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| BlackRock Bond Allocation Target Shares | BlackRock Funds II | |
Series C Portfolio | Total Return Portfolio | |
Series M Portfolio | Total Return Portfolio II | |
Series S Portfolio | Delaware Municipal Bond Portfolio | |
| BlackRock Value Opportunities Fund, Inc. | Enhanced Income Portfolio | |
| BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. | AMT-Free Municipal Bond Portfolio | |
| BlackRock Natural Resources Trust | GNMA Portfolio | |
| BlackRock Global Growth Fund, Inc. | Government Income Portfolio | |
| BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. | High Yield Bond Portfolio | |
| BlackRock Global SmallCap Fund, Inc. | Intermediate Bond Portfolio II | |
| BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc. | Prepared Portfolio 2010 | |
BlackRock Bond Fund | Prepared Portfolio 2015 | |
BlackRock High Income Fund | Prepared Portfolio 2020 | |
| BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. | Prepared Portfolio 2025 | |
BlackRock Municipal Insured Fund | Prepared Portfolio 2030 | |
BlackRock National Municipal Fund | Prepared Portfolio 2035 | |
BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund | Prepared Portfolio 2040 | |
BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund | Prepared Portfolio 2045 | |
| BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund | Prepared Portfolio 2050 | |
| BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc. | Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio | |
| BlackRock EuroFund | International Bond Portfolio | |
| BlackRock Municipal Series Trust | Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio | |
BlackRock Intermediate Municipal Fund | Kentucky Municipal Bond Portfolio | |
| BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund | Low Duration Bond Portfolio | |
| BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications Fund, Inc. | Managed Income Portfolio | |
| BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Series, Inc. | Ohio Municipal Bond Portfolio | |
BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund | BlackRock Strategic Portfolio I | |
| Managed Account Series | Conservative Prepared Portfolio | |
High Income Portfolio | Moderate Prepared Portfolio | |
US Mortgage Portfolio | Growth Prepared Portfolio | |
Global SmallCap Portfolio | Aggressive Growth Prepared Portfolio | |
Mid Cap Value Opportunities Portfolio | BlackRock Short Term Bond Series, Inc. | |
| BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc. | BlackRock Short Term Bond Fund | |
BlackRock Balanced Capital V.I. Fund | BlackRock Focus Value Fund, Inc. | |
BlackRock Basic Value V.I. Fund | BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust | |
BlackRock Bond V.I. Fund | BlackRock Florida Municipal Bond Fund | |
BlackRock Fundamental Growth V.I. Fund | BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund | |
BlackRock Global Growth V.I. Fund | BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Fund | |
BlackRock S&P 500 Index V.I. Fund | BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund | |
BlackRock Large Cap Core V.I. Fund | BlackRock Fundamental Growth Fund, Inc. | |
BlackRock Large Cap Growth V.I. Fund | BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust | |
BlackRock Large Cap Value V.I. Fund | BlackRock California Insured Municipal Bond Fund | |
BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund | BlackRock Focus Twenty Fund, Inc. | |
BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications V.I. Fund | BlackRock World Income Fund, Inc. | |
BlackRock Value Opportunities V.I. Fund | BlackRock International Value Trust | |
BlackRock International Value V.I. Fund | BlackRock International Value Fund | |
BlackRock Government Income V.I. Fund | Master Value Opportunities LLC | |
BlackRock High Income V.I. Fund | Master Basic Value LLC | |
BlackRock Money Market V.I. Fund | Master Focus Twenty LLC | |
| FDP Series, Inc. | Short-Term Bond Master LLC | |
Franklin Templeton Total Return FDP Fund | Short-Term Bond Master Portfolio | |
Marsico Growth FDP Fund | Master Commodity Strategies LLC | |
MFS Research International FDP Fund | Master Bond LLC | |
Van Kampen Value FDP Fund | Master Bond Portfolio | |
| BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund | BlackRock Series Fund, Inc. | |
| The GNMA Fund Investment Accumulation Program, Inc. | BlackRock Balanced Capital Portfolio |
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| BlackRock Principal Protected Trust | BlackRock Bond Portfolio | |
BlackRock Fundamental Growth Principal Protected Fund | BlackRock Fundamental Growth Portfolio | |
BlackRock Basic Value Principal Protected Fund | BlackRock Global Allocation Portfolio | |
BlackRock Core Principal Protected Fund | BlackRock Government Income Portfolio | |
| BlackRock FundsSM | BlackRock High Income Portfolio | |
Asset Allocation Portfolio | BlackRock Money Market Portfolio | |
All-Cap Global Resources Portfolio | BlackRock Large Cap Core Portfolio | |
Aurora Portfolio | Merrill Lynch U.S. Treasury Money Fund | |
Investment Trust | BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. | |
Exchange Portfolio | BlackRock International Index Fund | |
Global Opportunities Portfolio | BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund | |
Global Resources Portfolio | BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund | |
Global Science & Technology Opportunities Portfolio | Merrill Lynch Ready Assets Trust | |
Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio | BlackRock Healthcare Fund, Inc. | |
International Opportunities Portfolio | BlackRock Global Technology Fund, Inc. | |
Capital Appreciation Portfolio | CMA Money Fund | |
Mid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio | CMA Government Securities Fund | |
Mid-Cap Value Equity Portfolio | CMA Tax-Exempt Fund | |
Small Cap Growth Equity Portfolio | CMA Treasury Fund | |
Small Cap Core Equity Portfolio | WCMA Government Securities Fund | |
Small Cap Value Equity Portfolio | WCMA Money Fund | |
Small/Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio | WCMA Tax-Exempt Fund | |
U.S. Opportunities Portfolio | WCMA Treasury Fund | |
Index Equity Portfolio | BlackRock Developing Capital Markets Fund, Inc. | |
Money Market Portfolio | BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc. | |
Municipal Money Market Portfolio | BlackRock Pacific Fund, Inc. | |
U.S. Treasury Money Market Portfolio | BlackRock Global Financial Services Fund, Inc. | |
North Carolina Municipal Money Market Portfolio | BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. | |
New Jersey Municipal Money Market Portfolio | BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund | |
Ohio Municipal Money Market Portfolio | BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund | |
Pennsylvania Municipal Money Market Portfolio | BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund | |
Virginia Municipal Money Market Portfolio | Merrill Lynch Retirement Series Trust | |
| Merrill Lynch U.S.A. Government Reserves | Merrill Lynch Retirement Reserves Money Fund | |
| BlackRock Series, Inc. | Merrill Lynch Funds For Institutions Series | |
BlackRock International Fund | Merrill Lynch Government Fund | |
BlackRock Small Cap Growth Fund II | Merrill Lynch Treasury Fund | |
| BlackRock Financial Institution Series Trust | Merrill Lynch Institutional Fund | |
BlackRock Summit Cash Reserves Fund | Merrill Lynch Premier Institutional Fund | |
| CMA Multi-State Municipal Series Trust | Merrill Lynch Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund | |
CMA Arizona Municipal Money Fund | Global Financial Services Master LLC | |
CMA California Municipal Money Fund | Master Large Cap Series LLC | |
CMA Connecticut Municipal Money Fund | Master Large Cap Core Portfolio | |
CMA Florida Municipal Money Fund | Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio | |
CMA Massachusetts Municipal Money Fund | Master Large Cap Value Portfolio | |
CMA Michigan Municipal Money Fund | Master Institutional Money Market LLC | |
CMA New Jersey Municipal Money Fund | Merrill Lynch Premier Institutional Portfolio | |
CMA New York Municipal Money Fund | Merrill Lynch Institutional Portfolio | |
CMA North Carolina Municipal Money Fund | Merrill Lynch Institutional Tax-Exempt Portfolio | |
CMA Ohio Municipal Money Fund | BlackRock Master LLC | |
CMA Pennsylvania Municipal Money Fund | BlackRock Master Small Cap Growth Portfolio | |
BlackRock Master International Portfolio | ||
| Master Treasury LLC | ||
| Master Tax-Exempt LLC | ||
| Master Government Securities LLC | ||
| Master Money LLC |
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| Quantitative Master Series LLC |
Master Enhanced Small Cap Series |
Master Core Bond Enhanced Index Series |
Master Enhanced International Series |
Master Enhanced S&P 500 Series |
Master Extended Market Index Series |
Master International Index Series |
Master Mid Cap Index Series |
Master S&P 500 Index Series |
Master Small Cap Index Series |
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Current Fund Boards
BlackRock Funds/BlackRock Funds II/BATS | BlackRock Closed-End Funds | BlackRock Liquidity Funds | BlackRock (formerly MLIM) Cluster 1 | BlackRock (formerly MLIM) Cluster 2 | BlackRock (formerly MLIM) Cluster 3 | BlackRock (formerly MLIM) Cluster 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Bruce R. Bond Richard S. Davis* Stuart E. Eizenstat Laurence D. Fink* Robert M. Hernandez Dr. Matina Horner Toby Rosenblatt David R. Wilmerding, Jr. | Richard E. Cavanagh Kent Dixon Frank J. Fabozzi Kathleen F. Feldstein R. Glenn Hubbard Ralph L. Schlosstein* | Ralph L. Schlosstein* Paul L. Audet* Nicholas Beckwith, III Jerrold B. Harris Rodney D. Johnson Joseph P. Platt, Jr. Robert C. Robb, Jr. Kenneth L. Urish Frederick W. Winter | Donald W. Burton John F. O’Brien David H. Walsh Fred G. Weiss Robert C. Doll* | Robert C. Doll* Ronald W. Forbes Cynthia A. Montgomery Jean Margo Reid Roscoe S. Suddarth Richard R. West | James H. Bodurtha Robert C. Doll* Kenneth A. Froot Joe Grills Herbert I. London, Roberta Cooper Ramo Robert S. Salomon, Jr. | David O. Beim Robert C. Doll* James T. Flynn W. Carl Kester Karen P. Robards |
| * | Interested Director/Trustee. |
Post-Consolidation Fund Boards†
BlackRock Board A (Certain Open-End Equity Funds, all Fixed Income Funds and all Funds designed for sale through insurance company separate accounts) | BlackRock Board B (Certain Open-End Equity Funds and all Money Market Funds) | BlackRock Board C (all Closed-End Funds) | ||||||
| James H. Bodurtha | David O. Beim | G. Nicholas Beckwith, III | ||||||
| Bruce R. Bond | Richard S. Davis* | Richard E. Cavanagh (Chairman) | ||||||
| Donald W. Burton | Ronald W. Forbes (Co-Chair) | Richard S. Davis* | ||||||
| Richard S. Davis* | Henry Gabbay*,*** | Kent Dixon | ||||||
| Stuart E. Eizenstat | Rodney D. Johnson (Co-Chair) | Frank J. Fabozzi | ||||||
| Laurence D. Fink* | Dr. Matina Horner | Kathleen F. Feldstein | ||||||
| Kenneth A. Froot | Herbert I. London | James T. Flynn | ||||||
| Henry Gabbay*, *** | Cynthia A. Montgomery | Henry Gabbay*,*** | ||||||
| Robert M. Hernandez (Chairman) | Joseph P. Platt, Jr. | Jerrold B. Harris | ||||||
| John F. O’Brien | Robert C. Robb, Jr. | R. Glenn Hubbard | ||||||
| Roberta Cooper Ramo | Toby Rosenblatt | W. Carl Kester | ||||||
| Jean Margo Reid | Kenneth L. Urish | Karen P. Robards (Vice-Chair) | ||||||
| David H. Walsh | Frederick W. Winter | Robert S. Salomon, Jr. | ||||||
| Fred G. Weiss (Vice-Chairman) | David R. Wilmerding, Jr.** | Roscoe S. Suddarth** | ||||||
| Richard R. West | ||||||||
| Joe Grills** |
| * | Interested Director/Trustee. |
| ** | Advisory Board Member through 12/31/07, and not a Director/Trustee, after the Consolidation. |
| *** | Not previously on a Board. |
† | Messrs. Audet, Doll and Schlosstein will no longer serve on the Boards after the Consolidation. |
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