Filed
by BlackRock California Municipal Bond Trust
pursuant
to Rule 425 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
and
deemed filed pursuant to Rule 14a-6
under
the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
Subject
Company: BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust
Commission
File No. 811-10331
Contact:
1-800-882-0052
BlackRock
Announces Additional Details Related to Proposed Reorganizations of Certain
BlackRock California Tax-Exempt Closed-End Funds
New York, December 28, 2009 –
BlackRock Advisors, LLC announced, at a special meeting held today, that the
proposed reorganization (the “Reorganization”) of BlackRock California
Investment Quality Municipal Trust Inc. (NYSE Amex:RAA) into BlackRock
California Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:BFZ) failed to receive sufficient RAA
common shareholder votes required to approve the
Reorganization. Consequent to today’s announcement, the
Reorganization will not occur, and RAA will continue to be managed according to
its investment guidelines.
The
announcement made today with respect to RAA will not affect the reorganization
of each of BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust II (NYSE Amex:BCL),
BlackRock California Insured Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:BCK) and BlackRock
California Municipal Bond Trust (NYSE:BZA) into BFZ, as announced on November
30, 2009. It is currently expected that these reorganizations will be
concluded on or about January 29, 2010, subject to all regulatory requirements
and customary closing conditions being satisfied. Each of these
reorganizations will occur based on the relative net asset values of BCL, BCK,
BZA and BFZ.
This
communication is not intended to, and shall not, constitute an offer to purchase
or sell shares of any of the BlackRock funds. Investors should consider the
investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of their fund(s) carefully
and consider in its entirety the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus relating to
the reorganizations which contains important information regarding the
investment objectives and policies, risks, charges, expenses and other important
information about BFZ as the combined fund.
About
BlackRock
BlackRock
is a leader in investment management, risk management and advisory services for
institutional and retail clients worldwide. With approximately $3.2
trillion under management as of September 30, 2009 (pro forma), BlackRock offers
products that span the risk spectrum to meet clients’ needs, including active,
enhanced and index strategies across markets and asset
classes. Products are offered in a variety of structures including
separate accounts, mutual funds, iShares®
(exchange traded funds), and other pooled investment vehicles. BlackRock also
offers risk management, advisory and enterprise investment system services to a
broad base of institutional investors through BlackRock Solutions®.
Headquartered in New York City, the firm has over 8,500 employees in 24
countries. For additional information, please visit BlackRock’s website at www.blackrock.com.
Forward-Looking
Statements
This
press release, and other statements that BlackRock or BCL, BCK, BZA, RAA or BFZ
(collectively, the “Funds”) may make, may contain certain forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act,
with respect to the future financial or business performance, strategies or
expectations of BlackRock or the Funds. Forward-looking statements
are typically identified by words or phrases such as “trend,” “potential,”
“opportunity,” “pipeline,” “believe,” “comfortable,” “expect,” “anticipate,”
“current,” “intention,” “estimate,” “position,” “assume,” “outlook,” “continue,”
“remain,” “maintain,” “sustain,” “seek,” “achieve,” and similar expressions, or
future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “may” or
similar expressions.
BlackRock
cautions that forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions,
risks and uncertainties, which change over time. Forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date they are made, and neither BlackRock nor
any of the Funds assumes a duty to or undertakes to update forward-looking
statements. Actual results could differ materially from those
anticipated in forward-looking statements and future results could differ
materially from historical performance.
With
respect to each Fund, the following factors, among others, could cause actual
events to differ materially from forward-looking statements or historical
performance: (1) changes in political, economic or industry conditions, the
interest rate environment or financial and capital markets, which could result
in changes in the Fund’s net asset value; (2) the performance of the Fund’s
investments; (3) the impact of increased competition; (4) the extent and timing
of any Fund distributions or share repurchases; (5) the impact of legislative
and regulatory actions and reforms and regulatory, supervisory or enforcement
actions of government agencies relating to the Funds or BlackRock, as
applicable; and (6) BlackRock’s ability to attract and retain highly talented
professionals.
The
Annual and Semi-Annual Reports and other regulatory filings of the BlackRock
Closed-End Funds with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) are
accessible on the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov and on BlackRock’s
web site at www.blackrock.com, and may
discuss these or other factors that affect the BlackRock Closed-End Funds. The
information contained on our web site is not a part of this press
release.
The
Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus relating to the proposed reorganization
contains important information and shareholders are urged to read it. Free
copies of the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus are available by
calling BlackRock at (800) 882-0052 or on the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov.
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