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BlackRock California Municipal 2018 Term Trust
100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809 * (888) 825-2257
Business Description The company is a newly organized, non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Trust's investment objectives are: to provide current income that is exempt from regular Federal and California income taxes; and to return $15 per common share (the initial public offering price per common share) to holders of common shares on or about December 31, 2018. The Trust will invest primarily in municipal bonds that pay interest that is exempt from regular Federal and California income taxes. The Trust will invest in municipal bonds that, in the opinion of the Trust's investment advisor and sub-advisor, are underrated or undervalued.
Offering
Information

Company has
gone public

Trading As  BJZ (NYSE) Industry  Fund (SIC 6726)
Type of Stock Offered  Common Shares Filing Date  9/18/2001
Domestic Shares Offered  14,700,000 Offer Date  10/25/2001
Foreign Shares Offered  0 Filing Price  $15.00
Company Shares  14,700,000 Offer Price  $15.00
Selling Shrhldrs Shares  0 Gross Spread  $0.675
Gross Proceeds  $220,500,000 Selling  $0.450
Expenses  - - Reallowance  $0.100
Post-IPO Shares  - - Employees  - -
Type of fund  Muni Bond
Primary
Underwriting
Group
Underwriter NameParticipationUnderwriter Phone
Merrill Lynch & Co. Lead Manager (212) 449-4600
A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. Co-manager (314) 955-3039
Gruntal & Co., LLC Co-manager (212) 820-8200
Prudential Securities Incorporated Co-manager (212) 778-5420
Quick & Reilly, Inc. Co-manager  
Raymond James & Associates, Inc. Co-manager (813) 573-8108
Salomon Smith Barney Co-manager (212) 723-7300
Tucker Anthony Sutro Capital Markets Co-manager  
Wells Fargo Van Kasper LLC. Co-manager  
Use Of
Proceeds
The proceeds from the proposed offering will be.invested in accordance with the Trust's investment objective and policies.
Legal Counsel
Registrar
Auditor
Issuer's Law Firm  Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Bank's Law Firm  Clifford Chance Rogers & Wells LLP
Registrar/Transfer Agent  State Street Bank and Trust Company
Auditor  Deloitte & Touche
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