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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-22-206143
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	POS EX
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220729
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220729
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20220729

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BLACKROCK MUNIHOLDINGS CALIFORNIA QUALITY FUND, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001051004
		IRS NUMBER:				223559052
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		POS EX
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-260147
		FILM NUMBER:		221119168

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY
		CITY:			WILMINGTON
		STATE:			DE
		ZIP:			19809
		BUSINESS PHONE:		800-441-7762

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY
		CITY:			WILMINGTON
		STATE:			DE
		ZIP:			19809

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BLACKROCK MUNIHOLDINGS CALIFORNIA INSURED FUND, INC.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20070611

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MUNIHOLDINGS CALIFORNIA INSURED FUND
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20000828

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MUNIHOLDINGS CALIFORNIA INSURED FUND II INC/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980120
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2022 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Securities Act File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-260147</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Investment Company Act File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;811-08573</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B></B>&#9744;<B></B><B> <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-Effective</FONT> Amendment No. ___ </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B></B>&#9746;<B></B><B> Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Check appropriate box or boxes) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BLACKROCK
MUNIHOLDINGS CALIFORNIA QUALITY FUND, INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>100 Bellevue Parkway </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Wilmington, Delaware 19809 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices: Number, Street, City, State, Zip Code) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(800) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">882-0052</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Area Code and Telephone Number) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>John M. Perlowski </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>President and Chief Executive Officer </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>55 East 52<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">nd </SUP>Street </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New York, New York 10055 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and Address of Agent for Service) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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copies to: </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Margery K. Neale, Esq.</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Elliot J. Gluck, Esq.</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Willkie Farr&nbsp;&amp; Gallagher LLP</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>787 Seventh Avenue</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New
York, New York 10019-6099</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Janey Ahn, Esq.</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BlackRock Advisors, LLC</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>55 East 52<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">nd</SUP> Street</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New York, New York 10055</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Part A &#150; Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Part B &#150; Statement of Additional Information, each in the form filed on December&nbsp;17, 2021
pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.333-260147),</FONT> are incorporated herein by reference. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Amendment is being filed in order to file, as Exhibit 12 to this Registration Statement, the Tax Opinion of Willkie Farr&nbsp;&amp; Gallagher LLP
regarding the reorganizations. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Indemnification </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Article V of the Registrant&#146;s Articles of Incorporation, a copy of which was filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-2</FONT> on December&nbsp;23, 1997, and Article IV of the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Bylaws, a copy of which was filed as an exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed
on September&nbsp;21, 2010, provides for indemnification, as set forth below: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Article V (Provisions for Defining, Limiting and Regulating Certain Powers
of the Corporation and of the Directors and Stockholders) of the Registrant&#146;s Articles of Incorporation provides as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">5.4 Each director and
each officer of the Corporation shall be indemnified and advanced expenses by the Corporation to the full extent permitted by the General Laws of the State of Maryland now or hereafter in force, including the advance of expenses under the procedures
and to the full extent permitted by law subject to the requirements of the Investment Company Act. The foregoing rights of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled. No
amendment of these Articles of Incorporation or repeal of any provision hereof shall limit or eliminate the benefits provided to directors and officers under this provision in connection with any act or omission that occurred prior to such amendment
or repeal. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">5.5 To the fullest extent permitted by the General Laws of the State of Maryland or decisional law, as amended or interpreted, subject to the
requirements of the Investment Company Act, no director or officer of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its security holders for money damages. No amendment of these Articles of Incorporation or repeal of any provision
hereof shall limit or eliminate the benefits provided to directors and officers under this provision in connection with any act or omission that occurred prior to such amendment or repeal. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Article IV of the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Bylaws provides as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;1. <U>No Personal Liability of Directors or Officers</U>. No Director, advisory board member or officer of the Fund shall be subject in such
capacity to any personal liability whatsoever to any Person, save only liability to the Fund or its shareholders arising from bad faith, willful misfeasance, gross negligence or reckless disregard for his or her duty to such Person; and, subject to
the foregoing exception, all such Persons shall look solely to the assets of the Fund for satisfaction of claims of any nature arising in connection with the affairs of the Fund. If any Director, advisory board member or officer, as such, of the
Fund, is made a party to any suit or proceeding to enforce any such liability, subject to the foregoing exception, such person shall not, on account thereof, be held to any personal liability. Any repeal or modification of the Charter or this
Article IV Section&nbsp;1 shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a Director, advisory board member or officer of the Fund existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such
repeal or modification. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;2. <U>Mandatory Indemnification</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Fund hereby agrees to indemnify each person who is or was a Director, advisory board member or officer of the Fund (each such person being an
&#147;<U>Indemnitee</U>&#148;) to the full extent permitted under the Charter. In addition, the Fund may provide greater but not lesser rights to indemnification pursuant to a contract approved by at least a majority of Directors between the Fund
and any Indemnitee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Indemnitee shall be indemnified hereunder against any liability to any person or any expense of such Indemnitee arising by reason of (i)&nbsp;willful misfeasance, (ii)&nbsp;bad faith,
(iii)&nbsp;gross negligence, or (iv)&nbsp;reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of the Indemnitee&#146;s position (the conduct referred to in such clauses (i)&nbsp;through (iv)&nbsp;being sometimes referred to herein as
&#147;<U>Disabling Conduct</U>&#148;). Furthermore, with respect to any action, suit or other proceeding voluntarily prosecuted by any Indemnitee as plaintiff, indemnification shall be mandatory only if the prosecution of such action, suit or other
proceeding by such Indemnitee (A)&nbsp;was authorized by a majority of the Directors or (B)&nbsp;was instituted by the Indemnitee to enforce his or her rights to indemnification hereunder in a case in which the Indemnitee is found to be entitled to
such indemnification. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise provided in any agreement relating to indemnification between an Indemnitee and
the Fund, no indemnification shall be made hereunder unless there has been a determination (i)&nbsp;by a final decision on the merits by a court or other body of competent jurisdiction before whom the issue of entitlement
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to indemnification hereunder was brought that such Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification hereunder or, (ii)&nbsp;in the absence of such a decision, by (A)&nbsp;a majority vote of a quorum of
those Directors who are both Independent Directors and not parties to the proceeding (&#147;<U>Independent <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Party</FONT> Directors</U>&#148;), that the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification hereunder, or
(B)&nbsp;if such quorum is not obtainable or even if obtainable, if such majority so directs, a Special Counsel in a written opinion concludes that the Indemnitee should be entitled to indemnification hereunder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Subject to any limitations provided by the 1940 Act and the Charter, the Fund shall have the power and authority to indemnify and provide for the advance
payment of expenses to employees, agents and other Persons providing services to the Fund or serving in any capacity at the request of the Fund to the full extent permitted for corporations organized under the corporations laws of the state in which
the Fund was formed, provided that such indemnification has been approved by a majority of the Directors. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) Any repeal or modification of the Charter
or Section&nbsp;2 of this Article IV shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a Director, advisory board member or officer of the Fund existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior
to such repeal or modification. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;3. <U>Good Faith Defined; Reliance on Experts</U>. For purposes of any determination under this Article IV,
a person shall be deemed to have acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the Fund, or, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, to have had no reasonable cause to believe such
person&#146;s conduct was unlawful, if such person&#146;s action is based on the records or books of account of the Fund, or on information supplied to such person by the officers of the Fund in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal
counsel for the Fund or on information or records given or reports made to the Fund by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert or agent selected with reasonable care by the Fund. The provisions of this Article
IV Section&nbsp;3 shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the circumstances in which a person may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Article IV. Each Director and officer or employee of the
Fund shall, in the performance of his or her duties, be fully and completely justified and protected with regard to any act or any failure to act resulting from reliance in good faith upon the books of account or other records of the Fund, upon an
opinion of counsel selected by the Board of Directors or a committee of the Directors, or upon reports made to the Fund by any of the Fund&#146;s officers or employees or by any advisor, administrator, manager, distributor, dealer, accountant,
appraiser or other expert or consultant selected with reasonable care by the Board of Directors or a committee of the Directors, officers or employees of the Fund, regardless of whether such counsel or expert may also be a Director. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;4. <U>Survival of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses</U>. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted
pursuant to, this Article IV shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;5. <U>Insurance</U>. The Directors may maintain insurance for the protection of the Fund&#146;s property, the shareholders, Directors,
officers, employees and agents in such amount as the Directors shall deem adequate to cover possible tort liability, and such other insurance as the Directors in their sole judgment shall deem advisable or is required by the 1940 Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;6. <U>Subrogation</U>. In the event of payment by the Fund to an Indemnitee under the Charter or these Bylaws, the Fund shall be subrogated to
the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the Indemnitee, who shall execute such documents and do such acts as the Fund may reasonably request to secure such rights and to enable the Fund effectively to bring suit to enforce
such rights. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant has also entered into an agreement with directors and officers of the Registrant entitled to indemnification under the
charter of the Registrant pursuant to which the Registrant has agreed to advance expenses and costs incurred by the indemnitee in connection with any matter in respect of which indemnification might be sought pursuant to the charter of the
Registrant to the maximum extent permitted by law. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Reference is also made to Sections 10 and 11 of the Registrant&#146;s Investment Management Agreement.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Additionally, the Registrant and the other funds in the BlackRock Fixed-Income Fund Complex jointly maintain, at their own expense, E&amp;O/D&amp;O
insurance policies for the benefit of its Trustees, officers and certain affiliated persons. The Registrant pays a pro rata portion of the premium on such insurance policies. </P>
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officers and controlling persons of the Registrant, pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a trustee, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such trustee, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>ITEM&nbsp;16.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Exhibits </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The agreements included or incorporated by reference as exhibits to this registration statement contain representations and warranties by each of the parties
to the applicable agreement. These representations and warranties were made solely for the benefit of the other parties to the applicable agreement and (i)&nbsp;were not intended to be treated as categorical statements of fact, but rather as a way
of allocating the risk to one of the parties if those statements prove to be inaccurate; (ii)&nbsp;may have been qualified in such agreement by disclosures that were made to the other party in connection with the negotiation of the applicable
agreement; (iii)&nbsp;may apply contract standards of &#147;materiality&#148; that are different from &#147;materiality&#148; under the applicable securities laws; and (iv)&nbsp;were made only as of the date of the applicable agreement or such other
date or dates as may be specified in the agreement. The Registrant acknowledges that, notwithstanding the inclusion of the foregoing cautionary statements, it is responsible for considering whether additional specific disclosures of material
information regarding material contractual provisions are required to make the statements in this registration statement not misleading. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt"><B><U>Exhibit&nbsp;No.</U></B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>Description of Exhibit</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>(1)(a)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051004/0000950130-97-005716.txt">Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (a)(1) to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-2</FONT> filed on December&nbsp;23, 1997.</A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051004/0000950130-97-005716.txt">Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation dated December&nbsp;
22, 1997 are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (a)(2) to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-2</FONT> filed on December&nbsp;23, 1997. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001051004/000119312521358172/d208376dex991c.htm">Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation dated January<U></U>&nbsp;
16, 1998 are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (1)(c) to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> (File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;
333-260147)</FONT> filed on December<U></U>&nbsp;16, 2021</A>.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001051004/000119312521358172/d208376dex991d.htm">Articles of Transfer from MuniHoldings California Insured Fund, Inc. to the Registrant dated March<U></U>&nbsp;
2, 2000 are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (1)(d) to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> (File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;
333-260147)</FONT> filed on December<U></U>&nbsp;16, 2021</A>.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001051004/000119312521358172/d208376dex991e.htm">Articles of Transfer from MuniHoldings California Insured Fund III, Inc., to the Registrant dated March<U></U>&nbsp;
2, 2000 are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (1)(e) to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> (File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;
333-260147)</FONT> filed on December<U></U>&nbsp;16, 2021</A>.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001051004/000119312521358172/d208376dex991f.htm">Articles of Transfer from MuniHoldings California Insured Fund IV, Inc. to the Registrant dated March<U></U>&nbsp;
2, 2000 are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (1)(f) to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> (File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;
333-260147)</FONT> filed on December<U></U>&nbsp;16, 2021</A>.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001051004/000119312521358172/d208376dex991g.htm">Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation dated April<U></U>&nbsp;
28, 2000 are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (1)(g) to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> (File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;
333-260147)</FONT> filed on December<U></U>&nbsp;16, 2021</A>.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001051004/000119312521358172/d208376dex991h.htm">Articles of Transfer from MuniHoldings California Insured Fund V, Inc. to the Registrant dated March<U></U>&nbsp;
26, 2001 are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (1)(h) to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> (File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;
333-260147)</FONT> filed on December<U></U>&nbsp;16, 2021</A>.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001051004/000119312521358172/d208376dex991i.htm">Articles of Amendment dated September<U></U>&nbsp;
29, 2006 are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (1)(i) to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> (File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;
333-260147)</FONT> filed on December<U></U>&nbsp;16, 2021</A>.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001051004/000119312521358172/d208376dex991j.htm">Articles Supplementary dated September<U></U>&nbsp;
17, 2010 are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (1)(j) to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> (File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;
333-260147)</FONT> filed on December<U></U>&nbsp;16, 2021</A>.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(k)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001051004/000119312521358172/d208376dex991k.htm">Articles of Amendment dated November<U></U>&nbsp;
9, 2010 are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (1)(k) to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> (File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;
333-260147)</FONT> filed on December<U></U>&nbsp;16, 2021</A>.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(l)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051004/000128769512000484/mucrider77q1a.htm">Articles Supplementary Establishing and Fixing the Rights and Preferences of Variable Rate Muni Term Preferred Shares dated March&nbsp;
21, 2012 are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 77Q1(a) to the Registrant&#146;s Amended Annual Report for Registered Investment Companies on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-SAR</FONT> filed on October&nbsp;9, 2012.</A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(m)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051004/000128769515000084/muc77q1a.htm">Articles of Amendment Amending the Articles Supplementary Establishing and Fixing the Rights and Preferences of Variable Rate Muni Term Preferred
 Shares dated September&nbsp;30, 2014 are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 77Q1(a) to the Registrant&#146;s Semi-Annual Report for Registered Investment Companies on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-SAR</FONT> filed on
March&nbsp;27, 2015</A>.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(n)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051004/000128769516000624/0001287695-16-000624.txt">Articles of Amendment Amending the Articles Supplementary Establishing and Fixing the Rights and Preferences of Variable Rate Muni Term
 Preferred Shares dated September&nbsp;29, 2015 are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 77Q1(a) to the Registrant&#146;s Semi-Annual Report for Registered Investment Companies on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-SAR</FONT> filed on
March&nbsp;29, 2016</A>.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(o)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001051004/000119312521358172/d208376dex991o.htm">Articles of Amendment Amending the Articles Supplementary Establishing and Fixing the Rights and Preferences of Variable Rate Muni Term Preferred
 Shares dated April<U></U>&nbsp;13, 2016 are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (1)(o) to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> (File
No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-260147)</FONT> filed on December<U></U>&nbsp;16, 2021</A>.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(p)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001051004/000119312521358172/d208376dex991p.htm">Articles of Amendment Amending the Articles Supplementary Establishing and Fixing the Rights and Preferences of Variable Rate Muni Term Preferred
 Shares dated September<U></U>&nbsp;28, 2018 are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (1)(p) to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> (File
No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-260147)</FONT> filed on December<U></U>&nbsp;16, 2021</A>.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(q)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051004/000175272420205667/NCEN_1515619426642060.htm">Articles of Amendment Amending the Articles Supplementary Establishing and Fixing the Rights and Preferences of Variable Rate Muni Term
Preferred Shares dated September&nbsp;26, 2019 is incorporated herein by reference to Attachment G.1.b.i to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report for Registered Investment Companies on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-CEN</FONT> filed on
October&nbsp;13, 2020.</A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(r)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051004/000175272420205667/NCEN_1515606242790797.htm">Articles of Amendment Amending the Articles Supplementary Establishing and Fixing the Rights and Preferences of Variable Rate Muni Term
Preferred Shares dated April&nbsp;2, 2020 are incorporated herein by reference to Attachment G.1.b.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report for Registered Investment Companies on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-CEN</FONT> filed on
October&nbsp;13, 2020.</A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(s)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001051004/000119312521358172/d208376dex991s.htm">Articles of Supplementary dated November<U></U>&nbsp;
4, 2021 are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (1)(s) to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> (File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;
333-260147)</FONT> filed on December<U></U>&nbsp;16, 2021</A>.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>(2)(a)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001051004/000119312521317094/d162648dex9931.htm">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant&#146;s Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on November&nbsp;2, 2021.</A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>(3)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001051004/000119312521358172/d208376dex993.htm">Voting Trust Agreement of VMTP Holder is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (3)<U></U>&nbsp;
to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> (File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-260147)</FONT> filed on December<U></U>&nbsp;16, 2021</A>.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>(4)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Agreement and Plan of Reorganization is included in <U>Appendix A</U> to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Selected Provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant Defining the Rights of Shareholders are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1(a) and Exhibit 2(a) above</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001051004/000119312521358172/d208376dex996a.htm">Investment Management Agreement between the Registrant and BlackRock Advisors, LLC dated September&nbsp;
29, 2006 is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 6(a) to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;
333-260147)</FONT> filed on December&nbsp;16, 2021</A>.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001051004/000119312521295492/d208376dex996b.htm">Amended and Restated Master Advisory Fee Waiver Agreement is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 6(b) to Registrant&#146;s Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> filed on October&nbsp;8, 2021</A>.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001051004/000119312521295492/d208376dex996c.htm">Amendment No.&nbsp;
1 to Amended and Restated Master Advisory Fee Waiver Agreement is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 6(c) to Registrant&#146;s Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> filed on October&nbsp;8, 2021</A>.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001051004/000119312521295492/d208376dex996d.htm">Amendment No.&nbsp;
2 to Amended and Restated Master Advisory Fee Waiver Agreement is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 6(d) to Registrant&#146;s Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> filed on October&nbsp;8, 2021</A>.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001051004/000119312521295492/d208376dex996e.htm">Amendment No.&nbsp;
3 to Amended and Restated Master Advisory Fee Waiver Agreement is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 6(e) to Registrant&#146;s Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> filed on October&nbsp;8, 2021</A>.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001051004/000119312521295492/d208376dex996f.htm">Amendment No.&nbsp;
4 to Amended and Restated Master Advisory Fee Waiver Agreement is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 6(f) to Registrant&#146;s Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> filed on October&nbsp;8, 2021</A>.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001051004/000119312521295492/d208376dex996g.htm">Amendment No.&nbsp;
5 to Amended and Restated Master Advisory Fee Waiver Agreement is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 6(g) to Registrant&#146;s Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> filed on October&nbsp;8, 2021</A>.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001051004/000119312521295492/d208376dex998.htm">BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex Third Amended and Restated Deferred Compensation Plan is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 8 to Registrant&#146;s
 Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> filed on October&nbsp;8, 2021</A>.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001051004/000119312521295492/d208376dex999.htm">Form of Master Custodian Agreement is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 9 to Registrant&#146;s Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> filed on October&nbsp;8, 2021</A>.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Not applicable</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>(11)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001051004/000119312521358172/d208376dex9911.htm">Opinion and Consent of Special Counsel for the Registrant is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (11)&nbsp;
to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-260147)</FONT> filed on December&nbsp;16, 2021</A>.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d370414dex9912.htm">Tax opinion of Willkie Farr&nbsp;&amp; Gallagher LLP regarding the reorganizations &#150; filed herewith. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>(13)(a)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001051004/000119312521295492/d208376dex9913a.htm">Form of Amended and Restated Transfer Agency and Service Agreement is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 13(a) to Registrant&#146;s
 Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> filed on October&nbsp;8, 2021</A>.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001051004/000119312521295492/d208376dex9913b.htm">Form of Administration and Accounting Services Agreement is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 13(b) to Registrant&#146;s Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> filed on October&nbsp;8, 2021</A>.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1562818/000119312522007562/d282893dex99k3.htm">Form of Eighth Amended and Restated Securities Lending Agency Agreement is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2(k)(3) to BlackRock
 Multi-Sector Income Trust&#146;s Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-2</FONT> filed on January&nbsp;12, 2022</A>.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>(14)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001051004/000119312521358172/d208376dex9914.htm">Consent of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Registrant, BlackRock MuniYield California Fund, Inc. and BlackRock
 MuniYield California Quality Fund, Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (14)&nbsp;to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> (File
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-260147)</FONT> filed on December&nbsp;16, 2021</A>.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001051004/000119312521295492/d208376dex9916.htm">Power of Attorney of the Board of Directors is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 16 to Registrant&#146;s Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> filed on October&nbsp;8, 2021</A>.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001051004/000119312521358172/d208376dex9917.htm">Form of Proxy Cards for Common Shares of the Funds is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (17)<U></U>&nbsp;
to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> (File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-260147)</FONT> filed on December<U></U>&nbsp;16, 2021</A>.</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>ITEM&nbsp;17.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Undertakings </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) The undersigned Registrant agrees that prior to any public reoffering of the securities registered through the use of a prospectus which is a part of this
Registration Statement by any person or party who is deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of Rule 145(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended [17 CFR 230.145c], the reoffering prospectus will contain the information called for by the
applicable registration form for the reofferings by persons who may be deemed underwriters, in addition to the information called for by the other items of the applicable form. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) The undersigned registrant agrees that every prospectus that is filed under paragraph (1)&nbsp;above will be filed as a part of an amendment to the
Registration Statement and will not be used until the amendment is effective, and that, in determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, each post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement for
the securities offered therein, and the offering of the securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering of them. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) The
undersigned Registrant agrees to file, by post-effective amendment, opinions of counsel supporting the tax consequences of the Reorganizations within a reasonably prompt time after receipt of such opinions. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to its Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New&nbsp;York and the State of New York on the 29th day of July, 2022. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>BLACKROCK MUNIHOLDINGS</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>CALIFORNIA QUALITY FUND, INC.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ JOHN&nbsp;M. PERLOWSKI</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Name:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>John M. Perlowski</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Title:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>President and Chief Executive Officer</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to its Registration Statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated and on the 29th day of July, 2022. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ JOHN&nbsp;M. PERLOWSKI</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>John M. Perlowski</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director, President and Chief Executive Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ TRENT&nbsp;WALKER</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Trent Walker</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Financial Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">CYNTHIA L. EGAN*</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Cynthia L. Egan</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">FRANK J. FABOZZI*</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Frank J. Fabozzi</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">LORENZO A. FLORES*</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Lorenzo A. Flores</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">STAYCE D. HARRIS*</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Stayce D. Harris</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">J. PHILLIP HOLLOMAN*</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>J. Phillip Holloman</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">R. GLENN HUBBARD*</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>R. Glenn Hubbard</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Wilmington, DE 19809<B> </B> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Acquiring Fund and each Target Fund listed on Schedule I hereto have requested our opinion as to certain federal income tax consequences of the Acquiring
Fund&#146;s proposed acquisition of the assets of each Target Fund pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated as of April&nbsp;8, 2022 (each, a &#147;<U>Plan</U>&#148;). Pursuant to each Plan, (i)&nbsp;the Acquiring Fund will acquire
substantially all of the Target Fund&#146;s assets (the &#147;<U>Assets</U>&#148;) and assume substantially all of the Target Fund&#146;s liabilities (the &#147;<U>Assumed Liabilities</U>&#148;) in exchange solely for newly issued common shares and
Variable Rate Muni Term Preferred Shares (&#147;<U>VMTP Shares</U>&#148; and together with such common shares, the &#147;<U>Acquiring Fund Shares</U>&#148;) of the Acquiring Fund, which will be distributed to the common shareholders (although cash
may be distributed in lieu of fractional common shares) and holders of VMTP Shares, respectively, of the Target Fund, and (ii)&nbsp;the Target Fund will terminate its registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and liquidate,
dissolve and terminate in accordance with its charter and Maryland law (all the foregoing transactions with respect to the Acquiring Fund and a Target Fund being referred to herein collectively as a &#147;<U>Reorganization</U>&#148;). For ease of
reference, the remainder of this opinion refers to a single &#147;Target Fund,&#148; &#147;Plan&#148; and &#147;Reorganization.&#148; The Acquiring Fund and Target Fund are referred to together as the &#147;<U>Funds</U>.&#148; Prior to the Closing
Date of the Reorganization, the Target Fund issued VMTP Shares, with terms substantially identical to the terms of the Acquiring Fund&#146;s outstanding VMTP Shares and used the proceeds from such issuance to redeem all of Target Fund&#146;s
outstanding Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares (&#147;<U>Target Fund VRDP Shares</U>&#148;). This opinion is being delivered pursuant to Sections 8(h) and 9(i) of the Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have reviewed such documents and materials as we have considered necessary for the purpose of rendering this opinion. In rendering this opinion, we have
assumed that such documents as yet unexecuted will, when executed, conform in all material respects to the proposed forms of such documents that we have examined. In addition, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the capacity of each
party executing a document to so execute that document, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">April 11, 2022 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Page 2 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have made inquiry as to the underlying facts that we considered to be relevant to the conclusions set forth in this letter. The opinions expressed in this
letter are based upon certain factual statements relating to the Acquiring Fund and Target Fund set forth in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus for common shareholders of the Funds filed as part of the Acquiring Fund&#146;s registration statement
on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> (the &#147;<U>Registration Statement</U>&#148;), the Proxy Statement for holders of Target Fund VRDP Shares and Acquiring Fund VMTP Shares filed on Schedule 14A by the Funds (the &#147;<U>Proxy
Statement</U>&#148;) and representations made in letters from the Target Fund and Acquiring Fund addressed to us for our use in rendering this opinion (the &#147;<U>Tax Representation Letters</U>&#148;). We have no reason to believe that these
representations and facts are not valid, but we have not attempted to verify independently any of these representations and facts, and this opinion is based upon the assumption that each of them is accurate. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The conclusions expressed herein are based upon the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#147;<U>Code</U>&#148;), Treasury Regulations issued
thereunder, published rulings and procedures of the Internal Revenue Service and judicial decisions, all as in effect on the date of this letter. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based
upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that for U.S. federal income tax purposes: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Target Fund&#146;s transfer to the Acquiring Fund of all the Assets solely in exchange for Acquiring Fund
Shares and Acquiring Fund&#146;s assumption of the Assumed Liabilities, followed by Target Fund&#146;s distribution of such Acquiring Fund common shares and VMTP Shares to its common shareholders and VMTP holders, respectively, and the termination,
dissolution and complete liquidation of the Target Fund, all pursuant to the Plan, will constitute a &#147;reorganization&#148; within the meaning of section 368(a) of the Code, and the Acquiring Fund and the Target Fund will each be a &#147;party
to a reorganization&#148; within the meaning of section 368(b) of the Code. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">No gain or loss will be recognized by the Acquiring Fund upon the receipt of all of the Assets solely in
exchange for Acquiring Fund Shares and the assumption by the Acquiring Fund of the Assumed Liabilities. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">No gain or loss will be recognized by the Target Fund upon the transfer of the Assets to the Acquiring Fund
solely in exchange for Acquiring Fund Shares and the assumption by the Acquiring Fund of the Assumed Liabilities or upon the distribution of Acquiring Fund Shares to the Target Fund shareholders in exchange for their Target Fund shares in complete
liquidation of the Target Fund. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">No gain or loss will be recognized by the Target Fund shareholders upon their receipt of Acquiring Fund Shares
in exchange for their Target Fund shares in the Reorganization. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The aggregate basis of Acquiring Fund Shares received by each Target Fund shareholder pursuant to the
Reorganization will be the same as the aggregate basis of the Target Fund shares exchanged therefor by such a shareholder. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">April 11, 2022 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Page 3 </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The holding period of Acquiring Fund Shares to be received by each Target Fund shareholder pursuant to the
Reorganization will include the holding period of the Target Fund shares exchanged therefor, provided that such Target Fund shareholder held the Target Fund shares as capital assets at the time of the Reorganization. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The basis of each Asset transferred to the Acquiring Fund in the Reorganization will be the same in the hands
of the Acquiring Fund as the basis of such Asset in the hands of the Target Fund immediately prior to the transfer increased by the amount of gain or decreased by the amount of loss, if any, recognized by the Target Fund upon the transfer.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The holding period of each of the Assets in the hands of the Acquiring Fund will include the holding period of
each such Asset when held by the Target Fund (except to the extent that the investment activities of the Acquiring Fund reduce or eliminate such holding period). </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding the foregoing, this opinion does not address the tax consequences of the Reorganization to contracts or securities on which gain or loss is
recognized (i)&nbsp;upon the close of the taxable year or (ii)&nbsp;upon the transfer of an asset regardless of whether such transfer would otherwise be a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-recognition</FONT> transaction under the Code. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our opinion is based upon the accuracy of the certifications, representations and warranties and satisfaction of the covenants and obligations contained in
the Plan, the Tax Representation Letters and in the various other documents related thereto. Our opinion may not be relied upon if any of such certifications, representations or warranties are not accurate to any material extent or if any of such
covenants or obligations are not satisfied in all material respects. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Registration Statement and to the reference to us in the Joint Proxy Statement/ Prospectus included as part of the
Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Very truly yours, </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Willkie
Farr &amp; Gallagher LLP </P>

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