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 811-06540

 

Name of Fund: BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc. (MYI)

 

Fund Address: 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

 

Name and address of agent for service: John M. Perlowski, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc., 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 882-0052, Option 4

 

Date of fiscal year end: 07/31/2011

 

Date of reporting period: 07/31/2011

 

Item 1 – Report to Stockholders

 


 

 

(BLACKROCK LOGO)

July 31, 2011

   Annual Report

     BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund II, Inc. (MUE)

     BlackRock MuniYield California Quality Fund, Inc. (MCA)

     BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund II, Inc. (MYM)

     BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc. (MYN)

     BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc. (MYI)

 

Not FDIC Insured § No Bank Guarantee § May Lose Value




 

 

Table of Contents


 

 

 

Page

 

 

Dear Shareholder

3

Annual Report:

 

Municipal Market Overview

4

Fund Summaries

5

The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging

10

Derivative Financial Instruments

10

Financial Statements:

 

Schedules of Investments

11

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

34

Statements of Operations

35

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

36

Statements of Cash Flows

38

Financial Highlights

39

Notes to Financial Statements

44

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

52

Important Tax Information

53

Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreements and Sub-Advisory Agreements

54

Automatic Dividend Reinvestment Plans

58

Officers and Directors

59

Additional Information

62


 

 

 

 

 

 

2

ANNUAL REPORT

JULY 31, 2011




 

 

Dear Shareholder

Financial markets have been extremely volatile in the wake of the Standard & Poor’s downgrade of US Treasury debt. While the August 5 announcement was the catalyst for the market turmoil, weaker-than-expected economic data and Europe’s deepening financial crisis further compounded investor uncertainty as the future direction of the global economy became increasingly questionable. Although markets remain highly volatile and conditions are highly uncertain, BlackRock remains focused on finding opportunities in this environment.

The pages that follow reflect your mutual fund’s reporting period ended July 31, 2011. Accordingly, the below discussion is intended to provide you with additional perspective on the performance of your investments during that period.

During the summer of 2010, investors were in “risk-off” mode as the global economy was sputtering and the sovereign debt crisis was spreading across Europe. But markets were revived toward the end of the summer on positive economic news and robust corporate earnings. The global economy had finally gained traction and fear turned to optimism with the anticipation of a second round of quantitative easing (“QE2”) from the US Federal Reserve (the “Fed”). Stock markets rallied even though the European debt crisis continued and inflationary pressures loomed over emerging markets. Fixed income markets, however, saw yields move sharply upward (pushing prices down) especially on the long end of the historically steep yield curve. While high yield bonds benefited from the risk rally, most fixed income sectors declined in the fourth quarter. The tax-exempt municipal market faced additional headwinds as it became evident that the Build America Bond program would not be extended and municipal finance troubles abounded.

The new year brought spikes of volatility as political turmoil swept across the Middle East/North Africa region and as prices of oil and other commodities soared. Natural disasters in Japan disrupted industrial supply chains and concerns mounted over US debt and deficit issues. Equities quickly rebounded as investors chose to focus on the continuing stream of strong corporate earnings and positive economic data. Credit markets were surprisingly resilient in this environment and yields regained relative stability in 2011. The tax-exempt market saw relief from its headwinds and steadily recovered from its fourth-quarter lows. Equities, commodities and high yield bonds outpaced higher-quality assets as investors increased their risk tolerance.

However, longer-term headwinds had been brewing. Inflationary pressures intensified in emerging economies, many of which were overheating, and the European debt crisis continued to escalate. Markets were met with a sharp reversal in May when political unrest in Greece pushed the nation closer to defaulting on its debt. This development rekindled fears about the broader debt crisis and its further contagion among peripheral European countries. Concurrently, it became evident that the pace of global economic growth had slowed. Higher oil prices and supply chain disruptions finally showed up in economic data. In the final month of the reporting period, the prolonged debt ceiling debate in Washington, DC led to a loss of confidence in policymakers. Stocks generally declined from May through the end of the period, but 6- and 12-month returns through the end of July remained in positive territory. In bond markets, yields were volatile but generally moved lower for the period as a whole (pushing prices up). Continued low short-term interest rates kept yields on money market securities near their all-time lows.

 

Sincerely,

 

(-s- Rob Kapito)

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC

 

(ROB KAPITO PHOTO)

 

“Although markets remain highly volatile and conditions are highly uncertain, BlackRock remains focused on finding opportunities in this environment.”

 

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC

 

 

 

Total Returns as of July 31, 2011


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6-month

 

12-month

 

US large cap equities

 

1.46

%

 

19.65

%

 

(S&P 500® Index)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US small cap equities

 

2.63

 

 

23.92

 

 

(Russell 2000® Index)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

International equities

 

0.93

 

 

17.17

 

 

(MSCI Europe, Australasia,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Far East Index)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Emerging market

 

3.23

 

 

17.45

 

 

equities (MSCI Emerging

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Markets Index)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3-month Treasury

 

0.07

 

 

0.14

 

 

bill (BofA Merrill Lynch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3-Month Treasury

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bill Index)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US Treasury securities

 

6.93

 

 

4.53

 

 

(BofA Merrill Lynch 10-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year US Treasury Index)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US investment grade

 

4.23

 

 

4.44

 

 

bonds (Barclays

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital US Aggregate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bond Index)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax-exempt municipal

 

6.27

 

 

3.24

 

 

bonds (Barclays Capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bond Index)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US high yield bonds

 

3.90

 

 

12.89

 

 

(Barclays Capital US

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate High Yield 2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issuer Capped Index)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THIS PAGE NOT PART OF YOUR FUND REPORT

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Municipal Market Overview

 

For the 12-Month Period Ended July 31, 2011

At the outset of the 12-month period, investor concerns were focused on the possibility of deflation and a double-dip in the US economy thus leading to a flatter municipal yield curve at that time as compared to July 31, 2011. From July through September 2010, rates moved lower (and prices higher) across the curve, reaching historic lows in August when the yield on 5-year issues touched 1.06%, the 10-year reached 2.18%, and the 30-year closed at 3.67%. However, the market took a turn in October amid a “perfect storm” of events that ultimately resulted in the worst quarterly performance for municipals since the Fed tightening cycle of 1994. Treasury yields lost support due to concerns over the US deficit and municipal valuations suffered a quick and severe setback as it became evident that the Build America Bond (“BAB”) program would expire at the end of 2010. The BAB program opened the taxable market to municipal issuers, which had successfully alleviated supply pressure in the traditional tax-exempt marketplace, bringing down yields in that space.

(LINE GRAPH)

Towards the end of the fourth quarter 2010, news about municipal finance troubles mounted and damaged confidence among retail investors. From mid-November through year end, weekly outflows from municipal mutual funds averaged over $2.5 billion. Political uncertainty surrounding the midterm elections and tax policies along with the expiration of the BAB program exacerbated the situation. These conditions combined with seasonal illiquidity sapped willful market participation from the trading community. December brought declining demand with no comparable reduction in supply as issuers rushed their deals to market before the BAB program was retired. This supply-demand imbalance led to wider quality spreads and higher yields.

Demand is usually strong at the beginning of a new year, but retail investors continued to move away from municipal mutual funds in 2011. From mid-November, outflows persisted for 29 consecutive weeks, totaling $35.1 billion before the trend finally broke in June. Weak demand has been counterbalanced by lower supply in 2011. According to Thomson Reuters, year-to-date through July, new issuance was down 40% compared to the same period last year. Issuers have been reluctant to bring new deals to the market due to higher interest rates, fiscal policy changes and a reduced need for municipal borrowing. In this positive technical environment, the S&P/Investortools Main Municipal Bond Index gained 4.22% for the second quarter of 2011, its best second-quarter performance since 1992, and municipals outperformed most other fixed income asset classes for the quarter.

Municipals displayed an impressive degree of resiliency throughout the month of July as Moody’s Investors Service signaled that its potential downgrade of US government debt could also result in downgrades of a number of triple A-rated states and nearly 200 local general obligation issues. July also brought weaker US economic data. The housing market remained sluggish, fewer jobs were created and consumer confidence declined. US Treasury yields moved lower, dragging municipal yields down, which pushed bond prices up.

Overall, the municipal yield curve steepened during the period from July 31, 2010 to July 31, 2011. As measured by Thomson Municipal Market Data, yields on AAA quality-rated 30-year municipals rose 38 basis points (“bps”) to 4.35%, while yields for 5-year maturities rallied by 13 bps to 1.16%, and 10-year maturities increased by 10 bps to 2.67%. With the exception of the 2- to 5-year range, the yield spread between maturities increased over the past year, with the greatest increase seen in the 5- to 30-year range, where the spread widened by 51 bps, while overall the slope between 2- and 30-year maturities increased by 35 bps to 3.95%.

The fundamental picture for municipalities is improving as most states began their new fiscal year with a balanced budget. Austerity is the general theme across the country, while a small number of states continue to rely on the “kick the can” approach, using aggressive revenue projections and accounting gimmicks to close their shortfalls. As long as economic growth stays positive, tax receipts for states should continue to rise and lead to better credit fundamentals. BlackRock maintains a constructive view of the municipal market, recognizing that careful credit research and security selection remain imperative amid uncertainty in the economic environment.

 

 

 

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.


 

 

 

 

 

 

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ANNUAL REPORT

JULY 31, 2011




 

 

 

 

Fund Summary as of July 31, 2011

BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund II, Inc.

 

 

 

Fund Overview

Effective November 9, 2010, BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Fund II, Inc. changed its name to BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund II, Inc.

BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund II, Inc.’s (MUE) (the “Fund”) investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income exempt from federal income taxes. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in long-term, investment grade municipal obligations exempt from federal income taxes (except that the interest may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax). Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its assets in municipal obligations with remaining maturities of one year or more at the time of investment. The Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives.

No assurance can be given that the Fund’s investment objective will be achieved.

 

Performance

Effective November 9, 2010, the Fund’s investment policy was changed by the removal of the insurance investment policy that required at least 80% of Fund assets to be invested in insured municipal securities. Accordingly, the Fund was moved from the Lipper Insured Municipal Debt Funds (Leveraged) category into the Lipper General Municipal Debt Funds (Leveraged) category. During the period, Lipper combined these categories into one Lipper General & Insured Municipal Debt Funds (Leveraged) category. For the 12 months ended July 31, 2011, the Fund returned (6.38)% based on market price and 3.19% based on net asset value (“NAV”). For the same period, the closed-end Lipper General & Insured Municipal Debt Funds (Leveraged) category posted an average return of (2.24)% based on market price and 4.19% based on NAV. All returns reflect reinvestment of dividends. The Fund moved from a premium to NAV to a discount by period end, which accounts for the difference between performance based on price and performance based on NAV. The following discussion relates to performance based on NAV. The Fund’s holdings in spread sectors, including housing and health care bonds, enhanced performance as these sectors provided a relatively high degree of incremental income in the low interest rate environment. In addition, the Fund’s holdings of premium coupon bonds (6% or higher) and shorter-duration bonds (bonds with lower sensitivity to interest rate movements) performed well as long-term interest rates climbed toward the end of 2010 and into the early part of 2011. Conversely, the Fund’s exposure to bonds with longer duration (greater sensitivity to interest rate movements) and bonds with longer-dated maturities detracted from performance as the municipal yield curve steepened over the 12-month period. The surprise non-extension of the BAB program at the end of 2010 put additional upward pressure on the long end of the yield curve, where most of the BAB supply was issued.

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.

 

 

Fund Information

 

Symbol on New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”)

MUE

Initial Offering Date

February 26, 1999

Yield on Closing Market Price as of July 31, 2011 ($12.46)1

7.08%

Tax Equivalent Yield2

10.89%

Current Monthly Distribution per Common Share3

$0.0735

Current Annualized Distribution per Common Share3

$0.8820

Leverage as of July 31, 20114

40%


 

 

 

 

1

Yield on closing market price is calculated by dividing the current annualized distribution per share by the closing market price. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

 

 

2

Tax equivalent yield assumes the maximum federal tax rate of 35%.

 

 

3

The distribution rate is not constant and is subject to change.

 

 

4

Represents Auction Market Preferred Shares (“AMPS”) and tender option bond trusts (“TOBs”) as a percentage of total managed assets, which is the total assets of the Fund, including any assets attributable to AMPS and TOBs, minus the sum of accrued liabilities. For a discussion of leveraging techniques utilized by the Fund, please see The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging on page 10.

The table below summarizes the changes in the Fund’s market price and NAV per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7/31/11

 

7/31/10

 

Change

 

High

 

Low

 

Market Price

 

$

12.46

 

$

14.26

 

 

(12.62

)%

$

14.63

 

$

10.87

 

Net Asset Value

 

$

13.07

 

$

13.57

 

 

(3.68

)%

$

14.04

 

$

11.62

 

The following charts show the sector and credit quality allocations of the Fund’s long-term investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sector Allocations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7/31/11

 

7/31/10

 

County/City/Special District/School District

 

26

%

 

28

%

 

Utilities

 

23

 

 

23

 

 

Transportation

 

19

 

 

23

 

 

Health

 

9

 

 

9

 

 

Corporate

 

9

 

 

1

 

 

State

 

9

 

 

11

 

 

Housing

 

2

 

 

5

 

 

Education

 

2

 

 

 

 

Tobacco

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit Quality Allocations5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7/31/11

 

7/31/10

 

AAA/Aaa

 

16

%

 

54

%

 

AA/Aa

 

62

 

 

24

 

 

A

 

18

 

 

20

 

 

BBB/Baa

 

3

 

 

1

 

 

BB/Ba

 

1

 

 

 

 

Not Rated

 

 

 

1

6

 


 

 

 

 

5

Using the higher of Standard & Poor’s (“S&P’s”) or Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) ratings.

 

 

 

 

6

The investment advisor has deemed certain of these non-rated securities to be of investment grade quality. As of July 31, 2010, the market value of these securities was $3,925,265, representing 1% of the Fund’s long-term investments.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANNUAL REPORT

JULY 31, 2011

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Fund Summary as of July 31, 2011

BlackRock MuniYield California Quality Fund, Inc.

 

 

Fund Overview

Effective November 9, 2010, BlackRock MuniYield California Insured Fund, Inc. changed its name to BlackRock MuniYield California Quality Fund, Inc.

BlackRock MuniYield California Quality Fund, Inc.’s (MCA) (the “Fund”) investment objective is to provide shareholders with as high a level of current income exempt from federal and California income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its assets in municipal obligations exempt from federal income taxes (except that the interest may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax) and California income taxes. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests primarily in long-term municipal obligations that are investment grade quality at the time of investment. The Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives.

No assurance can be given that the Fund’s investment objective will be achieved.

 

Performance

Effective November 9, 2010, the Fund’s investment policy was changed by the removal of the insurance investment policy that required at least 80% of Fund assets to be invested in insured municipal securities. Accordingly, the Fund was moved from the Lipper Single-State Insured Municipal Debt Funds category into the Lipper California Municipal Debt Funds category. For the 12 months ended July 31, 2011, the Fund returned (1.01)% based on market price and 4.21% based on NAV. For the same period, the closed-end Lipper California Municipal Debt Funds category posted an average return of (1.84)% based on market price and 3.16% based on NAV, while the closed-end Lipper Single-State Insured Municipal Debt Funds category posted an average return of (1.22)% based on market price and 3.22% based on NAV. All returns reflect reinvestment of dividends. The Fund’s discount to NAV, which widened during the period, accounts for the difference between performance based on price and performance based on NAV. The following discussion relates to performance based on NAV. The Fund’s slightly long duration posture benefited performance as bonds with longer maturities experienced the greatest price appreciation as the yield curve flattened amid the investor flight-to-quality in the latter half of the period. Increased exposure to inverse floating rate instruments (tender option bonds) while the municipal yield curve was historically steep boosted the Fund’s income accrual. Holdings of higher quality essential service revenue bonds had a positive impact on performance as investors favored these securities versus general obligation bonds and school district credits, which lagged due to budget concerns in California. Additionally, the Fund benefited from holding insured credits with relatively strong underlying issuers when monoline insurance company policies were losing their value to the retail marketplace. Conversely, some widening of credit spreads, especially among California school district and health care issues, had a negative impact on returns. In addition, the Fund’s cash reserves detracted as cash underperformed longer maturity coupon bonds as yields fell and spreads tightened. The Fund held short-call, high-coupon bonds, which have good defensive characteristics, but proved a drag on returns when rates fell.

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.

 

 

Fund Information

 

 

Symbol on NYSE

MCA

Initial Offering Date

October 30, 1992

Yield on Closing Market Price as of July 31, 2011 ($13.00)1

6.78%

Tax Equivalent Yield2

10.43%

Current Monthly Distribution per Common Share3

$0.0735

Current Annualized Distribution per Common Share3

$0.8820

Leverage as of July 31, 20114

41%


 

 

 

 

1

Yield on closing market price is calculated by dividing the current annualized distribution per share by the closing market price. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

 

 

 

 

2

Tax equivalent yield assumes the maximum federal tax rate of 35%.

 

 

 

 

3

The distribution rate is not constant and is subject to change.

 

 

 

 

4

Represents Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares (“VRDP Shares”) and TOBs as a percentage of total managed assets, which is the total assets of the Fund, including any assets attributable to VRDP Shares and TOBs, minus the sum of accrued liabilities. For a discussion of leveraging techniques utilized by the Fund, please see The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging on page 10.

The table below summarizes the changes in the Fund’s market price and NAV per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7/31/11

 

7/31/10

 

Change

 

High

 

Low

 

Market Price

 

$

13.00

 

$

14.02

 

 

(7.28

)%

$

14.70

 

$

11.83

 

Net Asset Value

 

$

14.31

 

$

14.66

 

 

(2.39

)%

$

15.22

 

$

12.62

 

The following charts show the sector and credit quality allocations of the Fund’s long-term investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sector Allocations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7/31/11

 

7/31/10

 

County/City/Special District/School District

 

45

%

 

55

%

 

Utilities

 

28

 

 

22

 

 

Education

 

10

 

 

7

 

 

Transportation

 

8

 

 

11

 

 

Health

 

4

 

 

2

 

 

Corporate

 

4

 

 

1

 

 

State

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit Quality Allocations5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7/31/11

 

7/31/10

 

AAA/Aaa

 

11

%

 

57

%

 

AA/Aa

 

79

 

 

29

 

 

A

 

10

 

 

14

 

 


 

 

 

 

5

Using the higher of S&P’s or Moody’s ratings.


 

 

 

 

 

 

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JULY 31, 2011




 

 

 

 

Fund Summary as of July 31, 2011

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund II, Inc.


 

Fund Overview

Effective November 9, 2010, BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Insured Fund II, Inc. changed its name to BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund II, Inc.

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund II, Inc.’s (MYM) (the “Fund”) investment objective is to provide shareholders with as high a level of current income exempt from federal and Michigan income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its assets in municipal obligations exempt from federal income taxes (except that the interest may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax) and Michigan income taxes. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests primarily in long-term municipal obligations that are investment grade quality at the time of investment. The Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives.

No assurance can be given that the Fund’s investment objective will be achieved.

 

Performance

Effective November 9, 2010, the Fund’s investment policy was changed by the removal of the insurance investment policy that required at least 80% of Fund assets to be invested in insured municipal securities. Accordingly, the Fund was moved from the Lipper Single-State Insured Municipal Debt Funds category into the Lipper Michigan Municipal Debt Funds category. For the 12 months ended July 31, 2011, the Fund returned (3.89)% based on market price and 4.74% based on NAV. For the same period, the closed-end Lipper Michigan Municipal Debt Funds category posted an average return of 0.18% based on market price and 4.12% based on NAV, while the closed-end Lipper Single-State Insured Municipal Debt Funds category posted an average return of (1.22)% based on market price and 3.22% based on NAV. All returns reflect reinvestment of dividends. The Fund’s discount to NAV, which widened during the period, accounts for the difference between performance based on price and performance based on NAV. The following discussion relates to performance based on NAV. The Fund’s slightly long duration posture benefited performance as bonds with longer maturities experienced the greatest price appreciation as the yield curve flattened amid the investor flight-to-quality in the latter half of the period. Exposure to inverse floating rate instruments (tender option bonds) while the municipal yield curve was historically steep boosted the Fund’s income accrual. The Fund’s holdings of higher quality essential service revenue bonds also had a positive impact on performance. Conversely, some widening of credit spreads, especially among Michigan and health care issues, had a negative impact on returns. In addition, the Fund’s cash reserves detracted as cash underperformed longer maturity coupon bonds as yields fell and spreads tightened.

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.

 

 

Fund Information

 

Symbol on NYSE

MYM

Initial Offering Date

February 28, 1992

Yield on Closing Market Price as of July 31, 2011 ($12.28)1

6.99%

Tax Equivalent Yield2

10.75%

Current Monthly Distribution per Common Share3

$0.0715

Current Annualized Distribution per Common Share3

$0.8580

Leverage as of July 31, 20114

37%


 

 

 

 

1

Yield on closing market price is calculated by dividing the current annualized distribution per share by the closing market price. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

 

 

 

 

2

Tax equivalent yield assumes the maximum federal tax rate of 35%.

 

 

 

 

3

The distribution is not constant and is subject to change.

 

 

 

 

4

Represents VRDP Shares and TOBs as a percentage of total managed assets, which is the total assets of the Fund, including any assets attributable to VRDP Shares and TOBs, minus the sum of accrued liabilities. For a discussion of leveraging techniques utilized by the Fund, please see The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging on page 10.

The table below summarizes the changes in the Fund’s market price and NAV per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7/31/11

 

7/31/10

 

Change

 

High

 

Low

 

Market Price

 

$

12.28

 

$

13.67

 

 

(10.17

)%

$

13.95

 

$

11.01

 

Net Asset Value

 

$

13.53

 

$

13.82

 

 

(2.10

)%

$

14.25

 

$

12.23

 

The following charts show the sector and credit quality allocations of the Fund’s long-term investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sector Allocations

 

 

 

7/31/11

 

7/31/10

 

County/City/Special District/School District

 

 

23

%

 

26

%

Utilities

 

 

17

 

 

12

 

Health

 

 

14

 

 

15

 

State

 

 

11

 

 

13

 

Corporate

 

 

11

 

 

12

 

Transportation

 

 

11

 

 

12

 

Education

 

 

9

 

 

8

 

Housing

 

 

4

 

 

2

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit Quality Allocations5

 

 

 

7/31/11

 

7/31/10

 

AAA/Aaa

 

 

2

%

 

40

%

AA/Aa

 

 

69

 

 

27

 

A

 

 

24

 

 

28

 

BBB/Baa

 

 

3

 

 

2

 

Not Rated6

 

 

2

 

 

3

 


 

 

 

 

5

Using the higher of S&P’s or Moody’s ratings.

 

 

 

 

6

The investment advisor has deemed certain of these non-rated securities to be of investment grade quality. As of July 31, 2011 and July 31, 2010, the market value of these securities was $5,295,911 and $4,382,645, each representing 2%, respectively, of the Fund’s long-term investments.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of July 31, 2011

BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc.


 

Fund Overview

Effective November 9, 2010, BlackRock MuniYield New York Insured Fund, Inc. changed its name to BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc.

BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc.’s (MYN) (the “Fund”) investment objective is to provide shareholders with as high a level of current income exempt from federal income taxes and New York State and New York City personal income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its assets in municipal obligations exempt from federal income taxes (except that the interest may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax) and New York State and New York City personal income taxes. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests primarily in long-term municipal obligations that are investment grade quality at the time of investment. The Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives.

No assurance can be given that the Fund’s investment objective will be achieved.

 

Performance

Effective November 9, 2010, the Fund’s investment policy was changed by the removal of the insurance investment policy that required at least 80% of Fund assets to be invested in insured municipal securities. Accordingly, the Fund was moved from the Lipper Single-State Insured Municipal Debt Funds category into the Lipper New York Municipal Debt Funds category. For the 12 months ended July 31, 2011, the Fund returned (0.81)% based on market price and 3.36% based on NAV. For the same period, the closed-end Lipper New York Municipal Debt Funds category posted an average return of (0.55)% based on market price and 3.05% based on NAV, while the closed-end Lipper Single-State Insured Municipal Debt Funds category posted an average return of (1.22)% based on market price and 3.22% based on NAV. All returns reflect reinvestment of dividends. The Fund’s discount to NAV, which widened during the period, accounts for the difference between performance based on price and performance based on NAV. The following discussion relates to performance based on NAV. Yields on the long end of the municipal yield curve were ultimately higher at the close of the period than where they started. Therefore, positive performance came mostly from the Fund’s exposure to higher-yielding sectors including housing, health care and corporate/industrial development bonds, which provided incremental income. The Fund also benefited from its exposure to lower-quality bonds, which, in addition to offering higher embedded yields, experienced some price appreciation due to spread compression during the period. The Fund was most heavily invested in tax-backed credits, where performance was moderately positive during the period. Low exposure to the short end of the yield curve and high-quality pre-refunded bonds proved beneficial as performance was weak in those issues. Detracting from performance was the Fund’s allocation to Puerto Rico credits, which underperformed New York issues during the period. Low exposure to tobacco, the strongest performing sector, was a disadvantage. The Fund’s holdings of higher education bonds hindered returns; however, we increased exposure to the sector despite its recent underperformance as these holdings help diversify the portfolio and we believe they will benefit the Fund during periods of scarce new-issue supply. For most of the period, the Fund maintained a slightly long duration bias and exposure to the long end of the yield curve, which also detracted from performance.

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.

 

 

Fund Information

 

Symbol on NYSE

MYN

Initial Offering Date

February 28, 1992

Yield on Closing Market Price as of July 31, 2011 ($12.60)1

6.76%

Tax Equivalent Yield2

10.40%

Current Monthly Distribution per Common Share3

$0.071

Current Annualized Distribution per Common Share3

$0.852

Leverage as of July 31, 20114

38%


 

 

 

 

1

Yield on closing market price is calculated by dividing the current annualized distribution per share by the closing market price. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

 

 

 

 

2

Tax equivalent yield assumes the maximum federal tax rate of 35%.

 

 

 

 

3

The distribution rate is not constant and is subject to change.

 

 

 

 

4

Represents VRDP Shares and TOBs as a percentage of total managed assets, which is the total assets of the Fund, including any assets attributable to VRDP Shares and TOBs, minus the sum of accrued liabilities. For a discussion of leveraging techniques utilized by the Fund, please see The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging on page 10.

The table below summarizes the changes in the Fund’s market price and NAV per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7/31/11

 

7/31/10

 

Change

 

High

 

Low

 

Market Price

 

$

12.60

 

$

13.57

 

 

(7.15

)%

$

14.40

 

$

11.60

 

Net Asset Value

 

$

13.44

 

$

13.89

 

 

(3.24

) %

$

14.37

 

$

12.11

 

The following charts show the sector and credit quality allocations of the Fund’s long-term investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sector Allocations

 

 

 

7/31/11

 

7/31/10

 

Transportation

 

 

29

%

 

31

%

County/City/Special District/School District

 

 

28

 

 

29

 

Education

 

 

11

 

 

7

 

State

 

 

11

 

 

11

 

Utilities

 

 

8

 

 

10

 

Health

 

 

5

 

 

4

 

Corporate

 

 

4

 

 

5

 

Housing

 

 

3

 

 

2

 

Tobacco

 

 

1

 

 

1

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit Quality Allocations5

 

 

 

 

7/31/11

 

7/31/10

 

AAA/Aaa

 

 

12

%

 

44

%

AA/Aa

 

 

54

 

 

17

 

A

 

 

21

 

 

34

 

BBB/Baa

 

 

10

 

 

2

 

BB/Ba

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

Not Rated

 

 

16

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

5

Using the higher of S&P’s or Moody’s ratings.

 

 

 

 

6

The investment advisor has deemed certain of these non-rated securities to be of investment grade quality. As of July 31, 2011, the market value of these securities was $3,909,236, representing 1% of the Fund’s long-term investments.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fund Summary as of July 31, 2011

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc.

 

 


 

Fund Overview

Effective November 9, 2010, BlackRock MuniYield Insured Fund, Inc. changed its name to BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc.

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc.’s (MYI) (the “Fund”) investment objective is to provide shareholders with as high a level of current income exempt from federal income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its assets in municipal obligations exempt from federal income taxes (except that the interest may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax). Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests primarily in long-term municipal obligations that are investment grade quality at the time of investment. The Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives.

 

No assurance can be given that the Fund’s investment objective will be achieved.


 

Performance

Effective November 9, 2010, the Fund’s investment policy was changed by the removal of the insurance investment policy that required at least 80% of Fund assets to be invested in insured municipal securities. Accordingly, the Fund was moved from the Lipper Insured Municipal Debt Funds (Leveraged) category into the Lipper General Municipal Debt Funds (Leveraged) category. During the period, Lipper combined these categories into one Lipper General & Insured Municipal Debt Funds (Leveraged) category. For the 12 months ended July 31, 2011, the Fund returned (8.12)% based on market price and 3.22% based on NAV. For the same period, the closed-end Lipper General & Insured Municipal Debt Funds (Leveraged) category posted an average return of (2.24)% based on market price and 4.19% based on NAV. All returns reflect reinvestment of dividends. The Fund moved from a premium to NAV to a discount by period end, which accounts for the difference between performance based on price and performance based on NAV. The following discussion relates to performance based on NAV. The Fund’s exposure to bonds with shorter maturities and shorter durations (lower sensitivity to interest rate movements) contributed positively to performance as yields on the short and intermediate parts of the municipal curve increased to a smaller degree than on the long end. Holdings of premium coupon bonds, which tend to be less sensitive to changes in interest rates, also had a positive impact. Conversely, the Fund’s overall long duration stance detracted from performance as interest rates increased for the period as a whole. Further, the Fund’s exposure to longer maturity bonds had a negative impact as the long end of the yield curve steepened during the period (i.e., long-term interest rates increased more than short and intermediate rates).

 

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.


 

 

Fund Information

 

Symbol on NYSE

MYI

Initial Offering Date

March 27, 1992

Yield on Closing Market Price as of July 31, 2011 ($12.17)1

7.10%

Tax Equivalent Yield2

10.92%

Current Monthly Distribution per Common Share3

$0.072

Current Annualized Distribution per Common Share3

$0.864

Leverage as of July 31, 20114

39%


 

 

 

 

1

Yield on closing market price is calculated by dividing the current annualized distribution per share by the closing market price. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

 

 

 

 

2

Tax equivalent yield assumes the maximum federal tax rate of 35%.

 

 

 

 

3

The distribution rate is not constant and is subject to change.

 

 

 

 

4

Represents VRDP Shares and TOBs as a percentage of total managed assets, which is the total assets of the Fund, including any assets attributable to VRDP Shares and TOBs, minus the sum of accrued liabilities. For a discussion of leveraging techniques utilized by the Fund, please see The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging on page 10.

The table below summarizes the changes in the Fund’s market price and NAV per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7/31/11

 

7/31/10

 

Change

 

High

 

Low

 

Market Price

 

$

12.17

 

$

14.17

 

 

(14.11%

)

$

14.56

 

$

11.21

 

Net Asset Value

 

$

13.19

 

$

13.67

 

 

(3.51%

)

$

14.17

 

$

11.71

 

The following charts show the sector and credit quality allocations of the Fund’s long-term investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sector Allocations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7/31/11

 

 

7/31/10

 

 

Transportation

 

27

%

 

27

%

 

County/City/Special District/School District

 

24

 

 

21

 

 

Utilities

 

17

 

 

17

 

 

State

 

10

 

 

8

 

 

Education

 

9

 

 

8

 

 

Health

 

7

 

 

7

 

 

Housing

 

5

 

 

6

 

 

Corporate

 

1

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit Quality Allocations5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7/31/11

 

 

7/31/10

 

 

AAA/Aaa

 

7

%

 

46

%

 

AA/Aa

 

65

 

 

29

 

 

A

 

21

 

 

20

 

 

BBB/Baa

 

3

 

 

5

 

 

Not Rated

 

46

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

5

Using the higher of S&P’s or Moody’s ratings.

 

 

 

 

6

The investment advisor has deemed certain of these non-rated securities to be of investment grade quality. As of July 31, 2011, the market value of these securities was $20,992,023, representing 1% of the Fund’s long-term investments.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging

The Funds may utilize leverage to seek to enhance the yield and NAV of their common shares (“Common Shares”). However, these objectives cannot be achieved in all interest rate environments.

To leverage, the Funds issue AMPS or VRDP Shares (collectively, “Preferred Shares”) which pay dividends at prevailing short-term interest rates, and invest the proceeds in long-term municipal bonds. In general, the concept of leveraging is based on the premise that the financing cost of assets to be obtained from leverage, which will be based on short-term interest rates, will normally be lower than the income earned by each Fund on its longer-term portfolio investments. To the extent that the total assets of each Fund (including the assets obtained from leverage) are invested in higher-yielding portfolio investments, each Fund’s holders of Common Shares (“Common Shareholders”) will benefit from the incremental net income.

To illustrate these concepts, assume a Fund’s Common Shares capitalization is $100 million and it issues Preferred Shares for an additional $50 million, creating a total value of $150 million available for investment in long-term municipal bonds. If prevailing short-term interest rates are 3% and long-term interest rates are 6%, the yield curve has a strongly positive slope. In this case, the Fund pays dividends on the $50 million of Preferred Shares based on the lower short-term interest rates. At the same time, the securities purchased by the Fund with assets received from the Preferred Shares issuance earn income based on long-term interest rates. In this case, the dividends paid to holders of Preferred Shares (“Preferred Shareholders”) are significantly lower than the income earned on the Fund’s long-term investments, and therefore the Common Shareholders are the beneficiaries of the incremental net income.

If short-term interest rates rise, narrowing the differential between short-term and long-term interest rates, the incremental net income pickup on the Common Shares will be reduced or eliminated completely. Furthermore, if prevailing short-term interest rates rise above long-term interest rates, the yield curve has a negative slope. In this case, the Fund pays dividends to Preferred Shareholders on the higher short-term interest rates whereas the Fund’s total portfolio earns income based on lower long-term interest rates.

Furthermore, the value of the Funds’ portfolio investments generally varies inversely with the direction of long-term interest rates, although other factors can influence the value of portfolio investments. In contrast, the redemption value of the Funds’ Preferred Shares does not fluctuate in relation to interest rates. As a result, changes in interest rates can influence the Funds’ NAV positively or negatively in addition to the impact on Fund performance from leverage from Preferred Shares discussed above.

The Funds may also leverage their assets through the use of TOBs, as described in Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements. TOB investments generally will 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 similar to those associated with Preferred Shares issued by the Funds, as described above. Additionally, fluctuations in the market value of municipal bonds deposited into the TOB trust may adversely affect each Fund’s NAV per share.

The use of leverage may enhance opportunities for increased income to the Funds and Common Shareholders, but as described above, it also creates risks as short- or long-term interest rates fluctuate. Leverage also will generally cause greater changes in the Funds’ NAVs, market prices and dividend rates than comparable portfolios without leverage. If the income derived from securities purchased with assets received from leverage exceeds the cost of leverage, each Fund’s net income will be greater than if leverage had not been used. Conversely, if the income from the securities purchased is not sufficient to cover the cost of leverage, each Fund’s net income will be less than if leverage had not been used, and therefore the amount available for distribution to Common Shareholders will be reduced. 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 leverage instruments, which may cause a Fund to incur losses. The use of leverage may limit each Fund’s ability to invest in certain types of securities or use certain types of hedging strategies, such as in the case of certain restrictions imposed by ratings agencies that rate Preferred Shares issued by the Funds. Each Fund will incur expenses in connection with the use of leverage, all of which are borne by Common Shareholders and may reduce income to the Common Shares.

Under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Funds are permitted to issue Preferred Shares in an amount of up to 50% of their total managed assets at the time of issuance. Under normal circumstances, each Fund anticipates that the total economic leverage from Preferred Shares and/or TOBs will not exceed 50% of its total managed assets at the time such leverage is incurred. As of July 31, 2011, the Funds had economic leverage from Preferred Shares and/or TOBs as a percentage of their total managed assets as follows:

 

 

 

Percent of
Leverage

MUE

40%

MCA

41%

MYM

37%

MYN

38%

MYI

39%


 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments

The Funds may invest in various derivative financial instruments, including financial futures contracts as specified in Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements, which may constitute forms of economic leverage. Such derivative financial instruments are used to obtain exposure to a market without owning or taking physical custody of securities or to hedge market and/or interest rate risks. Derivative financial instruments 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 derivative financial instrument. The Funds’ ability to use a derivative financial instrument successfully depends on the investment advisor’s ability to predict pertinent market movements accurately, which cannot be assured. The use of derivative financial instruments may result in losses greater than if they had not been used, may require a Fund to sell or purchase portfolio investments at inopportune times or for distressed values, may limit the amount of appreciation a Fund can realize on an investment, may result in lower dividends paid to shareholders or may cause a Fund to hold an investment that it might otherwise sell. The Funds’ investments in these instruments are discussed in detail in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments July 31, 2011

BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund II, Inc. (MUE)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 

Alabama — 3.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Birmingham Special Care Facilities Financing Authority,
RB, Children’s Hospital (AGC), 6.00%, 6/01/39

 

$

5,225

 

$

5,590,071

 

County of Jefferson Alabama, RB, Series A,
5.50%, 1/01/22

 

 

3,580

 

 

3,242,513

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,832,584

 

Arizona — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona, COP, Department of Administration,
Series A (AGM), 5.25%, 10/01/28

 

 

1,175

 

 

1,229,720

 

Arkansas — 3.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arkansas Development Finance Authority, Refunding RB,
Series C (NPFGC):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.35%, 12/01/35

 

 

9,555

 

 

9,602,011

 

5.35%, 12/01/11 (a)

 

 

1,560

 

 

1,602,276

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,204,287

 

California — 17.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

California Educational Facilities Authority, RB, University
of Southern California, Series A, 5.25%, 10/01/38

 

 

5,050

 

 

5,304,924

 

California Health Facilities Financing Authority,
Refunding RB, Sutter Health, Series B,
6.00%, 8/15/42

 

 

2,865

 

 

3,052,027

 

City of San Jose CA, AMT, 5.50%, 3/01/30

 

 

4,045

 

 

4,035,454

 

City of Sunnyvale California, Refunding RB,
5.25%, 4/01/40

 

 

2,800

 

 

2,912,504

 

City of Vista California, COP, Refunding, Community
Projects (NPFGC), 5.00%, 5/01/37

 

 

2,995

 

 

2,789,783

 

County of Sacramento California, RB, Senior Series A
(AGC), 5.50%, 7/01/41

 

 

3,500

 

 

3,558,205

 

Emery Unified School District, GO, Election of 2010,
Series A (AGM), 5.50%, 8/01/35

 

 

1,875

 

 

1,943,606

 

Los Angeles Community College District California, GO:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Election of 2001, Series A (NPFGC),
5.00%, 8/01/32

 

 

5,000

 

 

5,119,700

 

Election of 2008, Series C, 5.25%, 8/01/39

 

 

2,500

 

 

2,628,125

 

Oceanside Unified School District California, GO,
Series A (AGC), 5.25%, 8/01/33

 

 

3,175

 

 

3,253,454

 

Port of Oakland, Refunding RB, Series M, AMT (NPFGC),
5.38%, 11/01/27

 

 

2,220

 

 

2,223,929

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 

California (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redondo Beach Unified School District, GO, Election of
2008, Series E, 5.50%, 8/01/34

 

$

2,670

 

$

2,823,632

 

Roseville Joint Union High School District California,
GO, Election of 2004, Series A (NPFGC),
5.00%, 8/01/29

 

 

2,985

 

 

3,025,686

 

San Bernardino Community College District, GO,
Election of 2002, Series A, 6.25%, 8/01/33

 

 

2,165

 

 

2,416,660

 

San Francisco City & County Airports Commission, RB,
Specialty Facility Lease, SFO Fuel, Series A, AMT
(AGM), 6.10%, 1/01/20

 

 

1,250

 

 

1,252,475

 

State of California, GO, Refunding, Veterans, Series BZ,
AMT (NPFGC), 5.35%, 12/01/21

 

 

10

 

 

10,008

 

Stockton Public Financing Authority California, RB,
Redevelopment Projects, Series A (Radian),
5.25%, 9/01/34

 

 

2,430

 

 

1,705,714

 

Ventura County Community College District, GO,
Election of 2002, Series C, 5.50%, 8/01/33

 

 

3,175

 

 

3,371,786

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

51,427,672

 

Colorado — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colorado Health Facilities Authority, RB, Hospital,
NCMC, Inc. Project, Series B (AGM), 6.00%, 5/15/26

 

 

3,300

 

 

3,660,129

 

Colorado Housing & Finance Authority, Refunding RB,
S/F Program, Senior Series A-2, AMT,
7.50%, 4/01/31

 

 

125

 

 

128,991

 

Regional Transportation District, COP, Series A,
5.00%, 6/01/25

 

 

765

 

 

793,726

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,582,846

 

District of Columbia — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

District of Columbia, RB, Deed Tax, Housing Production
Trust Fund, Series A (NPFGC), 5.00%, 6/01/32

 

 

2,500

 

 

2,502,350

 

Florida — 13.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of Jacksonville, RB, Series A, 5.25%, 10/01/26

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,170,540

 

County of Miami-Dade Florida, RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAB, Sub-Series A (NPFGC), 5.00%, 10/01/37 (b)

 

 

275

 

 

44,831

 

Miami International Airport, Series A, AMT (AGM),
5.25%, 10/01/41

 

 

7,880

 

 

7,360,629

 

Miami International Airport, Series A, AMT (AGM),
5.50%, 10/01/41

 

 

6,195

 

 

6,008,283

 

Series A, AMT (AGM), 5.00%, 10/01/33

 

 

4,220

 

 

3,992,584

 


 

Portfolio Abbreviations

To simplify the listings of portfolio holdings in the Schedules of Investments, the names and descriptions of many of the securities have been abbreviated according to the following list:

 

 

ACA

ACA Financial Guaranty Corp.

AGC

Assured Guaranty Corp.

AGM

Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.

AMBAC

American Municipal Bond Assurance Corp.

AMT

Alternative Minimum Tax (subject to)

ARB

Airport Revenue Bonds

BHAC

Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp.

BOCES

Board of Cooperative Educational Services

CAB

Capital Appreciation Bonds

COP

Certificates of Participation

EDA

Economic Development Authority

EDC

Economic Development Corp.

ERB

Education Revenue Bonds

FGIC

Financial Guaranty Insurance Co.

FHA

Federal Housing Administration

GAB

Grant Anticipation Bonds

GO

General Obligation Bonds

HDA

Housing Development Authority

HFA

Housing Finance Agency

HRB

Housing Revenue Bonds

IDRB

Industrial Development Revenue Bonds

ISD

Independent School District

LOC

Letter of Credit

LRB

Lease Revenue Bonds

MRB

Mortgage Revenue Bonds

NPFGC

National Public Finance Guarantee Corp.

PILOT

Payment in Lieu of Taxes

PSF-GTD

Public School Fund-Guaranteed

Q-SBLF

Qualified School Bond Loan Fund

RB

Revenue Bonds

SONYMA

State of New York Mortgage Agency

S/F

Single-Family

Syncora

Syncora Guarantee

VRDN

Variable Rate Demand Notes


 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund II, Inc. (MUE)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 

Florida (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jacksonville Port Authority, RB (AGC), 6.00%,
11/01/38

 

$

3,625

 

$

3,661,214

 

Orange County School Board, COP, Series A (AGC),
5.50%, 8/01/34

 

 

7,600

 

 

7,853,232

 

Tohopekaliga Water Authority, Refunding RB, Series A,
5.25%, 10/01/36

 

 

6,965

 

 

7,203,133

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

38,294,446

 

Georgia — 2.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Augusta-Richmond County Georgia, RB (AGM),
5.25%, 10/01/39

 

 

2,500

 

 

2,563,600

 

City of Atlanta Georgia, Refunding RB, Series B, AMT,
5.00%, 1/01/29 (c)

 

 

910

 

 

916,770

 

Gwinnett County Hospital Authority, Refunding RB,
Gwinnett Hospital System, Series D (AGM),
5.50%, 7/01/41

 

 

3,425

 

 

3,462,058

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,942,428

 

Idaho — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Idaho Housing & Finance Association, RB, S/F
Mortgage, Series E, AMT, 6.00%, 1/01/32

 

 

235

 

 

239,881

 

Illinois — 10.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chicago Board of Education Illinois, GO, Refunding,
Chicago School Reform Board, Series A (NPFGC),
5.50%, 12/01/26

 

 

2,080

 

 

2,164,344

 

Chicago Transit Authority, RB, Federal Transit
Administration Section 5309, Series A (AGC),
6.00%, 6/01/26

 

 

3,400

 

 

3,791,952

 

City of Chicago Illinois, RB, General, Third Lien:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series A, 5.75%, 1/01/39

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,087,080

 

Series C (AGM), 5.25%, 1/01/35

 

 

2,035

 

 

2,069,534

 

City of Chicago Illinois, Refunding RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General, Third Lien, Series C, 6.50%, 1/01/41

 

 

9,085

 

 

9,998,133

 

Second Lien (NPFGC), 5.50%, 1/01/30

 

 

2,270

 

 

2,408,765

 

Railsplitter Tobacco Settlement Authority, RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.50%, 6/01/23

 

 

2,350

 

 

2,434,717

 

6.00%, 6/01/28

 

 

670

 

 

690,000

 

State of Illinois, RB, Build Illinois, Series B,
5.25%, 6/15/28

 

 

4,000

 

 

4,226,800

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29,871,325

 

Indiana — 3.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indiana Municipal Power Agency, RB, Series A (NPFGC),
5.00%, 1/01/42

 

 

8,000

 

 

7,925,520

 

Indianapolis Local Public Improvement Bond Bank,
Refunding RB, Waterworks Project, Series A (AGC),
5.50%, 1/01/38

 

 

2,370

 

 

2,478,499

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,404,019

 

Iowa — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iowa Finance Authority, Refunding RB, Iowa Health
System (AGC), 5.25%, 2/15/29

 

 

1,710

 

 

1,774,621

 

Kansas — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sedgwick & Shawnee Counties Kansas, MRB,
Series A-2, AMT (Ginnie Mae), 6.20%, 12/01/33

 

 

1,415

 

 

1,437,612

 

Kentucky — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, RB,
Louisville Arena, Sub-Series A-1 (AGC),
6.00%, 12/01/38

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,030,960

 

Kentucky State Property & Buildings Commission,
Refunding RB, Project No. 93 (AGC), 5.25%, 2/01/29

 

 

1,525

 

 

1,614,090

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,645,050

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 

Louisiana — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Louisiana State Citizens Property Insurance Corp., RB,
Series C-3 (AGC), 6.13%, 6/01/25

 

$

3,550

 

$

3,881,286

 

Michigan — 11.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of Detroit Michigan, RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second Lien, Series B (NPFGC), 5.50%, 7/01/29

 

 

4,170

 

 

4,226,378

 

Senior Lien, Series B (AGM), 7.50%, 7/01/33

 

 

3,500

 

 

4,126,605

 

City of Detroit Michigan, Refunding RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second Lien, Series C (BHAC), 5.75%, 7/01/27

 

 

2,600

 

 

2,748,616

 

Second Lien, Series E (BHAC), 5.75%, 7/01/31

 

 

5,060

 

 

5,318,769

 

Senior Lien, Series C-1 (AGM), 7.00%, 7/01/27

 

 

4,180

 

 

4,909,285

 

Senior Lien, Series C-2 (BHAC), 5.25%, 7/01/29

 

 

1,860

 

 

1,913,140

 

Hudsonville Public Schools, GO, School Building & Site
(Q-SBLF), 5.25%, 5/01/41

 

 

3,420

 

 

3,469,282

 

Michigan State Building Authority, Refunding RB,
Facilities Program, Series I (AGC):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.25%, 10/15/24

 

 

1,440

 

 

1,562,530

 

5.25%, 10/15/25

 

 

750

 

 

808,050

 

Michigan Strategic Fund, Refunding RB, Detroit Edison
Co. Project, Series A (Syncora), 5.50%, 6/01/30

 

 

750

 

 

737,850

 

Royal Oak Hospital Finance Authority Michigan,
Refunding RB, William Beaumont Hospital,
8.25%, 9/01/39

 

 

3,115

 

 

3,596,236

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33,416,741

 

Minnesota — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of Minneapolis Minnesota, Refunding RB, Fairview
Health Services, Series B (AGC), 6.50%, 11/15/38

 

 

1,975

 

 

2,151,525

 

Nevada — 4.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clark County Water Reclamation District, GO, Series A,
5.25%, 7/01/34

 

 

3,210

 

 

3,347,099

 

County of Clark Nevada, RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, Series A
(AGM), 5.25%, 7/01/39

 

 

4,565

 

 

4,589,468

 

Subordinate Lien, Series A-2 (NPFGC),
5.00%, 7/01/36

 

 

6,595

 

 

6,456,703

 

Nevada Housing Division, Refunding RB, S/F Mortgage,
Mezzanine, Series A-2, AMT (NPFGC), 6.30%, 4/01/22

 

 

95

 

 

96,554

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,489,824

 

New Jersey — 6.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Jersey EDA, RB, Motor Vehicle Surcharge, Series A
(NPFGC), 5.25%, 7/01/33

 

 

11,000

 

 

11,184,030

 

New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority,
RB, Virtua Health (AGC), 5.50%, 7/01/38

 

 

3,400

 

 

3,503,224

 

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, RB,
Transportation System, Series A (AGC),
5.63%, 12/15/28

 

 

2,930

 

 

3,110,283

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,797,537

 

New York — 4.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fiscal 2009, Series EE, 5.25%, 6/15/40

 

 

6,930

 

 

7,247,810

 

Second Generation Resolution, Series EE,
5.38%, 6/15/43

 

 

3,720

 

 

3,946,139

 

New York City Transitional Finance Authority, RB, Fiscal
2009, Series S-3, 5.25%, 1/15/39

 

 

2,300

 

 

2,389,056

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,583,005

 

North Carolina — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

North Carolina HFA, RB, Home Ownership, Series 14A,
AMT (AMBAC), 5.35%, 1/01/22

 

 

970

 

 

970,737

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

12

ANNUAL REPORT

JULY 31, 2011




 

 

 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund II, Inc. (MUE)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 

Pennsylvania — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delaware River Port Authority, RB, Series D (AGM),
5.00%, 1/01/40

 

$

3,000

 

$

3,012,150

 

Puerto Rico — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp., RB, First
Sub-Series A, 6.38%, 8/01/39

 

 

3,500

 

 

3,754,660

 

South Carolina — 6.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South Carolina State Housing Finance & Development
Authority, Refunding RB, Series A-2, AMT (AGM),
6.35%, 7/01/19

 

 

640

 

 

649,299

 

South Carolina State Public Service Authority, RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Santee Cooper, Series A, 5.50%, 1/01/38

 

 

2,500

 

 

2,662,675

 

Series A (AMBAC), 5.00%, 1/01/42

 

 

15,000

 

 

15,226,950

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,538,924

 

Texas — 20.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of Austin Texas, Refunding RB, Series A (AGM):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.00%, 11/15/28

 

 

1,795

 

 

1,903,023

 

5.00%, 11/15/29

 

 

2,270

 

 

2,386,996

 

City of Houston Texas, Refunding RB, Combined, First
Lien, Series A (AGC), 6.00%, 11/15/35

 

 

6,700

 

 

7,456,430

 

Clifton Higher Education Finance Corp., Refunding RB,
Baylor University, 5.25%, 3/01/32

 

 

3,120

 

 

3,305,484

 

Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Refunding RB, Senior Lien,
5.25%, 12/01/38

 

 

5,965

 

 

6,200,021

 

Harris County Health Facilities Development Corp.,
Refunding RB, Memorial Hermann Healthcare
System, Series B, 7.25%, 12/01/35

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,107,580

 

Lubbock Cooper ISD Texas, GO, School Building (AGC),
5.75%, 2/15/42

 

 

1,250

 

 

1,314,700

 

North Texas Tollway Authority, RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Special Projects System, Series A, 5.50%,
9/01/41 (c)

 

 

5,480

 

 

5,815,211

 

System, First Tier, Series K-2 (AGC), 6.00%, 1/01/38

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,052,460

 

North Texas Tollway Authority, Refunding RB, (NPFGC),
System, First Tier:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.75%, 1/01/40

 

 

11,575

 

 

11,660,771

 

Series A, 5.13%, 1/01/28

 

 

3,425

 

 

3,497,130

 

Series A, 5.63%, 1/01/33

 

 

10,975

 

 

11,280,654

 

Series B, 5.75%, 1/01/40

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,007,410

 

Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance
Corp., Refunding RB, Christus Health, Series A (AGC),
6.50%, 7/01/37

 

 

3,000

 

 

3,186,270

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

61,174,140

 

Utah — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of Riverton Utah, RB, IHC Health Services, Inc.,
5.00%, 8/15/41

 

 

3,500

 

 

3,502,205

 

Virginia — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Virginia Public School Authority, RB, School Financing,
6.50%, 12/01/35

 

 

2,195

 

 

2,462,263

 

Washington — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of Seattle Washington, Refunding RB, Series A,
5.25%, 2/01/36

 

 

2,400

 

 

2,537,952

 

State of Washington, GO, Various Purpose, Series B,
5.25%, 2/01/36

 

 

1,865

 

 

1,987,064

 

Washington Health Care Facilities Authority, Refunding
RB, Providence Health, Series C (AGM),
5.25%, 10/01/33

 

 

670

 

 

686,047

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,211,063

 

Total Municipal Bonds — 121.1%

 

 

 

 

 

355,334,901

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds Transferred to
Tender Option Bond Trusts (d)

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 

Alabama — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mobile Board of Water & Sewer Commissioners, RB
(NPFGC), 5.00%, 1/01/31

 

$

3,750

 

$

3,821,287

 

California — 3.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of San Jose California, GO, Libraries, Parks, and
Public Safety Project (NPFGC), 5.00%, 9/01/30

 

 

3,805

 

 

3,868,585

 

San Diego Community College District California,
GO, Election of 2002 (AGM), 5.00%, 5/01/30

 

 

1,486

 

 

1,523,733

 

Sequoia Union High School District California, GO,
Refunding, Election of 2004, Series B (AGM),
5.50%, 7/01/35

 

 

5,189

 

 

5,364,749

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,757,067

 

Colorado — 3.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colorado Health Facilities Authority, RB, Catholic
Health, Series C-3 (AGM), 5.10%, 10/01/41

 

 

9,410

 

 

9,351,940

 

District of Columbia — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

District of Columbia Water & Sewer Authority, RB,
Series A, 6.00%, 10/01/35

 

 

1,700

 

 

1,950,161

 

Florida — 7.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of St. Petersburg Florida, Refunding RB (NPFGC),
5.00%, 10/01/35

 

 

6,493

 

 

6,536,228

 

County of Miami-Dade Florida, GO, Building Better
Communities Program, Series B-1,
6.00%, 7/01/38

 

 

12,500

 

 

13,511,500

 

Lee County Housing Finance Authority, RB, Multi-
County Program, Series A-2, AMT (Ginnie Mae),
6.00%, 9/01/40

 

 

2,235

 

 

2,463,775

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22,511,503

 

Georgia — 2.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Augusta-Richmond County Georgia, RB (AGM)
5.25%, 10/01/34

 

 

6,290

 

 

6,481,971

 

Illinois — 6.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chicago Illinois O’Hare International Airport, RB,
Series A, 5.00%, 1/01/38

 

 

15,000

 

 

14,803,350

 

City of Chicago Illinois, Refunding RB, Second Lien
(AGM), 5.25%, 11/01/33

 

 

3,969

 

 

4,069,447

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,872,797

 

Kentucky — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kentucky State Property & Building Commission,
Refunding RB, Project No. 93 (AGC),
5.25%, 2/01/27

 

 

2,304

 

 

2,472,823

 

Massachusetts — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Massachusetts School Building Authority, RB,
Series A (AGM), 5.00%, 8/15/30

 

 

4,994

 

 

5,190,046

 

Nevada — 6.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clark County Water Reclamation District, GO:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Limited Tax, 6.00%, 7/01/38

 

 

10,000

 

 

10,964,200

 

Series B, 5.50%, 7/01/29

 

 

8,247

 

 

8,963,496

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,927,696

 

New Jersey — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Jersey State Housing & Mortgage Finance
Agency, RB, S/F Housing, Series CC,
5.25%, 10/01/29

 

 

3,941

 

 

4,048,433

 

New York — 2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales Tax Asset Receivable Corp., RB, Series A
(AMBAC), 5.25%, 10/15/27

 

 

6,751

 

 

7,257,202

 


 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANNUAL REPORT

JULY 31, 2011

13




 

 

 

 

Schedule of Investments (concluded)

BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund II, Inc. (MUE)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds Transferred to
Tender Option Bond Trusts (d)

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 

Washington — 2.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of Bellevue Washington, GO, Refunding (NPFGC),
5.50%, 12/01/39

 

$

6,883

 

$

7,488,945

 

Total Municipal Bonds Transferred to
Tender Option Bond Trusts — 41.0%

 

 

 

 

 

120,131,871

 

Total Long-Term Investments
(Cost — $465,672,710) — 162.1%

 

 

 

 

 

475,466,772

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Florida — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jacksonville Health Facilities Authority, Refunding RB,
VRDN, Baptist Series C, (Bank of America NA LOC)
0.23%, 8/01/11 (e)

 

 

1,015

 

 

1,015,000

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

 

 

Money Market — 4.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FFI Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund, 0.01% (f)(g)

 

 

13,223,965

 

 

13,223,965

 

Total Short-Term Securities
(Cost — $14,238,965) — 4.8%

 

 

 

 

 

14,238,965

 

Total Investments (Cost — $479,911,675*) — 166.9%

 

 

 

 

 

489,705,737

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (1.1)%

 

 

 

 

 

(3,126,475

)

Liability for TOB Trust Certificates, Including
Interest Expense and Fees Payable — (21.2)%

 

 

 

 

 

(62,221,114

)

AMPS, at Redemption Value — (44.6)%

 

 

 

 

 

(131,001,852

)

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares — 100.0%

 

 

 

 

$

293,356,296

 


 

 

 

*

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of July 31, 2011, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate cost

 

$

417,757,047

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

13,726,346

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

 

(3,960,590

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

9,765,756

 


 

 

(a)

US 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.

 

 

(b)

Represents a zero-coupon bond. Rate shown reflects the current yield as of report date.

 

 

(c)

When-issued security. Unsettled when-issued transactions were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counterparty

 

Value

 

Unrealized
Appreciation

 

National Financial Services

 

$

916,770

 

$

18,273

 

Stifel Nicolaus & Co.

 

$

5,815,211

 

$

9,306

 


 

 

(d)

Securities represent bonds transferred to a TOB in exchange for which the Fund acquired residual interest certificates. These securities serve as collateral in a financing transaction. See Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details of municipal bonds transferred to TOBs.

 

 

(e)

Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date and maturity shown is the date the principal owed can be recovered through demand.

 

 

(f)

Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Fund during the year, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliate

 

Shares Held
at July 31,
2010

 

Net
Activity

 

Shares Held
at July 31,
2011

 

Income

 

FFI Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund

 

 

17,366,850

 

 

(4,142,885

)

 

13,223,965

 

$

18,387

 


 

 

(g)

Represents the current yield as of report date.

 

 

Financial futures contracts sold as of July 31, 2011 were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contracts

 

Issue

 

Exchange

 

Expiration

 

Notional
Value

 

Unrealized
Depreciation

 

89

 

 

10-Year US Treasury Note

 

 

Chicago Board of Trade

 

 

September 2011

 

$

10,912,065

 

$

(274,122

)


 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. These inputs are categorized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes as follows:

 

 

 

Level 1 — price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets and liabilities

 

 

 

 

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 Fund’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments)

 

 

 

 

The categorization of a value determined for investments and derivative financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and derivative financial instrument and does not necessarily correspond to the Fund’s perceived risk of investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments and derivative financial instruments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

The following tables summarize the inputs used as of July 31, 2011 in determining the fair valuation of the Fund’s investments and derivative financial instruments:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Investments1

 

 

 

$

475,466,772

 

 

 

$

475,466,772

 

Short-Term Securities

 

$

13,223,965

 

 

1,015,000

 

 

 

 

14,238,965

 

Total

 

$

13,223,965

 

$

476,481,772

 

 

 

$

489,705,737

 


 

 

 

1

See above Schedule of Investments for values in each state or political subdivision.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Derivative Financial Instruments2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate contracts

 

$

(274,122

)

 

 

 

 

$

(274,122

)


 

 

 

2

Derivative financial instruments are financial futures contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

14

ANNUAL REPORT

JULY 31, 2011




 

 

 

 

Schedule of Investments July 31, 2011

BlackRock MuniYield California Quality Fund, Inc. (MCA)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 

California — 95.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of Chula Vista California, Refunding RB, San Diego
Gas & Electric, Series A, 5.88%, 2/15/34

 

$

2,435

 

$

2,623,932

 

County/City/Special District/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

School District — 42.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arcadia Unified School District California, GO, Election
of 2006, Series A (AGM), 5.00%, 8/01/37

 

 

7,925

 

 

7,981,822

 

Bay Area Governments Association, Refunding RB,
California Redevelopment Agency Pool, Series A
(AGM), 6.00%, 12/15/24

 

 

255

 

 

259,149

 

City & County of San Francisco California, COP,
Refunding, Series A, 5.00%, 10/01/28

 

 

3,895

 

 

3,972,277

 

County of Kern California, COP, Capital Improvements
Projects, Series A (AGC), 6.00%, 8/01/35

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,164,160

 

Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District California, GO,
Election of 2002 (NPFGC), 5.50%, 8/01/28

 

 

2,500

 

 

2,615,700

 

Fremont Unified School District Alameda County
California, GO, Series A (NPFGC), 5.50%, 8/01/26

 

 

10,755

 

 

11,194,449

 

Fresno Joint Powers Financing Authority California, RB,
Series A (AGM), 5.75%, 6/01/26

 

 

3,295

 

 

3,309,828

 

Grossmont Healthcare District, GO, Election of 2006,
Series B, 6.13%, 7/15/40

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,173,980

 

Grossmont Union High School District, GO, Election of
2008, Series C, 5.50%, 8/01/33

 

 

1,855

 

 

1,995,386

 

Lodi Unified School District, GO, Election of 2002
(AGM), 5.00%, 8/01/29

 

 

10,260

 

 

10,359,214

 

Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency
California, RB, Bunker Hill Project, Series A (AGM),
5.00%, 12/01/27

 

 

10,000

 

 

10,268,200

 

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation
Authority, Refunding RB, Proposition A, First Tier,
Senior Series A (AMBAC):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.00%, 7/01/27

 

 

5,240

 

 

5,480,568

 

5.00%, 7/01/35

 

 

6,825

 

 

6,941,298

 

Los Angeles Municipal Improvement Corp., Refunding
RB, Real Property, Series B (AGC), 5.50%, 4/01/39

 

 

1,515

 

 

1,523,348

 

Los Gatos Union School District California, GO, Election
of 2001, Series C (NPFGC), 5.13%, 8/01/32

 

 

1,075

 

 

1,113,797

 

Murrieta Valley Unified School District Public Financing
Authority, Special Tax Bonds, Refunding, Series A
(AGC), 5.13%, 9/01/26

 

 

8,000

 

 

8,239,520

 

Orange County Sanitation District, COP, Series A,
5.00%, 2/01/35

 

 

2,500

 

 

2,569,250

 

Orange County Water District, COP, Refunding,
5.25%, 8/15/34

 

 

9,045

 

 

9,523,661

 

Orchard School District California, GO, Election of 2001,
Series A (AGC), 5.00%, 8/01/34

 

 

7,490

 

 

7,739,417

 

Oxnard Union High School District California, GO,
Refunding, Series A (NPFGC), 6.20%, 8/01/30

 

 

9,645

 

 

10,280,220

 

Pittsburg Unified School District, GO, Election of 2006,
Series B (AGM):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.50%, 8/01/34

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,105,540

 

5.63%, 8/01/39

 

 

4,500

 

 

4,746,015

 

Port of Oakland, Refunding RB, Series M (FGIC),
5.38%, 11/01/27

 

 

10,000

 

 

10,017,700

 

Redlands Unified School District California, GO,
Election of 2008 (AGM), 5.25%, 7/01/33

 

 

5,000

 

 

5,136,900

 

Riverside Unified School District California, GO,
Series C (AGC), 5.00%, 8/01/32

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,023,560

 

Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, Special
Assessment Bonds, Refunding, Consolidated, Capital
Assessment District, Series A (NPFGC),
5.00%, 10/01/32

 

 

4,350

 

 

4,461,099

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 

California (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County/City/Special District/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

School District (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

San Diego Community College District California, GO,
Election of 2006 (AGM), 5.00%, 8/01/32

 

$

7,115

 

$

7,334,356

 

San Diego County Water Authority, COP, Refunding,
Series 2008-A (AGM), 5.00%, 5/01/38

 

 

4,895

 

 

4,944,929

 

San Jose Financing Authority, RB, Convention Center
Expansion & Renovation Project:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.75%, 5/01/36

 

 

2,570

 

 

2,626,463

 

5.75%, 5/01/42

 

 

4,500

 

 

4,662,720

 

San Jose Redevelopment Agency California, Tax
Allocation Bonds, Housing Set Aside Merged Area,
Series E, AMT (NPFGC), 5.85%, 8/01/27

 

 

7,300

 

 

7,304,599

 

San Juan Unified School District, GO, Election of 2002
(AGM), 5.00%, 8/01/34

 

 

6,475

 

 

6,540,462

 

San Leandro Unified School District California, GO,
Election of 2010, Series A, 5.75%, 8/01/41

 

 

3,000

 

 

3,173,010

 

San Marcos Unified School District, GO, Election of
2010, Series A:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.00%, 8/01/34

 

 

3,740

 

 

3,763,412

 

5.00%, 8/01/38

 

 

5,020

 

 

4,990,533

 

Snowline Joint Unified School District, COP, Refunding,
Refining Project (AGC), 5.75%, 9/01/38

 

 

5,600

 

 

6,042,400

 

Walnut Valley Unified School District, GO, Election of
2007, Series B, 5.75%, 8/01/41

 

 

7,680

 

 

8,122,906

 

West Contra Costa Unified School District California,
GO, Election of 2002, Series B (AGM),
5.00%, 8/01/32

 

 

6,690

 

 

6,713,348

 

Westminster Redevelopment Agency California, Tax
Allocation Bonds, Subordinate, Commercial
Redevelopment Project No. 1 (AGC),
6.25%, 11/01/39

 

 

4,300

 

 

4,781,471

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

209,196,667

 

Education — 10.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anaheim City School District California, GO, Election of
2010 (AGM), 6.25%, 8/01/40

 

 

3,750

 

 

4,171,725

 

California State University, Refunding RB, Systemwide,
Series C (NPFGC), 5.00%, 11/01/35

 

 

20,000

 

 

19,612,800

 

Gavilan Joint Community College District, GO, Election
of 2004, Series D:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.50%, 8/01/31

 

 

2,165

 

 

2,352,424

 

5.75%, 8/01/35

 

 

8,400

 

 

9,076,704

 

Riverside Community College District, GO, Election of
2004, Series C (AGM), 5.00%, 8/01/32

 

 

8,750

 

 

8,890,525

 

University of California, RB, Limited Project, Series D:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(AGM), 5.00%, 5/15/37

 

 

2,775

 

 

2,758,877

 

(NPFGC), 5.00%, 5/15/37

 

 

5,500

 

 

5,468,045

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

52,331,100

 

Health — 7.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ABAG Finance Authority for Nonprofit Corps, Sharp
Healthcare, Refunding RB, Series A, 6.00%,
8/01/30

 

 

2,250

 

 

2,376,450

 

California Health Facilities Financing Authority, RB,
Providence Health Services, Series B,
5.50%, 10/01/39

 

 

3,965

 

 

4,058,970

 

California Health Facilities Financing Authority,
Refunding RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Catholic Healthcare West, Series A,
6.00%, 7/01/34

 

 

2,130

 

 

2,240,803

 

Catholic Healthcare West, Series A,
6.00%, 7/01/39

 

 

5,500

 

 

5,764,275

 

Sutter Health, Series B, 6.00%, 8/15/42

 

 

7,715

 

 

8,218,635

 


 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANNUAL REPORT

JULY 31, 2011

15




 

 

 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock MuniYield California Quality Fund, Inc. (MCA)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 

California (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

California Statewide Communities Development
Authority, RB, Series A:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Facility, Memorial Health Services,
6.00%, 10/01/23

 

$

3,685

 

$

3,820,977

 

Sutter Health, 6.00%, 8/15/42

 

 

3,750

 

 

4,022,887

 

California Statewide Communities Development
Authority, Refunding RB (BHAC):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Catholic Healthcare West, Series D,
5.50%, 7/01/31

 

 

865

 

 

892,706

 

Kaiser Permanente, Series A, 5.00%, 4/01/31

 

 

2,900

 

 

2,942,688

 

City of Newport Beach California, RB, Hoag Memorial
Hospital Presbyterian, 6.00%, 12/01/40

 

 

1,820

 

 

1,973,044

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

36,311,435

 

Housing — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

California Rural Home Mortgage Finance Authority, RB,
Mortgage-Backed Securities Program, AMT
(Ginnie Mae):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series A, 6.35%, 12/01/29

 

 

80

 

 

82,609

 

Series B, 6.25%, 12/01/31

 

 

55

 

 

55,622

 

County of San Bernardino California, Refunding RB,
Home Mortgage-Backed Securities, Series A-1, AMT
(Ginnie Mae), 6.25%, 12/01/31

 

 

110

 

 

116,543

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

254,774

 

State — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

California State Public Works Board, RB, Department of
Education, Riverside Campus Project, Series B,
6.50%, 4/01/34

 

 

3,670

 

 

3,918,129

 

San Mateo County Community College District, GO,
Election of 2005, Series B, 5.00%, 9/01/31

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,027,050

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,945,179

 

Transportation — 13.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of San Jose California, RB, Series A-1, AMT,
6.25%, 3/01/34

 

 

1,400

 

 

1,454,096

 

County of Orange California, RB, Series B,
5.75%, 7/01/34

 

 

5,000

 

 

5,332,250

 

County of Sacramento California, RB, AMT:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senior-Series B (AGM), 5.25%, 7/01/33

 

 

7,500

 

 

7,503,975

 

Subordinated and Passenger Facility Charges/
Grant, Series C (AGC), 5.75%, 7/01/39

 

 

5,455

 

 

5,640,088

 

Los Angeles Department of Airports, RB, Series A,
5.25%, 5/15/29

 

 

3,760

 

 

4,001,881

 

Los Angeles Harbor Department, RB, Series B,
5.25%, 8/01/34

 

 

5,530

 

 

5,719,789

 

Port of Oakland, RB, Series K (FGIC), 5.75%, 11/01/29

 

 

11,405

 

 

11,407,281

 

San Francisco City & County Airports Commission, RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series E, 6.00%, 5/01/39

 

 

9,650

 

 

10,378,768

 

Special Facility Lease, SFO Fuel, Series A, AMT
(AGM), 6.10%, 1/01/20

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,001,980

 

Special Facility Lease, SFO Fuel, Series A, AMT
(AGM), 6.13%, 1/01/27

 

 

985

 

 

986,064

 

San Francisco City & County Airports Commission,
Refunding RB, Second Series 34E, AMT (AGM):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.75%, 5/01/24

 

 

5,000

 

 

5,381,350

 

5.75%, 5/01/25

 

 

3,500

 

 

3,722,810

 

San Joaquin County Transportation Authority, RB,
Limited Tax, Series A, 6.00%, 3/01/36

 

 

2,400

 

 

2,628,792

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

65,159,124

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 

California (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Utilities — 20.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anaheim Public Financing Authority, RB, Electric System
Distribution Facilities, Series A, 5.38%, 10/01/36

 

$

5,000

 

$

5,204,300

 

City of Los Angeles California, Refunding RB,
Sub-Series A:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.00%, 6/01/28

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,117,020

 

5.00%, 6/01/32

 

 

3,000

 

 

3,114,870

 

Contra Costa Water District, Refunding RB, Series L
(AGM), 5.00%, 10/01/32

 

 

4,135

 

 

4,249,457

 

Dublin-San Ramon Services District, Refunding RB,
6.00%, 8/01/41

 

 

4,000

 

 

4,259,200

 

East Bay Municipal Utility District, RB, Series A (NPFGC),
5.00%, 6/01/37

 

 

4,000

 

 

4,105,600

 

East Bay Municipal Utility District, Refunding RB,
Sub-Series A:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.00%, 6/01/30

 

 

5,000

 

 

5,380,500

 

(AMBAC), 5.00%, 6/01/33

 

 

4,125

 

 

4,270,324

 

Imperial Irrigation District, Refunding RB, Electric
System, Series B:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.00%, 11/01/31

 

 

5,000

 

 

5,141,400

 

5.00%, 11/01/36

 

 

2,500

 

 

2,507,150

 

5.13%, 11/01/38

 

 

5,500

 

 

5,547,630

 

Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts Financing
Authority, Refunding RB, Capital Project 14 (BHAC),
5.00%, 10/01/34

 

 

7,915

 

 

8,033,408

 

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, RB, Power
System, Series A-2, 5.25%, 7/01/32

 

 

1,260

 

 

1,316,385

 

Orange County Sanitation District, COP, Series B (AGM),
5.00%, 2/01/30

 

 

2,105

 

 

2,185,958

 

Oxnard Financing Authority, RB, Redwood Trunk Sewer &
Headworks, Series A (NPFGC), 5.25%, 6/01/34

 

 

13,000

 

 

13,189,930

 

Sacramento County Water Financing Authority, RB,
Water Agency Zones 40 & 41, Series A (FGIC),
5.00%, 6/01/26

 

 

4,000

 

 

4,202,000

 

Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District, RB,
Sacramento Regional County Sanitation (NPFGC),
5.00%, 12/01/27

 

 

7,070

 

 

7,400,028

 

San Diego County Water Authority, COP, Series A (AGM),
5.00%, 5/01/31

 

 

3,000

 

 

3,053,160

 

San Diego Public Facilities Financing Authority,
Refunding RB, Senior Series A, 5.25%, 5/15/34

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,042,770

 

San Francisco City & County Public Utilities
Commission, RB, Sub-Series A, 5.00%,
11/01/37 (a)

 

 

10,000

 

 

10,200,400

 

Turlock Public Financing Authority California, RB,
Series A (NPFGC), 5.00%, 9/15/33

 

 

3,000

 

 

3,022,680

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99,544,170

 

Total Municipal Bonds — 95.7%

 

 

 

 

 

470,366,381

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds Transferred to
Tender Option Bond Trusts (b)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

California — 71.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate — 5.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, Refunding
RB, Series A (NPFGC), 5.00%, 7/01/30

 

 

19,630

 

 

20,335,502

 

University of California, RB, Series L, 5.00%, 5/15/40

 

 

7,398

 

 

7,330,562

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27,666,064

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

16

ANNUAL REPORT

JULY 31, 2011




 

 

 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock MuniYield California Quality Fund, Inc. (MCA)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds Transferred to
Tender Option Bond Trusts (b)

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 

California (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County/City/Special District/
School District — 32.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Desert Community College District California, GO,
Series C (AGM), 5.00%, 8/01/37

 

$

12,150

 

$

12,187,422

 

Fremont Unified School District Alameda County
California, GO, Election of 2002, Series B (AGM),
5.00%, 8/01/30

 

 

15,997

 

 

16,275,400

 

Los Angeles Community College District California, GO:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Election of 2001, Series A (AGM), 5.00%, 8/01/32

 

 

12,000

 

 

12,300,000

 

Election of 2001, Series A (NPFGC),
5.00%, 8/01/32

 

 

26,438

 

 

27,070,449

 

Election of 2003, Series E (AGM), 5.00%, 8/01/31

 

 

7,497

 

 

7,680,687

 

Election of 2008, Series A, 6.00%, 8/01/33

 

 

9,596

 

 

10,690,670

 

Los Angeles Unified School District California, GO,
Series I, 5.00%, 1/01/34

 

 

5,000

 

 

5,038,850

 

Ohlone Community College District, GO, Series B (AGM),
5.00%, 8/01/30

 

 

19,998

 

 

20,302,060

 

Poway Unified School District, GO, Election of 2002,
Improvement District 02, Series 1-B (AGM),
5.00%, 8/01/30

 

 

10,000

 

 

10,177,000

 

San Bernardino Community College District California,
GO, Election of 2002, Series C (AGM),
5.00%, 8/01/31

 

 

7,550

 

 

7,639,921

 

San Diego County Water Authority, COP, Series A (AGM),
5.00%, 5/01/30

 

 

7,350

 

 

7,500,602

 

San Francisco Bay Area Transit Financing Authority,
Refunding RB, Series A (NPFGC), 5.00%, 7/01/34

 

 

10,497

 

 

10,676,017

 

San Jose Financing Authority, Refunding RB, Civic
Center Project, Series B (AMBAC), 5.00%, 6/01/32

 

 

11,400

 

 

11,405,700

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

158,944,778

 

Education — 6.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Los Rios Community College District, GO, Election of
2008, Series A, 5.00%, 8/01/35

 

 

11,000

 

 

11,071,280

 

University of California, RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Limited Project, Series D (AGM), 5.00%, 5/15/41

 

 

8,000

 

 

7,901,680

 

Series O, 5.75%, 5/15/34

 

 

11,190

 

 

12,100,194

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31,073,154

 

Utilities — 27.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anaheim Public Financing Authority California, RB,
Electric System Distribution Facilities, Series A (AGM),
5.00%, 10/01/31

 

 

3,568

 

 

3,576,741

 

City of Napa California, RB (AMBAC), 5.00%, 5/01/35

 

 

9,070

 

 

9,196,073

 

East Bay Municipal Utility District, RB, Sub-Series A
(NPFGC), 5.00%, 6/01/35

 

 

15,000

 

 

15,293,550

 

East Bay Municipal Utility District, Refunding RB,
Sub-Series A (AMBAC), 5.00%, 6/01/37

 

 

7,990

 

 

8,172,092

 

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, RB,
Power System:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sub-Series A-1 (AGM), 5.00%, 7/01/31

 

 

5,007

 

 

5,103,687

 

Sub-Series A-1 (AGM), 5.00%, 7/01/37

 

 

13,525

 

 

13,669,427

 

Sub-Series A-1 (AMBAC), 5.00%, 7/01/37

 

 

5,029

 

 

5,082,999

 

Sub-Series A-2 (AGM), 5.00%, 7/01/35

 

 

7,500

 

 

7,594,275

 

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, Refunding
RB, Power System, Sub-Series A-2 (NPFGC),
5.00%, 7/01/27

 

 

16,000

 

 

16,355,200

 

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series A, 5.00%, 7/01/37

 

 

15,000

 

 

15,385,650

 

Series B-1 (NPFGC), 5.00%, 10/01/33

 

 

7,175

 

 

7,270,206

 

Rancho Water District Financing Authority, Refunding
RB, Series A (AGM), 5.00%, 8/01/34

 

 

9,277

 

 

9,430,150

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds Transferred to
Tender Option Bond Trusts (b)

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 

California (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Utilities (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

San Diego County Water Authority, COP, Refunding,
Series 2008-A (AGM), 5.00%, 5/01/33

 

$

8,510

 

$

8,690,242

 

San Diego County Water Authority, COP, Series A (AGM),
5.00%, 5/01/31

 

 

10,000

 

 

10,177,200

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

134,997,492

 

Total Municipal Bonds Transferred to
Tender Option Bond Trusts — 71.7%

 

 

 

 

 

352,681,488

 

Total Long-Term Investments
(Cost — $814,343,410) — 167.4%

 

 

 

 

 

823,047,869

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

 

Shares

 

 

 

 

BIF California Municipal Money Fund, 0.00% (c)(d)

 

 

15,276,406

 

 

15,276,406

 

Total Short-Term Securities
(Cost — $15,276,406) — 3.1%

 

 

 

 

 

15,276,406

 

Total Investments (Cost — $829,619,816*) — 170.5%

 

 

 

 

 

838,324,275

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.1)%

 

 

 

 

 

(477,362

)

Liability for TOB Trust Certificates, Including
Interest Expense and Fees Payable — (36.5)%

 

 

 

 

 

(179,549,219

)

VRDP Shares, at Liquidation Value — (33.9)%

 

 

 

 

 

(166,500,000

)

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares — 100.0%

 

 

 

 

$

491,797,694

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

*

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of July 31, 2011, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate cost

 

 

 

 

$

649,529,307

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

 

 

 

$

14,456,991

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

 

 

 

 

(5,084,437

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

 

 

 

$

9,372,554

 


 

 

(a)

When-issued security. Unsettled when-issued transactions were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counterparty

 

Value

 

Unrealized
Appreciation

 

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

 

$

10,200,400

 

$

300

 


 

 

(b)

Securities represent bonds transferred to a TOB in exchange for which the Fund acquired residual interest certificates. These securities serve as collateral in a financing transaction. See Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details of municipal bonds transferred to TOBs.

 

(c)

Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Fund during the year, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliate

 

Shares Held
at July 31,
2010

 

Net
Activity

 

Shares Held
at July 31,
2011

 

Income

 

BIF California Municipal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Money Fund

 

 

39,049,939

 

 

(23,773,533

)

 

15,276,406

 

$

4,453

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d)

Represents the current yield as of report date.

 

 

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


 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANNUAL REPORT

JULY 31, 2011

17




 

 

 

 

Schedule of Investments (concluded)

BlackRock MuniYield California Quality Fund, Inc. (MCA)


 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments. These inputs are categorized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes as follows:

 

 

 

 

Level 1 — price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets and liabilities

 

 

 

 

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 Fund’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments)

 

 

 

 

The categorization of a value determined for investments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and does not necessarily correspond to the Fund’s perceived risk of investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the inputs used as of July 31, 2011 in determining the fair valuation of the Fund’s investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Investments1

 

 

 

$

823,047,869

 

 

 

$

823,047,869

 

Short-Term Securities

 

$

15,276,406

 

 

 

 

 

$

15,276,406

 

Total

 

$

15,276,406

 

$

823,047,869

 

 

 

$

838,324,275

 

 

1 See above Schedule of Investments for values in each sector.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

18

ANNUAL REPORT

JULY 31, 2011




 

 

 

 

Schedule of Investments July 31, 2011

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund II, Inc. (MYM)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 

Michigan — 137.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate — 11.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delta County EDC, Refunding RB, Mead Westvaco-
Escanaba, Series A, 6.25%, 4/15/12 (a)

 

$

2,420

 

$

2,521,882

 

Dickinson County EDC Michigan, Refunding RB,
International Paper Co. Project, Series A, 5.75%,
6/01/16

 

 

2,500

 

 

2,527,250

 

Michigan Strategic Fund, Refunding RB, Detroit
Edison Co., Series A, AMT (NPFGC), 5.55%, 9/01/29

 

 

9,500

 

 

9,503,040

 

Monroe County EDC Michigan, Refunding RB,
Detroit Edison Co. Project, Series AA (NPFGC),
6.95%, 9/01/22

 

 

3,805

 

 

4,733,268

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,285,440

 

County/City/Special District/
School District — 33.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adrian City School District Michigan, GO (AGM),
5.00%, 5/01/14 (a)

 

 

2,400

 

 

2,685,336

 

Allendale Public School District Michigan, GO, School
Building & Site, Series A (AGM), 5.50%, 5/01/16

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,164,410

 

Bay City School District Michigan, GO, School
Building & Site (AGM), 5.00%, 5/01/36

 

 

1,110

 

 

1,119,724

 

Charter Township of Canton Michigan, GO, Capital
Improvement (AGM):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.00%, 4/01/25

 

 

1,250

 

 

1,303,012

 

5.00%, 4/01/26

 

 

1,250

 

 

1,298,012

 

5.00%, 4/01/27

 

 

500

 

 

516,660

 

City of Oak Park Michigan, GO, Street Improvement
(NPFGC), 5.00%, 5/01/30

 

 

600

 

 

616,032

 

Comstock Park Public Schools, GO, School Building &
Site, Series B (Q-SBLF):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.50%, 5/01/36

 

 

450

 

 

462,618

 

5.50%, 5/01/41

 

 

830

 

 

851,987

 

County of Genesee Michigan, GO, Refunding, Series A
(NPFGC), 5.00%, 5/01/19

 

 

400

 

 

432,460

 

County of Genesee Michigan, GO, Water Supply System
(NPFGC), 5.13%, 11/01/33

 

 

500

 

 

502,335

 

County of Wayne Michigan, GO, Airport Hotel, Detroit
Metropolitan Airport, Series A (NPFGC), 5.00%,
12/01/30

 

 

1,180

 

 

1,106,203

 

Dearborn Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, GO,
Limited Tax, Redevelopment, Series A (AGC),
5.50%, 5/01/39

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,064,760

 

Detroit City School District Michigan, GO, School
Building & Site Improvement (FGIC):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series A, 5.38%, 5/01/13 (a)

 

 

1,480

 

 

1,608,582

 

Series B, 5.00%, 5/01/28

 

 

1,900

 

 

1,868,118

 

Eaton Rapids Public Schools Michigan, GO, School
Building & Site (AGM), 5.25%, 5/01/23

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,162,160

 

Gibraltar School District Michigan, GO, School
Building & Site Improvement (FGIC):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.00%, 5/01/14 (a)

 

 

3,065

 

 

3,429,398

 

5.00%, 5/01/28

 

 

585

 

 

595,191

 

Grand Blanc Community Schools Michigan, GO (NPFGC):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.63%, 5/01/17

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,013,900

 

5.63%, 5/01/18

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,013,900

 

5.63%, 5/01/19

 

 

1,100

 

 

1,115,290

 

Grand Rapids Building Authority Michigan, RB,
Series A (AMBAC) (a):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.50%, 10/01/12

 

 

535

 

 

567,854

 

5.50%, 10/01/12

 

 

130

 

 

137,983

 

Gull Lake Community School District, GO, Refunding
(AGM), 4.00%, 5/01/26

 

 

615

 

 

600,880

 

Harper Creek Community School District Michigan,
GO, Refunding (AGM), 5.00%, 5/01/22

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,073,980

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 

Michigan (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harper Woods School District Michigan, GO, Refunding,
Refunding, School Building & Site (FGIC), 5.00%,
5/01/34

 

$

10

 

$

10,073

 

Haslett Public School District Michigan, GO,
Building & Site (NPFGC), 5.63%, 11/01/11 (a)

 

 

1,275

 

 

1,292,621

 

Hudsonville Public Schools, GO, School Building &
Site (Q-SBLF), 5.25%, 5/01/41

 

 

750

 

 

760,808

 

Jonesville Community Schools Michigan, GO, Refunding
(NPFGC), 5.00%, 5/01/29

 

 

1,085

 

 

1,100,483

 

L’Anse Creuse Public Schools Michigan, GO, School
Building & Site (AGM):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.00%, 5/01/12

 

 

400

 

 

413,596

 

5.00%, 5/01/25

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,046,610

 

5.00%, 5/01/26

 

 

1,050

 

 

1,092,273

 

5.00%, 5/01/35

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,016,180

 

Lincoln Consolidated School District Michigan, GO,
Refunding (NPFGC), 4.63%, 5/01/28

 

 

2,325

 

 

2,339,136

 

Livonia Public Schools School District Michigan, GO,
Refunding, Series A (NPFGC), 5.00%, 5/01/24

 

 

500

 

 

509,420

 

Ludington Area School District Michigan, GO (NPFGC),
5.25%, 5/01/23

 

 

1,440

 

 

1,540,022

 

Michigan State Building Authority, RB, Facilities
Program, Series H (AGM), 5.00%, 10/15/26

 

 

3,000

 

 

3,158,640

 

New Haven Community Schools Michigan, GO,
Refunding, School Building & Site (AGM), 5.00%,
5/01/23

 

 

500

 

 

524,075

 

New Lothrop Area Public Schools Michigan, GO,
School Building & Site (AGM), 5.00%, 5/01/35

 

 

1,200

 

 

1,210,884

 

Pontiac Tax Increment Finance Authority Michigan,
Tax Allocation Bonds, Refunding, Tax Increment
Development (ACA), 5.38%, 6/01/12 (a)

 

 

640

 

 

673,325

 

Reed City Public Schools Michigan, GO, School
Building & Site (AGM), 5.00%, 5/01/14 (a)

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,120,940

 

Rochester Community School District, GO (NPFGC),
5.00%, 5/01/19

 

 

265

 

 

296,426

 

Southfield Public Schools Michigan, GO, School
Building & Site, Series B (AGM), 5.00%, 5/01/14 (a)

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,120,940

 

Sparta Area Schools Michigan, GO, School Building &
Site (FGIC), 5.00%, 5/01/14 (a)

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,117,430

 

Thornapple Kellogg School District Michigan, GO,
School Building & Site (NPFGC), 5.00%, 5/01/32

 

 

1,500

 

 

1,526,895

 

Van Dyke Public Schools Michigan, GO, School
Building & Site (AGM), 5.00%, 5/01/28

 

 

750

 

 

779,558

 

Zeeland Public Schools Michigan, GO, School
Building & Site (NPFGC), 5.00%, 5/01/29

 

 

1,230

 

 

1,248,868

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

54,209,988

 

Education — 11.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ferris State University, Refunding RB, General (AGM):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.50%, 10/01/23

 

 

1,360

 

 

1,401,534

 

4.50%, 10/01/24

 

 

1,595

 

 

1,626,262

 

4.50%, 10/01/25

 

 

1,405

 

 

1,420,638

 

Fraser Public School District, GO, School Building &
Site (AGM), 5.00%, 5/01/25

 

 

1,255

 

 

1,301,761

 

Goodrich Area School District, GO, School Building &
Site (Q-SBLF):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.50%, 5/01/32

 

 

400

 

 

420,620

 

5.50%, 5/01/36

 

 

800

 

 

823,664

 

5.50%, 5/01/41

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,032,690

 

Michigan Higher Education Facilities Authority, RB,
Limited Obligation, Hillsdale College Project,
5.00%, 3/01/35

 

 

1,125

 

 

1,065,319

 


 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANNUAL REPORT

JULY 31, 2011

19




 

 

 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund II, Inc. (MYM)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 

Michigan (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michigan Higher Education Facilities Authority,
Refunding RB, Limited Obligation, Creative Studies (a):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.85%, 6/01/12

 

$

550

 

$

575,102

 

5.90%, 6/01/12

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,046,060

 

Michigan Higher Education Student Loan Authority, RB,
Student Loan, Series XVII-Q, AMT (AMBAC), 5.00%,
3/01/31

 

 

500

 

 

475,400

 

Michigan State University, Refunding RB, General,
Series C:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.00%, 2/15/40

 

 

3,770

 

 

3,830,169

 

5.00%, 2/15/44

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,012,460

 

Saginaw Valley State University Michigan, Refunding RB,
General (FGIC), 5.00%, 7/01/24

 

 

1,450

 

 

1,468,401

 

Western Michigan University, Refunding RB, General,
5.25%, 11/15/40

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,001,490

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,501,570

 

Health — 22.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dickinson County Healthcare System, Refunding RB
(ACA), 5.80%, 11/01/24

 

 

2,170

 

 

2,178,506

 

Flint Hospital Building Authority Michigan, Refunding
RB, Hurley Medical Center (ACA):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.00%, 7/01/20

 

 

640

 

 

636,474

 

Series A, 5.38%, 7/01/20

 

 

385

 

 

366,982

 

Kalamazoo Hospital Finance Authority, RB, Bronson
Methodist Hospital (AGM), 5.25%, 5/15/36

 

 

2,750

 

 

2,763,227

 

Kent Hospital Finance Authority Michigan, RB, Spectrum
Health, Series A, 5.00%, 11/15/29

 

 

3,000

 

 

3,028,650

 

Michigan State Hospital Finance Authority, RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ascension Health Senior Credit Group, 5.00%,
11/15/25

 

 

2,300

 

 

2,401,384

 

Hospital, MidMichigan Obligation Group, Series A
(AMBAC), 5.50%, 4/15/18

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,014,790

 

McLaren Health Care, Series C, 5.00%, 8/01/35

 

 

1,585

 

 

1,527,084

 

Mercy Health Services, Series R (AMBAC), 5.38%,
8/15/26 (a)

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,008,000

 

MidMichigan Obligation Group, Series A, 5.00%,
4/15/26

 

 

380

 

 

379,187

 

Trinity Health Credit, Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/26 (a)

 

 

145

 

 

172,459

 

Trinity Health Credit, Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/26

 

 

855

 

 

866,936

 

Trinity Health Credit, Series C, 5.38%, 12/01/30

 

 

1,765

 

 

1,773,348

 

Michigan State Hospital Finance Authority, Refunding RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.38%, 12/01/12 (a)

 

 

185

 

 

197,465

 

5.38%, 12/01/23

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,015,600

 

6.25%, 12/01/28

 

 

570

 

 

622,412

 

6.50%, 12/01/33

 

 

1,400

 

 

1,532,062

 

Hospital, Crittenton, Series A, 5.63%, 3/01/27

 

 

1,300

 

 

1,302,171

 

Hospital, Oakwood Obligation Group, Series A,
5.00%, 7/15/21

 

 

400

 

 

411,800

 

Hospital, Oakwood Obligation Group, Series A,
5.00%, 7/15/25

 

 

2,470

 

 

2,434,111

 

Hospital, Oakwood Obligation Group, Series A,
5.00%, 7/15/37

 

 

3,340

 

 

2,987,764

 

Hospital, Sparrow Obligated, 5.00%, 11/15/31

 

 

1,595

 

 

1,524,357

 

McLaren Health Care, 5.75%, 5/15/38

 

 

1,500

 

 

1,536,240

 

Trinity Health Credit, Series D, 5.00%, 8/15/34

 

 

1,650

 

 

1,632,147

 

Michigan State Hospital Finance Authority, Refunding
RB, Trinity Health Credit, Series A, 6.13%, 12/01/23

 

 

940

 

 

1,058,891

 

Royal Oak Hospital Finance Authority Michigan,
Refunding RB, William Beaumont Hospital, 8.25%,
9/01/39

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,154,490

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

36,526,537

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 

Michigan (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Housing — 6.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michigan State HDA, RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deaconess Tower AMT (Ginnie Mae), 5.25%,
2/20/48

 

$

1,000

 

$

984,930

 

Series A, 4.75%, 12/01/25

 

 

2,675

 

 

2,674,839

 

Series A, 6.00%, 10/01/45

 

 

4,280

 

 

4,155,666

 

Series A (NPFGC), 5.30%, 10/01/37

 

 

20

 

 

19,999

 

Michigan State HDA, Refunding RB, Series A, 6.05%,
10/01/41

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,049,560

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,884,994

 

State — 11.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michigan Municipal Bond Authority, RB, State Clean
Water, 5.00%, 10/01/27

 

 

750

 

 

793,665

 

Michigan Municipal Bond Authority, Refunding RB, Local
Government, Charter County Wayne, Series B (AGC):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.00%, 11/01/14

 

 

1,500

 

 

1,655,580

 

5.00%, 11/01/15

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,117,050

 

5.00%, 11/01/16

 

 

500

 

 

568,445

 

5.38%, 11/01/24

 

 

125

 

 

135,876

 

Michigan State Building Authority, Refunding RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series A, 5.50%, 10/15/45

 

 

750

 

 

756,345

 

Series I, 6.25%, 10/15/38

 

 

2,350

 

 

2,511,140

 

Series I (AGC), 5.25%, 10/15/24

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,170,180

 

Series I (AGC), 5.25%, 10/15/25

 

 

1,500

 

 

1,616,100

 

Series I (AGC), 5.25%, 10/15/26

 

 

400

 

 

429,464

 

Series II (NPFGC), 5.00%, 10/15/29

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,000,680

 

Michigan Strategic Fund, RB, Cadillac Place Office
Building Project, 5.25%, 10/15/31

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,014,930

 

State of Michigan, RB, GAB (AGM), 5.25%, 9/15/27

 

 

3,250

 

 

3,432,520

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,201,975

 

Transportation — 15.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State of Michigan, Refunding RB (AGM), 5.25%,
5/15/19

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,149,830

 

Sturgis Building Authority, RB, Sturgis Hospital Project
(FGIC), 4.75%, 10/01/34

 

 

3,525

 

 

3,250,121

 

Wayne County Airport Authority, RB, Detroit Metropolitan
Wayne County Airport, AMT (NPFGC):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.25%, 12/01/25

 

 

4,475

 

 

4,465,737

 

5.25%, 12/01/26

 

 

3,700

 

 

3,653,713

 

5.00%, 12/01/34

 

 

5,200

 

 

4,598,568

 

Wayne County Airport Authority, Refunding RB,
AMT (AGC):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.75%, 12/01/26

 

 

3,060

 

 

3,135,092

 

5.38%, 12/01/32

 

 

4,300

 

 

4,180,030

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24,433,091

 

Utilities — 26.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of Detroit Michigan, RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second Lien, Series B (AGM), 7.00%, 7/01/36

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,295,540

 

Second Lien, Series B (NPFGC), 5.00%,
7/01/13 (a)

 

 

1,780

 

 

1,936,978

 

Second Lien, Series B (NPFGC), 5.00%, 7/01/34

 

 

2,620

 

 

2,383,729

 

Senior Lien, Series A (AGM), 5.00%, 7/01/25

 

 

3,460

 

 

3,462,837

 

Senior Lien, Series A (NPFGC), 5.00%, 7/01/34

 

 

4,600

 

 

4,359,512

 

City of Detroit Michigan, Refunding RB, Second Lien,
Series C (AGM), 5.00%, 7/01/29

 

 

6,475

 

 

6,288,196

 

City of Grand Rapids Michigan, RB (FGIC), 5.00%,
1/01/34

 

 

6,900

 

 

6,976,314

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

20

ANNUAL REPORT

JULY 31, 2011




 

 

 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund II, Inc. (MYM)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 

Michigan (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Utilities (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of Grand Rapids Michigan, Refunding RB, Series A
(NPFGC), 5.50%, 1/01/22

 

$

1,500

 

$

1,777,350

 

City of Port Huron Michigan, RB, Water Supply:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.25%, 10/01/31

 

 

190

 

 

189,050

 

5.63%, 10/01/40

 

 

500

 

 

491,165

 

City of Saginaw Michigan, RB, Water Supply, Series A
(AGM), 5.00%, 7/01/31

 

 

235

 

 

235,183

 

City of Wyoming Michigan, RB, Sewer System (NPFGC),
5.00%, 6/01/30

 

 

5,300

 

 

5,377,221

 

Lansing Board of Water & Light, RB, Series A:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.00%, 7/01/31

 

 

2,600

 

 

2,679,924

 

5.00%, 7/01/37

 

 

1,270

 

 

1,285,812

 

5.50%, 7/01/41

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,119,120

 

Michigan Municipal Bond Authority, RB, Clean Water
Revolving-Pooled, 5.00%, 10/01/27

 

 

760

 

 

829,418

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

42,687,349

 

Total Municipal Bonds in Michigan

 

 

 

 

 

223,730,944

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guam — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County/City/Special District/School District — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Territory of Guam, RB, Section 30, Series A, 5.63%,
12/01/29

 

 

850

 

 

859,223

 

Utilities — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guam Power Authority, Refunding RB, Series A (AGM),
5.00%, 10/01/37

 

 

955

 

 

942,575

 

Total Municipal Bonds in Guam

 

 

 

 

 

1,801,798

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Puerto Rico — 6.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State — 5.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority, Refunding
RB, Government Facilities, Series M-3 (NPFGC),
6.00%, 7/01/27

 

 

1,200

 

 

1,265,844

 

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp., Refunding RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAB, Series A (NPFGC), 5.26%, 8/01/43 (b)

 

 

12,500

 

 

1,556,125

 

CAB, Series A (NPFGC), 4.96%, 8/01/46 (b)

 

 

30,000

 

 

2,982,900

 

First Sub-Series C (AGM), 5.13%, 8/01/42

 

 

3,200

 

 

3,208,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,012,869

 

Transportation — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Puerto Rico Highway & Transportation Authority,
Refunding RB, Series CC (AGC), 5.50%, 7/01/31

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,119,920

 

Total Municipal Bonds in Puerto Rico

 

 

 

 

 

11,132,789

 

Total Municipal Bonds — 144.9%

 

 

 

 

 

236,665,531

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds Transferred to
Tender Option Bond Trusts (c)

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 

Michigan — 10.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate — 4.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wayne State University, Refunding RB, General (AGM),
5.00%, 11/15/35

 

$

7,790

 

$

7,917,912

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lakewood Public Schools Michigan, GO, School
Building & Site (AGM), 5.00%, 5/01/37

 

 

3,970

 

 

4,201,689

 

Education — 3.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Portage Public Schools Michigan, GO, School
Building & Site (AGM), 5.00%, 5/01/31

 

 

2,850

 

 

2,922,019

 

Saginaw Valley State University, Refunding RB, General
(AGM), 5.00%, 7/01/31

 

 

2,500

 

 

2,570,550

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,492,569

 

Total Municipal Bonds Transferred to
Tender Option Bond Trusts — 10.8%

 

 

 

 

 

17,612,170

 

Total Long-Term Investments
(Cost — $253,300,016) — 155.7%

 

 

 

 

 

254,277,701

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

 

Shares

 

 

 

 

BIF Michigan Municipal Money Fund, 0.00% (d)(e)

 

 

3,018,268

 

 

3,018,268

 

Total Short-Term Securities
(Cost — $3,018,268) — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

3,018,268

 

Total Investments (Cost — $256,318,284*) — 157.6%

 

 

 

 

 

257,295,969

 

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

2,315,268

 

Liability for TOB Trust Certificates, Including
Interest Expense and Fees Payable — (5.5)%

 

 

 

 

 

(9,034,910

)

VRDP Shares, at Liquidation Value — (53.5)%

 

 

 

 

 

(87,300,000

)

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares– 100.0%

 

 

 

 

$

163,276,327

 


 

 

 

*

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of July 31, 2011, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate cost

 

$

247,286,807

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

7,119,560

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

 

(6,140,398

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

979,162

 


 

 

(a)

US 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.

 

 

(b)

Represents a zero-coupon bond. Rate shown reflects the current yield as of report date.

 

 

(c)

Securities represent bonds transferred to a TOB in exchange for which the Fund acquired residual interest certificates. These securities serve as collateral in a financing transaction. See Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details of municipal bonds transferred to TOBs.


 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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JULY 31, 2011

21




 

 

 

 

Schedule of Investments (concluded)

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund II, Inc. (MYM)


 

 

(d)

Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Fund during the year, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliate

 

Shares Held
at July 31,
2010

 

Net
Activity

 

Shares Held
at July 31,
2011

 

Income

 

BIF Michigan Municipal Money Fund

 

 

605,019

 

 

2,413,249

 

 

3,018,268

 

 

 


 

 

(e)

Represents the current yield as of report date.

 

 

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

 

 

Financial futures contracts sold as of July 31,2011 were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contracts

 

Issue

 

Exchange

 

Expiration

 

Notional
Value

 

Unrealized
Depreciation

 

58

 

10-Year US
Treasury Note

 

Chicago
Board of Trade

 

September
2011

 

$

7,111,234

 

$

(178,641

)


 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. These inputs are categorized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes as follows:

 

 

 

Level 1 — price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets and liabilities

 

 

 

 

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 Fund’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments)

 

 

 

 

The categorization of a value determined for investments and derivative financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and derivative financial instrument and does not necessarily correspond to the Fund’s perceived risk of investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments and derivative financial instruments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

The following tables summarize the inputs used as of July 31, 2011 in determining the fair valuation of the Fund’s investments and derivative financial instruments:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Investments1

 

 

 

$

254,277,701

 

 

 

$

254,277,701

 

Short-Term Securities

 

$

3,018,268

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,018,268

 

Total

 

$

3,018,268

 

$

254,277,701

 

 

 

$

257,295,969

 


 

 

 

 

1

See above Schedule of Investments for values in each sector.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Derivative Financial Instruments2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate contracts

 

$

(178,641

)

 

 

 

 

$

(178,641

)


 

 

 

 

2

Derivative financial instruments are financial futures contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.


See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

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ANNUAL REPORT

JULY 31, 2011




 

 

 

 

Schedule of Investments July 31, 2011

BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc. (MYN)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 

New York — 115.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate — 5.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York City Industrial Development Agency, Refunding
RB, Terminal One Group Association Project, AMT,
5.50%, 1/01/24 (a)

 

$

1,500

 

$

1,542,525

 

New York Liberty Development Corp., RB, Goldman
Sachs Headquarters, 5.25%, 10/01/35

 

 

3,400

 

 

3,392,350

 

New York State Energy Research & Development
Authority, Refunding RB, Brooklyn Union Gas/Keyspan,
Series A, AMT (FGIC), 4.70%, 2/01/24

 

 

4,750

 

 

4,824,147

 

Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency New York,
RB, Keyspan, Port Jefferson, AMT, 5.25%, 6/01/27

 

 

4,625

 

 

4,614,825

 

Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency
New York, Refunding RB, Ogden Martin System
Huntington, AMT (AMBAC):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.15%, 10/01/11

 

 

9,170

 

 

9,257,849

 

6.25%, 10/01/12

 

 

6,470

 

 

6,889,450

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30,521,146

 

County/City/Special District/
School District — 32.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amherst Development Corp., RB, University at Buffalo
Foundation Faculty-Student Housing Corp., Series A
(AGM), 4.63%, 10/01/40

 

 

2,000

 

 

1,825,380

 

City of Buffalo New York, GO, School, Series D (NPFGC),
5.50%, 12/15/11

 

 

2,750

 

 

2,805,303

 

City of New York, GO, Series A-1,
5.00%, 8/01/35 (b)

 

 

1,950

 

 

2,018,309

 

City of New York New York, GO, Refunding, Series 02-B
(AMBAC), 7.00%, 2/01/18

 

 

70

 

 

70,381

 

City of New York New York, GO, Refunding, Series E,
5.00%, 8/01/27

 

 

1,070

 

 

1,145,553

 

County of Onondaga New York, RB, Syracuse
University Project:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.00%, 12/01/30

 

 

1,190

 

 

1,263,982

 

5.00%, 12/01/36

 

 

1,150

 

 

1,182,672

 

Duchess County Resource Recovery Agency New York,
RB, Solid Waste System, Series A (NPFGC), 5.40%,
1/01/13

 

 

1,700

 

 

1,733,320

 

Erie County Industrial Development Agency, RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of Buffalo Project (AGM), 5.75%, 5/01/20

 

 

1,900

 

 

1,979,325

 

School District of Buffalo Project, Series A, 5.25%,
5/01/31

 

 

800

 

 

849,496

 

Erie County Industrial Development Agency, Refunding
RB, School District of Buffalo Project, Series A,
5.25%, 5/01/32

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,055,390

 

Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corp., RB, Series A:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.00%, 2/15/47

 

 

750

 

 

685,950

 

(FGIC), 5.00%, 2/15/47

 

 

5,235

 

 

4,787,931

 

(NPFGC), 4.50%, 2/15/47

 

 

17,525

 

 

14,794,254

 

New York City Industrial Development Agency, RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Queens Baseball Stadium (AMBAC), 5.00%,
1/01/36

 

 

11,800

 

 

10,122,040

 

Queens Baseball Stadium (AMBAC), 5.00%,
1/01/39

 

 

5,250

 

 

4,442,287

 

Yankee Stadium (AGC), 6.38%, 1/01/39

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,058,300

 

New York City Industrial Development Agency, RB, PILOT:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAB, Yankee Stadium (AGC), 6.55%, 3/01/39 (c)

 

 

5,000

 

 

983,950

 

CAB, Yankee Stadium (AGC), 6.50%, 3/01/43 (c)

 

 

4,330

 

 

650,842

 

Queens Baseball Stadium (AMBAC), 5.00%,
1/01/46

 

 

3,625

 

 

3,008,967

 

Yankee Stadium (FGIC), 5.00%, 3/01/46

 

 

9,650

 

 

8,660,682

 

Yankee Stadium (NPFGC), 5.00%, 3/01/36

 

 

2,750

 

 

2,555,218

 

New York City Transit Authority/Metropolitan Transit
Authority/Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority, COP,
Series A (AMBAC), 5.63%, 1/01/12

 

 

1,020

 

 

1,023,968

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 

New York (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York City Transitional Finance Authority, RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fiscal 2008, Series S-1, 4.50%, 1/15/38

 

$

1,700

 

$

1,614,235

 

Fiscal 2009, Series S-1 (AGC), 5.50%, 7/15/38

 

 

6,000

 

 

6,296,580

 

Fiscal 2009, Series S-4 (AGC), 5.50%, 1/15/39

 

 

1,500

 

 

1,579,575

 

Future Tax Secured, Series C (FGIC), 5.00%,
2/01/33

 

 

12,395

 

 

12,458,586

 

Future Tax Secured, Series E (NPFGC), 5.25%,
2/01/22

 

 

55

 

 

57,865

 

Future Tax Secured, Series E (NPFGC), 5.25%,
2/01/22 (d)

 

 

2,445

 

 

2,625,979

 

Series S-2 (AGM), 5.00%, 1/15/37

 

 

5,000

 

 

5,076,200

 

Series S-2 (NPFGC), 4.25%, 1/15/34

 

 

5,980

 

 

5,565,048

 

New York City Transitional Finance Authority, Refunding
RB, Series A (FGIC), 5.00%, 11/15/26

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,037,920

 

New York Convention Center Development Corp., RB,
Hotel Unit Fee Secured (AMBAC):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.00%, 11/15/30

 

 

1,500

 

 

1,515,465

 

5.00%, 11/15/35

 

 

31,600

 

 

31,553,548

 

5.00%, 11/15/44

 

 

14,470

 

 

14,238,191

 

North Country Development Authority, Refunding RB
(AGM), 6.00%, 5/15/15

 

 

840

 

 

908,922

 

Sales Tax Asset Receivable Corp., RB, Series A (AMBAC),
5.00%, 10/15/32

 

 

11,200

 

 

11,496,352

 

Saint Lawrence County Industrial Development
Agency, RB, Clarkson University Project, 5.38%,
9/01/41

 

 

500

 

 

498,345

 

Syracuse Industrial Development Agency New York, RB,
Carousel Center Project, Series A, AMT (Syncora),
5.00%, 1/01/36

 

 

3,400

 

 

2,803,436

 

Town of Huntington New York, GO, Refunding (AMBAC):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.50%, 4/15/12

 

 

460

 

 

477,512

 

5.50%, 4/15/13

 

 

455

 

 

494,471

 

Town of North Hempstead New York, GO, Refunding,
Series B (NPFGC):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.40%, 4/01/13

 

 

1,745

 

 

1,911,281

 

6.40%, 4/01/17

 

 

555

 

 

686,252

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

171,599,263

 

Education — 16.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of Troy New York, Refunding RB, Rensselaer
Polytechnic, Series A, 5.13%, 9/01/40

 

 

5,725

 

 

5,610,214

 

Madison County Industrial Development Agency
New York, RB, Colgate University Project,
Series A (AMBAC):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.00%, 7/01/30

 

 

5,410

 

 

5,556,936

 

5.00%, 7/01/35

 

 

2,675

 

 

2,710,979

 

New York City Industrial Development Agency, RB,
New York University Project (BHAC), 5.00%, 7/01/41

 

 

7,000

 

 

6,988,940

 

New York City Industrial Development Agency,
Refunding RB, Nightingale-Bamford School (AMBAC),
5.25%, 1/15/18

 

 

1,275

 

 

1,338,253

 

New York City Transitional Finance Authority, RB,
Fiscal 2009, Series S-4 (AGC), 5.50%, 1/15/33

 

 

5,500

 

 

5,852,385

 

New York City Trust for Cultural Resources, Refunding
RB, Museum of Modern Art, Series 1A, 5.00%,
4/01/31

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,052,840

 

New York State Dormitory Authority, LRB, State
University Dormitory Facilities, Series A, 5.00%,
7/01/40

 

 

1,500

 

 

1,529,145

 


See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

ANNUAL REPORT

JULY 31, 2011

23




 

 

 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc. (MYN)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 

New York (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York State Dormitory Authority, RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Convent of the Sacred Heart (AGM), 5.75%,
11/01/40

 

$

2,075

 

$

2,182,360

 

Cornell University, Series A, 5.00%, 7/01/40

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,033,400

 

Fordham University, Series A, 5.00%, 7/01/28

 

 

325

 

 

338,673

 

Fordham University, Series A, 5.50%, 7/01/36

 

 

1,550

 

 

1,617,378

 

General Purpose, Series A, 4.50%, 3/15/35

 

 

2,000

 

 

1,957,160

 

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 5.13%, 7/01/39

 

 

665

 

 

665,612

 

Mount Sinai School of Medicine at NYU (NPFGC),
5.00%, 7/01/35

 

 

7,100

 

 

7,050,726

 

New School (AGM), 5.50%, 7/01/43

 

 

6,550

 

 

6,787,896

 

New York University, Series 1 (AMBAC), 5.50%,
7/01/40

 

 

4,580

 

 

5,096,532

 

New York University, Series A (AMBAC), 5.00%,
7/01/37

 

 

5,705

 

 

5,792,344

 

New York University, Series C, 5.00%, 7/01/38

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,036,220

 

Rockefeller University, Series A1, 5.00%,
7/01/32 (a)

 

 

2,500

 

 

2,518,950

 

State University Dormitory Facilities, Series A,
5.00%, 7/01/35

 

 

5,200

 

 

5,355,688

 

Rensselaer County Industrial Development Agency
New York, RB, Polytechnic Institute, Series B (AMBAC),
5.50%, 8/01/22

 

 

1,255

 

 

1,259,204

 

Tompkins County Development Corp., RB, Ithaca
College Project (AGM):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.50%, 7/01/33

 

 

500

 

 

528,590

 

5.25%, 7/01/36

 

 

860

 

 

876,607

 

Trust for Cultural Resources, RB, Carnegie Hall, Series A:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.75%, 12/01/39

 

 

3,550

 

 

3,458,055

 

5.00%, 12/01/39

 

 

2,150

 

 

2,161,502

 

Trust for Cultural Resources, Refunding RB, American
Museum of Natural History, Series A (NPFGC):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.00%, 7/01/36

 

 

4,750

 

 

4,797,357

 

5.00%, 7/01/44

 

 

500

 

 

503,625

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

86,657,571

 

Health — 8.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Duchess County Industrial Development Agency, RB,
Vassar Brothers Medical Center (AGC):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.50%, 4/01/30

 

 

250

 

 

257,603

 

5.50%, 4/01/34

 

 

490

 

 

502,372

 

Monroe County Industrial Development Corp., RB,
Unity Hospital of Rochester Project (FHA), 5.50%,
8/15/40

 

 

4,650

 

 

4,889,010

 

New York City Health & Hospital Corp., Refunding RB,
Health System, Series A, 5.00%, 2/15/30

 

 

2,200

 

 

2,227,412

 

New York City Industrial Development Agency, RB,
Royal Charter, New York Presbyterian (AGM), 5.75%,
12/15/29

 

 

7,970

 

 

8,237,075

 

New York State Dormitory Authority, MRB, Montefiore
Hospital (FGIC), 5.00%, 8/01/33

 

 

1,500

 

 

1,508,610

 

New York State Dormitory Authority, RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Healthcare, Series A, 5.00%, 3/15/38

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,056,060

 

Hudson Valley Hospital (BHAC), 5.00%, 8/15/36

 

 

6,500

 

 

6,591,195

 

New York & Presbyterian Hospital (AGM), 5.25%,
2/15/31

 

 

3,000

 

 

3,083,910

 

New York & Presbyterian Hospital (AGM), 5.00%,
8/15/36

 

 

5,000

 

 

5,023,700

 

New York University Hospitals Center, Series A,
5.75%, 7/01/31

 

 

3,450

 

 

3,561,538

 

New York University Hospitals Center, Series A,
5.00%, 7/01/36

 

 

1,500

 

 

1,448,145

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 

New York (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York State Dormitory Authority, RB (concluded):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York University Hospitals Center, Series A,
6.00%, 7/01/40

 

$

1,100

 

$

1,132,065

 

North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System,
Series A, 5.50%, 5/01/37

 

 

2,075

 

 

2,091,745

 

New York State Dormitory Authority, Refunding RB,
Saint Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital (FHA), 4.90%,
8/15/31

 

 

2,900

 

 

2,885,268

 

Oneida County Industrial Development Agency
New York, RB, Civic Facility, Mohawk Valley, Series A
(AGM), 5.20%, 2/01/13

 

 

720

 

 

733,716

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

46,229,424

 

Housing — 3.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monroe County Industrial Development Agency, IDRB,
Southview Towers Project, AMT (SONYMA):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.13%, 2/01/20

 

 

995

 

 

1,001,587

 

6.25%, 2/01/31

 

 

1,125

 

 

1,130,422

 

New York City Housing Development Corp., RB, AMT:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series A-1-A, 5.00%, 11/01/30

 

 

750

 

 

717,757

 

Series A-1-A, 5.45%, 11/01/46

 

 

1,335

 

 

1,243,179

 

Series C, 5.00%, 11/01/26

 

 

1,500

 

 

1,507,875

 

Series C, 5.05%, 11/01/36

 

 

2,000

 

 

1,880,360

 

Series H-1, 4.70%, 11/01/40

 

 

1,340

 

 

1,221,410

 

Series H-2-A, 5.20%, 11/01/35

 

 

840

 

 

803,149

 

Series H-2-A, 5.35%, 5/01/41

 

 

600

 

 

561,078

 

New York Mortgage Agency, Refunding RB, AMT:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Homeowner Mortgage, Series 97, 5.50%, 4/01/31

 

 

945

 

 

945,123

 

Series 133, 4.95%, 10/01/21

 

 

520

 

 

529,428

 

Series 143, 4.85%, 10/01/27

 

 

1,100

 

 

1,055,835

 

Series 143, 4.90%, 10/01/37

 

 

980

 

 

932,764

 

Series 143 (NPFGC), 4.85%, 10/01/27

 

 

2,485

 

 

2,443,824

 

New York State HFA, RB, St. Philips Housing, Series A,
AMT (Fannie Mae), 4.65%, 11/15/38

 

 

1,500

 

 

1,401,645

 

Yonkers Industrial Development Agency New York, RB,
Monastery Manor Associates LP Project, AMT
(SONYMA), 5.25%, 4/01/37

 

 

2,445

 

 

2,341,821

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,717,257

 

State — 8.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York State Dormitory Authority, ERB, Series C,
5.00%, 12/15/31

 

 

6,230

 

 

6,494,837

 

New York State Dormitory Authority, RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Master BOCES Program Lease (AGC), 5.00%,
8/15/28

 

 

1,750

 

 

1,844,693

 

Mental Health Services Facilities, Series B,
5.25%, 2/15/14 (d)

 

 

1,570

 

 

1,748,352

 

Mental Health Services Facilities, Series C, AMT
(AGM), 5.40%, 2/15/33

 

 

6,460

 

 

6,504,897

 

School Districts Financing Program, Series A
(AGM), 5.00%, 10/01/35

 

 

550

 

 

557,541

 

School Districts Financing Program, Series C
(AGM), 5.00%, 10/01/37

 

 

4,050

 

 

4,096,858

 

School Districts Financing Program, Series E
(NPFGC), 5.75%, 10/01/30

 

 

6,900

 

 

7,181,658

 

New York State Thruway Authority, RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second General, Series B, 5.00%, 4/01/27

 

 

1,500

 

 

1,585,440

 

Series A (AMBAC), 5.00%, 4/01/26

 

 

4,380

 

 

4,662,641

 

New York State Urban Development Corp., RB (NPFGC):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personal Income Tax, Series C-1, 5.00%,
3/15/13 (d)

 

 

3,000

 

 

3,227,460

 

State Personal Income Tax, State Facilities, Series A-1,
5.00%, 3/15/29

 

 

5,000

 

 

5,159,950

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

43,064,327

 


See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

24

ANNUAL REPORT

JULY 31, 2011




 

 

 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc. (MYN)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 

New York (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tobacco — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp. New York, RB,
Asset-Backed:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series A-1 (AMBAC), 5.25%, 6/01/20

 

$

5,000

 

$

5,323,650

 

Series B-1C, 5.50%, 6/01/22

 

 

1,900

 

 

2,028,687

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,352,337

 

Transportation — 28.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corp., RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(AGC), 5.00%, 2/15/47

 

 

4,300

 

 

4,112,262

 

Series A (AGM), 5.00%, 2/15/47

 

 

6,840

 

 

6,541,366

 

Series A (NPFGC), 5.00%, 2/15/47

 

 

550

 

 

525,987

 

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2008C, 6.50%, 11/15/28

 

 

3,200

 

 

3,701,568

 

Transportation, Series D, 5.25%, 11/15/29

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,053,280

 

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Refunding RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series A, 5.13%, 1/01/29

 

 

3,000

 

 

3,016,650

 

Series A (AGM), 5.00%, 11/15/32

 

 

1,015

 

 

1,020,227

 

Series A (AGM), 5.75%, 11/15/32

 

 

29,300

 

 

30,452,662

 

Series A (NPFGC), 5.13%, 11/15/22

 

 

1,390

 

 

1,444,697

 

Series A (NPFGC), 5.25%, 11/15/31

 

 

2,500

 

 

2,516,575

 

Series B, 5.00%, 11/15/34

 

 

1,500

 

 

1,538,805

 

Series C (AGM), 5.13%, 7/01/12 (d)

 

 

1,640

 

 

1,714,374

 

Transportation, Series F (NPFGC), 5.25%,
11/15/12 (d)

 

 

6,235

 

 

6,636,783

 

Transportation, Series F (NPFGC), 5.00%, 11/15/31

 

 

5,000

 

 

5,017,650

 

New York State Thruway Authority, RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series F (AMBAC), 5.00%, 1/01/30

 

 

6,000

 

 

6,112,980

 

Series G (AGM), 4.75%, 1/01/29

 

 

7,250

 

 

7,458,655

 

Series G (AGM), 4.75%, 1/01/30

 

 

9,000

 

 

9,183,510

 

Series G (AGM), 5.00%, 1/01/30

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,062,340

 

Series G (AGM), 5.00%, 1/01/32

 

 

1,030

 

 

1,054,988

 

Niagara Falls Bridge Commission, Refunding RB,
Bridge System, Series A (AGC), 4.00%, 10/01/19

 

 

1,900

 

 

2,030,872

 

Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority New York, RB,
Buffalo Niagara International Airport, Series B
(NPFGC), 5.50%, 4/01/19

 

 

2,705

 

 

2,704,838

 

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey,
RB, Consolidated:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

116th Series, 4.13%, 9/15/32

 

 

2,700

 

 

2,605,635

 

124th Series, AMT (NPFGC), 5.00%, 8/01/36

 

 

500

 

 

500,000

 

163rd Series, 5.00%, 7/15/35

 

 

2,500

 

 

2,585,700

 

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, RB, JFK
International Air Terminal, Special Project, Series 6,
AMT (NPFGC):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.25%, 12/01/11

 

 

7,175

 

 

7,255,432

 

6.25%, 12/01/13

 

 

4,425

 

 

4,645,719

 

6.25%, 12/01/14

 

 

7,380

 

 

7,827,597

 

5.75%, 12/01/22

 

 

10,160

 

 

10,104,018

 

5.75%, 12/01/25

 

 

3,500

 

 

3,403,225

 

Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority, RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sub-Series A (NPFGC), 5.25%, 11/15/30

 

 

6,000

 

 

6,138,660

 

Subordinate Bonds (AMBAC), 5.00%, 11/15/28

 

 

2,465

 

 

2,509,715

 

Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority, Refunding RB,
Series C, 5.00%, 11/15/38

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,053,960

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

149,530,730

 

Utilities — 10.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buffalo Sewer Authority New York, Refunding RB,
Series F (NPFGC), 6.00%, 7/01/13

 

 

2,275

 

 

2,389,091

 

Long Island Power Authority, RB, Series A (AMBAC),
5.00%, 9/01/29

 

 

7,000

 

 

7,091,560

 

Long Island Power Authority, Refunding RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General, Series A (AGC), 6.00%, 5/01/33

 

 

1,500

 

 

1,656,135

 

General, Series B (AGM), 5.00%, 12/01/35

 

 

4,000

 

 

4,049,440

 

Series A (AGC), 5.75%, 4/01/39

 

 

1,015

 

 

1,089,663

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 

New York (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Utilities (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second General Resolution, Series HH, 5.00%,
6/15/32

 

$

10,600

 

$

11,174,096

 

Series B, 5.00%, 6/15/36

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,039,740

 

Series DD, 5.00%, 6/15/32

 

 

6,750

 

 

7,020,270

 

Series DD (AGM), 4.50%, 6/15/39

 

 

1,000

 

 

966,040

 

Series G (AGM), 5.00%, 6/15/34

 

 

4,225

 

 

4,227,451

 

New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority,
Refunding RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second General Resolution, Fiscal 2011,
Series BB, 5.00%, 6/15/31

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,056,450

 

Series A (AGM), 4.25%, 6/15/39

 

 

500

 

 

465,365

 

Series A (NPFGC), 5.13%, 6/15/34

 

 

1,250

 

 

1,259,375

 

Series D (AGM), 5.00%, 6/15/37

 

 

9,000

 

 

9,126,090

 

New York State Environmental Facilities Corp., RB,
Revolving Funds, New York City Municipal Water,
5.00%, 6/15/36

 

 

2,100

 

 

2,179,485

 

New York State Environmental Facilities Corp.,
Refunding RB, Revolving Funds, New York City
Municipal Water, Series B, 5.00%, 6/15/33

 

 

1,040

 

 

1,082,266

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

56,872,517

 

Total Municipal Bonds in New York

 

 

 

 

 

611,544,572

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guam — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transportation — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guam International Airport Authority, Refunding RB,
General, Series C, AMT (NPFGC):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.25%, 10/01/21

 

 

2,240

 

 

2,243,539

 

5.25%, 10/01/22

 

 

2,050

 

 

2,052,460

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,295,999

 

Utilities — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guam Power Authority, Refunding RB, Series A (AGM),
5.00%, 10/01/37

 

 

1,380

 

 

1,362,046

 

Total Municipal Bonds in Guam

 

 

 

 

 

5,658,045

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Puerto Rico — 13.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Housing — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Puerto Rico Housing Finance Authority, Refunding RB,
Subordinate, Capital Fund Modernization, 5.13%,
12/01/27

 

 

4,000

 

 

4,074,400

 

State — 7.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, GO, Refunding (NPFGC):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Public Improvement, Series A, 5.50%, 7/01/20

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,164,660

 

Sub-Series C-7, 6.00%, 7/01/27

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,106,160

 

Sub-Series C-7, 6.00%, 7/01/28

 

 

4,775

 

 

5,019,958

 

(AMBAC), 4.67%, 7/01/35

 

 

3,900

 

 

718,770

 

(AMBAC), 5.02%, 7/01/43

 

 

8,000

 

 

817,360

 

(FGIC), 4.62%, 7/01/31

 

 

22,030

 

 

5,712,599

 

Puerto Rico Convention Center Authority, RB, Series A
(AMBAC), 5.00%, 7/01/31

 

 

4,000

 

 

3,787,360

 

Puerto Rico Highway & Transportation Authority,
Refunding RB, Series CC (AGM), 5.50%, 7/01/31

 

 

2,500

 

 

2,649,900

 

Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority, Refunding RB,
Government Facilities, Series M-3 (NPFGC), 6.00%,
7/01/28

 

 

2,850

 

 

3,002,988

 


 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

ANNUAL REPORT

JULY 31, 2011

25




 

 

 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc. (MYN)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 

Puerto Rico (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp., RB, First
Sub-Series A:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(AGM), 5.00%, 8/01/40

 

$

2,100

 

$

2,074,632

 

5.63%, 8/01/30

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,073,520

 

5.75%, 8/01/37

 

 

7,150

 

 

7,329,536

 

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp., Refunding RB,
CAB, Series A (NPFGC):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.76%, 8/01/41 (c)

 

 

12,800

 

 

1,826,688

 

5.98%, 8/01/43 (c)

 

 

4,000

 

 

497,960

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

39,782,091

 

Transportation — 3.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Puerto Rico Highway & Transportation Authority, RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series G (FGIC), 5.25%, 7/01/13 (d)

 

 

655

 

 

716,963

 

Series G (FGIC), 5.25%, 7/01/21

 

 

345

 

 

349,226

 

Series Y (AGM), 6.25%, 7/01/21

 

 

6,275

 

 

7,136,369

 

Puerto Rico Highway & Transportation Authority,
Refunding RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series AA-1 (AGM), 4.95%, 7/01/26

 

 

6,190

 

 

6,261,000

 

Series CC (AGM), 5.50%, 7/01/29

 

 

2,500

 

 

2,686,775

 

Series D, 5.75%, 7/01/12 (d)

 

 

3,000

 

 

3,150,450

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,300,783

 

Utilities — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Puerto Rico Aqueduct & Sewer Authority, RB, Senior Lien,
Series A (AGC), 5.13%, 7/01/47

 

 

1,950

 

 

1,921,862

 

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, RB, Series RR
(NPFGC), 5.00%, 7/01/24

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,017,040

 

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, Refunding RB,
Series VV (NPFGC), 5.25%, 7/01/30

 

 

3,000

 

 

3,021,390

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,960,292

 

Total Municipal Bonds in Puerto Rico

 

 

 

 

 

70,117,566

 

Total Municipal Bonds — 129.7%

 

 

 

 

 

687,320,183

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds Transferred to
Tender Option Bond Trusts (e)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York — 28.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County/City/Special District/
School District — 11.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of New York New York, GO:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series J, 5.00%, 5/15/23

 

 

6,750

 

 

7,254,292

 

Sub-Series C-3 (AGC), 5.75%, 8/15/28

 

 

14,400

 

 

16,144,416

 

New York State Dormitory Authority, RB, State University
Dormitory Facilities, Series A, 5.25%, 7/01/29

 

 

6,000

 

 

6,441,540

 

Sales Tax Asset Receivable Corp., RB, Series A (AMBAC):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.25%, 10/15/27

 

 

13,000

 

 

13,788,710

 

5.00%, 10/15/32

 

 

16,000

 

 

16,970,720

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

60,599,678

 

Education — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York State Dormitory Authority, RB, New York
University, Series A, 5.00%, 7/01/38

 

 

6,498

 

 

6,615,863

 

State — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York State Dormitory Authority, ERB, Series B,
5.75%, 3/15/36

 

 

7,850

 

 

8,642,065

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds Transferred to
Tender Option Bond Trusts (e)

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 

New York (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transportation — 13.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, RB, Series A
(NPFGC), 5.00%, 11/15/31

 

$

3,901

 

$

3,980,726

 

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Refunding RB,
Series A (AGM), 5.00%, 11/15/30

 

 

8,460

 

 

8,503,569

 

New York State Thruway Authority, RB, Series G (AGM),
5.00%, 1/01/32

 

 

16,000

 

 

16,388,160

 

New York State Thruway Authority, Refunding RB,
Series H (AGM), 5.00%, 1/01/37

 

 

10,000

 

 

10,164,300

 

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, RB,
Consolidated, 155th Series, AMT (AGM), 5.13%,
7/15/30

 

 

2,500

 

 

2,549,800

 

Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority, Refunding
RB (NPFGC):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.25%, 11/15/23

 

 

7,000

 

 

7,316,890

 

5.00%, 11/15/32

 

 

19,677

 

 

19,815,713

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

68,719,158

 

Utilities — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fiscal 2009, Series A, 5.75%, 6/15/40

 

 

4,094

 

 

4,500,277

 

Series FF-2, 5.50%, 6/15/40

 

 

2,759

 

 

2,951,772

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,452,049

 

Total Municipal Bonds Transferred to
Tender Option Bond Trusts — 28.7%

 

 

 

 

 

152,028,813

 

Total Long-Term Investments
(Cost — $832,686,181) — 158.4%

 

 

 

 

 

839,348,996

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

 

Shares

 

 

 

 

BIF New York Municipal Money Fund, 0.00% (f)(g)

 

 

14,521,616

 

 

14,521,616

 

Total Short-Term Securities
(Cost — $14,521,616) — 2.7%

 

 

 

 

 

14,521,616

 

Total Investments (Cost — $847,207,797*)% — 161.1

 

 

 

 

 

853,870,612

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

2,549,029

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liability for TOB Trust Certificates, Including
Interest Expense and Fees Payable — (14.9)%

 

 

 

 

 

(78,661,402

)

VRDP Shares, at Liquidation Value — (46.7)%

 

 

 

 

 

(247,700,000

)

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares– 100.0%

 

 

 

 

$

530,058,239

 


 

 

*

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of July 31, 2011, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate cost

 

 

 

 

$

769,048,112

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

 

 

 

$

23,401,442

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

 

 

 

 

(17,193,746

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

 

 

 

$

6,207,696

 


 

 

(a)

Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.

 

 

(b)

When-issued security. Unsettled when-issued transactions were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counterparty

 

Value

 

Unrealized
Appreciation

 

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

 

$

2,018,309

 

$

4,914

 


 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

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ANNUAL REPORT

JULY 31, 2011

 



 

 

 

 

Schedule of Investments (concluded)

BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc. (MYN)


 

 

(c)

Represents a zero-coupon bond. Rate shown reflects the current yield as of report date.

 

 

(d)

US 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)

Securities represent bonds transferred to a TOB in exchange for which the Fund acquired residual interest certificates. These securities serve as collateral in a financing transaction. See Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details of municipal bonds transferred to TOBs.

 

 

(f)

Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Fund during the year, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliate

 

Shares Held
at July 31,
2010

 

Net
Activity

 

Shares Held
at July 31,
2011

 

Income

 

BIF New York Municipal
Money Fund

 

 

8,174,307

 

 

6,347,309

 

 

14,521,616

 

$

12

 


 

 

(g)

Represents the current yield as of report date.

 

 

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

 

 

Financial futures contracts sold as of July 31, 2011 were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contracts

 

Issue

 

Exchange

 

Expiration

 

Notional
Value

 

Unrealized
Depreciation

 

146

 

30-Year US
Treasury Note

 

Chicago
Board of Trade

 

September
2011

 

$

18,186,988

 

$

(519,262

)


 

 

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. These inputs are categorized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes as follows:


 

 

 

 

Level 1 — price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets and liabilities

 

 

 

 

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 Fund’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments)

The categorization of a value determined for investments and derivative financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and derivative financial instrument and does not necessarily correspond to the Fund’s perceived risk of investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments and derivative financial instruments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following tables summarize the inputs used as of July 31, 2011 in determining the fair valuation of the Fund’s investments and derivative financial instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-Term
Investments1

 

 

 

$

839,348,996

 

 

 

$

839,348,996

 

Short-Term
Securities

 

$

14,521,616

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,521,616

 

Total

 

$

14,521,616

 

$

839,348,996

 

 

 

$

853,870,612

 


 

 

 

 

1

See above Schedule of Investments for values in each sector.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Derivative Financial
Instruments2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate
contracts

 

$

(519,262

)

 

 

 

 

$

(519,262

)


 

 

 

 

2

Derivative financial instruments are financial futures contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.


 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

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JULY 31, 2011

27




 

 

 

 

 

Schedule of Investments July 31, 2011

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc. (MYI)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value


Alabama — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Birmingham Special Care Facilities Financing Authority,
RB, Children’s Hospital (AGC), 6.00%, 6/01/39

 

$

3,605

 

$

3,856,881

 

Alaska — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alaska Housing Finance Corp., RB, General Housing,
Series B (NPFGC), 5.25%, 12/01/30

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,030,380

 

Borough of Matanuska-Susitna Alaska, RB, Goose
Creek Correctional Center (AGC), 6.00%, 9/01/28

 

 

10,150

 

 

11,503,198

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,533,578

 

Arizona — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maricopa County & Phoenix Industrial Development
Authorities, Refunding RB, S/F, Series A-2, AMT
(Ginnie Mae), 5.80%, 7/01/40

 

 

1,670

 

 

1,702,883

 

Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power
District, RB, 5.00%, 1/01/38

 

 

3,500

 

 

3,578,925

 

State of Arizona, COP, Department of Administration,
Series A (AGM):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.00%, 10/01/27

 

 

3,725

 

 

3,850,942

 

5.25%, 10/01/28

 

 

1,600

 

 

1,674,512

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,807,262

 

California — 14.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority, Refunding
RB, CAB, Subordinate Lien, Series A (AMBAC), 5.40%,
10/01/24 (a)

 

 

10,000

 

 

8,299,900

 

California Health Facilities Financing Authority,
Refunding RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

St. Joseph Health System, Series A,
5.75%, 7/01/39

 

 

1,550

 

 

1,567,593

 

Sutter Health, Series B, 5.88%, 8/15/31

 

 

3,200

 

 

3,418,432

 

California HFA, RB, Home Mortgage, Series K, AMT,
5.50%, 2/01/42

 

 

4,530

 

 

4,600,124

 

California State University, RB, Systemwide, Series A:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.50%, 11/01/39

 

 

1,525

 

 

1,560,594

 

(NPFGC), 5.00%, 11/01/32

 

 

9,865

 

 

9,825,836

 

California State University, Refunding RB, Systemwide,
Series A (AGM), 5.00%, 11/01/37

 

 

3,545

 

 

3,508,912

 

California Statewide Communities Development
Authority, RB (AGM):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

St. Joseph Health System, Series E,
5.25%, 7/01/47

 

 

5,000

 

 

4,899,250

 

Sutter Health, Series D, 5.05%, 8/15/38

 

 

500

 

 

487,745

 

City of Redding California, COP, Refunding, Series A
(AGM), 5.00%, 6/01/30

 

 

1,900

 

 

1,938,456

 

City of San Jose California, RB, Series A-1, AMT,
5.75%, 3/01/34

 

 

2,300

 

 

2,279,760

 

City of San Jose California, Refunding RB, Series A, AMT
(AMBAC), 5.50%, 3/01/32

 

 

11,965

 

 

11,550,054

 

County of Sacramento California, RB, Senior Series A
(AGM), 5.00%, 7/01/41

 

 

15,000

 

 

14,524,500

 

Dublin Unified School District California, GO, CAB,
Election of 2004, Series D, 6.96%, 8/01/34 (b)

 

 

5,000

 

 

1,052,350

 

Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District California, GO,
Election of 2002 (NPFGC), 5.50%, 8/01/28

 

 

5,800

 

 

6,068,424

 

Los Angeles Community College District California, GO,
Election of 2001, Series A (AGM), 5.00%, 8/01/32

 

 

1,200

 

 

1,230,000

 

Los Angeles Municipal Improvement Corp., RB,
Series B1 (NPFGC), 4.75%, 8/01/37

 

 

14,000

 

 

12,055,260

 

Mendocino-Lake Community College District, GO,
Election of 2006, Series A (NPFGC), 5.00%, 8/01/31

 

 

1,485

 

 

1,501,870

 

Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District California,
GO, Refunding, CAB, Election of 2002, Series E (AGC),
6.47%, 8/01/38 (b)

 

 

7,620

 

 

1,204,112

 

Oceanside Unified School District California, GO,
Series A (AGC), 5.25%, 8/01/33

 

 

2,500

 

 

2,561,775

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value


California (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port of Oakland, RB, Series K, AMT (NPFGC),
5.75%, 11/01/29

 

$

3,645

 

$

3,645,729

 

Port of Oakland, Refunding RB, Series M (NPFGC),
5.38%, 11/01/27

 

 

8,030

 

 

8,044,213

 

Riverside County Public Financing Authority, Tax
Allocation Bonds, Redevelopment Projects (Syncora),
5.00%, 10/01/35

 

 

10,000

 

 

7,818,700

 

San Bernardino Community College District, GO,
Election of 2002, Series C (AGM), 5.00%, 8/01/31

 

 

2,165

 

 

2,190,785

 

San Joaquin County Transportation Authority, RB,
Limited Tax, Measure K, Series A, 6.00%, 3/01/36

 

 

1,830

 

 

2,004,454

 

San Marcos Unified School District, GO, Election of
2010, Series A:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.00%, 8/01/34

 

 

1,800

 

 

1,811,268

 

5.00%, 8/01/38

 

 

1,600

 

 

1,590,608

 

State of California, GO, Series 2007-2 (NPFGC),
5.50%, 4/01/30

 

 

10

 

 

10,294

 

Stockton Public Financing Authority California, RB,
Parking & Capital Projects (NPFGC), 5.25%, 9/01/34

 

 

5,000

 

 

4,805,850

 

Turlock Irrigation District, Refunding RB,
5.50%, 1/01/41 (c)

 

 

2,300

 

 

2,369,782

 

West Valley-Mission Community College District, GO,
Election of 2004, Series A (AGM), 5.00%, 8/01/30

 

 

3,600

 

 

3,663,720

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

132,090,350

 

District of Columbia — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, RB, Series B,
AMT (AMBAC), 5.00%, 10/01/32

 

 

10,000

 

 

10,015,100

 

Florida — 16.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Broward County School Board Florida, COP, Series A
(AGM), 5.25%, 7/01/33

 

 

15,000

 

 

15,269,250

 

City of Orlando Florida, RB, Senior, 6th Cent Contract
Payments, Series A (AGC), 5.25%, 11/01/38

 

 

13,850

 

 

12,937,285

 

Collier County School Board, COP (AGM),
5.00%, 2/15/23

 

 

5,000

 

 

5,308,200

 

County of Broward Florida, RB, Series A,
5.25%, 10/01/34

 

 

2,250

 

 

2,363,580

 

County of Miami-Dade Florida, GO, Building Better
Communities Program:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series B, 6.38%, 7/01/28

 

 

6,000

 

 

6,693,480

 

Series B-1, 5.75%, 7/01/33

 

 

3,700

 

 

3,945,162

 

County of Miami-Dade Florida, RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Miami International Airport, AMT (NPFGC),
5.38%, 10/01/25

 

 

7,500

 

 

7,594,125

 

Miami International Airport, AMT (NPFGC),
5.38%, 10/01/27

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,007,770

 

Miami International Airport, Series A, AMT (AGM),
5.50%, 10/01/41

 

 

19,020

 

 

18,446,737

 

Water & Sewer System (AGM), 5.00%, 10/01/39

 

 

11,700

 

 

11,827,881

 

County of Miami-Dade Florida, Refunding RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Miami International Airport, AMT (AGC),
5.00%, 10/01/40

 

 

11,000

 

 

9,910,450

 

Miami International Airport, Series A,
(AGM), 5.00%, 7/01/35

 

 

2,800

 

 

2,809,632

 

Miami International Airport, Series A, AMT (AGC),
5.00%, 10/01/35

 

 

2,100

 

 

1,926,246

 

Series C (BHAC), 6.00%, 10/01/23

 

 

20,095

 

 

23,136,378

 

Highlands County Health Facilities Authority, RB,
Adventist Health System/Sunbelt, Series B,
6.00%, 11/15/37

 

 

1,750

 

 

1,854,073

 

Miami-Dade County School Board, COP, Refunding RB,
Series B (AGC), 5.25%, 5/01/31

 

 

1,390

 

 

1,435,328

 

Orange County School Board, COP, Series A (AGC),
5.50%, 8/01/34

 

 

12,000

 

 

12,399,840

 

Sarasota County Public Hospital District, RB, Sarasota
Memorial Hospital Project, Series A, 5.63%, 7/01/39

 

 

5,135

 

 

5,188,661

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

144,054,078

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

28

ANNUAL REPORT

JULY 31, 2011




 

 

 

 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc. (MYI)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds


Par
(000)


Value


Georgia — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of Atlanta Georgia, RB, General, Series B (AGM),
5.25%, 1/01/33

 

$

12,500

 

$

12,644,375

 

Gwinnett County Hospital Authority, Refunding RB,
Gwinnett Hospital System, Series D (AGM),
5.50%, 7/01/41

 

 

2,275

 

 

2,299,615

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,943,990

 

Illinois — 17.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chicago Board of Education Illinois, GO, Refunding,
CAB, School Reform, Series A (NPFGC),
5.39%, 12/01/22 (b)

 

 

7,430

 

 

4,072,309

 

Chicago Park District, GO, Harbor Facilities, Series C,
5.25%, 1/01/40

 

 

1,505

 

 

1,539,750

 

City of Chicago Illinois, ARB, General, Third Lien,
Series B-2, AMT (NPFGC):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.25%, 1/01/27

 

 

10,000

 

 

10,024,300

 

6.00%, 1/01/27

 

 

26,230

 

 

26,796,306

 

City of Chicago Illinois, GO, CAB, City Colleges
(NPFGC) (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.57%, 1/01/29

 

 

5,000

 

 

1,764,100

 

5.70%, 1/01/33

 

 

7,950

 

 

2,027,965

 

City of Chicago Illinois, GO, Refunding, Series B (AGM),
5.00%, 1/01/24

 

 

5,000

 

 

5,150,400

 

City of Chicago Illinois, RB, O’Hare International Airport,
General Third Lien, Series A, 5.75%, 1/01/39

 

 

9,000

 

 

9,391,860

 

City of Chicago Illinois, Refunding ARB, O’Hare
International Airport, General Third Lien, Series C-2,
AMT (AGM), 5.25%, 1/01/30

 

 

16,400

 

 

16,076,920

 

County of Cook Illinois, GO, Refunding, Series A, 5.25%,
11/15/33

 

 

3,700

 

 

3,843,079

 

Illinois Finance Authority, RB, Series A, 5.75%, 8/15/34

 

 

8,700

 

 

8,568,717

 

Illinois Finance Authority, Refunding RB, Northwestern
Memorial Hospital, Series A, 6.00%, 8/15/39

 

 

5,250

 

 

5,604,847

 

Illinois Municipal Electric Agency, RB, Series A (NPFGC):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.00%, 2/01/35

 

 

21,200

 

 

21,230,316

 

5.25%, 2/01/35

 

 

15,000

 

 

15,178,500

 

Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, RB, Series B:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.50%, 1/01/33

 

 

4,000

 

 

4,130,720

 

(BHAC), 5.50%, 1/01/33

 

 

2,000

 

 

2,095,640

 

Kane, Kendall, Etc. Counties Community College
District No. 516 Illinois, GO, CAB, Series E (NPFGC),
5.21%, 12/15/25 (b)

 

 

8,750

 

 

3,972,150

 

Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, RB, CAB,
McCormick Place Expansion Project, Series A
(NPFGC) (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.75%, 6/15/32

 

 

14,000

 

 

4,062,380

 

6.00%, 12/15/34

 

 

10,000

 

 

2,410,200

 

Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, Refunding RB,
CAB, McCormick Place Expansion Project, Series B
(AGM) (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.83%, 6/15/27

 

 

3,575

 

 

1,485,091

 

6.25%, 6/15/44

 

 

9,430

 

 

1,180,919

 

Railsplitter Tobacco Settlement Authority, RB,
6.00%, 6/01/28

 

 

1,700

 

 

1,750,745

 

Regional Transportation Authority, RB, Series C (NPFGC),
7.75%, 6/01/20

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,229,420

 

State of Illinois, RB, Build Illinois, Series B,
5.25%, 6/15/34

 

 

3,500

 

 

3,551,625

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

157,138,259

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds


Par
(000)


Value


Indiana — 3.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of Indianapolis Indiana, Refunding RB, Second
Lien, Series B (AGC), 5.25%, 8/15/27

 

$

5,000

 

$

5,261,100

 

Indiana Municipal Power Agency, RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series A (NPFGC), 5.00%, 1/01/37

 

 

4,750

 

 

4,752,042

 

Series B, 5.75%, 1/01/34

 

 

1,050

 

 

1,071,546

 

Series B, 6.00%, 1/01/39

 

 

5,000

 

 

5,306,650

 

Indianapolis Local Public Improvement Bond Bank,
Refunding RB, Waterworks Project, Series A:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.75%, 1/01/38

 

 

2,900

 

 

3,053,555

 

(AGC), 5.25%, 1/01/29

 

 

1,350

 

 

1,428,948

 

(AGC), 5.50%, 1/01/38

 

 

6,800

 

 

7,111,304

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27,985,145

 

Iowa — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iowa Finance Authority, RB, Series A (AGC),
5.63%, 8/15/37

 

 

12,650

 

 

13,083,389

 

Kentucky — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kentucky State Property & Buildings Commission,
Refunding RB, Project No. 93 (AGC),
5.25%, 2/01/28

 

 

4,000

 

 

4,270,640

 

Louisville & Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer
District Kentucky, RB, Series A (NPFGC),
5.25%, 5/15/37

 

 

10,000

 

 

10,256,600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,527,240

 

Louisiana — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Orleans Aviation Board Louisiana, RB, New
Orleans Aviation, Series A, AMT (AGM), 5.25%, 1/01/32

 

 

6,855

 

 

6,902,985

 

Massachusetts — 4.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Massachusetts HFA, RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S/F Housing, Series 128, AMT (AGM), 4.88%,
12/01/38 (d)

 

 

8,460

 

 

8,096,305

 

Series B, 7.00%, 12/01/38

 

 

3,440

 

 

3,782,658

 

Massachusetts HFA, Refunding RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Housing Development, Series B (NPFGC),
5.40%, 12/01/28

 

 

1,835

 

 

1,834,963

 

Rental Housing, Series A, AMT (AGM),
5.15%, 7/01/26

 

 

15,490

 

 

15,601,993

 

Series C, AMT, 5.35%, 12/01/42

 

 

3,100

 

 

3,017,106

 

Massachusetts Port Authority, Refunding RB, BOSFUEL
Project, AMT (NPFGC), 5.00%, 7/01/38

 

 

9,925

 

 

9,037,506

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

41,370,531

 

Michigan — 9.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of Detroit Michigan, RB, Series B (AGM):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second Lien, 6.25%, 7/01/36

 

 

1,075

 

 

1,170,761

 

Second Lien, 7.00%, 7/01/36

 

 

500

 

 

573,885

 

Senior Lien, 7.50%, 7/01/33

 

 

1,800

 

 

2,122,254

 

City of Detroit Michigan, Refunding RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Lien, Series C-1 (AGM), 7.00%, 7/01/27

 

 

1,500

 

 

1,761,705

 

Senior Lien, Series D (AGM), 5.00%, 7/01/23

 

 

9,085

 

 

9,187,297

 

Series C (NPFGC), 5.00%, 7/01/22

 

 

4,540

 

 

4,602,697

 

Series D (NPFGC), 5.00%, 7/01/33

 

 

5,000

 

 

4,732,300

 

Kalamazoo Hospital Finance Authority, RB, Bronson
Methodist Hospital (AGM), 5.25%, 5/15/36

 

 

1,160

 

 

1,165,580

 

Lansing Board of Water & Light Utilities, RB, Series A,
5.50%, 7/01/41

 

 

3,185

 

 

3,374,699

 

Michigan State Building Authority, Refunding RB,
Facilities Program:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series I, 6.25%, 10/15/38

 

 

3,125

 

 

3,339,281

 

Series I (AGC), 5.25%, 10/15/24

 

 

1,750

 

 

1,898,908

 

Series I (AGC), 5.25%, 10/15/25

 

 

3,250

 

 

3,501,550

 

Series I-A, 5.38%, 10/15/36

 

 

3,075

 

 

3,097,570

 

Series I-A, 5.38%, 10/15/41

 

 

1,900

 

 

1,913,946

 

Series II-A (AGM), 5.25%, 10/15/36

 

 

8,040

 

 

8,108,903

 


 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

ANNUAL REPORT

JULY 31, 2011

29




 

 

 

 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc. (MYI)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 

Michigan (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michigan State HDA, RB, Series C, AMT,
5.50%, 12/01/28

 

$

2,900

 

$

2,911,861

 

Michigan Strategic Fund, Refunding RB, Detroit Edison
Co. Project, Series A, AMT (Syncora), 5.50%, 6/01/30

 

 

5,000

 

 

4,919,000

 

State of Michigan, RB, GAB (AGM):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.25%, 9/15/22

 

 

10,000

 

 

10,907,700

 

5.25%, 9/15/26

 

 

6,650

 

 

7,052,990

 

Wayne County Airport Authority, Refunding RB, AMT
(AGC), 5.38%, 12/01/32

 

 

5,000

 

 

4,860,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

81,203,387

 

Minnesota — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of Minneapolis Minnesota, Refunding RB, Fairview
Health Services, Series B (AGC), 6.50%, 11/15/38

 

 

5,500

 

 

5,991,590

 

Missouri — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Missouri Housing Development Commission, RB, S/F
Homeowner Loan, Series C-1, AMT (Ginnie Mae),
7.15%, 3/01/32

 

 

55

 

 

56,598

 

Nevada — 4.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of Las Vegas Nevada, GO, Limited Tax, Performing
Arts Center, 6.00%, 4/01/34

 

 

2,250

 

 

2,442,443

 

County of Clark Nevada, RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, Series A
(AGC), 5.25%, 7/01/39

 

 

5,170

 

 

5,197,711

 

Subordinate Lien, Series A-2 (NPFGC),
5.00%, 7/01/30

 

 

20,000

 

 

20,096,200

 

Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority, RB (AMBAC),
5.00%, 7/01/37

 

 

8,500

 

 

7,994,335

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

35,730,689

 

New Jersey — 5.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Jersey EDA, RB, Cigarette Tax, 5.75%, 6/15/34

 

 

4,000

 

 

3,818,760

 

New Jersey EDA, Refunding RB, School Facilities
Construction, Series N-1:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(AMBAC), 5.50%, 9/01/24

 

 

10,000

 

 

11,032,800

 

(NPFGC), 5.50%, 9/01/28

 

 

1,685

 

 

1,835,841

 

New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance
Authority, RB, Series 1, AMT:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.50%, 12/01/25

 

 

1,250

 

 

1,284,638

 

5.50%, 12/01/26

 

 

1,800

 

 

1,835,406

 

5.75%, 12/01/28

 

 

200

 

 

204,836

 

5.88%, 12/01/33

 

 

6,475

 

 

6,556,973

 

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, RB,
Transportation System:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAB, Series C (AGC), 5.72%, 12/15/25 (b)

 

 

15,735

 

 

7,093,181

 

Series A, 5.25%, 6/15/30

 

 

6,150

 

 

6,394,770

 

Series A (NPFGC), 5.75%, 6/15/25

 

 

4,250

 

 

4,821,965

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

44,879,170

 

New York — 2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of New York New York, GO, Series J,
5.25%, 5/15/24

 

 

10,000

 

 

10,773,400

 

New York City Transitional Finance Authority, RB, Fiscal
2009, Series S-4, 5.50%, 1/15/34

 

 

7,250

 

 

7,752,425

 

New York State Dormitory Authority, ERB, Series B,
5.25%, 3/15/38

 

 

3,250

 

 

3,409,997

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,935,822

 

North Carolina — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

North Carolina Medical Care Commission, RB, Novant
Health Obligation, Series A, 4.75%, 11/01/43

 

 

6,175

 

 

5,249,182

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 

Ohio — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Lucas Ohio, Refunding RB, Promedica
Healthcare, Series A, 6.50%, 11/15/37

 

$

3,000

 

$

3,335,400

 

Ohio Higher Educational Facility Commission,
Refunding RB, Summa Health System, 2010 Project
(AGC), 5.25%, 11/15/40

 

 

2,450

 

 

2,407,003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,742,403

 

Pennsylvania — 2.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series A (AMBAC), 5.50%, 12/01/31

 

 

15,600

 

 

16,241,940

 

Sub-Series C (AGC), 6.25%, 6/01/38

 

 

5,695

 

 

6,298,613

 

Subordinate, Special Motor License Fund,
6.00%, 12/01/36

 

 

2,575

 

 

2,868,756

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25,409,309

 

Puerto Rico — 2.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority, Refunding RB,
Government Facilities, Series M-3 (NPFGC):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.00%, 7/01/27

 

 

3,720

 

 

3,924,116

 

6.00%, 7/01/28

 

 

2,750

 

 

2,897,620

 

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp., RB, First
Sub-Series A, 6.38%, 8/01/39

 

 

10,195

 

 

10,936,788

 

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp., Refunding RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAB, Series A (NPFGC), 5.69%, 8/01/41 (b)

 

 

7,500

 

 

1,070,325

 

First Sub-Series C, 6.00%, 8/01/39

 

 

1,180

 

 

1,238,540

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,067,389

 

South Carolina — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charleston Educational Excellence Finance Corp., RB,
Charleston County School (AGC), 5.25%, 12/01/30

 

 

1,160

 

 

1,205,925

 

South Carolina Jobs-EDA, Refunding RB, Palmetto
Health, Series A (AGM), 6.50%, 8/01/39

 

 

3,600

 

 

3,750,408

 

South Carolina State Housing Finance & Development
Authority, Refunding RB, Series A-2, AMT (AGM),
6.35%, 7/01/19

 

 

340

 

 

344,940

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,301,273

 

Tennessee — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tennessee Housing Development Agency, Refunding RB,
Homeownership Program, Series A, AMT (AGM),
5.35%, 1/01/26

 

 

1,415

 

 

1,415,354

 

Texas — 14.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of Houston Texas, RB, Combined, First Lien, Series A
(AGM), 5.00%, 11/15/36

 

 

10,000

 

 

10,139,400

 

City of Houston Texas, Refunding RB, Combined,
First Lien, Series A (AGC):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.00%, 11/15/35

 

 

5,700

 

 

6,343,530

 

5.38%, 11/15/38

 

 

3,650

 

 

3,840,603

 

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Facilities
Improvement Corp., Refunding RB, Joint Series A, AMT
(NPFGC), 5.63%, 11/01/26

 

 

15,000

 

 

15,037,200

 

Dallas ISD, GO, School Building (PSF-GTD),
6.38%, 2/15/34

 

 

10,000

 

 

11,726,200

 

Grand Prairie ISD Texas, GO, Refunding, CAB, 6.59%,
8/15/28 (b)

 

 

10,000

 

 

3,688,100

 

Harris County Hospital District, RB, Senior Lien, Series A
(NPFGC), 5.25%, 2/15/37

 

 

6,500

 

 

6,552,650

 

Harris County-Houston Sports Authority, Refunding RB,
Senior Lien, Series G (NPFGC), 5.25%, 11/15/30

 

 

5,000

 

 

4,412,400

 

Judson ISD Texas, GO, School Building (AGC),
5.00%, 2/01/37

 

 

10,000

 

 

10,134,300

 

North Texas Tollway Authority, Refunding RB, First Tier:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series A, 6.00%, 1/01/28

 

 

6,275

 

 

6,764,575

 

System, Series A (NPFGC), 5.13%, 1/01/28

 

 

21,750

 

 

22,208,055

 

System, Series B (NPFGC), 5.75%, 1/01/40

 

 

10,000

 

 

10,074,100

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

30

ANNUAL REPORT

JULY 31, 2011




 

 

 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc. (MYI)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 

Texas (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs,
MRB, Series A, AMT (NPFGC), 5.45%, 9/01/23

 

$

3,880

 

$

3,899,206

 

Texas State Turnpike Authority, RB, First Tier,
Series A (AMBAC):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.50%, 8/15/39

 

 

5,500

 

 

5,460,950

 

5.00%, 8/15/42

 

 

6,900

 

 

6,312,534

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

126,593,803

 

Utah — 2.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Utah Transit Authority, Refunding RB, CAB,
Sub-Series A (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(AGC), 5.42%, 6/15/20

 

 

15,395

 

 

10,574,826

 

(NPFGC), 5.22%, 6/15/24

 

 

13,930

 

 

7,516,210

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,091,036

 

Vermont — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vermont HFA, HRB, Series 12B, AMT (AGM),
6.30%, 11/01/19

 

 

275

 

 

280,715

 

Vermont HFA, Refunding RB, Multiple Purpose, Series C,
AMT (AGM), 5.50%, 11/01/38

 

 

2,385

 

 

2,431,865

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,712,580

 

Washington — 3.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chelan County Public Utility District No. 1, RB, Chelan
Hydro System, Series A, AMT (AMBAC),
5.45%, 7/01/37

 

 

3,030

 

 

3,030,667

 

Radford Court Properties Washington, RB (NPFGC),
5.75%, 6/01/32

 

 

10,000

 

 

10,004,400

 

Washington Health Care Facilities Authority, RB, Series A:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Providence Health & Services, 5.00%, 10/01/39

 

 

1,125

 

 

1,109,857

 

Providence Health & Services, 5.25%, 10/01/39

 

 

2,725

 

 

2,755,057

 

Providence Health System (NPFGC), 5.25%,
10/01/21

 

 

5,575

 

 

5,623,335

 

Washington Health Care Facilities Authority, Refunding
RB, Catholic Health Initiatives, Series D,
6.38%, 10/01/36

 

 

5,400

 

 

5,835,672

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28,358,988

 

Wisconsin — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority, RB:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ascension Health Senior Credit Group,
5.00%, 11/15/33

 

 

3,745

 

 

3,780,166

 

Froedtert & Community Health, Inc.,
5.25%, 4/01/39

 

 

3,500

 

 

3,512,880

 

SynergyHealth, Inc., 6.00%, 11/15/32

 

 

3,395

 

 

3,449,320

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,742,366

 

Total Municipal Bonds — 115.6%

 

 

 

 

 

1,029,789,727

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds Transferred to
Tender Option Bond Trusts (e)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arizona — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arizona School Facilities Board, COP (AGC),
5.13%, 9/01/21

 

 

10,000

 

 

10,635,400

 

California — 12.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alameda County Joint Powers Authority, Refunding RB,
Lease (AGM), 5.00%, 12/01/34

 

 

6,990

 

 

7,038,580

 

California State University, RB (AGM):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.00%, 11/01/37

 

 

18,435

 

 

18,247,274

 

Systemwide, Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/33

 

 

7,996

 

 

8,045,964

 

City of Riverside California, RB, Issue D (AGM),
5.00%, 10/01/38

 

 

20,000

 

 

19,822,400

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds Transferred to
Tender Option Bond Trusts (e)

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 

California (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foothill-De Anza Community College District, GO,
Election of 1999, Series C (NPFGC), 5.00%, 8/01/36

 

$

7,500

 

$

7,570,350

 

Las Virgenes Unified School District California, GO,
Series A (AGM), 5.00%, 8/01/31

 

 

10,000

 

 

10,119,157

 

Los Angeles Community College District, GO, Election of
2008, Series A, 6.00%, 8/01/33

 

 

5,248

 

 

5,846,460

 

Orange County Sanitation District, COP, Series B (AGM),
5.00%, 2/01/37

 

 

10,780

 

 

10,987,623

 

San Diego Community College District California, GO,
Election of 2002, 5.25%, 8/01/33

 

 

1,047

 

 

1,102,813

 

San Diego County Water Authority, COP, Refunding,
Series 2008-A (AGM), 5.00%, 5/01/33

 

 

9,370

 

 

9,568,457

 

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, RB (AGM),
5.00%, 7/01/36

 

 

10,000

 

 

10,091,543

 

University of California, RB, Series O, 5.75%, 5/15/34

 

 

2,205

 

 

2,384,355

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

110,824,976

 

Colorado — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Refunding RB,
Catholic Healthcare, Series A, 5.50%, 7/01/34

 

 

2,469

 

 

2,547,569

 

Connecticut — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connecticut State Health & Educational Facility
Authority, RB, Yale University, Series T-1,
4.70%, 7/01/29

 

 

5,010

 

 

5,274,127

 

District of Columbia — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

District of Columbia, RB, Series A, 5.50%, 12/01/30

 

 

2,595

 

 

2,893,866

 

District of Columbia Water & Sewer Authority, RB,
Series A, 6.00%, 10/01/35

 

 

4,281

 

 

4,909,817

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,803,683

 

Florida — 3.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of Tallahassee, RB, 5.00%, 10/01/32

 

 

3,300

 

 

3,352,305

 

Florida State Board of Education, GO, Series D,
5.00%, 6/01/37

 

 

3,299

 

 

3,388,688

 

Highlands County Health Facilities Authority, RB,
Series C, 5.25%, 11/15/36

 

 

5,400

 

 

5,399,568

 

Miami-Dade County, RB, 5.00%, 7/01/31

 

 

19,800

 

 

20,092,248

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32,232,809

 

Georgia — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, RB, Third
Indenture, Series B (AGM), 5.00%, 7/01/37

 

 

10,000

 

 

10,004,700

 

Hawaii — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Honolulu City & County Board of Water Supply, RB,
Series A (NPFGC), 5.00%, 7/01/33

 

 

9,830

 

 

9,987,083

 

Illinois — 2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of Chicago, GO, Refunding, Series A (AGC),
5.25%, 1/01/24

 

 

11,000

 

 

11,436,700

 

Illinois Finance Authority, RB, University of Chicago,
Series B, 6.25%, 7/01/38

 

 

10,000

 

 

11,232,700

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22,669,400

 

Kentucky — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kentucky State Property & Building Commission,
Refunding RB, Project No. 93 (AGC),
5.25%, 2/01/27

 

 

5,985

 

 

6,422,916

 

Louisiana — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State of Louisiana, RB, Series A (AGM),
5.00%, 5/01/36

 

 

10,000

 

 

10,108,800

 

Nevada — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clark County Water Reclamation District, GO, Series B:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.50%, 7/01/29

 

 

510

 

 

554,107

 

5.75%, 7/01/34

 

 

4,813

 

 

5,274,296

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,828,403

 


 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

ANNUAL REPORT

JULY 31, 2011

31




 

 

 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc. (MYI)

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds Transferred to
Tender Option Bond Trusts (e)

 

Par
(000)

 

Value

 

New Jersey — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Garden State Preservation Trust, RB, Election of 2005,
Series A (AGM), 5.75%, 11/01/28

 

$

10,000

 

$

11,994,200

 

New York — 4.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, RB,
Series DD, 5.00%, 6/15/37

 

 

17,567

 

 

17,955,934

 

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, RB,
Consolidated, 155th Series, AMT (AGM),
5.13%, 7/15/30

 

 

19,500

 

 

19,888,440

 

Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority, RB, General,
Series A-2, 5.25%, 11/15/34

 

 

4,500

 

 

4,741,920

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

42,586,294

 

North Carolina — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

North Carolina HFA, RB, Series 31-A, AMT,
5.25%, 7/01/38

 

 

9,946

 

 

9,748,821

 

Ohio — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Montgomery County, RB (AGM), 5.00%, 10/01/41

 

 

4,990

 

 

4,806,717

 

State of Ohio, RB, Cleveland Clinic Health, Series B,
5.50%, 1/01/34

 

 

1,520

 

 

1,584,752

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,391,469

 

South Carolina — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South Carolina State Housing Finance & Development
Authority, Refunding RB, Series B-1, 5.55%, 7/01/39

 

 

4,658

 

 

4,774,231

 

Texas — 4.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friendswood ISD Texas, GO, Schoolhouse (PSF-GTD),
5.00%, 2/15/37

 

 

12,955

 

 

13,303,751

 

Houston ISD, GO, Schoolhouse (PSF-GTD),
5.00%, 2/15/33

 

 

10,000

 

 

10,391,800

 

North East ISD, GO, 5.00%, 8/01/37

 

 

3,500

 

 

3,609,760

 

Texas State University Systems, Refunding RB,
5.25%, 3/15/26

 

 

10,000

 

 

10,823,800

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

38,129,111

 

Virginia — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

University of Virginia, Refunding RB, General,
5.00%, 6/01/40

 

 

3,950

 

 

4,100,258

 

Washington — 6.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, RB,
Series A (AGM), 5.00%, 11/01/34

 

 

16,770

 

 

17,467,129

 

County of King Washington, RB (AGM), 5.00%, 1/01/37

 

 

15,785

 

 

16,124,953

 

Port of Seattle Washington, Refunding RB, Series B, AMT
(NPFGC), 5.20%, 7/01/29

 

 

20,565

 

 

20,649,946

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

54,242,028

 

Wisconsin — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State of Wisconsin, RB, 6.00%, 5/01/36

 

 

10,000

 

 

10,890,100

 

Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority,
Refunding RB, Froedtert & Community Health, Inc.,
5.25%, 4/01/39

 

 

3,959

 

 

3,973,696

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,863,796

 

Total Municipal Bonds Transferred to
Tender Option Bond Trusts — 47.3%

 

 

 

 

 

421,170,074

 

Total Long-Term Investments
(Cost — $1,430,222,077) — 162.9%

 

 

 

 

 

1,450,959,801

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

 

Shares

 

Value

 

FFI Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund, 0.01% (f)(g)

 

 

4,703,282

 

$

4,703,282

 

Total Short-Term Securities
(Cost — $4,703,282) — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

4,703,282

 

Total Investments (Cost — $1,434,925,359*) — 163.4%

 

 

 

 

 

1,455,663,083

 

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

8,341,777

 

Liability for TOB Trust Certificates, Including
Interest Expense and Fees Payable — (24.3)%

 

 

 

 

 

(216,619,671

)

VRDP Shares, at Liquidation Value — (40.0)%

 

 

 

 

 

(356,400,000

)

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares — 100.0%

 

 

 

 

$

890,985,189

 


 

 

 

*

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of July 31, 2011, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate cost

 

$

1,221,272,654

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

35,480,831

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

 

(17,593,799

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

17,887,032

 


 

 

(a)

Represents a step-up bond that pays an initial coupon rate for the first period and then a higher coupon rate for the following periods. Rate shown reflects the current yield as of report date.

 

 

(b)

Represents a zero-coupon bond. Rate shown reflects the current yield as of report date.

 

 

(c)

When-issued security. Unsettled when-issued transactions were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counterparty

 

Value

 

Unrealized
Appreciation

 

Barclays Capital, Inc.

 

$

2,369,782

 

$

6,256

 


 

 

(d)

Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.

 

 

(e)

Securities represent bonds transferred to a TOB in exchange for which the Fund acquired residual interest certificates. These securities serve as collateral in a financing transaction. See Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details of municipal bonds transferred to TOBs.

 

 

(f)

Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Fund during the year, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliate

 

Shares Held
at July 31,
2010

 

Net
Activity

 

Shares Held
at July 31,
2011

 

Income

 

FFI Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund

 

 

11,426,470

 

 

(6,723,188

)

 

4,703,282

 

$

18,502

 


 

 

(g)

Represents the current yield as of report date.

 

 

Financial futures contracts sold as of July 31, 2011 were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contracts

 

Issue

 

Exchange

 

Expiration

 

Notional
Value

 

Unrealized
Depreciation

 

465

 

10-Year
US Treasury Note

 

Chicago Board
of Trade

 

September
2011

 

$

57,012,476

 

$

(1,432,212

)


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

32

ANNUAL REPORT

JULY 31, 2011




 

 

 

 

Schedule of Investments (concluded)

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc. (MYI)


 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. These inputs are categorized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes as follows:

 

 

 

 

Level 1 — price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets and liabilities

 

 

 

 

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 Fund’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments)

 

 

 

 

The categorization of a value determined for investments and derivative financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and derivative financial instrument and does not necessarily correspond to the Fund’s perceived risk of investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments and derivative financial instruments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

The following tables summarize the inputs used as of July 31, 2011 in determining the fair valuation of the Fund’s investments and derivative financial instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Investments1

 

 

 

$

1,450,959,801

 

 

 

$

1,450,959,801

 

Short-Term Securities

 

$

4,703,282

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,703,282

 

Total

 

$

4,703,282

 

$

1,450,959,801

 

 

 

$

1,455,663,083

 


 

 

 

 

1

See above Schedule of Investments for values in each state or political subdivision.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Derivative Financial Instruments2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate contracts

 

$

(1,432,212

)

 

 

 

 

$

(1,432,212

)


 

 

 

 

2

Derivative financial instruments are financial futures contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.


 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

ANNUAL REPORT

JULY 31, 2011

33




 

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 31, 2011

 

BlackRock
MuniHoldings
Quality
Fund II, Inc.
(MUE)

 

BlackRock
MuniYield
California
Quality
Fund, Inc.
(MCA)

 

BlackRock
MuniYield
Michigan
Quality
Fund II, Inc.
(MYM)

 

BlackRock
MuniYield
New York
Quality
Fund, Inc.
(MYN)

 

BlackRock
MuniYield
Quality
Fund III, Inc.
(MYI)

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments at value — unaffiliated1

 

$

476,481,772

 

$

823,047,869

 

$

254,277,701

 

$

839,348,996

 

$

1,450,959,801

 

Investments at value — affiliated2

 

 

13,223,965

 

 

15,276,406

 

 

3,018,268

 

 

14,521,616

 

 

4,703,282

 

Cash pledged as collateral for financial futures contracts

 

 

140,000

 

 

 

 

94,000

 

 

350,400

 

 

726,000

 

Interest receivable

 

 

5,128,946

 

 

12,098,422

 

 

2,982,452

 

 

9,486,391

 

 

16,900,896

 

Investments sold receivable

 

 

612,706

 

 

 

 

 

 

565,903

 

 

4,285,131

 

Deferred offering costs

 

 

 

 

575,752

 

 

321,969

 

 

839,124

 

 

1,248,487

 

TOB trust receivable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,900,000

 

Income receivable — affiliated

 

 

 

 

335

 

 

 

 

363

 

 

610

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

21,645

 

 

38,194

 

 

72,571

 

 

196,589

 

 

50,376

 

Other assets

 

 

 

 

92,598

 

 

 

 

100,206

 

 

168,169

 

Total assets

 

 

495,609,034

 

 

851,129,576

 

 

260,766,961

 

 

865,409,588

 

 

1,493,942,752

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank overdraft

 

 

 

 

 

 

59,807

 

 

85,668

 

 

31,341

 

Investments purchased payable

 

 

6,931,116

 

 

10,200,100

 

 

 

 

5,054,469

 

 

23,576,059

 

Income dividends payable — Common Shares

 

 

1,649,096

 

 

2,525,548

 

 

844,210

 

 

2,801,198

 

 

4,862,265

 

Investment advisory fees payable

 

 

209,747

 

 

354,321

 

 

109,918

 

 

362,003

 

 

611,951

 

Margin variation payable

 

 

105,688

 

 

 

 

57,093

 

 

301,125

 

 

552,188

 

Interest expense and fees payable

 

 

38,180

 

 

126,805

 

 

23,686

 

 

46,598

 

 

116,274

 

Officer’s and Directors’ fees payable

 

 

1,723

 

 

91,413

 

 

780

 

 

105,015

 

 

6,052

 

Offering costs payable

 

 

 

 

79,899

 

 

41,893

 

 

118,865

 

 

171,028

 

Other accrued expenses payable

 

 

132,402

 

 

31,382

 

 

23,247

 

 

161,604

 

 

127,008

 

Total accrued liabilities

 

 

9,067,952

 

 

13,409,468

 

 

1,160,634

 

 

9,036,545

 

 

30,054,166

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOB trust certificates

 

 

62,182,934

 

 

179,422,414

 

 

9,030,000

 

 

78,614,804

 

 

216,503,397

 

VRDP Shares, at liquidation value of $100,000 per share3,4

 

 

 

 

166,500,000

 

 

87,300,000

 

 

247,700,000

 

 

356,400,000

 

Total other liabilities

 

 

62,182,934

 

 

345,922,414

 

 

96,330,000

 

 

326,314,804

 

 

572,903,397

 

Total Liabilities

 

 

71,250,886

 

 

359,331,882

 

 

97,490,634

 

 

335,351,349

 

 

602,957,563

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMPS at Redemption Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$25,000 per share liquidation preference, plus unpaid dividends3,4

 

 

131,001,852

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders

 

$

293,356,296

 

$

491,797,694

 

$

163,276,327

 

$

530,058,239

 

$

890,985,189

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders Consist of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paid-in capital5

 

$

299,158,414

 

$

495,191,219

 

$

163,252,096

 

$

550,701,852

 

$

950,762,143

 

Undistributed net investment income

 

 

5,432,633

 

 

7,842,146

 

 

2,555,428

 

 

9,225,192

 

 

15,431,895

 

Accumulated net realized loss

 

 

(20,754,691

)

 

(19,943,704

)

 

(3,330,241

)

 

(36,012,358

)

 

(94,514,361

)

Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

 

9,519,940

 

 

8,708,033

 

 

799,044

 

 

6,143,553

 

 

19,305,512

 

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders

 

$

293,356,296

 

$

491,797,694

 

$

163,276,327

 

$

530,058,239

 

$

890,985,189

 

Net asset value per Common Share

 

$

13.07

 

$

14.31

 

$

13.53

 

$

13.44

 

$

13.19

 

1 Investments at cost — unaffiliated

 

$

466,687,710

 

$

814,343,410

 

$

253,300,016

 

$

832,686,181

 

$

1,430,222,077

 

2 Investments at cost — affiliated

 

$

13,223,965

 

$

15,276,406

 

$

3,018,268

 

$

14,521,616

 

$

4,703,282

 

3 AMPS/VRDP Shares outstanding, par value $0.10 per share

 

 

5,240

 

 

1,665

 

 

873

 

 

2,477

 

 

3,564

 

4 AMPS/VRDP Shares authorized

 

 

8,180

 

 

12,665

 

 

4,833

 

 

14,637

 

 

26,364

 

5 Common Shares outstanding, 200 million shares authorized,$0.10 par value

 

 

22,436,683

 

 

34,361,200

 

 

12,069,721

 

 

39,453,493

 

 

67,531,463

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

34

ANNUAL REPORT

JULY 31, 2011




 

 

Statements of Operations


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended July 31, 2011

 

BlackRock
MuniHoldings
Quality
Fund II, Inc.
(MUE)

 

BlackRock
MuniYield
California
Quality
Fund, Inc.
(MCA)

 

BlackRock
MuniYield
Michigan
Quality
Fund II, Inc.
(MYM)

 

BlackRock
MuniYield
New York
Quality
Fund, Inc.
(MYN)

 

BlackRock
MuniYield
Quality
Fund III, Inc.
(MYI)

 

Investment Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

$

23,523,295

 

$

38,486,408

 

$

12,491,549

 

$

41,269,087

 

$

71,899,167

 

Income — affiliated

 

 

18,387

 

 

11,579

 

 

 

 

7,739

 

 

31,375

 

Total income

 

 

23,541,682

 

 

38,497,987

 

 

12,491,549

 

 

41,276,826

 

 

71,930,542

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment advisory

 

 

2,648,071

 

 

4,144,221

 

 

1,283,746

 

 

4,244,267

 

 

7,135,718

 

Liquidity fees

 

 

 

 

543,045

 

 

266,815

 

 

807,882

 

 

1,089,265

 

Remarketing fees on Preferred Shares

 

 

196,976

 

 

241,560

 

 

122,449

 

 

357,332

 

 

525,553

 

Professional

 

 

183,272

 

 

262,401

 

 

83,170

 

 

163,759

 

 

457,952

 

Accounting services

 

 

72,218

 

 

103,028

 

 

35,391

 

 

98,488

 

 

139,494

 

Transfer agent

 

 

50,107

 

 

71,148

 

 

47,771

 

 

78,945

 

 

121,296

 

Officer and Directors

 

 

31,408

 

 

60,531

 

 

18,079

 

 

71,575

 

 

112,175

 

Custodian

 

 

27,216

 

 

34,546

 

 

16,278

 

 

40,465

 

 

58,531

 

Printing

 

 

23,056

 

 

23,980

 

 

11,455

 

 

34,458

 

 

56,531

 

Registration

 

 

9,736

 

 

12,127

 

 

9,519

 

 

13,903

 

 

24,324

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

68,251

 

 

91,752

 

 

69,348

 

 

90,891

 

 

124,208

 

Total expenses excluding interest expense, fees and amortization of offering costs

 

 

3,310,311

 

 

5,588,339

 

 

1,964,021

 

 

6,001,965

 

 

9,845,047

 

Interest expense, fees and amortization of offering costs1

 

 

446,054

 

 

1,628,775

 

 

158,240

 

 

995,444

 

 

1,785,377

 

Total expenses

 

 

3,756,365

 

 

7,217,114

 

 

2,122,261

 

 

6,997,409

 

 

11,630,424

 

Less fees waived by advisor

 

 

(210,922

)

 

(27,494

)

 

(15,558

)

 

(22,551

)

 

(6,789

)

Total expenses after fees waived

 

 

3,545,443

 

 

7,189,620

 

 

2,106,703

 

 

6,974,858

 

 

11,623,635

 

Net investment income

 

 

19,996,239

 

 

31,308,367

 

 

10,384,846

 

 

34,301,968

 

 

60,306,907

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

(4,633,291

)

 

(2,704,315

)

 

498,202

 

 

(5,246,110

)

 

(4,990,012

)

Financial futures contracts

 

 

(778,680

)

 

(1,908,563

)

 

(507,035

)

 

(1,784,553

)

 

(3,839,962

)

 

 

 

(5,411,971

)

 

(4,612,878

)

 

(8,833

)

 

(7,030,663

)

 

(8,829,974

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

(5,140,852

)

 

(8,280,699

)

 

(2,961,119

)

 

(10,074,508

)

 

(22,027,085

)

Financial futures contracts

 

 

(274,122

)

 

89,999

 

 

(178,641

)

 

(378,083

)

 

(1,032,899

)

 

 

 

(5,414,974

)

 

(8,190,700

)

 

(3,139,760

)

 

(10,452,591

)

 

(23,059,984

)

Total realized and unrealized loss

 

 

(10,826,945

)

 

(12,803,578

)

 

(3,148,593

)

 

(17,483,254

)

 

(31,889,958

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends to AMPS Shareholders From

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

 

(479,559

)

 

(767,289

)

 

(376,980

)

 

(1,105,803

)

 

(1,979,653

)

Net Increase in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders Resulting from Operations

$

8,689,735

 

$

17,737,500

 

$

6,859,273

 

$

15,712,911

 

$

26,437,296

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Related to TOBs and/or VRDP Shares.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BlackRock MuniHoldings
Quality Fund II, Inc. (MUE)

 

BlackRock MuniYield
California Quality Fund, Inc. (MCA)

 

 

 

Year Ended July 31,

 

Year Ended July 31,

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders:

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

$

19,996,239

 

$

20,469,395

 

$

31,308,367

 

$

29,953,463

 

Net realized gain (loss)

 

 

(5,411,971

)

 

849,064

 

 

(4,612,878

)

 

145,823

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

 

(5,414,974

)

 

27,313,334

 

 

(8,190,700

)

 

39,396,178

 

Dividends to AMPS Shareholders from net investment income

 

 

(479,559

)

 

(546,058

)

 

(767,289

)

 

(982,980

)

Net increase in net assets applicable to Common Shareholders resulting from operations

 

 

8,689,735

 

 

48,085,735

 

 

17,737,500

 

 

68,512,484

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends to Common Shareholders From

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

 

(19,768,276

)

 

(19,116,579

)

 

(29,808,341

)

 

(26,148,873

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Share Transactions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reinvestment of common dividends

 

 

767,545

 

 

355,807

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to Common Shareholders

 

 

(10,310,996

)

 

29,324,963

 

 

(12,070,841

)

 

42,363,611

 

Beginning of year

 

 

303,667,292

 

 

274,342,329

 

 

503,868,535

 

 

461,504,924

 

End of year

 

$

293,356,296

 

$

303,667,292

 

$

491,797,694

 

$

503,868,535

 

Undistributed net investment income

 

$

5,432,633

 

$

5,775,447

 

$

7,842,146

 

$

7,131,653

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BlackRock MuniYield
Michigan Quality Fund II, Inc. (MYM)

 

BlackRock MuniYield
New York Quality Fund, Inc. (MYN)

 

 

 

Year Ended July 31,

 

Year Ended July 31,

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders:

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

$

10,384,846

 

$

11,008,565

 

$

34,301,968

 

$

35,629,645

 

Net realized gain (loss)

 

 

(8,833

)

 

953,727

 

 

(7,030,663

)

 

100,524

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

 

(3,139,760

)

 

9,751,120

 

 

(10,452,591

)

 

42,118,603

 

Dividends to AMPS Shareholders from net investment income

 

 

(376,980

)

 

(458,167

)

 

(1,105,803

)

 

(1,419,084

)

Net increase in net assets applicable to Common Shareholders resulting from operations

 

 

6,859,273

 

 

21,255,245

 

 

15,712,911

 

 

76,429,688

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends to Common Shareholders From

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

 

(10,355,821

)

 

(9,842,858

)

 

(33,574,394

)

 

(27,710,788

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Share Transactions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reinvestment of common dividends

 

 

 

 

 

 

107,768

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to Common Shareholders

 

 

(3,496,548

)

 

11,412,387

 

 

(17,753,715

)

 

48,718,900

 

Beginning of year

 

 

166,772,875

 

 

155,360,488

 

 

547,811,954

 

 

499,093,054

 

End of year

 

$

163,276,327

 

$

166,772,875

 

$

530,058,239

 

$

547,811,954

 

Undistributed net investment income

 

$

2,555,428

 

$

2,891,775

 

$

9,225,191

 

$

9,642,252

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BlackRock MuniYield
Quality Fund III, Inc. (MYI)

 

 

 

Year Ended July 31,

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders:

 

2011

 

2010

 

Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

$

60,306,907

 

$

60,126,026

 

Net realized loss

 

 

(8,829,974

)

 

(16,592

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

 

(23,059,984

)

 

87,963,066

 

Dividends to AMPS Shareholders from net investment income

 

 

(1,979,653

)

 

(2,350,328

)

Net increase in net assets applicable to Common Shareholders resulting from operations

 

 

26,437,296

 

 

145,722,172

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends to Common Shareholders From

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

 

(58,264,384

)

 

(51,624,188

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Share Transactions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reinvestment of common dividends

 

 

2,578,449

 

 

514,005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to Common Shareholders

 

 

(29,248,639

)

 

94,611,989

 

Beginning of year

 

 

920,233,828

 

 

825,621,839

 

End of year

 

$

890,985,189

 

$

920,233,828

 

Undistributed net investment income

 

$

15,431,895

 

$

15,893,163

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statements of Cash Flows


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended July 31, 2011

 

BlackRock
MuniHoldings
Quality
Fund II, Inc.
(MUE)

 

BlackRock
MuniYield
California
Quality
Fund, Inc.
(MCA)

 

BlackRock
MuniYield
Michigan
Quality
Fund II, Inc.
(MYM)

 

BlackRock
MuniYield
New York
Quality
Fund, Inc.
(MYN)

 

BlackRock
MuniYield
Quality
Fund III, Inc.
(MYI)

 

Cash Provided by Operating Activities

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations, excluding dividends to AMPS Shareholders

 

$

9,169,294

 

$

18,504,789

 

$

7,236,253

 

$

16,818,714

 

$

28,416,949

 

Adjustments to reconcile net increase in net assets resulting from operations to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Increase) decrease in interest receivable

 

 

49,217

 

 

(1,897,710

)

 

7,518

 

 

312,753

 

 

25,977

 

Increase in income receivable — affiliated

 

 

 

 

(37

)

 

 

 

(41

)

 

(72

)

(Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses

 

 

(3,884

)

 

(5,326

)

 

(62,932

)

 

(166,373

)

 

1,734

 

(Increase) decrease in cash pledged as collateral for financial
futures contracts

 

 

(140,000

)

 

72,000

 

 

(94,000

)

 

(190,400

)

 

(437,400

)

Increase in other assets

 

 

 

 

(11,149

)

 

 

 

(12,267

)

 

(20,970

)

Increase (decrease) in investment advisory fees payable

 

 

2,424

 

 

4,637

 

 

(4,802

)

 

(18,117

)

 

(28,907

)

Increase (decrease) in interest expense and fees payable

 

 

(6,535

)

 

36,012

 

 

18,494

 

 

(6,891

)

 

(325

)

Decrease in other affiliates payable

 

 

(3,036

)

 

(4,888

)

 

(1,652

)

 

(5,496

)

 

(9,190

)

Increase (decrease) in other accrued expenses payable

 

 

51,981

 

 

(72,142

)

 

(16,690

)

 

23,936

 

 

(36,073

)

Increase (decrease) in margin variation payable

 

 

105,688

 

 

(30,188

)

 

57,093

 

 

222,062

 

 

419,218

 

Increase (decrease) in Officer’s and Directors’ fees payable

 

 

1,206

 

 

8,180

 

 

225

 

 

14,859

 

 

(143,489

)

Net realized and unrealized loss on investments

 

 

9,774,143

 

 

10,996,163

 

 

2,462,917

 

 

15,332,885

 

 

27,038,067

 

Amortization of premium and accretion of discount on investments

 

 

1,154,597

 

 

2,887,466

 

 

205,136

 

 

1,399,087

 

 

(1,254,730

)

Proceeds from sales of long-term investments

 

 

110,894,106

 

 

213,407,539

 

 

43,940,440

 

 

157,048,429

 

 

174,785,422

 

Purchases of long-term investments

 

 

(115,299,884

)

 

(245,022,845

)

 

(45,306,190

)

 

(149,230,774

)

 

(182,685,050

)

Net proceeds from sales (purchases) of short-term securities

 

 

4,242,885

 

 

23,773,533

 

 

2,586,751

 

 

(6,347,309

)

 

6,723,188

 

Cash provided by operating activities

 

 

19,992,202

 

 

22,646,034

 

 

11,028,561

 

 

35,195,057

 

 

52,794,349

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Used for Financing Activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash receipts from issuance of VRDP Shares

 

 

 

 

166,500,000

 

 

87,300,000

 

 

247,700,000

 

 

356,400,000

 

Cash payments on redemption of AMPS

 

 

 

 

(166,525,000

)

 

(87,350,000

)

 

(247,700,000

)

 

(356,450,000

)

Cash receipts from TOB trust certificates

 

 

 

 

27,909,993

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,100,000

 

Cash payments for TOB trust certificates

 

 

(510,000

)

 

(19,625,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

(159,824

)

Cash dividends paid to Common Shareholders

 

 

(18,996,490

)

 

(29,619,355

)

 

(10,374,596

)

 

(33,426,645

)

 

(55,604,883

)

Cash dividends paid to AMPS Shareholders

 

 

(484,132

)

 

(790,819

)

 

(383,696

)

 

(1,133,564

)

 

(2,033,524

)

Increase in deferred offering costs

 

 

 

 

(575,752

)

 

(321,969

)

 

(839,124

)

 

(1,248,487

)

Increase in offering costs payable

 

 

 

 

79,899

 

 

41,893

 

 

118,865

 

 

171,028

 

Increase (decrease) in bank overdraft

 

 

(1,580

)

 

 

 

59,807

 

 

85,411

 

 

31,341

 

Cash used for financing activities

 

 

(19,992,202

)

 

(22,646,034

)

 

(11,028,561

)

 

(35,195,057

)

 

(52,794,349

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in cash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash at beginning of year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash at end of year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Flow Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid during the year for interest and fees

 

$

452,589

 

$

1,475,200

 

$

95,116

 

$

1,827,105

 

$

1,602,066

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noncash Financing Activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital shares issued in reinvestment of dividends paid to
Common Shareholders

 

$

767,545

 

 

 

 

 

$

107,768

 

$

2,578,449

 


 

 

 

A Statement of Cash Flows is presented when a Fund has a significant amount of borrowing during the year, based on the average borrowing outstanding in relation to average total assets.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

38

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Financial Highlights

BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund II, Inc. (MUE)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended July 31,

 

Period
October 1,
2007 to
July 31,

 

Year Ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

2009

 

2008

 

2007

 

2006

 

Per Share Operating Performance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

13.57

 

$

12.27

 

$

12.84

 

$

13.72

 

$

14.15

 

$

14.23

 

Net investment income1

 

 

0.89

 

 

0.92

 

 

0.90

 

 

0.78

 

 

0.97

 

 

0.93

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

 

 

(0.49

)

 

1.26

 

 

(0.71

)

 

(0.91

)

 

(0.45

)

 

0.03

 

Dividends to AMPS Shareholders from net investment income

 

 

(0.02

)

 

(0.02

)

 

(0.12

)

 

(0.25

)

 

(0.33

)

 

(0.29

)

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

 

 

0.38

 

 

2.16

 

 

0.07

 

 

(0.38

)

 

0.19

 

 

0.67

 

Dividends to Common Shareholders from net investment income

 

 

(0.88

)

 

(0.86

)

 

(0.64

)

 

(0.50

)

 

(0.62

)

 

(0.75

)

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

13.07

 

$

13.57

 

$

12.27

 

$

12.84

 

$

13.72

 

$

14.15

 

Market price, end of period

 

$

12.46

 

$

14.26

 

$

11.40

 

$

11.30

 

$

12.39

 

$

12.96

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Return2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Based on net asset value

 

 

3.19

%

 

18.04

%

 

1.58

%

 

(2.41

)% 3

 

1.73

%

 

5.19

%

Based on market price

 

 

(6.38

)%

 

33.51

%

 

7.24

%

 

(4.89

)% 3

 

0.31

%

 

(1.37

)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total expenses4

 

 

1.30

%

 

1.28

%

 

1.66

%

 

1.55

%5

 

1.61

%

 

1.64

%

Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly4

 

 

1.23

%

 

1.15

%

 

1.45

%

 

1.45

%5

 

1.54

%

 

1.57

%

Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly and excluding interest expense and fees4,6

 

 

1.07

%

 

0.99

%

 

1.04

%

 

1.15

%5

 

1.17

%

 

1.16

%

Net investment income4

 

 

6.93

%

 

6.92

%

 

7.61

%

 

6.74

%5

 

6.94

%

 

6.70

%

Dividends to AMPS Shareholders

 

 

0.17

%

 

0.18

%

 

1.03

%

 

2.19

%5

 

2.37

%

 

2.10

%

Net investment income to Common Shareholders

 

 

6.76

%

 

6.74

%

 

6.58

%

 

4.55

%5

 

4.57

%

 

4.60

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets applicable to Common Shareholders, end of period (000)

 

$

293,356

 

$

303,667

 

$

274,342

 

$

286,933

 

$

306,769

 

$

316,216

 

AMPS outstanding at $25,000 liquidation preference, end of period (000)

 

$

131,000

 

$

131,000

 

$

131,000

 

$

145,300

 

$

204,500

 

$

204,500

 

Portfolio turnover

 

 

24

%

 

20

%

 

37

%

 

43

%

 

43

%

 

35

%

Asset coverage per AMPS at $25,000 liquidation preference, end of period

 

$

80,983

 

$

82,953

 

$

77,357

 

$

74,376

 

$

62,514

 

$

63,667

 


 

 

 

 

1

Based on average Common Shares outstanding.

 

 

 

 

2

Total investment returns based on market value, which can be significantly greater or lesser than the net asset value, may result in substantially different returns. Where applicable, total investment returns exclude the effects of any sales charges and include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions.

 

 

 

 

3

Aggregate total investment return.

 

 

 

 

4

Do not reflect the effect of dividends to AMPS Shareholders.

 

 

 

 

5

Annualized.

 

 

 

 

6

Interest expense and fees relate to TOBs. See Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details of municipal bonds transferred to TOBs.


 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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39




 

 

 

 

Financial Highlights

BlackRock MuniYield California Quality Fund, Inc. (MCA)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended July 31,

 

Period
November 1,
2007 to
July 31,

 

Year Ended
October 31,

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

2009

 

2008

 

2007

 

2006

 

Per Share Operating Performance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

14.66

 

$

13.43

 

$

13.86

 

$

14.63

 

$

15.09

 

$

14.82

 

Net investment income1

 

 

0.91

 

 

0.87

 

 

0.86

 

 

0.68

 

 

0.92

 

 

0.96

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

 

 

(0.37

)

 

1.15

 

 

(0.51

)

 

(0.75

)

 

(0.42

)

 

0.35

 

Dividends to AMPS Shareholders from net investment income

 

 

(0.02

)

 

(0.03

)

 

(0.12

)

 

(0.20

)

 

(0.28

)

 

(0.24

)

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

 

 

0.52

 

 

1.99

 

 

0.23

 

 

(0.27

)

 

0.22

 

 

1.07

 

Dividends to Common Shareholders from net investment income

 

 

(0.87

)

 

(0.76

)

 

(0.66

)

 

(0.50

)

 

(0.68

)

 

(0.80

)

Capital changes with respect to issuance of AMPS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.00

)2

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

14.31

 

$

14.66

 

$

13.43

 

$

13.86

 

$

14.63

 

$

15.09

 

Market price, end of period

 

$

13.00

 

$

14.02

 

$

12.08

 

$

12.33

 

$

13.16

 

$

14.64

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Return3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Based on net asset value

 

 

4.21

%

 

15.69

%

 

3.03

%

 

(1.54

)%4

 

1.76

%

 

7.57

%

Based on market price

 

 

(1.01

) %

 

23.00

%

 

4.17

%

 

(2.63

)%4

 

(5.65

)%

 

9.22

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratio to Average Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total expenses5

 

 

1.50

%

 

1.11

%

 

1.40

%

 

1.38

%6

 

1.53

%

 

1.60

%

Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly5

 

 

1.49

%

 

1.10

%

 

1.38

%

 

1.36

%6

 

1.53

%

 

1.59

%

Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly and excluding interest expense, fees and amortization of offering costs5,7

 

 

1.15

%

 

0.95

%

 

1.02

%

 

1.04

%6

 

1.03

%

 

1.03

%

Net investment income5

 

 

6.49

%

 

6.10

%

 

6.60

%

 

6.15

%6

 

6.22

%

 

6.46

%

Dividends to AMPS Shareholders

 

 

0.16

%

 

0.20

%

 

0.91

%

 

1.78

%6

 

1.87

%

 

1.62

%

Net investment income to Common Shareholders

 

 

6.33

%

 

5.90

%

 

5.69

%

 

4.37

%6

 

4.35

%

 

4.84

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets applicable to Common Shareholders, end of period (000)

 

$

491,798

 

$

503,869

 

$

461,505

 

$

476,235

 

$

502,855

 

$

518,667

 

AMPS outstanding at $25,000 liquidation preference, end of period (000)

 

 

 

$

166,525

 

$

166,525

 

$

192,300

 

$

275,000

 

$

275,000

 

VRDP Shares outstanding at $100,000 liquidation value, end of period (000)

 

$

166,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover

 

 

26

%

 

30

%

 

25

%

 

25

%

 

25

%

 

27

%

Asset coverage per AMPS at $25,000 liquidation preference, end of period

 

 

 

$

100,648

 

$

94,289

 

$

86,933

 

$

70,733

 

$

72,170

 

Asset coverage per VRDP Share at $100,000 liquidation value, end of period

 

$

395,374

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

1

Based on average Common Shares outstanding.

 

 

 

 

2

Amount is less than $(0.01) per share.

 

 

 

 

3

Total investment returns based on market value, which can be significantly greater or lesser than the net asset value, may result in substantially different returns. Where applicable, total investment returns exclude the effects of any sales charges and include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions.

 

 

 

 

4

Aggregate total investment return.

 

 

 

 

5

Do not reflect the effect of dividends to AMPS Shareholders.

 

 

 

 

6

Annualized.

 

 

 

 

7

Interest expense, fees and amortization of offering costs relate to TOBs and/or VRDP Shares. See Note 1 and Note 7 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details of municipal bonds transferred to TOBs and VRDP Shares, respectively.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

40

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JULY 31, 2011




 

 

 

 

Financial Highlights

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund II, Inc. (MYM)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Period
November 1,
2007 to
July 31,
2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended
October 31,

 

 

 

Year Ended July 31,

 

 

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

2009

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

Per Share Operating Performance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

13.82

 

$

12.87

 

$

13.24

 

$

14.13

 

$

14.60

 

$

14.54

 

Net investment income1

 

 

0.86

 

 

0.91

 

 

0.93

 

 

0.70

 

 

0.97

 

 

0.97

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

 

 

(0.26

)

 

0.90

 

 

(0.49

)

 

(0.88

)

 

(0.47

)

 

0.13

 

Dividends to AMPS Shareholders from net investment income

 

 

(0.03

)

 

(0.04

)

 

(0.14

)

 

(0.21

)

 

(0.29

)

 

(0.26

)

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

 

 

0.57

 

 

1.77

 

 

0.30

 

 

(0.39

)

 

0.21

 

 

0.84

 

Dividends to Common Shareholders from net investment income

 

 

(0.86

)

 

(0.82

)

 

(0.67

)

 

(0.50

)

 

(0.68

)

 

(0.78

)

Capital charges with respect to issuance of AMPS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.00

)2

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

13.53

 

$

13.82

 

$

12.87

 

$

13.24

 

$

14.13

 

$

14.60

 

Market price, end of period

 

$

12.28

 

$

13.67

 

$

11.58

 

$

11.63

 

$

12.61

 

$

13.97

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Return3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Based on net asset value

 

 

4.74

%

 

14.62

%

 

3.81

%

 

(2.48

)%4

 

1.78

%

 

6.09

%

Based on market price

 

 

(3.89

)%

 

26.01

%

 

6.34

%

 

(4.01

)%4

 

(5.07

)%

 

2.42

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratio to Average Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders

Total expenses5

 

 

1.32

%

 

1.08

%

 

1.28

%

 

1.48

%6

 

1.69

%

 

1.65

%

Total expenses after fees waived5

 

 

1.31

%

 

1.07

%

 

1.26

%

 

1.45

%6

 

1.68

%

 

1.64

%

Total expenses after fees waived and excluding interest expense, fees and amortization of offering costs5,7

 

 

1.21

%

 

1.03

%

 

1.12

%

 

1.14

%6

 

1.14

%

 

1.13

%

Net investment income5

 

 

6.46

%

 

6.74

%

 

7.43

%

 

6.61

%6

 

6.77

%

 

6.72

%

Dividends to AMPS Shareholders

 

 

0.23

%

 

0.28

%

 

1.15

%

 

1.98

%6

 

2.05

%

 

1.78

%

Net investment income to Common Shareholders

 

 

6.23

%

 

6.46

%

 

6.28

%

 

4.63

%6

 

4.72

%

 

4.94

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets applicable to Common Shareholders, end of period (000)

 

$

163,276

 

$

166,773

 

$

155,360

 

$

159,759

 

$

170,559

 

$

176,216

 

AMPS outstanding at $25,000 liquidation preference, end of period (000)

 

 

 

$

87,350

 

$

87,350

 

$

87,350

 

$

99,000

 

$

99,000

 

VRDP Shares outstanding at $100,000 liquidation value, end of period (000)

 

$

87,300

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover

 

 

18

%

 

18

%

 

9

%

 

20

%

 

10

%

 

14

%

Asset coverage per AMPS at $25,000 liquidation preference, end of period

 

 

 

$

72,733

 

$

69,467

 

$

70,730

 

$

68,076

 

$

69,507

 

Asset coverage per VRDP Share at $100,000 liquidation value, end of period

 

$

287,029

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

1

Based on average Common Shares outstanding.

 

 

 

 

2

Amount is less than $(0.01) per share.

 

 

 

 

3

Total investment returns based on market value, which can be significantly greater or lesser than the net asset value, may result in substantially different returns. Where applicable, total investment returns exclude the effects of any sales charges and include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions.

 

 

 

 

4

Aggregate total investment return.

 

 

 

 

5

Do not reflect the effect of dividends to AMPS Shareholders.

 

 

 

 

6

Annualized.

 

 

 

 

7

Interest expense, fees and amortization of offering costs relate to TOBs and/or VRDP Shares. See Note 1 and Note 7 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details of municipal bonds transferred to TOBs and VRDP Shares, respectively.


 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

ANNUAL REPORT

JULY 31, 2011

41




 

 

 

 

Financial Highlights

BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc. (MYN)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Period
November 1,
2007 to
July 31,
2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended
October 31,

 

 

 

Year Ended July 31,

 

 

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

2009

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

Per Share Operating Performance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

13.89

 

$

12.65

 

$

13.16

 

$

13.94

 

$

14.40

 

$

14.26

 

Net investment income1

 

 

0.87

 

 

0.90

 

 

0.87

 

 

0.66

 

 

0.84

 

 

0.92

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

 

 

(0.44

)

 

1.08

 

 

(0.61

)

 

(0.77

)

 

(0.38

)

 

0.23

 

Dividends to AMPS Shareholders from net investment income

 

 

(0.03

)

 

(0.04

)

 

(0.13

)

 

(0.19

)

 

(0.27

)

 

(0.24

)

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

 

 

0.40

 

 

1.94

 

 

0.13

 

 

(0.30

)

 

0.19

 

 

0.91

 

Dividends to Common Shareholders from net investment income

 

 

(0.85

)

 

(0.70

)

 

(0.64

)

 

(0.48

)

 

(0.65

)

 

(0.77

)

Capital charges with respect to issuance of AMPS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.00

)2

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

13.44

 

$

13.89

 

$

12.65

 

$

13.16

 

$

13.94

 

$

14.40

 

Market price, end of period

 

$

12.60

 

$

13.57

 

$

11.36

 

$

11.80

 

$

12.80

 

$

14.10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Return3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Based on net asset value

 

 

3.36

%

 

16.15

%

 

2.29

%

 

(1.86

)%4

 

1.66

%

 

6.71

%

Based on market price

 

 

(0.81

)%

 

26.36

%

 

2.44

%

 

(4.16

)%4

 

(4.67

)%

 

13.13

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratio to Average Net Asset Applicable to Common Shareholders

Total expenses5

 

 

1.34

%

 

1.11

%

 

1.34

%

 

1.48

%6

 

1.64

%

 

1.56

%

Total expenses after fees waived5

 

 

1.33

%

 

1.10

%

 

1.32

%

 

1.46

%6

 

1.63

%

 

1.56

%

Total expenses after fees waived and excluding interest expense, fees and amortization of offering costs5,7

 

 

1.14

%

 

1.00

%

 

1.06

%

 

1.04

%6

 

1.04

%

 

1.03

%

Net investment income5

 

 

6.55

%

 

6.69

%

 

7.11

%

 

6.36

%6

 

5.96

%

 

6.50

%

Dividends to AMPS Shareholders

 

 

0.21

%

 

0.27

%

 

1.09

%

 

1.82

%6

 

1.88

%

 

1.68

%

Net investment income to Common Shareholders

 

 

6.34

%

 

6.42

%

 

6.02

%

 

4.54

%6

 

4.08

%

 

4.82

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets applicable to Common Shareholders, end of period (000)

 

$

530,058

 

$

547,812

 

$

499,093

 

$

518,912

 

$

549,910

 

$

567,954

 

AMPS outstanding at $25,000 liquidation preference, end of period (000)

 

 

 

$

247,700

 

$

247,700

 

$

259,475

 

$

304,000

 

$

304,000

 

VRDP Shares outstanding at $100,000 liquidation preference, end of period (000)

 

$

247,700

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover

 

 

18

%

 

7

%

 

22

%

 

17

%

 

25

%

 

43

%

Asset coverage per AMPS at $25,000 liquidation preference, end of period

 

 

 

$

80,293

 

$

75,376

 

$

75,011

 

$

70,242

 

$

71,725

 

Asset coverage per VRDP Share at $100,000 liquidation value, end of period

 

$

313,992

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

1

Based on average Common Shares outstanding.

 

 

 

 

2

Amount is less than $(0.01) per share.

 

 

 

 

3

Total investment returns based on market value, which can be significantly greater or lesser than the net asset value, may result in substantially different returns. Where applicable, total investment returns exclude the effects of any sales charges and include the reinvestment of dividends.

 

 

 

 

4

Aggregate total investment return.

 

 

 

 

5

Do not reflect the effect of dividends to AMPS Shareholders.

 

 

 

 

6

Annualized.

 

 

 

 

7

Interest expense, fees and amortization of offering costs relate to TOBs and/or VRDP shares. See Note 1 and Note 7 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details of municipal bonds transferred to TOBs and VRDP shares, respectively.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

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Financial Highlights

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc. (MYI)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Period
November 1,
2007 to
July 31,
2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended
October 31,

 

 

 

Year Ended July 31,

 

 

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

2009

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

Per Share Operating Performance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

13.67

 

$

12.27

 

$

12.86

 

$

14.57

 

$

15.30

 

$

15.27

 

Net investment income1

 

 

0.89

 

 

0.89

 

 

0.87

 

 

0.70

 

 

1.04

 

 

0.98

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

 

 

(0.48

)

 

1.31

 

 

(0.66

)

 

(1.69

)

 

(0.79

)

 

0.46

 

Dividends and distributions to AMPS Shareholders from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

 

(0.03

)

 

(0.03

)

 

(0.12

)

 

(0.22

)

 

(0.31

)

 

(0.25

)

Net realized gain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.04

)

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

 

 

0.38

 

 

2.17

 

 

0.09

 

 

(1.21

)

 

(0.06

)

 

1.15

 

Dividends and distributions to Common Shareholders from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

 

(0.86

)

 

(0.77

)

 

(0.68

)

 

(0.50

)

 

(0.67

)

 

(0.78

)

Net realized gain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.34

)

Total dividends and distributions to Common Shareholders

 

 

(0.86

)

 

(0.77

)

 

(0.68

)

 

(0.50

)

 

(0.67

)

 

(1.12

)

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

13.19

 

$

13.67

 

$

12.27

 

$

12.86

 

$

14.57

 

$

15.30

 

Market price, end of period

 

$

12.17

 

$

14.17

 

$

12.12

 

$

12.22

 

$

13.04

 

$

14.36

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Return2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Based on net asset value

 

 

3.22

%

 

18.19

%

 

1.70

%

 

(8.22

)%3

 

(0.06

)%

 

8.09

%

Based on market price

 

 

(8.12

)%

 

24.03

%

 

5.72

%

 

(2.55

)%3

 

(4.70

)%

 

5.38

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratio to Average Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders

Total expenses4

 

 

1.32

%

 

1.11

%

 

1.46

%

 

1.64

%5

 

1.71

%

 

1.67

%

Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly4

 

 

1.32

%

 

1.11

%

 

1.45

%

 

1.63

%5

 

1.71

%

 

1.67

%

Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly and excluding interest expense, fees and amortization of offering costs4,6

 

 

1.12

%

 

0.97

%

 

1.06

%

 

1.06

%5

 

1.03

%

 

1.02

%

Net investment income4

 

 

6.85

%

 

6.73

%

 

7.52

%

 

6.51

%5

 

6.94

%

 

6.52

%

Dividends to AMPS Shareholders

 

 

0.22

%

 

0.26

%

 

1.04

%

 

2.03

%5

 

2.06

%

 

1.67

%

Net investment income to Common Shareholders

 

 

6.63

%

 

6.47

%

 

6.48

%

 

4.48

%5

 

4.88

%

 

4.85

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets applicable to Common Shareholders, end of period (000)

 

$

890,985

 

$

920,234

 

$

825,622

 

$

865,447

 

$

980,741

 

$

1,030,048

 

AMPS outstanding at $25,000 liquidation preference, end of period (000)

 

 

 

$

356,450

 

$

358,625

 

$

377,175

 

$

570,000

 

$

570,000

 

VRDP Shares outstanding at $100,000 liquidation value, end of period (000)

 

$

356,400

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover

 

 

12

%

 

13

%

 

30

%

 

70

%

 

117

%

 

95

%

Asset coverage per AMPS at $25,000 liquidation preference, end of period

 

 

 

$

89,545

 

$

82,559

 

$

82,381

 

$

68,039

 

$

70,198

 

Asset coverage per VRDP Share at $100,000 liquidation value, end of period

 

$

349,996

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

1

Based on average Common Shares outstanding.

 

 

 

 

2

Total investment returns based on market value, which can be significantly greater or lesser than the net asset value, may result in substantially different returns. Where applicable, total investment returns exclude the effects of any sales charges and include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions.

 

 

 

 

3

Aggregate total investment return.

 

 

 

 

4

Do not reflect the effect of dividends to AMPS Shareholders.

 

 

 

 

5

Annualized.

 

 

 

 

6

Interest expense, fees and amortization of offering costs relate to TOBs and/or VRDP shares. See Note 1 and Note 7 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details of municipal bonds transferred to TOBs and VRDP shares, respectively.


 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies:

BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund II, Inc. (“MUE”), formerly BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Fund II, Inc., BlackRock MuniYield California Quality Fund, Inc. (“MCA”), formerly BlackRock MuniYield California Insured Fund, Inc., BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund II, Inc. (“MYM”), formerly BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Insured Fund II, Inc., BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc. (“MYN”), formerly BlackRock MuniYield New York Insured Fund, Inc. and BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc. (“MYI”), formerly BlackRock MuniYield Insured Fund, Inc., (collectively, the “Funds”), are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as non-diversified, closed-end management investment companies. The Funds are organized as Maryland corporations. The Funds’ financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Funds determine and make available for publication the NAV of their Common Shares on a daily basis.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds:

Valuation: US GAAP defines fair value as the price the Funds would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Funds fair value their financial instruments at market value using independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by each Fund’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). Municipal investments (including commitments to purchase such investments on a “when-issued” basis) are valued on the basis of prices provided by dealers or pricing services. In determining the value of a particular investment, pricing services may use certain information with respect to transactions in such investments, quotations from dealers, pricing matrixes, market transactions in comparable investments and information with respect to various relationships between investments. Financial futures contracts traded on exchanges are valued at their last sale price. Investments in open-end registered investment companies are valued at net asset value each business day. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

In the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment which is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment or is not available, the investment will be valued in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value (“Fair Value Assets”). When determining the price for Fair Value Assets, the investment advisor and/or the sub-advisor seeks to determine the price that each Fund might reasonably expect to receive from the current sale of that asset in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the investment advisor and/or sub-advisor deems relevant. The pricing of all Fair Value Assets is subsequently reported to the Board or a committee thereof.

Zero-Coupon Bonds: The Funds may invest in zero-coupon bonds, which are normally issued at a significant discount from face value and do not provide for periodic interest payments. Zero-coupon bonds may experience greater volatility in market value than similar maturity debt obligations which provide for regular interest payments.

Forward Commitments and When-Issued 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. The Funds 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, the Funds may be required to pay more at settlement than the security is worth. In addition, the Funds are not entitled to any of the interest earned prior to settlement. When purchasing a security on a delayed delivery basis, the Funds assume 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, the Funds’ maximum amount of loss is the unrealized appreciation of unsettled when-issued transactions, which is shown in the Schedules of Investments.

Municipal Bonds Transferred to TOBs: The Funds leverage their assets through the use of TOBs. A TOB is established by a third party sponsor forming a special purpose entity, into which one or more funds, or an agent on behalf of the funds, transfers municipal bonds. Other funds managed by the investment advisor may also contribute municipal bonds to a TOB into which a Fund has contributed bonds. A TOB typically issues two classes of beneficial interests: short-term floating rate certificates, which are sold to third party investors, and residual certificates (“TOB Residuals”), which are generally issued to the participating funds that made the transfer. The TOB Residuals held by a Fund include the right of a Fund (1) to cause the holders of a proportional share of the short-term floating rate certificates to tender their certificates at par, including during instances of a rise in short-term interest rates, and (2) to transfer, within seven days, a corresponding share of the municipal bonds from the TOB to a Fund. The TOB may also be terminated without the consent of a Fund upon the occurrence of certain events as defined in the TOB agreements. Such termination events may include the bankruptcy or default of the municipal bond, a substantial downgrade in credit quality of the municipal bond, the inability of the TOB to obtain quarterly or annual renewal of the liquidity support agreement, a substantial decline in market value of the municipal bond or the inability to remarket the short-term floating rate certificates to third party investors. During the year ended July 31, 2011, no TOBs that the Funds participated in were terminated without the consent of the Funds.

The cash received by the TOB from the sale of the short-term floating rate certificates, less transaction expenses, is paid to a Fund, which typically invests the cash in additional municipal bonds. Each Fund’s transfer of the municipal bonds to a TOB is accounted for as a secured borrowing, therefore the municipal bonds deposited into a TOB are presented in the Funds’ Schedules of Investments and the proceeds from the issuance of the short-term floating rate certificates are shown as TOB trust certificates under other liabilities in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts, from the underlying municipal bonds is recorded by the Funds on an accrual basis. Interest expense incurred on the secured borrowing and other

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

expenses related to remarketing, administration and trustee services to a TOB are shown as interest expense, fees and amortization of offering costs in the Statements of Operations. The short-term floating rate certificates have interest rates that generally reset weekly and their holders have the option to tender certificates to the TOB for redemption at par at each reset date. At July 31, 2011, the aggregate value of the underlying municipal bonds transferred to TOBs, the related liability for TOB trust certificates and the range of interest rates on the liability for TOB trust certificates were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Underlying
Municipal Bonds
Transferred to TOBs

 

Liability for
TOB Trust
Certificates

 

Range of
Interest Rates

 

MUE

 

$

120,131,871

 

$

62,182,934

 

 

0.08% – 0.22

%

MCA

 

$

352,681,488

 

$

179,422,414

 

 

0.08% – 0.22

%

MYM

 

$

17,612,170

 

$

9,030,000

 

 

0.11% – 0.21

%

MYN

 

$

152,028,813

 

$

78,614,804

 

 

0.08% – 0.22

%

MYI

 

$

421,170,074

 

$

216,503,397

 

 

0.08% – 0.22

%

For the year ended July 31, 2011, the Funds’ average TOB trust certificates outstanding and the daily weighted average interest rate, including fees, were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average TOB
Trust Certificates
Outstanding

 

Daily Weighted
Average
Interest Rate

 

MUE

 

$

62,340,516

 

 

0.72

%

MCA

 

$

180,828,284

 

 

0.75

%

MYM

 

$

9,030,000

 

 

0.66

%

MYN

 

$

78,614,804

 

 

0.73

%

MYI

 

$

196,251,853

 

 

0.70

%

Should short-term interest rates rise, the Funds’ investments in TOBs may adversely affect the Funds’ net investment income and dividends to Common Shareholders. Also, fluctuations in the market values of municipal bonds deposited into the TOB may adversely affect the Funds’ net asset values per share.

Segregation and Collateralization: In cases in which the 1940 Act and the interpretive positions of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) require that the Funds either deliver collateral or segregate assets in connection with certain investments (e.g., financial futures contracts), the Funds will, consistent with SEC rules and/or certain interpretive letters issued by the SEC, segregate collateral or designate on their books and records cash or liquid securities having a market value at least equal to the amount that would otherwise be required to be physically segregated. Furthermore, based on requirements and agreements with certain exchanges and third party broker-dealers, each party to such transactions has requirements to deliver/deposit securities as collateral for certain investments.

Investment Transactions and Investment Income: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are entered into (the trade dates). Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on debt securities, is recognized on the accrual basis.

Dividends and Distributions: Dividends from net investment income are declared and paid monthly. Distributions of capital gains are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. The amount and timing of dividends and distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from US GAAP. Dividends and distributions to AMPS and VRDP Shareholders are accrued and determined as described in Note 7.

Income Taxes: 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 federal income tax provision is required.

Each Fund files US federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on the Funds’ US federal tax returns remains open for each of the four periods ended July 31, 2011. 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 does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.

Recent Accounting Standard: In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued amended guidance to improve disclosure about fair value measurements which will require the following disclosures for fair value measurements categorized as Level 3: quantitative information about the unobservable inputs and assumptions used in the fair value measurement, a description of the valuation policies and procedures and a narrative description of sensitivity of the fair value measurement to changes in unobservable inputs and the interrelationships between those unobservable inputs. In addition, the amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 will be required to be disclosed. The amended guidance is effective for financial statements for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Management is evaluating the impact of this guidance on the Funds’ financial statements and disclosures.

Deferred Compensation and BlackRock Closed-End Share Equivalent Investment Plan: Under the deferred compensation plan approved by each Fund’s Board, independent Directors (“Independent Directors”) 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 other BlackRock Closed-End Funds selected by the Independent Directors. This has approximately the same economic effect for the Independent Directors as if the Independent Directors had invested the deferred amounts directly in certain other BlackRock Closed-End Funds.

The deferred compensation plan is not funded and obligations thereunder represent general unsecured claims against the general assets of each Fund. Each Fund may, however, elect to invest in common shares of certain other BlackRock Closed-End Funds selected by the Independent Directors in order to match its deferred compensation obligations. Investments to cover each Fund’s deferred compensation liability, if any, are included in other assets in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Dividends and distributions from the BlackRock Closed-End Fund investments under the plan are included in income — affiliated in the Statements of Operations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

Offering Costs: Certain Funds incurred costs in connection with its issuance of VRDP Shares, which were recorded as a deferred charge and will be amortized over the 30-year life of the VRDP Shares with the exception of upfront fees paid to the liquidity provider which are amortized over the life of the liquidity agreement. Amortization of these costs is included in interest expense, fees and amortization of offering costs in the Statements of Operations.

Other: Expenses directly related to a Fund are charged to that Fund. Other operating expenses shared by several funds are pro rated among those funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods.

The Funds have an arrangement with the custodians whereby fees may be reduced by credits earned on uninvested cash balances, which, if applicable, are shown as fees paid indirectly in the Statements of Operations. The custodians impose fees on overdrawn cash balances, which can be offset by accumulated credits earned or may result in additional custody charges.

2. Derivative Financial Instruments:

The Funds engage in various portfolio investment strategies using derivative contracts both to increase the returns of the Funds and to economically hedge, or protect, their exposure to certain risks such as interest rate risk. These contracts may be transacted on an exchange.

Losses may arise if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract. Counterparty risk related to exchange-traded financial futures contracts is deemed to be minimal due to the protection against defaults provided by the exchange on which these contracts trade.

Financial Futures Contracts: The Funds purchase or sell financial futures contracts and options on financial futures contracts to gain exposure to, or economically hedge against, changes in interest rates (interest rate risk). Financial futures contracts are agreements between the Funds and the coun-terparty to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying instrument at a specified price and at a specified date. Depending on the terms of the particular contract, futures contracts are settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash settlement amount on the settlement date. 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 value of the contract. Such receipts or payments are known as margin variation and are recorded by the Funds as unrealized appreciation or depreciation. When the contract is closed, the Funds record a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. The use of financial futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of financial futures contracts, interest rates and the underlying assets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure:

Fair Values of Derivative Financial Instruments as of July 31, 2011

 

 

Liability Derivatives

 

 

 

 

 

MUE

 

MYM

 

MYN

 

MYI

 

 

 

Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
Location

 

Value

 

Interest rate
contracts

 

Net unrealized
appreciation/
depreciation*

 

$

274,122

 

$

178,641

 

$

519,262

 

$

1,432,212

 


 

 

 

 

*

Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation on financial futures contracts as reported in the Schedules of Investments. Only current day’s margin variation is reported within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Effect of Derivative Financial Instruments in the Statements of Operations
Year Ended July 31, 2011

 

 

 

 

Net Realized Loss From

 

 

 

MUE

 

MCA

 

MYM

 

MYN

 

MYI

 

Interest rate contracts:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial futures contracts

 

$

(778,680

)

$

(1,908,563

)

$

(507,035

)

$

(1,784,553

)

$

(3,839,962

)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation on

 

 

 

MUE

 

MCA

 

MYM

 

MYN

 

MYI

 

Interest rate contracts:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial futures contracts

 

$

(274,122

)

$

89,999

 

$

(178,641

)

$

(378,083

)

$

(1,032,899

)

For the year ended July 31, 2011, the average quarterly balances of outstanding derivative financial instruments were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MUE

 

MCA

 

MYM

 

MYN

 

MYI

 

Financial futures contracts:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average number of contracts sold

 

 

48

 

 

43

 

 

29

 

 

91

 

 

234

 

Average notional value of contracts sold

 

$

5,809,373

 

$

5,036,833

 

$

3,496,257

 

$

11,069,643

 

$

28,178,482

 

3. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates:

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”) and Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”) are the largest stockholders of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). Due to the ownership structure, PNC is an affiliate of the Funds for 1940 Act purposes, but Barclays is not.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

Each Fund entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), the Funds’ investment advisor, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide investment advisory and administration services. The Manager is responsible for the management of each Fund’s portfolio and provides the necessary personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services necessary to the operations of each Fund. For such services, each Fund pays the Manager a monthly fee based on a percentage of each Fund’s average daily net assets at the following annual rates:

 

 

 

 

 

MUE

 

 

0.55

%

MCA

 

 

0.50

%

MYM

 

 

0.50

%

MYN

 

 

0.50

%

MYI

 

 

0.50

%

Average daily net assets are the average daily value of each Fund’s total assets minus the sum of its accrued liabilities.

The Manager voluntarily 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, however the Manager does not waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees paid through each Fund’s investment in other affiliated investment companies, if any. These amounts are shown as, or included in, fees waived by advisor in the Statements of Operations. For the year ended July 31, 2011, the amounts waived were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

MUE

 

$

6,399

 

MCA

 

$

27,494

 

MYM

 

$

15,558

 

MYN

 

$

22,551

 

MYI

 

$

6,789

 

The Manager, for MUE, voluntarily agreed to waive its investment advisory fee on the proceeds of the Preferred Shares and TOBs that exceed 35% of net assets applicable to Common Shareholders. This amount is included in fees waived by advisor in the Statements of Operations. For the year ended July 31, 2011, the waiver was $204,523.

The Manager entered into a sub-advisory agreement with BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“BIM”), an affiliate of the Manager. The Manager pays BIM for services it provides, a monthly fee that is a percentage of the investment advisory fees paid by each Fund to the Manager.

For the year ended July 31, 2011, the Funds reimbursed the Manager for certain accounting services, which are included in accounting services in the Statements of Operations. The reimbursements were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

MUE

 

$

4,036

 

MCA

 

$

6,906

 

MYM

 

$

2,097

 

MYN

 

$

6,968

 

MYI

 

$

11,733

 

Effective January 1, 2011, the Funds no longer reimburse the manager for accounting services.

Certain officers and/or directors of the Funds are officers and/or directors of BlackRock or its affiliates. The Funds reimburse the Manager for compensation paid to the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer.

4. Investments:

Purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities, for the year ended July 31, 2011 were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases

 

Sales

 

MUE

 

$

122,231,000

 

$

110,778,170

 

MCA

 

$

255,222,945

 

$

213,407,539

 

MYM

 

$

45,306,190

 

$

43,940,440

 

MYN

 

$

154,285,243

 

$

157,198,206

 

MYI

 

$

205,225,952

 

$

175,801,459

 

5. Income Tax Information:

Reclassifications: US GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share. The following permanent differences as of July 31, 2011 attributable to amortization methods on fixed income securities, non-deductible expenses, the expiration of capital loss carryforwards, distributions received from a regulated investment company and the sale of bonds received from TOBs were reclassified to the following accounts:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MUE

 

MCA

 

MYM

 

MYN

 

MYI

 

Paid-in capital

 

$

(98,708

)

$

(2,469,567

)

$

(13,730

)

$

(20,680

)

$

(1,889,574

)

Undistributed net investment income

 

$

(91,218

)

$

(22,244

)

$

11,608

 

$

(38,831

)

$

(524,138

)

Accumulated net realized loss

 

$

189,926

 

$

2,491,811

 

$

2,122

 

$

59,511

 

$

2,413,712

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal years ended July 31, 2011 and July 31, 2010 was as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MUE

 

MCA

 

MYM

 

MYN

 

MYI

 

Tax-exempt income

 

7/31/2011

 

$

20,247,835

 

$

30,858,325

 

$

10,831,892

 

$

35,091,230

 

$

60,629,946

 

 

 

7/31/2010

 

 

19,662,637

 

 

27,131,853

 

 

10,301,025

 

 

29,129,872

 

 

53,974,516

 

Ordinary income

 

7/31/2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,062

 

Total distributions

 

7/31/2011

 

$

20,247,835

 

$

30,858,325

 

$

10,831,892

 

$

35,091,230

 

$

60,650,008

 

 

 

7/31/2010

 

$

19,662,637

 

$

27,131,853

 

$

10,301,025

 

$

29,129,872

 

$

53,974,516

 

As of July 31, 2011, the tax components of accumulated net earnings (losses) were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MUE

 

MCA

 

MYM

 

MYN

 

MYI

 

Undistributed tax-exempt income

 

$

5,427,287

 

$

7,716,673

 

$

2,243,983

 

$

8,909,585

 

$

13,128,512

 

Undistributed ordinary income

 

 

31

 

 

6,085

 

 

220,123

 

 

6,575

 

 

53,015

 

Capital loss carryforwards

 

 

(15,209,455

)

 

(12,736,427

)

 

(2,271,374

)

 

(28,974,669

)

 

(79,971,678

)

Net unrealized gains (losses)*

 

 

3,980,019

 

 

1,620,144

 

 

(168,501

)

 

(585,105

)

 

7,013,197

 

Total

 

$

(5,802,118

)

$

(3,393,525

)

$

24,231

 

$

(20,643,614

)

$

(59,776,954

)


 

 

 

 

*

The differences between book-basis and tax-basis net unrealized gains (losses) were attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales, the tax deferral of losses on straddles, amortization methods for premiums and discounts on fixed income securities, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains/losses on certain futures contracts, the deferral of post-October capital losses for tax purposes, the treatment of residual interests in TOBs and the deferral of compensation to directors.


As of July 31, 2011, the Funds had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains through the indicated expiration dates as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expires July 31,

 

MUE

 

MCA

 

MYM

 

MYN

 

MYI

 

2012

 

$

259,900

 

$

2,675,948

 

$

1,194,375

 

$

16,583,200

 

 

 

2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,107,506

 

$

1,213,491

 

2015

 

 

 

 

1,362,395

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,979,955

 

2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

823,067

 

 

2,330,288

 

 

25,066,903

 

2017

 

 

8,936,425

 

 

2,753,866

 

 

253,932

 

 

2,295,738

 

 

21,251,301

 

2018

 

 

6,013,130

 

 

5,944,218

 

 

 

 

3,370,191

 

 

26,460,028

 

2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,287,746

 

 

 

Total

 

$

15,209,455

 

$

12,736,427

 

$

2,271,374

 

$

28,974,669

 

$

79,971,678

 

Under the recently enacted Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, capital losses incurred by the Fund after July 31, 2011 will not be subject to expiration. In addition, these losses must be utilized prior to the losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years.

6. Concentration, Market and Credit Risk:

MCA, MYM and MYN invest a substantial amount of their assets in issuers located in a single state or limited number of states. Please see the Schedules of Investments for concentrations in specific states.

Many municipalities insure repayment of their bonds, which may reduce the potential for loss due to credit risk. The market value of these bonds may fluctuate for other reasons, including market perception of the value of such insurance, and there is no guarantee that the insurer will meet its obligation.

In the normal course of business, the Funds invest in securities and enter into transactions where risks exist due to fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of the issuer of a security to meet all its obligations (issuer credit risk). The value of securities held by the Funds may decline in response to certain events, including those directly involving the issuers whose securities are owned by the Funds; conditions affecting the general economy; overall market changes; local, regional or global political, social or economic instability; and currency and interest rate and price fluctuations. Similar to issuer credit risk, the Funds may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity with which the Funds have unsettled or open transactions may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments. The Funds manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that they believe 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 coun-terparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is generally approximated by their value recorded in the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Funds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

As of July 31, 2011, MUE and MCA invested a significant portion of their assets in securities in the County/City/Special District/School District and Utilities sectors. MYI invested a significant portion of its assets in securities in the Transportation, County/City/Special District/School District and Utilities sectors. MYM invested a significant portion of its assets in securities in the County/City/Special District/School District sector. MYN and MYI invested a significant portion of its assets in securities in the Transportation and County/City/Special District/School District sectors. Changes in economic conditions affecting the County/City/Special District/School District, Transportation and Utilities sectors would have a greater impact on the Funds and could affect the value, income and/or liquidity of positions in such securities.

7. Capital Share Transactions:

Each Fund is authorized to issue 200 million shares, par value $0.10 for MUE, MCA, MYM and MYI and par value $0.05 for MYM and MYN, all of which were initially classified as Common Shares. The par value for each Fund’s Common Shares is $0.10. Each Fund’s Board is authorized, however, to reclassify any unissued shares of Common Shares without approval of Common Shareholders.

 

Common Shares

 

For the years shown, shares issued and outstanding increased by the following amounts as a result of dividend reinvestment:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended
July 31, 2011

 

Year Ended
July 31, 2010

 

MUE

 

 

57,701

 

 

26,556

 

MYN

 

 

7,531

 

 

 

MYI

 

 

190,432

 

 

37,906

 

Shares issued and outstanding remained constant for MCA and MYM for the years ended July 31, 2011 and July 31, 2010.

 

AMPS

 

The AMPS are redeemable at the option of MUE, in whole or in part, on any dividend payment date at their liquidation preference per share plus any accumulated and unpaid dividends whether or not declared. The AMPS are also subject to mandatory redemption at their liquidation preference plus any accumulated and unpaid dividends, whether or not declared, if certain requirements relating to the composition of the assets and liabilities of MUE, as set forth in MUE’s Articles Supplementary (the “Governing Instrument”) are not satisfied.

From time to time in the future, MUE may effect repurchases of its AMPS at prices below their liquidation preference as agreed upon by the Fund and seller. MUE also may redeem its AMPS from time to time as provided in the applicable Governing Instrument. MUE intends to effect such redemptions and/or repurchases to the extent necessary to maintain applicable asset coverage requirements or for such other reasons as the Board may determine.

MUE had the following series of AMPS outstanding, effective yields and reset frequency as of July 31, 2011:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series

 

AMPS

 

Effective
Yield

 

Reset
Frequency
Days

 

MUE

 

 

A

 

 

1,345

 

 

0.12

%

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

B

 

 

1,345

 

 

0.12

%

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

C

 

 

2,550

 

 

0.12

%

 

 

7

 


Dividends on seven-day and 28-day AMPS are cumulative at a rate, which is reset every seven or 28 days, respectively, based on the results of an auction. If the AMPS fail to clear the auction on an auction date, each Fund is required to pay the maximum applicable rate on the AMPS to holders of such shares for successive dividend periods until such time as the shares are successfully auctioned. The maximum applicable rate on the AMPS is as footnoted in the table below. The low, high and average dividend rates on the AMPS for each Fund for the period were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series

 

Low

 

High

 

Average

 

MUE

 

A1

 

 

0.11

%

 

0.50

%

 

0.35

%

 

 

 

B1

 

 

0.11

%

 

0.50

%

 

0.35

%

 

 

 

C1

 

 

0.11

%

 

0.50

%

 

0.35

%

 

MCA

 

A1

 

 

0.35

%

 

0.46

%

 

0.40

%

 

 

 

B1

 

 

0.35

%

 

0.50

%

 

0.41

%

 

 

 

C1

 

 

0.35

%

 

0.50

%

 

0.41

%

 

 

 

D1

 

 

0.37

%

 

0.50

%

 

0.41

%

 

 

 

E1

 

 

0.35

%

 

0.50

%

 

0.41

%

 

 

 

F2

 

 

1.43

%

 

1.56

%

 

1.47

%

 

MYM

 

A1

 

 

0.32

%

 

0.50

%

 

0.41

%

 

 

 

B1

 

 

0.31

%

 

0.50

%

 

0.40

%

 

 

 

C2

 

 

1.35

%

 

1.56

%

 

1.47

%

 

MYN

 

A1

 

 

0.38

%

 

0.50

%

 

0.41

%

 

 

 

B1

 

 

0.37

%

 

0.50

%

 

0.41

%

 

 

 

C1

 

 

0.35

%

 

0.50

%

 

0.41

%

 

 

 

D1

 

 

0.35

%

 

0.50

%

 

0.41

%

 

 

 

E1

 

 

0.38

%

 

0.50

%

 

0.41

%

 

 

 

F2

 

 

1.42

%

 

1.56

%

 

1.47

%

 

MYI

 

A1

 

 

0.31

%

 

0.46

%

 

0.39

%

 

 

 

B1

 

 

0.27

%

 

0.46

%

 

0.39

%

 

 

 

C1

 

 

0.35

%

 

0.50

%

 

0.42

%

 

 

 

D1

 

 

0.34

%

 

0.50

%

 

0.41

%

 

 

 

E1

 

 

0.27

%

 

0.50

%

 

0.40

%

 

 

 

F1

 

 

0.35

%

 

0.47

%

 

0.41

%

 

 

 

G1

 

 

0.24

%

 

0.50

%

 

0.40

%

 

 

 

H2

 

 

1.32

%

 

1.56

%

 

1.46

%

 

 

 

I2

 

 

1.37

%

 

1.56

%

 

1.47

%

 


 

 

 

 

1

The maximum applicable rate on this series of AMPS is the higher of 110% of the AA commercial paper rate or 110% of 90% of the Kenny S&P 30-day High Grade Index rate divided by 1.00 minus the marginal tax rate.

 

 

 

 

2

The maximum applicable rate on this series of AMPS is the higher of 110% plus or times (i) the Telerate/BAA LIBOR or (ii) 90% of the Kenny S&P 30-day High Grade Index rate divided by 1.00 minus the marginal tax rate.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANNUAL REPORT

JULY 31, 2011

49




 

 

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

Since February 13, 2008, the AMPS of the Funds failed to clear any of their auctions. As a result, the AMPS dividend rates were reset to the maximum applicable rate, which ranged from 0.11% to 1.56% for the year ended July 31, 2011. A failed auction is not an event of default for the Funds but it has a negative impact on the liquidity of AMPS. A failed auction occurs when there are more sellers of a Fund’s AMPS than buyers. A successful auction for the Funds’ AMPS may not occur for some time, if ever, and even if liquidity does resume, AMPS Shareholders may not have the ability to sell the AMPS at their liquidation preference.

MUE may not declare dividends or make other distributions on Common Shares or purchase any such shares if, at the time of the declaration, distribution or purchase, asset coverage with respect to the outstanding AMPS is less than 200%.

MUE pays commissions of 0.15% on the aggregate principal amount of all shares that fail to clear their auctions and 0.25% on the aggregate principal amount of all shares that successfully clear their auctions. Certain broker dealers have individually agreed to reduce commissions for failed auctions.

During the year ended July 31, 2011, certain Funds announced the following redemptions of AMPS at a price of $25,000 per share plus any accrued and unpaid dividends through the redemption date:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series

 

Redemption
Date

 

Shares
Redeemed

 

Aggregate
Principal

 

MCA

 

 

A

 

 

6/06/11

 

 

1,090

 

$

27,250,000

 

 

 

 

B

 

 

5/16/11

 

 

1,090

 

$

27,250,000

 

 

 

 

C

 

 

5/18/11

 

 

969

 

$

24,225,000

 

 

 

 

D

 

 

5/13/11

 

 

1,211

 

$

30,275,000

 

 

 

 

E

 

 

5/13/11

 

 

1,211

 

$

30,275,000

 

 

 

 

F

 

 

5/12/11

 

 

1,090

 

$

27,250,000

 

MYM

 

 

A

 

 

5/31/11

 

 

1,941

 

$

48,525,000

 

 

 

 

B

 

 

6/08/11

 

 

1,200

 

$

30,000,000

 

 

 

 

C

 

 

6/09/11

 

 

353

 

$

8,825,000

 

MYN

 

 

A

 

 

5/24/11

 

 

1,385

 

$

34,625,000

 

 

 

 

B

 

 

5/10/11

 

 

1,385

 

$

34,625,000

 

 

 

 

C

 

 

5/16/11

 

 

2,282

 

$

57,050,000

 

 

 

 

D

 

 

5/18/11

 

 

1,597

 

$

39,925,000

 

 

 

 

E

 

 

5/19/11

 

 

1,793

 

$

44,825,000

 

 

 

 

F

 

 

5/13/11

 

 

1,466

 

$

36,650,000

 

MYI

 

 

A

 

 

6/23/11

 

 

1,376

 

$

34,400,000

 

 

 

 

B

 

 

6/30/11

 

 

1,376

 

$

34,400,000

 

 

 

 

C

 

 

6/09/11

 

 

1,376

 

$

34,400,000

 

 

 

 

D

 

 

6/16/11

 

 

1,376

 

$

34,400,000

 

 

 

 

E

 

 

6/09/11

 

 

2,502

 

$

62,550,000

 

 

 

 

F

 

 

6/07/11

 

 

1,501

 

$

37,525,000

 

 

 

 

G

 

 

6/14/11

 

 

1,501

 

$

37,525,000

 

 

 

 

H

 

 

6/10/11

 

 

1,625

 

$

40,625,000

 

 

 

 

I

 

 

6/06/11

 

 

1,625

 

$

40,625,000

 

The Funds financed the AMPS redemptions with the proceeds received from the issuance of VRDP Shares.

AMPS issued and outstanding remained constant for the years ended July 31, 2011 and July 31, 2010 for MUE.

 

VRDP Shares

 

MCA, MYM, MYN and MYI issued Series W-7 VRDP Shares, $100,000 liquidation value per share, in a privately negotiated offering. The VRDP Shares were offered to qualified institutional buyers as defined pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and include a liquidity feature that allows the VRDP Shareholders to have their shares purchased by the liquidity provider in the event of a failed remarketing. The Funds are required to redeem the VRDP Shares owned by the liquidity provider after six months of continuous, unsuccessful remarketing. The Funds entered into a fee agreement with the liquidity provider that required an initial commitment and per annum liquidity fee which is shown as liquidity fees in the Statements of Operations. The VRDP Shares issued for the year ended July 31, 2011 were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series

 

Issue
Date

 

Shares
Issued

 

Maturity
Date

 

MCA

 

 

W-7

 

 

4/21/11

 

 

1,665

 

5/01/41

 

 

MYM

 

 

W-7

 

 

5/19/11

 

 

873

 

6/01/41

 

 

MYN

 

 

W-7

 

 

4/21/11

 

 

2,477

 

5/01/41

 

 

MYI

 

 

W-7

 

 

5/19/11

 

 

3,564

 

6/01/41

 

 

Dividends on the VRDP Shares are set weekly at a rate established by a remarketing agent. Subject to certain conditions, VRDP Shares may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at any time at the option of each Fund. Each Fund also may redeem the VRDP Shares if it fails to maintain certain asset coverage requirements and such failure is not cured timely. The redemption price per share is equal to the liquidation value per share. All of the Funds’ VRDP Shares have successfully remarketed since issuance, with an annualized dividend rate of 0.23% for MCA and MYN and 0.25% for MYM and MYI for the year ended July 31, 2011. For financial reporting purposes, the liquidation value of VRDP Shares is recorded as a liability in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Unpaid dividends are included in interest expense and fees payable in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, and the dividends paid on the VRDP Shares are included as a component of interest expense, fees and amortization of offering costs in the Statements of Operations. Dividends paid to holders of VRDP Shares are classified as tax-exempt income for tax-reporting purposes.

The holders of Preferred Shares have voting rights equal to the holders of Common Shares (one vote per share) and will vote together with holders of Common Shares (one vote per share) as a single class. However, the holders of Preferred Shares, voting as a separate class, are also entitled to elect two Directors for each Fund. In addition, the 1940 Act requires that along with approval by shareholders that might otherwise be required, the approval of the holders of a majority of any outstanding Preferred Shares, voting separately as a class would be required to (a) adopt any plan of reorganization that would adversely affect the Preferred Shares, (b) change a Fund’s sub-classification as a closed-end investment company or change its fundamental investment restrictions or (c) change its business so as to cease to be an investment company.

 

 

 

 

 

 

50

ANNUAL REPORT

JULY 31, 2011




 

 

Notes to Financial Statements (concluded)

8. Subsequent Events:

Management’s evaluation of the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds’ financial statements was completed through the date the financial statements were issued and the following items were noted:

The Funds paid a net investment income dividend in the following amounts per share on September 1, 2011 to Common Shareholders of record on August 15, 2011:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common
Dividend
Per Share

 

MUE

 

$

0.0735

 

MCA

 

$

0.0735

 

MYM

 

$

0.0715

 

MYN

 

$

0.0710

 

MYI

 

$

0.0720

 


The dividends declared on AMPS or VRDP Shares for the period August 1, 2011 to August 31, 2011 were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series

 

Dividends
Declared

 

MUE AMPS

 

 

A

 

$

5,595

 

 

 

 

B

 

$

5,407

 

 

 

 

C

 

$

10,430

 

MCA VRDP

 

 

W-7

 

$

46,894

 

MYM VRDP

 

 

W-7

 

$

26,070

 

MYN VRDP

 

 

W-7

 

$

69,763

 

MYI VRDP

 

 

W-7

 

$

106,432

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


 

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of

BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund II, Inc.,

BlackRock MuniYield California Quality Fund, Inc.,

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund II, Inc.,

BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc.,

and BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc.:

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund II, Inc. (formerly BlackRock MuniHold-ings Insured Fund II, Inc.), BlackRock MuniYield California Quality Fund, Inc. (formerly BlackRock MuniYield California Insured Fund, Inc.), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund II, Inc. (formerly BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Insured Fund II, Inc.), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc. (formerly BlackRock MuniYield New York Insured Fund, Inc.), and BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc. (formerly BlackRock MuniYield Insured Fund, Inc.) (collectively, the “Funds”), including the schedules of investments, as of July 31, 2011, and the related statements of operations and cash flows for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the periods presented. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). 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. The Funds are not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of their internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, 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. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of July 31, 2011, by correspondence with the custodians and brokers; where replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial positions of BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund II, Inc., BlackRock MuniYield California Quality Fund, Inc., BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund II, Inc., BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc., and BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc. as of July 31, 2011, the results of their operations and their cash flows 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 periods presented, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Deloitte & Touche LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
September 28, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Important Tax Information (Unaudited)

The following table summarizes the taxable per share distributions paid by MYI during the taxable year ended July 31, 2011.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payable
Date

 

Ordinary
Income1

 

Common Shareholders

 

 

12/31/2010

 

$

0.000284

 

AMPS Shareholders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series A

 

 

12/9/2010

 

$

0.04

 

Series B

 

 

12/16/2010

 

$

0.04

 

Series C

 

 

12/23/2010

 

$

0.04

 

Series D

 

 

12/2/2010

 

$

0.02

 

Series E

 

 

12/9/2010

 

$

0.04

 

Series F

 

 

12/21/2010

 

$

0.04

 

Series G

 

 

12/7/2010

 

$

0.04

 

Series H

 

 

12/3/2010

 

$

0.14

 

Series I

 

 

12/6/2010

 

$

0.14

 


 

 

 

 

1

Additionally, all ordinary income distributions are comprised of interest related dividends for non-US residents and are eligible for exemption from US withholding tax for nonresident aliens and foreign corporations.

All other net investment income distributions paid by MYI during the taxable year ended July 31, 2011 qualify as tax-exempt interest dividends for federal income tax purposes.

All of the net investment income distributions paid by MUE, MCA, MYM and MYN during the taxable year ended July 31, 2011 qualify as tax-exempt interest dividends for federal income tax purposes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreements and Sub-Advisory Agreements

The Boards of Directors (each, a “Board,” collectively, the “Boards,” and the members of which are referred to as “Board Members”) of BlackRock Muni-Holdings Quality Fund II, Inc. (“MUE”), BlackRock MuniYield California Quality Fund, Inc. (“MCA”), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund II, Inc. (“MYM”), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc. (“MYN”) and BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc. (“MYI” and together with MUE, MCA, MYM and MYN, each a “Fund,” and, collectively, the “Funds”) met on April 14, 2011 and May 12–13, 2011 to consider the approval of each Fund’s investment advisory agreement (each, an “Advisory Agreement”) with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), each Fund’s investment advisor. The Board of each Fund also considered the approval of the sub-advisory agreement (each, a “Sub-Advisory Agreement”) between the Manager and BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (the “Sub-Advisor”), with respect to each Fund. The Manager and the Sub-Advisor are referred to herein as “BlackRock.” The Advisory Agreements and the Sub-Advisory Agreements are referred to herein as the “Agreements.”

Activities and Composition of the Board

Each Board consists of eleven individuals, nine of whom are not “interested persons” of such Fund as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) (the “Independent Board Members”). The Board Members are responsible for the oversight of the operations of the Funds and perform the various duties imposed on the directors of investment companies by the 1940 Act. The Independent Board Members have retained independent legal counsel to assist them in connection with their duties. The Chairman of the Board is an Independent Board Member. Each Board has established five standing committees: an Audit Committee, a Governance and Nominating Committee, a Compliance Committee, a Performance Oversight Committee and an Executive Committee, each of which is composed of Independent Board Members (except for the Executive Committee, which also has one interested Board Member) and is chaired by an Independent Board Member. The Board of MUE has also established a Committee on Auction Market Preferred Shares. In addition, the Board of each of MCA, MYM, MYN and MYI had established a Committee on Auction Market Preferred Shares prior to the redemption of all of its Fund’s outstanding auction market preferred shares. Further, each Board established an ad hoc committee, the Joint Product Pricing Committee, which consisted of Independent Board Members and the directors/trustees of the boards of certain other BlackRock-managed funds, who were not “interested persons” of their respective funds.

The Agreements

Pursuant to the 1940 Act, the Boards are required to consider the continuation of the Agreements on an annual basis. In connection with this process, the Boards assessed, among other things, the nature, scope and quality of the services provided to the Funds by BlackRock, its personnel and its affiliates, including investment management, administrative and shareholder services, oversight of fund accounting and custody, marketing services, risk oversight, compliance program and assistance in meeting applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

The Boards, acting directly and through their respective committees, considered at each of their meetings, and from time to time as appropriate, factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the Agreements, including the services and support provided by BlackRock to the Funds and their shareholders. Among the matters the Boards considered were: (a) investment performance for one-, three- and five-year periods, as applicable, against peer funds, and applicable benchmarks, if any, as well as senior management’s and portfolio managers’ analysis of the reasons for any over performance or underperformance against their peers and/or benchmark, as applicable; (b) fees, including advisory and other amounts paid to BlackRock and its affiliates by the Funds for services such as call center and fund accounting; (c) Fund operating expenses and how BlackRock allocates expenses to the Funds; (d) the resources devoted to, risk oversight of, and compliance reports relating to, implementation of the Funds’ investment objectives, policies and restrictions; (e) the Funds’ compliance with its Code of Ethics and other compliance policies and procedures; (f) the nature, cost and character of non-investment management services provided by BlackRock and its affiliates; (g) BlackRock’s and other service providers’ internal controls and risk and compliance oversight mechanisms; (h) BlackRock’s implementation of the proxy voting policies approved by the Boards; (i) execution quality of portfolio transactions; (j) BlackRock’s implementation of the Funds’ valuation and liquidity procedures; (k) an analysis of contractual and actual management fee ratios for products with similar investment objectives across the open-end fund, closed-end fund and institutional account product channels, as applicable; (l) BlackRock’s compensation methodology for its investment professionals and the incentives it creates; and (m) periodic updates on BlackRock’s business.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreements and Sub-Advisory Agreements (continued)

Board Considerations in Approving the Agreements

The Approval Process: Prior to the April 14, 2011 meeting, the Boards requested and received materials specifically relating to the Agreements. The Boards are engaged in a process with BlackRock to review periodically the nature and scope of the information provided to better assist their deliberations. The materials provided in connection with the April meeting included (a) information independently compiled and prepared by Lipper, Inc. (“Lipper”) on Fund fees and expenses and the investment performance of the Funds as compared with a peer group of funds as determined by Lipper and a customized peer group selected by BlackRock (collectively, “Peers”); (b) information on the profitability of the Agreements to BlackRock and a discussion of fall-out benefits to BlackRock and its affiliates and significant shareholders; (c) a general analysis provided by BlackRock concerning investment management fees (a combination of the advisory fee and the administration fee, if any) charged to other clients, such as institutional clients and open-end funds, under similar investment mandates, as applicable; (d) the impact of economies of scale; (e) a summary of aggregate amounts paid by each Fund to BlackRock and (f) if applicable, a comparison of management fees to similar BlackRock closed-end funds, as classified by Lipper.

At an in-person meeting held on April 14, 2011, the Boards reviewed materials relating to their consideration of the Agreements. As a result of the discussions that occurred during the April 14, 2011 meeting, and as a culmination of the Boards’ year-long deliberative process, the Boards presented BlackRock with questions and requests for additional information. BlackRock responded to these requests with additional written information in advance of the May 12–13, 2011 Board meeting.

At an in-person meeting held on May 12–13, 2011, each Board, including the Independent Board Members, unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreement between the Manager and its Fund and the Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Sub-Advisor with respect to its Fund, each for a one-year term ending June 30, 2012. In approving the continuation of the Agreements, the Boards considered: (a) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BlackRock; (b) the investment performance of the Funds and BlackRock; (c) the advisory fee and the cost of the services and profits to be realized by BlackRock and its affiliates from their relationship with the Funds; (d) economies of scale; (e) fall-out benefits to BlackRock as a result of its relationship with the Funds; and (f) other factors deemed relevant by the Board Members.

The Boards also considered other matters they deemed important to the approval process, such as services related to the valuation and pricing of Fund portfolio holdings, direct and indirect benefits to BlackRock and its affiliates and significant shareholders from their relationship with Funds and advice from independent legal counsel with respect to the review process and materials submitted for the Boards’ review. The Boards noted the willingness of BlackRock personnel to engage in open, candid discussions with the Boards. The Boards did not identify any particular information as controlling, and each Board Member may have attributed different weights to the various items considered.

A. Nature, Extent and Quality of the Services Provided by BlackRock: The Boards, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the nature, extent and quality of services provided by BlackRock, including the investment advisory services and the resulting performance of the Funds. Throughout the year, the Boards compared Fund performance to the performance of a comparable group of closed-end funds and/or the performance of a relevant benchmark, if any. The Boards met with BlackRock’s senior management personnel responsible for investment operations, including the senior investment officers. Each Board also reviewed the materials provided by its Fund’s portfolio management team discussing Fund performance and the Fund’s investment objective, strategies and outlook.

The Boards considered, among other factors, the number, education and experience of BlackRock’s investment personnel generally and their Funds’ portfolio management teams, investments by portfolio managers in the funds they manage, BlackRock’s portfolio trading capabilities, BlackRock’s use of technology, BlackRock’s commitment to compliance, BlackRock’s credit analysis capabilities, BlackRock’s risk analysis capabilities and BlackRock’s approach to training and retaining portfolio managers and other research, advisory and management personnel. The Boards engaged in a review of BlackRock’s compensation structure with respect to their Funds’ portfolio management teams and BlackRock’s ability to attract and retain high-quality talent and create performance incentives.

In addition to advisory services, the Boards considered the quality of the administrative and non-investment advisory services provided to the Funds. BlackRock and its affiliates provide the Funds with certain administrative and other services (in addition to any such services provided to the Funds by third parties) and officers and other personnel as are necessary for the operations of the Funds. In addition to investment advisory services, BlackRock and its affiliates provide the Funds with other services, including (i) preparing disclosure documents, such as the prospectus and the statement of additional information in connection with the initial public offering and periodic shareholder reports; (ii) preparing communications with analysts to support secondary market trading of the Funds; (iii) assisting with daily accounting and pricing; (iv) preparing periodic filings with regulators and stock exchanges; (v) overseeing and coordinating the activities of other service providers; (vi) organizing Board meetings and preparing the materials for such Board meetings; (vii) providing legal and compliance support; and (viii) performing other administrative functions necessary for the operation of the Funds, such as tax reporting, fulfilling regulatory filing requirements and call center services. The Boards reviewed the structure and duties of BlackRock’s fund administration, accounting, legal and compliance departments and considered BlackRock’s policies and procedures for assuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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B. The Investment Performance of the Funds and BlackRock: The Boards, including the Independent Board Members, also reviewed and considered the performance history of their Funds. In preparation for the April 14, 2011 meeting, the Boards worked with BlackRock and Lipper to develop a template for, and was provided with reports independently prepared by Lipper, which included a comprehensive analysis of each Fund’s performance. The Boards also reviewed a narrative and statistical analysis of the Lipper data that was prepared by BlackRock, which analyzed various factors that affect Lipper’s rankings. In connection with their review, each Board received and reviewed information regarding the investment performance of its Fund as compared to funds in that Fund’s applicable Lipper category and a customized peer group selected by BlackRock. The Boards were provided with a description of the methodology used by Lipper to select peer funds. The Boards and each Board’s Performance Oversight Committee regularly review, and meet with Fund management to discuss, the performance of the Funds throughout the year.

The Board of MYI noted that MYI performed below the median of its Customized Lipper Peer Group Composite in each of the one-, three- and five-year periods reported. The Board of MYI and BlackRock reviewed and discussed the reasons for MYI’s underperformance during these periods compared with its Peers. The Board of MYI was informed that, among other things, there were three primary factors that impacted performance: exposure to the long-end of the municipal curve, which underperformed as the yield curve steepened out; an overweight of spread product during a period of significant widening of credit spreads; and the underperformance of municipal cash relative to MYI’s Bond Market Association hedges (which were completely unwound in the 4th quarter of 2008).

The Board of MCA noted that MCA performed below the median of its Customized Lipper Peer Group Composite in the one- and five-year periods reported, but that MCA performed at or above the median of its Customized Lipper Peer Group Composite in the three-year period reported. The Board of MCA and BlackRock reviewed and discussed the reasons for MCA’s under-performance during the one- and five-year periods compared with its Peers. The Board was informed that, among other things, slightly longer duration exposure fared poorly in the volatile environment that characterized the last quarter of 2010.

The Board of MYN noted that MYN performed below the median of its Customized Lipper Peer Group Composite in each of the one-, three- and five-year periods reported. The Board of MYN and BlackRock reviewed and discussed the reasons for MYN’s underperformance during these periods compared with its Peers. The Board of MYN was informed that, among other things, longer term performance continues to suffer from MYN’s poor total return experienced during the financial crisis of 2007–2008. During this period MYN was weighted heavily in longer dated and discount coupon bonds. This exposure to longer duration bonds, in the long end of the yield curve, caused underperformance as yields rose and the curve steepened.

The Board of each of MYI, MCA and MYN and BlackRock discussed BlackRock’s strategy for improving its Fund’s performance and BlackRock’s commitment to providing the resources necessary to assist its Fund’s portfolio managers and to improve its Fund’s performance.

The Board of each of MUE and MYM noted that, in general, its Fund performed better than its respective Peers in that its Fund’s performance was at or above the median of its respective Customized Lipper Peer Group Composite in two of the one-, three- and five-year periods reported.

The Boards noted that BlackRock has made changes to the organization of the overall fixed income group management structure designed to result in a strengthened leadership team.

C. Consideration of the Advisory/Management Fees and the Cost of the Services and Profits to be Realized by BlackRock and its Affiliates from their Relationship with the Fund: Each Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed its Fund’s contractual management fee ratio compared with the other funds in its Lipper category. It also compared the Fund’s total expense ratio, as well as actual management fee ratio, to those of other funds in its Lipper category. The Boards considered the services provided and the fees charged by BlackRock to other types of clients with similar investment mandates, including separately managed institutional accounts.

The Boards received and reviewed statements relating to BlackRock’s financial condition and profitability with respect to the services it provided the Funds. The Boards were also provided with a profitability analysis that detailed the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by BlackRock for services provided to the Funds. The Boards reviewed BlackRock’s profitability with respect to the Funds and other funds the Boards currently oversee for the year ended December 31, 2010 compared to available aggregate profitability data provided for the years ended December 31, 2009, and Decem-ber 31, 2008. The Boards reviewed BlackRock’s profitability with respect to other fund complexes managed by the Manager and/or its affiliates. The Boards reviewed BlackRock’s assumptions and methodology of allocating expenses in the profitability analysis, noting the inherent limitations in allocating costs among various advisory products. The Boards recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors including, among other things, fee waivers and expense reimbursements by the Manager, the types of funds managed, expense allocations and business mix, and the difficulty of comparing profitability as a result of those factors.

The Boards noted that, in general, individual fund or product line profitability of other advisors is not publicly available. The Boards considered BlackRock’s overall operating margin, in general, compared to the operating margin for leading investment management firms whose operations include advising closed-end funds, among other product types. That data indicates that operating margins for BlackRock, in general and with respect to its registered funds, are generally consistent with margins earned by similarly situated publicly traded competitors. In addition, the Boards considered, among other things, certain third party data comparing BlackRock’s operating margin with that of other publicly-traded asset management firms. That third party data indicates that larger asset bases do not, in themselves, translate to higher profit margins.

In addition, the Boards considered the cost of the services provided to the Funds by BlackRock, and BlackRock’s and its affiliates’ profits relating to the management of the Funds and the other funds advised by BlackRock and its affiliates. As part of its analysis, the Boards reviewed BlackRock’s methodology in allocating its costs to the management of the Funds. The Boards also

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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considered whether BlackRock has the financial resources necessary to attract and retain high-quality investment management personnel to perform its obligations under the Agreements and to continue to provide the high quality of services that is expected by the Boards.

Each Board noted that its Fund’s contractual management fee ratio (a combination of the advisory fee and the administration fee, if any) was lower than or equal to the median contractual management fee ratio paid by the Fund’s Peers, in each case before taking into account any expense reimbursements or fee waivers.

D. Economies of Scale: Each Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of its Fund increase. Each Board also considered the extent to which its Fund benefits from such economies and whether there should be changes in the advisory fee rate or structure in order to enable the Fund to participate in these economies of scale, for example through the use of breakpoints in the advisory fee based upon the asset level of the Fund. Based on the ad hoc Joint Product Pricing Committees’ and the Boards’ review and consideration of this issue, the Boards concluded that closed-end funds are typically priced at scale at a fund’s inception; therefore, the implementation of breakpoints was not necessary.

The Boards noted that most closed-end funds do not have fund level breakpoints because closed-end funds generally do not experience substantial growth after the initial public offering. The Boards noted that only one closed-end fund in the Fund Complex has breakpoints in its advisory fee structure.

E. Other Factors Deemed Relevant by the Board Members: The Boards, including the Independent Board Members, also took into account other ancillary or “fall-out” benefits that BlackRock or its affiliates and significant shareholders may derive from their respective relationships with the Funds, both tangible and intangible, such as BlackRock’s ability to leverage its investment professionals who manage other portfolios and risk management personnel, an increase in BlackRock’s profile in the investment advisory community, and the engagement of BlackRock’s affiliates as service providers to the Funds, including for securities lending services. The Boards also considered BlackRock’s overall operations and its efforts to expand the scale of, and improve the quality of, its operations. The Boards also noted that BlackRock may use and benefit from third party research obtained by soft dollars generated by certain registered fund transactions to assist in managing all or a number of its other client accounts. The Boards further noted that BlackRock’s funds may invest in affiliated ETFs without any offset against the management fees payable by the funds to BlackRock.

In connection with its consideration of the Agreements, the Boards also received information regarding BlackRock’s brokerage and soft dollar practices. The Boards received reports from BlackRock which included information on brokerage commissions and trade execution practices throughout the year.

The Boards noted the competitive nature of the closed-end fund marketplace and that shareholders are able to sell their Fund shares in the secondary market if they believe that the Fund’s fees and expenses are too high or if they are dissatisfied with the performance of the Fund.

Conclusion

Each Board, including the Independent Board Members, unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreement between the Manager and its Fund for a one-year term ending June 30, 2012 and the Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Sub-Advisor, with respect to its Fund, for a one-year term ending June 30, 2012. As part of its approval, the Boards considered the detailed review of BlackRock’s fee structure, as it applies to the Funds, conducted by the ad hoc Joint Product Pricing Committee. Based upon their evaluations of all of the aforementioned factors in their totality, the Boards, including the Independent Board Members, were satisfied that the terms of the Agreements were fair and reasonable and in the best interest of the Funds and their shareholders. In arriving at their decision to approve the Agreements, the Boards did not identify any single factor or group of factors as all-important or controlling, but considered all factors together, and different Board Members may have attributed different weights to the various factors considered. The Independent Board Members were also assisted by the advice of independent legal counsel in making these determinations. The contractual fee arrangements for the Funds reflect the results of several years of review by the Board Members and predecessor Board Members, and discussions between such Board Members (and predecessor Board Members) and BlackRock. As a result, the Board Members’ conclusions may be based in part on their consideration of these arrangements in prior years.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Automatic Dividend Reinvestment Plans

Pursuant to each Fund’s Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the “Reinvestment Plan”), Common Shareholders are automatically enrolled to have all distributions of dividends and capital gains reinvested by BNY Mellon Shareowner Services for MYM and MYN and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. for MUE, MCA and MYI (individually, the “Reinvestment Plan Agent” or together, the “Reinvestment Plan Agents”) in the respective Fund’s shares pursuant to the Reinvestment Plan. Shareholders who do not participate in the Reinvestment Plan will receive all distributions in cash paid by check and mailed directly to the shareholders of record (or if the shares are held in street or other nominee name, then to the nominee) by the Reinvestment Plan Agent, which serves as agent for the shareholders in administering the Reinvestment Plan.

After the Funds declare a dividend or determine to make a capital gain distribution, the Reinvestment Plan Agent will acquire shares for the participants’ account, depending upon the following circumstances, either (i) through receipt of unissued but authorized shares from the Fund (“newly issued shares”) or (ii) by purchase of outstanding shares on the open market or on the Fund’s primary exchange. If, on the dividend payment date, the NAV is equal to or less than the market price per share plus estimated brokerage commissions (such condition often referred to as a “market premium”), the Reinvestment Plan Agent will invest the dividend amount in newly issued shares on behalf of the participants. The number of newly issued shares to be credited to each participant’s account will be determined by dividing the dollar amount of the dividend by the NAV on the date the shares are issued. However, if the NAV is less than 95% of the market price on the dividend payment date, the dollar amount of the dividend will be divided by 95% of the market price on the payment date. If, on the dividend payment date, the NAV is greater than the market value per share plus estimated brokerage commissions (such condition often referred to as a “market discount”), the Reinvestment Plan Agent will invest the dividend amount in shares acquired on behalf of the participants in open market purchases. If the Reinvestment Plan Agents are unable to invest the full dividend amount in open market purchases, or if the market discount shifts to a market premium during the purchase period, the Reinvestment Plan Agents will invest any un-invested portion in newly issued shares.

Participation in the Reinvestment Plan is completely voluntary and may be terminated or resumed at any time without penalty by notice if received and processed by the Reinvestment Plan Agent prior to the dividend record date; otherwise such termination or resumption will be effective with respect to any subsequently declared dividend or other distribution.

The Reinvestment Plan Agent’s fees for the handling of the reinvestment of dividends and distributions will be paid by each Fund. However, each participant will pay a pro rata share of brokerage commissions incurred with respect to the Reinvestment Plan Agent’s open market purchases in connection with the reinvestment of dividends and distributions. The automatic reinvestment of dividends and distributions will not relieve participants of any federal income tax that may be payable on such dividends or distributions.

Each Fund reserves the right to amend or terminate the Reinvestment Plan. There is no direct service charge to participants in the Reinvestment Plan; however, each Fund reserves the right to amend the Reinvestment Plan to include a service charge payable by the participants. Participants that request a sale of shares through Computershare Trust Company, N.A. are subject to a $2.50 sales fee and a $0.15 per share sold brokerage commission. Participants that request a sale of shares through BNY Mellon Shareowner Services are subject to a $0.02 per share sold brokerage commission. All correspondence concerning the Reinvestment Plan should be directed to the respective Reinvestment Plan Agent: BNY Mellon Shareowner Services, P.O. Box 358035, Pittsburgh, PA 15252-8035, Telephone: (866) 216-0242 for shareholders of MYM and MYN or Computershare Trust Company, N.A., P.O. Box 43078, Providence, RI 02940-3078, Telephone: (800) 699-1BFM or overnight correspondence should be directed to the Reinvestment Plan Agent at 250 Royall Street, Canton, MA 02021 for shareholders of MUE, MCA and MYI.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Officers and Directors


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name, Address
and Year of Birth

 

Position(s)
Held with
Funds

 

Length
of Time
Served as
a Director2

 

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

 

Number of BlackRock-
Advised Registered
Investment Companies
(“RICs”) Consisting of
Investment Portfolios
(“Portfolios”) Overseen

 

Public
Directorships

Independent Directors1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Richard E. Cavanagh
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1946

 

Chairman of
the Board
and Director

 

Since
2007

 

Trustee, Aircraft Finance Trust from 1999 to 2009; Director, The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America since 1998; 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; Adjunct Lecturer, Harvard University since 2007; President and Chief Executive Officer, The Conference Board, Inc. (global business research organization) from 1995 to 2007.

 

95 RICs consisting of
95 Portfolios

 

Arch Chemical (chemical and allied products)

Karen P. Robards
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1950

 

Vice Chairperson
of the Board,
Chairperson
of the Audit
Committee
and Director

 

Since
2007

 

Partner of Robards & Company, LLC (financial advisory firm) since 1987; Co-founder and Director of the Cooke Center for Learning and Development (a not-for-profit organization) since 1987; Director of Care Investment Trust, Inc. (health care real estate investment trust) from 2007 to 2010; Director of Enable Medical Corp. from 1996 to 2005; Investment Banker at Morgan Stanley from 1976 to 1987.

 

95 RICs consisting of
95 Portfolios

 

AtriCure, Inc. (medical devices)

Michael J. Castellano
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1946

 

Director and
Member of the
Audit Committee

 

Since
2011

 

Managing Director and 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 Religions (non-profit) since 2009; Director, National Advisory Board of Church Management at Villanova University since 2010.

 

95 RICs consisting of
95 Portfolios

 

None

Frank J. Fabozzi
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1948

 

Director and
Member of the
Audit Committee

 

Since
2007

 

Editor of and Consultant for The Journal of Portfolio Management since 1986; Professor of Finance, EDHEC Business School since 2011; Professor in the Practice of Finance and Becton Fellow, Yale University School of Management from 2006 to 2011; Adjunct Professor of Finance and Becton Fellow, Yale University from 1994 to 2006.

 

95 RICs consisting of
95 Portfolios

 

None

Kathleen F. Feldstein
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1941

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

President of Economics Studies, Inc. (private economic consulting firm) since 1987; Chair, Board of Trustees, McLean Hospital from 2000 to 2008 and Trustee Emeritus thereof since 2008; Member of the Board of Partners Community Healthcare, Inc. from 2005 to 2009; Member of the Corporation of Partners HealthCare since 1995; Trustee, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston since 1992; Member of the Visiting Committee to the Harvard University Art Museum since 2003; Director, Catholic Charities of Boston since 2009.

 

95 RICs consisting of
95 Portfolios

 

The McClatchy Company (publishing); BellSouth (telecommunications); Knight Ridder (publishing)

James T. Flynn
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1939

 

Director and
Member of the
Audit Committee

 

Since
2007

 

Chief Financial Officer of JPMorgan & Co., Inc. from 1990 to 1995.

 

95 RICs consisting of
95 Portfolios

 

None

Jerrold B. Harris
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1942

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

Trustee, Ursinus College since 2000; Director, Troemner LLC (scientific equipment) since 2000; Director of Delta Waterfowl Foundation since 2001; President and Chief Executive Officer, VWR Scientific Products Corporation from 1990 to 1999.

 

95 RICs consisting of
95 Portfolios

 

BlackRock Kelso Capital Corp. (business development company)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Officers and Directors (continued)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name, Address
and Year of Birth

 

Position(s)
Held with
Funds

 

Length
of Time
Served as
a Director2

 

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

 

Number of BlackRock-
Advised Registered
Investment Companies
(“RICs”) Consisting of
Investment Portfolios
(“Portfolios”) Overseen

 

Public
Directorships

Independent Directors1 (concluded)

 

 

 

 

R. Glenn Hubbard
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1958

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

Dean, Columbia Business School since 2004; Columbia faculty member since 1988; Co-Director, Columbia Business School’s Entrepreneurship Program from 1997 to 2004; Chairman, US Council of Economic Advisers under the President of the United States from 2001 to 2003; Chairman, Economic Policy Committee of the OECD from 2001 to 2003.

 

95 RICs consisting of
95 Portfolios

 

ADP (data and
information services);
KKR Financial
Corporation (finance);
Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company
(insurance)

W. Carl Kester
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1951

 

Director and
Member of the
Audit Committee

 

Since
2007

 

George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs from 2006 to 2010; Chairman of the Finance Department, Harvard Business School from 2005 to 2006; Senior Associate Dean and Chairman of the MBA Program of Harvard Business School from 1999 to 2005; Member of the faculty of Harvard Business School since 1981.

 

95 RICs consisting of
95 Portfolios

 

None

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Directors serve until their resignation, removal or death, or until December 31 of the year in which they turn 72.

 

 

 

 

2

Date shown is the earliest date a person has served for the Funds covered by this annual report. Following the combination of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. (“MLIM”) and BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”) in September 2006, the various legacy MLIM and legacy BlackRock Fund boards were realigned and consolidated into three new Fund boards in 2007. As a result, although the chart shows directors as joining the Fund’s board in 2007, each director first became a member of the board of directors of other legacy MLIM or legacy BlackRock Funds as follows: Richard E. Cavanagh, 1994; Frank J. Fabozzi, 1988; Kathleen F. Feldstein, 2005; James T. Flynn, 1996; Jerrold B. Harris, 1999; R. Glenn Hubbard, 2004; W. Carl Kester, 1995 and Karen P. Robards, 1998.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interested Directors3

 

 

 

 

 

Paul L. Audet
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1953

 

Director

 

Since
2011

 

Senior Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc., and Head of BlackRock’s Real Estate business from 2008 to 2011; Member of BlackRock’s Global Operating and Corporate Risk Management Committees and of the BlackRock Alternative Investors Executive Committee and Investment Committee for the Private Equity Fund of Funds business since 2008; Head of BlackRock’s Global Cash Management business from 2005 to 2010; Acting Chief Financial Officer of BlackRock from 2007 to 2008; Chief Financial Officer of BlackRock from 1998 to 2005; Senior Vice President of Finance at PNC Bank Corp. and Chief Financial Officer of the Investment Management and Mutual Fund Processing businesses from 1996 to 1998 and Head of PNC’s Mergers & Acquisitions unit from 1992 to 1998; Member of PNC’s Corporate Asset-Liability Committee and Marketing Committees from 1992 to 1998; Chief Financial Officer of PNC’s eastern operations from 1991 to 1992; Senior Vice President of First Fidelity Bancorporation, responsible for the Corporate Finance, Asset-Liability Committee, and Mergers & Acquisitions functions from 1986 to 1991.

 

95 RICs consisting of
95 Portfolios

 

None

Henry Gabbay
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1947

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

Consultant, BlackRock, Inc. from 2007 to 2008; Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. from 1989 to 2007; Chief Administrative Officer, BlackRock Advisors, LLC from 1998 to 2007; President of BlackRock Funds and BlackRock Bond Allocation Target Shares from 2005 to 2007; Treasurer of certain closed-end funds in the BlackRock fund complex from 1989 to 2006.

 

162 RICs consisting of
293 Portfolios

 

None

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Mr. Audet is an “interested person,” as defined in the 1940 Act, of the Funds based on his position with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates. Mr. Gabbay is an “interested person” of the Funds based on his former positions with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates as well as his ownership of BlackRock, Inc. and The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. securities. Directors serve until their resignation, removal or death, or until December 31 of the year in which they turn 72.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Officers and Directors (concluded)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name, Address
and Year of Birth

 

Position(s)
Held with
Funds

 

Length
of Time
Served

 

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

Funds Officers1

 

 

 

 

 

 

John M. Perlowski
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1964

 

President and
Chief Executive
Officer

 

Since
2011

 

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2009; Global Head of BlackRock Fund Administration since 2009; Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Global Product Group at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. from 2003 to 2009; Treasurer of Goldman Sachs Mutual Funds from 2003 to 2009 and Senior Vice President thereof from 2007 to 2009; Director of Goldman Sachs Offshore Funds from 2002 to 2009; Director of Family Resource Network (charitable foundation) since 2009.

Anne Ackerley
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1962

 

Vice
President

 

Since
20072

 

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2000; President and Chief Executive Officer of the BlackRock-advised funds from 2009 to 2011; Vice President of the BlackRock-advised funds from 2007 to 2009; Chief Operating Officer of BlackRock’s Global Client Group since 2009; Chief Operating Officer of BlackRock’s U.S. Retail Group from 2006 to 2009; Head of BlackRock’s Mutual Fund Group from 2000 to 2006.

Brendan Kyne
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1977

 

Vice
President

 

Since
2009

 

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2010; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2008 to 2009; Head of Product Development and Management for BlackRock’s US Retail Group since 2009, Co-head thereof from 2007 to 2009; Vice President of BlackRock, Inc. from 2005 to 2008.

Neal Andrews
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1966

 

Chief
Financial
Officer

 

Since
2007

 

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2006; Senior Vice President and Line of Business Head of Fund Accounting and Administration at PNC Global Investment Servicing (US) Inc. from 1992 to 2006.

Jay Fife
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1970

 

Treasurer

 

Since
2007

 

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2007 and Director of BlackRock, Inc. in 2006; Assistant Treasurer of the MLIM and Fund Asset Management, L.P.-advised funds from 2005 to 2006; Director of MLIM Fund Services Group from 2001 to 2006.

Brian Kindelan
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1959

 

Chief Compliance
Officer and
Anti-Money
Laundering Officer

 

Since
2007

 

Chief Compliance Officer of the BlackRock-advised funds since 2007; Managing Director and Senior Counsel of BlackRock, Inc. since 2005.

Ira P. Shapiro
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1963

 

Secretary

 

Since
2010

 

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2009; Managing Director and Associate General Counsel of Barclays Global Investors from 2008 to 2009 and Principal thereof from 2004 to 2008.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Officers of the Funds serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.

 

 

 

 

2

Ms. Ackerley was President and Chief Executive Officer from 2009 to 2011.


 

 

Investment Advisor

 

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

Wilmington, DE 19809

 

Sub-Advisor

 

BlackRock Investment Management, LLC

Princeton, NJ 08540

 

Custodians

 

State Street Bank and Trust Company3

Boston, MA 02101

 

The Bank of New York Mellon4

New York, NY 10286

 

Transfer Agents

 

Common Shares:

 

Computershare Trust Company, N.A. 3

Providence, RI 02490

 

BNY Mellon Shareowner Services4

Jersey City, NJ 07310

 

AMPS Auction Agent

 

BNY Mellon Shareowner Services
Jersey City, NJ 07310

 

VRDP Tender and Paying Agent

 

The Bank of New York Mellon
New York, NY 10289

 

VRDP Remarketing Agent

 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
New York, NY 10179

 

Accounting Agent

 

State Street Bank and Trust Company
Boston, MA 02116

 

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

Deloitte & Touche LLP
Boston, MA 02116

 

Legal Counsel

 

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
New York, NY 10036

 

Address of the Funds

 

100 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE
19809


 

 

3

For MUE, MCA and MYI.

 

 

4

For MYM and MYN.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effective April 14, 2011, Michael J. Castellano became Director of the Funds and Member of the Audit Committee.

 

 

 

Effective July 28, 2011, Richard S. Davis resigned as Director of the Funds, and Paul L. Audet became Director of the Funds.

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

 

Proxy Results

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on July 28, 2011 for shareholders of record on May 31, 2011 to elect director nominees for each Fund. There were no broker non-votes with regard to any of the Funds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paul L. Audet

 

Michael J. Castellano

 

Richard E. Cavanagh

 

 

 

Votes For

 

Votes
Withheld

 

Abstain

 

Votes For

 

Votes
Withheld

 

Abstain

 

Votes For

 

Votes
Withheld

 

Abstain

 

MUE

 

17,441,209

 

487,265

 

0

 

17,439,099

 

489,375

 

0

 

17,436,092

 

492,382

 

0

 

MCA

 

27,843,603

 

931,501

 

0

 

27,759,460

 

1,015,644

 

0

 

27,811,765

 

963,339

 

0

 

MYM

 

9,936,504

 

386,628

 

0

 

9,936,794

 

386,338

 

0

 

9,936,794

 

386,338

 

0

 

MYN

 

32,095,337

 

1,051,678

 

0

 

31,959,190

 

1,187,825

 

0

 

32,187,240

 

959,775

 

0

 

MYI

 

59,857,132

 

2,020,552

 

0

 

59,564,552

 

2,313,132

 

0

 

59,648,356

 

2,229,328

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frank J. Fabozzi1

 

Kathleen F. Feldstein

 

James T. Flynn

 

 

 

Votes For

 

Votes
Withheld

 

Abstain

 

Votes For

 

Votes
Withheld

 

Abstain

 

Votes For

 

Votes
Withheld

 

Abstain

 

MUE

 

2,234

 

5

 

0

 

17,428,792

 

499,682

 

0

 

17,423,900

 

504,574

 

0

 

MCA

 

1,375

 

0

 

0

 

27,621,850

 

1,153,254

 

0

 

27,650,379

 

1,124,725

 

0

 

MYM

 

668

 

70

 

0

 

9,900,954

 

422,178

 

0

 

9,926,765

 

396,367

 

0

 

MYN

 

2,068

 

402

 

0

 

31,792,195

 

1,354,820

 

0

 

32,068,498

 

1,078,517

 

0

 

MYI

 

2,549

 

35

 

0

 

59,591,252

 

2,286,431

 

0

 

59,738,498

 

2,139,186

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Henry Gabbay

 

Jerrold B. Harris

 

R. Glenn Hubbard

 

 

 

Votes For

 

Votes
Withheld

 

Abstain

 

Votes For

 

Votes
Withheld

 

Abstain

 

Votes For

 

Votes
Withheld

 

Abstain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MUE

 

17,441,191

 

487,283

 

0

 

17,437,676

 

490,798

 

0

 

17,433,923

 

494,551

 

0

 

MCA

 

27,774,157

 

1,000,947

 

0

 

27,702,395

 

1,072,709

 

0

 

27,836,956

 

938,148

 

0

 

MYM

 

9,933,084

 

390,048

 

0

 

9,925,144

 

397,988

 

0

 

9,933,374

 

389,758

 

0

 

MYN

 

32,267,141

 

879,874

 

0

 

31,965,634

 

1,181,381

 

0

 

32,129,590

 

1,017,425

 

0

 

MYI

 

59,894,606

 

1,983,078

 

0

 

59,797,889

 

2,079,795

 

0

 

59,651,457

 

2,226,227

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

W. Carl Kester1

 

Karen P. Robards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Votes For

 

Votes
Withheld

 

Abstain

 

Votes For

 

Votes
Withheld

 

Abstain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MUE

 

2,234

 

5

 

0

 

17,443,791

 

484,683

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MCA

 

1,375

 

0

 

0

 

27,732,448

 

1,042,656

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MYM

 

668

 

70

 

0

 

9,899,334

 

423,798

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MYN

 

2,068

 

402

 

0

 

32,255,358

 

891,657

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MYI

 

2,549

 

35

 

0

 

59,918,093

 

1,959,591

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Voted on by holders of preferred shares only.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information (continued)


 

Dividend Policy

The Funds’ dividend policy is to distribute all or a portion of their net investment income to their shareholders on a monthly basis. In order to provide shareholders with a more stable level of dividend distributions, the Funds may at times pay out less than the entire amount of net investment income earned in any particular month and may at times in any particular month pay out such accumulated but undistributed income in addition to net investment income earned in that month. As a result, the dividends paid by the Funds for any particular month may be more or less than the amount of net investment income earned by the Funds during such month. The Funds’ current accumulated but undistributed net investment income, if any, is disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, which comprises part of the financial information included in this report.

 

General Information

On June 10, 2010, the Manager announced that MUE, MCA and MYI received demand letters from a law firm on behalf of MUE’s, MCA’s and MYI’s Common Shareholders. The demand letter alleges that the Manager and MUE’s, MCA’s and MYI’s officers and Board of Directors (the “Board”) breached their fiduciary duties by redeeming at par certain of MUE’s, MCA’s and MYI’s Preferred Shares, and demanded that the Board take action to remedy those alleged breaches. In response to the demand letter, the Board established a Demand Review Committee (the “Committee”) of the Independent Directors to investigate the claims made in the demand letter with the assistance of independent counsel. Based upon its investigation, the Committee recommended that the Board reject the demand specified in the demand letter. After reviewing the findings of the Committee, the Board unanimously adopted the Committee’s recommendation and unanimously voted to reject the demand.

On August 11, 2010, the Manager announced that a shareholder derivative complaint was filed on August 3, 2010 in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County with respect to MCA and MYI, which had previously received a demand letter from a law firm on behalf of each fund’s common shareholders. The complaint was filed against the Manager, BlackRock, Inc., MCA, MYI and certain of the directors, officers and portfolio managers (collectively, the “BlackRock Parties”) in connection with the redemption of auction-market preferred shares, auction rate preferred securities, auction preferred shares and auction rate securities (collectively, “AMPS”). The complaint alleges, among other things, that the BlackRock Parties breached their fiduciary duties to the common shareholders of MCA and MYI (the “Shareholders”) by redeeming AMPS at their liquidation preference and alleges that such redemptions caused losses to the Shareholders. The plaintiffs are seeking monetary damages for the alleged losses suffered and to enjoin MCA and MYI from future redemptions of AMPS at their liquidation preference. The BlackRock Parties believe that the claims asserted in the complaint are without merit and intend to vigorously defend themselves in the litigation.

The Funds do not make available copies of their Statements of Additional Information because the Funds’ shares are not continuously offered, which means that the Statement of Additional Information of each Fund has not been updated after completion of the respective Fund’s offerings and the information contained in each Fund’s Statement of Additional Information may have become outdated.

During the period there were no material changes in the Funds’ investment objectives or policies or to the Funds’ charters or by-laws that would delay or prevent a change of control of the Funds that were not approved by the shareholders or in the principal risk factors associated with investment in the Funds. There have been no changes in the persons who are primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds’ portfolios.

Quarterly performance, semi-annual and annual reports and other information regarding the Funds may be found on BlackRock’s website, which can be accessed at http://www.blackrock.com. This reference to BlackRock’s website 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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information (continued)


 

General Information (concluded)

Electronic Delivery

Electronic copies of most financial reports are available on the Funds’ web-site or shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications of quarterly statements, annual and semi-annual reports by enrolling in the Funds’ electronic delivery program.

Shareholders Who Hold Accounts with Investment Advisors, Banks or Brokerages:

Please contact your financial advisor to enroll. Please note that not all investment advisors, banks or brokerages may offer this service.

Householding

The Funds will mail only one copy of shareholder documents, including annual and semi-annual reports 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 (800) 441-7762.

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

Each Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on how to access documents on the SEC’s website without charge may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330. Each Fund’s Forms N-Q may also be obtained upon request and without charge by calling (800) 441-7762.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling (800) 441-7762; (2) at http://www.blackrock.com; and (3) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

Availability of Proxy Voting Record

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 upon request and without charge (1) at http://www.blackrock.com or by calling (800) 441-7762 and (2) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

Availability of Fund Updates

BlackRock will update performance and certain other data for the Funds on a monthly basis on its website in the “Closed-end Funds” section of http://www.blackrock.com. Investors and others are advised to periodically check the website for updated performance information and the release of other material information about the Funds.

 

Fund Certification

The Funds are listed for trading on the NYSE and have filed with the NYSE their annual chief executive officer certification regarding compliance with the NYSE’s listing standards. The Funds filed with the SEC the certification of its chief executive officer and chief financial officer required by section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information (continued)


 

Board Approvals

On September 1, 2010, the Board of each Fund approved changes to certain investment policies of the Funds.

Historically, under normal market conditions, each Fund has been required to invest at least 80% of its assets in municipal bonds either (i) insured under an insurance policy purchased by the Fund or (ii) insured under an insurance policy obtained by the issuer of the municipal bond or any other party. In September 2008, the Funds adopted an amended investment policy of purchasing only municipal bonds insured by insurance providers with claims-paying abilities rated investment grade at the time of investment (the “Insurance Investment Policy”).

Following the onset of the credit and liquidity crises, the claims-paying ability rating of most of the municipal bond insurance providers was lowered by the rating agencies. These downgrades called into question the long-term viability of the municipal bond insurance market, which had the potential to severely limit the ability of the Manager to manage the Funds under the Insurance Investment Policy.

As a result, on September 1, 2010, the Manager recommended, and the Boards approved, the removal of the Insurance Investment Policy. As a result of this investment policy change, the Funds are not required to dispose of assets currently held within the Funds. The Funds will maintain, and have no current intention to amend, their investment policy of, under normal market conditions, generally investing in municipal obligations rated investment grade at the time of investment.

As each Fund increases the amount of its assets that are invested in municipal obligations that are not insured, the Fund’s shareholders will be exposed to the risk of the failure of such securities’ issuers to pay interest and repay principal and will not have the benefit of protection provided under municipal bond insurance policies. As a result, shareholders will be more dependent on the analytical ability of the Manager to evaluate the credit quality of issuers of municipal obligations in which the Fund invests. The Boards believe that the amended investment policy is in the best interests of each Fund and its shareholders because it believes that the potential benefits from increased flexibility outweigh the potential increase in risk from the lack of insurance policies provided by weakened insurance providers. Of course, the new investment policy cannot assure that each Fund will achieve its investment objective.

As disclosed in each Fund’s prospectus, each Fund is required to provide shareholders 60 days notice of a change to the Insurance Investment Policy. Accordingly, a notice describing the changes discussed above was mailed to shareholders of record as of September 1, 2010. The new investment policy took effect on November 9, 2010. The Manager has been gradually repositioning each Fund’s portfolios over time, and during such period, each Fund may continue to hold a substantial portion of its assets in insured municipal bonds. At this time, the repositioning of each Fund’s portfolio is still taking place, and the Funds will continue to be subject to risks associated with investing a substantial portion of their assets in insured municipal bonds until the repositioning is complete. No action is required by shareholders of the Funds in connection with this change.

In connection with this change in non-fundamental policy, each of the Funds underwent a name change to reflect its new portfolio characteristics. Each Fund continues to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under its current ticker symbol.

The approved changes did not alter any Fund’s investment objective.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information (concluded)


 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

66

ANNUAL REPORT

JULY 31, 2011

 



This report is transmitted to shareholders only. It is not a prospectus. Past performance results shown in this report should not be considered a representation of future performance. The Funds have leveraged their Common Shares, which creates risks for Common Shareholders, including the likelihood of greater volatility of net asset value and market price of the Common Shares and the risk that fluctuations in short-term dividend rates of the AMPS, currently set at the maximum reset rate as a result of failed auctions, may reduce the Common Shares’ yield. 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, there have been no amendments to or waivers granted under the code of ethics. A copy of the code of ethics is available without charge at www.blackrock.com.

 

 

Item 3 –

Audit Committee Financial Expert – The registrant’s board of directors (the “board of directors”), 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:

 

 

 

Frank J. Fabozzi

 

James T. Flynn

 

W. Carl Kester

 

Karen P. Robards

 

 

 

The registrant’s board of directors has determined that W. Carl Kester and Karen P. Robards qualify as financial experts pursuant to Item 3(c)(4) of Form N-CSR.

 

 

 

Prof. Kester has a thorough understanding of generally accepted accounting principles, financial statements and internal control over financial reporting as well as audit committee functions. Prof. Kester has been involved in providing valuation and other financial consulting services to corporate clients since 1978. Prof. Kester’s financial consulting services present a breadth and level of complexity of accounting issues that are generally comparable to the breadth and complexity of issues that can reasonably be expected to be raised by the registrant’s financial statements.

 

 

 

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 directors 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 directors.

 


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 Fees3

Entity Name

Current
Fiscal Year
End

Previous
Fiscal Year
End

Current
Fiscal Year
End

Previous
Fiscal Year
End

Current
Fiscal Year
End

Previous
Fiscal Year
End

Current
Fiscal Year
End

Previous
Fiscal Year
End

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc.

$37,100

$36,000

$1,000

$3,500

$28,100

$6,100

$0

$0

 

 

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 (“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 (“Fund 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

$3,030,000

$2,950,000

 

1 The nature of the services includes assurance and related services reasonably related to the performance of the audit of financial statements not included in Audit Fees.

2 The nature of the services includes tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.

3 The nature of the services includes a review of the Fund’s compliance procedures and attestation thereto.

 

 

(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 Fund 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 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 paid to the accountant for services rendered by the accountant to the registrant, the Investment Adviser and the Fund Service Providers were:

 

Entity Name

Current Fiscal Year End

Previous Fiscal Year End

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc.

$29,100

$20,377

 

 

Additionally, SAS No. 70 fees for the current and previous fiscal years of $3,030,000 and $2,950,000, respectively, were billed by D&T to the Investment Adviser.

 

 

 

(h) The Committee has considered and determined that the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the Investment Adviser, and the Fund 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 Registrants

 

 

(a) 

The following individuals are members of the registrant’s separately-designated standing audit committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(58)(A)):

 

 

Michael Castellano

 

 

Frank J. Fabozzi

 

 

James T. Flynn

 

 

W. Carl Kester

 

 

Karen P. Robards

 

 

 

 

(b) 

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 of this Form.

 

(b) Not Applicable due to no such divestments during the semi-annual period covered since the previous Form N-CSR filing.

 


Item 7 –

Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies – The board of directors has delegated the voting of proxies for the Fund’s portfolio securities to the Investment Adviser pursuant to the Investment Adviser’s proxy voting guidelines. Under these guidelines, the Investment Adviser will vote proxies related to Fund securities in the best interests of the Fund and its stockholders. From time to time, a vote may present a conflict between the interests of the Fund’s stockholders, on the one hand, and those of the Investment Adviser, or any affiliated person of the Fund or the Investment Adviser, on the other. In such event, provided that the Investment Adviser’s Equity Investment Policy Oversight Committee, or a sub-committee thereof (the “Oversight Committee”) is aware of the real or potential conflict or material non-routine matter and if the Oversight Committee does not reasonably believe it is able to follow its general voting guidelines (or if the particular proxy matter is not addressed in the guidelines) and vote impartially, the Oversight Committee may retain an independent fiduciary to advise the Oversight Committee on how to vote or to cast votes on behalf of the Investment Adviser’s clients. If the Investment Adviser determines not to retain an independent fiduciary, or does not desire to follow the advice of such independent fiduciary, the Oversight Committee shall determine how to vote the proxy after consulting with the Investment Adviser’s Portfolio Management Group and/or the Investment Adviser’s Legal and Compliance Department and concluding that the vote cast is in its client’s best interest notwithstanding the conflict. A copy of the Fund’s Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures are attached as Exhibit 99.PROXYPOL. Information on how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge, (i) at www.blackrock.com and (ii) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 

 

Item 8 –

Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies – as of July 31, 2011.

 

 

(a)(1)

The registrant is managed by a team of investment professionals comprised of Michael Kalinoski, Director at BlackRock, Theodore R. Jaeckel, Jr., CFA, Managing Director at BlackRock, and Walter O’Connor, Managing Director at BlackRock. Each is a member of BlackRock’s municipal tax-exempt management group. Each is jointly responsible for the day-to-day management of the registrant’s portfolio, which includes setting the registrant’s overall investment strategy, overseeing the management of the registrant and/or selection of its investments. Messrs. Kalinoski, Jaeckel and O’Connor have been members of the registrant’s portfolio management team since 2008, 2006 and 2006, respectively.

 

Portfolio Manager

Biography

Michael Kalinoski

Director of BlackRock since 2006; Director of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. (“MLIM”) from 1999 to 2006.

Theodore R. Jaeckel, Jr.

Managing Director at BlackRock since 2006; Managing Director of MLIM from 2005 to 2006; Director of MLIM from 1997 to 2005.

Walter O’Connor

Managing Director of BlackRock since 2006; Managing Director of MLIM from 2003 to 2006; Director of MLIM from 1998 to 2003.

 


 

(a)(2)

As of July 31, 2011:

 

 

(ii) Number of Other Accounts Managed

and Assets by Account Type

(iii) Number of Other Accounts and

Assets for Which Advisory Fee is

Performance-Based

(i) Name of

Portfolio Manager

Other

Registered

Investment

Companies

Other Pooled

Investment

Vehicles

Other

Accounts

Other

Registered

Investment

Companies

Other Pooled

Investment

Vehicles

Other

Accounts

Michael Kalinoski

6

0

0

0

0

0

 

$2.62 Billion

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

Theodore R. Jaeckel, Jr.

65

0

0

0

0

0

 

$19.66 Billion

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

Walter O’Connor

64

0

0

0

0

0

 

$18.50 Billion

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

 

 

(iv)

Potential Material Conflicts of Interest

 

    

BlackRock, Inc. has built a professional working environment, firm-wide compliance culture and compliance procedures and systems designed to protect against potential incentives that may favor one account over another. BlackRock, Inc. has adopted policies and procedures that address the allocation of investment opportunities, execution of portfolio transactions, personal trading by employees and other potential conflicts of interest that are designed to ensure that all client accounts are treated equitably over time. Nevertheless, BlackRock, Inc. furnishes investment management and advisory services to numerous clients in addition to the Fund, and BlackRock, Inc. may, consistent with applicable law, make investment recommendations to other clients or accounts (including accounts which are hedge funds or have performance or higher fees paid to BlackRock, Inc., or in which portfolio managers have a personal interest in the receipt of such fees), which may be the same as or different from those made to the Fund.  In addition, BlackRock, Inc., its affiliates and significant shareholders and any officer, director, shareholder or employee may or may not have an interest in the securities whose purchase and sale BlackRock, Inc. recommends to the Fund.  BlackRock, Inc., or any of its affiliates or significant shareholders, or any officer, director, shareholder, employee or any member of their families may take different actions than those recommended to the Fund by BlackRock, Inc. with respect to the same securities.  Moreover, BlackRock, Inc. may refrain from rendering any advice or services concerning securities of companies of which any of BlackRock, Inc.’s (or its affiliates’ or significant shareholders’) officers, directors or employees are directors or officers, or companies as to which BlackRock, Inc. or any of its affiliates or significant shareholders or the officers, directors and employees of any of them has any substantial economic interest or possesses material non-public information.  Certain portfolio managers also may manage accounts whose investment strategies may at times be opposed to the strategy utilized for a fund.  It should also be noted that a portfolio manager may be managing hedge fund and/or long only accounts, or may be part of a team managing hedge fund and/or long only accounts, subject to incentive fees. Such portfolio managers may therefore be entitled to receive a portion of any incentive fees earned on such accounts.  Additional portfolio managers may in the future manage other such accounts or funds and may be entitled to receive incentive fees.

 


 

As a fiduciary, BlackRock, Inc. owes a duty of loyalty to its clients and must treat each client fairly.  When BlackRock, Inc. purchases or sells securities for more than one account, the trades must be allocated in a manner consistent with its fiduciary duties.  BlackRock, Inc. attempts to allocate investments in a fair and equitable manner among client accounts, with no account receiving preferential treatment.  To this end, BlackRock, Inc. has adopted policies that are intended to ensure reasonable efficiency in client transactions and provide BlackRock, Inc. with sufficient flexibility to allocate investments in a manner that is consistent with the particular investment discipline and client base, as appropriate.

 

 

(a)(3)

As of July 31, 2011:

 

 

Portfolio Manager Compensation Overview

 

 

 

BlackRock’s financial arrangements with its portfolio managers, its competitive compensation and its career path emphasis at all levels reflect the value senior management places on key resources. Compensation may include a variety of components and may vary from year to year based on a number of factors. The principal components of compensation include a base salary, a performance-based discretionary bonus, participation in various benefits programs and one or more of the incentive compensation programs established by BlackRock.

 

 

 

Base compensation. Generally, portfolio managers receive base compensation based on their position with the firm.

 

 

 

Discretionary Incentive Compensation. Discretionary incentive compensation is a function of several components: the performance of BlackRock, Inc., the performance of the portfolio manager’s group within BlackRock, the investment performance, including risk-adjusted returns, of the firm’s assets under management or supervision by that portfolio manager relative to predetermined benchmarks, and the individual’s performance and contribution to the overall performance of these portfolios and BlackRock.  In most cases, these benchmarks are the same as the benchmark or benchmarks against which the performance of the Fund or other accounts managed by the portfolio managers are measured.  BlackRock’s Chief Investment Officers determine the benchmarks against which the performance of funds and other accounts managed by each portfolio manager is compared and the period of time over which performance is evaluated.  With respect to the portfolio managers, such benchmarks include a combination of market-based indices (e.g., Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index), certain customized indices and certain fund industry peer groups.

 

 

 

Among other things, BlackRock’s Chief Investment Officers make a subjective determination with respect to each portfolio manager’s compensation based on the performance of the Funds and other accounts managed by each portfolio manager relative to the various benchmarks. 

 

 

 

Performance of fixed income funds is measured on both a pre-tax and after-tax basis over various time periods including 1-, 3- and 5-year periods, as applicable. With respect to the performance of the other listed Index and Multi-Asset Funds, performance is measured on, among other things, a pre-tax basis over various time periods including 1-, 3- and 5-year periods, as applicable.

 


 

Distribution of Discretionary Incentive Compensation

 

 

 

Discretionary incentive compensation is distributed to portfolio managers in a combination of cash and BlackRock, Inc. restricted stock units which vest ratably over a number of years. For some portfolio managers, discretionary incentive compensation is also distributed in deferred cash awards that notionally track the returns of select BlackRock investment products they manage and that vest ratably over a number of years. The BlackRock, Inc. restricted stock units, upon vesting, will be settled in BlackRock, Inc. common stock. Typically, the cash bonus, when combined with base salary, represents more than 60% of total compensation for the portfolio managers. Paying a portion of annual bonuses in stock puts compensation earned by a portfolio manager for a given year “at risk” based on BlackRock’s ability to sustain and improve its performance over future periods. Providing a portion of annual bonuses in deferred cash awards that notionally track the BlackRock investment products they manage provides direct alignment with investment product results.

 

 

 

Long-Term Incentive Plan Awards — From time to time long-term incentive equity awards are granted to certain key employees to aid in retention, align their interests with long-term shareholder interests and motivate performance.  Equity awards are generally granted in the form of BlackRock, Inc. restricted stock units that, once vested, settle in BlackRock, Inc. common stock. Messrs. Jaeckel and O’Connor have each received long-term incentive awards.

 

 

 

Deferred Compensation Program — A portion of the compensation paid to eligible BlackRock employees may be voluntarily deferred into an account that tracks the performance of certain of the firm’s investment products. Each participant in the deferred compensation program is permitted to allocate his deferred amounts among various BlackRock investment options. Messrs. Jaeckel, Kalinoski and O’Connor have each participated in the deferred compensation program.

 

 

 

Other compensation benefits. In addition to base compensation and discretionary incentive compensation, portfolio managers may be eligible to receive or participate in one or more of the following incentive savings plans. BlackRock, Inc. has created a variety of incentive savings plans in which BlackRock, Inc. employees are eligible to participate, including a 401(k) plan, the BlackRock Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), and the BlackRock Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). The employer contribution components of the RSP include a company match equal to 50% of the first 8% of eligible pay contributed to the plan capped at $5,000 per year, and a company retirement contribution equal to 3-5% of eligible compensation.  The RSP offers a range of investment options, including registered investment companies and collective investment funds managed by the firm. BlackRock contributions follow the investment direction set by participants for their own contributions or, absent participant investment direction, are invested into an index target date fund that corresponds to, or is closest to, the year in which the participant attains age 65.  The ESPP allows for investment in BlackRock, Inc. common stock at a 5% discount on the fair market value of the stock on the purchase date.  Annual participation in the ESPP is limited to the purchase of 1,000 shares or a dollar value of $25,000.  Each portfolio manager is eligible to participate in these plans.

 

 

(a)(4)

Beneficial Ownership of Securities – As of July 31, 2011.

 

Portfolio Manager

Dollar Range of Equity Securities
of the Fund Beneficially Owned

Michael Kalinoski

None

Theodore R. Jaeckel, Jr.

None

Walter O’Connor

None

 

 

(b) Not Applicable

 


Item 9 –

Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers – Not Applicable due to no such purchases during the period covered by this report.

 

 

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 13a-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 second fiscal quarter of 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 –

Exhibits attached hereto

 

 

 

(a)(1) – Code of Ethics – See Item 2

 

 

 

(a)(2) – Certifications – Attached hereto

 

 

 

(a)(3) – Not Applicable

 

 

 

(b) – Certifications – Attached hereto

 


 

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 MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc.

 

 

  By: /s/ John M. Perlowski  
    John M. Perlowski
    Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
    BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc.
   
  Date: October 4, 2011
   
  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 MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc.
   
  Date: October 4, 2011
   
  By: /s/ Neal J. Andrews  
    Neal J. Andrews
    Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of
    BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc.
     
  Date: October 4, 2011