BlackRock Municipal Income Trust Buyback
OLI recorded this information on 11/15/2023
Company: |
BlackRock Municipal Income Trust |
Buyback: |
BFK buyback |
Share Amount Authorized: |
5% of current outstanding shares |
Buyback Details: |
BlackRock Advisors, LLC announced today that the Boards of Directors/Trustees of fifty BlackRock municipal, taxable fixed income, equity, and multi-asset closed-end funds (the "Funds") have authorized the renewal of open market share repurchase programs (the "Repurchase Programs"). Under each Fund's current Repurchase Program, each Fund may repurchase, through November 30, 2023, up to 5% of its outstanding common shares (based on common shares outstanding on November 30, 2022) in open market transactions. Pursuant to the Boards' renewal of the Repurchase Programs, commencing on December 1, 2023, each Fund may repurchase up to 5% of its outstanding common shares (based on common shares outstanding on November 30, 2023) in open market transactions through November 30, 2024. The Repurchase Programs seek to enhance shareholder value by purchasing Fund shares trading at a discount from their net asset value ("NAV") per share, which could result in incremental accretion to a Fund's NAV. The Boards have authorized the renewal of a Repurchase Program for the following Funds: (data in chart) |
BlackRock Municipal Income Trust is a closed-end management investment company. The Trust investment objective is to provide current income exempt from regular United States federal income tax. The Trust seeks to attain its investment objective by investing primarily in municipal bonds that pay interest that is exempt from United States federal income taxes. The Trust invests, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in municipal bonds that are investment grade, or if unrated, deemed to be of comparable quality by the investment adviser, at the time of investment. The Trust may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives.
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