0001193125-24-060363.txt : 20240306 0001193125-24-060363.hdr.sgml : 20240306 20240306114001 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-24-060363 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CSRS PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 8 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20231231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20240306 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20240306 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20240306 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: 24724846 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 S000002334 BlackRock National Municipal Fund C000006118 Investor A C000006121 Institutional C000038033 Investor C C000100249 Service Shares C000100250 Class K 0000225635 S000002335 BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund C000006122 Investor A1 C000006124 Investor C C000006125 Institutional C000038034 Investor A C000038035 Class K Shares 0000225635 S000011867 BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund C000032425 Investor A C000032427 Investor C C000032428 Institutional C000199786 Class K N-CSRS 1 d691696dncsrs.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 High Yield Municipal Fund
  BlackRock National Municipal Fund
  BlackRock Short-Term 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: 06/30/2024

Date of reporting period: 12/31/2023

 


Item 1 – Report to Stockholders

(a) The Report to Shareholders is attached herewith.

 


 

LOGO

  DECEMBER 31, 2023

 

  

2023 Semi-Annual Report

(Unaudited)

 

 

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

 

·  

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

 

·  

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

·  

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

·  

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal 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 December 31, 2023. Significantly tighter monetary policy helped to rein in inflation, and the Consumer Price Index decelerated substantially in the first half of the year before stalling between 3% and 4% in the second half. A moderating labor market helped ease inflationary pressure, although wages continued to grow. Wage and job growth powered robust 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 robust 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. Large-capitalization U.S. stocks posted particularly substantial gains, supported by the performance of a few notable technology companies and small-capitalization U.S. stocks also advanced. Meanwhile, international developed market equities and emerging market stocks posted solid gains.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield ended 2023 where it began despite an eventful year that saw significant moves in bond markets. Overall, U.S. Treasuries gained as investors began to anticipate looser financial conditions. 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 four times during the 12-month period, but paused its tightening in the second half of 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 stopped tightening for now, 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. In this new regime, we anticipate greater volatility and dispersion of returns, creating more opportunities for selective portfolio management.

We believe developed market equities have priced in an optimistic scenario for rate cuts, which we view as premature, so we prefer an underweight stance in the near term. Nevertheless, we are overweight on Japanese stocks 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 tighter 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 December 31, 2023

 

 
    

 

 6-Month 

 

   

 

 12-Month 

 

 
   

U.S. large cap equities
(S&P 500® Index)

    8.04%       26.29%  
   

U.S. small cap equities
(Russell 2000® Index)

    8.18          16.93    
   

International equities

(MSCI Europe, Australasia,
Far East Index)

    5.88          18.24    
   

Emerging market equities
(MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

    4.71          9.83    
   

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

    2.70          5.02    
   

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

    1.11          2.83    
   

U.S. investment grade bonds
(Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index)

    3.37          5.53    
   

Tax-exempt municipal bonds
(Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index)

    3.63          6.40    
   

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

    7.65          13.44    

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

     14  

Disclosure of Expenses

     14  

The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging

     15  

Derivative Financial Instruments

     15  

Financial Statements:

  

Schedules of Investments

     16  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

     49  

Statements of Operations

     51  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     52  

Financial Highlights

     54  

Notes to Financial Statements

     73  

Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program

     86  

Additional Information

     87  

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

     90  

 

 

 

 

LOGO

 

 

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Fund Summary  as of December 31, 2023    BlackRock NewYork Municipal Opportunities Fund

 

Investment Objective

BlackRock NewYork Municipal Opportunities Fund’s (the “Fund”) investment objective is to provide shareholders with income exempt from Federal income tax and New York State and New York City personal income taxes.

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?

For the six-month period ended December 31, 2023, all of the Fund’s share classes outperformed both its primary benchmark, the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index, and its secondary benchmark, a customized weighted index comprised of 85% Bloomberg Municipal Bond: New York Exempt Total Return Index Unhedged USD/10% Bloomberg Municipal Bond: New York High Yield (non-Investment Grade) Total Return Index/5% Bloomberg Municipal Index New York 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 holdings in longer-duration and longer-maturity securities contributed to results. (Duration is a measure of interest rate sensitivity.) The Fund also benefited from its holdings in lower-rated investment-grade bonds and high yield (non-investment grade) issues at a time of tightening credit spreads. The Fund’s use of U.S. Treasury futures to manage interest rate risk also contributed positively.

The Fund’s allocation to Puerto Rico utilities debt detracted from performance, as did security selection in the education sector. The Fund’s holdings in cash were also a drag on results given the positive returns for the municipal market.

Describe recent portfolio activity.

The Fund’s duration increased in the second half of 2023 and was in line with the index at the end of December 2023. For the majority of the period, the Fund’s duration was either in line with or above that of the benchmark.

The Fund’s investment adviser focused on improving call protection in an effort to lock in higher yields. In terms of maturities, the largest increase occurred in the 20- to 25-year range and the largest decrease was in 15- to 18-year issues. With respect to credit quality, the largest decrease was in the AA rated tier.

While much of New York issuance tends to be concentrated in a handful of large issuers, a more diverse range of issuers entered the market during the period. The investment adviser focused on these deals, as well as similar situations in the secondary market.

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

The Fund’s duration was in line with the benchmark. The Fund was overweight in the 15- to 25-year maturity range, as well as in A rated 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.

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

    3.14     3.02     4.39       6.83     N/A         2.08     N/A         3.72     N/A  

Investor A

    2.77       2.68       4.25         6.66       2.13       1.83       0.95       3.48       3.03

Investor A1

    2.92       2.83       4.33         6.81       N/A         1.98       N/A         3.62       N/A  

Investor C

    2.16       2.05       3.96         5.86       4.86         1.07       1.07         2.85       2.85  

Class K

    3.20       3.11       4.41         6.88       N/A         2.12       N/A         3.75       N/A  

Customized Reference Benchmark(c)

                3.78         7.56       N/A         2.33       N/A         N/A       N/A  

Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index(d)

                3.63               6.40       N/A               2.25       N/A               3.03       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 investment grade New York municipal bonds. The Fund’s returns prior to February 18, 2015 are the returns of the Fund when it followed different investment strategies under the name BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Fund.

 
  (c) 

A customized weighted index comprised of 85% Bloomberg Municipal Bond: New York Exempt Total Return Index Unhedged USD/10% Bloomberg Municipal Bond: New York High Yield (non-Investment Grade) Total Return Index/5% Bloomberg Municipal Index New York 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.

 

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 December 31, 2023 (continued)    BlackRock NewYork Municipal Opportunities Fund

 

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
(07/01/23)
 
 
 
 
   


Ending
Account
Value
(12/31/23)
 
 
 
 
   


Including
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
(a) 
   


Excluding
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
(a) 
           


Beginning
Account
Value
(07/01/23)
 
 
 
 
   


Ending
Account
Value
(12/31/23)
 
 
 
 
   



Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period
 



(a) 
           


Ending
Account
Value
(12/31/23)
 
 
 
 
   



Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period
 
 

 
(a) 
           


Including
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
 
   


Excluding
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
 

Institutional

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,043.90     $ 3.73     $ 2.59       $ 1,000.00     $ 1,021.49     $ 3.69       $ 1,022.60     $ 2.56         0.73     0.50

Investor A

    1,000.00       1,042.50       5.01       3.87         1,000.00       1,020.23       4.95         1,021.35       3.83         0.98       0.75  

Investor A1

    1,000.00       1,043.30       4.24       3.10         1,000.00       1,020.99       4.20         1,022.10       3.07         0.83       0.60  

Investor C

    1,000.00       1,039.60       8.85       7.71         1,000.00       1,016.46       8.75         1,017.58       7.62         1.73       1.50  

Class K

    1,000.00       1,044.10       3.47       2.33               1,000.00       1,021.74       3.43               1,022.85       2.31               0.68       0.45  

 

(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 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period shown).

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   
Sector(a)(b)   Percent of
Total Investments
 

Transportation

    21.8

County/City/Special District/School District

    19.4  

Utilities

    18.0  

State

    15.6  

Education

    11.5  

Housing

    5.7  

Tobacco

    3.3  

Corporate

    2.7  

Health

    1.8  

Other*

    0.2  

CALL/MATURITY SCHEDULE

 

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

2024

    4.9

2025

    2.8  

2026

    2.8  

2027

    9.1  

2028

    3.8  

CREDIT QUALITY ALLOCATION

 

   
Credit Rating(a)(d)   Percent of
Total Investments
 

AAA/Aaa

    12.8

AA/Aa

    53.6  

A

    18.4  

BBB/Baa

    4.6  

BB/Ba

    0.6  

B

    0.8  

N/R(e)

    9.2  

 

 

 

(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 December 31, 2023, the market value of unrated securities deemed by the investment adviser to be investment grade represents 1.6% 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.

 

 

 

F U N D  S U M M A R Y

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Fund Summary as of December 31, 2023    BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

 

Investment Objective

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund’s (the “Fund”) investment objective is to provide shareholders with as high a level of income exempt from Federal income taxes as is consistent with the investment policies of the Fund.

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?

For the six-month period ended December 31, 2023, the Fund’s Institutional and Class K Shares outperformed its primary benchmark, the Bloomberg Municipal High Yield Bond Index, while its Investor A Shares performed in line and its Investor C Shares underperformed. For the same period, all of the Fund’s share classes outperformed its secondary benchmark, a customized weighted index comprised of 20% Bloomberg Municipal Bond Rated Baa Index / 60% Bloomberg Municipal Bond: High Yield (non-Investment Grade) Total Return Index / 20% Bloomberg Municipal Investment Grade ex BBB (the “High Yield Customized Reference Benchmark”) with the exception of its Investor C shares, which underperformed. The following discussion of relative performance pertains to the High Yield Customized Reference Benchmark.

What factors influenced performance?

High yield municipal bonds performed well in the second half of the period. After a difficult start, the asset class staged a strong rally in November and December 2023 thanks to the combination of falling government bond yields and a decline in yield spreads.

The Fund’s holdings in the other industries, corporate-backed, and education sectors contributed to relative performance. Overweights in AA and A rated securities also helped results, as did an overweight in bonds with maturities of 20 years and above. An emphasis on positive convexity and discount bonds—including those with below 5% coupons and zero coupons—benefited performance. (Positive convexity is a characteristic than can help a bond outperform as interest rates fall.)

Holdings in BBB, BB and B rated bonds detracted from relative performance. Underweights in 5% coupon issues and maturities shorter than 20 years detracted, as well.

Describe recent portfolio activity.

The Fund experienced net outflows in the period, prompting the investment adviser to sell securities that had limited upside potential and where it could harvest tax losses. It continued to focus on adding bonds it believed had above-average risk-and-return profiles. As the Fed signaled that its rate hiking cycle was nearing its end, the investment adviser increased the Fund’s leverage position in an effort to boost income.

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

The Fund was long convexity and discount bonds, and it was underweight in premium 5% coupon securities. The Fund was overweight in the corporate-backed, other industries, and education sectors, and it was underweight in school districts, tax-backed local, transportation, health, tax-backed states, tobacco, and housing. It was overweight A rated and non-rated bonds and underweight in BBBs and BBs.

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 December 31, 2023 (continued)    BlackRock High Yield Municipal 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

    4.17     4.10     4.68       7.10     N/A         2.63     N/A         4.77     N/A  

Investor A

    3.77       3.72       4.55         6.84       2.30       2.37       1.48       4.51       4.05

Investor C

    3.20       3.12       4.15         6.03       5.03         1.60       1.60         3.88       3.88  

Class K

    4.24       4.18       4.70         7.15       N/A         2.67       N/A         4.79       N/A  

High Yield Customized Reference Benchmark(c)

                4.32         8.56       N/A         3.16       N/A         N/A       N/A  

Bloomberg Municipal High Yield Bond Index(d)

                4.57               9.21       N/A               3.49       N/A               5.00       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 seeks to achieve its objective by investing at least 80% of its assets in municipal bonds and may invest in municipal bonds rated in any rating category or in unrated municipal bonds. The Fund will primarily invest in municipal bonds that have a maturity of five years or longer.

 
  (c) 

A customized weighted index comprised of 20% Bloomberg Municipal Bond Rated Baa Index/60% Bloomberg Municipal Bond: High Yield (non-Investment Grade) Total Return Index/20% Bloomberg Municipal Investment Grade ex BBB (the “High Yield Customized Reference Benchmark”). The High Yield Customized Reference Benchmark commenced on September 30, 2016.

 
  (d) 

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.

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
(07/01/23)
 
 
 
 
   


Ending
Account
Value
(12/31/23)
 
 
 
 
   


Including
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
(a) 
   


Excluding
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
(a) 
           


Beginning
Account
Value
(07/01/23)
 
 
 
 
   


Ending

Account
Value

(12/31/23)

 

 
 

 

   



Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period
 
 

 
(a) 
           


Ending
Account
Value
(12/31/23)
 
 
 
 
   



Expenses
Paid

During
the
Period

 
 


 
(a) 

           


Including
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
 
   


Excluding
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
 

Institutional

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,046.80     $ 2.87     $ 2.82       $ 1,000.00     $ 1,022.33     $ 2.84       $ 1,022.38     $ 2.79         0.56     0.55

Investor A

    1,000.00       1,045.50       4.16       4.11         1,000.00       1,021.07       4.11         1,021.12       4.06         0.81       0.80  

Investor C

    1,000.00       1,041.50       8.00       7.95         1,000.00       1,017.30       7.91         1,017.35       7.85         1.56       1.55  

Class K

    1,000.00       1,047.00       2.62       2.56               1,000.00       1,022.58       2.58               1,022.63       2.53               0.51       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 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period shown).

 

 

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Fund Summary as of December 31, 2023 (continued)    BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

 

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   
Sector(a)(b)   Percent of
Total Investments
 

Corporate

    16.6

State

    16.4  

Health

    15.1  

Education

    14.3  

County/City/Special District/School District

    13.0  

Transportation

    8.8  

Tobacco

    5.9  

Housing

    4.9  

Utilities

    4.1  

Other*

    0.9  

CALL/MATURITY SCHEDULE

 

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

2024

    11.7

2025

    2.1  

2026

    7.1  

2027

    7.3  

2028

    8.9  

CREDIT QUALITY ALLOCATION

 

   
Credit Rating(a)(d)   Percent of
Total Investments
 

AAA/Aaa

    0.8

AA/Aa

    12.8  

A

    12.4  

BBB/Baa

    7.8  

BB/Ba

    8.7  

B

    1.3  

N/R(e)

    56.2  

 

 

 

(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 December 31, 2023, the market value of unrated securities deemed by the investment adviser to be investment grade represents 1.1% 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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Fund Summary as of December 31, 2023    BlackRock National Municipal Fund

 

Investment Objective

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

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?

For the six-month period ended December 31, 2023, all of the Fund’s share classes underperformed its primary benchmark, the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index.

What factors influenced performance?

After performing poorly in the first four months of the period, municipal bonds rallied in November and December 2023 to close with solid gains. The recovery stemmed from the combination of more favorable inflation data and indications that the Fed could begin to cut interest rates in 2024.

The Fund held positions in bonds with characteristics that caused them to underperform when the market moved higher in the final two months of the period. While these securities generally appreciated in price, they did not keep pace with those that have higher interest rate sensitivity. The Fund’s cash position also dampened performance in the rising market, as did its efforts to manage interest rate risk through the use of U.S. Treasury futures.

The Fund’s holdings in longer-duration securities performed well in the favorable market environment. (Duration is a measure of interest rate sensitivity.) Overweights in the transportation and corporate-backed sectors also helped relative performance, as did an out-of-benchmark position in high-yield bonds.

Describe recent portfolio activity.

As the bond market rallied and credit spreads tightened, the investment adviser reduced the portfolio’s duration and increased its credit quality. It believed this shift would help maintain an attractive level of income while also reducing volatility. The investment adviser reduced the Fund’s cash position and trimmed its allocation to high yield bonds. It also decreased the Fund’s leverage position.

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

The Fund had an average credit quality of AA, up from AA- at the start of the period, and it held a 14.8% weighting in bonds subject to the alternative minimum tax (AMT). Duration stood at approximately 6.0 years, equal to that of the benchmark. The Fund was overweight in the corporate-backed and transportation sectors, while its largest underweights were in school districts and local tax-backed issues. Its cash position was slightly above 4.0%.

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

    3.16     3.10     2.88       6.13     N/A         1.76     N/A         2.85     N/A  

Service

    2.88       2.81       2.85         5.87       N/A         1.51       N/A         2.63       N/A  

Investor A

    2.79       2.74       2.85         5.86       1.37       1.51       0.63       2.62       2.18

Investor C

    2.17       2.12       2.36         5.08       4.08         0.75       0.75         2.02       2.02  

Class K

    3.21       3.18       3.01         6.18       N/A         1.81       N/A         2.93       N/A  

Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index(c)

                3.63               6.40       N/A               2.25       N/A               3.03       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 seeks to achieve its objective by investing at least 80% of its assets in municipal bonds and may invest in municipal bonds rated in any rating category or in unrated municipal bonds. The Fund will primarily invest in municipal bonds that have a maturity of five years or longer.

 
  (c) 

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 December 31, 2023 (continued)    BlackRock National Municipal Fund

 

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
(07/01/23)
 
 
 
 
   


Ending
Account
Value
(12/31/23
 
 
 
 
   


Including
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
(a) 
   


Excluding
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
(a) 
           


Beginning
Account
Value
(07/01/23)
 
 
 
 
   


Ending
Account
Value
(12/31/23)
 
 
 
 
   



Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period
 



(a) 
           


Ending
Account
Value
(12/31/23)
 
 
 
 
   



Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period
 
 

 
(a) 
           


Including
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
 
   


Excluding
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
 

Institutional

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,028.80     $ 2.60     $ 2.22       $ 1,000.00     $ 1,022.58     $ 2.59       $ 1,022.95     $ 2.21         0.51     0.44

Service

    1,000.00       1,028.50       3.87       3.50         1,000.00       1,021.32       3.86         1,021.69       3.48         0.76       0.69  

Investor A

    1,000.00       1,028.50       3.87       3.49         1,000.00       1,021.32       3.86         1,021.69       3.48         0.76       0.69  

Investor C

    1,000.00       1,023.60       7.68       7.30         1,000.00       1,017.55       7.65         1,017.92       7.28         1.51       1.44  

Class K

    1,000.00       1,030.10       2.34       1.97               1,000.00       1,022.83       2.34               1,023.20       1.96               0.46       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 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period shown).

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   
Sector(a)(b)   Percent of
Total Investments
 

Transportation

    23.1

State

    16.1  

Corporate

    15.6  

Utilities

    15.2  

Education

    8.6  

County/City/Special District/School District

    8.3  

Health

    8.0  

Housing

    3.0  

Fixed Income Funds

    1.5  

Other*

    0.6  

CALL/MATURITY SCHEDULE

 

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

2024

    3.3

2025

    5.0  

2026

    9.7  

2027

    16.9  

2028

    5.7  

CREDIT QUALITY ALLOCATION

 

   
Credit Rating(a)(d)    Percent of
Total Investments
 

AAA/Aaa

     12.2

AA/Aa

     54.0  

A

     25.7  

BBB/Baa

     1.5  

BB/Ba

     1.4  

B

     0.1  

N/R(e)

     5.1  

 

 

 

(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 December 31, 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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Fund Summary as of December 31, 2023    BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

 

Investment Objective

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund’s (the “Fund”) investment objective is to provide shareholders with as high a level of income exempt from Federal income taxes as is consistent with the investment policies of the Fund.

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?

For the six-month period ended December 31, 2023, all of the Fund’s share classes outperformed its primary benchmark, the Bloomberg Municipal 1-5 Year Index with the exception of its Investor C shares which underperformed. For the same period, the Fund’s Institutional, Investor A, Investor A1 and Class K shares outperformed while its Investor C shares performed in line with its new secondary benchmark, a customized weighted index comprised of the Bloomberg National Short 0-5 year maturities, excluding non-investment grade (the “New Short-Term Customized Reference Benchmark”). For the six-month period ended December 31, 2023, all of the Fund’s share classes outperformed its former secondary benchmark, the Short-Term Customized Reference Benchmark. The following discussion of relative performance pertains to the Fund’s secondary benchmark, the New Short-Term Customized Reference Benchmark.

What factors influenced performance?

Sector allocation was the largest contributor to relative performance in the reporting period, led by an overweight in prepaid gas bonds. An underweight in pre-refunded securities also helped results. The Fund’s duration positioning was a further positive. (Duration is a measure of interest rate sensitivity.) An overweight in lower-rated issues in the investment-grade category, which benefited from their above-average yields, also contributed positively.

The Fund’s yield curve positioning detracted from performance. The portfolio was barbelled, with overweights in cash and bonds with four- to seven-year maturities and underweight in those with one- to three-year maturities. Cash, while helping performance in the third calendar quarter, detracted over the full period due to the subsequent rally in the bond market.

Describe recent portfolio activity.

During the first half of the period, the investment adviser kept the Fund’s duration below that of the benchmark in response to the continued hawkish stance by the Fed. The investment adviser’s activity in this time mainly consisted of relative value trades in which it shifted out of higher-rated issues with tight yield spreads into more attractive opportunities.

Once economic and inflation data began to indicate that the Fed was likely to pivot toward a more accommodative policy, the investment adviser repositioned the Fund by adding approximately a half year of duration (thereby increasing its interest rate sensitivity). The investment adviser added a mix of higher- and lower-rated securities. It funded the purchases from the sale of lower-yielding positions with below-average total return potential, as well as from the proceeds of maturing securities. Additionally, the investment adviser maintained a position in floating rate notes given that they provided a yield advantage over cash and offered a way to balance the Fund’s longer-dated holdings due to their limited interest rate sensitivity. The investment adviser maintained an overweight position in the prepaid gas sector, where yields were significantly higher than those of similarly rated bonds elsewhere in the municipal market.

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

The Fund had a neutral duration positioning. It was overweight in cash and bonds with four- to seven-year maturities, and it was underweight in the one- to three-year maturity range. In terms of credit tiers, the Fund was overweight in lower-rated investment-grade bonds (those rated A and BBB) and underweight in AAA and AA rated securities. At the sector level, it was overweight in corporate-backed issues (mainly through the overweight in the pre-paid gas area) as well as in transportation, housing, and healthcare. It was underweight in the tax-backed and utilities sectors, as well as in pre-refunded bonds. The Fund had a weighting of 17% in variable rate demand notes.

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 December 31, 2023 (continued)    BlackRock Short-Term Municipal 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

    3.20     3.08     2.94       4.48     N/A         1.09     N/A         0.84     N/A  

Investor A

    2.87       2.82       2.82         4.23       1.11       0.86       0.24       0.60       0.29

Investor A1

    3.07       3.01       2.89         4.37       N/A         0.99       N/A         0.73       N/A  

Investor C

    2.17       2.06       2.36         3.38       2.38         0.09       0.09         (0.03     (0.03

Class K

    3.25       3.20       2.96         4.53       N/A         1.17       N/A         0.88       N/A  

Bloomberg Municipal 1-5 Year Index(c)

                2.56         3.58       N/A         1.42       N/A         1.30       N/A  

New Short-Term Customized Reference Benchmark(d)

                2.39         3.51       N/A         1.44       N/A         N/A       N/A  

Short-Term Customized Reference Benchmark(e)

                2.30               3.34       N/A               1.31       N/A               N/A       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 seeks to achieve its objective by investing at least 80% of its assets in municipal bonds and invests primarily in investment grade municipal bonds or municipal notes, including variable rate demand obligations. The Fund will maintain a dollar weighted maturity of no more than three years.

 
  (c) 

An index that covers the long-term tax-exempt bond market. It includes general obligation and revenue bonds with maturities less than 5 years.

 
  (d) 

Effective November 1, 2023, the Fund has changed the benchmarks against which it measures its performance from the Short-Term Customized Reference Benchmark to a customized weighted index comprised of the Bloomberg National Short 0-5 year maturities, excluding non-investment grade (the “New Short-Term Customized Reference Benchmark”). The New Short-Term Customized Reference Benchmark commenced on October 31, 2017. Fund management believes the change to the customized weighted index more accurately reflects the investment strategy of the Fund.

 
  (e) 

A customized index comprised of the Bloomberg National Short 0-3 year maturities, excluding non-investment grade (the “Short-Term Customized Reference Benchmark”). The Short-Term Customized Reference Benchmark commenced on September 30, 2016.

 

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

(07/01/23)

    

Ending

Account

Value

(12/31/23)

    

Expenses

Paid

During

the

Period(a)

          

Beginning

Account

Value

(07/01/23)

    

Ending

Account

Value

(12/31/23)

    

Expenses

Paid

During

the

Period(a)

              Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 

Institutional

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,029.40      $ 1.87       $ 1,000.00      $ 1,023.29      $ 1.87            0.37

Investor A

    1,000.00        1,028.20        3.07         1,000.00        1,022.11        3.06            0.60  

Investor A1

    1,000.00        1,028.90        2.38         1,000.00        1,022.79        2.38            0.47  

Investor C

    1,000.00        1,023.60        6.95         1,000.00        1,018.26        6.94            1.37  

Class K

    1,000.00        1,029.60        1.62               1,000.00        1,023.54        1.61                  0.32  

 

(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 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period shown).

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of December 31, 2023 (continued)    BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

 

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

   
Sector(a)(b)   Percent of
Total Investments
 

Corporate

    31.6

State

    11.6  

Transportation

    10.9  

Housing

    10.3  

Utilities

    10.3  

Education

    9.8  

Health

    8.9  

County/City/Special District/School District

    6.6  

CALL/MATURITY SCHEDULE

 

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

2024

    15.3

2025

    6.9  

2026

    14.3  

2027

    4.7  

2028

    3.3  

CREDIT QUALITY ALLOCATION

 

   
Credit Rating(a)(d)    Percent of
Total Investments
 

AAA/Aaa

     3.9

AA/Aa

     37.6  

A

     51.1  

BBB/Baa

     4.1  

N/R(e)

     3.3  

 

 

 

(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 December 31, 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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About Fund Performance

Institutional and 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. BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund’s and BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund’s Class K Share performance shown prior to the Class K shares inception date of January 25, 2018 is that of the respective Fund’s Institutional Shares. The performance of each Fund’s Class K Shares 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. On the close of business on August 15, 2016, all of the issued and outstanding BlackRock Shares of BlackRock National Municipal Fund were redesignated as Class K Shares.

Service Shares (available only in BlackRock National Municipal 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% for all Funds except BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund, which incurs a 3.00% maximum initial sales charge, and all Funds incur 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 New York Municipal Opportunities Fund and BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund) are subject to a maximum initial sales charge (front-end load) of 4.00% for BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund and 1.00% for BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund and a service fee of 0.10% per year (but no distribution fee). The maximum initial sales charge does not apply to current eligible shareholders of Investor A1 Shares of the Funds. These shares are only available for dividend and capital gain reinvestment by existing shareholders and for purchase by certain eligible employer-sponsored retirement plans. 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.

Investor C Shares 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.

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 of BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund, BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund and BlackRock National Municipal 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)

December 31, 2023

  

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

Corporate Bonds

                                   
Chemicals — 0.1%            

Community Preservation Corp., Series 2020, 2.87%, 02/01/30

  $ 1,283     $ 1,123,774  
   

 

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.1%            

YMCA of Greater New York, 2.30%, 08/01/26

    1,000       923,079  
   

 

 

 
Total Corporate Bonds — 0.2%            

(Cost: $2,283,000)

      2,046,853  
   

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

   
Illinois — 0.0%            
County/City/Special District/School District — 0.0%            

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

    615       585,527  
   

 

 

 
New York — 83.1%            
Corporate — 2.7%            

Build NYC Resource Corp., Refunding RB(a)
AMT, 4.50%, 01/01/25

    100       100,921  

AMT, 5.00%, 01/01/35

    100       100,848  

New York Liberty Development Corp.,
RB, 5.50%, 10/01/37

    4,780       5,708,033  

New York Liberty Development Corp., Refunding RB,
5.25%, 10/01/35

    14,365       17,083,945  

New York State Energy Research & Development Authority, Refunding RB, Series C, 4.00%, 04/01/34

    650       676,249  

New York Transportation Development Corp., ARB, AMT, 5.63%, 04/01/40

    5,755       6,193,918  

New York Transportation Development Corp., RB, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/35

    3,245       3,381,034  
   

 

 

 
      33,244,948  
County/City/Special District/School District — 14.3%            

Battery Park City Authority, Refunding RB
Series B, 5.00%, 11/01/38

    3,750       4,168,017  

Series B, 5.00%, 11/01/39

    2,850       3,155,491  

Series B, 5.00%, 11/01/40

    8,500       9,385,248  

City of New York, GO
Series B, 5.25%, 10/01/43

    1,500       1,728,316  

Series B-1, 5.00%, 10/01/43

    3,000       3,266,461  

Series D, 5.38%, 06/01/32

    15       15,030  

Series D-1, 5.00%, 03/01/43

    2,000       2,186,098  

Series D-1, 5.50%, 05/01/44

    2,500       2,911,570  

Series E-1, 5.00%, 03/01/40

    6,000       6,443,060  

Series I, 5.00%, 03/01/36

    1,750       1,756,675  

Sub-Series E1, 5.25%, 04/01/47

    5,000       5,750,278  

Sub-Series E-1, 4.00%, 04/01/45

    2,425       2,490,090  

City of New York, Refunding GO,
Series C-3, 2.46%, 08/01/33

    2,145       1,767,408  

County of Nassau New York, GO
Series A, 4.00%, 04/01/39

    1,000       1,055,465  

Series A, 4.00%, 04/01/42

    3,145       3,263,468  

Series B, (AGM), 5.00%, 07/01/42

    4,190       4,496,120  

Series B, (AGM), 5.00%, 07/01/45

    4,960       5,275,177  

County of Nassau New York, Refunding GO
Series B, 5.00%, 04/01/41

    1,250       1,441,966  

Series B, 5.00%, 04/01/42

    1,500       1,719,904  

Series B, (AGM), 5.00%, 04/01/44

    3,425       3,736,107  
Security  

Par

(000)

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

Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corp., Refunding RB,
Series 2022, 4.00%, 02/15/42

  $ 2,660     $ 2,743,716  

Nassau County Interim Finance Authority, Refunding RB, Series B, 1.28%, 11/15/28

    3,750       3,235,824  

New York City Industrial Development Agency, RB(b)
(AGC), 0.00%, 03/01/41

    4,155       2,028,318  

(AGC), 0.00%, 03/01/42

    5,500       2,533,233  

(AGC), 0.00%, 03/01/43

    2,000       869,576  

(AGC), 0.00%, 03/01/45

    2,450       954,525  

New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue, RB
Series A-1, 5.00%, 08/01/40

    5,000       5,418,068  

Series E-1, 4.00%, 02/01/46

    1,910       1,911,403  

Series F1, 5.00%, 05/01/38

    3,450       3,687,156  

Sub-Series B-1, 5.00%, 11/01/35

    200       201,732  

Sub-Series B-1, 5.00%, 11/01/36

    680       685,915  

Sub-Series B-1, 4.00%, 11/01/45

    10,000       10,013,714  

Series A, Subordinate, 5.00%, 05/01/45

    6,700       7,556,465  

Series A, Subordinate, 5.00%, 05/01/46

    4,000       4,489,563  

Series C-1, Subordinate, 4.00%, 02/01/42

    6,000       6,187,509  

Series C-3, Subordinate, 5.00%, 05/01/40

    15,000       16,114,140  

New York Convention Center Development Corp., RB, CAB, Series B, Sub Lien, (AGM-CR),
0.00%, 11/15/55(b)

    5,500       1,165,106  

New York Convention Center Development Corp., Refunding RB
5.00%, 11/15/35

    3,500       3,633,402  

5.00%, 11/15/40

    7,690       7,872,036  

5.00%, 11/15/45

    8,490       8,655,784  

New York Liberty Development Corp., Refunding RB
Class 1, 5.00%, 11/15/44(a)

    5,320       5,292,319  

Series A, 2.75%, 11/15/41

    17,000       13,814,556  

New York State Dormitory Authority, Refunding RB,
Series B, 5.00%, 08/15/27(c)

    5       5,427  
   

 

 

 
      175,081,436  
Education — 11.5%            

Albany Capital Resource Corp., Refunding RB
4.00%, 07/01/41

    1,650       932,856  

4.00%, 07/01/51

    1,705       990,737  

Amherst Development Corp., Refunding RB
5.00%, 10/01/43

    85       86,355  

5.00%, 10/01/48

    1,040       1,044,137  

Buffalo & Erie County Industrial Land Development Corp., Refunding RB
Series A, 4.50%, 06/01/27

    820       841,577  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/35

    655       677,915  

Build NYC Resource Corp., RB(a)
5.00%, 02/01/33

    745       735,598  

5.63%, 02/01/39

    1,285       1,284,491  

5.75%, 06/01/42

    500       526,499  

5.75%, 02/01/49

    1,145       1,108,040  

Series A, 4.88%, 05/01/31

    640       643,379  

Series A, 5.13%, 05/01/38

    140       139,726  

Series A, 5.50%, 05/01/48

    2,175       2,166,571  

Build NYC Resource Corp., Refunding RB
5.00%, 08/01/33

    275       291,034  

5.00%, 06/01/35

    250       256,554  

5.00%, 08/01/35

    740       778,437  

5.00%, 06/01/40

    310       314,921  

5.00%, 08/01/47

    725       735,269  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2023

  

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Education (continued)            

Build NYC Resource Corp., Refunding RB (continued)

                                   

5.00%, 11/01/47

  $ 2,900     $ 3,467,513  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/43

    325       326,906  

County of Cattaraugus New York, RB

   

5.00%, 05/01/34

    130       130,598  

5.00%, 05/01/39

    225       226,020  

Dobbs Ferry Local Development Corp., RB, 5.00%, 07/01/39

    1,000       1,007,526  

Dutchess County Local Development
Corp., RB

   

5.00%, 07/01/43

    1,910       2,010,482  

5.00%, 07/01/48

    480       500,285  

5.00%, 07/01/52

    9,145       9,739,553  

Dutchess County Local Development Corp., Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 07/01/42

    1,980       2,092,023  

5.00%, 07/01/45

    8,710       9,481,839  

Hempstead Town Local Development Corp.,
Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 10/01/34

    570       578,583  

5.00%, 10/01/35

    265       268,993  

5.00%, 07/01/47

    2,165       2,240,464  

Monroe County Industrial Development Corp., RB

   

5.13%, 07/01/33

    3,145       3,223,804  

5.00%, 07/01/53

    3,230       3,552,327  

Monroe County Industrial Development Corp., Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/36

    1,000       1,086,131  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/37

    500       530,502  

Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/50

    5,000       5,028,677  

Series C, 4.00%, 07/01/37

    1,765       1,798,533  

New York State Dormitory Authority, RB

   

5.00%, 07/01/26

    1,015       1,016,743  

4.00%, 07/01/46

    2,450       2,453,260  

5.00%, 07/01/49

    6,380       6,744,031  

1st Series, (AMBAC), 5.50%, 07/01/40

    500       621,985  

Series 1, (BHAC-CR AMBAC),
5.50%, 07/01/31

    475       547,701  

Series A, 5.25%, 07/01/24(c)

    250       252,878  

Series A, 5.50%, 07/01/24(c)

    2,500       2,531,829  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/43

    8,065       8,550,133  

Sustainability Bonds, 5.00%, 07/01/48

    735       809,890  

New York State Dormitory Authority, Refunding RB

   

1.64%, 07/01/26

    2,000       1,869,346  

2.26%, 07/01/30

    4,000       3,479,228  

3.78%, 07/01/34

    2,100       1,952,717  

5.00%, 07/01/44

    5,000       5,439,418  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/24(c)

    1,000       1,010,287  

Series A, 2.58%, 07/01/33

    2,190       1,831,579  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/36

    1,850       1,995,301  

Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/37

    1,000       1,048,872  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/37

    350       360,705  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/41

    500       517,218  

Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/46

    10,180       10,228,963  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/46

    675       689,443  

Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/47

    1,250       1,172,264  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/51

    3,000       3,219,787  

Series B, 5.00%, 10/01/38

    10,000       10,873,691  

Onondaga County Trust for Cultural Resources, Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 05/01/40

    135       141,363  

4.00%, 12/01/41

    3,760       3,821,592  

4.00%, 12/01/47

    3,000       2,996,576  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Education (continued)            

Orange County Funding Corp., Refunding RB

                      

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/37

  $ 360     $ 360,364  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/42

    220       220,102  

Schenectady County Capital Resource Corp.,

   

Refunding RB, 5.25%, 07/01/52

    285       316,986  

Troy Capital Resource Corp., Refunding RB

   

4.00%, 08/01/35

     1,110       1,124,593  

4.00%, 09/01/40

    160       160,770  

Trust for Cultural Resources of The City of New York,

   

Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/37

    885       894,105  
   

 

 

 
      140,098,575  
Health — 1.8%            

Buffalo & Erie County Industrial Land
Development Corp., RB, 5.25%, 07/01/35

    665       588,344  

Build NYC Resource Corp., Refunding RB, 5.00%, 07/01/24(c)

    1,100       1,111,324  

Dutchess County Local Development Corp., RB, Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/24(c)

    750       757,721  

Genesee County Funding Corp., Refunding RB, Series A, 5.25%, 12/01/52

    4,345       4,627,014  

Huntington Local Development Corp., RB,
Series A, 5.25%, 07/01/56

    525       422,765  

Monroe County Industrial Development
Corp., RB

   

5.00%, 12/01/29

    660       687,341  

4.00%, 12/01/41

    100       94,862  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/37

    370       370,319  

New York State Dormitory Authority,
Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 05/01/38

    1,705       1,891,028  

4.00%, 07/01/38

    110       82,976  

4.00%, 07/01/39

    140       104,359  

4.00%, 07/01/40

    325       239,525  

5.00%, 07/01/41

    450       369,253  

4.00%, 07/01/45

    460       326,110  

5.00%, 05/01/52

    4,000       4,258,850  

Southold Local Development Corp., RB, 4.00%, 12/01/45

    1,900       1,525,042  

Suffolk County Economic Development
Corp., RB,

   

Series C, 5.00%, 07/01/32

    285       287,672  

Tompkins County Development Corp., Refunding RB,

   

5.00%, 07/01/44

    1,145       1,145,929  

Westchester County Healthcare Corp./New York,

   

Series B, Senior Lien, 6.00%, 11/01/30

    105       105,055  

Westchester County Local Development Corp., Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 11/01/34

    500       475,051  

5.00%, 07/01/41(a)

    1,150       1,026,718  

5.00%, 07/01/56(a)

    1,270       1,009,032  
   

 

 

 
      21,506,290  
Housing — 5.7%            

New York City Housing Development Corp., RB, M/F Housing

   

3.15%, 11/01/36

    1,000       912,658  

4.55%, 11/01/43

    5,000       5,113,089  

4.15%, 11/01/46

    2,805       2,708,877  

Class F-1, 4.75%, 11/01/47

    1,500       1,535,967  

Series K, 3.85%, 11/01/38

    3,700       3,608,855  

Series K, 4.00%, 11/01/48

    2,925       2,662,999  

Class F-1, Sustainability Bonds,
4.60%, 11/01/42

    2,000       2,046,896  

New York City Housing Development Corp., Refunding RB

   

3.76%, 01/01/29

    3,000       2,838,910  

4.25%, 11/01/43

    580       581,555  
 

 

 

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)

December 31, 2023

  

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
     Value  

Housing (continued)

                                    

New York City Housing Development Corp., Refunding RB, M/F Housing, Series D,
4.10%, 11/01/38

  $ 2,500      $ 2,285,978  

New York State Housing Finance Agency, RB, M/F Housing

    

Series C, (SONYMA),
3.25%, 05/01/27

    5,000        4,759,428  

Series C, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA, SONYMA), 2.75%, 11/01/31

    1,000        945,981  

Series E, (SONYMA),
4.15%, 11/01/47

    165        157,859  

Series J-1, (SONYMA),
2.80%, 11/01/51

    4,500        3,254,863  

Series L-2, (SONYMA),
0.75%, 11/01/25

    6,390        6,071,490  

Series M-2, (SONYMA),
0.75%, 11/01/25

    2,520        2,378,589  

Series A, AMT, (SONYMA), 4.90%, 02/15/38

    645        645,269  

Series A, AMT, (SONYMA), 5.10%, 02/15/38

    875        875,546  

New York State Housing Finance Agency, Refunding RB, Series C, (SONYMA), 3.85%, 11/01/39

    4,425        4,274,743  

State of New York Mortgage Agency Homeowner Mortgage Revenue, RB, S/F Housing

    

Series 239, (SONYMA),
3.25%, 10/01/51

    4,690        4,603,137  

Series 250, (SONYMA),
4.80%, 10/01/48

    5,000        5,116,338  

State of New York Mortgage Agency Homeowner Mortgage Revenue, Refunding RB, S/F Housing

    

AMT, 1.40%, 10/01/27

    5,460        4,889,662  

AMT, 1.50%, 04/01/28

    5,475        4,852,825  

Yonkers Industrial Development Agency, RB

    

Series A, AMT, (SONYMA), 4.80%, 10/01/26

    260        260,246  

Series A, AMT, (SONYMA), 5.00%, 10/01/37

    1,640        1,640,921  
    

 

 

 
       69,022,681  
State — 8.9%             

New York City Transitional Finance Authority Building
Aid Revenue, RB

    

Series S-1, Subordinate, (SAW), 4.00%, 07/15/45

    2,460        2,509,091  

Series S-3, Subordinate, (SAW), 5.25%, 07/15/45

    5,000        5,396,400  

New York City Transitional Finance Authority Building Aid Revenue, Refunding RB, Series S-1A, (SAW), 4.00%, 07/15/39

    2,000        2,104,902  

New York State Dormitory
Authority, RB

    

Series A, 4.80%, 12/01/34

    10,220        10,263,348  

Series A, 5.00%, 03/15/42

    3,945        4,184,848  

New York State Dormitory Authority, Refunding RB

    

Series A, 5.25%, 03/15/39

    5,000        5,503,445  

Series A, 5.00%, 03/15/41

    10,000        10,879,456  

Series A, 4.00%, 03/15/43

    5,000        5,146,051  

Series A-1, 5.00%, 03/15/42

    3,105        3,537,346  

Series C, 2.15%, 03/15/31

    2,000        1,685,156  

Series C, 5.00%, 03/15/39

    5,000        5,349,209  

Series C, 5.00%, 03/15/41

    5,000        5,311,734  

Series E, 5.00%, 03/15/40

    5,165        5,545,725  

Series E, 5.00%, 03/15/42

    3,535        3,794,469  

New York State Urban Development Corp., RB,

    

5.00%, 03/15/45

    7,500        8,450,053  

New York State Urban Development Corp., Refunding RB

    

4.00%, 03/15/43

    4,700        4,867,990  

4.00%, 03/15/44

    2,800        2,833,743  

4.00%, 03/15/46

    2,625        2,657,071  
Security   Par
(000)
     Value  

State (continued)

                                    

New York State Urban Development Corp., Refunding RB (continued)

    

Series B, 2.77%, 03/15/31

  $ 7,500      $ 6,620,905  

Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority Sales Tax Revenue, RB, Series A, 5.25%, 05/15/52

    10,465        11,709,606  
    

 

 

 
       108,350,548  
Tobacco — 3.3%             

Chautauqua Tobacco Asset Securitization Corp., Refunding RB, 4.75%, 06/01/39

    825        805,890  

Erie Tobacco Asset Securitization Corp., Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/45

    4,595        4,594,597  

New York Counties Tobacco Trust IV, Refunding RB,

    

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/42

    3,775        3,765,560  

New York Counties Tobacco Trust VI, Refunding RB

    

Series A-2B, 5.00%, 06/01/51

    10,305        9,598,472  

Series B, 5.00%, 06/01/28

    90        93,756  

Series B, 5.00%, 06/01/29

    105        109,411  

Series C, 4.00%, 06/01/51

    4,055        3,380,252  

Niagara Tobacco Asset Securitization Corp., Refunding RB,
5.25%, 05/15/40

    1,250        1,251,465  

TSASC, Inc./New York

    

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/30

    775        805,859  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/33

    3,000        3,112,013  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/36

    5,835        6,101,463  

Westchester Tobacco Asset Securitization Corp., Refunding RB

    

Sub-Series C, 4.00%, 06/01/42

    4,275        4,301,213  

Sub-Series C, 5.13%, 06/01/51

    2,375        2,409,101  
    

 

 

 
       40,329,052  
Transportation — 19.1%             

Albany County Airport Authority, Refunding RB

    

Series B, AMT, 4.00%, 12/15/35

    120        119,093  

Series B, AMT, 4.00%, 12/15/34

    235        235,078  

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, RB

    

Series A-1, 4.00%, 11/15/44

    2,500        2,437,755  

Series A-2, 4.00%, 11/15/43

    7,500        7,342,554  

Series B, 5.25%, 11/15/33

    500        504,317  

Series B, 5.25%, 11/15/44

    2,125        2,143,317  

Series D-3, 4.00%, 11/15/47

    10,800        10,327,146  

Sub-Series A-1, 5.00%, 11/15/40

    645        656,132  

Sub-Series D-1, 5.00%, 11/15/39

    4,250        4,295,221  

Metropolitan Transportation Authority,
Refunding RB

    

5.00%, 11/15/42

    1,530        1,617,547  

Series B, 5.00%, 11/15/37

    1,500        1,561,546  

Series C, (AGM-CR),
5.00%, 11/15/38

    3,385        3,638,988  

Series C, (BAM-TCRS),

5.00%, 11/15/42

    3,000        3,179,860  

Series C, (BAM), 5.00%, 11/15/44

    7,345        7,754,552  

Series D, 5.00%, 11/15/35

    2,500        2,689,932  

New York City Industrial Development Agency, Refunding RB, Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/28

    1,905        1,905,887  

New York Liberty Development Corp., Refunding RB,

    

Series 1, 2.75%, 02/15/44

    6,125        4,952,978  

New York State Bridge Authority, RB

    

Series A, 4.00%, 01/01/39

    275        285,298  

Series A, 4.00%, 01/01/40

    350        361,535  

Series A, 4.00%, 01/01/41

    165        169,907  

Series A, 4.00%, 01/01/46

    2,460        2,479,090  

New York State Thruway Authority, RB, Series N, 4.00%, 01/01/45

    940        948,079  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2023

  

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
     Value  

Transportation (continued)

                 

New York State Thruway Authority, Refunding RB

    

5.00%, 03/15/42

  $ 4,000      $ 4,535,039  

Series O, 4.00%, 01/01/37

    4,400        4,652,096  

Series O, 4.00%, 01/01/40

    2,500        2,598,458  

Series O, 4.00%, 01/01/45

    1,550        1,565,827  

Series O, 4.00%, 01/01/47

    2,345        2,347,354  

Series B, Subordinate,
4.00%, 01/01/41

    3,900        3,909,218  

New York Transportation Development Corp., ARB

    

AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/35

    1,510        1,649,128  

AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/37

    5,310        5,733,133  

AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/41

    4,565        4,830,217  

AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/42

    1,755        1,850,207  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/34

    250        251,280  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/41

    750        752,599  

Series A, AMT, 5.25%, 01/01/50

    10,190        10,221,226  

New York Transportation Development Corp., RB

    

AMT, 4.00%, 10/31/46

    4,355        4,027,092  

AMT, (AGM), 5.00%, 06/30/49

    7,215        7,496,965  

AMT, 6.00%, 06/30/54

    10,500        11,565,742  

New York Transportation Development Corp., Refunding RB, 5.00%, 12/01/38

    4,250        4,615,259  

Niagara Falls Bridge Commission, RB, (AGM), 4.16%, 10/01/33

    1,650        1,563,098  

Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, Refunding ARB

    

AMT, 5.00%, 04/01/32

    400        426,312  

AMT, 5.00%, 04/01/33

    375        398,852  

AMT, 5.00%, 04/01/34

    225        238,924  

AMT, 5.00%, 04/01/35

    200        212,160  

AMT, 5.00%, 04/01/36

    210        221,716  

AMT, 5.00%, 04/01/37

    250        262,932  

AMT, 5.00%, 04/01/38

    250        261,891  

AMT, 5.00%, 04/01/39

    175        183,039  

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, ARB

    

Series 217, 4.00%, 11/01/38

    2,055        2,125,378  

218th Series, AMT, 4.00%, 11/01/47

    4,765        4,645,454  

Consolidated, 218th Series, AMT, 5.00%, 11/01/44

    1,960        2,053,600  

Series 221, AMT, 4.00%, 07/15/38

    2,000        2,035,036  

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Refunding ARB

    

5.00%, 09/01/48

    955        1,007,052  

223rd Series, AMT, 4.00%, 07/15/41

    2,370        2,376,205  

238th Series, AMT, 5.00%, 07/15/39

    4,000        4,477,605  

Series 197, AMT, 5.00%, 11/15/41

    1,250        1,290,812  

Series 202, AMT, 5.00%, 04/15/37

    5,000        5,234,491  

Series 206, AMT, 5.00%, 11/15/37

    1,525        1,604,635  

Series 231, AMT, 5.00%, 08/01/38

    2,500        2,740,180  

Series 231, AMT, 5.50%, 08/01/39

    5,900        6,773,968  

Triborough Bridge & Tunnel
Authority, RB

    

Series A, 5.00%, 11/15/47

    5,000        5,524,992  

Series A, 5.00%, 11/15/49

    4,630        4,998,543  

Sub-Series B-1, 5.00%, 11/15/48

    7,760        8,631,291  

Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority, Refunding RB

    

Series A, 5.00%, 05/15/47

    2,500        2,758,088  

Series B, 5.00%, 11/15/38

    9,000        9,559,949  

Series C, 5.25%, 11/15/42

    4,200        4,927,813  

Series C, 5.25%, 05/15/52

    12,610        14,042,448  

Series C-2, 5.00%, 11/15/42

    10,000        10,583,414  
    

 

 

 
       233,366,530  
Security   Par
(000)
     Value  
Utilities — 15.8%                                 

Long Island Power Authority, RB

    

5.00%, 09/01/38

  $ 4,200      $ 4,574,897  

5.00%, 09/01/39

    9,875        10,709,478  

5.00%, 09/01/42

    1,000        1,060,474  

5.00%, 09/01/47

    2,225        2,338,718  

Series C, (AGC), 5.25%, 09/01/29

    3,500        3,997,985  

Series E, 5.00%, 09/01/48

    6,335        7,089,650  

Long Island Power Authority,
Refunding RB

    

Series A, 4.00%, 09/01/38

    2,900        3,099,725  

Series A, 4.00%, 09/01/39

    2,000        2,128,852  

Series A, 4.00%, 09/01/42

    1,500        1,575,884  

Series A, 5.00%, 09/01/43

    3,170        3,573,319  

Series B, 1.50%, 09/01/51(d)

    2,500        2,357,209  

New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, RB,

    

Series AA, 4.00%, 06/15/43

    5,000        5,147,284  

New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, Refunding RB

    

Series BB-1, 4.00%, 06/15/45

    16,410        16,619,742  

Series BB-2, 4.00%, 06/15/49(d)

    15,000        15,000,000  

Series DD, 4.13%, 06/15/46

    7,500        7,760,719  

Series DD, 5.25%, 06/15/46

    7,500        8,667,108  

Series EE, 4.00%, 06/15/39

    2,500        2,623,470  

Series FF, 5.00%, 06/15/40

    9,000        9,750,419  

New York Power Authority, RB

    

(AGM), 4.00%, 11/15/47

    14,500        14,467,747  

(AGM), 5.00%, 11/15/48

    3,025        3,357,136  

Series A, (AGM), 5.75%, 11/15/33

    5,000        5,373,085  

New York Power Authority,
Refunding RB

    

Series A, 4.00%, 11/15/45

    12,375        12,483,958  

Series A, 4.00%, 11/15/50

    12,990        12,998,086  

New York State Environmental Facilities Corp., RB,

    

BAB, 5.81%, 06/15/39

    1,000        1,075,771  

Utility Debt Securitization Authority, RB

    

Restructured, 5.00%, 12/15/38

    2,875        3,106,721  

Restructured, 5.00%, 12/15/40

    14,695        15,803,003  

Utility Debt Securitization Authority, Refunding RB

    

5.00%, 12/15/40

    3,000        3,554,489  

Restructured, 5.00%, 12/15/36

    1,865        1,960,564  

Restructured, 5.00%, 12/15/37

    500        523,500  

Series TE1, Restructured,
5.00%, 12/15/38

    9,000        10,530,398  
    

 

 

 
       193,309,391  
    

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds in New York

 

     1,014,309,451  

Puerto Rico — 5.7%

    
State — 4.6%             

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, GO

    

0.00%, 11/01/51(d)

    11,450        4,672,517  

Series A-1, 0.00%, 11/01/43(d)

    8,753        4,726,782  

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

    2,619        2,843,136  

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

    1,092        1,209,192  

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

    1,036        1,011,130  

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

    931        899,766  

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

    799        757,841  

Series A-1, Restructured,

4.00%, 07/01/41

    1,087        1,004,124  

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

    1,130        1,007,929  

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

    1,333        831,901  

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

    528        184,628  

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

    

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

    13,005        12,762,308  
 

 

 

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

  19


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2023

  

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
     Value  

State (continued)

                                    

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

    

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

  $ 49      $ 46,313  

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

    5,323        5,239,651  

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

    7,388        7,332,476  

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

    

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

    490        395,059  

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

    1,423        962,705  

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

    30,024        9,409,725  

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

    2,677        840,933  
    

 

 

 
       56,138,116  
Utilities(e)(f) — 1.1%             

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, RB

    

5.50%, 07/01/17

    610        152,500  

5.40%, 01/01/18

    2,745        686,210  

5.40%, 07/01/18

    2,745        686,321  

5.50%, 07/01/18

    535        133,750  

5.50%, 07/01/19

    435        108,750  

10.00%, 07/01/19

    1,998        499,526  

5.40%, 01/01/20

    278        69,376  

5.40%, 07/01/20

    278        69,376  

7.50%, 07/01/20

    1,726        431,519  

5.38%, 07/01/24

    385        96,250  

5.00%, 07/01/25

    210        52,500  

5.00%, 07/01/26

    565        141,250  

5.25%, 07/01/26

    770        192,500  

5.25%, 07/01/27

    285        71,250  

5.25%, 07/01/28

    440        110,000  

5.00%, 07/01/29

    1,860        465,000  

5.25%, 07/01/33

    420        105,000  

7.00%, 07/01/33

    1,025        256,250  

5.25%, 07/01/35

    185        46,250  

5.75%, 07/01/36

    260        65,000  

6.75%, 07/01/36

    3,560        890,000  

5.50%, 07/01/38

    520        130,000  

5.25%, 07/01/40

    5,345        1,336,250  

5.00%, 07/01/42

    2,185        546,250  

7.00%, 07/01/43

    410        102,500  

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, Refunding RB

    

0.00%, 07/01/17(d)

    185        46,250  

0.00%, 07/01/18(d)

    165        41,250  

5.25%, 07/01/19

    1,370        342,500  

5.00%, 07/01/20

    2,220        555,000  

5.25%, 07/01/22

    990        247,500  

5.25%, 07/01/23

    2,670        667,500  

5.25%, 07/01/24

    875        218,750  

5.00%, 07/01/27

    430        107,500  

5.00%, 07/01/28

    435        108,750  

5.25%, 07/01/28

    5,655        1,413,750  

5.40%, 07/01/28

    1,240        310,000  

5.25%, 07/01/29

    235        58,750  

4.49%, 07/01/31(d)

    1,755        438,750  
Security   Par
(000)
     Value  

Utilities (continued)

                                    

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, Refunding RB (continued)

    

0.00%, 07/01/49(d)

  $ 1,475      $ 368,750  

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

    1,860        465,000  
    

 

 

 
       12,833,578  
    

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds in Puerto Rico

 

     68,971,694  
    

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds — 88.8%
(Cost: $1,104,163,985)

 

     1,083,866,672  
    

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts(g)

 

New York — 10.9%

 

County/City/Special District/School District — 5.0%             

City of New York, GO, Series A-1, 5.25%, 09/01/43(d)

    10,000        11,519,652  

Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corp., Refunding RB

    

Series A, 5.00%, 02/15/38(d)

    17,485        18,363,494  

Series A, 5.00%, 02/15/39

    9,005        9,434,212  

New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue, RB

    

Series D-1, 5.25%, 11/01/43(d)

    2,960        3,419,582  

Series D-1, 5.50%, 11/01/45(d)

    5,910        6,920,711  

Series D-1, 5.25%, 11/01/48

    10,000        11,318,252  
    

 

 

 
       60,975,903  
State — 2.2%             

New York State Dormitory Authority, Refunding RB,

    

Series E, 5.00%, 03/15/42

    9,410        10,100,694  

New York State Urban Development Corp., Refunding RB

    

5.00%, 03/15/41

    10,000        11,396,233  

5.00%, 03/15/44(d)

    4,220        4,748,259  
    

 

 

 
       26,245,186  
Transportation — 2.6%             

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Refunding RB,

    

Series C, 5.00%, 11/15/41

    11,365        12,087,211  

Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority, RB, Senior Lien, Series D-2, 5.25%, 05/15/47

    8,410        9,568,232  

Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority, Refunding RB,

    

Series A, 5.00%, 11/15/45(d)

    10,000        10,591,729  
    

 

 

 
       32,247,172  
Utilities — 1.1%             

New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, Refunding RB, Series AA-3, 5.00%, 06/15/47

    12,500        13,868,663  
    

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds in New York

       133,336,924  
    

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts — 10.9%
(Cost: $126,050,985)

 

     133,336,924  
    

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.9%
(Cost: $1,232,497,970)

 

     1,219,250,449  
    

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2023

  

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares      Value  
Short-Term Securities             
Money Market Funds — 3.0%             

BlackRock Liquidity Funds New York Money Fund Portfolio, 3.79%(h)(i)

    36,485,491      $ 36,485,491  
    

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 3.0%
(Cost: $36,485,154)

       36,485,491  
    

 

 

 

Total Investments — 102.9%
(Cost: $1,268,983,124)

       1,255,735,940  

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 2.1%

       25,347,430  

Liability for TOB Trust Certificates, Including Interest Expense and Fees Payable — (5.0)%

 

     (61,155,929
    

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

     $ 1,219,927,441  
    

 

 

 

 

(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) 

Zero-coupon bond.

(c) 

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.

(d) 

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.

(e)

Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default.

(f) 

Non-income producing security.

(g) 

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.

(h) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(i) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended December 31, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer    Value at
06/30/23
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
     Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Value at
12/31/23
    

Shares

Held at
12/31/23

     Income      Capital Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds New York Money Fund Portfolio

   $ 32,373,529      $ 4,111,962 (a)     $      $      $      $ 36,485,491        36,485,491      $ 828,117      $  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (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

     1,037        03/19/24      $ 117,068      $ (2,617,283

U.S. Long Bond

     569        03/19/24        71,089        (3,633,465

5-Year U.S. Treasury Note

     596        03/28/24        64,829        (1,023,495
           

 

 

 
            $ (7,274,243
           

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2023

  

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund

 

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)

   $      $      $      $      $ 7,274,243      $      $ 7,274,243  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (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 December 31, 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

   $      $      $      $      $ 13,467,360      $      $ 13,467,360  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $      $      $ (11,745,353    $      $ (11,745,353
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

   

Futures contracts:

 

Average notional value of contracts — short

  $ 253,466,063  

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

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

   $        $ 2,046,853        $        $ 2,046,853  

Municipal Bonds

              1,083,866,672                   1,083,866,672  

Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts

              133,336,924                   133,336,924  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     36,485,491                            36,485,491  

Unfunded Commitments(a)

                       8,566,578          8,566,578  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 36,485,491        $ 1,219,250,449        $ 8,566,578        $ 1,264,302,518  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(b)

                 

Liabilities

                 

Interest Rate Contracts

   $ (7,274,243      $        $        $ (7,274,243
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (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 $60,639,997 are categorized as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

December 31, 2023

  

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

Municipal Bonds

                                   

Alabama — 5.0%

   

Black Belt Energy Gas District, RB(a)

   

Series A, 5.25%, 01/01/54

  $ 4,770     $ 5,113,958  

Series C-1, 5.25%, 02/01/53

    13,790       14,742,326  

Series F, 5.50%, 11/01/53

    1,825       1,940,761  

Black Belt Energy Gas District,
Refunding RB,

   

4.00%, 06/01/51(a)

    8,585       8,650,985  

Chelsea Park Cooperative District, SAB, 5.00%, 05/01/48

    925       883,723  

Hoover Industrial Development
Board, RB, AMT,

   

6.38%, 11/01/50(a)

    5,620       6,133,922  

MidCity Improvement District, SAB

   

3.88%, 11/01/27

    130       125,663  

4.25%, 11/01/32

    350       321,529  

4.50%, 11/01/42

    745       636,229  

4.75%, 11/01/49

    795       671,023  

Southeast Energy Authority A Cooperative District, RB, Series B-1, 5.00%, 05/01/53(a)

    31,645       32,956,117  

Stadium Trace Village Improvement
District, RB,

   

3.63%, 03/01/36

    3,670       3,033,793  

Tuscaloosa County Industrial Development Authority,

   

Refunding RB, Series A, 5.25%, 05/01/44(b)

    1,110       1,026,941  
   

 

 

 
      76,236,970  
Arizona — 2.4%            

Arizona Industrial Development Authority, RB

   

5.00%, 07/01/45(b)

    1,135       1,069,057  

7.10%, 01/01/55(b)

    4,495       4,590,969  

5.00%, 07/01/55(b)

    1,215       1,102,433  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/15/39(b)

    150       150,430  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/49(b)

    1,440       1,358,134  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/15/49

    675       676,183  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/15/49(b)

    345       329,269  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/54(b)

    1,110       1,028,082  

Series B, 5.13%, 07/01/47(b)

    420       417,673  

Series B, 5.25%, 07/01/51(b)

    570       569,014  

Arizona Industrial Development Authority, Refunding RB(b)

   

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/26

    480       483,173  

Series A, 5.50%, 07/01/52

    2,970       2,905,526  

Glendale Industrial Development
Authority, RB,

   

5.00%, 05/15/56

    1,365       1,089,141  

Industrial Development Authority of the City of Phoenix Arizona, RB, Series A,
6.75%, 07/01/44(b)

    810       816,147  

Industrial Development Authority of the County of Pima, RB

   

5.13%, 07/01/39

    700       662,463  

5.25%, 07/01/49

    870       784,217  

Industrial Development Authority of the County of Pima, Refunding RB(b)

   

4.00%, 06/15/51

    6,995       5,686,629  

5.00%, 07/01/56

    1,270       1,123,179  

La Paz County Industrial Development Authority, RB,

   

5.88%, 06/15/48(b)

    1,340       1,321,407  

Maricopa County Industrial Development Authority, RB

   

5.25%, 10/01/40(b)

    1,255       1,281,667  

5.50%, 10/01/51(b)

    1,255       1,273,143  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Arizona (continued)                                

Maricopa County Industrial Development Authority, RB (continued)

   

Series A, 3.00%, 09/01/51

  $ 2,995     $ 2,140,341  

AMT, 4.00%, 10/15/47(b)

    7,175       6,492,583  
   

 

 

 
      37,350,860  
Arkansas — 3.0%            

Arkansas Development Finance Authority, RB

   

12.00%, 07/01/48(b)

    7,700       8,212,741  

AMT, 5.70%, 05/01/53

    2,040       2,084,968  

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

    5,100       5,413,348  

Series A, AMT, 4.50%, 09/01/49(b)

    12,990       12,932,238  

Series A, AMT, 4.75%, 09/01/49(b)

    17,005       17,020,486  
   

 

 

 
      45,663,781  
California — 3.4%            

California Municipal Finance Authority, ARB, AMT,

   

Senior Lien, 4.00%, 12/31/47

    2,560       2,369,464  

California Municipal Finance Authority, RB

   

5.50%, 08/01/34(b)

    250       251,035  

6.00%, 08/01/44(b)

    655       657,038  

6.13%, 08/01/49(b)

    570       571,795  

Series A, 3.00%, 02/01/46

    1,200       917,302  

California Municipal Finance Authority, Refunding

   

RB, 3.00%, 11/01/48

    2,000       1,551,764  

California Statewide Financing Authority, RB,

   

Series L, 0.00%, 06/01/55(b)(c)

    65,000       3,344,250  

City of Los Angeles Department of Airports,

   

Refunding ARB, AMT, 5.25%, 05/15/47

    8,000       8,713,862  

CMFA Special Finance Agency I,
RB, M/F Housing,

   

Series A, 4.00%, 04/01/56(b)

    9,320       6,568,447  

CMFA Special Finance Agency XII, RB, M/F

   

Housing, 4.38%, 08/01/49(b)

    1,845       1,490,867  

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

   

3.13%, 07/01/56

    3,670       2,379,362  

4.00%, 07/01/56

    1,660       1,224,871  

4.00%, 10/01/56

    1,230       1,035,235  

4.00%, 07/01/58

    1,405       917,222  

Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/54

    1,050       842,115  

Series A, 3.00%, 09/01/56

    5,550       3,533,664  

Series B, 4.00%, 07/01/58

    1,585       1,038,245  

Mezzanine Lien, 4.00%, 03/01/57

    2,465       1,748,643  

Mezzanine Lien, 4.00%, 06/01/57

    1,130       785,966  

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

    4,645       2,764,076  

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

    2,380       1,549,489  

Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp., Refunding RB, CAB, Series B-2, Subordinate,

   

0.00%, 06/01/66(c)

    24,415       2,871,716  

Hastings Campus Housing Finance Authority, RB,

   

CAB, Sub-Series A, 6.75%, 07/01/61(b)

    4,420       1,858,145  

San Diego County Regional Airport
Authority, ARB,

   

Series B, AMT, Subordinate, 4.00%, 07/01/56

    1,965       1,838,066  

San Francisco City & County Redevelopment

   

Agency Successor Agency, TA, CAB, Series D,

   

0.00%, 08/01/31(b)(c)

    1,155       801,859  
   

 

 

 
      51,624,498  
Colorado — 5.2%            

9th Avenue Metropolitan District No. 2, GO, 5.00%, 12/01/48

    1,563       1,398,862  

Aurora Crossroads Metropolitan
District No. 2, GO

   

Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/40

    1,000       972,518  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2023

  

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Colorado (continued)                                

Aurora Crossroads Metropolitan District No. 2, GO (continued)

   

Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/50

  $ 500     $ 472,880  

Aviation Station North Metropolitan District No. 2, GO

   

Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/39

    750       711,857  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/48

    1,350       1,225,801  

Banning Lewis Ranch Metropolitan District No. 8,

   

GO, 4.88%, 12/01/51(b)

    2,335       1,809,962  

Cascade Ridge Metropolitan District, GO, 5.00%, 12/01/51

    3,000       2,555,940  

Centerra Metropolitan District No. 1, TA, 5.00%, 12/01/47(b)

    820       769,598  

City & County of Denver Colorado Airport System Revenue, Refunding ARB

   

Series A, AMT, 4.13%, 11/15/47

    5,875       5,809,902  

Series A, AMT, 4.13%, 11/15/53

    3,225       3,109,501  

Clear Creek Transit Metropolitan District No. 2, GO

   

Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/41

    575       530,560  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/50

    1,000       879,861  

Colorado Health Facilities Authority, RB

   

5.50%, 11/01/47

    780       849,429  

5.25%, 11/01/52

    1,630       1,761,214  

Series A, 5.00%, 05/15/35

    1,255       1,070,396  

Series A, 5.00%, 05/15/44

    1,415       1,044,061  

Series A, 5.00%, 05/15/49

    2,175       1,348,191  

Constitution Heights Metropolitan District, Refunding

   

GO, 5.00%, 12/01/49

    1,260       1,141,917  

Eagle Brook Meadows Metropolitan District No. 3,

   

GO, Series 2021, 5.00%, 12/01/51

    1,600       1,405,220  

Fitzsimons Village Metropolitan District No. 3, Refunding GO

   

Series A-1, 4.00%, 12/01/26

    800       777,599  

Series A-1, 4.00%, 12/01/41

    1,500       1,197,637  

Series A-1, 4.25%, 12/01/55

    3,095       2,266,875  

Four Corners Business Improvement District, GO,

   

6.00%, 12/01/52

    2,000       1,888,962  

Green Valley Ranch East Metropolitan District No. 6,

   

GO, Series A, 5.88%, 12/01/50

    2,615       2,607,879  

Greenways Metropolitan District No. 1, GO, Series A,

   

4.63%, 12/01/51

    1,580       1,139,574  

Home Place Metropolitan District, GO, Series A,

   

5.75%, 12/01/50

    2,345       2,299,353  

Horizon Metropolitan District No. 2, GO, 4.50%, 12/01/51(b)

    1,675       1,195,962  

Jefferson Center Metropolitan District No. 1, RB

   

Series A-2, 4.13%, 12/01/40

    580       508,633  

Series A-2, 4.38%, 12/01/47

    1,000       855,207  

Karl’s Farm Metropolitan District No. 2, GO(b)

   

Series A, 5.38%, 12/01/40

    515       481,517  

Series A, 5.63%, 12/01/50

    1,350       1,251,573  

Lanterns Metropolitan District No. 2, GO,

   

Series A, 4.50%, 12/01/50

    1,810       1,342,233  

Longs Peak Metropolitan District, GO, 5.25%, 12/01/51(b)

    5,000       4,294,318  

Loretto Heights Community Authority, RB, 4.88%, 12/01/51

    2,640       2,093,486  

North Holly Metropolitan District, GO, Series A,

   

5.50%, 12/01/48

    760       740,327  

North Range Metropolitan District No. 3, GO,

   

Series A, 5.25%, 12/01/50

    1,000       963,321  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Colorado (continued)                                

Palisade Metropolitan District No. 2, GO,

   

Subordinate, 7.25%, 12/15/49

  $ 2,825     $ 2,637,485  

Palisade Park West Metropolitan District, GO,

   

Series A, 5.13%, 12/01/49

    1,500       1,363,116  

Pomponio Terrace Metropolitan District, GO,

   

Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/49

    1,442       1,347,954  

Prairie Farm Metropolitan District, GO, Series A,

   

5.25%, 12/01/48

    1,238       1,215,362  

Pronghorn Valley Metropolitan District, GO, Series A,

   

4.00%, 12/01/51

    1,300       986,616  

Pueblo Urban Renewal Authority, TA, 4.75%, 12/01/45(b)

    3,045       2,043,803  

Reunion Metropolitan District, RB, Series A, 3.63%, 12/01/44

    1,484       1,136,242  

Sky Ranch Community Authority Board, RB,

   

Series A, 5.75%, 12/01/52

    1,500       1,494,278  

Southlands Metropolitan District No. 1, Refunding GO

   

Series A-1, 5.00%, 12/01/37

    1,115       1,111,796  

Series A-1, 5.00%, 12/01/47

    3,085       2,945,890  

Sterling Ranch Community Authority Board, RB,

   

Series B, Subordinate, 7.13%, 12/15/50

    708       692,675  

Thompson Crossing Metropolitan District No. 4, Refunding GO

   

5.00%, 12/01/39

    1,400       1,379,442  

5.00%, 12/01/49

    1,480       1,416,159  

Timberleaf Metropolitan District, GO, Series A,

   

5.75%, 12/01/50

    1,730       1,696,325  

Waters’ Edge Metropolitan District No. 2, GO,

   

5.00%, 12/01/51

    2,595       2,204,425  

Westcreek Metropolitan District No. 2, GO,

   

Series A, 5.38%, 12/01/48

    800       766,069  

Wild Plum Metropolitan District, GO, Series A,

   

5.00%, 12/01/24(d)

    595       623,725  
   

 

 

 
      79,833,488  
Connecticut(b) — 0.3%            

Connecticut State Health & Educational Facilities Authority, RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/45

    845       716,156  

Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/55

    1,200       910,073  

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

    3,690       3,691,554  
   

 

 

 
      5,317,783  
Delaware — 0.3%            

Affordable Housing Opportunities Trust, RB,

   

Series AH-01, Class B, 6.88%, 05/01/39(b)(e)

    3,630       3,263,673  

County of Kent Delaware, RB, 5.00%, 07/01/53

    1,000       954,347  
   

 

 

 
      4,218,020  
District of Columbia — 2.4%            

District of Columbia Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., RB(c)

   

Series A, 0.00%, 06/15/46

    40,740       10,233,334  

Series B, 0.00%, 06/15/46

    43,620       10,661,317  

Series C, 0.00%, 06/15/55

    88,900       9,996,068  

District of Columbia Tobacco Settlement Financing

   

Corp., Refunding RB, 6.75%, 05/15/40

    375       385,271  

District of Columbia, RB, Series A, AMT, 5.50%, 02/28/37

    880       1,034,086  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2023

  

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
District of Columbia (continued)                                

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Dulles Toll Road Revenue, Refunding RB

   

Series B, 2nd Lien, (AGC), 0.00%, 10/01/30(c)

  $ 3,005     $ 2,447,983  

Series B, Subordinate, 4.00%, 10/01/49

    2,170       2,032,491  
   

 

 

 
      36,790,550  
Florida — 12.1%            

Artisan Lakes East Community Development District,

   

SAB, Series 2021-1, 4.00%, 05/01/51

    450       357,428  

Babcock Ranch Community Independent Special District, SAB

   

Series 2022, 5.00%, 05/01/42

    1,570       1,541,667  

Series 2022, 5.00%, 05/01/53

    1,175       1,092,063  

Boggy Branch Community Development District,

   

SAB, 4.00%, 05/01/51

    1,365       1,084,199  

Boggy Creek Improvement District, Refunding SAB,

   

Series 2013, 5.13%, 05/01/43

    1,135       1,130,701  

Brevard County Health Facilities Authority, Refunding RB

   

4.00%, 11/15/45(b)

    4,040       3,244,922  

4.00%, 11/15/55(b)

    5,960       4,408,699  

Series A, 5.00%, 04/01/52

    10,000       10,616,176  

Buckhead Trails Community Development District, SAB

   

Series 2022, 5.63%, 05/01/42

    740       752,679  

Series 2022, 5.75%, 05/01/52

    495       495,625  

Capital Region Community Development District,

   

Refunding SAB, Series A-1, 5.13%, 05/01/39

    2,275       2,283,309  

Capital Trust Agency, Inc., RB

   

4.50%, 01/01/35(b)

    2,250       2,001,323  

4.88%, 06/15/56(b)

    6,670       5,434,336  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/49(b)

    500       439,561  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/15/49

    300       294,421  

Series A, 5.75%, 06/01/54(b)

    1,925       1,647,282  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/15/54

    260       254,773  

Series B, 0.00%, 01/01/35(c)

    3,210       1,508,292  

Series B, 0.00%, 01/01/60(c)

    64,500       4,027,506  

Capital Trust Agency, Inc., RB, CAB, 0.00%, 07/01/61(b)(c)

    97,770       6,707,386  

Celebration Pointe Community Development District No. 1, SAB

   

4.75%, 05/01/24

    85       85,097  

5.00%, 05/01/34

    1,180       1,180,351  

Charles Cove Community Development District, SAB

   

3.75%, 05/01/30

    360       343,919  

4.25%, 05/01/40

    975       858,024  

4.38%, 05/01/50

    1,505       1,235,673  

Charlotte County Industrial Development Authority, RB(b)

   

AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/49

    3,040       2,962,494  

AMT, 4.00%, 10/01/51

    1,575       1,294,161  

Collier County Industrial Development Authority,

   

Refunding RB, Series A, 8.13%,
05/15/44(b)(f)(g)

    370       5,735  

County of Lake Florida, RB(b)

   

5.00%, 01/15/39

    550       537,123  

5.00%, 01/15/49

    825       752,035  

County of Osceola Florida Transportation Revenue,

   

Refunding RB, Series A-1, 4.00%, 10/01/54

    2,500       2,146,071  

County of Osceola Florida Transportation Revenue, Refunding RB, CAB(c)

   

Series A-2, 0.00%, 10/01/49

    1,770       449,760  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Florida (continued)                                

County of Osceola Florida Transportation Revenue, Refunding RB, CAB(c) (continued)

   

Series A-2, 0.00%, 10/01/51

  $ 5,125     $ 1,207,914  

Elevation Pointe Community Development District, SAB

   

Series A-1, 4.40%, 05/01/42

    700       638,064  

Series A-1, 4.60%, 05/01/52

    1,090       953,080  

Series A-2, 4.40%, 05/01/32

    2,200       2,108,485  

Escambia County Health Facilities Authority, Refunding RB

   

(AGM), 3.00%, 08/15/50

    10,000       7,805,062  

4.00%, 08/15/50

    6,530       5,751,562  

Florida Development Finance Corp., RB

   

5.00%, 06/15/41(b)

    1,245       1,104,881  

5.00%, 06/15/51(b)

    1,190       973,898  

5.25%, 06/01/55(b)

    2,830       2,194,017  

6.50%, 06/30/57(b)

    1,515       1,495,662  

Series A, 5.75%, 06/15/29(b)

    695       697,207  

Series A, 6.00%, 06/15/34(b)

    835       838,248  

Series A, 4.00%, 06/15/52

    2,875       2,462,089  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/56

    1,525       1,532,471  

Series A, 5.13%, 06/15/55(b)

    10,455       8,982,840  

Series B, 4.50%, 12/15/56(b)

    5,945       4,523,304  

Series C, 5.75%, 12/15/56(b)

    2,030       1,713,109  

AMT, 5.00%, 05/01/29(b)

    3,550       3,392,980  

AMT, 3.00%, 06/01/32

    665       545,099  

AMT, 6.13%, 07/01/32(b)

    5,000       5,051,902  

Series B, AMT, 7.38%, 01/01/49(b)

    6,831       6,926,587  

Florida Development Finance Corp., Refunding RB(b)

   

4.00%, 06/01/46

    1,700       1,141,290  

Class A, 4.00%, 06/01/36

    2,110       1,679,597  

Class A, 4.00%, 06/01/55

    2,750       1,656,603  

Gracewater Sarasota Community Development

   

District, SAB, 4.00%, 05/01/52

    1,000       788,556  

Grand Oaks Community Development District, SAB

   

4.25%, 05/01/40

    915       805,222  

4.50%, 05/01/52

    1,015       840,365  

Hills of Minneola Community Development District, SAB(b)

   

4.00%, 05/01/40

    1,025       889,260  

4.00%, 05/01/50

    1,500       1,186,433  

Lakeside Preserve Community Development District,

   

SAB, 6.38%, 05/01/54

    1,000       1,049,828  

Lakewood Ranch Stewardship District, SAB

   

4.95%, 05/01/29(b)

    580       589,284  

4.88%, 05/01/35

    265       264,517  

3.75%, 05/01/39(b)

    570       492,758  

5.50%, 05/01/39(b)

    530       541,521  

3.75%, 05/01/40

    525       441,167  

4.88%, 05/01/45

    530       502,461  

5.13%, 05/01/46

    835       827,527  

5.65%, 05/01/48(b)

    875       885,866  

4.00%, 05/01/49(b)

    355       286,568  

3.90%, 05/01/50

    525       405,918  

Series 1A, 4.25%, 05/01/28

    535       533,081  

Series 1A, 5.00%, 05/01/38

    1,175       1,175,227  

Series 1A, 5.10%, 05/01/48

    2,545       2,449,764  

Series 1B, 4.75%, 05/01/29

    955       964,286  

Series 1B, 5.30%, 05/01/39

    1,090       1,103,618  

Series 1B, 5.45%, 05/01/48

    1,930       1,936,296  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2023

  

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Florida (continued)                                

Laurel Road Community Development District, SAB

   

Series A-1, 3.00%, 05/01/31

  $ 250     $ 230,546  

Series A-1, 3.25%, 05/01/41

    1,010       796,131  

Series A-1, 4.00%, 05/01/52

    1,155       910,783  

Miami-Dade County Industrial Development

   

Authority, RB, 5.00%, 01/15/48

    1,405       1,379,002  

Midtown Miami Community Development District,

   

Refunding SAB, Series A, 5.00%, 05/01/37

    890       889,956  

Mirada II Community Development District, SAB,

   

4.00%, 05/01/51

    1,485       1,129,183  

North River Ranch Community Development District, SAB

   

Series A-1, 4.00%, 05/01/40

    845       720,831  

Series A-1, 4.25%, 05/01/51

    1,430       1,141,857  

Series A-2, 4.20%, 05/01/35

    700       618,246  

Orange County Health Facilities Authority, RB,

   

4.00%, 10/01/52

    4,310       4,132,446  

Poitras East Community Development District, SAB

   

5.00%, 05/01/43

    460       448,964  

5.25%, 05/01/52

    1,650       1,596,155  

Sandridge Community Development District, SAB

   

Series A1, 3.88%, 05/01/41

    615       519,345  

Series A1, 4.00%, 05/01/51

    600       468,647  

Sawyers Landing Community Development District,

   

SAB, 4.25%, 05/01/53

    3,520       2,474,324  

Seminole County Industrial Development Authority,

   

Refunding RB, 5.75%, 11/15/54

    2,420       1,848,473  

South Broward Hospital District, RB

   

(BAM-TCRS), 3.00%, 05/01/51

    415       327,552  

Series A, 3.00%, 05/01/51

    4,205       3,142,314  

Southern Groves Community Development District No. 5, SAB

   

3.38%, 05/01/25

    100       98,966  

4.00%, 05/01/30

    175       169,501  

4.30%, 05/01/40

    825       740,244  

4.50%, 05/01/46

    600       521,046  

Tolomato Community Development District, Refunding SAB

   

Series 2015-2, 6.61%, 05/01/40

    125       119,246  

Series A-2, 4.25%, 05/01/37

    910       847,366  

Tolomato Community Development District, SAB,

   

Series 2015-3, 6.61%, 05/01/40(f)(g)

    135       1  

Trout Creek Community Development District, SAB

   

5.38%, 05/01/38

    670       675,787  

5.50%, 05/01/49

    1,695       1,689,310  

V-Dana Community Development District, SAB(b)

   

3.50%, 05/01/31

    525       492,491  

4.00%, 05/01/40

    750       662,042  

4.00%, 05/01/51

    1,200       953,142  

Village Community Development District No. 14, SAB

   

5.38%, 05/01/42

    3,330       3,369,554  

5.50%, 05/01/53

    2,485       2,488,196  

Village Community Development District No. 15,

   

SAB, 5.25%, 05/01/54(b)

    1,040       1,046,686  

West Villages Improvement District, SAB

   

4.25%, 05/01/29

    400       394,443  

4.75%, 05/01/39

    885       835,889  

5.00%, 05/01/50

    1,415       1,293,031  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Florida (continued)                                

Windward at Lakewood Ranch Community Development District, SAB

   

3.63%, 05/01/32

  $ 775     $ 728,498  

4.00%, 05/01/42

    680       587,824  

4.25%, 05/01/52

    800       659,455  
   

 

 

 
      186,655,738  
Georgia — 1.4%            

Atlanta Urban Redevelopment Agency, RB, 3.88%, 07/01/51(b)

    2,805       2,513,637  

Dalton Whitfield County Joint Development Authority,

   

RB, 4.00%, 08/15/48

    3,135       3,012,352  

Development Authority of Cobb County, RB, 6.38%, 06/15/58

    690       687,720  

East Point Business & Industrial Development

   

Authority, RB, Series A, 5.25%, 06/15/62(b)

    875       796,789  

Main Street Natural Gas, Inc., RB, Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/53(a)

    2,000       2,118,902  

Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia, RB

   

4.00%, 01/01/49

    4,150       3,917,268  

Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/49

    5,235       5,393,188  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/52

    2,765       2,877,476  
   

 

 

 
      21,317,332  
Idaho — 0.4%            

Idaho Health Facilities Authority, Refunding RB

   

3.50%, 09/01/33

    375       329,242  

5.00%, 09/01/37

    1,000       1,002,345  

Idaho Housing & Finance Association, RB(b)

   

Series A, 6.00%, 07/01/39

    370       380,927  

Series A, 6.00%, 07/01/49

    595       602,534  

Series A, 6.00%, 07/01/54

    570       575,106  

Series A, 6.95%, 06/15/55

    1,540       1,633,367  

Series C, 5.00%, 12/01/46

    1,000       983,156  

Power County Industrial Development Corp., RB,

   

AMT, 6.45%, 08/01/32

    265       265,405  
   

 

 

 
      5,772,082  
Illinois — 2.7%            

Chicago Board of Education, Refunding GO

   

Series B, 4.00%, 12/01/35

    655       641,401  

Series B, 4.00%, 12/01/41

    4,905       4,479,727  

Chicago Transit Authority Sales Tax Receipts Fund,

   

Refunding RB, Series A, 2nd Lien, 5.00%, 12/01/57

    5,550       5,895,320  

City of Chicago Illinois, Refunding GO, Series B,

   

4.00%, 01/01/37

    6,469       6,394,726  

Illinois Finance Authority, Refunding RB

   

6.00%, 02/01/34

    335       335,134  

6.13%, 02/01/45

    790       790,227  

Series A, 3.00%, 08/15/48

    6,350       4,938,796  

Series A, 5.00%, 05/15/56

    815       641,711  

Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, RB, Series A,

   

5.00%, 01/01/46

    4,640       5,097,212  

Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, Refunding

   

RB, 4.00%, 06/15/50

    9,695       9,150,045  

State of Illinois, GO, 5.50%, 05/01/39

    2,460       2,721,353  
   

 

 

 
      41,085,652  
Indiana — 0.5%            

City of Valparaiso Indiana, RB

   

AMT, 6.75%, 01/01/34

    525       525,777  

AMT, 7.00%, 01/01/44

    1,270       1,271,626  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2023

  

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Indiana (continued)                                

City of Vincennes Indiana, Refunding RB, 6.25%, 01/01/29(b)(f)(g)

  $ 2,325     $ 1,581,000  

Indiana Finance Authority, RB, Series A, AMT,

   

6.75%, 05/01/39

    2,785       3,067,332  

Indianapolis Local Public Improvement Bond Bank,

   

RB, 6.00%, 03/01/53

    1,850       2,005,081  
   

 

 

 
      8,450,816  
Iowa — 0.2%            

Iowa Finance Authority, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 05/15/48

    2,360       1,783,775  

Iowa Higher Education Loan Authority, Refunding

   

RB, 5.50%, 11/01/51

    1,000       931,968  
   

 

 

 
      2,715,743  
Kansas(b) — 0.2%            

City of Shawnee Kansas, RB

   

5.00%, 08/01/41

    770       732,342  

5.00%, 08/01/56

    1,900       1,654,149  
   

 

 

 
      2,386,491  
Kentucky — 1.4%            

City of Hazard Kentucky, Refunding RB, 3.00%, 07/01/46

    2,500       1,896,701  

City of Henderson Kentucky, RB(b)

   

AMT, 4.45%, 01/01/42

    2,540       2,490,840  

Series A, AMT, 4.70%, 01/01/52

    2,435       2,344,841  

Series B, AMT, 4.70%, 01/01/52

    6,000       5,777,842  

Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Refunding RB, CAB, Series B, (NPFGC), 0.00%, 10/01/24(c)

    250       244,339  

Kentucky Public Energy Authority, RB, Series C,

   

4.00%, 02/01/50(a)

    9,000       9,023,796  
   

 

 

 
      21,778,359  
Louisiana — 0.9%            

Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities & Community Development Authority,

   

RB, 5.00%, 07/01/54(b)

    1,990       1,649,870  

Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/41(b)

    990       889,034  

Series A, 5.25%, 06/01/51(b)

    1,830       1,586,625  

Series A, 5.25%, 06/01/60(b)

    3,385       2,834,190  

Series A, 6.50%, 06/01/62(b)

    855       858,833  

AMT, 6.50%, 10/01/53

    2,160       2,189,357  

Parish of St James Louisiana, RB, 2nd Series,

   

6.35%, 07/01/40(b)

    3,160       3,456,535  
   

 

 

 
      13,464,444  
Maine — 0.2%            

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

    4,600       3,016,264  
   

 

 

 
Maryland — 2.1%            

City of Baltimore Maryland, RB

   

4.88%, 06/01/42

    260       261,983  

5.00%, 06/01/51

    780       785,225  

City of Baltimore Maryland, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 09/01/46

    1,500       1,393,731  

Maryland Economic Development Corp., RB

   

5.00%, 07/01/56

    985       997,982  

Class B, AMT, 5.25%, 06/30/55

    4,760       4,938,221  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Maryland (continued)                                

Maryland Economic Development Corp., TA, 4.00%, 09/01/50

  $ 4,805     $ 4,123,534  

Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority, RB

   

Series A, 7.00%, 03/01/55(b)

    8,165       8,669,121  

Series B, 4.00%, 04/15/50

    10,000       9,628,878  

Montgomery County Housing Opportunities Commission, RB, M/F Housing, Series C, 2.85%, 01/01/51

    1,855       1,390,073  
   

 

 

 
      32,188,748  
Massachusetts — 0.4%            

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, RB,

   

Series D, 4.00%, 07/01/45

    715       689,513  

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Refunding RB(b)

   

4.00%, 10/01/32

    355       335,246  

4.13%, 10/01/42

    855       732,122  

Massachusetts Port Authority, ARB, Series E, AMT,

   

5.00%, 07/01/51

    4,415       4,625,059  
   

 

 

 
      6,381,940  
Michigan — 0.3%            

Advanced Technology Academy, Refunding RB

   

3.50%, 11/01/24

    65       64,330  

5.00%, 11/01/44

    160       156,043  

Grand Traverse County Hospital Finance Authority,

   

Refunding RB, 3.00%, 07/01/51

    2,000       1,467,839  

Michigan Strategic Fund, RB

   

5.00%, 11/15/42

    280       265,374  

AMT, 5.00%, 12/31/43

    2,030       2,064,622  
   

 

 

 
      4,018,208  
Minnesota — 0.7%            

City of Cologne Minnesota, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/45

    2,065       1,806,906  

City of Minneapolis Minnesota, RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/55

    1,405       1,173,182  

Series A, 5.75%, 07/01/55

    3,435       3,443,079  

Duluth Economic Development Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 4.25%, 02/15/48

    1,925       1,861,242  

Series A, 5.25%, 02/15/58

    2,790       2,868,104  
   

 

 

 
      11,152,513  
Mississippi — 0.4%            

Mississippi Home Corp., Refunding RB, S/F Housing, Series B, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 2.10%, 12/01/41

    8,025       5,798,267  
   

 

 

 
Missouri — 0.4%            

Industrial Development Authority of the City of St Louis Missouri, Refunding RB, Series A, 4.38%, 11/15/35

    1,020       839,184  

Kansas City Industrial Development Authority, RB,

   

Series C, 7.50%, 11/15/46

    425       347,745  

Kansas City Industrial Development Authority, Refunding RB

   

Class B, 5.00%, 11/15/46

    772       612,685  

Class D, 2.00%, 11/15/46

    345       15,260  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2023

  

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Missouri (continued)                                

Kansas City Land Clearance Redevelopment Authority, TA(b)

   

Series B, 4.38%, 02/01/31

  $ 3,105     $ 2,729,972  

Series B, 5.00%, 02/01/40

    1,240       1,055,115  

Plaza at Noah’s Ark Community Improvement District, Refunding RB

   

3.00%, 05/01/26

    275       264,412  

3.00%, 05/01/30

    225       205,019  

3.13%, 05/01/35

    750       626,687  
   

 

 

 
      6,696,079  
Nebraska — 0.3%            

Central Plains Energy Project, RB, Series 1, 5.00%, 05/01/53(a)

    4,545       4,773,532  
   

 

 

 
Nevada — 0.2%            

City of Las Vegas Nevada Special Improvement

   

District No. 815, SAB, 5.00%, 12/01/49

    800       763,104  

Tahoe-Douglas Visitors Authority, RB

   

5.00%, 07/01/40

    1,490       1,527,110  

5.00%, 07/01/45

    1,460       1,477,736  
   

 

 

 
      3,767,950  
New Hampshire — 0.5%            

New Hampshire Business Finance Authority, RB

   

Series A, 4.13%, 08/15/40

    1,435       1,259,568  

Series A, 4.25%, 08/15/46

    1,610       1,348,856  

Series A, 4.50%, 08/15/55

    3,350       2,795,820  

New Hampshire Business Finance Authority,

   

Refunding RB, Series C, AMT, 4.88%, 11/01/42(b)

    2,515       2,217,395  
   

 

 

 
      7,621,639  
New Jersey — 1.4%            

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

    340       342,101  

Middlesex County Improvement Authority, RB

   

Series B, 6.13%, 01/01/25

    2,495       30,813  

Series B, 6.25%, 01/01/37

    5,400       66,690  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, RB

   

5.00%, 12/15/28(d)

    2,060       2,305,351  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/37

    375       375,582  

Series A, 5.25%, 11/01/54(b)

    3,955       3,474,956  

Series B, AMT, 6.50%, 04/01/31

    2,215       2,306,798  

New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing

   

Authority, RB, 4.00%, 07/01/51

    8,160       8,012,671  

New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance

   

Authority, RB, Series C, AMT, Subordinate,

   

3.25%, 12/01/51

    1,700       1,228,576  

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, RB,

   

Series AA, 4.00%, 06/15/50

    3,000       2,944,570  
   

 

 

 
      21,088,108  
New York — 8.0%            

Albany Capital Resource Corp., Refunding RB,

   

4.00%, 07/01/41

    3,750       2,120,128  

Build NYC Resource Corp., RB

   

6.13%, 07/01/43

    1,780       1,889,615  

6.38%, 07/01/53

    3,260       3,446,271  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/32

    2,255       2,128,109  

Series A, 5.13%, 07/01/33

    620       649,500  

Build NYC Resource Corp., Refunding RB, AMT,

   

5.00%, 01/01/35(b)

    1,215       1,225,310  

City of New York, GO, Series A-1, 4.00%, 09/01/46

    3,825       3,944,498  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
New York (continued)                                

Huntington Local Development Corp., RB,

   

Series A, 5.25%, 07/01/56

  $ 585     $ 471,081  

New York City Housing Development Corp., RB, M/F Housing

   

Series C-1A, 4.15%, 11/01/39

    3,105       3,105,489  

Series C-1A, 4.20%, 11/01/44

    3,190       3,190,257  

Series C-1A, 4.30%, 11/01/47

    4,655       4,471,694  

New York City Industrial Development Agency,

   

Refunding RB, Series A, (AGM), 3.00%, 01/01/40 .

    605       517,483  

New York Liberty Development Corp., Refunding RB

   

3.25%, 09/15/52

    4,045       3,244,883  

Series 1, 2.75%, 02/15/44

    14,320       11,579,861  

Series A, 3.00%, 11/15/51

    2,300       1,826,156  

New York State Dormitory Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 3.00%, 03/15/51

    4,200       3,287,451  

Series D, 4.00%, 02/15/47

    12,925       13,074,707  

New York State Housing Finance Agency, RB, M/F

   

Housing, Series J-1, (SONYMA), 2.65%, 11/01/46

    3,935       2,914,481  

New York State Urban Development Corp., RB

   

Series A, 4.00%, 03/15/46

    3,000       3,033,762  

Series A, 4.00%, 03/15/49

    4,955       4,910,814  

New York Transportation Development Corp., ARB

   

AMT, 5.00%, 01/01/25

    1,000       1,007,645  

AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/35

    10,000       10,921,376  

AMT, 4.00%, 01/01/36

    5,000       4,775,661  

AMT, 5.63%, 04/01/40

    2,215       2,383,932  

New York Transportation Development Corp., RB

   

AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/35

    3,845       4,006,187  

AMT, 4.00%, 04/30/53

    3,365       2,938,741  

New York Transportation Development Corp.,

   

Refunding ARB, AMT, 5.38%, 08/01/36

    3,665       3,776,958  

Niagara Area Development Corp., Refunding RB,

   

Series A, AMT, 4.75%, 11/01/42(b)

    530       445,820  

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Refunding

   

ARB, Series 223, AMT, 4.00%, 07/15/61

    10,000       9,430,731  

State of New York Mortgage Agency Homeowner Mortgage Revenue, RB, S/F Housing, Series 239,

   

(SONYMA), 2.60%, 10/01/44

    4,040       3,109,512  

Westchester County Local Development Corp., Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 07/01/41(b)

    3,300       2,946,234  

5.00%, 07/01/46(b)

    2,205       1,873,999  

Series A, 5.13%, 07/01/55

    1,100       890,557  

Westchester Tobacco Asset Securitization Corp., Refunding RB

   

Sub-Series C, 4.00%, 06/01/42

    670       674,108  

Sub-Series C, 5.13%, 06/01/51

    2,000       2,028,716  
   

 

 

 
      122,241,727  
North Dakota — 0.5%            

City of Grand Forks North Dakota, RB, Series B,

   

(AGM), 5.00%, 12/01/48

    1,765       1,887,842  

County of Cass North Dakota, Refunding RB,

   

Series B, 5.25%, 02/15/58

    1,785       1,848,234  

University of North Dakota, COP, Series A, (AGM),

   

2.50%, 06/01/54

    6,200       3,835,080  
   

 

 

 
      7,571,156  
Ohio — 3.9%            

American Municipal Power, Inc., Refunding RB,

   

4.00%, 02/15/37

    2,750       2,856,165  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2023

  

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Ohio (continued)                                

Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority, Refunding RB, Series B-2, Class 2, 5.00%, 06/01/55

  $ 39,600     $ 37,174,418  

County of Hamilton Ohio, Refunding RB,

   

Series C, 5.00%, 01/01/46

    1,435       1,322,286  

County of Hardin Ohio, Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 05/01/30

    620       592,452  

5.25%, 05/01/40

    615       566,393  

5.50%, 05/01/50

    2,895       2,591,950  

Hickory Chase Community Authority, Refunding RB,

   

5.00%, 12/01/40(b)

    4,840       4,553,079  

Jefferson County Port Authority, RB, AMT, 3.50%, 12/01/51(b)

    4,125       2,974,492  

Ohio Air Quality Development Authority, RB, AMT,

   

5.00%, 07/01/49(b)

    3,900       3,533,627  

Ohio Higher Educational Facility Commission,

   

Refunding RB, 4.00%, 10/01/47

    3,500       3,175,377  

Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority,

   

RB, 4.25%, 12/01/50(b)

    1,065       927,839  
   

 

 

 
      60,268,078  
Oklahoma — 1.9%            

Norman Regional Hospital Authority, RB, 4.00%, 09/01/45

    3,565       3,005,366  

Oklahoma Development Finance Authority, RB

   

7.25%, 09/01/51(b)

    14,390       15,435,645  

Series A-2, 7.25%, 09/01/51(b)

    1,920       2,059,516  

Series B, 5.00%, 08/15/38

    4,585       4,497,414  

Series B, 5.50%, 08/15/52

    2,415       2,382,054  

Tulsa Authority for Economic Opportunity, TA, 4.38%, 12/01/41(b)

    1,165       1,112,466  

Tulsa County Industrial Authority, Refunding RB,

   

5.25%, 11/15/37

    1,050       1,064,113  
   

 

 

 
      29,556,574  
Oregon — 0.1%            

Clackamas County Hospital Facility Authority,

   

Refunding RB, Series A, 5.25%, 11/15/50

    800       726,487  

Oregon State Facilities Authority, RB(b)

   

Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/49

    915       842,584  

Series A, 5.25%, 06/15/55

    505       473,427  
   

 

 

 
      2,042,498  
Pennsylvania — 1.9%            

Bucks County Industrial Development Authority, RB,

   

4.00%, 07/01/46

    475       344,087  

East Hempfield Township Industrial Development

   

Authority, RB, 5.00%, 07/01/24(d)

    1,750       1,768,015  

Montgomery County Higher Education and Health Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 4.00%, 09/01/49

    880       830,200  

Montgomery County Industrial Development

   

Authority, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 12/01/46

    1,470       1,477,431  

Northampton County Industrial Development

   

Authority, TA, 7.00%, 07/01/32

    905       906,154  

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, RB

   

Series A-1, 4.00%, 04/15/50

    11,000       10,489,228  

AMT, 5.75%, 06/30/48

    2,890       3,149,302  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Pennsylvania (continued)                                

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, RB (continued)

   

AMT, 5.25%, 06/30/53

  $ 4,830     $ 4,993,986  

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing

   

Authority, Refunding RB, AMT, 5.50%, 11/01/44

    5,390       5,390,494  

School District of Philadelphia, GO, Series A, (SAW),

   

5.50%, 09/01/48

    490       550,114  
   

 

 

 
      29,899,011  
Puerto Rico — 11.3%            

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

    111,775       9,201,396  

Children’s Trust Fund, Refunding RB, Series B,

   

0.00%, 05/15/55(c)

    2,000       214,820  

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, GO

   

0.00%, 11/01/51(a)

    83,476       40,079,805  

Series A-1, 0.00%, 11/01/43(a)

    13,868       7,488,807  

Series A-1, Restructured, 5.38%, 07/01/25

    (i)      3  

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

    11,002       11,944,334  

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

    5,352       5,923,429  

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

    1,849       1,804,589  

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

    2,010       1,942,107  

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

    4,281       4,059,866  

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

    4,939       4,564,435  

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

    2,017       1,798,877  

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, GO, CAB, Series A,

   

Restructured, 0.00%, 07/01/33(c)

    5,283       3,296,869  

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

    24,647       4,561,693  

PRIFA Custodial Trust, RB, Series 2005, 0.00%, 03/15/49

    3,300       997,721  

Puerto Rico Commonwealth Aqueduct & Sewer

   

Authority, RB, Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/42(b)

    1,075       944,152  

Puerto Rico Commonwealth Aqueduct & Sewer

   

Authority, Refunding RB, Series B, 4.00%, 07/01/42(b)

    7,000       6,149,222  

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, RB(f)(g)

   

5.50%, 07/01/17

    475       118,750  

5.40%, 01/01/18

    2,054       513,544  

5.00%, 07/01/18

    900       225,000  

5.40%, 07/01/18

    2,054       513,627  

5.50%, 07/01/18

    415       103,750  

5.50%, 07/01/19

    335       83,750  

10.00%, 07/01/19

    2,887       721,744  

5.40%, 01/01/20

    208       51,919  

7.50%, 01/01/20

    6,762       1,690,540  

5.40%, 07/01/20

    208       51,919  

7.50%, 07/01/20

    709       177,314  

5.00%, 07/01/22

    715       178,750  

5.38%, 07/01/22

    4,500       1,125,000  

5.38%, 07/01/24

    815       203,750  

5.00%, 07/01/25

    3,890       972,500  

5.25%, 07/01/25

    1,940       485,000  

5.00%, 07/01/26

    455       113,750  

5.25%, 07/01/26

    590       147,500  

5.25%, 07/01/27

    230       57,500  

5.25%, 07/01/28

    1,945       486,250  

7.25%, 07/01/30

    250       62,500  
 

 

 

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

  29


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2023

  

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Puerto Rico (continued)                                

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, RB(f)(g) (continued)

   

5.25%, 07/01/33

  $ 315     $ 78,750  

7.00%, 07/01/33

    8,735       2,183,750  

5.25%, 07/01/35

    705       176,250  

5.75%, 07/01/36

    2,870       717,500  

6.75%, 07/01/36

    5,830       1,457,500  

5.50%, 07/01/38

    415       103,750  

5.25%, 07/01/40

    8,385       2,096,250  

7.00%, 07/01/40

    1,000       250,000  

5.00%, 07/01/42

    1,605       401,250  

5.05%, 07/01/42

    1,080       270,000  

7.00%, 07/01/43

    775       193,750  

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, Refunding RB(f)(g)

   

0.00%, 07/01/17

    2,660       665,000  

0.00%, 07/01/18

    125       31,250  

5.25%, 07/01/19

    1,050       262,500  

5.25%, 07/01/22

    765       191,250  

5.25%, 07/01/23

    370       92,500  

5.25%, 07/01/24

    5,050       1,262,500  

5.25%, 07/01/25

    3,825       956,250  

5.00%, 07/01/27

    330       82,500  

5.00%, 07/01/28

    345       86,250  

5.25%, 07/01/28

    3,655       913,750  

5.25%, 07/01/29

    190       47,500  

4.49%, 07/01/31

    1,345       336,250  

0.00%, 07/01/49

    1,135       283,750  

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

   

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

    8,216       8,142,950  

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

    1,564       1,478,241  

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

    14,090       13,984,107  

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

   

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

    2,914       2,349,391  

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

    2,574       1,741,394  

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

    42,941       13,458,000  

Series A-1, Restructured, 0.00%, 07/01/51

    18,000       4,197,223  

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

    8,066       2,533,795  
   

 

 

 
      174,081,583  
South Carolina — 0.5%            

City of Hardeeville South Carolina, SAB(b)

   

3.00%, 05/01/27

    300       286,141  

3.50%, 05/01/32

    490       441,271  

3.88%, 05/01/41

    875       743,652  

4.00%, 05/01/52

    820       635,594  

County of Dorchester South Carolina, SAB, 6.00%, 10/01/51(b)

    2,240       2,277,249  

South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority, RB

   

7.50%, 08/15/62(b)

    1,935       1,809,330  

Series A, 5.00%, 11/15/42

    585       538,618  

South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development

   

Authority, Refunding RB, 4.00%, 11/15/27

    385       368,116  
   

 

 

 
      7,099,971  
Tennessee — 1.7%            

Chattanooga Health Educational & Housing Facility

   

Board, Refunding RB, Series A, 4.00%, 08/01/44

    410       393,364  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Tennessee (continued)                                

Franklin Health & Educational Facilities Board,

   

Refunding RB, Series A, 7.50%, 06/01/47(b)(f)(g)

  $ 4,060     $ 442,134  

Metropolitan Government Nashville & Davidson County Health & Educational Facilities Board, Refunding RB

   

5.25%, 10/01/58

    5,625       5,666,634  

Series A, 4.00%, 10/01/49

    1,635       1,355,382  

Metropolitan Government Nashville & Davidson County Industrial Development Board, SAB,

   

4.00%, 06/01/51(b)

    2,350       1,852,688  

Metropolitan Government Nashville & Davidson County Industrial Development Board, SAB, CAB,

   

0.00%, 06/01/43(b)(c)

    4,000       1,443,030  

Nashville Metropolitan Development & Housing

   

Agency, TA, 5.13%, 06/01/36(b)

    500       505,867  

Tennergy Corp., RB, Series A, 5.50%, 10/01/53(a)

    7,435       7,900,893  

Tennessee Energy Acquisition Corp., RB, Series A,

   

5.00%, 05/01/52(a)

    6,360       6,755,193  
   

 

 

 
      26,315,185  
Texas — 7.7%            

Angelina & Neches River Authority, RB, Series A,

   

AMT, 7.50%, 12/01/45(b)

    2,340       1,568,636  

Arlington Higher Education Finance Corp., RB

   

5.00%, 06/15/51

    2,045       1,725,362  

5.63%, 08/15/54(b)

    6,260       5,918,590  

7.50%, 04/01/62(b)

    1,970       1,944,470  

7.88%, 11/01/62(b)

    1,670       1,711,942  

Series A, 5.88%, 03/01/24

    120       120,122  

Brazoria County Industrial Development Corp., RB,

   

AMT, 7.00%, 03/01/39

    1,610       1,524,269  

Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, Refunding RB(c)

   

0.00%, 01/01/28

    3,000       2,662,172  

0.00%, 01/01/29

    500       429,541  

0.00%, 01/01/30

    1,330       1,104,231  

0.00%, 01/01/31

    4,000       3,215,576  

City of Crandall Texas, SAB(b)

   

4.00%, 09/15/31

    200       190,608  

4.75%, 09/15/31

    100       98,825  

4.25%, 09/15/41

    770       685,959  

5.00%, 09/15/41

    500       482,764  

City of Houston Texas Airport System Revenue, ARB

   

AMT, 5.00%, 07/15/28

    7,135       7,163,636  

AMT, 4.00%, 07/01/41

    3,600       3,212,386  

Series A, AMT, 6.63%, 07/15/38

    1,110       1,110,737  

Series B-1, AMT, 5.00%, 07/15/35

    5,000       4,975,067  

City of Houston Texas Airport System Revenue,

   

Refunding ARB, AMT, 5.00%, 07/15/27

    615       614,786  

City of Houston Texas Airport System Revenue, Refunding RB

   

AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/29

    5,250       5,234,058  

Series C, AMT, 5.00%, 07/15/27

    3,925       3,955,397  

City of Marble Falls Texas, SAB(b)

   

4.63%, 09/01/31

    100       98,227  

4.88%, 09/01/41

    295       280,700  

5.13%, 09/01/51

    500       464,799  

City of San Marcos Texas, SAB(b)

   

3.75%, 09/01/27

    228       224,851  

4.00%, 09/01/32

    237       227,781  

4.25%, 09/01/42

    750       685,919  

4.50%, 09/01/51

    520       466,153  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2023

  

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Texas (continued)                                

Fort Bend County Industrial Development Corp., RB,

   

Series B, 4.75%, 11/01/42

  $ 1,380     $ 1,380,019  

Harris County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/38

    510       469,153  

Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/43

    520       456,744  

Series A, 5.13%, 01/01/48

    1,535       1,297,151  

Hemphill County Hospital District, GO

   

4.63%, 02/01/39

    1,500       1,435,895  

4.75%, 02/01/45

    2,500       2,331,831  

Hidalgo County Regional Mobility Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series B, Junior Lien, 4.00%, 12/01/39

    1,000       917,638  

Series B, Junior Lien, 4.00%, 12/01/40

    1,040       946,171  

Series B, Junior Lien, 4.00%, 12/01/41

    1,000       898,846  

Houston Higher Education Finance Corp., RB,

   

4.00%, 10/01/51

    1,400       1,205,144  

Mission Economic Development Corp., Refunding

   

RB, AMT, Senior Lien, 4.63%, 10/01/31(b)

    1,385       1,383,524  

New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Finance

   

Corp., RB, Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/57

    3,000       2,481,244  

New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Finance

   

Corp., Refunding RB, Series A, 6.75%, 10/01/52

    5,000       4,619,623  

New Hope Higher Education Finance Corp., RB,

   

Series A, 5.75%, 06/15/51(b)

    5,580       5,036,463  

Newark Higher Education Finance Corp., RB(b)

   

Series A, 5.50%, 08/15/35

    375       382,775  

Series A, 5.75%, 08/15/45

    735       743,832  

Port Beaumont Navigation District, RB(b)

   

AMT, 2.75%, 01/01/36

    2,620       1,928,955  

AMT, 2.88%, 01/01/41

    4,100       2,818,753  

AMT, 3.00%, 01/01/50

    23,435       13,818,819  

Port Beaumont Navigation District, Refunding RB(b)

   

Series A, AMT, 3.63%, 01/01/35

    7,160       5,884,828  

Series A, AMT, 4.00%, 01/01/50

    8,435       6,050,463  

San Antonio Education Facilities Corp., RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 10/01/41

    645       524,457  

Series A, 5.00%, 10/01/51

    885       675,236  

Texas Municipal Gas Acquisition & Supply

   

Corp III, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 12/15/32

    1,500       1,622,936  

Texas Transportation Commission State Highway

   

249 System, RB, CAB(c)

   

0.00%, 08/01/46

    2,580       866,665  

0.00%, 08/01/47

    3,850       1,226,905  

0.00%, 08/01/48

    4,070       1,229,082  

0.00%, 08/01/49

    3,825       1,095,063  

0.00%, 08/01/50

    5,485       1,480,640  

0.00%, 08/01/51

    3,230       823,204  

0.00%, 08/01/52

    3,230       775,954  

0.00%, 08/01/53

    290       65,950  
   

 

 

 
      118,971,527  
Utah — 0.1%            

County of Utah, RB, Series A, 3.00%, 05/15/50

    940       752,388  

Utah Charter School Finance Authority, RB, Series A,

   

5.00%, 06/15/52(b)

    1,320       993,581  
   

 

 

 
      1,745,969  
Vermont — 0.9%            

East Central Vermont Telecommunications District, RB

   

Series A, 4.75%, 12/01/40(b)

    2,850       2,476,360  

Series A, 4.50%, 12/01/44(b)

    3,695       2,978,197  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Vermont (continued)                                

East Central Vermont Telecommunications District, RB (continued)

   

Series A, 6.88%, 12/01/46

  $ 3,630     $ 3,824,140  

Series A, 4.50%, 12/01/50(b)

    3,000       2,290,874  

Vermont Student Assistance Corp., RB, Class A,

   

AMT, 2.38%, 06/15/39

    1,725       1,604,466  
   

 

 

 
      13,174,037  
Virginia — 2.4%            

Ballston Quarter Community Development Authority,

   

TA, Series A, 5.50%, 03/01/46(f)(g)

    2,900       2,148,953  

Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission, RB

   

Series A, Senior Lien, 4.00%, 07/01/50

    1,545       1,544,902  

Series A, Senior Lien, 4.00%, 07/01/55

    9,770       9,631,114  

Hanover County Economic Development Authority,

   

Refunding RB, 4.00%, 07/01/40(b)

    1,790       1,430,751  

Henrico County Economic Development Authority,

   

Refunding RB, 4.00%, 10/01/50

    1,250       1,101,884  

James City County Economic Development Authority, RB

   

5.25%, 12/01/27

    990       990,465  

6.88%, 12/01/58

    1,475       1,563,750  

Lower Magnolia Green Community Development Authority, SAB(b)

   

5.00%, 03/01/35

    460       462,176  

5.00%, 03/01/45

    475       475,326  

Norfolk Economic Development Authority, Refunding

   

RB, Series B, 4.00%, 11/01/48

    10,745       10,431,024  

Norfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority, RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/49

    1,250       1,035,113  

Series B, 4.00%, 01/01/25

    910       896,560  

Virginia Beach Development Authority, RB

   

5.38%, 09/01/29

    1,085       1,102,795  

7.00%, 09/01/53

    1,800       1,902,962  

Virginia Beach Development Authority, Refunding

   

RB, 4.00%, 09/01/48

    2,885       2,105,834  
   

 

 

 
      36,823,609  
Washington — 0.6%            

Washington Economic Development Finance

   

Authority, RB, Series A, AMT, 5.63%, 12/01/40(b)

    3,470       3,538,402  

Washington State Housing Finance Commission,

   

RB, Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/50(b)

    1,240       1,225,529  

Washington State Housing Finance Commission, Refunding RB

   

5.75%, 01/01/35(b)

    355       307,169  

5.00%, 01/01/43(b)

    2,000       1,697,966  

6.00%, 01/01/45(b)

    940       754,730  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/43

    920       941,707  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/48

    620       626,379  
   

 

 

 
      9,091,882  
Wisconsin — 4.5%            

Public Finance Authority, ARB

   

AMT, 4.00%, 07/01/41

    530       412,315  

AMT, 4.25%, 07/01/54

    3,690       2,583,738  

Public Finance Authority, RB

   

5.00%, 06/15/39

    310       302,350  

5.00%, 06/15/41(b)

    925       864,387  

7.75%, 07/01/43(b)

    9,100       9,427,201  

5.63%, 06/15/49(b)

    5,950       5,298,968  

5.00%, 06/15/53

    645       604,626  

5.00%, 06/15/55(b)

    2,405       2,063,420  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2023

  

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Wisconsin (continued)                                

Public Finance Authority, RB (continued)

   

5.00%, 01/01/56(b)

  $ 3,790     $ 3,380,979  

Series A, 4.25%, 06/15/31(b)

    170       161,806  

Series A, 6.25%, 10/01/31(b)

    910       254,800  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/40(b)

    750       685,478  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/41(b)

    510       470,694  

Series A, 6.85%, 11/01/46(b)(f)(g)

    1,325       861,250  

Series A, 7.00%, 11/01/46(b)(f)(g)

    805       523,250  

Series A, 5.38%, 07/15/47(b)

    1,595       1,571,316  

Series A, 7.00%, 10/01/47(b)

    910       254,800  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/49(b)

    1,340       1,150,119  

Series A, 5.63%, 06/15/49(b)

    7,940       7,544,174  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/51(b)

    1,060       908,963  

Series A, 5.25%, 12/01/51(b)

    5,280       4,146,210  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/55(b)

    11,540       9,012,314  

Series A, 4.75%, 06/15/56(b)

    2,405       1,755,423  

Series A-1, 4.50%, 01/01/35(b)

    875       789,837  

Series A-1, 5.50%, 12/01/48(b)(e)(f)(g)

    38       8,435  

Series B, 0.00%, 01/01/35(b)(c)

    1,085       509,966  

Series B, 0.00%, 01/01/60(b)(c)

    31,635       1,974,976  

AMT, 4.00%, 09/30/51

    4,000       3,382,677  

AMT, 4.00%, 03/31/56

    3,370       2,778,841  

Public Finance Authority, Refunding RB(b)

   

5.00%, 05/15/32

    980       973,507  

5.00%, 03/01/52

    1,300       1,058,869  

Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, 4.00%, 01/01/47

    4,840       3,057,799  

Wisconsin Housing & Economic Development Authority, RB, M/F Housing, Series A, 4.70%, 07/01/47

    740       766,644  
   

 

 

 
      69,540,132  
   

 

 

 
Total Municipal Bonds — 94.7%            

(Cost: $1,562,848,524)

      1,455,588,794  
   

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts(j)

 

New York — 0.8%

   

Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority, Refunding RB,

   

Senior Lien, 5.00%, 05/15/56

    12,000       12,593,954  
   

 

 

 
Pennsylvania — 0.9%            

Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, RB,

   

S/F Housing, 5.45%, 04/01/51

    12,495       13,488,163  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts — 1.7%
(Cost: $24,713,289)

      26,082,117  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 96.4%
(Cost: $1,587,561,813)

      1,481,670,911  
   

 

 

 
Security  

Shares

    Value  
Short-Term Securities            
Money Market Funds — 2.7%            

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, MuniCash, Institutional
Class, 3.76%(k)(l)

    41,441,863     $ 41,446,007  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 2.7%
(Cost: $41,438,935)

      41,446,007  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 99.1%
(Cost: $1,629,000,748)

      1,523,116,918  

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 2.0%

      30,180,420  

Liability for TOB Trust Certificates, Including Interest Expense and Fees Payable — (1.1)%

      (16,393,033
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 1,536,904,305  
   

 

 

 

 

(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 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) 

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

(i) 

Rounds to less than 1,000.

(j) 

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.

(k) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(l) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2023

  

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended December 31, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer    Value at
06/30/23
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
     Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Value at
12/31/23
     Shares
Held at
12/31/23
     Income      Capital Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, MuniCash, Institutional Class

   $ 79,899,513      $      $ (38,465,787 )(a)     $ 14,418      $ (2,137    $ 41,446,007        41,441,863      $ 1,142,668      $  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (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

     128        03/19/24      $ 14,450      $ (522,102

U.S. Long Bond

     125        03/19/24        15,617        (1,133,972
           

 

 

 
            $ (1,656,074
           

 

 

 

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)

   $      $      $      $      $ 1,656,074      $      $ 1,656,074  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (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 December 31, 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

   $      $      $      $      $ (204,412    $      $ (204,412
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $      $      $ (1,656,074    $      $ (1,656,074
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Futures contracts:

       

Average notional value of contracts — short

  $ 15,033,594  

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)

December 31, 2023

  

BlackRock High Yield 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

   $        $ 1,452,316,686        $ 3,272,108        $ 1,455,588,794  

Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts

              26,082,117                   26,082,117  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     41,446,007                            41,446,007  

Unfunded Commitments(a)

                       14,203,568          14,203,568  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 41,446,007        $ 1,478,398,803        $ 17,475,676        $ 1,537,320,486  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(b)

                 

Liabilities

                 

Interest Rate Contracts

   $ (1,656,074      $        $        $ (1,656,074
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (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 $16,330,000 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
Commitments
    Total  

Assets

     

Opening balance, as of June 30, 2023

  $ 3,336,920     $     $ 3,336,920  

Transfers into Level 3

    8,436             8,436  

Transfers out of Level 3

                 

Accrued discounts/premiums

                 

Net realized gain (loss)

                 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)(a)(b)

    (66,693     14,203,568       14,136,875  

Purchases

                 

Sales

    (6,555           (6,555
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Closing balance, as of December 31, 2023

  $ 3,272,108     $ 14,203,568     $ 17,475,676  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments still held at December 31, 2023

  $ (66,693   $ 14,203,568     $ 14,136,875  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (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 December 31, 2023 is generally due to investments no longer held or categorized as Level 3 at period end.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

December 31, 2023

  

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Shares

    Value  

Investment Companies

   
Fixed Income Funds — 1.5%            

iShares National Muni Bond ETF(a)(b)

    1,250,000     $  135,512,500  
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies — 1.5%
(Cost: $133,189,670)

      135,512,500  
   

 

 

 
    

Par

(000)

        

Municipal Bonds

   
Alabama — 4.7%            

Alabama Special Care Facilities Financing Authority- Birmingham Alabama, Refunding RB,
Series C, 5.00%, 11/15/46

  $ 60,000       61,566,029  

Black Belt Energy Gas District, RB

   

Series C, 5.50%, 10/01/54

    56,470       62,243,501  

Series F, 5.50%, 11/01/53(c)

    11,170       11,878,518  

Energy Southeast A Cooperative District, RB

   

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

    95,715       104,461,539  

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

    25,150       28,045,688  

Southeast Energy Authority A Cooperative District, RB(c)

   

Series A, 4.00%, 11/01/51

    102,970       102,956,723  

Series A, 5.25%, 01/01/54

    25,000       26,561,056  

Series B, 4.00%, 12/01/51

    9,220       9,171,678  

Series B-1, 5.00%, 05/01/53

    20,000       20,828,641  
   

 

 

 
      427,713,373  
Arizona — 1.0%            

Arizona Industrial Development Authority, Refunding RB(d)

   

Series A, 5.25%, 07/01/37

    1,230       1,236,328  

Series A, 5.50%, 07/01/52

    2,450       2,396,814  

City of Phoenix Civic Improvement Corp., RB

   

Junior Lien, 5.00%, 07/01/40

    2,000       2,325,638  

Junior Lien, 5.00%, 07/01/42

    7,815       8,969,948  

Junior Lien, 5.00%, 07/01/44

    40,000       43,898,004  

Subordinate, 5.00%, 07/01/44

    7,930       8,847,617  

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

    4,875       5,020,771  

Maricopa County Industrial Development Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/38

    10,000       10,469,379  

Pinal County Industrial Development Authority, RB, AMT, 6.25%, 06/01/26

    215       220,094  

Tucson Industrial Development Authority/Pima County Industrial Development Authority, RB, S/F Housing, Series A, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 6.00%, 01/01/55

    6,125       6,758,209  
   

 

 

 
      90,142,802  
Arkansas — 0.9%            

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

    15,700       16,745,459  

Series A, AMT, 6.88%, 07/01/48

    18,200       19,318,223  

Series A, AMT, 4.50%, 09/01/49(d)

    4,750       4,728,878  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Arkansas (continued)            

Arkansas Development Finance Authority,
RB (continued)

   

Series A, AMT, 4.75%, 09/01/49(d)

  $  34,660     $  34,691,563  

University of Arkansas, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/45

    2,360       2,590,991  
   

 

 

 
      78,075,114  
California — 12.7%            

California Community Choice Financing Authority, RB

   

5.00%, 07/01/53(c)

    6,040       6,412,552  

5.50%, 10/01/54

    12,500       13,867,483  

Series B-1, 4.00%, 02/01/52(c)

    75,000       75,827,757  

Series E-1, 5.00%, 02/01/54

    41,825       45,163,472  

Series G, 5.25%, 11/01/54

    15,000       16,247,132  

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

    7,940       4,882,477  

California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 4.00%, 11/15/40

    1,415       1,433,508  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/41

    12,500       14,133,911  

California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank, RB, Series A, AMT, 3.65%, 01/01/50(c)(d)

    49,190       49,136,056  

California Pollution Control Financing Authority, Refunding RB, AMT, 4.25%, 07/01/43

    36,210       36,105,234  

California State Public Works Board, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 09/01/38

    5,000       5,939,643  

California Statewide Communities Development Authority, SAB, Series C, 3.00%, 09/02/30

    3,115       3,066,941  

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

    27,990       29,886,929  

City of Los Angeles Department of Airports, ARB AMT, 5.00%, 05/15/47

    26,170       27,887,588  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 05/15/44

    8,000       8,298,814  

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

    7,000       7,340,078  

Sub-Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 05/15/47

    2,855       2,918,491  

City of Los Angeles Department of Airports, Refunding ARB

   

AMT, 5.00%, 05/15/45

    18,000       19,330,966  

AMT, Subordinate, 5.00%, 05/15/31

    7,160       8,089,403  

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

    7,690       6,213,968  

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

   

4.00%, 07/01/58

    9,055       5,911,347  

Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/54

    8,950       7,178,028  

Series B, 4.00%, 07/01/58

    10,330       6,766,608  

Mezzanine Lien, 4.00%, 06/01/57

    7,220       5,021,835  

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

    6,125       3,644,772  

Senior Lien, 3.13%, 06/01/57

    13,670       8,748,258  

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

    15,875       10,335,350  

East Bay Municipal Utility District Water System

   

Revenue, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 4.00%, 06/01/33

    14,850       15,179,349  

Series A, 4.00%, 06/01/34

    14,000       14,310,746  

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Water System Revenue, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.25%, 07/01/44

    24,365       26,022,414  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2023

  

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
California (continued)            

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, Refunding RB

   

Series B, 5.25%, 07/01/37

  $ 13,500     $ 14,727,041  

Series B, 5.25%, 07/01/38

    15,000       16,376,601  

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

    8,000       8,047,974  

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

     15,000       16,777,368  

San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 04/01/41

    35,000       37,131,312  

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

   

2nd Series, AMT, 5.00%, 05/01/48

    50,915       52,406,227  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 05/01/39

    14,500       15,344,315  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 05/01/49

    26,000       26,893,214  

Series B, AMT, 5.00%, 05/01/46

    57,000       58,179,743  

Series D, AMT, 5.00%, 05/01/43

    17,735       18,424,130  

San Francisco City & County Airport Comm-San Francisco International Airport, Refunding RB, Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 05/01/38

    10,000       11,068,878  

San Francisco City & County Public Utilities Commission Wastewater Revenue, RB, Series B, 1.00%, 10/01/26

    100,000       96,348,526  

San Mateo County Transit District, Refunding RB, Series A, 4.00%, 06/01/32

    15,645       16,034,465  

State of California, Refunding GO

   

5.00%, 08/01/30

    5,000       5,128,500  

5.25%, 10/01/39

    24,635       26,232,796  

5.00%, 09/01/41

    15,000       17,107,401  

University of California, RB

   

5.00%, 05/15/37

    15,410       16,719,842  

Series AM, 5.00%, 05/15/44

    26,780       27,039,762  

Series M, 5.00%, 05/15/42

    84,590       89,974,868  

University of California, Refunding RB, Series Q, 5.00%, 05/15/46

    88,410       98,617,453  
   

 

 

 
       1,153,881,526  
Colorado — 2.6%            

City & County of Denver Colorado Airport System Revenue, Refunding ARB

   

Series B, 5.00%, 12/01/43

    5,000       5,314,988  

AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/36

    7,360       7,864,048  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/38

    17,750       18,531,187  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/43

    13,860       14,378,024  

Series A, AMT, 5.25%, 12/01/43

    45,235       47,320,099  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 11/15/47

    20,000       21,428,360  

Series A, AMT, 5.25%, 12/01/48

    37,610       39,399,689  

Series D, AMT, 5.75%, 11/15/45

    3,290       3,757,672  

City & County of Denver Colorado Airport System Revenue, Refunding RB

   

AMT, Subordinate, 5.00%, 11/15/27

    3,250       3,454,177  

AMT, Subordinate, 5.00%, 11/15/28

    5,000       5,400,835  

City & County of Denver Colorado Pledged Excise Tax Revenue, RB

   

Series A-1, 5.00%, 08/01/41

    7,915       8,249,925  

Series A-1, 5.00%, 08/01/48

    12,920       13,343,939  

City of Colorado Springs Colorado Utilities System Revenue, RB, Series A, 5.25%, 11/15/48

    13,925       15,910,935  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Colorado (continued)            

Colorado Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, 4.00%, 07/01/31(d)

  $ 500     $ 482,713  

Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 05/15/47

     26,950       29,477,286  

Cottonwood Highlands Metropolitan District No. 1, GO, Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/49

    899       860,617  

Mayfield Metropolitan District, GO, Series A, 5.75%, 12/01/50

    1,189       1,190,618  
   

 

 

 
       236,365,112  
Connecticut — 0.9%            

Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, Refunding RB, S/F Housing, Series B, 5.75%, 11/15/53

    14,180       15,333,962  

Connecticut State Health & Educational Facilities Authority, RB, Series Q-1, 5.00%, 07/01/46

    5,570       5,715,136  

Connecticut State Health & Educational Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, Series 2015-A, 0.38%, 07/01/35(c)

    39,965       39,197,895  

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

    1,165       1,165,491  

State of Connecticut Special Tax Revenue, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/41

    15,285       17,465,441  
   

 

 

 
      78,877,925  
Delaware — 0.3%            

Delaware State Economic Development Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 1.25%, 10/01/45(c)

    25,165       24,215,002  

Delaware Transportation Authority, RB, 5.00%, 06/01/45

    6,680       6,818,515  
   

 

 

 
      31,033,517  
District of Columbia — 3.9%            

District of Columbia Income Tax Revenue, RB, Series C, 5.00%, 05/01/45

    10,000       10,914,203  

District of Columbia Water & Sewer Authority, Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 10/01/49

    5,745       6,050,642  

Series B, Sub-Lien, 5.25%, 10/01/40

    48,060       50,429,017  

Series B, Sub-Lien, 5.25%, 10/01/44

    63,075       65,831,235  

District of Columbia, GO

   

5.00%, 06/01/35

    7,175       7,442,956  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/37

    8,660       8,987,145  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/38

    4,500       4,669,735  

Series D, 5.00%, 06/01/42

    34,680       36,728,692  

District of Columbia, Refunding GO, Series A, 5.25%, 01/01/48

    18,355       21,031,540  

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Aviation Revenue, Refunding ARB, Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/48

    12,400       12,869,527  

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Dedicated Revenue, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 07/15/45

    11,985       13,086,508  

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, RB

   

5.00%, 07/01/43

    22,315       23,348,879  

Series B, 5.00%, 07/01/42

    81,415       85,294,449  

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 07/01/31

    6,860       7,410,528  
   

 

 

 
      354,095,056  
Florida — 2.9%            

Capital Trust Agency, Inc., RB, Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/49(d)

    4,365       3,837,368  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2023

  

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Florida (continued)            

Capital Trust Agency, Inc., RB, CAB, Subordinate, 0.00%, 01/01/61(d)(e)

  $ 6,820     $ 442,142  

County of Miami-Dade Florida Aviation Revenue, Refunding RB, Series B, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/40

    96,000       99,020,727  

Florida Development Finance Corp., RB

   

6.50%, 06/30/57(d)

    8,670       8,559,332  

Series C, 5.75%, 12/15/56(d)

    6,295       5,312,327  

AMT, 5.00%, 05/01/29(d)

    1,820       1,739,500  

AMT, 6.13%, 07/01/32

    11,725       11,846,711  

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

    18,065       13,744,910  

Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, ARB

   

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/44

    28,000       29,410,696  

Sub-Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/42

    43,040       44,381,841  

Sub-Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/47

    20,000       20,594,382  

Hillsborough County Port District, ARB, Series A, 5.25%, 06/01/48

    8,375       8,863,732  

Lakewood Ranch Stewardship District, SAB, 4.63%, 05/01/27

    1,395       1,399,857  

Live Oak Lake Community Development District, SAB

   

4.40%, 05/01/40

    1,600       1,433,930  

4.60%, 05/01/51

    2,840       2,404,360  

Miami-Dade County Industrial Development Authority, RB, 5.10%, 11/01/43

    8,370       7,240,806  

River Landing Community Development District, SAB

   

Series A, 4.13%, 05/01/40

    860       745,224  

Series B, 4.25%, 11/01/35

    515       463,465  

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

    147       70,702  

Windward Community Development District, SAB, Series A-2, 4.40%, 11/01/35

    700       632,454  
   

 

 

 
       262,144,466  
Georgia — 2.9%            

City of Atlanta Georgia Airport Passenger Facility Charge, ARB, Series D, AMT, Subordinate, 4.00%, 07/01/34

    20,615       21,563,115  

City of Atlanta Georgia Water & Wastewater Revenue, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 11/01/40

    20,000       20,358,608  

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

    5,030       4,580,399  

Main Street Natural Gas, Inc., RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/53(c)

    10,000       10,594,512  

Series B, 5.00%, 07/01/53(c)

    11,610       12,331,181  

Series C, 4.00%, 03/01/50(c)

    20,710       20,755,943  

Series C, 5.00%, 09/01/53

     100,335       106,986,871  

Series D, 5.00%, 05/01/54

    18,000       19,121,921  

Main Street Natural Gas, Inc., Refunding RB, Series E-1, 5.00%, 12/01/53

    45,165       48,392,244  
   

 

 

 
      264,684,794  
Idaho — 0.2%            

Idaho Housing & Finance Association, RB, Series A, 5.25%, 08/15/48

    18,000       20,506,970  
   

 

 

 
Illinois — 6.5%            

Chicago Board of Education, GO

   

Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/42

    2,200       2,200,170  

Series H, 5.00%, 12/01/36

    4,620       4,711,988  

Chicago Board of Education, Refunding GO

   

Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/28

    4,000       4,222,825  

Series B, 4.00%, 12/01/35

    11,640       11,398,333  

Series C, 5.00%, 12/01/24

    4,445       4,479,323  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Illinois (continued)            

Chicago Board of Education, Refunding
GO (continued)

   

Series C, 5.00%, 12/01/25

  $ 12,760     $ 12,993,120  

Series C, 5.00%, 12/01/26

    3,060       3,157,548  

Series F, 5.00%, 12/01/24

    9,585       9,656,130  

Series G, 5.00%, 12/01/34

    5,000       5,123,852  

Chicago O’Hare International Airport, ARB

   

Series D, AMT, Senior Lien, 5.00%, 01/01/42

    16,340       16,754,859  

Series D, Senior Lien, 5.25%, 01/01/42

    56,710       59,584,903  

Series D, Senior Lien, 5.00%, 01/01/47

    20,000       20,672,278  

Chicago O’Hare International Airport, Refunding ARB

   

Series A, AMT, Senior Lien, 5.00%, 01/01/39

    4,000       4,219,397  

Series B, Senior Lien, 5.00%, 01/01/48

    6,000       6,318,273  

Chicago O’Hare International Airport, Refunding RB

   

AMT, 5.00%, 01/01/33

    5,600       5,670,740  

Series B, Senior Lien, 5.00%, 01/01/39

    50,000       52,363,842  

Illinois Finance Authority, Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 10/01/48

    31,850       33,092,211  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/15/42

    10,000       10,528,537  

Series C, 5.00%, 02/15/41

    38,295       39,321,744  

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

    9,760       10,539,233  

Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/40

    20,500       21,073,280  

Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/42

    31,760       33,665,898  

Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/44

    7,075       7,606,713  

Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/45

    10,740       11,700,193  

Series A, 5.25%, 01/01/45

    37,315       42,681,355  

Series B, 5.00%, 01/01/40

    30,000       30,870,053  

Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 01/01/38(h)

    8,000       9,463,532  

Southwestern Illinois Development Authority, RB, (BAM), 5.50%, 12/01/40

    2,600       2,870,696  

State of Illinois, GO

   

5.50%, 05/01/39

    9,040       10,000,421  

Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/29

     27,500       30,541,002  

Series B, 5.50%, 05/01/47

    10,000       10,933,225  

Series C, 5.50%, 10/01/42

    28,000       31,480,800  

State of Illinois, GO, BAB, Series B, 5.00%, 11/01/32

    14,000       15,422,570  

State of Illinois, Refunding GO, Series A, 5.00%, 10/01/28

    19,250       20,970,175  
   

 

 

 
       596,289,219  
Indiana — 0.2%            

City of Valparaiso Indiana, RB

   

AMT, 6.75%, 01/01/34

    3,870       3,875,727  

AMT, 7.00%, 01/01/44

    7,330       7,339,386  

Indianapolis Local Public Improvement Bond Bank, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 02/01/44

    6,490       6,920,912  
   

 

 

 
      18,136,025  
Kentucky — 0.3%            

Kentucky Public Energy Authority, Refunding RB, 5.25%, 04/01/54

    26,840       29,236,137  
   

 

 

 
Louisiana — 3.0%            

Lake Charles Harbor & Terminal District, RB, AMT, 1.00%, 12/01/51(c)

    195,960       190,610,719  

Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities & Community Development Authority, Refunding RB, 0.88%, 02/01/46(c)

    21,580       20,947,560  

Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, RB 5.00%, 10/01/43

    50,000       51,102,730  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2023

  

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Louisiana (continued)            

Louisiana Public Facilities Authority,
RB (continued)

   

Series A, 5.00%, 04/01/39(d)

  $ 1,425     $ 1,318,219  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/39(d)

    1,300       1,252,899  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/49(d)

    3,000       2,692,533  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/58(d)

    4,500       3,900,544  
   

 

 

 
       271,825,204  
Maryland — 1.2%            

City of Baltimore Maryland, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 4.50%, 09/01/33

    2,735       2,673,031  

Series A, 5.00%, 09/01/38

    1,400       1,409,048  

County of Anne Arundel Maryland, GO

   

5.00%, 10/01/47

    11,255       11,876,907  

5.00%, 10/01/48

    19,925       21,490,125  

County of Calvert Maryland, GO, 4.00%, 07/01/37

    3,835       4,191,504  

County of Frederick Maryland, GO, 5.00%, 04/01/41

    6,035       6,981,043  

County of Montgomery Maryland, RB

   

5.00%, 12/01/44

    26,780       27,213,314  

Series 2016, 5.00%, 12/01/45

    13,955       14,332,291  

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

    6,175       6,538,772  

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, RB

   

(GTD), 4.00%, 06/01/38

    5,380       5,523,649  

(GTD), 4.00%, 06/01/41

    9,750       9,977,784  
   

 

 

 
      112,207,468  
Massachusetts — 6.5%            

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Transportation Fund Revenue, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/42

     14,000       14,762,320  

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, GO

   

5.00%, 11/01/43

    5,000       5,303,380  

Series A, 5.25%, 01/01/44

    21,915       23,927,488  

Series A, 5.25%, 04/01/47

    85,000       90,052,900  

Series C, 5.25%, 10/01/47

    10,125       11,465,627  

Series E, 5.25%, 09/01/43

    105,000       114,025,408  

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Sales Tax Revenue Refunding RB, 5.00%, 07/01/42

    5,000       5,256,397  

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Sales Tax Revenue, Refunding RB, Sub-Series A-1, 5.25%, 07/01/48

    57,645       66,141,080  

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, RB, Series A, 5.25%, 01/01/42

    9,655       9,862,860  

Massachusetts Port Authority, ARB, Series E, AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/46

    21,640       22,845,893  

Massachusetts Port Authority, Refunding ARB

   

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/34

    2,110       2,228,964  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/47

    5,670       5,829,802  

Series B, AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/43

    22,430       22,919,029  

Series C, AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/44

    15,000       15,715,764  

Series C, AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/49

    20,000       20,767,290  

Massachusetts School Building Authority, RB, Series B, 5.25%, 02/15/48

    72,860       77,242,951  

University of Massachusetts Building Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series 1, 5.00%, 11/01/39

    8,190       8,353,028  

Series 1, 5.25%, 11/01/42

    58,840       63,432,206  

Series 1, 5.25%, 11/01/47

    14,425       15,369,649  
   

 

 

 
      595,502,036  
Michigan — 2.7%            

Lansing Board of Water & Light, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/44

    23,265       24,911,461  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Michigan (continued)            

Michigan Finance Authority, RB

   

Series A, 6.50%, 06/01/57(d)(f)(g)

  $ 5,980     $ 5,180,514  

Series S, 5.00%, 11/01/44

     12,810       13,027,599  

Michigan Finance Authority, Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 11/15/41

    58,080       59,597,639  

Series 2016, 5.25%, 12/01/41

    25,630       26,645,744  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/37

    25,105       26,523,071  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/41

    9,370       10,047,564  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/42

    10,150       10,562,070  

Michigan State Building Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series I, 5.00%, 04/15/41

    2,540       2,651,714  

Series I, 5.00%, 10/15/51

    5,050       5,210,285  

Series I, 5.25%, 10/15/57

    5,000       5,542,440  

Michigan State Hospital Finance Authority, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 11/15/47

    5,850       5,986,871  

Michigan State University, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/40

    9,000       9,306,800  

Michigan Strategic Fund, RB, AMT, 5.00%, 12/31/43

    16,470       16,750,899  

Plymouth-Canton Community School District, GO, 5.00%, 05/01/42

    3,100       3,480,874  

State of Michigan Trunk Line Revenue, RB, 4.00%, 11/15/38

    10,000       10,643,014  

West Bloomfield School District, GO

   

Series I, (Q-SBLF), 5.00%, 05/01/40

    4,940       5,706,578  

Series I, (Q-SBLF), 5.00%, 05/01/41

    5,815       6,688,940  
   

 

 

 
       248,464,077  
Minnesota — 0.5%            

Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, RB, S/F Housing

   

Series F, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 5.75%, 07/01/53

    4,470       4,865,973  

Series O, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 6.00%, 07/01/53

    3,795       4,158,650  

Minnesota Public Facilities Authority State Revolving Fund, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 03/01/35

    10,010       10,571,408  

State of Minnesota, GO

   

Series A, 4.00%, 09/01/40

    14,745       15,588,645  

Series A, 4.00%, 09/01/41

    6,255       6,588,173  
   

 

 

 
      41,772,849  
Mississippi — 0.1%            

Medical Center Educational Building Corp., Refunding RB, 5.00%, 06/01/47

    8,975       9,301,516  
   

 

 

 
Missouri — 0.4%            

Curators of the University of Missouri, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 4.00%, 11/01/33

    5,000       5,063,491  

Series A, 4.00%, 11/01/34

    5,000       5,064,128  

Health & Educational Facilities Authority of the State of Missouri, RB

   

4.50%, 01/01/39

    15,085       15,091,743  

Series A, 5.00%, 10/01/46

    6,000       6,382,774  

Metropolitan St Louis Sewer District, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 05/01/39

    4,925       5,649,844  
   

 

 

 
      37,251,980  
Montana — 0.1%            

Montana Board of Housing, RB, S/F Housing, Series A, 5.75%, 12/01/53

    9,350       10,221,277  
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2023

  

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Nevada — 0.7%            

County of Clark Nevada, GO, Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/43

  $  59,850     $ 63,416,046  

State of Nevada Department of Business & Industry, RB

   

Series A, 4.50%, 12/15/29(d)

    245       243,429  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/15/37

    875       879,424  
   

 

 

 
       64,538,899  
New Jersey — 2.9%            

Borough of Tinton Falls New Jersey, GO, 5.00%, 04/25/24

    9,500       9,553,481  

Borough of Waldwick New Jersey, Refunding GO, 5.00%, 10/10/24

    5,000       5,063,766  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, RB, 5.00%, 06/15/43

    7,550       7,996,087  

New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/35

    3,520       3,785,678  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/37

    3,000       3,186,294  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/38

    29,350       30,988,230  

Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/40

    10,000       10,090,438  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/43

    10,000       10,285,423  

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, RB

   

5.25%, 06/15/43

    9,000       10,135,297  

Series C, 5.25%, 06/15/32

    20,010       20,464,681  

Series S, 5.00%, 06/15/46

    12,350       12,992,694  

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series AA, 5.00%, 06/15/39

    8,500       9,678,011  

Series AA, 5.00%, 06/15/40

    3,985       4,530,015  

New Jersey Turnpike Authority, RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/48

    5,955       6,313,874  

Series B, 5.00%, 01/01/46

    20,000       22,146,124  

Series E, 5.00%, 01/01/32

    4,425       4,527,009  

South Jersey Port Corp., ARB

   

Series B, AMT, 5.00%, 01/01/42

    4,325       4,443,873  

Series B, AMT, 5.00%, 01/01/48

    2,330       2,391,162  

State of New Jersey, GO

   

5.00%, 06/01/40

    12,500       13,207,806  

5.00%, 06/01/41

    11,500       12,126,164  

5.00%, 06/01/42

    10,500       11,045,251  

Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/46

    17,250       17,707,800  

Series A, 5.25%, 06/01/46

    20,350       21,151,437  

Township of Montville New Jersey, Refunding GO, 5.00%, 11/06/24

    5,300       5,387,116  

Wall Township School District, GO, 4.00%, 07/15/41

    2,700       2,806,238  
   

 

 

 
      262,003,949  
New Mexico — 0.1%            

County of Santa Fe New Mexico, RB, (AGM), 6.00%, 02/01/27

    125       130,792  

New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority, RB, S/F Housing, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 5.75%, 03/01/54

    6,500       7,068,024  
   

 

 

 
      7,198,816  
New York — 11.7%            

City of New York, GO

   

Series D-1, 5.50%, 05/01/44

    7,840       9,130,685  

Series E-1, 5.00%, 03/01/39

    10,375       11,165,853  

Sub-Series F-1, 5.00%, 04/01/43

    40,000       42,589,215  

Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corp., Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 02/15/42

    43,000       44,920,168  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
New York (continued)            

Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corp., Refunding RB (continued)

   

Series A, 5.00%, 02/15/45

  $ 3,000     $ 3,115,597  

New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 06/15/40

    43,190       47,419,359  

Series BB-1, 5.00%, 06/15/44

    2,460       2,738,810  

Series BB-1, 4.00%, 06/15/45

    20,000       20,255,627  

Series CC, 5.25%, 06/15/46

    60,465       63,124,026  

Series CC1, 5.00%, 06/15/37

    24,000       25,771,639  

Series CC1, 5.25%, 06/15/37

    15,000       16,233,741  

Series DD-2, 5.00%, 06/15/40

    21,260       22,834,517  

Series EE, 5.25%, 06/15/36

    14,500       15,959,918  

Series EE, 5.00%, 06/15/40

    34,240       36,620,841  

Series EE, 5.00%, 06/15/45

    7,000       7,435,316  

Series FF, 5.00%, 06/15/40

     23,790        25,773,608  

New York City Transitional Finance Authority Building Aid Revenue, RB

   

Subordinate, (SAW), 5.00%, 07/15/41

    3,675       3,775,250  

Series S-3, Subordinate, (SAW), 5.25%, 07/15/45

    31,165       33,635,762  

New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue, RB

   

Series D-1, 5.50%, 11/01/45

    19,690       23,057,326  

Series E-1, 5.00%, 02/01/41

    23,195       23,554,472  

Sub-Series E-1, 5.00%, 02/01/39

    2,525       2,662,942  

Sub-Series F-1, 5.00%, 05/01/42

    3,000       3,157,991  

Subordinate, 5.00%, 05/01/39

    2,600       2,796,884  

Subordinate, 4.00%, 05/01/40

    6,835       7,014,240  

Series A-3, Subordinate, 4.00%, 05/01/41

    1,455       1,479,630  

Series C-3, Subordinate, 5.00%, 05/01/40

    5,000       5,371,380  

Series F-1, Subordinate, 5.00%, 02/01/43

    14,280       16,041,934  

Series F-1, Subordinate, 5.00%, 02/01/44

    4,000       4,477,367  

New York City Transitional Finance Authority, RB

   

5.50%, 05/01/40

    3,000       3,664,243  

5.50%, 05/01/41

    10,000       12,145,385  

New York Power Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 4.00%, 11/15/45

    15,000       15,132,071  

New York State Dormitory Authority, RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 03/15/40

    3,495       3,674,592  

Series A, 5.00%, 03/15/41

    3,240       3,400,674  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/43

    2,050       2,173,313  

New York State Dormitory Authority, Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 07/01/44

    4,130       4,492,959  

Series A, 5.25%, 03/15/38

    5,000       5,539,063  

Series A, 4.00%, 03/15/40

    37,960       39,398,823  

Series A, 5.00%, 03/15/40

    5,500       5,953,186  

Series A, 5.00%, 03/15/46

    50,000       55,545,856  

Series E, 5.00%, 03/15/40

    2,270       2,437,327  

Series E, 5.00%, 03/15/42

    36,535       39,216,668  

New York State Housing Finance Agency, RB, M/F Housing, Series J, (SONYMA), 1.10%, 11/01/61(c)

    36,070       32,423,675  

New York State Thruway Authority, RB, Series A, Junior Lien, 5.00%, 01/01/46

    5,000       5,102,814  

New York State Urban Development Corp., RB, 5.00%, 03/15/44

    14,075       15,945,040  

New York State Urban Development Corp., Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 03/15/47

    10,000       10,896,104  

Series A, 5.00%, 03/15/46

    12,225       13,652,057  

Series E, 4.00%, 03/15/41

    24,000       24,599,094  

New York Transportation Development Corp., ARB

   

AMT, 6.00%, 04/01/35

    14,215       15,871,942  
 

 

 

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)

December 31, 2023

  

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
New York (continued)            

New York Transportation Development Corp.,

   

ARB (continued)

   

AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/35

  $ 1,650     $ 1,802,027  

AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/37

    10       10,797  

AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/38

    12,150       13,006,510  

New York Transportation Development Corp., RB, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/35

    25,020       26,068,869  

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, ARB

   

AMT, 4.00%, 09/01/37

    4,000       4,009,658  

AMT, 5.00%, 11/01/49

    33,555       34,918,671  

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Refunding ARB

   

5.00%, 10/15/42

    10,000       10,491,650  

205th Series, 5.00%, 11/15/47

    14,610       15,365,114  

AMT, 5.00%, 09/01/30

    5,000       5,059,400  

AMT, 5.00%, 09/15/32

    4,000       4,258,591  

AMT, 5.00%, 01/15/47

     12,550       13,492,173  

Series 207, AMT, 5.00%, 09/15/31

    14,950       16,064,506  

Series 231, AMT, 5.50%, 08/01/39

    5,710       6,555,824  

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Refunding RB, AMT, 5.00%, 10/15/38

    3,500       3,831,734  

Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority, Refunding RB

   

5.25%, 11/15/40

    5,335       6,337,202  

Series A, 5.00%, 11/15/41

    10,000       10,386,894  

Series B, 5.00%, 11/15/35

    10,895       11,802,576  

Series C-2, 5.00%, 11/15/42

    45,995       48,678,411  

Westchester Tobacco Asset Securitization Corp., Refunding RB, Sub-Series C, 5.13%, 06/01/51

    2,500       2,535,895  
   

 

 

 
       1,068,055,486  
North Carolina — 0.3%            

County of Union North Carolina, GO, 5.00%, 09/01/43

    4,220       4,874,085  

NORTH CAROLINA ST HSG FIN AGY NCSHSG 01/55 FIXED 6.25, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 6.25%, 01/01/55

    9,360       10,360,748  

State of North Carolina, GO, Series A, 4.00%, 06/01/33

    11,565       11,835,819  
   

 

 

 
      27,070,652  
North Dakota — 0.1%            

North Dakota Public Finance Authority, RB, Series C, 5.00%, 06/01/40

    6,370       6,552,468  
   

 

 

 
Ohio — 0.9%            

City of Cleveland Ohio, GO, 5.00%, 12/01/43

    4,625       4,937,390  

County of Franklin Ohio, RB, 5.00%, 05/15/40

    4,750       4,854,268  

Ohio University, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/44

    16,500       17,189,278  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/45

    7,000       7,324,468  

Ohio Water Development Authority Water Pollution Control Loan Fund, RB

   

Series B, 5.00%, 12/01/39

    10,000       11,711,312  

Series B, 5.00%, 12/01/40

    11,500       13,421,621  

Series B, 5.00%, 12/01/41

    10,000       11,602,404  

State of Ohio, RB, 4.00%, 01/01/40

    3,190       3,241,491  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Ohio (continued)            

University of Cincinnati, RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/45

  $ 5,000     $ 5,228,525  

Series C, 5.00%, 06/01/41

    2,600       2,702,785  
   

 

 

 
       82,213,542  
Oklahoma — 0.2%            

Oklahoma Development Finance Authority, RB, 7.25%, 09/01/51(d)

    7,990       8,570,591  

Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, RB, Series C, 5.00%, 01/01/47

     10,000       10,410,969  
   

 

 

 
      18,981,560  
Pennsylvania — 1.3%            

Allentown Neighborhood Improvement Zone Development Authority, RB(d)

   

5.00%, 05/01/27

    2,680       2,733,472  

5.00%, 05/01/32

    3,750       3,814,527  

Northampton County General Purpose Authority, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 11/01/47

    5,500       5,766,032  

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

    1,670       1,672,129  

Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 02/15/48

    5,000       5,288,876  

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

    11,975       13,258,907  

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

    30,000       32,610,150  

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, RB

   

Sub-Series A, 5.50%, 12/01/46

    46,430       48,831,224  

Sub-Series A-1, Subordinate, 5.00%, 12/01/41

    4,200       4,295,326  
   

 

 

 
      118,270,643  
Puerto Rico — 0.7%            

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, GO

   

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

    13,205       14,615,810  

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

    20,418       19,929,440  

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

    8,168       7,892,641  

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

    25,180       23,877,582  
   

 

 

 
      66,315,473  
South Carolina — 2.0%            

County of Dorchester South Carolina, SAB(d)

   

5.88%, 10/01/40

    1,245       1,276,879  

6.00%, 10/01/51

    3,000       3,049,887  

Patriots Energy Group Financing Agency, RB, Series A1, 5.25%, 10/01/54

    50,600       55,020,157  

Patriots Energy Group Financing Agency, Refunding RB, Series B-1, 5.25%, 02/01/54

    92,000       99,824,738  

South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority, RB, 7.50%, 08/15/62(d)

    10,135       9,476,777  

South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority, Refunding RB, 5.25%, 11/15/37

    3,005       2,928,293  

South Carolina State Housing Finance & Development Authority, Refunding RB, S/F Housing, Series B, 6.00%, 01/01/54

    10,000       11,088,849  
   

 

 

 
      182,665,580  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2023

  

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Tennessee — 1.3%            

Metropolitan Government Nashville & Davidson County Health & Educational Facilities Board, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/48

  $  10,465     $ 10,765,832  

Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority, ARB, Series A, Subordinate, 5.00%, 07/01/39

    1,000       1,091,336  

Tennessee Energy Acquisition Corp., Refunding RB, Series A-1, 5.00%, 05/01/53(c)

    85,000       88,785,390  

Tennessee Housing Development Agency, RB, S/F Housing, Series 2A, 5.75%, 01/01/54

    12,935       14,154,902  

Tennessee Housing Development Agency, Refunding RB, S/F Housing, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 6.25%, 01/01/54

    5,500       6,168,416  
   

 

 

 
       120,965,876  
Texas — 11.3%            

Arlington Higher Education Finance Corp., RB

   

7.88%, 11/01/62(d)

    9,425       9,661,711  

Series A, 5.30%, 04/01/62(d)

    6,415       5,562,355  

Series A, 5.75%, 08/15/62

    4,950       4,395,192  

Austin Independent School District, GO, 5.00%, 08/01/48

    26,990       28,855,212  

Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/43

    11,035       12,363,569  

City of Austin Texas Electric Utility Revenue, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 11/15/45

    45,000       46,092,199  

City of Dallas Texas Waterworks & Sewer System Revenue, Refunding RB, Series C, 5.00%, 10/01/45

    21,635       23,638,900  

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

    40,000       43,787,479  

City of Fort Worth Texas, RB, Series A, 5.25%, 03/01/43

    15,000       15,239,221  

City of Houston Texas Combined Utility System Revenue, Refunding RB, Series D, 1st Lien, 5.00%, 11/15/44

    20,000       20,212,131  

City of Houston Texas, Refunding GO

   

5.25%, 03/01/42

    1,375       1,591,888  

Series A, 5.25%, 03/01/43

    1,380       1,587,872  

City of Midland Texas, Refunding GO, Series B, 5.00%, 03/01/47

    17,985       19,672,208  

City of San Antonio Texas Electric & Gas Systems Revenue, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.25%, 02/01/40

    10,000       11,706,088  

Series A, 5.25%, 02/01/41

    25,625       29,831,639  

Series A, 5.25%, 02/01/42

    9,150       10,609,661  

County of Harris Texas Toll Road Revenue, Refunding RB, Series A, Senior Lien, 5.00%, 08/15/43

    13,890       14,780,933  

Dallas Independent School District, Refunding GO, (PSF), 5.00%, 02/15/48

    32,695       36,132,872  

Grand Parkway Transportation Corp., RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 10/01/43

    77,000       81,857,406  

Series A, 5.00%, 10/01/48

    7,305       7,709,593  

Greater Texoma Utility Authority, RB, Series A, (BAM), 5.25%, 10/01/48

    22,400       24,813,300  

Harris County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., RB, Series B, 6.38%, 01/01/33

    40       40,015  

Hays Consolidated Independent School District, GO, (PSF), 4.00%, 02/15/37

    1,000       1,062,703  

Lower Colorado River Authority, Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 05/15/44

    5,050       5,257,968  

5.25%, 05/15/48

    33,840       37,672,028  

(AGM), 5.50%, 05/15/48

    17,850       20,165,207  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Texas (continued)            

Lower Colorado River Authority, Refunding
RB (continued)

   

5.00%, 05/15/50

  $  10,310     $ 10,822,250  

Series A, 5.50%, 05/15/47

    5,000       5,650,646  

Mission Economic Development Corp., Refunding RB, AMT, Senior Lien, 4.63%, 10/01/31(d)

    7,000       6,992,539  

New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/40

    4,000       3,686,954  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/57

    7,000       5,789,569  

New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., Refunding RB

   

Series A, 4.00%, 08/15/40

    2,000       1,995,458  

Series A, 6.75%, 10/01/52

    580       535,876  

Series B2, 4.50%, 10/01/26

    2,970       2,906,723  

North Texas Tollway Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/39

    5,590       5,788,331  

Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/40

    22,070       24,851,870  

Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/43

    10,845       11,484,811  

Series B, 5.00%, 01/01/43

    10,000       10,373,277  

Northwest Independent School District, GO, (PSF), 5.00%, 02/15/49(h)

    16,250       18,049,492  

Pecos Barstow Toyah Independent School District, GO

   

(PSF), 5.00%, 02/15/42

    4,500       4,653,847  

(PSF), 5.00%, 02/15/43

    4,000       4,126,901  

Pflugerville Independent School District, GO

   

5.00%, 02/15/41

    7,225       8,148,727  

Series A, 5.00%, 02/15/48

    13,515       14,272,819  

Port Authority of Houston of Harris County Texas, ARB, 1st Lien, 5.00%, 10/01/48

    24,945       27,711,386  

Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., RB

   

5.00%, 07/01/38

    19,115       20,392,407  

5.50%, 11/15/47

    11,905       13,465,305  

Series B, 5.00%, 07/01/43

    50,400       53,048,549  

Series B, 5.00%, 07/01/48

    11,560       11,961,352  

Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 02/15/41

    15,900       16,391,717  

Series A, 5.00%, 11/15/45

    7,300       7,493,305  

Series A, 5.00%, 02/15/47

    8,650       8,844,245  

Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs, RB, S/F Housing

   

Series A, (GNMA), 5.75%, 03/01/54

    29,400       32,307,783  

Series B, (GNMA), 6.00%, 03/01/53

    11,885       13,086,407  

Texas Water Development Board, RB

   

4.00%, 10/15/44

    7,100       7,178,479  

4.00%, 10/15/45

    11,560       11,672,048  

5.25%, 10/15/46

    60,000       62,504,018  

Series B, 4.00%, 10/15/43

    11,100       11,172,226  

Series B, 5.00%, 04/15/49

    45,000       47,821,598  

Weatherford Independent School District, GO, (PSF), 5.00%, 02/15/45

    27,810       28,292,990  
   

 

 

 
       1,027,773,255  
Utah — 1.1%            

County of Utah, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 05/15/41

    47,170       48,735,313  

Intermountain Power Agency, RB, 5.25%, 07/01/45

    25,585       29,292,869  

Utah Charter School Finance Authority, RB(d)

   

5.00%, 06/15/42

    1,810       1,649,628  

5.00%, 06/15/52

    5,420       4,631,854  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2023

  

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Utah (continued)            

Utah Charter School Finance Authority,
RB(d) (continued)

   

5.63%, 06/15/54

  $ 4,930     $ 4,394,713  

5.00%, 06/15/57

    3,910       3,267,612  

Utah Charter School Finance Authority, Refunding RB(d)

   

5.25%, 06/15/37

    3,795       3,405,664  

5.38%, 06/15/48

    2,740       2,241,578  
   

 

 

 
       97,619,231  
Vermont — 0.1%            

East Central Vermont Telecommunications District, RB(d)

   

Series A, 4.00%, 12/01/30

    2,010       1,899,593  

Series A, 4.25%, 12/01/40

    4,030       3,289,329  

Series A, 4.50%, 12/01/50

    2,960       2,260,329  

Vermont Housing Finance Agency, RB, S/F Housing, Series C, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 5.75%, 11/01/53

    4,500       4,930,503  
   

 

 

 
      12,379,754  
Virginia — 2.7%            

Ballston Quarter Community Development Authority, TA, Series A, 5.50%, 03/01/46(f)(g)

    1,740       1,289,371  

Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, RB, 5.00%, 04/01/47

    14,750       15,371,548  

Hanover County Economic Development Authority, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 07/01/38

    125       118,299  

Prince William County Industrial Development Authority, RB, 5.00%, 10/01/41

    2,460       2,846,765  

University of Virginia, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 04/01/39

     21,600       23,056,944  

Series A, 5.00%, 04/01/42

    24,825       26,268,822  

Series A, 5.00%, 04/01/47

    9,630       10,057,554  

Virginia College Building Authority, RB, 5.00%, 02/01/40

    2,650       3,068,930  

Virginia Commonwealth Transportation Board, RB

   

5.00%, 05/15/40

    8,470       9,836,425  

4.00%, 05/15/41

    10,000       10,326,324  

5.00%, 05/15/42

    7,000       8,049,133  

Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority, RB, 5.00%, 07/01/34

    2,370       2,554,423  

Virginia Port Authority Commonwealth Port Fund, ARB, Series A, 5.25%, 07/01/48

    35,000       40,167,320  

Virginia Public Building Authority, ARB, AMT, 4.00%, 08/01/36

    8,830       9,040,480  

Virginia Public Building Authority, RB

   

Series A, 4.00%, 08/01/41

    29,800       31,193,101  

Series A, 4.00%, 08/01/42

    20,000       20,737,147  

Series A-2, 4.00%, 08/01/38

    25,465       26,846,007  

Virginia Small Business Financing Authority, RB, 5.00%, 10/01/40

    8,000       8,805,629  
   

 

 

 
      249,634,222  
Washington — 0.7%            

Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, RB, Series S-1, 5.00%, 11/01/41

    8,990       9,435,874  

Port of Seattle WA, ARB, Series C, AMT, Intermediate Lien, 5.25%, 05/01/42

    2,930       3,039,814  

Port of Seattle Washington, ARB, Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 05/01/43

    2,000       2,061,659  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Washington (continued)            

Snohomish County Public Utility District No. 1 Electric System Revenue, RB, 5.00%, 12/01/37

  $  15,470     $ 16,221,749  

State of Washington, GO

   

5.00%, 08/01/40

    5,000       5,482,441  

5.00%, 06/01/45

    3,795       4,188,789  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/01/43

    4,420       4,975,757  

Series C, 5.00%, 02/01/42

    2,020       2,247,405  

Washington Health Care Facilities Authority, RB, 5.00%, 10/01/47

    13,000       13,240,917  
   

 

 

 
      60,894,405  
West Virginia — 0.1%            

West Virginia University, RB, 5.00%, 10/01/49

    5,000       5,333,220  
   

 

 

 
Wisconsin — 0.5%            

Public Finance Authority, ARB

   

AMT, 4.00%, 07/01/41

    2,715       2,112,142  

AMT, 4.25%, 07/01/54

    4,745       3,322,449  

Public Finance Authority, RB

   

7.00%, 07/01/33

    6,580       6,665,641  

Series A, 6.25%, 10/01/31(d)(f)(g)

    1,715       480,200  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/41(d)

    1,215       1,116,367  

Series A, 5.25%, 03/01/45(d)

    4,000       3,615,354  

Series A, 7.00%, 11/01/46(d)(f)(g)

    6,385       4,150,250  

Series A, 7.00%, 10/01/47(d)(f)(g)

    1,715       480,200  

Series A, 5.63%, 06/15/49(d)

    12,100       11,496,789  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/51(d)

    1,365       1,171,753  

Series A, 4.75%, 06/15/56(d)

    7,780       5,678,666  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/56(d)

    1,495       1,253,172  

Wisconsin Housing & Economic Development Authority Home Ownership Revenue, RB, S/F Housing, Series A, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 6.00%, 03/01/54

    7,145       7,981,803  
   

 

 

 
      49,524,786  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds — 93.2%
(Cost: $8,383,712,964)

      8,495,720,260  
   

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts(i)

 

California — 0.5%            

California State University, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/51

    40,470       43,773,064  
   

 

 

 
District of Columbia — 0.6%            

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Dedicated Revenue, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 07/15/45

    50,585       55,234,131  
   

 

 

 
Massachusetts — 0.6%            

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, GO, Series C, 5.25%, 10/01/47

    50,000       56,620,381  
   

 

 

 
New York — 0.5%            

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Refunding ARB, Series 231, AMT, 5.50%, 08/01/47(j)

    40,000       44,464,087  
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2023

  

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

 

 
Washington — 0.5%            

Port of Seattle Washington, ARB, Series C, AMT, Intermediate Lien, 5.25%, 05/01/42

  $ 45,000     $ 46,686,563  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts — 2.7%
(Cost: $247,457,631)

 

    246,778,226  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 97.4%
(Cost: $8,764,360,265)

 

    8,878,010,986  
   

 

 

 
    Shares        

 

 

Short-Term Securities

   
Money Market Funds — 3.0%            

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, MuniCash, Institutional Class, 3.76%(a)(b)

    273,370,014       273,397,351  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 3.0%
(Cost: $273,308,792)

      273,397,351  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.4%
(Cost: $9,037,669,057)

      9,151,408,337  

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.9%

 

    79,465,431  

Liability for TOB Trust Certificates, Including Interest Expense and Fees Payable — (1.3)%

 

    (114,256,232
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $  9,116,617,536  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(b) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

 

(c)

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.

(d) 

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.

(e) 

Zero-coupon bond.

(f) 

Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default.

(g) 

Non-income producing security.

(h) 

When-issued security.

(i) 

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.

(j) 

All or a portion of the security is subject to a recourse agreement. The aggregate maximum potential amount the Fund could ultimately be required to pay under the agreement, which expires on February 1, 2030, is $21,130,556. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended December 31, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

  Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

06/30/23

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

   

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

12/31/23

   

Shares

Held at

12/31/23

    Income    

 

Capital Gain

Distributions

from

Underlying

Funds

       
 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, MuniCash, Institutional Class

  $  623,096,181     $     $  (349,726,310 )(a)    $ 68,152     $ (40,672   $ 273,397,351       273,370,014     $ 7,878,806     $    
 

iShares National Muni Bond ETF

          246,484,949       (110,696,696     (2,598,582     2,322,829       135,512,500       1,250,000       689,782          
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

          $  (2,530,430   $ 2,282,157     $  408,909,851       $  8,568,588     $        
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 

For the period ended December 31, 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

  $      $      $      $      $ 3,580,801     $      $ 3,580,801  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

                  

Futures contracts

  $      $      $      $      $  (4,223,162   $      $  (4,223,162
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2023

   BlackRock National Municipal Fund

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

   

Futures contracts:

 

Average notional value of contracts — short

  $ 240,836,625  

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

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

       

Investment Companies

  $ 135,512,500     $     $     $ 135,512,500  

Municipal Bonds

          8,495,720,260             8,495,720,260  

Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts

          246,778,226             246,778,226  

Short-Term Securities

       

Money Market Funds

    273,397,351                   273,397,351  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 408,909,851      $  8,742,498,486      $      $  9,151,408,337  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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 $113,030,007 are categorized as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

December 31, 2023

  

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

 

Municipal Bonds

   
Alabama — 14.6%            

Black Belt Energy Gas District, RB
4.00%, 10/01/52(a)

  $  9,710     $ 9,708,378  

4.22%, 10/01/52(a)

    4,000       3,844,450  

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

    4,500       4,824,489  

Series B, 4.00%, 10/01/52(a)

    6,950       6,952,501  

Series C-1, 5.25%, 02/01/53(a)

    3,570       3,816,541  

Series F, 5.25%, 12/01/26

    5,140       5,315,610  

Black Belt Energy Gas District, Refunding RB
Series D-1, 5.50%, 06/01/49

    2,580       2,753,187  

Series D2, 5.01%, 07/01/52(a)

    2,650       2,696,338  

Columbia Industrial Development Board, Refunding RB, 4.25%, 12/01/37(a)

    5,000       5,000,000  

Southeast Energy Authority A Cooperative District, RB
Series A, 4.00%, 11/01/51(a)

    3,035       3,034,609  

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

    15,000       15,936,634  

Series A-1, 5.00%, 12/01/26

    1,400       1,446,990  

Series A-1, 5.00%, 06/01/27

    750       777,852  

Series B, 5.00%, 01/01/54

    10,000       10,639,294  

Series B-1, 5.00%, 05/01/53(a)

    2,500       2,603,580  
   

 

 

 
      79,350,453  
Arizona — 3.3%            

Arizona Health Facilities Authority, RB,
4.12%, 01/01/46

    5,900       5,877,198  

Chandler Industrial Development Authority, RB(a)
AMT, 5.00%, 06/01/49

    7,395       7,411,270  

Series 2, AMT, 5.00%, 09/01/52

    2,925       3,071,687  

Salt Verde Financial Corp., RB, 5.50%, 12/01/29

    1,475       1,600,735  
   

 

 

 
       17,960,890  
California — 1.4%            

California Community Choice Financing Authority, RB, 5.54%, 12/01/53(a)

    7,000       7,156,874  

Norman Y Mineta San Jose International Airport SJC, Refunding RB, Series A, AMT,
5.00%, 03/01/26

    500       518,047  
   

 

 

 
      7,674,921  
Colorado — 1.6%            

City & County of Denver Colorado Airport System Revenue, ARB, Series A, AMT, 5.50%, 11/15/27

    2,480       2,485,932  

Colorado Health Facilities Authority, RB,
Series B-2, 5.00%, 08/01/49(a)

    4,500       4,661,446  

Regional Transportation District, Refunding RB
Series A, 5.00%, 01/15/24

    350       350,120  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/15/24

    350       352,051  

Series A, 3.00%, 01/15/26

    610       600,501  
   

 

 

 
      8,450,050  
Connecticut — 1.6%            

Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, Refunding RB, S/F Housing
Series D-1, 5.00%, 11/15/26

    555       591,833  

Series D-1, 5.00%, 05/15/27

    655       705,198  

Series D-1, 5.00%, 11/15/27

    550       597,397  

Series D-1, 5.00%, 05/15/28

    675       738,965  

Connecticut State Health & Educational Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, Series L-1,
4.00%, 07/01/24

    650       650,613  

State of Connecticut, GO(a)
Series A, 4.82%, 03/01/24

    1,000       1,000,468  

Series A, 4.86%, 03/01/25

    4,155       4,207,588  
   

 

 

 
      8,492,062  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

 

Delaware — 1.4%

           

Delaware State Economic Development Authority, Refunding RB,
Series B, 1.25%, 10/01/40(a)

  $ 8,000     $ 7,697,994  
   

 

 

 
District of Columbia — 0.2%            

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Aviation Revenue, Refunding ARB, Series A, AMT,
5.00%, 10/01/27

    1,000       1,011,033  
   

 

 

 
Florida — 1.3%            

County of Broward Florida Airport System Revenue, ARB, Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/28

    3,000       3,077,036  

County of Miami-Dade Florida Aviation Revenue, Refunding RB,
Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/28

    2,350       2,373,587  

Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, ARB, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/30

    1,335       1,461,580  
   

 

 

 
      6,912,203  
Georgia(a) — 4.0%            

Main Street Natural Gas, Inc., RB
Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/53

    5,000       5,297,256  

Series B, 5.00%, 07/01/53

    15,435       16,393,779  
   

 

 

 
      21,691,035  
Guam — 0.5%            

Guam Power Authority, Refunding RB,
Series A, 5.00%, 10/01/25

    2,500       2,559,239  
   

 

 

 
Illinois — 4.6%            

Chicago O’Hare International Airport, Refunding RB, Series C, Senior Lien, 5.00%, 01/01/30

    1,320       1,381,053  

Chicago Transit Authority Capital Grant Receipts Revenue, Refunding RB
5.00%, 06/01/27

    1,250       1,324,267  

5.00%, 06/01/28

    5,105       5,505,035  

City of Chicago Illinois Waterworks Revenue, Refunding RB, Series B, 2nd Lien, 5.00%, 11/01/24

    650       660,373  

Illinois Finance Authority, Refunding RB,
Series B, 4.57%, 05/01/42(a)

    1,000       978,492  

Illinois Housing Development Authority, RB, S/F Housing
Series G, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA),
 5.50%, 04/01/28

    300       331,241  

Series G, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA),
5.50%, 10/01/28

    250       278,220  

Series G, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA),
5.50%, 04/01/29

    355       397,818  

Series G, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA),
5.50%, 10/01/29

    375       422,723  

Series G, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA),
3.50%, 10/01/54(a)

    4,300       4,306,341  

State of Illinois, GO
Series D, 5.00%, 11/01/27

    2,830       3,038,228  

Series D, 5.00%, 11/01/28

    2,380       2,551,420  

State of Illinois, Refunding GO, Series D, 5.00%, 07/01/24

    3,750       3,777,349  
   

 

 

 
      24,952,560  
Indiana — 1.1%            

Indianapolis Local Public Improvement Bond Bank, Refunding ARB, AMT, 5.00%, 01/01/30

    5,000       5,449,488  

Lawrence Township School Building Corp., RB, 4.00%, 01/15/24

    550       550,160  
   

 

 

 
      5,999,648  
Iowa — 1.0%            

PEFA, Inc., RB, 5.00%, 09/01/49(a)

    5,535       5,669,203  
   

 

 

 
Kansas(a) — 4.4%            

City of Burlington Kansas, Refunding RB
Series A, 3.86%, 09/01/35

    18,000       18,000,000  

Series B, 3.86%, 09/01/35

    6,000       6,000,000  
   

 

 

 
      24,000,000  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2023

  

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

 

Louisiana — 9.0%

           

Lake Charles Harbor & Terminal District, RB, AMT, 1.00%, 12/01/51(a)

  $ 13,515     $  13,146,070  

Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, RB,
5.00%, 10/01/43

    10,000       10,220,546  

Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, Refunding RB,
5.00%, 05/15/28

    855       901,462  

Parish of St James Louisiana, RB, Series A-1, 4.29%, 11/01/40(a)

    24,700       24,700,000  
   

 

 

 
      48,968,078  
Massachusetts — 1.2%            

Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, RB
AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/26

    2,265       2,352,668  

Series B, AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/26

    1,250       1,298,382  

Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, RB, M/F Housing
4.00%, 12/01/27

    1,250       1,276,819  

Series A-2, 0.45%, 12/01/24

    1,500       1,463,597  
   

 

 

 
      6,391,466  
Michigan — 3.8%            

Michigan Finance Authority, RB, 4.72%, 12/01/39(a)

    6,115       6,127,776  

Michigan Finance Authority, Refunding RB
4.62%, 04/15/47(a)

    3,150       3,146,670  

Series D-1, 0.55%, 10/15/24

    1,300       1,272,528  

Michigan State Housing Development Authority, RB, M/F Housing

   

Series A, 0.55%, 04/01/25

    1,500       1,439,869  

Series A-1, 0.65%, 10/01/24

    460       450,054  

Michigan Strategic Fund, RB
AMT, 0.58%, 08/01/27(a)

    1,600       1,568,093  

AMT, 5.00%, 06/30/29

    6,015       6,333,455  

Mona Shores Public Schools, GO, Series II,
(Q-SBLF), 4.00%, 05/01/24

    500       502,041  
   

 

 

 
      20,840,486  
Minnesota — 0.6%            

Hastings Independent School District No. 200, GO, CAB, Series A, 0.00%, 02/01/26(b)

    1,040       983,470  

Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, RB, S/F Housing
Series E, AMT, 0.70%, 01/01/25

    800       774,393  

Series E, AMT, 0.90%, 01/01/26

    790       743,052  

Series E, AMT, 1.10%, 01/01/27

    585       538,000  
   

 

 

 
      3,038,915  
Missouri — 1.0%            

City of St Charles Missouri, Refunding COP,
Series B, 4.00%, 02/01/24

    140       140,123  

County of Greene Missouri, COP
Series A, 4.00%, 03/01/24

    275       275,554  

Series A, 4.00%, 03/01/25

    400       405,985  

Kansas City Industrial Development Authority, ARB, AMT, 5.00%, 03/01/30

    4,200       4,529,045  
   

 

 

 
      5,350,707  
Nebraska — 1.1%            

County of Douglas Nebraska, Refunding RB, 4.40%, 07/01/35(a)

    5,885       5,824,955  
   

 

 

 
Nevada — 0.0%            

Public Finance Authority, Refunding RB,
5.00%, 06/01/24

    200       201,084  
   

 

 

 
New Hampshire — 0.9%            

New Hampshire Business Finance Authority, Refunding RB, Class A, AMT, 4.25%, 10/01/33(a)

    4,800       4,767,079  
   

 

 

 
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  

 

New Jersey — 6.3%

           

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, RB, 5.00%, 06/15/29

  $ 1,000     $ 1,120,606  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Refunding RB
Series B, 5.00%, 11/01/26

    10,620       11,279,101  

Series RRR, 5.00%, 03/01/24

    6,850       6,867,779  

Series RRR, 5.00%, 03/01/28

    6,000       6,547,999  

New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, AMT,
5.00%, 12/01/24

    1,000       1,014,079  

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, RB, 5.00%, 06/15/29

    1,570       1,741,695  

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, Refunding RB, Series AA, 5.00%, 06/15/25

    1,875       1,932,884  

Township of Cranford New Jersey, Refunding GO, 5.00%, 06/20/24

    4,000       4,029,565  
   

 

 

 
      34,533,708  
New Mexico — 0.6%            

Albuquerque Municipal School District No. 12, GO, Series A, (SAW), 5.00%, 08/01/24

    250       253,177  

New Mexico Educational Assistance Foundation, Refunding RB, Series 1A, AMT, 5.00%, 09/01/27

    2,000       2,125,843  

New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority, RB, M/F Housing, 5.00%, 02/01/42

    1,030       1,051,599  
   

 

 

 
      3,430,619  
New York — 12.5%            

Catskill Central School District, GO, (SAW),
5.00%, 06/28/24

    1,570       1,581,650  

City of New York, , VRDN, 4.10%, 06/01/44(a)

    7,000       7,000,000  

City of New York, GO, Class B4, 4.10%, 10/01/46(a)

    4,000       4,000,000  

Genesee County Funding Corp., Refunding RB
Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/24

    400       404,036  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/25

    200       204,469  

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Refunding RB
Series B, 5.00%, 11/15/28

    1,250       1,379,188  

Series D, 5.00%, 11/15/27

    4,630       4,914,848  

Mount Pleasant Central School District, Refunding GO, (SAW), 5.00%, 06/28/24

    4,000       4,029,691  

New York City Housing Development Corp., RB, M/F
Housing
3.70%, 05/01/63

    5,000       5,020,010  

3.80%, 11/01/63

    1,000       1,009,302  

New York City Housing Development Corp., Refunding RB, 1.05%, 05/01/28

    1,000       902,797  

New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority(a)
, VRDN, 4.00%, 06/15/49

    8,700       8,700,000  

, VRDN, 4.10%, 06/15/53

    8,700       8,700,000  

New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, Refunding RB, 4.10%, 06/15/50(a)

    2,500       2,500,000  

New York Power Authority, RB, (AGM),
5.00%, 11/15/27

    1,375       1,500,412  

New York Transportation Development Corp., ARB, AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/30

    995       1,000,414  

New York Transportation Development Corp., Refunding RB, Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/25

    1,000       1,022,553  

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Refunding ARB, Series 207, AMT, 5.00%, 09/15/29

    1,000       1,071,605  

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Refunding RB, Series 227, AMT, 3.00%, 10/01/27

    1,230       1,228,377  

State of New York Mortgage Agency Homeowner Mortgage Revenue, RB, S/F Housing, Series 212, AMT, 2.95%, 04/01/25

    1,000       982,672  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2023

  

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
New York (continued)            

State of New York Mortgage Agency Homeowner Mortgage Revenue, Refunding RB, S/F Housing
AMT, 0.65%, 04/01/24

  $ 705     $ 697,445  

AMT, 0.75%, 10/01/24

    830       808,283  

AMT, 0.88%, 04/01/25

    1,710       1,626,711  

Town of Oyster Bay New York, Refunding GO, 4.00%, 03/01/24

    390       390,763  

Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority, Refunding RB,
Series E2A, 4.66%, 04/01/26(a)

    7,500       7,500,000  
   

 

 

 
      68,175,226  
Ohio(a) — 2.1%            

Ohio Air Quality Development Authority, Refunding RB
4.00%, 09/01/30

    4,120       4,188,395  

Series A, AMT, 4.25%, 11/01/39

    2,200       2,236,410  

Ohio Higher Educational Facility Commission, Refunding RB, Series B, 4.10%, 12/01/42

    5,335       5,250,289  
   

 

 

 
      11,675,094  
Oregon — 0.4%            

City of Hermiston Oregon, GO, 4.00%, 06/01/24

    345       346,617  

Port of Portland Oregon Airport Revenue, Refunding ARB, AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/30

    1,580       1,745,268  
   

 

 

 
      2,091,885  
Pennsylvania — 5.7%            

Allegheny County Hospital Development Authority, RB, Series D2, 4.45%, 11/15/26(a)

    3,850       3,846,124  

City of Philadelphia Pennsylvania Airport Revenue,
Refunding RB, Series C, AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/28

    1,000       1,076,205  

Muhlenberg School District, Refunding GO, (SAW), 4.00%, 05/15/24

    200       200,794  

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, RB, Class A, AMT, 4.27%, 06/01/41(a)

    5,000       4,985,509  

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, Refunding RB(a)
5.05%, 12/01/37

    6,200       6,200,000  

Class B, 5.05%, 12/01/38

    5,000       5,000,000  

Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, RB, Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 06/01/28

    1,925       2,053,417  

Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, RB, S/F Housing
Series 137, 5.00%, 04/01/27

    240       255,658  

Series 137, 5.00%, 10/01/27

    225       241,707  

Series 137, 5.00%, 04/01/28

    250       270,663  

Series 137, 5.00%, 10/01/28

    260       283,493  

School District of Philadelphia, GO, (SAW),
5.00%, 09/01/29

    1,350       1,499,946  

University of Pittsburgh-of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, RB,
4.23%, 02/15/24(a)(c)

    5,000       4,997,464  
   

 

 

 
      30,910,980  
Rhode Island — 0.6%            

Rhode Island Student Loan Authority, RB
Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/27

    1,600       1,701,644  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/28

    1,515       1,632,401  
   

 

 

 
      3,334,045  
South Dakota — 0.1%            

South Dakota Health & Educational Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, Series A,
5.00%, 09/01/24

    350       354,423  
   

 

 

 
Security   Par
(000)
     Value  
Tennessee — 0.9%             

Johnson City Health & Educational Facilities Board, Refunding RB
Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/24

  $ 1,190      $ 1,199,375  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/25

    1,000        1,024,281  

New Memphis Arena Public Building Authority, RB, CAB, Convertible,
4.00%, 04/01/27(d)

    1,855        1,771,900  

Tennergy Corp., RB, Series A,
5.50%, 12/01/28

    1,000        1,045,919  
    

 

 

 
       5,041,475  
Texas — 4.8%             

Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District, GO, (PSF),
2.00%, 02/15/25

    1,285        1,274,987  

Harris County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., Refunding RB, Class B, 5.00%, 06/01/50(a)

    1,500        1,654,376  

Matagorda County Navigation District No. 1, Refunding RB, AMT, 4.25%, 05/01/30

    1,145        1,147,094  

North Central Texas Housing Finance Corp., RB, M/F Housing, 0.38%, 08/01/40(a)

    3,500        3,443,673  

North Texas Tollway Authority, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 01/01/27

    6,000        6,434,324  

Pecos Barstow Toyah Independent School District, GO, (PSF), 5.00%, 02/15/29

    1,200        1,321,097  

Port Authority of Houston of Harris County Texas, ARB, 1st Lien, 5.00%, 10/01/26

    1,000        1,065,017  

Texas Municipal Gas Acquisition & Supply Corp III, Refunding RB
5.00%, 12/15/28

    5,130        5,388,600  

5.00%, 12/15/29

    3,785        4,010,019  

Waco Educational Finance Corp., RB, 4.00%, 03/01/25

    400        405,397  
    

 

 

 
       26,144,584  
Virginia — 0.3%             

Isle of Wight County Economic Development Authority, RB
(AGM), 5.00%, 07/01/27

    360        385,864  

(AGM), 5.00%, 07/01/30

    500        561,910  

Lynchburg Economic Development Authority, Refunding RB, 4.00%, 01/01/27

    425        436,658  
    

 

 

 
       1,384,432  
Washington — 3.1%             

County of King Washington Sewer Revenue, Refunding RB, Series A, Junior Lien, 4.10%, 01/01/40(a)

    9,700        9,772,347  

King County Housing Authority, Refunding RB, 3.00%, 06/01/24

    225        224,019  

State of Washington, GO, Series A,
0.00%, 12/01/28(b)

    1,000        890,316  

Washington Health Care Facilities Authority, Refunding RB(a)
Series B, 5.00%, 08/01/49

    2,255        2,295,803  

Series B-3, 5.00%, 08/01/49

    3,655        3,786,130  
    

 

 

 
       16,968,615  
Wisconsin — 3.6%             

Public Finance Authority, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 01/01/24

    300        300,000  

State of Wisconsin, GO, Series A,
4.29%, 05/01/25(a)

    11,490        11,458,703  

Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, Series C-2, 4.05%, 08/15/54(a)

    8,000        7,861,453  
    

 

 

 
       19,620,156  
    

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.6%
(Cost: $536,189,072)

 

     541,469,303  
    

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2023

  

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

Short-Term Securities

           

 

Money Market Funds — 0.0%

           

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, MuniCash, Institutional Class, 3.76%(e)(f)

    82,325     $ 82,333  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 0.0%
(Cost: $82,333)

      82,333  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 99.6%
(Cost: $536,271,405)

      541,551,636  

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.4%

      2,408,915  
   

 

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

   

 

$

 

 543,960,551

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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

(d)   

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.

(e)   

Affiliate of the Fund.

(f)   

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended December 31, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer   Value at
06/30/23
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
12/31/23
    Shares
Held at
12/31/23
    Income     Capital Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, MuniCash, Institutional Class

  $ 69,048     $ 12,368 (a)    $     $ 917     $     $ 82,333       82,325     $ 39,654     $  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (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

     $        $  541,469,303        $    —        $  541,469,303

Short-Term Securities

                         

Money Market Funds

       82,333                            82,333
    

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 
     $  82,333        $  541,469,303        $    —        $  541,551,636
    

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)

December 31, 2023

 

    

BlackRock

New York
Municipal
Opportunities

Fund

   

BlackRock

High Yield
Municipal

Fund

   

BlackRock
National

Municipal

Fund

    BlackRock
Short-Term
Municipal Fund
 

ASSETS

       

Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)

  $ 1,219,250,449     $ 1,481,670,911     $ 8,742,498,486     $ 541,469,303  

Investments, at value — affiliated(b)

    36,485,491       41,446,007       408,909,851       82,333  

Cash

    1,009,221       69,642       17,246        

Cash pledged for futures contracts

    5,483,000       859,000              

Receivables:

       

Investments sold

    55,000       136,618       69,028,344        

Capital shares sold

    2,333,433       6,337,097       25,676,597       1,643,631  

Dividends — affiliated

    202,974       204,888       552,548       6,469  

Interest — unaffiliated

    12,146,114       20,717,671       107,403,857       4,102,002  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    106,688       23,448              

Unfunded commitments

    8,566,578       14,203,568              

Prepaid expenses

    126,712       291,839       275,538       67,469  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

    1,285,765,660       1,565,960,689       9,354,362,467       547,371,207  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

ACCRUED LIABILITIES

       

Payables:

       

Investments purchased

          2,473,275       75,398,261        

Accounting services fees

    61,936       78,594       281,034       42,532  

Capital shares redeemed

    3,329,739       8,278,789       39,254,334       2,508,553  

Custodian fees

    4,918       8,410       37,998       3,050  

Income dividend distributions

    640,720       1,080,444       4,126,500       604,254  

Interest expense and fees

    515,932       63,033       1,226,225        

Investment advisory fees

    294,798       402,375       2,775,924       111,689  

Directors’ and Officer’s fees

    31,090       20,430       255,297       7,909  

Other accrued expenses

    22,720       41,368       61,456       31,076  

Professional fees

          27,902       37,183       25,420  

Proxy fees

    4,222       20,075       91,012       1,422  

Service and distribution fees

    146,520       117,334       531,610       48,298  

Transfer agent fees

    94,365       114,355       638,090       26,453  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    51,262                    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total accrued liabilities

    5,198,222       12,726,384       124,714,924       3,410,656  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

OTHER LIABILITIES

       

TOB Trust Certificates

    60,639,997       16,330,000       113,030,007        
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    65,838,219       29,056,384       237,744,931       3,410,656  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Commitments and contingent liabilities

       

NET ASSETS

  $ 1,219,927,441     $ 1,536,904,305     $ 9,116,617,536     $ 543,960,551  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

       

Paid-in capital

  $ 1,318,166,924     $ 1,748,725,537     $ 9,928,633,531     $ 564,313,779  

Accumulated loss

    (98,239,483     (211,821,232     (812,015,995     (20,353,228
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $  1,219,927,441     $  1,536,904,305     $  9,116,617,536     $  543,960,551  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 1,232,497,970     $ 1,587,561,813     $ 8,631,170,594     $ 536,189,072  

(b) Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 36,485,154     $ 41,438,935     $ 406,498,463     $ 82,333  

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2023

 

    

BlackRock

New York
Municipal
Opportunities

Fund

    

BlackRock

High Yield
Municipal

Fund

    

BlackRock

National

Municipal

Fund

    

BlackRock

Short-Term
Municipal Fund

 

NET ASSET VALUE

          
Institutional                           

Net assets

  $ 595,424,072      $ 712,739,507      $ 3,819,254,688      $ 275,412,152  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    55,841,733        79,794,575        374,284,640        27,837,812  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 10.66      $ 8.93      $ 10.20      $ 9.89  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited        350 Million        800 Million        150 Million  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10      $ 0.10      $ 0.10      $ 0.10  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Service                           

Net assets

    N/A        N/A      $ 813,351        N/A  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    N/A        N/A        79,764        N/A  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

    N/A        N/A      $ 10.20        N/A  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    N/A        N/A        375 Million        N/A  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

    N/A        N/A      $ 0.10        N/A  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Investor A                           

Net assets

  $  506,796,195      $  492,067,593      $  2,301,193,617      $  217,894,638  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    47,499,917        55,229,537        225,359,660        22,006,336  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 10.67      $ 8.91      $ 10.21      $ 9.90  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited        100 Million        800 Million        150 Million  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10      $ 0.10      $ 0.10      $ 0.10  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Investor A1                           

Net assets

  $ 67,327,209        N/A        N/A      $ 9,488,771  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    6,310,686        N/A        N/A        958,145  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 10.67        N/A        N/A      $ 9.90  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited        N/A        N/A        150 Million  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10        N/A        N/A      $ 0.10  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Investor C                           

Net assets

  $ 41,429,754      $ 21,654,955      $ 54,153,827      $ 3,972,397  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    3,884,413        2,423,817        5,302,597        415,035  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 10.67      $ 8.93      $ 10.21      $ 9.57  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited        100 Million        375 Million        150 Million  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10      $ 0.10      $ 0.10      $ 0.10  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Class K                           

Net assets

  $ 8,950,211      $ 310,442,250      $ 2,941,202,053      $ 37,192,593  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    839,614        34,765,452        288,110,011        3,758,420  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 10.66      $ 8.93      $ 10.21      $ 9.90  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited        2 Billion        1.35 Billion        150 Million  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10      $ 0.10      $ 0.10      $ 0.10  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations (unaudited) 

Six Months Ended December 31, 2023

 

    

BlackRock

New York

Municipal

Opportunities

Fund

   

BlackRock

High Yield

Municipal

Fund

   

BlackRock

National

Municipal

Fund

   

BlackRock

Short-Term

Municipal Fund

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

       

Dividends — affiliated

  $ 828,117     $ 1,142,668     $ 8,568,588     $ 39,654  

Interest — unaffiliated

    23,725,008       39,034,040       174,447,839       9,945,441  

Foreign taxes withheld

                      (2,035
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

    24,553,125       40,176,708       183,016,427       9,983,060  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

       

Investment advisory

    2,810,870       3,620,788       18,490,205       836,590  

Service and distribution — class specific

    875,340       720,680       3,209,969       299,415  

Transfer agent — class specific

    402,102       432,584       2,622,357       209,475  

Professional

    287,945       408,912       67,799       36,629  

Accounting services

    87,886       107,153       402,359       55,449  

Registration

    50,880       106,903       333,706       97,136  

Printing and postage

    25,041       12,649       19,937       16,994  

Proxy

    23,107       68,413       270,554       14,306  

Directors and Officer

    7,873       7,950       75,582       2,402  

Custodian

    7,634       10,962       53,879       3,824  

Miscellaneous

    22,288       12,566       92,365       13,791  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses excluding interest expense

    4,600,966       5,509,560       25,638,712       1,586,011  

Interest expense(a)

    1,341,754       79,220       3,536,164       5,573  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    5,942,720       5,588,780       29,174,876       1,591,584  

Less:

       

Fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager

    (579,671     (423,533     (1,320,498     (177,381

Transfer agent fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager — class specific

    (102,328     (112,819     (1,047,014     (92,818
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

    5,260,721       5,052,428       26,807,364       1,321,385  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    19,292,404       35,124,280       156,209,063       8,661,675  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

       

Net realized gain (loss) from:

       

Investments — unaffiliated

    (10,338,474     (22,222,074     (154,843,347     (4,242,488

Investments — affiliated

          14,418       (2,530,430     917  

Futures contracts

    13,467,360       (204,412     3,580,801        

Payment by affiliate

          5,419       12,317        
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    3,128,886       (22,406,649     (153,780,659     (4,241,571
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

       

Investments — unaffiliated

    29,353,858       41,701,530       246,776,714       11,189,956  

Investments — affiliated

          (2,137     2,282,157        

Futures contracts

    (11,745,353     (1,656,074     (4,223,162      

Unfunded commitments

    8,566,578       14,203,568              
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    26,175,083       54,246,887       244,835,709       11,189,956  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain

    29,303,969       31,840,238       91,055,050       6,948,385  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ 48,596,373     $ 66,964,518     $ 247,264,113     $ 15,610,060  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

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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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    BlackRock New York
Municipal Opportunities Fund
         

BlackRock High Yield

Municipal Fund

 
    

Six Months Ended

12/31/23

(unaudited)

    Year Ended
06/30/23
          

Six Months Ended

12/31/23

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

06/30/23

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

         

OPERATIONS

         

Net investment income

  $ 19,292,404     $ 38,361,397       $ 35,124,280     $ 74,792,141  

Net realized gain (loss)

    3,128,886       (18,359,279       (22,406,649     (86,573,767

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    26,175,083       17,953,443         54,246,887       17,596,287  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    48,596,373       37,955,561         66,964,518       5,814,661  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

         

Institutional

    (9,565,633     (18,871,586       (16,738,039     (36,868,182

Investor A

    (7,425,767     (15,753,405       (9,917,784     (21,355,817

Investor A1

    (1,034,869     (2,092,067              

Investor C

    (489,094     (1,107,024       (377,998     (879,081

Class K

    (133,507     (165,888       (6,423,354     (14,355,376
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (18,648,870     (37,989,970       (33,457,175     (73,458,456
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

         

Net decrease in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    (84,022,882     (100,671,161       (228,342,483     (124,474,537
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

         

Total decrease in net assets

    (54,075,379     (100,705,570       (194,835,140     (192,118,332

Beginning of period

    1,274,002,820       1,374,708,390         1,731,739,445       1,923,857,777  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 1,219,927,441     $ 1,274,002,820       $ 1,536,904,305     $ 1,731,739,445  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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 National
Municipal Fund
         

BlackRock Short-Term

Municipal Fund

 
    

Six Months Ended

12/31/23

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

06/30/23

          

Six Months Ended

12/31/23

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

06/30/23

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

         

OPERATIONS

         

Net investment income

  $ 156,209,063     $ 321,416,784       $ 8,661,675     $ 13,764,820  

Net realized loss

    (153,780,659     (522,716,261       (4,241,571     (8,934,263

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    244,835,709       497,352,297         11,189,956       7,156,997  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    247,264,113       296,052,820         15,610,060       11,987,554  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

         

Institutional

    (64,245,470     (129,380,210       (4,647,442     (7,459,562

Service

    (17,711     (51,853              

Investor A

    (35,317,647     (77,690,641       (3,110,579     (4,794,472

Investor A1

                  (150,888     (222,165

Investor C

    (670,874     (1,654,404       (51,409     (65,028

Class K

    (54,521,875     (113,373,232       (654,315     (1,287,639
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (154,773,577     (322,150,340       (8,614,633     (13,828,866
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

         

Net decrease in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    (897,223,842     (1,258,303,426       (68,378,707     (237,267,630
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

         

Total decrease in net assets

    (804,733,306     (1,284,400,946       (61,383,280     (239,108,942

Beginning of period

    9,921,350,842       11,205,751,788         605,343,831       844,452,773  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 9,116,617,536     $ 9,921,350,842       $ 543,960,551     $ 605,343,831  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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 New York Municipal Opportunities Fund  
    Institutional  
   

Six Months Ended
12/31/23

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

06/30/23

   

Year Ended

06/30/22

    

Year Ended

06/30/21

    

Year Ended

06/30/20

    

Year Ended

06/30/19

 
               

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 10.38     $ 10.36     $ 11.59      $ 10.83      $ 11.38      $ 11.31  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.17       0.32       0.28        0.28        0.28        0.33  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.28       0.01       (1.23      0.76        (0.55      0.22  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.45       0.33       (0.95      1.04        (0.27      0.55  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

                

From net investment income

             (0.17     (0.31     (0.28      (0.28      (0.28      (0.36

From net realized gain

                                       (0.12
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.17     (0.31     (0.28      (0.28      (0.28      (0.48
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 10.66     $ 10.38     $ 10.36      $ 11.59      $ 10.83      $ 11.38  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

                

Based on net asset value

      4.39 %(d)      3.27 %(e)      (8.35 )%       9.71      (2.41 )%       4.96
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

                

Total expenses

      0.85 %(g)      0.81     0.62      0.61      0.63      0.71
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.73 %(g)      0.71     0.56      0.54      0.58      0.65
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(h)

      0.50 %(g)      0.50     0.50      0.50      0.50      0.50
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.34 %(g)      3.06     2.49      2.49      2.52      2.99
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $  595,424     $  617,182     $  646,500      $  706,229      $  702,632      $  733,534  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $ 60,640     $ 69,968     $ 119,892      $ 104,930      $ 94,386      $ 88,529  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      15     38     32      15      43      43
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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 New York Municipal Opportunities Fund (continued)  
           Investor A  
   

Six Months Ended

12/31/23
(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

06/30/23

   

Year Ended

06/30/22

    

Year Ended

06/30/21

    

Year Ended

06/30/20

   

Year Ended

06/30/19

 
               

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 10.39     $ 10.36     $ 11.59      $ 10.84      $ 11.39     $ 11.31  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.16       0.29       0.25        0.25        0.25       0.31  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

             0.27       0.03       (1.23      0.75        (0.55     0.22  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.43       0.32       (0.98      1.00        (0.30     0.53  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

               

From net investment income

      (0.15     (0.29     (0.25      (0.25      (0.25     (0.33

From net realized gain

                                      (0.12
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.15     (0.29     (0.25      (0.25      (0.25     (0.45
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 10.67     $ 10.39     $ 10.36      $ 11.59      $ 10.84     $ 11.39  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

               

Based on net asset value

      4.25 %(d)      3.11 %(e)      (8.58 )%       9.34      (2.65 )%      4.79
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

               

Total expenses

      1.08 %(g)      1.05     0.86      0.85      0.88 %(h)      0.97
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.98 %(g)      0.96     0.81      0.79      0.84     0.90
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(i)

      0.75 %(g)      0.75     0.75      0.75      0.75     0.75
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.09 %(g)      2.81     2.24      2.24      2.27     2.73
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

               

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $  506,796     $  533,682     $  585,695      $  697,842      $  756,236     $  609,557  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $ 60,640     $ 69,968     $ 119,892      $ 104,930      $ 94,386     $ 88,529  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      15     38     32      15      43     43
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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 New York Municipal Opportunities Fund (continued)  
           Investor A1  
    Six Months Ended
12/31/23
(unaudited)
   

Year Ended

06/30/23

   

Year Ended

06/30/22

    

Year Ended

06/30/21

    

Year Ended

06/30/20

   

Year Ended

06/30/19

 
               

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 10.39     $ 10.36     $ 11.59      $ 10.84      $ 11.38     $ 11.31  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.17       0.31       0.27        0.27        0.27       0.32  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

             0.27       0.02       (1.23      0.75        (0.54     0.21  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.44       0.33       (0.96      1.02        (0.27     0.53  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

               

From net investment income

      (0.16     (0.30     (0.27      (0.27      (0.27     (0.34

From net realized gain

                                      (0.12
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.16     (0.30     (0.27      (0.27      (0.27     (0.46
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 10.67     $ 10.39     $ 10.36      $ 11.59      $ 10.84     $ 11.38  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

               

Based on net asset value

      4.33 %(d)      3.27 %(e)      (8.44 )%       9.50      (2.42 )%      4.85
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

               

Total expenses

      0.92 %(g)      0.90     0.71      0.70      0.73 %(h)      0.81
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.83 %(g)      0.81     0.66      0.64      0.69     0.75
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(i)

      0.60 %(g)      0.60     0.60      0.60      0.60     0.60
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.24 %(g)      2.96     2.39      2.39      2.42     2.89
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

               

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 67,327     $ 67,802     $ 74,808      $ 89,501      $ 91,458     $  103,286  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $  60,640     $  69,968     $  119,892      $  104,930      $  94,386     $  88,529  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      15     38     32      15      43     43
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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 New York Municipal Opportunities Fund (continued)  
           Investor C  
   

Six Months Ended
12/31/23

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

06/30/23

   

Year Ended

06/30/22

    

Year Ended

06/30/21

    

Year Ended

06/30/20

    

Year Ended

06/30/19

 
               

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 10.38     $ 10.36     $ 11.59      $ 10.83      $ 11.38      $ 11.31  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.12       0.21       0.17        0.17        0.17        0.22  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.29       0.02       (1.23      0.76        (0.55      0.21  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.41       0.23       (1.06      0.93        (0.38      0.43  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

                       

From net investment income

      (0.12     (0.21     (0.17      (0.17      (0.17      (0.24

From net realized gain

                                       (0.12
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.12     (0.21     (0.17      (0.17      (0.17      (0.36
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 10.67     $ 10.38     $ 10.36      $ 11.59      $ 10.83      $ 11.38  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

                

Based on net asset value

      3.96 %(d)      2.24 %(e)      (9.27 )%       8.62      (3.38 )%       3.92
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

                

Total expenses

      1.83 %(g)      1.81     1.62      1.62      1.64      1.72
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      1.73 %(g)      1.71     1.56      1.54      1.59      1.65
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(h)

      1.50 %(g)      1.50     1.50      1.50      1.50      1.50
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

      2.33 %(g)      2.06     1.48      1.49      1.52      1.99
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 41,430     $ 47,957     $ 62,566      $ 87,465      $  111,588      $  119,391  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $  60,640     $  69,968     $  119,892      $  104,930      $  94,386      $ 88,529  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      15     38     32      15      43      43
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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 New York Municipal Opportunities Fund (continued)  
           Class K  
   

Six Months Ended

12/31/23

(unaudited)

    Year Ended
06/30/23
     Year Ended
06/30/22
     Year Ended
06/30/21
     Year Ended
06/30/20
     Year Ended
06/30/19
 
               

Net asset value, beginning of period

           $ 10.38     $ 10.36      $ 11.58      $ 10.83      $ 11.38      $ 11.31  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.17       0.32        0.29        0.28        0.29        0.34  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.28       0.02        (1.23      0.75        (0.55      0.21  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.45       0.34        (0.94      1.03        (0.26      0.55  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

                 

From net investment income

      (0.17     (0.32      (0.28      (0.28      (0.29      (0.36

From net realized gain

                                        (0.12
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.17     (0.32      (0.28      (0.28      (0.29      (0.48
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 10.66     $ 10.38      $ 10.36      $ 11.58      $ 10.83      $ 11.38  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

                 

Based on net asset value

      4.41 %(d)      3.33      (8.23 )%       9.67      (2.36 )%       5.01
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

                 

Total expenses

      0.78 %(f)      0.76      0.57      0.57      0.59      0.67
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.68 %(f)      0.66      0.51      0.49      0.54      0.60
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(g)

      0.45 %(f)      0.45      0.45      0.45      0.45      0.45
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.39 %(f)      3.12      2.55      2.53      2.54      3.05
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                 

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 8,950     $ 7,380      $ 5,139      $ 5,202      $ 4,097      $ 4,050  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $  60,640     $  69,968      $  119,892      $  104,930      $  94,386      $  88,529  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      15     38      32      15      43      43
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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 High Yield Municipal Fund  
           Institutional  
   

Six Months Ended

12/31/23

(unaudited)

    Year Ended
06/30/23
    Year Ended
06/30/22
     Year Ended
06/30/21
     Year Ended
06/30/20
     Year Ended
06/30/19
 
               

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 8.72     $ 9.00     $ 10.69      $ 9.54      $ 9.89      $ 9.59  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

             0.19       0.36       0.32        0.35        0.36        0.39  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.21       (0.28     (1.66      1.15        (0.35      0.30  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.40       0.08       (1.34      1.50        0.01        0.69  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

                

From net investment income

      (0.19     (0.36     (0.32      (0.35      (0.36      (0.39

From net realized gain

                  (0.03                     
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.19     (0.36     (0.35      (0.35      (0.36      (0.39
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 8.93     $ 8.72     $ 9.00      $ 10.69      $ 9.54      $ 9.89  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

                

Based on net asset value

      4.68 %(d)(e)      0.90 %(d)      (12.84 )%       16.00      0.10      7.36
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

                

Total expenses

      0.63 %(g)      0.71     0.61      0.61      0.66      0.71
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.56 %(g)      0.65     0.59      0.58      0.64      0.68
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(h)

      0.55 %(g)      0.54     0.54      0.54      0.53      0.52
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

      4.53 %(g)      4.12     3.17      3.44      3.71      4.03
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $  712,740     $ 887,272     $  884,648      $  1,190,526      $ 757,746      $ 780,811  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $ 16,330     $     $ 99,141      $ 114,824      $ 102,624      $ 75,301  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      11     36     34      23      31      14
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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) 

Includes payment from an affiliate, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

(e) 

Not annualized.

(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 High Yield Municipal Fund (continued)  
           Investor A  
   

Six Months Ended
12/31/23

(unaudited)

    Year Ended
06/30/23
    Year Ended
06/30/22
     Year Ended
06/30/21
     Year Ended
06/30/20
     Year Ended
06/30/19
 
               

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 8.70     $ 8.98     $ 10.67      $ 9.52      $ 9.87      $ 9.56  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.18       0.34       0.30        0.32        0.34        0.36  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.21       (0.29     (1.66      1.15        (0.35      0.31  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

             0.39       0.05       (1.36      1.47        (0.01      0.67  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

                

From net investment income

      (0.18     (0.33     (0.30      (0.32      (0.34      (0.36

From net realized gain

                  (0.03                     
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.18     (0.33     (0.33      (0.32      (0.34      (0.36
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 8.91     $ 8.70     $ 8.98      $ 10.67      $ 9.52      $ 9.87  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

                

Based on net asset value

      4.55 %(d)(e)      0.64 %(d)      (13.09 )%       15.73      (0.16 )%       7.21
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

                

Total expenses

      0.86 %(g)      0.94     0.84      0.85      0.92      0.98
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.81 %(g)      0.90     0.83      0.83      0.89      0.95
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(h)

      0.80 %(g)      0.79     0.78      0.78      0.78      0.79
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

      4.29 %(g)      3.88     2.96      3.20      3.46      3.76
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $  492,068     $ 513,184     $  616,248      $ 634,326      $ 422,270      $ 345,255  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $ 16,330     $     $ 99,141      $ 114,824      $ 102,624      $ 75,301  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      11     36     34      23      31      14
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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) 

Includes payment from an affiliate, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

(e) 

Not annualized.

(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 High Yield Municipal Fund (continued)  
           Investor C  
   

Six Months Ended
12/31/23

(unaudited)

    Year Ended
06/30/23
     Year Ended
06/30/22
     Year Ended
06/30/21
     Year Ended
06/30/20
     Year Ended
06/30/19
 
               

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 8.72     $ 9.01      $ 10.70      $ 9.55      $ 9.89      $ 9.59  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

             0.15       0.28        0.22        0.25        0.26        0.29  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.20       (0.30      (1.66      1.15        (0.34      0.30  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.35       (0.02      (1.44      1.40        (0.08      0.59  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

                 

From net investment income

      (0.14     (0.27      (0.22      (0.25      (0.26      (0.29

From net realized gain

                   (0.03                     
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.14     (0.27      (0.25      (0.25      (0.26      (0.29
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 8.93     $ 8.72      $ 9.01      $ 10.70      $ 9.55      $ 9.89  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

                 

Based on net asset value

      4.15 %(d)(e)      (0.22 )%       (13.70 )%       14.83      (0.80 )%       6.28
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

                 

Total expenses

      1.65 %(g)      1.73      1.62      1.63      1.69      1.74
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      1.56 %(g)      1.65      1.59      1.59      1.65      1.70
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(h)

      1.55 %(g)      1.54      1.54      1.54      1.54      1.54
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.54 %(g)      3.12      2.18      2.49      2.70      3.02
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                 

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 21,655     $ 25,562      $  33,626      $ 44,050      $ 58,114      $ 64,484  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $ 16,330     $      $ 99,141      $ 114,824      $ 102,624      $ 75,301  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      11     36      34      23      31      14
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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) 

Includes payment from an affiliate, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

(e) 

Not annualized.

(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 High Yield Municipal Fund (continued)  
           Class K  
   

Six Months Ended
12/31/23

(unaudited)

    Year Ended
06/30/23
    Year Ended
06/30/22
     Year Ended
06/30/21
     Year Ended
06/30/20
     Year Ended
06/30/19
 
               

Net asset value, beginning of period

           $ 8.72     $ 9.00     $ 10.69      $ 9.54      $ 9.89      $ 9.59  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.20       0.37       0.33        0.35        0.36        0.39  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.20       (0.29     (1.66      1.15        (0.34      0.30  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.40       0.08       (1.33      1.50        0.02        0.69  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

                

From net investment income

      (0.19     (0.36     (0.33      (0.35      (0.37      (0.39

From net realized gain

                  (0.03                     
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.19     (0.36     (0.36      (0.35      (0.37      (0.39
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 8.93     $ 8.72     $ 9.00      $ 10.69      $ 9.54      $ 9.89  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

                

Based on net asset value

      4.70 %(d)(e)      0.95 %(d)      (12.80 )%       16.05      0.14      7.40
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

                

Total expenses

      0.58 %(g)      0.65     0.55      0.57      0.64      0.69
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.51 %(g)      0.60     0.54      0.54      0.60      0.65
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(h)

      0.50 %(g)      0.49     0.49      0.49      0.49      0.49
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

      4.58 %(g)      4.15     3.33      3.47      3.77      4.04
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $  310,442     $ 305,721     $  389,335      $ 166,379      $ 83,809      $ 49,062  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $ 16,330     $     $ 99,141      $ 114,824      $ 102,624      $ 75,301  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      11     36     34      23      31      14
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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) 

Includes payment from an affiliate, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

(e) 

Not annualized.

(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 National Municipal Fund  
           Institutional  
   

Six Months Ended
12/31/23

(unaudited)

    Year Ended
06/30/23
    Year Ended
06/30/22
     Year Ended
06/30/21
     Year Ended
06/30/20
     Year Ended
06/30/19
 
               

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 10.08     $ 10.08     $ 11.47      $ 11.07      $ 11.06      $ 10.79  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

             0.17       0.32       0.22        0.21        0.26        0.33  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.11             (1.34      0.40        0.02        0.27  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.28       0.32       (1.12      0.61        0.28        0.60  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

                

From net investment income

      (0.16     (0.32     (0.22      (0.21      (0.26      (0.33

From net realized gain

            (0.00 )(c)      (0.05             (0.01       
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.16     (0.32     (0.27      (0.21      (0.27      (0.33
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 10.20     $ 10.08     $ 10.08      $ 11.47      $ 11.07      $ 11.06  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

                

Based on net asset value

      2.88 %(e)(f)      3.27 %(e)      (9.89 )%       5.59      2.62      5.68
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

                

Total expenses

      0.57 %(h)      0.61     0.49      0.49      0.53      0.53
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.51 %(h)      0.55     0.44      0.44      0.47      0.48
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(i)

      0.44 %(h)      0.43     0.43      0.43      0.43      0.43
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.31 %(h)      3.21     2.00      1.89      2.39      3.04
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $  3,819,255     $  4,030,551     $  4,410,891      $  5,801,296      $  4,650,471      $  4,063,258  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $ 113,030     $ 207,520     $ 343,430      $ 126,900      $ 126,900      $ 324,360  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      36     63     74      42      75      77
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(c) 

Amount is greater than $(0.00005) per share.

(d) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) 

Includes payment from an affiliate, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

(f) 

Not annualized.

(g) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(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 National Municipal Fund (continued)  
           Service  
   

Six Months Ended
12/31/23

(unaudited)

    Year Ended
06/30/23
     Year Ended
06/30/22
     Year Ended
06/30/21
     Year Ended
06/30/20
     Year Ended
06/30/19
 
               

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 10.07     $ 10.07      $ 11.46      $ 11.07      $ 11.06      $ 10.78  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.15       0.30        0.20        0.19        0.25        0.31  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

             0.13              (1.34      0.39        0.01        0.27  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.28       0.30        (1.14      0.58        0.26        0.58  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

                 

From net investment income

      (0.15     (0.30      (0.20      (0.19      (0.24      (0.30

From net realized gain

            (0.00 )(c)       (0.05             (0.01       
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.15     (0.30      (0.25      (0.19      (0.25      (0.30
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 10.20     $ 10.07      $ 10.07      $ 11.46      $ 11.07      $ 11.06  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

                 

Based on net asset value

      2.85 %(e)(f)      3.01      (10.11 )%       5.24      2.37      5.51
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

                 

Total expenses

      0.82 %(h)      0.84      0.70      0.71      0.74      0.76
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.76 %(h)      0.80      0.68      0.68      0.71      0.73
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(i)

      0.69 %(h)      0.68      0.67      0.67      0.67      0.68
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.05 %(h)      2.94      1.77      1.65      2.25      2.90
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                 

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 813     $ 1,348      $ 2,889      $ 3,564      $ 3,494      $ 3,318  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $  113,030     $  207,520      $  343,430      $  126,900      $  126,900      $  324,360  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      36     63      74      42      75      77
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(c) 

Amount is greater than $(0.00005) per share.

(d) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) 

Includes payment from an affiliate, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

(f) 

Not annualized.

(g) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(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 National Municipal Fund (continued)  
           Investor A  
   

Six Months Ended
12/31/23

(unaudited)

    Year Ended
06/30/23
     Year Ended
06/30/22
     Year Ended
06/30/21
     Year Ended
06/30/20
     Year Ended
06/30/19
 
               

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 10.08     $ 10.08      $ 11.47      $ 11.08      $ 11.07      $ 10.80  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

             0.15       0.30        0.19        0.19        0.24        0.30  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.13              (1.34      0.39        0.02        0.27  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.28       0.30        (1.15      0.58        0.26        0.57  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

                 

From net investment income

      (0.15     (0.30      (0.19      (0.19      (0.24      (0.30

From net realized gain

            (0.00 )(c)       (0.05             (0.01       
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.15     (0.30      (0.24      (0.19      (0.25      (0.30
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 10.21     $ 10.08      $ 10.08      $ 11.47      $ 11.08      $ 11.07  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

                 

Based on net asset value

      2.85 %(e)(f)      3.01      (10.11 )%       5.23      2.36      5.41
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

                 

Total expenses

      0.81 %(h)      0.85      0.75      0.75      0.80      0.82
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.76 %(h)      0.80      0.69      0.69      0.72      0.73
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(i)

      0.69 %(h)      0.68      0.68      0.68      0.68      0.68
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.06 %(h)      2.96      1.74      1.64      2.13      2.79
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                 

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $  2,301,194     $  2,415,682      $  2,976,747      $  4,427,191      $  3,978,736      $  3,227,894  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $ 113,030     $ 207,520      $ 343,430      $ 126,900      $ 126,900      $ 324,360  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      36     63      74      42      75      77
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(c) 

Amount is greater than $(0.00005) per share.

(d) 

Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) 

Includes payment from an affiliate, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

(f) 

Not annualized.

(g) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(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 National Municipal Fund (continued)  
           Investor C  
   

Six Months Ended
12/31/23

(unaudited)

    Year Ended
06/30/23
     Year Ended
06/30/22
     Year Ended
06/30/21
     Year Ended
06/30/20
     Year Ended
06/30/19
 
               

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 10.09     $ 10.09      $ 11.48      $ 11.08      $ 11.07      $ 10.80  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.12       0.22        0.11        0.10        0.15        0.22  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

             0.11              (1.34      0.40        0.02        0.27  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.23       0.22        (1.23      0.50        0.17        0.49  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

                 

From net investment income

      (0.11     (0.22      (0.11      (0.10      (0.15      (0.22

From net realized gain

            (0.00 )(c)       (0.05             (0.01       
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.11     (0.22      (0.16      (0.10      (0.16      (0.22
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 10.21     $ 10.09      $ 10.09      $ 11.48      $ 11.08      $ 11.07  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

                 

Based on net asset value

      2.36 %(e)(f)      2.24      (10.77 )%       4.53      1.60      4.63
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

                 

Total expenses

      1.56 %(h)      1.61      1.48      1.48      1.51      1.51
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      1.51 %(h)      1.55      1.44      1.44      1.47      1.48
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(i)

      1.44 %(h)      1.43      1.43      1.43      1.43      1.43
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

      2.30 %(h)      2.21      0.99      0.90      1.39      2.06
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                 

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 54,154     $ 64,495      $ 87,530      $ 129,601      $ 232,884      $ 270,445  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $  113,030     $  207,520      $  343,430      $  126,900      $  126,900      $  324,360  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      36     63      74      42      75      77
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(c) 

Amount is greater than $(0.00005) per share.

(d) 

Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) 

Includes payment from an affiliate, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

(f) 

Not annualized.

(g) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(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 National Municipal Fund (continued)  
           Class K  
   

Six Months Ended
12/31/23

(unaudited)

    Year Ended
06/30/23
    Year Ended
06/30/22
     Year Ended
06/30/21
     Year Ended
06/30/20
     Year Ended
06/30/19
 
               

Net asset value, beginning of period

           $ 10.08     $ 10.08     $ 11.47      $ 11.08      $ 11.07      $ 10.79  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.17       0.33       0.23        0.22        0.27        0.33  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.13             (1.34      0.39        0.02        0.28  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.30       0.33       (1.11      0.61        0.29        0.61  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

                

From net investment income

      (0.17     (0.33     (0.23      (0.22      (0.27      (0.33

From net realized gain

            (0.00 )(c)      (0.05             (0.01       
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.17     (0.33     (0.28      (0.22      (0.28      (0.33
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 10.21     $ 10.08     $ 10.08      $ 11.47      $ 11.08      $ 11.07  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

                

Based on net asset value

      3.01 %(e)(f)      3.32 %(e)      (9.84 )%       5.54      2.67      5.82
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

                

Total expenses

      0.49 %(h)      0.53     0.41      0.42      0.46      0.46
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.46 %(h)      0.50     0.39      0.39      0.42      0.43
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(i)

      0.39 %(h)      0.38     0.38      0.38      0.38      0.38
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.36 %(h)      3.26     2.06      1.94      2.43      3.09
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $  2,941,202     $  3,409,276     $  3,727,694      $  4,831,923      $  4,524,990      $  3,736,686  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of period (000)

    $ 113,030     $ 207,520     $ 343,430      $ 126,900      $ 126,900      $ 324,360  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      36     63     74      42      75      77
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(c) 

Amount is greater than $(0.00005) per share.

(d) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) 

Includes payment from an affiliate, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

(f) 

Not annualized.

(g) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(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 Short-Term Municipal Fund  
           Institutional  
   

Six Months Ended
12/31/23

(unaudited)

    Year Ended
06/30/23
     Year Ended
06/30/22
     Year Ended
06/30/21
     Year Ended
06/30/20
     Year Ended
06/30/19
 
               

Net asset value, beginning of period

           $ 9.76     $ 9.80      $ 10.17      $ 10.15      $ 10.15      $ 10.08  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.16       0.20        0.06        0.07        0.15        0.16  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.12       (0.03      (0.37      0.02               0.07  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.28       0.17        (0.31      0.09        0.15        0.23  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(b)

      (0.15     (0.21      (0.06      (0.07      (0.15      (0.16
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 9.89     $ 9.76      $ 9.80      $ 10.17      $ 10.15      $ 10.15  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

                 

Based on net asset value

      2.94 %(d)      1.72      (3.06 )%       0.90      1.47      2.32
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

                 

Total expenses

      0.49 %(f)      0.46      0.44      0.44      0.46      0.46
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.37 %(f)      0.36      0.36      0.36      0.36      0.36
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.16 %(f)      2.09      0.59      0.70      1.46      1.61
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                 

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $  275,412     $ 316,270      $  499,800      $  502,164      $  418,338      $  350,720  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      52     101      106      41      94      129
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

           BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund (continued)  
           Investor A  
   

Six Months Ended
12/31/23

(unaudited)

    Year Ended
06/30/23
     Year Ended
06/30/22
     Year Ended
06/30/21
     Year Ended
06/30/20
     Year Ended
06/30/19
 
               

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 9.77     $ 9.81      $ 10.18      $ 10.16      $ 10.15      $ 10.08  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.14       0.18        0.03        0.05        0.12        0.14  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

             0.13       (0.04      (0.36      0.02        0.01        0.07  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.27       0.14        (0.33      0.07        0.13        0.21  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(b)

      (0.14     (0.18      (0.04      (0.05      (0.12      (0.14
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 9.90     $ 9.77      $ 9.81      $ 10.18      $ 10.16      $ 10.15  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

                 

Based on net asset value

      2.82 %(d)      1.48      (3.28 )%       0.66      1.32      2.08
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

                 

Total expenses

      0.66 %(f)      0.65      0.63      0.64      0.65      0.67
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.60 %(f)      0.59      0.59      0.59      0.60      0.60
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

      2.89 %(f)      1.86      0.34      0.45      1.19      1.39
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                 

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $  217,895     $ 227,368      $  256,950      $  287,551      $  199,842      $  109,462  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      52     101      106      41      94      129
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

           BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund (continued)  
           Investor A1  
   

Six Months Ended
12/31/23

(unaudited)

    Year Ended
06/30/23
     Year Ended
06/30/22
     Year Ended
06/30/21
     Year Ended
06/30/20
     Year Ended
06/30/19
 
               

Net asset value, beginning of period

           $ 9.77     $ 9.81      $ 10.18      $ 10.16      $ 10.16      $ 10.08  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.14       0.19        0.04        0.06        0.13        0.15  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.14       (0.03      (0.36      0.02        0.01        0.08  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.28       0.16        (0.32      0.08        0.14        0.23  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(b)

      (0.15     (0.20      (0.05      (0.06      (0.14      (0.15
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 9.90     $ 9.77      $ 9.81      $ 10.18      $ 10.16      $ 10.16  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

                 

Based on net asset value

      2.89 %(d)      1.61      (3.15 )%       0.80      1.37      2.32
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

                 

Total expenses

      0.54 %(f)      0.53      0.51      0.51      0.51      0.53
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.47 %(f)      0.46      0.46      0.46      0.46      0.46
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

      2.95 %(f)      1.95      0.44      0.57      1.33      1.47
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                 

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 9,489     $ 10,266      $  11,876      $  12,930      $  14,172      $  15,570  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      52     101      106      41      94      129
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

           BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund (continued)  
           Investor C  
   

Six Months Ended
12/31/23

(unaudited)

    Year Ended
06/30/23
     Year Ended
06/30/22
     Year Ended
06/30/21
     Year Ended
06/30/20
     Year Ended
06/30/19
 
               

Net asset value, beginning of period

           $ 9.45     $ 9.48      $ 9.88      $ 9.89      $ 9.89      $ 9.82  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)(a)

      0.07       0.08        (0.07      (0.05      0.03        0.05  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.15       (0.01      (0.33      0.04        0.02        0.08  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.22       0.07        (0.40      (0.01      0.05        0.13  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(b)

      (0.10     (0.10                    (0.05      (0.06
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 9.57     $ 9.45      $ 9.48      $ 9.88      $ 9.89      $ 9.89  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

                 

Based on net asset value

      2.36 %(d)      0.80      (4.05 )%       (0.10 )%       0.46      1.33
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

                 

Total expenses

      1.47 %(f)      1.44      1.42      1.43      1.43      1.45
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      1.37 %(f)      1.36      1.36      1.36      1.36      1.36
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

      1.49 %(f)      0.88      (0.76 )%       (0.53 )%       0.34      0.52
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                 

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 3,972     $ 5,411      $ 4,576      $ 5,123      $ 10,373      $ 15,434  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      52     101      106      41      94      129
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

           BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund (continued)  
           Class K  
   

Six Months Ended
12/31/23

(unaudited)

    Year Ended
06/30/23
     Year Ended
06/30/22
     Year Ended
06/30/21
     Year Ended
06/30/20
     Year Ended
06/30/19
 
               

Net asset value, beginning of period

           $ 9.77     $ 9.80      $ 10.17      $ 10.15      $ 10.15      $ 10.08  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.15       0.20        0.06        0.06        0.12        0.14  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.14       (0.02      (0.37      0.04        0.03        0.10  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.29       0.18        (0.31      0.10        0.15        0.24  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(b)

      (0.16     (0.21      (0.06      (0.08      (0.15      (0.17
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 9.90     $ 9.77      $ 9.80      $ 10.17      $ 10.15      $ 10.15  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

                 

Based on net asset value

      2.96 %(d)      1.87      (3.01 )%       0.95      1.52      2.37
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

                 

Total expenses

      0.38 %(f)      0.37      0.35      0.36      0.37      0.38
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.32 %(f)      0.31      0.31      0.31      0.31      0.31
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.07 %(f)      2.04      0.64      0.57      1.23      1.43
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                 

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 37,193     $ 46,029      $  71,250      $  18,177      $  7,148      $  7,450  
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      52     101      106      41      94      129
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

1.

ORGANIZATION

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust (the “Trust”) 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. The 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 Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

  BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund    New York Municipal    Diversified

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

  BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund    High Yield Municipal    Diversified
  BlackRock National Municipal Fund    National Municipal    Diversified
    BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund    Short-Term Municipal    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. 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 1.00% for all Funds other than New York Municipal, which is subject to a maximum sales charge of 4.00%. The sales charge does not apply to dividend and capital gain reinvestments by existing shareholders and new purchases for certain employer-sponsored retirement plans, 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.

  (d) 

A CDSC of 1.00% is assessed on certain redemptions of Investor C Shares made within one year after purchase.

The Board of Trustees of BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust and Board of Directors of BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. are collectively referred to throughout this report as the “Board,” and the directors/trustees thereof are collectively referred to throughout this report as “Directors”.

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.

Foreign Taxes: The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, capital gains on investments, or certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdictions in which each Fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by each Fund and are reflected in its Statements of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as “Foreign taxes withheld”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of December 31, 2023, if any, are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

The Funds file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. The Funds may record a reclaim receivable based on collectability, which includes factors such as the jurisdiction’s applicable laws, payment history and market convention. The Statements of Operations include tax reclaims recorded as well as professional and other fees, if any, associated with recovery of foreign withholding taxes.

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

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.

Distributions: Distributions from net investment income are declared 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 directors who are not “interested persons” of the Funds, as defined in the 1940 Act (“Independent Directors”), 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 Directors. This has the same economic effect for the Independent Directors as if the Independent Directors 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 Directors’ 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 Directors and Officer expense on the Statements of Operations. The Directors 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.

 

   

Exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and closed-end funds traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. ETFs and closed-end funds traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day may be valued at the last available bid (long positions) or ask (short positions) price.

 

   

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.

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.

 

 

 

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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.

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 involves 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 privately held companies or funds 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

 

 

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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 commitment is marked-to-market and any unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is separately presented in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and Statements of Operations. As of period end, the Funds had the following unfunded commitments:

 

Fund Name   Investment
Name
            Par              Commitment
Amount
             Value              Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

New York Municipal

    Bond Forward        $  37,277,865         $  37,277,865         $  45,844,443         $ 8,566,578  
                        

 

 

 
                         $ 8,566,578  
                        

 

 

 

High Yield Municipal

    Bond Forward        $ 61,807,488         $ 61,807,488         $ 76,011,056           14,203,568  
                        

 

 

 
                         $  14,203,568  
                        

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds Transferred to TOB Trusts: Certain 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  

New York Municipal

  $ 1,183,454      $ 124,651      $ 33,505      $  1,341,610  

High Yield Municipal

    66,486        7,232        3,643        77,361  

National Municipal

    2,660,172        262,578        602,828        3,525,578  

 

 

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For the six months ended December 31, 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
 
 
 
 
 

New York Municipal

  $ 133,336,924      $ 60,639,997        3.89% — 3.99    $ 65,374,945        4.08

High Yield Municipal

    26,082,117        16,330,000        3.90     — 3.90        4,517,283        3.41  

National Municipal

    246,778,226         113,030,007        3.89     — 3.94        148,313,100        4.73  

 

  (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 December 31, 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 December 31, 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 Corporation and the Trust, on behalf of the applicable 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 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   New York
Municipal
    High Yield
Municipal
 

First $1 billion

    0.47     0.47

$1 billion — $3 billion

    0.44       0.44  

$3 billion — $5 billion

    0.42       0.42  

$5 billion — $10 billion

    0.41       0.41  

Greater than $10 billion

    0.40       0.40  

 

 

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     Investment Advisory Fees  
Aggregate of Average Daily Net Assets of the Two Combined Funds(a)   National
Municipal
    Short-Term
Municipal
 

First $250 Million

    0.410     0.360

$250 Million — $400 Million

    0.385       0.340  

$400 Million — $550 Million

    0.385       0.320  

Greater than $550 Million

    0.385       0.290  

 

  (a) 

The portion of the assets of a Fund to which the rate of each breakpoint level applies will be determined on a “uniform percentage” basis. The uniform percentage applicable to a breakpoint level is determined by dividing the amount of the aggregate average daily net assets of National Municipal and Short-Term Municipal (the “two combined Funds”) that falls within that breakpoint level by the aggregate average daily net assets of the two combined Funds. The amount of the fee for a Fund at each breakpoint level is determined by multiplying the average daily net assets of that Fund by the uniform percentage applicable to that breakpoint level and multiplying the product by the advisory fee rate.

 

Service and Distribution Fees: The Corporation and the Trust, on behalf of the applicable Funds, entered into a Distribution Agreement and a Distribution and Service Plan with 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:

 

     New York Municipal     High Yield Municipal     National Municipal     Short-Term Municipal  
Share Class    Service Fees     Distribution Fees     Service Fees     Distribution Fees     Service Fees     Distribution Fees     Service Fees     Distribution Fees  

Service

    N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       0.25     N/A       N/A       N/A  

Investor A

    0.25     N/A       0.25     N/A       0.25       N/A       0.25     N/A  

Investor A1

    0.10       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       0.10       N/A  

Investor C

    0.25       0.75     0.25       0.75     0.25       0.75     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 December 31, 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  

New York Municipal

  $      $ 623,146      $ 33,047      $ 219,147      $ 875,340  

High Yield Municipal

           607,244               113,436        720,680  

National Municipal

    1,467        2,914,126               294,376        3,209,969  

Short-Term Municipal

           269,981        5,003        24,431        299,415  

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 December 31, 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 December 31, 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  

New York Municipal

  $ 523      $      $ 858      $ 891      $      $ 12      $ 2,284  

High Yield Municipal

    827               1,631               525        410        3,393  

National Municipal

    16,860        71        4,651               490        5,675        27,747  

Short-Term Municipal

    614               614        31        31        89        1,379  

For the six months ended December 31, 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  

New York Municipal

  $ 232,888      $      $ 137,824      $ 17,282      $ 13,878      $ 230      $ 402,102  

High Yield Municipal

    280,919               121,531               9,843        20,291        432,584  

National Municipal

    1,695,775        497        859,336               22,474        44,275        2,622,357  

Short-Term Municipal

    165,135               38,220        3,115        2,311        694        209,475  

Other Fees: For the six months ended December 31, 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  

New York Municipal

  $  1,108  

High Yield Municipal

    3,296  

National Municipal

    8,252  

 

 

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Fund Name   Investor A  

Short-Term Municipal

  $ 249  

For the six months ended December 31, 2023, affiliates received CDSCs as follows:

 

Fund Name   Investor A      Investor C  

New York Municipal

  $ 22,840      $ 34  

High Yield Municipal

    29,432        794  

National Municipal

    30,397        2,153  

Short-Term Municipal

    4,550         

Expense Limitations, Waivers and Reimbursements: 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 Directors, or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of a Fund. 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 December 31, 2023, the amounts waived were as follows:

 

Fund Name   Fees Waived and/or Reimbursed
by the Manager
 

New York Municipal

  $ 16,424  

High Yield Municipal

    33,532  

National Municipal

    229,816  

Short-Term Municipal

    1,237  

The Manager has contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fee with respect to any portion of each Fund’s assets invested in affiliated equity and fixed-income mutual funds and affiliated exchange-traded funds that have a contractual management fee through June 30, 2025. The contractual agreement may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of the Independent Directors, or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of a Fund. This amount is included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statements of Operations. With respect to National Municipal, for the six months ended December 31, 2023, the Manager waived $82,451 in investment advisory fees pursuant to this arrangement.

With respect to each Fund, 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  

New York Municipal

    0.50           0.75     0.60     1.50     0.45

High Yield Municipal

    0.54             0.79             1.54       0.49  

National Municipal

    0.43       0.68     0.68             1.43       0.38  

Short-Term Municipal

    0.36             0.61       0.46       1.36       0.31  

The Manager has agreed not to reduce or discontinue this contractual expense limitation through June 30, 2025, unless approved by the Board, including a majority of the Independent Directors or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of a Fund. For the six months ended December 31, 2023, the Manager waived and/or reimbursed the following amounts, which are included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statements of Operations.

 

Fund Name   Fees Waived and/or Reimbursed
by the Manager
 

New York Municipal

  $ 563,247  

High Yield Municipal

    390,001  

National Municipal

    1,008,231  

Short-Term Municipal

    176,144  

In addition, these amounts waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager are included in transfer agent fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager — class specific in the Statements of Operations. For the six months ended December 31, 2023, class specific expense waivers and/or reimbursements were as follows:

 

     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  

New York Municipal

  $ 84,980      $      $ 13,393      $ 784      $ 2,939      $ 232      $ 102,328  

High Yield Municipal

    87,127               1,231               4,171        20,290        112,819  

National Municipal

    716,948        204        277,042               7,770        45,050        1,047,014  

Short-Term Municipal

    90,422                      614        1,089        693        92,818  

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

 

 

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permitted by each Fund’s investment policies and restrictions. New York Municipal, National Municipal and Short-Term Municipal are currently permitted to borrow under the Interfund Lending Program. High Yield 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 December 31, 2023, the Funds did not participate in the Interfund Lending Program.

Directors and Officers: Certain directors and/or officers of the Trust and the Corporation are directors and/or officers of BlackRock or its affiliates. The Funds reimburse the Manager for a portion of the compensation paid to the Trust’s and the Corporation’s Chief Compliance Officer, which is included in Directors and Officer in the Statements of Operations.

Other Transactions: During the year ended December 31, 2023, High Yield Municipal and National Municipal received a reimbursement of $5,419 and $12,317, respectively, from an affiliate, which is included in payment by affiliate in the Statements of Operations, related to an operating event.

The Funds may purchase securities from, or sell securities to, an affiliated fund provided the affiliation is due solely to having a common investment adviser, common officers, or common directors. For the six months ended December 31, 2023, the purchase and sale transactions and any net realized gains (losses) with affiliated funds in compliance with Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were as follows:

 

Fund Name   Purchases      Sales      Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
 

Short-Term Municipal

  $      $  11,926,298      $  

 

7.

PURCHASES AND SALES

For the six months ended December 31, 2023, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities, were as follows:

 

Fund Name   Purchases      Sales  

New York Municipal

  $ 185,425,484      $ 281,679,267  

High Yield Municipal

    174,832,363        351,627,660  

National Municipal

     3,258,909,595         3,979,376,830  

Short-Term Municipal

    288,134,399        326,895,911  

 

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 December 31, 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 June 30, 2023, the Funds had non-expiring capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains as follows:

 

Fund Name

   

Non-Expiring
Capital Loss
Carryforwards
 
 
(a) 

New York Municipal

  $ (86,418,874

High Yield Municipal

    (97,110,272

National Municipal

    (778,634,910

Short-Term Municipal

    (21,683,743

 

  (a) 

Amounts available to offset future realized capital gains.

 

 

 

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As of December 31, 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)
 

New York Municipal

  $  1,208,056,764      $ 107,313,869      $ (127,548,933   $ (20,235,064

High Yield Municipal

    1,613,002,901        47,524,135        (155,396,193     (107,872,058

National Municipal

    8,924,114,111        410,932,223        (296,668,004     114,264,219  

Short-Term Municipal

    536,420,745        7,685,390        (2,554,499     5,130,891  

 

9.

BANK BORROWINGS

The Trust and the Corporation, on behalf of the Funds, 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 December 31, 2023, the Funds did not borrow under the credit agreement.

 

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.

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,

 

 

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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.

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 significant 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.

Certain Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in high yield securities. High yield securities that are rated below investment-grade (commonly referred to as “junk bonds”) or are unrated may be deemed speculative, involve greater levels of risk than higher-rated securities of similar maturity and are more likely to default. High yield securities may be issued by less creditworthy issuers, and issuers of high yield securities may be unable to meet their interest or principal payment obligations. High yield securities are subject to extreme price fluctuations, may be less liquid than higher rated fixed-income securities, even under normal economic conditions, and frequently have redemption features.

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.

 

 

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11. CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Transactions in capital shares for each class were as follows:

 

     Six Months Ended
12/31/23
   

Year Ended

06/30/23

 
Fund Name / Share Class   Shares     Amounts     Shares     Amounts  

New York Municipal

       

Institutional

       

Shares sold

    11,269,285     $ 115,278,112       32,406,128     $ 335,027,734  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    831,911       8,519,554       1,603,853       16,570,892  

Shares redeemed

    (15,716,835     (160,037,947     (36,964,555     (380,414,331
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (3,615,639   $ (36,240,281     (2,954,574   $ (28,815,705
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor A

       

Shares sold and automatic conversion of shares

    3,261,973     $ 33,759,455       10,346,524     $ 107,423,413  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    682,791       6,997,145       1,406,363       14,539,454  

Shares redeemed

    (7,825,320     (80,136,467     (16,879,571     (174,209,177
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (3,880,556   $ (39,379,867     (5,126,684   $ (52,246,310
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor A1

       

Shares sold

        $ 1,545           $  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    71,234       729,855       141,242       1,459,876  

Shares redeemed

    (288,603     (2,955,443     (830,894     (8,579,031
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (217,369   $ (2,224,043     (689,652   $ (7,119,155
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor C

       

Shares sold

    129,015     $ 1,329,775       420,509     $ 4,336,131  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    46,666       477,769       103,781       1,072,286  

Shares redeemed and automatic conversion of shares

    (909,992     (9,313,345     (1,944,163     (20,149,277
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (734,311   $ (7,505,801     (1,419,873   $ (14,740,860
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class K

       

Shares sold

    281,212     $ 2,890,822       468,916     $ 4,870,303  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    12,778       130,891       15,497       160,163  

Shares redeemed

    (165,432     (1,694,603     (269,561     (2,779,597
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    128,558     $ 1,327,110       214,852     $ 2,250,869  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (8,319,317   $ (84,022,882     (9,975,931   $ (100,671,161
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     Six Months Ended
12/31/23
   

Year Ended

06/30/23

 
Fund Name / Share Class   Shares     Amounts     Shares     Amounts  

High Yield Municipal

       

Institutional

       

Shares sold

    26,473,976     $ 221,956,230       111,362,980     $ 984,955,258  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    1,444,476       12,269,695       3,144,469       27,603,202  

Shares redeemed

    (49,867,924     (424,744,590     (111,018,776     (975,425,098
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (21,949,472   $ (190,518,665     3,488,673     $ 37,133,362  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor A

       

Shares sold and automatic conversion of shares

    9,029,646     $ 77,036,743       21,894,654     $ 194,013,727  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    1,098,703       9,294,736       2,224,395       19,470,725  

Shares redeemed

    (13,896,457     (117,480,543     (33,735,457     (296,812,715
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (3,768,108   $ (31,149,064     (9,616,408   $ (83,328,263
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor C

       

Shares sold

    132,677     $ 1,143,168       514,995     $ 4,534,226  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    44,202       374,822       98,158       861,513  

Shares redeemed and automatic conversion of shares

    (683,533     (5,808,644     (1,416,304     (12,526,652
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (506,654   $ (4,290,654     (803,151   $ (7,130,913
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

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     Six Months Ended
12/31/23
   

Year Ended

06/30/23

 
Fund Name / Share Class (continued)   Shares     Amounts     Shares     Amounts  

High Yield Municipal (continued)

       

Class K

       

Shares sold

    7,440,192     $ 63,142,268       27,438,350     $ 240,471,769  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    737,961       6,263,515       1,553,326       13,630,994  

Shares redeemed

    (8,480,564     (71,789,883     (37,176,904     (325,251,486
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (302,411   $ (2,384,100     (8,185,228   $ (71,148,723
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (26,526,645   $ (228,342,483     (15,116,114   $ (124,474,537
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     Six Months Ended
12/31/23
   

Year Ended

06/30/23

 
Fund Name / Share Class   Shares     Amounts     Shares     Amounts  

National Municipal

       

Institutional

       

Shares sold

    78,185,962     $ 773,753,295       244,446,398     $ 2,440,723,410  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    5,475,043       54,376,159       10,553,339       105,279,780  

Shares redeemed

    (109,322,801     (1,082,333,004     (292,758,167     (2,910,047,193
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (25,661,796   $ (254,203,550     (37,758,430   $ (364,044,003
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Service

       

Shares sold

    31     $ 430       26,659     $ 268,873  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    1,707       16,930       4,495       44,820  

Shares redeemed

    (55,813     (560,088     (184,205     (1,832,566
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (54,075   $ (542,728     (153,051   $ (1,518,873
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor A

       

Shares sold and automatic conversion of shares

    83,565,337     $ 814,012,290       259,086,337     $ 2,572,636,824  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    3,333,825       33,134,995       7,223,524       72,104,094  

Shares redeemed

    (101,075,575     (988,480,981     (321,963,496     (3,197,402,552
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (14,176,413   $ (141,333,696     (55,653,635   $ (552,661,634
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor C

       

Shares sold

    464,103     $ 4,611,802       980,208     $ 9,799,188  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    66,020       656,099       159,468       1,591,332  

Shares redeemed and automatic conversion of shares

    (1,621,725     (16,141,685     (3,424,402     (34,200,726
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (1,091,602   $ (10,873,784     (2,284,726   $ (22,810,206
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class K

       

Shares sold

    45,752,366     $ 454,184,078       101,861,597     $ 1,015,663,294  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    5,298,358       52,595,441       10,841,140       108,197,314  

Shares redeemed

    (101,086,760     (997,049,603     (144,310,411     (1,441,129,318
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (50,036,036   $ (490,270,084     (31,607,674   $ (317,268,710
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (91,019,922   $ (897,223,842     (127,457,516   $ (1,258,303,426
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     Six Months Ended
12/31/23
   

Year Ended

06/30/23

 
Fund Name / Share Class   Shares     Amounts     Shares     Amounts  

Short-Term Municipal

       

Institutional

       

Shares sold

    8,230,020     $ 80,053,237       27,952,382     $ 272,437,165  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    302,581       2,951,647       464,272       4,525,411  

Shares redeemed

    (13,087,501     (127,419,040     (47,015,164     (459,749,071
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (4,554,900   $ (44,414,156     (18,598,510   $ (182,786,495
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor A

       

Shares sold and automatic conversion of shares

    3,949,659     $ 38,649,535       14,839,360     $ 144,766,174  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    296,716       2,896,472       451,773       4,407,135  

Shares redeemed

    (5,510,011     (53,767,240     (18,218,805     (177,952,916
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (1,263,636   $ (12,221,233     (2,927,672   $ (28,779,607
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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     Six Months Ended
12/31/23
   

Year Ended

06/30/23

 
Fund Name / Share Class (continued)   Shares     Amounts     Shares     Amounts  

Short-Term Municipal (continued)

       

Investor A1

       

Shares sold

    1     $           $  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    8,712       85,065       13,181       128,594  

Shares redeemed

    (101,089     (986,949     (173,253     (1,692,017
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (92,376   $ (901,884     (160,072   $ (1,563,423
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor C

       

Shares sold

    29,461     $ 277,874       442,653     $ 4,168,650  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    5,415       51,077       6,611       62,359  

Shares redeemed and automatic conversion of shares

    (192,663     (1,818,863     (359,060     (3,386,085
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (157,787   $ (1,489,912     90,204     $ 844,924  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class K

       

Shares sold

    352,293     $ 3,437,702       4,566,177     $ 44,449,107  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    22,135       215,952       48,977       477,254  

Shares redeemed

    (1,329,274     (13,005,176     (7,170,154     (69,909,390
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (954,846   $ (9,351,522     (2,555,000   $ (24,983,029
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (7,023,545   $  (68,378,707     (24,151,050   $  (237,267,630
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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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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 Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (the “Corporation”) and BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust (the “Trust”) have adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) for BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund, BlackRock National Municipal Fund, BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund and BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund (the “Funds”), each a series of the Corporation or the Trust, which is reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk.

The Board of Directors of the Corporation and the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”), 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 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.

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.

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.

 

 

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Additional Information (continued)

 

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.

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

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

Wilmington, DE 19809

Accounting Agent and Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company

Boston, MA 02114

Transfer Agent

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

Wilmington, DE 19809

Distributor

BlackRock Investments, LLC

New York, NY 10001

 

 

 

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Additional Information (continued)

 

Fund and Service Providers (continued)

 

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Boston, MA 02116

Legal Counsel

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

New York, NY 10019

Address of the Funds

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

 

 

 

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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
ETF    Exchange-Traded Fund
FHLMC    Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
FNMA    Federal National Mortgage Association
GNMA    Government National Mortgage Association
GO    General Obligation Bonds
GTD    GTD Guaranteed
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
SAW    State Aid Withholding
SONYMA    State of New York Mortgage Agency
ST    Special Tax
TA    Tax Allocation
VRDN    Variable Rate Demand Note

 

 

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Want to know more?

blackrock.com | 800-441-7762

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

 

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(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

 

3


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: February 23, 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: February 23, 2024

 

 

By:

    

/s/ Trent Walker          

      

Trent Walker

      

Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of

      

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

Date: February 23, 2024

 

4

EX-99.CERT 2 d691696dex99cert.htm CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 Certification 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: February 23, 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: February 23, 2024

/s/ Trent Walker  

Trent Walker

Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

EX-99.906CERT 3 d691696dex99906cert.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 December 31, 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: February 23, 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 December 31, 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: February 23, 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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