMT, 8.00%, 12/01/51(b)

    14,465       9,170,522  

Maine State Housing Authority, RB, M/F Housing, Series A, AMT, 1.85%, 11/15/36

    2,750       2,175,883  

Maine State Housing Authority, RB, S/F Housing

   

Series B, 3.75%, 11/15/38

    6,075       6,088,747  

Series H, 3.55%, 11/15/37

    1,035       987,847  

Series A, AMT, 3.00%, 11/15/44

    2,500       1,873,045  
   

 

 

 
      20,296,044  
Maryland — 2.2%            

Anne Arundel County Consolidated Special Taxing District, ST, 5.25%, 07/01/44

    1,220       1,221,183  

County of Anne Arundel Maryland, GO

   

5.00%, 10/01/38

    5,315       6,059,357  

5.00%, 10/01/39

    6,615       7,504,708  

County of Montgomery Maryland, RB, Series 2016, Election 2016, 5.00%, 12/01/45

    10,000       10,193,504  

County of Prince George’s Maryland, COP, 5.00%, 10/01/48

    3,660       3,823,339  

County of Prince George’s Maryland, GO, Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/31

    15,000       17,472,275  

County of Prince George’s Maryland, Refunding GO, Series A, 5.00%, 08/01/40

    4,500       5,095,221  

Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority, RB, Series A, 7.00%, 03/01/55(b)

    10,405       10,938,481  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Maryland (continued)            

Maryland Stadium Authority, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 05/01/47

  $     6,590     $     6,818,819  

State of Maryland Department of Transportation, ARB, Series A, AMT, 3.00%, 10/01/33

    5,000       4,861,887  

State of Maryland, GO, Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/37

    11,205       12,806,224  

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, RB, (GTD), 3.00%, 06/01/35

    4,295       4,085,947  
   

 

 

 
      90,880,945  
Massachusetts — 1.9%            

City of Boston Massachusetts, GO

   

Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/37

    6,480       7,474,243  

Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/38

    7,740       8,963,907  

Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/39

    3,500       4,030,476  

Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/40

    15,415       17,549,827  

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, GO, Series A, 5.00%, 05/01/48

    10,000       10,843,123  

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, RB

   

5.00%, 10/01/38

    5,000       4,885,220  

5.00%, 10/01/43

    5,000       4,747,726  

Series J2, 5.00%, 07/01/48

    5,000       5,071,395  

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Refunding RB

   

4.00%, 10/01/32(b)

    1,310       1,189,322  

4.13%, 10/01/42(b)

    4,225       3,430,372  

Series A, 5.00%, 10/15/27

    5,000       5,459,100  

Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, RB, Series A, 2.46%, 07/01/30

    3,000       2,525,295  

Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series B, 5.00%, 08/01/38

    375       426,503  

Series B, 5.00%, 08/01/40

    500       563,000  

Series B, 5.25%, 08/01/48

    1,500       1,678,941  
   

 

 

 
      78,838,450  
Michigan — 2.7%            

Michigan Finance Authority, RB

   

4.00%, 02/15/47

    10,000       9,314,331  

4.00%, 02/15/44

    10,000       9,588,196  

Series A, 6.50%, 06/01/57(b)(f)(g)

    4,020       3,330,520  

Series S, 5.00%, 11/01/44

    5,000       5,035,735  

Michigan Finance Authority, Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 06/01/26(h)

    145       152,554  

5.00%, 11/15/37

    5,000       5,118,691  

5.00%, 12/01/45

    19,825       20,084,249  

4.00%, 12/01/46

    10,000       9,066,435  

Michigan State Housing Development Authority, RB, M/F Housing

   

Series A, AMT, 3.80%, 10/01/38

    10,000       9,517,949  

Series A, AMT, 4.15%, 10/01/53

    18,460       16,615,662  

State of Michigan Trunk Line Revenue, RB

   

4.00%, 11/15/41

    12,330       12,389,768  

4.00%, 11/15/46

    5,000       4,999,149  

West Bloomfield School District, GO, Series I, 5.00%, 05/01/42

    5,950       6,503,485  
   

 

 

 
      111,716,724  
Minnesota — 0.6%            

City of Minneapolis Minnesota, RB

   

4.00%, 11/15/39

    3,250       3,191,086  

4.00%, 11/15/40

    2,000       1,959,513  

City of Minneapolis Minnesota, RB, M/F Housing, (FNMA), 2.35%, 02/01/38

    6,520       4,860,938  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

    (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Minnesota (continued)            

Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, RB, S/F Housing

   

Series B, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 2.40%, 01/01/35

  $     1,215     $     1,090,256  

Series E, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 1.85%, 01/01/29

    725       670,348  

Series E, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 1.90%, 07/01/29

    735       679,281  

Series E, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 1.95%, 01/01/30

    1,425       1,312,000  

Series E, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 2.05%, 01/01/31

    1,445       1,314,811  

Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, Refunding RB, S/F Housing, Series B, AMT, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 3.10%, 07/01/35

    600       562,257  

State of Minnesota, GO, Series A, 5.00%, 08/01/30

    7,810       8,956,436  
   

 

 

 
      24,596,926  
Mississippi — 0.1%            

State of Mississippi, GO, Series C, 4.00%, 10/01/37

    3,145       3,173,957  
   

 

 

 
Missouri — 1.9%            

City of St Louis Missouri Airport Revenue, ARB, Series C, (AGM), 5.00%, 07/01/42

    5,000       5,186,470  

Health & Educational Facilities Authority of the State of Missouri, RB, 5.00%, 01/01/44

    10,000       10,008,980  

Kansas City Industrial Development Authority, ARB AMT, 5.00%, 03/01/44

    5,000       5,081,931  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 03/01/33

    4,865       5,115,026  

Kansas City Industrial Development Authority, RB

   

Series A, 10.00%, 11/15/37

    2,735       2,360,738  

Series C, 7.50%, 11/15/46

    1,701       1,336,564  

Kansas City Industrial Development Authority, Refunding RB

   

Class B, 5.00%, 11/15/46

    8,059       6,100,002  

Class D, 2.00%, 11/15/46

    3,597       158,425  

Metropolitan St Louis Sewer District, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 05/01/35

    4,725       5,537,240  

Series A, 5.00%, 05/01/42

    11,000       11,514,754  

Series B, 5.25%, 05/01/52

    10,015       11,034,650  

Missouri State Environmental Improvement & Energy Resources Authority, Refunding RB, Series C, 2.75%, 09/01/33

    15,000       12,883,548  

St Louis Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority, Refunding RB, 3.88%, 10/01/35

    2,000       1,823,165  
   

 

 

 
      78,141,493  
Nebraska(a) — 0.4%            

Central Plains Energy Project, RB

   

5.00%, 03/01/50

    12,075       12,097,235  

Series 1, 5.00%, 05/01/53

    5,240       5,376,621  
   

 

 

 
      17,473,856  
Nevada — 0.8%            

City of Las Vegas Nevada Special Improvement District No. 607, SAB, 5.00%, 06/01/24

    35       35,001  

City of North Las Vegas Nevada, GO, BAB, 6.57%, 06/01/40

    5,175       5,540,217  

Clark County Water Reclamation District, GO

   

5.00%, 07/01/46

    12,335       13,496,547  

5.00%, 07/01/47

    3,290       3,589,168  

County of Clark Nevada, GO

   

Series B, 4.00%, 12/01/36

    5,390       5,440,896  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Nevada (continued)            

County of Clark Nevada, GO (continued)

   

Series B, 4.00%, 12/01/39

  $     4,900     $     4,864,027  

State of Nevada Department of Business & Industry, RB, Series A, 4.50%, 12/15/29(b)

    220       215,003  
   

 

 

 
      33,180,859  
New Hampshire — 0.3%            

National Finance Authority, RB, Series 2020-1, Class A, 4.13%, 01/20/34

    3,771       3,728,335  

New Hampshire Business Finance Authority, Refunding RB, 3.30%, 04/01/32

    12,880       9,815,871  
   

 

 

 
      13,544,206  
New Jersey — 1.8%            

Industrial Pollution Control Financing Authority of Gloucester County, Refunding RB, Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/24(i)

    340       341,892  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, RB, Series B, 5.50%, 11/01/26(b)

    265       248,615  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Refunding RB, Series RRR, 5.00%, 03/01/28

    4,725       5,090,911  

New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, RB

   

4.00%, 07/01/41

    5,725       5,684,593  

4.00%, 07/01/51

    20,000       18,635,188  

New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/39

    5,000       5,188,856  

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, RB
5.25%, 06/15/46

    5,000       5,380,195  

Class BB, 4.00%, 06/15/50

    7,275       6,769,061  

New Jersey Turnpike Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series B, 4.00%, 01/01/37

    7,275       7,338,907  

Series D, 5.00%, 01/01/28

    10,000       10,494,340  

Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., Refunding RB, Series A, 5.25%, 06/01/46

    11,300       11,578,926  
   

 

 

 
      76,751,484  
New Mexico — 0.2%            

New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority, RB, S/F Housing, Series A, AMT, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 2.70%, 07/01/40

    2,380       2,094,052  

State of New Mexico Severance Tax Permanent Fund, RB, Series B, 5.00%, 07/01/29

    5,000       5,584,259  

Winrock Town Center Tax Increment Development

   

District No. 1, Refunding TA(b)

   

Senior Lien, 3.75%, 05/01/28

    445       427,447  

Senior Lien, 4.00%, 05/01/33

    1,035       910,550  

Senior Lien, 4.25%, 05/01/40

    1,750       1,450,557  
   

 

 

 
      10,466,865  
New York — 9.2%            

City of New York, GO

   

Series B, 5.25%, 10/01/47

    4,015       4,407,050  

Series F-1, 4.00%, 03/01/47

    2,000       1,942,515  

Series F-1, 5.00%, 03/01/50

    7,415       7,854,529  

New York City Housing Development Corp., RB, M/F Housing

   

Series G-1, 3.90%, 05/01/45

    5,000       4,444,158  

Series I, 2.25%, 11/01/36

    3,240       2,603,747  

Series I-1, 2.10%, 11/01/35

    2,915       2,372,124  

Series J, 3.00%, 11/01/44

    8,050       6,217,431  

Sustainability Bonds, 4.80%, 02/01/53

    9,570       9,770,008  
 

 

 

S C H E D U L E   O F   I N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

    (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
New York (continued)            

New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, RB

   

5.00%, 06/15/50

  $ 3,025     $ 3,207,500  

Series DD-1, 5.00%, 06/15/49

    4,500       4,634,156  

New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, Refunding RB

   

4.00%, 06/15/41

    10,000       10,043,693  

4.00%, 06/15/42

    3,835       3,838,041  

Series BB-1, 4.00%, 06/15/45

    5,000       4,972,096  

New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue, RB

   

Class C-1, 4.00%, 02/01/40

    5,000       5,121,447  

Series D-1, 5.25%, 11/01/48

    13,315       14,678,905  

Sub-Series C-1, 4.00%, 05/01/40

    6,835       6,923,791  

Series A, Subordinate, 5.00%, 05/01/43

    5,520       6,092,523  

New York City Transitional Finance Authority, RB

   

5.00%, 05/01/46

    1,000       1,093,978  

Subordinate, 5.00%, 05/01/45

    1,500       1,652,164  

New York State Dormitory Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.25%, 03/15/37

    500       543,134  

Series A, 4.00%, 03/15/40

    19,200       19,390,394  

Series A, 4.00%, 03/15/42

    5,780       5,789,069  

Series A, 4.00%, 03/15/46

    11,300       11,020,130  

Series A-1, 5.00%, 03/15/35

    5,960       6,992,092  

Series B, 5.75%, 01/01/29(h)

    990       991,034  

Series C, 5.00%, 03/15/41

    10,000       10,525,415  

Series C, 5.00%, 03/15/42

    5,000       5,231,786  

Series D, 4.00%, 02/15/47

    6,055       5,819,968  

Series E, 5.00%, 02/15/25(h)

    10       10,235  

Series E, 5.00%, 03/15/48

    5,495       5,723,148  

New York State Environmental Facilities Corp., RB, Series B, Subordinate, 5.00%, 06/15/48

    5,000       5,221,686  

New York State Housing Finance Agency, RB, M/F Housing

   

Series H, (FNMA, SONYMA), 2.25%, 11/01/29

    275       262,117  

Series H, (FNMA, SONYMA), 2.35%, 11/01/30

    250       236,370  

Series H, (FNMA, SONYMA), 2.40%, 11/01/31

    250       226,626  

Series I, (FNMA, SONYMA), 2.40%, 05/01/31

    280       263,693  

Series I, (FNMA, SONYMA), 3.15%, 11/01/44

    3,275       2,585,254  

Series M, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA, SONYMA), 3.50%, 11/01/37

    415       374,903  

New York State Thruway Authority, RB, 5.00%, 03/15/53

      10,000       10,678,342  

New York State Thruway Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 03/15/30

    5,000       5,651,913  

Series A, 4.00%, 03/15/42

    2,500       2,503,501  

Series A-1, 4.00%, 03/15/40

    5,780       5,831,290  

New York State Urban Development Corp., RB, Series A, 5.00%, 03/15/43

    7,000       7,741,038  

New York State Urban Development Corp., Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 09/15/28

    5,000       5,520,596  

5.00%, 09/15/29

    5,000       5,620,176  

5.00%, 09/15/30

    5,000       5,716,259  

Series E, 4.00%, 03/15/42

    8,000       8,021,905  

New York Transportation Development Corp., ARB

   

5.00%, 01/01/30

    10,000       10,087,874  

AMT, 5.00%, 01/01/26

    5,000       5,034,015  

AMT, 5.00%, 01/01/28

    5,000       5,042,746  

AMT, 5.00%, 01/01/29

    5,000       5,039,626  

AMT, 5.00%, 01/01/34

    15,500         15,588,730  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
New York (continued)            

New York Transportation Development Corp., RB, AMT, 5.38%, 06/30/60(c)

  $ 14,010     $ 13,952,699  

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Refunding RB

   

Series 241, 5.00%, 07/15/41

    5,000       5,577,205  

Series 241, 5.00%, 07/15/42

    12,330       13,685,437  

State of New York Mortgage Agency Homeowner Mortgage Revenue, RB, S/F Housing, Series 226, AMT, 1.80%, 04/01/28

    1,000       903,132  

Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority Sales Tax Revenue, RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 05/15/41

    1,500       1,660,321  

Series A, 5.00%, 05/15/42

    1,700       1,871,198  

Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority, RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/24

    10,000       10,123,407  

Series C-1A, Senior Lien, 5.00%, 05/15/51

    10,750       11,378,434  

Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority, Refunding RB

   

5.25%, 11/15/40

    4,000       4,622,119  

Series A, 5.00%, 05/15/57

    11,120       11,804,013  

Series A-1, 5.00%, 05/15/51

    9,070       9,571,686  

Series C, 5.25%, 05/15/52

    16,700       18,048,059  
   

 

 

 
        384,352,631  
North Carolina — 1.8%            

City of Charlotte North Carolina Airport Revenue, Refunding ARB

   

4.00%, 07/01/44

    3,550       3,491,373  

Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/51

      10,000       9,744,062  

City of Charlotte North Carolina Water & Sewer System Revenue, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/45

    15,000       16,518,114  

Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/52

    5,000       4,928,665  

City of Fayetteville North Carolina Public Works Commission Revenue, RB, 5.00%, 03/01/26

    2,250       2,355,803  

County of Mecklenburg North Carolina, GO, 5.00%, 03/01/30

    5,745       6,405,159  

County of Union North Carolina, GO

   

5.00%, 09/01/39

    6,540       7,455,280  

5.00%, 09/01/40

    6,720       7,633,553  

North Carolina Housing Finance Agency, RB, S/F Housing

   

Series 44, 2.20%, 07/01/29

    985       902,899  

Series 44, 2.35%, 07/01/31

    910       806,414  

Series 44, 2.55%, 07/01/35

    1,140       990,723  

North Carolina Medical Care Commission, Refunding RB

   

5.25%, 01/01/24(h)

    195       195,315  

5.25%, 01/01/41

    2,275       2,132,874  

Raleigh Durham Airport Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 05/01/34

    5,000       5,216,232  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 05/01/35

    5,000       5,207,319  

Town of Mooresville North Carolina, SAB, 5.38%, 03/01/40(b)

    2,100       2,104,292  
   

 

 

 
      76,088,077  
North Dakota — 0.0%            

North Dakota Housing Finance Agency, RB, S/F

   

Housing, 3.05%, 07/01/43

    695       510,589  
   

 

 

 
Ohio — 1.0%            

Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority, Refunding RB, Series B-2, Class 2, 5.00%, 06/01/55

    7,130       6,285,285  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

    (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Ohio (continued)            

City of Columbus Ohio, GO

   

Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/36

  $ 3,270     $ 3,834,507  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/37

    2,600       3,007,960  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/38

    1,625       1,865,322  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/39

    2,565       2,929,198  

Ohio Housing Finance Agency, RB, S/F Housing

   

Series A, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 2.50%, 09/01/35

    1,275       1,198,545  

Series A, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 2.75%, 09/01/40

    2,335       2,148,652  

Ohio Turnpike & Infrastructure Commission, RB, 5.00%, 02/15/43

    13,750       14,359,013  

Worthington City School District, GO, Series C, 5.00%, 12/01/48

    4,900       5,305,775  
   

 

 

 
        40,934,257  
Oklahoma — 0.1%            

Oklahoma Development Finance Authority, RB, 7.25%, 09/01/51(b)

    5,010       5,193,483  
   

 

 

 
Oregon — 1.4%            

City of Portland Oregon Sewer System Revenue, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 2nd Lien, 5.00%, 12/01/40

    4,130       4,624,328  

Series A, 2nd Lien, 5.00%, 12/01/42

    5,000       5,527,548  

Series A, 2nd Lien, 5.00%, 12/01/43

    6,000       6,605,658  

Series A, 2nd Lien, 5.00%, 12/01/47

      10,710       11,620,519  

Clackamas & Washington Counties School District No. 3, GO, CAB, Series A, (GTD), 0.00%, 06/15/49(d)

    1,750       444,571  

Hospital Facilities Authority of Multnomah County Oregon, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.50%, 10/01/24(h)

    865       882,116  

Oregon State Lottery, RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 04/01/38

    1,000       1,131,584  

Series A, 5.00%, 04/01/39

    1,955       2,196,544  

Series A, 5.00%, 04/01/40

    2,250       2,516,319  

Port of Portland Oregon Airport Revenue, ARB,

   

Series 24B, AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/47

    5,000       5,080,913  

Salem-Keizer School District No. 24J, GO, CAB,

   

Series A, (GTD), 0.00%, 06/15/40(d)

    12,395       5,809,389  

State of Oregon Housing & Community Services Department, RB, M/F Housing, Series B, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 4.13%, 07/01/43

    165       144,576  

University of Oregon, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 04/01/50

    10,000       10,508,077  
   

 

 

 
      57,092,142  
Pennsylvania — 1.7%            

Allegheny County Airport Authority, ARB

   

Series A, AMT, 4.00%, 01/01/56

    6,000       5,230,001  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 01/01/56

    5,000       5,102,780  

Central Bradford Progress Authority, RB,
Series B, 4.00%, 12/01/51

    10,000       8,877,449  

Chester County Health and Education Facilities Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/25

    525       503,988  

Series A, 5.25%, 12/01/45

    1,500       1,100,910  

City of Philadelphia Pennsylvania Airport Revenue, Refunding ARB

   

AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/51

    10,000       10,190,027  

Series B, AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/42

    5,000       5,073,858  

Commonwealth Financing Authority, RB, (AGM), 4.00%, 06/01/39

    10,000       9,827,570  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Pennsylvania (continued)            

Lancaster County Hospital Authority, RB, 5.00%, 11/01/51

  $ 5,000     $ 5,112,746  

Northampton County Industrial Development Authority, TA, 7.00%, 07/01/32

    1,595       1,596,606  

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, RB, 5.00%, 12/31/38

    5,000       5,044,245  

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, Refunding RB, AMT, 5.50%, 11/01/44

    3,250       3,175,945  

Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, RB, S/F Housing, Series 2019-131A, 2.10%, 04/01/28

    1,915       1,814,046  

Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 09/01/35

    5,000       5,125,333  

Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority, Refunding RB, Series B, 1st Lien, (AGM), 5.00%, 09/01/38

    4,500       5,025,346  
   

 

 

 
        72,800,850  
Puerto Rico — 6.3%            

Children’s Trust Fund, RB, Series A, 0.00%, 05/15/57(d)

      307,385       23,632,414  

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, GO

   

0.00%, 11/01/51(a)

    93,390       37,412,944  

Series A-1, 0.00%, 11/01/43(a)

    56,022       28,994,332  

Series A-1, Restructured, 4.00%, 07/01/33

    7,211       6,764,983  

Series A-1, Restructured, 4.00%, 07/01/35

    6,482       5,991,111  

Series A-1, Restructured, 4.00%, 07/01/37

    8,158       7,292,611  

Series A-1, Restructured, 4.00%, 07/01/41

    7,419       6,415,279  

Series A-1, Restructured, 4.00%, 07/01/46

    7,867       6,524,299  

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, GO, CAB,
Series A, Restructured, 0.00%, 07/01/33(d)

    9,280       5,655,553  

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, RB, 0.00%, 11/01/51(a)

    2,869       917,928  

Puerto Rico Commonwealth Aqueduct & Sewer Authority, RB, Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/42(b)

    4,135       3,620,125  

Puerto Rico Commonwealth Aqueduct & Sewer Authority, Refunding RB(b)

   

Series B, 4.00%, 07/01/42

    7,250       6,367,345  

Series C, 3.75%, 07/01/27

    43,100       41,118,233  

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, RB

   

7.50%, 01/01/20(f)(g)

    5,000       1,250,000  

3rd Series, 5.40%, 01/01/23(f)(g)

    1,907       476,869  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/29(f)(g)

    5,540       1,385,000  

Series A, 7.00%, 07/01/33(f)(g)

    7,445       1,861,250  

Series A, 6.75%, 07/01/36(f)(g)

    24,370       6,092,500  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/42(f)(g)

    16,625       4,156,250  

Series A, 7.00%, 07/01/43(f)(g)

    3,350       837,500  

Series A-1, 10.00%, 07/01/19(f)(g)

    928       231,939  

Series A-2, 10.00%, 07/01/19(f)(g)

    4,681       1,170,140  

Series A-3, 10.00%, 07/01/19(f)(g)

    6,867       1,716,799  

Series B-3, 10.00%, 07/01/19(f)(g)

    6,867       1,716,799  

Series C-1, 5.40%, 01/01/18(f)(g)

    18,867       4,716,809  

Series C-2, 5.40%, 07/01/18(f)(g)

    18,870       4,717,572  

Series C-4, 5.40%, 07/01/20(f)(g)

    1,908       476,869  

Series CCC, 5.25%, 07/01/26(f)(g)

    8,495       2,123,750  

Series CCC, 5.25%, 07/01/28(f)(g)

    3,120       780,000  

Series D-1, 7.50%, 01/01/20(f)(g)

    9,399       2,349,725  

Series D-4, 7.50%, 07/01/20

    7,444       1,860,946  

Series TT, 5.00%, 07/01/18(f)(g)

    3,620       905,000  

Series TT, 5.00%, 07/01/20(f)(g)

    1,690       422,500  

Series WW, 5.50%, 07/01/18(f)(g)

    6,025       1,506,250  

Series WW, 5.50%, 07/01/20(f)(g)

    1,000       250,000  

Series WW, 5.38%, 07/01/24(f)(g)

    4,545       1,136,250  

Series WW, 5.25%, 07/01/25(f)(g)

    2,300       575,000  

Series WW, 5.25%, 07/01/33(f)(g)

    2,725       681,250  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

    (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Puerto Rico (continued)            

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, RB (continued)

   

Series WW, 5.50%, 07/01/38(f)(g)

  $ 3,980     $ 995,000  

Series WW, 5.50%, 07/01/49(f)(g)

    4,300       1,075,000  

Series XX, 5.25%, 07/01/27(f)(g)

    2,630       657,500  

Series XX, 5.25%, 07/01/35(f)(g)

    1,310       327,500  

Series XX, 5.75%, 07/01/36(f)(g)

    1,825       456,250  

Series XX, 5.25%, 07/01/40(f)(g)

    35,125       8,781,250  

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series AAA, 5.25%, 07/01/22(f)(g)

    7,025       1,756,250  

Series AAA, 5.25%, 07/01/25(f)(g)

    5,750       1,437,500  

Series AAA, 5.25%, 07/01/28

    4,870       1,217,500  

Series BBB, 5.40%, 07/01/28

    9,505       2,376,250  

Series DDD, 5.00%, 07/01/19(f)(g)

    2,000       500,000  

Series DDD, 5.00%, 07/01/20(f)(g)

    1,810       452,500  

Series UU, 3.47%, 07/01/17(a)(f)(g)

    1,295       323,750  

Series UU, 1.00%, 07/01/18(a)(f)(g)

    1,165       291,250  

Series UU, 4.49%, 07/01/31(a)(f)(g)

    12,285       3,071,250  

Series UU, 1.32%, 07/01/49(a)(f)(g)

    10,400       2,600,000  

Series V, 5.50%, 07/01/20(f)(g)

    6,440       1,610,000  

Series ZZ, 5.25%, 07/01/18(f)(g)

    10,185       2,546,250  

Series ZZ, 5.25%, 07/01/19(f)(g)

    4,745       1,186,250  

Series ZZ, 5.25%, 07/01/24(f)(g)

    1,435       358,750  

Series ZZ, 5.25%, 07/01/25(f)(g)

    2,440       610,000  

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, Refunding RB, BAB, Series YY, 6.13%, 07/01/40

    13,440       3,360,000  

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp. Sales Tax Revenue, RB, Series A-2, Convertible, Restructured, 4.33%, 07/01/40

    3,579       3,400,493  
   

 

 

 
        263,494,617  
South Carolina — 2.0%            

City of Charleston South Carolina Waterworks & Sewer System Revenue, RB

   

5.00%, 01/01/47

    2,500       2,712,082  

5.00%, 01/01/49

    5,955       6,302,322  

5.00%, 01/01/52

      10,545       11,398,187  

City of Columbia South Carolina Waterworks & Sewer System Revenue, RB, 5.25%, 02/01/52

    6,110       6,757,492  

County of Dorchester South Carolina, SAB(b)

   

5.88%, 10/01/40

    2,310       2,304,537  

6.00%, 10/01/51

    6,240       6,068,758  

Patriots Energy Group Financing Agency, RB, Series A1, 5.25%, 10/01/54(a)

    12,640       13,416,910  

Patriots Energy Group Financing Agency, Refunding RB, Series B-1, 5.25%, 02/01/54(a)

    5,680       6,024,010  

South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority, RB, 7.50%, 08/15/62(b)

    6,915       6,335,480  

South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 05/01/38

    5,000       5,131,255  

South Carolina Public Service Authority, RB, Series F, (AGM-CR), 5.74%, 01/01/30

    5,000       5,052,517  

South Carolina Public Service Authority, Refunding RB, Series B, 5.00%, 12/01/41

    5,000       5,121,286  

South Carolina State Housing Finance & Development Authority, RB, S/F Housing

   

Series A, 1.85%, 01/01/27

    935       895,305  

Series A, 1.88%, 07/01/27

    885       843,748  

Series A, 2.40%, 07/01/32

    1,055       951,274  

Series A, 2.80%, 07/01/34

    965       909,650  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
South Carolina (continued)            

South Carolina State Housing Finance & Development Authority, RB, S/F Housing (continued)
Series A, 3.00%, 07/01/39

  $ 1,860     $ 1,616,657  

South Carolina State Housing Finance & Development Authority, Refunding RB, S/F Housing

   

Series B, 2.25%, 07/01/30

    870       788,201  

Series B, 2.45%, 07/01/32

    875       780,214  
   

 

 

 
      83,409,885  
Tennessee — 1.7%            

County of Knox Tennessee, GO, 5.00%, 06/01/25

    1,300       1,339,537  

County of Shelby Tennessee, Refunding GO, Series B, 4.00%, 04/01/40

    9,950       10,038,909  

Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County Tennessee Water & Sewer Revenue, Refunding RB, Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/46

    5,000       4,887,715  

Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County Tennessee, Refunding GO, Series A, 4.00%, 01/01/40

    1,665       1,687,454  

Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority, ARB

   

Series A, Subordinate, 5.00%, 07/01/44

    5,130       5,381,018  

Series A, Subordinate, 5.00%, 07/01/54

    5,890       6,015,739  

New Memphis Arena Public Building Authority, RB, CAB

   

0.00%, 04/01/36(d)

    1,500       880,901  

0.00%, 04/01/37(d)

    1,600       883,149  

0.00%, 04/01/38(d)

    700       363,909  

0.00%, 04/01/39(d)

    750       368,359  

0.00%, 04/01/41(d)

    810       351,270  

0.00%, 04/01/42(d)

    850       347,340  

0.00%, 04/01/43(d)

    1,700       655,052  

0.00%, 04/01/44(d)

    1,800       654,544  

0.00%, 04/01/45(d)

    2,000       684,637  

0.00%, 04/01/46(d)

    1,700       547,005  

Convertible, 4.00%, 04/01/29(j)

    625       602,646  

Convertible, 4.00%, 04/01/30(j)

    750       729,235  

Convertible, 4.00%, 04/01/31(j)

    650       636,735  

Tennessee Energy Acquisition Corp., Refunding RB, Series A-1, 5.00%, 05/01/53(a)

    18,765       19,177,693  

Tennessee Housing Development Agency, RB, S/F Housing

   

3.85%, 07/01/43

    6,105       5,974,512  

3.95%, 01/01/49

    6,080       6,063,595  

Tennessee Housing Development Agency, Refunding RB, S/F Housing

   

Series 2019-4, 2.65%, 07/01/34

    1,670       1,451,645  

Series 2019-4, 2.90%, 07/01/39

    3,760       3,160,144  
   

 

 

 
        72,882,743  
Texas — 9.2%            

Alamo Regional Mobility Authority, RB, Series A, Senior Lien, 5.00%, 06/15/51

      10,000       10,677,387  

Arlington Higher Education Finance Corp., RB(b)

   

6.25%, 08/15/24

    100       98,407  

7.50%, 04/01/28

    210       208,342  

7.88%, 11/01/62

    5,865       5,965,943  

Series A, 5.30%, 04/01/62

    4,325       3,672,779  

Celina Independent School District, GO, (PSF), 5.00%, 02/15/47

    4,850       5,270,215  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

    (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Texas (continued)            

City of Austin Texas Airport System Revenue, ARB, Series B, AMT, 5.00%, 11/15/44

  $ 2,970     $ 3,046,470  

City of Austin Texas Electric Utility Revenue, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 11/15/39

    7,000       7,790,685  

City of Dallas Texas Waterworks & Sewer System Revenue, Refunding RB, Series C, 4.00%, 10/01/37

    5,000       5,097,886  

City of Dallas Texas, Refunding GO

   

Series A, 5.00%, 02/15/36

    2,475       2,826,083  

Series A, 5.00%, 02/15/37

    1,500       1,685,108  

Series A, 5.00%, 02/15/38

    1,650       1,834,701  

Series A, 5.00%, 02/15/40

    8,000       8,785,557  

Series A, 5.00%, 02/15/41

    6,020       6,585,161  

City of El Paso Texas Water & Sewer Revenue, Refunding RB

   

4.00%, 03/01/39

    2,000       2,018,875  

5.00%, 03/01/52

    10,000       10,587,862  

City of Fort Worth Texas, GO

   

5.00%, 03/01/35

    4,745       5,444,362  

5.00%, 03/01/39

    7,125       7,909,222  

City of Houston Texas Airport System Revenue, ARB

   

Series A, AMT, 6.50%, 07/15/30

    1,000       1,000,189  

Series A, AMT, 6.63%, 07/15/38

    3,000       3,000,877  

City of Houston Texas Airport System Revenue, Refunding RB, Sub-Series D, 5.00%, 07/01/38

    5,000       5,273,069  

City of Houston Texas, Refunding GO

   

Series A, 5.00%, 03/01/36

    665       758,663  

Series A, 5.00%, 03/01/37

    900       1,014,495  

Series A, 5.00%, 03/01/38

    535       597,378  

Series A, 5.25%, 03/01/40

    350       395,004  

Series A, 5.25%, 03/01/43

    570       635,672  

City of Marble Falls Texas, SAB(b)

   

3.38%, 09/01/26

    184       178,213  

3.88%, 09/01/31

    200       183,537  

4.13%, 09/01/41

    730       591,382  

4.38%, 09/01/51

    1,000       770,148  

City of San Antonio Texas Electric & Gas Systems Revenue, Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 02/01/47

    3,530       3,630,975  

Series A, 5.25%, 02/01/42

    9,155       10,311,036  

Series A, 5.25%, 02/01/43

    6,515       7,297,994  

City of Seguin Texas, GO, Series A, 5.25%, 09/01/57

      10,000         10,760,873  

Corpus Christi Independent School District, GO, (PSF), 4.13%, 08/15/53

    5,000       4,948,486  

County of Harris Texas, Refunding GO

   

Series A, 5.00%, 09/15/38

    1,300       1,469,002  

Series A, 5.00%, 09/15/39

    1,750       1,965,997  

Series A, 5.00%, 09/15/40

    1,815       2,031,260  

County of Harris Texas, Refunding RB, Series A, Senior Lien, 5.00%, 08/15/47

    4,850       4,942,485  

Crowley Independent School District, GO, (PSF), 5.00%, 02/01/48

    3,170       3,430,326  

Dalhart Independent School District, GO

   

(PSF), 5.00%, 02/15/41

    755       827,053  

(PSF), 5.00%, 02/15/42

    1,345       1,466,649  

(PSF), 5.00%, 02/15/43

    500       543,140  

Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Refunding RB,
Series B, Senior Lien, 5.00%, 12/01/47

    10,000       10,674,937  

Denton Independent School District, GO

   

(PSF), 5.00%, 08/15/40

    2,220       2,483,086  

(PSF), 5.00%, 08/15/53

    6,245       6,776,243  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Texas (continued)            

Harris County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., Refunding RB, 5.00%, 10/01/28

  $ 5,000     $ 5,481,921  

Hidalgo County Regional Mobility Authority, RB, CAB(d)

   

Series A, 0.00%, 12/01/42

    3,000       1,059,380  

Series A, 0.00%, 12/01/43

    3,000       991,156  

Series A, 0.00%, 12/01/44

    3,000       921,450  

Series A, 0.00%, 12/01/45

    4,000       1,139,519  

Series A, 0.00%, 12/01/46

    6,000       1,544,965  

Series A, 0.00%, 12/01/47

    6,125       1,428,455  

Series A, 0.00%, 12/01/48

    7,130       1,355,601  

Series A, 0.00%, 12/01/49

    7,135       1,248,591  

Series A, 0.00%, 12/01/50

    5,145       831,522  

Series A, 0.00%, 12/01/52

    5,000       686,835  

Series A, 0.00%, 12/01/53

    5,000       635,862  

Series A, 0.00%, 12/01/54

    5,000       590,509  

Hutto Independent School District, GO, (PSF), 5.00%, 08/01/48

    370       400,627  

Lower Colorado River Authority, Refunding RB

   

(AGM), 5.00%, 05/15/36

    2,090       2,383,850  

(AGM), 5.00%, 05/15/37

    2,000       2,255,347  

Medina Valley Independent School District, GO, (PSF), 5.00%, 02/15/45

    6,215       6,789,559  

Midlothian Independent School District, GO, (PSF), 5.00%, 02/15/47

    4,600       4,747,708  

New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., Refunding RB

   

Series A, 6.75%, 10/01/52

    395       347,777  

Series B2, 4.50%, 10/01/26

    2,030       1,960,975  

North Texas Municipal Water District Water System Revenue, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 09/01/29

    5,000       5,559,493  

Northwest Independent School District, GO, (PSF), 5.00%, 02/15/48

    14,310       15,350,962  

Permanent University Fund - Texas A&M University System, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 07/01/42

    6,945       7,632,799  

Permanent University Fund - University of Texas System, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/40

    3,700       4,152,943  

Plano Independent School District, GO, 5.00%, 02/15/41

    5,025       5,587,233  

Port Authority of Houston of Harris County Texas, ARB

   

4.00%, 10/01/46

    5,000       4,888,982  

1st Lien, 5.00%, 10/01/53

      20,000         21,706,937  

Port Beaumont Navigation District, Refunding RB(b)

   

Series A, 4.00%, 01/01/50

    19,670       13,563,926  

Series B, 6.00%, 01/01/25

    6,415       6,115,490  

Port of Beaumont Industrial Development Authority, RB, 4.10%, 01/01/28(b)

    27,045       21,846,142  

Pottsboro Independent School District, GO, (PSF), 5.00%, 02/15/47

    5,400       5,805,101  

State of Texas, GO, Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 08/01/38

    6,935       7,638,178  

Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., RB, 5.00%, 11/15/51

    10,000       10,510,191  

Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs, RB, S/F Housing, Series B, (GNMA), 5.25%, 07/01/53

    3,760       3,935,672  

Texas Water Development Board, RB

   

5.00%, 08/01/37

    465       533,865  

5.00%, 08/01/38

    560       637,452  

5.00%, 08/01/39

    1,950       2,207,011  

5.00%, 08/01/40

    1,550       1,747,582  

4.00%, 10/15/44

    4,420       4,432,725  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

    (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Texas (continued)            

Texas Water Development Board, RB (continued)

   

4.00%, 10/15/45

  $ 16,365     $ 16,254,494  

Van Alstyne Independent School District, GO, (PSF), 5.00%, 02/15/47

    6,900       7,467,608  
   

 

 

 
      381,839,609  
Utah — 0.9%            

City of Salt Lake City Utah Airport Revenue, ARB

   

Series A, AMT, 5.25%, 07/01/48

    10,000       10,296,049  

Series A, Class A, AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/46

    3,000       3,108,900  

City of Salt Lake City Utah Public Utilities Revenue, RB, 5.00%, 02/01/52

    10,000       10,710,648  

Utah Board of Higher Education, RB

   

2.55%, 06/01/38

    1,250       1,001,551  

2.63%, 06/01/39

    1,250       991,674  

Utah Charter School Finance Authority, RB(b)

   

5.63%, 06/15/26

    255       253,587  

5.00%, 06/15/42

    1,190       1,039,204  

5.00%, 06/15/52

    3,580       2,915,976  

5.63%, 06/15/54

    4,930       4,293,143  

5.00%, 06/15/57

    2,590       2,053,604  
   

 

 

 
        36,664,336  
Virginia — 2.2%            

Albemarle County Economic Development Authority, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/42

    5,450       6,068,659  

Ballston Quarter Community Development Authority, TA(f)(g)

   

Series A, 5.38%, 03/01/36

    995       799,294  

Series A, 5.50%, 03/01/46

    5,955       4,210,306  

Cherry Hill Community Development Authority, SAB, 5.15%, 03/01/35(b)

    1,000       1,001,034  

Chesapeake Bay Bridge & Tunnel District, RB (AGM), 5.00%, 07/01/41

    5,000       5,124,872  

5.00%, 07/01/46

    5,000       5,022,358  

City of Norfolk Virginia Water Revenue, RB, 5.00%, 11/01/45

    5,230       5,807,828  

County of Fairfax Virginia, GO, Series A, (SAW), 4.00%, 10/01/38

    2,150       2,229,560  

Fairfax County Industrial Development Authority, Refunding RB, 4.00%, 05/15/42

    5,635       5,551,934  

Fairfax County Water Authority, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 04/01/46

      10,000       10,375,569  

Hanover County Economic Development Authority, Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 07/01/38

    125       110,718  

4.00%, 07/01/47(b)

    1,960       1,367,605  

Loudoun County Economic Development Authority, RB, CAB, 0.00%, 07/01/49(d)

    25,115       8,342,513  

Lower Magnolia Green Community Development Authority, SAB(b)

   

5.00%, 03/01/35

    2,705       2,695,788  

5.00%, 03/01/45

    2,785       2,659,955  

Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., Refunding RB, Series A-1, 6.71%, 06/01/46

    12,595       10,574,774  

Virginia Housing Development Authority, RB, M/F Housing

   

Series A, 3.65%, 03/01/43

    5,000       4,341,131  

Series D, 3.90%, 10/01/48

    10,000       8,520,493  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Virginia (continued)            

Virginia Small Business Financing Authority, RB

   

AMT, 5.00%, 12/31/49

  $ 2,000     $ 1,992,244  

AMT, 5.00%, 12/31/56

    3,380       3,384,700  

Virginia Small Business Financing Authority, Refunding RB, AMT, Senior Lien, 4.00%, 01/01/29

    175       172,501  
   

 

 

 
      90,353,836  
Washington — 2.0%            

Energy Northwest, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 07/01/41

    5,235       5,761,529  

King County Housing Authority, Refunding RB (GTD), 3.50%, 05/01/38

    10,000       8,872,012  

2.75%, 01/01/40

    1,900       1,491,226  

Mason County Public Hospital District No. 1, RB, 5.00%, 12/01/48

    5,000       5,053,894  

Port of Seattle Washington, ARB, Series A, AMT, 4.00%, 05/01/43

    5,000       4,628,401  

Seattle Housing Authority, Refunding RB, M/F Housing, 3.50%, 12/01/35

    1,500       1,398,392  

State of Washington, GO

   

Series 2024-A, 5.00%, 08/01/43

    24,025       26,788,938  

Series A-2, 5.00%, 08/01/42

    3,105       3,441,233  

Series B, 5.00%, 02/01/43

    2,325       2,583,949  

Series B, 5.00%, 06/01/47

    6,675       7,326,167  

Series B, 5.00%, 06/01/48

    16,270       17,810,131  
   

 

 

 
      85,155,872  
West Virginia — 0.0%            

State of West Virginia, GO, Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/26

    1,000       1,050,537  
   

 

 

 
Wisconsin — 0.7%            

Public Finance Authority, ARB

   

AMT, 4.00%, 07/01/41

    1,755       1,338,434  

AMT, 4.25%, 07/01/54

    6,310       4,344,778  

Public Finance Authority, RB(b)

   

6.00%, 06/15/24

    135       134,154  

Class B, 7.00%, 12/01/30

    1,825       1,711,978  

Series A, 6.25%, 10/01/31(f)(g)

    1,285       359,800  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/41

    785       699,786  

Series A, 7.00%, 11/01/46(f)(g)

    5,085       3,305,250  

Series A, 7.00%, 10/01/47(f)(g)

    1,285       359,800  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/51

    885       734,485  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/56

    970       782,840  

Series A-2, 5.00%, 01/01/24

    275       274,727  

Series B, 5.50%, 06/15/25

    380       377,835  

Public Finance Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series B, 6.13%, 10/01/49(b)

    8,530       7,226,211  

AMT, 4.00%, 08/01/35

    4,840       4,221,459  

Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 12/15/44

    5,000       5,024,347  
   

 

 

 
      30,895,884  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds — 94.9%
(Cost: $4,210,525,521)

        3,949,224,037  
   

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts(a)(k)

 

Florida — 0.7%            

County of Miami-Dade Florida Transit System, RB

   

5.00%, 07/01/48

    13,815       13,814,999  

5.00%, 07/01/50

      15,000       15,890,458  
   

 

 

 
      29,705,457  
 

 

 

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November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

 

 
Illinois — 0.3%            

Sales Tax Securitization Corp., Refunding RB, Series A, 2nd Lien, 5.00%, 01/01/33

  $ 10,000     $ 11,338,145  
   

 

 

 
Kentucky — 0.3%            

Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District, Refunding RB, Series C, 5.00%, 05/15/49

    11,995       12,969,807  
   

 

 

 
Massachusetts — 0.2%            

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, GO, Series C, 5.00%, 10/01/48

    9,500       10,314,387  
   

 

 

 
Nebraska — 0.8%            

Omaha Public Power District, RB, Series A, 5.25%, 02/01/48

    28,050       31,148,497  
   

 

 

 
New York — 0.3%            

New York State Urban Development Corp., RB, Series A, 5.00%, 03/15/50

        12,000       12,952,937  
   

 

 

 
Texas — 0.5%            

Texas Water Development Board, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 10/15/44

    16,930       18,757,640  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts — 3.1%
(Cost: $120,142,150)

 

    127,186,870  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.0%
(Cost: $4,379,716,671)

 

        4,118,471,161  
   

 

 

 
    Shares        

 

 

Short-Term Securities

   
Money Market Funds — 1.2%            

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, MuniCash, Institutional Class, 3.25%(l)(m)

    49,941,414       49,946,409  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 1.2%
(Cost: $49,943,275)

      49,946,409  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.2%
(Cost: $4,429,659,946)

      4,168,417,570  
Other Assets Less Liabilities — 1.3%         54,585,294  

Liability for TOB Trust Certificates, Including Interest Expense and Fees Payable — (1.5)%

 

    (61,401,466
   

 

 

 
Net Assets — 100.0%         $  4,161,601,398  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Variable rate security. Interest rate resets periodically. The rate shown is the effective interest rate as of period end. Security description also includes the reference rate and spread if published and available.

(b) 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

(c) 

When-issued security.

(d) 

Zero-coupon bond.

(e) 

Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

(f) 

Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default.

(g) 

Non-income producing security.

(h) 

U.S. Government securities held in escrow, are used to pay interest on this security as well as to retire the bond in full at the date indicated, typically at a premium to par.

(i) 

Security is collateralized by municipal bonds or U.S. Treasury obligations.

(j) 

Step coupon security. Coupon rate will either increase (step-up bond) or decrease (step-down bond) at regular intervals until maturity. Interest rate shown reflects the rate currently in effect.

(k) 

Represent bonds transferred to a TOB Trust in exchange of cash and residual certificates received by the Fund. These bonds serve as collateral in a secured borrowing. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

(l) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(m) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

 

For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund’s sector classifications refer to one or more of the sector sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by the investment adviser. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such sector sub-classifications for reporting ease.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended November 30, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

05/31/23

    

Purchases

at Cost

    

Proceeds

from Sales

   

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

    

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

11/30/23

    

Shares

Held at

11/30/23

     Income     

Capital Gain

Distributions

from

Underlying

Funds

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, MuniCash, Institutional Class

  $  249,585,583      $      $  (199,656,349 )(a)    $ 52,640      $ (35,465   $  49,946,409        49,941,414      $  4,794,506      $  
         

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

         
Description  

Number of

Contracts

    

Expiration

Date

    

Notional

Amount (000)

    

Value/

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

Short Contracts

          

10-Year U.S. Treasury Note

    3,184        03/19/24      $ 349,693      $ (2,247,346

U.S. Long Bond

    2,621        03/19/24        305,510        (2,820,018

5-Year U.S. Treasury Note

    1,904        03/28/24        203,520        (1,128,175
          

 

 

 
           $   (6,195,539
          

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

               
    

Commodity

Contracts

    

Credit

Contracts

    

Equity

Contracts

    

Foreign

Currency

Exchange

Contracts

    

Interest

Rate

Contracts

    

Other

Contracts

     Total  

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                   

Futures contracts

                   

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

  $      $      $      $      $  6,195,539      $      $  6,195,539  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

For the period ended November 30, 2023, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

               
    

Commodity

Contracts

    

Credit

Contracts

    

Equity

Contracts

    

Foreign

Currency

Exchange

Contracts

    

Interest

Rate

Contracts

   

Other

Contracts

     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from:

                  

Futures contracts

  $      $      $      $      $ 77,493,695     $      $  77,493,695  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

                  

Futures contracts

  $      $      $      $      $ (8,625,571   $      $ (8,625,571
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

 

 

Futures contracts:

 

Average notional value of contracts — short

  $ 1,103,443,474   

 

 

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2023

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

         
        Level 1      Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Corporate Bonds

     $      $ 42,060,254        $        $ 42,060,254  

Municipal Bonds

              3,935,273,001          13,951,036          3,949,224,037  

Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts

              127,186,870                   127,186,870  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

       49,946,409                          49,946,409  

Unfunded Commitments(a)

                       42,147,931          42,147,931  
    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
     $     49,946,409      $  4,104,520,125        $     56,098,967        $  4,210,565,501  
    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(b)

                 

Liabilities

                 

Interest Rate Contracts

     $     (6,195,539    $        $        $ (6,195,539
    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Unfunded commitments are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the commitment.

 
  (b) 

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

The Fund may hold assets and/or liabilities in which the fair value approximates the carrying amount for financial statement purposes. As of period end, TOB Trust Certificates of $61,149,999 are categorized as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy.

A reconciliation of Level 3 financial instruments is presented when the Fund had a significant amount of Level 3 investments and derivative financial instruments at the beginning and/or end of the period in relation to net assets. The following table is a reconciliation of Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used in determining fair value:

 

 

 
   

Municipal

Bonds

   

Unfunded

Commitment

    Total  

 

 

Assets

     

Opening balance, as of May 31, 2023

  $ 13,771,481     $     $ 13,771,481  

Transfers into Level 3

                 

Transfers out of Level 3

                 

Accrued discounts/premiums

                 

Net realized gain (loss)

                 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)(a)(b)

    220,094       42,147,931       42,368,025  

Purchases

                 

Sales

    (40,539           (40,539
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Closing balance, as of November 30, 2023

  $  13,951,036     $ 42,147,931     $ 56,098,967  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments still held at November 30, 2023(b)

  $ 220,094     $   42,147,931     $   42,368,025  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statements of Operations.

 
  (b) 

Any difference between net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments still held at November 30, 2023 is generally due to investments no longer held or categorized as Level 3 at period end.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

S C H E D U L E    O F   I N V E S T M E N T S

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)

November 30, 2023

 

   

BlackRock

California

Municipal
Opportunities Fund

   

BlackRock

New Jersey

Municipal

Bond Fund

   

BlackRock

Pennsylvania

Municipal

Bond Fund

   

BlackRock

Impact

Municipal

Fund

 

 

 

ASSETS

       

Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)

  $ 2,166,823,649     $ 279,626,276     $ 355,115,534     $ 47,358,432  

Investments, at value — affiliated(b)

    119,720,642       11,766,988       3,930,623       726,218  

Cash pledged for futures contracts

    8,723,000                   225,000  

Receivables:

       

Investments sold

    30,087,177       220,000       100,000       773,270  

Capital shares sold

    32,466,360       393,547       437,436       59,383  

Dividends — affiliated

    495,242       52,162       15,680       3,833  

Interest — unaffiliated

    23,516,051       3,922,803       5,075,221       615,915  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    1,990,888                   43,752  

Unfunded commitments

    13,481,897                    

Prepaid expenses

    68,565       49,785       50,514       22,144  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

    2,397,373,471       296,031,561       364,725,008       49,827,947  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

ACCRUED LIABILITIES

       

Payables:

       

Investments purchased

    72,840,820                   900,235  

Accounting services fees

    90,479       22,183       26,293       7,166  

Administration fees

                      1,635  

Capital shares redeemed

    10,136,856       1,602,675       956,758       60,121  

Custodian fees

    10,093       1,649       2,091       635  

Income dividend distributions

    1,322,115       246,092       422,479       144,139  

Interest expense and fees

    677,472                    

Investment advisory fees

    264,411       81,967       109,712       1,422  

Trustees’ and Officer’s fees

    9,679       1,333       1,724       280  

Other accrued expenses

    39,014       25,876       27,762       21,144  

Professional fees

    40,824       39,229       38,253       43,366  

Proxy fees

    36,512       7,451       9,185       2,096  

Service and distribution fees

    171,117       30,292       28,773       19  

Transfer agent fees

    277,411       50,661       76,624       41  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total accrued liabilities

    85,916,803       2,109,408       1,699,654       1,182,299  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

OTHER LIABILITIES

       

TOB Trust Certificates

    52,974,978                    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    138,891,781       2,109,408       1,699,654       1,182,299  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Commitments and contingent liabilities

       

NET ASSETS

  $ 2,258,481,690     $ 293,922,153     $ 363,025,354     $ 48,645,648  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

       

Paid-in capital

  $ 2,519,943,942     $ 315,750,944     $ 427,681,358     $ 50,267,989  

Accumulated loss

    (261,462,252     (21,828,791     (64,656,004     (1,622,341
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $  2,258,481,690     $  293,922,153     $  363,025,354     $  48,645,648  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 2,263,080,659     $ 281,762,496     $ 372,718,679     $ 48,301,394  

(b) Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 119,663,607     $ 11,764,212     $ 3,930,230     $ 726,041  

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2023

 

   

BlackRock

California

Municipal
Opportunities Fund

    

BlackRock

New Jersey

Municipal

Bond Fund

    

BlackRock

Pennsylvania

Municipal

Bond Fund

    

BlackRock

Impact

Municipal

Fund

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE

          
Institutional                           

Net assets

  $  1,461,356,945      $  168,260,735      $  228,984,822      $ 227,037  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    123,605,554        16,482,715        23,701,572        23,543  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 11.82      $ 10.21      $ 9.66      $ 9.64  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited        Unlimited        Unlimited        500 million  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10      $ 0.10      $ 0.10      $ 0.10  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Service                           

Net assets

    N/A      $ 6,513,159      $ 1,057,042        N/A  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    N/A        638,028        109,291        N/A  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

    N/A      $ 10.21      $ 9.67        N/A  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    N/A        Unlimited        Unlimited        N/A  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

    N/A      $ 0.10      $ 0.10        N/A  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Investor A                           

Net assets

  $ 597,645,094      $ 92,790,419      $ 110,048,873      $ 157,893  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    50,593,990        9,082,435        11,378,240        16,363  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 11.81      $ 10.22      $ 9.67      $ 9.65  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited        Unlimited        Unlimited        300 million  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10      $ 0.10      $ 0.10      $ 0.10  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Investor A1                           

Net assets

  $ 77,054,130      $ 12,534,902      $ 6,073,812        N/A  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    6,517,353        1,226,480        627,707        N/A  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 11.82      $ 10.22      $ 9.68        N/A  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited        Unlimited        Unlimited        N/A  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10      $ 0.10      $ 0.10        N/A  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Investor C                           

Net assets

  $ 53,715,569      $ 11,739,422      $ 8,101,590        N/A  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    4,543,077        1,150,327        837,829        N/A  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 11.82      $ 10.21      $ 9.67        N/A  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited        Unlimited        Unlimited        N/A  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10      $ 0.10      $ 0.10        N/A  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Class K                           

Net assets

  $ 68,709,952      $ 2,083,516      $ 8,759,215      $  48,260,718  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    5,809,812        204,180        906,831        5,000,627  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 11.83      $ 10.20      $ 9.66      $ 9.65  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited        Unlimited        Unlimited        500 million  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10      $ 0.10      $ 0.10      $ 0.10  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

F I N A N C I A L   S T A T E M E N T S

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2023

 

   

BlackRock

Strategic

Municipal

Opportunities Fund

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)

  $ 4,118,471,161  

Investments, at value — affiliated(b)

    49,946,409  

Cash

    95,399  

Cash pledged for futures contracts

    19,304,000  

Receivables:

 

Investments sold

    14,844,042  

Capital shares sold

    22,227,063  

Dividends — affiliated

    286,239  

Interest — unaffiliated

    51,156,301  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    4,430,606  

Unfunded commitments

    42,147,931  

Prepaid expenses

    118,429  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    4,323,027,580  
 

 

 

 

ACCRUED LIABILITIES

 

Payables:

 

Investments purchased

    65,489,039  

Accounting services fees

    169,087  

Capital shares redeemed

    28,713,473  

Custodian fees

    23,895  

Income dividend distributions

    2,794,968  

Interest expense and fees

    251,467  

Investment advisory fees

    1,586,724  

Trustees’ and Officer’s fees

    125,043  

Other accrued expenses

    100,133  

Professional fees

    41,997  

Proxy fees

    134,368  

Service and distribution fees

    224,666  

Transfer agent fees

    621,323  
 

 

 

 

Total accrued liabilities

    100,276,183  
 

 

 

 

OTHER LIABILITIES

 

TOB Trust Certificates

    61,149,999  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    161,426,182  
 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingent liabilities

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 4,161,601,398  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

 

Paid-in capital

  $ 5,440,386,374  

Accumulated loss

    (1,278,784,976
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 4,161,601,398  
 

 

 

 

(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 4,379,716,671  

(b) Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 49,943,275  

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2023

 

   

BlackRock

Strategic

Municipal

Opportunities Fund

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE

 
Institutional      

Net assets

  $ 3,179,982,526  
 

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    306,949,494  
 

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 10.36  
 

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited  
 

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10  
 

 

 

 
Investor A      

Net assets

  $ 804,955,435  
 

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    77,733,180  
 

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 10.36  
 

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited  
 

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10  
 

 

 

 
Investor A1      

Net assets

  $ 16,129,495  
 

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    1,557,099  
 

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 10.36  
 

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited  
 

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10  
 

 

 

 
Investor C      

Net assets

  $ 62,007,937  
 

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    5,984,731  
 

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 10.36  
 

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited  
 

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10  
 

 

 

 
Class K      

Net assets

  $ 98,526,005  
 

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    9,509,971  
 

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 10.36  
 

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited  
 

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10  
 

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

F I N A N C I A L   S T A T E M E N T S

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Statements of Operations (unaudited)

Six Months Ended November 30, 2023

 

   

BlackRock

California

Municipal

Opportunities Fund

   

BlackRock

New Jersey

Municipal

Bond Fund

   

BlackRock

Pennsylvania

Municipal

Bond Fund

   

BlackRock

Impact

Municipal

Fund

 

 

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

         

Dividends — affiliated

    $ 2,779,224     $ 371,022     $ 214,685     $ 27,316  

Interest — unaffiliated

               41,863,763       5,846,996       7,204,928       955,725  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

      44,642,987       6,218,018       7,419,613       983,041  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

         

Investment advisory

      4,418,869       771,728       952,858       106,166  

Service and distribution — class specific

      1,111,438       194,275       188,010       120  

Transfer agent — class specific

      726,785       118,282       214,423       164  

Professional

      582,137       51,466       56,223       41,082  

Accounting services

      132,435       33,267       38,223       10,614  

Registration

      55,795       43,661       46,274       36,516  

Proxy

      38,031       7,716       9,611       2,121  

Trustees and Officer

      19,311       2,985       3,600       789  

Printing and postage

      18,180       15,684       15,810       17,700  

Custodian

      14,505       1,971       2,652       858  

Administration

                        10,027  

Administration — class specific

                        4,718  

Miscellaneous

      53,544       14,122       15,052       7,143  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses excluding interest expense

      7,171,030       1,255,157       1,542,736       238,018  

Interest expense(a)

      1,161,269                    
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

      8,332,299       1,255,157       1,542,736       238,018  

Less:

         

Administration fees waived

                        (1,821

Administration fees waived by the Manager — class specific

                        (4,703

Fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager

      (615,943     (236,636     (232,114     (103,975

Transfer agent fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager — class specific

      (164,174     (47,011     (129,291     (126
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      7,552,182       971,510       1,181,331       127,393  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

      37,090,805       5,246,508       6,238,282       855,648  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

         

Net realized gain (loss) from:

         

Investments — unaffiliated

      (35,901,077     (245,425     (1,053,848     (501,603

Investments — affiliated

      12,889       1,475       4,170       350  

Futures contracts

      33,004,030                   584,613  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      (2,884,158     (243,950     (1,049,678     83,360  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

         

Investments — unaffiliated

      (1,221,776     1,422,086       (290,177     676,375  

Investments — affiliated

      37,802       53       (2,466     (178

Futures contracts

      (3,025,393                 (6,616

Unfunded commitments

      13,481,897                    
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      9,272,530       1,422,139       (292,643     669,581  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      6,388,372       1,178,189       (1,342,321     752,941  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

    $ 43,479,177     $ 6,424,697     $ 4,895,961     $ 1,608,589  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Related to TOB Trusts.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations (unaudited) (continued)

Six Months Ended November 30, 2023

 

   

BlackRock

Strategic

Municipal
Opportunities Fund

 

 

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

   

Dividends — affiliated

    $ 4,794,506  

Interest — unaffiliated

      85,649,645  
   

 

 

 

Total investment income

      90,444,151  
   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

   

Investment advisory

               12,148,700  

Transfer agent — class specific

      1,923,145  

Professional

      1,541,679  

Service and distribution — class specific

      1,425,334  

Accounting services

      235,431  

Registration

      166,303  

Proxy

      137,630  

Trustees and Officer

      43,056  

Custodian

      30,693  

Printing and postage

      26,253  

Miscellaneous

      131,847  
   

 

 

 

Total expenses excluding interest expense

      17,810,071  

Interest expense(a)

      1,257,198  
   

 

 

 

Total expenses

      19,067,269  

Less:

   

Fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager

      (1,308,065
   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      17,759,204  
   

 

 

 

Net investment income

      72,684,947  
   

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

   

Net realized gain (loss) from:

   

Investments — unaffiliated

      (271,711,842

Investments — affiliated

      52,640  

Futures contracts

      77,493,695  
   

 

 

 
      (194,165,507
   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

   

Investments — unaffiliated

      129,191,908  

Investments — affiliated

      (35,465

Futures contracts

      (8,625,571

Unfunded commitments

      42,147,931  
   

 

 

 
      162,678,803  
   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss

      (31,486,704
   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

    $ 41,198,243  
   

 

 

 

(a)  Related to TOB Trusts.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

   

BlackRock California

Municipal Opportunities Fund

   

BlackRock New Jersey

Municipal Bond Fund

 
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
   

Six Months Ended

11/30/23

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

05/31/23

   

Six Months Ended

11/30/23

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

05/31/23

 

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

         

OPERATIONS

         

Net investment income

  $ 37,090,805     $ 72,467,128       $ 5,246,508     $ 10,368,294  

Net realized loss

    (2,884,158     (81,035,207       (243,950     (9,386,074

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    9,272,530         (2,793,898       1,422,139         (1,372,460
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    43,479,177       (11,361,977       6,424,697       (390,240
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

         

Institutional

    (24,310,793     (47,287,796       (3,043,987     (5,877,639

Service

                  (109,970     (214,335

Investor A

    (9,001,246     (18,938,904       (1,614,769     (3,362,616

Investor A1

    (1,165,522     (2,262,197       (221,173     (451,980

Investor C

    (614,438     (1,283,033       (158,504     (348,680

Class K

    (1,252,418     (2,191,985       (41,576     (79,862
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (36,344,417     (71,963,915       (5,189,979     (10,335,112
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

         

Net decrease in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    (280,795,397     (419,640,427       (9,818,495     (31,860,802
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

         

Total decrease in net assets

    (273,660,637     (502,966,319       (8,583,777     (42,586,154

Beginning of period

    2,532,142,327       3,035,108,646         302,505,930       345,092,084  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $  2,258,481,690     $  2,532,142,327       $ 293,922,153     $  302,505,930  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a)  Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

   

BlackRock Pennsylvania

Municipal Bond Fund

   

BlackRock Impact

Municipal Fund

 
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
   

Six Months Ended

11/30/23

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

05/31/23

   

Six Months Ended

11/30/23
(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

05/31/23

 

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

           

OPERATIONS

                   

Net investment income

    $ 6,238,282     $ 12,592,321       $ 855,648     $ 1,516,731  

Net realized gain (loss)

      (1,049,678     (24,873,741       83,360       (638,372

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

      (292,643     695,378         669,581       (737,836
   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

      4,895,961       (11,586,042       1,608,589         140,523  
   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

           

Institutional

      (4,007,052     (8,259,921       (2,859     (4,088

Service

      (16,862     (30,318              

Investor A

      (1,812,988     (3,583,608       (1,599     (3,066

Investor A1

      (102,508 )        (212,195              

Investor C

      (108,554     (241,670              

Class K

      (154,931     (248,217       (844,528     (1,659,843
   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

      (6,202,895     (12,575,929       (848,986     (1,666,997
   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

           

Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

      (19,677,935     (90,981,845       306,780       68,683  
   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

           

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

      (20,984,869     (115,143,816       1,066,383       (1,457,791

Beginning of period

      384,010,223       499,154,039         47,579,265       49,037,056  
   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 363,025,354     $ 384,010,223       $  48,645,648     $  47,579,265  
   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a)  Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

   

BlackRock Strategic

Municipal Opportunities Fund

 
 

 

 

 
   

Six Months Ended

11/30/23

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

05/31/23

 

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

   

OPERATIONS

   

Net investment income

  $ 72,684,947     $ 165,357,411  

Net realized loss

    (194,165,507     (516,639,186

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    162,678,803           170,372,790  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    41,198,243       (180,908,985
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

   

Institutional

    (54,854,594     (128,119,888

Investor A

    (12,368,383     (28,520,212

Investor A1

    (246,349     (502,679

Investor C

    (727,969     (1,746,021

Class K

    (2,751,787     (3,417,734
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (70,949,082     (162,306,534
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

   

Net decrease in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    (928,701,137     (1,921,094,259
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   

Total decrease in net assets

    (958,451,976     (2,264,309,778

Beginning of period

    5,120,053,374       7,384,363,152  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $  4,161,601,398     $ 5,120,053,374  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a)  Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund  
    Institutional  
    

 

Six Months Ended

11/30/23

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

05/31/23

   

Year Ended

05/31/22

   

Year Ended

05/31/21

   

Year Ended

05/31/20

   

Year Ended

05/31/19

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 11.74     $ 12.05     $ 13.08     $ 12.21     $ 12.71     $ 12.76  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.18       0.33       0.25       0.25       0.27       0.34  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.08       (0.31     (1.03     0.87       (0.50     0.19  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.26       0.02       (0.78     1.12       (0.23     0.53  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

             

From net investment income

               (0.18     (0.33     (0.25     (0.25     (0.27     (0.34

From net realized gain

                                    (0.24
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.18     (0.33     (0.25     (0.25     (0.27     (0.58
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 11.82     $ 11.74     $ 12.05     $ 13.08     $ 12.21     $ 12.71  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

             

Based on net asset value

      2.27 %(d)      0.23 %(e)      (6.06 )%      9.26     (1.85 )%      4.28
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

             

Total expenses(g)

      0.61 %(h)      0.64     0.49     0.48     0.57     0.63
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.54 %(h)      0.60     0.47     0.46     0.55     0.61
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(i)

      0.44 %(h)      0.44     0.44     0.43     0.43     0.44
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.18 %(h)      2.84     1.95     1.98     2.13     2.70
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

             

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 1,461,357     $  1,646,282     $  1,907,899     $  1,922,918     $  1,865,633     $  2,016,387  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $ 52,975     $ 83,195     $ 147,795     $ 143,145     $ 148,145     $ 253,167  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      42     52     82     53     117     126
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a) Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(c)  Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(d) Not annualized.

(e) Includes payment from an affiliate, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

(f)  Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(g) Includes recoupment of past waived and/or reimbursed fees. Excluding the recoupment of past waived and/or reimbursed fees, the expense ratios were as follows:

 

  

  

   

  

  

   

  

            

 

Six Months Ended

11/30/23

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

05/31/23

   

Year Ended

05/31/22

   

Year Ended

05/31/21

   

Year Ended

05/31/20

   

Year Ended

05/31/19

 
  Expense ratios              N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       0.56     0.62
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(h) 

Annualized.

(i) 

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund (continued)  
    Investor A  
    

Six Months Ended

11/30/23

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

05/31/23

   

Year Ended

05/31/22

   

Year Ended

05/31/21

   

Year Ended

05/31/20

   

Year Ended

05/31/19

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 11.73       $ 12.04       $ 13.07     $ 12.19     $ 12.70             $ 12.75  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.17         0.31         0.22       0.22       0.24         0.31  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

                 0.08         (0.32       (1.03     0.88       (0.51       0.19  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.25         (0.01       (0.81     1.10       (0.27       0.50  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

                         

From net investment income

      (0.17       (0.30             (0.22     (0.22     (0.24       (0.31

From net realized gain

                                          (0.24
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.17       (0.30       (0.22     (0.22     (0.24       (0.55
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 11.81       $ 11.73       $ 12.04     $ 13.07     $ 12.19       $ 12.70  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

                   

Based on net asset value

      2.14 %(d)        (0.02 )%(e)        (6.30 )%         9.09 %         (2.18 )%        4.02
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

                   

Total expenses

      0.84 %(g)        0.87       0.72     0.72     0.82 %(h)        0.88 %(h) 
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.79 %(g)        0.85       0.71     0.71     0.80       0.86
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(i)

      0.69 %(g)        0.68       0.68     0.68     0.68       0.69
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

      2.94 %(g)        2.60       1.69     1.74     1.88       2.45
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                   

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 597,645       $  661,274       $  843,462     $  1,025,162     $  1,069,541       $  941,069  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $ 52,975       $ 83,195       $ 147,795     $ 143,145     $ 148,145       $ 253,167  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      42       52       82     53     117       126
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(c) 

Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(d) 

Not annualized.

(e) 

Includes payment from an affiliate, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

(f) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(g) 

Annualized.

(h) 

Includes recoupment of past waived and/or reimbursed fees with no financial impact to the expense ratio.

(i) 

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

        BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund (continued)  
        Investor A1  
         

Six Months Ended
11/30/23

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

05/31/23

   

Year Ended

05/31/22

   

Year Ended

05/31/21

   

Year Ended

05/31/20

   

Year Ended

05/31/19

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 11.74       $ 12.05       $ 13.08       $ 12.20       $ 12.71       $ 12.76  
     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.18         0.32         0.24         0.24         0.26         0.33  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.08         (0.31       (1.03       0.88         (0.51       0.19  
     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.26         0.01         (0.79       1.12         (0.25       0.52  
     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

                             

From net investment income

      (0.18       (0.32       (0.24       (0.24       (0.26       (0.33

From net realized gain

                                              (0.24
     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.18       (0.32       (0.24       (0.24       (0.26       (0.57
     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 11.82       $ 11.74             $ 12.05             $ 13.08             $ 12.20       $ 12.71  
     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

                             

Based on net asset value

      2.22 %(d)        0.14 %(e)        (6.15 )%        9.25       (2.01 )%        4.18
     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

                       

Total expenses(g)

      0.69 %(h)        0.72       0.57       0.57       0.65       0.72
     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.63 %(h)        0.69       0.56       0.56       0.63       0.70
     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(i)

      0.53 %(h)        0.53       0.53       0.53       0.51       0.53
     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.09 %(h)        2.75       1.85       1.89       2.08       2.61
     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                       

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 77,054       $ 78,960       $ 88,442       $ 103,726       $ 103,229       $ 112,554  
     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $  52,975       $  83,195       $  147,795       $  143,145       $  148,145       $  253,167  
     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

                    42       52       82       53       117       126
     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

(a) Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(c)  Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(d) Not annualized.

(e) Includes payment from an affiliate, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

(f)  Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(g) Includes recoupment of past waived and/or reimbursed fees. Excluding the recoupment of past waived and/or reimbursed fees, the expense ratios were as follows:

 

  

  

   

  

  

   

  

             
            

Six Months Ended

11/30/23

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

05/31/23

   

Year Ended

05/31/22

   

Year Ended

05/31/21

   

Year Ended

05/31/20

   

Year Ended

05/31/19

 
  Expense ratios       N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A         0.65       0.71
     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(h) 

Annualized.

(i) 

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund (continued)  
    Investor C  
    

Six Months Ended

11/30/23

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

05/31/23

   

Year Ended

05/31/22

   

Year Ended

05/31/21

   

Year Ended

05/31/20

   

Year Ended

05/31/19

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 11.74       $ 12.05       $ 13.08             $ 12.21       $ 12.71       $ 12.76  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.13         0.22         0.12         0.12         0.14         0.21  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.07         (0.31       (1.03       0.87               (0.50             0.19  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.20         (0.09       (0.91       0.99         (0.36       0.40  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

                                    

From net investment income

      (0.12             (0.22       (0.12       (0.12       (0.14       (0.21

From net realized gain

                                              (0.24
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.12       (0.22       (0.12       (0.12       (0.14       (0.45
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 11.82       $ 11.74       $ 12.05       $ 13.08       $ 12.21       $ 12.71  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

                       

Based on net asset value

      1.76 %(d)        (0.77 )%(e)        (7.00 )%        8.17       (2.82 )%        3.24
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

                       

Total expenses

      1.60 %(g)        1.63       1.48       1.48       1.57 %(h)        1.63 %(h) 
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      1.54 %(g)        1.60       1.47       1.47       1.56       1.61
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(i)

      1.44 %(g)        1.44       1.44       1.44       1.43       1.44
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

      2.18 %(g)        1.84       0.93       0.99       1.14       1.70
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                       

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 53,716       $ 62,713       $ 84,141       $ 107,235       $ 144,972       $ 150,543  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $ 52,975       $  83,195       $  147,795       $  143,145       $  148,145       $  253,167  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      42       52       82       53       117       126
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(c) 

Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(d) 

Not annualized.

(e) 

Includes payment from an affiliate, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

(f) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(g) 

Annualized.

(h) 

Includes recoupment of past waived and/or reimbursed fees with no financial impact to the expense ratio.

(i) 

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund (continued)  
    Class K  
    

Six Months Ended

11/30/23

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

05/31/23

   

Year Ended

05/31/22

   

Year Ended

05/31/21

   

Year Ended

05/31/20

   

Year Ended

05/31/19

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 11.74             $ 12.05       $ 13.08       $ 12.21       $ 12.71       $ 12.76  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

                   0.19         0.34         0.26         0.26         0.28         0.34  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.08         (0.31       (1.04       0.87         (0.50       0.19  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.27         0.03               (0.78             1.13               (0.22       0.53  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

                             

From net investment income

      (0.18       (0.34       (0.25       (0.26       (0.28       (0.34

From net realized gain

                                              (0.24
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.18       (0.34       (0.25       (0.26       (0.28       (0.58
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 11.83       $ 11.74       $ 12.05       $ 13.08       $ 12.21       $ 12.71  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

                       

Based on net asset value

      2.38 %(d)        0.28 %(e)        (6.01 )%        9.31       (1.80 )%        4.33
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

                       

Total expenses

      0.54 %(g)        0.58       0.43       0.43       0.51 %(h)        0.58
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.49 %(g)        0.55       0.42       0.42       0.50       0.56
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(i)

      0.39 %(g)        0.39       0.39       0.39       0.38       0.39
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.23 %(g)        2.87       1.99       2.02       2.19       2.71
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                       

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 68,710       $  82,913       $  111,164       $  108,489       $  108,494       $  113,480  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $ 52,975       $ 83,195       $ 147,795       $ 143,145       $ 148,145       $ 253,167  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      42       52       82       53       117       126
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(c) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(d) 

Not annualized.

(e) 

Includes payment from an affiliate, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

(f) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(g) 

Annualized.

(h) 

Includes recoupment of past waived and/or reimbursed fees with no financial impact to the expense ratio.

(i) 

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund  
    Institutional  
    Six Months Ended
11/30/23
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
05/31/23
    Year Ended
05/31/22
    Year Ended
05/31/21
   

Year Ended
05/31/20

   

Year Ended

05/31/19

 
                         

Net asset value, beginning of period

               $ 10.15             $ 10.45             $ 11.59             $ 10.84             $ 11.30             $ 11.05  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.18         0.35         0.31         0.35         0.37         0.40  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.06         (0.30       (1.15       0.75         (0.46       0.25  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.24         0.05         (0.84       1.10         (0.09       0.65  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(b)

      (0.18       (0.35       (0.30       (0.35       (0.37       (0.40
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 10.21       $ 10.15       $ 10.45       $ 11.59       $ 10.84       $ 11.30  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

                       

Based on net asset value

      2.43 %(d)        0.53       (7.37 )%        10.23       (0.89 )%        6.05
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

                       

Total expenses

      0.74 %(f)        0.75       0.74       0.73       0.81       0.85
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.53 %(f)        0.55       0.56       0.56       0.63       0.65
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(g)

      0.53 %(f)        0.52       0.52       0.52       0.52       0.52
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.66 %(f)        3.44       2.70       3.06       3.27       3.65
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                       

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 168,261       $  168,721       $  190,069       $  215,903       $  188,512       $  178,716  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $       $       $ 16,739       $ 17,972       $ 22,054       $ 16,419  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      4       35       20       16       21       15
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(c) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(d) 

Not annualized.

(e) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(f) 

Annualized.

(g) 

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund (continued)  
    Service  
   

Six Months Ended

11/30/23

(unaudited)

    Year Ended
05/31/23
    Year Ended
05/31/22
    Year Ended
05/31/21
    Year Ended
05/31/20
    Year Ended
05/31/19
 
                         

Net asset value, beginning of period

                 $ 10.15             $ 10.45             $ 11.59             $ 10.84             $ 11.30             $ 11.05  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.17         0.32         0.27         0.32         0.34         0.37  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.06         (0.30       (1.13       0.75         (0.46       0.25  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.23         0.02         (0.86       1.07         (0.12       0.62  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(b)

      (0.17       (0.32       (0.28       (0.32       (0.34       (0.37
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 10.21       $ 10.15       $ 10.45       $ 11.59       $ 10.84       $ 11.30  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

                       

Based on net asset value

      2.30 %(d)        0.28       (7.60 )%        9.96       (1.13 )%        5.79
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

                       

Total expenses

      0.97 %(f)        0.99       0.96       0.96       1.02       1.08
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.78 %(f)        0.80       0.81       0.81       0.88       0.90
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(g)

      0.78 %(f)        0.77       0.77       0.77       0.77       0.77
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.41 %(f)        3.19       2.42       2.77       2.98       3.34
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                       

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 6,513       $  6,622       $ 7,293       $ 7,955       $ 7,466       $ 7,874  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $       $       $  16,739       $  17,972       $  22,054       $  16,419  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      4       35       20       16       21       15
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(c) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(d) 

Not annualized.

(e) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(f) 

Annualized.

(g) 

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund (continued)  
    Investor A  
    Six Months Ended                                
    11/30/23     Year Ended     Year Ended     Year Ended     Year Ended     Year Ended  
    (unaudited)     05/31/23     05/31/22     05/31/21     05/31/20     05/31/19  
                         

Net asset value, beginning of period

                 $ 10.16             $ 10.46             $ 11.60             $ 10.85             $ 11.31             $ 11.06  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.17         0.32         0.28         0.32         0.34         0.37  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.06         (0.30       (1.14       0.75         (0.46       0.25  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.23         0.02         (0.86       1.07         (0.12       0.62  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(b)

      (0.17       (0.32       (0.28       (0.32       (0.34       (0.37
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 10.22       $ 10.16       $ 10.46       $ 11.60       $ 10.85       $ 11.31  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

                       

Based on net asset value

      2.30 %(d)        0.28       (7.59 )%        9.96       (1.13 )%        5.79
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

                       

Total expenses

      0.93 %(f)        0.95       0.94       0.93       1.02       1.05
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.77 %(f)        0.80       0.81       0.80       0.88       0.90
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(g)

      0.77 %(f)        0.77       0.77       0.77       0.77       0.77
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.42 %(f)        3.19       2.45       2.81       3.01       3.39
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                       

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 92,790       $  99,046       $  112,909       $  128,040       $  106,048       $  90,055  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $       $       $ 16,739       $ 17,972       $ 22,054       $ 16,419  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      4       35       20       16       21       15
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(c) 

Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(d) 

Not annualized.

(e) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(f) 

Annualized.

(g) 

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund (continued)  
    Investor A1  
    Six Months Ended                                
    11/30/23     Year Ended     Year Ended     Year Ended     Year Ended     Year Ended  
    (unaudited)     05/31/23     05/31/22     05/31/21     05/31/20     05/31/19  
                         

Net asset value, beginning of period

                 $ 10.17             $ 10.47             $ 11.60             $ 10.85             $ 11.31             $ 11.06  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.18         0.34         0.29         0.34         0.36         0.39  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.05         (0.30       (1.13       0.75         (0.46       0.25  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.23         0.04         (0.84       1.09         (0.10       0.64  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(b)

      (0.18       (0.34       (0.29       (0.34       (0.36       (0.39
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 10.22       $ 10.17       $ 10.47       $ 11.60       $ 10.85       $ 11.31  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

                       

Based on net asset value

      2.28 %(d)        0.44       (7.35 )%        10.12       (0.97 )%        5.95
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

                       

Total expenses

      0.79 %(f)        0.80       0.79       0.78       0.85       0.88
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.63 %(f)        0.65       0.66       0.65       0.73       0.74
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(g)

      0.63 %(f)        0.62       0.61       0.62       0.61       0.62
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.56 %(f)        3.34       2.59       2.96       3.16       3.54
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                       

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 12,535       $  12,899       $  14,636       $  17,417       $  17,241       $  19,760  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $       $       $ 16,739       $ 17,972       $ 22,054       $ 16,419  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      4       35       20       16       21       15
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(c) 

Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(d) 

Not annualized.

(e) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(f) 

Annualized.

(g) 

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund (continued)  
    Investor C  
    Six Months Ended                                
    11/30/23     Year Ended     Year Ended     Year Ended     Year Ended     Year Ended  
    (unaudited)     05/31/23     05/31/22     05/31/21     05/31/20     05/31/19  
                         

Net asset value, beginning of period

                 $ 10.15             $ 10.45             $ 11.59             $ 10.84             $ 11.30             $ 11.05  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.13         0.25         0.19         0.23         0.25         0.29  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.06         (0.30       (1.14       0.75         (0.45       0.25  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.19         (0.05       (0.95       0.98         (0.20       0.54  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(b)

      (0.13       (0.25       (0.19       (0.23       (0.26       (0.29
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 10.21       $ 10.15       $ 10.45       $ 11.59       $ 10.84       $ 11.30  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

                       

Based on net asset value

      1.92 %(d)        (0.47 )%        (8.29 )%        9.14       (1.87 )%        5.00
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

                       

Total expenses

      1.70 %(f)        1.71       1.70       1.68       1.76       1.79
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      1.53 %(f)        1.55       1.56       1.56       1.63       1.64
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(g)

      1.53 %(f)        1.52       1.52       1.52       1.52       1.52
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

      2.66 %(f)        2.44       1.68       2.06       2.26       2.64
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                       

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 11,739       $  12,896       $  17,672       $  26,004       $  32,313       $  31,234  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $       $       $ 16,739       $ 17,972       $ 22,054       $ 16,419  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      4       35       20       16       21       15
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(c) 

Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(d) 

Not annualized.

(e) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(f) 

Annualized.

(g) 

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund (continued)  
    Class K  
   

Six Months Ended

11/30/23

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

05/31/23

   

Year Ended

05/31/22

   

Year Ended

05/31/21

   

Year Ended

05/31/20

   

Year Ended

05/31/19

 
                         

Net asset value, beginning of period

                    $ 10.15          $ 10.45          $ 11.59          $ 10.83          $ 11.30          $ 11.04  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.19         0.35         0.31         0.35         0.37         0.41  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.04         (0.30       (1.14       0.76         (0.47       0.26  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.23         0.05         (0.83       1.11         (0.10       0.67  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(b)

      (0.18       (0.35       (0.31       (0.35       (0.37       (0.41
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 10.20       $ 10.15       $ 10.45       $ 11.59       $ 10.83       $ 11.30  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

                       

Based on net asset value

      2.35 %(d)        0.58       (7.32 )%        10.39       (0.93 )%        6.20
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

                       

Total expenses

      0.65 %(f)        0.66       0.65       0.64       0.72       0.75
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.48 %(f)        0.50       0.51       0.51       0.58       0.60
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(g)

      0.48 %(f)        0.47       0.47       0.47       0.47       0.47
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.71 %(f)        3.49       2.75       3.10       3.32       3.70
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                       

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 2,084       $ 2,322       $ 2,513       $ 2,902       $ 2,075       $ 1,660  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $       $       $ 16,739       $ 17,972       $ 22,054       $ 16,419  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      4       35       20       16       21       15
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(c) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(d) 

Not annualized.

(e) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(f) 

Annualized.

(g) 

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund  
    Institutional  
   

Six Months Ended

11/30/23

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

05/31/23

   

Year Ended

05/31/22

   

Year Ended

05/31/21

   

Year Ended

05/31/20

   

Year Ended

05/31/19

 
                         

Net asset value, beginning of period

                $ 9.69       $ 10.18       $ 11.29       $ 10.75       $ 11.11       $ 10.98  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.17            0.30            0.27            0.33            0.38            0.43  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      (0.03       (0.49       (1.11       0.54         (0.36       0.13  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.14         (0.19       (0.84       0.87         0.02         0.56  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(b)

      (0.17       (0.30       (0.27       (0.33       (0.38       (0.43
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 9.66       $ 9.69       $ 10.18       $ 11.29       $ 10.75       $ 11.11  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

                       

Based on net asset value

      1.44 %(d)        (1.82 )%        (7.56 )%        8.20       0.14       5.22
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

                       

Total expenses

      0.78 %(f)        0.79       0.78       0.79       0.93       1.04
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.55 %(f)        0.58       0.59       0.61       0.75       0.84
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(g)

      0.55 %(f)        0.54       0.54       0.54       0.54       0.54
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.50 %(f)        3.08       2.47       2.98       3.44       3.93
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                       

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 228,985       $  240,595       $  325,614       $  403,080       $  370,399       $  379,911  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $       $       $ 29,938       $ 49,169       $ 64,784       $ 64,404  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      10       46       27       27       26       23
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(c) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(d) 

Not annualized.

(e) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(f) 

Annualized.

(g) 

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund (continued)  
    Service  
   

Six Months Ended

11/30/23

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

05/31/23

   

Year Ended

05/31/22

   

Year Ended

05/31/21

   

Year Ended

05/31/20

   

Year Ended

05/31/19

 
                         

Net asset value, beginning of period

                    $ 9.70           $ 10.19          $ 11.30          $ 10.76          $ 11.13          $ 10.99  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.15         0.28         0.24         0.30         0.35         0.40  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      (0.03       (0.49       (1.11       0.54         (0.37       0.14  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.12         (0.21       (0.87       0.84         (0.02       0.54  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(b)

      (0.15       (0.28       (0.24       (0.30       (0.35       (0.40
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 9.67       $ 9.70       $ 10.19       $ 11.30       $ 10.76       $ 11.13  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

                       

Based on net asset value

      1.32 %(d)        (2.05 )%        (7.79 )%        7.93       (0.20 )%        5.05
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

                       

Total expenses

      0.95 %(f)        0.99       0.98       0.97       1.14       1.26
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.80 %(f)        0.82       0.84       0.86       1.00       1.09
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(g)

      0.80 %(f)        0.79       0.79       0.79       0.79       0.79
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.26 %(f)        2.85       2.21       2.72       3.19       3.67
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                       

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 1,057       $ 1,067       $ 1,350       $ 2,367       $ 1,986       $ 2,080  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $       $       $  29,938       $  49,169       $  64,784       $  64,404  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      10       46       27       27       26       23
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(c) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(d) 

Not annualized.

(e) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(f) 

Annualized.

(g) 

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund (continued)  
    Investor A  
   

Six Months Ended

11/30/23

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

05/31/23

   

Year Ended

05/31/22

   

Year Ended

05/31/21

   

Year Ended

05/31/20

   

Year Ended

05/31/19

 
                         

Net asset value, beginning of period

                 $ 9.70          $ 10.19          $ 11.30          $ 10.76          $ 11.13          $ 10.99  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.16         0.28         0.25         0.30         0.35         0.40  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      (0.04       (0.49       (1.11       0.54         (0.37       0.14  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.12         (0.21       (0.86       0.84         (0.02       0.54  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(b)

      (0.15       (0.28       (0.25       (0.30       (0.35       (0.40
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 9.67       $ 9.70       $ 10.19       $ 11.30       $ 10.76       $ 11.13  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

                       

Based on net asset value

      1.32 %(d)        (2.05 )%        (7.78 )%        7.93       (0.20 )%        5.05
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

                       

Total expenses

      0.91 %(f)        0.93       0.93       0.94       1.09       1.19
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.79 %(f)        0.82       0.83       0.85       1.00       1.09
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(g)

      0.79 %(f)        0.78       0.78       0.78       0.79       0.79
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.26 %(f)        2.84       2.23       2.72       3.19       3.67
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                       

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 110,049       $  117,457       $  142,514       $  161,081       $  131,336       $  110,756  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $       $       $ 29,938       $ 49,169       $ 64,784       $ 64,404  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      10       46       27       27       26       23
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(c) 

Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(d) 

Not annualized.

(e) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(f) 

Annualized.

(g) 

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund (continued)  
    Investor A1  
   

Six Months Ended

11/30/23

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

05/31/23

   

Year Ended

05/31/22

   

Year Ended

05/31/21

   

Year Ended

05/31/20

   

Year Ended

05/31/19

 
                         

Net asset value, beginning of period

                    $ 9.71          $ 10.20          $ 11.30          $ 10.77          $ 11.13          $ 11.00  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.16         0.29         0.26         0.32         0.37         0.42  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      (0.03       (0.49       (1.10       0.53         (0.36       0.13  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.13         (0.20       (0.84       0.85         0.01         0.55  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(b)

      (0.16       (0.29       (0.26       (0.32       (0.37       (0.42
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 9.68       $ 9.71       $ 10.20       $ 11.30       $ 10.77       $ 11.13  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

                       

Based on net asset value

      1.40 %(d)        (1.91 )%        (7.56 )%        7.99       0.04       5.11
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

                       

Total expenses

      0.82 %(f)        0.83       0.81       0.82       0.96       1.05
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.65 %(f)        0.68       0.69       0.71       0.85       0.94
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(g)

      0.65 %(f)        0.64       0.64       0.64       0.64       0.64
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.40 %(f)        2.99       2.37       2.88       3.34       3.83
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                       

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 6,074       $ 6,354       $ 7,651       $ 8,925       $ 9,462       $ 10,502  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $       $       $  29,938       $  49,169       $  64,784       $  64,404  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      10       46       27       27       26       23
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(c) 

Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(d) 

Not annualized.

(e) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(f) 

Annualized.

(g) 

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund (continued)  
    Investor C  
   

Six Months Ended

11/30/23

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

05/31/23

   

Year Ended

05/31/22

   

Year Ended

05/31/21

   

Year Ended

05/31/20

   

Year Ended

05/31/19

 
                         

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 9.70       $ 10.19       $ 11.30       $ 10.76       $ 11.12       $ 10.99  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.12         0.20         0.16         0.22         0.27         0.32  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

                       (0.03             (0.49           (1.11             0.54               (0.36             0.13  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.09         (0.29       (0.95       0.76         (0.09       0.45  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(b)

      (0.12       (0.20       (0.16       (0.22       (0.27       (0.32
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 9.67       $ 9.70       $ 10.19       $ 11.30       $ 10.76       $ 11.12  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

                       

Based on net asset value

      0.94 %(d)        (2.79 )%        (8.48 )%        7.12       (0.85 )%        4.18
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

                       

Total expenses

      1.72 %(f)        1.73       1.70       1.71       1.85       1.95
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      1.55 %(f)        1.58       1.59       1.61       1.75       1.84
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(g)

      1.55 %(f)        1.54       1.54       1.54       1.54       1.54
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

      2.50 %(f)        2.08       1.47       2.00       2.44       2.93
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                       

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $  8,102       $  10,190       $  14,249       $  20,866       $  29,078       $  29,936  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $       $       $ 29,938       $ 49,169       $ 64,784       $ 64,404  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      10       46       27       27       26       23
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(c) 

Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(d) 

Not annualized.

(e) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(f) 

Annualized.

(g) 

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund (continued)  
    Class K  
   

Six Months Ended

11/30/23

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

05/31/23

   

Year Ended

05/31/22

   

Year Ended

05/31/21

   

Year Ended

05/31/20

   

Year Ended

05/31/19

 
                         

Net asset value, beginning of period

                 $ 9.69       $ 10.18       $ 11.29       $ 10.75       $ 11.11       $ 10.98  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.17         0.31         0.28         0.33         0.38         0.43  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      (0.03             (0.49             (1.11             0.55               (0.35             0.13  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.14         (0.18       (0.83       0.88         0.03         0.56  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(b)

      (0.17       (0.31       (0.28       (0.34       (0.39       (0.43
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 9.66       $ 9.69       $ 10.18       $ 11.29       $ 10.75       $ 11.11  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

                       

Based on net asset value

      1.47 %(d)        (1.77 )%        (7.52 )%        8.25       0.19       5.28
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

                       

Total expenses

      0.63 %(f)        0.65       0.64       0.65       0.80       0.90
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.50 %(f)        0.53       0.54       0.56       0.70       0.79
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(g)

      0.50 %(f)        0.49       0.49       0.49       0.49       0.49
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.56 %(f)        3.15       2.53       3.01       3.48       3.98
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                       

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 8,759       $  8,347       $ 7,776       $ 6,334       $ 3,982       $ 2,329  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $       $       $  29,938       $  49,169       $  64,784       $  64,404  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      10       46       27       27       26       23
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(c) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(d) 

Not annualized.

(e) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(f) 

Annualized.

(g) 

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

           BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund  
           Institutional  
    Six Months Ended                  Period from  
    11/30/23       Year Ended          03/14/22 (a) 
    (unaudited)            05/31/23     to 05/31/22  
             

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 9.50        $ 9.81        $ 10.00  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

      0.17          0.30          0.03  

Net realized and unrealized gain

      0.14          (0.28        (0.19
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

                       0.31                0.02                (0.16
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Distributions(c)

             

From net investment income

      (0.17        (0.30        (0.03

From net realized gain

               (0.03         
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.17        (0.33        (0.03
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 9.64        $ 9.50        $ 9.81  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

             

Based on net asset value

      3.29 %(e)         0.27        (1.61 )%(e) 
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

             

Total expenses

      1.05 %(g)         1.30 %(h)         1.13 %(g)(i)(j) 
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.59 %(g)         0.57        0.58 %(g) 
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.60 %(g)         3.16        1.44 %(g) 
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

             

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 227        $ 122        $ 98  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      12        36       
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) 

Not annualized.

(f) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(g) 

Annualized.

(h) 

Includes non-recurring expenses of offering costs. Without these costs, total expenses would have been 1.04%.

(i) 

Includes non-recurring expenses of organization and offering costs. Without these costs, total expenses would have been 1.05%.

(j) 

Audit, printing, offering and organization costs were not annualized in the calculation of the expense ratios. If these expenses were annualized, the total expenses would have been 1.77%.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund (continued)  
           Investor A  
    Six Months Ended                  Period from  
    11/30/23       Year Ended          03/14/22 (a) 
    (unaudited)            05/31/23     to 05/31/22  
             

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 9.50        $ 9.81        $ 10.00  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

      0.16          0.28          0.02  

Net realized and unrealized gain

      0.15          (0.28        (0.19
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

      0.31                               (0.17
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Distributions(c)

             

From net investment income

      (0.16        (0.28        (0.02

From net realized gain

                                (0.03         
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.16        (0.31        (0.02
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 9.65        $ 9.50        $ 9.81  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

             

Based on net asset value

      3.28 %(e)         0.03        (1.66 )%(e) 
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

             

Total expenses

      1.33 %(g)         1.60 %(h)         1.37 %(g)(i)(j) 
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.81 %(g)         0.81        0.83 %(g) 
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.36 %(g)         2.92        1.19 %(g) 
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

             

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 158        $ 97        $ 98  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      12        36       
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d) 

Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) 

Not annualized.

(f) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(g) 

Annualized.

(h) 

Includes non-recurring expenses of offering costs. Without these costs, total expenses would have been 1.34%.

(i) 

Includes non-recurring expenses of organization and offering costs. Without these costs, total expenses would have been 1.30%.

(j) 

Audit, printing, offering and organization costs were not annualized in the calculation of the expense ratios. If these expenses were annualized, the total expenses would have been 2.02%.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund (continued)  
    Class K  
    Six Months Ended                  Period from  
    11/30/23       Year Ended          03/14/22 (a) 
    (unaudited)            05/31/23     to 05/31/22  
             

Net asset value, beginning of period

                     $ 9.50        $ 9.81        $ 10.00  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

      0.17          0.30          0.03  

Net realized and unrealized gain

      0.15                (0.28              (0.19
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

      0.32          0.02          (0.16
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Distributions(c)

             

From net investment income

      (0.17        (0.30        (0.03

From net realized gain

               (0.03         
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.17        (0.33        (0.03
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 9.65        $ 9.50        $ 9.81  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

             

Based on net asset value

      3.42 %(e)         0.31        (1.60 )%(e) 
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

             

Total expenses

      1.01 %(g)         1.23 %(h)         0.75 %(g)(i)(j) 
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.54 %(g)         0.53        0.53 %(g) 
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.63 %(g)         3.20        1.50 %(g) 
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

             

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 48,261        $ 47,360        $ 48,841  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      12        36       
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) 

Not annualized.

(f) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(g) 

Annualized.

(h) 

Includes non-recurring expenses of offering costs. Without these costs, total expenses would have been 0.96%.

(i) 

Includes non-recurring expenses of organization and offering costs. Without these costs, total expenses would have been 1.30%.

(j) 

Audit, printing, offering and organization costs were not annualized in the calculation of the expense ratios. If these expenses were annualized, the total expenses would have been 1.40%.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund  
    Institutional  
    

Six Months Ended

11/30/23

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

05/31/23

   

Year Ended

05/31/22

   

Year Ended

05/31/21

   

Year Ended

05/31/20

   

Year Ended

05/31/19

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 10.36     $ 10.84     $ 11.95     $ 10.90     $ 11.70     $ 11.75  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.16       0.29       0.25       0.27       0.29       0.35  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

                       (0.48     (1.11     1.04       (0.80     0.14  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.16       (0.19     (0.86     1.31       (0.51     0.49  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

             

From net investment income

      (0.16     (0.29     (0.25     (0.26     (0.29     (0.35

From net realized gain

                                    (0.19
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.16     (0.29     (0.25     (0.26     (0.29     (0.54
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 10.36     $ 10.36     $ 10.84     $ 11.95     $ 10.90     $ 11.70  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

             

Based on net asset value

      1.56 %(d)      (1.74 )%(e)      (7.34 )%      12.18     (4.46 )%      4.41
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

             

Total expenses

      0.77 %(g)      0.83     0.67     0.67     0.75     0.82
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.71 %(g)      0.77     0.63     0.61     0.70     0.77
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(h)

      0.66 %(g)      0.59     0.55     0.55     0.54     0.55
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.15 %(g)      2.80     2.10     2.32     2.53     3.05
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

             

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $  3,179,983     $  3,992,499     $  5,736,839     $  6,514,428     $  6,827,755     $  8,539,776  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $ 61,150     $ 103,390     $ 745,620     $ 764,712     $ 869,463     $ 960,205  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      45     51     106     100     119     68
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(c) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(d) 

Not annualized.

(e) 

Includes payment from an affiliate, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

(f) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(g) 

Annualized.

(h) 

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund (continued)  
    Investor A  
    

Six Months Ended

11/30/23

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

05/31/23

   

Year Ended

05/31/22

   

Year Ended

05/31/21

   

Year Ended

05/31/20

   

Year Ended

05/31/19

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

               $ 10.35     $ 10.83     $ 11.94     $ 10.90     $ 11.69     $ 11.74  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.15       0.27       0.22       0.24       0.27       0.33  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.01       (0.48     (1.11     1.04       (0.79     0.14  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.16       (0.21     (0.89     1.28       (0.52     0.47  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

             

From net investment income

      (0.15     (0.27     (0.22     (0.24     (0.27     (0.33

From net realized gain

                                    (0.19
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.15     (0.27     (0.22     (0.24     (0.27     (0.52
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 10.36     $ 10.35     $ 10.83     $ 11.94     $ 10.90     $ 11.69  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

             

Based on net asset value

      1.56 %(d)      (1.95 )%(e)      (7.55 )%      11.83     (4.59 )%      4.17
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

             

Total expenses

      0.97 %(g)      1.04     0.89     0.89     0.98     1.05
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.91 %(g)      0.98     0.85     0.84     0.92     1.00
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(h)

      0.86 %(g)      0.80     0.77     0.77     0.76     0.78
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

      2.96 %(g)      2.60     1.88     2.10     2.31     2.82
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

             

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 804,955     $ 938,420     $  1,367,516     $  1,717,910     $  1,871,557     $  1,846,094  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $ 61,150     $ 103,390     $ 745,620     $ 764,712     $ 869,463     $ 960,205  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      45     51     106     100     119     68
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(c) 

Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(d) 

Not annualized.

(e) 

Includes payment from an affiliate, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

(f) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(g) 

Annualized.

(h) 

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund (continued)  
    Investor A1  
   

Six Months Ended

11/30/23

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

05/31/23

   

Year Ended

05/31/22

   

Year Ended

05/31/21

   

Year Ended

05/31/20

   

Year Ended

05/31/19

 
               

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 10.35     $ 10.83     $ 11.94     $ 10.90     $ 11.70     $ 11.75  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

                   0.16       0.29       0.24       0.26       0.29       0.35  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

            (0.49     (1.11     1.03       (0.81     0.14  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.16       (0.20     (0.87     1.29       (0.52     0.49  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

             

From net investment income

      (0.15     (0.28     (0.24     (0.25     (0.28     (0.35

From net realized gain

                                    (0.19
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.15     (0.28     (0.24     (0.25     (0.28     (0.54
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 10.36     $ 10.35     $ 10.83     $ 11.94     $ 10.90     $ 11.70  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

             

Based on net asset value

      1.63 %(d)      (1.81 )%(e)      (7.42 )%      11.99     (4.52 )%      4.33
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

             

Total expenses

      0.84 %(g)      0.90     0.74     0.75     0.82     0.90
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.78 %(g)      0.84     0.71     0.69     0.76     0.84
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(h)

      0.73 %(g)      0.66     0.63     0.63     0.60     0.62
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.09 %(g)      2.75     2.03     2.25     2.48     2.99
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

             

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 16,129     $ 16,987     $ 21,176     $ 24,645     $ 23,881     $ 27,606  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $ 61,150     $ 103,390     $ 745,620     $ 764,712     $ 869,463     $ 960,205  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      45     51     106     100     119     68
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(c) 

Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(d) 

Not annualized.

(e) 

Includes payment from an affiliate, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

(f) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(g) 

Annualized.

(h) 

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund (continued)  
    Investor C  
   

Six Months Ended

11/30/23

(unaudited)

    Year Ended
05/31/23
   

Year Ended

05/31/22

   

Year Ended

05/31/21

   

Year Ended

05/31/20

   

Year Ended

05/31/19

 
               

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 10.36     $ 10.84     $ 11.95     $ 10.90     $ 11.70     $ 11.75  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

                   0.11       0.19       0.13       0.15       0.18       0.24  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

            (0.48     (1.11     1.05       (0.80     0.14  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.11       (0.29     (0.98     1.20       (0.62     0.38  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

             

From net investment income

      (0.11     (0.19     (0.13     (0.15     (0.18     (0.24

From net realized gain

                                    (0.19
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.11     (0.19     (0.13     (0.15     (0.18     (0.43
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 10.36     $ 10.36     $ 10.84     $ 11.95     $ 10.90     $ 11.70  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

             

Based on net asset value

      1.07 %(d)      (2.70 )%(e)      (8.25 )%      11.07     (5.39 )%      3.39
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

             

Total expenses

      1.74 %(g)      1.81     1.65     1.66     1.73     1.81
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      1.69 %(g)      1.75     1.61     1.61     1.68     1.75
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(h)

      1.63 %(g)      1.57     1.53     1.54     1.52     1.53
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

      2.18 %(g)      1.82     1.11     1.35     1.56     2.07
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

             

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 62,008     $ 78,322     $ 134,639     $ 184,220     $ 271,382     $ 307,887  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $ 61,150     $ 103,390     $ 745,620     $ 764,712     $ 869,463     $ 960,205  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      45     51     106     100     119     68
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(c) 

Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(d) 

Not annualized.

(e) 

Includes payment from an affiliate, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

(f) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(g) 

Annualized.

(h) 

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund (continued)  
    Class K  
    Six Months Ended
11/30/23
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
05/31/23
    Year Ended
05/31/22
    Year Ended
05/31/21
    Year Ended
05/31/20
    Year Ended
05/31/19
 
               

Net asset value, beginning of period

                 $ 10.36     $ 10.84     $ 11.95     $ 10.90     $ 11.70     $ 11.75  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.17       0.30       0.25       0.27       0.30       0.36  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      (0.01     (0.48     (1.11     1.05       (0.80     0.14  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.16       (0.18     (0.86     1.32       (0.50     0.50  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

             

From net investment income

      (0.16     (0.30     (0.25     (0.27     (0.30     (0.36

From net realized gain

                                    (0.19
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.16     (0.30     (0.25     (0.27     (0.30     (0.55
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 10.36     $ 10.36     $ 10.84     $ 11.95     $ 10.90     $ 11.70  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

             

Based on net asset value

      1.61 %(d)      (1.66 )%(e)      (7.28 )%      12.24     (4.39 )%      4.47
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

             

Total expenses

      0.66 %(g)      0.75     0.60     0.61     0.69     0.76
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.60 %(g)      0.70     0.56     0.56     0.63     0.71
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(h)

      0.55 %(g)      0.51     0.48     0.49     0.47     0.48
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.28 %(g)      2.88     2.16     2.37     2.59     3.11
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

             

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 98,526     $ 93,826     $ 124,194     $ 168,801     $ 162,366     $ 126,051  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $ 61,150     $ 103,390     $ 745,620     $ 764,712     $ 869,463     $ 960,205  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      45     51     106     100     119     68
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(c) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(d) 

Not annualized.

(e) 

Includes payment from an affiliate, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

(f) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(g) 

Annualized.

(h) 

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

1.

ORGANIZATION

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust, BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust, BlackRock Municipal Series Trust (each, a “Trust” or collectively, the “Trusts”) and BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (the “Corporation”) are each registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as open-end management investment companies. Each Trust is organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Corporation is organized as a Maryland corporation. The following are referred to herein collectively as the “Funds” or individually as a “Fund”:

 

 

Registrant Name   Fund Name    Herein Referred To As   

Diversification

Classification

 

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust

  BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund    California Municipal Opportunities    Diversified

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

  BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund    New Jersey Municipal Bond    Non-diversified
  BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund    Pennsylvania Municipal Bond    Non-diversified

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

  BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund    Impact Municipal    Diversified

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust

  BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund    Strategic Municipal Opportunities    Diversified

 

Each Fund offers multiple classes of shares. All classes of shares have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and are subject to the same terms and conditions, except that certain classes bear expenses related to the shareholder servicing and distribution of such shares. Institutional, Service and Class K Shares are sold only to certain eligible investors. Service, Investor A, Investor A1 and Investor C Shares bear certain expenses related to shareholder servicing of such shares, and Investor C Shares also bear certain expenses related to the distribution of such shares. Investor A and Investor C Shares are generally available through financial intermediaries. Investor A1 Shares are only available for dividend and capital gain reinvestment by existing shareholders, and for purchase by certain employer-sponsored retirement plans and, for California Municipal Opportunities only, fee based programs previously approved by the Fund. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters relating to its shareholder servicing and distribution expenditures (except that Investor C shareholders may vote on material changes to the Investor A Shares distribution and service plan).

 

 

Share Class      Initial Sales Charge     CDSC     Conversion Privilege

 

Institutional, Service and Class K Shares

       No       No     None

Investor A Shares

       Yes       No (a)    None

Investor A1 Shares

       No (b)      No (c)    None

Investor C Shares

       No       Yes (d)      To Investor A Shares after approximately 8 years

 

 

  (a) 

Investor A Shares may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) for certain redemptions where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase.

 
  (b) 

Investor A1 Shares are subject to a maximum sales charge on purchases of 4.00% for all Funds other than Strategic Municipal Opportunities, which is subject to a maximum sales charge of 1.00%. The sales charge does not apply to dividend and capital gain reinvestments by existing shareholders and new purchases for certain employer-sponsored retirement plans or, for California Municipal Opportunities only, fee based programs previously approved by the Fund, which are currently the only investors who may invest in Investor A1 Shares.

 
  (c) 

Investor A1 Shares may be subject to CDSC for certain redemptions where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase. However, the CDSC does not apply to redemptions by certain employer-sponsored retirement plans or to redemptions of shares acquired through reinvestment of dividends and capital gains by existing shareholders and, for California Municipal Opportunities only, fee based programs previously approved by the Fund.

 
  (d) 

A CDSC of 1.00% is assessed on certain redemptions of Investor C Shares made within one year after purchase.

 

The Boards of Trustees of the Trusts and the Board of Directors of the Corporation are collectively referred to throughout this report as the “Board,” and the directors/trustees thereof are collectively referred to throughout this report as “Trustees”.

The Funds, together with certain other registered investment companies advised by BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”) or its affiliates, are included in a complex of funds referred to as the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex.

 

2.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. Below is a summary of significant accounting policies:

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are executed. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend dates at fair value. Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on debt securities, is recognized daily on an accrual basis. Income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated daily to each class based on its relative net assets. For convertible securities, premiums attributable to the debt instrument are amortized, but premiums attributable to the conversion feature are not amortized.

Bank Overdraft: The Funds had outstanding cash disbursements exceeding deposited cash amounts at the custodian during the reporting period. The Funds are obligated to repay the custodian for any overdraft, including any related costs or expenses, where applicable. For financial reporting purposes, overdraft fees, if any, are included in interest expense in the Statements of Operations.

Collateralization: If required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Funds may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments.

 

 

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Distributions: Distributions from net investment income are declared daily and paid monthly. Distributions of capital gains are recorded on the ex-dividend dates and made at least annually. The character and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.

Deferred Compensation Plan: Under the Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) approved by each Fund’s Board, the trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Funds, as defined in the 1940 Act (“Independent Trustees”), may defer a portion of their annual complex-wide compensation. Deferred amounts earn an approximate return as though equivalent dollar amounts had been invested in common shares of certain funds in the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex selected by the Independent Trustees. This has the same economic effect for the Independent Trustees as if the Independent Trustees had invested the deferred amounts directly in certain funds in the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex.

The Plan is not funded and obligations thereunder represent general unsecured claims against the general assets of each Fund, as applicable. Deferred compensation liabilities, if any, are included in the Trustees’ and Officer’s fees payable in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and will remain as a liability of the Funds until such amounts are distributed in accordance with the Plan. Net appreciation (depreciation) in the value of participants’ deferral accounts is allocated among the participating funds in the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex and reflected as Trustees and Officer expense on the Statements of Operations. The Trustees and Officer expense may be negative as a result of a decrease in value of the deferred accounts.

Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, a Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. A Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against a Fund, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.

Other: Expenses directly related to a Fund or its classes are charged to that Fund or the applicable class. Expenses directly related to the Funds and other shared expenses prorated to the Funds are allocated daily to each class based on their relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Other operating expenses shared by several funds, including other funds managed by the Manager, are prorated among those funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods.

 

3.

INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund is open for business and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Board has approved the designation of each Fund’s Manager as the valuation designee for each Fund. Each Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under the Manager’s policies. If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with the Manager’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value. The Manager has formed a committee (the “Valuation Committee”) to develop pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments, with assistance from other BlackRock pricing committees.

Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of each Fund’s assets and liabilities:

 

   

Fixed-income investments for which market quotations are readily available are generally valued using the last available bid price or current market quotations provided by independent dealers or third-party pricing services. Pricing services generally value fixed-income securities assuming orderly transactions of an institutional round lot size, but a fund may hold or transact in such securities in smaller, odd lot sizes. Odd lots may trade at lower prices than institutional round lots. The pricing services may use matrix pricing or valuation models that utilize certain inputs and assumptions to derive values, including transaction data (e.g., recent representative bids and offers), market data, credit quality information, perceived market movements, news, and other relevant information. Certain fixed-income securities, including asset-backed and mortgage related securities may be valued based on valuation models that consider the estimated cash flows of each tranche of the entity, establish a benchmark yield and develop an estimated tranche specific spread to the benchmark yield based on the unique attributes of the tranche. The amortized cost method of valuation may be used with respect to debt obligations with sixty days or less remaining to maturity unless the Manager determines such method does not represent fair value.

 

   

Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published net asset value (“NAV”).

 

   

Futures contracts are valued based on that day’s last reported settlement or trade price on the exchange where the contract is traded.

Generally, trading in foreign instruments is substantially completed each day at various times prior to the close of trading on the NYSE. Each business day, the Funds use current market factors supplied by independent pricing services to value certain foreign instruments (“Systematic Fair Value Price”). The Systematic Fair Value Price is designed to value such foreign securities at fair value as of the close of trading on the NYSE, which follows the close of the local markets.

If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Valuation Committee in accordance with the Manager’s policies and procedures as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Valuation Committee seeks to determine the price that each Fund might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Valuation Committee deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement.

 

 

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For investments in equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds (“Private Company” or collectively, the “Private Companies”) and other Fair Valued Investments, the fair valuation approaches that are used by the Valuation Committee and third-party pricing services utilized by the Valuation Committee include one or a combination of, but not limited to, the following inputs.

 

 

 

 
        Standard Inputs Generally Considered By The Valuation Committee And Third-Party Pricing Services    
 

 

 
 

Market approach

 

(i)  recent market transactions, including subsequent rounds of financing, in the underlying investment or comparable issuers;

(ii) recapitalizations and other transactions across the capital structure; and

(iii)   market multiples of comparable issuers.

 

       

    

    

 

 

 

    

 

Income approach

 

(i)  future cash flows discounted to present and adjusted as appropriate for liquidity, credit, and/or market risks;

(ii) quoted prices for similar investments or assets in active markets; and

(iii)   other risk factors, such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks, recovery rates, liquidation amounts and/or default rates.

 
 

 

 
 

Cost approach

 

(i)  audited or unaudited financial statements, investor communications and financial or operational metrics issued by the Private Company;

(ii) changes in the valuation of relevant indices or publicly traded companies comparable to the Private Company;

(iii)   relevant news and other public sources; and

(iv)   known secondary market transactions in the Private Company’s interests and merger or acquisition activity in companies comparable to the Private Company.

 
 

 

 

Investments in series of preferred stock issued by Private Companies are typically valued utilizing market approach in determining the enterprise value of the company. Such investments often contain rights and preferences that differ from other series of preferred and common stock of the same issuer. Enterprise valuation techniques such as an option pricing model (“OPM”), a probability weighted expected return model (“PWERM”), current value method or a hybrid of those techniques are used as deemed appropriate under the circumstances. The use of these valuation techniques involve a determination of the exit scenarios of the investment in order to appropriately allocate the enterprise value of the company among the various parts of its capital structure.

The Private Companies are not subject to the public company disclosure, timing, and reporting standards applicable to other investments held by a Fund. Typically, the most recently available information by a Private Company is as of a date that is earlier than the date a Fund is calculating its NAV. This factor may result in a difference between the value of the investment and the price a Fund could receive upon the sale of the investment.

Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that each Fund has the ability to access;

 

   

Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs); and

 

   

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by Private Companies that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

 

4.

SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

Zero-Coupon Bonds: Zero-coupon bonds are normally issued at a significant discount from face value and do not provide for periodic interest payments. These bonds may experience greater volatility in market value than other debt obligations of similar maturity which provide for regular interest payments.

Forward Commitments, When-Issued and Delayed Delivery Securities: The Funds may purchase securities on a when-issued basis and may purchase or sell securities on a forward commitment basis. Settlement of such transactions normally occurs within a month or more after the purchase or sale commitment is made. The Funds may purchase securities under such conditions with the intention of actually acquiring them but may enter into a separate agreement to sell the securities before the settlement date. Since the value of securities purchased may fluctuate prior to settlement, the Funds may be required to pay more at settlement than the security is worth. In addition, a fund is not entitled to any of the interest earned prior to settlement. When purchasing a security on a delayed delivery basis, the Funds assume the rights and risks of ownership of the security, including the risk of price and yield fluctuations. In the event of default by the counterparty, the Funds’ maximum amount of loss is the unrealized appreciation of unsettled when-issued transactions. These types of securities may be considered unfunded and may obligate the Funds to make future cash payments. An unfunded

 

 

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commitment is marked-to-market and any unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is separately presented in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and Statements of Operations.

 

 

 
Fund Name   Investment Name    Par      Value     

Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

 

 

California Municipal Opportunities

  Bond Forward      $    73,938,192      $  13,481,897      $    13,481,897  

Strategic Municipal Opportunities

  Bond Forward      231,150,104        42,147,931        42,147,931  

Municipal Bonds Transferred to TOB Trusts: The Funds leverage their assets through the use of “TOB Trust” transactions. The funds transfer municipal bonds into a special purpose trust (a “TOB Trust”). A TOB Trust issues two classes of beneficial interests: short-term floating rate interests (“TOB Trust Certificates”), which are sold to third-party investors, and residual inverse floating rate interests (“TOB Residuals”), which are issued to the participating funds that contributed the municipal bonds to the TOB Trust. The TOB Trust Certificates have interest rates that reset weekly and their holders have the option to tender such certificates to the TOB Trust for redemption at par and any accrued interest at each reset date. The TOB Residuals held by a fund provide the fund with the right to cause the holders of a proportional share of the TOB Trust Certificates to tender their certificates to the TOB Trust at par plus accrued interest. The funds may withdraw a corresponding share of the municipal bonds from the TOB Trust. Other funds managed by the investment adviser may also contribute municipal bonds to a TOB Trust into which a fund has contributed bonds. If multiple BlackRock-advised funds participate in the same TOB Trust, the economic rights and obligations under the TOB Residuals will be shared among the funds ratably in proportion to their participation in the TOB Trust.

TOB Trusts are supported by a liquidity facility provided by a third-party bank or other financial institution (the “Liquidity Provider”) that allows the holders of the TOB Trust Certificates to tender their certificates in exchange for payment of par plus accrued interest on any business day. The tendered TOB Trust Certificates are remarketed by a Remarketing Agent. In the event of a failed remarketing, the TOB Trust may draw upon a loan from the Liquidity Provider to purchase the tendered TOB Trust Certificates. Any loans made by the Liquidity Provider will be secured by the purchased TOB Trust Certificates held by the TOB Trust and will be subject to an increased interest rate based on number of days the loan is outstanding.

The TOB Trust may be collapsed without the consent of a fund, upon the occurrence of a termination event as defined in the TOB Trust agreement. Upon the occurrence of a termination event, a TOB Trust would be liquidated with the proceeds applied first to any accrued fees owed to the trustee of the TOB Trust, the Remarketing Agent and the Liquidity Provider. Upon certain termination events, TOB Trust Certificates holders will be paid before the TOB Residuals holders (i.e., the Funds) whereas in other termination events, TOB Trust Certificates holders and TOB Residuals holders will be paid pro rata.

While a fund’s investment policies and restrictions expressly permit investments in inverse floating rate securities, such as TOB Residuals, they restrict the ability of a fund to borrow money for purposes of making investments. Each Fund’s transfer of the municipal bonds to a TOB Trust is considered a secured borrowing for financial reporting purposes. The cash received by the TOB Trust from the sale of the TOB Trust Certificates, less certain transaction expenses, is paid to a Fund. A Fund typically invests the cash received in additional municipal bonds.

Accounting for TOB Trusts: The municipal bonds deposited into a TOB Trust are presented in a Fund’s Schedule of Investments and the TOB Trust Certificates are shown in Other Liabilities in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Any loans drawn by the TOB Trust pursuant to the liquidity facility to purchase tendered TOB Trust Certificates are shown as Loan for TOB Trust Certificates. The carrying amount of a Fund’s payable to the holder of the TOB Trust Certificates, as reported in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as TOB Trust Certificates, approximates its fair value.

Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts, from the underlying municipal bonds is recorded by a Fund on an accrual basis. Interest expense incurred on the TOB Trust transaction and other expenses related to remarketing, administration, trustee, liquidity and other services to a TOB Trust are shown as interest expense, fees and amortization of offering costs in the Statements of Operations. Fees paid upon creation of the TOB Trust are recorded as debt issuance costs and are amortized to interest expense, fees and amortization of offering costs in the Statements of Operations to the expected maturity of the TOB Trust. In connection with the restructurings of the TOB Trusts to non-bank sponsored TOB Trusts, a Fund incurred non-recurring, legal and restructuring fees, which are recorded as interest expense, fees and amortization of offering costs in the Statements of Operations. Amounts recorded within interest expense, fees and amortization of offering costs in the Statements of Operations are:

 

 

 
Fund Name   Interest Expense      Liquidity Fees      Other Expenses      Total     

 

 

California Municipal Opportunities

  $ 1,022,515      $ 101,552      $ 37,161      $  1,161,228     

Strategic Municipal Opportunities

    1,066,073        119,506        31,840        1,217,419     

 

 

 

For the six months ended November 30, 2023, the following table is a summary of each Fund’s TOB Trusts:

 

 

 

Fund Name

   

Underlying

Municipal Bonds

Transferred to

TOB Trusts

 

 

 

(a) 

   

Liability for

TOB Trust

Certificates

 

 

(b) 

   

Range of

Interest Rates

on TOB Trust

Certificates at

Period End

 

 

 

 

 

    

Average

TOB Trust

Certificates

Outstanding

 

 

 

 

    

Daily Weighted   

Average Rate   

of Interest and   

Other Expenses   

on TOB Trusts   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

California Municipal Opportunities

    $     114,465,497     $  52,974,978       3.31% — 3.35%      $  57,268,530        4.06%  

 

 

 

 

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Fund Name

   

Underlying

Municipal Bonds

Transferred to

TOB Trusts

 

 

 

(a) 

   

Liability for

TOB Trust

Certificates

 

 

(b) 

   

Range of

Interest Rates

on TOB Trust

Certificates at

Period End

 

 

 

 

 

    

Average

TOB Trust

Certificates

Outstanding

 

 

 

 

    

Daily Weighted   

Average Rate   

of Interest and   

Other Expenses   

on TOB Trusts   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Strategic Municipal Opportunities

    $    127,186,870     $ 61,149,999       3.30% — 3.40%      $  62,138,901        3.92%  

 

 

 

  (a) 

The municipal bonds transferred to a TOB Trust are generally high grade municipal bonds. In certain cases, when municipal bonds transferred are lower grade municipal bonds, the TOB Trust transaction may include a credit enhancement feature that provides for the timely payment of principal and interest on the bonds to the TOB Trust by a credit enhancement provider in the event of default of the municipal bond. The TOB Trust would be responsible for the payment of the credit enhancement fee and the Funds, as TOB Residuals holders, would be responsible for reimbursement of any payments of principal and interest made by the credit enhancement provider. The maximum potential amounts owed by the Funds, for such reimbursements, as applicable, are included in the maximum potential amounts disclosed for recourse TOB Trusts in the Schedules of Investments.

 
  (b) 

TOB Trusts may be structured on a non-recourse or recourse basis. When a Fund invests in TOB Trusts on a non-recourse basis, the Liquidity Provider may be required to make a payment under the liquidity facility to allow the TOB Trust to repurchase TOB Trust Certificates. The Liquidity Provider will be reimbursed from the liquidation of bonds held in the TOB Trust. If a Fund invests in a TOB Trust on a recourse basis, a Fund enters into a reimbursement agreement with the Liquidity Provider where a Fund is required to reimburse the Liquidity Provider for any shortfall between the amount paid by the Liquidity Provider and proceeds received from liquidation of municipal bonds held in the TOB Trust (the “Liquidation Shortfall”). As a result, if a Fund invests in a recourse TOB Trust, a Fund will bear the risk of loss with respect to any Liquidation Shortfall. If multiple funds participate in any such TOB Trust, these losses will be shared ratably, including the maximum potential amounts owed by a Fund at November 30, 2023, in proportion to their participation in the TOB Trust. The recourse TOB Trusts are identified in the Schedules of Investments including the maximum potential amounts owed by a Fund at November 30, 2023.

 

 

5.

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Funds engage in various portfolio investment strategies using derivative contracts both to increase the returns of the Funds and/or to manage their exposure to certain risks such as credit risk, equity risk, interest rate risk, foreign currency exchange rate risk, commodity price risk or other risks (e.g., inflation risk). Derivative financial instruments categorized by risk exposure are included in the Schedules of Investments. These contracts may be transacted on an exchange or over-the-counter (“OTC”).

Futures Contracts: Futures contracts are purchased or sold to gain exposure to, or manage exposure to, changes in interest rates (interest rate risk) and changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk) or foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).

Futures contracts are exchange-traded agreements between the Funds and a counterparty to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying instrument at a specified price and on a specified date. Depending on the terms of a contract, it is settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash amount on the settlement date. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Funds are required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on a contract’s size and risk profile. The initial margin deposit must then be maintained at an established level over the life of the contract. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedules of Investments and cash deposited, if any, are shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Funds agree to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in market value of the contract (“variation margin”). Variation margin is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable (or payable) on futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statements of Operations equal to the difference between the notional amount of the contract at the time it was opened and the notional amount at the time it was closed. The use of futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of futures contracts and interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.

 

6.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Investment Advisory: The Trusts and the Corporation, on behalf of the Funds, entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Manager, the Funds’ investment adviser and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”), to provide investment advisory services and with respect to the Funds except Impact Municipal, administrative services. The Manager is responsible for the management of each Fund’s portfolio and provides the personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services necessary to the operations of each Fund.

For such services, each Fund pays the Manager a monthly fee at an annual rate equal to the following percentages of the average daily value of each Fund’s net assets:

 

     Investment Advisory Fees  
 

 

 

 
Average Daily Net Assets  

California

Municipal

Opportunities

    

New Jersey

Municipal

Bond

    

Pennsylvania

Municipal

Bond

    

Impact

Municipal

    

Strategic

Municipal

Opportunities

 

First $1 billion

    0.38      0.52      0.52      0.45      0.55

$1 billion — $3 billion

    0.36        0.49        0.49        0.42        0.52  

$3 billion — $5 billion

    0.34        0.47        0.47        0.41        0.50  

$5 billion — $10 billion

    0.33        0.45        0.45        0.39        0.48  

Greater than $10 billion

    0.32        0.44        0.44        0.38        0.47  

Service and Distribution Fees: The Trusts and the Corporation, on behalf of the Funds, entered into a Distribution Agreement and a Distribution and Service Plan with

 

 

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BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of the Manager. Pursuant to the Distribution and Service Plan and in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, each Fund pays BRIL ongoing service and distribution fees. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly at annual rates based upon the average daily net assets of the relevant share class of each Fund as follows:

 

           
        California Municipal
Opportunities
    New Jersey
Municipal Bond
    Pennsylvania
Municipal Bond
    Impact Municipal     Strategic Municipal
Opportunities
       
      Share Class  

Service

Fees

   

Distribution

Fees

   

Service

Fees

   

Distribution

Fees

   

Service

Fees

   

Distribution

Fees

   

Service

Fees

   

Distribution

Fees

   

Service

Fees

   

Distribution

Fees

         
 

Service

    N/A       N/A       0.25     N/A       0.25     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A    
 

Investor A

    0.25     N/A       0.25       N/A       0.25       N/A       0.25     N/A       0.25     N/A    
 

Investor A1

    0.10       N/A       0.10       N/A       0.10       N/A       N/A       N/A       0.10       N/A    
 

Investor C

    0.25       0.75     0.25       0.75     0.25       0.75     N/A       N/A       0.25       0.75  

BRIL and broker-dealers, pursuant to sub-agreements with BRIL, provide shareholder servicing and distribution services to the Funds. The ongoing service and/or distribution fee compensates BRIL and each broker-dealer for providing shareholder servicing and/or distribution related services to shareholders.

For the six months ended November 30, 2023, the following table shows the class specific service and distribution fees borne directly by each share class of each Fund:

 

 

 

Fund Name

    Service        Investor A        Investor A1        Investor C        Total  

 

 

California Municipal Opportunities

    $      —        $    782,797        $     38,452        $  290,189        $ 1,111,438  

New Jersey Municipal Bond

    8,143        119,444        6,273        60,415        194,275  

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

    1,303        139,856        3,028        43,823        188,010  

Impact Municipal

           120                      120  

Strategic Municipal Opportunities

           1,071,224        8,146        345,964        1,425,334  

 

 

Administration: With respect to Impact Municipal, the Corporation, on behalf of Impact Municipal, entered into an Administration Agreement with the Manager, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide administrative services. For these services, the Manager receives an administration fee computed daily and payable monthly, based on a percentage of the average daily net assets of the Fund. The administration fee, which is shown as administration in the Statements of Operations, is paid at the annual rates below.

 

 

 
Average Daily Net Assets   Administration Fees     

 

 

First $500 million

    0.0425%  

$500 million — $1 billion

    0.0400     

$1 billion — $2 billion

    0.0375     

$2 billion — $4 billion

    0.0350     

$4 billion — $13 billion

    0.0325     

Greater than $13 billion

    0.0300     

In addition, with respect to Impact Municipal the Manager charges each of the share classes an administration fee, which is shown as administration – class specific in the Statements of Operations, at an annual rate of 0.02% of the average daily net assets of each respective class.

For the six months ended November 30, 2023, the following table shows the class specific administration fees borne directly by each share class of the Fund:

 

 

 
Fund Name   Institutional     Investor A     Class K     Total  

 

 

Impact Municipal

  $ 16     $ 9     $ 4,693     $  4,718  

 

 

Transfer Agent: Pursuant to written agreements, certain financial intermediaries, some of which may be affiliates, provide the Funds with sub-accounting, recordkeeping, sub-transfer agency and other administrative services with respect to servicing of underlying investor accounts. For these services, these entities receive an asset-based fee or an annual fee per shareholder account, which will vary depending on share class and/or net assets. For the six months ended November 30, 2023, the Funds did not pay any amounts to affiliates in return for these services.

The Manager maintains a call center that is responsible for providing certain shareholder services to the Funds. Shareholder services include responding to inquiries and processing purchases and sales based upon instructions from shareholders. For the six months ended November 30, 2023, each Fund reimbursed the Manager the following amounts for costs incurred in running the call center, which are included in transfer agent — class specific in the Statements of Operations:

 

 

 
Fund Name   Institutional     Service     Investor A     Investor A1     Investor C     Class K     Total  

 

 

California Municipal Opportunities

  $ 1,480     $     $ 1,036     $ 864     $ 148     $     $  3,528  

New Jersey Municipal Bond

    148       576       460       253       74       23       1,534  

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

    148       28       549       253       148       6       1,132  

Impact Municipal

    10             35                   90       135  

Strategic Municipal Opportunities

    1,983             1,628       92       296       89       4,088  

 

 

 

 

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For the six months ended November 30, 2023, the following table shows the class specific transfer agent fees borne directly by each share class of each Fund:

 

 

 
Fund Name   Institutional      Service      Investor A      Investor A1      Investor C      Class K      Total  

 

 

California Municipal Opportunities

  $ 551,286      $      $ 142,404      $ 15,987      $ 16,516      $ 592      $ 726,785  

New Jersey Municipal Bond

    86,288        2,824        21,520        3,659        3,820        171        118,282  

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

    182,879        400        23,673        2,874        4,314        283        214,423  

Impact Municipal

    39               35                      90        164  

Strategic Municipal Opportunities

    1,704,639               186,730        5,218        24,545        2,013        1,923,145  

 

 

Other Fees: For the six months ended November 30, 2023, affiliates earned underwriting discounts, direct commissions and dealer concessions on sales of each Fund’s Investor A Shares as follows:

 

 

 
Fund Name   Investor A  

 

 

California Municipal Opportunities

  $ 372  

New Jersey Municipal Bond

    194  

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

    1,190  

Impact Municipal

    3  

Strategic Municipal Opportunities

    631  

 

 

For the six months ended November 30, 2023, affiliates received CDSCs as follows:

 

 

 
Fund Name   Investor A     Investor C  

 

 

California Municipal Opportunities

  $ 17,078     $ 408  

New Jersey Municipal Bond

    2,582       150  

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

    426       8  

Strategic Municipal Opportunities

    22,665       1,555  

 

 

Expense Limitations, Waivers, Reimbursements, and Recoupments: With respect to each Fund, the Manager contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees each Fund pays to the Manager indirectly through its investment in affiliated money market funds (the “affiliated money market fund waiver”) through June 30, 2025. The contractual agreement may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of the Independent Trustees, or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of a Fund. With respect to California Municipal Opportunities, New Jersey Municipal Bond, Pennsylvania Municipal Bond and Impact Municipal the amount of waivers and/or reimbursements of fees and expenses made pursuant to the expense limitation described below will be reduced by the amount of the affiliated money market fund waiver. These amounts are included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statements of Operations. For the six months ended November 30, 2023, the amounts waived were as follows:

 

 

 
Fund Name  

Fees Waived and/or Reimbursed

by the Manager

 

 

 

California Municipal Opportunities

  $ 95,435  

New Jersey Municipal Bond

    10,510  

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

    6,283  

Impact Municipal

    769  

Strategic Municipal Opportunities

    137,921  

 

 

With respect to California Municipal Opportunities, New Jersey Municipal Bond, Pennsylvania Municipal Bond and Impact Municipal, the Manager contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees or expenses in order to limit expenses, excluding interest expense, dividend expense, tax expense, acquired fund fees and expenses, and certain other fund expenses, which constitute extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of each Fund’s business (“expense limitation”). The expense limitations as a percentage of average daily net assets are as follows:

 

             
Fund Name   Institutional      Service      Investor A      Investor A1      Investor C      Class K  

California Municipal Opportunities

    0.44           0.69      0.54      1.44      0.39

New Jersey Municipal Bond

    0.52        0.77        0.77        0.62        1.52        0.47  

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

    0.54        0.79        0.79        0.64        1.54        0.49  

Impact Municipal

    0.58               0.83                      0.53  

The Manager has agreed not to reduce or discontinue the contractual expense limitations through June 30, 2025, with respect to California Municipal Opportunities, New Jersey Municipal Bond, Pennsylvania Municipal Bond and Impact Municipal unless approved by the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of a Fund. These amounts of investment advisory fees waived and/or reimbursed are included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statements of Operations. For the six months ended November 30, 2023, the Funds waived the following amounts:

 

 

 
Fund Name  

Fees Waived and/or Reimbursed

by the Manager

 

 

 

California Municipal Opportunities

  $ 520,508  

New Jersey Municipal Bond

    226,126  

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

    225,831  

Impact Municipal

    103,206  

 

 

 

 

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With respect to Strategic Municipal Opportunities, the Manager contractually agreed to waive 0.05% of its investment advisory fees through June 30, 2025. The agreement may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of Independent Trustees of BlackRock Municipal Series Trust or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund. This amount is included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statements of Operations. For the six months ended November 30, 2023, the Manager waived $1,170,144 pursuant to this agreement.

In addition, these amounts waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager are included in administration fees waived by the Manager — class specific and transfer agent fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager — class specific in the Statements of Operations. For the six months ended November 30, 2023, class specific expense waivers and/or reimbursements were as follows:

 

   
        Administration Fees Waived by the Manager-
Class Specific
 
Fund Name   Institutional     Investor A     Class K     Total  

Impact Municipal

  $ 8     $ 2     $ 4,693     $ 4,703  

 

    

Transfer Agent Fees Waived and/or

Reimbursed by the Manager - Class Specific

 
 

 

 

 
Fund Name   Institutional      Service      Investor A      Investor A1      Investor C      Class K      Total  

California Municipal Opportunities

  $ 161,516      $      $      $      $ 2,067      $ 591      $  164,174  

New Jersey Municipal Bond

    44,325        1,195               521        800        170        47,011  

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

    125,387        139               1,360        2,123        282        129,291  

Impact Municipal

    6               30                      90        126  

Impact Municipal also had a waiver of administration fees, which are included in Administration fees waived in the Statements of Operations. For the year ended November 30, 2023, the amount was $1,821.

With respect to the contractual expense limitation, if during Impact Municipal’s fiscal year the operating expenses of a share class, that at any time during the prior two fiscal years received a waiver and/or reimbursement from the Manager, are less than the current expense limitation for that share class, the Manager is entitled to be reimbursed by such share class up to the lesser of: (a) the amount of fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed during those prior two fiscal years under the agreement and (b) an amount not to exceed either the current expense limitation of that share class or the expense limitation of the share class in effect at the time that the share class received the applicable waiver and/or reimbursement, provided that:

(1) the Fund, of which the share class is a part, has more than $50 million in assets for the fiscal year, and

(2) the Manager or an affiliate continues to serve as the Fund’s investment adviser or administrator.

This repayment applies only to the contractual expense limitation on net expenses and does not apply to the contractual investment advisory fee waiver described above or any voluntary waivers that may be in effect from time to time. Effective March 15, 2029, the repayment arrangement between the Fund and the Manager pursuant to which such Fund may be required to repay amounts waived and/or reimbursed under the Fund’s contractual caps on net expenses will be terminated.

As of November 30, 2023, the fund level and class specific waivers and/or reimbursements subject to possible future recoupment under the expense limitation agreement were as follows:

 

   
    Expiring  
Fund Name/Fund Level/Share Class       05/31/24          05/31/25         05/31/26  

Impact Municipal

      

Fund Level

    $ 75,939        $ 319,112       $ 105,027  

Institutional

    71        59       14  

Investor A

    72        109       32  

Class K

    2,155        9,534       4,783  

Interfund Lending: In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), each Fund may participate in a joint lending and borrowing facility for temporary purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the extent permitted by each Fund’s investment policies and restrictions. California Municipal Opportunities, New Jersey Municipal Bond, Pennsylvania Municipal Bond and Strategic Municipal Opportunities are currently permitted to borrow under the Interfund Lending Program. Impact Municipal is currently permitted to borrow and lend under the Interfund Lending Program.

A lending BlackRock fund may lend in aggregate up to 15% of its net assets but may not lend more than 5% of its net assets to any one borrowing fund through the Interfund Lending Program. A borrowing BlackRock fund may not borrow through the Interfund Lending Program or from any other source more than 33 1/3% of its total assets (or any lower threshold provided for by the fund’s investment restrictions). If a borrowing BlackRock fund’s total outstanding borrowings exceed 10% of its total assets, each of its outstanding interfund loans will be subject to collateralization of at least 102% of the outstanding principal value of the loan. All interfund loans are for temporary or emergency purposes and the interest rate to be charged will be the average of the highest current overnight repurchase agreement rate available to a lending fund and the bank loan rate, as calculated according to a formula established by the Board.

During the period ended November 30, 2023, the Funds did not participate in the Interfund Lending Program.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers: Certain trustees and/or officers of the Funds are directors and/or officers of BlackRock or its affiliates. The Funds reimburse the Manager for a portion of the compensation paid to the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer, which is included in Trustees and Officer in the Statements of Operations.

 

7.

PURCHASES AND SALES

For the six months ended November 30, 2023, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities, were as follows:

 

 

 
Fund Name   Purchases      Sales  

 

 

California Municipal Opportunities

  $ 940,666,997      $ 1,027,618,074  

New Jersey Municipal Bond

    11,542,002        13,458,262  

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

    33,974,422        39,341,906  

Impact Municipal

    8,662,849        5,240,487  

Strategic Municipal Opportunities

    2,034,865,838        2,580,355,385  

 

 

 

8.

INCOME TAX INFORMATION

It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no U.S. federal income tax provision is required.

Each Fund files U.S. federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on each Fund’s U.S. federal tax returns generally remains open for a period of three years after they are filed. The statutes of limitations on each Fund’s state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction.

Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Funds as of November 30, 2023, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Funds’ financial statements.

As of May 31, 2023, the Funds had non-expiring capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains and qualified late-year losses as follows:

 

Fund Name

   

Non-Expiring

Capital Loss

Carryforwards

 

 

(a) 

   

Qualified

Late-Year

Capital Losses

 

 

(b) 

California Municipal Opportunities

  $ (179,985,221   $  

New Jersey Municipal Bond

    (19,872,492      

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

    (45,862,463      

Impact Municipal

          (876,325

Strategic Municipal Opportunities

    (865,129,814      

 

  (a) 

Amounts available to offset future realized capital gains.

 
  (b) 

The Fund has elected to defer these qualified late-year losses and recognize such losses in the next taxable year.

 

As of November 30, 2023, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

 

 
Fund Name   Tax Cost     

Gross Unrealized

Appreciation

    

Gross Unrealized

Depreciation

   

Net Unrealized 

Appreciation 

(Depreciation) 

 

 

 

California Municipal Opportunities

  $ 2,326,571,090      $ 27,953,678      $ (123,227,667   $ (95,273,989)  

New Jersey Municipal Bond

    293,421,285        8,149,548        (10,177,569     (2,028,021)  

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

    377,133,408        3,193,452        (21,280,702     (18,087,250)  

Impact Municipal

    49,015,577        522,107        (1,503,975     (981,868)  

Strategic Municipal Opportunities

    4,365,769,241        81,525,753        (346,222,963     (264,697,210)  

 

 

 

9.

BANK BORROWINGS

The Trusts and the Corporation, along with certain other funds managed by the Manager and its affiliates (“Participating Funds”), is party to a 364-day, $2.50 billion credit agreement with a group of lenders. Under this agreement, the Funds may borrow to fund shareholder redemptions. Excluding commitments designated for certain individual funds, the Participating Funds, including the Funds, can borrow up to an aggregate commitment amount of $1.75 billion at any time outstanding, subject to asset coverage and other limitations as specified in the agreement. The credit agreement has the following terms: a fee of 0.10% per annum on unused commitment amounts and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) Overnight Bank Funding Rate (“OBFR”) (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) on the date the loan is made plus 0.80% per annum, (b) the Fed Funds rate (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) in effect from time to time plus 0.80% per annum on amounts borrowed or (c) the sum of (x) Daily Simple Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) on the date the loan is made plus 0.10% and (y) 0.80% per annum. The agreement expires in April 2024 unless extended or renewed. These fees were allocated among such funds based upon portions of the aggregate commitment available to them and relative net assets of Participating Funds. During the six months ended November 30, 2023, the Funds did not borrow under the credit agreement.

 

 

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10.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

In the normal course of business, the Funds invest in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject each Fund to various risks, including among others, fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of an issuer to meet all of its obligations. The value of securities or other instruments may also be affected by various factors, including, without limitation: (i) the general economy; (ii) the overall market as well as local, regional or global political and/or social instability; (iii) regulation, taxation or international tax treaties between various countries; or (iv) currency, interest rate and price fluctuations. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Funds and their investments. Each Fund’s prospectus provides details of the risks to which each Fund is subject.

A Fund structures and “sponsors” the TOB Trusts in which it holds TOB Residuals and has certain duties and responsibilities, which may give rise to certain additional risks including, but not limited to, compliance, securities law and operational risks.

As short-term interest rates rise, the Funds’ investments in the TOB Trusts may adversely affect the Funds’ net investment income and dividends to shareholders. Also, fluctuations in the market value of municipal bonds deposited into the TOB Trust may adversely affect the Funds’ NAVs per share.

The SEC and various federal banking and housing agencies have adopted credit risk retention rules for securitizations (the “Risk Retention Rules”). The Risk Retention Rules would require the sponsor of a TOB Trust to retain at least 5% of the credit risk of the underlying assets supporting the TOB Trust’s municipal bonds. The Risk Retention Rules may adversely affect the Funds’ ability to engage in TOB Trust transactions or increase the costs of such transactions in certain circumstances.

TOB Trusts constitute an important component of the municipal bond market. Any modifications or changes to rules governing TOB Trusts may adversely impact the municipal market and the Funds, including through reduced demand for and liquidity of municipal bonds and increased financing costs for municipal issuers. The ultimate impact of any potential modifications on the TOB Trust market and the overall municipal market is not yet certain.

Market Risk: Each Fund may be exposed to prepayment risk, which is the risk that borrowers may exercise their option to prepay principal earlier than scheduled during periods of declining interest rates, which would force each Fund to reinvest in lower yielding securities. Each Fund may also be exposed to reinvestment risk, which is the risk that income from each Fund’s portfolio will decline if each Fund invests the proceeds from matured, traded or called fixed-income securities at market interest rates that are below each Fund portfolio’s current earnings rate.

Municipal securities are subject to the risk that litigation, legislation or other political events, local business or economic conditions, credit rating downgrades, or the bankruptcy of the issuer could have a significant effect on an issuer’s ability to make payments of principal and/or interest or otherwise affect the value of such securities. Municipal securities can be significantly affected by political or economic changes, including changes made in the law after issuance of the securities, as well as uncertainties in the municipal market related to, taxation, legislative changes or the rights of municipal security holders, including in connection with an issuer insolvency. Municipal securities backed by current or anticipated revenues from a specific project or specific assets can be negatively affected by the discontinuance of the tax benefits supporting the project or assets or the inability to collect revenues for the project or from the assets. Municipal securities may be less liquid than taxable bonds, and there may be less publicly available information on the financial condition of municipal security issuers than for issuers of other securities.

Infectious Illness Risk: An outbreak of an infectious illness, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, may adversely impact the economies of many nations and the global economy, and may impact individual issuers and capital markets in ways that cannot be foreseen. An infectious illness outbreak may result in, among other things, closed international borders, prolonged quarantines, supply chain disruptions, market volatility or disruptions and other significant economic, social and political impacts.

Valuation Risk: The price a Fund could receive upon the sale of any particular portfolio investment may differ from a Fund’s valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets or that are valued using a fair valuation technique or a price provided by an independent pricing service. Changes to significant unobservable inputs and assumptions (i.e., publicly traded company multiples, growth rate, time to exit) due to the lack of observable inputs may significantly impact the resulting fair value and therefore a Fund’s results of operations. As a result, the price received upon the sale of an investment may be less than the value ascribed by a Fund, and a Fund could realize a greater than expected loss or lesser than expected gain upon the sale of the investment. A Fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third-party service providers.

The price a Fund could receive upon the sale of any particular portfolio investment may differ from a Fund’s valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets or that are valued using a fair valuation technique or a price provided by an independent pricing service. Changes to significant unobservable inputs and assumptions (i.e., publicly traded company multiples, growth rate, time to exit) due to the lack of observable inputs may significantly impact the resulting fair value and therefore a Fund’s results of operations. As a result, the price received upon the sale of an investment may be less than the value ascribed by a Fund, and a Fund could realize a greater than expected loss or lesser than expected gain upon the sale of the investment. A Fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third-party service providers.

Counterparty Credit Risk: The Funds may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to unsettled or open transactions, including making timely interest and/or principal payments or otherwise honoring its obligations. The Funds manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that the Manager believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Funds to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Funds’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Funds.

A derivative contract may suffer a mark-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

 

 

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With exchange-traded futures, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Funds since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against a possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, a Fund does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default (including the bankruptcy or insolvency). Additionally, credit risk exists in exchange-traded futures with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a clearing broker’s customer accounts. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients, typically the shortfall would be allocated on a pro rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Funds.

Geographic/Asset Class Risk: A diversified portfolio, where this is appropriate and consistent with a fund’s objectives, minimizes the risk that a price change of a particular investment will have a material impact on the NAV of a fund. The investment concentrations within each Fund’s portfolio are disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.

Certain Funds invest a substantial amount of their assets in issuers located in a single state or limited number of states. When a fund concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, regulatory, political or social conditions affecting that state or group of states could have a significant impact on the fund and could affect the income from, or the value or liquidity of, the fund’s portfolio. Investment percentages in specific states or U.S. territories are presented in the Schedules of Investments.

Certain Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in securities within a single or limited number of market sectors. When a fund concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, regulatory, political and social conditions affecting such sectors may have a significant impact on the Fund and could affect the income from, or the value or liquidity of, the Fund’s portfolio. Investment percentages in specific sectors are presented in the Schedules of Investments.

The Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in fixed-income securities and/or use derivatives tied to the fixed-income markets. Changes in market interest rates or economic conditions may affect the value and/or liquidity of such investments. Interest rate risk is the risk that prices of bonds and other fixed-income securities will decrease as interest rates rise and increase as interest rates fall. The Funds may be subject to a greater risk of rising interest rates due to the period of historically low interest rates that ended in March 2022. The Federal Reserve has recently been raising the federal funds rate as part of its efforts to address inflation. There is a risk that interest rates will continue to rise, which will likely drive down the prices of bonds and other fixed-income securities, and could negatively impact the Funds’ performance.

The Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in securities of issuers located in the United States. A decrease in imports or exports, changes in trade regulations, inflation and/or an economic recession in the United States may have a material adverse effect on the U.S. economy and the securities listed on U.S. exchanges. Proposed and adopted policy and legislative changes in the United States may also have a significant effect on U.S. markets generally, as well as on the value of certain securities. Governmental agencies project that the United States will continue to maintain elevated public debt levels for the foreseeable future which may constrain future economic growth. Circumstances could arise that could prevent the timely payment of interest or principal on U.S. government debt, such as reaching the legislative “debt ceiling.” Such non-payment would result in substantial negative consequences for the U.S. economy and the global financial system. If U.S. relations with certain countries deteriorate, it could adversely affect issuers that rely on the United States for trade. The United States has also experienced increased internal unrest and discord. If these trends were to continue, they may have an adverse impact on the U.S. economy and the issuers in which the Funds invest.

Significant Shareholder Redemption Risk: Certain shareholders may own or manage a substantial amount of fund shares and/or hold their fund investments for a limited period of time. Large redemptions of fund shares by these shareholders may force a fund to sell portfolio securities, which may negatively impact the fund’s NAV, increase the fund’s brokerage costs, and/or accelerate the realization of taxable income/gains and cause the fund to make additional taxable distributions to shareholders.

 

11.

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Transactions in capital shares for each class were as follows:

 

 

 
   

Six Months Ended

11/30/23

         

Year Ended

05/31/23

 
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
Fund Name / Share Class   Shares     Amounts          Shares     Amounts  

 

 

California Municipal Opportunities

          

Institutional

          

Shares sold

    32,221,752     $     373,151,472          96,231,929     $   1,128,888,983  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    1,760,222       20,370,796          3,372,023       39,562,634  

Shares redeemed

    (50,650,469     (581,330,160        (117,689,708     (1,377,420,158
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (16,668,495   $ (187,807,892        (18,085,756   $ (208,968,541
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor A

          

Shares sold and automatic conversion of shares

    3,619,619     $ 41,893,297          10,726,937     $ 126,343,680  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    717,032       8,291,984          1,491,331       17,474,979  

Shares redeemed

    (10,136,044     (117,152,217        (25,895,873     (303,253,743
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (5,799,393   $ (66,966,936        (13,677,605   $ (159,435,084
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor A1

          

Shares sold

        $          4     $ 47  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    60,553       700,870          116,443       1,366,084  

Shares redeemed

    (271,031     (3,137,081        (729,558     (8,579,281
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (210,478   $ (2,436,211        (613,111   $ (7,213,150
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

 

 
   

Six Months Ended

11/30/23

        

Year Ended

05/31/23

 
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
Fund Name / Share Class (continued)   Shares           Amounts         Shares           Amounts  

 

 

California Municipal Opportunities (continued)

             

Investor C

             

Shares sold

    139,423       $ 1,622,583         367,610       $ 4,343,787  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    52,227         604,501         107,152         1,256,693  

Shares redeemed and automatic conversion of shares

    (991,652       (11,480,710       (2,115,208       (24,800,299
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    (800,002     $ (9,253,626       (1,640,446     $ (19,199,819
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Class K

             

Shares sold

    1,612,594       $ 18,655,235         6,244,561       $ 73,318,861  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    56,119         649,703         126,328         1,483,231  

Shares redeemed

    (2,921,035       (33,635,670       (8,532,267       (99,625,925
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    (1,252,322     $ (14,330,732       (2,161,378     $ (24,823,833
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    (24,730,690     $     (280,795,397       (36,178,296     $       (419,640,427
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

 
   

Six Months Ended

11/30/23

        

Year Ended

05/31/23

 
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
Fund Name / Share Class   Shares         Amounts         Shares         Amounts  

 

 

New Jersey Municipal Bond

             

Institutional

             

Shares sold

    2,273,200          $ 22,493,499         7,311,607          $ 74,164,017  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    238,460         2,385,502         436,671         4,417,305  

Shares redeemed

    (2,644,992       (26,110,342       (9,314,581       (93,972,701
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    (133,332     $ (1,231,341       (1,566,303     $ (15,391,379
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Service

             

Shares sold

    90       $ 824         226       $ 2,310  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    10,436         104,416         19,988         202,199  

Shares redeemed

    (24,668       (240,923       (65,749       (672,908
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    (14,142     $ (135,683       (45,535     $ (468,399
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Investor A

             

Shares sold and automatic conversion of shares

    445,434       $ 4,451,430         2,222,725       $ 22,574,501  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    142,683         1,429,173         298,802         3,024,217  

Shares redeemed

    (1,252,295       (12,479,632       (3,567,502       (35,918,580
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    (664,178     $ (6,599,029       (1,045,975     $ (10,319,862
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Investor A1

             

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    15,083       $ 151,115         30,595       $ 309,769  

Shares redeemed

    (57,436       (570,642       (160,283       (1,612,737
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    (42,353     $ (419,527       (129,688     $ (1,302,968
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Investor C

             

Shares sold

    47,473       $ 479,567         170,876       $ 1,724,832  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    15,138         151,482         32,814         331,737  

Shares redeemed and automatic conversion of shares

    (182,711       (1,825,790       (624,357       (6,324,275
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    (120,100     $ (1,194,741       (420,667     $ (4,267,706
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Class K

             

Shares sold

    17,725       $ 176,804         58,199       $ 590,112  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    3,823         38,241         7,264         73,439  

Shares redeemed

    (46,147       (453,219       (77,133       (774,039
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    (24,599     $ (238,174       (11,670     $ (110,488
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    (998,704     $     (9,818,495       (3,219,838     $     (31,860,802
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

 

 
   

Six Months Ended

11/30/23

 

Year Ended

05/31/23

 
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
Fund Name / Share Class   Shares           Amounts          Shares           Amounts  

 

 

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

             

Institutional

             

Shares sold

    2,617,373       $ 24,486,775         5,978,147       $ 58,227,952  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    192,620         1,826,759         381,833         3,711,770  

Shares redeemed

    (3,933,855       (37,253,359       (13,514,976       (131,335,547
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    (1,123,862     $ (10,939,825       (7,154,996     $ (69,395,825
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Service

             

Shares sold

    178       $ 1,694         3,739       $ 36,890  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    1,764         16,731         3,091         30,079  

Shares redeemed

    (2,644       (25,008       (29,323       (287,101
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    (702     $ (6,583       (22,493     $ (220,132
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Investor A

             

Shares sold and automatic conversion of shares

    462,132       $ 4,412,313         1,300,214       $ 12,786,109  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    178,540         1,694,530         343,990         3,347,233  

Shares redeemed

    (1,368,563       (13,000,359       (3,519,802       (34,137,743
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    (727,891     $ (6,893,516       (1,875,598     $ (18,004,401
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Investor A1

             

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    7,205       $ 68,424         14,162       $ 137,858  

Shares redeemed

    (34,147       (329,021       (109,848       (1,072,417
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    (26,942     $ (260,597       (95,686     $ (934,559
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Investor C

             

Shares sold

    32,764       $ 312,408         115,832       $ 1,131,232  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    11,253         106,841         24,303         236,481  

Shares redeemed and automatic conversion of shares

    (256,695       (2,447,075       (487,868       (4,760,709
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    (212,678     $ (2,027,826       (347,733     $ (3,392,996
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Class K

             

Shares sold

    202,201       $ 1,929,184         502,139       $ 4,903,559  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    16,352         154,926         25,545         248,217  

Shares redeemed

    (173,171       (1,633,698       (430,098       (4,185,708
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    45,382       $ 450,412         97,586       $ 966,068  
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    (2,046,693     $     (19,677,935       (9,398,920     $     (90,981,845
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

 
   

Six Months Ended

11/30/23

       

Year Ended

05/31/23

 
 

 

 

       

 

 

 
Fund Name / Share Class   Shares           Amounts         Shares     Amounts  

 

 

Impact Municipal

               

Institutional

               

Shares sold

    12,032       $ 110,006           2,776       $ 26,120  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    123         1,155           84         787  

Shares redeemed

    (1,472       (13,777                  
 

 

 

     

 

 

       

 

 

     

 

 

 
    10,683       $ 97,384           2,860       $ 26,907  
 

 

 

     

 

 

       

 

 

     

 

 

 

Investor A

               

Shares sold

    6,273       $ 60,340           186       $ 1,771  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    4         37                    

Shares redeemed

    (100       (910                  
 

 

 

     

 

 

       

 

 

     

 

 

 
    6,177       $ 59,467           186       $ 1,771  
 

 

 

     

 

 

       

 

 

     

 

 

 

Class K

               

Shares sold

    28,249       $ 259,327           6,620       $ 61,326  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    210         1,956           87         831  

Shares redeemed

    (12,196       (111,354         (2,343       (22,152
 

 

 

     

 

 

       

 

 

     

 

 

 
    16,263       $ 149,929           4,364       $ 40,005  
 

 

 

     

 

 

       

 

 

     

 

 

 
    33,123       $ 306,780           7,410       $ 68,683  
 

 

 

     

 

 

       

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

 

 
   

Six Months Ended

11/30/23

       

Year Ended

05/31/23

 
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
Fund Name / Share Class   Shares         Amounts         Shares         Amounts  

 

 

Strategic Municipal Opportunities

             

Institutional

               

Shares sold

    64,913,878         $     657,749,043         277,486,248         $ 2,901,319,523  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    4,405,778         44,533,780         9,859,278         102,370,654  

Shares redeemed

    (147,886,363       (1,491,859,227       (431,090,290       (4,477,392,025
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    (78,566,707     $ (789,576,404       (143,744,764     $ (1,473,701,848
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Investor A

             

Shares sold and automatic conversion of shares

    5,036,231       $ 51,087,236         19,364,452       $ 202,292,039  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    1,098,896         11,103,817         2,479,260         25,735,126  

Shares redeemed

    (19,055,713       (193,007,615       (57,423,715       (597,062,188
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    (12,920,586     $ (130,816,562       (35,580,003     $ (369,035,023
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Investor A1

             

Shares sold

          $         2       $ 22  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    14,027         141,756         30,047         311,823  

Shares redeemed

    (97,412       (980,366       (344,331       (3,563,035
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    (83,385     $ (838,610       (314,282     $ (3,251,190
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Investor C

             

Shares sold

    135,969       $ 1,373,360         676,624       $ 7,046,623  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    68,578         693,076         159,235         1,653,491  

Shares redeemed and automatic conversion of shares

    (1,781,788       (18,085,530       (5,696,048       (59,346,399
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    (1,577,241     $ (16,019,094       (4,860,189     $ (50,646,285
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Class K

             

Shares sold

    11,906,993       $ 123,454,212         9,609,145       $ 100,482,155  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    221,081         2,229,167         213,670         2,219,662  

Shares redeemed

    (11,677,355       (117,133,846       (12,223,513       (127,161,730
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    450,719       $ 8,549,533         (2,400,698     $ (24,459,913
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    (92,697,200     $     (928,701,137       (186,899,936     $     (1,921,094,259
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

As of November 30, 2023, shares owned by BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., an affiliate of the Funds, were as follows:

 

 

 
Fund Name   Institutional      Investor A      Class K  

 

 

New Jersey Municipal Bond

                  18,124  

Impact Municipal

    10,000        10,000        4,980,000  

 

 

 

12.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 

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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreements

 

The Board of Directors/Trustees, as applicable (the “Board,” the members of which are referred to as “Board Members”), of each of BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust (the “California Municipal Series Trust”), BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust (the “Multi-State Municipal Series Trust”), BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (“Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.”) and BlackRock Municipal Series Trust (the “Municipal Series Trust” and collectively with the California Municipal Series Trust, the Multi-State Municipal Series Trust and Municipal Bond Fund, Inc., the “Registrants” and each, a “Registrant”) met on May 4, 2023 (the “May Meeting”) and June 1-2, 2023 (the “June Meeting”) to consider the approval to continue the investment advisory agreements (the “Agreements”) between the California Municipal Series Trust, on behalf of BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Trust (the “California Municipal Opportunities Fund”), the Multi-State Municipal Series Trust, on behalf of BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund (the “New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund”) and BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund (the “Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund”), Municipal Bond Fund, Inc., on behalf of BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund (the “Impact Municipal Fund”) and the Municipal Series Trust, on behalf of BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund (the “Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund” and collectively, with the California Municipal Opportunities Fund, the New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund, the Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund and the Impact Municipal Fund, the “Funds” and each, a “Fund”) and BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), each Fund’s investment adviser.

The Approval Process

Consistent with the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Board considers the approval of the continuation of the Agreements for each Fund on an annual basis. The Board members who are not “interested persons” of each Registrant, as defined in the 1940 Act, are considered independent Board members (the “Independent Board Members”). The Board’s consideration entailed a year-long deliberative process during which the Board and its committees assessed BlackRock’s various services to each Fund, including through the review of written materials and oral presentations, and the review of additional information provided in response to requests from the Independent Board Members. The Board had four quarterly meetings per year, each of which extended over a two-day period, as well as additional ad hoc meetings and executive sessions throughout the year, as needed. The committees of the Board similarly met throughout the year. The Board also had an additional one-day meeting to consider specific information regarding the renewal of the Agreements. In considering the renewal of the Agreements, the Board assessed, among other things, the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to each Fund by BlackRock, BlackRock’s personnel and affiliates, including (as applicable): investment management services; accounting oversight; administrative and shareholder services; oversight of each Fund’s service providers; risk management and oversight; and legal, regulatory and compliance services. Throughout the year, including during the contract renewal process, the Independent Board Members were advised by independent legal counsel, and met with independent legal counsel in various executive sessions outside of the presence of BlackRock’s management.

During the year, the Board, acting directly and through its committees, considered information that was relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the Agreements, including the services and support provided by BlackRock to each Fund and its shareholders. BlackRock also furnished additional information to the Board in response to specific questions from the Board. Among the matters the Board considered were: (a) investment performance for one-year, three-year, five-year, and/or since inception periods, as applicable, against peer funds, relevant benchmarks, and other performance metrics, as applicable, as well as BlackRock senior management’s and portfolio managers’ analyses of the reasons for any outperformance or underperformance relative to its peers, benchmarks, and other performance metrics, as applicable; (b) fees, including advisory, administration, if applicable, and other amounts paid to BlackRock and its affiliates by each Fund for services; (c) Fund operating expenses and how BlackRock allocates expenses to each Fund; (d) the resources devoted to, risk oversight of, and compliance reports relating to, implementation of each Fund’s investment objective, policies and restrictions, and meeting regulatory requirements; (e) BlackRock’s and each Fund’s adherence to applicable compliance policies and procedures; (f) the nature, character and scope of non-investment management services provided by BlackRock and its affiliates and the estimated cost of such services, as applicable; (g) BlackRock’s and other service providers’ internal controls and risk and compliance oversight mechanisms; (h) BlackRock’s implementation of the proxy voting policies approved by the Board; (i) execution quality of portfolio transactions; (j) BlackRock’s implementation of each Fund’s valuation and liquidity procedures; (k) an analysis of management fees paid to BlackRock for products with similar investment mandates across the open-end fund, exchange-traded fund (“ETF”), closed-end fund, sub-advised mutual fund, separately managed account, collective investment trust, and institutional separate account product channels, as applicable, and the similarities and differences between these products and the services provided as compared to each Fund; (l) BlackRock’s compensation methodology for its investment professionals and the incentives and accountability it creates, along with investment professionals’ investments in the fund(s) they manage; and (m) periodic updates on BlackRock’s business.

Prior to and in preparation for the May Meeting, the Board received and reviewed materials specifically relating to the renewal of the Agreements. The Independent Board Members are continuously engaged in a process with their independent legal counsel and BlackRock to review the nature and scope of the information provided to the Board to better assist its deliberations. The materials provided in connection with the May Meeting included, among other things: (a) information independently compiled and prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”), based on either a Lipper classification or Morningstar category, regarding each Fund’s fees and expenses as compared with a peer group of funds as determined by Broadridge (“Expense Peers”) and the investment performance of each Fund as compared with a peer group of funds (“Performance Peers”); (b) information on the composition of the Expense Peers and Performance Peers and a description of Broadridge’s methodology; (c) information on the estimated profits realized by BlackRock and its affiliates pursuant to the Agreements and a discussion of fall-out benefits to BlackRock and its affiliates; (d) a general analysis provided by BlackRock concerning investment management fees received in connection with other types of investment products, such as institutional accounts, sub-advised mutual funds, ETFs, closed-end funds, open-end funds, and separately managed accounts, under similar investment mandates, as well as the performance of such other products, as applicable; (e) a review of non-management fees; (f) the existence, impact and sharing of potential economies of scale, if any, with each Fund; (g) a summary of aggregate amounts paid by each Fund to BlackRock;(h) sales and redemption data regarding each Fund’s shares; and (i) various additional information requested by the Board as appropriate regarding BlackRock’s and each Fund’s operations.

At the May Meeting, the Board reviewed materials relating to its consideration of the Agreements and the Independent Board Members presented BlackRock with questions and requests for additional information. BlackRock responded to these questions and requests with additional written information in advance of the June Meeting.

At the June Meeting, the Board concluded its assessment of, among other things: (a) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BlackRock; (b) the investment performance of each Fund as compared to its Performance Peers and to other metrics, as applicable; (c) the advisory fee and the estimated cost of the services and estimated profits realized by BlackRock and its affiliates from their relationship with each Fund; (d) each Fund’s fees and expenses compared to its Expense Peers; (e) the existence and sharing of potential economies of scale; (f) any fall-out benefits to BlackRock and its affiliates as a result of BlackRock’s relationship with each Fund; and (g) other factors deemed relevant by the Board Members.

 

 

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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreements  (continued)

 

The Board also considered other matters it deemed important to the approval process, such as other payments made to BlackRock or its affiliates relating to securities lending and cash management, and BlackRock’s services related to the valuation and pricing of Fund portfolio holdings. The Board noted the willingness of BlackRock’s personnel to engage in open, candid discussions with the Board. The Board Members evaluated the information available to them on a fund-by-fund basis. The following paragraphs provide more information about some of the primary factors that were relevant to the Board’s decision. The Board Members did not identify any particular information, or any single factor as determinative, and each Board Member may have attributed different weights to the various items and factors considered.

A. Nature, Extent and Quality of the Services Provided by BlackRock

The Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the nature, extent and quality of services provided by BlackRock, including the investment advisory services, and the resulting performance of each Fund. Throughout the year, the Board compared Fund performance to the performance of a comparable group of mutual funds, relevant benchmarks, and performance metrics, as applicable. The Board met with BlackRock’s senior management personnel responsible for investment activities, including the senior investment officers. The Board also reviewed the materials provided by each Fund’s portfolio management team discussing each Fund’s performance, investment strategies and outlook.

The Board considered, among other factors, with respect to BlackRock: the experience of investment personnel generally and each Fund’s portfolio management team; research capabilities; investments by portfolio managers in the funds they manage; portfolio trading capabilities; use of technology; commitment to compliance; credit analysis capabilities; risk analysis and oversight capabilities; and the approach to training and retaining portfolio managers and other research, advisory and management personnel. The Board also considered BlackRock’s overall risk management program, including the continued efforts of BlackRock and its affiliates to address cybersecurity risks and the role of BlackRock’s Risk & Quantitative Analysis Group. The Board engaged in a review of BlackRock’s compensation structure with respect to each Fund’s portfolio management team and BlackRock’s ability to attract and retain high-quality talent and create performance incentives.

In addition to investment advisory services, the Board considered the nature and quality of the administrative and other non-investment advisory services provided to each Fund. BlackRock and its affiliates provide each Fund with certain administrative, shareholder and other services (in addition to any such services provided to each Fund by third parties) and officers and other personnel as are necessary for the operations of each Fund. In particular, BlackRock and its affiliates provide each Fund with administrative services including, among others: (i) responsibility for disclosure documents, such as the prospectus, the summary prospectus (as applicable), the statement of additional information and periodic shareholder reports; (ii) oversight of daily accounting and pricing; (iii) responsibility for periodic filings with regulators; (iv) overseeing and coordinating the activities of third-party service providers including, among others, each Fund’s custodian, fund accountant, transfer agent, and auditor; (v) organizing Board meetings and preparing the materials for such Board meetings; (vi) providing legal and compliance support; (vii) furnishing analytical and other support to assist the Board in its consideration of strategic issues such as the merger, consolidation or repurposing of certain open-end funds; and (viii) performing or managing administrative functions necessary for the operation of each Fund, such as tax reporting, expense management, fulfilling regulatory filing requirements, overseeing each Fund’s distribution partners, and shareholder call center and other services. The Board reviewed the structure and duties of BlackRock’s fund administration, shareholder services, and legal and compliance departments and considered BlackRock’s policies and procedures for assuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations. The Board considered the operation of BlackRock’s business continuity plans.

B. The Investment Performance of each Fund and BlackRock

The Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed and considered the performance history of each Fund throughout the year and at the May Meeting. In preparation for the May Meeting, the Board was provided with reports independently prepared by Broadridge, which included an analysis of each Fund’s performance as of December 31, 2022, as compared to its Performance Peers. Broadridge ranks funds in quartiles, ranging from first to fourth, where first is the most desirable quartile position and fourth is the least desirable. In connection with its review, the Board received and reviewed information regarding the investment performance of each Fund as compared to its Performance Peers and the respective Morningstar Category (“Morningstar Category”). The Board and its Performance Oversight Committee regularly review and meet with Fund management to discuss the performance of each Fund throughout the year.

In evaluating performance, the Board focused particular attention on funds with less favorable performance records. The Board also noted that while it found the data provided by Broadridge generally useful, it recognized the limitations of such data, including in particular, that notable differences may exist between a fund and its Performance Peers (for example, the investment objectives and strategies). Further, the Board recognized that the performance data reflects a snapshot of a period as of a particular date and that selecting a different performance period could produce significantly different results. The Board also acknowledged that long-term performance could be impacted by even one period of significant outperformance or underperformance, and that a single investment theme could have the ability to disproportionately affect long-term performance.

The Board noted that for the one-, three- and five-year periods reported, the California Municipal Opportunities Fund ranked in the third, second and second quartiles, respectively, against its Morningstar Category. The Board noted that BlackRock believes that the Morningstar Category is an appropriate performance metric for the California Municipal Opportunities Fund, and that BlackRock has explained its rationale for this belief to the Board. The Board and BlackRock reviewed the California Municipal Opportunities Fund’s underperformance relative to its Morningstar Category during the applicable period.

The Board noted that for the one-, three- and five-year periods reported, the New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund ranked in the third, third and second quartiles, respectively, against its Morningstar Category. The Board noted that BlackRock believes that the Morningstar Category is an appropriate performance metric for the New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund, and that BlackRock has explained its rationale for this belief to the Board. The Board and BlackRock reviewed the New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund’s underperformance relative to its Morningstar Category during the applicable periods.

The Board noted that for the one-, three- and five-year periods reported, the Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund ranked in the fourth, fourth and third quartiles, respectively, against its Morningstar Category. The Board noted that BlackRock believes that the Morningstar Category is an appropriate performance metric for the Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund, and that BlackRock has explained its rationale for this belief to the Board. The Board and BlackRock reviewed the Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund’s underperformance relative to its Morningstar Category during the applicable periods.

 

 

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The Board noted that for the since inception period reported, the Impact Municipal Fund ranked in the third quartile against its Morningstar Category. The Board noted that BlackRock believes that the Morningstar Category is an appropriate performance metric for the Impact Municipal Fund, and that BlackRock has explained its rationale for this belief to the Board. The Board and BlackRock reviewed the Impact Municipal Fund’s underperformance relative to its Morningstar Category during the applicable period.

The Board noted that for each of the one-, three- and five-year periods reported, the Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund ranked in the fourth quartile against its Morningstar Category. The Board noted that BlackRock believes that the Morningstar Category is an appropriate performance metric for the Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund, and that BlackRock has explained its rationale for this belief to the Board. The Board and BlackRock reviewed the Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund’s underperformance relative to its Morningstar Category during the applicable periods.

C. Consideration of the Advisory/Management Fees and the Estimated Cost of the Services and Estimated Profits Realized by BlackRock and its Affiliates from their Relationship with each Fund

The Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed each Fund’s contractual management fee rate compared with those of its Expense Peers. The contractual management fee rate represents a combination of the advisory fee and any administrative fees, before taking into account any reimbursements or fee waivers. The Board also compared each Fund’s total expense ratio, as well as its actual management fee rate, to those of its Expense Peers. The total expense ratio represents a fund’s total net operating expenses, including any 12b-1 or non-12b-1 service fees. The total expense ratio gives effect to any expense reimbursements or fee waivers, and the actual management fee rate gives effect to any management fee reimbursements or waivers. The Board considered that the fee and expense information in the Broadridge report for each Fund reflected information for a specific period and that historical asset levels and expenses may differ from current levels, particularly in a period of market volatility. The Board considered the services provided and the fees charged by BlackRock and its affiliates to other types of clients with similar investment mandates, as applicable, including institutional accounts and sub-advised mutual funds (including mutual funds sponsored by third parties).

The Board received and reviewed statements relating to BlackRock’s financial condition. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s profitability methodology and was also provided with an estimated profitability analysis that detailed the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by BlackRock for services provided to each Fund. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s estimated profitability with respect to each Fund and other funds the Board currently oversees for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to available aggregate estimated profitability data provided for the prior two years. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s estimated profitability with respect to certain other U.S. fund complexes managed by the Manager and/or its affiliates. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s assumptions and methodology of allocating expenses in the estimated profitability analysis, noting the inherent limitations in allocating costs among various advisory products. The Board recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors including, among other things, fee waivers and expense reimbursements by the Manager, the types of funds managed, precision of expense allocations and business mix. The Board thus recognized that calculating and comparing profitability at the individual fund level is difficult.

The Board noted that, in general, individual fund or product line profitability of other advisors is not publicly available. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s overall operating margin, in general, compared to that of certain other publicly traded asset management firms. The Board considered the differences between BlackRock and these other firms, including the contribution of technology at BlackRock, BlackRock’s expense management, and the relative product mix.

The Board considered whether BlackRock has the financial resources necessary to attract and retain high quality investment management personnel to perform its obligations under the Agreements and to continue to provide the high quality of services that is expected by the Board. The Board further considered factors including but not limited to BlackRock’s commitment of time and resources, assumption of risk, and liability profile in servicing each Fund, including in contrast to what is required of BlackRock with respect to other products with similar investment mandates across the open-end fund, ETF, closed-end fund, sub-advised mutual fund, separately managed account, collective investment trust, and institutional separate account product channels, as applicable.

The Board noted that the California Municipal Opportunities Fund’s contractual management fee rate ranked in the first quartile, and that the actual management fee rate and total expense ratio each ranked in the first quartile relative to the California Municipal Opportunities Fund’s Expense Peers. The Board also noted that the California Municipal Opportunities Fund has an advisory fee arrangement that includes breakpoints that adjust the fee rate downward as the size of the California Municipal Opportunities Fund increases above certain contractually specified levels. The Board additionally noted that the breakpoints can, conversely, adjust the advisory fee rate upward as the size of the California Municipal Opportunities Fund decreases below certain contractually specified levels. In addition, the Board noted that BlackRock and the Board have contractually agreed to a cap on the California Municipal Opportunities Fund’s total expenses as a percentage of the California Municipal Opportunities Fund’s average daily net assets on a class-by-class basis.

The Board noted that the New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund’s contractual management fee rate ranked in the third quartile, and that the actual management fee rate and total expense ratio each ranked in the first quartile relative to the New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund’s Expense Peers. The Board also noted that the New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund has an advisory fee arrangement that includes breakpoints that adjust the fee rate downward as the size of the New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund increases above certain contractually specified levels. The Board additionally noted that the breakpoints can, conversely, adjust the advisory fee rate upward as the size of the New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund decreases below certain contractually specified levels. The Board further noted that BlackRock and the Board have contractually agreed to a cap on the New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund’s total expenses as a percentage of the New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund’s average daily net assets on a class-by-class basis.

The Board noted that the Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund’s contractual management fee rate ranked in the third quartile, and that the actual management fee rate and total expense ratio ranked in the second and first quartiles, respectively, relative to the Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund’s Expense Peers. The Board also noted that the Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund has an advisory fee arrangement that includes breakpoints that adjust the fee rate downward as the size of the Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund increases above certain contractually specified levels. The Board additionally noted that the breakpoints can, conversely, adjust the advisory fee rate upward as the size of the Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund decreases below certain contractually specified levels. The Board further noted that BlackRock and the Board have contractually agreed to a cap on the Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund’s total expenses as a percentage of the Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund’s average daily net assets on a class-by-class basis.

 

 

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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreements  (continued)

 

The Board noted that the Impact Municipal Fund’s contractual management fee rate ranked in the third quartile, and that the actual management fee rate and total expense ratio ranked in the first and fourth quartiles, respectively, relative to the Impact Municipal Fund’s Expense Peers. The Board also noted, however, that given the comparability limitations of the Expense Peers, BlackRock provided the Board a supplemental peer group consisting of Impact Municipal Funds that BlackRock believes are generally similar to the Impact Municipal Fund. The Board noted that the Impact Municipal Fund’s actual management fee rate and total expense ratio ranked in the first and fourth quartiles, respectively, relative to the supplemental peer group. The Board further noted that the Impact Municipal Fund has an advisory fee arrangement that includes breakpoints that adjust the fee rate downward as the size of the Impact Municipal Fund increases above certain contractually specified levels. The Board additionally noted that the breakpoints can, conversely, adjust the advisory fee rate upward as the size of the Impact Municipal Fund decreases below certain contractually specified levels. Additionally, the Board noted that BlackRock and the Board have contractually agreed to a cap on the Impact Municipal Fund’s total expenses as a percentage of the Impact Municipal Fund’s average daily net assets on a class-by-class basis.

The Board noted that the Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund’s contractual management fee rate ranked in the fourth quartile, and that the actual management fee rate and total expense ratio each ranked in the fourth quartile relative to the Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund’s Expense Peers. The Board also noted, however, that given the comparability limitations of the Expense Peers, BlackRock provided the Board a supplemental peer group consisting of Strategic Municipal Opportunities Funds that BlackRock believes are generally similar to the Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund. The Board noted that the Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund’s actual management fee rate and total expense ratio each ranked in the second quartile relative to the supplemental peer group. The Board further noted that the Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund has an advisory fee arrangement that includes breakpoints that adjust the fee rate downward as the size of the Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund increases above certain contractually specified levels. The Board additionally noted that the breakpoints can, conversely, adjust the advisory fee rate upward as the size of the Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund decreases below certain contractually specified levels. Additionally, the Board noted that BlackRock and the Board have contractually agreed to waive 0.05% of the advisory fee for the Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund through June 30, 2025.

D. Economies of Scale

The Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of each Fund increase, including the existence of fee waivers and/or expense caps, as applicable, noting that any contractual fee waivers and contractual expense caps had been approved by the Board. In its consideration, the Board further considered the continuation and/or implementation of fee waivers and/or expense caps, as applicable. The Board also considered the extent to which each Fund benefits from such economies of scale in a variety of ways, and whether there should be changes in the advisory fee rate or breakpoint structure in order to enable each Fund to more fully participate in these economies of scale. The Board considered each Fund’s asset levels and whether the current fee schedule was appropriate.

E. Other Factors Deemed Relevant by the Board Members

The Board, including the Independent Board Members, also took into account other ancillary or “fall-out” benefits that BlackRock or its affiliates may derive from BlackRock’s respective relationships with each Fund, both tangible and intangible, such as BlackRock’s ability to leverage its investment professionals who manage other portfolios and its risk management personnel, an increase in BlackRock’s profile in the investment advisory community, and the engagement of BlackRock’s affiliates as service providers to each Fund, including for administrative, distribution, securities lending, and cash management services. With respect to securities lending, during the year the Board also considered information provided by independent third-party consultants related to the performance of each BlackRock affiliate as securities lending agent. The Board also considered BlackRock’s overall operations and its efforts to expand the scale of, and improve the quality of, its operations. The Board also noted that, subject to applicable law, BlackRock may use and benefit from third-party research obtained by soft dollars generated by certain registered fund transactions to assist in managing all or a number of its other client accounts.

In connection with its consideration of the Agreements, the Board also received information regarding BlackRock’s brokerage and soft dollar practices. The Board received reports from BlackRock which included information on brokerage commissions and trade execution practices throughout the year.

The Board noted the competitive nature of the open-end fund marketplace, and that shareholders are able to redeem their Fund shares if they believe that each Fund’s fees and expenses are too high or if they are dissatisfied with the performance of each Fund.

Conclusion

At the June Meeting, in a continuation of the discussions that occurred during the May Meeting, and as a culmination of the Board’s year-long deliberative process, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, unanimously approved the continuation of the Agreements between the Manager and each Registrant, on behalf of each of Registrant’s respective Fund(s), for a one-year term ending June 30, 2024. Based upon its evaluation of all of the aforementioned factors in their totality, as well as other information, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, was satisfied that the terms of the Agreements were fair and reasonable and in the best interest of each Fund and its shareholders. In arriving at its decision to approve the Agreements, the Board did not identify any single factor or group of factors as all-important or controlling, but considered all factors together, and different Board Members may have attributed different weights to the various factors considered. The Independent Board Members were advised by independent legal counsel throughout the deliberative process.

 

 

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Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program

 

In compliance with Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Liquidity Rule”), BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust, BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust, BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. and BlackRock Municipal Series Trust (the “Trusts”) have adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) for BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund, BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund, BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund, BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund and BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund (the “Funds”), each a series of the respective Trust, which is reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk.

The Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of the Trusts, on behalf of the Funds, met on November 14-15, 2023 (the “Meeting”) to review the Program. The Board previously appointed BlackRock Advisors, LLC, the investment adviser to each Fund, as the program administrator for each Fund’s Program. BlackRock also previously delegated oversight of the Program to the 40 Act Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the “Committee”). At the Meeting, the Committee, on behalf of BlackRock, provided the Board with a report that addressed the operation of the Program and assessed its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation, including the management of each Fund’s Highly Liquid Investment Minimum (“HLIM”) where applicable, and any material changes to the Program (the “Report”). The Report covered the period from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023 (the “Program Reporting Period”).

The Report described the Program’s liquidity classification methodology for categorizing each Fund’s investments (including derivative transactions) into one of four liquidity buckets. It also referenced the methodology used by BlackRock to establish each Fund’s HLIM and noted that the Committee reviews and ratifies the HLIM assigned to each Fund no less frequently than annually. The Report also discussed notable events affecting liquidity over the Program Reporting Period, including the imposition of capital controls in certain countries.

The Report noted that the Program complied with the key factors for consideration under the Liquidity Rule for assessing, managing and periodically reviewing each Fund’s liquidity risk, as follows:

 

  a)

The Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. During the Program Reporting Period, the Committee reviewed whether each Fund’s strategy is appropriate for an open-end fund structure with a focus on funds with more significant and consistent holdings of less liquid and illiquid assets. The Committee also factored a fund’s concentration in an issuer into the liquidity classification methodology by taking issuer position sizes into account. Where a fund participated in borrowings for investment purposes (such as tender option bonds or reverse repurchase agreements), such borrowings were factored into the Program’s calculation of a fund’s liquidity bucketing. A fund’s derivative exposure was also considered in such calculation.

 

  b)

Short-term and long-term cash flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. During the Program Reporting Period, the Committee reviewed historical redemption activity and used this information as a component to establish each Fund’s reasonably anticipated trading size utilized for liquidity classifications. Each Fund has adopted an in-kind redemption policy which may be utilized to meet larger redemption requests. The Committee may also take into consideration a fund’s shareholder ownership concentration (which, depending on product type and distribution channel, may or may not be available), a fund’s distribution channels, and the degree of certainty associated with a fund’s short-term and long-term cash flow projections.

 

  c)

Holdings of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements. The Committee considered the terms of the credit facility committed to each Fund, the financial health of the institution providing the facility and the fact that the credit facility is shared among multiple funds (including that a portion of the aggregate commitment amount is specifically designated for BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Funds V, and BlackRock Floating Rate Loan ETF, a series of BlackRock ETF Trust II). The Committee also considered other types of borrowing available to the funds, such as the ability to use reverse repurchase agreements and interfund lending, as applicable.

There were no material changes to the Program during the Program Reporting Period other than the enhancement of certain model components in the Program’s classification methodology. The Report provided to the Board stated that the Committee concluded that based on the operation of the functions, as described in the Report, the Program is operating as intended and is effective in implementing the requirements of the Liquidity Rule.

 

 

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Additional Information  

 

Proxy Results

A Special Meeting of Shareholders was held on November 9, 2023, for shareholders of record on September 11, 2023, to elect trustee nominees for the BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust (the “Trust”).

Shareholders elected the Trustees(a) as follows:

 

 

 

 
           Votes For      Votes Against     Votes Abstained  
 

 

 
 

 Lorenzo A. Flores

    167,066,966        3,387,717       2,723,102  
 

 Stayce D. Harris

    166,950,539        3,310,663       2,916,583  
 

 J. Phillip Holloman

    167,338,671        3,820,264       2,018,850  
 

 Arthur P. Steinmetz

    166,780,625        3,697,123       2,700,037  
 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Denotes Trust-wide proposal and voting results.

 

A Special Meeting of Shareholders was held on November 9, 2023, for shareholders of record on September 11, 2023, to elect trustee nominees for the BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust (the “Trust”).

Shareholders elected the Trustees(a) as follows:

 

 

 

 
           Votes For      Votes Against     Votes Abstained  
 

 

 
 

 Lorenzo A. Flores

    157,754,353        4,943,620       1,327,181  
 

 Stayce D. Harris

    158,273,711        4,459,919       1,291,524  
 

 J. Phillip Holloman

    155,586,816        5,535,010       2,903,328  
 

 Arthur P. Steinmetz

    155,419,703        5,957,521       2,647,930  
 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Denotes Trust-wide proposal and voting results.

 

A Special Meeting of Shareholders was held on November 9, 2023, for shareholders of record on September 11, 2023, to elect director nominees for the BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (the “Corporation”).

Shareholders elected the Directors(a) as follows:

 

 

 

 
           Votes For      Votes Against     Votes Abstained  
 

 

 
 

 Lorenzo A. Flores

    1,085,651,336        18,152,624       16,131,399  
 

 Stayce D. Harris

    1,087,270,030        17,234,652       15,430,677  
 

 J. Phillip Holloman

    1,085,526,296        18,168,164       16,240,899  
 

 Arthur P. Steinmetz

    1,084,634,679        18,987,501       16,313,179  
 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Denotes Corporation-wide proposal and voting results.

 

A Special Meeting of Shareholders was held on November 9, 2023, for shareholders of record on September 11, 2023, to elect trustee nominees for the BlackRock Municipal Series Trust (the “Trust”).

Shareholders elected the Trustees(a) as follows:

 

 

 

 
           Votes For      Votes Against     Votes Abstained  
 

 

 
 

 Lorenzo A. Flores

    412,133,854        4,657,419       2,520,007  
 

 Stayce D. Harris

    413,366,499        4,177,116       1,767,665  
 

 J. Phillip Holloman

    412,289,521        4,710,870       2,310,889  
 

 Arthur P. Steinmetz

    412,324,968        4,668,942       2,317,370  
 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Denotes Trust-wide proposal and voting results.

 

Tailored Shareholder Reports for Open-End Mutual Funds and ETFs

Effective January 24, 2023, the SEC adopted rule and form amendments to require open-end mutual funds and ETFs to transmit concise and visually engaging streamlined annual and semiannual reports to shareholders that highlight key information. Other information, including financial statements, will no longer appear in a streamlined shareholder report but must be available online, delivered free of charge upon request, and filed on a semiannual basis on Form N-CSR. The rule and form amendments have a compliance date of July 24, 2024. At this time, management is evaluating the impact of these amendments on the shareholder reports for the Funds.

 

 

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Additional Information  (continued)

 

Dividend Policy

Each Fund’s dividend policy is to distribute all or a portion of its net investment income to its shareholders on a monthly basis. In order to provide shareholders with a more stable level of distributions, the Funds may at times pay out less than the entire amount of net investment income earned in any particular month and may at times in any particular month pay out such accumulated but undistributed income in addition to net investment income earned in that month. As a result, the distributions paid by the Funds for any particular month may be more or less than the amount of net investment income earned by the Funds during such month. The Funds’ current accumulated but undistributed net investment income, if any, is disclosed as accumulated earnings (loss) in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, which comprises part of the financial information included in this report.

General Information

Quarterly performance, semi-annual and annual reports, current net asset value and other information regarding the Funds may be found on BlackRock’s website, which can be accessed at blackrock.com. Any reference to BlackRock’s website in this report 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 report.

Householding

The Funds will mail only one copy of shareholder documents, including prospectuses, annual and semi-annual reports, Rule 30e-3 notices and proxy statements, to shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address. This practice is commonly called “householding” and is intended to reduce expenses and eliminate duplicate mailings of shareholder documents. Mailings of your shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please call the Funds at (800) 441-7762.

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

The Funds file their complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to their reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. Additionally, each Fund makes its portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year available at blackrock.com/fundreports.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies, Procedures and Voting Records

A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information about how the Funds voted proxies relating to securities held in the Funds’ portfolios during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge, upon request (1) by calling (800) 441-7762; (2) on the BlackRock website at blackrock.com; and (3) on the SEC’s website at sec.gov.

BlackRock’s Mutual Fund Family

BlackRock offers a diverse lineup of open-end mutual funds crossing all investment styles and managed by experts in equity, fixed-income and tax-exempt investing. Visit blackrock.com for more information.

Shareholder Privileges

Account Information

Call us at (800) 441-7762 from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM ET on any business day to get information about your account balances, recent transactions and share prices. You can also visit blackrock.com for more information.

Automatic Investment Plans

Investor class shareholders who want to invest regularly can arrange to have $50 or more automatically deducted from their checking or savings account and invested in any of the BlackRock funds.

Systematic Withdrawal Plans

Investor class shareholders can establish a systematic withdrawal plan and receive periodic payments of $50 or more from their BlackRock funds, as long as their account balance is at least $10,000.

Retirement Plans

Shareholders may make investments in conjunction with Traditional, Rollover, Roth, Coverdell, Simple IRAs, SEP IRAs and 403(b) Plans.

 

 

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Additional Information  (continued)

 

BlackRock Privacy Principles

BlackRock is committed to maintaining the privacy of its current and former fund investors and individual clients (collectively, “Clients”) and to safeguarding their non-public personal information. The following information is provided to help you understand what personal information BlackRock collects, how we protect that information and why in certain cases we share such information with select parties.

If you are located in a jurisdiction where specific laws, rules or regulations require BlackRock to provide you with additional or different privacy-related rights beyond what is set forth below, then BlackRock will comply with those specific laws, rules or regulations.

BlackRock obtains or verifies personal non-public information from and about you from different sources, including the following: (i) information we receive from you or, if applicable, your financial intermediary, on applications, forms or other documents; (ii) information about your transactions with us, our affiliates, or others; (iii) information we receive from a consumer reporting agency; and (iv) from visits to our websites.

BlackRock does not sell or disclose to non-affiliated third parties any non-public personal information about its Clients, except as permitted by law or as is necessary to respond to regulatory requests or to service Client accounts. These non-affiliated third parties are required to protect the confidentiality and security of this information and to use it only for its intended purpose.

We may share information with our affiliates to service your account or to provide you with information about other BlackRock products or services that may be of interest to you. In addition, BlackRock restricts access to non-public personal information about its Clients to those BlackRock employees with a legitimate business need for the information. BlackRock maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that are designed to protect the non-public personal information of its Clients, including procedures relating to the proper storage and disposal of such information.

Fund and Service Providers

 

Investment Adviser

 

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

 

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Wilmington, DE 19809

 

Boston, MA 02116

Accounting Agent and Custodian

 

Legal Counsel

State Street Bank and Trust Company

 

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Boston, MA 02114

 

New York, NY 10019

Transfer Agent

 

Address of the Funds

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

 

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

 

Wilmington, DE 19809

Distributor

 

BlackRock Investments, LLC

 

New York, NY 10001

 

 

 

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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

 

 

Portfolio Abbreviation
AGC     

Assured Guaranty Corp.

AGM     

Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.

AGM-CR     

AGM Insured Custodial Receipt

AMBAC     

AMBAC Assurance Corp.

AMT     

Alternative Minimum Tax

ARB     

Airport Revenue Bonds

BAB     

Build America Bond

BAM     

Build America Mutual Assurance Co.

BAM-TCRS     

Build America Mutual Assurance Co.- Transferable Custodial Receipts

BHAC-CR     

Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp. - Custodian Receipt

CAB     

Capital Appreciation Bonds

COP     

Certificates of Participation

CR     

Custodian Receipt

FHLMC     

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

FNMA     

Federal National Mortgage Association

GNMA     

Government National Mortgage Association

GO     

General Obligation Bonds

GTD     

GTD Guaranteed

HUD SECT 8     

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Section 8

M/F     

Multi-Family

NPFGC     

National Public Finance Guarantee Corp.

PSF     

Permanent School Fund

Q-SBLF     

Qualified School Bond Loan Fund

RB     

Revenue Bond

S/F     

Single-Family

SAB     

Special Assessment Bonds

SAN     

State Aid Notes

SAP     

Subject to Appropriations

SAW     

State Aid Withholding

SONYMA     

State of New York Mortgage Agency

ST     

Special Tax

TA

    

Tax Allocation

 

 

 

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This report is intended for current holders. It is not authorized for use as an offer of sale or a solicitation of an offer to buy shares of the Funds unless preceded or accompanied by the Funds’ current prospectus. Past performance results shown in this report should not be considered a representation of future performance. Investment returns and principal value of shares will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Statements and other information herein are as dated and are subject to change.

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(b) Not Applicable

 

Item 2 –

Code of Ethics – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report

 

Item 3 –

Audit Committee Financial Expert – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report

 

Item 4 –

Principal Accountant Fees and Services – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report

 

Item 5 –

Audit Committee of Listed Registrant – Not Applicable

 

Item 6 –

Investments

(a) The registrant’s Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Report to Stockholders filed under Item 1(a) of this Form.

(b) Not Applicable due to no such divestments during the semi-annual period covered since the previous Form N-CSR filing.

 

Item 7 –

Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable

 

Item 8 –

Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable

 

Item 9 –

Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers – Not Applicable

 

Item 10 –

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders – There have been no material changes to these procedures.

 

Item 11 –

Controls and Procedures

(a) The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rule 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12 –

Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable

 

Item 13 –

Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation – Not Applicable

 

Item 14 –

Exhibits attached hereto

(a)(1) Code of Ethics – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report


(a)(2) Section 302 Certifications are attached

(a)(3) Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 – Not Applicable

(a)(4) Change in Registrant’s independent public accountant – Not Applicable

(b) Section 906 Certifications are attached


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

 

 

By:

    

/s/ John M. Perlowski                             

      

John M. Perlowski

      

Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of

      

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

Date: January 19, 2024

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

 

By:

    

/s/ John M. Perlowski                            

      

John M. Perlowski

      

Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of

      

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

Date: January 19, 2024

 

 

By:

    

/s/ Trent Walker                            

      

Trent Walker

      

Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of

      

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

Date: January 19, 2024

EX-99.CERT 2 d713717dex99cert.htm CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 Certifications Pursuant to Section 302

EX-99. CERT

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 30a-2(a) UNDER THE 1940 ACT AND SECTION 302 OF THE

SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

 

I, John M. Perlowski, Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc., certify that:

1.            I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.;

2.            Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.            Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.            The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

a)            designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)            designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)            evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

d)            disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.            The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)            all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

b)            any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: January 19, 2024

/s/ John M. Perlowski        

John M. Perlowski

Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.


EX-99. CERT

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 30a-2(a) UNDER THE 1940 ACT AND SECTION 302 OF THE

SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

 

I, Trent Walker, Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc., certify that:

1.            I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.;

2.            Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.            Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.            The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

a)            designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)            designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)            evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

d)            disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.            The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)            all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

b)            any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: January 19, 2024

/s/ Trent Walker        

Trent Walker

Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

EX-99.906 CERT 3 d713717dex99906cert.htm CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 Certification Pursuant to Section 906

Exhibit 99.906CERT

Certification Pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act and

Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, the undersigned officer of BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (the “Registrant”), hereby certifies, to the best of his knowledge, that the Registrant’s Report on Form N-CSR for the period ended November 30, 2023 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.

Date: January 19, 2024

/s/ John M. Perlowski        

John M. Perlowski

Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, the undersigned officer of BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (the “Registrant”), hereby certifies, to the best of his knowledge, that the Registrant’s Report on Form N-CSR for the period ended November 30, 2023 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.

Date: January 19, 2024

/s/ Trent Walker         

Trent Walker

Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

This certification is being furnished pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and 18 U.S.C. § 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Form N-CSR with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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