DEFA14A 1 ddefa14a.htm BLACKROCK BlackRock

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BlackRock Long-Term Municipal Advantage Trust

BlackRock California Insured Municipal Income Trust

BlackRock Florida Insured Municipal Income Trust

BlackRock New York Insured Municipal Income Trust

BlackRock Municipal Income Trust II

BlackRock New York Municipal Income Trust II

BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust II

BlackRock California Municipal Bond Trust

BlackRock Municipal Bond Trust

BlackRock Florida Municipal Bond Trust

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Trust

BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Trust

BlackRock Maryland Municipal Bond Trust

BlackRock Virginia Municipal Bond Trust

BlackRock California Municipal 2018 Term Trust

BlackRock New York Municipal 2018 Term Trust

BlackRock Municipal 2018 Term Trust

BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust

BlackRock Municipal Income Trust

BlackRock Florida Municipal Income Trust

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Income Trust

BlackRock New York Municipal Income Trust

BlackRock Insured Municipal Income Trust

BlackRock Pennsylvania Strategic Municipal Trust

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Trust

BlackRock Insured Municipal Term Trust, Inc.

BlackRock California Insured Municipal 2008 Term Trust, Inc.

BlackRock Florida Insured Municipal 2008 Term Trust

  

BlackRock MuniYield Florida Insured Fund

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Insured Fund, Inc.

BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Insured Fund, Inc.

BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Insured Fund

BlackRock S&P 500 Protected Equity Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Muni Intermediate Duration Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Muni New York Intermediate Duration Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc.

Master Senior Floating Rate LLC

BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund II, Inc.

BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc.

BlackRock MuniHoldings Florida Insured Fund

BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund, Inc.

BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund II, Inc.

BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Fund, Inc.

BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Insured Fund, Inc.

BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Insured Fund, Inc.

BlackRock MuniVest Fund, Inc.

BlackRock MuniVest Fund II, Inc.

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Apex Municipal Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund V, Inc.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund VI, Inc.


BlackRock Insured Municipal 2008 Term Trust, Inc.

BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc.

BlackRock New York Insured Municipal 2008 Term Trust, Inc.

BlackRock California Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc.

BlackRock Florida Investment Quality Municipal Trust

BlackRock New Jersey Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc.

BlackRock New York Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc.

BlackRock Global Equity Income Trust

BlackRock Preferred and Equity Advantage Trust

BlackRock Real Asset Equity Trust

BlackRock World Investment Trust

BlackRock Enhanced Dividend AchieversTM Trust

BlackRock Global Opportunities Equity Trust

BlackRock High Income Shares

BlackRock Health Sciences Trust

BlackRock Global Energy and Resources Trust

BlackRock Global Floating Rate Income Trust

BlackRock S&P Quality Rankings Global Equity Managed Trust

BlackRock Strategic Dividend AchieversTM Trust

BlackRock Dividend AchieversTM Trust

BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust

BlackRock Preferred Opportunity Trust

BlackRock Core Bond Trust

BlackRock Strategic Bond Trust

BlackRock Broad Investment Grade 2009 Term Trust, Inc.

  

BlackRock MuniAssets Fund, Inc.

BlackRock MuniEnhanced Fund, Inc.

BlackRock MuniHoldings California Insured Fund, Inc.

BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Fund II, Inc.

BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc.

BlackRock MuniYield Arizona Fund, Inc.

BlackRock MuniYield California Fund, Inc.

BlackRock MuniYield California Insured Fund, Inc.

BlackRock MuniYield Florida Fund

BlackRock MuniYield Insured Fund, Inc.

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Insured Fund II, Inc.

BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Fund, Inc.

BlackRock MuniYield New York Insured Fund, Inc.

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc.

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc.

BlackRock Enhanced Capital and Income Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Preferred Income Strategies Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Preferred and Corporate Income Strategies Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Multi-Strategy Hedge Opportunities LLC

BlackRock Multi-Strategy Hedge Advantage

BlackRock Enhanced Equity Yield Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Enhanced Equity Yield & Premium Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund, Inc.

BlackRock High Yield Trust

BlackRock Income Trust, Inc.

BlackRock Income Opportunity Trust, Inc.

BlackRock Municipal 2020 Term Trust

BlackRock Florida Municipal 2020 Term Trust

BlackRock International Growth and Income Trust

 

 

 

 


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Current Fund Boards

 

BlackRock

Funds/BlackRock

Funds II/BATS

      

BlackRock

Closed-End

Funds

      

BlackRock

Liquidity Funds

      

BlackRock

(formerly

MLIM) Cluster 1

      

BlackRock

(formerly

MLIM) Cluster 2

      

BlackRock

(formerly

MLIM) Cluster 3

      

BlackRock

(formerly

MLIM) Cluster 4

Bruce R. Bond

Richard S. Davis*

Stuart E. Eizenstat

Laurence D. Fink*

Robert M. Hernandez

Dr. Matina Horner

Toby Rosenblatt

David R. Wilmerding, Jr.

   

Richard E. Cavanagh

Kent Dixon

Frank J. Fabozzi

Kathleen F.

Feldstein

R. Glenn Hubbard

Ralph L.

Schlosstein*

   

Ralph L. Schlosstein*

Paul L. Audet*

Nicholas Beckwith, III

Jerrold B. Harris

Rodney D. Johnson

Joseph P. Platt, Jr.

Robert C. Robb, Jr.

Kenneth L. Urish

Frederick W. Winter

   

Donald W. Burton

John F. O’Brien

David H. Walsh

Fred G. Weiss

Robert C. Doll*

   

Robert C. Doll*

Ronald W. Forbes

Cynthia A. Montgomery

Jean Margo Reid

Roscoe S. Suddarth

Richard R. West

   

James H. Bodurtha

Robert C. Doll*

Kenneth A. Froot

Joe Grills

Herbert I. London,

Roberta Cooper Ramo

Robert S. Salomon, Jr.

   

David O. Beim

Robert C. Doll*

James T. Flynn

W. Carl Kester

Karen P. Robards


* Interested Director/Trustee.


Post-Consolidation Fund Boards

 

BlackRock Board A (Certain Open-End

Equity Funds, all Fixed Income Funds

and all Funds designed for sale through

insurance company separate accounts)

        

BlackRock Board B (Certain Open-End

Equity Funds and all Money Market

Funds)

        

BlackRock Board C (all Closed-End

Funds)

James H. Bodurtha       David O. Beim       G. Nicholas Beckwith, III
Bruce R. Bond       Richard S. Davis*       Richard E. Cavanagh (Chairman)
Donald W. Burton       Ronald W. Forbes (Co-Chair)       Richard S. Davis*
Richard S. Davis*       Henry Gabbay*,***       Kent Dixon
Stuart E. Eizenstat       Rodney D. Johnson (Co-Chair)       Frank J. Fabozzi
Laurence D. Fink*       Dr. Matina Horner       Kathleen F. Feldstein
Kenneth A. Froot       Herbert I. London       James T. Flynn
Henry Gabbay*, ***       Cynthia A. Montgomery       Henry Gabbay*,***
Robert M. Hernandez (Chairman)       Joseph P. Platt, Jr.       Jerrold B. Harris
John F. O’Brien       Robert C. Robb, Jr.       R. Glenn Hubbard
Roberta Cooper Ramo       Toby Rosenblatt       W. Carl Kester
Jean Margo Reid       Kenneth L. Urish       Karen P. Robards (Vice-Chair)
David H. Walsh       Frederick W. Winter       Robert S. Salomon, Jr.
Fred G. Weiss (Vice-Chairman)       David R. Wilmerding, Jr.**       Roscoe S. Suddarth**
Richard R. West            
Joe Grills**            

* Interested Director/Trustee.
** Advisory Board Member through 12/31/07, and not a Director/Trustee, after the Consolidation.
*** Not previously on a Board.

Messrs. Audet, Doll and Schlosstein will no longer serve on the Boards after the Consolidation.

 

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