Distribution Dates And Amounts Announced For Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds

Certain BlackRock closed-end funds (the “Funds”) announced distributions today as detailed below. Several of the municipal Funds announced distribution reductions. Generally, these distribution reductions were made in order to better align the Funds’ distribution rates with their current level of earnings.

Municipal Funds:

Declaration- 10/1/2012   Ex-Date- 10/11/2012   Record- 10/15/2012   Payable- 11/1/2012

						Change From
National Funds		Ticker		Distribution		Prior
						Distribution
BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust		BYM		$0.078000		-
BlackRock Municipal Income Investment Quality Trust		BAF		$0.068500		-$0.004000
BlackRock Long-Term Municipal Advantage Trust		BTA		$0.062000		-$0.004000
BlackRock Muni Intermediate Duration Fund, Inc.		MUI		$0.071500		-
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund, Inc.		MUA		$0.062500		-
BlackRock Municipal 2020 Term Trust		BKK		$0.062250		-
BlackRock Municipal Bond Trust		BBK		$0.083500		-
BlackRock Municipal Bond Investment Trust		BIE		$0.078000		-$0.003000
BlackRock Municipal Income Trust		BFK		$0.080100		-
BlackRock Municipal Income Trust II		BLE		$0.085000		-
BlackRock Municipal Income Investment Trust		BBF		$0.072375		-
BlackRock MuniEnhanced Fund, Inc.		MEN		$0.058000		-
BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund II, Inc.		MUH		$0.083000		-
BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund, Inc.		MHD		$0.091500		-
BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund II, Inc.		MUE		$0.070500		-$0.003000
BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund, Inc.		MUS		$0.074000		-
BlackRock MuniHoldings Investment Quality Fund		MFL		$0.076500		-
BlackRock MuniVest Fund II, Inc.		MVT		$0.091000		-
BlackRock MuniVest Fund, Inc.		MVF		$0.059000		-
BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc.		MYD		$0.083500		-
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc.		MYI		$0.072000		-
BlackRock MuniYield Investment Quality Fund		MFT		$0.071000		-
BlackRock MuniYield Investment Fund		MYF		$0.079000		-
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc.		MQT		$0.069500		-
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc.		MQY		$0.080000		-
The BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc.		BKN		$0.080000		-$0.004000
The BlackRock Strategic Municipal Trust		BSD		$0.074000		-

						Change From
State-Specific Funds		Ticker		Distribution		Prior
						Distribution
BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust		BFZ		$0.077700		-
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund, Inc.		MUC		$0.079000		-
BlackRock MuniYield California Fund, Inc.		MYC		$0.079000		-
BlackRock MuniYield California Quality Fund, Inc.		MCA		$0.076000		-
BlackRock Florida Municipal 2020 Term Trust		BFO		$0.056000		-
BlackRock Maryland Municipal Bond Trust		BZM		$0.066500		-
BlackRock Muni New York Intermediate Duration Fund, Inc.		MNE		$0.062500		-
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund, Inc.		MHN		$0.076500		-$0.003000
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc.		MYN		$0.071000		-
BlackRock New York Municipal Income Quality Trust		BSE		$0.071500		-
BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Trust		BQH		$0.071000		-$0.003000
BlackRock New York Municipal Income Trust		BNY		$0.075000		-
BlackRock New York Municipal Income Trust II		BFY		$0.077000		-$0.004000
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund, Inc.		MUJ		$0.074000		-
BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Fund, Inc.		MYJ		$0.074000		-
BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Quality Fund, Inc.		MJI		$0.072000		-
BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Trust		BLJ		$0.073000		-
BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Income Trust		BNJ		$0.081100		-
BlackRock MuniYield Arizona Fund, Inc.		MZA		$0.069500		-
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund II, Inc.		MYM		$0.069000		-
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund, Inc.		MIY		$0.076500		-
BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Quality Fund		MPA		$0.074000		-
The BlackRock Pennsylvania Strategic Municipal Trust		BPS		$0.071000		-
BlackRock Virginia Municipal Bond Trust		BHV		$0.078000		-
Massachusetts Health & Education Tax-Exempt Trust		MHE		$0.062500		-

Taxable Municipal Fund:

Declaration- 10/1/2012    Ex-Date- 10/11/2012    Record- 10/15/2012    Payable- 10/31/2012

						Change From
Fund		Ticker		Distribution		Prior
						Distribution
BlackRock Build America Bond Trust		BBN		$0.131800		-

Taxable Funds:

Declaration- 10/1/2012    Ex-Date- 10/11/2012    Record- 10/15/2012    Payable- 10/31/2012

						Change From
Fund		Ticker		Distribution		Prior
						Distribution
BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc.		ARK		$0.025000		-
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust		BGT		$0.077500		-
BlackRock Strategic Bond Trust		BHD		$0.084500		-
BlackRock Core Bond Trust		BHK		$0.073000		-
BlackRock Defined Opportunity Credit Trust		BHL		$0.068500		-
The BlackRock High Yield Trust		BHY		$0.044500		-
The BlackRock Income Trust, Inc.		BKT		$0.040500		-
BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust		BLW		$0.107500		-
BlackRock Income Opportunity Trust, Inc.		BNA		$0.057000		-
BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III		BPP		$0.063500		-
BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV		BTZ		$0.078500		-
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc.		COY		$0.051000		-
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc.		CYE		$0.052500		-
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc.		DSU		$0.027000		-
BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund, Inc.*		EGF		$0.070000		-
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc.		FRA		$0.077000		-
BlackRock High Income Shares		HIS		$0.015200		-
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund VI, Inc.		HYT		$0.087500		-
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund V, Inc.		HYV		$0.090000		-
BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc.		PSW		$0.059500		-
BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc.		PSY		$0.061000		-

* In order to comply with the requirements of Section 19 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, each of the Funds noted above posted to the DTC bulletin board and sent to their shareholders of record as of the applicable record date a Section 19 notice with the previous distribution payment. The Section 19 notice was provided not for tax reporting purposes but for informational purposes only. This information can be found in the “Closed-End Funds” section of www.blackrock.com. If applicable, the final determination of the source and tax characteristics of all distributions in 2012 will be made after the end of the year.

BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund, Inc. (NYSE:EGF) (“EGF”) has adopted a level distribution plan (the “Plan”) and employs either a managed distribution or an option over-write policy to support a level distribution of income, capital gains and/or return of capital. The fixed amounts distributed per share are subject to change at the discretion of EGF’s Board. Under its Plan, EGF will distribute all available investment income to its shareholders, consistent with its primary investment objectives and as required by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. If sufficient investment income is not available on a monthly basis, EGF will distribute long-term capital gains and or return capital to its shareholders in order to maintain a level distribution.

EGF’s estimated sources of the distribution paid this month and for its current fiscal year are as follows:

Estimated Allocations as of 9/28/2012
			Net Realized	Net Realized
		Net Investment	Short-Term	Long-Term
Fund	Distribution	Income	Gains	Gains	Return of Capital
EGF 1	$0.070000	$0.050118 (72%)	$0 (0%)	$0 (0%)	$0.019882 (28%)
Estimated Allocations for the fiscal year through 9/28/2012
			Net Realized	Net Realized
		Net Investment	Short-Term	Long-Term
Fund	Distribution	Income	Gains	Gains	Return of Capital
EGF 1	$0.560000	$0.472029 (84%)	$0 (0%)	$0 (0%)	$0.087971 (16%)

1 The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its income and net realized capital gains in the current fiscal year; therefore, a portion of your distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the shareholder’s investment is paid back to the shareholder. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect the Fund’s investment performance and should not be confused with ‘yield’ or ‘income’. When distributions exceed total return performance, the difference will reduce the Fund’s net asset value per share.

The amounts and sources of distributions reported are only estimates and are not provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for tax reporting purposes will depend upon EGF’s investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. EGF will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.

Fund Performance and Distribution Rate Information:
	Average annual total		Annualized current		Cumulative total		Cumulative fiscal
	return (in relation to		distribution rate		return (in relation		year distributions
	NAV) for the 5-year		expressed as a		to NAV) for the		as a percentage of
	period ending on		percentage of NAV as		fiscal year through		NAV as of
Fund	08/31/2012		of 08/31/2012		08/31/2012		08/31/2012
EGF	5.36%		5.16%		3.37%		3.01%

Shareholders should not draw any conclusions about EGF’s investment performance from the amount of EGF’s current distributions or from the terms of EGF’s Plan.

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