BlackRock Municipal Income Trust II (the Trust) is a diversified closed-end management investment company. The Trust’s investment objective is to provide current income exempt from regular federal income tax. The Trust will invest at least 80% of its total assets in municipal bonds that are investment-grade quality, or determined by its investment adviser to be of equivalent credit quality at time of purchase. The Trust may invest up to 20% of its total assets in municipal bonds that are rated, at the time of investment, Ba/BB or B by Moody’s Investors Service (Moody's), Standard & Poor’s (S&P) or Fitch Ratings (Fitch), or that are unrated but judged to be of comparable quality by its investment advisor. ...
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