Exhibit 17(a)
PROXY TABULATOR | |
P.O. BOX 9112 | To vote by Internet |
FARMINGDALE, NY 11735 | |
1) Read the Proxy Statement and have the proxy card below | |
at hand. | |
2) Go to website www.proxyvote.com | |
3) Follow the instructions provided on the website. | |
To vote by Telephone | |
1) Read the Proxy Statement and have the proxy card below | |
at hand. | |
2) Call 1-800-690-6903 | |
3) Follow the instructions. | |
To vote by Mail | |
1) Read the Proxy Statement. | |
2) Check the appropriate boxes on the proxy card below. | |
3) Sign and date the proxy card. | |
4) Return the proxy card in the envelope provided. |
TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS: | |
BRMST1 | KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS |
THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED. | DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY |
BLACKROCK FLORIDA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND | ||
Vote on Proposal | For | Against | Abstain | |
1. | To consider a proposal to approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the "Reorganization Agreement") pursuant to which BlackRock National Municipal Fund (the "National Fund"), a series of BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (the "Corporation"), would acquire all of the assets and certain stated liabilities of the Florida Fund in exchange for shares of the National Fund, which will be distributed by the Florida Fund to the holders of its shares in complete liquidation thereof. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2. | To transact such other business as may properly be presented at the Special Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. | |||
SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. | ||||
Please sign exactly as name appears hereon. When shares are held by joint tenants, both should sign. When signing as attorney or as executor, administrator, trustee or guardian, please give full title as such. If a corporation, please sign in full corporate name by president or other authorized officer. If a partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized person. | ||||
Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX] | Date | Signature (Joint Owners) | Date |
BRMST2 |
BLACKROCK MULTI-STATE MUNICIPAL SERIES TRUST |
BLACKROCK FLORIDA MUNICIPAL BOND FUND |
100 Bellevue Parkway |
Wilmington, DE 19809 |
PROXY |
This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Trustees |
The undersigned, holder of shares of the BlackRock Florida Municipal Bond Fund (the “Florida Fund”), hereby appoints Donald C. Burke and Howard B. Surloff as proxies for the undersigned, each with full powers of substitution and revocation, to represent the undersigned and to vote on behalf of the undersigned all shares of the Florida Fund that the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Florida Fund to be held at the offices of BlackRock Advisors, LLC, 800 Scudders Mill Road, Plainsboro, New Jersey on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time and any adjournments or postponements thereof. The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of Special Meeting and Combined Prospectus/Proxy Statement dated December [ ],2008 and hereby instructs said proxies to vote said shares as indicated herein. In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the Special Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof. The undersigned hereby revokes any proxy previously given. |
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By signing and dating the reverse side of this card, you authorize the proxies to vote the proposal as marked, or if not marked, to vote “FOR” the proposal, and to use their discretion to vote for any other matter as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. If you do not intend to personally attend the meeting, please complete and return this card at once in the enclosed envelope. |
(Continued and to be signed on the reverse side) |