N-CSR 1 d172276dncsr.htm BLACKROCK MULTI STATE MUNICIPAL SERIES TRUST BLACKROCK MULTI STATE MUNICIPAL SERIES TRUST

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: 811-04375

 

Name of Fund:   BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust
       BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund
       BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

 

Fund Address:  100   Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

Name and address of agent for service: John M. Perlowski, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Multi-State

            Municipal Series Trust, 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055

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

Date of fiscal year end: 05/31/2021

Date of reporting period: 05/31/2021


Item 1 –

Report to Stockholders

(a) The Report to Shareholders is attached herewith.


 

 

LOGO

  MAY 31, 2021

 

   2021 Annual Report

 

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust

·  

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

·  

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

·  

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust

·  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

 

 

 

 

Not FDIC Insured • May Lose Value • No Bank Guarantee


The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

The 12-month reporting period as of May 31, 2021 was a remarkable period of adaptation and recovery, as the global economy dealt with the implications of the coronavirus (or “COVID-19”) pandemic. The United States, along with most of the world, began the reporting period in a severe recession, prompted by pandemic-related restrictions that disrupted many aspects of daily life. However, easing restrictions and robust government intervention led to a strong rebound, and the economy grew at a significant pace for most of the reporting period, recovering much of the output lost at the beginning of the pandemic.

Equity prices rose with the broader economy, as investors became increasingly optimistic about the economic outlook. Stocks rose through the summer of 2020, fed by strong fiscal and monetary support and positive economic indicators. The implementation of mass vaccination campaigns and passage of an additional $1.9 trillion of fiscal stimulus further boosted stocks, and many equity indices neared or surpassed all-time highs late in the reporting period. In the United States, both large- and small-capitalization stocks posted a significant advance. International equities also gained, as both developed countries and emerging markets rebounded substantially.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield (which is inversely related to bond prices) had fallen sharply prior to the beginning of the reporting period, which meant bonds were priced for extreme risk avoidance and economic disruption. Despite expectations of doom and gloom, the economy expanded rapidly, stoking inflation concerns late in the reporting period, which led to higher yields and a negative overall return for most U.S. Treasuries. In the corporate bond market, support from the U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) assuaged credit concerns and led to substantial returns for high-yield corporate bonds, although investment-grade corporates declined slightly.

The Fed remained committed to accommodative monetary policy by maintaining near zero interest rates and by announcing that inflation could exceed its 2% target for a sustained period without triggering a rate increase. To stabilize credit markets, the Fed also continued purchasing significant quantities of bonds, as did other influential central banks around the world, including the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan.

Looking ahead, while coronavirus-related disruptions have clearly hindered worldwide economic growth, we believe that the global expansion will continue to accelerate as vaccination efforts ramp up and pent-up consumer demand leads to higher spending. While we expect inflation to increase somewhat as the expansion continues, we believe the recent uptick owes more to temporary supply disruptions than a lasting change in fundamentals. The change in Fed policy also means that moderate inflation is less likely to be followed by interest rate hikes that could threaten the economic expansion.

Overall, we favor a positive stance toward risk, with an overweight in equities. We see U.S. and Asian equities outside of Japan benefiting from structural growth trends in technology, while emerging markets should be particularly helped by a vaccine-led economic expansion and more stable U.S. trade policy. While we are underweight long-term on credit, global high-yield and Asian bonds present attractive opportunities, as do emerging market bonds denominated in local currencies. We believe that international diversification and a focus on sustainability can help provide portfolio resilience, and the disruption created by the coronavirus appears to be accelerating the shift toward sustainable investments.

In this environment, our view is that investors need to think globally, extend their scope across a broad array of asset classes, 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 May 31, 2021
    

 

6-Month  

 

 

12-Month

 

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

 

 

16.95%

 

 

40.32%

 

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

 

 

25.28    

 

 

64.56    

 

International equities
(MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index)

 

 

15.19    

 

 

38.41    

 

Emerging market equities
(MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

 

 

15.15    

 

 

51.00    

 

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

 

 

0.04    

 

 

0.11    

 

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

 

 

(6.07)   

 

 

(7.30)   

 

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

 

 

(2.16)   

 

 

(0.40)   

 

Tax-exempt municipal bonds (S&P   Municipal Bond Index)

 

 

1.54    

 

 

4.70    

 

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

 

 

4.18    

 

 

14.90    

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  

Annual Report:

  

Fund Summary

     4  

About Fund Performance

     16  

Disclosure of Expenses

     17  

The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging

     18  

Derivative Financial Instruments

     18  

Financial Statements:

  

Schedules of Investments

     19  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

     59  

Statements of Operations

     61  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     62  

Financial Highlights

     64  

Notes to Financial Statements

     86  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     99  

Trustee and Officer Information

     100  

Additional Information

     103  

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

     105  

 

 

 

 

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Fund Summary   as of May 31, 2021    BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

 

Investment Objective

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

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?

For the 12-month period ended May 31, 2021, the Fund outperformed its primary benchmark, the S&P® Municipal Bond Index, and its secondary benchmark, the S&P® California Municipal Bond Index. The following discussion of relative performance pertains to the S&P® California Municipal Bond Index.

What factors influenced performance?

Despite rising U.S. Treasury yields, municipal bonds delivered strong returns in the past 12 months. (Prices and yields move in opposite directions.) When the period began in June 2020, the market was still suffering the dislocations caused by COVID-19. However, tax-exempt bonds gradually climbed off of their pandemic-driven lows due to the release of multiple coronavirus vaccines, better-than-expected growth, improving municipal finances and robust investor demand. The prospect of substantial fiscal stimulus and higher taxes were additional tailwinds for the market. These factors led to a decline in yield spreads versus U.S. Treasuries, fueling impressive gains for municipal debt.

California’s municipal market performed well in the period. Despite the pandemic, the state’s credit improved as fears of revenue declines and the outward migration of people looking to avoid higher taxes proved unfounded. California’s financial picture is drastically different from a year ago, when the state was projecting a $54 billion deficit. A booming stock market and high-income earners’ transition to remote work led to significantly increased tax revenues. Reserves are now projected to reach a record $24.4 billion in the 2022 fiscal year. These factors led to elevated demand for the state’s tax-exempt debt, helping yields fall to record-low absolute levels and historical tight credit quality spreads.

The Fund’s positions in longer-maturity securities performed well and outpaced shorter-dated debt. An overweight in utilities was also a positive, as investors favored essential service revenue bonds over general obligations (“GOs”) due to the economic stresses caused by the pandemic. (Revenue bonds are backed by specific revenue streams, whereas GOs are backed by general tax receipts.) Holdings in high yield bonds made a strong contribution, since robust investor demand caused yield spreads to tighten considerably in this market segment.

The Fund used U.S. Treasury futures to manage interest-rate risk, which contributed to results given that Treasury yields rose as the economy recovered. The Fund’s use of leverage also boosted returns by augmenting income and amplifying the effect of rising prices.

The Fund’s cash position, while limited, detracted from performance in the rising market. Positions in higher-quality, lower-coupon bonds, while performing well on an absolute basis, also weighed on relative performance.

Describe recent portfolio activity.

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

The investment adviser used market volatility as an opportunity to reduce cash reserves and invest in longer-maturity, higher-yielding securities. New purchases were biased toward essential-service revenue bonds over GOs.

During the period, the Fund’s weighting in “green” securities rose. This shift was partially an intentional effort to increase the portfolio’s allocation to this area, together with new classifications of existing holdings.

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

The Fund’s duration was 5.0 years, one year below the index and down from 6.0 as of November 30, 2020. The shift reflects a move to a more defensive stance due to the strong market performance of the past year. The Fund also continued to pursue risk-management strategies with respect to interest rates given the low absolute level of yields. The Fund maintained a high-quality bias, with an average credit rating of AA, despite an increase in its weighting in high-yield bonds to 19% of assets at the peak. At the end of the period, the Fund had a 5% allocation to high yield. The Fund’s position in taxable bonds stayed even at approximately 5%, and 9.5% of the portfolio was subject to the alternative minimum tax.

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 May 31, 2021 (continued)    BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

 

TOTAL RETURN BASED ON A $10,000 INVESTMENT

 

LOGO

 

  (a) 

Assuming maximum sales charges, if any, transaction costs and other operating expenses, including advisory fees. Institutional Shares do not have a sales charge.

 
  (b) 

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

 
  (c) 

The S&P® Municipal Bond Index, a broad, market value-weighted index that seeks to measure the performance of the U.S. municipal bond market. Bonds in the S&P® Municipal Bond Index must have an outstanding par value of at least $2 million and a remaining maturity of not less than one month.

 
  (d) 

The S&P® California Municipal Bond Index, a broad, market value-weighted index that seeks to measure the performance of bonds issued within California.

 

Performance Summary for the Period Ended May 31, 2021

 

                                    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

    0.83       0.81       4.30       9.26       N/A         3.52       N/A         5.10       N/A  

Investor A

    0.57         0.55         4.26         9.09         4.45       3.29         2.39       4.87         4.41

Investor A1

    0.71         0.69         4.25         9.25         N/A         3.45         N/A         5.02         N/A  

Investor C

    (0.15       (0.18       3.78         8.17         7.17         2.49         2.49         4.23         4.23  

Class K

    0.88         0.86         4.32         9.31         N/A         3.56         N/A         5.12         N/A  

S&P® Municipal Bond Index

                    1.54         4.70         N/A         3.48         N/A         4.35         N/A  

S&P® California Municipal Bond

                                 

Index

                            1.02           3.83               N/A           3.38           N/A           4.82           N/A  

 

  (a) 

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

 
  (b) 

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

 

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(a)                  
                Expenses Paid During the
Period
              Including Interest Expense
and Fees
    Excluding Interest
Expense
and Fees
        Annualized Expense Ratio  
     



Beginning

Account
Value
(12/01/20)

 

 
 
 

   


Ending
Account
Value
(05/31/21)
 
 
 
 
   


Including
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
(b) 
   


Excluding
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
 
       


Beginning
Account
Value
(12/01/20)
 
 
 
 
   


Ending
Account
Value
(05/31/21)
 
 
 
 
   



Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period
 
 
 
 
(b) 
   


Ending
Account
Value
(05/31/21)
 
 
 
 
   



Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period
 
 
 
 
(b)  
       



Including
Interest
Expense
and
Fees
 
 
 
 
 
   


Excluding
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
 

Institutional

  $  1,000.00     $  1,043.00     $  2.39     $  2.24       $  1,000.00     $  1,022.59     $  2.37     $  1,022.74     $ 2.22         0.47     0.44

Investor A

    1,000.00       1,042.60       3.62       3.46         1,000.00       1,021.39       3.58       1,021.54       3.43         0.71       0.68  

Investor A1

    1,000.00       1,042.50       2.85       2.70         1,000.00       1,022.14       2.82       1,022.29       2.67         0.56       0.53  

Investor C

    1,000.00       1,037.80       7.47       7.32           1,000.00       1,017.60       7.39       1,017.75       7.24           1.47       1.44  

 

 

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Fund Summary    as of May 31, 2021 (continued)    BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

 

Expense Example (continued)

 

   

Actual

           

Hypothetical(a)

       
                  Expenses Paid During the
Period
                   Including Interest Expense
and Fees
    Excluding Interest Expense
and Fees
    Annualized Expense
Ratio
 
     


Beginning
Account
Value
(12/01/20)
 
 
 
 
    


Ending
Account
Value
(05/31/21)
 
 
 
 
    

Including

Interest

Expense

and Fees

 

 

 

(b) 

   


Excluding
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
 
             


Beginning
Account
Value
(12/01/20)
 
 
 
 
    


Ending
Account
Value
(05/31/21)
 
 
 
 
    


Expenses
Paid
During

the
Period

 
 
 

 
(b)  

   


Ending
Account
Value
(05/31/21)
 
 
 
 
    


Expenses
Paid
During the
Period
 
 
 
(b)  
   


Including
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
 
   


Excluding
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
 

Class K

  $  1,000.00      $  1,043.20      $  2.14     $  1.99               $  1,000.00      $  1,022.84      $  2.12     $  1,022.99      $ 1.97       0.42     0.39

 

  (a) 

Hypothetical 5% annual return before expenses is calculated by prorating the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year divided by 365.

 
  (b) 

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 182/365 (to reflect the six-month period shown).

 

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

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

Sector(a)(b)   Percent of
Total Investments
 

County/City/Special District/School District

    38

Utilities

    23  

Transportation

    13  

State

    10  

Education

    9  

Tobacco

    4  

Health

    3  

Other*

    (c) 

CREDIT QUALITY ALLOCATION

 

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

AAA/Aaa

    15

AA/Aa

    55  

A

    8  

BBB/Baa

    1  

BB/Ba

    2  

B

    (c) 

C

    2  

N/R(f)

    17  
 

 

CALL/MATURITY SCHEDULE

 

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

2021

    5

2022

    3  

2023

    1  

2024

    11  

2025

    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) 

Rounds to less than 1% of total investments.

(d) 

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

(e) 

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

(f) 

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 May 31, 2021, the market value of unrated securities deemed by the investment adviser to be investment grade represents 2% of the Fund’s total investments.

*

Includes one or more investment categories that individually represents less than 1% of the Fund’s total investments. Please refer to the Schedule of Investments for details.

 

 

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Fund Summary   as of May 31, 2021   BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

 

Investment Objective

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

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?

For the 12-month period ended May 31, 2021, the Fund outperformed its primary benchmark, the S&P® Municipal Bond Index, but it underperformed its secondary benchmark, the Custom New Jersey Index. The following discussion of relative performance pertains to the Custom New Jersey Index.

What factors influenced performance?

Despite rising U.S. Treasury yields, municipal bonds delivered strong returns in the past 12 months. (Prices and yields move in opposite directions.) When the period began in June 2020, the market was still suffering the dislocations caused by COVID-19. However, tax-exempt bonds gradually climbed off of their pandemic-driven lows due to the release of multiple coronavirus vaccines, better-than-expected growth, improving municipal finances and robust investor demand. The prospect of substantial fiscal stimulus and higher taxes were additional tailwinds for the market. These factors led to a decline in yield spreads versus U.S. Treasuries, fueling impressive gains for municipal debt.

New Jersey’s credit fundamentals improved over the course of the period, and—in the view of the investment adviser—exceed pre-pandemic levels due in part to the American Rescue Plan Act. The aid far exceeded the revenue lost from the economic downturn. Moreover, revenues did not fall nearly as much as originally projected by the state. Revenue recovery has been evident as the state has rolled back occupancy guidelines at hospitality and leisure venues, such as restaurants, bars and sporting events. New Jersey’s positive credit features include its large economic base, high wealth levels, broad revenue base and meaningful balanced budget requirement. However, the state still needs to address longer-term issues such as high overall leverage and unfunded pension and retiree health care benefits.

The Fund delivered positive absolute returns for the period, but a few factors caused it to underperform the Custom New Jersey Index. Most notably, underweight positions in the local tax-backed and tobacco sectors detracted from results. In addition, the Fund was hurt by its underweights in AAA rated and pre-refunded debt, as well as its underweight in bonds with maturities of ten years and below.

On the other hand, the Fund’s credit positioning contributed to relative performance. Following the pandemic-induced market declines in March 2020, the investment adviser trimmed positions that it felt presented outsized risks and added bonds that it believed had durable cash flows and the ability to withstand the economic downturn. Believing lower-quality issues would be a source of outperformance, the investment adviser maintained an overweight in revenue sectors over tax-backed sectors and retained overweights in bonds rated BBB and below. It also kept an overweight in Puerto Rico, which outperformed the New Jersey state market. Together, these elements of the Fund’s positioning helped it capture the key credit trends that characterized the past 12 months.

The Fund used U.S. Treasury futures to manage interest-rate risk, which contributed to results given that Treasury yields rose as the economy recovered. The Fund’s use of leverage also boosted returns by augmenting income and amplifying the effect of rising prices.

Describe recent portfolio activity.

The Fund actively managed its credit and duration positioning in an effort to capitalize on potential market opportunities. (Duration is a measure of interest rate sensitivity.)

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

At times during the period, the Fund’s cash position was greater than 5%. This did not have any material impact on Fund performance since the cash weighting was below this level for the majority of the period. The decline in New Jersey state-specific bond issuance, coupled with holdings that matured or were called away, temporarily led to the elevated level of cash.

The Fund’s duration was above that of the benchmark, and it had a lower average credit quality. This positioning reflected the investment adviser’s effort to capture the potential for continued strength in the municipal market stemming from a favorable supply-and-demand outlook and unprecedented fiscal stimulus.

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 May 31, 2021 (continued)    BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

 

TOTAL RETURN BASED ON A $10,000 INVESTMENT

 

LOGO

 

  (a) 

Assuming maximum sales charges, if any, transaction costs and other operating expenses, including advisory fees. Institutional Shares do not have a sales charge.

 
  (b) 

The Fund invests primarily in a portfolio of long-term investment grade New Jersey municipal bonds.

 
  (c) 

The S&P® Municipal Bond Index, a broad, market value-weighted index that seeks to measure the performance of the U.S. municipal bond market. Bonds in the S&P® Municipal Bond Index must have an outstanding par value of at least $2 million and a remaining maturity of not less than one month.

 
  (d) 

The Custom New Jersey Index is a customized benchmark that reflects the returns of the S&P® New Jersey Municipal Bond Index for periods prior to January 1, 2013, and the returns of only those New Jersey bonds in the S&P® New Jersey Municipal Bond Index that have maturities greater than 5 years for periods subsequent to January 1, 2013.

 

Performance Summary for the Period Ended May 31, 2021

 

                      Average Annual Total Returns(a)  
                      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

    1.07     0.85     2.99     10.23     N/A       3.85     N/A       5.06     N/A  

Service

    0.82       0.60       2.86       9.96       N/A       3.60       N/A       4.88       N/A  

Investor A

    0.79       0.63       2.86       9.96       5.28     3.61       2.71     4.87       4.41

Investor A1

    0.93       0.78       2.94       10.12       N/A       3.76       N/A       5.02       N/A  

Investor C

    0.08       (0.09     2.57       9.14       8.14       2.83       2.83       4.24       4.24  

Class K

    1.12       0.96       3.11       10.39       N/A       3.89       N/A       5.08       N/A  

S&P® Municipal Bond Index

                1.54       4.70       N/A       3.48       N/A       4.35       N/A  

Custom New Jersey Index

                3.61       11.85       N/A       5.22       N/A       5.68       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.

 

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(a)

             
                  Expenses Paid During the
Period
                   Including Interest Expense
and Fees
    Excluding Interest Expense
and Fees
    Annualized Expense
Ratio
 
     


Beginning
Account
Value
(12/01/20)
 
 
 
 
    


Ending
Account
Value
(05/31/21)
 
 
 
 
    


Including
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
(b)  
   


Excluding
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
 
             


Beginning
Account
Value
(12/01/20)
 
 
 
 
    


Ending
Account
Value
(05/31/21)
 
 
 
 
    


Expenses
Paid
During the
Period
 
 
 
(b) 
   


Ending
Account
Value

(05/31/21)

 
 
 

 

    


Expenses
Paid
During the
Period
 
 
 
(b)  
   


Including
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
 
   


Excluding
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
 

Institutional

  $  1,000.00      $  1,029.90      $  2.78     $  2.63         $  1,000.00      $  1,022.19      $  2.77     $  1,022.34      $ 2.62       0.55     0.52

Service

    1,000.00        1,028.60        4.05       3.89           1,000.00        1,020.94        4.03       1,021.09        3.88       0.80       0.77  

Investor A

    1,000.00        1,028.60        4.05       3.89           1,000.00        1,020.94        4.03       1,021.09        3.88       0.80       0.77  

Investor A1

    1,000.00        1,029.40        3.29       3.14           1,000.00        1,021.69        3.28       1,021.84        3.13       0.65       0.62  

Investor C

    1,000.00        1,025.70        7.83       7.68           1,000.00        1,017.20        7.80       1,017.35        7.64       1.55       1.52  

 

 

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Fund Summary   as of May 31, 2021 (continued)   BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

 

Expense Example (continued)

 

    Actual             Hypothetical(a)              
                  Expenses Paid During the
Period
                   Including Interest Expense
and Fees
    Excluding Interest Expense
and Fees
    Annualized Expense
Ratio
 
     


Beginning
Account
Value
(12/01/20)
 
 
 
 
    


Ending
Account
Value
(05/31/21)
 
 
 
 
    


Including
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
(b)  
   


Excluding
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
 
             


Beginning
Account
Value
(12/01/20)
 
 
 
 
    


Ending
Account
Value
(05/31/21)
 
 
 
 
    


Expenses
Paid
During the
Period
 
 
 
(b) 
   


Ending
Account
Value

(05/31/21)

 
 
 

 

    


Expenses
Paid
During the
Period
 
 
 
(b)  
   


Including
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
 
   


Excluding
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
 

Class K

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,031.10      $ 2.53     $ 2.38               $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.44      $ 2.52     $ 1,022.59      $ 2.37       0.50     0.47
  (a) 

Hypothetical 5% annual return before expenses is calculated by prorating the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year divided by 365.

 
  (b) 

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 182/365 (to reflect the six-month period shown).

 

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

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

Sector(a)(b)   Percent of
Total Investments
 

State

    23

County/City/Special District/School District

    21  

Transportation

    18  

Health

    15  

Education

    14  

Utilities

    3  

Corporate

    2  

Housing

    2  

Tobacco

    2  

CREDIT QUALITY ALLOCATION

 

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

AAA/Aaa

      5

AA/Aa

      38  

A

      21  

BBB/Baa

      28  

BB/Ba

      3  

B

      (f) 

C

      (f) 

N/R(e)

            5  
 

 

CALL/MATURITY SCHEDULE

 

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

2021

    7

2022

    3  

2023

    4  

2024

    13  

2027

    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 May 31, 2021, the market value of unrated securities deemed by the investment adviser to be investment grade represents less than 1% of the Fund’s total investments.

(f) 

Rounds to less than 1% of total investments.

 

 

FUND SUMMARY   9


Fund Summary   as of May 31, 2021    BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

 

Investment Objective

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

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?

For the 12-month period ended May 31, 2021, the Fund outperformed both its primary benchmark, the S&P® Municipal Bond Index, and its secondary benchmark, the Custom Pennsylvania Index. The following discussion of relative performance pertains to the Custom Pennsylvania Index.

What factors influenced performance?

Despite rising U.S. Treasury yields, municipal bonds delivered strong returns in the past 12 months. (Prices and yields move in opposite directions.) When the period began in June 2020, the market was still suffering the dislocations caused by COVID-19. However, tax-exempt bonds gradually climbed off of their pandemic-driven lows due to the release of multiple coronavirus vaccines, better-than-expected growth, improving municipal finances and robust investor demand. The prospect of substantial fiscal stimulus and higher taxes were additional tailwinds for the market. These factors led to a decline in yield spreads versus U.S. Treasuries, fueling impressive gains for municipal debt.

Pennsylvania’s credit fundamentals improved over the course of the period, and—in the view of the investment adviser—exceed pre-pandemic levels due in part to the American Rescue Plan Act. The aid far exceeded the revenue lost from the economic downturn. Moreover, revenues did not fall nearly as much as originally projected by the state. While Pennsylvania’s near-term financial picture has stabilized, the pressures from high leverage, thin reserves, and structural imbalances remain adverse factors in the longer-term credit outlook.

The Fund’s credit positioning contributed to relative performance. Following the pandemic-induced market declines in March 2020, the investment adviser trimmed positions that it felt presented outsized risks and added bonds that it believed had durable cash flows and the ability to withstand the economic downturn. Believing lower-quality issues would be a source of outperformance, the investment adviser maintained an overweight in revenue sectors over tax-backed sectors and retained overweights in bonds rated BBB and below. It also kept an overweight in Puerto Rico, which outperformed the Pennsylvania state market. Together, these elements of the Fund’s positioning helped it capture the key credit trends that characterized the past 12 months.

The Fund used U.S. Treasury futures to manage interest-rate risk, which contributed to results given that Treasury yields rose as the economy recovered. The Fund’s use of leverage also boosted returns by augmenting income and amplifying the effect of rising prices.

Although the Fund delivered positive absolute returns for the period, a few factors detracted from results. Most notably, an underweight in the local tax-backed sector weighed on relative performance. In addition, the Fund was hurt by its underweight positions in AAA rated and pre-refunded debt, as well as its underweight in bonds with maturities of ten years and below.

Describe recent portfolio activity.

The investment adviser put cash to work by adding to Pennsylvania state general obligation bonds and high-grade hospital debt. It also added to the Fund’s position in the transportation sector through purchases of both Philadelphia airport and Pennsylvania turnpike issues. The portfolio’s duration increased as a result of these shifts. (Duration is a measure of interest rate sensitivity.)

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

By period end, the Fund’s duration was above that of the benchmark, and it had a lower average credit quality. This positioning reflected the investment adviser’s effort to capture the potential for continued strength in the municipal market stemming from a favorable supply-and-demand outlook and unprecedented fiscal stimulus.

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 May 31, 2021 (continued)    BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

 

TOTAL RETURN BASED ON A $10,000 INVESTMENT

 

LOGO

 

  (a) 

Assuming maximum sales charges, if any, transaction costs and other operating expenses, including advisory fees. Institutional Shares do not have a sales charge.

 
  (b) 

The Fund invests primarily in a portfolio of long-term investment grade Pennsylvania municipal bonds.

 
  (c) 

The S&P® Municipal Bond Index, a broad, market value-weighted index that seeks to measure the performance of the U.S. municipal bond market. Bonds in the S&P® Municipal Bond Index must have an outstanding par value of at least $2 million and a remaining maturity of not less than one month.

 
  (d) 

The Custom Pennsylvania Index is a customized benchmark that reflects the returns of the S&P® Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Index for periods prior to January 1, 2013, and the returns of only those Pennsylvania bonds in the S&P® Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Index that have maturities greater than 5 years for periods subsequent to January 1, 2013.

 

Performance Summary for the Period Ended May 31, 2021

 

                      Average Annual Total Returns(a)  
                      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

    1.17     0.96     2.99     8.20     N/A       3.23     N/A       4.67     N/A  

Service

    0.92       0.75       2.86       7.93       N/A       2.98       N/A       4.46       N/A  

Investor A

    0.89       0.78       2.86       7.93       3.34     2.98       2.09     4.45       4.00

Investor A1

    1.03       0.88       2.94       7.99       N/A       3.12       N/A       4.61       N/A  

Investor C

    0.18       0.05       2.48       7.12       6.12       2.21       2.21       3.81       3.81  

Class K

    1.23       1.11       3.01       8.25       N/A       3.27       N/A       4.69       N/A  

S&P® Municipal Bond Index

                1.54       4.70       N/A       3.48       N/A       4.35       N/A  

Custom Pennsylvania Index

                2.23       6.24       N/A       4.39       N/A       5.18       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.

 

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(a)               
                  Expenses Paid During the
Period
                   Including Interest
Expense
and Fees
     Excluding Interest
Expense
and Fees
     Annualized Expense Ratio  
     Beginning
Account
Value
(12/01/20)
     Ending
Account
Value
(05/31/21)
     Including
Interest
Expense
and Fees(b)
     Excluding
Interest
Expense
and Fees
             Beginning
Account
Value
(12/01/20)
     Ending
Account
Value
(05/31/21)
     Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period(b)
    

Ending
Account
Value

(05/31/21)

     Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period(b)
     Including
Interest
Expense
and Fees
    Excluding
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 

Institutional

  $  1,000.00      $  1,029.90      $  3.04      $  2.73         $  1,000.00      $  1,021.94      $  3.02      $  1,022.24      $ 2.72        0.60     0.54

Service

    1,000.00        1,028.60        4.30        4.00           1,000.00        1,020.69        4.28        1,020.99        3.98        0.85       0.79  

Investor A

    1,000.00        1,028.60        4.30        3.94           1,000.00        1,020.69        4.28        1,021.04        3.93        0.85       0.78  

Investor A1

    1,000.00        1,029.40        3.54        3.24           1,000.00        1,021.44        3.53        1,021.74        3.23        0.70       0.64  

Investor C

    1,000.00        1,024.80        8.08        7.77                 1,000.00        1,016.95        8.05        1,017.25        7.74        1.60       1.54  

 

 

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  11


Fund Summary  as of May 31, 2021 (continued)    BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

 

Expense Example (continued)

 

    Actual             Hypothetical(a)              
                  Expenses Paid During the
Period
                   Including Interest Expense
and Fees
    Excluding Interest Expense
and Fees
    Annualized Expense Ratio  
     


Beginning
Account
Value
(12/01/20)
 
 
 
 
    


Ending
Account
Value
(05/31/21)
 
 
 
 
    


Including
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
(b) 
   


Excluding
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
 
             


Beginning
Account
Value
(12/01/20)
 
 
 
 
    


Ending
Account
Value
(05/31/21)
 
 
 
 
    


Expenses
Paid
During the
Period
 
 
 
(b)  
   


Ending
Account
Value

(05/31/21)

 
 
 

 

    


Expenses
Paid
During the
Period
 
 
 
(b)  
   


Including
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
 
   


Excluding
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
 

Class K

  $  1,000.00      $  1,030.10      $  2.78     $  2.48               $  1,000.00      $  1,022.19      $  2.77     $  1,022.49      $ 2.47       0.55     0.49

 

  (a) 

Hypothetical 5% annual return before expenses is calculated by prorating the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year divided by 365.

  (b) 

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 182/365 (to reflect the six-month period shown).

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

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

Sector(a)(b)   Percent of
Total Investments
 

Health

    24

County/City/Special District/School District

    20  

Education

    14  

Transportation

    14  

State

    12  

Utilities

    7  

Corporate

    5  

Housing

    3  

Tobacco

    1  

CREDIT QUALITY ALLOCATION

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

AAA/Aaa

    %(e) 

AA/Aa

    47  

A.

    28  

BBB/Baa

    6  

BB/Ba

    3  

B

    (e) 

CCC/Caa

    1  

C

    1  

N/R(f)

    14  
 

 

CALL/MATURITY SCHEDULE

 

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

2021

    5

2022

    2  

2023

    2  

2024

    3  

2025

    8  
 

 

(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)   

Rounds to less than 1% of total investments.

(f)   

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 May 31, 2021, the market value of unrated securities deemed by the investment adviser to be investment grade represents 2% of the Fund’s total investments.

 

 

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Fund Summary  as of May 31, 2021     BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

 

Investment Objective

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

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?

For the 12-month period ended May 31, 2021, the Fund outperformed its primary benchmark, the S&P® Municipal Bond Index, as well as its custom blended secondary benchmark, comprised of 65% S&P® Municipal Bond Investment Grade Index, 30% S&P® Municipal Bond High Yield Index and 5% Bloomberg Barclays Taxable Municipal: U.S. Aggregate Eligible Index. The following discussion of relative performance pertains to the custom blended benchmark.

What factors influenced performance?

Despite rising U.S. Treasury yields, municipal bonds delivered strong returns in the past 12 months. (Prices and yields move in opposite directions.) When the period began in June 2020, the market was still suffering the dislocations caused by COVID-19. However, tax-exempt bonds gradually climbed off of their pandemic-driven lows due to the release of multiple coronavirus vaccines, better-than-expected growth, improving municipal finances and robust investor demand. The prospect of substantial fiscal stimulus and higher taxes were additional tailwinds for the market. These factors led to a decline in yield spreads versus U.S. Treasuries, fueling impressive gains for municipal debt.

The Fund’s duration management, security selection and sector allocation were the leading drivers of outperformance. (Duration is a measure of interest rate sensitivity.) With respect to security selection, the strongest performance occurred in the tax-backed state, utilities and school district sectors. In terms of sector allocation, overweight positions in the housing and transportation sectors contributed positively. An overweight in BBB rated securities, as well as those rated below investment grade, was also additive.

The Fund’s yield curve positioning detracted from performance, as did an underweight in non-rated securities.

The Fund used U.S. Treasury futures to manage interest-rate risk, which contributed to results given that Treasury yields rose as the economy recovered.

Describe recent portfolio activity.

The Fund opened the period with a duration of 6.94 years and closed with a duration of 6.99 years.

At the beginning of the period, the Fund’s largest sector weightings were in housing, transportation and health care. The investment adviser subsequently increased the portfolio’s allocation to tax-backed issues and reduced its weightings in the housing sector.

The Fund maintained a quality bias in the investment-grade category, with its largest allocations to the AA and A rating tiers. About 24% of the Fund’s assets were in high yield (below investment grade) bonds, up from 22% at the end of May 2020, with the majority in the tobacco sector and Puerto Rico.

The Fund held an allocation of approximately 44% in bonds with maturities of 20 years and above, down from 57% at the beginning of the period. Its weighting in taxable securities was 7%, versus 5% at the end of May 2020.

The Fund paired its largely neutral duration with a barbell yield curve strategy to balance the potential for both rising interest rates and continued outperformance for municipals. The management team sought opportunities in lower-rated bonds and sectors that had been adversely affected by the pandemic, including transportation, education, travel-related and health care issues.

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

The Fund’s duration was slightly higher than that of the benchmark. The Fund was overweight in the transportation and housing sectors, and it was underweight in school districts and local tax-backed debt. The Fund’s average credit quality was AA-.

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

 

 

F U N D   S U M M A R Y

  13


Fund Summary  as of May 31, 2021 (continued)    BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

 

TOTAL RETURN BASED ON A $10,000 INVESTMENT

 

LOGO

 

  (a)

Assuming maximum sales charges, if any, transaction costs and other operating expenses, including advisory fees. Institutional Shares do not have a sales charge.

 
  (b)

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

 
  (c)

The S&P® Municipal Bond Index, a broad, market value-weighted index that seeks to measure the performance of the U.S. municipal bond market. Bonds in the S&P® Municipal Bond Index must have an outstanding par value of at least $2 million and a remaining maturity of not less than one month.

 
  (d)

A customized performance benchmark comprised of the returns of the S&P® Municipal Bond Investment Grade Index (65%), S&P® Municipal Bond High Yield Index (30%) and Bloomberg Barclays Taxable Municipal: U.S. Aggregate Eligible Index (5%). See “About Fund Performance” for descriptions of the indexes.

 

 

Performance Summary for the Period Ended May 31, 2021

 

                      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

    1.28     1.23     5.75     12.18     N/A       3.61     N/A       4.68     N/A  

Investor A

    1.03       0.98       5.65       11.83       7.08     3.37       2.47     4.44       3.99

Investor A1

    1.21       1.16       5.73       11.99       N/A       3.52       N/A       4.60       N/A  

Investor C

    0.32       0.27       5.25       11.07       10.07       2.60       2.60       3.81       3.81  

Class K

    1.36       1.31       5.80       12.24       N/A       3.65       N/A       4.70       N/A  

S&P® Municipal Bond Index

                1.54       4.70       N/A       3.48       N/A       4.35       N/A  

S&P® Municipal Bond Investment Grade Index

                1.21       3.96       N/A       3.27       N/A       4.15       N/A  

S&P® Municipal Bond High Yield Index

                6.13       15.81       N/A       6.43       N/A       7.35       N/A  

Bloomberg Barclays Taxable Municipal:
U.S. Aggregate Eligible Index

                (0.41     5.38       N/A       6.00       N/A       7.32       N/A  

65% S&P® Municipal Bond Investment Grade
Index, 30% S&P® Municipal Bond High Yield
Index and 5% Bloomberg Barclays Taxable
Municipal: U.S. Aggregate Eligible Index

                2.59       7.48       N/A       4.37       N/A       5.28       N/A  

 

  (a) 

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

 
  (b) 

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

 

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 May 31, 2021 (continued)    BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

 

Expense Example

 

    Actual             Hypothetical(a)              
                  Expenses Paid During the
Period
                   Including Interest Expense
and Fees
    Excluding Interest Expense
and Fees
    Annualized Expense Ratio  
     


Beginning
Account
Value
(12/01/20)
 
 
 
 
    


Ending
Account
Value
(05/31/21)
 
 
 
 
    


Including
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
(b) 
   


Excluding
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
 
             


Beginning
Account
Value
(12/01/20)
 
 
 
 
    


Ending
Account
Value
(05/31/21)
 
 
 
 
    


Expenses
Paid
During the
Period
 
 
 
(b)  
   


Ending
Account
Value

(05/31/21)

 
 
 

 

    


Expenses
Paid
During the
Period
 
 
 
(b)  
   


Including
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
 
   


Excluding
Interest
Expense
and Fees
 
 
 
 

Institutional

  $  1,000.00      $  1,057.50      $  3.23     $  2.92         $  1,000.00      $  1,021.79      $  3.18     $  1,022.09      $ 2.87       0.63     0.57

Investor A

    1,000.00        1,056.50        4.31       4.00           1,000.00        1,020.74        4.23       1,021.04        3.93       0.84       0.78  

Investor A1

    1,000.00        1,057.30        3.59       3.23           1,000.00        1,021.44        3.53       1,021.79        3.18       0.70       0.63  

Investor C

    1,000.00        1,052.50        8.24       7.93           1,000.00        1,016.90        8.10       1,017.20        7.79       1.61       1.55  

Class K

    1,000.00        1,058.00        2.87       2.51                 1,000.00        1,022.14        2.82       1,022.49        2.47       0.56       0.49  

 

  (a) 

Hypothetical 5% annual return before expenses is calculated by prorating the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year divided by 365.

  (b) 

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 182/365 (to reflect the six-month period shown).

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

Portfolio Information

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

Sector(a)(b)   Percent of
Total Investments
 

Transportation

    18

Housing

    15  

State

    14  

County/City/Special District/School District

    13  

Utilities

    13  

Health

    12  

Education

    7  

Corporate

    4  

Tobacco

    3  

Health Care Providers & Services

    1  

Diversified Financial Services

    (c) 

CREDIT QUALITY ALLOCATION

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

AAA/Aaa

      13

AA/Aa

      41  

A.

      14  

BBB/Baa

      10  

BB/Ba

      4  

B

      2  

CCC/Caa

      (c) 

C

      2  

N/R(f)

            14  
 

 

CALL/MATURITY SCHEDULE

 

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

2021

    6

2022

    4  

2023

    3  

2024

    5  

2025

    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)  

Rounds to less than 1% of total investments.

(d)  

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

(e)  

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

(f)   

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 May 31, 2021, the market value of unrated securities deemed by the investment adviser to be investment grade represents less than 1% of the Fund’s total investments.

 

 

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About Fund Performance

 

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

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

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

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

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

Investor C Shares 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 the 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 tables 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.

The following indexes are used to calculate BlackRock Strategic Opportunities Fund’s custom reference benchmark:

 

   

Bloomberg Barclays Taxable Municipal: U.S. Aggregate Eligible Index — represents securities that are taxable, dollar-denominated, and issued by a U.S. state or territory, and have at least one year to final maturity regardless of call features, have at least $250 million par amount outstanding, and are rated investment-grade (at least BBB- by S&P or Fitch Ratings (“Fitch”) and/or Baa3 by Moody’s) by at least two of the following ratings agencies: S&P, Moody’s and Fitch.

 

   

S&P® Municipal Bond High Yield Index — a market-value-weighted index that consists of bonds in the S&P Municipal Bond Index that are nonrated or that are rated BB+ by S&P and/or Ba1 by Moody’s or lower; bonds that are prerefunded or escrowed to maturity are not included in this index.

 

   

S&P® Municipal Bond Investment Grade Index — a market-value-weighted index that consists of bonds in the S&P Municipal Bond Index that are rated at least BBB by S&P and/or Baa3 by Moody’s.

 

 

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Disclosure of Expenses

 

Shareholders of each Fund may incur the following charges: (a) transactional expenses, such as sales charges; and (b) operating expenses, including investment advisory fees, service and distribution fees, including 12b-1 fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, and other fund expenses. The expense examples shown (which are based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested on December 1, 2020 and held through May 31, 2021) 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. In order to estimate the expenses a shareholder paid during the period covered by this report, shareholders can divide their account value by $1,000 and then multiply the result by the number corresponding to their Fund and share class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”

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

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

 

 

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The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging

 

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

Each Fund may leverage its assets through the use of proceeds received in tender option bond (“TOB”) transactions, as described in the Notes to Financial Statements. In a TOB Trust transaction, the Funds transfers municipal bonds or other municipal securities into a special purpose entity (a “TOB Trust”). TOB investments generally provide the Funds with economic benefits in periods of declining short-term interest rates, but expose the Funds 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 the Funds’ 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, the Fund’s shareholders benefit from the incremental net income.

The interest earned on securities purchased with the proceeds from leverage is distributed to the Funds’ 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 Fund 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 was 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 Funds 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. 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  

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

     Value  

Corporate Bonds

    

Diversified Financial Services — 0.3%

 

Bank of America Corp., (SOFR + 1.32%), 2.69%, 04/22/32

  $ 6,312      $ 6,399,920  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., (SOFR + 1.28%), 2.62%, 04/22/32

    3,322        3,347,728  
    

 

 

 
       9,747,648  

Education — 0.0%

    

University of Southern California, 3.03%, 10/01/39

    650        674,859  
    

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services — 0.1%

 

UnitedHealth Group Inc., 3.05%, 05/15/41

    3,639        3,693,683  
    

 

 

 

Tobacco — 0.2%

    

Altria Group, Inc., 3.70%, 02/04/51

    7,915        7,197,005  
    

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds — 0.6%
(Cost: $21,707,963)

 

         21,313,195  
    

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

    

California — 78.0%

    

County/City/Special District/School District — 34.0%

 

Butte-Glenn Community College District, GO, Series A, Election 2016, 5.25%, 08/01/46

    12,360        15,420,212  

California Statewide Communities Development

    

Authority, SAB

    

Series A, 5.00%, 09/02/39

    1,375        1,687,744  

Series A, 5.00%, 09/02/44

    675        810,743  

Series A, 5.00%, 09/02/48

    675        804,688  

Cerritos Community College District, GO, Series A, 4.00%, 08/01/44

            35,000        38,196,900  

City & County of San Francisco California

    

Community Facilities District No. 2014-1, ST

    

Series B, 3.78%, 09/01/30

    1,110        1,238,105  

Series B, 3.92%, 09/01/31

    3,410        3,817,393  

Series B, 3.97%, 09/01/32

    1,880        2,099,922  

Series B, 4.02%, 09/01/33

    2,070        2,307,139  

City & County of San Francisco California, COP, Series A, 4.00%, 04/01/42

    8,000        9,195,520  

City & County of San Francisco California, GO

    

Series D-1, 4.00%, 06/15/37

    2,295        2,736,581  

Series D-1, 4.00%, 06/15/44

    4,970        5,829,711  

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

    5,165        6,052,089  

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

    2,750        2,779,343  

City of Los Angeles California, COP, (AMBAC), 6.20%, 11/01/31

    3,800        3,817,898  

City of Los Angeles California, RB, 4.00%, 06/24/21

    64,000        64,152,320  

City of San Jose California Hotel Tax Revenue, RB, 6.50%, 05/01/42

    2,395        2,405,227  

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

    26,425        23,014,589  

County of Los Angeles California, RB, Series A, 4.00%, 06/30/21

    65,000        65,196,950  

County of Santa Clara California, GO, Series B, Election 2008, 4.00%, 08/01/42

    14,995        15,588,052  

Fremont Unified School District/Alameda County California, GO, Series A, 4.00%, 08/01/46

    65,000        70,822,700  

Fremont Union High School District, GO 4.00%, 08/01/44

    35,000        38,223,500  
Security   Par (000)      Value  

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

 

Fremont Union High School District, GO (continued)

 

      Series A, 4.00%, 08/01/46

  $         13,875      $     16,059,064  

Glendale Community College District, GO, Series A, Election 2016, 5.25%, 08/01/41

    10,450        13,056,439  

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

    30,215        37,978,140  

Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District GO, Series C, 4.00%, 08/01/46(c)

    4,250        5,150,957  

Hacienda La Puente Unified School District, GO, Series A, Election 2016, 5.25%, 08/01/42

    5,000        6,220,350  

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

    15,570        18,376,960  

Los Altos Elementary School District, Refunding GO, Series A-1, Election 2014, 4.00%, 08/01/44

    5,000        5,745,350  

Los Angeles Community College District, GO

    

Series K, 4.00%, 08/01/36

    4,125        4,766,437  

Series K, Election 2008, 4.00%, 08/01/37

    10,000        11,540,700  

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

    20,000        23,082,600  

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

    20,000        23,074,600  

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

    2,590        2,600,956  

Los Angeles Community College District/CA GO, 4.00%, 08/01/24(d)

    2,805        3,137,953  

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/46

    20,000        26,528,800  

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Refunding RB

    

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/37

    19,235        23,788,309  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/44

    25,885        32,763,939  

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

    8,500        11,025,095  

Marin Healthcare District, GO, Series A, Election 2013, 5.00%, 08/01/41

    21,670        26,797,772  

Menifee Union School District, GO, Series A, 5.25%, 08/01/42

    7,275        9,036,350  

Mount San Antonio Community College District, Refunding GO

    

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

    10,200        11,905,644  

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

    11,000        14,061,300  

Mountain View-Whisman School District, GO, Series B, Election 2012, 4.00%, 09/01/26(d)

    12,000        14,161,320  

Orange County Local Transportation Authority, RB, 5.00%, 02/15/40

    5,000        6,370,700  

Palomar Community College District, GO, Series D,

    

Election 2006, 5.25%, 08/01/45

    3,000        3,757,740  

Pomona Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency, Refunding TA, 3.98%, 02/01/27

    4,155        4,708,155  

Riverside County Public Financing Authority, RB, 5.25%, 11/01/45

    11,210        13,185,762  

San Diego Community College District, Refunding GO, 5.00%, 08/01/41

    20,000        23,990,000  

San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission, Refunding RB, Series A, 3.00%, 10/01/22

    27,500        28,553,250  

San Diego Public Facilities Financing Authority, Refunding RB

    

Series A, 5.00%, 10/15/46

    8,500        10,956,670  

Series A, 4.00%, 10/15/50

    15,600        18,478,824  

San Diego Unified School District, GO, Series L-2, 4.00%, 07/01/39

    3,680        4,415,080  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

     Value  

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

 

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, GO, Series A, Election 2016, 5.00%, 08/01/47

  $ 8,980      $ 11,092,635  

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, Refunding GO, Series D, Election 2004, 4.00%, 08/01/35

    5,985        6,840,256  

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

    

Series D, 3.13%, 08/01/28

    1,150        1,243,691  

Series D, 3.25%, 08/01/29

    1,000        1,078,500  

Series D, 3.38%, 08/01/30

    1,250        1,346,288  

San Francisco City & County Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency, TA, CAB(b)(e)

    

Series D, 0.00%, 08/01/23

    1,000        911,020  

Series D, 0.00%, 08/01/31

    3,000        1,842,300  

San Francisco City & County Redevelopment Financing Authority, TA, Series A, (BHAC-CR), 5.75%, 08/01/37

    5,000        6,656,650  

San Francisco Unified School District, RB, 2.00%, 12/31/21

    40,000        40,435,200  

San Joaquin County Transportation Authority, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 03/01/41

    17,955        21,939,753  

San Jose Evergreen Community College District, GO, Series C, Election 2010, 4.13%, 09/01/24(d)

    18,435        20,741,587  

San Jose Financing Authority, RB, 5.75%, 05/01/42

    2,010        2,018,462  

San Jose Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency Refunding TA, 3.23%, 08/01/27

    9,965        10,930,708  

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

    8,730        9,457,733  

San Jose Unified School District, GO, CAB, Series C, (NPFGC), 0.00%, 06/01/31(b)

    25,000        21,449,250  

San Leandro Unified School District, GO, Series A, Election 2008, 5.75%, 08/01/41

    5,000        5,046,250  

San Leandro Unified School District, Refunding GO

    

(BAM), 4.00%, 08/01/34

    1,200        1,466,532  

(BAM), 4.00%, 08/01/35

    1,325        1,616,023  

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

    30,000        37,948,800  

Santa Clara County Financing Authority, RB, Series A, 4.00%, 04/01/35

    6,975        8,244,520  

Santa Monica Community College District, GO, Series B, Election 2008, 4.00%, 08/01/24(d)

    40,015        44,753,176  

South San Francisco Public Facilities Financing Authority RB, 4.00%, 06/01/46(c)

    5,000        6,004,350  

Vista Joint Powers Financing Authority, Refunding RB, 5.25%, 05/01/37

    15,065        17,726,232  
    

 

 

 
       1,112,262,458  

Education — 5.0%

    

California Educational Facilities Authority, RB

    

Series A, 3.43%, 04/01/30

    1,000        1,049,250  

Series A, 3.56%, 04/01/31

    2,000        2,102,780  

California Educational Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 04/01/51

    3,000        4,808,550  

California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank, RB(e)

    

Series A, 4.13%, 01/01/35

    1,010        1,097,799  

Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/55

    2,300        2,618,389  

Series A-2, 5.00%, 01/01/24

    850        854,284  

California Infrastructure & Economic Development

    

Bank, RB, CAB(b) 0.00%, 01/01/35

    2,750        1,277,787  
Security  

Par

(000)

     Value  

Education (continued)

    

California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank, RB, CAB(b) (continued)

 

0.00%, 01/01/60

  $         37,500      $       4,116,000  

California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank, Refunding RB, Series A, 1.84%, 10/01/31

    1,100        1,085,172  

California Municipal Finance Authority, RB

    

5.00%, 06/15/41(e)

    925        1,008,093  

6.00%, 07/01/44

    500        545,080  

5.00%, 06/15/51(e)

    1,385        1,477,809  

Series A, 5.50%, 08/01/34(e)

    300        323,265  

California Municipal Finance Authority, Refunding RB
5.00%, 08/01/39

    1,785        2,010,927  

5.00%, 08/01/48

    2,140        2,369,365  

California Public Finance Authority,
RB(e)

    

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/36

    385        414,391  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/44

    375        395,325  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/54

    520        540,150  

Series B, 5.00%, 07/01/26

    265        267,507  

California School Finance Authority, RB(e)

    

5.00%, 06/01/40

    1,420        1,589,676  

5.00%, 06/01/50

    2,240        2,456,429  

5.00%, 06/01/59

    3,565        3,873,123  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/33

    525        597,608  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/43

    525        583,511  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/49

    7,105        7,839,444  

Series A, 6.00%, 07/01/51

    1,500        1,701,270  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/55

    1,000        1,089,040  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/58

    3,355        3,667,418  

Series A, 6.00%, 06/01/59

    8,925        9,818,392  

Series B, 6.00%, 06/01/31

    735        715,662  

California State University, Refunding RB

    

Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/41

    10,000        11,983,300  

Series D, 1.69%, 11/01/29

    5,000        4,914,000  

California Statewide Communities Development Authority, RB, 5.00%, 06/01/51(e)

    1,035        1,218,247  

California Statewide Communities Development Authority, Refunding RB(e)

    

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/36

    2,900        3,295,473  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/46

    4,100        4,584,292  

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

    15,170        17,267,859  

Tamalpais Union High School District GO, 4.00%, 08/01/24(d)

    1,150        1,286,068  

University of California, RB

    

Series AV, 5.25%, 05/15/42

    12,220        15,203,635  

Series BE, 4.00%, 05/15/47

    7,540        8,945,607  

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

    3,790        4,893,610  

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

    21,000        27,438,180  
    

 

 

 
       163,323,767  

Health — 3.2%

    

California Health Facilities Financing Authority,

    

Series A, 5.00%, 11/15/38

    15,075        18,633,755  

California Health Facilities Financing Authority, RB

    

Series A, 5.00%, 11/15/36

    2,755        3,412,894  

Series A, 5.00%, 11/15/40

    20,220        20,645,631  

Series A, 5.25%, 11/01/41

    7,000        7,141,330  

California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Refunding RB
3.00%, 08/15/54(a)

    18,125        20,058,756  

Series A, 4.00%, 11/15/40

    5,140        5,956,438  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  

Health (continued)

   

California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Refunding RB (continued)

   

Series A, 4.00%, 04/01/44

  $     12,215     $     14,241,224  

Sub-Series A-2, 4.00%, 11/01/38

    4,000       4,628,800  

California Municipal Finance Authority, Refunding RB(e)

   

Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/39

    980       1,131,635  

Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/49

    1,105       1,244,440  

California Public Finance Authority RB (c)(e)
2.88%, 05/15/27

    705       705,381  

2.38%, 11/15/28

    3,000       3,020,400  

3.13%, 05/15/29

    2,510       2,522,902  

5.00%, 11/15/36

    500       568,470  

5.00%, 11/15/46

    500       554,125  

5.00%, 11/15/51

    500       552,200  

5.00%, 11/15/56

    500       546,410  
   

 

 

 
      105,564,791  
Housing(e) — 0.4%            

California Community Housing Agency, RB, M/F Housing, Series A, 5.00%, 04/01/49

    2,630       2,995,018  

CSCDA Community Improvement Authority RB, 4.00%, 07/01/56(c)

    4,775       5,131,931  

CSCDA Community Improvement Authority, RB, M/F Housing, Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/51

    4,070       4,739,271  
   

 

 

 
      12,866,220  
State — 3.7%            

California State Public Works Board, RB

   

Series B, 4.00%, 05/01/46

    15,000       18,089,400  

Series C, 5.00%, 11/01/44

    29,895       38,190,265  

Series I, 5.25%, 11/01/32

    1,115       1,244,362  

Series I, 5.50%, 11/01/33

    2,315       2,596,018  

California State Public Works Board, Refunding RB, Series C, 5.00%, 11/01/33

    10,000       12,205,100  

State of California, Refunding GO

   

4.00%, 10/01/36

    5,100       6,198,795  

5.00%, 10/01/39

    11,305       14,654,219  

5.00%, 11/01/39

    20,695       26,565,551  
   

 

 

 
      119,743,710  
Tobacco — 3.4%            

California County Tobacco Securitization Agency, Refunding RB
5.00%, 06/01/50

    1,110       1,308,957  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/36

    2,410       2,434,606  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/47

    2,595       2,621,365  

Series A, 4.00%, 06/01/49

    1,540       1,784,752  

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

    15,770       3,100,540  

California Statewide Financing Authority, RB,
Series D, 0.00%, 06/01/55(b)(e)

    16,500       1,058,970  

Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp., Refunding RB

   

Series A-1, 5.00%, 06/01/47

    12,125       12,548,041  

Series A-2, 5.00%, 06/01/47

    55,680       57,622,675  
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  

Tobacco (continued)

   

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

  $     4,905     $     5,133,181  

Silicon Valley Tobacco Securitization Authority, RB, CAB, Series D, 0.00%, 06/01/56(b)

    29,500       2,795,125  

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

    15,435       18,865,125  
   

 

 

 
      109,273,337  
Transportation — 12.8%            

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

    1,000       1,219,340  

California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank, RB, Series A, AMT, 0.45%, 01/01/50(a)(e)

    50,000       49,996,550  

California Municipal Finance Authority, RB, Series A, AMT, 4.00%, 07/15/29

    6,605       7,607,705  

City & County of San Francisco California Airports Commission, Series B, AMT, 5.00%, 05/01/41

    23,960       28,154,677  

City of Los Angeles Department of Airports, ARB

   

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

    6,615       7,666,653  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 05/15/42

    23,725       28,430,616  

Series B, AMT, 5.00%, 05/15/41

    18,710       21,992,669  

Series D, AMT, 5.00%, 05/15/41

    8,850       10,249,539  

Sub-Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 05/15/42

    10,100       11,855,481  

City of Los Angeles Department of Airports, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 05/15/36

    11,260       14,611,539  

Series A, 5.00%, 05/15/38

    7,230       9,349,836  

Kansas City Industrial Development Authority, ARB, Series A, 5.00%, 05/15/44

    10,000       12,727,700  

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

    10,000       12,334,700  

Norman Y Mineta San Jose International Airport
SJC, Refunding RB, Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 03/01/41

    20,000       23,847,600  

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

   

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

    5,125       5,744,818  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 05/01/40

    14,000       15,683,360  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 05/01/42

    29,480       35,317,335  

Series A, AMT, 5.25%, 05/01/42

    40,370       48,998,280  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 05/01/44

    10,125       11,362,882  

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

    8,000       9,820,800  

Series E, AMT, 5.00%, 05/01/38

    9,025       11,326,285  

San Francisco City & County Airport Comm-San Francisco International Airport, Refunding RB,
Series 2020, AMT, 4.00%, 05/01/39

    2,250       2,651,490  

San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, RB

   

Series C, 4.00%, 03/01/46

    18,000       21,592,440  

Series C, 5.00%, 03/01/51

    12,395       16,052,145  
   

 

 

 
      418,594,440  
Utilities — 15.5%            

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

    1,000       975,820  

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

    20,000       24,829,200  
 

 

 

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

  21


Schedule of Investments  (continued)

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  

Utilities (continued)

   

City of Los Angeles California Wastewater System Revenue, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/43

  $     10,000     $     12,566,800  

Series C, 5.00%, 06/01/35

    4,520       5,321,351  

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

    6,465       8,013,432  

City of San Francisco California Public Utilities Commission Water Revenue, Refunding RB, Series A, 4.00%, 11/01/30

    19,910       23,385,689  

East Bay Municipal Utility District Water System Revenue, RB, Series A, 4.00%, 06/01/45

    4,885       5,646,913  

East Bay Municipal Utility District Water System Revenue, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/37

    7,160       8,404,909  

Eastern Municipal Water District Financing Authority, RB, Series D, 5.25%, 07/01/42

    18,500       23,091,515  

Los Angeles Department of Water, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/41

    52,860       63,732,397  

Series A, 5.25%, 07/01/44

    10,650       13,116,007  

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Series E, Refunding RB, 0.17%, 07/01/37(a)

    8,625       8,813,517  

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/40

    16,105       18,952,686  

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California,

   

Refunding RB 5.00%, 01/01/38

    7,000       8,908,410  

Series A, 5.00%, 10/01/35

    5,000       5,198,400  

Northern California Power Agency, RB, Series A, 7.31%, 06/01/40

    2,150       3,142,504  

Sacramento Municipal Utility District, RB

   

Series G, 5.00%, 08/15/38

    22,390       28,930,791  

Series G, 5.00%, 08/15/41

    20,000       25,684,200  

San Diego Public Facilities Financing Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 05/15/36

    5,000       6,072,450  

Series A, 5.00%, 05/15/38

    13,595       16,444,512  

Series A, 4.00%, 08/01/39

    2,515       3,069,734  

Series A, 4.00%, 08/01/40

    2,000       2,431,900  

Series A, 3.00%, 08/01/49

    10,000       10,882,500  

Series B, 5.00%, 08/01/38

    16,460       19,888,124  

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

    33,820       42,152,910  

Series A, Subordinate, 5.25%, 08/01/47

    15,180       19,121,791  

San Francisco City & County Public Utilities Commission Wastewater Revenue, Refunding RB, Series B, 4.00%, 10/01/42

    17,010       17,811,341  

Southern California Public Power Authority, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 07/01/30

    41,400       46,346,058  

State of California Department of Water Resources, Refunding RB

   

Series AW, 4.00%, 12/01/34

    24,000       28,008,480  

Series BC, 1.32%, 12/01/28

    4,000       3,942,200  

State of California Department of Water Resources,Refunding RB, Series BB, 5.00%, 12/01/35

    2,000       2,712,500  
   

 

 

 
      507,599,041  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds in California

      2,549,227,764  
Security   Par
(000)
     Value  

Connecticut — 0.4%

    
Corporate — 0.4%             

Mashantucket Western Pequot Tribe,
7.35%, 07/01/26(f)(g)(h)

  $     36,909      $     11,995,458  
    

 

 

 
Guam(c) — 0.2%             
State — 0.2%             

Territory of Guam, Refunding RB

    

Series F, 4.00%, 01/01/36.

    2,480        2,875,833  

Series F, 4.00%, 01/01/42

    3,170        3,600,866  
    

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds in Guam

       6,476,699  
Illinois — 1.2%             
County/City/Special District/School District — 1.2%  

Chicago Board of Education, GO, 6.32%, 11/01/29

    3,650        4,400,258  

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

    7,590        8,832,711  

6.14%, 12/01/39

    13,850        16,817,639  

6.52%, 12/01/40

    8,075        10,074,289  
    

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds in Illinois

       40,124,897  
Puerto Rico — 8.1%             
State — 4.8%             

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, GO(f)(g)

    

Series A, 5.25%, 07/01/22

    940        841,535  

Series A, 5.25%, 07/01/26

    330        295,433  

Series A, 5.13%, 07/01/31

    3,340        2,990,135  

Series A, 5.38%, 07/01/33

    1,025        917,631  

Series A, 6.00%, 07/01/38

    1,630        1,477,867  

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Refunding GO(f)(g)

    

5.00%, 07/01/18

    470        396,758  

Series A, 5.50%, 07/01/18

    1,025        865,271  

Series A, 5.50%, 07/01/32

    1,170        1,047,443  

Series A, 6.00%, 07/01/34

    955        848,756  

Series A, 8.00%, 07/01/35

    27,405        22,025,563  

Series A, 5.50%, 07/01/39

    8,805        7,473,244  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/41

    10,546        8,542,773  

Series B, 6.00%, 07/01/39

    3,970        3,599,468  

Series C, 6.00%, 07/01/39

    470        426,133  

Series D, 5.75%, 07/01/41

    1,110        972,638  

Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority, Refunding RB(f)(g)

    

Series F, (GTD), 5.25%, 07/01/24

    500        498,594  

Series M-2, (GTD), 10.00%, 07/01/34

    1,045        1,102,475  

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

    

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

    38,748        43,437,283  

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

    16,743        19,047,339  

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

    11,004        12,206,187  

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

    114        126,189  

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

    15,623        17,553,690  

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

    

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

    1,117        954,130  

Series A-1, Restructured, 0.00%, 07/01/31

    1,330        1,050,926  

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

    1,909        1,399,182  

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

    8,062        2,614,668  

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

    12,267        2,879,924  

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

    5,761        1,870,021  
    

 

 

 
       157,461,256  
 

 

 

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May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

Tobacco(b) — 0.3%

   

Children’s Trust Fund, RB

   

Series A, 0.00%, 05/15/57

  $       150,000     $ 9,873,000  

Series B, 0.00%, 05/15/57

    19,975       1,106,016  
   

 

 

 
      10,979,016  

Utilities(f)(g) — 3.0%

   

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, 3rd Series, 1.00%, 01/01/21(a)

    593       568,972  

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/29

    4,130       3,969,963  

Series A, 7.00%, 07/01/33

    2,230       2,186,098  

Series A, 6.75%, 07/01/36

    7,630       7,479,788  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/42

    8,830       8,487,837  

Series A, 7.00%, 07/01/43

    955       936,199  

Series A-3, 10.00%, 07/01/19

    2,137       2,029,686  

Series B-3, 10.00%, 07/01/19

    2,137       2,029,686  

Series C-1, 5.40%, 01/01/18

    5,870       5,627,813  

Series C-2, 5.40%, 07/01/18

    5,871       5,628,723  

Series C-4, 5.40%, 07/01/20

    593       568,972  

Series CCC, 5.25%, 07/01/26

    1,680       1,614,900  

Series CCC, 5.25%, 07/01/28

    955       917,994  

Series D-4, 7.50%, 07/01/20

    1,638       1,605,753  

Series TT, 5.00%, 07/01/25

    480       461,400  

Series TT, 5.00%, 07/01/26

    1,285       1,235,206  

Series WW, 5.50%, 07/01/19

    2,470       2,368,112  

Series WW, 5.38%, 07/01/24

    875       841,094  

Series WW, 5.25%, 07/01/33

    885       850,706  

Series WW, 5.50%, 07/01/38

    1,170       1,124,663  

Series WW, 5.50%, 07/01/49

    935       896,431  

Series XX, 5.25%, 07/01/27

    645       620,006  

Series XX, 5.25%, 07/01/35

    400       384,500  

Series XX, 5.75%, 07/01/36

    555       533,494  

Series XX, 5.25%, 07/01/40

    11,490       11,044,762  

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series AAA, 5.25%, 07/01/22

    2,150       2,066,688  

Series AAA, 5.25%, 07/01/27

    6,540       6,286,575  

Series AAA, 5.25%, 07/01/28

    4,690       4,508,262  

Series AAA, 5.25%, 07/01/29

    530       509,463  

Series BBB, 5.40%, 07/01/28

    2,805       2,627,059  

Series UU, 1.00%, 07/01/19(a)

    750       611,250  

Series UU, 1.00%, 07/01/20(a)

    3,175       2,651,795  

Series UU, 0.84%, 07/01/31(a)

    3,765       3,144,569  

Series ZZ, 5.25%, 07/01/19

    2,945       2,823,519  

Series ZZ, 5.25%, 07/01/24

    1,990       1,912,888  

Series ZZ, 5.00%, 07/01/28

    990       951,638  

Series ZZ, 5.00%, 07/01/49

    925       886,844  

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

    4,060       3,802,446  
   

 

 

 
      96,795,754  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds in Puerto Rico

      265,236,026  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds — 87.9%
(Cost: $2,669,239,194)

      2,873,060,844  
   

 

 

 
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts(i)

 

California — 10.7%

   

County/City/Special District/School District — 2.3%

 

Irvine Ranch Water District, COP, 5.00%, 03/01/46

  $ 19,330     $ 23,060,110  

Ohlone Community College District, GO, Series B, 4.00%, 08/01/24(d)

    47,250       52,844,873  
   

 

 

 
      75,904,983  

Education — 3.7%

   

California State University, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/43

    35,250       44,934,585  

University of California, RB, Series M, 5.00%, 05/15/42

    20,000       24,556,800  

University of California, Refunding RB, Series AZ, 5.00%, 05/15/43

    41,740       52,308,985  
   

 

 

 
      121,800,370  

State — 0.7%

   

State of California, Refunding GO, 5.25%, 10/01/39

    18,150       21,900,879  
   

 

 

 

Utilities — 4.0%

   

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

    27,045       33,341,334  

Eastern Municipal Water District Financing Authority, RB, Series D, 5.00%, 07/01/47

    36,105       44,325,746  

San Francisco City & County Public Utilities Commission Wastewater Revenue, RB, Series B, 5.00%, 10/01/43.

    41,405       51,770,307  
   

 

 

 
      129,437,387  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds in California

      349,043,619  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts — 10.7%
(Cost: $313,899,001)

      349,043,619  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.2%
(Cost: $3,004,846,158)

      3,243,417,658  
   

 

 

 
     Shares         

Short-Term Securities

   

Money Market Funds — 4.7%

   

BlackRock Liquidity Funds California Money Fund, Institutional Class,
0.01%(j)(k)

    153,034,073       153,125,894  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 4.7%
(Cost: $153,090,262)

 

    153,125,894  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 103.9%
(Cost: $3,157,936,420)

 

    3,396,543,552  

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.5%

 

    14,157,972  

Liability for TOB Trust Certificates, Including Interest Expense and Fees Payable — (4.4)%

 

    (143,170,731
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $ 3,267,530,793  
   

 

 

 

 

(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) 

When-issued security.

(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 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.

 

 

 

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BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

 

(f) 

Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default.

(g) 

Non-income producing security.

(h) 

Payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in additional par/shares and/or in cash. Rates shown are the current rate and possible payment rates.

(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) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(k) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

 

 

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

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended May 31, 2021 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer   Value at
05/31/20
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
05/31/21
    

Shares

Held at
05/31/21

     Income      Capital Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds California Money Fund, Institutional Class

  $ 322,516,448      $      $ (169,467,419 )(a)    $ 83,418      $ (6,553   $ 153,125,894        153,034,073      $ 17,749      $  
         

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (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 Notes

    2,727        09/21/21      $ 359,453      $ (134,449

U.S. Long Bond

    984        09/21/21        153,658        (477,975
          

 

 

 
           $ (612,424
          

 

 

 

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)

  $      $      $      $      $ 612,424      $      $ 612,424  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (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).

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

 

For the year ended May 31, 2021, 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

  $      $      $      $      $ 37,029,913     $      $ 37,029,913  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                  

Futures contracts

  $      $      $      $      $ (67,636   $      $ (67,636
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Futures contracts

       

Average notional value of contracts — short

  $ 550,002,012  

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 tables summarize the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments 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

  $     $ 21,313,195      $      $ 21,313,195  

Municipal Bonds

          2,873,060,844               2,873,060,844  

Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts

          349,043,619               349,043,619  

Short-Term Securities

         

Money Market Funds

    153,125,894                     153,125,894  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 153,125,894     $ 3,243,417,658      $      $ 3,396,543,552  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Derivative Financial Instruments(a)                          

Liabilities

         

Interest Rate Contracts

  $ (612,424   $      $      $ (612,424
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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 $143,144,977 are categorized as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par (000)     Value  

Municipal Bonds

   

Guam — 0.3%

   

State(a) — 0.2%

   

Territory of Guam, Refunding RB

   

Series F, 4.00%, 01/01/36

  $ 300     $ 347,883  

Series F, 4.00%, 01/01/42

    385       437,329  
   

 

 

 
      785,212  

Utilities — 0.1%

   

Guam Government Waterworks Authority, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/50

    500       609,015  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds in Guam

      1,394,227  
   

 

 

 

New Jersey — 77.8%

   

Corporate — 2.3%

   

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

    4,200       4,656,708  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Refunding RB

   

3.38%, 04/01/38

    1,360       1,440,757  

3.50%, 04/01/42

    720       761,688  

Series A, AMT, 2.20%, 10/01/39(b)

    2,130       2,259,994  
   

 

 

 
      9,119,147  

County/City/Special District/School District — 16.9%

 

Carlstadt School District, Refunding GO, (SCH BD RES FD), 4.00%, 05/01/30

    1,415       1,561,849  

Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, Inc., Refunding RB

   

5.25%, 11/01/39

    1,020       1,105,517  

5.25%, 11/01/44

    1,590       1,711,142  

City of Bayonne New Jersey, Refunding GO, (BAM SAW), 5.00%, 07/01/39

    660       770,062  

City of East Orange New Jesery, Refunding GO

   

(AGM), 3.00%, 09/15/30

    2,200       2,413,026  

(AGM), 3.00%, 09/15/31

    2,200       2,401,454  

City of Perth Amboy New Jersey, Refunding GO, Series A, (BAM), 4.00%, 03/15/29(a)

    1,200       1,457,352  

County of Mercer New Jersey, Refunding GO, 3.00%, 02/15/31

    1,585       1,741,741  

Egg Harbor Township School District, Refunding GO, (AGM SCH BD RES FD), 5.75%, 07/15/25

    2,000       2,415,480  

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

    7,470       8,406,738  

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

    1,500       2,031,690  

Ewing Township Board of Education, GO

   

(SCH BD RES FD), 4.00%, 07/15/38

    920       1,078,774  

(SCH BD RES FD), 4.00%, 07/15/39

    840       982,019  

Hudson County Improvement Authority, RB

   

3.00%, 10/01/36

    5,950       6,634,607  

4.00%, 10/01/51

    3,500       4,102,000  

Monmouth County Improvement Authority, RB

   

Series B, (GTD), 4.00%, 12/01/38

    250       297,630  

Series B, (GTD), 4.00%, 12/01/39

    590       699,297  

Monmouth Regional High School District, GO, (SCH BD RES FD), 3.00%, 02/01/34

    1,260       1,372,745  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, RB

   

5.00%, 06/15/23(c)

    2,000       2,195,000  

Series A, (NPFGC), 0.00%, 07/01/21(d)

    1,675       1,674,280  

Series AAA, 5.00%, 06/15/41

    1,990       2,331,325  

Series KK, 5.00%, 09/01/22(c)

              1,070             1,134,981  
Security   Par (000)     Value  

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

   

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, RB (continued)

   

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

  $ 1,725     $ 1,861,620  

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

              2,500       2,754,125  

Sparta Township Board of Education, Refunding GO, (SCH BD RES FD), 5.00%, 02/15/25(c)

    1,350       1,581,309  

Toms River Board of Education, GO, (SCH BD RES FD), 3.00%, 07/15/37

    4,605       4,913,120  

Township of Bloomfield New Jersey, Refunding GO
3.00%, 02/01/32

    1,000       1,094,979  

3.00%, 02/01/33

    1,040       1,134,546  

Township of Irvington New Jersey, Refunding GO, Series A, (AGM SAW), 5.00%, 07/15/31

    2,445       2,754,146  

Township of Monroe New Jersey/Gloucester County, Refunding GO

   

3.00%, 05/01/32

    405       438,971  

3.00%, 06/01/37

    385       414,391  

3.00%, 06/01/38

    410       439,782  

Union County Utilities Authority, Refunding RB,

   

Series A, AMT, (GTD), 4.75%, 12/01/31

    1,250       1,277,062  
   

 

 

 
          67,182,760  

Education — 9.6%

   

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

    1,250       1,359,537  

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

    530       612,765  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/34

    1,855       2,162,874  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, RB 6.00%, 10/01/43

    1,000       1,099,450  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/27(e)

    170       186,067  

Series A, 5.13%, 11/01/29(e)

    100       112,166  

Series A, 5.25%, 07/01/37(e)

    470       514,189  

Series A, 6.25%, 11/01/38(e)

    210       246,196  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/39(e)

    825       916,088  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/47

    265       278,743  

Series A, 5.38%, 07/01/47(e)

    815       875,204  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/48

    2,190       2,531,049  

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

    135       147,095  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/50

    200       227,456  

Series A, 6.50%, 11/01/52(e)

    1,210       1,390,193  

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

    1,100       1,165,912  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Refunding RB

   

(AGM), 5.00%, 06/01/37

    2,760       3,290,389  

(AGM), 5.00%, 06/01/42

    690       817,726  

Series A, 3.50%, 09/01/22(e)

    85       86,226  

Series A, 4.75%, 08/01/24(e)

    195       201,909  

Series A, 5.63%, 08/01/34(e)

    250       265,180  

Series A, 5.00%, 09/01/37(e)

    315       354,677  

Series A, 5.88%, 08/01/44(e)

    430       453,293  

Series A, 5.13%, 09/01/52(e)

    1,000       1,100,840  

New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority, RB

   

Series C, (AGM), 3.25%, 07/01/49

    290       309,363  

Series C, (AGM), 4.00%, 07/01/50

    245       277,877  

New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/33

    2,005       2,267,234  

Series B, 5.00%, 07/01/32

    2,465       2,964,705  

Series B, 5.00%, 07/01/42

    560       585,967  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par (000)     Value  

Education (continued)

   

New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority, Refunding RB (continued)

   

Series H, (AGM), 4.00%, 07/01/39

  $ 715     $ 785,685  

New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, RB, Sub-Series C, AMT, 4.00%, 12/01/48

    700       759,675  

New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 2.38%, 12/01/29

              2,040       2,110,400  

1st Series, AMT, 5.75%, 12/01/28

    360       368,262  

Sub-Series C, AMT, 3.63%, 12/01/49

    1,065       1,092,914  

New Jersey Institute of Technology, RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/22(c)

    460       484,228  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/40

    5,000       5,819,300  
   

 

 

 
          38,220,834  

Health — 12.3%

   

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 01/01/34

    270       313,494  

5.00%, 01/01/39

    270       310,951  

New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, RB

   

5.00%, 07/01/42

    4,660       5,636,410  

4.00%, 07/01/44

    4,120       4,792,425  

Series A, 5.25%, 07/01/35

    1,460       1,602,657  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/39

    1,150       1,300,190  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/43

    1,535       1,731,618  

Series A, 5.50%, 07/01/43

    920       1,011,319  

New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 07/01/24(c)

    2,950       3,380,228  

5.00%, 07/01/27

    1,500       1,577,790  

5.00%, 07/01/29

    285       318,128  

5.00%, 07/01/34

    1,000       1,207,150  

5.00%, 08/15/34

    460       504,183  

5.00%, 07/01/39

    4,060       4,859,982  

4.00%, 07/01/41

    1,000       1,089,800  

Series A, 5.63%, 07/01/21(c)

    1,540       1,546,791  

Series A, 6.00%, 07/01/21(c)

    2,985       2,999,179  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/24

    1,000       1,051,620  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/25

    2,230       2,344,957  

Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/32

    2,300       2,647,553  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/37

    6,000       7,318,020  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/43

    1,290       1,549,458  
   

 

 

 
      49,093,903  

Housing — 2.0%

   

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

   

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

    240       235,486  

Series A, 4.00%, 11/01/48

    150       162,815  

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

    220       215,842  

Series A, 4.10%, 11/01/53

    100       108,226  

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

    220       217,129  

New Jersey Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency, Refunding RB, S/F Housing
Series A, 3.75%, 10/01/35

    1,035       1,135,250  
Security   Par (000)     Value  

Housing (continued)

   

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

   

Series E, 2.25%, 10/01/40

  $ 810     $ 819,364  

Series E, 2.40%, 10/01/45

    620       627,669  

Newark Housing Authority Scholarship Foundation A New Jersey Non, RB, M/F Housing

   

Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/30

    1,640       1,818,694  

Series A, 4.38%, 12/01/33

    2,515       2,697,262  
   

 

 

 
      8,037,737  

State — 19.2%

   

Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, Inc., Refunding RB, (AGM), 4.00%, 11/01/34

    500       530,195  

Garden State Preservation Trust, RB

   

Series A, (AGM), 5.75%, 11/01/28

    2,565       3,153,077  

Series B, (AGM), 0.00%, 11/01/27(d)

    4,135       3,793,408  

Garden State Preservation Trust, RB, CAB, Series B, (AGM), 0.00%, 11/01/24(d)

    10,000       9,727,700  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, RB
4.00%, 06/15/49

    1,190       1,336,870  

Series A, (NPFGC), 5.25%, 07/01/26

    1,000       1,227,300  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/42

    4,545       5,413,731  

Series DDD, 5.00%, 06/15/42

    3,000       3,549,120  

Series EEE, 5.00%, 06/15/43

    2,155       2,613,843  

Series QQQ, 4.00%, 06/15/50

    665       759,450  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 06/15/22

    1,700       1,775,854  

5.00%, 06/15/29

    640       668,243  

Series N-1, (AMBAC), 5.50%, 09/01/26

    600       747,708  

Series PP, 4.00%, 06/15/30

    4,875       5,359,770  

Sub-Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/33

    125       146,065  

Sub-Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/34

    165       182,419  

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

    1,750       1,983,327  

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

    2,000       2,183,980  

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, RB

   

Series AA, 5.25%, 06/15/31

    2,000       2,190,500  

Series AA, 5.00%, 06/15/45

    1,000       1,131,850  

Series B, 5.25%, 06/15/26

    1,500       1,502,700  

Series B, 5.00%, 06/15/33

    550       676,720  

Series B, 5.25%, 06/15/36

    5,000       5,009,000  

Series BB, 5.00%, 06/15/44

    500       602,705  

Series BB, 4.00%, 06/15/50

    2,545       2,846,633  

Series BB, 5.00%, 06/15/50

    535       635,222  

Series S, 5.25%, 06/15/43

    1,720       2,146,973  

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 12/15/32

    1,775       2,187,954  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/15/35

    455       558,435  

Series B, (NPFGC), 5.50%, 12/15/21

    1,800       1,852,002  

South Jersey Port Corp., ARB, Series B, AMT, 5.00%, 01/01/48

    2,380       2,720,887  

State of New Jersey, GO, Series A, 4.00%, 06/01/32

              5,570       7,067,439  
   

 

 

 
          76,281,080  
 

 

 

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May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par (000)     Value  

Tobacco — 1.5%

   

Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/46

  $ 1,500     $ 1,784,925  

Series A, 5.25%, 06/01/46

    915       1,103,728  

Sub-Series B, 5.00%, 06/01/46

    2,790       3,274,288  
   

 

 

 
      6,162,941  

Transportation — 11.7%

   

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, RB

   

AMT, (AGM), 5.13%, 01/01/39

    1,000       1,100,320  

AMT, (AGM), 5.13%, 07/01/42

    1,000       1,098,040  

AMT, 5.38%, 01/01/43

    905       1,000,966  

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, RB

   

Series A, 6.00%, 06/15/21(c)

    3,185       3,191,784  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/30

    1,250       1,481,087  

Series B, 5.00%, 06/15/21(c)

    600       601,110  

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

   

Series A, 0.00%, 12/15/32

    10,000       7,705,700  

Series A, 0.00%, 12/15/35

    8,900       6,275,924  

Series A, 0.00%, 12/15/38

    10,000       6,383,500  

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, Refunding RB,
Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/31

    2,730       3,228,607  

New Jersey Turnpike Authority, RB, Series E, 5.00%, 01/01/45

    2,000       2,285,820  

New Jersey Turnpike Authority, Refunding RB

   

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

    1,000       1,355,710  

Series B, 5.00%, 01/01/34

    1,600       1,976,992  

Series E, 5.00%, 01/01/32

    1,350       1,676,092  

South Jersey Transportation Authority, RB,
Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/45

    3,545       4,425,507  

South Jersey Transportation Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/22(c)

    295       315,288  

Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/32

    440       499,374  

Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/33

    250       283,633  

Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/39

              1,500       1,662,900  
   

 

 

 
          46,548,354  

Utilities — 2.3%

   

Industrial Pollution Control Financing Authority of

   

Gloucester County, Refunding RB, Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/24

    340       355,966  

New Jersey Infrastructure Bank, RB 2.00%, 09/01/42(a)

    710       698,228  

2.00%, 09/01/43(a)

    485       474,122  

2.25%, 09/01/50(a)

    1,190       1,173,304  

Series B, AMT, 5.00%, 09/01/21(c)

    1,355       1,370,813  

North Hudson Sewerage Authority, Refunding RB,

   

Series A, (NPFGC), 0.00%, 08/01/21(d)(f)

    5,000       4,996,350  
   

 

 

 
      9,068,783  
   

 

 

 
Total Municipal Bonds in New Jersey         309,715,539  

New York — 4.8%

   

Transportation — 4.8%

   

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, ARB

   

Consolidated, 93rd Series, 6.13%, 06/01/94

    1,000       1,169,040  

Consolidated, 218th Series, AMT, 4.00%, 11/01/34

    2,345       2,794,537  

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

    3,545       4,051,970  

Consolidated, 221st Series, AMT, 4.00%, 07/15/45

    2,170       2,514,835  

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Refunding ARB
Series 205th, 5.00%, 11/15/42

    1,975       2,441,969  
Security   Par (000)     Value  

Transportation (continued)

   

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Refunding ARB (continued)

   

178th Series, AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/43

  $ 285     $ 314,574  

Consolidated, 169th Series, AMT, 5.00%, 10/15/41

    500       508,260  

Consolidated, 186th Series, AMT, 5.00%, 10/15/44

    3,000       3,407,100  

Series 223, AMT, 4.00%, 07/15/51

              1,540       1,808,176  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds in New York

      19,010,461  

Pennsylvania — 0.4%

   

Transportation — 0.4%

   

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

    1,500       1,666,590  
   

 

 

 

Puerto Rico — 3.1%

   

State — 2.7%

   

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

   

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

    2,932       3,286,831  

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

    3,105       3,532,341  

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

    580       643,365  

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

    1,757       1,974,130  

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

   

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

    1,842       597,397  

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

    1,885       442,542  

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

    567       184,048  
   

 

 

 
      10,660,654  

Utilities — 0.4%

   

Puerto Rico Commonwealth Aqueduct & Sewer Authority, RB

   

Series A, Senior Lien, 5.13%, 07/01/37

    160       166,253  

Series A, Senior Lien, 5.25%, 07/01/42

    1,445       1,499,780  
   

 

 

 
      1,666,033  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds in Puerto Rico

      12,326,687  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds — 86.4%
(Cost: $308,100,481)

      344,113,504  
   

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts(g)

 

New Jersey — 8.2%

   

County/City/Special District/School District — 2.6%

 

 

Hudson County Improvement Authority, RB, 5.25%, 05/01/51

    1,440       1,737,605  

Union County Utilities Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/41

    2,000       2,007,200  

Series A, AMT, 5.25%, 12/01/31

    6,300       6,452,019  
   

 

 

 
      10,196,824  

Education — 3.6%

   

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Refunding RB(h)

   

AMT, 3.00%, 08/01/41

    4,622       4,736,024  

AMT, 3.00%, 08/01/43(e)

    6,648       6,811,359  

Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, Refunding RB, Series L, 5.00%, 05/01/43(f)

    2,500       2,731,800  
   

 

 

 
      14,279,183  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

Health — 2.0%

   

New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, RB, 4.00%, 07/01/47

  $ 7,332     $ 8,168,156  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds in New Jersey

      32,644,163  
   

 

 

 

New York — 0.5%

   

Transportation — 0.5%

   

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Refunding ARB, 194th Series, 5.25%, 10/15/55

    1,455       1,726,270  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts — 8.7%
(Cost: $32,713,166)

 

    34,370,433  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 95.1%
(Cost: $340,813,647)

      378,483,937  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

   

Commercial Paper — 2.2%

   

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Refunding ARB, 0.16%, 10/01/21

    8,840       8,840,610  
   

 

 

 
      8,840,610  
   

 

 

 
     Shares         

Money Market Funds — 7.2%

   

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, MuniCash, Institutional Class, 0.01%(i)(j)

    28,649,650       28,655,380  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 9.4%
(Cost: $37,493,774)

      37,495,990  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 104.5% (Cost: $378,307,421)

      415,979,927  

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.0%

      221,637  

Liability for TOB Trust Certificates, Including Interest Expense and

 

 

Fees Payable — (4.5)%

      (17,980,471
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 398,221,093  
   

 

 

 
(a) 

When-issued security.

(b) 

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

(c) 

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) 

Zero-coupon bond.

(e) 

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.

(f)

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

(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) 

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, 2037, is $5,808,746. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

(i) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(j) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

 

 

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

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended May 31, 2021 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer   Value at
05/31/20
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
05/31/21
    Shares
Held at
05/31/21
    Income     Capital Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, MuniCash, Institutional Class

  $  9,091,474     $  19,564,070 (a)    $  —     $  (772)     $  608     $  28,655,380       28,649,650     $  2,174     $  —  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 

 

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May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

 

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 Notes

     136          09/21/21        $  17,927        $ 2,297  

U.S. Long Bond

     50          09/21/21          7,808          (6,541
                 

 

 

 
                  $ (4,244
                 

 

 

 

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  

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $  —      $      $      $  2,297      $      $  2,297  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $  —      $      $      $      $ 6,541      $      $ 6,541  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (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 year ended May 31, 2021, 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

   $  —      $      $      $      $ 1,249,472      $      $  1,249,472  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $      $      $ (4,244    $      $ (4,244
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Futures contracts

        

Average notional value of contracts — short.

   $ 10,907,153  

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 tables summarize the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments 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

   $  —        $  344,113,504        $  —        $  344,113,504  

Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts

              34,370,433                   34,370,433  

 

 

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May 31, 2021

   BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (continued)

 

      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Commercial Paper

   $        $ 8,840,610        $        $ 8,840,610  

Money Market Funds

     28,655,380                            28,655,380  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $   28,655,380        $   387,324,547        $        $   415,979,927  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                 

Interest Rate Contracts

   $ 2,297        $        $        $ 2,297  

Liabilities

                 

Interest Rate Contracts

     (6,541                          (6,541
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ (4,244      $        $        $ (4,244
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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 $17,972,276 are categorized as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

Municipal Bonds

   
Guam — 0.4%  
State(a) — 0.2%            

Territory of Guam, Refunding RB

   

Series F, 4.00%, 01/01/36.

  $         470     $ 545,017  

Series F, 4.00%, 01/01/42.

    605       687,231  
   

 

 

 
      1,232,248  
Utilities — 0.2%            

Guam Government Waterworks Authority, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/50

    820       998,785  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds in Guam

 

    2,231,033  
   

 

 

 
Pennsylvania — 87.7%            
Corporate — 5.1%            

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority RB, AMT, 0.45%, 06/01/41(b)

    13,335       13,482,565  

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, RB

   

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

    2,800       2,868,824  

Series B-1, AMT, 0.18%, 04/01/49(b)

    4,200       4,200,000  

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, Refunding RB

   

AMT, 5.50%, 11/01/44

    1,355       1,443,251  

Series A, AMT, 0.18%, 04/01/34(b)

    8,750       8,750,000  
   

 

 

 
      30,744,640  
County/City/Special District/School District — 21.9%        

Allentown Neighborhood Improvement Zone Development Authority, RB, 5.00%,
05/01/42(c)

    330       382,335  

Allentown Neighborhood Improvement Zone Development Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 05/01/35

    2,310       2,390,018  

Series A, 5.00%, 05/01/42

    3,900       4,035,135  

Altoona Area School District, GO

   

(BAM SAW), 5.00%, 12/01/36

    215       253,365  

(BAM SAW), 5.00%, 12/01/45

    1,000       1,156,070  

Series A, (AGM SAW), 5.00%, 12/01/36

    2,895       3,411,584  

Bethlehem Area School District, GO

   

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

    2,390       2,794,699  

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

    1,790       2,091,329  

Boyertown Area School District, GO

   

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

    890       995,777  

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

    1,335       1,492,023  

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

    2,550       3,093,379  

Catasauqua Area School District, Refunding GO, (BAM SAW), 4.00%, 02/15/42

    2,255       2,490,918  

Chester County Industrial Development Authority, SAB(c)

   

4.25%, 03/01/35

    1,285       1,320,350  

5.00%, 03/01/38

    525       626,115  

5.13%, 03/01/48

    1,048       1,236,661  

4.75%, 03/01/50

    2,725       2,797,458  

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

    3,720       4,286,296  

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

    2,155       2,715,946  

City of Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Refunding GO, Series A, 5.00%, 08/01/37

    2,140       2,600,314  

Coatesville School District, GO, CAB(d)

   

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

    290       188,596  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

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

 

Coatesville School District, GO, CAB(d) (continued)

   

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

  $     2,565     $   1,589,864  

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

    2,505       1,421,738  

Coatesville School District, Refunding GO, CAB(d)

   

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

    500       341,325  

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

    980       637,323  

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

    640       438,899  

County of Lancaster Pennsylvania, Refunding GO 4.00%, 11/01/34

    500       578,565  

4.00%, 11/01/35

    520       600,959  

4.00%, 11/01/36

    540       623,581  

4.00%, 11/01/37

    565       651,733  

4.00%, 11/01/38

    585       673,932  

Dallastown Area School District, Refunding GO, (SAW), 5.00%, 04/15/34

    1,835       2,127,022  

East Pennsboro Area School District, GO

   

(BAM SAW), 4.00%, 10/01/40

    645       743,679  

(BAM SAW), 4.00%, 10/01/44

    1,530       1,745,118  

Easton Area School District, GO, Series B, (SAW), 5.00%, 02/01/31

    1,650       2,057,946  

Fox Chapel Area School District, GO

   

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

    4,100       4,964,772  

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

    6,365       7,587,780  

Governor Mifflin School District, GO

   

Series A, (SAW), 4.00%, 04/01/39

    640       738,982  

Series A, (SAW), 4.00%, 04/01/40

    400       459,988  

Series A, (SAW), 4.00%, 04/01/42

    1,150       1,322,017  

Series A, (SAW), 4.00%, 04/01/43

    1,010       1,160,823  

Series A, (SAW), 4.00%, 04/01/46

    1,185       1,358,484  

Marple Newtown School District, GO, (SAW),
3.00%, 06/01/40

    2,365       2,572,387  

Mechanicsburg Area School District, GO

   

Series A, (SAW), 4.00%, 03/01/40

    2,160       2,508,581  

Series A, (SAW), 4.00%, 03/01/41

    2,245       2,602,202  

Series A, (SAW), 4.00%, 03/01/42

    2,335       2,703,276  

Monroe County GO(a)

   

Series A, 4.00%, 07/15/30

    840       1,023,473  

Series A, 4.00%, 07/15/31

    970       1,176,697  

Series A, 4.00%, 07/15/32

    1,280       1,546,803  

North Allegheny School District, GO, (SAW),
4.00%, 05/01/39

    1,000       1,197,630  

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

    1,525       1,641,723  

Pittsburgh School District, GO

   

Series A, (SAW), 4.00%, 09/01/37

    2,240       2,590,717  

Series A, (SAW), 4.00%, 09/01/38

    2,235       2,574,899  

Redevelopment Authority of The County of Washington, Refunding TA

   

4.00%, 07/01/23

    550       558,646  

5.00%, 07/01/28

    600       656,760  

School District of Philadelphia, RB, Series A,
4.00%, 06/30/21

    6,000       6,017,820  

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

    1,815       2,172,047  

Springfield School District/Delaware County, GO, (SAW), 5.00%, 03/01/40

    1,710       2,117,955  

State Public School Building Authority, RB, (AGM), 5.00%, 07/15/34

    5,070       5,099,305  

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

    5,000       6,059,750  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

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

 

Township of Lower Paxton Pennsylvania, GO 5.00%, 04/01/24(e)

  $         630     $ 713,985  

Series A, 4.00%, 04/01/41

    260       306,597  

Series A, 4.00%, 04/01/42

    185       217,773  

Series A, 4.00%, 04/01/43

    345       405,720  

Series A, 4.00%, 04/01/44

    390       458,075  

Series A, 4.00%, 04/01/50

    705       825,696  

Township of West Bradford Pennsylvania, GO, 4.00%, 12/15/49

    1,125       1,274,512  

Tredyffrin Easttown School District, GO, (SAW), 5.00%, 02/15/39

    1,130       1,374,735  

West Shore School District, GO

   

(SAW), 5.00%, 11/15/43

    4,045       4,934,819  

(SAW), 4.00%, 11/15/45

    1,285       1,491,448  

(SAW), 4.00%, 11/15/48

    640       741,427  

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

    1,975       2,389,236  
   

 

 

 
      132,137,592  
Education — 11.7%            

Allegheny County Higher Education Building Authority, Refunding RB, Series A,
5.00%, 08/01/27

    965       1,208,161  

Berks County Municipal Authority, Refunding RB
5.00%, 10/01/39

    290       316,347  

5.00%, 10/01/49

    795       856,112  

Chester County Industrial Development Authority, RB, 4.00%, 12/01/49

    3,750       4,300,162  

City of Erie Higher Education Building Authority, Refunding RB
4.00%, 05/01/36

    195       221,584  

5.00%, 05/01/47

    615       741,136  

Delaware County Authority, RB, 5.00%, 08/01/40

    1,795       2,064,358  

Delaware County Authority, Refunding RB,
5.00%, 07/01/47

    3,870       4,324,686  

East Hempfield Township Industrial Development Authority, RB

   

5.00%, 07/01/35

    1,395       1,472,733  

5.00%, 07/01/45

    450       463,977  

5.00%, 07/01/47

    1,180       1,247,508  

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

    515       561,020  

Lehigh County Industrial Development Authority Refunding RB, 4.00%, 05/01/51(a)

    1,545       1,639,539  

Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, RB(a)

   

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/26

    310       369,033  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/27

    340       413,406  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/28

    355       439,380  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/29

    345       433,672  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/30

    260       331,144  

Series A, 2.63%, 06/01/42

    2,300       2,304,577  

Series B, 3.13%, 06/01/48

    650       649,994  

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

    5,790       6,589,831  

Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority, Refunding RB
4.00%, 05/01/36

    500       560,200  

5.00%, 05/01/37

    1,595       1,623,120  

Series A, 5.25%, 07/15/33

    2,420       2,621,973  

Series A, 5.50%, 07/15/38

    365       396,120  

Pennsylvania State University, RB
5.00%, 09/01/48

    2,615       3,247,725  

Series A, 5.00%, 09/01/43

    3,935       5,007,681  
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  

Education (continued)

 

Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, RB

   

4.00%, 06/15/29

  $ 485     $ 514,338  

5.00%, 06/15/39

    840       911,932  

5.00%, 11/01/42

        3,525       4,165,774  

5.00%, 06/15/50

    800       857,664  

Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 05/01/30

    785       919,329  

5.00%, 05/01/40

    675       764,390  

5.00%, 06/15/40(c)

    580       675,694  

4.00%, 05/01/42

    4,780       4,795,583  

4.00%, 11/01/45

    4,260       4,841,959  

5.00%, 05/01/50

    2,010       2,249,612  

5.00%, 06/15/50(c)

    1,090       1,245,826  

Series 2015, 5.00%, 04/01/45

    3,330       3,837,226  
   

 

 

 
        70,184,506  
Health — 19.5%            

Allegheny County Hospital Development Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 4.00%, 04/01/37

    4,300       4,959,921  

Series A, 4.00%, 07/15/38

    2,500       2,942,425  

Series A, 5.00%, 04/01/47

    1,950       2,363,224  

Bucks County Industrial Development Authority, RB 4.00%, 08/15/44

    1,690       1,917,119  

4.00%, 07/01/51

    2,500       2,773,850  

Bucks County Industrial Development Authority,

   

Refunding RB, 5.00%, 10/01/37

    1,560       1,752,738  

Centre County Hospital Authority, RB,
7.00%, 11/15/21(e)

    4,110       4,237,492  

Chester County Health and Education Facilities

   

Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.25%, 12/01/45

    1,500       1,538,235  

County of Lehigh Pennsylvania, Refunding RB,

   

Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/49

    1,430       1,652,794  

Cumberland County Municipal Authority, Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 01/01/25(e)

    430       500,709  

4.00%, 01/01/36

    645       724,245  

4.13%, 01/01/38

    260       292,575  

5.00%, 01/01/38

    3,970       4,455,610  

5.00%, 01/01/39

    1,240       1,480,932  

Doylestown Hospital Authority, RB, Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/45

    1,250       1,372,388  

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

    3,440       3,843,822  

Franklin County Industrial Development Authority, RB

   

5.00%, 12/01/29

    125       138,548  

5.00%, 12/01/39

    235       256,228  

5.00%, 12/01/49

    150       161,207  

5.00%, 12/01/54

    635       679,660  

Geisinger Authority, Refunding RB
5.13%, 06/01/41

    12,570       12,570,000  

Series A-2, 5.00%, 02/15/39

    5,950       7,230,440  

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

    925       1,058,450  

Lancaster Industrial Development Authority, RB 4.00%, 12/01/44

    730       799,627  

5.00%, 12/01/44

    1,170       1,359,692  

4.00%, 12/01/49

    985       1,075,482  

Lancaster Industrial Development Authority, Refunding RB(e)
5.38%, 05/01/23

    730       802,190  

5.75%, 05/01/23

    1,285       1,421,287  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

Health (continued)

   

Montgomery County Higher Education and Health Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 09/01/37

  $     1,365     $ 1,680,383  

Montgomery County Industrial Development Authority, Refunding RB
5.00%, 05/15/22(e)

    2,280       2,384,857  

5.25%, 01/01/40

    5,000       5,265,150  

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

    2,250       2,423,947  

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

    3,910       4,387,646  

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

    1,350       1,592,406  

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

    4,000       4,563,400  

Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority, RB, Series A, 5.75%, 08/15/21(e)

    9,275       9,380,457  

Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, Refunding RB, 4.00%, 07/01/35

    2,450       2,841,387  

Philadelphia Hospitals & Higher Education Facilities Authority, RB, Series C,
5.00%, 07/01/41

    9,375       9,410,062  

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

    5,000       5,997,400  

West Cornwall Township Municipal Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 4.00%, 11/15/36

    500       570,240  

Series A, 4.00%, 11/15/41

    445       501,199  

Series A, 4.00%, 11/15/46

    715       797,032  

Westmoreland County Industrial Development Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/37

    1,040       1,235,062  
   

 

 

 
      117,391,518  
Housing — 1.8%            

Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, RB, M/F Housing

   

Series A, 4.25%, 10/01/35

    565       454,413  

Series A, 4.50%, 10/01/40

    600       480,318  

Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, RB, S/F Housing, Series 128B, 4.00%, 10/01/47

    3,340       3,591,869  

Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, RB,

   

M/F Housing

   

Series A, 3.50%, 12/01/36

    1,260       841,100  

Series A, 4.00%, 12/01/46

    5,740       4,065,298  

Series A, 4.00%, 12/01/51

    2,300       1,623,777  
   

 

 

 
      11,056,775  
State — 7.5%            

Commonwealth Financing Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/32

    2,040       2,665,158  

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania GO

   

5.00%, 05/15/28

    3,745       4,794,686  

5.00%, 05/15/29

    8,240       10,771,905  

2.00%, 05/15/39

    5,000       4,852,900  

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, GO,
Series 2020, 5.00%, 05/01/27

    2,000       2,497,260  

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Refunding GO, 1st Series, 5.00%, 01/01/24

    1,360       1,527,022  

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, RB, AMT, 5.00%, 06/30/42

    10,500       12,175,800  
Security   Par
(000)
     Value  

State (continued)

    

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, RB

    

Series A, 5.25%, 12/01/44

  $     1,500      $  1,905,405  

Sub-Series B, 5.25%, 12/01/48.

    3,215        3,981,906  
    

 

 

 
       45,172,042  
Tobacco — 0.7%             

Commonwealth Financing Authority, RB 5.00%, 06/01/33

    1,000        1,231,850  

5.00%, 06/01/35

    2,205        2,703,793  
    

 

 

 
       3,935,643  
Transportation — 13.4%             

City of Philadelphia Pennsylvania Airport Revenue, Refunding ARB

    

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

    1,800        2,167,722  

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

    7,490        8,916,470  

City of Philadelphia Pennsylvania Airport Revenue, Refunding RB

    

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/24

    735        839,899  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/25

    1,545        1,825,402  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/26

    1,160        1,412,834  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/27

    1,400        1,752,422  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/28

    1,750        2,243,203  

Series C, AMT, 4.00%, 07/01/45

    4,000        4,613,840  

Series C, AMT, 4.00%, 07/01/50

    4,000        4,581,080  

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

    2,500        3,033,125  

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing

    

Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 11/01/41

    1,510        1,599,015  

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, RB

    

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

    100        118,942  

Series B, 5.00%, 12/01/23

    500        560,035  

Series B, 5.00%, 12/01/24

    500        581,455  

Series B, 5.00%, 12/01/25

    425        510,880  

Series B, 5.00%, 12/01/26

    500        619,595  

Series B, 5.00%, 12/01/27

    500        636,650  

Series B, 5.00%, 12/01/28

    990        1,290,326  

Series B, 5.00%, 12/01/35

    885        1,169,466  

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

    4,705        5,644,212  

Series A, Subordinate, 5.00%, 12/01/39

    4,735        5,961,412  

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, RB, CAB(d)

    

Sub-Series A-3, (AGM), 0.00%, 12/01/40

    2,225        1,366,195  

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

    6,740        3,796,642  

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Refunding RB

    

Series A, (BHAC-CR AGM), 5.25%, 07/15/26

    5,000        6,144,650  

Series A-1, 5.25%, 12/01/45

    4,730        5,562,385  

Series B-2, (AGM), 5.00%, 06/01/33

    1,215        1,493,612  

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, RB

    

5.00%, 06/01/21(e)

    7,295        7,295,000  

5.00%, 06/01/32

    1,925        2,505,541  

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

    2,200        2,537,546  
    

 

 

 
       80,779,556  
Utilities — 6.1%             

Allegheny County Sanitary Authority, RB (BAM), 5.25%, 12/01/41

    2,090        2,314,383  

5.00%, 06/01/43

    4,000        4,953,200  

City of Philadelphia Pennsylvania Water & Wastewater Revenue, RB Series A, 5.00%, 10/01/43

    3,460        4,342,266  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  

Utilities (continued)

   

City of Philadelphia Pennsylvania Water & Wastewater Revenue, RB (continued)

   

Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/45.

  $     3,210     $ 4,158,330  

Series A, 5.25%, 10/01/52

    1,190       1,472,470  

Delaware County Regional Water Quality Control Authority, RB, 5.00%, 05/01/23(e)

    980       1,069,895  

Falls Township Authority, Refunding RB, (MUN GOVT GTD), 5.00%, 12/01/37

    2,115       2,164,470  

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

    2,055       2,135,823  

Philadelphia Gas Works Co., Refunding RB 5.00%, 08/01/30

    700       816,473  

5.00%, 08/01/31

    900       1,048,914  

5.00%, 08/01/32

    1,200       1,397,376  

5.00%, 08/01/33

    600       698,154  

5.00%, 08/01/34

    1,050       1,220,793  

Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority, RB

   

Series B, (AGM), 4.00%, 09/01/50

    1,600       1,889,040  

Series A, 1st Lien, (AGM), 5.00%, 09/01/44

    2,045       2,605,146  

Westmoreland County Municipal Authority, Refunding RB, (BAM), 5.00%, 08/15/36

    2,500       3,020,000  

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

    1,420       1,631,821  
   

 

 

 
      36,938,554  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds in Pennsylvania

      528,340,826  
Puerto Rico — 3.6%            
State — 3.0%            

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp. Sales Tax

   

Revenue, RB

   

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

    4,797       5,377,533  

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

    4,566       5,194,419  

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

    1,950       2,163,037  

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

    3,034       3,408,942  

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

   

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

    3,364       1,091,012  

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

    3,765       883,909  

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

    925       300,255  
   

 

 

 
      18,419,107  
Utilities — 0.6%            

Puerto Rico Commonwealth Aqueduct & Sewer

   

Authority, RB

   

Series A, Senior Lien, 5.13%, 07/01/37

    270       280,551  

Series A, Senior Lien, 5.25%, 07/01/42

    3,125       3,243,469  
   

 

 

 
      3,524,020  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds in Puerto Rico

      21,943,127  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds — 91.7%
(Cost: $519,538,421)

 

    552,514,986  
   

 

 

 
Security   Par
(000)
     Value  

Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts(f)

 

Pennsylvania — 15.7%             
Education — 3.9%             

Northampton County General Purpose Authority, Refunding RB

    

4.00%, 11/01/38(g)

  $     6,002      $ 6,954,954  

5.00%, 11/01/47

    6,100        7,312,192  

Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, RB, 4.00%, 12/01/48(g)

    8,090        9,327,527  
    

 

 

 
       23,594,673  
Health — 6.7%             

County of Lehigh Pennsylvania, Refunding RB, Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/49(g)

    4,997        5,775,530  

General Authority of Southcentral Pennsylvania, Refunding RB

    

4.00%, 06/01/49

    9,015        10,377,437  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/24(e)

    5,000        5,703,250  

Montgomery County Higher Education and Health Authority, Refunding RB, 4.00%, 09/01/44(g)

    7,550        8,626,102  

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, RB, Series B, 4.00%, 03/15/40

    2,000        2,221,180  

St Mary Hospital Authority, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 12/01/48

    6,096        7,798,044  
    

 

 

 
       40,501,543  
Housing — 0.9%             

Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, RB, S/F Housing, Series 114C, 3.70%, 10/01/42(g)

    5,197        5,235,571  
    

 

 

 
State — 2.1%             

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, GO, 1st Series, 4.00%, 03/01/38(g)

    11,000        12,723,810  
    

 

 

 
Transportation — 1.1%             

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, RB, Sub-Series A, 5.50%, 12/01/42

    2,520        3,063,085  

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Refunding RB, Sub-Series B-2, 5.00%, 06/01/35

    2,900        3,559,025  
    

 

 

 
       6,622,110  
Utilities — 1.0%             

Westmoreland County Municipal Authority, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 08/15/42

    5,007        5,747,547  
    

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds in Pennsylvania

       94,425,254  
    

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts — 15.7%
(Cost: $84,839,994)

       94,425,254  
    

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 107.4%
(Cost: $604,378,415)

 

     646,940,240  
    

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Short-Term Securities

   
Money Market Funds — 3.6%  

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, MuniCash, Institutional Class, 0.01%(h)(i)

    21,881,373     $ 21,885,750  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 3.6%
(Cost: $21,884,617)

 

    21,885,750  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 111.0%
(Cost: $626,263,032)

 

    668,825,990  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (2.8)%

 

    (16,985,973

Liability for TOB Trust Certificates, Including Interest Expense and Fees Payable — (8.2)%

 

    (49,186,527
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $ 602,653,490  
   

 

 

 

 

(a)

When-issued security.

(b) 

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

 

(c) 

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

(d) 

Zero-coupon bond.

(e) 

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.

(f) 

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.

(g) 

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 agreements, which expire between March 1, 2026 to October 1, 2042, is $25,258,217. 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.

 

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

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended May 31, 2021 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer

  

 

Value at

05/31/20

 

 

  

 

Purchases

at Cost

 

 

  

 

Proceeds

from Sales

 

 

    

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

    

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

 

 

 

  

 

Value at

05/31/21

 

 

    

Shares

Held at

05/31/21

 

 

 

  

 

Income

 

    

Capital Gain

Distributions

from

Underlying

Funds

 

 

 

 

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, MuniCash, Institutional Class

   $ 23,554,839      $      $ (1,667,086 )(a)     $ 2,629      $ (4,632    $ 21,885,750        21,881,373      $ 2,899      $  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (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 Notes

     212        09/21/21      $ 27,944      $ 3,754  

U.S. Long Bond

     94        09/21/21        14,679        (12,386
           

 

 

 
            $ (8,632
           

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond 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

 

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

                                

Futures contracts

                                

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $        $        $        $        $         3,754        $        $     3,754  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                                

Futures contracts

                                

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $        $        $        $        $ 12,386        $        $ 12,386  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (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 year ended May 31, 2021, 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

   $        $        $        $        $ 2,205,681        $        $ 2,205,681  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                                

Futures contracts

   $        $        $        $        $ (8,632      $        $ (8,632
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Futures contracts

        

Average notional value of contracts — short.

   $ 18,149,887  

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 tables summarize the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments 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

   $        $ 552,514,986        $        $ 552,514,986  

Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts

              94,425,254                   94,425,254  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     21,885,750                            21,885,750  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $   21,885,750        $   646,940,240        $        $   668,825,990  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                 

Interest Rate Contracts

   $ 3,754        $        $        $ 3,754  

Liabilities

                 

Interest Rate Contracts

     (12,386                          (12,386
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ (8,632      $        $        $ (8,632
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

 

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 $49,168,902 are categorized as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security

 

Par

(000)

   

Value

 

Corporate Bonds

   

Diversified Financial Services — 0.3%

   

Bank of America Corp., (SOFR + 1.32%), 2.69%, 04/22/32

  $       16,502     $      16,731,857  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., (SOFR + 1.28%), 2.62%, 04/22/32.

    8,685       8,752,262  
   

 

 

 
      25,484,119  

Education — 0.1%

   

Conservation Fund A Nonprofit Corp.,, Series 2019, 3.47%, 12/15/29.

    2,677       2,817,831  
   

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services — 1.0%

 

 

Ascension Health, Series B, 3.11%, 11/15/39

    7,853       8,157,838  

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

    9,091       8,725,428  

Hackensack Meridian Health, Inc.

   

Series 2020, 2.68%, 09/01/41

    22,500       21,348,083  

Series 2020, 2.88%, 09/01/50

    8,395       7,890,278  

Methodist Hospital (The), Series 20A, 2.71%, 12/01/50

    10,039       9,290,767  

Novant Health Inc., 3.17%, 11/01/51

    21,685       21,766,908  

PeaceHealth Obligated Group, Series 2018, 4.79%, 11/15/48

    232       295,958  

Sutter Health, Series 2018, 3.70%, 08/15/28

    192       212,107  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., 3.05%, 05/15/41

    9,533       9,676,253  
   

 

 

 
      87,363,620  

Housing — 0.2%

   

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

    18,210       18,698,005  
   

 

 

 

Tobacco — 0.2%

   

Altria Group, Inc., 3.70%, 02/04/51

    20,085       18,263,026  
   

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds — 1.8%
(Cost: $155,685,800)

      152,626,601  
   

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

   

Alabama — 0.3%

   

County of Jefferson Alabama Sewer Revenue, Refunding RB

   

Series D, Sub Lien, 7.00%, 10/01/51

    3,000       3,530,340  

Series D, Sub-Lien, 6.50%, 10/01/53

    15,110       17,481,817  

Tuscaloosa County Industrial Development Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 4.50%, 05/01/32(a)

    6,870       7,325,982  
   

 

 

 
      28,338,139  

Alaska — 0.1%

   

State of Alaska International Airports System, Refunding RB

   

Series B, 5.00%, 10/01/32

    5,000       5,906,600  

Series B, 5.00%, 10/01/34

    5,000       5,897,100  
   

 

 

 
      11,803,700  

Arizona — 2.4%

   

Arizona Health Facilities Authority, RB, Series B, 0.95%, 01/01/37(b)

    50,000       49,858,650  

Arizona Health Facilities Authority, Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 12/01/39

    5,000       5,747,350  

Series A, 5.00%, 02/01/42

    5,000       5,153,200  

Arizona Industrial Development Authority, RB(a)

   

7.10%, 01/01/55

    3,350       3,381,758  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/39

    1,335       1,419,599  

Security

 

Par

(000)

   

Value

 

Arizona (continued)

   

Arizona Industrial Development Authority, RB(a) (continued)

   

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/49

  $     2,075     $ 2,182,423  

Arizona Industrial Development Authority, RB, M/F Housing, Series 2019-2, Class A, 3.63%, 05/20/33(b)

    58,380       66,416,280  

City of Phoenix Civic Improvement Corp., ARB

   

Junior Lien, 5.00%, 07/01/44

    10,000       12,703,700  

Series B, Junior Lien, AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/49

    5,000       6,095,500  

City of Phoenix Civic Improvement Corp., Refunding RB

   

Series B, 5.00%, 07/01/38

    5,000       6,089,650  

Series D, Junior Lien, 5.00%, 07/01/37

    10,000         12,260,200  

Industrial Development Authority of the City of Phoenix, RB(a)

   

Series A, 6.50%, 07/01/34

    965       1,111,574  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/36

    7,315       8,174,878  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/41

    5,000       5,531,900  

Industrial Development Authority of the City of Phoenix, Refunding RB(a)

   

5.00%, 07/01/35

    4,000       4,393,259  

5.00%, 07/01/45

    1,495       1,616,693  

Maricopa County Industrial Development Authority, RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 09/01/28

    550       710,913  

Series A, 5.00%, 09/01/31

    1,000       1,357,700  

Series A, 5.00%, 09/01/32

    1,000       1,348,010  

Series A, 5.00%, 09/01/33

    900       1,208,547  

Series A, 5.00%, 09/01/34

    1,000       1,337,050  

Series A, 5.00%, 09/01/35

    1,000       1,332,730  

Series A, 5.00%, 09/01/36

    750       995,767  

Series A, 4.00%, 09/01/37

    695       848,644  

Maricopa County Industrial Development Authority, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 07/01/36(a)

    250       275,830  

Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District, RB, 5.00%, 01/01/47.

    5,000       6,430,700  
   

 

 

 
      207,982,505  

Arkansas — 0.5%

   

Arkansas Development Finance Authority, RB, AMT, 4.50%, 09/01/49(a)

    37,355       41,051,651  
   

 

 

 

California — 8.0%

   

Bay Area Toll Authority, Refunding RB, Series A,
2.00%, 04/01/56(b)

    18,900       20,214,306  

California Health Facilities Financing Authority, RB
5.00%, 02/01/36

    5,000       6,036,400  

5.00%, 02/01/37

    5,000       6,029,650  

California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/42

    5,000       5,935,050  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/47

    10,000       11,770,600  

Sub-Series A-2, 5.00%, 11/01/47

    27,000       40,847,220  

California Housing Finance, RB, M/F Housing

   

Series 2021-1, Class A, 3.50%, 11/20/35

    59,569       69,779,960  

Series A, 4.25%, 01/15/35

    19       23,114  

California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/30

    10,000       13,418,700  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security

 

Par

(000)

   

Value

 

California (continued)

   

California Infrastructure & Economic Development
Bank, Refunding RB
5.00%, 06/01/31.

  $       7,870     $   10,802,598  

5.00%, 11/01/41

    10,000       11,034,400  

Series B, 0.73%, 12/01/50(b)

    4,700       4,736,810  

California Municipal Finance Authority, RB

   

(BAM), 5.00%, 05/15/24

    600       680,910  

(BAM), 5.00%, 05/15/25

    500       586,345  

(BAM), 5.00%, 05/15/26

    400       482,856  

(BAM), 5.00%, 05/15/27

    500       619,045  

(BAM), 5.00%, 05/15/28

    525       664,813  

5.38%, 07/01/34(a)

    1,000       1,059,760  

5.63%, 07/01/44(a)

    2,760       2,907,688  

6.00%, 07/01/44

    1,960       2,136,714  

(BAM), 4.00%, 05/15/46

    2,000       2,370,500  

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

    330       355,819  

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

    285       306,993  

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

    1,000       1,064,880  

California Municipal Finance Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/47

    10,000       11,731,300  

California Pollution Control Financing Authority, RB(a)

   

AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/37

    20,000       20,956,800  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 11/21/45

    50,000       52,121,000  

California School Finance Authority, RB(a)

   

Series A, 6.50%, 11/01/34

    1,015       1,150,706  

Series A, 6.75%, 11/01/45

    1,395       1,568,901  

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

    1,250       1,328,500  

City of Irvine California, ST, 5.00%, 09/01/49

    1,500       1,682,205  

City of Los Angeles Department of Airports,

   

Refunding ARB

   

Series B, 5.00%, 05/15/26

    2,500       3,039,175  

Series B, 5.00%, 05/15/27

    1,670       2,088,569  

Series B, 5.00%, 05/15/28

    865       1,108,757  

Series B, 5.00%, 05/15/29

    275       359,747  

Series B, 5.00%, 05/15/30

    340       453,094  

Series B, 5.00%, 05/15/31

    460       626,009  

Series B, 5.00%, 05/15/32

    460       624,133  

Series B, 5.00%, 05/15/33

    1,750       2,361,555  

Series B, 5.00%, 05/15/34

    2,075       2,788,385  

Series B, 5.00%, 05/15/35

    1,875       2,513,400  

Series B, 5.00%, 05/15/36

    3,165       4,228,788  

Series B, 5.00%, 05/15/37

    2,725       3,631,335  

Series B, 5.00%, 05/15/38

    3,140       4,178,681  

Series B, 5.00%, 05/15/39

    3,500       4,646,635  

Series B, 5.00%, 05/15/40

    4,930       6,528,158  

Series B, 5.00%, 05/15/41

    5,200       6,869,148  

Series B, 5.00%, 05/15/48

    9,000       11,698,920  

AMT, 5.00%, 05/15/48

    20,520       25,178,861  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 05/15/46

    32,605       41,701,143  

CSCDA Community Improvement Authority, RB, M/F Housing, Series A-2, 4.00%, 10/01/56(a)

    23,320       25,181,169  

Foothill-Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency, RB, Series A, Senior Lien, 4.00%, 01/15/46

    15,000       17,748,150  

Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp., Refunding RB

   

Series A-1, 5.00%, 06/01/29

    10,000       12,264,500  

Series A-1, 5.00%, 06/01/30

    6,955       8,605,630  

Security

 

Par

(000)

   

Value

 

California (continued)

   

Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp.,

   

Refunding RB (continued)

   

Series A-1, 5.00%, 06/01/31

  $       5,630     $ 6,920,677  

Series A-1, 5.25%, 06/01/47

    9,085       9,424,688  

Series A-2, 5.00%, 06/01/47

    16,130       16,692,776  

Modesto Irrigation District, RB, (NPFGC), 0.72%, 09/01/37(b)

    10,000       9,710,520  

Northern California Gas Authority No. 1, RB,

   

Series B, 0.86%, 07/01/27(b)

    4,580       4,609,907  

Sacramento County Water Financing Authority, RB, Series B, (NPFGC), 0.64%, 06/01/34(b)

    10,000       9,879,030  

Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 08/15/50

    36,700       47,603,937  

San Diego Unified School District, GO,
Series D2, 4.00%, 07/01/50

    17,720       21,172,388  

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

   

Class B, 5.00%, 05/01/49

    7,215       9,006,990  

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

    14,000       17,186,400  

San Francisco City & County Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency, TA, Sub-Series D, 3.00%, 08/01/21(a)

    980       983,361  

San Francisco City & County Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency, TA, CAB(a)(c)

   

Series D, 0.00%, 08/01/26

    1,170       920,556  

Series D, 0.00%, 08/01/43

    20,000       6,694,400  

State of California Department of Water Resources, Refunding RB, Series BC, 1.41%, 12/01/29

    4,600       4,493,602  

Tobacco Securitization Authority of Northern

   

California, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/25

    1,250       1,473,812  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/26

    2,000       2,431,560  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/27

    1,550       1,937,453  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/28

    1,000       1,278,940  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/29

    1,050       1,368,265  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/30

    750       996,413  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/32

    1,300       1,721,811  

Series A, 4.00%, 06/01/34

    1,335       1,624,802  

Series A, 4.00%, 06/01/40

    1,150       1,367,937  

University of California, Refunding RB,
Series BE, 4.00%, 05/15/50

    12,755       15,049,114  
   

 

 

 
        687,377,824  

Colorado — 2.1%

   

Arapahoe County School District No. 5 Cherry

   

Creek, GO

   

(SAW), 5.00%, 12/15/27

    3,555       4,532,696  

(SAW), 5.00%, 12/15/28

    3,725       4,862,839  

(SAW), 5.00%, 12/15/29

    3,920       5,226,026  

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

    4,125       4,326,630  

Colorado Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority, RB

   

5.00%, 12/01/22

    55       56,996  

5.00%, 07/01/46(a)

    2,000       2,159,740  

Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 08/01/26

    5,000       6,110,600  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/01/27

    5,000       6,275,500  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/01/30

    10,000       12,877,600  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/01/31

    5,000       6,410,450  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/01/32

    5,000       6,391,450  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security

 

Par

(000)

   

Value

 

Colorado (continued)

   

Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Refunding RB (continued)

   

Series A, 5.00%, 08/01/35

  $         5,000     $ 6,410,250  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/01/36

    10,000       12,793,300  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/01/38

    5,000       6,327,900  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/01/39

    5,000       6,315,350  

Colorado Housing and Finance Authority, RB, S/F Housing, Series C, Class I, (GNMA), 3.60%, 11/01/38

    1,390       1,473,664  

Colorado Housing and Finance Authority, Refunding RB, S/F Housing, Series B, Class I, (GNMA), 3.00%, 05/01/51.

    5,000       5,461,050  

Denver City & County School District No. 1, GO

   

(SAW), 5.00%, 12/01/28

    1,850       2,411,253  

(SAW), 5.00%, 12/01/29

    1,250       1,663,988  

(SAW), 5.00%, 12/01/30

    4,390       5,971,936  

(SAW), 5.00%, 12/01/31

    6,300       8,551,683  

(SAW), 5.00%, 12/01/34

    6,225       8,364,097  

(SAW), 5.00%, 12/01/38

    10,000       13,331,300  

(SAW), 5.00%, 12/01/39

    10,000       13,305,700  

DIATC Metropolitan District, GO(a)

   

5.00%, 12/01/39

    1,245       1,363,250  

5.00%, 12/01/49

    2,000       2,166,020  

Fitzsimons Village Metropolitan District No. 1,

   

Refunding GO, Senior Lien, 5.00%, 12/01/49

    1,045       1,130,450  

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

    2,965       3,197,723  

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

    1,000       1,036,770  

Public Authority for Colorado Energy, RB, 6.25%, 11/15/28

    5,000       6,279,650  

State of Colorado, COP, Series R, 4.00%, 03/15/45

    11,255       13,285,402  

STC Metropolitan District No.2, Refunding GO, Series A, 4.00%, 12/01/29

    1,000       1,074,350  

Village at Dry Creek Metropolitan District No. 2, GO, 4.38%, 12/01/44.

    3,010       3,172,660  
   

 

 

 
      184,318,273  

Connecticut — 1.7%

   

Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, Refunding RB, M/F Housing, Series A-1, 2.88%, 11/15/30

    5,700       5,986,767  

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

   

0.40%, 05/15/25

    1,000       994,830  

0.55%, 05/15/26

    1,000       991,370  

0.60%, 11/15/26

    1,000       987,860  

0.70%, 05/15/27

    2,500       2,467,175  

0.75%, 11/15/27

    2,250       2,210,467  

0.85%, 05/15/28

    2,940       2,883,875  

0.90%, 11/15/28

    1,150       1,121,837  

1.05%, 05/15/29

    3,000       2,931,420  

1.10%, 11/15/29

    5,630       5,474,950  

1.30%, 05/15/30

    3,450       3,381,034  

1.35%, 11/15/30

    4,050       3,966,327  

1.45%, 05/15/31

    1,220       1,199,760  

1.50%, 11/15/31

    4,910       4,825,695  

1.60%, 05/15/32

    3,740       3,692,577  

1.70%, 05/15/34

    2,635       2,602,300  

(FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 3.00%, 11/15/49

    2,000       2,175,680  

Sub-Series A-1, 3.50%, 11/15/45

    7,320       8,131,276  

Security

 

Par

(000)

   

Value

 

Connecticut (continued)

   

Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, Refunding RB, S/F Housing (continued)

   

Sub-Series C-1, 3.63%, 11/15/38

  $ 9,025     $ 9,797,089  

Connecticut State Health & Educational Facilities

   

Authority, RB, Series A-1, 5.00%, 10/01/54(a)

    2,370       2,497,127  

Mashantucket Western Pequot Tribe, 7.35%, 07/01/26(d)(e)(f)

    123,303       40,073,356  

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

    10,580       10,875,182  

Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, RB,

   

Series A, 6.75%, 02/01/45(a)

    5,507       5,583,626  

Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, Refunding RB(a)

   

Series C, 5.75%, 02/01/24

    3,320       3,604,358  

Series C, 5.75%, 02/01/25

    3,755       4,157,273  

Series C, 6.25%, 02/01/30

    4,930       5,656,090  

State of Connecticut Special Tax Revenue, RB,

   

Series A, 5.00%, 05/01/41

    5,200       6,820,892  
   

 

 

 
      145,090,193  

District of Columbia — 0.1%

   

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Refunding ARB

   

AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/27

    5,000       6,297,750  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/30

    5,000       5,722,600  
   

 

 

 
      12,020,350  

Florida — 3.2%

   

Alta Lakes Community Development District, SAB
3.50%, 05/01/24

    285       292,467  

3.75%, 05/01/29

    550       590,766  

4.40%, 05/01/39

    1,030       1,129,591  

4.63%, 05/01/49

    1,775       1,944,122  

Babcock Ranch Community Independent Special District, SAB
4.75%, 11/01/26

    400       429,424  

5.00%, 11/01/31

    500       542,190  

5.25%, 11/01/46

    3,480       3,730,108  

Broward County Florida Port Facilities, Revenue

   

ARB, Series A, 5.00%, 09/01/44

    5,000       6,318,850  

Canaveral Port Authority, ARB

   

Series B, 5.00%, 06/01/48

    10,000       11,905,900  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 06/01/45

    5,000       5,954,200  

Capital Trust Agency, Inc., RB

   

8.00%, 01/01/34

    550       11,000  

8.25%, 01/01/44

    940       18,800  

8.25%, 01/01/49

    3,010       60,200  

5.00%, 12/15/55(a)

    2,845       3,078,091  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/15/39

    1,775       1,984,166  

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

    5,000       5,394,200  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/15/49

    3,380       3,725,199  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/15/54

    1,955       2,152,494  

Series A-1, 5.00%, 07/01/56(a)

    8,220       9,632,689  

Series A-2, 5.00%, 01/01/26(a)

    2,850       2,879,326  

Celebration Pointe Community Development District, SAB
4.75%, 05/01/24

    145       151,366  

5.00%, 05/01/34

    710       748,006  

5.13%, 05/01/45

    985       1,030,340  
 

 

 

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  41


Schedule of Investments  (continued)

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security

 

Par

(000)

   

Value

 

Florida (continued)

   

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

  $         3,500     $ 3,884,580  

Collier County Industrial Development Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 8.25%, 05/15/49(a)(d)(e)

    1,000       770,758  

County of Miami-Dade Florida Aviation Revenue, Refunding RB, Series C, 4.06%, 10/01/31

    11,120       12,573,606  

County of Miami-Dade Florida Transit System, RB

   

Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/49

    13,725       16,189,461  

Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/50

    25,160       29,665,401  

County of Miami-Dade Florida Water & Sewer

   

System Revenue, RB, 4.00%, 10/01/51

    17,805       21,171,391  

County of Palm Beach Florida, RB(a)

   

5.25%, 04/01/23

    440       440,277  

5.00%, 04/01/39

    2,700       2,927,178  

5.00%, 04/01/51

    2,305       2,447,864  

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

    2,240       2,388,042  

Escambia County Health Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, 4.00%, 08/15/50

    15,000       17,149,800  

Florida Development Finance Corp., RB
3.00%, 06/01/32(g)

    4,240       4,450,134  

7.00%, 12/01/48(a)(d)(e)

    5,500       5,350,950  

Series A, 5.75%, 06/15/29

    365       397,365  

Series A, 6.00%, 06/15/34

    440       479,283  

Series A, 6.13%, 06/15/44

    1,685       1,825,917  

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

    5,845       6,371,634  

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

   

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

    2,500       2,477,550  

Series 1, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 2.10%, 07/01/46

    6,000       5,959,320  

Series 1, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 2.15%, 07/01/51

    6,500       6,285,955  

Series 1, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 3.00%, 01/01/52

    16,000       17,539,040  

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

    1,020       1,078,273  

Harbor Bay Community Development District, SAB

   

Series A-1, 3.88%, 05/01/39

    2,170       2,277,849  

Series A-1, 4.10%, 05/01/48

    1,400       1,469,482  

Lakewood Ranch Stewardship District, SAB
4.25%, 05/01/25

    285       298,837  

4.25%, 05/01/26

    1,065       1,117,025  

4.88%, 05/01/35

    1,105       1,185,422  

4.40%, 05/01/39

    855       934,122  

4.88%, 05/01/45

    2,275       2,408,269  

5.13%, 05/01/46

    5,940       6,364,888  

4.50%, 05/01/49

    1,780       1,919,588  

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

    1,870       1,934,833  

Palm Beach County Health Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 7.50%, 06/01/49

    1,000       1,072,240  

Pinellas County Industrial Development Authority, RB, 5.00%, 07/01/39

    2,030       2,407,661  

Portico Community Development District, SAB

   

Series 1, 3.20%, 05/01/31

    1,000       1,067,490  

Series 1, 3.50%, 05/01/37

    1,250       1,302,463  

Security

 

Par

(000)

   

Value

 

Florida (continued)

   

State Board of Administration Finance Corp., RB, Series A, 1.26%, 07/01/25

  $     10,000     $   10,130,100  

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

    143       90,783  

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

    2,030       2,210,934  

Talavera Community Development District, SAB
4.35%, 05/01/40

    495       532,976  

4.50%, 05/01/50

    770       825,140  

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

    490       359,008  

Tolomato Community Development District, Refunding SAB, CAB, Series A-4, Convertible, 6.61%, 05/01/40(h)

    190       182,520  

Tolomato Community Development District, SAB(d)(e)

   

Series 2015-1, 6.61%, 05/01/40(h)

    800       741,992  

Series 2015-3, 6.61%, 05/01/40

    535       5  

Series 3, 6.38%, 05/01/17

    425       4  

Trout Creek Community Development District, SAB
5.50%, 05/01/35

    2,325       2,528,437  

5.63%, 05/01/45

    3,635       3,922,056  

V-Dana Community Development District, SAB,
4.00%, 05/01/52

    750       775,178  

Village Center Community Development District,

   

Refunding RB, 5.02%, 11/01/36

    1,500       1,804,845  

Village Community Development District No.10,

   

SAB, 4.50%, 05/01/23

    785       807,969  
   

 

 

 
      276,199,390  

Georgia — 1.7%

   

Brookhaven Development Authority, RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/26

    1,250       1,532,450  

Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/49

    10,235       11,915,280  

City of Atlanta Georgia Airport Passenger Facility Charge, ARB, Series C, Subordinate, 5.00%, 07/01/37

    25,000       32,015,500  

City of Atlanta Georgia Department of Aviation, ARB, Series B, AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/44

    10,000       12,505,600  

Development Authority for Fulton County, Refunding RB, Series C, 5.00%, 07/01/26

    1,285       1,575,359  

George L Smith II Congress Center Authority, RB, 4.00%, 01/01/54

    10,000       11,656,000  

Georgia State Road & Tollway Authority, RB
5.00%, 06/01/26

    1,950       2,370,128  

5.00%, 06/01/28

    6,800       8,725,846  

5.00%, 06/01/29

    12,625       16,547,601  

5.00%, 06/01/30

    14,135       18,891,485  

5.00%, 06/01/31

    8,950       11,942,346  

Main Street Natural Gas, Inc., RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 05/15/25

    2,500       2,914,525  

Series A, 5.00%, 05/15/26

    3,000       3,594,660  

Series A, 5.00%, 05/15/27

    2,000       2,454,720  

State of Georgia, GO, Series A, 5.00%, 08/01/31

    5,000       6,733,100  
   

 

 

 
      145,374,600  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security

 

Par

(000)

   

Value

 

Hawaii — 0.1%

   

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

  $ 625     $ 711,306  

5.00%, 05/15/49

            2,750       3,118,225  
   

 

 

 
      3,829,531  

Idaho — 0.3%

   

Idaho Housing & Finance Association, RB,
Series A, 6.95%, 06/15/55(a)

    5,150       5,451,378  

Idaho Housing & Finance Association, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 07/15/30

    500       664,345  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/15/31

    725       982,063  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/15/32

    1,000       1,350,440  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/15/33

    1,100       1,475,188  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/15/34

    1,250       1,668,225  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/15/35

    1,250       1,662,650  

Series A, 4.00%, 07/15/36

    1,500       1,827,480  

Series A, 4.00%, 07/15/37

    2,100       2,550,660  

Series A, 4.00%, 07/15/38

    3,000       3,636,960  

Series A, 4.00%, 07/15/39

    3,250       3,926,488  
   

 

 

 
        25,195,877  

Illinois — 3.3%

   

Chicago Board of Education, GO
6.32%, 11/01/29

    14,270       17,203,198  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/42

    50,165       52,852,339  

Series C, 5.25%, 12/01/39

    7,050       7,817,040  

Series D, 5.00%, 12/01/46

    38,080       41,798,758  

Series H, 5.00%, 12/01/46

    5,000       5,798,450  

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

    19,810       23,053,491  

6.14%, 12/01/39

    8,460       10,272,724  

6.52%, 12/01/40

    7,045       8,789,272  

Chicago Board of Education, Refunding GO

   

Series B, 4.00%, 12/01/35

    11,230       11,603,061  

Series C, 5.00%, 12/01/23

    4,145       4,579,023  

Series C, 5.00%, 12/01/24

    4,280       4,878,772  

Series C, 5.00%, 12/01/25

    1,440       1,686,917  

Series C, 5.00%, 12/01/27

    4,585       5,615,249  

Series C, 5.00%, 12/01/34

    5,590       6,648,243  

Series F, 5.00%, 12/01/23

    7,220       7,976,006  

City of Chicago Illinois, GO, Series B, 7.38%, 01/01/33

    4,395       5,614,656  

City of Chicago Illinois, Refunding GO,
Series A, 6.00%, 01/01/38

    6,020       7,302,260  

Illinois Finance Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/25

    1,485       1,765,739  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/26

    1,925       2,356,470  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/27

    2,165       2,719,002  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/28

    3,310       4,249,213  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/29

    2,450       3,203,767  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/30

    2,560       3,407,360  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/31

    2,530       3,433,185  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/32

    2,960       4,003,074  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/33

    3,640       4,892,488  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/34

    4,870       6,517,277  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/35

    5,000       6,669,650  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/36

    4,830       6,417,186  

Series C, 5.00%, 02/15/26

    5,000       5,998,800  

Security

 

Par

(000)

   

Value

 

Illinois (continued)

   

Illinois Housing Development Authority, RB, S/F Housing

   

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

  $     1,135     $   1,205,200  

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

    1,050       1,120,371  

Series D, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 2.70%, 10/01/34

    5,000       5,226,000  

Illinois Housing Development Authority, Refunding

   

RB, Sub-Series A-1, 3.70%, 07/01/34

    415       440,477  
   

 

 

 
      287,114,718  

Indiana — 0.2%

   

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

    320       336,934  

Indiana Finance Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series B, 3.53%, 09/15/34

    4,520       4,288,441  

Series B, 3.75%, 09/15/37

    7,715       7,291,061  

Series B, 3.83%, 09/15/41

    2,780       2,550,622  
   

 

 

 
      14,467,058  

Iowa — 0.5%

   

Iowa Tobacco Settlement Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A2, Class 1, 5.00%, 06/01/27

    400       496,700  

Series A2, Class 1, 5.00%, 06/01/28

    600       760,812  

Series A2, Class 1, 5.00%, 06/01/29

    700       902,825  

Series A2, Class 1, 5.00%, 06/01/30

    700       919,002  

Series A2, Class 1, 5.00%, 06/01/31

    700       930,643  

Series A2, Class 1, 5.00%, 06/01/32

    700       928,627  

Series A2, Class 1, 5.00%, 06/01/33

    1,000       1,316,970  

Series A2, Class 1, 4.00%, 06/01/34

    1,000       1,210,360  

Series A2, Class 1, 4.00%, 06/01/35

    1,000       1,202,540  

Series A2, Class 1, 4.00%, 06/01/36

    860       1,029,325  

Series A2, Class 1, 4.00%, 06/01/37

    800       953,848  

Series A2, Class 1, 4.00%, 06/01/38

    1,000       1,188,640  

Series A2, Class 1, 4.00%, 06/01/39

    1,000       1,184,650  

Series A2, Class 1, 4.00%, 06/01/40

    1,000       1,181,200  

Series A2, Class 1, 4.00%, 06/01/49

    6,000       6,929,940  

Series B1, 4.00%, 06/01/49

    15,000       17,301,000  
   

 

 

 
      38,437,082  

Kentucky — 0.1%

   

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

    5,000       6,143,650  

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

    3,100       3,839,102  
   

 

 

 
      9,982,752  

Louisiana — 0.6%

   

Juban Crossing Economic Development District,

   

Refunding RB, Series C, 7.00%, 09/15/44(a)

    5,730       5,553,745  

Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, RB, Series A,
5.00%, 04/01/57(a)

    4,965       5,165,636  

New Orleans Aviation Board, ARB, Series B, AMT,
5.00%, 01/01/40

    5,000       5,648,650  

Parish of St. John the Baptist Louisiana, Refunding RB, 2.10%, 06/01/37(b)

    2,180       2,256,780  

State of Louisiana, GO

   

Series A, 5.00%, 03/01/38

    13,770       18,406,221  

Series A, 5.00%, 03/01/39

    13,505       18,011,078  
   

 

 

 
      55,042,110  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security

 

Par

(000)

   

Value

 

Maine — 0.3%

   

Maine State Housing Authority, RB, M/F Housing

   

Series A, 0.40%, 11/15/24

  $         2,250     $ 2,248,245  

Series A, 0.50%, 11/15/25

    3,130       3,114,882  

Series A, 0.60%, 11/15/26

    2,000       1,978,940  

Series A, 1.85%, 11/15/36

    2,750       2,694,808  

Series A, 2.05%, 11/15/41

    1,185       1,173,233  

Series A, 2.15%, 11/15/46

    5,000       4,840,250  

Maine State Housing Authority, RB, S/F Housing

   

Series A, 3.00%, 11/15/44

    2,500       2,654,425  

Series C, 2.75%, 11/15/34

    6,165       6,556,847  

Series H, 3.55%, 11/15/37

    2,000       2,189,880  
   

 

 

 
       27,451,510  

Maryland — 3.5%

   

Anne Arundel County Consolidated Special Taxing District, ST
5.13%, 07/01/36.

    600       621,120  

5.25%, 07/01/44

    1,220       1,254,758  

County of Anne Arundel Maryland, GO
5.00%, 10/01/29

    6,225       8,261,073  

5.00%, 10/01/31

    6,225       8,414,333  

County of Howard Maryland, TA, 6.10%, 02/15/44

    1,170       1,176,002  

Maryland Community Development Administration, RB, M/F Housing

   

Series D, 2.75%, 07/01/34

    1,005       1,074,566  

Series D, (FHA), 2.95%, 07/01/62

    2,000       2,059,880  

Maryland Community Development Administration, Refunding RB, S/F Housing

   

Series A, 2.50%, 09/01/40

    5,000       5,113,250  

Series A, 2.60%, 03/01/42

    3,490       3,573,097  

Series A, 3.75%, 03/01/50

    18,655       20,694,551  

Maryland Economic Development Corp., RB

   

Series D, AMT, 5.00%, 03/31/41

    10,000       11,514,100  

Series D, AMT, 5.00%, 03/31/46

    10,000       11,407,500  

Series D, AMT, 5.00%, 03/31/51

    10,000       11,338,300  

Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities

   

Authority, RB, Series A, 7.00%, 03/01/55(a)

    10,405       11,791,050  

Maryland State Transportation Authority, RB,

   

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/51

    28,200       36,912,954  

State of Maryland, GO

   

Series A, 5.00%, 03/01/27

    10,845       13,513,195  

Series A, 5.00%, 03/01/29

    34,010       44,537,115  

Series A, 5.00%, 03/01/30

    35,710       47,772,838  

Series A, 5.00%, 03/01/33

    41,305       56,249,149  
   

 

 

 
      297,278,831  

Massachusetts — 2.7%

   

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Refunding GO, Series A, (AMBAC), 5.50%, 08/01/30

    20,000       27,565,400  

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Refunding RB
5.00%, 07/01/25

    850       1,007,692  

5.00%, 07/01/26

    750       917,047  

5.00%, 07/01/28

    1,535       1,977,157  

5.00%, 07/01/31

    340       465,827  

5.00%, 07/01/42

    3,000       3,822,210  

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, RB
5.00%, 10/01/38

    5,000       5,402,400  

5.00%, 10/01/43

    5,000       5,334,900  

Series D, 5.00%, 07/01/44

    10,000       11,315,600  

Series J2, 5.00%, 07/01/43

    10,000       12,221,300  

Security

 

Par

(000)

   

Value

 

Massachusetts (continued)

   

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency,

   

RB (continued)

   

Series J2, 5.00%, 07/01/48

  $     25,000     $   30,313,500  

Series J2, 5.00%, 07/01/53

    5,000       6,004,100  

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency,

   

Refunding RB 5.00%, 07/01/25

    2,000       2,352,340  

4.00%, 10/01/32(a)

    2,560       2,769,997  

4.13%, 10/01/42(a)

    8,225       8,865,974  

5.00%, 07/01/44

    5,000       5,961,950  

Class K, 5.00%, 07/01/38

    5,000       5,956,400  

Series G, 5.00%, 07/01/29

    150       191,735  

Series G, 5.00%, 07/01/30

    225       292,093  

Series G, 5.00%, 07/01/32

    425       560,124  

Series G, 5.00%, 07/01/34

    375       487,350  

Series G, 5.00%, 07/01/38

    300       384,597  

Series G, 5.00%, 07/01/39

    650       830,739  

Series G, 4.00%, 07/01/46

    1,250       1,441,150  

Series G, 5.00%, 07/01/50

    2,300       2,872,378  

Series H-1, 5.00%, 07/01/25

    5,000       5,880,850  

Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, RB, M/F Housing (FHA HUD SECT 8), 2.75%, 12/01/55

    2,250       2,307,082  

Series A, 3.40%, 12/01/49

    3,115       3,315,575  

Series C-1, 2.65%, 12/01/34

    2,950       3,104,963  

Series C-1, 3.10%, 12/01/44

    2,500       2,640,875  

Series C-1, 3.15%, 12/01/49

    2,890       3,037,448  

Series C-1, 3.25%, 12/01/54

    7,790       8,220,242  

Series C-1, 3.35%, 06/01/62

    5,010       5,301,432  

Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, Refunding RB, M/F Housing

   

Series B-1, (FHA INS), 2.75%, 12/01/34

    2,225       2,357,076  

Series B-1, (FHA INS), 3.30%, 12/01/56

    5,930       6,268,603  

Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, Refunding RB, S/F Housing, Series 172, 3.65%, 12/01/35

    2,510       2,663,612  

Massachusetts Port Authority, ARB

   

Series B, 5.00%, 07/01/44

    10,000       12,705,100  

Series E, AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/51

    10,000       12,749,800  

Massachusetts School Building Authority, Refunding RB, Series B, 1.28%, 08/15/27

    13,400       13,318,930  

Metropolitan Boston Transit Parking Corp.,

   

Refunding RB, 5.00%, 07/01/41

    5,000       5,019,450  
   

 

 

 
      228,204,998  

Michigan — 1.6%

   

City of Detroit Michigan Sewage Disposal System

   

Revenue, Refunding RB, Series D, (AGM),
0.74%, 07/01/32(b)

    100,000       99,096,600  

Michigan Finance Authority, RB
5.00%, 11/01/44

    5,000       5,828,500  

Series A, 5.00%, 11/15/48

    5,000       6,195,250  

Michigan Finance Authority, Refunding RB
5.00%, 11/15/37

    5,000       6,056,650  

Series B, 5.00%, 07/01/44

    5,000       5,335,300  

Michigan State Housing Development Authority, RB, M/F Housing, Series A-1, 3.00%, 10/01/39

    3,500       3,755,640  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

     Value  
Michigan (continued)             

Michigan State University, RB,
Series B, (AMBAC), 0.75%, 02/15/37(b)

  $         5,000      $ 5,087,225  

Royal Oak Hospital Finance Authority, Refunding RB, Series D, 5.00%, 09/01/39

    5,000        5,575,850  
    

 

 

 
         136,931,015  
Minnesota — 1.4%             

City of Deephaven Minnesota, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.50%, 07/01/50

    2,500        2,750,875  

City of Minneapolis Minnesota, RB,
Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/47

    3,000        3,197,250  

City of Minneapolis Minnesota, RB,
M/F Housing, (FNMA), 2.35%, 02/01/38

    7,000        7,118,440  

Metropolitan Council, GO

    

Series C, 5.00%, 12/01/27

    25,000        31,797,750  

Series C, 5.00%, 12/01/28

    25,000        32,589,250  

Minneapolis-St Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/28

    5,000        6,159,200  

Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, RB, S/F Housing

    

Series B, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 2.40%, 01/01/35

    1,565        1,645,942  

Series B, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 2.63%, 01/01/40

    6,265        6,531,952  

Series B, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 2.80%, 01/01/44

    1,565        1,624,893  

Series B, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 3.50%, 07/01/50

    9,490        10,441,847  

Series E, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 1.85%, 01/01/29

    885        914,860  

Series E, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 1.90%, 07/01/29

    890        922,948  

Series E, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 1.95%, 01/01/30

    1,725        1,793,189  

Series E, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 2.05%, 01/01/31

    1,755        1,813,284  

Series E, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 2.50%, 07/01/40

    4,435        4,598,784  

Series E, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 3.50%, 07/01/50

    4,875        5,379,416  

Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, Refunding RB, S/F Housing, Series B, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 3.10%, 07/01/35.

    985        1,049,921  
    

 

 

 
       120,329,801  
Mississippi — 0.1%             

Mississippi Home Corp. RB, S/F Housing

    

Series A, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 2.13%, 12/01/44

    1,000        990,750  

Series A, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 3.00%, 12/01/50

    4,000        4,376,560  

Mississippi Hospital Equipment & Facilities Authority, RB, 5.00%, 09/01/46

    5,000        5,850,200  
    

 

 

 
       11,217,510  
Missouri — 1.5%             

City of St. Louis Missouri Airport Revenue, ARB

    

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

    5,000        6,045,600  

Series C, (AGM), 5.00%, 07/01/47

    5,000        6,013,150  

Health & Educational Facilities Authority of the State of Missouri, Refunding RB
Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/31

    6,200        8,398,148  
Security   Par
(000)
     Value  
Missouri (continued)             

Health & Educational Facilities Authority of the State of Missouri, Refunding RB (continued)
Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/32

  $     2,200      $ 2,970,858  

Kansas City Industrial Development Authority, ARB

    

AMT, (AGM), 4.00%, 03/01/50

    10,000          11,537,500  

AMT, (AGM), 5.00%, 03/01/57

    5,000        6,197,750  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 03/01/34

    5,105        6,325,095  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 03/01/35

    5,360        6,630,963  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 03/01/36

    5,000        6,171,450  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 03/01/37

    5,910        7,289,099  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 03/01/39

    5,000        6,155,300  

Series B, AMT, 5.00%, 03/01/39

    5,000        6,173,750  

Kansas City Industrial Development Authority, Refunding RB(a)(d)(e)
5.75%, 11/15/36

    8,055        2,762,478  

6.00%, 11/15/46

    5,125        1,757,629  

6.00%, 11/15/51

    2,060        706,481  

Missouri Housing Development Commission, RB, S/F Housing

    

Series A, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 2.55%, 11/01/40.

    1,725        1,825,775  

Series A, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 2.70%, 11/01/45

    2,460        2,628,215  

Series A, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 3.50%, 11/01/50

    9,400        10,382,864  

Missouri State Environmental Improvement & Energy Resources Authority, Refunding RB,
Series C, 2.75%, 09/01/33

    25,000        27,286,750  

St. Louis Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority, Refunding RB, 3.88%, 10/01/35

    2,570        2,521,992  
    

 

 

 
       129,780,847  
Nevada — 0.7%             

City of Las Vegas Nevada Special Improvement District No. 607, Refunding
SAB 5.00%, 06/01/23.

    265        281,873  

5.00%, 06/01/24

    135        147,380  

City of North Las Vegas Nevada, GO, BAB, 6.57%, 06/01/40

    5,175        6,853,149  

Clark County School District, GO

    

Series B, (BAM), 5.00%, 06/15/27

    6,210        7,758,774  

Series B, (BAM), 5.00%, 06/15/28

    7,975        10,207,202  

Series B, (BAM), 5.00%, 06/15/29

    9,615        12,557,094  

County of Clark Nevada, Refunding RB,
Series C, 5.00%, 07/01/30

    15,000        20,091,450  

State of Nevada Department of Business & Industry, RB(a)

    

Series A, 4.50%, 12/15/29

    305        330,028  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/15/38

    965        1,046,031  
    

 

 

 
       59,272,981  
New Hampshire — 0.5%             

National Finance Authority,
Series 2020-1, Class A, 4.13%, 01/20/34.

    25,538        30,660,307  

New Hampshire Business Finance Authority, Refunding RB(a)

    

Series B, 4.63%, 11/01/42

    7,900        8,271,932  

Series C, AMT, 4.88%, 11/01/42

    2,995        3,151,069  
    

 

 

 
       42,083,308  
New Jersey — 1.5%             

Essex County Improvement Authority, RB
Series A, (BAM), 5.00%, 08/01/33

    170        226,732  
 

 

 

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  (continued)

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
New Jersey (continued)            

Essex County Improvement Authority, RB (continued)

   

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

  $ 150     $ 199,062  

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

    250       330,528  

Series A, (BAM), 4.00%, 08/01/37

    300       361,257  

Series A, (BAM), 4.00%, 08/01/38

    610       731,896  

Series A, (BAM), 4.00%, 08/01/39

    630       753,902  

Series A, (BAM), 4.00%, 08/01/40

    330       393,911  

Series A, (BAM), 4.00%, 08/01/41

    350       416,759  

Series A, (BAM), 4.00%, 08/01/46

    1,200       1,425,924  

Series A, (BAM), 4.00%, 08/01/51

    1,500       1,776,885  

Series A, (BAM), 4.00%, 08/01/56

    2,600       3,069,690  

Series A, (BAM), 4.00%, 08/01/60

    2,250       2,646,788  

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

    1,015       1,062,664  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, RB

   

Series B, 5.50%, 11/01/26(a)

    265       264,799  

AMT, 5.13%, 09/15/23

    3,600       3,826,620  

AMT, 5.38%, 01/01/43

    8,325       9,207,783  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, AMT, 2.20%, 10/01/39(b) .

    50,000       53,051,500  

New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series B, 5.00%, 03/01/29

    4,895       6,436,631  

Series B, 5.00%, 03/01/30

    3,520       4,725,811  

New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, RB, 5.00%, 07/01/31

    6,430       8,338,553  

New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/35

    5,000       5,717,150  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/39

    5,000       6,083,700  

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, RB

   

Series AA, 5.00%, 06/15/35

    3,000       3,841,920  

Series AA, 5.00%, 06/15/36

    4,000       5,109,560  

Series AA, 5.00%, 06/15/50

    2,225       2,741,066  

New Jersey Turnpike Authority, Refunding RB, Series B, 1.71%, 01/01/29

    8,000       7,886,320  
   

 

 

 
      130,627,411  
New Mexico — 0.1%            

New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority, RB, S/F Housing

   

Series A, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 2.70%, 07/01/40

    2,735       2,899,948  

Series A, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 3.50%, 01/01/51

    4,785       5,263,931  

Series B-1, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 3.70%, 09/01/42

    3,245       3,514,951  
   

 

 

 
      11,678,830  
New York — 11.9%            

Chautauqua Tobacco Asset Securitization Corp., Refunding RB, 5.00%, 06/01/48

    5,000       5,176,050  

City of New York, GO, Sub-Series F-2, 1.94%, 03/01/29

    7,500       7,506,825  

City of New York, Refunding GO, Series D, 1.72%, 08/01/29

    8,760       8,676,692  

Dutchess County Local Development Corp., RB, Series B, 5.00%, 07/01/46

    24,225       28,712,439  
Security   Par
(000)
     Value  
New York (continued)             

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

  $   18,765      $   18,933,885  

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Refunding RB

    

Series C, (AGM-CR), 5.00%, 11/15/40

    10,000        12,617,500  

Series C, 5.00%, 11/15/40

    10,000        12,454,600  

Series C, (AGM-CR), 5.00%, 11/15/41

    10,000        12,595,900  

Series C, 5.00%, 11/15/42

    10,000        12,387,200  

Series C, (BAM), 5.00%, 11/15/43

    10,000        12,565,100  

Sub-Series C-1, 5.00%, 11/15/34

    5,000        6,150,700  

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

    11,250        11,093,625  

Nassau County Tobacco Settlement Corp., Refunding RB, Series A-1, 6.83%, 06/01/21

    2,326        2,326,895  

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

    

Series A, (HUD SECT 8), 2.80%, 02/01/50

    50,000        50,822,000  

Series C-1-A, 3.50%, 11/01/33

    5,000        5,426,250  

Series I-1, (FHA), 2.10%, 11/01/35

    2,915        2,919,751  

Series I-1, (FHA), 2.55%, 11/01/45

    28,970        29,434,389  

Series I-1, (FHA), 2.65%, 11/01/50

    5,000        5,033,100  

Series I-1, (FHA), 2.70%, 11/01/55

    5,000        5,036,000  

Series I-1, (FHA), 2.80%, 11/01/60

    5,000        5,061,050  

Series J, 2.85%, 11/01/39

    8,000        8,273,680  

Series J, 3.00%, 11/01/44

    8,135        8,395,483  

Series J, 3.05%, 11/01/49

    10,000        10,285,500  

Series J, 3.15%, 11/01/54

    15,000        15,481,200  

Series J, 3.25%, 11/01/59

    10,000        10,410,300  

Series J, 3.35%, 11/01/65

    5,000        5,197,800  

New York City Housing Development Corp., Refunding RB, M/F Housing
2.25%, 11/01/31

    1,500        1,540,545  

Series B-1-A, 3.10%, 11/01/34

    3,000        3,192,120  

Series B-1-A, 3.40%, 11/01/39

    3,000        3,191,400  

Series B-1-A, 3.55%, 11/01/44

    5,000        5,308,600  

Series B-1-A, 3.65%, 11/01/49

    5,000        5,299,500  

Series B-1-A, 3.75%, 11/01/54

    5,000        5,297,200  

Series B-1-A, 3.85%, 05/01/58

    5,000        5,327,650  

Series C, 2.25%, 11/01/41

    8,495        8,453,459  

Series C, 2.40%, 11/01/46

    14,050        13,962,047  

Series C, 2.50%, 11/01/51

    14,155        14,080,828  

Series C, 2.60%, 11/01/56

    7,210        7,200,843  

New York City Industrial Development Agency, Refunding RB (AGM),

    

5.00%, 03/01/28

    850        1,064,175  

4.00%, 03/01/45

    1,250        1,422,738  

Series A, (AGM), 5.00%, 01/01/29

    1,200        1,545,684  

Series A, (AGM), 5.00%, 01/01/30

    1,750        2,294,268  

Series A, (AGM), 5.00%, 01/01/31

    625        833,781  

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

    

Series B-3, 3.90%, 08/01/31

    10,000        11,227,900  

Series C-3, 3.50%, 11/01/32

    22,000        24,013,880  

New York City Water & Sewer System, RB

    

Series CC-1, Subordinate, 4.00%, 06/15/51

    9,535        11,370,201  

Series CC-1, Subordinate, 5.00%, 06/15/51

    2,470        3,212,927  

New York Counties Tobacco Trust IV, Refunding RB

    

Series A, 6.25%, 06/01/41(a)

    13,700        13,906,322  

Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/45

    6,930        6,999,508  

New York Counties Tobacco Trust VI, Refunding RB, Series A-2-B, 5.00%, 06/01/51

    3,630        3,846,094  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par (000)      Value  
New York (continued)             

New York Liberty Development Corp., Refunding RB
5.00%, 11/15/44

  $            5,000      $ 5,092,600  

Series 1, Class 1, 5.00%, 11/15/44(a)

    49,285           54,469,782  

Series 2, Class 2, 5.15%, 11/15/34(a)

    240        271,562  

Series 2, Class 2, 5.38%, 11/15/40(a)

    570        647,132  

New York State Dormitory Authority, Refunding RB
5.00%, 07/01/26

    100        120,821  

5.00%, 07/01/27

    300        372,168  

5.00%, 07/01/30

    250        321,888  

5.00%, 07/01/32

    360        455,893  

5.00%, 07/01/34

    515        647,298  

5.00%, 07/01/35

    600        750,696  

5.00%, 07/01/36

    975        1,215,776  

4.00%, 07/01/37

    1,860        2,150,941  

4.00%, 07/01/38

    1,650        1,901,312  

4.00%, 03/15/39

    19,000        22,987,720  

Series B, 5.75%, 01/01/29

    990        1,076,863  

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

    

Series E, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA, SONYMA),
3.45%, 05/01/49

    2,850        2,963,231  

Series H, (FNMA, SONYMA), 2.25%, 11/01/29

    275        292,889  

Series H, (FNMA, SONYMA), 2.35%, 11/01/30

    250        265,243  

Series H, (FNMA, SONYMA), 2.40%, 11/01/31

    250        264,280  

Series H, (FNMA, SONYMA), 3.15%, 11/01/44

    1,000        1,046,500  

Series H, (FNMA, SONYMA), 3.25%, 11/01/52

    3,430        3,584,144  

Series I, (FNMA, SONYMA), 2.40%, 05/01/31

    280        297,018  

Series I, (FNMA, SONYMA), 2.75%, 11/01/34

    1,250        1,330,238  

Series I, (FNMA, SONYMA), 3.15%, 11/01/44

    3,275        3,427,288  

Series I, (FNMA, SONYMA), 3.25%, 11/01/52

    5,895        6,159,921  

Series K, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA, SONYMA), 3.00%, 11/01/32

    1,500        1,596,885  

Series M, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA, SONYMA), 3.15%, 11/01/32

    1,000        1,074,080  

Series M, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA, SONYMA), 3.50%, 11/01/37

    415        444,913  

New York State Urban Development Corp., RB
2.13%, 03/15/32

    500        497,095  

2.23%, 03/15/33

    1,500        1,493,280  

4.00%, 03/15/40

    8,885        10,637,566  

Series E, 4.00%, 03/15/43

    57,700        68,403,350  

New York State Urban Development Corp., Refunding RB, Series B, 2.84%, 03/15/32

    10,000        10,470,600  

New York Transportation Development Corp., ARB

    

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

    5,000        5,658,250  

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

    5,000        5,632,000  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/46

    50,000        55,968,000  

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

    25,000        28,138,250  

New York Transportation Development Corp., RB

    

AMT, 5.00%, 01/01/26

    10,000        11,763,600  

AMT, 5.00%, 01/01/27

    10,000        12,052,300  

AMT, 5.00%, 01/01/28

    10,000        12,309,800  

AMT, 5.00%, 01/01/29

    10,000        12,284,800  

AMT, 5.00%, 01/01/30

    10,000        12,215,500  

AMT, 5.00%, 01/01/32

    15,000        18,125,400  

AMT, 5.00%, 01/01/34

    15,500        18,627,125  

AMT, 4.00%, 04/30/53

    2,915        3,318,873  

New York Transportation Development Corp., Refunding RB 5.00%, 12/01/24

    1,025        1,185,167  
Security   Par (000)      Value  
New York (continued)             

New York Transportation Development Corp., Refunding RB (continued)
5.00%, 12/01/25.

  $            1,300      $     1,553,487  

5.00%, 12/01/26.

    1,450        1,785,443  

5.00%, 12/01/27

    1,500        1,896,540  

5.00%, 12/01/28

    1,300        1,681,134  

Series A, Class A, AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/24

    1,750        2,011,170  

Series A, Class A, AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/25

    1,400        1,659,966  

Series A, Class A, AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/26

    510        623,541  

Series A, Class A, AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/27

    700        873,285  

Series A, Class A, AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/28

    350        446,761  

Series A, Class A, AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/30

    250        330,630  

Series A, Class A, AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/31

    300        395,070  

Series A, Class A, AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/32

    375        488,344  

Series A, Class A, AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/33

    300        388,422  

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, RB, Series AAA, 1.09%, 07/01/23

    11,785        11,939,383  

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Refunding ARB, 4.00%, 07/15/51

    6,355        7,556,159  

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Refunding RB

    

5.00%, 09/01/34.

    5,125        6,644,767  

Series 226, AMT, 5.00%, 10/15/24(g)

    4,250        4,866,590  

Series 226, AMT, 5.00%, 10/15/25(g)

    5,000        5,912,650  

Series 226, AMT, 5.00%, 10/15/26(g)

    5,000        6,087,350  

Series 226, AMT, 5.00%, 10/15/27(g)

    4,000        4,998,720  

Series 226, AMT, 5.00%, 10/15/28(g)

    4,000        5,110,280  

Series 226, AMT, 5.00%, 10/15/30(g)

    2,000        2,649,220  

Series 226, AMT, 5.00%, 10/15/31(g)

    2,760        3,723,516  

Series 226, AMT, 5.00%, 10/15/32(g)

    1,850        2,487,510  

Series 226, AMT, 5.00%, 10/15/33(g)

    1,350        1,801,386  

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, 3rd Series, 1.00%, 01/01/21

    1,907        1,828,794  

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

    

Series 225, 2.45%, 10/01/45

    15,000        14,968,500  

Series 227, 2.30%, 10/01/40

    7,000        7,001,750  

Series 227, 2.50%, 10/01/47

    13,000        13,024,180  

Series 226, AMT, 1.80%, 04/01/28

    1,000        1,013,170  

Series 226, AMT, 3.50%, 10/01/50

    2,015        2,199,655  

State of New York, Refunding GO, Series B, 1.74%, 03/15/29

    15,000        15,097,800  

Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority, RB

    

Series A, 5.00%, 11/15/51

    8,825        11,361,128  

Series A, 5.00%, 11/15/56

    9,560        12,230,490  
    

 

 

 
       1,028,212,413  
North Carolina — 2.7%             

City of Charlotte North Carolina Airport Special Facilities Revenue, Refunding ARB
5.00%, 07/01/27.

    1,030        1,293,144  

5.00%, 07/01/34

    3,095        3,999,947  

5.00%, 07/01/36

    1,860        2,395,475  

4.00%, 07/01/44

    5,000        5,856,000  

5.00%, 07/01/49

    10,000        12,533,200  

City of Charlotte North Carolina Airport Special Facilities Revenue, Refunding RB

    

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/28

    2,395        3,086,437  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/29

    1,750        2,301,198  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/30

    2,250        3,016,305  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/31

    5,120        7,011,379  
 

 

 

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

  47


Schedule of Investments  (continued)

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par (000)      Value  
North Carolina (continued)             

City of Charlotte North Carolina Airport Special Facilities Revenue, Refunding RB (continued)

    

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/33

  $            5,750      $      7,816,320  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/34

    3,000        4,064,940  

Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/35

    3,100        3,856,555  

Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/36

    3,375        4,197,015  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/37

    7,125        9,583,552  

Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/38

    4,250        5,254,657  

Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/39

    5,000        6,143,500  

Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/40

    2,250        2,758,028  

Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/41

    2,410        2,945,791  

Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/51

    25,190        30,365,034  

Series B, AMT, 4.00%, 07/01/51

    6,000        7,140,480  

County of Alamance North Carolina, GO, 5.00%, 05/01/30

    7,460        9,990,903  

County of Wake North Carolina, RB
5.00%, 03/01/26

    1,255        1,516,241  

5.00%, 03/01/27

    2,870        3,570,481  

5.00%, 03/01/28

    2,840        3,628,838  

5.00%, 03/01/29

    1,015        1,326,838  

5.00%, 03/01/30

    1,680        2,242,414  

5.00%, 03/01/31

    2,590        3,536,049  

5.00%, 03/01/32

    4,000        5,449,360  

North Carolina Housing Finance Agency, RB, M/F Housing, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 3.00%, 07/01/51

    22,535        24,694,980  

North Carolina Housing Finance Agency, RB, S/F Housing Series 43, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 2.63%, 01/01/35

    3,500        3,732,085  

Series 43, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 2.80%, 01/01/40

    6,000        6,304,860  

Series 44, 1.75%, 01/01/26

    1,000        1,044,210  

Series 44, 1.80%, 07/01/26

    1,265        1,324,835  

Series 44, 2.05%, 01/01/28

    1,360        1,439,193  

Series 44, 2.20%, 07/01/29

    1,065        1,128,474  

Series 44, 2.30%, 01/01/31

    1,120        1,178,822  

Series 44, 2.35%, 07/01/31

    1,000        1,053,090  

Series 44, 2.55%, 07/01/35

    1,250        1,312,013  

North Carolina Medical Care Commission, Refunding RB
5.00%, 06/01/45

    5,000        5,786,100  

Series A, 5.25%, 01/01/41

    2,470        2,598,292  

North Carolina Turnpike Authority, RB, Senior Lien, (AGM), 5.00%, 01/01/49

    5,000        6,295,400  

Raleigh Durham Airport Authority, Refunding RB

    

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 05/01/34

    5,000        6,061,200  

Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 05/01/35

    5,000        6,042,850  

Town of Mooresville North Carolina, SAB, 5.38%, 03/01/40(a)

    2,100        2,274,783  
    

 

 

 
       229,151,268  
North Dakota — 0.0%             

North Dakota Housing Finance Agency, RB, S/F Housing, 3.05%, 07/01/43

    1,025        1,088,735  
    

 

 

 
Ohio — 1.2%             

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

    36,460        42,201,356  
Security   Par (000)      Value  
Ohio (continued)             

County of Hamilton Ohio, RB, Series CC, RB, 5.00%, 11/15/49

  $ 5,000      $ 7,818,600  

Ohio Housing Finance Agency, RB, M/F Housing

    

Series A, 3.00%, 03/01/52

             21,000        23,113,230  

Series B, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 2.55%, 09/01/50

    3,480        3,543,406  

Ohio Housing Finance Agency, RB, S/F Housing

    

Series A, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 2.50%, 09/01/35

    2,050        2,131,282  

Series A, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 2.75%, 09/01/40

    3,740        3,884,140  

Series A, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 2.90%, 09/01/45

    16,145        16,913,825  

Series A, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 3.75%, 09/01/50

    4,875        5,462,389  
    

 

 

 
         105,068,228  
Oklahoma — 0.6%             

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

    6,000        6,873,840  

5.00%, 09/01/45

    5,000        6,161,150  

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

    5,010        5,096,723  

Series B, 5.25%, 08/15/48

    10,000        12,181,700  

Series B, 5.50%, 08/15/52

    11,620        14,285,860  

Oklahoma State University, RB

    

Series A, 4.00%, 09/01/34

    350        435,624  

Series A, 4.00%, 09/01/35

    655        811,571  

Series A, 4.00%, 09/01/36

    505        623,049  

Series A, 4.00%, 09/01/37

    1,185        1,457,811  

Series A, 4.00%, 09/01/39

    910        1,115,751  

Series A, 4.00%, 09/01/46

    500        606,755  

Series A, 4.00%, 09/01/51

    1,945        2,331,452  
    

 

 

 
       51,981,286  
Oregon — 0.7%             

County of Multnomah Oregon, GO, Series B, 0.80%, 06/15/26

    26,870        26,672,506  

Hospital Facilities Authority of Multnomah County Oregon, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.50%, 10/01/49

    865        919,460  

Port of Portland Oregon Airport Revenue, ARB

    

Series 24A, 5.00%, 07/01/47

    5,000        5,969,900  

Series 24B, AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/44

    5,000        6,130,850  

Series 24B, AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/47

    5,000        5,874,000  

State of Oregon Housing & Community Services Department, RB, M/F Housing

    

Series B, AMT, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 4.00%, 07/01/37

    185        189,094  

Series B, AMT, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 4.13%, 07/01/43

    165        168,610  

Water Environment Services Sewer Revenue, RB
5.00%, 06/01/27

    2,640        3,323,364  

5.00%, 06/01/28

    2,770        3,575,710  

5.00%, 06/01/29

    2,910        3,836,166  
    

 

 

 
       56,659,660  
Pennsylvania — 3.2%             

Allegheny County Hospital Development Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 04/01/47

    10,000        12,119,100  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par (000)      Value  
Pennsylvania (continued)             

Allentown Neighborhood Improvement Zone Development Authority, RB(a)
5.00%, 05/01/33

  $            1,250      $      1,494,200  

Subordinate, 5.00%, 05/01/28

    3,745        4,292,369  

Subordinate, 5.13%, 05/01/32

    4,700        5,556,951  

Subordinate, 5.38%, 05/01/42

    8,550        9,969,471  

Bucks County Industrial Development Authority, RB
4.00%, 07/01/46

    1,390        1,556,800  

4.00%, 07/01/51

    1,000        1,109,540  

Chester County Health and Education Facilities Authority, Refunding RB

    

Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/22

    895        909,499  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/23

    985        1,009,605  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/24

    1,035        1,068,544  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/25

    1,075        1,117,226  

Series A, 5.25%, 12/01/45

    1,500        1,538,235  

City of Philadelphia Pennsylvania Airport Revenue, Refunding ARB

    

Series B, AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/29

    5,000        6,149,900  

Series B, AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/30

    5,000        6,132,050  

Series B, AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/42

    5,000        5,986,850  

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

    5,000        5,952,250  

Commonwealth Financing Authority, RB, Series A, 3.81%, 06/01/41

    5,545        6,111,921  

County of Allegheny Pennsylvania, Refunding GO, Series C, (AGM), 0.67%, 11/01/26(b)

    15,440        15,340,782  

County of Lehigh Pennsylvania, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 07/01/44

    15,825        19,884,587  

Geisinger Authority, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 04/01/43(b)

    10,000        12,217,500  

Hospitals & Higher Education Facilities Authority of Philadelphia, RB, Series A, 5.63%, 07/01/42

    1,675        1,756,623  

Montgomery County Industrial Development Authority, Refunding RB, 5.38%, 01/01/50

    4,815        5,036,153  

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

    1,845        1,986,216  

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, RB
1.75%, 06/15/27

    9,000        9,118,530  

2.30%, 06/15/30

    13,000        13,156,390  

Series A, 4.00%, 10/15/22

    1,000        1,051,960  

Series A, 4.00%, 10/15/23

    700        761,600  

Series A, 4.00%, 10/15/24

    425        475,983  

Series A, 4.00%, 10/15/25

    1,000        1,147,550  

Series A, 4.00%, 10/15/26

    1,000        1,172,950  

Series A, 5.00%, 10/15/28

    1,500        1,928,265  

Series A, 5.00%, 10/15/29

    1,650        2,161,269  

Series A, 5.00%, 10/15/31

    1,400        1,904,672  

Series A, 5.00%, 10/15/32

    1,100        1,492,513  

Series A, 5.00%, 10/15/33

    1,150        1,550,672  

Series A, 5.00%, 10/15/34

    1,400        1,879,962  

Series A, 5.00%, 10/15/35

    1,100        1,471,965  

Series A, 5.00%, 10/15/36

    1,250        1,664,887  

Series A, 4.00%, 10/15/37

    1,400        1,710,520  

Series A, 4.00%, 10/15/39

    1,325        1,607,570  

Series A, 4.00%, 10/15/40

    1,200        1,450,908  

Series A, 4.00%, 10/15/41

    1,300        1,565,980  

Series A, 4.00%, 10/15/51

    4,400        5,192,748  

AMT, 5.00%, 12/31/38

    5,000        5,889,100  
Security   Par (000)      Value  
Pennsylvania (continued)             

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, RB (continued)

    

AMT, 5.00%, 06/30/42

  $              5,000      $      5,798,000  

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

    3,250        3,461,672  

Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority, RB, 4.00%, 08/15/49

    10,000        11,576,900  

Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority, Refunding RB(g)

    

Series B, 5.00%, 08/15/23

    1,165        1,226,291  

Series B, 5.00%, 08/15/24

    1,000        1,092,560  

Series B, 5.00%, 08/15/25

    1,300        1,466,803  

Series B, 5.00%, 08/15/26

    1,575        1,828,134  

Series B, 5.00%, 08/15/27

    1,050        1,245,731  

Series B, 5.00%, 08/15/31

    1,910        2,425,757  

Series B, 5.00%, 08/15/34

    1,055        1,352,299  

Series B, 5.00%, 08/15/35

    1,335        1,714,901  

Series B, 4.00%, 08/15/37

    1,000        1,158,110  

Series B, 4.00%, 08/15/39

    1,000        1,149,030  

Series B, 4.00%, 08/15/41

    1,115        1,275,504  

Series B, 4.00%, 08/15/42

    4,750        5,415,285  

Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, RB, S/F Housing

    

Series 2019-131A, 1.85%, 04/01/26

    1,550        1,619,301  

Series 2019-131A, 2.10%, 04/01/28

    1,915        2,016,610  

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

    

Series 121, 2.80%, 10/01/31

    11,770        12,255,748  

Series 134A, 3.00%, 10/01/49

    15,380        16,579,332  

Series 134B, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/24

    1,000        1,145,570  

Series 134B, AMT, 5.00%, 04/01/26

    1,000        1,187,610  

Series 134B, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/26

    1,545        1,857,167  

Series 134B, AMT, 5.00%, 04/01/27

    1,500        1,824,225  

Series 134B, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/27

    1,250        1,537,188  

Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 09/01/35

    5,000        5,994,150  

Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 01/01/27

    3,100        3,278,405  
    

 

 

 
       278,134,649  
Puerto Rico — 9.4%             

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

    57,655        3,192,357  

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
GO(d)(e)

    

Series A, 5.25%, 07/01/22

    3,075        2,752,894  

Series A, 5.25%, 07/01/23

    2,620        2,345,555  

Series A, 5.25%, 07/01/26

    1,085        971,346  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/29

    5,220        4,673,205  

Series A, 5.13%, 07/01/31

    10,900        9,758,225  

Series A, 6.00%, 07/01/38

    9,995        9,062,137  

Series B, 5.25%, 07/01/17

    1,605        1,354,888  

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Refunding GO

    

Series A, 5.50%, 07/01/19

    1,176        992,740  

Series A, 5.25%, 07/01/24(d)(e)

    1,765        1,498,044  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/32(d)(e)

    1,050        891,188  

Series A, 5.50%, 07/01/32(d)(e)

    4,245        3,800,336  

Series A, 8.00%, 07/01/35(d)(e)

    86,908        69,848,481  

Series A, 5.13%, 07/01/37(d)(e)

    1,490        1,264,638  

Series A, 5.50%, 07/01/39(d)(e)

    14,225        12,073,469  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/41(d)(e)

    23,430        18,979,003  
 

 

 

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  (continued)

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par (000)      Value  
Puerto Rico (continued)             

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Refunding GO (continued)

    

Series B, 6.00%, 07/01/39(d)(e)

  $            2,555      $      2,316,534  

Series C, 6.00%, 07/01/39(d)(e)

    1,510        1,369,067  

Series D, 5.75%, 07/01/41(d)(e)

    3,530        3,093,162  

Puerto Rico Commonwealth Aqueduct & Sewer Authority, RB, Series A, Senior Lien, 5.25%, 07/01/42

    313        324,866  

Puerto Rico Commonwealth Aqueduct & Sewer Authority, Refunding RB(a)

    

Series A, Senior Lien, 5.00%, 07/01/35

    26,225        31,285,900  

Series A, Senior Lien, 5.00%, 07/01/47

    46,180        54,275,354  

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, RB

    

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/29(d)(e)

    5,540        5,325,325  

Series A, 7.00%, 07/01/33(d)(e)

    7,445        7,298,430  

Series A, 6.75%, 07/01/36(d)(e)

    24,370        23,890,228  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/42(d)(e)

    23,970        23,041,162  

Series A, 7.00%, 07/01/43(d)(e)

    3,350        3,284,049  

Series A-3, 10.00%, 07/01/19(d)(e)

    6,867        6,523,835  

Series B-3, 10.00%, 07/01/19(d)(e)

    6,867        6,523,834  

Series C-1, 5.40%, 01/01/18(d)(e)

    18,867        18,088,963  

Series C-2, 5.40%, 07/01/18(d)(e)

    18,870        18,091,888  

Series C-4, 5.40%, 07/01/20(d)(e)

    1,908        1,828,794  

Series CCC, 5.25%, 07/01/26(d)(e)

    8,495        8,165,819  

Series CCC, 5.25%, 07/01/28(d)(e)

    3,120        2,999,100  

Series D-4, 7.50%, 07/01/20

    5,100        4,999,596  

Series TT, 5.00%, 07/01/20(d)(e)

    1,690        1,620,288  

Series WW, 5.50%, 07/01/19(d)(e)

    10,325        9,899,094  

Series WW, 5.50%, 07/01/20(d)(e)

    1,000        958,750  

Series WW, 5.38%, 07/01/24(d)(e)

    4,545        4,368,881  

Series WW, 5.25%, 07/01/25(d)(e)

    2,300        2,210,875  

Series WW, 5.25%, 07/01/33(d)(e)

    2,725        2,619,406  

Series WW, 5.50%, 07/01/38(d)(e)

    3,980        3,825,775  

Series XX, 5.25%, 07/01/27(d)(e)

    2,630        2,528,087  

Series XX, 5.25%, 07/01/35(d)(e)

    1,310        1,259,238  

Series XX, 5.75%, 07/01/36(d)(e)

    1,825        1,754,281  

Series XX, 5.25%, 07/01/40(d)(e)

    36,125        34,725,156  

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, Refunding RB(d)(e)

    

5.00%, 07/01/19

    2,000        1,917,500  

Series AAA, 5.25%, 07/01/22

    7,025        6,752,781  

Series AAA, 5.25%, 07/01/25

    5,750        5,527,187  

Series AAA, 5.25%, 07/01/28

    4,870        4,681,287  

Series BBB, 5.40%, 07/01/28

    9,505        8,902,031  

Series DDD, 5.00%, 07/01/20

    1,810        1,735,338  

Series UU, 1.00%, 07/01/19(b)

    2,460        2,004,900  

Series UU, 1.00%, 07/01/20(b)

    10,400        8,686,194  

Series UU, 0.84%, 07/01/31(b)

    12,285        10,260,567  

Series V, 5.50%, 07/01/20

    6,440        6,174,350  

Series ZZ, 5.25%, 07/01/19

    14,930        14,314,138  

Series ZZ, 5.25%, 07/01/24

    1,435        1,379,394  

Series ZZ, 5.25%, 07/01/25

    2,440        2,345,450  

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

    13,440        12,587,407  

Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority, RB,
Series R1, (GTD), 5.65%, 07/01/28

    3,500        3,206,875  

Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority, Refunding RB

    

Series F, (GTD), 5.25%, 07/01/24(d)(e)

    2,175        2,168,884  

Series M-2, (GTD), 10.00%,
07/01/34(d)(e)

    3,325        3,507,875  

Series N, (GTD), 5.00%, 07/01/37(d)(e)

    1,335        1,331,246  
Security   Par (000)      Value  
Puerto Rico (continued)             

Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority, Refunding RB (continued)

    

Series U, (GTD), 5.25%, 07/01/42

  $            3,120      $      2,883,735  

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

    

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

    86,193        96,624,077  

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

    16,830        19,146,313  

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

    57,460        63,737,504  

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

    14,353        15,887,623  

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

    39,524        44,408,376  

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

    

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

    3,745        3,198,942  

Series A-1, Restructured, 0.00%, 07/01/31

    4,464        3,527,319  

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

    6,377        4,673,958  

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

    29,186        9,465,604  

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

    33,447        7,852,352  

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

    18,521        6,011,917  
    

 

 

 
       806,855,367  
Rhode Island — 0.7%             

Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corp., RB, S/F Housing 2.50%, 04/01/45.

    10,000        10,140,000  

3.00%, 10/01/50

    9,960        10,811,580  

Series 71, (GNMA), 2.75%, 10/01/34

    3,965        4,194,098  

Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corp., Refunding RB, S/F Housing, 3.00%, 04/01/49

    7,800        8,581,482  

State of Rhode Island, GO

    

Series A, 5.00%, 05/01/29

    4,685        6,126,528  

Series A, 5.00%, 05/01/30

    4,920        6,566,576  

Series A, 5.00%, 05/01/32

    7,280        9,911,065  

Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., Refunding RB, Series B, 4.50%, 06/01/45

    5,000        5,418,900  
    

 

 

 
       61,750,229  
South Carolina — 1.9%             

County of Dorchester South Carolina, SAB(a)
5.88%, 10/01/40.

    2,310        2,566,733  

6.00%, 10/01/51

    6,240        6,866,683  

County of Richland South Carolina, Refunding GO

    

Series A, (SAW), 5.00%, 03/01/27

    12,995        16,271,299  

Series A, (SAW), 5.00%, 03/01/28

    13,365        17,187,925  

Lexington County Health Services District, Inc., RB, 5.00%, 11/01/41

    10,000        11,863,400  

South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority, Refunding RB

    

Series A, 5.00%, 05/01/38

    10,000        12,091,900  

Series A, 5.00%, 05/01/43

    5,000        5,988,300  

South Carolina Public Service Authority, RB

    

Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/49

    10,000        11,090,200  

Series E, 5.00%, 12/01/48

    10,000        11,017,100  

Series E, 5.50%, 12/01/53

    5,000        5,565,000  

Series F, (AGM-CR), 5.74%, 01/01/30

    5,000        6,149,800  

South Carolina Public Service Authority, RB, BAB, Series C, (AGM-CR), 6.45%, 01/01/50

    10,950        16,919,174  

South Carolina Public Service Authority, Refunding RB

    

Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/50

    5,000        5,703,350  

Series B, 5.00%, 12/01/41

    5,000        5,961,600  

Series C, 5.00%, 12/01/46

    10,000        11,319,900  

Series E, (AGM-CR), 3.92%, 12/01/24

    3,405        3,788,778  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par (000)      Value  
South Carolina (continued)             

South Carolina State Housing Finance & Development Authority, RB, S/F Housing

    

Series A, 1.75%, 01/01/26

  $            1,215      $      1,266,528  

Series A, 1.85%, 01/01/27

    1,040        1,089,015  

Series A, 1.88%, 07/01/27

    1,000        1,047,330  

Series A, 2.40%, 07/01/32

    1,195        1,268,469  

Series A, 2.80%, 07/01/34

    1,675        1,786,354  

Series A, 3.00%, 07/01/39

    3,245        3,452,680  

South Carolina State Housing Finance & Development Authority, Refunding RB, S/F Housing

    

Series B, 2.25%, 07/01/30

    965        1,019,947  

Series B, 2.35%, 07/01/31

    965        1,024,676  

Series B, 2.45%, 07/01/32

    965        1,029,317  
    

 

 

 
       163,335,458  
South Dakota — 0.1%             

South Dakota Housing Development Authority, Refunding RB, S/F Housing, Series A, Class A, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 3.00%, 11/01/51

    7,000        7,660,170  
    

 

 

 
Tennessee — 0.9%             

Knox County Health Educational & Housing Facility Board, Refunding RB
5.00%, 04/01/27.

    1,400        1,714,958  

5.00%, 04/01/28

    1,000        1,223,220  

Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority, ARB

    

Series A, Subordinate, 5.00%, 07/01/32

    1,000        1,309,540  

Series A, Subordinate, 5.00%, 07/01/33

    1,000        1,306,020  

Series A, Subordinate, 5.00%, 07/01/35

    1,000        1,299,770  

Series A, Subordinate, 5.00%, 07/01/36

    1,435        1,861,468  

Series A, Subordinate, 5.00%, 07/01/38

    2,160        2,794,673  

Series A, Subordinate, 5.00%, 07/01/39

    1,430        1,848,690  

Series A, Subordinate, 5.00%, 07/01/44

    10,000        12,794,900  

Series A, Subordinate, 4.00%, 07/01/49

    10,000        11,703,600  

Series A, Subordinate, 5.00%, 07/01/49

    10,000        12,646,000  

Series A, Subordinate, 4.00%, 07/01/54

    5,000        5,827,350  

Series A, Subordinate, 5.00%, 07/01/54

    5,000        6,297,250  

Tennessee Housing Development Agency, RB, S/F Housing, Series 4B, 3.00%, 07/01/32

    1,120        1,210,014  

Tennessee Housing Development Agency, Refunding RB, S/F Housing 3.00%, 07/01/51

    6,500        7,132,190  

Series 2019-4, 2.65%, 07/01/34

    2,360        2,549,720  

Series 2019-4, 2.90%, 07/01/39

    5,335        5,822,192  
    

 

 

 
       79,341,555  
Texas — 5.8%             

Arlington Higher Education Finance Corp., RB
6.25%, 08/15/24(a)

    365        367,723  

Series A, 7.13%, 03/01/44

    1,250        1,362,175  

Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, Refunding RB, Series B, 5.00%, 08/15/29

    5,000        6,601,400  

City of Austin Texas Airport System Revenue, Refunding RB, AMT, 5.00%, 11/15/25

    5,000        5,977,700  

City of Houston Texas Airport System Revenue, RB

    

Series A, AMT, 6.50%, 07/15/30

    1,000        1,006,430  

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

    7,400        8,180,182  

City of Houston Texas Airport System Revenue, Refunding RB

    

Sub-Series D, 5.00%, 07/01/37

    5,000        6,226,750  

Sub-Series D, 5.00%, 07/01/38

    5,000        6,219,900  
Security   Par (000)      Value  
Texas (continued)             

City of Houston Texas Airport System Revenue, Refunding RB (continued)

    

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

  $            3,000      $      3,019,380  

City of Houston Texas Combined Utility System Revenue, Refunding RB(g)

    

Series A, 4.00%, 11/15/46

    6,930        8,420,227  

Series A, 4.00%, 11/15/51

    5,750        6,943,930  

City of San Antonio Texas Electric & Gas Systems Revenue, Refunding RB

    

Series A, Junior Lien, 5.00%, 02/01/46

    7,200        9,307,008  

Series A, Junior Lien, 5.00%, 02/01/49

    10,000        12,879,400  

County of Harris Texas, Refunding RB,
Series B, (AMBAC), 0.77%, 08/15/35(b)

    5,000        4,939,580  

Dallas Independent School District, Refunding GO

    

Series B, (PSF-GTD), 4.00%, 08/15/27

    6,750        7,875,765  

Series B, (PSF-GTD), 4.00%, 08/15/29

    9,000        10,684,530  

Leander Independent School District, GO, CAB, Series C, (PSF-GTD), 0.00%, 08/15/24(c)(i)

    95,000        33,143,750  

Lower Colorado River Authority, Refunding RB
5.00%, 05/15/26

    3,160        3,823,252  

5.00%, 05/15/27

    1,770        2,199,455  

5.00%, 05/15/28

    1,770        2,250,413  

5.00%, 05/15/29

    1,880        2,437,044  

5.00%, 05/15/30

    1,405        1,852,774  

5.00%, 05/15/31

    1,720        2,264,242  

5.00%, 05/15/32

    3,600        4,704,984  

5.00%, 05/15/33

    3,500        4,561,655  

5.00%, 05/15/41

    3,500        4,458,545  

5.00%, 05/15/46

    5,250        6,601,507  

5.00%, 05/15/51

    6,500        8,146,450  

Matagorda County Navigation District No. 1, Refunding RB, 2.60%, 11/01/29

    15,000        16,080,750  

New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., RB(a)

    

Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/39

    1,210        1,371,281  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/51

    2,670        2,948,641  

New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., Refunding RB(a)

    

Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/36

    4,055        4,073,694  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/46

    4,055        4,069,639  

North Texas Tollway Authority, Refunding RB, CAB, Series D, (AGC), 0.00%, 01/01/28(c)

    10,000        9,251,900  

Northwest Independent School District, Refunding GO, Series A, (PSF-GTD), 1.78%, 02/15/31

    14,790        14,753,617  

Port Beaumont Navigation District, Refunding RB, Series B, 6.00%,
01/01/25(a)

    6,415        6,641,385  

Red River Health Facilities Development Corp., RB, 5.63%, 12/15/22(d)(e)

    2,570        1,700,225  

San Antonio Water System, Refunding RB, Series A, 4.00%, 05/15/40

    5,925        7,151,653  

Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., RB, Series B, 5.00%, 07/01/43

    6,000        7,381,920  

Tarrant Regional Water District, RB

    

Series A, 4.00%, 09/01/26

    5,855        6,903,279  

Series A, 4.00%, 09/01/27

    5,830        7,022,585  

Series A, 4.00%, 09/01/28

    5,665        6,948,802  

Series A, 4.00%, 09/01/29

    5,730        7,134,308  

Series A, 4.00%, 09/01/31

    5,120        6,372,762  

Texas Municipal Gas Acquisition & Supply Corp. III, Refunding RB
5.00%, 12/15/27

    5,000        6,228,700  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

     Value  
Texas (continued)             

Texas Municipal Gas Acquisition & Supply Corp. III, Refunding RB (continued)

    

5.00%, 12/15/29.

  $            5,000      $ 6,450,050  

5.00%, 12/15/30.

    10,300           13,470,031  

5.00%, 12/15/31

    33,070        43,824,364  

5.00%, 12/15/32

    25,000        33,632,000  

Texas Municipal Gas Acquisition and Supply Corp. I, RB

    

Series B, Senior Lien, 0.82%,
12/15/26(b)

    18,440        18,715,494  

Series D, Senior Lien, 6.25%, 12/15/26

    20,430        23,925,164  

Texas Private Activity Bond Surface Transportation Corp., RB, AMT, 5.00%, 06/30/58

    10,000        12,170,000  

Texas Private Activity Bond Surface Transportation Corp., Refunding RB

    

Series A, 5.00%, 12/31/30

    5,365        6,888,982  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/31/31

    10,000        12,744,900  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/31/32

    7,000        8,891,050  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/31/34

    8,000        10,122,560  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/31/35

    7,000        8,850,240  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/31/36

    8,000        10,102,240  
    

 

 

 
       502,278,367  
Utah — 0.4%             

Salt Lake City Corp. Airport Revenue, ARB

    

Series B, 5.00%, 07/01/47

    5,000        5,968,850  

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

    10,000        11,701,800  

Utah Charter School Finance Authority, RB(a)
5.63%, 06/15/26

    440        439,226  

(UT), 5.00%, 07/15/34

    530        530,943  

(UT), 5.13%, 07/15/49

    4,830        4,836,810  

5.63%, 06/15/54

    4,945        5,022,686  

Utah State Board of Regents, RB 2.55%, 06/01/38

    1,250        1,309,950  

2.63%, 06/01/39

    1,250        1,314,038  
    

 

 

 
       31,124,303  
Vermont — 0.6%             

State of Vermont, GO

    

Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/29

    4,325        5,735,858  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/30

    4,325        5,857,131  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/31

    4,270        5,914,035  

Series A, 4.00%, 08/15/32

    4,325        5,543,569  

Series A, 4.00%, 08/15/33

    2,325        2,958,098  

Series A, 4.00%, 08/15/34

    4,325        5,475,191  

Series A, 4.00%, 08/15/35

    2,825        3,569,359  

State of Vermont, Refunding GO

    

Series B, 5.00%, 08/15/27

    3,210        4,063,090  

Series B, 5.00%, 08/15/29

    3,315        4,396,386  

Series B, 5.00%, 08/15/30

    3,400        4,604,450  
    

 

 

 
       48,117,167  
Virginia — 3.9%             

Ballston Quarter Community Development Authority, TA

    

Series A, 5.38%, 03/01/36

    1,050        1,062,863  

Series A, 5.50%, 03/01/46

    6,210        6,211,615  

Cherry Hill Community Development Authority, SAB(a)

    

5.15%, 03/01/35

    1,000        1,083,500  

5.40%, 03/01/45

    1,995        2,152,027  

Chesapeake Bay Bridge & Tunnel District, RB (AGM), 5.00%, 07/01/41

    5,000        5,947,050  
Security  

Par

(000)

     Value  
Virginia (continued)             

Chesapeake Bay Bridge & Tunnel District, RB (continued)

    

5.00%, 07/01/46.

  $ 5,000      $ 5,803,450  

5.00%, 07/01/51.

             10,000           11,561,100  

County of Fairfax Virginia, GO

    

Series A, (SAW), 4.00%, 10/01/27

    12,770        15,403,174  

Series A, (SAW), 4.00%, 10/01/31

    12,660        16,154,287  

Series A, (SAW), 4.00%, 10/01/32

    2,000        2,536,580  

County of Fairfax Virginia, Refunding GO,
Series A, (SAW), 5.00%, 10/01/28

    5,000        6,494,350  

Dulles Town Center Community Development Authority, Refunding SAB, 4.00%, 03/01/23

    1,000        1,012,330  

FHLMC Multifamily VRD Certificates, Series M053, Class A, 2.55%, 06/15/35

    19,845        22,041,048  

Glendale Community College District, GO, Series B, 4.00%, 08/01/50

    34,950        40,906,878  

Hanover County Economic Development Authority, Refunding RB
5.00%, 07/01/38

    125        137,016  

5.00%, 07/01/48

    365        397,240  

Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/22

    420        425,162  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/47

    1,985        2,029,325  

Henrico County Economic Development Authority, Refunding RB 5.00%, 06/01/22

    625        648,806  

5.00%, 06/01/23

    420        435,968  

Loudoun County Economic Development Authority, RB, CAB, 0.00%, 07/01/49(c)

    25,115        10,768,559  

Lower Magnolia Green Community Development Authority, SAB(a)
5.00%, 03/01/35

    2,875        3,099,825  

5.00%, 03/01/45

    2,955        3,146,129  

Norfolk Airport Authority, ARB, 5.00%, 07/01/43

    2,700        3,372,786  

Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., Refunding RB, Series A-1, 6.71%, 06/01/46

    15,760        16,417,507  

University of Nebraska Facilities Corp.,
RB(g)

    

5.00%, 07/15/51

    10,000        13,074,100  

4.00%, 07/15/59

    34,970        41,169,132  

Series A, 4.00%, 07/15/62

    40,000        46,891,200  

Virginia Housing Development Authority, RB, M/F Housing

    

Series A, 3.65%, 03/01/43

    5,000        5,400,700  

Series A, 3.75%, 03/01/48

    5,000        5,388,000  

Series B, 3.50%, 06/01/33

    1,335        1,462,653  

Series B, 3.63%, 06/01/38

    3,730        4,067,490  

Series B, 3.10%, 05/01/41

    1,040        1,101,568  

Virginia Small Business Financing Authority, RB

    

AMT, 5.00%, 12/31/49

    5,000        5,866,300  

AMT, 5.00%, 12/31/52

    15,000        17,516,700  

AMT, 5.00%, 12/31/56

    10,000        11,663,100  
    

 

 

 
       332,849,518  
Washington — 3.5%             

Clark County School District No. 114 Evergreen, GO, (GTD), 5.00%, 12/01/31

    6,200        8,279,542  

Greater Wenatchee Regional Events Center Public Facilities District, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.25%, 09/01/32

    800        817,560  

King County Housing Authority, Refunding RB, (HUD SECT 8), 2.75%, 01/01/40

    1,900        2,001,023  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

     Value  
Washington (continued)             

Mason County Public Hospital District No. 1, RB, 5.00%, 12/01/48.

  $            5,000      $      6,008,300  

Pierce County School District No. 10 Tacoma, Refunding GO, (GTD), 1.73%, 12/01/31

    4,525        4,445,360  

Seattle Housing Authority, Refunding RB, M/F Housing, (HUD SECT 8), 3.50%, 12/01/35

    1,500        1,641,375  

State of Washington, GO

    

Series C, 5.00%, 02/01/43

    29,830        39,191,251  

Series C, 5.00%, 02/01/44

    31,320        41,023,876  

Series C, 5.00%, 02/01/46

    20,000        26,088,400  

Series E, 5.00%, 06/01/42

    9,905        13,134,723  

Series E, 5.00%, 06/01/46

    10,000        13,137,800  

Series F, 5.00%, 06/01/29

    7,115        9,365,119  

Series F, 5.00%, 06/01/30

    6,470        8,682,869  

State of Washington, Refunding GO

    

Series D, 5.00%, 07/01/26

    6,125        7,495,101  

Series D, 5.00%, 07/01/27

    6,435        8,086,543  

Series D, 5.00%, 07/01/28

    6,775        8,738,327  

Series D, 5.00%, 07/01/29

    6,835        9,006,206  

Series D, 5.00%, 07/01/30

    7,480        10,057,608  

Series D, 5.00%, 07/01/31

    7,325        10,071,069  

Washington Health Care Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 08/01/37

    5,000        6,381,300  

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, RB(g)
5.00%, 07/15/41

    5,970        7,922,668  

4.00%, 07/15/43

    10,000        12,186,900  

4.00%, 07/15/46

    10,000        12,038,100  

5.00%, 07/15/46

    5,000        6,568,500  

Washington State Convention Center Public Facilities District, RB
4.00%, 07/01/31

    11,045        12,747,034  

4.00%, 07/01/58

    6,070        6,657,394  

Washington State Housing Finance Commission, RB, M/F Housing, 3.50%, 12/20/35

    10,000        11,629,591  
    

 

 

 
       303,403,539  
West Virginia — 0.3%             

Tobacco Settlement Finance Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, Class 1, 4.31%, 06/01/49

    10,000        10,165,600  

West Virginia Hospital Finance Authority, Refunding RB
5.00%, 09/01/31

    2,775        3,545,340  

5.00%, 09/01/38

    4,550        5,698,101  

5.00%, 09/01/39

    1,970        2,459,939  

West Virginia Housing Development Fund, RB, S/F Housing, Series B, 3.95%, 11/01/34

    4,910        5,132,718  

West Virginia Housing Development Fund,

    

Refunding RB, Series A, AMT, 3.70%, 11/01/29

    1,280        1,365,696  
    

 

 

 
       28,367,394  
Wisconsin — 1.7%             

Public Finance Authority, RB(a)

    

6.00%, 06/15/24

    385        386,698  

6.75%, 11/01/24

    21,420        21,705,100  

5.00%, 04/01/40

    1,175        1,418,848  

7.00%, 11/01/46

    5,085        5,401,745  

5.00%, 04/01/50

    1,470        1,729,337  

Series A, 6.25%, 10/01/31

    1,285        1,375,053  

Series A, 7.00%, 10/01/47

    1,285        1,352,527  

Series A-2, 5.00%, 01/01/24

    2,135        2,144,650  
Security  

Par

(000)

     Value  
Wisconsin (continued)             

Public Finance Authority, RB(a) (continued)

    

Series B, 5.50%, 06/15/25

  $               555      $ 558,968  

Series B, 5.62%, 06/01/29

    965        975,538  

Public Finance Authority, Refunding RB

    

Series A, 5.00%, 10/01/34(a)

    2,620        3,186,182  

Series A, 5.00%, 10/01/39(a)

    6,155        7,408,343  

Series A, 5.00%, 10/01/44

    10,000        12,386,800  

Series B, 6.13%, 10/01/49(a)

    8,530        9,176,574  

AMT, 4.00%, 08/01/35

    4,840        4,883,269  

State of Wisconsin, Refunding GO, Series 3, 0.80%, 05/01/26

    11,250        11,178,562  

Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority, RB

    

Series B, 5.00%, 02/15/40

    10,000        10,297,700  

Series B, 5.00%, 02/15/42

    10,000        11,582,200  

Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority, Refunding RB

    

5.00%, 12/15/44

    10,000        11,295,500  

Series A, 5.00%, 11/15/35

    10,000        12,127,600  

Series A, 5.00%, 04/01/42

    10,000        10,553,500  

Wisconsin Housing & Economic Development Authority, RB, S/F Housing, Series A, 3.00%, 03/01/52(g)

    4,200        4,616,556  
    

 

 

 
       145,741,250  
    

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds — 88.6%
(Cost: $7,226,195,478)

 

      7,629,603,351  
    

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts(j)

 

Alaska — 0.0%             

Alaska Housing Finance Corp., RB, S/F Housing, Series A, 3.70%, 12/01/38

    2,090        2,419,921  
    

 

 

 
Arizona — 0.3%             

City of Phoenix Civic Improvement Corp., ARB,

    

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

    10,000        11,884,700  

Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/45.

    10,000        11,560,100  
    

 

 

 
       23,444,800  
California — 2.3%             

California Educational Facilities Authority, Refunding RB

    

5.00%, 09/01/45.

    10,490        12,289,766  

5.00%, 10/01/46

    10,000        11,802,999  

California Health Facilities Financing Authority, RB

    

Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/23(i)

    10,000        11,064,500  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/15/43

    10,000        11,353,897  

California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank, RB

    

5.00%, 05/15/47

    10,000        12,374,600  

5.00%, 05/15/52

    10,000        12,359,200  

California Public Finance Authority, Refunding RB,

    

Series A, 5.00%, 08/01/47

    10,000        12,172,100  

Chaffey Joint Union High School District, GO, Series C, 5.25%, 08/01/47

    10,000        12,262,700  

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

    10,000        12,399,300  

City of Los Angeles Department of Airports, ARB Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 05/15/45

    10,000        11,545,797  
 

 

 

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May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
     Value  
California (continued)             

City of Los Angeles Department of Airports, ARB (continued)

    

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

  $          10,000      $      12,289,500  

City of San Francisco California Public Utilities Commission Water Revenue, RB, 5.00%, 05/01/22(i)

    10,000        10,445,200  

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

    10,000        12,328,100  

Fresno Unified School District, GO, 5.00%, 08/01/24(i)

    10,000        11,499,100  

Manteca Unified School District, GO, Series A, 5.00%, 08/01/40

    10,000        11,770,501  

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

    10,000        11,257,400  

San Marcos Unified School District, GO, Series C, 5.00%, 02/15/24(i)

    10,000        11,276,399  
    

 

 

 
       200,491,059  
Connecticut — 0.3%             

Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, RB, S/F Housing, Series A, 3.85%, 05/15/45(k)

    10,000        10,489,600  

Connecticut State Health & Educational Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 12/01/45

    10,000        11,913,600  
    

 

 

 
       22,403,200  
District of Columbia — 0.4%             

District of Columbia Water & Sewer Authority, RB

    

Series A, 5.00%, 10/01/52

    10,000        12,093,800  

Series A, Sub-Lien, 5.00%, 10/01/23(i)

    10,000        11,117,000  

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Aviation Revenue, Refunding ARB, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/42 .

    10,000        12,359,100  
    

 

 

 
       35,569,900  
Florida — 0.6%             

East Central Regional Wastewater Treatment Facilities Operation Board, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 10/01/44

    10,000        12,264,100  

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

    

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

    5,520        5,983,525  

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

    5,517        6,011,405  

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

    10,000        11,763,900  

Tampa Bay Water, RB, 5.00%, 10/01/38

    10,000        11,031,600  
    

 

 

 
       47,054,530  
Georgia — 1.1%             

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

    20,000        23,307,002  

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

    10,000        11,832,500  

Development Authority of Cobb County, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/49(k)

    10,000        12,035,100  

Gainesville & Hall County Hospital Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, (GTD), 5.50%, 08/15/54

    10,000        11,571,800  

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

    

Series B, 3.55%, 12/01/42

    10,000        10,699,196  

Series B1, 3.65%, 06/01/44(k)

    9,740        10,164,871  

Georgia Housing & Finance Authority, Refunding RB, S/F Housing, Series A-1, 3.80%, 12/01/40(k)

    10,000        10,605,100  
    

 

 

 
       90,215,569  
Security   Par
(000)
     Value  
Illinois — 0.1%             

Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, RB, Series B, 5.00%, 01/01/36.

  $          10,000      $      11,879,700  
    

 

 

 
Indiana — 0.1%             

Indiana Finance Authority, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 11/01/41

    10,000        11,722,400  
    

 

 

 
Iowa — 0.2%             

Iowa Finance Authority, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 08/01/42

    10,000        12,327,400  
    

 

 

 
Maine — 0.1%             

Maine State Housing Authority, RB, S/F Housing, Series B, 3.75%, 11/15/38

    10,000        11,137,900  
    

 

 

 
Maryland — 0.4%             

City of Baltimore Maryland, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/24(i)

    10,000        11,217,296  

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

    10,000        11,824,800  

Maryland Stadium Authority, RB, 5.00%, 05/01/47

    10,000        12,387,730  
    

 

 

 
       35,429,826  
Massachusetts — 0.4%             

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, GO, Series A, 5.00%, 03/01/46.

    10,000        11,179,800  

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, RB, Series M-4, 5.00%, 07/01/23(i)

    10,000        10,998,800  

Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, RB, M/F Housing, Series C-1, 3.30%, 12/01/59(k)

    10,015        10,571,516  
    

 

 

 
       32,750,116  
Michigan — 0.5%             

Michigan Finance Authority, Refunding RB, Series 2016, 5.00%, 12/01/45

    10,000        11,808,205  

Michigan State Housing Development Authority, RB, M/F Housing

    

Series A, 3.80%, 10/01/38

    10,000        11,215,200  

Series A, 4.15%, 10/01/53(k)

    20,000        22,081,000  
    

 

 

 
       45,104,405  
Minnesota — 0.1%             

Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/24(i)

    10,000        11,217,499  
    

 

 

 
Missouri — 0.4%             

Health & Educational Facilities Authority of the State of Missouri, RB, 5.00%, 01/01/44

    10,000        11,081,500  

Metropolitan St Louis Sewer District, Refunding RB

    

Series A, 5.00%, 05/01/47

    10,000        12,111,500  

Series B, 5.00%, 05/01/45

    10,000        11,678,700  
    

 

 

 
       34,871,700  
New York — 2.0%             

City of New York Water & Sewer System, RB, Series CC, 5.00%, 06/15/47.

    10,000        10,926,235  

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 11/15/42

    10,000        12,128,900  

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Refunding RB, Sub-Series B-1, 5.00%, 11/15/46

    10,000        12,010,000  

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

    

Series A-1, 3.95%, 11/15/44(k)

    10,000        10,552,400  

Series C-1A, 4.00%, 11/01/53

    10,000        10,609,300  

Series C-1-A, 4.13%, 05/01/58(k)

    10,000        10,744,800  

Series G-1, 3.90%, 05/01/45(k)

    10,000        10,383,000  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
     Value  
New York (continued)             

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

    

Series J, 3.35%, 11/01/65

  $          10,000      $      10,395,600  

New York City Water & Sewer System, RB, Series DD, 5.00%, 06/15/47.

    20,000        24,231,400  

New York State Dormitory Authority, RB Series A, 5.00%, 03/15/39

    10,000        11,219,897  

Series A, 5.00%, 03/15/45

    10,000        12,392,300  

New York State Dormitory Authority, Refunding RB,
Series E, 5.00%, 02/15/39

    10,000        11,550,163  

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Refunding ARB,
Series 194th, 5.00%, 10/15/41

    10,000        11,788,500  

Utility Debt Securitization Authority, Refunding RB,

    

Restructured, 5.00%, 12/15/37

    10,000        11,959,600  
    

 

 

 
       170,892,095  

North Carolina — 0.6%

    

City of Charlotte North Carolina Airport Special Facilities Revenue, ARB

    

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/42

    10,000        12,192,900  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/47

    10,000        12,344,400  

North Carolina Capital Facilities Finance Agency, Refunding RB, Series B, 5.00%, 10/01/25(i)

    10,000        11,971,400  

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

    

Series 39-B, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 3.85%, 07/01/38

    8,320        9,330,622  

Series 39-B, (FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA), 4.00%, 01/01/48

    8,260        9,133,410  
    

 

 

 
       54,972,732  

Ohio — 0.2%

    

University of Cincinnati, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/44

    10,000        12,593,100  
    

 

 

 

Oklahoma — 0.1%

    

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

    10,000        12,051,700  
    

 

 

 

Oregon — 0.3%

    

Oregon State Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/47

    10,000        12,158,500  

University of Oregon, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 04/01/48.

    10,000        12,280,000  
    

 

 

 
       24,438,500  

Pennsylvania — 0.9%

    

General Authority of Southcentral Pennsylvania, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 06/01/24(i)

    10,000        11,406,499  

Lancaster County Hospital Authority, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 08/15/46

    10,000        11,896,200  

Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, RB, S/F Housing

    

Series 125B, 3.65%, 10/01/42(k)

    20,000        21,554,600  

Series 127B, 3.55%, 10/01/33

    10,000        10,894,500  

Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/42

    20,000        22,606,000  
    

 

 

 
       78,357,799  
Security   Par
(000)
     Value  
Tennessee — 0.5%             

Rutherford County Health & Educational Facilities Board, RB,
Series C, 5.00%, 11/15/21(i)

  $          10,000      $      10,220,600  

Tennessee Housing Development Agency, RB, S/F Housing

    

Series 3, 3.85%, 07/01/43

    8,840        9,587,239  

Series 3, 3.95%, 01/01/49

    8,800        9,641,049  

Tennessee Housing Development Agency, Refunding RB, S/F Housing, 3.85%, 07/01/42

    9,120        10,030,142  
    

 

 

 
       39,479,030  

Texas — 0.8%

    

Alamo Regional Mobility Authority, RB, Senior Lien, 5.00%, 06/15/46.

    10,000        11,635,400  

City of San Antonio Texas Electric & Gas Systems Revenue, RB, Junior Lien, 5.00%, 02/01/23(i)

    10,000        10,791,200  

County of Harris Texas, Refunding RB, Series A, Senior Lien, 5.00%, 08/15/47

    10,000        11,957,800  

Midlothian Independent School District, GO, (PSF-GTD), 5.00%, 02/15/47

    10,000        12,043,900  

Tarrant Regional Water District Water Supply System Revenue, RB, 5.00%, 03/01/22(i)

    10,000        10,361,500  

Texas Water Development Board, RB,
Series A, 5.00%, 10/15/47

    10,000        12,302,300  
    

 

 

 
       69,092,100  

Utah — 0.1%

    

Utah Transit Authority, Refunding RB,
Series A, 5.00%, 06/15/25(i)

    10,000        11,837,201  
    

 

 

 

Virginia — 0.8%

    

City of Norfolk Virginia Water Revenue, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 11/01/42.

    10,000        12,385,700  

Fairfax County Industrial Development Authority, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 05/15/44

    10,000        11,234,900  

Fairfax County Water Authority, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 04/01/46

    10,000        12,158,400  

University of Virginia, Refunding RB,
Series A-2, 5.00%, 04/01/45

    10,000        11,509,000  

Virginia Housing Development Authority, RB, M/F Housing

    

Series D, 3.90%, 10/01/48

    10,000        10,934,900  

Series D, 4.00%, 10/01/53

    10,000        10,936,200  
    

 

 

 
       69,159,100  

Washington — 1.0%

    

Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, RB, Series S-1, 5.00%, 11/01/46

    10,000        15,295,700  

King County Housing Authority, Refunding RB, (GTD), 3.50%, 05/01/38

    10,000        11,160,699  

Port of Seattle Washington, GO, 5.00%, 01/01/42

    10,000        12,060,100  

State of Washington, GO

    

Series A, 5.00%, 08/01/38

    10,000        10,974,498  

Series B, 5.00%, 02/01/33

    10,000        11,623,500  

Washington Health Care Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, Series D, 5.00%, 10/01/38

    10,000        11,398,697  

Washington State Convention Center Public

    

Facilities District, RB, 5.00%, 07/01/58

    10,000        12,044,500  
    

 

 

 
       84,557,694  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Wisconsin — 0.1%            

Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority, RB, Series D, 5.00%, 11/15/21(i)

  $          10,000     $ 10,217,000  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts — 14.7%
(Cost: $1,163,220,579)

 

    1,265,687,976  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 105.1%
(Cost: $8,545,101,857)

 

    9,047,917,928  
   

 

 

 

 

     Shares         
Short-Term Securities            

Money Market Funds — 4.9%

   

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, MuniCash, Institutional Class, 0.01%(l)(m)

    424,870,855       424,955,829  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 4.9%
(Cost: $424,943,377)

      424,955,829  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 110.0%
(Cost: $8,970,045,234)

      9,472,873,757  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (1.1)%

 

    (97,960,455

Liability for TOB Trust Certificates, Including Interest Expense and Fees Payable — (8.9)%

 

    (764,909,392
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $  8,610,003,910  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

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

(b) 

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

(c) 

Zero-coupon bond.

(d) 

Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default.

(e) 

Non-income producing security.

(f) 

Payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in additional par/shares and/or in cash. Rates shown are the current rate and possible payment rates.

 

(g) 

When-issued security.

(h) 

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.

(i) 

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.

(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) 

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 agreements, which expire between May 1, 2022 to November 1, 2048, is $83,760,775. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

(l) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(m) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

 

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

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended May 31, 2021 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer    Value at
05/31/20
    
Purchases
at Cost
 
 
    
Proceeds
from Sales
 
 
    


Net

Realized
Gain (Loss)

 

 
 

    


Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
 
 
 
    
Value at
05/31/21
 
 
    


Shares

Held at
05/31/21

 

 
 

     Income       



Capital Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
 
 
 
 
 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, MuniCash, Institutional Class

   $ 368,379,391    $  56,593,408 (a)     $      $ 42,936      $ (59,906    $  424,955,829        424,870,855      $  43,027      $  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 

 

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May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

 

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 Notes

     9,040        09/21/21      $  1,191,585      $ (445,699

U.S. Long Bond

     3,774        09/21/21        589,334        288,616  
           

 

 

 
            $ (157,083
           

 

 

 

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  

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $      $      $ 288,616      $      $  288,616  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $      $      $ 445,699      $      $ 445,699  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (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 year ended May 31, 2021, 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

   $  —        $        $  —        $        $  115,909,414        $        $  115,909,414  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                                

Futures contracts

   $        $        $        $        $ 1,514,389        $        $ 1,514,389  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

Futures contracts

                                                                          

Average notional value of contracts — short

                                                                     $ 1,720,582,606  

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 tables summarize the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments 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

   $  —        $  152,626,601        $        $  152,626,601  

 

 

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  (continued)

May 31, 2021

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (continued)

 

      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Municipal Bonds

   $        $  7,629,603,351        $        $  7,629,603,351  

Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts

              1,265,687,976                   1,265,687,976  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     424,955,829                            424,955,829  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 424,955,829        $  9,047,917,928        $        $  9,472,873,757  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                 

Interest Rate Contracts

   $ 288,616        $        $        $ 288,616  

Liabilities

                 

Interest Rate Contracts

     (445,699                          (445,699
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ (157,083      $        $        $ (157,083
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a)   

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 $764,711,654 are categorized as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

May 31, 2021

       

 

    

BlackRock

California

Municipal

Opportunities Fund

    

BlackRock

New Jersey

Municipal

Bond Fund

    

BlackRock
Pennsylvania

Municipal

Bond Fund

    

BlackRock

Strategic

Municipal
Opportunities Fund

 

ASSETS

          

Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)

  $  3,243,417,658      $  387,324,547      $  646,940,240      $  9,047,917,928  

Investments, at value — affiliated(b)

    153,125,894        28,655,380        21,885,750        424,955,829  

Cash

    1,618,750        81,500        142,500        615  

Cash pledged for futures contracts

    7,679,000        387,000        659,000        27,265,000  

Receivables:

          

Investments sold

    8,141,108        45,000        100,000        22,225,823  

Capital shares sold

    5,791,447        471,836        1,236,739        24,114,408  

Dividends — affiliated

    996        211        255        1,895  

Interest — unaffiliated

    34,679,395        4,861,061        8,091,468        85,126,164  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    30,750        1,562        2,938        117,937  

Prepaid expenses

    55,167        74,627        81,816        153,902  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

    3,454,540,165        421,902,724        679,140,706        9,631,879,501  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

ACCRUED LIABILITIES

          

Payables:

          

Investments purchased

    32,278,184        4,570,374        24,868,866        226,157,258  

Capital shares redeemed

    7,535,212        368,809        1,239,867        17,937,400  

Income dividend distributions

    1,075,021        294,866        529,961        3,973,441  

Interest expense and fees

    25,754        8,195        17,625        197,738  

Investment advisory fees

    1,884,138        248,753        417,572        6,365,053  

Trustees’ and Officer’s fees

    8,831        1,275        1,795        80,205  

Other accrued expenses

    637,101        158,636        180,271        1,593,706  

Other affiliates

    19,407        2,228        3,380        51,944  

Service and distribution fees

    315,453        51,969        52,347        524,676  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    85,294        4,250        6,630        282,516  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total accrued liabilities

    43,864,395        5,709,355        27,318,314        257,163,937  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

OTHER LIABILITIES

          

TOB Trust Certificates

    143,144,977        17,972,276        49,168,902        764,711,654  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    187,009,372        23,681,631        76,487,216        1,021,875,591  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 3,267,530,793      $ 398,221,093      $ 602,653,490      $ 8,610,003,910  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

          

Paid-in capital

  $ 3,177,232,964      $ 370,472,902      $ 581,244,966      $ 8,656,076,755  

Accumumlated earnings (loss)

    90,297,829        27,748,191        21,408,524        (46,072,845
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 3,267,530,793      $ 398,221,093      $ 602,653,490      $ 8,610,003,910  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 3,004,846,158      $ 349,653,647      $ 604,378,415      $ 8,545,101,857  

(b) Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 153,090,262      $ 28,653,774      $ 21,884,617      $ 424,943,377  

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities  (continued)

May 31, 2021

 

    

BlackRock

California

Municipal
Opportunities Fund

    

BlackRock

New Jersey

Municipal

Bond Fund

    

BlackRock

Pennsylvania

Municipal

Bond Fund

    

BlackRock

Strategic

Municipal

Opportunities Fund

 

NET ASSET VALUE

          

Institutional

          

Net assets

  $ 1,922,917,743      $ 215,902,823      $ 403,080,227      $ 6,514,428,214  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    147,012,750        18,627,797        35,709,782        545,316,312  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 13.08      $ 11.59      $ 11.29      $ 11.95  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited        Unlimited        Unlimited        Unlimited  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10      $ 0.10      $ 0.10      $ 0.10  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Service                           

Net assets

    N/A      $ 7,954,829      $ 2,366,526        N/A  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    N/A        686,363        209,421        N/A  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

    N/A      $ 11.59      $ 11.30        N/A  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    N/A        Unlimited        Unlimited        N/A  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

    N/A      $ 0.10      $ 0.10        N/A  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Investor A                           

Net assets

  $ 1,025,162,357      $ 128,040,100      $ 161,081,190      $ 1,717,909,683  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    78,446,969        11,038,640        14,255,047        143,868,358  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 13.07      $ 11.60      $ 11.30      $ 11.94  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited        Unlimited        Unlimited        Unlimited  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10      $ 0.10      $ 0.10      $ 0.10  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Investor A1                           

Net assets

  $ 103,726,278      $ 17,417,201      $ 8,925,210      $ 24,644,691  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    7,930,369        1,501,011        789,532        2,063,352  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 13.08      $ 11.60      $ 11.30      $ 11.94  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited        Unlimited        Unlimited        Unlimited  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10      $ 0.10      $ 0.10      $ 0.10  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Investor C                           

Net assets

  $ 107,235,380      $ 26,004,267      $ 20,866,098      $ 184,220,079  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    8,198,172        2,244,388        1,846,948        15,421,133  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 13.08      $ 11.59      $ 11.30      $ 11.95  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited        Unlimited        Unlimited        Unlimited  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10      $ 0.10      $ 0.10      $ 0.10  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Class K                           

Net assets

  $ 108,489,035      $ 2,901,873      $ 6,334,239      $ 168,801,243  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    8,291,210        250,465        561,263        14,128,477  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 13.08      $ 11.59      $ 11.29      $ 11.95  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    Unlimited        Unlimited        Unlimited        Unlimited  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10      $ 0.10      $ 0.10      $ 0.10  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations  

Year Ended May 31, 2021

 

           

BlackRock

California

Municipal

Opportunities Fund

           

BlackRock

New Jersey

Municipal

Bond Fund

           

BlackRock

Pennsylvania

Municipal

Bond Fund

           

BlackRock

Strategic

Municipal

Opportunities Fund

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

                                                      

Dividends — affiliated

    $ 17,749        $ 2,174        $ 2,899        $ 43,027  

Interest — unaffiliated

      78,056,179          13,700,539          20,563,941          246,900,604  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total investment income

      78,073,928          13,702,713          20,566,840          246,943,631  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

EXPENSES

                  

Investment advisory

      11,665,963          1,970,400          2,983,361          42,272,280  

Service and distribution — class specific

      3,944,107          615,779          631,459          6,589,262  

Transfer agent — class specific

      1,391,528          286,131          643,309          4,617,102  

Professional

      378,398          77,040          79,964          1,025,041  

Accounting services

      360,123          77,007          106,197          865,138  

Registration

      111,839          48,909          52,079          422,973  

Custodian

      62,726          5,173          9,295          195,418  

Printing and postage

      35,286          37,970          37,855          52,251  

Trustees and Officer

      34,098          5,505          7,560          95,138  

Miscellaneous

      132,713          26,339          30,800          358,035  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total expenses excluding interest expense

      18,116,781          3,150,253          4,581,879          56,492,638  

Interest expense(a)

      931,190          142,904          401,856          5,643,923  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total expenses

      19,047,971          3,293,157          4,983,735          62,136,561  

Less:

                  

Fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager

      (327,608        (466,347        (494,810        (4,437,182

Transfer agent fees waived and/or reimbursed — class specific

      (71,366        (104,035        (366,672         
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      18,648,997          2,722,775          4,122,253          57,699,379  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net investment income

      59,424,931          10,979,938          16,444,587          189,244,252  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

                  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

                  

Investments — unaffiliated

      47,268,391          1,676,142          2,399,686          203,162,374  

Investments — affiliated

      83,418          (772        2,629          42,936  

Futures contracts

      37,029,913          1,249,472          2,205,681          115,909,414  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
      84,381,722          2,924,842          4,607,996          319,114,724  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

                  

Investments — unaffiliated

      135,419,371          21,743,693          22,903,896          443,385,528  

Investments — affiliated

      (6,553        608          (4,632        (59,906

Futures contracts

      (67,636        (4,244        (8,632        1,514,389  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
      135,345,182          21,740,057          22,890,632          444,840,011  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain

      219,726,904          24,664,899          27,498,628          763,954,735  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

    $  279,151,835        $  35,644,837        $  43,943,215        $  953,198,987  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a)

Related to TOBs Trusts.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

          BlackRock California
Municipal Opportunities Fund
           BlackRock New Jersey
Municipal Bond Fund
 
          Year Ended May 31,            Year Ended May 31,  
            2021             2020             2021             2020  

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

                           

OPERATIONS

                  

Net investment income

    $ 59,424,931        $ 74,502,683        $ 10,979,938        $ 11,198,630  

Net realized gain (loss)

      84,381,722          (164,917,661        2,924,842          (7,829,126

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

      135,345,182          (22,802,453        21,740,057          (9,077,136
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

      279,151,835          (113,217,431        35,644,837          (5,707,632
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

                  

Institutional

      (35,993,789        (46,598,483        (6,219,420        (6,319,333

Service

                        (218,557        (232,863

Investor A

      (18,229,406        (20,907,590        (3,359,637        (3,169,958

Investor A1

      (1,949,482        (2,258,176        (524,575        (597,949

Investor C

      (1,197,450        (1,782,575        (579,084        (761,510

Investor C1

               (2,285                 (445

Class K

      (2,039,731        (2,688,705        (75,516        (62,897
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

      (59,409,858        (74,237,814        (10,976,789        (11,144,955
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

                  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

      (244,079,259        145,089,557          19,898,331          41,185,822  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

                  

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

      (24,337,282        (42,365,688        44,566,379          24,333,235  

Beginning of year

      3,291,868,075          3,334,233,763          353,654,714          329,321,479  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

End of year

    $ 3,267,530,793        $ 3,291,868,075        $ 398,221,093        $ 353,654,714  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a)

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets  (continued)

 

          BlackRock Pennsylvania
Municipal Bond Fund
           BlackRock Strategic
Municipal Opportunities Fund
 
          Year Ended May 31,            Year Ended May 31,  
            2021             2020             2021             2020  

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

                           

OPERATIONS

                  

Net investment income

    $ 16,444,587        $ 18,678,886        $ 189,244,252        $ 280,602,542  

Net realized gain (loss)

      4,607,996          (10,809,100        319,114,724          (593,963,030

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

      22,890,632          (9,373,867        444,840,011          (357,377,876
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

      43,943,215          (1,504,081        953,198,987          (670,738,364
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

                  

Institutional

      (11,509,115        (13,323,193        (143,714,628        (220,891,704

Service

      (59,039        (68,557                  

Investor A

      (4,009,250        (3,995,842        (36,971,138        (46,246,783

Investor A1

      (267,887        (338,836        (540,624        (651,181

Investor C

      (501,222        (725,675        (2,813,627        (4,710,313

Investor C1

               (37                  

Class K

      (144,867        (116,866        (3,661,475        (4,456,594
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

      (16,491,380        (18,569,006        (187,701,492        (276,956,575
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

                  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

      28,957,774          30,795,831          (1,312,434,238        (742,778,148
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

                  

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

      56,409,609          10,722,744          (546,936,743        (1,690,473,087

Beginning of year

      546,243,881          535,521,137          9,156,940,653          10,847,413,740  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

End of year

    $ 602,653,490        $ 546,243,881        $ 8,610,003,910        $ 9,156,940,653  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a)

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights  

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund  
    Institutional  
    Year Ended May 31,  
             2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  

Net asset value, beginning of year

              $ 12.21     $ 12.71     $ 12.76     $ 12.60     $ 12.73  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

       0.25       0.27       0.34       0.34       0.36  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.87       (0.50     0.19       0.20       (0.13
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

       1.12       (0.23     0.53       0.54       0.23  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

            

From net investment income

       (0.25     (0.27     (0.34     (0.34     (0.36

From net realized gain

                   (0.24     (0.04      
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

       (0.25     (0.27     (0.58     (0.38     (0.36
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

     $ 13.08     $ 12.21     $ 12.71     $ 12.76     $ 12.60  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

            

Based on net asset value

       9.26     (1.85 )%      4.28     4.37     1.88
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(d)

            

Total expenses(e)

       0.48     0.57     0.63     0.57     0.61
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

       0.46     0.55     0.61     0.54     0.54
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(f)

       0.43     0.43     0.44     0.44     0.46
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

       1.98     2.13     2.70     2.68     2.88
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

            

Net assets, end of year (000)

     $ 1,922,918     $ 1,865,633     $ 2,016,387     $ 1,190,045     $ 611,571  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000)

     $ 143,145     $ 148,145     $ 253,167     $ 141,267     $ 60,642  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

       53     117     126     129     142
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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)

Excludes expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds as follows:

 

      Year Ended May 31,  
             2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  

Investments in underlying funds

                      0.01               0.02               0.02               0.01             0.01
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(e) Includes recoupment of past waived and/or reimbursed fees. Excluding the recoupment of past waived and/or reimbursed fees, the expense ratios were as follows:

 

 

      Year Ended May 31,  
          2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  

Expense ratios

                      N/A               0.56               0.62             0.57             N/A
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(f)

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund (continued)  
    Investor A  
    Year Ended May 31,  
             2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  

Net asset value, beginning of year

              $ 12.19     $ 12.70     $ 12.75     $ 12.58     $ 12.71  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

       0.22       0.24       0.31       0.31       0.33  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.88       (0.51     0.19       0.21       (0.13
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

       1.10       (0.27     0.50       0.52       0.20  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

            

From net investment income

       (0.22     (0.24     (0.31     (0.31     (0.33

From net realized gain

                   (0.24     (0.04      
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

       (0.22     (0.24     (0.55     (0.35     (0.33
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

     $ 13.07     $ 12.19     $ 12.70     $ 12.75     $ 12.58  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

            

Based on net asset value

       9.09     (2.18 )%      4.02     4.19     1.63
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(d)

            

Total expenses(e)

       0.72     0.82     0.88     0.81     0.85
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

       0.71     0.80     0.86     0.79     0.79
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(f)

       0.68     0.68     0.69     0.69     0.71
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

       1.74     1.88     2.45     2.45     2.64
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

            

Net assets, end of year (000)

     $ 1,025,162     $ 1,069,541     $ 941,069     $ 631,410     $ 438,543  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000)

     $ 143,145     $ 148,145     $ 253,167     $ 141,267     $ 60,642  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

       53     117     126     129     142
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(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) Excludes expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds as follows:

 

      Year Ended May 31,  
             2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  

Investments in underlying funds

                      0.01               0.02               0.02               0.01             0.01
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(e) Includes recoupment of past waived and/or reimbursed fees. Excluding the recoupment of past waived and/or reimbursed fees, the expense ratios were as follows:

 

 

      Year Ended May 31,  
          2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  

Expense ratios

                    N/A               0.82               0.88               0.81             0.85
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(f) Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund (continued)  
    Investor A1  
    Year Ended May 31,  
               2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  

Net asset value, beginning of year

     $ 12.20     $ 12.71     $ 12.76     $ 12.59     $ 12.72  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

       0.24       0.26       0.33       0.33       0.35  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.88       (0.51     0.19       0.21       (0.13
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

       1.12       (0.25     0.52       0.54       0.22  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

            

From net investment income

       (0.24     (0.26     (0.33     (0.33     (0.35

From net realized gain

                   (0.24     (0.04      
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

       (0.24     (0.26     (0.57     (0.37     (0.35
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

     $ 13.08     $ 12.20     $ 12.71     $ 12.76     $ 12.59  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

            

Based on net asset value

       9.25     (2.01 )%      4.18     4.35     1.78
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(d)

            

Total expenses(e)

       0.57     0.65     0.72     0.66     0.70
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

       0.56     0.63     0.70     0.64     0.64
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(f)

       0.53     0.51     0.53     0.54     0.56
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

       1.89     2.08     2.61     2.61     2.78
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

            

Net assets, end of year (000)

     $ 103,726     $ 103,229     $ 112,554     $ 118,780     $ 126,274  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000)

     $ 143,145     $ 148,145     $ 253,167     $ 141,267     $ 60,642  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

       53     117     126     129     142
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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) Excludes expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds as follows:

 

      Year Ended May 31,  
             2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  

Investments in underlying funds

                      0.01               0.02               0.02               0.01             0.01
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(e) Includes recoupment of past waived and/or reimbursed fees. Excluding the recoupment of past waived and/or reimbursed fees, the expense ratios were as follows:

 

 

      Year Ended May 31,  
          2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  

Expense ratios

                    N/A               0.65               0.71               0.66             N/A
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(f) 

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund (continued)  
    Investor C  
    Year Ended May 31,  
               2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  

Net asset value, beginning of year

     $ 12.21     $ 12.71     $ 12.76     $ 12.60     $ 12.73  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

       0.12       0.14       0.21       0.22       0.24  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.87       (0.50     0.19       0.20       (0.13
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

       0.99       (0.36     0.40       0.42       0.11  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

            

From net investment income

       (0.12     (0.14     (0.21     (0.22     (0.24

From net realized gain

                   (0.24     (0.04      
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

       (0.12     (0.14     (0.45     (0.26     (0.24
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

     $ 13.08     $ 12.21     $ 12.71     $ 12.76     $ 12.60  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

            

Based on net asset value

       8.17     (2.82 )%      3.24     3.33     0.87
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(d)

            

Total expenses

       1.48     1.57 %(e)       1.63 %(e)       1.57 %(e)       1.61 %(e)  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

       1.47     1.56     1.61     1.54     1.54
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(f)

       1.44     1.43     1.44     1.44     1.46
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

       0.99     1.14     1.70     1.70     1.89
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

            

Net assets, end of year (000)

     $ 107,235     $ 144,972     $ 150,543     $ 124,032     $ 112,978  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000)

     $ 143,145     $ 148,145     $ 253,167     $ 141,267     $ 60,642  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

       53     117     126     129     142
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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) 

Excludes expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds as follows:

 

      Year Ended May 31,  
             2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  

Investments in underlying funds

                      0.01               0.02               0.02               0.01             0.01
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(e)

Includes recoupment of past waived and/or reimbursed fees with no financial impact to the expense ratio.

(f)

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights  (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund (continued)  
    Class K  
    Year Ended May 31,      

Period from
01/25/18

to 05/31/18

 
(a)  

 

              2021     2020     2019  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 12.21     $ 12.71     $ 12.76     $ 12.71  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

      0.26       0.28       0.34       0.11  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.87       (0.50     0.19       0.06  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      1.13       (0.22     0.53       0.17  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(c)

         

From net investment income

      (0.26     (0.28     (0.34     (0.12

From net realized gain

                  (0.24      
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.26     (0.28     (0.58     (0.12
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 13.08     $ 12.21     $ 12.71     $ 12.76  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

         

Based on net asset value

      9.31     (1.80 )%      4.33     1.31 %(e)  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

         

Total expenses

      0.43     0.51 %(g)       0.58     0.54 %(h)(i) 
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.42     0.50     0.56     0.49 %(h)  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(j)

      0.39     0.38     0.39     0.39 %(h)  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

      2.02     2.19     2.71     2.76 %(h)  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

         

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 108,489     $ 108,494     $ 113,480     $ 36,441  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000)

    $ 143,145     $ 148,145     $ 253,167     $ 141,267  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      53     117     126     129
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c)

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) 

Aggregate total return.

(f) 

Excludes expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds as follows:

 

      Year Ended May 31,      

Period from
01/25/18

to 05/31/18

 
(a)  

 

              2021       2020       2019  

Investments in underlying funds

                         0.01               0.02               0.02             0.01
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(g) 

Includes recoupment of past waived and/or reimbursed fees with no financial impact to the expense ratio.

(h) 

Annualized.

(i) 

Offering costs were not annualized in the calculation of the expense ratios. If these expenses were annualized, the total expenses would have been 0.54%.

(j) 

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund  
    Institutional  
    Year Ended May 31,  
              2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  

Net asset value, beginning of year

    $ 10.84     $ 11.30     $ 11.05     $ 11.05     $ 11.38  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.35       0.37       0.40       0.40       0.39  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.75       (0.46     0.25       (0.00 )(b)       (0.33
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      1.10       (0.09     0.65       0.40       0.06  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

      (0.35     (0.37     (0.40     (0.40     (0.39
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

    $ 11.59     $ 10.84     $ 11.30     $ 11.05     $ 11.05  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

           

Based on net asset value

      10.23     (0.89 )%      6.05     3.69     0.56
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

           

Total expenses

      0.73     0.81     0.85     0.84     0.80
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.56     0.63     0.65     0.64     0.66
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(f)

      0.52     0.52     0.52     0.54     0.61
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.06     3.27     3.65     3.60     3.51
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of year (000)

    $ 215,903     $ 188,512     $ 178,716     $ 152,759     $ 141,585  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000)

    $ 17,972     $ 22,054     $ 16,419     $ 16,419     $ 9,281  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      16     21     15     16     21
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Amount is less than $0.005 per share.

(c)

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e)

Excludes expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds as follows:

 

      Year Ended May 31,  
             2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  

Investments in underlying funds

                      0.01               0.01               0.01             —             0.01
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(f) Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund (continued)  
    Service  
    Year Ended May 31,  
              2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  

Net asset value, beginning of year

    $ 10.84     $ 11.30     $ 11.05     $ 11.05     $ 11.38  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.32       0.34       0.37       0.37       0.36  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.75       (0.46     0.25       (0.00 )(b)      (0.32
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      1.07       (0.12     0.62       0.37       0.04  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

      (0.32     (0.34     (0.37     (0.37     (0.37
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

    $ 11.59     $ 10.84     $ 11.30     $ 11.05     $ 11.05  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

           

Based on net asset value

      9.96     (1.13 )%      5.79     3.43     0.36
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

           

Total expenses

      0.96     1.02     1.08     1.09     1.05
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.81     0.88     0.90     0.89     0.86
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(f)

      0.77     0.77     0.77     0.79     0.82
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

      2.77     2.98     3.34     3.35     3.27
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of year (000)

    $ 7,955     $ 7,466     $ 7,874     $ 7,921     $ 9,594  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000)

    $ 17,972     $ 22,054     $ 16,419     $ 16,419     $ 9,281  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      16     21     15     16     21
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Amount is greater than $(0.005) per share.

(c)

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) 

Excludes expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds as follows:

 

      Year Ended May 31,  
          2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  

Investments in underlying funds

                         0.01               0.01               0.01             —             0.01
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(f)

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund (continued)  
    Investor A  
    Year Ended May 31,  
              2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Net asset value, beginning of year

           $ 10.85      $ 11.31      $ 11.06      $ 11.06      $ 11.39  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.32        0.34        0.37        0.37        0.37  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.75        (0.46      0.25        (0.00 )(b)       (0.33
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      1.07        (0.12      0.62        0.37        0.04  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

      (0.32      (0.34      (0.37      (0.37      (0.37
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

    $ 11.60      $ 10.85      $ 11.31      $ 11.06      $ 11.06  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

               

Based on net asset value

      9.96      (1.13 )%       5.79      3.43      0.36
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

               

Total expenses

      0.93      1.02      1.05      1.02      0.99
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.80      0.88      0.90      0.89      0.86
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(f)

      0.77      0.77      0.77      0.79      0.82
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

      2.81      3.01      3.39      3.35      3.29
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

               

Net assets, end of year (000)

    $  128,040      $  106,048      $ 90,055      $  72,565      $  77,920  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000)

    $ 17,972      $ 22,054      $ 16,419      $ 16,419      $ 9,281  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      16      21      15      16      21
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(a) Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) Amount is greater than $(0.005) per share.

(c)  Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d) Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) Excludes expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds as follows:

 

 

  

   

  

  

 

                                                                             
     Year Ended May 31,  
            2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Investments in underlying funds

                     0.01              0.01              0.01              —              0.01
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(f) 

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund (continued)  
    Investor A1  
    Year Ended May 31,  
              2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Net asset value, beginning of year

    $ 10.85      $ 11.31      $ 11.06      $ 11.07      $ 11.39  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.34        0.36        0.39        0.39        0.38  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.75        (0.46      0.25        (0.01      (0.32
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      1.09        (0.10      0.64        0.38        0.06  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(b)

      (0.34      (0.36      (0.39      (0.39      (0.38
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

    $ 11.60      $ 10.85      $ 11.31      $ 11.06      $ 11.07  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

               

Based on net asset value

      10.12      (0.97 )%       5.95      3.49      0.59
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(d)

               

Total expenses

      0.78      0.85      0.88      0.87      0.83
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.65      0.73      0.74      0.74      0.72
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(e)

      0.62      0.61      0.62      0.64      0.68
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

      2.96      3.16      3.54      3.50      3.43
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

               

Net assets, end of year (000)

    $ 17,417      $ 17,241      $ 19,760      $ 20,534      $  22,697  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000)

    $  17,972      $  22,054      $ 16,419      $  16,419      $ 9,281  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      16      21      15      16      21
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(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) Excludes expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds as follows:

 

 

   

 

 

                                                                             
     Year Ended May 31,  
            2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Investments in underlying funds

              0.01              0.01            0.01              —              0.01
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(e)

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund (continued)  
    Investor C  
    Year Ended May 31,  
              2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Net asset value, beginning of year

    $ 10.84      $ 11.30      $ 11.05      $ 11.05      $ 11.38  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.23        0.25        0.29        0.29        0.28  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.75        (0.45      0.25        0.00 (b)        (0.33
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.98        (0.20      0.54        0.29        (0.05
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

      (0.23      (0.26      (0.29      (0.29      (0.28
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

    $ 11.59      $ 10.84      $ 11.30      $ 11.05      $ 11.05  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

               

Based on net asset value

      9.14      (1.87 )%       5.00      2.65      (0.41 )% 
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

               

Total expenses

      1.68      1.76      1.79      1.78      1.73
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      1.56      1.63      1.64      1.64      1.62
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(f)

      1.52      1.52      1.52      1.54      1.57
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

      2.06      2.26      2.64      2.60      2.53
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

               

Net assets, end of year (000)

    $ 26,004      $ 32,313      $ 31,234      $ 29,509      $  29,276  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000)

    $  17,972      $  22,054      $  16,419      $  16,419      $ 9,281  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      16      21      15      16      21
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(a) Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) Amount is less than $0.005 per share.

(c)  Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d) Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) Excludes expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds as follows:

 

  

   

 

 

 

                                                                             
     Year Ended May 31,  
            2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Investments in underlying funds

              0.01            0.01            0.01              —              0.01
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(f)

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund (continued)  
    Class K  
                               Period from  
    Year Ended May 31,       

01/25/18

to 05/31/18

(a)  

 

              2021      2020      2019  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 10.83      $ 11.30      $ 11.04      $ 11.11  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

      0.35        0.37        0.41        0.14  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.76        (0.47      0.26        (0.07
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      1.11        (0.10      0.67        0.07  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

      (0.35      (0.37      (0.41      (0.14
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 11.59      $ 10.83      $ 11.30      $ 11.04  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

            

Based on net asset value

      10.39      (0.93 )%       6.20      0.66 %(e)  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

            

Total expenses

      0.64      0.72      0.75      0.74 %(g)(h)  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.51      0.58      0.60      0.57 %(g)  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(i)

      0.47      0.47      0.47      0.47 %(g)  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.10      3.32      3.70      3.88 %(g)  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

            

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 2,902      $ 2,075      $ 1,660      $ 1,776  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000)

    $  17,972      $  22,054      $ 16,419      $  16,419  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      16      21      15      16
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c)

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d)

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e)

Aggregate total return.

(f)

Excludes expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds as follows:

 

              Year Ended May 31,       

Period from

01/25/18

to 05/31/18

 

(a)  

 

              2021      2020      2019  

Investments in underlying funds

                0.01                0.01                0.01                —
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(g)

Annualized.

(h)

Offering costs were not annualized in the calculation of the expense ratios. If these expenses were annualized, the total expenses would have been 0.74%.

(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 Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund  
    Institutional  
    Year Ended May 31,  
            2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Net asset value, beginning of year

    $ 10.75      $ 11.11      $ 10.98      $ 11.21      $ 11.58  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.33        0.38        0.43        0.45        0.46  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.54        (0.36      0.13        (0.23      (0.37
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

      0.87        0.02        0.56        0.22        0.09  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(b)

      (0.33      (0.38      (0.43      (0.45      (0.46
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

    $ 11.29      $ 10.75      $ 11.11      $ 10.98      $ 11.21  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

               

Based on net asset value

      8.20      0.14      5.22      2.02      0.81
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(d)

               

Total expenses

      0.79      0.93      1.04      0.97      0.95
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.61      0.75      0.84      0.78      0.78
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(e)

      0.54      0.54      0.54      0.55      0.61
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

      2.98      3.44      3.93      4.06      4.05
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

               

Net assets, end of year (000)

    $  403,080      $  370,399      $ 379,911      $  356,315      $  298,557  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000)

    $ 49,169      $ 64,784      $ 64,404      $ 70,199      $ 59,064  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      27      26      23      17      18
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(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) Excludes expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds as follows:

 

 

   

 

 

                                                                             
     Year Ended May 31,  
            2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Investments in underlying funds

              0.01              0.01              —              —              —
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(e) Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund (continued)  
    Service  
    Year Ended May 31,  
              2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Net asset value, beginning of year

    $ 10.76      $ 11.13      $ 10.99      $ 11.22      $ 11.59  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.30        0.35        0.40        0.42        0.43  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.54        (0.37      0.14        (0.23      (0.37
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.84        (0.02      0.54        0.19        0.06  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(b)

      (0.30      (0.35      (0.40      (0.42      (0.43
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

    $ 11.30      $ 10.76      $ 11.13      $ 10.99      $ 11.22  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

               

Based on net asset value

      7.93      (0.20 )%       5.05      1.76      0.59
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(d)

               

Total expenses

      0.97      1.14      1.26      1.19      1.13
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.86      1.00      1.09      1.03      1.00
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(e)

      0.79      0.79      0.79      0.80      0.83
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

      2.72      3.19      3.67      3.81      3.84
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

               

Net assets, end of year (000)

    $ 2,367      $ 1,986      $ 2,080      $ 1,783      $ 1,427  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000)

    $  49,169      $  64,784      $  64,404      $  70,199      $ 59,064  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      27      26      23      17      18
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(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) Excludes expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds as follows:

 

 

 

   

 

 

                                                                             
     Year Ended May 31,  
            2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Investments in underlying funds

              0.01              0.01              —              —              —
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(e)

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund (continued)  
    Investor A  
    Year Ended May 31,  
              2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Net asset value, beginning of year

    $ 10.76      $ 11.13      $ 10.99      $ 11.22      $ 11.59  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.30        0.35        0.40        0.42        0.43  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.54        (0.37      0.14        (0.23      (0.37
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.84        (0.02      0.54        0.19        0.06  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(b)

      (0.30      (0.35      (0.40      (0.42      (0.43
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

    $ 11.30      $ 10.76      $ 11.13      $ 10.99      $ 11.22  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

               

Based on net asset value

      7.93      (0.20 )%       5.05      1.76      0.59
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(d)

               

Total expenses

      0.94      1.09      1.19      1.16      1.11
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.85      1.00      1.09      1.03      1.00
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(e)

      0.78      0.79      0.79      0.80      0.83
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

      2.72      3.19      3.67      3.82      3.83
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

               

Net assets, end of year (000)

    $  161,081      $  131,336      $  110,756      $  98,414      $  130,405  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000)

    $ 49,169      $ 64,784      $ 64,404      $ 70,199      $ 59,064  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      27      26      23      17      18
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(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) Excludes expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds as follows:

 

 

 

   

 

 

                                                                             
     Year Ended May 31,  
            2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Investments in underlying funds

              0.01              0.01              —              —              —
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(e) 

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund (continued)  
    Investor A1  
    Year Ended May 31,  
              2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Net asset value, beginning of year

    $ 10.77      $ 11.13      $ 11.00      $ 11.22      $ 11.60  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.32        0.37        0.42        0.44        0.45  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.53        (0.36      0.13        (0.22      (0.38
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

      0.85        0.01        0.55        0.22        0.07  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(b)

      (0.32      (0.37      (0.42      (0.44      (0.45
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

    $ 11.30      $ 10.77      $ 11.13      $ 11.00      $ 11.22  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

               

Based on net asset value

      7.99      0.04      5.11      2.01      0.66
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(d)

               

Total expenses

      0.82      0.96      1.05      0.98      0.94
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.71      0.85      0.94      0.88      0.85
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(e)

      0.64      0.64      0.64      0.65      0.68
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

      2.88      3.34      3.83      3.96      3.99
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

               

Net assets, end of year (000)

    $ 8,925      $ 9,462      $ 10,502      $ 13,763      $ 15,266  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000)

    $  49,169      $  64,784      $ 64,404      $  70,199      $ 59,064  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      27      26      23      17      18
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(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) Excludes expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds as follows:

 

 

   

 

 

                                                                             
     Year Ended May 31,  
           2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Investments in underlying funds

                    0.01              0.01              —              —              —
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(e) 

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund (continued)  
    Investor C  
    Year Ended May 31,  
              2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Net asset value, beginning of year

    $ 10.76      $ 11.12      $ 10.99      $ 11.22      $ 11.59  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.22        0.27        0.32        0.34        0.35  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.54        (0.36      0.13        (0.23      (0.37
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      0.76        (0.09      0.45        0.11        (0.02
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(b)

      (0.22      (0.27      (0.32      (0.34      (0.35
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

    $ 11.30      $ 10.76      $ 11.12      $ 10.99      $ 11.22  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

               

Based on net asset value

      7.12      (0.85 )%       4.18      1.01      (0.17 )% 
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(d)

               

Total expenses

      1.71      1.85      1.95      1.87      1.84
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      1.61      1.75      1.84      1.78      1.76
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(e)

      1.54      1.54      1.54      1.54      1.59
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

      2.00      2.44      2.93      3.06      3.08
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

               

Net assets, end of year (000)

    $ 20,866      $ 29,078      $ 29,936      $ 32,105      $ 33,427  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000)

    $  49,169      $  64,784      $  64,404      $  70,199      $ 59,064  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      27      26      23      17      18
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(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) Excludes expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds as follows:

 

 

   

 

 

                                                                             
     Year Ended May 31,  
          2021      2020     2019      2018      2017  

Investments in underlying funds

                    0.01              0.01 %                             —              —
   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(e)

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund (continued)  
    Class K  
              

Period from

01/25/18

to 05/31/18

 

(a)  

 

    Year Ended May 31,  
              2021      2020      2019  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 10.75      $ 11.11      $ 10.98      $ 11.07  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

      0.33        0.38        0.43        0.15  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      0.55        (0.35      0.13        (0.09
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

      0.88        0.03        0.56        0.06  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

      (0.34      (0.39      (0.43      (0.15
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 11.29      $ 10.75      $ 11.11      $ 10.98  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

            

Based on net asset value

      8.25      0.19      5.28      0.60 %(e)  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

            

Total expenses

      0.65      0.80      0.90      0.84 %(g)(h)  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.56      0.70      0.79      0.72 %(g)  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(i)

      0.49      0.49      0.49      0.49 %(g)  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3.01      3.48      3.98      4.41 %(g)  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

            

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 6,334      $ 3,982      $ 2,329      $ 2,488  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000)

    $  49,169      $  64,784      $ 64,404      $  70,199  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      27      26      23      17
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c)

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d)

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e)

Aggregate total return.

(f)

Excludes expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds as follows:

 

      Year Ended May 31,       

Period from

01/25/18(

to 05/31/18

 

a) 

 

            2021      2020      2019  

Investments in underlying funds

                0.01                0.01              —              —
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(g)

Annualized.

(h) 

Offering costs were not annualized in the calculation of the expense ratios. If these expenses were annualized, the total expenses would have been 0.84%.

(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 Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund  
    Institutional  
    Year Ended May 31,  
              2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Net asset value, beginning of year

    $ 10.90      $ 11.70      $ 11.75      $ 11.57      $ 11.79  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.27        0.29        0.35        0.33        0.31  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      1.04        (0.80      0.14        0.18        (0.07
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      1.31        (0.51      0.49        0.51        0.24  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

               

From net investment income

      (0.26      (0.29      (0.35      (0.33      (0.31

From net realized gain

                    (0.19             (0.15
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.26      (0.29      (0.54      (0.33      (0.46
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

    $ 11.95      $ 10.90      $ 11.70      $ 11.75      $ 11.57  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

               

Based on net asset value

      12.18      (4.46 )%       4.41      4.47      2.13
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(d)

               

Total expenses

      0.67      0.75      0.82      0.81      0.74
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.61      0.70      0.77      0.75      0.69
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(e)

      0.55      0.54      0.55      0.57      0.57
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

      2.32      2.53      3.05      2.83      2.71
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

               

Net assets, end of year (000)

    $ 6,514,428      $ 6,827,755      $ 8,539,776      $ 5,791,442      $ 3,512,455  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000)

    $ 764,712      $ 869,463      $ 960,205      $ 767,480      $ 526,645  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      100      119      68      145      171
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(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) Excludes expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds as follows:

  

 

   

  

 

                                                                             
     Year Ended May 31,  
            2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Investments in underlying funds

              0.01              0.01              0.01              0.01              0.01
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(e) 

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund (continued)  
    Investor A  
    Year Ended May 31,  
              2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Net asset value, beginning of year

    $ 10.90      $ 11.69      $ 11.74      $ 11.56      $ 11.78  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.24        0.27        0.33        0.31        0.29  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      1.04        (0.79      0.14        0.18        (0.07
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      1.28        (0.52      0.47        0.49        0.22  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

               

From net investment income

      (0.24      (0.27      (0.33      (0.31      (0.29

From net realized gain

                    (0.19             (0.15
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.24      (0.27      (0.52      (0.31      (0.44
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

    $ 11.94      $ 10.90      $ 11.69      $ 11.74      $ 11.56  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

               

Based on net asset value

      11.83      (4.59 )%       4.17      4.26      1.92
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(d)

               

Total expenses

      0.89      0.98      1.05      1.02      0.95
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.84      0.92      1.00      0.96      0.90
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(e)

      0.77      0.76      0.78      0.78      0.78
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

      2.10      2.31      2.82      2.63      2.50
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

               

Net assets, end of year (000)

    $ 1,717,910      $ 1,871,557      $ 1,846,094      $ 1,441,879      $ 1,049,555  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000)

    $ 764,712      $ 869,463      $ 960,205      $ 767,480      $ 526,645  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      100      119      68      145      171
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(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) Excludes expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds as follows:

  

  

   

  

 

                                                                             
     Year Ended May 31,  
              2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Investments in underlying funds

              0.01              0.01              0.01              0.01              0.01
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(e) 

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund (continued)  
    Investor A1  
    Year Ended May 31,  
              2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Net asset value, beginning of year

    $ 10.90      $ 11.70      $ 11.75      $ 11.56      $ 11.79  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.26        0.29        0.35        0.32        0.31  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      1.03        (0.81      0.14        0.19        (0.09
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      1.29        (0.52      0.49        0.51        0.22  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

               

From net investment income

      (0.25      (0.28      (0.35      (0.32      (0.30

From net realized gain

                    (0.19             (0.15
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.25      (0.28      (0.54      (0.32      (0.45
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

    $ 11.94      $ 10.90      $ 11.70      $ 11.75      $ 11.56  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

               

Based on net asset value

      11.99      (4.52 )%       4.33      4.49      1.98
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(d)

               

Total expenses

      0.75      0.82      0.90      0.88      0.81
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.69      0.76      0.84      0.83      0.76
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(e)

      0.63      0.60      0.62      0.64      0.64
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

      2.25      2.48      2.99      2.77      2.64
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

               

Net assets, end of year (000)

    $ 24,645      $ 23,881      $ 27,606      $ 29,233      $ 30,691  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000)

    $ 764,712      $ 869,463      $ 960,205      $ 767,480      $ 526,645  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      100      119      68      145      171
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(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) Excludes expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds as follows:

  

  

   

  

 

                                                                             
     Year Ended May 31,  
              2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Investments in underlying funds

              0.01              0.01              0.01              0.01          0.01
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(e) 

Interest expense and fees relate to TOB Trusts. See Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund (continued)  
    Investor C  
    Year Ended May 31,  
              2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Net asset value, beginning of year

    $ 10.90      $ 11.70      $ 11.75      $ 11.56      $ 11.79  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.15        0.18        0.24        0.22        0.20  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      1.05        (0.80      0.14        0.19        (0.08
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      1.20        (0.62      0.38        0.41        0.12  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

               

From net investment income

      (0.15      (0.18      (0.24      (0.22      (0.20

From net realized gain

                    (0.19             (0.15
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.15      (0.18      (0.43      (0.22      (0.35
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

    $ 11.95      $ 10.90      $ 11.70      $ 11.75      $ 11.56  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

               

Based on net asset value

      11.07      (5.39 )%       3.39      3.54      1.05
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(d)

               

Total expenses

      1.66      1.73      1.81      1.79      1.72
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      1.61      1.68      1.75      1.73      1.67
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(e)

      1.54      1.52      1.53      1.55      1.55
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

      1.35      1.56      2.07      1.86      1.73
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

               

Net assets, end of year (000)

    $ 184,220      $ 271,382      $ 307,887      $ 269,156      $ 251,966  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000)

    $ 764,712      $ 869,463      $ 960,205      $ 767,480      $ 526,645  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      100      119      68      145      171
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(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) Excludes expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds as follows:

  

  

   

  

 

                                                                             
     Year Ended May 31,  
              2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Investments in underlying funds

                0.01              0.01              0.01              0.01              0.01
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(e) 

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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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund (continued)  
    Class K  
    Year Ended May 31,      

Period from

01/25/18

to 05/31/18

 

(a)  

 

                 2021       2020       2019  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 10.90     $ 11.70     $ 11.75     $ 11.73  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

      0.27       0.30       0.36       0.11  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      1.05       (0.80     0.14       0.02  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      1.32       (0.50     0.50       0.13  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(c)

         

From net investment income

      (0.27     (0.30     (0.36     (0.11

From net realized gain

                  (0.19      
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.27     (0.30     (0.55     (0.11
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 11.95     $ 10.90     $ 11.70     $ 11.75  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

         

Based on net asset value

      12.24     (4.39 )%      4.47     1.16 %(e)  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

         

Total expenses

      0.61     0.69     0.76     0.74 %(g)(h) 
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.56     0.63     0.71     0.68 %(g)  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense(i)

      0.49     0.47     0.48     0.50 %(g)  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

      2.37     2.59     3.11     3.20 %(g)  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

         

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 168,801     $ 162,366     $ 126,051     $ 63,971  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Borrowings outstanding, end of year (000)

    $ 764,712     $ 869,463     $ 960,205     $ 767,480  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      100     119     68     145
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a) Commencement of operations.

(b) Based on average shares outstanding.

(c)  Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d) Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) Aggregate total return.

(f)  Excludes expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds as follows:

 

  

  

   

  

  

   

           

Period from

01/25/18

to 05/31/18

 

(a)  

 

           

Year Ended May 31,

 
            2021     2020     2019  

Investments in underlying funds

               0.01              0.01              0.01              0.01
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(g) 

Annualized.

(h) 

Offering costs were not annualized in the calculation of the expense ratios. If these expenses were annualized, the total expenses would have been 0.74%.

(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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Notes to Financial Statements

 

1.

ORGANIZATION

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust, BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust and BlackRock Municipal Series Trust (each, a “Trust” or collectively, the “Trusts”) are each registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as open-end management investment companies. Each Trust is organized as a Massachusetts business trust.

 

Registrant Name   Fund Name    Herein Referred To As    Diversification
Classification

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust

  BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund    California Municipal Opportunities    Diversified

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

  BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund    New Jersey Municipal Bond    Non-diversified
  BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund    Pennsylvania Municipal Bond    Non-diversified

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust

  BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund    Strategic Municipal Opportunities    Diversified

Each Fund offers multiple classes of shares. All classes of shares have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and are subject to the same terms and conditions, except that certain classes bear expenses related to the shareholder servicing and distribution of such shares. Institutional, Service and Class K Shares are sold only to certain eligible investors. Service, Investor A, Investor A1 and Investor C Shares bear certain expenses related to shareholder servicing of such shares, and Investor C Shares also bear certain expenses related to the distribution of such shares. Investor A and Investor C Shares are generally available through financial intermediaries. Investor A1 Shares are only available for dividend and capital gain reinvestment by existing shareholders, and for purchase by certain employer-sponsored retirement plans and, for California Municipal Opportunities only, fee based programs previously approved by the Fund. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters relating to its shareholder servicing and distribution expenditures (except that Investor C shareholders may vote on material changes to the Investor A Shares distribution and service plan).

 

Share Class   Initial Sales Charge          CDSC      Conversion Privilege

Institutional, Service and Class K Shares

    No      No       None

Investor A Shares

    Yes      No(a)    None

Investor A1 Shares

    No (b)     No(c)    None

Investor C Shares

    No      Yes(d)    To Investor A Shares after approximately 8 years

 

  (a) 

Investor A Shares may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) for certain redemptions where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase.

  (b) 

Investor A1 Shares are subject to a maximum sales charge on purchases of 4.00% for all Funds other than Strategic Municipal Opportunities, which is subject to a maximum sales charge of 1.00%. The sales charge does not apply to dividend and capital gain reinvestments by existing shareholders and new purchases for certain employer-sponsored retirement plans or, for California Municipal Opportunities only, fee based programs previously approved by the Fund, which are currently the only investors who may invest in Investor A1 Shares.

  (c) 

Investor A1 Shares may be subject to CDSC for certain redemptions where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase. However, the CDSC does not apply to redemptions by certain employer-sponsored retirement plans or to redemptions of shares acquired through reinvestment of dividends and capital gains by existing shareholders and, for California Municipal Opportunities only, fee based programs previously approved by the Fund.

  (d) 

A CDSC of 1.00% is assessed on certain redemptions of Investor C Shares made within one year after purchase.

The Funds, together with certain other registered investment companies advised by BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”) or its affiliates, are included in a complex of non-index fixed-income mutual funds and all BlackRock-advised closed-end 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.

Segregation and Collateralization: In cases where a Fund enters into certain investments (e.g., futures contracts) or certain borrowings (e.g., TOB Trust transactions) that would be treated as “senior securities” for 1940 Act purposes, a Fund may segregate or designate on its books and records cash or liquid assets having a market value at least equal to the amount of its future obligations under such investments or borrowings. Doing so allows the investment or borrowings to be excluded from treatment as a “senior security.” Furthermore, 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 or obligations.

Distributions: Distributions from net investment income are declared daily and paid monthly. Distributions of capital gains are recorded on the ex-dividend dates and made at least annually. The portion of distributions, if any, that exceeds a fund’s current and accumulated earnings and profits, as measured on a tax basis, constitute a non-taxable return of capital. 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 Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”), the trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Funds, as defined in the 1940 Act (“Independent Trustees”), may defer a portion of their annual complex-wide compensation. Deferred amounts earn an approximate return as though equivalent dollar amounts had been invested in common shares of certain funds in the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex selected by the Independent Trustees. This has the same economic effect for the Independent Trustees as if the Independent Trustees had invested the deferred amounts directly in certain funds in the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

The Plan is not funded and obligations thereunder represent general unsecured claims against the general assets of each Fund, as applicable. Deferred compensation liabilities, if any, are included in the Trustees’ and Officer’s fees payable in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and will remain as a liability of the Funds until such amounts are distributed in accordance with the Plan.

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. Each Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by the Board. 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 a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value. The BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee (the “Global Valuation Committee”) is the committee formed by management to develop global pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments.

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. Floating rate loan interests are valued at the mean of the bid prices from one or more independent brokers or dealers as obtained from a third party pricing service. Pricing services generally value fixed-income securities assuming orderly transactions of an institutional round lot size, but a fund may hold or transact in such securities in smaller, odd lot sizes. Odd lots may trade at lower prices than institutional round lots. The pricing services may use matrix pricing or valuation models that utilize certain inputs and assumptions to derive values, including transaction data (e.g., recent representative bids and offers), market data, credit quality information, perceived market movements, news, and other relevant information. Certain fixed-income securities, including asset-backed and mortgage related securities may be valued based on valuation models that consider the estimated cash flows of each tranche of the entity, establish a benchmark yield and develop an estimated tranche specific spread to the benchmark yield based on the unique attributes of the tranche. The amortized cost method of valuation may be used with respect to debt obligations with sixty days or less remaining to maturity unless the Manager determines such method does not represent fair value.

 

   

Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published net asset value (“NAV”).

 

   

Futures contracts are valued based on that day’s last reported settlement or trade price on the exchange where the contract is traded.

If events (e.g., a market closure, 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 Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Global Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, 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 Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement. The pricing of all Fair Valued Investments is subsequently reported to the Board or a committee thereof on a quarterly basis.

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 Global Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

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 Global 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. A Fund 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, a Fund 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, a Fund assumes the rights and risks of ownership of the security, including the risk of price and yield fluctuations. In the event of default by the counterparty, a Fund’s maximum amount of loss is the unrealized appreciation of unsettled when-issued transactions.

Municipal Bonds Transferred to TOB Trusts: The Funds leverage their assets through the use of “TOB Trust” transactions. The funds transfer municipal bonds into a special purpose trust (a “TOB Trust”). A TOB Trust issues two classes of beneficial interests: short-term floating rate interests (“TOB Trust Certificates”), which are sold to third party investors, and residual inverse floating rate interests (“TOB Residuals”), which are issued to the participating funds that contributed the municipal bonds to the TOB Trust. The TOB Trust Certificates have interest rates that reset weekly and their holders have the option to tender such certificates to the TOB Trust for redemption at par and any accrued interest at each reset date. The TOB Residuals held by a fund provide the fund with the right to cause the holders of a proportional share of the TOB Trust Certificates to tender their certificates to the TOB Trust at par plus accrued interest. The funds may withdraw a corresponding share of the municipal bonds from the TOB Trust. Other funds managed by the investment adviser may also contribute municipal bonds to a TOB Trust into which a fund has contributed bonds. If multiple BlackRock-advised funds participate in the same TOB Trust, the economic rights and obligations under the TOB Residuals will be shared among the funds ratably in proportion to their participation in the TOB Trust.

TOB Trusts are supported by a liquidity facility provided by a third party bank or other financial institution (the “Liquidity Provider”) that allows the holders of the TOB Trust Certificates to tender their certificates in exchange for payment of par plus accrued interest on any business day. The tendered TOB Trust Certificates are remarketed by a Remarketing Agent. In the event of a failed remarketing, the TOB Trust may draw upon a loan from the Liquidity Provider to purchase the tendered TOB Trust Certificates. Any loans made by the Liquidity Provider will be secured by the purchased TOB Trust Certificates held by the TOB Trust and will be subject to an increased interest rate based on number of days the loan is outstanding.

The TOB Trust may be collapsed without the consent of a fund, upon the occurrence of a termination event as defined in the TOB Trust agreement. Upon the occurrence of a termination event, a TOB Trust would be liquidated with the proceeds applied first to any accrued fees owed to the trustee of the TOB Trust, the Remarketing Agent and the Liquidity Provider. Upon certain termination events, TOB Trust Certificates holders will be paid before the TOB Residuals holders (i.e., the Funds) whereas in other termination events, TOB Trust Certificates holders and TOB Residuals holders will be paid pro rata.

While a fund’s investment policies and restrictions expressly permit investments in inverse floating rate securities, such as TOB Residuals, they restrict the ability of a fund to borrow money for purposes of making investments. Each fund’s transfer of the municipal bonds to a TOB Trust is considered a secured borrowing for financial reporting purposes. The cash received by the TOB Trust from the sale of the TOB Trust Certificates, less certain transaction expenses, is paid to a fund. A fund typically invests the cash received in additional municipal bonds.

Accounting for TOB Trusts: The municipal bonds deposited into a TOB Trust are presented in a fund’s Schedule of Investments and the TOB Trust Certificates are shown in Other Liabilities in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Any loans drawn by the TOB Trust pursuant to the liquidity facility to purchase tendered TOB Trust Certificates are shown as Loan for TOB Trust Certificates. The carrying amount of a fund’s payable to the holder of the TOB Trust Certificates, as reported in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as TOB Trust Certificates, approximates its fair value.

Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts, from the underlying municipal bonds is recorded by a fund on an accrual basis. Interest expense incurred on the TOB Trust transaction and other expenses related to remarketing, administration, trustee, liquidity and other services to a TOB Trust are shown as interest expense, fees and amortization of offering costs in the Statements of Operations. Fees paid upon creation of the TOB Trust are recorded as debt issuance costs and are amortized to interest expense, fees and amortization of offering costs in the Statements of Operations to the expected maturity of the TOB Trust. In connection with the restructurings of the TOB Trusts to non-bank sponsored TOB Trusts, a fund incurred non-recurring, legal and restructuring fees, which are recorded as interest expense, fees and amortization of offering costs in the Statements of Operations. Amounts recorded within interest expense, fees and amortization of offering costs in the Statements of Operations are:

 

Fund Name   Interest Expense      Liquidity Fees      Other Expenses      Total  

California Municipal Opportunities

  $ 158,746      $ 606,943      $ 165,501      $     931,190  

New Jersey Municipal Bond

    31,382        75,163        36,359        142,904  

 

 

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Fund Name   Interest Expense      Liquidity Fees      Other Expenses      Total  

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

  $ 84,690      $ 234,581      $ 82,585      $ 401,856  

Strategic Municipal Opportunities

    1,058,849        3,506,191        1,078,883        5,643,923  

For the year ended May 31, 2021, the following table is a summary of each Fund’s TOB Trusts:

 

Fund Name

   


Underlying
Municipal Bonds
Transferred to
TOB Trusts
 
 
 
(a)  
   


Liability for

TOB Trust
Certificates

 

 
(b)  

   



Range of
Interest Rates
on TOB Trust
Certificates at
Period End
 
 
 
 
 
   

Average

TOB Trust

Certificates

Outstanding

 

 

 

 

    



Daily Weighted
Average Rate
of Interest and
Other Expenses
on TOB Trusts
 
 
 
 
 

California Municipal Opportunities

  $ 349,043,619     $   143,144,977       0.07% — 0.08   $   143,199,772        0.65%  

New Jersey Municipal Bond

    34,370,433       17,972,276       0.05 — 0.15       19,146,007        0.75     

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

    94,425,254       49,168,902       0.08 — 0.23       58,453,067        0.69     

Strategic Municipal Opportunities

    1,265,687,976       764,711,654       0.07 — 0.35       803,794,369        0.70     

 

  (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 May 31, 2021, 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 May 31, 2021.

For the year ended May 31, 2021, the following table is a summary of each Fund’s Loan for TOB Trust Certificates:

 

Fund Name   Loans
Outstanding
at Period End
     Range of
Interest Rates
on Loans at
Period End
    Average
Loans
Outstanding
     Daily Weighted
Average Rate
of Interest and
Other Expenses
on Loans
 

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

  $          $ 41,425        0.71

Strategic Municipal Opportunities

                 383,735        0.71  

 

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), 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: Each Trust, on behalf of the Funds, entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Manager, the Funds’ investment adviser and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”), to provide investment advisory 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.

 

 

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For such services, each Fund pays the Manager a monthly fee at an annual rate equal to the following percentages of the average daily value of each Fund’s net assets:

 

     Investment Advisory Fees  
Average Daily Net Assets   California
Municipal
Opportunities
    New Jersey
Municipal
Bond
    Pennsylvania
Municipal
Bond
    Strategic
Municipal
Opportunities
 

First $1 billion

    0.38     0.52     0.52     0.55

$1 billion — $3 billion

    0.36       0.49       0.49       0.52  

$3 billion — $5 billion

    0.34       0.47       0.47       0.50  

$5 billion — $10 billion

    0.33       0.45       0.45       0.48  

Greater than $10 billion

    0.32       0.44       0.44       0.47  

For the year ended May 31, 2021, the Funds reimbursed the Manager for certain accounting services, which is included in accounting services in the Statements of Operations. The reimbursements were as follows:

 

Fund Name   Amounts Reimbursed  

California Municipal Opportunities

  $ 41,126  

New Jersey Municipal Bond

    4,553  

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

    6,868  

Strategic Municipal Opportunities

    108,508  

Service and Distribution Fees: Each Trust, on behalf of the 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 the Fund as follows:

 

     California Municipal Opportunities     New Jersey Municipal Bond     Pennsylvania Municipal Bond     Strategic Municipal Opportunities  
Share Class   Service Fees     Distribution Fees     Service Fees     Distribution Fees     Service Fees     Distribution Fees     Service Fees     Distribution Fees  

Service

    N/A       N/A       0.25     N/A       0.25     N/A       N/A       N/A  

Investor A

    0.25     N/A       0.25       N/A       0.25       N/A       0.25     N/A  

Investor A1

    0.10       N/A       0.10       N/A       0.10       N/A       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 year ended May 31, 2021, the following table shows the class specific service and distribution fees borne directly by each share class of each Fund:

 

Fund Name   Service      Investor A      Investor A1      Investor C      Total  

California Municipal Opportunities

  $      $   2,625,776      $ 103,357      $   1,214,974      $   3,944,107  

New Jersey Municipal Bond

    19,449        298,979        17,690        279,661        615,779  

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

    5,414        366,771        9,269        250,005        631,459  

Strategic Municipal Opportunities

           4,445,765        24,370        2,119,127        6,589,262  

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 year ended May 31, 2021, the Funds paid the following amounts to affiliates of BlackRock in return for these services, which are included in transfer agent — class specific in the Statements of Operations:

 

Fund Name   Institutional  

New Jersey Municipal Bond

  $ 105,663  

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

    392,542  

Strategic Municipal Opportunities

    756,982  

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 year ended May 31, 2021, each Fund reimbursed the Manager the following amounts for costs incurred in running the call center, which are included in transfer agent — class specific in the Statements of Operations:

 

Fund Name   Institutional      Service      Investor A      Investor A1      Investor C      Class K      Total  

California Municipal Opportunities

  $ 3,979      $      $ 4,523      $ 2,120      $ 827      $ 224      $   11,673  

New Jersey Municipal Bond

    548        1,823        1,094        410        413        4        4,292  

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

    790        103        1,520        611        481        17        3,522  

Strategic Municipal Opportunities

    14,321               9,147        187        2,067        476        26,198  

 

 

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For the year ended May 31, 2021, the following table shows the class specific transfer agent fees borne directly by each share class of each Fund:

 

Fund Name   Institutional      Service      Investor A      Investor A1      Investor C      Class K      Total  

California Municipal Opportunities

  $ 885,612      $      $ 408,715      $ 38,417      $ 57,268      $ 1,516      $ 1,391,528  

New Jersey Municipal Bond

    201,875        6,492        54,927        8,298        14,334        205        286,131  

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

    552,678        1,674        65,531        7,284        15,778        364        643,309  

Strategic Municipal Opportunities

    3,833,187               652,181        9,965        112,981        8,788        4,617,102  

Other Fees: For the year ended May 31, 2021, affiliates earned underwriting discounts, direct commissions and dealer concessions on sales of each Fund’s Investor A Shares as follows:

 

Fund Name   Investor A  

California Municipal Opportunities

  $ 2,760  

New Jersey Municipal Bond

    3,026  

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

    10,107  

Strategic Municipal Opportunities

    9,890  

For the year ended May 31, 2021, affiliates received CDSCs as follows:

 

Fund Name   Investor A      Investor C  

California Municipal Opportunities

  $ 198,700      $ 12,665  

New Jersey Municipal Bond

    7,035        3,470  

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

    18,111        1,697  

Strategic Municipal Opportunities

    353,516        21,080  

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 September 30, 2021. The contractual agreement may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of the Independent Trustees, or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of a Fund. With respect to California Municipal Opportunities, New Jersey Municipal Bond and Pennsylvania Municipal Bond, 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 year ended May 31, 2021, the amounts waived were as follows:

 

Fund Name   Amounts Waived  

California Municipal Opportunities

  $ 39,570  

New Jersey Municipal Bond

    10,912  

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

    14,482  

Strategic Municipal Opportunities

    231,736  

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 September 30, 2021. The contractual agreement may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of the Independent Trustees, or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of a Fund. For the year ended May 31, 2021, there were no fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager pursuant to this arrangement.

With respect to California Municipal Opportunities, New Jersey Municipal Bond and Pennsylvania Municipal Bond, the Manager contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees or expenses in order to limit expenses, excluding interest expense, dividend expense, tax expense, acquired fund fees and expenses, and certain other fund expenses, which constitute extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of each Fund’s business (“expense limitation”). The expense limitations as a percentage of average daily net assets are as follows:

 

Fund Name   Institutional     Service     Investor A     Investor A1     Investor C     Class K  

California Municipal Opportunities

    0.44         0.69     0.54     1.44     0.39

New Jersey Municipal Bond

    0.52       0.77       0.77       0.62       1.52       0.47  

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

    0.54       0.79       0.79       0.64       1.54       0.49  

The Manager has agreed not to reduce or discontinue these contractual expense limitations through September 30, 2021, unless approved by the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of a Fund. These amounts of investment advisory fees waived and/or reimbursed are included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statements of Operations. For the year ended May 31, 2021, the Funds waived the following amounts:

 

Fund Name   Amounts Waived  

California Municipal Opportunities

  $ 288,038  

New Jersey Municipal Bond

    455,435  

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

    480,328  

With respect to Strategic Municipal Opportunities, the Manager contractually agreed to waive a portion of its investment advisory fees equal to the annual rate of 0.05% of the Fund’s average daily net assets through September 30, 2021. The agreement may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of Independent Trustees of BlackRock Municipal Series Trust or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund. This amount is included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statements of Operations. For the year ended May 31, 2021, the Manager waived $4,205,446 pursuant to this agreement.

 

 

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For the year ended May 31, 2021, transfer agent fees waived and/or reimbursed — class specific were as follows:

 

     Transfer Agent Fees Waived and/or
Reimbursed - Class Specific
 
Fund Name   Institutional      Service      Investor A      Investor A1      Investor C      Class K      Total  

California Municipal Opportunities

  $ 69,330      $      $      $      $ 746      $ 1,290      $ 71,366  

New Jersey Municipal Bond

    100,145        2,604        458        70        554        204        104,035  

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

    359,792        592               2,649        3,277        362        366,672  

Interfund Lending: In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), each Fund may participate in a joint lending and borrowing facility for temporary purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the extent permitted by each Fund’s investment policies and restrictions. Each Fund is currently permitted to borrow 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 year ended May 31, 2021, the Funds did not participate in the Interfund Lending Program.

Trustees and Officers: Certain trustees and/or officers of the Funds are directors and/or officers of BlackRock or its affiliates. The Funds reimburse the Manager for a portion of the compensation paid to the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer, which is included in Trustees and Officer in the Statements of Operations.

 

7.

PURCHASES AND SALES

For the year ended May 31, 2021, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term investments, were as follows:

 

Fund Name   Purchases      Sales  

California Municipal Opportunities

  $ 1,608,149,364      $ 1,736,460,043  

New Jersey Municipal Bond

    60,555,347        67,766,554  

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

    203,395,680        166,430,203  

Strategic Municipal Opportunities

    8,986,239,905        10,075,084,109  

 

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 fiscal 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 May 31, 2021, 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.

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

Fund Name  

Year Ended

05/31/21

             Year Ended
05/31/20
 

California Municipal Opportunities

       

Tax-exempt income(a)

  $     55,303,219         $     66,563,174  

Ordinary income(b)

    4,106,639           7,674,640  
 

 

 

       

 

 

 
  $ 59,409,858         $ 74,237,814  
 

 

 

       

 

 

 

New Jersey Municipal Bond

       

Tax-exempt income(a)

  $ 10,976,008         $ 11,137,126  

Ordinary income(b)

    781           7,829  
 

 

 

       

 

 

 
  $ 10,976,789         $ 11,144,955  
 

 

 

       

 

 

 

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

       

Tax-exempt income(a)

  $ 16,433,149         $ 18,554,612  

Ordinary income(b)

    58,231           14,394  
 

 

 

       

 

 

 
  $ 16,491,380         $ 18,569,006  
 

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

 

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Fund Name (continued)  

Year Ended

05/31/21

            

Year Ended

05/31/20

 

Strategic Municipal Opportunities

       

Tax-exempt income(a)

  $     170,921,604         $     252,282,790  

Ordinary income(b)

    16,779,888           24,673,785  
 

 

 

       

 

 

 
  $ 187,701,492         $ 276,956,575  
 

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

The Funds designate these amounts paid during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2021, as exempt-interest dividends.

 
  (b) 

Ordinary income consists primarily of taxable income from bonds not federally tax-exempt and recognized market discount. Additionally, all ordinary income distributions are comprised of interest related dividends for non-U.S. residents and are eligible for exemption from U.S. withholding tax for nonresident aliens and foreign corporations.

 

As of period end, the tax components of accumulated earnings (loss) were as follows:

 

Fund Name   Undistributed
Tax-Exempt Income
     Undistributed
Ordinary Income
     Non-Expiring
Capital Loss
Carryforwards(a)
    Net Unrealized
Gains (Losses)(b)
     Total  

California Municipal Opportunities

  $ 538,989      $ 68,812      $ (143,574,731   $ 233,264,759      $ 90,297,829  

New Jersey Municipal Bond

    325,292               (9,790,023     37,212,922        27,748,191  

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

                  (20,779,230     42,187,754        21,408,524  

Strategic Municipal Opportunities

    566,533        417,050        (529,357,736     482,301,308        (46,072,845

 

  (a)

Amounts available to offset future realized capital gains.

 
  (b)

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis net unrealized gains was attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales, amortization methods for premiums and discounts on fixed income securities, the accrual of income on securities in default, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains/losses on certain futures contracts, the treatment of residual interests in tender option bond trusts and the deferral of compensation to trustees.

 

During the year ended May 31, 2021, the Funds listed below utilized the following amounts of their respective capital loss carryforward:

 

Fund Name   Amounts  

California Municipal Opportunities

  $ 84,232,362  

New Jersey Municipal Bond

    2,877,481  

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

    4,605,649  

Strategic Municipal Opportunities

    312,487,952  

As of May 31, 2021, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

Fund Name   Tax Cost      Gross Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross Unrealized
Depreciation
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

California Municipal Opportunities

  $ 3,020,133,816      $ 233,557,057      $ (292,297   $ 233,264,760  

New Jersey Municipal Bond

    360,794,728        37,242,251        (29,329     37,212,922  

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

    577,293,289        45,354,760        (2,990,959     42,363,801  

Strategic Municipal Opportunities

    8,225,799,439        523,214,640        (40,851,974     482,362,666  

 

9.

BANK BORROWINGS

Each Trust, on behalf of the Funds, along with certain other funds managed by the Manager and its affiliates (“Participating Funds”), is a party to a 364-day, $2.25 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) one-month LIBOR (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) on the date the loan is made plus 0.80% per annum or (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. The agreement expires in April 2022 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 year ended May 31, 2021, 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.

 

 

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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.

Should 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.

An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus has developed into a global pandemic and has resulted in closing borders, quarantines, disruptions to supply chains and customer activity, as well as general concern and uncertainty. The impact of this pandemic, and other global health crises that may arise in the future, could affect the economies of many nations, individual companies and the market in general in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time. This pandemic may result in substantial market volatility and may adversely impact the prices and liquidity of a fund’s investments. The duration of this pandemic and its effects cannot be determined with certainty.

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.

Concentration Risk: A diversified portfolio, where this is appropriate and consistent with a fund’s objectives, minimizes the risk that a price change of a particular investment will have a material impact on the NAV of a fund. The investment concentrations within each Fund’s portfolio are disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.

Certain Funds invest a substantial amount of their assets in issuers located in a single state or limited number of states. When a Fund concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, regulatory, political or social conditions affecting that state or group of states could have a significant impact on the fund and could affect the income from, or the value or liquidity of, the fund’s portfolio. Investment percentages in specific states or U.S. territories are presented in the Schedules of Investments.

Certain Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in securities within a single or limited number of market sectors. When a Fund concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, regulatory, political and social conditions affecting such sectors may have a significant impact on the Fund and could affect the income from, or the value or liquidity of, the Fund’s portfolio. Investment percentages in specific sectors are presented in the Schedules of Investments.

 

 

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Certain 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 increase as interest rates fall and decrease as interest rates rise. The Funds may be subject to a greater risk of rising interest rates due to the current period of historically low rates.

LIBOR Transition Risk: The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority announced a phase out of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). Although many LIBOR rates will be phased out by the end of 2021, a selection of widely used USD LIBOR rates will continue to be published through June 2023 in order to assist with the transition. The Funds may be exposed to financial instruments tied to LIBOR to determine payment obligations, financing terms, hedging strategies or investment value. The transition process away from LIBOR might lead to increased volatility and illiquidity in markets for, and reduce the effectiveness of new hedges placed against, instruments whose terms currently include LIBOR. The ultimate effect of the LIBOR transition process on the Funds is uncertain.

 

11.

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Transactions in capital shares for each class were as follows:

 

     Year Ended
05/31/21
    Year Ended
05/31/20
 
Fund Name / Share Class   Shares     Amounts     Shares     Amounts  

California Municipal Opportunities

       

Institutional

       

Shares sold

    47,489,528     $ 602,299,494       80,671,530     $ 1,020,668,423  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    2,360,095       29,912,637       3,147,367       39,748,171  

Shares redeemed

    (55,694,811     (699,264,271     (89,603,098     (1,100,509,206
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (5,845,188   $ (67,052,140     (5,784,201   $ (40,092,612
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor A

       

Shares sold and automatic conversion of shares

    12,285,554     $ 155,709,391       36,985,652     $ 471,317,122  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    1,329,826       16,835,970       1,559,250       19,650,622  

Shares redeemed

    (22,880,551     (289,598,946     (24,939,474     (307,195,670
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (9,265,171   $ (117,053,585     13,605,428     $ 183,772,074  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor A1

       

Shares sold

    2     $ 31       22     $ 274  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    94,828       1,201,994       107,798       1,360,745  

Shares redeemed

    (622,695     (7,864,611     (505,244     (6,334,055
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (527,865   $ (6,662,586     (397,424   $ (4,973,036
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor C

       

Shares sold

    609,827     $ 7,737,378       3,106,412     $ 39,610,966  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    90,774       1,147,831       131,424       1,657,881  

Shares redeemed and automatic conversion of shares

    (4,380,003     (55,194,533     (3,203,262     (39,836,061
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (3,679,402   $ (46,309,324     34,574     $ 1,432,786  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor C1(a)

       

Shares sold

        $           $  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

                      2  

Shares redeemed

                (15,891     (206,596
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $       (15,891   $ (206,594
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class K

       

Shares sold

    2,701,803     $ 34,520,036       7,672,224     $ 97,769,190  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    145,621       1,845,840       160,372       2,019,859  

Shares redeemed

    (3,442,370     (43,367,500     (7,871,338     (94,632,110
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (594,946   $ (7,001,624     (38,742   $ 5,156,939  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (19,912,572   $ (244,079,259     7,403,744     $ 145,089,557  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

        

       
     Year Ended
05/31/21
    Year Ended
05/31/20
 
Fund Name / Share Class   Shares     Amounts     Shares     Amounts  

New Jersey Municipal Bond

       

Institutional

       

Shares sold

    3,629,290     $ 41,335,411       4,824,332     $ 54,566,741  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    369,672       4,211,080       368,838       4,148,676  

Shares redeemed

    (2,762,363     (31,338,336     (3,617,675     (39,891,335
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    1,236,599     $ 14,208,155       1,575,495     $ 18,824,082  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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     Year Ended
05/31/21
    Year Ended
05/31/20
 
Fund Name / Share Class (continued)   Shares     Amounts     Shares     Amounts  

New Jersey Municipal Bond (continued)

       

Service

       

Shares sold

    1,584     $ 18,050       2,949     $ 32,067  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    18,060       205,629       19,434       218,731  

Shares redeemed

    (22,082     (249,284     (30,381     (337,724
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (2,438   $ (25,605     (7,998   $ (86,926
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor A

       

Shares sold and automatic conversion of shares

    2,569,125     $ 29,294,441       4,061,579     $ 46,088,376  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    266,106       3,033,653       261,193       2,941,842  

Shares redeemed

    (1,572,681     (17,959,479     (2,509,844     (27,917,059
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    1,262,550     $ 14,368,615       1,812,928     $ 21,113,159  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor A1

       

Shares sold

        $       2     $ 28  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    30,898       352,099       36,105       407,053  

Shares redeemed

    (118,606     (1,351,403     (194,083     (2,193,404
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (87,708   $ (999,304     (157,976   $ (1,786,323
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor C

       

Shares sold

    288,975     $ 3,286,078       826,582     $ 9,394,118  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    46,458       528,326       59,478       668,894  

Shares redeemed and automatic conversion of shares

    (1,073,041     (12,147,572     (668,851     (7,417,679
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (737,608   $ (8,333,168     217,209     $ 2,645,333  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor C1(a)

       

Shares sold

        $       3     $ 44  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

                23       260  

Shares redeemed

                (2,019     (23,542
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $       (1,993   $ (23,238
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class K

       

Shares sold

    88,860     $ 1,020,896       48,368     $ 539,457  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    6,058       69,046       5,021       56,444  

Shares redeemed

    (36,006     (410,304     (8,833     (96,166
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    58,912     $ 679,638       44,556     $ 499,735  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    1,730,307     $ 19,898,331       3,482,221     $ 41,185,822  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

        

       
     Year Ended
05/31/21
    Year Ended
05/31/20
 
Fund Name / Share Class   Shares     Amounts     Shares     Amounts  

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond

       

Institutional

       

Shares sold

    5,886,955     $ 65,333,355       6,635,531     $ 73,402,433  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    489,288       5,426,153       555,062       6,134,012  

Shares redeemed

    (5,121,016     (56,574,354     (6,921,554     (75,151,282
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    1,255,227     $ 14,185,154       269,039     $ 4,385,163  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Service

       

Shares sold

    49,867     $ 552,617       141,441     $ 1,583,639  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    5,265       58,470       6,168       68,277  

Shares redeemed

    (30,224     (333,144     (150,019     (1,659,534
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    24,908     $ 277,943       (2,410   $ (7,618
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor A

       

Shares sold and automatic conversion of shares

    4,017,437     $ 44,679,598       3,456,983     $ 38,450,860  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    339,559       3,770,922       345,859       3,824,111  

Shares redeemed

    (2,305,304     (25,569,875     (1,554,429     (17,100,294
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    2,051,692     $ 22,880,645       2,248,413     $ 25,174,677  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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     Year Ended
05/31/21
    Year Ended
05/31/20
 
Fund Name / Share Class (continued)   Shares     Amounts     Shares     Amounts  

Pennsylvania Municipal Bond (continued)

       

Investor A1

       

Shares sold

        $           $  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    14,443       160,380       18,134       200,819  

Shares redeemed

    (103,751     (1,153,942     (82,870     (922,432
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (89,308   $ (993,562     (64,736   $ (721,613
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor C

       

Shares sold

    160,745     $ 1,780,029       707,983     $ 7,845,586  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    42,603       472,249       60,574       670,191  

Shares redeemed and automatic conversion of shares

    (1,058,967     (11,771,624     (757,294     (8,341,781
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (855,619   $ (9,519,346     11,263     $ 173,996  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor C1(a)

       

Shares sold

        $           $  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

                3       38  

Shares redeemed

                (746     (8,342
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $       (743   $ (8,304
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class K

       

Shares sold

    240,075     $ 2,673,865       237,976     $ 2,631,025  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    13,050       144,867       10,246       112,845  

Shares redeemed

    (62,353     (691,792     (87,302     (944,340
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    190,772     $ 2,126,940       160,920     $ 1,799,530  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    2,577,672     $ 28,957,774       2,621,746     $ 30,795,831  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

        

       
     Year Ended
05/31/21
    Year Ended
05/31/20
 
Fund Name / Share Class   Shares     Amounts     Shares     Amounts  

Strategic Municipal Opportunities

       

Institutional

       

Shares sold

    185,242,061     $ 2,130,901,084       315,544,558     $ 3,644,033,630  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    9,512,836       108,840,179       14,850,481       171,358,616  

Shares redeemed

    (275,748,408     (3,119,772,435     (434,132,060     (4,777,669,748
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (80,993,511   $ (880,031,172     (103,737,021   $ (962,277,502
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor A

       

Shares sold and automatic conversion of shares

    28,786,463     $ 329,332,901       62,666,949     $ 726,027,777  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    2,978,218       34,052,427       3,763,107       43,316,515  

Shares redeemed

    (59,650,651     (679,418,936     (52,565,272     (586,188,189
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (27,885,970   $ (316,033,608     13,864,784     $ 183,156,103  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor A1

       

Shares sold

    10,421     $ 121,726       2     $ 17  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    30,236       346,149       35,533       409,360  

Shares redeemed

    (168,278     (1,930,602     (204,948     (2,295,999
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (127,621   $ (1,462,727     (169,413   $ (1,886,622
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor C

       

Shares sold

    1,305,958     $ 14,985,157       5,151,244     $ 60,181,739  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    227,209       2,592,034       366,506       4,222,255  

Shares redeemed and automatic conversion of shares

    (11,007,931     (124,835,671     (6,943,658     (78,577,192
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (9,474,764   $ (107,258,480     (1,425,908   $ (14,173,198
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class K

       

Shares sold

    5,703,967     $ 66,067,741       11,725,456     $ 136,433,122  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    245,352       2,812,012       303,001       3,481,189  

Shares redeemed

    (6,713,128     (76,528,004     (7,910,959     (87,511,240
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (763,809   $ (7,648,251     4,117,498     $ 52,403,071  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (119,245,675   $ (1,312,434,238     (87,350,060   $ (742,778,148
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

On February 24, 2020, the Fund’s issued and outstanding Investor C1 Shares converted into Investor A Shares.

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

As of May 31, 2021, shares owned by BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., an affiliate of the Funds, were as follows:

 

Fund Name   Class K  

New Jersey Municipal Bond

    18,124  

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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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Shareholders of BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund, BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund, BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund, and BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund and the Boards of Trustees of BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust, BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust, and BlackRock Municipal Series Trust:

Opinion on the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund of BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust, BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund and BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund of BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust, and BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund of BlackRock Municipal Series Trust (the “Funds”), including the schedules of investments, as of May 31, 2021, the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, and the related notes. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Funds as of May 31, 2021, and the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Funds are not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of their internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of May 31, 2021, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

July 21, 2021

We have served as the auditor of one or more BlackRock investment companies since 1992.

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

 

Independent Trustees(a)

         

Name

Year of Birth(b)

 

Position(s) Held

(Length of Service)(c)

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years    Number of BlackRock-Advised
Registered Investment Companies
(“RICs”) Consisting of
Investment Portfolios
(“Portfolios”) Overseen
  

Public Company
and Other
Investment
Company
Directorships Held
During

Past Five Years

Richard E. Cavanagh

1946

  Co-Chair of the Board and Trustee (Since 2019)    Director, The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America since 1998; Board Chair, Volunteers of America (a not-for-profit organization) from 2015 to 2018 (board member since 2009); Director, Arch Chemicals (chemical and allied products) from 1999 to 2011; Trustee, Educational Testing Service from 1997 to 2009 and Chairman thereof from 2005 to 2009; Senior Advisor, The Fremont Group since 2008 and Director thereof since 1996; Faculty Member/Adjunct Lecturer, Harvard University since 2007 and Executive Dean from 1987 to 1995; President and Chief Executive Officer, The Conference Board, Inc. (global business research organization) from 1995 to 2007.    73 RICs consisting of 99 Portfolios    None

Karen P. Robards

1950

  Co-Chair of the Board and Trustee (Since 2019)    Principal of Robards & Company, LLC (consulting and private investing) since 1987; Co-founder and Director of the Cooke Center for Learning and Development (a not- for-profit organization) since 1987; Director of Enable Injections, LLC (medical devices) since 2019; Investment Banker at Morgan Stanley from 1976 to 1987.    73 RICs consisting of 99 Portfolios    Greenhill & Co., Inc.; AtriCure, Inc. (medical devices) from 2000 until 2017.

Michael J. Castellano

1946

 

Trustee

(Since 2019)

   Chief Financial Officer of Lazard Group LLC from 2001 to 2011; Chief Financial Officer of Lazard Ltd from 2004 to 2011; Director, Support Our Aging Religious (non-profit) from 2009 to June 2015 and from 2017 to September 2020; Director, National Advisory Board of Church Management at Villanova University since 2010; Trustee, Domestic Church Media Foundation since 2012; Director, CircleBlack Inc. (financial technology company) from 2015 to July 2020.    73 RICs consisting of 99 Portfolios    None

Cynthia L. Egan

1955

 

Trustee

(Since 2019)

   Advisor, U.S. Department of the Treasury from 2014 to 2015; President, Retirement Plan Services, for T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. from 2007 to 2012; executive positions within Fidelity Investments from 1989 to 2007.    73 RICs consisting of 99 Portfolios    Unum (insurance); The Hanover Insurance Group (Board Chair) (insurance); Huntsman Corporation (chemical products); Envestnet (investment platform) from 2013 until 2016.

Frank J. Fabozzi(d)

1948

 

Trustee

(Since 2019)

   Editor of The Journal of Portfolio Management since 1986; Professor of Finance, EDHEC Business School (France) since 2011; Visiting Professor, Princeton University for the 2013 to 2014 academic year and Spring 2017 semester; Professor in the Practice of Finance, Yale University School of Management from 1994 to 2011 and currently a Teaching Fellow in Yale’s Executive Programs; Board Member, BlackRock Equity-Liquidity Funds from 2014 to 2016; affiliated professor Karlsruhe Institute of Technology from 2008 to 2011; Visiting Professor, Rutgers University for the Spring 2019 semester; Visiting Professor, New York University for the 2019 academic year. Adjunct Professor of Finance, Carnegie Mellon University in fall 2020 semester.    75 RICs consisting of 101 Portfolios    None

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information  (continued)

 

Independent Trustees(a) (continued)

         

Name

Year of Birth(b)

 

Position(s) Held

(Length of Service)(c)

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years    Number of BlackRock-Advised
Registered Investment Companies
(“RICs”) Consisting of
Investment Portfolios
(“Portfolios”) Overseen
  

Public Company
and Other
Investment
Company
Directorships Held
During

Past Five Years

R. Glenn Hubbard

1958

 

Trustee

(Since 2019)

   Dean, Columbia Business School from 2004 to 2019; Faculty member, Columbia Business School since 1988.    73 RICs consisting of 99 Portfolios    ADP (data and information services) 2004-2020; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (insurance); KKR Financial Corporation (finance) from 2004 until 2014.

W. Carl Kester(d)

1951

 

Trustee

(Since 2019)

   George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School since 2008; Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs from 2006 to 2010; Chairman of the Finance Unit, from 2005 to 2006; Senior Associate Dean and Chairman of the MBA Program from 1999 to 2005; Member of the faculty of Harvard Business School since 1981.    75 RICs consisting of 101 Portfolios    None

Catherine A. Lynch(d)

1961

 

Trustee

(Since 2019)

   Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer and various other positions, National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust from 2003 to 2016; Associate Vice President for Treasury Management, The George Washington University from 1999 to 2003; Assistant Treasurer, Episcopal Church of America from 1995 to 1999.    75 RICs consisting of 101 Portfolios    None

Interested Trustees(a)(e)

         

Name

Year of Birth(b)

 

Position(s) Held

(Length of Service)(c)

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years    Number of BlackRock-Advised
Registered Investment Companies
(“RICs”) Consisting of
Investment Portfolios
(“Portfolios”) Overseen
   Public Company
and Other
Investment
Company
Directorships Held
During
Past Five Years

Robert Fairbairn

1965

 

Trustee

(Since 2015)

   Vice Chairman of BlackRock, Inc. since 2019; Member of BlackRock’s Global Executive and Global Operating Committees; Co-Chair of BlackRock’s Human Capital Committee; Senior Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2010 to 2019; oversaw BlackRock’s Strategic Partner Program and Strategic Product Management Group from 2012 to 2019; Member of the Board of Managers of BlackRock Investments, LLC from 2011 to 2018; Global Head of BlackRock’s Retail and iShares® businesses from 2012 to 2016.    103 RICs consisting of 251 Portfolios    None

John M. Perlowski(d)

1964

 

Trustee

(Since 2015) President and Chief Executive Officer (Since 2010)

   Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2009; Head of BlackRock Global Accounting and Product Services since 2009; Advisory Director of Family Resource Network (charitable foundation) since 2009.    105 RICs consisting of 253 Portfolios    None

 

(a) 

The address of each Trustee is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 55 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10055.

(b) 

Each Independent Trustee holds office until his or her successor is duly elected and qualifies or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement or removal as provided by the Trust’s by-laws or charter or statute, or until December 31 of the year in which he or she turns 75. Trustees who are “interested persons,” as defined in the Investment Company Act serve until their successor is duly elected and qualifies or until their earlier death, resignation, retirement or removal as provided by the Trust’s by-laws or statute, or until December 31 of the year in which they turn 72. The Board may determine to extend the terms of Independent Trustees on a case-by-case basis, as appropriate.

 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information  (continued)

 

(c)

Following the combination of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. (“MLIM”) and BlackRock, Inc. in September 2006, the various legacy MLIM and legacy BlackRock fund boards were realigned and consolidated into three new fund boards in 2007. Certain Independent Trustees first became members of the boards of other legacy MLIM or legacy BlackRock funds as follows: Richard E. Cavanagh, 1994; Frank J. Fabozzi, 1988; R. Glenn Hubbard, 2004; W. Carl Kester, 1995; and Karen P. Robards, 1998. Certain other Independent Trustees became members of the boards of the closed-end funds in the Fixed-Income Complex as follows: Michael J. Castellano, 2011; Cynthia L. Egan, 2016; and Catherine A. Lynch, 2016.

(d) 

Dr. Fabozzi, Dr. Kester, Ms. Lynch and Mr. Perlowski are also trustees of the BlackRock Credit Strategies Fund and BlackRock Private Investments Fund.

(e) 

Mr. Fairbairn and Mr. Perlowski are both “interested persons,” as defined in the 1940 Act, of the Trust based on their positions with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates. Mr. Fairbairn and Mr. Perlowski are also board members of the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex.

Officers Who Are Not Trustees(a)

Name

Year of Birth(b)

  

Position(s) Held

(Length of Service)

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years
     

Jennifer McGovern

1977

   Vice President (Since 2014)    Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2016; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2011 to 2015; Head of Americas Product Development and Governance for BlackRock’s Global Product Group since 2019; Head of Product Structure and Oversight for BlackRock’s U.S. Wealth Advisory Group from 2013 to 2019.
     

Trent Walker

1974

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Since 2021)

   Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since September 2019; Executive Vice President of PIMCO from 2016 to 2019; Senior Vice President of PIMCO from 2008 to 2015; Treasurer from 2013 to 2019 and Assistant Treasurer from 2007 to 2017 of PIMCO Funds, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust, PIMCO ETF Trust, PIMCO Equity Series, PIMCO Equity Series VIT, PIMCO Managed Accounts Trust, 2 PIMCO-sponsored interval funds and 21 PIMCO-sponsored closed-end funds.
     

Jay M. Fife

1970

   Treasurer (Since 2007)    Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2007.
     

Charles Park

1967

  

Chief Compliance Officer

(Since 2014)

   Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer for certain BlackRock-advised Funds from 2014 to 2015; Chief Compliance Officer of BlackRock Advisors, LLC and the BlackRock-advised Funds in the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex and the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex since 2014; Principal of and Chief Compliance Officer for iShares® Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC since 2012 and BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”) since 2006; Chief Compliance Officer for the BFA-advised iShares® exchange traded funds since 2006; Chief Compliance Officer for BlackRock Asset Management International Inc. since 2012.
     

Lisa Belle

1968

   Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer (Since 2019)    Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2019; Global Financial Crime Head for Asset and Wealth Management of JP Morgan from 2013 to 2019; Managing Director of RBS Securities from 2012 to 2013; Head of Financial Crimes for Barclays Wealth Americas from 2010 to 2012.
     

Janey Ahn

1975

   Secretary (Since 2019)    Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2018; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2009 to 2017.

 

(a)

The address of each Officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 55 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10055.

(b) 

Officers of the Trusts serve at the pleasure of the Board.

Further information about the Trust’s Trustees and Officers is available in the Trust’s Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained without charge by calling (800) 441-7762.

 

 

Neal J. Andrews retired as the Chief Financial Officer effective December 31, 2020, and Trent Walker was elected as the Chief Financial Officer effective January 1, 2021.

 

Effective June 10, 2021, Stayce D. Harris and J. Phillip Holloman were each appointed to serve as a Trustee of the Trusts.

 

 

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Additional Information

 

Regulation Regarding Derivatives

On October 28, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted new regulations governing the use of derivatives by registered investment companies (“Rule 18f-4”). The Funds will be required to implement and comply with Rule 18f-4 by August 19, 2022. Once implemented, Rule 18f-4 will impose limits on the amount of derivatives a fund can enter into, eliminate the asset segregation framework currently used by funds to comply with Section 18 of the 1940 Act, treat derivatives as senior securities and require funds whose use of derivatives is more than a limited specified exposure amount to establish and maintain a comprehensive derivatives risk management program and appoint a derivatives risk manager.

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/quarterly basis. In order to provide shareholders with a more stable level of dividend distributions, the distributions paid by a Fund for any particular month/quarter may be more or less than the amount of net investment income earned by a Fund during such month/quarter. The portion of distributions that exceeds a Fund current and accumulated earnings and profits, which are measured on a tax basis, will constitute a nontaxable return of capital. The Funds’ current accumulated but undistributed net investment income, if any, is disclosed as accumulated earnings (loss) in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, which comprises part of the financial information included in this report.

General Information

Quarterly performance, semi-annual and annual reports, current net asset value and other information regarding the Funds may be found on BlackRock’s website, which can be accessed at blackrock.com. Any reference to BlackRock’s website in this report is intended to allow investors public access to information regarding the Funds and does not, and is not intended to, incorporate BlackRock’s website in this report.

Householding

The Funds will mail only one copy of shareholder documents, including prospectuses, annual and semi-annual reports, Rule 30e-3 notices and proxy statements, to shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address. This practice is commonly called “householding” and is intended to reduce expenses and eliminate duplicate mailings of shareholder documents. Mailings of your shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please call the Funds at (800) 441-7762.

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

The Funds file their complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to their reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. Additionally, each Fund makes its portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year available at blackrock.com/fundreports.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies, Procedures and Voting Records

A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information about how the Funds voted proxies relating to securities held in the Funds’ portfolios during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge, upon request (1) by calling (800) 441-7762; (2) on the BlackRock website at blackrock.com; and (3) on the SEC’s website at sec.gov.

BlackRock’s Mutual Fund Family

BlackRock offers a diverse lineup of open-end mutual funds crossing all investment styles and managed by experts in equity, fixed-income and tax-exempt investing. Visit blackrock.com for more information.

Shareholder Privileges

Account Information

Call us at (800) 441-7762 from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM ET on any business day to get information about your account balances, recent transactions and share prices. You can also visit blackrock.com for more information.

Automatic Investment Plans

Investor class shareholders who want to invest regularly can arrange to have $50 or more automatically deducted from their checking or savings account and invested in any of the BlackRock funds.

 

 

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Additional Information  (continued)

 

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   Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
BlackRock Advisors, LLC   Deloitte & Touche LLP
Wilmington, DE 19809   Boston, MA 02116
Accounting Agent and Custodian   Legal Counsel
State Street Bank and Trust Company   Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Boston, MA 02111   New York, NY 10019
Transfer Agent   Address of the Funds
BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.   100 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809   Wilmington, DE 19809
Distributor  
BlackRock Investments, LLC  
New York, NY 10022  

 

 

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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.
BHAC-CR    Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp. - Custodian Receipt
CAB    Capital Appreciation Bonds
COP    Certificates of Participation
CR    Custodian Receipt
FHA    Federal Housing Administration
FHLMC    Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
FNMA    Federal National Mortgage Association
GNMA    Government National Mortgage Association
GO    General Obligation Bonds
GTD    GTD Guaranteed
HUD SECT 8    U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Section 8
INS    Insured
M/F    Multi-Family
NPFGC    National Public Finance Guarantee Corp.
PSF-GTD    Permanent School Fund Guaranteed
RB    Revenue Bond
S/F    Single-Family
SAB    Special Assessment Bonds
SAN    State Aid Notes
SAW    State Aid Withholding
SCH BD RES FD    School Board Resolution Fund
SOFR    Secured Overnight Financing Rate
SONYMA    State of New York Mortgage Agency
ST    Special Tax
TA    Tax Allocation
UT    Unlimited Tax

 

 

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This report is intended for current holders. It is not authorized for use as an offer of sale or a solicitation of an offer to buy shares of the Funds unless preceded or accompanied by the Funds’ current prospectus. Past performance results shown in this report should not be considered a representation of future performance. Investment returns and principal value of shares will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Statements and other information herein are as dated and are subject to change.

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Item 2 –

Code of Ethics – The registrant (or the “Fund”) has adopted a code of ethics, as of the end of the period covered by this report, applicable to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. During the period covered by this report, the code of ethics was amended to update certain information and to make other non-material changes. During the period covered by this report, there have been no waivers granted under the code of ethics. The registrant undertakes to provide a copy of the code of ethics to any person upon request, without charge, who calls 1-800-441-7762.

 

Item 3 –

Audit Committee Financial Expert – The registrant’s board of trustees (the “board of trustees”), has determined that (i) the registrant has the following audit committee financial experts serving on its audit committee and (ii) each audit committee financial expert is independent:

Michael Castellano

Frank J. Fabozzi

Catherine A. Lynch

Karen P. Robards

The registrant’s board of trustees has determined that Karen P. Robards qualifies as an audit committee financial expert pursuant to Item 3(c)(4) of Form N-CSR.

Ms. Robards has a thorough understanding of generally accepted accounting principles, financial statements and internal control over financial reporting as well as audit committee functions. Ms. Robards has been President of Robards & Company, a financial advisory firm, since 1987. Ms. Robards was formerly an investment banker for more than 10 years where she was responsible for evaluating and assessing the performance of companies based on their financial results. Ms. Robards has over 30 years of experience analyzing financial statements. She also is a member of the audit committee of one publicly held company and a non-profit organization. Under applicable securities laws, a person determined to be an audit committee financial expert will not be deemed an “expert” for any purpose, including without limitation for the purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as a result of being designated or identified as an audit committee financial expert. The designation or identification as an audit committee financial expert does not impose on such person any duties, obligations, or liabilities greater than the duties, obligations, and liabilities imposed on such person as a member of the audit committee and board of trustees in the absence of such designation or identification. The designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert does not affect the duties, obligations, or liability of any other member of the audit committee or board of trustees.

 

Item 4 –

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

The following table presents fees billed by Deloitte & Touche LLP (“D&T”) in each of the last two fiscal years for the services rendered to the Fund:

 

      (a) Audit Fees    (b) Audit-Related
Fees1
   (c) Tax Fees2    (d) All Other Fees
Entity Name    Current
Fiscal Year
End
   Previous
Fiscal Year
   Current
Fiscal Year
   Previous
Fiscal Year
   Current
Fiscal Year
   Previous
Fiscal Year
   Current
Fiscal Year
   Previous
Fiscal Year
           

End

   End   

End

  

End

   End    End   

End

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund    $30,707    $31,620    $0    $0    $13,700    $12,500    $0    $0
BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund    $28,886    $29,784    $0    $0    $13,700    $12,500    $0    $0

 

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The following table presents fees billed by D&T that were required to be approved by the registrant’s audit committee (the “Committee”) for services that relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the Fund and that are rendered on behalf of BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Investment Adviser” or “BlackRock”) and entities controlling, controlled by, or under common control with BlackRock (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser) that provide ongoing services to the Fund (“Affiliated Service Providers”):

 

      Current Fiscal Year End    Previous Fiscal Year End

(b) Audit-Related Fees1

   $0    $0

(c) Tax Fees2

   $0    $0

(d) All Other Fees3

   $2,032,000    $1,984,000
1 

The nature of the services includes assurance and related services reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of financial statements not included in Audit Fees, including accounting consultations, agreed-upon procedure reports, attestation reports, comfort letters, out-of-pocket expenses and internal control reviews not required by regulators.

2 

The nature of the services includes tax compliance and/or tax preparation, including services relating to the filing or amendment of federal, state or local income tax returns, regulated investment company qualification reviews, taxable income and tax distribution calculations.

3 

Non-audit fees of $2,032,000 and $1,984,000 for the current fiscal year and previous fiscal year, respectively, were paid to the Fund’s principal accountant in their entirety by BlackRock, in connection with services provided to the Affiliated Service Providers of the Fund and of certain other funds sponsored and advised by BlackRock or its affiliates for a service organization review and an accounting research tool subscription. These amounts represent aggregate fees paid by BlackRock and were not allocated on a per fund basis.

(e)(1) Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures:

The Committee has adopted policies and procedures with regard to the pre-approval of services. Audit, audit-related and tax compliance services provided to the registrant on an annual basis require specific pre-approval by the Committee. The Committee also must approve other non-audit services provided to the registrant and those non-audit services provided to the Investment Adviser and Affiliated Service Providers that relate directly to the operations and the financial reporting of the registrant. Certain of these non-audit services that the Committee believes are (a) consistent with the SEC’s auditor independence rules and (b) routine and recurring services that will not impair the independence of the independent accountants may be approved by the Committee without consideration on a specific case-by-case basis (“general pre-approval”). The term of any general pre-approval is 12 months from the date of the pre-approval, unless the Committee provides for a different period. Tax or other non-audit services provided to the registrant which have a direct impact on the operations or financial reporting of the registrant will only be deemed pre-approved provided that any individual project does not exceed $10,000 attributable to the registrant or $50,000 per project. For this purpose, multiple projects will be aggregated to determine if they exceed the previously mentioned cost levels.

Any proposed services exceeding the pre-approved cost levels will require specific pre-approval by the Committee, as will any other services not subject to general pre-approval (e.g., unanticipated but permissible services). The Committee is informed of each service approved subject to general pre-approval at the next regularly scheduled in-person board meeting. At this

 

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meeting, an analysis of such services is presented to the Committee for ratification. The Committee may delegate to the Committee Chairman the authority to approve the provision of and fees for any specific engagement of permitted non-audit services, including services exceeding pre-approved cost levels.

(e)(2) None of the services described in each of Items 4(b) through (d) were approved by the Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception in paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(f) Not Applicable

(g) The aggregate non-audit fees, defined as the sum of the fees shown under “Audit-Related Fees,” “Tax Fees” and “All Other Fees,” paid to the accountant for services rendered by the accountant to the registrant, the Investment Adviser and the Affiliated Service Providers were:

 

Entity Name   

Current Fiscal

Year End

  

Previous Fiscal

Year End

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund    $13,700    $12,500
BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund    $13,700    $12,500

Additionally, the amounts billed by D&T in connection with services provided to the Affiliated Service Providers of the Fund and of other funds sponsored and advised by BlackRock or its affiliates during the current and previous fiscal years for a service organization review and an accounting research tool subscription were:

 

Current Fiscal Year
End
   Previous Fiscal Year
End

$2,032,000

   $1,984,000

These amounts represent aggregate fees paid by BlackRock and were not allocated on a per fund basis.

(h) The Committee has considered and determined that the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the Investment Adviser and the Affiliated Service Providers that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

 

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.

 

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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 –

Exhibits attached hereto

(a)(1) Code of Ethics – See Item 2

(a)(2) Section 302 Certifications are attached

(a)(3) Not Applicable

(a)(4) Not Applicable

(b) Section 906 Certifications are attached

 

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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 Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

 

  By:     

/s/ John M. Perlowski                             

       John M. Perlowski
       Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
       BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

Date: August 4, 2021

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 Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

Date: August 4, 2021

 

  By:     

/s/ Trent Walker                             

       Trent Walker
       Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of
       BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

Date: August 4, 2021

 

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