UNITEDSTATES
SECURITIESANDEXCHANGECOMMISSION
Washington,D.C.20549
FORM N-CSRS
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-03534
Name of Fund: Ready Assets U.S.A. Government Money Fund
Fund Address: 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809
Name and address of agent for service: Anne F. Ackerley, Chief Executive Officer, Ready Assets
U.S.A. Government Money Fund, 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055.
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 221-7210
Date of fiscal year end: 04/30/2010
Date of reporting period: 10/31/2009
Item 1 – Report to Stockholders
Semi-Annual Report (Unaudited)
October 31, 2009
Ready Assets U.S. Treasury Money Fund
Ready Assets U.S.A. Government Money Fund
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Table of Contents | | |
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Dear Shareholder | | | 3 |
Semi-Annual Report: | | | |
Fund Information | | | 4 |
Disclosure of Expenses | | | 4 |
Financial Statements: | | | |
Schedules of Investments | | 5 |
Statements of Assets and Liabilities | | 7 |
Statements of Operations | | 8 |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets | | 9 |
Financial Highlights | | | 10 |
Notes to Financial Statements | | 12 |
Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreements and Sub-Advisory Agreements | | 14 |
Officers and Trustees | | | 18 |
Additional Information | | | 19 |
2 | SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT | OCTOBER 31, 2009 | |
Dear Shareholder
Over the past 12 months, we have witnessed a seismic shift in market sentiment — from fear and pessimism during the worst economic decline and
crisis of confidence in financial markets since The Great Depression to increasing optimism amid emerging signs of recovery. The period began in the
midst of an intense deterioration in global economic activity and financial markets in the final months of 2008 and the early months of 2009. The
collapse of confidence resulted in massive government policy intervention on a global scale in the financial system and the economy. The tide turned
dramatically in March 2009, however, on the back of new US government initiatives, as well as better-than-expected economic data and upside
surprises in corporate earnings.
Not surprisingly, global equity markets endured extreme volatility over the past 12 months, starting with steep declines and heightened risk aversion
in the early part of the reporting period, which eventually gave way to an impressive rally that began in March. Although there have been fits and starts
along the way and a few modest corrections, the new bull market has pushed all major US indices well into positive territory for 2009. The experience
in international markets was similar to that in the United States. In particular, emerging markets (which were less affected by the global credit crunch
and are experiencing faster economic growth rates when compared to the developed world) have posted impressive gains since the rally began.
In fixed income markets, the flight-to-safety premium in Treasury securities prevailed during the equity market downturn, which drove yields sharply
lower, but concerns about deficit spending, debt issuance, inflation and dollar weakness have kept Treasury yields range bound in recent months. As
economic and market conditions began to improve in early 2009, near-zero interest rates on risk-free assets prompted many investors to reallocate
money from cash investments into higher-yielding and riskier non-Treasury assets. The high yield sector was the greatest beneficiary of this move,
having decisively outpaced all other taxable asset classes since the start of 2009. Similarly, the municipal bond market is on pace for its best per-
formance year ever in 2009, following one of its worst years in 2008. Investor demand remains strong for munis, helping to create a highly favorable
technical backdrop. Municipal bond mutual funds are seeing record inflows, reflecting the renewed investor interest in the asset class.
As a result of the rebound in sentiment and global market conditions, most major benchmark indexes are now in positive territory for both the
6- and 12-month periods.
| | |
Total Returns as of October 31, 2009 | 6-month | 12-month |
US equities (S&P 500 Index) | 20.04% | 9.80% |
Small cap US equities (Russell 2000 Index) | 16.21 | 6.46 |
International equities (MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index) | 31.18 | 27.71 |
US Treasury securities (BofA Merrill Lynch 10-Year US Treasury Index*) | (0.79) | 8.12 |
Taxable fixed income (Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond Index) | 5.61 | 13.79 |
Tax-exempt fixed income (Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index) | 4.99 | 13.60 |
High yield bonds (Barclays Capital US Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index) | 27.72 | 48.65 |
* Formerly a Merrill Lynch index. | | |
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Index performance shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index. | |
The market environment has visibly improved since the beginning of the year, but a great deal of uncertainty and risk remain. Through periods of
market turbulence, as ever, BlackRock’s full resources are dedicated to the management of our clients’ assets. For additional market perspective
and investment insight, visit the most recent issue of our award-winning Shareholder® magazine at www.blackrock.com/shareholdermagazine. As
always, we thank you for entrusting BlackRock with your investments, and we look forward to continuing to serve you in the months and years ahead.

Announcement to Shareholders
On December 1, 2009, BlackRock, Inc. and Barclays Global Investors, N.A. combined to form one of the world's preeminent investment management
firms. The new company, operating under the BlackRock name, manages $3.19 trillion in assets** and offers clients worldwide a full complement of
active management, enhanced and index investment strategies and products, including individual and institutional separate accounts, mutual funds
and other pooled investment vehicles, and the industry-leading iShares platform of exchange traded funds.
** Data is as of September 30, 2009, is subject to change, and is based on a pro forma estimate of assets under management and other data at BlackRock, Inc.
and Barclays Global Investors.
THIS PAGE NOT PART OF YOUR FUND REPORT 3
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Fund Information as of October 31, 2009 | | | |
Yields | | | Portfolio Composition | |
| 7-Day | 7-Day | | Percent of |
| SEC Yields | Yields | Ready Assets U.S. Treasury Money Fund | Net Assets |
Ready Assets U.S. Treasury Money Fund | 0.00% | 0.11% | U.S. Treasury Obligations | 100% |
Ready Assets U.S.A. Government Money Fund | 0.00% | 0.04% | | |
The 7-Day SEC Yields shown above may differ from the 7-Day Yields shown due to | | Percent of |
the fact that the 7-Day SEC Yields exclude distributed capital gains. | | Ready Assets U.S.A. Government Money Fund | Net Assets |
Past performance is not indicative of future results. | | | U.S. Treasury Obligations | 60% |
| | | Repurchase Agreements | 41 |
| | | Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets | (1) |
| | | Total | 100% |
Disclosure of Expenses
Shareholders of each Fund may incur the following charges: (a) expenses
related to transactions, including sales charges, redemption fees and
exchange fees; and (b) operating expenses including advisory fees, distri-
bution fees including 12b-1 fees and other Fund expenses. The expense
example below (which is based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000
invested on May 1, 2009 and held through October 31, 2009) is
intended to assist shareholders both in calculating expenses based
on an investment in each Fund and in comparing these expenses with
similar costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The table below provides information about actual account values and
actual expenses. In order to estimate the expenses a shareholder paid
during the period covered by this report, shareholders can divide their
account value by $1,000 and then multiply the result by the number corre-
sponding to their Fund under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During
the Period.”
The table also provides information about hypothetical account values
and hypothetical expenses based on each Fund’s actual expense ratio
and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. In order
to assist shareholders in comparing the ongoing expenses of investing
in these Funds and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical example
with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in other funds’ share-
holder reports.
The expenses shown in the table are intended to highlight shareholders’
ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional expenses, such as
sales charges, redemption fees or exchange fees. Therefore, the hypotheti-
cal example is useful in comparing ongoing expenses only, and will not
help shareholders determine the relative total expenses of owning differ-
ent funds. If these transactional expenses were included, shareholder
expenses would have been higher.
| | | | | | | |
| | | Actual | | | Hypothetical2 | |
| | Beginning | Ending | | Beginning | Ending | |
| | Account Value | Account Value | Expenses Paid | Account Value | Account Value | Expenses Paid |
| | May 1, 2009 | October 31, 2009 | During the Period1 | May 1, 2009 | October 31, 2009 | During the Period1 |
Ready Assets U.S. Treasury Money Fund | $1,000 | $1,000.10 | $1.16 | $1,000 | $1,024.04 | $1.17 |
Ready Assets U.S.A. Government | | | | | | |
Money Fund | $1,000 | $1,000.00 | $1.36 | $1,000 | $1,023.84 | $1.38 |
1 Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio of 0.23% for Ready Assets U.S. Treasury Money Fund and 0.27% for Ready Assets U.S.A. Government Money Fund, |
| multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). | | |
2 Hypothetical 5% annual return before expenses is calculated by pro-rating the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year divided by 365. | |
4 | SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT | | | OCTOBER 31, 2009 | |
Schedule of Investments October 31, 2009 (Unaudited) Ready Assets U.S. Treasury Money Fund
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
| | |
| Par | |
U.S. Treasury Obligations (a) | (000) | Value |
U.S. Treasury Bills: | | |
0.05% – 0.19%, 11/12/09 | $80,000 | $ 79,998,327 |
0.05% – 0.27%, 11/19/09 | 30,096 | 30,093,635 |
0.30%, 11/27/09 | 10,000 | 9,997,917 |
0.07% – 0.15%, 12/03/09 | 34,174 | 34,171,308 |
0.03% – 0.06%, 12/10/09 | 53,933 | 53,929,867 |
0.14% – 0.71%, 12/17/09 | 25,966 | 25,954,446 |
0.10%, 12/24/09 | 20,000 | 19,997,111 |
0.12%, 12/31/09 | 839 | 838,842 |
0.08%, 1/07/10 | 22,000 | 21,996,975 |
0.07% – 0.09%, 1/14/10 | 55,649 | 55,640,327 |
0.08%, 1/21/10 | 5,000 | 4,999,111 |
0.05% – 0.08%, 1/28/10 | 31,652 | 31,646,840 |
0.11%, 2/04/10 | 7,773 | 7,770,727 |
0.14% – 0.16%, 2/11/10 | 30,617 | 30,605,108 |
0.23%, 3/11/10 | 1,850 | 1,848,509 |
0.50%, 4/01/10 | 20,000 | 19,958,333 |
0.15%, 4/08/10 | 10,000 | 9,993,458 |
0.17%, 4/22/10 | 5,000 | 4,995,963 |
0.19%, 4/29/10 | 14,000 | 13,987,194 |
0.22% – 0.33%, 6/17/10 | 16,960 | 16,931,986 |
0.50%, 7/29/10 | 6,000 | 5,977,583 |
0.38%, 10/21/10 | 5,000 | 4,981,615 |
Total Investments (Cost — $486,315,182*) — 100.0% | | 486,315,182 |
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — 0.0% | | (572,478) |
Net Assets — 100.0% | | $485,742,704 |
* Cost for federal income tax purposes. | | |
(a) Rates shown reflect the discount rates or range of discount rates paid at time |
of purchase. | | |
• Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value
of investments, which are as follows:
• Level 1 — price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets
and liabilities
• Level 2 — other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices
for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for
identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs
other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such
as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities,
credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs)
• Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available
in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available
(including the Fund's own assumptions used in determining the fair value
of investments)
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indi-
cation of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For information
about the Fund's policy regarding valuation of investments and other significant
accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements.
The following table summarizes the inputs used as of October 31, 2009 in deter-
mining the fair valuation of the Fund's investments:
| |
Valuation | Investments in |
Inputs | Securities |
| Assets |
Level 1 | — |
Level 2 — U.S. Treasury Obligations | $486,315,182 |
Level 3 | — |
Total | $486,315,182 |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OCTOBER 31, 2009 5
Schedule of Investments October 31, 2009 (Unaudited) Ready Assets U.S.A. Government Money Fund
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
| | |
| Par | |
U.S. Treasury Obligations (a) | (000) | Value |
U.S. Treasury Bills: | | |
0.05% – 0.18%, 11/19/09 | $ 5,694 | $ 5,693,657 |
0.30%, 11/27/09 | 5,000 | 4,998,958 |
0.06%, 12/10/09 | 10,000 | 9,999,367 |
0.29%, 1/07/10 | 4,500 | 4,497,649 |
0.28%, 1/14/10 | 1,500 | 1,499,164 |
0.08% – 0.29%, 1/21/10 | 8,000 | 7,996,300 |
0.08%, 1/28/10 | 10,000 | 9,998,188 |
0.27%, 2/11/10 | 6,000 | 5,995,455 |
0.50%, 4/01/10 | 3,000 | 2,993,750 |
0.17%, 4/22/10 | 3,000 | 2,997,577 |
0.21% – 0.33%, 6/17/10 | 8,000 | 7,987,089 |
0.50%, 7/29/10 | 1,000 | 996,264 |
Total U.S. Treasury Obligations — 60.2% | | 65,653,418 |
Repurchase Agreements | | |
Banc of America Securities LLC, 0.05%, 11/04/09 | | |
(Purchased on 10/28/09 to be repurchased | | |
at $8,000,078, collateralized by GNMA, | | |
5.50% – 6.00%, due 2/15/38 – 8/15/39 | | |
par and fair value of $11,078,529, | | |
$8,160,001, respectively) | 8,000 | 8,000,000 |
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., 0.06%, 11/04/09 | | |
(Purchased on 10/28/09 to be repurchased | | |
at $8,000,093, collateralized by GNMA, | | |
3.75% – 7.50%, due 1/15/14 – 1/15/39 | | |
par and fair value of $143,169,402, | | |
$8,160,000, respectively) | 8,000 | 8,000,000 |
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, 0.08%, | | |
11/05/09 (Purchased on 10/29/09 to be | | |
repurchased at $2,000,031, collateralized | | |
by U.S. Treasury Inflation Index Notes, 1.62% | | |
due 1/15/18 par and fair value | | |
of $1,925,000, $2,040,954, respectively) | 2,000 | 2,000,000 |
Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., 0.08%, 11/04/09 | | |
(Purchased on 10/28/09 to be repurchased at | | |
$8,000,124, collateralized by GNMA, 6.00%, | | |
due 1/15/39 par and fair value | | |
of $7,948,955, $8,160,001, respectively) | 8,000 | 8,000,000 |
JPMorgan Securities Inc., 0.05%, 11/02/09 | | |
(Purchased on 10/30/09 to be repurchased at | | |
$928,004, collateralized by U.S. Treasury Bills, | | |
0.17% due 4/29/10 par and fair | | |
value of $950,000, $949,202, respectively) | 928 | 928,000 |
RBS Securities, Inc., 0.08%, 11/04/09 (Purchased | | |
on 10/28/09 – be repurchased at $8,000,124, | | |
collateralized by U.S. Treasury Notes and | | |
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 3.50% – 7.63%, due | | |
11/15/09 – 2/15/25 par and fair | | |
value of $6,892,000, $8,164,029, respectively) | 8,000 | 8,000,000 |
UBS Securities LLC, 0.12%, 1/07/10 (Purchased | | |
on 10/07/09, to be repurchased at $10,003,067, | | |
collateralized by U.S. Treasury Inflation Index Notes, | | |
1.25% due 4/15/14 par and fair | | |
value of $9,730,000, $10,201,185, respectively) | 10,000 | 10,000,000 |
Total Repurchase Agreements — 41.2% | | 44,928,000 |
Total Investments (Cost — $110,581,418*) — 101.4% | | 110,581,418 |
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (1.4)% | | (1,482,589) |
Net Assets — 100.0% | | $109,098,829 |
* Cost for federal income tax purposes.
(a) Rates shown reflect the discount rates or range of discount rates paid at time
of purchase.
• Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value
of investments, which are as follows:
• Level 1 — price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets
and liabilities
• Level 2 — other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices
for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for
identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs
other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such
as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities,
credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs)
• Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available
in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available
(including the Fund's own assumptions used in determining the fair value
of investments)
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indi-
cation of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For information
about the Fund's policy regarding valuation of investments and other significant
accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements.
The following table summarizes the inputs used as of October 31, 2009 in deter-
mining the fair valuation of the Fund's investments:
| |
| Investments in |
Valuation Inputs | Securities |
| Assets |
Level 1 | — |
Level 21 | $110,581,418 |
Level 3 | — |
Total | $110,581,418 |
1 See above Schedule of Investments for values in each security type. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| | |
Statements of Assets and Liabilities | | |
| | Ready Assets |
| Ready Assets | U.S.A. |
| U.S. Treasury | Government |
October 31, 2009 (Unaudited) | Money Fund | Money Fund |
Assets | | |
Investments at value — unaffiliated1 | $ 486,315,182 | $ 65,653,418 |
Repurchase agreements at value — unaffiliated2 | — | 44,928,000 |
Cash | 85 | — |
Capital shares sold receivable | 238,470 | 2,958,460 |
Securities sold receivable | — | 1,604,991 |
Receivable from advisor | — | 17,533 |
Interest receivable | — | 1,188 |
Distribution fees receivable | — | 91 |
Prepaid expenses | 51,610 | 18,821 |
Total assets | 486,605,347 | 115,182,502 |
Liabilities | | |
Capital shares redeemed payable | 792,266 | 4,460,836 |
Bank overdraft | — | 1,604,905 |
Investment advisory fees payable | 40,229 | — |
Officer’s and Trustees’ fees payable | 126 | 41 |
Other affiliates payable | 4,384 | 919 |
Other accrued expenses payable | 25,638 | 16,972 |
Total liabilities | 862,643 | 6,083,673 |
Net Assets | $ 485,742,704 | $ 109,098,829 |
Net Assets Consist of | | |
Paid-in capital | $ 485,670,183 | $ 109,087,345 |
Undistributed net investment income | 56,233 | 6,385 |
Undistributed net realized gain | 16,288 | 5,099 |
Net Assets | $ 485,742,704 | $ 109,098,829 |
Net Asset Value | | |
Shares outstanding, unlimited number of shares authorized, $0.10 par value | 485,670,183 | 109,087,345 |
Net asset value | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 |
1 Investments at cost — unaffiliated | $ 486,315,182 | $ 65,653,418 |
2 Repurchase agreements at cost — unaffiliated | — | $ 44,928,000 |
See Notes to Financial Statements. | | |
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| | | |
Statements of Operations | | |
| | | Ready Assets |
| | Ready Assets | U.S.A. |
| | U.S. Treasury | Government |
Six Months Ended October 31, 2009 (Unaudited) | Money Fund | Money Fund |
Investment Income | | | |
Interest | | $ 697,780 | $ 187,217 |
Expenses | | | |
Investment advisory | | 1,536,849 | 316,240 |
Distribution | | 382,093 | 82,543 |
Accounting services | | 71,739 | 30,843 |
Transfer agent | | 56,497 | 72,732 |
Professional | | 24,921 | 46,600 |
Printing | | 24,592 | 8,387 |
Registration | | 19,275 | 22,283 |
Custodian | | 11,650 | 11,521 |
Officer and Trustees | | 11,112 | 8,881 |
Miscellaneous | | 11,680 | 8,681 |
Total expenses | | 2,150,408 | 608,711 |
Less fees waived by advisor | | (1,116,601) | (302,724) |
Less distribution fees waived | | (336,027) | (82,543) |
Less other expenses reimbursed | — | (36,227) |
Total expenses after fees waived and reimbursed | 697,780 | 187,217 |
Net investment income | | — | — |
Realized Gain | | | |
Net realized gain on investments | 16,288 | 5,099 |
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | $ 16,288 | $ 5,099 |
See Notes to Financial Statements. | | |
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| | | | | | |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets | | | | |
| | Ready Assets | | | Ready Assets | |
| U.S. Treasury Money Fund | U.S.A. Government Money Fund |
| Six Months | Period | Year | Six Months | Period | Year |
| Ended | December 1, | Ended | Ended | September 1, | Ended |
| October 31, 2009 | 2008 to April 30, | November 30, | October 31, 2009 | 2008 to April 30, | August 31, |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets: | (Unaudited) | 2009 | 2008 | (Unaudited) | 2009 | 2008 |
Operations | | | | | | |
Net investment income | $ — | $ 349,966 | $ 4,111,510 | $ — | $ 223,934 | $ 3,169,694 |
Net realized gain | 16,288 | 56,868 | 47,398 | 5,099 | 10,171 | — |
Net increase in net assets resulting | | | | | | |
from operations | 16,288 | 406,834 | 4,158,908 | 5,099 | 234,105 | 3,169,694 |
Dividends to Shareholders From | | | | | | |
Net investment income | (50,909) | (349,966) | (4,111,510) | (3,849) | (223,934) | (3,169,694) |
Capital Share Transactions | | | | | | |
Net proceeds from sale of shares | 160,568,508 | 502,972,653 | 1,968,962,313 | 168,650,815 | 590,916,349 | 755,024,672 |
Reinvestment of dividends | 50,718 | 349,966 | 4,111,121 | 3,841 | 223,916 | 3,169,694 |
Cost of shares redeemed | (431,914,521) | (754,008,336) | (1,114,321,010) | (236,368,904) | (543,327,383) | (751,679,958) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | | | | | | |
derived from capital share transactions | (271,295,295) | (250,685,717) | 858,752,424 | (67,714,248) | 47,812,882 | 6,514,408 |
Net Assets | | | | | | |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | (271,329,916) | (250,628,849) | 858,799,822 | (67,712,998) | 47,823,053 | 6,514,408 |
Beginning of period | 757,072,620 | 1,007,701,469 | 148,901,647 | 176,811,827 | 128,988,774 | 122,474,366 |
End of period | $ 485,742,704 | $ 757,072,620 | $ 1,007,701,469 | $ 109,098,829 | $ 176,811,827 | $ 128,988,774 |
Undistributed net investment income | $ 56,233 | $ 107,142 | $ 2,876 | $ 6,385 | $ 10,234 | $ 1,204 |
See Notes to Financial Statements. | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | |
Financial Highlights | | | | | Ready Assets U.S. Treasury Money Fund |
| | Six Months | Period | | | | | | |
| | Ended | December 1, | | | | | | |
| | October 31, | 2008 | | | | | | |
| | 2009 | to April 30, | | Year Ended November 30, | | |
| | (Unaudited) | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | | 2005 | 2004 |
Per Share Operating Performance | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 |
Net investment income | | — | 0.0004 | 0.0155 | 0.0410 | 0.0396 | | 0.0222 | 0.0052 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | — | — | 0.0000 | (0.0001) | 0.0000 | | 0.0004 | (0.0004) |
Net increase from investment operations | — | 0.0004 | 0.0155 | 0.0409 | 0.0396 | | 0.0226 | 0.0048 |
Dividends and distributions from: | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | (0.0001) | (0.0004) | (0.0155) | (0.0410) | (0.0396) | | (0.0222) | (0.0052) |
Net realized gain | | — | — | — | — | (0.0000) | | (0.0001) | (0.0001) |
Total dividends and distributions | (0.0001) | (0.0004) | (0.0155) | (0.0410) | (0.0396) | | (0.0223) | (0.0053) |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 |
Total Investment Return1 | | | | | | | | | |
Total investment return | | 0.01%2 | 0.04%2 | 1.55% | 4.19% | 4.04% | | 2.26% | 0.53% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets | | | | | | | | |
Total expenses | | 0.70%3 | 0.75%3 | 0.73% | 0.93% | 0.97% | | 0.93% | 1.02% |
Total expenses after fees waived and reimbursed | 0.23%3 | 0.32%3 | 0.38% | 0.58% | 0.62% | | 0.58% | 0.67% |
Net investment income | | 0.00%3,4 | 0.10%3 | 1.00% | 3.91% | 3.95% | | 2.23% | 0.50% |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000) | $ 485,743 | $ 757,073 | $ 1,007,701 | $ 148,902 | $ 56,161 | $ 55,181 | $ 50,732 |
1 Where applicable, total investment returns include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions. | | | | | |
2 Aggregate total investment return. | | | | | | | | |
3 Annualized. | | | | | | | | | |
4 Amount is less than 0.01% | | | | | | | | |
See Notes to Financial Statements. | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | |
Financial Highlights | | | | Ready Assets U.S.A. Government Money Fund |
| Six Months | Period | | | | | | |
| Ended | September 1, | | | | | | |
| October 31, | 2008 | | | | | | |
| 2009 | to April 30, | | Year Ended August 31, | | |
| (Unaudited) | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | | 2005 | 2004 |
Per Share Operating Performance | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 |
Net investment income | — | 0.0013 | 0.0234 | 0.0437 | 0.0349 | | 0.0153 | 0.0030 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | — | — | — | 0.0001 | 0.0003 | | (0.0001) | (0.0008) |
Net increase from investment operations | — | 0.0013 | 0.0234 | 0.0438 | 0.0352 | | 0.0152 | 0.0022 |
Dividends from net investment income | (0.0000) | (0.0013) | (0.0234) | (0.0437) | (0.0349) | | (0.0153) | (0.0030) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 |
Total Investment Return1 | | | | | | | | |
Total investment return | 0.00%2,3 | 0.14%2 | 2.40% | 4.42% | 3.55% | | 1.54% | 0.30% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets | | | | | | | | |
Total expenses | 0.87%4 | 0.87%4 | 0.88% | 0.93% | 0.92% | | 0.94% | 0.89% |
Total expenses after fees waived and reimbursed | 0.27%4 | 0.49%4 | 0.88% | 0.93% | 0.92% | | 0.94% | 0.89% |
Net investment income | 0.00%3,4 | 0.17%4 | 2.31% | 4.37% | 3.57% | | 1.50% | 0.29% |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000) | $ 109,099 | $ 176,812 | $ 128,989 | $ 122,474 | $ 142,491 | $ 106,745 | $ 133,209 |
1 Where applicable, total investment returns include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions. | | | | | |
2 Aggregate total investment return. | | | | | | | | |
3 Amount is less than 0.01% | | | | | | | | |
4 Annualized. | | | | | | | | |
See Notes to Financial Statements. | | | | | | | | |
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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)
1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies:
Ready Assets U.S. Treasury Money Fund and Ready Assets U.S.A.
Government Money Fund (collectively, the “Funds”) are registered under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as
no load, diversified, open-end management investment companies. The
Funds are organized as Massachusetts business trusts. The Funds’ finan-
cial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America, which may require
the use of management accruals and estimates. Actual results may
differ from these estimates.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by
the Funds:
Valuation: The Funds’ investments are valued under the amortized cost
method which approximates current market value in accordance with
Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act. Under this method, securities are valued
at cost when purchased and thereafter, a constant proportionate amorti-
zation of any discount or premium is recorded until the maturity of the
security. The Funds seek to maintain their net asset value per share at
$1.00, although there is no assurance that they will be able to do so
on a continuing basis.
Repurchase Agreements: Certain Funds may invest in repurchase agree-
ments, under which the counterparty agrees to repurchase the security
at a mutually agreed upon time and price. The counterparty will be
required on a daily basis to maintain the value of the securities subject
to the agreement at no less than the repurchase price. The agreements
are conditioned upon the collateral being deposited under the Federal
Reserve book entry system or held in a segregated account by the
Funds’ custodian. In the event the counterparty defaults and the fair
value of the collateral declines, the Funds could experience losses,
delays and costs in liquidating the collateral.
Investment Transactions and Investment Income: For financial reporting
purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the trans-
actions are entered into (the trade dates). Realized gains and losses
on investment transactions are determined on the identified cost basis.
Interest income is recognized on the accrual basis. The Funds amortize
all premiums and discounts on debt securities.
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders: Dividends from net
investment income are declared and reinvested daily and paid
monthly. Distributions of realized gains, if any, are recorded on the
ex-dividend dates.
Income Taxes: It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements
of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment
companies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its
shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.
The Funds file US federal and various state and local tax returns.
No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of
limitations on the US federal tax returns remains open for each of the
three years ended November 30, 2008 for Ready Assets U.S. Treasury
Money Fund, the three years ended August 31, 2008 for Ready Assets
U.S.A. Government Money Fund and the period ended April 30, 2009
for each Fund. The statutes of limitations on each Fund’s state and local
tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon
the jurisdiction.
Recent Accounting Standards: In June 2009, amended guidance was
issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board for transfers of
financial assets. This guidance is intended to improve the relevance, rep-
resentational faithfulness and comparability of the information that a
reporting entity provides in its financial statements about a transfer of
financial assets; the effects of a transfer on its financial position, finan-
cial performance, and cash flows; and a transferor’s continuing involve-
ment, if any, in transferred financial assets. The amended guidance is
effective for financial statements for fiscal years and interim periods
beginning after November 15, 2009. Earlier application is prohibited.
The recognition and measurement provisions of this guidance must be
applied to transfers occurring on or after the effective date. Additionally,
the enhanced disclosure provisions of the amended guidance should be
applied to transfers that occurred both before and after the effective date
of this guidance. The impact of this guidance on the Funds’ financial
statements and disclosures, if any, is currently being assessed.
Other: Expenses directly related to each Fund are charged to that
Fund. Other operating expenses shared by several funds are pro rated
among those funds on the basis of relative net assets or other
appropriate methods.
Bank overdraft: Ready Assets U.S.A. Government Money Fund recorded
a bank overdraft which resulted from a failed trade that settled the
next day.
2. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions
with Affiliates:
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”) and Bank of America
Corporation (“BAC”) are the largest stockholders of BlackRock, Inc.
(“BlackRock”). Due to the ownership structure, PNC is an affiliate for
1940 Act purposes, but BAC is not.
The Funds have entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with
BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), the Funds’ investment advisor,
an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide investment
advisory and administration services.
The Manager is responsible for the management of each Fund’s portfolio
and provides the necessary personnel, facilities and equipment and
certain other services necessary to the operations of the Funds. For
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Notes to Financial Statements (concluded)
such services, each Fund pays a monthly fee at an annual rate of the
average daily value of each Fund’s net assets of 0.50% for Ready Assets
U.S. Treasury Money Fund and 0.45% for Ready Assets U.S.A. Govern-
ment Money Fund. For Ready Assets U.S. Treasury Money Fund, the
Manager has agreed to waive 0.35% of the investment advisory fee.
For the six months ended October 31, 2009, the Manager waived
$1,075,794 which is included in fees waived by advisor in the
Statements of Operations.
The Manager has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with
BlackRock Institutional Management Corporation (“BIMC”), an affiliate
of the Manager, under which the Manager pays BIMC, for services it
provides, a monthly fee that is a percentage of the investment advisory
fee paid by each Fund to the Manager.
For the six months ended October 31, 2009, the Funds reimbursed the
Manager the following amounts for certain accounting services, which is
included in accounting services in the Statements of Operations:
| |
Ready Assets U.S. Treasury Money Fund | $6,194 |
Ready Assets U.S.A. Government Money Fund | $1,358 |
Each Fund has entered into a Distribution Agreement and a Shareholder
Servicing Plan with BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), which is an
affiliate of BlackRock.
Pursuant to the Distribution Plans adopted by the Funds in accordance
with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, the Funds pay BRIL a distribution
fee. The fee is accrued daily and paid monthly at an annual rate of
0.125% of each Fund’s average daily net assets.
The Manager and BRIL voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of their
respective investment advisory and distribution fees and/or reimburse
operating expenses to enable the Funds to maintain minimum levels
of net investment income. For the six months ended October 31, 2009,
the Manager waived $40,807 for Ready Assets U.S. Treasury Money
Fund and $302,724 for Ready Assets U.S.A. Government Money Fund,
which are included in fees waived by advisor. Additional amounts are
shown as distribution fees waived and other expenses reimbursed in
the Statements of Operations. The Manager or BRIL may discontinue
this waiver or reimbursement at any time.
Certain officers and/or trustees of the Funds are officers and/or direc-
tors of BlackRock or its affiliates. Each Fund reimburses the Manager
for compensation paid to the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer.
3. Market and Credit Risk:
In the normal course of business, the Funds invest in securities and
enter into transactions where risks exist due to fluctuations in the market
(market risk) or failure of the issuer of a security to meet all its obliga-
tions (credit risk). The value of securities held by the Funds may decline
in response to certain events, including those directly involving the
issuers whose securities are owned by the Funds; 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 credit risk, the Funds may be exposed
to counterparty risk, or the risk that an entity with which the Funds have
unsettled or open transactions may default. Financial assets, which
potentially expose the Funds to credit and counterparty risks, consist
principally of investments and cash due from counterparties. The extent
of the Funds’ exposure to credit and counterparty risks with respect to
these financial assets is approximated by their value recorded in the
Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by
the Funds.
4. Capital Share Transactions:
The number of shares sold, reinvested and redeemed during the periods
corresponds to the amounts included in the Statements of Changes in
Net Assets with respect to net proceeds from sale of shares, reinvest-
ment of dividends and cost of shares redeemed, respectively, since
shares are recorded at $1.00 per share.
5. Subsequent Events:
Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the
Funds through December 21, 2009, the date the financial statements
were issued, and has determined that there were no subsequent events
requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.
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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreements and Sub-Advisory Agreements
The Board of Trustees of Ready Assets U.S.A. Government Money Fund
(“U.S.A. Government Money Fund”) met on April 16, 2009 and May
21 – 22, 2009 to consider the approval of U.S.A. Government Money
Fund’s investment advisory agreement (the “U.S.A. Government Money
Fund Advisory Agreement”) with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manag-
er”), its investment advisor. The Board of Trustees of U.S.A. Government
Money Fund also considered the approval of the sub-advisory agreement
(the “U.S.A. Government Money Fund Sub-Advisory Agreement”) between
the Manager and BlackRock Institutional Management Corporation (the
“Sub-Advisor”) with respect to U.S.A. Government Money Fund.
The Board of Trustees of Ready Assets U.S. Treasury Money Fund (“U.S.
Treasury Money Fund”) met on April 16, 2009 and May 21 – 22, 2009
to consider the approval of U.S. Treasury Money Fund’s investment advi-
sory agreement (the “U.S. Treasury Money Fund Advisory Agreement”)
with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), its investment advisor.
The Board of Trustees of U.S. Treasury Money Fund also considered the
approval of the sub-advisory agreement (the “U.S. Treasury Money Fund
Sub-Advisory Agreement”) between the Manager and BlackRock Insti-
tutional Management Corporation (the “Sub-Advisor”) with respect to
U.S. Treasury Money Fund.
U.S.A. Government Money Fund and U.S. Treasury Money Fund are
referred to herein individually as a “Fund” or collectively as the “Funds.”
The Manager and the Sub-Advisor are referred to herein as “BlackRock.”
The U.S.A. Government Money Fund Advisory Agreement and the U.S.
Treasury Money Fund Advisory Agreement are referred to herein individ-
ually as an “Advisory Agreement” or collectively as the “Advisory Agree-
ments,” the U.S.A. Government Money Fund Sub-Advisory Agreement
and the U.S. Treasury Money Fund Sub-Advisory Agreement are referred
to herein individually as a “Sub-Advisory Agreement” or collectively as
the “Sub-Advisory Agreements” and the Advisory Agreements and the
Sub-Advisory Agreements are referred to herein individually as an “Agree-
ment” or collectively as the “Agreements.” For ease and clarity of presen-
tation, the Boards of Trustees of the Funds, which are comprised of
the same thirteen individuals, are herein referred to collectively as
the “Boards” and the members of the Boards are referred to as
“Board Members.”
Activities and Composition of the Boards
Each Board consists of thirteen individuals, eleven of whom are not
“interested persons” of any Fund as defined in the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (the “Independent Board
Members”). The Board is responsible for the oversight of the operations
of the relevant 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 Co-Chairs of each Board are each
Independent Board Members. Each Board has established five standing
committees: an Audit Committee, a Governance and Nominating
Committee, a Compliance Committee, a Performance Oversight and
Contract Committee and an Executive Committee, each of which is
composed of Independent Board Members (except for the Executive
Committee, which has one interested Board Member) and is chaired
by Independent Board Members.
The Agreements
Pursuant to the 1940 Act, the Boards are required to consider the con-
tinuation of the Agreements on an annual basis. In connection with this
process, each Board assessed, among other things, the nature, scope
and quality of the services provided to the relevant Fund by the person-
nel of BlackRock and its affiliates, including investment management,
administrative and shareholder services, oversight of fund accounting
and custody, marketing services and assistance in meeting applicable
legal and regulatory requirements.
Throughout the year, the Boards, acting directly and through their com-
mittees, consider at each of their meetings factors that are relevant to
their annual consideration of the renewal of the Agreements, including
the services and support provided by BlackRock to the Funds and their
respective shareholders. Among the matters the Boards considered were:
(a) investment performance for one-, three- and five-year periods against
peer funds, and applicable benchmarks, if any, as well as senior man-
agement and portfolio managers’ analysis of the reasons for any out
performance or underperformance against its peers; (b) fees, including
advisory, administration, if applicable, and other amounts paid to
BlackRock and its affiliates by the Funds 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 investment objective, policies and restrictions of
the Funds; (e) the compliance of each of the Funds with its respective
Code of Ethics and compliance policies and procedures; (f) the nature,
cost and character of non-investment management services provided by
BlackRock and its affiliates; (g) BlackRock’s and other service providers’
internal controls; (h) BlackRock’s implementation of the proxy voting
policies approved by the Boards; (i) execution quality of portfolio trans-
actions; (j) BlackRock’s implementation of each Fund’s valuation and
liquidity procedures; and (k) periodic updates on BlackRock’s business.
Board Considerations in Approving the Agreements
The Approval Process: Prior to the April 16, 2009 meeting, the Boards
requested and received materials specifically relating to the Agreements.
The Boards are engaged in an ongoing process with BlackRock to con-
tinuously review the nature and scope of the information provided to
better assist their deliberations. The materials provided in connection
with the April meetings included (a) information independently compiled
and prepared by Lipper, Inc. (“Lipper”) on the relevant Fund’s fees and
expenses, and the investment performance of the relevant Fund as com-
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pared with a peer group of funds as determined by Lipper (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, under similar investment mandates, as well
as the performance of such other clients; (d) the impact of economies
of scale; (e) a summary of aggregate amounts paid by the relevant Fund
to BlackRock; (f) sales and redemption data regarding the relevant
Fund’s shares; and (g) an internal comparison of management fees
classified by Lipper, if applicable.
At in-person meetings held on April 16, 2009, the Boards reviewed
materials relating to their consideration of the Agreements. As a result of
the discussions that occurred during the April 16, 2009 meetings, the
Boards presented BlackRock with questions and requests for additional
information and BlackRock responded to these requests with additional
written information in advance of the May 21 – 22, 2009 Board meetings.
At an in-person meeting held on May 21 – 22, 2009, the Board Members
of each Fund present at the meeting, including the Independent Board
Members present at the meeting, unanimously approved, with respect to
the relevant Fund, the continuation of the Advisory Agreement between
the Manager and the Fund and the related Sub-Advisory Agreement
between the Manager and the Sub-Advisor, each for a one-year term
ending June 30, 2010. Each Board considered all factors it believed
relevant with respect to the applicable Fund, including, among other
factors: (a) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by
BlackRock; (b) the investment performance of the relevant Fund and
BlackRock portfolio management; (c) the advisory fee and the cost of
the services and profits to be realized by BlackRock and certain affili-
ates from the relationship with the relevant Fund; (d) economies of
scale; and (e) other factors.
Each 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 the applicable Fund’s shares, services
related to the valuation and pricing of the applicable Fund’s portfolio
holdings, direct and indirect benefits to BlackRock and its affiliates and
significant shareholders from their relationship with the applicable Fund
and advice from independent legal counsel with respect to the review
process and materials submitted for the Board’s review. The Boards
noted the willingness of BlackRock personnel to engage in open, candid
discussions with the Boards. The Boards did not identify any particular
information as controlling, and each Board Member may have attributed
different weights to the various items considered.
A. Nature, Extent and Quality of the Services: Each Board, including the
Independent Board Members, reviewed the nature, extent and quality of
services provided by BlackRock, including the investment advisory serv-
ices and the resulting performance of the applicable Fund. Throughout
the year, each Board compared the performance of the applicable Fund
to the performance of a comparable group of mutual funds, and the
performance of a relevant benchmark, if any. The Boards met with
BlackRock’s senior management personnel responsible for investment
operations, including the senior investment officers. Each Board also
reviewed the materials provided by the applicable Fund’s portfolio man-
agement team, discussing the performance of the applicable Fund and
the investment objective, strategies and outlook of the applicable Fund.
Each Board considered, among other factors, the number, education
and experience of BlackRock’s investment personnel generally and the
applicable Fund’s portfolio management team, investments by portfolio
managers in the funds they manage, BlackRock’s portfolio trading cap-
abilities, BlackRock’s use of technology, BlackRock’s commitment to
compliance and BlackRock’s approach to training and retaining portfolio
managers and other research, advisory and management personnel.
Each Board also reviewed a general description of BlackRock’s comp-
ensation structure with respect to the applicable Fund’s portfolio
management team and BlackRock’s ability to attract and retain
high-quality talent.
In addition to advisory services, the Boards considered the quality of
the administrative and non-investment advisory services provided to the
Funds. BlackRock and its affiliates and significant shareholders provide
the Funds with certain administrative, transfer agency, shareholder and
other services (in addition to any such services provided to the Funds
by third parties) and officers and other personnel as are necessary for
the operations of the Funds. In addition to investment advisory services,
BlackRock and its affiliates provide the Funds with other services, in-
cluding (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 each of the
Funds, such as tax reporting, fulfilling regulatory filing requirements,
and call center services. The Boards reviewed the structure and duties
of BlackRock’s fund administration, accounting, legal and compliance
departments and considered BlackRock’s policies and procedures for
assuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
B. The Investment Performance of the Funds and BlackRock: The
Boards, including the Independent Board Members, also reviewed
and considered the performance history of the Funds. In preparation
for the April 16, 2009 meeting, the Boards were provided with reports,
independently prepared by Lipper, which included a comprehensive
analysis of each Fund’s performance. The Boards also reviewed a
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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, each Board received and reviewed infor-
mation regarding the investment performance of the applicable Fund
as compared to a representative group of similar funds as determined
by Lipper and to all funds in the relevant Fund’s applicable Lipper cate-
gory. The Boards were provided with a description of the methodology
used by Lipper to select peer funds. Each Board regularly reviews the
performance of the respective Fund throughout the year. Each Board
attaches more importance to performance over relatively long periods of
time, typically three to five years.
The Board of U.S.A. Government Money Fund noted that the Fund’s per-
formance was below the median of its Lipper Performance Universe for
the one-, three- and five-year periods reported. The Board and BlackRock
reviewed the reasons for the Fund’s underperformance during these peri-
ods compared with its Peers. The Board was informed that, among other
things, the Fund is included within the Lipper U.S. Government Money
Market Funds category. In accordance with its investment strategy, the
Fund is permitted only to invest in direct obligations of the U.S. govern-
ment or repurchase agreements collateralized by obligations of the U.S.
Government or explicitly guaranteed by the U.S. Government. This limits
the Fund to investments in securities issued by or repurchase agree-
ments collateralized by the U.S. Treasury and securities guaranteed by
the Government National Mortgage Association (“GNMAs”). Because
the Fund may invest in GNMAs, the Fund cannot be included within
the Lipper Treasury Money Market Fund Index. Therefore, the Fund is
included in indices that include money market funds that may invest
in Government Agency obligations (such as obligations of the Federal
National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation), which offer higher yields.
The Board of U.S.A. Government Money Fund and BlackRock discussed
BlackRock’s commitment to providing the resources necessary to assist
the portfolio managers and to improve U.S.A. Government Money
Fund’s performance.
The Board of U.S. Treasury Money Fund noted that, in general, the Fund
underperformed its Peers in that the Fund’s performance was below the
median of its Lipper Performance Universe in two of the one-, three- and
five-year periods reported; however, the underperformance was within
5% of the median return of the Fund’s Lipper Performance Universe for
all of the periods during which the Fund underperformed.
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 Funds: Each Board, including the Independent
Board Members, reviewed the applicable Fund’s contractual advisory fee
rates compared with the other funds in its Lipper category. Each Board
also compared the applicable Fund’s total expenses, as well as actual
management fees, to those of other comparable funds. Each 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 Boards received and reviewed statements relating to BlackRock’s
financial condition and profitability with respect to the services it pro-
vided the Funds. The Boards were also provided with a profitability
analysis that detailed the revenues earned and the expenses incurred
by BlackRock for services provided to the Funds. The Boards reviewed
BlackRock’s profitability with respect to the Funds and other funds the
Board currently oversees for the year ended December 31, 2008 com-
pared to available aggregate profitability data provided for the year
ended December 31, 2007. The Boards reviewed BlackRock’s profit-
ability with respect to other fund complexes managed by the Manager
and/or its affiliates. The Boards reviewed BlackRock’s assumptions and
methodology of allocating expenses in the profitability analysis, noting
the inherent limitations in allocating costs among various advisory prod-
ucts. The Boards recognized that profitability may be affected by num-
erous factors including, among other things, fee waivers and expense
reimbursements by the Manager, the types of funds managed, expense
allocations and business mix, and therefore comparability of profitability
is somewhat limited.
The Boards noted that, in general, individual fund or product line prof-
itability of other advisors is not publicly available. Nevertheless, to the
extent such information is available, the Boards considered BlackRock’s
operating margin, in general, compared to the operating margin for lead-
ing investment management firms whose operations include advising
open-end funds, among other product types. The comparison indicated
that operating margins for BlackRock with respect to its registered funds
are generally consistent with margins earned by similarly situated pub-
licly traded competitors. In addition, the Boards considered, among
other things, certain third party data comparing BlackRock’s operating
margin with that of other publicly-traded asset management firms, which
concluded that larger asset bases do not, in themselves, translate to
higher profit margins.
In addition, each Board considered the cost of the services provided to
the applicable Fund by BlackRock, and BlackRock’s and its affiliates’
profits relating to the management and distribution of the applicable
Fund and the other funds advised by BlackRock and its affiliates. As
part of its analysis, each Board reviewed BlackRock’s methodology in
allocating its costs to the management of the applicable Fund. Each
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 applicable Agreements
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and to continue to provide the high quality of services that is expected
by that Board.
The Board of U.S.A. Government Money Fund noted that, although the
Fund’s contractual advisory fees were above the median of its Peers, its
actual and/or contractual management fees were lower than or equal to
the median of its Peers.
The Board of U.S. Treasury Money Fund noted that, although the Fund’s
contractual advisory fees were above the median of its Peers, its actual
advisory fees were lower than or equal to the median of its Peers. The
Board of U.S. Treasury Money Fund noted that the Manager has voluntar-
ily agreed to waive or reimburse management fees for U.S.A. Government
Money Fund.
D. Economies of Scale: Each Board, including the Independent Board
Members, considered the extent to which economies of scale might
be realized as the assets of the applicable Fund increase 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
assets of the applicable Fund. The Boards considered that the funds in
the BlackRock fund complex share some common resources and, as a
result, an increase in the overall size of the complex could permit each
fund to incur lower expenses than it would otherwise as a stand-alone
entity. The Boards also considered BlackRock’s overall operations and its
efforts to expand the scale of, and improve the quality of, its operations.
E. Other Factors: Each Board also took into account other ancillary or
“fall-out” benefits that BlackRock or its affiliates and significant share-
holders may derive from its relationship with the applicable Fund, both
tangible and intangible, such as BlackRock’s ability to leverage its in-
vestment 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 applicable Fund, including for administrative,
transfer agency and distribution services. Each Board also noted that
BlackRock may use third party research obtained by soft dollars gener-
ated by certain mutual fund transactions to assist itself in managing
all or a number of its other client accounts.
In connection with their consideration of the Agreements, the Boards
also received information regarding BlackRock’s brokerage and soft
dollar practices. The Boards received reports from BlackRock which
included information on brokerage commissions and trade execution
practices throughout the year.
Conclusion
The Board Members of each Fund present at the meetings, including the
Independent Board Members present at the meetings, unanimously
approved, with respect to each applicable Fund, the continuation of the
Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Fund for a one-year
term ending June 30, 2010 and the Sub-Advisory Agreement between
the Manager and Sub-Advisor with respect to the Fund for a one-year
term ending June 30, 2010. Based upon their evaluation of all these
factors in their totality, the Board Members present at the meeting,
including the Independent Board Members present at the meetings,
were satisfied that the terms of the Agreements were fair and reasonable
and in the best interest of each applicable Fund and its shareholders. In
arriving at a decision to approve the Agreements, the Boards did not
identify any single factor or group of factors as all-important or control-
ling, 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 each applicable 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 considera-
tion of these arrangements in prior years.
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OCTOBER 31, 2009 17
Officers and Trustees
Ronald W. Forbes, Co-Chair of the Board and Trustee
Rodney D. Johnson, Co-Chair of the Board and Trustee
David O. Beim, Trustee
Richard S. Davis, Trustee
Henry Gabbay, Trustee
Dr. Matina Horner, Trustee
Herbert I. London, Trustee and Member of the Audit Committee
Cynthia A. Montgomery, Trustee
Joseph P. Platt, Jr., Trustee
Robert C. Robb, Jr., Trustee
Toby Rosenblatt, Trustee
Kenneth L. Urish, Chair of the Audit Committee and Trustee
Frederick W. Winter, Trustee and Member of the Audit Committee
Anne F. Ackerley, President and Chief Executive Officer
Richard Hoerner, Vice President
Jeffrey Holland, Vice President
Brendan Kyne, Vice President
Simon Mendelson, Vice President
Brian Schmidt, Vice President
Christopher Stavrakos, Vice President
Neal J. Andrews, Chief Financial Officer
Jay M. Fife, Treasurer
Brian P. Kindelan, Chief Compliance Officer
Howard B. Surloff, Secretary
Investment Advisor
BlackRock Advisors, LLC
Wilmington, DE 19809
Sub-Advisor
BlackRock Institutional Management Corporation
Wilmington, DE 19809
Custodian
The Bank of New York Mellon
New York, NY 10286
Transfer Agent
Financial Data Services, Inc.
Jacksonville, FL 32246
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
Sidley Austin LLP
New York, NY 10019
Address of the Funds
100 Bellevue Parkway
WIlmington, DE 19809
Effective July 31, 2009, Donald C. Burke, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Funds, retired. The Funds’ Boards
wish Mr. Burke well in his retirement.
Effective August 1, 2009, Anne F. Ackerley became President and Chief Executive Officer of the Funds, and Jeffrey Holland
and Brian Schmidt became Vice Presidents of the Funds.
Effective September 17, 2009, Richard Hoerner, Brendan Kyne, Simon Mendelson and Christopher Stavrakos became Vice
Presidents of the Funds.
18 SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OCTOBER 31, 2009
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Additional Information | | | | | | | |
Section 19(a) Notices | | | | | | | | |
These reported amounts and sources of distributions are estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and |
sources for tax reporting purposes will depend upon each Fund’s investment experience during the year and may be subject to changes based on the |
tax regulations. The Funds will provide a Form 1099-DIV each calendar year that will explain the character of these dividends and distributions for fed- |
eral income tax purposes. | | Total Cumulative Distributions | | | % Breakdown of the Total Cumulative |
| | for the Fiscal Year | | | Distributions for the Fiscal Year | |
| Net | Net | | Total Per | Net | Net | | Total Per |
| Investment | Realized | Return of | Common | Investment | Realized | Return of | Common |
| Income | Capital Gains | Capital | Share | Income | Capital Gains | Capital | Share |
Ready Assets U.S. Treasury | | | | | | | | |
Money Fund | $0.000099 | — | — | $0.000099 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
Ready Assets U.S.A. | | | | | | | | |
Government Money Fund | $0.000033 | — | — | $0.000033 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
General Information
Electronic Delivery
Electronic copies of most financial reports and prospectuses are avail-
able on the Funds’ website or shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifi-
cations of quarterly statements, annual and semi-annual reports and
prospectuses by enrolling in the Funds’ electronic delivery program.
Shareholders Who Hold Accounts with Investment Advisors, Banks or
Brokerages:
Please contact your financial advisor to enroll. Please note that not all
investment advisors, banks or brokerages may offer this service.
Householding
The Funds will mail only one copy of shareholder documents, including
annual and semi-annual reports and proxy statements, to shareholders
with multiple accounts at the same address. This practice is commonly
called “householding” and it is intended to reduce expenses and elimi-
nate duplicate mailings of shareholder documents. Mailings of your
shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you
instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents
to be combined with those for other members of your household, please
contact the Fund at (800) 221-7210.
Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures
A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to
determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available
(1) without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free (800) 221-7210;
(2) at www.blackrock.com; and (3) on the Securities and Exchange
Commission’s (the “SEC”) website at http://www.sec.gov.
Availability of Proxy Voting Record
Information about how the Funds voted proxies relating to securities
held in the Funds’ portfolio during the most recent 12-month period
ended June 30 is available (1) at www.blackrock.com or by calling
(800) 221-7210 and (2) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
Availability of Quarterly Portfolio Schedule
The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC
for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’
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 (202) 551-8090. The Funds’ Form
N-Q may also be obtained upon request and without charge by
calling (800) 221-7210.
BlackRock Privacy Principles
BlackRock is committed to maintaining the privacy of its current and for-
mer fund investors and individual clients (collectively, “Clients”) and to
safeguarding their non-public personal information. The following infor-
mation 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 appli-
cations, forms or other documents; (ii) information about your transac-
tions 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 informa-
tion. 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.
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OCTOBER 31, 2009 19
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This report is transmitted to shareholders only. It is not authorized
for use as an offer of sale or a solicitation of an offer to buy shares
of the Funds unless accompanied or preceded by each Fund’s
current prospectus. An investment in the Funds is not insured or
guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any
other government agency. Although the Funds seek to preserve the
value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose
money by investing in the Funds. Total return information assumes
reinvestment of all distributions. Past performance results shown
in this report should not be considered a representation of future
performance. For current month-end performance information, call
(800) 221-7210. The Funds’ current 7-day yields more closely
reflect the current earnings of the Funds than the total returns
quoted. Statements and other information herein are as dated
and are subject to change.

Item 2 – Code of Ethics – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report
Item 3 – Audit Committee Financial Expert – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report
Item 4 – Principal Accountant Fees and Services – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report
Item 5 – Audit Committee of Listed Registrants – Not Applicable
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.
Item 7 – Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management
Investment Companies – Not Applicable
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
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.
Item 11 – Controls and Procedures
11(a) – The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers or persons performing
similar functions have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
“1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report based on the
evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act
and Rule 15(d)-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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.
Item 12 – Exhibits attached hereto
12(a)(1) – Code of Ethics – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report
12(a)(2) – Certifications – Attached hereto
12(a)(3) – Not Applicable
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.
Ready Assets U.S.A. Government Money Fund
By: /s/ Anne F. Ackerley
Anne F. Ackerley
Chief Executive Officer of
Ready Assets U.S.A. Government Money Fund
Date: December 21, 2009
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.
By: /s/ Anne F. Ackerley
Anne F. Ackerley
Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
Ready Assets U.S.A. Government Money Fund
Date: December 21, 2009
By: /s/ Neal J. Andrews
Neal J. Andrews
Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of
Ready Assets U.S.A. Government Money Fund
Date: December 21, 2009