For the six months ended April 30, 2012 the average quarterly balances of outstanding derivative financial instruments were as follows:
As of April 30, 2012, the PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”) and Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”) are the largest stockholders of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). Due to the ownership structure, PNC is an affiliate for 1940 Act purposes, but Barclays is 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
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Fund. For such services, the Fund pays the Manager a monthly fee based on a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets at the following annual rates:
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Average Daily Net Assets | | Investment Advisory Fee | |
First $1 billion | | 0.80 | % | |
$1 billion – $3 billion | | 0.75 | % | |
$3 billion – $5 billion | | 0.72 | % | |
$5 billion – $10 billion | | 0.70 | % | |
Greater than $10 billion | | 0.68 | % | |
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, 2013 unless approved by the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees. These amounts are shown as transfer agent fees waived and/or reimbursed —class specific in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. The current expense limitation as a percentage of average daily 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. For the period ended April 30, 2012 the Fund waived and/or reimbursed $6,420 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 in connection with the Fund’s investment in other affiliated investment companies, if any. This amount is shown as fees waived by advisor in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.
The Manager provides investment management and other services to the Subsidiary. The Manager does not receive separate compensation from the Subsidiary for providing investment management or administrative services. However, the Fund pays the Manager based on the Fund’s net assets which includes the assets of 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, 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 six months ended April 30, 2012, the Fund reimbursed the Manager $4,431 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 Plan with BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of the Manager. 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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| | Service Fee | | Distribution Fee | |
Investor A | | 0.25 | % | | — | | |
Investor B | | 0.25 | % | | 0.75 | % | |
Investor C | | 0.25 | % | | 0.75 | % | |
Class R | | 0.25 | % | | 0.25 | % | |
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 services to Investor A, Investor B, Investor C and Class R shareholders.
For the six months ended April 30, 2012, affiliates earned underwriting discounts, direct commissions and dealer concessions on sales of the Fund’s Investor A Shares, which totaled $5,589.
For the six months ended April 30, 2012, affiliates received CDSCs as follows:
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Investor A | | $ | 2,610 | |
Investor B | | $ | 7,192 | |
Investor C | | $ | 7,438 | |
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 six months ended April 30, 2012, 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 | | $ | 1,092 | |
Investor A | | $ | 3,606 | |
Investor B | | $ | 174 | |
Investor C | | $ | 1,464 | |
Class R | | $ | 66 | |
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
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in registered money market funds advised by the Manager or its affiliates. As securities lending agent, BIM is responsible for all transaction fees and all other operational costs relating to securities lending activities, other than extraordinary expenses. BIM does not receive any fees for managing the cash collateral. The market value of securities on loan and the value of the related collateral, if applicable are shown in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities as securities loaned at value and collateral on securities loaned at value, respectively. The cash collateral invested by BIM is disclosed in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments, if any. Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral, net of rebates paid to, or fees paid by, borrowers of securities. The Fund retains 65% of securities lending income and pays a fee to BIM equal to 35% of such income. The share of income earned by the Fund on the reinvestment of cash collateral is shown as securities lending — affiliated in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. For the six months ended April 30, 2012, BIM received $12,919 in securities lending agent fees related to securities lending activities for the Fund.
Certain officers and/or Trustees 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, for the six months ended April 30, 2012, were $74,177,432 and $275,778,790, respectively.
Transactions in options written for the six months ended April 30, 2012, were as follows:
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| | Calls | | Puts | |
| | Contracts | | Premiums Received | | Contracts | | Premiums Received | |
Outstanding options, beginning of period | | | 366,855 | | $ | 2,289,371 | | | 255,190 | | $ | 1,787,434 | |
Options written | | | 436,052 | | | 1,994,740 | | | 195,267 | | | 698,839 | |
Options exercised | | | (4,381 | ) | | (242,065 | ) | | — | | | — | |
Options closed | | | (485,687 | ) | | (479,460 | ) | | (135,255 | ) | | (394,636 | ) |
Options expired | | | (203,893 | ) | | (2,038,825 | ) | | (180,286 | ) | | (533,809 | ) |
Outstanding options, end of period | | | 108,946 | | $ | 1,523,761 | | | 134,916 | | $ | 1,557,828 | |
As of April 30, 2012, the value of portfolio securities subject to cover call options written was $17,575,296.
5. Income Tax Information:
As of October 31, 2011, the Fund had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains through the indicated expiration dates as follows:
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Expires October 31, | | | | |
2016 | | $ | 14,764,070 | |
2017 | | | 94,871,662 | |
2018 | | | 14,087,727 | |
Total | | $ | 123,723,459 | |
Under the recently enacted Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, capital losses incurred by the Fund after October 31, 2011 will not be subject to expiration. In addition, any such losses must be utilized prior to the losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years.
As of April 30, 2012, gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
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Tax cost | | $ | 604,634,335 | |
Gross unrealized appreciation | | $ | 167,226,285 | |
Gross unrealized depreciation | | | (47,120,684 | ) |
Net unrealized appreciation | | $ | 120,105,601 | |
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6. 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. The Fund may borrow under the credit agreement to fund shareholder redemptions. Effective November 2010 to November 2011, the credit agreement had the following terms: a commitment fee of 0.08% per annum based on the Fund’s pro rata share of the unused portion of the credit agreement and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) the one-month LIBOR plus 1.00% per annum or (b) the Fed Funds rate plus 1.00% per annum on amounts borrowed. In addition, the Fund paid administration and arrangement fees which were allocated to the Fund based on its net assets as of October 31, 2010. The credit agreement, which expired in November 2011, was renewed until November 2012. Effective November 2011 to November 2012, the credit agreement has the following terms: a commitment fee of 0.065% per annum based on the Fund’s pro rata share of the unused portion of the credit agreement and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) the one-month LIBOR plus 0.80% per annum or (b) the Fed Funds rate plus 0.80% per annum on amounts borrowed. In addition, the Fund paid administration and arrangement fees which were allocated to the Fund based on its net assets as of October 31, 2011. The Fund did not borrow under the credit agreement during the six months ended April 30, 2012.
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7. 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. Foreign issuers may not be subject to the same uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and practices as used in the US, Foreign securities markets may also be less liquid, more volatile, and less subject to governmental supervision not typically associated with investing in US securities. Please see the Consolidated Schedule of Investments for concentrations in specific countries.
As of April 30, 2012, the Fund had the following industry classifications:
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Industry | | Percent of Long-Term Investments | |
Oil & Gas | | 12 | % | |
Diversified Financial Services | | 7 | | |
Pharmaceuticals | | 6 | | |
Metals & Mining | | 5 | | |
Other1 | | 70 | | |
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8. Capital Share Transactions:
Transactions in capital shares for each class were as follows:
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| | Six Months Ended April 30, 2012 | | | Year Ended October 31, 2011 | |
| | Shares | | Amount | | | Shares | | Amount | |
Institutional | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | 3,266,476 | | $ | 39,598,682 | | | | 9,748,739 | | $ | 121,874,237 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends and distributions | | | 671,836 | | | 7,268,276 | | | | 226,334 | | | 2,774,231 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (17,710,031 | ) | | (218,923,038 | ) | | | (7,914,492 | ) | | (98,039,266 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) | | | (13,771,720 | ) | $ | (172,056,080 | ) | | | 2,060,581 | | $ | 26,609,202 | |
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Investor A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold and automatic conversion of shares | | | 1,648,311 | | $ | 19,977,879 | | | | 2,845,032 | | $ | 35,466,175 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends and distributions | | | 734,877 | | | 7,965,396 | | | | 209,.276 | | | 2,565,622 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (3,222,621 | ) | | (38,498,229 | ) | | | (5,733,977 | ) | | (71,237,706 | ) |
Net decrease | | | (839,433 | ) | $ | (10,554,954 | ) | | | (2,679,669 | ) | $ | (33,205,909 | ) |
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Investor B | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | 14,697 | | $ | 173,145 | | | | 46,026 | | $ | 589,749 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends and distributions | | | 14,717 | | | 160,406 | | | | — | | | — | |
Shares redeemed and automatic conversion of shares | | | (258,896 | ) | | (3,109,406 | ) | | | (429,164 | ) | | (5,300,631 | ) |
Net decrease | | | (229,482 | ) | $ | (2,775,855 | ) | | | (383,138 | ) | $ | (4,710,882 | ) |
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| | Six Months Ended April 30, 2012 | | | Year Ended October 31, 2011 | |
| | Shares | | Amount | | | Shares | | Amount | |
Investor C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | 399,620 | | $ | 4,740,991 | | | | 1,536,801 | | $ | 19,268,319 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends and distributions | | | 210,702 | | | 2,283,775 | | | | — | | | — | |
Shares redeemed | | | (1,853,543 | ) | | (22,077,207 | ) | | | (3,023,776 | ) | | (37,177,544 | ) |
Net decrease | | | (1,243,221 | ) | $ | (15,052,441 | ) | | | (1,486,975 | ) | $ | (17,909,225 | ) |
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Class R | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | 114,306 | | $ | 1,348,029 | | | | 254,714 | | $ | 3,157,677 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends and distributions | | | 12,412 | | | 134,547 | | | | 2,616 | | | 32,018 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (127,889 | ) | | (1,531,674 | ) | | | (443,130 | ) | | (5,499,891 | ) |
Net decrease | | | (1,171 | ) | $ | (49,098 | ) | | | (185,800 | ) | $ | (2,310,196 | ) |
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Total Net Decrease | | | (16,085,027 | ) | $ | (200,488,428 | ) | | | (2,675,001 | ) | $ | (31,527,010 | ) |
Prior to April 1, 2011, there was 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 were recorded as a credit to paid-in-capital. Effective April 1, 2011, the redemption fee was terminated and is no longer charged by the Fund.
9. Subsequent Events:
Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund through the date the consolidated financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the consolidated financial statements.
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Robert M. Hernandez, Chairman of the Board and Trustee |
Fred G. Weiss, Vice Chairman of the Board and Trustee |
Paul L. Audet, Trustee |
James H. Bodurtha, Trustee |
Bruce R. Bond, Trustee |
Donald W. Burton, Trustee |
Honorable Stuart E. Eizenstat, Trustee |
Laurence D. Fink, Trustee |
Kenneth A. Froot, Trustee |
Henry Gabbay, Trustee |
John F. O’Brien, Trustee |
Roberta Cooper Ramo, Trustee |
David H. Walsh, Trustee |
John M. Perlowski, President and Chief Executive Officer |
Brendan Kyne, Vice President |
Neal Andrews, Chief Financial Officer |
Jay Fife, Treasurer |
Brian Kindelan, Chief Compliance Officer and Anti-Money Laundering Officer |
Ira P. Shapiro, Secretary |
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Investment Advisor |
BlackRock Advisors, LLC |
Wilmington, DE 19809 |
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Sub-Advisors |
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
Princeton, NJ 08540 |
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BlackRock International Limited |
Edinburgh, EH3 8JB |
United Kingdom |
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Custodian |
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. |
Boston, MA 02109 |
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Transfer Agent |
BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. |
Wilmington, DE 19809 |
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Accounting Agent |
State Street Bank and Trust Company |
Boston, MA 02110 |
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Distributor |
BlackRock Investments, LLC |
New York, NY 10022 |
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Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
Deloitte & Touche LLP |
Boston, MA 02116 |
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Legal Counsel |
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP |
New York, NY 10019 |
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Address of the Fund |
100 Bellevue Parkway |
Wilmington, DE 19809 |
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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:
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2) | Select “eDelivery” under the “More Information” section |
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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 the Fund at (800) 441-7762.
Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments
The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s 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 Forms N-Q may also be obtained upon request and without charge by calling (800) 441-7762.
Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures
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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
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Information about how the Fund voted proxies relating to securities held in the Fund’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) 441-7762 and (2) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. |
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Additional Information (continued) |
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 |
BlackRock ACWI ex-US Index Fund |
BlackRock All-Cap Energy & Resources Portfolio |
BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund† |
BlackRock Basic Value Fund |
BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund |
BlackRock China Fund |
BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund |
BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund |
BlackRock Emerging Markets Long/Short Equity Fund |
BlackRock Energy & Resources Portfolio |
BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund |
BlackRock EuroFund |
BlackRock Focus Growth Fund |
BlackRock Global Allocation Fund† |
BlackRock Global Dividend Income Portfolio |
BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund |
BlackRock Global Opportunities Portfolio |
BlackRock Global SmallCap Fund |
BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio |
BlackRock Index Equity Portfolio |
BlackRock India Fund |
BlackRock International Fund |
BlackRock International Index Fund |
BlackRock International Opportunities Portfolio |
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 Managed Volatility Portfolio† |
BlackRock Mid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio |
BlackRock Mid-Cap Value Equity Portfolio |
BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund |
BlackRock Natural Resources Trust |
BlackRock Pacific Fund |
BlackRock Russell 1000 Index Fund |
BlackRock Science & Technology Opportunities Portfolio |
BlackRock Small Cap Growth Equity Portfolio |
BlackRock Small Cap Growth Fund II |
BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund |
BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund |
BlackRock S&P 500 Stock Fund |
BlackRock U.S. Opportunities Portfolio |
BlackRock Value Opportunities Fund |
BlackRock World Gold Fund |
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Fixed Income Funds |
BlackRock Bond Index Fund |
BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund |
BlackRock Emerging Market Debt Portfolio |
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio |
BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund |
BlackRock GNMA Portfolio |
BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock International Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock Long Duration Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio† |
BlackRock Secured Credit Portfolio |
BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio |
BlackRock Total Return Fund |
BlackRock US Government Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock US Mortgage Portfolio |
BlackRock World Income Fund |
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Municipal Bond Funds |
BlackRock California Municipal Bond Fund |
BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund |
BlackRock Intermediate Municipal Fund |
BlackRock National Municipal Fund |
BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund |
BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Fund |
BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund |
BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund |
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Target Risk & Target Date Funds† |
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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LifePath Portfolios |
Retirement |
2020 |
2025 |
2030 |
2035 |
2040 |
2045 |
2050 |
2055 |
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LifePath Index Portfolios |
Retirement |
2020 |
2025 |
2030 |
2035 |
2040 |
2045 |
2050 |
2055 |
BlackRock mutual funds are currently distributed by BlackRock Investments, LLC. You should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the funds under consideration carefully before investing. Each fund’s prospectus contains this and other information and is available at www.blackrock.com or by calling (800) 441-7762 or from your financial advisor. The prospectus should be read carefully before investing.
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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 4 – | Principal Accountant Fees and Services – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report |
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Item 5 – | Audit Committee of Listed Registrants – Not Applicable |
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Item 6 – | Investments |
| (a) The registrant’s Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Report to Stockholders filed under Item 1 of this Form. |
| (b) Not Applicable due to no such divestments during the semi-annual period covered since the previous Form N-CSR filing. |
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Item 7 – | Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable |
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Item 8 – | Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable |
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Item 9 – | Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers – Not Applicable |
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Item 10 – | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders –There have been no material changes to these procedures. |
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Item 11 – | Controls and Procedures |
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(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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(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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(a)(1) – | Code of Ethics – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report |
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(a)(2) – | Certifications – Attached hereto |
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(a)(3) – | Not Applicable |
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(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 (principal executive officer) of |
| | BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund |
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| Date: July 2, 2012 |
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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: July 2, 2012 |
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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: July 2, 2012 |