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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 Achievers^TM 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 Achievers^TM Trust BlackRock Dividend Achievers^TM 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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