SEC Form N-23C-2 filed by Blackrock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund Inc.

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

NOTIFICATION OF REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO

RULE 23c-2 UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

Investment Company Act File No. 811-08573

BLACKROCK MUNIHOLDINGS CALIFORNIA QUALITY FUND, INC.

(Name of Registrant)

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, Delaware 19809

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (800) 441-7762

The undersigned registered closed-end investment company hereby notifies the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) that it intends to redeem securities of which it is the issuer, as set forth below in accordance with the requirements of Rule 23c-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”), and states that it is filing this notice with the Commission at least 30 days prior to the date set for the redemption.

Series W-7 Variable Rate Muni Term Preferred Shares, par value $0.10 per share, liquidation preference of $100,000 per share (the “Series W-7 VMTP Shares”) (CUSIP #: 09254L701).

The Series W-7 VMTP Shares will be redeemed on September 27, 2024 (the “Redemption Date”).

The Series W-7 VMTP Shares are to be redeemed pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Fund’s Articles Supplementary Establishing and Fixing the Rights and Preferences of Variable Rate Muni Term Preferred Shares (the “Articles”), a form of which was most recently filed with the Commission on October 9, 2012, as an exhibit to the Fund’s Form NSAR-B/A. Pursuant to Section 10(c) of the Articles, dividends on the Series W-7 VMTP Shares will cease to accumulate from and after the Redemption Date.

The Fund intends to redeem 100% (5,264 shares) of its outstanding Series W-7 VMTP Shares. Holders of the Series W-7 VMTP Shares will receive the liquidation preference of $100,000 per share, together with accumulated and unpaid dividends through the Redemption Date. All of the Series W-7 VMTP Shares are held in book-entry form through the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), and such shares being redeemed will be redeemed in accordance with the procedures of DTC. Payment by the Fund of the Redemption Price (as defined in the Articles) will be made to The Bank of New York Mellon, as redemption and paying agent for the Series W-7 VMTP Shares.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirement of Rule 23c-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Fund has duly caused this Notification of Redemption of Securities to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, and the State of New York, on the 26th day of August, 2024.