EX-99.17(F) 18 d578801dex9917f.htm AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO TRANSFER AGENCY & SERVICE AGREEMENT

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Exhibit 17(f)

Fourth Amendment to Transfer Agency and Service Agreement

This Fourth Amendment (“Amendment”), effective as of August 30, 2012 (“Effective Date”), is to the Transfer Agency and Service Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated December 1, 2006, by and among Computershare Inc., formerly known as Computershare Shareholder Services, Inc., and its fully owned subsidiary Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (collectively, “Transfer Agent”) and each of the BlackRock Closed-End Investment Companies listed on Exhibit C attached to the Agreement (each, a “Customer”).

WHEREAS, each Customer and the Transfer Agent are parties to the Agreement; and

WHEREAS, each Customer and the Transfer Agent desire to amend the Agreement upon the terms and conditions set forth herein;

NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

1. Amendment to Fee and Service Schedule for Stock Transfer Services. The Fee and Service Schedule Is hereby amended to extend the term to December 31, 2012.

2. BlackRock Municipal Target Term Trust is hereby added as a party to the Agreement.

3. In order that it may become a party to the Agreement, including, without limitation, any and all schedules and exhibits thereto, BlackRock Municipal Target Term Trust agrees and binds itself to the terms and conditions thereof and acknowledges that by its execution and delivery of this Amendment it shall assume all of the obligations and shall be entitled to all of the rights, duties and obligations of a Customer (as such term is defined in the Agreement), as if it were an original party thereto.

4. Exhibit C is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the new Exhibit C attached hereto as Schedule 1, which reflects the addition of BlackRock Municipal Target Term Trust as a party to the Agreement.

5. Section 16.3 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

“Amendments. This Agreement may be amended or modified by a written amendment executed by both parties hereto and, to the extent required by the Customer, authorized or approved by a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Customer. Notwithstanding anything in the first sentence of this Section 16.3 of the Agreement, the parties agree that on an ongoing basis, Exhibit C of this Agreement shall be amended without the need for a formal signed amendment to the Agreement so long as each party has received an updated Exhibit C (including for these purposes, in an electronic format) and has provided written confirmation of such amendment (including for these purposes, via E-mail from any of the respective authorized signatories of the parties).”

6. Limited Effect. Except as expressly modified herein, the Agreement shall continue to be and shall remain, in full force and effect and the valid and binding obligation of the parties thereto in accordance with its terms.

7. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

8. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by the Iaws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

IN WITNESS WHERE OF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers, hereunto duly agreed and authorized, as of the Effective Date.

BLACKROCK MUNICIPAL TARGET TERM TRUST
By:		/s/ Neal J. Andrews
Name:		Neal J. Andrews
Title:		CFO
Date:		7/18/12

BLACKROCK ADVISORS, LLC

On behalf of each of the BlackRock Closed-End Investment

Companies listed on Exhibit c attached to the Agreement

By:		/s/ Neal J. Andrews
Name:		Neal J. Andrews
Title:		NA
Date:		7/18/12

COMPUTERSHARE INC. and

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

On behalf of both entities

By:		/s/ Martin J. McHale
Name:		Martin J. McHale
Title:		President, US Equity Services
Date:		7/13/2012

Schedule 1

EXHIBIT C

Coy (Legacy Co. Code)		Company Name
BAF		BlackRock Municipal Income Investment Quality Trust
BBF		BlackRock Municipal Income Investment Trust
BBK		BlackRock Municipal Bond Trust
BBN		BlackRock Build America Bond Trust
BFK		BlackRock Municipal Income Trust
BFO		BlackRock Florida Municipal 2020 Term Trust
BFY		BlackRock New York Municipal income Trust II
BFZ		BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust
BGT		BlackRock Floating Rate income Trust
BHD		BlackRock Strategic Bond Trust
BHK		BlackRock Core Bond Trust
BHL		BlackRock Defined Opportunity Credit Trust
BHV		BlackRock Virginia Municipal Bond Trust
BHY		BJackRock High Yield Trust
BIE		BlackRock Municipal Bond Investment Trust
BJZ		BlackRock California Municipal 2018 Term Trust
BKK		BlackRock Municipal 2020 Term Trust
BKN		BlackRock investment Quality Municipal Trust Inc
BKT		BlackRock Income Trust Inc
BLE		BlackRock Municipal Income Trust II
BLH		BlackRock New York Municipal 2018 Term Trust
BLJ		BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Trust
BLW		BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust
BNA		BlackRock Income Opportunity Trust Inc
BNJ		BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Income Trust
BNY		BlackRock New York Municipal Income Trust
BPK		BlackRock Municipal 2018 Term Trust
BPP		BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust III
BPS		BlackRock Pennsylvania Strategic Municipal Trust
BQH		BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Trust
BSD		BlackRock Strategic Municipal Trust
BSE		BlackRock New York Municipal Income Quality Trust
BTA		BlackRock Long-Term Municipal Advantage Trust
BTT		BlackRock Municipal Target Term Trust
BTZ		BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust IV
BYM		BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust
BZM		BlackRock Maryland Municipal Bond Trust
COY		BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund Inc
CYE		BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund III Inc
DVF		BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund Inc
FRA		BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund Inc
FRB		BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund II
HIS		BlackRock High Income Shares
HYT		BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund VI Inc

Schedule 1

EXHIBIT C

HYV		BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund V Inc
MCA		BlackRock MuniYield Californio Quality Fund, Inc.
MEN		BlackRock Munienhanced Fund Inc
MNE		BlackRock Muni New York Intermediate Duration Fund
MPA		BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Quality Fund
MQY		BlackRock Muniyield Quality Fund Inc
MUE		BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund II, Inc.
MUI		BlackRock Muni Intermediate Duration Fund Inc
MYI		BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc.
PSW		BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust I, Inc.
PSY		BfackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust II, Inc.