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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) | BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. |
1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies:
BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund, BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund, and BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund (each a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”), each a member of BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. (the “Corporation”), which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as a diversified, open-end management investment company. The Corporation is organized as a Maryland corporation. Each Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing all of its assets in Master Large Cap Core Portfolio, Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio and Master Large Cap Value Portfolio (collectively the “Portfolios” or individually a “Portfolio”), respectively, constituting Master Large Cap Series LLC (the “Master LLC”), each of which has the same investment objective and strategies as the corresponding Fund. The value of a Fund’s investment in the applicable Portfolio reflects the Fund’s proportionate interest in the net assets of such Portfolio. As of March 31, 2011, the percentages of Master Large Cap Core Portfolio, Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio and Master Large Cap Value Portfolio owned by BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund, BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund and BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund, were 74%, 78% and 91%, respectively. The performance of a Fund is directly affected by the performance of the applicable Portfolio. The financial statements of the Portfolios, including the Schedules of Investments, are included elsewhere in this report and should be read in conjunction with the Funds’ financial statements. The Funds’ financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Fund offers multiple classes of shares. Institutional Shares are sold without a sales charge and only to certain eligible investors. Service Shares are sold without a sales charge. Investor A Shares are generally sold with a front-end sales charge. Investor B and Investor C Shares may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge. Class R Shares are sold without a sales charge and only to certain retirement and other similar plans. All classes of shares have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and the same terms and conditions, except that Service, Investor A, Investor B, Investor C and Class R Shares bear certain expenses related to the shareholder servicing of such shares, and Investor B, Investor C and Class R Shares also bear certain expenses related to the distribution of such shares. Investor B Shares automatically convert to Investor A Shares after approximately eight years. Investor B Shares are only available through exchanges, dividend reinvestment by existing shareholders or for purchase by certain qualified employee benefit plans. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters relating to its shareholder servicing and distribution expenditures (except that Investor B shareholders may vote on material changes to the Investor A distribution and service plan).
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds:
Valuation: US GAAP defines fair value as the price the Funds would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Funds’ policy is to fair value their financial instruments at market value. Each Fund records its investment in the corresponding Portfolio at fair value based on the Fund’s proportionate interest in the net assets of the Portfolio. Valuation of securities held by the Portfolio, including categorization of fair value measurements, is discussed in Note 1 of the Master LLC’s Notes to Financial Statements, which are included elsewhere in this report.
Investment Transactions and Investment Income: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are entered into (the trade dates). For financial reporting purposes, contributions to and withdrawals from the Portfolios are accounted for on a trade date basis. Each Fund records daily its proportionate share of the corresponding Portfolio’s income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses. In addition, each Fund accrues its own expenses. Income and realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments are allocated daily to each class based on its relative net assets.
Dividends and Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by the Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. The amount and timing of dividends and distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from US GAAP.
Income Taxes: It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.
Each Fund files US federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on the Funds’ US federal tax returns remains open for the year ended September 30, 2010, the period ended September 30, 2009 and the two years ended October 31, 2008.The statutes of limitations on the Funds’ state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction. There are no uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.
Other: Expenses directly related to a Fund or its classes are charged to that Fund or class. Other operating expenses shared by several funds are pro rated among those funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Other expenses of each Fund are allocated daily to each class based on its relative net assets.
2. Administration Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates:
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”), Bank of America Corporation (“BAC”) and Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”) are the largest stockholders of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). Due to the ownership structure, PNC is an affiliate of the Funds for 1940 Act purposes, but BAC and Barclays are not.
The Corporation, on behalf of each Fund, entered into an Administration Agreement with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Administrator”), an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide administrative services (other than investment advice and related portfolio activities). For such services, each Fund pays the Administrator a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily value of each Fund’s net assets. The Funds do not pay an investment advisory fee or investment management fee.
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued) | BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. |
With respect to BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund, the Administrator contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees or expenses, excluding interest expense, dividend expense, acquired fund fees and expenses and certain other fund expenses, in order to limit expenses. The Administrator has agreed not to reduce or discontinue this contractual waiver or reimbursement prior to February 1, 2012 unless approved by the Board, including a majority of the non-interested Directors. These amounts are shown as transfer agent fees waived and/or reimbursed — class specific in the Statements of Operations. The expense limitations as a percentage of average daily net assets are as follows: 1.14% for Investor A and 1.97% for Investor B.
The Corporation, on behalf of the Funds, entered into a Distribution Agreement and Distribution and Service Plan with BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BlackRock. Pursuant to the Distribution and Service Plan and in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, each Fund pays BRIL ongoing service and distribution fees. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly at annual rates based upon the average daily net assets of the shares of each Fund as follows:
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Investor A | | | 0.25% | | | — | |
Investor B | | | 0.25% | | | 0.75% | |
Investor C | | | 0.25% | | | 0.75% | |
Class R | | | 0.25% | | | 0.25% | |
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Pursuant to sub-agreements with BRIL, broker-dealers and BRIL provide shareholder servicing and distribution services to each Fund. The ongoing service and/or distribution fee compensates BRIL and each broker-dealer for providing shareholder servicing and/or distribution related services to Service, Investor A, Investor B, Investor C and Class R shareholders.
For the six months ended March 31, 2011, affiliates earned underwriting discounts, direct commissions and dealer concessions on sales of the Funds’ Investor A Shares as follows:
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BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund | | $ | 39,761 | |
BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund | | $ | 10,452 | |
BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund | | $ | 9,339 | |
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For the six months ended March 31, 2011, affiliates received the following contingent deferred sales charges relating to transactions in Investor B and Investor C Shares:
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BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund | | $ | 40,377 | | $ | 22,738 | |
BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund | | $ | 6,966 | | $ | 2,483 | |
BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund | | $ | 28,022 | | $ | 9,731 | |
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Furthermore, affiliates received contingent deferred sale charges relating to transactions subject to front-end sales charge waivers on Investor A Shares as follows:
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BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund | | $ | 2,350 | |
BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund | | $ | 63 | |
BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund | | $ | 1,083 | |
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The Administrator maintains a call center, which is responsible for providing certain shareholder services to the Funds, such as responding to shareholder inquiries and processing transactions based upon instructions from shareholders with respect to the subscription and redemption of Fund shares. For the six months ended March 31, 2011, the Funds reimbursed the Administrator the following amounts for costs incurred in running the call center, which are included in transfer agent — class specific in the Statements of Operations:
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Institutional | | | $ | 3,588 | | | | $ | 161 | | | | $ | 1,368 | | |
Service | | | $ | 3 | | | | $ | 60 | | | | $ | 335 | | |
Investor A | | | $ | 16,116 | | | | $ | 1,026 | | | | $ | 6,537 | | |
Investor B | | | $ | 2,142 | | | | $ | 138 | | | | $ | 544 | | |
Investor C | | | $ | 2,568 | | | | $ | 548 | | | | $ | 1,607 | | |
Class R | | | $ | 180 | | | | $ | 113 | | | | $ | 293 | | |
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Certain officers and/or directors of the Corporation are officers and/or directors of BlackRock or its affiliates. The Funds reimburse the Administrator for compensation paid to the Corporation’s Chief Compliance Officer.
3. Capital Loss Carryforwards:
As of September 30, 2010, the Funds had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains through the indicated expiration dates as follows:
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Expires September 30, | | BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund | | BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund | | BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund | |
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2016 | | $ | 196,432,528 | | | — | | $ | 236,415,548 | |
2017 | | | 703,142,916 | | $ | 101,382,129 | | | 783,578,280 | |
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Total | | $ | 899,575,444 | | $ | 101,382,129 | | $ | 1,019,993,828 | |
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Under the recently enacted Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, capital losses incurred by the Funds after September 30, 2011 will not be subject to expiration. In addition, these losses must be utilized prior to the losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years.
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued) | BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. |
4. Capital Share Transactions:
Transactions in capital shares for each class were as follows:
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Shares sold | | | 3,554,595 | | $ | 39,298,127 | | | 10,773,130 | | $ | 108,830,104 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends | | | 215,803 | | | 2,378,139 | | | 995,656 | | | 10,056,127 | |
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Total issued | | | 3,770,398 | | | 41,676,266 | | | 11,768,786 | | | 118,886,231 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (14,778,157 | ) | | (163,250,760 | ) | | (58,705,823 | ) | | (580,312,532 | ) |
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Net decrease | | | (11,007,759 | ) | $ | (121,574,494 | ) | | (46,937,037 | ) | $ | (461,426,301 | ) |
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Shares sold | | | 1,804 | | $ | 20,000 | | | 21 | | $ | 209 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends | | | 64 | | | 694 | | | 68 | | | 670 | |
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Total issued | | | 1,868 | | | 20,694 | | | 89 | | | 879 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (6,531 | ) | | (70,285 | ) | | (4,462 | ) | | (43,976 | ) |
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Net decrease | | | (4,663 | ) | $ | (49,591 | ) | | (4,373 | ) | $ | (43,097 | ) |
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Investor A | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Shares sold and automatic conversion of shares | | | 5,967,842 | | $ | 65,664,547 | | | 13,647,851 | | $ | 134,090,944 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends | | | 450,984 | | | 4,857,051 | | | 1,022,108 | | | 10,098,403 | |
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Total issued | | | 6,418,826 | | | 70,521,598 | | | 14,669,959 | | | 144,189,347 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (12,134,943 | ) | | (132,116,717 | ) | | (28,324,813 | ) | | (278,146,597 | ) |
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Net decrease | | | (5,716,117 | ) | $ | (61,595,119 | ) | | (13,654,854 | ) | $ | (133,957,250 | ) |
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Investor B | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Shares sold | | | 151,538 | | $ | 1,540,609 | | | 485,306 | | $ | 4,475,426 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends | | | — | | | — | | | 18,880 | | | 175,014 | |
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Total issued | | | 151,538 | | | 1,540,609 | | | 504,186 | | | 4,650,440 | |
Shares redeemed and automatic conversion of shares | | | (2,022,206 | ) | | (20,597,830 | ) | | (5,540,874 | ) | | (51,182,780 | ) |
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Net decrease | | | (1,870,668 | ) | $ | (19,057,221 | ) | | (5,036,688 | ) | $ | (46,532,340 | ) |
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Shares sold | | | 3,956,868 | | $ | 40,356,646 | | | 9,126,282 | | $ | 83,325,024 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends | | | — | | | — | | | 184,903 | | | 1,699,248 | |
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Total issued | | | 3,956,868 | | | 40,356,646 | | | 9,311,185 | | | 85,024,272 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (9,889,292 | ) | | (100,151,955 | ) | | (19,911,091 | ) | | (181,463,376 | ) |
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Net decrease | | | (5,932,424 | ) | $ | (59,795,309 | ) | | (10,599,906 | ) | $ | (96,439,104 | ) |
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Shares sold | | | 950,432 | | $ | 10,058,282 | | | 2,430,715 | | $ | 23,002,677 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends | | | 14,026 | | | 144,891 | | | 64,796 | | | 614,263 | |
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Total issued | | | 964,458 | | | 10,203,173 | | | 2,495,511 | | | 23,616,940 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (2,572,816 | ) | | (27,158,852 | ) | | (4,437,568 | ) | | (41,770,158 | ) |
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Net decrease | | | (1,608,358 | ) | $ | (16,955,679 | ) | | (1,942,057 | ) | $ | (18,153,218 | ) |
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued) | BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. |
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| | Six Months Ended March 31, 2011 | | Year Ended September 30, 2010 | |
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BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund | | Shares | | Amount | | Shares | | Amount | |
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Shares sold | | | 30,433,030 | | $ | 298,737,903 | | | 1,338,286 | | $ | 12,666,317 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends | | | — | | | — | | | 14,931 | | | 140,651 | |
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Total issued | | | 30,433,030 | | | 298,737,903 | | | 1,353,217 | | | 12,806,968 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (8,180,120 | ) | | (87,101,992 | ) | | (4,102,509 | ) | | (38,052,825 | ) |
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Net increase (decrease) | | | 22,252,910 | | $ | 211,635,911 | | | (2,749,292 | ) | $ | (25,245,857 | ) |
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Shares sold and automatic conversion of shares | | | 237,584 | | $ | 2,467,644 | | | 314,193 | | $ | 2,934,482 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends | | | — | | | — | | | 2,316 | | | 21,700 | |
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Total issued | | | 237,584 | | | 2,467,644 | | | 316,509 | | | 2,956,182 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (149,809 | ) | | (1,607,465 | ) | | (407,564 | ) | | (3,752,048 | ) |
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Net increase (decrease) | | | 87,775 | | $ | 860,179 | | | (91,055 | ) | $ | (795,866 | ) |
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Shares sold and automatic conversion of shares | | | 2,935,187 | | $ | 30,884,077 | | | 6,818,978 | | $ | 62,794,718 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends | | | — | | | — | | | 49,226 | | | 451,399 | |
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Total issued | | | 2,935,187 | | | 30,884,077 | | | 6,868,204 | | | 63,246,117 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (10,260,219 | ) | | (105,587,638 | ) | | (10,233,312 | ) | | (93,172,865 | ) |
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Net decrease | | | (7,325,032 | ) | $ | (74,703,561 | ) | | (3,365,108 | ) | $ | (29,926,748 | ) |
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Shares sold | | | 47,431 | | $ | 453,695 | | | 118,538 | | $ | 998,894 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | |
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Total issued | | | 47,431 | | | 453,695 | | | 118,538 | | | 998,894 | |
Shares redeemed and automatic conversion of shares | | | (414,381 | ) | | (3,913,235 | ) | | (1,720,564 | ) | | (14,492,638 | ) |
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Net decrease | | | (366,950 | ) | $ | (3,459,540 | ) | | (1,602,026 | ) | $ | (13,493,744 | ) |
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Shares sold | | | 1,006,789 | | $ | 9,653,758 | | | 2,236,747 | | $ | 18,917,169 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | |
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Total issued | | | 1,006,789 | | | 9,653,758 | | | 2,236,747 | | | 18,917,169 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (2,239,664 | ) | | (21,301,890 | ) | | (5,624,127 | ) | | (47,375,242 | ) |
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Net decrease | | | (1,232,875 | ) | $ | (11,648,132 | ) | | (3,387,380 | ) | $ | (28,458,073 | ) |
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Shares sold | | | 769,798 | | $ | 7,771,580 | | | 2,092,702 | | $ | 18,494,679 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | |
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Total issued | | | 769,798 | | | 7,771,580 | | | 2,092,702 | | | 18,494,679 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (1,971,461 | ) | | (19,761,596 | ) | | (3,910,116 | ) | | (34,501,312 | ) |
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Net decrease | | | (1,201,663 | ) | $ | (11,990,016 | ) | | (1,817,414 | ) | $ | (16,006,633 | ) |
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Notes to Financial Statements (concluded) | BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. |
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| | Six Months Ended March 31, 2011 | | Year Ended September 30, 2010 | |
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BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund | | Shares | | Amount | | Shares | | Amount | |
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Shares sold | | | 10,992,282 | | $ | 164,547,430 | | | 19,278,100 | | $ | 258,452,858 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends | | | 431,235 | | | 6,278,751 | | | 623,361 | | | 8,446,534 | |
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Total issued | | | 11,423,517 | | | 170,826,181 | | | 19,901,461 | | | 266,899,392 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (21,121,017 | ) | | (312,039,960 | ) | | (31,410,550 | ) | | (423,309,905 | ) |
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Net decrease | | | (9,697,500 | ) | $ | (141,213,779 | ) | | (11,509,089 | ) | $ | (156,410,513 | ) |
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Shares sold | | | 156,793 | | $ | 2,362,436 | | | 580,761 | | $ | 7,814,152 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends | | | 18,056 | | | 262,530 | | | 22,284 | | | 301,721 | |
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Total issued | | | 174,849 | | | 2,624,966 | | | 603,045 | | | 8,115,873 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (195,636 | ) | | (2,948,239 | ) | | (546,758 | ) | | (7,307,183 | ) |
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Net increase (decrease) | | | (20,787 | ) | $ | (323,273 | ) | | 56,287 | | $ | 808,690 | |
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Investor A | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Shares sold and automatic conversion of shares | | | 4,304,118 | | $ | 63,373,006 | | | 11,944,824 | | $ | 158,688,148 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends | | | 357,440 | | | 5,125,675 | | | 585,808 | | | 7,814,678 | |
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Total issued | | | 4,661,558 | | | 68,498,681 | | | 12,530,632 | | | 166,502,826 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (16,173,310 | ) | | (236,302,132 | ) | | (30,481,178 | ) | | (401,417,990 | ) |
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Net decrease | | | (11,511,752 | ) | $ | (167,803,451 | ) | | (17,950,546 | ) | $ | (234,915,164 | ) |
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Investor B | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Shares sold | | | 78,471 | | $ | 1,088,936 | | | 265,031 | | $ | 3,329,020 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | |
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Total issued | | | 78,471 | | | 1,088,936 | | | 265,031 | | | 3,329,020 | |
Shares redeemed and automatic conversion of shares | | | (790,822 | ) | | (10,884,239 | ) | | (2,500,232 | ) | | (31,383,426 | ) |
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Net decrease | | | (712,351 | ) | $ | (9,795,303 | ) | | (2,235,201 | ) | $ | (28,054,406 | ) |
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Shares sold | | | 1,384,320 | | $ | 19,205,241 | | | 3,543,382 | | $ | 44,307,468 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends | | | — | | | — | | | 47,979 | | | 604,065 | |
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Total issued | | | 1,384,320 | | | 19,205,241 | | | 3,591,361 | | | 44,911,533 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (4,701,513 | ) | | (64,542,640 | ) | | (10,921,436 | ) | | (135,789,995 | ) |
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Net decrease | | | (3,317,193 | ) | $ | (45,337,399 | ) | | (7,330,075 | ) | $ | (90,878,462 | ) |
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Shares sold | | | 1,072,154 | | $ | 15,228,901 | | | 2,802,283 | | $ | 35,887,564 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends | | | 32,466 | | | 449,659 | | | 75,054 | | | 968,198 | |
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Total issued | | | 1,104,620 | | | 15,678,560 | | | 2,877,337 | | | 36,855,762 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (2,809,532 | ) | | (39,551,572 | ) | | (5,039,688 | ) | | (64,616,144 | ) |
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Net decrease | | | (1,704,912 | ) | $ | (23,873,012 | ) | | (2,162,351 | ) | $ | (27,760,382 | ) |
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5. Subsequent Events:
Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on each Fund through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.
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Portfolio Information as of March 31, 2011 | Master Large Cap Series LLC |
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Ten Largest Holdings | | | |
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Master Large Cap Core Portfolio | | Percent of Long-Term Investments |
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Exxon Mobil Corp. | | 2 | % |
Philip Morris International, Inc. | | 2 | |
Intel Corp. | | 2 | |
Comcast Corp., Class A | | 2 | |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | | 2 | |
Amgen, Inc. | | 1 | |
Apple, Inc. | | 1 | |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | | 1 | |
Eli Lilly & Co. | | 1 | |
Marathon Oil Corp. | | 1 | |
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Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio | | Percent of Long-Term Investments |
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Exxon Mobil Corp. | | 4 | % |
Apple, Inc. | | 3 | |
Philip Morris International, Inc. | | 3 | |
Intel Corp. | | 2 | |
DIRECTV, Class A | | 2 | |
Dell, Inc. | | 1 | |
Applied Materials, Inc. | | 1 | |
Altera Corp. | | 1 | |
Lockheed Martin Corp. | | 1 | |
Autodesk, Inc. | | 1 | |
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Master Large Cap Value Portfolio | | Percent of Long-Term Investments |
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Comcast Corp., Class A | | 2 | % |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | | 2 | |
Amgen, Inc. | | 2 | |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | | 2 | |
ConocoPhillips | | 2 | |
Marathon Oil Corp. | | 2 | |
Intel Corp. | | 2 | |
Eli Lilly & Co. | | 1 | |
Corning, Inc. | | 1 | |
Texas Instruments, Inc. | | 1 | |
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Sector Allocation | | | |
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Master Large Cap Core Portfolio | | Percent of Long-Term Investments |
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Information Technology | | 28 | % |
Health Care | | 17 | |
Consumer Discretionary | | 14 | |
Energy | | 10 | |
Consumer Staples | | 6 | |
Industrials | | 6 | |
Financials | | 6 | |
Utilities | | 6 | |
Telecommunication Services | | 4 | |
Materials | | 3 | |
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Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio | | Percent of Long-Term Investments |
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Information Technology | | 38 | % |
Health Care | | 14 | |
Consumer Discretionary | | 14 | |
Industrials | | 11 | |
Energy | | 9 | |
Materials | | 6 | |
Consumer Staples | | 6 | |
Financials | | 1 | |
Telecommunication Services | | 1 | |
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Master Large Cap Value Portfolio | | Percent of Long-Term Investments |
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Financials | | 17 | % |
Information Technology | | 16 | |
Health Care | | 16 | |
Energy | | 10 | |
Consumer Discretionary | | 9 | |
Industrials | | 8 | |
Materials | | 7 | |
Utilities | | 7 | |
Consumer Staples | | 5 | |
Telecommunication Services | | 5 | |
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For Portfolio compliance purposes, sector and industry classifications refer to any one or more of the sector and industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or ratings group indexes, and/or as defined by Portfolio management. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine sector and industry sub-classifications for reporting ease.
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Schedule of Investments March 31, 2011 (Unaudited) | Master Large Cap Core Portfolio |
| (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Common Stocks | | | Shares | | Value | |
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Consumer Discretionary — 14.1% | | | | | | | |
Auto Components — 0.8% | | | | | | | |
Autoliv, Inc. | | | 360,000 | | $ | 26,722,800 | |
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Diversified Consumer Services — 0.7% | | | | | | | |
Career Education Corp. (a) | | | 820,000 | | | 18,630,400 | |
ITT Educational Services, Inc. (a) | | | 80,000 | | | 5,772,000 | |
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Internet & Catalog Retail — 1.0% | | | | | | | |
Liberty Media Holding Corp. — Interactive (a) | | | 2,180,000 | | | 34,967,200 | |
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Media — 6.4% | | | | | | | |
CBS Corp., Class B | | | 1,500,000 | | | 37,560,000 | |
Comcast Corp., Class A | | | 2,100,000 | | | 51,912,000 | |
DIRECTV, Class A (a) | | | 940,000 | | | 43,992,000 | |
DISH Network Corp. (a) | | | 1,170,000 | | | 28,501,200 | |
Gannett Co., Inc. | | | 640,000 | | | 9,747,200 | |
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. | | | 2,960,000 | | | 37,207,200 | |
Liberty Media Holding Corp. — Capital (a) | | | 170,000 | | | 12,523,900 | |
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| | | | | | 221,443,500 | |
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Multiline Retail — 1.0% | | | | | | | |
Macy’s, Inc. | | | 1,360,000 | | | 32,993,600 | |
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Specialty Retail — 4.2% | | | | | | | |
Foot Locker, Inc. | | | 1,750,000 | | | 34,510,000 | |
Limited Brands, Inc. | | | 1,110,000 | | | 36,496,800 | |
PetSmart, Inc. | | | 260,000 | | | 10,647,000 | |
Ross Stores, Inc. | | | 380,000 | | | 27,025,600 | |
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | | | 900,000 | | | 36,450,000 | |
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Total Consumer Discretionary | | | | | | 485,658,900 | |
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Consumer Staples — 6.2% | | | | | | | |
Beverages — 1.8% | | | | | | | |
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. | | | 470,000 | | | 12,831,000 | |
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 630,000 | | | 12,776,400 | |
Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. | | | 1,000,000 | | | 37,160,000 | |
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Food & Staples Retailing — 1.1% | | | | | | | |
The Kroger Co. | | | 1,610,000 | | | 38,591,700 | |
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Food Products — 1.0% | | | | | | | |
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A | | | 1,800,000 | | | 34,542,000 | |
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Household Products — 0.4% | | | | | | | |
The Procter & Gamble Co. | | | 210,000 | | | 12,936,000 | |
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Tobacco — 1.9% | | | | | | | |
Philip Morris International, Inc. | | | 1,010,000 | | | 66,286,300 | |
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Total Consumer Staples | | | | | | 215,123,400 | |
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Energy — 10.2% | | | | | | | |
Energy Equipment & Services — 1.8% | | | | | | | |
Exterran Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 460,000 | | | 10,915,800 | |
McDermott International, Inc. (a) | | | 1,540,000 | | | 39,100,600 | |
Nabors Industries Ltd. (a) | | | 390,000 | | | 11,848,200 | |
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Energy (concluded) | | | | | | | |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 8.4% | | | | | | | |
Chevron Corp. | | | 180,000 | | $ | 19,337,400 | |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | | | 890,000 | | | 74,875,700 | |
Frontier Oil Corp. | | | 1,130,000 | | | 33,131,600 | |
Marathon Oil Corp. | | | 840,000 | | | 44,780,400 | |
Murphy Oil Corp. | | | 550,000 | | | 40,381,000 | |
Sunoco, Inc. | | | 790,000 | | | 36,016,100 | |
Valero Energy Corp. | | | 1,350,000 | | | 40,257,000 | |
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Total Energy | | | | | | 350,643,800 | |
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Financials — 5.8% | | | | | | | |
Capital Markets — 1.0% | | | | | | | |
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | | | 560,000 | | | 34,204,800 | |
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Commercial Banks — 0.3% | | | | | | | |
Popular, Inc. (a) | | | 930,000 | | | 2,706,300 | |
Wells Fargo & Co. | | | 210,000 | | | 6,657,000 | |
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Consumer Finance — 1.2% | | | | | | | |
Discover Financial Services, Inc. | | | 1,660,000 | | | 40,039,200 | |
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Diversified Financial Services — 1.4% | | | | | | | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | | 280,000 | | | 12,908,000 | |
The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (a) | | | 1,370,000 | | | 35,400,800 | |
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Insurance — 1.9% | | | | | | | |
Assurant, Inc. | | | 810,000 | | | 31,193,100 | |
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (a) | | | 60,000 | | | 5,017,800 | |
MBIA, Inc. (a) | | | 3,130,000 | | | 31,425,200 | |
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Total Financials | | | | | | 199,552,200 | |
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Health Care — 16.9% | | | | | | | |
Biotechnology — 3.8% | | | | | | | |
Amgen, Inc. (a) | | | 870,000 | | | 46,501,500 | |
Biogen Idec, Inc. (a) | | | 550,000 | | | 40,364,500 | |
Cephalon, Inc. (a) | | | 410,000 | | | 31,069,800 | |
Myriad Genetics, Inc. (a) | | | 610,000 | | | 12,291,500 | |
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| | | | | | 130,227,300 | |
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Health Care Providers & Services — 7.0% | | | | | | | |
Aetna, Inc. | | | 1,050,000 | | | 39,301,500 | |
AmerisourceBergen Corp. | | | 1,020,000 | | | 40,351,200 | |
Cardinal Health, Inc. | | | 910,000 | | | 37,428,300 | |
Coventry Health Care, Inc. (a) | | | 840,000 | | | 26,787,600 | |
Health Management Associates, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 3,400,000 | | | 37,060,000 | |
Lincare Holdings, Inc. | | | 340,000 | | | 10,084,400 | |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | | | 1,110,000 | | | 50,172,000 | |
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Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.5% | | | | | | | |
Illumina, Inc. (a) | | | 510,000 | | | 35,735,700 | |
Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc. | | | 650,000 | | | 18,011,500 | |
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| | | | | | 53,747,200 | |
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Pharmaceuticals — 4.6% | | | | | | | |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | | | 1,710,000 | | | 45,195,300 | |
Eli Lilly & Co. | | | 1,280,000 | | | 45,017,600 | |
Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 420,000 | | | 16,027,200 | |
Forest Laboratories, Inc. (a) | | | 1,180,000 | | | 38,114,000 | |
Johnson & Johnson | | | 130,000 | | | 7,702,500 | |
Pfizer, Inc. | | | 370,000 | | | 7,514,700 | |
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| | | | | | 159,571,300 | |
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Total Health Care | | | | | | 584,730,800 | |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) | Master Large Cap Core Portfolio |
| (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Common Stocks | | | Shares | | Value | |
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Industrials — 6.2% | | | | | | | |
Aerospace & Defense — 0.8% | | | | | | | |
Raytheon Co. | | | 510,000 | | $ | 25,943,700 | |
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Airlines — 1.0% | | | | | | | |
Southwest Airlines Co. | | | 2,580,000 | | | 32,585,400 | |
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Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5% | | | | | | | |
Avery Dennison Corp. | | | 180,000 | | | 7,552,800 | |
Pitney Bowes, Inc. | | | 390,000 | | | 10,019,100 | |
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| | | | | | 17,571,900 | |
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Construction & Engineering — 0.9% | | | | | | | |
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV | | | 200,000 | | | 8,132,000 | |
KBR, Inc. | | | 640,000 | | | 24,172,800 | |
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| | | | | | 32,304,800 | |
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Industrial Conglomerates — 0.6% | | | | | | | |
General Electric Co. | | | 1,080,000 | | | 21,654,000 | |
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Machinery — 2.0% | | | | | | | |
AGCO Corp. (a) | | | 350,000 | | | 19,239,500 | |
Manitowoc Co. | | | 1,740,000 | | | 38,071,200 | |
Timken Co. | | | 250,000 | | | 13,075,000 | |
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| | | | | | 70,385,700 | |
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Road & Rail — 0.4% | | | | | | | |
Ryder System, Inc. | | | 270,000 | | | 13,662,000 | |
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Total Industrials | | | | | | 214,107,500 | |
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Information Technology — 28.0% | | | | | | | |
Communications Equipment — 1.8% | | | | | | | |
Motorola Solutions Inc. (a) | | | 900,000 | | | 40,221,000 | |
Tellabs, Inc. | | | 3,960,000 | | | 20,750,400 | |
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| | | | | | 60,971,400 | |
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Computers & Peripherals — 5.5% | | | | | | | |
Apple, Inc. (a) | | | 130,000 | | | 45,298,500 | |
Dell, Inc. (a) | | | 2,740,000 | | | 39,757,400 | |
Lexmark International, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 850,000 | | | 31,484,000 | |
Seagate Technology (a) | | | 2,660,000 | | | 38,304,000 | |
Western Digital Corp. (a) | | | 970,000 | | | 36,171,300 | |
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| | | | | | 191,015,200 | |
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Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.3% | | | | | | | |
Corning, Inc. | | | 1,980,000 | | | 40,847,400 | |
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (a) | | | 2,050,000 | | | 36,367,000 | |
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| | | | | | 77,214,400 | |
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Internet Software & Services — 0.2% | | | | | | | |
Google, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 10,000 | | | 5,862,100 | |
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IT Services — 1.6% | | | | | | | |
International Business Machines Corp. | | | 120,000 | | | 19,568,400 | |
The Western Union Co. | | | 1,770,000 | | | 36,762,900 | |
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| | | | | | 56,331,300 | |
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Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 13.9% | | | | | | | |
Altera Corp. | | | 940,000 | | | 41,378,800 | |
Analog Devices, Inc. | | | 930,000 | | | 36,623,400 | |
Applied Materials, Inc. | | | 2,600,000 | | | 40,612,000 | |
Atmel Corp. (a) | | | 2,690,000 | | | 36,664,700 | |
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (a) | | | 1,520,000 | | | 29,457,600 | |
Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. (a) | | | 1,180,000 | | | 21,476,000 | |
Intel Corp. | | | 2,980,000 | | | 60,106,600 | |
Lam Research Corp. (a) | | | 670,000 | | | 37,962,200 | |
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Common Stocks | | | Shares | | Value | |
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Information Technology (concluded) | | | | | | | |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (concluded) | | | | | | | |
MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (a) | | | 2,800,000 | | $ | 36,288,000 | |
National Semiconductor Corp. | | | 2,300,000 | | | 32,982,000 | |
Novellus Systems, Inc. (a) | | | 960,000 | | | 35,644,800 | |
ON Semiconductor Corp. (a) | | | 3,460,000 | | | 34,150,200 | |
Teradyne, Inc. (a) | | | 2,040,000 | | | 36,332,400 | |
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| | | | | | 479,678,700 | |
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Software — 2.7% | | | | | | | |
Autodesk, Inc. (a) | | | 80,000 | | | 3,528,800 | |
CA, Inc. | | | 1,500,000 | | | 36,270,000 | |
Microsoft Corp. | | | 640,000 | | | 16,230,400 | |
Symantec Corp. (a) | | | 2,060,000 | | | 38,192,400 | |
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| | | | | | 94,221,600 | |
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Total Information Technology | | | | | | 965,294,700 | |
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Materials — 3.3% | | | | | | | |
Chemicals — 0.6% | | | | | | | |
Huntsman Corp. | | | 1,280,000 | | | 22,246,400 | |
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Containers & Packaging — 0.6% | | | | | | | |
Ball Corp. | | | 170,000 | | | 6,094,500 | |
Crown Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 180,000 | | | 6,944,400 | |
Sealed Air Corp. | | | 260,000 | | | 6,931,600 | |
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| | | | | | 19,970,500 | |
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Metals & Mining — 1.2% | | | | | | | |
Alcoa, Inc. | | | 2,400,000 | | | 42,360,000 | |
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Paper & Forest Products — 0.9% | | | | | | | |
Domtar Corp. | | | 60,000 | | | 5,506,800 | |
MeadWestvaco Corp. | | | 840,000 | | | 25,477,200 | |
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| | | | | | 30,984,000 | |
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Total Materials | | | | | | 115,560,900 | |
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Telecommunication Services — 3.6% | | | | | | | |
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.4% | | | | | | | |
AT&T Inc. | | | 360,000 | | | 11,016,000 | |
Qwest Communications International, Inc. | | | 5,670,000 | | | 38,726,100 | |
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| | | | | | 49,742,100 | |
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Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.2% | | | | | | | |
MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (a) | | | 2,280,000 | | | 37,027,200 | |
Sprint Nextel Corp. (a) | | | 8,430,000 | | | 39,115,200 | |
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| | | | | | 76,142,400 | |
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Total Telecommunication Services | | | | | | 125,884,500 | |
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Utilities — 5.8% | | | | | | | |
Electric Utilities — 0.5% | | | | | | | |
Pepco Holdings, Inc. | | | 880,000 | | | 16,412,000 | |
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Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 2.5% | | | | | | | |
The AES Corp. (a) | | | 2,990,000 | | | 38,870,000 | |
GenOn Energy, Inc. (a) | | | 3,175,200 | | | 12,097,512 | |
NRG Energy, Inc. (a) | | | 1,680,000 | | | 36,187,200 | |
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|
| | | | | | 87,154,712 | |
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Multi-Utilities — 2.8% | | | | | | | |
Ameren Corp. | | | 1,210,000 | | | 33,964,700 | |
CMS Energy Corp. | | | 1,380,000 | | | 27,103,200 | |
NiSource, Inc. (b) | | | 1,800,000 | | | 34,524,000 | |
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|
| | | | | | 95,591,900 | |
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Total Utilities | | | | | | 199,158,612 | |
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Total Long-Term Investments | | | | | | | |
(Cost — $2,825,439,355) — 100.1% | | | | | | 3,455,715,312 | |
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See Notes to Financial Statements. |
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Schedule of Investments (concluded) | Master Large Cap Core Portfolio |
| (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Short-Term Securities | | Beneficial Interest (000) | | Value | |
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BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Money Market Series, 0.43% (c)(d)(e) | | $ | 29,696 | | $ | 29,696,000 | |
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Total Short-Term Securities | | | | | | | |
(Cost — $29,696,000) — 0.9% | | | | | | 29,696,000 | |
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Total Investments (Cost — $2,855,135,355*) — 101.0% | | | | | | 3,485,411,312 | |
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (1.0)% | | | | | | (32,879,237 | ) |
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Net Assets — 100.0% | | | | | $ | 3,452,532,075 | |
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* | The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of March 31, 2011, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows: |
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Aggregate cost | | $ | 2,911,040,388 | |
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Gross unrealized appreciation | | $ | 620,511,455 | |
Gross unrealized depreciation | | | (46,140,531 | ) |
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Net unrealized appreciation | | $ | 574,370,924 | |
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(a) | Non-income producing security. |
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(b) | Security, or a portion of security, is on loan. |
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(c) | Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Master LLC during the period, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows: |
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Affiliate | | Beneficial Interest Held at September 30, 2010 | | Net Activity | | Beneficial Interest Held at March 31, 2011 | | Income | |
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BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class | | | — | | | — | | | — | | $ | 501 | |
BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Money Market Series | | $ | 113,624,600 | | $ | (86,928,600 | ) | $ | 29,696,000 | | $ | 46,773 | |
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(d) | Represents the current yield as of report date. |
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(e) | Security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities. |
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• | For Portfolio compliance purposes, the Portfolio’s sector and industry classifications refer to any one or more of the sector and industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by Portfolio management. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such sector and industry sub-classifications for reporting ease. |
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• | Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes as follows: |
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| • | Level 1 — price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets and liabilities |
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| • | Level 2 — other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) |
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| • | Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments) |
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Portfolio’s policy regarding valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements.
The following table summarizes the inputs used as of March 31, 2011 in determining the fair valuation of the Portfolio’s investments:
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Valuation Inputs | | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
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Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Long-Term Investments1 | | $ | 3,455,715,312 | | | — | | | — | | $ | 3,455,715,312 | |
Short-Term Securities. | | | — | | $ | 29,696,000 | | | — | | | 29,696,000 | |
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Total | | $ | 3,455,715,312 | | $ | 29,696,000 | | | — | | $ | 3,485,411,312 | |
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| 1 | See above Schedule of Investments for values in each sector and industry. |
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See Notes to Financial Statements. |
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Schedule of Investments March 31, 2011 (Unaudited) | Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Common Stocks | | Shares | | Value | |
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Consumer Discretionary — 14.0% | | | | | | | |
Auto Components — 1.3% | | | | | | | |
Autoliv, Inc. | | | 70,000 | | $ | 5,196,100 | |
Federal-Mogul Corp., Class A (a) | | | 170,000 | | | 4,233,000 | |
TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (a) | | | 62,000 | | | 3,414,960 | |
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| | | | | | 12,844,060 | |
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Diversified Consumer Services — 2.7% | | | | | | | |
Apollo Group, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 247,000 | | | 10,302,370 | |
Career Education Corp. (a) | | | 260,000 | | | 5,907,200 | |
ITT Educational Services, Inc. (a) | | | 151,000 | | | 10,894,650 | |
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| | | | | | 27,104,220 | |
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Media — 4.5% | | | | | | | |
CBS Corp., Class B | | | 429,000 | | | 10,742,160 | |
DIRECTV, Class A (a) | | | 334,000 | | | 15,631,200 | |
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. | | | 899,000 | | | 11,300,430 | |
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A | | | 159,000 | | | 8,083,560 | |
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| | | | | | 45,757,350 | |
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Multiline Retail — 0.4% | | | | | | | |
Macy’s, Inc. | | | 161,000 | | | 3,905,860 | |
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Specialty Retail — 3.9% | | | | | | | |
Limited Brands, Inc. | | | 354,000 | | | 11,639,520 | |
PetSmart, Inc. | | | 150,000 | | | 6,142,500 | |
Ross Stores, Inc. | | | 154,000 | | | 10,952,480 | |
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | | | 258,000 | | | 10,449,000 | |
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| | | | | | 39,183,500 | |
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Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.2% | | | | | | | |
Coach, Inc. | | | 227,000 | | | 11,813,080 | |
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Total Consumer Discretionary | | | | | | 140,608,070 | |
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Consumer Staples — 5.8% | | | | | | | |
Beverages — 1.2% | | | | | | | |
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. | | | 43,000 | | | 1,173,900 | |
Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. | | | 286,000 | | | 10,627,760 | |
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| | | | | | 11,801,660 | |
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Food & Staples Retailing — 1.0% | | | | | | | |
The Kroger Co. | | | 426,000 | | | 10,211,220 | |
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Personal Products — 1.1% | | | | | | | |
Herbalife Ltd. | | | 133,000 | | | 10,820,880 | |
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Tobacco — 2.5% | | | | | | | |
Philip Morris International, Inc. | | | 383,000 | | | 25,136,290 | |
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Total Consumer Staples | | | | | | 57,970,050 | |
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Energy — 8.8% | | | | | | | |
Energy Equipment & Services — 2.5% | | | | | | | |
Exterran Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 430,000 | | | 10,203,900 | |
McDermott International, Inc. (a) | | | 437,000 | | | 11,095,430 | |
Nabors Industries Ltd. (a) | | | 141,000 | | | 4,283,580 | |
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| | | | | | 25,582,910 | |
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Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 6.3% | | | | | | | |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | | | 445,000 | | | 37,437,850 | |
Marathon Oil Corp. | | | 230,000 | | | 12,261,300 | |
Murphy Oil Corp. | | | 90,000 | | | 6,607,800 | |
Whiting Petroleum Corp. (a) | | | 94,000 | | | 6,904,300 | |
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| | | | | | 63,211,250 | |
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Total Energy | | | | | | 88,794,160 | |
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Common Stocks | | Shares | | Value | |
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Financials — 1.2% | | | | | | | |
Diversified Financial Services — 1.0% | | | | | | | |
The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (a) | | | 396,000 | | $ | 10,232,640 | |
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Insurance — 0.2% | | | | | | | |
Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. | | | 30,000 | | | 1,464,600 | |
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Total Financials | | | | | | 11,697,240 | |
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Health Care — 14.3% | | | | | | | |
Biotechnology — 1.1% | | | | | | | |
Myriad Genetics, Inc. (a) | | | 554,000 | | | 11,163,100 | |
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Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.1% | | | | | | | |
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. | | | 270,000 | | | 10,254,600 | |
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 160,000 | | | 10,822,400 | |
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| | | | | | 21,077,000 | |
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Health Care Providers & Services — 6.5% | | | | | | | |
Aetna, Inc. | | | 227,000 | | | 8,496,610 | |
AmerisourceBergen Corp. | | | 310,000 | | | 12,263,600 | |
Cardinal Health, Inc. | | | 256,000 | | | 10,529,280 | |
Coventry Health Care, Inc. (a) | | | 317,000 | | | 10,109,130 | |
Health Management Associates, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 1,030,000 | | | 11,227,000 | |
Lincare Holdings, Inc. | | | 130,000 | | | 3,855,800 | |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | | | 190,000 | | | 8,588,000 | |
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| | | | | | 65,069,420 | |
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Life Sciences Tools & Services — 2.5% | | | | | | | |
Agilent Technologies, Inc. (a) | | | 92,000 | | | 4,119,760 | |
Illumina, Inc. (a) | | | 165,000 | | | 11,561,550 | |
Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc. | | | 355,000 | | | 9,837,050 | |
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| | | | | | 25,518,360 | |
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Pharmaceuticals — 2.1% | | | | | | | |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | | | 234,000 | | | 6,184,620 | |
Eli Lilly & Co. | | | 330,000 | | | 11,606,100 | |
Warner Chilcott Plc, Class A | | | 150,000 | | | 3,492,000 | |
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| | | | | | 21,282,720 | |
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Total Health Care | | | | | | 144,110,600 | |
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Industrials — 11.1% | | | | | | | |
Aerospace & Defense — 1.9% | | | | | | | |
Lockheed Martin Corp. | | | 160,000 | | | 12,864,000 | |
Raytheon Co. | | | 120,000 | | | 6,104,400 | |
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| | | | | | 18,968,400 | |
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Airlines — 0.9% | | | | | | | |
Southwest Airlines Co. | | | 737,000 | | | 9,308,310 | |
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Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.2% | | | | | | | |
Avery Dennison Corp. | | | 250,000 | | | 10,490,000 | |
KAR Auction Services, Inc. (a) | | | 57,000 | | | 874,380 | |
Waste Connections, Inc. | | | 366,000 | | | 10,537,140 | |
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|
|
|
| | | | | | 21,901,520 | |
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Construction & Engineering — 2.1% | | | | | | | |
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV | | | 265,000 | | | 10,774,900 | |
KBR, Inc. | | | 274,000 | | | 10,348,980 | |
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| | | | | | 21,123,880 | |
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Industrial Conglomerates — 0.5% | | | | | | | |
General Electric Co. | | | 251,000 | | | 5,032,550 | |
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Machinery — 3.2% | | | | | | | |
Manitowoc Co. | | | 500,000 | | | 10,940,000 | |
Oshkosh Corp. (a) | | | 294,000 | | | 10,401,720 | |
Timken Co. | | | 218,000 | | | 11,401,400 | |
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| | | | | | 32,743,120 | |
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Road & Rail — 0.3% | | | | | | | |
Ryder System, Inc. | | | 59,000 | | | 2,985,400 | |
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Total Industrials | | | | | | 112,063,180 | |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) | Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Common Stocks | | Shares | | Value | |
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Information Technology — 37.5% | | | | | | | |
Computers & Peripherals — 6.4% | | | | | | | |
Apple, Inc. (a) | | | 76,000 | | $ | 26,482,200 | |
Dell, Inc. (a) | | | 940,000 | | | 13,639,400 | |
QLogic Corp. (a) | | | 152,000 | | | 2,819,600 | |
Seagate Technology (a) | | | 786,000 | | | 11,318,400 | |
Western Digital Corp. (a) | | | 276,000 | | | 10,292,040 | |
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| | | | | | 64,551,640 | |
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Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.3% | | | | | | | |
AVX Corp. | | | 147,000 | | | 2,191,770 | |
Corning, Inc. | | | 510,000 | | | 10,521,300 | |
Ingram Micro, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 488,000 | | | 10,262,640 | |
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| | | | | | 22,975,710 | |
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IT Services — 5.0% | | | | | | | |
Accenture Plc | | | 166,000 | | | 9,125,020 | |
Amdocs Ltd. (a) | | | 145,000 | | | 4,183,250 | |
DST Systems, Inc. | | | 91,000 | | | 4,806,620 | |
Gartner, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 221,000 | | | 9,209,070 | |
International Business Machines Corp. | | | 66,000 | | | 10,762,620 | |
The Western Union Co. | | | 570,000 | | | 11,838,900 | |
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| | | | | | 49,925,480 | |
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Internet Software & Services — 0.1% | | | | | | | |
Google, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 2,000 | | | 1,172,420 | |
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Office Electronics — 0.7% | | | | | | | |
Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A (a) | | | 187,000 | | | 7,337,880 | |
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Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 17.7% | | | | | | | |
Altera Corp. | | | 293,000 | | | 12,897,860 | |
Analog Devices, Inc. | | | 289,000 | | | 11,380,820 | |
Applied Materials, Inc. | | | 846,000 | | | 13,214,520 | |
Atmel Corp. (a) | | | 817,000 | | | 11,135,710 | |
Intel Corp. | | | 999,000 | | | 20,149,830 | |
Lam Research Corp. (a) | | | 209,000 | | | 11,841,940 | |
MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (a) | | | 812,000 | | | 10,523,520 | |
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (a) | | | 688,000 | | | 10,698,400 | |
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. | | | 440,000 | | | 11,264,000 | |
National Semiconductor Corp. | | | 727,000 | | | 10,425,180 | |
Novellus Systems, Inc. (a) | | | 285,000 | | | 10,582,050 | |
Nvidia Corp. (a) | | | 633,000 | | | 11,685,180 | |
ON Semiconductor Corp. (a) | | | 1,051,000 | | | 10,373,370 | |
Rambus, Inc. (a) | | | 77,000 | | | 1,524,600 | |
Teradyne, Inc. (a) | | | 606,000 | | | 10,792,860 | |
Texas Instruments, Inc. | | | 250,000 | | | 8,640,000 | |
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| | | | | | 177,129,840 | |
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Software — 5.3% | | | | | | | |
Activision Blizzard, Inc. | | | 904,000 | | | 9,916,880 | |
Autodesk, Inc. (a) | | | 281,000 | | | 12,394,910 | |
CA, Inc. | | | 433,000 | | | 10,469,940 | |
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a) | | | 1,090,000 | | | 10,627,500 | |
Symantec Corp. (a) | | | 546,000 | | | 10,122,840 | |
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| | | | | | 53,532,070 | |
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Total Information Technology | | | | | | 376,625,040 | |
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Common Stocks | | Shares | | Value | |
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Materials — 6.0% | | | | | | | |
Chemicals — 1.6% | | | | | | | |
Nalco Holding Co. | | | 346,000 | | $ | 9,449,260 | |
RPM International, Inc. | | | 250,000 | | | 5,932,500 | |
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| | | | | | 15,381,760 | |
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Containers & Packaging — 1.0% | | | | | | | |
Ball Corp. | | | 284,000 | | | 10,181,400 | |
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Metals & Mining — 3.4% | | | | | | | |
Alcoa, Inc. | | | 636,000 | | | 11,225,400 | |
Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc. | | | 123,000 | | | 12,088,440 | |
Walter Industries, Inc. | | | 82,000 | | | 11,105,260 | |
| | | | |
|
|
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| | | | | | 34,419,100 | |
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Total Materials | | | | | | 59,982,260 | |
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Telecommunication Services — 1.1% | | | | | | | |
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.1% | | | | | | | |
MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (a) | | | 659,000 | | | 10,702,160 | |
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|
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Total Telecommunication Services | | | | | | 10,702,160 | |
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Utilities — 0.4% | | | | | | | |
Electric Utilities — 0.4% | | | | | | | |
NV Energy, Inc. | | | 252,000 | | | 3,752,280 | |
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Total Utilities | | | | | | 3,752,280 | |
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Total Long-Term Investments (Cost — $855,025,321) — 100.2% | | | | | | 1,006,305,040 | |
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Short-Term Securities | | Beneficial Interest (000) | | | | |
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BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Money Market Series, 0.43% (c)(d)(e) | | $ | 4,175 | | | 4,174,500 | |
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Total Short-Term Securities (Cost — $4,174,500) — 0.4% | | | | | | 4,174,500 | |
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Total Investments (Cost — $859,199,821*) — 100.6% | | | | | | 1,010,479,540 | |
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Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.6)% | | | | | | (5,831,134 | ) |
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Net Assets — 100.0% | | | | | $ | 1,004,648,406 | |
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See Notes to Financial Statements. |
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Schedule of Investments (concluded) | Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio |
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* | The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of March 31, 2011, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows: |
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Aggregate cost | | $ | 867,801,083 | |
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Gross unrealized appreciation | | $ | 151,900,340 | |
Gross unrealized depreciation | | | (9,221,883 | ) |
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Net unrealized appreciation | | $ | 142,678,457 | |
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(a) | Non-income producing security. |
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(b) | Security, or a portion of security, is on loan. |
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(c) | Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Portfolio during the period, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows: |
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Affiliate | | Shares/ Beneficial Interest Held at September 30, 2010 | | Net Activity | | Shares/ Beneficial Interest Held at March 31, 2011 | | Income | |
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BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class | | | 346,978 | | | (346,978 | ) | | — | | $ | 4,157 | |
BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Money Market Series | | $ | 19,523,700 | | $ | (15,349,200 | ) | $ | 4,174,500 | | $ | 12,908 | |
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(d) | Represents the current yield as of report date. |
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(e) | Security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities. |
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• | For Portfolio compliance purposes, the Portfolio’s sector and industry classifications refer to any one or more of the sector and industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by Portfolio management. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such sector and industry sub-classifications for reporting ease. |
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• | Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes as follows: |
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| • | Level 1 — price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets and liabilities |
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| • | Level 2 — other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) |
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| • | Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments) |
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The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Portfolio’s policy regarding valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements. |
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The following table summarizes the inputs used as of March 31, 2011 in determining the fair valuation of the Portfolio’s investments: |
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Valuation Inputs | | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
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Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Long-Term Investments1 | | $ | 1,006,305,040 | | | — | | | — | | $ | 1,006,305,040 | |
Short-Term Securities | | | — | | $ | 4,174,500 | | | — | | | 4,174,500 | |
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Total | | $ | 1,006,305,040 | | $ | 4,174,500 | | | — | | $ | 1,010,479,540 | |
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| 1 | See above Schedule of Investments for values in each sector and industry. |
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See Notes to Financial Statements. |
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Schedule of Investments March 31, 2011 (Unaudited) | Master Large Cap Value Portfolio |
| (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Common Stocks | | | Shares | | Value | |
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Consumer Discretionary — 9.3% | | | | | | | |
Internet & Catalog Retail — 1.1% | | | | | | | |
Liberty Media Holding Corp. — Interactive (a) | | | 1,490,000 | | $ | 23,899,600 | |
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Media — 3.9% | | | | | | | |
CBS Corp., Class B | | | 1,010,000 | | | 25,290,400 | |
Comcast Corp., Class A | | | 1,800,000 | | | 44,496,000 | |
DISH Network Corp. (a) | | | 80,000 | | | 1,948,800 | |
Liberty Media Holding Corp. — Capital (a) | | | 140,000 | | | 10,313,800 | |
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| | | | | | 82,049,000 | |
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|
|
|
|
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|
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Multiline Retail — 1.1% | | | | | | | |
Macy’s, Inc. | | | 920,000 | | | 22,319,200 | |
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Specialty Retail — 3.2% | | | | | | | |
Foot Locker, Inc. | | | 1,190,000 | | | 23,466,800 | |
GameStop Corp., Class A (a)(b) | | | 900,000 | | | 20,268,000 | |
Limited Brands, Inc. | | | 620,000 | | | 20,385,600 | |
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | | | 100,000 | | | 4,050,000 | |
| | | | |
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|
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| | | | | | 68,170,400 | |
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Total Consumer Discretionary | | | | | | 196,438,200 | |
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Consumer Staples — 5.2% | | | | | | | |
Beverages — 2.1% | | | | | | | |
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 1,160,000 | | | 23,524,800 | |
Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. | | | 600,000 | | | 22,296,000 | |
| | | | |
|
|
|
| | | | | | 45,820,800 | |
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|
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|
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Food & Staples Retailing — 1.3% | | | | | | | |
The Kroger Co. | | | 1,120,000 | | | 26,846,400 | |
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Household Products — 0.5% | | | | | | | |
The Procter & Gamble Co. | | | 160,000 | | | 9,856,000 | |
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Tobacco — 1.3% | | | | | | | |
Philip Morris International, Inc. | | | 420,000 | | | 27,564,600 | |
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|
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Total Consumer Staples | | | | | | 110,087,800 | |
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Energy — 10.0% | | | | | | | |
Energy Equipment & Services — 1.9% | | | | | | | |
Exterran Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 690,000 | | | 16,373,700 | |
McDermott International, Inc. (a) | | | 910,000 | | | 23,104,900 | |
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| | | | | | 39,478,600 | |
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Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 8.1% | | | | | | | |
Chevron Corp. | | | 200,000 | | | 21,486,000 | |
ConocoPhillips | | | 440,000 | | | 35,138,400 | |
Frontier Oil Corp. | | | 170,000 | | | 4,984,400 | |
Marathon Oil Corp. | | | 610,000 | | | 32,519,100 | |
Murphy Oil Corp. | | | 370,000 | | | 27,165,400 | |
Sunoco, Inc. | | | 510,000 | | | 23,250,900 | |
Valero Energy Corp. | | | 930,000 | | | 27,732,600 | |
| | | | |
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| | | | | | 172,276,800 | |
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Total Energy | | | | | | 211,755,400 | |
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Financials — 17.1% | | | | | | | |
Capital Markets — 2.2% | | | | | | | |
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | | | 400,000 | | | 24,432,000 | |
Raymond James Financial, Inc. | | | 610,000 | | | 23,326,400 | |
| | | | |
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| | | | | | 47,758,400 | |
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Commercial Banks — 2.1% | | | | | | | |
CapitalSource, Inc. | | | 3,150,000 | | | 22,176,000 | |
East-West Bancorp, Inc. | | | 330,000 | | | 7,246,800 | |
KeyCorp | | | 1,060,000 | | | 9,412,800 | |
Wells Fargo & Co. | | | 180,000 | | | 5,706,000 | |
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| | | | | | 44,541,600 | |
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Common Stocks | | | Shares | | Value | |
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Financials (concluded) | | | | | | | |
Consumer Finance — 1.6% | | | | | | | |
Capital One Financial Corp. | | | 160,000 | | $ | 8,313,600 | |
Discover Financial Services, Inc. | | | 1,060,000 | | | 25,567,200 | |
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| | | | | | 33,880,800 | |
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Diversified Financial Services — 3.1% | | | | | | | |
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A | | | 240,000 | | | 3,813,600 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | | 340,000 | | | 15,674,000 | |
Leucadia National Corp. | | | 640,000 | | | 24,025,600 | |
The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (a) | | | 870,000 | | | 22,480,800 | |
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| | | | | | 65,994,000 | |
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Insurance — 8.1% | | | | | | | |
American Financial Group, Inc. | | | 660,000 | | | 23,113,200 | |
American International Group, Inc. (a) | | | 530,000 | | | 18,624,200 | |
Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. | | | 110,000 | | | 3,031,600 | |
Assurant, Inc. | | | 610,000 | | | 23,491,100 | |
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. | | | 580,000 | | | 20,253,600 | |
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (a) | | | 50,000 | | | 4,181,500 | |
Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. | | | 150,000 | | | 7,323,000 | |
HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. | | | 150,000 | | | 4,696,500 | |
MBIA, Inc. (a) | | | 2,190,000 | | | 21,987,600 | |
Principal Financial Group, Inc. | | | 780,000 | | | 25,045,800 | |
Protective Life Corp. | | | 610,000 | | | 16,195,500 | |
Symetra Financial Corp. | | | 210,000 | | | 2,856,000 | |
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| | | | | | 170,799,600 | |
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Total Financials | | | | | | 362,974,400 | |
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Health Care — 16.4% | | | | | | | |
Biotechnology — 3.5% | | | | | | | |
Amgen, Inc. (a) | | | 680,000 | | | 36,346,000 | |
Biogen Idec, Inc. (a) | | | 370,000 | | | 27,154,300 | |
Cephalon, Inc. (a) | | | 130,000 | | | 9,851,400 | |
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| | | | | | 73,351,700 | |
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Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.5% | | | | | | | |
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. | | | 280,000 | | | 10,634,400 | |
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Health Care Providers & Services — 7.6% | | | | | | | |
Aetna, Inc. | | | 720,000 | | | 26,949,600 | |
Cardinal Health, Inc. | | | 580,000 | | | 23,855,400 | |
Cigna Corp. | | | 580,000 | | | 25,682,400 | |
Coventry Health Care, Inc. (a) | | | 740,000 | | | 23,598,600 | |
Health Net, Inc. (a) | | | 720,000 | | | 23,544,000 | |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | | | 840,000 | | | 37,968,000 | |
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| | | | | | 161,598,000 | |
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Pharmaceuticals — 4.8% | | | | | | | |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | | | 1,350,000 | | | 35,680,500 | |
Eli Lilly & Co. | | | 860,000 | | | 30,246,200 | |
Forest Laboratories, Inc. (a) | | | 770,000 | | | 24,871,000 | |
Johnson & Johnson | | | 40,000 | | | 2,370,000 | |
Pfizer, Inc. | | | 470,000 | | | 9,545,700 | |
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| | | | | | 102,713,400 | |
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Total Health Care | | | | | | 348,297,500 | |
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Industrials — 7.7% | | | | | | | |
Aerospace & Defense — 0.9% | | | | | | | |
Raytheon Co. | | | 360,000 | | | 18,313,200 | |
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Airlines — 0.7% | | | | | | | |
Southwest Airlines Co. | | | 1,230,000 | | | 15,534,900 | |
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Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.1% | | | | | | | |
Avery Dennison Corp. | | | 550,000 | | | 23,078,000 | |
Waste Connections, Inc. | | | 50,000 | | | 1,439,500 | |
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| | | | | | 24,517,500 | |
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46 | BLACKROCK LARGE CAP SERIES FUNDS, INC. | MARCH 31, 2011 |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) | Master Large Cap Value Portfolio |
| (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Common Stocks | | | Shares | | Value | |
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Industrials (concluded) | | | | | | | |
Construction & Engineering — 1.8% | | | | | | | |
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV | | | 340,000 | | $ | 13,824,400 | |
KBR, Inc. | | | 640,000 | | | 24,172,800 | |
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| | | | | | 37,997,200 | |
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Industrial Conglomerates — 0.9% | | | | | | | |
General Electric Co. | | | 970,000 | | | 19,448,500 | |
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Machinery — 1.9% | | | | | | | |
Manitowoc Co. | | | 800,000 | | | 17,504,000 | |
Timken Co. | | | 420,000 | | | 21,966,000 | |
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| | | | | | 39,470,000 | |
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Road & Rail — 0.4% | | | | | | | |
Ryder System, Inc. | | | 150,000 | | | 7,590,000 | |
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Total Industrials | | | | | | 162,871,300 | |
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Information Technology — 16.7% | | | | | | | |
Communications Equipment — 1.4% | | | | | | | |
EchoStar Holding Corp. (a) | | | 90,000 | | | 3,406,500 | |
Motorola Solutions Inc. (a) | | | 580,000 | | | 25,920,200 | |
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| | | | | | 29,326,700 | |
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Computers & Peripherals — 3.2% | | | | | | | |
Lexmark International, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 620,000 | | | 22,964,800 | |
Seagate Technology (a) | | | 1,620,000 | | | 23,328,000 | |
Western Digital Corp. (a) | | | 580,000 | | | 21,628,200 | |
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| | | | | | 67,921,000 | |
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Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.5% | | | | | | | |
Corning, Inc. | | | 1,420,000 | | | 29,294,600 | |
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (a) | | | 1,330,000 | | | 23,594,200 | |
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| | | | | | 52,888,800 | |
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IT Services — 0.3% | | | | | | | |
Convergys Corp. (a) | | | 410,000 | | | 5,887,600 | |
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Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 8.2% | | | | | | | |
Atmel Corp. (a) | | | 1,700,000 | | | 23,171,000 | |
Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. (a) | | | 1,290,000 | | | 23,478,000 | |
Intel Corp. | | | 1,580,000 | | | 31,868,600 | |
MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 1,770,000 | | | 22,939,200 | |
National Semiconductor Corp. | | | 1,510,000 | | | 21,653,400 | |
Novellus Systems, Inc. (a) | | | 580,000 | | | 21,535,400 | |
Texas Instruments, Inc. | | | 830,000 | | | 28,684,800 | |
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| | | | | | 173,330,400 | |
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Software — 1.1% | | | | | | | |
CA, Inc. | | | 910,000 | | | 22,003,800 | |
Symantec Corp. (a) | | | 80,000 | | | 1,483,200 | |
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| | | | | | 23,487,000 | |
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Total Information Technology | | | | | | 352,841,500 | |
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Materials — 7.1% | | | | | | | |
Chemicals — 2.0% | | | | | | | |
Cabot Corp. | | | 410,000 | | | 18,978,900 | |
Huntsman Corp. | | | 1,340,000 | | | 23,289,200 | |
RPM International, Inc. | | | 30,000 | | | 711,900 | |
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| | | | | | 42,980,000 | |
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Containers & Packaging — 1.6% | | | | | | | |
Ball Corp. | | | 260,000 | | | 9,321,000 | |
Sealed Air Corp. | | | 900,000 | | | 23,994,000 | |
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| | | | | | 33,315,000 | |
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Common Stocks | | | Shares | | Value | |
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Materials (concluded) | | | | | | | |
Metals & Mining — 1.3% | | | | | | | |
Alcoa, Inc. | | | 1,520,000 | | $ | 26,828,000 | |
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Paper & Forest Products — 2.2% | | | | | | | |
International Paper Co. | | | 750,000 | | | 22,635,000 | |
MeadWestvaco Corp. | | | 820,000 | | | 24,870,600 | |
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| | | | | | 47,505,600 | |
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Total Materials | | | | | | 150,628,600 | |
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Telecommunication Services — 4.7% | | | | | | | |
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.9% | | | | | | | |
AT&T Inc. | | | 460,000 | | | 14,076,000 | |
Qwest Communications International, Inc. | | | 3,690,000 | | | 25,202,700 | |
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| | | | | | 39,278,700 | |
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Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.8% | | | | | | | |
MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (a) | | | 1,440,000 | | | 23,385,600 | |
Sprint Nextel Corp. (a) | | | 5,730,000 | | | 26,587,200 | |
Telephone & Data Systems, Inc. | | | 290,000 | | | 9,773,000 | |
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| | | | | | 59,745,800 | |
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Total Telecommunication Services | | | | | | 99,024,500 | |
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Utilities — 7.0% | | | | | | | |
Electric Utilities — 2.1% | | | | | | | |
FirstEnergy Corp. | | | 120,060 | | | 4,453,025 | |
NV Energy, Inc. | | | 1,490,000 | | | 22,186,100 | |
Pepco Holdings, Inc. | | | 1,020,000 | | | 19,023,000 | |
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| | | | | | 45,662,125 | |
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Gas Utilities — 0.4% | | | | | | | |
Atmos Energy Corp. | | | 240,000 | | | 8,184,000 | |
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Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 2.3% | | | | | | | |
The AES Corp. (a) | | | 1,890,000 | | | 24,570,000 | |
NRG Energy, Inc. (a) | | | 1,090,000 | | | 23,478,600 | |
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| | | | | | 48,048,600 | |
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Multi-Utilities — 2.2% | | | | | | | |
Ameren Corp. | | | 870,000 | | | 24,420,900 | |
NiSource, Inc. (b) | | | 1,200,000 | | | 23,016,000 | |
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| | | | | | 47,436,900 | |
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Total Utilities | | | | | | 149,331,625 | |
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Total Long-Term Investments (Cost — $1,783,160,012) — 101.2% | | | | | | 2,144,250,825 | |
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Short-Term Securities | | | Beneficial Interest (000)
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BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Money Market Series, 0.43% (c)(d)(e) | | $ | 27,933 | | | 27,933,200 | |
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Total Short-Term Securities (Cost — $27,933,200) — 1.3% | | | | | | 27,933,200 | |
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Total Investments (Cost — $1,811,093,212*) — 102.5% | | | | | | 2,172,184,025 | |
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (2.5)% | | | | | | (53,402,782 | ) |
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Net Assets — 100.0% | | | | | $ | 2,118,781,243 | |
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Schedule of Investments (concluded) | Master Large Cap Value Portfolio |
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* | The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of March 31, 2011, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows: |
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Aggregate cost | | $ | 1,891,022,053 | |
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Gross unrealized appreciation | | $ | 345,994,146 | |
Gross unrealized depreciation | | | (64,832,174 | ) |
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Net unrealized appreciation | | $ | 281,161,972 | |
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(a) | Non-income producing security. |
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(b) | Security, or a portion of security, is on loan. |
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(c) | Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Portfolio during the period, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows: |
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Affiliate | | Shares/ Beneficial Interest Held at September 30, 2010 | | Net Activity | | Shares/ Beneficial Interest Held at March 31, 2011 | | Income | |
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BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class | | | 40 | | | (40 | ) | | — | | $ | 163 | |
BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Money Market Series | | $ | 36,457,500 | | $ | (8,524,300 | ) | $ | 27,933,200 | | $ | 22,934 | |
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(d) | Represents the current yield as of report date. |
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(e) | Security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities. |
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• | For Portfolio compliance purposes, the Portfolio’s sector and industry classifications refer to any one or more of the sector and industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by Portfolio management. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such sector and industry sub-classifications for reporting ease. |
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• | Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes as follows: |
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| • | Level 1 — price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets and liabilities |
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| • | Level 2 — other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) |
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| • | Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments) |
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| The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Portfolio’s policy regarding valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements. |
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| The following table summarizes the inputs used as of March 31, 2011 in determining the fair valuation of the Portfolio’s investments: |
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Valuation Inputs | | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
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Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Long-Term Investments1 | | $ | 2,144,250,825 | | | — | | | — | | $ | 2,144,250,825 | |
Short-Term Securities | | | — | | $ | 27,933,200 | | | — | | | 27,933,200 | |
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Total | | $ | 2,144,250,825 | | $ | 27,933,200 | | | — | | $ | 2,172,184,025 | |
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| 1 | See above Schedule of Investments for values in each sector and industry. |
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48 | BLACKROCK LARGE CAP SERIES FUNDS, INC. | MARCH 31, 2011 |
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities | Master Large Cap Series LLC |
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March 31, 2011 (Unaudited) | | Master Large Cap Core Portfolio | | Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio | | Master Large Cap Value Portfolio | |
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Assets | | | | | | | | | | |
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Investments at value — unaffiliated1,2 | | $ | 3,455,715,312 | | $ | 1,006,305,040 | | $ | 2,144,250,825 | |
Investments at value — affiliated3 | | | 29,696,000 | | | 4,174,500 | | | 27,933,200 | |
Investments sold receivable | | | 19,256,915 | | | 11,011,986 | | | 31,304,163 | |
Dividends receivable | | | 2,213,850 | | | 824,650 | | | 1,842,300 | |
Contributions receivable from investors | | | 337,577 | | | 180,792 | | | — | |
Securities lending income receivable — affiliated | | | 5,903 | | | 2,085 | | | 2,233 | |
Prepaid expenses | | | 66,803 | | | 15,077 | | | 62,850 | |
Other assets | | | 14,069 | | | — | | | — | |
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Total assets | | | 3,507,306,429 | | | 1,022,514,130 | | | 2,205,395,571 | |
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Liabilities | | | | | | | | | | |
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Collateral on securities loaned, at value | | | 29,696,000 | | | 4,174,500 | | | 27,933,200 | |
Bank overdraft | | | 1,770,417 | | | 67,254 | | | 9,583,224 | |
Investments purchased payable | | | 11,996,122 | | | 10,919,833 | | | 21,927,022 | |
Withdrawals payable to investors | | | 9,534,021 | | | 2,151,369 | | | 25,962,043 | |
Investment advisory fees payable | | | 1,341,118 | | | 417,593 | | | 908,376 | |
Other affiliates payable | | | 15,411 | | | 4,665 | | | 10,080 | |
Directors’ fees payable | | | 1,078 | | | 355 | | | 711 | |
Other accrued expenses payable | | | 419,178 | | | 129,642 | | | 286,303 | |
Other liabilities | | | 1,009 | | | 513 | | | 3,369 | |
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Total liabilities | | | 54,774,354 | | | 17,865,724 | | | 86,614,328 | |
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Net Assets | | $ | 3,452,532,075 | | $ | 1,004,648,406 | | $ | 2,118,781,243 | |
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Net Assets Consist of | | | | | | | | | | |
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Investors’ capital | | $ | 2,831,699,862 | | $ | 853,368,687 | | $ | 1,757,690,430 | |
Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation | | | 620,832,213 | | | 151,279,719 | | | 361,090,813 | |
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Net Assets | | $ | 3,452,532,075 | | $ | 1,004,648,406 | | $ | 2,118,781,243 | |
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1 Investments at cost — unaffiliated | | $ | 2,834,883,099 | | $ | 855,025,321 | | $ | 1,783,160,012 | |
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2 Securities loaned at value | | $ | 28,478,464 | | $ | 4,092,220 | | $ | 26,787,688 | |
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3 Investments at cost — affiliated | | $ | 29,696,000 | | $ | 4,174,500 | | $ | 27,933,200 | |
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Statements of Operations | Master Large Cap Series LLC |
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Six Months Ended March 31, 2011 (Unaudited) | | Master Large Cap Core Portfolio | | Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio | | Master Large Cap Value Portfolio | |
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Investment Income | | | | | | | | | | |
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Dividends — unaffiliated | | $ | 30,090,939 | | $ | 8,165,242 | | $ | 21,581,132 | |
Foreign taxes withheld | | | — | | | (2,258 | ) | | (2,550 | ) |
Interest | | | 47,829 | | | 9,169 | | | — | |
Securities lending — affiliated | | | 46,773 | | | 12,908 | | | 22,934 | |
Dividends — affiliated | | | 501 | | | 4,157 | | | 163 | |
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Total income | | | 30,186,042 | | | 8,189,218 | | | 21,601,679 | |
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Expenses | | | | | | | | | | |
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Investment advisory | | | 7,755,727 | | | 2,423,072 | | | 5,412,699 | |
Accounting services | | | 282,042 | | | 95,737 | | | 205,695 | |
Custodian | | | 78,717 | | | 34,735 | | | 64,785 | |
Professional | | | 41,440 | | | 26,572 | | | 30,267 | |
Directors | | | 41,153 | | | 11,536 | | | 27,744 | |
Printing | | | 1,675 | | | 377 | | | 1,433 | |
Miscellaneous | | | 33,497 | | | 10,460 | | | 23,996 | |
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Total expenses | | | 8,234,251 | | | 2,602,489 | | | 5,766,619 | |
Less fees waived by advisor | | | (376 | ) | | (1,265 | ) | | (68 | ) |
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Total expenses after fees waived | | | 8,233,875 | | | 2,601,224 | | | 5,766,551 | |
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Net investment income | | | 21,952,167 | | | 5,587,994 | | | 15,835,128 | |
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Realized and Unrealized Gain | | | | | | | | | | |
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Net realized gain from investments | | | 315,502,729 | | | 84,111,771 | | | 133,123,268 | |
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Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments | | | 307,214,906 | | | 98,914,899 | | | 254,340,589 | |
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Total realized and unrealized gain | | | 622,717,635 | | | 183,026,670 | | | 387,463,857 | |
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Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | | $ | 644,669,802 | | $ | 188,614,664 | | $ | 403,298,985 | |
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50 | BLACKROCK LARGE CAP SERIES FUNDS, INC. | MARCH 31, 2011 |
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets | Master Large Cap Series LLC |
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| | Master Large Cap Core Portfolio | | Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio | |
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Net realized gain | | | 315,502,729 | | | 409,794,894 | | | 84,111,771 | | | 102,446,365 | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation | | | 307,214,906 | | | (226,914,201 | ) | | 98,914,899 | | | (55,277,639 | ) |
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Proceeds from contributions | | | 181,801,495 | | | 390,820,213 | | | 406,429,834 | | | 145,816,428 | |
Value of withdrawals | | | (583,425,043 | ) | | (1,352,534,366 | ) | | (262,230,057 | ) | | (260,209,274 | ) |
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Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital transactions | | | (401,623,548 | ) | | (961,714,153 | ) | | 144,199,777 | | | (114,392,846 | ) |
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Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | | 243,046,254 | | | (736,836,497 | ) | | 332,814,441 | | | (62,053,711 | ) |
Beginning of period | | | 3,209,485,821 | | | 3,946,322,318 | | | 671,833,965 | | | 733,887,676 | |
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Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets: | | Six Months Ended March 31, 2011 (Unaudited) | | Year Ended September 30, 2010 | |
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Net realized gain | | | 133,123,268 | | | 367,217,114 | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation | | | 254,340,589 | | | (289,936,488 | ) |
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Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | | 403,298,985 | | | 110,285,020 | |
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Proceeds from contributions | | | 289,067,882 | | | 567,720,441 | |
Value of withdrawals | | | (746,727,785 | ) | | (1,150,721,411 | ) |
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Net decrease in net assets derived from capital transactions | | | (457,659,903 | ) | | (583,000,970 | ) |
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Total decrease in net assets | | | (54,360,918 | ) | | (472,715,950 | ) |
Beginning of period | | | 2,173,142,161 | | | 2,645,858,111 | |
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End of period | | $ | 2,118,781,243 | | $ | 2,173,142,161 | |
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Financial Highlights | Master Large Cap Series LLC |
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Total investment return | | | 21.41 | %1 | | 6.16 | % | | 12.63 | %1,2 | | (38.84 | )% | | 13.94 | % | | 17.32 | % | | 18.35 | % |
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Total expenses | | | 0.49 | %3 | | 0.49 | % | | 0.50 | %3 | | 0.50 | % | | 0.49 | % | | 0.49 | % | | 0.51 | % |
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Net assets, end of period (000) | | $ | 3,452,532 | | $ | 3,209,486 | | $ | 3,946,322 | | $ | 2,843,515 | | $ | 5,649,731 | | $ | 3,876,639 | | $ | 2,666,699 | |
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Financial Highlights (continued) | Master Large Cap Series LLC |
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Net assets, end of period (000) | | $ | 1,004,648 | | $ | 671,834 | | $ | 733,888 | | $ | 665,963 | | $ | 1,233,995 | | $ | 785,377 | | $ | 489,398 | |
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Financial Highlights (concluded) | Master Large Cap Series LLC |
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Net assets, end of period (000) | | $ | 2,118,781 | | $ | 2,173,142 | | $ | 2,645,858 | | $ | 3,063,116 | | $ | 5,392,155 | | $ | 3,927,926 | | $ | 1,535,988 | |
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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) | Master Large Cap Series LLC |
1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies:
Master Large Cap Core Portfolio, Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio and Master Large Cap Value Portfolio (collectively the “Portfolios” or individually a “Portfolio”) constitute the Master Large Cap Series LLC (collectively, the “Master LLC”). The Master LLC is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as a diversified open-end management investment company and is organized as a Delaware limited liability company. The Limited Liability Company Agreement permits the Board of Directors (the “Board”) to issue non-transferable interests in the Master LLC, subject to certain limitations. The Master LLC’s financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Master LLC:
Valuation: US GAAP defines fair value as the price the Portfolios would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Portfolios fair value their financial instruments at market value using independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by the Board. Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange or the NASDAQ Global Market System (“NASDAQ”) are valued at the last reported sale price that day or the NASDAQ official closing price, if applicable. For equity investments traded on more than one exchange, the last reported sale price on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded is used. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last available bid (long positions) or ask (short positions) price. If no bid or ask price is available, the prior day’s price will be used, unless it is determined that such prior day’s price no longer reflects the fair value of the security. Investments in open-end investment companies are valued at net asset value each business day. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.
The Portfolios value their investments in BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Money Market Series (the “Money Market Series”) at fair value, which is ordinarily based upon their pro rata ownership in the net assets of the underlying fund. The Money Market Series seeks current income consistent with maintaining liquidity and preserving capital. Although the Money Market Series is not registered under the 1940 Act, its investments will follow the parameters of investments by a money market fund that is subject to Rule 2a-7 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the 1940 Act. The Portfolios may withdraw up to 25% of its investment daily, although the manager of the Money Market Series, in its sole discretion, may permit an investor to withdraw more than 25% on any one day.
In the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment which is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment or is not available, the investment will be valued in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value (“Fair Value Assets”). When determining the price for Fair Value Assets, the investment advisor and/or the sub-advisor seeks to determine the price that each Portfolio might reasonably expect to receive from the current sale of that asset in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the investment advisor and/or sub-advisor deems relevant. The pricing of all Fair Value Assets is subsequently reported to the Board or a committee thereof.
Investment Transactions and Investment Income: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are entered into (the trade dates). Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed are subsequently recorded when the Portfolios are informed of the ex-dividend date. Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax at various rates may be imposed on capital gains, dividends and interest. Upon notification from issuers, some of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain. Interest income, is recognized on the accrual basis.
Securities Lending: The Portfolios may lend securities to approved borrowers, such as banks, brokers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges cash, securities issued or guaranteed by the US government or irrevocable letters of credit issued by a bank as collateral, which will be maintained at all times in an amount equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the loaned securities. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Portfolios and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Portfolios on the next business day. Securities lending income, as disclosed in the Statements of Operations, represents the income earned from the investment of the cash collateral, net of rebates paid to, or fees paid by, borrowers and less the fees paid to the securities lending agent. During the term of the loan, the Portfolios earn dividend and interest on the securities loaned but do not receive dividend or interest on the securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions. In the event that the borrower defaults on its obligation to return borrowed securities because of insolvency or for any other reason, the Portfolios could experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral. The Portfolios also could suffer a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received.
Income Taxes: Each Portfolio is classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes. As such, each investor in the Portfolio is treated as the owner of its proportionate share of net assets, income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses of the Portfolio. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. It is intended that the Portfolios’ assets will be managed so an investor in the Portfolio can satisfy the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
The Portfolios file US federal and various state and local tax returns. The statute of limitations on the Portfolios’ US federal tax returns remains open for the year ended September 30, 2010, the period ended September 30, 2009 and the two years ended October 31, 2008 and each is subject to
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examination by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). On April 11, 2011, the IRS notified the Master Large Cap Growth of its intent to examine the Master Large Cap Growth’s 2009 US federal tax return. The statutes of limitations on the Portfolios’ state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction. No state or local income taxes are currently under examination. Management does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.
Other: Expenses directly related to one of the Portfolios are charged to that Portfolio. Other operating expenses shared by several funds are pro rated among those funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Each Portfolio has an arrangement with the custodian whereby fees may be reduced by credits earned on uninvested cash balances, which if applicable are shown as fees paid indirectly in the Statements of Operations. The custodian imposes fees on overdrawn cash balances, which can be offset by accumulated credits earned or may result in additional custody charges.
2. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates:
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”), Bank of America Corporation (“BAC”) and Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”) are the largest stockholders of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). Due to the ownership structure, PNC is an affiliate of the Portfolios for 1940 Act purposes, but BAC and Barclays are not.
The Master LLC, on behalf of each Portfolio, entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), the Portfolios’ investment advisor, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide investment advisory and administration services.
The Manager is responsible for the management of each Portfolio and provides the necessary personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services necessary to the operations of each Portfolio. For such services, each Portfolio pays the Manager a monthly fee at the following annual rates of each Portfolio’s average daily net assets as follows:
Master Large Cap Core Portfolio
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The Manager voluntarily agreed to waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees each Portfolio pays to the Manager indirectly through its investment in affiliated money market funds, however the Manager does not waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees paid through each Portfolio’s investment in other affiliated investment companies, if any. This amount is shown as fees waived by advisor in the Statements of Operations.
The Manager entered into a separate sub-advisory agreement with BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“BIM”), an affiliate of the Manager. The Manager pays BIM for services it provides, a monthly fee that is a percentage of the investment advisory fees paid by each Portfolio to the Manager.
For the six months ended March 31, 2011, the Portfolios reimbursed the Manager for certain accounting services, which are included in accounting services in the Statements of Operations. The reimbursements were as follows:
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Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio | | $ | 8,630 | |
Master Large Cap Value Portfolio | | $ | 19,717 | |
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The Portfolios received an exemptive order from the SEC permitting them, among other things, to pay an affiliated securities lending agent a fee based on a share of the income derived from the securities lending activities and has retained BIM as the securities lending agent. BIM may, on behalf of the Portfolios, invest cash collateral received by the Portfolios for such loans, among other things, in a private investment company managed by the Manager or in registered money market funds advised by the Manager or its affiliates. The market value of securities on loan and the value of the related collateral are shown in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as securities loaned at value and collateral on securities loaned at value, respectively. The cash collateral invested by BIM is disclosed in the Schedules of Investments. The share of income earned by the Portfolios on such investments is shown as securities lending — affiliated in the Statements of Operations. For the six months ended March 31, 2011, BIM received the following in securities lending agent fees related to securities lending activities for the Portfolios:
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Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio | | $ | 3,734 | |
Master Large Cap Value Portfolio | | $ | 6,216 | |
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3. Investments:
Purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities for the six months ended March 31, 2011, were as follows:
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Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio | | $ | 1,017,494,405 | | $ | 858,348,854 | |
Master Large Cap Value Portfolio | | $ | 1,779,926,400 | | $ | 2,210,276,569 | |
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4. Borrowings:
The Master LLC, on behalf of the Portfolios, along with certain other funds managed by the Manager and its affiliates, is a party to a $500 million credit agreement with a group of lenders, which expired in November 2010. Each Portfolio may borrow under the credit agreement to fund shareholder redemptions. Effective November 2009, the credit agreement had the following terms: 0.02% upfront fee on the aggregate commitment amount which was allocated to each Portfolio based on its net assets as of October 31, 2009, a commitment fee of 0.10% per annum based on each Portfolio’s pro rata share of the unused portion of the credit agreement and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) the one-month LIBOR plus 1.25% per annum and (b) the Fed Funds rate plus 1.25% per annum on amounts borrowed. In addition, each Portfolio paid administration and arrangement fees which were allocated to each Portfolio based on its net assets as of October 31, 2009. Effective November 2010, the credit agreement was renewed until November 2011 with the following terms: a commitment fee of 0.08% per annum based on each Portfolio’s pro rata share of the unused portion of the credit agreement and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) the one-month LIBOR plus 1.00% per annum and (b) the Fed Funds rate plus 1.00% per annum on amounts borrowed. In addition, each Portfolio paid administration and arrangement fees which were allocated to each Portfolio based on its net assets as of October 31, 2010. The Portfolios did not borrow under the credit agreement during the six months ended March 31, 2011.
5. Concentration, Market and Credit Risk:
In the normal course of business, the Portfolios invest in securities and enter into transactions where risks exist due to fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of the issuer of a security to meet all its obligations (issuer credit risk). The value of securities held by the Portfolios may decline in response to certain events, including those directly involving the issuers whose securities are owned by the Portfolios; conditions affecting the general economy; overall market changes; local, regional or global political, social or economic instability; and currency and interest rate and price fluctuations. Similar to issuer credit risk, the Portfolios may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity with which the Portfolios have unsettled or open transactions may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments. The Portfolios manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that they believe have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Portfolios to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Portfolios’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is generally approximated by their value recorded in the Portfolios’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Portfolios.
As of March 31, 2011, Master Large Cap Core Portfolio and Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio invested a significant portion of their assets in securities in the information technology sector. Changes in economic conditions affecting the information technology sector would have a greater impact on the Portfolios and could affect the value, income and/or liquidity of positions in such securities.
6. Subsequent Events:
Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on each Portfolio through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.
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Ronald W. Forbes, Co-Chair of the Board and Director |
Rodney D. Johnson, Co-Chair of the Board and Director |
David O. Beim, Director |
Richard S. Davis, Director |
Henry Gabbay, Director |
Dr. Matina S. Horner, Director |
Herbert I. London, Director and Member of the Audit Committee |
Cynthia A. Montgomery, Director |
Joseph P. Platt, Director |
Robert C. Robb, Jr., Director |
Toby Rosenblatt, Director |
Kenneth L. Urish, Director and Chair of the Audit Committee |
Frederick W. Winter, Director and Member of the Audit Committee |
John M. Perlowski, President and Chief Executive Officer |
Brendan Kyne, Vice President |
Brian Schmidt, Vice President |
Neal Andrews, Chief Financial Officer |
Jay Fife, Treasurer |
Brian Kindelan, Chief Compliance Officer |
Ira P. Shapiro, Secretary |
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BlackRock Investment Management, LLC Plainsboro, NJ 08536 |
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Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. Boston, MA 02109 |
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BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. Wilmington, DE 19809 |
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Accounting Agent |
State Street Bank and Trust Company Princeton, NJ 08540 |
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BlackRock Investments, LLC New York, NY 10022 |
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Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
Deloitte & Touche LLP Princeton, NJ 08540 |
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Sidley Austin LLP New York, NY 10019 |
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100 Bellevue Parkway Wilmington, DE 19809 |
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Electronic Delivery
Electronic copies of most financial reports and prospectuses are available on the Funds’ website or shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications of quarterly statements, annual and semi-annual reports and prospectuses by enrolling in the Funds’ electronic delivery program.
To enroll:
Shareholders Who Hold Accounts with Investment Advisors, Banks or Brokerages:
Please contact your financial advisor. Please note that not all investment advisors, banks or brokerages may offer this service.
Shareholders Who Hold Accounts Directly with BlackRock:
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Householding
The Funds will mail only one copy of shareholder documents, including prospectuses, annual and semi-annual reports and proxy statements, to shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address. This practice is commonly called “householding” and is intended to reduce expenses and eliminate duplicate mailings of shareholder documents. Mailings of your shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please call (800) 441-7762.
Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments
The Funds/Master LLC file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’/Master LLC’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on how to access documents on the SEC’s website without charge may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330. The Funds’/Master LLC’s Forms N-Q may also be obtained upon request and without charge by calling (800) 441-7762.
Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures
A description of the policies and procedures that each Fund/Master LLC uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling (800) 441-7762; (2) at http://www.blackrock.com; and (3) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
Availability of Proxy Voting Record
Information about how the Funds/Master LLC voted proxies relating to securities held in each Fund’s/Master LLC’s portfolios during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available upon request and without charge (1) at http://www.blackrock.com or by calling (800) 441-7762 and (2) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
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Account Information
Call us at (800) 441-7762 from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM EST on any business day to get information about your account balances, recent transactions and share prices. You can also reach us on the Web at http://www.blackrock.com/funds.
Automatic Investment Plans
Investor Class shareholders who want to invest regularly can arrange to have $50 or more automatically deducted from their checking or savings account and invested in any of the BlackRock funds.
Systematic Withdrawal Plans
Investor Class shareholders can establish a systematic withdrawal plan and receive periodic payments of $50 or more from their BlackRock funds, as long as their account balance is at least $10,000.
Retirement Plans
Shareholders may make investments in conjunction with Traditional, Rollover, Roth, Coverdell, Simple IRAs, SEP IRAs and 403(b) Plans.
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If you are located in a jurisdiction where specific laws, rules or regulations require BlackRock to provide you with additional or different privacy-related rights beyond what is set forth below, then BlackRock will comply with those specific laws, rules or regulations.
BlackRock obtains or verifies personal non-public information from and about you from different sources, including the following: (i) information we receive from you or, if applicable, your financial intermediary, on applications, forms or other documents; (ii) information about your transactions with us, our affiliates, or others; (iii) information we receive from a consumer reporting agency; and (iv) from visits to our websites.
BlackRock does not sell or disclose to non-affiliated third parties any non-public personal information about its Clients, except as permitted by law or as is necessary to respond to regulatory requests or to service Client accounts. These non-affiliated third parties are required to protect the confidentiality and security of this information and to use it only for its intended purpose.
We may share information with our affiliates to service your account or to provide you with information about other BlackRock products or services that may be of interest to you. In addition, BlackRock restricts access to non-public personal information about its Clients to those BlackRock employees with a legitimate business need for the information. BlackRock maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that are designed to protect the non-public personal information of its Clients, including procedures relating to the proper storage and disposal of such information.
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A World-Class Mutual Fund Family |
BlackRock offers a diverse lineup of open-end mutual funds crossing all investment styles and managed by experts in equity, fixed income and tax-exempt investing.
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BlackRock All-Cap Energy & Resources Portfolio |
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BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund |
BlackRock Large Cap Core Plus Fund |
BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund |
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BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund |
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BlackRock GNMA Portfolio |
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BlackRock High Income Fund |
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BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock International Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock Long Duration Bond Portfolio |
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BlackRock Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio |
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BlackRock Total Return Fund |
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These reports are not authorized for use as an offer of sale or a solicitation of an offer to buy shares of the Funds unless accompanied or preceded by the Funds’ current prospectus. Past performance results shown in these reports should not be considered a representation of future performance. Investment returns and principal value of shares will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Statements and other information herein are as dated and are subject to change.

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Over the past 12 months, we have seen a sluggish, stimulus-driven economic recovery at long last gain real traction, accelerate, and transition into a consumption-driven expansion. For the most part, 2010 was plagued with widely fluctuating economic data, but as the year drew to a close, it became clear that cyclical stimulus had beaten out structural problems as economic data releases generally became more positive and financial markets showed signs of continuing improvement. Although the sovereign debt crises and emerging market inflation that troubled the global economy in 2010 remain a challenge today, overall investor sentiment had improved considerably. In the first quarter of 2011, significant global events gave rise to new concerns about the future of the global economy. Political turmoil spread across the Middle East/North Africa (“MENA”) region, oil and other commodity prices soared, and markets recoiled as the nuclear crisis unfolded in the wake of a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March. These events shook investor confidence, but the global economic recovery would not be derailed.
In the United States, strength from the corporate sector and increasing consumer spending have been key drivers of economic growth, while the housing and labor markets have been the heaviest burdens. While housing has yet to show any meaningful sign of improvement, labor statistics have become increasingly positive in recent months.
Global equity markets experienced uneven growth and high volatility over the course of 2010, but ended the year strong. Following a strong start to 2011, the aforementioned headwinds brought high volatility back to equity markets. A pick up in inflationary pressures caused emerging market equities to underperform developed markets, where threats of inflation remained relatively subdued. Overall, equities posted strong returns for the 12-month period. US stocks outpaced most international markets and small cap stocks outperformed large caps as investors moved into higher-risk assets.
Fixed income markets saw yields trend lower over most of 2010, until the fourth quarter brought an abrupt reversal in sentiment and risk tolerance that drove yields sharply upward (pushing bond prices down) through year end. Improving economic data continued to pressure fixed income yields in 2011; however, escalating geopolitical risks have acted as a counterweight, restoring relative stability to yield movements. Global credit markets were surprisingly resilient in the face of major headwinds during the first quarter. Yield curves globally remained steep by historical standards and higher-risk sectors continued to outperform higher-quality assets.
The tax-exempt municipal market enjoyed a powerful rally during the period of low interest rates in 2010; however, when the yield trend reversed, the market was dealt an additional blow as it became evident that the Build America Bond program would expire at year end. In addition, negative headlines regarding fiscal challenges faced by state and local governments damaged investor confidence and further heightened volatility in the municipal market. Tax-exempt mutual funds experienced heavy outflows, resulting in wider quality spreads and further downward pressure on municipal bond prices. These headwinds began to abate in 2011 and the tax-exempt municipal market staged a mild rebound in the first quarter.
Cash investments, as represented by the 3-month Treasury bill, returned only a fraction over 0% for the 12-month period as short-term interest rates remained low. Yields on money market securities remain near all-time lows.
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| Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Index performance shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
While no one can peer into a crystal ball and eliminate the uncertainties presented by the economic landscape and financial markets, BlackRock can offer investors the next best thing: partnership with the world’s largest asset management firm and a unique global perspective that allows us to identify trends early and capitalize on market opportunities. For additional market perspective and investment insight, visit www.blackrock.com/shareholdermagazine, where you’ll find the most recent issue of our award-winning Shareholder® magazine, as well as its quarterly companion newsletter, Shareholder Perspectives. As always, we thank you for entrusting BlackRock with your investments, and we look forward to your continued partnership in the months and years ahead.
Sincerely,

Rob Kapito
President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC
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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2011 | BlackRock Large Cap Core Retirement Portfolio |
BlackRock Large Cap Core Retirement Portfolio’s (the “Fund”), a series of BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. (the “Corporation”), investment objective is to seek long-term capital growth. In other words, the Fund tries to choose investments that will increase in value.
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• | The Fund, through its investment in Master Large Cap Core Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), outperformed its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Index, for the six-month period ended March 31, 2011. |
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• | Overall, positive results in the consumer discretionary, health care and consumer staples sectors more than offset negative performance in energy and utilities. |
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• | During the six-month period, we significantly increased exposure to the information technology sector, and also added to consumer staples. We considerably reduced the Portfolio’s weightings in consumer discretionary and industrials. |
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4 | BLACKROCK LARGE CAP SERIES FUNDS, INC. | MARCH 31, 2011 |
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| 3 | This unmanaged broad-based index measures the performance of the 1,000 largest companies in the Russell 3000 Index, which represents approximately 90% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000 Index. |
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See “Disclosure of Expenses” on page 10 for further information on how expenses were calculated. |
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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2011 | BlackRock Large Cap Growth Retirement Portfolio |
BlackRock Large Cap Growth Retirement Portfolio’s (the “Fund”), a series of BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. (the “Corporation”), investment objective is to seek long-term capital growth. In other words, the Fund tries to choose investments that will increase in value.
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• | The Fund, through its investment in Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), outperformed its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Growth Index, for the six-month period ended March 31, 2011. |
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• | Overall, positive results in the information technology (“IT”) and industrials sectors more than offset negative performance in energy and health care. |
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• | Stock selection aided performance in the industrials sector as well.Strength was most notable in the construction & engineering and machinery industries. Construction & engineering companies were buoyed by a significant acceleration in large energy infrastructure projects, while machinery names benefited from the initial signs of recovery in later-cycle commercial construction. |
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• | Conversely, an overall underweight in energy detracted from performance and overshadowed the positive effects of stock selection in the sector. In particular, the Portfolio was underexposed to the large, diversified services & equipment companies, whose shares appreciated in tandem with the rapid run-up in the price of oil and quicker-than-anticipated absorption of excess capacity. An underweight in exploration & production names also hindered results. |
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• | Within the health care sector, challenges for one of the Portfolio’s biotechnology holdings drove relative underperformance. A general overweight in the sector, and particularly in pharmaceuticals, also hurt returns as the defensive sector posted weak results amid a generally rising market. |
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• | During the six-month period, we significantly increased the Portfolio’s weighting in the IT sector, and also added to consumer staples exposure. We considerably reduced the allocation to consumer discretionary, with more modest decreases in industrials and utilities. |
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• | As of period end, we continue to advocate a mix of both high-quality and cyclical companies with strong balance sheets, good free cash flow and the ability to expand market share. In particular, we maintain a favorable outlook toward US stocks compared to other developed markets, with a special emphasis on multinational companies that can access revenue streams from around the world. Relative to the Russell 1000 Growth Index, the Portfolio’s largest sector overweights at period end included IT and health care, while the most significant underweights were in financials, consumer staples and energy. As always, we rely on a disciplined investment process and a belief in the importance of portfolio construction and risk management as we strive to deliver consistent outperformance over the long term. |
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6 | BLACKROCK LARGE CAP SERIES FUNDS, INC. | MARCH 31, 2011 |
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BlackRock Large Cap Growth Retirement Portfolio |
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| 2 | The Fund invests all of its assets in Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio of Master Large Cap Series LLC. The Portfolio invests at least 80% of its assets in equity securities of large cap companies located in the United States that the investment advisor selects from among those that are, at the time of purchase, included in the Russell 1000 Growth Index. |
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| 3 | This unmanaged broad-based index is a subset of the Russell 1000 Index consisting of those Russell 1000 securities with a greater-than-average growth orientation. |
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| 6 | The Fund commenced operations on January 3, 2008.
Past performance is not indicative of future results. |
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| 8 | Hypothetical 5% annual return before expenses is calculated by pro rating the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year divided by 365.
See “Disclosure of Expenses” on page 10 for further information on how expenses were calculated. |
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Fund Summary as of March 31, 2011 | BlackRock Large Cap Value Retirement Portfolio |
BlackRock Large Cap Value Retirement Portfolio’s (the “Fund”), a series of BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. (the “Corporation”), investment objective is to seek long-term capital growth. In other words, the Fund tries to choose investments that will increase in value.
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| How did the Fund perform? |
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• | The Fund, through its investment in Master Large Cap Value Portfolio (the“Portfolio”), outperformed its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Value Index, for the six-month period ended March 31, 2011. |
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• | Overall, positive results in the consumer staples and health care sectors more than offset negative performance in energy and financials. |
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• | Both stock selection and allocation decisions were favorable within the consumer staples sector. Positive selection in the food products industry was the largest source of outperformance. The Portfolio maintained its underweight in the sector overall, and especially in the household products industry, given the ongoing concern that commodity cost pressures could diminish profit margins as pricing power in the group is weak. This stance proved advantageous to Portfolio performance. An underweight and favorable stock selection in the food & staples retailing industry also aided relative results. |
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• | In health care, an underweight in the defensive pharmaceutical industry proved beneficial as the group posted weak results amid a generally rising market. Stock selection among pharmaceutical stocks also contributed positively to performance. Strength was also notable in the providers & services industry, where a combination of disciplined pricing and muted medical cost trends resulted in higher earnings expectations for managed care organizations — a segment in which the Portfolio was overweight. More broadly, receding concerns about health care reform legislation and increased merger & acquisition activity provided an additional boost to the sector. |
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• | Conversely, an overall underweight in energy detracted from performance and overshadowed the positive effects of stock selection in the sector. In particular, the Portfolio was underexposed to the large, diversified services & equipment companies, whose shares appreciated in tandem with the rapid run-up in the price of oil and quicker-than-anticipated absorption of excess capacity. An underweight in exploration & production names also hindered results. |
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• | Within financials, unfavorable stock selection among commercial banks accounted for most of the Portfolio’s underperformance in the sector. Selection was also negative in the insurance industry, where a competitive underwriting environment pressured profitability for names in the group. Nevertheless, we maintain exposure to insurers as we continue to find the overall risk-reward balance favorable. |
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• | During the six-month period, we increased the Portfolio’s weighting in the information technology and health care sectors, while we significantly reduced the weightings in industrials, financials, consumer discretionary and utilities. |
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• | As of period end, we continue to advocate a mix of both high-quality and cyclical companies with strong balance sheets, good free cash flow and the ability to expand market share. In particular, we maintain a favorable outlook toward US stocks compared to other developed markets, with a special emphasis on multinational companies that can access revenue streams from around the world. Relative to the Russell 1000 Value Index, the Portfolio’s largest sector overweights at period end included information technology, health care and materials, while the most significant underweights were in financials, consumer staples and energy. As always, we rely on a disciplined investment process and a belief in the importance of portfolio construction and risk management as we strive to deliver consistent outperformance over the long term. |
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| The views expressed reflect the opinions of BlackRock as of the date of this report and are subject to change based on changes in market, economic or other conditions. These views are not intended to be a forecast of future events and are no guarantee of future results. |
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8 | BLACKROCK LARGE CAP SERIES FUNDS, INC. | MARCH 31, 2011 |
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BlackRock Large Cap Value Retirement Portfolio |
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Total Return Based on a $10,000 Investment |
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| 1 | Assuming transaction costs and other operating expenses, including administration fees, if any. |
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| 2 | The Fund invests all of its assets in Master Large Cap Value Portfolio of the Master Large Cap Series LLC. The Portfolio invests at least 80% of its assets in equity securities of large cap companies located in the United States that the investment advisor selects from among those that are, at the time of purchase, included in the Russell 1000 Value Index. |
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| 3 | This unmanaged broad-based index is a subset of the Russell 1000 Index consisting of those Russell 1000 securities with lower price/book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. |
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| 4 | Commencement of operations. |
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Performance Summary for the Period Ended March 31, 2011 |
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| 6 | The Fund commenced operations on January 3, 2008.
Past performance is not indicative of future results. |
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| 8 | Hypothetical 5% annual return before expenses is calculated by pro rating the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year divided by 365.
See “Disclosure of Expenses” on page 10 for further information on how expenses were calculated. |
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About Fund Performance | BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. |
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• | Class K Shares are not subject to any sales charge. Class K Shares bear no ongoing distribution or service fees and are available only to eligible investors. |
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| Performance information reflects past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Refer to www.blackrock.com/funds to obtain performance data current to the most recent month-end. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Figures shown in each of the performance tables on the previous pages assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions, if any, at net asset value on the ex-dividend date. Investment return and principal value of shares will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The Funds’ administrator waived and/or reimbursed a portion of each of the Fund’s expenses. Without such waiver and/or reimbursement, the Funds’ performance would have been lower. The administrator is under no obligation to waive and/or reimburse or continue waiving and/or reimbursing its fees. |
Shareholders of the Funds may incur the following charges: (a) expenses related to transactions, including sales charges, redemption fees and exchange fees; and (b) operating expenses including administration fees, service and distribution fees including 12b-1 fees and other Fund expenses. The expense examples on the previous pages (which are based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested on October 1, 2010 and held through March 31, 2011) are intended to assist shareholders both in calculating expenses based on an investment in each Fund and in comparing these expenses with similar costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The tables provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. In order to estimate the expenses a shareholder paid during the period covered by this report, shareholders can divide their account value by $1,000 and then multiply the result by the number corresponding to their Fund under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”
The tables also provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. In order to assist shareholders in comparing the ongoing expenses of investing in these Funds and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in other funds’ shareholder reports.
The expenses shown in the tables are intended to highlight shareholders’ ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional expenses, such as sales charges, redemption fees or exchange fees. Therefore, the hypothetical examples are useful in comparing ongoing expenses only, and will not help shareholders determine the relative total expenses of owning different funds. If these transactional expenses were included, shareholder expenses would have been higher.
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10 | BLACKROCK LARGE CAP SERIES FUNDS, INC. | MARCH 31, 2011 |
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities | BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. |
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March 31, 2011 (Unaudited) | | BlackRock Large Cap Core Retirement Portfolio | | BlackRock Large Cap Growth Retirement Portfolio | | BlackRock Large Cap Value Retirement Portfolio | |
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Investments at value — Master Large Cap Core Portfolio, Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio, Master Large Cap Value Portfolio (the “Portfolios”), respectively1 | | $ | 144,122,636 | | $ | 115,669,084 | | $ | 183,187,215 | |
Capital shares sold receivable | | | 420,769 | | | 280,660 | | | 446,003 | |
Receivable from administrator | | | — | | | 3,247 | | | 28 | |
Withdrawals receivable from the Portfolios | | | — | | | — | | | 21,120,463 | |
Prepaid expenses | | | 185 | | | 185 | | | 335 | |
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Contributions payable to the Portfolios | | | 337,577 | | | 114,555 | | | — | |
Capital shares redeemed payable | | | 83,192 | | | 166,105 | | | 21,566,466 | |
Officer’s fees payable | | | 28 | | | 22 | | | 42 | |
Other affiliates payable | | | — | | | — | | | 260 | |
Other accrued expenses payable | | | 48,875 | | | 61,114 | | | 90,617 | |
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Net Assets | | $ | 144,073,918 | | $ | 115,611,380 | | $ | 183,096,659 | |
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Paid-in capital2 | | $ | 161,692,250 | | $ | 118,833,048 | | $ | 173,737,658 | |
Undistributed net investment income | | | 156,842 | | | 62,007 | | | 478,866 | |
Accumulated net realized loss allocated from the Portfolios | | | (39,590,316 | ) | | (19,443,409 | ) | | (11,366,383 | ) |
Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation allocated from the Portfolios | | | 21,815,142 | | | 16,159,734 | | | 20,246,518 | |
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Net Assets | | $ | 144,073,918 | | $ | 115,611,380 | | $ | 183,096,659 | |
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Statements of Operations | BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. |
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Six Months Ended March 31, 2011 (Unaudited) | | BlackRock Large Cap Core Retirement Portfolio | | BlackRock Large Cap Growth Retirement Portfolio | | BlackRock Large Cap Value Retirement Portfolio | |
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Dividends — unaffiliated | | $ | 1,120,632 | | $ | 816,025 | | $ | 1,823,182 | |
Interest | | | 1,873 | | | 1,009 | | | — | |
Securities lending — affiliated | | | 1,739 | | | 1,326 | | | 1,947 | |
Foreign taxes withheld | | | — | | | (255 | ) | | (233 | ) |
Dividends — affiliated | | | 19 | | | 409 | | | 14 | |
Expenses | | | (308,057 | ) | | (267,038 | ) | | (489,907 | ) |
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Total income | | | 816,206 | | | 551,476 | | | 1,335,003 | |
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Transfer agent | | | 69,100 | | | 61,673 | | | 98,646 | |
Printing | | | 12,108 | | | 9,304 | | | 17,410 | |
Professional | | | 10,750 | | | 9,404 | | | 10,167 | |
Registration | | | 8,238 | | | 7,478 | | | 7,858 | |
Officer | | | 28 | | | 22 | | | 44 | |
Miscellaneous | | | 2,931 | | | 2,755 | | | 3,028 | |
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Total expenses | | | 103,155 | | | 90,636 | | | 137,153 | |
Less fees reimbursed by administrator | | | (750 | ) | | (24,484 | ) | | (11,308 | ) |
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Total expenses after reimbursement | | | 102,405 | | | 66,152 | | | 125,845 | |
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Net investment income | | | 713,801 | | | 485,324 | | | 1,209,158 | |
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Realized Gain Allocated From the Portfolios | | | | | | | | | | |
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Net realized gain from investments | | | 12,078,201 | | | 9,113,411 | | | 11,753,768 | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments | | | 11,185,610 | | | 9,887,229 | | | 21,250,589 | |
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Total realized and unrealized gain | | | 23,263,811 | | | 19,000,640 | | | 33,004,357 | |
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Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | | $ | 23,977,612 | | $ | 19,485,964 | | $ | 34,213,515 | |
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12 | BLACKROCK LARGE CAP SERIES FUNDS, INC. | MARCH 31, 2011 |
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets | BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. |
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| | BlackRock Large Cap Core Retirement Portfolio | | BlackRock Large Cap Growth Retirement Portfolio |
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Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | | Six Months Ended March 31, 2011 (Unaudited) | | Year Ended September 30, 2010 | | Six Months Ended March 31, 2011 (Unaudited) | | Year Ended September 30, 2010 | |
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Net investment income | | $ | 713,801 | | $ | 1,060,244 | | $ | 485,324 | | $ | 537,231 | |
Net realized gain | | | 12,078,201 | | | 10,737,225 | | | 9,113,411 | | | 11,335,101 | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation | | | 11,185,610 | | | (5,417,728 | ) | | 9,887,229 | | | (5,869,761 | ) |
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Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | | 23,977,612 | | | 6,379,741 | | | 19,485,964 | | | 6,002,571 | |
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Net investment income | | | (1,200,010 | ) | | (1,400,002 | ) | | (750,002 | ) | | (500,007 | ) |
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Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions | | | 8,054,975 | | | (926,352 | ) | | 10,213,821 | | | (1,939,099 | ) |
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Total increase in net assets | | | 30,832,577 | | | 4,053,387 | | | 28,949,783 | | | 3,563,465 | |
Beginning of period | | | 113,241,341 | | | 109,187,954 | | | 86,661,597 | | | 83,098,132 | |
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End of period | | $ | 144,073,918 | | $ | 113,241,341 | | $ | 115,611,380 | | $ | 86,661,597 | |
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Undistributed net investment income | | $ | 156,842 | | $ | 643,051 | | $ | 62,007 | | $ | 326,685 | |
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Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | | Six Months Ended March 31, 2011 (Unaudited) | | Year Ended September 30, 2010 | |
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Net investment income | | $ | 1,209,158 | | $ | 1,956,638 | |
Net realized gain | | | 11,753,768 | | | 18,963,147 | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation | | | 21,250,589 | | | (14,550,524 | ) |
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Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | | 34,213,515 | | | 6,369,261 | |
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Net investment income | | | (2,100,008 | ) | | (2,000,004 | ) |
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Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions | | | (15,899,596 | ) | | 29,953,412 | |
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Net Assets | | | | | | | |
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Total increase in net assets | | | 16,213,911 | | | 34,322,669 | |
Beginning of period | | | 166,882,748 | | | 132,560,079 | |
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End of period | | $ | 183,096,659 | | $ | 166,882,748 | |
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Undistributed net investment income | | $ | 478,866 | | $ | 1,369,716 | |
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Financial Highlights | BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. |
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| | Six Months Ended March 31, 2011 (Unaudited) | | Year Ended September 30, 2010 | | Period November 1, 2008 to September 30, 2009 | | Period January 3, 20081 to October 31, 2008 | | Six Months Ended March 31, 2011 (Unaudited) | | Year Ended September 30, 2010 | | Period November 1, 2008 to September 30, 2009 | | Period January 3, 20081 to October 31, 2008 | |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 10.06 | | $ | 9.61 | | $ | 8.64 | | $ | 13.25 | | $ | 9.54 | | $ | 8.93 | | $ | 7.45 | | $ | 11.20 | |
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Net investment income2 | | | 0.06 | | | 0.09 | | | 0.11 | | | 0.07 | | | 0.05 | | | 0.06 | | | 0.05 | | | 0.02 | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | 2.07 | | | 0.49 | | | 0.96 | | | (4.68 | ) | | 2.04 | | | 0.61 | | | 1.48 | | | (3.77 | ) |
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Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | | 2.13 | | | 0.58 | | | 1.07 | | | (4.61 | ) | | 2.09 | | | 0.67 | | | 1.53 | | | (3.75 | ) |
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Dividends from net investment income | | | (0.11 | ) | | (0.13 | ) | | (0.10 | ) | | — | | | (0.08 | ) | | (0.06 | ) | | (0.05 | ) | | — | |
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Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 12.08 | | $ | 10.06 | | $ | 9.61 | | $ | 8.64 | | $ | 11.55 | | $ | 9.54 | | $ | 8.93 | | $ | 7.45 | |
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Based on net asset value | | | 21.28 | %4 | | 6.01 | % | | 12.55 | %4,5 | | (34.79 | )%4 | | 22.02 | %4 | | 7.46 | % | | 20.66 | %4,6 | | (33.48 | )%4 |
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Total expenses | | | 0.66 | %8 | | 0.68 | % | | 0.73 | %8 | | 0.71 | %8 | | 0.72 | %8 | | 0.79 | % | | 0.88 | %8 | | 0.81 | %8 |
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Total expenses after reimbursement | | | 0.66 | %8 | | 0.67 | % | | 0.66 | %8 | | 0.62 | %8 | | 0.67 | %8 | | 0.67 | % | | 0.66 | %8 | | 0.65 | %8 |
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Net investment income | | | 1.14 | %8 | | 0.93 | % | | 1.39 | %8 | | 0.76 | %8 | | 0.98 | %8 | | 0.62 | % | | 0.73 | %8 | | 0.30 | %8 |
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Net assets, end of period (000) | | $ | 144,074 | | $ | 113,241 | | $ | 109,188 | | $ | 105,224 | | $ | 115,611 | | $ | 86,662 | | $ | 83,098 | | $ | 80,882 | |
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Portfolio turnover of the Portfolio | | | 67 | % | | 173 | % | | 168 | % | | 109 | % | | 91 | % | | 232 | % | | 242 | % | | 144 | % |
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Financial Highlights (concluded) | BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. |
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| | BlackRock Large Cap Value Retirement Portfolio | |
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| | Six Months Ended March 31, 2011 (Unaudited) | | Year Ended September 30, 2010 | | Period November 1, 2008 to September 30, 2009 | | Period January 3, 20081 to October 31, 2008 | |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 13.67 | | $ | 13.28 | | $ | 12.33 | | $ | 18.54 | |
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Net investment income2 | | | 0.10 | | | 0.17 | | | 0.18 | | | 0.13 | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | 2.69 | | | 0.39 | | | 0.91 | | | (6.34 | ) |
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Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | | 2.79 | | | 0.56 | | | 1.09 | | | (6.21 | ) |
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Dividends from net investment income | | | (0.17 | ) | | (0.17 | ) | | (0.14 | ) | | — | |
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Net assets, end of period (000) | | $ | 183,097 | | $ | 166,883 | | $ | 132,560 | | $ | 128,159 | |
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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) | BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. |
1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies:
BlackRock Large Cap Core Retirement Portfolio, BlackRock Large Cap Growth Retirement Portfolio and BlackRock Large Cap Value Retirement Portfolio (collectively the “Funds” or individually a “Fund”), constitute three of the series of BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. (the “Corporation”), which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as a diversified, open-end management investment company. The Corporation is organized as a Maryland corporation. Each Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing all, or a portion of, its assets in Master Large Cap Core Portfolio, Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio and Master Large Cap Value Portfolio (collectively the “Portfolios” or individually a “Portfolio”), respectively, constituting Master Large Cap Series LLC (the “Master LLC”), each of which has the same investment objective and strategies as the corresponding Fund. The value of a Fund’s investment in the applicable Portfolio reflects the Fund’s proportionate interest in the net assets of such Portfolio. As of March 31, 2011, the percentages of Master Large Cap Core Portfolio, Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio and Master Large Cap Value Portfolio owned by BlackRock Large Cap Core Retirement Portfolio, BlackRock Large Cap Growth Retirement Portfolio and BlackRock Large Cap Value Retirement Portfolio were 4%, 12% and 9%, respectively. The performance of a Fund is directly affected by the performance of the applicable Portfolio. The financial statements of the Portfolios, including the Schedules of Investments, are included elsewhere in this report and should be read in conjunction with the Funds’ financial statements. The Funds’ financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds:
Valuation: US GAAP defines fair value as the price the Funds would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Funds’ policy is to fair value their financial instruments at market value. Each Fund records its investment in the corresponding Portfolio at fair value based on each Fund’s proportionate interest in the net assets of the corresponding Portfolio. Valuation of securities held by a Portfolio, including categorization of fair value measurements, is discussed in Note 1 of the Master LLC’s Notes to Financial Statements, which are included elsewhere in this report.
Investment Transactions and Investment Income: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are entered into (the trade dates). For financial reporting purposes, contributions to and withdrawals from the Portfolios are accounted for on a trade date basis. Each Fund records daily its proportionate share of the corresponding Portfolio’s income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses. In addition, each Fund accrues its own expenses.
Dividends and Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by each Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. The amount and timing of dividends and distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from US GAAP.
Income Taxes: It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.
Each Fund files US federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on each Fund’s US federal, state and local tax returns remains open for the year ended September 30, 2010 and the periods ended September 30, 2009 and October 31, 2008. Management does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.
Other: Expenses directly related to a Fund are charged to that Fund. Other operating expenses shared by several funds are pro rated among those funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods.
2. Administration Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates:
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”), Bank of America Corporation (“BAC”) and Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”) are the largest stockholders of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). Due to the ownership structure, PNC is an affiliate of the Funds for 1940 Act purposes, but BAC and Barclays are not.
The Corporation, on behalf of each Fund, entered into an Administration Agreement with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Administrator”), an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide administrative services (other than investment advice and related portfolio activities).
The Administrator does not receive an administration fee. The Administrator has contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees and/or expenses of each Fund in order to limit expenses (excluding interest expense, acquired fund fees and expenses and certain other fund expenses) of each Fund to 0.67% of the average daily net assets of such Fund. This arrangement has a one-year term and is renewable. The Administrator has agreed not to reduce or discontinue this contractual waiver or reimbursement prior to February 1, 2012 unless approved by the Board of Directors, including a majority of the non-interested Directors. These amounts are shown as fees reimbursed by administrator in the Statements of Operations.
The Administrator maintains a call center, which is responsible for providing shareholder services to the Funds, such as responding to shareholder inquiries and processing transactions based upon instructions from shareholders with respect to the subscription and redemption of Fund shares. For the six months ended March 31, 2011, each Fund reimbursed the Administrator the following amounts for costs incurred in running the call center, which are included in transfer agent in the Statements of Operations:
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BlackRock Large Cap Core Retirement Portfolio | | $ | 185 | |
BlackRock Large Cap Growth Retirement Portfolio | | $ | 139 | |
BlackRock Large Cap Value Retirement Portfolio | | $ | 259 | |
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Certain officers and/or directors of the Corporation are officers and/or directors of BlackRock or its affiliates. The Funds reimburse the Administrator for compensation paid to the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer.
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Notes to Financial Statements (concluded) | BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. |
3. Capital Loss Carryforwards:
As of September 30, 2010, the Funds had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains through the indicated expiration dates:
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Expires September 30, | | BlackRock Large Cap Core Retirement Portfolio | | BlackRock Large Cap Growth Retirement Portfolio | | BlackRock Large Cap Value Retirement Portfolio | |
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2016 | | $ | 25,584,450 | | $ | 9,547,659 | | $ | 10,074,617 | |
2017 | | | 24,488,876 | | | 18,251,218 | | | 15,908,520 | |
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Total | | $ | 50,073,326 | | $ | 27,798,877 | | $ | 25,983,137 | |
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Under the recently enacted Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, capital losses incurred by the Funds after September 30, 2011 will not be subject to expiration. In addition, these losses must be utilized prior to the losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years.
4. Capital Share Transactions:
Transactions in capital shares for Class K were as follows:
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Shares sold | | | 2,180,746 | | $ | 24,860,307 | | | 2,791,444 | | $ | 28,019,345 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends | | | 105,992 | | | 1,157,136 | | | 132,185 | | | 1,324,321 | |
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Total issued | | | 2,286,738 | | | 26,017,443 | | | 2,923,629 | | | 29,343,666 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (1,615,635 | ) | | (17,962,468 | ) | | (3,031,135 | ) | | (30,270,018 | ) |
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Net increase (decrease) | | | 671,103 | | $ | 8,054,975 | | | (107,506 | ) | $ | (926,352 | ) |
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BlackRock Large Cap Growth | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Shares sold | | | 2,080,987 | | $ | 22,517,461 | | | 2,203,293 | | $ | 20,810,169 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends | | | 67,861 | | | 711,630 | | | 49,515 | | | 465,345 | |
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Total issued | | | 2,148,848 | | | 23,229,091 | | | 2,252,808 | | | 21,275,514 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (1,217,547 | ) | | (13,015,270 | ) | | (2,481,885 | ) | | (23,214,613 | ) |
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Net increase (decrease) | | | 931,301 | | $ | 10,213,821 | | | (229,077 | ) | $ | (1,939,099 | ) |
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Shares sold | | | 1,521,975 | | $ | 23,261,887 | | | 4,367,548 | | $ | 59,137,520 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends | | | 140,335 | | | 2,062,642 | | | 142,671 | | | 1,950,228 | |
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Total issued | | | 1,662,310 | | | 25,324,529 | | | 4,510,219 | | | 61,087,748 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (2,627,485 | ) | | (41,224,125 | ) | | (2,288,667 | ) | | (31,134,336 | ) |
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Net increase (decrease) | | | (965,175 | ) | $ | (15,899,596 | ) | | 2,221,552 | | $ | 29,953,412 | |
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5. Subsequent Events:
Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on each Fund through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.
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Portfolio Information as of March 31, 2011 | Master Large Cap Series LLC |
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Ten Largest Holdings | | | |
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Master Large Cap Core Portfolio | | Percent of Long-Term Investments |
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Exxon Mobil Corp. | | 2 | % |
Philip Morris International, Inc. | | 2 | |
Intel Corp. | | 2 | |
Comcast Corp., Class A | | 2 | |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | | 2 | |
Amgen, Inc. | | 1 | |
Apple, Inc. | | 1 | |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | | 1 | |
Eli Lilly & Co. | | 1 | |
Marathon Oil Corp. | | 1 | |
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Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio | | Percent of Long-Term Investments |
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Exxon Mobil Corp. | | 4 | % |
Apple, Inc. | | 3 | |
Philip Morris International, Inc. | | 3 | |
Intel Corp. | | 2 | |
DIRECTV, Class A | | 2 | |
Dell, Inc. | | 1 | |
Applied Materials, Inc. | | 1 | |
Altera Corp. | | 1 | |
Lockheed Martin Corp. | | 1 | |
Autodesk, Inc. | | 1 | |
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Master Large Cap Value Portfolio | | Percent of Long-Term Investments |
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Comcast Corp., Class A | | 2 | % |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | | 2 | |
Amgen, Inc. | | 2 | |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | | 2 | |
ConocoPhillips | | 2 | |
Marathon Oil Corp. | | 2 | |
Intel Corp. | | 2 | |
Eli Lilly & Co. | | 1 | |
Corning, Inc. | | 1 | |
Texas Instruments, Inc. | | 1 | |
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Master Large Cap Core Portfolio | | Percent of Long-Term Investments |
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Information Technology | | 28 | % |
Health Care | | 17 | |
Consumer Discretionary | | 14 | |
Energy | | 10 | |
Consumer Staples | | 6 | |
Industrials | | 6 | |
Financials | | 6 | |
Utilities | | 6 | |
Telecommunication Services | | 4 | |
Materials | | 3 | |
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Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio | | Percent of Long-Term Investments |
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Information Technology | | 38 | % |
Health Care | | 14 | |
Consumer Discretionary | | 14 | |
Industrials | | 11 | |
Energy | | 9 | |
Materials | | 6 | |
Consumer Staples | | 6 | |
Financials | | 1 | |
Telecommunication Services | | 1 | |
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Master Large Cap Value Portfolio | | Percent of Long-Term Investments |
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Financials | | 17 | % |
Information Technology | | 16 | |
Health Care | | 16 | |
Energy | | 10 | |
Consumer Discretionary | | 9 | |
Industrials | | 8 | |
Materials | | 7 | |
Utilities | | 7 | |
Consumer Staples | | 5 | |
Telecommunication Services | | 5 | |
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For Portfolio compliance purposes, sector and industry classifications refer to any one or more of the sector and industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or ratings group indexes, and/or as defined by Portfolio management. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine sector and industry sub-classifications for reporting ease.
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Schedule of Investments March 31, 2011 (Unaudited) | Master Large Cap Core Portfolio (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Consumer Discretionary — 14.1% | | | | | | | |
Auto Components — 0.8% | | | | | | | |
Autoliv, Inc. | | | 360,000 | | $ | 26,722,800 | |
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Diversified Consumer Services — 0.7% | | | | | | | |
Career Education Corp. (a) | | | 820,000 | | | 18,630,400 | |
ITT Educational Services, Inc. (a) | | | 80,000 | | | 5,772,000 | |
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Internet & Catalog Retail — 1.0% | | | | | | | |
Liberty Media Holding Corp. — Interactive (a) | | | 2,180,000 | | | 34,967,200 | |
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Media — 6.4% | | | | | | | |
CBS Corp., Class B | | | 1,500,000 | | | 37,560,000 | |
Comcast Corp., Class A | | | 2,100,000 | | | 51,912,000 | |
DIRECTV, Class A (a) | | | 940,000 | | | 43,992,000 | |
DISH Network Corp. (a) | | | 1,170,000 | | | 28,501,200 | |
Gannett Co., Inc. | | | 640,000 | | | 9,747,200 | |
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. | | | 2,960,000 | | | 37,207,200 | |
Liberty Media Holding Corp. — Capital (a) | | | 170,000 | | | 12,523,900 | |
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Multiline Retail — 1.0% | | | | | | | |
Macy’s, Inc. | | | 1,360,000 | | | 32,993,600 | |
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Specialty Retail — 4.2% | | | | | | | |
Foot Locker, Inc. | | | 1,750,000 | | | 34,510,000 | |
Limited Brands, Inc. | | | 1,110,000 | | | 36,496,800 | |
PetSmart, Inc. | | | 260,000 | | | 10,647,000 | |
Ross Stores, Inc. | | | 380,000 | | | 27,025,600 | |
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | | | 900,000 | | | 36,450,000 | |
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Total Consumer Discretionary | | | | | | 485,658,900 | |
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Consumer Staples — 6.2% | | | | | | | |
Beverages — 1.8% | | | | | | | |
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. | | | 470,000 | | | 12,831,000 | |
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 630,000 | | | 12,776,400 | |
Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. | | | 1,000,000 | | | 37,160,000 | |
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Food & Staples Retailing — 1.1% | | | | | | | |
The Kroger Co. | | | 1,610,000 | | | 38,591,700 | |
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Food Products — 1.0% | | | | | | | |
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A | | | 1,800,000 | | | 34,542,000 | |
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Household Products — 0.4% | | | | | | | |
The Procter & Gamble Co. | | | 210,000 | | | 12,936,000 | |
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Tobacco — 1.9% | | | | | | | |
Philip Morris International, Inc. | | | 1,010,000 | | | 66,286,300 | |
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Total Consumer Staples | | | | | | 215,123,400 | |
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Energy — 10.2% | | | | | | | |
Energy Equipment & Services — 1.8% | | | | | | | |
Exterran Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 460,000 | | | 10,915,800 | |
McDermott International, Inc. (a) | | | 1,540,000 | | | 39,100,600 | |
Nabors Industries Ltd. (a) | | | 390,000 | | | 11,848,200 | |
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Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 8.4% | | | | | | | |
Chevron Corp. | | | 180,000 | | $ | 19,337,400 | |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | | | 890,000 | | | 74,875,700 | |
Frontier Oil Corp. | | | 1,130,000 | | | 33,131,600 | |
Marathon Oil Corp. | | | 840,000 | | | 44,780,400 | |
Murphy Oil Corp. | | | 550,000 | | | 40,381,000 | |
Sunoco, Inc. | | | 790,000 | | | 36,016,100 | |
Valero Energy Corp. | | | 1,350,000 | | | 40,257,000 | |
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Total Energy | | | | | | 350,643,800 | |
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Financials — 5.8% | | | | | | | |
Capital Markets — 1.0% | | | | | | | |
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | | | 560,000 | | | 34,204,800 | |
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Commercial Banks — 0.3% | | | | | | | |
Popular, Inc. (a) | | | 930,000 | | | 2,706,300 | |
Wells Fargo & Co. | | | 210,000 | | | 6,657,000 | |
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Consumer Finance — 1.2% | | | | | | | |
Discover Financial Services, Inc. | | | 1,660,000 | | | 40,039,200 | |
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Diversified Financial Services — 1.4% | | | | | | | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | | 280,000 | | | 12,908,000 | |
The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (a) | | | 1,370,000 | | | 35,400,800 | |
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Insurance — 1.9% | | | | | | | |
Assurant, Inc. | | | 810,000 | | | 31,193,100 | |
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (a) | | | 60,000 | | | 5,017,800 | |
MBIA, Inc. (a) | | | 3,130,000 | | | 31,425,200 | |
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Total Financials | | | | | | 199,552,200 | |
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Health Care — 16.9% | | | | | | | |
Biotechnology — 3.8% | | | | | | | |
Amgen, Inc. (a) | | | 870,000 | | | 46,501,500 | |
Biogen Idec, Inc. (a) | | | 550,000 | | | 40,364,500 | |
Cephalon, Inc. (a) | | | 410,000 | | | 31,069,800 | |
Myriad Genetics, Inc. (a) | | | 610,000 | | | 12,291,500 | |
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Health Care Providers & Services — 7.0% | | | | | | | |
Aetna, Inc. | | | 1,050,000 | | | 39,301,500 | |
AmerisourceBergen Corp. | | | 1,020,000 | | | 40,351,200 | |
Cardinal Health, Inc. | | | 910,000 | | | 37,428,300 | |
Coventry Health Care, Inc. (a) | | | 840,000 | | | 26,787,600 | |
Health Management Associates, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 3,400,000 | | | 37,060,000 | |
Lincare Holdings, Inc. | | | 340,000 | | | 10,084,400 | |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | | | 1,110,000 | | | 50,172,000 | |
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Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.5% | | | | | | | |
Illumina, Inc. (a) | | | 510,000 | | | 35,735,700 | |
Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc. | | | 650,000 | | | 18,011,500 | |
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Pharmaceuticals — 4.6% | | | | | | | |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | | | 1,710,000 | | | 45,195,300 | |
Eli Lilly & Co. | | | 1,280,000 | | | 45,017,600 | |
Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 420,000 | | | 16,027,200 | |
Forest Laboratories, Inc. (a) | | | 1,180,000 | | | 38,114,000 | |
Johnson & Johnson | | | 130,000 | | | 7,702,500 | |
Pfizer, Inc. | | | 370,000 | | | 7,514,700 | |
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Total Health Care | | | | | | 584,730,800 | |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) | Master Large Cap Core Portfolio (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Industrials — 6.2% | | | | | | | |
Aerospace & Defense — 0.8% | | | | | | | |
Raytheon Co. | | | 510,000 | | $ | 25,943,700 | |
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Airlines — 1.0% | | | | | | | |
Southwest Airlines Co. | | | 2,580,000 | | | 32,585,400 | |
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Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5% | | | | | | | |
Avery Dennison Corp. | | | 180,000 | | | 7,552,800 | |
Pitney Bowes, Inc. | | | 390,000 | | | 10,019,100 | |
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| | | | | | 17,571,900 | |
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Construction & Engineering — 0.9% | | | | | | | |
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV | | | 200,000 | | | 8,132,000 | |
KBR, Inc. | | | 640,000 | | | 24,172,800 | |
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| | | | | | 32,304,800 | |
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Industrial Conglomerates — 0.6% | | | | | | | |
General Electric Co. | | | 1,080,000 | | | 21,654,000 | |
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Machinery — 2.0% | | | | | | | |
AGCO Corp. (a) | | | 350,000 | | | 19,239,500 | |
Manitowoc Co. | | | 1,740,000 | | | 38,071,200 | |
Timken Co. | | | 250,000 | | | 13,075,000 | |
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| | | | | | 70,385,700 | |
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Road & Rail — 0.4% | | | | | | | |
Ryder System, Inc. | | | 270,000 | | | 13,662,000 | |
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Total Industrials | | | | | | 214,107,500 | |
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Information Technology — 28.0% | | | | | | | |
Communications Equipment — 1.8% | | | | | | | |
Motorola Solutions Inc. (a) | | | 900,000 | | | 40,221,000 | |
Tellabs, Inc. | | | 3,960,000 | | | 20,750,400 | |
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| | | | | | 60,971,400 | |
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Computers & Peripherals — 5.5% | | | | | | | |
Apple, Inc. (a) | | | 130,000 | | | 45,298,500 | |
Dell, Inc. (a) | | | 2,740,000 | | | 39,757,400 | |
Lexmark International, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 850,000 | | | 31,484,000 | |
Seagate Technology (a) | | | 2,660,000 | | | 38,304,000 | |
Western Digital Corp. (a) | | | 970,000 | | | 36,171,300 | |
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| | | | | | 191,015,200 | |
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Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.3% | | | | | | | |
Corning, Inc. | | | 1,980,000 | | | 40,847,400 | |
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (a) | | | 2,050,000 | | | 36,367,000 | |
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| | | | | | 77,214,400 | |
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Internet Software & Services — 0.2% | | | | | | | |
Google, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 10,000 | | | 5,862,100 | |
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IT Services — 1.6% | | | | | | | |
International Business Machines Corp. | | | 120,000 | | | 19,568,400 | |
The Western Union Co. | | | 1,770,000 | | | 36,762,900 | |
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| | | | | | 56,331,300 | |
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Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 13.9% | | | | | | | |
Altera Corp. | | | 940,000 | | | 41,378,800 | |
Analog Devices, Inc. | | | 930,000 | | | 36,623,400 | |
Applied Materials, Inc. | | | 2,600,000 | | | 40,612,000 | |
Atmel Corp. (a) | | | 2,690,000 | | | 36,664,700 | |
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (a) | | | 1,520,000 | | | 29,457,600 | |
Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. (a) | | | 1,180,000 | | | 21,476,000 | |
Intel Corp. | | | 2,980,000 | | | 60,106,600 | |
Lam Research Corp. (a) | | | 670,000 | | | 37,962,200 | |
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Information Technology (concluded) | | | | | | | |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (concluded) | | | | | | | |
MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (a) | | | 2,800,000 | | $ | 36,288,000 | |
National Semiconductor Corp. | | | 2,300,000 | | | 32,982,000 | |
Novellus Systems, Inc. (a) | | | 960,000 | | | 35,644,800 | |
ON Semiconductor Corp. (a) | | | 3,460,000 | | | 34,150,200 | |
Teradyne, Inc. (a) | | | 2,040,000 | | | 36,332,400 | |
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| | | | | | 479,678,700 | |
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Software — 2.7% | | | | | | | |
Autodesk, Inc. (a) | | | 80,000 | | | 3,528,800 | |
CA, Inc. | | | 1,500,000 | | | 36,270,000 | |
Microsoft Corp. | | | 640,000 | | | 16,230,400 | |
Symantec Corp. (a) | | | 2,060,000 | | | 38,192,400 | |
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| | | | | | 94,221,600 | |
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Total Information Technology | | | | | | 965,294,700 | |
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Materials — 3.3% | | | | | | | |
Chemicals — 0.6% | | | | | | | |
Huntsman Corp. | | | 1,280,000 | | | 22,246,400 | |
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Containers & Packaging — 0.6% | | | | | | | |
Ball Corp. | | | 170,000 | | | 6,094,500 | |
Crown Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 180,000 | | | 6,944,400 | |
Sealed Air Corp. | | | 260,000 | | | 6,931,600 | |
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| | | | | | 19,970,500 | |
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Metals & Mining — 1.2% | | | | | | | |
Alcoa, Inc. | | | 2,400,000 | | | 42,360,000 | |
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Paper & Forest Products — 0.9% | | | | | | | |
Domtar Corp. | | | 60,000 | | | 5,506,800 | |
MeadWestvaco Corp. | | | 840,000 | | | 25,477,200 | |
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| | | | | | 30,984,000 | |
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Total Materials | | | | | | 115,560,900 | |
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Telecommunication Services — 3.6% | | | | | | | |
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.4% | | | | | | | |
AT&T Inc. | | | 360,000 | | | 11,016,000 | |
Qwest Communications International, Inc. | | | 5,670,000 | | | 38,726,100 | |
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| | | | | | 49,742,100 | |
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Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.2% | | | | | | | |
MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (a) | | | 2,280,000 | | | 37,027,200 | |
Sprint Nextel Corp. (a) | | | 8,430,000 | | | 39,115,200 | |
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| | | | | | 76,142,400 | |
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Total Telecommunication Services | | | | | | 125,884,500 | |
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Utilities — 5.8% | | | | | | | |
Electric Utilities — 0.5% | | | | | | | |
Pepco Holdings, Inc. | | | 880,000 | | | 16,412,000 | |
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Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 2.5% | | | | | | | |
The AES Corp. (a) | | | 2,990,000 | | | 38,870,000 | |
GenOn Energy, Inc. (a) | | | 3,175,200 | | | 12,097,512 | |
NRG Energy, Inc. (a) | | | 1,680,000 | | | 36,187,200 | |
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| | | | | | 87,154,712 | |
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Multi-Utilities — 2.8% | | | | | | | |
Ameren Corp. | | | 1,210,000 | | | 33,964,700 | |
CMS Energy Corp. | | | 1,380,000 | | | 27,103,200 | |
NiSource, Inc. (b) | | | 1,800,000 | | | 34,524,000 | |
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| | | | | | 95,591,900 | |
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Total Utilities | | | | | | 199,158,612 | |
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Total Long-Term Investments (Cost — $2,825,439,355) — 100.1% | | | | | | 3,455,715,312 | |
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20 | BLACKROCK LARGE CAP SERIES FUNDS, INC. | MARCH 31, 2011 |
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Schedule of Investments (concluded) | Master Large Cap Core Portfolio (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Short-Term Securities | | Beneficial Interest (000) | | Value | |
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BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Money Market Series, 0.43% (c)(d)(e) | | $ | 29,696 | | $ | 29,696,000 | |
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Total Short-Term Securities (Cost — $29,696,000) — 0.9% | | | | | | 29,696,000 | |
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Total Investments (Cost — $2,855,135,355*) — 101.0% | | | | | | 3,485,411,312 | |
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (1.0)% | | | | | | (32,879,237 | ) |
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Net Assets — 100.0% | | | | | $ | 3,452,532,075 | |
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* | The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of March 31, 2011, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows: |
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Aggregate cost | | | | | $ | 2,911,040,388 | |
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Gross unrealized appreciation | | | | | $ | 620,511,455 | |
Gross unrealized depreciation | | | | | | (46,140,531 | ) |
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Net unrealized appreciation | | | | | $ | 574,370,924 | |
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(a) | Non-income producing security. |
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(b) | Security, or a portion of security, is on loan. |
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(c) | Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Master LLC during the period, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows: |
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Affiliate | | Beneficial Interest Held at September 30, 2010 | | Net Activity | | Beneficial Interest Held at March 31, 2011 | | Income | |
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BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class | | | — | | | — | | | — | | $ | 501 | |
BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Money Market Series | | $ | 113,624,600 | | $ | (86,928,600 | ) | $ | 29,696,000 | | $ | 46,773 | |
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(d) | Represents the current yield as of report date. |
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(e) | Security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities. |
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• | For Portfolio compliance purposes,the Portfolio’s sector and industry classifications refer to any one or more of the sector and industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by Portfolio management. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such sector and industry sub-classifications for reporting ease. |
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• | Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes as follows: |
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| • | Level 1 — price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets and liabilities |
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| • | Level 2 — other observable inputs (including,but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) |
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| • | Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments) |
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Portfolio’s policy regarding valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements.
The following table summarizes the inputs used as of March 31, 2011 in determining the fair valuation of the Portfolio’s investments:
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Valuation Inputs | | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
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Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Long-Term Investments1 | | $ | 3,455,715,312 | | | — | | | — | | $ | 3,455,715,312 | |
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Short-Term Securities | | | — | | $ | 29,696,000 | | | — | | | 29,696,000 | |
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Total | | $ | 3,455,715,312 | | $ | 29,696,000 | | | — | | $ | 3,485,411,312 | |
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| 1 | See above Schedule of Investments for values in each sector and industry. |
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See Notes to Financial Statements. | |
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Schedule of Investments March 31, 2011 (Unaudited) | Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Common Stocks | | | Shares | | Value | |
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Consumer Discretionary — 14.0% | | | | | | | |
Auto Components — 1.3% | | | | | | | |
Autoliv, Inc. | | | 70,000 | | $ | 5,196,100 | |
Federal-Mogul Corp., Class A (a) | | | 170,000 | | | 4,233,000 | |
TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (a) | | | 62,000 | | | 3,414,960 | |
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| | | | | | 12,844,060 | |
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Diversified Consumer Services — 2.7% | | | | | | | |
Apollo Group, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 247,000 | | | 10,302,370 | |
Career Education Corp. (a) | | | 260,000 | | | 5,907,200 | |
ITT Educational Services, Inc. (a) | | | 151,000 | | | 10,894,650 | |
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| | | | | | 27,104,220 | |
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Media — 4.5% | | | | | | | |
CBS Corp., Class B | | | 429,000 | | | 10,742,160 | |
DIRECTV, Class A (a) | | | 334,000 | | | 15,631,200 | |
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. | | | 899,000 | | | 11,300,430 | |
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A | | | 159,000 | | | 8,083,560 | |
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| | | | | | 45,757,350 | |
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Multiline Retail — 0.4% | | | | | | | |
Macy’s, Inc. | | | 161,000 | | | 3,905,860 | |
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Specialty Retail — 3.9% | | | | | | | |
Limited Brands, Inc. | | | 354,000 | | | 11,639,520 | |
PetSmart, Inc. | | | 150,000 | | | 6,142,500 | |
Ross Stores, Inc. | | | 154,000 | | | 10,952,480 | |
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | | | 258,000 | | | 10,449,000 | |
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| | | | | | 39,183,500 | |
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Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.2% | | | | | | | |
Coach, Inc. | | | 227,000 | | | 11,813,080 | |
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Total Consumer Discretionary | | | | | | 140,608,070 | |
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Consumer Staples — 5.8% | | | | | | | |
Beverages — 1.2% | | | | | | | |
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. | | | 43,000 | | | 1,173,900 | |
Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. | | | 286,000 | | | 10,627,760 | |
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| | | | | | 11,801,660 | |
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Food & Staples Retailing — 1.0% | | | | | | | |
The Kroger Co. | | | 426,000 | | | 10,211,220 | |
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Personal Products — 1.1% | | | | | | | |
Herbalife Ltd. | | | 133,000 | | | 10,820,880 | |
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Tobacco — 2.5% | | | | | | | |
Philip Morris International, Inc. | | | 383,000 | | | 25,136,290 | |
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Total Consumer Staples | | | | | | 57,970,050 | |
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Energy — 8.8% | | | | | | | |
Energy Equipment & Services — 2.5% | | | | | | | |
Exterran Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 430,000 | | | 10,203,900 | |
McDermott International, Inc. (a) | | | 437,000 | | | 11,095,430 | |
Nabors Industries Ltd. (a) | | | 141,000 | | | 4,283,580 | |
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| | | | | | 25,582,910 | |
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Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 6.3% | | | | | | | |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | | | 445,000 | | | 37,437,850 | |
Marathon Oil Corp. | | | 230,000 | | | 12,261,300 | |
Murphy Oil Corp. | | | 90,000 | | | 6,607,800 | |
Whiting Petroleum Corp. (a) | | | 94,000 | | | 6,904,300 | |
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| | | | | | 63,211,250 | |
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Total Energy | | | | | | 88,794,160 | |
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Financials — 1.2% | | | | | | | |
Diversified Financial Services — 1.0% | | | | | | | |
The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (a) | | | 396,000 | | $ | 10,232,640 | |
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Insurance — 0.2% | | | | | | | |
Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. | | | 30,000 | | | 1,464,600 | |
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Total Financials | | | | | | 11,697,240 | |
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Health Care — 14.3% | | | | | | | |
Biotechnology — 1.1% | | | | | | | |
Myriad Genetics, Inc. (a) | | | 554,000 | | | 11,163,100 | |
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Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.1% | | | | | | | |
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. | | | 270,000 | | | 10,254,600 | |
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 160,000 | | | 10,822,400 | |
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Health Care Providers & Services — 6.5% | | | | | | | |
Aetna, Inc. | | | 227,000 | | | 8,496,610 | |
AmerisourceBergen Corp. | | | 310,000 | | | 12,263,600 | |
Cardinal Health, Inc. | | | 256,000 | | | 10,529,280 | |
Coventry Health Care, Inc. (a) | | | 317,000 | | | 10,109,130 | |
Health Management Associates, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 1,030,000 | | | 11,227,000 | |
Lincare Holdings, Inc. | | | 130,000 | | | 3,855,800 | |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | | | 190,000 | | | 8,588,000 | |
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Life Sciences Tools & Services — 2.5% | | | | | | | |
Agilent Technologies, Inc. (a) | | | 92,000 | | | 4,119,760 | |
Illumina, Inc. (a) | | | 165,000 | | | 11,561,550 | |
Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc. | | | 355,000 | | | 9,837,050 | |
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Pharmaceuticals — 2.1% | | | | | | | |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | | | 234,000 | | | 6,184,620 | |
Eli Lilly & Co. | | | 330,000 | | | 11,606,100 | |
Warner Chilcott Plc, Class A | | | 150,000 | | | 3,492,000 | |
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Total Health Care | | | | | | 144,110,600 | |
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Industrials — 11.1% | | | | | | | |
Aerospace & Defense — 1.9% | | | | | | | |
Lockheed Martin Corp. | | | 160,000 | | | 12,864,000 | |
Raytheon Co. | | | 120,000 | | | 6,104,400 | |
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| | | | | | 18,968,400 | |
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Airlines — 0.9% | | | | | | | |
Southwest Airlines Co. | | | 737,000 | | | 9,308,310 | |
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Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.2% | | | | | | | |
Avery Dennison Corp. | | | 250,000 | | | 10,490,000 | |
KAR Auction Services, Inc. (a) | | | 57,000 | | | 874,380 | |
Waste Connections, Inc. | | | 366,000 | | | 10,537,140 | |
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| | | | | | 21,901,520 | |
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Construction & Engineering — 2.1% | | | | | | | |
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV | | | 265,000 | | | 10,774,900 | |
KBR, Inc. | | | 274,000 | | | 10,348,980 | |
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| | | | | | 21,123,880 | |
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Industrial Conglomerates — 0.5% | | | | | | | |
General Electric Co. | | | 251,000 | | | 5,032,550 | |
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Machinery — 3.2% | | | | | | | |
Manitowoc Co. | | | 500,000 | | | 10,940,000 | |
Oshkosh Corp. (a) | | | 294,000 | | | 10,401,720 | |
Timken Co. | | | 218,000 | | | 11,401,400 | |
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| | | | | | 32,743,120 | |
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Road & Rail — 0.3% | | | | | | | |
Ryder System, Inc. | | | 59,000 | | | 2,985,400 | |
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Total Industrials | | | | | | 112,063,180 | |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) | Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Common Stocks | | | Shares | | Value | |
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Information Technology — 37.5% | | | | | | | |
Computers & Peripherals — 6.4% | | | | | | | |
Apple, Inc. (a) | | | 76,000 | | $ | 26,482,200 | |
Dell, Inc. (a) | | | 940,000 | | | 13,639,400 | |
QLogic Corp. (a) | | | 152,000 | | | 2,819,600 | |
Seagate Technology (a) | | | 786,000 | | | 11,318,400 | |
Western Digital Corp. (a) | | | 276,000 | | | 10,292,040 | |
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| | | | | | 64,551,640 | |
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Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.3% | | | | | | | |
AVX Corp. | | | 147,000 | | | 2,191,770 | |
Corning, Inc. | | | 510,000 | | | 10,521,300 | |
Ingram Micro, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 488,000 | | | 10,262,640 | |
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| | | | | | 22,975,710 | |
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IT Services — 5.0% | | | | | | | |
Accenture Plc | | | 166,000 | | | 9,125,020 | |
Amdocs Ltd. (a) | | | 145,000 | | | 4,183,250 | |
DST Systems, Inc. | | | 91,000 | | | 4,806,620 | |
Gartner, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 221,000 | | | 9,209,070 | |
International Business Machines Corp. | | | 66,000 | | | 10,762,620 | |
The Western Union Co. | | | 570,000 | | | 11,838,900 | |
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| | | | | | 49,925,480 | |
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Internet Software & Services — 0.1% | | | | | | | |
Google, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 2,000 | | | 1,172,420 | |
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Office Electronics — 0.7% | | | | | | | |
Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A (a) | | | 187,000 | | | 7,337,880 | |
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Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 17.7% | | | | | | | |
Altera Corp. | | | 293,000 | | | 12,897,860 | |
Analog Devices, Inc. | | | 289,000 | | | 11,380,820 | |
Applied Materials, Inc. | | | 846,000 | | | 13,214,520 | |
Atmel Corp. (a) | | | 817,000 | | | 11,135,710 | |
Intel Corp. | | | 999,000 | | | 20,149,830 | |
Lam Research Corp. (a) | | | 209,000 | | | 11,841,940 | |
MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (a) | | | 812,000 | | | 10,523,520 | |
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (a) | | | 688,000 | | | 10,698,400 | |
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. | | | 440,000 | | | 11,264,000 | |
National Semiconductor Corp. | | | 727,000 | | | 10,425,180 | |
Novellus Systems, Inc. (a) | | | 285,000 | | | 10,582,050 | |
Nvidia Corp. (a) | | | 633,000 | | | 11,685,180 | |
ON Semiconductor Corp. (a) | | | 1,051,000 | | | 10,373,370 | |
Rambus, Inc. (a) | | | 77,000 | | | 1,524,600 | |
Teradyne, Inc. (a) | | | 606,000 | | | 10,792,860 | |
Texas Instruments, Inc. | | | 250,000 | | | 8,640,000 | |
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| | | | | | 177,129,840 | |
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Software — 5.3% | | | | | | | |
Activision Blizzard, Inc. | | | 904,000 | | | 9,916,880 | |
Autodesk, Inc. (a) | | | 281,000 | | | 12,394,910 | |
CA, Inc. | | | 433,000 | | | 10,469,940 | |
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a) | | | 1,090,000 | | | 10,627,500 | |
Symantec Corp. (a) | | | 546,000 | | | 10,122,840 | |
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| | | | | | 53,532,070 | |
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Total Information Technology | | | | | | 376,625,040 | |
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Common Stocks | | | Shares | | Value | |
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Materials — 6.0% | | | | | | | |
Chemicals — 1.6% | | | | | | | |
Nalco Holding Co. | | | 346,000 | | $ | 9,449,260 | |
RPM International, Inc. | | | 250,000 | | | 5,932,500 | |
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| | | | | | 15,381,760 | |
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Containers & Packaging — 1.0% | | | | | | | |
Ball Corp. | | | 284,000 | | | 10,181,400 | |
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Metals & Mining — 3.4% | | | | | | | |
Alcoa, Inc. | | | 636,000 | | | 11,225,400 | |
Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc. | | | 123,000 | | | 12,088,440 | |
Walter Industries, Inc. | | | 82,000 | | | 11,105,260 | |
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| | | | | | 34,419,100 | |
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Total Materials | | | | | | 59,982,260 | |
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Telecommunication Services — 1.1% | | | | | | | |
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.1% | | | | | | | |
MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (a) | | | 659,000 | | | 10,702,160 | |
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Total Telecommunication Services | | | | | | 10,702,160 | |
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Utilities — 0.4% | | | | | | | |
Electric Utilities — 0.4% | | | | | | | |
NV Energy, Inc. | | | 252,000 | | | 3,752,280 | |
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Total Utilities | | | | | | 3,752,280 | |
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Total Long-Term Investments (Cost — $855,025,321) — 100.2% | | | | | | 1,006,305,040 | |
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Short-Term Securities | | | Beneficial Interest (000) | | | | |
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BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Money Market Series, 0.43% (c)(d)(e) | | $ | 4,175 | | | 4,174,500 | |
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Total Short-Term Securities (Cost — $4,174,500) — 0.4% | | | | | | 4,174,500 | |
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Total Investments (Cost — $859,199,821*) — 100.6% | | | | | | 1,010,479,540 | |
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.6)% | | | | | | (5,831,134 | ) |
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Net Assets — 100.0% | | | | | $ | 1,004,648,406 | |
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Schedule of Investments (concluded) | Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio |
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* | The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of March 31, 2011, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows: |
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Aggregate cost | | $ | 867,801,083 | |
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Gross unrealized appreciation | | $ | 151,900,340 | |
Gross unrealized depreciation | | | (9,221,883 | ) |
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Net unrealized appreciation | | $ | 142,678,457 | |
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(a) | Non-income producing security. |
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(b) | Security, or a portion of security, is on loan. |
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(c) | Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Portfolio during the period, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows: |
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Affiliate | | Shares/ Beneficial Interest Held at September 30, 2010 | | Net Activity | | Shares/ Beneficial Interest Held at March 31, 2011 | | Income | |
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BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class | | | 346,978 | | | (346,978 | ) | | — | | $ | 4,157 | |
BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Money Market Series | | $ | 19,523,700 | | $ | (15,349,200 | ) | $ | 4,174,500 | | $ | 12,908 | |
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(d) | Represents the current yield as of report date. |
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(e) | Security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities. |
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• | For Portfolio compliance purposes,the Portfolio’s sector and industry classifications refer to any one or more of the sector and industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by Portfolio management. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such sector and industry sub-classifications for reporting ease. |
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• | Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes as follows: |
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| • | Level 1 — price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets and liabilities |
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| • | Level 2 — other observable inputs (including,but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) |
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| • | Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments) |
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Portfolio’s policy regarding valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements.
The following table summarizes the inputs used as of March 31, 2011 in determining the fair valuation of the Portfolio’s investments:
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Valuation Inputs | | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
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Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Long-Term Investments1 | | $ | 1,006,305,040 | | | — | | | — | | $ | 1,006,305,040 | |
Short-Term Securities | | | — | | $ | 4,174,500 | | | — | | | 4,174,500 | |
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Total | | $ | 1,006,305,040 | | $ | 4,174,500 | | | — | | $ | 1,010,479,540 | |
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1 | See above Schedule of Investments for values in each sector and industry. |
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See Notes to Financial Statements. | | |
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Schedule of Investments March 31, 2011 (Unaudited) | Master Large Cap Value Portfolio |
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Common Stocks | | | Shares | | Value | |
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Consumer Discretionary — 9.3% | | | | | | | |
Internet & Catalog Retail — 1.1% | | | | | | | |
Liberty Media Holding Corp. — Interactive (a) | | | 1,490,000 | | $ | 23,899,600 | |
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Media — 3.9% | | | | | | | |
CBS Corp., Class B | | | 1,010,000 | | | 25,290,400 | |
Comcast Corp., Class A | | | 1,800,000 | | | 44,496,000 | |
DISH Network Corp. (a) | | | 80,000 | | | 1,948,800 | |
Liberty Media Holding Corp. — Capital (a) | | | 140,000 | | | 10,313,800 | |
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| | | | | | 82,049,000 | |
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Multiline Retail — 1.1% | | | | | | | |
Macy’s, Inc. | | | 920,000 | | | 22,319,200 | |
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Specialty Retail — 3.2% | | | | | | | |
Foot Locker, Inc. | | | 1,190,000 | | | 23,466,800 | |
GameStop Corp., Class A (a)(b) | | | 900,000 | | | 20,268,000 | |
Limited Brands, Inc. | | | 620,000 | | | 20,385,600 | |
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | | | 100,000 | | | 4,050,000 | |
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| | | | | | 68,170,400 | |
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Total Consumer Discretionary | | | | | | 196,438,200 | |
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Consumer Staples — 5.2% | | | | | | | |
Beverages — 2.1% | | | | | | | |
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 1,160,000 | | | 23,524,800 | |
Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. | | | 600,000 | | | 22,296,000 | |
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| | | | | | 45,820,800 | |
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Food & Staples Retailing — 1.3% | | | | | | | |
The Kroger Co. | | | 1,120,000 | | | 26,846,400 | |
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Household Products — 0.5% | | | | | | | |
The Procter & Gamble Co. | | | 160,000 | | | 9,856,000 | |
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Tobacco — 1.3% | | | | | | | |
Philip Morris International, Inc. | | | 420,000 | | | 27,564,600 | |
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Total Consumer Staples | | | | | | 110,087,800 | |
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Energy — 10.0% | | | | | | | |
Energy Equipment & Services — 1.9% | | | | | | | |
Exterran Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 690,000 | | | 16,373,700 | |
McDermott International, Inc. (a) | | | 910,000 | | | 23,104,900 | |
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| | | | | | 39,478,600 | |
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Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 8.1% | | | | | | | |
Chevron Corp. | | | 200,000 | | | 21,486,000 | |
ConocoPhillips | | | 440,000 | | | 35,138,400 | |
Frontier Oil Corp. | | | 170,000 | | | 4,984,400 | |
Marathon Oil Corp. | | | 610,000 | | | 32,519,100 | |
Murphy Oil Corp. | | | 370,000 | | | 27,165,400 | |
Sunoco, Inc. | | | 510,000 | | | 23,250,900 | |
Valero Energy Corp. | | | 930,000 | | | 27,732,600 | |
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| | | | | | 172,276,800 | |
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Total Energy | | | | | | 211,755,400 | |
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Financials — 17.1% | | | | | | | |
Capital Markets — 2.2% | | | | | | | |
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | | | 400,000 | | | 24,432,000 | |
Raymond James Financial, Inc. | | | 610,000 | | | 23,326,400 | |
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| | | | | | 47,758,400 | |
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Commercial Banks — 2.1% | | | | | | | |
CapitalSource, Inc. | | | 3,150,000 | | | 22,176,000 | |
East-West Bancorp, Inc. | | | 330,000 | | | 7,246,800 | |
KeyCorp | | | 1,060,000 | | | 9,412,800 | |
Wells Fargo & Co. | | | 180,000 | | | 5,706,000 | |
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| | | | | | 44,541,600 | |
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Common Stocks | | Shares | | Value | |
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Financials (concluded) | | | | | | | |
Consumer Finance — 1.6% | | | | | | | |
Capital One Financial Corp. | | | 160,000 | | $ | 8,313,600 | |
Discover Financial Services, Inc. | | | 1,060,000 | | | 25,567,200 | |
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| | | | | | 33,880,800 | |
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Diversified Financial Services — 3.1% | | | | | | | |
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A | | | 240,000 | | | 3,813,600 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | | 340,000 | | | 15,674,000 | |
Leucadia National Corp. | | | 640,000 | | | 24,025,600 | |
The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (a) | | | 870,000 | | | 22,480,800 | |
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| | | | | | 65,994,000 | |
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Insurance — 8.1% | | | | | | | |
American Financial Group, Inc. | | | 660,000 | | | 23,113,200 | |
American International Group, Inc. (a) | | | 530,000 | | | 18,624,200 | |
Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. | | | 110,000 | | | 3,031,600 | |
Assurant, Inc. | | | 610,000 | | | 23,491,100 | |
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. | | | 580,000 | | | 20,253,600 | |
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (a) | | | 50,000 | | | 4,181,500 | |
Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. | | | 150,000 | | | 7,323,000 | |
HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. | | | 150,000 | | | 4,696,500 | |
MBIA, Inc. (a) | | | 2,190,000 | | | 21,987,600 | |
Principal Financial Group, Inc. | | | 780,000 | | | 25,045,800 | |
Protective Life Corp. | | | 610,000 | | | 16,195,500 | |
Symetra Financial Corp. | | | 210,000 | | | 2,856,000 | |
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| | | | | | 170,799,600 | |
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Total Financials | | | | | | 362,974,400 | |
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Health Care — 16.4% | | | | | | | |
Biotechnology — 3.5% | | | | | | | |
Amgen, Inc. (a) | | | 680,000 | | | 36,346,000 | |
Biogen Idec, Inc. (a) | | | 370,000 | | | 27,154,300 | |
Cephalon, Inc. (a) | | | 130,000 | | | 9,851,400 | |
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| | | | | | 73,351,700 | |
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Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.5% | | | | | | | |
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. | | | 280,000 | | | 10,634,400 | |
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Health Care Providers & Services — 7.6% | | | | | | | |
Aetna, Inc. | | | 720,000 | | | 26,949,600 | |
Cardinal Health, Inc. | | | 580,000 | | | 23,855,400 | |
Cigna Corp. | | | 580,000 | | | 25,682,400 | |
Coventry Health Care, Inc. (a) | | | 740,000 | | | 23,598,600 | |
Health Net, Inc. (a) | | | 720,000 | | | 23,544,000 | |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | | | 840,000 | | | 37,968,000 | |
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| | | | | | 161,598,000 | |
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Pharmaceuticals — 4.8% | | | | | | | |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | | | 1,350,000 | | | 35,680,500 | |
Eli Lilly & Co. | | | 860,000 | | | 30,246,200 | |
Forest Laboratories, Inc. (a) | | | 770,000 | | | 24,871,000 | |
Johnson & Johnson | | | 40,000 | | | 2,370,000 | |
Pfizer, Inc. | | | 470,000 | | | 9,545,700 | |
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| | | | | | 102,713,400 | |
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Total Health Care | | | | | | 348,297,500 | |
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Industrials — 7.7% | | | | | | | |
Aerospace & Defense — 0.9% | | | | | | | |
Raytheon Co. | | | 360,000 | | | 18,313,200 | |
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Airlines — 0.7% | | | | | | | |
Southwest Airlines Co. | | | 1,230,000 | | | 15,534,900 | |
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Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.1% | | | | | | | |
Avery Dennison Corp. | | | 550,000 | | | 23,078,000 | |
Waste Connections, Inc. | | | 50,000 | | | 1,439,500 | |
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| | | | | | 24,517,500 | |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) | Master Large Cap Value Portfolio |
| (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Common Stocks | | | Shares | | Value | |
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Industrials (concluded) | | | | | | | |
Construction & Engineering — 1.8% | | | | | | | |
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV | | | 340,000 | | $ | 13,824,400 | |
KBR, Inc. | | | 640,000 | | | 24,172,800 | |
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| | | | | | 37,997,200 | |
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Industrial Conglomerates — 0.9% | | | | | | | |
General Electric Co. | | | 970,000 | | | 19,448,500 | |
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Machinery — 1.9% | | | | | | | |
Manitowoc Co. | | | 800,000 | | | 17,504,000 | |
Timken Co. | | | 420,000 | | | 21,966,000 | |
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| | | | | | 39,470,000 | |
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Road & Rail — 0.4% | | | | | | | |
Ryder System, Inc. | | | 150,000 | | | 7,590,000 | |
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Total Industrials | | | | | | 162,871,300 | |
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Information Technology — 16.7% | | | | | | | |
Communications Equipment — 1.4% | | | | | | | |
EchoStar Holding Corp. (a) | | | 90,000 | | | 3,406,500 | |
Motorola Solutions Inc. (a) | | | 580,000 | | | 25,920,200 | |
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| | | | | | 29,326,700 | |
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Computers & Peripherals — 3.2% | | | | | | | |
Lexmark International, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 620,000 | | | 22,964,800 | |
Seagate Technology (a) | | | 1,620,000 | | | 23,328,000 | |
Western Digital Corp. (a) | | | 580,000 | | | 21,628,200 | |
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| | | | | | 67,921,000 | |
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Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.5% | | | | | | | |
Corning, Inc. | | | 1,420,000 | | | 29,294,600 | |
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (a) | | | 1,330,000 | | | 23,594,200 | |
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| | | | | | 52,888,800 | |
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IT Services — 0.3% | | | | | | | |
Convergys Corp. (a) | | | 410,000 | | | 5,887,600 | |
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Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 8.2% | | | | | | | |
Atmel Corp. (a) | | | 1,700,000 | | | 23,171,000 | |
Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. (a) | | | 1,290,000 | | | 23,478,000 | |
Intel Corp. | | | 1,580,000 | | | 31,868,600 | |
MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 1,770,000 | | | 22,939,200 | |
National Semiconductor Corp. | | | 1,510,000 | | | 21,653,400 | |
Novellus Systems, Inc. (a) | | | 580,000 | | | 21,535,400 | |
Texas Instruments, Inc. | | | 830,000 | | | 28,684,800 | |
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| | | | | | 173,330,400 | |
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Software — 1.1% | | | | | | | |
CA, Inc. | | | 910,000 | | | 22,003,800 | |
Symantec Corp. (a) | | | 80,000 | | | 1,483,200 | |
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| | | | | | 23,487,000 | |
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Total Information Technology | | | | | | 352,841,500 | |
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Materials — 7.1% | | | | | | | |
Chemicals — 2.0% | | | | | | | |
Cabot Corp. | | | 410,000 | | | 18,978,900 | |
Huntsman Corp. | | | 1,340,000 | | | 23,289,200 | |
RPM International, Inc. | | | 30,000 | | | 711,900 | |
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| | | | | | 42,980,000 | |
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Containers & Packaging — 1.6% | | | | | | | |
Ball Corp. | | | 260,000 | | | 9,321,000 | |
Sealed Air Corp. | | | 900,000 | | | 23,994,000 | |
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| | | | | | 33,315,000 | |
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Common Stocks | | | Shares | | Value | |
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Materials (concluded) | | | | | | | |
Metals & Mining — 1.3% | | | | | | | |
Alcoa, Inc. | | | 1,520,000 | | $ | 26,828,000 | |
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Paper & Forest Products — 2.2% | | | | | | | |
International Paper Co. | | | 750,000 | | | 22,635,000 | |
MeadWestvaco Corp. | | | 820,000 | | | 24,870,600 | |
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| | | | | | 47,505,600 | |
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Total Materials | | | | | | 150,628,600 | |
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Telecommunication Services — 4.7% | | | | | | | |
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.9% | | | | | | | |
AT&T Inc. | | | 460,000 | | | 14,076,000 | |
Qwest Communications International, Inc. | | | 3,690,000 | | | 25,202,700 | |
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| | | | | | 39,278,700 | |
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Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.8% | | | | | | | |
MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (a) | | | 1,440,000 | | | 23,385,600 | |
Sprint Nextel Corp. (a) | | | 5,730,000 | | | 26,587,200 | |
Telephone & Data Systems, Inc. | | | 290,000 | | | 9,773,000 | |
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| | | | | | 59,745,800 | |
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Total Telecommunication Services | | | | | | 99,024,500 | |
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Utilities — 7.0% | | | | | | | |
Electric Utilities — 2.1% | | | | | | | |
FirstEnergy Corp. | | | 120,060 | | | 4,453,025 | |
NV Energy, Inc. | | | 1,490,000 | | | 22,186,100 | |
Pepco Holdings, Inc. | | | 1,020,000 | | | 19,023,000 | |
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| | | | | | 45,662,125 | |
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Gas Utilities — 0.4% | | | | | | | |
Atmos Energy Corp. | | | 240,000 | | | 8,184,000 | |
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Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 2.3% | | | | | | | |
The AES Corp. (a) | | | 1,890,000 | | | 24,570,000 | |
NRG Energy, Inc. (a) | | | 1,090,000 | | | 23,478,600 | |
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| | | | | | 48,048,600 | |
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Multi-Utilities — 2.2% | | | | | | | |
Ameren Corp. | | | 870,000 | | | 24,420,900 | |
NiSource, Inc. (b) | | | 1,200,000 | | | 23,016,000 | |
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| | | | | | 47,436,900 | |
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Total Utilities | | | | | | 149,331,625 | |
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Total Long-Term Investments (Cost — $1,783,160,012) — 101.2% | | | | | | 2,144,250,825 | |
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Short-Term Securities | | Beneficial Interest (000) | | | | |
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BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Money Market Series, 0.43% (c)(d)(e) | | $ | 27,933 | | | 27,933,200 | |
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Total Short-Term Securities (Cost — $27,933,200) — 1.3% | | | | | | 27,933,200 | |
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Total Investments (Cost — $1,811,093,212*) — 102.5% | | | | | | 2,172,184,025 | |
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (2.5)% | | | | | | (53,402,782 | ) |
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Net Assets — 100.0% | | | | | $ | 2,118,781,243 | |
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Schedule of Investments (concluded) | Master Large Cap Value Portfolio |
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* | The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of March 31, 2011, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows: |
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Aggregate cost | | $ | 1,891,022,053 | |
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Gross unrealized appreciation | | $ | 345,994,146 | |
Gross unrealized depreciation | | | (64,832,174 | ) |
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Net unrealized appreciation | | $ | 281,161,972 | |
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(a) | Non-income producing security. |
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(b) | Security, or a portion of security, is on loan. |
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(c) | Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Portfolio during the period, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows: |
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Affiliate | | Shares/ Beneficial Interest Held at September 30, 2010 | | Net Activity | | Shares/ Beneficial Interest Held at March 31, 2011 | | Income | |
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BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class | | | 40 | | | (40 | ) | | — | | $ | 163 | |
BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Money Market Series | | $ | 36,457,500 | | $ | (8,524,300 | ) | $ | 27,933,200 | | $ | 22,934 | |
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(d) | Represents the current yield as of report date. |
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(e) | Security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities. |
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• | For Portfolio compliance purposes, the Portfolio’s sector and industry classifications refer to any one or more of the sector and industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by Portfolio management. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such sector and industry sub-classifications for reporting ease. |
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• | Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes as follows: |
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| • | Level 1 — price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets and liabilities |
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| • | Level 2 — other observable inputs (including,but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) |
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| • | Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circum-stances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments) |
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| The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Portfolio’s policy regarding valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements. |
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| The following table summarizes the inputs used as of March 31, 2011 in determining the fair valuation of the Portfolio’s investments: |
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Valuation Inputs | | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total | |
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Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Long-Term Investments1 | | $ | 2,144,250,825 | | | — | | | — | | $ | 2,144,250,825 | |
Short-Term Securities | | | — | | $ | 27,933,200 | | | — | | | 27,933,200 | |
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Total | | $ | 2,144,250,825 | | $ | 27,933,200 | | | — | | $ | 2,172,184,025 | |
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| 1 | See above Schedule of Investments for values in each sector and industry. |
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See Notes to Financial Statements. | | |
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities | Master Large Cap Series LLC |
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March 31, 2011 (Unaudited) | | Master Large Cap Core Portfolio | | Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio | | Master Large Cap Value Portfolio | |
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Assets | | | | | | | | | | |
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Investments at value — unaffiliated1,2 | | $ | 3,455,715,312 | | $ | 1,006,305,040 | | $ | 2,144,250,825 | |
Investments at value — affiliated3 | | | 29,696,000 | | | 4,174,500 | | | 27,933,200 | |
Investments sold receivable | | | 19,256,915 | | | 11,011,986 | | | 31,304,163 | |
Dividends receivable | | | 2,213,850 | | | 824,650 | | | 1,842,300 | |
Contributions receivable from investors | | | 337,577 | | | 180,792 | | | — | |
Securities lending income receivable — affiliated | | | 5,903 | | | 2,085 | | | 2,233 | |
Prepaid expenses | | | 66,803 | | | 15,077 | | | 62,850 | |
Other assets | | | 14,069 | | | — | | | — | |
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Total assets | | | 3,507,306,429 | | | 1,022,514,130 | | | 2,205,395,571 | |
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Liabilities | | | | | | | | | | |
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Collateral on securities loaned, at value | | | 29,696,000 | | | 4,174,500 | | | 27,933,200 | |
Bank overdraft | | | 1,770,417 | | | 67,254 | | | 9,583,224 | |
Investments purchased payable | | | 11,996,122 | | | 10,919,833 | | | 21,927,022 | |
Withdrawals payable to investors | | | 9,534,021 | | | 2,151,369 | | | 25,962,043 | |
Investment advisory fees payable | | | 1,341,118 | | | 417,593 | | | 908,376 | |
Other affiliates payable | | | 15,411 | | | 4,665 | | | 10,080 | |
Directors’ fees payable | | | 1,078 | | | 355 | | | 711 | |
Other accrued expenses payable | | | 419,178 | | | 129,642 | | | 286,303 | |
Other liabilities | | | 1,009 | | | 513 | | | 3,369 | |
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Total liabilities | | | 54,774,354 | | | 17,865,724 | | | 86,614,328 | |
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Net Assets | | $ | 3,452,532,075 | | $ | 1,004,648,406 | | $ | 2,118,781,243 | |
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Net Assets Consist of | | | | | | | | | | |
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Investors’ capital | | $ | 2,831,699,862 | | $ | 853,368,687 | | $ | 1,757,690,430 | |
Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation | | | 620,832,213 | | | 151,279,719 | | | 361,090,813 | |
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Net Assets | | $ | 3,452,532,075 | | $ | 1,004,648,406 | | $ | 2,118,781,243 | |
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1 Investments at cost — unaffiliated | | $ | 2,834,883,099 | | $ | 855,025,321 | | $ | 1,783,160,012 | |
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2 Securities loaned at value | | $ | 28,478,464 | | $ | 4,092,220 | | $ | 26,787,688 | |
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3 Investments at cost — affiliated | | $ | 29,696,000 | | $ | 4,174,500 | | $ | 27,933,200 | |
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Statements of Operations | Master Large Cap Series LLC |
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Six Months Ended March 31, 2011 (Unaudited) | | Master Large Cap Core Portfolio | | Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio | | Master Large Cap Value Portfolio | |
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Investment Income | | | | | | | | | | |
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Dividends — unaffiliated | | $ | 30,090,939 | | $ | 8,165,242 | | $ | 21,581,132 | |
Foreign taxes withheld | | | — | | | (2,258 | ) | | (2,550 | ) |
Interest | | | 47,829 | | | 9,169 | | | — | |
Securities lending — affiliated | | | 46,773 | | | 12,908 | | | 22,934 | |
Dividends — affiliated | | | 501 | | | 4,157 | | | 163 | |
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Total income | | | 30,186,042 | | | 8,189,218 | | | 21,601,679 | |
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Expenses | | | | | | | | | | |
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Investment advisory | | | 7,755,727 | | | 2,423,072 | | | 5,412,699 | |
Accounting services | | | 282,042 | | | 95,737 | | | 205,695 | |
Custodian | | | 78,717 | | | 34,735 | | | 64,785 | |
Professional | | | 41,440 | | | 26,572 | | | 30,267 | |
Directors | | | 41,153 | | | 11,536 | | | 27,744 | |
Printing | | | 1,675 | | | 377 | | | 1,433 | |
Miscellaneous | | | 33,497 | | | 10,460 | | | 23,996 | |
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Total expenses | | | 8,234,251 | | | 2,602,489 | | | 5,766,619 | |
Less fees waived by advisor | | | (376 | ) | | (1,265 | ) | | (68 | ) |
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Total expenses after fees waived | | | 8,233,875 | | | 2,601,224 | | | 5,766,551 | |
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Net investment income | | | 21,952,167 | | | 5,587,994 | | | 15,835,128 | |
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Realized and Unrealized Gain | | | | | | | | | | |
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Net realized gain from investments | | | 315,502,729 | | | 84,111,771 | | | 133,123,268 | |
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Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments | | | 307,214,906 | | | 98,914,899 | | | 254,340,589 | |
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Total realized and unrealized gain | | | 622,717,635 | | | 183,026,670 | | | 387,463,857 | |
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Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | | $ | 644,669,802 | | $ | 188,614,664 | | $ | 403,298,985 | |
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets | Master Large Cap Series LLC |
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Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets: | | Six Months Ended March 31, 2011 (Unaudited) | | Year Ended September 30, 2010 | | Six Months Ended March 31, 2011 (Unaudited) | | Year Ended September 30, 2010 | |
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Net investment income | | $ | 21,952,167 | | $ | 41,996,963 | | $ | 5,587,994 | | $ | 5,170,409 | |
Net realized gain | | | 315,502,729 | | | 409,794,894 | | | 84,111,771 | | | 102,446,365 | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation | | | 307,214,906 | | | (226,914,201 | ) | | 98,914,899 | | | (55,277,639 | ) |
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Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | | 644,669,802 | | | 224,877,656 | | | 188,614,664 | | | 52,339,135 | |
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Proceeds from contributions | | | 181,801,495 | | | 390,820,213 | | | 406,429,834 | | | 145,816,428 | |
Value of withdrawals | | | (583,425,043 | ) | | (1,352,534,366 | ) | | (262,230,057 | ) | | (260,209,274 | ) |
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Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital transactions | | | (401,623,548 | ) | | (961,714,153 | ) | | 144,199,777 | | | (114,392,846 | ) |
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Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | | 243,046,254 | | | (736,836,497 | ) | | 332,814,441 | | | (62,053,711 | ) |
Beginning of period | | | 3,209,485,821 | | | 3,946,322,318 | | | 671,833,965 | | | 733,887,676 | |
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End of period | | $ | 3,452,532,075 | | $ | 3,209,485,821 | | $ | 1,004,648,406 | | $ | 671,833,965 | |
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Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets: | | Six Months Ended March 31, 2011 (Unaudited) | | Year Ended September 30, 2010 | |
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Net investment income | | $ | 15,835,128 | | $ | 33,004,394 | |
Net realized gain | | | 133,123,268 | | | 367,217,114 | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation | | | 254,340,589 | | | (289,936,488 | ) |
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Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | | 403,298,985 | | | 110,285,020 | |
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Proceeds from contributions | | | 289,067,882 | | | 567,720,441 | |
Value of withdrawals | | | (746,727,785 | ) | | (1,150,721,411 | ) |
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Net decrease in net assets derived from capital transactions | | | (457,659,903 | ) | | (583,000,970 | ) |
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Total decrease in net assets | | | (54,360,918 | ) | | (472,715,950 | ) |
Beginning of period | | | 2,173,142,161 | | | 2,645,858,111 | |
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End of period | | $ | 2,118,781,243 | | $ | 2,173,142,161 | |
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30 | BLACKROCK LARGE CAP SERIES FUNDS, INC. | MARCH 31, 2011 |
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Financial Highlights | Master Large Cap Series LLC |
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| | Six Months Ended March 31, 2011 (Unaudited) | | Year Ended September 30, 2010 | | Period November 1, 2008 to September 30, 2009 | | | | | | | | | |
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Total investment return | | | 21.41 | %1 | | 6.16 | % | | 12.63 | %1,2 | | (38.84 | )% | | 13.94 | % | | 17.32 | % | | 18.35 | % |
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Total expenses | | | 0.49 | %3 | | 0.49 | % | | 0.50 | %3 | | 0.50 | % | | 0.49 | % | | 0.49 | % | | 0.51 | % |
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Total expenses after fees waived | | | 0.49 | %3 | | 0.49 | % | | 0.50 | %3 | | 0.50 | % | | 0.49 | % | | 0.49 | % | | 0.51 | % |
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Net investment income | | | 1.32 | %3 | | 1.11 | % | | 1.56 | %3 | | 0.93 | % | | 0.63 | % | | 0.58 | % | | 0.72 | % |
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Net assets, end of period (000) | | $ | 3,452,532 | | $ | 3,209,486 | | $ | 3,946,322 | | $ | 2,843,515 | | $ | 5,649,731 | | $ | 3,876,639 | | $ | 2,666,699 | |
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Portfolio turnover | | | 67 | % | | 173 | % | | 168 | % | | 109 | % | | 96 | % | | 88 | % | | 94 | % |
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| | Six Months Ended March 31, 2011 (Unaudited) | | Year Ended September 30, 2010 | | Period November 1, 2008 to September 30, 2009 | | | | | | | | | |
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Total investment return | | | 22.00 | %1 | | 7.68 | % | | 20.49 | %1,4 | | (37.96 | )% | | 17.47 | % | | 14.05 | % | | 12.47 | % |
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Total expenses | | | 0.54 | %3 | | 0.56 | % | | 0.57 | %3 | | 0.56 | % | | 0.56 | % | | 0.56 | % | | 0.57 | % |
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Total expenses after fees waived | | | 0.54 | %3 | | 0.56 | % | | 0.57 | %3 | | 0.56 | % | | 0.56 | % | | 0.56 | % | | 0.57 | % |
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Net investment income | | | 1.15 | %3 | | 0.73 | % | | 0.81 | %3 | | 0.54 | % | | 0.25 | % | | 0.26 | % | | 0.33 | % |
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Net assets, end of period (000) | | $ | 1,004,648 | | $ | 671,834 | | $ | 733,888 | | $ | 665,963 | | $ | 1,233,995 | | $ | 785,377 | | $ | 489,398 | |
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Portfolio turnover | | | 91 | % | | 232 | % | | 242 | % | | 144 | % | | 87 | % | | 117 | % | | 132 | % |
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| 4 | Includes proceeds received from a settlement of litigation, which impacted the Portfolio’s total investment return. Not including these proceeds, the Portfolio’s total investment return would have been 20.23%. |
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Financial Highlights (concluded) | Master Large Cap Series LLC |
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Total investment return | | | 20.68 | %1 | | 4.36 | % | | 9.03 | %1,2 | | (36.54 | )% | | 12.72 | % | | 18.48 | % | | 21.93 | % |
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Total expenses | | | 0.53 | %3 | | 0.53 | % | | 0.54 | %3 | | 0.51 | % | | 0.51 | % | | 0.53 | % | | 0.55 | % |
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Total expenses after fees waived | | | 0.53 | %3 | | 0.53 | % | | 0.54 | %3 | | 0.51 | % | | 0.51 | % | | 0.53 | % | | 0.55 | % |
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Net assets, end of period (000) | | $ | 2,118,781 | | $ | 2,173,142 | | $ | 2,645,858 | | $ | 3,063,116 | | $ | 5,392,155 | | $ | 3,927,926 | | $ | 1,535,988 | |
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Portfolio turnover | | | 82 | % | | 183 | % | | 151 | % | | 108 | % | | 72 | % | | 71 | % | | 95 | % |
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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) | Master Large Cap Series LLC |
1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies:
Master Large Cap Core Portfolio, Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio and Master Large Cap Value Portfolio (collectively the “Portfolios” or individually a “Portfolio”) constitute the Master Large Cap Series LLC (collectively, the “Master LLC”). The Master LLC is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as a diversified open-end management investment company and is organized as a Delaware limited liability company. The Limited Liability Company Agreement permits the Board of Directors (the “Board”) to issue non-transferable interests in the Master LLC, subject to certain limitations. The Master LLC’s financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Master LLC:
Valuation: US GAAP defines fair value as the price the Portfolios would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Portfolios fair value their financial instruments at market value using independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by the Board. Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange or the NASDAQ Global Market System (“NASDAQ”) are valued at the last reported sale price that day or the NASDAQ official closing price, if applicable. For equity investments traded on more than one exchange, the last reported sale price on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded is used. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last available bid (long positions) or ask (short positions) price. If no bid or ask price is available, the prior day’s price will be used, unless it is determined that such prior day’s price no longer reflects the fair value of the security. Investments in open-end investment companies are valued at net asset value each business day. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.
The Portfolios value their investments in BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Money Market Series (the “Money Market Series”) at fair value, which is ordinarily based upon their pro rata ownership in the net assets of the underlying fund. The Money Market Series seeks current income consistent with maintaining liquidity and preserving capital. Although the Money Market Series is not registered under the 1940 Act, its investments will follow the parameters of investments by a money market fund that is subject to Rule 2a-7 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the 1940 Act. The Portfolios may withdraw up to 25% of its investment daily, although the manager of the Money Market Series, in its sole discretion, may permit an investor to withdraw more than 25% on any one day.
In the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment which is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment or is not available, the investment will be valued in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value (“Fair Value Assets”). When determining the price for Fair Value Assets, the investment advisor and/or the sub-advisor seeks to determine the price that each Portfolio might reasonably expect to receive from the current sale of that asset in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the investment advisor and/or sub-advisor deems relevant. The pricing of all Fair Value Assets is subsequently reported to the Board or a committee thereof.
Investment Transactions and Investment Income: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are entered into (the trade dates). Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed are subsequently recorded when the Portfolios are informed of the ex-dividend date. Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax at various rates may be imposed on capital gains, dividends and interest. Upon notification from issuers, some of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain. Interest income, is recognized on the accrual basis.
Securities Lending: The Portfolios may lend securities to approved borrowers, such as banks, brokers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges cash, securities issued or guaranteed by the US government or irrevocable letters of credit issued by a bank as collateral, which will be maintained at all times in an amount equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the loaned securities. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Portfolios and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Portfolios on the next business day. Securities lending income, as disclosed in the Statements of Operations, represents the income earned from the investment of the cash collateral, net of rebates paid to, or fees paid by, borrowers and less the fees paid to the securities lending agent. During the term of the loan, the Portfolios earn dividend and interest on the securities loaned but do not receive dividend or interest on the securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions. In the event that the borrower defaults on its obligation to return borrowed securities because of insolvency or for any other reason, the Portfolios could experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral. The Portfolios also could suffer a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received.
Income Taxes: Each Portfolio is classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes. As such, each investor in the Portfolio is treated as the owner of its proportionate share of net assets, income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses of the Portfolio. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. It is intended that the Portfolios’ assets will be managed so an investor in the Portfolio can satisfy the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
The Portfolios file US federal and various state and local tax returns. The statute of limitations on the Portfolios’ US federal tax returns remains open for the year ended September 30, 2010, the period ended September 30, 2009 and the two years ended October 31, 2008 and each is subject to
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examination by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). On April 11, 2011, the IRS notified the Master Large Cap Growth of its intent to examine the Master Large Cap Growth’s 2009 US federal tax return. The statutes of limitations on the Portfolios’ state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction. No state or local income taxes are currently under examination. Management does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.
Other: Expenses directly related to one of the Portfolios are charged to that Portfolio. Other operating expenses shared by several funds are pro rated among those funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Each Portfolio has an arrangement with the custodian whereby fees may be reduced by credits earned on uninvested cash balances, which if applicable are shown as fees paid indirectly in the Statements of Operations. The custodian imposes fees on overdrawn cash balances, which can be offset by accumulated credits earned or may result in additional custody charges.
2. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates:
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”), Bank of America Corporation (“BAC”) and Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”) are the largest stockholders of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). Due to the ownership structure, PNC is an affiliate of the Portfolios for 1940 Act purposes, but BAC and Barclays are not.
The Master LLC, on behalf of each Portfolio, entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), the Portfolios’ investment advisor, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide investment advisory and administration services.
The Manager is responsible for the management of each Portfolio and provides the necessary personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services necessary to the operations of each Portfolio. For such services, each Portfolio pays the Manager a monthly fee at the following annual rates of each Portfolio’s average daily net assets as follows:
Master Large Cap Core Portfolio
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The Manager voluntarily agreed to waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees each Portfolio pays to the Manager indirectly through its investment in affiliated money market funds, however the Manager does not waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees paid through each Portfolio’s investment in other affiliated investment companies, if any. This amount is shown as fees waived by advisor in the Statements of Operations.
The Manager entered into a separate sub-advisory agreement with BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“BIM”), an affiliate of the Manager. The Manager pays BIM for services it provides, a monthly fee that is a percentage of the investment advisory fees paid by each Portfolio to the Manager.
For the six months ended March 31, 2011, the Portfolios reimbursed the Manager for certain accounting services, which are included in accounting services in the Statements of Operations. The reimbursements were as follows:
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Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio | | $ | 8,630 | |
Master Large Cap Value Portfolio | | $ | 19,717 | |
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The Portfolios received an exemptive order from the SEC permitting them, among other things, to pay an affiliated securities lending agent a fee based on a share of the income derived from the securities lending activities and has retained BIM as the securities lending agent. BIM may, on behalf of the Portfolios, invest cash collateral received by the Portfolios for such loans, among other things, in a private investment company managed by the Manager or in registered money market funds advised by the Manager or its affiliates. The market value of securities on loan and the value of the related collateral are shown in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as securities loaned at value and collateral on securities loaned at value, respectively. The cash collateral invested by BIM is disclosed in the Schedules of Investments. The share of income earned by the Portfolios on such investments is shown as securities lending — affiliated in the Statements of Operations. For the six months ended March 31, 2011, BIM received the following in securities lending agent fees related to securities lending activities for the Portfolios:
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Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio | | $ | 3,734 | |
Master Large Cap Value Portfolio | | $ | 6,216 | |
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3. Investments:
Purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities for the six months ended March 31, 2011, were as follows:
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Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio | | $ | 1,017,494,405 | | $ | 858,348,854 | |
Master Large Cap Value Portfolio | | $ | 1,779,926,400 | | $ | 2,210,276,569 | |
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4. Borrowings:
The Master LLC, on behalf of the Portfolios, along with certain other funds managed by the Manager and its affiliates, is a party to a $500 million credit agreement with a group of lenders, which expired in November 2010. Each Portfolio may borrow under the credit agreement to fund shareholder redemptions. Effective November 2009, the credit agreement had the following terms: 0.02% upfront fee on the aggregate commitment amount which was allocated to each Portfolio based on its net assets as of October 31, 2009, a commitment fee of 0.10% per annum based on each Portfolio’s pro rata share of the unused portion of the credit agreement and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) the one-month LIBOR plus 1.25% per annum and (b) the Fed Funds rate plus 1.25% per annum on amounts borrowed. In addition, each Portfolio paid administration and arrangement fees which were allocated to each Portfolio based on its net assets as of October 31, 2009. Effective November 2010, the credit agreement was renewed until November 2011 with the following terms: a commitment fee of 0.08% per annum based on each Portfolio’s pro rata share of the unused portion of the credit agreement and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) the one-month LIBOR plus 1.00% per annum and (b) the Fed Funds rate plus 1.00% per annum on amounts borrowed. In addition, each Portfolio paid administration and arrangement fees which were allocated to each Portfolio based on its net assets as of October 31, 2010. The Portfolios did not borrow under the credit agreement during the six months ended March 31, 2011.
5. Concentration, Market and Credit Risk:
In the normal course of business, the Portfolios invest in securities and enter into transactions where risks exist due to fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of the issuer of a security to meet all its obligations (issuer credit risk). The value of securities held by the Portfolios may decline in response to certain events, including those directly involving the issuers whose securities are owned by the Portfolios; conditions affecting the general economy; overall market changes; local, regional or global political, social or economic instability; and currency and interest rate and price fluctuations. Similar to issuer credit risk, the Portfolios may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity with which the Portfolios have unsettled or open transactions may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments. The Portfolios manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that they believe have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Portfolios to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Portfolios’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is generally approximated by their value recorded in the Portfolios’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Portfolios.
As of March 31, 2011, Master Large Cap Core Portfolio and Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio invested a significant portion of their assets in securities in the information technology sector. Changes in economic conditions affecting the information technology sector would have a greater impact on the Portfolios and could affect the value, income and/or liquidity of positions in such securities.
6. Subsequent Events:
Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on each Portfolio through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.
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Ronald W. Forbes, Co-Chair of the Board and Director |
Rodney D. Johnson, Co-Chair of the Board and Director |
David O. Beim, Director |
Richard S. Davis, Director |
Henry Gabbay, Director |
Dr. Matina S. Horner, Director |
Herbert I. London, Director and Member of the Audit Committee |
Cynthia A. Montgomery, Director |
Joseph P. Platt, Director |
Robert C. Robb, Jr., Director |
Toby Rosenblatt, Director |
Kenneth L. Urish, Director and Chair of the Audit Committee |
Frederick W. Winter, Director and Member of the Audit Committee |
John M. Perlowski, President and Chief Executive Officer |
Brendan Kyne, Vice President |
Brian Schmidt, Vice President |
Neal Andrews, Chief Financial Officer |
Jay Fife, Treasurer |
Brian Kindelan, Chief Compliance Officer |
Ira P. Shapiro, Secretary |
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BlackRock Advisors, LLC |
Wilmington, DE 19809 |
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BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
Plainsboro, NJ 08536 |
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Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. |
Boston, MA 02109 |
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Transfer Agent |
BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. |
Wilmington, DE 19809 |
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BlackRock Investments, LLC |
New York, NY 10022 |
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Sidley Austin LLP |
New York, NY 10019 |
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Accounting Agent |
State Street Bank and Trust Company |
Princeton, NJ 08540 |
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Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
Deloitte & Touche LLP |
Princeton, NJ 08540 |
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100 Bellevue Parkway |
Wilmington, DE 19809 |
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Electronic Delivery
Electronic copies of most financial reports and prospectuses are available on the Funds’ website or shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications of quarterly statements, annual and semi-annual reports and prospectuses by enrolling in the Funds’ electronic delivery program.
To enroll:
Shareholders Who Hold Accounts with Investment Advisors, Banks or Brokerages:
Please contact your financial advisor. Please note that not all investment advisors, banks or brokerages may offer this service.
Shareholders Who Hold Accounts Directly with BlackRock:
1) Access the BlackRock website at http://www.blackrock.com/edelivery
2) Select “eDelivery” under the “More Information” section
3) Log into your account
Householding
The Funds will mail only one copy of shareholder documents, including prospectuses, annual and semi-annual reports and proxy statements, to shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address. This practice is commonly called “householding” and is intended to reduce expenses and eliminate duplicate mailings of shareholder documents. Mailings of your shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please call (800) 441-7762.
Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments
The Funds/Master LLC file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’/Master LLC’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on how to access documents on the SEC’s website without charge may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330. The Funds’/Master LLC’s Forms N-Q may also be obtained upon request and without charge by calling (800) 441-7762.
Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures
A description of the policies and procedures that each Fund/Master LLC uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling (800) 441-7762; (2) at http://www.blackrock.com; and (3) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
Availability of Proxy Voting Record
Information about how the Funds/Master LLC voted proxies relating to securities held in each Fund/Master LLC’s portfolios, during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available upon request and without charge (1) at http:// www.blackrock.com or by calling (800) 441-7762 and (2) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
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Call us at (800) 441-7762 from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM EST on any business day to get information about your account balances, recent transactions and share prices. You can also reach us on the Web at http://www.blackrock.com/funds.
Automatic Investment Plans
Investor Class shareholders who want to invest regularly can arrange to have $50 or more automatically deducted from their checking or savings account and invested in any of the BlackRock funds.
Systematic Withdrawal Plans
Investor Class shareholders can establish a systematic withdrawal plan and receive periodic payments of $50 or more from their BlackRock funds, as long as their account balance is at least $10,000.
Retirement Plans
Shareholders may make investments in conjunction with Traditional, Rollover, Roth, Coverdell, Simple IRAs, SEP IRAs and 403(b) Plans.
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BlackRock is committed to maintaining the privacy of its current and former fund investors and individual clients (collectively, “Clients”) and to safeguarding their non-public personal information. The following information is provided to help you understand what personal information BlackRock collects, how we protect that information and why in certain cases we share such information with select parties.
If you are located in a jurisdiction where specific laws, rules or regulations require BlackRock to provide you with additional or different privacy-related rights beyond what is set forth below, then BlackRock will comply with those specific laws, rules or regulations.
BlackRock obtains or verifies personal non-public information from and about you from different sources, including the following: (i) information we receive from you or, if applicable, your financial intermediary, on applications, forms or other documents; (ii) information about your transactions with us, our affiliates, or others; (iii) information we receive from a consumer reporting agency; and (iv) from visits to our websites.
BlackRock does not sell or disclose to non-affiliated third parties any non-public personal information about its Clients, except as permitted by law or as is necessary to respond to regulatory requests or to service Client accounts. These non-affiliated third parties are required to protect the confidentiality and security of this information and to use it only for its intended purpose.
We may share information with our affiliates to service your account or to provide you with information about other BlackRock products or services that may be of interest to you. In addition, BlackRock restricts access to non-public personal information about its Clients to those BlackRock employees with a legitimate business need for the information. BlackRock maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that are designed to protect the non-public personal information of its Clients, including procedures relating to the proper storage and disposal of such information.
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A World-Class Mutual Fund Family |
BlackRock offers a diverse lineup of open-end mutual funds crossing all investment styles and managed by experts in equity, fixed income and tax-exempt investing.
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BlackRock All-Cap Energy & Resources Portfolio |
BlackRock Asset Allocation Portfolio† |
BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund† |
BlackRock Basic Value Fund |
BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund |
BlackRock China Fund |
BlackRock Energy & Resources Portfolio |
BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund |
BlackRock EuroFund |
BlackRock Focus Growth Fund |
BlackRock Focus Value Fund |
BlackRock Global Allocation Fund† |
BlackRock Global Dividend Income Portfolio |
BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund |
BlackRock Global Emerging Markets Fund |
BlackRock Global Growth Fund |
BlackRock Global Opportunities Portfolio |
BlackRock Global SmallCap Fund |
BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio |
BlackRock Healthcare Fund |
BlackRock Index Equity Portfolio |
BlackRock India Fund |
BlackRock International Fund |
BlackRock International Index Fund |
BlackRock International Opportunities Portfolio |
BlackRock International Value Fund |
BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund |
BlackRock Large Cap Core Plus Fund |
BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund |
BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund |
BlackRock Latin America Fund |
BlackRock Mid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio |
BlackRock Mid-Cap Value Equity Portfolio |
BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund |
BlackRock Natural Resources Trust |
BlackRock Pacific Fund |
BlackRock Russell 1000 Index Fund |
BlackRock Science & Technology Opportunities Portfolio |
BlackRock Small Cap Growth Equity Portfolio |
BlackRock Small Cap Growth Fund II |
BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund |
BlackRock Small/Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio |
BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund |
BlackRock S&P 500 Stock Fund |
BlackRock U.S. Opportunities Portfolio |
BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications Fund |
BlackRock Value Opportunities Fund |
BlackRock World Gold Fund |
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BlackRock Bond Index Fund |
BlackRock Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock Emerging Market Debt Portfolio |
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio |
BlackRock GNMA Portfolio |
BlackRock Government Income Portfolio |
BlackRock High Income Fund |
BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock Income Portfolio† |
BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock International Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock Long Duration Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock Managed Income Portfolio |
BlackRock Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock Short-Term Bond Fund |
BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio |
BlackRock Total Return Fund |
BlackRock Total Return Portfolio II |
BlackRock World Income Fund |
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BlackRock AMT-Free Municipal Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock California Municipal Bond Fund |
BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund |
BlackRock Intermediate Municipal Fund |
BlackRock Municipal Insured Fund |
BlackRock National Municipal Fund |
BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund |
BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Fund |
BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund |
BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund |
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BlackRock Prepared Portfolios |
Conservative Prepared Portfolio |
Moderate Prepared Portfolio |
Growth Prepared Portfolio |
Aggressive Growth Prepared Portfolio |
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BlackRock Lifecycle Prepared Portfolios |
2015 |
2020 |
2025 |
2030 |
2035 |
2040 |
2045 |
2050 |
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BlackRock LifePath Portfolios Retirement |
2020 |
2025 |
2030 |
2035 |
2040 |
2045 |
2050 |
2055 |
BlackRock mutual funds are currently distributed by BlackRock Investments, LLC. You should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the funds under consideration carefully before investing. Each fund’s prospectus contains this and other information and is available at www.blackrock.com or by calling (800) 441-7762 or from your financial advisor. The prospectus should be read carefully before investing.
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These reports are not authorized for use as an offer of sale or a solicitation of an offer to buy shares of the Funds unless accompanied or preceded by the Funds’ current prospectus. Past performance results shown in these reports should not be considered a representation of future performance. Investment returns and principal value of shares will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Statements and other information herein are as dated and are subject to change.

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Item 2 – | Code of Ethics – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report |
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Item 3 – | Audit Committee Financial Expert – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report |
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Item 4 – | Principal Accountant Fees and Services – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report |
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| (a) The registrants’ Schedules of Investments are included as part of the Report to Stockholders filed under Item 1 of this form. |
| (b) Not Applicable due to no such divestments during the semi-annual period covered since the previous Form N-CSR filing. |
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Item 7 – | Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable |
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Item 8 – | Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable |
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Item 9 – | Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers – Not Applicable |
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Item 10 – | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders –There have been no material changes to these procedures. |
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11(a) – | The registrants’ principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrants’ disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rule 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
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12(a)(1) – | Code of Ethics – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report |
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12(b) – | Certifications – Attached hereto |
| Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, each registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. |
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| BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. and Master Large Cap Series LLC |
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| By: | /s/ John M. Perlowski | |
| | John M. Perlowski |
| | Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of |
| | BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. and Master Large Cap Series LLC |
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| Date: June 3, 2011 |
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| Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of each registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. |
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| By: | /s/ John M. Perlowski | |
| | John M. Perlowski |
| | Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of |
| | BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. and Master Large Cap Series LLC |
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| Date: June 3, 2011 |
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| By: | /s/ Neal J. Andrews | |
| | Neal J. Andrews |
| | Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of |
| | BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. and Master Large Cap Series LLC |
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| Date: June 3, 2011 |