Company: BLE
Filing Date: 2025-05-22
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-125142
Chunk: 31

Company: BLACKROCK MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST II
Filing Date: 2025-05-22
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 31
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 may address letters to the CCO, 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001. Shareholders who are uncomfortable submitting complaints to the CCO may address letters directly to the Chair of the Audit Committee of the Board that oversees the Fund. Such letters may be submitted on an anonymous basis. Expense of Proxy Solicitation The cost of preparing, printing and mailing the enclosed proxy, accompanying notice and this Proxy Statement, and costs in connection with the solicitation of proxies and hosting the virtual meeting will be borne by the Funds. Additional out-of-pocketcosts, such as legal expenses and auditor fees, incurred in connection with the preparation of this Proxy Statement, also will be borne by the Funds. Costs that are borne by the Funds collectively will be allocated among the Funds on the basis of a combination of their respective net assets and number of shareholder accounts, except when direct costs can reasonably be attributed to one or more specific Fund(s). Solicitation may be made by mail, telephone, fax, e-mailor the Internet by officers or employees of the Advisor, or by dealers and their representatives. Brokerage houses, banks and other fiduciaries may be requested to forward proxy solicitation material to their principals to 26 obtain authorization for the execution of proxies. The Funds will reimburse brokerage firms, custodians, banks and fiduciaries for their expenses in forwarding this Proxy Statement and proxy materials to the beneficial owners of each Fund’s shares. The Funds and BlackRock have retained Georgeson, 51 West 52nd Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10019, a proxy solicitation firm, to assist in the distribution of proxy materials, the solicitation and tabulation of proxies and the hosting of the virtual meeting. It is anticipated that Georgeson will be paid approximately $298,000 for such services (including reimbursements of out-of-pocketexpenses). Georgeson may solicit proxies personally and by mail, telephone, fax, e-mailor the Internet. Each Fund’s portion of the foregoing expenses is not subject to any cap or voluntary agreement to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses that may otherwise apply to that Fund. Standstill Agreements Karpus Standstill Agreements On May 3, 2024, each of BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), BlackRock Energy and Resources Trust (BGR), BlackRock Enhanced Large Cap Core Fund, Inc. (CII), BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust (BDJ), BlackRock Enhanced Global Dividend Trust (BOE), BlackRock