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Notes to Financial Statements | BIF Money Fund |
1. Significant Accounting Policies:
BIF Money Fund (formerly CMA Money Fund) (the “Fund”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as a no-load, diversified, open-end management investment company. The Fund is organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing all of its assets in Master Money LLC (the “Master LLC”), which has the same investment objective and strategies as the Fund. The Master LLC is organized as a Delaware limited liability company. The value of the Fund’s investment in the Master LLC reflects the Fund’s proportionate interest in the net assets of the Master LLC. The performance of the Fund is directly affected by the performance of the Master LLC. The percentage of the Master LLC owned by the Fund at March 31, 2011 was 49.4%. The financial statements of the Master LLC, including the Schedule of Investments, are included elsewhere in this report and should be read in conjunction with the Fund’s financial statements. The Board of Trustees of the Fund and the Board of Directors of the Master LLC are referred to throughout this report as the “Board of Directors” or the “Board.” The Fund’s 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 Fund:
Valuation: US GAAP defines fair value as the price the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Fund records its investment in the Master LLC at fair value based on the Fund’s proportionate interest in the net assets of the Master LLC. Valuation of securities held by the Master LLC is discussed in Note 1 of the Master LLC’s Notes to Financial Statements, which are included elsewhere in this report. The Fund seeks to maintain the net asset value per share at $1.00, although there is no assurance that it will be able to do so on a continuing basis.
Investment Transactions and Net Investment Income: For financial reporting purposes, contributions to and withdrawals from the Master LLC are accounted for on a trade date basis. The Fund records daily its proportionate share of the Master LLC’s income, expenses and realized gains and losses. In addition, the Fund accrues its own income and expenses.
Dividends and Distributions: Dividends from net investment income are declared and reinvested daily. Distributions of realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. 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 the 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.
The 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 Fund’s US federal tax returns remains open for each of the four years ended March 31, 2011. The statutes of limitations on the Fund’s state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction. Management does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.
Other: Expenses directly related to the 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. The Fund may earn interest on positive cash balances in demand deposit accounts that are maintained by the transfer agent on behalf of the Fund. This amount is shown as income in the Statement of Operations.
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 Fund for 1940 Act purposes, but BAC and Barclays are not.
The 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, the Fund pays the Administrator a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily value of the Fund’s net assets. The Fund does not pay an advisory fee or investment management fee.
The Fund entered into a Distribution Agreement and a Distribution and Shareholder Servicing Plan (“the “Distribution Plan”) with BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BlackRock. Pursuant to the Plan and in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, the Fund pays BRIL ongoing distribution fees. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly at the annual rate of 0.125% based upon the average daily net assets.
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Notes to Financial Statements (concluded) | BIF Money Fund |
The Administrator and BRIL voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of their respective administration and distribution fees and/or reimburse operating expenses to enable the Fund to maintain a minimum daily net investment income dividend. These amounts are reported in the Statement of Operations as fees waived by administrator and distribution fees waived. The Administrator and BRIL may discontinue the waiver or reimbursement at any time.
Certain officers and/or directors of the Fund are officers and/or directors of BlackRock or its affiliates. The Fund reimburses the Administrator for compensation paid to the Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer.
3. Capital Share Transactions:
The number of shares sold, reinvested and redeemed correspond to the net proceeds from the sale of shares, reinvestment of dividends and distributions and cost of shares redeemed, respectively, since shares are sold and redeemed at $1.00 per share.
4. Income Tax Information:
The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal years ended March 31, 2011 and March 31, 2010 was as follows:
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Ordinary income | | $ | 3,422,398 | | $ | 12,625,691 | |
Long-term capital gains | | | — | | | 58,416 | |
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Total distributions | | $ | 3,422,398 | | $ | 12,684,107 | |
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As of March 31, 2011, there were no significant differences between the book and tax components of net assets.
5. Subsequent Events:
Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the 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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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | BIF Money Fund |
To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of BIF Money Fund:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of BIF Money Fund (formerly CMA Money Fund) (the “Fund”) as of March 31, 2011, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of BIF Money Fund as of March 31, 2011, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Princeton, New Jersey
May 26, 2011
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The following information is provided with respect to the ordinary income distributions paid by BIF Money Fund during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011.
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Months Paid: | | April 2010 – March 2011 | | 6.46 | % |
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Interest-Related Dividends and Qualified Short-Term Capital Gains for Non-U.S. Residents2 | | | | | |
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Months Paid: | | April 2010 – December 2010 | | 97.13 | % |
| | January 2011 – March 2011 | | 94.93 | % |
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| 1 | The law varies in each state as to whether and what percentage of dividend income attributable to federal obligations is exempt from state income tax. We recommend that you consult your tax advisor to determine if any portion of the dividends you received is exempt from state income taxes. |
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| 2 | Represents the portion of the taxable ordinary income dividends eligible for exemption from U.S. withholding tax for nonresident aliens and foreign corporations. |
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Portfolio Information as of March 31, 2011 | Master Money LLC |
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Certificates of Deposit — Yankee* | | 31 | % | |
Commercial Paper | | 25 | | |
Municipal Bonds | | 18 | | |
U.S. Government Sponsored Agency Obligations | | 16 | | |
U.S. Treasury Obligations | | 6 | | |
Corporate Notes | | 3 | | |
Repurchase Agreements | | 1 | | |
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Schedule of Investments March 31, 2011 | Master Money LLC |
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Yankee (a) — 30.7% | | | | | | | |
BNP Paribas SA, NY: | | | | | | | |
0.38%, 5/04/11 | | $ | 75,000 | | $ | 75,000,000 | |
0.39%, 5/05/11 | | | 125,000 | | | 125,000,000 | |
0.36%, 6/13/11 | | | 179,000 | | | 179,000,000 | |
Bank of Montreal, Chicago: | | | | | | | |
0.23%, 4/06/11 | | | 100,000 | | | 100,000,000 | |
0.30%, 8/29/11 (b) | | | 53,000 | | | 53,000,000 | |
Bank of Nova Scotia, Houston: | | | | | | | |
0.27%, 5/03/11 | | | 100,000 | | | 100,000,000 | |
0.31%, 5/05/11 (b) | | | 10,000 | | | 10,000,090 | |
0.27%, 6/03/11 | | | 150,000 | | | 150,000,000 | |
Barclays Bank Plc, NY, 0.38%, 5/19/11 | | | 125,000 | | | 125,000,000 | |
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, NY, 0.30%, 7/18/11 (b) | | | 72,270 | | | 72,270,000 | |
Credit Agricole CIB, NY, 0.30%, 6/01/11 (b) | | | 168,350 | | | 168,350,000 | |
Credit Suisse Group, 0.25%, 4/25/11 | | | 119,000 | | | 119,000,000 | |
Deutsche Bank AG, NY: | | | | | | | |
0.30%, 4/06/11 | | | 160,000 | | | 160,000,000 | |
0.31%, 6/17/11 | | | 60,000 | | | 60,000,000 | |
0.33%, 8/04/11 (b) | | | 110,000 | | | 110,000,000 | |
Dexia Credit Local, NY, 2.05%, 4/18/11 (c) | | | 238,500 | | | 238,500,000 | |
Lloyd’s TSB Bank Plc, NY: | | | | | | | |
0.42%, 5/12/11 | | | 80,000 | | | 80,000,000 | |
0.32%, 2/14/12 (b) | | | 131,285 | | | 131,285,000 | |
National Australia Bank, NY, 0.35%, 2/10/12 | | | 58,000 | | | 58,000,000 | |
Royal Bank of Canada, NY (b): | | | | | | | |
0.31%, 10/14/11 | | | 94,600 | | | 94,600,000 | |
0.31%, 2/29/12 | | | 115,000 | | | 115,000,000 | |
Royal Bank of Scotland Plc, CT: | | | | | | | |
0.49%, 4/18/11 | | | 125,000 | | | 125,000,000 | |
0.52%, 9/19/11 | | | 250,000 | | | 250,000,000 | |
Société Générale, NY, 0.35%, 4/21/11 (b) | | | 200,000 | | | 200,000,000 | |
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., NY, 0.30%, 4/20/11 | | | 52,000 | | | 52,000,000 | |
Toronto-Dominion Bank, NY (b): | | | | | | | |
0.24%, 6/21/11 | | | 96,700 | | | 96,700,000 | |
0.33%, 9/06/11 | | | 68,500 | | | 68,500,000 | |
0.34%, 1/12/12 | | | 60,500 | | | 60,500,000 | |
Westpac Banking Corp., NY (b): | | | | | | | |
0.33%, 11/04/11 | | | 196,700 | | | 196,700,000 | |
0.32%, 1/18/12 | | | 120,000 | | | 120,000,000 | |
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Total Certificates of Deposit — 30.7% | | | | | | 3,493,405,090 | |
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ANZ National International Ltd., 0.27%, 5/02/11 (d) | | $ | 184,650 | | $ | 184,604,863 | |
Antalis US Funding Corp. (d): | | | | | | | |
0.33%, 5/17/11 | | | 66,600 | | | 66,571,307 | |
0.33%, 5/19/11 | | | 44,620 | | | 44,599,958 | |
Aspen Funding Corp., 0.25%, 4/13/11 (d) | | | 80,000 | | | 79,992,778 | |
Atlantic Asset Securitization Corp., 0.23%, 4/05/11 (d) | | | 80,000 | | | 79,997,444 | |
Atlantis One Funding Corp., 0.24% – 0.30%, 4/04/11 (d) | | | 123,600 | | | 123,596,051 | |
BPCE SA, 0.30% – 0.31%, 5/09/11 (d) | | | 125,300 | | | 125,258,516 | |
Cancara Asset Securitization LLC, 0.46%, 4/26/11 (d) | | | 75,000 | | | 74,975,083 | |
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 0.33%, 10/06/11 (b) | | | 97,000 | | | 96,994,240 | |
Credit Agricole North America (d): | | | | | | | |
0.41%, 4/08/11 | | | 166,000 | | | 165,984,876 | |
0.28%, 5/23/11 | | | 75,000 | | | 74,969,083 | |
DNB Nor Bank ASA, 0.14%, 4/05/11 (d) | | | 130,000 | | | 129,997,472 | |
Govco LLC, 0.28%, 6/27/11 (d) | | | 90,000 | | | 89,938,400 | |
Grampian Funding Ltd., 0.31%, 6/16/11 (d) | | | 46,700 | | | 46,669,035 | |
INGF, (U.S.), Funding LLC, 0.26%, 7/01/11 (d) | | | 100,000 | | | 99,934,833 | |
MetLife Short Term Funding LLC, 0.28%, 6/01/11 (d) | | | 43,221 | | | 43,200,158 | |
Natexis Banques Populaires (d): | | | | | | | |
0.28%, 4/18/11 | | | 75,000 | | | 74,989,500 | |
0.30%, 5/10/11 | | | 100,000 | | | 99,966,667 | |
Nieuw Amsterdam Receivables Corp., 0.30%, 4/07/11 (d) | | | 33,000 | | | 32,998,075 | |
Old Line Funding LLC, 0.26%, 6/06/11 (d) | | | 110,000 | | | 109,946,772 | |
Royal Bank of Scotland Plc, 0.49%, 4/19/11 (d) | | | 100,000 | | | 99,974,139 | |
Scaldis Capital LLC (d): | | | | | | | |
0.28%, 4/08/11 | | | 45,600 | | | 45,597,163 | |
0.32%, 5/16/11 | | | 40,000 | | | 39,983,644 | |
Société Générale North America Inc., 0.34%, 5/16/11 (d) | | | 75,000 | | | 74,967,417 | |
Solitaire Funding LLC (d): | | | | | | | |
0.26%, 4/04/11 | | | 90,000 | | | 89,997,400 | |
0.28%, 5/10/11 | | | 83,000 | | | 82,974,178 | |
0.30%, 6/15/11 | | | 25,000 | | | 24,984,167 | |
Starbird Funding Corp., 0.11% – 0.12%, 4/01/11 (d) | | | 74,271 | | | 74,270,759 | |
Surrey Funding Corp. (d): | | | | | | | |
0.26%, 5/12/11 | | | 69,600 | | | 69,578,888 | |
0.24%, 5/26/11 | | | 15,000 | | | 14,994,400 | |
Thames Asset Global Securitization No. 1, Inc., 0.38%, 4/18/11 (d) | | | 76,799 | | | 76,784,408 | |
To simplify the listings of portfolio holdings in the Schedule of Investments, the names and descriptions of many of the securities have been abbreviated according to the following list:
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ACES | Adjustable Convertible Extendible Securities |
AGM | Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp. |
AMT | Alternative Minimum Tax (subject to) |
COP | Certificates of Participation |
FLOATS | Floating Rate Securities |
GO | General Obligation Bonds |
HFA | Housing Finance Agency |
HRB | Housing Revenue Bonds |
LOC | Letter of Credit |
M/F | Multi-Family |
RB | Revenue Bonds |
S/F | Single-Family |
SBPA | Stand-by Bond Purchase Agreement |
TECP | Tax-Exempt Commercial Paper |
VRDN | Variable Rate Demand Notes |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) | Master Money LLC |
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Thunder Bay Funding LLC, 0.26%, 6/03/11 (d) | | $ | 117,530 | | $ | 117,475,675 | |
US Collateralized Commercial Paper Notes, 0.26%, 4/20/11 (d) | | | 60,000 | | | 59,991,333 | |
Westpac Banking Corp., 0.34%, 1/06/12 (b) | | | 123,500 | | | 123,500,000 | |
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Total Commercial Paper — 24.9% | | | | | | 2,840,258,682 | |
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KBC Bank NV, NY, 1.87%, 5/01/11 (c) | | | 109,255 | | | 109,255,000 | |
Rabobank Nederland NV, 2.05%, 4/07/11 (c)(e) | | | 213,400 | | | 213,400,000 | |
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Total Corporate Notes — 2.8% | | | | | | 322,655,000 | |
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Arizona Health Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, VRDN, Banner Health, Series C (ScotiaBank LOC), 0.22%, 4/07/11 (c) | | | 30,465 | | | 30,465,000 | |
California HFA, RB, VRDN, AMT (c): | | | | | | | |
Home Mortgage, Series B (Fannie Mae LOC, Freddie Mac LOC), 0.25%, 4/07/11 | | | 29,860 | | | 29,860,000 | |
Home Mortgage, Series E-1 (Fannie Mae LOC, Freddie Mac LOC), 0.22%, 4/07/11 | | | 17,805 | | | 17,805,000 | |
Home Mortgage, Series F (Fannie Mae LOC, Freddie Mac LOC), 0.22%, 4/07/11 | | | 16,170 | | | 16,170,000 | |
Home Mortgage, Series H (Fannie Mae LOC, Freddie Mac LOC), 0.23%, 4/07/11 | | | 52,490 | | | 52,490,000 | |
Home Mortgage, Series M (Fannie Mae LOC, Freddie Mac LOC), 0.25%, 4/07/11 | | | 41,600 | | | 41,600,000 | |
Home Mortgage, Series U (Fannie Mae LOC, Freddie Mac LOC), 0.25%, 4/07/11 | | | 3,000 | | | 3,000,000 | |
M/F Housing III, Series E (Fannie Mae LOC, Freddie Mac LOC), 0.23%, 4/07/11 | | | 21,100 | | | 21,100,000 | |
Series A (Fannie Mae LOC, Freddie Mac LOC), 0.25%, 4/07/11 | | | 10,965 | | | 10,965,000 | |
California HFA, Refunding RB, VRDN, Home Mortgage, Series E, AMT, 0.24%, 4/07/11 (c) | | | 9,095 | | | 9,095,000 | |
California Health Facilities Financing Authority, RB, VRDN, Scripps Health, Series E (Bank of America NA LOC), 0.24%, 4/07/11 (c) | | | 26,290 | | | 26,290,000 | |
California Pollution Control Financing Authority, Refunding RB, VRDN, Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Series E (JPMorgan Chase Bank LOC), 0.17%, 4/01/11 (c) | | | 106,700 | | | 106,700,000 | |
California Statewide Communities Development Authority, HRB, VRDN, AMT (Fannie Mae) (c): | | | | | | | |
Knolls at Green Valley, Series FF, 0.25%, 4/07/11 | | | 13,205 | | | 13,205,000 | |
Oakmont Chino Hills, Series P, 0.25%, 4/07/11 | | | 10,100 | | | 10,100,000 | |
California Statewide Communities Development Authority, RB, VRDN, North Peninsula Jewish Campus (Bank of America NA LOC), 0.25%, 4/01/11 (c) | | | 16,530 | | | 16,530,000 | |
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Chicago Board of Education Illinois, GO, Refunding, VRDN, Dedicated Revenue, Series B (JPMorgan Chase Bank LOC), 0.22%, 4/01/11 (c) | | $ | 46,355 | | $ | 46,355,000 | |
City & County of Denver Colorado, COP, Refunding, VRDN, Series A3 (JPMorgan Chase Bank SBPA), 0.21%, 4/01/11 (c) | | | 16,350 | | | 16,350,000 | |
City of Chicago Illinois, Refunding RB, VRDN, Sub-Series C-1 (Harris NA LOC), 0.22%, 4/01/11 (c) | | | 10,700 | | | 10,700,000 | |
City of Houston Texas, Refunding RB, VRDN (c): | | | | | | | |
First Lien, Series B-5 (Lloyds Bank LOC), 0.20%, 4/07/11 | | | 52,140 | | | 52,140,000 | |
First Lien, Series B-6 (ScotiaBank LOC), 0.20%, 4/07/11 | | | 18,400 | | | 18,400,000 | |
First Series D-1 (AGM Insurance, Dexia Credit Local SBPA), 0.40%, 4/07/11 | | | 38,000 | | | 38,000,000 | |
City of Jacksonville Florida, Refunding RB, VRDN, Series A (JPMorgan Chase Bank SBPA), 0.25%, 4/07/11 (c) | | | 40,000 | | | 40,000,000 | |
City of New York New York, GO, VRDN, Sub-Series A-3 (BNP Paribas SA LOC), 0.22%, 4/07/11 (c) | | | 12,090 | | | 12,090,000 | |
City of Philadelphia Pennsylvania, GO, Refunding, VRDN, Multi-Modal, Series B (Wells Fargo Bank NA LOC), 0.22%, 4/07/11 (c) | | | 40,000 | | | 40,000,000 | |
City of Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Refunding RB, VRDN, 8th Series E (JPMorgan Chase Bank LOC), 0.23%, 4/07/11 (c) | | | 16,000 | | | 16,000,000 | |
City of Wichita Kansas, Refunding RB, VRDN, Facilities, Christi Health VIII, Series B-2 (JPMorgan Chase & Co. LOC), 0.21%, 4/01/11 (c) | | | 30,000 | | | 30,000,000 | |
Connecticut State Health & Educational Facility Authority, Refunding RB, VRDN, Yale-New Haven Hospital (c): | | | | | | | |
Series K2 (JPMorgan Chase Bank LOC), 0.21%, 4/07/11 | | | 17,620 | | | 17,620,000 | |
Series L1 (Bank of America NA LOC), 0.22%, 4/07/11 | | | 13,130 | | | 13,130,000 | |
County of Hennepin Minnesota, GO, Refunding, VRDN, Series A (State Street Bank & Trust Co. SBPA), 0.22%, 4/07/11 (c) | | | 9,320 | | | 9,320,000 | |
County of Shelby Tennessee, GO, VRDN, Public Improvement, School, Series B (Landesbank Hessen-Thuringen SBPA), 0.28%, 4/07/11 (c) | | | 20,000 | | | 20,000,000 | |
Essex County Improvement Authority, RB, VRDN, ACES, Pooled Governmental Loan Program (Wells Fargo Bank NA LOC), 0.20%, 4/07/11 (c) | | | 32,050 | | | 32,050,000 | |
Harris County Health Facilities Development Corp., RB, VRDN, Baylor College of Medicine, Series B (JPMorgan Chase Bank LOC), 0.22%, 4/01/11 (c) | | | 11,245 | | | 11,245,000 | |
Harris County Industrial Development Corp., RB, VRDN, Exxon Project, AMT, 0.17%, 4/01/11 (c) | | | 10,000 | | | 10,000,000 | |
Hawaii State Department of Budget & Finance, Refunding RB, VRDN, Queens Health System, Series A (Bank of America NA LOC), 0.24%, 4/07/11 (c) | | | 18,040 | | | 18,040,000 | |
Illinois Finance Authority, RB, VRDN, University of Chicago Medical Center, Series E-1 (JPMorgan Chase Bank LOC), 0.23%, 4/01/11 (c) | | | 13,200 | | | 13,200,000 | |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) | Master Money LLC |
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Illinois Finance Authority, Refunding RB, VRDN (JPMorgan Chase Bank LOC) (c): | | | | | | | |
Children’s Memorial Hospital, Series D, 0.24%, 4/07/11 | | $ | 30,200 | | $ | 30,200,000 | |
Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare, Series B, 0.22%, 4/01/11 | | | 19,650 | | | 19,650,000 | |
Little Co. of Mary Hospital and Health Care Centers, Series B, 0.24%, 4/07/11 | | | 27,800 | | | 27,800,000 | |
Indiana Finance Authority, Refunding RB, VRDN (c): | | | | | | | |
Duke Energy Indiana Inc. Project, Series A-4 (Bank of America NA LOC), 0.20%, 4/01/11 | | | 25,000 | | | 25,000,000 | |
Sisters of St. Francis, Series B (JPMorgan Chase Bank LOC), 0.23%, 4/07/11 | | | 20,900 | | | 20,900,000 | |
Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency California, Refunding RB, VRDN, Promenade Towers Project (Freddie Mac), 0.24%, 4/07/11 (c) | | | 34,300 | | | 34,300,000 | |
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Refunding RB, VRDN, General Transportation System (Dexia Credit Local SBPA), 0.24%, 4/07/11 (c) | | | 10,000 | | | 10,000,000 | |
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, TECP, 0.30%, 6/07/11 | | | 36,900 | | | 36,900,000 | |
Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Refunding RB, VRDN, Series D-2 (AGM Insurance, Dexia Credit Local SBPA), 0.33%, 4/07/11 (c) | | | 64,200 | | | 64,200,000 | |
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Refunding RB, VRDN, Series A-2 (JPMorgan Chase Bank SBPA), 0.20%, 4/07/11 (c) | | | 19,615 | | | 19,615,000 | |
Michigan State Building Authority, RB, VRDN, Facilities Program, Series I (JPMorgan Chase Bank LOC), 0.23%, 4/07/11 (c) | | | 14,300 | | | 14,300,000 | |
New Jersey State Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency, Refunding RB, VRDN, Series 3, AMT (Dexia Credit Local LOC), 0.31%, 4/07/11 (c) | | | 49,650 | | | 49,650,000 | |
New York City Housing Development Corp., RB, VRDN (c): | | | | | | | |
90 West Street, Series A (Fannie Mae), 0.24%, 4/07/11 | | | 40,830 | | | 40,830,000 | |
155 West 21st Street Development, Series A, AMT (Fannie Mae), 0.25%, 4/07/11 | | | 10,000 | | | 10,000,000 | |
West 61st Street Apartments, Series A, AMT (Fannie Mae), 0.25%, 4/07/11 | | | 12,000 | | | 12,000,000 | |
West 89th Street Development, Series A, AMT (Fannie Mae LOC), 0.25%, 4/07/11 | | | 35,600 | | | 35,600,000 | |
New York City Industrial Development Agency, RB, VRDN, New York Law School Project, Series A (JPMorgan Chase Bank LOC), 0.21%, 4/07/11 (c) | | | 18,850 | | | 18,850,000 | |
New York State HFA, HRB, VRDN, Series A, AMT (Fannie Mae Liquidity Facility), 0.25%, 4/07/11 (c) | | | 28,100 | | | 28,100,000 | |
New York State HFA, RB, VRDN, Series A (c): | | | | | | | |
10 Barclay Street (Fannie Mae), 0.24%, 4/07/11 | | | 71,245 | | | 71,245,000 | |
125 West 31st Street Housing, AMT (Fannie Mae Liquidity Facility), 0.25%, 4/07/11 | | | 30,000 | | | 30,000,000 | |
316 11th Avenue Housing, AMT (Fannie Mae Liquidity Facility), 0.25%, 4/07/11 | | | 35,000 | | | 35,000,000 | |
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360 West 43, AMT (Fannie Mae), 0.25%, 4/07/11 | | $ | 22,000 | | $ | 22,000,000 | |
750 6th Ave, AMT (Fannie Mae), 0.25%, 4/07/11 | | | 34,500 | | | 34,500,000 | |
Biltmore Tower Housing, AMT (Fannie Mae), 0.25%, 4/07/11 | | | 65,000 | | | 65,000,000 | |
East 39th Street Housing, AMT (Fannie Mae Liquidity Facility), 0.25%, 4/07/11 | | | 5,300 | | | 5,300,000 | |
Victory Housing, Series 2001, AMT (Freddie Mac), 0.25%, 4/07/11 | | | 26,300 | | | 26,300,000 | |
Worth Street, 12/18/03, AMT (Fannie Mae), 0.25%, 4/07/11 | | | 23,100 | | | 23,100,000 | |
Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, Refunding RB, VRDN, Sunoco Inc. Project, Series B (JPMorgan Chase Bank LOC), 0.21%, 4/07/11 (c) | | | 36,800 | | | 36,800,000 | |
Pennsylvania HFA, RB, VRDN, AMT (c): | | | | | | | |
S/F Mortgage, Series 87C (Fannie Mae LOC, Freddie Mac LOC), 0.25%, 4/07/11 | | | 11,500 | | | 11,500,000 | |
Series 95-C (Dexia Credit Local SBPA), 0.25%, 4/07/11 | | | 31,180 | | | 31,180,000 | |
Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, VRDN, Thomas Jefferson University, Series B (JPMorgan Chase Bank LOC), 0.23%, 4/07/11 (c) | | | 6,160 | | | 6,160,000 | |
Philadelphia Hospitals & Higher Education Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, VRDN, (Wachovia Bank NA SBPA), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (c): | | | | | | | |
Series A, 0.21%, 4/01/11 | | | 11,175 | | | 11,175,000 | |
Series B, 0.21%, 4/01/11 | | | 24,500 | | | 24,500,000 | |
State of California, GO, VRDN (c): | | | | | | | |
FLOATS, Series C-1 (Bank of America NA LOC), 0.24%, 4/07/11 | | | 59,200 | | | 59,200,000 | |
Kindergarten, Series A2 (State Street Bank & Trust Co. LOC, California State Teachers’ Retirement System LOC), 0.17%, 4/01/11 | | | 26,775 | | | 26,775,000 | |
Kindergarten, Series B1 (Citibank NA LOC), 0.20%, 4/01/11 | | | 10,150 | | | 10,150,000 | |
Series C-11 (BNP Paribas SA LOC), 0.23%, 4/07/11 | | | 37,680 | | | 37,680,000 | |
Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority, RB, VRDN, General, Series B (Dexia Credit Local SBPA), 0.32%, 4/07/11 (c) | | | 100,905 | | | 100,905,000 | |
Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority, Refunding RB, VRDN, General, Series F (ABN Amro Bank NV SBPA), 0.25%, 4/07/11 (c) | | | 44,130 | | | 44,130,000 | |
Washington Health Care Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, VRDN, Multicare Health System, Series B (Wells Fargo Bank NA LOC), 0.22%, 4/07/11 (c) | | | 12,575 | | | 12,575,000 | |
Wisconsin Housing & Economic Development Authority, RB, VRDN, Series B, AMT (Fannie Mae LOC, Freddie Mac LOC), 0.25%, 4/07/11 (c) | | | 12,800 | | | 12,800,000 | |
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Total Municipal Bonds — 18.5% | | | | | | 2,105,885,000 | |
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Schedule of Investments (concluded) | Master Money LLC |
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Fannie Mae Discount Notes, 0.19%, 7/27/11 (d) | | $ | 205,000 | | $ | 204,868,971 | |
Fannie Mae Variable Rate Notes (b): | | | | | | | |
0.24%, 7/26/12 | | | 130,000 | | | 129,965,641 | |
0.28%, 12/20/12 | | | 59,500 | | | 59,479,211 | |
Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes, 0.21%, 6/15/11 (d) | | | 136,000 | | | 135,939,707 | |
Federal Home Loan Bank Variable Rate Notes (b): | | | | | | | |
0.18%, 9/15/11 | | | 200,000 | | | 199,944,237 | |
0.24%, 10/06/11 | | | 250,000 | | | 249,947,387 | |
Freddie Mac Discount Notes (d): | | | | | | | |
0.20%, 4/25/11 | | | 100,000 | | | 99,986,111 | |
0.19%, 8/30/11 | | | 67,000 | | | 66,946,251 | |
Freddie Mac Variable Rate Notes (b): | | | | | | | |
0.19%, 5/05/11 | | | 290,000 | | | 289,991,607 | |
0.20%, 12/29/11 | | | 130,000 | | | 129,950,897 | |
0.23%, 4/03/12 | | | 120,000 | | | 119,950,776 | |
0.20%, 11/02/12 | | | 80,000 | | | 79,922,741 | |
0.30%, 1/24/13 | | | 63,000 | | | 62,953,761 | |
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Total U.S. Government Sponsored Agency Obligations — 16.1% | | | | | | 1,829,847,298 | |
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0.19%, 5/26/11 | | | 55,000 | | | 54,983,744 | |
0.21%, 6/02/11 | | | 100,000 | | | 99,963,950 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes: | | | | | | | |
1.13%, 6/30/11 | | | 110,000 | | | 110,251,584 | |
1.00%, 9/30/11 | | | 123,000 | | | 123,488,477 | |
4.63%, 10/31/11 | | | 105,000 | | | 107,673,100 | |
0.75%, 11/30/11 | | | 210,000 | | | 210,770,443 | |
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Total U.S. Treasury Obligations — 6.2% | | | | | | 707,131,298 | |
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Repurchase Agreements | | | | | | | |
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0.10%, 4/04/11 (purchased on 3/31/11 to be repurchased at $10,000,111, collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, 4.88%, due 4/30/11, par and fair values of $9,763,400 and $10,000,113, respectively) | | | 10,000 | | | 10,000,000 | |
0.10%, 4/05/11 (purchased on 3/29/11 to be repurchased at $10,000,194, collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, 1.00%, due 7/31/11, par and fair values of $9,956,200 and $10,000,434, respectively) | | | 10,000 | | | 10,000,000 | |
0.12%, 4/04/11 (purchased on 3/31/11 to be repurchased at $10,000,133, collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, 4.88%, due 4/30/11, par and fair values of $9,763,400 and $10,000,113, respectively) | | | 10,000 | | | 10,000,000 | |
0.13%, 4/05/11 (purchased on 3/29/11 to be repurchased at $10,000,253, collateralized by Fannie Mae, 2.75%, due 4/11/11, par and fair values of $9,865,000 and $10,000,408, respectively) | | | 10,000 | | | 10,000,000 | |
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The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 0.16%, 4/05/11 (purchased on 3/29/11 to be repurchased at $10,000,311, collateralized by Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 4.00% – 6.50%, due 8/01/33 – 6/01/37, par and fair values of $9,742,835 and $10,020,803, respectively) | | $ | 10,000 | | $ | 10,000,000 | |
UBS, 0.20%, 4/01/11 (purchased on 3/31/11 to be repurchased at $25,287,140, collateralized by Fannie Mae, 5.00%, due 7/01/40, par and fair values of $26,624,516 and $26,045,611, respectively) | | | 25,287 | | | 25,287,000 | |
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Total Repurchase Agreements — 0.7% | | | | | | 75,287,000 | |
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Total Investments (Cost — $11,374,469,368*) — 99.9% | | | | | | 11,374,469,368 | |
Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.1% | | | | | | 6,429,479 | |
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Net Assets — 100.0% | | | | | $ | 11,380,898,847 | |
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* | Cost for federal income tax purposes. |
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(a) | Issuer is a US branch of a foreign domiciled bank. |
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(b) | Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date. |
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(c) | Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date and maturity shown is the date the principal owed can be recovered through demand. |
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(d) | Rates shown are discount rates or a range of discount rates paid at the time of purchase. |
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(e) | Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors. |
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• | Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivatives. 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 Master LLC’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 Master LLC’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 Master LLC’s investments:
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Investments: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total investments1 | | | — | | $ | 11,374,469,368 | | | — | | $ | 11,374,469,368 | |
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities | |
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March 31, 2011 | | Master Money LLC | |
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Investments at value — unaffiliated (cost — $11,374,469,368) | | $ | 11,374,469,368 | |
Cash | | | 45 | |
Interest receivable | | | 7,954,689 | |
Contributions receivable from investors | | | 32,743 | |
Prepaid expenses | | | 246,689 | |
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Total assets | | | 11,382,703,534 | |
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Investment advisory fees payable | | | 1,317,719 | |
Other affiliates payable | | | 55,582 | |
Directors’ fees payable | | | 3,652 | |
Other accrued expenses payable | | | 427,734 | |
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Total liabilities | | | 1,804,687 | |
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Net Assets | | $ | 11,380,898,847 | |
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Investors’ capital | | $ | 11,380,898,847 | |
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Year Ended March 31, 2011 | | Master Money LLC | |
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Investment Income | | | | |
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Income | | $ | 49,374,212 | |
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Investment advisory | | | 17,019,165 | |
Accounting services | | | 800,450 | |
Directors | | | 304,256 | |
Custodian | | | 281,451 | |
Professional | | | 17,964 | |
Printing | | | 17,378 | |
Miscellaneous | | | 256,705 | |
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Total expenses | | | 18,697,369 | |
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Net investment income | | | 30,676,843 | |
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Realized Gain | | | | |
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Net realized gain from investments | | | 303,777 | |
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Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | | $ | 30,980,620 | |
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets | Master Money LLC |
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Net investment income | | $ | 30,676,843 | | $ | 70,581,806 | |
Net realized gain | | | 303,777 | | | 376,924 | |
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Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | | 30,980,620 | | | 70,958,730 | |
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Proceeds from contributions | | | 103,937,220,701 | | | 104,507,301,999 | |
Value of withdrawals | | | (107,547,083,708 | ) | | (110,336,801,410 | ) |
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Net decrease in net assets derived from capital transactions | | | (3,609,863,007 | ) | | (5,829,499,411 | ) |
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Total decrease in net assets | | | (3,578,882,387 | ) | | (5,758,540,681 | ) |
Beginning of year | | | 14,959,781,234 | | | 20,718,321,915 | |
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End of year | | $ | 11,380,898,847 | | $ | 14,959,781,234 | |
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Financial Highlights | Master Money LLC |
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Total investment return | | | 0.25 | % | | 0.41 | % | | 2.47 | % | | 5.08 | % | | 5.11 | % |
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Total expenses | | | 0.14 | % | | 0.15 | % | | 0.14 | % | | 0.14 | % | | 0.14 | % |
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Net investment income | | | 0.24 | % | | 0.40 | % | | 2.45 | % | | 4.92 | % | | 5.05 | % |
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Net assets, end of year (000) | | $ | 11,380,899 | | $ | 14,959,781 | | $ | 20,718,322 | | $ | 23,136,625 | | $ | 17,543,554 | |
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Notes to Financial Statements | Master Money LLC |
1. Significant Accounting Policies:
Master Money LLC (the “Master LLC”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and is organized as a Delaware limited liability company. The Master LLC’s Limited Liability Company Agreement permits the Board of Directors of the Master LLC (the “Board”) to issue nontransferable 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 (“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 Master LLC:
Valuation: US GAAP defines fair value as the price the Master LLC would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Master LLC’s investments are valued under the amortized cost method which approximates current market value in accordance with Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act. Under this method, securities are valued at cost when purchased and thereafter, a constant proportionate accretion and amortization of any discounts or premiums are recorded until the maturity of the security.
Repurchase Agreements: The Master LLC may invest in repurchase agreements. In a repurchase agreement, the Master LLC purchases a security from a counterparty who agrees to repurchase the same security at a mutually agreed upon date and price. On a daily basis, the counterparty is required to maintain collateral subject to the agreement and in value no less than the agreed repurchase amount. The agreements are conditioned upon the collateral being deposited under the Federal Reserve book entry system or held in a segregated account by the Master LLC’s custodian or designated sub-custodians under tri-party repurchase agreements. In the event the counterparty defaults and the fair value of the collateral declines, the Master LLC could experience losses, delays and costs in liquidating the collateral.
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. Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on debt securities is recognized on the accrual basis.
Income Taxes: The Master LLC is classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes. As such, each investor in the Master LLC is treated as the owner of its proportionate share of the net assets, income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses of the Master LLC. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. It is intended that the Master LLC’s assets will be managed so an investor in the Master LLC can satisfy the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
The Master LLC files US federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on the Master LLC’s US federal tax returns remains open for each of the four years ended March 31, 2011. The statutes of limitations on the Master LLC’s state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction. Management does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.
Other: Expenses directly related to the Master LLC are charged to the Master LLC. Other operating expenses shared by several funds are pro rated among those funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. The Master LLC 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 Statement 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 Master LLC for 1940 Act purposes, but BAC and Barclays are not.
The Master LLC entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), the Master LLC’s investment advisor, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide investment advisory and administration services. The Manager is responsible for the management of the Master LLC’s portfolio and provides the
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Notes to Financial Statements (concluded) | Master Money LLC |
necessary personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services necessary to the operations of the Master LLC. For such services, the Master LLC pays the Manager a monthly fee at the following annual rates of the Master LLC’s average daily net assets as follows:
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In excess of $500 million, but not exceeding $1 billion | | | 0.175% | |
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The Manager entered into a sub-advisory agreement with BlackRock Institutional Management Corporation (“BIMC”), an affiliate of the Manager. The Manager pays BIMC for services it provides, a monthly fee that is a percentage of the investment advisory fees paid by the Master LLC to the Manager.
For the year ended March 31, 2011, the Master LLC reimbursed the Manager $236,502 for certain accounting services, which are included in accounting services in the Statement of Operations.
Certain officers and/or directors of the Master LLC are officers and/or directors of BlackRock or its affiliates.
3. Market and Credit Risk:
In the normal course of business, the Master LLC invests in securities and enters 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 Master LLC may decline in response to certain events, including those directly involving the issuers whose securities are owned by the Master LLC; 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 Master LLC may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity with which the Master LLC has unsettled or open transactions may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments. The Master LLC manages counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that it believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Master LLC to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Master LLC’s exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is generally approximated by their value recorded in the Master LLC’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Master LLC.
4. Subsequent Events:
Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Master LLC 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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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | Master Money LLC |
To the Investors and Board of Directors of Master Money LLC:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Master Money LLC (the “Master LLC”), including the schedule of investments, as of March 31, 2011, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Master LLC’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Master LLC is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Master LLC’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of March 31, 2011, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; where replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Master Money LLC as of March 31, 2011, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Princeton, New Jersey
May 26, 2011
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Ronald W. Forbes 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1940 | | Co-Chair of the Board and Director | | Since 1981/2002 | | Professor Emeritus of Finance, School of Business, State University of New York at Albany since 2000. | | 36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios | | None |
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Rodney D. Johnson 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1941 | | Co-Chair of the Board and Director | | Since 2007 | | President, Fairmount Capital Advisors, Inc. since 1987; Director, Fox Chase Cancer Center from 2004 to 2010; Member of the Archdiocesan Investment Committee of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia since 2004; Director, The Committee of Seventy (civic) since 2006. | | 36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios | | None |
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David O. Beim 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1940 | | Director | | Since 2007 | | Professor of Professional Practice at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business since 1991; Trustee, Phillips Exeter Academy since 2002; Chairman, Wave Hill, Inc. (public garden and cultural center) from 1990 to 2006. | | 36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios | | None |
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Dr. Matina S. Horner 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1939 | | Director | | Since 2007 | | Executive Vice President of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association and College Retirement Equities Fund from 1989 to 2003. | | 36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios | | NSTAR (electric and gas utility) |
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Herbert I. London 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1939 | | Director and Member of the Audit Committee | | Since 2007 | | Professor Emeritus, New York University since 2005; John M. Olin Professor of Humanities, New York University from 1993 to 2005 and Professor thereof from 1980 to 2005; President, Hudson Institute (policy research organization) since 1997 and Trustee thereof since 1980; Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Grantham University since 2006; Director, InnoCentive, Inc. (strategic solutions company) since 2005; Director, Cerego, LLC (software development and design) since 2005; Director, Cybersettle (dispute resolution technology) since 2009. | | 36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios | | AIMS Worldwide, Inc. (marketing) |
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Cynthia A. Montgomery 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1952 | | Director | | Since 1994/2002 | | Professor, Harvard Business School since 1989; Director, Harvard Business School Publishing from 2005 to 2010; Director, McLean Hospital since 2005. | | 36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios | | Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. (manufacturing) |
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Joseph P. Platt 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1947 | | Director | | Since 2007 | | Director, The West Penn Allegheny Health System (a not-for-profit health system) since 2008; Director, Jones and Brown (Canadian insurance broker) since 1998; General Partner, Thorn Partners, LP (private investment) since 1998; Director, WQED Multi-Media (public broadcasting not-for-profit) since 2001; Partner, Amarna Corporation, LLC (private investment company) from 2002 to 2008. | | 36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios | | Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd (reinsurance company) |
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Robert C. Robb, Jr. 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1945 | | Director | | Since 2007 | | Partner, Lewis, Eckert, Robb and Company (management and financial consulting firm) since 1981. | | 36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios | | None |
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Toby Rosenblatt 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1938 | | Director | | Since 2007 | | President, Founders Investments Ltd. (private investments) since 1999; Director, College Access Foundation of California (philanthropic foundation) since 2009; Director, Forward Management, LLC since 2007; Director, A.P. Pharma, Inc. (pharmaceuticals) from 1983 to 2011; Director, The James Irvine Foundation (philanthropic foundation) from 1998 to 2008. | | 36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios | | None |
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Kenneth L. Urish 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1951 | | Chair of the Audit Committee and Director | | Since 2007 | | Managing Partner, Urish Popeck & Co., LLC (certified public accountants and consultants) since 1976; Chairman Elect of the Professional Ethics Committee of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Committee Member thereof since 2007; Member of External Advisory Board, The Pennsylvania State University Accounting Department since 2001; Trustee, The Holy Family Foundation from 2001 to 2010; President and Trustee, Pittsburgh Catholic Publishing Associates from 2003 to 2008; Director, Inter-Tel from 2006 to 2007. | | 36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios | | None |
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Frederick W. Winter 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1945 | | Director and Member of the Audit Committee | | Since 2007 | | Professor and Dean Emeritus of the Joseph M. Katz School of Business, University of Pittsburgh since 2005 and Dean thereof from 1997 to 2005. Director, Alkon Corporation (pneumatics) since 1992; Director, Tippman Sports (recreation) since 2005; Director, Indotronix International (IT services) from 2004 to 2008. | | 36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios | | None |
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Richard S. Davis 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1945 | | Director | | Since 2007 | | Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. since 2005; Chief Executive Officer, State Street Research & Management Company from 2000 to 2005; Chairman of the Board of Trustees, State Street Research Mutual Funds from 2000 to 2005. | | 168 RICs consisting of 288 Portfolios | | None |
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Henry Gabbay 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1947 | | Director | | Since 2007 | | Consultant, BlackRock, Inc. from 2007 to 2008; Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. from 1989 to 2007; Chief Administrative Officer, BlackRock Advisors, LLC from 1998 to 2007; President of BlackRock Funds and BlackRock Bond Allocation Target Shares from 2005 to 2007 and Treasurer of certain closed-end funds in the BlackRock fund complex from 1989 to 2006. | | 168 RICs consisting of 288 Portfolios | | None |
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John M. Perlowski 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1964 | | President and Chief Executive Officer | | Since 2010 | | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2009; Global Head of BlackRock Fund Administration since 2009; Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Global Product Group at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. from 2003 to 2009; Treasurer of Goldman Sachs Mutual Funds from 2003 to 2009 and Senior Vice President thereof from 2007 to 2009; Director of Goldman Sachs Offshore Funds from 2002 to 2009; Director of Family Resource Network (charitable foundation) since 2009. |
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Richard Hoerner, CFA 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1958 | | Vice President | | Since 2009 | | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2000; Co-head of BlackRock’s Cash Management Portfolio Management Group since 2002; Member of the Cash Management Group Executive Committee since 2005. |
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Brendan Kyne 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1977 | | Vice President | | Since 2009 | | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2010; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2008 to 2009; Head of Product Development and Management for BlackRock’s U.S. Retail Group since 2009, Co-head thereof from 2007 to 2009; Vice President of BlackRock, Inc. from 2005 to 2008. |
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Simon Mendelson 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1964 | | Vice President | | Since 2009 | | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2005; Co-head of the Global Cash and Securities Lending Group since 2010; Chief Operating Officer and Head of the Global Client Group for BlackRock’s Global Cash Management Business from 2007 to 2010; Head of BlackRock’s Strategy and Development Group from 2005 to 2007; Partner of McKinsey & Co. from 1997 to 2005. |
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Brian Schmidt 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1958 | | Vice President | | Since 2009 | | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2004; Various positions with U.S. Trust Company from 1991 to 2003 including Director from 2001 to 2003 and Senior Vice President from 1998 to 2003; Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Excelsior Funds, Inc., Excelsior Tax-Exempt Funds, Inc. and Excelsior Funds Trust from 2001 to 2003. |
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Christopher Stavrakos, CFA 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1959 | | Vice President | | Since 2009 | | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2006; Co-head of BlackRock’s Cash Management Portfolio Management Group since 2006; Senior Vice President, CIO, and Director of Liability Management for the Securities Lending Group at Mellon Bank from 1999 to 2006. |
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Neal Andrews 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1966 | | Chief Financial Officer | | Since 2007 | | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2006; Senior Vice President and Line of Business Head of Fund Accounting and Administration at PNC Global Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc. from 1992 to 2006. |
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Jay Fife 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1970 | | Treasurer | | Since 2007 | | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2007 and Director in 2006; Assistant Treasurer of the MLIM and Fund Asset Management, L.P. advised Funds from 2005 to 2006; Director of MLIM Fund Services Group from 2001 to 2006. |
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Brian Kindelan 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1959 | | Chief Compliance Officer | | Since 2007 | | Chief Compliance Officer of the BlackRock-advised funds since 2007; Managing Director and Senior Counsel of BlackRock, Inc. since 2005. |
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Ira P. Shapiro 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1963 | | Secretary | | Since 2010 | | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2009; Managing Director and Associate General Counsel of Barclays Global Investors from 2008 to 2009; Principal thereof from 2004 to 2008. |
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Investment Advisor and Administrator |
BlackRock Advisors, LLC |
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BlackRock Institutional Management Corporation |
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State Street Bank and Trust Company |
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Financial Data Services, Inc. |
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State Street Bank and Trust Company |
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Deloitte & Touche LLP |
Princeton, NJ 08540 |
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BlackRock Investments, LLC |
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Sidley Austin LLP |
New York, NY 10019 |
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100 Bellevue Parkway |
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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 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 contact the Transfer Agent at (800) 221-7210.
Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments
The Fund/Master LLC files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (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, D.C. Information on how to access documents on the SEC’s website without charge may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330. The Fund’s/Master LLC’s Forms N-Q may also be obtained upon request and without charge by calling (800) 626-1960.
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 (800) 626-1960; (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 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 upon request and without charge (1) at http://www.blackrock.com or by calling (800) 626-1960 and (2) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
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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. Total return information assumes reinvestment of all distributions. Past performance results shown in this report should not be considered a representation of future performance. For current month-end performance information, call (800) 626-1960. 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 – Each registrant (or the “Fund”) has adopted a code of ethics, as of the end of the period covered by this report, applicable to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, or controller, or persons performing similar functions. During the period covered by this report, there have been no amendments to or waivers granted under the code of ethics. A copy of the code of ethics is available without charge at www.blackrock.com. |
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| Kenneth L. Urish |
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| Under applicable securities laws, a person determined to be an audit committee financial expert will not be deemed an “expert” for any purpose, including without limitation for the purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as a result of being designated or identified as an audit committee financial expert. The designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert does not impose on such person any duties, obligations, or liabilities greater than the duties, obligations, and liabilities imposed on such person as a member of the audit committee and board of directors in the absence of such designation or identification. |
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| (a) Audit Fees | (b) Audit-Related Fees1 | (c) Tax Fees2 | (d) All Other Fees3 |
Entity Name | Current Fiscal Year End | Previous Fiscal Year End | Current Fiscal Year End | Previous Fiscal Year End | Current Fiscal Year End | Previous Fiscal Year End | Current Fiscal Year End | Previous Fiscal Year End |
BIF Money Fund | $7,000 | $6,800 | $0 | $0 | $9,100 | $6,100 | $0 | $3,996 |
Master Money LLC | $31,000 | $30,000 | $0 | $0 | $13,000 | $9,200 | $0 | $0 |
| The following table presents fees billed by D&T that were required to be approved by each registrant’s audit committee (the “Committee”) for services that relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the Fund and that are rendered on behalf of BlackRock Advisors, LLC (“Investment Adviser” or “BlackRock”) and entities controlling, controlled by, or under common control with BlackRock (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser) that provide ongoing services to the Fund (“Fund Service Providers”): |
| Current Fiscal Year End | Previous Fiscal Year End |
(b) Audit-Related Fees1 | $0 | $0 |
(c) Tax Fees2 | $0 | $0 |
(d) All Other Fees3 | $3,030,000 | $2,950,000 |
1 The nature of the services include assurance and related services reasonably related to the performance of the audit of financial statements not included in Audit Fees.
2 The nature of the services include tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.
3 The nature of the services include a review of compliance procedures and attestation thereto.
| (e)(1) Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures: |
| The Committee has adopted policies and procedures with regard to the pre-approval of services. Audit, audit-related and tax compliance services provided to the registrant on an annual basis require specific pre-approval by the Committee. The Committee also must approve other non-audit services provided to the registrant and those non-audit services provided to the Fund Service Providers that relate directly to the operations and the financial reporting of the registrants. Certain of these non-audit services that the Committee believes are a) consistent with the SEC’s auditor independence rules and b) routine and recurring services that will not impair the independence of the independent accountants may be approved by the Committee without consideration on a specific case-by-case basis (“general pre-approval”). The term of any general pre-approval is 12 months from the date of the pre-approval, unless the Committee provides for a different period. Tax or other non-audit services provided to the registrant which have a direct impact on the operations or financial reporting of the registrant will only be deemed pre-approved provided that any individual project does not exceed $10,000 attributable to the registrant or $50,000 per project. For this purpose, multiple projects will be aggregated to determine if they exceed the previously mentioned cost levels. |
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| Any proposed services exceeding the pre-approved cost levels will require specific pre-approval by the Committee, as will any other services not subject to general pre-approval (e.g., unanticipated but permissible services). The Committee is informed of each service approved subject to general pre-approval at the next regularly scheduled in-person board meeting. At this meeting, an analysis of such services is presented to the Committee for ratification. The Committee may delegate to the Committee Chairman the authority to approve the provision of and fees for any specific engagement of permitted non-audit services, including services exceeding pre-approved cost levels. |
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| (e)(2) None of the services described in each of Items 4(b) through (d) were approved by the Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception in paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X. |
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| (f) Not Applicable |
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| (g) The aggregate non-audit fees paid to the accountant for services rendered by the accountant to the registrant and Investment Adviser (not including any non-affiliated sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is sub-contracted with or overseen by the registrant’s investment adviser) and the Fund Service Providers were: |
Entity Name | Current Fiscal Year End | Previous Fiscal Year End |
BIF Money Fund | $9,100 | $20,873 |
Master Money LLC | $13,000 | $19,977 |
| (h) The Committee has considered and determined that the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the Fund’s Investment Adviser (not including any non-affiliated sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by the registrant’s investment adviser), and the Fund Service Providers that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence. |
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Item 5 – | Audit Committee of Listed Registrants – Not Applicable |
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Item 6 – | Investments |
| (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. |
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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Item 11 – | Controls and 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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11(b) – | There were no changes in the registrants’ 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 registrants’ internal control over financial reporting. |
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Item 12 – | Exhibits attached hereto |
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12(a)(1) – | Code of Ethics – See Item 2 |
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12(a)(2) – | Certifications – Attached hereto |
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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, each registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. |
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| BIF Money Fund and Master Money LLC |
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| By: | /s/ John M. Perlowski | |
| | John M. Perlowski |
| | Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of |
| | BIF Money Fund and Master Money 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 |
| | BIF Money Fund and Master Money 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 |
| | BIF Money Fund and Master Money LLC |
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| Date: June 3, 2011 |