The Board of Directors of Master Money LLC (the “Master LLC”) met on April 16, 2009 and May 21– 22, 2009 to consider the approval of the Master LLC’s investment advisory agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”) with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), the Master LLC’s investment advisor. The Board of Directors of the Master LLC also considered the approval of the sub-advisory agreement (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement”) between the Manager and BlackRock Institutional Management Corporation (the “Sub-Advisor”) with respect to the Master LLC. WCMA Money Fund (the “Fund”) currently invests all of its investable assets in the Master LLC. Accordingly, the Board of Trustees of the Fund also considered the approval of the Advisory Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement. The Fund does not require investment advisory services since all investments are made at the Master LLC level.
The Manager and the Sub-Advisor are referred to herein as “BlackRock.” The Advisory Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement are referred to herein as the “Agreements.” For ease and clarity of presentation, the Board of Directors of the Master LLC and the Board of Trustees of the Fund, each of which is comprised of the same thirteen individuals, are herein referred to individually as a “Board” and collectively as the “Boards” and the members of the Boards are referred to as the “Board Members.”
Each Board consists of thirteen individuals, eleven of whom are not “interested persons” of either the Fund or the Master LLC as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (the “Independent Board Members”). The Board Members are responsible for the oversight of the operations of the Fund or the Master LLC, as pertinent, and perform the various duties imposed on the directors of investment companies by the 1940 Act. The Independent Board Members have retained independent legal counsel to assist them in connection with their duties. The Co-Chairs of the Boards are each Independent Board Members. Each Board has established five standing committees: an Audit Committee, a Governance and Nominating Committee, a Compliance Committee, a Performance Oversight and Contract Committee and an Executive Committee, each of which is composed of Independent Board Members (except for the Performance Oversight and Contract Committee and the Executive Committee, which each have one interested Board Member) and is chaired by Independent Board Members.
Pursuant to the 1940 Act, the Boards are required to consider the continuation of the Agreements on an annual basis. In connection with this process, the Boards assessed, among other things, the nature, scope and quality of the services provided to the Fund and/or the Master LLC by the personnel of BlackRock and its affiliates, including investment management, administrative and shareholder services, oversight of fund accounting and custody, marketing services and assistance in meeting applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
Throughout the year, the Boards, acting directly and through their committees, consider at each of their meetings factors that are relevant to their annual consideration of the renewal of the Agreements, including the services and support provided by BlackRock to the Fund and/or the Master LLC and their shareholders and/or interest holders, as applicable (collectively referred to herein as the “shareholders”). Among the matters the Boards considered were: (a) investment performance for one-, three- and five-year periods, as applicable, against peer funds, and applicable benchmarks, if any, as well as senior management and portfolio managers’ analysis of the reasons for any out performance or underperformance against its peers; (b) fees, including advisory, administration, if applicable, and other amounts paid to BlackRock and its affiliates by the Fund and/or the Master LLC for services, such as transfer agency, marketing and distribution, call center and fund accounting; (c) Fund and/or Master LLC operating expenses; (d) the resources devoted to and compliance reports relating to the Fund’s and the Master LLC’s investment objective, policies and restrictions; (e) each of the Fund’s and the Master LLC’s compliance with its respective Code of Ethics and compliance policies and procedures; (f) the nature, cost and character of non-investment management services provided by BlackRock and its affiliates; (g) BlackRock’s and other service providers’ internal controls; (h) BlackRock’s implementation of the proxy voting policies approved by the Boards; (i) execution quality of portfolio transactions; (j) BlackRock’s implementation of the Fund’s and the Master LLC’s respective valuation and liquidity procedures; and (k) periodic updates on BlackRock’s business.
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At an in-person meeting held on April 16, 2009, the Boards reviewed materials relating to their consideration of the Agreements. As a result of the discussions that occurred during the April 16, 2009 meeting, the Boards presented BlackRock with questions and requests for additional information and BlackRock responded to these requests with additional written information in advance of the May 21 – 22, 2009 Board meeting.
At an in-person meeting held on May 21 – 22, 2009, the Board Members of the Master LLC present at the meeting, including the Independent Board Members present at the meeting, unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Master LLC and the Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Sub-Advisor with respect to the Master LLC, each for a one-year term ending June 30, 2010. The Board Members of the Fund present at the meeting, including the Independent Board Members present at the meeting, also considered the continuation of the Agreements and found the Agreements to be satisfactory. The Boards considered all factors they believed relevant with respect to the Fund and/or the Master LLC, as applicable, including, among other factors: (a) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BlackRock; (b) the investment performance of the Fund, the Master LLC and BlackRock portfolio management; (c) the advisory fee and the cost of the services and profits to be realized by BlackRock and certain affiliates from the relationship with the Fund and the Master LLC; (d) economies of scale; and (e) other factors.
The Boards also considered other matters they deemed important to the approval process, such as payments made to BlackRock or its affiliates relating to the distribution of the Fund’s shares, services related to the valuation and pricing of portfolio holdings of the Master LLC, direct and indirect benefits to BlackRock and its affiliates and significant shareholders from their relationship with the Fund and the Master LLC and advice from independent legal counsel with respect to the review process and materials submitted for the Boards’ review. The Boards noted the willingness of BlackRock personnel to engage in open, candid discussions with the Boards. The Boards did not identify any particular information as controlling, and each Board Member may have attributed different weights to the various items considered.
A. Nature, Extent and Quality of the Services: The Boards, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the nature, extent and quality of services provided by BlackRock, including the investment advisory services and the resulting performance of the Fund and the Master LLC. Throughout the year, the Boards compared Fund performance to the performance of a comparable group of mutual funds, and the performance of a relevant benchmark, if any. The Boards met with BlackRock’s senior management personnel responsible for investment operations, including the senior investment officers. The Boards also reviewed the materials provided by the Master LLC’s portfolio management team discussing Master LLC performance and the Master LLC’s investment objective, strategies and outlook.
The Boards considered, among other factors, the number, education and experience of BlackRock’s investment personnel generally and the Master LLC’s portfolio management team, investments by portfolio managers in the funds they manage, BlackRock’s portfolio trading capabilities, BlackRock’s use of technology, BlackRock’s commitment to compliance and BlackRock’s approach to training and retaining portfolio managers and other research, advisory and management personnel. The Boards also reviewed a general description of BlackRock’s compensation structure with respect to the Master LLC’s portfolio management team and BlackRock’s ability to attract and retain high-quality talent.
In addition to advisory services, the Boards considered the quality of the administrative and non-investment advisory services provided to the Fund and the Master LLC. BlackRock and its affiliates and significant shareholders provide the Fund and the Master LLC with certain administrative, transfer agency, shareholder and other services (in addition to any such services provided to the Fund and the Master LLC by third parties) and officers and other personnel as are necessary for the operations of the Fund and the Master LLC. In addition to investment advisory services, BlackRock and its affiliates provide the Fund and the Master LLC with other services, including, as pertinent: (i) preparing disclosure documents, such as the prospectus, the statement of additional information and periodic shareholder reports; (ii) assisting with daily accounting and pricing; (iii) overseeing and coordinating the activities of other service providers; (iv) organizing Board meetings and preparing the materials for such Board meetings; (v) providing legal and compliance support; and (vi) performing other administrative functions necessary for the operation of the Fund and the Master LLC, such as tax reporting, fulfilling regulatory filing requirements, and call center services. The Boards reviewed the structure and duties of BlackRock’s fund administration, accounting, legal and compliance departments and considered BlackRock’s policies and procedures for assuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
B. The Investment Performance of the Fund, the Master LLC and BlackRock: The Boards, including the Independent Board Members, also reviewed and considered the performance history of the Fund and the Master LLC. In preparation for the April 16, 2009 meeting, the Boards were provided with reports, independently prepared by Lipper, which included a comprehensive analysis of the Fund’s performance. The Boards also reviewed a narrative and statistical analysis of the Lipper data that was prepared by BlackRock, which analyzed various factors that affect Lipper’s rankings. In connection with their review, the Boards received and reviewed information regarding the investment performance of the Fund as compared to a representative group of similar funds as determined by Lipper and to all funds in the Fund’s applicable Lipper category. The Boards were provided with a description of the methodology used by Lipper to select peer funds. The Boards regularly review the performance of the Fund and the Master LLC throughout the year. The Boards attach more importance to performance over relatively long periods of time, typically three to five years.
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The Boards noted that, in general, the Fund performed better than its Peers in that the Fund’s performance was at or above the median of its Performance Universe in each of the one-, three- and five-year periods reported.
C. Consideration of the Advisory Fees and the Cost of the Services and Profits to be Realized by BlackRock and its Affiliates from their Relationship with the Fund and the Master LLC: The Boards, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the Master LLC’s contractual advisory fee rates compared with the other funds in the Fund’s Lipper category. They also compared the Fund’s total expenses, as well as actual management fees, to those of other comparable funds. The Boards considered the services provided and the fees charged by BlackRock to other types of clients with similar investment mandates, including separately managed institutional accounts.
The Boards received and reviewed statements relating to BlackRock’s financial condition and profitability with respect to the services it provided the Master LLC. The Boards were also provided with a profitability analysis that detailed the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by BlackRock for services provided to the Fund and/or the Master LLC. The Boards reviewed BlackRock’s profitability with respect to the Master LLC and other funds the Boards currently oversee for the year ended December 31, 2008 compared to available aggregate profitability data provided for the year ended December 31, 2007. The Boards reviewed BlackRock’s profitability with respect to other fund complexes managed by the Manager and/or its affiliates. The Boards reviewed BlackRock’s assumptions and methodology of allocating expenses in the profitability analysis, noting the inherent limitations in allocating costs among various advisory products. The Boards recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors including, among other things, fee waivers and expense reimbursements by the Manager, the types of funds managed, expense allocations and business mix, and therefore comparability of profitability is somewhat limited.
The Boards noted that, in general, individual fund or product line profitability of other advisors is not publicly available. Nevertheless, to the extent such information is available, the Boards considered BlackRock’s operating margin, in general, compared to the operating margin for leading investment management firms whose operations include advising open-end funds, among other product types. The comparison indicated that operating margins for BlackRock with respect to its registered funds are generally consistent with margins earned by similarly situated publicly traded competitors. In addition, the Boards considered, among other things, certain third party data comparing BlackRock’s operating margin with that of other publicly-traded asset management firms, which concluded that larger asset bases do not, in themselves, translate to higher profit margins.
In addition, the Boards considered the cost of the services provided to the Fund and the Master LLC by BlackRock, and BlackRock’s and its affiliates’ profits relating to the management and distribution of the Fund and the Master LLC and the other funds advised by BlackRock and its affiliates. As part of their analysis, the Boards reviewed BlackRock’s methodology in allocating its costs to the management of the Fund and the Master LLC. The Boards also considered whether BlackRock has the financial resources necessary to attract and retain high-quality investment management personnel to perform its obligations under the Agreements and to continue to provide the high quality of services that is expected by the Boards.
The Boards noted that the contractual advisory fees, which do not take into account any expense reimbursement or fee waivers, were lower than or equal to the median contractual advisory fees paid by the Fund’s Peers. The Boards also noted that the Master LLC has an advisory fee arrangement that includes breakpoints that adjust the fee rate downward as the size of the Master LLC increases, thereby allowing shareholders the potential to participate in economies of scale. The Boards further noted that the Manager, in its capacity as the Fund’s administrator (the “Administrator”), and the Fund’s distributor had entered into a contractual arrangement with the Fund whereby the Administrator and the distributor agreed to waive all or a portion of their fees and/or reimburse direct expenses of the Fund to ensure that the operating expense ratio for certain classes of shares did not exceed specified amounts.
D. Economies of Scale: The Boards, including the Independent Board Members, considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of the Fund and the Master LLC increase and whether there should be changes in the advisory fee rate or structure in order to enable the Fund and the Master LLC to participate in these economies of scale, for example through the use of revised breakpoints in the advisory fee based upon the assets of the Master LLC. The Boards considered that the funds in the BlackRock fund complex share some common resources and, as a result, an increase in the overall size of the complex could permit each fund to incur lower expenses than it would otherwise as a stand-alone entity. The Boards also considered BlackRock’s overall operations and its efforts to expand the scale of, and improve the quality of, its operations.
E. Other Factors: The Boards also took into account other ancillary or “fall-out” benefits that BlackRock or its affiliates and significant shareholders may derive from its relationship with the Fund and the Master LLC, both tangible and intangible, such as BlackRock’s ability to leverage its investment professionals who manage other portfolios, an increase in BlackRock’s profile in the investment advisory community, and the engagement of BlackRock’s affiliates and significant shareholders as service providers to the Fund and the Master LLC, including for administrative,
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transfer agency and distribution services. The Boards also noted that BlackRock may use third party research obtained by soft dollars generated by certain mutual fund transactions to assist itself in managing all or a number of its other client accounts.
In connection with their consideration of the Agreements, the Boards also received information regarding BlackRock’s brokerage and soft dollar practices. The Boards received reports from BlackRock which included information on brokerage commissions and trade execution practices throughout the year.
Conclusion.
The Board Members of the Master LLC present at the meeting, including the Independent Board Members present at the meeting, unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Master LLC for a one-year term ending June 30, 2010 and the Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Sub-Advisor with respect to the Master LLC for a one-year term ending June 30, 2010. Based upon their evaluation of all these factors in their totality, the Board Members of the Master LLC present at the meeting, including the Independent Board Members present at the meeting, were satisfied that the terms of the Agreements were fair and reasonable and in the best interest of the Master LLC and its shareholders. The Board Members of the Fund present at the meeting, including the Independent Board Members present at the meeting, also considered the continuation of the Agreements and found the Agreements to be satisfactory. In arriving at a decision to approve the Agreements, the Boards did not identify any single factor or group of factors as all-important or controlling, but considered all factors together, and different Board Members may have attributed different weights to the various factors considered. The Independent Board Members were also assisted by the advice of independent legal counsel in making this determination. The contractual fee arrangements for the Master LLC reflect the results of several years of review by the Board Members and predecessor Board Members, and discussions between such Board Members (and predecessor Board Members) and BlackRock. Certain aspects of the arrangements may be the subject of more attention in some years than in others, and the Board Members’ conclusions may be based in part on their consideration of these arrangements in prior years.
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Ronald W. Forbes, Co-Chairman of the Board and Director |
Rodney D. Johnson, Co-Chairman of the Board and Director |
David O. Beim, Director |
Richard S. Davis, Director |
Henry Gabbay, Director |
Dr. Matina Horner, Director |
Herbert I. London, Director |
Cynthia A. Montgomery, Director |
Joseph P. Platt, Jr., Director |
Robert C. Robb, Jr., Director |
Toby Rosenblatt, Director |
Kenneth L. Urish, Chairman of the Audit Committee and Director |
Frederick W. Winter, Director |
Anne F. Ackerley, Fund President and Chief Executive Officer |
Richard Hoerner, Vice President |
Jeffrey Holland, Vice President |
Brendan Kyne, Vice President |
Simon Mendelson, Vice President |
Brian Schmidt, Vice President |
Christopher Stavrakos, Vice President |
Neal J. Andrews, Chief Financial Officer |
Jay M. Fife, Treasurer |
Brian P. Kindelan, Chief Compliance Officer of the Fund/Master LLC |
Howard B. Surloff, Secretary |
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Investment Advisor and Administrator |
BlackRock Advisors, LLC |
Wilmington, DE 19809 |
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Sub-Advisor |
BlackRock Institutional Management Corporation |
Wilmington, DE 19809 |
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Custodian |
State Street Bank and Trust Company |
Boston, MA 02111 |
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Transfer Agent |
Financial Data Services, Inc. |
Jacksonville, FL 32246 |
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Accounting Agent |
State Street Bank and Trust Company |
Princeton, NJ 08540 |
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Distributor |
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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Legal Counsel |
Sidley Austin LLP |
New York, NY 10019 |
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Address of the Fund |
100 Bellevue Parkway |
Wilmington, DE 19809 |
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Effective July 31, 2009, Donald C. Burke, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Fund and Master LLC, retired. The Fund’s and Master LLC’s Boards wish Mr. Burke well in his retirement. |
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Effective August 1, 2009, Anne F. Ackerley became President and Chief Executive Officer of the Fund and Master LLC, and Jeffrey Holland and Brian Schmidt became Vice Presidents of the Fund and Master LLC. |
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Effective September 17, 2009, Richard Hoerner, Brendan Kyne, Simon Mendelson and Christopher Stavrakos became Vice Presidents of the Fund and Master LLC. |
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These amounts and sources of distributions reported are only estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund’s investment experience during the year and may be subject to changes based on the tax regulations. The Fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV each calendar year that will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes. |
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Class 1 | | $ | 0.000183 | | $ | 0.000002 | | — | | | $ | 0.000185 | | 99 | % | | 1 | % | | 0 | % | | 100 | % | |
Class 2 | | $ | 0.000189 | | $ | 0.000002 | | — | | | $ | 0.000191 | | 99 | % | | 1 | % | | 0 | % | | 100 | % | |
Class 3 | | $ | 0.000793 | | $ | 0.000002 | | — | | | $ | 0.000795 | | 100 | % | | 0 | % | | 0 | % | | 100 | % | |
Class 4 | | $ | 0.000793 | | $ | 0.000002 | | — | | | $ | 0.000795 | | 100 | % | | 0 | % | | 0 | % | | 100 | % | |
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Additional Information (concluded) |
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General Information |
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Electronic Delivery
Electronic copies of most financial reports and prospectuses are available on the Fund’s website or shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications of quarterly statements, annual and semi-annual reports and prospectuses by enrolling in the Fund’s electronic delivery program.
Shareholders Who Hold Accounts with Investment Advisors, Banks or Brokerages:
Please contact your financial advisor to enroll. Please note that not all investment advisors, banks or brokerages may offer this service.
Householding
The Fund will mail only one copy of shareholder documents, including annual and semi-annual reports and proxy statements, to shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address. This practice is commonly called “householding” and it 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 contact the Funds at (800) 221-7210.
Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund/Master LLC uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free (800) 221-7210; (2) at www.blackrock.com; and (3) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “SEC”) website at http://www.sec.gov.
Availability of Proxy Voting Record
Information about how the Fund/Master LLC voted proxies relating to securities held in the Fund’s/Master LLC’s portfolio during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available (1) at www.blackrock.com or by calling (800) 221-7210 and (2) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments
The Fund/Master LLC files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s/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, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (202) 551-8090. The Fund’s/Master LLC’s Forms N-Q may also be obtained upon request and without charge by calling (800) 221-7210.
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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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This report is transmitted to shareholders only. It is not authorized for use as an offer of sale or a solicitation of an offer to buy shares of the Fund unless accompanied or preceded by the Fund’s current prospectus. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund. Past performance results shown in this report should not be considered a representation of future performance. Total return information assumes reinvestment of all distributions. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted. For current month-end performance information, call (800) 221-7210. The Fund’s current 7-day yield more closely reflects the current earnings of the Fund than the total returns quoted. 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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Item 5 – | Audit Committee of Listed Registrants – Not Applicable |
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Item 6 – | Investments |
| (a) The registrant’s Schedule of Investments is 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 – The registrant’s Nominating and Governance Committee will consider nominees to the board of directors recommended by shareholders when a vacancy becomes available. Shareholders who wish to recommend a nominee should send nominations that include biographical information and set forth the qualifications of the proposed nominee to the registrant’s Secretary. There have been no material changes to these procedures. |
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Item 11 – | Controls and Procedures |
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11(a) – | The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers or persons performing similar functions have concluded that the registrant’s 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 15(d)-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
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11(b) – | There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
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Item 12 – | Exhibits attached hereto |
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12(a)(1) – | Code of Ethics – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report |
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12(a)(2) – | Certifications – Attached hereto |
12(a)(3) – | Not Applicable |
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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, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. |
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| WCMA Money Fund and Master Money LLC |
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| By: | /s/ Anne F. Ackerley | |
| | Anne F. Ackerley |
| | Chief Executive Officer of |
| | WCMA Money Fund and Master Money LLC |
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| Date: November 20, 2009 |
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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 the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. |
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| By: | /s/ Anne F. Ackerley | |
| | Anne F. Ackerley |
| | Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of |
| | WCMA Money Fund and Master Money LLC |
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| Date: November 20, 2009 |
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| By: | /s/ Neal J. Andrews | |
| | Neal J. Andrews |
| | Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of |
| | WCMA Money Fund and Master Money LLC |
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| Date: November 20, 2009 |