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BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Investment Fund is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to provide shareholders with current income exempt from federal income tax. The Trust also seeks to offer shareholders the opportunity to own shares, the value of which is exempt from Florida intangible personal property tax. The Trust invests at least 80% of its assets in municipal bonds either insured under an insurance policy purchased by the Trust or insured under an insurance policy obtained by the issuer of the municipal bond or any other party. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Dividend Achievers Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. It's investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on September 29, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Insured Fund, Inc. operates as a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The fund seeks to provide shareholders with current income exempt from federal income taxes and New York State and New York City personal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes and New York State and New York City personal income taxes. It is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide current income exempt from federal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment-grade municipal obligations, the interest on which is exempt from federal income taxes. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings California Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Insured Fund, Inc. is a closed-end Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund II, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The trust is headquartered in Willmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Insured Fund, Inc. is a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provides shareholders with current income exempt from federal income taxes by investing in a portfolio of long-term and investment grade municipal obligations. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield Insured Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. It seeks to provide shareholders with a high a level of current income exempt from federal income taxes consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes. The trust is headquartered in Plainsboro, NJ.

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Insured Fund II, Inc. operates as a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It . seeks to provide shareholders with as high a level of current income exempt from federal income tax and Michigan income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term municipal obligations the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income tax and Michigan income taxes. The fund was founded on February 28, 1992 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Insured Municipal Income Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. The fund seeks to provide high current income exempt from regular federal income taxes. The Trust will invest at least 80% of its managed assets in municipal obligations that are insured as to the timely payment of both principal and interest. The company was founded on August 19, 2002 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock California Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. operates as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective to provide high current income which is exempt from regular Federal income taxes and California income taxes consistent with the preservation of capital. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield California Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. It's investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Enhanced Dividend Achievers Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on July 1, 2005 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Insured Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide shareholders with a level of current income exempt from federal and Pennsylvania income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing in a portfolio of long-term municipal obligations the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuers, is exempt from federal and Pennsylvania income taxes. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Insured Municipal Term Trust, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. It seeks to provide monthly income that is exempt from regular federal income tax to the investors. The company was founded on December 23, 1991 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Apex Municipal Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide high current income exempt from federal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of medium to lower-grade or unrated municipal obligations, the interest on which is exempt from federal income taxes. The fund is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Income Trust operates as a non diversified, closed-end management investment company. It invests in various portfolios of municipal securities. The trust's investment portfolio includes investments in hospital, industrial and pollution control, housing, transportation, tobacco, tax revenue, education, lease revenue, power, and water and sewer sectors. BlackRock Advisors, Inc. serves as the investment advisor of the trust. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Equity Dividend Trust is a non-diversified and closed-end management investment company. The fund's primary investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation by investing in common stocks that pay dividends and have the potential for capital appreciation. The fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that do not pay dividends. As part of its investment strategy, the trust intends to employ a strategy of writing covered call and put options on individual common stocks, indices of securities, sectors of securities and baskets of securities. The company was founded on December 23, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investment objective is to provide shareholders with high current income. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in floating rate debt securities and instruments, including floating rate loans, bonds, certain preferred securities, notes or other debt securities or instruments which pay a floating or variable rate of interest until maturity. The company was founded on January 31, 2005 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Strategic Bond Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on February 26, 2002 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Strategic Equity Dividend Trust is a non-diversified and closed-end management investment company. Its primary investment objective is to provide current income and current gains, with a secondary investment objective of long-term capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the Trust will invest at least 80% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that pay dividends. From time to time, the Trust may invest up to 20% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that do not pay dividends. As part of its investment strategy, the Trust intends to employ a strategy of writing covered call and put options on individual common stocks, indices of securities, sectors of securities and baskets of securities. The company was founded on March 25, 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock New York Insured Municipal Income Trust operates as closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Fund II, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund invests primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniYield New York Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Strategic Dividend Achievers Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on January 22, 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide common shareholders with high current income. The company was founded on March 28, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock New York Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provides finance and investment services and also invests in long term securities. BlackRock New York Investment Quality Municipal Trust was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. The fund primary investment objective is to provide holders of common shares with high current income. The secondary investment objective of the fund is to provide common shareholders with capital appreciation. It seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in credit-related securities, including, but not limited to, investment grade corporate bonds, high yield bonds, bank loans, preferred securities or convertible bonds or derivatives with economic characteristics similar to these credit-related securities. The company was founded on July 29, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund's investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities. Its secondary objective is to provide shareholders with capital appreciation. It invests in high yield debt instruments, including high yield bonds and corporate loans. BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund was founded on June 25, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock New Jersey Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. operates as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. It invests primarily in municipal bonds. The trust's portfolio comprises investments in industrial and pollution control, education, hospital, transportation, power, tobacco, housing, and water and sewer sectors. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III is a closed-end, non-diversified, management investment company. The company was founded on February 25, 2003 is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund V, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities that are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services or in unrated securities considered by the trust's investment adviser to be of comparable quality. The Trust also seeks to provide shareholders with capital appreciation. The company was founded on November 30, 2001 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide current income by investing primarily in fixed-income securities, which are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services or are unrated securities of comparable quality and also to provide capital appreciation. The company was founded on January 30, 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. operates as a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. It seeks to provide the shareholders with a high current income and such preservation of capital by investing its assets in a diversified, leveraged portfolio consisting primarily of floating rate debt securities and instruments. The fund was founded on July 30, 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock High Yield Trust is a close-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investing objective is to provide generate high current income and to a lesser extent, and if it is consistent with its primary objective, the Fund will also seek capital appreciation, by investing in a diversified portfolios. The fund was founded on December 31, 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end Investment Fund. The funds investment objective is to provide high current income by investing principally in senior debt obligations of companies, including corporate loans made by banks and other financial institutions and both privately placed and publicly offered corporate bonds and notes. The Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives. BlackRock Senior High Income Fund was founded on May 21, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock High Income Shares was a closed-end Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provided investment objective of the highest current income attainable consistent with reasonable risk as determined by the Fund's investment adviser, through investment in a professionally managed, diversified portfolio of high-yield, high-risk fixed income securities. The company was founded on August 10, 1988 and was headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Insured Municipal Term Trust, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. It seeks to provide monthly income that is exempt from regular federal income tax to the investors. The company was founded on December 23, 1991 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Investment Fund is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to provide shareholders with current income exempt from federal income tax. The Trust also seeks to offer shareholders the opportunity to own shares, the value of which is exempt from Florida intangible personal property tax. The Trust invests at least 80% of its assets in municipal bonds either insured under an insurance policy purchased by the Trust or insured under an insurance policy obtained by the issuer of the municipal bond or any other party. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Strategic Dividend Achievers Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on January 22, 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

Europe Fund, Inc. is a closed-end, diversified management investment company. It provides capital appreciation through investment primarily in European equity securities. The Fund's manager is Merrill Lynch Investment Managers International Limited

Preferred Income Strategies Fund, Inc., is located in New Jersey, United States. It operates as a Closed-End mutual Fund. It was organised along with Preferred and Corporate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. and The Europe Fund Inc. Each Fund is organized as a Maryland corporation. The investment adviser for each of Preferred Income Strategies Fund, Inc. and Preferred and Corporate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. is FAM and the investment adviser for Europe is Merrill Lynch Investment Managers International Limited ('MLIMIL')

BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Insured Fund, Inc. is a closed-end Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide current income exempt from federal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment-grade municipal obligations, the interest on which is exempt from federal income taxes. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Insured Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide shareholders with a level of current income exempt from federal and Pennsylvania income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing in a portfolio of long-term municipal obligations the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuers, is exempt from federal and Pennsylvania income taxes. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Fund II, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund invests primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock New York Insured Municipal Income Trust operates as closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Insured Municipal Income Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. The fund seeks to provide high current income exempt from regular federal income taxes. The Trust will invest at least 80% of its managed assets in municipal obligations that are insured as to the timely payment of both principal and interest. The company was founded on August 19, 2002 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock California Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. operates as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective to provide high current income which is exempt from regular Federal income taxes and California income taxes consistent with the preservation of capital. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield California Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. It's investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield Insured Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. It seeks to provide shareholders with a high a level of current income exempt from federal income taxes consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes. The trust is headquartered in Plainsboro, NJ.

Preferred and Corporate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. is located in New Jersey, United States. It operates as a Closed-End mutual Fund. It was organised along with The Europe Fund Inc. and Preferred Income Strategies Fund, Inc. Each Fund is organized as a Maryland corporation. The investment adviser for Preferred and Corporate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. and Preferred Income Strategies Fund, Inc., is FAM and the investment adviser for Europe is Merrill Lynch Investment Managers International Limited ('MLIMIL')

BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund II, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The trust is headquartered in Willmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Insured Fund II, Inc. operates as a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It . seeks to provide shareholders with as high a level of current income exempt from federal income tax and Michigan income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term municipal obligations the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income tax and Michigan income taxes. The fund was founded on February 28, 1992 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Insured Fund, Inc. operates as a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The fund seeks to provide shareholders with current income exempt from federal income taxes and New York State and New York City personal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes and New York State and New York City personal income taxes. It is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Apex Municipal Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide high current income exempt from federal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of medium to lower-grade or unrated municipal obligations, the interest on which is exempt from federal income taxes. The fund is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings California Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Equity Dividend Trust is a non-diversified and closed-end management investment company. The fund's primary investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation by investing in common stocks that pay dividends and have the potential for capital appreciation. The fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that do not pay dividends. As part of its investment strategy, the trust intends to employ a strategy of writing covered call and put options on individual common stocks, indices of securities, sectors of securities and baskets of securities. The company was founded on December 23, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Strategic Bond Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on February 26, 2002 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Strategic Equity Dividend Trust is a non-diversified and closed-end management investment company. Its primary investment objective is to provide current income and current gains, with a secondary investment objective of long-term capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the Trust will invest at least 80% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that pay dividends. From time to time, the Trust may invest up to 20% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that do not pay dividends. As part of its investment strategy, the Trust intends to employ a strategy of writing covered call and put options on individual common stocks, indices of securities, sectors of securities and baskets of securities. The company was founded on March 25, 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Insured Fund, Inc. is a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provides shareholders with current income exempt from federal income taxes by investing in a portfolio of long-term and investment grade municipal obligations. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield New York Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. The fund primary investment objective is to provide holders of common shares with high current income. The secondary investment objective of the fund is to provide common shareholders with capital appreciation. It seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in credit-related securities, including, but not limited to, investment grade corporate bonds, high yield bonds, bank loans, preferred securities or convertible bonds or derivatives with economic characteristics similar to these credit-related securities. The company was founded on July 29, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund V, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities that are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services or in unrated securities considered by the trust's investment adviser to be of comparable quality. The Trust also seeks to provide shareholders with capital appreciation. The company was founded on November 30, 2001 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock New York Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provides finance and investment services and also invests in long term securities. BlackRock New York Investment Quality Municipal Trust was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock High Yield Trust is a close-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investing objective is to provide generate high current income and to a lesser extent, and if it is consistent with its primary objective, the Fund will also seek capital appreciation, by investing in a diversified portfolios. The fund was founded on December 31, 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund's investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities. Its secondary objective is to provide shareholders with capital appreciation. It invests in high yield debt instruments, including high yield bonds and corporate loans. BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund was founded on June 25, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end Investment Fund. The funds investment objective is to provide high current income by investing principally in senior debt obligations of companies, including corporate loans made by banks and other financial institutions and both privately placed and publicly offered corporate bonds and notes. The Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives. BlackRock Senior High Income Fund was founded on May 21, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock New Jersey Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. operates as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. It invests primarily in municipal bonds. The trust's portfolio comprises investments in industrial and pollution control, education, hospital, transportation, power, tobacco, housing, and water and sewer sectors. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide common shareholders with high current income. The company was founded on March 28, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide current income by investing primarily in fixed-income securities, which are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services or are unrated securities of comparable quality and also to provide capital appreciation. The company was founded on January 30, 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. operates as a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. It seeks to provide the shareholders with a high current income and such preservation of capital by investing its assets in a diversified, leveraged portfolio consisting primarily of floating rate debt securities and instruments. The fund was founded on July 30, 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III is a closed-end, non-diversified, management investment company. The company was founded on February 25, 2003 is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investment objective is to provide shareholders with high current income. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in floating rate debt securities and instruments, including floating rate loans, bonds, certain preferred securities, notes or other debt securities or instruments which pay a floating or variable rate of interest until maturity. The company was founded on January 31, 2005 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock High Income Shares was a closed-end Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provided investment objective of the highest current income attainable consistent with reasonable risk as determined by the Fund's investment adviser, through investment in a professionally managed, diversified portfolio of high-yield, high-risk fixed income securities. The company was founded on August 10, 1988 and was headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Dividend Achievers Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. It's investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on September 29, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Enhanced Dividend Achievers Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on July 1, 2005 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Insured Fund, Inc. operates as a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The fund seeks to provide shareholders with current income exempt from federal income taxes and New York State and New York City personal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes and New York State and New York City personal income taxes. It is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock New York Insured Municipal Income Trust operates as closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Insured Fund, Inc. is a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provides shareholders with current income exempt from federal income taxes by investing in a portfolio of long-term and investment grade municipal obligations. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Insured Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide shareholders with a level of current income exempt from federal and Pennsylvania income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing in a portfolio of long-term municipal obligations the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuers, is exempt from federal and Pennsylvania income taxes. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield California Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. It's investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock California Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. operates as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective to provide high current income which is exempt from regular Federal income taxes and California income taxes consistent with the preservation of capital. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Insured Municipal Income Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. The fund seeks to provide high current income exempt from regular federal income taxes. The Trust will invest at least 80% of its managed assets in municipal obligations that are insured as to the timely payment of both principal and interest. The company was founded on August 19, 2002 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Fund II, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund invests primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniYield Insured Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. It seeks to provide shareholders with a high a level of current income exempt from federal income taxes consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes. The trust is headquartered in Plainsboro, NJ.

BlackRock Apex Municipal Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide high current income exempt from federal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of medium to lower-grade or unrated municipal obligations, the interest on which is exempt from federal income taxes. The fund is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. operates as a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. It seeks to provide the shareholders with a high current income and such preservation of capital by investing its assets in a diversified, leveraged portfolio consisting primarily of floating rate debt securities and instruments. The fund was founded on July 30, 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings California Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Insured Fund II, Inc. operates as a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It . seeks to provide shareholders with as high a level of current income exempt from federal income tax and Michigan income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term municipal obligations the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income tax and Michigan income taxes. The fund was founded on February 28, 1992 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Dividend Achievers Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. It's investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on September 29, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Strategic Equity Dividend Trust is a non-diversified and closed-end management investment company. Its primary investment objective is to provide current income and current gains, with a secondary investment objective of long-term capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the Trust will invest at least 80% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that pay dividends. From time to time, the Trust may invest up to 20% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that do not pay dividends. As part of its investment strategy, the Trust intends to employ a strategy of writing covered call and put options on individual common stocks, indices of securities, sectors of securities and baskets of securities. The company was founded on March 25, 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Investment Fund is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to provide shareholders with current income exempt from federal income tax. The Trust also seeks to offer shareholders the opportunity to own shares, the value of which is exempt from Florida intangible personal property tax. The Trust invests at least 80% of its assets in municipal bonds either insured under an insurance policy purchased by the Trust or insured under an insurance policy obtained by the issuer of the municipal bond or any other party. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock High Income Shares was a closed-end Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provided investment objective of the highest current income attainable consistent with reasonable risk as determined by the Fund's investment adviser, through investment in a professionally managed, diversified portfolio of high-yield, high-risk fixed income securities. The company was founded on August 10, 1988 and was headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield New York Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund II, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The trust is headquartered in Willmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Insured Fund, Inc. is a closed-end Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Strategic Dividend Achievers Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on January 22, 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide current income exempt from federal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment-grade municipal obligations, the interest on which is exempt from federal income taxes. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund V, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities that are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services or in unrated securities considered by the trust's investment adviser to be of comparable quality. The Trust also seeks to provide shareholders with capital appreciation. The company was founded on November 30, 2001 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide common shareholders with high current income. The company was founded on March 28, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide current income by investing primarily in fixed-income securities, which are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services or are unrated securities of comparable quality and also to provide capital appreciation. The company was founded on January 30, 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock New York Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provides finance and investment services and also invests in long term securities. BlackRock New York Investment Quality Municipal Trust was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund's investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities. Its secondary objective is to provide shareholders with capital appreciation. It invests in high yield debt instruments, including high yield bonds and corporate loans. BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund was founded on June 25, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock New Jersey Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. operates as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. It invests primarily in municipal bonds. The trust's portfolio comprises investments in industrial and pollution control, education, hospital, transportation, power, tobacco, housing, and water and sewer sectors. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Insured Municipal Term Trust, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. It seeks to provide monthly income that is exempt from regular federal income tax to the investors. The company was founded on December 23, 1991 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III is a closed-end, non-diversified, management investment company. The company was founded on February 25, 2003 is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Equity Dividend Trust is a non-diversified and closed-end management investment company. The fund's primary investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation by investing in common stocks that pay dividends and have the potential for capital appreciation. The fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that do not pay dividends. As part of its investment strategy, the trust intends to employ a strategy of writing covered call and put options on individual common stocks, indices of securities, sectors of securities and baskets of securities. The company was founded on December 23, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock High Yield Trust is a close-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investing objective is to provide generate high current income and to a lesser extent, and if it is consistent with its primary objective, the Fund will also seek capital appreciation, by investing in a diversified portfolios. The fund was founded on December 31, 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investment objective is to provide shareholders with high current income. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in floating rate debt securities and instruments, including floating rate loans, bonds, certain preferred securities, notes or other debt securities or instruments which pay a floating or variable rate of interest until maturity. The company was founded on January 31, 2005 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end Investment Fund. The funds investment objective is to provide high current income by investing principally in senior debt obligations of companies, including corporate loans made by banks and other financial institutions and both privately placed and publicly offered corporate bonds and notes. The Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives. BlackRock Senior High Income Fund was founded on May 21, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Insured Fund, Inc. is a closed-end Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide current income exempt from federal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment-grade municipal obligations, the interest on which is exempt from federal income taxes. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniYield Insured Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. It seeks to provide shareholders with a high a level of current income exempt from federal income taxes consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes. The trust is headquartered in Plainsboro, NJ.

BlackRock California Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. operates as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective to provide high current income which is exempt from regular Federal income taxes and California income taxes consistent with the preservation of capital. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Equity Dividend Trust is a non-diversified and closed-end management investment company. The fund's primary investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation by investing in common stocks that pay dividends and have the potential for capital appreciation. The fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that do not pay dividends. As part of its investment strategy, the trust intends to employ a strategy of writing covered call and put options on individual common stocks, indices of securities, sectors of securities and baskets of securities. The company was founded on December 23, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund II, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The trust is headquartered in Willmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield New York Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Insured Fund II, Inc. operates as a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It . seeks to provide shareholders with as high a level of current income exempt from federal income tax and Michigan income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term municipal obligations the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income tax and Michigan income taxes. The fund was founded on February 28, 1992 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield California Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. It's investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Apex Municipal Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide high current income exempt from federal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of medium to lower-grade or unrated municipal obligations, the interest on which is exempt from federal income taxes. The fund is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Insured Municipal Income Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. The fund seeks to provide high current income exempt from regular federal income taxes. The Trust will invest at least 80% of its managed assets in municipal obligations that are insured as to the timely payment of both principal and interest. The company was founded on August 19, 2002 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Income Trust operates as a non diversified, closed-end management investment company. It invests in various portfolios of municipal securities. The trust's investment portfolio includes investments in hospital, industrial and pollution control, housing, transportation, tobacco, tax revenue, education, lease revenue, power, and water and sewer sectors. BlackRock Advisors, Inc. serves as the investment advisor of the trust. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniHoldings California Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investment objective is to provide shareholders with high current income. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in floating rate debt securities and instruments, including floating rate loans, bonds, certain preferred securities, notes or other debt securities or instruments which pay a floating or variable rate of interest until maturity. The company was founded on January 31, 2005 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Dividend Achievers Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. It's investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on September 29, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Insured Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide shareholders with a level of current income exempt from federal and Pennsylvania income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing in a portfolio of long-term municipal obligations the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuers, is exempt from federal and Pennsylvania income taxes. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Strategic Equity Dividend Trust is a non-diversified and closed-end management investment company. Its primary investment objective is to provide current income and current gains, with a secondary investment objective of long-term capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the Trust will invest at least 80% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that pay dividends. From time to time, the Trust may invest up to 20% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that do not pay dividends. As part of its investment strategy, the Trust intends to employ a strategy of writing covered call and put options on individual common stocks, indices of securities, sectors of securities and baskets of securities. The company was founded on March 25, 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Insured Fund, Inc. is a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provides shareholders with current income exempt from federal income taxes by investing in a portfolio of long-term and investment grade municipal obligations. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Investment Fund is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to provide shareholders with current income exempt from federal income tax. The Trust also seeks to offer shareholders the opportunity to own shares, the value of which is exempt from Florida intangible personal property tax. The Trust invests at least 80% of its assets in municipal bonds either insured under an insurance policy purchased by the Trust or insured under an insurance policy obtained by the issuer of the municipal bond or any other party. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Fund II, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund invests primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Insured Fund, Inc. operates as a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The fund seeks to provide shareholders with current income exempt from federal income taxes and New York State and New York City personal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes and New York State and New York City personal income taxes. It is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. The fund primary investment objective is to provide holders of common shares with high current income. The secondary investment objective of the fund is to provide common shareholders with capital appreciation. It seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in credit-related securities, including, but not limited to, investment grade corporate bonds, high yield bonds, bank loans, preferred securities or convertible bonds or derivatives with economic characteristics similar to these credit-related securities. The company was founded on July 29, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Strategic Dividend Achievers Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on January 22, 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end Investment Fund. The funds investment objective is to provide high current income by investing principally in senior debt obligations of companies, including corporate loans made by banks and other financial institutions and both privately placed and publicly offered corporate bonds and notes. The Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives. BlackRock Senior High Income Fund was founded on May 21, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock New York Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provides finance and investment services and also invests in long term securities. BlackRock New York Investment Quality Municipal Trust was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Enhanced Dividend Achievers Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on July 1, 2005 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Strategic Bond Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on February 26, 2002 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Insured Municipal Term Trust, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. It seeks to provide monthly income that is exempt from regular federal income tax to the investors. The company was founded on December 23, 1991 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund V, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities that are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services or in unrated securities considered by the trust's investment adviser to be of comparable quality. The Trust also seeks to provide shareholders with capital appreciation. The company was founded on November 30, 2001 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide current income by investing primarily in fixed-income securities, which are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services or are unrated securities of comparable quality and also to provide capital appreciation. The company was founded on January 30, 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III is a closed-end, non-diversified, management investment company. The company was founded on February 25, 2003 is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock New Jersey Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. operates as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. It invests primarily in municipal bonds. The trust's portfolio comprises investments in industrial and pollution control, education, hospital, transportation, power, tobacco, housing, and water and sewer sectors. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. operates as a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. It seeks to provide the shareholders with a high current income and such preservation of capital by investing its assets in a diversified, leveraged portfolio consisting primarily of floating rate debt securities and instruments. The fund was founded on July 30, 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock High Yield Trust is a close-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investing objective is to provide generate high current income and to a lesser extent, and if it is consistent with its primary objective, the Fund will also seek capital appreciation, by investing in a diversified portfolios. The fund was founded on December 31, 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock High Income Shares was a closed-end Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provided investment objective of the highest current income attainable consistent with reasonable risk as determined by the Fund's investment adviser, through investment in a professionally managed, diversified portfolio of high-yield, high-risk fixed income securities. The company was founded on August 10, 1988 and was headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide common shareholders with high current income. The company was founded on March 28, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund's investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities. Its secondary objective is to provide shareholders with capital appreciation. It invests in high yield debt instruments, including high yield bonds and corporate loans. BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund was founded on June 25, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

Preferred and Corporate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. is located in New Jersey, United States. It operates as a Closed-End mutual Fund. It was organised along with The Europe Fund Inc. and Preferred Income Strategies Fund, Inc. Each Fund is organized as a Maryland corporation. The investment adviser for Preferred and Corporate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. and Preferred Income Strategies Fund, Inc., is FAM and the investment adviser for Europe is Merrill Lynch Investment Managers International Limited ('MLIMIL')

Preferred Income Strategies Fund, Inc., is located in New Jersey, United States. It operates as a Closed-End mutual Fund. It was organised along with Preferred and Corporate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. and The Europe Fund Inc. Each Fund is organized as a Maryland corporation. The investment adviser for each of Preferred Income Strategies Fund, Inc. and Preferred and Corporate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. is FAM and the investment adviser for Europe is Merrill Lynch Investment Managers International Limited ('MLIMIL')

BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Insured Fund, Inc. is a closed-end Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings California Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock New York Insured Municipal Income Trust operates as closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock California Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. operates as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective to provide high current income which is exempt from regular Federal income taxes and California income taxes consistent with the preservation of capital. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

Europe Fund, Inc. is a closed-end, diversified management investment company. It provides capital appreciation through investment primarily in European equity securities. The Fund's manager is Merrill Lynch Investment Managers International Limited

BlackRock MuniYield New York Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Insured Fund II, Inc. operates as a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It . seeks to provide shareholders with as high a level of current income exempt from federal income tax and Michigan income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term municipal obligations the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income tax and Michigan income taxes. The fund was founded on February 28, 1992 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield California Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. It's investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield Insured Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. It seeks to provide shareholders with a high a level of current income exempt from federal income taxes consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes. The trust is headquartered in Plainsboro, NJ.

BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Insured Fund, Inc. operates as a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The fund seeks to provide shareholders with current income exempt from federal income taxes and New York State and New York City personal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes and New York State and New York City personal income taxes. It is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Apex Municipal Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide high current income exempt from federal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of medium to lower-grade or unrated municipal obligations, the interest on which is exempt from federal income taxes. The fund is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Insured Municipal Income Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. The fund seeks to provide high current income exempt from regular federal income taxes. The Trust will invest at least 80% of its managed assets in municipal obligations that are insured as to the timely payment of both principal and interest. The company was founded on August 19, 2002 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Income Trust operates as a non diversified, closed-end management investment company. It invests in various portfolios of municipal securities. The trust's investment portfolio includes investments in hospital, industrial and pollution control, housing, transportation, tobacco, tax revenue, education, lease revenue, power, and water and sewer sectors. BlackRock Advisors, Inc. serves as the investment advisor of the trust. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Insured Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide shareholders with a level of current income exempt from federal and Pennsylvania income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing in a portfolio of long-term municipal obligations the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuers, is exempt from federal and Pennsylvania income taxes. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Strategic Bond Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on February 26, 2002 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Strategic Equity Dividend Trust is a non-diversified and closed-end management investment company. Its primary investment objective is to provide current income and current gains, with a secondary investment objective of long-term capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the Trust will invest at least 80% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that pay dividends. From time to time, the Trust may invest up to 20% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that do not pay dividends. As part of its investment strategy, the Trust intends to employ a strategy of writing covered call and put options on individual common stocks, indices of securities, sectors of securities and baskets of securities. The company was founded on March 25, 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Insured Fund, Inc. is a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provides shareholders with current income exempt from federal income taxes by investing in a portfolio of long-term and investment grade municipal obligations. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Investment Fund is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to provide shareholders with current income exempt from federal income tax. The Trust also seeks to offer shareholders the opportunity to own shares, the value of which is exempt from Florida intangible personal property tax. The Trust invests at least 80% of its assets in municipal bonds either insured under an insurance policy purchased by the Trust or insured under an insurance policy obtained by the issuer of the municipal bond or any other party. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Fund II, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund invests primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund II, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The trust is headquartered in Willmington, DE.

BlackRock Strategic Dividend Achievers Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on January 22, 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide current income exempt from federal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment-grade municipal obligations, the interest on which is exempt from federal income taxes. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund V, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities that are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services or in unrated securities considered by the trust's investment adviser to be of comparable quality. The Trust also seeks to provide shareholders with capital appreciation. The company was founded on November 30, 2001 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide current income by investing primarily in fixed-income securities, which are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services or are unrated securities of comparable quality and also to provide capital appreciation. The company was founded on January 30, 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end Investment Fund. The funds investment objective is to provide high current income by investing principally in senior debt obligations of companies, including corporate loans made by banks and other financial institutions and both privately placed and publicly offered corporate bonds and notes. The Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives. BlackRock Senior High Income Fund was founded on May 21, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Enhanced Dividend Achievers Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on July 1, 2005 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund's investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities. Its secondary objective is to provide shareholders with capital appreciation. It invests in high yield debt instruments, including high yield bonds and corporate loans. BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund was founded on June 25, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Insured Municipal Term Trust, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. It seeks to provide monthly income that is exempt from regular federal income tax to the investors. The company was founded on December 23, 1991 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III is a closed-end, non-diversified, management investment company. The company was founded on February 25, 2003 is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Equity Dividend Trust is a non-diversified and closed-end management investment company. The fund's primary investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation by investing in common stocks that pay dividends and have the potential for capital appreciation. The fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that do not pay dividends. As part of its investment strategy, the trust intends to employ a strategy of writing covered call and put options on individual common stocks, indices of securities, sectors of securities and baskets of securities. The company was founded on December 23, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock New Jersey Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. operates as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. It invests primarily in municipal bonds. The trust's portfolio comprises investments in industrial and pollution control, education, hospital, transportation, power, tobacco, housing, and water and sewer sectors. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. operates as a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. It seeks to provide the shareholders with a high current income and such preservation of capital by investing its assets in a diversified, leveraged portfolio consisting primarily of floating rate debt securities and instruments. The fund was founded on July 30, 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock High Income Shares was a closed-end Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provided investment objective of the highest current income attainable consistent with reasonable risk as determined by the Fund's investment adviser, through investment in a professionally managed, diversified portfolio of high-yield, high-risk fixed income securities. The company was founded on August 10, 1988 and was headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock High Yield Trust is a close-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investing objective is to provide generate high current income and to a lesser extent, and if it is consistent with its primary objective, the Fund will also seek capital appreciation, by investing in a diversified portfolios. The fund was founded on December 31, 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investment objective is to provide shareholders with high current income. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in floating rate debt securities and instruments, including floating rate loans, bonds, certain preferred securities, notes or other debt securities or instruments which pay a floating or variable rate of interest until maturity. The company was founded on January 31, 2005 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock New York Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provides finance and investment services and also invests in long term securities. BlackRock New York Investment Quality Municipal Trust was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Dividend Achievers Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. It's investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on September 29, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide common shareholders with high current income. The company was founded on March 28, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Enhanced Dividend Achievers Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on July 1, 2005 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund II, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The trust is headquartered in Willmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Investment Fund is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to provide shareholders with current income exempt from federal income tax. The Trust also seeks to offer shareholders the opportunity to own shares, the value of which is exempt from Florida intangible personal property tax. The Trust invests at least 80% of its assets in municipal bonds either insured under an insurance policy purchased by the Trust or insured under an insurance policy obtained by the issuer of the municipal bond or any other party. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniYield Insured Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. It seeks to provide shareholders with a high a level of current income exempt from federal income taxes consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes. The trust is headquartered in Plainsboro, NJ.

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Insured Fund II, Inc. operates as a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It . seeks to provide shareholders with as high a level of current income exempt from federal income tax and Michigan income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term municipal obligations the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income tax and Michigan income taxes. The fund was founded on February 28, 1992 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock California Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. operates as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective to provide high current income which is exempt from regular Federal income taxes and California income taxes consistent with the preservation of capital. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Fund II, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund invests primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniYield California Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. It's investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Equity Dividend Trust is a non-diversified and closed-end management investment company. The fund's primary investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation by investing in common stocks that pay dividends and have the potential for capital appreciation. The fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that do not pay dividends. As part of its investment strategy, the trust intends to employ a strategy of writing covered call and put options on individual common stocks, indices of securities, sectors of securities and baskets of securities. The company was founded on December 23, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Insured Fund, Inc. is a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provides shareholders with current income exempt from federal income taxes by investing in a portfolio of long-term and investment grade municipal obligations. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Insured Fund, Inc. operates as a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The fund seeks to provide shareholders with current income exempt from federal income taxes and New York State and New York City personal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes and New York State and New York City personal income taxes. It is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Apex Municipal Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide high current income exempt from federal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of medium to lower-grade or unrated municipal obligations, the interest on which is exempt from federal income taxes. The fund is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Insured Municipal Income Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. The fund seeks to provide high current income exempt from regular federal income taxes. The Trust will invest at least 80% of its managed assets in municipal obligations that are insured as to the timely payment of both principal and interest. The company was founded on August 19, 2002 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Income Trust operates as a non diversified, closed-end management investment company. It invests in various portfolios of municipal securities. The trust's investment portfolio includes investments in hospital, industrial and pollution control, housing, transportation, tobacco, tax revenue, education, lease revenue, power, and water and sewer sectors. BlackRock Advisors, Inc. serves as the investment advisor of the trust. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniHoldings California Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investment objective is to provide shareholders with high current income. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in floating rate debt securities and instruments, including floating rate loans, bonds, certain preferred securities, notes or other debt securities or instruments which pay a floating or variable rate of interest until maturity. The company was founded on January 31, 2005 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Insured Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide shareholders with a level of current income exempt from federal and Pennsylvania income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing in a portfolio of long-term municipal obligations the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuers, is exempt from federal and Pennsylvania income taxes. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Strategic Equity Dividend Trust is a non-diversified and closed-end management investment company. Its primary investment objective is to provide current income and current gains, with a secondary investment objective of long-term capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the Trust will invest at least 80% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that pay dividends. From time to time, the Trust may invest up to 20% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that do not pay dividends. As part of its investment strategy, the Trust intends to employ a strategy of writing covered call and put options on individual common stocks, indices of securities, sectors of securities and baskets of securities. The company was founded on March 25, 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock New York Insured Municipal Income Trust operates as closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Insured Fund, Inc. is a closed-end Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield New York Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. The fund primary investment objective is to provide holders of common shares with high current income. The secondary investment objective of the fund is to provide common shareholders with capital appreciation. It seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in credit-related securities, including, but not limited to, investment grade corporate bonds, high yield bonds, bank loans, preferred securities or convertible bonds or derivatives with economic characteristics similar to these credit-related securities. The company was founded on July 29, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide current income exempt from federal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment-grade municipal obligations, the interest on which is exempt from federal income taxes. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund V, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities that are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services or in unrated securities considered by the trust's investment adviser to be of comparable quality. The Trust also seeks to provide shareholders with capital appreciation. The company was founded on November 30, 2001 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Strategic Dividend Achievers Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on January 22, 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock High Yield Trust is a close-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investing objective is to provide generate high current income and to a lesser extent, and if it is consistent with its primary objective, the Fund will also seek capital appreciation, by investing in a diversified portfolios. The fund was founded on December 31, 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock New York Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provides finance and investment services and also invests in long term securities. BlackRock New York Investment Quality Municipal Trust was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund's investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities. Its secondary objective is to provide shareholders with capital appreciation. It invests in high yield debt instruments, including high yield bonds and corporate loans. BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund was founded on June 25, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Insured Municipal Term Trust, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. It seeks to provide monthly income that is exempt from regular federal income tax to the investors. The company was founded on December 23, 1991 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III is a closed-end, non-diversified, management investment company. The company was founded on February 25, 2003 is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock New Jersey Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. operates as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. It invests primarily in municipal bonds. The trust's portfolio comprises investments in industrial and pollution control, education, hospital, transportation, power, tobacco, housing, and water and sewer sectors. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. operates as a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. It seeks to provide the shareholders with a high current income and such preservation of capital by investing its assets in a diversified, leveraged portfolio consisting primarily of floating rate debt securities and instruments. The fund was founded on July 30, 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock High Income Shares was a closed-end Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provided investment objective of the highest current income attainable consistent with reasonable risk as determined by the Fund's investment adviser, through investment in a professionally managed, diversified portfolio of high-yield, high-risk fixed income securities. The company was founded on August 10, 1988 and was headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end Investment Fund. The funds investment objective is to provide high current income by investing principally in senior debt obligations of companies, including corporate loans made by banks and other financial institutions and both privately placed and publicly offered corporate bonds and notes. The Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives. BlackRock Senior High Income Fund was founded on May 21, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Dividend Achievers Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. It's investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on September 29, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide current income by investing primarily in fixed-income securities, which are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services or are unrated securities of comparable quality and also to provide capital appreciation. The company was founded on January 30, 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide common shareholders with high current income. The company was founded on March 28, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund II, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The trust is headquartered in Willmington, DE.

BlackRock California Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. operates as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective to provide high current income which is exempt from regular Federal income taxes and California income taxes consistent with the preservation of capital. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Fund II, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund invests primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniYield Insured Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. It seeks to provide shareholders with a high a level of current income exempt from federal income taxes consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes. The trust is headquartered in Plainsboro, NJ.

BlackRock Equity Dividend Trust is a non-diversified and closed-end management investment company. The fund's primary investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation by investing in common stocks that pay dividends and have the potential for capital appreciation. The fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that do not pay dividends. As part of its investment strategy, the trust intends to employ a strategy of writing covered call and put options on individual common stocks, indices of securities, sectors of securities and baskets of securities. The company was founded on December 23, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Insured Fund II, Inc. operates as a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It . seeks to provide shareholders with as high a level of current income exempt from federal income tax and Michigan income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term municipal obligations the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income tax and Michigan income taxes. The fund was founded on February 28, 1992 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Insured Fund, Inc. operates as a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The fund seeks to provide shareholders with current income exempt from federal income taxes and New York State and New York City personal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes and New York State and New York City personal income taxes. It is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Insured Municipal Income Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. The fund seeks to provide high current income exempt from regular federal income taxes. The Trust will invest at least 80% of its managed assets in municipal obligations that are insured as to the timely payment of both principal and interest. The company was founded on August 19, 2002 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. operates as a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. It seeks to provide the shareholders with a high current income and such preservation of capital by investing its assets in a diversified, leveraged portfolio consisting primarily of floating rate debt securities and instruments. The fund was founded on July 30, 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investment objective is to provide shareholders with high current income. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in floating rate debt securities and instruments, including floating rate loans, bonds, certain preferred securities, notes or other debt securities or instruments which pay a floating or variable rate of interest until maturity. The company was founded on January 31, 2005 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Strategic Bond Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on February 26, 2002 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Strategic Equity Dividend Trust is a non-diversified and closed-end management investment company. Its primary investment objective is to provide current income and current gains, with a secondary investment objective of long-term capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the Trust will invest at least 80% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that pay dividends. From time to time, the Trust may invest up to 20% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that do not pay dividends. As part of its investment strategy, the Trust intends to employ a strategy of writing covered call and put options on individual common stocks, indices of securities, sectors of securities and baskets of securities. The company was founded on March 25, 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Insured Fund, Inc. is a closed-end Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield New York Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock New York Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provides finance and investment services and also invests in long term securities. BlackRock New York Investment Quality Municipal Trust was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund's investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities. Its secondary objective is to provide shareholders with capital appreciation. It invests in high yield debt instruments, including high yield bonds and corporate loans. BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund was founded on June 25, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. The fund primary investment objective is to provide holders of common shares with high current income. The secondary investment objective of the fund is to provide common shareholders with capital appreciation. It seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in credit-related securities, including, but not limited to, investment grade corporate bonds, high yield bonds, bank loans, preferred securities or convertible bonds or derivatives with economic characteristics similar to these credit-related securities. The company was founded on July 29, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock New Jersey Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. operates as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. It invests primarily in municipal bonds. The trust's portfolio comprises investments in industrial and pollution control, education, hospital, transportation, power, tobacco, housing, and water and sewer sectors. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Enhanced Dividend Achievers Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on July 1, 2005 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide common shareholders with high current income. The company was founded on March 28, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide current income by investing primarily in fixed-income securities, which are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services or are unrated securities of comparable quality and also to provide capital appreciation. The company was founded on January 30, 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end Investment Fund. The funds investment objective is to provide high current income by investing principally in senior debt obligations of companies, including corporate loans made by banks and other financial institutions and both privately placed and publicly offered corporate bonds and notes. The Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives. BlackRock Senior High Income Fund was founded on May 21, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III is a closed-end, non-diversified, management investment company. The company was founded on February 25, 2003 is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock High Income Shares was a closed-end Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provided investment objective of the highest current income attainable consistent with reasonable risk as determined by the Fund's investment adviser, through investment in a professionally managed, diversified portfolio of high-yield, high-risk fixed income securities. The company was founded on August 10, 1988 and was headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Enhanced Dividend Achievers Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on July 1, 2005 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Insured Fund II, Inc. operates as a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It . seeks to provide shareholders with as high a level of current income exempt from federal income tax and Michigan income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term municipal obligations the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income tax and Michigan income taxes. The fund was founded on February 28, 1992 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield Insured Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. It seeks to provide shareholders with a high a level of current income exempt from federal income taxes consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes. The trust is headquartered in Plainsboro, NJ.

BlackRock Insured Municipal Income Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. The fund seeks to provide high current income exempt from regular federal income taxes. The Trust will invest at least 80% of its managed assets in municipal obligations that are insured as to the timely payment of both principal and interest. The company was founded on August 19, 2002 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Income Trust operates as a non diversified, closed-end management investment company. It invests in various portfolios of municipal securities. The trust's investment portfolio includes investments in hospital, industrial and pollution control, housing, transportation, tobacco, tax revenue, education, lease revenue, power, and water and sewer sectors. BlackRock Advisors, Inc. serves as the investment advisor of the trust. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Equity Dividend Trust is a non-diversified and closed-end management investment company. The fund's primary investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation by investing in common stocks that pay dividends and have the potential for capital appreciation. The fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that do not pay dividends. As part of its investment strategy, the trust intends to employ a strategy of writing covered call and put options on individual common stocks, indices of securities, sectors of securities and baskets of securities. The company was founded on December 23, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock California Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. operates as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective to provide high current income which is exempt from regular Federal income taxes and California income taxes consistent with the preservation of capital. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Strategic Equity Dividend Trust is a non-diversified and closed-end management investment company. Its primary investment objective is to provide current income and current gains, with a secondary investment objective of long-term capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the Trust will invest at least 80% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that pay dividends. From time to time, the Trust may invest up to 20% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that do not pay dividends. As part of its investment strategy, the Trust intends to employ a strategy of writing covered call and put options on individual common stocks, indices of securities, sectors of securities and baskets of securities. The company was founded on March 25, 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Strategic Bond Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on February 26, 2002 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Insured Fund, Inc. is a closed-end Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Insured Fund, Inc. operates as a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The fund seeks to provide shareholders with current income exempt from federal income taxes and New York State and New York City personal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes and New York State and New York City personal income taxes. It is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Fund II, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund invests primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniYield New York Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund II, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The trust is headquartered in Willmington, DE.

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. The fund primary investment objective is to provide holders of common shares with high current income. The secondary investment objective of the fund is to provide common shareholders with capital appreciation. It seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in credit-related securities, including, but not limited to, investment grade corporate bonds, high yield bonds, bank loans, preferred securities or convertible bonds or derivatives with economic characteristics similar to these credit-related securities. The company was founded on July 29, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide common shareholders with high current income. The company was founded on March 28, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide current income by investing primarily in fixed-income securities, which are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services or are unrated securities of comparable quality and also to provide capital appreciation. The company was founded on January 30, 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund's investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities. Its secondary objective is to provide shareholders with capital appreciation. It invests in high yield debt instruments, including high yield bonds and corporate loans. BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund was founded on June 25, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock New York Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provides finance and investment services and also invests in long term securities. BlackRock New York Investment Quality Municipal Trust was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end Investment Fund. The funds investment objective is to provide high current income by investing principally in senior debt obligations of companies, including corporate loans made by banks and other financial institutions and both privately placed and publicly offered corporate bonds and notes. The Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives. BlackRock Senior High Income Fund was founded on May 21, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III is a closed-end, non-diversified, management investment company. The company was founded on February 25, 2003 is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock New Jersey Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. operates as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. It invests primarily in municipal bonds. The trust's portfolio comprises investments in industrial and pollution control, education, hospital, transportation, power, tobacco, housing, and water and sewer sectors. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. operates as a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. It seeks to provide the shareholders with a high current income and such preservation of capital by investing its assets in a diversified, leveraged portfolio consisting primarily of floating rate debt securities and instruments. The fund was founded on July 30, 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock High Income Shares was a closed-end Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provided investment objective of the highest current income attainable consistent with reasonable risk as determined by the Fund's investment adviser, through investment in a professionally managed, diversified portfolio of high-yield, high-risk fixed income securities. The company was founded on August 10, 1988 and was headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investment objective is to provide shareholders with high current income. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in floating rate debt securities and instruments, including floating rate loans, bonds, certain preferred securities, notes or other debt securities or instruments which pay a floating or variable rate of interest until maturity. The company was founded on January 31, 2005 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide current income exempt from federal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment-grade municipal obligations, the interest on which is exempt from federal income taxes. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock New York Insured Municipal Income Trust operates as closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Insured Municipal Income Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. The fund seeks to provide high current income exempt from regular federal income taxes. The Trust will invest at least 80% of its managed assets in municipal obligations that are insured as to the timely payment of both principal and interest. The company was founded on August 19, 2002 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniYield California Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. It's investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Fund II, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund invests primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund II, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The trust is headquartered in Willmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield Insured Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. It seeks to provide shareholders with a high a level of current income exempt from federal income taxes consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes. The trust is headquartered in Plainsboro, NJ.

BlackRock Apex Municipal Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide high current income exempt from federal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of medium to lower-grade or unrated municipal obligations, the interest on which is exempt from federal income taxes. The fund is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock California Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. operates as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective to provide high current income which is exempt from regular Federal income taxes and California income taxes consistent with the preservation of capital. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Insured Fund II, Inc. operates as a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It . seeks to provide shareholders with as high a level of current income exempt from federal income tax and Michigan income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term municipal obligations the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income tax and Michigan income taxes. The fund was founded on February 28, 1992 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Income Trust operates as a non diversified, closed-end management investment company. It invests in various portfolios of municipal securities. The trust's investment portfolio includes investments in hospital, industrial and pollution control, housing, transportation, tobacco, tax revenue, education, lease revenue, power, and water and sewer sectors. BlackRock Advisors, Inc. serves as the investment advisor of the trust. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investment objective is to provide shareholders with high current income. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in floating rate debt securities and instruments, including floating rate loans, bonds, certain preferred securities, notes or other debt securities or instruments which pay a floating or variable rate of interest until maturity. The company was founded on January 31, 2005 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings California Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Dividend Achievers Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. It's investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on September 29, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Insured Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide shareholders with a level of current income exempt from federal and Pennsylvania income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing in a portfolio of long-term municipal obligations the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuers, is exempt from federal and Pennsylvania income taxes. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Strategic Bond Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on February 26, 2002 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Strategic Equity Dividend Trust is a non-diversified and closed-end management investment company. Its primary investment objective is to provide current income and current gains, with a secondary investment objective of long-term capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the Trust will invest at least 80% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that pay dividends. From time to time, the Trust may invest up to 20% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that do not pay dividends. As part of its investment strategy, the Trust intends to employ a strategy of writing covered call and put options on individual common stocks, indices of securities, sectors of securities and baskets of securities. The company was founded on March 25, 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Insured Fund, Inc. is a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provides shareholders with current income exempt from federal income taxes by investing in a portfolio of long-term and investment grade municipal obligations. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Investment Fund is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to provide shareholders with current income exempt from federal income tax. The Trust also seeks to offer shareholders the opportunity to own shares, the value of which is exempt from Florida intangible personal property tax. The Trust invests at least 80% of its assets in municipal bonds either insured under an insurance policy purchased by the Trust or insured under an insurance policy obtained by the issuer of the municipal bond or any other party. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock High Income Shares was a closed-end Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provided investment objective of the highest current income attainable consistent with reasonable risk as determined by the Fund's investment adviser, through investment in a professionally managed, diversified portfolio of high-yield, high-risk fixed income securities. The company was founded on August 10, 1988 and was headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Insured Fund, Inc. is a closed-end Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Insured Fund, Inc. operates as a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The fund seeks to provide shareholders with current income exempt from federal income taxes and New York State and New York City personal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes and New York State and New York City personal income taxes. It is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield New York Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Strategic Dividend Achievers Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on January 22, 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock New York Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provides finance and investment services and also invests in long term securities. BlackRock New York Investment Quality Municipal Trust was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Enhanced Dividend Achievers Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on July 1, 2005 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide common shareholders with high current income. The company was founded on March 28, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Insured Municipal Term Trust, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. It seeks to provide monthly income that is exempt from regular federal income tax to the investors. The company was founded on December 23, 1991 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock New Jersey Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. operates as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. It invests primarily in municipal bonds. The trust's portfolio comprises investments in industrial and pollution control, education, hospital, transportation, power, tobacco, housing, and water and sewer sectors. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund V, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities that are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services or in unrated securities considered by the trust's investment adviser to be of comparable quality. The Trust also seeks to provide shareholders with capital appreciation. The company was founded on November 30, 2001 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide current income by investing primarily in fixed-income securities, which are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services or are unrated securities of comparable quality and also to provide capital appreciation. The company was founded on January 30, 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end Investment Fund. The funds investment objective is to provide high current income by investing principally in senior debt obligations of companies, including corporate loans made by banks and other financial institutions and both privately placed and publicly offered corporate bonds and notes. The Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives. BlackRock Senior High Income Fund was founded on May 21, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Equity Dividend Trust is a non-diversified and closed-end management investment company. The fund's primary investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation by investing in common stocks that pay dividends and have the potential for capital appreciation. The fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that do not pay dividends. As part of its investment strategy, the trust intends to employ a strategy of writing covered call and put options on individual common stocks, indices of securities, sectors of securities and baskets of securities. The company was founded on December 23, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III is a closed-end, non-diversified, management investment company. The company was founded on February 25, 2003 is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock High Yield Trust is a close-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investing objective is to provide generate high current income and to a lesser extent, and if it is consistent with its primary objective, the Fund will also seek capital appreciation, by investing in a diversified portfolios. The fund was founded on December 31, 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Insured Fund, Inc. is a closed-end Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund II, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The trust is headquartered in Willmington, DE.

BlackRock California Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. operates as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective to provide high current income which is exempt from regular Federal income taxes and California income taxes consistent with the preservation of capital. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield Insured Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. It seeks to provide shareholders with a high a level of current income exempt from federal income taxes consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes. The trust is headquartered in Plainsboro, NJ.

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Insured Fund II, Inc. operates as a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It . seeks to provide shareholders with as high a level of current income exempt from federal income tax and Michigan income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term municipal obligations the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income tax and Michigan income taxes. The fund was founded on February 28, 1992 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield New York Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Insured Municipal Income Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. The fund seeks to provide high current income exempt from regular federal income taxes. The Trust will invest at least 80% of its managed assets in municipal obligations that are insured as to the timely payment of both principal and interest. The company was founded on August 19, 2002 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Insured Fund, Inc. operates as a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The fund seeks to provide shareholders with current income exempt from federal income taxes and New York State and New York City personal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes and New York State and New York City personal income taxes. It is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Equity Dividend Trust is a non-diversified and closed-end management investment company. The fund's primary investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation by investing in common stocks that pay dividends and have the potential for capital appreciation. The fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that do not pay dividends. As part of its investment strategy, the trust intends to employ a strategy of writing covered call and put options on individual common stocks, indices of securities, sectors of securities and baskets of securities. The company was founded on December 23, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Income Trust operates as a non diversified, closed-end management investment company. It invests in various portfolios of municipal securities. The trust's investment portfolio includes investments in hospital, industrial and pollution control, housing, transportation, tobacco, tax revenue, education, lease revenue, power, and water and sewer sectors. BlackRock Advisors, Inc. serves as the investment advisor of the trust. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Strategic Bond Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on February 26, 2002 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Strategic Equity Dividend Trust is a non-diversified and closed-end management investment company. Its primary investment objective is to provide current income and current gains, with a secondary investment objective of long-term capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the Trust will invest at least 80% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that pay dividends. From time to time, the Trust may invest up to 20% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that do not pay dividends. As part of its investment strategy, the Trust intends to employ a strategy of writing covered call and put options on individual common stocks, indices of securities, sectors of securities and baskets of securities. The company was founded on March 25, 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock High Income Shares was a closed-end Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provided investment objective of the highest current income attainable consistent with reasonable risk as determined by the Fund's investment adviser, through investment in a professionally managed, diversified portfolio of high-yield, high-risk fixed income securities. The company was founded on August 10, 1988 and was headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Fund II, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund invests primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide common shareholders with high current income. The company was founded on March 28, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide current income by investing primarily in fixed-income securities, which are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services or are unrated securities of comparable quality and also to provide capital appreciation. The company was founded on January 30, 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock New York Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provides finance and investment services and also invests in long term securities. BlackRock New York Investment Quality Municipal Trust was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock High Yield Trust is a close-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investing objective is to provide generate high current income and to a lesser extent, and if it is consistent with its primary objective, the Fund will also seek capital appreciation, by investing in a diversified portfolios. The fund was founded on December 31, 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end Investment Fund. The funds investment objective is to provide high current income by investing principally in senior debt obligations of companies, including corporate loans made by banks and other financial institutions and both privately placed and publicly offered corporate bonds and notes. The Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives. BlackRock Senior High Income Fund was founded on May 21, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock New Jersey Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. operates as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. It invests primarily in municipal bonds. The trust's portfolio comprises investments in industrial and pollution control, education, hospital, transportation, power, tobacco, housing, and water and sewer sectors. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund's investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities. Its secondary objective is to provide shareholders with capital appreciation. It invests in high yield debt instruments, including high yield bonds and corporate loans. BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund was founded on June 25, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III is a closed-end, non-diversified, management investment company. The company was founded on February 25, 2003 is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investment objective is to provide shareholders with high current income. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in floating rate debt securities and instruments, including floating rate loans, bonds, certain preferred securities, notes or other debt securities or instruments which pay a floating or variable rate of interest until maturity. The company was founded on January 31, 2005 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide current income exempt from federal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment-grade municipal obligations, the interest on which is exempt from federal income taxes. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Insured Fund, Inc. is a closed-end Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Insured Fund, Inc. is a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provides shareholders with current income exempt from federal income taxes by investing in a portfolio of long-term and investment grade municipal obligations. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield California Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. It's investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield New York Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniYield Insured Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. It seeks to provide shareholders with a high a level of current income exempt from federal income taxes consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes. The trust is headquartered in Plainsboro, NJ.

BlackRock California Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. operates as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective to provide high current income which is exempt from regular Federal income taxes and California income taxes consistent with the preservation of capital. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Enhanced Dividend Achievers Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on July 1, 2005 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund II, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The trust is headquartered in Willmington, DE.

BlackRock Insured Municipal Term Trust, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. It seeks to provide monthly income that is exempt from regular federal income tax to the investors. The company was founded on December 23, 1991 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Insured Municipal Income Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. The fund seeks to provide high current income exempt from regular federal income taxes. The Trust will invest at least 80% of its managed assets in municipal obligations that are insured as to the timely payment of both principal and interest. The company was founded on August 19, 2002 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Apex Municipal Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide high current income exempt from federal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of medium to lower-grade or unrated municipal obligations, the interest on which is exempt from federal income taxes. The fund is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Income Trust operates as a non diversified, closed-end management investment company. It invests in various portfolios of municipal securities. The trust's investment portfolio includes investments in hospital, industrial and pollution control, housing, transportation, tobacco, tax revenue, education, lease revenue, power, and water and sewer sectors. BlackRock Advisors, Inc. serves as the investment advisor of the trust. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Insured Fund II, Inc. operates as a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It . seeks to provide shareholders with as high a level of current income exempt from federal income tax and Michigan income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term municipal obligations the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income tax and Michigan income taxes. The fund was founded on February 28, 1992 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings California Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Dividend Achievers Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. It's investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on September 29, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Insured Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide shareholders with a level of current income exempt from federal and Pennsylvania income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing in a portfolio of long-term municipal obligations the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuers, is exempt from federal and Pennsylvania income taxes. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Investment Fund is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to provide shareholders with current income exempt from federal income tax. The Trust also seeks to offer shareholders the opportunity to own shares, the value of which is exempt from Florida intangible personal property tax. The Trust invests at least 80% of its assets in municipal bonds either insured under an insurance policy purchased by the Trust or insured under an insurance policy obtained by the issuer of the municipal bond or any other party. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Strategic Equity Dividend Trust is a non-diversified and closed-end management investment company. Its primary investment objective is to provide current income and current gains, with a secondary investment objective of long-term capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the Trust will invest at least 80% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that pay dividends. From time to time, the Trust may invest up to 20% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that do not pay dividends. As part of its investment strategy, the Trust intends to employ a strategy of writing covered call and put options on individual common stocks, indices of securities, sectors of securities and baskets of securities. The company was founded on March 25, 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock New York Insured Municipal Income Trust operates as closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Insured Fund, Inc. operates as a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The fund seeks to provide shareholders with current income exempt from federal income taxes and New York State and New York City personal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes and New York State and New York City personal income taxes. It is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Fund II, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund invests primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. The fund primary investment objective is to provide holders of common shares with high current income. The secondary investment objective of the fund is to provide common shareholders with capital appreciation. It seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in credit-related securities, including, but not limited to, investment grade corporate bonds, high yield bonds, bank loans, preferred securities or convertible bonds or derivatives with economic characteristics similar to these credit-related securities. The company was founded on July 29, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Strategic Dividend Achievers Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on January 22, 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund V, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities that are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services or in unrated securities considered by the trust's investment adviser to be of comparable quality. The Trust also seeks to provide shareholders with capital appreciation. The company was founded on November 30, 2001 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III is a closed-end, non-diversified, management investment company. The company was founded on February 25, 2003 is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Equity Dividend Trust is a non-diversified and closed-end management investment company. The fund's primary investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation by investing in common stocks that pay dividends and have the potential for capital appreciation. The fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that do not pay dividends. As part of its investment strategy, the trust intends to employ a strategy of writing covered call and put options on individual common stocks, indices of securities, sectors of securities and baskets of securities. The company was founded on December 23, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock New Jersey Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. operates as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. It invests primarily in municipal bonds. The trust's portfolio comprises investments in industrial and pollution control, education, hospital, transportation, power, tobacco, housing, and water and sewer sectors. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock High Income Shares was a closed-end Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provided investment objective of the highest current income attainable consistent with reasonable risk as determined by the Fund's investment adviser, through investment in a professionally managed, diversified portfolio of high-yield, high-risk fixed income securities. The company was founded on August 10, 1988 and was headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock High Yield Trust is a close-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investing objective is to provide generate high current income and to a lesser extent, and if it is consistent with its primary objective, the Fund will also seek capital appreciation, by investing in a diversified portfolios. The fund was founded on December 31, 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock New York Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provides finance and investment services and also invests in long term securities. BlackRock New York Investment Quality Municipal Trust was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end Investment Fund. The funds investment objective is to provide high current income by investing principally in senior debt obligations of companies, including corporate loans made by banks and other financial institutions and both privately placed and publicly offered corporate bonds and notes. The Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives. BlackRock Senior High Income Fund was founded on May 21, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide current income by investing primarily in fixed-income securities, which are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services or are unrated securities of comparable quality and also to provide capital appreciation. The company was founded on January 30, 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide common shareholders with high current income. The company was founded on March 28, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Insured Fund, Inc. is a closed-end Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Insured Fund II, Inc. operates as a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It . seeks to provide shareholders with as high a level of current income exempt from federal income tax and Michigan income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term municipal obligations the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income tax and Michigan income taxes. The fund was founded on February 28, 1992 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings Insured Fund II, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund invests primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniYield Insured Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. It seeks to provide shareholders with a high a level of current income exempt from federal income taxes consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes. The trust is headquartered in Plainsboro, NJ.

BlackRock MuniYield New York Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Insured Municipal Income Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. The fund seeks to provide high current income exempt from regular federal income taxes. The Trust will invest at least 80% of its managed assets in municipal obligations that are insured as to the timely payment of both principal and interest. The company was founded on August 19, 2002 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II, Inc. operates as a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. It seeks to provide the shareholders with a high current income and such preservation of capital by investing its assets in a diversified, leveraged portfolio consisting primarily of floating rate debt securities and instruments. The fund was founded on July 30, 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Equity Dividend Trust is a non-diversified and closed-end management investment company. The fund's primary investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation by investing in common stocks that pay dividends and have the potential for capital appreciation. The fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that do not pay dividends. As part of its investment strategy, the trust intends to employ a strategy of writing covered call and put options on individual common stocks, indices of securities, sectors of securities and baskets of securities. The company was founded on December 23, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock California Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. operates as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective to provide high current income which is exempt from regular Federal income taxes and California income taxes consistent with the preservation of capital. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Income Trust operates as a non diversified, closed-end management investment company. It invests in various portfolios of municipal securities. The trust's investment portfolio includes investments in hospital, industrial and pollution control, housing, transportation, tobacco, tax revenue, education, lease revenue, power, and water and sewer sectors. BlackRock Advisors, Inc. serves as the investment advisor of the trust. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock Strategic Equity Dividend Trust is a non-diversified and closed-end management investment company. Its primary investment objective is to provide current income and current gains, with a secondary investment objective of long-term capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the Trust will invest at least 80% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that pay dividends. From time to time, the Trust may invest up to 20% of its total assets in common stocks of issuers that do not pay dividends. As part of its investment strategy, the Trust intends to employ a strategy of writing covered call and put options on individual common stocks, indices of securities, sectors of securities and baskets of securities. The company was founded on March 25, 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock High Income Shares was a closed-end Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provided investment objective of the highest current income attainable consistent with reasonable risk as determined by the Fund's investment adviser, through investment in a professionally managed, diversified portfolio of high-yield, high-risk fixed income securities. The company was founded on August 10, 1988 and was headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Insured Fund, Inc. operates as a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The fund seeks to provide shareholders with current income exempt from federal income taxes and New York State and New York City personal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations, the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, is exempt from federal income taxes and New York State and New York City personal income taxes. It is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Senior Floating Rate Fund II, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The trust is headquartered in Willmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide current income by investing primarily in fixed-income securities, which are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services or are unrated securities of comparable quality and also to provide capital appreciation. The company was founded on January 30, 1998 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock New York Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It provides finance and investment services and also invests in long term securities. BlackRock New York Investment Quality Municipal Trust was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund's investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities. Its secondary objective is to provide shareholders with capital appreciation. It invests in high yield debt instruments, including high yield bonds and corporate loans. BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund was founded on June 25, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. The fund primary investment objective is to provide holders of common shares with high current income. The secondary investment objective of the fund is to provide common shareholders with capital appreciation. It seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in credit-related securities, including, but not limited to, investment grade corporate bonds, high yield bonds, bank loans, preferred securities or convertible bonds or derivatives with economic characteristics similar to these credit-related securities. The company was founded on July 29, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock New Jersey Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. operates as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. It invests primarily in municipal bonds. The trust's portfolio comprises investments in industrial and pollution control, education, hospital, transportation, power, tobacco, housing, and water and sewer sectors. The company was founded on May 28, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide common shareholders with high current income. The company was founded on March 28, 2003 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Strategic Bond Trust is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on February 26, 2002 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Senior High Income Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end Investment Fund. The funds investment objective is to provide high current income by investing principally in senior debt obligations of companies, including corporate loans made by banks and other financial institutions and both privately placed and publicly offered corporate bonds and notes. The Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives. BlackRock Senior High Income Fund was founded on May 21, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III is a closed-end, non-diversified, management investment company. The company was founded on February 25, 2003 is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Insured Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with no operating history. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE

BlackRock MuniYield New Jersey Insured Fund, Inc. is a closed-end Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.