Company: BLE
Filing Date: 2025-08-07
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-175555
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Company: BLACKROCK MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST II
Filing Date: 2025-08-07
Form: PRE 14A
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 shares, including the VMTP Shares, voting as a separate class. A majority of the outstanding means (1)
67% or more of the shares present at a meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares are present or represented by proxy, or (2) more than 50% of the outstanding shares, whichever is less.

BLE’s investment policies provide that, under normal market conditions, BLE will invest at least 80% of its managed assets in investment
grade quality Municipal Bonds. Investment grade quality means that such bonds are rated, at the time of investment, within the four highest grades (Baa or BBB or better by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), S&P
Global Ratings (“S&P”), or Fitch Ratings, Inc. (“Fitch”)) or are unrated but judged to be of comparable quality by BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”). Municipal Bonds rated Baa by Moody’s are investment
grade, but Moody’s considers Municipal Bonds rated Baa to have speculative characteristics. Changes in economic conditions or other circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity for issuers of Municipal Bonds that are rated BBB
or Baa (or that have equivalent ratings) to make principal and interest payments than is the case for issuers of higher grade Municipal Bonds. In the case of short-term notes, the investment grade rating categories are
SP-1+ through SP-2 for S&P, MIG-1 through MIG-3 for Moody’s and F-1+ through F-3 for Fitch. In the case of tax exempt commercial paper, the investment grade rating categories are A-1+ through A-3 for S&P, Prime-1 through Prime-3 for Moody’s and F-1+ through F-3 for Fitch. Obligations ranked in the lowest investment grade rating category (BBB, SP-2 and A-3 for S&P; Baa, MIG-3 and Prime-3 for Moody’s and BBB and F-3 for Fitch), while considered “investment grade,” may have certain
speculative characteristics. There may be sub-categories or gradations indicating relative standing within the rating categories set forth above. In assessing the quality of Municipal Bonds with respect to the
foregoing requirements, the Manager takes into account the nature of any letters of credit or similar credit enhancement to which particular Municipal Bonds are entitled and the creditworthiness of the financial institution that provided such credit
enhancement