The Series files US federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statutes of limitations on the Series’ US federal tax returns remain open for the four years ended December 31, 2008. The statutes of limitations on the Series’ state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction.
The Series may engage in various portfolio investment strategies both to increase the return of the Series and to economically hedge, or protect, its exposure to interest rate movements and movements in the securities markets. Losses may arise if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the price of the underlying security, or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract. The Series may mitigate these losses through master netting agreements included within an International Swap and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) Master Agreement between the Series and its counterparty. The ISDA allows the Series to offset with its counterparty the Series derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held. See Note 1 “Segregation and Collateralization” for information with respect to collateral practices.
The Series is subject to equity risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives by investing in various derivative financial instruments, as described below.
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.
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Notes to Financial Statements (concluded) | Master S&P 500 Index Series |
The Master LLC, on behalf of the Series, entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), the Master LLC’s investment advisor, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide investment advisory and administration services.
The Manager is responsible for the management of the Series’ investments and provides the necessary personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services necessary to the operations of the Series. For such services, the Series pays the Manager a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.01% of the Series’ average daily net assets. However, the Manager has entered into a contract with the Master LLC, on behalf of the Series, that provides that the investment advisory fee for the Series, when combined with the administrative fee of a certain feeder fund, will not exceed a specified amount. As a result, the Series pays a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.005% of the average daily value of the Series’ net assets. The waiver is included in fees waived by advisor in the Statement of Operations and totaled $45,549.
The Manager has agreed to waive its advisory fee by the amount of investment advisory fees the Series pays to the Manager indirectly through its investment in affiliated money market funds. This amount is included in fees waived by advisor in the Statement of Operations and totaled $3,696.
The Manager has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“BIM”), an affiliate of the Manager, under which the Manager pays BIM for services it provides, a monthly fee that is a percentage of the investment advisory fee paid by the Series to the Manager.
For the six months ended June 30, 2009, the Series reimbursed the Manager $18,018 for certain accounting services, which is included in accounting services in the Statement of Operations.
The Series has 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. The Series has retained BIM as the securities lending agent for a fee based on a share of the income from investment of cash collateral. BIM may, on behalf of the Series, invest cash collateral received by the Series for such loans, among other things, in a private investment company managed by the Manager or in registered money market funds advised by the Manager or its affiliates. The share of income earned by the Series on such investments is shown as securities lending — affiliated in the Statement of Operations. For the six months ended June 30, 2009, BIM received $107,146 in securities lending agent fees.
Certain officers and/or directors of the Master LLC are officers and/or directors of BlackRock or its affiliates. The Series reimburses the Manager for its allocated share of compensation paid to the Master LLC’s Chief Compliance Officer.
4. Investments:
Purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities, for the six months ended June 30, 2009, were $75,325,589 and $90,873,351, respectively.
5. Short-Term Borrowings:
The Series, along with certain other funds managed by the Manager and its affiliates, is a party to a $500 million credit agreement with a group of lenders, which expires in November 2009. The Series may borrow under the credit agreement to fund shareholder redemptions and for other lawful purposes other than for leverage. The Series may borrow up to the maximum amount allowable under the Series’ current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, subject to various other legal, regulatory or contractual limits. The Series paid its pro rata share of a 0.02% upfront fee on the aggregate commitment amount based on its net assets. The Series pays a commitment fee of 0.08% per annum based on the Series’ pro rata share of the unused portion of the credit agreement, which is included in miscellaneous in the Statement of Operations. Amounts borrowed under the credit agreement bear interest at a rate equal to the higher of the (a) federal funds effective rate and (b) reserve adjusted one month LIBOR, plus, in each case, the higher of (i) 1.50% and (ii) 50% of the CDX Index (as defined in the credit agreement) in effect from time to time. The Series did not borrow under the credit agreement during the six months ended June 30, 2009.
6. Market and Credit Risk:
In the normal course of business, the Series 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 (credit risk). The value of securities held by the Series may decline in response to certain events, including those directly involving the issuers whose securities are owned by the Series; 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 Series may be exposed to counterparty risk, or the risk that an entity with which the Series has unsettled or open transactions may default. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Series to credit and counterparty risks, consist principally of investments and cash due from counterparties. The extent of the Series’ exposure to credit and counterparty risks with respect to these financial assets is approximated by their value recorded in the Series’ Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
7. Subsequent Events:
Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Series through August 25, 2009, the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.
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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement
The Board of Directors of Quantitative Master Series LLC (the “Master LLC”) met on April 16, 2009 and May 21 – 22, 2009 to consider the approval of the Master LLC’s investment advisory agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”) with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), the Master LLC’s investment advisor, on behalf of Master S&P 500 Index Series (the “Master Portfolio”), a series of the Master LLC. The Board of Directors of the Master LLC also considered the approval of the sub-advisory agreement (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement”) between the Manager and BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (the “Sub-Advisor”) with respect to the Master Portfolio. BlackRock Index Equity Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), a series of BlackRock FundsSM (the “Fund”), currently invests all of its investable assets in the Master Portfolio. Accordingly, the Board of Trustees of the Fund also considered the approval of the Advisory Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement. The Portfolio does not require investment advisory services since all investments are made at the Master Portfolio level.
The Manager and the Sub-Advisor are referred to herein as “BlackRock.” The Advisory Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement are referred to herein as the “Agreements.” For ease and clarity of presentation, the Board of Directors of the Master LLC and the Board of Trustees of the Fund, each of which are comprised of the same thirteen individuals, are herein referred to individually as a “Board” and collectively as the “Boards” and the members of the Boards are referred to as the “Board Members.”
Activities and Composition of the Boards
Each Board consists of thirteen individuals, eleven of whom are not “interested persons” of the Master LLC or the Fund as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (the “Independent Board Members”). The Board Members are responsible for the oversight of the operations of the Master LLC or the Fund, as pertinent, and perform the various duties imposed on the directors of investment companies by the 1940 Act. The Independent Board Members have retained independent legal counsel to assist them in connection with their duties. The Co-Chairs of the Boards are each Independent Board Members. Each Board has established five standing committees: an Audit Committee, a Governance and Nominating Committee, a Compliance Committee, a Performance Oversight and Contract Committee and an Executive Committee, each of which is composed of Independent Board Members (except for the Performance Oversight and Contract Committee and the Executive Committee, which each have one interested Board Member) and is chaired by Independent Board Members.
The Agreements
Pursuant to the 1940 Act, the Boards are required to consider the continuation of the Agreements on an annual basis. In connection with this process, the Boards assessed, among other things, the nature, scope and quality of the services provided to the Portfolio and/or the Master Portfolio by the personnel of BlackRock and its affiliates, including investment management, administrative services, shareholder services, oversight of fund accounting and custody, marketing services and assistance in meeting legal and regulatory requirements.
Throughout the year, the Boards, acting directly and through their committees, consider at each of their meetings factors that are relevant to their annual consideration of the renewal of the Agreements, including the services and support provided by BlackRock to the Portfolio and/or the Master Portfolio and their shareholders. Among the matters the Boards considered were: (a) investment performance for one-, three- and five-year periods, as applicable, against peer funds, and applicable benchmarks, if any, as well as senior management and portfolio managers’ analysis of the reasons for any underperformance against its peers; (b) fees, including advisory, administration, if applicable, and other amounts paid to BlackRock and its affiliates by the Portfolio and/or the Master Portfolio for services, such as transfer agency, marketing and distribution, call center and fund accounting; (c) Portfolio and/or Master Portfolio operating expenses; (d) the resources devoted to and compliance reports relating to the Portfolio’s and the Master Portfolio’s investment objective, policies and restrictions, (e) each of the Fund’s and the Master LLC’s compliance with its respective Code of Ethics and compliance policies and procedures; (f) the nature, cost and character of non-investment management services provided by BlackRock and its affiliates; (g) BlackRock’s and other service providers’ internal controls; (h) BlackRock’s implementation of the proxy voting policies approved by the Boards; (i) the use of brokerage commissions and execution quality; (j) BlackRock’s implementation of the Fund’s and the Master LLC’s respective valuation and liquidity procedures; and (k) periodic updates on BlackRock’s business.
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 continuously review the nature and scope of the information provided to better assist their deliberations. The materials provided in connection with the April meeting included (a) information independently compiled and prepared by Lipper, Inc. (“Lipper”) on Portfolio fees and expenses, and the investment performance of the Portfolio as compared 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 and closed-end funds, 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 Portfolio and/or the Master Portfolio to BlackRock; (f) sales and redemption data regarding the Portfolio’s shares; and (g) an internal comparison of management fees classified by Lipper, if applicable.
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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement (continued)
At an in-person meeting held on April 16, 2009, the Boards reviewed materials relating to their consideration of the Agreements. As a result of the discussions that occurred during the April 16, 2009 meeting, the Boards presented BlackRock with questions and requests for additional information and BlackRock responded to these requests with additional written information in advance of the May 21 – 22, 2009 Board meeting.
At an in-person meeting held on May 21 – 22, 2009, the Board Members of the Master LLC present at the meeting, including the Independent Board Members present at the meeting, unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Master LLC with respect to the Master Portfolio and the Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Sub-Advisor with respect to the Master Portfolio, each for a one-year term ending June 30, 2010. The Board Members of the Fund present at the meeting, including the Independent Board Members present at the meeting, also considered the continuation of the Agreements and found the Agreements to be satisfactory. The Boards considered all factors they believed relevant with respect to the Portfolio and/or the Master Portfolio, as applicable, including, among other factors: (a) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BlackRock; (b) the investment performance of the Portfolio and the Master Portfolio and BlackRock portfolio management; (c) the advisory fee and the cost of the services and profits to be realized by BlackRock and certain affiliates from the relationship with the Portfolio and the Master Portfolio; (d) economies of scale; and (e) other factors.
The Boards also considered other matters they deemed important to the approval process, such as payments made to BlackRock or its affiliates relating to the distribution of Portfolio shares, services related to the valuation and pricing of portfolio holdings of the Master Portfolio, direct and indirect benefits to BlackRock and its affiliates from their relationship with the Portfolio and the Master Portfolio and advice from independent legal counsel with respect to the review process and materials submitted for the Boards’ review. The Boards noted the willingness of BlackRock personnel to engage in open, candid discussions with the Boards. The Boards did not identify any particular information as controlling, and each Board Member may have attributed different weights to the various items considered.
A. Nature, Extent and Quality of the Services: The Boards, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the nature, extent and quality of services provided by BlackRock, including the investment advisory services and the resulting performance of the Portfolio and the Master Portfolio. Throughout the year, the Boards compared Portfolio performance to the performance of a comparable group of mutual funds, and the performance of at least one relevant benchmark, if any. The Boards met with BlackRock’s senior management personnel responsible for investment operations, including the senior investment officers. The Boards also reviewed the materials provided by the Master Portfolio’s portfolio management team discussing Master Portfolio performance and the Master Portfolio’s investment objective, strategies and outlook.
The Boards considered, among other factors, the number, education and experience of BlackRock’s investment personnel generally and the Master Portfolio’s portfolio management team, investments by portfolio managers in the funds they manage, BlackRock’s portfolio trading capabilities, BlackRock’s use of technology, BlackRock’s commitment to compliance and BlackRock’s approach to training and retaining portfolio managers and other research, advisory and management personnel. The Boards also reviewed a general description of BlackRock’s compensation structure with respect to the Master Portfolio’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 Portfolio and the Master Portfolio. BlackRock and its affiliates provide the Portfolio and the Master Portfolio with certain administrative, transfer agency, shareholder and other services (in addition to any such services provided to the Portfolio and the Master Portfolio by third parties) and officers and other personnel as are necessary for the operations of the Portfolio and the Master Portfolio. In addition to investment advisory services, BlackRock and its affiliates provide the Portfolio and the Master Portfolio with other services, including (i) preparing disclosure documents, such as the prospectus, the statement of additional information and periodic shareholder reports; (ii) assisting with daily accounting and pricing; (iii) overseeing and coordinating the activities of other service providers; (iv) organizing Board meetings and preparing the materials for such Board meetings; (v) providing legal and compliance support; and (vi) performing other administrative functions necessary for the operation of the Portfolio and the Master Portfolio, 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 Portfolio, the Master Portfolio and BlackRock: The Boards, including the Independent Board Members, also reviewed and considered the performance history of the Portfolio and the Master Portfolio. In preparation for the April 16, 2009 meeting, the Boards were provided with reports, independently prepared by Lipper, which included a comprehensive analysis of the Portfolio’s performance. The Boards also reviewed a narrative and statistical analysis of the Lipper data that was prepared by BlackRock, which analyzed various factors that affect Lipper’s rankings. In connection with their review, the Boards received and reviewed information regarding the investment performance of the Portfolio as compared to a representative group of similar funds as determined by Lipper and to all funds in the Portfolio’s applicable Lipper category. The Boards were provided with a description of the methodology used by Lipper to select peer funds. The Boards regularly review the performance of the Portfolio and the Master Portfolio throughout the year. The Boards attach more importance to performance over relatively long periods of time, typically three to five years.
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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement (continued)
The Boards noted that, in general, the Portfolio performed better than its Peers in that the Portfolio’s performance was at or above the median of its Lipper Performance Universe for each of the one-, three- and five-year periods reported.
C. Consideration of the Advisory Fees and the Cost of the Services and Profits to be Realized by BlackRock and its Affiliates from their Relationship with the Portfolio and the Master Portfolio: The Boards, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the Master Portfolio’s contractual advisory fee rates compared with the other funds in the Portfolio’s Lipper category. It also compared the Portfolio’s total expenses, as well as actual management fees, to those of other comparable funds. The Boards considered the services provided and the fees charged by BlackRock to other types of clients with similar investment mandates, including separately managed institutional accounts.
The Boards received and reviewed statements relating to BlackRock’s financial condition and profitability with respect to the services it provided the Portfolio and the Master Portfolio. 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 Portfolio and/or the Master Portfolio. The Boards reviewed BlackRock’s profitability with respect to the Master Portfolio and each fund the Boards currently oversee for the year ended December 31, 2008 compared to aggregate profitability data provided for the year ended December 31, 2007. The Boards reviewed BlackRock’s profitability with respect to other fund complexes managed by the Manager and/or its affiliates. The Boards reviewed BlackRock’s assumptions and methodology of allocating expenses in the profitability analysis, noting the inherent limitations in allocating costs among various advisory products. The Boards recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors including, among other things, fee waivers and expense reimbursements by the Manager, the types of funds managed, expense allocations and business mix, and therefore comparability of profitability is somewhat limited.
The Boards noted that, in general, individual fund or product line profitability of other advisors is not publicly available. Nevertheless, to the extent such information is available, the Boards considered BlackRock’s operating margin in general compared to the operating margin for leading investment management firms whose operations include advising open-end funds, among other product types. The comparison indicated that operating margins for BlackRock with respect to its registered funds are consistent with margins earned by similarly situated publicly traded competitors. In addition, the Boards considered, among other things, certain third party data comparing BlackRock’s operating margin with that of other publicly-traded asset management firms, which concluded that larger asset bases do not, in themselves, translate to higher profit margins.
In addition, the Boards considered the cost of the services provided to the Portfolio and the Master Portfolio by BlackRock, and BlackRock’s and its affiliates’ profits relating to the management and distribution of the Portfolio and the Master Portfolio and the other funds advised by BlackRock and its affiliates. As part of their analysis, the Boards reviewed BlackRock’s methodology in allocating its costs to the management of the Portfolio and the Master Portfolio. The Boards also considered whether BlackRock has the financial resources necessary to attract and retain high quality investment management personnel to perform its obligations under the Agreements and to continue to provide the high quality of services that is expected by the Boards.
The Boards noted that the contractual advisory fees, which do not take into account any expense reimbursement or fee waivers, were lower than or equal to the median contractual advisory fees paid by the Portfolio’s Peers. The Boards noted that BlackRock has contractually agreed to waive or reimburse advisory and/or administration fees for the Master Portfolio/Portfolio. The Boards further noted that BlackRock has also contractually agreed to waive fees or reimburse expenses in order to limit the Portfolio’s total net expenses on a class basis.
D. Economies of Scale: The Boards, including the Independent Board Members, considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of the Portfolio and the Master Portfolio increase and whether there should be changes in the advisory fee rate or structure in order to enable the Portfolio and the Master Portfolio to participate in these economies of scale, for example through the use of breakpoints in the advisory fee based upon the assets of the Master Portfolio. The Boards considered that the funds in the BlackRock fund complex share some common resources and, as a result, an increase in the overall size of the complex could permit each fund to incur lower expenses than it would otherwise as a stand-alone entity. The Boards also considered BlackRock’s overall operations and its efforts to expand the scale of, and improve the quality of, its operations.
E. Other Factors: The Boards also took into account other ancillary or “fall-out” benefits that BlackRock or its affiliates and significant shareholders may derive from its relationship with the Portfolio and the Master Portfolio, both tangible and intangible, such as BlackRock’s ability to leverage its investment professionals who manage other portfolios, an increase in BlackRock’s profile in the investment advisory community, and the engagement of BlackRock’s affiliates as service providers to the Portfolio and the Master Portfolio, including for administrative, transfer agency and distribution services. The Boards also noted that BlackRock may use third party research obtained by soft dollars generated by certain mutual fund transactions to assist itself in managing all or a number of its other client accounts.
In connection with their consideration of the Agreements, the Boards also received information regarding BlackRock’s brokerage and soft dollar practices. The Boards received reports from BlackRock which included information on brokerage commissions and trade execution practices throughout the year.
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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement (concluded)
Conclusion
The Board Members of the Master LLC present at the meeting, including the Independent Board Members present at the meeting, unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Master LLC with respect to the Master Portfolio for a one-year term ending June 30, 2010 and the Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Manager and Sub-Advisor with respect to the Master Portfolio for a one-year term ending June 30, 2010. Based upon their evaluation of all these factors in their totality, the Board Members of the Master LLC present at the meeting, including the Independent Board Members present at the meeting, were satisfied that the terms of the Agreements were fair and reasonable and in the best interest of the Master Portfolio and its shareholders. The Board Members of the Fund present at the meeting, including the Independent Board Members present at the meeting, also considered the continuation of the Agreements and found the Agreements to be satisfactory. In arriving at a decision to approve the Agreements, the Boards did not identify any single factor or group of factors as all-important or controlling, but considered all factors together, and different Board Members may have attributed different weights to the various factors considered. The Independent Board Members were also assisted by the advice of independent legal counsel in making this determination. The contractual fee arrangements for the Master Portfolio reflect the results of several years of review by the Board Members and predecessor Board Members, and discussions between such Board Members (and predecessor Board Members) and BlackRock. Certain aspects of the arrangements may be the subject of more attention in some years than in others, and the Board Members’ conclusions may be based in part on their consideration of these arrangements in prior years.
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Ronald W. Forbes, Co-Chairman of the Board and Director
Rodney D. Johnson, Co-Chairman of the Board and Director
David O. Beim, Director
Richard S. Davis, Director
Henry Gabbay, Director
Dr. Matina Horner, Director
Herbert I. London, Director
Cynthia A. Montgomery, Director
Joseph P. Platt, Jr., Director
Robert C. Robb, Jr., Director
Toby Rosenblatt, Director
Kenneth L. Urish, Chairman of the Audit Committee and Director
Frederick W. Winter, Director
Donald C. Burke, Fund/Master LLC President and Chief Executive Officer
Anne F. Ackerley, Vice President
Neal J. Andrews, Chief Financial Officer
Jay M. Fife, Treasurer
Brian P. Kindelan, Chief Compliance Officer of the Fund/Master LLC
Howard B. Surloff, Secretary
Investment Advisor
BlackRock Advisors, LLC
Wilmington, DE 19809
Custodian
PFPC Trust Company1
Philadelphia, PA 19153
State Street Bank and Trust Company2
North Quincy, MA 02171
Transfer Agent
PNC Global Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc.
Wilmington, DE 19809
Accounting Agent
State Street Bank and Trust Company
Princeton, NJ 08540
Distributor
BlackRock Investments, LLC
New York, NY 10022
Legal Counsel
Sidley Austin LLP
New York, NY 10019
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Princeton, NJ 08540
Address of the Fund
100 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809
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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.
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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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 it is intended to reduce expenses and eliminate duplicate mailings of shareholder documents. Mailings of your shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please contact the Fund at (800) 441-7762.
Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free (800) 441-7762; (2) at www.blackrock.com; and (3) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “SEC”) website at http://www.sec.gov.
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Availability of Proxy Voting Record
Information on how the Fund votes proxies relating to securities held in the portfolio during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available upon request and without charge (1) at www.blackrock.com or by calling (800) 441-7762 and (2) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
Availability of Quarterly Portfolio Schedule
The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of its fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (202) 551-8090. The Fund’s Forms N-Q may also be obtained upon request and without charge by calling (800) 441-7762.
Account Information
Call us at (800) 441-7762 from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM EST to get information about your account balances, recent transactions and share prices. You can also reach us on the Web at 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 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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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.
BlackRock All-Cap Energy & Resources Portfolio
BlackRock Asset Allocation Portfolio†
BlackRock Aurora Portfolio
BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund†
BlackRock Basic Value Fund
BlackRock Capital Appreciation Portfolio
BlackRock Energy & Resources Portfolio
BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund
BlackRock EuroFund
BlackRock Focus Growth Fund
BlackRock Focus Value Fund
BlackRock Fundamental Growth Fund
BlackRock Global Allocation Fund†
BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund
BlackRock Global Emerging Markets Fund
BlackRock Global Financial Services Fund
BlackRock Global Growth Fund
BlackRock Global Opportunities Portfolio
BlackRock Global SmallCap Fund
BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio
BlackRock Healthcare Fund
BlackRock Index Equity Portfolio*
BlackRock International Fund
BlackRock International Diversification Fund
BlackRock International Index Fund
BlackRock International Opportunities Portfolio
BlackRock International Value Fund
BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund
BlackRock Large Cap Core Plus Fund
BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund
BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund
BlackRock Latin America Fund
BlackRock Mid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio
BlackRock Mid-Cap Value Equity Portfolio
BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund
BlackRock Natural Resources Trust
BlackRock Pacific Fund
BlackRock Science & Technology Opportunities Portfolio
BlackRock Small Cap Core Equity Portfolio
BlackRock Small Cap Growth Equity Portfolio
BlackRock Small Cap Growth Fund II
BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund
BlackRock Small Cap Value Equity Portfolio
BlackRock Small/Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio
BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund
BlackRock U.S. Opportunities Portfolio
BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications Fund
BlackRock Value Opportunities Fund
BlackRock Bond Portfolio
BlackRock Emerging Market Debt Portfolio
BlackRock Enhanced Income Portfolio
BlackRock GNMA Portfolio
BlackRock Government Income Portfolio
BlackRock High Income Fund
BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio
BlackRock Income Portfolio†
BlackRock Income Builder Portfolio†
BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio
BlackRock Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio
BlackRock International Bond Portfolio
BlackRock Long Duration Bond Portfolio
BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio
BlackRock Managed Income Portfolio
BlackRock Short-Term Bond Fund
BlackRock Strategic Income Portfolio
BlackRock Total Return Fund
BlackRock Total Return Portfolio II
BlackRock World Income Fund
BlackRock AMT-Free Municipal Bond Portfolio
BlackRock California Municipal Bond Fund
BlackRock Delaware Municipal Bond Portfolio
BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund
BlackRock Intermediate Municipal Fund
BlackRock Kentucky Municipal Bond Portfolio
BlackRock Municipal Insured Fund
BlackRock National Municipal Fund
BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund
BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Fund
BlackRock Ohio Municipal Bond Portfolio
BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund
BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund
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Aggressive Growth Prepared Portfolio |
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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) 882-0052 or from your financial advisor. The prospectus should be read carefully before investing.
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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 Portfolio unless accompanied or preceded by the Portfolio’s current prospectus. Past performance results shown in this report should not be considered a representation of future performance. Investment return 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.

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Aerospace & Defense - 2.8% | | Boeing Co. | | 175,261 | | $ | 7,448,593 | |
| | General Dynamics Corp. | | 93,257 | | | 5,165,505 | |
| | Goodrich Corp. | | 30,149 | | | 1,506,546 | |
| | Honeywell International, Inc. | | 177,474 | | | 5,572,684 | |
| | ITT Corp. | | 44,482 | | | 1,979,449 | |
| | L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. | | 29,267 | | | 2,030,544 | |
| | Lockheed Martin Corp. | | 79,651 | | | 6,423,853 | |
| | Northrop Grumman Corp. | | 78,962 | | | 3,606,984 | |
| | Precision Castparts Corp. | | 33,800 | | | 2,468,414 | |
| | Raytheon Co. | | 96,583 | | | 4,291,183 | |
| | Rockwell Collins, Inc. | | 38,716 | | | 1,615,619 | |
| | United Technologies Corp. | | 227,111 | | | 11,800,688 | |
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Air Freight & Logistics - 1.0% | | C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | | 41,092 | | | 2,142,948 | |
| | Expeditors International Washington, Inc. | | 51,200 | | | 1,707,008 | |
| | FedEx Corp. | | 75,156 | | | 4,180,177 | |
| | United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B | | 240,387 | | | 12,016,946 | |
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Airlines - 0.1% | | Southwest Airlines Co. (a) | | 180,970 | | | 1,217,928 | |
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Auto Components - 0.2% | | The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (b) | | 60,283 | | | 678,787 | |
| | Johnson Controls, Inc. | | 143,470 | | | 3,116,168 | |
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Automobiles - 0.3% | | Ford Motor Co. (b) | | 765,174 | | | 4,644,606 | |
| | Harley-Davidson, Inc. (a) | | 56,529 | | | 916,335 | |
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Beverages - 2.6% | | Brown-Forman Corp. Class B | | 23,691 | | | 1,018,239 | |
| | The Coca-Cola Co. | | 479,983 | | | 23,034,384 | |
| | Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. | | 77,623 | | | 1,292,423 | |
| | Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A (b) | | 46,656 | | | 591,598 | |
| | Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. (b) | | 60,800 | | | 1,288,352 | |
| | Molson Coors Brewing Co. Class B | | 36,400 | | | 1,540,812 | |
| | Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. | | 33,173 | | | 1,122,574 | |
| | PepsiCo, Inc. | | 377,224 | | | 20,732,231 | |
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Biotechnology - 1.9% | | Amgen, Inc. (b) | | 244,040 | | | 12,919,478 | |
| | Biogen Idec, Inc. (b) | | 71,422 | | | 3,224,703 | |
| | Celgene Corp. (b) | | 110,136 | | | 5,268,906 | |
| | Cephalon, Inc. (b) | | 16,600 | | | 940,390 | |
| | Genzyme Corp. (b) | | 65,523 | | | 3,647,665 | |
| | Gilead Sciences, Inc. (b) | | 219,982 | | | 10,303,957 | |
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Building Products - 0.0% | | Masco Corp. | | 90,107 | | | 863,225 | |
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Capital Markets - 3.0% | | Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | | 62,073 | | | 1,506,512 | |
| | The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | | 288,177 | | | 8,446,468 | |
| | The Charles Schwab Corp. | | 224,094 | | | 3,930,609 | |
| | E*Trade Financial Corp. (a)(b) | | 271,282 | | | 347,241 | |
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| | Federated Investors, Inc. Class B | | 21,648 | | $ | 521,500 | |
| | Franklin Resources, Inc. | | 36,522 | | | 2,629,949 | |
| | The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | | 121,373 | | | 17,895,235 | |
| | Invesco Ltd. (c) | | 100,800 | | | 1,796,256 | |
| | Janus Capital Group, Inc. | | 41,032 | | | 467,765 | |
| | Legg Mason, Inc. | | 34,854 | | | 849,741 | |
| | Morgan Stanley | | 325,833 | | | 9,289,499 | |
| | Northern Trust Corp. | | 57,561 | | | 3,089,874 | |
| | State Street Corp. | | 117,715 | | | 5,556,148 | |
| | T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (a) | | 61,840 | | | 2,576,873 | |
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Chemicals - 1.8% | | Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | | 50,618 | | | 3,269,417 | |
| | CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | | 11,700 | | | 867,438 | |
| | The Dow Chemical Co. | | 255,653 | | | 4,126,239 | |
| | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. | | 217,937 | | | 5,583,546 | |
| | Eastman Chemical Co. | | 17,762 | | | 673,180 | |
| | Ecolab, Inc. | | 41,095 | | | 1,602,294 | |
| | International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. | | 18,764 | | | 613,958 | |
| | Monsanto Co. | | 132,372 | | | 9,840,534 | |
| | PPG Industries, Inc. | | 39,747 | | | 1,744,893 | |
| | Praxair, Inc. | | 74,157 | | | 5,270,338 | |
| | Sigma-Aldrich Corp. | | 30,745 | | | 1,523,722 | |
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Commercial Banks - 2.7% | | BB&T Corp. (a) | | 152,696 | | | 3,356,258 | |
| | Comerica, Inc. | | 36,443 | | | 770,769 | |
| | Fifth Third Bancorp | | 168,797 | | | 1,198,459 | |
| | First Horizon National Corp. | | 51,786 | | | 621,427 | |
| | Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | | 144,929 | | | 605,803 | |
| | KeyCorp | | 175,582 | | | 920,050 | |
| | M&T Bank Corp. (a) | | 18,866 | | | 960,845 | |
| | Marshall & Ilsley Corp. | | 85,321 | | | 409,541 | |
| | The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (d) | | 110,939 | | | 4,305,543 | |
| | Regions Financial Corp. | | 293,348 | | | 1,185,126 | |
| | SunTrust Banks, Inc. | | 108,111 | | | 1,778,426 | |
| | U.S. Bancorp | | 457,311 | | | 8,195,013 | |
| | Wells Fargo & Co. | | 1,122,547 | | | 27,232,990 | |
| | Zions Bancorporation (a) | | 27,830 | | | 321,715 | |
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Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.5% | | Avery Dennison Corp. | | 25,412 | | | 652,580 | |
| | Cintas Corp. | | 32,297 | | | 737,663 | |
| | Iron Mountain, Inc. (b) | | 44,000 | | | 1,265,000 | |
| | Pitney Bowes, Inc. | | 50,462 | | | 1,106,632 | |
| | R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. | | 49,122 | | | 570,798 | |
| | Republic Services, Inc. Class A | | 78,599 | | | 1,918,602 | |
| | Stericycle, Inc. (b) | | 20,600 | | | 1,061,518 | |
| | Waste Management, Inc. | | 118,695 | | | 3,342,451 | |
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Communications Equipment - 2.7% | | Ciena Corp. (b) | | 24,101 | | $ | 249,445 | |
| | Cisco Systems, Inc. (b) | | 1,390,504 | | | 25,918,995 | |
| | Harris Corp. | | 33,000 | | | 935,880 | |
| | JDS Uniphase Corp. (b) | | 52,872 | | | 302,428 | |
| | Juniper Networks, Inc. (a)(b) | | 124,283 | | | 2,933,079 | |
| | Motorola, Inc. | | 549,708 | | | 3,644,564 | |
| | QUALCOMM, Inc. | | 399,001 | | | 18,034,845 | |
| | Tellabs, Inc. (b) | | 95,484 | | | 547,123 | |
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Computers & Peripherals - 5.4% | | Apple, Inc. (b) | | 215,103 | | | 30,637,120 | |
| | Dell, Inc. (b) | | 417,121 | | | 5,727,071 | |
| | EMC Corp. (b) | | 483,938 | | | 6,339,588 | |
| | Hewlett-Packard Co. | | 575,311 | | | 22,235,770 | |
| | International Business Machines Corp. | | 318,591 | | | 33,267,272 | |
| | Lexmark International, Inc. Class A (b) | | 19,144 | | | 303,432 | |
| | NetApp, Inc. (b) | | 76,900 | | | 1,516,468 | |
| | QLogic Corp. (b) | | 30,781 | | | 390,303 | |
| | SanDisk Corp. (b) | | 54,647 | | | 802,764 | |
| | Sun Microsystems, Inc. (b) | | 180,732 | | | 1,666,349 | |
| | Teradata Corp. (b) | | 43,100 | | | 1,009,833 | |
| | Western Digital Corp. (b) | | 54,400 | | | 1,441,600 | |
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Construction & Engineering - 0.2% | | Fluor Corp. | | 43,836 | | | 2,248,348 | |
| | Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (b) | | 29,700 | | | 1,250,073 | |
| | Quanta Services, Inc. (b) | | 47,600 | | | 1,100,988 | |
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Construction Materials - 0.1% | | Vulcan Materials Co. (a) | | 29,672 | | | 1,278,863 | |
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Consumer Finance - 0.6% | | American Express Co. | | 283,774 | | | 6,594,908 | |
| | Capital One Financial Corp. (a) | | 107,119 | | | 2,343,764 | |
| | Discover Financial Services, Inc. | | 117,466 | | | 1,206,376 | |
| | SLM Corp. (b) | | 114,373 | | | 1,174,611 | |
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Containers & Packaging - 0.2% | | Ball Corp. | | 22,633 | | | 1,022,106 | |
| | Bemis Co. | | 24,030 | | | 605,556 | |
| | Owens-Illinois, Inc. (b) | | 40,900 | | | 1,145,609 | |
| | Pactiv Corp. (b) | | 32,089 | | | 696,331 | |
| | Sealed Air Corp. | | 37,887 | | | 699,015 | |
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Distributors - 0.1% | | Genuine Parts Co. | | 39,097 | | | 1,312,095 | |
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Diversified Consumer Services - 0.2% | | Apollo Group, Inc. Class A (b) | | 24,731 | | | 1,758,869 | |
| | DeVry, Inc. | | 15,000 | | | 750,600 | |
| | H&R Block, Inc. | | 82,936 | | | 1,428,987 | |
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Diversified Financial Services - 3.8% | | Bank of America Corp. (a) | | 1,949,752 | | | 25,736,726 | |
| | CIT Group, Inc. | | 86,489 | | | 185,951 | |
| | CME Group, Inc. | | 15,921 | | | 4,953,182 | |
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| Citigroup, Inc. (a) | | 1,332,679 | | $ | 3,958,057 | |
| IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (b) | | 17,500 | | | 1,999,200 | |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | 940,547 | | | 32,082,058 | |
| Leucadia National Corp. | | 43,400 | | | 915,306 | |
| Moody’s Corp. | | 45,955 | | | 1,210,914 | |
| The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (b) | | 33,400 | | | 711,754 | |
| NYSE Euronext | | 62,600 | | | 1,705,850 | |
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Diversified Telecommunication Services - 3.1% | AT&T Inc. | | 1,422,991 | | | 35,347,096 | |
| CenturyTel, Inc. (a) | | 25,415 | | | 780,241 | |
| Embarq Corp. | | 34,556 | | | 1,453,425 | |
| Frontier Communications Corp. | | 74,704 | | | 533,387 | |
| Qwest Communications International Inc. (a) | | 354,726 | | | 1,472,113 | |
| Verizon Communications, Inc. | | 684,857 | | | 21,045,656 | |
| Windstream Corp. | | 108,140 | | | 904,050 | |
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Electric Utilities - 2.3% | Allegheny Energy, Inc. | | 42,018 | | | 1,077,762 | |
| American Electric Power Co., Inc. | | 111,355 | | | 3,217,046 | |
| Duke Energy Corp. | | 309,334 | | | 4,513,183 | |
| Edison International | | 78,647 | | | 2,474,235 | |
| Entergy Corp. | | 45,970 | | | 3,563,595 | |
| Exelon Corp. | | 160,811 | | | 8,235,131 | |
| FPL Group, Inc. | | 98,764 | | | 5,615,721 | |
| FirstEnergy Corp. | | 73,634 | | | 2,853,318 | |
| Northeast Utilities Inc. | | 38,395 | | | 856,592 | |
| PPL Corp. | | 89,969 | | | 2,965,378 | |
| Pepco Holdings, Inc. | | 55,384 | | | 744,361 | |
| Pinnacle West Capital Corp. | | 25,558 | | | 770,574 | |
| Progress Energy, Inc. | | 67,860 | | | 2,567,144 | |
| Progress Energy, Inc. (Contigent Value Obligations) (b) | | 900 | | | 225 | |
| The Southern Co. | | 187,100 | | | 5,830,036 | |
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Electrical Equipment - 0.4% | Cooper Industries Ltd. Class A | | 42,450 | | | 1,318,073 | |
| Emerson Electric Co. | | 182,330 | | | 5,907,492 | |
| Rockwell Automation, Inc. | | 34,711 | | | 1,114,917 | |
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Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.6% | Agilent Technologies, Inc. (b) | | 85,649 | | | 1,739,531 | |
| Amphenol Corp. Class A | | 42,200 | | | 1,335,208 | |
| Corning, Inc. | | 375,449 | | | 6,029,711 | |
| Flir Systems, Inc. (b) | | 34,300 | | | 773,808 | |
| Jabil Circuit, Inc. | | 50,586 | | | 375,348 | |
| Molex, Inc. | | 33,840 | | | 526,212 | |
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Energy Equipment & Services - 1.8% | BJ Services Co. | | 70,533 | | | 961,365 | |
| Baker Hughes, Inc. | | 74,645 | | | 2,720,064 | |
| Cameron International Corp. (b) | | 52,400 | | | 1,482,920 | |
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (a) | | 16,700 | | | 1,386,935 | |
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| ENSCO International, Inc. | | 34,309 | | $ | 1,196,355 | |
| FMC Technologies, Inc. (b) | | 30,600 | | | 1,149,948 | |
| Halliburton Co. | | 215,051 | | | 4,451,556 | |
| Nabors Industries Ltd. (b) | | 68,279 | | | 1,063,787 | |
| National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (b) | | 100,790 | | | 3,291,801 | |
| Rowan Cos., Inc. | | 27,240 | | | 526,277 | |
| Schlumberger Ltd. | | 288,790 | | | 15,626,427 | |
| Smith International, Inc. | | 53,001 | | | 1,364,776 | |
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Food & Staples Retailing - 3.0% | CVS Caremark Corp. | | 350,952 | | | 11,184,840 | |
| Costco Wholesale Corp. | | 102,424 | | | 4,680,777 | |
| The Kroger Co. | | 157,541 | | | 3,473,779 | |
| SUPERVALU, Inc. | | 51,810 | | | 670,940 | |
| SYSCO Corp. | | 142,315 | | | 3,199,241 | |
| Safeway, Inc. | | 103,610 | | | 2,110,536 | |
| Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | | 538,009 | | | 26,061,156 | |
| Walgreen Co. | | 237,344 | | | 6,977,914 | |
| Whole Foods Market, Inc. (a) | | 33,982 | | | 644,978 | |
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Food Products - 1.8% | Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | | 154,918 | | | 4,147,155 | |
| Campbell Soup Co. | | 49,462 | | | 1,455,172 | |
| ConAgra Foods, Inc. | | 107,920 | | | 2,056,955 | |
| Dean Foods Co. (b) | | 42,749 | | | 820,353 | |
| General Mills, Inc. | | 77,460 | | | 4,339,309 | |
| H.J. Heinz Co. | | 75,907 | | | 2,709,880 | |
| The Hershey Co. | | 40,646 | | | 1,463,256 | |
| Hormel Foods Corp. | | 16,800 | | | 580,272 | |
| The J.M. Smucker Co. | | 29,000 | | | 1,411,140 | |
| Kellogg Co. | | 60,886 | | | 2,835,461 | |
| Kraft Foods, Inc. | | 355,051 | | | 8,996,992 | |
| McCormick & Co., Inc. | | 31,248 | | | 1,016,497 | |
| Sara Lee Corp. | | 169,705 | | | 1,656,321 | |
| Tyson Foods, Inc. Class A | | 74,045 | | | 933,707 | |
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Gas Utilities - 0.1% | EQT Corp. | | 32,100 | | | 1,120,611 | |
| Nicor, Inc. | | 10,858 | | | 375,904 | |
| Questar Corp. | | 42,496 | | | 1,319,926 | |
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Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 2.0% | Baxter International, Inc. | | 143,777 | | | 7,614,430 | |
| Becton Dickinson & Co. | | 56,324 | | | 4,016,464 | |
| Boston Scientific Corp. (b) | | 367,213 | | | 3,723,540 | |
| C.R. Bard, Inc. | | 24,006 | | | 1,787,247 | |
| Dentsply International, Inc. (a) | | 36,500 | | | 1,113,980 | |
| Hospira, Inc. (b) | | 38,227 | | | 1,472,504 | |
| Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)(b) | | 9,122 | | | 1,492,907 | |
| Medtronic, Inc. | | 269,557 | | | 9,404,844 | |
| St. Jude Medical, Inc. (b) | | 83,615 | | | 3,436,577 | |
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| Stryker Corp. | | 59,239 | | $ | 2,354,158 | |
| Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (b) | | 30,409 | | | 1,068,572 | |
| Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (b) | | 53,810 | | | 2,292,306 | |
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Health Care Providers & Services - 2.2% | Aetna, Inc. | | 109,511 | | | 2,743,251 | |
| AmerisourceBergen Corp. | | 73,382 | | | 1,301,797 | |
| Cardinal Health, Inc. | | 87,916 | | | 2,685,834 | |
| Cigna Corp. | | 65,357 | | | 1,574,450 | |
| Coventry Health Care, Inc. (b) | | 36,499 | | | 682,896 | |
| DaVita, Inc. (b) | | 25,400 | | | 1,256,284 | |
| Express Scripts, Inc. (b) | | 64,570 | | | 4,439,188 | |
| Humana, Inc. (b) | | 40,784 | | | 1,315,692 | |
| Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (b) | | 24,623 | | | 1,669,193 | |
| McKesson Corp. | | 66,091 | | | 2,908,004 | |
| Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (b) | | 118,236 | | | 5,392,744 | |
| Patterson Cos., Inc. (b) | | 22,466 | | | 487,512 | |
| Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | | 38,142 | | | 2,152,353 | |
| Tenet Healthcare Corp. (b) | | 99,685 | | | 281,112 | |
| UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | | 289,545 | | | 7,232,834 | |
| WellPoint, Inc. (b) | | 118,434 | | | 6,027,106 | |
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Health Care Technology - 0.0% | IMS Health, Inc. | | 43,701 | | | 555,003 | |
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Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.5% | Carnival Corp. | | 105,685 | | | 2,723,502 | |
| Darden Restaurants, Inc. | | 33,059 | | | 1,090,286 | |
| International Game Technology | | 71,368 | | | 1,134,751 | |
| Marriott International, Inc. Class A | | 71,281 | | | 1,573,173 | |
| McDonald’s Corp. | | 266,001 | | | 15,292,397 | |
| Starbucks Corp. (b) | | 177,391 | | | 2,463,961 | |
| Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. | | 44,111 | | | 979,264 | |
| Wyndham Worldwide Corp. | | 46,685 | | | 565,822 | |
| Wynn Resorts Ltd. (a)(b) | | 15,000 | | | 529,500 | |
| Yum! Brands, Inc. | | 111,082 | | | 3,703,474 | |
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Household Durables - 0.4% | Black & Decker Corp. | | 14,607 | | | 418,637 | |
| Centex Corp. | | 32,154 | | | 272,023 | |
| D.R. Horton, Inc. | | 66,511 | | | 622,543 | |
| Fortune Brands, Inc. | | 36,351 | | | 1,262,834 | |
| Harman International Industries, Inc. | | 14,057 | | | 264,272 | |
| KB Home (a) | | 17,991 | | | 246,117 | |
| Leggett & Platt, Inc. | | 37,452 | | | 570,394 | |
| Lennar Corp. Class A | | 34,191 | | | 331,311 | |
| Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. | | 66,433 | | | 691,568 | |
| Pulte Homes, Inc. | | 52,325 | | | 462,030 | |
| Snap-On, Inc. | | 13,779 | | | 396,009 | |
| The Stanley Works | | 18,789 | | | 635,820 | |
| Whirlpool Corp. (a) | | 17,697 | | | 753,184 | |
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Household Products - 2.6% | | Clorox Co. | | | 33,637 | | $ | 1,877,954 | |
| | Colgate-Palmolive Co. | | | 120,484 | | | 8,523,038 | |
| | Kimberly-Clark Corp. | | | 99,955 | | | 5,240,641 | |
| | The Procter & Gamble Co. | | | 702,694 | | | 35,907,663 | |
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IT Services - 1.0% | | Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. Class A (b) | | | 23,938 | | | 1,063,326 | |
| | Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | | | 119,043 | | | 4,218,884 | |
| | Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. (b) | | | 70,502 | | | 1,882,403 | |
| | Computer Sciences Corp. (b) | | | 37,051 | | | 1,641,359 | |
| | Convergys Corp. (b) | | | 29,381 | | | 272,656 | |
| | Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | | | 46,464 | | | 927,421 | |
| | Fiserv, Inc. (b) | | | 37,682 | | | 1,722,067 | |
| | MasterCard, Inc. Class A (a) | | | 17,302 | | | 2,894,798 | |
| | Paychex, Inc. | | | 77,479 | | | 1,952,471 | |
| | Total System Services, Inc. | | | 47,200 | | | 632,008 | |
| | The Western Union Co. | | | 171,453 | | | 2,811,829 | |
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Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders - 0.2% | | The AES Corp. (b) | | | 160,863 | | | 1,867,619 | |
| | Constellation Energy Group, Inc. | | | 47,749 | | | 1,269,168 | |
| | Dynegy, Inc. Class A (b) | | | 132,751 | | | 301,345 | |
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Industrial Conglomerates - 2.1% | | 3M Co. | | | 167,485 | | | 10,065,849 | |
| | General Electric Co. | | | 2,553,037 | | | 29,921,594 | |
| | Textron, Inc. | | | 59,038 | | | 570,307 | |
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Insurance - 2.3% | | AON Corp. | | | 66,031 | | | 2,500,594 | |
| | Aflac, Inc. | | | 111,874 | | | 3,478,163 | |
| | The Allstate Corp. (a) | | | 129,400 | | | 3,157,360 | |
| | American International Group, Inc. (a) | | | 649,593 | | | 753,528 | |
| | Assurant, Inc. | | | 28,852 | | | 695,045 | |
| | Chubb Corp. | | | 83,497 | | | 3,329,860 | |
| | Cincinnati Financial Corp. | | | 38,962 | | | 870,801 | |
| | Genworth Financial, Inc. Class A | | | 104,475 | | | 730,280 | |
| | Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. | | | 78,524 | | | 932,080 | |
| | Lincoln National Corp. | | | 67,631 | | | 1,163,930 | |
| | Loews Corp. | | | 87,170 | | | 2,388,458 | |
| | MBIA, Inc. (b) | | | 46,259 | | | 200,301 | |
| | Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | | | 124,360 | | | 2,503,367 | |
| | MetLife, Inc. | | | 197,546 | | | 5,928,355 | |
| | Principal Financial Group, Inc. | | | 74,898 | | | 1,411,078 | |
| | The Progressive Corp. | | | 163,447 | | | 2,469,684 | |
| | Prudential Financial, Inc. | | | 110,439 | | | 4,110,540 | |
| | Torchmark Corp. | | | 20,420 | | | 756,357 | |
| | The Travelers Cos., Inc. | | | 139,846 | | | 5,739,280 | |
| | UnumProvident Corp. | | | 79,967 | | | 1,268,277 | |
| | XL Capital Ltd. Class A | | | 82,635 | | | 946,997 | |
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| | | | | | | | 45,334,335 | |
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Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.4% | | Amazon.com, Inc. (b) | | | 77,560 | | $ | 6,488,670 | |
| | Expedia, Inc. (b) | | | 50,300 | | | 760,033 | |
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| | | | | | | | 7,248,703 | |
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Internet Software & Services - 1.8% | | Akamai Technologies, Inc. (b) | | | 41,200 | | | 790,216 | |
| | eBay, Inc. (b) | | | 260,188 | | | 4,457,020 | |
| | Google, Inc. Class A (b) | | | 57,889 | | | 24,405,424 | |
| | VeriSign, Inc. (b) | | | 46,373 | | | 856,973 | |
| | Yahoo! Inc. (b) | | | 336,640 | | | 5,271,782 | |
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| | | | | | | | 35,781,415 | |
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Leisure Equipment & Products - 0.1% | | Eastman Kodak Co. | | | 64,627 | | | 191,296 | |
| | Hasbro, Inc. | | | 29,904 | | | 724,873 | |
| | Mattel, Inc. | | | 87,688 | | | 1,407,392 | |
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| | | | | | | | 2,323,561 | |
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Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.4% | | Life Technologies Corp. (b) | | | 41,967 | | | 1,750,863 | |
| | Millipore Corp. (b) | | | 13,583 | | | 953,662 | |
| | PerkinElmer, Inc. | | | 28,361 | | | 493,481 | |
| | Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (b) | | | 100,966 | | | 4,116,384 | |
| | Waters Corp. (b) | | | 23,669 | | | 1,218,243 | |
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| | | | | | | | 8,532,633 | |
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Machinery - 1.4% | | Caterpillar, Inc. | | | 144,316 | | | 4,768,201 | |
| | Cummins, Inc. | | | 48,562 | | | 1,709,868 | |
| | Danaher Corp. | | | 61,551 | | | 3,800,159 | |
| | Deere & Co. | | | 102,108 | | | 4,079,215 | |
| | Dover Corp. | | | 44,887 | | | 1,485,311 | |
| | Eaton Corp. | | | 39,923 | | | 1,780,965 | |
| | Flowserve Corp. | | | 13,500 | | | 942,435 | |
| | Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | | | 93,129 | | | 3,477,437 | |
| | Manitowoc Co. | | | 34,900 | | | 183,574 | |
| | PACCAR, Inc. | | | 87,577 | | | 2,847,128 | |
| | Pall Corp. | | | 28,375 | | | 753,640 | |
| | Parker Hannifin Corp. | | | 38,768 | | | 1,665,473 | |
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| | | | | | | | 27,493,406 | |
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Media - 2.6% | | CBS Corp. Class B | | | 166,412 | | | 1,151,571 | |
| | Comcast Corp. Class A | | | 695,566 | | | 10,078,751 | |
| | The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 128,068 | | | 3,164,560 | |
| | Gannett Co., Inc. (a) | | | 54,725 | | | 195,368 | |
| | Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (b) | | | 114,446 | | | 577,952 | |
| | The McGraw-Hill Cos., Inc. | | | 75,901 | | | 2,285,379 | |
| | Meredith Corp. | | | 8,645 | | | 220,880 | |
| | The New York Times Co. Class A (a) | | | 27,998 | | | 154,269 | |
| | News Corp. Class A | | | 562,293 | | | 5,122,489 | |
| | Omnicom Group Inc. | | | 75,014 | | | 2,368,942 | |
| | Scripps Networks Interactive | | | 21,700 | | | 603,911 | |
| | Time Warner Cable, Inc. | | | 84,997 | | | 2,691,855 | |
| | Time Warner, Inc. | | | 287,899 | | | 7,252,176 | |
| | Viacom, Inc. Class B (b) | | | 149,629 | | | 3,396,578 | |
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| | Walt Disney Co. | | | 448,240 | | $ | 10,457,439 | |
| | The Washington Post Co. Class B | | | 1,439 | | | 506,787 | |
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Metals & Mining - 0.9% | | AK Steel Holding Corp. | | | 26,700 | | | 512,373 | |
| | Alcoa, Inc. (a) | | | 229,328 | | | 2,368,958 | |
| | Allegheny Technologies, Inc. | | | 23,613 | | | 824,802 | |
| | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. Class B | | | 98,875 | | | 4,954,626 | |
| | Newmont Mining Corp. | | | 116,677 | | | 4,768,589 | |
| | Nucor Corp. | | | 74,831 | | | 3,324,741 | |
| | Titanium Metals Corp. | | | 20,500 | | | 188,395 | |
| | United States Steel Corp. | | | 32,931 | | | 1,176,954 | |
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Multi-Utilities - 1.4% | | Ameren Corp. | | | 50,762 | | | 1,263,466 | |
| | CMS Energy Corp. | | | 56,131 | | | 678,062 | |
| | CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | | | 87,058 | | | 964,603 | |
| | Consolidated Edison, Inc. | | | 66,102 | | | 2,473,537 | |
| | DTE Energy Co. | | | 39,053 | | | 1,249,696 | |
| | Dominion Resources, Inc. | | | 140,918 | | | 4,709,480 | |
| | Integrys Energy Group, Inc. | | | 19,270 | | | 577,907 | |
| | NiSource, Inc. | | | 69,515 | | | 810,545 | |
| | PG&E Corp. | | | 88,231 | | | 3,391,600 | |
| | Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | | | 123,700 | | | 4,036,331 | |
| | SCANA Corp. | | | 28,100 | | | 912,407 | |
| | Sempra Energy | | | 59,538 | | | 2,954,871 | |
| | TECO Energy, Inc. (a) | | | 53,816 | | | 642,025 | |
| | Wisconsin Energy Corp. | | | 28,700 | | | 1,168,377 | |
| | Xcel Energy, Inc. | | | 109,926 | | | 2,023,738 | |
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Multiline Retail - 0.8% | | Big Lots, Inc. (b) | | | 19,882 | | | 418,118 | |
| | Family Dollar Stores, Inc. | | | 33,833 | | | 957,474 | |
| | J.C. Penney Co., Inc. | | | 53,654 | | | 1,540,406 | |
| | Kohl’s Corp. (b) | | | 72,454 | | | 3,097,409 | |
| | Macy’s, Inc. | | | 101,566 | | | 1,194,416 | |
| | Nordstrom, Inc. (a) | | | 38,432 | | | 764,412 | |
| | Sears Holdings Corp. (a)(b) | | | 13,677 | | | 909,794 | |
| | Target Corp. | | | 181,264 | | | 7,154,490 | |
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Office Electronics - 0.1% | | Xerox Corp. | | | 207,761 | | | 1,346,291 | |
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Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 10.5% | | Anadarko Petroleum Corp. | | | 118,287 | | | 5,369,047 | |
| | Apache Corp. | | | 80,803 | | | 5,829,936 | |
| | Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. Class A | | | 25,300 | | | 775,192 | |
| | Chesapeake Energy Corp. | | | 133,561 | | | 2,648,515 | |
| | Chevron Corp. | | | 483,329 | | | 32,020,546 | |
| | ConocoPhillips | | | 357,405 | | | 15,032,454 | |
| | Consol Energy, Inc. | | | 43,648 | | | 1,482,286 | |
| | Denbury Resources, Inc. (b) | | | 62,100 | | | 914,733 | |
| | Devon Energy Corp. | | | 107,164 | | | 5,840,438 | |
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| | EOG Resources, Inc. | | | 60,322 | | $ | 4,097,070 | |
| | El Paso Corp. | | | 171,559 | | | 1,583,490 | |
| | Exxon Mobil Corp. (e) | | | 1,176,427 | | | 82,244,012 | |
| | Hess Corp. | | | 68,484 | | | 3,681,015 | |
| | Marathon Oil Corp. | | | 170,558 | | | 5,138,913 | |
| | Massey Energy Co. | | | 20,600 | | | 402,524 | |
| | Murphy Oil Corp. | | | 46,059 | | | 2,501,925 | |
| | Noble Energy, Inc. | | | 41,800 | | | 2,464,946 | |
| | Occidental Petroleum Corp. | | | 195,619 | | | 12,873,686 | |
| | Peabody Energy Corp. | | | 64,642 | | | 1,949,603 | |
| | Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | | | 28,900 | | | 736,950 | |
| | Range Resources Corp. | | | 37,700 | | | 1,561,157 | |
| | Southwestern Energy Co. (b) | | | 83,000 | | | 3,224,550 | |
| | Spectra Energy Corp. | | | 152,961 | | | 2,588,100 | |
| | Sunoco, Inc. | | | 28,208 | | | 654,426 | |
| | Tesoro Corp. | | | 33,400 | | | 425,182 | |
| | Valero Energy Corp. | | | 134,160 | | | 2,265,962 | |
| | Williams Cos., Inc. | | | 139,867 | | | 2,183,324 | |
| | XTO Energy, Inc. | | | 140,003 | | | 5,339,714 | |
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Paper & Forest Products - 0.2% | | International Paper Co. | | | 103,284 | | | 1,562,687 | |
| | MeadWestvaco Corp. | | | 41,015 | | | 673,056 | |
| | Weyerhaeuser Co. | | | 51,212 | | | 1,558,381 | |
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Personal Products - 0.2% | | Avon Products, Inc. | | | 102,958 | | | 2,654,257 | |
| | The Estée Lauder Cos., Inc. Class A | | | 28,032 | | | 915,805 | |
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Pharmaceuticals - 7.4% | | Abbott Laboratories | | | 372,554 | | | 17,524,940 | |
| | Allergan, Inc. | | | 75,008 | | | 3,568,881 | |
| | Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | | | 477,631 | | | 9,700,686 | |
| | Eli Lilly & Co. | | | 244,056 | | | 8,454,100 | |
| | Forest Laboratories, Inc. (b) | | | 73,774 | | | 1,852,465 | |
| | Johnson & Johnson | | | 664,337 | | | 37,734,342 | |
| | King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b) | | | 59,473 | | | 572,725 | |
| | Merck & Co., Inc. | | | 512,025 | | | 14,316,219 | |
| | Mylan, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 73,643 | | | 961,041 | |
| | Pfizer, Inc. | | | 1,633,130 | | | 24,496,950 | |
| | Schering-Plough Corp. | | | 395,222 | | | 9,927,977 | |
| | Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b) | | | 25,207 | | | 849,224 | |
| | Wyeth | | | 323,434 | | | 14,680,669 | |
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Professional Services - 0.2% | | Dun & Bradstreet Corp. | | | 13,200 | | | 1,071,972 | |
| | Equifax, Inc. | | | 30,954 | | | 807,899 | |
| | Monster Worldwide, Inc. (b) | | | 29,551 | | | 348,997 | |
| | Robert Half International, Inc. | | | 37,992 | | | 897,371 | |
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Schedule of Investments June 30, 2009 (Unaudited) | (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Industry | | Common Stocks | | Shares | | Value | |
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Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 1.0% | | Apartment Investment & Management Co. Class A | | | 33,670 | | $ | 297,980 | |
| | AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | | | 17,927 | | | 1,002,836 | |
| | Boston Properties, Inc. | | | 33,146 | | | 1,581,064 | |
| | Equity Residential | | | 65,836 | | | 1,463,534 | |
| | HCP, Inc. | | | 65,600 | | | 1,390,064 | |
| | Health Care REIT, Inc. | | | 26,700 | | | 910,470 | |
| | Host Marriott Corp. | | | 142,795 | | | 1,198,050 | |
| | Kimco Realty Corp. | | | 75,241 | | | 756,172 | |
| | Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc. (a) | | | 37,430 | | | 1,114,665 | |
| | ProLogis (a) | | | 114,164 | | | 920,162 | |
| | Public Storage (a) | | | 29,046 | | | 1,901,932 | |
| | Simon Property Group, Inc. | | | 65,668 | | | 3,377,305 | |
| | Ventas, Inc. | | | 35,700 | | | 1,066,002 | |
| | Vornado Realty Trust (a) | | | 36,524 | | | 1,644,663 | |
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Real Estate Management & Development - 0.0% | | CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. (b) | | | 49,991 | | | 467,916 | |
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Road & Rail - 0.9% | | Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. | | | 66,402 | | | 4,883,203 | |
| | CSX Corp. | | | 94,510 | | | 3,272,881 | |
| | Norfolk Southern Corp. | | | 88,502 | | | 3,333,870 | |
| | Ryder System, Inc. | | | 14,147 | | | 394,984 | |
| | Union Pacific Corp. | | | 120,710 | | | 6,284,163 | |
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Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 2.5% | | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 135,082 | | | 522,767 | |
| | Altera Corp. | | | 70,804 | | | 1,152,689 | |
| | Analog Devices, Inc. | | | 70,298 | | | 1,741,984 | |
| | Applied Materials, Inc. | | | 320,980 | | | 3,521,151 | |
| | Broadcom Corp. Class A (b) | | | 100,864 | | | 2,500,419 | |
| | Intel Corp. | | | 1,346,453 | | | 22,283,797 | |
| | KLA-Tencor Corp. | | | 41,066 | | | 1,036,917 | |
| | LSI Corp. (b) | | | 154,775 | | | 705,774 | |
| | Linear Technology Corp. | | | 53,569 | | | 1,250,836 | |
| | MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (b) | | | 54,000 | | | 961,740 | |
| | Microchip Technology, Inc. (a) | | | 44,000 | | | 992,200 | |
| | Micron Technology, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 192,543 | | | 974,268 | |
| | National Semiconductor Corp. | | | 47,034 | | | 590,277 | |
| | Novellus Systems, Inc. (b) | | | 23,492 | | | 392,316 | |
| | Nvidia Corp. (b) | | | 129,711 | | | 1,464,437 | |
| | Teradyne, Inc. (b) | | | 40,761 | | | 279,621 | |
| | Texas Instruments, Inc. | | | 305,412 | | | 6,505,276 | |
| | Xilinx, Inc. | | | 61,926 | | | 1,267,006 | |
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Software - 4.2% | | Adobe Systems, Inc. (b) | | | 126,476 | | | 3,579,271 | |
| | Autodesk, Inc. (b) | | | 54,723 | | | 1,038,643 | |
| | BMC Software, Inc. (b) | | | 44,589 | | | 1,506,662 | |
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Schedule of Investments June 30, 2009 (Unaudited) | (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Industry | | Common Stocks | | Shares | | Value | |
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| | CA, Inc. | | | 95,124 | | $ | 1,658,011 | |
| | Citrix Systems, Inc. (b) | | | 43,498 | | | 1,387,151 | |
| | Compuware Corp. (b) | | | 59,171 | | | 405,913 | |
| | Electronic Arts, Inc. (b) | | | 77,682 | | | 1,687,253 | |
| | Intuit, Inc. (b) | | | 77,496 | | | 2,182,287 | |
| | McAfee, Inc. (b) | | | 37,200 | | | 1,569,468 | |
| | Microsoft Corp. | | | 1,845,187 | | | 43,860,095 | |
| | Novell, Inc. (b) | | | 83,031 | | | 376,130 | |
| | Oracle Corp. | | | 913,019 | | | 19,556,867 | |
| | Salesforce.com, Inc. (b) | | | 25,700 | | | 980,969 | |
| | Symantec Corp. (b) | | | 195,918 | | | 3,048,484 | |
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Specialty Retail - 1.9% | | Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Class A | | | 20,982 | | | 532,733 | |
| | AutoNation, Inc. (b) | | | 26,013 | | | 451,326 | |
| | AutoZone, Inc. (b) | | | 8,164 | | | 1,233,662 | |
| | Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (b) | | | 60,866 | | | 1,871,630 | |
| | Best Buy Co., Inc. | | | 81,057 | | | 2,714,599 | |
| | GameStop Corp. Class A (b) | | | 39,500 | | | 869,395 | |
| | The Gap, Inc. | | | 112,599 | | | 1,846,624 | |
| | Home Depot, Inc. | | | 409,373 | | | 9,673,484 | |
| | Limited Brands, Inc. | | | 66,343 | | | 794,126 | |
| | Lowe’s Cos., Inc. | | | 353,889 | | | 6,868,985 | |
| | O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (b) | | | 32,600 | | | 1,241,408 | |
| | Office Depot, Inc. (b) | | | 66,047 | | | 301,174 | |
| | RadioShack Corp. | | | 30,229 | | | 421,997 | |
| | The Sherwin-Williams Co. | | | 23,848 | | | 1,281,830 | |
| | Staples, Inc. | | | 172,293 | | | 3,475,150 | |
| | TJX Cos., Inc. | | | 100,572 | | | 3,163,995 | |
| | Tiffany & Co. (a) | | | 29,763 | | | 754,790 | |
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Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.5% | | Coach, Inc. | | | 77,508 | | | 2,083,415 | |
| | Nike, Inc. Class B | | | 93,555 | | | 4,844,278 | |
| | Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. | | | 13,718 | | | 734,462 | |
| | VF Corp. | | | 21,294 | | | 1,178,623 | |
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Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.1% | | Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. | | | 126,119 | | | 1,676,122 | |
| | People’s United Financial, Inc. | | | 84,100 | | | 1,264,864 | |
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| | | | | | | | 2,940,986 | |
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Tobacco - 1.7% | | Altria Group, Inc. | | | 493,036 | | | 8,080,876 | |
| | Lorillard, Inc. | | | 39,100 | | | 2,649,807 | |
| | Philip Morris International, Inc. | | | 472,937 | | | 20,629,512 | |
| | Reynolds American, Inc. | | | 40,561 | | | 1,566,466 | |
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Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.1% | | Fastenal Co. (a) | | | 31,300 | | | 1,038,221 | |
| | W.W. Grainger, Inc. | | | 15,292 | | | 1,252,109 | |
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Schedule of Investments June 30, 2009 (Unaudited) | (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.4% | | American Tower Corp. Class A (b) | | | 95,800 | | $ | 3,020,574 | |
| | MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (b) | | | 61,800 | | | 822,558 | |
| | Sprint Nextel Corp. (b) | | | 691,552 | | | 3,326,365 | |
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| | Total Long-Term Investments (Cost - $2,211,819,371) - 99.3% | | | | | | 1,940,442,220 | |
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| | BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, 0.45% (d)(f) | | | 21,519,893 | | | 21,519,893 | |
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| | BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Money Market Series, 0.55% (d)(f)(g) | | $ | 63,071 | | | 63,071,050 | |
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| | Total Short-Term Securities (Cost - $84,590,943) - 4.3% | | | | | | 84,590,943 | |
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| | Total Investments (Cost - $2,296,410,314*) - 103.6% | | | | | | 2,025,033,163 | |
| | Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (3.6)% | | | | | | (70,173,579) | |
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| | Net Assets - 100.0% | | | | | $ | 1,954,859,584 | |
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| * | The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of June 30, 2009, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows: |
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Aggregate cost | | $ | 1,818,699,051 | |
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Gross unrealized appreciation | | $ | 733,713,065 | |
Gross unrealized depreciation | | | (527,378,953 | ) |
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Net unrealized appreciation | | $ | 206,334,112 | |
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| (a) | Security, or a portion of security, is on loan. |
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| (b) | Non-income producing security. |
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| (c) | Depositary receipts. |
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| (d) | Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Series, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, were as follows: |
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Affiliate | | Purchase Cost | | Sales Cost | | Realized Loss | | Income | |
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BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund | | $ | 21,519,893 | 1 | | — | | | — | | $ | 30,470 | |
BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Cash Sweep Series | | | — | | $ | 36,541,122 | 2 | | — | | $ | 26,836 | |
BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Money Market Series | | $ | 34,215,405 | 1 | | — | | | — | | $ | 409,275 | |
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | | $ | 3,886,138 | | $ | 1,980,582 | | $ | (1,856,191 | ) | $ | 79,514 | |
1 Represents net purchase cost.
2 Represents net sale cost.
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| (e) | All or a portion of security held as collateral in connection with open financial futures contracts. |
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| (f) | Represents the current yield as of report date. |
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| (g) | Security was purchased with the cash proceeds from securities loans. |
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| • | For Series compliance purposes, the Series’ industry classifications refer to any one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or ratings group indexes, and/or as defined by Series management. This definition may not apply for this report, which may combine industry sub-classification for reporting ease. |
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| • | Financial futures contracts purchased as of June 30, 2009 were as follows: |
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Contracts | | Issue | | Expiration Date | | Face Value | | Unrealized Depreciation | |
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84 | | S&P 500 Index | | September 2009 | | $ | 19,478,199 | | $ | (252,699 | ) |
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| • | Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” clarifies the definition of fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair values and requires additional disclosures about the use of fair value measurements. Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments, which are as follows: |
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| | • | Level 1 - price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical securities |
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| | • | Level 2 - other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) |
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| | • | Level 3 - unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Series’ own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments) |
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| | The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Series’ policy regarding valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements. |
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| | The following table summarizes the inputs used as of June 30, 2009 in determining the fair valuation of the Series’ investments: |
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Valuation Inputs | | Investments in Securities | |
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Long-Term Investments1 | | $ | 1,940,441,995 | |
Short-Term Securities | | | 21,519,893 | |
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Total Level 1 | | | 1,961,961,888 | |
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Level 2 | | | | |
Electric Utilities | | | 225 | |
Short-Term Securities | | | 63,071,050 | |
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Total Level 2 | | | 63,071,275 | |
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Level 3 | | | — | |
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Total | | $ | 2,025,033,163 | |
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Valuation Inputs | | Other Financial Instruments2 | |
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Level 1 | | $ | (252,699 | ) |
Level 2 | | | — | |
Level 3 | | | — | |
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Total | | $ | (252,699 | ) |
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| 1See above Schedule of Investments for values in each industry, excluding the industry in Level 2 within the table. |
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| 2Other financial instruments are financial futures contracts, which are shown at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument. |
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| (b) Not Applicable due to no such divestments during the semi-annual period covered since the previous Form N-CSR filing. |
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Item 7 – | Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable |
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Item 8 – | Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable |
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Item 9 – | Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers – Not Applicable |
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Item 10 – | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders – The registrant’s Nominating and Governance Committee will consider nominees to the board of directors recommended by shareholders when a vacancy becomes available. Shareholders who wish to recommend a nominee should send nominations that include biographical information and set forth the qualifications of the proposed nominee to the registrant’s Secretary. There have been no material changes to these procedures. |
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Item 11 – | Controls and Procedures |
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11(a) – | The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers or persons performing similar functions have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rule 15(d)-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
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11(b) – | There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
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Item 12 – | Exhibits attached hereto |
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12(a)(1) – | Code of Ethics – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report |
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12(a)(2) – | Certifications – Attached hereto |
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12(a)(3) – | Not Applicable |
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12(b) – | Certifications – Attached hereto |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
BlackRock Index Equity Portfolio of BlackRock Funds and Master S&P 500 Index Series of Quantitative Master Series LLC
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By: | /s/ Anne F. Ackerley |
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| Anne F. Ackerley |
| Chief Executive Officer of |
| BlackRock Index Equity Portfolio of BlackRock Funds and Master S&P 500 Index Series of Quantitative Master Series LLC |
Date: August 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.
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By: | /s/ Anne F. Ackerley |
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| Anne F. Ackerley |
| Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of |
| BlackRock Index Equity Portfolio of BlackRock Funds and Master S&P 500 Index Series of Quantitative Master Series LLC |
Date: August 21, 2009
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By: | /s/ Neal J. Andrews |
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| Neal J. Andrews |
| Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of |
| BlackRock Index Equity Portfolio of BlackRock Funds and Master S&P 500 Index Series of Quantitative Master Series LLC |
Date: August 21, 2009