Form N-23C-2 - Notice by closed-end investment companies of intent to purchase their own securities

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

NOTIFICATION OF REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO

RULE 23c-2 UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

Investment Company Act File No. 811-21178

 

 

BLACKROCK MUNICIPAL INCOME QUALITY TRUST

(Name of Registrant)

 

 

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, Delaware 19809

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: [phone]

 

 

The undersigned registered closed-end investment company hereby notifies the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) that it intends to redeem securities of which it is the issuer, as set forth below in accordance with the requirements of Rule 23c-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”), and states that it is filing this notice with the Commission at least 30 days prior to the date set for the redemption.

 

(1)	Title of the class of securities of BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust (the “Fund”) to be redeemed:

Series W-7 Variable Rate Muni Term Preferred Shares, par value $0.001 per share, liquidation preference of $100,000 per share (the “Series W-7 VMTP Shares”) (CUSIP #: 092479500).

 

(2)	The date on which the securities are to be called or redeemed:

The Series W-7 VMTP Shares will be redeemed on December 20, 2023 (the “Redemption Date”).

 

(3)	The applicable provisions of the governing instrument pursuant to which the securities are to be called or redeemed:

The Series W-7 VMTP Shares are to be redeemed pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Fund’s Statement of Preferences of Variable Muni Term Preferred Shares (the “Statement”), a form of which was most recently filed with the Commission on April 24, 2012, as Exhibit 99.77Q1 to the Fund’s annual report on Form N-SAR. Pursuant to Section 10(c) of the Statement, dividends on the Series W-7 VMTP Shares will cease to accumulate from and after the Redemption Date.

 

(4)	The principal amount or number of shares and the basis upon which the securities to be redeemed are to be selected:

The Fund intends to redeem 100% (976 shares) of its outstanding Series W-7 VMTP Shares. Holders of the Series W-7 VMTP Shares will receive the liquidation preference of $100,000 per share, together with accumulated and unpaid dividends through the Redemption Date. All of the Series W-7 VMTP Shares are held in book-entry form through the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), and such shares being redeemed will be redeemed in accordance with the procedures of DTC. Payment by the Fund of the Redemption Price will be made to The Bank of New York Mellon, as redemption and paying agent for the Series W-7 VMTP Shares.

 

 

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirement of Rule 23c-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Fund has duly caused this Notification of Redemption of Securities to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, and the State of New York, on the 20^th day of November, 2023.

 

BLACKROCK MUNICIPAL INCOME QUALITY TRUST
By:		/s/ Jonathan Diorio
		Name:		Jonathan Diorio
		Title:		Vice President

 

[Signature Page – BYM 23c-2 Notice]

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