BlackRock 2001 Term Trust to Change NYSE Trading Symbol from BLK to BTM.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 23, 1999-- The BlackRock 2001 Term Trust (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BLK BLK Black BLK Blank BLK Block BLK Bulk BLK Blocked Shot (basketball) BLK Blocked Kick (football) BLK Blackpool, England, United Kingdom - Blackpool (Airport Code) ) announced today that it will change its New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. trading symbol to BTM BTM See: Book to market. effective at the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, July 30, 1999. The BlackRock 2001 Term Trust will continue to trade on the NYSE without interruption and will maintain the same investment managers, investment approach and investment objectives as before the symbol change. Once released, the symbol BLK will be reserved for possible use by BlackRock, Inc., the parent company to the Trust's investment advisor. The BlackRock 2001 Term Trust is a diversified, actively managed closed-end fixed-income fund launched in August 1992 at a price of $10 per share. The Trust seeks to provide high current income and return $10 per share to shareholders on or about June 30, 2001. BlackRock, Inc. is a majority owned subsidiary of PNC PNC Purdue University North Central (Westville, Indiana) PnC Point 'n Click PNC Police National Computer PNC People's National Congress (Guyana) PNC People's National Congress Bank Corp. BlackRock manages more than $140 billion of equity, fixed-income and money market assets for institutions and individuals around the world. The firm has offices in New York, NY, Philadelphia, PA, Wilmington, DE, and Edinburgh, Scotland. |
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