BLACKROCK MUNIYIELD FUND, INC.
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-06414

Name of Fund: BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc. (MYD)

Fund Address: 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

Name and address of agent for service: John M. Perlowski, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock MuniYield Fund,

Inc., 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055

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

Date of fiscal year end: 04/30/2014

Date of reporting period: 10/31/2013


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OCTOBER 31, 2013

 

 

SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT (UNAUDITED)

 

    LOGO

 

BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc. (MYD)

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc. (MQY)

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc. (MQT)

 

Not FDIC Insured • May Lose Value • No Bank Guarantee


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     Page  

Dear Shareholder

    3   

Semi-Annual Report:

 

Municipal Market Overview

    4   

The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging

    5   

Derivative Financial Instruments

    5   

Fund Summaries

    6   
Financial Statements:  

Schedules of Investments

    12   

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

    35   

Statements of Operations

    36   

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    37   

Statements of Cash Flows

    38   

Financial Highlights

    39   

Notes to Financial Statements

    42   

Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreements and Sub-Advisory Agreements

    51   

Officers and Directors

    55   

Additional Information

    56   

 

                
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Dear Shareholder

 

Financial markets were volatile as 2012 drew to a close, with investors growing increasingly concerned over the possible implementation of pre-mandated tax increases and spending cuts known as the “fiscal cliff.” However, a last-minute tax deal averted the potential crisis and allowed markets to get off to a strong start in 2013. Money that had been pulled to the sidelines amid year-end tax-rate uncertainty poured back into the markets in January. Key indicators signaling modest but broad-based improvements in the world’s major economies, coupled with the absence of negative headlines from Europe, fostered an aura of comfort for investors. Global equities surged, while rising US Treasury yields pressured high quality fixed income assets. (Bond prices fall when yields rise.)

Global economic momentum slowed in February, however, and the pace of the rally moderated. In the months that followed, US stocks outperformed international stocks, as America showed greater stability compared to most other regions. Slow, but positive, growth was sufficient to support corporate earnings, while uncomfortably high unemployment reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve would keep its asset purchase program intact and interest rates low. International markets experienced higher levels of volatility given a resurgence of political instability in Italy, a severe banking crisis in Cyprus and a generally poor outlook for European economies, many of which were mired in recession. Emerging markets significantly lagged the rest of the world as growth in these economies, particularly in China and Brazil, fell short of expectations.

In May, the Fed Chairman commented on the possibility of beginning to gradually reduce — or “taper” — the central bank’s asset purchase program before the end of 2013. Investors around the world retreated from higher risk assets in response. Markets rebounded in late June when the tone of the US central bank turned more dovish, and improving economic indicators and better corporate earnings helped extend gains through July.

Markets slumped again in August as investors became wary of looming macro risks. Mixed economic data stirred worries about global growth and uncertainty about when and how much the Fed would scale back on stimulus. Also weighing on investors’ minds was the escalation of the revolution in Egypt and the civil war in Syria, both of which fueled higher oil prices, an additional headwind for global economic growth.

September was surprisingly positive for investors, thanks to the easing of several key risks. Most important, the Fed defied market expectations with its decision to delay tapering. Additionally, the more hawkish candidate to become the next Fed Chairman, Larry Summers, withdrew from the race. On the geopolitical front, turmoil in Egypt and Syria subsided. In Europe, the re-election of Angela Merkel as Chancellor of Germany was welcomed as a continuation of the status quo. High levels of volatility returned in late September when the Treasury Department warned that the US national debt would breach its statutory maximum soon after Oct. 17. Political brinksmanship led to a partial government shutdown, roiling global financial markets through the first half of October, but the rally quickly resumed with a last-minute compromise to reopen the government and extend the debt ceiling until early 2014.

Though periods of heightened uncertainty drove high levels of market volatility over the past year, riskier asset classes generally outperformed lower-risk investments. Developed market equities generated the highest returns for the 6- and 12-month periods ended Oct. 31, with particular strength coming from US small-cap stocks. Emerging markets posted smaller, albeit positive returns after struggling with slowing growth and weakening currencies in the first half of 2013. Rising interest rates resulted in poor performance for US Treasury bonds and other higher-quality sectors such as tax-exempt municipals and investment grade corporate bonds. High yield bonds, on the other hand, moved higher as income-oriented investors sought meaningful returns in the low-rate environment. Short-term interest rates remained near zero, keeping yields on money market securities near historical lows.

At BlackRock, we believe investors need to think globally and extend their scope across a broader array of asset classes and be prepared to move freely as market conditions change over time. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit www.blackrock.com for further insight about investing in today’s world.

 

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC

 

LOGO

“Though periods of heightened uncertainty drove high levels of market volatility over the past year, riskier asset classes generally outperformed lower-risk investments.

 

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC

 

Total Returns as of October 31, 2013  
    6-month     12-month  

US large cap equities
(S&P 500® Index)

    11.14     27.18

US small cap equities
(Russell 2000® Index)

    16.90        36.28   

International equities
(MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index)

    8.53        26.88   

Emerging market equities (MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

    1.18        6.53   

3-month Treasury bill
(BofA Merrill Lynch
3-Month US Treasury Bill Index)

    0.03        0.09   

US Treasury securities
(BofA Merrill Lynch
10-Year US Treasury Index)

    (6.07     (4.64

US investment grade
bonds (Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index)

    (1.97     (1.08

Tax-exempt municipal
bonds (S&P Municipal Bond Index)

    (3.63     (1.69

US high yield bonds
(Barclays US Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index)

    1.50        8.86   
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.     

 

                
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Municipal Market Overview     

 

For the Reporting Period Ended October 31, 2013      

Municipal Market Conditions

Toward the end of 2012, municipal bond supply was met with robust demand as investors were starved for yield in the low-rate, low-return environment and uncertainty around the Presidential election and fiscal policy decisions highlighted the appeal of the relatively stable asset class. Investors poured into municipal bond mutual funds, favoring long-duration and high-yield funds as they tend to provide higher levels of income.

However, market conditions turned less favorable in May when the US Federal Reserve alluded to the possible scaling back of its bond-buying stimulus program. Municipal bond funds saw strong outflows in the last six months of the period, resulting in net outflows of approximately $38 billion for the 12-month period as a whole (based on data from the Investment Company Institute). Further signals from the Fed suggesting a retrenchment of asset purchases led to rising interest rates and waning demand in June. (Bond prices fall as rates rise.) High levels of interest rate volatility resulted in a sharp curtailment of tax-exempt issuance in May through period end. However, from a historical perspective, total new issuance for the 12 months ended October 31, 2013 remained relatively strong at $345 billion (down modestly from the $378 billion issued in the prior 12-month period). A significant portion of new supply during this period (roughly 50%) was attributable to refinancing activity as issuers took advantage of lower interest rates to reduce their borrowing costs. Total new supply was also supported by recent activity in the taxable market, where taxable-municipal issuance was up 19% year-over-year.

S&P Municipal Bond Index

Total Returns as of October 31, 2013

  6 months:   (3.63)%

12 months:   (1.69)%

A Closer Look at Yields

 

LOGO

 

From October 31, 2012 to October 31, 2013, muni yields increased by 122 basis points (“bps”) from 2.82% to 4.04% on AAA-rated 30-year municipal bonds, while increasing 72 bps from 1.72% to 2.44% on 10-year bonds and rising another 39 bps from 0.67% to 1.06% on 5-year issues (as measured by Thomson Municipal Market Data). Overall, the municipal yield curve remained relatively steep over the 12-month period as the spread between 2- and 30-year maturities widened by 118 bps and the spread between 2- and 10-year maturities widened by 68 bps.

During the same time period, US Treasury rates rose by 78 bps on 30-year and 87 bps on 10-year bonds, while moving up 61 bps in 5-years. Accordingly, tax-exempt municipal bonds underperformed Treasuries on the long end of the yield curve as investors sought to reduce risk later in the period. On the short end of the curve, moderate outperformance versus Treasuries was driven largely by a supply/demand imbalance within the municipal market and a rotation from long-duration assets into short- and intermediate-duration investments. As higher US tax rates began to appear imminent late in 2012, municipal bonds benefited from the increased appeal of tax-exempt investing. The municipal asset class is known for its lower relative volatility and preservation of principal with an emphasis on income as tax rates rise. The municipal market continues to be an attractive avenue for investors seeking yield in today’s environment, particularly as the recent correction has restored value in the market and placed yields at levels not obtainable since early 2011. However, opportunities are not as broad-based as in 2011 and 2012, warranting a more tactical approach going forward.

Financial Conditions of Municipal Issuers Continue to Improve

Following an extended period of nation-wide austerity and de-leveraging as states sought to balance their budgets, 14 consecutive quarters of positive revenue growth coupled with the elimination of more than 750,000 jobs in recent years have put state and local governments in a better financial position. Many local municipalities, however, continue to face increased health care and pension costs passed down from the state level. BlackRock maintains the view that municipal bond defaults will be minimal and remain in the periphery, and that the overall market is fundamentally sound. We continue to recognize that careful credit research, appropriate structure and security selection remain imperative amid uncertainty in this fragile economic environment.

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

 

 

                
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The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging     

 

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

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

The interest earned on securities purchased with the proceeds from leverage is paid to shareholders in the form of dividends, and the value of these portfolio holdings is reflected in the per share NAV. However, in order to benefit shareholders, the yield curve must be positively sloped; that is, short-term interest rates must be lower than long-term interest rates. If the yield curve becomes negatively sloped, meaning short-term interest rates exceed long-term interest rates, income to shareholders will be lower than if the Funds had not used leverage.

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

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

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

The Funds may also leverage their assets through the use of tender option bond trusts (“TOBs”), as described in Note 3 of the Notes to Financial Statements. TOB investments generally will provide the Funds with economic benefits in periods of declining short-term interest rates, but expose the Funds to risks during periods of rising short-term interest rates similar to those associated with Preferred Shares issued by the Funds, as described above. Additionally, fluctuations in the market value of municipal bonds deposited into the TOB trust may adversely affect each Fund’s NAV per share.

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

Under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), the Funds are permitted to issue senior securities in the form of equity securities (e.g., Preferred Shares) up to 50% of their total managed assets (each Fund’s total assets less its total accrued liabilities). In addition, each Fund with VRDP Shares or VMTP Shares limits its economic leverage to 45% of its total managed assets. As of October 31, 2013, the Funds had economic leverage from Preferred Shares and/or TOBs as a percentage of their total managed assets as follows:

 

      Percent of
Economic
Leverage
 

MYD

     39

MQY

     40

MQT

     40

 

Derivative Financial Instruments     

 

The Funds may invest in various derivative financial instruments, including financial futures contracts, as specified in Note 4 of the Notes to Financial Statements, which may constitute forms of economic leverage. Such derivative financial instruments are used to obtain exposure to a market without owning or taking physical custody of securities or to hedge market, interest rate and/or other risks. Derivative financial instruments involve risks, including the imperfect correlation between the value of a derivative financial instrument and the underlying asset, possible default of the counterparty to the transaction or illiquidity of the derivative financial instrument. The Funds’ ability to use a derivative financial instrument successfully depends on the investment advisor’s ability to predict pertinent market movements accurately, which cannot be assured. The use of derivative financial instruments may result in losses greater than if they had not been used, may require a Fund to sell or purchase portfolio investments at inopportune times or for distressed values, may limit the amount of appreciation a Fund can realize on an investment, may result in lower dividends paid to shareholders or may cause a Fund to hold an investment that it might otherwise sell. The Funds’ investments in these instruments are discussed in detail in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2013    BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc.

 

Fund Overview

BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc.’s (MYD) (the “Fund”) investment objective is to provide shareholders with as high a level of current income exempt from federal income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its assets in municipal bonds exempt from federal income taxes (except that the interest may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax). The Fund invests, under normal market conditions, at least 75% of its assets in municipal bonds rated investment grade and invests primarily in long-term municipal bonds with a maturity of more than ten years at the time of investment. The Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives.

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

 

Performance

 

Ÿ   For the six-month period ended October 31, 2013, the Fund returned (11.24)% based on market price and (10.86)% based on NAV. For the same period, the closed-end Lipper General & Insured Municipal Debt Funds (Leveraged) category posted an average return of (13.60)% based on market price and (9.18)% based on NAV. All returns reflect reinvestment of dividends. The Fund’s premium to NAV, which narrowed during the period, accounts for the difference between performance based on price and performance based on NAV. The following discussion relates to performance based on NAV.

 

Ÿ   As tax-exempt municipal rates increased over the six-month period, the Fund’s duration exposure (sensitivity to interest rate movements) had a negative impact on performance. (Bond prices fall when rates rise.) Exposure to bonds with long maturities was detrimental as rates increased more in the long-end than in the short-end of the curve. Leverage on the Fund’s assets amplified the negative effect of rising rates on the Fund’s performance. Holdings of bonds rated low-quality investment grade and non-investment grade posted significant losses. The Fund’s modest exposure to Puerto Rico Sales Tax Revenue Bonds also detracted from results as credit spreads on most of Puerto Rico’s debt widened materially during the period due to investors’ lack of confidence and a weak local economy. Modest exposure to tobacco bonds was another notable source of negative performance.

 

The views expressed reflect the opinions of BlackRock as of the date of this report and are subject to change based on changes in market, economic or other conditions. These views are not intended to be a forecast of future events and are no guarantee of future results.

 

Fund Information

Symbol on New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”)

   MYD

Initial Offering Date

   November 29, 1991

Yield on Closing Market Price as of October 31, 2013 ($13.90)1

   7.21%

Tax Equivalent Yield2

   12.74%

Current Monthly Distribution per Common Share3

   $0.0835

Current Annualized Distribution per Common Share3

   $1.0020

Economic Leverage as of October 31, 20134

   39%

 

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

 

  2    Tax equivalent yield assumes the maximum marginal federal tax rate of 43.4%, which includes the 3.8% Medicare tax. Actual tax rates will vary based on income, exemptions and deductions. Lower taxes will result in lower tax equivalent yields.

 

  3    The monthly distribution per common share, declared on December 2, 2013, was decreased to $0.0805 per share. The yield on closing market price, current monthly distribution per common share and current annualized distribution per common share do not reflect the new distribution rate. The new distribution rate is not constant and is subject to change in the future.

 

  4    Represents VRDP Shares and TOBs as a percentage of total managed assets, which is the total assets of the Fund, including any assets attributable to VRDP Shares and TOBs, minus the sum of accrued liabilities. For a discussion of leveraging techniques utilized by the Fund, please see The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging on page 5.

 

                
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     BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc.

 

Market Price and Net Asset Value Per Share Summary                                        
           
     

10/31/13

     4/30/13      Change      High      Low  

Market Price

     $13.90         $16.24         (14.41)%         $16.30         $12.52   

Net Asset Value

     $13.76         $16.01         (14.05)%         $16.06         $12.99   

 

Market Price and Net Asset Value History For the Past Five Years

 

LOGO

Overview of the Fund’s Long-Term Investments
Sector Allocation   

10/31/13

    4/30/13  

Health

     23     22

Transportation

     22        21   

County/City/Special District/School District

     12        11   

Utilities

     12        12   

Education

     11        11   

State

     10        13   

Corporate

     8        9   

Tobacco

     2        1   
Credit Quality Allocation1   

10/31/13

    4/30/13  

AAA/Aaa

     8     9

AA/Aa

     43        43   

A

     28        29   

BBB/Baa

     9        9   

BB/Ba

     3        1   

B

     2        2   

CCC/Caa

     1        1   

Not Rated2

     6        6   

 

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

 

  2    The investment advisor has deemed certain of these non-rated securities to be of investment grade quality. As of October 31, 2013 and April 30, 2013, the market value of these securities was $3,014,775, representing less than 1%, and $8,883,640, representing 1%, respectively, of the Fund’s long-term investments.
   
Call/Maturity Schedule3        

Calendar Year Ended December 31,

  

2013

     4

2014

     4   

2015

     4   

2016

     5   

2017

     4   

 

  3    Scheduled maturity dates and/or bonds that are subject to potential calls by issuers over the next five years.

 

                
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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2013    BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc.

 

Fund Overview

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc.’s (MQY) (the “Fund”) investment objective is to provide shareholders with as high a level of current income exempt from federal income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its assets in municipal bonds exempt from federal income taxes (except that the interest may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax). The Fund invests in municipal bonds which are in the three highest quality rating categories (A or better) or, if unrated, of comparable quality at the time of investment. The Fund invests primarily in long-term municipal bonds with maturities of more than ten years at the time of investment. The Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives.

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

 

Performance
Ÿ   For the six-month period ended October 31, 2013, the Fund returned (13.99)% based on market price and (9.19)% based on NAV. For the same period, the closed-end Lipper General & Insured Municipal Debt Funds (Leveraged) category posted an average return of (13.60)% based on market price and (9.18)% based on NAV. All returns reflect reinvestment of dividends. The Fund moved from a premium to NAV to a discount by period end, which accounts for the difference between performance based on price and performance based on NAV. The following discussion relates to performance based on NAV.

 

Ÿ   As tax-exempt municipal rates increased over the six-month period, the Fund’s duration exposure (sensitivity to interest rate movements) had a negative impact on performance. (Bond prices fall when rates rise.) Exposure to the long-end of the yield curve was detrimental as rates increased more in the long-end than in the short-end of the curve. Leverage on the Fund’s assets amplified the negative effect of rising rates on the Fund’s performance. The Fund’s modest exposure to Puerto Rico Sales Tax Revenue Bonds also detracted from results as credit spreads on most of Puerto Rico’s debt widened materially during the period due to investors’ lack of confidence and a weak local economy.

 

Ÿ   Short positions in US Treasury futures contracts as a hedge against rising interest rates had a positive impact on the Fund’s performance for the period.

 

The views expressed reflect the opinions of BlackRock as of the date of this report and are subject to change based on changes in market, economic or other conditions. These views are not intended to be a forecast of future events and are no guarantee of future results.

 

Fund Information

Symbol on NYSE

   MQY

Initial Offering Date

   June 26, 1992

Yield on Closing Market Price as of October 31, 2013 ($14.09)1

   6.81%

Tax Equivalent Yield2

   12.03%

Current Monthly Distribution per Common Share3

   $0.08

Current Annualized Distribution per Common Share3

   $0.96

Economic Leverage as of October 31, 20134

   40%

 

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

 

  2    Tax equivalent yield assumes the maximum marginal federal tax rate of 43.4%, which includes the 3.8% Medicare tax. Actual tax rates will vary based on income, exemptions and deductions. Lower taxes will result in lower tax equivalent yields.

 

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

 

  4    Represents VRDP Shares and TOBs as a percentage of total managed assets, which is the total assets of the Fund, including any assets attributable to VRDP Shares and TOBs, minus the sum of accrued liabilities. For a discussion of leveraging techniques utilized by the Fund, please see The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging on page 5.

 

                
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     BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc.

 

Market Price and Net Asset Value Per Share Summary                                        
           
     

10/31/13

     4/30/13      Change      High      Low  

Market Price

     $14.09         $16.94         (16.82)%         $17.24         $13.05   

Net Asset Value

     $14.78         $16.83         (12.18)%         $16.89         $14.00   
Market Price and Net Asset Value History For the Past Five Years

 

LOGO

 

Overview of the Fund’s Long-Term Investments
Sector Allocation    10/31/13     4/30/13  

County/City/Special District/School District

     26     24

Transportation

     22        21   

Utilities

     17        16   

State

     15        19   

Health

     10        10   

Education

     7        6   

Housing

     2        3   

Corporate

     1        1   
Credit Quality Allocation1    10/31/13     4/30/13  

AAA/Aaa

     10     10

AA/Aa

     57        61   

A

     31        27   

BBB/Baa

     2        1   

Not Rated

            1 2 

 

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

 

  2    The investment advisor has deemed certain of these non-rated securities to be of investment grade quality. As of April 30, 2013, the market value of these securities was $2,950,141, representing less than 1% of the Fund’s long-term investments.
   
Call/Maturity Schedule3        

Calendar Year Ended December 31,

  

2013

       

2014

     8

2015

     11   

2016

     3   

2017

     12   

 

  3    Scheduled maturity dates and/or bonds that are subject to potential calls by issuers over the next five years.

 

                
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Fund Summary as of October 31, 2013    BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc.

 

Fund Overview

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc.’s (MQT) (the “Fund”) investment objective is to provide shareholders with as high a level of current income exempt from federal income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its assets in municipal bonds exempt from federal income taxes (except that the interest may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax). The Fund invests in municipal bonds which are in the three highest quality rating categories (A or better) or, if unrated, of comparable quality at the time of investment. The Fund invests primarily in long-term municipal bonds with maturities of more than ten years at the time of investment. The Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives.

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

 

Performance
Ÿ   For the six-month period ended October 31, 2013, the Fund returned (14.24)% based on market price and (8.55)% based on NAV. For the same period, the closed-end Lipper General & Insured Municipal Debt Funds (Leveraged) category posted an average return of (13.60)% based on market price and (9.18)% based on NAV. All returns reflect reinvestment of dividends. The Fund’s discount to NAV, which widened during the period, accounts for the difference between performance based on price and performance based on NAV. The following discussion relates to performance based on NAV.

 

Ÿ   As tax-exempt municipal rates increased over the six-month period, the Fund’s duration exposure (sensitivity to interest rate movements) had a negative impact on performance. (Bond prices fall when rates rise.) Exposure to the long-end of the yield curve was detrimental as rates increased more in the long-end than in the short-end of the curve. Leverage on the Fund’s assets amplified the negative effect of rising rates on the Fund’s performance. The Fund’s modest exposure to Puerto Rico Sales Tax Revenue Bonds also detracted from results as credit spreads on most of Puerto Rico’s debt widened materially during the period due to investors’ lack of confidence and a weak local economy.

 

Ÿ   Short positions in US Treasury futures contracts as a hedge against rising interest rates had a positive impact on the Fund’s performance for the period.

The views expressed reflect the opinions of BlackRock as of the date of this report and are subject to change based on changes in market, economic or other conditions. These views are not intended to be a forecast of future events and are no guarantee of future results.

 

Fund Information

Symbol on NYSE

    MQT   

Initial Offering Date

    August 28, 1992   

Yield on Closing Market Price as of October 31, 2013 ($11.94)1

    7.09%   

Tax Equivalent Yield2

    12.53%   

Current Monthly Distribution per Common Share3

    $0.0705   

Current Annualized Distribution per Common Share3

    $0.8460   

Economic Leverage as of October 31, 20134

    40%   

 

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

 

  2   Tax equivalent yield assumes the maximum marginal federal tax rate of 43.4%, which includes the 3.8% Medicare tax. Actual tax rates will vary based on income, exemptions and deductions. Lower taxes will result in lower tax equivalent yields.

 

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

 

  4   Represents VMTP Shares and TOBs as a percentage of total managed assets, which is the total assets of the Fund, including any assets attributable to VMTP Shares and TOBs, minus the sum of accrued liabilities. For a discussion of leveraging techniques utilized by the Fund, please see The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging on page 5.

 

                
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     BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc.

 

Market Price and Net Asset Value Per Share Summary                                        
           
     

10/31/13

     4/30/13      Change      High      Low  

Market Price

     $11.94         $14.41         (17.14)%         $14.81         $11.29   

Net Asset Value

     $12.97         $14.68         (11.65)%         $14.73         $12.30   

 

Market Price and Net Asset Value History For the Past Five Years

 

LOGO

 

Overview of the Fund’s Long-Term Investments
Sector Allocation    10/31/13     4/30/13  

County/City/Special District/School District

     27     28

Transportation

     24        22   

State

     15        17   

Utilities

     13        12   

Health

     10        11   

Education

     7        6   

Housing

     3        3   

Corporate

     1        1   
Credit Quality Allocation1    10/31/13     4/30/13  

AAA/Aaa

     7     8

AA/Aa

     66        68   

A

     25        21   

BBB/Baa

     2        2   

Not Rated

            1 2 

 

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

 

  2    The investment advisor has deemed certain of these non-rated securities to be of investment grade quality. As of April 30, 2013, the market value of these securities was $2,695,818, representing less than 1% of the Fund’s long-term investments.
   
Call/Maturity Schedule3        

Calendar Year Ended December 31,

  

2013

     1

2014

     10   

2015

     7   

2016

     5   

2017

     11   

 

  3    Scheduled maturity dates and/or bonds that are subject to potential calls by issuers over the next five years.

 

                
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Schedule of Investments October 31, 2013 (Unaudited)

  

BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc. (MYD)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Municipal Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Alabama — 0.8%

    

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

   $ 5,250      $ 5,223,645   

Alaska — 1.0%

    

Northern Tobacco Securitization Corp., Refunding RB, Tobacco Settlement, Asset-Backed, Series A:

    

4.63%, 6/01/23

     2,050        1,926,406   

5.00%, 6/01/46

     6,450        4,437,148   
    

 

 

 
               6,363,554   

Arizona — 4.6%

    

County of Maricopa Arizona IDA, RB, Arizona Charter Schools Project, Series A, 6.75%, 7/01/29

     2,900        2,427,242   

Phoenix IDA Arizona, Refunding RB, America West Airlines, Inc. Project, AMT:

    

6.25%, 6/01/19

     3,000        2,997,000   

6.30%, 4/01/23

     5,090        5,011,767   

Salt Verde Financial Corp., RB, Senior:

    

5.00%, 12/01/32

     7,365        7,437,103   

5.00%, 12/01/37

     9,690        9,730,117   

Vistancia Community Facilities District Arizona, GO, 5.75%, 7/15/24

     2,125        2,184,500   
    

 

 

 
               29,787,729   

California — 11.6%

    

California Health Facilities Financing Authority, RB:

    

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

     4,425        4,919,317   

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

     6,465        7,456,343   

California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Refunding RB, Series A:

    

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

     3,155        3,471,920   

St. Joseph Health System, 5.00%, 7/01/33

     2,560        2,637,005   

California Pollution Control Financing Authority, RB:

    

Poseidon Resources (Channel Side) LP Desalination Project, AMT,
5.00%, 7/01/37 (a)

     3,465        3,057,585   

Poseidon Resources (Channel Side) LP Desalination Project, AMT,
5.00%, 11/21/45 (a)

     3,855        3,232,726   

San Diego County Water Authority Desalination Project Pipeline,
5.00%, 11/21/45

     2,510        2,229,031   
Municipal Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

California (concluded)

    

California State Public Works Board, RB, Various Capital Projects, Sub-Series I-1,
6.38%, 11/01/34

   $ 2,385      $ 2,745,994   

California Statewide Communities Development Authority, RB, John Muir Health, Series A, 5.13%, 7/01/39

     2,300        2,373,370   

California Statewide Communities Development Authority, Refunding RB, Episcopal Communities & Services:

    

5.00%, 5/15/42

     845        759,883   

5.00%, 5/15/47

     735        648,167   

City of Los Angeles California Department of Airports, Refunding RB, Los Angeles International Airport, Series A:

    

5.25%, 5/15/39

     1,605        1,713,081   

5.00%, 5/15/40

     11,970        12,203,654   

San Diego Community College District, GO, Election of 2006, 5.00%, 8/01/43

     2,190        2,312,684   

State of California, GO:

    

(AMBAC), 5.00%, 4/01/31

     10        10,124   

Various Purposes, 6.00%, 3/01/33

     5,085        5,945,941   

Various Purposes, 6.50%, 4/01/33

     14,075        16,760,791   

Tobacco Securitization Authority of Southern California, Refunding RB, Tobacco Settlement Revenue, Asset-Backed, Senior Series A-1, 4.75%, 6/01/25

     2,175        2,031,385   
    

 

 

 
               74,509,001   

Colorado — 3.0%

    

City & County of Denver Colorado Airport System, ARB, Series D, AMT (AMBAC), 7.75%, 11/15/13

     1,435        1,439,090   

Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society Project, 5.00%, 12/01/42

     3,580        3,331,333   

Colorado State Board of Governors, Refunding RB, State University System Enterprise, Series A, 5.00%, 3/01/43

     2,405        2,534,894   

Plaza Metropolitan District No. 1 Colorado, Tax Allocation Bonds, Public Improvement Fee, Tax Increment, 8.00%, 6/01/14 (b)

     6,850        7,228,120   
Portfolio Abbreviations

 

To simplify the listings of portfolio holdings in the Schedules of Investments, the names and descriptions of many of the securities have been abbreviated according to the following list:   AGC    Assured Guarantee Corp.    GO    General Obligation Bonds
  AGM    Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.    HDA    Housing Development Authority
  AMBAC    American Municipal Bond Assurance Corp.    HFA    Housing Finance Agency
  AMT    Alternative Minimum Tax (subject to)    HRB    Housing Revenue Bonds
  ARB    Airport Revenue Bonds    IDA    Industrial Development Authority
  BARB    Building Aid Revenue Bonds    ISD    Independent School District
  BHAC    Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp.    LRB    Lease Revenue Bonds
  CAB    Capital Appreciation Bonds    M/F    Multi-Family
  COP    Certificates of Participation    NPFGC    National Public Finance Guarantee Corp.
  COP    Colombian Peso    PSF-GTD    Permanent School Fund Guaranty
  EDA    Economic Development Authority    Radian    Radian Guaranty, Inc.
  EDC    Economic Development Corp.    RB    Revenue Bonds
  ERB    Education Revenue Bonds    SO    Special Obligation
  GAB    Grant Anticipation Notes    S/F    Single Family
  GARB    General Airport Revenue Bonds      

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
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Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc. (MYD)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Municipal Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Colorado (concluded)

    

University of Colorado, RB, Series A:

    

5.25%, 6/01/30

   $ 2,250      $ 2,499,772   

5.38%, 6/01/32

     1,250        1,387,238   

5.38%, 6/01/38

     830        920,171   
    

 

 

 
               19,340,618   

Connecticut — 1.6%

    

Connecticut State Health & Educational Facility Authority, RB, Ascension Health Senior Credit, Series A, 5.00%, 11/15/40

     2,770        2,842,463   

Connecticut State Health & Educational Facility Authority, Refunding RB, Wesleyan University:

    

5.00%, 7/01/35

     2,225        2,334,048   

5.00%, 7/01/39

     5,000        5,194,850   
    

 

 

 
               10,371,361   

Delaware — 1.6%

    

County of Sussex Delaware, RB, NRG Energy, Inc., Indian River Project, 6.00%, 10/01/40

     2,305        2,370,531   

Delaware State EDA, RB, Exempt Facilities, Indian River Power, 5.38%, 10/01/45

     8,275        7,846,355   
    

 

 

 
               10,216,886   

District of Columbia — 3.0%

    

District of Columbia, Tax Allocation Bonds, City Market at O Street Project, 5.13%, 6/01/41

     4,440        4,446,704   

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Refunding RB:

    

CAB, Second Senior Lien, Series B (AGC), 5.59%, 10/01/31 (c)

     8,350        3,109,457   

CAB, Second Senior Lien, Series B (AGC), 5.70%, 10/01/32 (c)

     15,000        5,180,400   

CAB, Second Senior Lien, Series B (AGC), 5.81%, 10/01/33 (c)

     13,410        4,285,970   

First Senior Lien, Series A, 5.25%, 10/01/44

     2,425        2,455,604   
    

 

 

 
               19,478,135   

Florida — 8.7%

    

City of Atlantic Beach Florida, RB, Health Care Facilities, Fleet Landing Project, Series B,
5.63%, 11/15/43

     2,805        2,735,492   

City of Clearwater Florida Water & Sewer Revenue, RB, Series A, 5.25%, 12/01/39

     6,900        7,247,346   

County of Broward Florida Water & Sewer Utility, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.25%, 10/01/34

     2,155        2,329,684   

County of Hillsborough Florida IDA, RB, National Gypsum Co. AMT:

    

Series A, 7.13%, 4/01/30

     7,500        7,521,225   

Series B, 7.13%, 4/01/30

     5,000        5,002,250   

County of Miami-Dade Florida Aviation, Refunding ARB, Miami International Airport, Series A-1,
5.38%, 10/01/41

     7,530        7,781,954   

County of Tampa-Hillsborough Florida Expressway Authority, Refunding RB:

    

Series A, 5.00%, 7/01/37

     4,110        4,196,680   

Series B, 5.00%, 7/01/42

     5,120        5,177,088   
Municipal Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Florida (concluded)

    

Mid-Bay Bridge Authority, RB, Springing Lien, Series A, 7.25%, 10/01/40

   $ 6,150      $ 6,762,478   

Midtown Miami Community Development District, Special Assessment Bonds, Series B,
6.50%, 5/01/37

     4,980        4,997,928   

Santa Rosa Bay Bridge Authority, RB,
6.25%, 7/01/28 (d)

     4,309        1,766,631   
    

 

 

 
               55,518,756   

Georgia — 1.4%

    

DeKalb Private Hospital Authority, Refunding RB, Children’s Healthcare, 5.25%, 11/15/39

     1,700        1,737,876   

Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, RB, Sale Tax, Third Indenture Series, Series A,
5.00%, 7/01/39

     6,945        7,179,533   
    

 

 

 
               8,917,409   

Hawaii — 0.5%

    

State of Hawaii Harbor System, RB, Series A,
5.25%, 7/01/30

     2,760        2,968,352   

Idaho — 1.6%

    

Power County Industrial Development Corp., RB, FMC Corp. Project, AMT, 6.45%, 8/01/32

     10,000        10,008,100   

Illinois — 12.4%

    

Bolingbrook Special Service Area No. 1, Special Tax Bonds, Forest City Project, 5.90%, 3/01/27

     1,000        849,250   

City of Chicago Illinois, GARB, O’Hare International Airport, Third Lien:

    

Series A, 5.63%, 1/01/35

     4,200        4,358,718   

Series A, 5.75%, 1/01/39

     3,500        3,645,530   

Series C, 6.50%, 1/01/41

     11,920        13,404,517   

City of Chicago Illinois, GO, Project, Series A:

    

5.00%, 1/01/33

     1,625        1,534,878   

5.00%, 1/01/34

     7,585        7,125,728   

City of Chicago Illinois, Refunding RB, Sales Tax Revenue, Series A, 5.25%, 1/01/38

     1,660        1,732,658   

City of Chicago Illinois Transit Authority, RB, Sales Tax Receipts Revenue, 5.25%, 12/01/40

     2,130        2,164,953   

City of Chicago Illinois Waterworks, Refunding RB, Second Lien, Water Project, 5.00%, 11/01/42

     6,030        5,966,263   

County of Cook Illinois Community College District No. 508, GO, City College of Chicago, 5.50%, 12/01/38

     1,635        1,716,227   

Illinois Finance Authority, Refunding RB:

    

Ascension Health, Series A, 5.00%, 11/15/37

     1,970        1,980,323   

Ascension Health, Series A, 5.00%, 11/15/42

     3,575        3,569,495   

Central Dupage Health, Series B, 5.50%, 11/01/39

     3,235        3,415,416   

Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 1/01/38

     4,720        4,730,006   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
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Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc. (MYD)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Municipal Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Illinois (concluded)

    

Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, Refunding RB, McCormick Place Expansion Project:

    

CAB, Series B (AGM), 6.10%, 6/15/46 (c)

   $ 11,405      $ 1,606,166   

CAB, Series B (AGM), 6.11%, 6/15/47 (c)

     27,225        3,598,600   

Series B (AGM), 5.00%, 6/15/50

     6,405        6,293,169   

Series B-2, 5.00%, 6/15/50

     5,085        4,886,838   

Railsplitter Tobacco Settlement Authority, RB:

    

5.50%, 6/01/23

     2,730        3,001,935   

6.00%, 6/01/28

     2,335        2,503,587   

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

     1,275        1,319,408   
    

 

 

 
               79,403,665   

Indiana — 5.3%

    

Carmel Redevelopment Authority, Refunding RB, Multipurpose, Series A:

    

4.00%, 8/01/35

     2,305        2,155,175   

4.00%, 2/01/38

     3,700        3,362,264   

Indiana Finance Authority, RB, Series A:

    

Private Activity Bond, Ohio River Bridges East End Crossing Project, AMT, 5.00%, 7/01/44

     910        812,102   

Private Activity Bond, Ohio River Bridges East End Crossing Project, AMT, 5.00%, 7/01/48

     3,015        2,656,185   

Sisters of St. Francis Health, 5.25%, 11/01/39

     1,690        1,724,831   

Wastewater Utility (CWA Authority Project), First Lien, Series A, 5.25%, 10/01/38

     6,665        6,900,275   

Indiana Finance Authority, Refunding RB, Series A:

    

Community Health Network Project,
5.00%, 5/01/42

     3,670        3,577,479   

Parkview Health System, 5.75%, 5/01/31

     6,645        7,039,115   

Indiana Municipal Power Agency, RB, Series B, 6.00%, 1/01/39

     2,230        2,476,816   

Indianapolis Local Public Improvement Bond Bank, RB, Series A:

    

5.00%, 1/15/36

     805        840,565   

5.00%, 1/15/40

     2,580        2,666,353   
    

 

 

 
               34,211,160   

Iowa — 2.0%

    

Iowa Finance Authority, RB, Midwestern Disaster Area, Alcoa, Inc. Project, 4.75%, 8/01/42

     1,830        1,544,611   

Iowa Finance Authority, Refunding RB, Midwestern Disaster Area, Iowa Fertilizer Co. Project:

    

5.00%, 12/01/19

     1,950        1,890,291   

5.50%, 12/01/22

     4,765        4,554,816   

5.25%, 12/01/25

     940        858,060   

Iowa Student Loan Liquidity Corp., Refunding RB, Student Loan, Senior Series A-1, AMT,
5.15%, 12/01/22

     3,805        3,944,796   
    

 

 

 
               12,792,574   
Municipal Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Kansas — 0.7%

    

Kansas Development Finance Authority, Refunding RB, Adventist Health, 5.75%, 11/15/38

   $ 4,380      $ 4,721,771   

Kentucky — 0.3%

    

Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, RB, Catholic Health Initiatives, Series A, 5.25%, 1/01/45 (e)

     2,055        2,045,465   

Louisiana — 4.0%

    

East Baton Rouge Sewerage Commission, RB, Series A, 5.25%, 2/01/39

     1,610        1,705,908   

Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities & Community Development Authority, RB, Westlake Chemical Corp. Projects, 6.75%, 11/01/32

     9,000        9,588,150   

New Orleans Aviation Board, RB, Passenger Facility Charge, Series A, 5.25%, 1/01/41

     1,260        1,277,111   

State of Louisiana Gasoline & Fuels Tax Revenue, RB, Second Lien, Series B, 5.00%, 5/01/45

     3,690        3,811,881   

Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., Refunding RB, Asset-Backed, Series A:

    

5.50%, 5/15/30

     2,055        2,094,456   

5.25%, 5/15/31

     1,750        1,740,042   

5.25%, 5/15/32

     2,240        2,216,413   

5.25%, 5/15/33

     2,430        2,394,911   

5.25%, 5/15/35

     1,025        1,005,535   
    

 

 

 
               25,834,407   

Maine — 0.8%

    

Maine Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 7/01/39

     3,140        3,201,826   

Maine Turnpike Authority, RB, Series A,
5.00%, 7/01/42

     1,790        1,867,901   
    

 

 

 
               5,069,727   

Maryland — 1.9%

    

County of Prince George’s Maryland, SO, Remarketing, National Harbor Project, 5.20%, 7/01/34

     1,500        1,470,300   

Maryland EDC, RB, Transportation Facilities Project, Series A, 5.75%, 6/01/35

     880        891,141   

Maryland EDC, Refunding RB, CNX Marine Terminals, Inc., 5.75%, 9/01/25

     2,400        2,497,296   

Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority, RB, Ascension Health Alliance, Series B, 5.00%, 11/15/51

     6,520        6,524,107   

Maryland Industrial Development Financing Authority, RB, Our Lady Of Good Counsel School, Series A, 6.00%, 5/01/35

     500        513,980   
    

 

 

 
               11,896,824   

Massachusetts — 2.4%

    

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Refunding RB, Senior Series A-1, 5.25%, 7/01/29

     3,250        3,798,145   

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, RB, Wellesley College, Series J, 5.00%, 7/01/42

     3,680        3,872,685   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
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Table of Contents

Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc. (MYD)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Municipal Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Massachusetts (concluded)

    

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Refunding RB, Seven Hills Foundation & Affiliates (Radian), 5.00%, 9/01/35

   $ 3,500      $ 3,030,965   

Massachusetts Health & Educational Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, Partners Healthcare System, Series J1, 5.00%, 7/01/39

     1,640        1,666,568   

Massachusetts School Building Authority, RB, Dedicated Sales Tax Revenue, Senior Series A, 5.00%, 5/15/43

     2,880        3,029,414   
    

 

 

 
               15,397,777   

Michigan — 5.0%

    

City of Detroit Michigan Sewage Disposal System, Refunding RB, Senior Lien:

    

Series A, 5.00%, 7/01/32

     3,175        2,877,344   

Series A, 5.25%, 7/01/39

     8,995        8,270,543   

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

     1,835        1,969,909   

Kalamazoo Hospital Finance Authority, Refunding RB, Bronson Methodist Hospital, 5.50%, 5/15/36

     2,795        2,853,332   

Michigan State Hospital Finance Authority, Refunding RB, Henry Ford Health, 5.75%, 11/15/39

     6,085        6,221,608   

Royal Oak Hospital Finance Authority, Refunding RB, William Beaumont Hospital:

    

8.00%, 9/01/29

     2,000        2,393,580   

8.25%, 9/01/39

     6,365        7,656,331   
    

 

 

 
               32,242,647   

Minnesota — 0.1%

    

City of Minneapolis Minnesota, HRB, Gaar Scott Loft Project, AMT, 5.95%, 5/01/30 (f)

     815        817,616   

Mississippi — 0.0%

    

University of Southern Mississippi, RB, Campus Facilities Improvements Project, 5.38%, 9/01/36

     280        295,072   

Missouri — 0.1%

    

Bi-State Development Agency of the Missouri-Illinois Metropolitan District, Refunding RB, Combined Lien, Series A, 5.00%, 10/01/44

     510        527,406   

Nebraska — 0.4%

    

Central Plains Energy Project, RB, Gas Project No. 3:

    

5.25%, 9/01/37

     1,670        1,717,445   

5.00%, 9/01/42

     925        904,215   
    

 

 

 
               2,621,660   

New Jersey — 3.3%

    

New Jersey EDA, RB:

    

Continental Airlines, Inc. Project, AMT,
5.25%, 9/15/29

     975        896,064   

First Mortgage, Lions Gate Project, Series A, 5.75%, 1/01/25

     710        701,601   

First Mortgage, Lions Gate Project, Series A, 5.88%, 1/01/37

     230        211,984   

Kapkowski Road Landfill Project, Series B, AMT, 6.50%, 4/01/31

     2,500        2,647,700   

New Jersey State Turnpike Authority, RB, Series A:

    

5.00%, 1/01/38

     1,355        1,406,056   

5.00%, 1/01/43

     1,835        1,877,646   
Municipal Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

New Jersey (concluded)

    

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, RB, Transportation System:

    

CAB, Series C (AMBAC), 5.81%, 12/15/35 (c)

   $ 8,110      $ 2,284,425   

Series A, 5.50%, 6/15/41

     3,630        3,821,156   

Series B, 5.25%, 6/15/36

     4,990        5,245,388   

Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, Refunding RB, Series L:

    

5.00%, 5/01/38

     1,025        1,087,863   

5.00%, 5/01/43

     1,065        1,119,251   
    

 

 

 
               21,299,134   

New York — 5.8%

    

City of New York IDA, RB, British Airways PLC Project, AMT, 7.63%, 12/01/32

     1,250        1,255,875   

County of Dutchess New York IDA, Refunding RB, St. Francis Hospital, Series A, 7.50%, 3/01/29

     2,000        2,023,600   

County of Oneida New York Industrial Development Agency, RB, Hamilton College Civic Facility, 5.00%, 9/15/26

     1,990        2,128,683   

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Refunding RB, Dedicated Tax Fund, Series B, 5.00%, 11/15/34

     4,910        5,125,500   

New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured, RB, Fiscal 2012, Sub-Series E-1, 5.00%, 2/01/42

     4,985        5,224,878   

New York Liberty Development Corp., Refunding RB, Second Priority, Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park Project, Class 3, 6.38%, 7/15/49

     2,480        2,627,238   

New York State Dormitory Authority, RB, Series F:

    

5.00%, 3/15/15 (b)

     75        79,874   

5.00%, 3/15/35

     6,305        6,514,830   

New York State Dormitory Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 6/15/31

     3,595        3,895,938   

New York State Thruway Authority, Refunding RB, General, Series I, 5.00%, 1/01/42

     3,590        3,674,329   

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, ARB, Special Project, JFK International Air Terminal LLC Project, Series 8:

    

6.00%, 12/01/36

     2,625        2,831,745   

6.00%, 12/01/42

     1,485        1,592,707   
    

 

 

 
               36,975,197   

North Carolina — 3.0%

    

North Carolina Capital Facilities Finance Agency, Refunding RB, Solid Waste Disposal Facility, Duke Energy Carolinas Project, Series B, 4.63%, 11/01/40

     7,350        7,293,993   

North Carolina Medical Care Commission, RB, Health Care Facilities, Duke University Health System, Series A, 5.00%, 6/01/42

     2,805        2,845,785   

North Carolina Medical Care Commission, Refunding RB:

    

First Mortgage, Aldersgate, 6.25%, 7/01/35

     2,970        2,912,738   

First Mortgage, Presbyterian Homes, 5.40%, 10/01/27

     5,000        4,769,200   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
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Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc. (MYD)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Municipal Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

North Carolina (concluded)

    

North Carolina Medical Care Commission, Refunding RB (concluded):

    

Retirement Facilities, First Mortgage, Whitestone Project, Series A, 7.75%, 3/01/41

   $ 1,210      $ 1,276,780   
    

 

 

 
               19,098,496   

Ohio — 0.8%

    

County of Hamilton Ohio, RB, Christ Hospital Project, 5.00%, 6/01/42

     2,205        2,104,959   

County of Montgomery Ohio, Refunding RB, Catholic Health, Series A, 5.00%, 5/01/39

     2,840        2,783,853   
    

 

 

 
               4,888,812   

Oregon — 0.1%

    

City of Tigard Oregon, Refunding RB, Water System, 5.00%, 8/01/37

     510        535,016   

Pennsylvania — 2.1%

    

Allentown Neighborhood Improvement Zone Development Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 5/01/42

     5,250        4,694,603   

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, RB:

    

Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. Project,
5.00%, 11/15/40

     3,805        3,874,327   

National Gypsum Co., Series A, AMT, 6.25%, 11/01/27

     2,000        1,963,480   

Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority, RB, Shippensburg University Student Services, Student Housing, 5.00%, 10/01/44

     1,890        1,711,319   

Philadelphia IDA, RB, Commercial Development, AMT, 7.75%, 12/01/17

     1,265        1,265,721   
    

 

 

 
               13,509,450   

Puerto Rico — 0.6%

    

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp., Refunding RB, CAB, First Sub-Series C, 7.85%, 8/01/38 (c)

     23,695        3,523,920   

Rhode Island — 0.5%

    

Central Falls Detention Facility Corp., Refunding RB, 7.25%, 7/15/35

     4,190        3,152,766   

South Carolina — 1.1%

    

South Carolina State Ports Authority, RB, 5.25%, 7/01/40

     6,695        6,953,695   

Tennessee — 1.7%

    

City of Chattanooga Tennessee Health Educational & Housing Facility Board, RB, Series A, 5.25%, 1/01/45 (e)

     2,855        2,841,753   

County of Hardeman Tennessee Correctional Facilities Corp., RB, 7.75%, 8/01/17

     2,030        1,999,022   

County of Rutherford Tennessee Health & Educational Facilities Board, RB, Ascension Health, Series C, 5.00%, 11/15/47

     430        436,820   

Metropolitan Government Nashville & Davidson County Health & Educational Facility Board, Refunding RB, Vanderbilt University, Series D, 3.25%, 10/01/37

     6,520        5,402,276   
    

 

 

 
               10,679,871   
Municipal Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Texas — 12.8%

    

Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, Refunding RB:

    

Senior Lien, 6.25%, 1/01/46

   $ 4,365      $ 4,463,038   

Senior Lien, Series A, 5.00%, 1/01/33

     205        198,840   

Subordinate Lien, 5.00%, 1/01/33

     725        657,590   

Subordinate Lien, 5.00%, 1/01/42

     645        557,003   

City of Dallas Texas Waterworks & Sewer System, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 10/01/35

     3,060        3,229,952   

City of Houston Texas, RB, Special Facilities, Continental Airlines, Inc., Series E, AMT:

    

7.38%, 7/01/22

     3,500        3,499,440   

7.00%, 7/01/29

     3,000        2,999,580   

City of Houston Texas Airport System, Refunding ARB, Senior Lien, Series A, 5.50%, 7/01/39

     3,100        3,403,149   

City of San Antonio Texas Public Service Board, RB, Electric & Gas Systems, Junior Lien, 5.00%, 2/01/43

     5,070        5,290,951   

Clifton Higher Education Finance Corp., RB, 6.00%, 8/15/43

     1,525        1,581,974   

County of Matagorda Texas Navigation District No. 1, Refunding RB, Central Power & Light Co. Project, Series A, 6.30%, 11/01/29

     4,320        4,801,853   

County of Tarrant Texas Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., Refunding RB, Scott & White Healthcare, Series A, 5.00%, 8/15/43

     730        731,066   

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Refunding ARB, Joint Improvement, Series E, AMT, 5.00%, 11/01/35

     3,665        3,588,401   

Fort Bend County Industrial Development Corp., RB, NRG Energy Project, Series B, 4.75%, 11/01/42

     2,150        1,859,169   

La Vernia Higher Education Finance Corp., RB, Kipp, Inc., Series A, 6.38%, 8/15/44

     1,000        1,065,180   

North Texas Tollway Authority, RB, CAB, Special Project System, Series B, 6.04%, 9/01/37 (c)

     4,110        995,195   

North Texas Tollway Authority, Refunding RB, Second Tier System, Series F, 6.13%, 1/01/31

     12,140        12,977,053   

San Antonio Energy Acquisition Public Facility Corp., RB, Gas Supply, 5.50%, 8/01/25

     6,365        7,063,431   

Texas Municipal Gas Acquisition & Supply Corp. III, RB, 5.00%, 12/15/29

     1,955        1,925,128   

Texas Private Activity Bond Surface Transportation Corp., RB, Senior Lien:

    

LBJ Infrastructure Group LLC, LBJ Freeway Managed Lanes Project, 7.00%, 6/30/40

     7,000        7,639,800   

NTE Mobility Partners LLC, North Tarrant Express Managed Lanes Project, 6.88%, 12/31/39

     6,655        7,181,477   

Texas State Turnpike Authority, RB, CAB (AMBAC), 6.09%, 8/15/35 (c)

     15,000        4,062,600   

Texas Transportation Commission, Refunding RB, Central Texas Turnpike System, First Tier, Series A, 5.00%, 8/15/41

     2,445        2,426,662   
    

 

 

 
               82,198,532   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
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Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc. (MYD)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Municipal Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Utah — 0.9%

    

County of Utah, RB, IHC Health Services, Inc., 5.00%, 5/15/43

   $ 4,090      $ 4,190,532   

University of Utah, RB, General, Series A, 5.00%, 8/01/43

     1,280        1,340,275   
    

 

 

 
               5,530,807   

Virginia — 2.1%

    

County of James City Virginia EDA, Refunding RB, First Mortgage, Williamsburg Lodge, Series A:

    

5.35%, 9/01/26

     1,500        1,456,800   

5.50%, 9/01/34

     2,000        1,852,700   

Virginia Small Business Financing Authority, RB, Senior Lien, Elizabeth River Crossings LLC Project, AMT:

    

5.25%, 1/01/32

     3,270        3,235,796   

6.00%, 1/01/37

     5,905        6,114,096   

Winchester Industrial Development Authority, RB, Westminster-Canterbury, Series A,
5.20%, 1/01/27

     1,000        1,004,420   
    

 

 

 
               13,663,812   

Washington — 1.1%

    

Vancouver Housing Authority, HRB, Teal Pointe Apartments Project, AMT:

    

6.00%, 9/01/22

     875        865,480   

6.20%, 9/01/32

     1,250        1,144,875   

Washington Health Care Facilities Authority, RB, Catholic Health Initiatives, Series A,
5.75%, 1/01/45 (e)

     4,745        4,964,694   
    

 

 

 
               6,975,049   

Wisconsin — 4.3%

    

State of Wisconsin, Refunding RB, Series A, 6.00%, 5/01/36

     14,300        15,978,677   

Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority, RB, Ascension Health Senior Care Group, 5.00%, 11/15/33

     4,970        5,193,551   

WPPI Energy Wisconsin, Refunding RB, Power Supply System, Series A:

    

5.00%, 7/01/29

     765        821,977   

5.00%, 7/01/30

     970        1,032,662   

5.00%, 7/01/31

     2,105        2,228,963   

5.00%, 7/01/37

     2,560        2,626,970   
    

 

 

 
               27,882,800   

Wyoming — 1.1%

    

County of Sweetwater Wyoming, Refunding RB, Idaho Power Co. Project, Remarketing,
5.25%, 7/15/26

     6,195        6,675,174   

Wyoming Municipal Power Agency, Inc., RB, Series A, 5.00%, 1/01/42

     595        598,457   
    

 

 

 
               7,273,631   
Total Municipal Bonds116.1%        744,722,305   
Municipal Bonds Transferred to
Tender Option Bond Trusts (g)
   Par  
(000)
    Value  

Alabama — 0.7%

    

City of Birmingham Alabama Special Care Facilities Financing Authority, Refunding RB, Ascension Health, Senior Credit Series C-2, 5.00%, 11/15/36

   $ 4,538      $ 4,569,853   

California — 6.2%

    

Bay Area Toll Authority, Refunding RB, San Francisco Bay Area, Series F-1,
5.63%, 4/01/44

     6,581        7,073,816   

California Educational Facilities Authority, RB, University of Southern California, Series B, 5.25%, 10/01/39 (h)

     5,310        5,686,638   

City & County of San Francisco California Public Utilities Commission, RB, Water Revenue, Series B, 5.00%, 11/01/39

     19,080        19,934,021   

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

     4,650        4,905,703   

San Diego Community College District California, GO, Election of 2002, 5.25%, 8/01/33

     2,154        2,401,879   
    

 

 

 
               40,002,057   

Colorado — 2.7%

    

Colorado Health Facilities Authority, RB, Catholic Health (AGM):

    

Series C-3, 5.10%, 10/01/41

     7,490        7,528,798   

Series C-7, 5.00%, 9/01/36

     4,800        4,830,720   

Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, Catholic Health Initiatives, Series A, 5.50%, 7/01/34 (h)

     4,299        4,708,219   
    

 

 

 
               17,067,737   

Connecticut — 3.0%

    

Connecticut State Health & Educational Facility Authority, RB, Yale University:

    

Series T-1, 4.70%, 7/01/29

     9,117        9,512,598   

Series X-3, 4.85%, 7/01/37

     9,266        9,701,486   
    

 

 

 
               19,214,084   

Florida — 1.9%

    

County of Miami-Dade Florida, RB, Water & Sewer System, 5.00%, 10/01/34

     11,448        11,874,463   

Georgia — 1.0%

    

Private Colleges & Universities Authority, Refunding RB, Emory University, Series C, 5.00%, 9/01/38

     6,398        6,657,891   

Massachusetts — 0.7%

    

Massachusetts School Building Authority, RB, Senior Dedicated Sales Tax, Series B, 5.00%, 10/15/41

     4,606        4,811,802   

New Hampshire — 0.7%

    

New Hampshire Health & Education Facilities Authority, RB, Dartmouth College, 5.25%, 6/01/39 (h)

     4,048        4,402,661   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
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Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc. (MYD)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Municipal Bonds Transferred to
Tender Option Bond Trusts (g)
   Par  
(000)
    Value  

New York — 6.8%

    

Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corp., RB, Senior, Series A, 5.75%, 2/15/47 (h)

   $ 3,260      $ 3,453,010   

New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, Refunding RB, Water & Sewer System, Second General Resolution, Series FF-2, 5.50%, 6/15/40

     3,194        3,420,225   

New York Liberty Development Corp., RB, 1 World Trade Center Port Authority Construction, Series 1, 5.25%, 12/15/43

     21,630        22,572,852   

New York Liberty Development Corp., Refunding RB, 4 World Trade Center Project,
5.75%, 11/15/51 (h)

     13,080        13,963,292   
    

 

 

 
               43,409,379   

North Carolina — 3.5%

    

North Carolina Capital Facilities Finance Agency, Refunding RB:

    

Duke University Project, Series A, 5.00%, 10/01/41

     18,897        19,415,734   

Residuals, Wake Forest University, 5.00%, 1/01/38

     3,120        3,256,749   
    

 

 

 
               22,672,483   

Ohio — 4.7%

    

State of Ohio, Refunding RB, Cleveland Clinic Health System Obligated Group, Series A, 5.50%, 1/01/39

     27,896        30,470,129   

South Carolina — 3.0%

    

Charleston Educational Excellence Finance Corp., RB, Charleston County School (AGC) (b):

    

5.25%, 12/01/15

     7,795        8,582,217   

5.25%, 12/01/15

     6,920        7,618,851   

5.25%, 12/01/15

     2,510        2,763,485   
    

 

 

 
               18,964,553   

Tennessee — 1.9%

    

County of Shelby Tennessee Health Educational & Housing Facilities Board, Refunding RB, St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, 5.00%, 7/01/31

     11,240        11,919,908   

Texas — 2.1%

    

County of Harris Texas Metropolitan Transit Authority, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/41

     6,920        7,159,709   

University of Texas System, Refunding RB, Series B, 5.00%, 8/15/43

     6,241        6,609,375   
    

 

 

 
               13,769,084   
Municipal Bonds Transferred to
Tender Option Bond Trusts (g)
   Par  
(000)
    Value  

Utah — 1.2%

    

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

   $ 7,303      $ 7,401,523   

Virginia — 3.8%

    

County of Fairfax Virginia IDA, Refunding RB, Health Care, Inova Health System, Series A, 5.50%, 5/15/35

     6,266        6,661,160   

University of Virginia, Refunding RB, General, 5.00%, 6/01/40

     10,618        11,383,840   

Virginia Small Business Financing Authority, Refunding RB, Sentara Healthcare, 5.00%, 11/01/40

     6,075        6,145,403   
    

 

 

 
               24,190,403   

Washington — 0.9%

    

Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, RB, Series A (AGM), 5.00%, 11/01/32

     5,384        5,668,836   

Wisconsin — 1.8%

    

Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, Froedtert & Community Health, Inc., Series C, 5.25%, 4/01/39 (h)

     11,456        11,759,599   
Total Municipal Bonds Transferred to
Tender Option Bond Trusts
46.6%
        298,826,445   
Total Long-Term Investments
(Cost — $1,024,471,352) — 162.7%
        1,043,548,750   
    
                  
Short-Term Securities    Shares         

FFI Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund,
0.03% (i)(j)

     13,238,307        13,238,307   
Total Short-Term Securities
(Cost — $13,238,307) — 2.1%
        13,238,307   
Total Investments (Cost — $1,037,709,659) — 164.8%        1,056,787,057   
Other Assets Less Liabilities0.3%        2,102,438   
Liability for TOB Trust Certificates, Including Interest
    Expense and Fees Payable
(25.9%)
        (166,120,004
VRDP Shares, at Liquidation Value(39.2%)        (251,400,000
    

 

 

 
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares100.0%      $ 641,369,491   
    

 

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

(a)   Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

 

(b)   US government securities, held in escrow, are used to pay interest on this security, as well as to retire the bond in full at the date indicated, typically at a premium to par.

 

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

 

(d)   Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default of principal and/or interest payments.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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

 

Counter Party      Value        Unrealized
Appreciation
 

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

     $ 9,854,912         $ 197,516   

 

(f)   Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.
(g)   Represent bonds transferred to a TOB. In exchange the Fund acquired residual interest certificates. These bonds serve as collateral in a financing transaction. See Note 3 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details of municipal bonds transferred to TOBs.
(h)   All or a portion of security is subject to a recourse agreement, which may require the Fund to pay the liquidity provider in the event there is a shortfall between the TOB trust certificates and proceeds received from the sale of the security contributed to the TOB trust. In the case of a shortfall, the aggregate maximum potential amount the Fund could ultimately be required to pay under the agreements, which expire from October 1, 2016 to November 15, 2019 is $23,448,797.
(i)   Investments in issuers considered to be an affiliate of the Fund during the six months ended October 31, 2013, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

Affiliate   Shares Held
at April 30,
2013
    Net
Activity
    Shares Held
at October 31,
2013
    Income  

FFI Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund

    6,265,241        6,973,066        13,238,307      $ 1,438   

 

(j)   Represents the current yield as of report date.

 

Ÿ   Financial futures contracts as of October 31, 2013 were as follows:

 

Contracts
Sold
  Issue   Exchange   Expiration   Notional
Value
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 
(196)   10-Year US Treasury Notes   Chicago Board of Trade   December 2013   $ 24,962,438      $ (15,526

 

Ÿ   Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial statement purposes as follows:

 

Ÿ   Level 1 — unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access

 

Ÿ   Level 2 — other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs)

 

Ÿ   Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Fund’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments)

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. In accordance with the Fund’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. The categorization of a value determined for investments and derivative financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and derivative financial instrument and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments and derivative financial instruments, please refer to Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following tables summarize the Fund’s investments and derivative financial instruments categorized in the disclosure hierarchy as of October 31, 2013:

 

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets:

                
Investments:                 

Long-Term Investments 1

            $ 1,043,548,750                   $ 1,043,548,750   

Short-Term Securities

  $ 13,238,307                               13,238,307   
 

 

 

 

Total

  $ 13,238,307         $ 1,043,548,750                   $ 1,056,787,057   
 

 

 

 

 

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

 

       

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  
Derivative Financial Instruments2                 

Liabilities:

                

Interest rate contracts

  $ (15,526                          $ (15,526

 

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

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
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Schedule of Investments (concluded)

  

BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc. (MYD)

 

Certain of the Fund’s assets and liabilities are held at carrying amount, which approximates fair value for financial statement purposes. As of October 31, 2013, such assets and liabilities are categorized within the disclosure hierarchy as follows:

 

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3      Total  

Assets:

                

Cash

  $ 4                        $ 4   

Cash pledged for financial futures contracts

    347,000                          347,000   

Liabilities:

                

TOB trust certificates

            $ (166,078,226             (166,078,226

VRDP Shares

              (251,400,000             (251,400,000
 

 

 

 

Total

  $ 347,004         $ (417,478,226           $ (417,131,222
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

    

 

 

 

There were no transfers between levels during the six months ended October 31, 2013.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
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Schedule of Investments October 31, 2013 (Unaudited)

  

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc. (MQY)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Municipal Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Alabama — 2.8%

    

Birmingham Water Works Board, RB, Series B,
5.00%, 1/01/38

   $ 2,000      $ 2,030,740   

City of Birmingham Alabama, GO, CAB, Series A,
5.05%, 3/01/43 (a)

     560        470,949   

County of Jefferson Alabama, RB, Series A,
4.75%, 1/01/25

     3,000        2,789,940   

University of Alabama, RB, Series A (NPFGC),
5.00%, 7/01/34

     7,125        7,266,431   
    

 

 

 
               12,558,060   

Alaska — 1.8%

    

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

     600        639,354   

Alaska Housing Finance Corp., Refunding RB,
Series A, 4.13%, 12/01/37

     810        761,611   

Alaska Industrial Development & Export Authority, RB, Providence Health Services, Series A,
5.50%, 10/01/41

     1,400        1,473,276   

Borough of Matanuska-Susitna Alaska, RB, Goose Creek Correctional Center (AGC),
6.00%, 9/01/32

     4,425        5,035,561   
    

 

 

 
               7,909,802   

Arizona — 0.9%

    

Greater Arizona Development Authority, RB, Series B (NPFGC), 5.00%, 8/01/35

     1,600        1,631,920   

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

    

5.00%, 10/01/27

     1,850        1,970,121   

5.25%, 10/01/28

     250        267,670   
    

 

 

 
               3,869,711   

Arkansas — 0.3%

    

Arkansas Development Finance Authority, RB, (AMBAC), 5.61%, 7/01/46 (b)

     7,000        1,150,030   

California — 19.1%

    

Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority, Refunding RB, CAB, Subordinate Lien, Series A (AMBAC), 5.45%, 10/01/25 (a)

     4,150        4,427,220   

Cabrillo Community College District, GO, CAB, Election of 2004, Series B (NPFGC) (b):

    

5.90%, 8/01/37

     3,250        817,798   

5.94%, 8/01/38

     7,405        1,738,546   

California Health Facilities Financing Authority, RB:

    

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

     775        861,575   

Sutter Health, Series A, 5.00%, 8/15/52

     1,910        1,843,341   

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

     1,500        1,706,850   

California State Public Works Board, LRB, Various Judicial Council Projects, Series A, 5.00%, 3/01/38

     955        963,442   

California Statewide Communities Development Authority, RB, Kaiser Permanente, Series A, 5.00%, 4/01/42

     2,000        2,014,940   

Carlsbad California Unified School District, GO, Election of 2006, Series B, 5.54%, 5/01/34 (a)

     5,000        3,871,350   

City of San Jose California, Refunding ARB, AMT:

    

Series A (AMBAC), 5.50%, 3/01/32

     5,100        5,467,047   

Series A-1, 5.75%, 3/01/34

     1,150        1,218,966   
Municipal Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

California (continued)

    

Coast Community College District, GO, CAB, Election of 2002, Series C (AGM), 5.00%, 8/01/31 (a)

   2,800      2,938,404   

County of Orange California Sanitation District, COP, Series B (AGM):

    

5.00%, 2/01/30

     3,500        3,723,230   

5.00%, 2/01/31

     1,200        1,274,340   

El Monte Union High School District, GO, Series C (AGM), 5.25%, 6/01/28

     6,110        6,513,688   

Grossmont Union High School District, GO, CAB, Election of 2004, 5.27%, 8/01/31 (b)

     5,000        1,986,000   

Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District, GO, Refunding CAB, Election of 2002, Series C (AGC), 5.13%, 8/01/30 (b)

     10,030        4,293,642   

Hartnell Community College District California, GO, CAB, Election of 2002, Series D, 5.67%, 8/01/34 (a)

     4,125        2,817,004   

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

     770        812,342   

Mount San Antonio Community College District, GO, Refunding, CAB, Election of 2008, Series A, 5.56%, 8/01/43 (a)

     1,945        926,034   

Poway Unified School District, GO, Refunding, CAB, School Facilities Improvement, Election of 2007, Series B, 5.76%, 8/01/36 (b)

     5,000        1,373,750   

Rio Hondo Community College District California, GO, CAB, Election of 2004, Series C, 5.54%, 8/01/37 (b)

     4,005        1,093,846   

San Bernardino Community College District, GO, CAB, Election of 2008, Series B, 5.47%, 8/01/34 (a)

     10,000        8,004,600   

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

     3,000        3,152,580   

San Diego Unified School District California, GO, CAB, Election of 2008, Series C, 5.66%, 7/01/38 (b)

     2,200        555,280   

San Diego Unified School District California, GO, Refunding, CAB, Series R-1, 5.08%, 7/01/31 (b)

     1,725        711,045   

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

     900        1,033,434   

San Jose California Unified School District, GO, Election of 2002, Series B (NPFGC), 5.00%, 8/01/15 (c)

     2,825        3,057,582   

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

    

5.00%, 8/01/34

     900        948,366   

5.00%, 8/01/38

     760        789,617   

State of California, GO

    

5.50%, 4/01/28

     5        5,082   

Various Purpose, 5.50%, 3/01/40

     2,000        2,167,420   

Various Purposes, 5.00%, 4/01/42

     1,500        1,534,065   

State of California, GO, Refunding, Various Purpose:

    

5.00%, 2/01/38

     2,000        2,055,640   

5.00%, 9/01/41

     2,300        2,350,692   

5.00%, 10/01/41

     1,300        1,328,938   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
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Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc. (MQY)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Municipal Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

California (concluded)

    

Ventura County Community College District, GO, Election of 2002, Series B (NPFGC), 5.00%, 8/01/30

   $ 1,825      $ 1,914,918   

Yosemite Community College District, GO, CAB, Election of 2004, Series D, 5.57%, 8/01/36 (b)

     15,000        4,298,250   
    

 

 

 
               86,590,864   

Colorado — 0.4%

    

Regional Transportation District, COP, Refunding, Series A, 5.38%, 6/01/31

     1,885        2,001,700   

Florida — 9.7%

    

City of Jacksonville Florida Transportation, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 10/01/30

     380        403,856   

County of Duval Florida School Board, COP, Master Lease Program (AGM), 5.00%, 7/01/33

     4,765        4,928,249   

County of Lee Florida, Refunding ARB, Series A, AMT:

    

5.63%, 10/01/26

     1,280        1,396,685   

5.38%, 10/01/32

     1,700        1,743,333   

County of Miami-Dade Florida, GO, Building Better Communities Program, Series B, 6.38%, 7/01/28

     3,300        3,812,589   

County of Miami-Dade Florida, RB, Seaport:

    

AMT, Series B, 6.00%, 10/01/30

     870        931,004   

AMT, Series B, 6.25%, 10/01/38

     560        598,366   

AMT, Series B, 6.00%, 10/01/42

     895        934,371   

Series A, 6.00%, 10/01/38

     2,755        3,015,595   

County of Miami-Dade Florida, Refunding RB, Subordinate Special Obligation, Series B, 5.00%, 10/01/37

     1,705        1,743,090   

County of Miami-Dade Florida Aviation, Refunding ARB, Miami International Airport Series A:

    

5.50%, 10/01/36

     6,490        6,827,026   

AMT (AGC), 5.00%, 10/01/40

     1,000        995,560   

County of Palm Beach Florida Solid Waste Authority, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 10/01/31

     2,825        2,944,836   

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

     375        384,000   

Florida Ports Financing Commission, Refunding RB, State Transportation Trust Fund, Series B, AMT:

    

5.13%, 6/01/27

     1,395        1,517,425   

5.38%, 10/01/29

     1,900        2,087,834   

Florida State Department of Environmental Protection, RB, Florida Forever Project, Series B (NPFGC), 5.00%, 7/01/27

     1,350        1,458,432   

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

     1,250        1,409,788   

Hillsborough County Aviation Authority Florida, RB, Series A, AMT (AGC), 5.38%, 10/01/33

     2,700        2,868,912   

Reedy Creek Improvement District, GO, Series A, 5.25%, 6/01/33

     1,620        1,729,285   

South Florida Water Management District, COP:

    

(AGC), 5.00%, 10/01/22

     700        779,800   

(AMBAC), 5.00%, 10/01/36

     1,500        1,543,470   
    

 

 

 
               44,053,506   
Municipal Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Georgia — 1.9%

    

City of Atlanta Georgia Department of Aviation, Refunding GARB, Series C (AGM), 5.00%, 1/01/33

   5,000      5,097,900   

County of Burke Georgia Development Authority, Refunding RB, Oglethorpe Power-Vogtle Project, Series C, 5.70%, 1/01/43

     3,150        3,297,546   
    

 

 

 
               8,395,446   

Illinois — 20.7%

    

Chicago Transit Authority, RB, Sales Tax Receipts, 5.25%, 12/01/36

     840        861,647   

City of Chicago Illinois, GARB, O’Hare International Airport Third Lien:

    

Series A, 5.75%, 1/01/39

     5,500        5,728,690   

Series B-2, AMT, 6.00%, 1/01/29

     3,300        3,321,153   

Series B-2, AMT (AGM), 5.75%, 1/01/14 (c)

     7,400        7,467,340   

City of Chicago Illinois, GO, CAB, City Colleges (NPFGC), 6.51%, 1/01/31 (b)

     13,000        4,328,480   

City of Chicago Illinois, Refunding GARB, O’Hare International Airport AMT:

    

Series C, 5.38%, 1/01/39

     4,090        4,084,069   

Passenger Facility Charge, Series B, 5.00%, 1/01/31

     7,500        7,514,475   

Third Lien, Series A-2 (AGM), 5.75%, 1/01/14 (c)

     2,665        2,689,251   

City of Chicago Illinois, Refunding RB, Waterworks, Second Lien, Series A (AMBAC), 5.00%, 11/01/36

     1,500        1,500,825   

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

     2,000        2,070,280   

City of Chicago Illinois Board of Education, GO, Series A, 5.50%, 12/01/39

     3,180        3,136,498   

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

     750        761,572   

County of Cook Illinois Forest Preserve District, GO, Refunding, Limited Tax Project, Series B, 5.00%, 12/15/37

     380        390,971   

County of Cook Illinois Forest Preserve District, GO, Series C, 5.00%, 12/15/37

     440        453,970   

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

     850        906,440   

Illinois HDA, RB, Liberty Arms Senior Apartments, Series D, AMT (AMBAC), 4.88%, 7/01/47

     2,755        2,598,626   

Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, RB, State Tax Supported (AMBAC), 5.50%, 6/15/30

     26,525        27,995,546   

Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, RB, CAB, McCormick Place Expansion Project, Series A (NPFGC), 5.67%, 6/15/30 (b)

     15,000        5,922,000   

Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, Refunding RB, McCormick Place Expansion Project Series B:

    

CAB (AGM), 6.05%, 6/15/44 (b)

     4,625        745,504   

4.25%, 6/15/42

     6,000        5,324,340   

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

     900        964,980   

Regional Transportation Authority, RB, Series B (NPFGC), 5.75%, 6/01/33

     3,200        3,578,656   

State of Illinois, GO, Various Purposes:

    

5.50%, 7/01/33

     1,100        1,123,067   

5.50%, 7/01/38

     590        592,148   
    

 

 

 
               94,060,528   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
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Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc. (MQY)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Municipal Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Indiana — 1.9%

    

Indiana Finance Authority, RB, Series A:

    

Private Activity Bond, Ohio River Bridges East End Crossing Project, AMT, 5.00%, 7/01/40

   $ 1,190      $ 1,083,995   

Private Activity Bond, Ohio River Bridges East End Crossing Project, AMT, 5.00%, 7/01/44

     690        615,770   

Wastewater Utility (CWA Authority Project), First Lien, 5.25%, 10/01/38

     1,400        1,449,420   

Indiana Municipal Power Agency, RB:

    

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

     1,150        1,164,145   

Series B, 5.75%, 1/01/34

     550        555,093   

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

    

5.75%, 1/01/38

     1,300        1,385,176   

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

     2,350        2,499,295   
    

 

 

 
               8,752,894   

Iowa — 3.5%

    

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

     7,700        8,208,662   

Iowa Student Loan Liquidity Corp., RB, Senior Series A-2, AMT:

    

5.60%, 12/01/26

     2,135        2,200,608   

5.70%, 12/01/27

     2,135        2,187,628   

5.80%, 12/01/29

     1,445        1,475,822   

5.85%, 12/01/30

     1,945        1,985,028   
    

 

 

 
               16,057,748   

Louisiana — 1.2%

    

Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities & Community Development Authority, RB, East Baton Rouge Sewerage Commission Projects, Sub-Lien, Series A:

    

5.00%, 2/01/43

     1,910        1,931,010   

4.00%, 2/01/48

     1,910        1,615,860   

Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, Christus Health, Series B (AGC), 6.50%, 7/01/30

     1,800        1,990,368   
    

 

 

 
               5,537,238   

Massachusetts — 5.0%

    

Massachusetts HFA, RB, S/F Housing, Series 124, AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/31

     1,225        1,232,166   

Massachusetts HFA, Refunding, HRB, Series C, AMT, 5.35%, 12/01/42

     1,525        1,524,176   

Massachusetts HFA, Refunding RB, Series C, AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/30

     3,000        3,033,390   

Massachusetts School Building Authority, RB, Series A:

    

Dedicated Sales Tax, Senior, 5.00%, 5/15/43

     1,720        1,809,234   

(AGM), 5.00%, 8/15/15 (c)

     12,065        13,075,323   

Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, Refunding RB, General, Series A (NPFGC), 5.00%, 8/01/34

     1,800        1,944,864   
    

 

 

 
               22,619,153   
Municipal Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Michigan — 6.7%

    

City of Detroit Michigan, Refunding RB, Second Lien:

    

Sewage Disposal System, Series E (BHAC), 5.75%, 7/01/31

   8,300      8,496,710   

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

     1,000        907,880   

City of Lansing Michigan, RB, Board of Water & Light, Series A, 5.50%, 7/01/41

     2,500        2,680,525   

Michigan State Building Authority, Refunding RB, Facilities Program:

    

Series I-A, 5.38%, 10/15/36

     1,200        1,250,388   

Series I-A, 5.38%, 10/15/41

     1,000        1,020,070   

Series II-A (AGM), 5.25%, 10/15/36

     4,270        4,409,970   

Michigan State HDA, RB, Series C, AMT, 5.50%, 12/01/28

     1,275        1,313,926   

Michigan Strategic Fund, Refunding RB, Detriot Edison Co. Project, Series A, AMT, 5.50%, 6/01/30

     1,700        1,700,204   

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

     3,510        4,222,109   

State of Michigan, RB, GAB (AGM), 5.25%, 9/15/26

     3,350        3,663,962   

Western Michigan University, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 11/15/39

     520        525,304   
    

 

 

 
               30,191,048   

Minnesota — 0.7%

    

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

     2,700        3,094,821   

Nebraska — 0.2%

    

Central Plains Energy Project Nebraska, RB, Gas Project No. 3, 5.25%, 9/01/37

     1,000        1,028,410   

Nevada — 2.6%

    

City of Las Vegas Nevada, GO, Limited Tax, Performing Arts Center, 6.00%, 4/01/34

     1,150        1,257,456   

County of Clark Nevada, ARB, Subordinate Lien Series A-2 (NPFGC):

    

5.00%, 7/01/30

     1,000        1,017,570   

5.00%, 7/01/36

     9,350        9,364,586   
    

 

 

 
               11,639,612   

New Jersey — 5.4%

    

New Jersey EDA, RB:

    

Cigarette Tax (Radian), 5.50%, 6/15/14 (c)

     1,285        1,327,662   

Motor Vehicle Surcharge, Series A (NPFGC), 5.25%, 7/01/31

     12,375        12,634,751   

New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, Refunding RB, Series 1, AMT:

    

5.50%, 12/01/25

     800        840,848   

5.75%, 12/01/27

     375        402,034   

5.75%, 12/01/28

     400        424,920   

5.88%, 12/01/33

     1,980        2,069,179   

New Jersey Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency, Refunding RB, M/F Housing, Series 2, AMT, 4.35%, 11/01/33

     1,655        1,506,315   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
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Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc. (MQY)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Municipal Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

New Jersey (concluded)

    

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, RB:

    

Transportation Program, Series AA, 5.25%, 6/15/33

   $ 2,000      $ 2,128,860   

Transportation System, Series A (NPFGC), 5.75%, 6/15/25

     2,000        2,412,700   

Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, Refunding RB, Series L, 5.00%, 5/01/43

     640        672,602   
    

 

 

 
               24,419,871   

New York — 2.0%

    

Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corp., RB, Series A, 5.75%, 2/15/47

     1,000        1,059,300   

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

     2,000        2,241,420   

New York State HFA, RB, Affordable Housing, Series B, 5.30%, 11/01/37

     3,350        3,394,488   

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Refunding RB, Consolidated, 172nd Series, AMT, 4.50%, 4/01/37

     2,270        2,196,475   
    

 

 

 
               8,891,683   

Ohio — 0.8%

    

County of Lucas Ohio, Refunding RB, Promedica Healthcare, Series A, 6.50%, 11/15/37

     725        821,367   

Ohio Higher Educational Facility Commission, Refunding RB, Kenyon College Project, 5.00%, 7/01/37

     475        484,457   

Ohio State Turnpike Commission, RB, Junior Lien, Infrastructure Projects, Series A-1:

    

5.25%, 2/15/32

     950        1,016,196   

5.25%, 2/15/33

     1,325        1,412,106   
    

 

 

 
               3,734,126   

Pennsylvania — 1.9%

    

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, RB:

    

Series C, 5.50%, 12/01/33

     760        828,757   

Subordinate, Special Motor License Fund, 6.00%, 12/01/36

     775        871,790   

Subordinate, Special Motor License Fund, 5.50%, 12/01/41

     6,700        7,106,422   
    

 

 

 
               8,806,969   

South Carolina — 2.3%

    

Charleston County Airport District, RB, AMT, Series A:

    

5.50%, 7/01/38

     1,500        1,551,015   

5.50%, 7/01/41

     2,725        2,809,257   

South Carolina Jobs-EDA, Refunding RB, Palmetto Health, Series A (AGM), 6.50%, 8/01/39

     320        354,614   

South Carolina State Public Service Authority, Refunding RB, Santee Cooper, Series B, 5.00%, 12/01/38

     2,850        2,920,224   

South Carolina Transportation Infrastructure Bank, RB, Series A, 5.25%, 10/01/40

     2,500        2,637,675   
    

 

 

 
               10,272,785   

Tennessee — 0.8%

    

Memphis Center City Revenue Finance Corp., RB, Pyramid & Pinch District, Series B (AGM), 5.25%, 11/01/30

     3,520        3,778,826   
Municipal Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Texas — 13.2%

    

Bell County Health Facility Development Corp., RB, Lutheran General Health Care System, 6.50%, 7/01/19 (d)

   1,000      1,207,270   

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

     2,850        3,239,908   

City of San Antonio Texas Public Service Board, RB, Junior Lien, 5.00%, 2/01/38

     760        796,062   

Comal Texas ISD, GO, School Building (PSF-GTD), 5.00%, 2/01/36

     2,500        2,647,600   

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, ARB, Joint Improvement, Series D, AMT:

    

5.00%, 11/01/38

     9,450        9,059,715   

5.00%, 11/01/42

     1,500        1,416,780   

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Refunding RB, Series F, 5.25%, 11/01/33

     1,325        1,392,337   

Lone Star College System, GO, 5.00%, 8/15/33

     4,800        5,157,792   

Mansfield Texas ISD, GO, School Building (PSF-GTD), 5.00%, 2/15/33

     2,300        2,470,591   

Midland County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1, RB, CAB, City of Midland Project, Series A, 5.01%, 9/15/36 (b)

     2,870        924,542   

North Texas Tollway Authority, Refunding RB, First Tier Series A:

    

6.00%, 1/01/28

     3,380        3,820,346   

(NPFGC), 5.75%, 1/01/40

     12,300        13,297,407   

San Antonio Public Facilities Corp., Refunding RB, Convention Center Refinancing and Expansion Project:

    

4.00%, 9/15/42

     2,155        1,850,973   

CAB, 4.93%, 9/15/35 (b)

     3,530        1,215,520   

CAB, 4.99%, 9/15/36 (b)

     6,015        1,949,401   

CAB, 5.04%, 9/15/37 (b)

     4,305        1,311,777   

Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., Refunding RB, Cook Childrens Medical Center, 5.25%, 12/01/39

     1,100        1,136,487   

Texas Municipal Gas Acquisition & Supply Corp. III, RB, 5.00%, 12/15/31

     1,600        1,557,152   

Texas Transportation Commission, Refunding RB, Central Texas Turnpike System, First Tier, Series A, 5.00%, 8/15/41

     5,500        5,458,750   
    

 

 

 
               59,910,410   

Utah — 2.4%

    

Salt Lake City Corp., Refunding RB, IHC Hospitals, Inc. (NPFGC), 6.30%, 2/15/15 (d)

     10,490        10,960,476   

Vermont — 0.0%

    

Vermont HFA, Refunding RB, Multiple Purpose, Series C, AMT (AGM), 5.50%, 11/01/38 (e)

     45        45,801   

Washington — 2.1%

    

Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/36

     2,000        2,101,140   

Washington Health Care Facilities Authority, RB:

    

MultiCare Health System, Remarketing, Series B, 5.00%, 8/15/44

     4,000        3,999,680   

Providence Health & Services, Series A, 5.00%, 10/01/39

     1,525        1,542,446   

Providence Health & Services, Series A, 5.25%, 10/01/39

     850        873,707   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
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Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc. (MQY)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Municipal Bonds   

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Washington (concluded)

    

Washington Health Care Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, Providence Health & Services, Series A, 5.00%, 10/01/42

   $ 1,155      $ 1,147,954   
    

 

 

 
               9,664,927   

Wisconsin — 0.4%

    

Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority, RB, Ascension Health Senior Care Group, 5.00%, 11/15/33

     1,850        1,933,213   
Total Municipal Bonds110.7%              501,929,658   
    
                  
Municipal Bonds Transferred to
Tender Option Bond Trusts (f)
              

Arizona — 2.4%

    

Phoenix Civic Improvement Corp., RB, Sub-Civic Plaza Expansion Project, Series A (NPFGC), 5.00%, 7/01/37

     8,000        8,190,080   

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

     2,750        2,880,460   
    

 

 

 
               11,070,540   

California — 5.0%

    

California State University, Refunding RB, Systemwide, Series A (AGM), 5.00%, 11/01/32

     7,000        7,315,910   

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

     6,120        6,456,539   

Los Angeles Community College District California, GO, Refunding, Election of 2008, Series A, 6.00%, 8/01/33

     2,639        3,039,025   

San Diego Community College District California, GO, Election of 2002, 5.25%, 8/01/33

     509        567,110   

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

     5,170        5,496,279   
    

 

 

 
               22,874,863   

Colorado — 0.3%

    

Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, Catholic Health Initiatives, Series A, 5.50%, 7/01/34 (g)

     1,220        1,335,820   

District of Columbia — 1.1%

    

District of Columbia, RB, Series A, 5.50%, 12/01/30 (g)

     1,320        1,479,861   

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Refunding ARB, Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/30

     3,400        3,548,988   
    

 

 

 
               5,028,849   

Florida — 15.1%

    

City of Tallahassee Florida, RB, Energy System, (NPFGC):

    

5.00%, 7/01/14

     6,000        6,117,780   

5.00%, 10/01/32 (g)

     2,700        2,807,568   

County of Highlands Florida Health Facilities Authority, RB, Adventist, Series C, 5.25%, 11/15/16 (e)

     5,990        6,073,680   
Municipal Bonds Transferred to
Tender Option Bond Trusts (f)
  

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Florida (concluded)

    

County of Miami-Dade Florida Transit System Sales Surtax, Refunding RB, Transit System Sales Surtax, 5.00%, 7/01/42

   2,390      2,426,806   

County of Miami-Dade Florida Water & Sewer System, RB, (AGM), 5.00%, 10/01/39

     12,729        13,072,436   

County of Orange Florida School Board, COP, Series A:

    

(AGC), 5.50%, 8/01/34

     3,544        3,797,312   

(NPFGC), 5.00%, 8/01/30

     2,000        2,102,160   

County of Orange School Board, COP, Series A (NPFCG), 5.00%, 8/01/31

     5,000        5,203,400   

County of Seminole Florida, Refunding RB, Series B (NPFGC), 5.25%, 10/01/31

     6,300        6,991,992   

Jacksonville Electric Authority Florida, RB, Sub-Series A, 5.63%, 10/01/32

     4,310        4,720,183   

Miami-Dade County School Board, COP, Refunding,
5.25%, 5/01/27

     11,350        12,519,163   

State of Florida, GO, Board of Education, Refunding, Series D, 5.00%, 6/01/37 (g)

     2,399        2,529,012   
    

 

 

 
               68,361,492   

Hawaii — 1.4%

    

Honolulu City & County Board of Water Supply, RB, Series A (NPFGC), 5.00%, 7/01/14 (c)

     6,000        6,193,020   

Illinois — 7.0%

    

City of Chicago Illinois, RB, Motor Fuel Tax Project, Series A (AGC), 5.00%, 1/01/38

     4,000        3,842,520   

City of Chicago Illinois, Refunding RB:

    

Sales Tax, Series A, 5.00%, 1/01/41

     1,140        1,164,453   

Waterworks, Second Lien (AGM), 5.25%, 11/01/33

     14,427        14,893,632   

Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, RB:

    

Senior Priority, Series B, 5.50%, 1/01/33

     2,000        2,163,053   

Series A, 5.00%, 1/01/38

     2,878        2,883,992   

Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, RB, McCormick Place Expansion Project, Series A, 5.00%, 6/15/42

     360        361,231   

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

     6,198        6,413,987   
    

 

 

 
               31,722,868   

Massachusetts — 0.5%

    

Massachusetts School Building Authority, RB, Dedicated Sales Tax, Series A, (AGM):

    

5.00%, 8/15/15 (c)

     271        283,994   

5.00%, 8/15/30

     1,829        1,919,792   
    

 

 

 
               2,203,786   

Michigan — 2.0%

    

Michigan Finance Authority, RB, Hospital, Trinity Health Credit Group, 5.00%, 12/01/39

     9,100        9,060,142   

Nevada — 1.8%

    

City of Las Vegas Nevada, GO, Limited Tax, Performing Arts Center, 6.00%, 4/01/39 (g)

     5,007        5,404,317   

County of Clark Nevada Water Reclamation District, GO, Limited Tax, Series B, 5.75%, 7/01/34

     2,429        2,760,671   
    

 

 

 
               8,164,988   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
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Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc. (MQY)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Municipal Bonds Transferred to
Tender Option Bond Trusts (f)
  

Par  

(000)

    Value  

New Jersey — 0.6%

    

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, RB, Transportation System, Series B, 5.25%, 6/15/36 (g)

   $ 2,581      $ 2,712,640   

New York — 8.6%

    

The Erie County Industrial Development Agency, RB, City of Buffalo School District Project, Series A (AGM), 5.75%, 5/01/28

     2,007        2,223,726   

New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, RB, Water & Sewer System, Fiscal 2009, Series A, 5.75%, 6/15/40

     3,509        3,903,045   

New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, Refunding RB, Water & Sewer System, Second General Resolution, Series CC, 5.00%, 6/15/47

     7,640        7,933,453   

New York State Dormitory Authority, ERB, Series B, 17.94%, 3/15/36

     1,540        1,725,893   

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

     10,000        10,424,600   

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, RB, Series 169, AMT, 5.00%, 10/15/34

     10,830        11,101,183   

Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority, RB, General, Series A-2, 5.25%, 11/15/34 (g)

     1,500        1,626,270   
    

 

 

 
               38,938,170   

North Carolina — 0.5%

    

North Carolina HFA, RB, Series 31-A, AMT, 5.25%, 7/01/38

     2,041        2,062,456   

Ohio — 0.2%

    

State of Ohio, RB, Cleveland Clinic Health Obligated Group, Series B, 5.50%, 1/01/34

     780        829,959   

South Carolina — 1.1%

    

South Carolina State Public Service Authority, Refunding RB, Santee Cooper, Series A, 5.50%, 1/01/38 (g)

     4,695        5,084,122   

Texas — 4.1%

    

Clear Creek ISD Texas, GO, Refunding, School Building (PSF-GTD), 5.00%, 2/15/33

     5,900        6,293,058   

Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, GO, Refunding, Schoolhouse (PSF-GTD), 5.00%, 2/15/32

     4,750        5,092,998   

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, ARB,
Series H, AMT, 5.00%, 11/01/37

     4,501        4,319,289   
Municipal Bonds Transferred to
Tender Option Bond Trusts (f)
  

Par  

(000)

    Value  

Texas (concluded)

    

North East Texas ISD, GO, School Building,
Series A (PSF-GTD), 5.00%, 8/01/37 (g)

   $ 2,000      $ 2,144,860   

Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., RB, Baylor Health Care System Project, Series A, 5.00%, 11/15/38

     879        883,896   
    

 

 

 
               18,734,101   

Virginia — 0.1%

    

County of Fairfax Virginia IDA, Refunding RB, Health Care, Inova Health System, Series A, 5.50%, 5/15/35

     450        478,074   

Washington — 0.6%

    

Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, RB, Series A (AGM), 5.00%, 11/01/32

     2,504        2,637,035   

Wisconsin — 0.6%

    

Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, Froedtert & Community Health, Inc.:

    

Series A, 5.00%, 4/01/42

     640        635,174   

Series C, 5.25%, 4/01/39

     2,000        2,052,940   
    

 

 

 
               2,688,114   
Total Municipal Bonds Transferred to
Tender Option Bond Trusts
53.0%
             240,181,039   
Total Long-Term Investments
(Cost — $720,543,466) — 163.7%
             742,110,697   
    
                  
Short-Term Securities    Shares         

FFI Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund, 0.03% (i)(j)

     6,345,969        6,345,969   
Total Short-Term Securities
(Cost — $6,345,969) — 1.4%
             6,345,969   
Total Investments
(Cost — $726,889,435) — 165.1%
       748,456,666   
Other Assets Less Liabilities1.3%        6,425,116   

Liability for TOB Trust Certificates, Including
Interest Expense and Fees Payable
(27.5%)

   

    (124,839,701
VRDP Shares, at Liquidation Value(38.9%)        (176,600,000
    

 

 

 
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares100.0%      $ 453,442,081   
    

 

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments      

 

(a)   Represents a step-up bond that pays an initial coupon rate for the first period and then a higher coupon rate for the following periods. Rate shown reflects the current yield as of report date.
(b)   Represents a zero-coupon bond. Rate shown reflects the current yield as of report date.
(c)   US government securities, held in escrow, are used to pay interest on this security, as well as to retire the bond in full at the date indicated, typically at a premium to par.
(d)   Security is collateralized by municipal or US Treasury obligations.
(e)   Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.
(f)   Represent bonds transferred to a TOB. In exchange the Fund acquired residual interest certificates. These bonds serve as collateral in a financing transaction. See Note 3 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details of municipal bonds transferred to TOBs.
(g)   All or a portion of security is subject to a recourse agreement, which may require the Fund to pay the liquidity provider in the event there is a shortfall between the TOB trust certificates and proceeds received from the sale of the security contributed to the TOB trust. In the case of a shortfall, the aggregate maximum potential amount the Fund could ultimately be required to pay under the agreements, which expire from February 1, 2016 to December 1, 2029 is $21,224,963.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
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Schedule of Investments (concluded)

  

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc. (MQY)

 

(i)   Investments in issuers considered to be an affiliate of the Fund during the six months ended October 31, 2013, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

Affiliate   Shares Held at
April 30, 2013
    Net
Activity
    Shares Held at
October 31, 2013
    Income  

FFI Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund

    802.157        5,543,812        6,345,969      $ 897   
(j)   Represents the current yield as of report date.

 

Ÿ   Financial futures contracts as of October 31, 2013 were as follows:

 

Contracts

Sold

  Issue   Exchange   Expiration   Notional
Value
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 
(80)   10-Year US Treasury Note   Chicago Board of Trade   December 2013   $ 10,188,750      $ (27,587

 

Ÿ   Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial statement purposes as follows:

 

Ÿ   Level 1 — unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access

 

Ÿ   Level 2 — other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs)

 

Ÿ   Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Fund’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments)

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. In accordance with the Fund’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. The categorization of a value determined for investments and derivative financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and derivative financial instrument and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments and derivative financial instruments, please refer to Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following tables summarize the Fund’s investments and derivative financial instruments categorized in the disclosure hierarchy as of October 31, 2013:

 

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3      Total  

Assets:

                
Investments:                 

Long-Term Investments 1

            $ 742,110,697              $ 742,110,697   

Short-Term Securities

  $ 6,345,969                          6,345,969   
 

 

 

 

Total

  $ 6,345,969         $ 742,110,697              $ 748,456,666   
 

 

 

 

 

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

 

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  
Derivative Financial Instruments 2                 

Liabilities:

                

Interest rate contracts

    $    (27,587)                               $         (27,587)   

 

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

Certain of the Fund’s assets and liabilities are held at carrying amount, which approximates fair value for financial statement purposes. As of October 31, 2013, such assets and liabilities are categorized within the disclosure hierarchy as follows:

 

     Level 1        Level 2      Level 3        Total  

Assets:

              

Cash

  $ 26,902                           $ 26,902   

Cash pledged for financial futures contracts

    142,000                             142,000   

Liabilities:

              

TOB trust certificates

            $ (124,839,701                (124,839,701

VRDP Shares

              (176,600,000                (176,600,000
 

 

 

 

Total

  $    168,902         $ (301,439,701              $ (301,270,799
 

 

 

 

There were no transfers between levels during the six months ended October 31, 2013.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
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Schedule of Investments October 31, 2013 (Unaudited)

  

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc. (MQT)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Municipal Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Alabama — 0.9%

    

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

   $ 650      $ 729,619   

County of Jefferson Alabama, RB, Series A,
4.75%, 1/01/25

     2,000        1,859,960   
    

 

 

 
               2,589,579   

Alaska — 0.5%

    

Alaska Housing Finance Corp., Refunding RB, Series A, 4.13%, 12/01/37

     480        451,325   

Alaska Industrial Development & Export Authority, RB, Providence Health Services, Series A,
5.50%, 10/01/41

     850        894,489   
    

 

 

 
               1,345,814   

Arizona — 1.5%

    

Greater Arizona Development Authority, RB, Series B (NPFGC), 5.00%, 8/01/35

     1,100        1,121,945   

Phoenix Civic Improvement Corp., Refunding RB, AMT, 5.00%, 7/01/32

     1,000        1,030,870   

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

    

5.00%, 10/01/27

     1,300        1,384,409   

5.00%, 10/01/29

     925        971,287   
    

 

 

 
               4,508,511   

California — 17.2%

    

Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority, Refunding RB, CAB, Subordinate Lien, Series A (AMBAC), 5.45%, 10/01/25 (a)

     7,150        7,627,620   

Cabrillo Community College District, GO, CAB, Election of 2004, Series B (NPFGC) (b):

    

5.90%, 8/01/37

     2,100        528,423   

5.94%, 8/01/38

     4,800        1,126,944   

California Health Facilities Financing Authority, RB:

    

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

     500        555,855   

Sutter Health, Series A, 5.00%, 8/15/52

     1,235        1,191,899   

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

     1,000        1,137,900   

California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Refunding RB, St. Joseph’s Health System, Series A, 5.00%, 7/01/37

     945        955,773   

California State Public Works Board, LRB, Various Judicial Council Projects, Series A, 5.00%, 3/01/38

     615        620,437   

California State University, RB, Systemwide Series A:

    

5.50%, 11/01/39

     1,000        1,090,780   

(AGC), 5.25%, 11/01/38

     3,000        3,195,330   

California Statewide Communities Development Authority, RB, Kaiser Permanente, Series A,
5.00%, 4/01/42

     1,290        1,299,636   

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

     700        741,979   

Coast Community College District, GO, CAB, Election of 2002, Series C (AGM), 5.00%, 8/01/31 (a)

     1,800        1,888,974   

El Monte Union High School District, GO, Series C (AGM), 5.25%, 6/01/28

     4,000        4,264,280   

Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District California, GO, Election of 2002 (NPFGC), 5.50%, 8/01/14 (c)

     2,770        2,880,661   

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

     2,200        2,320,978   
Municipal Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

California (concluded)

    

Monterey Peninsula Community College District, GO, CAB, Series C, 5.05%, 8/01/28 (b)

   11,975      5,735,067   

Mount San Antonio Community College District, GO, Refunding, CAB, Election of 2008, Series A, 5.56%, 8/01/43 (a)

     5,000        2,380,550   

San Diego Community College District California, GO, CAB, Election of 2006 (b):

    

5.69%, 8/01/31

     1,855        685,033   

5.79%, 8/01/32

     2,320        795,505   

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

     2,015        2,117,483   

San Diego Unified School District California, GO, CAB, Election of 2008, Series C, 5.66%, 7/01/38 (b)

     1,400        353,360   

San Diego Unified School District California, GO, Refunding, CAB, Series R-1, 5.08%, 7/01/31 (b)

     1,110        457,542   

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

     575        660,250   

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

    

5.00%, 8/01/34

     600        632,244   

5.00%, 8/01/38

     490        509,095   

State of California, GO, Refunding, Various Purpose, 5.00%, 10/01/41

     900        920,034   

State of California, GO, Various Purposes,
5.00%, 4/01/42

     1,500        1,534,065   

Ventura County Community College District, GO, Election of 2002, Series B (NPFGC),
5.00%, 8/01/30

     675        708,257   

Yosemite Community College District, GO, CAB, Election of 2004, Series D (b):

    

5.57%, 8/01/36

     2,000        573,100   

5.61%, 8/01/37

     2,790        749,757   
    

 

 

 
               50,238,811   

Colorado — 1.0%

    

E-470 Public Highway Authority, Refunding RB, CAB, Series B (NPFGC), 5.79%, 9/01/32 (b)

     5,500        1,877,205   

Regional Transportation District, COP, Refunding, Series A, 5.38%, 6/01/31

     1,000        1,061,910   
    

 

 

 
               2,939,115   

Florida — 12.1%

    

City of Jacksonville Florida Transportation, Refunding RB, Series A, 5.00%, 10/01/30

     250        265,695   

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

     1,000        1,062,060   

County of Duval Florida School Board, COP, Master Lease Program (AGM), 5.00%, 7/01/33

     7,875        8,144,797   

County of Lee Florida, Refunding ARB, Series A, AMT:

    

5.63%, 10/01/26

     825        900,207   

5.38%, 10/01/32

     1,100        1,128,039   

County of Miami-Dade Florida, RB:

    

AMT, Seaport, Series B, 6.00%, 10/01/30

     570        609,968   

AMT, Seaport, Series B, 6.25%, 10/01/38

     360        384,664   

AMT, Seaport, Series B, 6.00%, 10/01/42

     580        605,514   

Jackson Health System (AGC),
5.63%, 6/01/34

     900        932,832   

Seaport, Series A, 6.00%, 10/01/38

     1,780        1,948,370   

County of Miami-Dade Florida, Refunding RB, Subordinate Special Obligation, Series B,
5.00%, 10/01/37

     1,340        1,369,936   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
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Table of Contents

Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc. (MQT)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Municipal Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Florida (concluded)

    

County of Miami-Dade Florida Aviation, Refunding ARB, Miami International Airport, Series A, AMT (AGC), 5.00%, 10/01/40

   $ 5,900      $ 5,873,804   

County of Palm Beach Florida Solid Waste Authority, Refunding RB, 5.00%, 10/01/31

     1,900        1,980,598   

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

     250        256,000   

Florida Ports Financing Commission, Refunding RB, State Transportation Trust Fund, Series B, AMT, 5.38%, 10/01/29

     2,400        2,637,264   

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

     550        620,307   

Hillsborough County Aviation Authority Florida, RB, Series A, AMT (AGC), 5.38%, 10/01/33

     3,250        3,453,320   

Reedy Creek Improvement District, GO, Series A, 5.25%, 6/01/33

     1,040        1,110,158   

South Florida Water Management District, COP (AGC), 5.00%, 10/01/22

     1,800        2,005,200   
    

 

 

 
               35,288,733   

Georgia — 7.3%

    

City of Atlanta Georgia Department of Aviation, Refunding GARB:

    

Series B (AGM), 5.25%, 1/01/33

     5,000        5,111,350   

Series C (AGM), 5.00%, 1/01/33

     15,000        15,293,700   

County of Burke Georgia Development Authority, Refunding RB, Oglethorpe Power-Vogtle Project, Series C, 5.70%, 1/01/43

     1,000        1,046,840   
    

 

 

 
               21,451,890   

Illinois — 20.6%

    

Chicago Transit Authority, RB, Sales Tax Receipts, 5.25%, 12/01/36

     515        528,272   

City of Chicago Illinois, GARB, O’Hare International Airport Third Lien:

    

Series A, 5.75%, 1/01/39

     2,000        2,083,160   

Series B-2, AMT, 6.00%, 1/01/29

     2,200        2,214,102   

Series B-2, AMT (AGM), 5.75%, 1/01/14 (c)

     5,200        5,247,320   

City of Chicago Illinois, GO:

    

CAB, City Colleges (NPFGC), 6.51%, 1/01/31 (b)

     8,370        2,786,875   

Park District, Harbor Facilities Revenues,
Series C, 5.25%, 1/01/37

     4,000        4,044,920   

City of Chicago Illinois, Refunding GARB, AMT:

    

O’Hare International Airport, General, Third Lien, Series C-2 (AGM), 5.25%, 1/01/30

     2,000        2,001,380   

O’Hare International Airport, Series C,
5.38%, 1/01/39

     3,235        3,230,309   

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

     2,500        2,587,850   

City of Chicago Illinois Board of Education, GO, Series A, 5.50%, 12/01/39

     2,050        2,021,956   

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

     500        507,715   

County of Cook Illinois Forest Preserve District, GO, Refunding, Limited Tax Project, Series B,
5.00%, 12/15/37

     250        257,217   

County of Cook Illinois Forest Preserve District, GO, Series C, 5.00%, 12/15/37

     285        294,049   
Municipal Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Illinois (concluded)

    

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

   400      426,560   

Illinois Finance Authority, Refunding RB, Central Dupage Health, Series B, 5.50%, 11/01/39

     2,070        2,185,444   

Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, RB, State Tax Supported (AMBAC), 5.50%, 6/15/30

     18,175        19,182,622   

Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, RB, CAB, McCormick Place Expansion Project (NPFGC), 5.96%, 12/15/36 (b)

     10,000        2,571,900   

Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, Refunding RB, McCormick Place Expansion Project Series B:

    

CAB (AGM), 6.05%, 6/15/44 (b)

     2,980        480,346   

4.25%, 6/15/42

     4,000        3,549,560   

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

     575        616,515   

Regional Transportation Authority, RB, Series B (NPFGC), 5.75%, 6/01/33

     2,000        2,236,660   

State of Illinois, GO, Various Purposes:

    

5.50%, 7/01/33

     710        724,889   

5.50%, 7/01/38

     380        381,383   
    

 

 

 
               60,161,004   

Indiana — 2.1%

    

Indiana Finance Authority, RB, Series A:

    

Private Activity Bond, Ohio River Bridges East End Crossing Project, AMT, 5.00%, 7/01/40

     770        701,408   

Private Activity Bond, Ohio River Bridges East End Crossing Project, AMT, 5.00%, 7/01/44

     445        397,127   

Wastewater Utility (CWA Authority Project), First Lien, 5.25%, 10/01/38

     1,000        1,035,300   

Indiana Municipal Power Agency, RB, Series B, 5.75%, 1/01/34

     350        353,241   

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

    

5.75%, 1/01/38

     2,000        2,131,040   

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

     1,575        1,660,885   
    

 

 

 
               6,279,001   

Iowa — 3.3%

    

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

     4,925        5,250,345   

Iowa Student Loan Liquidity Corp., RB, Senior Series A-2, AMT:

    

5.60%, 12/01/26

     1,300        1,339,949   

5.70%, 12/01/27

     1,305        1,337,168   

5.80%, 12/01/29

     875        893,664   

5.85%, 12/01/30

     915        933,831   
    

 

 

 
               9,754,957   

Kentucky — 0.7%

    

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

     2,000        2,177,960   

Louisiana — 1.2%

    

Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities & Community Development Authority, RB, East Baton Rouge Sewerage Commission Projects, Sub-Lien, Series A:

    

5.00%, 2/01/43

     1,235        1,248,585   

4.00%, 2/01/48

     1,235        1,044,810   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
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Table of Contents

Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc. (MQT)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Municipal Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Louisiana (concluded)

    

Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, Christus Health, Series B (AGC), 6.50%, 7/01/30

   $ 1,150      $ 1,271,624   
    

 

 

 
               3,565,019   

Massachusetts — 5.3%

    

Massachusetts HFA, Refunding, HRB, Series C, AMT, 5.35%, 12/01/42

     975        974,474   

Massachusetts HFA, Refunding RB, Series C, AMT, 5.00%, 12/01/30

     5,000        5,055,650   

Massachusetts School Building Authority, RB, Series A:

    

Dedicated Sales Tax, Senior, 5.00%, 5/15/43

     1,110        1,167,587   

(AGM), 5.00%, 8/15/15 (c)

     4,860        5,266,976   

Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, Refunding RB, General, Series A (NPFGC), 5.00%, 8/01/34

     2,700        2,917,296   
    

 

 

 
               15,381,983   

Michigan — 5.1%

    

City of Detroit Michigan, RB, Water Supply System, Second Lien, Series B (AGM):

    

6.25%, 7/01/36

     350        354,886   

7.00%, 7/01/36

     200        209,670   

City of Detroit Michigan, Refunding RB, Sewage Disposal System (BHAC):

    

Second Lien, Series E, 5.75%, 7/01/31

     2,200        2,252,140   

Series A, 5.50%, 7/01/36

     4,500        4,516,155   

City of Lansing Michigan, RB, Board of Water & Light, Series A, 5.50%, 7/01/41

     1,700        1,822,757   

Michigan State Building Authority, Refunding RB, Facilities Program:

    

Series I-A, 5.38%, 10/15/41

     600        612,042   

Series II-A, 5.38%, 10/15/36

     1,000        1,041,990   

Series II-A (AGM), 5.25%, 10/15/36

     1,900        1,962,282   

Michigan State HDA, RB, Series C, AMT,
5.50%, 12/01/28

     825        850,187   

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

     1,000        1,000,120   

Western Michigan University, Refunding RB,
5.00%, 11/15/39

     340        343,468   
    

 

 

 
               14,965,697   

Minnesota — 0.7%

    

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

     1,800        2,063,214   

Nebraska — 0.9%

    

Central Plains Energy Project Nebraska, RB, Gas Project No. 3, 5.25%, 9/01/37

     2,650        2,725,287   

Nevada — 2.0%

    

County of Clark Nevada, ARB:

    

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

     1,700        1,757,715   

Subordinate Lien, Series A-2 (NPFGC),
5.00%, 7/01/30

     1,250        1,271,962   

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

     2,700        2,704,212   
    

 

 

 
               5,733,889   

New Jersey — 4.3%

    

New Jersey EDA, RB:

    

Cigarette Tax (Radian), 5.50%, 6/15/14 (c)

     85        87,822   

New Jersey (concluded)

    

New Jersey EDA, RB (concluded):

    

Motor Vehicle Surcharge, Series A (NPFGC),
5.25%, 7/01/33

   6,700      6,833,397   

New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, Refunding RB, Series 1, AMT:

    

5.50%, 12/01/25

     500        525,530   

5.50%, 12/01/26

     350        365,722   

5.75%, 12/01/28

     200        212,460   

New Jersey Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency, Refunding RB, M/F Housing, Series 2, AMT,
4.35%, 11/01/33

     1,070        973,871   

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, RB:

    

Transportation Program, Series AA,
5.25%, 6/15/33

     1,290        1,373,115   

Transportation System, Series A (NPFGC),
5.75%, 6/15/25

     1,400        1,688,890   

Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, Refunding RB, Series L, 5.00%, 5/01/43

     400        420,376   
    

 

 

 
               12,481,183   

New York — 3.3%

    

Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corp., RB, Series A, 5.75%, 2/15/47

     610        646,173   

New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, Refunding RB, Second General Resolution, Fiscal 2012, Series BB, 5.25%, 6/15/44

     1,250        1,319,225   

New York City Transitional Finance Authority Building Aid, BARB, Fiscal 2009, Series S-4,
5.50%, 1/15/33

     3,035        3,360,686   

New York State HFA, RB, Affordable Housing, Series B, 5.30%, 11/01/37

     2,835        2,872,649   

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Refunding RB, Consolidated, 172nd Series, AMT, 4.50%, 4/01/37

     1,460        1,412,710   
    

 

 

 
               9,611,443   

North Carolina — 0.1%

    

North Carolina Medical Care Commission, RB, Health Care Facilities, Novant Health Obligated Group, Series A, 4.75%, 11/01/43

     395        379,737   

Ohio — 0.8%

    

County of Lucas Ohio, Refunding RB, Promedica Healthcare, Series A, 6.50%, 11/15/37

     460        521,143   

Ohio Higher Educational Facility Commission, Refunding RB, Kenyon College Project,
5.00%, 7/01/37

     310        316,172   

Ohio State Turnpike Commission, RB, Junior Lien, Infrastructure Projects, Series A-1:

    

5.25%, 2/15/32

     610        652,505   

5.25%, 2/15/33

     850        905,879   
    

 

 

 
               2,395,699   

Pennsylvania — 2.8%

    

Commonwealth Financing Authority, RB, Series B, 5.00%, 6/01/42

     2,235        2,255,093   

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, RB:

    

Series C, 5.50%, 12/01/33

     490        534,330   

Sub-Series A, 5.00%, 12/01/43

     1,000        1,018,970   

Subordinate, Special Motor License Fund,
6.00%, 12/01/36

     500        562,445   

Subordinate, Special Motor License Fund,
5.50%, 12/01/41

     2,245        2,381,182   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
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Table of Contents

Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc. (MQT)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Municipal Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Pennsylvania (concluded)

    

Philadelphia School District, GO, Series E,
6.00%, 9/01/38

   $ 1,300      $ 1,395,433   
    

 

 

 
               8,147,453   

South Carolina — 2.4%

    

Charleston County Airport District, RB, AMT, Series A, 5.50%, 7/01/41

     1,360        1,402,051   

South Carolina Jobs-EDA, Refunding RB, Palmetto Health, Series A (AGM), 6.50%, 8/01/39

     100        110,817   

South Carolina State Public Service Authority, Refunding RB, Santee Cooper, Series B,
5.00%, 12/01/38

     1,840        1,885,338   

South Carolina Transportation Infrastructure Bank, RB, Series A, 5.25%, 10/01/40

     3,420        3,608,339   
    

 

 

 
               7,006,545   

Tennessee — 0.4%

    

Memphis Center City Revenue Finance Corp., RB, Pyramid & Pinch District, Series B (AGM),
5.25%, 11/01/30

     1,000        1,073,530   

Texas — 14.9%

    

City of San Antonio Texas Public Service Board, RB, Junior Lien, 5.00%, 2/01/38

     500        523,725   

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, ARB, Joint Improvement, Series D, AMT:

    

5.00%, 11/01/38

     1,800        1,725,660   

5.00%, 11/01/42

     1,140        1,076,753   

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, RB:

    

Series A (NPFGC), 5.50%, 11/01/33

     5,000        5,000,000   

Series H, 5.00%, 11/01/32

     2,715        2,729,227   

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Refunding RB, Series F, 5.25%, 11/01/33

     865        908,959   

Lone Star College System, GO, 5.00%, 8/15/33

     3,000        3,223,620   

Mansfield Texas ISD, GO, School Building (PSF-GTD), 5.00%, 2/15/33

     1,065        1,143,991   

Midland County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1, RB, CAB, City of Midland Project, Series A,
5.01%, 9/15/36 (b)

     1,850        595,959   

North Texas Tollway Authority, Refunding RB, First Tier:

    

Series A, 6.00%, 1/01/28

     2,415        2,729,626   

Series A (NPFGC), 5.75%, 1/01/40

     3,600        3,891,924   

Series K-1 (AGC), 5.75%, 1/01/38

     3,400        3,719,770   

San Antonio Public Facilities Corp., Refunding RB, Convention Center Refinancing & Expansion Project:

    

4.00%, 9/15/42

     5,620        4,827,130   

CAB, 4.93%, 9/15/35 (b)

     2,275        783,373   

CAB, 4.99%, 9/15/36 (b)

     3,875        1,255,849   

CAB, 5.04%, 9/15/37 (b)

     17,775        5,416,220   

Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., Refunding RB, Cook Childrens Medical Center, 5.25%, 12/01/39

     750        774,878   

Texas Municipal Gas Acquisition & Supply Corp. III, RB:

    

5.00%, 12/15/31

     1,030        1,002,417   

5.00%, 12/15/32

     2,500        2,419,125   
    

 

 

 
               43,748,206   

Vermont — 0.5%

    

Vermont HFA, Refunding RB, Multiple Purpose, Series C, AMT (AGM), 5.50%, 11/01/38 (d)

     1,305        1,328,216   
Municipal Bonds    Par  
(000)
    Value  

Washington — 2.1%

    

Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, RB, Series A, 5.00%, 11/01/36

   1,400      1,470,798   

Washington Health Care Facilities Authority, RB:

    

MultiCare Health System, Remarketing, Series B, 5.00%, 8/15/44

     3,000        2,999,760   

Providence Health & Services, Series A,
5.00%, 10/01/39

     1,000        1,011,440   

Providence Health & Services, Series A,
5.25%, 10/01/39

     550        565,339   

Washington Health Care Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, Providence Health & Services, Series A, 5.00%, 10/01/42

     205        203,750   
    

 

 

 
               6,251,087   

Wisconsin — 0.4%

    

Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority, RB, Ascension Health Senior Care Group,
5.00%, 11/15/33

     1,200        1,253,976   
Total Municipal Bonds114.4%              334,847,539   
    
                  
Municipal Bonds Transferred to
Tender Option Bond Trusts (e)
              

Arizona — 1.0%

    

Phoenix Arizona Civic Improvement Corp., Refunding RB, Water System, Junior Lien, Series A,
5.00%, 7/01/34

     1,000        1,063,970   

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

     1,750        1,833,020   
    

 

 

 
               2,896,990   

California — 3.5%

    

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

     4,330        4,568,107   

Los Angeles Community College District California, GO, Refunding, Election of 2008, Series A,
6.00%, 8/01/33

     1,699        1,956,948   

San Diego Community College District California, GO, Election of 2002, 5.25%, 8/01/33

     359        400,313   

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

     3,030        3,221,223   
    

 

 

 
               10,146,591   

Colorado — 1.3%

    

Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, Catholic Health Initiatives, Series A:

    

5.50%, 7/01/34 (f)

     780        854,049   

5.00%, 2/01/41

     2,999        2,924,190   
    

 

 

 
               3,778,239   

District of Columbia — 1.7%

    

District of Columbia, RB, Series A,
5.50%, 12/01/30 (f)

     855        958,546   

District of Columbia Water & Sewer Authority, Refunding RB, Senior Lien, Series A,
6.00%, 10/01/35 (f)

     1,580        1,767,347   

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Refunding ARB, Series A, AMT, 5.00%, 10/01/30

     2,190        2,285,966   
    

 

 

 
               5,011,859   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
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Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc. (MQT)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Municipal Bonds Transferred to
Tender Option Bond Trusts (e)
   Par  
(000)
    Value  

Florida — 12.9%

    

City of Tallahassee Florida, RB, Energy System (NPFGC), 5.00%, 10/01/37

   $ 4,000      $ 4,078,520   

County of Highlands Health Facilities Authority, RB, Adventist, Series C, 5.25%, 11/15/36 (d)

     4,000        4,055,880   

County of Miami-Dade Florida Expressway Authority, Refunding RB, Series A (AGC), 5.00%, 7/01/35

     2,100        2,157,330   

County of Miami-Dade Florida Transit System Sales Surtax, Refunding RB, Transit System Sales Surtax, 5.00%, 7/01/42

     1,540        1,563,716   

County of Miami-Dade Florida Water & Sewer System, RB, (AGM), 5.00%, 10/01/39

     6,901        7,087,309   

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

     3,394        3,636,409   

County of Orange Florida School Board, COP, Series A (NPFCG), 5.00%, 8/01/31

     9,000        9,366,120   

County of Seminole Florida, Refunding RB, Series B (NPFGC), 5.25%, 10/01/31

     4,200        4,661,328   

State of Florida, GO, Board of Education, Refunding, Series D, 5.00%, 6/01/37 (f)

     1,189        1,253,968   
    

 

 

 
               37,860,580   

Hawaii — 1.8%

    

Honolulu City & County Board of Water Supply, RB, Series A (NPFGC), 5.00%, 7/01/14 (c)

     5,000        5,160,850   

Illinois — 9.5%

    

City of Chicago Illinois, RB, Motor Fuel Tax Project, Series A (AGC), 5.00%, 1/01/38

     4,000        3,842,520   

City of Chicago Illinois, Refunding RB:

    

Sales Tax, Series A, 5.00%, 1/01/41

     700        715,015   

Waterworks, Second Lien (AGM),
5.25%, 11/01/33

     2,548        2,630,498   

Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, RB:

    

Senior Priority, Series B, 5.50%, 1/01/33

     3,499        3,785,343   

Series A, 5.00%, 1/01/38

     1,859        1,862,578   

Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, RB, McCormick Place Expansion Project, Series A, 5.00%, 6/15/42

     1,630        1,635,575   

Regional Transportation Authority, RB,
6.50%, 7/01/26

     10,000        12,192,493   

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

     1,130        1,169,001   
    

 

 

 
               27,833,023   

Louisiana — 1.6%

    

State of Louisiana Gas & Fuels, RB, Series A (AGM), 5.00%, 5/01/36

     4,600        4,816,568   

Massachusetts — 0.5%

    

Massachusetts School Building Authority, RB, Dedicated Sales Tax, Series A (AGM):

    

5.00%, 8/15/15 (c)

     180        188,653   

5.00%, 8/15/30

     1,215        1,275,290   
    

 

 

 
               1,463,943   

Michigan — 1.6%

    

Michigan Finance Authority, RB, Hospital, Trinity Health Credit Group, 5.00%, 12/01/39

     4,700        4,679,414   

Nevada — 1.8%

    

City of Las Vegas Nevada, GO, Limited Tax, Performing Arts Center, 6.00%, 4/01/39 (f)

     3,298        3,559,730   
Municipal Bonds Transferred to
Tender Option Bond Trusts (e)
   Par  
(000)
    Value  

Nevada (concluded)

    

County of Clark Nevada Water Reclamation District, GO, Limited Tax, Series B, 5.75%, 7/01/34

   1,574      1,789,324   
    

 

 

 
               5,349,054   

New Jersey — 0.6%

    

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, RB, Transportation System, Series B,
5.25%, 6/15/36 (f)

     1,580        1,661,229   

New York — 4.2%

    

New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, RB, Water & Sewer System, Fiscal 2009, Series A, 5.75%, 6/15/40

     1,050        1,167,578   

New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, Refunding RB, Water & Sewer System, Second General Resolution, Series CC, 5.00%, 6/15/47

     4,920        5,108,977   

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

     1,000        1,120,710   

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Refunding RB, Construction, 143rd Series, AMT,
5.00%, 10/01/30

     3,500        3,592,750   

Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority, RB, General, Series A-2, 5.25%, 11/15/34 (f)

     1,200        1,301,016   
    

 

 

 
               12,291,031   

Ohio — 0.2%

    

State of Ohio, RB, Cleveland Clinic Health Obligated Group, Series B, 5.50%, 1/01/34

     500        532,025   

South Carolina — 2.7%

    

Charleston Educational Excellence Finance Corp., RB, Charleston County School (AGC),
5.25%, 12/01/15 (c)

     6,030        6,638,970   

South Carolina State Public Service Authority, Refunding RB, Santee Cooper, Series A,
5.50%, 1/01/38 (f)

     1,125        1,218,240   
    

 

 

 
               7,857,210   

Texas — 5.3%

    

Clear Creek ISD Texas, GO, Refunding, School Building (PSF-GTD), 5.00%, 2/15/33

     1,900        2,026,578   

Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, GO, Refunding, Schoolhouse (PSF-GTD), 5.00%, 2/15/32

     5,250        5,629,102   

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, ARB, Series H, AMT, 5.00%, 11/01/37 (f)

     1,996        1,914,885   

Harris County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., RB, Texas Children’s Hospital Project,
5.50%, 10/01/39

     4,000        4,393,600   

North East Texas ISD, GO, School Building, Series A (PSF-GTD), 5.00%, 8/01/37 (f)

     1,400        1,501,402   
    

 

 

 
               15,465,567   

Virginia — 0.1%

    

County of Fairfax Virginia IDA, Refunding RB, Health Care, Inova Health System, Series A,
5.50%, 5/15/35

     300        318,716   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
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Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc. (MQT)

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Municipal Bonds Transferred to
Tender Option Bond Trusts (e)
   Par  
(000)
    Value  

Wisconsin — 1.8%

    

Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, Froedtert & Community Health Inc.:

    

Obligated Group, Series A, 5.00%, 4/01/42

   $ 1,920      $ 1,905,523   

Series C, 5.25%, 4/01/39 (f)

     3,250        3,335,619   
    

 

 

 
               5,241,142   
Total Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender Option Bond Trusts52.1%              152,364,031   

Total Long-Term Investments

(Cost — $473,744,263) — 166.5%

             487,211,570   
Short-Term Securities    Shares     Value  

FFI Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund, 0.03% (g)(h)

     3,474,496      $ 3,474,496   

Total Short-Term Securities

(Cost — $3,474,496) — 1.2%

             3,474,496   
Total Investments (Cost — $477,218,759) — 167.7%        490,686,066   
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets(0.2)%        (541,798
Liability for TOB Trust Certificates, Including Interest Expense     and Fees Payable(27.7%)         (81,024,131
VMTP Shares, at Liquidation Value(39.8%)        (116,500,000
    

 

 

 

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares100.0%

  

  $ 292,620,137   
    

 

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

 

(a)   Represents a step-up bond that pays an initial coupon rate for the first period and then a higher coupon rate for the following periods. Rate shown reflects the current yield as of report date.

 

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

 

(c)   US government securities, held in escrow, are used to pay interest on this security, as well as to retire the bond in full at the date indicated, typically at a premium to par.

 

(d)   Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.

 

(e)   Represent bonds transferred to a TOB. In exchange the Fund acquired residual interest certificates. These bonds serve as collateral in a financing transaction. See Note 3 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details of municipal bonds transferred to TOBs.

 

(f)   All or a portion of security is subject to a recourse agreement, which may require the Fund to pay the liquidity provider in the event there is a shortfall between the TOB trust certificates and proceeds received from the sale of the security contributed to the TOB trust. In the case of a shortfall, the aggregate maximum potential amount the Fund could ultimately be required to pay under the agreements, which expire from February 1, 2016 to December 1, 2029, is $11,177,580.

 

(g)   Investments in issuers considered to be an affiliate of the Fund during the six months ended October 31, 2013, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

Affiliate     

Shares

Held at

April 30, 2013

       Net
Activity
       Shares Held at
October 31, 2013
       Income  

FFI Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund

       849,388           2,625,108           3,474,496         $ 669   

 

(h)   Represents the current yield as of report date.

 

Ÿ   Financial futures contracts as of October 31, 2013 were as follows:

 

Contracts
Sold
  Issue   Exchange   Expiration   Notional
Value
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 
  (55)    10-Year US Treasury Note   Chicago Board of Trade   December 2013   $ 7,004,766      $ (18,966

 

Ÿ   Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial statement purposes as follows:

 

Ÿ   Level 1 — unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access

 

Ÿ   Level 2 — other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs)

 

Ÿ   Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Fund’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments)

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. In accordance with the Fund’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. The categorization of a value determined for investments and derivative financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and derivative financial instrument and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments and derivative financial instruments, please refer to Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
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Schedule of Investments (concluded)

  

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc. (MQT)

 

The following tables summarize the Fund’s investments and derivative financial instruments categorized in the disclosure hierarchy as of October 31, 2013:

 

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets:

                
Investments:                 

Long-Term Investments 1

            $ 487,211,570                   $ 487,211,570   

Short-Term Securities

  $ 3,474,496                               3,474,496   
 

 

 

 

Total

  $ 3,474,496         $ 487,211,570                   $ 490,686,066   
 

 

 

 

 

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

 

                
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  
Derivative Financial Instruments 2                 

Liabilities:

                

Interest rate contracts

    $    (18,966)                             $ (18,966

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

 

Certain of the Fund’s assets and liabilities are held at carrying amount, which approximates fair value for financial statement purposes. As of October 31, 2013, such assets and liabilities are categorized within the disclosure hierarchy as follows:

 

       

   

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets:

                

Cash pledged for financial futures contracts

  $ 98,000                             $ 98,000   

Liabilities:

                

TOB trust certificates

            $ (81,003,085                  (81,003,085

VMTP Shares

              (116,500,000                  (116,500,000
 

 

 

 

Total

  $      98,000         $ (197,503,085                $ (197,405,085
 

 

 

 

There were no transfers between levels during the six months ended October 31, 2013.

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities     

 

October 31, 2013 (Unaudited)   BlackRock
MuniYield
Fund, Inc.
(MYD)
    BlackRock
MuniYield Quality
Fund, Inc.
(MQY)
    BlackRock
MuniYield Quality
Fund II, Inc.
(MQT)
 
     
Assets                        

Investments at value — unaffiliated1

  $ 1,043,548,750      $ 742,110,696      $ 487,211,570   

Investments at value — affiliated2

    13,238,307        6,345,969        3,474,496   

Cash

    4        26,902          

Cash pledged for financial futures contracts

    347,000        142,000        98,000   

Interest receivable

    16,524,990        10,028,289        6,632,091   

Variation margin receivable on financial futures contracts

    30,625        12,500        8,594   

Deferred offering costs

    438,965        321,967        83,332   

Prepaid expenses

    15,561        130,448        2,811   
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    1,074,144,202        759,118,771        497,510,894   
 

 

 

 
     
Accrued Liabilities                        

Investments purchased payable

    10,400,225        1,169,209        5,512,373   

Income dividends payable — Common Shares

    3,892,114        2,454,151        1,590,340   

Investment advisory fees payable

    443,606        318,339        206,882   

Officer’s and Directors’ fees payable

    230,054        168,100        2,338   

Interest expense and fees payable

    41,778        31,845        21,046   

Other accrued expenses payable

    288,708        95,345        54,693   
 

 

 

 

Total accrued liabilities

    15,296,485        4,236,989        7,387,672   
 

 

 

 
     
Other Liabilities                        

TOB trust certificates

    166,078,226        124,839,701        81,003,085   

VRDP Shares, at liquidation value of $100,000 per share3,4

    251,400,000        176,600,000          

VMTP Shares, at liquidation value of $100,000 per share3,4

                  116,500,000   
 

 

 

 

Total other liabilities

    417,478,226        301,439,701        197,503,085   
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    432,774,711        305,676,690        204,890,757   
 

 

 

 

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders

  $ 641,369,491      $ 453,442,081      $ 292,620,137   
 

 

 

 
     
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders Consist of                        

Paid-in capital5

  $ 639,472,360      $ 430,121,896      $ 283,623,447   

Undistributed net investment income

    9,411,008        8,160,839        6,121,452   

Accumulated net realized loss

    (26,575,750     (6,380,297     (10,573,103

Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

    19,061,873        21,539,643        13,448,341   
 

 

 

 

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders

  $ 641,369,491      $ 453,442,081      $ 292,620,137   
 

 

 

 

Net asset value per Common Share

  $ 13.76      $ 14.78      $ 12.97   
 

 

 

 

1 Investments at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 1,024,471,352      $ 720,543,466      $ 473,744,263   

2 Investments at cost — affiliated

  $ 13,238,307      $ 6,345,969      $ 3,474,496   

3 VRDP/VMTP Shares outstanding, par value $0.10 per share

    2,514        1,766        1,165   

4 Preferred Shares authorized, including Auction Market Preferred Shares (“AMPS”)

    16,234        11,766        7,565   

5 Common Shares outstanding, 200 million shares authorized, $0.10 par value

    46,612,142        30,676,888        22,558,009   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.      
                
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Statements of Operations     

 

Six Months Ended October 31, 2013 (Unaudited)   BlackRock
MuniYield
Fund, Inc.
(MYD)
    BlackRock
MuniYield Quality
Fund, Inc.
(MQY)
    BlackRock
MuniYield Quality
Fund II, Inc.
(MQT)
 
     
Investment Income                        

Interest

  $ 27,119,398      $ 18,378,871      $ 11,881,594   

Income — affiliated

    1,438        897        669   
 

 

 

 

Total income

    27,120,836        18,379,768        11,882,263   
 

 

 

 
     
Expenses                        

Investment advisory

    2,779,413        1,942,705        1,257,162   

Liquidity fees

    858,647        827,389          

Commissions for Preferred Shares

    126,734        90,263          

Professional

    70,503        56,841        40,152   

Accounting services

    60,094        43,466        29,783   

Officer and Directors

    44,577        35,725        16,826   

Transfer agent

    26,819        21,849        14,840   

Custodian

    23,533        19,038        12,255   

Registration

    8,426        5,415        4,705   

Printing

    5,377        4,650        4,425   

Miscellaneous

    71,498        62,305        50,186   
 

 

 

 

Total expenses excluding interest expense and fees

    4,075,621        3,109,646        1,430,334   

Interest expense and fees1

    993,656        628,426        950,012   
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    5,069,277        3,738,072        2,380,346   

Less fees waived by Manager

    (1,726     (831     (655
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived

    5,067,551        3,737,241        2,379,691   
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    22,053,285        14,642,527        9,502,572   
 

 

 

 
     
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)                        
Net realized gain (loss) from:      

Investments

    (4,902,003     (5,468,409     (3,438,458

Financial futures contracts

    801,503        530,126        341,559   
 

 

 

 
    (4,100,500     (4,938,283     (3,096,899
 

 

 

 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:      

Investments

    (100,729,554     (58,234,265     (35,618,607

Financial futures contracts

    1,241,383        283,085        181,530   
 

 

 

 
    (99,488,171     (57,951,180     (35,437,077
 

 

 

 

Total realized and unrealized loss

    (103,588,671     (62,889,463     (38,533,976
 

 

 

 

Net Decrease in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders Resulting from Operations

  $ (81,535,386   $ (48,246,936   $ (29,031,404
 

 

 

 

 

  1    Related to TOBs, VRDP Shares and/or VMTP Shares.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets     

 

    BlackRock
MuniYield Fund, Inc. (MYD)
        BlackRock
MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc. (MQY)
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders:  

Six Months
Ended
October 31,

2013

(Unaudited)

   

Year Ended

April 30,

2013

       

Six Months
Ended
October 31,

2013

(Unaudited)

    

Year Ended

April 30,

2013

 
          
Operations                                     

Net investment income

  $ 22,053,285      $ 44,247,872        $ 14,642,527       $ 28,525,982   

Net realized gain (loss)

    (4,100,500     4,533,539          (4,938,283      65,452   

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

    (99,488,171     36,319,313          (57,951,180      19,607,267   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to Common Shareholders resulting from operations

    (81,535,386     85,100,724          (48,246,936      48,198,701   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
          
Dividends to Common Shareholders From                                     

Net investment income

    (23,348,786     (47,224,460 )1        (14,722,740      (29,381,768 )1 
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
          
Capital Share Transactions                                     

Reinvestment of common dividends

    678,310        4,409,201          417,081         1,917,950   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
          
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders                                     

Total increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to Common Shareholders

    (104,205,862     42,285,465          (62,552,595      20,734,883   

Beginning of period

    745,575,353        703,289,888          515,994,676         495,259,793   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 641,369,491      $ 745,575,353        $ 453,442,081       $ 515,994,676   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income, end of period

  $ 9,411,008      $ 10,706,509        $ 8,160,839       $ 8,241,052   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

    BlackRock
MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc. (MQT)
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders:  

Six Months
Ended
October 31,

2013
(Unaudited)

    

Year Ended
April 30,

2013

 
    
Operations                 

Net investment income

  $ 9,502,572       $ 18,402,461   

Net realized gain (loss)

    (3,096,899      246,588   

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

    (35,437,077      12,953,419   
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to Common Shareholders resulting from operations

    (29,031,404      31,602,468   
 

 

 

 
    
Dividends to Common Shareholders From                 

Net investment income

    (9,519,480      (18,785,329 )1 
 

 

 

 
    
Capital Share Transactions                 

Reinvestment of common dividends

            1,075,952   
 

 

 

 
    
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders                 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to Common Shareholders

    (38,550,884      13,893,091   

Beginning of period

    331,171,021         317,277,930   
 

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 292,620,137       $ 331,171,021   
 

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income, end of period

  $ 6,121,452       $ 6,138,360   
 

 

 

 

 

  1    Determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations.

 

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Statements of Cash Flows     

 

Six Months Ended October 31, 2013 (Unaudited)   BlackRock
MuniYield
Fund, Inc.
(MYD)
    BlackRock
MuniYield Quality
Fund, Inc.
(MQY)
    BlackRock
MuniYield Quality
Fund II, Inc.
(MQT)
 
     
Cash Provided by Operating Activities                        

Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations

  $ (81,535,386   $ (48,246,936   $ (29,031,404

Adjustments to reconcile net increase in net assets resulting from operations to net cash provided by operating activities:

     

(Increase) decrease in interest receivable

    570,680        (139,251     (301,824

Decrease in cash pledged for financial futures contracts

    456,000        142,000        86,000   

(Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses

    4,800        (116,540     6,097   

Decrease in variation margin receivable

    27,688        7,656        4,531   

Decrease in investment advisory fees payable

    (48,186     (17,849     (9,740

Decrease in interest expense and fees payable

    (73,781     (42,546     (18,663

Increase (decrease) in other accrued expenses payable

    (40,549     92,992        (33,846

Increase in Officer’s and Directors’ fees payable

    25,892        22,592        1,993   

Net realized and unrealized loss on investments

    105,631,557        63,702,674        39,057,065   

Amortization of premium and accretion of discount on investments

    183,797        (786,186     (505,043

Amortization of deferred offering costs

    3,405        10,167        34,514   

Proceeds from sales of long-term investments

    128,696,307        71,219,917        52,680,906   

Purchases of long-term investments

    (86,187,684     (61,383,431     (48,595,080

Net proceeds from purchases of short-term securities

    (6,973,066     (5,543,812     (2,625,108
 

 

 

 

Cash provided by operating activities

    60,741,474        18,921,447        10,750,398   
 

 

 

 
     
Cash Used for Financing Activities                        

Cash receipts from TOB trust certificates

    17,392,467        6,478,496        4,436,684   

Cash payments for TOB trust certificates

    (59,257,618     (11,069,463     (5,690,160

Cash dividends paid to Common Shareholders

    (22,666,738     (14,303,578     (9,496,922
 

 

 

 

Cash used for financing activities

    (64,531,889     (18,894,545     (10,750,398
 

 

 

 
     
Cash                        

Net increase (decrease) in cash

    (3,790,415     26,902          

Cash at beginning of period

    3,790,419                 
 

 

 

 

Cash at end of period

  $ 4      $ 26,902          
 

 

 

 
     
Cash Flow Information                        

Cash paid during the period for interest and fees

  $ 1,064,032      $ 660,805      $ 934,161   
 

 

 

 
     
Non-cash Financing Activities                        

Capital shares issued in reinvestment of dividends paid to Common Shareholders

  $ 678,310      $ 417,081          
 

 

 

 

 

 

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Financial Highlights    BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc. (MYD)

 

    Six Months
Ended
October 31,
2013
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended April 30,    

Period
November 1,
2008 to

April 30,
2009

    Year Ended
October 31,
2008
 
      2013     2012     2011     2010      
             
Per Share Operating Performance                                                        

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 16.01      $ 15.19      $ 13.05      $ 13.87      $ 11.53      $ 10.70      $ 14.36   
 

 

 

 

Net investment income1

    0.47        0.95        0.99        1.04        1.04        0.49        1.03   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (2.22     0.89        2.15        (0.85     2.17        0.77        (3.62

Dividends to AMPS shareholders from net investment income

                  (0.01     (0.03     (0.03     (0.04     (0.27
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (1.75     1.84        3.13        0.16        3.18        1.22        (2.86
 

 

 

 

Dividends to Common Shareholders from net investment income

    (0.50     (1.02 )2      (0.99 )2      (0.98 )2      (0.84 )2      (0.39 )2      (0.80 )2 
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 13.76      $ 16.01      $ 15.19      $ 13.05      $ 13.87      $ 11.53      $ 10.70   
 

 

 

 

Market price, end of period

  $ 13.90      $ 16.24      $ 15.49      $ 13.17      $ 13.70      $ 11.45      $ 9.66   
 

 

 

 
             
Total Investment Return Applicable to Common Shareholders3           

Based on net asset value

    (10.86)% 4      12.32%        24.76%        1.07%        28.44%        11.76% 4      (20.69)%   
 

 

 

 

Based on market price

    (11.24)% 4      11.73%        26.06%        3.27%        27.75%        22.93% 4      (25.06)%   
 

 

 

 
             
             
Ratios to Average Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders           

Total expenses

    1.52% 5      1.52%        1.53%        1.15% 7      1.14% 7      1.25% 5,7      1.38% 7 
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived

    1.52% 5      1.52%        1.53%        1.15% 7      1.14% 7      1.24% 5,7      1.38% 7 
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly and excluding interest expense, fees and amortization of offering costs8

    1.22% 5,6      1.17% 6      1.20% 6      0.99% 7      1.01% 7      1.09% 5,7      1.06% 7 
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    6.62% 5      6.02%        6.95%        7.64% 7      8.08% 7      9.20% 5,7      7.65% 7 
 

 

 

 

Dividends to AMPS Shareholders

                  0.04%        0.23%        0.27%        0.74% 5      1.99%   
 

 

 

 

Net investment income to Common Shareholders

    6.62% 5      6.02%        6.91%        7.41%        7.81%        8.46% 5      5.66%   
 

 

 

 
             
Supplemental Data           

Net assets applicable to Common Shareholders, end of period (000)

  $ 641,369      $ 745,575      $ 703,290      $ 598,976      $ 630,608      $ 523,590      $ 484,945   
 

 

 

 

AMPS outstanding at $25,000 liquidation preference, end of period (000)

                       $ 251,450      $ 251,450      $ 271,500      $ 271,500   
 

 

 

 

VRDP Shares outstanding at $100,000 liquidation value, end of period (000)

  $ 251,400      $ 251,400      $ 251,400                               
 

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover

    8%        16%        19%        16%        35%        7%        20%   
 

 

 

 

Asset coverage per AMPS at $25,000 liquidation preference, end of period

                       $ 84,556      $ 87,701      $ 73,217      $ 69,695   
 

 

 

 

Asset coverage per VRDP Shares at $100,000 liquidation value, end of period

  $ 355,119      $ 396,569      $ 379,749                               
 

 

 

 

 

  1    Based on average Common Shares outstanding.

 

  2    Determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations.

 

  3    Total investment returns based on market price, which can be significantly greater or less than the net asset value, may result in substantially different returns. Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of dividends and distributions.

 

  4    Aggregate total investment return.

 

  5    Annualized.

 

  6    For the six months ended October 31, 2013 and the years ended April 30, 2013 and April 30, 2012, the total expense ratio after fees waived and paid indirectly and excluding interest expense, fees, amortization of offering costs, liquidity and remarketing fees was 0.93%, 0.90% and 0.92%, respectively.

 

  7    Does not reflect the effect of dividends to AMPS Shareholders.

 

  8    Interest expense, fees and amortization of offering costs related to TOBs and/or VRDP Shares. See Note 3 and Note 9 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details of municipal bonds transferred to TOBs and VRDP Shares, respectively.

 

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Financial Highlights    BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc. (MQY)

 

    Six Months
Ended
October 31,
2013
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended April 30,    

Period
November 1,
2008 to

April 30,

2009

    Year Ended
October 31,
2008
 
      2013     2012     2011     2010      
             
Per Share Operating Performance           

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 16.83      $ 16.22      $ 13.72      $ 14.63      $ 13.27      $ 11.68      $ 14.88   
 

 

 

 

Net investment income1

    0.48        0.93        0.95        0.99        0.99        0.46        0.97   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (2.05     0.64        2.49        (0.94     1.23        1.51        (3.12
Dividends to AMPS shareholders from:              

Net investment income

                  (0.01     (0.04     (0.04     (0.04     (0.27

Net realized gain

                                              (0.03
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (1.57     1.57        3.43        0.01        2.18        1.93        (2.45
 

 

 

 
Dividends and distributions to Common Shareholders from:              

Net investment income

    (0.48     (0.96 )2      (0.93 )2      (0.92 )2      (0.82 )2      (0.34 )2      (0.68 )2 

Net realized gain

                                              (0.07 )2 
 

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions to Common Shareholders

    (0.48     (0.96     (0.93     (0.92     (0.82     (0.34     (0.75
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 14.78      $ 16.83      $ 16.22      $ 13.72      $ 14.63      $ 13.27      $ 11.68   
 

 

 

 

Market price, end of period

  $ 14.09      $ 16.94      $ 16.05      $ 13.15      $ 14.48      $ 12.32      $ 10.90   
 

 

 

 
             
Total Investment Return Applicable to Common Shareholders3           

Based on net asset value

    (9.19)% 4      9.86%        25.78%        0.10%        17.12%        17.07% 4      (16.79)%   
 

 

 

 

Based on market price

    (13.99)% 4      11.75%        29.85%        (3.06)%        24.86%        16.47% 4      (12.47)%   
 

 

 

 
             
Ratios to Average Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders           

Total expenses

    1.60% 5      1.53%        1.46%        1.21% 6      1.20% 6      1.43% 5,6      1.76% 6 
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly

    1.60% 5      1.53%        1.46%        1.21% 6      1.20% 6      1.42% 5,6      1.75% 6 
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly and excluding interest expense, fees and amortization of offering costs7

    1.33% 5      1.23% 8      1.19% 8      1.02% 6      1.02% 6      1.13% 5,6      1.10% 6 
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    6.26% 5      5.57%        6.29%        6.97% 6      6.98% 6      7.58% 5,6      6.89% 6 
 

 

 

 

Dividends to AMPS shareholders

                  0.08%        0.25%        0.28%        0.69% 5      1.92%   
 

 

 

 

Net investment income to Common Shareholders

    6.26%        5.57%        6.21%        6.72%        6.70%        6.89% 5      4.97%   
 

 

 

 
             
Supplemental Data           

Net assets applicable to Common Shareholders, end of period (000)

  $ 453,442      $ 515,995      $ 495,260      $ 418,346      $ 445,160      $ 403,796      $ 355,459   
 

 

 

 

AMPS outstanding at $25,000 liquidation preference, end of period (000)

                       $ 176,625      $ 176,625      $ 192,000      $ 192,000   
 

 

 

 

VRDP Shares outstanding at $100,000 liquidation value, end of period (000)

  $ 176,600      $ 176,600      $ 176,600                               
 

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover

    8%        15%        25%        12%        19%        13%        20%   
 

 

 

 

Asset coverage per AMPS at $25,000 liquidation preference,
end of period (000)

                       $ 84,217      $ 88,013      $ 77,582      $ 71,318   
 

 

 

 

Asset coverage per VRDP Shares at $100,000 liquidation value,
end of period

  $ 356,762      $ 392,183      $ 380,442                               
 

 

 

 

 

  1    Based on average Common Shares outstanding.

 

  2    Determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations.

 

  3    Total investment returns based on market price, which can be significantly greater or less than the net asset value, may result in substantially different returns. Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of dividends and distributions.

 

  4    Aggregate total investment return.

 

  5    Annualized.

 

  6    Does not reflect the effect of dividends to AMPS shareholders.

 

  7    Interest expense, fees and amortization of offering costs related to TOBs and VRDP Shares. See Note 3 and Note 9 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details of municipal bonds transferred to TOBs and VRDP Shares, respectively.

 

  8    For the six months ended October 31, 2013 and the years ended April 30, 2013 and April 30, 2012, the total expense ratio after fees waived and paid indirectly and excluding interest expense, fees, amortization of offering costs, liquidity and remarketing fees was 0.96%, 0.90% and 0.95%, respectively.

 

 

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Financial Highlights    BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc. (MQT)

 

    Six Months
Ended
October 31,
2013
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended April 30,    

Period

November 1,
2008 to
April 30,
2009

   

Year Ended
October 31,

2008

 
      2013     2012     2011     2010      
             
Per Share Operating Performance                                                        

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 14.68      $ 14.11      $ 11.85      $ 12.71      $ 11.55      $ 10.17      $ 13.17   
 

 

 

 

Net investment income1

    0.42        0.82        0.85        0.86        0.88        0.41        0.86   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (1.71     0.58        2.24        (0.89     1.04        1.31        (3.00
Dividends to AMPS Shareholders from              

Net investment income

                  (0.01     (0.02     (0.03     (0.04     (0.26

Net realized gain

                  (0.00 )2                             
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (1.29     1.40        3.08        (0.05     1.89        1.68        (2.40
 

 

 

 

Dividends to Common Shareholders from net investment income

    (0.42     (0.83 )3      (0.82 )3      (0.81 )3      (0.73 )3      (0.30 )3      (0.60 )3 
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 12.97      $ 14.68      $ 14.11      $ 11.85      $ 12.71      $ 11.55      $ 10.17   
 

 

 

 

Market price, end of period

  $ 11.94      $ 14.41      $ 13.93      $ 11.59      $ 12.52      $ 10.16      $ 8.75   
 

 

 

 
             
Total Investment Return Applicable to Common Shareholders4                                                   

Based on net asset value

    (8.55)%5        10.17%        26.85%        (0.36)%        17.15%        17.27% 5      (18.42)%   
 

 

 

 

Based on market price

    (14.24)%5        9.55%        28.04%        (1.07)%        31.18%        19.90% 5      (20.31)%   
 

 

 

 
             
Ratios to Average Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders                                                        

Total expenses

    1.58% 6      1.49%        1.31%        1.21% 7      1.21% 7      1.52% 6,7      1.80% 7 
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly

    1.58% 6      1.49%        1.31%        1.20% 7      1.21% 7      1.52% 6,7      1.79% 7 
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly and excluding interest expense, fees and amortization of offering costs8

    0.95% 6      0.90%        0.99% 9      1.03% 7      1.04% 7      1.18% 6,7      1.12% 7 
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    6.30% 6      5.62%        6.46%        7.00% 7      7.13% 7      7.86% 6,7      6.96% 7 
 

 

 

 

Dividends to AMPS Shareholders

                  0.08%        0.20%        0.23%        0.68% 6      2.08%   
 

 

 

 

Net investment income to Common Shareholders

    6.30%        5.62%        6.38%        6.80%        6.90%        7.18% 6      4.88%   
 

 

 

 
             
Supplemental Data                                                        

Net assets applicable, end of period (000)

  $ 292,620      $ 331,171      $ 317,278      $ 265,918      $ 284,395      $ 258,263      $ 227,551   
 

 

 

 

AMPS outstanding at $25,000 liquidation preference, end of period (000)

                       $ 116,575      $ 116,575      $ 128,250      $ 128,250   
 

 

 

 

VMTP Shares outstanding at $100,000 liquidation value, end of period (000)

  $ 116,500      $ 116,500      $ 116,500                               
 

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover

    10%        15%        20%        10%        25%        9%        17%   
 

 

 

 

Asset coverage per AMPS at $25,000 liquidation preference,
end of period (000)

                       $ 82,031      $ 85,994      $ 75,349      $ 69,420   
 

 

 

 

Asset coverage per VMTP Shares at $100,000 liquidation value, end of period

  $ 351,176      $ 384,267      $ 372,342                               
 

 

 

 

 

  1    Based on average Common Shares outstanding.

 

  2    Amount is greater than $(0.005) per share.

 

  3    Determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations.

 

  4    Total investment returns based on market price, which can be significantly greater or less than the net asset value, may result in substantially different returns. Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of dividends and distributions.

 

  5    Aggregate total investment return.

 

  6    Annualized.

 

  7    Does not reflect the effect of dividends to AMPS Shareholders.

 

  8    Interest expense, fees and amortization of offering costs related to TOBs and VMTP Shares. See Note 3 and Note 9 of the Notes to Financial Statements for details of municipal bonds transferred to TOBs and VMTP Shares, respectively.

 

  9    For the year ended April 30, 2012, the total expense ratio after fees waived and paid indirectly and excluding interest expense, fees, amortization of offering costs, liquidity and remarketing fees was 0.95%.

 

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1. Organization:

BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc. (“MYD”), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc. (“MQY”) and BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc. (“MQT”) (each, a “Fund”, and collectively the “Funds”) are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as non-diversified, closed-end management investment companies. The Funds are organized as Maryland corporations. The Boards of Directors of the Funds are collectively referred to throughout this report as the “Board of Directors” or the “Board” and the directors, thereof are collectively referred to throughout this report as “Directors”. The Funds determine and make available for publication the NAVs of their Common Shares on a daily basis.

2. Significant Accounting Policies:

The Funds’ financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Funds:

Valuation: US GAAP defines fair value as the price the Funds would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Funds determine the fair values of their instruments at market value using independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by the Board. The BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee (the “Global Valuation Committee”) is the committee formed by management to develop global pricing policies and procedures and to provide oversight of the pricing function for the Funds for all financial instruments.

Municipal investments (including commitments to purchase such investments on a “when-issued” basis) are valued on the basis of prices provided by dealers or pricing services. In determining the value of a particular investment, pricing services may use certain information with respect to transactions in such investments, quotations from dealers, pricing matrixes, market transactions in comparable investments and information with respect to various relationships between investments. Financial futures contracts traded on exchanges are valued at their last sale price. Investments in open-end registered investment companies are valued at net asset value each business day. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

In the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Global Valuation Committee or its delegate, in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value (“Fair Value Assets”). When determining the price for Fair Value Assets, the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, seeks to determine the price that each Fund might reasonably expect to receive from the current sale of that asset in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Global Valuation Committee or its delegate deem relevant consistent with the principals of fair value measurement, which include the market approach, income approach and/or in the case of recent investments, the cost approach, as appropriate. The market approach generally consists of using comparable market transactions. The income approach generally is used to discount future cash flows to present value and is adjusted for liquidity as appropriate. These factors include but are not limited to: (i) attributes specific to the investment or asset; (ii) the principal market for the investment or asset; (iii) the customary participants in the principal market for the investment or asset; (iv) data assumptions by market participants for the investment or asset, if reasonably available; (v) quoted prices for similar investments or assets in active markets; and (vi) other factors, such as future cash flows, interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks, recovery rates, liquidation amounts and/or default rates. Due to the inherent uncertainty of valuations of such investments, the fair values may differ from the values that would have been used had an active market existed. The Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, employs various methods for calibrating valuation approaches for investments where an active market does not exist, including regular due diligence of the Funds’ pricing vendors, regular reviews of key inputs and assumptions, transactional back-testing or disposition analysis to compare unrealized gains and losses to realized gains and losses, reviews of missing or stale prices and large movements in market values and reviews of any market related activity. The pricing of all Fair Value Assets is subsequently reported to the Board or a committee thereof on a quarterly basis.

Segregation and Collateralization: In cases in which the 1940 Act and the interpretive positions of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) require that each Fund either deliver collateral or segregate assets in connection with certain investments (e.g., TOBs, and financial futures contracts), each Fund will, consistent with SEC rules and/or certain interpretive letters issued by the SEC, segregate collateral or designate on their books and records cash or liquid securities having a market value at least equal to the amount that would otherwise be required to be physically segregated. Furthermore, based on requirements and agreements with certain exchanges and third party broker-dealers, a fund engaging in such transactions may have requirements to deliver/deposit securities to/with an exchange or broker-dealer as collateral for certain investments.

 

                
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Investment Transactions and Investment Income: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are entered into (the trade dates). Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on debt securities, is recognized on the accrual basis.

Dividends and Distributions: Dividends from net investment income are declared and paid monthly. Distributions of capital gains are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. The character and timing of dividends and distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from US GAAP. Dividends and distributions to Preferred Shareholders are accrued and determined as described in Note 9.

Income Taxes: It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of their taxable income to their shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.

Each Fund files US federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on the Funds’ US federal tax returns remains open for each of the four years ended April 30, 2013. The statutes of limitations on each Fund’s state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction. Management does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.

Deferred Compensation Plan: Under the Deferred Compensation Plan approved by each Fund’s Board, the independent Directors (“Independent Directors”) may defer a portion of their annual complex-wide compensation. Deferred amounts earn an approximate return as though equivalent dollar amounts had been invested in common shares of certain other BlackRock Closed-End Funds selected by the Independent Directors. This has the same economic effect for the Independent Directors as if the Independent Directors had invested the deferred amounts directly in certain other BlackRock Closed-End Funds.

The Plan is not funded and obligations thereunder represent general unsecured claims against the general assets of each Fund. Deferred compensation liabilities are included in officer’s and directors’ fees payable in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and will remain as a liability of the Funds until such amounts are distributed in accordance with the Plan.

Other: Expenses directly related to a Fund are charged to that Fund. Other operating expenses shared by several funds are pro rated among those funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods.

The Funds have an arrangement with the custodians whereby fees may be reduced by credits earned on uninvested cash balances, which, if applicable, are shown as fees paid indirectly in the Statements of Operations. The custodians impose fees on overdrawn cash balances, which can be offset by accumulated credits earned or may result in additional custody charges.

3. Securities and Other Investments:

Zero-Coupon Bonds: The Funds may invest in zero-coupon bonds, which are normally issued at a significant discount from face value and do not provide for periodic interest payments. Zero-coupon bonds may experience greater volatility in market value than similar maturity debt obligations which provide for regular interest payments.

Forward Commitments and When-Issued Delayed Delivery Securities: The Funds may purchase securities on a when-issued basis and may purchase or sell securities on a forward commitment basis. Settlement of such transactions normally occurs within a month or more after the purchase or sale commitment is made. The Funds may purchase securities under such conditions with the intention of actually acquiring them, but may enter into a separate agreement to sell the securities before the settlement date. Since the value of securities purchased may fluctuate prior to settlement, the Funds may be required to pay more at settlement than the security is worth. In addition, the Funds are not entitled to any of the interest earned prior to settlement. When purchasing a security on a delayed delivery basis, the Funds assume the rights and risks of ownership of the security, including the risk of price and yield fluctuations. In the event of default by the counterparty, the Funds’ maximum amount of loss is the unrealized appreciation of unsettled when-issued transactions, which is shown in the Schedules of Investments.

Municipal Bonds Transferred to TOBs: The Funds leverage their assets through the use of TOBs. A TOB is a special purpose entity established by a third party sponsor, into which a fund, or an agent on behalf of the funds, transfers municipal bonds into a trust (“TOB Trust”). Other funds managed by the investment advisor may also contribute municipal bonds to a TOB into which a Fund has contributed bonds. A TOB typically issues two classes of beneficial interests: short-term floating rate certificates (“TOB Trust Certificates”), which are sold to third party investors, and residual certificates (“TOB Residuals”), which are generally issued to the participating funds that contributed the municipal bonds to the TOB Trust. If multiple funds participate in the same TOB, the rights and obligations under the TOB Residual will be shared among the funds ratably in proportion to their participation.

The TOB Residuals held by a Fund include the right of a Fund (1) to cause the holders of a proportional share of the TOB Trust Certificates to tender their certificates at par plus accrued interest upon the occurrence of certain mandatory tender events defined in the TOB agreements, and

 

                
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(2) to transfer, subject to a specified number of days’ prior notice, a corresponding share of the municipal bonds from the TOB to a Fund. The TOB may also be collapsed without the consent of a Fund, as the TOB Residual holder, upon the occurrence of certain termination events as defined in the TOB agreements. Such termination events may include the bankruptcy or default of the municipal bond, a substantial downgrade in credit quality of the municipal bond, the inability of the TOB to obtain renewal of the liquidity support agreement, a substantial decline in market value of the municipal bond and a judgment or ruling that interest on the municipal bond is subject to federal income taxation. Upon the occurrence of a termination event, the TOB would generally be liquidated in full with the proceeds typically applied first to any accrued fees owed to the trustee, remarketing agent and liquidity provider, and then to the holders of the TOB Trust Certificates up to par plus accrued interest owed on the TOB Trust Certificates, with the balance paid out to the TOB Residual holder. During the six months ended October 31, 2013, no TOBs in which the Funds participated were terminated without the consent of the Funds.

The cash received by the TOB from the sale of the TOB Trust Certificates, less transaction expenses, is paid to a Fund. The Funds typically invests the cash received in additional municipal bonds. Each Fund’s transfer of the municipal bonds to a TOB Trust is accounted for as a secured borrowing: therefore the municipal bonds deposited into a TOB are presented in the Funds’ Schedules of Investments and the TOB Trust Certificates issued are shown in other liabilities in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The carrying amount of each Fund’s payable to the holder of the TOB Trust Certificates, as reported in Statements of Assets and Liabilities as TOB Trust Certificates approximates its fair value.

The Funds may invest in TOBs on either a non-recourse or recourse basis. TOB Trusts are typically supported by a liquidity facility provided by a bank or other financial institution (the “Liquidity Provider”) that allows the holders of the TOB Trust Certificates to tender their certificates in exchange for payment from the Liquidity Provider of par plus accrued interest on any business day prior to the occurrence of the termination events described above. When a Fund invests in TOBS on a non-recourse basis, and the Liquidity Provider is required to make a payment under the liquidity facility due to a termination event, the Liquidity Provider will typically liquidate all or a portion of the municipal securities held in the TOB Trust and then fund, on a net basis, the balance, if any, of the amount owed under the liquidity facility over the liquidation proceeds (the “Liquidation Shortfall”). If a Fund invests in a TOB on a recourse basis, the Fund will typically enter into a reimbursement agreement with the Liquidity Provider where the Fund is required to repay the Liquidity Provider the amount of any Liquidation Shortfall. As a result, a Fund investing in a recourse TOB will bear the risk of loss with respect to any Liquidation Shortfall. If multiple funds participate in any such TOB, these losses will be shared ratably, including the maximum potential amounts owed by the Funds at October 31, 2013, in proportion to their participation. The recourse TOB Trusts are identified in the Schedules of Investments including the maximum potential amounts owed by the Funds at October 31, 2013.

Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts, from the underlying municipal bonds is recorded by the Funds on an accrual basis. Interest expense incurred on the secured borrowing and other expenses related to remarketing, administration and trustee services to a TOB are shown as interest expense, fees and amortization of offering costs in the Statements of Operations. The TOB Trust Certificates have interest rates that generally reset weekly and their holders have the option to tender such certificates to the TOB for redemption at par at each reset date. At October 31, 2013, the aggregate value of the underlying municipal bonds transferred to TOBs, the related liability for TOB Trust Certificates and the range of interest rates on the liability for TOB Trust Certificates were as follows:

 

     Underlying
Municipal Bonds
Transferred to TOBs
    Liability
for TOB Trust
Certificates
    Range of
Interest Rates
 

MYD

  $ 298,826,445      $ 166,078,226        0.08% - 0.33%   

MQY

  $ 240,181,039      $ 124,839,701        0.08% - 0.36%   

MQT

  $ 152,364,031      $ 81,003,085        0.08% - 0.36%   

For the six months ended October 31, 2013, the Funds’ average TOB Trust Certificates outstanding and the daily weighted average interest rate, including fees, were as follows:

 

     Average TOB Trust
Certificates
Outstanding
    Daily Weighted
Average
Interest Rate
 

MYD

  $ 190,166,859        0.64

MQY

  $ 129,984,844        0.67

MQT

  $ 83,062,037        0.66

Should short-term interest rates rise, the Funds’ investments in TOBs may adversely affect the Funds’ net investment income and dividends to Common Shareholders. Also, fluctuations in the market value of municipal bonds deposited into the TOB Trust may adversely affect the Funds’ NAVs per share.

4. Derivative Financial Instruments:

The Funds engage in various portfolio investment strategies using derivative contracts both to increase the returns of the Funds and/or to economically hedge their exposure to certain risks such as credit risk, equity risk, interest rate risk, foreign currency exchange rate risk, commodity price risk or other risk (inflation risk). These contracts may be transacted on an exchange or over-the counter.

Financial Futures Contracts: The Funds purchase and/or sell financial futures contracts to gain exposure to, or economically hedge against, changes in interest rates (interest rate risk), changes in the value of

 

                
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equity securities (equity risk) or foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk). Financial futures contracts are agreements between the Funds and a counterparty to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying instrument at a specified price and at a specified date. Depending on the terms of the particular contract, financial futures contracts are settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash settlement amount on the settlement date. Upon entering into a financial futures contract, the Funds are required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on a contract’s size and risk profile. The initial margin deposit must then be maintained at an established level over the life of the contract. Securities deposited as initial margin are designated on the Schedules of Investments and cash deposited is recorded on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as cash pledged for financial futures contracts. Pursuant to the contract, the Funds agree to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in value of the contract. Such receipts or payments are known as variation margin Variation margin is recorded by the Funds as unrealized appreciation or depreciation and, if applicable, as a receivable or payable for variation margin in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, the Funds record a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. The use of financial futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of financial futures contracts, interest rates and the underlying assets.

 

 

The following is a summary of the Funds’ derivative financial instruments categorized by risk exposure:

 

  

Fair Values of Derivative Financial Instruments as of October 31, 2013  
    

Derivative Liabilities

 
    

 

   MYD      MQY      MQT  
      Statements of Assets
and Liabilities Location
   Value  
Interest rate contracts:            

Financial futures contracts

   Net unrealized depreciation1    $ (15,526    $ (27,587    $ (18,966
1    Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation on financial futures contracts as reported in the Schedules of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

The Effect of Derivative Financial Instruments in the Statements of Operations Six Months Ended October 31, 2013                     
Net Realized Gain From   MYD     MQY     MQT  
Interest rate contracts:      

Financial futures contracts

  $ 801,503      $ 530,126      $ 341,559   
    Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation on  
     MYD     MQY     MQT  
Interest rate contracts:      

Financial futures contracts

  $ 1,241,383      $ 283,085      $ 181,530   
     
For the period ended October 31, 2013, the average quarterly balances of outstanding derivative financial instruments were as follows:   
                       
     MYD     MQY     MQT  
Financial futures contracts:      

Average number of contracts sold

    98        40        28   

Average notional value of contracts sold

  $ 12,481,219      $ 5,094,375      $ 3,502,383   

 

Counterparty Credit Risk: A derivative contract may suffer a mark to market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

With exchange traded futures, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Funds since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against a possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, the Funds do not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default (including the bankruptcy or insolvency) of the clearing broker or clearinghouse. Additionally Credit risk still exists in exchange traded

 

                
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futures with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a clearing broker’s customer accounts. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients, typically the shortfall would be allocate on a pro rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Funds.

For financial reporting purposes, the Funds do not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

5. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates:

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is the largest stockholder and an affiliate, for 1940 Act purposes of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”).

Each Fund entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), the Funds’ investment advisor, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide investment advisory and administration services. The Manager is responsible for the management of each Fund’s portfolio and provides the necessary personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services necessary to the operations of each Fund. For such services, each Fund pays the Manager a monthly fee at an annual rate of each Fund’s average daily net assets at the following annual rates:

 

MYD

    0.50

MQY

    0.50

MQT

    0.50

Average daily net assets are the average daily value of each Fund’s total assets minus its total accrued liabilities.

The Manager voluntarily agreed to waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees each Fund pays to the Manager indirectly through its investment in affiliated money market funds. However, the Manager does not waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees paid in connection with each Fund’s investment in other affiliated investment companies, if any. These amounts waived or reimbursed are shown as fees waived by Manager in the Statements of Operations.

The Manager entered into a sub-advisory agreement with BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“BIM”), an affiliate of the Manager. The Manager pays BIM for services it provides, a monthly fee that is a percentage of the investment advisory fees paid by each Fund to the Manager.

Certain officers and/or Directors of the Funds are officers and/or directors of BlackRock or its affiliates. The Funds reimburse the Manager for compensation paid to the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer, which is included in officer and directors in the Statements of Operations.

6. Purchases and Sales:

Purchases and sales of investments excluding short-term securities for the six months ended October 31, 2013 were as follows:

 

     Purchases     Sales  

MYD

  $ 85,473,061      $ 128,586,307   

MQY

  $ 57,939,974      $ 68,096,350   

MQT

  $ 52,031,652      $ 51,479,190   

7. Income Tax Information:

As of April 30, 2013, the Funds had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains through the indicated expiration dates as follows:

 

Expires April 30,   MYD     MQT  

2016

  $ 11,743,926          

2017

    4,065,755      $ 2,624,082   

2018

    1,196,450        66,689   

2019

    479,687        1,774,764   

No expiration date1

    3,081,587          
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 20,567,405     $ 4,465,535   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

1    Must be utilized prior to losses subject to expiration.

As of October 31, 2013 gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

     MYD     MQY     MQT  

Tax cost

  $ 873,722,424      $ 603,907,774      $ 398,638,840   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

  $ 44,442,460      $ 31,249,479      $ 19,305,786   

Gross unrealized depreciation

    (27,456,053     (11,540,288     (8,261,645
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

  $ 16,986,407      $ 19,709,191      $ 11,044,141   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

8. Concentration, Market and Credit Risk:

Each Fund invests a substantial amount of their assets in issuers located in a single state or limited number of states. Please see the Schedules of Investments for concentrations in specific states or US territories.

 

                
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Many municipalities insure repayment of their bonds, which may reduce the potential for loss due to credit risk. The market value of these bonds may fluctuate for other reasons, including market perception of the value of such insurance, and there is no guarantee that the insurer will meet its obligation.

In the normal course of business, the Funds invest in securities and enter into transactions where risks exist due to fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of the issuer of a security to meet all its obligations (issuer credit risk). The value of securities held by the Funds may decline in response to certain events, including those directly involving the issuers whose securities are owned by the Funds; conditions affecting the general economy; overall market changes; local, regional or global political, social or economic instability; and currency and interest rate and price fluctuations. Similar to issuer credit risk, the Funds may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity with which the Funds have unsettled or open transactions may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments. The Funds manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that they believe have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Funds to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Funds’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is generally approximated by their value recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Funds.

As of October 31, 2013, MYD invested a significant portion of its assets in securities in the health sector. MQY and MQT each invested a significant portion of their assets in the county/city/special district/school district sector. Each Fund also invested a significant portion of its assets in the transportation sector. Changes in economic conditions affecting the health, county/city/special district/school district and transportation sectors would have a greater impact on the Funds and could affect the value, income and/or liquidity of positions in such securities.

The Funds may hold a significant amount of bonds subject to calls by the issuers at defined dates and prices. When bonds are called by issuers and the Funds reinvest the proceeds received, such investments may be in securities with lower yields than the bonds originally held, and correspondingly, could adversely impact the yield and total return performance of a fund.

9. Capital Share Transactions:

Each Fund is authorized to issue 200 million shares, all of which were initially classified as Common Shares. The par value for each Fund’s Common Shares is $0.10. The par value for each Fund’s Preferred Shares is $0.10. The Board is authorized, however, to reclassify any unissued Common Shares to Preferred Shares without approval of Common Shareholders.

Common Shares

For the periods shown, shares issued and outstanding increased by the following amounts as a result of dividend reinvestment:

 

    

Six Months Ended

October 31, 2013

   

Year Ended

April 30, 2013

 

MYD

    44,770        278,043   

MQY

    26,017        114,037   

MQT

           73,441   

Preferred Shares

Each Fund’s Preferred Shares rank prior to the Fund’s Common Shares as to the payment of dividends by the Fund and distribution of assets upon dissolution or liquidation of the Fund. The 1940 Act prohibits the declaration of any dividend on the Fund’s Common Shares or the repurchase of the Fund’s Common Shares if the Fund fails to maintain the asset coverage of at least 200% of the liquidation preference of the outstanding Preferred Shares. In addition, pursuant to the Preferred Shares’ governing instrument, the Fund is restricted from declaring and paying dividends on classes of shares ranking junior to or on parity with the Preferred Shares or repurchasing such shares if the Fund fails to declare and pay dividends on the Preferred Shares, redeem any Preferred Shares required to be redeemed under the Preferred Shares governing instrument or comply with the basic maintenance amount requirement of the rating agencies then rating the Preferred Shares.

The holders of Preferred Shares have voting rights equal to the holders of Common Shares (one vote per share) and will vote together with holders of Common Shares (one vote per share) as a single class. However, the holders of Preferred Shares, voting as a separate class, are also entitled to elect two Directors for each Fund. In addition, the 1940 Act requires that along with approval by shareholders that might otherwise be required, the approval of the holders of a majority of any outstanding Preferred Shares, voting separately as a class would be required to (a) adopt any plan of reorganization that would adversely affect the Preferred Shares, (b) change a Fund’s sub-classification as a closed-end investment company or change its fundamental investment restrictions or (c) change its business so as to cease to be an investment company.

VRDP Shares

MYD and MQY (collectively, the “VRDP Funds”), have issued Series W-7 VRDP Shares, $100,000 liquidation value per share, in a privately negotiated offering. The VRDP Shares were offered to qualified institutional buyers as defined pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and include a liquidity feature that allows the holders of VRDP Shares to have their shares purchased by the liquidity provider in the event of a failed remarketing. The VRDP Funds are required to redeem

 

                
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the VRDP Shares owned by the liquidity provider after six months of continuous, unsuccessful remarketing. Upon the occurrence of the first unsuccessful remarketing, the VRDP Funds are required to segregate liquid assets to fund the redemption. The VRDP Shares are subject to certain restrictions on transfer.

The VRDP Shares outstanding as of October 31, 2013 were as follows:

 

     Issue
Date
    Shares
Issued
    Aggregate
Principal
    Maturity
Date
 

MYD

    6/30/11        2,514      $ 251,400,000        7/01/41   

MQY

    9/15/11        1,766      $ 176,600,000        10/01/41   

The VRDP Funds entered into a fee agreement with the liquidity provider that require a per annum liquidity fee to be paid to the liquidity provider. MYD’s fee agreement also required an initial commitment fee to be paid to the liquidity provider. These fees are shown as liquidity fees in the Statements of Operations.

The fee agreement between MYD and the liquidity provider is for a 364- day term and is scheduled to expire on June 25, 2014, unless renewed or terminated in advance. The fee agreement between MQY and the liquidity provider that was scheduled to expire on March 15, 2013 was terminated in advance on November 29, 2012. On November 29, 2012, MQY entered into a new fee agreement with an alternate liquidity provider. The new fee agreement is scheduled to expire on December 4, 2014, unless renewed or terminated in advance. In addition, the remarketing agreement between MQY and the remarketing agent terminated on November 21, 2012. On November 21, 2012, MQY entered into a remarketing agreement with a new remarketing agent. The change in liquidity provider resulted in a mandatory tender of MQY’s VRDP Shares on November 28, 2012, which were successfully remarketed by the remarketing agent.

In the event the fee agreement is not renewed or is terminated in advance, and the VRDP Funds do not enter into a fee agreement with an alternate liquidity provider, the VRDP Shares will be subject to mandatory purchase by the liquidity provider prior to the termination of the fee agreement. The VRDP Funds are required to redeem any VRDP Shares purchased by the liquidity provider six months after the purchase date. Immediately after the purchase of any VRDP Shares by the liquidity provider, the VRDP Funds are required to begin to segregate liquid assets with the VRDP Fund’s custodian to fund the redemption. There is no assurance the VRDP Funds will replace such redeemed VRDP Shares with any other preferred shares or other form of leverage.

Each VRDP Fund is required to redeem its VRDP Shares on the maturity date, unless earlier redeemed or repurchased. Six months prior to the maturity date, each VRDP Fund is required to begin to segregate liquid assets with the Fund’s custodian to fund the redemption. In addition, VRDP Funds are required to redeem certain of its outstanding VRDP Shares if it fails to maintain certain asset coverage, basic maintenance amount or leverage requirements.

Subject to certain conditions, the VRDP Shares may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at any time at the option of VRDP Funds. The redemption price per VRDP Share is equal to the liquidation value per share plus any outstanding unpaid dividends.

Dividends on the VRDP Shares are payable monthly at a variable rate set weekly by the remarketing agent. Such dividend rates are generally based upon a spread over a base rate and cannot exceed a maximum rate. In the event of a failed remarketing, the dividend rate of the VRDP Shares will be reset to a maximum rate. The maximum rate is determined based on, among other things, the long-term preferred share rating assigned to the VRDP Shares and the length of time that the VRDP Shares fail to be remarketed. At the date of issuance, the VRDP Shares were assigned a long-term rating of Aaa from Moody’s and AAA from Fitch. Subsequent to the issuance of the VRDP Shares, Moody’s completed a review of its methodology for rating securities issued by registered closed-end funds. As of October 31, 2013, the VRDP Shares were assigned a long term rating of Aa1 from Moody’s under its new rating methodology. The VRDP Shares continue to be assigned a long-term rating of AAA from Fitch.

The short-term ratings on the VRDP Shares are directly related to the short-term ratings of the liquidity provider for such VRDP Shares. Changes in the credit quality of the liquidity provider could cause a change in the short-term credit ratings of the VRDP Shares as rated by Moody’s, Fitch and/or S&P. A change in the short-term credit rating of the liquidity provider or the VRDP Shares may adversely affect the dividend rate paid on such shares, although the dividend rate paid on the VRDP Shares is not directly related based upon either short-term rating. As of October 31, 2013, the short-term ratings of MQY’s liquidity provider and the VRDP Shares were P1, F1 and A1 as rated by Moody’s, Fitch and/or S&P, respectively, which is within the two highest rating categories and the short-term ratings of MYD’s liquidity provider and the VRDP Shares were P2, F1 and A1 as rated by Moody’s, Fitch and/or S&P, respectively, which is within the two highest rating categories. The liquidity provider may be terminated prior to the scheduled termination date if the liquidity provider fails to maintain short-term debt ratings in one of the two highest rating categories.

For financial reporting purposes, the VRDP Shares are considered debt of the issuer; therefore, the liquidation value which approximates fair value of the VRDP Shares is recorded as a liability in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Unpaid dividends are included in interest expense and fees payable in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, and the dividends accrued and paid on the VRDP Shares are included as a component of interest expense, fees and amortization of offering costs in the Statements of Operations. The VRDP Shares are treated as equity

 

                
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for tax purposes. Dividends paid to holders of the VRDP Shares are generally classified as tax-exempt income for tax-reporting purposes.

The VRDP Funds may incur remarketing fees of 0.10% on the aggregate principal amount of all the VRDP Shares, which, if any, are included in remarketing fees on Preferred Shares in the Statements of Operations. All of MYD and MQY’s VRDP Shares that were tendered for remarketing during the six months ended October 31, 2013 were successfully remarketed. The annualized dividend rates for the VRDP Shares for the six months ended October 31, 2013 were as follows:

 

     Rate  

MYD

    0.29

MQY

    0.18

VMTP Shares

MQT has issued Series W-7 VMTP Shares, $100,000 liquidation value per share, in a privately negotiated offering and sale of VMTP Shares exempt from registration under the Securities Act.

The VMTP Shares outstanding as of the six months ended October 31, 2013 were as follows:

 

     Issue Date     Shares
Issued
    Aggregate
Principal
    Term
Date
 

MQT

    12/16/11        1,165      $ 116,500,000        1/02/15   

MQT is required to redeem its VMTP Shares on the term date, unless earlier redeemed or repurchased or unless extended. There is no assurance that the term of MQT’s VMTP Shares will be extended or that MQT’s VMTP Shares will be replaced with any other preferred shares or other form of leverage upon the redemption or repurchase of the VMTP Shares. Six months prior to term date, MQT is required to begin to segregate liquid assets with its custodian to fund the redemption. In addition, MQT is required to redeem certain of its outstanding VMTP Shares if it fails to maintain certain asset coverage, basic maintenance amount or leverage requirements.

Subject to certain conditions, MQT’s VMTP Shares may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at any time at the option of MQT. The redemption price per VMTP Share is equal to the liquidation value per share plus any outstanding unpaid dividends and applicable redemption premium. If MQT redeems the VMTP Shares on a date that is one year or more prior to the term date and the VMTP Shares are rated above A1/A+ by Moody’s and Fitch, respectively, then such redemption is subject to a prescribed redemption premium (up to 3% of the liquidation preference) payable to the holder of the VMTP Shares based on the time remaining to the term date, subject to certain exceptions for redemptions that are required to maintain minimum asset coverage requirements. The VMTP Shares are subject to certain restrictions on transfer, and MQT may also be required to register the VMTP Shares for sale under the Securities Act under certain circumstances. In addition, amendments to the VMTP governing document generally require the consent of the holders of VMTP Shares.

Dividends on the VMTP Shares are declared daily and payable monthly at a variable rate set weekly at a fixed rate spread to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Municipal Swap Index (SIFMA). The fixed spread is determined based on the long-term preferred share rating assigned to the VMTP Shares by Moody’s and Fitch. At the date of issuance, the VMTP Shares were assigned long-term ratings of Aaa from Moody’s and AAA from Fitch. Subsequent to the issuance of the VMTP Shares, Moody’s completed a review of its methodology for rating securities issued by registered closed-end funds. As of October 31, 2013, the VMTP Shares were assigned a long-term rating of Aa1 from Moody’s under its new rating methodology. The VMTP Shares continue to be assigned a long-term rating of AAA from Fitch. The dividend rate on the VMTP Shares is subject to a step-up spread if the Fund fails to comply with certain provisions, including, among other things, the timely payment of dividends, redemptions or gross-up payments, and maintaining certain asset coverage and leverage requirements.

The average annualized dividend rates for the VMTP Shares for the six months ended October 31, 2013, were as follows:

 

     Rate  

MQT

    1.08

For financial reporting purposes, the VMTP Shares are considered debt of the issuer; therefore the liquidation value, which approximates fair value, of the VMTP Shares is recorded as a liability in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Unpaid dividends are included in interest expense and fees payable in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, and the dividends accrued and paid on the VMTP Shares are included as a component of interest expense, fees and amortization of offering costs in the Statements of Operations. The VMTP Shares are treated as equity for tax purposes. Dividends paid to holders of the VMTP Shares are generally classified as tax-exempt income for tax-reporting purposes.

VMTP Shares issued and outstanding remained constant for the six months ended October 31, 2013.

Offering Costs: The Funds incurred costs in connection with the issuance of VRDP Shares and/or VMTP Shares. For VRDP Shares, these costs were recorded as a deferred charge and will be amortized over the 30-year life of the VRDP Shares with the exception of upfront fees paid to the liquidity provider, which were amortized over the life of the liquidity agreement. For VMTP Shares, these costs were recorded as a deferred charge and will be amortized over the 3-year life of the VMTP Shares. Amortization of these costs is included in interest expense, fees and amortization of offering costs in the Statements of Operations.

 

                
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10. Subsequent Events:

Management’s evaluation of the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds’ financial statements was completed through the date the financial statements were issued and the following items were noted:

The Funds paid a net investment income dividend on December 2, 2013 to Common Shareholders of record on November 15, 2013 as follows:

 

     Common
Dividend
Per Share
 

MYD

  $ 0.08350   

MQY

  $ 0.08000   

MQT

  $ 0.07050   

Additionally, the Funds declared dividends and distributions on December 2, 2013 payable to Common Shareholders of record on December 13, 2013 as follows:

 

     Per Common Share  
     Tax-Exempt
Dividends
Declared
   

Ordinary
Dividends
Declared

    Long-Term
Capital Gains
Distributed
 

MYD

  $ 0.08050      $ 0.001825          

MQY

  $ 0.08000             $ 0.016209   

MQT

  $ 0.07050                 

The dividends declared on Preferred Shares for the period November 1, 2013 to November 30, 2013 were as follows:

 

     Series     Dividends
Declared
 

MYD VRDP Shares

    W-7      $ 56,617   

MQY VRDP Shares

    W-7      $ 23,660   

MQT VMTP Shares

    W-7      $ 101,786   

On December 10, 2013, regulators published final rules implementing section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Volcker Rule”), which prohibit banking entities from engaging in proprietary trading of certain instruments and limit such entities’ investments in, and relationships with, “covered funds, as defined in the rules.” Banking entities subject to the rules are required to fully comply by July 21, 2015. These rules may preclude banking entities and their affiliates from (i) sponsoring TOB trust programs (as such programs are presently structured) and (ii) continuing relationships with or services for existing TOB trust programs. As a result, TOB trusts may need to be restructured or unwound. There can be no assurances that TOB trusts can be restructured, that new sponsors of TOB trusts will develop, or that alternative forms of leverage will be available to the Funds. Any alternative forms of leverage may be more or less advantageous to the Funds than existing TOB leverage.

TOB transactions constitute an important component of the municipal bond market. Accordingly, implementation of the Volcker Rule may adversely impact the municipal market, including through reduced demand for and liquidity of municipal bonds and increased financing costs for municipal issuers. Any such developments could adversely affect the Funds. The ultimate impact of these rules on the TOB market and the overall municipal market is not yet certain.

 

                
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The Board of Directors (each, a “Board,” collectively, the “Boards,” and the members of which are referred to as “Board Members”) of BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc. (“MYD”), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc. (“MQY”) and BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc. (“MQT,” and together with MYD and MQY, each a “Fund,” and, collectively, the “Funds”) met in person on April 18, 2013 (the “April Meeting”) and June 4-5, 2013 (the “June Meeting”) to consider the approval of each Fund’s investment advisory agreement (each, an “Advisory Agreement”) with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), each Fund’s investment advisor. The Board of each Fund also considered the approval of the sub-advisory agreement (each, a “Sub-Advisory Agreement”) among the Manager, BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (the “Sub-Advisor”), and its Fund. The Manager and the Sub-Advisor are referred to herein as “BlackRock.” The Advisory Agreements and the Sub-Advisory Agreements are referred to herein as the “Agreements.”

Activities and Composition of the Board

Each Board consists of eleven individuals, nine of whom are not “interested persons” of such Fund as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) (the “Independent Board Members”). The Board Members are responsible for the oversight of the operations of the Funds and perform the various duties imposed on the directors of investment companies by the 1940 Act. The Independent Board Members have retained independent legal counsel to assist them in connection with their duties. The Chairman of each Board is an Independent Board Member. Each Board has established six standing committees: an Audit Committee, a Governance and Nominating Committee, a Compliance Committee, a Performance Oversight Committee, an Executive Committee, and a Leverage Committee, each of which is chaired by an Independent Board Member and composed of Independent Board Members (except for the Executive Committee and the Leverage Committee, each of which also has one interested Board Member).

The Agreements

Pursuant to the 1940 Act, the Boards are required to consider the continuation of the Agreements on an annual basis. The Boards have four quarterly meetings per year, each extending over two days, and a fifth one-day meeting to consider specific information surrounding the consideration of renewing the Agreements. In connection with this process, the Boards assessed, among other things, the nature, scope and quality of the services provided to the Funds by BlackRock, its personnel and its affiliates, including investment management, administrative and shareholder services, oversight of fund accounting and custody, marketing services, risk oversight, compliance and assistance in meeting applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

The Boards, acting directly and through their respective committees, considered at each of their meetings, and from time to time as appropriate, factors that are relevant to their annual consideration of the renewal of the Agreements, including the services and support provided by BlackRock to the Funds and their shareholders. Among the matters the Boards considered were: (a) investment performance for one-year, three-year, five-year and/or since inception periods, as applicable, against peer funds, and applicable benchmarks, if any, as well as senior management’s and portfolio managers’ analysis of the reasons for any over-performance or underperformance against their peers and/or benchmark, as applicable; (b) fees, including advisory, administration, if applicable, and other amounts paid to BlackRock and its affiliates by the Funds for services such as call center; (c) Fund operating expenses and how BlackRock allocates expenses to the Funds; (d) the resources devoted to, risk oversight of, and compliance reports relating to, implementation of the Funds’ investment objectives, policies and restrictions; (e) the Funds’ compliance with their Code of Ethics and other compliance policies and procedures; (f) the nature, cost and character of non-investment management services provided by BlackRock and its affiliates; (g) BlackRock’s and other service providers’ internal controls and risk and compliance oversight mechanisms; (h) BlackRock’s implementation of the proxy voting policies approved by the Boards; (i) execution quality of portfolio transactions; (j) BlackRock’s implementation of the Funds’ valuation and liquidity procedures; (k) an analysis of management fees for products with similar investment objectives across the open-end fund, closed-end fund and institutional account product channels, as applicable; (l) BlackRock’s compensation methodology for its investment professionals and the incentives it creates; and (m) periodic updates on BlackRock’s business.

The Boards have engaged in an ongoing strategic review with BlackRock of opportunities to consolidate funds and of BlackRock’s commitment to investment performance. In addition, the Boards requested and BlackRock provided an analysis of fair valuation and stale pricing policies. BlackRock also furnished information to the Boards in response to specific questions. These questions covered issues such as BlackRock’s profitability, investment performance and management fee levels. The Boards further considered the importance of: (i) organizational and structural variables to investment performance; (ii) rates of portfolio turnover; (iii) BlackRock’s performance accountability for portfolio managers; (iv) marketing support for the funds; (v) services provided to the Funds by BlackRock affiliates; and (vi) BlackRock’s oversight of relationships with third party service

providers.

The Board of each Fund considered BlackRock’s efforts during the past year with regard to refinancing outstanding AMPS, as well as ongoing time and resources devoted to other forms of preferred shares and alternative leverage. As of the date of this report, the Funds have redeemed 100% of their outstanding AMPS.

 

                
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Board Considerations in Approving the Agreements

The Approval Process: Prior to the April Meeting, the Boards requested and received materials specifically relating to the Agreements. The Boards are engaged in a process with its independent legal counsel and BlackRock to review the nature and scope of the information provided to better assist their deliberations. The materials provided in connection with the April Meeting included (a) information independently compiled and prepared by Lipper, Inc. (“Lipper”) on Fund fees and expenses as compared with a peer group of funds as determined by Lipper (“Expense Peers”) and the investment performance of the Funds as compared with a peer group of funds as determined by Lipper1 and a customized peer group selected by BlackRock; (b) information on the profits realized by BlackRock and its affiliates pursuant to the Agreements and a discussion of fall-out benefits to BlackRock and its affiliates; (c) a general analysis provided by BlackRock concerning investment management fees charged to other clients, such as institutional clients and open-end funds, under similar investment mandates, as applicable; (d) review of non-management fees; (e) the existence, impact and sharing of potential economies of scale; (f) a summary of aggregate amounts paid by each Fund to BlackRock and (g) if applicable, a comparison of management fees to similar BlackRock closed-end funds, as classified by Lipper.

At the April Meeting, the Boards reviewed materials relating to their consideration of the Agreements. As a result of the discussions that occurred during the April Meeting, and as a culmination of the Boards’ year-long deliberative process, the Boards presented BlackRock with questions and requests for additional information. BlackRock responded to these requests with additional written information in advance of the June Meeting.

At the June Meeting, each Board, including the Independent Board Members, unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreement between the Manager and its Fund, and the Sub-Advisory Agreement among the Manager, the Sub-Advisor, and its Fund, each for a one-year term ending June 30, 2014. In approving the continuation of the Agreements, the Boards considered: (a) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BlackRock; (b) the investment performance of the Funds and BlackRock; (c) the advisory fee and the cost of the services and profits to be realized by BlackRock and its affiliates from their relationship with the Funds; (d) the Funds’ costs to investors compared to the costs of Expense Peers and performance compared to the relevant performance comparison as previously discussed; (e) economies of scale; (f) fall-out benefits to BlackRock as a result of its relationship with the Funds; and (g) other factors deemed relevant by the Board Members.

The Boards also considered other matters they deemed important to the approval process, such as payments made to BlackRock or its affiliates relating to securities lending, services related to the valuation and pricing of Fund portfolio holdings, direct and indirect benefits to BlackRock and its affiliates from their relationship with the Funds and advice from independent legal counsel with respect to the review process and materials submitted for the Boards’ review. The Boards noted the willingness of BlackRock personnel to engage in open, candid discussions with the Boards. The Boards did not identify any particular information as determinative, and each Board Member may have attributed different weights to the various items considered.

A. Nature, Extent and Quality of the Services Provided by BlackRock: The Boards, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the nature, extent and quality of services provided by BlackRock, including the investment advisory services and the resulting performance of the Funds. Throughout the year, the Boards compared Fund performance to the performance of a comparable group of closed-end funds and/or the performance of a relevant benchmark, if any. The Boards met with BlackRock’s senior management personnel responsible for investment operations, including the senior investment officers. Each Board also reviewed the materials provided by its Fund’s portfolio management team discussing the Fund’s performance and the Fund’s investment objective, strategies and outlook.

The Boards considered, among other factors, with respect to BlackRock: the number, education and experience of investment personnel generally and their Funds’ portfolio management teams; investments by portfolio managers in the funds they manage; portfolio trading capabilities; use of technology; commitment to compliance; credit analysis capabilities; risk analysis and oversight capabilities; and the approach to training and retaining portfolio managers and other research, advisory and management personnel. The Boards engaged in a review of BlackRock’s compensation structure with respect to their Funds’ portfolio management teams and BlackRock’s ability to attract and retain high-quality talent and create performance incentives.

In addition to advisory services, the Boards considered the quality of the administrative and other non-investment advisory services provided to the Funds. BlackRock and its affiliates provide the Funds with certain services (in addition to any such services provided to the Funds by third parties) and officers and other personnel as are necessary for the operations of the Funds. In particular, BlackRock and its affiliates provide the Funds with the following administrative services including, among others: (i) preparing disclosure documents, such as the prospectus, the summary prospectus (as applicable) and the statement of additional information in connection with the initial public offering and

 

 

1    Lipper ranks funds in quartiles, ranging from first to fourth, where first is the most desirable quartile position and fourth is the least desirable.

 

 

                
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periodic shareholder reports; (ii) preparing communications with analysts to support secondary market trading of the Funds; (iii) assisting with daily accounting and pricing; (iv) preparing periodic filings with regulators and stock exchanges; (v) overseeing and coordinating the activities of other service providers; (vi) organizing Board meetings and preparing the materials for such Board meetings; (vii) providing legal and compliance support; (viii) furnishing analytical and other support to assist the Boards in their consideration of strategic issues such as the merger or consolidation of certain closed-end funds; and (ix) performing other administrative functions necessary for the operation of the Funds, such as tax reporting, fulfilling regulatory filing requirements and call center services. The Boards reviewed the structure and duties of BlackRock’s fund administration, shareholder services, legal and compliance departments and considered BlackRock’s policies and procedures for assuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

B. The Investment Performance of the Funds and BlackRock: Each Board, including the Independent Board Members, also reviewed and considered the performance history of its Funds. In preparation for the April Meeting, the Boards worked with its independent legal counsel, BlackRock and Lipper to develop a template for, and were provided with reports independently prepared by Lipper, which included a comprehensive analysis of each Fund’s performance. The Boards also reviewed a narrative and statistical analysis of the Lipper data that was prepared by BlackRock, which analyzed various factors that affect Lipper’s rankings. In connection with their review, each Board received and reviewed information regarding the investment performance, based on net asset value (NAV), of its Fund as compared to other funds in its applicable Lipper category and the customized peer group selected by BlackRock. The Boards were provided with a description of the methodology used by Lipper to select peer funds and periodically meets with Lipper representatives to review their methodology. Each Board and its Performance Oversight Committee regularly review, and meet with Fund management to discuss, the performance of its Fund throughout the year.

The Board of MYD noted that MYD ranked in the first quartile against its Customized Lipper Peer Group Composite for each of the one-, three- and five-year periods reported.

The Board of MQY noted that MQY ranked in the second, second and first quartiles against its Customized Lipper Peer Group Composite for the one-, three- and five-year periods reported, respectively.

The Board of MQT noted that MQT ranked in the second, first and second quartiles against its Customized Lipper Peer Group Composite for the one-, three- and five-year periods reported, respectively.

BlackRock believes that the Customized Lipper Peer Group Composite is an appropriate performance metric for each Fund in that it measures a blend of total return and yield.

The Boards noted that BlackRock has recently made, and continues to make, changes to the organization of BlackRock’s overall portfolio management structure designed to result in strengthened leadership teams.

C. Consideration of the Advisory/Management Fees and the Cost of the Services and Profits to be Realized by BlackRock and its Affiliates from their Relationship with the Funds: Each Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed its Fund’s contractual management fee rate compared with the other funds in its Lipper category. The contractual management fee rate represents a combination of the advisory fee and any administrative fees, before taking into account any reimbursements or fee waivers. Each Board also compared its Fund’s total net operating expense ratio, as well as actual management fee rate, to those of other funds in its Lipper category. The total net operating expense ratio and actual management fee rate both give effect to any expense reimbursements or fee waivers that benefit the funds. The Boards considered the services provided and the fees charged by BlackRock to other types of clients with similar investment mandates, including institutional accounts.

The Boards received and reviewed statements relating to BlackRock’s financial condition. The Boards were also provided with a profitability analysis that detailed the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by BlackRock for services provided to the Funds. The Boards reviewed BlackRock’s profitability with respect to the Funds and other funds the Boards currently oversee for the year ended December 31, 2012 compared to available aggregate profitability data provided for the prior two years. The Boards reviewed BlackRock’s profitability with respect to certain other fund complexes managed by the Manager and/or its affiliates. The Boards reviewed BlackRock’s assumptions and methodology of allocating expenses in the profitability analysis, noting the inherent limitations in allocating costs among various advisory products. The Boards recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors including, among other things, fee waivers and expense reimbursements by the Manager, the types of funds managed, precision of expense allocations and business mix. As a result, comparing profitability is difficult.

The Boards noted that, in general, individual fund or product line profitability of other advisors is not publicly available. The Boards reviewed BlackRock’s overall operating margin, in general, compared to that of certain other publicly-traded asset management firms. The Boards considered the differences between BlackRock and these other firms, including the contribution of technology at BlackRock, BlackRock’s expense management, and the relative product mix.

 

                
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In addition, the Boards considered the cost of the services provided to the Funds by BlackRock, and BlackRock’s and its affiliates’ profits relating to the management of the Funds and the other funds advised by BlackRock and its affiliates. As part of its analysis, the Boards reviewed BlackRock’s methodology in allocating its costs to the management of the Funds. The Boards also considered whether BlackRock has the financial resources necessary to attract and retain high quality investment management personnel to perform its obligations under the Agreements and to continue to provide the high quality of services that is expected by the Boards.

The Board of each Fund noted that its respective Fund’s contractual management fee rate ranked in the first quartile relative to the Fund’s Expense Peers.

D. Economies of Scale: Each Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of its Fund increase. Each Board also considered the extent to which its Fund benefits from such economies and whether there should be changes in the advisory fee rate or breakpoint structure in order to enable the Fund to participate in these economies of scale, for example through the use of breakpoints in the advisory fee based upon the asset level of the Fund.

Based on the Boards’ review and consideration of the issue, the Boards concluded that most closed-end funds do not have fund level breakpoints because closed-end funds generally do not experience substantial growth after the initial public offering. They are typically priced at scale at a fund’s inception. The Boards noted that only one closed-end fund in the Fund Complex has breakpoints in its advisory fee

structure.

E. Other Factors Deemed Relevant by the Board Members: The Boards, including the Independent Board Members, also took into account other ancillary or “fall-out” benefits that BlackRock or its affiliates may derive from their respective relationships with the Funds, both tangible and intangible, such as BlackRock’s ability to leverage its investment professionals who manage other portfolios and risk management personnel, an increase in BlackRock’s profile in the investment advisory community, and the engagement of BlackRock’s affiliates as service providers to the Funds, including securities lending and cash management services. The Boards also considered BlackRock’s overall operations and its efforts to expand the scale of, and improve the quality of, its operations. The Boards also noted that BlackRock may use and benefit from third party research obtained by soft dollars generated by certain registered fund transactions to assist in managing all or a number of its other client accounts. The Boards further noted that they had considered the investment by BlackRock’s funds in exchange traded funds (i.e., ETFs) without any offset against the management fees payable by the funds to BlackRock.

In connection with its consideration of the Agreements, the Boards also received information regarding BlackRock’s brokerage and soft dollar practices. The Boards received reports from BlackRock which included information on brokerage commissions and trade execution practices throughout the year.

The Boards noted the competitive nature of the closed-end fund marketplace, and that shareholders are able to sell their Fund shares in the secondary market if they believe that the Fund’s fees and expenses are too high or if they are dissatisfied with the performance of the Fund.

The Boards also considered the various notable initiatives and projects BlackRock performed in connection with its closed-end fund product line. These initiatives included completion of the refinancing of auction rate preferred securities; efforts to eliminate product overlap with fund mergers; ongoing services to manage leverage that has become increasingly complex; share repurchases and other support initiatives for certain BlackRock funds; and continued communications efforts with shareholders, fund analysts and financial advisers. With respect to the latter, the Independent Board Members noted BlackRock’s continued commitment to supporting the secondary market for the common shares of its closed-end funds through a comprehensive secondary market communication program designed to raise investor and analyst awareness and understanding of closed-end funds. BlackRock’s support services included, among other things: continuing communications concerning the refinancing efforts related to auction rate preferred securities; sponsoring and participating in conferences; communicating with closed-end fund analysts covering the BlackRock funds throughout the year; providing marketing and product updates for the closed-end funds; and maintaining and enhancing its closed-end fund website.

Conclusion

Each Board, including the Independent Board Members, unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreement between the Manager and its Fund for a one-year term ending June 30, 2014, and the Sub-Advisory Agreement among the Manager, the Sub-Advisor, and its Fund for a one-year term ending June 30, 2014. Based upon its evaluation of all of the aforementioned factors in their totality, the Boards, including the Independent Board Members, were satisfied that the terms of the Agreements were fair and reasonable and in the best interest of the Funds and their shareholders. In arriving at their decision to approve the Agreements, the Boards did not identify any single factor or group of factors as all-important or controlling, but considered all factors together, and different Board Members may have attributed different weights to the various factors considered. The Independent Board Members were also assisted by the advice of independent legal counsel in making these determinations. The contractual fee arrangements for the Funds reflect the results of several years of review by the Board Members and predecessor Board Members, and discussions between such Board Members (and predecessor Board Members) and BlackRock. As a result, the Board Members’ conclusions may be based in part on their consideration of these arrangements in prior years.

 

                
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Officers and Directors     

 

Richard E. Cavanagh, Chairman of the Board and Director

Karen P. Robards, Vice Chairperson of the Board, Chairperson of the Audit Committee and Director

Paul L. Audet, Director

Michael J. Castellano, Director and Member of the Audit Committee

Frank J. Fabozzi, Director and Member of the Audit Committee

Kathleen F. Feldstein, Director

James T. Flynn, Director and Member of the Audit Committee

Henry Gabbay, Director

Jerrold B. Harris, Director

R. Glenn Hubbard, Director

W. Carl Kester, Director and Member of the Audit Committee

John M. Perlowski, President and Chief Executive Officer

Brendan Kyne, Vice President

Robert W. Crothers Vice President

Neal Andrews, Chief Financial Officer

Jay Fife, Treasurer

Brian Kindelan, Chief Compliance Officer and Anti-Money Laundering Officer

Janey Ahn, Secretary

 

Investment Advisor

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

Wilmington, DE 19809

Sub-Advisor

BlackRock Investment Management, LLC

Princeton, NJ 08540

Custodians

The Bank of New York Mellon1

New York, NY 10286

State Street Bank and Trust Company2

Boston, MA 02110

Transfer Agent

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

Canton, MA 02021

VRDP Tender and Paying Agent and

VMTP Redemption and Paying Agent

The Bank of New York Mellon

New York, NY 10289

VRDP Remarketing Agents

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated3

New York, NY 10036

Barclays Capital Inc.2

New York, NY 10019

VRDP Liquidity Providers

Bank of America, N.A.3

New York, NY 10036

Barclays Bank PLC2

New York, NY 10019

Accounting Agent

State Street Bank and Trust Company

Boston, MA 02110

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Boston, MA 02116

Legal Counsel

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

New York, NY 10036

Address of the Funds

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

 

  1    For MYD and MQT.

 

  2    For MQY.

 

  3    For MYD.

 

                
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Additional Information     

 

Proxy Results      

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on July 30, 2013 for shareholders of record on June 3, 2013 to elect director nominees for each Fund. There were no broker non-votes with regard to any of the Funds.

Approved the Directors as follows:

 

     

Paul L. Audet

  

Michael J. Castellano

  

Richard E. Cavanagh

      Votes For    Votes
Withheld
   Abstain    Votes For    Votes
Withheld
   Abstain    Votes For    Votes
Withheld
   Abstain

MYD

   40,913,911    1,363,728    0    40,878,569    1,399,070    0    40,916,911    1,360,728    0

MQY

   27,277,148    1,069,144    0    27,175,630    1,170,662    0    27,274,897    1,071,395    0

MQT

   18,123,434    418,672    0    18,148,571    393,535    0    18,134,261    407,845    0
    

Frank J. Fabozzi¹

  

Kathleen F. Feldstein

  

James T. Flynn

      Votes For    Votes
Withheld
   Abstain    Votes For    Votes
Withheld
   Abstain    Votes For    Votes
Withheld
   Abstain

MYD

   2,514    0    0    40,769,726    1,507,913    0    40,815,756    1,461,883    0

MQY

   1,766    0    0    27,145,456    1,200,836    0    27,181,328    1,164,964    0

MQT

   1,165    0    0    17,973,191    568,915    0    18,082,338    459,768    0
    

Henry Gabbay

  

Jerrold B. Harris

  

R. Glenn Hubbard

      Votes For    Votes
Withheld
   Abstain    Votes For    Votes
Withheld
   Abstain    Votes For    Votes
Withheld
   Abstain

MYD

   40,912,796    1,364,843    0    40,804,719    1,472,920    0    40,831,767    1,445,872    0

MQY

   27,239,407    1,106,885    0    27,236,842    1,109,450    0    27,154,248    1,192,044    0

MQT

   18,138,348    403,758    0    18,103,668    438,438    0    18,045,925    496,182    0
    

W. Carl Kester¹

  

Karen P. Robards

    
      Votes For    Votes
Withheld
   Abstain    Votes For    Votes
Withheld
   Abstain               

MYD

   2,514    0    0    40,930,483    1,347,156    0         

MQY

   1,766    0    0    27,219,639    1,126,653    0         

MQT

   1,165    0    0    18,143,080    399,026    0               

 

  ¹   Voted on by holders of Preferred Shares only.

 

                
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Additional Information (continued)     

 

Regulation Regarding Derivatives      

 

Effective December 31, 2012, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) adopted certain regulatory changes that subject registered investment companies and advisers to registered investment companies to regulation by the CFTC if a fund invests more than a prescribed level of its net assets in CFTC-regulated futures, options and swaps (“CFTC Derivatives”), or if a fund markets itself as providing investment exposure to such instruments. To the extent a Fund uses CFTC Derivatives, it intends to do so below such prescribed levels and will not market itself as a “commodity pool” or a vehicle for trading such instruments. Accordingly, BlackRock Advisors, LLC has claimed an exclusion from the definition of the term “commodity pool operator” under the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”) pursuant to Rule 4.5 under the CEA. BlackRock Advisors, LLC is not, therefore, subject to registration or regulation as a “commodity pool operator” under the CEA in respect to each Fund.

 

Dividend Policy      

 

Each Fund’s dividend policy is to distribute all or a portion of its net investment income to its shareholders on a monthly basis. In order to provide shareholders with a more stable level of dividend distributions, the Funds may at times pay out less than the entire amount of net investment income earned in any particular month and may at times in any particular month pay out such accumulated but undistributed income in addition to net investment income earned in that month. As a result, the dividends paid by the Funds for any particular month may be more or less than the amount of net investment income earned by the Funds during such month. The Funds’ current accumulated but undistributed net investment income, if any, is disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, which comprises part of the financial information included in this report.

 

General Information      

The Funds do not make available copies of their Statements of Additional Information because the Funds’ shares are not continuously offered, which means that the Statement of Additional Information of each Fund has not been updated after completion of the respective Fund’s offerings and the information contained in each Fund’s Statement of Additional Information may have become outdated.

During the period, there were no material changes in the Funds’ investment objectives or policies or to the Funds’ charters or by-laws that would delay or prevent a change of control of the Funds that were not approved by the shareholders or in the principal risk factors associated with investment in the Funds. There have been no changes in the persons who are primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds’ portfolio.

Quarterly performance, semi-annual and annual reports, current net asset value and other information regarding the Funds may be found on BlackRock’s website, which can be accessed at http://www.blackrock.com. This reference to BlackRock’s website is intended to allow investors public access to information regarding the Funds and does not, and is not intended to, incorporate BlackRock’s website in this report.

 

Electronic Delivery

Electronic copies of most financial reports are available on the Funds’ website or shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications of quarterly statements, annual and semi-annual reports by enrolling in the Funds’ electronic delivery program.

Shareholders Who Hold Accounts with Investment Advisors, Banks or Brokerages:

Please contact your financial advisor to enroll. Please note that not all investment advisors, banks or brokerages may offer this service.

Householding

The Funds will mail only one copy of shareholder documents, including annual and semi-annual reports and proxy statements, to shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address. This practice is commonly called “householding” and is intended to reduce expenses and eliminate duplicate mailings of shareholder documents. Mailings of your

shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please call the Funds at (800) 882-0052.

 

                
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Additional Information (concluded)     

 

General Information (concluded)      

 

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on how to access documents on the SEC’s website without charge may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330. The Funds’ Forms N-Q may also be obtained upon request and without charge by calling (800) 882-0052.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling (800) 882-0052; (2) at http://www.blackrock.com; and (3) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

Availability of Proxy Voting Record

Information about how the Funds voted proxies relating to securities held in the Funds’ portfolios during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available upon request and without charge (1) at http://www.blackrock.com or by calling (800) 882-0052 and (2) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

Availability of Fund Updates

BlackRock will update performance and certain other data for the Funds on a monthly basis on its website in the “Closed-end Funds” section of http://www.blackrock.com as well as certain other material information as necessary from time to time. Investors and others are advised to periodically check the website for updated performance information and the release of other material information about the Funds. This reference to BlackRock’s website is intended to allow investors public access to information regarding the Funds and does not, and is not intended to, incorporate BlackRock’s website in this report.

 

BlackRock Privacy Principles      

 

BlackRock is committed to maintaining the privacy of its current and former fund investors and individual clients (collectively, “Clients”) and to safeguarding their non-public personal information. The following information is provided to help you understand what personal information BlackRock collects, how we protect that information and why in certain cases we share such information with select parties.

If you are located in a jurisdiction where specific laws, rules or regulations require BlackRock to provide you with additional or different privacy-related rights beyond what is set forth below, then BlackRock will comply with those specific laws, rules or regulations.

BlackRock obtains or verifies personal non-public information from and about you from different sources, including the following: (i) information we receive from you or, if applicable, your financial intermediary, on applications, forms or other documents; (ii) information about your transactions with us, our affiliates, or others; (iii) information we receive from a consumer reporting agency; and (iv) from visits to our websites.

BlackRock does not sell or disclose to non-affiliated third parties any non public personal information about its Clients, except as permitted by law or as is necessary to respond to regulatory requests or to service Client accounts. These non-affiliated third parties are required to protect the confidentiality and security of this information and to use it only for its intended purpose.

We may share information with our affiliates to service your account or to provide you with information about other BlackRock products or services that may be of interest to you. In addition, BlackRock restricts access to non-public personal information about its Clients to those BlackRock employees with a legitimate business need for the information. BlackRock maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that are designed to protect the non-public personal information of its Clients, including procedures relating to the proper storage and disposal of such information.

 

                
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This report is transmitted to shareholders only. It is not a prospectus. Past performance results shown in this report should not be considered are presentation of future performance. The Funds have leveraged their Common Shares, which creates risks for Common Shareholders, including the likelihood of greater volatility of net asset value and market price of the Common Shares, and the risk that fluctuations in the short-term dividend rates of the Preferred Shares may reduce the Common Shares’ yield. Statements and other information herein are as dated and are subject to change.

 

 

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Item 2 – Code of Ethics – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report

 

Item 3 – Audit Committee Financial Expert – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report

 

Item 4 – Principal Accountant Fees and Services – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report

 

Item 5 – Audit Committee of Listed Registrants – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report

 

Item 6 – Investments

(a) The registrant’s Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Report to Stockholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

(b) Not Applicable due to no such divestments during the semi-annual period covered since the previous Form N-CSR filing.

 

Item 7 – Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report  

 

Item 8 – Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies
  (a) Not Applicable to this semi-annual report
  (b) As of the date of this filing, there have been no changes in any of the portfolio managers identified in the most recent annual report on Form N-CSR.

 

Item 9 – Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers – Not Applicable

 

Item 10 –  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders – There have been no material changes to these procedures.

 

Item 11 –  Controls and Procedures

(a) – The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(b) – There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12 –  Exhibits attached hereto

(a)(1) – Code of Ethics – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report

(a)(2) – Certifications – Attached hereto

(a)(3) – Not Applicable

(b) –  Certifications – Attached hereto

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc.
By:       /s/ John M. Perlowski                            
  John M. Perlowski
 

Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of

BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc.

Date: January 2, 2014

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:       /s/ John M. Perlowski                            
 

John M. Perlowski

Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of

BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc.

Date: January 2, 2014

 

By:       /s/ Neal J. Andrews                                
  Neal J. Andrews
 

Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of

BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc.

Date: January 2, 2014

 

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