For the year ended October 31, 2010, the average quarterly balance of outstanding derivative financial instruments was as follows:
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 Investment Advisory Agreement with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), the Fund’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 Fund’s portfolio and provides the necessary personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services necessary to the operations of the Fund. For such services, the Fund pays the Manager a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.80% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
The Manager contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees or expenses, excluding interest expense, dividend expense, acquired fund fees and expenses and certain other fund expenses, in order to limit expenses. The Manager has agreed not to reduce or discontinue this contractual waiver or reimbursement prior to March 1, 2011 unless approved by the Board, including a majority of the non-interested Trustees. These amounts are shown as transfer agent fees waived and/or reimbursed — class specific in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. The expense limitations as a percentage of net assets are as follows: 1.15% for Institutional, 1.43% for Investor A, 2.29% for Investor B and Investor C, and 1.70% for Class R Shares. For the year ended October 31, 2010, the Fund waived and/or reimbursed $7,478 for Class R.
The Manager voluntarily agreed to waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees the Fund pays to the Manager indirectly through its investment in affiliated money market funds; however, the Manager does not waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees paid through the Fund’s investment in other affiliated investment companies, if any. These amounts are shown as fees waived by advisor in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.
BlackRock provides investment management and other services to the Subsidiary. BlackRock does not receive separate compensation from the Subsidiary for providing it with investment management or administrative services. However, the Fund pays BlackRock based on the Fund’s assets, including the assets in the Subsidiary.
The Manager entered into a sub-advisory agreement with BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“BIM”), and BlackRock International Limited (“BIL”), both affiliates of the Manager. The Manager pays BIM and BIL
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for services they provide, a monthly fee that is a percentage of the investment advisory fees paid by the Fund to the Manager.
For the year ended October 31, 2010, the Fund reimbursed the Manager $16,766 for certain accounting services, which is included in accounting services in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.
The Fund entered into a Distribution Agreement and Distribution and Service Plans with BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BlackRock. Pursuant to the Distribution and Service Plan and in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, the Fund pays BRIL ongoing service and distribution fees. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly at annual rates based upon the average daily net assets of the shares of the Fund as follows:
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Investor B | | | 0.25 | % | | 0.75 | % |
Investor C | | | 0.25 | % | | 0.75 | % |
Class R | | | 0.25 | % | | 0.25 | % |
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Pursuant to sub-agreements with BRIL, broker-dealers and BRIL provide shareholder servicing and distribution services to the Fund. The ongoing service and/or distribution fee compensates BRIL and each broker-dealer for providing shareholder servicing and/or distribution related services to Investor A, Investor B, Investor C and Class R shareholders.
For the year ended October 31, 2010, affiliates earned underwriting discounts, direct commissions and dealer concessions on sales of the Fund’s Investor A Shares, which totaled $20,735. For the year ended October 31, 2010, affiliates received the following contingent deferred sales charges relating to transactions in Investor B and Investor C Shares:
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Investor C | | | 13,367 | |
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Furthermore, affiliates received contingent deferred sales charges of $3,930 relating to transactions subject to front-end sales charge waivers on Investor A Shares.
BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.(formerly PNC Global Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc. (“PNCGIS”)), serves as transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent for the Fund. On July 1, 2010, the Bank of New York Mellon Corporation purchased PNCGIS, which prior to this date was an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of PNC and an affiliate of the Manager. Transfer agency fees borne by the Fund are comprised of those fees charged for all shareholder communications including mailing of shareholder reports, dividend and distribution notices, and proxy materials for shareholder meetings, as well as per account and per transaction fees related to servicing and maintenance of shareholder accounts, including the issuing, redeeming and transferring of shares, check writing, anti-money laundering services, and customer identification services. Pursuant to written agreements, certain financial intermediaries, some of which may be affiliates, provide the Fund with sub-accounting, recordkeeping, sub-transfer agency and other administrative services with respect to sub-accounts they service. For these services, these entities receive a fee that could vary depending on, among other things, shareholder accounts, share class and net assets. For the year ended October 31, 2010, the Fund paid $50,244 to affiliates in return for these services, which is included in transfer agent in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.
The Manager maintains a call center, which is responsible for providing certain shareholder services to the Fund, such as responding to shareholder inquiries and processing transactions based upon instructions from shareholders with respect to the subscription and redemption of Fund shares. For the year ended October 31, 2010, the Fund reimbursed the Manager the following amounts for costs incurred in running the call center, which are included in transfer agent — class specific in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.
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Institutional | | $ | 1,671 | |
Investor A | | | 7,578 | |
Investor B | | | 429 | |
Investor C | | | 3,173 | |
Class R | | | 79 | |
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The Fund received an exemptive order from the SEC permitting it, among other things, to pay an affiliated securities lending agent a fee based on a share of the income derived from the securities lending activities and has retained BIM as the securities lending agent. BIM may, on behalf of the Fund, invest cash collateral received by the Fund for such loans, among other things, in a private investment company managed by the Manager or in registered money market funds advised by the Manager or its affiliates. The market value of securities on loan and the value of the related collateral are shown in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities as securities loaned and collateral on securities loaned at value, respectively. The cash collateral invested by BIM is disclosed in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments. The share of income earned by the Fund on such investments is shown as securities lending — affiliated in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. For the year ended October 31, 2010, BIM received $6,279 in securities lending activities for the Fund.
Certain officers and/or directors of the Fund are officers and/or directors of BlackRock or its affiliates. The Fund reimburses the Manager for compensation paid to the Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer.
4. Investments:
Purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities and US government securities for the year ended October 31, 2010, were $268,579,082 and $301,497,400, respectively.
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Purchases and sales of US government securities for the year ended October 31, 2010, were $0 and $10,525,000, respectively.
Transactions in options written for the year ended October 31, 2010, were as follows:
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Outstanding options, beginning of year | | | 5,797 | | $ | 1,800,657 | | | 39 | | $ | 119,238 | |
Options written | | | 8,523 | | | 2,005,712 | | | 4,326 | | | 821,829 | |
Options closed | | | (4,462 | ) | | (1,190,998 | ) | | (30 | ) | | (16,916 | ) |
Options expired | | | (3,207 | ) | | (476,877 | ) | | (566 | ) | | (627,619 | ) |
Options exercised | | | (3,566 | ) | | (1,328,064 | ) | | — | | | — | |
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As of October 31, 2010, the value of portfolio securities subject to covered call options written was $15,150,123.
5. Borrowings:
The Fund, along with certain other funds managed by the Manager and its affiliates, is a party to a $500 million credit agreement with a group of lenders, which expires in November 2010 and was subsequently renewed until November 2011. The Fund may borrow under the credit agreement to fund shareholder redemptions. Effective November 2008, the credit agreement had the following terms: 0.02% upfront fee on the aggregate commitment amount which was allocated to the Fund based on its net assets as of October 31, 2008, a commitment fee of 0.08% per annum based on the Fund’s pro rata share of the unused portion of the credit agreement, which is included in miscellaneous in the Consolidated Statement of Operations, and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) federal funds effective rate and (b) reserve adjusted one-month LIBOR, plus, in each case, the higher of (i) 1.50% and (ii) 50% of the CDX Index (as defined in the credit agreement) on amounts borrowed. Effective November 2009, the credit agreement was renewed with the following terms: 0.02% upfront fee on the aggregate commitment amount which was allocated to the Fund based on its net assets as of October 31, 2009, a commitment fee of 0.10% per annum based on the Fund’s pro rata share of the unused portion of the credit agreement which is included in miscellaneous in the Consolidated Statement of Operations and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) the one-month LIBOR plus 1.25% per annum and (b) the Fed Funds rate plus 1.25% per annum on amounts borrowed. The Fund did not borrow under the credit agreement during the year ended October 31, 2010.
6. Concentration, Market and Credit Risk:
In the normal course of business, the Fund 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 Fund may decline in response to certain events, including those directly involving the issuers whose securities are owned by the Fund; 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 Fund may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity with which the Fund has unsettled or open transactions may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments. The Fund 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 Fund to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Fund’s exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is generally approximated by their value recorded in the Fund’s Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Fund.
The Fund invests a substantial amount of its assets in issuers located in a single country or a limited number of countries. When the Fund concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, political and social conditions in those countries may have a significant impact on their investment performance. Please see the Consolidated Schedule of Investments for concentrations in specific countries.
As of October 31, 2010, the Fund had the following industry classifications:
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Metals & Mining | | 10 | | |
Pharmaceuticals | | 6 | | |
Commercial Services & Supplies | | 5 | | |
Diversified Financial Services | | 5 | | |
Other* | | 62 | | |
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7. Income Tax Information:
Reclassifications: US GAAP require that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share. The following permanent differences as of October 31, 2010 attributable to foreign currency transactions, the accounting for swap agreements, the classification of investments, income recognized from pass-through entities and the characterization of expenses were reclassified to the following accounts:
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Undistributed net investment income | | $ | (1,552,968 | ) |
Accumulated net realized loss | | $ | 1,552,968 | |
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) |
The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal years ended October 31, 2010 and October 31, 2009 was as follows:
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Ordinary income | | $ | 8,600,069 | | $ | 7,873,017 | |
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Total distributions | | $ | 8,600,069 | | $ | 7,873,017 | |
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As of October 31, 2010, the tax components of accumulated net losses were as follows:
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Undistributed ordinary income | | $ | 5,501,597 | |
Capital loss carryforwards | | | (136,197,746 | ) |
Net unrealized gains* | | | 119,914,814 | |
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Total | | $ | (10,781,335 | ) |
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As of October 31, 2010, the Fund had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains through the indicated expiration dates:
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2016 | | $ | 27,238,357 | |
2017 | | | 94,871,662 | |
2018 | | | 14,087,727 | |
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Total | | $ | 136,197,746 | |
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8. Capital Share Transactions:
Transactions in capital shares for each class were as follows:
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Shares sold | | | 12,298,920 | | $ | 137,503,835 | | | 8,875,662 | | $ | 80,384,829 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends and distributions | | | 239,148 | | | 2,629,331 | | | 337,132 | | | 2,861,149 | |
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Total issued | | | 12,538,068 | | | 140,133,166 | | | 9,212,794 | | | 83,245,978 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (10,262,879 | ) | | (115,072,751 | ) | | (12,783,656 | ) | | (114,302,301 | ) |
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Net increase (decrease) | | | 2,275,189 | | $ | 25,060,415 | | | (3,570,862 | ) | $ | (31,056,323 | ) |
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Shares sold and automatic conversion of shares | | | 3,546,439 | | $ | 39,534,192 | | | 6,494,719 | | $ | 57,518,004 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends and distributions | | | 350,502 | | | 3,858,818 | | | 416,908 | | | 3,543,430 | |
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Total issued | | | 3,896,941 | | | 43,393,010 | | | 6,911,627 | | | 61,061,434 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (7,486,022 | ) | | (83,062,720 | ) | | (10,289,524 | ) | | (92,243,229 | ) |
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Net decrease | | | (3,589,081 | ) | $ | (39,669,710 | ) | | (3,377,897 | ) | $ | (31,181,795 | ) |
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Shares sold | | | 46,120 | | $ | 515,307 | | | 314,236 | | $ | 2,735,958 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends and distributions | | | 2,560 | | | 28,290 | | | — | | | — | |
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Total issued | | | 48,680 | | | 543,597 | | | 314,236 | | | 2,735,958 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (694,692 | ) | | (7,745,456 | ) | | (2,028,467 | ) | | (17,809,343 | ) |
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Net decrease | | | (646,012 | ) | $ | (7,201,859 | ) | | (1,714,231 | ) | $ | (15,073,385 | ) |
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Shares sold | | | 1,489,986 | | $ | 16,585,895 | | | 5,032,240 | | $ | 43,539,391 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends and distributions | | | 54,761 | | | 601,772 | | | 26,345 | | | 223,644 | |
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Total issued | | | 1,544,747 | | | 17,187,667 | | | 5,058,585 | | | 43,763,035 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (4,050,067 | ) | | (44,611,935 | ) | | (7,729,725 | ) | | (67,568,381 | ) |
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Net decrease | | | (2,505,320 | ) | $ | (27,424,268 | ) | | (2,671,140 | ) | $ | (23,805,346 | ) |
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Shares sold | | | 241,868 | | $ | 2,690,293 | | | 377,253 | | $ | 3,318,420 | |
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Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends and distributions | | | 6,337 | | | 69,710 | | | 5,891 | | | 50,082 | |
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Total issued | | | 248,205 | | | 2,760,003 | | | 383,144 | | | 3,368,502 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (301,555 | ) | | (3,349,267 | ) | | (369,339 | ) | | (3,252,141 | ) |
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Net increase (decrease) | | | (53,350 | ) | $ | (589,264 | ) | | 13,805 | | $ | 116,361 | |
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There is a 2% redemption fee on shares redeemed or exchanged that have been held for 30 days or less. The redemption fees are collected and retained by the Fund for the benefit of the remaining shareholders. The redemption fees are recorded as a credit to paid-in capital.
9. Subsequent Events:
Management’s evaluation of the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund’s financial statements was completed through the date the financial statements were issued and the following item was noted:
The Fund paid a net investment income dividend in the following amounts per share on December 21, 2010 to shareholders of record on December 17, 2010:
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Institutional | | $ | 0.121044 | |
Investor A | | $ | 0.088139 | |
Class R | | $ | 0.041403 | |
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated statement of assets and liabilities of BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund and subsidiary (the “Fund”), including the consolidated schedule of investments, as of October 31, 2010, and the related consolidated statement of operations for the year then ended, the consolidated 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 periods presented. 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. Our procedures included confirmation of the securities owned as of October 31, 2010, 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 consolidated financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund and subsidiary as of October 31, 2010, 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 periods presented, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Deloitte & ToucheLLP
Princeton, New Jersey
December 29, 2010
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The following information is provided with respect to the ordinary income distribution paid by BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2010.
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Payable Date | | December 21, 2009 | |
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Qualified Dividend Income for Individuals† | | | 100.00 | % |
Dividends Qualifying for the Dividend Received† Deduction for Corporations | | | 93.02 | % |
Federal Obligation Interest* | | | 2.26 | % |
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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreements |
The Board of Trustees (the “Board,” and the members of which are referred to as “Board Members”) of BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund (the “Fund”) met on April 13, 2010 and May 11 – 12, 2010 to consider the approval of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”) with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), the Fund’s investment advisor. The Board also considered the approval of the sub-advisory agreements (the “Sub-Advisory Agreements”) between the Manager and each of (a) BlackRock Investment Management, LLC; and (b) BlackRock International Limited (collectively, the “Sub-Advisors”), with respect to the Fund. The Manager and the Sub-Advisors are referred to herein as “BlackRock.” The Advisory Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreements are referred to herein as the “Agreements.”
Activities and Composition of the Board
The Board consists of fourteen individuals, eleven of whom are not “interested persons” of the Fund 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 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 Chairman of the Board is an Independent Board Member. The Board has established five standing committees: an Audit Committee, a Governance and Nominating Committee, a Compliance Committee, a Performance Oversight Committee and an Executive Committee, each of which is composed of Independent Board Members (except for the Performance Oversight Committee and the Executive Committee, each of which also has one interested Board Member) and is chaired by Independent Board Members. The Board also has one ad hoc committee, the Joint Product Pricing Committee, which consists of Independent Board Members and directors/trustees of the boards of certain other BlackRock-managed funds, who are not “interested persons” of their respective funds.
The Agreements
Pursuant to the 1940 Act, the Board is required to consider the continuation of the Agreements on an annual basis. In connection with this process, the Board assessed, among other things, the nature, scope and quality of the services provided to the Fund 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.
From time to time throughout the year, the Board, acting directly and through its committees, considers at each of its meetings factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the Agreements, including the services and support provided by BlackRock to the Fund and its shareholders. Among the matters the Board 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’s and portfolio managers’ analysis of the reasons for any over performance or underperformance against its peers and/or benchmark, as applicable; (b) fees, including advisory, administration, if applicable, and other amounts paid to BlackRock and its affiliates by the Fund for services, such as transfer agency, marketing and distribution, call center and fund accounting; (c) Fund operating expenses; (d) the resources devoted to and compliance reports relating to the Fund’s investment objective, policies and restrictions; (e) the Fund’s compliance with its 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 Board; (i) the use of brokerage commissions and execution quality of portfolio transactions; (j) BlackRock’s implementation of the Fund’s valuation and liquidity procedures; (k) an analysis of contractual and actual management fees for products with similar investment objectives across the open-end fund, closed-end fund and institutional account product channels, as applicable; and (l) periodic updates on BlackRock’s business.
Board Considerations in Approving the Agreements
The Approval Process: Prior to the April 13, 2010 meeting, the Board requested and received materials specifically relating to the Agreements. The Board is engaged in a process with BlackRock to periodically review the nature and scope of the information provided to better assist its deliberations. The materials provided in connection with the April meeting included: (a) information independently compiled and prepared by Lipper, Inc. (“Lipper”) on Fund fees and expenses, and the investment performance of the Fund as compared with a peer group of funds as determined by Lipper and a customized peer group selected by BlackRock (collectively, “Peers”); (b) information on the profitability of the Agreements to BlackRock and a discussion of fall-out benefits to BlackRock and its affiliates and significant shareholders; (c) a general analysis provided by BlackRock concerning investment advisory fees charged to other clients, such as institutional clients and closed-end funds, under similar investment mandates, as well as the performance of such other clients, as applicable; (d) the impact of economies of scale; (e) a summary of aggregate amounts paid by the Fund to BlackRock; (f) sales and redemption data regarding the Fund’s shares; and (g) if applicable, a comparison of management fees to similar BlackRock open-end funds, as classified by Lipper.
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At an in-person meeting held on April 13, 2010, the Board reviewed materials relating to its consideration of the Agreements. As a result of the discussions that occurred during the April 13, 2010 meeting, the Board presented BlackRock with questions and requests for additional information and BlackRock responded to these requests with additional written information in advance of the May 11 – 12, 2010 Board meeting.
At an in-person meeting held on May 11 – 12, 2010, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Fund and the Sub-Advisory Agreements between the Manager and the Sub-Advisors with respect to the Fund, each for a one-year term ending June 30, 2011. In approving the continuation of the Agreements, the Board considered: (a) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BlackRock; (b) the investment performance of the Fund and BlackRock; (c) the advisory fee and the cost of the services and profits to be realized by BlackRock and its affiliates from their relationship with the Fund; (d) economies of scale; and (e) other factors deemed relevant by the Board Members.
The Board also considered other matters it deemed important to the approval process, such as payments made to BlackRock or its affiliates relating to the distribution of Fund shares, services related to the valuation and pricing of Fund portfolio holdings, direct and indirect benefits to BlackRock and its affiliates and significant shareholders from their relationship with the Fund and advice from independent legal counsel with respect to the review process and materials submitted for the Board’s review. The Board noted the willingness of BlackRock personnel to engage in open, candid discussions with the Board. The Board 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 Provided by BlackRock: The Board, 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. Throughout the year, the Board compared Fund performance to the performance of a comparable group of mutual funds, and the performance of a relevant benchmark, if any. The Board met with BlackRock’s senior management personnel responsible for investment operations, including the senior investment officers. The Board also reviewed the materials provided by the Fund’s portfolio management team discussing Fund performance and the Fund’s investment objective, strategies and outlook.
The Board considered, among other factors, the number, education and experience of BlackRock’s investment personnel generally and the Fund’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, BlackRock’s credit analysis capabilities, BlackRock’s risk analysis capabilities and BlackRock’s approach to training and retaining portfolio managers and other research, advisory and management personnel. The Board also reviewed a general description of BlackRock’s compensation structure with respect to the Fund’s portfolio management team and BlackRock’s ability to attract and retain high-quality talent.
In addition to advisory services, the Board considered the quality of the administrative and non-investment advisory services provided to the Fund. BlackRock and its affiliates and significant shareholders provide the Fund with certain administrative, transfer agency, shareholder and other services (in addition to any such services provided to the Fund by third parties) and officers and other personnel as are necessary for the operations of the Fund. In addition to investment advisory services, BlackRock and its affiliates provide the Fund with other services, including: (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, such as tax reporting, fulfilling regulatory filing requirements, and call center services. The Board 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 and BlackRock: The Board, including the Independent Board Members, also reviewed and considered the performance history of the Fund. In preparation for the April 13, 2010 meeting, the Board was provided with reports, independently prepared by Lipper, which included a comprehensive analysis of the Fund’s performance. The Board 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 its review, the Board 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 and customized peer group selected by BlackRock. The Board was provided with a description of the methodology used by Lipper to select peer funds. The Board regularly reviews the performance of the Fund throughout the year. The Board attaches more importance to performance over relatively long periods of time, typically three to five years.
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The Board noted that the Fund ranked in the fourth, first and first quartiles against its Customized Lipper Peer Group for the one-year, three-year and since inception periods reported, respectively.
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: The Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the Fund’s contractual advisory fee rate compared with the other funds in its Lipper category. It also compared the Fund’s total expenses, as well as actual management fees, to those of other funds in its Lipper category. The Board 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 Board received and reviewed statements relating to BlackRock’s financial condition and profitability with respect to the services it provided the Fund. The Board was also provided with a profitability analysis that detailed the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by BlackRock for services provided to the Fund. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s profitability with respect to the Fund and other funds the Board currently oversees for the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to available aggregate profitability data provided for the year ended December 31, 2008. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s profitability with respect to other fund complexes managed by the Manager and/or its affiliates. The Board 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 Board 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 the difficulty of comparing profitability as a result of those factors.
The Board noted that, in general, individual fund or product line profitability of other advisors is not publicly available. Nevertheless, to the extent such information was available, the Board 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. That data indicates 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 Board considered, among other things, certain third party data comparing BlackRock’s operating margin with that of other publicly traded asset management firms. That third party data indicates that larger asset bases do not, in themselves, translate to higher profit margins.
In addition, the Board considered the cost of the services provided to the Fund by BlackRock, and BlackRock’s and its affiliates’ profits relating to the management and distribution of the Fund and the other funds advised by BlackRock and its affiliates. As part of its analysis, the Board reviewed BlackRock’s methodology in allocating its costs to the management of the Fund. The Board 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 Board.
The Board noted that the Fund’s contractual advisory fee rate was above the median contractual advisory fee rate paid by the Fund’s Peers, in each case, before taking into account any expense reimbursements or fee waivers. The Board also noted, however, that the Fund’s contractual management fee rate (a combination of the advisory fee rate and the administration fee rate) was reasonable relative to the median contractual management fee rate paid by the Fund’s Peers, in each case, before taking into account any expense reimbursements or fee waivers. The Board also noted that BlackRock has contractually agreed to waive fees or reimburse expenses in order to limit, to a specified amount, the Fund’s total net expenses on a class-by-class basis, as applicable.
D. Economies of Scale: The Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of the Fund increase. The Board also considered the extent to which the Fund benefits from such economies and whether there should be changes in the advisory fee rate or structure in order to enable the Fund to participate in these economies of scale, for example through the use of breakpoints in the advisory fee based upon the asset level of the Fund.
E. Other Factors Deemed Relevant by the Board Members: The Board, including the Independent Board Members, also took into account other ancillary or “fall-out” benefits that BlackRock or its affiliates and significant shareholders may derive from their respective relationships with the Fund, 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, including for administrative, transfer agency and distribution services. The Board also considered BlackRock’s overall operations and its efforts to expand the scale of, and improve the quality of, its operations. The Board also noted that BlackRock may use and benefit from third party research obtained by soft dollars generated by certain mutual fund transactions to assist in managing all or a number of its other client
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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreements (concluded) |
accounts. The Board further noted that BlackRock completed the acquisition of a complex of exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) on December 1, 2009, and that BlackRock’s funds may invest in such ETFs without any offset against the management fees payable by the funds to BlackRock.
In connection with its consideration of the Agreements, the Board also received information regarding BlackRock’s brokerage and soft dollar practices. The Board received reports from BlackRock which included information on brokerage commissions and trade execution practices throughout the year.
The Board noted the competitive nature of the open-end fund marketplace, and that shareholders are able to redeem their Fund shares if they believe that the Fund’s fees and expenses are too high or if they are dissatisfied with the performance of the Fund.
Conclusion
The Board, including the Independent Board Members, unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Fund for a one-year term ending June 30, 2011 and the Sub-Advisory Agreements between the Manager and the Sub-Advisors, with respect to the Fund, for a one-year term ending June 30, 2011. As part of its approval, the Board considered the discussions of BlackRock’s fee structure, as it applies to the Fund, being conducted by the ad hoc Joint Product Pricing Committee. Based upon its evaluation of all of the aforementioned factors in their totality, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, was satisfied that the terms of the Agreements were fair and reasonable and in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders. In arriving at a decision to approve the Agreements, the Board 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 Fund 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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Name, Address and Year of Birth | | Position(s) Held with Fund | | Length of Time Served as a Trustee2 | | Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years | | Number of BlackRock- Advised Registered Investment Companies (“RICs”) Consisting of Investment Portfolios (“Portfolios”) Overseen | | Public Directorships |
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Robert M. Hernandez 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1944 | | Chairman of the Board, Trustee and Member of the Audit Committee | | Since 2007 | | Director, Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of USX Corporation (energy and steel business) from 1991 to 2001. | | 34 RICs consisting of 98 Portfolios | | ACE Limited (insurance company); Eastman Chemical Company (chemicals); RTI International Metals, Inc. (metals); TYCO Electronics (electronics) |
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Fred G. Weiss 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1941 | | Vice Chairman of the Board, Chairman of the Audit Committee and Trustee | | Since 2007 | | Managing Director, FGW Associates (consulting and investment company) since 1997; Director, Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research since 2000; Director, BTG International Plc (a global technology commercialization company) from 2001 to 2007. | | 34 RICs consisting of 98 Portfolios | | Watson Pharmaceutical Inc. |
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James H. Bodurtha 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1944 | | Trustee | | Since 2007 | | Director, The China Business Group, Inc. (consulting firm) since 1996 and Executive Vice President thereof from 1996 to 2003; Chairman of the Board, Berkshire Holding Corporation since 1980. | | 34 RICs consisting of 98 Portfolios | | None |
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Bruce R. Bond 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1946 | | Trustee | | Since 2007 | | Trustee and member of the Governance Committee, State Street Research Mutual Funds from 1997 to 2005; Board Member of Governance, Audit and Finance Committee, Avaya Inc. (computer equipment) from 2003 to 2007. | | 34 RICs consisting of 98 Portfolios | | None |
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Donald W. Burton 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1944 | | Trustee | | Since 2007 | | Managing General Partner, The Burton Partnership, LP (an investment partnership) since 1979; Managing General Partner, The South Atlantic Venture Funds since 1983; Member of the Investment Advisory Council of the Florida State Board of Administration from 2001 to 2007. | | 34 RICs consisting of 98 Portfolios | | Knology, Inc. (telecommunications); Capital Southwest (financial) |
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Honorable Stuart E. Eizenstat 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1943 | | Trustee | | Since 2007 | | Partner and Head of International Practice, Covington and Burling LLP (law firm) since 2001; International Advisory Board Member, The Coca-Cola Company since 2002; Advisory Board Member, BT Americas (telecommunications) since 2004; Member of the Board of Directors, Chicago Climate Exchange (environmental) since 2006; Member of the International Advisory Board, GML (energy) since 2003. | | 34 RICs consisting of 98 Portfolios | | Alcatel-Lucent (telecommunications); Global Specialty Metallurgical (metallurgical industry); UPS Corporation (delivery service) |
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Kenneth A. Froot 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1957 | | Trustee | | Since 2007 | | Professor, Harvard University since 1992. | | 34 RICs consisting of 98 Portfolios | | None |
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Name, Address and Year of Birth | | Position(s) Held with Fund | | Length of Time Served as a Trustee2 | | Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years | | Number of BlackRock- Advised Registered Investment Companies (“RICs”) Consisting of Investment Portfolios (“Portfolios”) Overseen | | Public Directorships |
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John F. O’Brien 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1943 | | Trustee | | Since 2007 | | Chairman and Director, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute since 2009 and Trustee thereof from 2003 to 2009; Director, Allmerica Financial Corporation from 1995 to 2003; Director, ABIOMED from 1989 to 2006; Director, Ameresco, Inc. (energy solutions company) from 2006 to 2007; Vice Chairman and Director, Boston Lyric Opera from 2002 to 2007. | | 34 RICs consisting of 98 Portfolios | | Cabot Corporation (chemicals); LKQ Corporation (auto parts manufacturing); TJX Companies, Inc. (retailer) |
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Roberta Cooper Ramo 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1942 | | Trustee | | Since 2007 | | Shareholder, Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, P.A. (law firm) since 1993; Chairman of the Board, Cooper’s Inc. (retail) since 2000; Director, ECMC Group (service provider to students, schools and lenders) since 2001; President, The American Law Institute (non-profit) since 2008; President, American Bar Association from 1995 to 1996. | | 34 RICs consisting of 98 Portfolios | | None |
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David H. Walsh 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1941 | | Trustee | | Since 2007 | | Director, National Museum of Wildlife Art since 2007; Trustee, University of Wyoming Foundation since 2008; Director, Ruckleshaus Institute and Haub School of Natural Resources at the University of Wyoming from 2006 to 2008; Director, The American Museum of Fly Fishing since 1997; Director, The National Audubon Society from 1998 to 2005. | | 34 RICs consisting of 98 Portfolios | | None |
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Richard R. West 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1938 | | Trustee and Member of the Audit Committee | | Since 2005 | | Dean Emeritus, New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business Administration since 1995. | | 34 RICs consisting of 98 Portfolios | | Bowne & Co., Inc. (financial printers); Vornado Realty Trust (real estate company); Alexander’s Inc. (real estate company) |
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Richard S. Davis 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1945 | | Trustee | | 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. | | 169 RICs consisting of 290 Portfolios | | None |
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Laurence D. Fink 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1952 | | Trustee | | Since 2007 | | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BlackRock, Inc. since its formation in 1998 and of BlackRock, Inc.’s predecessor entities since 1988 and Chairman of the Executive and Management Committees; Managing Director, The First Boston Corporation, Member of its Management Committee, Co-Head of its Taxable Fixed Income Division and Head of its Mortgage and Real Estate Products Group; Chairman of the Board of several of BlackRock’s alternative investment vehicles; Director of several of BlackRock’s offshore funds; Member of the Board of Trustees of New York University, Chair of the Financial Affairs Committee and a member of the Executive Committee, the Ad Hoc Committee on Board Governance, and the Committee on Trustees; Co-Chairman of the NYU Hospitals Center Board of Trustees, Chairman of the Development/Trustee Stewardship Committee and Chairman of the Finance Committee; Trustee, The Boys’ Club of New York. | | 34 RICs consisting of 98 Portfolios | | BlackRock, Inc. (financial services) |
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Henry Gabbay 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1947 | | Trustee | | 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. | | 169 RICs consisting of 290 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. |
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Jeffrey Holland, CFA 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1971 | | Vice President | | Since 2009 | | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2010; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2006 to 2009; Chief Operating Officer of BlackRock’s US Retail Group since 2009; Co-head of Product Development and Management for BlackRock’s US Retail Group from 2007 to 2009; Product Manager of Raymond James & Associates from 2003 to 2006. |
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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 US Retail Group since 2009, Co-head thereof from 2007 to 2009; Vice President of BlackRock, Inc. from 2005 to 2008. |
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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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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 (US) 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 Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. (“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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Howard Surloff 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055 1965 | | Secretary | | Since 2007 | | Managing Director and General Counsel of US Funds at BlackRock, Inc. since 2006; General Counsel (US) of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. from 1993 to 2006. |
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Investment Advisor
BlackRock Advisors, LLC
Wilmington, DE 19809
Sub-Advisors
BlackRock Investment
Management, LLC
Plainsboro, NJ 08536
BlackRock International Limited
Edinburgh, EH3 8JB
United Kingdom
Custodian
Brown Brothers
Harriman & Co.
Boston, MA 02109
Transfer Agent
BNY Mellon Investment
Servicing (US) Inc.
Providence, RI 02940
Accounting Agent
State Street Bank
and Trust Company
Princeton, NJ 08540
Distributor
BlackRock
Investments, LLC
New York, NY 10022
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Princeton, NJ 08540
Legal Counsel
Willkie Farr &
Gallagher LLP
New York, NY 10019
Address of the Fund
100 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809
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Effective September 15, 2010, John M. Perlowski became President and Chief Executive Officer of the Fund. |
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Additional Information |
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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.
To enroll:
Shareholders Who Hold Accounts with Investment Advisors, Banks or Brokerages:
Please contact your financial advisor. Please note that not all investment advisors, banks or brokerages may offer this service.
Shareholders Who Hold Accounts Directly with BlackRock:
1) Access the BlackRock website at http://www.blackrock.com/edelivery
2) Select “eDelivery” under the “More Information” section
3) Log into your account
Householding
The 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 call (800) 441-7762.
Availability of Quarterly Portfolio Schedule of Investments
The Fund 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 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 the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330. The Fund’s Forms N-Q may also be obtained upon request and without charge by calling (800) 441-7762.
Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available (1) without charge, upon request by calling (800) 441-7762; (2) at http://www.blackrock.com; and (3) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
Availability of Proxy Voting Record
Information about how the Fund voted proxies relating to securities held in the Fund’s portfolios during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available, upon request and without charge (1) at http://www.blackrock.com or by calling (800) 441-7762 and (2) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
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Shareholder Privileges |
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Account Information
Call us at (800) 441-7762 from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM EST on any business day to get information about your account balances, recent transactions and share prices. You can also reach us on the Web at http://www.blackrock.com/funds.
Automatic Investment Plans
Investor Class shareholders who want to invest regularly can arrange to have $50 or more automatically deducted from their checking or savings account and invested in any of the BlackRock funds.
Systematic Withdrawal Plans
Investor Class shareholders can establish a systematic withdrawal plan and receive periodic payments of $50 or more from their BlackRock funds, as long as their account balance is at least $10,000.
Retirement Plans
Shareholders may make investments in conjunction with Traditional, Rollover, Roth, Coverdell, Simple IRAs, SEP IRAs and 403(b) Plans.
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Additional Information (concluded) |
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BlackRock Privacy Principles |
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BlackRock is committed to maintaining the privacy of its current and former fund investors and individual clients (collectively, “Clients”) and to safeguarding their non-public personal information. The following information is provided to help you understand what personal information BlackRock collects, how we protect that information and why in certain cases we share such information with select parties.
If you are located in a jurisdiction where specific laws, rules or regulations require BlackRock to provide you with additional or different privacy-related rights beyond what is set forth below, then BlackRock will comply with those specific laws, rules or regulations.
BlackRock obtains or verifies personal non-public information from and about you from different sources, including the following: (i) information we receive from you or, if applicable, your financial intermediary, on applications, forms or other documents; (ii) information about your transactions with us, our affiliates, or others; (iii) information we receive from a consumer reporting agency; and (iv) from visits to our websites.
BlackRock does not sell or disclose to non-affiliated third parties any non-public personal information about its Clients, except as permitted by law or as is necessary to respond to regulatory requests or to service Client accounts. These non-affiliated third parties are required to protect the confidentiality and security of this information and to use it only for its intended purpose.
We may share information with our affiliates to service your account or to provide you with information about other BlackRock products or services that may be of interest to you. In addition, BlackRock restricts access to non-public personal information about its Clients to those BlackRock employees with a legitimate business need for the information. BlackRock maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that are designed to protect the non-public personal information of its Clients, including procedures relating to the proper storage and disposal of such information.
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A World-Class Mutual Fund Family |
BlackRock offers a diverse lineup of open-end mutual funds crossing all investment styles and managed by experts in equity, fixed income and tax-exempt investing.
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Equity Funds |
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BlackRock All-Cap Energy & Resources Portfolio |
BlackRock Asset Allocation Portfolio† |
BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund† |
BlackRock Basic Value Fund |
BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund |
BlackRock Energy & Resources Portfolio |
BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund |
BlackRock EuroFund |
BlackRock Focus Growth Fund |
BlackRock Focus Value Fund |
BlackRock Global Allocation Fund† |
BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund |
BlackRock Global Emerging Markets Fund |
BlackRock Global Financial Services Fund |
BlackRock Global Growth Fund |
BlackRock Global Opportunities Portfolio |
BlackRock Global SmallCap Fund |
BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio |
BlackRock Healthcare Fund |
BlackRock Index Equity Portfolio* |
BlackRock International Fund |
BlackRock International Index Fund |
BlackRock International Opportunities Portfolio |
BlackRock International Value Fund |
BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund |
BlackRock Large Cap Core Plus Fund |
BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund |
BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund |
BlackRock Latin America Fund |
BlackRock Mid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio |
BlackRock Mid-Cap Value Equity Portfolio |
BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund |
BlackRock Natural Resources Trust |
BlackRock Pacific Fund |
BlackRock Science & Technology Opportunities Portfolio |
BlackRock Small Cap Core Equity Portfolio |
BlackRock Small Cap Growth Equity Portfolio |
BlackRock Small Cap Growth Fund II |
BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund |
BlackRock Small/Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio |
BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund |
BlackRock S&P 500 Stock Fund |
BlackRock U.S. Opportunities Portfolio |
BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications Fund |
BlackRock Value Opportunities Fund |
BlackRock World Gold Fund |
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Fixed Income Funds |
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BlackRock Bond Index Fund |
BlackRock Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock Emerging Market Debt Portfolio |
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio |
BlackRock GNMA Portfolio |
BlackRock Global Dividend Income Portfolio† |
BlackRock Government Income Portfolio |
BlackRock High Income Fund |
BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock Income Portfolio† |
BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock International Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock Long Duration Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock Managed Income Portfolio |
BlackRock Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock Short-Term Bond Fund |
BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio |
BlackRock Total Return Fund |
BlackRock Total Return Portfolio II |
BlackRock World Income Fund |
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Municipal Bond Funds |
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BlackRock AMT-Free Municipal Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock California Municipal Bond Fund |
BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund |
BlackRock Intermediate Municipal Fund |
BlackRock Kentucky Municipal Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock Municipal Insured Fund |
BlackRock National Municipal Fund |
BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund |
BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Fund |
BlackRock Ohio Municipal Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund |
BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund |
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Target Risk & Target Date Funds† |
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BlackRock Prepared Portfolios Conservative Prepared Portfolio Moderate Prepared Portfolio Growth Prepared Portfolio Aggressive Growth Prepared Portfolio |
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BlackRock Lifecycle Prepared Portfolios |
2015 |
2020 |
2025 |
2030 |
2035 |
2040 |
2045 |
2050 |
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BlackRock LifePath Portfolios |
Retirement |
2020 |
2025 |
2030 |
2035 |
2040 |
2045 |
2050 |
2055 |
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* | See the prospectus for information on specific limitations on investments in the fund. |
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† | Mixed asset fund. |
BlackRock mutual funds are currently distributed by BlackRock Investments, LLC. You should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the funds under consideration carefully before investing. Each fund’s prospectus contains this and other information and is available at www.blackrock.com or by calling (800) 441-7762 or from your financial advisor. The prospectus should be read carefully before investing.
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This report 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. Past performance results shown in this report should not be considered a representation of future performance. Investment returns and principal value of shares will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Statements and other information herein are as dated and are subject to change. Please see the Fund’s prospectus for a description of risks associated with global investments.
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Item 2 – | Code of Ethics – The 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 and principal accounting officer, 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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Item 3 – | Audit Committee Financial Expert – The registrant’s board of directors or trustees, as applicable (the “board of directors”), has determined that (i) the registrant has the following audit committee financial experts serving on its audit committee and (ii) each audit committee financial expert is independent: |
| Robert M. Hernandez |
| Fred G. Weiss |
| Stuart E. Eizenstat |
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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 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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Item 4 – | Principal Accountant Fees and Services |
| (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 |
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BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund | $30,800 | $30,800 | $0 | $0 | $6,100 | $16,634 | $197 | $1,028 |
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.
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| The registrant’s audit committee (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 registrant’s affiliated service providers that relate directly to the operations and the financial reporting of the registrant. 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 operation 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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| (g) Affiliates’ Aggregate Non-Audit Fees: |
Entity Name | Current Fiscal Year End | Previous Fiscal Year End |
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BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund | $17,074 | $420,162 |
| (h) The registrant’s audit committee has considered and determined that the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the registrant’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 any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant 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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| Regulation S-X Rule 2-01(c)(7)(ii) – $10,777, 0% |
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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 |
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 15d-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 – 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, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. |
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| BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund |
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| By: | /s/ John M. Perlowski | |
| | John M. Perlowski |
| | Chief Executive Officer of |
| | BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund |
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| Date: January 5, 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 the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. |
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| By: | /s/ John M. Perlowski | |
| | John M. Perlowski |
| | Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of |
| | BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund |
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| Date: January 5, 2011 |
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| By: | /s/ Neal J. Andrews | |
| | Neal J. Andrews |
| | Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of |
| | BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund |
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| Date: January 5, 2011 |