NPORT-EX 2 NPORT_2764209293910512.htm EX-MZA

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) 

October 31, 2020

  

 

BlackRock MuniYield Arizona Fund, Inc. (MZA)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  

Municipal Bonds

 

Arizona — 139.1%  
Corporate — 10.4%  

Industrial Development Authority of the County of Pima, Refunding RB, Series A, 4.00%, 09/01/29

  $ 1,000     $ 1,059,890  

Salt Verde Financial Corp., RB
5.50%, 12/01/29

    2,000       2,610,420  

5.00%, 12/01/37

    2,500       3,310,025  
   

 

 

 
    6,980,335  
County/City/Special District/School District — 8.2%  

City of Phoenix Civic Improvement Corp., RB, Series B, (BHAC), 5.50%, 07/01/41

    100       152,380  

Kyrene Elementary School District No.28, GO

   

Series B, 5.50%, 07/01/29

    480       546,715  

Series B, 5.50%, 07/01/30

    400       455,596  

Maricopa County Unified School District No.11-Peoria, GO, (AGM), 5.00%, 07/01/35

    1,250       1,441,738  

Town of Queen Creek Arizona Excise Tax Revenue, RB 4.00%, 08/01/50

    1,700       1,961,307  

Series A, 5.00%, 08/01/42

    750       923,475  
   

 

 

 
    5,481,211  
Education — 46.6%  

Arizona Board of Regents, RB, Series A, 4.00%, 07/01/42

    1,000       1,174,040  

Arizona Board of Regents, Refunding COP, Series C, 5.00%, 06/01/30

    2,595       2,778,233  

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

    250       238,390  

Series A, (BAM), 5.00%, 06/01/49

    2,500       2,909,675  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/15/49(a)

    1,000       1,078,170  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/15/49(a)

    250       261,183  

Arizona Industrial Development Authority, Refunding RB
5.00%, 07/01/37

    750       870,420  

Series A, 5.13%, 07/01/37(a)

    500       536,060  

Series A, 5.50%, 07/01/52(a)

    600       641,130  

Series G, 5.00%, 07/01/47(a)

    2,360       2,489,304  

Florence Town, Inc. Industrial Development Authority, RB, 6.00%, 07/01/43

    500       523,720  

Industrial Development Authority of the City of Phoenix, RB

   

6.30%, 07/01/21(b)

    500       520,095  

6.63%, 07/01/23(b)

    500       584,405  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/44

    2,000       2,112,140  

Series A, 6.75%, 07/01/44(a)

    440       477,576  

Series A, 5.00%, 07/01/46(a)

    500       518,580  

Industrial Development Authority of the City of Phoenix, Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 07/01/45(a)

    500       516,000  

5.00%, 07/01/46

    500       533,895  

Industrial Development Authority of the County of Pima, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 06/15/52(a)

    530       537,245  

Maricopa County Industrial Development Authority, RB

   

5.00%, 07/01/47

    1,000       1,079,900  

4.00%, 07/01/50

    1,500       1,633,740  

Maricopa County Industrial Development Authority, Refunding RB(a)

   

5.00%, 07/01/47

    1,000       1,040,220  

5.00%, 07/01/54

    250       260,785  
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Education (continued)  

McAllister Academic Village LLC, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 07/01/39

  $ 500     $ 584,740  

Northern Arizona University, RB, 5.00%, 08/01/23(b)

    3,000       3,388,920  

Student & Academic Services LLC, RB, (BAM), 5.00%, 06/01/39

    1,400       1,570,996  

University of Arizona, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 06/01/39

    2,050       2,440,074  
   

 

 

 
    31,299,636  
Health — 27.7%  

Arizona Health Facilities Authority, RB, Series B-2, (AGM), 5.00%, 03/01/21(b)

    500       506,130  

Arizona Health Facilities Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 02/01/42

    1,000       1,044,400  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/42

    2,785       3,148,832  

Arizona Industrial Development Authority, RB, Series A, 4.00%, 02/01/50

    2,635       2,920,687  

Industrial Development Authority of the County of Yavapai, Refunding RB

   

5.25%, 10/01/26

    1,000       1,042,500  

4.00%, 08/01/43

    1,650       1,828,811  

Maricopa County Industrial Development Authority, RB, Series A, 4.00%, 01/01/41

    4,000       4,461,720  

Maricopa County Industrial Development Authority, Refunding RB

   

Series A, 5.00%, 01/01/38

    500       591,240  

Series A, 4.13%, 09/01/42

    750       842,640  

Series A, 5.00%, 09/01/42

    1,000       1,201,470  

University Medical Center Corp., Refunding RB, 6.00%, 07/01/21(b)

    1,000       1,037,990  
   

 

 

 
    18,626,420  
Transportation — 13.6%  

City of Phoenix Civic Improvement Corp., ARB, Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/42

    3,000       3,478,590  

City of Phoenix Civic Improvement Corp., Refunding RB AMT, Senior Lien, 5.00%, 07/01/32

    700       767,319  

Series D, Junior Lien, 4.00%, 07/01/40

    1,000       1,099,460  

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority, ARB, AMT, 5.00%, 07/01/38

    3,600       3,809,988  
   

 

 

 
    9,155,357  
Utilities — 32.6%  

City of Buckeye Arizona, RB, 5.00%, 07/01/43

    4,000       4,601,720  

City of Goodyear Arizona Water & Sewer Revenue, RB, 2nd Series, Subordinate, (AGM), 4.00%, 07/01/45

    250       288,665  

City of Lake Havasu City Arizona Wastewater System Revenue, RB, Series B, (AGM), 5.00%, 07/01/40

    3,500       4,021,115  

City of Mesa Arizona Utility System Revenue, RB, 5.00%, 07/01/42

    3,000       3,685,020  

City of Phoenix Civic Improvement Corp., RB, Series A, Junior Lien, 4.00%, 07/01/39

    1,300       1,514,916  

Pinal County Electric District No.3, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.25%, 07/01/21(b)

    2,500       2,583,125  

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

    285       314,124  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2020

  

 

BlackRock MuniYield Arizona Fund, Inc. (MZA)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Utilities (continued)  

Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District, Refunding RB

   

5.00%, 01/01/38

  $ 2,000     $ 2,494,400  

Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/41

    2,000       2,349,680  
   

 

 

 
      21,852,765  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds in Arizona

 

    93,395,724  
Puerto Rico — 6.6%            
State — 4.3%            

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

   

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

    384       402,563  

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

    1,495       1,589,992  

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

    196       201,749  

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

    357       374,811  

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp. Sales Tax Revenue, RB, CAB, Series A-1, Restructured, 0.00%, 07/01/46(c)

    1,156       332,419  
   

 

 

 
      2,901,534  
Tobacco — 0.7%            

Children’s Trust Fund, Refunding RB, 5.63%, 05/15/43

    460       464,425  
   

 

 

 
Utilities — 1.6%            

Puerto Rico Commonwealth Aqueduct & Sewer Authority, RB

   

Series A, Senior Lien, 5.00%, 07/01/33

    525       532,880  

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

    150       152,277  

Puerto Rico Commonwealth Aqueduct & Sewer Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, Senior Lien, 6.00%, 07/01/38

    345       345,590  
   

 

 

 
      1,030,747  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds in Puerto Rico

 

    4,396,706  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds — 145.7%
(Cost: $90,606,135)

 

    97,792,430  
   

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts(d)

 

Arizona — 11.6%

   
Transportation — 7.0%            

City of Phoenix Civic Improvement Corp., ARB, AMT, Senior Lien, 5.00%, 07/01/43

    4,000       4,709,200  
   

 

 

 
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Utilities — 4.6%            

City of Mesa Arizona Utility System Revenue, RB, 5.00%, 07/01/35

  $ 3,000     $ 3,088,620  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds in Arizona

 

    7,797,820  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts — 11.6%
(Cost: $7,311,345)

 

    7,797,820  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 157.3%
(Cost: $97,917,480)

      105,590,250  
   

 

 

 
     Shares         

Short-Term Securities

 

Money Market Funds — 1.7%            

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, MuniCash, Institutional Class, 0.01%(e)(f)

    1,140,119       1,140,233  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 1.7%
(Cost: $1,140,110)

      1,140,233  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 159.0%
(Cost: $99,057,590)

      106,730,483  

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 1.5%

      1,042,048  

Liability for TOB Trust Certificates, Including Interest Expense and Fees Payable — (5.2)%

 

    (3,501,386

VRDP Shares at Liquidation Value, Net of Deferred Offering Costs — (55.3)%

 

    (37,126,264
   

 

 

 

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares — 100.0%

 

  $ 67,144,881  
   

 

 

 

 

(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) 

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

(c) 

Zero-coupon bond.

(d) 

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.

(e) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(f) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the period ended October 31, 2020 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer    Value at
07/31/20
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
     Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Value at
10/31/20
    

Shares

Held at

10/31/20

     Income      Capital Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, MuniCash, Institutional Class

   $ 2,704,950      $      $ (1,564,599 )(a)     $ 496      $ (614    $ 1,140,233        1,140,119      $ 34      $  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

October 31, 2020

  

 

BlackRock MuniYield Arizona Fund, Inc. (MZA)

    

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

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 the 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)

 

   

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee’s (the “Global Valuation Committee’s”) assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments)

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the 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. There may not be a secondary market, and/or there are 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. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to its most recent financial statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s investments categorized in the disclosure 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

   $        $ 97,792,430        $         —        $ 97,792,430  

Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts

              7,797,820                   7,797,820  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     1,140,233                            1,140,233  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 1,140,233        $ 105,590,250        $        $ 106,730,483  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

The Fund may hold assets and/or liabilities in which the fair value approximates the carrying amount for financial reporting purposes. As of period end, such assets and/or liabilities are categorized within the disclosure hierarchy as follows:

 

      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Liabilities

 

TOB Trust Certificates

   $             —        $ (3,500,000      $         —        $ (3,500,000

VRDP Shares at Liquidation Value

              (37,300,000                 (37,300,000
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $        $ (40,800,000      $        $ (40,800,000
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Portfolio Abbreviation

AGM Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.

AMT Alternative Minimum Tax

ARB Airport Revenue Bonds

BAM Build America Mutual Assurance Co.

BHAC Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp.

CAB Capital Appreciation Bonds

COP Certificates of Participation

GO General Obligation Bonds

RB Revenue Bond

 

 

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