N-Q 1 e51135nq.htm FORM N-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-Q

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

 

Investment Company Act file number 811-22603

 

Name of Fund: BlackRock Municipal Target Term Trust (BTT)

 

Fund Address: 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

 

Name and address of agent for service: John M. Perlowski, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Municipal
Target Term Trust, 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 882-0052, Option 4

 

Date of fiscal year end: 07/31/2013

 

Date of reporting period: 10/31/2012

 

Item 1 – Schedule of Investments

 
  

Schedule of Investments October 31, 2012 (Unaudited) BlackRock Municipal Target Term Trust (BTT)
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

  Par
(000)
Value
Municipal Bonds    
Alaska — 0.6%    
Northern Tobacco Securitization Corp.,    
Refunding RB, Tobacco Settlement,    
Asset-Backed, Series A, 4.63%,    
6/01/23 $ 10,120  $ 10,144,086
Arizona — 0.4%    
Arizona Health Facilities Authority,    
Refunding RB, Phoenix Children's    
Hospital, Series A, 5.00%, 2/01/34 6,340 6,835,978
California — 15.5%    
ABAG Finance Authority for Nonprofit    
Corps., Refunding RB, Odd Fellows    
Home California, Series A, 5.00%,    
4/01/32 4,500 5,072,265
Anaheim Public Financing Authority,    
Refunding RB, Electric Distribution    
System, Series A:    
4.00%, 10/01/29 15,800 16,894,150
4.00%, 10/01/30 16,425 17,504,944
4.00%, 10/01/31 17,080 18,128,370
California HFA, RB, S/F Mortgage,    
Series I, AMT, 4.70%, 8/01/26 10,000 10,001,800
California State Public Works Board, RB,    
Series D:    
5.00%, 9/01/28 5,090 5,825,149
5.00%, 9/01/29 5,350 6,101,782
5.00%, 9/01/30 2,620 2,976,372
5.00%, 9/01/31 2,905 3,284,538
5.00%, 9/01/32 6,060 6,819,439
5.00%, 9/01/33 3,530 3,957,801
California State Public Works Board, RB,    
Series E:    
5.00%, 9/01/28 2,240 2,563,523
5.00%, 9/01/29 2,355 2,685,925
5.00%, 9/01/30 2,475 2,811,650
5.00%, 9/01/31 2,600 2,939,690
5.00%, 9/01/32 2,280 2,565,730
5.00%, 9/01/33 2,870 3,217,815
California Statewide Communities    
Development Authority, Refunding RB,    
Eskaton Properties, Inc., 5.25%,    
11/15/34 2,500 2,662,550
El Camino Community College District,    
GO, CAB, Election of 2002,    
Series C (a):    
4.53%, 8/01/30 9,090 4,104,135
4.58%, 8/01/31 12,465 5,336,640
4.68%, 8/01/32 17,435 6,997,886
Grossmont Union High School District,    
GO, CAB, Election of 2004, 4.80%,    
8/01/32 (a) 29,015 11,370,398
Los Angeles County Public Works    
Financing Authority, Refunding RB,    
Multiple Capital Projects II:    
5.00%, 8/01/30 2,500 2,856,225

 

  Par
(000)
Value
Municipal Bonds    
California (concluded)    
Los Angeles County Public Works    
Financing Authority, Refunding RB,    
Multiple Capital Projects II    
(concluded):    
5.00%, 8/01/31 $ 3,000  $ 3,406,020
5.00%, 8/01/32 3,000 3,392,700
5.00%, 8/01/33 2,500 2,800,800
Los Angeles Regional Airports    
Improvement Corp., Refunding RB,    
LAXFUEL Corp., LA International, AMT:    
4.50%, 1/01/27 5,000 5,352,500
5.00%, 1/01/32 4,110 4,518,616
Port of Oakland, Refunding RB, Senior    
Lien, Series P, AMT:    
5.00%, 5/01/29 6,685 7,535,599
4.50%, 5/01/30 32,220 34,508,909
5.00%, 5/01/31 10,675 11,977,991
4.50%, 5/01/32 21,355 22,642,707
Poway Unified School District, GO,    
Election of 2008, Series A (a):    
4.25%, 8/01/27 10,000 5,377,800
4.47%, 8/01/30 10,000 4,562,600
4.58%, 8/01/32 12,500 5,110,875
Westlands California Water District,    
Refunding RB, Series A (AGM):    
5.00%, 9/01/30 1,000 1,141,720
5.00%, 9/01/31 1,000 1,136,320
5.00%, 9/01/32 1,000 1,128,280
    261,272,214
Colorado — 8.4%    
City & County of Denver Colorado,    
Refunding RB, Airport System    
Revenue, Series A, AMT:    
4.25%, 11/15/29 33,820 35,716,287
4.25%, 11/15/30 35,210 37,032,470
4.25%, 11/15/31 8,085 8,454,970
4.25%, 11/15/32 2,230 2,318,754
City & County of Denver Colorado,    
Refunding RB, Series B, 4.00%,    
11/15/31 37,875 39,727,845
Colorado Health Facilities Authority,    
Refunding RB, Covenant Retirement    
Communities, Series A:    
4.50%, 12/01/33 4,595 4,514,955
5.00%, 12/01/33 3,000 3,140,220
Denver West Metropolitan District, GO,    
Refunding, Series A (AGM), 4.00%,    
12/01/32 6,250 6,545,937
University of Colorado Hospital    
Authority, RB, Series A, 5.00%,    
11/15/27 4,000 4,621,880
    142,073,318

 

BLACKROCK MUNICIPAL TARGET TERM TRUSTOCTOBER 31, 20121
  

Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Municipal Target Term Trust (BTT)
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

  Par
(000)
Value
Municipal Bonds    
District of Columbia — 0.1%    
District of Columbia Tobacco Settlement    
Financing Corp., Refunding RB,    
Asset-Backed, 6.50%, 5/15/33 $ 1,000 $ 1,181,160
Florida — 8.4%    
Broward County Florida Airport System    
Revenue, ARB, Series Q-1:    
4.00%, 10/01/29 17,200 17,959,036
4.00%, 10/01/30 18,095 18,862,590
4.00%, 10/01/31 18,820 19,458,563
4.00%, 10/01/32 19,575 20,173,212
4.00%, 10/01/33 20,355 20,857,565
City of Tampa Florida, Refunding RB,    
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Project,    
Series A, 4.00%, 9/01/33 10,000 10,080,600
Hillsborough County IDA, RB, National    
Gypsum Co., Series A, AMT, 7.13%,    
4/01/30 7,300 7,318,250
Jacksonville Florida Port Authority,    
Refunding RB, AMT:    
4.50%, 11/01/29 4,685 4,908,006
4.50%, 11/01/30 2,895 3,018,182
4.50%, 11/01/31 3,200 3,336,160
4.50%, 11/01/32 2,300 2,382,501
4.50%, 11/01/33 2,080 2,140,798
Miami-Dade County, Refunding RB,    
Sub-Series B, 5.00%, 10/01/32 10,000 11,185,100
    141,680,563
Guam — 0.7%    
Guam Power Authority, Refunding RB,    
Series A (AGM), 5.00%, 10/01/30 10,000 11,202,900
Idaho — 0.6%    
Idaho Housing and Finance Association,    
RB, Series A, 4.00%, 7/15/30 10,000 10,559,900
Illinois — 5.4%    
City of Chicago Illinois, GO, CAB    
(NPFGC), 4.37%, 1/01/27 (a) 5,000 2,710,200
City of Chicago Illinois, Refunding RB,    
O'Hare International Airport    
Passenger Facility Charge, Series B,    
AMT:    
4.00%, 1/01/27 5,000 5,015,650
4.00%, 1/01/29 28,425 28,383,500
City of Chicago Illinois Wastewater    
Transmission, RB, Second Lien:    
4.00%, 1/01/31 10,375 10,878,084
4.00%, 1/01/32 10,790 11,200,991
4.00%, 1/01/33 11,220 11,576,235
4.00%, 1/01/35 9,135 9,360,360
Illinois Finance Authority, Refunding RB,    
Lutheran Home & Services Obligated    
Group:    
5.00%, 5/15/22 4,335 4,420,616
5.50%, 5/15/27 4,250 4,406,273

 

  Par
(000)
Value
Municipal Bonds    
Illinois (concluded)    
Illinois Finance Authority, Refunding RB,    
Lutheran Home & Services Obligated    
Group (concluded):    
5.50%, 5/15/30 $ 3,400 $ 3,488,706
    91,440,615
Indiana — 1.4%    
Indiana Finance Authority, Refunding    
RB, Community Health Network    
Project, Series A, 4.00%, 5/01/35 23,565 23,585,030
Iowa — 2.6%    
Iowa State Board of Regents, RB,    
University of Iowa Hospitals and    
Clinics:    
4.00%, 9/01/28 3,375 3,630,656
4.00%, 9/01/29 6,525 6,933,856
4.00%, 9/01/30 6,325 6,655,924
4.00%, 9/01/31 8,650 9,072,985
4.00%, 9/01/32 7,750 8,076,275
4.00%, 9/01/33 9,375 9,745,969
    44,115,665
Massachusetts — 0.1%    
Massachusetts HFA, Refunding RB, S/F,    
Series 160, AMT, 4.00%, 12/01/32 1,000 1,007,910
Michigan — 0.6%    
Michigan State Hospital Finance    
Authority, Refunding RB, Trinity Health    
Credit Group, Series 2008-C, 4.00%,    
12/01/32 9,195 9,604,453
Nebraska — 0.7%    
Central Plains Energy Project, RB,    
Project No. 3:    
5.00%, 9/01/27 7,010 7,792,947
5.00%, 9/01/32 4,500 4,901,400
    12,694,347
New Hampshire — 1.2%    
New Hampshire State Turnpike System,    
RB, Series C:    
4.00%, 8/01/31 3,665 3,921,440
4.00%, 8/01/32 2,290 2,430,469
4.00%, 8/01/33 4,350 4,572,241
4.00%, 8/01/34 4,035 4,217,261
4.00%, 8/01/35 4,745 4,943,341
    20,084,752
New Jersey — 4.1%    
New Jersey EDA, ARB, Continental    
Airlines, Inc. Project, AMT:    
5.25%, 9/15/29 12,230 12,519,973
7.20%, 11/15/30 (b) 10,100 10,137,774
New Jersey EDA, Refunding RB,    
Continental Airlines, Inc. Project, AMT,    
5.75%, 9/15/27 6,200 6,312,654

 

BLACKROCK MUNICIPAL TARGET TERM TRUSTOCTOBER 31, 20122
  

Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Municipal Target Term Trust (BTT)
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

  Par
(000)
Value
Municipal Bonds    
New Jersey (concluded)    
New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund    
Authority, RB, CAB, Series A, 4.19%,    
12/15/29 (a) $ 18,000 $ 8,849,520
Newark Housing Authority, Refunding    
RB, Newark Redevelopment Project    
(NPFGC), 5.25%, 1/01/27 5,000 5,764,550
Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp.    
New Jersey, Refunding RB, Series 1-A:    
4.50%, 6/01/23 9,895 9,650,593
4.63%, 6/01/26 16,935 16,152,942
    69,388,006
New York — 3.0%    
Metropolitan Transportation Authority,    
Refunding RB, Series F, 5.00%,    
11/15/30 38,000 44,294,320
Onondaga Civic Development Corp., RB,    
St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center,    
4.50%, 7/01/32 5,700 5,611,935
    49,906,255
North Carolina — 0.1%    
North Carolina Medical Care    
Commission, RB, Mission Health    
Combined Group, 4.63%, 10/01/30 2,000 2,158,140
North Dakota — 0.2%    
North Dakota HFA, RB, Series A, 3.60%,    
7/01/32 3,240 3,281,666
Pennsylvania — 2.7%    
Allentown Neighborhood Improvement    
Zone Development Authority, RB,    
Series A:    
5.00%, 5/01/27 6,750 7,407,787
5.00%, 5/01/28 5,000 5,466,400
5.00%, 5/01/29 3,745 4,081,863
5.00%, 5/01/30 5,300 5,767,937
Cumberland County Municipal Authority,    
Refunding RB, Asbury Pennsylvania    
Obligation Group:    
5.00%, 1/01/22 750 787,065
5.25%, 1/01/27 1,275 1,327,619
5.25%, 1/01/32 2,000 2,060,740
Montgomery County Higher Education &    
Health Authority, Refunding RB,    
Abington Memorial Hospital    
Obligation Group, 5.00%, 6/01/31 5,000 5,658,250
Pennsylvania Economic Development    
Financing Authority, RB, AMT,    
National Gypsum Co.:    
Series A, 6.25%, 11/01/27 6,520 6,476,186
Series B, 6.13%, 11/01/27 3,000 2,943,840

 

  Par
(000)
Value
Municipal Bonds    
Pennsylvania (concluded)    
Pennsylvania Higher Educational    
Facilities Authority, Refunding RB,    
La Salle University, 4.00%, 5/01/32 $ 3,000 $ 3,014,760
    44,992,447
Texas — 11.6%    
County of Harris Texas, Refunding RB,    
Texas Toll Road, Senior Lien, Series C,    
4.00%, 8/15/33 12,325 13,169,016
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport,    
Refunding RB, AMT:    
Series E, 4.00%, 11/01/32 6,915 6,964,995
Series E, 4.13%, 11/01/35 10,435 10,491,558
Series F, 5.00%, 11/01/29 12,820 14,255,712
Series F, 5.00%, 11/01/30 15,565 17,285,088
Series F, 5.00%, 11/01/31 10,000 11,053,500
Series F, 5.00%, 11/01/32 17,170 18,903,312
Love Field Airport Modernization Corp.,    
RB, Southwest Airlines Co. Project,    
AMT, 5.00%, 11/01/28 5,750 6,195,510
Midland County Fresh Water Supply    
District No 1, RB, City of Midland    
Project, Series A, 5.00%, 9/15/31 2,435 2,864,315
Midland County Fresh Water Supply    
District No 1, RB, CAB, City of Midland    
Project, Series A (a):    
4.13%, 9/15/31 6,235 2,883,875
4.28%, 9/15/32 15,135 6,521,369
Red River Health Facilities Development    
Corp., RB, Wichita Falls Retirement    
Foundation Project:    
4.70%, 1/01/22 1,000 1,009,140
5.50%, 1/01/32 1,000 1,040,810
San Antonio Public Facilities Corp.,    
Refunding RB, Convention Center    
Refinancing and Expansion Project:    
4.00%, 9/15/30 15,000 15,852,150
4.00%, 9/15/31 19,475 20,497,437
4.00%, 9/15/32 18,075 18,807,941
4.00%, 9/15/33 11,000 11,343,970
4.00%, 9/15/34 11,885 12,196,981
4.00%, 9/15/35 4,500 4,603,140
    195,939,819
Vermont — 0.1%    
Vermont EDA, Refunding MRB, Wake    
Robin Corp. Project, 5.40%, 5/01/33 2,400 2,518,920
Virginia — 0.2%    
Virginia Small Business Financing    
Authority, RB, Senior Lien, Express    
Lanes LLC, AMT, 5.00%, 7/01/34 3,940 4,131,681

 

BLACKROCK MUNICIPAL TARGET TERM TRUSTOCTOBER 31, 20123
  

Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Municipal Target Term Trust (BTT)
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

  Par
(000)
Value
Municipal Bonds    
Washington — 1.8%    
Greater Wenatchee Regional Events    
Center Public Facilities District,    
Refunding RB, Series A:    
3.50%, 9/01/18 $ 1,025 $ 1,004,275
3.75%, 9/01/19 1,060 1,038,662
4.13%, 9/01/21 1,145 1,114,738
4.50%, 9/01/22 1,000 988,990
5.00%, 9/01/27 1,000 1,004,560
5.25%, 9/01/32 1,000 1,001,450
Port of Seattle Industrial Development    
Corp., Refunding RB, Special    
Facilities, Delta Airline, Inc. Project,    
AMT, 5.00%, 4/01/30 5,000 5,037,350
State of Washington, COP, State and    
Local Agency Real and Personal    
Property Taxes, Series B:    
4.00%, 7/01/29 4,105 4,400,765
4.00%, 7/01/30 4,290 4,573,269
4.00%, 7/01/31 4,470 4,749,867
4.00%, 7/01/32 4,590 4,850,023
    29,763,949
Wisconsin — 0.4%    
Public Finance Authority, Refunding RB,    
Airport Facilities, Senior Series B,    
AMT, 5.25%, 7/01/28 2,250 2,400,953
Wisconsin Health & Educational    
Facilities Authority, Refunding RB,    
Marquette University, 4.00%,    
10/01/32 4,520 4,688,686
    7,089,639
Total Long-Term Investments    
(Cost – $1,185,105,857) – 70.9%   1,196,653,413
 
 
Short-Term Securities    
California — 2.2%    
California Statewide Communities    
Development Authority, Refunding RB,    
VRDN, Los Angeles County Museum    
of Art Project (Union Bank NA LOC),    
0.21%, 11/07/12 (c) 20,400 20,400,000
Metropolitan Water District of Southern    
California, Refunding RB, VRDN,    
Series A-2 (US Bank NA SBPA), 0.20%,    
11/01/12 (c) 16,355 16,355,000
    36,755,000

 

  Par
(000)
Value
Short-Term Securities    
Florida — 3.5%    
City of Jacksonville Florida, Refunding    
RB, VRDN, Series A (JPMorgan Chase    
Bank SBPA), 0.20%, 11/01/12 (c) $ 33,535 $ 33,535,000
Orlando & Orange County Expressway    
Authority, Refunding RB, VRDN,    
Series C-1 (JPMorgan Chase Bank    
LOC), 0.20%, 11/01/12 (c) 26,000 26,000,000
    59,535,000
Illinois — 3.0%    
Illinois Finance Authority, Refunding RB,    
VRDN (JPMorgan Chase Bank LOC) (c):    
Elmhurst Memorial    
Healthcare, Series B, 0.23%,    
11/01/12 34,060 34,060,000
The Carle Foundation,    
Series E, 0.23%, 11/01/12 17,000 17,000,000
    51,060,000
Louisiana — 2.3%    
East Baton Rouge Parish Industrial    
Development Board, Inc., RB, VRDN,    
Exxon Mobil Project, Series B, 0.22%,    
11/01/12 (c) 19,900 19,900,000
Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, RB,    
VRDN, Air Products & Chemicals    
Projects, 0.21%, 11/01/12 (c) 18,900 18,900,000
    38,800,000
Massachusetts — 4.8%    
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, GO,    
VRDN, Consolidated Loan, Series B    
(JPMorgan Chase Bank SBPA), 0.25%,    
11/01/12 (c) 24,000 24,000,000
Massachusetts Health & Educational    
Facilities Authority, RB, VRDN,    
Stonehill College, Series K (JPMorgan    
Chase Bank LOC), 0.21%,    
11/01/12 (c) 21,000 21,000,000
Massachusetts State Department of    
Transportation, Refunding RB, VRDN,    
Series A-5 (Barclays Bank SBPA),    
0.20%, 11/07/12 (c) 35,300 35,300,000
    80,300,000
Mississippi — 0.5%    
Mississippi Business Finance Corp., RB,    
VRDN, Chevron USA, Inc. Project,    
Series H, 0.23%, 11/01/12 (c) 9,050 9,050,000
New York — 4.1%    
City of New York, New York, GO, Sub-    
Series B-9 (JPMorgan Chase Bank    
LOC), 0.18%, 11/07/12 (c) 22,100 22,100,000

 

BLACKROCK MUNICIPAL TARGET TERM TRUSTOCTOBER 31, 20124
  

Schedule of Investments (continued) BlackRock Municipal Target Term Trust (BTT)
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

  Par
(000)
Value
Short-Term Securities    
New York (concluded)    
New York State Local Government    
Assistance Corp., Refunding RB,    
VRDN, Subordinate Lien (JPMorgan    
Chase Bank SBPA) (c):    
Series B-3V, 0.20%, 11/07/12 $ 23,390 $ 23,390,000
Series B-7V, 0.19%, 11/07/12 23,500 23,500,000
    68,990,000
North Carolina — 0.6%    
City of Raleigh North Carolina, COP,    
VRDN, Downtown Improvement    
Project, Series A (Wells Fargo Bank    
NA SBPA), 0.20%, 11/07/12 (c) 9,400 9,400,000
Pennsylvania — 1.3%    
Philadelphia School District, GO,    
Refunding, VRDN, Series F (Barclays    
Bank LOC), 0.21%, 11/01/12 (c) 22,490 22,490,000
Texas — 5.9%    
City of Austin Texas, Refunding RB,    
VRDN, Series 2008 (Bank of Tokyo-    
Mitsubishi UFJ LOC), 0.20%,    
11/01/12 (c) 30,275 30,275,000
JPMorgan Chase Putters/Drivers Trust,    
RB, VRDN, PUTTERS, Series 4262    
(JPMorgan Chase Bank Liquidity    
Facility), 0.23%, 11/01/12 (c)(d) 70,000 70,000,000
    100,275,000
Utah — 0.9%    
City of Murray Utah, RB, IHC Health    
Services, Inc., VRDN, Series D (Wells    
Fargo Bank NA SBPA), 0.21%,    
11/01/12 (c) 14,400 14,400,000
West Virginia — 2.1%    
West Virginia EDA, Refunding RB, VRDN,    
Appalachian Power Co., Series A, AMT    
(Mizuho Corporate Bank LOC), 0.23%,    
11/01/12 (c) 35,000 35,000,000
  Shares  
 
Money Market Fund — 0.0%    
FFI Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund,    
0.04% (e)(f) 24,441 24,441
Total Short-Term Securities    
(Cost – $526,079,441) – 31.2%   526,079,441
Total Investments (Cost - $1,711,185,298*) – 102.1% 1,722,732,854
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets – (2.1)% (34,670,985)
Net Assets – 100.0%  
$ 1,688,061,869

 

 

*As of October 31, 2012, gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
Tax cost $ 1,711,185,298
Gross unrealized appreciation $ 11,804,449
Gross unrealized depreciation (256,893)
Net unrealized appreciation $ 11,547,556

 

(a)Represents a zero-coupon bond. Rate shown reflects the current yield as of report date.
(b)Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.
(c)Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date and maturity shown is the date the principal owed can be recovered through demand.
(d)Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.
(e)Investments in issuers considered to be an affiliate of the Trust during the period ended October 31, 2012, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
Affiliate Net
Activity
Shares
Held at
October 31, 2012
Income
FFI Institutional Tax-      
Exempt Fund 24,441 24,441 $ 533

 

(f)Represents the current yield as of report date.

 

Portfolio Abbreviations

To simplify the listings of portfolio holdings in the Schedule of Investments, the names and descriptions of many of the securities have been abbreviated according to the following list:

AGM Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.
AMT Alternative Minimum Tax (subject to)
ARB Airport Revenue Bonds
CAB Capital Appreciation Bonds
COP Certificates of Participation
EDA Economic Development Authority
GO General Obligation Bonds
HFA Housing Finance Agency
IDA Industrial Development Authority
LOC Letter of Credit
MRB Mortgage Revenue Bonds
NPFGC National Public Finance Guarantee Corp.
PUTTERS Puttable Tax-Exempt Receipts
RB Revenue Bonds
SBPA Stand-by Bond Purchase Agreements
S/F Single-Family
VRDN Variable Rate Demand Notes

 

BLACKROCK MUNICIPAL TARGET TERM TRUSTOCTOBER 31, 20125
  

Schedule of Investments (concluded) BlackRock Municipal Target Term Trust (BTT)

 

Fair Value Measurements - Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:
Level 1 — unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets and liabilities that the Trust has the ability to access
Level 2 — other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs)
Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Trust's own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments)

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. In accordance with the Trust's policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. The categorization of a value determined for investments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

The following table summarizes the Trust's investments categorized in the disclosure hierarchy as of October 31, 2012:

   Level 1  Level 2  Level 3  Total
 Assets:                     
 Investments:                     
 Long-Term                     
 Investments1       $1,196,653,413       $1,196,653,413 
 Short-Term                     
 Securities   $24,441    526,055,000        526,079,441 
 Total   $24,441   $1,722,708,413       $1,722,732,854 

 

1See above Schedule of Investments for values in each state or political subdivision.

Certain of the Trust’s liabilities are held at carrying amount, which approximates fair value for financial reporting purposes. As of October 31, 2012, a bank overdraft of $515,722 is categorized as Level 2 within the disclosure hierarchy.

There were no transfers between levels during the period ended October 31, 2012.

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Item 2 – Controls and Procedures

2(a)        The registrant's principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the ″1940 Act″)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

2(b) –     There were no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the registrant's last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3 – Exhibits

Certifications – Attached hereto

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

BlackRock Municipal Target Term Trust

 

  By: /s/ John M. Perlowski
    John M. Perlowski
    Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
    BlackRock Municipal Target Term Trust

 

Date: December 21, 2012

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

  By: /s/ John M. Perlowski
    John M. Perlowski
    Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
    BlackRock Municipal Target Term Trust

 

Date: December 21, 2012

 

  By: /s/ Neal J. Andrews
    Neal J. Andrews
    Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of
    BlackRock Municipal Target Term Trust

 

Date: December 21, 2012